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

DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1916





VOL. CXLVII. N0. 9

Whole Number 3903





3 50 CENTS A YEAR

32 FOR 5 YEARS





. Insuring Next Year’s Wheat Crop





By I. J. MATHEWS





N the various farm surveys that



have been conducted in different



parts of the United States by farm

bureaus and others interested in more

profitable farming, it has been proven

beyond a shade of doubt that every

stock farm must produce some so—call-

ed cash crop in order that a reasonable

profit be insured. Warren found that

dairying was most profitable when the

price received from the sale of a cash

crop equalled about Brie—third of 'the

total income. Wheat has been found

to be a most satisfactory cash crop on

both stock and stockless farms be-

cause it fits very well into a three-year

rotation and because it does not con-

flict with corn or oats. Each year

many of these wheat fields return no

profit and others do not break even

and there are usually just three or

four reasons that may be assigned for

the failure. Chief among the causes of

a failure of a. wheat crop are: 1. Wheat

is planted on a field whose soil is not

adapted to it or whose fertility is so

low that the crop cannot thrive. 2.

The seed bed is poorly prepared and

the plants do not get a good start in

the fall. 3. Seed planted is unaccli-

mated, full of weed seeds and put so

far below the surface that all its

strength is dissipated in getting to the

surface. 4. The wheat is planted too

early and the Hessian fly gets in its

destructive program. '



Fertility Requirements of Wheat.



It is not always possible for us to

know exactly how much fertility there

is in a given soil but we do know how

much a crop of wheat removes from

the soil and it cannot remove some

thing that isn’t there. It is known

definitely through analyses that an

acre producing thirty '





nitrogen, phosphorous and potash but

since most soils contain adequate quan-

tities of potash and the straw, being

largely potash, usually remains on the

farm this element is rarely wanting in

such quantities as to cut down the

wheat yield. On a stock farm where

legumes are grown and the fields ma-

nured, wheat may be grown for many

years without the addition of commer-

cial fertilizers but grain farms face an

altogether different situation. On these

farms it ultimately becomes necessary

to replenish the waning supply of nat-

ural fertilizing elements with commer-

cial fertilizers.



The element most likely to be lack-

ing is phosphorous since so much of

this is lost through selling the grain





be had, some wheat raisers prefer to

use it as a top—dressing rather than

plowing it under. ‘



A Firm, Moist Seed Bed Essential.



On farms where a four-year rotation

of clover, corn, wheat and cats is used,

the wheat is often put in after the corn

with only a disking of the corn land.

That this cuts down the labor in the

short run, but cuts down the crop in

the long run, is the opinion of many

who have tried it, as well as the sow—

ing of wheat on land that has been

plowed. The idea in putting a wheat

field into condition for seeding is to

pulverize the soil and conserve the

moisture.



Where the field is plowed, no con-

siderbale acreage should be turned ov-





 





 





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The Only Difference in Treatment of





the Soil is that on the Right a Light





Applicationof Commercial Fertilizer was Used.





is dependent upon the food that can

only get in in solutions, makes us

solicitous about every means of con-

serving the ground water.



In some soils it would be folly to

plow three days and then smooth the

field down, for by that time it would

be very dry. The better way is to

plow until about three or four o’clock

in the afternoon and then hitch onto

the harrow or roller and compress the

soil that has been turned over during

the earlier part of the day.



After plowing, the clods must be

broken up and a fine mellow seed bed

prepared. If the soil was rolled imme-

diately after plowing, the smoothing

harrow will make the seed bed requir-

ed and it may do better work if pre-

ceded by the disk harrow. Once with

the disk and twice with the smoothing

harrow will put the seed bed in good

condition if it was not too dry and

cloddy on the start.



Planting the Seed.



Better results have been secured

through drilling as compared with

broadcasting the seed. The drill will

cover all the seed, putting it at the

depth desired rather than at various

depths. Right here the question might

be asked, “How deep should wheat be

planted?” It is surprising to find that

more than half of the wheat sown is

put down twice as far as it should be

to make the most of its opportunities.

It is no uncommon thing to see wheat

sewn three and four inches deep, yet

while three inches may be justified in

a light soil that is very dry, four inches

is a depth that none but the strongest

wheat kernels will be able to rise up

through. Where the seed bed is moist

and mellow, from one-half to three-



quarters of an inch is





 





bushels of wheat borne

on one and one-half

tons of straw loses 48

lbs. of nitrogen, 9.2

lbs. of phosphorous,

23.9 lbs. of potash and

6.5 lbs. of calcium or.

lime if the entire crop

' is removed. It will be

noticed that a compar-

atively small amount

of lime is removed so

that this element is

not often the limiting

factor in wheat pro-

duction. The compar-

ison‘ may be made

more striking by the

statement that a four-

ton crop of alfalfa re-

moves a little more

than twenty times as

much lime as does the above mention-

ed crop of wheat.



As to wheat soils, wheat can grow

on almost any soil provided it contains

the right fertilizing elements and in\

justice it may be said that fine grades

of wheat are often grown on light as

well as heavy soils; thus it will be

seen that type of soil does not affect

eitherquantity er quality of wheat. so

long as plant food and moisture

abound.” It will be, seen that the Wheat

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into which it largely enters. Either

raw or acid rock phosphate is used

with good results where it can be ap-

plied with stable manure or when a

green crop is turned under. Where

neither of these practices arepursued,

the best results have been obtained by

applying at seeding time from two to

three hundred pounds of‘ a fertilizer

containing of available elements, two

per cent nitrogen, eight per cent phos-

phoric acid, and. two per cent potash.

Where well rotted stable manure is to





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One of the Essentials in Successful Wheat Growing is the thorough Preparation of the Seed Bed.





er without using the harrow. When

the soil is so dry as it usually is when

Wheat land is plowed, unless the har-

row is used soon, the furrow slice is

aslant and this allows both the soil

and the sub-soil to dry out. The soil in

the furrow slice dries out and becomes

cloddy with the consequence that it

cannot be packed until the freezes and

thaws of winter have broken down the

large 'clods of dirt. This means a great

1035 of moisture and the knowledge

that all growth taking place in a plant





plenty, but where the

soil is lighter and dry-

er, it may be sown one

and one-half inches

deep.



The point is this:

The wheat kernel con-

tains enough stored

food to start the tiny

plant, enable it to

reach the surface of

the ground and main-

tain itself until it has

a root system started.

If we compel it to go

through three or four,

inches of soil before it

reaches the light, we

have cut down the

root system that can

be pushed out. In so

doing, we eliminate all

possibilities of that quick early growth

that is so desirable when wheat is

planted as late as it must be to avoid

attacks of the Hessian fly.



Plant Only Good Wheat.



A prominent farmer hereabouts al-

ways says when addressing a gather-

ing of his fellows: “There is nothing

that will get a farmer as quick as to

plant poor seed.” The more I reflect

on that statement, the more I am of

the opinion that it is strong, but not



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DETROIT, AUGUST 26, 1916





 





 





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





The state report

of county agent

work for the pe‘

riod from June 5 to July 1 shows that

in the twenty-five counties in which

county agents are working there is a

constantly increasing demand for their

services. During this period the coun-

ty agents spent a total of 137 days in

their offices and receive 820 personal

calls from farmers, besides answering

1,057 telephone calls and writing 1,735

letters. They also spent a total of

389% days in the field, making 1,334

farm visits and conducting 176 demon-

strations at which there was a total

attendance of 906 farmers. One hun-

dred and five other meetings were at-

tended by the county agents, at which

there was a total attendance of 5,632.

During this period the county agents

also wrote 77 articles on local prob-

lems which were published in the lo-

cal papers, and distributed 1,908 bulle-

tine on subjects of local interest.





The activities of the county agents

cover a wide field. Aside from the an-

swering of calls, the making of farm

visits, the holding of demonstrations

and other activities above mentioned,

meetings have been held looking to-

ward the federation of existing farm-

ers’ organizations to work with the

farm bureau. In some counties con-

siderable time is spent in testing sam-

ples of soils for lime requirements. In

a number of counties the county agents

have spent some time looking up marl

deposits and in making arrangements

with owners to make them available

for those needing this soil amendment

in nearby territory.



Crop demonstrations are being con-

ducted alongside public highways in

several counties, the crops being grown

under the direction of the county

agent. In some cases crops which are

new to the community are used in

these demonstrations, and in other cas-

es, notably with potatoes, demonstra-

tions are being conducted to show the

comparative value of good and poor

seed, to determine the fertilizer re-

quirements of the crop on given soils,

etc. In fruit counties some time is be-

ing spent by the county agents in in-

vestigating orchard diseases and con-

ducting orchard demonstrations.



The matter of the improvement of

live stock is being investigated by the

county agents in as practical a manner

as possible in the different sections.

Farm management is being emphasiz-

ed, particularly in calls on men who

have not before sought the aid of the

county agent and are not familiar with

the demonstration work which has

been conducted along this line by coun-

ty agents and state leaders. Confer-

ences are being held with the officers



of the farm bureau and of the county

institute societies with the idea of out-





County Agent Work.





 





are being given attention in all coun-

ties where county agents are working,

and investigations are being made re-

garding the cost of various farm oper-

ations, such as drainage for example;



These examples taken from the re-



port in a. single county illustrate in a

general way the scope of the work

which the county agents are doing in

the twenty-five counties now organiz-

ed. In every county other local prob-

lems are included and given such a

share of the county agent’s time as

their importance seems to warrant.

These facts relating to county agent

work in Michigan are here presented,

to the end that farmers in counties

not now‘organized may become fa-

miliar with the work as it is being de-

veloped in the state, and thus be pre-

pared to make the greatest use of the

county farm bureau when the oppor-

tunity is theirs.

One cannot travel the

length of Michigan’s

two great peninsulas

without being deeply

impressed with the great possibilities

of the state in the matter of live stock

production. Large areas of fertile cut-

over lands are lying unimproved which

might at a comparatively small cost

be made available and profitable for

live stock production. Wherever an

enterprising owner has brushed and

burned and seeded these cut—over lands

of the better quality, whether pine or

hardwood lands, they produce pastur-

age in abundance and furnish the best

of summer feed for either cattle or

sheep. In most cases where these

lands have been so treated the owners

or operators have dependedupon pur-

chasing feeding stock from the west-

ern ranges, running them through the

summer and selling them to southern

Michigan feeders for finishing in the

fall. While this has been on the whole

a profitable method of procedure, yet

where a portion of these lands are

brought under the plow and some win-

ter feed is grown, flocks of breeding

ewes and herds of cows could be cheap-

ly run and the net receipts from live

stock greatly increased.



Conditions surrounding the live

stock industry have undergone great

changes during the memory of our old-

er generation of farmers. The west-

ern ranges have been developed to

their maximum capacity within that

period. _ These ranges are now being

rapidly broken up, and the available

supply of feeding stock from this

source is yearly becoming smaller. The

great area of unimproved land within

our state could easily be made to take

the place of the western ranges so far

as our live stock industry is concerned.‘

Unquestionably these lands could be

made to produce the feeders to be fin-





Our Live Stock

Possibilities.





ished on the improved farms of south-'





ern Michigan, and with profit to those

who develop them to this extent.

Present indications point to a con-

tinued era of high prices for meat pro-

ducts. A recent investigation made by

the Department of Agriculture indi-

cates that the high prices everywhere

prevailing for meat products are due

to the fact that meat production has

failed to keep up with the demand.

The primary reason given for this ap-

parently great shortage in meat pro-

ducts is that the economic level of the

average citizen has been raised to a

point where he demands a large

amount of meat in his diet. This fact

—and it undoubtedly is a fact—~coup-

led with the fact that our population

is increasing more rapidly than is our

live stock production, would seem to

insure that prices for meat animals of

all kinds will continue to be high for a

long period, in fact, it is probable that

cheap meat as we now understand the

term, will never again be the rule in

this country. Of course, with meat pro-

duction returning a greater profltthan

ever before, farm production along this

line will naturally be increased in the

readjustment of the live stock industry





again be low; " :



There is undoubtedly opportunity for

an increase inthis department of pro-

duction upon the average Michigan

farm, but there is a still larger oppor-

tunity in the great area of undeveloped

lands which could be cheaply improved

to the point where they could produce

an abundance of pasture, and thus

take the place in the economy of meat

production in Michigan which the

great free ranges of the west have

formerly occupied and with great prof-

it to the state’s agriculture.





THE MICHIGAN STATE FAIR.





 





(Continued from last week).



The Michigan State Fair has receiv-

ed an average of $1,562 annually in

state aid since its organization.



In comparison, the Illinois State Fair

has received state aid during the last

ten years totaling $425,207; Indiana

State Fair $200,000 in last ten years;

New York State Fair $47,500 in 1914;

Ohio State Fair $300,000 in 15 years,

and Wisconsin State Fair $270,000 in

ten years. ,



The Michigan State Fair was held in

Detroit in 1849, at Ann Arbor in 1850

and in Detroit from 1851 to 1863. The

fair was held at Kalamazoo in 1863 and

1864, Adrian in 1865 and 1866, Detrbit

in 1867 and 1868, Jackson in 1869 and

1870, Kalamazoo in 1871 and 1872,

Grand Rapids in 1873, East Saginaw in

1874 and 1875, Jackson in 1876 and

1877, Detroit in 1878, 1879 and 1880,

Jackson in 1881 and 1882, Detroit in

1883, Kalamazoo in 1884 and 1885,

Jackson in 1886, 1887 and 1888, Lan-

sing in 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892, no

fair in 1893, Detroit in 1894, Grahd

Rapids in 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

and 1900, Pontiac in 1901, 1902, 1903

and 1904, and at Detroit since 1905

when the Michigan metropolis was

made the permanent location.



Some New Educational Features.



The Michigan State Fair each year

is enlarging upon its educational work,

and an effort is made to ofier helpful

information to all who attend the ex-

position. A Better Babies' Contest is

held annually and mothers are instruct-

ed as to how best to care for their

children. Lectures are given by men

who are authorities in foods, health

and physical culture. Body building

contests are an innovation which are

expected to result in the improved phy-

sical condition of hundreds of residents

of Michigan.



The Michigan State Fair’s “Short

Course in Agriculture,” which is con-

ducted annually and is absolutely free

to boys from every county in the state,

has proved to be a success. This free

trip to the fair enables our future citi-

zens, both tillers of the soil and towns-

men, to get a better insight into the

many problems they will face later on

in life.



This broadening influence gained in

a visit to the fair for a growing young

man cannot be overestimated. He sees

the advance made in the scientific con-

struction of automatic machinery, not

only sees it, but what is more interest~

ing to him and more profitable, he has

its principles explained to him. The

boys of the State Fair school are also

shown the various methods known to

science for the improved care of live

stock. Soil management is demonstrat.

ed to them so that they may get an

early perception of the possibilities of

scientific agriculture. Good roads lec-

tures are also given the boys so that

they may grow up with an apprecia—

tion of what improved highways mean

to the country. In short, if the boys

are to be agriculturists they will be

better ones for their trip to the fair; if

they take up city callings they will

have a better idea of what constitutes

good citizenship.



Forthwith are outlined some of the

limitations under which this free trip

to the fair. can be gained. From those

so qualifying at the regular county





 





airliners, «insisting of ' the county- com-





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missioner of schools, the master of the '





Pomona Grangeof the county, andthe

president of the farmers' institute, so-

ciety. Fifty per cent is counted on the

best eighth grade' examination and 50

per cent on the best examination on

the other subjects submitted by the

latter named board.



It is becoming more apparent every

year that state fairs are carrying a

work which is of great value to thou-

sands and thousands of people. A state

fair is far more than a place to decide

between the relative merits of this and

that sample of the state's products. A

state fair is not merely a catalogue; it

is an advertisement of the state, a.

symbol of its greatness and an illus-

trated lecture on the variety of its re-

sources and the quality of its enter-

prises.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.



The European War.——Active fighting

progresses on all fronts. The French

and British forces have made further

advances on the west, the Russians

are fighting desperately but success-

fully in the east, the Italians are mov-

ing forward in the campaign to cap-

ture Trieste and in the Balkan States

the central powers are to be attacked

from Salonika. The Germans are mak-

ing desperate efforts to regain terri.

tory lost to the British and French in

the. west. But the fierce attacks in the

Somme region and before Verdun have

all been repulsed with heavy losses

and the line of the Allies has been

pushed forward a short distance in the

former theatre, enabling the British to

gain further advantages in the attack

upon Martinpuich. In the east the

Russians are now apparently centering

their efforts upon the new drive to-

ward Kovel. Berlin admits that the

Czar’s troops have crossed the Stokhod

river while Petrograd reports that they

have pushed beyond the stream and

taken important heights on the road

to their objective. In the Carpathians

the Russians are in sight of the Hun-

garian plains and the contest for the

crest of the mountains is now on. The

offensive outside Salonika is now de-

veloping along a front of 150 miles

from Lake Presby to Lake Doiran.

Both sides claim minor advantages but

no effort of first importance has been

made. The Italians are organizing

their forces on the new territory re—

cently captured and are pushing for-

ward preparations for the campaign

against Trieste. It is reported that

the Austrian garrisons in Albania and

Montenegro are in a weakened condi-

tion and that roving bands are robbing

the natives, taking life and destroying

property. British troops have demor-

alized the Turkish forces that recently

made attacks east of the Suze Canal.

Two British light cruisers, and a Ger-

man submarine were sunk and another

submarine rammed and possibly sunk

in the North Sea Sunday night.





National.





The great railroad controversy which



for the past fortnight has been hang-

ing as a cloud over the country, re-

mains unsettled. The brotherhoods

and the employers have both sent del-

egations to Washington to confer with

President Wilson regarding their

grievances and the chief executive has

asked that the men be granted their

eight-hour day and that the other ques-

tions in dispute be left to an impartial

commission to consider and report lat-

er. The representative of the railways

have refused to accept this arrange-

ment after which the President noti-

fled the roads that if the strike was

called the government would operate

the lines by retaining members of the

brotherhood after the present officers

are removed. It is believed that the

railway owners will offer a counter

settlement plan. ’

Grange campaign throughout the state

ternational institute of agriculture at

Rome places the estimates of the

world’s wheat crop 25 per cent below

the crop of last year. -





As an offset to the order granting

college men the privilege to return to

their respective colleges from military

duty on the Mexican border, a plan

has been suggested of having schools

for the soldiers at the camps. As the

requirements for drill include only the

morning hours, there will be ample

time for study and classes.



On Sunday the churches of Oakland

county opened the centennial celebra-

tion» of the. settlement of the county.

The first settlement was ‘made ‘on the





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present site of Rochester; in 1816-. , «,
EW people realize the value of

lime in run-down soil. It is easy

for them to see and understand



, the need of clover and many practical



t * ‘ farmers know that they are having a



‘ ‘ hard/time to get a good stand. This



is usually blamed on the weather, the



farmer saying: “Oh, well, the season



was not right.” As a matter of fact,



in many of ‘these cases the soil is not



right. It is true that the season may



have much to do in causing the failure



of any crop, but usually a poor stand



of clover is due to sour ground, or, as



we say, acidity of the soil. There is



but one means of quickly correcting



this acidity, and that is by the addi-



tion of lime. Most land here in north-



ern Indiana which has been run down



needs at the least two tons of lime per



acre. That lime is needed in many



fields is evidenced by the growth of



‘9 sorrel. Where clover does not catch



and sorrel springs up, the soil is un~



doubtedly sour and needs lime. These



‘fields which are deficient in lime



should not be planted to a crop which



requires lime, such as wheat or le~

gumes. ~



The farm which the writer has kept



in close touch with, for several years,

offers a good illustration of what lime

and clover will do for a run-down soil.



A man in the banking business se-



cured 330 acres of land in northern In-

diana. This land was previously owned

by his father who had rented the

farms to tenants. The crops was the

only source of income to the owner as

no stock was kept on the farms. Any

person who has seen this plan worked

out on any farm will know the result

before reading farther. There can be

but one result if this plan is followed

continuously for a number of years;

poor soil and run-down land is inevit-

able. Well, this farm was no exception

to the rule. After continuous crop-

ping for a number of years, the land

came into the possession of the pres-

ent owner. He was a youngbusiness

man and» his experience in banking

had taught him to expect good inter-





 





 





 

 

 

 





 

 





the old home place. This is the same

sentimental reason' why many old run-

down farms are kept at an expense.

This one has been continuously crop-

ped for about fifty years. During this

time there has been very little clover

raised and absolutely no manure put

on the land. In the opinion of the writ-

er, it speaks exceptionally well for the

land that it will now raise anything.



An old farmer living near rents this

wornout place by the field. He has

several boys of good size, and by ex-

tremely hard work, he manages to

make'a little money. However, he has

finally come to realize the folly of try-

ing to raise crops continuously where

nothing is added to the soil. He has

said that this will be his last year try-

ing to take something from land which

has nothing to give.



In conclusion, then, let me insist

that to get big crops we must have





 





   





st’andsneariy' waist‘high: ' . .



' Mr. Armstrong says that he has

done this before and his method never

fails; there are several other bad spots

of quack grass on the farm and he

promises us another demonstration

next year.



Since all methods for the destruction

of quack grass require more or less

time and labor, we are of the opinion

that the method above outlined is es-

pecially desirable as the unusual crop

of wheat is ample reward for the ef-

fort expended in preparing the seed

bed. Different soils may require dif-

ferent treatment, but on this class of

soil we have an example that is most

convincing.





Otsego Co. G. F. DE LA MATER.





 





THE GOOD FARMER.





 





A good farmer should never depend

upon his neighbor for what he can, by

care and good management, raise on

his own farm. He should not beg fruit

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Heavy Crop of Hay'Grown on Limed Field.





clover and to get big clover we must

add lime to the. soil.

member that it is not enough to raise

clover and take off the hay but we

must turn a crop under occasionally.





Also let us re-





 





ERADICATING QUACK GRASS.





 





not borrow tools when he can make or

buy them, for among the many wastes

on the farm, this waste of time is

about the worst.

he has to take time in going to borrow

them, and often take valuable time in

returning them. Then, there is a waste





In the first place,





. fence row"





then return it as agreed, and if it ,~





you are using it, make it as good as it

was at the time of borrowing,- and this





will cause no ill feeling between the





borrower and the lender. The man

that returns tools in as good repair as

he gets them may be called a just and

good neighbor. D. H. M.





 





INSURING NEXT YEAR’S WHEAT,

CROP.





 





(Continued from first page).

strong enough to express the whole

truth. Only think of it—the fertilizer

in the soil, the work of hauling ma-

nure, the care of preparing the seed

bed, the lifting, the tugging, the sweat-

ing—~all these are put at naught by the

single false economy of planting poor

seed. The best is none too good.



This year I paid five dollars for a.

bushel of seed corn, the product of

years of constructive breeding of a

corn grower. My neighbors said I was

foolish but when my field is compared

with theirs, a different version of the

transaction is possible. In exchanging

Work with one of my neighbors, I have

cultivated a field of corn that will be

a losing proposition with a single

cause~poor seed.



The moral needs no statement.

Wheat that has been run through the

fanning mill and containing nothing

but the choicest and fattest kernels

and these entirely free from weed seed

is the only kind that is fit to plant.

Weeds are poor property, therefore,

avaunt. Doesn’t it seem ridiculous,

however, to find a man saying that he

hasn’t time to run his seed through a

fanning mill to sift and blow out the

weed seeds? Economy of the old or-

der that? Wheat produced nearby us-

ually yields better than that imported

a considerable distance from a locality

where rainfall and climate may be

much different. It is good business to

patronize the man not far away who

secured a good yield this year.



When the English government hired





the Hessian troopers to aid her in a

fruitless attempt to force into submis-

sion the rebelling American colonies,

she cursed our land far more by' send-





brOken or, otherwise damaged , while .





 





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of the neighbor’s time and money by

keeping the tools in repair for someone

else to wear out, and the only benefit

that the lender gets out of it is being

called a good neighbor, for, if he has

tools to lend he does not need to bor-

row. Now, We cannot all be independ-

ent, but a good farmer will, as fast as

he is able, provide himself with suit-

able farming tools.



A good farmer will never undertake

to till more land than he can thorough-

ly cultivate. It is the aim of many to

get as many acres as possible into

crops, giving no attention to the way

they are put in. For instance, one man

will put in 50 or 60 acres of wheat,

while his neighbor will put in 30 acres





ing the Hessian fly than she '/id by

sending the Hessian soldiers, if he re-

port be true, as history has it, that

these soldiers brought this trouble-

some fly concealed in bales of straw.

The .foreign soldiers long since depart—

ed but the Hessian fly remains to har-

ass the wheat grower by causing the

wheat to tremble and lop over before

it ripens.



The small fly lays her eggs in the

warm part of the early fall. The eggs

hatch out and the maggots burrow

down on the inside of the leaf sheath

where they prepare a nice resting

place for winter. This resting place so

weakens the wheat stalk that in the

spring, the stalks bend over, growth





est on an investment. He began apply-

ing business methods on the farms to

make them pay interest on the invest-

ment. The farms were connected, and

two sets of buildings were on the land.

The farms being close to town, the

banker spent his time before and af-

ter banking hours managing them. He

made a study of how to improve the

soil and finally decided on liming the

ground and then sowing clover. Fur-

thermore a good rotation was decided

on as that was realized as important.

Lime and clover, with a good rotation,

was his slogan and it brought results.

The rotation ofha certain field which

the writer has watched closely has _

been: 1,. corn; 2, corn; 3, clover, start, one small field. belng abandoned and get as many bushels, and perhaps d h . .

(sowed in corn at last cultivation). because hf 1h The Shh being clay loam more. Every farmer should bear in cegses an t u_S ”11.1011 loss 15 entailed.

This hay was made and the fall clover and fertile, the grass grew very rank mind that well tilled land is constantly h exfieated 'exp er1)ence demonstrates

plowed under for wheat, then the field entirely smothering anything else that improving, while half-tilled land is get- t fat (gr avergge years, wheat planted

was limed and seeded down again to was planted. When the grass had a ting poorer every day. Among those a ter leptem er in northern M16111-

clover. This year we made that hay, good start in the early summer .of 1915 farmers who strive for the greatest :3: Will escape the attack of this fly.

and it could hardly be cut with a com- It was plowed under, thlus servmg the number of acres are mostly found the eat planted after September. 20 m

mon mowing machine. I should be double purpose-of catching 1t when Its inveterate tool‘ borrower, for in their :outhern Miclllngan, northern Ohm and

afraid to estimate the tons per acre strength was In the WP and at the strife and worry to get over a large tfihlahé uiuaFY escalilies the ravagesof

harvested off that field, for my readers same time supplying a crop of green ext ent of ground they break and use 115 ”1be .t' roifn 1 1s one standpomt

This was a rota— manure; followngthis, as fast as it up their own tools, and then apply to 301-18.,in an ing a ter the above dates 1S



tion which was not studied out from showed s1gns of life it was.worked the good farmer for the loan of his 9311:)..(191nfm08t seasclms. ' .

any scientific standpoint, but it added thoroughly, firSt .w1th the d15k and tools, often returning them, (if as, in f u Sit; 0 unicontrol able conditions

something to the son and brought re- then With the spring-tooth harrow. many cases the owner does not have 0 W3: er d an mogsture, the wheat

sults. There was just enough timothy As a result of this relentless work to go after them), in a very dilapidat- cmp f efen S apex; Ut comparatively

sown in this last crop to hOId up the ing, by” the first of September the ed condition. Then the owner must hi“; aect 211:): t 00d bseded pltanted m a

clever nicely. The hay was as thick quack grass was pretty sick and an ex— spend his time and money in getting 1 fY f1. .18 8138 e coln ainlng arn-

as it would stand and about eighteen cellent seed bed had been prepared for them repaired. The old adage, “A man 9 e1 er 1 12mg e ements a mOSt unfail-

inches high. - wheat; this was sown as thickly as is known by the company he keeps,” (lineg retthrhh an adequate profit If it

The building up of this land is was consistent with a good crop of may be construed in this case, “A man 0 ges t e attacks 0f the Hessmn fly.

brought more forcibly to one’s notice grain; the wheat put forth a luxuriant may be known by the tools he keeps.”

because an adjoining farm has been growth and this spring it had the Now it must not be inferred that a

allowed to run on in the old way. This ground completely covered before the farmer must not borrow any tools of

farm, just over the line fence, is a grass could get a footing. . his neighbor, for sometimes one man Frequently inquiries are received

splendid example of what steady crop- ' A week ago the wheat was harvest— does not have the same kind of tool {£213. figgfgrégeéisvgvtlfefiegfiig$29825?

ping with no stock will do for the ed and a better crop we never saw pro- that his neighbor has, and an inter- dress. Such inquiries arg not replied

«land. The maiden lady owning this duced. We went over the ground care— ' To receive prompt





_ change may be of benefit to both part— to under 0111' rules. .

farm lives there alone. Although the fully and found that there is absolute— ies at times. But at the time of bor- attention the enquirer must sign his





Quack grass is one of the worst

pests that the farmer of Michigan has

to contend with in the shape of weeds;

it is to be seen in nearly every locality,

and where it grows a full crop of any-

thing else is denied the farmer, conse-

quently its destruction is of paramount

importance and while many farmers

have successfully subdued it a new tri-

umph is always of interest.





We have in mind the experience of

Mr. A. W. Armstrong on a farm in

Otsego county, owned by Mr. A. B.

Comstock. When Mr. Armstrong took

charge of this farm a little over a year

ago, the quack grass had a pretty good





 





ALWAYS SIGN YOUR NAME.





 





,, -. farincan hardly be paying the taxes, ly no quack grass left; and as a mon- rowing have it understood for what name and give his postofl‘ice address.

-‘ she continues to keep it because it is





The name will not, be published if re-V





ument‘ to the success of the undertak- length of time you need the tool and quest for. this emission is made.
Farm Notes

Ground Phosphate Rock and Lime..

What are the advantages and disad-



vantages of using finely ground raw

rock phosphate? Would it be wise to

use both the raw rock phosphate and

ground limestone on ground to be

sown to wheat this fall? ' Which would

be the better to use, magnesian lime

rock or the so-called all-lime rock?

Lapeer 00. C. K

Finely ground phosphate rock has

been quite widely used in connection

I with stable manure for the mainte-

nance of fertility in soils deficient in

phosphorous. Its use has been partic-

ularly large in Illinois where this soil

fertilization has been found to be effi-

cient in the maintenance of soil fertil-

ity on the prairie soils of that state de-

voted to a crop rotation adapted to

the needs of corn belt farmers.

Ground raw phosphate rock is the

cheapest source of phosphorous, but

the phosphorous content of ground

phosphate rock is very largely unavail-

able for the use of growing plants.

When applied to the soil in combina-

tion with stable manure or upon plow.

ing down green manure crops on open

soils especially rich in their content

of vegetable matter, the natural proc-

cesses of nitrification or decay of veg«

etable matter gradually converts the

phosphorous in the raw phosphate

'rock into a form which is soluble in

the soil water, and it is thus made

available for the use of growing plants.

Where immediate results are desir-

ed a more soluble form of phosphorous

will yield a larger share of results

than will the use of raw phosphate

rock, and for application to wheat

ground a soluble phosphate fertilizer

would be more suitable unless the

phosphate rock could be applied in con-

nection with stable manure, or as sup‘

plementary to a green manure crop.

'The important function of lime on

most Michigan soils is the correction

of an acid condition of the soil which

is very common upon' the older soils of

the state, particularly those of an op-





 





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yields. As to the best analysis of

lime used for this purpose, there is a

difference of opinion, the consensus of

opinion probably favoring a high cal~

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is claimed to be as efficient in neu-

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LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





I can now report that my experiment

in sowing alfalfa on growing wheat

early in the spring is practically a tO' _

tal failure. This was seeded in the

spring of 1915 just as we do common

red clover. We mixed the seed two-

thirds alfalfa and one-third red clover.

There was a splendid catch of red clo-

ver, also alfalfa. Both plants were in

good condition last fall. I expected

to have a crop of red clover the first

cutting with a good sprinkling of al-

falfa, but this spring there was very

little alfalfa to be seen. A strange

thing happened, however, worlds of

alsike clover came in, where it came

from I do not know. Take the alsike

and the red clover together, we had a

wonderful crop, as much or more than

two and a half or three tons per acre.



I thought perhaps the alfalfa might

come on for a second crop. It has in

some instances for other people, but

there is no alfalfa except in patches on

some side hills. In a few places here

the stand is good enough to leave, but

over the most of the field there is no

alfalfa at all. I must try over again.





(”We will put this field into corn next





seeding again with alfalfa in the oats,

and if this fails to catch them into

wheat and try the whole experiment

over again.



We now have three fields of alfalfa,

one of them is the Grimm variety and

it is the best we have. June grass,

etc., don’t seem to get into this as it

does into other varieties, but this is

only two years old, perhaps it is too

soon to judge, but it looks as if this

variety is best for our soil and other

conditions.



If we have any corn this year it has

got to grow with the weeds. Now,

August 12, it is too late to take the

weeds out of corn. Of course, it could

be done if we had the help but I do

not think it would pay. What I mean

is, that the improvement of the corn,

if any, would not pay for the labor. It

is a case of taking what you can get

and hope that next year will bring bet-

ter returns. This cool weather causes

one to doubt somewhat if this corn

willpmature enough even for the can-

ning factory, but it may. Even if it

does there can not be more than half

a normal crop. Oats and hay are good.

Wheat only fair, the rest of the crops

I rather not think about.



Now this abnormal year would hit

us hard if it were not for the cows.

They go on as if nothing had happened

out of the ordinary. They were not

discouraged when it rained so last

spring that we could not get the corn

planted, or the beans. They never no-

ticed that the peas drowned out, but

have kept doing business right along

as usual and are the one factor that

will save the day and keep us from

making a sad failure as a business

proposition out of the year 1916. That

is why I like cows. If crops fail you

can buy feed and not be put out of

business. They are lots of work=but

they help to make a more stable prop-

osition out of farming. Dairy farming

is the most stable kind of farming one

can tie to. I do not except anything.

Our cows must eat some poor ensilage

this winter that is weedy but they will

do it and say nothing. and they will

help make both ends meet in a bad

year. Many times they will turn loss

into profit. They did last year by eat-

ing hay that, was made unmarketable

by getting wet in harvesting. It would

have been a total loss had it not been

for the cows. Good cows well handled

will pull you through many times

when there is no hope from any other





. source.





COLON C. LILLIE.





\ ~.
V _ ,. __ . (Continued-

VER seventy, eat ,down at the

O. sumptuous dinner-that the ladies





 





cm last week).





tion in fruit growing gives one the am-

bition to tackle the job with new





of the Grange hadprepared and/ energy.





after the dinner another informal meet-

ing was held inflthe Grange hall. Here

as at the ether meetings, the subjects

of marketing methods and scab spray-

ing prevailed. -



Mr. C. B. Cook told the farmers to

get right after their problems in both

cultural methods and marketing. He

said the best way to bring about the

solution of these problems was through

determination and co-operation.



In answer to a query with reference

'to the comparative fungicidal value of

lime—sulphur and Bordeaux, Prof. Taft

said that while Bordeaux was slightly

the better fungicide of the two, the

economy and ease of use of the lime-

sulphur made it the most preferable to

, use. Thorough and frequent sprayings

so as to insure the thorough covering

' of the foliage and fruit with the spray

material would give good results in the





control of the scab, even in unusual.





seasons like the present.



Mr. John Tracy, in charge of the

seed distribution department of the U.

S. Department of Agriculture, happen-

ed to be in Traverse City at the time

of the meeting. He was born at Old

Mission but left there when three

years old. This was his first visit

there since 1879. The trip of the State

Horticultural Society to‘the Old Mis-

sion peninsula was‘therefore a sort of

home-coming event for him. When

called upon for a talk he told of the

care he used in getting seed for distri-

bution. Some of it was bought out-

right and others was contracted for.

Samples of seeds were sent in to the

department and were thoroughly test-

ed several times before they were fin-

ally accepted for use, the tests includ-

ing germination and growing trials.

We can therefore feel assured that the

much discussed congressional free

seeds are selected with great care and

any that our congressman feels fit to

send us are real high-grade, fit-to—use

seeds.



At the invitation of the Niagara

Sprayer Company, five members of the

society were appointed to go to New

York and inspect the work of the Cor-

nell Experiment Station in dust spray-

ing. These members will report the

result of their observations at the an-

nual meeting in December.



After a session of about two hours

the meeting adjourned and the return

trip toTraverse City was made. The

return trip was via the west road and

past Bowers Harbor and various points

of inteqest.



The peninsula is about twenty miles

long and from one to three miles wide.

The land is quite rolling and this, with

the great amount of water protection

makes numerous excellent fruit-grow-

ing locations. The principle crop

grown is, of course, the cherry, al-

though there is also a fair acreage of

apples. The best orchards are on the

upper half of the peninsula and the

western side is better developed than

the east. While the peninsula is well

set to orchards there are still a num-

ber of good orchard sites available.



As there is no railroad on the penin-

sula all of the fruit and other farm

products are either hauled to Traverse

City by auto trucks or taken by boat.

The cartage charge from any point on

the peninsula is five cents per crate,

whether taken by boat or truck.



.While the attendance at this meet-

ing’ was not as large as at the summer

meetings in former years, the meeting

was of great value to those who at-

tended. The summer meetings are es-

pecially valuable because they give one

an opportunity to,_ find out what the

other fellow is doing and that the prob-

lems and troubles of fruit growing

have to be shared alike by all.



g The suggestions gained for better- or-

. chard management and the realization

that, allare working for greater perfecg





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





 





A Fungous Disease of Oak Trees.



What shall I do for my oaks? One

is three-fourths, one is one-fourth and

two others show some leaves wither-

ing. This tree began to Show signs of

withering leaves in the spring and has

become seriously affected. I find noth-

ing on them. Is it blight?



SUBSCRIBER.



The sample of oak leaves you, en-

closed was attacked by a fungous dis-

ease called “taphrinose.”



This disease is somewhat similar to

the peach leaf curl. If the trouble he-

comes serious several years in succes-

sion it may cause the death of the tree

but as in the caseof the leaf curl, it

may be quite serious one year and be

practically extinct the year following.

This year has been a bad one for curl

leaf, and therefore weather conditions

have undoubtedly been favorable for

the development of this disease on

your oak trees.





Where the disease is very serious

and the trees valuable, the treatment

should consist of spraying as for the

peach leaf curl, which is an application

of concentrated lime and sulphur dilut-

ed at the rate of one gallon to eight

gallons of water, or copper sulphate

used at the strength of two pounds to

50 gallons of water. The spraying

should be done early in the spring be-

fore the buds begin to swell.



There .is no method of treatment

which can be used successfully at this

time of the year. As is usually the

case with the curl leaf, you will un-

doubtedly find that hot dry weather

will check the disease to a consider-

able extent.





Diseased Snowball Bush.





I have a snowball bush set out in

spring of 1915. This did finely in 1915

and so far this summer, but now the

leaves are turning black and dropping

off. It seems much worse since a re-

cent shower. In action and appear-

ance it resembles potato blight. Is

there any remedy?



Washtenaw Co. C. A. C.





The common snowball bush is ex-

tremely susceptible to aphis or plant

lice. This insect causes the leaves to

curl up and afterwards fall, especially

if the plant suffers any from the dry

weather. It is probable that this has

been the cause of your trouble. Of

course, the recent shower would prove

more or less beneficial in such a case,

but probably it arrived too late and

would be beneficial only as it would

tend to reinvigorate the plant to over-

come the weakness caused by these

insects.



Leaves are sometimes also troubled

by sun scorch, although not usually the

case with the snowball. Rainy weather

causing the development of new shoots

with tender succulent foliage, followed

by a very bright day inducing a rapid

evaporation of moisture from the plant

causes the leaves to scorch or burn the

portion at the tips of the leaves show-

ing this trouble.



Cultivation, watering or any such

measure to help the bush replenish the

loss of moisture in the leaves will

prove beneficial—C. P. HALLIGAN.





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UT very few seem to realize the

real magnitude of the swine bus-

iness in America. Although the



prices have been advancing and have

reached a very high point, the numbers

have been increasing during the last

year. At the present time the govern-

ment reports indicate that there are

68,000,000 of hogs in the country. If

those could be fed to an average of 200

pounds each and sold at present prices,

at $10 per 'hundred, it will be seen

that they would bring the enormous

sum of $1,360,000,000. To wipe out

this industry would be a national cal-

amity, as the amount of value repre-

sents about $13 for each man, woman

and child in the country. At the pres-

ent time the pork meats are looked up-

on as a positive necessity, being more

economical and palatable than some of

the other meats offered in our mar-

kets. In order to maintain the swine

business at its high point it is a mat-

ter of necessity that we devise all the

means possible to promote the health

of the animals, and thereby insure the

perpetuation of the inorease and the

maintenance of large quantities to

meet the demands of the people, not

only in our own country, but in those

countries which are looking to us for

a supply of pork meats.





Make the Hogs Comfortable.





Under present conditions, after hav-

ing had a prolonged period of very

warm weather, which has not only in-

jured in some places, but destroyed in

others, the green feeds which supply a

partial subsistence for the pigs, we be-

gin to realize the importance of mak-

ing the hogs comfortable during mid-

summer. It is certainly cruel to not

provide shade in order that the hogs

can be sheltered from the direct rays

of the sun. When we consider that the

hog carries four-fifths of its entire

weight in meat and bone, and that

three-fourths of that meat is made up

of adipose membrane, which carries a

large amount of heat within itself, we

begin to realize the necessity of fur-

nishing comfortable conditions for the

pigs. It is more cruel to compel the

hogs to endure the direct rays of the

burning sun in midsummer than to ex-

pose them to cold in winter, either of

which is not conducive to their health,

or not likely to enhance the profits in

the business. The largest profits can

only be secured by making the hogs

comfortable at all times of the year.





Only those who give the matter

close attention fully realize the neces-

sity of furnishing the hogs a. wallow,

Or a place where they can get in the

water or moist dirt. In order to main

tain a low degree of temperature which

will enable them to endure the very

warm days of midsummer, the wallow

should not be exposed to the burning

rays of the sun, but should be shaded

in one way or another. If it can be

furnished under the shade of a tree

with over—reaching branches, where

there is a chance for circulation of air

and the wafting of cool breezes, where

the hogs can spend a large portion of

the time during the day, such would be

an ideal spot. Let us remember that

the hogs enjoy roaming in the'pasture

and picking the fresh grasses and the

green feeds early in the morning dur-

ing the cool of the day when the dew

is on the grass, and again at night

when the dew is falling and the feed

is fresh and tender. They do not ven-

ture away from their resting places

during the middle of the day.



External Parasites.



One of the'means of producing dis-

comfort with the hogs in the summer

time is being infested with external

parasites. Some of the teachers and

writers of a some of years ago were

prone to tell us that liCe only infested

hogs that were compelled to live in

filth and were fed on inferior feeds. At





 





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that hogs will only have. lice when

they have been brought in contact with

hogs that have them, or are compelled

to sleep in nests where those infested

have been sleeping. In other words,

the. hog lice are caught and multiply

on the animals in precisely the same

manner that they do on other farm

animals; therefore, it is a matter 'of

necessity that we watch matters close-

ly and use precaution in preventing

our hogs from coming in contact with

those which are infested, or compell-

ing them to sleep where they are like-

ly to come in contact with those little

tormentors, which not only sap the

blood through the skin of the animal,

but they cause such an irritation and

restlessness which will prevent ani-

mals from thriving well when infested

with them.



Those external parasites can be got

rid of very handily by a little thorough

work. It is not necessary to buy ex.

pensive patent medicines in order to

free the hogs of these little torment-

ors. If the nests have become infest-

ed, clean them out and disinfect with

a solution of carbolic acid made of one

gallon of water, twoxounces of the car-

bolic acid, well mixed and stirred, and

do thorough work in applying the mix-

ture. Then to rid the hogs of the lice

and gnits it is not necessary to buy

expensive lice powders, but if the hogs

are easily handled, take equal parts of

kerosene oil and some solid oil like

castor oil, mix thoroughly, take a stiff

brush and apply the mixture to all

parts of the body, and especially

around the ears, neck and jaws, sides

and flank of the animal; but it is bet-

ter to go over the animal in order to

get rid of stragglers that may be away

from their usual feeding point. A thor-

ough application of this mixture will

not only destroy the lice, but there

will be a sufficient amount of oil re-

maining on the hair to destroy all the

gnits that are likely to appear after

the mixture is applied.



Internal Parasites.



It is well known by good authorities,

and those who have given the subject

a reasonable amount of study, that the

hog is a host for a variety of intestinal

worms, for the internal portions of the

body seem to furnish breeding places

for a great variety of worms. It is

doubtful if more than a small percent-

age of swine growers realize the ex-

tent to which hogs are ordinarily in—

fested with worms, or the menace

these parasites are to the health, thrift

and lives of their animals. SOme very

intelligent observers have declared

that from 50 to 90 per cent of the dis-

eases which affect swine are traceable,

directly or indirectly, to worms. A hog

afflicted with worms cannot grow or

thrive to best advantage, because of

being in an abnormal condition, and in

such condition must further be more

susceptible to attacks of disease.





I am willing to venture the assertion

that there are at least a dozen differ-

ent kinds of worms which afflict the

hogs in one way or another, and the

present prolonged hot weather has

brought to my mind the fact that the

present conditions are favorable for

the propagation and development of

worms in the different internal por-

tions of the hog. In this great variety

of worms there are those which can

only be produced under certain de-

grees of temperature. If the hog is

subjected to unusually warm weather,

their internal condition is such as will

hatch the eggs that produce worms

which would not be hatched if it were

not for the unusual condition of the

hogs. I will not mention all of the

worms that infest the hog, but will

state in th beginning that there are

two kinds that cannot be reached with

medicine, the, lung worms and the kid—

new worms. When they get hold of





the pig, they must be endured, or if

they are so active that they destroy





worm, the long thread worm, the stom-

ach worm, the round, smooth worm.

the thorn-headed worm. the hook





worm, the horn worm, and a few which





are not so injurious, but if they were

named and were given their Latin

name, would require an expert in pro;

nunciation of long words to pronounce

them.



It is safe to assert that» the individ-

ual who thinks he ean by the use of

one or two, or three simple remedies

known as Worm destroyers and sold at

a high price, free the alimentary canal

of these internal parasites, which have

much to do in producing the unthrifti-

ness, the slow growth noticed with

hogs, and the condition which makes

it impossible sometimes for the.pigs

to exist, will be greatly mistaken,

There are worms, like the hook worm

and the thorn worm, which imbed their

peculiar instruments with which they

maintain their position, which cannot

be dislodged by ordinary remedies.

There must be something which is car-

ried along with the food which will

have a direct influence upon those

worms which for the time will para-

lyze them, cause them to release their

hold on the membrane, and thereby

bring about their being expelled. A

worm remedy which will reach all Of

those internal parasites must be made

up of a. large number of ingredients,

which will not only reach and kill all

of those worms, but in order to get rid

of them it must stimulate the appetite

of the animal and bring about an im-

proved condition of the body which

will enable the individual hog to expel

those little enemies and get rid of

them.



In order to keep the pigs free of

worms it is necessary to keep up a.

continuous method of warfare through-

out the whole summer season. It may

be interesting to some to know that

there are many different ways in which

the eggs of those little animals get in-

to the stomach of the hog. Some of

the eggs are taken with green feeds,

the eggs having been laid ”upon the





‘blade of grass by a fly. The hog takes





it into the stomach, and favorable con-

ditions hatch it and it becomes an abido

produced from an egg that is laid by

injection in the grubs, which are fav-

orite feed for hogs. They seem to rel~

ish them as food. They are taken into

the stomach, when the grub is eaten it

is hatched there and remains until

some means are provided by which it

is destroyed and is expelled. Space

forbids our following this part of the

swine business in detail, but it is suf-

ficient to say that pigs under the best

of conditions are liable to have worms,

and it is .by far safer and better to

procure a. worm compound which has

within it the ingredients necessary to

expel all the worms.

V Variety of Feeds.



Knowing the requirements of the

hogs in the summer time as well as we

do, we realize the importance of fur.

nishing a variety of feeds. The hogs

should not only have pasture feeds

made up of a variety of grasses, but if

during midsummer the grasses become

dry and unpalatable, it is by far better

to provide some green feeds that can

be thrown to them regularly each day.

If one has on hand sweet cornstalks,

the hogs will relish them, and they

will also relish the leaves of rape,

which will also be beneficial and help-

ful in ridding the alimentary canal of

the pests which we have been discuss-

ing. Instead of depending on corn

feeds alone, it is by far better to use

a variety of grain feeds made up of

cats, wheat middlings, either high or

low grade, and if there is an indication

of the presence of worms, it is well to

use some wheat bran in the feed,

which will produce a condition which

Will aid in expelling those internal par.

asites. Feed regularly, make the ani—

mals comfortable, and at present pric-





es" we may anticipate large profits in





the swine business. _-
' . BOUT this time of year ShOrt



' pastures, insect’ pests and the



natural tendency to go dry in

the fall form a‘ combination that cuts

seriously into the milk flow, and so

into the profits of the dairyman. It is

not only an immediate loss to have the

cows dry early in the fall, but it stops

the milk for the whole winter, or until

the cows come fresh again.



The only way to overcome the diffi-

,culty is to begin feeding as soon as the

milk flow begins to shrink, for if the

cows once shrink on their milk no

amount of feeding or care will bring

them back to full flow again. If the

cows can be kept milking until along

in December they will get the habit,

and. then with good feeding will keep

right on milking all winter if they are

properly fed. They will pay for their

feed and should give some profits over

it if they are worth keeping at all. I

know of many dairymen in my own

neighborhood who do not agree with

me, and I presume there are such in

all neighborhoods. They argue that it

never pays to feed a cow anything but

pasture, straw and hay. Their cows

milk from six to seven months in the

year and then the feed for the rest of

the year is a dead loss.



We think silage is the best feed if

we have it. We begin feeding just as

soon as the milk flow begins to shrink,

and add a little feed such as bran or

grOund oats, feeding as much Of this

as the cows make a good return for.

In this way we get a better flow of

milk right along and at the same time

keep the cows up so that they will not

go dry as soon as cold weather comes.



Corn cut green, or any other soiling



' crop will answer if the silage is not on

hand. Roots are good, too. But we

find that the cheapest way of all is to

have our fields fenced so that we can

turn the cows on fresh pasture as soon

as the crops are Off. We usually have

a. field of new clover to pasture off,

and here in the clover country there is

no danger to the clover in doing this.

There is some danger from bloat, but

by keeping a supply of salt about the

fields where the cows can get to it at

will we avoid all of this trouble. We

have never had a case of bloat from

this cause among our mature cattle,

but occasionally have had a little trou-

ble with young stock.



We have used many kinds of fly re-

pellants, but have adopted the plan of

providing a night pasture for nights

and a brush pasture for days as the

best thing to get around the torments

of the flies. As the nights grow cool

and the flies begin to seek out warm

places on the cows in which to roost

we daub a little grease of some kind

on the frequented places about the



. roots of the tail, flanks and lower part

of the legs. For this purpose we know

of nothing better than axle grease. It

is cheap, easily applied, lasts a long

time and does not run with the heat

and blister the skin unless applied in

excess. Twenty-five cents worth will

answer all the fall for a large herd of

cows.



Wisconsin. R. E. DIMICK.



DAIRY COWS LACK IN MINERAL



NUTRIMENT.





 





Dairy cows fed the usual winter ra-

tions cannot produce large milk yields

without loss of minerals from their

skeletons, says Dr. E. B. Forbes, of the

Ohio Experiment Station, basing his

statement puon recent investigations

of the Department of Nutrition. From

his results he advises dairymen to give

the high-producing cow feeds rich in

minerals, especially calcium, magnesi-

um and phosphorous. A gradual shrink-

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coWs maintained their live weight dur-

ing the experiment, and stored sulphur

and nitrogen. ‘ '



Dr. Forbes says that the cow must

draw upon her bones to supply this de-

ficiency, because her capacity to pro-

duce milk is much greater than her

ability to digest minerals. The farm

foods which are richest in the minerals

are the legumes, especially clover and

alfalfa. Grain feeds are all deficient in

the most important mineral nutrient,

lime. Lime may also be added to the

ration in the form of bone flour or as

calcium carbonate.





A GOOD GRADE COW.





 





A cow of unknown breeding owned

by A. L. Spafford, Kent county, produc-

duced in the month Of June 1,350 lbs.

of milk and made 60% lbs. of butter.

No account was kept of milk used in

the family, which was from one to two

quarts per day.





This cow is jet black and about

eight years old, and freshened May 15

but was taken with milk fever and

came near dying, but quickly recovered

and has the following to her credit:



In eight weeks she has produced but-

ter to the value of $33.86 and the skim-

milk made into cottage cheese and

sold in Grand Rapids amounted tO

$33.20, making a total of $67.06. This

cow has been milked three times each

day and has received no special care,

as the owner works away from home

and returns at noon just long enough

to milk and eat his dinner. The grain

ration has been two parts bran, one

part corn meal and one part ground

oats. The pasture has been just ordi-

nary farm pasture.



The expense for feed and pasture for

the eight weeks was $17, leaving a. net

balance of a little over $50 for the

eight weeks.





DAIRY PROBLEMS.





 





Milking a Heifer Before She Freshens.





I have a heifer that is due to freshen

about December 15 and she has devel-

oped a good-sized udder and gives milk

from all teats. Seems as is she would

give about a quart or more if milked.

What would you advise as to the prop-

er care to give her? A. J. L.





Sometimes a heifer will develop a

good udder several months before she

is due to freshen, and then this devel-

opment will disappear almost, then it

will appear again, etc. Nothing should

be done in such a case, but if from any

cause the milk secretion is started

then the heifer must be milked. We

once had some younger calves running

in pasture with bred heifers early in

the season. Finally they were separat-

ed and we found they had been suck-

ing one of the heifers. So much milk

was secreted that the heifer was in

extreme pain the. second morning. We

got her up and milked her. She gave

nine pounds of milk the first milking.

This was in July and the heifer did

not freshen until December. We milk-

ed her right along.



I" would advise that if your heifer

has been giving milk, to milk her regu-

larly, but if not let her. alone.



COLON C. LILLIE.





THE NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW.





 





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BY J. R. MILLIGAN





. In previous articles we have enu- enment which the private companies

merated the fundamental characteriS- started, this agitation has assumed less

tics of municipal bonds, railroad bonds important proportions. However, it is

and industrial bonds. You will recall a, situation which is liable to reoccur

that for our purpose we made these at any time and will bear close watch—

three divisions, together With the ing by those more directly interested.

fourth. namely, public utility iSsues; Closely connected with this last

and this article will deal briefly With phase of this question comes the fran.

the last-named class. chise problem. The policy which pre-



Public utility bonds are the newest vailed in this country years age. to

of the four classes. The rapid devel— grant extended franchises of along pe-

opment of cities and small communi- riod of years with few restrictions to

ties in the middle west and the west- the public utility companies, has now

ern sections of the country have changed to a condition whereby short

brought into prominence the operation franchises are given under more ener-

“of those companies providing the nec- ous conditions, and more particularly

essities and serving the ever increas- during 800d behavior. This has tend-

ing population. 1 refer to the street ed to rectify certain conditions obtain-

railway systems and electric light com— ing before, and Will doubtless make

panies, the great power properties 10- for better service, better management

cated in the mountains, in waterways and a more equitable price.



which transmit their current to the As compared with the other three

more densely p0pulated districts. The classes of bonds, public utilities enjoy

water works systems embracing power a less active market, and consequently

distribution and serving domestic and are usually bought for the purpose of

commercial requirements, and tele- holding them until maturity, whereas

phone companies, all come under this the physical value of the property in





class, and all possess very much the industrial bonds is two or three times.





same characteristics. The merit of the amount of the mortgage, in public

these bonds consists in the fact that: utilities, we find that the properties



First. The business of the compa— are very often bonded 11D 10 80 01‘ 90

nies is one that deals with an eco- per cent of their cost. This may be ac-

nomic necessity. cepted as sound finance in view of the



Second. Increased revenue and con- fact that in established companies the

sequently, increased value of the prop— earnings are thh more stable and





erties may be expected, with a further much less Shh-1'9“ to fluctuations in

development of our country. business conditions. As a rule, long





In view of the fact that these bonds time bonds are more usually found in

are comparatively fresh as considered public utility issues, although Of late

in comparison with some of the other the holding companies have issued

forms of investment, the laws regulat— short-time 00113139131 notes With the

ing the investments of eastern savings long—time bonds of their constituent

banks and trust funds have not been companies as security.

kindly to public utilities, although con- As a class, this type of investment

siderable pressure has been brought to is very highly regarded, and when pur-

bear to effect their acceptance. Conse— chased by the larger houses specializ-

quently, a higher yield may be secured ing in public utilities may be consider-

in the purchase of these bonds than in ed a desirable investment. The yield

municipals and rails, from those in— is greater than municipals and railroad

vestors who are not hampered by such bonds, and, in the opinion of experts,

restrictions and recogniiing this fact, the security is just as good. The earn-

consequently favor public utilities to ings should continue to increase from

a. very great extent. This same condi- time to time as our country gets older

tion holds good with trust companies and as the bonds become more estab-

and national banks and a good many lished, and increased value should ob«

insurance companies. In fact, statis- tain in the securities themselves. The

tics show that the increase in bond stocks of these properties have in a

investments by the various banks all great many instances shown splendid

over the country is more marked in gains and considerable profit has ac-

public utilities and municipals; where- crued to the investors. The advertis-

as rails shows a decrease. ers in this paper are well equipped to



One of the most important things to serve the needs of any investors desir—

consider in investigating the public ing public utility issues, and your edi-

utility bond is to first learn the efl'i- tor recommends correspondence With

ciency of the management; second, the them or Wlth'hlm direct 1f you desrre

relations that exist between the com- any spemfic information along these





pany and the public—its customers— lines.

and third, the character and duration

of the franchises.



The consolidations which have been

affected, putting the smaller companies

in the hands of a large holding com— The Office of Markets of the Depart-

pany, thus providing trained ~'""i ex- ment of Agriculture has been making

pert management, have been a great an investigation of the handling of var-

step forward in furnishing efficiency ious crops and of the packages and

to the smaller DTOPeI‘tieS all over the containers used. It was found that in

country, and in fact, it may be said connection with almost every com-

that probably 75 per cent of our public modity a very large number of types,

property embracing gas and electric shapes, and sizes of containers are in

power properties, etc-. is owned and use in the various states. It is believ-

controlled by four 01‘ five large gl‘euDS ed not only that many of these types

Whose securities enjoy a broad and ac- are unnecessary and undesirable, but

tive market and are very highly re— that the standardization of types and

garded. In their dealings Wlth the pub- sizes is greatly needed. Data are be-

110 these large companies recognize the ing secured from the several hundred

necessity 0f supplying cheap and effi‘ factories which make fruit and truck

cient service, and have made every ef< packages concerning the types, speci-

fort to retain the gOOd Will 0f the pub- fications, capacity, and cost of these

lie in their dealings With it- While the containers. This information is avail-

bugaboo of municipal ownership hangs able for use in connection with the

over these companies, it becomes very legislation which growers, shippers,

essential that the public be satisfied dealers, and package manufacturers

With the price at WhiCh they obtain the are Working for looking toward the

character of service rendered. standardization of fruit and truck



Three or four years ago there was 3. packages. The oflice collection of

great deal of discussion all over the these containers for examination, test-

country favoring municipal ownership ing, and demonstration, now amount-

01 various public utility plants, but ing to over 200 different types and

with the gradual campaign of enlight- sizes, is constantly growing.





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This Magazine Section forms apart of our paper every week.





T may be very doubtful whether



our attitude toward the English



sparrow, and our legislation mak-

ing it an outlaw, are well founded in

the economy of the farm.



From personal observations I can

assert that it is an active and eflicient

enemy of the army worm. I have

watched the army-like advance of the

worm, and the numerous sparrows of

this species, hovering above that rank

and destroying the worms until the

army was lost by the destruction of its

units and ceased to exist as a menace

to the vegetable food upon which its

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By W. V. SMITH





Our feeling towards this bird is

largely a matter of prejudice, because

of its alien origin; an outgrowth of

our patriotism, which cannot brook the

attacks made by it on our native birds,

all of Which-have stirred us to a pitch

of warlike ardor, resulting in these

various acts of the legislature, aimed

to its extermination, which, however,

seems to be as far ahead now as when

we first began to persecute it.





When we indulge in this sentiment,

however, let us also see if we our-

selves, and our land, have in any way

sinned; let us for instance, take into

consideration an emigrant from our

own land to England. After the Great

Fire,” as it is still called, by which

London was nearly all burned in 1666,

so great was the destruction, that in

rebuilding the city, the people were

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An Oflset to the English Sparrow—





and timber to meet the great demand

caused by the reparation of the fire’s

destruction. The forests of England

had been already too much depleted to

meet this drain, so from America went

the logs to rebuild London, and With

them as a stowaway under the bark of

certain of these logs, went an Ameri-

can friend, who found in London a con-

genial climate and a most favorable

home, a land of plenty.



In a short time it had spread out

over the city and country and the oth~

er cities of the island, and crossed to

Ireland, climbed the rugged hills of

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self at horneas to have fiche of the

usual homesickness of the emigrant,

no longing for its homeland. It hob-

nobbed with nobility, made free with

the yeomanry, mixed on terms of fa-

miliarity with the peasant class. It

knew no race, no religious prejudice,

no political barriers; the amiable Irish-

man, the persistent Scotsman, the ex-

elusive Welshman, the farmer, the pro-

fessional man, each and all of these

were meal tickets to our American

friend.

' Its name? Why, it has various; the

scientific name, in pedantic Latin, is

the Cimex lectularius, but to the un-

scientific multitude it is best known by

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sparrow, when we see it arrogahtiy





chasing our native birds, when we feel





cussiferous because of its multitudi-

nous shortcoming, let us as a palliative,

as a sort of sedative to our indigna-

tion, at the same time think of our

contribution to the entomology of the

old country, and let us remember our

own American migrant has evened up

all matters, by its activity and energy,

typical American energy, for we may

safely say that this American has shed

more English, Scotch, and Irish blood

in the land of our fathers, than all the

soldiers of the British Empire ever

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By ZONA GALE





(Concluded from last week).



“No, no, Mis’ Beach! Don’t you make

that mistake. You ain't doing nice. As

long as you think you are, this world

is being held back. It’s you that’s got

to help folks to know that you aren’t

doing nice. And to make folks wonder

.why.”



But I didn’t say it to her.

haven’t got that far—yet.



She said she’d like to come to the

club that Silas proposed, and Mary,

she said she’d come. They didn’t ques-

tion much about it~they merely ac«

cepted it and said they'd come. And

I went out into the April after-supper

light, with a bird or two twittering

sleepy, and an orange and lemon and

water-melon sunset doing its best to

attract my attention, and I says out

loud to April in general:



“A club. A club. So we’re going to

help that house with a club.”



Then I stopped to Mis’ Cripps’s

boarding house. Mis’ Cripp’s boarding

house faces the Mead tracks, and I

never went by there without seeing

her milk bottles all set out on her

porch, indelicate, like some of the

kitchen lining showing. Bettie Forkaw

and Libbie Collins and Rose Miller and

Lizzie Lane, pickle factory girls, lived

there. They were all home, out on the

smoky porch, among the milk bottles,

laughing and talking and having a

grand time. They had sleeves above

their elbows and waists turned in at

the throat with ruffles of cheap lace,

and hair braided in bunches over their

ears and dragged low on their fore-

heads, and they had long, shiney beads

round their necks, and square, shiney

buckles on their low shoes. Betty was

pretty and laughed loud and had un-

covered-looking eyes. Libbie was big

and strong and still. Rose was thin,

and she had less blood and more bones

than anybody I ever see. And Lizzie—-

Lizzie might have been a freshman in

any college you might name. She’d

have done just as good work in figures

as she did in pickles—only cucumbers

come her way and class-rooms didn‘t.



“Hello, girls," I says, “how are you

tonight? Do you want to be a club?”



“To do what?" says they.



“Have a good time,” says I. “Have

music—eat a little something—dance—

read a little, maybe. And ask your

friends there. A club, you know.”



After we'd talked it over, all four of

’em said yes, they wished they had

some place to go evenings and wouldn’t

it be fine to have some place give to

’em where they could go, I didn’t dis-

cuss it over with ’em at all—but I

done the same thing I’d done before,

and that I cannot believe anybody has

the right to ask, no matter how rich

the questioner or how poor the ques«

tionee.



“Girls,” I says, “you all work for

Silas Sykes, don’t you? How much do

you get a week. ”'



They told me ready enough:

-. and Six Dollars apiece, it was.



“Gracious," I says, “how can you

use up so much?" And they laughed

‘and thought it was a joke. And I went

along to the next place—and my





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thoughts come slowly gathering in

from the edges of my head and formed

here and there in kind of clots, that

got acted on by things I begun to see

was happening in my town, just as cas-

ual as meat bills and grocery bills—-

just as casual as school bells and

church bells.



For the next two days I went to see

them on my list. And then nights I'd

go back and sit on my porch and look

over to Red Barns that was posting

itself as a nice, hustling, up-to-date

little town, with plenty of business op-

portunities. And then I’d look up and

down Friendship Village that was get-

ting ready for its business meeting in

post office hall on Friday night, and

trying its best to keep up with its

“business reputation.” And then I’d

go on to some more homes of the

workers that was keeping up their

share in the commercial life of Friends

ship Village. And then my thoughts

would bring up at Silas's club house,

with the necessary old furniture and

magazines and games laid out some-

wheres, tasty. And the little clots of

thought in my brain somehow stuck

there. And I couldn’t think through

them, on to what was what.



Then something happened that put

a little window in the side of what was

the matter with Silas’s plan. And I

begun to see light.



The second night I was sitting on

my porch when I heard my back gate

slam. My back gate has a chain for a

spring, weighted with a pail of stones,

and when it slams the earth trembles,

and I have time to get my hands out

of the suds or dough or whatever; and

it's real handy and practical. This

time there come trotting round my

house David Beach. My, my but he

was a nice little soul. He had bright

eyes, that looked up quick as a rab-

bit’s. And a smile that slipped on and

off, swift as a frisking squirrel. And

he had little darting movements, like

a chipmunk's. There was something

wild abouthim, like the wind. Silas’s

pickle factory did seem a queer place

for. us to have put him.



“Look, Miss Marsh.” he says. And

he was holding out his clock. “I got

it all together,” he says, “and it'll go.

And it’ll go right.”



“Did you now?" I says. And it was

true. \. He had. It did. That little

alarm clock was ticking away like a

jeweller-done job. Yes, Silas's pickle

factory did seem a queer place for us

to have put him.



When the little lad had gone off

through the dusk, with his clock under

his arm, I looked down the street after

him. And I thought of this skill of his.

And then I thought of the $2.50 a week

Silas was giving him for shelling corn.

And I thought of this club that was to

keep him and the rest of ’em content-

ed. And I begun to see, dim, just the

particular kinds of jfools we was mak-

ing of ourselves.



There was yet one thing more hap

pened that wasn't so much a window

as a door. The next night was to be

the business men’s meeting, and just

before supper I went to pay‘my last





,Apple‘by's store, and that they were





 





ent’s niece that had just resigned from





afraid was going to Red Barns to work.



The county house. Ain’t that a mag-

nificent name? Don't we love to drape

over our bones and our corpses some

flying banner of a word like sarcopha-

gus‘! The county house sets on a hill.

A hill is a grand place for a county

hous’e. “Look at me,” the county house

can say, “I’m what a beneficent and

merciful people can do for its unfit."

And I never go by one that I don’t

want to shout back at it: “Yes. Look

at you. You're our biggest confession

of our biggest sham. What right have

we, in Nineteen Hundred Anything, to

have any unfit left ?”



Right in front ’of the county house

is a cannon. I never figured out the

fitness of having a cannon there—in

fact, I never can figure out the fitness

of having a cannon anywhere. But

one thing I’ve alv‘vays noticed: When

public buildings and such do have can-

non out in front of them, they’re al-

ways pointing away fromthe house.

Never toward the house. Always go-

ing to shoot somebody else. That don’t

seem to me etiquette. If we must keep

cannon for ornament, aren’t we almost

civilized enough to turn 'em around?



Seems the superintendent’s niece

wasn’t going to Red Barns at all—she

had merely resigned to be married and

had gone to town to buy things—ca part

of being married which competes with

the ceremony, neck and neck, for im~

portance. In the passageway, the ma-

tron called me in the office. She was

a tall, thick woman with a way of put‘

ting her hand on your back to marshal

you, as mothers do little children in

getting them down an aisle. Yes, she

was a marshaling woman.



“Look here," says the matron, proud

like.



They'd put a glass case up in the

office and it Was all hung with work—~—

crocheted things, knit and embroider-

ed things, fringed things. “Did by the

inmates,” says she, proud. That word

“inmates” is to the word “people” what

the word “support" is to the word

“share.” It’s a word we could spare.



I looked at the things in the case—-

hours and hours and hours the fingers

of the women upstairs had worked on

’em—intricate counting, difficult stitch-

es, pretty patterns. And each of them

was marked with a price tag. The

county house inmates had got ’em

hung out there in the hope of earning

a little money. One was a bed-spread

—a whole crocheted bed-spread. And

one—one was a dress crocheted from

collar to hem, and hung on all sorts of

crazy crocheted ends and tassels so—

I knew—to make the job last a little

longer. And when I saw that, I grab-

bed the tall, thick matron by the arm

and I shook her a little.



“What was we doing?” I says, “that

these folks wasn’t taught to do some

kind of work so’s they could have kept

out of the poor house?”



She looked at me odd and cool.



“Why,” she said, “my dear Miss

Marsh, it’s being in here that gives ’em

the leisure to make the things at all! ”



What was the use of talking to her?

And besides being unreasonable, she

was one of them that you’re awful put

to it to keep from being able not to

right down dislike. And I went along

the passage thinking: “She acts like

the way things are is the way things

ought to be. But it always seems to

me that the way things ought to be is

the best way things’could be. For the

earth ain’t so full of the fullness there-

of but that we could all do something

to make it a little more so."



And then the thing happened that

opened the door to all I’d been think-

ing about, and let me slip through

inside.



Being I was there, I dropped in a

minute to see old Grandma Stuart. She

was one of the eighty “inmates." Up

in the ward where she was sitting,

there were twenty beds. And between

each two beds was a shelf and a wash-





 





old and white, and she had fine wrinke

les, like a. dead flower. She drew me

down to her, with her cold hands.



“Miss Marsh,” she said, “I got two-

three things. ”



“Yes,” I says, “well, that’s nice,” I

says. And wondered if that was the

right thing to say to her.



“But I ain't got any box,” she says.

“They keep the things and bring ’em

to us clean every time. And I ain’t

got any box."



“That's so, you ain’t,” says I looking

at her shelf.



"I put my things in my dress,” she

says, "but they always fall out. And

I’ve got to stop to pick ’em up. And

she don’t like it.”



No. The matron wouldn’t like it. I

knew that. She was one of them that

the thing was the thing even if it was

something else.



"And so I thought,” says Grandma.

Stuart, “that if I had a pocket, I could

put my things in that. I thought they

wouldn’t fall out if I had a pocket. She

says she can’t be making pockets for

every one. But I keep thinking if I

had a pocket. It’s these things I‘ve

got, ” she says



She took from her dress three





things: A man’s "7:1, -. ;-;-_-.; 1:3,

and a door-key.



“It was the e... . -..-. .. ~. c”"‘e.”

she said. "I—cr;;.- “ 1,: And I





thought if I ha" a pocket— '



I sat there With her till the lights

come out. I promised to come next

day and bring her a little calico pock-

et. And then I set and let her talk to

me—-—about how things use' to be.

When at last the matron come to take

’em away to be fed, I went out, and I

ran down the road in the dark. And it

was one of the times when the world

of life is right close up, and you can

all but touch it, and you can almost

hear what it says, and you know that

it can hear you—yes, and you almost

know that it's waiting, eager, to hear

what you are going to say to it. For

one force breathes through things, try-

ing to let us know it’s there. It was

speaking to me through that wrecked

home of Grandma Stuart's—through

the man's knife, the child’s ring, the





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BY 'r. G. MORRIS.

Sleep, oh, baby of mine,



Rest thee, heart of my heart;



The violets peep from thy starry eyes,

Thy smile is sweet and thy glance is





wise



Thou wert fashioned by sculptor

Divine,



His masterpiece of Art!





Sleep, oh, baby of mine,

Let naught thy slumbers mar;

Dream sweet dreams of childhood’s





oys,

Garner thy strength, my boy of boys;

Thy mother holdeth thee safe and





close,

And God keepeth watch from afar.





Sleep, oh, baby of mine,



Rest, sweet burden of love;



Thou art life of my life, oh, little, one,

My star of stars—my only son!



Sleep bideth near thy drowsy head,

And angels bless from above.





Sleep, oh, baby of mine,



Rest full well this night;



Sleep, and waking know no sorrow,



God gave thee today—may He grant a

good morrow:



My little blossom of life and love,



Rest thee well—goodnight, good-

night!





TO OUR STORY READERS.





 





To the hundreds of Michigan Farmer

story readers who have sent us letters

of appreciation we take this means of

thanking each and all of them for

their consideration.



In our next issue will appear the

first installment of Caroline Crawford

Davis' historical sketch which will con-

tinue through the September numbers.

Besides its intensely interesting char—

acters and commanding climaxes the

story sheds light on some important

history of Michigan. After that a

gripping serial by E. J. Bath. entitled

“ah? Man with the 44 Chest" will

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and through all them that we Were

trying to fix up a Club for—-—like a

pleasant plaster for something that

couldn’t be touched by the remedy.



Out there” in the soft night the

I donno if you

will know what I‘mean, but it was like

the world I knew had suddenly slipped

insideanother world—like a shell;

and the other one was bigger and bet-

ter and cut in a pattern that we -have

not grown to—yet. In the west a little

new moon was showing inside the gold

circle of the big coming full moon.

And it seemed to me as if the world

that I was in must be just the little

thin promise of the world that could

be—if we knew.

know. Sometimes, for just a minute,

we see it. That night was a night

when I know that I saw. After you

see, you never forget.



“Life is something else than what

we think it is,” I says to myself as I





' ran along the road in the dark: “It’s





something better than we think it is.”



As I ran, I stopped in to Mis’ Beach’s

house and asked for something. “Oh,

Mis’ Beach,” I says, “Oh, David! Will

you let me take something? Will you

let me borrow the clock you put to-

gether without anybody telling you

how? Just for this evening?”



They said they would and they

didn’t question that, particular, either.

And I took the clock. And being Dav-

id was going for the yeast, he came

out with me, and we went on together.

He ran beside me, the little lad, with

his hand in mine. And as I ran, it

seemed to me that I wasn’t Calliope

Marsh any more, but that I was the

immemorial woman, running with the

immemorial child, toward the hopemf

the better thing, always the better

thing.



Past the post office hall I went, al-

ready lighted for the business meeting,

and on to Abigail Arnold’s Home

Bakery.



Abigail was sitting, dressed and

ready, with her list in her hand. But

when she saw me she burst out with

some strange excitement in her face:



“Calliope!” she says. “Silas has been

here. He said you hadn’t handed in

your report. I——I don’t think he ex-

pects you to go to the meeting: I know

he didn’t expect me.”



“Didn’t he now?” I says. “Very well

then, he didn’t. Are you ready?”



“But, Calliope—” says she.



“Are you a business woman in this

town, or are you not?” I asked her.



Abigail has had her bakery for twen-

ty years now, and has paid off its

mortgage that her' husband bequeathed

her.



“Come,” says I. And she did.



We went down the street to the post

office store building, all lighted up. We

went 'up the stairs, and slipped into

some seats by the door. I don’t think

Silas, the chairman, see us come in.

He can’t of, because he failed to ex-

plode. He just kept on conducting the

meeting called to consider the future

prosperity of Friendship Village and

balancing on his toes.



While they talked, I set there, look-

ing at them. Sixty men or so they

were—the men that had made Friend-

ship Village. Yes, such as it was,

these men had made it. It was Silas

that had built up his business and ad-

ded to it, till he employed forty—two

folks. Timothy Toplady had done the

same and had encouraged three-four

others to come in to open up new

things for the town. It was he who

stood back of Zittelhof when he added

furniture to his undertaking business,

and that started the agitation for the

cheese factory out in the hills, and

that got the whole country excited

about having good roads. And it was

these men and Eppleby Holcomb and





> some others that had got the new

bridge and the water works and more

than these. And while I set there look-





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heart I was thankful to ’em. . And then





I put my mind on what they were a-v





saying: .

“An up-to-date, hustling little town,”

I kept hearing. “The newer business





methods.” “Good openings.” “Oppor-

tunities for hustlers.” “Need of live

wires.” “Encourage industry.” “Ad-





vance the town, advance the town, ad-

vance the town.” And the thoughts

that had been formed in no account

clots in my head suddenly took shape

in one thought, with the whole of day-

light turned on to it.



So, as quick as the business part

seemed to me to be done, I rose up and

told Silas we had our reports to make,

Abigail and me, about the Evening

Club.



“Well,” says Silas, “this whole thing

is being done irregular. Most irregu-

lar. But you go on ahead, and we’ll be

glad tolisten if you think you have

anything to say, bearing on to—«er—

what we’re up to.”



And that was all right, and I took it

so, because it was meant right.



I donno what there was to be afraid

of. All of those men we’d known for

years. We’d worked with ’em shoulder

to shoulder in church affairs. We’d

stood equal to ’em in school affairs,

and often agreed with ’em. We’d even

repeatedly paid one of ’em our taxes.

And yet because it was a business

men’s meeting, we felt kind of abashed

or askant or something, Abigail and I.



Abigail reported first, about the thir-

ty odd she’d been to see. “But,” she

winds up, “Calliope’s got something to

say that I agree to, over and above the

report. We’ve talked it over, her and

me——” she adds with her nice dignity,

“as a Friendship Village business wom-

an, I’m going to leave her to speak

for me.”



So I said what I had to say about

them I’d been to see, and what they

had said about the club. And then I

come to the heart “of it, and I held up

David’s little clock. I told ’em about

it, and about him. I suppose everybody

else has stories to tell like David’s,

about the folks, young or old, that is

living graves, little or big, of the kind

of skill and energy and patience that

they’ve never had the chance or the

courage or the little will-power inside

’em—to develop. And there it stays in

’em, undeveloped, till they die. I be-

lieve it’s truer of all of us—of you and

me—than we’ve any idea of. And this

is what I tried to say to ’em that night,

when I showed ’em David’s little clock.

I didn’t say anything about the girls to

Mis’ Cripp’s boarding house—I kept

them, and the rest of ’em, in my heart,

along with that crocheted dress up to

the county house, and Grandma Stu-

art’s wreck of a home—the man’s

knife, the child’s ring, the door-key.

And I says.



“Now, we v’e visited all these folks

that the Evening Club was thought of

for. And we’ve found most of ’em in

favor of having the club. I’m free to

confess that I hoped some of ’em would

say they’d rather be paid better wages

than to he give a club. But perhaps

it’s all right. Mebbe the club is one

step more we’ve got to take before we

can get down to the big' thing under-

neath it all. But it ain’t 'the last step

——and I’d almost rather not bother

with it—I’d almost rather get on to the

big thing right away.”



“May I ask,” snaps out Silas, clean

forgetting his chairmanshipping and

acting like he was talking to me in the

post office store beside the cheese,

“mayl ask what you mean by the ‘big

thing’ ?”



“Oh,” I says, “that’s what I’ve been

thinking about while I set here. Oh,”

I says, “you men—you’ve made the

town. You’ve done everything once.

Do it again—~now when the next thing

is here to do. You’ve done your best

with your own property and your own

homes. Now do your best with folks!”



“Ain’t that the purpose of this here



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HE following suggestions were

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Location and Surroundings.



The school should be located in as

healthful a place as exists in the com-

munity. --



Noise and all other objectionable fac-

tors should be eliminated from the im-

mediate environment of the rural

school.



Accessibility—Not more than two

miles from the most distant home, if

the children walk. Not more than six

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school wagons are provided.



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always be avoided. If the soil is mud-

dy when wet, a good layer of sand and

fine gravel should be used to make the

children’s playground as useful as pos-

sible in all kinds of weather.



Size of Schoolgrounds.—For the

schoolhouse and playground, at least

three acres are required. "



A playground is not a luxury but a

necessity. A school without a play-

ground is an educational deformity and

presents a gross injustice to childhood.



Arrangements of the Grounds—The

schoolground should have trees, plants

and shrubs grouped with artistic ef-

fect but Without interfering with the

children’s playground or the lighting

of the schoolhouse.



Schoolhouse.



The schoolhouse should be made as

nearly fireproof as possible. Doors

should always open outward and the

main door should have a covered en-

trance; a separate fuel room should be





' provided, also separate cloak-rooms for





boys and for girls.



A basement or cellar, if provided,

should be well ventilated and absolute-

ly dry.



The one-teacher country school

should contain, in addition to the class-

room:



(a) A small entrance hall, not less

than 6x8 feet.



(b) A small retiring room, not less





‘ than 8x10 feet, to be used as an emer-





gency room in case of illness or acci-

dent. for a teacher’s conference room,

for school library and for health in-

spection, a feature now being added to

the work of the rural school.



(0) A small room, not less than 8x10

feet, for a workshop, for instruction in

cooking and for the preparation of re-





freshments when the school is used, as





is should be, for social purposes.



Classroom should not be less than

30 feet long, 20 feet wide and 12 feet

high. This will provide space enough

for a maximum of thirty pupils.



Ventilation and Heating.



The schoolroom should always re-

ceive fresh air coming directly from

out of doors in one of the following ar-

rangements:



(9.) Through wide open windows in





(bl Through window board ventilat-





 





ors under all other conditions, except

when, with furnace or jacketed stove,

special and adequate inlets and exits

for air are provided.



Heating—Unless furnace or some

other basement system of heating is

installed, at least a properly jacketed

stove is required. No unjacketed stove

should’be tolerated in any school.



The jacketed stove should have a di-

rect fresh air inlet about 12 inches

square, opening through the wall of

the schoolhOuse into the jacket against

the middle or hottest part of the stove.



The exit for foul air should be

through an opening at least 16 inches

square on the wall near the floor, on

the same side of the room as the stove

is located.



A fireplace with flue adjoining the

stove chimney makes a good exit for

bad air.



Temperature—Every school should

have a thermometer, and the tempera-

ture in cold weather should be kept be-

tween 66 and 68 degrees F.



Lighting..-

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abundance of light, suflicient for dark-

est days, with all parts of the room ad-

equately illuminated. The area of glass

in windows should be from one-fifth to

one-fourth of the floor area. .

The best arrangement, according to

present ideas, is to have the light come

only from the left side of the pupils

and from the long wall of the class-

room. Windows may be allowed on

rear as well as on the left side, but the

sills of windows in the rear of the

room should be not less than seven

feet above the floor. High windows





not less than seven feet from the floor.





may be permitted on the right side if

thoroughly shaded, as an aid to cross

ventilation, but not for lighting.



There should be no trees or shrub-

bery near the schoolhouse which will

interfere with the lighting and natural

ventilation of the classroom.



The school building should so face

that the schoolroom will receive the

direct sunlight at some time during

the day. The main windows of the

schoolroom should not face either di-

rectly north or south. .East or west

facing is desirable.



Shades 'should be provided at tops

and bottoms of windows with trans—

lucent shades at top, so that light may

be properly controlled on bright days.





 





Schoolroom Colors—The best colors

for the schoolroom in relation to light-

ing are: Ceiling, white or light cream;

walls, light gray or light green; black-

boards, black, but not glossy.



Cleanliness.



The schoolhouse and surroundings

should be kept as clean as a good

housekeeper keeps her home. No dry

sweeping or dry dusting should be al-

lowed. Floors and furniture should be

cleaned with damp sweepers and oily

cloths. Scrubbing, sunning and airing

are better than any form of fumigation.



Drinking Water.



Drinking water should be available

for every pupil at any time of day

which does not interfere with the

school program.



Every rural school should have a

sanitary drinking fountain located just

inside or outside the schoolhouse en-

trance.



, Drinking water should come from a

safe source. Its purity should be certi-

fied by an examination by the state

board of health or by some other equal-

ly reliable authority.



A common drinking cup is always

dangerous and should never be tol-

erated.



Individual drinking cups are theo-

retically, and in some conditions all

right, but practical experience has

proved that in schools, individual cups,

to be used more than once, are unsatis-

factory and unhygienic. Therefore,

they are not to be advocated nor ap-

proved for any school.



Sufficient pressure for running water

for drinking fountain or other uses in

the rural school may always be provid-

ed from any source without excessive

expense by a storage tank or by pres-

sure tank with force pump.



Water for Washing.



Children in all schools should have

facilities for washing hands available

at least: Always after the use of the

toilet; always before eating.



Frequently after playing outdoors,

writing on blackboard or doing other

forms of handwork connected with the

school.



Individual clean towels should al-

ways he used. Paper towels are the

cheapest and most practicable. The

common towel is as dangerous to the

health as the common drinking cup.



Furniutre.



School seats and desks should be hy-

gienic in type and adjusted at least

twice a year to the size and needs of

growing children. Seats and desks

should be individual—separate—adjus-

table—clean.



Books and other materials of instruc-

tion should not only be sanitary but

attractive enough to stimulate a whole-

some response from the pupils.



Toilets and Privies.



Toilets and privies should be sani-

tary in location, construction and in

maintenance.



If water carriage system for sewage

is available, separate toilets for boys

and girls should be located in the

schoolhouse with separate entrances

on different sides or corners of the

school building.



If there is no water carriage system.

separate privies should be located at

least 50 feet in the different directions

from . the schoolhouse, with the en-

tranceswell screened.



The privy should be rainproof, well

ventilated and one of ‘ the 7fiillowing‘





 





 





types: Dry earth closet; septic tank

container; with a water-tight vault or

box.



All containers of excreta should be

water-tight, thoroughly screened from

all insects and easily cleaned at fre-

quent intervals.



No cesspool should be used unless it

is water-tight and easily emptied and

cleaned.



All excreta should be either burned,

buried, treated by subsoil drainage, re-

duced by septic tank treatment or

properly distributed on tilled land as

fertilizer._



All schoolhouses and privies should

be thoroughly and effectively screened

against flies and ,mosquitoes.



Schoolhouses and outhouses should

be absolutely free from all defacing

and obscene marks.



Buildings should be kept in good re-

pair and with whole windows.



Standards.





Provision and equipment of adequate.





school plant depends on intelligence,

interest, pride and financial ability of

the community.



Maintenance of a clean and sanitary

school plant depends on efficient house-





keeping and on interest and willing c0o'_





operation of pupils.



No community should be satisfied by

the minimum requirements indicated

in the foregoing, but every country

school should be so attractive and well

equipped as to minister with some

abundance of satisfaction to the physi-

cal, mental, aesthetic, social and moral

well being of those who provide it,

who own it, who use it, and who en-

joy it.



Present Conditions.



Among the reasons which explain

the present deplorable conditions of

rural schoolhouses ,the following are

prominent.



Low architectural and sanitary stan-

dards in rural regions general through-

out the country.



Ignorance regarding the physical,

mental, social and moral effects of un-

attractive and insanitary school build-

ings on the children and on the com-

munity as a whole.



False economy expressed by local

school boards in failure to vote enough

money to build and maintain suitable

school buildings.



Lack of supervision or assistance by

the state which is usually necessary to

maintain desirable standards.



Improvement.



How shall the rural schools through-

out this country be improved up to a

reasonably satisfactory standard?



By a popular campaign of education

regarding the conditions desirable and

possible in the country school. Such a

campaign would ‘ profitably include

many or most of the following:



The United States Bureau of Educa-

tion and State Departments of Educa-

tion should furnish plans and instruc-

tions for construction and equipment

of rural school buildings.



The United States Bureau of Educa-

tion in Washington is already supply-

ing on request valuable help of this

kind, and a few state, departments of

education are demonstrating what may

be done by supervision and support

which aids without controlling.



State departments of





schools and should have power: *To

condemn insenftary and





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and reasonable conditions. ’



Ideas and standards of school sanita-

tion should be inculcated in minds of

local school patrons and school author-

ities who control School funds and who

administer the affairs of the schools.

Public lectures on health topics should

be provided in the schoolhouse and

elsewhere.



Effective school health courses

should be introduced in normal schools

and teachers’ institutes.



Better‘ education of rural school-

teachers, county superintendents and

rural school supervisors in the princi-

ples and practice of school hygiene and

sanitation should be assured.



Interest in and enthusiasm for the

improvement and care of all features

of the school and its surroundings

which affect health and happiness

should be inSpi‘red in the minds of

rural school pupils.



Emulation and competition should be

recognized and rewarded in ways that

will promote wholesomely and progres-

sively the welfare of the community as

a whole.





HOW TO RID A HOUSE OF BED-

- BUGS.





 





Twenty years ago I saw this recipe

in a farm paper and have never known

it to fail. Put two ounces of corrosive

sublimate in a pint bottle, fill with tur-

pentine and shake well. Apply with

a. feather to every crack and corner of

your bed and in every crack and cor-

ner of the floor and around the win-

dows. Do this once a week, until rid

(if. tliie pest.——Mrs. C. D., Pinconning,



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When I read your answer to House

keeper who asked how to rid an old

house of bed bugs, my heart went out

to her, as I have known serious results

to follow the use of gasoline for such

purposes. A friend of mine filled ev-

ery crack in the floors and between

floors and baseboards, using turpen-

tine in her filler, then painted floors

and woodwork carefully. She then

cleaned the walls carefully, and all the

furniture, before putting it back into

the rooms. A solution of eight quarts

of hot water and one-half cup of spirits

of turpentine is good for washing the

woodwork and walls that, have not

been papered.—-Mrs. S. L., Sparta,

Mich.



Where liquid applications are not ad-

visable, fumigate with brimStone.—U.

S. Dept. of Agriculture.





HOME QUERIES.





 





Household Editorz—Would like to

ask if any of the readers of the Michi-

gan Farmer can tell how to get rid of

Buffalo moths ‘Z—Reader.





The most effective way to get rid of

this pest is to remove all carpets and

use rugs instead. If the floors are not

suitable for polishing or painting they

can be covered with straw matting.

This is not as cleanly as the bare floor





. but affords fewer places for the insect





than the tacked down carpets. If the

carpets must be kept fastened down,

more strenuous measures must be

used. The best method is through fu-

migation with bisulphid of carbon or

sulphur dioxide. Remember that the

gas from bisulphide of carbon is very

inflammable and the vapor should not

be inhaled. Sulphur candles which can

be purchased at any drug store have

been used for many years and are ef-

fective if the fumigation is thorough.

Allow two pounds of stick sulphur to

every thousand cubic feet of space.

The chief objection to sulphur is its

strong bleaching action of the fumes

and their destructive action or vege-

tation. Constant vigilance is neces-

sary. After thorough house cleaning

frequent inspection is necessary. If

the moth is seen after this a good

method is to lay a damp cloth over the

spot in the carpet and iron with a hot

iron. The steam will pass through the

carpet and kill the insects immediately

beneath it.-——U. S. Dept. of 'Agri.





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER, Detroit.- ’
sentials o 1: e ,

ITH the aflixing of the Presi-

dent’s signature to the federal

farm l'aw bill on July 17 the

struggle in Congress for the enactment

of a rural credits law, which has gone

on for six years or more, came to an

end. Few themes pertaining to agri-

culture have had greater publicity than

has this question of providing farmers

with better facilities for credit. Suit—

able credit facilities in fact, constitute

a. demand which is emphatically new

to the American farmer, and it has

come up in the present instance in

connection with our other economy

problems, such as conservation of re-

sources, reducing the 90st of living

and the suppression of tenantry.

The use of credit in farming is itself

a practice which has not had in the

past widespread popularity with farm-

ers. A very easy computation from

governmental data shows ‘that not

more than sixty or seventy dollars of

credit on the average has been ordi-

narily used upon the American farm.

This aversion has doubtless been due

largely to the difficulties of getting it,

to the high interest charges, to the

lack of good security, and to no small

extent it has been due to the failure of

the farmer in not seeing how credit

' Would be useful to him. The establish-

ment now of a system of credit insti-

tutions that will serve the farmers, the

same as the present system of com-

mercial banks serve merchants, may

go far to remedy these difficulties.

Furnishes Permanent Source of Credit.

The new law gives the farmer an as-

sured source from which to get long

time credit. He is now provided with

a permanent place by this law at which

he may exchange the creditability of

his farm for the long time credit which

he needs. No one doubts the credita-

bility of a successful farm, but unfor-

tunately it has been the sort of credit-

ability for which there has been only





 





By DR.

cated Land Banks are the distributors

of the same—though as they issue

from these latter agencies the mort-

gages have been transformed into land

bonds. These Land Banks are to be

twelve in number, assigned to districts

of the same number, which together

shall be inclusive of our whole coun-

try. Each one is to have a minimum

capitalization of $75,000 and the usual

organization and responsibilities of an

incorporation. The establishment of

these banks is absolutely guaranteed

under the Farm Loan law since the

federal treasury pledges itself to this

end through buying up all the stock in

these institutions left unsold at the

end of thirty days. The supervision of

these banks, as well as the supervision

generally of the whole system, is in-

trusted to a Federal Farm Loan Board

whose members number five, and who

receive their appointments from the

hands of the President.

How the Law Works. ,



The working plan of the new law

must now be described .in order that

the Michigan farmer may see exactly

in what way he is to benefit from its

provisions. Immediately upon the ap-

pointment of the new Farm Lean

Board the twelve large Land Banks

will be established, since, as we have

seen, the federal government stands

ready to capitalize these promptly if

means are not readily forthcoming

from private capitalists. Loan Asso~

ciations will now be formed, say of

Michigan farmers, within the land

bank district of which Michigan is a.

part. One of these loan associations

will solicit a loan from its Land Bank,

and in return for this loan will trans-

mit an equivalent value of farm mort-

gages which it has secured from its





a local and very limited market. Mort-

gages—the usual evidence of farm

creditability~—should be as salable





throughout the nation as are. the

stocks and bonds of railroads and man-

ufacturing enterprises, and it is the de-

sign of the new law to bring this about.

This it attempts to do through the sim-

ple trade scheme of changing clumsy

slow selling mortgages into attractive,

standardized, marketable bonds. For-

tunately Michigan no longer penalizes

mortgages by putting a tax on them,

as was once the case in this common-

wealth, consequently it will be an at-

tractive state from which the new

banks will seek their mortgages.

The Farm Loan Associations.



The credit facilities provided for in

the new law consists of two agencies,

the Farm Loan Association and the

Land Banks. Farm Loan Associations

are the local organizations of borrow-

ing farmers who see to the placing of

the loan, collect the interest, see that

the mortgaged farms are kept up, and

in other ways act in the neighborhood

as the representatives of the Land

Banks. These associations must in-

clude at least ten persons, desiring in

the aggregate to borrow at least $20,-

000 for purchasing land or for making

permanent improvements. To insure

the trustworthiness of these Loan As-

sociations their members must be

stockholders to the extent of five per

cent of their borrowings, and the Asso-

ciation itself is made responsible to

the Land Banks by being required to

buy stock in one of these latter to the

extent of fiveper cent of its collective

borrowings. .Co-operation is the key-

word to Loan Association, as to style

of organization, duties and responsibil-

ities, and a distinct addition is made

to our list of co-operative concerns

through the addition of these credit

placing and marketing exchanges.



‘ ,The Federal Land Banks.

» Exactly as the Loan Associations

. are‘the local buyers of mortgages—for

. _ they are through placing loans to

their members—the huge centrally lo~





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If one farmers organization sells

peaches to another farmers’ organiza-

tion there would be no middlemen to

participate in the deal and the sale

would be called a direct sale. The buy-

ers would pay only the necessary

charges for transportation and clerical

work over what the producer receives.



Advantages'would result from this.

One would be that the farmers of

Michigan outside of the fruit growing

districts would enjoy a taste of the de-

licious peaches grown in the orchards

of the state. Comparatively few of our

general farmers know the quality of

this fruit at present. The good peaches

have gone to the cities and some of

the poor ones have been peddled out to

the rural regions of the state. Many

places can be found where during

years of abundance the people are un-

able to get peaches. If the Grange or

Farmers’ Club or co—operative society

of such communities would send to one

of the co-operative peach marketing as-

sociations for a consignment and have

it distributed among the members and

neighbors these people would be agree-

ably surprised and satisfied, and they

would remember to repeat the act next

year and the year following.



A second advantage is that the mar-

ket for' peaches would be improved by

getting rid of a portion of the crop in

those localities where there have been

few or no peaches sold heretofore. The

taking of a few extra carloads from a

producing community helps materially

in holding up the price. A little pio-

neering work has satisfied students of

marketing that these general farming

communities and the small towns lo-

cated out of the peach producing sec-



tions, can and would use a considera-

ble bulk of the fruit if they could get

good quality. If the people in Michi-

gan would use Michigan peaches ex-

clusively there would probablynnot be

enough to go around. It is a matter of





 





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Direct Marketing Again





no little importance to the peach grow-

ers that they get their crop to their

neighbors who have none and who are

anxious for a supply.





both parties in this matter.

rector

would be glad to put any farmers’ or-

ganization in touch with the nearest

and most accessible peach shipping as-

sociation if the request is made.

parties can then communicate with the

manager of the shipping association

and make arrangements as to varie-

ties, prices, time of shipment, terms of

payment, etc.

be secured if three or four contiguous

organizations would club together so

that a full carload could be shipped

and then the allotment for each organ-

ization could be unloaded at their re-

spective stations.

will be ready early in September, so

requests should be made at once.





selling movement should be encourag-

ed. Many of these peach growers are

without hay and grain for the horses

and other stock during the winter. The

farmers in the general farming dis-

tricts could afford to ship their surplus

to some of the peach-shipping associa-

tions under an arrangement similar to

the one suggested for handling peach-

es. Thus a reciprocal advantage could

be secured.

required to pay middlemen a tax for

the product bought and consequently

both would save money and make

money.





could be developed can only be told by

experience, but it is safe to say that

where the co-operative spirit is in

training it should not be long before

a considerable bulk of the things need-

ed can’be purchased direct from the

grOWer or manufacturerat prices that

Will save a liberal margin. .





 

 





into bonds which forms the. king .ipin' .

of the whole farm loan plan. Having

sold its bonds in the money market the

Land” Bank is now equipped again with

capital wherewith to make loans to

the local associations, whence it again

secures more consignments of mort»

gages to be in turn again also sold to

the public. ,



The law will prove especially helpful

to farmers who are tenants, or to. oth-

ers who wish to become farm owners;

to farmers having drainage, building.

or equipment problems upon their

hands; and to western farmers who

must irrigate. Michigan as yet admits

to no distress from tenantry except in

spots, but it shows a strong feeling for

farms of about family size, and the

would-be buyers of these farms will be

vastly benefited by the land loans. As

is well known, this is the credit

scheme which has proven so helpful

to European farmers everywhere, so it

comes to us justified by experience and

guaranteed through practical success

elsewhere. In the interests of com-

pleteness another part of the law per-

mits the formation of private joint

stock companies to perform the rural

credit functions described above, if~this

alternative seems desirable. But the

support of the United States govern-

ment to the cause of rural credit is em-

phatically given to the co-operative

loan associations plan outlined above

—a plan which in addition to its excel-—

lent native qualities will also serve to

keep the handling of rural credit in

the hands of farmers where it belongs,

and not create a new banking class, as

would result from the joint stock plan.





The Old System.



The use of credit in his farm busi-

ness is not new to the“ Michigan farm—

er. The census data for 1910 shows a.

use of mortgages in Michigan for se-

curing credit to the extent roundly of

$76,000,000. Much long time credit is

also used by the farmers of this state

in buying machinery and other equip-

ment which is unsecured by mortgag-

es. An investigation made by the Uni-

ted States Department of Agriculture

three years ago shows that in this

state an interest rate for mortgages or

other long time credit in excess of six

and one-half per cent is charged, and

that various fees and commissions

must also be paid. The same investi-

gation showed that mortgages in this

.state, on the average, were made out

for five and a half years, but that they

often over—ran their maturity, and thus

become subject to renewal or fore-

closure.





The new farm loan scheme becomes

an improvement then, upon this Mich-

igan situation at once. The highest

rate of interest chargeable by the Land

Bank, for example, is six per cent. Our

new law recognizes also that no farm

should be asked to pay for itself with;

in so short a period as five and one-

half years. Neither should a borrower

be asked to make repayments faster

than the credit which he has borrowed

yields these repayments through suc-

cessful farming. It therefore presents

the installment plan. for repayments

and a long series of years .in which

they are to be made. There should be,

therefore, no question to the Michigan

farmer with regard to the greater ben-

efits offered by this new system and

the desirability of patronizing it.





members. These mortgagor members

now receive their individual loans, and

the services of the loan associations

in this transaction are at an end. Mort-

gaging through these associations is

made attractive to the farmer through

the plan that he may have a long time

in which to repay his loan. The repay-

ment also is divided up into uniform

installments of interest and principal,

so that by keeping up the payment of

these installments of say $80 per year

for twenty years, a. debt of $1,000 be-

comes extinguished. Mortgaging in

this way is also made attractive

through the limitation of interest

charges, which the new law imposes,

to a net six per cent rate. Further-

more, this must be lowered if the Land

Banks are able to sell their land bonds

advantageously.

Bonds Are Bought by Public.



The Land Bank has now disposed of

its original capital to the loan associa-

tions, and to repeat their loans to

these associations or to make new ones

it must now make a sale of first con-

signments of mortgages to the invest-

ing public. This it is able to do to ad-

vantage.



First, because it is a large institu-

tion and therefore well known;



Second, finding mortgages unsalable,

as is usually the case, it transforms

these instruments into-equal values of

small denomination bonds upon which

it pays a rate of interest within one

per cent of the rate paid by the farmer

upon his mortgage;



Third, bonds of this sort are exempt

from taxation of every kind and are

legal investments for trust funds. No

security sells so readily and so univer-

sally as a bond, and it is doubtless this





The state is making an effort to aid

The Di-

of Markéts at East Lansing





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The best service could





Michigan’s peaches





Everyone must feel that this direct-





 





Neither party would be Middle-west farmers are realizing

more keenly every year that their

greatest problems are social and eco-

nomic problems. They may need to

improve their methods of crop raising,

but they need much more to improve

their living conditions, market facili.

ties, and credit methods. When the '

towns give vigorous help in these di-

rections, their co-operation will mean _

a great deal more and will meet - a'

much prompter response and a smaller I

inclination to depend on mailf'oitderrr"

houses. 7 ~ ' '





Just how far’this kind of marketing
0 mac”:

CROPS in nonlinear: wares.





The Bureau of Crop Estimates," Uni-

ted States Department of Agriculture,

has received from a special list of

truck crop growers reports relating to

the condition of various truck crops

on August 1, 1916. Correspondents

Were requested to estimate the condi-

tion on the basis of 100 representing

a normal condition. The results of the

tabulation of the replies are given be-

low. These figures represent the truck-

ing district only and not the entire

state; therefore, they are not strictly

comparable with the figures published

in the Monthly Crop Report of the

above bureau.



Onions-New York, July 1, 60 per

cent, Aug. 1, 58 per cent; Mass, July

1, 87 per cent, Aug. 1, 78 per cent;

Ohio, July 1, 82 per cent, Aug. 1, 77

per cent; New Jersey, July 1, 92 per

cent, Aug. 1, 70 per cent; Pennsylvan-

ia, July 1, 77 per cent, Aug. 1, 70 per

cent; Indiana, July 1, 75 per cent, Aug.

1, 80 per cent; Michigan, July 1, 79 per

cent, Aug. 1, 72 per cent, Minnesota,

July 1, 84 per cent, Aug. 1, 82 per cent;

Iowa, July 1, 96 per cent, Aug. 1, 67

per cent; Colorado, July 1, 68 per cent,

Aug. 1, 60 per cent; Washington, July

1, 91 per cent, Aug. 1, 85 per cent; Or-

egon, July 1, 74 per cent, Aug. 1, 70

per cent; California, July 1, 92 per

cent, Aug. 1, 87 per cent; Wisconsin,

July 1, 88 per cent, Aug. 1, 80 per cent.



Cabbages.-—New York, July 1, 76 per

cent, Aug. 1, 75 per cent; Ohio, July 1,

92 per cent, Aug. 1, 80 per cent; Indi-

ana, July 1, 82 per Cent, August 1, 80

per cent; Michigan, July 1, 77 per

cent, Aug. 1, 71 per cent; Wisconsin,

July 1, 76 per cent, Aug. 1, 73 per cent;

Minnesota, July 1, 87 per cent, Aug. 1,

83 per cent; Iowa, July 1, 96 per cent,

Aug. 1, 77 per cent; Colorado, July 1,

81 per cent, Aug. 1, 70 per cent.





Celery—New York, July 1, 100 per

cent, Aug. 1, 76 per cent; Massachu-

setts, Aug. 1, 92 per cent; Michigan,

July 1, 92 per cent, Aug. 1, 83 per

cent; Minnesota, July 1, 88 per cent,

Aug. 1, 90 per cent; Ohio, July 1, 93

per cent, Aug. 1, 82 per cent; New Jer-

sey, July 1, 68 per cent, Aug. 1, 81 per

cent; Indiana, July 1, 88 percent,

Aug. 1, 78 per cent; California, July 1,

93 per cent, Aug. 1, 95 per cent.





Cucumbers—New York, July 1, 76

per cent, Aug. 1, 78 per cent; New Jer-

sey, July 1, 89 per cent, Aug. 1, 87 per

cent; Indiana, July 1, 80 per cent, Aug.

1, 82 per cent; Illinois, July 1, 89 per

cent, Aug. 1, 69 per cent; Michigan,

July 1, 81 per cent, Aug. 1, 79 per cent;

Wisconsin, July 1, 80 per cent, Aug. 1,

83 per cent; Minnesota, July 1, 65 per

cent, Aug. 1, 85 per cent.





Tomatoes—Massachusetts, July 1,

64 per cent, Aug. 1, 84 per cent; New

York, July 1, 62 per cent, Aug. 1, 77

per cent; New Jersey, July 1, 87 per

cent, Aug. 1, 84 per cent; Pennsylvan-

ia, July 1, 79 per cent, Aug. 1, 83 per

cent; Delaware, Jul y1, 88 per cent,

Aug. 1, 84 per cent; Maryland, July 1,

77 per cent, Aug. 1, 80 per cent; Indi-

ana, July 1, 85 per cent, Aug. 1, 84 per

cent; Missouri, July 1, 82 per cent,

Aug. 1, 66 per cent; Illinois, July 1

82 per cent, Aug. 1, 72 per cent; Mich-

igan, July 1, 76 per cent, Aug. 1, 79

per cent.



Peas—New York, July 1, 74 per

cent, Aug. 1, 70 per cent; New Jersey,

July 1, 80 per cent, Aug. 1, 77 per cent;

Maryland, July 1, 80 per cent, Aug. 1,

79 per cent; Delaware, Aug. 1, 87 per

cent; Ohio, July 1, 87 per cent, Aug. 1,

77 per cent; Indiana, July 1, 85 per

cent, Aug. 1, 78 per cent; Illinois, July

1, 92 per cent, Aug. 1, 78 per cent;

Michigan, July 1, 82 per cent, Aug. 1,

70 per cent; Wisconsin, July 1, 80 per

cent, Aug. 1, 76 per cent.





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Crop and Market Note





Michigan.





. Mecosta 00., Aug. 18.——Harvesting is

in good progress. Some threshing is

done. Wheat and cats are turning out

well. Clover hay was very heavy and

got in in good condition. Corn is very

good but beans and potatoes are not so

good owing to the dry weather. Will

be just a few apples but no peaches or

plums. Butter 230; eggs 220; butters

fat 283760; cattle 4@8c; hogs 9c.,



Ingham 60., Aug. 18.—Big yield of

timothy, clover and alfalfa hay. Most

oats harvested. Threshing has com-

menced; corn, potatoes, beans and sug-

ar beets suffering greatly for lack of

moisture. Fruit prOSpects are poor.

Short pasture caused retailers to raise

the price of milk to 9c a quart. But-

ter-fat 280; cows $5@6; steers $7@

7.50; hogs $8.50; lambs $9; calves

$8.50; chickens 14@15c; broilers 200;

pea beans $4.75; corn 42c; oats 40@

42c; hay $8@10; wheat $1.25@1.30;

rye 80@85c; barley $1.20 per cwt; po-

tatoes $1.10; fresh eggs 21c.





 





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has already been cut the second time,

Recent showers have started the do

ver. nicely; wheat all harvested, some

threshed yielding around 25 bushels

per acre. One week will find the oats

all secured if weather is fair. Oats

promise a fair yield. Corn is a little

late but looks good; potatoes rather

slim. Dry weather and bugs hit them

hard. Beans looking fine and promise

well. The prospects are good for fruit.

Some silos being erected. Wheat $1.29;

oats 36c; hay, new $8@10; butter-fat

280; eggs 23c.



Muskegon 60., Aug. 17.—Yield of

hay is good. Seeding coming on very

well. Wheat and oats are ready to

thresh and threshing is commencing.

Plenty of moisture and some rye al-

ready seeded. Ground is being pre-

pared for wheat. Corn is doing very

well. The potato crop will be very

light. Beans look well and the crop

promises good in some districts but

poor in others. No peaches to speak

of. Early apples only fair; late apples

light crop and rather poor in quality.

Milk 13c; butter-fat 28c; chickens 14c;

eggs 28c; hay $12; pork Ill/ac; beef

91,60. Milk is scarce and the dairies

have a hard time to get enough to sup-

ply their trade.



Livingston Co., Aug. 14.—There has

never been, in the writer's experience,

a year when so much {bay has been har-

vested and in such good condition as

the present season. Wheat was a much

better crop than was thought possible

earlier in the season. Corn is a good

crop but will be very late. Beans are

now looking good but the drought in-

jured them somewhat. Farmers are

cleaning their graneries of old wheat

since the advance in price. Pastures

are getting green again since the re-

cent showers.



New Jersey.



Morris Co., Aug. 17.—The yield of

hay and clover was the heaviest in

years. Wheat all harvested and oats

partly gathered. Corn looks good;

peach prospects are fair; apples will

be half a crop. Weather has been very

showery and farmers have had difllcul-

ty in gathering their crops. Help is

very scarce. Milk 30 per qt; eggs 38c;

butter 36c; hay $12.



New York.



Niagara 00., Aug. 16.——A great crop

of hay; barns so full there is much

stacked in fields. Wheat not good but

all cut and stacked. Oats very poor

and about half harvested; they are

only one-fourth of a crop. Corn grow-

ing fast but getting it in so late won’t

have time to ripen unless we have real

late fall. Potatoes are growing fast

but are late. Beans well now. Early

apples three-fourths of a crop; Dutch~

ess of Oldenburg going at 90c@$1 per

bushel; pears, 5—1b. basket 18c ; Jersey

400; hardly any Bartlett pears. Early

peaches just coming on. Good show

for Keiffer pears. Light showing for

plums and prunes. Butter 250; eggs

270 per dozen.



Steuben 00., Aug. 15.—Hay crop is

25 per cent better than normal as to

yield and the quality 10 per cent bet-

ter. The same applies to clover. But

little alfalfa grown. Wheat was har-

vested in excellent condition and the

oat harvest is proceeding under very

favorable conditions so far; but the

yield will be below normal; corn is

growing rapidly but must have very

favorable weather to ripen. Potatoes

are growing finely but were planted

late, this for the main crop. Early

ones are ripe without rot, fine quality

and good yield. Very few beans grown

and no sugar beets. Apple crop prom-

ises fairly well, perhaps somewhat low-

er than an average. Potatoes $1; ap-

ples 80c; eggs 300; butter 300; new

hay $10.



Ohio.





Sandusky 00., Aug. 17.—Cooler with

fine showers. Field threshing about

done, small acreage; oats making from

20 to 30 bushels. Wheat 20 to 35 bush-

els. Wheat run is a surprise; the hay

crop is extra good; pasture is short,

but improving since rain. Corn doing

fine on light soil but on heavy soils is

very poor. Late potatoes at this time

look like a complete failure; bugs are

very bad. Fruit a poor crop. Corn

$1.20 per cwt; wheat $1.35; oats 40c;

potatoes $1.25; lambs $9.50; eggs 230;

old chickens 14c; young 19c. -



Wisconsin.



Jackson 60., Aug. 14.—Fine growing

weather at present, but the extremely

hot weather of July injured all grow-

ing crops; gardens and potatoes badly

damaged; corn and beans recovering,

but are backward in growth. All kinds

of hay a record-breaking crop, secured

in fine condition. Some oats cut for





hay injured by drouth. Harvesting in

progress. Some threshing done. Fruit

injured by the drouth. Butter-fat 30c;

eggs 22c; potatoes 75@80c; hay 35.

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, . Liv: rim save

The first «incite-lent to those who‘ bf‘or weeks" the receipts of fat corn-





have not expressed 8 desire ‘0’ fl“ 'ted cattle in the Chicago stock yards

m that edl- .

{iéfi‘tw‘i‘i‘i‘rl‘fti'enirfi Italics: at any have shown a steady falling off in vol-





vtimo. ume, the offerings running mainly to

.’ short-fed cattle and grassers. Grass

cattle of late have comprised a fast in-

creasing proportion of the daily re-

ceipts, and they have declined faster

than other descriptions at such times





_ . as the market was on the down-grade,

». 1113308912? fggzioglllgéggfin 5:13-11?!)ng although even these have sold at much

Week was large for August, especially higher figures than at corresponding

so with cattle, of which before the dates in recent years. A considerable

week is over. there will have heeii part of the decline in prices for the

close to 3000 on ”192311 from M101?" best cattle has been recovered, with

gan. There was little improvement 11).! _

the railroad service this week, most of recent market~toppers selling at $11-10

the delay being with the Michigan Cen— per 100 lbs., or 40c below the high

121111. the Grand Trunk doing somewhat time. The poorer grass steers have

. etter. . _

In the cattle division the trade open- been bringing $6125 and upward, where

ed with good prime steers bringing last 33 a year earlier the bottom price

week’s prices and other grades 10@15c...stood at $5.60. Five years ago ruling

lower. on Wednelslday lautgmdelsr werg prices for steers ranged from $5@8.10.

{111%th flaggiuiilbaeli‘ $812,332.53; Demand continues to center on pretty

had to hold over for Thursday. Prices good steers that can be purchased at

on Thursday were no higher and the not extremely hlgh prices and on fat

trade was very dull at the decline on little yearling heifers and chOice cows

everything. Milch cows of quality were on the butcher order. N0 great num-

scarce and sold about steady. Stocker ber 9f StTiCtIY prime steers are needed

and feeder trade dull. by killers, and the cause of the liberal

Prices averaged as follows: Best premium Dald. lies in their unusual

heavy steers $8@8.50, best handy scarcity. Various feeding districts

weight butcher steers $7@7_50; mixed where corn IS scarce and the pastures

steers and heifers $6.25@7; handy have been burned during the 10112:

light butchers $5.50@6.25; light butch- drouth have been forced to market .a

ers $5.25@5.75; best cows $6@6.50; good many cattle prematurely. and it

butcher cows $5@5.50; common cows IS needless to saythat suchparts 0f

$4.25@4_75; canners $3@4; best heavy the country are not in a pOSition to re-

bulls $6@6.50; bologna bulls $5.25@ stock their pastures With cattle. Offer-

5.75; stock bulls $450635; feeders ings 0f stockers and feeders are large-

$6.25@7; stockers $5.25@6.’50; milkers ly inferior or only fair in quality. With

and springers $40@75. small numbers of good stockers and

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co. few 900 to 1.00041). feeders. Prices

3 steers av 1023 at $8.50; to Nagle P. are much below the hlgh time Of SeV-

Co. 1 bull wgh 1070 at $6, 4 cows av era! Weeks ago, butthey are not at

1145 at $6.50, 4 do av 1007 at $6.50, 6 their lowest, as rallies have taken

steers av 1041 at $7.50; to Parker, W. place.

& Co. 4 canners av 845 at $4.25, 2 do Week after week the 1108' market

av 1005 at $4.35 10 cows av 1020 at continues to show remarkable strength,

$4.25 7 do av 900 at $4.25; to Garber with quick reactions followmg any

3 ste’ers av 1017 at $6.60; to Mindick considerable declines in prices. The

3 cows av 990 at $6.10, 15 do av 1001 at requirements of the trade are of larg-

$6.10, 1 do wgh 1030 at $5, 1 do wgh er proportions than in most recent

1250 at $6.25; to Mich. B. Co. 1 bull years. and larger supplies of hogs are

wgh 1160 at $6; to Golden 3 cows av needed, although most of the time the

850 at $5; to Bray & B. 2 do av 1135 eastern shippers are. only _moderate

at $550, 1 do wgh 1270 at $5; to Goose buyers, their selections being much

10 butchers av 717 at $5.50; to Fine- the_ largest 11.511511”. on Monday. At

man 2 cows av 780 at $4.25; to Ham- their highest time this year, which was

mond, S. & Co. 1 bull wgh 1480 at recently, the best lots of hogs brought

$6.35; to Golden 2 do av 1275 at $5.85, $10-90 per 100 lbs. comparing with

13 butchers av 672 at $5.35; to Mason 3180 one year ago, Wlth prime Ship-

B. Co. 26 butchers av 830 at $5.60; to ping barrows of light and heavy weight

Nagle P, Co. 4 steers av 1050 at $7.25, selling the highest. Even the coarsest

2 do av 1165 at $8.40, 1 do wgh 950 at Old. heavyr packing sows sell at much

» $6, 3 cows av 807 at $5.50; to Guero- higher prices than were paid for the

witch 16 steers av 930 at $6.65; to Mc- ChOICeSt hogs in other years. Fresh

Lean Com. Co., 12 feeders av 757 at pork products are selling much higher

$6.25, 6 do av 646 at $6.25, 8 do av 762 than they did before hogs began their

at $6, 1 bull wgh 620 at $6; to Sullivan upward course in prices, and provr

P, Co. 2 cows av 1000 at $5, 3 do av Sions have had a remarkable boom. A

977 at $5.75, 7 do av 993 at $5.50, 1 do short time ago pork was sold on the

wg‘h 1010 at $5, Chicago Board of Trade at $12.65 per

Veal Calves barrel higher than a year ago, having

. - ' moved up $1.35 in a single week. The

Receipts 878- The veal calf trade hogs recently marketed in Chicago av-

for good quality stufl? was active and eraged in weight 231 lbs., or 16 lbs.

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grougfig $1123 {32113175TIL111‘SdaY 5th% 5388‘: years. Very seldom in past years have

I‘gllgh $B@& H i l 8%}? 3 @ -5» hogs sold anywhere near as high as

IS OD. - - S9 d 311193011 8" they have done recently, and even if

1.65 at $12. 3 av 170 at $1 ~50, ‘30 Sh“ corn in feeding districts is selling at

llvan P..Co. 4 .3" 1:30 {at $133, 2 :12; 230 80c per bushel and upward, feeding it

87:135350. 1tg5M101i-2 75- 30- 133, t 01?? to hogs freely is extremely profitable.

3 , av at$ - . 3" a 3 - On a recent Monday the Chicago

to Hammond. 3- & CO- 2 3" 135 at market received close to 30,000 head

$12.50, 3 av 235 at $12, 5 av 125 at $13. of lambs, yearlings and sheep, the rea-

Sheep and Lambs. son for this big run being that sheep-



Receipts 5708. In the sheep and lamb men were afraid that the threatened

division the trade was slow and lambs national railroad strike W011.” prevent

were fully 25c lower than they were a marketing the StOCk immediately. Of

week ago. A large number of thin and course, “Ch unusually liberal offer-

bucky lambs are coming to market at mgs meant a bad market for sellers,

present that the trade does not want and even the chomest lambs suffered a

and this class are hard sellers. Sheep quick decline Of 350 per 1.00 “’5' Sub-

brought steady prices. Best lambs $10 sequently the market rallied and ruled

@1025; fair do_$9.50@9.75; light to highel.‘ 01‘ smaller receipts: Generally

common lambs $6@7.50; yearlings $7 speaking, conditions affectingihe mar-

@7_50; fair to good sheep $6_@6.50; ket have not changed materially, for

culls and common $3@4.50_ the country’s supply of everything in

Sandel, S., B. & G. sold ThOmpson the sheep and lamb line is unusually

81 lambs av 75 at $10.50, 22 do av 70 assured. Most .of the time fat live

at $10.25, 83 do av 65 at $1035, 39 do muttons meet With an active demand,

av 70 at $10, 20 do av 90 at $10.25; to while the call for feeders and breeders

Sullivan P. Co. 23 sheep av 120 at $6, IS. greatly in excess of the offerings

13 do av 115 at $5.85, 4 do av 140 at Flmshed range lambs grade SO mucb

$5.75, 24 lambs av 75 at $10.25. higher than natives that they com~

Ho 8 mand a liberal premium over prices



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of the sources of contamination and inverted over the spout on the cov-

of dairy products have brought er to the dripping pan. Live steam is

forth some very interesting results. emerging from this spout as it emerges

The idea that air is a very common from a tea kettle when the same is

source of bacterial infection and dis— boiling, and in the course of five min-

ease communication has been very gen- utes from the time the can or pail is

eral among people, although difiicult to put over the sterilizer pretty efficient

fully believe. So- called airbdrne epi~ sterilization has taken place. It may

demics of diseases have been quite be seen that this can be done with

commonly referred to by some physi- very little effort and takes very little

cians but we have quite steadfastly time, with an exceedingly small ex-

pinned our conviction of contagiOn and vpense involved. The strainer cloths,

infection to some such cause as the can covers, pail covers, separator

f00d 01' drink supply 01‘ direct and in— bowls, etc, are then put into a gal-

timate contact. vanized iron box which stands over

Air Not Ordinarily a Serious Source of the sterilizer in the same way the can

Bacterial Contamination. did; the'cover is then put on and these

One of the sources of contamination are allowed to receive the steam treat-

Of dairy products which had been al- ment for at least five minutes.

most generally admitted is the pollut- Bacteria counts made from sterile

ed air of the stable 01‘ dairy room water put into the cans and pails af-

The most recent scientific evidence ter this treatment have shown almost

along this line indicates that the air of a negligible number of bacteria. Sam-

a stable or the air of a milk room may ples of milk from the same source and

almost be neglected or ignored as a divided, one put in a can before ster-

source at least, of bacterial infection ilizing and another put in a can after

of dairy products. We do know defi- sterilizing with this treatment show as-

nitely that the dirt of the stable and tounding variations in bacteria count

the filth 0f the stable WhiCh may gain Another use to which this sterilizer

access to the milk through the medium can be put in the home would be for





'of a wide-top milk pail cannot be, as the sterilization of all of the dishes





some have asserted, a negligible factor, and glass in use in the home, a much

for a simple examination of some of better way than the one commonly





 





 





this material which ordinarily may fall employed involving the washing of the

into the milk pail will satisfy the most dishes and subsequent drying with a

skeptical that it is a source which dish towel

Should be guarded against. For the benefit of those who have

However, we are Quite free to admit not had access to this bulletin we wish

that in dairy stables as they exist tO- to print herewith the exact conclusions

day in by far the majority of instances or points to remember in this bulletin.

these sources are not the ones which At this point we wish to have it

account for the enormous bacteria clearly understood that while we do

counts which some milk yield. not consider the air of a stable as a

Unclean Dairy Utensils Account for very abundant source of bacterial con-

Most Bacteria. tamination we do consider that foul

It is very evident from the result of air in a stable or in a milk room is ex-

certain investigations that the most ceedingly undesirable because .milk is

common and abundant source of bacte- apt to readily absorb the stable odors

rial contamination is unclean dairy and stable odors exist even when bac-

utensils. By this we mean unclean teria. are not present.

milk pails, unclean milk cans, strain- Points to Remember.

ers and strainer cloths, separator 1. Rinse utensils in cold water, then

bowls, etc. wash thoroughly with hot water and

Even in those homes where scrupu— washing powder. Utensils must be

lous cleanliness is supposedly observ- washed clean before sterilization; Ster-

ed bacteria counts of the milk indicate ilization is not a substitute for

some source of contamination appar4 washing. _

ently beyond the control of the dairy— 2. One inch of water in the roasting

man or the one having charge of the pan will furnish steam at a tempera-

milk supply. We are convinced that ture of 211 degrees F. for about 50 min-

this in many instances may not be due utes. If the sterilizer is operated for

to uncleanliness, per se, but due to the a longer period, water should be added

fact that it has seemed impossible for to make up for-loss by evaporation.

the farmer or small dairyman to ar- 3. The temperature of the steam as

range any adequate means of steriliza— it comes from the outlet pipe must be

tion for the various utensils employed. at least 205 degrees F., and preferably

Steam Not Considered Available on the 210 to 211 degrees F.

Average Farm. 4. Cans, pails, covers, and strainer

It has always been considered that cloths must be steamed for a full five-

severe prolonged treatment with boil- minute period. Longer steaming will

ing water or efficient steam steriliza- do no harm, but is not necessary. The

tion should be practiced, either of five-minute period must be reckoned

which impose burdens on the average from the time the can is placed invert-

farm, which makes the practice quite ed over the steam outlet, and the

out of the question. The Bureau of An— steam must be at least 205 degrees F.

imal Industry, United States Depart- when the can is placed in position.

ment of Agriculture, have published a 5. An accurate thermometer, with a

bulletin describing a simple sterilizer scale reading to 212 degrees F. is nec-

for farm dairy utensils which should essary to determine the temperature.

be in the hands of every dairyman. 6. When a can or pail is placed over

This bulletin, No. 748, can be obtained the steam outlet its top should rest on

by applying to the United States De- the four raised metal supports in or-

partment of Agriculture, and describes der to keep it three-eighths of an inch

in detail just hOW this sterilizer may above the surface of the pan. This is

be operated. It is a utensil well within necessary to prevent the water from

the reach of every farm home. the condensed steam from sealing the

The Way it is Done. opening below the can or pail. If this

In the demonstration made. in De- space is filled with water, steam will

troit before the American Association not enter the can.

of Dairy, Food and Drug officials, the 7. No arrangement is provided for

practical value of this utensil was the water from condensed steam to

shown. The use of an ordinary gaso- run back into the roasting pan. This

line or kerosen’e stove with a dripping can be arranged if found desirable.

pan to hold the water and a simple tin When only a. few utensils are to be

or galvanized iron cover with a. spout sterilized the water can be soaked up

projecting up in the middle for the lib- with a towel if the quantity has be-

eration of the steam is practically all come too great, or the whole cover

there is to the apparatus. The milk may be lifted and the water allowed to

can or pail is thoroughly washed to re- run off.

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HE most modern investigations brush. The pail or can is then rinsed:





keep the cans or pails hot long enough

after sterilization to dry out quickly.



9. cans should be dry in one or two

minutes after removal when placed up-

right. If they do not dry within that

time, they have not been sufliciently

heated or were not was ed clean.



10. The drying of dairy utensils af-

ter washing and sterilization is ex-

tremely important, for bacteria may

develop in moist cans.



11. After the utensils are sterilized

and dried, they should be placed in a.

room free from dust and should not be

touched until milk is placed in them.

Pails after steaming and drying should

be placed upright in a clean, dry, cov-

ered wooden or metal box, where they

should remain until milking time.



12. The sterilizer has been designed

with the intent of making it both

cheap and simple, to give the desired





results.





13. When using a kerosene or gaso-

line stove the sterilizing should be

done in a room where milk is not hand—

led, as the milk may absorb the odor

of the oil.



14. The sterilizer may be used ad-

vantageously for separator parts, which

should be steamed in the box used for

can tops. In case they do not fit, a.

special metal box should be made.



15. After use, the parts of the ster-

ilizer, especially the roasting pan and

cover, should be cleaned and wiped

dry, to prevent rusting.



16. The sterilization .of dairy uten-

sils is a matter of very great import-

ance, and producers are urged, for

their own advantage, to prevent the in-

troduction of vast numbers of bacte-

ria into their milk from unsterilized

utensils which may look clean to the

eye. Under ordinary circumstances

bacteria grow rapidly in milk and spoil

it, thereby causing losses to the pro-

ducer and others.





 





A SCRUB SIRE NEVER PAYS.





 





Quality becomes more essential to

profit in live stock farming each sea-

son. When labor, land, and feed were

cheap it was possible to realize a profit

on live stock of an inferior grade, but

with the present high cost of these

production factors and a constant dis-

crimination on the market against the

“scrub,” it has become evident that

the greatest profit can be expected

only from live stock of good quality. It

may be possible for the feeder or deal-

er to make a profit on inferior live

stock if he is able to buy it sufficiently

cheap and sell quickly, but usually

someone has not realized the greatest

possible profit when a “scrub” goesto

market. If it is not the feeder, it is

the man who produced the animal.





At the Missouri Agricultural Experi-

ment Station, lambs sired by a $30

mutton ram out of western ewes

weighed 2.54 pounds more at three

months of age, than lambs out of the

same kind of ewes by a “scrub” ram

wighed at four months. The well-bred

lambs were ready for market a month

earlier, they ate only about one-half as

much feed, and they sold for nearly $3

more per hundred than did the lambs

by the inferior ram. _



Just recently two Utah ranchmen

are reported to have sold their cattle

on the'l’same market on the same day.

Both used the same amount of national

forest range. per head and paid the

same grazing fee. One had used good

bulls to produce his cattle, the other

had not. The good cattle brought $40

per head more than the poor cattle.



Whether the live stock is cattle,

hogs, sheep, or horses, the good ones

are appreciated when sold and conse-

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Master—John C. Ketcham, Hastin s.





Overseer—C. H. Bramble, Tecumse

Lecturer—Dora H. Stockman, Lan-





 





Sgecretary—Jennie 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,

Sa Ste. Marie; N. P. Hull. Dimon—

dai . Burr Lincoln, Harbor Beach.





MEETING OF STATE GRANGE EX-

ECUTIVE COMMITTEE.





 





The members of the Grange through-

out the state are entitled to know as

early as possible what business is

done by the executive committee of

the State Grange, therefore, I desire to

give a brief account of the last meet-

ing of that body'that occurred in Jack-

son county on Friday, August 4.



Chairman Hutchins called the meet-

ing to order at 10 a. m. at the Otsego

Hotel. Bro. Horton announced that

the constitution and by-laws, suitable

for adoption by co-operative organiza-

tions within the Grange, were printed

and ready for distribution.



Bro. C. S. Bartlett made a partial

report concerning the expenditure of

State Grange money in the coming dry

campaign. It seems likely now that

the State Grange will arrange for a

large number of meetings in localities

remote from town'and will endeavor,

as far as possible, to provide good lo

.cal speakers at these meetings, though

doubtless some Grange speakers will

be put into the field.



A conference will be held later with

representatives of the Anti-Saloon

League and the program will be defi-

nitely arranged.





August 4 was the date of the Jack-

son County Pomona and at 11:30 our

committee was asked to adjourn and

ride out to North Leona Grange to din.

ner, and something else. Surely it was

a jolly crowd, beyond any question, it

was a good dinner. There ought not

to be any doubt about it, for actions

speak louder than words, and every

member of the committee was in ac-

tion.



North Leona Grange is one of the

liveliest in southern Michigan. Jack-

son county Pomona is doing good work

and the meeting of August 4 was sure-

ly a very successful one. The members

of the committee attended the after-

nocmsession, sharing the enthusiasm

and making short addresses.



Mrs. Stockman, the State Grange

Lecturer, addressed the audience in

the evening. We regret we were un-

able to remain but our committee re-

convened at 4:00 p. m., and excepting

a short recess for supper was in ses-

sion until 11 o’clock.



Worthy Master Ketcham announced





that his intention of putting on a live

Grange camping throughout the state

in September and October.



Previous to our meeting, letters had

requesting a referendum upon the





question of submitting the “Tonnage

Tax” measure this fall. Replies to

these letters indicated that nearly 70

per cent of the organizations favored

submitting the bill.



The legislative committee was there

fore instructed to have printed copies

of the “Torrens Bill” and “Tonnage

Tax” measure with accompanying pe-

titions and get both out to the Granges

as soon as possible.



The committee on marketing was in-

structed to form a plan by which fruit

and produce could be distributed at

least expense in localities where there

was a good demand.



The next meeting of the committee

will occur early in September at which

time the primary ballot for the elec-

tion of State Grange officers and for

members of the executive committee

will be prepared. ‘



'At this meeting the question of tax-

ation will be thoroughly discussed and





 

 

 





 





OFFICERS OF TE Ass

CIATION or FARMERS’ CLUBS.





President—R. J. Robb, Mason.



Vice-president—C. B. Scully, Almont.



Secretary and Treasurer—Mrs. J. S.

Brown, Howell.



Directors—Alfred Allen, Mason; C.

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

Lake 3 Edward Burke, St. Johns; Mrs.

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

Moore, Bellevue.





to the organization of new Clubs to

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Associational Sentiment:

“The Farmer: He garners from the

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THE FARMERS’ CLUB RALLY.





 





The Farmers’ Club Rally, held at the

Michigan Agricultural College on Wed’

nesday, Aug 16, was a decided success

from all points of view. There was an

attendance of about 300 members and

fully 100 farm folks who are not yet

members of a local Farmers’ Club. A

permanent organization was formed

with a view to making such a rally

an annual event. A detailed report of

the meeting will appear in this depart-

ment in an early issue.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





Annual Picnic Meet—The Rives and

East Tompkins Farmers' Club held

their annual picnic at Coming’s Grove,

Pleasant Lake, Saturday, August 5. Af.

ter the picnic dinner the program of

sports arranged by Mrs. Grace Seaman

and Mrs. Ina Stringham, was taken up.

The sports were in the following or-

der: Boys’ race, under 14 years of

age; girls’ race, under 14; egg race

and sack race for all; three-legged

race; young ladies' race; girls race

over 14; relay race; cracker-eating

contest; men’s race; nail driving con-

test for ladies. The judges were Mrs.

Styles, Mr. Styles and Mr. Henry King.

The prizes were donated by the mer-

chants of Rives and others interested

in the Club. After the sports the young

people went to the other side of the

lake and spent the remainder of the

afternoon in skating, boating and bath-

ing. The next meeting will be with

Mr. and Mrs. Styles September 2.





A Thousand Strong.—It is estimated

that more than a thousand farmers

and business men, their wives and

children, attended the Aetna Farmers’

Club picnic at Riverside Park on White

River. Nearly every section was rep-

resented and the sports and addresses

furnished a good time for everyone.

The Erickson Family Band of White

Cloud was one of the big features of

the occasion and all enjoyed the splen-

did music rendered. The afternoon

program was opened with prayer by

Rev. J. F. Bowerman. Readings were

given by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Warren

and Ford Brooks, and T. I. Fry repre-

sented the Fremont Board of Trade

and C. E. Morris the White Cloud

Board of Trade in giving short talks.

The principal addresses were given by

C. A. Spalding, Prof. R. J. Baldwin and

Dr. Eben Mumford, of M. A. C. At the

close of the program County Agent

Blandford was called for and gave an

address. Chas. Barnhard, president of

the Club, presided. Aetna’s progres-

sive farmers are to be congratulated

upon the success of their first big uni-

ted effort. The picnic will promote a

unity of interest and a closer neighbor-

hood feeling in the Aetna district and

has also served to bring farmers and

town people into a closer social rela-

tionship.



A Profitable Summer Meeting.-—Mr.

and Mrs. Otto Zemke entertained the

members of the Ellington—Almer Farm-

ers’ Club for the August meeting, on

Thursday afternoon, August 10, when,

with President J. P. Richardson in the

chair a fine program of music and reci-

tations was given. H. P. Bush recited

in German dialect “Mickie Snider’s

Party.” Mrs. B. B. Reavey gave a

recitation in German, Miss Martha

Seeley favored the company with a vio-

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Max Zemke sang a beautiful duet. The

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WILLIAM H. HILL

Candidate for the Republican Nomi-





nation for United States Sena-

ator August 29th.





On Tuesday, August 29th, the Re-

publican voters of the State of Michi~

gan will be given the privilege of at-

tending the Primaries and declaring

their preference for the nominee of

their ticket for the office of United

States Senator.



This is Opportunity spelled with a

big O—an opportunity that should be

highly cherished and acted upon with

religious zeal.



Too often the Primary is an oppor-

tunity lost—an opportunity ignored

with no realization of what the value

is to the individual voter. The voter

deaf to the knock on the door August

29th is the man who deliberately ne—

glects his own best interests. He is

like a business man who permits a few

self—seekers to choose his general

manager and his executive staff.





Wm. H. Hill’s Plea.





William H. Hill, Detroit business

man and candidate for the Republican

nomination for United States Senator,

urges all voters to wake to their great

opportunity August 29th.



Mr. Hill believes that a change—a

new deal—is extremely desirable and

that now, more than ever in the his-

tory of this country, experienced busi—

ness men are needed in the Senate.



European conditions will greatly

complicate both our domestic and our

foreign problems for several years to

come——especially industrial, commer-

cial and trade affairs. Business men





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of broad experience and trained judg-

ment are needed to work out the dif-

ficult problems, that the best interests

of all the people may be served. -



The days to come will be days f0!

action—vigorous, constructive action

—-without fear or favor, with every

act inspired by undiluted, Simon-put.

Americanism.



In the days to come there will be

no place for the do-nothing, the timid

)ob-holder, the man—afraid—of—the-cars,

the fellow with one eye on the next

election and the other only indifferb

cntly good. Every man in the Con-

gress of the United States should be

equal to his task and endowed with

sufficient courage to perform it—

come what may when the next elec-

tion day arrives. _

. This is William H. Hill’s concep‘

non of office holding in the federal

government and the way he looks at

the government problems that are

looming up. He demands vigorous

action based on sound business prin-





; , ciplcs and pure Americanism. He de-





mands also a representation for Mich-

igan in the halls of Congress that will

win for this great state the position

she is entitled to and the prestige she



deserves and once had. >





Why Wm. H. Hill Is a Candidate.





William H. Hill, of Detroit, has

been urged by hundreds of men

throughout the state who know him

to place himself before the people of

Michigan at the Primaries August

29th as a candidate for the nomina-

tion for United States Senator on the

Republican ticket because they know

that he has first, the courage of his

convictions; second, that if nominated

and elected he will be a man of

achievements; and, third, that his lon

business training and experience wifi

be a guarantee that his acts will be

constructive and for the best inter-

ests of all the people all the time and

not for the interests of a favored few.





Mr. Hill has consented to run and

he has pledged himself, and does

hereby pledge himself, if nominated

and elected, to administer the affairs

of his office in a businesslike manner.





 





 





 





His viewpoint will be that running a

government is a business proposition

and that as a representative of all the

people he must work for ‘be good of

all—and in a manner . enable every'

man at any time to tell just where he

stands.



If you want a new deal, a business

man for a business man's job, a work-

er always above board, a man who

acts and accomplishes—grasp your

great opportunity Tuesday, August

29th. Get out and vote; and place an

X before the name of Wm. H. Hill.

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of choice unimproved land in Gladwin and am

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Write for information.





Gladwin. Michigan

“ACRES 0F OPPORTUNITIES.”





An illustrated booklet FREE, Michigan has hun-

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Grand Rapids, ichigan.





New Land,





In Gladwin and Midland Counties, Michi on. Well

located, Low prices and easy terms. Shield Bros.

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Testimonials and

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Harvester outs andthrows in pile on

harvester or windrows. an and

horse cuts and shocks equal to a

OomBinder. Sold in every state.

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Money—Making Farms





15 States, $10 to $50 an acre; stock. tools and crops often

included to settle gluicklv. Write for Bi Illustrated

Catalo ue. E. A. s ROOT FARM AGE CY.Station

101. l Nassau St.. New York.



. Fertile loam null





200 ACRES. rolling, good





buildings. fences, water. roads and in Near

Detroit, low price and easy terms.

Dr. D. A. MacLachlan. I301 Majestic Bldg" Detroit, Mich.





 





 





ENTRAL Michigan Farms. Best





eneral fanning

country in world. Real bargains.





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for list. A. Benhsm & Coats, Hastings, Michigan.

FOR SALE bfiffifulpfiféfi £33333





barn. good land. Catlin R. Smith, Niles. Mich.





“7111. “chap 2 ‘ brick store build . Alec

llacre fmfi 1131‘:le town for a lat-[:31- turn

in central Mich. Write owner Joe KozenyJZoyue Cityli‘ch.
2.,





5 ‘ t

- 1 . 0 wk- old 81) each. Avondaie Stock Farm, Wayne, Mich





I ~' ‘..L._





A'RRED Rocks Parks mil V Strain ‘wlth records to

’ — .50 15 sliver d. B Parcel

pas? Failing; paleontontine? Mich!





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Iamd-iiocli 55E" memos: on?“ ”“1 w





W. C. COFF





GET YOUR olllER IN EARLY Hill





(look i f Cousins Northern King Strain Barred

3003:" erizgl David W. Cousins, North Port. Mich.





Exculsively. Now is the time to buy



Illii lllllorils ure bred stock at a big reduction in

price. Dr. Wil iam A. Smith, Petersburg, Michigan

‘-





OHN'S Big Beautiful Barred Rocks are all hen-

hatclied, developed quick. good layers. each $3; pair $5 ; sold

on approval. Circulars. photos. John Nortlion, Clare, Mich.





FOR SALE Pure bred S. 0. Bull Leghorns

and white Plymouth Rock cock-

orcls. Kletzlen & Webster, Bath, Mich.





Prices reduced one

FOWIOI'S' Bil" ROCKS Ehulf, balance of seas~

on. Utility eggs 8.75 for 15, $1.50 for 30. $2 for 50, $3.50

for 100. It. B. FOWLER. Hartford, Mich.





.Breeding ‘Cockerels





White, Brown, Buff and Black Leghorn.. Barred

Rocks. Rhode Island Reds. Prices Reasonable.

Sunnybrook Poultry Farms, Hillsdale. Michigan.





—- , i l C b ll -

”Willem": = stgsg iii, evv_ks.s gigi €113? Coggrglrs

$0., pullets 81. up. M.E. THOMPSON. Red lord. Mich





 





 





ine Crest. S. C. White 0r ingtons. BargainA year-

Pllng hens and cook, $8, £2 and 815. Just one half

what they will cost next sfiring. MRS. WILLIS

ROUGH, Pine Crest Farm, oyal Oak, Michigan.





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300 ii. I. BED iiEIIS. fitsgfi‘g €915? Egfi‘ifiur mill?

IllusigaiELndAxlEu thriintigk 39,LAWRENBCE,MICH.





 





/" ose and Single comb Reds, young and old. for sale.

Correspondence as to your Red needs invited.

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





 





Rose Comb Brown Leghorns





Ru] and Gale strains $2.50 or 100 eggs. Cockerels

“Mensch. CLAUDIA BE TS, Hillldale. Mich,





 





' —200 Egg Strain—Eggs, chicks, 8

F'"': [Oghoms week—old pullets 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.

Free catalog and price list gives particulars. Write forit now.





FEIIIS lEiiiiOilii FAII, 934 Union. Grand Rapids. Mich.





RHODE ISLAND REDS and PLYMOU TH ROCKS.

Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to ageSZ to if); P. R. hens

weight 5 to 10 lbs.. eggs 15 for $1.00' 100. 35; 120. $6.

Mammoth Bronze Tom Turkeys. 8 to 38 lbs. according

to 338 35 to $2"), 10 6888 $3. A. E. Cramton. Vassar, Mich.





 





 





reduced prices, balance of sea—

s. 8- "Milli"! Eggsson. Free delivery. R.C. white

Le horn hens 81.00, Belgian Hare Bucks $5.00with

Pe igree. itIVEltVlEW FARM, Vassar. Mich.





 





ILVER GOLDEN AND WHITE WYANDOTTES.

Eggs from all mattings, 1.50 per 15, $2.50 per 30 until

July Let. C. W. Browning, R. 2, Portland, Mich.





' Cock & Cockerels. E gs $1, $2, 33,

Willie W anilillle per 15. $4 er 50, Sigper 100.

DAVID AY, 202 ForGTt Ave, psilanti, Michigan.





 





 





HITE WYANDOTTES. Eggs $1.50 per 15. $2.50

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

A. FRANKLIN SMITH. Ann Arbor. Michigan.





' LLION VERMIN PROOF PERCH Farm, Willis,

Mich, their Hollow Self-filling Kerosene oil

soaked Roosts are surc death to Lice, Mites, Vermin. Circular.





DOGS





ngym run Hume—55s. cements:





. E. LECKY. Holmelvillo. Ohio





 





 





COON. SKUNK



FOX, AND RABBIT HOUNDS

Broke to gun and field. and guaranteed. Fox, coon & rab-

bit hound pups, from the best of stock—$5.00 each.

Stamp for photos. H. C. Lytle. Fredericksbu rg.Ohio.





 





PURE BRED SCOTCH COLLIE PUPS Belgian

flares and R. and S. C. R. I. Reds forsale. Giood ( ual-

ity, prices reasonable. 0. E. Hawley, Ludington, ich.





r BREEDERS’ muscular.





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 6 to 12

months old and another era?) coming. I will be

pleased to have you visit our arm, where we have a



show every day; we will also have a show herd

at the Michigan State Fair. U. L. CL RK,

Hunters Creek, Mich. SIDNEY SMITH, Manager.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





HERD ESTABLISHED IN 1900.

TROJAN - ERICAS and BLACKBIRDS only.

Also breeders of Percheron. Hackney and Saddle





orsec.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





‘YHSHIHEs—One of the foremost dairy breeds. The

most economical milk reducers. Calves

for sale. White Leghorn oockere s; Duroo Jersey

swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. FlintJdichigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





VILLAGE FARMS, Incorporated

Grass Lake, Michigan,





GUERNSEY CATTLE

BERKSHIRE HQGS





BARGAINS iii 3 REGISTERED

GUERNSEY BULLS





Must be sold this month. Three year old $100:

ten months old 850; seven months old $30. If

you see you will buy.





 





WA TE RVLIET. MICHIGAN





‘ ’ J. K. Blatclliord, Windermere Farm.





 





cg. Guernsey Bulls. serviceable age. great grand

I o Gov. Chane. also grade Guernsey and Jersey boifors





 





831'.

. BENTON HABBOIL. MICE.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





E

lily:

TURKEvs





Turkeys do not need much grain

during the summer, as they get their

living from the gleanings of the ,field.

No other kind of fowls will forage so

well at this season as turkeys. They

will clear the corn of grasshoppers and

pick up much in the stubble fields that

everything else has overlooked. But

we do not like them to shift entirely for

themselves. They grow more rapidly,

are not so apt to become ”Wild and

roost away from home when fed a lit-

tle corn at night. We are careful about

feeding too much corn in hot weather.

And we always feed turkeys away

from other poultry and keep them out

on the range as long as possible. Tur-

keys that get the habit of hanging

around the house and eating with the

chickens are generally stunted in size

and of poor color.





The most essential point with breed-

ing turkeys is first of all, vigor. Now

is the time when it is easy with plenty

of range to secure vigor and large

frames. Nature will put on the weight

later on.



Large losses occur every year about

this time when turkeys are allowed to

roost away from home. Some say the

Bronze turkeys are more apt to wan-

der away and forget to come home

than other varieties; but we have al-

ways found that any kind of turkeys

will stray away if allowed to stay out

at night. They must be brought home

evenings until they learn to come

home. ‘ .



Plenty of fresh drinking water where

they will find it when they come in

from foraging makes home more at-

tractive to these fowls. They require

a considerable amount of water and

they will go miles to find it. Drinking

stagnant water such as they get around

stables and when streams are low in

hot dry weather will cause bowel

trouble.



Another thing that will cause their

bowels to get out of order at this sea-

son and early in the fall is the feeding

of new corn.





Indiana. FRANCES W001).





 





ROUP.





Can you tell me what is wrong with

my chickens? About half of my flock

has died. The first symptoms notice-

able is drooping of the wings, a hump—

ed up back, loss of appetite, also swol-

len and watery eyes. They dump

around for about a week and then die.

Isabella Co. S. W. H.





Your hens have roup, or contagious



catarrh, which is a very common poul-

try disease. While it is a. contagious

disease vigorous fowls are fairly resist-

ant to it, especially if they are in

clean, dry and well ventilated quarters.

Roup is a contagious form of a cold

and conditions which cause it are

dampness, filth and a lack of ventila-

tion.

It seldom pays to give individual

treatment unless the birds are expen-

sive ones, but to check the disease iso-

late all affected birds, bury or burn the

dead ones and thoroughly clean and

disinfect the coop. Remove all the lit-

ter and filth and then thoroughly spray

the coop with some good disinfectant.

If the floor is an earth one remove the

top soil which is soiled and replace

with fresh earth.





The drinking and feeding utensils

should be thoroughly and frequently

cleaned and about two teaspoonfuls of

a saturated solution of permanganate

of potash should be added to every ten

gallons of the drinking water. This

solution is a good internal disinfectant

and is quite valuable in controlling the

roup. Feed the hens nothingbut fresh





clean food and be sure that the coop





has plenty of ventilation without draft.

The most common method ,of giving





 





an individual treatment for the early





 





 





 

 





the nostrils and then immerse the head

of the fowl for about 20 seconds in a,

one per cent solution of permanganate

of potash.





 





TRANSFERRING BEES FROM BEE-

TREE.





I‘ have a swarm of bees in a tree,

that is, they make their home in the

tree, and would like to know if there is

any way of gettin them, without cut-

ting the tree. If put a bee hive in the

tree would they go in there «and stay?

If I have to cut the tree what time of

the year is best? Will any more bees

hatch this summer. Please let me

know the best way to get them.



Van Buren Co. W. M.





It is a. fairly easy matter to remove

a swarm of bees from a. tree, without

damaging the tree, providing they are

not too high, and are easily accessible.





The best plan is to erect a platform

as near the entrance of the swarm as

possible. The platform should be

strong enough to bear the weight of

the bees and honey, as, if the bees

have had their home in the tree for a

year or more, it is quite possible that

they would have quite a .bit of honey

to be removed, and for this reason the

platform should be strong enough to

bear this weight. When the platform

is erected, prepare a three or four-

frame nucleus, containing emerging

bees, and a queen. (It is not necessary

to shake off all bees from the combs

when making up this small colony or

nucleus). Then the nucleus, after be-

ing made up, should be placed for a

day or two, in a. dark place; screening

the entrance so that the bees do not

smother, but can not leave the hive.

While this nucleus is being prepared a

small board with a hole large enough

to take a double porter bee escape,

should be placed over the bee exit and

entrance in the tree. All other en-

trances and exits must be closed tight-

ly, and the bees only allowed to leave

from this one hole; pack rags around

board if needed. After this board has

been placed over the hole for about 24

hours, the nucleus can then be placed

on the platform, with the screen re-

moved, so that the bees in the nucleus

can fly free. At this time, also, the

bee escape is placed in the hole in the

wood, with its entrance inside, so that

the bees can come out, but can not re-

turn. With the entrance of the nucleus

close to the'l—i—ole in the tree, the bees

coming out from the tree, finding they

cannot return, will gradually make

their home in the hive, with the nu-

cleus. When you make up the nucleus

of three or four frames of brood and

queen, it will be a good plan to fill up

the remainder of the hive with drawn

combs, if possible, and if these are not

available, use full sheets foundation to

fill up hive. Let the nucleus remain on

the platform for about three weeks; by

this time practically all of the bees

will be out of the tree and there will

be only the queen and a few bees left.

Now you can remove the board con-

taining the bee escape from the hole

in the tree, and in a short time the

bees from the hive will return and rob

out all the honey from the tree. It is

well at this time to be sure that the

bees in the hive have another hive

body or super with drawn combs in, so

that they may store all honey that is

in the tree, in this super.





A queen will lay eggs right through

until September, so that there will be

some young bees emerging as late as

October, although later in,the season

there will not be nearly as many eggs

laid as during the summer.



F. E. MILLEN.





 





Watch for head lice on the chicks.

If found, rub top of head with a small.

piece of lard free from salt. .



Avoid crowding by keeping in small

flocks and by providing roomy coops.





the/"loosening 6t theii'ac‘c'umulatlon'iln'





 





 

 

 





GEURNSEYS





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 is as good as can be found. and we

guarantee them to be free from contagious dis-

eases and to be satisfactory in every way or

goney refunded. Write an let us tell you about



em.





CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVINE,





Coldwater, Michigan.





 





of service 0 and calves‘from

GIIGI'IISCY Bulk choice. fin reg. breeding.

T. V. HICKS. Route 1. Battle Ceeek, Mich.





G U E R N 8 BY Sigifiiiflirnm‘a’

Containin blood of world' churn ions.

HICKS’ cum av FARM. sum“. 37. s.. Mich.





 





 





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

Son Pauline Sggotswood. He is a beauty—and yo-

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





Herefords—One Bull Cali.





ALLEN BROS. PAW PAW. MICK.





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





mm a grand daughter of The King of tho

Pontiac» Bind by a bullthat is more than a half

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of tho

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

of Pontiac Aggie Korndylge who has more lb.

daughters than .any other living bull. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN s. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.‘





HOLSTEIN BULLS FOR SALE





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



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



by son of Johanna McKinley Segis $50. up.

BLISSVELDT FARMS, Jenlson, Michlgln





 





 





 





 





FOR -SALE





SOME VERY FINE YOUNG BULLS

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

them. As they arewung, will make a low price on

them. BIGELO ‘8 LSTEIN FARMS.



BREEDBVILLF. MICK.





 





HOLSTEINS,a'nice straight deep bodied.blockybuilt

bull calf born Oct. 5th, 1915. His 7 nearest damn

have A. R. . records that avers e butter 7 days 23.”

lbs., milk 538.36 lbs. W. B. REA ER, Howell, Mich.





 





30 "J bull for sale, 2 years old, b a son of King of

I the Pontiacs. Dam sold for_$1 in Detroit sale.

Ferd. J. Lance. Bebewaing. Mich.





 





$ 7 5 $ets Hazel-let grandson of Maxlecrest De K0]



0 arthenea an Pontiac Mai 30.2 lb. om

March 2i. Dam Pontiac Hesperia 2nd, 14.89 lb; 436.6 lb;

her dam's sire brother to sire of _w0rld’i record cow 31334 lb

milk 1 yr. M. L. McLAULIN, REDFORD. MICE.





Bull Calves and Cows

I “Ave IIOISLOIII Billls, that I ofler [or sale.

I can show bmding, records. in dividuallty and auras

tive prices. L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio.





“(1‘0 P N OTC ll ” flolsieins





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

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

herdrof wonderful quailt has been established. We

are selling young bullso this”’l OP NOTCH”quality.

oi' serviceable age, at moderate rices. Information



digrees,etc.. on application. cPHERSON mans

8%., Howell, Michigan.





 





 





 





FOR SALE Two Holstein Bull Calves





6 months old from K) lb. dams.

FREEMAN J. FISHBECK. Howell. Michigan.





 





Grade up'your herd with one of our Holstein bulls.

Their six nearest dams on the sire’s side aver



24 lb butter in 7 da. The semi-official yearly react-d:

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

heifers. average 842 lb. of butter and 18.0001b. of milk.

Six tonine months of age and from A. R. 0. dams.

Peaceland Stock Farm. Three Rivers.‘M ich. Chas.

Peters, Herdsman. «C. L. Brody,0wner,PortHurou,lieh.





HOBAR I‘ W. FAY,

MASON, MICE.

REGISTERED HOLSTEINB

ESTABLISHED 1904.





 





 





CHOICE HOLSTEIN BULLS—all from A.R.O.daml

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

2-yr.-old Just finished year's record of over 15.0001bs.

milk overIOOOlbs. butter record in mature class.Cherry

Creek StockFarm. NLE. Parmelle, Prop., Billiard-.mich.





n. Holstein Bull Calf. 2nearest damsaverage 90lb

fi-milk per day Pontiac Knrndyke and Hengerveld

Do 01 breed1ng.Prices right. John A. Rinke,Warrcn.Micll





Holstein Calves, 10 heifers. and Zbulls 15-16ths pure

5 weeks old, beautifully marked,m.00 each. crated

for shipment anywhere. .Edgewood Farm,Whitewaier,Wil





FIRST $100 CHECK





Gets )5 month old, Handsome Througborbred Holstein

Bull. World record Sire. Dam 26 lb. 3 year old. Have

three as good, same age. C.E.Winteis, Augusta.Mich.





ONLY $50 DELIVERED: {L‘i‘idzfli'r‘f’ iii‘iiii‘iia’?

sire 25 lb. butter bull: dam 16.39 lbs. A. R. 0. La

and heavily boned. ROUGEMONT FARMS. Detro t.





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R.

of M. Cows, also heifer calves and several bred

heifer-for sale. Colon O. Lillie, Cooper-ville, Mich.





1 .

icmy Bull: for his 32%” “3..."? dfi‘éfiii‘fifl‘é‘i

semi-oilioial test. 0. B. We net. R. 6. Allegan. Mich





TIE WILDWMD JERSEY FARM





oflers for sale choice young Bulls by Majesty's Won- '

der and R. of . cows, or cows on . o .te -

will also offer a few cows for sale this fall. Write for





lame and full articulars. Satisfaction '

£32... ALVIN ALDEN. cane. 5333.-





lliiicido Farm in: ' hiihw’iuf’i‘ii‘f. ”vi"





 





 





 





 





 





 





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





Mange—My calves seem to be trou-

bled with a diseased condition of skin,

and would like to know what I had bet-

ter apply. Whatever the diseaSe, it

commences around the eyes, face and

neck. A. E. J., Walloon Lake, Mich.—

Mix together one part sulphur, one-

half part of carbonate of potash and

three parts fresh lard and apply to the

mangy parts once a day, for a few

days; then occasionally. _



C. G. H. Coats Grove, Mich—Your

heifer died the result of tuberculoms

and the calf you write about had better

be destroyed, as it will doubtless 11n-

ger for a while and then ‘dle.



Hip Lameness.-—About a year ago I

bought a mare which had failed for

some time to get with foal; we used

impregnator; she got with foal and 1n

due time had a colt; she is now lame,

but had‘no trouble foaling. She is kept

in a box stall during the day, and out

in pasture at night. I fail to find any

sore spot, but lately noticed that the

muscles of hip are shrinking. She is

not losing flesh, therefore I do not be—

lieve that she suffers much pain and

part of the time she walks Without

lameness. She has not been treated

for her ailment, whatever it is. E. W.

Fennville, Mich.——-First of all you

should ascertain the cause of lameness

and at the same time locate it. Apply

one part turpentine, one part aqua _am-

monia and two parts raw linseed 011 to

muscles of hip three times a week.



Bunches on Hind Leg.—-One. of my

cows has small bunches on hind leg

and applying blisters fails to reduce

them. These bunches appear to be un-

derneath the skin. I also have a colt

that I believe is troubled with worms.

M. J. H., Kent City, Mich—Apply tinc-

ture iodine to bunches three times a

week. Mix together equal parts of

powdered sulphate iron, salt and

ground gentian and give yearling colt

a teaspoonful at a dose once or thce

a day.



Poll—evil.—Is there any cure for a

horse that has poll-evil and if so please

give it. F. A. F., Kalkaska, Mich.—

'I‘here is a certain amount of surgical

work required in order to obtain the

proper drainage and this work should

be done by a competent Vet.; if not

you will find poll-evil difficult to cure.

Inject a small quantity of tincture of

iodine into cavity, or apply iodoform

every day or two. Many cases of poll-

evil are infected by using dirty sy-

ringes.



C. H., Delhi Falls, N. Y., writes as

follows: “I see Mr. E. H., of Stanton,

Mich, inquires how to stop leak in

hole in side of teat. I apply a blister

made with, one part corrosive subli-

mate and any old grease to make it

into a paste, apply this to hole and if

this fails to close opening, apply it a

second time. We have treated many

this way during the past 40 years with

success.” Veterinarians do not con-

sider this the best remedy; however,

I believe it will often close the open-

lug—Ed.



Roarer.——Have a mare that breathes

too fast and can be heard for quite a

distance; this mare appeared to be

well until she had her colt, and that is

about two months ago. A. C. B., Blan-

ey, Mich—Rub her throat with cam-

phorated oil once a day and give her

1 dr. fluid extract lobelia and 1/1, oz. of

Fowler’s solution at a dose in feed or

water two or three times a day. She

should be fed no clover, or musty, dus-

ty, badly cured fodder besides; she

should not be allowed to eat too much

'bulky food at a time.



Thoroughpin.—I have a three-year-

old colt with a bunch on each side of

book, but it is not painful. J. F. C.,

Hersey. Mich—Apply equal parts of

tincture iodine and spirits of camphor

to bunches three times a week.



Sprained Stifle Ligaments.——I have a

five-year—old mare which, when first led

out of stable, is inclined to drag hind

feet, suddenly a snapping noise is

heard, then she travels sound. V. C.

S., Mulliken, Mich—Clip hair off stifle

joints and apply one part powdered

cantharides and four parts lard every

two weeks.



Sprained Muscles—I have a mare

that foaled on May 1, which was wab~

bly on hind legs right after foaling,

hilt improver some; now the muscles

of hips are somewhat shrunken. ‘R. J.

B., Tyre, M1ch.——Apply equal parts of

turpentine, aqua ammonia and olive

oil to hip muscles three times a week.



Hernia—I have. a stud colt three

months old that has a. navel breach

and I would like to know how to treat

it. W. M., Montrose, Mich—Leave

your colt alone until cool weather sets

in. then have him operated on by a

competent Vet. who has had experi‘

ence in treating'this kind of a case.





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Experiment Station tests prove

that the nearer silos approach

being air-tight, the better the silage

and the less the loss.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





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ma 9 0: ant corrosive NO-COJtO ,

METAL, the great rust-resistant. , -"-‘ \

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Is monument and lasts a ll e-tdlno— «'"v'o" i

win roo. eproo. roo.weath- fi"

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Canton, "'-'—\ linkers of ‘-





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M I L B. of M. JERSEY HERD oflers for sale,

all. lilo tuberculin tested cows, heifers, bulls,

and bull calves backed I); several generations of B.

of M. breeding. IBVIN 0X. Allegan. Michigan.





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Jerseys and Duroc Jerseys

timeshare stagnant





butter record of 576

ch01ce two-year-old bu I.





BROOKWATER FARM,





Choice herd boars of all ages fit to

head best herds.





See our Exhibit of Durocs at Detroit.





Ann Arbor, Michigan.





 





not akin.





DUROC JERSEYS





A choice lot of spring pigs. both sex. pairs and trios,

Prices reasonable.

THE JENNINO’S FARMS. R. 1“. DJ. Bailey, Mich.





Send for pedigrees.





 





Dunno Jerse s.-

enou h to





Illil'oc .I.I8.’ Boar: Write for descrifition. I guar-

antee satisfaction. J. ll. Banghart, East '





. end your .

King 671 . Ask about him. w. c. Taylor. Milnn.Mwh.





'I‘wo June 1915; 12 April 1916.

ansing.Mich.





Some ear-ling d: Spring boars good

erd. Will sell Eureka Cherry





0. I. G. SWINE: 371%".53 'fii“2.°‘o‘.°mm



you with a choice air or trio, not skin, or a gilt. due

to farrcw about eptember first.



A. J. GOBDEN. B. No. 2, Do". Mlch.



I Pairs and Trios no kin. 2 .



0. la Cs . Holstein bulls 6 land'sa monthsldlx.



Cloverleaf Stock Farm. Monroe, Mich.. R. No. l.





 





Choice Gilts bred for fall Fa o

0. I. - Pigs. Prize Winning Stmxk."Vi'ivri‘t%dfso‘;‘-li:w.

price. A. V HATT, Grass Lake, Michigan.





 





CHERRY LAW





”lime J.rscy:—l'all and spring pigs angler gxfirom





choice strains. 8. . TA L AN.





N FARM, Shepherd, Michigan.





 





pigs. either sex.





Duroc Jerse





Bows and gilts bred for

earlySept. arrow. Spring





E. D. ey denberk, Wayland, Mich.





 





For Sale, ”“m





John McNicoll. Station A, 11.4. Bay City. Mich.





Jerseys. choice hreedin spring pigs

either sex. Prices fight





 





service and a





DUROC Jerseys. Apr. pigs either sex, boars ready for

Holstein cows breed for fall. E. H. Morris,uouroe.lllich.





few bred sows for Sept. and Oct. Some





 





Jerseys For Sale 035.3





ready for service and cows and heifers soon to freshen

Moadowland Farm, Watermanh Waterman. Ann Arbor, Mich.





REGISTERED JERSEY BULLS FOR SALE





1 earling, and Bull calves from 8 to 10 months

old. Also 3 cows. Write your wants.

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





BIDWELL SHQRTHORN S





For “Beef and Milk"

Registered b ul 1 s.

Scotch - to {red roans,

reds and WK to for sale.

Farm at N.Y.C. Depot;

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



Addms G.I.Schrsdsr lgr.





BIDWBLI. STOCK “ll

Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





Albion Stamp 352670





 





Shorlhorn Cattle oi both Sex ior Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





DAIRY BHEn Shims: artistsf’sat'zms

J. B. HUMMELL. MA SON. MICHIGAN.





FOR Sale—Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Maxwalton



Monarch 2ud,a son of Avondale, fromS to 10 mos.old



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

No Bulls at





SHORTHOBI COWS Fill SIlE : resent





n. a. Station. Elsie. H. B. PETERS. Car and, Mitch.





 





8h III AND OLLED DURHAMS FOR SALE.

or or" Hav. red roan and white. Have over 100

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





8h flIi ‘ -—Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

ll 0m: ages for sale at farmers prices. 0. W. Cram

Secy. Cent. Mich. Shorthorn Breeders’ Assn.. McBride. Mich





 





n ' t d Sh‘orthorn Cattle.youn bulls and heifers

'gls "3 $100.00,bred cows and he fers $150.00. Write.

W. J. BELL. ROSE CITY. MICHIGAN.





M'Ik' Shorthorns, roan 3 year old, Bates bred herd

l "l! bull mo. Youn .bulls and heifers.

DAVIDSONB: HALL, T CUMSEH, MICHIGAN.





SHORTHORNS FOR SALE





8 Bulls, also females. W. B. McQuillan. Howell, Mich.





 





 





Two bulls, 12 and 23 months old,

Blig- sho'lhoms both dark red. dual purpose type.





cows and heifers, all ages.

Wm D. McMullen, B. No. 1. Adrian. Mich.

young bull and





lied Pollod Stills. Hm ‘ fine





0. I. C. igs for sale.

John Berner and Son. rand Ledge, Mich.





FOR SALE h-h’hfi‘“§'§§ii‘§§..3“"

RAY BAKER, HAMBURG. MICHIGAN.





H ER EFORDS : 43.11.,





4 Heifers.

EARL C. McCARTY. Bad Axe.





$500 Bull Calf for '





$100





His sire is a 35 lb. bull. Dam a 13 lb.

2 yr. daughter of 19 lb. 2yr. old, iwhite.





A. R. Eastman, - Howell, Mich.





H008.





of best breeding.of various ages,either

Berkshires sex, all registered stock, no skin.

a ecial reduced price. Write your wants quic .

Mitchell's Lakeside Farms, 8.2, Bloomingdale, Mich.





SWIGARTDALE FARM





HOLSTEINS.





Several choice Bull Calves. from A. R. O. Dams, with

the best of Long Distance backing at Farmers’ prices.





BERKSHIRES





with size. breeding. and individuality. that is hard to

best. See our exh bit at the State Fair. Prices reas—

onable; satisfaction guaranteed.





Swlgartdale Farm, Petersburg, Mich.

The Very Finest Berkshire Pigs Cheap





0. S. BARTLETT, Propr. Pontiac, Michigan





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Bofishlres. I have 8 choice run gilts bred for Sept.

1 flowing at 826 each for immediate dolivo .

A. A. PATT LLO. B. 4. Deckervlllo Mic





EBKSHIRE BOW and yearling gilt bred to (snow

Beariy in Se tember. Bears ready for service. Also

open gilts. 0 Stock Farni. n.1, Mariette. Mich.





OYALTON'Bred Berkshires. Extraordinary ofler.

RBI-ed sows. boars ready for service and pigsboth

sexes. sellinfiout. all registered stock with pa rs.





 





DUROO JERSEYS ;-- “WES“





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





 





H. G. Keesler,





I have some odd last September

woe Jerseys Boers and fits. Gilts will be

bred for September





arrow.





B. No. 5. Cassopolis. Michigan





 





sows for sale.





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IIOIISUII 3 nurocs Combined, size, qu'i t) breeding

Oslo. 1.. Dobson,





Herd boars. s ring boars, spring

uincy, Michigan.





 





DUROO Jerseys Gllts of the large heavy boned type

bred to a Son of Orion Cherry '

boar of his breed.



F. J. DRODT. R. 1.





King the greatest

Bred for early Sept. farrow.

Monroe. Michigan





 





Duroc Jam 8.

M. A. BRA





, OKEMOS,





Bows Bred for Aug. and Sept. litters,

also early Spring Boar pigs.

(lngham Co.) Mich.





 





D UROC Jersey





one two yr. old boar sired by

Mich.State Fair 1915. J. Robert Hicks,St. Johns, Mic .





s, bred sows, 3 ring boars and gilts,

oosier Grand Chain .





 





one. FRANK





NOTHER LOT of those big honed DUROC PIGS

at $1!) and $12 apiece. '





CHESTER “.175? Sxd... Emits“





Write quick if you want

LAMB. Ceswpoiis, Michigan.





D ER. Vassar, Mich.





0 I c Swine and Reg. Holsteins. few boar lgs of

0 u - Mafiarmw at a reasonable price,qualfi):v con-

sidersd. EL Eli E. SMITH, Redford, Michigan.





 





O I. C's. 4 last fall sows to {arrow in Sept. and Oct.

'. 6 last fall boars, big strong growthy ones. last

spring pigs not akin. Good stock, order now Farm 9‘

mile west of depot. Otto B. Schulze, N ashville. Mich.





O. I. C. [1068





Fine .April Gilts and Males. Pairs no relation. Alia

bargain if taken at once. J. R. by, Three Rivers, Mich.





Boa rs at Half Price

We still have a few big boned, big type Poland China

boars ready for Service, weighing up to 250 lbs. notfli

at :20 it 326 each. Registers in buyer’ a name.

registered black Percheron Stallion 2years old 850.11).

C. BUTLER. Portland, Mlch.. Boll Phone. ‘





BIB TYPE igla‘gd; 21.11%): sows bred forJuly and





Spring pigs.

G. W.HOL'1‘0 . Route 1i. Kalamazoo Michigan.





 





Big Tm Poland Chinas’§§:£.S'.31‘é¥3‘:%3§§ii’i'i

pigI. A. A. WOOD 8: SON. Saline. Michigan.





Poland China Spring Pig's





Our herd sire was Champion and Grand Champion

at the State Fair last fall. Our sows are great big,

stretchy, splendid individuals. with best breeding.

Pigs from such matings will please you. Get our prices.





HILLCR EST FARM





KALAMAZOO, MICH.





 





FOR SALE P. C. Sows. “Big Type "bred for Sept

farrow. Extra good 7 months boar. March an

April pigs. 8.0.15. Minorcas. ILW. hiills, Saline,Mich.





Large Strain P. c.—b3,::.,:i€,°.§;£

Gilts to farrow in Aug, Sept. and Oct.. got one of

these sows with pigs by side.



H. 0. BWARTZ, Schoolcraft, Michigan.





 





 





 





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G. B. BENJAMIN, B. 2. I). 10 Portland, Michigan





April iarrow. Sired by Big Des

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

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

est boars in state. Come or write. “2E.I.ivingston.Parma.Mich.





Large I)?” P. ‘ Gllts and sows. Bred for Mar. and





 





BIG Type P. (‘.—100 pigs of Mar. and Apr. furrow.

either sex, sired by Big Type King 'I‘eseme er A.

Wonder Jr. and Mow's Big Bone. “'e payexp.c large.

and record‘freo. W. Brewbaker & Sons. Elsie. Mich.





' ith , I

For Sale Poland thus: 31...? 383.123. igi’ciws‘ii'é:

P. D. Long. R. F. D. No. 8. Grand Rapids. icls.





 





 





Heavy honed Poland China Spring pigs from large

Prolific sows, also young and older sows bred for

Sept. fan-ow. ROBERT NEVE.





L Type RC. Sows & Gilts all sold.

arg. good spring boars.

W. J. HAGELSHAW.





Pierson, Michigan.





 





. Have 3 extra

Sir-ed by Big Defender.

Augusta. Michigan.





Large Yorkshires ‘S‘S'S ,.





 





 





J .CARL





J EWETT. Mason. Mich.





 





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boars in the state.

show 1915. Abo 211



is. State fair 191

show 191'). Then





its free.

in every way





' —A nice lot of s rin pi e. Write

ii. I :- SWING your wants. Mpeadgw glow Stock

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





300 Big Type 0. I. ii. and iihssler Willis Pig:





rom Feb. Mar. and Apr. furrow sired by the five best

champions. defeated more champions than any boar

oung herd at 7 st.

months hour and Junior champion at everrv state fair





in class at Sioux City. Iowa. 1914.

We Register Free; Guarantee satisfaction





ROLLING 'VIEW STOCK FARM, Cass City. Mich.





School Master 52707 who won more





d, sire to our undefeated breeders

its fairs. Allen junior champion at

i, and Captain Jim 3316]. under 6

we have Le Doux mode 29015. first

Get our catalogue,





 





October boars weighing M lbs. at 825

0. I. CC each for,April shipment.

C. J. THOMPSON,





Rockford. Michigan.





 





shipped

ser's name.





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u l c’: Send me your order for choice spring boars,

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Swine. If. on are in the market f r

9;.1- C. Y - °





C. 0. D. and registered in purcha-

ANDREWS, Dansville, Mich.





pring boar. of April furrow write to

Dansville, Mich.





 





O. I. C.





A. J. BARKER.





Spring pigs either sex, large bone

and good growth. Prices ri ht.

R. R. 1, Belmont. Mich can





 





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not akin. These

and Model 1st.

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D. F. VAL NTINI. Supt" Temperance.





Some extra good fall boars: also

00 '0 0'8 gilts. Satisfaction guaranteed.

A. R. GRA





O. l. C. Stock all Sold

JULIAN P. cnax'rox. swam Creek. men.

Spring pigs, now ready to chi .





an reco t em . NE

FARM. MABLETTE. HOBIGAN. B. No. l.





n

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HAM. Flint. Michigan.





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Can furnish npairs

pigs "are red b Lenghty Pgionce

as

e breed. I will of To. '57

WIAle’l STOCK





«is: little Swim. Saudi;





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EEPSEESJE? aghllélhgf’ai? A‘o'i‘fmi‘ic‘i'i‘i‘tikii:

0. I. C. Billil) GILES, filigpemns, B?“ GROWTHY THE DISEASE '





Pnourlc ‘ ‘ M u LE FOOT" RESIST.

PROFITABLE HOG ING





FOUNDATION s'rocx snow "81' BLOOD or ant”





THE CAHILL FARMS

aaumazoo - - - - MICHIGAN





 





 





 





HAMPSHIRE SWINE ' ii"





registered. John W. Snyder, R. 4, St. Johns. fi’ich.





ii. ll. Halladsy 0. fl. iisllsday &. Son

Breeders of Hampshire Swine.

Write your wants. Clinton. Mich.





' ' Bred Sows and gilts for Au list an

IIdIIlIISIII" Swme. September i'arrow s. Sprig-lg pigsa,

both sex. FLOYD MYERS, R. No. 9. Decatur. Ind.





HAMPSHIRES





Boar's, sows iits and igs. Choice stock.

A. E. B1501»: & SBN. Sheridan, Michigan.





BRED SOWS for Aug. and Sept. tarrouzosgog





_\ to $50 that. wei l 850 lb .

lbs. NEWTO‘N BARNHART. St. Jo‘hlns. Miih.





f SHEEP.





SHRDPSHIHES





I will be at the State Fair with 20 f' l



are for sale and are a better bunch thanuhgs rb‘e’h‘gseAe‘h'

In Detrmt in recent years. KOPE-KON Farms.

S. L. WING, Prop'r. Kinderhook, Mich.





 





 





 





 





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Ill. ingllmds Farm shines at the fairsfi‘iilg fgllirgigt

2:2: flaced simply of registered rfnms and breeding

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M. F. GANBS EY. Lennon. Michigan.





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iolcssim a... or 1...... .1 Mt... ii'ofiih't‘tt‘g

shire swine. Elmhunt Stock Farm. Almont. Mich.





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Psrehsrm, Hslrloins, In 3, Sim: shim, Bums

DORE D. BUELL. mks. whim.





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FOR SALE, ,. to... mass: “W

soection invited. F





. L. KING OBON. Charitiatl OI

Pfincm 0N8 Yearllifilggnd "alga; stud colt.





 





 





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(Continued from Page 179).





V club we’re a—talking about?” says Silas.





“Ain’t that what I been a-saying? What

do you mean—folks?” Silas winds up,

irritable. Silas knows ‘ customers,

agents, correspondents, partners, cli-

ents, colleagues, opponents, plaintiffs,

defendants and competitors. But he

don’t know folks.



“Folks,” I says. “Why, folks, Silas.

Why, here in this room with you that

we say have made Friendship Village,

are setting them sixty-one employes of

yours that have helped make it too.

And all the tens that will come after-

ward, and that have come before to

help to make the village by the work

of their hands. They belong—they’re

the village. They’re us. Oh, let’s not

do things for them—let’s do things

with them. Let’s meet all together,

employers and employes, men and

women, and let's take up together the

job of being a town. Let’s not any of

us have more than our share, and then

deal out little clubs, and old furniture,

and magazines, and games to the rest

of us. You men are finding out that

all your old catch words about advanc-

ing the town and making business op-

portunities, have got something lack-

ing in them, after all. And us women

are beginning to see that twenty hous-

es to a block, each keeping clean and

orderly and planted on its own hook,

each handing out old clothes and toys

down to the Flats, each living its own

life of cleanliness and home and vic-

tual-giving-at—Christmas, that that ain’t

being a town after all. It isn’t enough.

Oh, deep inside us all ain’t there some-

thing that says, I ain’t you, nor you,

nor you, nor five thousand of you. I’m

all of you. I’m one. ‘When,’ it says,

‘are you going to understand, that not

till I can act like one, one united one,

can I give any glimpse whatever of

what people might be?’ Don’t let us

go on advancing business and multiply-

ing our little clubs and philanthropies.

Instead, let’s get together—in the kind

of meetings they use’ to have in the

old first days in America—and let’s

just talk over the next step in what’s

to become of us. Let’s dream—real

far. Let’s dream farther than gift-giv-

ing—and on up to wages—and mebbe

a good deal farther than that. Let’s

dream the farthest that folks could

30—”





I didn’t know but they’d think I was '





crazy. But I’d be glad to be that kind

of crazy. And the glory is that more

folks and more folks are getting crazy

the same way.



But they didn’t think so—I know

they didn’t. Because when I got

through, they clapped their hands,

hard and hearty—all but Silas, that

don’t think a chairman had ought to

show any pleased emotion. And times

now when I’m lonesome, I like to re-

member the rest of the talk, and it

warms my heart to remember it, and

I like to think about it.



For we give up having the club. No-

body said much of anything more

about it, after we got Silas silenced.

And this was the notice we put the

next night in the Friendship Evening

Daily. Nobody knows better than I

the long road that there is to travel

before we can really do what we

dreamed out a little bit about. No—

body better than I knows how slow it

is going to be. But I tell you, it is

going to be. And the notice we put

in the paper was the first little step

we took. And I believe that notice

holds the heart of today.



It read:



“Will all them that’s interested in

seeing Friendship Village made as

much a town as it could be, for all of

us and for the children of all of us,

meet together in Post Office Hall to-

morrow night, at seven o’clock, to talk

over if we’re doing it as good as we

could.”



For there was business. And then

there was big business. But the big-

gest business is taking employers and





employes, and all men and women——





, yes, and inmates too—and turning ’em





into folks.





 





turers were in constant attendance.





ning) for a total of but 15 hours, 25min. 41 sec.





battery care, etc.





excluding stops.





accomplishments of the eight cylinder KING all within a fortnight.





Roadster, $1350. Sedan, $1900

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A registered STOCK car (everything stock—gear ratio, ignition, tires,

wheels, etc.) made this unparalleled record in a Car Owners’ Service Test

conducted under OFFICIAL A. A. A. sanction and supervision.



Sheepshead Bay Speedway and Long Island, New York roads were the 1

scenes of this sensational trial which began at 12:14 P. M. June 15th and

finished at 12:14 P. M. June 29th. Officials of the American Automobile

Association maintained a daily 24 hour vigil during the entire two weeks.

Many newspaper and motor journal representatives and parts manufac-





The sturdy KING ran day and night through rain, fog and boiling ~ I I

sun without requiring a single replacement or adjustment.



10,850 miles equals about two years’ travel in the hands of the average

owner, yet in this entire mileage the car was stopped (with the motor run-





demonstrated that a KING EIGHT, even with the motor running contin-

uously for two years, requires only nine minutes per week of an owner’s

attention for all service—gasoline, water and oil fillings, tire changes,





And most astounding of all, the KING made this 10,850 miles with a

total labor expense of considerably less than ten dollars.



During the entire 10,850 miles a weight equal to five passengers was

carried and the car maintained an average speed of 34 miles per hour,





. An examination made after the test proved the car to be in perfect run-

ning condltlon and ready for another trial of the same or greater length.





This great KING achievement tops off the series of remarkable road tests recently conducted on

the Pacific and Atlantic seaboards. Climbing tortuous Mt. Wilson in Southern California sealed in high

gear; traveling 987 miles in high gear from Los Angeles to San Francisco and return, and driving 544

miles in high gear from Providence to Providence via Albany and New York City, are three remarkable





The accuracy of every statement in this advertisement can be proved by impartial, 'oflicial docu-

ments. These gruelling trials have raised still higher the proud estate of KING ownership, and to prospec-

tive car purchasers this pioneer eight cylinder car now offers a record which can mean nothing less than Ll

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