The Only Weekly Agricultural, Horticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State.

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der the conditions which actually orb-

tain nothing could he further from the

fact. ‘The demand created by the Eu-

ropean war has taken from the United

States during the 21 months ending

June 1, 1916, 611,790 horses valued at

$134,943,456, and 167,387 mules valued





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perienced horsemen are agreed in the

opinion that foreign countries will

make very heavy purchases of horses

in America for years after the close of

the war, since the United States is in

the best position of any country to fur-

nish the animals to rehabilitate their

depleted horse population.



With this fact in mind, there is ev-

ery reason to believe that horse breed.

ing will continue to be a remunerative

side line for the farmers of Michigan

and the country Who have good mares

available for breeding.





self E. D. Barnes, who is taking sub-

scriptions to the Michigan Farmer. He

is a fake. He usually takes orders for

the Michigan Farmer and other papers

combined and at less than the regular

price. If a. person .ofiers the Michigan-

.Farmer at less than our regular price

it would be a good idea to have him

arrested, because he is almost certain

to be a faker. This man Barnes gives

a receipt printed on white paper; he

had these printed himself—cur re—

ceipts are not printed on white paper.



Look out for him. He may not al-

ways sign his name Barnes, so look

out for the white paper receipts.





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Many consumers

are at the present

time experiencing

an unusual shortage of table milk and

cream. {in fact, table cream is impos-

sible to get in some cities at the pres-

ent time, and «even the distributors in

the larger cities are experiencing unus-

ual difficulty in getting enough milk to

Supply their'customers. The extremely

hot weather of recent weeks and the

consequent drying up of the pastures

and shrinkage in the milk .flow is the

general excuse offered for this condi-

tion. While this unusual condition is

doubtless the immediate reason for the

milk shortage at the present time,

there are other contributing factors

which the city distributors of this pro-

duct would do well to consider.



Dairy‘iarmers generally have come

to recognize the fact that‘milk produc-

tion is a losing game at present prices

for whole milk, especially when pro-

duction must be stimulated by the use

of expensive supplementary feed when

the cows are on pasture, hence the

‘ general disinclination to take the only

measures possible to keep this product

at its maximum under unfavorable

summer conditions, such as have pre-

vailed during the past month or six

weeks. Nor are they anxious to in-

crease the production of market milk

by adding to their herds by purchase

of cows from outside of the market

milk section, when available data from

all sources indicates that they are not

receiving compensatory prices for the

product. Several surveys made by our

own agricultural college in different

dairy sections of the state, in which

some of our very best dairy herds have

been included, have proven conclusive-

ly that under present conditions the

cost of producing milk in this state is

considerably above present market val-

ues. Similar data gathered in other

states afiord additional proof of the

same fact. Under these conditions it

is not at all surprising that the avail-

able supply of market milk is inade-

quate to supply the needs of our in-

creasing population. This condition is

general, rather than local and the only

adequate remedy is the payment of a

standardized and compensatory price

which will allow a reasonable profit

above the memo! cost of production on

the dairy farms of the state and

country.



The sooner the milk distributors

of the large centers of population reo-

ognize this fact the less frequent will

be the paiods of shortage of table





The Milk Shortage.





With the opening date

of the Michigan State

Fair, (September 4),

only a few weeks away, action should

not be longer delayed by famners who

have any products of superior quality

which might be exhibited with advan-

tage to themselves or to the public

who will attend. This should be a duty

as well as a pleasure, to the end that

the State Fair may adequately repre-

sent the great and varied agriculture

of our state. The State Fair offers a

maximum of educational value to the

farmers of the state who compete for

prizes in the many classes in which ex-

hibits may be entered. It is only when

competing for honors in any of these

classes that the other exhibits will he

examined with the care which will a!«

ford the greatest reward in an educa-

tional way to the fair patron.



But whether circumstances permit

the making of entries or not, no Mich-

igan tamer can well aflord to miss

the State Fair. From an educational

standpoint it will be worth many times

the cost of attending, while the clean

entertainment features will prove at-

tractive and well worth while to him

self and family, stealing a maximum

of enjoyment from a needed and well

earned outing.



There are doubtless some Michigan

Farmer readers who have never fiound

it possible or convenient to attend the

State Fair. For the benefit of these

and others who may not fully underv

stand the character of the organization

under whose auspices it is held, we

will publish a brief history of the State

Fair in the next issue. In the mean-

time it will be the part of wisdom for

every reader 'who can possibly arrange

to that end to plan on attending this

year’s State Fair during the ten days

beginning with September 4.





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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.



The European War—Active fighting

is reported on all fronts. The British

are pushing their offensive along the

Somme river in Flanders where they

have advanced beyond Poiaieres to-

ward the heights of Martinpuich. With

flaming liquids the Germans wreotod

some of the newly gained ground from

the British troops but through the

fierce counter attacks of Australian

and other provincial soldiers the terri

tory was practically all pertained—<1

new Teutonic drive along the Mouse

before Verdun was successful until the

French by artillery and infantry at-

tacks drove back the invaders and co-

cnpied advanced positions—While the

Teutons have lamahed an client-titre

against the extreme southern and of





east of the Galidam capital, wind

marks an advance of 25 miles timing

the past ten days. They have also tak-

en five villages to the southeast of

Lemberg.——The Caucasian army is





is reported—Turks smoked

fish forces near the Suez who!





but





Information comes through England

that there is possibility of war in South

America with Peru and Venezuela op-

posed to Columbia and Equador. It is

stated that the former two countries





lands from the others.





signed by the state odfices of Denmark

and the United States for the transfer

of the Danish West Indies to the Uni-

ted States for the sum of $25,000.49“).

The matter is to be taken before the

Danish Rigsdag Thursday of this week.

The conference between commission-

ers of the Mexican and American gov-

ernments to outsider a. peaceful settle

mentofissuesgrowingontofthere-

' cent strained relations between the

two governments will prohbly be held

next week somewhere in the United





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well as farmers, if the former recOg-





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honr day and time'r and a half for mat.





work.



According to omcials of the 33mm

of mines, the opcnm‘g of new oil wells

Ml Oklahoma and the working at old

wells to capacity ought to wpnly'the

market With Mcient gasoline to force

prices harm their present high level.



Sunday estahllshed another accord

in the number of new uses or infan-

tile paralysis in New York City by ad-

ding 198 victims to the list. In anthem

gage been 5,023 victims of whom 1,993



1e .



Bandits robbed a pay car of the Bur-

roughs Adding Machine Company, of

Detroit, of $32,500 last Friday after-

noon. To date the criminals have not





 

 





 





 

 





 





present moon to devote expensive been





W. ,

Charles Evans Mes, mublican

candidate for Wart of the United

States, opmed his campaign in Detroit

on Monday. .





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We want a solicitor at out one of

the following fairs to solicit subscrip.

tions for the Michigan Farmer. A good

Whiter can make good wages. How

many can you attend? We furnish all

monies free. Address The Micihgan

firmer, Detroit, Mich.





MICHIGAN FAIRS FOR 1916.





The following is a complete list of

Michigan fairs for 1916 as mpiled by

the secretary of the ‘ ' Associa-

tion of Fairs, with the name of the

secretary and date of each



owossn, W. .5. Bowling, Aug. 23-25.



Howell, R. D. Roche, Aug. '27-Sept. 1.



Caro, F. B Ransford, Aug ail-Sept 1.



Ithaca, A .‘McCaJl, Aug-.ZQSept. 1.



Bad Axe. A. Cornell, Sept. 5-8.



Benoit. G. W. Dickinson, Sept. 4-13.

5:13:31: Jordana. Dwight L. ‘Wflson, Sept.





"matings. John H. Dawson. Sept. 5—8.



Iron River, 5. W. Byers, Sept. 4-6.

It. Pica-mt. T. 'Wayling, Sept. 5-8.

Marquette, W. A. Boss, Sept. 5-9.



1245' , Perry F. Powers, Sept.





Escannha. John L. bell, Sept. 12-15.

”(3mm D. L. Bondage, Sept.



Holland, 3. Armhm‘st, Sept. 12-15.

Han-rim W. L. Harper, Sept. 12-15.

Imnwod. J. S. Kennedy, Sept. 15-17.

Pot-oskey. E. A. Botsford. Sept. 12-15.

Jackson, W. B. Burris. Sept. 12-16.

. - 7 H. W. Romany, Sept.





Bear Lake. H. R. Brodie,

Croswcll. .D. E. Hubble, Sept. .

Camden, S. E. nghey, Sept. 19-22.

Cm City, H. L. kt, Sept. 19-22.

Evert. J. A. Hall, Sept. 19422.

“Grand” Rapids, Lyman A. Lilly, Sept.

Gladwin. F. In. Myers, Sept. 19-22.





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





Kart, G. E. Wm, Sept. 19-22.

“gr-shall, M. W. Bigger, Sept





 





 





 





Traverse City, Cherries B. Dye, Sept.‘





 





Altman, Swan M. Scottish Sept.

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Bag Rapids, Edward Messier, Sept.





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Charisma, Vaughn G. Grimm, Sept.

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‘H‘illsdale, c. w. Terwifliget, Sept.





26-30.

Honghton, I. N. Haas, Sept. 26-30.

L‘Anse, W. F. Menage, Sept. 29-30.

Milford, Germge S. Potts, Sept. 19-22.

Wiggamstrwe, Ed. Kalbfleiecl. Sept.

aggro Branch, Adam Win-gait, Sept.





St. Johns, C. S. Clark, Sept. 26-29.

Stephenson, Charlie‘s G. Swanson,

Sandusky. W. A. Moore, 303126-29.





 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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‘ Kalamazoo, Geo. E. Fritz, Oct. 2-6.

Saginaw, F. F. Kleinfeld, Oct. 3-6. ,

,Wolverine, Clare D. Scott, Oct '8—5.

Allenville, P. A. Lupenita, Oct. ’11.





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peas and beans.





The results of this test was so over-

whelming in favor of the vegetable

food as compared to packing-house pro-





ducts, that the growing of beans has



become noted the world over.



gan’s contribution toward correct diet-

ics under normal conditions is five or

six million bushels of white beans, be-

sides some kidneys, Swedish and other

minor types. In round numbers this

state has prior to the sub-normal crop

of 1915, grown around 75 per cent of

the total- white pea bean crop of the

United States.



The Business of Distribution.



Around this business has grown up a

system of handling the crop that has

involved several million dollars of in-

vestment. Special machinery is used

to clean and prepare the beans for the

use of the consumer. One of the strong-

est jobbing associations in any produce

line has organized distribution, estab-

lished grades, provided for inspection

and for arbitration of claims.



A session of the arbitration commit-

tee involving disputed grades and facts

of delivery would well serve as a model

for other business lines. It was at first

viewed by the out of state buyer as

open to suspicion and favoring the sell-

er, but the scrupulous adherence to the

square deal idea has made the buyer

repose supreme confidence in this pro-

cedure. It is the lawyerless court

which knows no technicalities, delays

nor appeals. When the award is made

the check must follow to close the

deal.- That everybody is pretty well

satisfied argues the merit of the judg-

ments given. Colonel Pope in speaking

of salesmanship says that co-operation

and organization must go together and

the merit of this selling organization

was so apparent that practically all the

co-operative elevators are members of

the selling organization.



Class Co-operation.



A new chapter of co-operation in the

bean situation was added in the last

year when the growers and dealers

practically agreed upon the crop con-

ditions and quantity available for sale.

The growers marketed the crop con-

servatively along lines that provided a

nearly constant flow of product with

profit to all concerned. The crop of

1915 proved that beans are a staple

food product and that consumers de-

mand beans and that they will pay the

price. The jobber and consumer have

been educated to the point of paying

what might be called the economic

food value and a compensatory price to

the grower.



Crowding Out the Speculator.



The higher the starting price of a

primary food product the less oppor-

tunity for the speculator. When a sta-

ple is underpriced the speculator who

is not a regular in the merchandising,

hopes to make the margin between

the low cost price and that paid by the

consumer as his gain. The starting

price of the crop for 1915 absorbed

this margin for the grower and was

higher in Michigan than in other bean

groWing sections.





‘mand that makes the price. Supply

and demand are but two views of the





er are acquainted with the facts, each

is in position to deal fairly. When the

bean growers and jobbers meet in

Grand Rapids early in September each

of these bodies will have the best in-

formation possible regarding the grow-

ing crop. At the present time each

day’s drought is shortening the avail- ‘

able supply A prominent grower said





“a good rain on bean fields would be chinery is no small amount on the av~

erage farm and in order to keep -it‘ in

e lements that the grower the best working order and in shape





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LONG time before Doctor Wiley

’ ever made experiments en vari-



ous foods one of the old worthies



of his day experimented on the use of

pulse,'as is told in the Book of Daniel.

Pulse, according to the dictionary in

this case refers to a proteinpdiet of





Michi-





were to ask the available Michigan

bean supply in case of national need,

the Michigan bean growers ought to be

able to make the answer at their con-

vention, and make this event a feature

of the bean business quite as much as

‘growing the crop.

sent out soon advising the exact date

and plan of the meeting. Hon. A. B.

Cook, of Owosso, and Alex. Pullar, of

Freeland, are respectively president

and secretary of the Michigan Bean

There is no law of supply and de- Growers’ Association. The federal gov-

ernment through the bureau of crop

estimates will have their report ready

same thing. When both buyer and sell- at that time.

is also investigating crop conditions

and market facts relative to the bean

crop.





 





has injected into'the matter of price

making 1s the extra hazard of this crop.

One year out of five, on an average,

the bean crop is disastrous for some

reason, usually a matter of weather

conditions. The crop for 1916 is now

at the critical period. Idaho and Col-

orado have increased acreage. Where

potatoes were king in the Greeley dis-

trict in Colorado there is now a con-

siderable acreage of white beans. Man-

ufacturers of bean handling machinery

are finding inquiries and accepting or-

ders, where beans were never before a

commercial feature.



Have a Representative at the Grand



Rapids Meeting.



.. The date of the growers’ meeting at

Grand Rapids will be determined by

crop conditions as the last word in

crop information is essential. It is es-

pecially desired that bean growers plan

among themselves to have a reasona-

ble sized delegation from the main

bean growing centers. No credentials

will be required but if the delegations

be reasonably well scattered through

out the county it would give more com-

plete advice as to the crop condition

at the last moment before the deter-





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. . us when the time

comes it must be kept in the best of

condition. Breakdowns in the midst

of‘harvest or haying or other 'work

can sometimes be traced directly to

having left the machinery in the field

where it was last used and exposed to

the weather.



I have always found it a good prac-

tice to immediately put a machine un-

der cover when I am through using it.

It takes no more time to pull the ma-

chine in from the field at the end of

the day’s work than it does to haul it

in sometime later, and the few min-

utes spent in cleaning and oiling it be-

fore running it into the shed will be

amply rewarded by the good condition

it is found in when taken out again.

When I cut the last swath of grain in

the harvest field I pull in the binder,

take off the canvasses, remove the

sickle and clean the grasshoppers, bugs

and dirt from the rollers. It takes Only

a little while to go over the machine

and tighten the nuts and put oil in the

oil h'oles. Such care as this is just as

important to the mower after haying

and the plow after plowing as well as

every other piece of machinery on the

farm. If no machine shed is already

on the farm, it will be a good invest-

ment to build one. The extension in





 





An Unusually Good Stand of Beans, which Should Produce a Healthy Crop of

Beans well Suited for Seed Purposes for 1917.





mination of the marketing price for

starting the crop of 1916. In each com-

munity of bean growers the spirit

ought to be such for one man to say to

his neighbor, you go or I will go and

then see that— enough money is raised

to pay the necessary expenses.





If the United States government





Circulars will be





The state market oflice





JAs. N. MCBRIDE,

State Director of Markets.





 





CARE OF MACHINERY.





 





A farmer’s investment in farm ma-





the life of the machinery and the efii-

ciency with which it will do its work

will soon pay for it.





of my farming when we had to make

radicalpchanges in the crop plans for

the season.

year when we failed to put in the crops

planned, with only some little modifi-

cation, but this year we have given up

our 40 acres of Dwarf Lima bean prop-

osition altogether.

was very risky, but besides we never I

could have cultivated them. We can- t

not half cultivate the corn now. It

needs it badly but the wheat and oats

must be saved.

crop already grown than to neglect it

and try to grow another. I don’t mean

that it is not advisable to sometimes I

let the hay and wheat stand for a day

or two and cultivate beans or corn,

even though these crops are ripe.

in our case we have timothy hay that s

is not yet c'ut, July 29.

drawn, oats are ripening fast, and we

are a little short of help.

treme hot weather continues this hay

must be cut at once or it is of no 0

value. Now, had we planted the beans 0

we could not have cared for

hence we \have abandoned the idea and 0





Nebraska. PAUL H. EATON.





 





LlLLlE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





This is the first year in the history





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Wheat is not





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them,





have cropped.

can never manuie it.

of othe1 work to do, in fact, more than

we can do and do it well.

plow this down this fall for humus?





this is dead ripe and dried up.

just as good for humus, however. It

looks to me as if we must cut cross-

lots somewhere.





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Will try and prepare the grOun'd for





wheat. We ought to get this field into

wheat on time.





It has seemed to be my duty to be





away from home most of the time this

summer.

of observing conditions in many sec-

tions of the state. The weather condi-

tions for dairy farm work have been

the worst I ever saw. I am not the

only man who has a vacant field this

year. We find this in almost every

neighborhood on heavy land. The prin-

cipal cause was extreme ‘wet weather

early in the season, but another cause

has been lack of suitable labor. This

labor problem has affected haying and

harvesting materially. Many farmers

and their families have had to work

hard and the work has not been satis-

factorily done at that.

more farmers talk about selling the

farm than ever before. They are dis-

couraged. It takes a strong man to

keep cheerful under such circumstanc-

es. The hot weather has had a lot to

do with much of this discontent. But;

the farm labor problem is in bad con-

dition. The only solution, I think, is to

cut down the area of cultivated crops

until conditions improve. Put the land

into pasture or let it go without crops.

Take care of what you can. It is the

only way and will pay best in the long

run. If we cut down the area of crops

it will in a short time have an effect

on the market and prices will be bet-

ter. That is a good way to control the.

market. I would not advise it ordinar-

ily, but if the labor is not to be had it

is the only practical way and will bring

returns, too. Let every farmer leave

out one or two fields from crop produc-

tion and the market will feel it in a

very short time. This extreme activity

in the industrial world may not last

forever, and help may be more plenti-

ful. The farmer could get more help if

he could afford to pay the price, but he

is paying more now than his business

will warrant. Stop some of the busi-

ness, cut the labor bill in two. We will

get nearly as much for the crops and

let the agricultural prices catch up

with the business world.



I don‘t mean to grow poor crops.

Grow better cr0ps but less of them.

Put in what can be cared for with

what labor is available, but do it well.

Produce more. 011 an acre, but less

acres. It is trying to crop so much

land and half doing it, that cuts down

the farmer's net profits. Let the labor

problem work out a little. We can’t

do any different. The farmer can af-

ford to pay $5 per day to the farm





worker at present prices for crops.





All over the state, with very few ex-





ceptions, the hay crop is simply im-

mense.

the peak, and no place to put the sec-

ond crop of alfalfa.

to cut which should have been plow~

ed up last spring for corn.

ver seed last year.

crop, but a fair

been cut on time it would have been

prime hay to feed.

minute

this for hay or

seed.

and leave the clover or let it go entirely

and plow it down for

next year.

pasture.





We have every barn full to

And still one field





It was clo-

It is not a heavy

one if it could have





I am debating this

in my mind, whether to out

have it perhaps for

We could out high with binder





corn or beans



This is on a farm I rent for

About one-half of "the farm is

)ermanent pasture with splendid wa-

er facilities, and this 30 acres we

It is so far away we

There is plenty





Why not





never did such a thing before. But





we have plenty of hay, the price will

be low, I feel certain, and this crop will

do the land good.





There is a good

prinkling of clover in this hay, but.

It is'





This would help out

n the labor materially. I will talk it

ver once more with my man, but I





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up in this ancient truth. The seed is

the primary factor in determining the

character of the crop.



Success with the' bean crop, even

more perhaps than with other crops,

depends on the seed planted. As in

the case of other crops, the seed should

be of a high yielding variety, well

adapted, and of good germination. The

bean crop, however, is peculiar in that

it is affected by two particularly dam-

aging diseases—the blight and the an-

thracnose—both to a very large extent

carried by the seed planted. These

diseases have become a serious men-

ace to bean growing in’ Michigan. The

anthracnose, which causes a rusty spot

to appear on the pod as well as on the

bean seed, can be controlled by plant-

ing clean seed. The blight which also

discolors the seed and increases the

amount of. immature beans can be very

largely controlled by planting clean

seed, and it is very probable that

planting disease-resisting strains will

help in its control.



Clean Plants Produce Clean Seed.



It is a current saying among Michi-

gan bean growers that “clean seed will

yield clean beans,” but to secure dis-

ease-free seed is becoming more and

more difllcult. Clean seed can best be

secured by selecting beans for seed

'purposes only from fields which are

free of disease, or-by carefully select-

ing individual plants, which do not

' show disease spots, and reserving them

for seed purposes. Field selection is

the most practical means advocated

for the securing of clean beans for

seed purposes and for the control of

bean diseases.



Varietal improvement Through Field

Selection.



To the casual observer the plants of

the average bean field appear very

much alike, but the careful observer

.will notice that no two are similar.

There are variations in the number of

pods borne, character of growth, ma~

tnrity, etc. By selecting for seed pur-

poses those plants which are superior,

.wln‘ch ripen properly, yield the most

fand which tend to resist disease, the

yield, maturity and vitality of the bean

plant can all be markedly influenced.

That “like begets like” is one of the

established truths of farm practice,

and the wise selection of proper plants

for seed purposes cannot help but re-

sult in the improvement of the bean

crop.



How to Field Select.



The plants best adapted for seed pro-

duction are those which are as free as

possible from disease, properly ripen-

ed, heavily padded, carrying pods well

all the ground, and with seed of uni-

form type. Diseased, late maturing, or

viney plants should be avoided.



In making the selection a practical

method is to enter the field at time of

maturity, and pull for seed purposes,

clean, heavily podded, erect, early ma-

turing plants growing under average

field conditions. Occasional diseased

pods on selected plants should be re«

moved. These plants should be band-

led apart from the general crop and

threshcd separately by flailing upon a

clean floor, or by beating out the seed

in clean sacks. The seed should be

property stored in sacks or bins 'which

have not contained “field run” beans.

Another method which some consid-

er more easily performed, but which is

not so reflective, is to marl: all an area.

in the general field where growth is

best. The selected section should be

large enough to furnish ample beans





j for seed. When cultivating this area,





remove all diseased, small, or other-

At harvest

time pull all plants which are objec-





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eased pods, thrashed, and stored sop:

arately for next season’s seed.



The progress made in the improve-

ment of the bean crop by the methods

outlined will depend largely upon the

judgment used in selection. Many fac-

tors must be considered in field select-

ing, and no particular characteristic

should be developed at the expense of

others. For instance, if too much at-

tention is given in selection to the so.

curing of high-yielding plants without

considering also the maturity factor,

the growing season may be so length-

ened as to bring about loss through

improper ripening or frost damage.

High-yielding plants tend to ripen late,

and on the other hand, very early ma-

turing plants do not as a rule yield

heavily. Both yield and early matu-

rity are desirable factors to be sought

for in selecting. Where such a con-

flict occurs a wise compromise must

be made and the highest yielding, »

properly maturing plants secured.



The field selection of beans for seed

purposes, if rightly carried out, ens:

blcs the bean grower to secure reason-

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strains. The widespread planting of

such seed will result in rapidly increas

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THE USE OF THE LAND ROLLER.





 





The land roller is a very important

implement for some soils but there is

probably no tool that will do so much

damage when wrongly used. It seems

to be quite generally believed by farm-

ers that the water content of the soil

is increased by rolling. Compacting

the soil destroys the many large open-

ings, presses the soil grains closer to-

gether, and so increases the water lift-

ing power of the soil by increasing its

capillary action. This raises the mois-

ture from the lower to the upper lay-

ers of soil. It has been found by ex-

periment that within twenty-four hours

after rolling, the upper one to two feet

of ground will contain an increased

amount of moisture while the lower

two to four feet has become drier. This

makes the soil appear to be more moist

although the total amount of water in

it is the same. As the water is now

nearer the surface, the rate of evapor-

ation is greatly increased so that the

whole ground soon comes to contain

less water than before rolling. As the

wind velocity close to the surface of

rolled ground is from 65 per cent to 75

per cent greater than on u-nrolled

ground, this aids in evaporation as

well as causing the lighter soils to

blow and drift in the wind.



In this vicinity it is the practice of

some farmers to immediately follow

the plow with the roller and then not

work the ground again until just .be‘

fore planting. This leaves the soil in

ideal condition to lose its moisture and

to blow. We have had many windy

days, both last spring and this and on

every such day the rolled fields can be

readily located by the clouds of dust

while the unrolled fields show little or

no drifting. A light barrow should

follow immediately behind the roller to

form a dust mulch to prevent evapora-

tion and to roughen the surface to pre-

vent blowing.



Considering the effect in soil mois-

ture of rolling, it would seem that in

general it is good practice on seeding

and the small grain crops but that it

is best not to roll the ground for a,

deep rooting crop if there is already

moisture enough in the upper layer of

the soil to start germination. Some—

times after the sowing of spring grain

the heavy rains cause a crust to form

that greatly diminishes the porosity of

the soil. This crust can be broken up

by the roller when the ground is dry

and a partial mulch formed that will





do much toward retaining the soil

moisture. '

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0.. F. Evolve. 7. ‘
‘. [And these changes in" the . speed at

which ‘the‘kmachine is turned occur

much more often than we think; Fre-

quently we hear it said: "‘I can tell

in a minute just by the sound, when

my machine is being turned at the

right speed.” The man does not in-

tend to deceive us, he thinks he can

tell, but in nearly every case he can

not. The speed at which most people

turn a separator depends upon how

they feel at the time. When they are

not weary, but are at their best, it is

easy to turn it up to speed, or even too

fast, but if they have gotten up some

morning, not a bit well, feeling that to

milk cows and separate milk is “A ter-

rible task,” they will naturally turn

the machine slower. Then the cream

will be thinner, and they may wonder

why. The writer has taught music for

years. He, has beaten time for chor-

uses until he used to think he could

turn a separator exactly alike at all

times. But he can not do it, and he

has yet to find the fellow who can,

without the help of some contrivance

that is not influenced by the changes

incident to’humannature.



' A- Device to Determine Separator



'V- -' ' ‘ Speed.



Everyone who operates a cream sep-

arator should have some way of know-

ing when he is turning it at the proper

speed. The most simple device and the

one we have used for years, is a small

weight suspended from the ceiling of

the room by a cord of just the right

length to cause the weight to swing

the required number of times in a

minute.



In this way we can tell at all times

just howfast we are turning the ma-

chine and if we turn it according to

the indication of this weight, there will

be no change in the test of our cream

except as the content of butter—fat in

the milk changes, providing it is prop-

erly sampled and tested at creamery.



But we are glad to admit that now

and then mistakes are made by those

who bily and test cream. We are glad

. to admit, it because it is the truth, and

- — ‘ we should always be glad to admit the



truth, even though it may not be pleas-



ant truth.



It is not strange that these mistakes

should occur. In testing a large num-

ber of samples it is possible to make

mistakes in writing down the several

results. Errors may occur in other

ways, but it is probable that by far the

larger number of mistakes come not

from inaccurate testing, but from bad

sampling of the cream.



It is more of an art to correctly sam-

ple a can of cream than we might

think at first. If the cream has not

been properly cared for before deliv-

ery it may not be easy to get a good

sample of it, and if it is not well stir-

red at the time the sample is taken, we



. will not get a good sample, no matter

how well the cream may have been

cared for previously.



For the management of a creamery

or a receiving station where cream is

bought and delivered, to allow an in-

experienced man to take in the cream

and sample it, is just as bad as to al-

~low..an incompetent person to test it,

and..either practice portends trouble

for the creamery or the receiving

station.



I presume that now and then a dis-

honest man is receiving cream, and

purposely testing it incorrectly for his

own imaginary profit, but I believe

these cases are not as numerous as

some suppose. The man who would

purposely return a fraudulent test of

cream, would commit a theft if we did

not watch him. The writer refuses to

believe that the majority of men will

take what belongs to someone else



. without consent, and he believes that

. the average buttermaker who tests

.cream in Michigan creameries is as

.y _ honest as men in general.

* . We have tried in this article to point

outfsome of the causes that may pro?

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the depth of the silage is never high,

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the temperature rises from five to ten





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about 40 degrees, in March.





more than a few degrees, if any, above





90. The only high temperatures found

are at the surface when the air comes

in contact with silage. Furthermore a





loss of silage as some of the material

is being actually burned to make the

heat.

ture some.

mature condition develops more heat

than that put in green. No relation was

found between the material used in the

construction of the silo and the tem-

perature of the silage.

difference in the freezing of the silage

on the wall was observed with the dif-

ferent kinds of silos.





August the milk flow of the average

herd drops down nearly half. The heat





real cause is the failure of the animals





heat, and flies may all contribute to

this result.

during the hot weather the cows will

graze but little and come to the barn

at night evidently hungry. To produce

three gallons of milk a day a cow has

to gather at least 100 or 125vpounds of

grass.

the weather hot, generally this much

grass will not be gathered and soon

the milk flow goes down.





tions cannot be removed but may be

improved- The main thing is to see





 





‘s‘ho’uld [bel‘i-n the pasture at

during the earliest, coolest part'of the

day.. 'If the pasture is short feed sil-

age or green crops. It is well known

to all experienced with dairy cattle

thatvwhen the milk flow goes down

once for lack of feed it is impossible to

bring it back to where it was before

by better feeding later. To get a high

production of milk during the year the

cow must be kept at a high level of

production all the time. For this rea-

son do not neglect the cows during the

hot weather and expect them to come

back strong again when conditions be-

Keep them





 

 





cream, because we feel that very often

buttermakers are blamed when they

are not in the least to. blame, and peo-

ple are accused again and again of dis-

honesty when they are honestly doing

the very best they can, and that this

is done by producers of milk and cream

not with the intention of harming the

reputation of anyone, but simply be-

cause the reasons for the things of

which they complain are so little un-

derstood.

Oceana Co. W. F. TAYLOR.

, come better in the fall.





TEMPERATURE [N THE SILO. going all the time-





 





 





Everyone who has used a silo has DAIRY PROBLEMS.

observed that at times the silage be-

comes hot. This is generally noticed

on the surface during mild weather as

when the silage is being fed in rather

small quantities. Many have supposed

that the entire mass of silage becomes

very hot and that a certain amount of

heat is necessary to preserve it. The

agents of various types of silos have

also taken advantage .of the lack of

general information on this subject to

make claims for or against certain

types of silo on the ground that the

temperature of the silage is influenced

by the particular construction.



The Missouri Experiment Station de-

cided two years ago to get the facts.

Electric thermometers were placed in

silos to take the temperatures. A bulb

was placed in the silo during filling at

any point where it was desirable to

take the temperature. This bulk had

wiresleading to the outside of the silo

so that the temperature could be tak-

en with an electrical device at any

time. Temperature readings were tak-

en near the center of the silage mass

and at the wall at frequent intervals





 





The Butter Won’t Come.





We have the same cows we have

had, and they have salt often, and all

appear to be healthy, but my wife has

to churn from three and a half to four

hours during hot weather and even

then butter comes soft.



Isabella Co. T. A. S.





Although I do not know, I am of the

opinion that the fault is not with the

cows, but probably is the fault of the

temperature of the cream at time of

churning, also perhaps the method of

handling the cream before churning.



If you skim with a separator cool the

cream before mixing it with previous

churnings. Save the cream and keep

in a cool place until you' have sufficient

for a churning. Then warm the cream

to 70 degrees and allow it to stand at

that temperature for 12 hours, or until

it ripens. Then cool to 60 degrees and

churn. While ripening the cream and

getting the temperature, stir the cream

occasionally so the temperature will

be uniform. After doing this if your

butter does not come, write us again.



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I am contemplating building a bull

pen this fall and would like to have

you answer a few questions regarding

the building of bull pens. How high

should the pen be? Would you advise

having the south side open? How thick

a wall would be necessary, of stone,

of concrete? How large would you ad-

vise me to build the yard? And what

is the most satisfactory way of venti-

lation? Any other information on the

building of a pen would be appreciated.



Charlevoix Co. E. N.



Our bull pen is 16 ft. square. It is

large enough, but none too large. We

have a strong manger across one side

and two strong stanchions. Sometimes

we have two bulls and allow them the

run together. A bull is always more

quiet if he has company. Eight feet

to the ceiling is high enough. A light

stone wall or an eight-inch concrete

wall is of sufficient strength. I would

prefer one made of lumber. A stall

made of lumber, double-boarded, is as

warm, and not so damp as stone or

concrete. I would not have the whole

side open. It is too much exposed in

bad weather. An open doorway is bet-

ter. Itis advisable to have a stanch-

ion, then if you wish to lock him up

you can.



The larger the yard the better. If

you can have a small pasture leading

up to the pen, this is ideal. A yard

four rods square will do very well.

This will give a chance for exercise.



Com): C. LILLIE.





during two seasons in from eight to





It was found that the temperature in

After filling,





degrees the first few days and then





In good





silage the temperature seldom goes





100 degrees F., and may not go above





temperature much above 100 means





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KEEP COWS WELL FED.





 





During the hot weather of July and





and the condition of the pastures com-

mon at that time of the year are the

main causes of this drop. The flies

generally blamed are of much less im-

portance than other conditions. The





GRAIN FOR THE SKIM MILK CALF.





 





Calves are usually fed whole milk

for two to three weeks, then gradually

changed to skim-mlik. About the time

of changing, begin to feed a little grain

but do not think that it is necessary to

use oil meal or any other high-priced

feed,vhigh in protein, or fat, or both.

Experience shows that a mixture of

two parts of corn and one part of cats,

by weight, gives as good results as oil

meal and ready-mixed calf meals often

purchased at much higher prices. Bran

is not especially good for the young

calf because it is too laxative. The

grain mixture should be fed immedi-

ately after the milk and neither

should be fed too liberally or scours





to eat sufficient feed. Poor pastures,





It will be observed that





If the pastures are short and





The influence of these summer condi-





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standing on the hill.



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sold earlier. There was no manure

hauled on this field.





After paying for the labor, putting

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well scattered over the ground and at

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We followed this corn amp with oats

and seeded to clover. Had a big crop

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fields and then a crop of clover seed.

Then plantcd to corn, followed by oats

and seeded with clover again.



Hillsdale Co. J. A. PALMER.





 





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“Spring pigs fed on good forage crops

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Husbandman Gatcwood at the Kansas

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with corn at 50 cents a bushel and

such forage crops as alfalfa, rape and

clover, runs from $2.88 to $3.96, with





older hogs from $4.23 to $5.31.





“The accredited gain in pork to an





area. of forage varies, depending upon

the crop. the age of the hog, and the

amount of grain fed. An acre of sweet

clover with corn at 50 cents and hogs

at $5 a hundred netted $42.07;

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tion of oats, peas and rape, $64.60.





rape,





“Of all forage crops, alfalfa is the





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and good pasture at any time during

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TAKE CARE OF YOUR COLTS.





Horse and mule colts sufler more





from heat and flies during July and

August of their first year than at any

other time, according to the experi-

ence of the Missouri Agricultural Ex-

periment Station. During these two

months many plump, well-developed,

smooth-haired youngsters become thin

and pot-bellied, listless and begin to

show staring coats.

they are likely to be weaned in Sep-

tember and perhaps before they have

become thrifty again they are put on a

scant supply of dry winter feed. Such

set—backs cut profits seriously.





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return from the field at 110011 or in the

evening. They should be kept sepa-

rate until the mothers are thoroughly

cooled.



The colts should be eating grain and

a little grass or hay by the first of July

and if they have not yet learned to eat

grain, a clean mixture of equal parts

of crushed oats, ground corn, and bran

should be placed in a trough where

they can get it at any time. The lots

should have plenty of shade and if the

colts are kept in the stable, the stalls

should be partially darkened, taking

care not to shut out the breezes or free

circulation of air. If flies cause much

trouble hang up burlap bags where the

colts can walk under them and scrape

the flies off their backs and sides.

Proper care may make a difference of

from $10 to $40 in the value of the colt-

at weaning time and these inexpensive

methods should be used to increase the

owner’s profits as well as to make the

colt do better.





Missouri. . E. A. Toowsmnon





 





SWINE FEEDTNG EXPERIMENTS.





The Department of Agriculture has

received a report from the Wyoming

Station of a test in swine feeding.

Three lots of seven pigs each were fed

112 days a grain mixture of middlings

and corn meal, 1:2, lot one in addition

being hurdled on pea pasture, lot two

on pea pasture but. not hurdled, and lot

three in the dry lot. These lots made

average daily gains per head of 0.97,

0.8, and 0.79 pounds, requiring 2.5, 3.0

and 6.15 pounds of grain per pound of

gain for the respective lots. It is esti-

mated that one acre of hurdled pas-

ture saved 1,897 pounds of grain, While

one acre of the pasture not hurdled

saved 1,340 pounds.



At the close of the experiment all

three lots were fed 56 days in the dry

lot, and made average daily gains per

head of 1.37, 1.28, and 1.04 pounds, re-

quiring 4.94, 4.79. and 5.46 pounds of

grain per pound of gain for the respec-

tive lots. The better showing made by

the first two lots is credited to the resi-

dual effect of the pasture. being for lot

one, 278 pounds, and for lot two,_ 335

pounds, so that the total amounts to

be credited to the pasture are 2,086

and 1,568 pounds of grain saved by one

acre of pasture. In this experiment 10

cross-bred and 11 pure-bred pigs were

used, and both while on pasture and

on dry feed, the gains made by the two

classes were practically the same.





 





WHEAT MIDDLINGS THE BETTER

FEED.





The guaranteed analysis of a certain

feed shows crude protein 8 per cent;

corn fibre 5 per cent; nitrogen free ex-

tract 70 per cent; ether extract 1 per

cent. I am not well enough posted to

fully understand the analysis, but it

looks to me as if part of it is mis-

leading. With the above feed at $1.20

per cwt. and white middlings, 15 per

cent protein, at $1.65 per cwt, which

would be the cheapest and best for

pigs?



Oceana C0. J. F.



If the feeding stuff contains eight

per cent protein, 70 per cent carbohy-

drates and ‘one per cent fat it has a

much wider nutritive ratio than wheat

middlings. It would be all right for

fattening hogs, but hardly rich enough

in protein for young, growing pigs.

This feed has about the same propor- '

tion of food nutrients as barley, or

corn, both of which are too rich in car-

bohydrates for young, growing pigs.



Of course; the price is cheaper than

middlings and a ration could be made

that would be suitable for young pigs

by using a little animal tankage with

it. or a little oil meal would do. Again,

if you have skim-milk this food made

into a slop with skim-milk would make

a most excellent food for young pigs,

but fed alone it doesn’t contain enough

protein in proportion to the carbohy

draws.



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many progressive farmers and



fruit grewers whotake a natural pride

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hibit their choicest products at the

fairs. '



Fruit growers take almost as much

pride in their choice specimens of an

ples, pears or peaches as do farmers

their choice animals, and it is certain

that no exhibit is more attractive than

a good show of fruit. It appeals to the

appetite as well as to the eye and af—

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consumption as, especially in the larg-

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result of their exhibits. g



The'Essentials of a Good Exhibit.



While many fruit growers are ambi-

tious to exhibit, they fail in making a

good show and winning a prize and

thus become discouraged for exhibit~

ing again, because they do not have in

mind the essentials of a good exhibit.

The «most important thing in a good ex-

hibit is to have fruit without a blem-

ish; Fruit with blemishes, especially

as a result of insects or disease, is

given little consideration by the judges

as it shows carelessness on the part of

the grower. It is therefore useless to

take any fruit, no matter how large or

how well colored, that shows any sign

of insect or disease injury.



Uniformity of the exhibit is prob-

ably the next greatest essential in mak-

ing an attractive and prize-winning dis-

play. This includes evenness in color,

size and shape. It is far better to have

medium-sized specimens that are all

about the same size, color and shape,



‘ than to have several large handsome

specimens, no matter how attractive,

' and then fill in with several good me-

dium-sized ones.



Judged on Basis of Market Value.



The general conditions which prevail

in getting up a good exhibit of fruit are

the same as packing a good package

of fruit for the market. The properly

packed market package which brings

the highest prices has uniformity of

size, color and shape as well as free-

dom from blemishes. In packing for

the market it should be so done that

the purchaser will find the fruit

throughout the package the same as

.that on top. In examining packages

of fruit on exhibit the judge looks for

the same thing and judges according

to the conditions he finds. In fact many



judges have in mind the market value

of the fruit they judge when making a

decision. The judge often asks him-

self, “Which would I give the most

for?”



Exhibitors often lose prizes by not

having the proper number of speci-

mens on the plates. For apples, pears,

peaches, grapes and quinces the num-

ber per plate should be five, and for

plums and crabapples the number

should be twelve. In making a plate of

grapes use five of the largest and most

compact bunches that can be found.

Apples should be placed with stems

up and pears should be placed on their

side. Where five specimens areneces-

sary four should rest on the plate and

the fifth on top of the four.



Prepare Exhibit Early.



To facilitate the work of preparing

the exhibit in general, fruit growers

should get their fruit to the fair early

and get it in shape as early as possible.

Latecomers make a lot of extra work

for those who are busy arranging the

exhibit and as a result the exhibit hall

hall is .in confusion and disorder dur-

ing the early part of the fair.





have to be 'done in the evening after

the field work- is over. A wheel hoe

will prove practical in keeping the gar-

den free from weeds and it is surpris-

ing how muchterritory can be covered

with these hoes in a short time. If

they are pushed steadily through the

soil it requires much hard work but

this is greatly reduced if the worker

adopts a sort of swinging motion in

pushing through the soil. By constant-

ly drawing back the arms and shoving

forward, a great deal of force is gain-

ed and it is easier to rip out the weeds.

A steady push will be very difficult un-

leSs the soil is mellow from frequent

working.



The ease with which a wheel hoe

can be used depends on promptly work-

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at frequent intervals. Many of the

tools of this kind are equipped with

several attachments useful in various

kinds of garden work and they will be

a good investment in keeping up the

vegetable garden, even on farms

where plenty of horses are available. A

strong boy can often use a tool of this

kind to advantage when the teams are

all busy in the field. At least they

beat hand-hoeing with its steady pound-

ing at the weeds, and can be purchas-

ed for sums as lovs‘r as three or four

dollars.





Ingham Co. R. G. KIRBY.





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





 





Cherry Leaf Blight.





The leaves on our cherry trees are

turning yellow and falling off. I have

noticed for some years they do that at

this time and leave the trees without

leaves for the rest of the season, which

impairs the vitality of the trees and in

a few years they die. Can you tell me

what is the cause of that and how to





prevent it?

Muskegon Co. A. N. D.





Your cherry trees have what is call-

ed the cherry leaf blight. This is a

fungous disease which can be quite

successfully controlled by spraying

with some good fungicide. Either lime-

sulphur at the strength of one gallon

of the concentrated mixture to 50 of

water, or Bordeaux mixture made of

four pounds of copper sulphate and

five pounds of lime will give good re-

sults.





The usual method of control is to

spray just before the blossoming pe-





som petals have dropped. Occasionally

the disease is serious enough to neces-

sitate another application of the fungi-

cide after the fruit has been harvested.



There is little that you can do this

year to control the trouble, as the dis-

ease has probably gained such head-

way that spraying would have little or

no effect. If there are quite a few of

the leaves which are still a healthy

green, you might prevent the spread of

the disease to them if you sprayed im-

mediately.





WITH MICHIGAN FRUIT GROWERS.





Mason county growers met at Lud-

ington with a view to arriving at some

standards in the grading and packing

of fruit. Men from outside who were

present included Prof. Carmody of the

Horticultural Department, M. A. 0.,

Prof. Whalen of the Entomological De-

partment, and R. H. Ellsworth, of the

State Market Commission. Mr. Ells-

worth offered a resolution which was

adopted recommending that the grades

and brands for peaches for the current

season be as follows: “Extra Fancy

—-- peach without a blemish, sound, ripe,

of good color for variety, and not less

than two and one-quarter inches in

diameter. Fancy—A peach Without a

blemish, sound, ripe, of good color for

variety, and not less than two inches

in diameter. Choice—A peach without

blemish, sound, ripe, of good color for

variety, and not less than one and

three-quarters inches in diameter.”





 





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Mention The Michigan'vFarmer. » »
. Short Term , Notes

T has not been for very many years

' I that short-term notes have receiv-

ed the oerious attention from indi-

vidual investors, but of late the busi-

ness has grown to such a point that

this means of financing the temporary

needs of borrowers has grown .very

popular. Now, the buyers of this type

of paper are not only the banks, insur-

ance companies and businesslhouses,

but the great mass of individuals who

are constantly seeking employment for

their funds. are coming to recognime

the distinctive merits of a gmd invest-

ment, which will yield them a satisfac-

tory return for a short time.





The essential features of a short-

term note or bond, are, (1) quick con-

vertibility; (2) freedom from marked

fluctuation in price; (3) average high-

er yield than longsterm bonds of simi-

lar class.



As a rule, a short-term note, put out

by a railroad company or manufactur-

ing concern, or foreign government,

runs from one to five years. Anything

longer than that really ceases to come

under the note classification, and any-

thing shorter seldom reaches the in—

vestor, the banks absorbing this type

of paper. In view of the fact that the

nearness of the maturity date means

proximity to retirement or payment, a

ready market is always enjoyed, a mar-

ket created by those seeking to invest

for only a short time for various rea—.

sons. Commercial paper, call loans or

trade acceptances should not be con-

fused or included in this classification.

Future articles will deal in detail with

these instruments of credit.



Short-term notes bear a fixed rate of

interest, and because the date of pay-

ment is near, and because a great var-

iance from par or face value would

greatly affect the income yield, the

price remains very stable. This fea-

ture is very attractive to those making

it an investment requirement. These

notes are too short to be a party to

any great. economic, or political up-

heaval, and any great‘change in con-

ditions affecting the business financed

through a note issue, usually requires

a longer period of years than the note

holders are concerned with. Every

characteristic in the make-up of a

short-term note makes for stability

and value, causing very little profit or

loss to the holder. or course, there

are good and bad, as in bonds, and

these statements assume the former

condition to obtain.



Because it so happens that short-

term notes are issued when long-time

bonds are difficult of sale, often in a

time of unsettled conditions, and also

because the security granted is often

inferior to that in a formal bond issue,

a higher yield is made possible. Fur-

thermore, the note holder concedes





 

 





 





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the present opportunity to secure short-

time obligations of the foreignrgovern-

ments, at attractive rates, be grasped.

in order to afford diversification of in-

vestment and share in the prospect for

a future profit in an increase in value.

or in exchange rights. A good example

of an investment of this charmer is

the Anglo-French five per cent bonds,

which mature in 192L'carry attractive

conversion rights into kongterm 41/23.

and which can be had at 95% present

price yielding about 5% per cent. An-

other loan of this character is avail-

able in the American Foreign Securi-

ties three year 5’s, at 98, yielding 5%,





The writer My moommen‘ds that





per cent. This is the new French loam,

secured by a deposit of government?





bonds, with a value largely in excess

of the total issue.

roughly well secured.

J. R. MILLIGAN,

Financial Editor.





 





A SPECULATIVE INVESTMENT.





 





This issue is that-





I am glad you have started a new de-‘

partment of finance, and if you can





give reliable information as to various





highcapitalized companies that prom»

ise much, and who send their prospect





tns out in the country, where we can-

not look them up, you will confer a

favor upon your readers. I enclose one

that has recently come in, concerning

which I would be glad to be posted.

Calhoun Co. SUBSCRIBER.





The prospectus which you sent me

describes a stock, which appears

from all the information at my com-

mand, to be entirely speculative. In

order to attract the small investor, par

has been put at $5.00 per share, and





the method of presenting this stock to,





the investor is one adopted by a great

many Broad Street houses. In the ar-

rangement, whereby the preferred

stockholder may participate in the earn-

ings of the company, after eight per

cent has been paid on_the common

stock, is attractive, provided the com-

pany prospers.



But this offering hardly presents

sound investment qualities—the whole

line-up is speculative. The company is

a new one, having recently acquired

their property from another concern.

Furthermore, I should say that for the

present size of the property, the com-

pany is highly over-capitalized. The

Greenstreet process, for the recovery

of gasoline is still in the experimental

stage, and opinion is divided as to its

merits.



The circular gives no data as to the

value of the plants, balance sheet of

the company, its condition as to work-

ing capital, all of which is important

knowledge in making .a pref erred stock

investment. Furthermore, I should

want to know just how intimate a con-

nection the directors have with the

company, and whether they are finan-





many movisions that a bond-holder in- cially interested.





sists upon. The Whole transaction is





It is true extraordinary profits have





more or less of a temporary one, and been made on various branches of the





it is not necessary to provide for so





oil business, and the recovery of gas-





many iconmngencies. The elements of olime at the present time is presenting

credit, or moral hazard, assume WWI‘ attractive pnofits to those companies





importance in granting a short-term





that are well managed, and where the





credit, an element which is neutralized operating problem has been solved. At





by the mortgage security in a bond the same time, it is well to bear in‘





issue.





During the last few years the rail- of investigation by the government and

roads have been obliged to resort to various states and_.cities, Md the pres-

ent price gt gasolnie is causing some

_ _ . inquiry. ut if it is speculation that

snefi, due to the unsettled 0035511116711 flf you «are Iocflijng for, the ofimng sub.

the bond market, and the uncertainty mitted to me presents many attractive

.Gf late, many indus— features, but you should make up your

3m to be a good loser if you pur-

. ace.





temporary financing through note .18-





ot their earnings.

trial concerns have needed accommo-

dation for a short time, and in order

to hold their lines at banks unimpair-

ed, have gone into the market for the

savings of the people. The European

war has brought into prominence the

issues of foreign governments, which

have home an antraxctive interest rate

and issued only for a few years. It

would manifestly be poor financing to

put out a long-time bond, bearing the

interest rates which the m issues

cm. The policy rather is to refund





“.credit improved and the savings of.





from subscribers who neglect to sign’

their name‘or give their Woe ad—'

doses.

to under our rules.





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The closer your comparison, the more you will lean toward the Allen-

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Always they appeal to your judgement and invite careful investigation.

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breeding grounds of wild ani-

mals the supply of fur steadily

diminishes and the price correspond-

ingly advances. If furs as articles of





a. S civilization encroaches on the





use and adornment are not soon to dis-,





appear from general use, methods must

be devised for raising fur-bearing ani-

mals in confinement. This subject has

been investigated by the Biological

Survey of the Department of Agricul-





ture, and its specialists are doing ev-‘





erything to assist in starting the new

industry. ’

Success in domesticating wild ani-

mals, as in other branches of husband-

ry, depends on experience, adaptability

and prudence. No one should engage

in the business unless he enjoys it and

is familiar with the habits, characteris-

tics and climatic requirements of the





Silver F OX Farming





animals he intends to propagate. The

choice of location is of prime import-

ance. The best furs come from cool,

moderately humid regions. If a locality

furnishes native furs of high grade,

that locality is favorable to the domes-

tication of fur-bearers. The ratio of

expense to income must be considered

with care. - One can not pay the exorb-

itant prices animals for stocking pur-

poses sometimes bring and expect to

raise fur at a profit. Neither can one

expect to raise furs of a fine quality

from inferior stock. But given 3. nor-

mal market for breeding stock and

pelts, a favorable location, a love for

animals, and an ordinary degree of





prudence, one may embark in this new

sort of farming.



Silver-fox farming is one that offers

a tempting field for experiment, for

that animal is one of the highest-priced

of fur bearers. The business of rais-

ing it is believed to promise fair, if not

large returns for skill, experience and

the investment of moderate capital.



The name “silver fox” as commonly

used by furriers, includes the dark

phases of the ordinary red fox, vari-

ously called silver, silver gray, silver

black, or black. It should not be con-

fused with the gray, or tree fox of the

United States, the fur of which is of

comparatively little value.





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Aside from propagation, the domes-

tication of foxes has proved simple. It

is true that they rarely become very

tame. Even after several generations

of parents reared in captivity the off-

spring retain the wildness character-

istic of the species. Nevertheless they

are amenable to gentleness. They

quickly learn to recognize their keeper

and to come to the feeding place when

called. Most of them can be induced

to take food from the hand, but their

tempers are uncertain. If well fed they.

seldom fight, and when they do, fatal-

ities rarely result. Cold weather has

no terrors for foxes, and snow is a de-

light. At times of alternate freezing

and thawing they should not be allow-

ed to lie down on snow as they may

thus seriously injure their coats.



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.mnner be transferred without danger sum The price or m. wil loam-e Joe at low. and thought about it. night with a shattered, driveling bowl.

of injuryto itself or its keeper. Gener- as the supply increases, but the profits Nothing shut of a pistol-h! mld “Hi, Joe "' said a merry-hearted gen-

vally speaking, sickness is not common from' breeding silvers have thus far tram like that lime Black dot on the tleman,‘1hem‘s yer my a calling of

among domesticated foxes that are been very large. 50 long as the de- far horizon. There was something you. Run along, son, an’ play with

well cared for. Even more may a mand for breeding stock exceeds the wrong about the whole allair, but just him."



fox is choked while eating. Passing supply, the value of the annual in- what the curdog could not figure out. This sally wasneoelmd muslin-1t

meat and small or soft bones and car- crease, or the gross income, will .aver- Possibly the cow-men might enligth of mirth. and the “arose and went:

magethwghabonegrindcrwfllnot agcapproximatelyleercentofme himandoflersympathy;so,withflfis “toward themseotbhm

only prevent choking-but allow enough value of the breeding stock. When false hope at heart, he went back tion, but deepwinto ,ihe silent cattle-

“: to be fed with the meat to pro. part of the increase can be disposed of slowly. his hot breath coming in lab. herd, Where his soul—if dogs lave

two My animals. A for sometimes only by slaughtering for fur, profits cred gasps, his stmp tail sagging sad- souls—was empty of all save hate m

dial it“ no assignable cause. note will be less than at present, but even ly. His reception, however, was very shame alone.



omen fatalities can be traced to a lack then they'are likely to be much .great- different from the one so fondly hoped The nights which followed wen, u

of cam «- foresight. The dishes from or than from ordinary lines of hus- for. Instead of pats and a courteous Joe, a living death. With fateful punc-

‘hlchthe animalseat and drink should bandry involving like capital and at- explanation, they greeted him with a tua‘lity the hell- warbler jumped the

he walled daily and scolded fi‘euucnt- tention. roar of vulgar laughter—a taunt which sage—brush and began his hunting ser-





,. stung him to the very quick. .enade. He jeered at Joe, and drove

1111mm"ummnmmnmmlmnnmmm:unmmnmm. nummmIrIImmummumlummm!IIIII1mImunmuIImunnmuummuummum”muuIllummmumuumummmmmmmmunmm That dogs are sensitive to ridicule in him to the verge of hydrophobia. He





a. fact too ' atent to admit of argu- called the dog by names unbearable.

I he cur and th€ COYOte ment; but iollies, perhaps, are the and dared him toachase. Joe did try





most humanly sensitive of all. And it once, just to prove the paradox to





By EDWARD PEPLE this is where Joe’s collie breed crop. his canine mind. Thereafter he resort— ‘





pod out to stay. He was stunned at ed to strategy, and laid for .Mr. Coyote

(Concluded from last week). coyote, and his interest was aroused— first. He couldn't take it in; but when but without avail.



“Say, Chip," remarked Frisco Jim, Irish interest, mixed with American the taunts continued, the dog’s already This seemed to amuse the cowmen

with befitting solemnlty, thet there dog superiority. A lazy white moon swung heated blood began to boil. He was vastly, and each sad failure was a new

0’ yo’r’n is gittin’ ks' too cocky fer to over the horizon, quenching the camp- fighting for his last torn shred of pride delight to them. Somehow, they fan-

live a minute. He don’t need nothin' lire’s glow and flooding the plain with ——and pride dies hard. cied the two words “humor” and “hm-

but a straw hat, 'n’ a toothpick shoved a ghostly glory. From far away in the He crouched beside the camp-fire, his tality” to be synonymous, and wrought

in his face, to put me in min’ 0‘ met east came a melancholy yapping, and rough hair bristling down his spine, his religiously upon that line. They took

‘li’l’ English maverick what herded Joe rose up and listened. Suddenly, ugly nose distorted by an uglier to tormenting Joe instead of watching

with us last August. You recolleCt ’im, from nowhere, appeared the first coy- wrinkle still. And when at last Sprig his old time parlor tricks, which now,

Chip—one eye-glass 'n‘ a hired man ote——a splendid, strapping specimen, Flannigan—the humorist, by the way, alas! were playednomore. He had no

fer to tote his shotgun!" with yellow black flanks and a flaunt- who had sicked Joe on—laughed loud- heart for tricks, and even the ace and



Few cow-men, however, are troubled ing, feathered tail. He took a clump of er than the rest, and pointed a derisive deuce-spot seemed to have lost their

because of a cur-dog’s vanity; there< sage-brush at a bound, lit on his finger at the hero fallen low, then the charm. The dog grew thin and hollow-

fore, they submitted to his patronizing haunches, pointed his nose toward the cur saw red and forgot to be a gen. eyed, moaning and battling in his

familiarity and rebuked him not. They sky's dome,’ and loosed one quivering tleman. sleep, when false dreams gave his ens

loved him for his grit, his speed, his ghoulish wail. At best a rawhide boot is a rather emy into his jaws.

brains. They flattered him and spoil- As has been said, the dog was inter- tough proposition, but Joe bit through Then the hell-warbler took to calling

led him, sharing, on common terms. ested. There was something more. He it, through the tmusers‘beneath them, in the daytime, bringing his friends

their board and bed—especially the was stricken dump—paralyzed—by this through flesh and sinew, till hisstroug and family with him. He would glide

bed composed of a rollednp blanket cool elfrontery. Here was an arrogant teeth met With a bellow of rage and into ml) and Stall something, then

with Joe on the outside. or course. stranger, sitting—without the courtesy pain. the humorist wrenchcd away and glide away unharmed, pursued by raw

there were fleas—hundreds of fleas— of invitation—upon Joe’s own prairie, reached for his big blue gun. He was profanity and a plead-ball. Joe loathed

"but a hero of the plains soon learns to disturbing the peace in a hateful, alien a quick chap, but Chip Moseby was 3 him, but was ashamed. No longer be

overlook the little things at life; be— tongue. The serene check of it! A fraction quicker. His hand flew out waited for the cow-mens nightlyieSts.

sides, it was good to feel a warm dog devil-lipped pitch-imp! yapping at Joe’s and disturbed the potshot aim, while but at the sound of the first m! m'

in the small of a fellow’s back when moon! the bullet went whining out across the he would rise from the camp-fire and

the wind was nippy~ and from the A pair of pathetic come eyes swept prain‘e. impairing the market value of slink away into the outer darkness. to

north. Thus Joe waxed fat and pros- slowly round the circle of recumbent an innocent 10118-11011 hide his face from the sin“: 0!? man.

percd in his pride. cow-men, resting at last upon the mas- “Drop it!” commanded Chip, then Joe's cup of woe was full—and yet, not



It is strange how a mongrel’s breeds ter, and seeming—1'11 camp vernacular added, by way Of pacifying argument: quite, for another trouble was to come

will crop out singly, and, for the time ——to inquire, as plain as words: “Fer “Ef you had made a screamin’ ass of upon him. His master went away.

being, dominate all other traits; yet J eroosy’s sake, Mr. Moseby, what yo’se’f like Joe had,a11’ we’d ’a’ laugh- Chip M05613? had gone in the. night

this was the case with Joe. In a light it is?” ed at you, burn me if you wouldn’t —-on a hurry—call—while the dog was

of any kind his bull-Irish came to the A camp humorist kindly supplied the want to cut our throats!" stalking a certain coyote many miles

fore with a rush, the undershot jaw fig— information. This was logic. but Sprig. in his from canal? Of course, them might

uring as a. conspicuous racial mark. “That there's a hell-warmer. Sick misery, fail-ed to see it. He, too, was have been a trail, but a heavy rain

The wolf-hound strain developed solely him, Joe." Irish. His fingers tingled on his smok- was falling, which is bad for trails;

when he caught a lean, healthy jack- Joe took the suggestion without par- lug gun, while he urged his death-claim and when a man in the west simply

rabbit in a straightaway race, brought ley. A noiseless brown streak made out with a quivering chin- goes away—well—none but 330018. or

him into camp, and ate him before the toward the serenader, but Mr. Coyote “Th’ murderin’ divil's whelp! He's sheriffs, follow after.

eyes of an admiring crowd. His keen, saw it coming. He ended his song with chawed a piece outer me leg.” And now was Joe alone indeed. For

pathetic sensitiveness was no doubt a crisp crescendo and departed in an Chip Moseby retorted promptly and a time even the coyote was forgotten

inherited from the collie stock: but of easy, shambling lope. The dog was heartlessly. in a grief for the one square man who

that there is more to follow. too much occupied to hear the coarse “Well, charge the 80' place up to had entered pats, lowspoken words,



At present Joe's cut-dog intelligence ripple of amusement following his exit, profit an' loss, 1111’ run an’ tell yer and a sympathetic eye. Shame and bit-

and sense of humor lay uppermost. or to see the master stir a sleeper with mommer. Now shet up, or I’ll bloody terness, for a dog, are hard to bear;

leading him to the performance of his foot and remark, with a widéning yer nose." but grief for a loved one whisped into

tricks. These he could do without num- grin: This, also, was logic; besides, Sprig's the Great Unknown is a pang undream.

bet. fetching. carrying. 01' standing on “Come, git up, Tony, '11' see the nose had been bloodied once before, ed by man. It tends him, while his

his hind 1885 to beg for bacon and ap- spote. My dawg's a linkin' it after a and memory lingered. Therefore, he dog heart slowly breaks, and he, too.

plause. He could imitate a bucking ki-yo dropped the discussion in a Christian slips away, to hunt—who known—tin

bronco 01' a naming bull. A150. he said A more perfect stage could not have spirit, tied up his leg with a whisky- he licks a master’ 5 spirit-hand.



his prayers in the manner of certain been desired; the moon tor footlights, soaked rag, and strove to forget the The Mexican dog Tonque was lap

far-distant Christians—a feat, by the Tongue and nineteen cow-men as the incident. sing into ariogance of late. Joe thrash-

bye, WhiCh none of his associates had audience, a coyote for comedian, and ed him soundly but got no pleasure out

achieved in years. He named the val- Joe, of course, the star. The chase CHAPTER V. of it, thus proving to himself that his

ues 0f poker~chips by barks, and, thy went south for half a mile, doubled it- So much for the man's wound. The case was bad Then he wandered away

3113’. could 11112218 a deck of evil-smell- self, and passed the camp again, the dog had received a deeper one—Jarger on the prairie alone, and made a find. *

i118 cards, selecting therefrom any maneuver being repeated six separate and mor pitiless. A bull'seye had been It wasn 't much in itself—a calfskin to-

named ace or deucevspot, an ac- times, apparently for the benefit of made of his vanity, and only death or bacco pouch—but it belonged to Chip

complishment which was voiced abroad those who watched. It was a close the coyote's blood could soothe the Moseby. Joe nosed it once, and hope

and thrilled the great southwest With race, too, or seemed to be, for seldom pain away. came trickling back And now the col-

wonder and delight. was the cur's black muzzle more than Next morning he tried to persuade lie stock cropped out again. assisted

' Is it, then, to be marveled at that a a yard or so behind his victim’s tail. himself that it all had been a dream; by that other and much maligned ca-

carelessly born cur-dog, alone and our Never before had the wolf-hound but Sprig Flannigan limped, and a nine strain—the cur. Joe noted the

felted with adulation, should weaken breed cropped out so strongly. Joe ran dog’s heart doesn’t ache so fiercely be distant camp, drew an imaginary line

and lose his grip on modesty? Joe lost low; his muscles ached and burned. cause of dreams. The day dragged between it and his find, and knew that

it, but not irrecoverably, for about his eyes protruded, and he whimpered on, but reached a close at last. A pur- the master's bronco had traveled north.

this time he met his Waterloo, and a in desire; yet,’ strive as he would, he ple twilight came sneaking over the This was enough. The ugly ears lay

mangy Napoleon rested for a space on failed to reduce the lead, while the west. deeper. darker, till the lazy moon back, the long limbs stretched them





 





 





the Isle of mortificatlon. beast in front reeled onward with a arose, and again the camp-fire paled— selves in a swinging stride. Straight

1 shambling lope. Think of it! A lope! a lonely, flickering blotch on a vast as a shaft toward the pole—star sped 1

CHAPTER IV. But now Joe gained. He moaned white sea. And silence fell—God s sl- faithful dog, while his heart beat high”





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trotted hack to camp.



’ New this, in a human. might be call-

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pride. In a cur, it has no name; but a

brazen hell-warbler was still at large

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CHAPTER VI.





The next time lee gave Tongue a and one other wail—~a faint yap‘! yaplr

thrashing, he did enjoy it—«te the very that dribbled from out the east. A hor-

mrmw; also, he ate a square meal, rid note, a very caricature of sound,

and began to study the habits of my yet music now to the ears of the wait-





dtes from a scientific standpoint.





“Say, Joe,” said Frisco Jim, with his still; no longer an echo down the wind,





greasy smile, “why don‘t you put some

salt on yo’ cousin’s tail 2’”



Joe passed the iost and insult With-

out apparent notice, for now he had

other fish to fry. To be explicit, he

went and lay down among the long-

horns, hoping the fumes of their smok-

ing bodies might disguise his scent. If

Mr. Coyote chanced to wander care—

lessly among the cattle, as he did at

times, then—perhaps! But Mr. Coyote

laughed, as one ‘d-erides a tenderfoot,

and bored a hole in the wind with his

shamhling lope.



This was disappointing, at least from

the dog‘s side of it, but the next en-

counter proved to be of greater inter-

est to all concerned, and these were

many. Joe made a wide detour, as-

saulted the enemy in his rear, and got

him pocketed in a bunch of sleeping

cattle. This was well. The coyote’s

only road to hope lay directly across

the hacks of several hundred steers;

a perilous path, at best, for the beasts

rose up in unexpected places, thus

causing the racetrack to become

lumpy and uncertain. The long-horns

are peaceful creatures as a rule; but

think, my friend! If you yourself were

Wakened suddenly from dreams of ends

and luscious grass by a charging coy-

ote and a whimpering, foaming dog,

perhaps you would think from a be-

vine point of view. At any rate, the

cattle made progress dimcult and un-

certain, aud once the race was all but

run. A big steer tossed the coyote

fifteen or twenty feet, but another one

tossed Joe at the same instant, so hon-

ors were even, so to speak.



And now, indeed, was pandemonium

loosed upon the night. The terror-

stricken cattle, fleeing from they knew

not what, surged backward, bellowing;

in frenzy rushing round and round in a

swiftly converging circle, tightening in-

to a sort of whirlpool knot, known

technically upon the plains as a “cattle

mill.” In daylight a “mill” is dreaded.

At night—well, ask the cowmen.



‘Wake up, boys!” screamed Denver

Ed, seeking his tethered bronco on the

ma. “Joe's millin the neat fer to

ketch his iii-one!”



Now, whether or not it was really

Joe’sdesign, is a matter beyond the

ken of man; but this we know, ere

sweet tranquility was restored again,

the mw—punchers had expended their

uttermost supply of plainsrnen’s three

P’s, which is to say—powder, perspira—

tion and profanity. Yet peace and ‘or-

der did arrive at last, and when it

came, a little black dot was yapping on

the far horizon, while Joe sneaked,

panting, into camp, defeated again, but

hopeful. The gods had almost smiled

upon him, yet with the cow-men he

wasn’t quite so popular.



Twice more the cur-dog failed—lieu~

ed by a narrow max-gin, though—and

the days slipped one by one away.

Each day was a brooding time for the

memories of wrongs and ridicule, a

yearning time for the loved one wait-

ing in the north. me]: night the coy-

ote took the sage-hush at a lying leap.

and stabbed the s with his hid-

eous, ghoulish my.



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alert for trouble.





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their tails against it; while the men





shiveted and built a bigger fire. At

twilight Joe stde out beside a clump

of sage-brush, scratching till he made

a. hole. In' this he squatted, his black

nose pointing dead toward the blast,

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Again came night, but without the

lazy moon. Again came silence, save

for the meaning of the wind; the wind





ing dcgl Nearer it came, and nearer

but a full, deep-throated challenge,

mingled with the pattering of velvet’

feet. It came, a rush——a swish-the

shadow of a ghost-“beast sailing over

the sage-brush, in a beautiful, unsus-

picious leap.

Twas a perfect leap, high, graceful,

grand; but it ‘had its disadvantages. In

.mid air the coyote saw his fate be

heath him, and tried to turn. He did

turn, partially, and lit upon his back.

In an instant Joe was all over him.

’Of the bliss and sublime brutality of

that battle in the dark, none save Joe

alone will ever know. But, oh, the

glory of it! The feel of a scui'fling

enemy beneath his paws, when teeth

met flesh and bone, to lock with a

rasping click! The savage joy of a

foeman fighting back at last, frothing,

tearing, in a coward’s fury of despair!

The peace which passeth understand-

ing when the quivering brute lay dead!

Joe closed his eyes and rested. His





 





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grip which relaxed not once till the

coyote’s body was dragged across the

plain, till ”it lay beside the camp-fire,

bloody, limp, and still.



“He’s got ’im!” roared a wondering 1

sentinel, and the camp woke up and '

cheered.



'They formed a ring about the victor [

and applauded him; but he backed

away and snarled. He hadn’t asked 1

applause. He wanted justice~justice

for a dog. 1



The cow men looked and marveled. ‘

A dozen hands reached out to pat the

ugly head, for human beasts can honor j

courage, even in a lesser beast; but

the cur remembered many things. The

black nose wrinkled wickedly; the

coarse hair bristled down his spine;

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vain they shouted and called his name.

Their voices were lost in the rust of

icy wind, and the dog was gone.



Not once did Joe look back. He set-

tled down into a tireless, swinging

trot—measured, monotonous—but hav-

ing for its goal a loved one waiting

somewhere in the trackless north. His

soul was satisfied; his dog heart beat

with the peaceful pride of one who has

wiped a stain away. There was blood

upon his coat—the blood of an enemy

—and Joe could look his master in the

face.





 





 





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EDNESDAY morning, July 12,

there was held at M. A. C. a

conference of club women, do-





> mestic science teachers and home wom-





en interested in the problem of making

better homes. At this meeting Mrs.

Calvin, from the Bureau of Education,

Washington, was the principal teacher.

Mrs. Calvin has been housekeeper,





‘mother and teacher, so each one felt





that she would understand the subject

as none of the rest could. I would like

tO'give you all she said, but I am not

a stenographer and could not take it

all down.



In the beginning, the study of Home

Economics included only cooking and

sewing, but from public schools and

colleges came the demand for trained

teachers, and it soon developed into

Domestic Science and Domestic Art. At

present there is a tendency to use a

new type of names and we hear of

food preparation and food production,

hand sewing, machine sewing, textiles,

millinery, etc. It is good for a woman

to buy food in the market and feed her

family; it is good for her to be able to

buy material, to use a pattern and sew

for her family, but these things are not

the whole of household administration.

It is more essential to be able to co-or-

dinate all parts of the housework and

run ,it is a whole; hence household ad-

ministration divides into home nurs-

ing, housewifery, cooking, sewing, etc.

It must accomplish comfortable living

with reasonable leisure; there must be

satisfaction and well-being.for all in

the home and interest in things out-

side the home.



Housekeeping is a complicated busi-

ness and should be treated as such. If

you were intending to purchase a mil-

linery business, you would study the

stock on hand, study the customers of

the store and their tastes, and then

study the relation between the two;

you would know that if you did not do

these things the business would be a

failure.



The output of the home should be

We do not exist merely

for our own comfort and must consider

more than ourselves for our own

pleasure.



Man earns money to bring available

comforts into the home; woman must

provide for the happiness and well-be-

ing of its inmates. The home is the

place into which material things go,

but out of it more must go, human be-

ings, not just lives.



Household administration can be

considered under two heads:



1. The money coming in; the labor



available in the home.

‘ 2. The inmates of the home; the lo-

cation of the home, as regards trans-

portation, schools, and health; the so-

cial conditions.



Each woman must study her own

condition and plan accordingly. Pub—

lished budgets are not much good;

there can be no average budget for the





~- average family but there are certain





fundamental principles that can be ap-

First of all, there must be





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day, and if he is doing hard work he

requires 4,500 calories per day. We do

not always remember that a boy of six-

teen requires the same amount. If he

does not have it, his growth may be

retarded, he may get behind in his

studies, and be called lazy and good-

for-nothing. The housekeeper may find

it necessary to spend one-half of her

income for food, but this allowance is

unusually large.



Having made the allowance for food,

shelter is the next consideration. We

must have enough space to breathe in

and move in if we are to keep well. A

doctor’s bill is a luxury. Much is spent

to give the poor medical aid but if we

gave more attention to proper shelter,

much of that money can be saved. The

minimum requirement for each person

is 420 cubic feet, or a space six feet

wide, ten feet long, and eight feet high.

The average family of five persons

needs a square twenty-four feet wide

and twenty-four feet long and eight

feet high. This much is necessary,

more is a luxury. '



Clothing is the next consideration;

for' ten or twelve dollars a year you

can be decently covered, and one dol-

lar a week allows for fair dressing.





and all move on together.





Having decided on the division of

the income, play it as a game. The

money can be placed in jars or en-

velopes, and then see if you can keep

within your allowance.



With the budget out of the way, or-

ganize the home. Remember that no

house should rule its inmates; it is for

the comfort of the inmates and is their

servant. In the house rightly organized

every part fits into every other part

The outgo

never exceeds the investment. The

investment is money, human strength

and human thought; the outgo is cit-

izenship. '



The home should be sanitary, and

clean, the members of the family prop-

erly fed and clothed but some time

for leisure and a share in the social

life of the community should be pro-

vided. If you can buy food that you

know is prepared in a clean way and

has a good flavor just as cheaply as

you can prepare it, why not buy it?

There are times when it is the rankest

extravagance for a woman to can fruit.

A hot morning spent over a range may

result in a doctor bill.



Each one of us must settle for our-

selvesvthe need of doing each kind of

work, bearing in mind that the ulti-

mate result of home-making is to be

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The F oodValuc of Beans





HE don’t know beans,” has been a

term of reproach as the last limit

of intelligence. Yet I am convinc-



ed that few women know the value of

beans as a food even here in Michigan.



The most expensive type of food

needed by the human body is protein.

We need, you all remember, 10 to 15

per cent of our food from this source

to grow our bodies and rebuild our

worn out tissues.





Judged by chemical analysis beans

would have a place among the highest

protein foods, “containing more pro-

tein than the best cuts of meat, beside

a little fat and a considerable amount

of starch,” saysrthe U. S. Bulletin.



Pound for pound they would be more

valuable than meat or our best cereals

~also both iron and potassium phos-0

phate are especially abundant in bean

ash.



Since peas, beans, and lentils con-

tain as much protein as meat, and no

other vegetable foods can approach

them in this regard, we need not be

surprised to learn that they are exten—

sively used among all people who eith-

er from necessity or from choice, eat

little or no meat. This is but one of

many instances of a wise choicerof

food made long before exact knowl-

edge was able to give the reason for it.





Some food rich in protein will be

found in the daily diet of all peoples.

The Mongol eats with his rice, which

is largely starch, small quantities of

fish, fish eggs, and goose livers, but for

his supply of proteid»materials he re-

lies on his different preparations of

bean cheese and on soja sauce made

from the soy bean. The Mexican, Whose

supply of meat is scanty and of a poor

quality, uses the native bean or frijole

at almost every meal, made into a

stew with vegetables and perhaps

shreds of sun-dried beef, well spiced

with chili or red pepper. The cooking

is said to be done now in the unsightly

American tin can (in this case a lard

or kerosene can), which has almost





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supplanted of late years the primitive

earthen pot described by travelers. The

bean stew or porridge, with the tore

tilla or cake of pounded corn, makes

Upthe bulk of his food. The puchero

or daily stew eaten by the poorer class

of Spaniards has lentils for its basis

and with the Bedouins andother Asi-

atic people the porridge of lentils is in

constant use. Church mentions twenty

species of legumes, some having many

varieties, that are raised in India, and

there they form an occasional but a

staple food among a people who, both

by poverty and by religious scruples,

are prevented from eating meat.





In early days in the New England

states the woodcutter who went out

for a day’s work in the woods in win-

ter almost always took with him “bean

porridge,” i. e., beans that had been

cooked to the consistency of a thick

mush and then frozen in bowls. In

each bowl had been placed a string,

which served to lift out the contents.

By the help of the camp fire the frozen

cooked beans were again made into

porridge.



Digestibility.



The chief hindrance to a more pop-

ular use of beans at the present seems

to be their supposed indigestibility.

There is a general opinion that while

they are suitable for robust people

leading an active, outdoor life, indis-

pensable to the soldier’s outfit and to

the logging camp, welcomed. by the

hunter and woodsman, and a necessary

part of the food of the hard-working

poor, they are, on the other hand, un-

suitable for people leading a sedentary

life, and are generally to be avoided by

the invalid and- convalescent. Such

persons often complain of distress af-





tereating beans, especially if the skins -





have not been removed, and of a disa-

greeable evolution of gas in the intes-

tines, testifying, as it does, to the fer-

mentability of this class of vegetables.

These foods are, therefore, called “in-

digestible,” by which is meant in com-





 





mon speech that they give distress or

that we are unpleasantly conscious of

the digestive process. These symptoms

however, do not in general indicate

anything as to the extent to which the

contained nutrients of a food are ab

sorbed or used in the system. When

eaten in reasonable amount by persons

in health, it is doubtful if they give-

rise to unpleasant symptoms. That no

bad results attend their use is shown

by theimportant place they have held

in the diet since early times.

Bean Cookery.



A matter of great importance is the

prepartion of the beans, and we might

well study some of the earlier methods

of cooking to find out why the New

Englander could not only chop down

trees, but Boston baked beans fed peo-

ple are famous for the brainiest people

in the history of the nation.



In digestion experiments made at the

Minnesota Experiment Station by Sny-

der baked beans formed a considerable

part of the diet of healthy men engag-

ed in fairly severe muscular work. The

beans had been soaked in soda and wa-

ter to remove skins and were baked in

the usual way, butter being added.

When eaten with bread and milk it

was found that on an average 91 per

cent of the dry matter; 80 per cent of

the fat, and 96 per cent of the carbohy-

drates of the baked beans were digest-

ed. When eaten with a diet furnishing

considerably more fat somewhat high-

er values were obtained. It was noted

that the carbohydrates were more eas-

ily digestible than any of the other

nutrients. The protein was more var-

iable than the other constituents in

digestibility, ranging in different tests

from 72 to 87 per cent.



Considering the experiments as a.

whole, it is evident that the beans

were quite thoroughly digested. It is

undoubtedly true that different individ-

uals vary in regard to their ability to

digest beans, but it seems fair to con-





clude that when properly combined~





with other foods they should not be

considered indigestible. As pointed out

by Snyder, beans are slow of digestion

and require more intestinal work than

many foods, but when properly cem-

bined with other materials, so that

they form a fair part of the ration, the

work'of digestion is more evenly dis-

tributed than when they are‘used alone

or in verylarge amounts. In using





beans in the dietary they are frequent- -





ly eaten in excessive quantities at ir-

regular intervals rather than in rea-

sonable amounts combined with other

foods as a regular part-of the ration.

It seems fair to conclude that when

usedin the diet in a reasonable way no

difficulty is experienced in digesting

beans.



When beans are soaked in sodaand





water and parboiled to remove skins





some of the germ is also removed.

The opinion has been advanced that

the skins and germs are the parts of

the beans which are the most ferment-

able and produce gaseous products dur-

ing digestion. , Snyder,*who has made

a number of studies with beans, con-

siders that treatment With a'small

amount of soda and salt in cooking is

an advantage since it hinders the for-

mation of gas. , .



In Snyder’s experiments over a

pound of baked beans’was consumed

per day by. men engaged part‘ of the

time in active Outdoo'r'WOrk. ‘It- is his





opinion, however, that Ordinarily"not 0. ‘ p 7

more than six ounces of baked beans,” ~ '





equivalent to four ouncesofuncfik “ ‘





 





   





 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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ration. My, v5 “ «, ‘ - , ' . ” . 7,



' Pantheon entrainment, .1. meme aims made My ac-

“when properly cm they need all milk, most important of the m as}

be excluded from the dietary of those minds MM‘fs diet; meat, fish,

engaged in light muscular exercise. poultry, «eggs, and meat substitutes.

though they should mt'lerm as large 2. Bread and other cereal foods.



3; part of the ration as in the use of 3. Butler amdother Wholesome tats.

active workingmen leading outdoor ’4. Vegetables and fruits.





 

   

 

 

 





 





   





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“‘73-. ' 5. Simple sweets. . . - . .

Proper cooking is the max of the The relation of ‘fnod to the condition Good Light today Is a necessity m mam ‘

while bean question as a flood. of the bowels is also an important M- wintry home—an 50011011135 will Mae. 2





 

 

 





The first requirement of cooking her. (22mins, particularly those om-

beans properly is long soaking in soft attaining the outer or tyranny layers or

water or soda, half a teaspoon to a coats, are laxative; so, too, are such

quart. Second, Mailing in soft water mildly acid fruits as apples, oranges

until skins will burst. and grapefruit. So liar, therefore, as



Then long steady heat applied inbak— the important matter of preventing

ing, or a fireless cooker, or an old New mistipation is concerned” coarse





 

 





Good Light saves time and labor in house and ”hams. .



‘Goodliglfl: means increasedcomfort, safety and hap-

mess for every one in the family, every night—365 tins

each year.



Good Light to: the harm home, is heatsupliedlw

the unto-date





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 





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Engmrd Dutch oven. grains and mildly acid fruits serve the Hot-Carhde-outd°w

Or the skins strained out to make same purpose. When fruits are to he . .. . . .. .

mm or soup. Obtained in abundance, the kind of ceT-' ”gum mil Mag man's





 

 

 

 





And last, added flavors for pa‘lat‘a- ea‘l served is not of great importance.

bility. out salt. sugar, syrup, fat pork, When theymmot, theooaamer cereals

butter. cream or milk, tomato, mus- shuuld he used. '

turd, weer, onion salt, etc. '



These are the gleam] principles that To Brighten Madman—Wash with

should be observed. The soda and skmmlk and water. Once a month

mustard assist d‘mestion and the malls rub over with linseed oil. Or, if a lie-

acid of apples, it served with beans, olenm polish is desired, prepare the

will also aid digestion, it is Might. following: Palm 011, :2 ounces; liquid



"DORA ST’M‘KMA’N. mama, 18 ounces; kenosene, live



——————— ounces. Wash and apply with a cloth.



PROPER *FOOD FOR YOUNG CHlL- Absorbent Chemical Dusters—Add

DREN. one ounce of paraffin 0.11 and one ounce



- of kerosene to two pints of benzine,



A little child, three to six years of and add one «dram of oil of eucalyptus.

age, who is carefully fed in accordance Dip clean cloths in this solution and

with his bodily needs, as these are now wring out. Hang out in the air to dry

understood, receives evm'y day at least until the benzine evaporates.





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JudgingMilk in the Laboratory

By FLOYD w. ROBISON '





(Continued from last week).



There are some conditions under duping bacteria that the very mention

which we can not consider bacteria to of the name has been abhorrent to

be friendly agents. It is because of most dairymen. '

this possibility that we urge in addi- We thought that through the wide-

tion the employment of cold in the pro— spread publicity which had been given

duction of milk. the work of the late Dr. Metchnikoviif,



The B. Cell Organisms. the celebrated scientist Whose name



The manner in which the sewage was attached to the sour milk theory

pollution is demonstrated in drinking of “longevity, that the public would get

water is by the isolation of a certain over the idea that bacteria in them-

type of germs which we call specifi- selves were things 10 be avoided. It is

cally the gas-producing organisms. found indeed, that most of the organ-

These organisms which we refer to are isms which are present normally in

called the B. Coll group. They are milk are those same organisms which

found in sewage discharges and occur Metchnikofi proclaimed to be funda-

as well in the fecal matter of domestic mental to long life so that various .

animals such as cattle. so that the commercial concerns have taken and-J

presence of this particular type of or- vantage of the hint given by him and

ganism is an indication of sewage pol- have put upon the market food pro?

lution and in milk the presence of this ducts containing these germs in very; '

organism proves that foreign matter large quantities. Clean milk which,

like manure, in which this B. Cell soars normally becomes a very whole'

group out bacteria are habitually found some article of diet and were bacteria:

have in some way or other gained ac— not to be considered as indicators of‘

cess to the milk. the presence of other materials in milk ~



Drinking mater which shows this B. it would be necessary for us in each

Cali type of organisms is not neces— iastance to ascertain the kind of bac-

sarfly a drinking water which contains teria present before We could pass up-

typhoid but showing a contamination on the wholesomeness of the milk.

with sewage material it may at any Sour .Mllk Organisms Usually

time be a. diseasemnying water; in Predominate.

fact, is very apt to be. Likewise milk it seems to us, therefore, very fortu-

which shows the B. Coll group of or- mate that while undesirable and run-

ganlsms may not necessarily be a milk wholesome products get into milk, the.

which will produce an infectious dis- sour milk type of bacteria are usually

ease, but it is surely a milk containing present in larger quantities than any.

fecal material, undesirable at any time, other. Consequently that milk will:

and at all times potentially unsafe. sour if held a reasonable length of



The Limit of Safety—Sadiety First. time and by the fact of early soaring



We make ’it a practice in our inspec- in this way demonstrate the uncleanli-

tion methods to condemn any and all ness of the milk. If it does not sour

milk which shows this organism to ex- when exposed norm-ally, this is in itself

ist in ID no. quantities. We likewise ”undesirable symptom, because it i-n- .

condemn any drinking water as decid— dictates that other types of organisms

edly unsafe which contains B. Cell in are present in greater‘quantities than .

1010c. quantities. The public safety is is the souring organism and having

never endangered by a too rigid en- gained maul have kept the soaring

fmcement but it is many times so en- organism down.

angered by a lax enforcement of this So there are several difenent ways

pn‘mciplc. in which bacteria in milk can be used

If we could impress upon dab-yuan as very sensitive indicators indeed of .A

what an exceedingly lama; indicat- the general feed nmlities and safety of ‘

or bacteria are in their iaflmoe for that milk for load. To comma then :

good upon the sanitary surround- andmsnt contamination strict clean-7





mg of their farms much «will have limes mnstbe followed. To keep milk V f §

been accomplished. So much fear has pure and to prevent bacteria than be- PM Mil” the nichim Fame:- when ”

at: writing to advertisers and ”William a, m





   





" We wonder” plant has totally flanged the old

.' _. "» fadfionedmethodsof lmrse audba'rn biting-undermining

' r, in the cmn‘try home.



- ‘ fiandmcdsaf thansands of np-to-da‘te farmers—men

like yourself—in all pmuf the country—have (equipped

their homeswimh his permanent improvement. Some are

irimdsand mighborsof yours. 'lheir Mikes are now

enjoying this osmium, nasty and convenience, mflmut

which your home would never be complete.



Sand for our illustrated catalogs and descriptive





booklets telling all about the m and the service it pro-

] vides. Get these good light facts «today Just address





   

   

   

   





 





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 





 





 

 





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- LuuuMaimofWe licking and Cooking Plants inthc 'World





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501.221 5.011911? steaoy at $8.75





. The moonioniunnttothose who



have not. expressed a. desire- for the.



latest markets: The late- market-eds



33.“ will he neuron. request atom.

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person? LIVE STOCK MARKET.





 





Thursday’s Market.

August 10,. 1916.





Cattle.

Receipts 2745. The market opened

at the local stock yards with another

heavy supply of cattle on sale, a large





portion of it being. of an interior qual- , .





ity, while the general market. was. a

trifle more active, prices were no

higher than they were a week ago.

One bunch of extra good steers brought

$8.75. which was the top; they were

bought by Parker, Webb 12: Co. The

demand from the country 1s stxll hght

for stockers and feeders, owing to the

recent dry spell and shortage of pas

tore. Milch; cows were dull and few

good ones, were in'the receipts. Prrces

ranged as follows: Best heavy steers

$8@8.75; best handy weight butcher

steers $7@7.50; mixed steers and her!-

ers $6.50fi7 ; handy light butchers $6®

6.25; light butchers $5.50@6; best

cows “@625; butcher cows $5@5.50;

$4.50@4.75; canoe-rs

33.509415: best heavy Mills “@650;



hulls $5.50fi6; stock hulls $5©

5-50; feeders $6.50@7; stockers $5.50

@650; milkers and springers $40@75.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 2

bulls av 1415 at $6.50, 2 do av 880 at

$6, 1 do vgh 1380 at $6.25; to Bray 3.»

B. 8 stockcrs av 667 at $5.75, 4 cows

av 905 at $5.25. 3 do av 903 at $5.50,

2 do av 850 at $4.25, 14 stockers av 666

at $5.50, 16 cows av 1053 at $5.75: to

Breitenbeck 20 steers av 906 at $7, 4

heifers av 900 at $6; to Garber 1]

butchers av 650 at $6.25, 7 do av 764

at. $6.60; to Parker, W. & Co. 22 steers

av 1106 at $8.75, 3 do av 1027 at $7.50,

8 do av 1043 at $7.50; to Sullivan P.

Co. 13 do av 1055 at $7.75, ] cow wgb

900 at $5.50, 5 butchers av 904 at $6.50,

16 do av 803 at $6.25, 1 cow wgh 980 at

$6, 19 steers av 97! at $7.25: to Bret-

tenbeok l5 butchers av 864 at $6.30: to

Bray & B. 22 stockers av 621 at $5.50;

to Parker, W. & Co. 2 bulls av 1015 at

$6, 5 cows av 796 at $4.25, 3 bulls av

1083 at $6, 3 do av 970 at $6, 2 cows av

1110 at $4.25, 34 steers av 858 at $7, 4

cows av 940 at $4.25; to Nagle P. Co.

7' stockers av 891 at $6.85; to Bray &

B. 16 stockers av 740 at $5.50, 3 cows

av 910 at $5.75, 4 do av 905 at $5.65,

13 stockers av 590 at $5.60; to Nagle

P. Co. 11 butchers av 924 at $6.85, 8

do av 840 at $6.50; to Sullivan P. Co.

13 do av 773 at $6.50, 10 do av 850 at

$5.50: to Golden 9 do av 850 at $5.50.



Haley & M. sold Mason B. Co. 8

butchers av 600 at $5.75; to Walsh 5

stockers av 608 at $5.80; to Golden 2

butchers av 675 at $5.35; to Spera 2

steers av 635 at $6, I do wgh 800 at

$6.85; to Thompson 9 do try 910 at

$7, 2 hulls av 1035 at $6; to Guerttch

5 butchers av 786 at $5.50; to Sullivan

P- Go. 1 bull wgh 1400 at $6-25, 2

steers av 1090 at $7.25, 5 do av 880 at

$6.75, 4 do av 1150 at $8.25; to Nagle

P. Co. 2 do av 675 at $6.10: to Mason

B. Co. 1 bull wgh 1320 at $6.25.



Erwin & S. sold Sullivan P. Co. 4

butchers av 950 at $6.25, 2 cows av 960

at $5, 4 do av 975 at $5.50, 1 do wgh

860 at $4.75; to Mich. B. Co. 16 steers

av 1030. at $7 .35; to Bresnahan 8 hutch-

ers av 600 at $6: to Sullivan P. Co. 4

steers av 995 at $7.60; to Nagle P. Co.

5 do av 900 at $7.



Val Calves.



Receipts 980. The veal calf trade

was full steady with last week, bulk

of the good ones selling at $12 per

cwt., and now and then a bunch of ex—

tra fancy at $12.25; heavy grades dull

at $6@9.



Sander, S., B. & G. sold Thompson

3 av 155 at $10.50; to Sullivan P. Co.

2 av 205 at $10, 3 av 175 at $11.75;

to Rattkowsky 1 wgh 140 at $12, 4 av

250 at $8.35; to Burnstine 8 av 190 at

$10.75, 11 av 150 at $11.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 2625. The sheep and lamb

trade was active, the best selling at

$11; bulk of good lambs at $10.50:

heavy common sheep dull and not

wanted. Best lambs $10.50@11: fair

lambs $9.50@10; light t9 common do,

$8@9.25; fair to good sheep $5.50@

6.50; culls and common $3@5.



Sandel, S., B. & 0., sold Thompson

84 lambs av 73 at $10; to Sullivan P.

00. 22 do av 75 at $10, 53 do av 80 at

$10.50, 95 do av 75 at $10.50, 30 sheep

av 150 at $5.75, 26 do av 130 at $5.75.



Hogs.



Receipts 4075. Hogs are again

climbing up rapidly in price and have.

been getting higher every day this





‘ week. Today Chicago. with 19,000 is





15c higher than yesterday, the top be-

ing $10.60. Here prices are 10@15c

higher than m.Wednesday on yorkers

and been at. 610010.35: Dias





 





Burden on Agricultural Prosperity





Do you think the railroads ought to in—





cmploycs $100,000,000 a year?





No





crease the wages of their highly paid train





rcat increase in railroad wages can be made





Without ircctly touching your pocketbook. Out of every

dollar you pay the railroads 44 cents goes to the employers.



Compare the wages of these men (who have refused

to arbitrate their demands for higher wages, and are

threatening to tie up the country‘s commerce to enforce





them) with those of other American workers—With yours.

0:: all the railroads in 1915 three-quarters of the train employ” earned these was:





 





Engineers . . .





Conductors . . .

Firemen . . . .





Brakcmen . . -





 





 





 





 





 





You have a direct interest in

wages because the money to pay





comes out of your pocket.





Low freight rates have given Ameri-

can farmers command of the markets of





the world.





With two-thirds of the cost of oper-

ating railroads the wages paid labor, any

in labor cost inevitably





great increase

means higher freight rates.





A $100,000,000 increase





wages is equal to a five per cent. increase





on all freight rates.





Passenger Freight Yard



Ruiz; Aver-(e Mo Average Ran Average



16 .



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$332 $1850 :33: $1719 :32: $1310



943



was .222 .1... .222 t...



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these The railroads have urged that the

them justice of these demands be determined





by the Interstate Commerce Commisson





board.





in railroad





(the body that fixes the rates you pay the

carriers), or by a national arbitration

The employes’

have refused this offer and have taken a,

vote on a. national strike. ‘





 





representatives





This problem is your problem. The

railroad managers,

public, have no right to place this burden

on the cost of transportation to you With-

out a clear mandate from a public tribunal.





as trustees for the





' National Conference Committe of the Railways





ELISHA LE E, Chairman



P. R. ALBRIGB’F, Gon'l Han-gal;

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.



L. W. BALD . Gen'l

Central of Georgia Railway.



0. L. BARDU. Gen’l Manager,

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.



E. H. CUAPMAN. VucpPrculdaut,





n





“unmask Railway.

P. E. CROWLEY, Ant. Vicahesidant,

New York Central Railroad. .





8. H. EMERSON, Gcn’l W,

Great Northern Railway.



. H. .H‘IING, Gan’l mar,



‘ Phll‘adelphm & Reading Railway.



L. VY. (IRICE, Asst. to Prusident,



Lhosnpenke ll: Ohio Railway.



A. 8. bum 6. Ant- to aim-rs.

81. Louis 6 San Francisco Railroad.



0. W. IQUNS, Can't W7.

Atelnwn. To a «2 Santa Fe Railway.



H. W. MCMAST . Gon’l Manager,

Wheeling l Lake Erie Railroad.





3. D. MAKER. Vica-Prcaident,

Norfolk & Western Railway.



JAMES RUSSELL, Gan’l Manager,

Denver At Rio (lrandu Railroad.



A. M. SUHOYER, Handout VL3e~Preaidonfi

Pennsylvania Lines Um.



W. L. SEDDUN, Vice—Presidnt.‘

Seaboard Air Line Runway.



A. J. STONE. Vice-President,

Erie Railroad.



G. 9. WA“). Vim—Pres. c! Gon’l Alana",

Sunset Central Lines.





 





 





 





 





63:50- , _. trimester. Brace-s“





attachment-ad harvester a. and

throws corn in pile on harvester or

wmdrowa. Man and horse cuts



to Coo-Mt.





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For Sale Rebuilt Machinery

22 H. Pitts steam traction on ine, 20 H.

Rumely;.20 H. Baker; 20 H. . Huron;

18 H. Pitts; 16 H. Goat-Scott; 16 H.

Huber; 13. H. Pitts; 15 H. Alamo port-

able gasolme engine; 12 H. Acme; 12

H. Jacobson; 30 in. Aulyman Taylor

ain thresher; 36 in. steel Case; 2

uber beaners; 4 Pitts beaners; 17x22

Ann Arbor Bay Press; 17x22 Wolverine

Bay Press and many others. Write us

for description and price.

nominal-c a. nemmumnmm





Beans at $6 Per Bushel





Must all be saved. “The Origin! Illu-

Icu “areas” has led all other makes

for 40 years. See your dealer or write





LE ROY PLOW MIMI",

1.. Roy, N. v.





Mme-Stevens Land (30.





Gum-on MA-J. Stumlco Wished m3.

Farm, Fruit and Stock Lands. We own moo acres

of choice unimproved land in Gladwin and Clare

counties. Sold on any payments. Interest 6 per cent.





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RUFUS B. HOLMES 60.





High and Rlopelle su. Daron. Mich.





Commission Merchants





Poultry. Live or Dressed. Dressed Hogs. Calves-

s‘hocp and Eggs. Reference, Peninsular Savings

Bank. Sullivan Parking ()0. Shipments Solicited.

Satisfaction (iuaranteed.





 





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Daniel McCaffrey’l Sons Co"





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Farmers. above the highs-st 0mm: Detroit Mum

Quotation form. shipped tous by ex Writ.

no for Information.



3m





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For the free shells and booklet of direc-

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dealer for your free shells and the book-

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other tests, and know positively what

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RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

that money can buy. 1 Mined and

ground especially for agricultural use.

. i The 1 p _

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SILO FOR SALE





At Stouycroft Farms Oregon Fir Silo, all long

staves-lfixB‘Z—monit 3.1 White pine roof. but little

used. Will sell for less thvan half cost price.

- Coll upon or address RUFUS P. SNYDER.

’Stonycroft Farms, Pontiac, Mich. Farms situ-

3 “ed on Detroit & Pontiac trolley, half way

.hetween Pontiac and Birmingham.





When Writing to Advertisers Please

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HREE years ago the installation



of a parcel post was hailed as



the means whereby the farmer

“especially the small farmer, would

find salvation in marketing those

things which he had formerly been

compelled to sell on indifferent mar-

kets or to not sell at all. It promised

a direct route to a trade that was eag-

erly waiting to gobble up the things of

the farm at a. fancy price.



The express companies had made

hipping heretofore prohibitive and had

robbed both consumer and producer,

or at least that was the generally ac-

cepted idea. That express rates were

much too high, and that the express

companies were operating at a cost to

the shipper which might be materially

lessened, has been convincingly prov-

en, as witness the lowered rates to

meet parcel post competition.





are who understood neither the produc-

er nor the consumer but who only

knew that the parcel post did offer an

excellent channel of trade, began to

preach the value of the parcel post to

the farmer, using the attractive lure of

big prices for products as a text.

Three years has proven the worth of

the parcel post system. It has demon~

strated that as an avenue of selling it

may be of much benefit to the farmer

with even a small amount of produce

to sell yet there are many who have

suffered disappointment and who have

not found the system to be of value to

them. The fault is notwith the system

itself. ’

What Does the Buyer Want?



Salesmanship is an art that deserves

much attention from the man who in-

tends to sell his production instead of

merely allowing it to be bought by the

huckster or the commission man. Some

of the largest salaries paid go to men

who have made a study and a subse-





 





 





 





 





Iquent success of this difficult calling.

gGood salesmen, men who can override

icompetition and get the business for

gtheir own firm, men who understand

i reaching out after the dollars, that will

Igo into someone’ s coffeIS and who can

ghold trade after once it is established

Eare in demand and here it is that the

iman who begins to utilize parcel post

usually makes the first mistake. He

does not understand his market. How





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ception of the needs or the methods of

the city buyer? They are very few.

The knowledge of prices paid or qual-

ity received by those who trade ex-

clusively in the cities is hazy at best

and few farmers obtain it first handed.

He knows but little of what these buy-

ers demand and, to be frank about the

matter, very little about how to go

about filling the demand.



The competent salesman studies

these matters. He makes it his busi-

ness to know the demands and the

habits of his trade, and profits in so

doing. He knows wherein his advan-

tages lie and how to bring them to

bear in the best possible manner. The

man who contemplates retailing his

product to city customers has more to

contend with than may be apparent at

a quick survey of the field and in or-

der to make a success of the farm to

consumer method it. is absolutely nec—

essary that the selling game be studied

from a variety of angles. Failure to

understand properly the fundamentals

of the selling proposition has caused

more failures and dissatisfaction with

parcel post as a trade route than all

other causes combined.



Good Products Essential.



In the first place, it is imperative

to understand how to produce for the

class of trade that is worth while.

Then,‘ after production comes the nec-

essary factor of properly packing and

making attractive the thing you have

to offer. Next there is the study of

comparative prices. Goods cannot be

sold on basis of selling price alone;

they must have merit; they must be

attractive and demand attention and

must be backed by a responsible guar-

antee. There is the proposition of se-

curing customers and of keeping them,

of how to secure best results through

advertising and how the greatest sav-

ing may be made in packing and hand-

ling before delivery. Collections form

a. snag which swamps many a direct

selling venture—and the failures are

not confined to farmers and others

who market from the farm. Making

collections is one of the most difficult

problems which any retailer has to

face and its solution depends a great

deal upon the manner in which the

business is begun.



Prices Must be Fair.

It may be taken for granted that





 





 





 





 





 





On Farms where Poor Drainage Makes it Impossible to Have Underground

Cellars, a Brick Building with Double Air Spaces Furnishes a

Satisfactory Place to Store Products for Short Periods.





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some parcel post route if he can only

finish .his product and get” it to them

in attractive condition._ Finishing a

product for a select city trade means

that it must come up to their standards

instead of the local idea and pains

should be taken to determine what this

standard is. Of course, where one is

producing an article of superior merit,

and knows it, he himself can make the

standard and that is the better way.

However many of us must accept stan-

dards as they are and try to make our

output live up to them. If we aim to

specialize, and almost everyone has

some one thing which he believes he

can produce best, we should investi-

gate from the standpoint of that arti-

cle alone and it is good policy to start

little and grow big—that is, add other

articles as success comes, and as the

need arises. Prices must be fair, for

the city buyers, while paying well for

quality, do not relish paying more than

a thing is worth any better than other

folks. It can readily be seen that one

profit and one charge for total selling

expense naturally leaves more money

to be divided between seller and con-

sumer than where the article must

travel through three or more hands as

is usually the case in .the regular chan-

nels of trade. Whether or not the

consumer can get much benefit of this

depends a great deal upon the expen-

ses of the man who sold the article.

Very likely he can guarantee two

things which will make his customer

willing to pay more instead of haggle

in order to buy cheaper. These things

are freshness and the fact that they

have received special attention in or-

der to fit them for particular people.

There is one overhead expense that

few beginners consider until it is too

late to rectify the mistake without be-

ginning anew, and that is the cost of

obtaining customers. However they

are found it will cost something to get

them. Several methods have been ad-

vocated and in Chicago and some of

the other larger cities, bureaus are

maintained to assist the farmer in find-

ing a customer and in assisting those

who desire fai m produce d11ect in find-

ing a supply. Newspaper advertising,

mailing lists and the direct appeal,

building up word of mouth advertising

from a. few customers at the start, and

other methods, have their worth and

their champions. It is usually conced-

ed, however, that newspaper advertis-

ing, if properly managed, is one of the

best methods and the cost, of advertis-

ing must necessarily be added to the

expense of selling goods.





Making Collections.

The best method of collecting is un-

doubtedly the cash with order system,

and this is perhaps the only absolutely

certain method until one has an estab

lished trade. Some customers are in

the habit of paying all bills monthly

and if one is sure of the class with

which he is dealing this will no doubt

prove satisfactory. In this case, it is

necessary to render monthly state-

ments and a more complicated system

of book-keeping is necessary. This

cost, too, must be added .toflthe. selling

charges so it is not difficult to see that

all of the middleman’s profit, which is

reputed to be the biggest share of the

lot—can be saved. Some of it must

go to cover the cost of doing business.-

The parcel post system has undoubt-

edly offered the opportunity for hunt-

dreds to add materially to their in-

comes and there is plenty of room for

others.

tion, this selling produce direct, and

must be regarded as such. The man

or woman who has the idea that grow-

ing good stuff is all there is to it, has

another guess coming. It is not com-

plicated and it is not difficult to find

customers—they are everywhere in the

cities, but the manner of finding, the

manner of caring for them, and the

manner of handling the things you

wish to market, are things that





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STATE GRANGE OFFICERS.





 





Master—John C. Ketcham, Hastings.



Overseer—C. H. Bramble, Tecumseh.



Lecturer—Dora H. Stockman, Lau-

51 .



nSgeeretary—wlcnnie Buell, Ann Arbor.



Treasurer—Frank Coward, Bronson.



Executive Committee—C. S. Bart-

lett, Pontiac; Geo. B. Horton, Fruit

Ridge; J. W. Hutchins, Hanover; W.

F. Taylor, Shelby; Wm. H. Welsh,

Sault Ste. Marie; N. P. Hull, Dimon-

dale; Burr Lincoln, Harbor Beach.





FOUR BIG GRANGE BALLIES.





 





The last week in July the southern

counties in Michigan held four of the

biggest rallies in its history. Even the

weather was in the superlative degree.





The special occasion was the visit of

Oliver Wilson, Master of the National

Grange, to Michigan.



Thesfirst rally was held July 26 at

Western Normal, Kalamazoo. About

500 from the southwestern counties at-

tended this first rally to hear and greet

the National Master. There was a

short program of music and readings

which was presided over by J. C.

Ketcham, Master of Michigan State

Grange, in more than his usual happy

manner. “For,” said Mr. Ketcham in

introducing the guest of honor, “I want

ed the National Master to see Michi:

gan, and I wanted Michigan to see the

National Master. So it is by no

means a. one-sided affair.”



The second day’s meeting at Grand

Rapids was attended by more than 700

Grangers from surrounding counties

who enjoyed their picnic dinner togeth-





. er and the inspiring program that fol-





lowed.



The third day the Central Michigan

Grangers got together on the beautiful

campus at M. A. C, for what was one

of the largest gatherings of farmers

held there. Nearly 200 automobiles

brought in people from the eight sur~

rounding counties, and clear from An-

trim county. The Interurbans brought

people in from every direction until

more than a thousand were gathered

in the natural amphitheater in front of

the Woman’s Building. Here, as at the

previous meetings, there was a short

prelude of local speakers. President

Kedzie had made all arrangements for

the comfort of the guests, but was un-

avoidably detained, and the welcome

was given by our honored patron, of M.

A. C., Err-President Snyder. Past Mas—

ter N. P. Hull responded in his happi-

est vein. There was music by Mrs.

Florence Goodhue, and Miss Bopphan,

and a drill by Capitol Grange, readings

by Mrs- Florence Trumbull, of Grand

Ledge and Miss Lavina Smith, of Fitch-





 





A Small Part of the Crowd in Attendance at the

. . left of the picture the following Prominent Gra





sen. Earnest is,

,.that 'were‘ very much





In his» inspiring message National

Master recalled to his hearers the ser-

vices of some of Michigan’s Grange

members to the National Grange, Gov-

ernor Luce, J. J. Woodman, George B.

Horton, N. P. Hull, and others. He

told us there were more Granges or-

ganized the fiscal year than any other

in' the past forty years. He outlined

some features of education that the

Grange was working for “that would

build a better ‘preparedness’ for peace

or war than many battle ships.” He

spoke in strong terms against the sal-

oon. “Do not believe the so-called fig-

ures which are not facts, which the

liquor interests use to try to prove to

the farmer that he needs the brewery

as a market for his grain. It takes

only 450 worth of corn to make the

whiskey that the drinker pays $16.80

for.”





In referring to many of the import—

ant legislative achievements of the Na-

tional Grange, he referred to the rural

credit measure as “not what we want,

but an opening wedge.” He pointed

with pride to the fact that “the Na-

tional Grange had never had to retract

from a measure it had advocated until

it was made into law, because it came

from the common people and was

backed by them. This was more than

could be said of political parties which

changed their policies frequently ev-

ery four years.”





The last event was the awarding of

a beautiful flag by State Master Ketch-

am to the Grange that had the highest

score, which was figured on attendance

and number of miles traveled. Char-

lotte Grange won the flag by a narrow

margin over Fitchberg, Ovid and Wind-

sor Grange, of Dimondale.





The last of the four big rallies was

held at Adrian. It was the biggest and

finest of them all. Between 2000 and

3000 Grangers gathered in the largest

meeting of its kind the National Mas-

ter ever attended.



About 1500 joined in a huge parade

of about 250 automobiles and floats.

The six southeastern counties which

had been planning for months for this

event were well represented. The par-

ade was a wonderful Grange pageant.





Leading the procession were two

beautiful floats. The first was a patri-

otic float, trimmed in the red, white

and blue, with Uncle Sam and Miss

Columbia in the seats. The next was

a. representation of Pomona in orange

in honor of the National Master. Azalia

band of 26 pieces followed in cars.

Hillsdale delegation was headed by a

float decorated with its colors of pink

and white, with women and children

in costume. Wayne county, whose col-

ors were green and white, was headed

by a large float on which were ten lad-

ies in costume, extending at arm’s

length baskets filled with fruit.





Washtenaw had one of the largest

floats, a huge truck on which was built

a school house filled with 25 people.

The inscription on the float was “A

School Out of School.” Monroe county





 





   

 





. _ M flea ,de’corated'inrpue

ple and white on which were seated





’ persons representing the four seasons.





Jackson county was announced by a

float decorated in pure white with the

word “Hope” displayed on each side of

the car. Lenawee county had one of

the finest floats, a car of white filled

with the young girls and children. The

car was driven by Miss Jessie Illen—

den, daughter of Lenawee Pomona

Master A. F. Illenden, and on the run-

ning-boards were children carrying

beautiful staffs. Another striking float

was a car driven by Mary Porter which

was transformed into a yellow yacht

which seemed to float along as if on

gentle breezes. '



A fine program of readings and mu-

sic followed with welcomes by the

mayor and officials of Adrian. Two ex-

tracts from National Master’s address

are worth remembering, in which he

said:





“You need not spend time nor mon-

ey learning Latin; neither is it neces-

sary that you be astronomers. But

you should have some knowledge of

chemistry in order that you may be

familiar with the formation of the soil

and the changes in soil formation. You

should be a botanist in order that you

might understand plant life, and you

should be an entomologist that you

might understand insect life and know

know how to intelligently wage war

against them.”



The speaker showed by illustrations

from actual cases how the farm which

is worked by a man with such a prac—

tical education as he recommended

pays better than the one managed by

the “ordinary” farmer.



He said that the sacrifice and loss

of sending the boys to school to secure

such an education is counterbalanced

by the returns from their labors after

they have found what the started

after.



Cooperation of the Grange with the

city was a topic that. Mr. Wilson

spoke on with some feeling. He stated

that there has been a general miscon-

ception that the Grange, being a farm-

er’s organization, is prejudiced in fa-

for of the farmer to the disadvantage

of the city man. The Grange, how-

ever, does not take that attitude and

is constantly endeavoring by one

means or another to knit more closely

the bonds that connect the farm and

the city. A shorter road between the

producer and the consumer is the

method by which the Grange can more

firmly unite these ties, the speaker

stated, and he added that it was the

work of the Grange to bring a higher

price to the producer without taking

any more from the consumer. It has

been found from statistics, he said,

that the producer gets about 35 per

cent of the cost and the middle—

man 65 per cent. Any man with rea-

son, he said, will admit that the great-

est cost should be the cost of produc-

tion. To change this inverted ratio of

cost the Grange is constantly working.



Thus closed the last of the four rally

days that will stand out as red—letter

days in Grange history in Michigan.



Dom H. STOCKMAN.





   





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Address all communications relative

to the organization of new Clubs to

Mrs. J’. S. Brown, Howell, Mich.





RALLY.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





The Farmers’ Clubs of central Mich-

igan will hold a rally at the M. A. C.,

Wednesday, August 16. It is hoped

that many people will take a vacation

on this date and spend a day at one of

Michigan‘s beauty spots.



The College authorities have assur-

ed us that the buildings will be open

that day and that they will cooperate

in every way possible.





The picnic grounds are just west of

the interurban station and it is here

that coffee, tea, lunches or dinners can

be secured if one does not care to

bring his own basket.



The place of holding the program

will be announced during the dinner

hour.



Dr. Frank S. Kedzie, President'of

the M. A. C., and Dr. Eben Mumford,





United States Agricultural Expert for. V





Michigan, and others, will be speakers

Everybody is invited. Come.

W. L. CHENEY, Chairman,

Mason, Mich.





THE FARMERS’ CLUB AS AN EDU.

GATOR.





 





In the last issue mention was made

of the opportunity, too often unim-

proved, which exists for profitable ed-

ucational work along practical lines in

every local Farmers’ Club, and some

subjects were suggested for special dis-

cussion.



Another subject which might be tak-

en up with profit is the trend of dis-

cussion at the local farmers' institutes

to be held during the coming institute

season. If it is desirable that any spe-

cial topic be discussed by authorities

along special lines, a. simple request

from the Farmers’ Club would aid in

the direction of these programs along

profitable lines. Perhaps the organiza-

tion of a social center movement, the

starting of cooperative enterprises in

a small way, or a hundred other things

which might be mentioned, may occur

to the reader as profitable lines of ed-

ucational work for the Farmers’ Club.

In such case all that is necessary is

for some interested member to take

the initiative, since the program com-

mittees will generally welcome sug-

gestions along lines which will make

the meetings more pleasant and profit-

able. Examples of educational work

conducted by local Clubs would be

profitable reading if some of the many

such examples which doubtless exist

could be published in this department.





 





Wells-Dayton Club to Picnic.—-The

Wells-Dayton Farmers’ Club held a pic-

nic Wednesday, August 3, at the Bang-

hart Grove, one mile south and three-

fourths of a mile west of East Dayton.





Grange Rally Held at ll. A.'C., at which Oliver: Wilson, Master of the National Grange, S oke. At the

ngers are Standing: c. H. Bramble, N. P. Hull, J. c. Ketchum, O. W lson, E. C. Pray and m. Lovejoy.





 





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fiokerels from Cousins Northern King Strain Barred

on. Write David W. Cousins, North Port, Mich.





 





Illiil. h Exculsively. Now is the time to buy

.gv “ms pure bred stock at a big reduction in

price. illiam A. Smith. Petersburg. Michigan.





 





OHN'S Big. beautiful, hon-hatched Barred Rocks. .3233,

80. 02.50; 100. $7.00 Select matings 15, 04; 80, 37-00. all

poltpaid. Photos. Circulars. John Northon. Clare, Mich.





 





FOR SALE Pure bred S. 0. Bull” Leghorns

and white Plymouth Rock cook—

Il'ell. Kletzien 8c Webster, Bath, Mich.





 





 





 





' Buff. Barred, Columbian Par- '

'- ".hhm‘ tridge. Silver and White hooks Chicks;

E Pekin and Rouen Ducks. Slieri- D HI

'8‘ dan Poultry Yards. Sheridan. Mich. "0 "lg

. Prices reduced one

FOWIOI'S’ ll'" flocks shelf, balance of seas-

on. Utility 0 gs 8.75 for 15, $1. 50 for 30, $2 for 50, $8.50

for . R. g. FOWLER. Hartford, Mich.





 





Breeding Cockerels

White, Brown, Bull“ and Black Leghorn, Barred

Rooks. Rhode Island Reds. Prices Reasonable.

lunnybrook Poultry Forms, Hillsdaie. Michigan.





OIPINEIONS ' “WM”. IShrine-0mm) Kener.

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strass 8 wks. old chix Cockerels

750..pullets 81. up. M.E. THOMPSON, Red lord, Mich





lne Crest. S. C. White Or ingtons. BargainA year-

ling hens and cock. $8. $12 and $15. ust one half

what they will cost next a ring. . . ILLIS

ROUGH. Pine Crest Farm. oyalOak, Michigan.





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ose and Single comb Reds. young and old. for sale.

Correspondence as to your Red needs invited.

JENNIE BUELL. Ann Arbor, R. 8. Michigan.





 





and S. O. R. I. Reds. e gs and breeding stock for

0 sale at reduced prices or bni. of season, Belgian

hares very reasonable. 0. E. Hewley, Ludington, Mich.





Rose Comb Brown Leghorns





Kulp and Gale strains $2.50 er 100 eggs. Oockerels

each. CLAUDIA BE TS. Hillsdale. Mich,





' —200 Egg Strain—Eggs. chicks, 8

in“: lflglloms week-old puiiets 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.

ee catalog and price list gives particulars. Write for it now.





Fr

FEBBIS lEilHlllil FARM, 934 Unlon. Grind Banldl. Mlch.





RHODB ISLAND REDS and PLYMOU TH ROCKS.

Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to age 32 to 55; R. hens

Weight 5 to 10 lbs.. eggs 15 for $1.00: 100, 120. $6.

Mammoth Bronze ’l‘om Turkeys. 8 to 38 lbs. according

to 8.80 ”to $25. 10 eggs $3. A. E. Cramtun, Vassar. Mich.





S. C. WHITE LEGHORN HENS





We oii'er800 choice S. C. White Leghorn yearling hens

st a bargain. These hens have composed our breeding

flock for the past season and are the pick of our flocks

in size, vigor and egg roduction. We are making

price of $80 per 100. In nts of 50 or less $1.00 each. We

will be glad to furnish references on our stock. W'rite

Krentel Bros. East Lansing. Mich. Box 624.





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reduced prices, balance of sea-

son. Free delivery. R.(‘. white

horn hens $1.00. Belgian Hare Bucks $5.00 with

RIVERVIILVV FARM. Vassar. Mich.





ILVER GOLDEN AND WHITE “'YANDOTTES.

, E288 from all mattingfl. 1.50 per 1:3, 32.50 per 30 until

July let. 0. W. Browning. R. 2. Portland. Mich.





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HITE WYANDOTTES, Eggs $1.50 per 15. $2.50

per 30. $7.00 per 100. From choice stock.

A. FRANKLIN SMITH, Ann Arbor. Michigan.





 





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ages. Send 2 cent stamp.

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Holmoovlllo. Ohlo

COON SKUNK.

FOX, AND ' RABBIT HOUNDS

Broke to un and field.andguaranteed.Fox.coon & rab-

bit houn pups, from the best of siock~$5.00 each.

Stamp for photos. H. 0. Lytle, Fredericksburg. Ohio.





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





CATTLE.





ABERDEEN ANGUS





We have a choice lot of Bull Calves. that are 6to 12

months old and another crop coming. will be

pleased to have you visit our farm. where we have a

stock show every day; we will also have a show herd

at the Michigan State ‘ RK.





 





 





 





 





 





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Hunters Creek, Mich. SIDNEY SMITH, Manager.





ABHEElgDEEN-ANGUS





R ESTABLISHED IN 1900.

TROJAN- ERICAS and BLACKBIRDS only.

Also breeders of Percheron. Hockney and Saddle





ones.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.

Aberdeen An us. a few bulls and heifers

Plr‘ Brad one year an older at 00 each.

GEO. KATHAWAY 8: SON. OVID. MICHIGAN.

‘YflsulflES—One of the foremost dairy breeds. The

most economical milk reducers. ‘Calves

for sale. White





Leghorn seekers in Duroo Jersey

. owino. Hichinan School for the Deaf. FlintJdiohigan.





MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. 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

Farm Herd 18 as good as can be found. and we

guarantee them to be free from contagious dis-

, mend to be satisfactory in every we. or

' 3 “money refunded. Write and let us tell you 3 out





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- heads to the stock.





STARVED fowl molts slowly. the

feathers drop out quickly and in

great patches and then come in

slowly, and if her half-fed condition

continues winter will catch her bare.

All fowls molt, but they should be kept

in a condition that you would only

guess they were moiting by the tail

feathers thinning out. A well-kept fowl

will set feathers nearly as fast as they

come out, and at no time will show

many, if any, bare places. When you

find them in this condition hurry up

the feed,supply.. Double item then

some, if you would give the fowls the

strength to grow feathers. Good nour-

ishing feeding is especially necessary

to develop the tail and wing feathers

in the allotted time for a natural molt,

ninety days.





Mites and Melting.





A fowl has many mite enemies. Of-

ten when you find the feathers coming

out about the head and neck you ima-

gine the fowls are hurrying up on the

molt, or molting out of season, when

it is simply the depluming mite getting

in its work at the root of the feathers.

There is but one way I know of to ef-

fectively get. rid of these particular

parasites, and this is by dipping the

fowls in a good coal tar dip. As these

mites get on the roosts, the roosts and

poultry houses must be thoroughly dis-

infected several times in succession to

get them free from these mites which

will soon ruin any flock.





Another strange mite is the air sack

mite. This is a mite so tiny that it

will take a strong eye to locate one.

They enter the lungs through the pores

of the skin, and multiply until the bird

dies. Sometimes it seems to die from

pneumonia, but more often becomes

emaciated and you suspect tuberculo-

sis. These mites will spread to every

organ in the body. Sulphur, fed heav-

ily, will often kill them if taken in

time. Strong disinfection must be us-

ed on roosts, nests, and walls.





The Value of Sunflower Seed.





The value of sunflower seed lies in

the oil the seeds contain. This is why

sunflower seed is of high value during

molting days. I prefer the variety of

sunflower that bears the striped seeds,

this kind bearing as high as seven

In stacking away

sunflower seed for winter days secure

it from the reach of mice or English

sparrows, for these last will enter any

crack in a house that lets them in to

the sunflower seeds. Many a time one

finds the store of sunflower seed show-

ing only the husks for his share of the

work.



Note the hens that molt earliest this

year. Those that began molting some

time ago should be banded in some

way and kept over, as these will be

your early winter standby in eggs, and

will brood the earliest in the spring.

Also, in choosing your breeders this

fall for the next season’s crop, choose

those raised on a good range. Cock-

erels raised in confinement may be

good-sized, well-colored young male

birds but they will usually grow into

too rangy fowls, The broad-backed,

bulky male bird is the one to choose

for a breeder.





Selling Surplus Stock.





If you keep an excellent flock of the

pure-breds why not try selling some of

the growthy pullets by the dozen to

your neighbors for next year’s stock?

You can find an excellent market for

all that are good-sized and promising

that you wish to spare. By charging

enough over regular market price to

pay you a reasonable profit, you will

find many neighbors willing to patron-

ize you.



Many poultry keepers do not think

so, but it is essential to change blood

on the female side every few years,

and it is better to eliminate some of

the old female stock and put in some

new every year. Too many of us keep





 





Coldtnter.‘ Michigan. 1





 

 





the same stock so long that the laying





 





 





 





those fed no meat instead of only two

or three times as many as in the case

of those at the Missouri Agricultural

Experiment Station.





Filthy drinking water is the source of

much trouble. Clean the drinking pans

frequently.





leg weakness in chicks.

ointment the size of a pea into the





skin just beneath the vent and on th

underside of thewings.





stock takes on habits of vainus kinds,

the daughters taking the faults of the

mothers. '





Indiana. 1. M. SHEPLER.





 





FEED YOU‘R CHICKENS sous

MILK.





 





Sour milk should not be left out of

the feed of growing or laying fowls,

winter or summer, if it can be secured

at any reasonable cost. It is usually

much cheaper and easier to get on the

farm than beef scrap or» any other sub-

stitute and no common substitute ex-

cept buttermilk will give as good

results. .



Sour milk for egg-production was

given a. very careful test at the Mis-

souri Agricultural Experiment Station

for a. year recently when three 25—bird

pens of White Leghorn pullets were

fed' in almost exactly the same way ex-

cept that one pen received sour milk,

another beef scrap, and the third no

meat or animal food whatever. From

the sour milk pen the station got 3,275





eggs at a profit of $28.26; from the

beef scrap pen, 2,668 at a profit of





$19.78; and from the no-meat pen, 1,373

eggs at a loss of $1.00 on the pen for

the year.



On many farms the no-meat pen

would not have been regarded as los-



ing money because the chickens live

mainly on waste grain about the barn

lot, but on these farms the profits

would be so much greater if buttermilk

or sour milk could be fed, that a large

possible profit is being lost if the

chickens get only the grain and grass

they can pick up. They may pick-up

insects enough to keep them from be-

ing on an absolutely no-meat ration,

but a part of the farm business that

can return an average of $122 a farm

on the thousands of Missouri farms

should be systematically fed on the

right kind of food.



During the experiment only ordinary

good poultry-feeding methods were fol-

lowed. A little scratch feed was sprink-

led in the straw litter deep enough to

make the chickens take exercise in

getting it. Water was given in clean

vessels and a pan of sour milk kept in

the sour milk pan. At noon, dry mash

was measured into the trough and

green feed was often given at the same

time especially during the winter.

Two or three times a. week the fowls

were made to eat more of the mash by

mixing the dry mash with some liquid

to make a wet mash which was fed at

the rate of a. handful for every four

birds. ‘



At night scratch feed was given

again and the birds were given all they

would eat to send them to roost with

full crops, This method of feeding

keeps the hens busy all day, gives

them good appetites, and supplies all

the feed they will used. They should

eat about twice as much grain or

scratch feed as mash.



These results with White Leghorns

are exactly in harmony with those se-

cured elsewhere with fowls of various

other breeds except that in some other

cases the milk-fed chickens have laid

about four times as many eggs as





 





POULTRY POINTERS.





 





Broody hens should be removed to-

slat-bottomed c00ps as soon as discov-

cred.

forget it.





Leave them there until they





Clean fresh water lessens disease.





Soft fresh dirt is insurance against

If hens are lousy, rub a piece of blue





6.





 





for shipment anywhere.





heifers for sale.





Majesty's Butter cup produced 703.2 lbs b

Sons of Royal MaJesty are scarce,

get one reasonable. m

breeding.write for

from above sire.





VILLAGE FARMS, Incorporated _E'7

Grass Lake, Michigan, I I '



GUERNSEY CATTLE

BERKSHIRE HOGS





 





uernsey (Min Rose) Bull for sale. born





G81 d'd i ii tnkgatoiéogt

on i an ms neve res , om .

class E. J. K. Blatchford, {denim Tower, Chicago. Ill.





 





of service e and. calves from

Guernsey Bulls choice. 251v. reg. breeding.

T. V. HICKS. Route 1. Bottle Gout. Mlch.

OoEt i i blood f Id :3“ (:Igiwigm'g

noun 0 war can can.

HICKS' OUER SEY FARM. Saginaw. %. 8.. “kill.

Guernsey Bulls sold three last 10 days—One left Gr.

Son Pauline S ootswood. He is a beauty—and you

can buy him. J. .Wiiliams. No. Adams, Michigan





Herefords—One Bull cm.





ALLEN BROS. PAW PAW. MIC".

4 Bulls.





HEREFORDS : . 3......1





EARL C. MCCARTY. Bud A80. MIChiflon.





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.

From a grand daughter of The King of tho





Pontiaco.



Ch pion Holstein Cow of the

World. and whose dam is a 30 lb. 6% 5 fat daughter

of Pontiac Aggie Korndylre who hu more lb.

daughters than any other living bull. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall. Mich; ,





[IOLSTEIN BULLS FOR SALE





3 of them 1 year old in Nov.’ By 31 lb. sire. Dams



above 21 lbs. as heifers. Price $100. Younger bulls



by son of Johanna l cKinley Segis $50 up.

BLISSVELDT FARMS, Jenllon, Micnifltfl





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



BIGELOW‘S HOLSTEIN ARMI.

BREEDSVILLF. MICE.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





them.

H OLSTEINS, a'nice straigh t deep bodied.biocky built

bull calf born Oct. 5th. 1915. is 7 nearest dams

have A. R. (5. records that average butter 7 days 23.”

lbs,. milk 533.36 lbs. W. B. READER. Howell, Mich.

30 lb bull for sale. 2 years old, by a son of King of

. the Pontiacs. Dam sold for $1000 in Detroit sale.

Ferd. J. Lange. Sebewaing. Mich

axieorest De



30.2





$75 gets Hazel-let 3r



arthenea an Pontiac Mai lb.

March m. Dam Pontiac Hesperia 2nd, 14.891b; 436.6

her dam’s sire brother to sire of world'8 record cow 31334 lb

milk lyr. M. L. McLAULIlV. RED FORD. MICK,





 





 





andson of M K0) .





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Bull Calves and Cows

that I offer for sole.

g. records. in dividuaiity and attnc

CON NELL, Fayette, Ohio.





1 llave Holstein Bulls,

I can show breecgn





tive prices. L.





“To P N 0TC II ” flolsleins





By careful retention. for many years. of largest ' re-

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

herd of wonderful quality has been established. We

are selling young bullso this”'.l 0P NOTCH"ouality.

of servxcenble age. at moderate rices. Information

edigrees,eto.. on application. cPHERSON FARMS

0., Howell, Michigan. .





FOR SALE Two Holstein Bull Calves





6 months old from 20 lb. dams.

FRLEMAN J. FISHBECK. Howell.

G rade upIyour herd with one of our Holstein bulls.

Their six nearest dams on the sire's side aver-u

24 lb butter in 7 do. The semi-official yearly recon

of three of these dams, including two two-year o

heifers, average 842"). of butter and 18.0001b. of mill

Six tonine months of age and from A. R O. dame.





Peaceland took Farm, Three Bivers.‘Mioh. Chas.

Peters, Herdsman. O. L. Brody.0wner,l>ortauron.lich.





HOBAR I‘ W. FAY,

MASON, MICE.

REGISTERED HOLSTEINI

ESTABLISHED 1904.





 





 





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CHOICE HOLSTEIN BULLS—

Entire herd on Semi of. test

2-yr.-old just finished year’s rec

milk. overIOOO lbs. butter record

Creek Stock Farm. M.E. Parmel





all from A.R.0.dains

for yearly work. Jr.

. ord of over 15.0001bo.

in mature class.0herry

le. Prop., Billinrdl,uich.





fl Holstein Bull Calf.

eE-rnillr per day Ponti

De ol breedingPrices r





2 nearest dams average 90 lb-

ao Korndyke and Hengerveld

ight. John A. Rinke,Worren.Mich





FIRST $100 CHECK





Gets 15 month old. Handsome Thro horbred H l '



Bull. World record Sire. Dam 26 $.83 year old.0 at:

three as good, same age. O.E.Winters, Augusta.Mioh.

Holstein Calves. 10 heifers.





a d 2bulls lS-lfiths

5 weeks old, beautifully in n pure





arked,8m.00 each. crate

Edgewood Farm, wt itowatsr,Win.





Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R.

M. Cows. also heifer calves and several b

Colon 0. Lillie. Coopersville. Mich.





Lu-





icmy Bull: for $an {gfinhl‘l’gm mm “mm“

semi-omoial test.





so. records.





”

o. B. We nor. a. ' °"





6. Allegan. Mich





 





enior herd bull Majesty’s Wilmder 90717





for sol sire

Royal Majesty. am Mina's ewdrop, h e.





is full sister

.utter in 1 yr.

here is a chance to

'sell to avOid too close in-

partieulars also choice youn bull-

Alvin Balden. Capsc, Mic igan.





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c I

Hillside Farm Jam :

cow with record of 648 he. of butter as a 8 yr. 0

linrindividuol. Price right. 0. ‘0. Duke. Ypli





A l0 mos. old. solid color bull now

offered for Isle. Dam is o R. of 11.





id. no is a

land. Mich.





 





B. Of M. JERSEY HERD '62! to

"Cpl. [flu tuberculin tested cows, golfers. Iii:

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:itf’tlidi's‘ rota our}. mag-gm _;

JERSEY BULL CALF FOR_$ALB'» -

for service. MM ‘ Ill ' ' '





 





 





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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR, V. S.





MueFailstoOmeinHeIL—{lmve

amethtlsmaooltthatfafls

tombheat. H. P., mmuich.

Givelnu‘édngmnd'lule:





pumpshwthedesimd elect of'





hingi‘mgherin heal.

Glands—4 have almond





ersotgrmdcapsic-lmatadosein

feed twice a day—this will perhaps all

hiringingherinheat. Ihavekam



Iformd service to have a va'y good

ect; however. you may be disap-

pointed no matter what you do or give.



Melanotic Tumors—I have a gray

mare with tumors on her neck and tail.

These bunches also extend from throat

to ears, and I would like to know what

an be done for her. The bunches on

tail discharge a black calmed fluid

which is rather offensive. E. 1.1”.

Glmnie, Mich. —-Unless these black tu-

mors can be cut out, which is usually

easily accomplished,

ment will have much effect. In excep-

tional cases they prove cancerous, as

they usually are in man. These black

pigment tumors are common in g1ay

and in white horses on the naturally

Esckpartsoisklnonthemotofthe





3"





Enlarged Glands—I have some 13365





three months old with some bunches

on hind leg that makes them lame. I

am feeding them separator milk and

middlings; besides, they run on grass

where they have abundance of green

feed. C. R. M., Pierson, Mich—Paint

bunches with tincture of iodine twice

a week.



Indigestion—We have a mare that

had colt two and a half months ago;

she is very thin and has occasional

spells of indigestion. Our local Vet.

has been successful in curing each at-

tack, but fails to prevent it. I feed her

bran and oats and keep her on dry





feed, but of course she does not give,





much milk. A 11., Kalamazoo. Mich.

—'—If your mare was fed nothing but





grass of a good quality she would per»





haps get over it entirely. Indigestion

is only partially preventable and this

matter is in the hands of the feeder.

Proper feeding with regular exercise is

the only preventative.





Con -—I have a sow

10 months old that was due to farrow

August 210., but lost her pigs July 27.

This sow was fed on wheat middlings

and some corn meal made into a thin

slop; besides she ran on pasture

where she had plenty of vetch and

June grass. This sow was small and

she had 12 pigs. W. E. H, Boyne City,

Mich—A small sow seldom does well

if they have 12 pigs the first litter. It

is possible that this large number were

too crowded in the uterus and in order

to relieve this. nature brought on unis

carriage. or she may have met with an

accident. 11111111111111.1111 may perhaps

suffer from contagious abortion.



Heifers Fail to Come in Heat—I

have two heifers that freshe

seven weeks ago and neither of them

have been in heat since. Both of them

appear to be healthy and in good con-

dition. G. M. B., Lake Ann, Mich:—

Giwe each heif-er a less of

ginger and a small teaspoon‘ful of pow-





dmdmpfimmuadoseinsoftteedq





twice I day



[mom-rhea. —-31 have a more troubled

with whites and would like to know

what can be done tor her. A. N. Mi-

kado, Mich. ———Give 1 dr. of powdered

sulphate iron at I dose in food three

tb- a In. Din!" 2 In. 1 catholic

acid and 1,5 dr. of tannic acid in one

quart of warm water and wash out the

vagina once or twice a day. The mare

should be well fed.





no other treat--





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Dupm Sale at Wixom, Mich” Aug. 15,1916





Over 40 head of choice stock including the herd of E. M. Moore of Wixom





and drafts from the herds of M. A. Snflhand

Several A. R. '13. cows with





ofSouth Lyon.





Son ofWixom and MusoifiBros.





My young heifers from A.





R. O.dams mdbredtooneoffliecholces‘tbrcdbuflsinflieslate, infectanex-





bagoodlotofstockallthewa

'kaori’. M. Rys. Salew





through. Wixomlseasy

beheldatfamo‘f E. MM/oore 1} miles south

. dvafiage. Autos will meet all brainsthe mimzofthe sale. Write forcatalogaes.





to reach on either Grand





 





Duroc Jersey Herd Boars





i W m of High Chan M In: Pigs. Drum and Individuality good





enough firm who Carmel-1c the but.





Abs an and farm’s‘boars.





mWWhKWmemims-h. Fol-WWW. address.





Mater Far-m, Swine Om, Ann Arbor, Mich.





firm to limes

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ho—ao-ol I. III or and SI can.

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A few bred cows to fax-row in April. May



and June. I 11111112011111.1111 boars to ofler.

Have them not akin. All good stock.

.Schulze. Nashville. Mich. 56 mile we-tof depot.





 





a. '. 0.8 Some extra. 803d fall boars; also

31m. inn-inc on summed.

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' O. I. C. Stock all Sold

m zwrou. 3m man. .115.





 





 





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"Emm m .1“ F0“ S‘LE 0“ SALE. P. C. Sows. “Big Type"bred fox-Sept





l ending. and la. och. from 8 to 10 months

011m Wm your wants.

um- PAM ..D. Noy. 4. Howell, Michigan,





”WELL SHORTHORNS





For "Beef and Milk"





Registered b 111 l s,

Scotch - to ped roans,

reds andw ite for sale.

Farm at N.Y.C. Depot;

also D. T. t I. R'y.





“firm 0 .IJdmdu Mgr.





 





Be- ‘3. Ila-eh. m .





Albi- Stomp m





 





Shorlhorn Cattle ol both Sex lor Sale





W. W. KN APP. Howell. Michigan.





”All! “RED Shorthoms of best Bates strains. young

bull 8 months old for sale. prim 8150.

J. B. IUMHELL N. MI HIGAN.





FOB Sale— —Reg. Short Horn Bull s by Mamalton

Monarch 2nd, 3 son of Avondale fromS to 10 mos old

1‘!) Schmidt, Road City. R. No. 5... Manon.





“TM CW8 F0! Slit: 1" pmfif“

R. R. Stntion. Elsie. H. H. PETERS. Carlpand hilch.



"1 AND POLLED DURHAMS FOR SALE.

3"" 0"" Have red roan and white. Have over 100

head in herd. C. Carlson, Leroy, Mlch.





 





m —Dalry-bolthod. W Md!

IIS ages formic at fauna-s prices. C. 11'. Gram

Socy. Cant. Mich. Shorthorn Brendon“ Asun. IcIride. m





we yr‘l. red shorthorn Bulls Roan Calf 9 mo. old

Poll Am Bul calf. PM“

move q11ick.CHASl‘l’S Stock Farm, Morle‘ta.a'llli1t,l. 1.





d Sher-thorn Cattle youngf bulls 11nd heife- _

8‘?th $100. 00.1.1111 cow 11'1111 helf 111.3150. so IWrite.

. BELL. an. anon cal-m '





 





I...“ horns.roan3year old Bates bred herd

gbull $2.50“ Young bulls and heife ers.

ALL. TECUMSEH. MICHIGAN.





E83333 Sflmzm 1.111. lhel‘te'r m2-





yr. old. F. W. MANN, Danna-Hie. Mich





H Pulled Cattle. 3“}? 6.





John Bauer and Son.





 





fine





young bull and

pig for sole.





dLofio.lIwh





FOR; SALE— 0 Reg. Holstein cows. due to freshen

in Aug. A410 4 and 13 yrs. Both have A. R 0. records.

Price form 5325.011” I. Cook Fowlerville. Mich. Box 488.





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of best. breediupf various ages. eit’hc

.Ba‘mfls sex, 58M ‘0‘. napkin.





induced price. Wrae 101n- wamm qn'lc k.

Mitchell's Lakesule Farms 11.2. Bloomingdale. Mich.





SW IGARTDALE FARM





HOLSTEINS AND BERKSHIRES





“We have for sale a. fine bull calf born Marchfith nicely





, d. I nineteen “use your dd.pn



m. InMshires we :and vean‘loe lute! Mid!

hours, sired by Sensational C momMa-terpiece 21d.

31.0 “boars. it's-e no laws iifllm 1mi-





1111.11.11 unsurpassed breeding. our prxcel are right. and

we to please, or return your money.



filth Farm, Pelersburg,m.

“I: Very Finest Berkshire ”Pia Chap...





C. S. BARTLETT. HWY.





 





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I have some good last September

nuroc Jerseys Bears and gilt-s. Gilts will be

bred for September fill‘l‘uw.





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





Combined size, qualih. breeding.

”obson : nurocsH Herd boars spring boars. spring

sows forsale. 0rlo.L .Dobson, Quincy.Michian.





 





DUROO Jen-1918 Gilts of the large hem y how (1 type

bred ton. Son of Orion (‘ berry King 'thv groan st

Rllriad for (‘11! l» Sr pt fdt‘low.





boar of hisl l.1reed

F. J. onroe. Michigan





DR RODT.





 





Durou. flows to fur-ow Au. and Sept... “wring PWS.

ithor sex. Stud one \ear 0

EJALDIIOH. Tekoflth-l. 00. Iith .3151! Phone.





 





Sows Bred for Aug. and Sort litters

nuroc Jflflysu also Pdl‘h Splint: ”11.11 pigs





M. A. BRAY, OKEMOS (1112th Go.) Mich.





 





Durchorseys, if you want a spring boar sired by

Principle 4thfi0u' ll have to hmrygu‘egoing fast Manly

afewlecz. obert Hicks, ll. .81.. Johns Mich





MST“ WHITES mifiifg $2311?“ m' .11.

.W. ALEXAEID ER. Vacant. Mich.





 





 





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Like This‘





the original his Etoduccts‘

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HAVE Btu-ted thousands of breeders on is send to

Queen. Ion-m you. {mtoPlace ammun-

d b the: fine early develtfiem—ren'dyf'dgfleadi fit

$333: on! firm phi- “Money kg."





0. 3. 311mm. 3. 2. D. to Portland, Michigan





 





 





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J .CARL JEWITT





 





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1 I your wants. eadnw iew Stock

Farm, Holland. Michigan. R. .oN





400 Big Imfl. l. G. and Chester While Hg:





Fm- Feb “liar. and Apr. l‘Irrow sired by the flue best





 





lam-ah thestate. School Master 52707 who won more

ch ions. defeat-ed more chamions than anv bonr

show Atom close “our undefeated breeders





young herd at? state tulip. Allen junior champion at



in. Sinclair “and (laptaln Jim 83161 under 6

mo Who at every state fair

show 1915. Then we “have 1.6 Doux model 29Gb. first

in class at. Sioux City, Iowa. 1914. Get out-Wore

its free. we Register F800; Guaranttee catisfac lon





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furrow. Extra geod 7 months boar. March and

April pigs. S.U.B. Minorcas. R.W. Mills, Saline.Mich.





—-Two nice fall



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(lilts tn fan-ow in Aug. Sept. and Oct" get one of

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.SWAltCl'Z, Schoolcraft Michigan.





 





 





(Hits and sows. Bred 101' Mar. and

[afge up" P- c- April furrow. Hired by Big Del

Moines. lg Knox Jr.,ahd Giant Defender. Bred to Big

Knox Jr Smooth W under 3 and Big JumboJourw

est hours in state. Como or write. \\'.E. LivingM. Pam. Iich.





 





BIG mTyfil’nland Chinas. Simd by B. Typo King,

. 1m Spr'lnl Men. sired by Na tvpo

King. Fecenmeyer A “'onder Jr.. and _Mfi'n' Big





Done. W. Brwbaker A:

either sex. all ages Some-





For sale PulandF Chins: tluug good at a low rice.

P. D. Long. R. .8. Grand Rapids. lch.





 





 





eavy honed l’olnnd China Spring pigs from large

. l’mlific sows. also young and 1) Her sows bred for

Sept. (arrow. R BERT NEVE. Pierson. Michigan.





 





L Type P. C. Sous 1k Gilts all sold. Have3 extra

3780 ol spring boars. ir ed by Big Defender.

W. J. AGELSHA W. Augusta. Michigan.





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2 spring boars. Prices reasonable.

Route No. I. ADA. MICHIGAN.





 





 





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registered. John W. Snyder. R. 1 St. Johns ioh.

ll. ll. Halladay O. I. “My l. Son





Breeders of Hampshire Swine.

Write your wants. Clinton. Mlch.





roflSows and gilts 101 SA st and

“8"“er SMILE September farrow s. pugu 8918!.

holinex. FLOYD MYERS. R. No. 9, DSW. hd.





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100 Yearling Shropshire Rama.

Year

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M01" in M Good M11 113 sold a.“

. ewes or all ages for sale.

M. .F. GAJSSLEY. Lennon. film





 





 





 





 





 





 





' —-Yearlin and ram lambs from Chain i0

LIICISlOl’S flock of humb of 11111.. Also select 13:11:

shim spine. hlmhurst Stock Farm. Almom. Ilch.





HORSES





Shetland Ponies 1111:1111





At the Stonycroft Farms. 35 pure bred solid ed”.

bays. black ks and brouns. Good chance to

Shetland pony farm. Our farms are beingso and

we have no pasturage after this y.ear Poniesso will be

sold cheap. 84011 ——a eafrom ymrlinganp. Fine

bread was and 8“by their ddo.flh1yc

Far-nut. situated on him of W t Ionian Electric

Road. half way between 2111111111 and Binni 11M.

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Betti-alhnvelmm Flubrel pt‘

but” at 825 each for mediate delivery

A. A. PATT LLO, R. 4. Decker-ville Mich.





OYALTON Bred Berkshires. Pigs far-rowed relay.

Royalton Queen May 8th. both sexes.“

nicely shaped and marked. Many others at prices to on-

load heavy stock. D. I". VALENTINE, Supt. Temperance. Rich.





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C. J. THOMP ord. chhlxan.





o I c. Sendme your order for choice spring boars,

3- chi pod 0.0.D .and registered in purcha-





ser’- name. .P. ANDREWS. Dauvllle, Mich.





 





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DORE D. BUELL. In. I?“





FOR SALE-Earsmpmae'ryme IE “





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