VOL. CXLVII. No. 18
Whole Number 3912

.The Only Weekly Agricultural,

 

Horticultural, and LiVe Stock Journal in the State.
DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1916

Michigan Milk Producers’

F the pessimists who are continu-
ally asserting that farmers cannot
be successfully held together for

cooperative undertakings, had been
present at the annual meeting of the
‘ Michigan Milk Producers’ Association,
held at ”the Agricultural College on
October 17, they would have been com-
pelled to change their opinion in this
matter. Between 500 and 600 milk pro-
ducers gathered in the audience room
' of the Agricultural Building at the Col-
lege for this event. They came early
in Order to not miss anything which
might be of interest to them.

The meeting was called to order
promptly at ten o’clock by President
N. P. Hull, who introduced John C.
Ketcham, Master of the State Grange,
asthe first speaker. He gave a brief
address on the value of an organized
effort in the attainment of any desired
object. He gave as an illustration the
effective work of the organization of
railroad employes in forcing their de-
mands for an eight- -hour day by stand-
ing as one man in their appeal to the
government as well as their demands
from the railroads. Whether they were
right in their contention or not, they
tack the right Way to gain their point,
and the milk producers of Michigan
are proceeding along right lines in
' working together.

The next speaker on the morning
program was ,Milo D. Campbell, of
Goldwater, who represented his local
milk producers’ association which ef-
fectively.enforced their demand for a
compensatory price for the product
sold 'to' a Cleveland company. He
told hOW the local association sent
'him to Cleveland to negotiate with this
firm. At first the officials of this firm
refused to discuss the proposition with
him, but once they understood that he
represented the united dairymen who
supplied their product from this sec-
tion, with full power to negotiate or
withhold the sale of their product,
they were ready to talk business and
made a satisfactory contract for future
months.

Prof; Anderson, of M. A. C., was the
next speaker on the program, and told
the assembled milk produCers some-
thing. of the methods which were fol-
lowed by the College in arriving at the

cost of milk productmn in the different:

sections of the state where surveys
had been made. State Director of

Markets James N. McBride was the '

last speaker- at the morning Session
and gave, interesting information on‘
general market conditions, particularly
the demand for tinned or condensed

milk, '-pu‘r"chasers- for which had .SOughtf
information from him as to where their

needs could be satisfied.

At the opening of the afternOOn ses-
sion President Hull gave a brief repert
of the actiVities of the organization
since its inception last May. Mr. Hull
told new the directors elected at the
May meeting had after thorough con-
sideration concluded that the member-
ship fees of the association would not
provide adequate finances for its suc-
oessful conduct, for which reason the

guaranty fund proposition was adOpted
after careful consideration, and had
been successfully carried out largely
through the efforts of' Director H. W.
Norton, and Field Secretary R. C. Reed.
Under this guaranty plan between
$8,000 and $9,000 was quickly subscrib-
ed to this guaranty fund, thus insuring
the perpetuity and success of the or-
ganization. The action of the directors
in proposing a price of milk for the
ensuing year averaging $2.00 per hun-
dred during seven months and $1.60
per hundred for five months was ex
plained by President Hull to be the-
best judgment of the directors under
conditions which prevailed at the time
the price was made as to what the
milk producers of the state could take
for their product and still make a ma
sonable living profit.

The fixing of the first of November
as the date when these price demands

organization every day during the year
than the entire campaign had cost to
date, which he thought a pretty good
return on any investment.

Mr. R. C. Reed, field secretary of
the Milk Producers’ Association, was
next called upon for his report. Mr.
Reed related some of the facts which
ultimately led up to the organization of
the Michigan Milk Producers’ Associa-
tion which really grew out of an at-
tempt of the milk producers of the dif~
ferent sections contributing to the sup-
ply of the Borden condenseries under-
taking to get a conference with an offi-
cial of that company relative to the
making of a price for their product
last year. Mr. Reed stated that atfer
much delay a representative of this
company finally appeared before the
representative of the milk producers
and advised them to go home and at-
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should be enfOrced and in aiming to
first establish a satisfactory price in
the districts where large cendensing
establishments were operated was due
to th‘efact that in their investigations
the directors found that the price (if
othermarket milk was ‘largely based
upon the price paid by these establish-
ments which are the largest single us-
ers of raw- milk, consequently it was
deemedthatfthis was the "properplace
to :begin a. campaign for better . prices.

Mr. ~ Hullt- congratulated . the‘ members

on the fact'that the condenseries had
met the price fixed .for.November 1
and declared that the milk producers
would profit more from the work of the

 

by eliminating their poor cows and
adopting better'dairy methods and they
would continue to attend to their end
of the’business. Mr. Reed emphasized
the fact that the directors sought to
enter upon a constructive campaign

and build for the future as well as the

present success of the organization,
the adoption of the guaranty fund plan
of financing’ the organization being the
cutgrowth of this idea.

' He commented upon the liberality‘

With which common dairymen, as well
as breeders of pure- -bred stock had
contributed to the guaranty fund, and
particularly upon the great loyalty
which the women of the dairy farm

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Meeting

households had shown in this regard.
He reported 80 active local milk pro-
ducers’ organizations and a total mem-
bership of 4,000 in the Michigan Milk
Producers’ Association. Mr. Reed con:
gratulated the members of the associa-
tion upon the fact that in no case
where a. campaign had been made for
a compensatory price had failure been
made, and that in no case had it been
necessary to hold up the supply for a
single day.

Following the report of Secretary-
Treasurer S. H. Munsell, which show-
ed the organization to be on a sound
financial footing, Mr. W. J. Kittle, sec-
retary of the Chicago Milk Producers’
Association, was introduced and told
the story of the activities of that or-
ganization and their success in secur-
ing a compensatory price for the milk
produced by their members. Space
will not permit us to dwell upon that
story in this issue. It will be told in
an abbreviated form in a future issue.

Reports of committees appointed ear-
lier in the day were next in order. The
following resolutions were reported by
Chairman Ketcham of the resolutions
committee and unanimously adopted
by the organization:

The milk producers of Michigan,
havmg carefully studied and consider-
ed the various problems pertaining to
their business are brought face to fame
With serious economic questions that
threaten its existence. The importance
of the dairy industry to the state and
the high rank of dairy products in our '
schedule of foods demand that the bus-
iness of milk production shall be prof-
itable and that the call for high—grade
dairy. products shall be met. The
Michlgan Milk Producers’ Association,
W1th_a_ desire to meet its problems in
a spirit of fairness, presents to the
public the following conditions that
are confronting its membership.

. 1. Milk and its products furnish one-
s1xth of the food used by man.

2. It supplies a larger number of
food units for its cost than any other
animal food.

3. Investigation, widely scattered,
shows that the cost of production has
increased, while the corresponding in-
crease in price received for milk pro-
ducts has been small. Feeds have ad-
vanced 30 per cent, labor 50 per cent,
while the price for milk has advanced

but six per cent.

4. Higher grade cows, increased cap-
ital, stiffer sanitary requirements by
boards of health, have materially ad-
ded to the cost of production.

5. While milk has advanced but six
per cent in price, beef products have ad-
vanced 60 per cent and pork the same.
If price re-adjustments are not made
to place the ploduction of milk on a
more profitable basis it is easy to see
the inevitable trend of the business in
Michigan.

We affirm the justice of the action

. recommended by the directors, viz: an

average price of $2.00 per hundred for
3.5 per cent market milk for the six
months, beginning November 1, 1916.
This price is now being paid at points
in this state, and isan average of less
than four cents per quart. ' ‘
~ We further recommend that. future
prices be made a subject for contract
April, 1917, and that no contracts .be
made forla period of less .than six
months. We urge the Association to
produce a standard milk contract with
adequate provision for a square deal in
the use of the Babcock test.
We endorse and commend the work
(Continued on page 413').

   

 

 


 

 

 

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Recent advices from
Washington indicate
that a land bank swin-
dle, so-called, is being
exploited by a syndicate with head-
quarters in Kansas City. According to
this information this swindle is being
conducted through agents who are said
to have secured large sums of money
fraudulently from farmers in Kentucky
through their Operations. The Federal
Farm Loan Board is taking steps to
prosecute the offenders in this case. In
every case where a transient agent
makes propositions looking toward the
securing of loans through federal land
banks the incident should be promptly
reported to the Federal Farm Loan
Board at Washington, 1). C, as there
are no authorized agents of this kind.

The Federal Farm Loan Board is
now holding in the southern states
hearings similar to those held in the
northern states during the past months
relating to the location of the federal
land banks. Recent advice is to the
effect that these hearings will be com-
pleted and the banks located by the
first of next year, after which the ma-
chinery created by the Rural Credit act
will be placed in operation at the ear-
liest possible date.

Numerous inquiries are daily coming
to this office relating to the possibility
of securing farm loans from this
source. According to the provisions of
the Act, the only method by which
loans can be secured through the fed-
eral land banks during the first year of

' the operation of the law is through
National Farm Loan Associations or<
ganized by ten or more farmers desir-
ing to make loans in an aggregate
amount of $20,000 or more. Provision
is made in the Act for the appointment
of existing banks or trust companies
as agents for the making of loans in
localities where the organization of
such national farm loan associations is
impractical after the law has been in
effect for one year.

As previously noted in these columns
literature will be sent upon application
to the Federal Farm Loan Board at
Washington, D. 0., giving full informa-
tion relating to the organization of na-
tional farm loan associations by ten or
more farmers of any section who de-
sire to make loans through this
channeL

A Rural Credit
Swindle.

The report of the
annual meeting
of the Michigan
Milk Producers’
Association, which appears in this is-
sue. should be a matter of inspiration
as well as congratulation to the dairy-
men of Michigan. The members of the
organization are to be congratulated,
not only upon the liberal manner in

The Milk Producers’
Campaign.

   

which this organization has been sup-
ported by pledges to the guaranty fund
and the general loyalty of organized
milk producers throughout the State,
but-as well upon the fact that the work
of the organization has been so well
directed by its officers. The re-election
of these ofiflcers at the recent meeting
is a. mark of general appreciation of
their work by the milk producers.

The real work of any organization of
this character must be done by a few
men who are chosen to represent the
the interests of the entire membership.
The men who were chosen at that
meeting to act for the milk producers’
organization another year still have a
strenuous task ahead of them, and the
members of the organization may rest
assured that this task will be perform-
ed to the very best of their ability.
Fortunately they bring to it a degree
of experience and judgment which is
superior to that of the average farmer.
They can be counted upon to meet ev-
ery situation which may arise in a
manner calculated to serve the best in-
terests of the milk producers of the
state, and they are entitled to the loyal
support of every milk producer, even if
individual opinion should at times be

at variance with their official acts. It,

is only by such support and co-opera—
tion from individual milk producers
that the campaign so auspiciously be-
gun can be carried to successful com-
pletion. To this end the dairymen of
every section of the state who are not
already organized into local associa-
tions should interest themselves in ef-
fecting such an organization at the ear-
liest practicable date.

The purpose of this organization as
previously set forth ls three-fold, viz:
education, legislation and co—operation.
A fair beginning has been made along
one of these lines, but the association
has only just begun to demonstrate
its usefulness and has not in any sense
accomplished its whole purpose. If
this organization is to work the great-
est good to the dairy industry of the
state, its work must progress along
these several lines without interrup-
tion, supported by the continued zeal
of its membership.

The question has
been raised-wheth-
er farmers acting
together ’in the
sale of their products to maintain a
compensatory price violate the anti-
trust laws of the nation or state by
their acts. This question would seem
to be effectually settled by the fact
that the Clayton amendment to the
Sherman anti-trust law specifically ex-
empts agricultural organizations not
organized for profit and not having
capital stock. While it was declared
by many at the time this law was pass-
ed, that farmers were exempted from
its provisions the better to enable the
exemption of labor organizations, the
exemption of farmers’ organizations of
the class named would seem to be
based upon sound theory. -

If the price of a product increased
to a consumer operates to bring about
an increased profit to the producers,
a stimulation of production will be
thereby effected. If, on the other hand,
the profit accrued to a selling agency
or distributor for the benefit of those
who held stock in such agencies or act-
ed as distributors, this would tend to
discourage rather than increase pro-
duction. This being true, any increase
in the price of a producr due to the
co—operative action of producers would
ultimately be subjected to the econom-
ic laws which govern the price making
on a competitive basis, as competition
in the production of such products
would immediately be stimulated. This,
then, would appear to be a valid rea-
son for the exemption of farmers’ or-
ganizations of this class from the op-
erations of the national anti-trust law.

Again, the Supreme Court of the
United States in a much discussed and
often criticized decision, has con-
strued the law to be operative only in

Farmers and Anti-
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cases where an unreasonable resttraiiit’
of trade has oc‘curre'd.‘ Certainly it is .

not unreasonable for producers to act
co-operatively in the selling of their
product, in order to secure a price
which will compensate them for the
cost of production and afford them a
reasonable living profit above such

cost. So long as farmers’ organizations

do not attempt to fix prices for their
products above such a reasonable fig-
ure, they would not be subject to the
operation of the national trust law un-
der this ruling. As a general rule, fed-
eral rulings regarding criminal laws
are followed in the administration of
There is thus no apparent
occasion for a. criticism of the action
of the Michigan Milk Producers’ Asso-
ciation or the Michigan Bean Growers’
Association in attempting to sustain
prices for their products at a. figure
which will reimburse them for the
cost of production and allow them a
reasonable, living profit.

Right in this connection, however, a
word of caution to the more radical
members of these and other producers’
organizations will not be out of place.
As above noted. increased prices for
agricultural products of any kind will
have a natural tendency to increase
production. Changed conditions may
also tend to decrease the cost of pro-
duction in future years just as changed
conditions have tended to increase the
cost of the product at the present time.
in that event, it will be necessary for
producers‘ organizations who seek to
have a voice in the fixing of prices of
their products to take cognizance of
the operation of economic laws and
not attempt to maintain prices above
a point which will afford them a rea-
sonable profit above the cost of produc-
tion, since their efforts would be doom-
ed to failure and their industry injured
rather than benefited by any other
course.

For this reason the question of the
cost of production should be carefully
studied by every farmer who makes a
specialty of producing any commodity.
Accurate knowledge of this kind is es.
sential to successful co-operative sell-
ing by farmers just as truly as it is es-
sential to the successful conduct of
other lines of business which lend
themselves readily to corporate man-
agement.

The tenth annual dairy
show, held under the
auspices of the Nation-
al Dairy Show Associa-
tion, staged at Springfield, Mass, Oc-
tober 12-21, was the greatest in both
membership and number of exhibits of
any show yet held by the Association.
The total paid admissions for the ten
days exceeded 250,000, with 35,000 pres-
ent on the opening day and a large
attendance right up to the closing day.
There were exhibited 873 cattle from
20 different states and Canada. The
distribution of the exhibits was wide,
being fairly representative of the for
ritory east of the Rocky Mountains.
While in point of numbers the eastern
states contributed the bulk of the ex-
hibits, the high honors went largely to
the middle west. Five breeds were
represented in the exhibits, with num-
bers ranging from 98 to 272.

The machinery and dairy equipment
was large and in every way a fine dem»
onstration of the manner in which in
vention and manufacture has kept pace
with the development of the great
dairy industry. The dairy products
show was the largest and best ever
held by the association. The education-
al features included 8 students’ judg-
ing contest, a demonstration of the
varying cost of producing dairy pro.
ducts from good and poor cows, a

The National
Dairy Show.

domestic science demonstration cover-

ing several subjects of interest to vis-
itors, and a boys‘ and girls' club ex-
hibit. Owing to the national character
or this event and the interest which
will be taken by Michigan dairymen in
its features, a complete report of same
will be published in our next issue.

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HAifiPEhiitG

Foreign.

The European Wan—The central‘

powers are continuing their driVe
against Roumania. In the province of
Dobrudja they have pushed back the
Russ1an and Roumanian armies over
the whole front. In the Transylvania

mountains the Teutons are also meet-1

ing with success, notwithstanding the
desperate fighting of the defense.—
The Serbs continue their advance to
ward Monastir and their successes are
so threatening established lines of com-
munication that large forces are being
rushed to that section by the central
powers to check the advance—British
troops have added to their gains in the
Somme district near the Ancre river.
——The Austro-German troops attacked
the Russian positions southeast of Lem-
berg, causmg the latter to fall back a
short distance. No further engage-
ments in Galicia or in the north are
chronicled in recent reports.——David
Lloyd-George of England prophesies
that the war will approach a conclu-
s10n in the spring or more probably in
the summer of 1917. It is reported that
the Belgian army has been thoroughly
reorganized and is now ready to oper-
ate with the British and French along
the western front.

Last week a battle between Gen.
Carranza and Gen. Villa’s forces oc-
curred at Palomas near Chihuahua
crty. Both sides have claimed a. vic-
tory. Gen. Ozuna, considered the most
loyal of Carranza’s commanders was
killed in the battle.

It is announced that Gen. Carranza
is making his campaign for the presi‘
dency of Mexico on the premises that
the country should not be governed by
decree but according to statute of law.
The new constitution for which he is
laboring he believes will provide for
contingencies such as have arisen in
recent years and make government by
statute possible.

A cargo of foodstuffs and clothing
valued at $700,000 will be sent, prob-
ably this week, from New York to Bei-
rut, Syria, for the relief of refugees.
The United States has donated the use
of a collier for carrying the provisions.

The total wheat harvest of the world
is estimated by the International Agri-
cultural Institute as seven per cent be-
low the average and 25 per cent below
last year’s crop. The Institute’s report
includes for the first time since the
European war began, an estimate on
the crop of European Russia, which it
places at 20 per cent less than that of
last year. ' ,

The Austrian premier, Count Karl
Stuergkh, was assassinated recently by
a Socialist leader who gave as a mo-
tive for the act that the premier re«
fused to convene the Austrian parlia-
ment.

Japan, and possibly Russia, Great
Britain and France are gathering evi-
dence as a basis of protesting against
the action of the Chinese government
in awarding a contract for the recon-
struction of the Grand Canal in Shan-
tung province to an American firm.
These countries claim that such action
is in violation of previous agreements
between China and these powers.

National.

Three vessels were lost on Lake Erie
during the terrific storm of last Friday
and probably 27 members of the crews
were lost with the vessels.

Towns in southern California were
shaken by two earthquake shocks last
Sunday. While no lives are reported
lost, considerable damage to’property
resulted from the disturbance.

The new Engineering Hall now un-
der course of construction at the Mich-
igan Agricultural College, will be com-
pleted about January 1. The College
reports on a variety of winter barley
that will stand our climate and has
produced here a yield of 59.3 bushels
per acre.

A survey issued by the District At<
torney of New York City, places the
number of persons in the American
metropolis who are addicted to drug
habits. at 200,000.

The new super-dreadnaught Arizona
was officially commissioned at the
Brooklyn navy yard Tuesday of last
week. This great fighting vessel re-
quires a complement of 53 officers and
950 men.

Nine prominent. cattlemen of west-
ern Nebraska, and a boy, lost their
lives in a collision between two sec-
tions of a heavy stock train near Ber-
trand, Neb. recently.

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D. D. Morrice, Morrice, Mich, adver-
tising live stock, writes as follows:
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Michigan Farmer. After this i will
feel obliged in justice to myself. to
take space in the Michigan Farmer.
when we have anything to sell."

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Fall Plowmg .. ;
EPORTS coming in from different
sections of the country indicate.
. that the amount of fall plowing
done this year is about one-fifth of
what it was last year at this time. It
is also estimated that the total crops
for this year will not be as great as
they were last. We can take this to
mean that prices of farm products will
maintain a high level until the next
crop~is marketed. We can also deduce
from these statements that farmers
will get good prices for their next crop
because ofthe small surplus.
It is further reasonable to assume
that a bumper crop next year will not
materially lower the high prices.

The dry weather that hascontinued
up to the present time has kept farm-
ers from fall plowing. Now that gen‘
eral rains have softened the soil it
would seem that farmers might do all
their fall plowing before the weather
gets too cold.

Putting off plowing that can be done
this fall until the spring may mean a
still further curtailment in the crop
production of next year. No one can
prophesy what kind of weather we will
have. It may be wet or it may be a
dry spring. If the season‘ happens to
be wet as it was last spring the chanc-
es are very much against the farmer
getting all of his plowing done. If he
should, he certainly will not have the
proper time to compact the ground in-
to the proper seed bed for spring sown
crops.

On account of the wet and lateness
of last spring, thousands of acres of
good farm land in the United States
did not turn the owners one cent in
revenues because of their inability to
plow them. These patches of land are
growing a bountiful crop of weeds.
Farmers will be disappointed in the
crops they hope to grow on these fields
unless they prevent the weeds from
getting the start of the crop.

Another phase of extreme import-
ance in plowing this fall is that the
ground will be in much-better shape
for‘nature to pack it during the win-
ter’s freezing. The late fall rains tend
to percolate deeper into the ground,
thus holding more moisture.

Another benefit of early fall plowing
is that the ground has the advantage
of being aerated at a time when the
air will do the most good. Warmth
must be connected with the circulation
of the air around the soil particles if
the greatest benefit is to be derived.

While it is true that the farmer does
severe injury by plowing when too dry,
the fall rains that have recently fallen
have put the ground in ideal condition
for plowing, much better than it has
been for years, for the simple reason
that there is not too much moisture in
the ground to interfere with the proper
aerating while plowing. Farmers who
take it upon themselves to get into the
field as soon as possible and plow the
ground while it is in the present moist
condition, will be greatly surprised at
the quality of the crops they will grow
on this land next year.

Farmers who fall plowed last year
when the ground was in the wet condi-
tion, complained that their crops this
year were lighter than they should be.
This can largely be accounted for on
account of the excessive moisture in
the ground last fall, winter and spring.
It is reasonable to assume that nature
could not make available the proper
plant food when it was needed, on ac-
count of the superabundance of mois-
ture. It is also reasonable to assume
that much of the nitric acid necessary
in the formation of plant food was
washed away and formed into other
compounds, making it unavailable for
the plants.

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A characteristic system of fallow-
field farming, which might be called
the “idle field system,” is described in
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 716. The bulle-
tinthus sets forth the evils of such a
system, as practiced on certain sandy-
land areas in northern Indiana, south-
ern Michigan, and northwestern Ohio:

“Fields left idle to grow up in weeds
for one or more years are of very com-
mon occurrence throughout the area.
When the fertility of the soil reaches
an extremely low point these fields are
turned out to allow nature to improve
them by whatever increase of vegeta-
tion may accumulate from the growth
of weeds, grass, etc. Very often it
happens, however, that the soil has
been so reduced in fertility that even
the weeds can make only a scant
growth. The results at best are not
good. Notwithstanding this, when the
time arrives to put in'another crop, the
weeds, old stalks, etc., are plowed un-
der, and generally either wheat or rye
is sown. After the wheat or rye is
taken off, the field is left idle till the
next spring, when it is plowed and
corn is planted. Thus the cropping
system is wheat and corn or rye and
corn, with an occasional period of one
or more years for the fields to remain
idle or uncropped.

“Such a system is unprofitable in
that the fields yield no income during
the idle period and the slight increase
in yields which results from the land
remaining fallow for a time does not
compensate for this loss. Aside from
incurring a loss in this way, an oppor-
tunity is missed for growing a crop of
soy beans or cowpeas which would be
profitable and at the same time im-
prove the soil conditions much more
rapidly than this period of inactivity
can possibly do. While there is an ap-
parent increase in production by allow-
ing a field to remain idle, there can be
no permanent improvement in a crop-
ping system built principally on this
idea.

“In the long run such a system is
very harmful. As generally managed
it is’one of the surest ways to reduce
the productiveness of a farm that can
be devised. Throughout the hot grow-
ing season there is little protection for
the uncropped fields. Because of the

sandy nature of the soil in this section ’

much heat is absorbed and a greater
proportion of the organic matter re-
maining in the surface is burned out
and rapidly consumed. Much of. the
nitrogen liberated by this process is
lost because there is no crop on the
land to take it up and use it. These
sandy lands are very deficient in nitro-
gen and organic matter already, and it
takes special effort in this direction to
keep pace with the amounts consumed
in ordinary cropping. With the pres
ent system this condition is rapidly
made worse instead of better. The
soil still further loses its power to re-
tain moisture for crop growth and has
a greater tendency to crust after rains.
The idle field gains little and loses
much.”

As a substitute for this system the
following plan is suggested: “Rye and
inoculated vetch seed, or rye alone,
should be sown in- the corn fields about
the middle of August. These crops
should be allowed to grow until May
25 of the next season, and then should
be plowed under to prepare for sowing
a crop of soy beans or cowpeas by
June 1. Such a practice does much
more toward the improvement of the
land, and at the same time yields
greater profits.”

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Mr. Victor Maki, a. Finnish farmer
living four miles south of Republic on
the Michigamme river road carefully
manured, plowed and harrowed an
acre of ground last spring and thor-
oughly worked four tons of crushed
limestone into it. On the sixteenth of
June this acre was seeded with 15 lbs.
of Montana grown alfalfa seed without
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the spurry grass was taking advantage
of the moisture, as the alfalfa was not
able to do so. This is the first place
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to be cut and harvested and the writer
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any vicinity in Michigan or elsewhere.

Marquette Co. L. R. WALKER.

COMMERCIAL VARIETIES OF AL‘
FALFA.

 

The increased interest in varieties
of alfalfa and the need for the farmer
to know whether a certain variety is
suitable for his neighborhood have led
to the publication of U. S. Department
of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin 757,
Commercial Varieties of Alfalfa. In
this bulletin of 24 pages, the authors,
R. A. Oakley and H. L. Westover, of
the Bureau of Plant. Industry, discuss
in detail the characteristics and habits
of the nine fairly distinctive commer-
cial strains of alfalfa now recognized
in the United States. together with
their adaptation to climatic conditions.
Some give the best results in the north
and northwest, while others succeed
only in the south and southwest where
Wherever possi-
ble, the authors have indicated meth-
ods of distinguishing the seed of one
variety from another.

“Common alfalfa” is a term that is
used to include all of the alfalt'as that
are .not clearly of hybrid origin or that
do not have distinct and uniform varie-
tal characteristics, such as the Peru-
vian and Arabian varieties. Numerous
strains are coming to be recognized in
the “common” group. They are often
designated by the geographic name of
the locality where grown, as Kansas-
grown alfalfa, Montana-grown alfalfa,
and many others, or by some term de-
scriptive of the conditions under which
the crop has developed, such as dry-
land alfalfa, irrigated alfalfa, and non-
irrigated alfalfa.

Strains developed in the south usu-
ally produce larger yields than those
developed in the northern states, but
they are less hardy. The “dry-land”
alfalfa seed offered on the market has
so far failed to show any noticeable
superiority in ability to resist drought
over that grown with an abundance of
moisture.

The commercial Turkestan alfalfa
has been tested quite thoroughly in all
parts of this country, and in nearly ev-
ery case has proved inferior to Ameri-
can—grown strains.

The leading commercial strains of
variegated alfalfa are the Grimm, the
Baltic, the Canadian variegated, and
sand lucern. With the exception of
sand lucern, they have been found
more resistant to cold than other com-
mercial varieties or strains and are
therefore recommended for sections
where winter-killing occurs frequently.

Peruvian alfalfa is not resistant to
severe cold and can be grown‘success-
fully only where the winter tempera-
ture is comparatively mild, as in the
southern and southwestern states. Un-
der favorable conditions it outyields
any other commercial strain.

Arabian alfalfa is not a satisfactory ~

variety because of its tendency to be
short lived.

As a result of numerous experiment-
al tests the adaptations of the various
varieties and strains of alfalfa have
been quite definitely determined.

It is highly advisable that the farm-
er should learn to distinguish good
from poor seed. Plump seed of an
olive-green color almost invariably ger-
minates well, while shriveled or brown
seed generally germinates poorly. The
presence of any appreciable quantity
of seeds or other impurities indicates
a poor quality of seed.

Owing to the fact that alfalfa does
not produce seed satisfactorily under
humid conditions, there is little use in
trying to grow it for seed in the east-
ern states.

Breeding work with alfalfa offers
great possibilities, but the time and ex-
pense involved are so great that a
farmer can not afford to undertake it.

LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.

 

The sweet cornstalks are all in the
silo and the 40-foot silo is only filled
28 feet. The other silo was not full
of pea vines so ‘this makes us a little
short on silage. We will simply have
to scrimp some.

One of the corn stubble fields is al-
ready plowed, (October 16), and the
weeds are out of sight at last. The
other field is well started and in a few
days more there will be no evidence
left that we had the weediest corn
fields in 1916 that we ever had. May
nothing like it ever occur again.

The potatoes have stopped growing
at last. The frost got them. I want
to leave them in the ground just as
long as I can for they will improve in
quality considerably by so doing. It is
simply remarkable how such late pota-
toes will seemingly ripen after the tops
are killed by the frost, if they can be
left in the ground for several days be-
fore harvesting. Of course, it will not
pay to leave them too long. There is
risk that the ground will get too wet
to operate the digger successfully, and
certainly we want to get them in be‘
fore freezing weather sets in. How-
ever, we shall continue to plow and
let the potatoes go for another week,
and run the risk of these adverse con-
ditions. It can’t be that we will have
freezing weather for some time for as
yet we have only had a good frost.

Alfalfa is eight to 10 inches high for
the fourth time this season, and it is
still growing rapidly. There will be a
fine covering for winter protection. 1
am planning now to top-dress the al-
falfa this winter with manure from the
stables. Otherwise we would have to
draw the manure more than half a
mile to the field and I expect to have
the field plowed this fall so that it will
be very difficult to spread the manure
this winter. Two of the fields close to
the barn are now in wheat and they
do not need stable manure anyway.
Two other fields were manured last
winter. The alfalfa has received no
stable manure for two years and under
the circumstances I think this is tlm
place to put the stable manure this
winter. I won’t object to putting it on
good and thick. lf conditions get so
we can not use the spreader we will
spread by hand. A plant that will pro.
duce three good crops in one season
year after year is worth feeding libA
erally. COLON C. LILLIE.

HOUSE THE TOOLS.

 

Now that the season’s work is about.
completed the farm tools should be
housed for the winter. Note should be.
made of any repairs that are needed
in order that same may be ordered
and in hand when needed. In packing
away the tools it will save time to so
place them in the tool shed that those
first needed will be accessible Without
moving the others. This is a job
which is likely to be neglected until. a.
more favorable'time, but neglect does
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UCH has been written in recent.

months concerning gardens and

‘ gardening.- Thesubject is a

pertinent one. Indeed, with the unpar-
alleled increase in the cost of living,
the question of a garden grows ever
more important. The matter of a gar-
den ought to be of immediate concern,
not only to all farmers, but to all own-
ers or renters of a plot of ground large

enough to permit of gardening. In the ,

case of the farmer, a garden or the
lack of one may, on general principles,
be considered as an index of success-
ful or unsuccessful farming. Of cOurse
this rule can not be applied without
limitations and exceptions, but in gen-
eral, it will hold true. In the case of
the town dweller, a garden is equally
an index of thrift and industry.

With the above statements in mind,
it is truly astonishing to note in a re-
cent trip through the country, how
many farmers ignore either in part or
altogether, the value of a garden as a
farm asset. In far too many cases, the
garden fever which breaks out each
spring dies out as soon as the seeds
are fairly planted, and the weeds lord
it over the spot chosen. If there is
any one thing about a farm which
makes it appear slovenly and uncared-
for, it is a patch of weeds knee high
and waist high, over-running a place
where the garden ought to have been.

Garden Economics.

In discussing the question of value
and advisability of a garden, it takes
but a moment, in this age of high
prices, to show how the case stands.
In a very small spot, asparagus enough
for a good-sized family may be grown.
To buy this same asparagus at the
common rate of ten cents per small
bunch, would amount to several dol-
lars, during the season. In a some-
what lesser degree,’the same thing is
true of rhubarb. The same condition
exists in the case of green peas, and
in fact, of nearly all vegetables. How
often it happens that the successful
gardener saves several dollars each
summer, by possessing a small patch
of early potatoes. These potatoes are
suflicient to tide over the time that
comes each year, when tubers are high,
selling in the markets from thirty to
forty or even fifty cents per peck. To
a farmer or village dweller, the total
value of a vegetable garden during a
single summer, amounts to many dol-
lars. When garden sauce is plentiful,
less of other things are necessary or
required. These same garden products
must be had in greater or smaller quan-
tities, during the spring and summer
months. Their price now, as compared

to a few years ago, is amazingly high.

On the other hand, it costs no more to
grow them on the farm or in the home
garden, than in former years.

The case of small fruit affords an-
other illustration in point: Strawber-
ries at from seven to fifteen cents per
quart; red raspberries at from fifteen
to eighteen cents per quart; black
raspberries at from eight to twelve
cents per quart; these prices are not
over stated, and represent what is paid
these days, for small fruit, by the
farmer or small town resident. On a
small piece of ground, with a little la-
bor, these berries may be grown and
had fresh for table use, in their season.
Keeping the Garden in Good Fertility.

From the facts above, it takes only
half an eye to see that a good garden
is valuable and profitable. On the
farm, practically all the expense con-
nected with the garden is represented
in seeds and in labor. In town, often
the question of fertilizer is added, and
makes‘an important item. Dwellers in
small towns, however, may have a fer-
tile garden without much expense in
this regard. If you keep a small flock
of hens, the fertilizer from this source
will go far toward enriching a small
garden spot. If you have trees, save
every leaf in the fall, and see to it that
they find their way ultimately, to the
garden. Leaves are nature’s fertilizer.

 

 

They are worth much in replenishing
and renewing the~ soil.
lawn, see to it that all the lawn clip-
pings not otherwise used, find their
way to the garden. Utilize every scrap
of material that will enrich'your little
garden 'patch, and you will be surpris-
ed to find how little fertilizer it is nec-
essary to purchase.

In conclusion, let it be said that
there is a certain satisfaction in hav-
ing your own garden and growing your
own vegetables and fruit. These pro-
ducts never taste quite so fine, when
paid for in coin. There is a Satisfac-
tion, too, in conquering the weeds, in
utilizing land that would otherwise be
waste, and in helping nature produce
the varied and useful products of the
average garden. On the farm, the gar-
den is a valuable farm asset. In the
small town, it is often half the "living
of a family during the garden season.
In either event, if you have not tried
out the proposition, try it, and you will
not regret your efforts. J. A. KAISER.

TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.

 

The Control of. Leaf Curl.

The leaves of my peach trees curled
up this year and a great many dropped
after being affected. What causes this
and what can I do to control it? F. G.

The curling of the leaves of your
peach trees is caused by a fungous
disease called leaf curl. This fungus
attacks the tissue of the leaf, produces
a reddish colored distortion and de—
stroys the‘leaf as a starch—producing
organ. Because of the loss of this fol-
iage the tree is depleted in vitality and
the setting of buds for next year’s crop
greatly reduced.

The fungus becomes active very ear-
ly in spring, even before the middle of
March when the spring opens early
and warm. It attacks the swelling bud
and gets into the tissues before the
leaf is unfolded. Therefore spraying
after the disease is noticed is practical-
ly of no value because the spray cannot
get at the spores of the fungus. Spray-
ing must be done when these spores
are dormant or in their Winter stage.
Therefore the spraying should be done
before the middle of March in ordi-
nary seasons or earlier in
which are advanced.

There are a number of fungicides
which will keep this trouble in check.
The standard remedy used to be
copper sulphate at the strength of two
pounds to fifty gallons of water. This
proved very efficient but it was diffi
cult to tell whether all parts of the
tree were covered or not.
mixture, made of four pounds of cop-
per sulphate and five pounds of lime,
also does good work and is better
than copper sulphate because it leaves
a mark by which one can tell whether
the entire tree has been covered.

Since annual sprayings for scale are
necessary the use of a combined con-
tact insecticide is preferred. The best
among these are lime-sulphur and
Scalecide, a miscible oil. Spraying at
any time during the dormant season
will give results for both scale and the
leaf curl but it is conceded that early
spring is best for both purposes.

It is very essential to spray thor-
oughly to get good results as any bud
left uncovered will be likely to develop
curl leaf if the season is at all favor-
able to the development of the fungi.

ANNUAL MEETING OF STATE
FRUIT GROWERS.

 

The Michigan State Horticultural So—
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Grand Rapids, December 5-6-7, 1916.
This annual meeting is Michigan’s
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Mich. Farmers Visit'Wisconsin Dairym'en:

tional advantages of travel. To

no one is a. trip fuller of educa-
tional pointers than to tire farmer, for
he is usually a keett observer. It is
not expensive for a group of t'arn‘ters
to get. together attd go on a tottr of in-
spection and is usually worth many
times the cost of tlte trip. There are
scores of communities itt Michigan as
well as in nearby states wltere special
crop growing. tlairying, etc.. are car-
ried on in such admirable manner that
the seeing.” of the crops or herds, and
having the workings explained. would
mean a broader conception a real \ is-

E V‘ER‘YONE recognizes the educa-

iott -to tile tnatt from a less highly
specialized community.
liut this is to be a story of a most

delightful and satisfactory trip made.
a few weeks ago by a group of enter-
prisittg farmers from Kent and Neway-
go counties. under the direction of
(‘ounty .-\gents Smith and “landlord. to
a portion of the great dairy sectiott of
\\‘iseonsin.
The Start.

Some fifty men ltad promised to go
bttt when the day for starting came
only abottt a third of them appeared.
The trip was made by boat from tirand
llaven to Milwaukee. 'l‘hey tlten went.
out to Wankesha the capital of the
greatest dairy cattle cotutty in Ameri-
ca. Two leading dairymett, Mr. Baird
attd Mr. Fox, furnished automobiles
attd conducted the party to se\eral of
the leading dairy farms. Only very
brief descriptions can be given here of
a few of the herds \isited.

The tirst farm visited was that of
Fox Brothers. They have developed a
splendid herd of titternseys that are.
housed in excellent barns and practi-
cally all of their animals are being
tested ottt. Then the Baird l“tll‘lli was
next visited. This is an accredited
farm and stands out as a fine example
ot what can be done in a practical way
under good farm management. Mr
Baird has 5.3 head of A. R. U. cows.
Mr. Baird gave a 15 minute talk ex-
plaining something of his ntetltods and
also of the splendid co-operation be.
tween the College of Agriculture and
tlte farmers in developing dairy and
Other farm industries.

The Result of Good Breeding.

Mucklestone Bros. have a herd of 50
I-lolsteins. They ship their milk direct
to Milwaukee and get $1.10 tor an
eight-gallon can. Mr. D. J. llowell‘s
farm was next in line. lie has worked
along very practical lines. \‘l'hen he
started he was not sure that he had
the right type of cattle so he took 14
animals 'to the State Fair to get a
check on his breeding operations. He
carried away 12 ribbons. Mr. Howell
thinks breeders are nowhere near to
the maximum performances of dairy
cattle.

Wm. M. Jones, who has the reputa-
tion of being one of the best Guernsey
breeders in Wisconsin, was the next.
man to be visited. He has a remark-
able herd of 7:3 head. One cow has
made a record of 952 lbs. of butter-fat,
another 732 lbs. His best five cows
have averaged 750 lbs. of fat, the. ten
best 665 lbs., and the best 16, 604 lbs.
his cows are of remarkably uniform
type. An accompanying cut shows the
herd sire, now 113 years old. On being
asked how much longer he intended to
keep him. Mr. Jones said emphatically:
“As long as he lives."

Fruit Brothers were visited next.
They have a splendid herd of Guern-
seys. They test twice each year for
tuberculosis. Their best cow made 650
lbs. of fat in one year, but more re-
markable yet is the fact that their first
‘twenty cows made an average of 510
lbs. at an average age of three years.
Many of their cows are long distance
milkers. For instance, one cow was
pointed out that, for the first month
of" testing, made 38 lbs. of fat, but after
milking 12 months she produced, the
twelfth month, 50 lbs. One of the
most noticeable things seen on the
Broad Ripple farm was the splendid

set of buildings, with all modern im-
provements. After a hurried inspec-
tion of these and the fine herd of 75
Guernseys the party was taken to
Baird Brothers' farm. These men own
240 acres and keep 80 Holstein cows.
They were out on the [tall Fair Circuit
with 21 head. but the ones left behind
were. all splendid individuals.
A Famous Dairy Farm.

A rtttt was made to catch the train
for Fort Atkinson. After dinner the
party went to lily—Governor lloard‘s
farm, a place which every man had a
great longing to see. Mr. Glover con-
ducted the party abottt the farm. barns,
showed the cattle attd gave short talks
on "lit-ceding Dairy Cattle," attd “Farm
Management." Mr. Glover showed the
two types of cows from two different.
herd sires. The differences were very
marked and an impressive lesson was
given to all of the men. The lIoard
herd is tested attnttally for lubercu~
losis. For 1-! years no trace of the
disease ltas been found in the herd.
The barns were very commonplace, yet
perfectly sanitary and comfortable. In
a nearby field stood the while capped
cocks of a remarkably fine. cutting of
alfalfa.

l‘lx—tlovernor iloartl. though too fee—
ble to get ottt of his car. expressed a
wish to shake hands with each mem—
ber of the party. it was a great pleas—
ure to meet him_ for every dairyman
knows that, no man in America has
done more, or even as much, for dairy-
ing as iCx-Govcrnor iloa rd.

Just inside the cow stable door was
the following notice:

A man's usefulness iii a herd ceases
at once

\\'hen he loses his temper and be-
stows rough usage.

it. injures me as well as the cow.

Men must be patient.

(‘v‘tttle are not reasoning beings.

Remember that this is the, home of
mothers.

'l‘reat each cow as a mother should
be treated.

The giving of milk is a function of
motherhood.

Always keep these ideas in view.

\Yhen dealing with my cows.

(Signed) W. l). lltlAltD.

This is a sign which should be in
every dairy barn.
Model Barns.

The I‘Idgewater Barns, which housed
several hundred head of stock were
next inspected. They are models in
lighting. ventilation and sanitation. Af-
ter a most interesting tour through all
of the departments of the James Fac-
tory, where the James Dairy Barn
Equipment is made, the party was con-
ducted to the top floor and there list-
ened to a lecture by Mr. James on
“Dairy Ventilation,” also an address by
Prof. Kragc on “The Food Value of
Milk."

After supper the trip was made by
train to Madison. Prof. Humphrey, of
the Animal Husbandry Department,
met the party and conducted them to
their hotel. All agreed that it. had
been not only a busy day, but a. won-
derful one.

The next day was spent at the Agri-
cultural College.

In the for-enoon Prof. Moore honored
the party with a very excellent ad-
dress on “Plant Breeding and Pedi~
greed Grains.” Prof. MOcre has pilot-
ed Vi'isconsin farmers in developing
what is without doubt the greatest ped-
igreed seed business in the world. He
stated that it would be comparatively
easy for “'isconsin to fill a million
bushel order for pedigreed grain. Dur-
ing the past year Wisconsin has ship-
ped pedigreed grain to more than a.
dozen foreign countries. The Dairy
and Soils Buildings were also visited
during the forenoon.

In the afternoon a lecture was given
on “Successful Growing of Alfalfa,"
and the “Movies" in alfalfa culture
were shown. The stock barns were
visited and considerable time given to
an inspection of the excellent types of
dairy cattle in the herd.

The party stopped long enough in

(Continued on page 408).

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Grain Ration for Cow; and, one.
Our corn and other grain crops are

not up to standard this year, both corn

and oats short. Will milk 12 cows this
winter and shall have to buy much of
the grain to feed them. Have plenty
of ensilage and good clover hay. Will
you give the least expensive grain ra-
tion I could feed these cows tokeep
them in fairlv good flesh With no effort
to get maximum milk or butter-fat pro-
duction—a. grain ration that, fed with
corn ensiiage and clover hay, will keep
cows in good health fairly good flesh
and ready for goo spring pasture,
with sacrifice if necessary of a per-
centage of production this winter. Also
shall winter five Duroc brood sows that
are farrowing now. From these five
sows I expect also to get pigs next
spring. We have some corn but not
enough to feed liberally. Shall also
winter five or six sows that will be

a year old in March, 1917, and farrow

in April. The 10 or 11 sows mention-

ed can have most of the skim-milk
coming from 12 cows. Is there any
grain less expensive than corn, or that

Would help to make corn go further

that I could buy and feed in conjunc-

tion with skim-milk and corn and thus
keep expenses down? In other words,
please tell me the least expensive way
to keep the pigs farrowing now grow-
ing at a normal pace and brood sows
in fairly good condition until rye and
vetch pasture is ready next May.

Allegan Co. SUBSCRIBER.

If you do not care to figure on good
production and simply wish to get the
cows through the winter as cheaply as
possible you can get along with little
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1 in a recent to

cultural Experiment. Station in which
some steers were full-fed while others
received much less feed.

The steers which received feed in-
sufficient for the greatest growth were
most affected by such ailments as in-
digestion and pink-eye, and their sick-
ness Was more likely to result in death.
In fact, among more than a hundred
steers in the experiments, all losses
except one were among the low-fed
animals.

Steers fed for long periods, such as
three years and a half on feed insuffi-
cient for the greatest growth, did not
seem to be able to digest their feed
and to make good gains when later put
on full feed. Even a steer whose
growth was greatly retarded for only
one year never equaled in weight a
steer of the same age which had been
full-fed from birth, although when put
back on full feed he made very profit-
able gains and developed a very choice
carcass of beef. These results do not
disagree with the common observation
that thin steers often make the most
profitable gains. Such feeders have
usually not been starved so long or so
steadily. They have usually had bulky
feed which kept up the stomach ca-
pacity even though it didn’t furnish a
great deal of nourishment and were
very likely to have at least occasional
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well on clover hay and corn silage. But
it will be more profitable to feed for
good production even though the ration
costs more, because the extra produc-
tion will more than offset the extra
cost of feed. There never can be any-
thing gained by scrimping on a ration

‘ for any kind of live stock. Extra
growth or production will more than
offset the extra cost. Animals that will
not do this are unprofitable.

I would recommend hominy feed and
dried brewers’ grains, equal parts by
weight, and feed a pound of this per
day for every pound of butter-fat pro-
duced in a week.

Hominy feed and wheat middlings
made into a slop with the skim-milk
and water, will be excellent for the
pigs and brood sows. In addition a
moderate feed of corn for the brood
sows and a good feed for the growing
pigs, will, I believe, be found more
profitable than to try to winter them
as cheap as possible. Feed them all
they will eat. It is the only way to
make a profit.

COLON C. LILLIE.

CATTLE FEEDING LESSONS FROM
MISSOURI STATION TESTS.

 

Steers that are full-fed from birth
should not be held beyond 20 or 22
months of age because there is a de-
cided falling on? in the rate of gain.
After this age the carcasses are over-
done, there is an undue waste of ex-
cess fat and the gain in weight in pro-
portion to feed consumed is much re-
duced as well as the gain per day, per

similar steers were fattened until they
had gained another 500 pounds or gone
from 1,250 pounds to 1,750 pounds, the
carcasses were much overdone and the
second 500 pounds was 76 per cent fat,
18 per cent water, and five per cent
protein.

regularly on small quantities of food
for long periods so that they seemed
to lose the capacity to eat and digest
as large quantities as they must handle
to make the most profitable gains.

- Thrifty yearlings put on feed that is
not sufficient, even to keep up the body
weight they already have, continue to
grow in height and framework even
when made to lose half a pound a day.
Measurements of the skeletons did not
indicate any decrease in the rate of
growth for several months. Even when
these animals were using the body fat

‘to supplement the lack of feed there
was a very noticeable addition of fat
in the skeleton. Only when approxi-
mately all the fat was taken from the
soft parts did the animals begin to
draw on the fat in the skeleton to
maintain existence.

The most economical choice beef re-
sulted from the use of a feeder weigh-
ing about 750 pounds so fed as to make
a gain of 500 pounds. Such a steer
will probably not quite top the market
but he should make the greatest possi-
ble profit to the feeder and furnish an
economical carcass for the butcher and
housewife and meat of a quality to
please the most exacting. The car-
casses show that of this SOD-pound
gain, 38 per cent is water, 49 per cent
fat, and 12 per cent protein. When

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copies. The first edition of my big 1916 catalog was exhausted In
four months. The second edition is just off the press. That is why I.say, ASK TODAY.
Galloway’s Fall Book, - 96 pages in size printed in four colors 18 also Just off the press. I

want you to’have it. In fact, ‘

IWANTTHESE BOOKS IN EVERY FARM AND GITV HOME

I want you to compare the ‘quality of goods and prices I offer with those you have been used to paying and
figure out the saving for yourself. You will easily see that these books will save you from $100 to $500 on
1 your fall buying of Gasoline Engines, Cream Separators, Manure Spreaders, Farm Tractors, Wagons, Bug-
/' gies, Harness, Farm Im lements and Farm Machinery, Dairy Suplglies, Metal Grain Bins, Fanning Mills, Disc
” _ Drills, Farm Shop Tools, ement Mixers, Feed Grinders, Roofing Materia . Sewing Machines, Trunks and Bags. Washing
Machines, Stoves and Ranges, Kitchen Utensils, Silverware, Dishes, Carpets, Rugs, Furniture, Clothing and Shoes for the entire
family, and Farm Hardware and Sporting Goods. Ask now for these two books and commence saving at once.

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z; , A and 35 read it easily. Heavier bolts hold the beater bars in the

beater cad. The rear shaft increasedin stre th—hi her carbon
steel used. Additional strength in the more vlnc le than ever in
beater bracket. Larger drive sprockets. actual field work! No big tour
which mean lighter drait than ever. or three-horse.team is '

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creased in strength. The spreader box “I'm “0"” '3'" ”"34 ”WMN‘V ‘l‘ r
steadier in turning. The rear conveyor “W °'“°"3Y- 09mph“ details 01““

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WATER SUPPLY OUTFIT qualities make the “ Galloway Spreader spreader. but not one cent more Is oh-rgoo you tor them. Write today.

_ MASTERPIEGE ENGINES increases

FROM 1% TO 16 HIP. STATIONAISIXMQND PORTABLE

My entire line of Masterpiece Engines is unshaken by competition. I my own factories here at Waterloo
9. conliglete line of my famous Masterflgce engines. For every farm and shop need from law 16 horse Rover.
Mog that are power kings of their d. My 1 % and 2% 1311111131118 engines are BUILT RI HT AND PR OED
LOW. When you buy an engine insist on heavy weight because it costs more to build a. heavy engine. 8
on large bore and low speed. The Gallowaycengines give a lifetime of service at the hard. tough jobs because
they are built to stand up under the hardest wor lDon't get fooled into bu g high speed. light wei ht engines.
They cannot give you year-in and year-out satis- have for an engine to do! want to point out thwe to you.
faction at heavy work. and remember that Galloway That't why I want you to have these two ks.
is the pioneer engine builder selling direct from fac- In in new loo-page FALL BOOK and also the 250-9880 catalog
tory to farm and shop. Remember that Galloway I wi tell you why an engine of the heavier type is best and V.
' was the first engine builder (or salesman. for that mat- fiou com leto dot-lin. Ev sytyle and size or Galloway
1’ tier) to sell ggfid $118135: 1:“ (gm small prong; that all lustre b anddlfullyordtegcri . outcen ctm'legggtglfifig
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draw bar, 20 h. p. on the pulley; 1turns short; wei 5 5,000 lbs. '

F EE D _" ~ / We have exclusive manufacturing rig t carburetor; ngston magneto; .
- on its new patented transmission. 0n Waukesha governor. engine nev- *
C OOK E R ‘ ‘ no other tractor can you secure it. or races. Only two lever. to

It is the secret or this tractors won- control this tractor. It is as
dertul etticiency. Will do any art. far ahead or one and two cyl-f '
able en . e job—sawing. silo fl lin .' tnder tractors as four and six
corn she g. road grading; will hand a linder cars are ahead of the
28-inch grain separator. do feed grmd- 0 style one and two cylinder
tng. etc. handle three 14-inch bottoms cars. This modern form trac-
8 or 9 inches deep in clover or timothy tor is fully described in our
sod. Double chain drive: gears run in two new books. My 250- age _
oil-tight case in oil bath; rear wheels book and m 96-page boo are .
x 68 in. h: yours for t e asking. Get your

the famous ctgfiiies while the supp lasts. They
Waukesha the whole story. Ask today.
motor:Holly postal will get them.

SANITARY GREA

My Galloway Sanitary bath-in-oil cream separator can not be excelled. This
. $34.50 Size separator skims 375 lbs. £31- hour. It is the best separator ever
‘ built. _If you knew all there was to ow about building cream separators

and built one for yourself, it would not be a better machine. It
would not run any easier. skim any to to turn: wholesale figures. 11’ the New
closer and could not be built of bet- GalIIoway Sanitary Separator is as good as I
ter material nor more wear and sat- - sag it lignfiou can‘t attord tobuy guy
0 er ,

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Isfactionbebuilt right into it. We :il’itisnotas E as
build the quality into the sepa- say it is. I could not afl'or to offer
rator. and you ,get the service out. it to ({on on a 90-day trial nor ‘\
They are built up to a standard. not con! I afford to guarantee it to .
down to a price. Where other ma- you‘for ten years against flow: or 3
chinesaregood. the New Gallowa. detects in workmansip or material.

\Sanitary sas 800d or better. f The entire line of Gallows -bath-in-oll ‘
\ you build 3'5 800d 8. machine separatorsarecompletely escrlbedand \'
_ ou could not build it at a. ictured in my 93 figs Fall Book and ‘

B5ocpage catalog. be for the asldn . ‘
1916 direct tron: the lac- erte today before supply is exhaust

. now! only . ASK now run was: BOOK

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« C0 ' :TE’HQQEB 65 By all means, drop a postal to me asking for these books. Don’t put it off- Econo- ,
,, “A my is wealth. Saving money is earning money. You can Eactice econom -
\\ x and save money if you have these books in your home, and use em as 3. gm 3 1‘
1n buymg. I have werked hard to get these books out for the fall buying season and I 3
want you to see my efforts. Come to Waterloo if ossible. I want to entertain you at the Gallo- .
way Club. I want on to eat one or more meals wit me. I want to show you my great chain of g
factories right here Waterloo. I want you to see the merchandise departments am opening up ‘-
this fall and the great stocks of merchandise we have for the heavy fall and Winter trade. .
If you can't come and make me a visit. don't fail to drop me a. post card and ask [or these two
books that describe and picture the oflicos. the Agricultural Club buildigg. and the immense stocks
or merchandise at low. one-prom figures. These books are just as so as a trip to Waterloo.

WILLIAM GALLOWAV. President

THE WILLIAM GALLOWAY COMPANY
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LITERATURE
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This Magazine Section forms apart of our paper every week.

HE Indians will soon be a race

remembered but in history, and

even now this is so as regards
the eastern part of this great country.
What Indians remain conform to the
white man’s laws, and the relics of by-
gone days are naturally becoming more
and more scarce.

It has been years since the Indian
used the bow with the flint arrow head,
for the white man taught him the use
of fire arms. It is of the primitive
weapons and implements, those used
before Columbus discovered San Salva-
dore and before the White men looked
with covetous eyes on the land of the
red hunter that I wish to call your at-
tention.

It has been the writer’s privilege to
have access to a fine private collection
of relics said to be the most complete
of any collection in the state, and it is

Indian Relics In Michigan

By IRMA B.

due to the kindness of the owner that
much of this information was obtained,

.for the majority of these relics he has

picked up himself. The larger number
of them, especially those of warfare,

“are of flint.

Naturally, perhaps, our attention was
first attracted by the arrowhead be—
cause it is the most common. In this
collection I saw hundreds and hun-
dreds of all sorts, sizes and colors.
Some were made from pretty agates,
others of hard flint. Some were very
smooth and showed much labor, others
were very crude.

There were tiny ones hardly as large
as the nail on my smallest finger. I

MATTHEWS

thought these were very cunning and
I was told' that they were called
“birds” by the archeologist. Some peo-
ple believe they were used to shoot
birds and small game, but there is
nothing to warrant the belief.

While showing me the arrowheads
the owner called my attention to one
rather ordinary looking one that he
said he prized very highly. I could not
see anything extraordinary about it
and asked the reason.

It was during a visit to Italy that he
found the arrow he had called my at-
tention to. The find was made about
thirty miles northeast of Genoa. He
found at the same place quite a num-

Every article is written especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere

ber of flint chips. I examined the relic
carefully and decided that it was ex-
actly like those used by the Indians
here. ‘ i
What this would prove I am not pre-
pared to say, neither would the collect-
or advance any theory, but dozens of
ideas in reference to it have crowded
themselves into my mind. Did the Ital-
ians use arrowheads centuries ago?
Did they in any way ever communicate
with this country before Columbus
made his first voyage? Or did some
visitor at that early day take the ar-
rowhead from here to Italy, and if so
how account for the chips? But I will
desist, there is mystery enough in it I
think to keep my young readers out of-
mischief for some time if they will
only give it their careful attention.
Another treasured possession was an
arrowhead made from hammered cop-

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THE DEATH 0P“‘A‘ LEAF.‘

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BY L. MYRTLE SOURS.

A little green leaf came fluttering
down
Under a dull, gray sk
"D, the world is so cold!” said the lit-
: ' tle green leaf,
“It is dreadfully hard to die”

But the sun broke out from the leaden
. sky
And covered it all with blue.
“‘Why, little green leaf,” said the shin-
ing sun,
“I’m coming to stay with you;

“And you need not fear the chill in
the air,
My smile will keep you w,.a1m’
So the leaf turned brown and curled in
' the sun
With never a fear of harm.

And it slept so sound and so sweet and
long
That it never even knew
what all the leaves from the tree tops
fell
When the breezes softly blew.

'And the leaves all fluttered around till '

heaps
Lay brown in the shining sun
And the snows of wintel fell over them

deep
And buried them every one.

And the little green leaf and all the
leaves
Were softly, gently, crushed
In the sun’s warm arms beneath the
snow
Where every sound was hushed.

”And they turned the earth all mellow
and dark
Down where the violets grew;
But one day they woke and suddenly

found
That they were violets too.
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per. This and one other are the only

Specimens I have. ever seen, but it sure-
ly goes to show that the natives must
have known something of our rich cop-
per deposits before they were discov-
ered by the whites.

The spearheads were of nearly the
same shape as the arrowheads but
much larger, some of them measuring
fully eight inches in length. They are
not so plentiful, however, and are
found mostly on the shores of some
lake.

The knives were rather awkward
looking instruments to me and I won.
dered how they had been made to do
their bloody work A small ciicular
stone with a hole hollowed in one side,
I was infouned, was a paint pot. Prob-
ably some brave had mixed his war
paint in it, and although it must have
been many years ago the stone was
still greasy. I have no doubt but what
it had been used a long time for you
must remember it required a great deal
of patience to make such an article,
and they were not regarded lightly,
but handed down from father to son.

A hammer stone was also nearly
round and flat, with one edge shaped
for a hammer. On either side it was
sunken or depressed as though the
hands, by continual use, had worn
away the stone.

The axes were very interesting.
Some were polished until they were as
smooth as glass, while others were
rough. I believe they are divided gen-
erally into two classes, the grooved
and the ungrooved.

The first class have deep grooves
into which the handles were fitted.
There were two ways of fitting these
handles: one was to bind the ax to a
stout stick by means of deer thongs,
the other took more time and patience
but was much better. A young branch
was selected and carefully split, the ax
was inserted, the limb carefully bound
again, and then left until it had grown
together and the ax had become as It
were, a part of the wood.

One of the axes shown me is known
as a celt and in my research I have
only found record of one other exactly
like it, and that was discovered in the
West Indies. Plenty of others have
been found but these are grooved for a
handle, while the others are not.

I saw a large number cf chisels.
queer little instruments, slender and

 

sharp at "oné’end. What they were.
used for we' can only Surmi‘se, “but
among other things in this collection
was an irregular shaped bead of bone,
and I wOndered if the chisels were not
used to make the hole through this.

There were also little pieces of flint
called fleshers and scrapers, that were
likely used by the Indians to cure” their
deer skins, or rather to work them and
make them soft and pliable, for there
was no complicated machinery to do
such work as we do it today.

I looked very attentively at some In-
dian pipes that were carefully made
of solid stone. They were oblong and
round, much the same shape of the
pipe of today. The stems of the pipes
which were likely made of some hol-
low reed were gone, but the bowls
were perfect.

Last among the stone implements
were some articles called‘ceremonials.
The most of them were oblong with
corners nearly square ,and with a hole
through each end. A few were pointed
on the ends.

Many are the uses that have been as-
signed these strange articles. Some de-
clare they were used as shuttles for
rude looms, others that they were
weights for their fish nets, a few con-
tend that theV we1e W cm as orna-
ments, while still others believe they

are the; famons scalplng
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be natural to carry a stick on a string
about the neck. When a warrior took
a. scalp of the enemy he recorded the
fact by cutting a notch on the scalping-
stick. In support of this theory I found
two in this collection that had notches
cut in them and on one I counted over
twenty.

One thing that puzzled me greatly
was how the Indians managed to make
their first weapon. They had nothing
harder than the flint to work with and
how was it accomplished. I will own
that it seemed rather incredible to me
when I was first told that they chipped
the flint off with pieces of wood or
bone from a deer. I have since learn-
ed that this was true.

Among this large collection of relics
were some of a more recent date.
There was an iron tomahawk, like
those the French traders gave the red-
men, then, too, there were some armu—
lets that the collector had dug out of
an Indian grave, that were made of
silver. They were very thin. Some
breast plates made of the same metal
were also included.

There were Indian beads probably
given them by the first traders, and
others made of pieces of shell called
“Wampum.”

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F rec Will vs.Neccssity

By F. ].YATES

THE question of Free Will and
Necessity has taken up many

pages of print and many hours
of discussion throughout the religious
history of humanity, and will continue
so to do; and it is a question which we
ordinary mortals cannot expect satis~
factorily to solve. But the phrase of-
ten occurs to me in connection with
the routine of life, and especially so in
relation to rural life. How far are
certain living conditions predestined
and necessary, and to what extent can
we bend circumstances to the gaining
of worthy ends?

Necessity is a bogy which has had
much to do with the young people’s
leaving the farm—a necessity often
purely imaginary, and one which did
not consider the “other side of the
shield.” Sometimes this Necessity has
said that the family living could not be
made unless all members of the family
worked far in excess of the hours
which are required of paid'city work-
ers; occasionally it has decreed that
there was no possible chance for the
setting aside of a small sum with
which to purchase some of the things
which make for the broader life; or it
has cheerfully ordained that the front
grass plot which' rolled unbrokenly
down to the road must be plowed and
put into cabbages or strawberries, or
some such money-making crop. Per-
haps it has made it impossible for the
women to have an occasional grant of
a horse with which to make visits to
friends at some distance; or it has ad-
ded another bent to the barn and left
the house without running water, or
unscreened porches, or weatherbeaten
sides. It may have taken the pet ani-
mal, duly transferred to s0me one
younger member of the family, and
cheerfully witnessed the selling of it
for household expenses. It may have
kept the boy out of school at that age
when he has not yet awakened to the
inest‘imable value of education, in or-
der that he might give a lift at work
with his elders. Necessity is a stern
taskmaster and we cannot always es-
cape its pitiless lash. Indeed, it is of-
ten a blessing in disguise, for it some-
times takes sluggards and makes use-
ful workers out of them, and stiffens
moral fibre, and develops will, but it
can inhibit as well as strengthen, and
we must be watchful what it is doing
with us.

Above all. see that Necessity does
not smother Free Will, its cheerful
yokemate. Free Will is equally brave,

ever ready for self-denial, which means
the broader life at the 'end of the de-
nial. Free Will is not bowed down by
lack of funds into submission and dis-
may. It realizes that even within
bounds there is room for individual
growth and co-operation. A tree is
planted when a boughte'n improvement.
cannot be had. A value is seen in the
unbroken stretch of lawn which cab-
bages cannot replace. Gay flowers and
friendly shrubs and climbing vines
draw one’s attention from the weather-
beaten sides of the home. Belts may
be tightened a bit, and that with
smiling faces when a few good books

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Mrs Stanton, an American woman,
has been successful in selling a new
noiseless weapon to the British gov—
ernment. The weapon is operated by
belt power and hurls missiles by centri-
fugal force with deadly aim.
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and periodicals are needed to feed the
young minds and refresh jaded ones.
“Indian” gifts are withheld from the
children rather than hurt their feelings

and destroy their confidence. Most
serious conference is held before the
boy or girl is withdrawn from school
for helping during sessions. Except
for special seasons, such as harvest
and threshing times, regular hours are
found to be conducive to better health
and equal profits, and evenings are
found best spent in relaxation and
pleasure rather than in odd jobs for
the men and sewing for the women.
Free Will may elect to see the 'Wider
view and the higher aim which makes
for growth and improved moral fibre.
Trust greatly, and desire greatly, Fath-
ers and Mothers, and greater openings
for activity will come to you. Plan
with the opportunities of Free Will be-
fore you as well as with the exigencies
of Necessity. Weigh and consider well
and be very sure that in grasping for
financial gains you are not inviting
moral loss.

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A Halloween Nut Party

By ADDIE FARRAR

NOVEL way of celebrating All

Hallowe’en Eve, especially for

folk who have grown tired of
ghost parties and masquerades, is by
giving a nut party; and nuts were so
thoroughly associated with ancient
Hallowe’en celebrations that this sort
of an entertainment seems fitting.
Moreover, a nut party may be so ar-
ranged that it may be enjoyed by old
or young, dancing folk or those who
do not dance, and as many novel fea-
tures may be added as an original host-
ess can think out.

It is pretty to send the invitations
enclosed in walnut shells. Crack the
walnuts carefully so as to keep the
shells perfect, take out the meats,
which come in handy in the kitchen,
and in their place put the invitation,
written on a piece of paper which is
folded as small as possible. Glue the
shells together and then tie them with
narrow ribbon and attach a card on
which is written, “A nut for you to
crack.” If, however, you do not care
to take this trouble use brown paper
invitation cards to write your invita-
tion on, and paint a few nuts in the
corners. A water color representation
of an acorn leaf would also make a
good invitation card. 031er ideas may
occur to the hostess.

As the guests arrive see that each
gentleman is given a small nut crack-
er on which is tied a tiny ribbon bow,
and each lady a walnut sealed like the
invitation nuts, and tied with the same
color of ribbon as is on the companion
nut cracker. When the man finds the
ribbon that matches the bow on his
nut cracker, he claims the possessor

for his partner and proceeds to crack
the nut she holds out. Out of this will
fall a tiny card on which is written
some stunt the pair must do for the
amusement of the guests, as sing a
song together, attempt a piano duet,
give an exhibition of fox trotting, or
try to whistle Yankee Doodle or some
other tune together. This last is al-
most impossible to do, for nine times
out of ten the couple will start laugh-
ing and will not be able to Whistle the
entire tune through. The stunts are
really a part of the hostess’ plan, who
probably knows the talents of her
guests, and even the repeating of a
Mother Goose rhyme in unison causes
much fun. as most of the guests will
have forgotten and the attempt will be
funny.

If, during the evening, you would like
a real Hallowe’en love test, provide a
number of halves of walnut shells and
fasten in them the tiniest candles you
can buy. To do this soften the bottom
of each little taper over a match and
then stick into the shell. Provide each
guest with two or even three if desir-
ed, so that they may each be named.
Have a large pan of water and at a
signal let the shells be set sailing. Of
course, one of the nuts has been nam-
ed for the sender. The little ships
must sail on, not being stirred by as
much as a breath. If they drift away
from eachother there is no love, but
if they stick close together one’s fate
is readily seen. If the candles go out
there is supposed to be trouble brew-
ing between the couple.

In the circle of fate, the entire com-
pany joins hands in a circle. Holes

  

 

 

 


 

 

  

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buns strung through walnuts and Bra- , ‘

zil nuts, they are hung around the
necks of the guests. The walnut de~

‘ notes good luck, the Brazil nut -indif—' '-
' ferentluck. A little basket containing

an apple. or two is inserted in the cir-
cle; that is, One couple hold the han-
dles of the basket instead of each oth-
ers hands. A blindfolded person is
then placed in the middle of the ring
and the circle moves silently and slow-
ly around until _“halt” is called. The
blinded person then grOpes and touch-
es someone and the beribboned nut on
him which denotes the luck. Much fun
can be had by trying to discover the
date on which the luck is to take place.
The person touched is the month of
January, and counting from the right,
the basket of apples is the fateful
month. For example some one is
touched bearing a walnut. He is called
January, the one on his right February
and then March, and then comes the,
apples, which is April. Now go back
to January and turn him into No. 1
and work the reverse way to the left,
each person being counted. If the cir-
cle consists of twelve persons, No. “11”
will fall to the basket and the blind-
folded party will have a piece of great
good luck on April 11. A second blind-
folded person is then put into the cen-
ter to try his luck, and so on until each
one has tried.

Another interesting game is called
“Nuts to Crack.” Prepare a booklet
by tying together as many blank leaves
as there will be men present, and writ-
ing on the cover a different riddle, puz-
zle, anagram or conundrum, or some
other “nut to crack.” Tie a tiny pen-
cil to the ribbon that holds the leaves
together. Then write each puzzle and
its solution on a small piece of paper
and place inside a walnut shell glued
together. ' The lady then hands her
booklet to her partner and he attempts
to solve the problem on the first page,
signing his name. After a few minutes
a bell is rung and partners are changed
and this man, too, tries to solve the
problem of his new partner, by signing
his name, and. so on.

When all the men have tried each
puzzle, the bowls containing the nuts
With the answers are passed and each
lady takes one and hands it to her
partner who cracks it and reads in his
turn the answer it contains. As each
puzzle is read the man takes his part-
ner’s book and reads aloud the various
answers she has gained, and the reve-
lations cause much merriment.

One hostess used this booklet game
at supper, having the tables just large
enough to seat two guests, a man and
a. woman, and the luncheon in order to
prolong the fun was served in several
courses. Partners were changed by
the lady arising at the ringing of the
bell and leaving her partner. Some-
times the bell would ring in the middle
of a course and the lady would arise,
seize ‘her plate and napkin and go to
another table, leaving the man who
was not in the secret utterly bewilder-
ed. Of course, the signals were at the
caprice of the hostess and this chang-
ing of partners caused much merri-
ment.

If you have an open fireplace try

. burning nuts to test your fortunes. The

nuts are named and placed upon a
long-handled shovel in the fire. As
they burn brightly, black, or burst with
a loud report, prosperity, misfortune
and early death are indicated. Two
nuts, one named for the person making
the test and another for an admirer or
lady love are placed side by side on the
shovel. If one cracks or jumps, the
person whose name it bears will prove
unfaithful; if it begins to blaze or burn
brightly the person for whom it is nam-
ed loves the other. This game is usu-
ally a favorite with the young folk.
Many other games will suggest them-
selves to the hostess, as charades on
cocoanut, hazel nut, butternuts, etc.,
and prizes might be given for the one
who could, within the shortest space 0
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Fine bright lights in every room. Safe
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Like city gas it does away with the bother
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The PILOT is “bringing all these com-
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(Concluded from last week).

Ain’t it like things was arranged to
happen in patterns, same as crystals?
For it was just in them next two min-
utes that two things happened: The
first was that a boy came riding over
on his wheel from the telegraph olce
and give a telegram to Timothy. And
Timothy opens it and waves it over
his head, and come with it over "to us:

“First contribution for the fiood-suf
ferers!” says he. “They telephoned
the news over to Red Barns, and list-
en to this: ‘Put me down for twenty-
five dollars towards the flood folks’
food. Zachariah Roper.”

I looked over to Timothy straight.

“Zachariah Roper,” I says, “that
owns the cement plant that some of
the Flat folks got in the way of ‘1”

Timothy jerked his shoulder distaste-
ful. “The idear,” says he, “of bringin’
up business at a time like this.”

With that I looked over at Silas, and
I see. him with the scarcest thing in
the world for him—a little pinch of a
smile on his face. Just for a minute
he met my eyes. Then he looked down
to get his hand a little farther away
from where the old hen in the coop
had been picking it.

And the other thing that happened
was that up in front of me come run-
ning little Mrs. Bitty Marshall, and her
eyes was full of tears.

“Oh, Mis’ Marshall,” she says, “What
do you s’pose I done? I come off and
left my lace curtain. I took it. down
first: thing and pinned it up in a paper
to bring. And then I come off and
left it.”

Before I could say a word Silas a11-
sewered her:

“The water’ll never get up that. far,
Mis’ Marshall,” he says, “don’t you
worry. Don’t you worry one bit. But,”
says he, “if anything does happen to
it, Mis’ Marshall, I’ll tell you now you
can have as good a one as we’ve got
in the store, on me. There now, you’ve
had a present today a’ready!"

I guess she thanked him. I donno.
All I remember is that pretty soon ev-
erybody begun to move towards town
and I moved with ’em. And while we
walked the whole thing kind of begun
to take hold of me, what it meant, and
things that had been coming to me all
the morning came to me all together
—and I wanted to chant ’em a chant,
like Deborah ———(but pronounced Deb‘
orah when it’s a relative). And I want-
ed to say:

“Oh, Lord, look down on these 80
families, old and young and real young,
that we’ve lived neighbor to all our
lives, and yet we don’t know half of
’em, either by name or by face, till
now. Till now.

“And some of them we do know in-
dividual has showed up here today
with a back-ground of families, wives
and children they’ve got, just like any-
body—Tippie that. drives the dray and
that's helped move everybody; for 12
years he’s moved my refrigerator out
and my cook stove in, and vicious
\e1ses, as regular as spring come and
autumn ariived; and there all the time
he had a wife, with a cameo pin, and
thiee little Tippies in plaid skirts and
pink cheeks, asking everybody for a
diink of water just like your own child
and one of ’em so nice that he might
have been anybody’s instead of just
Tippie S.

"And Mamie Felt that does up lace
curtains of them that can afford to
have ’em done up and dries ’em on a
frame so’s they hang straight and not
like a waterfall with its expression
blowing sideways, same as mine do—-—
there’s Mamie with her old mother and
a cripple brother that we’ve never
guessed about, and that she was doing
for all the whole time.

“And Absalom Ricker’s old mother,
that’s mourning bitter because she left
her coral pint with a dog on behind on
the Flats that her husband give it to
her when they was engaged .
and we knew she was married, but not
one of us had thought of her as human
enough ever to have been engaged.
And Mis’ Haskitt with her new black
dress, and Mis’ Dole with her clean-
ironed clothes bars, and Mis’ Bitty
Marshall with her baby and her little

chickens and her lace curtain, and Bit
ty with his grocery store.

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seetthem, and all the rest of ’em, close
up 0.

“We’re glad that now just because
the Mad river flower right into the
homes that we ain’t often been in or
ever, if any, and drove up to us the
folks that we’ve never thought so very
much about, we’re glad to get the feel-
ing that I had when I heard our gro-
cery—boy knew how to hand-carve
wood and our mail man was announc-
ed to sing a bass solo that we never

thought they had any regular lives,

separate from milk and mail.
“And let us keep that feeling, 0
Lord! Amen.”

And I says right out of the fullness
of the lump in my throat:

“Don’t these folks seem so much
more folks than they ever did before?”

Mis’ Merriman that was near me, an-
swered up:

“Why, of course,” she says, “they’re
in trouble. Ain’t you no compassion to
you?”

“Some,” says I, modest, “but where’d
that compassion come from? It didn’t
just grow up now, did it?—like Abra-
ham’s gourd, or whoever it was that
had one?”

“Why, no,” she says irritable. “It’s
in us all, of course. But it takes trou-
ble to bring it out.”

“Why does it take trouble to bring
it out?” I says and I looked ahead at
us all a-streaming down Daphne street,
just like it was some nice human do-
ings. “Why does it? Here's us all,
and it only takes a minute to get us
all going, with our hands in our pock<
ets and lumps in our throats and our
sympathy just as busy as it ever was
for our little family in-t’our-walls af-
fairs. Now,” I says, “that love and
sympathy, and them pockets and them
throats are all here, just the same,
day after day. What I want to know
is, what ale them things doing with
themselves when nobody is in active
tiouble?”

And then I said my creed:

“0, when we get to working as hard
to keep things from happening as we
work when it’s happened, won’t living
be fun?”

“Well, of course we couldn’t prevent
floods,” says Mis’ Merriman, “and them
natural things.”

“Shucks!” I says, simple. “If we
knew as much about frosts and hurri-
canes as we do about comets—we’d
shew you. And do you think it’s any
harder to bank in a river than it is to
build a subway—-—if there was the same
money in for the company?”

Just then the noon whistles blew—
all of ’em together, round-house and
brick-yard, so’s you couldn’t tell ’em
apart; and the sun come shining down
on us all, going along on Daphne street.
And all of a sudden Mis’ Merriman
looked over to me and smiled, and so
I done to her, and I saw that our morn-
ing together and our feeling together
had made us forget, whatever there’d
been between us to forget about. And
I ain’t ever in my life felt so kin to
folks. I felt kinner than I knew I was.

That night, tired as I was, I walked
over to see Mis’ Sykes’s night-bloom-
ing cereus—I don’t see enough pretty
things to miss one when I can get to it.
And there, sitting on Mis’ Sykes’s
front porch, with her shoes slipped off
to rest her feet, was Mis’ Holcomb-
that—was-Mame Bliss.

“Mis’ Sykes is out getting in a few
pieces she washed out and forgot,”
says Mame, “and the Marshalls is all
down town in a body sending a postal
to say they’re safe. Silas went too.”

“The Marshalls!” says I. “Are they
here?”

Mame nodded. "Silas asked ’em,”
she says. "Him and Bitty’ve been look-
ing over grocery stock catalogues.
Silas’s been advising him some.”

Mame and I Smiled in concert. But
whether the flood done it, or whether
we done it—who cared?”

“But, land, you, Mame!” I says. “I
thought you—I thought Mis’ Sykes—”

"I know it," says Mame. “I was. She

       

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did But the first thing I knew in“ . ‘

there we was" peeling potatoes togeth-
er in the same pan, and we done it all
afternoon._ I guess we kind of forgot
about our bad feeling. . . .”

I set there, smiling in the dark. I
donno whether you know a village
along toward night, with the sky still
pink, and folks watering their front
lawns and calling to each other across
the streets, and a little smell of bon-
fire smoke coming from somewheres?
It was like that. And when Mis’ Sykes
come to tell us the flower was begin-
ning to bloom, I says to myself that
there was lotsmore in bloom in the
world than any of us guessed.

A SUCCESSFUL LIGHTING PLANT.

HE evolution in house lighting

has been as great in the last

generation as that in other lines
of enterprise. No farther back than
our fathers’ days the “tallow dip” was
the sole means of domestic illumina-
tion—unless perchance it might have
been the light from the fire in the old
fireplace. The writer hereof was quite
a boy and well remembers when the
first kerosene lamp was introduced in-
to the family. My, what a light we
thought it gave. And how apprehen-
siVe we were lest it should explode.
The younger members of the family
were all severely cautioned not to med-
dle with that lamp.

While the kerosene lamp still sur-
vives in farm residences, yet among
these there is a decided movement to-
wards other and more efficient means
of house lighting. It was in February,
1904, that this writer installed an
acetylene gas lighting system in his
home. It is a small and very simple
plant, but has given excellent satisfac-
tion. Every room in the house is pro-
vided with an abundance of light, and
not the least among its advantages is
getting away from the care of a lot of
greasy lamps. _A few minutes occa-
sionally are required in renewing the
charge of carbide, and the shades need
only such care as other articles of
household furniture to keep them clear
of dust.

The generator is installed in the
house cellar, and one winter when wife
and I were in the south and the house
unoccupied, the man who was left in
charge was directed to empty the wa-
ter out of the generator, but failed to
do so and the machine froze up. The
only damage resulting from this, how-
ever, was a slight leak. This repair
has been the only one required since
the plant was installed. So far as now
observable it is good for years to come.
The expense of running this plant is
merely nominal. Just about 300 pounds
of carbide are consumed in a year,
costing $4 per 100 pounds at the sta-
tion here. During the time when lights
are required We burn from one to three
or four tips. Occasionally when there
are some “doings” at our house the
whole house is lighted up. And the
lights in the living-rooms are equal to
or greater in intensity or candle power
than the ordinary electric bulb.

A thing that frightens a good many
people in the use of acetylene gas is
the possible danger of an explosion. It
is true that this gas is inflammable,
and like all inflammables should be
used with caution. But did anyone ev-
er hear of explosions in the use of
gasoline? Still, gasoline is constantly

general use. Like all gas machines
that are properly constructed, and that
will be permitted in insured buildings,
mine is provided with an overflow pipe
which carries any surplus gas that
may be generated out of doors. Our

machine is as inoffensive in the cellar ’

as a barrel of potatoes or a crate of
onions, but if a person has any fears
about installing a machine in the cel-
lar a small frost-proof room may be
constructed outside and away from the
house where the machine may be plac—
ed and all danger avoided.

We have never tried this gas for
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BY .1. A'. KAISER.
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When Nature’s wildest fruits, the nuts
and leaves

And hariidy grapes and native apples
W1 1 _

In colors of a thousand gorgeous hues,

Bedeck the woods and fields, and pen-
dant hang

Against the soft and dreamy autumn
s y—

When over-head the wild geese south-
ward bound

Their noisy clangor raise, and in the

woods

The partridge from the thicket bursts
away

Before the traveler’s tread, a patch of
brown

An instant whirring through some sun-

“ lit space,

Then lost from View amid the bright.

’~hued woods: , ,

Thou art the crowning glory of'the
year, -

When Nature’s lap is full and over-
ful

And when her genial smile is over all.

What fields: What woods! What skies.
What stores laid up

Against the coming winter’s fruitless
time!

What golden, russet- brown, and crim~
son hues.

What nights invigorated by the frosts!

What genial, sunny, warm and hazy
days!

Words cannot paint thy charms, thou
month of months:

He who would know, must loiter ’neath

thy skies

And spend awhile amid thy fields and
woods,

Thy golden, gorgeous, ever-glorious
woods.

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for acetylene burns from one-half to
one cubic foot of gas an hour, while
the tips for burning street gas consume
five to six feet cubic feet an hour. This
might make cooking a little costly,
though, as I say, I never tried it.
Allegan Co. Eow. HUTCHINS.

A HUNTER’S CODE.

 

Signals for deer and other hunters
who are in trouble have been prepared
by Thomas B. Wyman, secretary of the
Northern Forest Protective Associa-
tion. Large placards are being placed
in the wodds by Mr. Wyman in order
to keep the signals ever before the
minds of the hunters. Here are the
signals:

Help—four shots in quick succession,
as 0000.

Injured—Shot, pause, two
pause, shot, as o-oo-o.

Lost—Three quick shots, pause, one
shot, as ooo-o.

Man Founde—One shot, pause, three
quick shots, as o-ooo.

Call Heard—Two quick shots, pause,
two quick shots, as 00-00.

Shots,

EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY

 

Should read in next week’s issue of
the Michigan Farmer the first install-
ment of our new serial, “Mister Forty-
four,” by E. J. Rath. This is one of
the best serials of the season, and by
reading the first chapter the folks will
become intimately acquainted with the
heroine’s keen sense of justice. Every
character in this story is human, full
of life and energy. The story will thor-
oughly entertain and enthuse readers
with those things which make for
wholesome living. We believe that
splendid practice of reading aloud to
the whole family should be revived in
the American home. Here is an op-
portunity to start with the winter’s
reading. Remember, the story will be-
gin in next week’s issue.

MICHIGAN FARMERS VISIT WIS-
CONSIN DAIRYMEN.

 

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Madison to look through the capitol

building, which is nearing completion
and is accounted the most superb cap.
itol building in America.

Everyone voted the three-day trip a
grand success. The farmers are so
enthusiastic that they want more trips
‘ot. the same kind and say they will
send their boys, too. I. B. McMUB'mY.

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BUT THERE’S JUST A CHANCE that that
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November 7th—and that chance lies in the
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zen vote on November 7th on the Prohibition
question, but that he vote right—intelligently,
and with a full understanding of the ballots.

JUST SUPPOSE YOUR RIGHT to the ballot
were cancelled—how sore you would be!

YOU PRIZE YOUR FRANCHISE as an Ameri-
can citizen above all else—you’d shed your last
drop of blood to protect that right, if it were to
be taken away from you.

AND ’YET THAT is precisely what is attempted
when schemers, working in the interests of the
saloons, so frame proposed laws and amend—
ments as to fool you and make you actually Vote
the exact opposite of what you intended.

TAKE THAT SO-CALLED “HOME RULE”
amendment for example!

SOUNDS INNOCENT—sounds like something
any lover of home would want to vote for.

YET IT’S THE MOST VICIOUS amendment
that could be devised. The term “Home Rule”
covers a trick by which you are to be caught and
induced to vote for an act that would result not
in Home Rule, but Home Ruin.

IT’S A TRAP cunningly devised to catch the care-
less and the unsuspecting voter.

IT IS JUST A TRICK, of course.
you expect from such a source.

THEY MUST RESORT TO TRICKERY in or—
der to make it possible for 5 per cent to outwit
95 per cent of Michigan voters.

WE SAY 5 PER CENT BECAUSE that is just
about the proportion of people 1n this state who
are financially interested and directly profit from
saloons, breweries and closely related vices and
“devices.”

PERHAPS ONE—THIRD—not more—of the vot-
ers of this State really do not believe in Prohibi-
tlon.

WE THINK THEY ARE WRONG—funda-
mentally wrong. But we grant their sincerity
and their honesty. So we know they are not a
party to this trick.

IN FACT, WE BELIEVE that if they will take
the trouble to read carefully and to look into that
amendment and learn its viciousness and the
abuses to which it surely would lead, they would
be as deeply incensed as are the most ardent be-
lievers in State—Wide Prohibition.

But what can

THE SALOON INTERESTS CALL IT the
“Home Rule” amendment. Was ever term more
misapplied!

LISTEN, HERE’S WHAT it would mean if en—
acted.

IT PROVIDES that “every incorporated city and
village ,and organized township (get that—
“township”!) shall each have the right to deter—
mine whether or not there shall be prohibited
therein the manufacture and sale of malt, fer-
mented, vinous, distilled or intoxicating liquors!”

ANY VILLAGE OR TOWNSHIP, mind you!—
how close does that bring the saloon to your own
home?

YOU KNOW “PRACTICAL POLITICS” per-
haps. Then just consider that by the simple plan
of "colonization”—bringing 50 to 75 men (un-
principled hirelings!) into a village or township
and keeping them there 21 days, that little dis-
trict can be voted “Wet.”

THE MAJORITIES FOR or against any measure
in such communities are small. Think how
easy it would be, and how cheap considering the
stake—to swing the decision for a “Wet” town-
ship or village. And 100 “colonists” could swing
most cities in Michigan—all but the very larg-
est ones!

WHY IT IS DIABOLICAL in its cunning—noth-
ing less.

IT BEHOOVES YOU, even tho you are apathetic
on the State-Wide Prohibition subject, but do
not want a saloon right next door to your home,
to read carefully those two ballots.

FOR THERE ARE TWO, and they look so much
alike it is impossible to tell which is which, ex—
cept by reading the first paragraph (in black
type) and the first few words of the second para-
graph of both.

THEY LOOK ALIKE—BUT what a tremendous
difference!

THE ONE IS “Amendment to Article XVI of the
Constitution,” and that provides for the most
practical form of State-Wide Prohibition.

THE OTHER IS “Amendment to Article VIII."
This is the “trick” of the saloons, and if enacted
would bring about the worst possible conditions.

IT WOULD CREATE LITTLE PEST HOLES
all over the State, from which pollution would
spread into the surrounding “Dry” territory, and
into your very home.

READ YOUR BALLOTS CAREFULLY—take
your own time about it.

IT WOULDN’T BE A BAD IDEA to cut this ad
out and, when in the booth, refer to the direc-
tions below and mark your ballots accordingly.

AND BE SURE to vote on both ballots. For
there’s another catch there.

IF YOU FAIL to vote “No” to the saloon
“Amendment to Article VIII,” you may be sure
the saloon men and their friends will vote for it
—and it might carry. They never fail to vote—
it means money to them—much money.

SO VOTE “YES" to the “Amendment to Article XVI of the Constitution”—State— Wide Prohibition.
THEN VOTE ”NO" to the “Amendment to Article VIII .” which is the scheme of the saloon interests.

AND WE REPEAT. don’t fail to vote on both!

This is vital!

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VERY sportsman can tell you how
much depends upon team-work.
So essential is it that many a.
world’s series game has been lost for
lack of it, and even the eight-year-old
fan playing the game in a vacant field
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You remember Lydgate and Rosa-
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object in view he should have gone to
the top of his profession, medicine.
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best.” Not that Rosy ever did any-
thing unladylike or openly opposed
Lydgate. In fact, she never said any-
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Rosy had done some ridiculous thing
which completely upset his plans and
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Three or four years of this sort of
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as his ambitions were concerned.
There was no use opposing Rosy, and
she had her own way anyway. There
was no team-work and never could be.
So Lydgate gave up. He died a young
man, a complete failure from his point
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one thing only, lack of team-work at
home.

We do not need to look to fiction,
however, to see illustrations of homes

'wrecked by lack of this essential fea-

ture. You all know homes where no
one is head, where parents are at vari-
ance with one another and the chil-
dren with themselves and parents as
well. “Individualism,” we call this at-
titude of each going his own way, but
it is individualism very much over-
worked. Of course, no two can be
brought to the same pattern, there
must be allowance for the peculiarities
of each member of the' family. But in
order to make a succeSs of family life
each must give up some things that all
may work together for harmony.

Many a, man is living today with the
fear of dying and leaving his family
penniless, because the wife will not
work with him with an idea. of saving.
“He had no business to marry me if he
didn’t want to spend his money on me,”
is one woman’s plea. And she goes on
blindly spending every cent the hus-
band can bring in, with no thought of
the lean years to come. A little co~op~
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from the man’s shoulders and make
him better able to earn more.

Then the women, too, whose hus-
bands are misers, who think that life
was only meant as a time to accumu-
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chance to rest and look about them, an
opportunity to spend a few of the dol-
lars they have earned, but which are
jealously seized and stored away by
the miserly husbands. A little team-
WOI‘K on the part of the husbands here
would mean the difference between life
and. slavery to the tired out women. It
would keep alive the love in hearts

which hard work and stinginess are ’

filling with seething hate. ‘
Team-work should lead to the cover-
ing of domestic squabbles. Of course,
we all have them now and then, but
why tell the neighbors about it? They
are only maliciously interested, and as
there is always two sides to every
quarrel we are only confessing our own
shortcomings when we tell family af-
fairs. In fact, team-work, if properly
practiced would make family life as
nearly idyllic as we can ever hope to
make it in this vale of tears. It would
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BY LALIA MITCHELL.

The fat in which doughnuts have
been fried can be used for frying pota-
toes and these make a pleasant change.

Saratoga Chips.-—Peel firm, medium-
sized potatoes and slice very thin. Let
stand four hours in cold salted water
and drain, wiping off any remaining
moisture with a dry towel. Drop in
hot fat and let remain until light brown
in color, and crisp. Remove with a
skimmer, sprinkle lightly with salt and
Serve.

Sweet Potato Fritters—Rub two
cupfuls of sweet potatoes through a
colander, add three well beaten eggs
and a little butter. Lift in small spoon-
fuls and drop in hot fat until brown.
Remove with skimmer, drain for 3. mm
ment on white paper and serve hot.

Souffle Potatoes.-——Slice small mealy
potatoes lengthwise, being sure to have
the pieces not more than twice as thick
as for Saratoga chips. Have ready
two kettles of fat, one very hot, and
the other only moderately so. Drop
slices of potato- into the cool kettle,
let remain until half done, skim out
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BY DOROTHY CLARK.

Many of our young people who will
entertain on Hallowe’en will he look-
ing for ways of entertaining their
guests. There are many old-time games
which are amusing, but as Hallowe’en
is often called the eve of all Saints,
being the eve preceding All Saints’ day,
November 1, one might also use a
guessing game called “The Game of All
Saints,” to help fill out the evening.

Prizes may be given, one to the per-
son having the mOst correct answers,
and one to the person having the least.
It is not necessary to go to the ex-
pense of buying these prizes unless the
hostess so desires. A hideous looking
Jack o’ lantern for the booby prize
and a sack containing ten or twelve
rosy cheeked apples for first prize will
answer very nicely. Here are the ques-
tions and below them the answers:

1. What beautiful lake is named af-
ter a saint? ,

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5. What mission in this state was
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7. What river and city in Michigan
are named for a saint?

8. Place the word “saint” before a
name applied to a newly married man
and you have the name of what saint?

9. What very old city in the United
States was named for a famous saint?

10. What saint bore the same name
as the given name of a great explorer?

11. What river and falls in the
northern part of Michigan are named
for an important saint?

12. What saints’ day comes the fit-
teenth of July?

1. Saint Clair.

2. Saint Valentine.

3 Saint Genevieve.

4 Saint Patrick.

5. Saint Ignace.

6. Saint Nicholas.

7 Saint Joseph.

8 Saint Benedict.

9. Saint Augustine.

10. Saint Christopher.

11. Saint Mary.

12. Saint Swithens.

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THE local markets for farm poul-
try seem very good this year in

the average section. The farmer
with a, hundred or more fat hens of
any of the American breeds can usu-
ally obtain about one dollar per hen
for his birds and if the flock can be en-
tirely replaced with pullets. about to
lay the money from the mature flock
can almost be classed as “clean vel-
vet,” as the hens have certainly paid
their way during the past season of
high-priced eggs, and they should have
made a fair profit in addition.

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The early broiler market is always
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higher early in the season. Too fre-
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were not run through one or two more
hatches, as the local market is not sup-
plied with broilers in sufficient quanti-
ties and ‘two dealers have stopped me
on the street and requested more.
Three—pound Barred Rock broilers
which will bring twenty cents a pound
can be made a profitable summer crop
with fair luck in hatching and brood—
ing. It might be mentioned that the
Leghorn broiler is received with favor
by the hotel trade as the birds are sold
at high prices in small portions. The
hotel manager makes no more money
by serving a large broiler and for this
reason the fine tender young Leghorns
bring a good price from the best hotel
trade. The general trade on the local
market appreciates broilers of the Am-
erican breeds as they are larger and
look more like a “real chicken.” The
marketing of broilers will probably: be
a side line on the majority of farms,
but it can be made a profitable side
line if the crop is produced in large
enough quantities to make marketing
possible far into the fall.

Old Hens Bringing Good Prices.

Fat old hens meet with the greatest
favor on the local market. The house-
wife likes a hen which will cook up
tender and furnish a square meal for a
family of five or Six people and possi-
bly be suflicient for a left-over meal on
Monday or Tuesday. The buyers at
the local market have not been educat-
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Marketing the Farm Flock

By R. G. KIRBY

know the practical value of the fat
farm hen and that is why hens are in
demand this year at extra good prices.
One of the main reasons for enlarging
the farm flock should be this opportu-
nity of turning off a crop of two or
three hundred hens annually for they
will surely be a cash crop worth con-
sidering in seasons when droughts or
an over supply of rain seriously reduce
the cash income of the farm. The old
hens are then immediately replaced
with pullets of even greater laying ca-
pacity and there is thus no reduction
in the breeding stock and no loss in
the egg income through the disposal
of the hens.

The market prices paid for capons
in many large cities will frequently in-
duce the farmer to consider this side
line in the poultry game. Not all the
breeders have been successful in mak-
ing money from capons. It may offer
profits to the specialist but the farmer
who disposes of his flock on the local
market may find that the housewife
will buy the young cockerel or the fat
hen when she will overlook the capon
and as for paying a higher price for
that delicacy she would consider it en-
tirely absurd.

Fattening is Necessary.

Hens on the general farm may pick
up the bulk of their ration from the
fields during the summer. They bal-
ance their own ration from the wealth
of bugs and seeds gathered, combined
with the scraps and grain feeds fur-
nished by the farmer. Many of these
farm hens lay fairly well and pay their
owner a profit but they seldom become
fat and in the fall and early winter it
is good business to add as many
pounds as possible to their weight be-
fore furnishing them to the local mar-
ket man or private customers. .Possi-
bly you have visited the butcher shop
and noted the buyers select their Sun-
day supply of meat. Mrs. Smith may
have decided on a pork roast or a beef
stew, but She enters the market and
notes a row of plump fat yellow-legged
chickens. A poultry feast immediately
appeals to her desire to please the fam-
ily, and a dollar or more of Father
Smith’s hard-earned cash is turned ov-
er to the dealer and the farmer who
raised the bird. If the fowls had been
thin, with that appearance of wither-
ing for six months in a cold Storage
plant, the same fowl might never have
furnished the Smiths with a healthful
Sunday dinner. Poultry meat is con-
sidered very healthful by the majority
of the physicians and the general pub-
lic are learning every year to use poul-
try and poultry products to better ad-
vantage. This is the reason that the
farm flock is bringing good prices and
predictions from many sources seem to
agree that high prices for poultry have
come to stay. This is another reason
why marketing the farm flock should
be as important on the general farm
as selling any of the general farm
crops which furnish the Spot cash for
the many necessities of life which ev-
en farmers must pay for with real
money.

Use By-products of the Dairy.

There are many rations for fatten-
ing fowls, and some of them are com-
plicated and unnecessary in finishing
the farm hens for the market. Restrict-
ing the exercise and increasing the
amount of fat-producing foods will fin-
ish the birds in two or three weeks,
depending on their condition of flesh
when the fattening process begins.
Corn and corn meal mashes made with
skim-milk, buttermilk or sour milk
should be sufficient to fatten old hens.
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from the remainder of , the flock and
enclose them in a clean pen where
there will be little chance for exercise.
Feed them all they will eat and daily
note the increase in flesh. When you
can rub your knuckles over their backs
and they feel plump and fairly spongy
with oil, instead of like a metal wash-
board, it is sure proof that the birds
are growing into a good condition for
the market.
Look After Marketing Early.

Before the birds are finished make
arrangements with the local dealer to
take them on a certain day. Do not
wait to make a sale on the last day
that the birds will stand cramming, as
it may result in the dealer who pays
the best prices being overstocked for
that week-end and there is no money
in holding them beyond a certain point.
An arrangement for the season can
frequently be made with a local dealer.
He becomes responsible for a certain
number of birds per week and you
plan to deliver the stock as per agree-
ment. If he likes your service he will
be absolutely square if for no other
reason than to prevent his rival from
obtaining your output and you will be
sure of a good market and obtain good
prices for the birds.

Methods of Selling.

Local dealers receive the brisk de-
mand for poultry from the Friday and
Saturday buyers but they will usually
desire fowls on Tuesday or Wednesday
to give them plenty of time to dress
the birds during the first of the week
when business at the selling end of the
game is not so pressing. When'ship-
ping poultry to commission men in dis-
tant cities it pays to send a letter in
advance and receive special shipping
instructions as well as information re-
garding the dates that the shipments
can receive the best attention. It does
not pay to ship to unknown dealers who
may not prove honorable in their deal-
ings. A square commission man can
be found by every farmer and there
are many honest dealers in every mar-
ket center. When a reliable dealer is
found and the results from dealing
with him are satisfactory it often pays
to give him the exclusive right to han—
dle your products. He will appreciate
the favor and it will increase the profit
from the farm flock. The Jewish holi.
days are especially desirable‘ times to
ship fat hens to large market centers.

Formerly it was the custom to urge
farmers not to overcrowd poultry ship-
ping coops from humanitarian princi-
ples. The federal poultry shippers’
law now cares for that proposition.
Coops must have solid bottoms and
when slats are used they must not be
over one and a half inches wide. Ship-
ping in boxes is prohibited. Following
is the number of fowls that can be
shipped in one standard coop in a sat-
isfactory manner:

Fowls.
Number
per Crate.
7 to 10 pounds ...................... 8
5 to 7 pounds ..................... 10
4 to 5 pounds .................... 14
3 to 4 pounds ..................... 16
2 [0 3 pounds ..................... 18
1 to 2 pounds ..................... 20
Ducks.
Infll'ge . . ........................... 10
Medium ........................... 14
Small ............................. 18
Geese.
Large ............................. 6
Medium ...........................
Small ............................. 10
Turkeys.
Cobblers .......................... 5
Hens ............. p ................ 6
The shipping crates for Springers

and ducks must be at least 12 inches
high; for geese and fowls, 16 inches,
and for turkeys, 20 inches. All stan.
dard shipping crates are three feet
long and two feet wide. A shipper dis-
regarding the new law is liable to fine
and imprisonment and any expenses in-
curred in caring for illegal shipments
can be charged up against the consign-
ment, The law should receive the ap-
proval of all farmers as the birds
which are properly crated will arrive
on the market in good condition and
there will be fewer losses from suffoca-
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too frequent in the past and this law
will certainly improve the marketing
conditions of the farm flock and the
farmer and the city consumer will both
be benefactors.

MICHIGAN MlLK PRODUCERS’
MEETING.

(Continued from first page).

done by the officers of this Associa-
tion, as being the most productive of
positive results ever obtained in dairy
organization in this state.

We recommend that the office of
field secretary be made a permanent
feature to complete and maintain the
organization, so that no step backward
be possible in the advantages now
gained.

We commend the investigational and
constructive work of the Michigan Ag-
ricultural College, which has been of
inestimable value to the dairy interests
of this state.

We submit for guidance the prices
agreed to by the Illinois Milk Produc-
ers’ Association, which includes all
milk used by condenseries and milk
powder plants.

 

Illinois.
Octobe1 ........................ $1. 90
Novembe1 ...................... 2. 00
December ...................... 2.10
January ........................ 2.10
February ....................... 1.85
New York.

Also the prices agreed to in New

York state:

 

October ........................ $2.17
November ...................... 2.27
December ....................... 2.27
January ........................ 2.27
February ....................... 2.12
March .................. . ....... 2.07

Average ................... $2.17 5-6

This is for what is known here as
Grade B Milk, testing three per cent
fat. Milk of a higher fat content is to
be figured at the rate of three cents
per hundred for each one-tenth of one
per cent of additional fat. This price
is established for what we call the
first zone, where the freight rate is
27 cents per hundred. In the second
zone district where the freight rate is
higher, the price demanded will be 10
cents per hundred less.

Also prices of the Helvetia 00., of
Hudson.

Piices for six months for 3. 5 per cent
milk:

October ........................ $2.00
November ...................... 2.00
December ...................... 2.05
January ........................ 2.05
February ....................... 2.05

March........ .................. 1.85

The power and efficiency of this or-
ganization will depend upon the extent

to which the milk producers of Michi- .

gan affiliate with it and loyally support
it. Your committee feel most strongly
the importance of urging these two
points upon all milk producers and it
confidently asks this organization to
start today the extension of its mem-
bership and to uphold its ofiicials in
their efforts to place the milk industry
of Michigan upon a permanent and
more profitable basis»

Prof. Anderson, of the M. A. C.,
chairman of the committee on revision
of by—laws reported changes which in-
creased the membership fee in the
state organization to $1.00 but gave
members of local organizations their
memberships at 50 cents through the
medium of the local association. An-
other change provided that the direc-
tors of the organization be composed
of the president, vice-president, secre-
tary-treasurer, and nine other members
to be elected at the meeting. These
amendments were unanimously adop-
ted by the association.

The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year. President, N. P.
Hull, Lansing; ’vice-president, R. C.
Reed, Howell; secretary-treasurer, S.
J. Munsell, Howell; directors, John C.
Near, Wayne, Fred Shubell, Lansing,
Cyrus Hunsberger, Grand Rapids,
Charles S. Bartlett, Pontiac, F. F. Con-
sul, Mt. Pleasant, A. L. Chandler,
Owosso, Milo Godfrey, Napoleon, John
C. Ketcham, Hastings, Milo D. Camp-
bell, Goldwater.

The meeting adjourned with every
member feeling enthusiastic with re-
gard to the ability of the organization
to not only maintain the successes al-
ready scored but to prove of still great-
er service to the dairy interests of the
state in the future. ,

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.

October 24, 1916.

Wheat.~—-PriCes have advanced stead-
ily during the past week. The short
crop and liberal purchases by foreign
agents affected the liberal advances.
High grade wheat sold in Chicago and
Minneapolis on Monday at $2 per bush-
el. At northwestern points receipts on
Monday amounted to about one-sixth
of the receipts for the corresponding
Monday a year ago. The demand for
cash wheat is well sustained and mil-
lers say the call for flour at the re-
cently advanced prices is so heavy
that it cannot be supplied. There is
nothing in sight to give hope of lower
prices excepting the desire of holders
of wheat to take their profits from
time to time. One year ago the price
for No. 2 red wheat was $1.111/2 per
bushel. Last week’s Detroit quotations
were:

 

No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. Dec.
Wednesday ..... 1.66% 1.61% 1.69%
Thursday ....... 1.68% 1.63 97.1 1.71%
Friday .......... 1.69 14 1 6414 1.7214
Saturday ........ 1.7014 1.6514 1.7314
Monday . . . . ..1.73% 1.68% 1.76%
Tuesday ........ 1.7714 1.7314 1.80%,

Chicago—December wheat $1.787/g@
1.79; May $1.781/2@1.78%; July $1.44.
Corn—«Corn prices have been ad-
vancing rapidly in harmony with wheat.
The demand is heavy and because of
the short crop it would appear that
prices are probably established above
the dollar mark. Foreigners are buy-
ing this grain liberally; on Monday
three-quarters of a million bushels
Were taken at seaboard for export.
Bullish news from Argentine also ad-
ded to the strength of the market. The
visible supply decreased-over a half
million bushels last week. A year ago
No. 3 corn sold at 680 per bushel. Last

Week’s Detroit quotations were:
No. 3 No. 3

Mixed. Yellow.
Wednesday ......... 93 95
Thursday ........... ' 94 96
Friday .............. 96 98
Saturday ............ 99 1.01 .
Monday ............ 1.01 1.03
Tuesday ......... 1.03 1.05

Chicago.»—Deecember corn 900; May
907/8c; July 90%0.

Oats.—Dealers are beginning to feel
that at present prices the cheapest cer-
eal on the market is oats and the de-
mand has consequently increased in
volume. Over 3,000,000 bushels of the
grain were purchased Monday for ex-
port. The visible supply shows an in-
crease of 1,300,000 bushels. Standard
oats a year ago were quoted at 410 per
bushel. Last week’s Detroit quotations

were :
No. 3
Standard. White.
Wednesday .......... 50 1A, 49 111,
Thursday ........... 51 50
Friday .............. 52 51
Saturday ............ 52 1/2 51 1/2
Monday ............. 53 52
Tuesday ............ 54 1/2 53 1/2
Chicago.——December oats 540; May
57 6.4 c.

Rye.——This grain is in active demand
and firm at new high prices for the
season. No. 2 rye is now quoted at
$1.32 per bushel.

Beans.—’I'he conservative action of
farmers in holding their beans has
caused dealers to bid up prices the
past week. The Detroit Board of Trade
now quote October shipment at $6
per bushel. Practically n0 beans are
changing hands at these figures on the
local market. On the Chicago market
there is an active demand for pea
beans with quotations at $5.50 per bu.

Seeds.——Market is steady to higher.
Prime red clover $10.35; alsike $10;
alfalfa $9@10; timothy $2.40.

FLOUR AND FEEDS.

 

 

Flown—Jobbing lots in one-eighth
paper sacks are selling on the Detroit
market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best
patent $9: seconds $8.70; straight
$8.50; spring wheat $9.60; rye flour
$7.90.

Feed.—In 100-1b. sacks, jobbing lots
are: Brand $30; standard middlings
$31.50; fine middlings $35; cracked
corn $41; coarse corn meal $38; corn
and oat chop $36 per ton.

Hay.———In carlots at Detroit: No. 1
timothy $14@15; standard timothy
$13.50@14; No. 2 timothy $12@13;
light mixed $13.50@14; No. 1 mixed
$11@13; No. 1 clover $106312.

Straw.—-Rye straw $8.50@9; wheat
fuid oat straw $7.50@8 per ton in car-
0 s.

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hanged. Creamery-.extra 34%c; do.
firsts 33c; dairy 300; packing stOck
270 a pound.- ' ' _ ~

Elgin.——’rhe price is unchanged and
the feeling is firm. Prices, based on
sales, 341/20. ,

Chicago—The market is firm with
demand good and supply moderate.
Prices unchanged. Creamery extras
quoted at 34%c; extra firsts 331/4@
34c; firsts 321/2@3_§c.

Eggs—The tone continues firm at
unchanged prices. Receipts moderate.
Firsts 330; current receipts 30c.

Chicago.—The feeling continues firm
but prices are a shade lower on cur-
rent receipts. Storage stock is higher.
Firsts 30@3lc; ordinary firsts 281/2@
291/20; at mark, cases included 22@
291/2c per dozen; firsts, storage paid,
29%@29%c.

Poultry.-—A steady market prevails,
with prices for springers and hens M20
lower than last week. Live, spring
chickens 171/2@18c; No. 1 hens 161/2@
17c; others 151/2@160; ducks '16@17c;
geese 14@141/zc; turkeys 24@25c.

Chicago—The market is well sup-
plied but prices generally are well
maintained on account of good de-
mand. Good turkeys 220; others 15@
160; fowls, general run, 14@141/2c;
others 13@161/zc; spring chickens
161/20; ducks 15c; geese 12@14c.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

 

Apples.—Market is firm and prices
unchanged. Barreled stock $3.50@4
for fancy; choice $2@2.75; No. 2, 75
@$1 per bushel. At Chicago a steady
feeling prevails for fancy stock which
sells for $2.50@5 per bbl; No. 2 stock
$1.50@2. ’

Potatoes—At Detroit potatoes are
higher and in carlots they bring in
bulk $1.50@1.55; sacks $1.55@1.60. No
Michigan potatoes are quoted at Chi-
cago but others bring from $1.25@1.75
per bushel.

GRAN D RAPIDS.

 

The potato market is stronger again,
with prices above the dollar mark.
Some of the growers around Edmore
are reported to be holding for $2. The
sales in this market of small lots are
around $1.40. There seems to be no
decided break as yet in the bean situa~
tion. Quotations given out here by the
dealers are $4.40, while quotations else-
where range from this price up to $5
or even higher. Some of the farmers
in different sections of Michigan who
contracted their beans with canning
people at $2 are sorry. Apples range
from 75c@$1.50; pears 75c@$1; celery
brings 12%@150; grain prices quoted
at the mills as follows: No. 2 red
wheat $1.61; rye $1.15; corn 95c; oats
500; barley $1; buckwheat 90c.

DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.

There was a good market Tuesday
morning with prices firm to higher. A
fairly good supply of apples was offer-
ed at 65c@1.25 per bushel. Some fancy
Snows sold at $2. Tomatoes $1.25@2;
cabbage $1.35@1.50; potatoes $1.35@2;
bulk $1.60@1.85; cauliflower $2@2.50;
Keifer pears $1; eggs 500 per dozen;

 

celery 25@4OC per large bunch; loose-

hay moving slowly at $17@19 a ton.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
October 23, 1916.
(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts here today as follows: Cat-
tle 227 cars; hogs 135 d. d.; sheep 45
d. d.; calves 1200 head.

With 227 cars of cattle today, the
quality was very poor and the best
shipping steers and butcher cattle
were very scarce and sold strong, 10
@15c higher, and in some cases a
quarter higher, but the bulk of the me-
dium stuff sold about steady. There
was a liberal run of cows, but they
run very common and the bulk of them
were trimmers, which sold 10@15010w-
er. Stockers and feeders and bulls
ruled about steady. We look for a lib-
eral run of cattle here next Monday
and a good trade on the best grades.

Our receipts of hogs were about up
to expectations, 135 double decks on
sale. Market was rather uneven, and
while prices were somewhat lower
than Saturday’s best time, bulk of the
sales looked about. steady with close
of last week. Pigs and lights were
from 15@25c higher. A few selected
hogs sold at $10.50, with the bulk
around $10.25 and a few closely sorted
lots at $10.30@10.40; pigs and lights
generally $9.50; roughs $9.50; stags
$7.50@8.50. Quite a, number of yorker
weights were left at the close, but all
good hogs and pig weights were clean-
ed up. Outlook balance of the week
is about steady, but would not advise
buying anything in the hog line to sell
too high, present prices look plenty
high, quality and all considered. -

 

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market opened act ' e ‘ and assign

 

look for steady to shade: lower prices
balance of the week.

We quote: Best‘lambs $10.60@10.75;
cull to common $9@10.25; yearlings $7
@‘9; bucks $5.50@6.50; ewes $7.25@
7.50; cull sheep $3.50@5.50; wethers
$7.75@8; top veals .$10.75@11; heavy
$7@9; common'and light $8@9; grass-
ers $5.50@5.75.

 

Chicago. 7

October 23, 1916.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Receipts today..27,000 55,000 35,000
Same day 1915..17,018 16,328 21,647
Last week ...... 77,355 167,672 128,724
Same wk 1915...43,615 127,422 73,309

There is a liberal cattle supply today
including about 4,000 head from north-
ern ranges, .but the percentage of
choice beeves is singularly small, and
the best lots are tending upward under
a good demand. Undesirable cattle are
slow, and a little weakening in prices
seems likely. Hogs are plentiful and
5@100 lower on an average, with a
good demand at $9.40@ 11.40. ,Hogs re-
ceived last week averaged 211 pounds.
Lambs include a large proportion of
range feeders, and they are in good de-
mand at recent prices. Packers are
bidding lower for lambs, but the best
are steady. '

Cattle prices for common grades con-
tinued on the down-grade last week,
because of the increasing receipts. The
well-finished beeves, however, sold at
well maintained prices, and so did fat
butcher stock and choice feeders. The
greater part of the native steers sold
at a range of $7.50@10.40, with the bet-
ter class of these cattle taken at $10.50
@1140 and a good class at $9.50@10.45
while medium grade steers went at
$8.50@9.45 and fair killers at $6 and
upward, and inferior little grass-fed
steers on the canning order selling at
$4.65@5.75. Yearling steers were sal-
able at $9@11.35 for the more desir-
able offerings, with sales down to $8@
8.75 for plain to fair kinds. Butcher
stuff sold on the basis of $4.80@8 for
cows and $4.25@9.85 for heifers, with
scattering sales of fancy .little year-
ling heifers at $10@10.60. Cutters sold
at $4.55@4.75, canners at $3.25@4.50
and bulls at $4.50@8. There was an ac-
tive demand for light weight veal
calves at $10.50@11.75, with sales all
the way down to $4.50 and upward for
heavy offerings. The stocker and feed-
er trade was good at times only, prices
ruling anywhere from $4.75@5.75 for
the poorer lots of light weights up to
$7@7.50 for a desirable class of feed-
ers, with a few sales of prime feeders
at $7.60@8. Western range cattle at
the close averaged 25c higher than a
week earlier, while all cows and heif-
ers below choice declined 40@50c. Fat
steers worth above $9.50 sold higher,
while others were irregularly lower.

Hogs were in a much stronger posi-
tion most of the past week. Despite
liberal receipts the offerings were all
wanted, and most of the demand came
from local packers. General condi-
tions look promising for the future hog
market, and there seems to be no valid
reason for sacrificing light weight hogs.
At the week’s close hogs ,sold at $9.50
@1050, with pigs at $7.25@9.45. Butch-
er weight hogs sold highest, and the
prime light shipping hogs brought
$10.40. Although hogs were in greatly
increased supply, prices were much
higher, prices a week earlier having
been $9.10@10.15.

Lambs are being marketed with a
great deal of freedom. Everything in
the sheep and lamb line sells at far
higher prices than in past years. Fat
lambs closed at a little better prices
than a week earlier, while feeding
lambs advanced 500, with sales at $9.50
@1035. Killing lambs closed at $7.75
@1050; yearlings at $7.25@8.90; weth-
ers at $7@8.25; ewes at $3@7.50 and
bucks at $4.50@6. Breeding ewes
brought $6@9.50, and feeders bought
yearlings at $7.25@8.60; wethers at
$7@7.50 and ewes at $5@6.25.

Horses were in smaller supply last
week than usual and in good demand.
They went largely at $160@175, with

army horses going at $160@200, al-,

though not, many sold over $180, while
little southern chunks brought $50@
125 and expressers $185@200. Some
heavy horses brought $240@275 for
eastern shipment, and feeders were
taken to ship to Pennsylvania and
Michigan at $150@200.
brought $205@240.

LIVE STOCK NEWS.

 

The best corn-fed beef cattle offer-
ed on the Chicago market have been
selling recently at $11@11.40 per 100
lbs., these being scarce and firmly held
at advancing prices. No steers that
were really good have been offered be-
low $10, with a medium class gomc,r at
$9 and upwards, while inferior light
weight grass steers went around $5.50
@650. The rush of cattle from west-

than the tclo'se of last Week. and we "

City chunks

 

. , navel! ,, . .
’ _ by the ,advon of‘,win‘~
ter, and after that there may be ex-
pected to be a better show for the’
common and medium descriptions or
steers. Meanwhile the market is apt
to be glutted with common to medium
grades or~cattle, and frequent declines
1nOpr1ces. have taken place, although
priceswnl bear a favorable compari4
son With former years. As is always
the case, the packers give the prefer-
ence to well-bred fat rangers over their
native competitors, as they dress bet-
ter and look cheaper on the hooks in
many cases. “

While the pastures and ranges have
been bountifully stocked with cattle
this season, as is demonstrated by the
enormous receipts recently in the mar-
kets of 'the country, there is an unus‘
ual scarcity of cattle well fattened on
corn, and such descriptions, whether
heavy long-fed lots or prime little year-
lings, are commanding a big premium,
the spread in quotations between the
best beeves and the poorest grassers
being extremely wide. Chicago receiv-
ed in a recent week a total of about
70,000 head of cattle in all, being the
largest receipts for any week since the
latter part of December, 1914. For the
same week the combined receipts in
the principal western markets amount-
ed to 294,000 head, comparing with on:-
ly- 193,000 for the corresponding week
last year. Many stockers and feeders
are going to feeding districts, these
being furnished to a great extent by
the Missouri River markets, with such
shipments headed for Iowa, Missouri
and western Illinois. Good stockers
have been purchased in many instanc-
es comparatively low, and as soon as
new corn is ready for marketing a.
larger demand for stockers and feed-
eit‘)s1 and much higher prices are prob-
a e.

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Butter. We are locate nearly across the-

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large sale of Butter and utter Milk
which enables us to pay the very highest
market price for butterfat at a 1 times.
We will (pay 4&0 over Elgin quotations
delivere in Detroit. We pay the same
day We receive the cream, return the
next day. We want cream bu ers also.
Give us a trial shipment. rite for
shipping tags.

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BUY YOUR FEED IN CAR LOTS

We can save you money. Write for delivered prices
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SHEEP.
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Offers, One yearling Hampshire ram at $50.00.
One yearling Southdown rain at $25.00. A few
growthy well bred Oxford and Shropshire ram
lambs at $25.00. Kinder-hook. Michigan.

' INGLESIDE FARM

Offers Twenty registered Shropshire Ewes being-bred
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60128.1916.‘ V ‘

 

 

.THIS IS THE LAST EDITION.

 

The first edition is sent to those who
have not expressed a. desire tor the
latest markets. The late market edi-
tion will be sent on request at any
time.

 

DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.

 

Thursday's Market.
October 26, 1916.
Cattle.

Receipts 2411. There was another
heavy supply of live stock of all kinds
at the local stock yards this week and
at the close on Wednesday a large
amount had to be held over as it did
not arrive in time to be sold before
dark; Thursday’s receipts.did better
and was mostly all in by noon.

in the cattle division the quality was
again common as a rule, being made
up largely of canners and light. weight
butcher grades; one or two loads of
good steer: were in the receipts and
sold well. one load ot‘ Canadians bring-
ing $8.60, which was top; they averag-
ed 1166. The demand from the coun-
try for stockers was good and quite a
large number were bought for feeding
purposes. Milch cows and springers
brought steady prices. The general
market was steady with last. Week on
everything but canners, which were
fully 25c lower. The close was steady
as follows: Best heavy steers $8@
8.60; best handy weight butcher steers
$6.50@7.25; mixed steers and heifers
$5.50@6.25; handy light butchers $5.25
@375; light butchers $5@5.25; best
cons $5.25Qt6; butcher cows $1.50@5;
common cows $4.25@4.50; canners
$3.50@4; best heavy bulls $5.50@6;
l,.:,ogna bulls $5GL=5.50: stock bulls
$1.50@4.75; feeders $6@6.75; stockers
$450656; milkers and springers $40
@75.

Erwin, S. & J. sold Fineman 9 butclr
02's av 77 at $5, 1 heifer wgh 680 at
$4.50; to Prentiss 14 feeders av 760 at;
$5.10, 2 steers av 1040 at $6.75, to Ratt-
lmwsky 3 butchers 21V 523 at $4.50; to
Mich. B. CO. 1 cow wgh 900 at $4.90;
to Hammond, S. & Co. 4 canners av
892 at: $3.75; to Prentiss 7 stockers av
6:53 at. $5, 1 do wgh 620 at $5; to Ham-
mond, S. & Co. 2 canners :tv 915 at
$3.25, 5 do av 822 at $3.65; to Sullivan
P. Co. 1 cow wgh 680 at $4.50, 2 do av
fit/.7 at $5, 18 do- av 960 at $4.75, 1 steer
“sill 990 at, $7.50, 5 do av 926 at $7.10,
7 butchers av 870 at $5.50, 1 cow wgh
960 at $5, 2 do av 1190 at $5.75, 2 00
av 1200 at; $5, 2 do av 820 at, $4.75; to
Bray & B. 8 canners av 835 at $3.75;
to Hammond, S. & Co. 5 do av 868 at
$11.35, 2 steers av 885 at $5; to Sullivan
l’. (,‘o. 4 do av 930 at $5.25; to Kull 4
l;::‘.chers av 825 at $5.50; to Bray & B.
13 cows av 723 at, $6, 4 do av 987 at $4,

Veal Calves.

Receipts 914. The. veal calf trade
for anything good was much more ac-
tive than at the close last week and
good grades were generally 50c higher,
bulk of sales being at $10@10.50 with
a few extra fancy at. $11. Heavy grades
are still extremely dull at $561 5.50.

Sandle, S., B. & G. sold Sullivan P.
('o. 136 lambs av 75 at $10.25, 16 d
f' t. 2 av 150 at $10.25, 6 av 135 at $9.50,
10 av 136 at $10, 3 av 140 at. $10.50,
4 av 250 at $6.50, 2 av 135 at $10.25; to
li'lltkOWSky 1 wgh 180 at $12: to
Tl,11;;iistine 5 av 165 at $11, 2 av 150
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Erwin, S. S; J. sold Mich. B. Co. 3
a: 190 at $10; to DeMaro 19 av 140
a: $10; to Sullivan 1’. C0. 11 av 150
at $10.25; to Nagle 1‘. Co. 2 av 180 at j
:3"); to Burnstine 8 av 150 at $11, 8 av?
2‘. ‘0 at $10.50; to Finenmn 9 av 450 at i
f; £50; to Nagle P. Co. 3 av 145 at $10,,
{I av 150 at. $10, 9 av 140 at $10; tot
littrnstine 10 av 152 at $11. }

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Sheep and Lambs.

1Receipts 9142. The sheep and lamb
1. :de was active from start to finish
‘- V'mlnesday; top lambs brought $10.25.
: id on Thursday they were 10@15c
ltlfirher, bringing $10.40; sheep also sold *
1. ‘oll. Tops at $6.50@7. The close was
:‘t t-ong at. the advance as follows: Best
1"“:bs $10.25@10.40; fair lambs $9.256?
10: light to common lambs $6.50fl850: ‘
v orlings $8@8.75; fair to good sheep
., ‘437; culls and common $4@5. 1’

Slandel, 8., B. & G. sold Sullivan P._:
(‘0. 136 lambs av 75 at: $10.25. 16 do?
av 60 at $8.50, 52 goats av 60 at: $6, 8'
:“1eep av 95 at $5.50; to Lafanwell 120=
ltinbs av 45 at $8; to Nagle P. Co. 5
sheep av 100 at $6.75, 5 do av 120 at
5?".50, 22 lambs av 70 at $10, 23 do av
6-0 at $9.50, 101 do av 70 at $10.10, 27
(To av 85 at $9.75, 89 do av 65 at $9.35,
5’) do av 73 at $9.50, 27 sheep av 85 at"
$13.50. 9 do av 110 at,$5.50, 20 do av 95
at $5.75, 11 lambs av 95 at $10, 27 do
av 75 at $9.60. .

Hogs.

Receipts 14,365. In the hog depart-
ment-the receipts ran largely to pigs
and light grades of yorkers, averaging
around 150, the market was active at
early prlces, pigs brin ing $9 and the
mixed grades $9.50@1 , with the bulk
around $9.90.

 

 

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EDWIN F. SWEET

For Governor

His Firmness of Character and Constructive Execu-
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Mr. Farmer, ls This Good Business?

Do you propose to elect as Governor of hiichigan
and confer th 1 appointive power of the State Com—
missioner of Banking upon a man who is financially
interested in more than twenty-five banks in this
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and who is also a director in one of the leading rail—
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If You Do Not Believe This Is Good Business
Vote for

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The normal bacterial change which
takes place in milk is the change
which is accompanied by its produc-
tion of lactic acid; in other words, the
souring change. This, as we have ex-
plained, is produced by the activity of
certain specific bacteria. The produc-
tion of lactic acid, because of the
growth of the lactic acid bacteria, acts
as a. check upon the growth of other
types of bacteria. In fact the produc-
tion of lactic acid acts as a check up-
on the growth of the lactic acid bac-
teria themselves when the milk has
turned sufficiently sour.

Abnormal Fermentations.

In normal milk therefore it is quite
rare that other types of fermentation
set in. There are conditions, however,
in which what may be called abnormal
bacterial changes take place in milk.
These abnormal changes result in a.
variety of effects. Some of them
change the color of the milk; some the
odor, and likewise the flavor or taste
as the milk is very materially altered
by some kinds of abnormal fermenta-
tion.

We say that milk is very prone to
absorb odors from the air. Many times
this absorption of odors is not in itself
a true absorption but merely the result
of the activity of an organism which
has been able to get the start of the
lactic acid organism and consequently
produces a result peculiar to. itself.
Many times milk which is allowed to
stand for a day or so will develop a
limburger cheese odor, not due to the
fact that it has absorbed an odor, but
because the type of bacteria which has
gotten into the milk is one which pro-
duces the peculiarly disagreeable odor
of limburger cheese.

Yeast in Milk.

On several occasions we have ob-
served milk to become accidentally in-
oculated with wild yeast and produce
a. peculiar yeast odor in the milk. This,
if allowed to develop will ultimately
Show a very fine culture of that par-
ticular yeast. The odor is caused by
the presence of the yeast itself in the
milk and not due to the absorbing of
the odor by the milk.

Colored Fermentations.

One of the most familiar abnormal
conditions is the development of dif-
ferent colors in milk. Very frequently
one notices what he calls “blue milk,”
a milk which has actually become col-
ored blue. This is caused by an ex-
ternal contamination usually due to
carelessness somewhere during the
handling of the milk. The same thing
applies to the production of red milk.
This is not always due to the action of
bacteria but sometimes actually due to
the presence of blood in the milk. It
has likewise been known to result
from the effect of certain types of food.
Probably the production of color in
milk is of no special significance as
far as its effect upon the health is con-
cerned as none of these colors, as far
as we know, have been ,shown to be
harmful. They are not normal infec-
tions at all and where care is observ-
ed in the production and handling of
the milk they will not be found to be
bothersome.

Ropy or Slimy Milk.

One of the most abundant, and very
annoying abnormal changes in milk is
the condition known as slimy, or ropy
milk. We have seen samples of ropy
milk which could be drawn out into
threads of considerable length. This
slimy, or ropy, condition is the result
of the activity of certain types of bac-
teria. The one probably which is pres-
ent the greatest number of times is
known as lactis viscosus. The very
annoying feature of this fermentation
is the peculiar persistence of the in-
fection. Once the condition gets start-
ed in a herd it may persist for a. con-
siderable period of time. Just how this
infection deveIOps and where its source

 

is, is not definitely known but it is

Milk and Public 'He 1th

By FLOYD W. ROBISON

found in stagnant water at times and

probably gets started from some such.

source.

There is only one way of eradicating
this difliculty. Half-way measures will
not sufiice. One should immediately
proceed to thoroughly wash and clean
every nook and corner of the dairy
house and the stables, scalding out all
utensils and thoroughly sterilizing the
same. It will probably be necessary
to thoroughly wash the cows all over
and one could use to an advantage in
such a case a. dilute solution of car-
bolic acid to finish the disinfection.

We have had no difi’iculty on the sev-
eral occasions which have been called
to our attention in absolutely eradicat-
ing this trouble at the start. When suc-
cess is not attained it is usually due to
half-way methods.

Aside from these conditions we have
the abnormal fermentation producing
buttermilk; fermentation, producing an
alkaline condition in the milk, and cer-
tain types of fermentation which devel-
op toxic poisons.

Poisonous Products.

Several years ago Vaughan eliminat-

ed a toxins from cheese and later on

from milk, caused by the introduction

as an infection of some bacteria which
produced this very poisonous sub-
stance. These conditions all result
through uncleanness and lack of care
in the production and handling of the
milk. They are not usually produced
in a normal souring of milk so that
our readers will readily see many of
the reasons why we have not been en-
thusiastic over general pasteurization
of milk, but have preferred to permit
the normal souring changes to proceed
on their way unchecked. We appre-
ciate, however, that these are ideal
conditions alone which will permit
milk to sour properly without the mod-
ifying influence of some other infect-
ing organism. Ideal conditions are
rarely reached, consequently pasteuri-
zation is permissible. In fact it may
be encouraged with reason but it is al-
together an unsafe expedient to follow
unless the process of pasteurization in
the creameries is under exact control
and is regularly inspected by some ab-
solutely responsible party, preferably
a milk inspector.
Adulteraticns in Milk.

Aside from the bacterial changes
which hazard the public health we
have the wilful addition of adulterants
which at the present time even has
not been entirely eliminated.
Skimming is Just as Bad when done by

a Creamery as by the Dairyman.

The usual adulterations of milk con-
sist in the removal of the cream, by
skimming or by a. separator, and not
re-mixing; the addition of skim-milk,
adding water, thickening agents, color-
ing matter, preservatives, etc. Of these
classes of adulterants that of skim-
ming is practiced most, and this is not
confined solely, by any means, to farm-
ers and dairymen. Many creameries
seem to feel that skimming, or the re-
moval in one way or another, of a por-
tion of the milk fat is perfectly legiti-
mate practice. We ourselves can see
no reason why a procedure of this kind
becomes legitimate in a creamery and
illegal when conducted by a dairyman.
We are unable to recognize any pro-
cedure allowable to one class of citi-
zens and a misdemeanor or crime
when committed by another class. We
think probably dairy interests are all
somewhat responsible for this condi-
tion, in that no provision is made in
the law for the sale of milk or cream
of varying percentages of milk fat. It
is not reasonable to expect that a farm-
er or dairyman who produce a milk
containing five per cent fat will con-
tentedly sell that milk for the same
price per 100 pounds that is paid to the
dariyman whose milk only tests three
per cent. There is every incentive for
the adulteration of the milk by the re-

the milk 'fat
2 the dairymm the chances are that it
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reaches the creamery.

A lack of proper appreciation of
these real conditions is to our mind
responsible for them, and we would
not condemn a. dairyman for doing
what we would condone in a creamery.

The Danger to Health in Watering
Milk.

Another very common form of adul-
teration is the addition of water to
milk. This, to our mind, is a very un‘
desirable, in fact, Vicious type of adul-
teration. Not only is the food value or
the milk in general cut down, accord‘
ing to the amount of water which is
added, but there is another factor that
enters in which may make the proce-
dure doubly prejudicial to health, and
that is, that the farmer or dairyman
who will adulterate milk with water
usually is not particular what kind
of water it is adulterated with, and in-
fected water, as we have been able to
demonstrate, is very frequently used.
These are the conditions which should
.be made known to the dairyman, and
the practice of watering milk cannot
be too strongly condemned or too fre-
quently brought to our attention.

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Country buyers of stocker and feed-
er cattle in the Chicago and other west-
ern markets are making much smaller
purchases this year than a year earlier,
and the dearness of corn seems to
make more impression on them than
the declines in prices for thin cattle
well adapted for fattening. Medium
grade feeders averaging from 750 to
900 lbs. have been selling recently at
$6.50@6. 90 per 100 lbs., with nearby
feeders buying numerous lots of 1100
to 1250-lb. feeders for a short feed at
$7.50@8. The greater part of the high-
bred 700 to 1000-lb. feeders have sold
for $7@7.50 and one drove of choice
range steers went out at $8.25.

Fearing further sharp declines in
prices, owners of marketable hogs are
losing no unnecessary time in market—
ing them, and recent receipts in the
Chicago stock yards have been aver-
aging only 210 lbs., this weight com-
paring with 227 lbs. one month ago,
214 lbs. one year ago, 237 lbs. two
years ago and 213 lbs. three years ago.
At their highest time of the year,
which was several weeks ago, the best
hogs brought $11.50 per 100 lbs. and a
small panic was caused in feeding dis-
tricts when a succession of big breaks
landed the best hogs a little about
$9.60. Since then rallies in prices have
taken place, the big packing concerns
apparently not wishing to unduly stim-
ulate marketing of underweights. Ev-
en at the material shrinking in hog
values of late, prices are still much
higher than in most former years, and
the industry is certainly a paying one.
notwithstanding the high prices asked
for corn. The hogs arriving recently
were the lightest in average weight for
any time since the first of last March.

Since the decline in prices for range
feeding lambs, yearlings and sheep the
demand from farmers intending to do
some winter feeding has increased ma-
terially, and large numbers have been
shipped in recent weeks from Chicago,
Omaha and other leading markets into
feeding districts, the best lots being
purchased in Chicago for $9.75@9.90
per 100 lbs. Breeding ewes, too, have
been offered at much lower prices, and
increased numbers have g tenoo U
increased numbers have gone to the
country, the better class bringing from
$8@9 per 100 lbs Even old ewes, such’
as in former years were sold to killers
for from $1@2 per head, have been
sold at $6@7 pe1 head buyers figuring -
tha tthe ewes may, with careful hand-
ling, produce at least one crop of lambs
and then be fattened. Western breed-
ing ewes can be bought in carload lots
in any of the western stock yards,
from 130 to 140 head making up a car-
load, and one ram to from 35 to 50
ewes should be purchased. It is agood
plan to buy good range breeding ewes
sorted up for good mouths and udders,
ranging from four to six years old. H.
Hackerdorn of the Missouri Agricul-
tural Experiment Station states that
the breeding flock of sheep has been
one of the best paying investments the
farmers of that state ever had. Native
or western ewes crossed with a good
mutton ram produce good marketable
lambs. and with present prices of wool,
the ‘fleece will more than pay the cost
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North Shade Club.

The North Shade Farmers’ Club Fair
was held on Friday, October 6, at the
Todd house in North Shade. A large
crowd enjoyed the chicken-pie dinner
and the social hour. A splendid pro-
gram was given, a feature of which
was an address by Howard Potter,
School \Commissioner of Gratiot coun-
ty, which was most appropriate in view
of the part taken in the Fair by the
schools. His subject was “The Stan-
dard School for the Rural District.” He
was fully alive to his subject, which
at present is a topliner in educational
advancement, and presented it, in such
a convincing way that left no room for
doubt in the minds of his hearers of
what he hoped the North Shade
schools would some day be. He pic-
tured the conditions of the average
rural school and closed his remarks
with a plea to the fathers and mothers
to assist in changing the conditions as
they now exist.

The crowd then sang the Gratiot
county fair song and six little boys
from district six gave an exercise of
this song in a realistic manner.

The exhibits of the different schools
were neatly arranged and showed that
both teacher and pupil had been inter-
ested in their preparation. The grains
were placed in neatly labeled glass
cans and the vegetables looked as
though they were waiting to be cooked,
while the fruit was of Michigan’s best.

The Salisbury exhibit also contained
specimens of kindergarten work, map
drawing, and even some patchwork
blocks were there. This display, as a
whole, was given the blue ribbon.

The Hunter school had some nice
pieces of fancy work along with other
articles and the herbarium contained a
large number of the different grasses
with name attached. This had taken
no little time to classify. The agricul-
tural exhibit of this school was given
the red ribbon.

The display from the Chick district
was similar to the others and the name
“Chick” made of corn kernels placed
upon a red background, attracted much
attention. This agricultural exhibit re-
ceived the blue ribbon. '

The North Shade Centre school had
some artistic calendars decorated with
pumpkins that wouldn’t do for pics but

Newaygo County Pomona Grange
met with Hesperia Grange October 3-4.
A large crowd was there, every Grange
in the county being represented. Mrs.
Dora Stockman, lecturer of the State
Grange being present held a short lec-
turers’ conference and ideas were ex-
changed and much benefit derived.

Mr. James Caldwell, Master of Hes-
peria Grange, said the welcome words
and Mr. Wm. Carter, Master of Pomo-
na, responded.

“Sod Mulch for the Apple Orchard”
was a fine talk by Vl'm. McCadum, an
experienced apple man who brought
out some fine ideas and made many
good suggest ions. and was asked many
questions. John McKinley believed
that the ground in the apple orchard
should be thoroughly worked. James
Caldwell believed there was nothing
like the. barnyard manure, and County
Agent Blandi‘ord said that straw was
the best mulch. —

Mrs. Stockman was then introduced
and said some complimentary things
about Hesperia and its “movement,”
and then spoke on “Grange Possibili‘
ties.” She told why the Grange was
started and mentioned the Grange
store, saying that Montgomery Ward
was the first Grange store. She told
how much the Grange was spending in
Grange co—operative contracts, and the
benefits derived from them, but said
the dollar was not the. only thing the
Grange considered. Education was the
basis of the Grange work. People de-
mand amusements but the best were
those people made themselves.

After telling of how the Grange de-
veloped leadership, and some of the
leaders it produced, Mrs. Stockman
closed with a strong plea for the
“Drys.” This address was well receiv-
ed and much enjoyed as this was Mrs.
Stockman’s first visit to Hesperia.

Mr. Blandford gave a fine talk. He
said we should not find fault with con-
ditions in talking of the past season,
as things generally turn out all right.
He told of a lesson he had brought
home to him, of six men in his home
town forming an association and rais-
ing the things that the market de-
manded.

After this talk the convention was
called to order and delegates were
presented, and delegates for the state
convention elected.

At the evening session reports from

were attractive novelties. Theodore . .
Garner brought a coop of bantams subordinate Granges were read and
which were the envv of all. This ex- after the busmess meeting the doors

were thrown open and visitors admit-
ted and a genuine old-fashioned tem-
perance love feast was held and ev-
erybody got up and told why they
wanted Michigan to go dry.

The Grange was called to order on
Wednesday morning and the first ques-
tion. “Would a strict account of farm-
ing operations be an incentive for bet-
ter farming?" was taken up. There
was a variety of opinions, but one man
said farming was a business and should
be carried on like any other business,
and one should know what were los-
ing propositions.

Mrs. Mary Robertson gave an ad.
dress on “The Home and the Grange.”

George Wilbur gave a fine recitation,
“Leaks on the Farm," which brought
out some practical suggestions, one of
them being the loss of time by not
having our work planned. and another
lack of thoroughness.

Miss Carrie L. Carter, commissioner
of Newaygo county schools, then gave
an addreSs on “The Needs of the Rural
School,” laying much stress on light-
ing. seating and ventilation. Especially
did she mention the outbuildings, say-
ing the law took care of them if no one
else would. This address was full of
good things.

With recitations from Mrs. Warren
and Mrs. Wilcox, and the reading of a
resolution asking the board of super-
visors to appropriate a goodly sum to
retain the county agent. the Grange

hibit was almost entirely of regular
school work and received the red rib-
bon on these merits.

The cleverly bound books of stories
of foreign countries was an evidence
of the work being done in the Chester
district. Each article was placed in a
cover which had a map in colors of the
country represented, and this work
was very neatly done. Many articles
of fancy work told where the spare
moments of the pupils had been spent.

Perhaps no school exhibit elsewhere
had such a novel array as did the Dob-
son. Here were fancy articles of dress
which were made in Austria-Hungary,
and brought by children who are now
pupils in this district. This attractive
corner was much sought after.

The Walker exhibit was late in being
placed but was along the same lines
and was the recipient of many expres-
sions of good will for their contribu-
tion.

The teachers and pupils who pre-
pared these exhibits are deserving of
great credit and the agricultural dis-
play was .equal to anything ever seen
at a county fair. To appreciate the
work that is being done in the rural
districts, one must visit and get in
touch with them.

Not wishing to be outdone by the
schools, North Shade ladies brought
their fancy work along. The beautiful
and useful pieces of tiatting, crochet

 
   

     
 

 
 
   
 

  

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and embroidery outclassed those found
in a. Fifth Avenue art store and the
two crocheted bats were models for a
milliner.

The Inter-County Corn Growers’
Association exhibit was loaned for this

closed, to meet with Fremont, Grange
in December.—Mrs. Mary Robertson.
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fair and was in charge of E. B. ‘Steb- ship, Pompeii, Middleton, Hubbards-
bins. This consrsted of grams and ton, Carson City and Greenville were
bunches of flax, millet, oats and vari- there.

ous kinds of grass, and he brought two
blue and two red ribbons home on this
collection.

A treat was given the pupils at the
close of the program which they all
enjoyed.

About three hundred were present

This farm home was an ideal place
for the gathering as its hospitality is
state-wide and all who enter its portals
realize that the latchstring is always
on the outside. No doubt this day will
be remembered as a red letter one in
the histor of the North Shade Farm-
ers’ Club airs.

  

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prices. Trapnested to lay 200 eggs!
or more. Shipped C. O D. and on
Chicks and Eggs.

 

 
 

approval.
all. Send postal.

Geo. B. Ferris, 934 Unlon, Grand Haplds,Mlch.

Catalog explains

 

 

FOR SALE EXieJhfi‘égplyg‘o§%¥1ctfiillflii§

.rele. Kletzlen 8a Webster, ath, Mich.
Cockerels from $2

D
Fowler 3 Bull Books to 8:; h... $1.50 to
‘5. White Holland Turkey a. young toms $5; hens 83.
R. . ‘ LEE. Hartford. Mich. R. 3.

' White 0 rpingtons. W'inners a ain
Pm. IlrISI. 80 c. at the State Fair. Young andgold
otook for sale. Buy the best. MRS. WILLIS
EOUG-l-I, Pine Crest Form. Royal Oak, Michigan.
RHODB ISLAND REDS and PLYMOU TH ROCKS.

Moles 5 to 12 lbs. according to use” to 85; P. R. hens
weight 5 to 10 ll)3.. eggs 15 for 81.00: 100. 35:120. $6.
Mamm )th Brgnze Tom Turkeys. 8 to 38 lbs. according
.0 Site 36 to 352:). 10 8835 S3. A. E. Cranium. Vassar. Mich.

REID CDCKERELS. Boll] Combs. fillfihl‘h‘l

will improve the color of your flock. Write for price
list. Interlakes Farm Box 39 Lawrence Michi an.

' R. I. Red k ..
Im and Single (lamb m... hthcfi?°.fil§é3‘?£$£fi:
.b 0. E. Hewley. Ludlnilton. Mich.

lo.

‘ “limit Island Whims' OOCkemlE‘forhmodlnR Purposes

2)) egg strain. single (*oml). Prices
masonablo. Mrs. Paul Heuschcel. It. 4, Marion, Mich.

High comb Ilhode Island

8i
IE NlE BUELL, Ann

reduced prices balance of so. -

:- 8. “mulling Eggsson. Free deli 'very. R.(l. whit‘e

Le horn lions $1.00, Belgian Hare Bucks $5.00 with
P9 igree. INVERVIICW FARM, Vassar. Mich.

ILVER. GOLDEN AND WHITE WYANDC'I‘TI‘IS.

Eggs from all mattings, 1.50 per 1:3, $2.50 per 30 until

Red Cockerels. Rich.
Dark Real and Strong.
Arbor, R. 8, Michigan.

 

July Lit. U. \V. Browning, R. 2. Portland. Mich.
While Wyandolle 00%;? fil‘h‘l‘ili‘llo, gffiiflifi’ $4"
DAVID RAY, 1’02 Forest Ave . Ypsilanti, Michigan.

 

' Cockerels from fine stock sndA 1
“Illll WINNING layers. 82 and $3 each. Farm raised.
g. FRANKLIN S‘JIII‘H, Ann Arbor. Michigan.

White llhina Geese &. M. Pekin Ducks

Bourbon Red Turkeys For Sale

Write Mrs. C. L. Magoo, Boyne Falls. Michigan.

 

3000 FERR ETS FOR SALE
Price list free. C. J. DIMICK. Rochester, Ohio.
2000 Ferrets They hustler-ate and rub-
mailed free. N. E. KNAP19,ts'adh‘elsigr??giig?klet

Ferrets For Sale. Fine Stock -
Write at once. 0. M. Beckett, Dent. “prifiglils‘tnfdreg,

all: fligll‘lgmhmls For Sale. Price lisliree

Catalog and

HE poultry flock on the farm
should be a. money maker in this
year of high prices and the farm-
erwho does not house all of his vigor-
ous pullets to the best advantage will
make a mistake. In preparing for win-
ter the house should be thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected. Whitewash
gives the interior of the house a bright
clean appearance but it is disliked by
some poultrymen, due to the fact that
it gathers dampness. The commercial
disinfectants are very efficient. Kero-
sene oil is excellent for destroying
mites and the roosts should be thor-
oughly saturated. If carbolic acid is
added to the oil in a proportion as low
as one to ten it will be even better,
although I have had excellent success
in keeping down mites this year by
simply using kerosene. Lice paints
used freely over the eguipment of the
house will prove a good investment in
many instances.

Clean Out the Poultry House.

The largest part of the poultry house
renovating will, however, be just plain
work with the shovel and broom. If
the house contains an earth floor the
old dirt should be removed and replac-
ed with clean garden soil. It is very
nice to have gravel, but the cost of
hauling will make the use of gravel too
expensive in many localities. A ce-
ment floor should be thoroughly clean-
ed by removing the litter and giving it
a good scrubbing. About two inches
of good garden soil covered with a foot
of fresh straw for litter will place the
floor in good condition for the pullets.
Wooden floors should also be scrubbed
and patched where necessary. The
walls and ceiling will soon become cov-
ered with dust and cobwebs and a thor-
ough sweeping and dusting is in order.

Before placing the pullets in their
winter quarters every bird should re-
ceive the blue ointment treatment for
lice as this will prove satisfactory
louse insurance until spring and it will
save dusting with louse powders dur-
ing the cold winter mouths, but on the
other hand, the hen has less opportu-
nity for dusting herself and lice will
thrive even in the coldest months, es-
pecially on the hen that is slightly
lacking in vigor. Use a smear of blue
ointment beneath the vent and anoth-
er under each wing and the pullet will
be properly protected. As far as mites
are concerned, if the roosts are free
from the pests the birds will take care
of themselves.

Furnish a Dusting Place.

In preparing for winter a sufficient
amount of clean garden 10am should be
stored in barrels to insure a good sup-
ply of dusting material until spring.
Place the earth in a. large shallow box
where the sun may strike it as much
as possible and the dirt baths will help
to keep up the vitality of the hens dur-
ing the long winter months. It seems
that life can hardly be worth living for
a hen in the Winter time unless she is
given a lot of attention on the part of
her owner. The attention costs money
but as we have previously mentioned
there is no reason that first-class pul-
lets should have to neglect their board
bill, considering the present price of
eggs.

After the interior of the poultry
house has been given a thorough clean-
ing the equipment should be given at-
tention. Nests should be removed and
placed in the sun, then disinfected and
filled with clean straw, especially in
the corners so that the pullets will
learn to like the nests from the day
their first egg is laid. Feed hoppers
will need a thorough cleaning and the

,drinking utensils should receive the

best scalding that they have had all
season. When this work has been com-
pleted the poultry house will be ready
for the pullets. It should be remem-
bered that one of the greatest causes
of poultry failures is a lack of sanita-
tion in the houses, especially during

 

New London. Ohio. I

the winter when the birds are confin-

j massages.

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ed. Sanitation is rather a. big'sound-
ing word but it simply means digging

out dirt and keeping it‘ out.
Ingham Co. R. G. KIRBY.

POULTRY FEEDING.

 

Will you tell me what grains to buy

to make up a good ration for laying ‘

hens to make early winter layers, Also

tell me how to feed same and in what

quantities to obtain best results.
Chippewa Co. C. H. H.

One of the most successful methods
of feeding poultry .is the one advocated
by the Maine Experiment Station,
which is briefly as follows: A grain
mixture of equal parts by weight of
wheat, oats and corn, and a dry mash
of a mixture made up as follows: Bran
200 lbs; corn meal. 100 lbs; middlings,
100 lbs; gluten meal, 100 lbs; and beef
scraps 100 lbs.

The usual method of feeding the
grain is to scatter about four quarts of
the grain mixture for each 100 hens. in
the litter at night after the chickens
have gone to roost, or early in the
morning. The litter should be deep
enough to give the hens plenty of ex-
ercise. At noon another four quarts
should be scattered in the litter.

Aside from the grain and dry mash
the chickens should have plenty .of
green food, which may be furnished
either in the form of mangles, cab-
bages, sprouted cats or cut clover hay.
Milk is also a very valuable poultry
food, and if furnished daily the amount
of beef scraps in the dry mash can be
cut down to 50 pounds. It is prefer-
able to feed sour milk, as sweet milk
will often sour, and cause digestive
troubles, and the change, from sour
milk to sweet, or vice versa will cause
trouble.

One of the secrets of successful
feeding is to have the chickens ,go to
roost with their crops full and in the
morning have them eager for grain. If
the chickens are not anxious for the
feed, it is an indication that they are
getting it too easily or that they are
getting too' liberal amounts.

WATCH FOR. BANDS ON WILD
DUCKS.

If you kill or capture a wild duck
bearing an aluminum band around one
leg, having a number on one side, and
on the other a statement requesting
that the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, or the Biological Survey, be noti-
fied, you are requested to send this
band at once to the Bureau of Biologi-
cal Survey, U. S. Department ‘of Agri-
culture, Washington, D. C. This band,
if accompanied by a statement as to
date, place and circumstances under
which the bird was taken, will be of
service to the Survey in its efforts to
determine the longevity of individual
ducks and the routes of migration of
the species. The bands are being at—
tached to considerable numbers of
wild ducks of several species which
have been cured of the duck sickness
prevalent around Great Salt Lake,
Utah, and there released. The de-
partment is particularly anxious to se-
cure reports from these birds to deter-
mine their complete recovery from this
malady.

'A test was made recently by the
Missouri Station of two flocks of 100
hens each, one under good farm condi-
tions, the other under special manage-
ment. This included a. somewhat more
varied ration and the use of artificial
light in the houses early in the morn-
ing and late at night, thus lengthening
the period of light by several hours.
The total cost of feed for the five-week
period for let one was $16.77 and for
lot two, $19.97, but the number of eggs
laid by let one was 652, as compared
with 1,592 by lot two. The profit of let
one was but $7.04.and that of lot two,
$38.05, thus indicating the effective-

ness of the system of special manage-v
ment adopted.

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No time to send for
batteries in the middle
.of a job! Keep going
with COLUMBIAS.
The steady. sturdy
battery built with 27
years of know-how.
Buy Columbias by
name _, for engines,
autos. bells, phones.
lanterns and blasting.
Though they cost no
more, they last longer!
National Carbon Co.

Cleveland, Ohio
I, out“ fahhesmck sin-Inge“? 2:13;

posts that won’
case. no extra charge.

  
  
  
  
 
   
   
 

   
    
  

   
   
  

   
 
 
 
 
 
 

  
   
  
 
   
  
   
   
  

   
   
  
    
 
 
    

  
   
    

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BREEDERS’ muscular.

Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us
Ten Days before date of publication.

CATTLE.

We Ofier a Few Special Bargains
In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-
bouillet rams, Ham shire pigs (either
sex) and Holstein bu Is. A good chance
for a small investment to reap the bene-
fit of a large expenditure of capital and
years of expert breeding.

Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS

H RI) ESTABLISHED IN 1900.
TROJAN-EIEICAS and BLACKBIRDS on”.
Also breeders of Percheron. Hackney and Saddle

Horses.
WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionic. Mich.

Aberdeen Angus Bulls For Sale

12 head of choice young hulls old enough for service.
All sons of Black Monarch 3rd. Grand (‘ham ion Bull
Michigan State Fair 1914 1915 and 1916. Black onarch
3rd has been sold to w. 15. Scripps. wudwood Farms.
for the record price of the l recd in Michigan, 31200.
U. L. Clark, Hunters Creek, Mich. Sidney Smith, Mgr.

 

 

 

 

 

AYRSHIREs—One of the foremost dair breeds. The
most economical milk pro ucers. Calves
for sale. White Leghorn oockerels; Duroo Jersey
swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. Flint.Miohigan.

 

R1388. Guernsey Bulls, serviceable age. great grand
‘ons of Gov. Chene. also grade Guernsey and Jersey heifers
6 wks old $20 each. Avondaio Stock Farm. Vl'ayne, Mich

 

of service use and calves f
Guernsey Bulls choice. Adv. reg. breeding?m
T. V. HICKS, Route 1. Battle Ceeek. Mich.

 

MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE

BEACH FARM
GUERNSEYS

Average yearly production 422.3 lbs. of fat, three
fourths of them making their records as two year
olds. By the use of a pure bred sire, a big im-
provement can seen 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 and let us tell you about
em.

CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVINE,

Coldwater, Michigan.

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GU E R N 8 BY S Buli.(i.1%a¥.%%lg
Containin blood of world chain lone.
HICKS’ OUER SEY FARM. Saginaw. iv. 8.. Mich.

 

 

(‘i uernseys—Yearling Gr. Son. Pauline Spotswnod. 74611:. fut.
TAIso Mny Rose Hcifci‘just freshen. with hcii'ci- calf. you can

own them boar-cheap. J. M. Williams, North Adams, Mich.

 

Registered Guernsey Bull, 4 year old
BISO3 yearlin s the best yet, Cheap.
John Ebels, Holland, R. 10, 30x 129, Michigan.

GUERNSEYS: Bred heifers. mature cows, bull calves
From 3. Ion line of Adv. Reg. ancestors with large
Gr. . WIGEN'I‘. Vatervliet, Michigan.

 

record.

 

Registered Guernsey Bulls old enough
For sale: for service, and bull calves from ad—
vanced registered cows. L. J. Byers. Goldwater. Mich.

two gr. sons of M ay Rose
Reg. Guernsey Bulls m... o. 1...... w...
(the 84600 bull) one 2 mo. old dnm May Rose breeding
one 6 mo. old. others of serviceable age. Satisfaction
Alfred Anderson, Holton, Michigan.

 

guaranteed.

Do You want A Bull?

Ready For Service.

From a grand daughter of The King of the
Pontiacl. Sired by a bull that is more than a half
brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the
World. and whose dam is 330 lb. 6% 5 fat dim liter
of Pontiac Aggie Korndyke who has more lb.
daughters than any other living bull. It you do
write for pedigree.

EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich;
30 Ill. bull for sale, 2 years old, by a son of King 0

f
the Pontiacs. Dam sold for 81000 in Detroit sole.
Ferd. ,1. Lance. Bebe h

 

 

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Q 3: LUNY 's‘r‘oc-n
Farm 'Holsteins

J UST THREE yearling sons of Crown

Pontiac Korndyke. No. 48.712. whose first tentat-

ed daughters to freshen produced at an average

age of 2 yrs 411105. 20 days. Butter. 21.215 lbs..

Milk 398 1 lbs.

No. i. Dam‘s 7 day record: Butter 29.521 lbs..
Milk 6679 lbs.

No. 2. Dam s 7 day record: Butter. 24.6201bs..
Milk. 50 43 lbs.. at 4 yrs. 7 mos. 11 days.

0. 3. Denis 7 day record. Butter. 25.3861bs..

Milk. 448 7 lbs No. 3 is the granddam of No 2.

These young sires combine heavy Milk and Butter

production with size and quality. All are light

in color and splendidly marked. Come and see

them or write for pedigrees and prices

R. B. McPherson, Howell, Michigan

 

Purebred Registered
H O L S T E l N
G A T T L E

world's champion advanced registry
m'llllleproducel' in the purebred registered Hol-
stein-Friesian cow Lutsoke Vale Cornucoii>ia.own
ed in the state of Wash 11. n 365 . are this
wonderful cow producedB 2-3931 lbs. of milkorover
15000 uarts. exceeding the best prevrous milk
roduc. ng record of 30.45110s. medeb the Holstein
Ii‘illy Alcartra. The big “Black and into cattle.
not only by individual rformances. but by
matchless qualities and so ievements as a breed,
are (proving their superior worth all over the
worl .

Send for FREE Illustrated Dascrs'pts'vs Booklets
The llolsleln-lrlcslsn Associatio- ol America.
I. L. Houghton. Scc'y., It! I“. lratlleboro. Vl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

«:m r N 0TC ll” Holsteins

By careful retention. for many yearnof largest ro-
<lucing females. and use of superior sires. a bree ing
herd of wonderful quailty has been established. We
are selling young bulls of this“’101_’ NU'l‘UH"quality,
of serviceable age. at moderate )rices‘. Information.
pedigrees.etc.. on application. cPHLBbON FARMS
00., Howell, Michigan.

HOLSTIENS

Herd No.1, Five cows. one two year old bull.

Herd No. 2. Five yearling heifers. one yearling bull.
Herd No. 3. Five Heifer calves and on. bull.

Bulls ready for service and 6 to eight months old bulls
Prices will please you. If interested. write as soon as
you read this. L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.

 

REE I SlEllE Holstein cows. heifers and heifer calves
priced to sell. also bu is ready for ser-
vice. B. B. REAVEY, AKRON.‘MICHIGAN.

 

a Holstein Bull Call. 2ncarest dams average 901b
cg'lllllk per day Pontiac Korndyke and Hengerveld
De ol breediugPrices right. John A. Rinke.“ arren.Mich

olstein Calves. 10 heifers. and 2bulls 15-16ths pure
HS weeks old, beautifully markedj‘wfio each. crated
for shipment anywhe. c. Edgewood Farm.Wh itswater.Wis

Holstein F rieSian Cattle
A. R. O. herd tuberculin tested, headed
by grandson of King Segis Pontiac.
PEACELAND STOCK FARM, Three Rivers, Mich.

Chas. Peters. Herdsman. C. L. Brody. Owner. Port Huron

- ' Youn bull read for service.
“ngldnd llolSl'll“. 30 lb. breeding. 1Satisfaction
guaranteed. w. B. Jones and J. F.Lutz. Cohoctah. such.

MIGHIGAN I'IOLS'I'EIIIS

4 to 12 Mo. World record sire. High
testing dams—from 899 up to 8299. Let
us send you one on trial. You should
not buy until you get our book.

Long Beach Farm,
AUGUSTA, (Kalamazoo 0o.) HIGH.

EG. HOLSTEINS: Herd headodb Albina Boa“
_ . 124. Dani's reoo at 6 yrs. butter
28.53 lbs. milk 619.4. Yearly record at 2% "ll butter
8):! lbs. milk 1522 lbs.W. B. HEADER. Hows . Mich

Bull ‘Calv‘es

From A. R. O. Dams. Sired by “Mapleorest Korndyke
Hengerveld.” whose Dam. "Ma lecrest Pontiac Flora
Hartog," is one of the four 1‘ pound daughters of
“Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke."

Write us about these Calves. and our.

Berkshires

And we will quote prices that will more thorn.

Swigsrtdale Farm, Petersburg. Mich.
FOR SALE:§;?.‘;?E::rsEr-tar

dam. the other dam not yet tested but a great individ-
ual, one bred to a2'1 lb. double gran n of Johan
Hengerveld Lad. also bull calf from same sire and 21
lb. dam. Chas. R. Paine, Durand, Mich.

 

 

 

In. , . ARMER

FEMALES-LilliSALE-f-F‘EMALES

  
 

 

~ 25 Head Registered Holsteins
Many with A. R. 0. records, some up to 23 lbs. Mostly 21:0

5 years old—a few yearlings.

N 0 better breeding anywhere.

From Granddams of: King of the Pontiacs, DeKol 2nd,

Butter Boy 3rd., and King Segis.

prices. Send for list.

Will be sold at auction

. Bigelow’s Holstein Farms

Breedsville, — _

28 Head Registered and High

Michigan.
Grade Holslien Friesian cattle

To be sold at

Public Auction,

October 31, l9l6

This herd of cattle consists of 28 pure bred and rode females. 1 yearling registered bull. a grandson of the

"King of the Pontiacs" and one registered bull ca f.

The females are of goo breedin and excellent milk-

5 ualities. All farm implements. including one 8 h. p. gasoline engine and one Wi der Whirlwind No.D
bllfo iller. Sale starts at 10 a. in. Sale will be held at the form. located 5 miles North of Monroe. Monroe
00.. Mich, on Detroit. Monroe and Toledo Electric line. One mile East of Stoney Creek stop. This 102 acre

Dairy Farm for sale. B. G. VIVIAN. R.

R. No. 4. Monroe. Michigan.

Duroc Jersey Herd Boars

Special Offering of High Class Full Boar Pigs. Brecdln and Individuality good
enough for breeders who appreciate t 0 best.

Also some good farmer’s boars.

This is the best lot of fall pigs we have ever had to offer. A cor-

dial invitation is extended to visit the farm and inspect the stock. If you wish one of the best
young Jersey bulls in Michigan we have him for sale. For further particulars. address.

Brookwater Farm, Swine Dept., Ann Arbor, Mich.

 

Maple Hill Fans llsgizlsrsd lousy lislllslor Sale

Both sexes. The kind that ay at the fi‘.“~ '
J. B. Worthington. 3. No.7. using. ichigan

. The Wildwood Farm

Jersey Cattle. Majesty Blood. \‘Ve have Bulls for sale
from Register of Merit COWS of good type. Write your
wants. Alvin Balden. Capac. Michigan.

FOR SALE. Choice regi4tered Jersey bull

0 calf born Dec. 24th. 1915. Dam
is 700 lb. a ycar butter cow. moderate price. easy terms.
C. S. Bassett Kalamazoo. Mich.

' Je se Co
A Few Choice Unregistered .0.g...{.,,..:7§
this fall. good :igcs. prices for next thirty days $75).
h in. lt‘. Austerburg. . F. l). 3, Homer. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

BIDWELL suonriionns

For "Beef and Milk".
Registered b ill I s.
Scotch - to pad roans.
reds andw ite for sale.
Farm at N.Y.C. Depot;
also D. '1‘. it I. B'y.

Iddrsss 6.0.8clmdsr Mgr.

BIDWELI. S'l'0Cll FARM
Box 3, Tecumseh. MiCh.

 
   

Albion Stamp 352670

 

Shorlhorn Cattle ol both Sex ior Sale ‘

W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.

II‘III' “RE" Shorthorns of best Bates strainsyoung
bull Binonths old for sale. price 8150.
J. B. BUMMELL. MASON. MICHIGAN.

star“. AND POLLED DURHAMS FOR SALE.
or“ Have red roan and wblu. Have over 100
head in bend. C. Carlson. Leroy. Mich.

Sll fll'l ~Dairy or best bred. Breeding stock all
0 om: ages for salo at farmers prices. C. W. Crum
Socy. Cont. Itch. Shortliorn Brssdsrs' Alln.. Ichrids. lick

M'Ik' Shorthorns. roan 3 year old. Bates bred herd
I "ll! bull 3250; Youn .bulls and heifers.
DAVIDSONS: HALL. T CUMSEH, MICHIGAN.

HEREFORD gym]. 82:32:

ALLEN BROS" PAW. MICK.

SHORTHORNS FOR SALE

33m. also females. w. B. McQuillan. Howell. Mich

OB Sale—Beg. Short Horn Bulls by Maxwalton
h2nd. so ofAvondale.fromllto 13 mos.old
Eiliimszii’midc,“ Rica City. R. No. 5.. Michigan.

Y b ll $100. Bred cows-
Shorlhorns For Sale. .tl‘tiiré‘m‘lm i... u... .ai...
Writs W. J. BELL. ROBE CITY. MICH GAN.

Glandals Milldn Shorllloms .‘53.le2.§’;‘.‘1253225
prices for quick an e. finest edigree. $125.00 to $150.00.
F. W. Johnson and Sons, Buster. Mason 00.. Mich.

100th Shorthorn feeder steers 2
For sa'e'years old. nearly all dehprned. All
native cattle. George Hinchman, Hastings. Mich.

Of Interest to Feeders

For Sale—We have on our Ranch in Iosco 00.. Mich,
300 head of steers. selected stock purchased earlfi in
summer at Chicago. Angus. Heretords and 8 ort
Horns. (or further information write or p one

K. B. SMITH. IONIA. MICE.

 

' ' yearling heifer. Dam. 325.8) lb.
"BEISlllml "0'5.an 5r. four-year-old granddaughter
of Pontiac Butter Boy. Sire. a grandson of Hengerveld
DeKol out of 25.91 lb. dam. Nice individual. beat of
breeding. $150 delivered. safe arrival guaranteed.erto
for pedigree. Hobart W. Fay. Mason. Michigan.

Cattle For Sale

2 Loads feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also
can show you any number 1. 2 and 3 years old from
000w 1200 lbs. Isaac Bhanstum. Fsirfie d. Iowa. R-8.

 

 

 

 

Two registered
Exceptional Opportunity: m...“ Hahn...
lieifersby ‘3!) lb.biitter bull. out of excellent . R. O.
Cows $150 each. Rougemont Farms. Detroit. Mich.

lieu. Holstein Bulls l8??.i.§°§.?%i§‘fiil‘;‘3msi2
each. Dewey C. Pierson. Hadley. Michigan.

I' H l t '
FORSAL ..:‘::....:.:.s:.sa°iai;r.:s

Pontiac Alcartra the 850000 hull. Fine individuals. 3
tea/halos. 1 male. Sindlinger Bros.. Lake Odessa. Mich.

 

 

 

lllle Farmstead Jerssv Cattls. Bull calves from R
0 . COWS. also heifer calves and several bred
heifers for sale. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersvlllo. Mich.

from high-producinir dams. lth
53"”! Bu": hr 8"“ testing Assn. records. sis: on
semi-omclal test. 0. B. Wehner. R. G. Allegan. Mich

"I I. lane R. of M. JERSEY HERD others for sale,
ll tuberculin tested cows. heifers. bulls.
and bull calveslmcked bv several generations of R,
of M. breeding. IRVIN FOX. Allegan. Michigan.

REGISTERED JERSEY Mill! Hill SllE

l yearling, and Bull calves from 8 to 10 months
old. so 3 cows. Write your wants.
SMITH- PARKER, R. D. No.4. Howell, Michigan.

 

 

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of best breeding.of various ages.either
Berksnircs sex. all registered stock. no ak n.
snecial reduced price. rite your wants quick.
ll.itchell's LakesideFarmi-i. R.2. Bloomingdale. Mich.

The Very Finest Berkshire Piss Cheap

0. I. BARTLETT. Propr. Pontiac. Michigan

 

 

' 01' various ages. either sex. open orbred.
norkflllres. prolific strains. Registered. at moderate
price. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Michigan.

° Boers and gllte. May farm ed. 1 r
BerkSllll'e growthy fellows. Also a llttBle'ufil’. r235;
towean. A. A. PATTULLO, R. 4.‘Deckervi le, Mich.

OYAL'I‘ON Bred Berkshires: Fine lot of Se tember
pigs. both sexes. Will ship whens weeks 0 d. with
registry papers. for-87. All sired by Paramount Lee. Satis~
faction guaranteed. . F. Valentine .Supt. Temperance.Mlch.

DUROG JERSEYS

 

 

 

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A choice lot of spring pigs. both sex. pairs and tries.
not akin. Prices reasonable. Sand for pedigrees.I
THE JENNINO'S FARMS. R. F. D.l. Ballsy. Mich.

 

' ' M ales, good once for Dec.
LW. KEE'EY, Er", Mic - service. Brecdcr of Duroo
Swine. D. I. J: T. local from Monroe or Toledo. chncy Stop.

 

DUROC Jersey Special. Pigs 8 wks. old $12cach. Trio
for 835. no kin. Reg. and Del. anywhere in state for
next 10 days. J. Robert Hicks. St. Johns. Michigan.

 

Two June 1915; 12 April 1916.
”um: Jersey loaf: Vl'rite for descri tion. I guar-

antee satisfaction. J. H. Banghart. East ansing. Mich.

 

uroc Jerseys. Some ycarling & Spring boars good
en0_ug_h to head your_hi-rd. Will sell .l‘lureka (Ylicrry
King‘lillllo. Ask about him. W. C. Taylor, Milan.!\lich.

Duroc Jerse 9. choice breedin v s r' l '
For Sale, . h” - A 1". ”ms

. sit or sex. Prices rigi .
John McNicoll. Station A, H. 4. Bay City, Mich

nunoc JERSEYS. Anice bunch ofSpring Gilts, also
. I 3 good Spring Boers old enough
for serVice.Wm. W. Kennedy. R. .. Grass Lake. Mich.
of the lar'rc. smooth

Duroc Jersey Boar's mg 1.0.1.1.”...
E. D. Haydenberk. Wayland. Michigan.
Jerse sBig Ty elloars with hruml'ng and
”In.” individuality tliat is hard to beat. hrled from
prize winnin stock. rices i‘eusonablc. satisfaction
guaranteed. . J. DR D'l‘. R.l. Monroe. Michigan

 

 

 

Stock ho 9. Spring gilts. ti'lcd Son's.
Duroc August ’igs. Percheron Stud l‘olts.
E. J. ALDRICH. ’l‘ekonsha. Mich. 1i. 1. Bell Phone.

I Combined. size. quality. breeding.
nubson : nurocs Herd boars. s ring boars. spring
sows for sale. Orlo. L. Dobson, uincy. Michigan.

 

 

UROO Jerseys. Spring boars from the most noted sires
of the breed. Jo Orion ll. Perfect Top (101.. Oakland ()liio
Chiet,Princlple IV &, Model I’al.1\'cwton BarnlianStJolins, Mich.

 

n r c Fall yearlings. boars and gilts, wei ht 200 lb.
ll 0 8 $30t0 " Some good spring stufl’at 25.wcight
175 lb. H. G. KEESLER, Cassopolis. Michigan.

If you want full pigs
nuroc Jerseys don't forgot to vs rite to
D. C. STAHLMAN. Shepherd. Michigan.

 

 

 

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l Big Typo Boars-
l or. ready for service Bred Gilts—Fall
l 0' ' Pigs. Registered in buyers name.
shipped C. 0. D. Prices very reason—
able. J .Carl Jewett. Mason. Mich.

 

0 I c '8an -A nice lot of a ring pi 5. Write
. 0 ' your wants. endow iew Stock
Farm. Holland. Michigan. B. B. No. 5.

O I C Serviceable Boars shipped C. O. D.
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Registered in purchaser’s name.
H. W. MANN. - - - Dansville, Mich.

 

 

     
  

Raise Chester Whites.
Like This

, :2 theoriginsl big producers
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HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to
success. I can help you. I want to place otne ho from
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great herd in every comm ty where to -
weaned bl these fine early develops or mrket’iit si’x
months oi _ Write for my plan— ‘ More Money oga."

      
 

G. 8. BENJAMIN. 3.}, D. 10. Portland. Michigan

 

 

HESTER WHITE March pigs either sex. lBooking orders for
Sept. 1 pigs, 2 year old sow tnrrowed 9 pigs Sept. 5. licrd
boar i52yr. old. Ship 0.0.1). “HA .Sncary.Mt.Plcusunt.lllii-li 11.4.

cHESIEn wanes s.-. erratum:grimfor

F. W. ALEXAND RsVassar. Mich.

 

 

   
    

Stock For Sale - All Age
Mussels-ts lslltllod Tullm Ilsa : Isles-s

 
 
  

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Brlghlsldo Farm . . j ,1»
Grand Ledge. Mich

O. l. C. Stock all Sold
JULIAN P. CLAXTON. lwart_z Creek. Mich.
o. I. c. SWINE: transsexuals:
you with a choice pair or trio. not akin, or a gilt. due

to far-row about September first.
A. J. GOBDEN. B. No. 2. Don. Mich.

 

 

o I ' Choice 8 ringgiltsnot bred and spring boars.
0 I I Out of lyrize winning stock. Write for low

pricel. A. V. HATT. Grass Lake. Mich.

 

 
 

. . . 23;“.
400 Big him. a. l. c. and a... “Will. m.

From I'e . or. and Apr. furrow sired b the five best
boars in the state. School Master 62701 w won more
champions. defeated more champions than any boar
show 1915. Abo 2nd, sire toour undefeated breeders
oung herd at 7 state fairs Allen junior champion at
Wis. State fair 1914, and Captain Jim 88161, under 6
months boar and J an ior chamBion at ev rv state fair
shOw 1915. Then we have Le 0111 mo 9129015 first
in class at Sioux City, Iowa. 1914. Get our cuialogue,
its free. We Register Free; Guarantee satisfaction
in Every way. .
ROLLING VIEW STOCK FARM. Cass City. Mich.

n I c Swine and Beg. Holstelns. few boar pigs of
' 0 . Ma furrow at areasonable rice,quality.con-
sidered. ELillEli E. SMITH. Bed 0rd, Michigan.

0.]. C. HOGS

Fine April Gilts and Males. Pairs no relation. At 0
bargain if taken at once. J. R. Way. Three Rivers. Hich.

_ , 4 last fall boars big growthy
0‘ I. C S- ones. also last spring pigs
either sex. not akin. Farm ls mile West of depot.
Otto B. Sohulze. - - Nashville. Michigan

0. l. C. & Chester White

Strictlv Big Type.A ril boars large enough for ser-
vice. also have May oars. that are good ones. Can
furnish in pairs not akin. Have been breeding theb

type for 15 years. The kind that fill the ork barre .
Newman's Stock Farm, Mariette. 1(h. R. l.

 

 

0 l 'C’ 14 choice young boars ready for service.
. - SI 2 sows to furrow in Oct. and oiifnlgilti.
Cloverleaf Stock Farm. Monroe. Mich. . o. l_

O I C Serviceable boars of the big tripe at
0 - - reduced prices for the nextt irty
days. G. P. ANDREWS, Dansvllle. M lchitan.

o I c Yearold boar 2nd prize winner-at Grand Rapids
0 . . fair also spring gilts and boars ready for ser-
vice. A. J. Barker. Belmont. Mich. B. B. l.

FOR SALE sombre 31:53.-
- i . re . i
andboars. 0. D. Somervill. Grzilslsniallihvklllich fi.2.

. 9 Service boars and gilts. Price reason-
00 '0 c 8 able. Satisfaction guaranteed. Ship
A. R. GRAHAM. Flint. Michllnn.

a ' c or Chester White Swine. both scxh not
0 O O of kin. Write for catalog and prices.
E. 1i. MILET’l‘, l

Francisco Farm Poland Chinas
Big Types With Quality

Ten 200 lb. Spring Boers from prize winning stock.
They're long, strong. big-boned. rugged follows.
Pictures. circular and price list on reguest.

P. P. POPE. MOUNT PLEA ANT. MICE.

' —~Two nice fall

Large Strain P. 0. b0.....,..,....,

Gilts to furrow in Aug. Sept. and Oct.. get one of
these sows with pigs by side.

11. l). SWAR’I‘Z, Schoolcraft. Michigan.

AT HALF PRIC E

Genuine big type Poland China Hogs. Bred Sows.
Spring Pigs. lloars read for Service. Speclal. tho
best big type fall year ing boar in Michigan. Also
registered ’erchcrou Stallions and Mares.

J. C. BUTLER. Portland. Mlch.. Bell Phone.

 

 

 

any day.

Fowler-ville, ichigiin.

 

 

' ' Spring boars. at reasonable
Big lypfl Pallnd chlllas prices. Order soon to save
express. A. A. WOOD & SON. Saline. Michigan.

OR SALE: Poland China boars ready for service. A

fmv high scoring Black Minorca cockcrels,will makl
large birds. Satisfaction Guaranteed. R. W. Mills Saline Mich.

Largest in Mich. Yo
large Type P0 C0 boars ready for service. 0
Mar. and April furrow. from large litters. weighingup
to 275 lbs. (‘onic and sec, expenses paid if not as rep-
resented. ‘4'. E. Livingston, Purma, Mich.

Blli TYPE POLAND BHINAS

All ages. Our herd sire Was Champion and
Grand (‘hanipion at the State Fair last {all Our
sows are great big stretchy. splendid individuals
with best breeding. Pigs from such matings

will please you

HILLCBEST FARM. Kalamazoo. Michigan.

For Sale Poland than: :iitzrizzaaélrrgwsm

P. D. Long. R. F. D. No. 8. Grand Rapids. Kllch.
t' . . '

Large )pe P C Bows and gilts all retained for my

Feb. Sale. A few choice Spring boars ready to
ship. W. J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta. Michigan.

m "PE Puuiu CHINASl’.€{3.“y23??..323h33

G. W. BOLTON. Rout. 11. alamazoo Mich

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For Big Type P. 0- Aglllxli‘arci'zz.eriie :rcallo-
Fowlerville. m

ALNUT Alley Herd.Big type Poland Chinashzm
by Hadley Desmoins No. 210925 and Smothe J
Jr. No. 248687. Bows represent blood of twoA wondoxl.
Pigs of either sex ready. A. D. Gregory. Ionia. Mic!

Armstrong Bros.. R. 3.

 

 

I Poland China boars shi ped C. 0. D.
Blg Boned or write for photo. weig ts, pedigree
on price. 1‘ '

3. ll. Leonard, St. Louis, Michigan.

 

IG Type 1’. C. 'l‘hrce extra good yearling boars. cool
Bllllll) lb. prospect. Sired by ling 'l‘y pe King our m
lb. boar. Spring pigs either sex. Spccial three Moll-
breed boar pigs. “'. Brewbakcrdc Son. Elsie. Mich.

' China 8 ring nd fall

Large Stiled POIand also ()xibrd sliieep. P33:
right to quick liuycrs. liolwrt Neve. Pierson. Mich.

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Poland Chinas. dfi.““..?.3m§‘m.m""
and large litters. They have good bone and length.“
quartered. L. W. Barnes and Son. Byron, Mich.

BIG Typo Poland Chinas. The smooth. one feed!"
kind that will grow big and get fat. Apr. p gs web‘—

ing up to 235 lbs. E. R. Moore, Ransom. Michieg
' As blgand goods-grow
Po‘and Chlnasi either sex. You win I!

you buy from Robert Martin. R. 7. Hastings. Mich.

 

 

GROWTHY THE mars-l
PROLIFIC “MULEFOOT” RESIST-
PROFITABLE HOG mo

FOUNDATION STOCK FROM BEST BLOOD OF 3R3“

THE CAHILL FARMS
KALAMAZOO - - - - moment
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' ' Bred Sows and gllts for August and
Hampshire Swme. swam... mm... .. Spring pics.
sex both. FLOYD MYERS. R. No. 9. Decatur. lad.

unmpismnrs 3...... W 8"“ "'4
A. n. mom: i» can ghfirirlnglugfigllgi
HAMPSHIRE noes statisticians:
John W. .qnvrler. R. 4. St. Johns. Mich.
Halladays' Hampshire Swine

Both sexes. all ages. l'rices reasonable.
0. H. Hnlladav ill Son. Clinton. Mich.

O
Y orksh i res For Sale.
Boa rs from large early farmwed litters. Waterman C
Waterman, Mesdowland Farm. Ann Arbor, Mich.

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