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Thanksgiving Day





HERE is little doubt that the

first Thanksgiving Day as it has

come to be known and celebrat‘

ed in America, occurred in the autumn

of 1621 after the little colony at Ply-

mouth had gathered their first harvest.



The little band of courageous Pil~

grims who had “landed on Plymouth

Rock” in the bleak December before,

had suffered many privations and the

somber angel had brought sorrow to

many a household in the severe winter

that followed; so that the “goodly han

vest" that had been yielded by the vir-

gin soil, was indeed welcome.



We read in the old annals that Gov-

ernor Bradford gave direction to the

desire of the people to celebrate the

occasion and sent a number of men

into the woods with “fowling pieces,”

who returned laden with wild turkeys.

It was also quite natural that the in-

tensely religious natures of the Puri-

tans should inaugurate the feast with

the solemnities of prayer and the sings

ing of Psalms, and behold the first

“Thanksgiving Day.”



Very little appears concerning the

following year, but in 1623 after a dis-

heartening drouth, there came “copi-

ous showers of rain” for which there

was “very great gratitude," and the

day of Thanksgiving received very sol-

emn celebration. Again in 1632 when

a shipload of stores and desperately

needed food supplies came most oppor-

tunely, special mention is made of “Ye

days of giving thanks, etc.”



The documentary history of the Mas-

sachusetts Bay Colony indicates simi-

lar celebrations from soon after their

arrival in 1629.



The day’s celebration naturally be-

came a fixed custom and was officially

recognized and practically made uni-

form in Massachusetts by proclama-

tions about 1680, and continued after

the unification of the separate colon-

ies in 1692 under royal appointment of

William Phipps as governor.





A somewhat similar celebration in

November of each year appears in the

records of the governor’s office in New

Netherlands from the sixth year of

Governor Kieft in 1644 to the close of

Peter Stuyvesant’s incumbency 1664,

when that Dutch colony became a Brit-

ish possession and was renamed New

York.



During the Revolution a Thanksgiv-

ing Day was recommended by the Col-

onial Congresses. In 1789 President

Washington appointed a, day of

“Thanksgiving for the adoption of the

Federal Constitution.”



With these exceptions the day seems

to have been indicated by a number of

the Colonial Governors and later by

the governors of many states until the

year 1863, when President Lincoln,

yielding to the suggestion of uniform-





 





 





 





 

   

   

   

   





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ber‘by proclamation; since which time

his successors have followed the exam-

ple and the various governors usually

by subsequent proclamations desig-

nate the day appointed by the Pres-

ident. '



While Michigan was still a part of

the territory of Indiana, under the gov-

ernorship of General Arthur St. Clair,

with his capital at Vincennes, begin-

ning in 1802, the Indians may have

kept the pioneers too busy to stop for

thanks: but with the more settled con-

ditions following the appointment in

1813 of General Lewis Cass as gover-

nor of the territory of Michigan there

soon came recognition of the custom

which the nation had inherited from

the Pilgrim Fathers.



Our front page design presents a

New England matron of the later Col-

onial period when the sons and daugh-

ters of the Pilgrims were in the enjoy-

ment of a substantial peace and pro.

gress.



The clock indicates the hour for the

feast, the most interesting feature of

the day probably, for we are all human

dalways were and always will be.



Undoubtedly the entire family spent

the forenoon in church: the sermon

was probably erudite—undoubtedly it

was a long one: but it could have no

deteriorating influence upon the appe-

tite that could look beyond the bene-

diction to roast turkey and cranberry

sauce. .



Whether the turkey, on the occasion

of our illustration, was wild or of barn

yard growth there is nothing to indi-

cate: but the attitude and expression

of the matron seem to clearly indicate

that so far as her responsibility is con—

cerned, she is quite satisfied with the

result of her skill.





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





The advancing bean

market, since the mar-

keting season for this

crop opened, has naturally been a bit-

ter disappointment to that element of

professional dealers who were unfor-

tunate enough to make a wrong guess

as to the probable crop and sold beans

“short" for future delivery. There are

said to be a number of this class

among the large operators in Michi-

gan. The trend of the market is also

a legitimate cause of worry for manu-

facturers who use beans as a raw

material.



This situation, however, would not

seem to warrant the publication and

distribution of what might properly be

termed misinformation with regard to

the bean yield, yet such attempts are

apparently being made with a view of

forcing down bean prices for the ben-

efit of these classes of bean buyers.

One such statement recently circulat-

ed contains the ridiculous statement

that, owing to an increase of at least

25 per cent in acreage, this year’s

Michigan bean crop would be around

7,500,000 bushels as compared with 4,-

250,000 bushels of picked beans last

year. This disregard of official figures

is pathetic. The November state crop

report placed the bean acreage for

Michigan at 435,542 acres, with an es-

timated total yield of 2,920,338 bush-

els. The national crop report for No-

vember estimated-the total yield of

beans in five states of important pro-

duction to be 9,924,000 bushels, or less

than one-third more than the claim be-

ing made for Michigan by the class of

buyers above mentioned. “Antics” of

this kind are a good index of the des-

peration of the bean “bears." The real

indications are that these bears might

as well go into seclusion with their hi-

bernating namesakes, since under ex-

isting conditions tactics of this kind

are not likely to have any noticeable

effect upon bean values.





The history of rail-

road rate regulation in

this country is famil-

iarto most Michigan

Farmer readers. Under existing‘condi-

tions the Interstate Commerce Com-





“Bear” Antics.





Railroad ’ Rate

Regulation





 





mission has juri' ‘sdiction- in the-.matte‘r

of the regulation" of railroad rates “and

practices pertaining to interstate trans-

portation, while the railroad commis-

sions of the various states have juris-

diction in similar matters pertaining

to intrastate traflic.



There is now a movement on foot

which is said to have the quite general

support of railroad interests to pr0<

mote national legislation giving the Inf

terstate Commerce Commission juris-

diction over intrastate as well as inter-

state commerce. Naturally this move-

ment does not find favor with shippers

doing buisness wholly within their

own states, who are familiar with the

operation of the present system of

state regulation and who believe their

interests will be best protected by its

continuance. ~



As bearing upon this question, the

action of the National Live Stock

Shippers' Protective League at its

meeting held in Chicago last week will

be of interest to the reader. The

views of this organization were voiced

in the following resolutions:



“The National Live Stock Shippers’

Protective League, an organization of

live stock shippers of the United

States and the shippers of fresh meats

and packing house products, composed

of organizations of stock raisers of

various states, the National Live Stock

Associations engaged in the live- stock

business, Live Stock Exchanges of live

stock commission men at the various

markets and the meat packers and

slaughterers of live stock, and repre-

sentatives of railroad commissions of

Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Mis-

souri, submit to the Committees of

Congress having consideration of leg-

islation pertaining to transportation

rates, regulations and practices of rail-

roads engaged in such transportation,

the following resolution, as voicing the

sentiments and desire of this organi-

zation and live stock shippers and oth-

er shippers generally:



“Be it Resolved by the Executive

Committee of the .National Live Stock

Shippers’ Protective League at its

metating at Chicago on November 14,

191 .



First: That we oppose any law or

laws which shall take away from the

State Railroad Commissions, Corpora-

tion Commissions or other rate-mak-

ing bodies of the several states the

right and power to regulate the rates

and transportation of intrastate traf-

fic, or otherwise to deprive the states

of control over the same; and



“Second: That we urge upon Con-

gress the passage of an Act so amend-

ing the Act to Regulate Commerce, as

to define and limit the powers of the

Interstate Commerce Commission so as

not to interfere with the rates on in-

trastate commerce as prescribed by

Railroad Commissions or other author—

ized authority of the several states to

prescribe and regulate rates and trans-

portation of intrastate traflic within

such- states: and that the Interstate

Commerce Commission shall not inter-

fere with such rates, regulations and

practices of such state unless the

same shall have first been found to be

unjust and unreasonable and to place

an undue burden upon interstate com-

merce, by a court of competent juris—

diction provided for by law, and then

only to the extent that may be neces-

sary to remove a discrimination spe~

cifically alleged and clearly proven to

be unjust and unreasonable."



This is a proposition of vital inter-



est to every produeer of agricultural

commodities as well as the manufac-

turers and dealers in the state, for

which reason we shall undertake to

keep our readers posted as to the de-

velopment of the project.

Some statistics re-

cently published by

the National Board

of Fire Underwriters contains inter-

esting information with regard to the

result of fire prevention work. Many

bright spots are pointed out where or-

ganized bureaus of fire prevention-

have saved losses in large cities and

metropolitan districts ranging from 20

per cent to 64 per cent during the past

two years.



This is of less direct interest to farm

people, however, than the figures pre.

sented showing the amount of the

largest class of easily preventible

fires. In 1915 the total loss from

dwelling house fires in the ‘United

States aggregated $39,591,227, of which

amount $6,322,813 was directly trace-

able to defective chimneys and fines,





Fire Prevention.





 

 





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been assertaiilh'd and corrected.- ’ a .





”The conclusion reached by analyz-

ing the figures presented in this report

is that fire prevention work is really

effective, but it will not reach the on

timum of success until the public takes

a hand in the matter on its own ac-

count. The responsibility really lies

with the individual, particularly in the

country where properties are isolated

and fire protection poor. A careful in-

spection of the chimneys and fines at

this season of the year may save many

a Michigan Farmer reader from suffer-

ing a more or less disastrous fire and

loss during the coming winter season.

This is a duty which every farmer

owes to his family and to himself, as

well as to his contemporaries who

help to carry his insurance risk.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreigna



The European Wan—After a great

battle in the Balkans, Monastir, a

stronghold in southern Serbia, 'was

captured from the central powers last

week. The city lies 85 miles to the

northwest of Salonika and marks an

important forward step in the cam-

paign of the Allies in this region. Its

moral effect will also be of importance

in improving their political position

with the Greeks and other Balkan

states—On the other hand the central

powers have added to their victories

on the Roumanian frontiers. Bulgarian

forces are now 71 miles northwest

from Bucharest, the capital of Ron-

mania, with a direct railroad at their

disposal to flank the Roumanians in

the Transylvanian Alps, which would

cut off all avenues of escape of the

Roumanian forces fighting in the west-

ern districts of that. country. It is re-

ported that a large ,number of Russian

tr00ps used in the Caucasus region a

year ago have been transported to the

European front to assist the Rouman-

ians. The Russians have captured sev-

eral heights in the Carpathian moun-

tains—Violent artillery engagements

have characterized the fighting on the

western front with the majority of the

efforts on either side resulting in fail.

ures.—Report comes through Berlin

that Russia has lost 2,128,476 men

since June 1 of this year.——The Ger-

man admiralty has admitted the tor-

pedoing of the liner Arabia, near Mal-

ta, which they claim was armed and

was carrying hundreds of working men

for employment on war materials

when she was sunk—Efforts are be-

ing made by the entente allies to con-

serve their food supplies by placing

the majority of the food necessities

under governmental control.



A tidal wave washed the shores of

southern France, Sunday, doing exten-

sive damage to vessels and destroying

buildings and other property on the

coast, particularly at Marseilles.



In a railroad wreck between Dehsea

and San Miguel in Mexico, 150 persons

were killed and scores injured. The

wreck was caused by running the train

too rapidly over a dangerous section

of road.



It is reported that 100,000 Assyrian

Christianschiefly women and children

are starving in the lower villages of

Kurdestan, whither they have been

driven by Kurds and Turks.



The Balkan express which runs be-

tween Constantinople and Berlin, dash-

ed into a party of women section

hands, killing 19. The accident occur-

red in.a suburb of Berlin.





National. ,



Ruth Bancroft Law broke the Amer-

ican cross-country, non—stop aviation

record by flying from Chicago to Hor-

nell, N. Y., a distance of 590 miles, in

eight hours and 55 minutes, while mak-

ing an attempt to reach New York

from Chicago from sunrise to sunset.



A movement started by Former Am-

bassador Herrick has for its object the

raising of a $1,000,000,000 war relief

fund for the aid of all the warring na-

tions of Europe. The Ambassador‘pro-

poses that state and federal "govern-

ments make appropriations.



Hon. Lawton T. Hemans, chairman

of the Michigan Railroad Commission,

a remarkably well-informed student of

history and practical economy, and for

many years a prominent figure in

Michigan political circles, died last Fri-

day at Battle Creek. Funeral services

were held at Mason, the home of Mr.

Hemans, on Sunday, and were attend‘

ed by a large number of state ofiicials

and other prominent persons.



The submarine merchant ship

Deutschland, when starting on its re-

turn trip to Germany, met with a mis‘

hap which caused the boat to return

to New London, Conn. She rammed

one of the convoy tugs; sending it to

the bottom with four of her crew; only

one, the captain being saved.
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If one could summon the power of

the estimators who furnish figures

which, when repeated by someone



and then printed are called statistics,

he could run into the millions of un-

used and misused fertilizer losses, in

Michigan. There has been some ex-

cellent work done by the various farm

advisers along this line but they are

not all over the state. The discrimi-

nation must come from the farmers,

for trade conditions as now carried on

do not permit this. The manufacturer

of fertilizer does not know the place,

crop or soil where his product will be

applied so he must make a shotgun

prescription, that will fairly fit any-

where. It is just this misapplication

of fertilizers to grain crops (not spe-

cial crops) on the average fairly fer-





‘ tile clay loam soils which is expensive





and inefficient. ,

The Use of Fertilizer is Profitable.

The average mixed fertilizer such as



1:8:2, is around 50 per cent increased



cost over a 16 per cent phosphate, and



contains one-half of the really valu-

able element needed for grains on

good clay loam soils. The nitrogen, if

needed, is bought in the most expen-

sive form and is perishable in nature

through volitization as ammonia. This

past season, with its absence of potash

in quantities, has been evidence, al-

though not as complete as one might

wish, that much money is wasted in

buying that element for the conditions

noted in this article. The early accel—





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orable circumstances with phosphate

fertilizer used he had 50 bushels per

acre of wheat which weighed 61 lbs.

per bushel by elevator tests. The past

season was not overly fair for wheat

as compared to some bumper crop

yields of the year 1914. It is an ac-

complished fact, whether by catalysis

or direct action, which pays ‘the farm-

er to use phosphate alone. My own

impression is that the recession of

wheat growing in Michigan some two

decades ago was probably deficiency

of phosphorus and that the revival by

the use of mixed fertilizers largely

was by reason of the phosphorus rath-

er than the other elements contained

therein.



It is very probable that the decline

of wheat raising which is Ordinarily

the crop of virgin soils, is closely as-

sociated withthe increasing deficiency

of the phosphorus. '



Making High Oat Yields.



In making a special effort'to bring

”up the oats yield to approximate other

feed crops, I early found that the use

of a high-grade phosphorus was the

essential element and that weight per

bushel could be brought up to 38 lbs.

The Bureau of Crop Estimates of the

United States, while not vouching for

the accuracy of these reports, credit

oat yields as follows: Skagit Com-

pany, Washington, 183 bushels per

acre; Logan Company, Colorado, 166

bushels; Ottertail Company, Minne-

sota, 165, and Skagit Company, Wash-





 





 





Good Culture, Good Seed and PrOper Fertilization Made a 100-Bushel Oat

Crop on the McBride Farm in 1915.





erated plant growth accorded to solu-

ble nitrates seems to follow equally in

the grains, where the acid phosphates

are used and the difference is seen in

check rows not treated at all. On a

neighbor’s farm a defective drill hoe

did not deliver the phosphate and in

turning this brought two unfertilized

rows of oats together. The remainder

of the drill round had its portion and

these two rows were inferior from the

start and ripened later with poorer

grain development. An estimate would

be 25 per cent of inferiority. This was

not all. Only 125 lbs. of a 16 per cent

phosphate or the equivalent in results,

apparently, of an ordinary application

of 250,1bs. of the average mixed fer-

tilizer was applied.

Can be Made More Profitable.



If anyone were to propose that

the cost of fertilizer be cut 100. per

cent on grain crops, by reduction of

the use of fertilizer, he would be an

ill-adviser. However, from my own ex-

perience .with the conditions hereto-

fore stated, I am under the impression

that the value of fertilizer can be in-

creased 100 per cent where now used,

by buying the highest grade phosphate

fertilizer. Another neighbor declares

that he will use for grain crops only

this phosphate fertilizer because on

wheat sown the nineteenth of October,

1915, he harvested 35 bushels per acre,

and where the fertilizer was not ap‘

plied the wheat was poor and did not

ripen early and was inferior in every





vway.‘ on wheat put in under more fav-





ington, again with 141 bushels. The

essential of oat growing is high phos-

phorus content of the soil, and ample

moisture. On exceptionally good soil

a mixed fertilizer is not only a waste

of material and money but an excess

of nitrogen will produce an overgrowth

of weak straw; 200 to 250 lbs. of acid

phosphate on oats will yield manyfold

in quality and quantity of grain. This

same observation applies to barley as

well. A safe investment would be for

one to furnish the acid phosphate and

have one-half the increased gain over

no fertilizer check plots, in fields of

oats and barley. My own observation

this season was that good seed and

phosphoric fertilizer added 20 bushels

of oats per acre. The cost of sulphuric

acid used on the rock phosphate to

make the phosuhorus water soluble

has advanced in price so that there

has been some increased cost in this

brand, but not proportionately to the

mixed grades.

Judge Fertilizers by, Plant Food

Content.



I have experimented in home-mixing

of fertilizers by buying the acid phos-

phate, nitrate of soda and muriate of

potash. My conclusions were not

against home-mixing but against the

necessity of the added ingredients for

grain crops. It would be well to for-

get all names of fertilizer brands but

to distinguish by their proportions for

example: 128:2 is 20 lbs. of nitrogen,

160 lbs. of phosphorus and 40 lbs. of

potash. Multiply the symbols of per-





, "rain Crops

By, JAMES N. M‘cBRIDE





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Chicago. Pullman Station.
centages through by 20 and you have

the fiacts of the brand in pounds of.

the desired elements per ton. One per

cent of 2000 lbs, or a ton, is 20 lbs. So

the percentages, thus reduced, give us

a more concrete idea of what the goods

contain. The balance of the ton of

acid phosphate is almost entirely gyp-

sum or land plaster, which is an addi.

tion of lime sulphate to the soil.



Lime is a. known element, essential

to soil, and strong reasons exist to be-

lieve that sulphur is also desirable.



Humus to maintain nit'rifying bacte-

ria and water is a very necessary fac-

tor, in addition to the actual elements

of fertility and. must not be neglected.

The case against fertilizers, so called,

was not in fact but against the failure

to maintain humus content.



Fertilizers Should be Purchased Co-



operatively.



It is doubtful if the sale of fertilizer

ought to be a function of the elevator

man, or warehouse as managed at

present, or when so handled, ought to

be on positive orders from the farmer

and taken off the car direct. The ware-

house proprietor can not know the

need or the mind of the farmer. Fer-

tilizer is a heavy product, and the cost

of rehandling and warehousing if ad-

ded to the quantity sold, would cer-

tainly pay the farmer, and I think the

profit to the warehouse operator would

be enhanced in the increased quantity





of grain handled, as a result. There

are few lines of business so well adap-

ted to co-operative agricultural action

as buying fertiliser. The cooperative

creamery or even the small commu-

nity had better, where there is no or-

ganization, go to their banker and let

him order a carload for them. The

cash discount on fertilizer is a consid-

erable item, and this, too, could be

turned to fertilizer 'to advantage.

The biblical story of the sewer going

forth sowing the precious seed with

weeping, but with promise of rejoicing,

bringing in the sheaves, has a wider

application than for use at funerals.



A new sermon could be preached

from this text, that every dollar with-

drawn from the farmer in production,

lessens his power of reproduction of

the necessities of life, which can come

from no other place but the soil. It is for

this reason that every aid extended to

agriculture like mercy, blesses him

who gives as well as the receiver.



The picture represents crop of cats

growing in 1915. Where acid phos-

phate alone was the fertilizing agent,

the crop of 1915 was 105 bushels per

acre, while that of 1916, owing to ex-

ceedingly dry weather, on the best

field's went 75 bushels. If there is ad-

equate moisture good seed and .250 lbs.

of acid phosphate per acre, 100 bush-

els per acre is not difficult to grow of

an approved grade of oats.





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Potato Association of America

By C. W. WAID





HE third annual meeting of the



Potato Association of America



was held at Washington, D. 0.,

November 13-15. About a dozen states

and Canada were represented. The

purpose of this organization is to bring

together for conference the leaders

who are interested in the production,

distribution and consumption of pota-

toes. Those who read the Michigan

Farmer will be interested principally

in that part of the meeting which had

to do with Michigan problems as af-

fecting the potato growers.



Prof. C. L. Fitch, of Ames, Iowa,

gave a talk on variety types. In this

talk and the discussion which follow-

ed, the fact was brought out that by

selecting seed from hills which have

a desirable shape, that shape can be

bred into the variety.



Daniel Dean, 3. very successful grow-

er in New York state, told of an in—

stance where seed of the Triumph va-

riety was secured from 29 different

sources. One of the strains proved

much superior in type as well as yield

to the others. Upon inquiry it was as-

certained that the seed was grown by

aman who had been selecting his seed

for this particular type for a number

of years.



It was pointed out that good soil

conditions are also essential for the

deve10pment of tubers of good type.

Hard or dry soils will produce tubers

abnormal in shape as will a soil which

is dry for a time, and later, when the

tubers are approaching maturity, be-

comes normally moist. In spite of the

fact that adverse soil conditions over-

come, in some cases, the effect of good

seed, it will pay the careful grower to

take pains in the selection of his seed.

The National ASSociation will soon

send out posters upon which the types

of some of the leading varieties which

were agreed upon at this meeting as

being the most desirable to work to-

ward will be printed.



Market Grades and Standards.



Another matter of much importance

is the establishment of market grades

and standards. Mr. H. R. Tolmadge,

a large and very successful grower of

Long Island, N. Y., read a paper on

this subject. He gave several illustra‘

tions to show the need of better grad-

ing. He compared the present method

. of mixing many varieties of potatoes

in a car to the shipping of a number

of varieties of apples in- one car. Ap«

ple men have learned that it pays to

_keep each variety of apples separate.





The majority of potato growers and

dealers have this lesson to learn. The

higher the grade of any product the

greater the percentage of the selling

price which will be received by the

grower. In too many cases, however,

this does not apply so well to potatoes

as to some other products. We must

have a different arrangement before

the grower who has good potatoes, and

is willing to have them properly grad-

ed, will get his just dues in all cases.

This can only come through organized

effort and by the co-operation of many

growers in this general movement.

The National Association appointed a

committee at this meeting to deter‘

mine the most practical grades of the

leading commercial sorts.



Mr. Tolmadge said that good grad-

ing should begin with the use of good

seed. This should be followed by

suitable cultural practices.



Control Diseases by Seed Selection.



The study and control of potato dis-

eases is of importance at all times.

Dr. H. A. Edson, Plant Pathologist of

the United States Department of Ag-

riculture, gave an illustrated talk on

this subject. He spoke especially of

the need of careful seed selection to

help overcome .certain diseases. He

said that the growers have it within

their power to overcome, to a very

large degree, most of our serious dis—

eases by practicing known methods of

seed selection and crop cultivation

which have proven satisfactory in ac-

tual practice. Dr. Edson said that the

powdery scab is not proving as serious

a'disease as it was at first thought it

would prove to be. In the southern

states the powdery scab does not seem

to be able to develop. Michigan, how-

ever, is so located that the powdery

scab might prove quite serious if it

should once become established.



Uses for Cull Stock.



Dr. H. C. Gore, of the Bureau of

Chemistry, United States Department

of Agriculture, is doing a valuable

work in trying to discover some prac-

tical way of making use of cull and

surplus potatoes. He has a well equip-

ped laboratory at Arlington where he

is making dried, pressed potatoes es-

pecially for stock feeding, and potato

flour, bran and shorts. He has also

made a silage of potatoes by mixing

two per cent of cornmeal with the

crushed potatoes. The Bureau of An-

imal Husbandry is making a feeding.

test of the pressed, dried potatoes- Six

parts of the pressed potatoes are mix-





ed with one part of fish meal and fed

in this form to Swine in comparison

with corn meal and tankage. The test

is nearly completed and the daily gain

total weight and general condition of

the two lots of hogs receiving the ra-

tions are very nearly alike. Another

lot of hogs is being fed six parts of

pressed. dried potatoes and one part

tankage, and another lot six parts of

pressed, dried potatoes and one part of

linseed meal. This test will be report-

ed in bulletin form in the near future.

The Educational Exhibit.



In spite of the fact that no effort

was made to stage an exhibit of pota—

toes quite a fine exhibit was put up.

The Department of Agriculture showed

a large number of seedling potatoes.

Some of these are quite promising. Mr.

W. F. Wright, of the Bureau of Plant

Industry, had on exhibition a collec-

tion of 7 5 varieties of potatoes which

he secured from South America. Some

of them look very much like North

American varieties, but most of them

are of undesirable shape or color.

Some varieties which he has secured

seem to indicate disease-resistant

qualities.



The New York State Potato Associa-

tion had on exhibition a good sample

of certified seed stock. Other small

exhibits were brought in or shipped

from several other states.



The following officers were elected:

President, Lou D. Sweet, Denver, Cot;

vice-president, J. G. Milward, Madison,

Wis; secretary-treasurer, Wm. Stuart,

Washington, D. 0.; executive commit-

tee, Daniel Dean, Nichols, N. Y., H. G.

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LlLLl E FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





I was afraid when the cold snap

came last week that we might not be

able to finish plowing the ground in—

tended for peas next spring, but the

storm only delayed plowing for a short

time. The 45 acres for peas is all

plowed now (finished Saturday, No-

vember 18), and two or three days will

finish the~40 acres for corn.



A friend asks if it would not be bet-

ter to spring-plow for corn? Many

times it is better to spring-plow for

corn. This year spring plowing was

much the best on our farm. A portion

of the field was spring-plowed and here

we had much the best corn. But some

years fall plowing is better. It all de-

pends on how early you can plow in

spring and whether the spring is wet

or dry. In a wet spring the spring

plowing is almost invariably the best,

but if the spring is dry and the ground

plowed late then fall plowing is much

better. The farmer has to guess at

this. It is a gamble. The risk is less

I think, on fall plowing.



Again, some years with open win-

ters, clay ground may puddle or run to

gether and bake hard so it is much

work to loosen it up and form a good

seed bed the next spring. I have seen

times when it took more work to pre

pare fall plowing than it would to plow

it in the spring. But here the tractor

helps out very much. With the big

heavy disks one can pulverize almost

any soil if it is dry enough to work,

when it is practically impossible to do

it with horses. So I have no fear on

that score.



Still again I like to plow in the fall

if we can, because we have so much

work to do in the spring that many

times we can not do it properly. On

a dairy farm there is much to do in

the spring. When the spring work

comes on we have just as many chores

to do as in the winter time and the

horses are soft from inaction and can

only do a little work. If it happens to

be hot it is slow work plowing. Then

if it is dry the soil plows lumpy and

draws out so it can not be properly

prepared, hence we are anxious to

fall-plow if we can, though many times

for corn it would be as well or better

to plow in the spring.



A neighbor asks, “Will you grow

peas next year?” My reply was yes.

I see no reason why I should not. To





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be’ sure, the crophere‘ was practically





a“ failure but that is no Sign it will be

next year. If a farmer quit growing a

crop because he had a failure once in

a while there would be no crop to grow

at all. I can think of no crop during

my experience in farming but what

has been a failure some one year. Can

anyone? I am hooked up now to grow

peas. 1 have had fair success three

years out of four, and will not stop be-

cause this year Was a failure. We will

endeavor to get them in early again

next spring, because the cooperative

judgment of the most successful pea

growers say the earlier the better.

That is my observation. This year

this was somewhat of an exception, but

this has been an abnormal year. The

only way I know of is to keep at it, us-

ing knowledge gained by previous ex-

perience as best we may.

Experience the Best Teacher.



There is nothing that will take the

place of experience in farming. Fail-

ures often fortify us against failure in

the future. We can read of the experi-

ence of others. It helps very much.

In. fact, if we would study carefully

enough we could avoid many, in fact,

nearly all mistakes. Someone has told

us sometime, and in some way, that

things should be done thus and so, but

we forget. The lesson does not stick.

But when we have experience of our

own the lesson always sticks. It is

driven home with such force that we

don’t forget it. It is costly, but it may

prove profitable.



Lima Beans.





I intend next spring to carry out my





resolution of last spring and plant

early sweet corn in with lima beans. I

have been informed that several suc-

cessful growers of white beans grow

early corn with them with success. My

experience in growing soy beans would

warrant me in trying this experiment.

The early smut corn will be out of the

way of the limas almost before they

form pods, and if the limas gather

much nitrogen from the air it will help

the sweet corn. The corn, too, will

in a way protect the beans, by grow-

ing more rapidly, and helping smother

weeds.

Our Live Stock.



Some of our brood sows get old and

large. They did not do well at farrow-

ing time this year. It was hot weath-

er and they laid-on some of their pigs.

I made up my mind to sell them and

start in with young sows. We had sev-

en large sows to sell, they weighed

4,050 lbs. I could only get eight cents,

but this amounted to $324 and they

were not fat. “Te sold them as soon

as their udders shrunk after weaning

their pigs. Had I not been afraid of

the market slumping we could have

made them weigh much more very

quickly.



Many farmers are selling their hogs

because of the high price of corn and

other feed. It is a brave man who can

feed $1 corn to hogs on a falling mar-

ket. But if all would hold and feed,

the market would not drop off so fast.

It is rushing this poorly fattened stuff

on the market that smashes the mar—

ket, more than anything else. Every

hog will be wanted and at stifi' prices.

If they could only go to market as the

market needs them, there need be no

slump in prices. But if they are rush-

ed to market the farmer destroys his

market. This marketing is a big ques-

tion, but it should be controlled in

some way. The farmer plays into the

hands of the packer and the packer

squeezes him every time. ,



Butter-fat is still advancing in price.

Elgin quoted 40 cents last Saturday.

I don’t remember that it was ever so

high before. There isa great demand

for all kinds of fat, lard, fallow, butter-

fat. There is a good export demand

for all of these and that is what boosts

the price more than anything else. If

grain was not so high-priced one could

make some good money with a good

herd of dairy cows at present prices.

Even with present prices of grain

there should be a. fair profit.



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of prevention is worth a pound of



cure,” and never was this more

true than in the prevention of insect

depredations. Many of the insect

pests of the garden and field, as well

as those of the orchard can be con-

trolled, to a great extent, by correct

farm practices. The fall and early

winter presents an ideal time in which

to forestall the depredations of many

insects that otherwise might prove to

be very serious during the coming

year. During this time the insects are

inactive, and can the more easily be

controlled. Many insects spend the

winter in the egg stage, some on

weeds near their host-plants, some on

the remains of the host-plants them-

selves, while others lay their eggs in

the ground or on trunks of trees. Oth-

ers spend the winter in the larval

stage, most generally within silken

tubes or cocoons of some sort, while

still others may be found in the pupal

stage. There area large number of

adults that seek shelter in piles of

trash, or crevices in the ground, the

bark of trees or elsewhere during'the

period of hibernation.



Weeds.



Thousands of insects make use of

weeds in one way or another during

the winter months, the weeds filling in

the gap while the host-plants are not





of cdrn very often proves to be an

ideal hibernating place, as does the

protected ground" under corn shocks.

If corn is again planted on this ground

the chances of the renewal of the pests

are ideal. Even if the crop is not re-

planted on the same ground, the in-

sects if not hindered will readily find

their way to new fields. Both the

wheat joint-worm and the corn stalk-

borer hibernate in the stubble of their

respective host-plants. On the leaves

and stumps of cabbages, in winter, will

be found the eggs and the stem—moth-

ers of the cabbage-aphis. The writer

has bred the adult of the cabbage-mag-

got from rutabagas that had been froz-

en in the ground all winter. If these

remnants of the garden can be elim-

inated either by plowing under in the

fall or in -some other way, the farmer

will be well repaid for his labor.

Other Practices.



There are many other places where

a little care or foresight will save the

farmer money by lessening the chanc-

es for losses by insects. For instance,

small accumulations of old grain are

often left in the corners of the bin. In

these accumulations may be found sev-

eral varieties of insects that eat the

germ of the seed, making it unfit for

planting and causing it to heat and

acquire a musty “old” odor that in-

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growing. If all weeds were cleared

from the farm, particularly from the

fields where the insect pests have been

bad, the previous season, some of our

enemies would soon be forgotten. The





corn root-aphis has to have a food»





plant in the spring until the corn is

ready, hence it makes use of smart-

weed, purslane, ragweed, crab-grass,

fox-tail grass and a few other weeds

growing in or near the corn field. The

damage to the next year’s crop will be

worse if these weeds are growing in

the field which is to be planted. Some

insects like flea—beetles pass the ear-

lier part of their lives on the roots of

weeds, like nettles, and late in- the

adult stage prove to be among our

worst pests in the garden. Many of

the most destructive plant-lice spend

portions of their lives on weeds, the

remainder of the time doing damage

to some economic plant. The potato

stalkeborer spends the winter as an

egg on ragweed, the potato tuber-moth,

a very serious pest of the potato in

California, breeds on weeds, as also

does the potato flea-beetle. Weeds not

'only occupy needed space and take‘

nourishment from the soil but they

are the breeding places of many of our

pests.

Clean Farming.



Generally when a crop has been har-

vested some remnant of the plant is

allowed to remain on the land all win-

ter. This is true of cabbages and very

often of melon and squash vines that





have been killed by frost. The stubble





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grain with its inhabitants should be de—

stroyed and, if possible, the bin should

be fumigated before new grain is plac—

ed therein. Likewise old clover hay

should be removed from the corners

and sides of the mow before stowing

new hay in there. Old hay is generally

webbed to a greater or less extent, by

the clover hay-worm. The larva eats

very little itself, but ties quantities of

hay into felt-like masses in which it

hides its cocoons. When the hay is

badly webbed cattle refuse to eat it,

so that it is of no use for fodder, mere-

ly serving as a source of infestation

for any other hay placed with it. The

clover hay—worm will also do a lot of

damage when stacks are built in the

same place year after year. If possi-

ble, stack in a new place each time and

destroy any remnants of the old stack.

The Buffalo tree—hopper does more

damage in orchards that are filled with

weeds than in those that are clean,

the plum curculio as well hibernates

in rubbish. The codling moth and

pear-psylla are found under loose bark

and if all of this loose bark be scraped

from the apple and pear trees the in-

sects will be left exposed to their ene-

mies, the birds, sleet and sprays. Piles

of prunings from the orchard left from

year to year will prove. to be a source

of infestation of fungous as well as in-

sect enemies.



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the one not fertilized three barrels.

The following year the same plots

gave 20 and seven barrels respectively.





All of the tests showed that there

was little direct effect from the use of

muriate of potash and acid phOSphate

with nitrate of soda except in some

cases where the combination of acid

phosphate and nitrate of soda failed to

give as good results as the application

of nitrate of soda alone. Potash com-

binations with nitrate of soda appar-

ently gave no added benefit.





The Value of State Manure.



Stable manure as a nitrogenous fer-

tilizer did not give as good net cash

gains as nitrate of soda, even when

used at the rate of 250-300 pounds per

tree. In one case no beneficial results

were noted until two years after the

first application. The cost of applying

and cartage are such that whatever

gains manure makes over non-fertili-

zation are used up in the extra cost.

Tankage and bone also gave much

poorer results than nitrate of soda.





While a single application of nitrate

of soda in early spring (April), gave

increased productiveness that year it

had some slight effect on the succeed-

ing crop but the trees did not main-

tain their vitality and therefore it was

found advisable to use the nitrate of

soda every year in orchards in which

the soil is depleted or worn out. Only

when trees in such orchards begin to

put on excess growth is there danger

of the annual applications being too

much.



From the above it will be seen that

in orchard renovation it is necessary

to get the soil in good fertility and

mechanical condition. As long as the

grass grows sparingly in the orchard

it cannot be expected that the trees

will do their best. The use of the

nitrogenous fertilizer is valuable be-

cause it stimulates grass growth and





. thereby restores the humus content of





the soil.



Many Michigan orchards whose soils

have been cropped, or cultivated with

but little vegetable matter turned un-





der, could be benefited by this method





of leaving the orchard uncultivated

and fertilized to encourage the grass

growth, which should be clipped sev-

eral times a year and be allowed to go

back to the ground. For a. few years

at least, until the fertility of the or-

chard and the humus content of the

soil is restored this method would do

well, then the cultivation and cover

crop method can be used with benefit.





‘FRUlT GROW ERS’ CONVENTION.





 





The forty-sixth annual meeting of

the Michigan State Horticultural So-

ciety which will be held in Grand Rap-

ids, December 5-6-7, in the Coliseum,

will be one of the best the society has

ever had. There will be a fine display

of horticultural machinery, spray ma-

terial and other accessories.



The following list of speakers will

take part in the meeting:



Mr. B. J. Case Sodus, N. Y., “Does

it Pay to Pack F'ruit According to the

Golden Rule ?” “How to make an A1)-

ple Orchard Bear every Year.”



Mr. C. E. Bassett, (former secretary

of the society), Department of Market-

ing, Washington, D. 0., “Some Meth-

ods of Marketing.” (Illustrated with

2,500 feet of moving picture film from

the Department at Washington). “Oth—

er Marketing Problems."



Prof. H. J. Eustace, M. A. 0., East

Lansing, “The Apple Orchard Situa-

tion in Michigan.” “Horticulture in

Other States.”



Prof. Aubrey Tealdi, U. of M., Ann

Arbor, “Landscape Gardening for Rur-

at Homes.”



George Friday, Coloma,’ “Michigan’s

Many Advantages.”



Leon J. Baker, Traverse City, “The



(Continued on page 518).
fir .





N the issue of the Michigan Farmer

of November 4, on page nine, there

is an article on small pigs, that



should be read and given due consider

ation. It is a poor comment on the

intelligence and skill of the North Da-

kota, or any other farmers, if they

raise a class of pigs which, if farrowed

in April or May, do not weight more

than 50 to 75 pounds at the last of

September.



The writer hits it right when he

says that one reason for the smallness

of the pigs is breeding from small and

inferior kinds of stock. It looks as

though there ought to be some mis-





‘sionary work done in that part of the





country. Some of our breeders in

Michigan might do well to advertise

their stock in that part of the country

and let some of those farmers out

there, where grains and clovers are

grown in abundance, see that there

are kinds of pigs which, if given half

a chance, after giving them a good

start while young, will make twice the

weights mentioned.



Another cause of small pigs and a

slow growth, is the practice of breed-

ing from too young and immature

stock. Some of the pigs in the middle

west which are descended from the

good breeds, have been greatly reduc-

ed in size by selecting the brood sows

from among the young and immature

stock kept on the farm. The farmers

argue that it will cost less to winter

the young sows, and so they sell the

old, well-grown and developed sows, be-

cause they are heavy and will bring

more in the market. The young sows

will not farrow and raise as many pigs

in the spring as the old ones, and are

not capable of giving them as good

and rapid a start as the old ones. It is

impossible for them to do so. In the

first place, the young sows have a dou-





ble duty to perform; they have to eat.





to grow themselves, and they have to

nourish the young pigs which they are

carrying. The young sows do not, and

can not, give milk enough when about

one year of age to give the pigs a good

start, and consequently the pigs are

small at weaning time, and have not

had their stomachs expanded sufficient-

ly to enable them to make a rapid

growth after they are weaned.



Too many farmers do not study their

animals and understand them well

enough to select the best specimens

from the litters, which they have, in

order to get the best results from the

stock which they have. There is gen-

erally one or two good, strong, thrifty

sows in the litters, which, if kept well

to mature years, will make much bet-

ter breeders than the other sows in

the litter.



The idea of thriftiness in the breed-

ing stock is not appreciated at its full

value. A farmer last week told me

that his pigs at eight months of age

weighed 300 pounds each. That sounds

good and much better than the figures

quoted in the article mentioned. But

if the thrifty habit is followed for sev-

eral generations much. better results

are obtained. The noted Berkshire

boars, \ Longfellow and King Lee,

weighed 525 pounds each when ten





,months of age, and were shown for





premiums in the class under one year.



The importance of starting pigs

while young is too often overlooked.

If the mother is a mature sow, is a

good milker, and is properly fed while

the pigs are young, she can and will

do much toward starting the pigs

along to growing rapidly. The mature

sow, if bred to the right kind of a boar

will farrow pigs with good-sized

frames, and then by a liberal flow of

milk will start them along at growing

and plump them up with flesh.



The time comes when'the pigs are

about three weeks of age when all the

milk the sow can get is not enough to

satisfy them and keep up a rapid

growth. At that time the pigs should





. have a little trough by themselves and





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some dainty and nutritious food that

will be relished, can be supplied while

it is warm, and they will eat what

they want, expand their stomachs, and

make it possible to attain to good

paying and popular weights at from



six to eight months of age.



if more attention were to be given

to the proper selection and care of the

breeding stock from which the pigs

are raised, and. the pigs were fed for

rapid growth while young and kept

growing until sold in the market, there

would be much less complaint about





undersized pigs and unprofitable ven—





tures in the hog-raising business.



The prices now are encouraging,

and certainly will continue at a high

level as long as the European war

lasts. Is it not good business practice

to study the pigraising business, fol-

low the best methods by which the

most can be secured from them and

reap a rich harvest of dollars while

the high prices last?





 





NATIONAL BREED ASSOCIATION

MEETINGS.





 





The following National Breed Asso-

ciation meetings will be held at Chi-

cago during International week as fol-

lows:



National Conference on Marketing

and Farm Credits, Hotel Sherman,

Dec. 4-9. -

Monday, December 4.





American Cheviot Society, Stock

Yard Inn, 8:00 p. m.

National Swine Growers’ Associa-





tion, Fort Dearborn Hotel, 8:00 p. m.

Percheron Society of America, Flor-

entine Room, Congress Hotel: 8:00





p. m

Tuesday, December 5.



American Cotswold Association, at

Stock Yard Inn, 5:00 p. m.



American Berkshire Association, at

Stock Yard Inn, 7:00 p. m.



American Shire Horse Association,

Live Stock Record Building, (second

floor), 7:00 p. In.



American Shropshire Registry Asso-

ciation, Live Stock Record Building,

(Assembly Hall), 7:30 p. In.



American Hereford Cattle Breeders,

Down Town, 8:00 p. mu

. American Rambouillet Sheep Breed-

ers’ Association, Live Stock Record

Building, (second floor), 8:00 p. m.



Chester White Swine Record Asso-

ciation, La Salle Hotel, 8:00 p. 111.



International Live Stock Exposition

Association, Live Stock Record Build-

ing, 8:00 p. m.



Wednesday, December 6.



American Poland-China Association,

Live Stock Record Building, (second

floor), 1:00 p. 111.



Red Polled Cattle Club of America,

Live Stock Record Building, (Assem-

bly Hall), 2:00 p. m.



American Aberdeen-Angus Breed-

ers’ Association, Palmer House, 7:30





p. m.



American Association of Importers

and Breeders of Belgian Horses, Live

Stock Record Building, (Assembly

Hall), 8:00 p. In.



American Galloway Breeders’ Asso-

ciation, Sherman Hotel, 8:00 p. m.



American Hampshire Sheep Asso'

ciation, Live Stock Record Building,

(second floor), 8:00 p. In.



American Polled Hereford Breed-

ers’ Association, Live Stock Record,

Building, (second floor), 8:00 p. m.



American Shorthorn Breeders’ As-

sociation, Congress Hotel, 8:00 p. m.



Lincoln Sheep Breeders’ Associa—

tion, Live Stock Record Building,

(Sheep Breeders’ Office), 8:00 p. In.



White Swine Congress, La Salle Ho-

tel, 8200 p. m.



Thursday, December 7.



Welsh Pony and Cob Society, Live

Stock Record Building, (Assembly

Hall), 10:00 a. 111.



American Southdown Breeders’ As—

sociation, Live Stock Record Building,

(Assembly Hall), 1:30 p. m.



,American Milch Goat Registry As-

sociation, Live Stock Record Building,

(second floor), 2:00 p. m.



The Polled Durham Breeders’ Asso-

ciation, Grand Pacific Hotel, 7:30 p. m.



American Yorkshire Club, Hotel

Sherman, 7:30 p. m. ‘



American Oxford Down

Live Stock Record Building,

floor), 8:00 p. m.



Friday, December 8:



Illinois State Veterinary Medical As-





Record,

(second





sociation, Sales Ring, U. S. Yards,

10:00 a. m.

American Romney Breeders, Live





Stock Record Building, (second floor),

1:00 p. m.



American Shetland Pony Club, Down

Town, 2:00 p. m.





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N the vernacular of the resorts and boarder, though in judging from an ex-

hotels, a “Star Boarder” is a per. amination of her, some 50 per cent of

son boarded free of charge because the farmers picked Bobby as a better

he is supposed to have such high so- cow than Bessie, which was cow No.

cial connections, such attractive and 13 in the same exhibit!

winning ways, or both, that he serves At one of the fairs where the exhibit

as a drawing card to attract and» hold was made a dairy farmer who had a

trade. In this brief discussion of prof- very creditable looking herd on ex-

itable and unprofitable cows a star hibition made a somewhat careful

boarder is considered not as one that study of the records of the herd from

is presumed to advertise the business M. A. C. In a confidential talk with

advantageously but as one that the the college professor in charge, the

owner, either through ignorance of her professor said: “Well, really now,

actual worth or because of personal how do your cows pay?" The farmer

attachment, is paying out something grinned and replied: “I never (last to

from $30 to $55 per year for the priv- figure it up.” '

ilege of keeping said “Star Boarder.”

A Profitable Cow. in appearance. She may have a pedi-

Just think of yourself, (no, it’s 31' gree, may be showy but—~ah, there’s

ways the other fellow, for you would the rub—-—she does not produce the

not do it), taking a friend, who is a goods. Dairymen have found only one

successful business man, out to the infallible way to determine a cow’s

burn an dintroducing him to your COWS real usefulness. Outward appearances

in something like the following man- indicate certain qualities—usually——

net: “This is my BESSIE cow. You but the acid test of the scales and

Will notice by the daily l‘eCOI‘dS WhiCh Babcock tester alone are always trust-

we keep here on the wall that during worthy,

the year ending September 1 she pro- Many Boarder Cows.

duced 8.113 pounds 0f milk, testing Figures collected on this point show

4.45 per cent butter-fat, which sold for that about one-third of the cows in

$97.32. Her feed for that time cost the United States do not pay their

$36.71. This leaves a balance 01' $60.61 board and keep, another third just

above the cost of feed. Understand about pay their keep, Can it be that

that I sold the feed to the cow at ac- two-thirds of your herd are not re-

tual market prices, thus making a turning a profit? The only sure way

home market for all of the ,various to determine is to get a good spring

grains and roughage feeds. This re- balance and a small Babcock tester

turn Oi." $60.51 pays me fOI‘ investment and go after the business in a busi-

in the cow, barns, etc., and leaves a ness-like fashion.

nice balance as pay for my labor and The average cow kept for milk pro-

skill as manager. Put in another way, duction in the United States, accord-

Bessie returned me $2.65 for each dol- ing to the 1910 census figures, gave

lar I gave her in feed.” Mr. Success— 3,113.5 pounds of milk, which if it

in! Business Man compliments you on tested four per cent butter-fat, produc-

your skill and ability to run this cow ed 124.5 pounds. Adding 15 per cent

establishment or milk factor) on such to estimate the butter, the average

a profitable, dividend-paying basis. dairy cow in the United States has

But you go on down the line looking 143.2 pounds of butter to her credit.

at the various cows and their records. Rather, it is to her discredit.

The first twelve cows all show a rea- Mr. H. B. Gurler, Ex—President of

sonable profit above their board and the National Dairy Show Association,

keep. Then you come to the last six estimates that at least 200 pounds of

cows which compose a. third of your butter are necessary to pay for feed,

herd. labor, taxes, insurance, and interest on

The Star Boarder. the investment in keeping one cow.

With a broad smile of satisfaction He says: “No One will become rich

you say to Mr. Successful Business milking 200-p0und cows.” He further

Man: “Now, you will observe that I says that a 200-pound cow has a mar-

give these six cows fully as good care ket value of $30. The 250-pound cow

as the others. Most of them are very gives 50 pounds for profit, or 310,

good looking cows. Their dispositions which will pay 10 per cent on $100.

are fine. Really, they are the pets of If the ZOO-pound cow is worth $30 the

the herd. They are my Star Boarders. 250-pound cow is worth $130, the 400-

You ask what I mean by ‘Star Board- pound cow worth $430 and the cham-

ers?’ Just examine the record of Old pionship cow, Dutchess Skylark Orms-

Bobby here. She produced for the by, is worth, considering only her but-

year 1,206 pounds of milk, or about tel'-producing capacity, $2,400.

three and one-third pints each day. Of Ingham Co. 1. B. McMURTRY.

course, when she was fresh she gave

a nice mess of milk but she was dry

several months. Her milk tested 3.43





per cent butter-fat and the butter-fat bo ga M'ch i 001 math 'th the

- ,, yn,l.,nc—)‘lnw1

sold-101 $1159 mece’ please, that Northeastern Michigan Development

she is not such a big eater as BeSSIe. Bureau, and W. C. Byers, agricultural

Her feed bill was only $21.47. It seems agent for the New Cork Central Lines,

quite economical to have a cow that is organdizmgl o‘caléhcgzb among the

. _, oys an girs in e ygan coun y.

does DOt appear 5‘? hungry all ”‘18 In brief, the bank will bring in a car-

time, and at that W111 put some flefih load of pure-bred heifer calves, place

onto her bones! It is of little conse- these among the members of the club,

quence that Bobby’s feed bill was $9.08 taking their rifle for thfe texactdcost all

, , , - e amma. some n ure 3. e

more than hm cream 501d for. I. JuSt the animals are to be rounded up and

like to have her and these othel five sold to the highest bidder, the pro-

Star Boarders around. It is a real coeds less the original cost of the calf

privilege—I am ‘dee-lighted’——to have a‘ndtmtéhresll on the afnount t0 dlftte, t?

, , , go ,o e oy or gir raising t e an-

Bobby letnm 54' cents forweach” dollar ma]. Any boy or girl wishing to re-

1 SO gratefully give her In feed. tain the calf which he or she has car-

Did I hear you say the above. is ov- ed for can easily bid it in at any price

erdrawn, that a man who will keep for all that Would be necessary for

cows like “Old Bobby” has wheels in them to pay is the amount of their





_ ob 'gation to the bank.

his head? Most anyone would agree . T. Glezen, cashier of the bank,





with the idea that the wheels, at least, ztifter 13i thgrough canvas of the terri-

were not working right. ory, ‘ as eelded that. their first im-

_ portation shall be Holsteins and nego~

6““ L°°k¢r3 N°t Always G°°d tiations are already under way to se-

Performers. cure a carload from the best herds in



Many of the readers of this have the state.

seen “Old Bobby” and doubtless not a pul‘efbreBdtel-Zgigfigrefigrgfi witlllarfigma

few commented on her as a very at- here or sections of members of the

tractlve cow. She was cow No. 16 in clubs for free use on these fine heifers.

the exhibit made by the Michigan Ag— This Iglozernent is imore or less the

i ultur .1 Coll . , th M _ resu o e Inspect on trip made by

ire faia 9g: atlmany 0f e is? e New York Central Railroad om-

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Sixty years ago, this country , B E R \] ARTIN Few with him had best compete;



To a large extent was woods; D d I k _ . i . A Any turkey that he aimed at

Often filled with huge dense thickets a S ur 637 ‘V Was dead sure to be his meat.



Where wild turke s raised their ‘ , g , .



broods, y Towards the woods they had been Snap the gun went. Nothing doing. “19“ £32“: 9001‘, “hod 1““de 1h“. “11"

And in autumn when well fattened movin And as W911 as I know Dad, ,. .‘.-" , ., . . ..



On the seeds’and stolen grain, And upon the fence they stopped, I can guess that what, he muttered Sold, D0211 S11, you may be right,

They would shine like finest satin But for only a few moments Must have been exceeding bad Bu’lt‘lidii I fii‘lnkfiligun? fizz/glmili‘gd ft on

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And a goodly Slze attaln- When Into the ”99.5 they “Opped' But he fumbled in his pocket fright.”



They were very shy and cautious; Then Dad grabbed hIS tI‘UStY Shotgun, _And produced another cap,_ Daddy looked and o‘er his visage



Always, while the rest would feed, AS the hero always should— Aimed and fired, quite EXDGC‘Elng Spread a sort. of sickly grin.



One old gobbler'd do the guard act, And as stealthy as an Indian That the gun again W0111d snap. For there was upon that turkey



And he did it well indeed. Soon was crawluég throuhgléhthe wood. Busttlt viienfil It make?! andléJaddy Not a ShOtrhOlP in the skin.



At the first a roach of dan er He at last was un erneat em— ruc t e groun —1e cou n’t stop. ,, . . _



“Quit. Quit lptguit!” he’d cryg in haste. They were roosting pretty high— Just a minute, then some turkey “ko “ ent. Dad and DICked the hm}! up,

Hearing which, the flock discreetly Where he finally could see one Landed on him there, kerflop. Hfdogliglé)?§ds?gé Irrilxfitglxjid?htohuegllrtlhox



.I‘rom the scene themselves effaced. Outlined dark against t e SKY . Up got Dad and cut. its head off: Through the wishbone of its bill.

One fall evening just at twilight, Now Dad’s gun was quite old-fashloned- n Home he went With honest prlde; And it seemed that had, as usual,



Down acrOSs the pasture field, Hammer 011 the under Slde,101d the folks, when he went hunting, Had been playing in good luck.



Dad espied a flock of twenty And of course when Daddy cooked it All the turks had better h1de.1_r0r the shot that. killpfl the turkey



By the dim light scarce revealed. Off the cap fell as he Spied’ AS a marksman With a shotgun, Was the only one that struck.





 





 





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Sadie, a wholesome country girl

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where she finds employment in the

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applying for an outdoor job, in the

pocket of a No. 44 shirt going to fill an

order from Arizona, but before she

could remove the letter, the foreman

hastily gathers the shirt with others,

to satisfy a rush order, from where

she was unable to learn.



Along the Northeast arm of Deep-

water Lake, in Northern Canada. Stod-

dard, a. young but capable engineer,

whose home was among the select of

New York City, and who had been en-

trusted by his company with the erec-

tion of great bridges on almost every

continent, paddles a loaded canoe car-

rying his city friend, Larry Living-

ston, who was suffering from poor

health, to an island far from communi-

cation with the outside world. Stod<

dard unloads, erects a. tent, builds a

fire, and after they eat puts Larry to

bed. In hunting for matches he pulls

his finger against a pin in the pocket

of his shirt and discovers Sadie’s let-

ter. This he reads and after much re-





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To‘ obtain an envelope was to risk

awakening Larry, but it was a chance

that had to be taken. There was a

small pack that contained a few en-

velopes; this Larry was using as a pil-

low. But now he was too deep in

slumber to be aroused by a mere dis-

turbance of his head, while his own

snores blotted out the gentle rustling

noise made by Stoddard’s hands.





Stoddard stepped softly back to the

camp-fire and looked at his watch. It

was nearly ten o’clock. He wanted to

get that letter in the mail. To-morrow

there would be no chance, for Living-

ston, fretful and demanding attention,

would be on his hands.



He remembered that the south-bound

night mail stopped at Deepwater Sta-

tion at eleven forty. That meant ten

miles of paddling, with the issue in

doubt at the finish. Nor was he partic~

ularly desirous of paddling back to

camp again, even if he made the train.



There was one alternative—the Low-

or Station. The south mail would not

roach there until eleven fifty. The

Lower Station was merely a lonely

platform in the woods, built where the

railroad line touched one of the deeply

indented bays of Deepwater. It had

been established with a view to the

convenience of patrons of the hotel on

Deepwater Island; but, although it of-

fered a. shorter route to that hostelry,

it was so little used that trains no

longer made it as a regular stop, halt-

ing only on signal.



From Stoddard’s camp the all-water

route to the Lower Station was even

longer than that to Deepwater post-

office, for it involved the skirting of

a considerable peninsula. But there

was another route, far shorter, if more

toilsome. It meant a portage across

the neck of the peninsula—not more

than half a mile—While the total pad-

dling would be cut to six.



“It’s the best bet,” he assured him-

self.



Cautiously he lifted the canoe from

its resting-place in the bushes and car-

ried it to the water. As he stepped in

he glanced up the slope toward the

tent.



“He’s good till morning,” muttered

Stoddard.



He paddle noiselessly until a, hun-

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the island, which now, save for the

faint glow of the fire, lay a dark blur

against the high ground of the main—

land. Then he began to dip his blade

deeply, and the canvas craft leaped

ahead through the darkness.





Stoddard laid a. course diagonally

across the northeast arm of the lake.

He knew there would be more than

three miles of going before he touched

the end of the portage. By daylight

the trip to the Lower Station would be

one of comparative leisure within the

time limit allotted to him. In the dark

of an early September night it became.

something of a problem. The portage

was what gave him concern.



At best it was poor—rock nearly all

of the way, with a sharp drop at the

farther end, and scores of ankle—twist-

ing holes and crevices. It was three

years since he had crossed it, so that

the chances of running into a, tangle

of undcrbrush and fallen trees wore

excellent; for Stoddard knew the roun-

was traveled less than half a dozen

times a season, and then only by the

guides 01' Indians who were in a hurry:

to make a particular jLLl.‘.l:",' :‘Lid did

not mind its (liiiir,-;1‘.Li:>:1. [1.1. for the

forest rangers, they never took the

trouble to keep it cut out.





Stoddard liked to travel at night.

The coolness of the air against his bare

throat and arms exhilarated him. He

loved the silence that enveloped him.

The woods country, with only the stars

looking down upon it, quickened his

imagination. He felt the mystery of

it; yet somehow, as if he were nearer

to its secret than when the sun search—

0d out every recess of lake and hills.



The sentinel pines that, stood in iso-

lation on the ridges were dead black

against the sky; they were self-reliant,

aloof, vigilant—watching over the for-

est that slept. The lapping of the wa-

ter against the bow of the canoe had a

different note at night; the faintly

moving breeze had a different odor,

with a fresh dampness born only of

the darkness. These were hours when

Stoddard felt he was permitted to

touch the gentle pulse of the slumber-

ing wilderness.



The canoe ran on swiftly. As it

came within the increasing gloom of

the opposite shore he altered the

course slightly and ran close to the

bank. The way to the portage was

through a little cove, easy to miss ev-

en in daylight, and he had no time to

waste in hop-hazard search. His eyes

intent upon the rocks and trees at his

left, he moved ahead at slower pace

for a couple of hundred yards until,

with a. nod of satisfaction, he turned

the bow sharply inland. The canoe en-

tered a tiny, sheltered bay.



Instinctively his paddle paused’in

mid air and Stoddard cocked an ear





forward. For several seconds he lis-

tened thus; then called in a‘low tone:

“Ho, boy!"





The answer was abrupt, and would

have been startling to a man not ex-

pecting it.



The sharp snort of a mose came as

a challenge through the darkness, fol-

lowed by a heavy splash. Then, in

quick succession, came a series of

plunges in the shallow water of the

cove. An instant later there was a

tearing and crashing of underbrush,

followed by the noise of cracking sap—

lings and the thudding of heavy feet.

It was as if a, whirlwind had sudden-

ly been loosed in the forest, or the mail

train itself had left the steel line and

was running wild.





For a. full minute Stoddard sat mo-

tionless, listening to the fading din.

Then there was silence again. He dip-

ped his paddle.



“Late hours, my friend,” he said with
like that after dark ”





 





 





Moose are plentiful in the Deep-

water country, and Stoddard knew the

swampy little cove, with its rushes and

water-lilies, to .be a popular haunt.



“Queer how a voice startles them,”





ihe mused, as he pushed the canoe





through a patch of grass until the bow

touched the shore. “I’ve no doubt he





heard me for a hundred yards back





and never budged until I spoke.”

Stoddard’s fears for the condition

of the portage were not without

ground. He poked about for several

minutes in the darkness, and finally





lighted a match before he found the





entrance to the faint trail. Then, lash-

ing the paddles lengthwise on the

thwarts, he lifted the canoe, swung it

over his head with a rolling motion,

and settled it easily on his shoulders.



“Now to see if my feet remember

anything,” he said as he pushed for-

ward into the woods.‘



As for any aid his eyes would offer

in keeping to the path, they might as

well have been blindfolded. The port-

age was as dark as a tunnel. But Stod-

dard had a woodsman’s recollection of

places; he traveled by a series of men-

tal maps. His legs possessed a sub-

conscious memory of routes they had

once followed, and he was putting his

trust in them now.



The first two hundred yards of the

carry was the easiest part, but he had

covered less than half of it when he

became aware that the little used trail

was annoyingly obstructed with new

forest growth. Underbrush clutched at

at .his legs and tried to trip him.

Young branches brushed their wet

leaves against the smooth sides of the

canoe, now and again pressing it so

closely from both sides as to check his

progress. His seventeen-foot burden

gave him no concern on the score of

weight, but it was difficult to guide its

awkward bulk where he could not see

half its length aheadof him.



There were sharp turns in the path;

thus, long before his cautiously placed

feet, reached them, the canoe would

project into the tangle beyond, so that

he would have to halt and back off un-

til the bow swung clear again. Once

the stem of the craft ran squarely into

a solid tree-trunk, bringing him to a

jarring stop that made his teeth click.

It was slow work.



When the rise began the going be-

came worse. He took no step without

feeling well in front of him with out-

stretched foot. Stoddard was not in-

viting a sprained ankle or a broken

leg. 'A fallen tree that he remembered

well still lay across the path, but there

was another of more recent date that

had no place in his mind-map.



He discovered it by the simple

method of falling over it. It struck

him almost waist-night, and the mo-

mentum of the burden on his shoul-

ders carried him across it. For a few

seconds the impact of his head against

the stony path bewildered him. As he

tenderly examined the aching spot

with his fingers, a warm dampness told

him there was a cut as well as a bruise.



But his legs and arms concerned

him more than his head, for the task

he had set himself was peculiarly

theirs. Stoddard was satisfied to dis-

cover that they had suffered no dam-

age.



The canoelay across him; when he

crawled from under it he hastily pass-

ed his hands over the outer canvas.

More luck; there were no holes in it.



“I’ll remember that tree,” he said

philosophically, as he shouldered his

burden again.





The path grew worse and worse as "





the grade increased, but he expected

this. In fact, the sharper the incline

the nearer he was to the top. He was





thankful for the new hob-nails in the

soles of his hunting-boots, for they

clung faithfully where be planted

them. He shunned shoe-packs where





the going was rough.





The ground became leVel again, but

, he doubled his Caution.





 





 





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age, to delude the unwary after night-

fall. It was but the threshold to a

steep incline, bad enough to negotiate

by day and a real danger in darkness.

A few steps brought him to the edge

of it.



Then he descended. Loose stones

moved under his feet, and often he

had to kick them aside to find safe

ground. ' It needed not their crashing

through the brush to tell him that the

hillside was precipitous and treacher-

ous.



Again he fell, but a sapling about

which he flung a groping arm stopped

a headlong plunge. His back throbbed

where it had disputed possession of

space with a boulder, and the new

olive-drab shirt ripped at the shoulder.

Once more he examined the canoe

with solicitous hands; then grimly

lifted it again to his shoulder and re-

sumed his descent.



“Two falls,” he muttered.

there’s a third.”



There was. It came near the bottom

of the hill. The canoe finished the re

mainder of the distance without him.



“Talk about a moose making a

racket!” he exclaimed. “The noise

that old bull made was like a whisper

alongside of me.”



He found the canoe when the end of

it barked a shin, picked it up in one

hand, as an impatient mother grabs a

fretful child, and Iugged it forward un-

ceremoniously to the water’s edge. It

floated without leaking.



A few yards from shore Stoddard

glanced upward at the height just

crossed. It seemed fairly to overhang

the Waters of Island Bay. His head

throbbed, his back ached, his hands

and arms smarted from a score of

scratches; yet he chuckled.





“Well, I beat you, old man!” he said,

saluting his enemy. “But you gave me

a good run for it.”



Half- -way across the bay he ceased

paddling for an instant to wipe the

sweat from his eyes and plunge his

arms elbow- deep into the water.



“No. 18,” he muttered reflectively,

as he patted the breast-pocket of his

shirt, “you’ll never know what a com-

pliment you’re getting tonight."



Island Bay was named for obvious

reasons. It cannot be crossed in a di-

rect line from shore to shore, for the

canoe route is devious, finding its way

by many turnings through the narrow

channels that divide the islands.



But this was easy for Stoddard. He

drove his craft onward without hesi-

tation. He paddled swiftly, too, for all

his lameness and bruises. There was

boyish exultation of spirit within him.

He felt that he had done something

worth while.



Clear of the islands, there was but

a mile to go. He lighted a match and

glanced at his watch. There was still

time to make the train, but none for

loafiing. The portage had taken far

longer than the time he had allowed

for it.



The distant but distinct whistle of a

locomotive warned him to be alert as

he ran the canOe alongside a neglected

wharf. He hastened up the path that

led to the Lower Station, again feeling



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Boys Will Be Boys, But There’s a Limit





’M just recovering from a visit,”

I sighed the childless matron as she



wearily sank into a porch chair,

“or visitation is a better name for it.

Really, I’d rather pass through a

scourge of buffalo moths than to go

through the like again. Of course,

mothers can’t be expected to stay at

home all the time, and of course if

they haven’t plenty of help you have

to ask "the children, too. And of course

I love my nephews and nieces most to

pieces—it was my sister and her

brood,” she paused to explain. "But

there age limits to even an aunt’s pa-

tience, and if Jennie can’t teach those

children to'respect other folks‘ prop-

erty she can just keep them at home,

so there. Children five and seven are

old enough to be trained that much,

aren’t they?”rs'i.e' demanded savagely

of the mother of six.



“I should think so,” agreed the

mother meekly. “I begin to train mine

not to touch things as soon as they

can creep, but there’s a difierence in

children. Now, Jack never would touch

a thing, but Bob grabbed—”



“Yes, I know,” broke in the other

quickly, thus shutting off further ma-

ternal reminiscences. “When we were

little I never meddled with a thing,

mother never set anything up out of

my reach, but Jennie was always into

everything, I’ve heard mother say.

And her children are exactly like her.”

she added.



“Things began to hum the minute

they got here,” she began, and the

mother of six, with a sigh for the hir—

ed man’s bed still unmade, the bit of

ironing to finish, the cake to stir up

for supper and the potatoes to be dug

for that same meal, settled down re-

signedly to hear the tale of woe.

“They are from the city and they’d

never seen a gasoline stove. They

burn gas, you know. Jennie put on

their old clothes and said she’d ‘turn

them loose,’ and we sat chatting in

the bedroom for a few minutes after

they ran out.



“ ‘Turn them loose!’ I should say

she did. The first thing I knew I

Smelled gasolene and ran out to see

What was wrong. Those young imps

had turned on every burner of the

stove, and then ran out and left them

on. There was a river of gasolene all

over the kitchen floor, and I didn’t

dare strike a match in the kitchen all

the rest of the day.



“A lot they cared, though. While I

mopped up gasolene they explored the

barn, broke up a setting hen’s nest,

smashed eight eggs, and me getting

32 cents a. dozen for them in Lansing,

scared the Jersey calf almost into fits

and chased poor Tabby up a tree

Where she spent the night.



“That was only a beginning. During

the two weeks they were here they

ruined my Boston fern by snipping off

the ends of the leaves, knocked my

Cloisoine vase off the piano and crack-

ed it, scratched all the varnish off the

table legs at the end where they sat,

with constant scuffling of their feet.

scratched the varnish off six chair

rungs, broke three window lights,





with toys, killed three young turkeys,

and, thank heaven, gave themselves

the colic eating green plums.



“This is a list of their major crimes.

Their minor ones I overlook, in fact

I can’t remember half of them."



“But your sister,” said the hostess,

“what was she doing? Didn’t she try

to stop them or make the damages

right with you?"



“Stop ’em!” said the childless ma-

tron wrathfully. “Stop ’em! She

thought it was cute and would just

laugh and ask me if I couldn’t remem-





 





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can remember what a young imp She

used to be,” she added virtuously, “but

I was always quiet and never got into

mischief, mother says. Now I call

what her children did wanton destruc- ’

tion of property, and I'think she ought

to pay me, don’t you? For the eggs

and turkeys, anyway. The furniture

couldn’t be made to look new again

unless I sent it to the factory and had

it all done over.” I



“I certainly think she should pay

you,” agreed the hostess. “Children

that age are old enough to know bet-

ter than do such things. Why, even at

a year old they could be taught to

keep their hands off things. Now,

mine never—”



“Theres’ your Johnny now, chasing

my Starbright all around the pasture,”

ulterrupted the childless matron, pre-

cipitating herself down the porch

steps, “Hi, there, John Smith, leave

that calf alone,” she shrilled. And ov~

er her shoulder trailed the beginning

of “Seems to me children—”



“Boys will be boys,” sighed the

mother of six as she rose to’chastise

her offspring. “But why did Johnnie

choose this particular time to break

loose?”



And musing on the mysterious work—

ings of juvenile minds, she led John

firmly to the woodshed.



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Every girl should be taught how to

cook for the invalid. While the pa-

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may express a desire for certain dish-

es which,-if the doctor approves can

be supplied; as a. rule, the kind of

food is usually left to the nurse. The

nurse who indifferently asks: “Oh,

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should not be left for the patient to

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nothing, or when it comes, pushing it

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cent.



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meal will often coax back a failing of

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with the meal should be served in the

daintiest, most enticing way. A pret-

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the patient to eat of its contents. One

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victuals sent up to the rooms of those

getting well in the hospitals, and

thinks that such stubng will send the

convalescent out with a new disease,

dyspepsia likely, and yet, if you no-

tice, these patients seldom over-eat.

The 'sight of so much food appeals to

them as something good, and next

they go selecting from the quantity

something they especially like, or if

not this, by tasting around soon get

enough of a variety to be an all right

meal.



Below are some ways of preparing

dishes for invalids



Chicken Broth.—— Never make the

broth from a very young chicken, one

a year old is best for the invalid’s

broth. Cut the chicken into joints,

put in two quarts of hot water, then '

let simmer three hours. Salt to taste ,‘

while cooking. Remove all Scum that
rises and when dOneyand cool, strain,





and remove till" fat from the top of

the broth. Celery seed, or a few stalks

of celery cooked with the chicken

adds flavor to the broth. Keep on ice

and heat the broth as needed. ’



Toast Jelly.-‘-Soften a little toast in

hot water, put it through a sieve, add

a teaspoonful of brandy or wine, and

stir in the yolk of an egg beaten

smooth in a little water. A piece of

brown bread toasted to a golden

brown and buttered, is nice served

with this jelly and a cup of hot milk.



Egg Sherry—Beat an egg as light

as possible; add a half glassful of cold

water, a glass of sherry, and sugar

and nutmeg to taste. This is nice to

serve with toasted white or brown

bread, buttered.



Oysters for the Invalid—These for

the invalid should be very fresh, and

if he likes them, could be served often

and in various ways. Always for the

invalid remove the dark part. If serv-

ed raw, place them on a little block of

ice, squeeze a few drops of lemon on

the oysters, place a slice of lemon

with them and on the dish by the ice

set a tiny dish of fine salt.



Oyster Stew.-——Cook the oysters in

their own liquid for two minutes, re-

move scum, season with a little salt,

white pepper, a spoonful of rich cream

and a small bit of butter. Serve with

crisp crackers.



Broiled Oysters—Select the large,

plump oysters, remove the dark part,

grease the gridiron bars with beef

suet, When hot place oysters on them,

watch closely and when browned

slightly on one side turn. When both

sides are done remove to a hot dish,

sprinkle with salt and place a bit of

melted butter on top. Serve with

toasted crackers.



Oyster Loaf—Cook the oyster as for

a stew, using but a small amount of

the liquid. Season the same, and D0113

over thin slices of bread.



Birds—A tempting dish for invalids

are birds, quail, pigeons, woodcock,

etc. Clean the bird nicely and soak in

salt water awhile. Wipe dry, and bake

in' a hot oven until nearly done, after

which finish by broiling over a clear

fire. Serve on buttered toast.



Mutton Chop—Most invalids enjoy

an occasional mutton chop. Cut the

chop thin, remove all fat, broil over a

clear fire, season with salt and a little

butter, lay the meat on a plate gar-

nished with parsley leaves, put aslice

of lemon on top the meat, and lay a

nicely baked potato beside the meat.





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BY HILDA RICHMOND.



Among the many good home reme-

dies we have used perhaps none has

been more helpful in a variety of ways

than “grease medicine” as children call

it. Most children despise grease, but

if they can be coaxed to overcome this

dread the medicine will surely help

many childish troubles. Most mothers

hate to use grease because it soils the

bedding, but in emergencies that ought

not to interfere. Old bedding can be

saved for times when colds and whoop-

ing cough and such complaints run

rampant and the best things will then

not be greased up.~





Goose grease is excellent and it is

easy enough to save a supply for all

winter from one roast, but I have

found that common pure lard does just

about as well. In colds we grease the

nose and chest well, sometimes sprink-

ling the greased flannel cloth with

liquid camphor and sometimes with

pewdered skunk cabbage. Our doctor

laughed at us for using skunk cabbage

and grease, but finally admitted,that in

his own family he used home remedies

more than drugs. A tiny ball of lard

the size of a small pea pushed into

each nostril will give wouderful relief

at night and prevent the dry state of

the nose that results in bleeding sores,

because children will pick at the nos-

" trils as thegsecretibn dries. The other





day I saw. a very sore nose cured with





pure lard in two nights and days, with 7





applications every few hours. The child

screamed with pain when any attempt

was made to clean the nose, and was

breathing through his mouth in pain-

ful fashion, but when allowed to “doc-

tor” himself, rather enjoyed the greas-

ing up.





For sore or tender feet an oil appli- ‘





cation is excellent. Slip on an old pair

of socks to keep from soiling the bed

and see what a night will do for the

feet. Either goose grease or lard can

be used, or even vaseline well rubbed

in. This is also good for corns which

are painful.





For burns and for obstinate sores

where the dressing gets harsh and

painful, a little pure grease does won-

ders. Often the straps used to secure

bandages get tightly pasted on and re-

fuse to let go, but a little grease will

make the removal easy and painless.

For the distressing scalp trouble of in-

fants that worries mothers so much,

pure lard is excellent. One baby that

was so troubled with this complaint

that her mother never allowed anyone

tomremoveo _her ”littledcap when away

from home was easily cured by appli-

cations of pure lard. A little at a time

the lard was well soaked in and then

the accumulation gently washed off un-

til the child’s head was as clean as

heart could wish.



In croup a dose of melted lard and

sugar will do wonders. Children fight

against this mess, and no wonder, but.

it is one of the most effective “first

aids” known to mothers of children, as

well as one of the easiest to prepare.

In some houses grease is such a com-

mon medicine that the children never

dream of going to bed in bad weather

without a dose of some sort. My small

boy cries, “Get the grease!” whenever

he sees seven o’clock approaching. At

first it was hard to get him to submit

but now he cheerfully greases himself

when he has a cold, and often presents

small bruises and cuts for a dose of the

same remedy without any solicitation.

He seems to think grease will heal

most ills known to boys.



When children are getting well after

chicken pox, measles, scarlet fever or

any “peeling“ disease a little applica-

tion of olive oil or lard will help won-

derfully to allay the itching. In almost

every childish disease some kind of

soothing ointment is needed and pure

lard is one of the best. We have used

it for years with the best results and

we think have often saved doctor’s

bills by the use of this humble rem-

edy. At any rate it can do no harm

and that is more than can be said of

many drugs.





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HE first two weeks of October,



1916, have seen more history in



the development of the milk

business in New York than has been

made in the past forty years. For the

first time the farmers all over those

sections of the state that ship milk to

New York City have stood together in

a firm, solid front and have fixed a

moderate, living price on-their product

and have said to the big dealers in

milk, “Take it at our price, or leave

it.” And they have won out.





The dealers had no idea that the

farmers would hold together, or that

they could handle theii own milk for

any length of time to advantage, and

they withstood their demands. For a

period of years past farmers have

known that they were producing milk

at an actual loss to themselves. The

price of milk had not increased in any-

thing like relative proportions to the

increase in cost of feed, help, and'the

necessary equipment. Many dairymen

had closed out their business entirely.

Those continuing in it have been forc-

ed to eke out their living by raising

cash crops, and intensifying the dairy-

ing as far as possible.



The Dairymen’s League of New

York, the most comprehensive organ-

izatiOn in the interest of the milk pro-

ducers, decided that the first of Octo-

ber, the time of signing contracts for

the coming six months’ milk, should

see a gigantic effort to secure better

prices fromlthe milk trust. The farm-

ers have thousands of dollars invested

in the equipment for milk production

to one invested by the dealers or dis-

tributors, yet the latter were absorb-

ing nearly three-quarters of the price

paid by the ultimate consumers.



After long and careful deliberation

the League fixed the following sched-





- ule of prices which should be paid the





farmers for Grade B milk testing three

per cent butter-fat, all other grades to

take the same relative value above or

below this grade, with an increase of

three cents per 100 pounds for each

one-tenth point increase in butter-fat:





1st Dist. 2d Dist.

October .............. $2.15 $2.05

November ........... 2.25 2.15

December ............ 2.25 2.15

January ............. 2.15 2.05

February ............ 2.10 2.00

March ............... 2.05. 1.95





One of the leading purchasing and

distributing agencies handling liquid

milk in New Cork State and adjacent

territory has been the Borden Com-

pany. This company has been in the

habit of contracting the milk with the

producers on October 1 for a period of

six months and other distributing com-

panies have keyed their prices largely

by'JBorden’s. This year the Bordens

were warned of the agitation in milk-

producing circles and refused to sign

contracts for more than a month at a

time——offering $1.90 for October milk.

This was, an increase of ten cents a

can over the price paid one year ago,

and they hoped to still the demand for

better prices.



Farmers Refused to Compromise.



Membership in the league includes

the pledge of the members not to sell

any milk except by permission of the

league and through the exclusive

agent of the League. State Commis-

sioner of Foods and Markets John J.

Dillon was given power of attorney

and instructed to act as the selling

agent of the League.



An active campaign was started a

few weeks prior to October 1 and the

membership of the League grew apace.

They soon had control of 300,000 cows,

or about seven-eighths of the entire

milk supply of New York City. A milk

famine was accordingly visited upon

the city as the big dealers absolutely

refused to compromise or recognize

the farmers’ right to deal in a body,

although they would Sign individual

contracts. This the farmers refused

to do. Even those who did not belong

to the League recognized the grave





 





crisis in the milk question and. with

the exception of a few individuals

stood firm with their friends who were

of the League and Withheld their milk

from the New York trade.



The big dealers had no idea that the

farmers would hold out. The former

filled their vats with milk and cream

for days in advance, keeping it cold

for future delivery. They were sure

that 48 hours would see a break, and

they would win out. In the meantime

the smaller dealers were willing to

pay the reasonable price asked by the

League and they began contracting for

milk through Commissioner Dillon—

the only way any milk was finally al-

lowed to enter the city, excepting that

brought from distant markets by the

trust—and for which they paid as high

as $2.40 in their effort to break'the

strike. Those few individuals about

the state who for a few days continu-





 





 





 





 





John J. Dillon, New York Commission-

er of Foods and Markets Helps

Farmers to Secure a More Reason-

able Price for Milk.





ed to deliver their milk were seen by

local dairymen and the milk withheld

by moderate measures when possible

and by other measures when neces-

sary. Thus the supply soon dwindled

from a few cans a day to none at all.

Distributors Finally Yield.



Milk shipping plants and the rail-

roads were idle for about ten days.

The situation in New York was, of

course, acute. This the farmers de-

plored, but they realized that the more

complete the famine the shorter it

would be in duration. The small deal-

ers began to do a big business and

they were getting the trade of the for-

mer autocrats in the milk world, and

the latter were forced to do the fair

thing in order to save even a small

share of their former trade. At the

end of the first week, twelve distribut-

ing concerns had signed the League’s

contracts, and others were continuing

to fall into line.



The “big four” companies, Bordens,

Sheffield Farms, Stevens and the Mu-

tual MacDermott Companies, continu-

ed to stand out. It was a closely con-

tested tug of war for several days be-

fore these companies gave in. But at

last they did so, after endeavoring to

sign up for two months, then for three

months, with the privilege of arbitrat-

ing the price for the next three

months. The executive committee of

the League consented to no compro-

mise.



All manner of reports were current

during the second week in October-

as agents of the “big four” sought out

the farmers and tried to sign contracts

with them, doing so in many cases un-

der what was thought by League lead-

ers to be misrepresentations. Later it

transpires that the League was the

victim of treachery in camp, in that

their president, Jacob Brill, is alleged

to have made verbal contracts with

the Bordens and other distributors

for three months. This the League re-

pudiated as soon asKthey discovered it.

declaring that President Brill was be-'

yond his rights and had no power of





attorney for the League, and his resig-

nation was demanded. No harm was

done to the cause, however, except to

delay adjustment of the difficulties and

keep the city from its supply of milk

a few days longer.



Orders were telegraphed to every

branch of the League to make no con-

tracts except by permission of R. D.

Cooper, chairman of the executive

committee, or through Mr. Dillon.

Those farmers who had signed short-

term contracts were prevented from

delivering their milk until conditions

were satisfactory.





Prosperous Farmers Help General

Business.





Through all this conflict many inter-

esting incidents have taken place

throughout the state. The farmers feel

that their victory has placed farming

on its feet for the first time, and they

are jubilant.

strength for the first time, and have

learned how to use it. Never again

will they be so helpless in the market-

ing of their things. And they really

surprised themselves in the easy vic-

tory. Very few men met with any

great loss for the few days or weeks

they were obliged to hold their milk.





Creameries, condenseries, and other

milk products companies all over the

state doubled their output, most of

them putting on a night shift.

ies long unused were quickly equipped

and worked to full capacity. Those

who had cream separatorsran them

night and day for the benefit of their

neighbors. Others bought new separa-

tors and learned to ship their cream

to' nearby city markets twice a week,

having the skim-milk to feed to stock.

Many like this plan so well they say

they will not go back to selling whole

milk.





The public has been awakened as‘





never before to the injustice done to

the farmer, not only through the milk





question but in general produce. As.





never before the business world sees

the necessity of giving the farmers a

fair chance. They are the greatest

buying class in the world and hard

times for the farmers mean hard times

in all lines of industry.



The Experience in Organization is



Valuable.



The farmers have learned how to

organize. Counties have been the unit

in most cases, with the farm bureaus

acting as leaders of organization and

co-operating most heartily with the

branch Leagues. Meetings were held





in every milk center in the state, so ,





far as possible. Leading dairymen in

each section gave generously of their

time and talents, going day and night

in squads with others who spoke to

the dairymen in every community,

each man taking an active interest in

the campaign. So carefully was the

campaign carried out and so quickly

did the farmers respond that the or-

ganization was enabled to do thorough

work.



The Wick’s investigation committee,

acting for the state, has taken a large

amount of evidence, and is now con—

sidering this before further action.

The dealers have asked that a com-

mittee of eleven be appointed to ar-

range future price schedules, to avert

future milk wars. This committee, as

recommended by them, would consist

of one member appointed by the may-

or of New York, one each by the gov-

ernor, the Commissioner of Agricul-

ture, the wholesale dealers, the retail

dealers, the State Grange, the New

Milk Committee, the Wick’s InvestiJ

gating Committee, the health commis-

sioner dis-New York, and two by the

Dairymenis League. The League is

considering the proposal but Mr. Dil-

lon states that he considers that the

farmers would lose in such a commit-

tee, that the majority of such a com—

mittee, by reason of their lack of ex-





perience in the milk industry, would





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ests of the, distributors. ~ .

Preparing for Future Contingencies.

One of the ~most significant results

of the campaign is the active prepara-

tion that the farmers have already un-

der way in many localities for building

locally owned and controlled shipping

plants, which shall be equipped with

pasteurizers and machinery for mak-





- ing butter and cheese. Many of these





plants are to be ready for use early

next spring, so the farmers will be

able to take care of and market their

own output with the ultimate view of

eliminating the distributor as a domi-

nating factor in the business.



There is great promise of better

times for both farmers and consumers,

the two great classes most to be con-

sidered. The former hope to get more

for their product, and the latter will

be required to pay less for a necessary

article of food; while the farmer’s pas-





te‘urizing plants will enable them to '





crowd out the heretofore obnoxious

middleman, with his all absorbing

greed. '

New York. M. G. FEINT.

BEAN SPECULATORS WANT FARM-

ERS TO STAND LOSSES.





 





The Michigan Director of Markets

is advised of the distribution by per-

sons interested in breaking the bean

market, of circulars representing that

the bean cr0p in Michigan is above

normal. The director is in possession

of one of a circular issued by a buy-

ing concern, which reads in part as

follows: “Last year's crop of beans

ran seven bushels per acre of good

beans and we harvested 4,250,000 bush-

els. This year’s crop by the most con-

servative estimate, shows an increase

of 25 per cent in acreage and the

beans are threshing out ten bushels

per acre on an average. This would

make the crop harvested around 7,500,-

000 bushels.” . .



Director of Markets James N. Mc-

Bride calls attention to the fact that

the above statement is in direct con-

tradiction to the federal and state

crop reports which indicate a crop that

is smaller than last season’s by 500,-

000 bushels.



The November state cr‘bp report

makes the bean acreage for Michigan

435,542 and it estimates the total yield

at 2,920,338 bushels, with an average

yield per acre of 8.71 bushels.



It is the opinion of the director that

any private agency which desires to

influence the market priCe of beans by

adding 4,580,000 bushels to the duly

published crop report, which is an

amount that is greater than the total

crop for 1915, is actuated by but one

purpose, namely to deceiVe the produc-

ers and bring the farm price of beans

down.



The director has been informed that

the “shorts” on October delivery have

had their contracts extended into No-

vember and are now endea‘xoring to

break the bean market that they may

have the chance to fill than October

orders at a price much below that

which represents the real value of the

crop. It is urged in opposition to the

arguments of the “shorts" that the

constant advance in the price of food-

stuffs, together with the damage done

'to the California bean crop by rains

need not give the Michigan bean grow—

er concern as to his market. The di-

rector thinks that buyers who can buy

foreign beans will do so when they

can and without spending overmuch

time in circularizing the trade con-

cerning the subject, nor find it neces—

sary to give misinformation as to the

Michigan bean crop. The acre value

of beans is not higher than other crops

this season.



Circulars which are apparently in-

tended to misrepresent the crop situa-

tion in respect to beans, together with

other documents, are in the possession

of the federal government, for deter-

mining whether or not the mails have

not been wed in these instances to

restrain trade. ‘





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November 21, 1916.





Wheat—By taking a recess of a few

days, foreign buyers were able to bear

the American market and reduce pric-

es from the high point of last week.

On Monday, however, it became appar-

ent that these foreigners were quietly

accumulating stocks at the reduced

quotations and the market immediate

1y gained strength and advanced over

30 during that day’s session. Statisti-

cal news is all in favor of higher pric—

es with the smallness of the world’s

wheat supply and the unsatisfied

needs of Europe as the dominating

factors in the trade. It is rumored

that an embargo may be placed upon

wheat in Argentina for limiting ship-

ments. Primary receipts were 2,475,-

000 bushels Monday, compared with

3,941,000 bushels a year ago. No. 2 red

wheat sold at $1.11 on this date in





1915. Last week’s Detroit quotations

were,

No.2 No.1



Red. White. Dec.

Wednesday ..... 1.88 1.83 1.90

Thursday . ....1.861/2 1.811/2 1.88

Friday .......1.85% 1.80%; 1.861/2

Saturday ....... 1.82 1.77 1.83

Monday ........ 1851/3 1.80% 1.861/2

Tuesday 1.851/2 1.80%, 1.86





Chicago.—~December wheat $1.811/z;

May $1.88%; July $1.58%.



Corn.—Corn values declined last

week. High prices have stimulated

more liberal selling on the part of

farmers, and offerings have been of

sufficient volume to force quotations to

a lower level. While the Detroit mar-

ket sagged heavily on Monday of this

Week, at Chicago prices for the same

day advanced nearly 3c. The visible

supply for the United States increased

79,000 bushels last week. A year ago

No. 3 corn was quoted at 631/20 per

bushel. Last week’s Detroit quotations





were:

No. 3 No. 3

Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday ........... 1.06 1.08

Thursday ............ 1.06 1.08

Friday ............... 1.06 1.08

Saturday ............ 1.01 1.03

Monday .............. .97 1.00

Tuesday ............. .98 1.00





Chicago—December corn 93%0 per

bu; May 957/80; July 957/80.



Oats.—Recent advances in oat val-

ues were maintained In the face of a

weaker trade in corn and wheat.

There is'a good eastern demand as

well as a strong domestic call for this

grain. While the United States visible

supply gained 482,000 bushels, that of

Canada decreased 311,000 bushels last

week. One year ago standard oats

were quoted at 400 per bushel. Last

wek’s Detroit quotations were:





No. 3



' Standard. White.

Wednesday ............. 601/2 59 1/2

Thursday ............... 60 1,4; 59 1/2

Friday .................. 60 1K0, 50 1/2

Saturday ................ 60 1A» 501/2

Monday .......... 4 ....... 60 1/2 591/2

Tuesday ................ 601/2 59 1/2





Chicago—December oats 58%c per,





bu; May 20.



Rye.——-Market is firm at last week’s

advanced quotation, which was $1.50

per bushel for cash No. 2. .



Beans—Trading in this product is

reduced to small proportions by reason

of the very limited stocks on hand. Lo-

cal quotations were up 250 more last

week, and now cash beans are nomi-

nally quoted here at $6.50 per bushel.

The Chicago market reports a brisk

inquiry for beans, with offerings in-

sufficient to supply the needs. Pea

beans, hand-picked, Michigan stock,

are quoted there at $7@7.25; red kid-

neys $7.50. .



Peas.—The market for dried peas )8

strong at Chicago. Field peas are

quoted there at $3.50 per bushel.



Seeds.——Prime red clover $10.70; al-

sike $10.40; alfalfa $9@10; timothy

$2@2.50.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





Flour.—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the DetrOIt





Imarket per 196 lbs, as follows: Best





patent $9.80; seconds $9.40; straight

$9.20; spring wheat $10.50; rye flour

30





Feed.—-In 100-1b. sacks, jobbing lots

are: Bran $31; standard middlings

$31.50; fine middlings $35; cracked

corn $45; coarse corn meal $42; corn

and oat chop $39 per ton.



Hay.-—In carlots at Detroit: No. 1

standard timothy





light mixed $13.50@14: No. 1 mixed

$11@13; rNo. 1 clover $100312.

‘--8‘traw.—Rye straw $8.50@9; wheat





and" 5a” straw 37 0e , .

lots. . "





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Butter.—Small supplies and active

demand brought an advance of 4c. The

market continues firm at the advance.

Prices for extras 1c higher. Creamery

extra 40c; do. firsts 39c; dairy 300;

packing stock 271/20.



Elgin.-—Bids of 40c failed to produce

any butter, as holders think prices are

going higher. The present market

price is estimated at 400.



Chicago—A firm feeling continues

to exist and prices are 40 higher on ac-





count of the shortage of supply. The,





creamery extras are quoted at 401/20;

extra firsts 400; firsts 38@391/2c.



Eggs—The market is firm with the

price 20 higher than last week. Re-

ceipts are light. Firsts 400; current

receipts 38c.



Chicago—Fresh eggs are scarce and

the demand is strong. Prices are 40

higher with the market firm. Firsts

39@39%c; ordinary firsts 37@38c; at

mark, cases included 33@381/2c; firsts,

storage paid, 361/2@37c.



Poultry.——Market is steady with in—

creases in prices for most all kinds.

Turkeys are slightly lower. Live, spg

chickens 17@171/zc; N0. 1 hens 16@

17c; others 13@14c; ducks 151/2@160;

geese 16@170; turkeys 22@24c.



Chicago—The liberal receipts have

brought lower prices for everything ex-

cept turkeys, which are 20 higher.

Good turkeys 22c; others 15@16c;

fowls, general run 121/2@13c; others

12@15c; spring chickens 15%@16c;

ducks 14c; geese 12@14c.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples.—Market steady with prices

unchanged. Barreled stock $3.50@4

for fancy; choice $2.50@3.50; No. 2,

75c@$1 per bushel. At Chicago trade

is fair. Good stock sells well but the

cheaper-priced goods are hard to move.

No change in prices. Fancy stock

sells for $2.50@6 per bbl; No. 2 stock

$1.75@2.50.



Potatoes—At Detroit potatoes are

steady with prices unchanged. Quot‘

ed, carlots, in bulk at $1.60@1.65;

sacks $1.65@1.75. At Chicago Michi-

gan white are quoted at $1.50@1.70;

others $1.35@1.80. Market is steady

with a good demand for nice stock.

Many receipts show frost damage.





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





Fresh eggs have advanced almost to

the 400 mark and dairy butter is high-

er, being quoted at 28@29c. Potatoes

sold on the city market early this

week at $1.75, and the prices at out-

side buying stations have not changed

materially from last week. The bean

market continues firm with some mar-

kets quoting as high as $6.65. Indica-

tions are that poultry will be in good

supply for Thanksgiving, with young

turkeys 20@220; ducks 14@160; fowls

12@14c; No. 2 red wheat is quoted at

$1.72; rye $1.25; barley $1; corn $1;

oats 550.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





Plenty of buyers made trading at

the Eastern Market active on Tuesday

morning for the majority of the pro-

ducts offered. The bulk of the apples

were selling from 75c@$1.25, with the

better grades up to $1.50 and above.

Cabbage $1.40@1.75; potatoes $1.25@

$2; carrots $1.40@1.60; pork 14c per

lb; chickens $1@1.25 each; eggs 53@

55c per dozen; loose hay $17@19 per

ton.





 





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Buffalo.

November 20, 1916.

(Special Report, of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 252 cars; hogs 180 d. d.; sheep 70

d. d.; calves 1200 head.



With 252 cars of cattle today, the

quality was very common and what

few strictly good butcher cattle were

here sold about steady, but the bulk of

the medium and common grades were

very slow and a quarter lower. There

was a good demand for the best qual-

ity stockers and feeders and they sold

fully steady, but the common kinds

were very slow sale. There was a lib~

eral run of canners today and good

canners with the cutters left in sold

around $3.90@4, but the fair and com-

mon- ones were very slow and bulk of

them sold around $3.75, with throw-

outs at $3. We look for a liberal run

of cattle next Monday and no more

than a steady market.



The hog market was glutted today

with the heaviest run of the season,

following a liberal supply of Saturday,

and market took another slump, pric-

es averaging a strong quarter, lower

than last week’s close. The bulk of

the sales were around, $9.60, with a





   





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orkers ' selling from

$9@9.25; pigs and lights $8.25@8.50;

roughs -$8.25@8.75; stags $7@8. Quite

a. good many hogs unsold at the close

and with a fair supply in sight for the

next few days we do not look for much

if any improvement.



With a liberal run of lambs today

our market opened slow and 25c lower





than the close cf last week, and we.





look for steady prices balance of week.



We quote: Best lambs $11.25@11.50;

cull to common $9@11; yearlings $8@

9.50; bucks $5.50@6.50; ewes $7.50@

7.75; cull sheep $4.50@6;' wethers $8@

8.50; top veals $13@13.25; heavy $7@

9; common and light $8@11; grassers

$5@5.75.





 





Chicago.

November 20, 1916.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today. .33,000 65,000 23,000

Same day 1915..23,245 44,759 21,455

Last week ...... 92,685 278,778 127,989

Same wk 1915..58,769 219,614 89,389



Shipments fro-m here last week

amounted to 26,812 cattle, 42,101 hogs

and 20,942 sheep, comparing with 13;

806 cattle, 19,517 hogsand 23,168 sheep

for the preceding week. Hogs receiv—

ed averaged only 195 lbs.



This week’s cattle market opens at

steady prices for butcher stuff and fat

steers, with other kinds slow and

largely lower. Hogs are largely a dime

higher, with some sales onlya nickel

lower, sales ranging at $8.40@9.95. Fat

lambs advanced 15c, prime lots selling

at $11.75.



Cattle receipts last week rose» to

such extremely large proportions that

maintaining prices for the bulk of the

offerings was an impossibility, grass-

ers, short-feds and warmed-ups pre-

dominating, and sharp breaks took

place in values. As has been the rule

all along, the small percentage of well

fattened cattle, whether. steers, heif-

ers or cows, sold satisfactorily for

their fortunate owners, and the best

steers brought the highest prices ever

paid, if Cattle fattened for the Inter-

national Live Stock Exposition are ex-

cepted. The greater part of the steers

offered found buyers at. a range of

$7.50@10.50, with fair sales of the best

beeves at $10.60@12.05, cattle going at

$11 and upward being classed as

choice, while good steers sold at $10

and over, a medium grade at $9 and

over, fair killers at $7.60 and over and

sales down to $6 for thin undesirable

lots, while a limited number of steers

of the canning kind sold as low as $5.

Yearlings were active and firm, good

to fancy offerings bringing $9.75@12,

with a medium grade going at $9 and

over and inferior lots as low priced as

ever. Butcher stuff was salable at

$5.30@8.10 for cows and at $4.90@

9.75 for heifers, with a sale of five head

of fancy heifers averaging 1086 lbs. at

$11. Cutters went at $4.70@5.25, can.-

ners at $3.75@4.65 and bulls at $4.75@

8. The calf trade was lively at much

higher prices for the better class, light

vealers going at $11@12.50 and sales

all the way down to! $4.75@7.75 for the

coarse to pretty good heavy lots.

There was a moderate demand for

stockers and feeders, with sales rang

ing at $4.75@7.65 for inferior to choice

offerings. Western range cattle were

salable at $6.50@10.40 for steers, of or«

dinary to prime quality, and an excep—

tionally superior consignment of Cana-

dian range steers from Alberta aver-

aging 1432 lbs. brought $10.75, making

still another high record for rangers.

Cattle that were not fat sold 250 or

more lower.



Hogs were forced last week to much

lower prices on account of the greatly

increased receipts, 52,487 hogs arriv-

ing on Monday, while the Wednesday

receipts footed up 62,617 head. East-

ern shippers took hold much more

freely, 9,891 hogs being shipped from

here on Wednesday, but it was impos-

sible to maintain values under such

heavy loads, and even the best lots

had to sell much lower than a week

earlier. The receipts averaged very

poorly as a rule, the offerings embrac-

ing a large proportion of pigs and

light weight hogs, and these sold very

unsatisfactorily invariably, pigs espe-

cially so. Many hogs were left over

at the close of trading hours, thereby

adding to the depression, and on Wed-

nesday about 77,350 hogs were on sale,

including 14,730 carried over Tues-

day night. There was a widening out

in prices between choice heavy ship-

ping barrows and prime light shipping

weights, the former topping the mar-

ket and bringing about 300 more than

the best light hogs. At the close liogs

brought $8.60@10, comparing with

$8.90@10.20 a week earlier, pigs bring—

ing $6@8.55. Prime heavy shipping

hogs sold highest. with prime light

shipping hogs at $9.75.



Lambs of the best grade continued

extremely high sellers last week. with

not many prime lots offered, although

the aggregate receipts were greatly in-

creased. Prime fat yearlings and sheep





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yearlings and sheep arrived, including T





a good percentage of feeders, and the

feeders sold well, but, the season for





'range stock is over, and supplies now.





consist almost entirely of native lambs

and sheep and fed westerns.

week sales were as follows: Lambs

$8.75@1].60; range feeding lambs $9@

10.50; yearlings $8@10; wethers $7.50

@850; ewes $3.25@7.70; bucks $5@6;

breeding ewes $6.50@8.50. Prime year-





lings advanced, but lambs and sheep





ruled 10wer. ‘



Horses were in large supply last

week, and there was a 'good outlet at

about recent prices, with army horses

gorng at $150@175 for “gunners” and

$115@125 for riders. Loggers sold at

$150@215, drafters at $240@285, south-

ern chunks at $50@80, southern mares

at $90@125, commercial chunks at $190

@235 and expressers at $175@210.





The offerings of choice to fancy beef

cattle on the Chicago market are m-

minishing all the time, and their scar-

city at a time when the demand'from

local packers and eastern shippers is

strong has sent prices up to the high-

est altitude ever known on the open

market except when fancy beeves

were being shipped in for the Christ

mas holiday trade. Plenty of inferior

to fair middling grades of cattle have

been moving to the Chicago and other

western markets, but in a short time

the movement of grass cattle from the

pastures and ranges will be over for

the year, and thereafter there will be

a much better chance for sellers of the

cheaper class of cattle. Great numbers

of cattle are going to be roughed

through the winter season, but unques-

tionably there will be a very small pro-

duction of choice beef, and prices will

undoubtedly rule higher than ever in

the past. Under such circumstances

It will pay handsomely to fatten well-

bred steers in first-class shape. There

is a fairly large demand for medium-

priced stockers and feeders at ruling

prices, but the high-priced offerings

are in very poor demand





U. S. SANITARY LIVE STOCK ASSO-

CIATION.





 





The twentieth annual meeting of

this association will be held at Hotel

La Salie, Chicago, on December 5-6-7,

1916. This association includes lead-

ing federal and state live stock offi-

cials, farmers, stockmen and many per-

sons interested in various lines of live

stock work in this country. The pro-

gram for this meeting combines a va-

riety. of topics of the greatest interest

and nnportance to everyone concerned

in the prosperity of the animal indus-

try of the United States. The regular

sessions of the meeting will be open

to the public. Farmers and stockmen

are especially invited to attend. Any-

one desiring additional particulars re-

garding the meeting or program

should write the Secretary, John J.

Ferglililson, Union Stock Yards, Chica-

go, .





MILK PRODUCERS’ MEETING AT

.' DETROIT.





 





All dairymen contributing to the De-

troitmilk supply should attend a milk

meeting at the Burns Hotel, Detroit,

called for December 4, 1916, at 10:30

a. m. This is a very important meet-

ing, and every reader should take it

upon himself to notify his neighbors

and friends of same. Local organiza-

tions should meet and appoint dele-

gates, and as many dairymen as find

it at all possible should attend the

meeting in person. -



R. C. RE'ED,

Field Secretary, Michigan Milk Pro‘

ducers’ Association.





FRUIT GROWERS’ CONVENTION.





 





(Continued from page 506).





Necessity of Advertising Michigan

Fruit, and How to do it.”



Eugene Hart, Middleport, N. Y.,

“The New York Apple Law.” '





George 'Low, Bangor, “Is Orchard‘





Heating a Success?”



C. F. Schneider, Section Director of

Michigan Weather Bureau, Grand Rap-

ids, “The Use of Water as Protection

Against Frost."



A. J. Rogers, Jr., Beulah, “Solution

of Some Market Difficulties.”





Prof. R. H. Pettit, M. A. (3., East'





Lansing, “Injurious InsectS; Old and

New.”



J. H. Carmody, M. A. 0., East Lan-

ising, “Recent Developments in Spray-

ng.’ ,

The special session will be held by

the ladies of the society.



Mrs. Alta L. Ludwick and Miss Le.-

titia Foster, of Cloverdale, will give

their experiences in the fruit business.



For further particulars and infome-

tion, address Rebt. A. Smythe, Secre-

tary, Benton Harbor, Mich. ~ .





 





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.





 





Thursday’s Market.

November 23, 1916.

Cattle.





Receipts 2874. There will be no

market at these yards Thanksgiving

Day, Thursday, November 30. Any-

thing arriving will be unloaded and

cared for, but the scales will not be

opened and no business transacted.



Another large supply of all kinds

was on sale and as usual everything

was very late owing to the congested

condition of all Detroit terminals.

Stock makes good time to Detroit but

it is a hard struggle to get it to the

yards after arriving. Until the supply

of dead freight of all kinds in the

yards are cleaned up there will be

trouble handling the stock.



In the cattle division the quality was

common and the market opened steady

with last week on all grades and con.

tinned so until Thursday, when it be-

came dull and draggy and at the close

everything but good prime steers was

a dime lower. Good milch cows are

in active demand at slightly higher

prices but common grades are dull.

The close was dull as follows: Best

heavy steers $8; best handy weight

butcher steers $7@7.50; mixed steers

and heifers $6@6.75; handy light

butchers $5.25@5.75; light butchers

$4.75@5;‘ best cows $5.50@6; butcher

cows $5@5.25; common cows $4.50@

4.75; canners $3.50@4; best heavy

bulls $5.50@6.10; bologna bulls $5@

5.50; stock bulls $4.50@5; feeders $6

@650; Astockers $5@6; milkers and

springers $40@95.



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

8 cows av 885 at $4, 2 do av 1005 at

$4.25, 6 stockers av 666 at $5, 2 do av

565 at $5, 3 cows av 843 at $4; to Ham-

mond, S. &. Co. 3 do av 1136 at $4.35;

to Mason B. Co. 6 do av 1036 at $5.65,

.4 steers av 997 at $6.25; to Brewer 15

stockers av 647 at $5.25; to Corletts

6 do av 670 at $5, 8 butchers av 746 at

$5.35; to Parker, W. 8: Co. 3 do av 863

at $5.25, 18 do av 713 at $4.75; to

XVatts 5 steers av 982 at $6.25; to

Mich. B. Co. 5 cows av 1014 at $5.50, 4

butchers av 837 at $6, 1 bull wgh 1610

at $6.15, 1 do wgh 730 at $5, 1 do wgh

980 at $5.75, 1 do wgh 780 at $5, 11

butchers av 862 at $6.75, 20 do av 679

at $5.40, 2 bulls av 1070 at $5.50; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 3 cows av 910 at

$4.25, 3 do av 887 at $4; to Sullivan

P. Co. 2 do av 1020 at $4.25, 8 canners

av 860 at $3.85; to Mason B. Co. 1 bull

wgh 1410 at $6; to Fineman 11 butcn-

ers av 514 at $4.25; to Feldman 6 do

av 766 at $5.25; to Goodgold 7 do av

644 at $4.75; to Fineman 17 do av 620

at $4.50; to Prentiss 4 do av 855 at

$5.75, 10 do av 760 at $5.75; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 1 bull wgh 1200 at $6;

to Sutton 9 feeders av 762 at $6, 13 do

av 650 at $5.85, 5 do av 754 at $6; to

Stark 12 do av 901 at $6.75, 7 stockers

uv 607 at $5.50.



Veal Calves.





Receipts 902. The veal calf trade

was active from start to finish, with

bulk of the good grades selling at

$11.50@12, with now and then a small

bunch of fancy as high as $12.50; com-

:31}ng dull, and heavy selling at $5‘@



Erwin, S. J. sold Parker, W. & Co.

2 av 160 at $11.50, 1 wgh 150 at $11,

3 av 180 at $11, 1 wgh 150 at $10.50, 1

wgh 160 at $10.50; to Burnstinev5 av

165 at $12, 5 av 155 at $9.50.





Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 9661. The sheep and lamb

trade Was active all the week, bulk of

the gOOd lambs bringing $11.25, which

was top. Sheep about $6.75. Quite a.

large number were bought for Swift

& Co., and Nagle P. Co. bought freely.

The close was steady.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Swift & 00.582

lambs av 75 at $11, 132 do av 73 ‘at

$10.75; to Thompson 30 do av 65 at

$10.25; to Mich. B. Co. 73 do av 55 at

$9.50, 146 do av 60 at $10, 91 do av

63 at $9.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 23 do

av 90 at $10, 17 sheep av 85 at $6.50,

95 do av 105 at $6.35; to Nagle P. Co.

5 do av 115 at $6.25, 56 lambs av 75

at $10.60, 14 do av 72 at $10.65, 38 do

av 70 at $11; to Kline 47 sheep av 100

at $6.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 15

lambs av 50 at $9.75; to Swift & Co.

868 do av 75 at $11.25, 29 do av 85 at

$10.85, 13 do av 70 at $11.



Hogs.



Receipts 12,132. The quality in the

hog division was common, there being

a very large number of pigs and light

yorkers m the receipts. The general

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Chronic Garget.——My cow has been

troubled with caked bag and obstruct

ed milk flow through one teat for some

time. I am obliged to use a. milking

tube to draw milk from blocked teat.

H. G.., Dearborn, Mich—Apply one part

iodine and 14 parts lard to caked por‘

tion of udder and directly to upper part

of teat three times a week. Give her

a teaspoonful of hyposulphite of soda

twice a day.



Sore Feet—Have a driving mare

which limps slightly on left fore leg

when traveling fast on hard roads. I

have noticed when standing she is in-

clined to point sore foot and she has

been worse for the past two days. M.

E. G., Carson City, Mich.———If you will

stand her in wet clay or pack foot with

wet clay and keep it moist for an hour

or two a day, she will perhaps obtain

relief; furthermore, it is possible to re-

lieve her soreness by proper shoeing.



Cow Gives Bloody Milk.——VVould like

to know the cause of a cow giving

bloody milk from all four quarters?

Am I to believe that giving her drugs

will correct this trouble? She appear-

ed to be all right up to two months

ago. Mrs. M. B., Merrill, Mich.——Usu—

ally the passing of blood from one or

more quarters of the udder is the re-

sult of an injury of some kind. One

cow hooking another, stepping over

logs, low fences, out of ditches, lying

down on hard substances, such as piec-

es of wood, rocks, bricks, or uneven

frozen or hard ground. Rough milking

is perhaps as common a cause as any.

Rapidly increasing the food supply of

a thin cow will sometimes cause her

to give bloody milk. living and apply-

ing drugs is done with a good deal of

speculation in the treatment of this ail~

ment. Better ascertain the cause and

remove it.



lndigestion.~l have a four-year-old

horse that is fed three quarts of oats

and seven ears of corn at a feed three

times a. day; also all the hay and corn

fodder he will eat. He is inclined to

be pot-bellied and occasionally shows

symptoms of colic, but does not bloat

much. T. C. 13., Revenue, Mich—Mix

together equal parts cooking soda, pow-

dered charcoal, ginger and gentian,

and give him a tablespoonful or two in

feed twoo or three times a day. Per-

haps you are making a mistake in feed-

ing him too much bulky food.



Hide-bound.~l have a light driving

mare ten years old that commenced to

lose flesh three weeks ago; now she

has a rough coat and is hide-bound.

Her appetite is fairly good and she

seems to grind her food all right. Her

work consist in traveling 15 miles a

day. S. A. 0., Flint, Mich—Mix togeth_

er one part ground nux vomica, one

part salt, one part feuugreek and three

parts ground gentian, give her a table-

spoonful at a dose in ground feed

three times a day.





Chronic Indigestion—Can you tell

me what is wrong with our cows and

how to cure them? They chew pieces

of wood and are inclined to tear out

buildings down, and I might add that

we s‘alt them often. R. G., Croswell.

Mich—A complete change of food is

required; besides. you should give

them some ground bone, cooking soda

and air~slaked lime in their feed. All

they require is a balanced ration;

therefore, you should change frequent-

ly and endeavor to satisfy their ap-

petite.



Dysentery.—-—l wish you would tell

me how to treat a calf six weeks old

that has been troubled with scours for

one week. This calf has a very poor

appetite and is losing flesh rapidly. We

feed him three quarts of separator

milk and a tablespoonful of flaxseed

jelly at a feed. Have given him brown

flour, raw wheat flour, but it fails to

check his bowel movements. 0. F ..

White Cloud Mich.—~Givc calf 10 grs.

of salol at a. dose four times a day, but

first of all give a dose ofcastor oil.

not less than two or three ounces.



Barren Heifer.—-—Part of my cows are

regular breeders and some of them do

not come in heat. One of my cows 1

have been giving medicine that you

prescribed in this column, but she has

not yet come in heat. What would you

advise me to do? G. W. 8., Holland.

Mich—First of all it is well to keep

in mind that contagious abortion, per-

sistent clinging afterbirth, and ulcerat-

cd vaginitis are all causes of barren-

ness; besides, many cows have cystic

ovarian trouble which render them

barren. Certain cows are shy breeders

and will not raise a calf every year. I

would advise you to employ a compe-

tent Vet. to make a careful examina-

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BY FLOYD w. ROBISON.

(Continued from last week).

Tea.



As a beverage we have been in the

habit of considering tea in the same

class with coffee. They are distinctly

different beverages, of course, but

have two or three points in common,

so that it is common to speak of tea

and coffee as indicating almost 'the

same relationship.



Tea. has always been considered a

milder type of drink in a sense, al-

though its composition would indicate

that it would be more severe in its

physiological action, particularly when

improperly brewed. One advantage

tea has over coffee is that it is attrac-

tive to people, even in exceedingly

dilute solutions. Coffee is very unde-

sirable to many people unless suffi-

cient coffee is used to make a rich-bod-

ied, full-tasting drink. On the other

hand, while some prefer strong tea.

there are a great many who like such

a weak solution that the tea itself is

scarcely noticeable.



The characteristics of tea which are

similar to those of coffee are of course

caffeine and tannin, except the caf-

feine in tea is not called caffeine, but

thein, and the tannin, of course, is not

called caffe tannic acid in tea although

it has the same properties. The ten

nin, caffeine and the other extracts of

tea yield themselves much more read-

ily to hot water than they do in coffee.

This may be easily understood when it

is realized that tea is simply the care-

fully dried leaf, together with some of

the buds of the tea plant, whereas cof-

fee is a product obtained from the

seeds of the fruit.



Black and Green Tea Come from the

Same Plant.



There are two general kinds of tea

——black tea. and green tea. These dif<

fer from each other more in the proc-

ess of preparation, or the manufacture

as it is called, for both black and

green tea are obtained from the same

plant. According to Leach, green tea.

is prepared by first steaming and then

drying the leaves while they are still

fresh, thus keeping the bright color

characteristic of cholrophyl, the char-

acteristic green of all growing plants.

Black tea. is fermented in the sun and

exposed to the direct rays of the sun

for a period of time and this turns the

leaves black. If a solution of coffee is

allowed to stand for a considerable

period of time it also will become

dark. Hence, undoubtedly it is the ac-

tion of the sun perhaps upon the tan-

nin in the tea which is responsible for

this change in color, although it is

stated that there is less tannin in

black tea than there is in green tea.

Peculiarities of brewing whereby hit-

ter undesirable results were obtained

were discovered much sooner in‘\,t11e

case of tea than with coffee. Consum-

ers have been content to boil coffee,

thinking that by so doing they were

getting added strength, whereas they

are very few at the present time

who will boil tea. The popular, com-

mon method of the preparation of tea

at the present time is to put the re-

quired amount of tea in an earthen pot

and cover it with boiling water, allow-

ing it to steep in this way. It is con-

sidered that the flavor is ever so much





. superior to the flavor of tea which has





been produced by boiling the water

with the leaves or boiling the extract

for a. period of time, which develops

the distasteful bitterness which is so

objectionable to most tea drinkers.





Improper Brewing of Tea Responsible

for, Most Objections to it.



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which has been found to the drinking

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cup of tea was to boil the grounds and

the extract for a considerable length

of time, and have supposed that the

deepening of the color through pro-

longed boiling and the increased depth

of bitterness which develops is evi-

dence that more and more material is

being extracted from the leaves. This

idea is decidedly erroneous, for after

the tea has been in contact with the

water for a short period of time it has

yielded up practically all of its soluble

constituents to the water and subse-

quent boiling is simply a breaking up

of the combinations as they exist in

the original tea leaf, and with very

disastrous results, physiologically.



Carefully prepared tea, like careful-

ly roasted coffee, is an exceedingly de-

lightful, aromatic drink and if brewed

properly we think very little can be

said against it.



The drinking of very weak tea. is a.

very excellent means of increasing the

amount of water that one drinks dur~

ing the day, for comparatively few peo-

ple, particularly during the winter

time, drink anywhere nearly as much-

water as they should drink to permit

of the normal optimum activity of the

digestive fluids.



Old Forms of Adulterations.



At the present time tea is practical-

ly unadulterated. An old form of adul-

teration was the admixture with fresh

tea of spent or exhausted leaves—tea

leaves which had served their purpose

once. We’ believe this practice has

been entirely eradicated. Another com-

mon form of adulteratibn was the prac-

tice of “facing” the dry leaves, by

which term was understood the treat-

ment with certain pigments or colors

to make an inferior grade appear

brighter and of better quality. Such

substances as Prussian blue tumeric

and indigo, together with such mineral

substances as gypsum, have been ad<

(led to produce weight and color. This

condition we believe to be practically

obsolete at the present time due to

the operation of the federal and state

food and drug laws. Another form of

adulteration which one has to be on

his guard against is the presence of

other leaves than tea leaves, and

when leaves of similar shape» and size

are mixed in, it. requires an expert

with a microscope to differentiate be-

tween them.



The genuine tea leaf has very char-

acteristic marks as far as the network

of its veins and the width compared

with the length are concerned. All of

these points must be taken into consid-

eration in the laboratory in determin-

ing whether the leaf is a tea leaf. With

exhausted tea leaves, to make up for

the fact that much of the astringent

matter has been removed in the first

steeping processes, it has been said

that essences such as catechu, have

been added to bring back an imitation

of the original astringency.



It’s Simply a Question of Quality Now.



But all these forms of adulteration

are practically things of the, past and

the tea drinker at the present time

need concern himself with practically

only a question of quality. One of the

most inferior grades of tea is tea dust,

consisting of stems and fragments and,





as its name implies, tea dust, or the





finely pulverized portions of the tea.



Of course after the selection has

been made and the grading and blend—

ing, one would expect that the dust

would contain the rejected matter

from all the rest, which it does in fact

and many times is found to carry as

much as 50 per cent of some forms of

actual mineral matter.



Besides caffeine and tannin, tea has

a considerable amount of nitrogenous

matter, consisting perhaps of 50 per

cent of true proteids. It has a tea oil

which may be compared to the caffeol

of coffee. The characteristic flavor of

tea is quite like that of new-mown hay,

which is imitated very well by the ex-

tract from the tonka bean, the active

principle of which is coumarin.



Aside from this, it has resin and

cholorophyl and certain other convert-

tible carbohydrates. _



Coffee and Tea Deserve their

Popularity.



The two by far most popular non-in-

toxicating beverages in this country

are coffee and tea. Many people will

drink coffee who think tea is injurious

to them; likewise somewill drink tea

who will not touch coffee. But the

prevailing methods of brewing of tea

have been found so desirable that ev-

en the coffee: roasters have become

interested in what can be done in the

preparation of a uniform and desirable

cup of coffee, so that in‘ell'probability

the custom of preparing coffeemore as

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it requires no bait and is positively sure catch first

trip in or out; no chance for escape; it catches him

over the body; no dan er to hunters. do s or cattle.



Ask your hardware color for one. I he has not

got them write us for free booklet which explains

the S O SURE CATCH TRA P.



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THE ANNUAL MEETING



The annual meeting of the Michigan

State Association of Farmers’ Clubs

will be held in the Senate chamber of

the capitol building at Lansing. on

December 56, 1916. An unusually in-

teresting program has been prepared.

A wide range of subjects of import-

ance to the agricultural interests of

the country will be discussed by men

who are peculiarly competent to han-

dle them intelligently. Every Club in

the state should be represented at this

meeting.



[any delegates from local Clubs

have been elected at the November

meeting and in all cases where dele

gates have not been elected, the pres

ident of the Club should designate

some member or members to repre-

sent the local organization at this im-

portant meeting. The associational

secretary has mailed report blanks to

the secretaries of all local Clubs, and

these should be promptly filled in and

returned to her in order to facilitate

the compilation of Club» statistics for

presentation at the annual meeting.

Every local Club in the state should be

identified with the state organization

and should have one or more delegates

in attendance at this meeting. The

complete program will be published

next wek.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





Woman's Day.—The November meet‘

ing of the Ingham County Farmers’

Club has been designated as Woman’s

Day since its reorganization and the

dinner consists of chicken- pie and oth-





er “fixings" so well known to the farm-

er’s wife. The meeting was held with

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Laycock at the

Homestead Farm in Alaiedon. Dinner

was served promptly at noon and as

soon as the inner man was fully satis-

fied, President Allen called the meet-

ing to order and with Mrs. Watts at

the 01 gan, all joined in singing Ameri-

ca. The first business of the meeting

was the election of delegates to attend

the State Association of Farmers'

Clubs at Lansing early in December.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCormick weie

chosen, with Mr. and Mrs. Laycock as

alternates. President Allen then tum-

ed the meeting over to the vice-presi-

dent Mrs. Melton, who introduced as

the st speaker, Mrs. Bessie Bowden,

who gave a paper full of interest,

‘-‘Women in England.” She said in

part: “Since 1066 when the Nor-

mans, Saxons and Danes all united, it

has been England and English people;

that there are four distinct classes:

Royalty, one must not marry outside

the royal circle without losing his

1ank; second, Wealthy, who keep an

immense army of servants; third,

Farmers and Merchants; fourth, La-

boring class. This latter class have

five meals a day, but not so much

cooking as we do here All of the

bread, buns and cakes are bought at

the bakers. There are now 1 500 wom-

an and girls employed in munition fac-

tories in Birmingham and many more

in other places. War is helping the

suffragette and women will have more

rights and privileges than ever before.

The next paper was by Mrs. Harriett

Casterlin, "Women in Politics." She

thought that politics may not be im-

proved by equal suffrage, but they cer-

tainly will not be any worse. Experi-

ence shows in local affairs women do

as well or better than men and now

there are 11 states where women have

the full vote, and in many others a re-

stricted vote. These 11 states control

91 electoral votes. Equality of oppor-

tunity is what we ask The last paper

of the afternoon was by Mrs. Lucy

Sharer, who told about war and wom-

en. She gave Webster’s definition of

war, but she thought christian princi-

nles would quench the spirit of war.

She spoke of Deborah. Joan of Arc,

and that the bravest battles are fought

by the mothers of men. Today women

are doing the work of men that more

can go to the front. Great good comes

from wars, it gives greater respect ta-

the rights of others and asked if we

are teaching true patriotism. The

next meeting will be held with Mr. and

Mrs. Morse at the Poplars and be

the annual meeting for election of ofll~

nets and reports of committees. -—Mrs.

Tanswen. Cal-.8611.





Farmers Clubs g =





Our Motto: ——"The farmer is of more :





consequence than the farm, and should

be first improved "





THE STORY OF A HOME-COMING.





 





 





When Brother N. P. Hull was mas-

ter of the Michigan State Grange, he

requested each Grange in the state to

arrange for a home-coming. He asked

them to make a special effort to se-

cure the attendance of all former mom.-

bers who were within reach, to try to

get out just as large an attendance of

the present membership as possible,

and at the meeting to use every effort

to secure the reinstatement of all for.

mer members.



Much was accomplished through the

home-coming and I wonder that it has

not been emphasized more forcefully

during the past few years.



Keene Grange of Ionia county, held

a home-coming on Friday, October 27.

The writer was present and is telling

the story of this meeting in the hope

that more Granges will follow the ex-

ample of Keene Grange.



The people began to arrive quite ear.

1y in the afternoon, and this gave time

for a good long program. The Worthy

Master called the meeting to order

and gave the Worthy Lecturer charge.



The reading of the charter list of

members brought back the old days

to the minds of many present. If we

recollect rightly there were 57 names

on this list. Only one was present at

the meeting and but 13 still survive.

The Grange was organized in Febru-

ary, 1874.



While but one charter member of

the Grange was present, there were

several who joined just a little later,

and these were called on for reminis-

cences of early days in the history of

the Grange. We have not space to tell

again these stories of the past, but it

was good to be there and listen. Truly

those people “Builded better than they

knew.” I suppose they had their dis-

couragements, like Grange workers of

today, but these are forgotten now and

memory treasures instead their forms

and faces, their words of encourage-

ment, and their efforts to make the

old world a better place in which to

live.



Much was said of one good old broth~

er who used

Grange, who was never absent from

his post, whose store of good will was

never exhausted, but was spread

among the members.



Sister Earl Curtis, past lecturer of

Kent County Pomona, was there to

join her old neighbor in the happy

event, and she told many things which



we have not the time to retell, but

which were good to hear. She spoke

feelingly of her father and mother

who were members of this Grange,

and read several of her mother's

poems dedicated to Keene Grange. Sis-

ter Curtis was called on again in the

evening and contributed more helpful

things to the program.



The writer spoke in the afternoon

upon the “Elements of a Successful

Grange," and in the evening upon

“The Grange and the Community."



A feature of the evening program

which should not be overlooked was

the music. Several numbers were ren-

dered, all of them choice. The local

pastor gave a talk upon Sunday and

his work, which was appreciated. Some

good recitations were rendered also,

and with all it was late before we said

good night.



It would be out of place not to speak

of the supper hour. A hint of what

was coming was given at the close of

the afternoon program when waters

and tea were served, but those who

were able to stay at the hall got much

more than a hint. It was truly a great

supper. it was nicely served, and the

extreme of good will prevailed. -



(To be continued).





 





to be master of the Spring





 





Only Skunks and Muskrats!

——but they brought $368 to

Farmer Jones and his Son





He has aforty acre farm and last Fall and Win-

let his son set a dozen Victor traps every evening





in likely spots.





The Victors grabbed the little pests by the leg

and held them tight—and then was the





 

 

 





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time they started to pay Farmer Jones

rent for having lived on his farm.





Your farm abOunds 1n valuable fur.





Catch it and cash

in this Fall with

Victors. lt’saspare-

time job anyway.

Start with a half

dozen Victors. (You

can get from

any hardware dealer.)

They will pay for

themselves —— and a

ofit besides 1n your

first week of trapping.





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Francisco Farm Poland Chlnas

Big Types With Quality





. Sprint loan from prize winnifiatook

Thoy' re long. strong, blg- boned. lows.





Pictures. circular-and 'collgon

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NOW IS THE TIME T0 BUY





Twenty live tried Big-Type Polandxlhina brood

sows to be bred for March and April fax-row.

Ten splendid Spring boars at 025.00 each for





(1U.l('k sale. Worth $50.00.

Hillcrest Farm, Kalamazoo, Mich.





AT HALF PRICE





Genuine big typo Poland China 3083.31.11! Bows.

“Bani Special. tho

but big tgpe fall year in: boar in. Michigan. Also

rose-tend omB lions and

J BUTLER. Portland, Mich" Boll Phone.





Poland Ghinas





We hav 0. some nice LARGE (IETYPEC a ring boars

for sale at FARMERS PR





Allen Bram, Paw Paw, Mich.

B SALE: Poland China boars ready for service. A





few high scoring Black Minorcs cookerolawill make

large birds. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 11. W. lilll. Saline. m





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Mar. and April farrow, from large litters, weighingup

b0 2'15 lbs. Come and see. expenses paid it not 111-1 rep-

resented. W. E. Livingston Parma. Mich.



One extra good





Largo Strain P. . 1.1. mun... z

crackorzacks b; Oakland Equal Jr. and a fine bunch

sired by Big De ender the hog that everybody goeowlld

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Jr 0 2436.\7. Saws represent blood ottwoA wonders;

Plus at either sex ready. A. D. Gregory. IonigM





Poland Chins boars shipped C. O D. coll

BIS EOIIGII or write tor photo. weights. roe and

price. 0‘“ng

China gxringk and fall pigs;





St: Louis. ich

Large StilCd P0131“! alsoB. kcockerels at





special low prices to quick buyers. Robert Neva. Pierson. Mich.





Poland chines”mm Bi- and £16111th





and large litters. The have goodbono and lengthwoll

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II Type Poland China IIOG SALE





Fri ay Dec.1nt.() hand. Bears, Open 8(1er and bred

Howe. Sale at in farm free conveyance from depot

to sale. WM. 11.13‘1-‘LE Goldwater Michigan





BredSowsand Its 1'01 Au us: and

“anti“ S'lflt September fan‘o‘w I K I.”

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Halladays’ Hampshire Swine





Both boxes. all ages. Prices reasonable.

0. H. Hallway «1 8011. Clinton. Mich.





SHEEP

Kope Kon Farms





Oflers. One yearling Hampshire ram 111351.00,

One yearling Southdown ram at $25.00. A few

growthy well bred Oxford and Shropshire ram

lambs at $25.00. Kinderhook, Michigan.





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Afewchoice Rams. Dan 1300116123. 4.. Evert. Mich.





Oxlord Down Sheep No mom...





HF GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan?



Highland Mord flown Ham: ,1, “a“,



Olmsted andJ. Spaans. Muir. Michigan.

"I. an“ Ohio flock of Merino. and Delainee. good





size, oily fleeces, he cheaters. ricedto

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Economical "Egngduct‘i-o‘n

By R. G.





HE problem of economical egg



production is now confronting



the poultry keeper on the farm.

Eggs are bringing excellent prices but

some poultrymen, after considering the

price of feed, have doubted their abil-

ity to make the farm hen pay its way

during the coming year. It has been

predicted by some poultrymen of expe-

rience that eggs will sell as high as

sixty cents per dozen in Michigan this

year and the same eggs will be worth

around eighty cents per dozen on the

New York market. Considering the

small quantity of cold storage stock

on hand it is easy to believe that fresh

eggs will be in great demand this year.

Reports indicate that the cold storage

Stock will in no way meet the demand

and the farmer who can produce his

egg crop at the least possible expense

should make some money from the

farm hen.



Economical egg production does not

mean scrimping on the hen’s food sup-

ply until the bird approaches a condi-

dition bordering on starvation. To pro-

duce eggs in an economical manner it

is necessary to get as many eggs as.

possible at the least expense per egg.

Ten dollars worth of poultry. feed giv-

en to a farm flock might produce no

eggs. Twenty dollars worth of bal-

anced feeding distributed in the same

period might produce thirty dollars

Worth of eggs. or course, no breeder

will agree that feeding the ten dollars’

worth of feed was an economical meth-

od of caring for that farm flock.



The Kind of Foods to Use.



The first point in economical feed—

ing is to study the kind of poultry

feeds produced in the community.

Corn, wheat and cats are the staple

crops for producing eggs along with

the products from the above grains,

plus beef scrap, sour milk, bone, green

food, etc. This year wheat has been

very high and while it is one of our

best egg foods some poultrymen have

been leaving it out of the ration. Some

years barley has been substituted for

wheat but this year barley is also

high, and nothing is gained by the sub-

stitution, as barley has a feeding value





,. of about 15 per cent less than wheat.





Some poultrymen are confining the

grain feed of the flock to corn and

oats and find that such a method pays,

considering the high cost of wheat.



Green food is one of the important

items in the ration and this year we

find that clover hay is not a profitable

crop except when fed on the farm and

turned into meat products or eggs.

Clover is one of our best poultry feeds

and should be considered of especial

importance in this year of high prices

for both eggs and grain. Clover may

be finely cut in machines which are

not expensive and are especially de-

signed for the use of the poultryman.

This fine cut clover can be incorporat—

ed in the dry or wet mash and the

birds will consume large quantities of

it, which will reduce the amount of

grain necessary to keep the birds in

laying condition. Clover can also be

wrapped in fine mesh poultry wire and

suspended in the coop, where the birds

can pick at it without any being wast-

ed in the litter.



Green Foods.



Cabbages and mangels are two im-

portant crops for the farm flock, but

this year cabbages are high, and are

scarce at any price, and the farmer

cannot afford to use them for poultry

feed unless he is lacking in other

green food and the local market for

cabbages is not good. Mangels furnish

the birds with green food at little ex-

pense if the crop is raised on the home

farm. Well filled oats are a good in-

vestment and I believe that this crop

is an excellent feed for the economical

production of eggs. This year oats of

excellent quality were sold in our sec-

tion for fortchents per bushel, and at





_ this price they can be turned into eggs





theories” for feeding poultry.





 





KIRBY





with profit. Sprouted oats are also

the best of green food during the win-

ter, and very desirable for feeding the

young chicks on the stormy days in

the spring when the newly hatched

birds must remain in brooder houses.





Purchasing the Grain Supply.



If all necessary grain crops are not

produced on the farm it will pay the

poultry keeper to buy as much as pos-

sible of his yearly grain supply from

neighbors soon after threshing time.

In this way hauling to market is avoid-

ed, the middlemen are cut out of the

deal and you are fairly sure of filling

your bins with first class grain at the

minimum price. If you raise one kind

of grain on the farm do not confine

the flock ration to that grain, but sell

or exchange a part of it for other

grains. It will not be economy to use

but one kind of grain because it is

produced on the farm. I have heard

it stated that you can make money on

hens by raising all of your own food,

but you will lose money if much of the

poultry feed has to be purchased. That

argument would seem to prove that

the money was made on the grain and

not on the hens, for grain has a stan-

dard market value whether you sell it

at the elevator or feed it to the home

flock and the poultryman who cannot

turn grain purchased from neighbors

into eggs worth more than the grain

cannot hope to succeed in the poultry

business. Such a farmer might make

money on grain crops but he would

certainly make no more money for his

trouble in caring for the hens and it

might be just as well to dispose of all

the hens which could not be largely

fed on table scraps and the general

food gathered by the birds in ranging.



Important Protein Foods.



One of the most important items in

the economical production of eggs is

the proper feeding of beef scrap or

sour milk. Experiments carried on

over the country by the various col-

lege stations prove that eggs can be

produced more cheaply with beef scrap

than without it. Some of these experi-

ments also prove that the supply of

skim—milk, buttermilk or sour milk on

the farm ‘is about as good as beef

scrap and, of course, it is much cheap-

er. When there is a plentiful supply

of skim-milk I should not feed beef

scrap except in limited quantities, but

without the milk I should never expect

to make a flock pay a profit in the win-

ter without the aid of the protein con-

tained in good clean beef scrap. Bone

is another item which is necessary. Oc-

casionally arrangements can be made

with a local market to supply scrap

bone and this can be ground up on

the farm and fed in the ration. Some

poultrymen never forget the bone in

the ration and consider it necessary

for a maximum egg yield. They are us-

ually the poultry keepers that are

sending out their crates of eggs to

high-class markets, even in zero

weather, and they are not worrying

about the high cost of feeds as their

egg returns are ample to pay all the

bills and leave a good profit. Eggs

like all other products, seem to rise

and fall according to the law of supply

and demand and when grain is high

farmers cull their flocks more closely

and reduce their flocks, and this means

a reduction in the flow of eggs toward

the city markets.



Many farmers may state that it is a

good theory about turning high-priced

grain into eggs at a profit, “but it

wen’t work,” and, of course, if it will

not work it is not a good theory, As

poultry keepers we can study the the-

ory and then work it out on our own

flocks and if it works in our own indi-

vidual cases we will know that the

theory is good and be thankful to the

eperiment stations and practical poul-

trymen he have been developing “good





(To be continued).





   





 





Now ‘





Fall and winter eggs bring big

money. Start your early-hatched

ullets laying now—keep them at

t all winter. Hurry along the

late ones. Help the hens through

the critical molting period when

they are weak and liable to con-

tract many diseases. Make every

bird a producer by using





Pratls

l Poultry Regulator





It makes hens lay by supplying

the tonics they need at this season

and quickly putting them in lay-

ing condition. It induces them

to eat better—hastens digestion

and assimilation—prevents dis-

orders of liver and bowels—stirs

the egg-producing organs into

activity. Used by successful

poultrymen for nearly 50 years.



The cost is small—on‘ e cent a l

hen per month—results are big.





Que dealerln your town has inch-ne-

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We Oiler a Few Speual Bargains

In S: C. White Leghorn cockerels, Rani-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein' bulls. A good chance

for asmall investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expertbreeding.





Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.

CATTLE.





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Bulls by BLACK UALITY ITO sire First time.

Breeders and Ca erds Mich. Stale Fair-1916.p We

also won first on Exhibitors Herd. Jr. Champion Bull,

Jr. Champion Female and Grand Champion Cow. Also

breeders of Percheron, Ha. kney and i: addlo Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM, IONIA, MICH.





Aberdeen Angus Bulls For Sale ‘





12 head of choice y‘gung bulls old enou h for service.

All sons of Black onarch 8rd. Grand sham ion Bull

Michigan State Fair 1914 1915 and 1916. Blackgltlonaroh

3rd has been sold to W. . Box-i pps, Wildwood Forms.

for the record price of the 318911 in Michigan. $1M.

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Practical Snupmfl Instinctive—YOUR

PAPER. For the breeders of Mich..

1nd,, 111., Wis., only. You should read

51:. 50c a. year. 3 mo. 100. A ents

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' 26, Chicago.





POULTRY.

Barred Rocks %%i§.seiglf%itifilfii





Circular Free. Fred Astllng. Cons tantlne, Mich.



Cockerels, Cocks and Hens. Four

Barred ROCk uliets luyed 950 eggs in one year.

W. C. Coll'mnn, fl. 8, Benton Harbor, Michigan.





Barred Pl mouth Rock Cockerels full





blood $3.60 each

two for $5.00. . A. Barnum, Union City, Michigan.





 





 





 





Barred Hock llackurels 1§°firialnfii EE'SE‘E;





price 32 and $3. Write H. J. S inner, Mc illnn,Mich.





Beautiful Single Comb





White Leghorn Cockerels. standard line bred. D.

W. Young strain, sent on approval. Two dollars

up. White Line Poultry Farm. Hillsdale, Mich.





Breeding Cockerels





White, Bull, Leghorns. R. I. Reds. Prices reasonable.

Sunnybrook Poultry Farms, Hillsdale, Michigan.





GET YOUR 0llllEll IN EARLY F01!





Cookerels from Cousins Northern King Strain Barred

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





Exculsively. Now is the time to buy

In“ to horns pure bred stock at a big reduction in

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





FERHIS WHITE LEGHORNS





Best winterla rers. 5000 pullets,

hens and bree iiig males at low

prices. Trapnested to lay 200 eggs

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

Chicks and Eggs. Catalog explains





 





 





 





 





 





approval.

8.11. Send postal.





Geo. B. Ferris, 934 Union, Grand Blplds,MlclI.





 





 





 





 





OHN’B Big Beautiful Barred Rocks are all lien-

liutchcd, developed quick. good layers, each 33; pair $5;sold

on approval. Circulars, photos. Joliu Nortlion, Clerc, Mich.





FOR SAL Pure bred S. 0. Bull Leghorns





and white Plymouth Rock cock—





 





 





otels. Kletzlen & Webster, Bath, Mich.

Cockerels from $2



Fowler’s hull Books: to :5. hens $1.50 to

85. White H01 and Turkey a. young toms ; hens $3.

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





 





' Orpington rizeCock,zl:

one Flue s. C. Bil“ Cookerelsp and Pulled:

Prices reasonable. Mrs. G. D. Ellis, Clinton. Mich.lt.3





. White Orpi n8. Winners a sin

Pine Oresl, S- c- at, the State ‘air. Younwn old

stock for sale. But! the MRS- ILLIS

HOUGH. Pine Crest arm 'alOak Miohi an.





RHODB ISLAND REDS and Fla-V3203 TH ROCKS.

Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to “ , 0:5; P. u. hens

weight 6 to 10 lbs.. 6888 15 for 8 $638 100, 85; 120. $6.

Mammoth Bronze Tom Turkeys, lbs. according

to use 36 to $25. 10 eggs :3. A. E, Crsmlon. Veneer. Mich.





RED CGCKEIELS, Both Combs. mitts?

llll , . .

list. fi‘iéllgk'ifiensflg, 'iiniosi'nr, flfiilmlivééf 341115323?

lion and Sinai! comb $13.; ‘éi‘é‘cifii‘iizli‘iéféflfi:

able. 0. E. Hewley, Ludlngton, Mich.

Sinzlo Bomb llllode liland 1‘“ °“°"°’°"‘- ”c"-

, D k

JENNIE DUELL. Ann ArborerFesf “infirm;





SILVER Golden and White Wyandottee. Choice cum:

I cockerele. Reasonable quality considered.

Ionic and Lansing winners. C.W.Browuing. 11.2. PortlandJflch.





' V Cochran-eh from fine stock and Al

“d._ 'Vdfldoll. love-w. 32 and $8 03.01).an raised.

A. FRANKLIN SMTTH. Ann Arbor. Mlnhimm.





it c. glut: lEGlllllll IMILLER Fill :llE.

.arn. reassurance smile:

box-gs n at the price oflered but we-neod





 





 





 

 





 





 





:13! :ill rill Re ‘3! ltd l a #12::

M0 00- ”1109‘ V811 “ I. -‘

diam: um... .o.soxm. East was. mob.





 





 

 

 





‘YnsmnEs—Ono of the foremost dsir broods. The

most eoonom icai milk :- ucem. Calves

for sale. White Leghorn cookers s- Duroo Jersey

swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. 'FlintJdichigan.





 





cg. Guernsey Bulls. serviceable ago. great grand

one of Gov. Chene, also grade Guernsey and Jersey heifers

6 wkl old 520 each. Avondaie Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich





of service age and calves from

Guernsey Buns choice. Adv. reg. breeding.

T. V. HICKS. Route‘l, Bottle Ceeek, Mich.

‘ Registered Guernsey Cattle.

FOP sale And Berkshire swine thebest

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





GU E R N 8 BY S‘Bbiilblii‘ring ’

Containin blood of world chain ion .

HICKS’ OUER SEY FARM. Bngi new, EV. B.. Mlch‘





GUERNS EYS: Bred heifers mature cows. bull calves

From 11 ion line of Adv. . e . ancestors with large

record. G. §_ WIGENT,





MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





Average yearly production 422.3 lbs. of fat, three

fourths of them making their records as two year

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

provement can soon be attained if the right

selection is made. The breeding of the Beach

Farm Herd 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

iililoney refunded. Write and let us tell you about

t em.





CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVINE,





Coldwater, Michigan.





Registered Guernne Bulls old enough

FOP sale: for service. and buyll calves from ad-

L. J. Byers. Goldwater, Mich.





 





 





 





 





atervliet, Michigan.





 





vanoed registered cows.





two gr. sons of Mn Rose

Reg. Guernsey Bulls m... o. 1...... yViste

(the 84600 bull) one 2 mo. old dam May Rose breeding

one 6 mo. old, i there of serviceable age. Satisfaction

guaranteed. Alfred Anderson, Holton, Michigan.





 





uemseys—Z fine yearling heifers for sale, bred to

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

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





Cluny Stock Farm





loo—Registered -Holsteins—-100

Bulls for sale, of ages from a few weeks to 14

months. from 30-lb. sires and choice A. R. O.

dams. Have some special bargains for quick

sale. Come and see them or write for pedigrees

and prices.





. R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Michigan





 





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





From 5 grand daughter of The King of tho

Pontiacl. Hired by a. bull that is more than a half

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of tho

World. and whose dam is 330 lb. 65‘ f fat dnu liter

of Pontiac Aggie Korndyhe who has more 0 lb.

daughters than any other living bull. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich:





“T0 ‘P N 0TC ll ” llOlsieins





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

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

herd of wonderful quailtfy has been established. 9

are selling young bullso this‘fl OP NOTCH"quality.

of serviceable age, at moderateuprices. Information

sedigreesmtcu on application. cPHERSON FARM§



0., Howell, Michigan. '





 





bull for sale, 2 years old, bye. son of Ki of

30 lb- the Pontiacs. Dam sold for $1000 in Detroitnsilo.

Ferd. J. Lance. Sobewaing. Mich.





' HOLSTIENS





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



Herd No. 2. Five earl ing heifers, one yearling bull.



Herd No. 8, Five eifer calves and one bull .



gulls renal flor service sfid‘fi :0 clubs mangle old bulls

use 0 . n crests , w as soon so



iglilcle‘eaavd this? If. “I. ,CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio.





Holstein Friesian Cattle

A. R. O. herd tuberculin: tested, headed

by grandson of King Segis Pontiac.

PEACELAND STOCK FAR M, Three Riven, Mich.





Oliu‘. Pours. Herdsman. C. L. Brody'.”.’0wner. Port Huron





 





 





autumn now-wines “was“!

a... ,.. mares, “rains? more
:1 {n5} : “I ~ if,

“Oi—STEIN

CATTLE





cred nebula cows hold fix

records. andtlre til-Tm. and $333312: 3:52. 03

production $5 are. “gm-tour and forty-two





 





amass

nndred _ d “Elba milk in 7 days:

:11. h the l:$:§?$n?ud four hundrednl nety.

“m" mm“ ‘Ric‘zmfihfi‘éa‘fi’i‘dl’tsi

. n

“Uh in ” days 19:1th lbs. of butter and 31,314

The Holstein cow in her

Inn of 91085281: is ”thp’ogse

achievements a oven e 5 ve

Togaiwd'lfilk are "subject to change without,

notice. " _ .

Seal [or rm Illustrated Mm. Booth“





the W shackle- at America.

I'. 1.. Hughes. 3061.. Is! I“. mm Vt.





Illlllllidll lllllSTElllS





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 leech Farm,

AUGUSTA. (Kalamazoo Go.) HIGH.





Bull Calves





From A. R.O. Dams that avera e four



er cent fat, Sired by “Ms .ecrest

liorndyke Hengerveld,” whose we and

Dam’s Sire, are the two





Greatest Bulls in the World





Having more high testing yearly record Daugh-

ters than any three other Bulls, and his Dam’s

Sire has more thirty pound Daughters than any

ther Bull. We also have a few Calves Sued by





G 8 B 50ng Ulrica Pledge 108790





e. promising young Sire. backed by astrong com-

bination of blood lines. and also a. Calf Sued by

a Son of





The Fifty Thousand Dollar Bull





and from one of our best Cows. write us for par-

ticulars in regard to these Calves, and our





BERKSHIRES





that won more premiums at the Fairs this season

than any other herd in the State. Our prices are

right. so is the stock. which will be sold to good

responsible parties on six months credit.





SWIGARTDALE FARM,





Petersburg. Mich.

F O R S A L E





Bull No. l—Firestone Pontiac DeKol H. B. 183152,

born J anunr 21. [1916. was sired by Rose Hall Pontiac

Pleterje H. b. No. 59969. a son of theflamous King of

the Pontiacs H. B. No. . 37, who sired 129 A. R10.

daughters among whom was the World's Champion

cow. King of the Pontinc's Lass, His dam is Grace

Pontiac DeKol Frenestn H. B. No. 189438 bred by H. S.

Firestone, and a daughter of Gretta K'engerveld De

Kol Frenesta H. B. No. 121590 who holds a record of

590.50 ounds of milk and 2 .48 pounds of butter in

seven aye at the age of 5% years.



Bull No. 2 Rose Hall Pieterje Lyons H. B.No.

1831233. born Febrile 28. 1916, is also sired by Iiose Hall

Pontiac Pietertje } . B. No. 59059. Bis dam is Queen

Montpelier Lyons H. B.»No. 198207. owned by H. S.

Firestone. She holdsa record of 491.2) pounds of milk

B‘l‘ld 21.34 pounils o; batter in lstove]; days a: the age of



ears. ‘or u or a iou are wri e

‘ my H.s.riRE§TONE.Akron. Ohio.

T H.Howes, Farm Manager.





 





 





 





 





EXTRA GOOD

Holstein Bulls For Sale





I have some from A. R. O. dams with records of

from 16 to 22 lbs. with the best milk producing

blood in them that can be had. These are from 4

to 7 months old and I will make a cheap price to

move them. Also have a. few females for sale.

Let me know what you want.





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms,

BREEDSVILLE, - - MICHIGAN





Having Disposed of My Farm





1 oiler for sale several cows, some of which have lost

a. quarter; also 9 heifer calves from 5 to 7 months old‘

5 heifer calves from 1 to 3 months old. all registered

Holsteins. best possible breeding of good foundation

stock. Will also sell herd sire “Ypsilzuid Sir Pontiac

DeKol." dam 3534 lb. record. as I have no further use

for him. J. E. BURROUGHS. Flint, Michigan





 





 





Holstein Calves. 10 heifers. and Zlnillsls-lfiths pure.

5 weeks old. beautifully morked.820.0l) each. cruted

tor shipment anywhere. Edgewood Farm, Wh iuwaier.Wis

' ' Young bull ready for service.

“ISISlMIli llillslcllll. 301b. breeding. Satisfaction

guaranteed. W. B. Jones and J. F. Lutz, Cohoctnli. Mich.

EG. HOLSTEINS: Herd headed b Albina Bonte

RButter Boy No. 93124. Dani's rec-or at 6 yrs. butter





mmlbs.milk619.4. Yearly record at 2% yrs. butter

80! lbs. milk 186221hs.W. B. READER. Howell. Mich

ready for service from 20





Reg. “olSIe‘n Bulls lb. four yr. old dams. $75





each. Dewey C. Piersoii. Hadley. Michigan.





HOBART W. FAY

mason, MICH.





Benn breeding better Holstein-Fricsiau cattle since 1904.





$40 Buys Registered Holstein Bull our





whose three nearest

first check

iverview Farm. Vassar. Mich. Route 2.





dams avers ed % lb. butter in seven days

gets him.





 





The All-Around

isthe arm’scow.$he’shis

Jersey frien and pride—the beauti-

ful,gentle,ever-paying milk machine that lifts

the mortgage, builds up the fertility of the-

hrm,and puts the whole business on a sound,

paying, fiermanent basis. She ada tshcraelf

to all e mates and all feeds an does not

need fancy care. She matures early and

lives long. And she’s so sleek, clean cut and

handsome. as to be the family pet and

pride. She pr well

and sells well. Learn

about her in our fine. free

book,"About Jersey Cat-

tle." Write for it «an.

m Am ism





CAT!“ cum

34,6. Wut23d3l..ll.Y.City





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 

   

 

 





..v . . ,.. 47— .





65 Head of





uction





e





Registered





_ Holstein Cattle

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28th., 1916





This herd includes 35 head of Milch Cows; 20 will have calves by their side.





Headed by the Herd Sire Johan Hengerveld Ladd 4th., No. 105300 A.





This herd





represents some of the best Blood Lines in the state as I have been a liberal

buyer of the best Breeders of Michigan. A number of these cows have good

records. All cattle are Tuberculin tested.



Location 21; miles West of Northville on Base Line Road, Wayne Co. Also





20 head of High Grade Cattle.





All farm tools nearly new that it takes to run 11.300 acre farm. 6 Unit

Waterloo Boy Milking Machine, 2} H. P. Gasoline Engine and everything com-

plete. All registration papers and transfers free.



Three high class matched Teams, 2600 to 3000 lbs.





Sale be 'ns at 9 a. in. sharp. Free lunch at noon.

3. U. R. Waiting Room, Northvrlle.





Send for illustrated catalog with extended pedigrees.





12 o’clock,





HARRY B. CLARK,





Will meet cars from 9 to





Address





NORTHVILLE, Ml CH.





PUBLIC SALE





-—-—0 F—





60 Registered Holsteins 60





On Tuesday, November 28th, 1916





Having rented my farm I am closing out my entire herd. The offerings will





include my herd bul





Maple Ledge Korndyke Count, a grandson of Pontiac





Korndyke and Pontiac Pet; the first two daughters to freshen made 15 lbs. butter





in 7 days as Jr. 2- ear—olds.

and one 20 lb. r. 3-year-old, u

Among the cows there are sever





and heifer calves, and 4 bulls.





My cows have records from 15 lbs. as Jr. 2-year-olds

to 24 lbs. butter in 7 days as full aged cows.

close up to_ S

heifers that are giving over 1,000 lbs. of milk in





ringers and several 2-year-old

days. Also 15 yearling heifers





If parties coming b train will stop at Greg Hotel the will be provided with





free transportation to the farm.





Purchasers’ ho e1 bills wi





be paid.





C. E. Winne, Prop., Adrian, Michigan





Auctioneers,





Col. D. L. Perry,





E. M. Hosting.





Duroc Jersey Herd Bears





Special Offering of High Gloss Fall Boar Pigs.





Breeding and Individuality good





enough for breeders who appreciate the best,





Also some good farmer's boars.





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





A cor-





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

young Jersey bulls in Michigan we have him for sale. For further particulars. address,





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





ilils Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R

L of M Cows. also heifer calves and several bred

Union 0. Lillie. Cooper-ville, Mich



from hi -producing dam-with

JCTSO’ Eu“, '0' 3". testing ‘Alsso. records. also on

semi-oilicial test. 0 B. Wehner. R. 6. Nissan. Mich

R. of M. JERSEY HERD ofiers for sale.



"a?" Lane tuberculin tested bulls. bull calves and

hei er calves carrying the blood of the greatest fro.

ducers oi! the breed. IRVIN Fox. Allegan. H ch.





Maple Hill Farm Registered lemy Callisto! Sale





Both sexes. The kind that [fly at the psiln

J. Ii. Worthington. R. No. 7. arising. Michigan





The Wiidwood Farm





Jersey Cattle. Majesty Blood. We have Bulls for sale

from Register of Merit cows of good type. Write your

wants. Alvin Balden. Capac. Michigan.





JERSEYS FOR SALE 3333”???

service from B. of M. ancestors. Meadowland Farm.

Waterman kWaterman. Packard Boad.Auu Arbor. lilch.



I a

Long lolw Farm lie . Jumy Callie fiifit'iifg,

Fox. R. of M. recor of dam 788 lbs. butterin one

year. Moderate prices. 0. S. Bassett. Kalamazoo, Mich.





Filll SALE llEElllEllEll lEllSEl BULL!





Read for service. Write your wants.

SMITH & PAiKER, R. D. No. 4. Howell. Michigan





Registered bull. dropped Apr. 13. 1916. Solid





10“.". color. choice lil‘f‘fldlng 827. Also small calves

$10. Bronze turkeys. Peter H. Douma. Holland. Mich. ll. 10.





BlDWELL SHORTHORNS





For "Beef and Mill"





M10-





 





 





 





 





also D. T. t l. li'y.

lidms 8.l.$elmlu Irv.





smwm STOCKPIRI

Box 3. Tecumseh. Iich.





 





Albion Stamp M70





 





Shannon Caiile oi boil: Sex ior Sale





W. W. “APP. Howell. Michigan.





Ml" "El gfi’i’i‘igfiiifit ”5'3 iii’rtgiwg‘rl‘ié’m'?

J. n. autumn. MA sort. MICHIGAN.

“m AND POLLED DUKE-AME iron urn.





Indium. Whammy M





 





Hag. red roan and whit/.3i Have over too





Milli Shorthorns, man 3 your old. Bates bred herd

' bull S250. Youn . bulls and heifers.

DAV! SON & HALL. T CUMSEH. MICHIGAN.





SHORTHORNS FOR SALE





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





 





 





FOR Sale—Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Maxwalton

Monarch 2iid,a. son of Avondale. from 11 to lBiiios.01d

John Schmidt. Reed City. II. No. 5.. Michigan.





Young bulls 8100. Bred .o s-

Sh'dhorns For “it. and heifers $150 for llivkcsllrl'e.

Write W. J. BELL, ROBE CITY. MICE GAN.





50 Herefords fifi’hb‘h’i‘s





EARL C. MCCARTY. Bad Axe. Michigan





Cattle For Sale





2 Loads feeders and two leads yearling steers. Also

can show you any number 1. 2 and 3 years old from

600 to 120i] lbs. ii-8.





SONS of Grand Champion mule Mich. State Fair





1916 his 5 dams are 30 50 lb. Butter '1 days. A.

B. 0. Dams. Price right. John A. Rinks. Warren, Mich.





H008.





 





 





 





Isaac Shanstum. Fairfield. Iowa.





 





 





 





 





 





Durocs and Victoria:

Heavy bone. lengthy S iring Bears and Gilts from prize

winners sired by one o the best Sons of the Great De





fender All other noted strains. I. 1‘, STORY. Lowell. Mich.





The Very Finest Berkshire Pigs Cheap





0. B. BARTLETT. Propr. Pontiac. Michigan

Bears and ilts. May far-rowed. lsr





MShII‘e gmwthy fol ows. Also a litter 'ust reii y



to wean. A. A. l’A’I‘TULLO. B. 4. Deckervi le, Mich.



BERKSHIRE boars 124-, a lb. Gilts 140 forashort time.

One herd bear at market price. Toulouse Geese and



Kenneth Bronze Turkeys. Chase Staci l-‘nrm. llarlcttc.llich.li l.



' 0f various ages. either set.

'CrkalmS. prolific strains. Registeredflilzmmgszirfifé

price. Elmburst Stock Farm. Almont. Michigan.





DUROC JERSEYS





A choice lot of spring wigs. both sex. pairs and tries.

not . Prices reasonable. Send “I pedigrees.

THE JENNINO’S FARMS, I. F. DJ. Halley. Mich.





Heavy Boned Home Jersey Boars





March and Apr. (arrow. weighing 200 to 260 pounds





 





 





 





 





 





willkbe soll‘d 1. cheap as any man can sell first class‘





.BRAY. Okemos. (Ingham On.) Mich.





 





, ie .

:Mm.—Dslry or beef bred. Breeding stock all

for silent farmers prices. (2. w. an.

Secy. cent. Itch. northern 'Bre‘edsn' Assn.. lolride. Kiel





 





J]. KEEIEY. Eric. lid. gflmmfifi’bfifi





Swine. D. H. s 1'. local from Monroe or Toledo. Keeuey Stop.





 





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lime lomy‘ lam m... ,0. d...

antes sathfao on. JJ. Ranchers. Inst





Fur Sale, ”“m “till: it?“ $323”: "3" m“

John McNicoll. Station A. B. t. Bu y. Inch

mourners: Anirgzifheiwsi‘lt-“w

tor service.Wm. W. ennedy. Bug. Grass Lake. 32:13:

Dirac 9:5?” .iu‘i‘i‘l‘giih‘ififim‘lo‘ie‘l’fild‘ from

3%“133. if iffil‘k iii? nWfim. “iii-“5W3





UROC Jerseys. Spring hours from the most noted sins

of tlit‘ breed. J0 Orion ll. l’i-rfvct Top COL. OaklandOhic

Chief.Pi‘iiiciple [V & Model Pal. Newton Barnhart. StJollnmm.





Full yenrlings. boars and gilts. wel t zoo lb.

"If": $30 to $35. Some good spring stud at weight

175 lb. H. (z. KEESLJSR. Cassopolis, Mich gen.





Choice Duroc Boa r

Cheap it taken at once. F.lll.Esser a Son. HowalLMioh.





and Delnine Rams of choice brood-

lllll'oc Boal'S ing at reasonable prices.

inn” . Mich.





. Defender; Cherry King; Kin TheOol;

our": and“: Hoosier families. All ayes, afi weights:

Plenty of bone. Orio. Dob-on. ulna. Mich.





tion- I or.

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Carey U. Edmonds. Bast





 





 





Stock ho s. airing ilts. tried 80‘“.

Du r00 August igs. erchgron Stud 1 .

E. J. ALDRICH. Tekonsha. Mich. Ii. 1. Bell hone.





‘ A fine lot of spring boars

Duroc Boarshbred right and priced

right. W. O. TAYLOR, ilanI Mlohlgfl.



Jersey Sprin boars with the best of breed-

Duroc i and individuality: also stew choice

spring gilts. E. D. Heydenberk. Wayland. Itch.





UROC Jersey: One extra choice spring boat, sired

by The Model Pal owned by Wntt and Foult. Reg. and Del.

anywhere in the stain for 330. J. Robert Hicks. St. Johns. lie .





 





 





i Big Type Bears:





I ready service ‘Bred Guts—Fall



0. I. C 3 Fire. Registered in buyers nuns

sh pped C. t). D. Prices very reason:



I able. J .Oari J ewett. Mason. Mich,





 





20 slits due to tar-row

0. la 0. “WINE: the lastot March “.1

for part of April. Will be sold at knocbdown price.

Have also fall pigs.Write nu: your wants. Satisfaction

guaranteed. A. J. GORDEN. M. No. 3.130". Mich.





O I C Serviceable Bears shipped 0. 0. D.

- a a Registered in purchaser's name.

1!. W. MANN. — - - Dnnsville. Mich,





 





 





V Raise Chester Whites





Like This





the original big prod





 





ass... .«fri ~ - "vii. .~

HAVEmrtedthaisaudsofhs-eedersontherosdto





success. 1 can help you. [want to lace one be from

my great herd in every community where am not Alrelfiy rep-

resented bcl these‘line early developerr—r dy tor markfi at or;

months 01 . Write for my plan- ‘ More oney from on.





G. B. “RJAMIN. 3,], D, 10. Portland. Michigan





 





CHESTER WHITE March pigs either sex. lBooking orders for

Sept. 1 pigs. 2 year old sow tarrowed 9 pigs Sept. 5.

boar is 2yr. old. Ship C,0.D. W.A .SiicaryJit.Pleasant.Mich.B.‘.





eHEsmi wunrs so“ ”lili‘Li‘l‘i‘ioll'hi‘t’ig‘é?“M°'

F. W. ALEXAND ER. Vassar. Mich.





 





 





 

   

 

 





 

 





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0 ' c and Chester White Swine all ages. AM

0 I I service Bears and c- n slits. 400 full pm

either sex. sired by Gran dells on

ion at Ohio State Fair. Schoolmasterthechampionof

champions and hifihest price hour of the breed and

others. Get a. sow red to Galloway Edd Grandohaln-

pion Mo. State fair. we are booking orders.Wo hadtho

undefeated breeders age herd at Six state fairs.



our catalogue. buy the host it pays. \V e have them. We ship on

approval. Rolling Vieu Stock Farm. (‘nss City. Mich. R. I





O. I. C. Stock all Sold





JULIAN P. CLAX'I‘ON. Swat-ts Creek. Itch.





o I e Choice 8 ringgilts not bred and sprin boars.

-_ . . Out of rize winning stock. Write or low

prices. A. . HATT. Grass Lake. Mich. _





o I c Swine and Reg. Holsteins. low boar its of

- - - May farmw at, a reasonable pricemusl ty oon°

siderad. ELMEB. E. SMITH. Red 0rd. “(Chilli-





O. I. C. “068





Fine April Gilts and Males. Pairsnorelaflon. Ate

bargain if taken at. once. J. R. Way. Three Rivers. Inch.





 





 





 





O ' I (:95 4 last fall boars big growthy

- o 0 ones. also last sprin pigs

either sex. not skin. Farm is mile West of depot.

Otto B. Sehulsc. - - Rashville. Michigan





 





0. l. C. & Chester White





Strictly liiqupe.A rll boars large enough for ser-

vii-0, also have May cars. that are good ones. Can

fu riiish in pairs not akin. Ha ve been breeding the big

type [0115 years. The kind that fill the ork barrel.

Newman’s Stock Farm. Mariette. irh. R. l.

o l C’s lichoice oung boars ready for service.



. o o 2sows to arrow in Oct. undo in Its.

Cloverleaf Block Farm. Monroe Mjch.. g lid. 1.





O I C Serviceable boar-i- of the big tr e at

0 - 0 reduced prices for the nextt irty

(ltiVfl. G. P. ANDREWS. Dnnsville. View

0 I c Yepr old boar 2nd prize winnerat Grand Rapids



- . - fair also spring gi ts and boars ready for set-

A. J. Barker. Belmont. Mich. R. R. 1.





FOR SALE “ewes. Lil.

and boars. 0. D. Somewil], aghnflsgisvlfllrh.Ԥl 2.





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9 Service bears and slits. Price reason-

0‘ " c s able.6etisfsotlnn guarantee . Ship

A. I. GRAHAM. Flint. Mlel-isan'





o ' a or Chester While Swine. both sex. not

' 0 0 ofkin. Write for obtain: and prices.

E B MEET.





Fowlervillo. Michlm.

o. I C’s Have only a few hours of May.





June mi Rental-m.

C. .l. THOMSON. ll I'FORD. sung.





fig Tm Poland “in: 353.? ”Station”... :3:

93pm“. A. A. W00” 30". Dallas. Melting.





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any day.





Two J‘unelSlg; 12 April 1918:
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in his pocket to make sure that his

letter was safe.



“I feel like writing a postscript,” he ‘

said as he stepped upon the- dimly

lighted platform. “I will!”



Standing under the station light, he

withdrew the letter from its unsealed

envelope and added a few words to

the bottom. ,



“Wonder if she’ll understand that?”

he remarked, laughing, as he sealed

the envelope.



Then he turned the signal-light so

that the red eye, instead of the green,

looked up the track.



“Good. Catch um train for me,”

said a quiet voice at his elbow.



Stoddard whirled quickly and look-

ed down at a small man whose ap-

proach had been noiseless.



“Why, hello John.” he cried heartily.



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der the hand-grip bestowed upon him, ~ ‘ thin-II;

but the Indian merely grinned, though iii PlLOTlili

he was not insensitive to the viselike film—Ill}.





pressure. fl - Iii ‘

“You come yesterday,” he said. E 5 1;;

“That’s right. Camped over on the ‘ , 51? _ .



Northeast Arm.” _ ‘. l. . _____

“Sure,” nodded the Indian. “1 know. —‘ ~ ' " “ '



Go back tonight?”



' “Not much. I’ll be here for a



month, I imagine. Just came over to



mail a letter.”





f. k f. . . Some Farmers Still Use Oil Lanterns

the W“ ' ’ to Light Their Barns





“Hurry—up letter—eh? You run short





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of something?” . '



- “No, were not short. But the letter " Of course — back in the old days ——30 years ago — you

$355333 291,2; 13131351113,” 1 brought couldn’t get anything better. But—these last few years have

__ The condition of Stoddard.’s clothing so changed .llVIIlg conditions that up~to-date farm families

25 3331.13: £1231033230303?“ and won’t be satisfied any longer—With poor light.



3. II¥§§,-‘fi$e“§fjf he :Sked- The modern farmer is quick to see the value of good light——

, t portage across the . . . . . . .



1.901.. No time to go around.” its safety and the convenience it brings him and his family. There

’ higgai“ ”‘9 “”11““ gram” inspected are now hundreds of thousands of farmers who have chosen the





“Big hurry-up letter!” '

The headlight of an approaching . , .



train dazzled Stoddard’s eyes for an .



instant, and the sound of grinding l o - a -





brakes reached the pair on the plat-





: , f0I‘lrlrtllail letter for you ?” asked John. Lighting and COOking Plants





“I wish you would,” said Stoddard





gratefully, feeling in his pocket for . . '

money to pay the postage. “You won’t for it gives them not only all the fine, means added happiness—safety—comfort

forget it?” bright, mexpe‘nswe light they can use—' and convenience for your whole family.

f's “M- 'l h' r ‘.‘t th'n romised the u ki ,



_. thathhlhh 11111:. 11321; thleglettldr. b t COO ng fuel as well Just because your father and, grandfather

(€- “And where are you going?” This wonderful machine stands out of used 011 lamps and lanterns is no reason

' “Red Lake. Back tomorrow maybe. doors—on top of the (ground, anywhere. It why you should, any longer, put .up With



Next day, anyhow.” has totally change the .old; fashioned their danger and poor light. Light the

The train stopped and the Indian methods of barn and house lighting. modern way, the safe way, With the PILOT.

swung aboard. ‘ Find out today about this modern light plant. You

“Come OVBF and see US, John,” You can now floatlyour barn with safe owe it to yourself. You owe it to your good wife





 





brilliant light—instantly. No matches and to your children. You can well afford the





“Sure. I come. Mail letter now.” _

needed. No dangerous lanterns to tip lime it will cost





Stoddard stood on the lonely plat—i





form- until _the tail-lights 0f the N“; over or upset. Write for our illustrated catalogs and descriptive

treating train vanished in the black, Think what this means to you! Think booklets giving all the facts. .

:efSthtogffef “(1333:, infill“??? ‘53:: how much better and quicker you can .



J ‘ ‘ ' work, With plenty of goodbright light in A_ R. GRAHAM, SuperVIsor





" ingston alone on the island he wouldl





have stripped a few hemlocks for bed— place Of a smOky’ dim Oil lantem’ 810 Mason St., FLINT, MlCH..





OXWELD ACETYLENE COMPANY. CHICAGO





ding stretched himself under the ca— Y - . - -



. ’ . . , on Will find the tbarn lighting feature . . _ _



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novice, could not be left to shift for D PILOT‘ And Its use In th‘? house’ as well,





himself. He could not even make tea





for breakfast.

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For greetings fresh and hearty, mucus.»amaco..2541lmrmriu.r.6m.m.





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