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VOL. CXLVll. No. 19

Whole Number 3913





The Only Weekly Agricultural,

DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, NOVEIVIBER 4, 1916





 





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Practical Houses for Farm Poultry

By E. I. FARRINGTON





 





 





A Poor Type of Hen House.



HERE is no end to theories about



poultry house construction, but



the practical farmer seeks sim-

ply a practical house that will give his

birds the protection they need and not

cost very much. As a matter of fact,

the least \pretentious houses are often

found on the most successful farms. It

is well enough for the wealthy man to

build a costly poultry house; he can

afford the expense and some carpenter

gets a good job. The man who is rais-

ing poultry for profit, though, will find

difficulty in getting a fair interest on

his investment if he spends much more

on his houses than $1.50 for each bird

that is to occupy them. Many poul—

trymen figure their housing expense at

one dollar a head, although they make

an extra allowance if cement floors and

foundations are to be used.



Poultry houses have been much sim-

plified in the past few years. It used

to be supposed by all classes of poul-

trymen that hens would not lay in win-





. ter unless they are kept in warm hous-





es. As a result they built houses with

double walls, put on double windows

and doors and even installed stoves.

.The writer was recently looking over

an old poultry book in which several

more or less elaborate devices for

keeping out the cold were described

and pictured. In the old days, though,

the hens were forever getting sick and

some poultry keepers had large pits in

which dead birds were thrown. More-

over, winter eggs were few and far

between.



Then came the discovery that fresh

air and not warm air' was what hens

needed, that damp houses were much

worse than cold houses and that if a

house was kept tightly closed it was

almos’ sure to became damp. It was a





common thing in a tight house to find

the walls covered with moisture in the

morning and some experts had tried to

remedy this trouble by filling a small

loft over the roosting room with hay

to absorb the moisture. As soon, how-

ever, as the glass windows were re-

moved and musline substituted, all

trouble with dampness disappeared. It

was hard even then for poultry keep-

ers to realize that the hens did not

need to be kept warm, and the state

experiment station in Maine, built a so-

called fresh air house which became

famous. This house had a long roost-

ing closet at the rear, the hens being

entirely shut in at night by cloth

screens which were dropped in front

of them.



Then Joseph Tolman, a Massachu-

setts man, took the bull by the horns,

as it were, and constructed a house

the from of which was entirely open.





 





 





was 14 feet wide, but of late years Mr.

Tollman has been building and recom-

mending a much wider house divided

into pens. A house 24x14 will accom~





modate 100 hens and need not cost





more than $125, if built with an earth

floor. A wider house will cost less in

proportion. Any house that is square

will cost less than one of the same de-

sign which is long and narrow. A Wide

Tollman house should have windows

in the west end, but these windows

must be kept closed in winter. A siir

gle-boarded house of this type, cover-

ed with roofing paper is economical to

construct and a very satisfactory build-

ing for a business farmer to put up or

for a business hen to occupy.



In some ways the semi-monitor style

of house resembles the one just de-

scribed, but the roof construction is

different, for the front s10pe is made

several feet lower than the rear half,





 





 





An Open-front House which Houses 300 Leghorns.





This was a radical departure from any-

thing in the line of poultry houses

which had ever been known before, but

it was successful and the Tollman type

of hen house is now in use all over the

country, in the most northern states

as well as in California and the south.



While the Tollman house is entirely

open at the front, the fowls are not

exposed to the elements to the extent

that might be supposed. The house is

24 feet deep and has a double pitched

roof, with the front slope much longer

than that to the rear. It is open at the

front only, and the air inside is com-

paratively still, even though a gale

may be blowing outside. The confined





air seems to act as a cushion and does

not flow away from the perches when

it becomes warm, as in a shed roof

The original Tollman house





house.





 





is Good for





thus making room for a row of win-

dows where the ridgepole would other-

wise come. Years ago the semi-moni-

tor type of house was more or less in

favor, but then it was entirely closed

in and possessed no great advantage

over any other kind of house. As built

today, with the entire front open or

only partly closed, this becomes one

of the most desirable houses which the

practical farmer can build, although

costing somewhat more than other

kinds. It should be from 16 to 24 feet

deep, with the length depending upon

the number of fowls to be kept. The

wind is repelled by the confined air as

in the Tollman house when the upper

windows are closed tightly, as they

should be in winter. When these win-

dows are open in summer, 0n the oth-

er hand, extra ventilation is provided





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A Practical Colony House on Runners.

and the roosting quarters at: the rear

of the house kept cool. This is a good

feature, but the windows are valuable

also because they allow the rear of the

house to be flooded with sunlight,

something which is not possible in the

Tollman house.



In some houses of this kind the wall

in which the roof windows are set is

carried down inside the house to with-

in two feet of the floor. This gives the

fowls a perfectly protected roosting

place, although with no lack of fresh

air. When this plan is followed, it is

best to leave the front entirely open,

giving the birds an ideal scratch pen

all through the winter. It would be

hard to improve upon the semi-monitor

type when a permanent house is desir-

ed. At least, that is the opinion of the

writer, who might easily write a book

on “Poultry Houses I Have Met.”



Perhaps it might: be well to point

out here that many shed roof houses

which are too high in front to look well

or which are lacking in space might

easily be transformed into semi-moni-

tor houses with but little labor and at

comparatively slight expense. All that

needs to be built is a front extension,

with a row of windows at the top. In

this manner the capacity of a house

may be nearly doubled at considerable

less cost than would be required to

construct a new house.



After all, though, the shed roof type

of house is the one which will be most

often selected by the farmer, as its

construction is simple and it is cheap

to build. The shed roof house is likely

to be rather hot in summer but that

trouble can be remedied to a large ex-

tent by cutting openings in the rear

wall just under the, eaves, having shut-



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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





Attention has recently



been called to the need



of an aroused public



sentiment for better

rural school attendance and a more

rigid and effective enforcement of the

compulsory attendance law to make

sure of this better attendance, by an

official of the National Bureau of Edu-

cation.



Our rural schools have become notor-

iosuly small in size and their average

efficiency perhaps correspondingly de-

creased during the past. generation, yet

the school tax is in most. localities the

heaviest item of tax paid by farm own-

ers. It is certainly unfair to property

owners who are taxed that other peo-

ple’s children may have the advantages

of education in our free school system

to permit the foregoing of those advan-

tages in even individual cases, whether

the children are permitted to be absent

from school through carelessness or

indifference on the part of parents or

whether they may be kept out for sel-

fish reasons.



But this injustice is indeed small in

comparison to the injustice to the chil-

dren themselves. Statisticians have

estimated that the time spent in at-

tending school is more remunerative

to the average child than any similar

amount of time spent in subsequent



employment, it being claimed that ev-

ery day’s attendance when capitalized

‘ into future achievement is worth $9 to

every pupil of the primary school. It

7‘ has been estimated that in the United

.‘Statessomething like 5,000,000 boys





Rural School

Attendance.





 

 





 

 





 

 





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sent from s , .

mods loss to the next generation from

this cause if the. above estimate is any-

where nearly correct. In very many

cases where farm surveys have been

undertaken, it has been found that the

farmers who have had theadvantage

of a high school education have made

notably better labor incomes than

those who had not had such an advan-

tage. This is unquestionable proof that

school days are exceedingly valuable

to rural school children, far more val-

uable than their services in any other

capacity were they kept from school

for the purpose of aiding their parents.

Still greater is the loss‘where the chil-

dren are humored to occasional mid-

week holidays during the school term.

Surely public sentiment will be easily

aroused to favor the more rigid en-

forcement of compulsory attendance

wherever the remedy is needed as a

matter of justice to children of school

age.





The elective franchise

is everywhere consid-

ered the most sacred

right of a free and enlightened people.

Unfortunately many men who would

not patiently suffer even a suggested

infringement of the right to vote some-

how fail to appreciate the morally bind-

ing obligation which is the natural ac-

companiment of that right.



The elective franchise is a duty as

well as a right. Every voter owes it

to the community in which he lives as

well as tohis family and himself to

exercise the right to vote at every

election be it local or general. Partic-

ularly is it the duty of every good citi-

zen to go to the polls and cast his vote

upon important issues which have a

direct bearing upon the welfare of the

commonwealth and community, as is

the case at the coming November elec-

tion.



The farmer who, barring physical in-

ability, does not take the time to go

to the polls and vote because he is

busy at some important task in the

closing up of the fall campaign is fall-

ing short of his binding duty as a citi-

zen and his moral duty as a man. We

believe there are few such in Michigan.





Right vs. Duty.





The casual reader

might find it difficult.

to classify as be-

tween business and

philanthropy the policy recently adop-

ted by one of the-largest of Detroit’s

milk distributors. In the Detroit Free

Press of October 28 appeared the fol-

lowing item: .



As a. result of the milk shortage and

the high cost of feed, the Detroit

Creamery Company will lend money to

farmers of Shiawassee county with

which to buy cows. Feed also will be

sold by the company to farmers at re-

duced rates.



“The plan,” said Jerome H. Remick,

president of the company, “is not new,

though it is being tried out by our

company as an experiment at Owosso.

We are trying to aid the farmers as

well as increase the production of

milk.”



There is no prospect of a reduction

in the price of milk, according to Mr.





Philanthropy vs.

Business.





,Remick.





To Michigan milk producers this will

be illuminating as a practical admis-

sion on the part of this large distribu-

tor that the profits accruing from the

distribution of milk to the consumer





have been greater than those resulting '





from its production at price schedules

which have heretofore been maintain-

ed, else the distributor would not be in

a position to offer financial aid to farm-

ers desiring to engage in milk produc-

tion. The taking of such steps in an

effort to increase milk production is

also an acknowledgement of a short-

age of market milk from the territory

heretofore developed as a source of

supply. '



It must be conceded as good busi-

ness for milk distributors to undertake

the stimulation of market milk produc-

tion under these conditions. Had such

an eflort been made by the payment of

compensatory prices for market milk

during recent years, there is little like-.





 





ehool. Think pf the‘ienor»





was a monorail;





time. mama increase in them “are Ito





ELLA; vegiaim bane

have not only‘been able to hold the bi:





milk production, together with a. closer

study of costs in this department of

specialized farming, have brought the

milk producers of Michigan face to

face with the problem of getting a bet-

ter price for their milk or curtailing

their output of this commodity- Both

results have in a measure been accom-

plished. Some farmers have become

dissatisfied with the business and sold

their cows. By acting co-operatively

in the; sale of their product the farm-

ers of many dairy communities have

secured better prices. and by standing

together where such united action is

necessary, the producers of market

milk will in the future asisure to

themselves a price for market milk

which will pay the cost of production

and leave a living profit. Mr. Remlck

is undoubtedly right in the statement





that there is no prospect of a reduc-‘





tion of price of market milk, at least

unless there should be an unexpected

reduction in the cost of its production.



If the milk distributors are farsight-

ed business men, they should be grate-

ful to the milk producers of‘ the state

for organized action for the sale of

their product and organized insistence

on a compensatory price, since such ac-

tion on the part of milk producers will

do more to stimulate milk production

than could the united philanthropic or

business efforts of the milk distribu-

tors along any other line.





With this issue of the

Michigan Farmer be-

gins a new serial

story entitled, “Mister 44," by E. J.

Rath. A large number of excellent

stories were carefully reviewed before

making our final choice, so that in the

selection there is the fullest confidence

that we are presenting to our readers

the very best story that can be procur-

ed. Sadie, with Whom you will be in-

troduced in the first installment, is a

plain but wholesome country girl that

shows unusual resourcefulness under

very trying and unprecedented circum-

stances and the hero a successful en-

gineer, who appears later, rises above

the strata of his class and the bonds

of the society in which he was born

and follows, true as steel, the longings

of his heart. We bespeak for those of

our readers who, from week to week

follow the chapters of this story a sea-

son of genuine entertainment.





Our New Serial.





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February 1.



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before their present term expires will

not receive two copies, their date will

be extended from the date now'shown

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The Customary Christmas Cards will

not be offered this December. The

saving the subscriber will make

through being able to save the ad-

vance in subscription price will more

than make up for them and will be

sufficient inducement ,-to subscribe

early.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.





The European Wan—Fighting on the

Roumanian frontiers continues on hot-

ed, with the central powers follow ng

up their successes on the south in the

province of Dobrudja and the Roman-

ians checking and throwing back the

Austro-German forces in Transylvania.

In Macedonia on the left bank of the

Struma- river the British. soldiers re;





 





   





 

   





 





 





gain made last week but the v,

also taken the offensive against huh?

Vaux, the only important position in

front of Verdun remaining in the hands

of the Germans since last week’s re-

markable victory. On the Somme front

notwrthstanding great artillery activ-

ity, but few infantry attacks have been

made and changes in the lines are un-

important. A daring naval raid was

carried out by the Germans last week

when several of their sub-sea boats

and other craft entered the English

Channel and worsted the British ships

in an engagement. The extent of the

damage done has not been ascertained.





Capt. Boelclte, the famous German

av1ator who last Friday shot down his

fortieth aeroplane, was killed later

when his machine collided with anoth-

er aircraft.



The French steamship Chicago en-

route between Bordeaux, France, and

New Yory City, caught fire in mid—

ocean last week and was obliged to

race -for the Azores where she finally

landed the 265 passengers on board in

safety.



The fall of an 80-foot smokestack at

Chatham, Ont, resulted in the death

of three workmen.



- National.





The burning of a bridge, supposedly

by Mexicans, 300 miles east of El Paso

on the Rio Grande river has resulted in

the strengthening of the border guards

at all points. Chihuahua'is still held

by Carranza’s soldiers, although Gen.

Villa with approximately 4,000 bandits

18 reported to be manoeuvring to at-

tack that position. .



Virginia entered the ranks of prohi-

bition states on Tuesday at midnight,

increasing the total number of states

in the Union that prohibits the manu-

facture and sale of intoxicating liquors

to eighteen.



The leader of the bandits who stole

over $30,000 from the pay car of the

Burroughs Adding Machine Company,

of Detroit, on August 4, was recently

captured in Texas and returned to this

city, where he announces a Willingness

to plead guilty to the crime.



Following the wholesale primary

yote frauds and the large number of

improper registrations in various pre—

cincts in the city of Detroit, extra ef-

fort is being made by those interested

in a clean election, to safeguard against

fraudulent voting on November 7. Rep«

resentatives of the citizens and the

federal government will be on hand

during voting and the counting of the

ballots to challenge irregularities.



A shortage in the supply of coal at

distributing points is becoming more

or less acute indifferent places and as

a result prices have generally advanc-

ed. In some places as much as 500 a

day has been added to the quotations.

The shortage of cars for transporting

coal is largely responsible for the sit-

nation.



Fire destroyed the electrical depart-





. ments of a car company at Butler, Pa.,





Sunday, crippling the entire works and

throwing 3,000 persons out of employ-

ment. The property loss is estimated

at $500,000.



At the fifth annual convention of the

American College of Surgeons in ses-

sion at Philadelphia, 228 surgeons from

all parts of the United States, China,

India, Philippines, and the Panama.

Canal were admitted to fellowship. At

the session it was stated that 96 per

cent of the cases of cancer cures could

be efiected if treatment. is started in

time, whereas after the disease has

been fully developed only 25 per cent

of the cases are cured.



Paper manufacturers are hesitating

about making long term contracts for

news print paper for 1917. The short-

age in the wood pulp supply and chem-

icals used in the manufacture of this

product is such as to make the produc-

ers of this class of paper uncertain as

to what prices they will be able to

manufacture for. An official of one of

the largest paper companies stated a

few days ago that the price would at

least jump from one cent a pound to

three and a quarter cents a pound. de-

livered. This increase is equivalent to

$45 a ton over 1916 prices.



Full consideration of the question of

constructing a tunnel under the Eng-

lish Channel to connect England and

France has been promised by Premier

Asquith in receiving a deputation in

favor of the project. The matter is to

be taken up by either the war commit-

tee or the committee on imperial de-

tense.



The English government is at the

present time considering the whole

question of a minimum wage for all

workers. It is also probable that be-

cause-of the high prices of food. legis-

lation will become necessary to deal

with the sale of milk and the estab-

lishment for municipal ’shops for the





supply of bacon-andfother {mms
T is not the gross income but the

I net profits that measure the suc-

cess of any business. The failure

'to keep accounts holds many farmers

in the dark about their financial affairs

because they are unable to tell what

'part of their business is profitable. and

What costs them more than it returns.

It is admittedly difficult to proportion

profits and losses onto those factors

of the farm which are responsible for

them, yet this is gradually being done

by those who realize the benefit to be

derived from an accurate knowledge of

the farm’s financial details. The ten-

dency on the part of many men to look

upon book-keeping as an added ele-

ment of expense instead of a producing

factor in their business has prevented

them from making a close approxima-

tion of the expense, income and profit

or loss per year of the various factors

of their farming.

In many instances farmers are mak-

ing money from one crop or one branch

l of stock feeding only to lose it on some





 





 





other crop or on unprofitable stock.

- These men persist in growing certain

l crops or keeping particular kinds or

breeds of animals because of custom,

when the balancing of accounts would

. reveal a source of hidden loss.

| Idle work horses, low producing

‘ cows, unprofitable meat-producing ani-

mals, unnecessary machinery that

stands idle, fruitless orchards and un-

profitable trees that occupy good land,

unproductive pastures—these are some

of the factors that keep down the net

profits of hundreds of farms. Such

losses cannot be dodged and it will pay

every farmer to spend a few days

studying the situation and devising

. means to cut down all wastes and un-

i necessary expenditures to a minimum.

It is the only effective means of.mak-

ing a start toward better efficiency

methods. The tax of ignorance in

growing inferior crops, feeding unprof-

itable stock and maintaining unprofit-

able fields is greater than any other

tax, and it cannot be dodged, for it is

a charge against the business every

day in the year.

“Too Many Irons in the Fire."

Now the great trouble with many of

our farmers is that they have too many

irons in the fire—they are struggling

under too heavy a load of profit sink-

ers. I mention this in order to make

clear that this article, although primar-

ily to encourage keeping records of the

cost of production of the various farm

products, is written also to encourage

greater efiiciency through the dropping

of profit-sinking crops, stock and in-

vestments. The most successful farm-

ers today are those who have kept

cost sheets, studied them at the end of

the year and cut out all unnecessary

wastes and expenditures. These are

the men who are making their farms

pay and are a factor in agricultural

progress. ‘In addition to making their

farms pay decent profits, they are able

to spend proper sums for the upkeep

and improvement of their property and

deveolp it along profitable lines. On

the other hand, the farmer who is

struggling along in a- blind way sup-

porting a heavy load of profit-sinkers

is so pressed for money with which to

meet his living and running expenses,

that he is unable to maintain his farm,

buildings and equipment in condition

to keep the cost of production low

enough to leave him a decent profit.

Therefore, as above stated, the keeping

of records of the cost of production

tends toward better efficiency methods

because it enables us to eliminate the

profit-sinkers from our, business and

develop along more intelligent lines

the branches that have the proved

ability to return us a profit.

Making 3 Cost Sheet.



The cost sheet can only show the

actual facts concerning the cost of pro~

duction of the various products. In or-

der to derive the most benefit from

such a record one must take a compre-





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’By W. MILTON KELLY





hensive view of the situatiOn from the

standpoint of the fertility of the farm.

In this way he can meet the situation

intelligently and give credit where it

is due.



After reading many articles , and

studying various methods of keeping

cost records I have tried to work out

a system by which the farmer can

make out a cost sheet which separates

the cost of his various products in such

a way that he can understand the de-

pendence of certain crops and products

on others. This plan separates the

cost of production of the products and

practically explains the exact distribu-

tion of indirect expenditures which are

too often overlooked. Some of these

expenditures must be arbitrarily ap-

portioned it is true and, although some

error may exist by this arbitrary ap-

portionment, nevertheless the propos-

edcost sheet explains approximately

the real as well as the relative cost of

each crop and product. After all you

see, it is not merely a matter of rec-

ords for a considerable period. By

studying such a cost sheet the farmer

will be master of the situation and can

plan his farming with a higher degree

of efficiency. The cost sheet submit-

ted with this article is one that Imade





thus





wheat, clover and mixed hay.





cro‘p. ‘





ing profits from earnings.





management.

Wages vs. Profits.





tities of the mineral elements of plant

food tends toward a more economical

use of the available supply of nitrogen,

enabling a better growth of

The

growth of several crops on the farm

and their reciprocal effect upon the

soil and the net income from the farm

cannot be thoroughly understood un-

less we keep a cost sheet and know

what it actually costs to produce each





In getting at the profits of farming

I can not agree with a large number of

economists who persist in distinguish-

This meth-

od only complicates the problem and

makes it more dificult to understand.

Looked at from any standpoint the var-

ied. earnings are better understood if

we regard them all as the returns from

labor; returns marked by many pecul-

iarities, among which the most strik—

ing are the risks and uncertainties, the

wide range of market and weather con-

ditions and the high gains from good





In most cases farming profits are

separated from wages by considering

as wages that amount which the indi-

vidual would receive if hired by some-





 





Cost Sheet.

- Produced on Farm

caSh Pa‘d out“ v_ and Used in Making

053 Other Products.

0 d) 1'

:3 . 'c

m. g ‘32 q . Q: g d: . “a

- L: '3 - '3 - w 3 5’13 CE 3:93” 3 8 +5 8

3 0 a.) g,” .933. 55 8‘ “3 :5 +3 q” - :2: q; M :1 0:1

o .53 0).... 00 .m 00 ma 8 .93,“ , "“ the: Do

5 ‘-‘ 3:: - >. ‘9 8 8 —« 8 ‘63 :3 , :5 ’f— 3 75 '3 31.3

"3 B 2: as am as as 3;» s was '3 us +40

3-. c6 a) a) :2. to.“ cu m 0 cs :: a w :6 q. 5“" o t.

a. .4 In [HUI Q o E-icb ea. ....c 2 mm; a: m<fi ea.

Milk . ..$360 3.. $1670 $425 $70 $2525 $200 ... $1640 $200 $80 $4625

Corn . .150 30 10 ... 20 210 60 110 ... 75 .. 455

Hay ....... 150 50 55 .. 20 275 60 90 . . . . 75 . 500

Wheat ..... 60 40 30 20 150 60 50 . . . . 50 . . 310

Fru1t 100 30 120 20 270 60 20 . . . : 30 60 440

Poultry . . . . 60 . . . 55 2 117 20 . . 60 5 90 292

Potatoes . . .240 160 190 . . . 40 630 130 380 120 125 40 1445

Horse keep. 80 . . . 60 75 30 245 .. . . . . 200 . . . . . 505

Sheep 40 10 10 2 62 10 5 20 217





Totals ..31240 $310 $25—00 $50 $521 $464 $68—0 $650 $2136 $565 $290 $8809





Sales Sheet.

80 gallons of milk per day for 365 days at 15c per gallon ____________ 34332000

14 veal calves ................................................... 124.00

Six cows sold from herd ......................................... 196 00





3640 bushels of potatoes .......................................... 2.549 00





243 barrels of apples at, $2.00 ..................................... 496-00

170 cwt. of apples’at 50 cents ................................. . 95 00

Poultry and eggs ................................................ 9.12.00

640 bushels of wheat at $1.10 .................................... 704.00

Wool, lambs and breeding rams ................................... 214 00

Small fruit, truck, etc .......................................... 72.00

Total products sold'from farm ................................. $9.137.00

Total cost of production as per cost sheet ....................... 8,809.00

Leavingaprofit of . . . . ....................$328.00





 





one else. An efficient farmer’s earn-

ings are likely to exceed that sum: the

excess is profits. Here emphasis

should be put on the element of risk.

Profits are the result of an assumption

of risk. To know exactly What you are.

entitled to draw from the business it is

necessary to study the facts, avoid

fallacies and add every expense, and

get the price that will pay the profit.

This is no small order of things, but if

you have the ability to figure. the cost

of each product and get at the real

facts you will be able to materially re-

duce the cost of each product on your

farm.



This profit of $328 is found after den

ducting the total cost of production

from the amount of the total sales.

This comes after allowing the owner

the difference between total cost of la-

bor as per cost sheet and the amount

he actually hired, or $1,240 minus $760,

leaving $480: interest on his invest-

ment $680: pay for manure $650: Dal?





for a farmer who employed me to

check up his accounts for the year. A

study of the sheet will give the reader

an idea of the actual cost of produc-

ing milk, potatoes, apples, wheat, corn

and hay here in New York, and I be-

lieve the figures will apply aDDTOXi'

mately to thousands of farms in Mich-

igan and other parts of the country. On

this farm we find the potato crop ac-

tually made the most profit, but it was

in a measure dependent upon the ma-

nure from the dairy herd and the sup-

ply of organic matter from the roots

and stubble of the hay crop. yet the

liberal use of plant food from outside

sources more than made good this de-

pendence, because the plant food that

was not utilized by the potato crop

helped out the other crops in the ro-

tation.

Factors to Consider.



The gradual addition of more plant

food to the soil than is removed by the

crop helps to balance the supply for





duct is compelled to stand strictly on

its cwn merits, we can trace every loss

to its source.



The farm from which I have submit-

ted the above cost sheet consists of 156

acres of land, about 43 acres in pas-

ture, 10 acres in bearing apple orchard,

the rest of the land being devoted

principally to the growing of potatoes,

corn, hay and wheat a five-year rota-

tion of crops being practiced. ‘About

two-thirds of the manure is applied to

the sod ground in preparation for the

potato crop, the balance is used to





'patch up the thin spots in the clover





and grass seedings. The stock consists

of from 26 to 34 dairy cows, the num-

ber required to maintain a minimum

production of 80 gallons of milk a day

which goes to the city trade, six work

horses, 24 sheep and about 300 hens.

Proportioning the Costs. .



In making up this cost sheet I have

not attempted to get at the exact cost

of producing each crop and product on

this farm, but I have charged each

crop and product what the owner and

myself thought a fair amount, provid-

ing they were compelled to stand on

their own merits. At first glance many

would say that I am charging a small

proportion of the labor against the

milk output, but further study will

show that the labor is charged against

the corn and hay crops which are con-

sumed by the cows, sheep and horses.

It has been my aim to charge each

crop and product maximum prices for

labor, seed and fertilizer so that

through good management the owner

could materially reduce the cost of

growing each crop and producing each

product.



For example, I have charged the po-

tato crop $1,445 for labor, seed, ma-

nure, horse keep and interest on the

farm, while actually the larger part of

this cost is being credited to the farm

and the other lines of production. The

point I wish to make clear is that

many times a crop or product that ap-

pears to be paying a fair profit may

be tapping the other lines of production

so heavily that it conceals a source of

loss. Some crops and some products

that appear to be produced at a loss

may more than make good this appar-

ent loss through their direct benefits

upon the other crops or products which

depend in a large measure upon them

for their most profitable production.



In the above case of milk production

the cows have left a by-product in the

form of manure, worth at least $600

for use in preparing the ground for

succeeding crops. The cows have stood

on their own merits and paid full price

for their feedstuffs: therefore, it is

only fair that we charge the crops

which profit from the use of the ma-

nure a reasonable sum for its use. This

enables us to get more nearly the cost

of production so that we may know

which lines of our farming are paying

the most profit. It also goes to show

to what extent the crops produced on,

the farm are dependent upon the pres-

ence of the cows. The feeding of

stock enables the growing of a wider

variety of soil improving crops and the





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reciprocal effect of each crop and the





stock upon the profits of the farm af-

ford a highly interesting and profitable





field for study and investigation.





 





REPAIR FENCES THIS FALL.‘





 





Most farmer's delay the repairing of





fences until spring, but. this is gener-

ally a costly delay.

rotted off the fence will sway back and

forth with the wind and weak posts

will be broken off which might other-





Where parts are





 





the succeeding crops. If the potato

crop is omitted from the rotation the

cost of producing milk would be great-

ly increased, and the net profits of the

farm materially reduced. This is due

to the fact that the potato crop affords





a better distribution of labor and fer- make a good showing for the year’s

tility, and that the use of larger quan- business. When each crop and pro-





.;





for hay, seed. pasture, silage. etc.,

$2.140: and $200 worth of food for his

family, or $5,093. So long as each crop

and product is made to practically pay

its cost of production we are on a

safe basis and good management can





wise have lasted for a year or two

longer. Then the fence may become

broken or stretched, to its injury. The

spring is always a rush season for ev—

ery farmer. Fence repairing done in

the fall or winter is dust that much

time saved. There will be plenty to

do next spring. - '





 

   

   

   

   





 





   

   

   

   

   

 





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-miles planned for next year.





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ENT county has appropriated

$107, 000 for good roads the com-

ing year and $25, 000 for recon-



struction and repairs. It is expected





‘ about 25 miles of new road will be





built. Concrete roads are coming into

greater favor, with six and a quarter

There

are about 130 miles of improved roads

in Kent. "

Cass county has voted $34,000 for

good roads the coming year, expend-





‘ ing $10,000 on the Cassopolis—Edwards-





burg road‘in Jefferson, $8,000 on the

pike between Dowagiac and Van Bur-

en county, and smaller sums else-

where.



Hudson township, Lenawee county,

has sold its bond issue of $25, 000 for

good roads to an Adiian bank, at pre-

millm of $510



Bay county will expend about $58,-

000 on the upkeep of its roads in 1917.



Calhoun county has set aside $78,000

for good roads the coming year. This

sum is raised by taxation and has no

connection with the. proposed $800,000

bond issue to be voted on in November.



Jackson county has made no ap-

propriation for road work the coming

year but voted to resubmit the ques-

tion of continuing or rejecting the

present county road system to the tax

payers at the general election on No-

vember 7.



W'ashtenaw county has adopted a

road building program that foots about

$43,000 and also sets aside $15,000 to

assist in building the Whitmore Lake

road over the Michigan Central tracks.



This is the first year of the county

road system in Van Buren and about

$60,000 has been set aside for good

roads. The road commissioners asked

for a three-mill tax and were granted

two mills.



Grand Traverse county voted $38,157

for good roads in 1917.



Oakland county is completing 25 per

cent more mileage of good roads this

year, so it is claimed, than any other

county of the state has ever done in a

like period. The money available was

$469,568 and 32.9 miles were completi

ed up to October 1, while 12 miles were

nearly done, and 39.39 miles will be

completed January 1. It is planned to

build 74.5 miles next year at a cost of

$298,000. Many roads will be graveled

under the township plan and all im-

proved roads will be maintained by the

patrol system. ‘



Clinton county had completed 24.5

miles of road up to October 1 and has

tight miles under construction.



Emmet county has voted $45,000 for





' roads next year.





Charlevoix county has adopted a

road building program for 1917 as fol-

lows: One mile on East Jordan and

Charlevoix road, 1.2 miles in East Jor-

dan, two miles Boyne City and East

Jordan, 2.36 miles Horton Bay west,

2.11 miles Boyne City and Boyne Falls,

one mile trunk Charleyoix to Norwood,

2.21 miles connecting Charlevoix and

East Jordan, 1.5 miles east limits of

Boyne City, 1.5 miles west limits

Boyne City. Estimated county expen—

diture is $31,450.



Ottawa county‘s

for 1917 is $91,400, including $10,000 for

repairs. The supervisors believe in

cement or some other type of perma-

nent road.



Contract has been let to Cone &

Atherton to build state reward road





, from Portland to Kent’s corners, Ionia





county, for $8,783, which includes ev-

erything except cement culverts.

Ingham county has built 27 miles of

road this year and will expend $113,~

000 on road work next year. Two mills

for roads, which is the limit, was vot-

ed. It was recommended that the num-





‘ber of county road commissioners be





reduced to one. s



Eaton county votes to raise $63,670

for roads the coming year and it is

proposed to build a mile and a half of





road in each township, with an extra





 





road appropriation





In " Mic . rgan

half mile in Oneida, Roxana and Sun-

field if the funds will permit.



Barry countyyoted a two-mill tax

for roads, or about $43,000 exclusive of

state reward money, Barry’s first two

miles under'the county system are now

being constructed.



Mason county voted a three-mill tax

and will expend about $16,000 on new

roads and $23,000 for repairs, new

work including stone work asphalt car-

pet top on west division Mason county

road. The patrol system was adopted

on the following roads: South A. M.

& T. B., west Mason county road, north

and south 0. & M. and the north and

south C. & F.



Genesee county has 260 miles of im—

proved road and has completed 19

miles under the county system this

year, with 31 miles still to be built.



Alpena county voted $18,000 for good

roads, or $7,000 less than last year.

Road commissioners were placed on

salary basis of $100 a year and may

act only in advisory capacity, road

building to be in charge of a highway

engineer. All road work in future will

be done by contract, with adoption

practically of state reward system.



The state highway department call-

ed a meeting of road commissioners at

Marquette and Lansing recently to con-

sider the question of how best to use

the federal good roads money that has

been apportioned to Michigan. This

must be provided for by legislation and

the following committee was named to





 





“The hobo was driving the team

day, however, and I was in the Kay





mow, and I was surprised' when I look?





ed down and found that he had the

team. on thevoutside and hooked up al-

most while I was turning around. I

watched the next time ‘to see how he

got away with it, and was Surprised at

the simplicity of it.



“My new-found strategist, however,

instead of taking each horse out singly,

one at a time, as I had done, merely

dropped the four tugs, and going to

the heads of the horses, backed the

off horse out, at the side of the wagon,





.and made the near horse follow head





foremost, until they reached the rear

of the wagon, where they were again

straightened up and ready to be hook—

ed to wagon again.



“He had my plan beat a mile, and

after I had practiced it a few times the

horses soon learned to back out single

file, noses together, with perfect ease.

For doing things with ease the Michi-





gan senator thinks the hobo in this in-





stance has the world beat by several

laps.





Ingham Co. W. E. W001).





 





REPAIR THE IMPLEMENTS.





 





Before the real work of spring be-

gins, it is best to look over the tools

and find out which ones need repairs.



Most repairing can be done at home,

but if there are any implements so

much out of repair that the services of

a mechanic are required, now is the





 





 





 





Yellow Dent Corn Grown on the Farm of L. M. Kent, of Lake County.





 





prepare its recommendation to the next

legislature: P. T. Colgrove, Barry

county; Wm. Kelly, Menominee coun-

ty; Wm. Loutit, Ottawa county; Frank

Mahrle, Calhoun county.





HOW A HOBO TAUGHT A SENATOR

A LESSON.



The hero of this tale is a farmer,

senator, agricultural college graduate,

and a live wire generally. “I had for

years backed‘my horses off from the

barn floor singly, following the unloads

ing of a wagon of hay," he said to me

the other day, “and I had never

thought there was any other way by

which it could be done, easier.”





One day last summer a hobo ‘hap-

pened along and wanted a job. The

senator was removing a crop of hay

from a field and he hired the man to

assist him. The barn was an ordinary

farm barn with an elevated approach,

and when the driver had gone in there

with a load of hay, it was barely wide

enough on either side to allow the pas-

sage out of one horse at a time.





“It had always been my plan,” de-

clared the farmer, “to unhook the

team, uncheck the lines, and lead the

first horse out and fasten him to some-

thing on the outside while I went back

after the other one. Then I backed

the wagon out of the barn, snapped the

horses together again and hooked the

team on to it. This always took con-

siderable time, as well as being rather

inconvenient. It had never occurred to





 





 





time to take them to the shop. There

are those drag teeth to be pointed, that

crawbar or pickaxe to be sharpened,

and many such jobs that a farmer can-

not do himself, even if he had a farm

workshop. This is -also the time to

give the woodwork a fresh coat of





paint, also to see that the plow has





not gotten too rusty. If it has one

hour’s work on it now may easily save

half a day’s vexatious trouble when it

is used in the spring, for at that sea-

son lost time is just like taking money

out of the season’s profits, and this no

moderate farmer can afford. Neither

can the most extensive farmer, as

time is money to both classes during

the busy season.



This I have written for one class of

farmers and now I will give a few sug-

gestions to another class, if there be

any such in the great brotherhood of

farmers. In the early spring is the

time to hunt up the farm, tools when

the snowdrifts have so melted that it

is possible to find the larger tools, at

least, and there is sufficient frost in

the ground so you can haul them to

the barn for repairs. This done, take

the axe (probably you cannot dull it

much), and go down to the back lot

where that binder has rotted beyond

all use, get a few bolts, then come

back to the barn and begin repairs,

which can be facilitated by the use of

plenty or fence wire. You will find

that hanging along the fence where

you used it last tall or spring. Perhaps

it is somewhat rusted and may break,

but get along with it the best way you





this:





 





rusty, but by some excl-trough your





part, and sore’lshoulders on the; team,





you may, after a day or two, do quite

a fair job of plowing. Well, the drag

teeth may be dull, though they were

sharpened a couple of seasons ago, but

drive them farther through the wood.

If this is so decayed that it splits get

some more wire and tie it“ together,

you will have to get it fixed when you

go to town sometime. Then there is

the grain drill. A piece of old canvas

will mend the hose-didn’t think the

snow and rain would rot rubber. Again

the wire comes handy for the cow

stepped on the tongue last summer,

and broke it.





So I might go on through the whole

catalogue of farm implements, but it

is unnecessary, as such a state of

things will always exist, and nothing

can be said or written that will change

these matters, but the influence of the

Grange and Farmers’ Clubs, through-

out the country has brought about

quite radical changes in this direction,



Shiawassee 'Co. D. H. Monms.





GROWING A NEW KIND OF WHEAT¢





 





A new strain of red wheat, known as

the “Red Rock,” is being pushed by

the county agricultural agents and

will soon be grown extensively in

Michigan should the results of this

year’s seeding prove at all satisfac‘

tory. This wheat was bred by Prof.

F. A. Spragg at the Michigan Agricub

tural College in a series of experiments

extending over a,number of years and

the tests made so far show qualities

of exceptional winter hardiness, extra

stiff straw, high qualities of grain for

flour purposes and a big yield per acre.



Kent county farmers have been rais«

ing more white wheat than red, be-

cause they have been able to get bet«

ter yields. This year, largely through

the activity of County Agent Smith,

404 bushels of Red Rock seed certified

by the. M. A. C. have been sold to farm-

ers, also 50 bUShels of uncertified seed,

and it is estimated the county has 300

acres in to the new kind of wheat this

fall. Millers of the county are inter«

ested and promise to pay a premium

for the new variety if it comes up to

expectations.



Calhoun county has 200 acres of Red

Rock wheat growing, according to es-

timates, and both certified and uncer-

tified seed obtained at the college are

being tried.



County Agent Bentall, of Allegan, re

ports that 60 farmers of that county

have sowed Red Rock wheat this fall,

or a total of about 340 acres. This

wheat is growing in 16 different town-

ships of Allegan county, so that next

year the seed will be available through

out the county.



Red Rock wheat was introduced in

Saginaw county in 1913, when a peck

of seed was sown, which produced at

the rate of 44.5 bushels per acre. In

1915, 65 acres were sown and the yield

was over 2,000 bushels. Most of this

has been sold for seed purposes at

good prices. One farmer received $2.50

per bushel for 500 bushels of certified

seed, while uncertified seed brought

from $1.60 to $2.25.





County Agent Robinson points to one

instance in Saginaw county of a yield

of 11 bushels more per acre of Red

Rock than of the other variety grown

in the same field. He says it is better

quality than any other variety grown

in Michigan, is pure, is particularly re—

sistant to winter-killing, is a vigorous

grower and stands up well.





Michigan millers are importing tho-u<

sands of bushels of a Turkey Red or

hard wheat every year to put the nec‘

essary gluten into their flour blends.

They say that the Michigan white

wheat is too starchy for flour purposes





when used alone and they will gladly ~





buy all their wheat at home when they

can get it.





Kent Co. . ALMOND GRIFFEN,





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T this time of the year, when the

farmer" has his fall work “done

and has a breathing spell, so to



speak, he turns his attention to the

odd jobs that are to be done, and there

usually are some for the rush of work,

which is almost continuous all sum-

mer, accumulates small chores for the

fall. Many farmers who have stumps

to remove or Stones to blast, prefer

doing it at this time rather than have

the stumps to contend with in the

spring when everything else is crying

for attention.



The one problem that all farmers us.

ing dynamite at this time have to solve

is the keeping of the powder in shape

for use; the cold weather that comes

along now chills the dynamite so that

it will not do as much execution as it

should; therefore, on cold days it is

necessary to use some method of thaw-

ing. It is in the hope of being of ser—

vice in the solution of this problem

that I am writing these lines.





To begin with, let me warm you,

never thaw dynamite by an open fire,

or exposed to the direct heat from a

stove. To illustrate this point, I think

I can do no better than relate a little

of my own experience:



I was a lad of seventeen, had seen

some blasting done but knew practi~

cally nothing about it; when I went to

work for the Michigan Turpentine Com-

pany and started blasting pine stumps

for their factory. I slept in the store-

house, in which was storedaton of dy-

namite; had a stove in there, as the

weather was cold.



The boss knew nothing about dyna-

mite and had failed to supply a thaw-

ing kettle; therefore, I used to thaw it

by the stove in the store room. One

day when I had just opened a fresh

box of powder and had spread some of

it out on the floor to thaw, I had plac-

ed some on a chair about six inches

from the stove—I was in a hurry for

it—and suddenly it burst into flames. I

caught up the chair and threw it out-V

doors, but- some of the burning grease

had dripped onto the floor and started

the rest to burning; I caught up the

box of powder and ran out and scat-

tered the contents on the ground; then

dashing back, I caught up the burning

sticks one at a time and threw them

out. As I threw the last one out it

exploded with a roar, but fortunately

it didn’t set off any of the others. The

old saying of one’s knees knocking to-

gether with fright is no joke; when I

had succeeded in extinguishing the fire

I was so weak that I could scarcely

stand.



It is likely that the last stick ex-

ploded by striking a stone as it fell,

which might easily occur when the dy-

namite was hot; but I have known it

to explode when quietly burning. Many

people will tell you that dynamite will

burn as harmlessly as a candle; while

as a rule it will, yet it isn’t a safe ex-

periment to try. I wish also to call

attention to the fact that in the episode

just related the dynamite was not ex-

posed to flames, and did not touch the

stove by at least six inches.





There are kettles on the market

made expressly f0r thawing dynamite;

these are made on the principle of a

double boiler such as we use in prepar-

ing breakfast foods, etc. The outer

vessel, or jacket, is filled with water

and the dynamite is placed in the ins

ner one; this obviates all danger of

fire or explosion. Many farmers, how-

ever, have the means at hand of mak-

ing a very good thawing kettle without

going to the expense of buying one,

which item is not to be winked at.

Most farmers have a jacket kettle or

other feed cooker; having this, it is an

easy matter to get the rest. Procure

a fifty-pound lard can, or other recep-

tacle of suitable size which has a tight

fitting cover; place your dynamite in

the can, put on the cover and place it

in your tank of water and start the

fire.



The object of the can being covered





 





 





is to prevent the powder’s coming in





Thawmg Dynamite





direct contact with the steam from the

hot water, as this is apt to have a de-

teriorating effect on it; also be careful

that the dynamite doesn’t become over

heated as this is just as bad; it causes

it to leak, that is, .the explosive agent

is apt to run out with'the grease and

be lost. '

Otse'go Co. G. F. DE LA MATER.

CORN FOR'THE SILO IN NORTH-

ERN MICHIGAN. ’





 





Not until just the last few years

have farmers thought it possible to

grow corn in Northern 'Michigan. A

glance at the accompanying cuts will

prove conclusively that we can produce

corn for the silo profitably.



The corn here shown‘is a White Cap

Yellow Dent. It was planted the sixth

day of June. A good clover sod with a

light dressing of stable manure was

the foundation upon which this crop

grew. Our season in this northern

country is so short that unless the

ground is in good condition, our corn

will not mature. The soil in this field

is a medium clay loam. It was plowed

early in the spring and well worked

through the growing season. In spite

of the fact that we had a very dry sea-





 





But even in times of peace, we can~

not‘expect seed grown on foreign soil

to' give entire satisfaction under our

different climatic and soil conditions.

For over a generation, Germany has

been mothering along the sugar beet

business in that country. and it is not

reasonable to expect that she would

cut her own throat by sending her best

selected strains of beet seed to this

country to build up a competitive in-

dustry. ‘ '



A reliable supply of well-bred home-

grown seed is the great need of the

sugar'companies today. Such a supply

can only be secured by the careful se-

lect-ionrof mother beets high in sugar

content. Extensive selection in the

past has raised the sugar percentage

from four. up to- 15 and in a few rare

cases to above 20. As in the past,

these high percentages can only be

maintained by continued selection.





The best solution of the problem for

the present is through the co-operation

of the government and the large sugar

companies that have sufficient re-

sources to build up the seed business

and stay by it in the years to come.

Some of the western states have taken

steps in this direction and such a co-

operative experiment is already under

way at Blissfield, Mich. The latter





 





 





 





Field of White Cap Yellow Dent Grown on the Farm of Fred Herron, Wilson

' Township, Alpena County.





 





 





son, this corn yielded over 12 tons per

acre. On the twentieth day of Septem-

ber, the corn Was put in the silo. It

was well dented at that time and had

not been touched by frost, which will

insure the making of first-class en-

silage—David Woodman, County Agri-

cultural Agent, Alpena County.





SUGAR BEET SEED PRODUCTION.





 





The price of sugar beet seed has

kept pace with the twelve-cent loaf of

bread and the soaring price of meat.

Before the war, the United States im-

ported eight million pounds of beet

seed annually. The bulk of it came

from Germany, although France and

Russia furnished some. Deve10pments

since the war have shown that much

of the so-called high-bred German seed

was really a Russian product and it is

today being shipped in by Russia, with

the understanding that none of it be

allowed to reach Germany.





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state is free from the curly leaf hopper

that causes the very destructive moth-

er beet disease known as curly leaf.

The highest sugar content is, however,

secured in high altitudes having little

rainfall.



The cost of production of sugar beet

seed is around one hundred dollars an

acre but yields of as high as one ton

of seed selling at 15 cents a pound

are not unusual.



Jackson CO. H. \V. PETERSON.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





A good soaking rain stopped plowing

on stubble ground for a few days and

made the potato field too wet to dig

potatoes. The digger would not work

well in the lower places of the field

today, October 24. The men went

across the field and back and quit and

went to plowing. The rows are 40 rods

long. On these two rows .there were

20 bushels of potatoes. Fair medium

sized tubers with very few real small





 

 





 





 





ones, and none overly, large. ._If there

are five rows to the rod (and that is’

about what they will average) this

would make 200 bushels per acre . at

so bad for potatoes planted the middle

of July this abnormal year. Perhaps

they won’t all run like this. I had bet-

ter wait until they are all dug before

I say more. . .



We have just got thetraction engine

fixed up and the big plow ready for

plowing. We had to wait two days. for

plow repairs. During this time the

three teams of horses have plowed

about 30 acres while we were getting

ready with the tractor and plow. Now

it may rain so much we can’t use the

tractor at all this fall. Well, if we

can’t it will be all ready for next

spring. .‘ '

Rural Credit. .



The new rural credit law is being

discussed pro and cons Some people

are trying to make political capital out

of it. One daily paper in the state is

trying to ridicule it. out._of business.

New I don’t consider this a political

question. There is not, and ought not

to be, any politics in it, whatever. The

law may not be just what it ought to

be at first, but it is a move in the right

direction and can be ”modified later.

We need something of‘this sort in this

country. Farmers are not extended

proper credit in many localities. The

business of farming will not stand 10

and 12 per cent interest on short time

loans, and it ought to get money for

four or five per cent fOr long—time

loans, because the security is the best.

It is absolutely safe; just as good as a

municipal bond or a government bond,

yet these securities draw only from

three to four and a half per cent. '



The farmer many times pays for his

farm two or three times over because

he has 10 pay six to eight per cent on

long-time mortgages. He has to pay

six to 12 per cent and even 15 per cent

on short-time loans. Other men get

money for less and no one will argue

that the security is better. It is hardly

ever as good. The farmer submits to

this just because he works hard, is

busy and don’t stand up for his rights.

He is going to do differently, and the

rural credit law is going to be the

foundation for his financial success, or

it can be made to be, at least.



Does the farmer need to stand up

for his rights? Let me give you two

instances that have come to my notice

just recently. One farmer had a fair

crop of beans. He needed cash. ' His

bank did not want 10 loan him money

so he could hold his beans. The ele-

vator man would not pay the establish

ed price, so the farmer sold at the

price offered. A few days later the ele-

vator man boasted he made $500 off

this deal. Think of it! The dealer

made more money off this crop in a

few days than the farmer who perform-

ed all the labor, 100k all the risk and

had all the investment. Incidentally

this elevator man was a stockholder in

the bank.



A farmer in this state wanted to

start his boy to college. This takes

money. The farmer had a crop of

beans and other crops but he wanted

to hold them for the established price.

He went to the bani: to borrow for a

short time and the banker wanted 12

per cent. Did the banker want to force

the farmer to sell his crops or did he

want just the 12 per cent? There may

be no connection between banks and

crops but, these two instances look like

it, “to a man up a tree.”



Now, land banks founded on farm

wealth and under the control of and

for the benefit of the farmer, can be

made to do away with such practices

as this. It is up to the farmer. A

farmer with a crop of beans or wheat

or cotton ought to be entitled to a

loan if he wants it, as well as a man

who owns a factory and gives the cap-

ital stock in that factory as security.

The beans, the wheat or the cotton are

safer security than the stock or bonds

of the factory, and can be converted

into cash more quickly. '



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HAT variety should I set?” is

V» the common question of those



who are setting out new or-

chards. In solving this question to get

maximum results from varieties, the

character of the soil should be taken

into consideration and in that regard





. what may do well on one farm would





not be adaptable to a neighboring

farm. There is, however, a disadvan-

tage in adhering too closely to the se-

lection of varieties according to local





- conditions as it often causes the grow-





ing of a large number of varieties in

,a community and sometimes even in

an orchard. A conglomeration of va-

rieties is not as easy to market and an

orchard, community or even a state,

which grows a few good standard vari-

eties which do well in a. wide range of

soils gains a reputation for'growing





. these certain varieties and is there-





fore better able to dispose of them to

advantage.



It is therefore interesting to note

what varieties are most popular in this

state and the standing of «the state

among others in the'production of the

standard varieties. In the past we have

had no means of getting any compari-

son in this regard but this year the





the Baldwin crop of the country.



Michigan is not included in the list

of Ben Davis producing states, and we

are glad of it, although even that vari-

ety has its field of usefulness. But- in

the production of the Greening, which

variety was next to the Baldwin in pop-

ularity twenty years ago, and which is

still a good commercial apple, we rank

third. New York occupies first place

and Pennsylvania, second.



In the production of the old stand-by

of quality varieties, the Northern Spy,

Michigan is second, New York holding

first place by a margin which nearly

doubles Michigan’s production. The

Spy is a variety which will always be

in demand and therefore it is hoped

that Michigan will hold or even in-

crease her standing in the production

of this variety, as Michigan presents

ideal conditions .in which to grow this

variety. _



The Wealthy variety has a total

crop decrease of 13 per cent as com-

pared with last year, while Michigan,

the banner state in the production of

this excellent market variety, has an

increase of 33 per cent over last year.

This state leads New York by 106,000

bbls., although New York crop is 57





 





Thrifty October Foliage, which is





Department of Agriculture has issued

an apple crop forecast which is given

by varieties. From this report the fol-

lowing information was deducted:

Michigan’s Crop a Good One.



The apple crop of the country is an

average one but is 12 per cent less

than last year’s crop. The crop is

larger than last year in eastern and

western states, but smaller in the mid-

dle states except Michigan, which has

a crop 34 per cent, larger than last

year. /





 





Baldwin is the leading variety in pro-

lduction, crop being 12 per cent larger

lthan last year, while Ben Davis, the

l leading variety last year, is 17 per cent

l short of last year’s crop. The Baldwin

lcrop is estimated as being 57,000 bbls.

!lai‘gei' than Ben Davis. VVinesap is

lthird llL production, although the crop

Sis 32 per cent lower than last year.

§Greening is fourth with a crop slightly

ilarger than last year, and Northern

3 Spy is fifth with a. 25 per cent increase

lover last year's estimate. Other vari-

eties popular in Michigan rank this

year as follows: Wealthy, sixth; Jon-

athan, eighth; Grimes Golden, tenth;

Duchess of Oldenburg, eleventh;

Tompkins King, fifteenth, VVagener,

McIntosh and, Snow, sixteenth, seven-

teenth, and eighteenth respectively.

Michigan’s Baldwin crop is forecast-

ed at 561,000 bbls., or 59 per cent larg-

er than last year. It is quite surpris-

ing to find that with even such an in-

crease, Michigan is only fifth in the

list of Baldwin producing states. New

York, of course, is first by a large «mar-

gin of nearly 3,000,000 barrels more

than Pennsylvania, which ranks sec-

ond. Massachusetts and Ohio hold

third and fourth places respectively.





 





 





New York produces over one-third of.





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the Result of Thorough Spraying.





per cent larger than it was last year.



The Jonathan crop is 46 per cent

less than last year's crop, and though

this apple is a favorite among Michi-

gan fruit growers, this state is not

mentioned in the list of states leading

in the production of this variety. Mis-

souri leads with Kansas, Illinois, Iowa

and New York following.



Neither is Michigan prominent as

producing Grimes Golden, which has a

crop of 30 per cent below that of last

year. Ohio is the banner state in the

production of this variety, with West

Virginia, Indiana and Pennsylvania at-

so prominent in producing one of the

best, yellow apples grown.



The Duchess, the variety which real-

ly opens the apple season because it

sells well as a pie apple, even when

quite green, produces a crop eight per

cent less than last year. In this vari-

ety Michigan also holds first place,

with a. cr0p 30 per cent larger than

last year's. New York holds second

place with a crop 144 per cent larger

than the last harvested crop.



Michigan is third in the production

of King, which forecasts a. total crop

20 per cent less than last year, but is

first in the production of the VVagener,

with an increase of 39 per cent in pro-

duction over last year. Pennsylvania

is a close second in the production of

the latter variety.



Michigan’s production of the McIn-

tosh is not great enough this year, at

least, to be ranked among the five

leading McIntosh producing states.

This seems peculiar'because Michigan

is one of the leaders in the growing of

the Snow, the most popular of the

Fameuse group of apples, of whichthe

McIntosh is a member. This year

Michigan takes second place in, the





last year and Michigan 3. six per cent

decrease. The figures indicate that

New York- and Michigan are strong

competitors for first place when an av-

erage season’s , production is con—l

sidered. ’



- The above figures show that Michi<

gan tops the list in the production of

the great trio .of early bearing varie‘

ties, Duchess, Wealthy and Wagener.

It goes to show that the fruit growers

of the state realize that there is no

better place to grow the Duchess than

the southern part; of the state and the

Wealthy develops to its highest per-

fection in the northern part of the

state where it is practically a winter

apple.



Although the Wagener is a good

quality apple and the trees are produc-

tive it does not always sell as well as

other varieties. Nevertheless, it is an

excellent variety for filler purposes,

especially for Spy orchards, as it is

the antithesis of that'variety.



Michigan is also prominent in the

production of the Baldwin, Greening

and Spy, the old standby market we

rieties. ‘



It goes to show that Michigan grow-

ers have been conservative in the se‘

lection of varieties; that they prefer

varieties which have been thoroughly

tested and have proven well adapted

to Michigan conditions.



It is interesting to note that Michi-

gan’s sister state in apple production,

New York, is the leader in producing

market apples. She maintains big

leads in the production of the Baldwin,

Greening, Spy, King and McIntosh, and

ranks second in producing the lion

Davis, Wealthy and Duchess.





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





 





Controlling Cabbage Lice.





Can you tell me what to do for Hop.

on cabbage?

Lapeer Co. A. B. S.





The best way to control cabbage line

is to dip the infested seeding in eith-

er a tobacco extract to which soap has

been added, or a five per cent kerosene

emulsion. The tobacco extract would

probably be most convenient to use.

and the manufacturers would give di<

rections for its use for this purpose.



When the lice are noted on the

plants, they should be thoroughly

sprayed with either of the two solu-

tions mentioned. The most satisfac

tory results can be obtained by spray

ing the plants before the heads begin

to form.



As the aphis passes the winter in

the egg stage on old cabbage stumps

or heads, it would be advisable to dis-

pose of all the crop remnants. The ro«

tation of crops will also help to pre—

vent the attacks of this pest. Wild

mustard and shepherd’s purse are also

attacked by the cabbage aphis, and

therefore should not be allowed to

grow near the cabbage patch.





HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEET-

ING.





The Forty—sixth Annual Meeting of

the Michigan State Horticultural Soci-

ety will be held in Grand Rapids, on

December 5—6—7, 1916. The meetings

will convene in the Audience Room of

the Coliseum, and the large Exhibition

Hall in the Annex will be used for the

display of spray machinery, spray ma-

terial and other articles used in fruit

growing. _



A fine display of fruit will be exhibit.

ed and all fruit growers are urged to

have some choice specimens. Prizes

will be offered for collections and sin<

gle plates.



A splendid program is being prepar-

ed with speakers of national and state

reputation. Program books will be

ready for distribution in November.

Send Your name and address if you

wish a copy. .



For any and all information address

Robt. A. Smythe, Secretary, Benton

Harbor, Mich. . .





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Take advantage of the bugs in their

winter quarters, the remnants of old

plants, the trash and litter about the

garden and orchard. Burn out the

fence rows, destroy the trash and litter

wherever it has accumulated, by burn-

ing it or plowing it under. Cut out the

dead trees and limb-s in the orchard

and make them into fire wood.



This cleaning up about the orchard

and garden will destroy a dozen or

more of our most destructive pests.

For example, the plum curculio is now

wintering as a full grown beetle in‘the

trash and litter along the fence rows

or about the trees; the codling moth

will be found in the worm stage within

a silken cocoon tucked away under the

shelly‘ bark of dead trees and dead

limbs; and the fruit tree bark beetles

or shot-hole borers will also be found

wintering mostly as adult beetles in

dead or dying trees.



Under the old stalks and rubbish in

the garden, and about the borders will

be found the adult asparagus beetle,

bean leaf beetle, harlequin cabbage

bug, flea beetles, the striped cucumber

beetle, and the Chrysalis of the cabbage

worm. If you want to kill these pests,

pile and burn dead tomato and pea

vines and other remains of vegetation

in the garden and along the border.



Deep fall or early winter plowing

will also destroy many insects. This

is especially true of the cut-worms, po-

tato beetles, white grubs, and wire-

worms which are now hibernating in

the soil. Late fall or early winter

plowing will turn these insects up near

the surface and expose them to an at-

tack of birds, poultry, and other ani-

mals. At this season of the year the

insects are in a dormant or semi-dor-

mant condition and when brought up

near the surface of‘the ground they are

unable to go deeper in the soil or to

construct new cases or cocoons and

they are killed by being subjected to

excessive weather conditions and to

the alternate freezing and thawing.



Fall plowing and cultivation will also

enable you to have vegetables 3. week

or ten days earlier next spring because

you will be able to plant earlier on

fall-plowed ground. Early, thrifty,

healthy plants are also less liable to

injury from insects.



Mo. Ag. Exp. Sta. T. J. Tnmmnr.





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





 





Hogs in the Orchard.





In the issue of your valuable paper

'of September 30, page 293, appeared

an illustration of the orchard of Luther

Hall, Ionia county. You stated, “Mr.

Hall raises bumper crops of pork and

apples on the same ground, forage

crops for hogs being grown in the or-

chard.” I failed to find any article in

the same issue explaining more at

length Mr. Hall‘s methods. I am very

much interested in learning more

about the conditions under which he

works, and details of his success. I

conceived that some plan similar to

that of Mr. Hall would be profitable. I

should like very much before installing

it to obtain the benefit of some other

person’s experience, the more details





the better.

Van Buren Co. T. M. S.





Briefly, Mr. Hall’s methods are as

follows: He plows early in the spring

and conditions the ground for Canada

field peas which he sows at the rate of

two bushels per acre. When the peas

are matured he turns in the hogs. Af-

ter the peas have been harvested by

the hogs he spreads shelled corn in the

orchardfor them to eat. The hogs are

allowed to remain in the orchard until

the fruit begins to bear the limbs

down to within reach of the animals.

After the fruit is harvested they are

again returned to the orchard to pick

up any apples that may be left.



Mr. Hall says that one will experi-

ence no trouble with hogs in the or-

chard if he provides plenty of feed and

not more than five hogs to the acre.

While Mr. Hall has been very success-

-ful with this method both as regards

production of fruit and pork, other





 





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CRAPAPPLES PROFITABLE.





 





The Chicago market held, up an

active demand for crab apples this

fall. A Michigan grower is supplying

a large proportion of this demand from

a crab-apple orchard of seven acres on

which there are 1,000 trees, 600 of

them in bearing. They are of the Hys-

lop variety and his orchard presents a

beautiful sight to look upon.



This year he sold his crop at the

rate of $1.33 a bushel basket, delivered

at his own landing on the Kalamazoo

river. Five years ago his crop amount-

ed to 525 barrels, which he sold at the

rate of $3.25 a barrel.



The name of this successful crab-

apple grower is Henry Mead, his farm





 





A Crabapple Picker who Likes Crab-

apple Jelly.



is in Allegan county. He says that he

had bad luck in producing fruit until

he tried crab-apples. He plowed up

one peach orchard after another until

not a tree was left standing, and put

the crab-apple trees in their places.



Illinois. J. L. GRAFF.





LlGHTNlNG DANGER OF TREES.





 





Recently statistics have been collect-

ed in different parts of Germany as to

the danger of different varieties of

trees being struck by lightning. The

result has been the following percent-

ages: Oak 32.1; larch 9.5;” fir 3.8;

pine 1.8; Scotch fir 0.9; birch 1.4;

beech 0.3; alder 0.0.



The character of the soil is an im-

portant factor among others as to the

lightning danger. Trees growing in

moist soils and along the courses of

rivers and brooks and in the neighbor-

hood of ponds are especially exposed

to the danger. Trees with deep pene-

trating roots are more easily struck

than those with shallow roots nearer

the surface. As proof of this is the

greater frequency of the apple tree be-

ing struck than the pear in the same

orchard. It is also stated that the

poplar stands first in danger before

the oak, elm, ash, gum, and pear tree.

Together with the beech the least at-

tractive to lightning are chestnut, ma-

ple, alder, and mountain ash. Between

these two groups stand the apple, cher-

ry, linden, and walnut.



During thunder storms it is advis-

able therefore to avoid oaks, poplars,

all varieties of pine, willows, elm, and

pear. If shelter is taken under a tree,

which is always dangerous, it should

not be under one standing alone. The

planting of trees which attract light-

ning is recommended in the neighbor-

hood of houses, especially poplars,

partly to prevent the possibility of the

rebounding of the lightning.





WEST MICHIGAN APPLE SHOW

will be held at Ludington, Mich, No-

vember 28-29 in connection with The

Second Northern Michigan Agricultur-

al Congress. Prominent horticultur-

ists will address the meeting and lib-

era] cash premiums will be awarded

for box collections and single plates.

For information apply to O. G. Pretty-

man, Sec’y, Scottville, Mich.





 





 





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E have been taught to revere

the teachings of the old mas-

ters in the art of live stock



breeding, but the more thoughtful ones

01 the present time have discovered

the fact that‘some things taught by

those old w‘orthies which have come

to us as maxims, or fixed principles,

do not convey to the mind a correct

impression when given even as they

have come to us. The saying that

“like produces like” is not a correct

statement when used in connection

with live stock breeding. The state-

ment is true if used in reference to

different kinds of stock. For instance,

sheep bred to sheep produce sheep,

and swine bred to swine produce

swine, etc, but to use the saying in

connection with improving the kinds,

or breeds of the kinds, is not correct.

The effort is, or should be, to produce

the unlike or something better than

the ancestors on the side of either sire

or dam. A skillful breeder aims to,

and does accomplish such results.





The “Unlike” Essential to Progress.





If we were producing just the fac

simile in looks and reproducing just

the same characteristics in our stock,

we would not have anything at the

present any better than we had fifty

years ago. I am aware that some old

men are repeatedly referring to the

good old stock that was kept and rais-

ed in their time, that, as their memory

serves them, was superior to what is

kept at the present time. If such

stock as was kept fifty years age could

be produced and shown beside some of

the best of today, a good judge could

point out great differences and great

improvements made in a half century.

It is not the likeness of the old—style

animals that suits the tastes and meets

the approval of the up-to-date breeder,

but it is the unlike which surpasses

all former productions in the breed

that we are striving for and securing

at nearly every turn in our movements

as breeders. ,



Everything in nature teaches us that

there is progress or a forward move-

ment in every successive step in crea-

tion’s methods. The seven steps or

periods in creation’s processes prove

it. There was first gas, then water,

then rock, then soil, then plants, then

animals, then man.



The ancient Grecian pholosopher,

Thales, (600 years B. C.), discovered

that ’all life form begins in water.

Changing conditions brought about

changes in forms. Improved conditions

brought. forward improved representa-

tives of the kind. The improved rep-

resentatives of the kind established a

higher level. Then better conditions

caused some of the representatives of

the higher level to make a leap to a

still higher level, and so on. The his-

tory of the progress and successive

steps of life forms are written by the

hand of nature on the rock ribbed sur-

face of the earth. The fossilized re-

mains of life forms of the early peri-

ods of life on the earth, stand as silent,

and yet unimpeachable witnesses that

testify to the facts in the history of

life as it existed during the successive

periods. Geologists have found them

and Paleontologists have read and in-

terpreted the story.





The Horse as an Example.





If we were to begin at any point in

the history of the life forms of the an-

cestors of any of our domestic animals

we would not be satisfied to breed and

hold them as they were. There have

been digressions which have made

marked differences in the progeny. It

is claimed that the ancestors of the

horse, the ass and the zebra were the





. same. - The ass may have been utilized





by man first, and yet the horse, by his

intelligence and beauty, as well as his

agreeable ways,vhas become universal-

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throughout the civilized world, wheth~

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or the ponderous drafter that weighs a





ton. If at any time. in the history of





the horse breeders had been satisfied

to only produce the like of the animals

they had in hand, we would never have

seen the majestic specimens of draft

horses which we' have today, the hot-

ter that can cover a mile in two min-

utes or less, or the running horses that

can run a mile in a short period of

time and endure to run at a rapid pace

ten miles. Capabilityand endurance

have been secured by selecting those

that possess those characteristics in a

greater degree than any among their

immediate or remote ancestors. When

greater capabilities of speed and en-

durance have been acquired, such ani-

mals have the power to transmit the

tendency to speed and endurance to

some of their progeny, and those that

inherit those capabilities are prepared

to establish a higher level than had

been known be70re.

Performance the Standard.



The rule of securing, as far as pes-

sible, the best and most capable and

breeding from the same, has been fol-

lowed by the breeders of all kinds of

live stock. If that rule had not been

followed by the breeders of the differ‘

ent breeds of dairy cattle we would not

have the heavy producers of milk and

butter that we have today. Instead of

a Lilla Alcartra that produced 30,452

pounds of milk in a year, we would

have more of the thin chested, slab-

sided, short-hipped, thin—blooded cows

that are star boarders that are present

to eat and do not yield enough milk

and butter to pay for what they con-

sume.



The breeders of dairy cattle have

been acting along-common sense lines,

and like the running horse breeders

have selected their breeding stock very

largely from among the best perform-

ers. Instead of following the old rule

of breeders of fifty years ago of select—

ing the heifer calves from the best

cows, regardless of the sires, they have

taken into consideration the breeding of‘

both sire and dam. The aphorism pub-

lished in an old English Reader, “A

good cow may have a bad calf,” proved

to be true in too many cases under the

old plan.



The laws of heredity as discovered

in the human apply equally as well

among the animals. The saying that

“like father like daughter, like mother

like son,” comes nearer what can be

proven by actual practice to be correct

than the old plan of selecting the sires

only for the beef animals and from the

dams only for the milk animals. Both

sire and dam wield a potent influence

on the progeny.



If we keep in mind the fact that

there are, and will be, exceptions to the

rules laid down to follow, we will avoid

many disappointments when things do

not turn out as we hope and expect

they will. So when we select a sire

from which to raise heifers that is out

of a cow that possesses the character-

istics we wish the heifers to possess,

we may expect that he will transmit.

the same in a great degree. We may

reasonably expect that the dam will

transmit to her sons the characteris—

tics which she inherits from 'her sire.

It should also be remembered that,

what is called “family traits” have a

great influence on the progeny, wheth-

er they are in the ancestral line on

one side or the other.



The skillful breeder studies all the

influences that are due to came in the

ancestral lines on both sides, and so

mingles the blood that the currents

may unite and produce something bet-

ter than the animals that make up the

ancestral lines on both sides. He is

not satisfied with something like the

ancestors, but is looking for and get,-

ting something unlike them, because it

is better.
Small Pigs .



In traVeling through the country at

this time of year a great many pigs

weighing not more than fifty to seven-

ty pounds are seen in the feed lots and

pastures.



To be marketed at a price anywhere

near the top these pigs must be car-

ried through the winter at least until

January or February. When one con-

siders the additional cost of gains

made through the winter months when

no green feed is available one is led to

wonder whether it would not be more

profitable to have these pigs larger at

this time of year. That it is more

profitable to have the pigs larger at

this time of year, at least in most cas-

es, is proven .by the fact that the most

successful hog raisers see to it that

their spring pigs weigh at least 110 to

135 pounds by the end of September.

Should one undertake to criticize a

man with (SO-pound pigs and tell him

that his pigs should be larger, an argu-

ment immediately follows. The aver-

age farmer knows that his pigs should

be larger at this time of year to be



p profitable. His problem is how to get

them larger. Wherever small pigs are

found at this time of year several

shortcomings can be located in the

management the pigs have had. The

first is that inferior, undersized breed-

ing stock has been used, the second is

that the pigs were farrowed late in the

spring and the third is that they have





 





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and grow them rapidly through the

summer months.





N. D. Exp. Sta. W. H. PETEns.





WINTERING STOCKERS.





Science and good farm practice are

being brought into better understood

harmony by such experiments as those

completed by Dean F. B. Mumford at

the Missouri Agricultural Experiment

Station. Dean Mumford finds, as the

results of his tests, that the common

practice of feeders buying stockers in

the fall is justified by the fact that

they are usually from fifty cents to a

dollar cheaper then than in the spring

following. This difference enables the

buyer to winter them in such a way as

to secure a fair price for the coarse

and otherwise unmarketable roughage

used and to build up the fertility of

his farm.



The experiences of the College

agrees with that of other feeders in in-

dicating that under Missouri conditions

cheaper gains can be made by sum-

mer feeding on pasture than by full

feeding in dry lots during the winter,

and that the greatest and most eco-

nomical gains cannot be secured in

summer feeding on pasture unless the

cattle are rather thin when put on

grass.



Having secured his stockers, the

farmer’s next question is, “What shall

they be fed and how shall they be

handled during the winter?” The wide





 





 





Early Pigs, Well Fed on Pasture, Make





gone through the summer on pasture

but with too limited 3. grain ration. The

first essential in raising big growthy

pigs that can be marketed in the

month of November at a weight of 175

to 200 pounds is that good big, heavy-

boney breeding stock must be used.

For some reason or other a pig farrow-

ed in March or early in April always

seems to grow faster than one farrow-

ed in May or June. The second essen-

tial to rapid growth of the pigs is that

they be farrowed early. March is the

month selected as the most successful

farrowing month by the best hog grow-

ers. It is true that it takes something

of a building and a little care to far-

row the pig crop in March, but it pays.

In order that pigs may make a rapid

growth through the summer months

they must have a combination of good

pasture and a suitable grain ration. It

has been proven a good many times

that pigs will make the most rapid

growth when running on good. pasture

and getting their grain from a self-

feeder. However, this has not always

proved the most economical method of

making the gains. In the work at the

North Dakota Experiment Station cov-

ering several years, good gains have

been made when growing pigs were

pasturing on alfalfa and receiving a

grain ration of three pounds per day

per 100 pounds live weight of pigs.



It has been demonstrated that hog-

ging off corn is one of the most eco-

nomical and practical ways of fatten-

ing pigs; However, if this is to be

done successfully the pigs should

weigh an average of 115 to 125 pounds

at least, when they are turned into the

corn in September. This is another

reason why every effort should be





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variation in practice indicates a need

of more knowledge on this subject.



The most economical ration consist-

ed of corn silage and alfalfa hay. Tim-

othy hay did not prove‘any more eco-

nomical than wheat straw for use with

corn silage, but the efficiency of a ra-

tion of six pounds of shelled corn and

clover hay was materially increased

by substituting corn and cowpea silage

for corn and clover hay.





CORN, OATS, WHEAT FOR FEED.





In an experiment at the Wisconsin

Experiment Station three lots of heif-

ers weighing about 350 pounds were

fed equal amounts of nutrients. For

one lot the nutrients were wholly from

the wheat plant, another from oats

and the third from corn. All lots grew

at about a normal rate, but after a few

months it became easily observable

that the wheat lot was not so well

nourished as the others. This was evi-

dent frOm the appearance of the coat.

The corn and oat fed lots bred earlier

than the wheat fed one, showing that

the latter were depressed in some de-

gree. The corn fed lot produced calves

which were of normal size and full of

vigor. The oat-fed lot produced calves,

which were of about normal size but

with very low vigor, while those from

the wheat lot were about half as large

as the normal calf at birth and were

dead or ready to die when born. When

half of the roughage of the wheat lot

was replaced with alfalfa hay the

calves were normal.



No reasons have yet been worked

out as to why these foods should act

so differently but it is important to

know how they affect animals.





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to abide by them, but in a general way

We are usually able to control this

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October and November are both

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sun and burn too long a time, then it

is of less value as a feed. It requires

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it lie in the sun until perfectly dry and

then haul it to the barn or the sack,

but hay cured in the cock with prac-

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tains less crude fiber and more food

value than hay cured by any other

methods.

Silage Most Valuable.



But I have neglected to speak of en-

silage. Ensilage after all, is probably

the most important form of roughage

when considered by the dairyman.

There is a great deal of difference in

the value of ensilage, some people en-

silo the corn before it is sufficiently

mature, and lose out there, while some

allow it to get too ripe and the hard

kernels will not digest. Some corn

planted for the silo has no ears on it

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Three Generations of Jerseys.





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after freshening, their practice is good.



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she was quite fleshy. when she came

into milk,'and I was anxious to give

her the best possible chance. I crowd-

ed her just a little too hard, and now

she is not eating more than sixty per

cent of what she should eat. She is

still milking well, but is taking it from

her body. Yes, she is a very economi-

cal producer now, but by and by she

will be thin in flesh, her milk flow

will fall off, and it will take her months

All the time she will

make me pay for my mistake. So we

should take plenty of time to get the

cows on full feed alter calving.



The cow is made to consume large

quantities of roughage. It is sometimes

argued that some breeds of cattle will

eat more roughage in proportion to the

grain consumed than others, but I





question this statement. All breeds of I





cows will consume liberal amounts of

roughage if they are obliged to do so.

The Roughage Feeds.



There is much variation in the nutri-

tive value of difierent kinds of rough-

age. Cows will eat wheat and rye

straw, in fact they will keep alive on

it, but it is about as poor roughage as

can, be fed to them. Oat straw is a

little better, good corn stover is better

still. Timothy hay is of considerable

value, if the grain fed in connection is

chosen wisely with respect to the kind

of roughage used. Alsike and red clo-

ver are very good, and sweet clover

and alfalfa may be classed as unequal-

ed in food value and adaptability when

dairying for greatest profit is consid-

ered.





 





But there is much difference in the





corn, and probably as many food units

are grown upon a given area as would

have been produced if the variety had

been earlier and consequently smaller.

I am not discussing the kind of corn

to grow for a silo, but am trying to

show that the quality of ensilage

should be taken in'consideration in

making up the remainder of the ration.

In the judgment of the writer, more

ensilage can be fed with profit if the

corn is quite well matured than when

it was ensiloed in a premature condi-

tion. More acid is certain to develop

if the corn is put in too green, and

while the cows can eat a limited quan-

tity of it with profit, I do not believe

we can feed it as liberally. as we might

were it a little farther along toward

ripening. '



The relatith‘rxxof ensilage to other

forms of roughage is a matter which

the individual dairyman must deter-

mine for himself. If he has large quan-

tities of hay, and less ensilage he may

feed ensilage sparingly and feed hay

more liberally. If he has little hay,

and plenty of ensilage then he may

feed but a small amount of hay and

what ensilage the cows will consume

readily. ,.



Care of Silage in Cold Weather.



Freezing does not seem to injure en-

silage, but frozen ensilage is not con—

ductive to milk production, and so we

should be careful to avoid feeding too

much of it. If the ensilage is covered

with a liberal quantity of straw it will

not freeze much. The straw can be

pushed to one side of the silo and the

ensilage taken from the other. Then

it can be spread over the whole sur~

face and when another feed is taken

off, ,it can be removed from the other

side, always taking care to keep the

ensilage low at the outside.



If it is gotten down twice each day,

there will be little trouble from freez-

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If straw is lacking, loose ensilage

may be spread over the surface and

the freezing will be prevented quite as

thoroughly. This is a long way ahead

of putting an oil stove in the silo. '





A Method of Handling Silage.





In case the stable is sufficiently

warm, the ensilage for morning- may

be gotten down the night before, and

left in the stable over night during the

very cold weather. Little labor is lost

in this method of handling, and the

cows can be very quickly and conven—

iently fed in the morning. Then, if

the ensilage in the silo is covered over

with a foot of straw there will be no

trouble about frozen ensilage. In the

northern part of the state, where the

cold weather lasts longer and is more

severe, it may be necessary to use

moregstraw in order to provide a cov-

ering sufficiently deep.



In this section, it is highly‘ important

to place the silo on the south side of

the barn. The material from which

the silo is built, influences the temper-

ature somewhat, but not nearly as

much as. is generally supposed. If very

cold weather should occur and last but

a few days, the ensilage might freeze

considerably in a stave silo, a cement

stave silo, or any silo having a solid

wall which was not very thick, while

in a Wisconsin silo, or any other, built

with a double wall having an air space

between, it would not freeze much.

But if the cold should continue for a

long time, the heat would pass out

through any ordinary wall, and the

ensilage would freeze.



However, the freezing is mainly at

the top and if the precautions herein

suggested are taken, the stave silo

may be used in any part of Michigan

and ensilage may be fed from it all

winter. , -



The Size of the Silo.



The small silo will freeze much soon-

er than the large one. My observa-

tion leads me to believe that by far

the greater number of silos on small

farms in ou'r state, are but ten feet in

diameter. This is as it should be, for

no greater mistake can be made than

to buy a silo that is too large; The

owner of such a one never has any

good ensilage except in cold weather,

because he can not feed it fast enough

to keep it from spoiling.



But it requires more care to keepV

the ensilage in a small silo from freez-

ing. South of the line of towns twenty

north, there is little if any trou-

ble, but north of this line the cold lasts

longer. That is to say, when it does

warm up, it does not get above the

freezing point so soon. Indeed, many

times it does not reach that point be-

fore another cold wave comes and our

silo does not warm up at all. While

just a little farther south, they have

had a whole day with the mercury

above the freezing point, or possibly

the greater part of two days.





Covers for Silage.





If all of those who have trouble with

the ensilage freezing, will cover it with

some non-conducting material, straw is

as good as anything, they will be able

to get along successfully no matter

how long the cold may last.



A non-conducting cover might be

made from good roofing material, so

that it would just cover the ensilage. It

could be made double with an air

space between, and .be fastened in the

middle . by hinges, so that one side

could be \lifted at a time.



This would involve some expense

and would be no better than the straw,

though it could be handled more quick—

ly after it had been once gotten into

the silo. Of course the most practical

way would be to build it inside the silo

and keep it there—lifting it to the top

by means of a line after the weather

became warm and there was no farther

need for it. ' -



* Oceana Co. F. WrTAYLOR.





14‘
HEN asked why he put two set-

tings of eggs under-one hen,

the boy replied that he wanted



to see “the old bird spread herself.”

When the National, Dairy Show Asso-

ciation decided to hold the tenth an-



’ nual show at Springfield, Mass, it

knew that Springfield and all of New

England would need to “spread itself”

to hold this great event up to past

standards. And Springfield spread and

New England spread, and the show

just closed was the greatest in the his-

tory of the association.



Every successful show is usually

proclaimed as the “greatest ever.”

Therefore it is Wise and also satisfying

to particularize. The 1916 show was

greatest in point of attendance. The

paid admissions exceeded 250,000 for

the ten days. The opening day broke

all previous records with 35,000 visit-

ors, and the crowds continued to come

up until the closing day. New England

and the east showed its appreciation of

the greatest agricultural event ever

held in this section. This. year’s show

was greatest in number of cattle and

distribution of herds. It was truly a

national show with 873 head of cattle

entered from twenty different states

and Canada. While the east supplied

the greatest numbers, the middle west

swept the highest honors.



Fine Exhibition Grounds.



Again, the 1916 show was greatest

in the completeness of its equipment

and the manner of housing. The East-

ern States Agricultural and Industrial

Exposition did its work well. The new

buildings were so well adapted to the

purposes of the show that they de-

serve brief description. Those dairy

and live stock men who have been of

the opinion that the stock yards pavil-

lion at Chicago is the only building in

the country suited to a really great

cattle show must now reckon with the

new Springfield plant. The Eastern

States Exposition grounds contain

about 170 acres. The central building

is the Coliseum with a judging ring 200

feet long and 100 feet wide, covered

by an arched roof 68 feet high. Sur-

rounding the judging ring are comfort—

able banked seats for 5,600 persons. In

the] four corners of the building, ar-

ranged under the seats, are a conven—

tion hall, avdomestic science kitchen, a

lecture hall and a display room. All

of these rooms were in constant use

throughout the show.



At one side of the Coliseum are the

two permanent cattle barns with com-

fortable accommodations for 1,200 head

of cattle. On the opposite side of the

central plant is machinery hall, with

over 70,000 square feet of floor space.

A fifth large permanent building was

given over to the exhibits of boys’ and

girls’ clubs. This was a new and in-

tensely interesting feature of this

year’s show. The displays made by the

club members, and the interest mani-

fested, indicate that, every great agri-

cultural show in the future must pro-

vide for the junior farmers and farm

girls as well as for the older heads.



The Cattle.



The cattle, of course, were the main

attraction. It is the rivalry for the

high honors that brings men and their

cattle from the four corners of the

country. It is the gradual improve-

ment of the dairy :‘tock as economical

producers of milk, cream, butter and

cheese that makes these great shows





worth while. The sleek, well-kept, well» five of these were west of the New





groomed animal carries a universal ap-

peal. Combine this with production

performance that enables an animal to

pay for itself several times over in

merchantable products and you have

an animal that wins the admiration of

all classes. There is no class of live

stock that is held as close to utility

standards as dairy cattle, and this utilo

ity value is the keynote of the dairy

industry. The close student of breed





types has seen some striking changes

in the “big show” winners in the past

ten years.





All breed associations are

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placing/premiums on production rec-.

ords and making them an increasing!

factor in selective breeding. This prac-

tice brings rapid changes but so long

as economy of production increases

there is little occasion to worry about

breed types and characteristics. While

complete awards are not available at

the time this is being written, a brief

review of the cattle by breeds is of

interest



The Jerseys were represented- in

greater numbers than any other breed,

and were perhapsa bit more popular

with the visiting crowds. The Jersey

breeders are the original breed boost-

ers, and their efforts would bring re-

sults even with less worthy animals.

The running of the Jersey special train

from Waterloo, Iowa, to the big show,

and the attending advertising of the

$250,000 worth of Jersey stock was a

bit of publicity work that will keep

other breed associations busy for a

time. But these boosters are also able

to produce “the goods.” The bright in-

dividual star of the show was the

World’s Champion Long Distance Cow,

Sophie 19th of Hood Farm. She was

awarded a special banner by the Na-

tional Dairy Show Association in rec—

ognition of her notable demonstration

of dairy production. Sophie has a six-

year record that makes her supreme in

production. In six years she has pro-

duced a total of 75,920 pounds of milk,

making 5,216 pounds of 85 per cent

butter.’ She was hailed as the queen

of the show. The Hood Farm refused

an offer of $25, 000 for her during the

show and as.1e1ted that it would not

sell, her for less than $50,000. There

were 272 Jerseys entered in 24 herds

from 14 different states.



Some Good Stock.



The Guernseys ranked second in

numbers. There were 202 head, c0111-

,prising 21 herds from 10 different.

states. The east and west were pro-

portionately represented in entries, but

the west appeared to have a wide mar-

gin on quality. The W. W. Marsh herd

of Iowa, had a number of animals that





seemed destined to carry off the top .





honors. Charles D. Cleveland, of New

Jersey, and F. P. Frazier & Son, Massa—

chusetts, promised to give Marsh the

strongest competition.



No single dairy breed has made any

greater progress in the past few years

than the Ayrshires. From a compara-

tively few scattered herds, their repu-

tation has spread rapidly, and they are

now among the leaders. They were

third in point of numbers at this show

and ranked with the first in popularity.

There were 154 head entered in the

show, making up 16 herds from eight

states, principally the northern states

and Quebec. The Canadian province

showed some fine quality stock. .The.

Ayrshire breeders are keen promoters

and they backed their favorites with

an enthusiasm second only to the Jer—

seys A fine example of the Spil‘it, back

of this breed is found in the fact that

Mr. Charles Jenkins, of Pennsylvania,

piloted a party of 60 Ayrshire t'anciers

from his county to the show.



A question frequently heard was,

“Where are our strong eastern Hol-

steins?” Coming within easy reach of

the New York and Pennsylvania Hol-

stein stronghold it was expected that

this breed would make a record—break-

ing showing. But entries numbered

only 147 head from nine states, and





York state line. There were only three

herds from New York and none from

Pennsylvania. Even Ohio had but one

herd of Holsteins there and Michigan

none. As with the Guernseys, the west

appeared to have the cream in quality.



This sturdy breed holds its place

among the specialized dairy classes.

Six herds from five different states

showed 98 head. Ohio and Wisconsin

were in the fight for top honors, with

the New England states closely fol—

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Dairy Products.



The dairy products show was the

best ever held by the association.

There were more entries, and they

came from a larger area than ever be-

fore. There were 36 entries of cream-

ery butter made from whole milk, com-

ing from ten different states. There

were 56 entries of creamery butter

from gathered cream, coming from 21

states. Dairy butter showed 22 entries

from 12 states. N. C. Nelson, Grove

City, Pa., won the gold medal on whole

milk creamery butter with a 96 score.

E. A; Gudvangen, Hanlontown, Iowa,

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gathered cream with 95% score. Mrs.

P. H. Robinson, Egypt, Mass, won first

on dairy butter, with 95 score. Jesse

W. Cobb, Van Buren county, Mich,

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creamery butter, with a score of 94.5.



There were 27 entries of American

Cheddar cheese, H. M. Biberstein, of

Oregon, winning first. with a score of

981/2. Filex Richards, Randolph, Pa.,

won a second with 96%.



Pennsylvania took the top honors in

the milk show which was the largest

ever held in connection with a dairy

show. There were 143 entries compris-

ing 572 bottles of milk and cream, com-

ing from 18 states. A special distribu.

tor’s prize for city milk distributor

whose producers (not less than 10 en-

tries) showed highest score on market

milk, was won by the. Supplee Alderney

Dairy, of Philadelphia, with an average

score of 93.1. Heston J. Smith & Sons,

New Hope, Pa., won the gold medal on

market milk with a score of 98. Ben-

jamin Supplee, West Chester, Pa., took

the silver medal with 97.9.



Students’ Judging Contests.



There were 18 agricultural college

teams entered in the students’ judging

contests. The University of Nebraska

team carried off the. honors, winning

the National Dairy Show Association

trophy and the Board’s Dairyman tro-

phy. W. F. Roberts, of that team, won

the $400 DeLaval Sweepstakes Scholar-

ship, the $400 Iowa Dairy Separator

Scholarship, and the National Dairy

Show gold medal. The $400 Jersey

Scholarship was won by C. H. Clough,

oi" Massachusetts Agricultural College,

and the Holstein Scholarship of equal

amount. by Joseph Lee, Jr, of North

Carolina College of Agriculture.



Educational Features.



The special educational features

were many. The United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture maintained a dem-

onstration herd of nine cows through-

out. the show, recording records of cost

of feed, production, cost of production

and profit or loss over cost of feed.

The herd included a range from an or-

dinary scrub, showing a loss of 5.1

cents per day, to a high grade yielding

a profit over feed of 45 cents a day.

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lines of work. There were agricultural

college exhibits showing activities in

various phases 0t dairy work. ‘



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work, and more particularly the house-

keeper’s use of dairy products was rep-

resented in a series of domestic

science demonstrations. A complete

kitchen equipment was provided and

daily demonstrations were given by

representatives of the domestic science

departments of New England and New

York colleges. The following program

gives a suggestion of the extremely

practical work done. The following

subjects were taken up on successive

days with demonstrations of the oper-

ations and samples handed out to the

visitors:



Salads and Desserts, by Maine Ag-

ricultural College.



Milk Soups, by New York College of

Agriculture.



Children’s Diets,

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Bread and Rolls, by R. 1. Agricultural

College.



Salads and DeDsserts, by Maine Ag-

ricultural College.



Boys’ and Girls’ Club Worp.



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work was attested by the exhibit at

this show which filled one entire build-

ing and a large tent. Work demon-

strated covered market garden pro~

jects, corn, potato, pig and calf grow-

ing projects, garment making, canning,

poultry raising, bread making, etc. In

the judging contests, Pennsylvania and

New Jersey were prominent winners.

The Pennsylvania team consisting of

Henry and Ralph Body and Edwin

Schearer, of Bucks county, won first

in poultry judging. Henry Body won

the Sweepstakes prize in this event.

The Morris county, N. J., team, consist-

ing of R. Savage, D. Hul’burt and A..

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packing-room. A thin, pale face lifted “Some hot,” assented Sadie. “But. No.12 wistfullv. “But when he starts did boys who carried away the boxes

itself to Sadie’s and tired eyes return- don’t you care, kid. As for hi1n—” at me I get all flutteled. Gee, I wish move with foren’oon alacrity. The





ed thanks for the ministrations. she nodded toward the center of the it was six!” symptoms of a day nearly spent were

“I’d ’a’ been all right if he hadn’t roon —“what do you care if he does The packing and delivery depart- unmistakable. ‘



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‘wiped his face as he talked. He was

little and young, with a beaklike nose,

at pallid skin, and faded eyes that





and futility struggled within his nar-

row breast. Sadie turned slowly and

surveyed him with calm eyes. Eight-

een was her number.



“Get to work, No. 18,” croaked the

little man. He tried to be menacing,

but the pose signified no menace to

Sadie.



“I was tryin’ to do something for

No. 2,” she said in an even voice.

“The poor kid’s about in.”



“You get them olive drabs into

them boxes,” retorted the little man.

“No need for you to loaf because No.

12 is loafin’.”





“You win,” observed Sadie placidly.



She went to her place at the long

table and began putting shirts into

boxes with skilled but deliberate

hands. The little man glared. It was

a full minute before Sadie spoke again,

and then it was like an addition to her

last words.



“No. 12’d be doing this, too, if you’d

leave her alone. The heat didn’t get

her; it was the pickin’. ”





The little man, who had turned to

rasp at a laggard boy, whirled about.

“Who’s boss here?” he demanded.

“Too hard for me,” commented

Sadie as she slid the cover on’ a box

and lifted her eyes for a few seconds



to contemplate the questioner.



“l‘ in boss.’



l “You certainly are a grand question-

and- answ er department, M1. Fergu-

son.”



There was faint emphasis on the

Imister. It was not lost upon the

‘ packing department. Momentarily

hands that were packing away shirts

paused. Two girls whispered. When

Sadie and the superintendent battled

the output of the Challenge Shirt

Company marked time in its march to

the consumer.



“You know the rules—work and no

back talk,” snapped Ferguson. “You

lookin’ for a fine?”





Sadie made no answer, but inspected

on olive—drab critically.



“I say, you want to be fined?”



“Leap to it," advised Sadie.



“Twenty—five cents,” said Ferguson

as he turned for a tour of table-in-

i spection.



1 Idle hands were galvanized into mo-

tion.



Sadie smiled tolerantly. It was not

in her nature to cry when she was

hurt. Gaily she put olive—drabs into

l boxes. But she was hurt.





\There never was a time when a

wonty-five-cent fine failed to hurt a



ven-dollar-a-week envelope. A ten‘

cent fine was a severe loss; a quarter

fine achieved the dignity of financial

embarrassment. It amounted almost

to involuntary bankruptcy when you

were putting fifty cents a week into 21

savings-bank and twenty cents into a

sick—benefit fund.



Just why Sadie subscribed to the

sick benefit she did not clearly know.

She was never sick, but other girls

were sick, often, and it seemed like a

good idea, for the twenty cents helped

somebody, it not Sadie.



Six o'clock was near. Sluggard

hands, whose owners suddenly feared

Sadic‘s fate, worked with imitation en—

ergy. Sadie, however, kept her even

pace; she never hurried, yet She could

put, -more shirts into more boxes in a

nine-hour day than any of her sister

workers.



Her manner gave no trace of the

little tragedy that was bringing her

day to a close. She bummed softly.

Twenty-five cents meant staying away

from the movies five nights. It was

a blow, but she would managed to

survive it.



She did not notice that Ferguson

had paused again at her table until

he leaned across it and said tenta-

tively:



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“No. 18 ” ' , < ,

“Now, 1131111, Sadie ” ~

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“Quit kiddin’,” he said with an 11114

easy laugh. “You and me don’t Want

to be had friends.” -



“Who said so? Why not?”



Sadie’s eyes widened in affected sur-

prise as she bestowed a measuring

glance across the table.





Ferguson leaned his elbows on a pile

of shirts and looked up at her.



“Listen, now,” he protested. “I ain’t

mad, Sadie. But you had no call to

talk back. It’s against rules. I gotta

have discipline, y’ know.” I



“Then why don’t you get it, ?” asked

Sadie smoothly.





Ferguson winced, frowned, and be-,





gan again.



“I just had to fine you after what

was said. Didn’t I?”



_f‘Sure; for the public good,”



‘fLemme -tell you something, Sadie.

I can forget to send a fine-slip to the

desk.” ,



“I bet you can,” assented Sadie cor-

dially.



“And I-—”



“Only don’t."





“And now, Sadie, tie a can on that





stuff. I was goin’ to say»"



“If you forget to turn in the fine I

won’t, Mr. Ferguson."



Now she paused in her task of stack-

ing up shirts, lifted one from apilc,

shook it out, and tossed ‘it aside.



“Thirty-eight label on a thirty-six,”

she observed.



Ferguson examined the garment crit-

ically.



“Guess you're right," he comment-

ed admiringly. “You‘re 21 wonder on

catchin' wrong sizes, Sadie." .



“Uh-huh," said Sadie as her eyes

rested nppraisingly on the person of

the superintendent. The glance con-

veyed no meaning to Ferguson.



“About that fine," he resumed.

“VVanta know how not to pay it?"



“No. Can’t upset my bookkeepin’

now; I got it all set down."



“Y’ know that picnic, Sadie?” Fer-

guson’s voice was wheedling.



“Sure. I read the poster."



“You hadn't ought to have turned me

down like you done. But it ain’t too

late yet.”



“Still a chance, to get in under the

wire ‘2” queried Sadie.



“You bet there is!

neither—if you go."



“Sounds easy,” she commented. “Say

the word and save a quarter—just like

that!” And she snapped her fingers.



Ferguson nodded.



“No, Mr. Ferguson,” She said slowly,

shaking her head. “It wouldn’t be fair

to the quarter. to play that kind of a

dirtv trick on it”



Ferguson gulped and hesitated, then

returned to the attack.



“Listen, now, Sadie;

W ill you?”



“I did listenwplenty. I got an ear-

ful. Now you listen: The company

saves a quarter on Sadie this week.

It can’t lose that quarter if it tries.

If it’s in my envelope Saturday night

I'll call a special meetin’ of the board

of directors, hand it over, and notify

the stockholders there’s :1 new divi-

dend coniin’. That quarter's got a

life sentence, Mr. Ferguson."



The superintendent met Sadie’s

steady gaze and held his ground, for

the way for retreat with honor was

not vet open. He was gurgling a sen-

tence in his throat when Sadie asked

suddenly:



“Y ou’ re a thirty-four Yes?”



“I don’ t get you. You mean—”



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Ferguson shifted his weight to the

other foot.



“I wear thirty-sixes. I can wear a

thirty-four but—” ‘



“You’re wearin’ a thirty-four now,

and it’s fiappin’, ” she interrupted. “You

mean you can wear a thirty—two. Don’t

kid Sadie. I got an eye for sizes; you

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, “And a‘ six-andéatquarter hat,” she

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She spoke placidly, even solicitously,

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but I’ve got a lot against you, Fergu-

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“I wouldn’t insult a movie by walk-

in’ in with you. You’ve picked on me

because I won’t go. Not bein’ a man,

I expect that’s your privilege. You’ve

been lookin’ for a chance to fine me;

watchin’ for me to break a rule. The

whole room knows it.



“Well, you got your chance. Shake

hands with yourself. You’re gettin’

another chance right now, too. It’s

worth half a dollar to speak a piece to

you. I’m speakin’ it.



“You want my reason foruiot goin’?

This is it, Ferguson: You ain’t fit to

be seen with me. Maybe that sounds

proud. All right; I am proud.”



Sadie paused for an instant. The

superintendent stood in awed fascina-

tion.



“Even if you were decent, Fergu-

son,” she went on without a trace of

excitement, “you’re not big enough to

take me anywhere. That’s reason

enough to stand by itself. You’re a

thii'ty—fourwscant. I’ll allow that, but

it’s charity.



“Anything over a thirty-two shirt on

you is throwin’ away goods and boost-

in’ the high cost of livin’. You’re un-

dersized, mind and body; you ain’t

healthy to look at. You’re drivin’ me

to smoked spectacles.



“You’re just naturally mean and

little. Now, you keep away from me

except when you got orders to give.

Next time you speak to me I’m No. 18.

I don’t want to spank you, but if I get

any more ‘Sadie’ from you I might

have to.



“You can put another quarter on

that fine now, and maybe they’ll make

you president of the company for re-

ducin’ operatin’ expenses.”



Sadie hesitated; then leaned for-

ward across the table and said with

terrible distinctness:



“Do you know what kind of an in-

sect you are, Ferguson? You're a

shrimp!”



Ferguson, like a man dazed, backed

slowly away from the table, fell over

a stool, sprawled for an instant on the

floor, and then made a dash for the

cutting-room. The packing depart-

ment, uncertain whether to laugh,

cheer, or utter cries of astonishment

and dismay, did none of those things,

but resumed the business of putting

shirts into boxes.



Sadie liked that word “shrimp.” She

never saw one, being an inland girl,

but she knew instinctively that a

shrimp was little and very much like

Ferguson. Anyhow, Sadie was sure it

was some kind of an insect.



,She had borrowed it from the vocab-

ulary of a ranchman, a person in whom

she had taken immediate and tremen-

dous interest. He had come one day

to order a gross of olive-drabs for the

ranch-hands out in Montana. Sadie

had been called in to sort sizes.



Olive-drabs from that day had had

a peculiar fascination for her. Cow-

boys wore them, she learned; so did

miners and prospectors, and even

“swells” who hunted and fished just

for fun. Olive-drabs spelled- adven-

ture for Sadie—and outdoors. That

after all, was the main thing—out-



doors.



“What sizes?” Sadie has asked the

rancher.



“Farties up to forty-sixes.”



Sadie’s eyes had begun to glow.

“‘Cowboys must be easy to look at,”

she commented. - “Want a few thirty-

sixes?”





 





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.“No, shrimps in my country»; sister,”

said the rancher.

one!” .



“No-o,” admitted Sadie. “You’ are

kinda strainin’ the buttons on that

forty-two you’re wearin’.”



She treasured shrimp. Every time

she looked at Ferguson the word

popped into her mind. To Sadie it

was more than merely descriptive of

her boss. It became a unit of size,

She standardized men according to it.



A shrimp was the smallest possible

—a sort of No. 1, Triple A. Then came

the peewees, and after the peewees the

Sparrows. None of them got to be men

until they attained Sadie’s minimum,

forty-inch chests and sixteen collars.



They might go as far beyond that as

nature willed and still please Sadie.

She had no maximum.





Ferguson was still in the cutting- .





room when the hands of the packing

department clock touched six. A gong

rang, and thirty girls, in various stages

of languor, turned toward the locker-

room. Sadie walked over to No. 12 and

patted her shoulder.



“Feelin’ better, kid?” she asked.



No. 12 nodded; then said in an awed

whisper:



“They all heard you say it. They’re

passin’ it round now among the driv-

ers. What’s a Shrimp, Sade?”



“A thirty-four, deary.”



Smiling, Sadie went to the locker-

room. She was in a hurry to get out-

doors. She wanted to breathe. Some-

thing seemed to fetter her lungs, even

in the big room. She wanted space

and sky~ and open places—as much of

the big outdoors as she could find in

Buffalo.



Bigness and outdoors occupied the

same pigeonhole in Sadie’s mind. She

worshiped both. Big people wereher

people; outdoors was her place, even

if only a dream place.



Big men were outdoor men; if they

chanced to be elsewhere, they were

misplaced. True, mere bigness was

not all that Sadie worshiped; but it

was a fundamental, a foundation on

which she reared her ideals.



Because she. came from an Ohio

farm to a city factory she had not re-

nounced her gospel. The farm was

out under the sky; but it was a little

farm, set close to a little village. Bet-

ter than the city, perhaps, as Sadie

might have admitted; but there are

livings to be earned in this world, and

hers was one of them.



The farm was outdoors at its small-

est—a sort of shrimp outdoors. The

city was big, she acknowledged. But

it was the wrong kind of bigness~a

shut-in bigness. It was man made.

Sadie wanted the kind that was God-

made.





Sadie was big herself. Five feet

eight she stood, bare—footed and with

her hair down. There was a mark on

the door in her hall bedroom to attest

it, put there by No. 12, who had to

stand on a chair to do it.



Sadie was glad she was big. It was

even better than being handsome, and

she was both. Any time you saw

Sadie she was worth contemplating.

Just for a moment contemplate:



Five feet eight, as specified. Straight

and supple, like a sapling, but not so'

slender. Sadie was rounded and full-

bosomed. She was a forty herself.

The penny scales said that she weigh—

ed one hundred and fifty—four pounds,

and they spoke wisdom. If you asked

her her age, she said she was twenty-

four, and she spoke the truth.



Why she had a head of classic shape

must remain a mystery. You couldn’t

prove eugenics by Sadie. There was

nothing classic about the heads of the

folks back in Ohio, nor did they share

Sadie’s bigness. She topped her father

by two inches, while her mother was

only shoulder high.



Somewhere in the long ago there

may have been ancestors with classic

heads and stalwart bodies; if so, she

never heard of them. She remembered

only her grandfather, whose head Was

level and honest, but not: classic.



Sadie’s brow was broad and serene.





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Her eyes were gray, and they also

.were serene, for serenity and Sadie

iwere interchangeable terms. Through

ithose calm and steady eyes she looked

:upon the world curiously, frankly, and

unafraid, like a child.





She had a nose as large as a 154-

pound girl ought to have, beautifully

straight in the bridge and delicate in

ithe nostrils. It ran generations back

Iof the Ohio farm.



Her mouth was ample in size, firm,

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cere.



Her lips were full and red. Sadie

could curl the lower one in fine scorn,

although there was no harm in her.

Her chin showed more than good

modeling; it revealed courage and in-

dependence.



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'seven dollars a week leaving nothing

"for the wages of a maid. It, fell below

her waist when she unloosed it, ravish-

ing to look at, the very dickens to

comb.



Sculptors made statues of Juno be-

cause they never met Sadie. She was

not Juno’s little sister; she was her

twin. Nobody ever called her pretty;

it would have been ridiculous. She

was merely handsome.



And healthy! Sadie bloomed per-

ennially, like a gorgeous flower, all in

whites and- pinks and creams. Even

the factory could not stop her from

blooming.



The influence of environment may

be demonstrated by scientists in 3. mil-

lion ways, but not by Sadie. Like

eugenics, it was a doctrine that. fell by

the wayside when you looked at her-—

which you usually did. The factory

might put its mark on the Shrimp and

on No. 12, but not on Juno’s sister.





If you have paid attention to what

Sadie said to the Shrimp—and how

she said it—you suspect something.

Much book learning was not hers. In

fact, very little of it had chanced her

way. Her mind was all right; it was

quick, alert, and astonishingly reten-

tive—a very sane and normal mind

It was rather philosophic,_ too; and it

had a clean, direct way of getting to

the point, of things. It played no

tricks 0n Sadie; it gave no illusions.

Above all, being her mind, it could not

be else than serene.



She knew that book-learning was a

strange land, only 10 be viewed by her

from the edges, for she had neither

time nor resources to explore it. She

had regrets, of course, but she gave no

time to sorrow or brooding.



She accepted her limitations, but al-

ways with a reservation—“some day!”

There was honest raw material in that

mind of Sadie’s; if it had not been

used, at least it was unspoiled.



The row with the Shrimp had not

disturbed her. She had almost forgot-

ten it as she walked out of the factory.

Probably she would have dismissed it

if a clerk at the omce window had not

handed her a slip as she passed. The

slip read: ,



No. 18, Packing Dept., 50c fine to





violation of rule 8. Reported by Fer-

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seen’shrimps and they ain’t Insects.

like you said.” .





Sadie.





 





CHAPTER II.

Sadle’s Friday Jinx.



Even'a girl without a beau cannot

sit in a seven-by-ten room on an early

September evening, no matter if she

did squander half a dollar in telling a.

man he was 3 Shrimp. So, after. she-

had eaten her dinner, Sadie Hicks

wandered out into the street.



That Sadie bad no beau was beyond

the understanding of the girls in the

packing department, although it was

clear as crystal to her. Of course, it

took a big man to “go with” Sadie.

But there were big men in the factory.

Sadie eliminated them easily; the out-

door test settled them.





With the teamsters it took a little

more than the outdoor test, yet they

went with the others. They were not

for her. She was not conscious of

holding herself superior to them, she

simply did not need them in her

scheme of things. And when Sadie

did not need anybody, that person

who did not soon sense the fact was

a dullard indeed.



When she walked of an evening,

however, she was not alone. She had

an invisible escort. His name she did

not even know. He was merely her

ideal. He was constantly by her side,

walking on the street, sitting at the

movies, standing at soda-fountains, rid-

ing on trolley-cars. ,



Sadie took a lot of comfort out of

him. For one thing, she did not have

to share him with anybody. He was

all hers. 'None of the other girls could

even so much as look at him. She

held him incommunicado in the prison

of her imagination.



He was a creature of many person-

alities, but these were merely his outer

cloaks. Underneath he was always

the same.



That was one charm of having an

ideal for a companion. Sadie could

dress him as she pleased and make

him what she willed, but she always

knew that, in any guise, he was the

same sturdy self.



He was big, of course. He was

brave and he was kind. Sometimes he

was handsome, sometimes ugly—but

always rugged.



Whether he was rich or poor she

did not know nor care. She never

pried into his purse. He and Sadie

were tremendous friends.





So they walked the crowded pave-

ment together, the factory, the boxes

of shirts and the Shrimp forgotten.

They paused to study a lithogrph in

front of a. movie palace.



Sadie and her ideal moved 011-—

quickly. On the next block they paused

again. Sadie shrugged her broad shoul-

ders and led the way again. ,



Presemly there was a long pause;

another poster caught Sadie’s eye

from the opposite side of the street.

There were men and horses, lariats

and six-shooters.



“Montana, an adventure by Dick El-

lison!“ whispered Sadie. "



She knew “Dick Ellison.” She had

a vivid memory of the first time he

ever galloped across a screen. The

second adventure, too, was stored

away in her mind. She had followed

him through canons, across swollen

rivers, up the mountainsides, wherever

there were thrills and perils and tasks

for big men to (10.



Was she to miss the third adven-

ture? Sadie opined not.



It was not until she laid her nickel

at the threshhold of the little doorway

in the pane of glass that Sadie remem-

bered something else—Rule No. 8 and

the fifty-cent fine.

she had resolved*





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girl is awml quick at grabbln’ nickels.” ~



You have doubtless seen the third

adventure of- DIckEllison and have a.

tingling memory of the' stagecoach

that lurchod 80010513 to the edge ofthe

precipice; therefore, it is unnecessary

to tell what Sadie saw. Her ideal took

his seat beside her, of course. That

it was occupied .by the corporeal per-

son of a gumchewing girl was no dif-

ficulty at all; 'the girl did not even

know that Sadie’s ideal was there.



In the middle of the first reel 3. cur-

ious thing happened. Sadie’s ideal left

her side and became suddenly visible

upon the screen. No, he did not be-

come Dick Ellison. He was still a per-

son without a name. But Sadie knew

him in an instant, for all that and she

smiled softly.



It was not a. new experience for

her; he had done the same thing often,

and always without warning or expla-

nation. She knew he would come back

to her when the machine ceased to

click, for the movie people were mere-

ly borrowing him for a little: ,



Tonight his hairy chaps proclaimed

him a cowboy. He rode like the wind

and shot like a. rapid-fire automatic.



“A good forty-two,” murmured Sadie

as she watched him. ,



Faithful always, be was by her side

as she walked out.



“You did fine tonight,” she whisper.

ed to him. ' _ .



You may think he was on the screen

again when Dick Ellison’s third ad<

venture once more began to unwind.

But he was not. He had left with

Sadie. If you stayed to see the show

a second time you saw the same figure

it is true; and he did the same things,

without a hair breadth’s variation.



But the soul had gone out of him,

and that was something you could not

see. Only Sadie could, for he was her

ideal and not yours.



Back in the seven-by-ten room Sadie

sat on the edge of her bed, braiding

burnished bronze into thick strands.

Even after the braids were finished she

sat there thinking. Although she seem—

ed to be in Buffalo, she was really in

Montana. She had been there ever

since the middle of the first reel.



Her process of thought involved

many little wrinklings of her fore~

head, occasional frowns, much pursing

of the lips, and now and then a short,

half-embarrassed laugh. At least twice

she blushed. .



“I guess it’s all right,” she said

aloud, rising suddenly and going over

to her little table. “It’s not like flirt-

ing. It's just saying hello. He won’t

mind.”



Sadie opened a box of note-paper,

spread a sheet on the back of a maga-

zine, and began to write. She wrote

slowly and with many pauses.



After a while she laid down her pen

and examined her work critically.

First she read it in silence; then again,

voicing the words softly, to get an

idea of how it sounded. Then, with a.

vivid flush in her cheeks, she tore the

paper into small pieces. .



Another sheet of paper came out o

the box and there was more writing,

with much laborious penmanship and

continuous struggle with the spelling

of words. Pauses, burdened with little

scowls and smiles, indicated where

commas ought to be, but were not.



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ELEVENTH HOUR REPUBLICAN ATTEMPT TO

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EW Americans of today have at

tracted a wider attention than

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this sketch. He receives so much hos-

tile criticism, so much hearty praise;

so many people hate him, so many





love him; he is, professionally, so sen-





sational, but personally so modest and

retiring; that it is hard to arrive at a

correct estimate of him. At the pres-

ent stage of his career, (he is now

fifty-four), no summing up would do

him justice. We must wait for the rip-

ened results. This article will only

attempt to present a picture of the

man as he now appears.



The series of meetings under his di-

rection now beginning their sixth week

in Detroit, (October 15), is typical of

Mr. Sunday’s work. He demands be-

fore promising to come to a city that

there shall be the heartiest co-opera-

tion on the part of Christian forces in

that particular field. Accordingly there

are one hundred and twenty churches

behind the movement in Detroit, repre-

senting the most active men and soci-

eties of the city. He holds his gath-

erings in a place prepared for him

alone. The mammoth tabernacle at

Grindley Field is the largest one ever

erected for religious purposes in Am-

erica. It seats comfortably over six-

teen thousand people. It has a choir

left to accommodate twenty-five hun-

dred, hospital rooms, with attendants,

post office, book-rooms, offices, etc., all

beneath the same roof. The cost of

the great structure, used for only eight

weeks, is approximately fifty thousand

dollars. The entire campaign, at its

central point, will require an outlay of

nearly one hundred thousand dollars,

including the final offering for the

evangelist. All this in addition to the

local expenses of individual churches.



Mr. Sunday brings with him a party

of special helpers~choirmaster, pian-

ists, personal workers, bible-teachers,

business managers and press agents.

No detail is lacking in his organization.



Three months of preparatory work



on the part of churches is required be-

fore the actual campaign begins, and it

is expected that follow-up organi-

zations will be left to care for results

after the meetings close. The organi-

zation is one of the closest known, in

the attention given to details. When

the appointed. day arrived the “big

push” started with a decided “bang.”

Since September 10, day after day,

and night after night, crowds have fill-

ed every available seat in the taber-

nacle, and other crowds haVe vainly

sought admission. On one night a

week ago the writer walked around the

outside of the grounds at seven o’clock.

Perhaps ten thousand people were

turned away that evening. 011 many

other nights this number has been ex-

ceeded. Probably a half million mark

for attendance has been reached in the

past five weeks. Converts to the num-

ber of twelve thousand have been re-

corded.

The interior of the tabernacle is cal-

culated with great care. There is no

floor, sawdust being strewn on the

bare ground. The seats are of planed

lumber, firm, but not luxurious. The

space is divided into sections pr0per1y

marked and aisles are ample. Every

seat faces the speaker’s platform,

which is placed out a third of the way

from the front and is at least ten feet

above the floor. A chair of the com-

mon wooden sort and a covered pine

box for pulpit are the only pieces of

furniture on the platform. No soft

cushions are in evidence anywhere. Ov-

er the speaker’s head is a huge sound-

ing board, a special design by one of

the Sunday party.



The center of the whole movement

is Mr. Sunday—He always arrives a

few minutes before the set time for his

services. He is driven up to one of

the doors on the Cass avenue side of

the building, and, accompanied by a

patrolman, goes immediately to the





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platform. It is said that one or two

special officers in plain clothes are al-

ways near him. , ,



The crowd is quick to note his en-

trance. Nearly always there is hand-

clapping and sometimes cheers as he

comes. He takes his seat in the one

chair on the platform and with a tense

interest surveys the crowd—watching

at close range one is forced to admit

wonder at his quiet, retiring manner,

as he sits during the moments that

elapse before he speaks.



Mr. Sunday does three things—he

makes his own announcements, takes

the offering, and preaches. His voice





 





is husky, and shows evidence of strain,

as he gives in detail the expected

events. He makes clear just what

meetings will be held and when. If of

special nature that is emphasized—in

two minutes he gives a panoramic

view of what is going to be. The col-

lection, and its manner of taking it, is

of great importance. To raise over a

thousand dollars a, day for thirty suc-

cessive days as free-will offerings is a

considerable record. Frequently a wit-

ticism is made, a bit of pleasantry giv-

en, or a suggestive hint. Seldom an

offering is given that is not preceded

by a laugh or an appreciative indica—

tion on the part of the crowd. Each

usher has his section to care for in

this matter and the vast audience is

“panned” in two minutes. Tin pans

are used as collection plates and tink-

ling symbals are not to be compared to

jingling dishpans.



With quiet restored and unexpected

things out of the way, a tense moment

follows, as the evangelist stands up to

preach. Twelve thousand pairs of eyes

are on him and he is supremely con-

scious of the fact. Mr. Sunday “looks”

well. Of medium built (he weighs a

little over one hundred and fifty

pounds), straight, athletic, compact.

He impresses one as being in perfect

trim for his task, and his task is that

of fighting. He is combative, not of

the ponderous dreadnaught type, but

agile, mobile, quick to attack, to feint,

to thrust, to parry, to step in to a sharp





   





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final. His face is strong, clean, and

honest. It is too strong to be called

handsome, too open to be called insin-

cere. He dresses as a sensible busi-

ness man and his clothes are always

the acme of good taste, and all in per-

fect condition.





The first sentence of the sermon

grips the audience like a. vise. Here

are a few samples taken from recent

sermons. “I am, and always shall be,

the sworn foe of the whiskey gang,”

opening the evangelist’s sermon on

“Booze. ” “Corinth was the most wick-

ed, ungodly, idolatrous. city of ancient

times,” from the discussion of “To-

day’s Idols.” “The theatre can be made

the worst institution on God’s dirt,”

his discourse 011 “Popular Amuse-

ments.” From the first moment this

man is in earnest and words come with

explosive force, well calculated to im-

press a promiscuous crowd. As he pro-

ceeds he warms up. In five minutes he

is sweating like a man pitching hay.

If the day is a warm one his coat

comes off, his sleeves are rolled to his

elbows and on rare occasions his sweat

soaked shirt is pulled over his head

and the man wages his fight bare-arm-

ed. Perspiration runs from face, neck

and hands, wets through pants and

socks and drips from finger tips. In

his ordinary speech Mr. Sunday is not

slow, and when he comes to climaxes

he goes at lightning speed. From‘end

to end of his platform he swings back

and forth; he hu1ls out his meanings

in fistic style, and challenges his ene-

mies to come out and fight. Sometimes

in actor style he drops to the floor or

leaps to the top of his desk. He often

crouches and springs like a tiger and

sometimes, caracaturing low natures,

he cringes and fawns like a shamed,

whipped cur.



Mr. Sunday uses apt illustrations,

and telling anecdotes is with him a

mastered art. He rouses a laugh, in-

duces tears and incites rage at will. He

gives examples from real experience

or tells what others have said. His

pictures of lost, wandering men, are

vivid in the extreme. The language

used sometimes, if told anywhere else

and for any other purpose, would be

called shocking. He uses real terms

when describing profanity, passion, or

pronneness to sin. Whatever one may

think of what he says one is never in

doubt as to what he means. The man

of the street, shop or facto1y under-

stands him perfectly, and the “high-

brow” can not doubt his clearness.





The impression left in the mind of

an observer at close range are bound

to be vaiied. One man recently sum-

med them up in the following para-

doxical statement:



“He shocks me. He outrages every

finer sense. He degrades the pulpit.

He violates all professional ethics. He

outslangs the street corner bum. But

after all that has been said, this, too,

is t1 ue He instructs me. He inspires

me. He moves me to better things.

He makes me want to be a better

man. ”



This man is no doubt very near to

the truth for all these cenflicting con-

clusions are sure to come to one who

heais Mr. Sunday.





It is difficult to trace the results of

an eight weeks’ campaign in so great

a city as Detroit. Many will seek bet-

ter ways of living. Some will become

extremists in religion. No doubt peo-

ple formerly happy in christian life

and its “even tenbr” will become dis-

contented, not to say dissatisfied, after

the rush and urge of the big meetings

are over. The degree in which these

results prevail will depend, in large

measure, on the “follow-up” work done

by churches.



The effect on civic life will be n0-

ticeable here, as elsewhere. Mr. Sun-

day will do much for a “Better De-

troit.” Perhaps the influence of this

remarkable man and his work will go

out to all our state.
MERICAN women are seldom ”tak-

/ en to task for working too hard,

‘ but if I were to be asked what

lesson the farm women of these United





States need most to learn I should say,_





how to work less and play more. Look-

ing over the list of women on farms

whom I have known in the past and

whom I know now, I can not recall one

who did not always have about twice

the work to do that any one woman

should be expected to turn out, and

who did not feel that if she didn’t get

all done the Whole universe might be

wiped out. '





Various motives impel these women.





'With some, grim necessity drives to





the undertaking of tasks away beyond

their strength. Others are driven by

ambition, the desire to have more and

to do more than their neighbors. I

have known women, by-the-way, to dip

clean sheets and pillow cases in water

and hang them out early Monday morn-

ing so that they might be the first in

the neighborhood to have clothes on

the line. Others insist on more rooms

than they need when the new house is

built so that they may have the show

place of the township, and find them-

selves saddled for life with the care

and expense of their upkeep.



Other women are overworked be-

cause of the selfishness of their family.

Father and the children must have not

only pie for dinner,” but pudding or

cake, doughnuts and cookies as well.

And mother, because she got them in

the habit of expectingtoo much some

years ago when she was younger and

stronger, finds she must overdo now to

keep up the standard or suffer the sting

of an unkind remark when the expect-

ed dish is missing.



It may be the selfishness of the

daughters that keeps mother on the

rack. Beauty demands an extra nap in

the morning, and mother does not real-

ly expect help. Dishwashing and dust-

ing are bad for the hands and cooking

over a hot range is bad for the com~~

plexion. Mother is old and no one ex-

pects her to be pretty or feel rested.

She is always tired and too cross to

work with, so the young lady slides

out of real work and devotes herself to

the task of looking pretty.



As an aside, have you ever noticed

that it is these same girls who fail to

do their share, that do the most enter<

taining, with mother to cook and wash

dishes after the feast?



There are women, too, who are over-

worked simply because they love work.

A nervous, active temperament makes

it impossible for them to keep quiet

and they, seemingly, go out of their

way to find tasks to keep them busy 16

or 18 hours out of the 24.



There is an old proverb that too

much .work makes Jack a. dull boy, and

it is one our farm women need to take

to heart. As a class they need more

recreation, more intercourse with the

neighbors, more going about and more

time toread. The woman with a nar-

row horizon always becomes narrow

minded. In the nature‘of things she

could do nothing else. Keeping at

home with her own family, never learn.

ing other people’ s" ways and lives, she

naturally comes to think that her way

is always right and that she and her

family are of more importance in the

world than the other fellow and his

family. As a matter of fact, no way of

living is absolutely right, and the man

in the other way orthinking is just as

apt to have the, truth as you have. -

A61» our indmdm' importance, just





The Need of Play Spells?





   





a few moments reflection on the ac-

tions of the mourners after the funeral

would show a thinker how absolutely

unimportant we all are. Each one who

goes out may be missed by one soul

left behind, but the rest of the crowd

are laughing and chatting before they

leave the cemetery.



If women knew this truth and ac-

cepted it, a lot of wounded feelings and

neighborhood quarrels would be wiped

out. If we stopped to reflect that we

are of infinite importance only to our-

selves we would cease to feel slighted





'when someone forgets to call on us





or ask after the baby or inquire about

the felon we had on our finger six

months ago.' And to learn our true

value we must mix with our fellows.

Work is of vital importance in the

scheme of things, but so is play, a fact

Americans overlook. For when we

play we make such hard work of it

that foreigners, who mix play and

work better than we do, wonder how

we can call the thing we are doing

enjoyment. It gives you a comfortable





feeling to know that every bed is made,





every corner dusted and the pantry

shelves stocked with “eats” in case of

company unexpected. But after all,

these things are not of: so much im-

portance as keeping alive. The wise

woman realizes this and plans her life

accordingly, thereby keeping young,

living longer and being a hundred per

cent more popular. DEBORAH.





 





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The club had set aside one meeting

as favorite recipe day and'note books

were again in evidence. Fall canning

and pickling being in season, naturally

interest centered in this direction.



Mrs. Allen gave her formula. for

chowder, a. choppedpickle which she

declared to be different from the ordi-

nary article bearing that name. A sort

of aristocratic member of the piccalilly

family as it were. ,





One peck of green tomatoes, eight

onions and five red peppers chOpped

fine, add one cup of salt and let stand

over night. Drain in the morning and

boil for 15 minutes in one quart of vin-

egar reduced with one quart of water.

Again drain off the liquid, then add

four tablespoons of cinnamon, two ta-

blespoons of cloves, a little cayenne.

pepper, four pounds of brown sugar

and two quarts of vinegar. Boil slowly

for 20 minutes. ‘



As the copying of this recipe was

concluded Mrs. Collins said: “I can

vouch for the excellence of this chow-

der, for I have eaten it at Mrs. Allen’s

table and it is truly the best ever, in

my estimation. I was going to ask her:

for the recipe this season if she had

not given it to us this afternoon, and

I am going to make some next week,

sure.”



Mrs. Brown’s contribution was a. des-

sert, using as a base a freshly baked

one-egg cake in two layers. As a sauce

for this an ordinary lemon pie filling

was placed between the layers and on

top the whipped Whites, unbrowned,





poured over all. As the ladies would





naturally have each her own favorite

recipe, both for the cake and for the

filling, no further instructions were

considered necessary. This dessert it

was mentioned, differed from the pop-

ular lemon pie and made a welcome

change occasionally. '



“I hardly know which is my favorite

recipe,” responded Mrs. Collins as the

hostess called her name, “because I

have one for each department of my

cooking. I don’t go in so much for

fancy dishes as I used to, and find my-

self relying more and more upon the

old stand-bys which require less time

and energy to prepare. I believe the

one which I use most often, useful in

so many ways, is this cake recipe. I

use it with all sorts of fillings for cake,

dress it up with a sauce or with whip-

ped cream for desserts, make it into

patty cakes with Spices or raisins and

tomorrow I intend to try Mrs. Brown’s

suggestion and serve it a la lemon pic.

I got the recipe from a friend in the

city who tells me she uses it with dif-

ferent fillings and frosting in baking

for an exchange where she gets 75

cents apiece for the cakes. Some of

you may be inclined to smile when I

tell you the recipe calls for but a sin-

gle egg in a cake selling for that price.

When freshly made you would never

suspect from the taste how very eco-

nomical this cake is, and of course,

the filling and thickly frosted surface

add 1.0 the attractiveness, as well as

to its toothsomeness. Here is the reci~

pe and I hope you will all give it a

trial at least:



“One beaten egg and one cup of sug-

ar stirred together. Add three table-

spoons of melted butter, then one-half

cup of milk and one-half cup of cold

water. Beat together a. moment then

add two level cups of flour sifted with

two rounded teaspoonfuls of baking

powder and a little salt. Stir well with

whatever flavor is desired and bake.

This cake should be eaten the day it is

made or- the day after, as it is not rich

enough to keep well.”



Mrs. Holmes being absent, Mrs.

Johnson was next on the list and re-

sponded with a recipe for vegetable

mince meat. “I don’t know that I call

this my favorite recipe, because I have

others that I use more often, but this

is an entirely satisfactory pie filling at

our house and takes the place of the





 





regulation mince meat. It keeps nicely





When made in quantity. andunless one

is :wise to its lack \of' meat the differ-

ence would scarcely be noticed. I in-

tend soon to put up a. supply of it for

winter use. Take one. peek of green

tomatoes, five pounds of brown sugar,

one pound of seeded raisins, one pound

of currents, or double the amount of

raisins, and omit the currants, two ta-

blespoons of ground cinnamon, one ta-

blespoonful of cloves, one tablespoon-

ful of salt, one of grated nutmeg, one

cup of boiled cider, one of vinegar and





one of chopped suet. ~Chop the toma- .





toes and drain them, then put over the

fire in cold water to cover and bring to

a boil. Drain, and again cover with

cold water, scald up and drain for the

second time. Add the raisins, currants,

suet, sugar and salt andcook gently

one hour, then add the spices and vin-

egar. Scald up again and seal in glass

jars or keep in a cool place in an open

jar. There will be about six quarts of

good pie material.” .





The concluding recipe came from the

hostess and was givenWith the sug-

gestion that it furnished a simple and

convenient way of providing a dish or-

dinarily not put up in small quantities

on the farm, namely, corned beef. For

five pounds of beef,take four table-

spoonfuls of salt and two of brown

sugar, with as much powdered salt-

petre as will cover the point of a. table

knife, possibly one-fourth of a. tea.-

spoonful. Put these into a stone crock

with the meat, cover with cold water

and let stand 48 hours. Then cook in

the same brine until thoroughly done.



As the hostess concluded she turned

to Mrs. Allen: “I wish you would tell

us how you put up your grape juice,

Clara. You seem to make so little work

about it and always have such a quan-

tity. Our grapes are ripening now and

I want to use part of them inthat

way.”



“It is the easiest thing to put up,”

was the response, “and as you say, I

always prepare a quantity every year.

It is so nice in sickness and I find a

can of it makes a very acceptable pres-

ent at any time, besides affording a re-

freshing beverage on a. hot day. I

would as soon do without canned fruit

as my grape juice. I remove the stems,

discarding all grapes that are not per-

fect. Then cover with cold water in

an enamel kettle and bring slowly to

a boil. I cook them until all are brok-

en or nearly all, then pour into a bag

to drain. I sweeten the juice to taste,

as it is much better to do that then

than later, using about one—half cup of

sugar to a quart. Bring the juice to

the boiling point and put in sterilized

glass jars. Bottles may be used but I

find the cans much more convenient.

Seal the same as fruit. I always test





'each can carefully to be sure it is air





tight. To do this the cans are turned

bottom up after sealing. If juice runs

out it shows that something is wrong.

If there'is no leak the juice will keep.

After draining off the juice I some-

times make the pulp into marmalade

by pressing it through a. sieve to re«

move seeds and skins, then adding

sugar and boiling until thick. But

this, of course, is not strictly a first-

Class article as it lacks the juice of the

whole fruit. However, it makes use of

something which is almost too good to

throw away, and our folks think it is

pretty good after all. At least it adds

to my stock of sweets and we never

have any trouble in getting rid of it

when it goes on the table.”





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BY MILDRED M. NORTH.



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holes it will stay more firmly and be

less apt to tear out of the cloth if the

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taken, then turned so the holes run

cornerwise and another stitch taken,

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cheaply Sometimes. I made my little

girl a pretty white skirt from several





‘ such pieces. A piece about eight inch-





es wide was" six or eight inches too

long for the skirt yoke so I thought of

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easy to enlarge it next year. Four

tucks were laid in the front, two fac«





*in‘g each way, and two in the back,





the embroidered edge forming the top

of the yoke. Two strips of embroider-

ed galoon formed shoulder straps. Half

circles were cut' to allow it to come up

under the arms. These were faced

with bias binding Which I, buy by the

bolt and use to put on over ruffle head-

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to it, taking out the tucks I had pre-

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to run across the joining seam. This

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COLD WEATHER DISHES.





 





BY M. KENNEDY.



During the coming days of search-

ing cold, the farmer feeds his chickens

a little more corn, to enable them to

better withstand the cold, but how of-

ten does the good wife remember to

add more corn meal to the farmer’s ra-

tions for the same reason? They say

that in an earlier day the people were

healthier than they are now and I

wonder if it was not because they ate

more coarse foods, instead of the white

bread and sweets which we are prone

to eat at the present time.



Have you ever tried to see just how

many different ways you could use

corn meal? If .not, you have several

treats coming. Here are some of

grandmother’s tried and true recipes.

The corn bread made something like

white bread is good enough for a king.



Corn Bread—One cup of good soft

yeast, one cup of corn meal, very fine,

two cups of sweet milk, half cup‘of

shortening and two thirds of a cup of

sugar. Wet the corn meal with cold





water, pour on one quart, of boiling wa-.





ter and cook ten minutes, being very

careful not to scorch. Remove from

stove, add sugar and shortening, stir

smooth and\ add milk and wheat flour

enough to make a stiff batter. Let rise,

mix with white flour to‘about the same

consistency as you do white bread, let

rise and make into medium size loaves.

Bake one hour in-a moderate oven.



Johnnycake No. 1 made with sour

milk and shortening. Two cups of but-

termilk, one cup of- corn meal, two lev-

el tablespoons of sugar, four table-

spoons. melted shortening, one level

teaspoon soda, one level teaspoon of

baking powder, and one cup of flour.

Put all dry ingredients in flour Sifter

and sift into buttermilk.



Johnnycake No. 2.———Made with sweet

milk and eggs. One egg beaten, two

cups of sweet milk, two tablespoons of

sugar, one' cup of corn meal, one cup

of wheat flour, four tablespoons short-

ening and two rounded teaspoons of

baking powder. Mix well.



Johnnycake No. 3.——Made with sour

cream. Have not had a failure with

this recipe and have used it 14 years.

One egg, beaten, one-fourth cup of sug-

ar, four tablespoons very thick cream,

one cup of buttermilk, half teaspoon of

salt, one level teaspoon of soda and

one rounded teaspoon of baking pow-

der sifted with one-fourth cup of flour





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To make fin; muffins use about half

and half of flourpand corn mealwith

this- recipe and bake in gem tins.“



When making mush, stir the meal

up with cold water and pour on the

boiling water and it will never be

lumpy. To make it look appetizing for

breakfast, pack in small baking-pow-

der cans and let cool. Slice and fry

plain, rolled in flour or dipped in beat-

en egg and flour and fried, as liked.

Do not leave in cans over night, only

until cool. - ‘





Children sometimes like chopped‘





dates or raisins in the warm mush for

breakfast and I have often seen people

eat the plain mush, with butter and

brown or maple sugar when they

would not eat it with milk.



Samp is an old-time dish made of

very coarsely ground corn, cooked the

same as mush, only much longer, usu-

ally cooking all day. This is very good

in milk, also fine seasoned well with

salt, pepper and plenty of butter, serv-

ing while piping hot.



Indian pudding’is an unusual dish

and a very good one. Wet one cup of

corn meal with cold water, pour on

one quart of boiling water and cook

till smooth. Add a large lump of but-

ter and half a cup of raisins, if liked.

It is very good either way. Bake in

moderate oven thirty minutes.



Corn meal pan cakes are delicious.

One well-beaten egg added to three

cups of buttermilk. Sift in one cup of

flour and enough meal to make a bat-

ter that will spread very easily. Sift

two level teaspoons of soda, one tea-

spoon of salt and a rounded teaspoon

of baking powder with the flour and

meal.



These recipes will suggest many oth-

er dishes that may be made with corn

meal, not forgetting the Dutch dish of

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Briefly summarized, this title tells

the story of the success of the Milk

Producers’ Association, of the Chicago

dairy district as told by W. J. Kittle,

secretary of the organization, at the

recent annual meeting of the Michigan

Milk Producers’ Association held at

M. A. C.





In introducing Mr. Kittie, President

Hull stated that he had asked him to

come to the meeting for the purpose of

telling the story of the Chicago Milk

Producers’ Association and its success.

This he proceeded to do in a most in-

teresting manner.



He stated that the organization ow-

ed its inception to an attempt on the

part of the city of Chicago to get a.





. state law passed making the use of





the tuberculin test compulsory on the

part of dairy farmers who sought a.

city market for their product in the

state. To this program the dairy farm-

ers of the Chicago district dissented

for the reason that they did not be-

lieve the tuberculin test sufficiently re-

liable to merit such sweeping applica-

tion, consequently they organized to

fight the enactment of such a law. This

program was successfuly carried out

during the legislative years from 1909

to 1913, at which time a law was enact~

ed by the legislature of Illinois provid-

ing that no city in the state should

have a right to pass an ordinance mak-

ing the tuberculin test compulsory up-

on dairymen contributing milk to the

City supply.



While this was the primary purpose

of the organization it found another

field of usefulness in opposing the al-

leged combination of milk distributors

and manufacturers who purchased

their supply in the Chicago district. In

the first contest which occurred, in

1913, the organization succeeded in

getting a raise of 21 cents per cwt. in

the price of market milk, but due to

the fact that the officers of the asso-

ciation compromised the matter, final-

l_' accepting a price averaging one and

two-thirds cents below their original

demands, their loyalty was questioned

by many members of the organization,

which fact increased the confidence of

the distributors that they could still

control the price as they saw fit, conse-

quently the price declined with the

membership of the organization until

the leading distributors were paying

$133 1-6 and $1.35 5-6 per cwt. respec-

tively.



In the meantime the membership of

the organization had declined to 2,600

members, and the organization found

itself $1,000 in debt. At this time Mr.

Kittie and the other officers of the or-

ganization began a campaign for an

increase of membership and the better

ment of market conditions. On every

hand, however, he was confronted with

the assertion, “They won’t Stick.” By

way of emphasizing this statement,

many pointed out the fact that 62 per

cent of the dairy farmers in the Chica-

go district were tenants who not only

would not stick, but could not stick if

a milk strike was called, since they

could not afford to withhold their milk

from their regular market for any pe-

riod of time. In the fight for better

prices which subsequently occurred,

hdwever, it was demonstrated that this

class of farmers did stick almost to a

man, while many of the farm owners

did not. ’



An Aggressive Campaign.



In October of 1915 the officers of the

association began' to get ready for the

contest which would develop in March

of the following spring, at which sea-

son new contracts were made. At that

time 110 local organizations were in





 





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each of the localities where these had

been organized. In many cases these

meetings were poorly attended for the

reason that the representatives of the

milk buyers were present, and the

farmers feared discrimination against

individuals, which had already been

practiced in many instances. N otwith-

standing these discouragements, an ag-

gressive campaign was continued, and

a campaign committee of nine was ap-

pointed to aid in securing the signa-

tures of milk producers agreeing to

place their product in the hands of a.

selling committee for the purpose of

making new contracts, the agreement

to become operative when 70 per cent

of the producers in the district had

signed. At many points practically ev-

ery producer signed the agreement,

and notwithstanding the difficulty of

keeping the entire membership in line,

only a comparatively small number of

farmers who were identified with the

association made new contracts when

on the fifteenth of March the larger

buyers announced a price of $1.33 1-6

cents per cwt.



Renters Stuck when the Test Came.



On April 1, when the 01d contracts

expired, there was something doing.

Committees of the organization were

on hand at every receiving point and

farmers who were not members of 01‘

loyal to the organization were not per-

mitted to deliver milk. They were

stopped before they reached the re-

ceiving station and turned back home,

or in case they would not listen to ar-

gument, their milk was taken from the

wagon before they were allowed to pro-

ceed. When the dairymen not identi-

fied with the organization saw that its

members meant business many of

them joined, and very little milk was

delivered at the receiving stations.

Many of these renters withheld their

milk for 10 to 12 days before the buy-

ers, one by one, gave up the fight and

contracted at the price demanded by

the committee empowered to conduct

the negotiations.



Mr. Kittle graphically described the

scenes which were enacted during this

trying period. He admitted that many

of the methods adOpIed were a viola-





   

 





 





milk dealers’ association could be brok-

en and a. fair‘p'rice assured farmers for

their product. The result of this cam-

paign was that the farmers in’ the Chi-

cago district got an advance of 22

cents per cwt. for their milk, whether

shipped to the Chicago market or sold

to the condenseries in the district.

Great as was the financial benefit of

this increased price, greater still was

the benefit to the farmers of that dis--

trict and to the dairy world through

the dissemination of the idea. that they

had a right to bargain their product,

and he confidently asserted from now

on the price of milk in the Chicago

district would be the association price.

And notwithstanding the fact that this

campaign affected more than 10,000

dairymen in the district some of whom

aided the campaign only through coer-

cion, there were no disastrous results

from the milk strike, no runaways,

nothing but milk spilled, and only two

black eyes.

The Final Results.



An aftermath of the campaign was

the filing of 26 damage suits for $10,-

000 each against individuals who were

active in the campaign. As a. means

of combating this move the local milk

boards were called together for the

purpose of defensive action and inci-

dentally invited the dealer who filed

the suits to meet with them. Instead

he sent his lawyer, and as a result the

suits were withdrawn. Did the farm-

ers stick? Mr. Kittie asserted that

they could not be pried loose once

they had entered the campaign, to

which fact its successful culmination

was due.





When the season for making full

contracts arrived, 109 locals sent dele-

gates and the price wasmade by the

method of averaging the price demand

of each local as shown by a secret bal-

lot of the delegates, and the price de-

manded was met without contest by

the buyers throughout the district. The

appreciation of what their organization

has done for them, by the dairymen in

the Chicago district, is attested by the

fact that their Milk Producers’ Asso-

ciation now numbers 11,500 members

and has on hand a working fun ap-

proximating $15,000.



Altogether Mr. Kittle’s address was

a most interesting story of the success-

ful campaign conducted by his organ-

ization, backed up by loyal farmers

who stuck, and a source of inspiration

to the hundreds of Michigan milk pro-

ducers who heard him.





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Boat Makes Daily Trips to a Score of





Points Around the Peninsula for Fruit





to Bring to Traverse City.





“'0 methods of gathering fruit

from the orchards of the penin-

sula north of Traverse City are



of interest. The accompanying illus-

tration suggests one. The little boat

makes daily calls at a number of docks

around the peninsula, picking up the

fruit brought by the growers, and not

later than 6:30 a. m. pulls into the

Traverse City harbor and delivers its

cargo of crates and barrels to the fruit





exchange, to commission agencies, to

merchants or to the railroads.



The other method makes use of mot-

or trucks. These gasolene wagons

have to a considerable extent, displac-

ed the farmers’ teams in this district

for making fruit deliveries. The pro-

gressive growers recognize that the

highest quality of fruit is grown only

where soil and climatic conditions are

fully adapted. Such favored locations





1 *étion‘lofilaw, but asserted that these,

were the, only methods by which the

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As these transportation facilities are

owned by. parties who make transpor-

tation a business, the farmers are re-

lieved of what is to them an arduous

duty at a time when everybody is put-

ting in overtime gathering the fruit

crops. It» may be that the rates could

be lowered if the growers secured

boats and trucks of their own to do

this work but it is doubtful, as the

parties operating the lines employ the

boats and trucks for transporting oth-

er things when the fruit is out of the

way. The owners of the boat charge

four cents per crate for carrying the

fruit from the local docks to Traverse

City where an additional cent is re-

quired to pay for trucking the crates

to the commission agencies. If trans-

ferred to cars for export the cargo is

loaded into the cars directly from the

boat. The truck lines get the fruit at





. the orchards and deliver it in Traverse





City where wanted, for a flat rate of

five cents per crate.



It is not probable that men with

teams could compete at these rates.

The large trucks greatly'reduce the





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Advertising Farm Products III.

By I. J. MATTHEWS





THE most successful farm adver-

tisements conform to the same



general principles as do those

calling notice to other wares for the

psychology of attention, interest, per-

suasion and action result in the same

reaction of the reader, be he farmer or

townsman. So far as make-up is con-

cerned, the connecting link between

the farmer and his customer is like the

advertisement of dress goods, clothing,

or automobiles.



In building up the advertisement of

a farm product, the copy writer should

first think himself into the position of

the buyer of the product. Whatever it

is that is being placed before the pub-

lic, remember that the customer will

not be interested so much in how the

product is made as he will be in what

it will mean for him. Customers may

be appealed to in many different ways.

The most important of these ways are

through economy, health and happi-

ness. Economy of money is the appeal

generally made, but quack medicine

advertisers make their appeals and

consequently their money through each

individual’s desire for perfect health.

The joy of having a job well done is

also-an avenue through which the ad-

vertiser may legitimately reach his

customer.



The copy writer of farm advertise-

ments will most often make his keen.

est appeal'to health. “An apple a day

keeps the doctor away,” is a sentence

that has made an appeal to the health

yearning tendency of all people. In

the same breath, the company that

coined this sentence coined . some

money.



The display advertisement must

force some thought to stand out in

such relief that the reader will notice

something distinctive about the copy.

It may be a catch word, phrase or

clause or it may be an apt illustration

or yet it may be a tasty trade-mark

arranged in an artistic way on the

page.



After having thought out a catch

word that will be sure to attract atten-

tion, the next thing is to follow it up

with something interesting about the

product. The battle is half done when

the advertisement has succeeded in

catching the attention of the reader.

A few well chosen words explaining

some distinctive feature of the product

is better than a verbose description

extolling all its virtues. If it is an egg

advertisement, it ought to feature the

color of the eggs, their weight, their

freshness or some other attribute of

the eggs that will appeal. to the trade

that is being sought.





. g' y‘ 2 ‘ ' '4 Error in far" or the use or the gasolene

good roads and by the use or rapidly.

moving motor trucks.





 





power. If convenient loading and un-

loading conditions and ' facilities are

provided the efilciency of these ve-

hicles can probably be further in-

creased.



Then the introduction of these new

methods enables the fruit to be hand-

led so it will arrive on the market in

better shape. The boat or the trucks

with their resilient springs and rubber

tires, jars the fruit less in transit than

do the common wagons. The trip is

made in less time, which subjects the

load to the evils of the road for a

shorter period. It is more convenient,

especially with the boat, to carry

through the (3001 of the night than it is

with horses.



While these inovations may be looked

upon by many with indifference, it is

more than probable that in days to

come it will be a common sight, espe-‘

cially in the fruit districts of our state,

to witness trains of trucks with trail-

ers toting great loads of luscious fruit

to central packing houses and ship-

ping stations, or where water trans-

portationcan be had, to see suitable

craft performing the same. indispen—

sable task.





In writing such a feature, one should

aim to give the advertisement a per-

sonality. A simple recital of facts or

claims is as dry as dust and would

only mean that the good will of a pros-

pective customer secured through his

attention to the advertisement, had

been lost. Hitching up the reading

matter with some person who superin-

tends that portion of the business is

good for it lends a personal touch to'

the whole. The reading inserted in a.

paper ought to be considered in the

light of a salesman and the salesman

shrouded in formality is not the one

who becomes noted for the volume of»

his sales.



The mechanics of the advertisement

deserve careful attention and since

copyright and patent laws will not pro—

tect a word regularly used in the Eng-

lish language, there has been a ten‘

dency to coin new and noisy words.

This is a practice that the farmer

should avoid. A dignified advertise-

ment will sell goods where a rude one

will not. It is much better to advertise

Lewiston’s English Berkshire hogs

than “L—E-B” hogs. The English lan-

guage, well used, will make sales as

quick as any contorted and twisted

hog latin.



ln building up the reading matter,

emphasize again and again the catch-

word of the advertisement. Keep this

thought constantly before the reader

and a lasting impression will be made

where in other cases, the first thought

is lost before the reading matter has

been entirely perused. The last few

sentences should convince the reader

that he wants the article that is being

held up for sale and the- last thing

should be to close the deal and move

the person to order at once. Often al

receptive attitude is created and value

given to illustrative matter by em-

ploying a coupon that the reader fills

out and sends to the producer. This

makes sure that the buyer is in the

frame of mind for further investiga-

tion and gives the printed matter some

value because some outlay of time

and energy was required before it was

available. \



The reading or illustrative matter

not hearing directly on the point to be

featured should be discarded. Gener-

ally, readers are busy and give the dis-

plays only a casual perusal. They do

not care to read a scientific or tech-

nical dissertation upon any phase of

the production of'the goods. or course,





this will depend upon what sort of_

readers the advertising is to reach. ‘





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Every year hundred: more farmers buy

buckets,” they find the most econom-

ical, eflicient way to save all the feed

value of a com crop is to husk the cars

and make fodder of the leaves and stalks.





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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





October 30, 1916.





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Wheat—Wheat values continued to

soar throughout the past week, and the

market on Monday remained firm vFv‘ith



ore

eign buying is conducted on a large

scale, which with the wide domestic

demand and the small volume of re-

points compared

with other years, gives the holders a

making con-

Political conditions in Europe

mean much to the trade, and prices

are likely to fluctuate widely with any

favorable or unfavorable change in in-

ternational relations across the Atlan-





the bulls in control of the trade.





ceipts at primary





decided advantage in

‘ tracts.





tic. One year ago No. 2 red wheat was

selling at $1.121/2 per bushel. Last

week’s quotations are as follows:

No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. Dec.

Wednesday ..... 1.7814 1.7314 1.81%,

Thursday .... . . .1.781/,, 1.73%, 1.81 1/4,

Friday ......... 1.83% 1.78% 1.86%

Saturday ....... 1.88 1.83 1.91

Monday .. . ..1.88 1.83 1.91

Tuesday ..... 1.87 1.82 1.90





Chicago—December wheat $1.89 per





bu; May $1.86; July $1.49.

Corn—The market for





that for wheat, with

still higher values to rule.

being bought for export





were:

No. 3 N. 3

Mixed Yellow.

Wednesday .......... 1.08 1.10

Thursday ............ 1.08 1.10

Friday ............... 1.08 1.10

Saturday ............ 1.08 1.10

Monday .............. 1.13 1.15

Tuesday ............. 1 13 1.15





Chicago.———I)eceniber corn 87%,; May

89c; July 88%0.



Oats.——This grain has been following

the others with the demand only moa-

erate. There are a few carloads or

oats coming to this point. The visible

supply shows an increase of 2,400,000





bushels. Standard oats a year ago

were quoted at 410 per bushel. De-

troit quotations for last week were:3

0.

Standard. White.

Wednesday ......... 57 56

Thursday ........... 56 55

Friday .............. 561/2 551/2

Saturday ............ 561/2 551/2

Monday ............. 561/2 55%,

Tuesday ............ 561/ 551/),





2



Chicago—December oats 54%c; May

58c per bushel.



Rye—Small offerings and a good de-

mand advanced rye values to $1.42 for

cash No. 2.



Beans.—On Monday the local board

of trade added another 250 to casn

bean prices. Prompt shipment is now

quoted here at $6.50, with October at

$6.75. At Greenville local buyers are

operating on a $5.75 basis. The Chi-

cago demand is good with offerings al—

together inadequate. Michigan pea

beans are quoted there at $6.25 and up.



Seeds.—Prime red clover $10.60;

December $10.75; alsike $10.20;



.othy $2.60; alfalfa $9@10.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





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Flour.——Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are Selling on the DetrOit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $9.80; seconds $9.40; straight

$9.20; spring wheat $10.50; rye flour

$8 30





-Feed.——In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots

are: Bran $30; standard middlings

$31.50; fine middlings $35; cracked

corn $45; coarse corn meal $42; corn

and oat chop $39 per ton.



Hay.——In earlots 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 $106,012.



Straw.——Rye straw $8.50@9; wheat

and oat straw $7.50@8 per ton in car-

lots.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Butter.-—-0fferings show no increase

and there is nothing to indicate lower

prices: Prices unchanged. Creamery

extra 3415c; do. firsts 33c; dairy 300;

packing stock 270. .



Elgin.—Butter is scarce and prices

have advanced 1/20. The Price, based

on sales, is 350. .



Chicago—A steady feeling ex1sts

and prices show slight advances.

Creamerv extras quoted at. 350: extra

. ,firsts 34@341/zc; firsts 321[2@331,Iéc.





this cereal

has undergone a similar change to

indications for

Corn is

purposes

while the domestic consumption is

large, despite the unusually high pric-

es prevailing. Old corn particularly is

in strong demand. A year ago No. 3

corn was quoted locally at 67c per

bushel. Last week’s Detroit quotations





   





a__ EGGS-457,116 market is. firm ices.«'market opened. active an

2:; . higher. than , last- .week... ,. Receipts

moderate. Firsts 358; current receipts

330 per dozen. - '



Chicagor—aThe feeling continues firm

with prices higher. Real fine eggs are

scarce. Firsts 311/2@32%,c; ordinary @9; bucks $5.50@6.50; ewes $7.25@_

firsts 29%@31c; at mark, cases includ- 7.50; cull sheep $3.50@5.50; wethers

ed 251/2@311/zc; firsts, storage paid, $7.75@8; t0p veals, $11.50@11.75;

290 per dozen. ' heavy $7@9; common and light $8@9;



Poultry.——On account of liberal sup- grassers $5.50@5.75.

ply market continues easy. Prices are

slightly lower. Live, spring chickens

16@161/2c; No. 1 hens 151/3@160; oth-

ers 13@15c; ducks 15@16c; geese 15

@16c; turkeys 24@25c.



Chicago—The market is well sup-

plied with turkeys, especially weak

and lower. Good turkeys 190; others

10@12c; fowls, general run, 14@14~‘/§c;

others 13@161/20; spring chickens

161/30; ducks 14c; geese 12@141,§c.





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look for steady to shade lower, prices.





balance 'of the week. . , ,

We quote: ' Best'lambs $10.85@11;





 





Chicago.

October 30, 1916.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today. .27,000 59,000 30,000

Same day 1915..18,331 21,597 22,585

Last week ...... 83,248 223,321 134,327

Same wk 1915..51,316 94,444 74,015



Buyers took the desirable kinds of

cattle freely this morning at firm pric-

es, and some choice beeves sold a dime

higher: Receipts included about 4,500

northern rangers. Hogs broke 15c-un-

der the big supply, with sales at $9.35

@1020. More native fat lambs than

usuai arrived, and prices ruled firm un-

der a good demand, prime lots being

salable at $11.15. Hogs marketed last

week averaged only 208 lbs.



Cattle sold much better last week

than might have been expected with

such liberal receipts. Weakness show-

ed for the undesirable offerings, these

comprising a large share of the re-

ceipts; but the diminishing offerings of

choice corn-fed beeves advanced sharp-

ly on good buying. The greater part

weak market. At Greenville farmers of the steers sold at $7.75@10.75, the

are getting $1.60 per bushel. choicest weighty do. $10.60@11.65; the



M... good steers $10 and upward and inedi-

w00L_ um kinds $8.50 and over. Fair killers

brought $7.50@8.45 and $4.50@5.50 for

canning steers of light weight. Year-

Iings were $10.50@11.40 for the better

class, and fair descriptions $8@9. The

butcher stuff had an outlet at $4.80@

7.85 for cows and $4.35@9.40 for heif-

ers, while cutters sold at $4.15@4.75,

canners $3.25@4.1O and bulls $4.25@,

8. Stockers and feeders were 'markedI

down. Sales ranged from $4.50 for in-=

ferior little stock steers all the way up

to $7@7.85 for the better class of feed-

ers. Calves ranged from $4.50@11.75.

Liberal runs of western cattle are ex-

pected for the remainder of theseason

up to cold weather. Prime cattle have

been selling at the highest prices of

the year and the best prices ever seen

in October. The market was dull and

lower during the latter. part of the

week except for the better class, which

showed an advance of 15@25c for the

Week.



Hogs suffered some sharp breaks in

prices last week. Still, the market was

a much better one than might have

been. expected, and the most desirable

the bean market at the present time, offerings 80kt particularly well. The

with the price soaring to $6 and the average quality was only fair, Whlqh

end not yet in sight. Wheat has ad— accounts for the good premium paid

Vanced 200 during the past week, while readily for _the chmcest hogs. Prime

the rise in rye, corn and oats has been butcher weights continued to top the

50. Fresh eggs are up 20, with 360 as market. At the week s close hogs sold

the outside figure early this week. at $9365@9'90 for poor to good mixed



packing lot§i0$§5%5)1@01§520ff0r mediural

weig s, . . or se ecte



DETROIT EASTERN MARKET' butchers and $7.50@9.60 for pigs, ac-

cording to weight. A week earlier hogs

brought $9.50@10.50.



' Lambs from the distant ranges were

offered in fairly large numbers last

week, and feeders comprised a gener-

ous share of the offerings, with a good

demand at early maintained prices. At

the week’s close prices were: Lambs

$8.25@11.10; yearlings $7.50@9.25;





 





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples—Market is firm and prices

unchanged. Barreled stock $3.50@4

for fancy; choice $2@2.75; No. 2, 75

@551 per bushel. At Chicago supplies

are moderate, especially of No. 1 stock.

Prices are slightly higher. Fancy stock

sells for $2.50@5.50 per bbl; No. 2

stock $1.50@2.50.



Potatoes—At Detroit potatoes are

in better demand than supply. Prices

are higher. At Chicago the Michigan

white are quoted at $1.55@1.70; others

$1.40@1.80; liberal receipts caused a





 





VVool.———Market is exceedingly bullish

with manufacturers getting nervous

about their supplies of raw material.

Fleeces are very scarce and prices are

higher. Michigan unwashed delaines

are quoted in Boston at 38@39c; do.

combing 39@42c; do. clothing 3(i@36c.





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





Potatoes at outside buying stations

were above the $1.50 mark at the open-

ing of this week’s market, with indica-

tions that prices will go still higher.

The Michigan yield has been far below

expectations except in a few favored

localities. The southern counties have

no potatoes to speak of. At Freeport,

in Barry county, and at many other

stations that might be named, where

dealers have sent men to buy stock it

has turned out to be a case of selling

stock instead, these sections not pro-

ducing enough tubers for home con-

sumption. “Strong as a bull,” is the

way one leading dealer here speaks of





 





Apples were draggy on the Eastern

Market Tuesday morning with prices

generally ranging from 650@$1.50 per

bushel; potatoes $1.50@2.25; carrots

$1; cabbage $1.40@1.60; turnips $1.25;

onions $1.75; cauliflower $1.25@1.50;

lettuce 75@90c; chickens $1 each;

eggs 480 per dozen. There were a few

loads of loose hay being held around





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Lawrence . Funk, . of.

breeds and feeds about 7,500 pigs ev-

ery year, having them born in January,

March, makes it pay

handsomely whether prices happen to

be up or down. The pigs are warmly

sheltered, and losses are reduced to a

minimum. Mr. Funk had a shipment

of hogs on the Chicago market recent-

ly and sold them satisfactorily. He

makes a. practice usually of having his

hogs weigh around 210 lbs. when mar-

keted, and he has not hesitated to buy

corn liberally for feeding of late, al-

though it cost him as high as 80 cents

per bushel. He has about 2,500 young

hogs still unmarketed, having shipped

some 5,000 so far this year. '

Cattle are moving to western mar-

kets from the western and southwest-

ern pastures and the northern ranges

in large numbers, and supplies have

been running much larger than a year

ago. This is the time of the year when

grass cattle are marketed with liber-

ality, shipments being made from a

wide territory, extending from the Tex-

as Panhandle and Oklahoma on the

south to the plains of Alberta on the

north, with large shipments from such

states as Kansas, Nebraska Colorado,

Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and

South Dakota. The high price of corn

has discouraged the feeding of that

grain to stock, and there was extensive

marketing of cattle several weeks ago

that would ordinarily have been ship-

ped out during October and November.

Hence, there is now a great and in-

creasing scarcity of well finished

heavy beef cattle and prime yearlings.

Fair numbers of warmed-up cattle and

fair to middling short-feds are being

marketed all the time, and they sell at

a, marked discount from prices obtain-

ed for choice beeves,

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is invaluable.



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spoonful of Can-tle Balsam will produce

more actual results than a. whole bottle of my



. liniment or s avln cure mixture ever made.



Every butt 8 of Can-tle Balsam sold in

Wan-outed to give satisfaction. Price 81.50

per bottle. Sold by druggists or sent by ex-

press, charges paid, with nil directions for its

use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo-

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wethers $7@8.25; ewes $3@7.50;

bucks $5@6; breeding ewes brought

$6@9.50; feeders bought lambs at $8.75

@1025; yearlings at $7@8.45; weth-

ers at. $6@7.50; ewes $5@6.25.



The British demand for horses

will cease at the close of October,

and country shippers should be cau-

tions about sending in too many horses

of the army class. Commercial chunks

sold at $190@227.50; drafters at $230@

feeders mostly at $150@200; log-





$18 per ton.

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

October 30, 1916.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

Buffalo. N. Y.)



Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 293 cars; hogs 14?1 d. d.; sheep 65 285'

. .; a . -.

d Witfiaggsclazrgo dlfecattle here today, g‘» “t $125.@225? expressers at $190

what few shipping steers were here (7 and Mlle southern .chunks at

and the best grades of butcher cattle $1"°0@135’ “'“vh mares gomg at $10”

sold good, but the medium and com- and over.

mon grades and canners and low-pric-

ed beef cows sold very slow and a lit-

tle lower. There was a good demand

for the best stockers and feeders, but

they sold at steady prices, but the com-

mon stuff was very slow sale. The bull

trade was very slow and bulk of them

sold 15@250 lower. We look for a lib-

eral run of cattle again next. week and

a good trade on the best grades and

slow on the medium and common kind.





 





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





A prominent Chicago live stock com~

mission firm. having branches in every

western market of any importance, is

advising owners of thrifty, growing

hogs to wait until the youngsters ac-

quire at least fair size before market.-

ing them, as the country is entering

t'.e winter packing season with hog



We had quite a liberal run of hogs values on the 'highest basis ever

today, footing up a total of about 140 known. The firm says: “The press

double decks. Big runs all over the ence of so many light hogs on the mar-

west again weakened conditions and ket,naturally leads one to inquire if

the general market was strong 10@]5c there will not be a good place for

lower from Saturday’s best time. A these hogs a little later on. The de-

few selected 11025 sold at $10.25@ mand for hog meats and other hog

10.30. with the bulk of the sales around product is such that it seems only rea-

$10.10. Pigs and lights, as to weight sonable that prices for hogs should be

and quality, $9.25@9.50: roughs $9.25 maintained upon a fairly high level. In

@950; stags $7.50@850. It. looks like any event, it. looks as if packers would

a fair run of hogs for Tuesday and pay more for their hogs this Winter

present indications do not point to than in any previous winter season in

much if any higher market. their history, and where hog raisers



With a light run of lambs today our are at all prepared to do so, we strong-





 





 





 





 





ly $30,000





Automobile Damage Cues Settled for $2400

John Abeare, of Bay County,

while driving his automobile in

West Bay City had an accident, Ap-

ril 29th, 1916. William McGifford

was knocked down and run over

and Edward Hauser knocked down

and injured; McGifford died about

fifteen days later. There was a con-

flict among the witnesses, and the

administratrix of the estate of Wil-

liam McGifford brought suit against

. John Abeare for $25,000, and Ed-

ward Hauser brought suit for $5,000.

Mr. Abe-are was insured in the Citi-

zens’ Mutual Automobile Insurance

Company, of Howell. The evidence

was looked up carefully and attor-

neys employed to defend the case.

What looked like two years of liti-

gation was brought to a close, and

a settlement was reached for the

sum of $2,400 to settle both cases.

Checks were mailed from Howell

under date of October 30th, 1916.





Seeds Wanted





Soy Beans, Cow Peas, Field Peas,

Vetch, Sweet Clover, Alfalfa. Edw. I.

EVANS, West Branch, Michigan.





N d . 3

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Thursday’s Market.

‘ '- November2. 1916.

.c-attle.



Receipts 2865. 'The run in all de-

partments at the local'yards was very

heavy this week and owing tothe con»

"gested condition of all Detrmt termi-

'nals stock, was very slow in getting

to the yards, and on Wednesday a

large number of the late arrivals went

over unsold. Never were Detroit term-

inals more congested than at present,

and this causes much delay that at

present cannot be avoided.



In the cattle division the trade was

much more active than that of ahweek

ago, but prices were very little it any

higher. The quality was as a rule 01

the common order, and a. large num-

ber, of thin old canners are now com-

ing, the bulk of which are condemned

as unfit for feed and should not .be

shipped here. Milch cows of quality

sold well, but common grades were

dull. The close was steady as follows:

Best heavy steers $8@8.35‘; best handy

weight butcher steers $7@7.50; mixed

steers and heifers $6.50@7; handy

light butchers $5.25@6; light butchers

$4.75@5.25; best cows $5.50@6; butch-

er cows $4.50@5; common cows $4.25

@450; car :tcrs $3.25@3.85; best heavy

bulls $5.50@6; bologna bulls $5@5.25;

stock bulls $4.50@5; feeders “@6150;

stockers $4.50@6; milkers and spring-

ers $40@85. ‘



Bishop, .B. 8; II. sold Mich. B. CO. 3

bulls av 1023 at $5.50; to Mason B. Co.

1 heifer wgh 550 at $4, 1 steer wgh

1100 at $7.25, 10 butchers av 677 at

$5.60; to Prentiss 9 stockers av 650 at

$5.50, 12 butchers av 870 at $5.75, 12

cows av 1070 at $5.50; to Parker, W.

& C0. 17 butchers av 582 at_$4.25, 3

do av 750 at $5.50, 1 bull wgh 1330 at

$5.50, 5 cows av 1100 at $4, 8 do av

820 at $5, 8 do av 903 at $4, 10 can-

ners av 871 at $3.85, 25 butchers av

744 at $5, 13 do av 540 at $5, 48 steers

av 960 at $7, 10 do av 948 at $6; to

Breitenbeck 16 butchers av 776 at

$5.85; to Mich. B. 'Co. 2 steers av 1150





at $8; to Parker, W. & Co. 6 canners-





av 887 at $3.60, 2 bulls av 970 at $5.50,

15 cows av 937 at $4, 6 do av 991 at

$4, 4 do av 1000 at $4. 21 steers av

1054 at $7, 22 do av 1151 at $7.50, 10

butchers av 810 at $5; to Sullivan P.

Co. 12 steers av 1036 at $7.25, 1 bull

wgh 1220 at $5.50, 2 cows av 950 at

$4.25, 3 heifers av 933 at $6, 1 steer

wgh 1320 at $7.25, 6 butchers av 813 at

$6; to Newton B. Co. 6 do av 975 at

$6, 7 cows av 888 at $5. 8 do av 862 at

$5.75; to Sullivan P. ‘00. 28 steers av

975 at $8.35.





Veal Calves.





Receipts 1121. The veal calf trade

was not as good as last week, few sella





ing, above $10.50 and at the close on .





Thursday it was hard work to get this

price and heavy and cull calves are

not wanted. We quote: Best $10@

10.50; heavy $4.50@5.50.



Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. 00. 4 av

130 at $10.50, 6 av 145 at $10.50, 2 av

160 at $10.50; to Hammond, S. & Co.

3 av 140 at $10, 3 av 95 at $7, 10 av

140 at $10.50, 9 av 150 at $10, 2 av

195 at $10. ,



Erwin, S. & J. sold Rattkowsky 7 av

17?; at $10.75, 3 av 250 at $6, 6 av 120

at $7.50; to Demora 3 av 135 at $10.





Sheep and Lambs.





Tleceipts 12,026. The sheep and lamb

trade on Wednesday averaged about a

dime lower than last week on lambs,

and strong on sheep. On'Thursday

(“liicago was 10c higher and the ad-

Vance was followed here, selling as

t‘r-"ows: Best lambs $10.40@10.50;

f-i‘; lsmbs $9.50@10.25; light to com-

won lambs $8@8.75; fair to good sheep

:‘16.25@7: culls and common $4@5.



Sande], S., B. & G. sold Thompson

9 lambs av 45 at $8.25, 65 do

my 78 at $10.10, 34 do av 75 at $10.35:

to Hammond, S. & Co. 21 do av 80 at

$10.35, 86 do av 65 at $10.25; to Cos-

tello 27 do av 67 at $9.50; to Pontiac

P. Co. 6 sheep av 120 at $6, 19 do av

, 110 at $6.85; to Hammond, S. & Co.

26 lambs av 85 at $10.35: to Nagle P.

Co. 31 do av 85 at $10.25, 65 do av 75

at $10.20, 40 do av 70 at $10.25, 52 do

av 115 at $10.20.





‘Hoge.





(Receipts 20.675. The run of hogs

was very large and the quality com-





mon, being made up largely of pigs,





and light grades. The market was

- steady with Wednesday, pigs selling

at $8@8.75; mixed grades $9.20@9.60.





This is big 25c lower than at the same M





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question.





It has no place in party politics.





The sponsors of the dry movement do not want it com

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Mr. Luren D. Dickinson refused to be a candidate for Gov.





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Albert E. Sleeper, the Republican candidate for Governor,

and Republican candidates for state and county offices, all pledge





themselves to enforce the lows and make MICHIGAN DRY if the





Prohibition amendment carries.





~ If it is defeated Albert E. Sleeper will insist on a strict

enforcement of the present'liquor laws or those which maybe





 

 

 





passed by the legislature.





- Vole far Albert E. Sleeper for Governor, Luren D. Dickin-

son for Lieutenant Governor, Alex J. Groesbeck for Attorney

General, Coleman C. Vaughan far Secretary of State. Samuel

Odell for State Treasurer, O. B. Fuller for Auditor General, Grant

Fellows for Justice of the Supreme Court, and Charles E. Town-





send for United States Senator.





 

 

 





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PROSPERITY IN CANADA—$900,000,000 in

new wealth added in 1915. Enormous crops and

low taxation make farmers rich. Wheat average.

36.16 bushels per acre in Alberta, 28.75 bushels per

acre in Saskatchewan. 28.50 bushels per acre in

Manitoba. Taxes average $24 and will not ex.

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years, with interest at 6%; privileges of paying in

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certain districts. with no security other than the

land itself. Particulars on request. Ready-

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year’s occupation, under certain conditions. we

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a value of $1.000. We want you; we can afford to

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HERE is one phase of the milk

problem which gives dairymen

and officials a. very great deal of



concern and that is the bearing of milk

upon epidemics of typhoid fever.





With altogether too great frequency

we have been able to trace epidemics

of this disease in cities to the route of

one particular milkman. A few years

ago in the city of Lansing, as a result

of an inquiry into a number of cases

of typhoid fever which developed al-

most at the same time, it was discov-

ered that all of these cases were in

families where milk was being taken

from one and the same milkman, and

the closest scrutiny of conditions of

the dairy farm established the fact that

there was a well-developed» case of ty-

phoid fever in the home of the dairy-

man. The bacillus of typhoid fever

was not identified, neither was any at-

tempt made to identify it, for the sur-

rounding circumstances were sufficient-

ly plain to establish to any reasonable

person the fact that the source of the

epidemic was the dairy farm.



Typhoid Carried by Flies.



Just exactly how the disease in the

home of the dairy'man becomes trans-

mitted to the milk is not at all easy in

most circumstances to determine. It

must be that frequently it is carried

through the medium of flies. It is a.

well-known fact that flies are a very

great contributing cause of the distri-

bution of this disease and this knowl-

edge, if it were the only crime to be

laid to the door of the fly is amply suf-

ficient to warrant the regulations

which exist in some cities, requiring

that the stable where milking is done

and the milk house where the straining

operations are carried on, and the bot-

tling is performed, should be well pro-

tected from flies by efficient screening.



A city the size of Detroit probably





secures its supply of milk from per-





haps 5,000 dairies and when it is real-

ized that a city draws upon such an

immense supply, such an enormous ter-

ritory, for its milk supply it may easily

be seen that in some of these places

very undesirable methods may be in

vogue.



The Disease May Get a Good Start Be-



fore it is Known to Exist.



Another serious feature of typhoid

fever in relation to milk is the fact

that very frequently the disease is not

diagnosed until the second or third

week in which cases if any opportunity

for infection exists at the dairy farms.

serious epidemic along the milk route

may be well started.



There should be no hesitancy on the

part of the attending physician, partic-

ularly if it has any suggestion of the

Symptoms of typhoid, to guard against

any possible infection of that milk

supply.



There are many ways in which milk

may become infected when typhoid ex-

ists on the premises of the dairyman.

Very frequently those in charge of the

milking operations must of necessity

go from the caring for the patient to

the operation of taking care of the

milk, and with a product so entirely

susceptible as milk it is not an easy

matter to avoid accidental infection.

Again, typhoid fever is a type of dis-

ease in which a. certain immunity is

established once a patient contracts

the disease. As a consequence of this

the patient himself may be entirely re-

covered and still transmit the disease,

in other words, he is called a “carrier

of infection.”





Polluted Water Supply Responsible for

Much Typhoid.



Aside from personal contact the con-

dition of the milk utensils, milk bot-

tles, milk caps, etc., is responsible in

many instances for the transmitting of

the disease. Another cause which we

have found particularly prevalent in

Michigan has been the infection of





 





milk through a pollution of the water





Milk and. Publ Hen.—





By FLOYD W.» ROBISON





 





supply on the farm. It is not at all

necessary that milk should be adulter-

ated with water in order to have an

infected water supply contaminate the

milk supply, but rarely on the general

purpose farms where milk is produced

in connection with a very great variety

of farming, in other words, where

dairying is not a. specialty, are there

adequate provisions for sterilizing the

utensils, milk pails, strainers, etc. We

were able to trace a few years ago an

epidemic of typhoid fever in the city of

Jackson to just exactly such a condi-

tion as this. There was no question of

the diluting of milk with water but all

of the utensils were rinsed and wash-

ed in a contaminated water supply, and

the consensus of opinion of those in-

vestigating the case was that it was

due to this water supply that the milk

became infected.

The Consumer is Helpless.



Of course, one may easily see how

an infected milk supply may easily

spread through a very great section of

a city. The dairy farmer is not the

only source of danger from typhoid

fever. There is also danger in the city

because the personal factor there en-

ters in just the same as on the dairy

farm although it must be admitted that

the opportunity for infection in the

city dairy is not nearly as great as on

the farm. The milk is not handled as

much by hand, but more through

pumps and various mechanical opera-

tions where the opportunity for infec-

tion is. not nearly so great. It is true

that the possibility of infection through

flies in the city dairy or creamery is

very great, and we have found many

city creameries and dairies which were

very poorly protected indeed from the

fly nuisance. Of course, at either the

farm dairy, or the city dairy or cream-

ery an infection is equally serious be-

cause it becomes distributed to such a

large number of homes.

quently, however, when the milk reach-

es the consumer’s home in a perfect

condition the opportunity for infection

is very great in this home; but, of

course, in this instance the conditions

at the home and not the milk are to be

blamed. The only redeeming feature

of this is that the epidemic is confined

within the confines of the home itself.



It is only Within comparatively re-

cent years that. milk has been consid«

ered a source of typhoid infection. We

have thought of the water supply re-

peatedly as the cause of epidemics of

typhoid fever, and very frequently still

the real, original cause of an epidemic

is the water supply. Probably in most

instances is the water supply to be

blamed more than any other cause for,

of course, when the water supply be-

comes contaminated then it may easily

spread to the milk supply.



Not all Persons Contract the Disease.



One obstacle which is frequently

thrown in the way of the physician be-

fore diagnosing the cause of an epi-

demic of typhoid fever is the obstinacy

of some individuals who insist that the

milk supply cannot be the cause of the

epidemic because so many patrons on

the road who have taken the milk reg-

ularly have not contracted the dis-

ease. But it must be borne in mind

that the individual susceptibility of a

person has much to do with the prob-

ability of his contracting the disease.

Some people seem to build up an enor-

mous resistance to the disease and so

it may be seen that while a. hundred

people are drinking an infected milk

or water supply a comparatively small

number may contract the disease. ‘ Any

sudden or marked increase in the num-

ber of illnesses reported should be the

subject of a very careful investigation

to ascertain if the epidemic may not be

due to some one source. With as great

information as our dairy and food de-

partments, and boards of health now

have regarding the history of typhoid

fever and proper methods for its con-





 





trol there should be utue’dmeuuy in' .‘





Very f re- .





promptly checkingm infection virhiclil1

occurs. The dalryman should. realize

also that it is decidedly to his best in-

terests to promptly; cooperate with the

officials in stamping out the infection,

for if allowed to continue, not only is

it a crime against humanity but it will

also ruin the business of the dairyman

as well.





Inspection and Analysis the Best Safe-

guards.



Unquestionably one of the very best

methods of control is to have adequate

inspection at the source of the milk

supply. In this case a laboratory an-

alysis of the milk while meaning much

is not always adequate to establish per-

fect security but when it is coupled

with adequate inspection at the dairy

farm there should be little opportuniy

for any milk-borne diseases.



.Much is accomplished also by a. care-

ful location of the dairy itself and the

study by the farmer or dairyman of his

water supply. No dairyman should be

selling milk to his neighbors or to the

general city milk supply who has not

had the water on his premises very

carefully examined to establish its pur-

ity, and who has not takenproper pre-

cautions to guard the purity by suffi-

cient drainage around the well. In a.

manufacturing establishment such

carelessness in this respect and un-

concern, whether it is intentional, or

through lack of appreciation of the

problem as it exists, would not in the

present day be permitted for a. mo-

ment.



As a further precaution until more

adequate inspection and analysis of the

milk may be had and maintained by

municipalities it is probably just as

well that efficient pateusrization of the

milk at the city dairy or creamery

should he insisted upon. To make pas-

teurization mean anything, so that it

will not become a source of danger

itself, this pasteurization should be rig-

idly controlled, if possible, under the

eye of the municipal authorities.





 





THE BEAN SIT‘UATION.





 





Bean threshing is in progress, and

the results are what was expected. The

yield is from three to five bushels, ma-

chine measure, to the acre, with now

and then a better showing. Some fields

are of fair quality, and someare so

poor they can be used for hog or sheep

feed only. The early planted beans

fared the worst. Some planted early

in July gave a small crop. Now the

situation is thoroughly known it is up

to the grower to see that he, and not

the jobber, gets the lion’s share of the

profits. Beans are quoted in the local

market at $4.75 per bushel, but early

in the summer when the crop of 1915

was all in the hands of the jobber the

price was up to $6.00 and $7.00 per

bushel, and that is just what will hap-

pen again this year unless the growers

follow the advice which has been given

them, to hold on to the crop when the

price drops below $5.00. Nobody need

worry about the jobber; he is sure to

make his profit all right, but if the

chance comes his way he will take his

own profit and what should go to the

grower.



Some of the farmers in this section

raised contract beans. They agreed to

pay $2.50 per bushel for seed furnish-

ed, and to sell their crop at that figure.

These contract beans were planted ear-

ly in June, and failed to produce any

crop, so that the deluded farmer is out

of pocket the price of the seed he used

and the value of his labor. It is said,

“Lightning never strikes twice in the

same place,” but that may be due to

the fact that the place is seldom there

to be struck again. However, the farm-

ers are there, and have been hit hard

two years in succession, on the bean

crop. 'It remains to be seen What an-'

other year will bring forth.



Eaton Co. APOLLOS Lone.





 





 





Education will not make peeple hap« ‘

py ”unless it is directed into useful

channels. —Lord
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Grange





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0111‘ Motto‘:-—"The farmer is of more





consequ'enc‘ejthan the farm, and should _





be first improved.”

STATE GRANGE OFFICERS.





Master—John C. Ketcham, Hastings.

Overseer—C. H. Bramble, Tecumseh.

Lecturer—Dora H. Stockman, Lan-



sing. ,



Secretary-Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor.

Treasureerrank Coward, Bronson

Executive Committee—C. S. Bart—



lett. Pontiac; Geo. B. Horton, Fruit



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



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





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





dale; Burr Lincoln, Harbor Beach.





M ECOSTA. POMONA M EETl NG.





 





.Mecosta County Pomona Grange

held-their annual. convention at Big

Rapids, October 3._ The meeting was

called to order at 10:30. The Subor-

dinate Granges of the county were

well represented, 28 delegates being

present.



After the regular order of business

F. W. Corbett, of Capitol Grange, near

Lansing, leader for the dry campaign

for Mecosta. county, gave a short talk

011 the state—wide prohibition and home

rule, and gave the Grange a very cor—

dial invitation to attend a meeting and

banquet given by the ladies of the

First Methodist Church in the base-

ment at 11:30. The Grange marched

in a body to the church, where they

greatly enjoyed the fine dinner and

will long remember the ladies \that so

cheerfully served them.





The after-dinner talks were both

pleasant and instructive. The Grange

was again called to order at 1:30.



Delegates were elected to be sent to

Michigan State Grange to be held in

Lansing in December. Mr. and Mrs.

John Kotke, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Ed-

gerley, of Aetna Grange, were chosen

subordinate delegates. Mr. Hoyt, of

Forrest Grange, and Miss Mary Wals

dron, of Pleasantview, Pomona dele-

gates.



Pomona Grange officers for the next

two years are as follows: Master, John

Kotke; overseer, Lloyd Lardner; lec—

turer, Mrs. V. R. Wilson; steward,

Frank Schoellkopf; chaplain, Mrs.

John Kotke; secretary-treasurer, Clar-

ence Rood; gate keeper, Fred Sher~

man; assistant steward, Eugene Lard-

ner; lady assistant steward, Mrs. Eu-

gene Lardner.





It was decided to send representa-

tives before ,the board of supervisors

at their next session to use their influ-

ence in favor of the securing of a coun-

ty agent. The following counties in

this section have tried the plan with

good results: Wexford, Mason, Ne-

Waygo and Kent.



Many other interesting discussions

Were taken part in. Some fine selec-

tions of music by Mrs. Roberts were

greatly enjoyed and one more pleasant

day was closed in Pomona Grange

history.





GRANGES ORGANIZED AND RE-OR-

GANIZED.





 





Granges organized and reorganized

from October 1,1915, to September 30.

1916, both inclusive as follows.





- Organized.



California 3; Colorado 43; Delaware

1; Idah07; Illinois3; Indiana 12; Iowa

7; Kansas 77; Maine 2; Maryland 11;

Massachusetts 2; Michigan 19; Mis-

souri 13; Montana 5; Nebraska 16;

New Jersey 2; New York 17; North

Dakota 6; Ohio 64; Oklahoma 22; Ore-

gon 12; Pennsylvania 35; South Da‘

kota 6; Vermont.2; Washington 34;

West Virginia 12; Wisconsin 3; Wyom-

ing 1. Total, 437.



Pie-Organized.



Idaho 2; Kentucky 1; Maine 1; Ohio

4: Pennsylvania 3; South Dakota 2;

Washington 5. Total, 20.





 





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A “Dry” Program—Salem Farmers’ ‘





Club held its October meeting at the

pleasant and commodious home of Mr.

and Mrs. Webb Lane. After the bounti«

ful dinner had been served to a goodly

number of guests and members of the

Club, the program was given. Robert

Ross spoke on his recent trip into

Ohio and the many places he passed

through, when it was more than evi-

dent that the saloons were wide open.

and the painful sight of well dressed

men—drunk—exceeded the bad effects

which we see too often in our own

towns. As this is a meeting in the in-

terest of “Making Michigan Dry,” We

next listened to very forceful argu-

ments presented by N. C. Felter, man-

ager of the dry campaign in Washte-

naw county. He Said: “The majority

of people believe thesa100n is a men-

ace to society, to governmental life,

and child life. But all people do not

take the stand of their convictions.

The farmer is more free, more inde-

pendent. His table is filled with the

best magazines. He is informed, and

he can act more independent than the

business man.” Mr. Fetter gave many

statistics to show that the saloon is

evil, and only evil, and the thinking

farmers present gave an entuhsiastic

reception to his words. Arrangements

were made for putting up posters and

scattering literature. Mr. Fetter re-

minded the voters that every man

must vote twice in the coming election.

Yes, for state-wide prohibition. No,

for the home rule liquor measure. Mu-

sic and recitations were also enjoyed,

and the Club adjourned, having given

many thoughts as to how they can

make this old world a cleaner and bet-

ter place in which to live—H. C. T.,

Reporter.





Affiliate with Audubon Society.—The

October meeting of the Ingham County ‘

Farmers’ Club was one of unusual in-l

terest, in that it was designated “Chap-

in Day,” and held at the homestead of

A. M. Chapin, deceased, one of the,

chaiter members of this Club. More

than 80 members and their friendsi

gatheied at the hospitable home of

M15. Carrie Chapin at Variety Grove,

and it surely was good to be there.

President Allen called the meeting to

order and after words of welcome by

John Chapin and Rosalind Baker, Miss

Lillian McCormick gave a piano solo.

Mrs. Eva Haskell Morse called the roll,

which was answered by the women by g

each giving their pet convenience..- This

ranged from the husband’s collar but-

ton, the gasoline engine, the screened

porch, family home, to the bread mix-

er, carpet sweeper, fly trap and many

others. Almon

commercial fertilizers. He said in part,

the problem of every farmer is how to

keep his soil fertile. This may be

comparatively easy to the one who

keeps live stock, but comparatively

few keep enough to keep up the ter-

tility and to sell the crops year after

year ruins the land. It costs as much

to harvest 10 bushels of grain to the

acre as it would thirty. Nitrogen,

phosphorus and potash are the three

elements necessary to keep -up the

fertility. Sandy soil will be lacking all

three. Muck will be especially short

in potash. Clover especially returns

nitrogen to the soil. But few farmers

have the nerve to plow under a good

crop of clover, so the next thing is to

use the commercial fertilizer and the

cheaper the grade of fertilizer the more

filler there is in it. Mrs. Taylor, as a

member of the Audubon committee, apo

pointed at a previous meeting to report

abont an Audubon society, said that

sickness had prevented a meeting, but

the members had talked about the

question and there seemed two ways

to get at the result: Having a sepa-

rate society, or a permanent commit-

tee of the Club; in either case suggest—

ed Mrs. Ives as the president or chair-

man. After some discussion it was

moved and supported that the presi-

dent appoint a committee of three,

with Mrs. Ives as chairman, to look

after the interests of the birds. The

money paid for membership in the

state society will be duly forwarded as

soon as the committee gets to work.

The Club adjourned to the second Sat-

urday in November, “Woman’s Day,”





with Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Laycock.—-





Mrs. Tanswell, Cor. Sec.





“MISTER 44.”



Every member of the family should

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this issue and read the first install-

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mostat in the house.



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shed roof house too shallow, the result

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pitched slightly.



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own private flock of hens. It is de~

signed to accommodate 100 birds and-





 





Rear Wall Ventilator.





cost a little less than $100. It stands

on a. foundation of flat stones, has an

earth floor about a foot higher than

the ground outSide and is covered with

roofing paper. A single wall house will

be satisfactory in most parts of the

country if covered wilh a good quality

of paper on sides as well as on the

roof or if made of matched boards and

papered only on the back and roof. If

boards planed on only one side are

used, as they probably will be, the

smooth sides of theboards should

face in.



Paper is really better than shingles

011 the roof if the slope‘is not steep,

for water would be likely to work in

around the shingles and cause the roof

to leak. In figuring the size and cost

of a house, about four square feet of

space should be allowed for each hen,

unless the pens are to be very small.

Three feet per hen will be sufficient in

a long house not divided into pens, and

many poultrymen are now building

such houses, finding that their birds

lay practically as well when kept in

large flocks as when split up into small

flocks, and of course the labor of can

ing for them is much reduced.



The Use of Muslin Curtains.



As a. rule, the shed roof is not adap-

ted to a full open front form of con-

struction. It is better in such a house

to have long openings about two feet

above the floor with muslin curtains

which can be lowered when a high

wind is blowing or a driving rain

storm in progress. These curtains may

be tacked to a hinged frame, but it is

better to have them on rollers like

house shades, for then they do not get

filled with dust so quickly. Muslin, the

pores of which is stopped with dust, is

but little better than boards so far as

ventilation is concerned. Muslin cur-

tains admit light but not direct sun-

shine and in practice should not be

used very often. It is a decided advan-

tage to have a glass window set into

the front wall below the openings and

close to the'floor, because it will ad-





 





 





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mit sunlight very early in the morning





front wall seven or eight if the house.





in winter, allOwing the ‘fow—lstto bask in

it almoSt as soon asthey are off the

roosts. It is also well to have a. win-

dow in the west end. »



Although wooden poultry houses are

usually built, other materials are some-

times used, Hollow tile makes an ideal

house, cool in summer and warm in

winter, but it costs at least 25 per cent

more than lumber. Cement‘houses can

not be considered wholly satisfactory,

but if used, an open'type form of con-

struction should be adopted and sun-

light admitted freely. Stucco board is

being employed with ,success in some

parts of the country and reduces the

cost probably ten per cent'over lum-

ber. A frame of timber is'first put up

as for any house and then the stucco

board, which comes in large, squares,

is nailed in place. When finished such

:1 house looks much as though made

of stucco, and presents atvery pleasing

appearance. The writer’ has used this

material and likes it« It is more sani-

tary than wd‘od and' easily cleaned, as

the inside surface is smooth.



The Furnishings.



Every poultry house should be built

in such a way that constant warfare

can be waged on vermin. Roosts, nests

and all other fixtures should be profit-

able. It is a common plan to place the

nests under the dropping boards, but

in the writer’s opinion it is a much

better plan to have them hung to the

side walls. It is a question whether

the common type of nest" is the best

kind, anyway. Several poultry keepers

are having better results with nest box-

es eight or ten feet without any divi-

sions and with openings only at the

ends, although the front board is hing-

ed and may be raised to remove the

eggs and put in nesting material. There

is no fighting and no crowding in a

nest box of this kind. The hens make

their own nests in the hay and do not

bother each other, with the result that

Ihere are fewer. broken eggs.



It is also a question whether drop-

ping boards are of any value, except in

very small houses or where it is de-

sired to have the unmixed manure.

Dropping boards were introduced when

it was profitable to save the manure to

sell to tanning factories. Now they

are accepted as a matter of course, but

it is much more sanitary to set up a

board in the floor about a foot in front

of the perches and to keep a little lit-

ter in the space back of this board for

the droppings to fall into. Then there

are no foul fumes ascending from just

under the birds all night and the labor

of having the houses cleaned is mini-

mized, for it will not be necessary to

remove the accumulation of droppings

and litter oftener than once a month.





The Roasting Place.



If dropping boards are to be used,

however, they should be so arranged

that they can be quickly removed and

should be high enough so that the

fowls can move about freely under

them. The roosting perches should be

10 or 12 inches above the dropping

boards, or about two feet above the

floor when dropping boards are dis-

carded. The best perches are made of

2x4 scantling planed smooth. The

scantling may have the wide or the

narrow side uppermost; the fowls

seem to have no preference. If there

are several perches it is advisable to

have them the same level, or the birds

will fight for the one which is highest.

At least seven inches of perch room

should be allowed for birds of‘the Leg-

horn type. Larger breeds like Rhode

Island Reds will require nine inches,

while Brahmas and Cochins should

have ten. If nests of the common

type are used, they should be atleast

12 inches square and about 14 inches,

high. Egg crates are often used for

nests and serve the purpose well

enough. Hens lay just as well in open

as in dark nests. The one advantage

of the latter is that they tend to pre-

vent development of the egg-eating

habit. There should be a nest for ’ev-

ery four or five hens. ’



When a. cement foundation can be
the ghltrymsn’7to 1; one "in.“

. en ed

eight er tonin'ches above, it will be

4 rat proof. The cost of a cement foun-

' dation averages five to seven dollars

acquare yard. Many poultrymen are

also putting in cement floors, the cost

being figured on a basis of ten cents a

square. foot. Such floors are easy to

keep clean, but they will be damp un-

less at least a foot of cinders can be

placed under them, and they should be

kept covered with litter. When cement

cannot be used for floors or foundation

'it is well to sink inch-mesh poultry

- wire two feet into the ground all

around the house to keep out the rats.

Another plan is to excavate six inches

of the earth floor and cover the space

with poultry wire, making it fast to

the tops of the sills. Then the earth

can be replaced and compacted. Of

course, the floor must always be rais-

ed several inches above the ground

‘ outside, in order to keep it dry.





 





FATTENING TU RKEYS.





 





Late hatched turkeys should, if pos-

sible, be separated from the flock that

is being fed for the Thanksgiving mar

ket. Usually the Christmas market is

as good as Thanksgiving and immature

birds will improve wonderfully in the

next month. Birds not up to weight

will not bring the top/price and a few

of them in a shipment of good birds

will cause the whole lot to bring a re-

duced price. On the other «hand, it is

unprofitable to hold turkeys after they



, are matured, and long-continued feed-

ing never pays with turkeys. Three

weeks’ steady feeding will put these

birds in prime condition, after which

they should be sent to market at once.

It kept over this time they will lose in

weight.



it is not best to give fattening tur-

keys too much feed for the‘morning

meal. This makes them lazy and they

do not put on flesh as well as when

they forage during the day and pick

up different kinds oi" feed. We find

they eat more when grain is scattered

than when it is put in the feeding

trough. No sudden changes should be

"made in feeding them.



Oats may be fed to advantage at this

time, either soaked over night in wa-

ter or ground with bran, mixed with

skim-milk to form a crumbly mash. A

little old corn with the new prevents

bowel trouble and makes firmer flesh

than new corn alone.



Pure fresh water, good sharp grit

and charcoal are important factors in

fattening, and care must be taken not

to overfeed.



We don’t like to have the turkeys

roost in trees at this time for it takes

a little of their surplus fat to keep

them warm and it’s some trouble to

climb after them when wanted for the

market. They can be trained to roost

inside a shed or building if they are

not too wild. Framers W001).





 





RHEUMATISM.





Will you please tell us what disease

our hens have. They get lame in one

foot and go limping around, and after

a while they get lame in both feet.

Then they get so they can not walk at

all, and sit down with their feet be-

hind them. Some tell us that it is

rheumatism, but we do not think so, as

itis catching. Will you please tell us,

as it is cleaning out'our flock fast?



Clare Co. W. D.



There is little doubt but what your

hens have rheumatism. This disease

is caused by exposure to dampness,

and inasmuch as"all the fowls in the,

flock are exposed to the same condi-

tions, a great many of them will have

it. The disease is not contagious, but

spreads on account of the conditions

under which the fowls live.



There is_no cure for the trouble ex-

cept to remedy the conditions about

the coops and poultry yards which

cause the dampness. In addition care

should be taken to give the chickens

nothing but clean food and water and

1 plenty of green food.





 





 





 





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Young Poop c's.Weckly, lgin. Ill. hr.) 1 (X)

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POULTRY.

Barred Rock's loti’E’efl‘ifgiiitiii’éz

Circular Free. Fred Astllng. Constantine. Mich.





autumn coglil-IRELSi w... Brown.





Buff, Black Leg-

home. It. I. Reds. erred Rocks. .

PULLET Whitc,Bufi.Blaok. Prices reasonable.

Bunnybrook Poultry Farina, Hillsdalo. Michigan.





Barred Rock





W. 0. Colman,





 





 





Cooker-sis. Cooke and Eons. Four

ullets layod 950 eggs in one year.

. 3. Benton Harbor. Michigan.





 





For a short time in White Rocks. Pekin

Ducks. Toulouse Geese and White Afri-

H. V. Hostetler. R.l, St. Johns. Mich.





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can uineas.





Barred Plymouth Rock Stiletto £2.51





two for $5.“). A. Barnum, Union City, Michigan.





 





 





8.0 W. Leghorns, V' rous stock. we’ ht

cOCNCIUIS 8 to 5 lbs. each. Pricleggne 81.50, 3 or nligre

$1.00 each. THOMAS MAYER, Merrill. Michigan.





on mun 0llllill IN EARLY so





Cookerels from Cousins Northern King Strain Barred

Rocks. Write David. W. Cousins. North Port. Mich.





an" L.‘IIO"I$ Exculsivoly. Now is the time to buy

me bred at k i d tion in

price. Dr. Willpinm A. Smlgli. giggling. lidcichizan





reams WHITE ‘Liaiioiiiis'





-. Best winter layers. 0000 pullers.

53""; mil:- 'dm ionim'mg‘elgg

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No. 1. No. 7.

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OHN‘S Big Beautiful Barred Books are all hen-

! hatched. developed quick. good layers, ouch 33; pair 35:50“

John Nortlion. Clare. Illiuli.





 





(in approval. (Tlrculnrs‘. photos.



FOR SALE Pure bred S. C. Bufi' Leghorns

and white Plymouth Rock cock—



erels. Kletzlen & Webster, Bath; Mich,





 





Cockerels from $2



to $5; hens $1.50 to

ml 85; ens $3,

Mich. 1i. 3.





Fowler’s Bull flocks :





3.). White Holland Turiiiy 1.. young

B. B. FOWLER. Hartford.





' White 0 rpin one. Winners a Iain

Pm. mm“. s. c. at the State air. Young an old

stock for sale, Buy the best. MRS. WILLIS

HOUGH, Pine Crest Farm. RoyalOak, Michigan.





I I‘jH’l‘ Brahma Cockerels. pure bred, strong. thrifty,

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weighing about 6 lbs. now, $2 each until Nov. 20th.

sfu-rtliiit $2.)” and 530.5(1). Illrs. E.B.Willits,ltcnding,Mich.“. l.





RHODE ISLAND REDS and PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to “€932 “055; P. R. hens

weight 5 to 10 lbs.. eggs is for S .00; 100. $5,120.35.

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

to m 86:0 325. 10 eggs :3. A. a Crsmion. yum. Mich.





RED COCKERELS, BolhflCombs. gii‘étifi





will Improve the color of your och. Write for price

list. Interlakes Farm. Box 39. Lawrence, Michigan.



I R. I. lied cooker-ole for sale.

N." In‘ 3mg" comb Fine stock, prices reason-

ahlo. 0. E. Hawley. Ludington, Mich.





Slush Bomb llliodo Island

A!





JENNIE BUILL. Ann





“EVER GOLDEN AND WHITE WYANDOTTES.

g! from all mattings, 1-50mr 15%8250 per 30 until

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0. W. Browning, R. 2. Po 1 nd. Mich.

llillo Mandolin

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Red Cookerels. Rich,

Dark Bell and Strong.





r, R. 8. Mich gnu.





 





dottes cooks and cockerels snow white from

Wye; stock and A 1 layers. 52. Si. and $6 each.





 





Cookerelii from fine stock and A 1

layers. .2 and!!! naohJ‘srm raised.

SMITH. .Ann Arbor. Michigan.

Il’illu , _

DAVID Y. “lore-t Ava. Ypsilanti. Michizsn.

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White china (lease 8:. M. Pekin Bucks





CLAUDIA BETTS. Hillldale. Mich.





 





While Holland Turkeys, Tom: and Hensqofiiofii‘;

(hinders. Buy now before the rush and gel: choice

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FERRETS

3000 FERRETS FOR SALE





Price list free. C. J. DIMICK. Rochester. Ohio.

’l‘hey hustle rats and rab—





2000 Ferrets mu... Pricelisthndbooklot

mailed free. N. E. KNAPP, _ Rochester, Ohio.





 





 





While and Brown Fumls For Sale. Price lisllm



C. D. MURRAY, New London.0hlo.

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Fe rrets ‘ tail; .o‘iiiii‘s.“€$ii..‘“"



J. G. SUTTON. Decatur, Mich.





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CATTLE.





'AucTIo‘N SALE





Having sold my farm 1 will sell at Public Sale on





Thursday November 9th, 1916

At 10 o’clock A. M.





on farm at Royaltou Stop on Ann Arbor Railroad.

1 mile south of T111111)11ra111.'e, Mich., my herd of

Registered Berkshire Swine, over 50 individuals,

mature and young boars and sows and small pigs.

Also 2 yr. old Registered Holstcin Heifer and her

heifer calf born October first. Also a pair of bred

mares, two colts coming two, 1 grade Holstein,

quantity of Hay Oat straw. (11111 Stalks. Oats

and Corn. Poultry and term "lools Incubator,



' Brooders, Colony Houses 111111 other Poultry

Equipment. Luncheon served free.





Royal R. Scott.





We Offer a. Few Special Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. 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





ERD ESTABLISHED IN 109

TROJAN- ERR ‘AS and BLACKBIRDS only

Also breeders of Percheron. Hackney and Saddle





Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





 





‘YHSHIBEs—One of the foremost dairy breeds. The

most economical milk roducers. Calves

for sale. White Leghorn cockere s: Duroc Jersey

lene. Michinan School for the Deaf. Flint.Michigan.





Reg. Guernsey Bulls, serviceable age, great grand

sons of (im'. Cliche, also grade (iucrbscy and Jersey l'eifers

a win old $20 each Avondac Stock Farm, “ ilyIlO. M1ch





of ser1ice age and calves from

Guernsey Buns 1hoice. A'.1l1 r1115. breeding.

T. V. HICKS, Route I Battle (Ieeek, Mich.





 





MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





Average yearly production 422.3 lbs. of fat. three

fourths of them making their r111o1'1ls as two year

olds. lly the use of a pure. brcd sirc a big im-

provement can soon be 111111111011 if the right

selection ismade. The breeding of the Beach

Farm llcrd is as good as can be found. and we

guarantee them to be free from contagious dis-

cases and to be satisfactory in cvcry way or

money refunded. Write and let us tell you about

them.





CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVlNE,





Coldwater, Michigan.





0 U E R N S E Y S‘nlhiilbliirizg

Containing blood of world champ‘ons.

HICKS' GUERNSEY FARM. Saginaw, Mich"





Fol! SALE Registered Guernsey Bull. 4 year old

also?) yearling-1 the best 1111. Cheap.

John Ebcls, Holland, 11. 10, Box 129, Michigan.





 





ITERNSEYS: Bred heifers mature 1 011 s, bull c1111 es

From a long line1 of A111. Reg ancestors 11' i1l1 large

rec 111d. G. A. “l GEN '.l‘ \l1itcr1li11 Michigan





Registered Guernsey Bulls old enough

F0? 8316: for service, and bull calvos from ad-

vanced registered cows. L. J. Byers. Goldwater. Mich.





two'gr. sons of May It ose

Reg. Guernsey Bulls King of Lenda Vista

(the $4600l1ull) one 12 mo. old darn May Bosebreeding

one 6 11111. old, 1 tbers of serviceable age. Satisfaction

guaraniccd. All'rcd Anderson, 111111.011, Michigan.





lleI‘IlSO\R—-2 {in a yearling heifers for sale, bred to

T \iay liose Jlull —th1 v are beauties aunt can him

the, 1111 1111111. J. \i. “1' 1L. LIA \lb North Adams, Mich.





CLUNY STOCK

Farm Holsteins





JUST THREE yearling sons of ("rown

Pontiac 1(111'nd_1'k111, N11 -l>,71'_’,11'l1osclirst tentest-

ed daughtcrs to freshen produced at. 1111 average

as e of ’ yrs. 411ios. :10 days; lluttcr. 21.215 lbs.,

\Illk :"J111'.1 lbs.

No- I. Dani's 7 day record: Butter 29.5121 lbs.,

Milk, 11137.9 lbs.

No.2. liuni‘s 7 day record: Butter. 21,620 lbs.,

°\3[ilk 1311.11 lbs. at 4 yrs. 7 1110s, ll days.

3. Dams 7 day re1or1i: Butter, 25.3861bs.,

0311111, ””118. 1 lbs. No. ’is thegranddam of No. 2.





These 1' oung shes combine heavy Milk and Butter

prodmtion 111th sizc and quality. All are light

in color and splendidly1111111'ked, Come and see

them or writc for pedigrees and prices.





R. B. McPherson, Howell, Michigan





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





From a grand daughter of The King of the

Pontiacs. Sired by a bull that is more than a habit

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow oft

Worl d. and whose dam is 1130 lb 6% 5 fat dau hter

of Pontiac Aggie Korndyke who has more

daughters than any other living bull. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.





“T0 P N 0TC ll” Holsteins





By careful retention. for many years. of largest pro-

ducing tonal es, and use of superior sires. a breeding

herd of wonderful quality has been established

age selllingg'loung bultlsofgzhisr'l 0? NOT???" quailiityen

o servces. e 6.11 mo erae )I'Oefl nor-ma on

ree..s.etc 81$: application. M'cPHERSON FARMS

.. “Lowell Michigan.





 





 





 





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prices. Send for list.





Breedsville, - -





25 Head Registered Holsteins

Many with A..R. 0. records, some up to 23 lbs. ll/Iostly Rm

5 years old —a few yearlings. N 0 better breeding anywhere.

From Granddams of: King of the Ponti‘acs, DeKol 2nd,

Butter Boy 31d, and King Segis.





 





 





 





"'FEMAL ES





Will be sold at auction





Bigelow’ s Holstein Farms





Michigan.





 





Also some good farmer s boars.





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

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.





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





Duroc Jersey Herd Boars





Special Offering of High Class Full Boar Pigs.

enough for breeders who appreciate the b at.





Breeding and Individuality good

A cor-





For further particulars, address,





 





30 'b bull for sale, 2 years old, by a son of King of

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





Ferd. J. Lange. Bebewuing. Mich.





HOLSTIENS





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

Herd No.2. F116 1earling heifers. one yearling bull.

Herd No. 3, Five Heifer calves and one 11.“





Prices will please youE.





If interested write as soon as

you read this. C0





NNELL,





 





BBrii'e-Ed to 111 ll. also bu is ready for ser-





vice. EAVEY, AKRON, MICHIGAN.





 





Holstein Calves 10 heifers. and 2bulls 15- 16ths pure

5 weeks old beautifully marked. $20. 00 each oxated

for shipment any wl1e1e Edge“ ood F11rm,Whitewuler,W is





Holstein F nesran Cattle

A. R. O. herd tuberculin tested, headed

by grandson of King Segis Pontiac.

PEACELAND SIOCK FARM, Three Rivers, Mich.





Chas. i‘1't1'1s,-lie1ds111u11, C. L."Brod5. Owner. l’ortlluron





' . ' Young bull ready for service.

"GEISlETBd “OISlems- 30 lb. breeding. Satisfaction

guaranteed. W. B. Jones and J. 1". Lutz, Cohoctah, Mich.





MIGHIGAN HOLSTEINS





4 to 12 Mo. World record sire. High

testing dams—from $99 up to $299. Let

us send you one on trial. You should

not buy until you get our book.





Long Beach Farm,

AUGUSTA, (Kalamazoo Co.) MIGH.





FIG. HOLSTll INS: Herd headed by Albina Bonte

Butter 1311' No. 1’31‘ 4. llilllll' 111 record at 6 y rs. butt1 r

’ 13.53 lbs. milk ("119. 4. Y 1111111 ocor rd at 2% yrs, butter

8021bs. milk 18622 lbs. \V. B. lil'IADE it, Howell, Mich.





Bull Calvesl





1‘ mm A. 11.0 Dams, Sired bv“Maple11rcst Korndvke

H1 111411 1"11 l1l ' whose, D1111) ‘\l1'lplc1'ie.~'i Pontiac Flora.

liartog,"isonoof1ho four 1211i) pound daughters of

‘ Porn 1110 Aaggh l\1)1'11d\ ke'



\Viite us about the so Calves, 11nd ourI





Berkshires





And we will quote prices that will move them.





Swigartdale Farm, Petersburg, Mich.



rcad1 for 11111 i e from 20



Reg. “OISIein Buns lb..f11111 111.1)lllii1ln1s $75

each. Dewey C. Pierson. Hadley, Michigan.



FORSAL Four Holstein calves sired by



one 11ftl1e best sons of King Segis





Pontiac A111 artra the $10, 000 bull Fine individuals, 3

females. 1 male. Sindlinger Bi'uos Lake Odessa. Mich.





HOBART W. FAY





MASON, MICH.





Rccn breeding b1-1bcr Holstein-Friesiun cuttlc since 1904.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





The All-Around

1sthefarmzr’ scow. She'shis

Jersey iriendand p ride—the beauti-

fulgentle, ever-paying milk machinethatliits

the mongage, builds up the fertility of the





farm, and puts the whole business on a sound,

paying, permanent basis. She adapts herself





Bulls ready for serv ic e and 6 to eight months oldbulls .

Fayette, Ohio. I





REGISTERED Holstein cows, heifers and heii’ercalves '





 





to all climates and all feeds and does not

need fancy care. She matures early and

lives long. And she’ s so sleek, cleancut and

handsome, as to be the family pet and

pride. She produces well

and sells well. Learn

about her in our fine, free

book,“About Jersey Cat-

tle." Write [or it now.





THE AMERICAN JERSEY

CATTLE CLUB

346‘ Wall“ 51.. N.Y.City





 





 





 





 





 





 





IJIllieM Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R

ows, also heifer calves and several bred





heifers to sale. 001011 0. Lillie, Ooopersville. Mich





from hi I1. roducing dams.with

JBISSY BlillS for sale testing gAnge. records. also on

semi-oficial test. OB. Wehner. R. 6. Allegan. Mich





 





 





M I l R. of M. JERSEY HERD offers for sale.

a” 3 fine tuhenulin tested bulls bull calvesand

heifer calves carryingltheblood of the greatest pro-

ducers of the breed RVIN FOX, Allegnn. Mich.





REGISTERED JERSEY lilllll aFllli SALE





1 'yearling. and Bull calves from Bto 10 months

so 3 cows Write your wants.

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





cistered Jersey Bulls 10.“.9131‘1’1‘1’1‘1‘3.‘ “33°:





rings Eminent Breedinfl fromh igh producing





 





 





 





arm. Price 850 to 375. 0. Bristol, Fenlton,Mlohigan J





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Maple Hill Farm Registered Jersey Cailleior Sale

Both sexes. Thek kind that pay at. the ail .

J. R. Worthington, R. No. 7, Lansing. ichigan.





The Wildwood Farm





Jerse¥ Cattle, Majestx Blood. Vie have Bulls for sale

from tegister of Merit cows of good type. Write your

wants. Al1' 1n Balden. Capac. Michigan.





BIDWELL SHORTHORNS





For “Beef and Milk"

lic 1gistered bulls.

111101111 - to ped roans,

191l~an1i 11 1ite for sale.

Farm at Y. 0. Depot;

also D. '1‘. it 1.1i'\





lddross G.ll.8clmdar Mgr.





BIDWELL STOCK FARM

Box B. Tecumseh, Mich.





 





 





 





 





Albion Stamp 352670





 





Shorlhorn Cattle of both Sex for Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





 





0““ BnEn Shorthorns of best. Bates strains. mung

bull 8 months old for sale price .

J. B. HUMMELL. M [AS SON. MICHIGAN.





Sh ”h AND POLLED DURHAMS FOR SALE.

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

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





 





Sh“ lll ~Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

r urns ages for sale at farmers prices. 0. W. (‘1rum

Secy. Cent. Mich. Shorihorn Brecders‘ Assn.. McBride. Mich

M' lk Shorthorns,1onn 3 year old Bates bred herd

l mgbull 58""10 Youn bulls and hei er

DAVIDSON81 HALL, 'I‘ CUMSEH. MICHIGAN.





1-1 E RE FORDS .1131} 811111

ALLEN BROS. . WPA‘Wfr [Edi-(I?





SHORTHORNS FOR SALE





8 Bulls. also females. W. B. M cQuillan, Howell, Mich





 





 





0R Sale— —-.Reg Short Horn Bulls by Maxualton

\l1)n111ch"11das1m ofAinndalti'vonill to lininxold

John Schmidt. Reed Cit\, R. No. 5.. lVIici 1 igan.





\oung bulls 5100.111111 cows-

Shorlh'rns For sale' and lleif1 rs $1 )0 for 1111i11 k sale.

Write W. J. BELL, 1111.111 1".1ril 1111' H11 iAN.





Claradale Milking Shorihorns 112‘S.f‘.“.?,31:‘,‘,‘:,‘1f:f':‘,‘i





Eric“ 1 s for 1111i1' k sale. liner-'1 sedigree“ $115.11) to $1 '11). 00.

Johnson 11111180115, aster. - \Iitson 00.. Mich.





Of Interest to Feeders





For Sale-4V6 have on our Ranch in 105110 00., Mich.,

300 head of 111111 rs. selected 11101 k. purchased early in

summer at (‘ hi1 ago Angus, Herefords and Short

Horns, for further information write or phone



K. B. SMITH IONIA,1\IICH.





Cattle For Sale





2 Loads feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also

can show y on any numberl. 2 and 3 years old from





600 to 12001115. Isaac Shanstum, Fairfleld. Iowa. 11-3.





 





 





HOGS.





' of best breeding. of various ages, either

BerkShlreS 511 11 all registered stoc k, no akin,

special reduced price.“ rite your wantsq ic.k

Mitchell’ 5 Lakeside Farms R. 2, Bloomingdale. Mich.





The Very Finest Berkshire Pi's Cheap





C. S. BARTLETT, Propr. Pontiac, Michigan





 





 





Boars and gilt-z. May farrowed. large



BerkShire growtln f1ll1m1-1. Also it litter just ready

to 1161111 U,LLU R. iDeckerville, Mich.

' Pigs six weeks old $6 apiece buys

BerkShn‘eS: them registered and transferred,





both sex, Holstein liull (‘111l1'11s from 3i} pound hull

3‘23 to $40. liIVlflliVll‘l\V FARM. ii. 2. Vassar. Mich:





DUROC JERSEYS





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

not akin. Prices reason. '1blc. Sc ml for pedigrees.

THE JENNINO'S FARMS, R. F. I). l. Bailey, Mich.





Heavy Boned Duroc Jersey Roars





March 11nd Apr furrow, neighing 200 to 2.’ )0 pounds

will be mild 1X4(llerlp as any man can sell first class

stock. 1 .BllAY, Okeinos, (Ingham Co. ) Mich





' ' Males good ones for Dec.

1w. KEEllEY, Ella, MICh- service. Breeder oi’ Duroo

Swine. D. M. & '1‘. local from Monroe or Toledo. Kecney Stop.





DUllllC JERSEYS 323135912111?in 1173131233393?





to wean.Priced right. J. Robert Hicks, St. Johns, Mich.





 





Tw June 1915; 12 April 1916.

uuroc Jersey “oars ll rile for dear ription I 1211111.





anteesatisfaction. J. H. Banghart. East Lansmg. M1ch





nroc Jerseys. Some yearling 11 Spring boars good

. enough to head your herd. V1 ill sell F11 reka (‘herry

King 67145. Ask about him. W. C. Taylor, Milan, Mich.





 





Duroc Jerseys. choice breeding spring pigs

F0, Sale, i.her sex. Prices r ght.

John ,McNicolf Station A, R. 4. Bay City. Mich.





nunoc 11113113. 1.121.21111:11.111111211'11111

for service. W in. W. Kennedy 12.3., Grass Lake, Mich.





 





 





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Dislocation of Patella.——I have a

three- --year -oid filly that dislocated her

stifle three weeks ago while in pasture

and I am unable to keep cap in socket.

T. F. Ponca, Mich. —Stand your filly

in a stall with fore feet four inches

lower than hind, clip hair ofl stifle and

apply one part powdered cantharides

and four parts lard every two weeks.



Stretched Ligaments.——I have a. two-

year -old colt that has had stifle trou-

ble for the past year and I find very

little trouble in putting it back into

place, but it refuses to remain there.

Do you think he can be cured or made

fit to do faim work? C. G., Ponca,

Mich. —The stifle is kept in position

best when the hind feet are placed sev-

eral inches higher than the fore feet,

and in a case of this kind that has

been going on for a year; you had bet-

ter apply one part red iodide mercury,

one part powdeerd cantharides and

ten parts fresh lard every two weeks.





Cataract—One of my cows has lost

the sight of one eye, but the other eye

seems to be about normal. However,

I am inclined to believe that she is

almost blind in this best appearing

eye. J. M. Lum, Mich .—I advise

you to leave her eves alone as she is

incurable. Later the best appearing

eye will perhaps cloud over, causing

an opacity of the cy eball or pupil.





Gastritis—Rheumatism.——We have a

Fox Terrier dog two years old that

commenced to vomit some ten days

ago, and a few hours later a diarrhea

set in, but both of these ailments seem

very stiff; however, gradually he got

to abate, but the dog seemed to grow

well of this soreness. ‘ He now dis-

charges a slimy mucus from mouth

and refuses both food and water. His

jaws are not set and he has good use

of both body and legs. About the only

food he cares for is a fresh egg. W.

R. G., Wayne Co. —Give your dog a

quarter grain of quinine three or four

quarter grain of quinine, three drops of

tincture nux vomica and 20 drops fluid

extract gentian at a dose three or four

times a day.





Filthy Sheath—I have two colts, five

and 12 months old whose sheath seems

to become foul and swell. A. H. H.,

Kingsley, Mich—Occasionally wash

out sheath with clean water, using

sonfe ivory soap and borax, then apply

olive oil after the parts dry.



Stifle Weakness. —I have a four

months old that has stifle trouble and

I might add that it is perhaps the re-

sult of navel ailment. G. E., VVauce-

dah, Mich.——-Apply equal parts spirits

of camphor and camphorated oil to

stifle every two days and if this treat-

ment does not effect a cure, apply a

light blister



Chronic Cough—Bunch on Stifle.——I

have a four-year-old horse that has

been troubled with a cough for the

past eight weeks, but shows no symp-

toms of heaves. I also have a colt

three months old with bunch on stifle,

causing lameness J. 8., Marion, Mich.

——Give your colt 1/2 dr. powdered lo-

belia, 1 dr. ground ginger, 1/2 oz. of

powdered licorice and a tablespoonful

of cooking soda at a. dose in feed three

times a day. Also given teaspoonful

of powdered nitrate of potash at a dose

once a day. For the bunch on stifle,

apply equal parts tincture iodine and

spirits of camphor twice a week.



Splint.—-—I have a four—year-old mare

that has been troubled with splint ever

since last spring and I have applied

repeated blisters which seems to have

made it grow; now I would like» to

know what will take it off. A. (3., Mel—

vin, Mich—You will obtain fairly good

results by applying one part red iodide

mercury and eight parts lard every

week 01' ten days.



Rheumatism.——Our local Vet. tells

me that my five-year-old cow is trou-

bled with rheumatism. She first com-

menced to show soreness and stiffness

July last, but so far as I can tell she

is not sick. F. 11., Bad Axe Mich.——

Give your cow 1 (ii. of sodium salicy-

late at a dose in feed twice a day and

1 dr. nitrate of potash at a dose in

feed or water once daily. She should

be kept dry and in a warm, well ven-

tilated stable at night.



Hard Milker.———I have a cow that is

a very good milk producer, but she is

a hard milker and I would like to know

if there is any kind of an instrument I

could get to enlarge the hole through

teat without injuring the cow. If so,

where can such an instrument be pur-

chased?

teat expander is what you should use





 





 





which operates like a glove stretcher.

Write Geo. Piling- & Son, Instrument

Dealers, Philadelphia, Pa., for their

booklet and price list.





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solve 40 gm. boric acid, 40 grs. ,borate

of soda in four ounces of clean boiled

water and apply to sore eyes twrce a

day for a week. Mix together equal

parts calomel and boric acid and blow

a small quantity into eyes once every

two days. ‘ .

Congested Udders.-—My cows seem

to be bothered with swelled udders

and I am told they have garget. When

these attacks come on their appetite is





/not very good and I might add that

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hey have had more or less trouble all

summer. L. 1)., Clayton, Mich:—

Gentle hand-rubbing, careful milking,

keeping your stable clean, and be sure

to milk the diseased ones last; for

these troubles are often infectious—

passed from one to the other by the

milker. Give a teaspoonful of powder-

ed nitrate of potash in feed once a

day, and apply iodine ointment to the

diseased portion of udder three tunes

a week.



_ Strangles—Indigestlon.———I have a

young horse that had distemper last

August, his throat opened in three dif-

ferent places, discharged pus freely,

then wounds healed. I put him at light

work and in about two weeks he was

taken with sick spells, showing symp—

toms of colic. Our local Vet. is inclin-

ed to believe that an internal abscess

is forming. J. M., Yale, Mich.——Your

horse should be carefully fed, bowels

kept open, if he shows symptoms of

bowel pain, rub on some mustard and

water daily.

extract nux vomica and 2 drs. of Fow-

ler’s solution at a dose two or three

times a day. If an abscess forms the

pus should be allowed to escape as

early as possible.



Scratches—Have a seven-year-old

mare bothered with scratches, which I

have been unable to cure. A. H. G.,

Gilford, Mich—Occasionally paint the

sores with tincture iodine and give her

1/2 oz. doses of Fowler’s solution two or

three times a day.



Indigestion—Heaves.——I have a 11-

year-old horse who seems to have oc-

casional attacks of indigestion, but is

fleshy. He also has heaves. I gave

him one quart of raw linseed oil which

appeared to ease his breathing. I for-

got to say that when his bowels move,

he acts as if in pain. While running

out on grass he is in prettygood con-

dition, but as soon as he is stabled and

fed dry feed, he is in distress. J. E.,

Pentwater, Mich—Give your horse 1

dr. fluid extract nux vomica, 1/; oz. of

tincture gentian compound and 1/2 oz.

of Fowler’s solution at, a dose two or

three times a day. Feed no clover or

dusty, musty, badly cured fodder of

any kind, and dampen all his food.





Cow Leaks Milk—I have a young

cow that has just freshened the sec-

ond time. She is such an easy milker

that she leaks almost half of her milk,

before milking time. What can be

done to remedy this case? B. L. S.,

Rives Junction, Mich.—-Milk her three

times a day, or use teat plugs; how-

ever, I favor the.milking of this kind

of a cow three or four times a day,

more than I do in applying a mechan-

ical device.



Barren Heifer.—-—I have a calf eight-

een menths old that has been mated

twice, but she fails to get with calf.

A. J. 8., Orion, Mich.——Dissolve 2 ozs.

of bicarbonate soda in three pints of

tepid water and wash out vagina three

or four hours before she is mated.



Light Milkers.———Two of my cows

freshened recently; neither of them

gives enough milk to nourish their

calves. They are in good order, are

not. old, and heretofore have been good

milkers, but they are not giving over

one pint apiece at a milking. C. H. S.,

Pearl, Mich—You had better give each

cow one pound of'epsom salts, ,one

dose only. This medicine will clear

out, their stomachs and bowels; then

feed them carefully. Proper feeding

and care is all that is required in these





CRSGS.





Sick Kittens—We are having much

trouble in keeping cats lately; they

soon grow thin, sicken and die. Have

six kittens from another farm which

were very healthy, but are going down

rapidly now. We feed them bread and

sweet milk. We are. troubled with rats

and mice and would like to keep cats

to destroy them. J. 13., Holland, Mich.

——-Dou,bt1ess you have either distemper

or diphtheretic infection on your prem-

ises, both of which seem to be fatal to

cats. Dog distemper is readily com-

municated to young kittens. I advise

you to secure cats not less than one

year old and if necessary vaccinate

them with canine distemper vaseline.



Hog Has Piles—«I have a hog that

has piles—is there any cure or relief

for such disease? E. V. (3., Central

Lake, Mich—Dissolve 1 oz. of tannic

acid, 2 ozs. of sulphate of zinc and 4

ozs. of acetate of lead in a gallon of

clean water and apply to piles three

times a day.





- Atlanta.-Micli.-—.—Dis- '





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CONTRACT or we send by Parcel Pouor Expres- Paid





KELLY DU PLEX “mm

' x '\ . mode with a. double not of grind-

ers or burrs. Have a grinding Im-

fsoo of just double that 0‘ mt

milk 0‘ equal size, therefore.





Do Twice as Much





Work.



Grind ear corn. shelled

corn. one. rye. wheat,

barley. ksflir corn, cot.-

ton seed, corn in

_ shucks. sheaf oats, or

any kind of grain, coarse, ma-

:hum or fine. Reagan 20%



o o o p o w o r . pad-fly



odap ted for gasoline ownes.‘



Write for new catalogue. ,





W Hill G "It“... In 3” Springfield. Ohio





CUT THIS OUT——

lt ls Worth Money





Don't miss this. Cut out. this clip, enclose it with $1.00

and mail it. to the Corbett Liniment 00.. 30840 An-

tietam St.. Detroit, Mich. writing your name and ad—

dress clearly. You will receive in return a bottle of

Corbett's “Farrier's” Lininient. an invaluable lini-

ment for Sprains. Bruises, Strains. Fresh cuts. Burns.

Swollen joints. stillness, Lame Muscles, Bunches, etc.

Regular price 81.00. Also a box of Corbett's “Famous"

Solve. a speedy cure for soreback, collar rubs, eczema,

Blood poisoning and Boils. in fact for any kind of open

sore or irruption. Regular Price. $1.00. Both of these

are also invaluable as aHumsn Remedy. To introduce

the liniment and salve in your community we are mak—

ing this Special ofler. Both the above for $1. Corbett‘s

“Farrier‘s” Linlment and Corbett‘s “Famous"

Salve are now used by the largest trucking concerns,

stables. Supply houses et-c., in Detroit. To prove our

assertions we will mail you upon request a. testimonial

pamphlet corroborating our statement. If after try-

ing the above vousre not fully satisfied, notify us and

we will refund your money. Reliable Agents Wanted.





95AMERICAN

Upward CREAM





‘ SEPARATOR





Sent on Trial. Fully Guaran-

teed. Ensyrunning, easily cleaned.

Skim: warm or cold milk. Bowl I

" sanitary marvel. Whether dairy

films or ems" obtain handsome catalog. Address.





AME [CAN SEPARATOR 00., Box 5061, Bainbridge, Y. ll.





of the Int 6. smooth

Duroc Jersey Bears m 1.0.5.4 up,

E. D. Heydanberk. Wayland. Michigan.





Jerse sBig Ty e Boers with breeding and

nuroc individuality that is hard to beat, bred from

prize winnin stock. ricoo reasonable. satisfaction

guaranteed. . .1. DR 01‘. RJ. Monroe. Michigan





 





 

 

 

 





 

 

 





 





St ick h s. S rin gilts, tried Bows.

Duroc August igl. pPeirf-zlieron Stud Colts.

E. J. ALDRICH. Tokonsha. Mich. it. 1, Bell Phone.





' Combined. size, utility. breeding.

Doha" , Illl’m Herd hours. 5 r In; boars, spring





sows for sale. Orlo. L. Dobson, ulncy, Michigan.





UROC Jerseys. Sprint boars from the most noted sires

of the breed. Ju Orion ll. Perfect Top ('01.. Oslrlnul Ohio

Chiot.Prinoiple IV & Iodel l’al.Ncwton Bariilini't,rit...ioliiis.Mich.





Fall yearlings. boars and gills, wei ht 1’00 lb.





$5. Some nod spring stiillut ..i,wciglit





miss .3 _

1751b. H. G. Klfll‘lSLEli, Cussopolis. Michigan.





If you want full pi 3

”area Jerseys don't forget to write 'tgo

8. C. STAHLKAN. Shepherd, Michigan.





Choice Duroc Boar





Cheap if taken at once. EJ'I. Eager & Son, Howell,M tub.





and Delnine Rams of choice breed-

nill'oc 3081's ing at. reasonable prices.

Carey U. Edmonds, Hastings. Mich.





_____£_. Big Type Bears:

I 0- '- cl, I ready for service Bred Guts—Fall





Pigs. Registered in buyers name,

I able.





shipped U. 0. l) . Prices very reason-

' —A nice lot of 5 ring pl 8. Write

a‘ l c. :'m your wants. ll %ad§\v 5 low Stock





 





 





 





J .Oarl ,Iewett. Mason. Mich.

Farm. Holland. Michigan. 0.





 





() I C Sefivioeiébledlioars shipped C. O. D.

. . (*ng ere ”1 pure lilSBr'fl name.

H. W. MANN. - - - Dansvlllc, Mich.





 





   

 





Raise Chester Whites"

Like This





the original big producers“ "





v]: “‘1 sands of breeders on the road to

. ' tlgyou. I want to seeone

my great herd in every community where am not nlre rep—





tedbithese fine early developers y or

ol Write it I! plan- ‘ More from gs.

O. I. murmur. R. F, D. 10' Mind. lichIgai'i





 





HESTER WHITE March pigs either sex. lBooking orders for

bent. l pigs. 2 year old sow fan-owed ll pigs Sept. 5. Herd

boar is2yr. old. Ship 0.0.1). W. A .Sncnry,lilt.PleasantJlichJiJ.





- s

BHESlEll WHITE: ““9 “fife“‘l‘iio’l'dfifiglfmm

r. w. ALaxiNn lan. Valflflt. Mich.





 

     





 

 





slums. Form . -

Grand Indra. Mich





o I c and Chester White Swine all es. A. few

. . 0 service Boers and 0 en slits. 4 fall pigs

either sex. sired by Orsndolls on er. Grand Champ<

ion at Ohio State Fair. Schoolmasterthechampionol'

champions and lllfheflt price boar of the. breed and

others. Get a sow ired to GallaWay Edd Grand Cham-

pion Mo. State fair. we are bookin orders.We had the

undefeated breeders ageherd at six state fairs. Get

our catalogue, buy the host it pays. we have them. We ship on

approval. Rolling Vieu Stock Farm. Cass City. Mich. R 2.





O. l. C. Stock all Sold





JULIAN P. CLAXTON'. Ewart! Crook. Miah.





- if you are interested in



0- II c. SW'NEI 0_ I, 0",, let me start



an with a chews air or trio, not skin. or 8 Kill. due

(arrow abo t eptember first.



A. J. GOBDEN. li- ti. 2. D0". Klein.





0. I c Choice S ring gilt: not bred aid sprin boars.

- - Out of rise Winning stock. Write or low

Grass Lake, Mich.





 





 





prioel. A. V. HATT.





 





o I Swine and Reg. Holsteins, few boar lg: of

" 0 - Mair furrow at. a reasonable priceflu t! 0015'

sideud. ELMER E. SMITH, Redford, Michigan.





 





O. I. C. ["1008





Fine April Gilts and Males. Pairs no relation. At a

bargain if taken at mice. J. R. Way, Three Rivers. Mich.





9

0- ‘ I. C s- ones. also last spring pigs

either sex. not akin. Farm 1/5 mile West. of epot.

Otto B. Schulze, - - Nashville. Michigan





0. l. C. & Chester White





Strict! ' Big Ty s.A ril boars large enough for ser-

vice,‘ a so have ay oars. that are good ones. Can

furnish in pairs not akin. Have been breedin‘ the big

type for 1:: years. The kind that till the )or barrel.

Newman 3 Stock Farm. Marlette. lch. R. l.





 





4 last fall boars big growthy





 





o I C’s 14 choice young boars ready for service.

0 0 0 2 sows to farrow in (lot. and open ilts.

Cloverleaf Stoclp Farm. Monroe. Mich.. R. o. 1.





O I C Berviceable boars of the big tr e at

0 - . reduced prices for the next! irty





 





omens:





THE





' osowrnv

PROLll-‘Ic ‘ ‘ 'MULEFOOT' ' nests-r-

snowmen: HOG mo





FOUNDATION ISTOCK rnou DEBT BLOOD or BREE.





THE CAI-[ILL FARMS

mumszoo - - - - MICHIGAN





 





HAMPSEIRE “068 Only a few spring boars left.

Taking orders for bred gills.

John W. Snyder. R. 4. St. Johns. Mich.



' A few s ring boars old enough

“ampShlre "oils for serg'ice. Bred for spring

furrow and open tried sows and gilts. Winning blood

lines. Joe. E. Mishler, R. 3. Shi] shewana, Ind.





Halladays’ Hampshire Swine





Both sexes. all ages. l'rices reasonable.

0. IT. Hallndsv .l' Son. Clintonl Mich.





Yorkshires For Sale





Bears from large early fan-rowed litters. W'atermnn Jr

W’ateman. Meadowlzmd Farm, Ann Arbor. Mich.





SHEEP.

Kope Kon Farms





Offers. One yearling Hampshire ram at 850.00.

One yearling Southdowu ram at $25.00. Afew

growthy well bred Oxford and Shropshire ram

lambs at $25.00. Kinder-hook, Michigan.





INGLESIDE FARM





Offers Twenty registered Shropshire Ewes being bred

to a prize winning ram.

POWELL. IONIA.





 





H. E. MICE.





Good Ila island lincoln Hams For Silo. Prices

Reasonsb e. Bobt. Knightb Son. Marlette. Mich.





and ram lambs from Chan ion





' —Yesrlin

tom'sl.“ flock of h unib of Mich. Also select erk—

shire swine. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Alumni, Mich.





SHROPSH IRES





Afew choice Rams. Dun Booher. 11.4.. Evan, Mich.





100 llead Grade Shro shire Effigy}:





 





 





 





F O R S A L E . $3?§2?§33§%‘l.‘3; 1.1%.

andboars. 0. D. Somervill, Grass Lake. Mich. fl. 2.





'9 Service boars and gilts. Price reason-

00 '0 c s able. atisfaction guaranteed. Ship





8

any day. A R. GRAHAM. Flint. Michigan.





of kin. W'rile for mtnlo and prices.





a ' or Chester White Swine. both sex. not

0 o o

E. B. MILETT, Fowlerville. . ichigan.





 





,5 Have only a few hours of May,

- June and Sop. furrow.

ROCKFORD, M10”.





0.





C. J. THOMPSON.





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas

Big Types With Quality





Ten 200 lb. Spring Boats from prize winni stock.

They’re long. strong, big-boned, rugged to lowl.

Pictures, Circular and price list on reguest.



. P. POPE. HOUNT PLEA ANT. MICE.





 





-'l‘

Largo Strain P. G. .ané‘éffilzll

Gilt: to (arrow in Aug. Sept. and Oct... sot. on. of





thou cows with sign a; side.

H. . S ARTZ, Subcolcnfl. Michigan.





AT HALF PRICE





Genuinehig typo Poland Chino Hogs. Bred- Saws.

Spring Pigs. Bears read for Service. Special. the

best big type fall year ing boar in Michigan. Also

registered Percheron Stallions and Mares.



J. C. BUTLER. Portland. Mlch.. Bell Phcno.





' ' Spring boars. at reasonable

M Typ' Pillalld clllllas prices. Order soon to save

express. A. A. WOOD dc SON. Saline. Michigan.





 





 





 





FOR SALE: Poland China boars ready for service. A

few high scoring Black Minorca. cockerels,will make

large birds. Satisfaction Guaranteed. li. W. Mills. Saline, Mich.





1311 rgcst in M icli. You

large TYPQ PC CD boom ready for service.

Mar; and A )l‘ll larrow. from large litters. weighing up

to 27'.) lbs. tune and see, expenses paid if not as rcp-

ronented. “v. E. Livmgston, Psi-mu, Mich.





BIG TYPE POLAND BHINAS





All ages. Our herd sire was Champion and

Grand Champion at the State Fair last fall. Our

sows are great big stretchy. splendid individuals

With best breeding. Pigs from such matings

will please vou. -





HILLCREST FARM, Kalamazoo. Michigan.





For Sal. Poland China: “h" 8““ a” “8"“ Sm?”



h ' z .

P. D. Long, R. F. D. No. ‘. msfl‘lgglll d"? 1:1?ng rllccl‘l.

ma TYPE mun MINAtransfixatstlst.at

G. W. HOLION. Route 11. Kalamazoo Michigan,



' 8 ' . ll 1 .1 " ..



For Big Type F. 0. dilil‘infiifi.‘ii‘ii’élflgfiilffi

Armstrong Bros.. B. 3. Fowlervllle. Mich





 





 





 





ALNUT Alley Herd.Big type Poland Chinas headed

bv Hadley Desmomn No. 210925 and Smothe Jumbo

Jr. No. 243687. Sows represent blood of tva wonders.

Pigs of either sex read). A. 1). Gregory, Ionin, Mich





 





' Poland China boars shipped C. O. D. 1

Big Boned or write for photo. weights, pedigree 23d

St. Louis. Michigan.





and price. ER. Leonard,





'] China s rin a d i” ll '

urge Shred POland also (in 0rd 5113;... ”Pi-€25:

right. to quick buyers. Robert chc, Pierson, Mich.



Big and medium type

Poland ChinaSO from growthy stock

and large litters. They have good bone and lengthwell

QIartored. L. W. Barnes and Son. Byron. Mich.





 





 





BIG Type Poland Chinan. The smooth ensv feeding

ktndthntwillgrow b' d t . ' . -‘ . ,' _

mun w225lbs. E. sign?“ ‘° m A" ”‘gwe‘gh





- A bl . .

Poland Chmao. .alhe$%§3.g°‘lfli‘§{3li

you boy from Robert. Martin, R. 7, Hastings, Mich.





00m, Ransom. Michigan.





 





 





IG Tvpe P. 0. Three extra good rearlina boars, and

81000 lb. prospect. Sirod by Big Type King ourg1000

lube-r. Spring pi :- either-sex. Special three Mouw

brood boar pigs. . Brewbakere Son. Elsie, Mich.





um t we P. C. Sow: and gilts all retained for my

oh. Sale. A few ice pring boars ready to

.1). W. J. HAGELSBAW. Augusto. Michigan.





' ' Bred Bows and gllts for August and

"dill”:hll'l SWIM. September farroWs, Spring pigs.

to: both. FLOYD MYERS, R. No. 9. Decatur. Ind.





HAMPSHIRES serpentine





i. a. moon a son. ghorldan. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





days. G. P. ANDREWS. Dansvllle, Michigan. head. Address Frank E. Herric . B. 1. ScottvilleJlich.

Yearolil boar 2nd p rizo winnerat Grand Rapids ~



0- l- - fair also spring gilts and boars ready for ser- OXfO rd 8 h e e p : fiat) fag?



vice. A. J. Barker, Belmont. Mich. R. ll. l. EARL C. MCCARTY. Bid Ale. MIChlton.





 





Oxford Down Sheep N° €331“

M. F. GANSSIJL‘Y. Lennon. Michigan.





fligislered Oxford Down Hams F" 5“” Dim“





all mail to

Olmsted and J. 8 ans. Muir, Mir-hi an.





lll Er l Ohio flock of Merinol and Delaines. good

. 38 size, oily fleeces. heavy shearers, tired to

sell. Write wants. 8. H. Sanders. Ashtahu a, Ohio





Purebred Hampshire Ram {Stiltfinl‘lél





sired. A. R. RUNYAN. Rochester. Michigan.





HORSES





AUCTION SALE





of Standard Bred Horses and Jersey Cattle





I will sell at Public Auction at nay farm 2 miles East

of Remus and 3 miles North. ’ednesday, Nov. ,

comment-in 2 o'clock P.M.()ne Bay stallion, Hull lied

Cloud, No 4 8‘23, 13 years old, weight 1300. a randson of

Electioneer throu h J. C. Simpson, Recor 2:18}... One

Chestnut more Ju in. G. S, 11 years. weight 1.100, sired

by Rfli'kfl, Record 2:17. with colt by her side. She is

standard and registered.()ne Chestnut more. Lady Rid-

pth 5yrs. old.wght. 1,100. sired by Bidpth, Record 2:19”,

with colt by her side. She is standard and registered.

Breeding can be seen the day of the sale. Also 6

Registered Jersey Cattle. 'Jhey have the, best of

records behind them. with the best of Island and

pure St. Lambert blood. Their breeding can be seen

the d uy of the. sale. 10 cows of good 3 es, fresh or to

freshen soon. seven heifers and two bu ls, all register-

ed, also fix pure bred calves. Tums of Sale—All

sums of $1- and under cash all sums over $5, 12 months

time on good llanknble paper at 7 per cent interest.

no goods removed until settled for.



C. L. GlLMORE.Proprletor. CEO. BILBROUGH,

Clerk, EUGINE DANS, Auctioneer.





Percheron Stallions





For Sale: 4 Stallion colts, two 3 years

old, and two 1 year old past. All pure

bred and recorded in the Percheron

Society of America. No better breeding

can be found. All dark grays and per—

fectly sound. Will mature about ton

horses. Clara B. Woodman, Paw Paw,

Mich, R. R. 4, Executrix of the estate

of the late





Edson Woodman





FOR SALE or exchange for registered Hol-



stelns. Registered Percheron stal-

lion. two years old. Color dark gr: .. Will make a ton

horse. Also for sale registeredyeal mg Holstein bull

at farmer's price. Allied Allen. Maison, Michigan.





Puritans, Holstein, ingus. 8h

DORE D. BUELL. leirn.





 





 





 





shim. Duroct

iohifian.





-— R l i. d i .15

FOR SALE .25. iii?«'&'$§fl€§f§f.".3&i. “m





n.

spsction invited. l“. L. KING &. RON. Charlotte.Mlch





n. Fairlield Slack Farm crew in“ We

. C tl

and Oxford Down sheep. ll'.b£fg;:tor§3’%ratrl}lgln§l. latch?





Regista'ed Percheron; Stallions from one to





four years old and two

2 ."Par 0H mares. Priced to sell. Tns ection invited.

L. C.HUNT. EATON RXPXDS, MIC".





 





Oi? RALW Stallion colts b Im o nut—79403 (79333

weight 2340 l From mm:- as Budd. Ago-horn two

months to three years old As as you can good find an)“

whom. Ohm. Osgood J: Bone. Mention. Miohman-





9 T2 . ..

s hat' a nd Ponie. Set?ing.%lh¥i‘o..(l)ig§st





hcrd in hizccst Sin-Hand Producing (‘mmiy in US. I50 (0.150.

W





CATTLE

FOR SALE: Choice re stored Jenny bull





calf born ec. 24th, 1915. D

n 700 lb. 3. year butter cow. moderate price. easy fer-1;:

C. S Bassett Kalamazoo. Mich.





of Grand Chum in l M” h. S.

SONS 1916. his 5 damsgrenaogonlg. Editor 'l‘gfyf‘“

R. O. Dams. Price right. John A. Rinke,Warren, Mich,
- x“',..... ,

DR. mass STO K TONIC





at an Hon st Price





25-“). Pail





$2.00 ,





lilo-lb. llrum





$6.50





Smaller packages

as low as 50 cents

(except in Canada

and the tar West

and the South).





WhP lllPtldl TW' MP'9

y ay e e er ice y me.

I Now, Mr. Farmer, here is anothertpoint that I want to emphasize: That is, Dr. Hess

Stock Tonic lS highly concentrated. It goes further, as the small dose quantity proves.





Twenty—eight thousand dealers sell my Stock Tonic all over the United States and Canada.

Remember, I have no peddler’s wagon and horses’ expenses to pay: that’s why I can sell you

my Stock Tonic through a local dealer in your town—a man with whom you trade every

week—at rock-bottom prices.





Here are some of the ingredients that compose Dr. Hess Stock Tonic, just as I used them in

my years and years of veterinary practice:



Nux Vomica, Nerve Tonic, aids digestion. Sulphate oi Magnesia, Increases secretion.



Quassia, Appetizer, Worm Expe ler. Nitrate oi Potash, Acts on the Kidneys.



Iron, Blood Builder, Worm Expeller. Charcoal, Prevents unhealthy fermentation.



Sulphate oi Soda, Laxative, acts on the Liver. .

now LISTEN! So sure am I that Dr. Hess Stock Tonic will put your animals in a thriving condition, make the

ailing ones healthy and expel worms, that I have authorized my dealer in your town to sup 1y you with enough

tor your stock, and it it does not do as I claim return the empty packages and my dealer Wi refund your money.





Dr. Hess

_ Dip and Disinfectant





Not only a dip, but a powerful disinfectant as well, that you can use in dozens of ways.





Price $1.00 in Gallon Cans





In barrels a little less (except in Canada and the Far West)





Use it as a disinfectant in the barn, to keep the horse stalls pure and healthful, to keep the cow sta-

bles sweet smelling, the pig pen pure and free from disease, and in the poultry house to drive out the

cholera germs, the roup germs and to kill the lice and mites. Dr. Hess Di and Disinfectant is death

to practically all parasites that infest livestock, such as hog lice, sheep tic s and scab, lice on horses

and cattle, ordinary mange, swatches, grease heel and all parasitic skin diseases. Use as a disinfect-

ant in the home, in closets, sinks, cesspools, etc.





FOR HOGS—Kill [log Lice. It’s natural for a hog to wallow. Provide a wallow close to the feeding grounds,

to which add Dr. Hess Dip and Disinfectant. Hogs will be constantly passing back and forth from the wallow to

the feed trough; while the DIP will kill the lice and cleanse the skin, the DRIP will destroy the germs of disease





and the worms that pollute the ground.





Always uniform. One gallon makes 70 to 100 allons of solution, ready to use. My Dip, being both a

dip and disinfectant, saves you the expense of uying two preparations.





Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a DP. Hess I nstant

A Tonic—Not a Stimulant. Hastens the Moulting Period. 'l‘ones up the Lou se Killer





Dormant Eng Organs. Helps Make liens Lay.

Right now is the time to feed your hens this excellent tonic to Kills lice on poultry, horse’s cattle. calves and colts. The

summer season is drawing to a close. Your hens will soon go





help them through the inoult. . The moulting period is it trying

time. Hens are weak. are feeling out Of sorts. It takes most at into winter quarters. Make sure that they are free from lice and





their energy to force out the old quills and to grow new feathers.





It’s the “off season” for laying. The nerve tonics, blood builders.

appetizers and internal antiseptics in Pan-a-ce-a Will condition





 





I’ll Save Your Veterinary Bills





When you have a sick or injured

animal, write me, telling symp-

toms. Enclose 2c stamp Ior reply

and I will send you prescription

and Ietterol advice tree 0! charge.





and give your hens strength and hurry along the moulting. so

they will get promptly back to egg laying. Feed regularly and

tone up the sluggish and dormant egg organs, make them active

and keep hens laying at their best all Winter. Sold everywhere

on money-back guarantee. Prices: 1% lbs. 25c; 6 lbs. 60c; 12 lbs.

$1.25; 25-lb. pail. $2.50 (except in Canada and the far West).





 





that they remain that way. because hens can’t lay eggs ‘and fight

lice at the same time. Provide your fowls with a dust bath. to

which add Dr. Hess Instant Louse Killer occasionally and your

hens will do the rest. They will dust it into their feathers.

carry it to the nests. roosts. everywhere Then they will be

lice-free and contented. profitable layers throughout the {all and

winter. Prices: 1 lb. 25c: 3le. 600 (except in Canada). , ‘





' on. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio