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VOL. CXLVH. No. 20

Whole Number 3914





TheAdvantages ofLate Fall Pruning





By R. G. KIRBY





N the general farm there! is al-



ways too much work and the



time for doing any certain work

is not determined by waiting until

there is nothing else to do. The Only

question is, “How can this work be

done with the least interference to the

other dutiesof the farm?” Pruningof

fruit trees will usually not injure the

trees if it is carefully done when the

tools are sharp. That means nearly

any season will be satisfactory. On the

farm the spring days are not long

enough for everything and all work

that can be finished in the fall or early

winter will be of great assistance to

the farmer. Pruning wounds seem to

heal over more rapidly when the work

is performed in the late spring, but

there is not enough difference to make

it’necessary to avoid fall and winter

pruning. 'Many growers seem to be of

the opinion that fall pruning is prac-

tical if there is time for the work at

that season. Possibly it will be safer

to prune moderately but this is always

best as a moderate amount of annual

pruning will always pay better than an

extensive slaughter of the tree at inter-

vals of four or five years.



Experiments seem to prove that win-

ter pruning increases the growth of

wood. Some growers state that there

is a. danger of the twigs winter-killing

if the work isscarried on before late

winter, .but the damage from such

causes is not apt to be serious. A large

orchard requires considerable pruning

and unless there is an abundance of





labor available it will be necessary to





begin the work in late fall or early

winter and continue when the oppor-

tunity affords until spring.

Advantages of Fall Pruning.

Old orchards which have been ser-

iously injured by the scale can stand





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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A Pear Tree Headed Back to Make it Spread.





a large amount of fall and winter prun-

ing. Many of the limbs will be dead

and the old apple wood is a very desir-

able fuel. These trees are often so

large and in such poor condition that

it would scarcely pay to prune them at

all in the spring when time is more

valuable than at any other season of

the year. The condition of a tree at

the close of the summer is a fair bar-

ometer of its future value. Dead wood

is easily detected and if the tree is too

far gone for rejuvenation it can be

marked and turned into fuel at the

first opportunity. On many general

farms there are pest-ridden orchards

which might better be removed, allow-

ing the land to be used for profitable

crops. A small orchard for home use

is desirable, but a half dead orchard

which produces no fruit that is worth

storing may cost more to rejuvenate

than the fruit will ever be worth.

Some of these old orchards can be im~

proved‘ and made to pay well. Others

are worth something if only used to

produce shade for a good flock of poul-

try. A careful inspection of the farm

orchard at this season will enable the

grower to determine the amount of

pruning necessary before spring and

the prospective value of the orchard.

The commercial orchardist as well as

the farmer with a few trees should

take time to thoroughly inspect his or-

Chard at this time and plan his prun-





ing campaign before the advent of

spring.



Grafting wax, white lead paint, etc.,

have been recommended for painting

pruning wounds and many growers

have had twinges in their conscience

when this has been neglected. Experi-

ments recently conducted at an eastern

experiment station have proven that it

is not necessary to paint any but the

largest wounds. Painted wounds healed

no sooner and, in fact, in many in‘

stances they did not heal as well as

the unpainted cuts. The idea has been

to use the paint to keep out fungous

diseases and moisture. The results of

the experiments would seem to prove

that nature is fully capable of healing

up the smooth pruning wounds made

by a careful orchardist. The use of

paint on every cut adds to the expense

of pruning, especially in this age of

high labor costs and if it is superfluous

work the news is welcome.



Pruning Tools.



There is no place in an orchard for

an axe or hatchet—~at least not until

a tree is dead. The short curved prun-

ing saws are easier to use than a

straight saw. They enable the grower

to work in the trees with much less

effort and seem to take a better hold





when cutting through the wood. A fre- '





quent sharpening of the saw is neces-

sary during the pruning season, espe-

cially if the tools are used by hired la-





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bor. A dull saw is a discouraging tool

to manipulate but when a farmer who

likes fruit is pruning his own orchard

with a first-class keen-edged tool there

is a real pleasure in shaping up a tree

into a form as ideal as possible. Small

pruning shears with strong springs are

necessary for trimming off the small

wood and this is very necessary in

shaping up peach trees. The double

cut pruning shears with handles three

or four feet long are practical. The

blades are so constructed that they cut

above and under the .branch, at the

same time making a smooth out and

not tearing the bark. The shears

should be frequently oiled and. never

stored where they will become rusty

or left in the trees during storms. Well

kept tools save many hours of labor in

the orchard, and a great deal of unnec-

essary effort. The dull tool cuts one

thing very well—that’s the profits of

orcharding. Pruning shears on a pole

save some climbing and they can be

used to advantage in pruning all kinds

of fruit trees. The next important item

is a light ladder which can be rapidly

shifted around the tree. It should reach

high enough to enable-the pruner to

reach the majority of the limbs With-

out climbing in the trees. A pair of old

rubbers worn by the pruner will pre-

vent the bark from being scraped and

will also be an insurance against slip-

ping while climbing on the limbs.

In the Peach Orchard.



Peach trees produce their fruit on

the wood grown during the preceding

summer and if they are not pruned the

trees will soon become high-topped and

unsightly while the fruit will be small

and difficult to pick economically.

Study the tree to be pruned and try

and shape it into a low-headed, open-



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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





The plan practiced in

a few communities by

enterprising church or-

ganizations, of collecting and disposing

of waste paper, for funds to carry on

charitable and philanthropic work

could undoubtedly be extended advan-

tageously to every rural congregation

in the state under conditions as they

exist at the present time. Prices for

waste paper have gone Skyward. The

shortage in the wood pulp market is

such that the paper mills must resort

to the use of every available substitute

in order to keep their regular custom-

ers supplied, and this urgent demand

for raw material has developed such

competition for waste paper offerings

that quotations have advanced from

200 to 300 per cent during the past

year. Because of these high prices it

would appear that. church societies

could secure a nice little revenue

through the diligence of members in

regularly delivering the accumulations

of waste paper in their respective

households at the church or some suit-

able place where it can from time to

time be baled in an ordinary hay baler

and shipped directly to the paper mills.

To assist any who may wish to under-

take this scheme of raising church or

charitable funds, this journal will glad-

ly furnish the names and addresses of

mills which would be in the market for

the product.



Because of the large amount of pa-

per delivered at every household

through the mails and other sources,

it is certain that any general activity

along the line suggested would not only

afford a substantial relief to the paper

manufacturers but would also get rid

of a waste product and at the same

time bring to the associations under-

taking the task a substantial income.

Where one church society- would be

obliged to wait a considerable time be-

fore securing sufficient waste paper to

make up a corioad, it would not be a

difficult matter for a number of socie-

ties to merge their supplies and ship

frequently at the minimum of transpor-

tation expense. It would be easy for

each society to keep track of the

amount of paper contributed to the car-

load. Some person could be chosen to

look after the weighing, loading, ship-

ping and other business requirements

and make returns to the several organ-

izaitons when the paper had been paid

for by the receiver. '





Away back in 1855 the

U. S. Department of

Agriculture made an in-

vestigation relating to the labor'invest-

ment required to produce a bushel of

corn. The investigators found that at

that time it required an average of

four hours and 34 minutes of human

’ labor to produce a bushel of corn. In

-’ ,ggche period from 1909 to 1912 a similar





Waste Paper.





, Labor Costs.





.vinves't-igaltion: was" mean





on ing the corn crop.





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by the present ' diretztor [ of the North

Dakota Experiment Station, whoijund'

that the human labOr required to ,‘pro-

duce a bushel of corn had been reduc-





ed to 45 minutes, or only one-sixth of '





the time required for ,the same result

in 1855.



The difference in the labor cost is

due to a number of factors, such as the

use of more and better machinery, the

growing of'b‘etter varieties of corn and

the practice of better soil management

by the corn growers. It is entirely

probable that few Michigan corn grow-

ers get the results reported for Minne-

sota from the labor invested in grow-

This is largely a

matter of speculation, as little authen-

tic data is available on this subject.

It is, however, certain that the results

secured by Michigan growers vary

greatly, not alone in the labor invest-

ment required in growing a bushel of

corn, but the labor required in produc-

ing all of the other crops grown. As

a factor in farm management this is a

fruitful field for study and considera-

tion on the part of Michigan farmers.





As noted in a leading article of this

issue, farmers are now hampered

greatly because of the shortage of la-

bor and must perforce depend more

upon the use of up-to-date machinery

than ever before. On this account it

is important that their production be

confined to a few lines for which they

can afford to procure the special ma-

chinery required by producing a suffi-

cient acreage of the special crops

grown to make this investment a prof-

itable one. Farm diversity is undoubt-

edly a good thing, particularly as in-

surance against seasonal failures, but

too great diversity means either in-

creased cost of human labor in the

production of the crops grOWn or ad-

ded overhead expense because of the

larger investment required in special

equipment.





The announcement of

the dates for the Inter-

national Live Stock Ex-

position at Chicago and

the days assigned to the leading breed

sales which appears, in another column

of this issue, will be of interest to a

great many Michigan Farmer readers.

The return of an opportunity to visit

the great International Live Stock Ex-

position after its enforced suspension

due to the prevalence of foot-and-

mouth disease among live stock in

many sections of the country will be

welcomed by all who are interested in

any department of our live stock in-

dustry.



The scope and character of the Inter-

national is too well known by stock-

men and farmers to require fresh de-

scription at this time. No reader will

fail to appreciate the benefit to be de-

rived from attending this greatest live

sock show of the world. In addition to

the opportunity offered to see under

favorable conditions for comparison

the very best animals from a meat pro-

duction standpoint which the breeders

and feeders of the country have been

able to produce, the added attraction

of breed sales, the breed meetings

which will be held during International

week, the educational exhibits ‘and

demonstrations, the entertainment fea-

tures of the daily programs.which are

the great drawing card, the opportunity

to look over the great Chicago live

stock yards and allied industries all

make a trip to the International more

than worth while tovevery farmer or

farm family who can by any possibility

arrange to attend. Then there are the

attractions of a visit to the great city

in which the exposition is held.





The

International.





Among the points of interest which

those who attend the International this

year should give some attentiOn

is the Michiga'n exhibit at the Chi-

cago Herald’s Permanent Bureau of

Agriculture and Industrial Resources.

This exhibit is co-operatively made by

several Michigan railroads having'con-

siderable mileage in western Michigan,





and the Western Michigan Develop-





are exhibits of various

ducts from western Michigan and an

autumatic stereopticon machine con-

stantly showing hand-colored slides ii-

lustrating western Michigan, 9. change

in pictures occurring every eight min-

utes. 'This exhibit is located in the

Ashland’ Block, corner of Clark and

Randolph streets, a location so central

as to be convenient for the attendance

of Michigan people who may be inter!

ested in knowing what is being done to

advertise the state’s agricultural re-

sources in other communities.





Steps have been

taken for the car-

rying out of a plan

evolved by State Dairy and Food Com-

missioner Matthews, of Illinois, for the

conservation of dairy-bred calves in

that state. The plan was presented by

the commissioner at a banquet arrang-

ed to celebrate the first anniversary of

the business men’s dairy extension

movement of Illinois, and which was

attended by leading bankers and busi-

ness men and representatives of the

dairy interests.





According to Commissioner Mat-

thews’ figures, it would be necessary

for Illinois to add more than 300,000

dairy cows in order to keep pace with

the growth of the population. The sit-

uation is more alarming because of the

fact as shown by authentic statisics

that between the years 1910 and 1915

there was an actual decrease of 43,200

dairy cows in the state. During the

campaign of the past year, inaugurated

for the purpose of securing more and

better cows for Illinois, 121 carloads of

high-grade dairy cows have been plac-

ed with the farmers of the state. Three

successful dairy day celebrations have

been organized under the auspices of

the business men’s dairy extension

movement.





In the development of this work the

commissioner’s plan which received

the endorsement of the business men

present, contemplates the organization

of a large number of calf clubs in Illi-

nois and to supply the calves for this

work by having experts buy young

calves from dairymen who do not care

to raise them and feeding them scien-

tifically on a farm where preparations

have been made for this work until six

months of age. By this plan it is hop-

ed to give the dairy industry of Illinois

an additional impetus. Funds have al-

ready been subscribed for trying out

the plan on a comparatively large

scale.





This is perhaps the first practical at-

tempt toward saving the calves which

has been such a popular slogan among

well meaning but impractical people

who would conserve the future meat

supply through legislation prohibiting

the sale of calves. Its workings will be

watched with interest by the dairy

farmers of other states.





State Calf Farrins.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.





The European War.———The Allies

have made further gains at Somme and

Yerdun. Violent fighting netted the

French three lines of trenches north of

the Somme, while still further in that

direction the British took the hills in

the neighborhood of Butte de Warlen-

court—At Verdun the French have oc-

cupied the entire village of Vaux, and

also the town of Damloup, which is sit-

uated a mile to the east of Fort Vaux.

——The Italians are determined to break

the Austrian lines south of Gorizia,

which is a part of the campaign to

take the seaport of Trieste. Fresh

gains against the Austrians have also

been made on the Carso plateau, while

farther to the south important. posi-

tions are being bombarded. During the

past week a large number of Austrian

prisoners were taken in this region.—

Both sides are claiming successes at

various points in the Transylvania

theatre, where the Roumanians have

been successful in checking the Aus-

tro-German advances. No news has

been forthcoming from the province of

Dobrudja in southern Roumania, the





district in which the central powers





have had many striking victories. Rus-

sian war 'sh’ips have shelled Black Sea

ports recently taken from Roumania by

German. and Bulgarian forces—In





agricultural pr? ,





have taken places—Te

south of Dvinsk, while the ur’s

troops have been successful in allot:

and the Carpathian mountains.



The central powers of Europe. have

granted to the Polish people an inde-

pendent government and thus restored

this ancient kingdom to its place

among the European nations. The of:

act delineation of the frontiers is to be

left to the future, as is also the ques-

tion of who shall be placed upon the

throne of the new kingdom. Poland

has been under Russian rule for the

past century, but the territory was con-





 





quered by the central powers during ‘





the summer of 1915.



Carranzafis forces in Mexico have

abandoned Parral, according to the 1M;

est reports from that quarter.





L t k National.

as wee the German subm '

merchant ship Deutschland com i333

another successful trip across t e At-

lantic when it landed safely at New

London, Conn, under Captain Koenig,

who, was .master of the vessel on its

first. trip to this country; The craft

carried a .valuable cargo to this coun-

try of which a large part consisted of

dye stuffs now so much needed by cer«

tam .American manufacturers. The

boat is already being reloaded for the

return voyage.

consist largely of nickle and rubber.



The ramarkable evangelistic services



conducted by “Billy” Sunday and his

helpers in Detroit for eight weeks,

closed on Sunday, November 5, with a

record of 27,109 converts, exceeding

the number made by any evangelist in

the world’s history in a single cam-

paign. On Sunday, the last day of the

meetings there were 3,133 who came

forward on the invitation of the Rev.

Sunday. .

. Five‘ men were killed and forty in-

jured in an industrial riot at Everett,

Wash. _The trouble is the outgrowth

of a strike of shingle weavers at that

place.



The counties of Tuscola, Huron and

Sanilac are planning a joint tubercu-

IOSIS sanitorium. The board of super-

v1s0rs of Huron county has appointed

a committee to meet with similar com-

mittees fro mthe other tWo counties on

November 13, to consider the estab—

lishing of such an institution.



Where the normal price on print pa-

per has for years hung around two

cents per pound, delivered, the price

has recently in many instances advanc-

ed to five cents per pound, and the

gravest menace to publishing concerns

lies in the fact that stiuu further ad-

vances are likely to be made.



Figures for October show a remark-

ably large volume of business in the

United States during that month. Bank

clearings increased 27.1 per cent.





NORTHERN MICHIGAN AGRICUL-

TURAL CONGRESS. ,





_The Second Northern Michigan Ag-

ricultural Congress will be held in

Ludington, Mich, on November 28-29.

The purpose of this organizatiou is to

study the problems and needs of North-

ern Michigan and to consider a con-

structive agricultural program.



The first day’s meeting will be de-

voted entirely to live stock and soils,

the second day to the marketing of

western Michigan fruit. Subjects to

be considered the first day will be:



First, what can be done to add hu-

mus to the soil, and the raising of al-

falfa, vetch and sweet clover.



Second, how to plan to secure loans

through the Federal Act providing for

rural credits.



Third, cash crops, beans, potatoes,

and cucumbers.



Fourth, cattle and sheep on small

farms and also on a larger scale.



Fifth, Agricultural Extension Schools

to meet the special needs of Northern

Michigan.



Sixth, what the state might do for

the newer sections.



Dr. M. M. McCool, of the Department

of Soils of the Agricultural College, is

making an extensive study of the sandy

Jack Pine regions of Mason and Man-

istee counties, and will give the results

of his study during this first day. Mr.

R. J. Baldwin, Jason Woodman, C. B.

Cook, James N. McBride, W. J. Orr,

W. P. Hartman, John C. Ketcham, F.

W. Harding, D. D. Aiken, and many

others will be on hand to discuss these

subjects.



Individual farmers and representa-

tives of agricultural organizations are

asked to send representatives to advise

and discuss the needs and remedies of

their respective communities.





 





At the second day’s meeting only‘





fruit marketing and the matter of what

can be done in the federating of West-

ern Michigan Fruit Associations will

be considered. Mr. G. E. Prater, of

Paw Paw, and Mrs. C. M. Russell, of

Manistee‘ will lead the discussion along

the lines of cooperative marketing, ad-

vertising, etc. Mr. C. E. Bassett from

the office of Markets at Washington

will" be present. . . , ,





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the Russian front made amen gain:





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N these days, when labor-saving de-

vices must in large measure, take

the place of the hired farm_ hand,



machinery becomes, mere than ever

"before, an indispensable farm asset.



Hu'man hands, perhaps, in some instan-

ces at least, would answer better and

perform the work more satisfactorily,

but if human hands are not to be had

at any price, then the mechanical de-

vice must take their place. The scar-

city of farm labor is one of the hard

problems the farmer has been com-

pelled to solve in recent years. The

inventor has done his part in clearing

up the difficulty. And for this reason,

a modern farm fully equipped with ad-

equate machinery, means an invest-

ment not dreamed of in former days.

The manure spreader, the hay loader,

the gasoline engine, and many other

improved machines take the place of

the laborer who is not to be found.



- In the light of the foregoing facts,

proper care of farm machinery be-

comes even more. imperative than in

former years. Machinery is, at the

best, expensive. Since it is necessary

in carrying on modern farming opera-

tions, its proper care may spell the dif-

ference between successful and unsuc-

cessful farming. Indeed, it does do

this very thing. Unhoused, unprotect-

ed, uncared-for machinery standing in

the sun and rain about a farm yard,

may be considered, nine times out of

ten, as sure indications of unsuccessful





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tools and machinery,

characteristic ‘which often spells the

difference between success and failure

on the farm. This has to do with the

up- keep of farm buildings. Untidiness

and lack of repair decrease greatly the

sale value of any farm. It is a ‘hun-

dred times cheaper to repair as you go

along. Slovenly farming often proves

expensive in ways not looked for. The

writer once knew a farmer who was

notoriously slovenly. The barn doors

were always off or hanging by a single

hinge. The stable floors were broken

and treacherous, the stalls were un-

safe, and even the fences were made

traps for the horses and cattle by





sag and coil loosely along the margin

of the fields. Annually, this farmer

met with more misfortune in the way

of horses and cattle with broken legs

or other serious injuries than was ex-

perienced by the remaining farmers of

the entire township. It often happens

that a few dollars will repair a stable

floor if the work is done in time. If

neglected, a dead horse may be added

to the cost of repair. In almost every

case, too, these things which make for

successful farming may be considered

as permanent improvements, adding to

the appearance and value of the place.

Good Planning is Essential.



The foregoing factors in successful



farming have to do with the elimina-





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Good Methods in Potato Growing Have Paid Big Dividends this Year.





 





farming. These machines are too ex-

pensive to be permitted to rust and rot

under the action of the elements. The

farmer who leaves his plow standing

in the furrow over winter, who leaves

his sleigh unprotected through the

summer, and Who treats all other tools

and machinery in the same way, can

not succeed. He is swimming against

the current all the way.



‘ Permanent Improvements.



In the consideration of this question,

the lack of requisite housing for ma-

chinery is often a factor. It costs to

build tool sheds in these days of ex-





pensive building material. This is true,-





but it is a. short-sighted policy to per-

mit machinery to deteriorate rapidly

in value for the lack of adequate shel-

ter. A tool shed may be considered as

in the line of permanent improvement.

Its presence adds to the value of the

place, and it will easily save in three

or four years, in conserved tools and

machinery, an amount equal to that

used in/building it. Any shelter, how-

ever poor, is better than none at all,

and if it‘is impossible for a year or

two, to erect first- class buildings, a

temporary shelter may at least be pro«

vided, to protect the machines from

the rain and snow. Any effort made

albng this line, will yield rich returns

to the farmer in question.‘ ‘



In keeping with improper .A care of





lesser degree to active farming opera-

tions. The man who leaves a field of

corn out in the shock over winter, be—

cause he regards the current price for

husking, too high, is taking a step- to-

ward unprofitable farming. The loss

through exposure to the storms of win-

ter, will surpass by far, the cost of

husking. This principle applies in the

gathering and marketing or housing of

all crops. To harvest a crop when it

is ready is a big and important item.

The man who puts in more crops than

he can possibly look after properly

makes a mistake as detrimental as

that of the man who does not shelter

his machinery. A farmer may work

like a slave the year round, but if he

does not attend to the factors mention-

ed and eliminate, so far as may be, the

waste from this kind of management,

he will fail utterly. The successful

farmer puts his machinery and tools

under shelter, keeps his buildings and

fences in repair, harvests his crops

when they are ready, so far as possir

ble, and does not sow or plant more

than he can adequately cultivate and

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Farm Notes

Spring Wheat for Michigan.



I am thinking of sowing some spring

wheat next year. Can you give any

facts in regard to it? Is our climate

adapted to it! Should it be sown as

soon as the ground can be worked?

How much seed should be used to the

acre? Is it worth as much on the mar-

ket as winter wheat? I have nine acres

of corn stubble and potato ground

nearly plowed where I expect to sow

it if all is well. The ground was well

covered with manure last spring.



Genesee Co. B.



Very little spring wheat is grown in

Michigan, for the reason that our cli~

mate is much better adapted to the

growing of so—called soft winter wheats

than spring wheat, also the winter

wheats give better average yields un-

der Michigan conditions than does the

spring wheat.





In the early history of Michigan





farming considerable spring wheat

was grown. Spring rye has also been

grown to some extent, but in every

case the practice of growing spring

grains has given way to the growing of

winter grains where these are adapted

to our climate. Only a. few years ago

some spring wheat was grown in the

Saginaw Valley, but only on a small

scale and by a few farmers. Lacking

acclimated seed it would probably be

better to devote this land to some oth-

er spring sown grain rather than to

sow spring wheat seed-grown in the

drier climates of the middle-west.





Its culture is in every way similar to

that of other spring sown grains. Mich-

igan grown spring wheat would not

command any premium on the market,

since it would not be of the No. 1 hard

quality of the northwestern product,

and under normal seasonal conditions

would probably not be as good quality

as the average grade of winter wheat.





Fall vs. Spring Plowing for Potatoes.





Last spring I sowed a. piece of very

sandy land to oats, clover and vetch,

intending to plow it under this fall

and grow a crop of potatoes on it next

season. I have been advised by anoth.

er farmer not to plow this ground un-

til late in the spring. His reason for

spring plowing is that land has not the

chance of washing and eroding and

where a good sod has started it will

help to build up the soil into a black

loam Is this correct or not? Please

advise. The land has a gradual slope

to the south.



Marquette Co. B. W. C.





On sandy land of the type described

where a cover crop is growing, there

is no doubt but that spring plowing

would» be preferable. The date of the

spring plowing should depend some

what upon weather conditions. The

ground for potatoes should be plowed

when it contains an abundance of

moisture, particularly where a cover

crop is to be plowed dowu. It should

also be plowed down a sufficient

length of time before the desired date

of planting so that it may be thor-

oughly worked, a good seed bed pre-

pared and the weeds killed.





LlLLlE FARMST‘EAD NOTES.





 





The soil does not dry out sufficiently

so one can use the potato digger and

must dig in the old~fashioned way—~by

hand. This makes the cost consider-

able more. The price of potatoes, how—

ever, will warrant the expense this

year. Of course, we do not usually fig-

ure on getting much revenue out of

the potato crop. I furnish all the men,

that is, the four men employed by the

year, with potatoes as a. part of their

wages, and we try to grow enough so

everyone will have all they want to eat

and have plenty for seed. Some years

we have a few hundred bushels to sell,

usually when we do they are worth 25

to 50 cents per bushel. But this year

we will have a few to spare and the

price now is $1.50 and still going up.

Our potatoes are remarkably freetrom

scab this year. Most of them are

smooth and nice and they are fairly

good-sized potatoes. Some years they

get too large. This year they are





 





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potetoes taint, although Mod the

middle of July. The starch is pretty

well ripened. I .don’t think they will

yield 200 bushels per acre, but 'there is

a much better crop than I expected

when they were planted.





The Wheat Outlook.



Wheat is doing nicely. It is large

enough now so it sprawls out overkithe

ground and if growing weather contin-

ues it will have sufficient top to offer

some protection against winter condi-

tions.



Many people smiled when I predict.

ed $2 wheat way back in July, but it

looks as if I guessed correctly and the

indications are that it will even go

higher. Nobody knows where it will

land before a new crop grows. But 1'

look for good prices for next year’s

crop, because there will certainly be no

big surplus carried over this year, as

there was last. Some people seem to

be afraid of a big Russian surplus to

be dumped on the market at some fu-

ture time. My idea is that Russia has

enough to do in the great war, so this

surplus will never materialize. It looks

to me that the world will need all the

wheat we can produce for some few

years to come. But I don’t think farm-

ers should go headlong into wheat. A

big acreage poorly planted will bring

small profits, even though the price is

high. The ordinary acreage well plant-

ed and well fertilized will bring much

more profit, and profit is all that is

worth while.





Hay Our Only Cheap Product.



Hay is selling around here at public

auction for about $7 or $8 per ton in

the barn. Shippers are paying $10.

Hay is the only cheap product we have

this year, and I predict it will com-

mand a better price next spring than

it does this fall. Hay is so cheap and

grain is so high that farmers will feed

hay very liberally and scrimp on grain.

This is the natural and also the proper

thing to do. Horses doing but little

work will winter fairly well on hay

and a very little grain. Young cattle

and sheep can do well on hay alone,

and I would not be surprised to see

hay worth more and grain less next

spring than now. Hogs are going to

market not half fattened because corn

is better than $1 per bushel. It simply

takes our breath almost to think of

$1 corn to feed hogs, with the uncer-

tainty of the hog market. And feeding

cattle are going now for less money

than conditions would warrant, be-

cause of the high price of all feeding-

stuffs. Farmers simply haven’t got the

nerve to feed such high—priced grain

and take their chances. I can’t blame

them. I haven’t got the nerve myself

to do this, only with dairy cows. With

the dairy cow one gets returns so

quickly that the danger of loss is pret-

ty well eliminated.



A High Price for Butter-fat.



I don’t remember of butter-fat being

as high as it is now at this time of the

year. Elgin is now quoted at 35 cents.

It is a splendid price and even though

grain is high the farmer ought to have

nerve enough to feed the cows a lib-

eral ration. Some predict that the

price will go much higher, but we must

consider that there must be a limit to

this price. If prices are too high con-

siimption will fall off. This is a nat-

ural consequence and this will control

the price in a large measure. Times

are So good, labor is so well employed

that price seems to cut less figure

than formerly. Everything is working

to a higher basis. There seems to be

more money. It perhaps does not go

so far as formerly, but being more

plentiful it has the same effect. The

thrifty man now can save some mon-

ey. Cut down expenses as much as

possible and bank the balance. There

is a. chance for this now when before.

on a lower level of prices, one could

not do it. The farmer sells more than

he buys, therefore high prices allow

him to make or save more money than

low prices for everything. If there is

little money going round it is hard to

get any of it. COLON C. LILLIE.
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centered and symmetrical appearing

plant with a few crotches, no crossing

limbs and a large fruit-bearing surface.





The ideal peach tree pruner will need .





years of practice and much experience

in the proper manner of trimming the

peach. It cannot be learned except by

working in an orchard and studying

the methods of a practical farmer who

has successfully developed commercial

orchards.



Peaches cannot be pruned to advan-

tage early in the winter like an apple

tree. If the fruit crop is killed the

trees may be headed back severely and

in some cases the entire top of the

tree can be renewed. If there are pros-

pects for a good crop of fruit the trees

may possibly be headed back about

half the length of the last year’s growt

half the length of the last year’s

growth making a special effort to keep

the center of the tree open, thus allow-

ing plenty of sunlight to enter and col-

or up the fruit. It might be mention-

ed that this year at least one dealer

who purchased a carload of Michigan

peaches complained that some of his

best customers did not like the fruit

and would not buy it because of the

lack of color. It is true that a fine

blush is one of the best sellii‘l‘,‘ points

in the peach business and while the

season influences the color it is also

necessary to prune to make the tree

open centered and thus aid nature in

every possible way to produce attrac-

tive fruit.



When certain limbs on a peach tree

grow very large and shade the center

too extensively, it will be best to re-

move them. Some orchards are plant-

ed on windy sites and the trees may

become lop-sided unless the branches

growing directly toward the wint’are

encouraged in their growth.



Developing an Apple Tree.



The apple tree stands winter prun-

ing very well and large trees require

much attention, especially if they have

been neglected, that it is wise to begin

apple trimming as soon as possible af-

ter the completion of the regular fall

work. Large linibs should not be trim-

med clean of small branches until they

have a pole-like appearance. If it is

necessary to remove heavy branches

a out should be made for a couple of

inches on the under side of the branch

on the point at which it is to be re-

moved. Then a few inches further out

the entire limb can be sawed away and

when it falls there will be no danger

of tearing off a long strip of bark.

Then the remaining short stub can be

sawed off smoothly and a clean cut

will remain. Ragged cuts heal slowly

and give the orchard a careless appear-

ance which is unnecessary.



Heavy winter pruning stimulates the

development of apple wood and thus

gives the tree a large fruiting surface.



Cherry trees require little pruning

after the first four or five years when

the general form of the tree is deter-

mined. Dead limbs or branches that

cross must be removed, otherwise

there is little expense in keeping a

cherry orchard well trimmed.



The pear tree has a more upright

growth than the apple, and efforts

should be made to keep it as open cen-

tered as possible. Trees that are too

high-headed are difficult to harvest and

for this reason the pear should be

started as low as possible. Winter

pruning is desirable for pears until

five or six years of age. After that

date many growers prefer summer

pruning along in August as this does

not encOurage wood growth and the

growth produced will have plenty of

time to harden before winter. A pro-

fuse growth of pear trees after reach-

ing fiye years of age, is to be discour-

aged as it makes the trees more sub-

ject to fire blight.



In general, pruning of all kinds of

fruit trees is more or less of a neces-

sary evil, but it“ must be done and the





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pruning as possiblein‘ thefall and win-

te’r will find it profitable.’ It will ena-

ble the orchardist to give the orchards

a thorough pruning and not seriously

interfere with the other necessary

work which can only be performed in

the spring. ' -





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





 





Apple Tree Borers.





Can you tell me anything about bor-

ers in apple trees? How the eggs are

deposited; how long before they hatch,

and how long before anyone would no—

tice them working in the trees?



Oakland Co. C. D. J.





There are two borers which com-

monly attack apple trees; one is the

round-headed apple tree borer, and the

other the flat-headed apple tree borer.



Their life habits are somewhat sim-

ilar, but the appearance of the borers

and beetles are entirely different. The

eggs are usually laid on the bark in

June or July, those of the round-head-

ed borer within a foot of the ground,

and those of the flat—headed borer any-

where on the trunk.



After the borer is hatched it feeds

first on the sap wood and then in the

case'of the round-headed borer it pene-

trates to the heart of the tree, but with

the flat-headed'borer its entire exist-

ence in the tree is spent in the sap

wood. Both borers hibernate in the

tree and spend two or three years

there.





The only way. that the presence of

the borer can be recognized is by dis-

coloration of the bark and by the pres-

ence of the castings pushed out of its

burrows. The borers are morepre-

valent in trees which are not thrifty,

and are rarely found in good, vigorous,

well—cared-for trees. The methods of

treatment are cutting out with a knife

or probing with a soft wire.



Protectors tied around the trunk of





. the tree will in many cases protect the





trees from attacks; Wood veneer or

heavy paper protectors will prove sat-

isfactory if tied around the trunk from

two to three inches below the ground

up to the crotching of the branches. A

heavy mixture of pure white lead and

raw linseed oil painted on the trunks

of the trees will also have protective

value, but ordinary paint should not

be used, as it contains oils which are

injurious to thetrunk.





Peach shipments from Ludington

have been heavy, with cars going west

to Iowa and other states and south to

Tampa, Fla.



One of the boats out of Pentwater

one night this season carried over 7000





bushels of Oceana county fruit to Mil-.





waukee. With improved roads the

shipments from this harbor will in-

crease.





APPLE SHOW AT FREMONT.





 





During the past few years Fremont

and vicinity have been putting up ap-

ple shows worth mentioning. This

year was no exception and the show

excelled those of the past. The qual-

ity of the fruit, corn and potatoes

which comprised the exhibition was

fine, and the arrangement very artis-

tic. The decorations made the audi-

torium where the main show was held,





a veritable fairy land and the large ‘





motto worked out in fruit, “Peace,

Plenty, Prosperity,” was very attrac-

tive. The windows of nearly every

business house also had exhibits of

farm products of Newaygo county and

the large lobby of the Old National





.Bank was filled with fruit and vegeta-





bles. One of the features of the pro-

gram held in connection with the show

was a talk on State-wide Prohibition,

by the Newaygo county prosecuting at-

torney. Fremont may well be proud of

these annual shows which are the re-

sult of the efiorts of County Agent

Blandford in conjunction with the Fre.

mont Board ofi—Trad , the fruit growers

of the vicinity and r. K. Vining, agri-

cultural instructor of the high school.





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Game farming is being carried on much more extensively than formerly,

_ Eyidence is plentiful to the effect that

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N the last few years there has

sprung into prominence among the



farmers of this state, more espe‘

cially in the dairy sections, cooper-av

tive organizations known as cow-test-

ing associations. The purpose of these

organizations is, primarily, the spot-

ting 01? the “boarder cow” and the im-

provement of the herd thereby. The

idea is not a new one, however, but has

been borrowed from the country of

Denmark, where it originated. The

first cow-testing association was organ

izcd at Vejen, Denmark, in, 1895. A

small group of dairymen, twelve in

number, and owning three hundred

cows, met there and organized the first

association of this nature. The asso-

ciation was a success and other Dan-

ish farmers, recognizing it to be of

practical importance to the dairyman,

organized numerous other associations.

In 1911 there were 530 of these asso-

ciations in that small country. The

Danish farmer has so raised the stan-

dard of his cows that he is able to buy

his feed in the United States and pay

transportation charges on it; maintain

his herd on high-priced land and com-

pete successfully with the American

dairyman in the English market.



Simple Plan of Organization.



The plan of organization of these as-

sociations is comparatively simple. The

men of a community, who are interest-

ed, meet and organize, electing ,from

their own number, a president and a

secretary and treasurer. A tester is

hired and each member pays to the as-

sociation treasury a certain price per

cow that he is to have on test. In the

St. Clair County Assooiation the price

is $1.50 per cow per year and each

member furnishes the acid for the test-

ing of his own herd. The proceeds are

used to pay the tester and buy the

testing outfit.





The success of these associations is





.influeuced to a large extent by the





man employed as tester, and it is es-

sential that he be a man who is well

qualified for the position. He should

be a man who has had considerable

experience in dairying and the hand-

ling and feeding of the dairy cow. He

should take an active interest in the

work and advise With the members in

the selection of feeds, the balancing of

the ration and the marketing of their

produce where advice is needed. The

tester goes from one farm to another,

staying a day at each place. He carries

a light Babcock tester of eight to twen~

ty-bottle capacity, depending on the

size of the herds. and a pair of scales,

together with the necessary glassware.

He arrives at the farm in time for the

night’s milking and weighs the milk

from each cow and takes a sample.

He does this again in' the morning and

then tests the milk of each cow. He

also weighs the different feeds, finds

the amounts fed to each cow and fig-

ures out the cost of each cow’s feed at

market prices. The cow’s performance

on that day is taken as the average for

the month. From the data he obtains

the tester/figures out the monthly milk

productidn, fat production, the returns,

the feed cost and the profit above cost

of feed.



He also computes for each cow, the

feed cost of a pound of butter-fat, and

of 100 pounds of milk; and the returns

per dollar paid out for feed. All these





figures are recorded in the member’s





own herd book and in the association

book, which the tester carries with

him. This book is open to inspection

by any of the members who wish to do

so. The books for this purpose are

furnished to the associations by the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture, which aids in organizing and su-

pervising them through the Extension

Department of the Agricultural Col-

lege. Mr. James Waldron has charge

of the work in this state. These books

give space for a complete yearly rec-

ord of the cow and a space recording





the date of freshening, when bred, and cud, Illinois: third, Massachusetts.





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'a detailed description of the cow. At

the end of the year each member has

a fairly accurate record of the year's

performance of every cow in his herd

and can tell which ones are making

him a profit.



' A Good Slogan.



The St. Clair County Association has

adopted the slogan, “Better Feeding,

Better Cows.” This is, in a nutshell.

the purpose of these associations. By

means of the scales and Babcock test

the boarder cows are spotted. By cull-

ing these out and breeding only from

the best, the member’s herds can be

improved and put on a. paying basis.

“Record discontinued, sold for beef," is

a common entry in books of the asso-

ciation. Denmark furnishes the best

example of what these associations

may accomplish.’ The Danish census

shows that the average yield of milk

and of butter-fat per cow has been

nearly doubled since the first associo.~

tion started in 1895. An increase in

the profits by more economical and

better feeding, is another important re-

sult of the testing. The members can

experiment with diierent feeds and

find which give the best results at the

lowest cost. The records of the St.

Clair Association show a gradual re-

duction in the average feed cost per

pound of production of both milk and

butter-fat from month to month.





Aside from these benefits the asso-

ciations bring about a friendly rivalry

between the members, each man en-

deavoring to have his herd make a. bet-

ter showing than the others. The or-

ganization brings together the men who

are interested in better farming, pro-

duces a community loyalty and gives

them an opportunity to learn co-opera—

tion. The associations lead tOWard

other community enterprises of a like

nature, such as co-operative breeding

associations, co-operative creameries

and other cooperative organizations.



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Cream is made up of little fat glob-

ules floating in milk. In making butter

the fat globules are brought together

into a mass and the milk is removed

as buttermilk. These fat globules will

stick better when just the right heat,

than if either too warm or too cold. A

good temperature for churning is 58

degrees Fahrenheit.





CHAMPION AWARDS AT NATlONAL‘

DAIRY SHOW.





 





(Continued from last week).

Jerseys.





Senior champion bull, 2 years old

or over, imp. Golden Fern’s Noble 4570.

Wm. Ross Proctor, Parryville, N. Y.



Junior champion bull, under 2 years.

Meadow Queen’s Fairy Lad 142283, Al-

len Dale Farm, Sheibyville, Ky.



Senior champion cow, 2 years old or

over, Gloria Benedictine 246997, A. V.

Barnes, New Canaan, Conn.



Junior champion cow, under 2 years.

Fern’s Oxford Ever 347433, F. J. Bau-

nister, Hanson City, Mo.



Grand champion bull,

Fern’s Noble 4570.



Grand champion cow, Gloria Benedic-

tine 246997.



Specials A. J. C. C.-——Five-year old

Winners vs. four-year-old winners:

Cows, first, A. V. Barnes. New Canaan.

Conn., on Gloria. Benedictine 246997;

second, A. V. Barnes, on imp. Mait-

land’s Ruth 313015: third, L. V. Walk-

ley, Southington, Conn., on Oxford Ma-

jesty’s Gypsy 344076.





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Senior champion bull, 2 years old or

over, Oak DeKoi Ollie Homestead

85929, Iowana Farms, Davenport, Iowa.



Junior champion bull under 2 years

old, Korndyke Pontiac Ormsby 171617.

Galloway Messer Farm, Waterloo, Ia.



Senior champion cow, 2 years old or

over, Minerva Beets 85791, R. E. Hae-

ger, Algonquin, Iii.



Junior champion cow. under. 2 years

old, Nellie Segis Pontiac 281918, Gallo-

way Messer Farms. .



Grand champion bull, Oak DeKol 0!-

lie Hamstead 86929.

85fzigfiond champion cow, Minerva. Beets



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ally be‘ found handy by in the fire. To

handle a hog in scalding, a hog hook

is 'nearly indispensable and can be

made, by any blacksmith. It can be

hooked in the hog’s jaw when scald-

ing the tail end, and into one of the

hamstrings of one leg when scalding

the head end. The tail end is usually

scalded first, in order that the head

(which is the hardest to clean) may be

scalded last and the hair removed

while it is hot and can be cleaned the

easiest. Scrapers are for sale at the

hardware stores but farmers can make

them out of old cradles or bucksaws.

They must not be sharp. The head,

legs, and feet being the hardest to

clean should be attended to first. The

few hairs that did not scrape off can

be shaved off with a sharp knife.





Scalding.

Before hanging up the neck is slit





open and tne tohgue, and part of the

gullet, and windpipe, are cut around

and pulled out when it can be done

the easiest.



After the hog is hung up he is rinsed

down with some of the water from the

scalding barrel and scraped down, then

plentifully rinsed with clean cold water

and scraped down.



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. By J. ‘W. I



ARMERS should kill hogs enough



F to supply their families with pork



for a year.'To buy it by the piece



of the meat peddlers, or of the grocers



in town, is neither sensible nor eco-

.. nomical. _



Farmers’ hog killing for home con-

sumption is not usually done until the

weather is quite cold, and sometimes

not much before Christmas. It is gen-

erally done out of doors, and it fre-

quently happens that the day appoint-

ed is cold, windy, and snow squally,

but as‘ the help is engaged, and prep-

arations made, the farmer goes through

with it, bad as it is.



Most farmers are amateur butchers

and have their own particular way of

doing the work which they consider

good enough, but may be interested in

hearing how one of their brother farm-

ers does it, who does not claim to be

any better butcher than themselves.



Some people do not feed their hogs

anything for twenty—four hours before

killing, and the reasons given are that

the feed is wasted, not making any

pork, and that it renders the intestines

more liable to be ruptured when full.

I think neither reason is valid. The

hogs expect their food at feeding time,

and to deprive them of it is arrant

cruelty. The feed is not all wasted if

entrails are emptied where chickens

can get at the contents. I never could

see that the entrails were any more



/ liable to rupture when full. I feed our

.hogs the night before killing, the same

as at other times.



Kiliing.



Some farmers knock their hogs

down with a club before sticking. There

is no need of this unless the hogs are

cross and threaten to bite. Others

think it more humane to shoot them

with a rifle. This might answer right

Well where there was only one hog to

be killed, but where there are from

three to a dozen, the firing, whether

done in the ngn or outside of it, would

terrify the hogs needlessly and Iner-



\ cilessly. ~



To stick a hog lying on his side, the

sticker is more liable to get his knife

under the shoulder blade which causes

blood to settle there to the injury of

the meat. Pork will not keep well un-

less the blood is removed, and the ani-

mal will bleed out much better when

the head is kept lower than the body.

In the slaughter houses in Chicago the



hogsare not stuck until they are hung

up on an iron rod by the hind legs

with the head downwards.

Dressing.



The most important thing in dress.

ing hogs is to get a good scald so that

the hair and bristles can be easily,

and speedily removed with scrapers.

It is better to have the water too cold

than too hot, because a “cold scald”

can be remedied by another bath in

hotter water; butan over-hot scald

cooks the skin and “sets,” or holds the

hair so tightly that it can only be re-

moved with a sharp knife, which gives

the hog a poor appearance. This is es-

pecially objectionable in case any of

the hogs are to be sold. Fortunately,



' obtaining a good scald need not be a

* . matter of good luck. It can be gotten

every time by taking the proper pains

of testing the water with a thermome-

ter. No man is able to tell the right

temperature with his hand. For large

hogs 170 degrees is about right. For

small hogs and pigs the‘ water should

not be above 160 degrees. The skin

being thinner on young hogs the hair

“sets” quicker. For scalding, a plat-

form is built about 18 inches "high, and

a big barrel with the bottom dug into

the ground, and the top leaning against

the platform at an angle of 45 degrees

is generally used. The leaning of the





 





Every Farmer Should Dress His Ow

Pork. ..





“gutting,” is not a difficult operation,

but requires careful work. A slit is

made from between the hind legs to

the throat, and the stomach and in-

wards laid bare. The flesh is cut be-

tween the hams down to the pelvis

bone, which is carefully severed with

an axe. The hind legs are then spread

apart on the garmbel stick and the rec-

tum cut around on all sides, pulled for-

ward and left hanging down. It might

be tied with a string if there was dan—

ger of it leaking. The stomach and in-

testines are carefully severed from the

backbone, pulled forward, and taken

out to have the lard removed from

them while still warm. Then the breast

bone is cut with an axe and the

“pluck,” heart, liver, lungs and wind-

pipe removed. These parts are very

bloody and need to be thoroughly

washed immediately. The inside of

the carcass is washed by dashing in

pails of cold water. The bloody neck

needs especial washing.



Hogs should be left hanging until

cold, before taken down to cut up. The

arrangement for hanging up is usually

made the day before butchering. They

should never be allowed to freeze, as

pork will never absorb salt so well

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the hog up and down, and pull him out.

A little wood ashes, or soft soap- put

into the water will assist in removing

the scarf The wood ashes will gener-





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HEN I was a boy of twelve or

VK’ fourteen years, the lakes and

rivers in the new country

where we lived were infested with

trappers, and our notion of trappings

was that one must have a large equip-

ment and spend his entire time at it.





But one morning my brother and I





discovered a large muskrat in the

horse stable. We dispatched the in-

truder and after breakfast decided to

skin him. A dealer in town gave us

ten cents for. the pelt. This gave us

an idea. We hunted up three old steel

‘traps and carefully set them one after-

noon along a small brook on the back

of the place, where the rats were

starting to build houses.





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Trapping the Muskrat





By GEO. F. DeLAMATER





This was about the firstof Novem-

ber. We had chores to do every morn-

ing before breakfast, and again at

night we were kept busy until dark,

and ate supper by lamp light. “No

time to monkey with the traps,” Dad

would say, but we were not to be stop-

ped so easily. ' We took the lantern on

Monday night after supper and went

to our traps; the first one had not

been disturbed, the second one had a

rat’s foot in it, and the last one held

a nice-sized rat. We were so elated





with our success that we walked on

air all the way home.



We kept our traps busy for a week,

finding many hints in an Old trappers’

guide which we possessed. When Dad

went to town again we had seven or

eight hides and he brought us fifty

cents for them. With this we purchas-

ed a dozen old rusty traps from a deer

hunter that was boarding at one of

the neighbors and these We set along

the brook for a distance of two miles.



We kept at our traps. To find them





with the lantern we used to tie pieces

of paper to sticks and place one with;

in two or three rods of each trap;

Sometimes one of us would do the

chores alone while the other went to

make some new sets, as it was very

difficult to find good places to make

the sets by the light of the lantern.

At the end of a month we had earned

four dollars and some cents and we

were proud indeed, for a cent was as

big to us then as a dollar is now.



Such was our beginning as trappers,

and thereafter we used to make

enough to buy ammunition for our.

guns and many other things besides.



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The muskrat, excepting possibly the

skunk, is the easiest of the fur bearers

to capture. It is a question open to

debate whether the muskrat should be

trapped in the fall or in the spring.

In the spring a muskrat hide is usu-

ally worth twice as much as it is in

the fall; but under ordinary conditions

about twenty-five per cent of them die

during the winter and occasionally a

very large per cent of, them perish.

Mink and foxes are fond of them. And

often, in the northern part of the





state, the rats will build a colony of

houses in an old beaver meadow where





the creek is small and sluggish, and

in midwinter the brook will freeze

solid and the rats will become impris-

oned and die. Under such conditions

as these it pays best to trap for rats

in the fall. '



If the indications point to an easy

winter, it pays to leave the rats until

spring when they are easily caught

during the early freshets. A trapplac-

ed on a log in a notch just under the

surface of the water isnearly sure to

catch them. The rat digs a root up

from the bottom and swims to the

handiest log to eat it. A log which lies

with one end on the bank and the oth-

er end under water, makes an espec-

ially favorable place for the trap. ‘A

notch is chopped large enough to let the

trap set firmly under about an inch of

water where it is anchored with the

chain immersed and, if possible, in

such a position that the rat cannot

climb back onto the log after he has

plunged off with the trap; however, a

rat will but rarely get back on the log

after being caught.





' Another good method is to set the

trap at the edge of the water and bait

it with a parsnip or an apple, or even

a peeled stick stuck in the bank back

of the trap will attract them. I have

taken a forked stick and placed a

piece of sod on the fork, sharpened

the other end and drove it into the

bottom until the sod was partly under

water and set the trap on this; this

method is good where there are no

logs handy, and the water does not

rise and fall too much.



In examining a stream for muskrat

signs, we often see blades of grass,

rushes, etc., floating on the water, hav-

ing been pulled up from the roots;

this is the work of rats, and if we look

closely we are apt to see small piles

of grass roots along the edges of the

stream. Such places are excellent for

traps. Sometimes one can make a

pile of roots and get as good results as

by using the ones that have been plac-

ed there by the rats. The trap should

be placed out in the stream as far as

possible to insure drowning, for if a

rat fails to drown he is very apt to

chew his foot off and escape.





Another unique way of catching the

muskrat is to set traps in the holes

leading to the houses in the bank.

These holes will be a few inches un-

der water. The trap is set in the

mouth of one of these holes and is

held upright by sticks placed on either

side in such a manner as not to inter-

fere with the working of the trap.

When Mr. Rat enters the hole he is

almost certain to get caught, and the

strange part is that the trap nearly

always catches him by the tail and he

is always there when the trapper

comes for him. I have often had rats

chew off their feet but never their tail,

they are evidently apostles of the “tail

goes with the hide” theory.



In places where there is a strip of

bog or mud between the water and the

high bank the rats often dig a ditch





about eight or ten inches wide and.





deep enough so that there will be six

or eight inches of water in it. A place

like this will be investigated by every





rat that comes along, whether he be“

f longs there or not the trap should be





placed as described above. Sometimes





   





vented by pushing a small straight

stick into the mud in the center of the

ditch about six inches from the trap,

one on either side, when the rat swims

against this stick he’will settle to the

bottom and squeeze around it and

when he comes against the second one

he will settle down in the trap and be

caught. I don’t often find it necessary

to employ the sticks unless the water

in the ditch is eight inches deep or

deeper.





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without springing it; this can be pre





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palatable. and in the titties there is?

ready market for it; most fur houses

will arrange with the customers to

dispose of their ‘muskrat meat; how-

ever, it doesn’t pay to ship in small

quantities. The Indians scald the meat

of muskrat-s. andrdry it; they say that

it keeps well this way but I have nev-

er eaten any of it.



When skinning muskrats to eat,





“care should be taken that one doesn’t





get any of the musk on the meat, as

this will give it an unpleasant flavor.





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(First Installment Appeared Last Week)





Writing a letter was not so simple

to Sadie as putting shirts into boxes,

while writing this kind of a letter was

a problem of particular intricacy, to

be solved without the aids of precedent

or experience.



“Sounds kinda foolish,” commented

Sadie as she re-read it. She tore it up.



Ultimately, after fingering a third

sheet of paper, she returned it to the

box and shook her head slowly.



“’Tisn’t that it’s not proper,” she

mused; “although, of course, it’s not

regular. But if it’s done at all, it’s got

to be done right, and the way I do it

doesn’t listen good. Maybe he wouldn’t

understand, and I wouldn’t want him

to get a wrong idea.



“Gee, but I could use an education

for about three minutes!"



Sadie took off her shoes and stock-

ings, blew out the lamp, groped her

way to the bed like a statuesque ghost,

and lay down. The room was warm,

and the little window, opened to its

widest, was a poor substitute for a ven-

tilator. But it was not the lack of air

that kept Sadie awake. It was a puz-

zled brain.



Fifteen minutes later she arose

briskly, located the matches, and re-

lighted the lamp. She was smiling

now, and there was a confident look in

her eyes.



The third sheet of paper emerged





’from the box and the pen began to





write. Her fingers moved steadily

but cautiously; her expression was one

of calm satisfaction. All the hesita-

tion, the frowns, and the other signals

of perplexity had vanished.



She blotted her letter carefully, held

it at arm’s length, and read it. A

proud little toss of her head and a

faint chuckle announced the verdict.



Out went the light again and into

bed went Sadie. The letter was un-

der her pillow. She was asleep in five

minutes.



Morning in the packing-room of the

Challenge Shirt Company found Sadie

in a state outwardly of placidity, but

inwardly of turmoil. Occasionally she

raised a hand to her breast with affect-

ed carelessness to feel if “it” was still

safe. The soft crackle of paper re-

assured her each time. That she would

resume her search.



Ordinarily Sadie paid no attention

to the destination labels oh the paste-

board boxes. ‘All she was required to

do was to put into each box what its

slip called for. But now she exam-

ined labels diligently, though furtively.

The task she had set herself was

fraught with such an element of

chance that she began to think by the

time the noon gong rang that it might

be weeks, months, perhaps years, be-

fore she accomplished it.



First, it must be an olivedrab. Sec-

ond, it must be goin to Montana.

Third, it must be a fourty- -.four



That constituted no impossible com-

bination, of course. But when thirty

girls beside Sadie were packing shirts

it added thirty to one against her, in

addition to the initial odds. She could

not appeal for assistance, even to No.

12. The girls would ask questions and

Sadie had no information for them.





The day went slowly. Sadie real-





ized for the first time what an amaz-.





ing number of combinations it is pos-

sible to make out of shirts and sizes

and states. She had one Montana box,

but they were blues. She packed an

unusual number of forty-fours, but

they were gray and none of them went

to Montana. She handled olive-drabs

by the gross, including everything up

to forty-eights, but they went south

and east. At other tables she could

see101ive-drabs disappear into boxes,

and once she thought she glimpsed a

Montana label, but could ‘not be cer-

tain. Even so, it was of no benefit to

her.



Ferguson let her alone all forenoon.

Even had he tried to annoy her Sadie

would not have noticed him, for she

was too intent on trying to coax her

luck. The paper hidden in her waist

now andthen crackled a reminder,

although she did not need one. Some-

times it scratched uncomfortably, but

Sadie bore it as a necessary hardship

of adventure. For that was what she

knew it to be—an adventure. ‘





Another hour came and went in the

packing-room; it was a blistering one,

too. Sadie’s note became damp and

crumpled. Worse, it was still hiding

against her ample breast, like a timid

and guilty thing, looking vainly for an

avenue of escape.



She was almost downhearted. She

had no idea why the Fates should

mock her. Why, only the day before

—the very afternoon that cost her fifty

cents—she had packed olive-drabs for

Montana; and she was almost positive

they were big sizes, too.





She wondered if Montana had all

the olive-drabs it would ever need.

Didn’t it ever wear out its shirts?





The afternoon was unlucky, too, be-

cause the Shrimp was showing symp-

toms of a conciliatory spirit. She

would neither conciliate, arbitrate, nor

mediate. He finally absorbed this fact,

after Sadie had stated it slowly and

distinctly three times. When it reach-

ed him at last he, gaped at her and

walked away. '



Sadie watched him go, turned to No.

12, nodded in the direction of the re-

treating Shrimp, tapped her forehead,

and said gravely:



“Nobody home.”



Then came the last hour, and with

half of it gone Sadie was as nearly

unhappy as it was possible for her to

be. She had not even seen a Montana

label. It seemed that Montana had

quit wearing shirts, even blues and

grays.



She fell to consulting her mental

geography, which was not extensive,

and considered the matter of a sub-

stitute, not for olive-drabs, but for

Montana. There were other states

that had cowboys others that had

plenty of outdoors and forty-four-inch

chests. If luck was going to run

against her in this fashion it might

be wisdom to propitiate the goddess by

a compromise.



Idaho and Wyoming suggested them-

selves immediately, but there were no

labels to match them. There was a





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Utah, but she was not certain that

Mormons punched cows or wore chaps.-



It took a label to jog Sadie’s mem-

ory further. Arizona! Her pulse quick-

ened in an instant. Arizona meant

cowboys, in all probability fully as

large as those in Montana.



"What’s the matter with Arizona?”

she asked herself. And answered, “Not

a single little thing.”



With a hand that was nervous for

Sadie, but normal for any other girl

in the department, she lifted the order

slip from the box.



Olive-drabs! That was point two.

Sadie closed her eyes for an instant

before she read further. She was not

praying; just rooting. Then, with lips

compressed, she went over the sizes.



Thirty-eights—forties—forty-twos !



And forty-fours.



The first thing she did was to blush ..

hotly; the second, to rush for a pile

of olive-drab shirts.



“Good land, Sade!” exclaimed No. 6.





who chanced to be in her path. “I’d



as soon have a trolley bump me! Ain’t



you hot enough without runnin’?”

Sadie had no- time to answer. She





hurried back to her table with an

armful of shirts. Into the Arizona

box went the thirty-eights, the forties,

and the forty-twos. Now her hand lay

upon the forty-fours and lingered car-

essingly. She hesitated. After all,

ought she? Suppose—”



“Now or never!” said a voice within

her.



She bent over the table, trying to

conceal the hands that fumbled at the

bosom of her shirt-waist. She wonder-

ed if anybody was watching her. She

knew that her face was fiery.



Skillfully she palmed a slip of paper

as a hand came forth with it. A sec-

ond later the slip disappeared into the

left-hand breast pocket of the topmost

shirt. Then from somewhere came a

pin that fixed the paper firmly, so that

no energetic salesman out in Arizona

would shake it from its hiding-place.



A second time Sadie examined the

size-tag on the shirt; then critically

surveyed the ,, garment itself. It was

a forty-four beyond peradventure, truly

labeled. An instant more saw it rest-

ing in the Arizona box, with three oth-

er forty-fours on top of it.



Sadie slipped on the cover and drew

a deep breath.



“I don’t care if it is a Friday,” she

murmured. “And Arizona looks good

to me!”



The Shrimp came running out of the

office with a memorandum in his hand.

He darted elf—like from table to table,

calling in sharp tones:



“Large size olive drabs and blues,

forty up! _ Rush order! Gimme what-

ever you got.”



Sadie’s cheeks paled. She knew what

a rush order meant. It was remorse‘

less. Swiftly she looked about for the

boy who carried away the filled boxes.

If she could only get it out to the ship-

ping—room it might still be safe. ‘



The Shrimp was approaching swiftly,

breaking up orders right and left. He

reached Sadie.



“Got any big drabs and blues?” he

barked.



“Here’s some drabs,

ing a pile toward him.



“I need a lot. What’s in there?”



He nodded to the Arizona box.



“Grays,” said Sadie smoothly.



The Shrimp ripped the cover off the

box with a quick movement.



“Grays nothin!” he exclaimed angri.

1y. “What’s the matter with you.”



He grabbed the box and rushed

away with it.



Sadie looked at him dully. Good-bye

Arizona! Good-bye, cowboy! She knew

not where the rush order was going.

but she felt in her heart that it was not

destined for the big outdoors. And this

after a solid day of patient waiting!



For a full minute she stood motion-

less, wondering why it had to be the



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Or are you one of those who think perhaps you can get as good value

in some automobile of lesser reputation?





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Take a Reo, and have it made 1n any other factOry—and it wouldn’t

be a Reo.





It isn’t design alone—there are no radical features of design in

Reo cars.





Nor is it factory equipment—all automobile factories have about

the same machines. Reo, being a leader, is always a few months

ahead of most—but machine tools are practically standard.





Nor could one say that Reo mechanics are all more skilled—others

can hire good mechanics too.





That’s why we say that if you took Reo design and Rec specifications

and had the car made up in some other plant, still it would not

be a Reo.





It’s the Reo spirit—that indefinable but still tangible thing that

pervades the whole Reo organization from General Manager down

to the Last Man in the Shops, that gives to this product the quality

that has come to be known as Reo.





We like to call it good intent—for after all that is the determining

factor.





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possible to make.





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There’s no secret—no necromancy~about Reo quality or how it

gets into the product.





It’s the result of that fervent desire of the Reo Folk to make Reo

cars excel—and the eternal vigilance that results from that desire

—that is responsible for Reo quality, Reo stability, Reo low cost of

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Shrimp who delivered the crushing





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CHAPTER III.

The City-Haters.



The man in the bow-seat lifted his

paddle from its resting-place across

the gunwale of the canoe, sighed wear-

ily, made half a. dozen perfunctory

strokes, and then trailed the blade in

the water. He turned stiffly and can-

tiously, every movement betraying his

unfamiliarity with travel in such

fashion.



“See here! Don’t you ever get

tired!” he demanded, his voice’fretful.



The man in the stern grinned, but

did not stop paddling. His teeth

gripped a brier pipe, from which a.

delicate wisp of blue~grap smoke trail-

ed out behind, as much a part of the

canoe’s wake. as the plainly marked

track that ran back a quarter of a mile

across the smooth water of the North-

east Arm.



“I said not to peg yourself out at the

start,” he answered. “Take it easy.

You’ll be up to it in a week or so. I

don’t mind going it alone.”



“My legs are cramped,” complained

the occupant. of the bow seat. “I

can‘t stretch them because you would

put that blanket-roll in the bow.”



“Sorry,” observed the paddler; but

he grinned again. “Had to have

some weight in the bow in order to get

a good trim.” ~



The person to whom this explana-

tion of his narrow quarters was made

did not sense the full significance of

it, for his mind was too intent on his

physical discomforts, not the least of

which was a neck already proclaiming

by its hue that the September sun was

hot and was enjoying a cloudless

afternoon. The bow-man did not stop

to reflect that he weighed but a bun-

dred and. forty pounds, while about

a dozen feet behind him crouched a

genial human engine that scaled -two

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Iv heels, bracedl’as scourely as if bolted





to bedplatesi the upper part of it

swayed noiselessly back "and forth,

with a. barely perceptible side-roll,

while the paddle cut Cleanly and .si-

lently into the water with the regular-

ity of a pendulum swinging twenty-

eight arcs to the minute. It had all

the marks of a well adjusted piece of

machinery, running on a middle load.



The bow-man lighted a cigarette

and smoked for a few minutes with-

,out speaking. His eyes dwelt upon the

rankly wooded shore that parallelled

the course of the canoe a hundred yards

to starboard. To- him there was a

sameness: in it that bored. For nearly





two hours he had been surveying that ,





shore-line, and each mile of it had

seemed exactly like the last—just thou-

sands of trees, crowding each other for

the honor of standing in the front row

at the water’s edge.



To the paddling man, however, this

shore-line was a muchdiversifled land-

scape. He viewed it with the familiar--

ity of trained eyes.



He saw coves and little bays, dead

forest monarchs that had fallen face

forward into the glistening water;

rocks that were guides and landmarks;

sharply jutting capes that served as

bearings for the navigator; gullies in

the hillsides through which cold

streams trickled into the lake; here

and there a reddening maple or a yel-

lowing birch; the entrances to two old

portages and to one that had been cut

out only the season before-and these

were but a few of the things he saw.

Each had a significance and an inter-

est. He noted them with a quiet and

attentive eye as he drove the well-lad-

en canoe upon its steady course.



“How much farther, Stod?” asked

the bow-man as he made a rueful ex-

amination of a blistered palm.



“About twenty minutes more;

around the second point. There’s a.

good island there. We 'won’t begin to

work full days until next week.”



“Full days!” echoed the voice from

the forward seat. “Don’t you call this

a full one ?”



“We’ll only be ten miles from the

station when we hit camp. That’s not

half a day’s work.”



The bow-man greaned.



“I don’t see where all the joy comes

in,” he said. “I think you played a.

trick on me, Stod,” _



The big man laughed outright and

halted his paddle for the first time in

more than an hour.



“You’ll get the point of view by and

by,” he answered. “After a few days

your mind will unlimber, along with

your muscles. Just because the North-

east Arm isn’t Broadway and because

that point over there isn’t decorated

with an electric sign, you feel like a.

lost soul.



“As a. matter of fact, Larry, I don’t

think you’ve really had a soul for sev-

eral years. It ran away from you. I

expect you’ll find it up here. This is

where souls that get tired of Broad-

way go.” .



“I only came here for my health,”

said the bow-man defensively. “The

doctor said I needed a change and a

rest. Well, I’ve got the change; but

if you call this rest you’ve got a

queer way of giving wrong names to

things.”



“That’s because you have the idea

that resting is doing nothing, son.

You’ve been resting for several years

and you’re all played out.”



“Oh, that’s the way all you husky

folks talk. But I’m not built to go out

and conquer a wilderness. A man’s

got to have beef for that sore of thing.”



“Beef? Oh, I don’t know, Larry!

Before we go home I’ll show you an

Indian up here who took a hundred-

and-twenty-pound pack over an uphill

portage without setting it down until

he reached the far end.



“Length of portage, one and a half

miles. Weight of Indian same as the

pack. Witnesses, myself andthe Indi-

an’s dog. Explanation: the Indian nev-

er saw Broadway.” .





 





 





The big man’leaned égainst his .pad- .
. dle againrand the “canoe, which had,





been losing way during the conversa-

tion, began to pick up speed.



True to the promise made to him,

Larry's eyes viewed an island as the

canoe rounded the second point. It lay

but a hundred yards ahead. A minute

after he sighted it the canoe came to

a gentle rest, broadside to a sloping

rock, and was held steady by the big

man while Larry stepped out after a

sharp caution to keep his foot off the

gunwale.



He walked back and forth, stamping

his feet painfully and straightening his

back with grunts of discomfort.



“I don’t see why we had to come this

far to find an island,” he observed as

he glanced up toward the trees. “It

seems to me we’ve passed a bun-

dred.”



“Sixty-eight,” corrected the big man,

who seemed in no hurry to get out of

the canoe, but was engaged in refilling

his pipe. "But this is the one we

wanted.”



“I don’t see any difference in them.”



“Why, man, they’re as different as

can be! Different shapes, different siz-

es, and different dispositions. Didn‘t

know an island could have a disposi-

tion? Well, you'll learn! That’s what

makes them interesting. Some give

you the glad hand; some are sulky,

while there are some that will bite if

you don't watch sharp."

Winn-”bitten, all right," re-

marked Larry gloomily‘ as he‘ tenderly

felt the back of his neck.



\Vhen Stoddard finally uncoiled his

long legs and stepped ashore the com»

plaining one momentarily forgot his

troubles in contemplating the marvel

that such a huge creature could fit

himself into the narrow, wedge-shaped

stern of a Peterborough. Before they

had embarked at the station Larry

Livingston had doubted that the thing

was possible; now that Stoddard was

ashore again, he was still uncertain

that the feat had been accomplished,

and had a vague idea there was some

trick in it.



Stoddard was big, beyond denial.

There were six feet two of him, net.

Set him apart from other men and he

did not look the height, for he carried

width and bulk with it to an extent

that made his altitude no freak dimen-

sion.



As men of his size go, he was not

heavy; he merely possessed the beef

and muscle that by right belonged to

him. Nor was he any slower in move-

ment than a well-conditioned young

man of medium size. His body moved

easily and quickly, with a sense of cer-

tainty in every effort it put forth,

however trivial. He was not leaden-

footed, even in his hob-nailed boots.



He broke into a laugh as he made

a critical inspection of the figure of

Larry Livingston. It stood as a syn-

onym for dejection. Face, neck and

hands were scarlet from the sun and

the glitter of the water, while the wo-

ful brown eyes that gazed upon Stod-

dard reproachfully were smarting fur-

iously as the salty sweat trickled into

them.



“Oh, it’s all right, for you,” growled

Livingston. “You’re used to it. You

don’t know the difference between a

jungle and the lounge—room of a club.

Sid Osborne said you were half a saw

age, and I believe you are. But I’m still

civilized, and I'll be hanged if I’m

taken with what you’ve brought me

into!”



“You haven’t had time yet, son.”



Stoddard had a way of calling Liv-

ingston “son” that irked the latter. He

interpreted it as a measure otrespec-

tive b‘ulks, whereas no such idea ever

entered the mind of the big man. Stod-

dard said “son” because somehow he

felt himself to be older, and infinitely

wiser than his companion, and just at

present responsible for his safety and

his conduct. In actual years Living-

ston was thirty-four, Stoddard but

thirty.



“If I live here a year I won’t like it

any better, I’m all tired out now.”



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old way of teaching that are dif-



ficult to understand, and of these

perhaps the most puzzling is why work

should have been called a curse. Among

the countless blessings showered upon

mankind, work, to my mind, ranks

first. Indeed, the same ancients who

referred to it as a curse must have felt

they were making a mistake or they

would never have evolved the proverb,

“Satan finds some mischief still for

idle hands to do.”





The nearest approach to happiness

we ever make is when we are in the

midst of congenial work, and the man

who first dubbed work a curse must

have had a lob his soul loathed. Work,

plenty of it to keep us active without



' overdoing it, is the safety valve which

keeps us not only out of mischief but

out of insane asylums as well. It keeps

us young and in good trim, and in

many cases actually prolongs life. An

old lawyer died last week at the ad-

vanced age of 86, not from old age but

because his family insisted that he

close his office and stay at home. He

was in fine shape so long as he kept at

work. But when the old familiar office

was closed to him, when he had noth-

ing to do but sit at home and “take life

easy,” he simply gave up and died.

The incentive for living was removed

when his life work was taken away.





THERE are many things about the





The worker never has half the trou-

ble that comes to the idler, for he nev-

er has time to look for it. Trouble, as

a usual thing, is largely a state of

mind, and the idle person not having

anything else to do is usually looking



' for something to complain about. Dur-

ing the recent hot summer the women

who suffered most from heat were the

ones who had time and money to run

about trying to get away from it. The

women who had to stay at home and

cook three meals a day, wash and iron

and take care of three or four children

were not the ones who complained.

They never had time to look at the

thermometer and see how hot it really

was. Occasionally they vaguely sensed

that something was wrong but so many

duties were pressing they had no time

to fret about it. But the women with

nothing to do, they were the ones who

gave the doctor plenty to do. Shatter-

ed nerves and heat prostrations were

the result not so much of the heat as

of the idleness which gave people time

to work themselves up into a fever

over it.



But the trouble an idle woman can

make for herself is as nothing compar-

ed to the trouble she can make for oth-

er people, as those who have lived in

family boarding houses can testify.

They are all alike, those places. A half

dozen working women, teachers, clerks

and stenographers, a few bachelors and

six or eight married couples. The last

class are there as a general thing be-

cause the women do not like house-

work and are too selfish to do some-

thing they do not want to do for the

sake of the men they married. Trouble-

making is their forte, though they

would be insulted if you told them so.

With not a thing in the world to do

but to dress and crochet they have am-

ple time for gossip. And gossip they

do from the time breakfast is over



V'u’ntilbedtime rolls around again. No



' one's reputation is sacred and many an



'- . innocent person has been blackened for





life by the chatter of these idlers who

consider work a curse.



The normal person is glad of work

and considers it always as a blessing.

Those who look at it in any other light

are either empty-headed, overworked,

or tied up to a line of work to which

they are unfitted.



And while we are talking of work I

can’t refrain from saying a word for

the girl who is called lazy because she

does not like housework and the

housewifely arts. Only last, week a

man complained bitterly to me of his

daughter.



“If any man ever asks me to let him

marry Dorothy I shall try to persuade

him not to,” this father said. “Dorothy

is unfit to make any man happy. Why,

she is too lazy to stoop over and pick

up a pin, she hates housework and she

doesn’t like to take care of babies. All

she wants is a book in her hand.”



He admitted that she led her class

in school and worked hard enough to

carry off more than her share of class

honors. But still he insisted she was

lazy. I had a sneaking pity for Doro-

thy because of a very vivid memory of

another girl I knew some years ago.

All the good housewives thought this

girl was lazy, too, because she Wasn’t

overly fond of dishwaShing and dust-

ing, and did not, after a hard day of

teaching in a country school, come

home evenings and pull threads out of

linen and darn the holes up again in

the name of fancy' work. Yet this par-

ticular girl was fond of work of the

congenial sort and when the right kind

came along she literally ate it up.



So I say I was sorry for Dorothy,

and for all the other Dorothy’s and

Robert’s who have not yet found the

right sort of work and who as a result

are called lazy by despairing elders.

Few intelligent healthy persons are

lazy. It’s simply a question of finding

the niche. Fortunate indeed is the one

who realizes this and seeks till he

finds it.



DEBORAH.





PREPARING BULBS FOR DIGGING

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As winter is drawing near we must

think of taking in the bulbs that will

not live out over winter. Some of these

are more tender than others and must

be taken up sooner, some need label-

ing and top pruning, while others need

only to be left in the ground until se-

vere freezes kill the tops down close.

If one is not familiar with the differ-

ent sorts it is hard to tell just what to

do and the proper season to do it.



The 'tenderest bulb is the tuberose,

and it must be dug so early that the

hearts cannot be injured by frost. The

first frost that cuts the tops should be

all that is permitted to touch them. If

you have more than one variety it is

best to label the sorts. Of course, this

is no very serious thing, especially

with tuberoses where they are all so

similar, but with other bulbs it does

make a good deal of‘difference. Even

with tuberoses 'there are places where

you would not like to have the dwarf

double when you planned for the tall

single.



Cannas are such strong growers and

form such clumps there is little can be

done for them until a gOod freeze cuts

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sorts. If they are planted in separate

clumps it is only necessary to label the

clumps and then mark any in the

clump that you wish to discard, or

transfer to some other clump. If they

are growing together it-is then neces-

sary to label every bunch. If they are

planted rather thickly it is sometimes

hard to label them so as to know you

get them accurate. Outside straggling

bulbs may become detached and mixed

with other varieties, causing trouble

next year if it is desired to plant to

colors.



Dahlias are at their best just before

frost, and it is easy to label them. Can-

nas are often out of bloom soon after

the nights become cool, but these con-

ditions bring out the dahlias to the

best advantage. Dahlias are so difier-

ent in size, color, form and sturdiness

that the labels should be definite in

describing them. It is nice to know

just what a certain clump will produce

when it is separated and planted in the

spring. If they have been grown from

seeds, and this is an easy and very in-

teresting process, there will be many





that one will not want to keep over at.





all. They do not need to be dug until

the tops are cut down thoroughly, al.

though they should not be subjected

to a hard freeze, for the eyes that are

to produce the plants for next season

are on the main stalk just above where

the tubers attach. It must be remem-

bered in digging them that detached

tubers are not worth anything as they

have no eyes and cannot grow under

any conditions. A little piece of the

stem of the old plant must be attached

or there will be no eye.



Gladiolus and caladium bulbs are al-

lowed to freeze down to the ground. It

is hard to label gladioli, for they sep-

arate from the stems badly in digging.

If your bulbs are mixed it is well to

leave them so, and if there should be

some sort you wished to keep separate

or a sport among a special variety, you

would be safer in digging it before the

top dies entirely, having labeled it, of

course, when it was in bloom. Gladioli

are easily dug, dried and kept, but

caladiums are so fleshy that it is nec-

essary to use care in drying them well

or they will rot. After digging the

bulbs, and they don’t look like bulbs at





all at this stage, just great white stalks





tapering slightly toward where they

come out of the ground, place them in

an airy shed to dry until the tops be-

come soft and you can peel them off

from the bulb. The bulb will remain

solid, but the part that is to come

away will soften, and when it is all re-

moved and the bulb dried then you can

store it in much the same manner you

do the gladioli or tuberoses.



Soil for the potted plants we want in

the window in winter is quite a prob‘

lem to those who do not know how to

prepare it. Plants in windows in win-

ter have weak root action, and the soil

must be such as to help these roots as

much as possible. If the mechanical

condition is poor, or there is a d‘efi‘

ciency in , available plant food the

plants suffer, fer they have not the

power to resist thatthey have in the

summer, or in the open ground. It is

important that it should have the ca-

pacity‘of holding just the right amount

of moisture, and that the surface does

not form a crust to prevent the air

reaching the roots freely. _



Old sods:from a roadside or pasture

make a. good“ soil it they are permitted

to, decay well.





The roots keep it 11b3,





 





 





 





rous, the decaying vegetable matter

has made it rich, and, if in a pasture

the droppings from the animals has ad-

ded valuable elements. This soil, when

properly composted, has “life,” a term

used by florists to indicate a'peculiar

mellow rich loamy condition constitut-

ing an ideal soil. It is hard to describe

but anyone who has worked much in

the garden can readily recognize it

from the “feel.” V



To prepare this soil the sods should





be out just deep enough to get beneath.





the mass of roots. Then place a layer

of sods and cover this with a layer of

manure about half as thick. Partially

rotted cow manure is best. If manure

from the henhouse is used it must not

be so thick, probably about a half as

much. Horse manurewith bedding in

it should be well rotted if used at all,

and more may be used. Sprinkle a lit-

tle lime over the manure and add an

other. layer of sods. Follow this by

another of manure and lime, repeating

this until the sod pile is as large as

you want it. You can make enough

for two years if you want to do so, for

it will be all the better for the longer

time to compost.



If it is desired to use it within three

months it should be given a thorough

soaking at once. As soon as it has

time to settle some and the sods start

to decay, cut it down with a hoe or

shovel, and stir it up well. Water again

and. again turn and mix it when it has

had time to settle, and continue the





decaying process somewhat. Keep this'





up until it is in first-class condition.

Just before yOu are ready to use it you

can mix bone meal into it at the rate

of a six-inch pot full for each heaping

wheelbarrow -full of soil. This soil

will be good for almost any, kind of

house plants, but begonias and ferns

will be better for having it mixed half

and half with well rotted leaf mold.



If you cannot prepare a soil in this

manner, try to get a good supply of

garden soil as you can find. Add bone

leaf mold and mix it with as good a

meal as directed for the other, and

sand enough to make it appear some-

what sandy to the touch. Garden soil

is more apt to get sour from overwa—

tering, or to bake on the surface. If

good drainage is used, and the surface

well stirred at frequent intervals there

is apt to be no trouble with it, unless

the plants are exceptionally weak, or

they are kept wet.





DRINKING WATER WITH MEALS IS

SOMETIMES BENEFICIAL.





 





Occasionally one hears conflicting

assertions in regard to the wholesome-

nses of. the practice of drinking water

at meal time. Somewhat recent phy

siolOgical studies indicate that while

the'drinking of water with meals has

no apparent effect upon the utilization

of the fats, sugars and. starches, its

copious use does result in the better

digestion and absorption of the ingest~

ed protein—that tissue building con-

stituent which is the most abundant of

the solids in lean meat, eggs, and





cheese, and that constituent which also.





characterizes certain other foods.



The use of water as a beverage, with

meals is a desirable practice. » It may

be added that drinking generous. quan-

tities of water during the course of the

day is an important health measure‘in

the up-keep 0f the general health at

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on: III-Ines WHY sovs LEAVE

THE FARM.





 





BY A. J. PATCH.



Host mothers desire to have their

sons succeed, or as it is commonly ex-

pressed, “be someody!” This is true

of the mother on the farm as well as

of the mother in the city. The “some-

body” is an ideal, which may be creat-

ed by desires ungratifled or by unpleas-

ant experiences. The disagreeable

things which are the portion of many

women on the farm are the cause of

many boys leaving the country.



Many farmers’ wives feel a spirit of

revolt when they look up from some

particularly tiring task and see an au-

tomobile going by, filled with people

who appear not to have a care in the

world. The son, looking out through

a cloud of dust stirred up by a harrow,

sees the same sight. To the woman

and the son the automobile represents

a relief from toil. The people in the

car may envy the workers’ health, but

this makes no difference to the ones

who look up from their labor.



When night comes the boy, sitting

on the porch, can see on the sky the

glare of lights from the city. He can

look through a window and see his

mother working at some task by the

aid of a dim light. He has seen the

same thing many nights. A spirit of

unrest causes the boy to say, “Mother,

I wish we could go to town tonight.”



“If you ever want to have a good

time and be somebody, don’t be a

farmer,” answers the tired mother.



Perhaps the phrase, “don't be a farm-

er,” does not impress the boy much at

the time, but sooner or later the words

come back. Every disagreeable task

brings out the refrain, “if you want to

be somebody leave the farm." At last

the boy decides that the farm is no

place for a person of his ability. From

then till the arrival in town, the road

to the city lies all down hill.



Not all mothers in the country tell

their sons that the city is the place of

opportunities, but many of them do.

Even a little easing of mother’s tasks

would lessen the number who send

their sons away. The woman may have

many times given her last. ounce of

strength to complete some task. She

desires something different for her

boy. It is very natural then, that she

should point to the road of apparent

case. What would you suggest to

stop it?





 





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Household Editorz—Will you please

tell me how to pickle smoked hams so

they will keep all summer? Also, give

me a good recipe for mince meat with-

out boiled cider.——Reader.



“The People’s Home Library" gives

the following rule for hams: “Hang

hams up for a week or ten days. If

kept perfectly sweet the longer they

hang the more tender they will be. For

each good-sized ham mix one cup salt,

one ounce saltpetre, one tablespoon of

molasses. Put hams in a tub; heat the

mixture and rub well into the hams,

repeat until mixture is all used and let

lie two or three days. Then put for

three weeks into brine strong enough

to float an egg; take from brine, soak

in cold water for eight hours and hang

up a week or longer; smoke from

three to five days, but be careful not

to heat the hams. Apple tree wood

and corn cobs are good for fuel. Smoke

with hock down and tie in bags until

wanted for use." ,



Any recipe for mincemeat may be

used and the cider or brandy omitted.

This recipe is especially flne. Chop

finely six pounds of lean cooked beef,

four pounds of east, six quarts of ap-

ples, six pounds of raisins. seeded, four

pounds of currants, six pounds of cit-





‘ton and twe cups of mixed candied or!





disc and lemon peel. Tothis mixture

add one cup of orange juice, a half cup

of lemon juice, four tablespoons of

salt, eight cups of sugar, white or

brown, two cups of coffee, two tea-

spoonfuls each of cloves and allspice,

four of cinnamon and a glass of cur-

rant 'cr quince jelly. Mix all thorough-

ly and cook slowly for two hours. Then

add two quarts of any fruit juice you

may have, cherry or raspberry is es‘

pecially fine. This should stand for a

week before using. The citron and

peel may be omitted.





RECIPES.





 





Grape gelatine is easy to make.

Wash well some Concord grapes. Put

on to boil with a very little water; let

boil from 20 to 30 minutes, strain.

Make a quart of lemon jelly. While

warm stir in the grape Juice and set

on ice until firm.—Mrs. J. J. 00..



If you can’t get good graham flour

at your mill and it is impossible to get

the whole wheat flour, become your

own miller by utilizing your coffee

grinder, providing you have no larger

one. Use clean, dry wheat and it will

not take long to grind enough for a

loaf of bread. One egg, two cups of

sweet milk, two tablespoons of short-

ening and four of sugar, one teaspoon-

ful of salt and two teaspoons of: bak-

ing powder, mixed With enough flour

to make a very stiff mixture will make

one loaf.





 





A small truck for moving the mop

pail, coal pail, etc., is made of a thick

piece of plank measuring 14x14 inches

with a rubber roller furniture caster

screwed in each corner of the under

side. We also use this when moving

trunks, boxes, etc., in cellar or attic

or storeroom.—G. S.





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rincipal ingredient of Royal

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lf you talked with farmers in

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that while a cow costs over $l00 per

year to maintain up north. she costs

only $55 per year to keep down there.

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Grape Trade Needs Squaring





HERE are three conclusions that

can be safely drawn fr0m the in-

spection service in the grape



belt the past fall. They may not be

new ideas; they may not be generally

true. they may be of no great signifi-

icance; yet the writer is firm in the

belief that the time ,has arrived for

their consideration. The generaliza-

tions, which are based on the inspec-

tion, both casual and thorough, of a

fraction of the grapes delivered at the

shipping stations at Paw Paw, Lawton,

and Mattawan, are as follows:



First. With the present marketing

machinery there is no inducement for

the grape grower to put up a “good”

peck.



Second. It is almost impossible for

a marketing association handling but a





good fruit in each car makes up for

the poor and helps to get it sold.





It is true that most of the shipping

associations have inspectors and that

these men do their very best to get the

quality standard and the pack stan-

dards up to high levels. Yet they have

no way of rewarding those who pro-

duce fruit that is above a fair grade.

They are supposed to complain when

the quality falls far below the average,

but.for reasons that lead to the second

conclusion, they are able to be active

only in a limited way. To their credit,

however, they are meeting with excel-

lent success in enforcing the weight

requirements.



With existing conditions it is most

profitable for the grape grower to pro-

duct a quality of fruit that will just





manure worth $25. And they get higher prices

for their products. too—milk retails at 100 a

quart. butter brings 35 to 40 cents and 800 is

paid ior 20% cream at the local creamer-lea.





J. R. Scurlock ships cream to Plggott, Ark.

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and butter to local places and cleaned up

37,972 since 1912. After 3% years he sold part

oi his herd for $2500 cash, reserving 19 head

of choice stock worth $1760. He did this on

only 105 acres. W. Y. Wester. near Sulphur

Sprin 5, Texas keeps 9 to 12 cows; yet he

sells mm 7,000 to 7,500 lbs of 5% milk per

month.receiving $100 to 8175 per month tor it.

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fraction of the grape crop, on its own

initiative, to operate an inspection sys-

tem that will provide a reward for

those who have quality ideals.



Third. The state isthe logical au-

thority to undertake the work of stan-

dardizing farm crops and to provide

the inspection service, charging the in-

terested parties the cost of service.



The conclusion that the good grower

and packer is not getting his just des-

erts with the present arrangement in

the grape belt is based on the fact that

grapes are just grapes when they ap-

peared at the car door, unless the qual-

ity is decidedly negative. An effort is

made to see that the packages are up

to the legal requirements as to weight,

and in this respect the local inspec-

tion service is successful. But there is

little attempt to distinguish between

grapes of good quality and those that

are none else than mediocre. Grapes

from vineyards that have been pruned,

plowed, fertilized, and sprayed go into

the same cars with grapes from vine-

yards that receive but little care, and

that little of an indifferent quality. Bas-

kets containing grapes with large ber-

ries, in well-formed cluster and almost

free from rot, go into cars with fruit

that is just the opposite of this. Bas-

kets filled with big fine clusters from

top to bottom are loaded in the cars

beside baskets containing fine grapes

on top and small scraggily bunches in

the bottom. Fruit from the man who

takes pride in growing fine grapes and

putting them up in attractive packages

is as likely as not to be bunched with

the grapes from the grower who is a.

stranger to pride in any of its forms.





Grapes that are ten percent or twen-

ty per Cent, above the average in qual-

ity and pack, fare, the same in the

daily pool as those that are ten per





 





 





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cent below the average. In reality the





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String of Cars at Paw Paw Loaded with Grapes.



Proper Inspection the value of Michigan’s Grape Crop can be Increased.

come up to the average, and to pack

his fruit according to the standards

observed by the vast majority. He

then gets full returns for the minimum

Is not this efficiency





 





It is Believed that through





amount of effort.

of a high degree?





There are exceptions to the condi-

tions described above, many of them,

yet not so many as to destroy the val-





ue of the conclusion.





The second generalization based up-

on the recent inspection work is that

it is next to impossible for the existing

marketing associations to remedy the

injustice now prevailing. It is doubtful

if there is one of the sales managers

but what would like to reward his~good

growers by giving them better returns.

But all are powerless to work out iof

their own accord, a plan. 'All the man-

agers know of the great difference in

the quality of the different lots of

grapes that go to make up the different ,

The different—managers are

competitors! Most of them are directly





carlots.





dependent upon the volume of fruit

forwarded, for their incomes. No man-

ager can afford to tell a grower that

his fruit is poor or that his pack is

not satisfactory. For a manager to do

that would mean that he would lose a

client, and one of his competitors

would gain a client. Each manager

does all he can without giving offense

to raise the standard of the fruit deliv-

ered to him, but rarely does a manager

run the chance of losing the opportu-

nity to market the output of even the

poorest of his growers. The poor grow-

ers and packers know this. Further-

more, they know that if their fruit gets

turned down by any one of the associa-

tion managers there is another mana-





ger, or_if_,not a manager then a cash





buyer, who is ready to receive them

with open arms. The indifferentgrow-

ers arefable to enforce the unwritten





‘ You can work outdoors

every day in the year:





Think of that, you who now live

where winter shuts you in five or six

months.





In sunny, sumEery California— .

Stock don’t eat their heads off.

Furnaces don’t burn up tons of coal.

Heavy clothing is not needed.



~ No snow blocked roads.





Go and see for yourself what Cali-

fornia is doing while there’s “ nothing

doing” at home. Go this winter.

Take advantage of the low all-year

excursion fares, with nine months’

limit. Go with one of the Santa Fe

personally-conducted tourist—car par-

ties, leaving three times a week. See

Grand Canyon of Arizona on the way.

San Diego Exposition, too, if you

reach California during 1916.





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age, price. ”. Again, there are excep-

tiOns, but they do not destroy the val-

lie of the. generalization.



The third conclusion, namely that

the state should provide inspection ser-

vice at cost is based upon the experi-

ence of the two inspectors who operat-

ed in the grape belt the past season.

One of the shipping associations ar-

ranged for state inspection, paying the

cost thereof, and has as large a share

of the grapes delivered to it as possi-

ble inspected by these neutral men.

The inspectors were concerned in

neither the selling nor buying of the

grapes. They were interested in the





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osition. No grower had a pull with

them nor could any grower influence

them by threats that he would take his

fruit elsewhere. The inspectors were

not in fear of discharge, nor were they

susceptible to influence in behalf of

fruit that was not quite up to grade.

That there was real work to be done

is proved by the fact that'only a frac-

tion of the fruit inspected came up to

the standard, although it Was admitted

that the standard was not an unreason-

able one. The standard used was only

fair for grapes that were being mar-

keted as “select” table grapes.





Certificates were issued by the in-

spectors for twenty-four cars. In the

case of ten of the cars only a part of

the fruit in each car was covered by

the certificate. By the close of the

season the trade gladly paid a penny

a basket extra for the grapes that had

passed the inspection. With this in

crease in pay the growers could well

afford to pay the cost of the inspection,

especially those who ..have regularly

been putting up a pack that is fully up

to the standard requirements.



That not all the growers have been

ignorant to the true conditions is prov

ed by the fact that a number of the

grape men have been marketing their

fruit independently of the associations

and selling it on their statements that

the fruit was'above the average for the

belt and that the packages were hon-

estly packed.



It is not improbable that much of

what has been said above would apply

to other fruit than grapes, especially

where the central packing house is not

used. Many of the injustices of the

“average price” are overcome where

the fruit is delivered in bulk to a cen-

tral station and the packing is done

under the direction of a single brain.

Then each grower gets paid for the ex-

act quantity of each grade delivered

by him. Even here inspectors who are

not interested parties to the marketing

might be used to advantage.



Ingham Co. B. H. Est-ORTH.





GOVERNMENT WINS BEAN CASE.





 





Last spring officials of the govern-

ment seized" an interstate shipment of

1,169 cases of canned beans, valued at

$5,000, put up by a Michigan canning

company. It was charged that the

beans were partially decomposed, in

violation of the pure food and drugs

act. The specific claim made was that

the beans were spotted with anthrac-

nose, the fungous disease that was so

prevalent a year ago but was almost

unknown in Michigan bean fields this

season. '



The canning company, supported by

other concerns that have used anthrac-

nose beans in their operations, has

been vigorously contesting the case be-

fore a jury in the United States Dis-

trict Court, Grand Rapids, and the out-

come has been followed with interest

by shippers, elevator men and growers

of beans, as well as the canners. The

case is unique in this country, no sim-

ilar issue ever having cOme before the

courts before. A number of like cases

against other canners are now pending,

but this was the test case.



The defense in this case; had collect-

ed a great mass of evidence showing

that the spotted beans in this seizure





 





 

 





stand for the defense, but Judge Ses-

sions took the heart out of the defend.

ant’s case by ruling out all evidence

relating to the fitness of these beans

for human consumption. He held that

the simple issue was Whether the

beans were so inferior that they were

decomposed,

or the pure food act which reads: “An

article is deemed adulterated if it con-

sists in whole or in part of a decom-

posed vegetable substance.”





“This is not an attack by the govern-

ment on the bean industry of Michi-

gan,” said the judge in his charge to

the jury. Your verdict will in no way

affect the bean grower, jobber or pack-

er or any other concern but the de-

fendant company. No charge is made

that the processes used were defective.

The only issue is were the beans in

this case so inferior as to be decom-

posd, coming under the pure food and

drugs act.”





With this charge the jury quickly

reached a verdict for the government.

It is expected that the case will go to

the court of appeals. The defense con-

tends that it is absurd to contest a

case under the pure food laws with the

food value of the product in question,

in its relation to health, entirely elim-

inated. It is insisted that. the govern-

ment should carry the burden of prov-

ing that the beans are unfit for food.

Beans affected with anthracn0se,

ground rot and blight have been eaten

for years without harmful effects.

France buys large quantities of canned

beans in this county and in her con-

tracts specifies that ten per cent an-

thracnose is allowable. It is not con-

tended by the Michigan canners that

spotted beans are of the highest class.

They make up the cheaper grade of

foodstuffs.



Under this decision it would appear

that the bean industry of the state is

affected and that nothing but choicest

hand-picked beans will be marketable

for canning purposes, with all else go-

ing for stock food.



Kent Co.





POTATOES HAVE A HIGH VALUE.





ALMOND GRIFFEN.





 





From figures taken from the October

issue of the Monthly Crop Report, pub

lished by the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture, it appears that

the farm value of potatoes is far above

the normal. The Report lists 33 states

in which potatoes have an estimated

farm value on October 1 in excess

of $1. 00.



Potatoes are most valuable in South

Carolina, where they are quoted as be-

ing worth $1.70 a bushel at the farm,

and they are least valuable in Wash-





ington, where they have a value of but '





63 cents a bushel.



The 33 states in which potatoes are

worth $1.00 or more a bushel at the

farm, and the value in each state is

shown in the following table:





South Carolina ................. $1.70

Oklahoma ...................... 1.65

Florida ......................... 1. 56





Arizona ........................ 1.50

Indiana ......................... 1.46

Ohio ........................... 1 43

Iowa ........................... 1 42

Alabama ........................ 1 40

Texas .......................... 1.40

Louisiana ...................... 1. 39

Michigan ....................... 1. 38

Missou1i .................... '. . . . 1.36

A1kansas ....................... 1. 34

Georgia . . . .' ..................... 1. 32

Mississippi ..................... 1. 29

Connecticut ..................... 1.25

New York ...................... 1.22

Pennsylvania ................... 1.22

Kansas ......................... 1.20

New Mexico .................... 1.20

Massachusetts .................. 1.15

South Dakota ................... 1.15

Nevada ........................ 1.15

California ...................... 1.13

New Hampshire ................. 1.12

West Virginia .................. 1.12

Wisconsin ...................... 1.09

New Jersey ..................... 1.08

North Carolina ................. 1.05

Tennessee ..................... . 1.05

Kentucky ....................... 1.00

Vermont ........... .............100





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November 7, 1916.

Wheat.———The distraction of the in-

terest of traders by the general elec-

tion acted as a bearish influence in

the wheat market the latter part of

last week and Monday of this week.

~This was to be expected and Wheat val-

ues as a. consequence show a slight

falling off. Notwithstanding this and

the perils that usually attend market-

ing when products are abnormally high

the trade is in a strong position. Euro-

pean demand continues steady, while

crop conditions in Argentine- show

‘ scarcely any improvement in the ex-

ceedingly dry season that is prevailing

there. High prices are of course re-

stricting consumption, and speculators

appear to be debating how much more

can be added to quotations without ser-

iously restricting the movement of the

grain. The acreage of new wheat sown

in America is less than normal because

of the dry weather condition at seed-

ing time. One year ago No. 2 red

wheat was quoted on the local market

'at $1.131/2, per bushel. Detroit prices

for last week are: '





No. 2 No. 1

- Red. White. Dec.

Wednesday ..... 1.81 1.76 1.84

Thursday ....... 1.841/2 1.79% 1.87%,

Friday ......... 1.84 1.79 1.87

Saturday ....... 1.821/2 1.77%,» 1.85%

Monday ........ 1.831/2 1.781/2 1.861/2





Corn—New corn is beginning to

move in small way and these receipts

are causing a slight easing up of the

tension upon this trade. The high level

of values is encouraging farmers to

sell large quantities of live stock which

will without doubt decrease to no small

degree the amount of corn that will be

fed out by farmers. Just what the ef-

fect of this will be upon the market

later in the year is impossible to say.

There is no apprehension, however,

that values will decline to any great

extent so long as hostilities continue in

Europe. One year ago No. 3 corn was





quoted at 671/2c per bushel. Last week’s _





Detroit prices were:





No. 3 . N. 3

Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday ........... 1.10 1.12

Thursday ............ 1.10 1.12

Friday ............... 1.10 1.12

Saturday ............ 1.15 1.17

Monday .............. 1.08 1.10





Oats—Values in the oat trade have

shown less tendency to fluctuate be

cause of the more even supply and de-

mand. The volume of primary receipts

is only ordinary. A year ago standard

oats were quoted at 41c per bushel.

Last week’s Detroit prices were:N 3



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Standard. White.

Wednesday .............. 56 55

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

Friday .................. 55% 54 1/2,

Saturday ................ 551/2 54%,

Monday ................. 551/2 541/3





Rye—This cereal shows a jump of

11c during the week, With the trade

firm at the higher prices. Cash N0. 2

is now quoted at $1.43 per bushel.





Beans.—Values in this department

of the market continue firm at $6 for

immediate and November shipment.

The amount of beans being offered is

very small. On the Chicago market

there is an active demand with sup-

plies unusually light. Michigan pea

beans, hand-picked, are quoted at $6.90

@7.10 per bushel.



Seeds.——Prime spot clover $11.10;

December $11.20; prime alsike $10.40;

timothy seed $2.50.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





F bun—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.§0; spring wheat $10.50; prye flour



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Feed.—In 100-lb. sacks, jabbing 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.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Butter.-—-The market for butter is

" firm and active. Prices are 1,60 higher.

Creamery extra 35c; do. firsts 34c;

dairy 300; packing stock 270.

. Elgin.-—-Prices continue to advance

' and there is no indication of weakness

in the market.





. a. . Chicago—A firm feeling continues to





tamed. Creamery extras are quoted at

Sogglzxtra firsts 35@35%c; firsts 33%,

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.Firsts 350; current receipts 33c. '

- Chicago.—eefl‘he feeling continues firm

with prices -for' firsts slightly higher.

- 3R3eal fine eggs are scarce.“ Firsts 326)





ordinary firsts 29 175 @ 31c;

mark, cases included, 25 1,4 @ 31 Vac;

firsts, storage . paid, 30 96 @30 5/8 c.





Poultry.—Market is quiet and easy

Prices

Live, spring chick-





on account of liberal receipts.

are slightly lower.

ens 15%@16c; No. 1 hens 15@151/zc;





others 13@141/2c; ducks 15@16c; geese





15@16c; turkeys 24@25c.





Chicago—Chickens of all kinds are

lower on account of big receipts. Other h

kinds are unchanged. Demand is fair.





Good turkeys 190; others 10@120;

fowls, general run 130; others 12@

1414c; spring chickens 16c; ducks 14c;

geese 12@141,§c.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples—Market is dull and steady,





with prices unchanged. Barreled stock





$3.50@4 for fancy; choice $2@2.75;

No. 2, 75c@$1 per bushel.

the feeling is steady.





2@355650 per bbl; No. 2 stock $1.50@





'P'otatoes.—At Detroit potatoes are

Quoted, carlots, in





lower and easier.

bulk at $1.60@1.65; sacks $1.65@1.75.





At Chicago the Michigan white are





quoted at $1.40@1.60; others $1.‘35@





1.70; liberal receipts caused a weak





 





market.

GRAND RAPIDS.

Dealers report an easier feeling in





outside potato markets and prices now

range from $1.30@1.50 at Michigan

‘ Some of the growers

are reported to be putting their tubers

in storage, which is almost unheard of





buying stations.





proceeding on a $1.50 market. The





Michigan bean market continues very

firm, with prices in most markets on a





$6 basis.

36c.





Fresh eggs are worth 35@





lows: No. 2 red wheat $1.77;

$1.20; oats 550; corn $1; barley $1;

buckwheat 900.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Buffalo.



- Nevember 6, 1916.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,



. Buffalo, N. Y.)





Receipts here today as follows: Cat-





tle 240 cars; hogs 160 d. d.; sheep 40

d. d.; calves 1300 head.



With 240 cars of cattle today there

was a good demand for what shipping

cattle were here and they sold strong,

10@25c higher, but the trade was slow

on the medium butcher cattle and com-

mon kinds and they sold no more than

steady. There was a strong demand

for the canners and the bulk of them

sold strong to 10c higher. The bulk of

the bulls sold about steady. We look

for a liberal run of cattle next Monday

and a steady market on best grades

and slow trade on the medium kinds.



We had a liberal run of hogs today,

demand quite good, and while a few of

the choice grades of hogs sold a little

stronger than Saturday, the average

market was no higher. Bulk of the

yorkers and light mixed sold around

$9.75@9.85, with a few selected lots

up to $10, and one or two loads of

strictly choice mediums around $10.10

@1015. Pigs and lights sold from

$8.75@9; roughs generally $9; stags

$7.50@8.50. Market active on anything

good, but rather slow on the medium

grades of yorkers, some of this kind

going over unsold.



With a light run of lambs today our

market opened active and 100 higher

than the close of last week, and we

look for steady prices balance of the

week. '



We quote: Best lambs $10.75@10.85;

cull to common $9@10.25; yearlings $7

@9; bucks $5.50@6.50; eWes $7.25@

7.50; cull sheep $3.50@5; wethers $7.75

@8; top veals, $12.75@13: heavy $7@

9; common and light $8@10.50; grass-

ers $5@5.50.





 





Chicago.



November 6, 1916.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today. .20,000 45,000 39,000

Same day 1915..22,616 30,553 20,081

Last week...’.r.68,661 238,264 110,993

Same wk 1915..54,425 128,943 86,334

Hogs shot up 15@200 today on live-





ly early buying, speculators buying a

good many offerings.

$8.70@10.05, with very few around the

. The price, based on top price. Light hogs show an increas-



’ sales, is 36c. 1





Sales ranged at





'ng proportion of the receipts, last





week’s average weight being 199 lbs.

Buyers were bidding lower for prime

lambs, as well as for otherlkinds, and

a small decline looked probable.





Shipments from here last week in-





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market for the best beeves and a ‘de- .

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Anothergrhigh record for the or a total of 252.335 bushels.





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grain dealers 128,922,

Of this

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of choice beeves on Wednesday. The dealers report no wheat marketed in





choice cattle went at $10.75 and up—

ward, good steers at $10 and over, me-





October.

Corn.——The estimated average yield





dium lots at $8.50@9.95, fair little kill- Der acre of corn. in bushels is 21-05 in





ers at $7.50 and over, and sales down





ning steers. .

let on the basis of $4.50@9.40 for the

common to prime heifers, fat little

yearlings going at $8.75 and upward

and cows bringing $4.80@8.. Choice

yearling steers sold at $11@11.40, good

lots of such steers going at $9.50 and

upward, and ordinary lots at $8 and

over. Cutters had a good sale at $4.20

@475 canners at $3.25@4.15 and bulls

at $4.25@8.;

market, light vealers selling at $9

11.25 and sales down to $4.50@8 for

'heavy calves. The market for stockers

and feeders was not especially active

most of the week, with sales at a range

of $4.50@7.50, and a limited number

went at $7.60@8, with a sale of 12 head

of fancy feeders averaging 1234‘ lbs. at

$8. Western range cattle were in the

usual demand, steers selling usually at

$6.50@10.10, the t0p marking another

high record for the season. During the

latter part of the week the market ad-

ters, the latter going as high as $5,

while the best steers were

higher than a week earlier,

pasture and short-fed steers

15c lower.





Hogs were marketed last week with

greatly increased liberality, and the

larger offerings helped to develop more

or less weakness in values, although

the market held up much better on the

whole for desirable offerings than

might have been expected. Naturally,

prices were better maintained for the

choice barrows of butcher and heavy

weights than for the lighter weights,

the latter comprising the greater part

of the daily, receipts. Purchases made

by eastern shippers were limited and

comprised but a very small share of

the daily sales. The best light ship-

ping hogs had to be sold at a greatly

increased discount from prices paid for

the best butcher weights, while the

packers made several raids on pigs,

which sold off rapidly, the best lots

selling as much as $1.50 per 100 lbs.

below the best matured hogs. Late in

the week the market broke badly, with

closing sales at $8.55@9.85, comparing

with $9.50@10.35 a week earlier, while

pigs sold at $6@8.40. The best light

shipping hogs sold 20c below the top

price.





Lambs had some advances early last

week, with good buying of the best

lots and not enough to go around, but

later in the week the demand fell off

to such an extent that sellers had to

accept decidedly lower prices. The

late receipts from the ranges run very

largely to feeding lambs, which have

sold briskly at steady prices. Year-

lings, sheep and lambs are selling

far higher than in other years, and low

prices appear to be a long way off.

Prime lambs sold early in the week at

$11.25, closing at $11, with sales down

to $8.50@9.25 for culls, while feeding

lambs closed at $8.75@10.30. Yearlings

closed at $7.75@9.25, wethers at $7.50

@880, ewes at $3@7.50 and bucks at

$5@5.75. Breeding ewes brought $6@

9.50, and feeders bought yearlings at

$7@8.45, wethers at $6@7.50 and ewes

at $5@6.50.



Horses were marketed last week

much less freely than one‘ or two

years ago, but there were enough, as

the demand for the‘ British armies

ceased the last day of October. There

was fair buying for the French and

Italian armies at $120@130 for riders

and $150@175 for artillery horses. The

southern chunks brought $45@85, with

mares of this class at $90@125, while

feeders sold at $150@210, drafters at

$240@280, city chunks at $180@225,

expressers at $175@200 and wagoners

at $180@210.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





Wheat—The final estimated yield of

wheat in the state is 16.19 in the south-

ern counties 16.28, in the central coun-

ties 16.28, in the northern counties





but mest

sold 10@





 





vanced sharply for canners and cut-





the state, 20.40 in the southern couné





to 4.85 5.90 for a clas of little can- ties, 22.83 in the central counties, 23.46





the upper peninsula.



Clover Seed—Per cent of acreage of

clover seed harvested as compared

with average years is 103 in the state,



, 108 in the southern counties, 104 in the

central counties, 89 in the northern

counties and 100 in the. upper penin-

sula. The average yield per acre in

bushels is 1.51 in the state and south-





There was a lower calf ern counties, 1.64 in the central coun-





ties, 1.97 in the northern counties and

2.00 in the upper peninsula.





Beans.—-The final estimated average

yield per acre in bushels is 6.71 in the

state, 6.21 in the southern counties,

7.11 in the central counties, 6.95 in the

northern counties and 6.79 in the up-

per peninsula.



Potatoes—The estimated average

yield per acre in bushels is 45.22 in

the state. 28.9 in the southern coun-

ties, 38.48 in the central counties, 74.64

in the northern counties and 71.30 in

the upper peninsula. '





Commercial fertilizers—The per





10@15c cent of farmers who have used com~





mercial fertilizers on their wheat this

fall is 34 in the state, 39 in the south-

ern counties, 38 in the central counties,

11 in the northern counties and 13 in

the upper peninsula. .



Live Stock—The average condition

in the state of horses and swine is 96,

cattle and sheep 95.



The estimated total yield of‘ the fol-

lowing farm products for the year 1916

are as follows, ~ ‘





Total

yield,

bushels.

Wheat ...................... 12,404,710

Oats............. .......... 52,763,474

Barley ..................... 1,968,684

Bye ........................ 6,008,953

Buckwheat ................. 666,152

Corn ....................... 31,372,183

Potatoes ................... 22,266,664

Beans ..................... 2,191,862

Peas ....................... 1,002,073

Clover seed ................ 267,270

Apples ..................... 17,231,059

Peaches .................... 2,125,648

Pears ...................... 1,007,394

Plums ..................... » 396,031

Cherries ................... 1,388,349

Strawberries ............... , 437,575

Raspberries and blackberries 625,571

Tons.

Sugar beets ................ 571,543

Hay and forage .......... '. . . 3,087,773





The ten-year average from 1906 to

1915 inclusive, on corn, potatoes and.

beans is as follows: ,



Corn, 53,585,454 bushels; 32 bushels

per acre.



Potatoes 28,776,634 bushels; 86 bush-

els per acre.



Beans, 4,965,627 bushels; 12 bushels

per acre.





GREMI WANTED





Farmer: Ship Us Your Cream





We have a daily ca acity of 5000 lbs.

Butter. We are locate nearly across the





 





street from the Ford facto and have a

large sale of Butter and utter Milk

which enables us to ay the ve highest





market price for bu terfat at al times.

We will (pay 43c over Elgin quotations

delivere iii-Detroit. We pay the same

day we receive the cream, and will

return the cans the next day. We want

cream buyers also. Give us a trial

shipment. Write for shipping tags.





0. A. ELLIS CREAMERY

Highland Park, Mich.





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latest markets. The late market edi-





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Thursday’s Market.

November 9, 1916.

Cattle.





Receipts 2805. In all departments at





~lshe local stock yards this week the





run was large and considering the con-

dition of all railroad terminals in De-

troit, stock was handled fairly well and

little complaint was heard.



In the cattle division the quality was

some better than for several weeks and

prices were full steady with the close

last week and on canners a trifle bet-

ti 1', the demand was hardly as good for

clockers but this was due to election,

many buyers staying home to vote.

Good milch cows sold well and this

class is wanted. Common grades a

trifle dull but steady. There was but

one load on sale good enough to hung

over $8. They were a bunch of 17





, steers averaging to weigh 1140 lbs... and





were bought by the Michigan Beef Co.

from Bishop, Bullen & Holmes for

$8.25 per cwt.



The close was about steady as fol-

lows: Best heavy steers $8@8.25; do.

handy weight butcher steers $7@7.50;

mixed steers and heifers $6.25@6I.75;

handy light butchers $5.50@6.25; llgll't

butchers $5@5.50; best cows $6@6.25;

butcher cows $5@5.50; common cows

$4.25@4.75; canners $3.75@4.25; best

heavy bulls $5.75@6.25; bologna bulls

$5@5.50; stock bulls $4.50@5; feeders

$6@6.50; stockers $5@6; milkers and

springers $40@90.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Bray & B. 5

cows av 1030 at $4.40, 4 canners av 925

at $4, 2 do 2w 1215 at $3.75, 2 do av

800 at $4, 8 do av 950 at $4, 20 do av

723 at $4, 1 do wgh 1220 at $4; to Sul-

livan P. Co. 4 butchers av 737 at $4.75,

15 do av 668 at $5.25, 1 bull wgh 1800

at $6.25, 19 steers av 985 at $7; to Gar-

ber 30 butchers av 628 at $4.70; to

l-‘ineman 23 do av 700 at $5; to Sulli-

van P. Co. 12 do av 827 at $5.50, 5 cows

av 960 at $4.50, 8 butchers av 837 at

536.10, 2 cows av 1030 at $4.50, 6 steers

av 828 at $6.50, 20 do av 1106 at. $7.25,

1 do wgh 780 at $6, 7 COWS and bulls

av 983 at $5, 3 cows av 1087 at $6, 4 do

av 782 at $5.75; to Hammond, S. & Co.

3 do av 1137 at $4.25, 25 steers av 855

at $6.50, 2 do av 1065 at $7, 2 do av 890

at $7; to Goose 6 butchers av 605 at

$4.90, 10 do av 718 at $4.90; to Parker,

11’. & Co. 23 steers av 1057 at $7.25, 19

do av 1028 at $7.25, 11 butchers av 636

at $4.75; to Grant 6 do av 563 at $4 6

do .LV 800 at $5, 13 do av 618 at $4.70,

9‘3 do av 555 at $4.50; to Thompson 27

do av 682 at $5.15; to Mich. B. Co. 2



us av 1085 at $5, 2 do av 1000 at

$4.25, 3 heifers av 753 at $6.50, 3 cows

av 1283 at $6, 2 do av 1015 at $4.85, 3

steers av 943 at $6.60, 4 do av 665 at

$5.25; to Ross 3 do av 617 at $5.50; to

Parkerz W. & Co. 11 do av 1006 at $7;

to Sullivan P. Co. 2 do av 885 at $6.50,

3 do av 1170 at $7.75, 4 butchers av

$12 at $5.25, 3 do av 823 at $6.35, 8 do

av 1071 at $5.35.



Veal Calves.



Receipts 893. The veal calf trade

was active and good grades 500 higher

than they were a week ago, selling at

$10.50@11, with an occasional extra

one at $11.50; heavy grades are still

dull and selling at from $4.50@6. __



Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 11

av 425 at $6.75; to Parker, W. & Co.

10 av 184 at $10, 5 av 180 at $11; to

Goose 17 av 160 at $11, 2 av 310 at

$7.50, 3 av 275 at $8.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 8082. The sheep and lamb

trade was active at last week’s «prices,

a large number of the good lambs

bringing $10.50; sheep also strong.

Swift & C0. bought all they could get

and the close was strong as follows:

Best lambs $10.50@10.60; fair lambs

$9.50@10.25: light to common lambs

$8 8.75; fair to good sheep $6.25@7;

cul s and common $4@5.



Erwin, S. & J. sold Nagle P. Co. 79

lambs av 75 at $10.40, 58 do av 75 at

$10.35, 75 do av 5 at $10.40, 47 do av

$10.35, 75 do av 75 at $10.40, 47 do av

do av 60 at $9.75, 5 sheep av 108 at

$6.25, 2 do av 95 at $6.25, 115 lambs av

75 at $10.30; to Barlage 145 do av 55

at $9; to Thompson 26 do av 60 at

$9.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 12 do av 55

at $8.50, 19 sheep av 98 at $6.25; to

Parker, W. & Co. 21 do av 105 at

$6.80; to Thompson 13 lambs av 55 at

$8.75, 19 do av 50 at $8.75; to Young

51 do av 65 at $10.



, Hogs.



Receipts 12,829. In the hog depart.

ment the market on pi was 25c. lower

than on Wednesday, se ling at ”@3825.

Good ades were strong an 10c high-

er eel as at $9.30@9.75. e quality

this week was slightly better than for





 





   





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Veterinary.





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





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Cough—l have a young mare mule

that has had a cough since last April,

but it does not seem to affect her wind

in the least. E. J. A., Dafoe, Mich.—

G-ive her a teaspoonful of ginger, a ta.-

blespoonful ofpowdered licorice and

a teaspoonful of salt at a dose in soft

feed twice a day.





Chronic Looseness of Bowels.~We ,





have a cow that calved one month too

early, since then she has been troubled

with scours and our local Vet. fails to

help her. About six months ago I lost

a cow that showed similar symptoms

and I am afraid this one will go the

same way. J. H. P., Aloha, Mich-—

Give your cow a teaspoonful of pow-

dered sulphate iron, 1/2 oz. ground gin-

ger, 2 drs. powdered catechu and a tea-

spoonful of subnitrate of, bismuth at a

dose in feed two or three times a day.

The feeding and watering of your cow

will have a whole lot to do in bringing

about a recovery.



Paralysis.—-—Have a heifer which

dropped her second calf August 14, ap

parently was all right for a week, but

for the last three or four mornings she

appears stiff all over and stagger

some when walking; however,‘ after

exercising a few minutes she appears

to get over it. Our local Vet. attrib-

utes her ailment to the excessive hot

weather which we have had lately, but

liam more inclined to believe it paraly-

s1s. Two years ago I lost a heifer

which acted very ,much like this one.

F. 8., Port Huron, Mich—Give her 30

grs. of potassium iodide, 30 grs. ground

nux vomica and 60_grs. of potassium

bromide at a dose three times a day.



Stocking—Worms.——I have a horse

that stocks in hind legs when standing

in stable over night. I have noticed

another horse pass a few worms. C

S., Copemish, Mich—Mix together one

part of powdered nitrate of potash, one

part ground nux vomica, three parts

bicarbonate soda and five parts ground

gentian and give each horse a table

Spoonful at a dose in soft feed twice a



ay.



Looseness of Bowels.—My 18-year-

old horse, which has been usually well,

is now troubled with looseness of the

bowels. Our local Vet. floated his teeth,

but this has not helped him and I for-

got to say that he is unusually thirsty.

M. D., Mancelona, Mich.—-A horse of

his age should be carefully fed for a

while on food that is easily digested,

but not too constipating. Ground oats,

three parts, and dry wheat bran with

a good quality of timothy hay should

be a fairly good ration, while this loose-

ness lasts. He should be watered of-

ten. Give him a teaspoonful of sub—ni-

trate of bismuth, and a tablespoonful

of powdered charcoal at a dose in feed

three times a day.



Constipation—Acute Indigestion—I

have a calf that has been troubled

more or less with constipation ever

smce it was born. It is now seven

weeks old and had an attack of indi-

gestion, causing so much bloating that

I punctured it in left flank, midway be-

tween the last rib and point of hip.

The operation was successful, but the

wound has not yet healed. Is there

much danger of blood poison; further-

more what had I better apply to help

heal the wound? T. C., Hanover, Mich.

Paint edges of wound with tincture of

iodine and dust on boric acid; also ap—

ply oakum and a bandage. When the

operation was performed, you should

have shaved off hair, painted skin with

tincture iodine and thoroughly steriliz-

ed the instrument. Very little danger

of blood poison.



Split Hoof—I have a two-year-old

colt, unbroken, still running in pasture

but right hind hoof is split on side and

has been in this condition for the past

60 days. Will you kindly tell me what

to do for her? M. C., Branch, Mich.—

First of all the colt should be handled,

the edges split, portion of hoof thin-

ned, the rear part of hoow lowered and

hoof separated at coronet at right an—

gles to crack, in order that the hoof

may grow down solid, instead of in

two parts. Apply any one of the com-

mercial hoof ointments that are regu-

larly advertised in this paper to stimu-

late a more rapid and healthy growth

of horn.



Indigestion.-——-Both of my mares are

thin and- somewhat out of condition.

One of them has had three attacks of

colic, at which time sheseems to lose

her appetite. J. W. B., Levering, Mich.

—-Are you feeding your mares enough

nutritious and laxative food? Mix to-

gether one part powdered sulphate of

iron, two parts bicarbonate soda, two

parts ginger, two parts powdered char-

coal and three parts ground gentian

and give them each a tablespoonful at

a dose three times a day. They should-

each have a small amount or salt daily. _





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DR. DAVID





COW CLEANER





all of which are essential to health.





COW Tonic. in condition.





Breeding Tonic. breeding,





 





 

   





 





RESHENING time is the most critisal period in the life of a cow or heifer. No injury



or SiCklileil’s has suchtgisasttrogs-l rest-.1133

iall e ers, re ain e 9. er 11.11. x a .

5:36:13)! lollow If you forcibly remove it. some parts of the afterbirth. Will remain.

These parts decompose and are absorbed by the animal. causing a rapid wasting of





flesh and loss of milk. Avoid all danger by using





Cow Cleaner stimulates the circulation in the blood vessels of the genital organs. causing

the afterbirth to ripen and come away of its own weight, leaving the organs in a healthy





' ' ' with Antisento—it

condition. Cleanse the genital omamliccp your cows i1 a healthy breeding condition.





Give them the help they need at this trying time.

Aids digestion, increases appetite, tones and keeps animal.





1' 13 11!; If h l . A id

Calf Cholera Remele- 5.1352613; sciEeepSaé’adifé‘s 50%;"; '° 9





A t on the genifal organs and puts in condition for

c 3 Makes getting with calf more certain.





There is a Roberts’ medicine forhevery animal

ailment. Over 500,000 copies of his great "book

(184 pages). “Practical Home Vetennarian. are

already in the hands of live-stock owners. Send

$1.00 for your copy today.





‘ Bu Dr Robem' animal

Go to ym mt meilicin'es and tonics.

Nearl 4000ng storescarry them.

sist mi getting the package that bears Dr. Foberts

picture. If your druggist hasn’t Roberts

write us direct. Give us his name. We see

you are promptly supplied.





DR. DAVID ROBERTS VETERINARY CO.

960 Wisconsin Ave.





as failure to properly clean. Many cows.

llOWed to remain. disease and blood nelson-





ROfifiRTB'





and ANTISEPTO





is cooling, soothing and healing.





Look for and in:





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CLYDESDALE SALE

Tuesday, Dec.5th,1 :00 P. M. For par-

ticulars write J. A. H. Johnstone.

Union Stock Yards, Chicago.





50 SELECTED SHORTHORNS 50

Thursday, Dec. 7th, 1:00 P. M. For

catalo%write F. W. Harding, Union

Stock ards, Chicago.





Etc. l‘tk. Etc.

CHICAGO. Lowest Rule. on All Rnllmds.





CUT THIS OUT——

It Is Worth Money





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

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

tietam St... Detroit. Mich. writing your name and ad-

dress clear-iv. You will receive in return a bottle of

Oorbett's “Farr-let's" Liniment. an invaluable lini-

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

Swullen joints. Stilfness, Lame Muscles. Hum-1105mm.

Regular price $1.00. Also a bore? Corbett? s ”Famous"

Salve. n speedy cure {or-sore back. collar rubs, eczema,

Blood poisoning and Belle, in fact foruny kind of open

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

are alsoinvaluableasa Human Remedy. 'l‘ointroduoe

the liniment and salve in ycuroommunity we nremak-

in this Special ofl‘er. lloth the above for $1. Corbett‘s

" nrrier's" Llnlment and Corbett‘s “Famous"

Salve are now used by the lamest trucking concerns,

stables, Supply houses em, in Detroit. To prove our

assertions we will mail you upon request atestlmonial

pain hlet corroborating our statement. If after try-

ing 1'. 9 above you are not. fully sansfied. notify us and

we will refund your money. Reliable Agents Wanted.





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to give satisfaction' or money

a mfficient for ordinary cases.

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SHEEP.

Kope Kon Farms





01ers. One yearling Hampshire ram “$50.00.

One yearling Southdown ra'm at $25.00. A few

growthy well, bred Oxford and Shropshire ram

lambs-at $25.00. Xinderhook. Michigan.





lNGLESlDE FARM





Manhunt: W Shropshire Ewes bunched





 





 





to a prize winning ram.

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Now For The lnlernalional





[GREATEST AND BEST





LIVE STOCK SHOW





OF THE YEAR





December 2 to 9 at‘Union Stock Yards, Chicago

DAILY SALES 0F PURE BRED LIVE STOCK





50 HIGH-CLASS ANGUS 50

Wednesday, Dec. 6th, 1:00 P. M. For

catalo write Chas. Gray, Union:

Stock ards, Chicago.





50 CHOICE HEREFORDS 50 ,

Friday, Dec. 8th, 1:00 P. M. For

catalog write R. J. Kinzer, 1012

Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, Mo. '





SHEEP AND SWINE SALES Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday





Man New Improvements. New Features—Thirty National (‘onventions—Daily Sales of All Breeds,

. A Season of Learning. Entertainment. Brilliant Evening Shows and A TRIP TO





flood Registered Lincoln Hams For no. Price:

Reasonab e. Bobt. Knightd Son. Marietta. Mir-ii.





SHR'OPSHIRES





Afew choice Rams. Dan Booher. B. 4.. Evnrt. Mich.





100 llcad Grade Shro shire 5:21:25 “.23.:





head. Address Frank H. Barrie . n. 1. Scottville,Micln

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Oxford Down Sheep ° 83'2””





M. F. G ANSSIJEY. Lennon. Michigan.





Registered llxloni Down liars F°'.sil“£f.ul?5'°"‘

Olmsted and J. Spaans, Muir. Michigan.





 





Ohio flock of M erinoa and Delaines. od

I“. areal size, only fleeces. heavy shearer-e, 110:3 to

sell. Write wants. b. 1:1. Sanders. Ashtab a. Ohio





Purebred lam hire Ram $1731.33!

sired. A. B. RUNI’A , Rochester, Michigan.

For sale-Registered Hampshire tun No.





ms. Also nun lambs. M. L.

HESS. (one Cedar Farm. 11.2, Pontiac, Michigan





_ HORSES

F OR SALE: $333.53.;‘S3fi

It 8 H Ibo.





fill oolt at side. Priced to sell. , , u

Mighlgnn Agr'l. College. Last. Lansing, Mid“.





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' In us Sim him lilac:

Mlaa“:.'srai.. a... an.

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FOR SALE ‘..‘t"..°fit2.":::t::::.... .352. ‘1':

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I“. FEM 8“ FIN, {giggrgliorgliom Oaklitfi

and Oxford Down sheep. H. B. Peters. Carlo-d. Mich.

Wm" P..":..*“$”°-=".§

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Herd.



There was probably comparatively

little tuberculosis among animals when

they were allowed to roam at will on

the plains and ranches. There is com-

paratively little tuberculosis at the

present time in modern, well—lighted

dairies. But in the same dairies

where the housing conditions are

imperfect; where facilties for quarter-

ing and detaining diseased animals are

not at hand, tuberculosis has made

some fearful inroads. Much of the

progress of this disease has been pos-

sible through a lack of knowledge on

the part of the dairyman of its exist-

ence and likewise lack of any informa-

tion as to the prOper way to combat

the same. Whether or not it is signifi-

cant, it is at least worthy of note that

the most common disease of the dairy

stock is this disease which has caused

the greatest consternation among hu-

man beings.



Tuberculosis is a disease of a pecu-

liar transmissible type. It is not a nor-

mal parasite of the human or animal

body. Once introduced, however, it

finds in the animal body admirable

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1’ By FLOYD W. R'OBISON.





medium of milk, although bitterly de-

nied by many scientists,» is now gener-

ally accepted as‘ a proven fact. As liv-

ing animals and human beings are the

customary hosts of this disease we

may be prepared to understand that it

is through these two sources that most

of the opportunity for the propagation

of the disease comes.





The Eye is not a Safe Judge from Ex-

ternal Appearance.



It is not always easynto detect with

the eye an animal affected with tuber-

culosis. The dairyman has at his dis-

posal, however, a method which is

practically perfect as far as the detec-

tion of this dreaded disease is concern-

ed and while at the present time it is

only the especially inspected herd

which is guaranteed free from this

disease, the' time is coming, and com-

ing rapidly when it will become nec-

essary for all dairy cows to stand this

tuberculin test before their milk will

be permitted to be sold for human

food.



SuperVised Pasteurization is a Safe-

guard.



There is one adjunct which at pres-

ent will be permitted but should be

pe1 formed, as we have said before, un-

der very rigid supervision and that is

the pasteurization of the milk, which if

carried out properly and conscien-

tiously will remove the danger of the

transmission of this disease. But as a

people we are coming more and more

to the desired point of having our pro-

ducts in the first instance free from

any infection or menace to the human

health.



The general appearance of animals

affected with tuberculosis, is common:

ly understood to be a general emaciat-

ed condition, but to guide himself by

this symptom alone is exceedingly un-

safe as apparently the animal body, if

the disease is sufficiently slow in its

progress, is capable of adjusting itself

until much harm may be done before

the disease is noticed by the external

appearances of the dairy cow. Of

course, it is exceedingly possible that

an animal may be in rather advanced

stages of what we may call pulmonary

tuberculosis without actually having

elaborated any milk which itself con-

tains the germs. Likewise, inasmuch

as it is exceedingly difficult to detect

with certainty the presence of the or-

ganism, tubercle bacillis, in the milk,

it certainly is not within the bounds of

safety to wait for the laboratory diag-

nosis from an analysis of the milk.

Scientists have Differed Regarding the



Transmissibil-ity of Tuberculosis.



The fight against tuberculosis in the

dairy stock has been a prolonged one

and a rather bitter one. Certain phy-

siological chemists have maintained

for some time that milk from tubercu~

lous animals could not be fed with saf-

ety to human beings, particularly to

children. Other chemists and bacte-

riologists have persistently denied that

it was possible to transmit from the

animal body to the human body the

germs of this disease or at least to

transmit the disease in this way; some

maintaining that the tuberculosis In

human beings followed the activity of

a. different type of organisms than

those in dairy cows. But since it has

been discovered that many germs have

a wonderful capacity for adapting

themselves or adjusting themselves to

the peculiar conditions under which

they are placed, much of the opposi-

tion has been abandoned and it is now

quite generally conceded, in fact, we

may say popularly conceded, at the

present time that there is certainly

great menace through the consumption

by infants and even by adults, ‘of milk

from tuberculous animals.



Farmers Have Not Had Faith in Test.



One great difficulty with rapid'pro—

gress in securing the elimination of

this disease from dairy stock has been





 





what he supposed to be his best ani-

mals. At first instance this seems pe-

culiar, that any dairyman could be so

oblivious to the proper appreciation of

the conditions at hand as to insist up-

on selling milk from an animal infect-

ed with tuberculosis. Many farmers

have hesitated to have their stock test-

ed for tuberculosis fearing the result

of, the test. We believe this is not due

to the desire on the part of the dairy-

man or farmer to sell milk to consum—

ers from diseased animals. As proof

of this we can cite many, many in-

stances from definite knowledge where

farmers have observed an animal to

be in ill health, they have been the

first ones to ieject the milk from that

animal.



, It is not a callousness on the part of

farmers and dairym-en although we

may readily see that the result of the

testing of the stock may have dire

financial consequences to the dairy-

man; but we feel sure that it is not on

account of this that he has hesitated

so long to have his stock examined but





through a lack of confidence on the '

part of the dairyman in the results of ‘





the test. He has not been convinced

that stock which to him has every ap-

pearance of health could possibly be

diseased and he has not been at all

willing to permit the destruction of

stock of this type merely because un-

der certain conditions temperature re-

actions have been obtained in the diag—

nosis of the disease. So that instead

of blaming the farmer or the dairyman

we feel that those responsible for the

origination of the methods of the de-

tection of the disease have not taken

the dairyman sufficiently into their

confidence in the matter.

The Diagnosis has not Always been

Correct, '



Very frequently physicians and vet-

erinarians make an incorrect diagnosis

of a case and they have not been will-

ing to permit the destruction of a herd

of cattle simply because the cattle re-

sponded to this or that particular test.

In this respect we see no reason for

condemning the dairyman whatsoever,

and we think many public writers and

speakers who have seen fit to condemn

the farmer in this respect have not

taken the various points of view and

the various conditions sufficiently into

consideration. With the, willingness.

however, of government and state to

compensate the dairyman at least in





some degree for his financial loss, he





has been made to understand that the

state views with grave apprehension

the spread of this disease, and while

the state is willing to step in and offer

to share with the dairyman his loss,

they are then talking in a language

which convinces the dairyman of the

extreme importance of the matter. We

think it is not desirable that the full

value of dairy stock be paid Where

condemned because this would furnish

no special inducement to the dairy-

man to so house and care for his stock

that this disease may be eradicated or

prevented at once, but it is well to

recompense him to some extent, or at

least to a sufficient extent to show

that the state is so convinced of the

desirability of the stand it is taking

that it is actually willing and anixous

to pay money, and a substantial sum

of money at that, to assist him in

eradicating the disease from his herd.





The Practical Way is the Shortest

Rout te.



Enough attention has not been given

to this subject directly along these

lines but in our judgment it is the line

of procedure ,to be followed to secure

results in the shortest time and with

the effective co-operation of/the farmer

and da‘iryman. When the dairyman

realizes an animal infected with tuber-

culosis not only is making the product

which he sells unsafe and a menace to

health, but that the presence of this

animal in his herd is an infection cen-

ter for the whole herd, he then be-

comes exceedingly anxious that the

test for the detection of tuberculosis

sliould be performed, and when the

state is willing to step in and pay this





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consequence than the farm. and should to the organisation of new Clubs to





be first improVed.”

STATE GRANGE OFFlcERS.





Master——John C. Ketoham, Hastings.



Overseer—C. H. Bramble, Tecumseh.



Lecturer~Dora H. Stockman, Lan-

sin .



Sgecretary—Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor.



Treasurer-Frank Coward, Brbnson.



Executive Committee—C. S. Bart»

lett, Pontiac; Geo. B. Horton, Fruit

Bi e; J. W. Hutchins, Hanover; W.

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

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

dale; Burr Lincoln, Harbor Beach.





 





HOLD GOOD CONVENTION.





 





Representatives of Oceana Granges Mr. Lindenman and 0-

met in convention recently at Pentwa—





ter. The location was not convenient,

but the hearts of the patrons there are





always warm, and they know how to Ackley and Franklin, and Messrs. Lee





entertain their sisters and brothers in





a manner to make them forget how far entertained us. The program was clos-

they have come, or the labor of going ed by all joining in singing the Star





back. Worthy Master Ketcham’s good

circular regarding a Grange revival

was read in full, as I trust it was at

.many such gatherings.



The delegates to the State Grange

meeting were elected and the conven-

tion passed some very good resolu-

tions. A resolution, well worded, fav-

oring the Torrens System came first.

One for the tonnage tax was also pass-

ed. Another, favoring investigation of

“The Income Tax,” as adapted to Mich-

igan conditions, was also passed. A

strong resolution pledging the Granges

of the county to do all they can to

make Michigan dry, and to use their

best efforts to defeat the so~called

“Home Rule amendment,” came last,

and all were passed without oppo-

sition.



Bro. Robert Walton of Heart Grange,

was called for and gave a good talk.

He said the need of the hour is for a.

better market for the people on the

farm. The commission men, he said,

were co-operating in the. cities to pre-

vent direct selling. But we must go

ahead and solve the great problem of

distribution. We must find a shorter

road from the producer to the con-

sumer. ,



He regretted that a few of our

Granges were very weak. He urged

all to do their uttermost to keep each

Grange in line, doing its work for the

good of all.



Next year the convention will meet

at Hart. The next meeting of Oceana

Pomona will be with Oceana Center

Grange, in November.



W. F. TAYLOR.





 





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





 





A Good Attendance recently at P0-

mona Grange meeting, over 100 mem-

bers of the Grange enjoying the hOSpi-

tality of Evans Grange.‘ The meeting

was a most profitable and pleasant one

and the, addresses by State Master

Ketcham, of Hastings, E. R. Cochrun,

of Courtland, and the president of the

Kent County W. C. T. U. were much

enjoyed. Resolutions were adopted and

favored the stand of the State Grange

on the so-called “Home Rule” amend-

ment in which they score the stand

taken by the promoters of this amend-

ment very strongly during the after-

noon session. H. G. Smith, Kent coun-

ty’s agricultural agent, gave a very in-

teresting talk on how to get better

seed and in the evening presented to

the Grangers a brief reportof what

had been done in the state in his line

during the past year. The Barnaby

Family of Musicians from Bowen Cen~

ter were greatly appreciated. Mr and

Mrs. T. H. McNaughton were elected

delegates to the State Grange.





COMING EVENTS.





 





Gratiot County Pomona meets with

Elm Hall Grange at Riverdale on Sat-

urday November 11. Fifth degree ses-

sion 11 the forenoon. Open session

in the afternoon. A play, presented by

Pleasant Valley Grange during the ev-

ening. This Promises to be a love





feast of good things. ,Mrs. C. J. C.





Woodman; of Paw Paw, state speaker.





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Address all oommuni as relative





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





 





FARM ERS’ CLUB FAIRS.





 





Washington Center.





More than 200 attended the Wash-

ington Center Farmers’ Club Fair and

chicken-pie dinner October 12 at Sun-

ny Slope, the home of Mr. and Mrs. B.

S. Gilman.



The exhibits were on display at the

Town Hall. The display of fruits,

Vegetables and poultry did not come

up to the standard of former years,

yet the collection was better than ex-

pected. What Was lacking in that line

was made up in the line of fancy work

which filled the full width of the hall.

L. Smith could

not be present as was expected, but

after the dinner hour the crowd was

well entertained by songs from the

Daggett School. and readings by Mr.





Morrison, and Riesling. A, vote of

thanks was given to those who kindly





Spangled Banner.

Columbia.





The October meeting of the Colum-

bia Farmers' Club, held at Mountain

Ash Farm with Mr. and Mrs. H. J.

Peterson. was one of much interest.

This being the annual fair many beau.

tiful articles of needlework were dis-

played by the ladies, including the

prize crocheted bed spread displayed

at,the Jackson Fair, also embroidered

baby dress, fancy slippers, fine speci-

mens of tatting in various articles, and

other work that caused much admit-a~

tion. The men’s exhibit was rather

small compared with the ladies.





C. B. Cook of the M. A. C., brought

much enthusiasm to the meeting, and

the fact of his making a fast drive

from Jackson, after missing his train

there, carried added appreciation of his

part in the day’s program. He spoke

along the line of Farm Extension work,

saying: “The people that are not or-

ganized are the victims of those that

are, rural America must organize.

There is a deep seated unrest in the

country. The extension work is in«

creasing and will solve many of the

rural problems.” The small town of

Memphis, Michigan, was cited? as an

example of organized effort that bene-

fited both town and country. Every

community should develop the particu-

lar product adapted to its individual

territory and organize to develop the

same.





The need of sanitary plumbing in

the country homes is one of the

greatest importance, through the ef-

forts of the Farm Bureau, the cost has

been reduced to a moderate rate and

the septic tanks installed through their

direction are proving very satisfactory.

0. E. Robey, of the College, has this

line of work in charge. He thought

the retired farmers, instead of moving

to town and often times not doing their

share to build up the same, ought to

make the rural home all that it is pos-

sible for the town home to be.



He touched on the benefit of vetch

as well as alfalfa as a soil crop, and

said in closing that Michigan ought to

come up to her neighbor state, Wiscon—

sin, in the matter of rural organization.

The state is paying $20,000 for her

share of extension work.





After an enjoyable dinner was serv-

ed, Sumner Ladd spoke briefly on the

two amendments to be voted on and

the company sang the Club song, “Mich-

igan, My Michigan," composed by Dr.

E. N. Palmer. In spite of the stormy

day, all expressed themselves as hav-

ing spent a pleasant and profitable

meeting; the only regret being the ill~

ness of the hostess, who could not en-

joy the company.





 





MILK AND PUBLIC HEALTH.





 





(Continued from preceding page).





Better Prices, Adequate Inspection

Makes Milk Safe.





We say, therefore, that within a

comparatively short time, through a

public appreciatioin of this whole prob-

lem, it will be possible for consumers

to feel absolutely secure insofar as the

perfect healthfulness of the product,

milk, is concerned, and now with the

advent of more reasonable prices to

the farmer for milk and its products,

with the probability that the farmer

and dairyman will receive nearer the

compensation he should receive, we

can see no reason why the consumer

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Review of Reviews, mo., 1 yr. . . . . 3.00

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OUR PRICE 0N“ $3.25





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Am. Poultry Advocate, mo., 1 yr. . .50

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"WHAT THE SIZE. ,oE5Afi'V‘Ec

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Observations made at the Connecti— .





cut Storrs Station show that contrary

to current belief neither small nor

large eggs are necessarily laid, either

at the beginning or end of a hen’s lay-

ing period, ,but that they are most of-

ten laid during the time of heavy egg

production.



The number of eggs laid by 1,820

hens during a 20 months’ laying period

was 199,137, of which 103 were small

(less than .09 pound) and 89 were

large (over .179 pound). The 103 small

eggs were laid by only 85 hens, show-

ing that only a small percentage of the

hens laid a small egg during their first

year of laying. Four hens out of the

85 laid two small eggs at different pe-

riods of their productivity. It was

found that only two eggs out of a total

of 103 indicate» a resting period after

the production of a small egg.





The figures also show that as a. rule

hens do not lay extremely small eggs

at the beginning of their laying periods

but that such eggs are laid at a time

when the hen is laying most heavily.

It seems clear that the small egg is not

due to the fact that it is the hen’s first

attempt, or to the fact that it is the

end of her laying period and repre-

sents exhausted power. A fairer as-

sumption as to the cause of these small

eggs would be that they are due to

some mechanical interference with the

hen’s normal functions—that they are

laid whenever a particle of blood. for-

eign element, or an undeveloped yolk

is drawn into the’passage where the

shells are formed, and that contrac-

tions of the oviduct then cause an egg

to be laid completely formed, but with-

out having undergone normal develop.

ment.



Of the 89 large eggs, nearly 99 per

cent were laid at the time of heavy

production, and in most cases the hen

did not rest after laying such an egg,

but continued her uninterrupted yield

of normal eggs. It further appeared

that in most cases the hen did not rest

before laying a large egg any more

than she did after such a performance.

Forty-five of the large eggs were laid

without any previous resting period, 31

were laid with a resting period of one

day before, and 10 were laid with a

resting period of two days.





 





BLUE OINTMENT.





1 saw an item in your paper about

using blue ointment on poultry. Will

you tell me what it is made from, or

where I can buy it?



Tuscola Co. A. A. K.





Blue ointment which is used on poul-

try to rid them of lice, is a standard

product, the formula of which is given

in the U. S. Pharmacopecia. Any drug-

gist can fill the formula for you, as he

can refer to this book for it.



There is another ointment used in a

similar manner which is somewhat

more economical to use and almost as

efficient in its results; this is ammoni-

ated mercurial ointment. This is also

a standardized ointment, and a drug-

gist will know its formula. However,

for use on poultry it could be made a

little more economical by using lard as

a base instead of lanolin which is pre-

scribed in the U. S. P.



To make either of these formulas

effective they should be rubbed on the

hen’s body in three places, viz: under

the vent and under each wing. It

should also be rubbed on quite thor-

oughly so that no lumps are left that

the hens might pick off, as both these

ointments are poisonous if taken in-

ternally.





 





Remember that fowls must exercise

in winter, and if they cannot range

about the farm they must be made to

scratch vigorously in the litter of the

poultry house for their hard gram

food; also remember that this litter

. and the floor under it should be kept

reasonably clean.





 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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POULTRY JOURNAL

c Practical Snappy. Instinctive—YOUR

PAPER. For the breeders of Mich..

‘Ind.. 111.. Wis.. only}. You should read

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. a yea, o. 1 . Agents

wanted. Big 4 Poultry Journal. Desk

%. Chicago.



POULTRY.





 





Barred Rocks iitiii‘eflififiitifii‘é:





Circular Free. Fred Aotling. Constantine. Mich.





White. Brown.

BREEDING COCKERELS § 1..., 3...... Le..-

horns. R. I. Reds. Barred Rocks.

PULLETS—Wliite, Buff. Black.

Sunnybrook Poultry Farms,





 





Prices reasonable.

Hillsdale. Michigan.





Cockerels, Cocks and Hens. Four

Barred R0 >iillets layed 9:30 eggs in one year.

W. 0. Coflman. 11.3, Benton Harbor, Michigan.





 





' For a short time in White Rocks. Pekin

Bargains Ducks. Toulouse Geese and W hite Afri-

Hostetler, R.1. St. Johns, Mich.





Cockerels, full

blood $.00 each

Union City, Michigan.





can Guineas. H. V.

Barred Plymouth Rock

two for $5.00. . A. Barnum.

BARGAINS in Pekin Ducks, Grn African Geese,





:iraganselt Turkeys and W hite 'ynntlotte pulleta.

all No. 1 birds. Hemlock Poultry 81. Stock Farm, Prescott,Micll.





 





 





c k I 8.0 W. Leghorns, Vigorous stook, weight

on era 8 3 to 5 lbs. each. Price one $1.50. 3 or more

$1.00 each. THOMAS MAYER. Merrill. Michigan.





GET YOUR Milli]! IN EARLY F01!





Cookerels from Cousins Northern King Strain Barred

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





Exculsively. Nowis the time to buy

Bu" L.ghonls pure bred stock at. a big reduction in

price. Dr. William A. Smith, Petersburg. Michigan





-‘ FElilllS WHITE LEGHORNS





Best winter layers. 5000 pullets.

hens and breeding males at low

prices. Trapnested to lay 200 eggs

or more. Shipped C. 0.D. and on

approval. Chicks and Eggs. Catalog explains

all. Send postal.





Geo. B. Ferris. 934 Union. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





OHN‘S Big Beautiful Barred Rocks are all hen-

llntclicd. developed quick. good layers. each 83; pair $5;snld

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





FOR SAL Pure bred S. C. Buii‘ Leghorns





and white Plymouth Rock cock-

orels.





Kietzien 8: Webster, Bath. Mich.

Cookerels from $2



FOWIGI’S Bull HOGRS I to :5; hens $1.50 to

85. White Holland Turkey s. young toms $5; hens :3,

R. B. FOWLER. Hartford. Mich. R. 3.





HARRISON WiilTE LEGHORNS





Fine Ferris and Morse birds, Feb. hatched cockerels

$1.50; Apr. $1.25; June 750. Pullets $1.50, yearling hens

31.2.3. G. L. HARRISON, Shelby. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





- White Orpingtons. Winners 8 ain

Pin. cr's‘l, s. coBat. “1th hate gi‘air. MYRognWIlLIfilg

k _ u 0 es . . .

fichGffif Paiife Crest ‘orm. Royal Oak. Michigan.





 





Rnons ISLAND REDS rind PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

Males 5 to 1?. lbs. according to 88832 t'08."); P. R. hens

weight 5 to 10 in... eggs 15 for 1.00; 100. 35:120. so.

Mammoth Bronze Tom Turkeys. 8 ‘0 lbs. according

to 883 35 to 325. 10 Sims S3. A. E. Cramion. Vassar. Mich.





RED COCKERELS, Boil] Combs. $335.32





will improve the color of your flock. Write for price

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





lion and Sin ll Gambit-.1-R$§°°kef°‘“°”“'°:

able. 0. E. Hagwley. Ludirlli‘étanWidKFes reason

single comb Rhoda Island §edk°§°k°’°’“' RM“

JENNIE BUELL. Ann “sonata. iii ‘i’dfiiié’i‘d‘.





 





 





 





SILVE Golden :i ml White Wyandottes. Choice youn

I cockerels. Reasonable quality considered?

Tonia and Lansing winners. C.W.Browning. 1L2. Portland.Mich.





' C k el f fl

"'1". Wanda“. lagoon? 3; arm?!) o2§h$§5n¥ilia§di

A. FRANKLIN SMITH. Ann Arbor. Michigan.





 





 





' Wya dottes cocks and oookerols snow hite fro

While flrlile stock and A 1 layers 82. $3, andvfg’ea‘oh. m

DAVID RAY. 202 Forest Ave. Ypsilanti...” ichigan.





 





 





White china (loose & M. Pokin Duelist





 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 





HIGHIEAN HOLSTEINS





   





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or Cosy" or ' Ganesha onerous. reach in

Ten Days before datoofpublication.





. CATTLE. '





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





HERD ESTABLISHED IN 1900.

TROJAN-ERICAS and BLACKBIRDS on] .

lgoo breeders of Percheron. Hackney and Saddle





om. . ,

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





 





‘YnsmnEs—One of the foremost dair breads. The

most. economical milk r ucers. Calves

for sale. White Leghorn cookers s; Duroc ersey

swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. Flint.Miohigan.





 





eg. Guernsey Bulls, serviceable ago. great. grand

cm: of Gov. Chena.,slso grade Guernsey and Jersey heifers

6 wks old 820 each. Avondaie Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich





I of service ago and calves from

Guernsey BU“, choice. Adv. reg. breeding.

T. V. HICKS. Route I. Battle Ceeek. Mich.

Re istered Guernsey Cattle.

For sale And Berkshire swine the best

yet. John Ebels, Holland, R. 10. Michigan.

GUERNS EYS—Rncrsrnnnn

BULL CALVEB

Containin blood of 'world chameéon .

HICKS’ OUER SEY FARM. Saginaw. . 8.. Mich‘

GU ERNS EYS: Bred heifers. mature cows. bull calves

From a ion line of Adv. Regwancestors with large

record. G. i. WIGENT. atervliet. Michigan.





MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





 





 





 





 





 





fourths of them making their records as two year

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

provement can soon be attained if the right

selection is made. The breeding of the Beach

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

guarantee them to be free from contagious dis-

eases and to be satisfactory in every way or

money refunded. Write and let us tell you about

them.





4; CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVINE,





Coldwater, Michigan.





Re istered Guernsey Bulls old enough

For sale: for3 service. and bull calves from ad-

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





two' gr. sons of May Rose

Reg. Guernsey Bulls m... 0. Le... w...

(the bull) one 2 mo. old dam May Rose breeding

one 6 mo. old. others of serviceable age. Satisfaction

guaranteed. Alfred Anderson. Holton, Michigan.





BULL F0“ SALE Thoroughbred Guemse “Jim



of Al‘horahill,"bw eég t 11600



0 nd , ethree years. 00 sure rec er: r 09



£17}: f. 3. b. toval ()ak. Ap y CHARLES ST FF.

R. F. D. No. 2, Royal Oak, ich. Phone 152.





uernseys—Z fine yearling heifers for sale. bred to

I May Rose Bull—they are beauties—you can buy

them right. J. M. WILLIAMS. North Adams. Mich.





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





From a rand daughter of The King of the

Pontiacl. “Six-ed by a bull that is more than dhalf

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the

World. and whose dam is a 30 lb. 0% fi fat. dau htor

of Pontiac Aggie Korndyke who has more b.

daughters than any other living bull. If you do

write for pedigree. >





EDWIN S. LEWIS. Marshall, Mich.





“.T0 P N (”C ll ” Holsielns





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

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

herd of wonderful quailt has been established. We

are selling young bullso this“'10P NOTCH"quality,

of serviceable age. at moderate rices. Informationé

pedigrees,etc.. on application. cPHERSON FARM

00.. Howell. Michigan.





 





Purebred Registered

H O L S T E I N

GATT L E





The relimlnary report of. tests coverin the

period slince 1909. and just published by the Iowa

Agricultural Ex eriment Station, states that the

average of room: s made by first generation heifers

b ' a purebred Holstein sire, shows an increase of

7fper cent milk and 42 or cent fat, at anaverage

age of 3% years, over t 8 record of their scrub

dams at an average age of (:3 years. These depend-

able reports show ver plainly that the introduc-

tion of a purebred Ho stein bull to a herd of com-

mon cows will materially increase reduction and



rofits. There's big money in the ig ‘Black and



bite" Holsteins.





Send for FREE Illustrated Ducri'pti'oc Booklets

'l'be Holstein-Friction Association oi America.

F. L. Houghton. Sec'y.. Box lfif. Iratileboro. Vt





 





 





 





 





 





30 lb bull for sale. 2 years old. 1) a son of King of

v the Pontiacs. Dam sold for 811%)0 in Detroit sale.

Ferd. J. Lance. Sobewaln . Mich.





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HGLSTIENS





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



Herd No. 2. Five yearling heifers. one yearling bull.

Herd No. 3. Five Heifer calves and one bull.



Bulls ready for serVice and 6 to eight months old bulls

Prices will please you. If interested. write as soon as

you read this. L. E. CONNELL, Fayette. Ohio.





. 'h . .,

llEBISlEllEll Hfiiség‘difii‘? .138“??? $313.35 °i§3i2§

ice 3. . REAVEY, AKRON, Ml HIGAN.





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

5 weeks old, beautifully marked.820.00 each. crated





for shipment anywhere. Edgewood E armlWh liews‘eerifi

Holstein Friesian Cattle

A. R. O. herd tuberculin tested, headed

by grandson of King Segis Pontiac.

PEACELAND STOCK FARM. Three Rivers. Mich.





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





4 to 12 Mo. World record sire. High

testing dams—from 899 up to 8299. Let

us send you one on trial.~ You should

not buy until you get our book. .





Long leach ‘ Farm.





 

 





Average yearly production 422.3 lbs. of fat. three '





 





 

 





 





 

 





 





ml! . ..M‘¢h“~: -- Jum-

, Arc sriim -He‘rd hooded!) Home a...

glitterggy No.&2¢.Dam's reco' “Gymbuttgg

.53 lbs. milk 619. tter





Yearl recorded; 2

802 looming m bs.W. B? READER. ii‘oivei Thou.





.From A. h. o. Damagired bfi“Maplecrest Korndyke

Hengerveld. whose am. “ a loci-est Pontiac Flora

gal-tog, isone of the four 1 pound daughters of

Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke,"

Write us about these Calves, and our,





Be rksh ires

And we will quote prices that will move them.





Swigartdale Farm, Petersburg, Mich.





ready for cardiac from 20

“89- “OISICIII Buns lb. four yr. old dams. .75

each. Dewey C. Pierson. Hadley. Michigan.

F0 RSALE Four Holstein calves sired by

one of the beat sons of King Begin

Pontiac Alcartra the 8.30.0“) bull. Fine individuals. 3

females. lmale. Sindlinger Bros" Lake Odessa. Mich.





HOBART W. FAY

mason, men.





Been breeding better Holstein-Friesian cattle since 1904.





 





 





 





 





Dairymen !





—The Truth





You may be preiudiccd against

the Jersey use you don't

lmow her. Look her up. She'o



the Money Cow.



Get This Book-a history of

the breed and full of very inter-

esting tests and facts. It proves



conclusively that for pure dairy type. econ-

ucuon, richness of milk. long





This 0‘

cm

80"" life yand adaptability to feeds and climates





-—all these combined—she stands way

Emeflicnfirnll. GTliio book "About {cum

3 u e . t a

find it mighi' y aged temyourfopy now on

The American JeraeyCattle Club

346 West 23rd Street. New York City





 





 





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R

of M. Cows. also heifer calves and several bred

Colon 0. Lillie. Coopersville. Mich





from high- roducin dun-.with

19'8” Bull: lor sale testing “5o. recorfils. also on

semi-official test. C. B. Wehner. B. 6. Allegan. Mich





heifers for sale.





"a I. lane R. of M. JERSEY HERD offers for sale.

1P tuberculin tested bulls bull calvesand

heifer calves carrying the blood of t e greatest ro-

ducers of the breed. IRVIN FOX. Allexan. ch.





llElilSlEllEll JERSEY BULL! Hill SALE





1 yearling. and Bull calves from 8 to 10 months

old. so 3 cows. rite your wants.

BMITH— PARKER, .R. D. No. 4, Howell, Michigan





 





Maple Hill Farm flagislmd Jemy Callie for his

Both sexes. The kind that. fly at the ail.

J. R. Worthington. R. No. 7. Elansing. ichigan.





The Wildwood Farm





J erse Cattle. Majwty Blood. We have Bulls for sale

from 9 later of Merit. cows of good ty pe. rite you r

wants. lvin Balden. Capao. Michigan.





FOR SALE. Choice re i tered Jersey bull



O calf born ec. 24th, 1915. Dam

a 700 lb. 9. year butter 00w. moderate price, easy terms.

C. S. Bassett aiamazoo. Mich.





 





 





BIDWELL‘ SHORTHORNS





For ”Beef and Milk'!

Registered b u] l s.

Scotch -to red ronns.

to for sale.

, N.Y.O. Depot;



,_ also D. '1‘. ii: I. B'y.





Address 8.l.s:iirodu In.





kiuwsu. STOCK [All

Box 3. Tecumseh. Mich.





 





Albion Stamp 352670





 





 





Shorihorii Cattle oi boiii Sex [or Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





8h rth B '

um am or. 8 can: ”a: mistresses?

J. B. BUMHELL. MA SON. MI HIGAN.





 





 





SIWIllIOI'll AND POLLED DURHAMS FOR SALE.

. Have red roan and white. Have over 100

head in hard. C. Carlson. Leroy. Mich. .





-Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

shudhflm: ages for sale at. farmers prices. 0. W. Crum

Socy. Cant. Mich. Shorihorn Broodcrs’ Assn.. McBride. Mich





 





 





bull 8250. Youn .bulls and heifers.

DAVIDSONG: HALL. T CUMSEH. MICHIGAN“





H E R E F 0RDS 1321132: 8333

ALLEN anon. raw PAW. MICH.

BOTH snxns





5O Herefords ALL AGES

EARL C. MCCARTY, Bid A30. Michigan





SHORTHORNS F 0'? SALE





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





 





 





 





FOR Sale—Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Maanlton

Monarch 2nd,a Ion ofAvondale,fmm11 to 13 mos.old

John Schmidt. Reed City. R. No. 5.. Michlcnn.





Shodhorns Far Sale. l:i‘i:.¥:fl§iifdi°‘i.. Emits”:

rite W.J. BELL. ROSE CITY.'-MICHIG‘AN.

DISPERSAL ' SALE



DUTCH BELTED CATTLE

lMULE-FOOT HOGS



Friday,Nov. 17, Comm; 10 O’clock, A.M.





All stock to be sold as well as'Ii'arm Tools and Machiu.

ery. Farm 3150 for sale. Write for Catalogue.

MAPLEBROOK FARM. MASON, HIGH"





(Battle For. Sale





 





 





 





Loads‘feedsrs and‘two-lcads earling steers. Also

2 ' o. o '. umbe 1.2’ ‘d ,‘yea‘raoldfrc

and?" li‘i's.y mghanfim. lair-geld. Iowa. ' R381:





 





 





 





CLAUDIA sans.- Ifllhdall; Mich.





 





AUGUSTA. (Kalamazoo co.) men.





 





55d insured). lb. Bu- ‘ld .

R. O. Dam. Price right. John Afllinkawgrenggiot





 





. .

Mllking Shorthm‘mv roan 3 Year old. Bates bred herd .. ,





 





SONS eggs-find Champion male Miofhé’State Pair »





 

   





   





 





 





 





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and horses the second day.





CATTLE





Cluny Stock Farm





Offers Two Young Holstein Bulls



No. i. Sires three nearest dams aver-

age 30.6181b. butter from 658.11b. milk

in 7 days. Dam’ 5 record: 19. 204 1b. but-

ter from 360.1 lb. milk; her dam a 26. 5

lb. Jr. 4 yr. old daughter from a 27 lb.

cow. Born January 19,1916.



No. 2. Born September 19, 1915. Sire’ s

3 nearest dams average 30.11 1b. butter

from 570. 6 lb. milk 1n 7 days. Dams 16. 9

lb. Sr. 3 r. oldg granddaiighter of Kin

of the engervelds edigrees an

prices furnished on request.





R. B. McPherson, Howell, Michigan





AUGTIDN SALE





Jersey Cattle





At Avondale Stock Firm

One mile East of Wayne, on Michi-

gan Ave. Saturday, Nov. 18,



commencing 2 o’clock p. m. 9 Jer-

sey cows, fr esh or about to be fresh,

every one of these cows are pro-

ducers. Terms cash.





Dr. R. J. Palmer. Owner





We Oiier a Few Special Bargams

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.





Ahlrdaan Angus Bulls For Sale





12 head of choice voung bulls old enou h for service.

All sons of Black Monarch 3rd. Grand Bhamg‘onlw0h Bull

Michigan State FairW1914 1915 and 1916.8

am has been sold 1!: Scripps. W1 111110011 Farms.

for the record price VY)‘ the Breed 1n Miohigan,$l‘1)0.



LOlsrk. Hunters CreekaMich. Sidney Smith, Mgr.





N OT] c E. The first check for 835 takes a

16 3 oldliéagistervedite Holstein bull calf,

90- ‘2 hits lb. 1'. 0 am

w .naNDEE sow PINtCKNEY. MICH





 





 





 





 





H005.





Durocs and Victoria:





Hem 1 bone. lengthy Spring Bears and Gilts from prize

11' innens sired by one of the best Sons of the Great De

tender .1; other noted strains. .’1, STORY Lowell Mich.





The Very Finest Berkshire Pigs Cheap





C. S. BARTLETT. Propr. Pontiac. Michigan

May ferrowed. lar 8





Boats and ilts.

Berkshire growth f, to] owe. Also a litter 'ust tea 1'

to wean. A. A. PAT ULLO. B. 4..Deckervi le, Mich.





 





 





» Pigs six weeks old 38 apiece buys

Berkshires: them re llstered and transferred

both sex. Holstein Bull al ves from 30 pound bull



to $40. RIVERVIEW FARM. .Vassar. Mich.





 





' Of various ages, either sex 0 e

IGTkSllinSo prolific strains. Registers 11% 1111332326





price. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Michigan.





DUROG JERSEYS





Achoiee lot of spring pigs. both sex. parts and tries.

not akin. ices reasonable. Send tor pedigrees.

THE JINNINCI’S FARMS. R. 1". DJ. Bailey. Mich





Heavy Boned Duroc Jersey Boars





Mini-o b01131?! Aprfigrmw‘ weighing 200 college ulnds

w as c as man

stock. M A. 11111 O‘Rlaymos. (1%“ '3. 0.1.1 ‘13:.





. I .

J. VI. iEElIEl. Eris. Mich. Ehfieffi‘ifié’ififi’hl’fi

Swine. 11.11.0112 locsltronlonros or Toledo, Keensy stop.





guaranteed. 1“. .I)R





We Will Therefore Sell at





PUBLIC AUCTION, On Wednesday and Thursday, November 22 and 23, 1916.

'30 HEAD OF REGISTERED HOLSTEIN CATTLE





Representing the best blood strains, carefully selected

Several good A. R. O. cows and several fine heifeis 1n calf.





One 4 yr. Old Herd Bull, A. R. O. 24.15 lbs.

A dozen or more High Class Grade Cows.





Three Fine Matched Teams of Horses.

The Grade Cattle will be sold first day, the thoroughbreds





ROUGEMON T FARMS,





Farm on Beech Road, 1 mile north of Beech Station on P. M. R. R., 16 miles west: of Detroit, 3 miles from Redford on Electric Line.





FEMALES-«FOR SALE-«FEMALES





25 Head Registered HolSteins

Many with A. R. 0. records, some up to 23 lbs. Mostly Qto





5 years old ——a few yearlings.





 





a l‘ded Pu rehases





Having Sold Our Farms, We are Obliged to Dispose of All Stock and Implements.





The machinery and implements include:





One 4 unit B. L. K. Milking Machine,

engines, Two double gang riding plows,

Separator, One Blacksmithing outfit, and a hundred other'





Three Gasoline

700 lb. Sharplei





items, all overhauled and in the best working condition.

Sale begins 10 A. M. each day.





All goes to the highest bidders.

six per cent on approved notes.





No reservations.

Send for illustrated catalogue.





One year’s time at





H. M. Ferry, Proprietor.





N 0 better breeding anywhere.





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





Butter Boy 3rd, and King Segis.





prices. Send for list.





Will be sold at auction





Bigelow’ s Holstein Farms





Breedsville, - -





- Michigan.





 





Duroc Jersey Herd Boars





Special Offering of High Class Full Boar Pigs.





Breedin and Individuality good





enough for breeders who appreciate t 0 best.





Also some good farmer s boars.





’1‘ his is the best lot of fall pigs we have ever had to offer.





A cor-





dial invitation is extended to visit the farm and inspect the stock. If you wish one of the best





young Jersey bulls in Michigan we have him for sale.





For further particulars. address.





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





 





DUROC JERSEYS Sit:%l‘.tfi.s‘1<r?§giis?§$§§

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





'wo June 191.3; 12 April 1916.

lllil’llc his” Boars'l “rite for dot-u ri ticn. 1 1211‘-

antee satisfaction. J. H. Banghart. East arising. ich.





For Sale,





John ’.McNiooll





IJIJHOG JERSEYS”,





for service. Wm.W .

Duroc Jersey Boers °‘ 3;; {355;} :33?“

E. D. Heydenberk.‘ Wayland. Michigan.





Jerse s Bi Boar. with breeding and

”uruc individuallty that is hard to beat. bred from





prize winning stov. . rites reasonable. satisfaction

DT.R..1 Monroe. Mic





her sex. Prices





Duroc .lerieys. choice breeding spring pigs

rig

Station A. 11.4. Bay City. Mich.





A nice bunch of Spring Gilts. also

3good Spring lloars old 9110

Kennedy. R.3.,G rass Lake. Mic





UBOC Jerseys. Spring boars hum the most noted sires

of the breed. Jo Orion ll Perfect Top (‘ 01.. Oakland Ohio

Chich’rinciplc 1V & Model l‘al. Newton Barnhart, St.Jclin5.Micll.





 





 





day s.





|o..:1plc’|igs





H. W. MANN. -





F 11 earlin . boars and gilts wei ht. 200 lb.

lllrmsao :1 1y Sofie ood spring stuil' at 2.5. weight

115 lb. 11. G. RE LS‘Lh Oassopolis. Michigan.





 





on 11.111t fall pigs

DUI‘OC Jerseys“ (11111 i foigi-t to 11 rite to

S. C. STAHLMAN. Shepheid erliisan.





Choice Duroc Boar





Cheap if taken atonce. F.1d. Eagerrb Son. Howell. Mich





and Doluino Ram-1 of: (hoice breed-





lllll'oc 3031's 111;; at reasonable pri< es





Carey U. Edmonds. Hastings. Mich.

ARSHALL Herd ol‘ Durocs oilu 1's ion strcti 111 200

lb. 111111111 honix 111111 gilts at; $2.3 (- 11111 for next 10

G. Burlingame. Murshull,l\liihig.1n, R.





Defender: Cherry King; Kin The Col;

lllll'iic loan: Hoosier families. All ages, a weights;

Plenty of bone. Oslo. Dobson, Quincy. Mich.





( 0 Spring gilts. tried Son's.

DuuroocS‘A.......1-.i>“1...pent”... Stud Colts.





E. J. ALDRICH. Tekonsha. Mich. it. 1. Bell Phone.





A fine lot of spring boars

Duroc Boarshbred right and priced





right. W. 0. TAYLOR, i135 Michigan.

___1__ Big Type Boers:





ready for ser1ice Brod Gilts—Fall

Registered in buyers name,

Prices very reason-





ship ..1)0

J. Carl Jewett, Mason. Mich.





 





' sble.





O. 1. C.





 





Serviceable Boers shipped 0.0. D.

Registered in purchaser‘ 3 name.

Dansville. Mich.





 





Raise Chester Whites

/ p :2 the Like This





.. riginal big producirs- 1





 





success. Imbdpyou. lwenthflses

a: 81mm

won rite ormypan—‘ ore (may g£fiP¥





e. s. annulus. R p 1) 10, Portland. 111111115111





 





 





 





CHESTER WHITE March pigs either sex. lBooki-g orders to:

Sept. 1 pigs. 2 year old son tan-owed 9 pigs Sept. 5. Herd

boarisZyr. old. Ship 0.0.1). W.A .Snrary.Mt.Pleasant.Mich.R.4.





”HESIER '“IIESALE Some XAsplfentiifioliélaalzlxlhlglgoars for





sale

Dl'ZR. Vassar. Mich.





.M.MM---M-

\ inn-un—

.sns-u-s—sbn





 





Irlghtside Fm

Grand Ledge. Mich





 





 





0.1 c and Chester White Swine. all ages. A few

. serv ice Boars and o 1enn ilts. 400 fall pigs

either sex, sired by ‘randells er. Grand Champ~

ion at Ohio State F air. Schoolmasterthe champion of

champions and hi best price boar of the breed and

others. Get a sow red to Gallaway Edd Grand Cham-

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

undefeated breeders age hard at six state fairs Get

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

approval Rolling Viou Stock Farm. Cass City. Mich.





O. l. C. Stock all Sold

JULIAN P CLAXTON. Swarm Creek. Mich.

0. I. c. SWINE: graygfiigrmtsg‘;

you with a choiceémir or trio. not skin, or a gilt due





to furrow about G[contember first,

EDEN. B. No. 2.1)orr. Mich.





o. ' 6 Choice Bpringgilts not bred and wsprin boars.





Out of Prize winning stni. R Write or low

prices. A. V. HAT’l‘. Mich





0- l- C. iiiinfemar’éiv

eidered. EL





 





 





Grass Lake.





 





g. Holsteins. few boar pigs of

‘ t. a reasonable price,quelity oon'

. ER L. SMITLI Redford. Michigan.





0. I. C. “008





Fine April Gill's and Males. Pairs no relation. At a.

bargain if taken at once. .I. R. ay. Three Rivers. Mir-l1.





,

001°C 3. ones also last spring pigs

either sex. not skin. 1' arm 915 mile West of depot.

Ott Schulle. - - Nashville. Michi_z__an





0. I. C. & Chester White





Strictlv Iiig'l‘ype. April boars large enough for ser-

vice, also ha1_e May boars. that are good ones. Can

furnish in pairs not. akin. Have been breeding the big

type for 15 years ’ih( kind that fill the ork barrel.

Newman‘ s Stock Farm. Mariette, hitch}





0 l C’s. liohoke young boars ready for service.

0 2 sons to isrrow in Oct. and open gilts.

Cloverleaf Stock Farm. Monroe. Mich No. 1





0 W. C Berviceable boars of the big t1 be at

da 11. reduced prices for the next thirty

V





 





1 last fall boars big growthy





 





G. P ANDREWS Dansville, Michigan.





. ' E Year old boar 2nd prize winner at Grand Rapids

- fair also spring gilts and hours ready1 for ser-

vice A. J. Barker Belmont Mic 11.1





FOR SALE “'0“th 0 I- 0-

. Swine. sows bred gilts



andboars. 0. D. Somervill Gras_s Lake.Mich. R. 2.

9 Service boars andgilts. Price reason-



0‘ l. c As able. Satisfaction guaranteed. Shi p

any day. R. RAEAM. Flint. Michigan





0 ' a or OhesterWhii-e Swine. both sex. not

0 0 0 of kin. Write for catalog/Ian prices.





E. B. MTTJITT. Fonlerville.

9 Have onl stew boars or M

o. '0 c 5. Junegand 0611:8112," now u.





o. .I. THOMPSON. D .MICI‘I.





Big lyps Poland Clint: 3.133.? ”8:3.“10’33'3321’33

express. A. A. W000 l SON. lelino. Michigan.





 





 





Francisco Farm Poland Chinea

Big Types With Quality





Ten 2001b. Spring Boar- from prize winni



Thay' re long, strong. big-boned. ruggedt tulle...

Pictures circular and rice list on re uest

p. 2. pers- E. vn'r PLEAglsN‘r. sucn.





— T fail



Gilts to tar-row in Aug. . Sept. and Oct... get one of

these sows with pigs sell side.



11.0 . ABTZ. Sch oolcraft. M10111...





AT HALF PRICE





Genuine big type Poland Chins Hogs. Bred Bows.

Spring Pigs. Bears ready for Service. Specie 1. the

best big ti’pe fall yearling boar in Michigan. Also

registered erchcron Stallions and Mar



J.C.B LER. Portland. Mlch.. ”den Phone.





FOR SALE: Poland China boars ready for servim. A



few high scoring Black Minorca cockerels.will mke



largo birds. Satisfaction Guaranteed. R. W. Mills. Saline, Rich.

Largest in Mic 11.





Large Type '0 - boars ready for service.





Mar (llid A r1] furrow fiom large litters, weighingup

to 257 01110 and see, expenses paid if not as rep-

resen tled. .Livingston, Parma, Mich.





BIG lYPE POLAND CHINAS





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 g on.



BILLCRE T FAB“.





 





 





 





 





 





Kalamazoo. Michigan.

For :11. Poland china: :122:':::1'.‘::s:.82r.::

P. PD. Long. R. F.D . No. 8. Grand Rapids. Ich.

BIG TYPE Pfllillll lllillll 89“" “a" ‘1‘“ .111



a...w nomos 11....11.‘iiiiihyfz‘kop'iiigiic‘i‘li



8 i B ’



For Big Type P. 0. Afiiiiiaritii.“%i3€ét2?§ffl'3’;

Armstrong Bros.. R. 3. Fowlerville. Mich





 





 





 





ALNUT Alley Held. Big ty pe Poland Chinasheaded

by oHadléh 1161111101111. No. 210925 and Smothe Jumbo

Sows lepresenli blood of two A wooden.





Pigs of either sex read_1.A .-Gr¢gor1',Ionia. Mich





 





' Poland China boars shi ped 0.0.1111

Big Bon’d or write for photo. weights. pedigree rad

and price. E. R. Leonard. St. Louis. Michigan.



Chinas ring and fall i

K. P 3'





large Stiled P0131“ dimilx rd sluep Prices





right to quick buyers. Robe rt New Pienon Mich.





' Big and medium t

Poland Chinas. 1...... 8..."... ...’.§:

and large litters. The have good bone and length. well

quartered. L. arnes and Son Byron. Mich.





BIG Tyg: Poland Chinas. The smooth. essy feeding

kind t 1: will grow big and get fat. Apr. “weigh-

ch





1115 up to 2251 E. B. Moore, Ransom m, is”

As bigandgoodes row,

Po‘and bGGhinasl eitqher sex. You gin it

you buy from Robert Martin. 11.7 .Hastings. Mich.

IG Type P. C. Three extra good yearlingboars good

Bl 1.0001b prospect. Sired by Bi Type King our 1000

pecial three Mouw

Brewbaker &Son. Elsie. Utah.

0. Sows and gilts all retained for in

large livdlnp Sale. Afowch hoice S rin be sad y

are r to

ship. w. .1. AGE annsw p g ’

. 0. Boers. Big boned husky fellows.

.ig TYPO-P leg? is] extra good 1earling herd boar Iowa

bred. athewson. Burr Oak. ic.h

' B dS ll

"Impdllfl Swine. re ows andg ts tor Augustand





September iarrows. Sp ring pigs.

sex both. FLOYD MYERS R No. l. Decatur. Ind.





HAMPSHIRES B°g;--'s12;.gg's::.d





A. E. BACON & SON. herldan. Michigan.





GROWTHY THE classes

PROLIFIC "MULEFOOT" RESIST-

PROFITABLE HOG mo





FOUNDATION 370%. '80“ DIST BLOOD or IRCCO





THE: OIHILI. FARMS

usumszoo - . . . moi-11mm





sew ’





11111195111111: noes surpasses:assist;-





John W. Sn1der. . 4, Johns Mid]





 





lb. boal. Spling pigs eitherscx

breed 110111 pigs.





 





A uzusta. Michigan.





 





 





A f l . old enough

llaIIIDSllll'e 110118 for-8:61:27??? 3:21 for spring

farmw and open tried sons and gilts. Winning hi

lines. Joe. E. Mishler, 111.3 .Shiymshonana



Halladays’ Hampshire Swine





Both sexes. all ages. l‘rices reasonable.

”FF, Wallndm' #1 Sn", Clinton, Mll‘ll.





Yorkshires For Sale ’





Boar‘s from large early farrowed litters Waterman d:

Waterman. Meadowland Farm, Ann Arbor. Mich.





L

SHEEP





History In" Isnbouillsi: ”seasons?“

A» B. GRIEN. ORCHARD LA“. MICIIIGAN.





Ireeders' Directory—Continued on page 471
. A CAUSE

AND ITS EFFECT





»





An observation of interest to owners





and prospective owners of motor cars





0 start with a clearly defined purpose and to

pursue that purpose with an unwavering deter-





mination and an intelligence, born of experience.





is to insure ultimate success.





The paths of business are strewn with the remains

of those who have failed to recognize the importance





of this fundamental.





The history of business is replete with obituaries of





those who started to go, knowing neither where nor how.

1 1 4





The Maxwell Motor Company was founded to build

'a certain type of motor car; to build it just as well as

experience, money and human ingenuity would permit,

and then to produce it in large‘volume so that a low





price could be possible.





The Maxwell Motor Company has worked cease~

lessly to this end. Every part of our plan has~ been

rigidly enforced. No available resource that could aid





in the achievement of our purpose was overlooked.





The dOminant, underlying note in the policy of our

company has been, and always will be, to build a motor

We





know that merit and value make the only permanent





car of honest materials and by honest methods.





foundation for our structure of success.





Merit and value imply comfort, an attractive design,

an efficient motor, a sturdy chassis, the use of the best

materials, complete equipment of tried accessories and





economy in first cost and aftercost.





Each one of these qualities is part of the Maxwell





Car. We do not put forth any one of them as a compelling





Roadster, 8580; Touring Car. 8595;





Cabriolet, $865:





reason why the Maxwell should be the car of your choice.





We are selling motor cars—complete motor cars—4

and consequently do not base our appeal on motor‘

speed or power, wheelbase, bulk, weight or lack of





weight, appearance or any other single feature.





For example, the Maxwell engine, per pound of

weight to be moved, is the most powerful automobile

engine in the world. But we dohot sell you a car on

that account alone. We sell you because the Maxwell has





every desirable feature—among which power is but one.





We "hold that our manufacturing and selling policy

is right. In proof thereof, we point to our record of

accomplishment, which is nothing short of phenomenal.



Since the founding of - our company, three years ago.

we have doubled our output annually; we have improved

our car constantly and three times we have reduced





our price.





Having behind us the tremendous value of public

good will, an organization of dealers and distributors

that is second to none and an improved product that is

making good in a big way, we will build (entirely in our





own factories) and sell this year, 125,000 automobiles.





We are proud of our record. It is something rightly

to be proud of. Things do not simply happen. There is

always a reason for such an unusual success. Feeling

certain that our plans and policies are correct, we will





continue to follow them as faithfully as in the past.





flWfW





President





Town Car, 3915; Sedan 8985.





All prices f. o. b. Detroit. All cars completely equipped, including electric starter and lights.





exam ‘





Motor Company lnchetroit . Mich.





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