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DETROIT, DEC. 30,1916

A Happy New Year

THE conventional holiday greeting
this year conveys a deeper sig-

nificance than a merely formal
greeting, one phase of which is reflect-
ed in bur cover design. With sword
still in hand, a sobered and saddened
Europe has deigned to notice the fee-
ble efforts of a weak nestling, which
may, ere the year has passed, develop
into a full fledged dove of peace. Hap-
py, indeed, would be the year, in which
the ambitions of men and nations were
finally and permanently subordinated
to the well-being of society and the
broad interest of humanity. Should
1917 be that year, as now seems pos-
sible, then it will be, indeed, for the
whole world A Happy and Prosperous
New Year.

In a more local and limited sense
the New Year wish is still more than
a conventional greeting. It is a prom-
ise already half fulfilled. At peace
with the world and among ourselves,
with profitable employment at univer-
sal condition. with prosperity in our
every industry a present condition
rather than a future hope, with higher
ideals and a determination to achieve
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. New Year opens auspiciously for our

country and its people.

May the New Year greeting be as
universally significant to our great
family of readers, is the hope of the
Michigan Farmer in wishing each one
of the numerous members of that fam-
ily, a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

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if same were about to expire, or extend
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While acting upon this suggestion
many. subscribers take the trouble to
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vestment. The following letter, taken
at random from the day’s mail, is one
of many similar expressions which we
are constantly receiving:

“Gentlemen:-—Enclose $1.00 for a re-
newal for three years. Here is one
farmer who is not worrying about the
advanced price of subscription, as I
would not be without your paper at any
cost. I can point to many articles
which have been life savers for me.
With best wishes for your success.—

Wm. M. Sanderson, Northwood Farm,
East Jordan, Mich."

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of this kind in which appreciative read-
ers have given voluntary testimony re-
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While frank letters of this kind are
appreciated, the action of thdusands of
the older members of the Michigan
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more words touching their estimate of
its value to them. A case in point is a
single order blank in the current day’s
mail enclosing three fifteen-year sub—
scriptions, two from men of the same
name, apparently of the same family,
one of the three already having his
subscription paid to 1919.

This is the last issue which will be
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CURRENT COMMENT.

 

As an index of the

The Outlook for future of our great

Live Stock. live stock industry,

t h e International

Live Stock Exposition merits more

than passing attention. The scope and

extent of this show affords opportuni-

ties for comparison other than a mere

study of the high-class individuals en-

tered for competitive exhibition in this
greatest of all utility shows.

For illustration, the prices brought
by the exhibits sold under the auc-
tioneer’s hammer afford conclusive ev-
idence of what the meat packers think
of the immediate future so far as the
supply of choicely finished meat ani-
mals is concerned. In the sales of the
carioad exhibits of fat cattle a very
high average was made as well as a
record sale for the prize winners. The
49 loads of fat cattle sold in the Inter-
national auction sale made an average
of $15.23 per cwt. as compared with
$10.02 as the average price for the car-
load show cattle at the last Interna-
tional Exposition held in 1913, and
$11.85 the average for the same sales
in 1912. The show feeder steers sold
at a range of from $8.25 to $8.75 per
hundred.

Carrying this2 analysis further we
find that the top price for show cattle
weighing 900 to 1050 pounds was this
year $17.75 per cwt. as compared with
a previous price of $13.10 paid in 1912.
For cattle weighing from 1050 to 1200

“pounds this year’s high price was $28

as compared with a price record of $15
per cwt. made in 1909. For cattle
weighing 1200 to 1300 pounds this
year's high price was $20 per cwt, as
compared with a previous record of

$15.75 made in 1911. For cattle of 1350 .

to 1500 pounds this year’s top was
$18.50 per cwt. as compared with a
previous record of $17 made in 1906.
For cattle weighing 1500 to 1900
pounds this year’s high value was
$15.75. as compared with a previous
record of $12.85 made in 1911.

It will thus be seen that sales of cat-
tle of all weights and all ages were uni-
formly much higher than in any pre-
vious International auction ring. This
is but a reflection of market values for
finished stuff sold in the open market
at the present time in comparison with
previous years.

_ A study of detailed market reports
will show that these values, except
perhaps for the prize winners, are not
greatly out of line with market values
for finished beeves of similar weights
which are .from day to day sold in the
open market. This is an indication of
the attitude of the packers toward the
future supply of fat cattle which
should prove an inspiration to every
feeder who is debating the questidn of

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good type of feeding cattle

Another point is clearly illustrated,
not only by the prices brought by these
show cattle in the auction ring, but in
the sales which are centinually being
made in the open market, namely,
that the time has come when buyers of
fat cattle are willing to pay a premium
for well-bred animals which carry an
attractive degree of finish. This should
prove a like encouragement to farmers
who have of late been studying the
problem of commercial beef production
on the farm, since if present values
for this class of animals are maintain-
ed, there seems little doubt that the
production of baby beef may be made
a profitable specialty on our compara-
tively high-priced farm lands, particu-
larly where an area of natural grazing
land is available for pasturing as is
the case upon a great many Michigan
farms.

What is true of cattle is equally
true in other departments of live stock
production. The notable shortage of
sheep and lambs has been reflected in
sheep and lamb values during the past
year, and will be still more observable
inhe the trend of wool values next year.

gravity of the sheep situation
from\the wool standpoint is reflected
by the recent action of the textile man-
ufacturers resulting in the Philadel-
phia conference which was reported in
a recent issue.

The pork problem is likely to be a
still more serious one in the not dis-
tant future, due to the fact that thou-
sands of pigs and brood sows are be-
ing sacrificed because of the short
corn crop this year. This has had the
temporary effect of reducing hog pric-
es under the exceedingly heavy runs
which have resulted from this general
haste to market the pig crop.

The shortage and high price of dairy
products tells the same story in this
line of production. From any point of
view the outlook appears to be excep-
tionally bright for the future of live
stock production, particularly from the
breeder’s standpoint. With the in-
creased market in South America for
pure-bred cattle which is certain to be
developed in the not distant future,
with a heavy demand from foreign
countries which will materialize after
the war, with a shortage in all depart-
ments from the standpoint of home
consumption there can be little doubt
that live stock production will be a
much more profitable line for the farm-
ers of our state and country than has
been the case at any previous time. A
prOper conception of this fact by our
farmers means more to the future of
our agriculture than merely the in-
creased profits from this source, since
the conservation of soil fertility
through an increase in live stock pro-
duction upon our farms will be a source
of profit in larger per acre yields of the
staple cash crops, grown upon those
farms.

LEGAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

 

For the accommodation of our sub-
scribers, we have arranged with Mr.
Allan Campbell, a competent attorney,
to answer legal inquiries for our sub-
scribers. For this service a fee of 25
cents for each question will be charged
to insure that only questions of import-
ance will be asked. This will bring a
personal letter of advice from the at-
torney, to whom the questions are re-
ferred. Address Legal Department,
Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich.

HOW IT FIGURES.

 

A monthly farm paper, to be as
cheap as the Michigan Farmer at 50
cents a year, would have to sell for
12% cents a year, and a twice-a-month
farm paper to be as cheap would have
to sell for 25 cents a year. Markets,
veterinary advice and other features
would be of the same comparative
value.

for money sent us for their subscrip-
tions, because the changing of the date

tab will show we received it. Should-

the date tab not show a change in 30
days from the date you mailed your
order, please make complaint.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

Foreign.

The European Wan—Probably the
most discussed incident in connection
with the week’s war events is the note
of President Wilson to Great Britain
requesting a statement of the terms on
which Great Britain is willing to make
peace. The English press has criticized
the attitude of the President rather
severely, while reports from Germany
indicate that the message was accofrd-
ed a tremendous welcome there. gs-
ident Wilson based his right to make
such a plea upon the ground of neces-
sity on the part of neutral nations as
well as upon the needs of humanity in
genera1.—The German submarine U-45
which recently raided shipping off St.
Nazaire has been sunk by enemy cruis-
ers, and according to news from Berlin
the German submarine U.46 has been
sent to the bottom in the Bay of
Biscay‘by entente naval forces. It is
possible, however, that these two ref-
erences may be to the same submar-
ine—Russian forces which have been
holding the Teutons at bay for several
days on the Dobrudja front are now
compelled to withdraw northward. A

Bulgarian attack at Lake Babadagh_

was a complete failure and resulted in
the capture of a number of the attack
ing forces. Farther to the west the
armies are marking time with the Teu-
tons apparently waiting for develop-
ments in the Dobrudjn.‘ district. 0n the
front between the Carpathians and
Riga no important action has taken
place during the past few days. A
Turkish town lying 90 miles east of the
Suez Canal was captured last week by
British troops. The British have also
renewed operations on the Tigris and
are approaching Kut-el-Amara where
Gen. Townsend’s forces were captured
several months ago. No important bat-
tles or movement of tr00ps are report-
ed on the Italian or western fronts.
National.

A coal famine threatens many of the
central western cities and large indus-
trial concerns. Detroit’s lighting plants
has but a short reserve, and the same
is true in Chicago. The sugar com-
pany at Mt. Clemens has been obliged
to shut down for lack of fuel. The
mayors of Grand Rapids, Flint and Yp-
silanti are out to secure action from
the railroads in appeals urging that
fuel be carried in preference to other
non-perishable freight. The federal
government takes the position that it
cannot force railroads to move freight.
The Detroit embargo committee has
not disclosed its discoveries regarding
congestion in local terminals. Drastic
measures, however, are being planned
for shippers and receivers who persist
in holding cars for an unreasonable
length of time while loading and un-
loading.

President Wilson has nominated the
five members of the government ship-
ping board. Each member will receive
an annual salary of $7,500. The board,
under the law, will have general sup-
ervision over freight rates in American
waters. It is also empowered to ur-
ganize a fifty million dollar corpora-
tion to build or buy merchant ships.

The bursting of a flywheel in a roll-
ing mill at Kalamazoo on December 22
resulted in the death of one person and
in six others being more or less seri~
ously injured.

STATE VEGETABLE GROWERS
MEET.

 

The first annual meeting of the Mich-
igan State Vegetable Growers Associa-
tion will be held at the Hotel Tuller,
Detroit, Mich., on Tuesday, January 9,
1917. All vegetable growers are cor—
dially invited to attend the meeting
and banquet. The program will ap-
pear in the next issue.

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,‘By JAMES. N. M’CBRIDE ,_

How the Michigan Farmer’May Retire and be .Assured of a Safe Income Un-

der the Rural credit Act, and the
I ARMING from some standpoints
is a tragedy. When a farm is
cleared, fenced, drained, build-
ings erected and equipped. and con-
tains, say 240 acres, worth $150 per
acre, it is a difficult proposition to sell.
Any man who can afford to own such
a farm as an investment does not in-
vest. If he desires it to work, rental
is cheaper than ownership, because of
the high interest rates and ability to
reap some of the soil’s fertility and
not maintain it to the maximum of
productivity, The owner, in advancing
age, cannot superintend hired help and
is compelled, against his will, to resort
to tenant farming. Many a man has
seen his well-kept farm deteriorate,
and buildings decay, and gone in sor-
row to his grave, because he was pow-
erless to prevent these conditions. '
How the Rural Credit Act will Help
the Owner.

Under the rural credit act he can
minimize his equity to a point of safe-
ty and secure a tax-free investment in
bonds, which require no care to collect
interest, and relieve himself of the
care of the farm. A second mortgage,
under the rural credit act, of $10,000
and a first mortgage of $10,000, would,
if based on the five per cent, 20-year
plan, compel a payment of $802.40 on
the first mortgage, and, if at six per
cent, interest on the second mortgage
amounting to $600.

Each year the second mortgage
would represent an increasing asset,
at the same ratio as the first mortgage
amortized or decreased. In case of de-
fault in payment on the first mortgage,
the original owner could repossess
himself by exchanging the bonds for
the land, for he would have in these
bonds a liquid asset, always converti-
ble. Since the government is not anx~
ious to have the land in case of de-
fault, he, as the second mortgage hold-
er, is always able to protect the sec-
ond mortgage. The purchaser of lands
under this act, who has integrity’and
reputation as a good farmer, will'have
the assistance of the original owner
for he wants his bonds to be gilt-edge,
and looks forward to the consumma-
tion of his sale.

How it will Also Help the Tenant.

This act will shorten the period of
tenancy now usually required before
the tenant may safely become a land
owner.
est rates makes the hazard very light
andonly the very timid will hesitate
on this account. The purchaser has
the ability to realize on these two cer-
tain assets of ownership, which are
absent in tenancy. First the time not
actually employed in crop production,
he will use in improvements. As a
tenant these permanent improvements
would not accrue to him; as an owner
they will. There is thus an increased
employment of time, of approximately
25 per cent, available for improvement,
which under tenancy is not employed.
There is an average of approximately
10 per cent of productivity decrease in
tenancy caused by soil' depletion,
where ownership would compel soil
maintenance. These two items are of-
tentimes equal to the total labor in-
come of the tenant farmer. In other
words, the labor income, or farmer’s
total. wages, will be vastly increased
under this new credit act.

Where sons or relatives have em-
ployment relations or relations of farm
tenancy with their kin, they will find
a way to avoid friction by recourse to

the federal mortgage loan, which will

completely define their status, and
place the relationship on a correct bus-
iness basis. What can a son doto-
ward. buying~out four co-heirs to an
estate,0fi$10,000, may be illustrated as

jiffollfowsgi An assumed possession ,of
"$3,500,. a second mortgage to his ‘0 Rift

The long period and low inter- '

Tenant Farmer Become an Owner.

or backer, the original owner, on a fed-
eral farm loan of $5,000. The annual
interest on the second mortgage would
be around $150, and the amortization
and interest payment on the federal
loan at five per cent, 20-year payment,
would be $401.20, making a total of
around $650 of annual payments. If
the payments on the second mortgage
are long deferred, it would only be a
question of time when the lessening of
the liability of the first mortgage
would, with the increasing values of
the farm, allow the merging of the sec-
ond mortgage into an additional allow-
ance, placing all indebtedness with the
federal farm loan.

One certain effect of this rural cred-

Credit Act

   

     

it‘ is'wj is lto ‘ stabilize ' land ‘ values ‘so
that 'no general depreciation will, ever
come to decrease pricesof good farm
land. A second certainty is that no
covetous purpose can ever come under
this law to harass the mortgagor and
dispossess him of his land.

To the tenant farmer of Michigan
this law opens an opportunity to be-
come an owner, and with every cer-
tainty of continued agricultural prices
which will be compensatory, there
should be no hesitation in action. Se-
leCt farms you know. Discuss your
plans frankly with their owners. Fig-
ure your net payments annually and if
necesary hypothecate your chattels or
growing crop as security. Ownership
of land will avoid much of the friction
you have encountered as a tenant. Ad-
dress W. W. Flanagan, Secretary Rural
Credits Board, Treasury Bldg, Wash-
ington, D. C., for detailed information
as to farm mortgage loans.

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Side-Lights on the Farm Labor Problem

By J. A.

I NOUGH has been written in re-
cent years, on ,the farm labor
problem, to fill a book, and a

good-sized book at that. The ques-
tion, however, is a pertinent one. In
some localities, it has assumed serious
proportions, and has actually compell-
ed farmers to curtail their farming op-
eratidns. Like many other problems
of today, this scarcity of farm labor is
a product of new and unlocked-for con-
ditions. Twenty-five years ago, there
was no farm labor problem in Michi-
gan. Year hands, month hands, day
hands, and good ones, too, were plen-

KAISER

young country lad is in too much of a
hurry to get to the city and know its
ways. Country life today, with its rur-
‘al telephone, its rural free delivery,
and its automobiles, ought to be a sat-
isfactory and ideal kind of life. But
the farm-bred lad turns too often, to
the city with its imagined advantages
and conveniences and its greater temp—
tations. This trend cityward robs the
farms each year, of hundreds of fine
young fellows who give new blood and
new vigor to the cities at the expense
of the rural districts. How many tinies,
too, when it is too late, do these farm-

 

 

 

Preparing Bean Ground for Wheat on

Farm of Robt. Darling, Livingston Co.

 

tiful. In those days, no farmer who
was willing to pay the current wage
and treat his hired help like human
beings, need want for all the help he
could use. But those “good old days”
are gone never to return. The farm
labor problem is ever with us, acute,
persistent, dominant.

In a study of the question in his own
locality, the writer has arrived at cer-
tain factors, some of them minor, per-
haps, but none-the-less vital enough to
enter into the situation. First of all,
Michigan factories and high wages
paid factory employes, have been in-
strumental in bringing about the pres-
ent scarcity of labor on the farms. Ev-
en in these prosperous times, farmers
do not feel that they can pay the high
wages which men receive in some of
the auto factories of the state. Even
with wheat selling for $1.75 and corn
at $1.20, $5 per day looks like robbery
to the average farmer. The laborer
does not, as a rule, take into account
other things which serve as eveners
between the wages paid on the farm
and those paid in the factory. Often
he is not so far ahead, with his high
factory wages, as he would be at a
loWer wage on the farm. , --

The City is a Lure.
, Hand in hand with the higher wages
paid‘in the factories, come the allure-
ments and excitement of the city. The

er boys look with longing to the old
farm and the old home and the green
fields they once thought so common-
place and tame?

Village vs. Farm.

For the reasons stated above, good
farm hands are scarce and difficult to
obtain. But there still remain in the
villages and rural districts, a consider-
able number of workers. In many of
our villages may be found men whose
place and opportunity are on the farm.
For some petty reason or aversion,
these men stick to the villages and eke
out a precarious existence. Some of
them are out of work nearly half the
year, and most of them live always in
the fear of losing their jobs. It is an
actual fact that in the writer’s section,
every village is over-crowded with day
laborers, while the surrounding farm-
ing districts are lacking to a lament-
able degree, in laborers of this type.
Wages are no higher in the village, of-
ten they are not so high as on the
farms. But the village dweller is in a
rut, and he lacks the enterprise re—
quisite to pull himself out. He fancies
that on the farm, he will have less ad-
vantages, less liberty, less conven-
iences. As a matter of fact, however,
this is not true. Modern rural life of-
fers all the conveniences afforded by
smaller towns and villages. The high
cost of living can be met nowhere, so

well as on the farm. Could men be
made to see this, thefarm labor prob-
lem in many lecalities, would be large-
ly solved.
Minor Factors. ,

Still another item which has entered
of late years, into the farm labor prob-
lem, is found in the good roads move-
ment. Permanent road improvement
is carried on every year, from April to
November, in the various townships of
the writer’s section. Quite a large gang
of men, many of them with teams and
wagons, is kept steadily at work in
each township, from early spring to
late autumn. This condition necessar-
ily affects the farm labor problem. In
one township, during the past summer,
road-building was suspended for two
weeks, to give the farmers an oppor-
tunity to secure help in caring for their
crops. The work of permanent road
improvement will go forward for years
to come, and in a small way, must con- ‘
tinue to be a factor in the scarcity of
farm labor. \

Another cause for dearth of help on
farms in southern Michigan, is found
in the tendency among young men, to
go to a newer country to try their
luck—to northern Michigan, to the
Canadian Northwest, or to the western
portion of the United States. It is true
that this is a factor that has always
existed, but it is only in recent years
that it has had any perceptible influ-
ence on the farm labor problem. When
labor is scarce, influences are felt that
would not be noticed at another time.

To a greater or less degree, all the
conditions mentioned, have more or
less influence on the farm labor ques-
tion. The farmer stands powerless be—
fore such a combination of circum-
stances, all working 10 take away the
help needed in farming operations.
Machinery has done wonders in solv-
ing the difficult problem, but in very
many things, human hands still sur--
pass any mechanical device. Many and
many a laborer would be better off on
the farm, if he could only be brought
to see it, and the principal aid to the
farmer must come in this way.

THE UNCULTIVATEZD LANDS.

 

 

Quite a lot has been said about the
uncultivated lands in Michigan, but the
most important part has been left out.
Very true, there is some valuable land
in Michigan that ought to be cultivat-
ed, but unless there is a change they
will go a long time without. Within
miles of where I live there are thou-
sands of acres of uncultivated land,
some is good land, some not so good.
Now this land is mostly held by would—
be Speculators. They expect, as the
farm adjoining their land advances in
price, their land will increase in value,
but they are mistaken, This unculti—
vated land is growing thistles, milk—
weed, burdock, wild carrot and every
other foul stuff, and it blows and is
scattered all over the country till the
farms that were nice clean farms are
a disgrace to look at, all on account of
the lazy speculator. They hold their
land so high that nobody will buy it,
but they don’t want to pay any taxes
on it. It doesn’t produce anything of
value, but it does produce a lot of foul
seed and the adjoining farms get them.
A few years ago a socialist got elected
supervisor; he raised the valuation and
it set them wild. Up came a man from
some place and cut them back. 'Now I
would like to have that same man 01'
his brother come up when the crops of
thistles, milkweed, burdock and wild
carrot on this uncultivated land are
ready to harvest, and bring lots of help,
for there will be a bumper crop this
year. Then when he can see the big
crop he will know better the value of
the land.

”Land that will grow big weeds will
grow big grass and potatoes. If I had
the say of. it, I would raise the value
on such land till the owner would eith-
er farm it himself or sell it cheap.
enough so some poor renter could buy
it that would farm it. PIONEER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        
            


 

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By R. G.

NE of the advantages. of farming
O in these days of high prices is

the fact that the expense of
clothes is small compared with the cost
in the city. It does not follow that the
farmer must be improperly clothed to
save money, but he can purchase gar-
ments made of substantial fabric which
may be rough for city wear, although
ideal for service on the farm. There
are many so-called unclean jobs on the
farm, but very few of them are as
hard on clothes as the dirt and dust in
a city office or the grease of the fac-
tory. The worker in a city office must
wear white collars and fairly good
suits. The sleeves soon become frayed
by work at a desk and the collars must
be changed every day. Laundry bills
are a weekly drain on the income and
many. men consider two good suits
each year as the smallest number on
which they can get along and look re-
spectable. The expense for clothes is
seldom considered by the farmer who
sells his farm and obtains employment
in a city store or office.

0n the farm a well-made suit can be
made to last two years. Hangers for
the coat, vest and pants keep the suit
well creased. with little pressing, as
the suit will probably not be worn
more than twice each week. Frequent
pressing helps to wear out the best
fabric and by carefully hanging up the
clothes after they are worn. the farmer
can keep his best suit in fine condition
with little trouble. The farmer who
does not wear his best clothes every
day knows what it means to be "dress-
ed up” and appreciates the feeling of
wearing good garments. The oilice
clerk wearing neat clothes of the lat-
est styles every day of the year does
not know the joy of occasionally wear-
ing a good suit. After finishing the
Sunday morning work the farmer can
throw off the work duds, jump into a
good-looking suit and honestly feels
that he is dressed up. The farmer’s
clothes are selected on the effciency
basis. They must render good service
and furnish the necessary protection
to the body. The wool lined coats or
mackinaws keep out the wind and it is
the effect of chilling winds that causes
suffering from colds.

_ Give the Shoes Good Care.

Shoes are growing more expensive
every day. One dealer advised me to
lay in at least two pairs of good shoes,
saying that he guaranteed I would save
at least two dollars per pair on the
purchase. He states that no hides are
being imported at this time and shoes
are being exported, and while the sup-
ply of hides seems to diminish, the de-
mand for shoes seems to increase. It
pays to protect good shoes by wearing
storm rubbers whenever stepping out
in the snow. Wetting the shoes and
then roasting them by the stove causes
a rapid deterioration of the leather.
Wet shoes are uncomfortable and
cause illness and the time taken in
putting on and taking off rubbers is
well invested. Many farmers do not
like to wear rubbers and after protect-
ing their feet with heavy lined boots
on the farm they will wade through
the snows of city streets, especially on
Sunday, with only the protection of
thin leather shoes. The shoes are soon
wet and their wearing period is greatly
shortened.

There was a time when the wearing
quality of a shoe was supposed to de-
pend onIthe roughness of its construc-
tion and the bulk of leather which it
contained. I remember purchasing
shoes as a boy for use on a farm. The
clerk received instructions to show
some good strong shoes for farm use.
He brought out roughly made shoes
that looked strong. They were used in
following a corn cultivator for several
weeks and developed enough blisters

'to make the work very unpleasant.

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guarantee of long life. As soon as they
were wet they began to go to pieces
and did not last as l g as lighter
shoes which cost but le more mon-
ey and were finished in a manner that
made them comfortable. The light,
well—made shoes are often the best in-
vestment for the farmer as they make
walking easier and last louger than
some of the cheaply made shoes with
an appearance of wearing qualities but
poor quality material to back up the
appearances.

Consider the Wife.

In buying shirts it pays to ask the
dealer for the round thread or loose
weave material instead of the flat
thread. They may not look quite so
fine in appearance but the goods wash
more easily and they are more durable.
In selecting the colors it is well to
buy blues or tans. as they. are more
easily washed than the white material.
Black shirts are very hot in the bright
sunshine during the summer—and are
more suited to the uses of the machine
shop than the farm. It pays to con-
sider the wife who does the work,
when buying shirts for the farm, as
they have to be washed frequently and
wash day is a hard day for many farm-
ers’ Wives.

 

LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.

 

Imagine my surprise on returning
home from the central part of the
state Friday night, December 15, to
find 14 to 16 inches of snow. Where I
had been there was only a few inches
of snow, and good wheeling. Only once
in a while did one see a sleigh. but
here in Ottawa county wheeling is out
Of the question. The snow is not drift-
ed at all and we have splendid sleigh-
ing now.

The sudden change to cold winter
weather has shrunk the milk yield
somewhat, although the cows are con-
fined to the barn and do not even go
out for water. This shrinkage is only
temporary, however, I feel sure. It
always works that way more or less.
The cold weather gives the live stock
a good appetite and they are consum~
ing the hay and feed at an increased
rate. Good, cold, steady winter weath-
er is a good condition for all kinds of
stock. They eat better and after they
get accustomed to the weather they
seem to enjoy it and do even better
than in open winter weather. Now
that winter has come I hope it will
stay, but usually sleighing in Decem-
ber means mud in January.

Our own stock, including horses, are
looking well, going into winter in ex-
cellent shape, but the steers I bought
are thin. It will take a long time to
start them.

The Farmer’s Dilemma.

The boycott worked only temporar-
ily. When there is a real scarcity of
any product a boycott can affect it
only for a short time. It looks as if
people who want butter and cheese
this year must pay a good price for
them and they ought to be willing to
do so. The farmer’s feed bill is sim-
ply enormous. I hear farmers talking
all over the state that they must cut
down the acreage of crops on account
of the scarcity of labor. They feel it
is not safe to plant too much for it
can not be taken care of. This is the
only wise solution of the questiOn, it
seems to me. In fact, what else can a
farmer do? He can get just as much
out of the smaller area anyway, for the
product will bring better prices. Many
old men, not able to work hard, and
many women, have been compelled to
work hard this past summer to save
the crops, poor as they were. This
will have its effect on next year’s pro-
duction. The thing to do is to out
down the acreage and grow nothing
but good crops. It means less work
and more profit. ‘ -

 

land? Pasture it. Keep more sheep.
more steers, more cattle. Give them
pasture enough so they will thrive all
summer until late in'- the fall. .It saves
work. Many farmers are fattening
their lambs and steers as well as their
hogs, by turning them into the stand-
ing corn and letting them harvest it.
There is a waste of stalks to be sure,
but if the labor is not to be had this
waste must be tolerated. There is
some compensation in the fact that the
stalks will make vegetable matter
which later will supply humus, the ele-
ment that most of our land needs most
of all.

Understand, this is not my idea of
farming exactly, but conditions exist
that must be met. Do the best you
can. If you can’t get help you won’t
have to pay them. There is a cash
gain there that" will compensate some-
what for the loss. Under these con-‘
ditions farmers will live as well as or
better than other people. I don't think
it is the best thing for the country,
but it is the only thing the farmer can
do, and it will pinch the other fellow
more than it will him. ‘

Farmers vs. Speculators.

Some people argue that farmers who
have wheat should sell. so the price
will go no higher. They say farmers
ought to be satisfied with present pric-
es. I think they are, but that is not
the question. If the farmers would all
sell it would make no difference in the
price of flour. The speculator would
like to have the farmers all sell, so
they could get the wheat all into their
hands. Then they would hold for the
very best prices they could get. If the
farmer holds his wheat the speculator
is handicapped. If he unduly boosts
prices he must pay the farmer who
holds, a better price, and this be dis-
likes to do. He Wants the wheat all in
his hands, then he will reap all the
profits from high prices.

It is better for the consumer to have
the farmer hold a crop than to have
the speculators own and control it.

COLON C. LILLIE.

ICE—AN OFT NEGLECTED CROP.

 

During the coming winter, which has
been preceded by such an unexampled
season of prosperity for the farmers
of Michigan, no one not already provid-
ed with such facilities should fail to
approach the warm season of nineteen
seventeen with a proper ice supply.
Anyone who has once had the precious
privilege of ice in summer can appre-
ciate to the full what deprivation it is
to be without it.

It doesn’t cost so much to have ice
in the country. Oftentimes one doesn’t
even need to build a new structure, for
there is generally some small cut-
building which can be made to do duty
as an ice-house. The essential quality
of an ice-house being usefulness, not
ornateness, wonders may be accom-
plished by the aid of cheap roofing pa-
per and felt, and a few rough boards
and some sawdust. Even if the farm~
er has to erect a cheap structure it
pays, and each man can best work out
a building to suit his purse and fancy.

Fortunately ice cutting comes at a
time when work is slack. Sawdust is
cheaply obtained, and ice can be had
free in many cases, or for a very nom-
inal cost. I have yet to see the Michi-
gan district of farms without its local
lakes and ponds. Of course, the ice
crop, like other crops, varies in quan-
tity and quality, but nearly every sea-
son provides enough ice if taken; ad-
vantage oi at the right time.

But ice without a refrigerator is the
mistake half the farmers make. They
seem to balk at the refrigerator, and
the refrigerator is the corner stone of
ice comfort. A refrigerator may be
purchased as low as $15 to $20. accord.
ing to size. And surely money was
never better invested. Firm butter for
the table without the weary travels up
and down the cellar stairs: refreshing-
ly cool puddings: . m-isp lettuce and

 

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in cost; or hearing a Bottle or other
receptacle near-the ice in the ice cham-
ber; and, last and greatest privilege,
ice cream daily if wanted.

As to quantity needed: About 120
cakes—averaging 50 pounds each—4f
the refrigerator is large, or 60 if the
refrigerator is small, allowing a good
margin for waste and extras, should
provide for June to ptember inclu-
sive. City dwellers find 0 to 40 pounds
daily, (according to the size of their
refrigerator), with a double size on
Saturdays to stand over Sunday, to be
sufficient for their needs. Surely Mr.
Farmer, you can negotiate that deal
when you realize the importance of it.
At least search your mind carefully
this winter to find the reason why you
can’t. '

Kent 00. F. J. YATES.

THE STAY ON THE FARM MOVE.
MENT.

 

For several years there has been
more or less discussion of the migra~
tion of young men from the farm to
the city. Articles have been written
that tend to make the people believe
that in a few years the farms will be
deserted of young men, and that the
interests of agriculture will take a vast
slump.

There always have been and always
will be a certain number of young men
who will go to the city for employ-
ment. This is but right, as not every
one born on a farm is suited for farm
life, and besides, there is not room for
them all. But there is still a, large
number who have stayed on the farm
and are using up-todate methods of
agriculture. If the reader doubts this
let him take a trip through the coun~
try in the summer. He will find as
many young farmers as old ones. Be-
sides this, the sons of the older farm-
ers can be found on the farm during
the summer. Each winter an increas-
ing number of these young men are
found attending the short courses at
some agricultural college. Here, they
come in touch with men who have
made agriculture and its phases their
life work, and when they return to the
farm they are possessed of the knowl-
edge they have acquired and also have
the power to gain more by study and
observation. .

Then, too, there are many young
men from the farms that are attending
the reuglar four-year course at some
agricultural school. Many of these men
go back to the farm upon completing
their course, for they have been able
to see the advantages a farmer’s life
can give them. These men become
leaders in the communities where they
live, and their influence for better ag-
riculture is large. Instead of all the
young men leaving the farms, as many
seem to believe, they are the real life
blood of present day agriculture and
the promise of its further great de-
velopment.

Ingham Co. S. E. Tame.

DEATH TO USELESS EATERS.

 

With the cost of living going up by

'leaps and bounds, prompt disposition

should be made of every unprofitable
consumer of food. Now is a good time
to go into the swatting business in
earnest.

Swat the English sparrows. They
eat a lot of food. They drive off other
birds whose songs and plumage we
love, and also are the farmer’s real
friends.

Swat the mice and the rats. They
eat and waste millions of dollars’
worth of grain. They injure buildings
and other property, and are always
and everywhere a nuisance.

Swat the cats and the dogs. They
carry disease. They kill desirable birds
and animals. They censume much
food. They make night hideous. Un-
less your particular cat or dog can
show just cause to the contrary, swat it.

Clinton Co. L. K. Lone.

    

 

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HIS last year was rather favor-

able .for many insects, because

of the warm weather. Conse-

quently orchardists were often at a

loss as to the cause of certain injuries

to trees, some insect injuries being

hard to distinguish from fungous dis—
eases.

Several orchards which had not been
sprayed after the rain in August were
visited during the first part of Septem-
ber.
Virginia and Martha crabs I noted the
peculiar character of the leaves and
the lack of vigor which appeared
/among many of the trees. Further in-
vestigation developed that many other
trees were affected in the same way,
' but the crabs were most severely at-
tacked. At a glance one would say it
was scab, but closer examination re-
vealed some of the leaves to be free
from scab. The leaves were dead in
areas and curled; underneath the
leaves were many webs. The web is
very thin and may contain small dark
bodies. With a hand lens one could
observe tiny bodies moving back and
forth on the leaves. Some of the bod-

.rchard Observations
The Red Spider

While comparing varieties of.

icate it. Bordeaux alone, or lime snlo

phur, will not control this little pest at

all times.
Wisconsin. 0. N. FREY.

THE POINT ROT OF TOMATOES.

 

In certain seasons following periods
of extremely dry or extremely wet

weather, growers notice a rotting of.

the blossom ends of tomatoes. If this
rdtting was confined to the tomatoes
which were on the ground, the nature
of the rot would be readily explained,
but the trouble is noticed also on toma-
toes which are produced high up on
the plant. .The signs of this trouble
consist of black, rotted spots on the
tomato on the blossom end of the fruit.
At first the spots are small and may
show only as water-soaked areas on
the skin. These soon enlarge and may
take in one-half of the fruit. In the
late stages, the tomato frequently
shows a moldy outgrowth on the black-
ened portion.

Many fungi and many bacteria have
been found associated with this rot in
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A gas pipe frame made to straddle a row, equipped with nozzles to Spray
the plants from above, below and the sides, and attached to the spray rig
by pieces of hose with the lower ends of the frame dragging on the ground,
enabled Mr. Ravilier, of Wayne county to thoroughly spray his tomatoes
this season, with highly satisfactory results.

 

ies were green and others reddish. It
was the red spider.

The red spider sucks the juiCes of
the leaves. When feeding on"the fol-
iage the spider is usually green, but it
may also be red. It has two dark spots
on the abdomen. As seen with the nak-
ed eye it is no longer than the diam-
eter of the ordinary sewing needle, or
about one-fifth of an inch, and on ac-
count of its small size escapes detec-
tion.

Entomologists tell us that the spider
hibernates in the ground near the
trees. It spins fine webs underneath,
or in the lower side of the leaf, and
beneath this the mite works, sucking
out the juice from the leaves. The
leaves turn brown or yellow and may
fall off or remain on the tree, curled
and enmeshed in the web.

Entomologists advise a different
spray” from those given in the spray
calendar. Some advise 10 pounds of
sulphur to 50 gallons of water as a
treatment. Soap is added to mix the
, sulphur with the water. The mixture
should be well stirred before applying.
Screen the sulphur before using it. A
soap solution has also been advised as
beneficial.

As a rule the outbreaks I have ob«
served were not continued from year
to, year, so perhaps the trees will be
‘able to take care of themselves next
year. However, if the trees do not
look thrifty next spring it may be Well
to examine the leaves carefully and den
ermine the cause and proceed to erad-

 

with the molds commonly only show
that these fungi are able to rot the
fruit. These fungi are not found at
the early stages of the Point Rot. By
those who have investigated this dis-
ease carefully, the trouble is believed
to be due to physiological disturbances
in the plant, brought about by the ir-
regularity of water supply.

Plants are most susceptible after a
period of rapid growth. Wet weather
early in the year predisposes plants.
Either excessive water or a sudden
change in the water supply, has been
shown by experiments to bring on the
trouble. Heavy applications of fertiliz-
ers, especially the nitrogenous and
horse manure, have increased the dis-
ease in amount out of proportion to
the effect on the plants.

So far as is known, nothing can be
done with the cr0p which is already in-
jured. By cultivation it may be possi-
ble to bring about an adjustment of
water supply so that the tomatoes
which are produced later in the season
following an attack: will be sound.

For the next year the selection of a
well-drained location with a moderate
nitrogen supply and the best varieties,
should give a crop comparatively free
from this trouble providing the weath-
er is more favorable than it has been.
If one is growing plants in the green-
house or if he can use some irrigation
system, it ,may be possible to avoid ex-
treme conditions of moisture and thus
prevent this trouble—M. A. 0. Depart-
mentof Botany.

 

 

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E winter season, when the own-
l or has time to devote to the
task. is the most favorable sea
son for training the colts. There may
be some youngsters that have not yet
been accustomed to the restraint of
the halter. If so this is a good place
to begin what might properly be term-
ed “The gentle art of colt training,"
since patience and gentleness are es-
sential qualities of the successful train-
er. For the beginner in the business
of training colts some very useful sug-
gestions are contained in Farmers' Bu!-
letin No. 667, published by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture:

Before a cult is broken to being led
it should be taught to stand tied; this
applies to unbroken horses of all ages.
To do this, put a strong halter on the
colt; then take a rope about 14 feet
long, double it, putting the loop under
the horse’s tail as a crupper, twist the
two ends together about three times
so the twisted rope lies on the colt’s
back a few inches ahead of the tail,
then let one come forward on each
side 01' the horse, and tie them togeth-
er in front against the chest just tight
enough so that it will not drop down;
then run a surcingle loosely around
the horse behind the withers, tying
into it the crupper rope at both sides.
Have an additional rope about 12 feet
long, run it through the halter ring,
and tie it at the breast to the rope
that forms the crupper. Tie the other
end of the rope to a solid post, allow-
ing about three feet of slack. Leave
the colt tied for an hour. Another
method is to have a loop in one end
of the rope, run the lead strap through
this loop, and tie it with a little slack
to the rope that forms the crupper,
the other end, of course, being tied to
a solid post.

While tied the colt should be gentled
and accustomed to being handled on

.both sides, on the hind parts, and on

the legs. To do this, hold the head-
stall in one hand and with the other
hand pet ‘and rub the colt, first on the
neck and head, then on the back and
sides, and last on the legs. To gentle
the hind parts take a stick about four
feet long, wrap a gunny sack around
one end, and tie it. Allow the colt to
examine the stick with his nose, then
rub it all over his body.

With this arrangement the colt’s
hind legs may be rubbed without plac-
ing one’s self in“danger of his heels.
If he kicks at it do not hit him, but
allow him to examine it again, and
proceed as More This lesson should
continue until the colt will stand being
approached from either side and rub-
bed all over. The second day he may
be tied up again and further gentled
with sacks, blankets, and noises until
he has no fear of them around him, un-
der him, or upon him.

Another method of gentling a horse
is to tie the halter rope to the tail.
This forces him to go in a circle. When
he gives in and stands quietly he may
be harnessed, saddled, mounted, accus-
tomed to strange sights and sounds,
and handled with safety. This is one
of the best aids in use in gaining a
horse’s submission.

Breaking to Lead.
The horse is now ready to lead.
Loosen the rope from the post, ”step off
from the horse, and tell him to “come,”
following the command with a pull on
the rope. As soon as the horse ad-
vances pet him, then step away and re-
peat. He will soon follow without the
pull on the rope.
The next day the crupper should be
put on at the begihning of the lesson,
but should be discarded after a short
work-out and the halter alone used so
that the colt will not depend on the
crupper rope. These lessons should be
continued until the unit leads satisfac-
torlly.
To break to load without crupper

 

ropes use a strong halter with a lead

 

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Training the Young, Colts

rope." Step back about six test them
the colt, opposite his shoulders, clock
to him, and pull on the rope. The colt
will be forced . to take a. cauple of
steps; reward him; cross in front to I.
similar. position on the other side and
repeat the command with a pull. Con-
tinue the lesson until the cult follows.
Never pull straight ahead on the colt;
he can outpull. Use diplomacy rather
than force.

Breaking the Colt to Drive.

After the colt has been broken to
lead he may be accustomed to the har-
ness and trained to rein. The horse
should never be hitched to a wagon or
ridden before he is broken to drive in
the harness. He should be trained to
answer the ordinary commands. In
familiarizing the colt with bit and har-
ness the “hitting harness," which con-
sists of an open bridle with a. snaffle
bit, check and side reins, and surcingle
with crupper, may be used. This rig-
ging is put on the colt, leaving the side
and check reins comparatively louse,
and he is turned loose in a small pad-
dock for an hour. The second lesson
consists of teaching the colt the feeL
ing of the reins which may be tighten-
ed somewhat. The third day the driv-
ing reins may be used and the colt is
taught to go ahead. Cluck to the colt,
or tell him to “get-up,” use the whip
and let him know what is meant. -Both
sides of the colt should be trained, as
objects viewed from different angles
may frighten him badly. Driving in a
right and left circle will facilitate this
training. The next lesson consists in
teaching the horse to answer the com-
mands of "Whoa,” “Getup” and “Back.’

After teaching the horse to go satis-
factorily in the hitting rig, the work
harness with breeching can be substi-
tuted. The traces and breeching
should be joined loosely together and
gradually tightened, as the work pro-
gresses, thus familiarizing the colt
with the sensation of wearing the col-
lar and breeching. He is then ready to
be hitched to the wagon or cart single,
or double.

COLOR OF SHORTHORN CATTLE.

 

What is the origin of the roan Dur-
ham stock? What dairy qualities do
they possess? What is the Scotch
breed, also Bates breed? Give the dif-
ference between the red roan and the
white, outside of color. When adver-
tisers say “Sher-thorns for sale” and
nothing more, what color must I as-
sume they are?

Kent Co. L. M. S.

The origin of the Shorthorn breed of
cattle is somewhat obscure. Briefly,
the original home of the breed was in
northeastern England in the counties
of York, Durham and Northumberland,
hence the name of Durham sometimes
used in connection with the breed. The
more distinguished improvers of the
breed recorded in history date back to
about 1780, at about which time a
number of prominent and successful
breeders made the first really notable
Shorthorn history. These early Short

~horns were general purposo cattle in

the best sense of the word, combining
good dairy quality with merit as beef
producers.

The Bates strain of the breed, so-
called, were first developed by Thomas
Bates, a Yorkshire breeder of excep-
tional ability whose aim was the com
bination of superior dairy quality with
good beef production, and the families
founded at that time have been most
notable for dairy quality throughout
subsequent years. The type of Short-
horns commonly known as Scotch, on
the other hand, were developed with
an eye single to economical beef pro-
duction and with little regard for dairy
quality, which characteristic to a con
siderable extent has been exhibited by
so-called Scotch families since their
foundation with this end in view.

The color standard for Slim-thorns
includes “red and white in all degrees

gt combination, including man. Natur-

all}, color lads have prevailed among
Shorthorh breeders, and at different
periods in the history of the breed the
white color has been discriminated
against. while reds or mane have sue
needed each other in popularity. As is
usual when a pendulum swings far in
one direction, a reaction has always
occurred in this regard. and at the
pmsent time the individual excellence
of the animal is not subordinated to
the matter of color, hence the colors
named are all standard marking of the
breed, and all may be found in many
excellent herds.

 

CUTTING UP AND SALTING THE
PORK. V

 

I use a sharp ax to cut up our hogs.
It severs the bones without‘crushlng
them, and is much quicker than a saw,
and the meat is not filled with bone
sawdust. There are no bones in a. hog
——except the jaws, and teeth. that will
dull a sharp ax, and these can be cut
with a dull ax.

I take a hog down from where it
hangs and place it on the chopping
bench which «is made of oak plank six
feet long, 20 inches wide, and four
inches thick. The head is first remov-
ed and laid aside to be attended to lat-
er. The hog is then laid squarely on
his back and split down the center of
the backbone. I cut down the thick
meat which is out true and smooth
with a large sharp knife. One-half the
carcass is laid aside, and the “leaf"
or kidney lard, is removed, then the
spare-rib is taken out, care being tak‘
on to cut smoothly without haggling,
and to take neither too much, nor too
little meat on it. Spare—ribs can be too
large, and they can be too spare.

All the backbone is removed with
the spare-ribs, then cut from the ribs
and kept for roasting and eating fresh
——unless there are too many inch piec-
es. There is a small strip of lean
meat clinging to the back-bone, called
the “tenderloin," which should be re-
moved as it is very tender and sweet,
making it a great delicacy. The ham
and shoulder are next removed, and
modeled in fine oval form for hand-
some appearance. Clippings from these
are laid aside with other scraps for
sausage. The side pork clear of bone,
is cut in strips about five inches wide
extending from back to belly. The
thick pork along the back being nearly
all fat, is separated from the bacon
and salted by itself. The thinner piec-
es of the side pork are the bacon, and
should be salted with the ham and
shoulder. ‘

Hams, shoulders, and bacon are put
into a barrel by themselves.

Formerly we used oaken barrels but
the hoops frequently rotted and the
barrels got to leaking the brine elf. We
now prefer to use large earthen jars
holding 25 or 30 gallons. They are
more easily washed, never leak, and
will last a life time. The heavy pork
is packed as solidly as possible and
given all the salt it will take, and more
salt is crowded into every crevice and
aperture. The hams, shoulders and
bacon are suited only enough to suit
the taste. They are put into a brine
made as follows: Eight pounds of line
dairy salt, .two pounds of brown sugar,
two quarts of New Orleans molasses,
and two ounces of saltpetre, dissolved
in four gallons of water for every 100
pounds of meat. Make enough in these
proportions to stand an inchdeep over
the meat. To keep the meat from
floating put a clean flat stone on top.
Ham and shoulders weighing not more
than 18 pounds will be thoroughly salt-
ed in six weeks (if needed to be smok~

ed and eaten then), or can be left in

the brine until spring, as they will get
no saltier. Dairy salt is used because
it is pure, and dissolves quicker, requiri-
ing less time in stirring.
Pennsylvania. J. W. Ixcmur.

There is no paltroon in the world ' '

but can bra
have done.—- ,

about what he would
ckeray.

 
   

  

 

 

 

  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
   

  
 

 

 
 

 

   
  


 

 

’ 3 fat, the cost of feed, or any other item

  

 

By W. F.
' ‘ . HE items in this article were tak-
' _ en from data gathered by Mr.
F. T. Riddell, under the super-
vision of Prof. A. C. Anderson, of the
Experiment Station of the Michigan
Agricultural College, from twenty-five
herds, consisting of 444 cows. This
data. was taken during the years of
1914 and 1915, from herds in the vicin-
ity of Grand Rapids, Michigan. These
herds were producing market milk.
The factors entering into the produc-
tion of market milk are so nearly iden-
tical with the factors in the produc-
, tion of all clean milk, that the data is
considered authentic for the produc-
tion of all milk. '

There are items that will vary on
the different farms—in fact, do vary.
This data gives the costs and produc-
tion of the average cow of the 444 for
two years. The following are the av-
erage fixed charges per cow per year:

Man labor per cow per year... .$28.43
Horse labor and handling milk. . 15.15

 

Cash sundries, (articles used
within the year) .............. 1.86
Veterinary services ............ .93
Charges on buildings ........... 9.57
Charges on equipment ......... .50
Added earning poWer ........... 6.00
$62.44

Less manure (1 1%; tOns at $1.50
per ton) ..................... $17.50.

$44.94
Interest, Taxes and Depreciation
Charges on Investment in Cow.

 

Interest on cost at ....... 6 % per year
Taxes on cost at ......... 1 % per year
Depreciation on cow at. . .10% per year

Total ................. 17% per year

 

ARA

There is one item that is given no
consideration in this article; thatis,
the increased value of the progeny of
a pure-bred cow. .

This year, considering the exceed-
ingly high cost of feed and labor, it
would be well for every dairyman to
ask the question of each of his cows:
“What are you worth?” and find out,
and abide by the result.

With the hope that this article will
help the man who has cows to be bet-
ter able to know their worth, their
profit or loss, is the reason it was
written,

DAlRY PROBLEMS.

 

'Feeding Cats in Ration.

Give me a ration for 1000-lb. cows
five years old, all fresh. I have. silage
and mixed hay; have oats but they are
too high to feed so don’t figure them
in. Cows are pure-bred and grade Hol-

steins.

Genesee Co. A. R. G.

Oats, of course, are quite high, but
so are other feeds. Possibly one can
afford to feed oats this year as well as
any year, when we consider the price
of other feeds and the price of milk,
butter and cheese.

I would recommend that you fed two
pounds per 'cow per day of cottonseed
meal, and a sufficient amount of hom-
iny feed, or corn meal and wheat bran
mixed equal parts by weight, to give
each cow one pound of grain for every
four or five pounds of milk produced.
If you wish to feed your oats use them

 

 

  
 
 
    
   
   
     
    

CREAM SEPARATOR'

SUPERIORITY

INCE 1892 the National Buttermakers’ Association has held butter-
Sscoring contests each year in connection with its Annual Convention;

and at every such Convention, butter made from cream separated
by a De Laval Separator has scored highest. This is a 100 per cent
record for the De Laval. Twenty-three wins out of twenty-three
contests. No room for chance there. Only unusual merit made such a
record possible. ‘

But that is not an unusual record for the De Laval. At the r at
National Dairy Show at Springfield, Mass., in October, 1916, bfizitfer
made from.De Laval-produced cream scored highest in both the cream—
elry and dairy classes, while De Laval. cream scored highest in cream
c asses.

. The juries at the great national and international expositions have
invariably acknowledged the superiority of the De Laval. They
awarded the Grand Prize to the De Laval at the Panama-Pacific Ex 031-
tion, as also at Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis, Paris, Brussels. anda 1the
great world exposmons for 25 years. '

tion, or, more important still, as to
no longer necessary to a well-inform-
He has seen proof of De Laval superiority

_ that it is no Ion er 0 en to
It is an accepted fact. g p

performance. But such proof is
ed dairyman or farmer.

piled-_up and multiplied so many time:
question by anyone.

If you are without a cream separator or need
a new one, the only question you need to ask is,
“Which is the proper size De Laval for me to

To Determine the Value of a Cow.

To pay 10 per cent depreciation and
terest on investment.

one per cent taxes and six per cent in-

Calculations based on 31/2 per cent milk at $2 cwt.

When Feed Consumed Amounts to

_ buy?”

or, if

 

 

Value of $40 '$50 $60 $70 $80 $90 $100
Cow is lbs. milk lbs. milk lbs. milk lbs. milk lbs. milk lbs. milk lbs. milk
$ 60 4757 5257 5757 6257 6757 7257 7757
70 4842 5342 5842 6342 6842 7342 7842
80 4927 5427 5927 6427 , 6927 7427 7927
90 5012 5512 6012 6512 '7012 7512 8012 i
100 5097 5597 6097 6597 7097 7597 8097 l
150 5522 6022 6522 7022 \ 7522 8022 8522
200 5947 6447 6947 7447 7947 8447 8947
300 6797 7297‘ 7797 8297 8797 9297 9797
400 7647 8147 8647 9147 9647 10147 10647

 

This table is based on $2.00 per cwt.
per 3% per cent milk. How is the
valuefiof the cow determined? Sup-
pose you had a cow that cost $60, and
she ate $70 worth of feed in one year.
You would, to determine the value of
,the cow, multiply $60 by 17 per cent,
which will equal $10.20—the amount of
depreciation, taxes, and interest on the
cow. Add to this the cost of feed for
the cow for one year; also the fixed
charges—$10.20 plus $70 plus $62.44
equals $142.64, the total cost of the
cow for one year. From the cost of
the cow, we will deduct a credit for
manure at the barn, of $17.50 (11%
tons at $1.50 per ton), which will leave
$125.14. Dividing this by $2.00, the
price of milk, we get 6,257, the number
of pounds of milk the cow must give to
be worth her cost of $60.

This data enables the dairyman to
take a very close inventory of the cows
he may have to feed and care for this
winter, or any other time.

Example—A cow giving 6,927 lbs.
of 3% per cent milk, eating $80 worth
Of feed. How much is she worth?
Multiplying the number of pounds of
milk by $2.00, the price per cwt., gives
$138.54 as the gross proceeds of the
cow for oneyear. From this sum sub-
tract $80, the cost of fed, and $44.94,
the fixed charges. This will leave
$13.60, which represents the deprecia-

tion of the cow 10 per cent; taxes one
per cent; interest on the investment
six per cent, or 17 per cent of her
value. Dividing $13.60 by 17, we get
one per cent of the value of the cow,
or .80. Multiplying by 100, we get the
. value of the com or $80.
:‘This data can be used in every case,
no matter what the per cent of butter-

; that may enter into the keeping or
flifiindungflt a herd of dairy cattle.

each cow produced in a week, or one
pound of grain per day for every three
pounds of milk produced.

ration by using several other feeding
stuffs, like dried beet pulp, cottonsed
meal, corn meal, oats, barley, etc.

eat, and also cornstalks once a day.

with the bran in place of half the hom-
iny or corn meal. You should feed all
the hay and silage the cows will eat.
A Ration Without Silage.

What grain should I feed to make a
balanced ration for my milch cows,
with the following for roughage? Corn-
stalks and alfalfa hay. I have oats
and corn.

Kalamazoo Co. W. S.

Fed alfalfa hay twice daily all the
cows will eat, and cornstalks once a
day. For grain, grind the corn and oats
equal parts by weight. Then feed a
pound of grain for every four or five
pounds of milk the cows produce. This
will make a good ration. As good as
you can get with no succulent food. If
the cornstalks were corn silage your
ration would be hard to beat. Some
dried beet pulp would be a good addi-
tion to- the ration inasmuch as you
have no silage. If this is thoroughly
moistened a few hours before being
fed, it makes a splendid substitute for
a succulent feed.

Balancing the Ration.
. I have four milch cows and I would
like you to give me a balanced ration.
I have cornstalks, alfalfa mixed ‘with
June grass, clover hay mixed with al-
s1ke.. The cows give about four quarts

of milk per head per milking.
Calhoun Co. ’ . .
If you have to purchase all your
grain, I would buy bran, hominy feed
and gluten feed. Mix them equal parts
by weight, and feed one pound of grain
per day for every pound of butter-fat

 

 

 

You could, of course, balance this

 

 

See your De Laval agent immediately,
you don't know him, address the
nearest De Laval
for any desired particulars.

main office as below

The De Laval Separator Co.

165 Broadway, New York.

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THE WORLD OVER

29 E. Madison St, Chicago.

 

 

 

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This Magazine SectioII forms apart of our paper every week.

 

 

all the months. The kingly spirit

of optimism is then abroad. His
inspiring exclamations of cheer, and
comfort, Of protection and prosperity,
'of love and good will become music to
every heart.

It is the day we forget the past. Old
things are gone. What has been has
been, and the grave is covered; our
eyes see the future with its possibili-
ties. The discouraging experiences of
yesterday cannot hold us on this day.
The armies of the soul break through
the entangled -lines of discouraging
memories and hopefully face new and
unconquered territory.

' Despite the elements it is a day
when the eyes behold with wonderful

NEW YEARS is the regal day of

New Years Day

By ALONZO L. RICE

clearness. The light of hope and faith
are mirrored onto the future. Things
once lost to sight reappear in novel
dresses, and the vision of a new order
prods our enthusiasm and our ambi-
tion to purpose higher achievements.
This is a day for making calls and
social visiting. Washington Irving apt-
ly said. “’Tis the annual festival of
good humor—it comes in the dead of
winter, when nature is without charm,
when our pleasures are contracted to

the fireside, and when everything that
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unlocks the icy fetters of the heart,
and sets the genial current flowing,
should be Cherished, as a stray lamb,
found in the wilderness, or a flower
blooming among thorns and briers.”
The day has been an attractive
theme for poets on account of its hi-
larity, and also because it fitted easily
in a moralizing vein. The first day of
a new year is necessarily suggestive of
the last day of the old year and the
two together are rather suggestive of
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Every article is written especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere

poetry generally takes this turn. ,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in “New Year‘s
Resolve,” says:
“As the dead year is clasped by a
dead December,
So let your dead sins with your dead
days die.
A new life is yours, and a new hope;
remember
We build our own ladders to climb
to the sky. '
Stand out in the sunlight, of promise,
forgetting
Whatever your past hold of sorrow
or wrong;
Y’Ve waste half our strength in a use-
less regretting;
VVe sit by old tombs in the darkness
too long.”
The juxtaposition of the old and new
is so obvious that anyone who writes

on the subject is likely to fall into a

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”it moralizlng strain, comparing arom-

trusting the old withzthe new. Almost
invariably the theme is: "Speed the
parting, and welcome the coming
gues ." Mankind, gdnerally speaking,
is glad to be rid of the old your and to
welcome the new year. That seems to
be'human nature and the poets voice
the idea. Thus one sings:

“Ring bells from every lofty height!
An infant year is born tonight;

Ring far and wide, ring full and clear,
To welcome in the glad New Year.
The king is dead; long live the king!
They said of old, and so we sing,

The Old Year has gone to his repose;

There let him rest beneath the snows."

Someone has defined gratitude as “a
lively sense of favors to come." The
eagerness with which the New Year is
welcomed indicates a general expecta-
tion of good things to come, but the
indifference with which the old year is
dismissed hardly confirms the expec-
tation. However, the revival of hope
in the breasts of men on New Year’s
Day is of no small significance in the
world’s progress.

A I Holiday Legend
By LULU G. PARKER

NCE on a time when the earth

was young, a Christmas hymn

that an angel sung was heard in
liars, or some other sphere, where live
a folk whom earth-folks think queer.
The other-sphere men puzzled long to
find the meaning of that song. Until
a king with enquiring pate agreed to
come and investigate.

The king came down on his wing-
planes queer, at just the Christmas
time of the year. He dropped at first
on a battle plain where shrapnel fell,
like a molten rain. He poked his nose
in a hospital tent and asked a soldier
what Christmas meant. “It was holi-
day before this war, there is no Christ-
mas any more,” said the bandaged one
—a“Except over-sea, they may keep it
in the land of the free.” The astral man
packed his wing-planes queer in a sub-
marine, and he came over here.

Himself unseen, on a city street, he

' watched the folks with hurrying feet.

For Christmas shopping ’twas getting
late, and some were carrying loads of
freight. “Why do you thus?” the Mar-
ian asked an oldish' man whom he
stOpped at last. “All Tommy-rot, sir,”
the old man cried. “Most wasteful time
of the year beside. I’ve bought my wife
a pearl tiara, for nothing less would do
for Sarah, I’ll go bankrupt, I am sure,
worse luck. before I pay for the Christ-
mas truck." Before the Martian could
ask him more, his car he cranked, and
away he tore.

A woman young. but with dragging
feet, and drooping head, came along
the street. “Explain to me,” beged
the astral man, “What Christmas is,
just the best you can." “For weeks,"
she said with an angry stare, “I've
stood all day in a shop back there.
slaving from morn ’til the night is late
to sell to folks that. would celebrate.
Believe me, sir, if I had my way, there
never would be a Christmas day.

The sphere-man walked half a mile
or so. then paused to game in a bright
window. A woman clad in a gown of
lace, that illy matched her impatient
face, stood by a table with gifts piled
high appraising them with a practiced
eye. From where he stood he Could
“ Why did I send that
vase yesterday? It cost me quite fifty
cents or more, she bought this thing
at the ten-cent store.” The sphere-
man scratched. his surprised old head.
"Earth folks are queer,” to himself he
said.

The night sped on while he inter
viewed the people? moss. and the sad
and rude: and still upon earth inspri»
tion bent, dawn found him in a poor
tenement. Unseen he watched where
a woman sad sat by the cm of a little
lad. Upon the bed a poor cheap toy
lay; the child awoke; it was Christmas
day. The child awoke shouting with
delight. “The giving time,” he cried,

 

Nchcars Day onaMichigan-F arm

By E C. LINDEMAN

 

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It is winter in Michigan,

The snow lies deep over the meadows.
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I heard the boards on the back porch

snap

As John went out to the chores.

I followed him to the barn

Because I wanted to hear the cows

Crunching their breakfasts

In the snug stables.

I helped with feeding and milking.

The sound of the milk striking the hol-

low pails
Made me pathink hard—of far-away
music:

But we didn" t talk.

it was the beginning of a new year——

The twenty- sixth since we signed the
mortgage

And started farming it together.

3 8% 1

Many and John, our children, are home
for holidays.
They are still asleep.
1: e I:

Now we are all at breakfast.

The men are talking about the twenty
acres of wheat

Out under the snow.

And am how long the Holsteins will

On the fmeu corn that had to be cut
for the silo.
Father has agreed to lime another ten

 

They seem all excited about some
thing or other——

Oh, it’s the. new tractor that's coming.

And, just as I brought in the last plat-e

. of hot cakes—-

(They happened to be good this morn-

mg
Mary asked all about the Leghorns;
Were they still laying. and
How many would we set this year, and

Did the honeysuckle vine that she
’ planted
By the house-comer live?

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When the batter was all used up
We were still talking?

It took the two Johns a long time

To hitch Nellie to the cutter;

But now we are following the neigh-
bors

To the little white church for exer-
cises.

And we haven't talked about

The August frost the late blight,

The eternal mortgage or even the aw-
ful war.

The church bells.

The sleigh bells.

And the bells in my heart

Are ringing together:

“New Year”

“New Year”

"Snow in the meadows”

“New Year”

“Wheat under the show”

“New Year”

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“Came last night." I’ve thought. moth-
er, what to give to you. I'll give you
ME. r911 me, will that do?” “The 1m.
light shone on the woman’s face, and
sadness fled from the shabby place.
The listening Martian heard her say——
“Who giveth love with his giii. alway
to him {ach day is a Christmas day.”

The astral man oiled his motor-
wings. He ceased to ask about earthly
things- He sailed in haste for his own

home sphere to start a fete that should
last a year. But e’er he started the
holiday, for he was king and could
have his way he put a law in 3hr- sta-

111: book, where everybody who ran

{mild 19.01:- —-lhat none could have in .

Christ’s mass :1 part who did not. have
lovmg beast. '

And to this day, in Mars. or here,
the poor, the rich, the child, the seer,
they only truly celebrate Who in their
hearts observe the fete. Who lose all
ihmlght of greed and pelt, and to their
loved one give themself. For gifts
must come from a heart lover-"warm,
else Christmas day is an empty form.

GREAT POSSIBILITIES BEFORE
THE RURAL CHURCH.

 

The social center church is now de-
manded in the country. There are few
societies or organizations in the aver
age country community. Casual meet-
ings are of an individual nature. There
exists too little community sense or
consciousness. The tendency now is
to go to town for amusement, enter-
tainment and, often. for instruction.
The countryside. as far as social life
and service are concerned, is too often
left a barren waste.

People crave companionship. they
like to be together. Therefore, they
need some common meeting place for
work and play. for. sociability, for edu—
cational and spiritual uplift. Let the
country community ' forget its church
differences for a generatiogu and em-
phasizetheutherhoodofflodand the
brotherhood of man and give opportu-
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service and the country m will be-

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mentions force fili- righteeusueus ind
better living. country folk live on
about the same social plane and have
interests in common. With inspiration
and incentive from the church the so-
cial life will be broadened and will not
get out of joint with religion. 'Fel-
lowship will develop and a wholesome
community plide and spirit will be
fostered.

It is nonsense to say that social ed-
ucational and industrial activities cen-
tering in the country church will de-
tract from religion and lead to world-
liness. Social service tends to give life
and reality to religion. Church life and
business will drag and become insipid
unless the gospel of social ,serviceis
preached along with the gospel of
salvation. Country preachers and lead
ers must inculcate community ideals
and set country people working togeth-
er at the task of building up the com-
munity in the things that make for a
more abundant life—Mr. Kiehl.

A NEW YEAR’S SUPPLlCATlON.

1%" CHARLES H. METERS.

Another lap in life’s swift marathon
Wherein each faithful runner wins a
prize,
We start today; and as we struggle on,
Friend, let me ofttimes look into
your eyes!

 

DECE M BER WOODS.

 

BY F. J. YATES.

The leaves have long since left the
trees,

The air is crisp, the wind is blowing;

Between bare ice edged banks the

brook,
Blue tinged and chill, is slowly now-
111g,

Where violets peeped on yonder slope.
That slope with mold is matted oven
The flower children of the sp
Sleep sound ’neath Mother Nature's
cover.

Where zephyrs soft made music sweet

Among the gently whispering bow-
ers ‘

Of rich green leaves, the dreary wind

Swift through the grating branches
scours.

Once grassy paths me frosty hard,
The squiirels 01055“ chip and chat-
ter.
I tread the rustling leaves and rail
My dog, who comes with muffled
patter.
We cross the brook, we leave the wood,
The chill lies heavy on each member
My dog, paw lifted, whimpers low.
His days are dun in dull December.

I glimpse acozy ingle nook—-
Dear book friends, slowly dying em-

ber——— .
Ho, claugflage! what though woods be
There's compensation in December.

LITTLE FEATHERED FRIENDS.

 

BY FLORA G. TEKNAN‘T.

Why such haste to from me wander.
Little feathered friends?

Tarry just a little longer
Little feathered friends.

Soon ’neath skies so dull and gray.

I will watch for you in vain

You will then be far away,

All the long, bright summer days,
Little feathered friends;

Ive enjoyed your merry ways,
Little feathered friends.

Now the days of fall are here,

You alone do bring me cheer,
Little feathered friends.

Still I know that you must go.
Little feathered friends:

Farfrom landsofeoldandsnow.
Little feathered friends.

And I fear on some bright shore

Where no sullen breakers roar

You'll forget, and come no more,
Little feathered friends.

But though you come not again.
Little feathered friends:
In mv memorv vou’ll rennin,
Little feathered friends.
For when bli{hl‘:;ss friends forgot me,
[any a joyfu ur vou brought me,
[any a lesson you have taught 1119.
Little feathered friends. ,

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Sadie, a wholesome‘ country girl
with limited social and intellectual 0p-
portunities, leaves the farm home in
Ohio and seeks her fortune in Buffalo,
where she finds employment in the
shipping department of a shirt factory.
The strength of many of the girls
working with Sadie was being overtax-
ed by the excessively long hours and
the steady application to their tasks.
Against the strict enforcement of un-
just shop rules, and stern demands of
the corporation, our heroine courage-
ously protests, for which she is _fined
by the foreman. Becoming convmced
that behind factory walls is no place
. . for a spirit like hers. she hopefully re-
- . » _ signs herself to fate by pinning a. letter
. 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,
,tw 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.-

But the girl was so much dead
weight. She could not even paddle.
There was no turning back to the
shore they had left; there was noth-
ing to do but drive ahead.

“All right up there ?" he called.

“All right!” answered Sadie, turning
her head in order to fling the words at
him.

“It’s going to blow some!”

“It’s blowin’ now.”

“I mean it ’11 blow harder.
not frightened?”

“Ought I to be ?”

/ ~ “No!”

“If you say so I ain’t, then.”

The hotel lights were now shrouded
effectually by the dark mist of rain.
Minute by minute the sea rose as the
wind laid its grip on the lake. The
farther they ran with it the more there
would be, Stoddard knew. Yet the only
thing to do was to run.

For several minutes he kept the bow
of the canoe pointed, as nearly as he
could guess, to the hotel on‘Deepwater
Island. The seventeen-foot craft was
pitching now, alternately lifting her
how at a sharp angle, then raising her
stern as a wave, thrusting from be-
hind, urged her forward at racing
speed. L

But it soon became apparent to Stod-

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" ” dard that he could not long hold this inches deep in the swash that rushed
course, for the roll of the sea was sternward.
. quartering upon him, SO that in addi- muttered something.
, - tion to the pitching the canoe was rock- “Bail some of this water out!” be
ing from side to side, giving her a yelled.
corkscrew motion. “What with ?”
3* He stuck it out as long as he dared; Although Sadie shouted the ques-
a» .... then permitted the bow to fall off until tion, the words came to him faintly,
, he was headed dead before the wind as if from a great distance.
i; and sea. The corkscrew plunges ceas- “Your hat!” .
S3 ed, but the pitching became more ViO- It was a flimsy straw affair, he re-
1‘ lent each moment. membered, and he had little faith in
“Keep your weight as low as pos- it; but there was nothing else.
sible!” he called to Sadie. “Lie out Sadie tore it from her head and went
straight." to work awkwardly.
Sadie obeyed as literally as she seemed that she was gaininga little;
could, but her head was still supported then her work was undone by two

by the forward thwart.
“Can’t I paddle, too?” she shouted.
“Nol. Lie still.”
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waves whose crests came aboard in
rapid succession.
act like a water-logged ship, rising re-

' were running now, as nearly as Stod- be her last.

not touch Deepwater Island. yet he one hand and laid hold of Sadie’s grip.
113413110 choiceof ,direction. The ever- With a quick toss he sent it over the
side- The girl heard the splash but
did not understand. ‘

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flection answers it. He leaves Larry
sleeping, and tortured with the thorns
and bruises received in a wild and dan-
gerous trip, he finally delivers his let-
ter to an Indian friend who posts it on
the train. The letter is handed to
Sadie as she leaves the factory, hav-
ing been “fired” by the foreman. At
her room she thoughtfully considers
Stoddard’s reply and concluding to haz-
zard the chance of securing a job at
Deepwater notifies him by telegram of
her coming and prepares to leave the
next day. Stoddard’s Indian friend
gets the telegram and skillfully man-
oeuvers in its delivery to avoid arous-
ing Larry’s curiosity. The Indian then
persuades Larry to take a fishing trip
that Stoddard might be free. Stoddard,
alone and baffled at how he would
handle the situation, concludes to pad-
dle to Deepwater Station and on the
way decides that the girl must take
the south—bound train back. The north-
bound and south-bound pass at this
point, and there would be a second in
which he could hurry her from one
train to the other. He carries out his
plans, only to find that Sadie had got-
ten off at the Lower Station and that
he had unceremoniously forced an un-
known and unwilling lady onto the
platform of the south-bound as it was
moving out. Two hours later Stoddard
reaches the Lower Station and finds
Sadie enjoying nature even under the
cover of darkness. He decides that the
only course is to get his charge to the
hotel on Deepwater Island ten miles
away. Enroute they encountered a
storm which broke with sudden fury
and put Stoddard to the great test of
his life.

quiet water. He was putting little
weight in the paddle now; he did not
dare. Steerageway was all his craft
would stand in that sea.

Presently what he had been fearing
happened. 'A sheet of spray, whipped
from the top of a wave by a gust, flung
itself aboard, leaving half an inch of
water in the bottom of the canoe. It
was followed a minute later by anoth-
er, then a third.

Once, when a crested roller lifted
the stern as if it were a feather, he
thought the caone was going to dive
head foremost into the hollow ahead.
He managed to check the rush with
his paddle, but a gallon or so of water
shipped itself.

Already he could feel the light ves—
sel acting sluggishly. The water she
had taken was rolling alternately for-
ward and aft, throwing added weight
where it ought not to be. And there
was no hint of a let-up in the gale.
Nor did he expect one; this was no
thunder—squall that would whip itself
out in a few minutes. Stoddard was
becoming anxious.

Steadily and ominously,the down—
pour from the black sky added to the
water that was coming aboard from
the lake itself. When the bow lifted
Stoddard found his legs enveloped

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in. Sadie leaped to the surface. She
uttered a. little cry of dismy. Her new
things! Gone! Then she fell once
morenpon the hopeless task of baling
with her but.

Why, wardrobe,” shes-murmured.

The grip served to lighten the canoe
only momentariLv,-for in mocking as-
sertion of its mastery the gale prompt-
ly sent aboard an equivalent weight in
water.

It was but a question of minutes
now, Stoddard realised. He had no
hope that they were close .to any
shore; the size of the seas that hurled
them onward forbade that. He knew
also that they were far past Deepwater
Island, yet too nearly in the center of
the South Arm to have much chance
of striking one of the islands that lay
below it.

And what of Sadie? His weight of
guilt for having lured into the woods-
oountry he felt growing heavier and
more oppressive.

“Got that ulster on?” he cried.
“Yes,” came the answer..
“Take it off!”
Sadie obeyed,
standing.

“Throw it overboard!”

Again she obeyed.

The weight of the thing did not
count so far as the canoe was con-
cerned. But Stoddard knew it would
count disastrously in the event that
could not be long delayed.

Not alarmed, are you?” he shouted.

“I‘m past that I’m only scared stiff."

“Well, stop it.”

“All right; I" will.”

In one thing the Fates were kind to
Sadie. She was scared, as a matter of
course; yet she did not fully realize
It was a condition too ut-
terly unfamiliar to impress her with
its significance. She knew that it was
wet and dark and stormy and that
somehow, where she ought to be sic
ting in a dry boat, she was crouched in
a pool of water several inches deep.

But against all these things she set
something else—Mr. 44. She would
stake her life that he was not scared.
Whatever he told her to do she would
(lo—because he knew! He was big and
strong—perhaps as strong as the storm
itself.

So whenever she felt a spasm of
fright clutch at her heart she thought
of the man in the sternsheets. Sadie
had faith.

Presently he ceased paddling and
crawled forward in the canoe.

"You‘re to do anything! tell you,”
he commanded sternly.

"Why, sure ”

“Can you swim?”

““Not much. Not in this rig, any-

yet without under-

f'how, even with the new slit in the

skirt.”

“Well, you won’t have to. But this
canoe isn’t going to carry us much
farther. Too much water. When it
fills we’ve got to get out of it and hang
on to the sides. It'll float."

“All right.”

“I’ll take care of you. Don’t worry.
Don’t scream. Don’t get your mouth
full of water!”

“No sir!” answered Sadie mechan-
lcally.

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“Here we go!” he called.
your mouth shut.”

Very gently the canoe settled down
into the lake until its gunmen disap-
peared below the snrtnoe. Stoddard
As
the water rose to their waists he flung

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remembered his injunction to keep her
mouthshut. . '

Having made sure that she was grip-
ping the gnnwale with both hands,
Stoddard began to work his way along
the edge until he reached the stern.
Then he came back on the other side
of the canoe, hand over hand, until he
was opposite to her. This accomplish-
ed, he reached across, closed his fin-
gens. about one of her wrists, and set
them in a powerful grip.

“Now we’re all right,” he said. “We
can’t sink.”

"No, sir," sold Sadie.

It was blowing harder than ever.
Often a wave swept over their heads,
but for the present Stoddard knew
they were secure. What worried him
now was their lack of progress. They
were moving, it was true; but not
nearly so rapidly as when the canoe
floated. Their speed was merely that
of a drifting log.

“Cold?” hensked her after several
minutes of silence.
minutes of silence.

“No; this ain't bad," she answered.

“It won’t be long now,” he assured
her.

"Sure!”

Stoddard presently became aware of
the fact that the rain had ceased, al-
though there was not the least lessen-
ing of the gale. He turned his glance
in every direction, seeking a glimpse
of the hotel-lights, but failed to find
them. Waves that rose about him lim-
ited his vision, while the canoe failed
to rise upon the crests, but lurched
soggily through them.

across the canoe, which sank moment
arily under her weight.-

“I’m a bum swimmer!" she gasped.
“You go ahead. You'll make it all
right.”

“And leave you?”

“That’ll be all right. I’ll keep hang
in’ on and maybe I'll reach another
piece of land—4b}; and by."

“You'll come with me!" he shouted

savagely. “You‘ll reach that land-—
over there! Understand?”
“I’ll try—,—” she whispered. "But it

ain't a square deal for you, No. 44.”

He pulled her clear of the canoe,
hooked one hand firmly under her arm,
and struck out toward the nearest
poinn. Sadie tried to help, but her.
skirts hampered her legs, while her
arms were weary from clinging to the
dance. The waves choked her, too,and
the spray that flew into her eyes blind
ed her. ‘

There were minutes when. Stoddard
was convinced that they would never
make it. Alone, it. would have been
easy for him. But Sadie was heavy
and inexperienced, although she obey-
ed to the letter his warning not to
clutch at him, whatever happened.

The slowness of their progress was
agony. Yet they gained, little by little;
sometimes a foot at a. stroke, some-
times only inches. His number arm
bothered him and the sees that con-
stantly washed over them made it dif-
ficult to breathe.

Twenty feet, away was a rock upon
which the waves were breaking. Now
the disiance was out to fifteen, now to
ten. His heart was pounding furiously

Occasionally he talked to her, try- and his lungs fell as if about to burst.

ing to make his voice confident; and
cheerful. She answered him in mono-
syllables, faithfully trying to follow his
instruction not to swallow the water
that beat, into her face and sometimes
swept over her head. But often the
answers came chokingly.

Half an hour passed thus. Stars
were shining overhead, but the lake
remained foam-lashed. Stoddard’s arm
—the one that gripped Sadie across
the canoe—was becoming numb from
the pressure of the gunwale across
which it lay, but he did not dare case
it. His fingers were locked upon her
wrist like bands of iron.

“You’re a brick, Sadie!” he called
to her.

She‘ did not answer, but she smiled,
although he could not see that. He had
called her a brick. That came pretty
near making it all worth while.

His glance strayed behind him and
became fixed upon a black mass that
slowly began to shape itself against
the darkness. Solid earth! Perhaps
it was only an islandmyet it was earth.

Would the drifting mnoe mach it?
He watched steadily. Yes; they were
slowly shortening the distance. There
was nothing to do but wait. Nearer
came the black shape. He could make
out trees now, bowed under the weight
of the gale. The canoe drifted on with
a sodden, maddening lethargy.

“We're going to reach land soon!"
he shouted.

“That's good," she answered.

Five minutes later Stoddard’s hopes
received a shock. They would not

But only ten feet! He could not fail
now.

His fingers clutched for a grip as a
wave threw them heavily against the
shore, and alien an instants groping
lodged themselves in a crevice. For sev-
eral minutes he clung there, gasping.
Then painfully he began to lift his bur—
den out upon the rocks. She was limp
in his grasp and could not help him.
It seemed to Stoddard that it was an
interminable undertaking. Yet he
achieved it. Then he climbed slowly
up beside her.

Resting for an instant, he stooped
and lifted her in his arms. The rock
sloped upward toward the woods. He
staggered forward, mounting the short
rise until his feet touched soil. His
foot tripped and he fell heavily, cling-
ing to his burden.

Stoddard lay panting for several
minutes beside the quiet figure of Sad-
ie. When he struggled to his knees
be seized her hands and began chafing
and slapping them.

“Sadie!" he called. bending over her.

He caught a murmur from her lips.

‘(We’re all right, Sadie! WVe're
ashore!” 3

“Thanks, No. 44," she whispered.

 

CHAPTER X.
Sadie Has “Some Outdoors.”
Several minutes later Sadie sat up
and began pushing back wet tresses
from her forehead. The silky masses
of her hair, now soddcn and dripping
were loosed -and falling about her
shoulders in disorder. She sighed us

reach it if they remained with the ca- she realised the task that lay ahead of

noel They were drifting past it. A]-
ready he could see the shore—line curv—
ing away beyond the point opposite
them. He turned his glance to see
what might lie in the course they were
being borne upon. There was nothing
but tossing water.

her. Her comb was in the grip, at the
bottom of the South Arm.
“Ming better?” asked Stoddard.
“Lots. 1 sort of carved in, didn‘t I?”
“You stood more of it than I be-
lieved any woman could," he answered
quickly. “And a lot of men, 1for that

“It‘s that point or nothing,” he mut— matter.”

tcred to himself.

Distances at night deceive, yet Stod-
dard was sure that not more than sev-
enty or eighty yards separated them
from the land. '

"There's land there!" he cried, point-
ing. “But we’ve‘ got to swim. The
ounce won’t go any nearer."

‘Yon swim,” said Sadie in a tired!

voice.
“Both of us." he sold sharply. “Wait
till I get holdof you now!"

   

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"I tried to keep my mouth shut, as
you said,” she observed. “But once in
a while I forgot. I did swallcr some
water. I'm glad it wasn’t salt."

“Cold?”

“No-o.”

“Let's get out of this wind, anyhow:
that is, it you can walk a little.” ‘-

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ashore was exposed to the full sweep
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by the gusts. Stoddard rowed a hand
to her as she struggled to her fed: a
little unsteadily. Her soaked clothing
hung upon her heavily. like a suit of
mail. She moved her arms slowly and
stamped her feet.

“Ugh! It squashes in my shoes!“
she exclaimed.

“We’ll be dried out before long," he
assured her. “Let’s get into the lee
of the woods."

Leading Sadie, he began picking his
way cautiously along the shore, seek-
ing shelter from the gale, which now
blew under a cloudless sky. Their path
was beset with rocks, trees, and under-
brush. Stoddard was almost as weary
as the girl herself, but would not con-

.fess it.

A few minutes of tedious travel
brought them to a. spot near the shore
where there was an opening among
the trees. Here they halted. Although
the wind swayed the branches far
above their heads, screaming as it
passed, little of it reached the drench-
ed pair below.

He found her a seat on a rock and
both rested again.

“By and by we can walk to the hotel
I guess,” she remarked.

“No walking tonight,” he answered
emphatically. “The going is too bad.
You’re going to dry out and then get
some sleep.”

“Here? Out in the woods?”

“Certainly.”

“Say, that’ll be kinda fun, won’t it?
I never slept outdoors in my life."

\ Sadie was recovering rapidly.

“Thank Heaven, I’ve got some
matches," he said as he drew from a
pocket a waterproof cylinder with a
screw top. “We can have a fire and
all the comforts of home.”

He left her sitting where he had
placed her and groped his way a short
distance into the woods, seeking fire-
wood. Stuff that will burn readily af-
ter a heavy rainfall is not always easy
to find, even by daylight, with the aid
of an ax. Stoddard had neither light
nor ax, so it took him a long time to
gather material.

But he persisted until he had carried
several armfuls of dead limbs and
twigs back to the spot he had chosen
for a makeshift camp. It required a
longer search to discover dry tinder.
Tree after tree he examined with skill-
ed hands, for his eyes were of almost
no assistance in the darkness.

He was searching for a dead stump
in some sheltered spot that might have
been spared thedeluge from the skies.
Eventually he found one.

The rotted core was wet at the top,
but, as he dug into it with his knife, he
presently began to extract dry, pow-
dery bits which he carefully treasured.
VVringing out his handkerchief, he
made a pouch of it and filled it with
the precious stuff.

Then he hacked out some dry splin-
ters. With a woodsman’s memory for
such details, he recalled that his sup-
ply of matches was limited to twelve.
This meant that there were none to be
wasted.

Back to where Sadie sat he carried
the “makings” and began clearing a
dry spot on the earth, tearing up wet
plants and roots and scraping away
soggy soil with his steel-shod boots.
Then, as carefully as a watch-maker
adjusting a hair-spring, he constructed
the foundation of his fire.

It was a tiny affair, but it was
scientific, with fine splinters laid cross~
wise upon a pile of tinder and larger
ones built up about them, like the poles
of an Indian Wigwam. He worked pa-
tiently and deliberately, for a proper
beginning was everything.

When Stoddard was satisfied that
his handiwork met every requirement
he unscrewed. the lid of the water-
proof sylinder. Just twelve matches
he thought it contained; and just
twelve matches he found that it did
contain. Granting his self-approval at

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trousers or upon the damp sticks that
he had gathered. He bent his be!!!
close to the little tinderpile and jerked
the match swiftly between his clench
ed teeth.

As it burst into a wavering, yellow

flame he cupped it in his hands, nursed .
it for a few seconds. and carefully '

dropped it among the splinters so that
it rested upon the pile of powdered
wood. Anxiously he awaited the result
of the test. , He could afford more
matches, if necessary; but Stoddard
had a certain pride in using but one
match to light any fire, an economy
that stood for skill.

As the flame flickered weakly for a
minute or two Sadie watched the deli-
cate operatioh with the interest of a
novice.

“It's an awful little fire,” she com-
mented presently.

“You were little yourself once,” re-
torted Stoddard as he smiled approv-
ingly upon his work; “but you grew.”

“1 get you,” she said quickly. "I
got my answ e1 that time. I might ’Ve
known."

For several minutes he did not stir
from hispost of watchfuiness. As the
flames took hold slowly he added little
sticks, one at a time, after splitting
them with his knife so as to expose a
dry surface to the blaze. At last he
nodded in a confident way.

“We’ll have the real thing in fifteen
minutes,” he announced. “Two of them,
in fact.”

“Two?”

“So we can sit between them and
dry both sides at the same time.” >

“That’s an idea, too,” commented
Sadie thoughtfully. “I wouldn’t ’ve
thought of that.”

“You would if you’d been wet as
many times as I have.”

“I suppose so. Folks catch on to
things when they have to. I been
learnin’ things ever since I saw you
comin’ down that waterfall. Outdoors-
ain't so simple as it looks. I guess you

know an awful lot about it, Mr.
Stoddard."
“What was it you called me out

there in the lake, and once after we
got ashore ?” he asked. '

“I don’t know as I remember; I
was kinda dazed. What did I say ‘1”

“I think you called me No. 44."

“Did I?” Sadie laughed a little and
flushed. “I suppose I did. It’s the way
I got to thinkin’ about you before I
seen you. I didn’t mean nothin’ by it.”

“Say it any time you like. I don’t
mind it.”

“Why, all right. It
easy; that’s all.”

After his first fire was well under
way Stoddard built another some eight
or ten feet distant. Their retreat in
the lee of,the woods was now flooded
with yellow light, by which Sadie be-
gan to study with eager interest every
visible detail, while the illumination
helped Stoddard in his search for fuel.
He found a log and dragged it to a
point between the fires. This furnished
a seat for them.

“Shoes off!” he commanded as he
began unlacing his own boots.

Sadie obeyed. Two pairs of stout
leather foot-gear were soon steamingA
at the edge of the fire toward which
they faced.

Sadie fell into a reverie as she
watched the crackling blaze. She was
rather pleased with her outdoors : she
did not have a bitter thought even for
the lake and the storm. It seemed that
things happened quickly in the woods-
country, and unexpectedly.

Back in the packing-room people did
the same thing again and again, thou-
sands, tens of thousands of times.
Here she had already done a score of
things, each different from the other.
Each was something like an adventure,
too; in fact, she was sure some of
them were real adventurest

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DVANCING years have their com-
A pensations, little dreamed of by
hoydenish youth. And the great-
est of these is tolerance. That is, it is
the greatest of compensations to those
sages wise enough to learn it, though
a characteristic viewed with contempt
by the middle aged and old folks who
still maintain that only one way is
right, and that, theirs. -

Personally I know of no happier
state of mind than that when we at
last arrive at the truth that nothing in
this world is all either jet black or
snow white, but that everything is a
pleasing gray. When we are young,
say in the early twenties, we know pos-
itively that everything is either abso-
lute good or absolute bad, that our
friends are either sinners beyond be-
yond redemption or saints only await-
ing translation. It is such a terrible
thing to feel that someone we like real
well is beyond the pale because he or
she does not believe the right way, i.
e., our way.

Some of us never do ‘get 'over that
way of thinking, but a goodly percent-
age of us learn as time rolls around
and no avenging hand strikes the guil-
ty party dead, that there is a grain of
right in the other fellow’s way of
thinking. We begin by making this
slight concession and end by seeing
that he is really a good fellow after all
and has climbed as high up the hill of
right living as we have, although by a
different road. Later we awake sud-
denly to learn that 'he is, after all, just
like ourselves, a human being, neither
sinner nor saint. But this is never
until we have discovered that we are
not Quite 99 44—100 per cent saint our-
selves.

That idea that everything is a sooth-
ing gray is a very comfortable one to
live by. It saves you’all kinds of wor-
ry and sudden frights, for if things are
neither black nor white, but just a
pleasing mixture, of course everything
can’t go to the “demnition bow-wows.”
They have to right themselves some-
where by an admixture of good with
the bad. You never can get extreme
if you adopt that color scheme, and it
is only extremists who are filled with
alarm when they begin to reflect on
the world and its short-comings.

Of course, you can not be partisan
and hold to this view, so it is [a bad
thing for creeds and political parties,
though a good thing for mankind in
general. In order to adopt the idea
you must be able to see both sides to
the argument, and then, of course, it
follows that there is not much argu-
ment. But it saves you a lot of sleep-
less nights along about election time.

Just think how pleasant it would be
now for the Hughes men if they be-
lieved in the theory that gray is the
ruling color. Instead of being filled
with forebodings, now that Wilson is
really elected, and being sure that be-
fore another four years rolls around
the country will be on the rocks, they
would be able to look the matter fairly
in the face and say, “Oh, well, there’s
some good in everybody. Things al-
ways have come out right in time and
it’s going to be all right now.”

Contrariwise, if Wilson had been de-
. feated, his followers could have con-
.soled themselves with the thought that
' the republicans ran the ship of state
, for forty years and might, perhaps, be
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forting philosophy, though it does not
make for spell-binders and champions
of causes.

The suffragists and antis, too, would
be much more restful, though the
cause of suffrage would be delayed for
some time. The suffragists would sim-
ply think, “Well, the world stood for
ages without our having the right to
vote, and it will worry along somehow
until we get it.” While the antis would
simply shrug their shoulders and say,
“I don’t want to vote, but if I must, I
must,” and that would end the whole
affair.

No processions, no banners, no cir-
culars, no besieging Washington by
either side. A lot of fuss saved, but
meantime nothing would be done.

Think of the multitude of country
churches, with underfed preachers,
that would close their doors. Metho-
dists would find out that Baptists were
none the worse for a pond of water,

 

and Presbyterians would discover that
predestination does not interfere with
a free work of grace. By looking a
bit closer into each others views all
would discover that all beliefs are alike
in fundamentals, and that the frills ad-
ded by theological brethren have little
to do with a clean life. Instead of a
town of 400 people trying to support
three preachers, we would find one
man with a livable salary and a people
who are‘willing t’o admit that their
neighbor is a good scout and working
towards the common goal.

Gossip clubs would languish and die,
for the gossipers would be able to see
the other fellow’s argument, to get his
point of view. Quarrels of a lifetime
would be obliterated .and fresh ones
would be hard to start. Grievances
would vanish, and an era of brotherly
love would dawn, for all would make
an effort to look through the other fel;
low’s glasses. It’s a fine good color,
gray, and one that I heartily recom-
mend.

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To Help the Family to Help Itself

By MAY E. FOLEY

“To Help the Family to Help Itself”
will be uppermost in the minds of the
extension workers of the Home Eco-
nomics Department of the Michigan
Agricultural College for the coming
year. This was especially emphasized
by Dean Georgia White in her talk be-
fore the county agents at their meet-
ing on November 23.

“The tendency has been to touch on
the material side of the home,” said
Miss White. “We think of the sur-
roundings rather than the kernel of
that home, the family. We work things
out'for an average family and think
we know what the average family
ought to be. There is no such thing as
an average family. We should not set
the limitations upon a family but
should give them things useful to their
growth. We should give them a chance
to develop by having an impetus, rath-
er than by trying to train them in any
particular direction and determining
exactly what the results should be. We
are keeping in mind the family, how to
help the family to help itself rather
than to tell them how to make a home.

“With these ideals in mind our pro-
jects for the coming year will be to
effect improved methods of household
management, to give demonstrations,
to instruct in cold- pack canning proc«
ess and to improve health.

“Our work will be through one- ~week
schools to a great extent. , It will then
be our desire-to have this school work
followed up, that is, to have the worker
Who has charge of the school remain
for another week in the community
where the school is given. During the
one-week school she can give general
instructions, and get acquainted with
the women of the community and dur-
ing the following week she can help
them work out their individual prob-
lems.

“We will try to affect better health
through the co-bperation of the State
league for Nurses’ Education. The
Nurses’ Association will cooperate
with our extension work and a nurse
will be”sent on the last day of the
school to give instruction on home care
of the sick. This isa great addition to
our work and where it has been tried
out has met with great success.

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because of our extension work, for us
to develop home economics in all the
schools of our state, rural and city.
This will be possible only if we are
able to bring together all of the organ-
izations in our state which are work-
ing along these lines. We are asking
the state federation of women’s clubs
to help introduce this work into our
schools, to help create a sentiment and
to help finance the work if necessary.
We are asking the state economics as-
sociation, made up mostly of teachers,
to help prepare material for simple
study. The Grange we hope will give
support. We want to know what the
needs are in the different communities,
and we expect to gain much of this
knowledge through our county agents.”

“The county agent has come to be a
permanent feature in all our northern

states, but women county agents are.

practically a new innovation,” stated
R. J. Baldwin. “Only 16 of the north-
ern states have women county agents,
although there are 400 in the south.
Michigan has one, Miss Ilena Baily,
and St. Joseph is the progressive
county.”

“We strive to reach the farm women
through their daughters,” said Miss
Bailey, “and we have therefore empha-
sized the girls’ clubs more than any
other one thing. We have ten girls’
clubs with a total of 94 members. We
have local exhibits of the work which
the girls do, and some very good work
has been exhibited. They are held in
the school houses and have created a
great deal of interest among the peo-
ple of each community. An original
plan which we are following out is a
union school exhibit. The girls win-
ning first, second and third prizes in
the local exhibits are allowed to enter
this co-operative one.

“For the older girls, home economics
clubs are being organized, which take
up the elementary study of home eco-
nomics. Demonstrations are given and
the girls plan to visit various indus-
tries in their sections. ‘

“These clubs are on the seasonal has-
is, that is, each thing is taken up in its
season. This keeps up the interest the
year around. Poultry, health garden-

ing, feed, clothing, canning, and home ,

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“We try to give the farm women any
information which they desire. This

is done through personal Visits, tele— -

phone calls, letters, meetings, and
press notices. Since the first of the
year I have written 63 articles for the
press, and am asked to write more
than I have time for. This is very grat-
ifying, as it shows the demand for in-
formation and work of this kind.”

 

DOMESTIC SCIENCE IN RURAL
SCHOOLS.—No. 3.

 

“Splendid work is being done in a
few of our rural schools,” is the repert
of Burton‘ S. Tefft, commisioner of Sag-
inaw county. .

“The following one-room rural
schools have made excellent progress
with garment making:

“Hill school, district No. 6, Blumfield
township, Miss Nathalia Vasold, teach-
er; Blumfield school, district No. 1,
Blumfield, Miss Margaret Hill, teach-
er; Shattuck school, district No. 1, Sag-
inaw, Miss Marion Vasold, teacher;
Brant Center school, district No. 4,
Brant, Mrs. M. E. Curtiss, teacher;
Carl school, district No. 6, Brant, Mrs.
F. A.'Bement, teacher.

“The work in the first three named
has been directed by the teachers un-
der the encouragement of the state
leader, Miss Cowles, of M. A. C. The
other two teachers have not been di-
rected, but did the work voluntarily
and merely to help the pupils of their
schools. The first three and last nam-
ed did some very fine work, making
party gowns, plain and fancy garments
of all kinds. In the first named the
teacher also taught drafting and cut-
ting of patterns, and gave a public
demonstration of this work at a school
fair held in her school. The Brant
Center school did more of the plain
house-garment making. Baking and
canning were taken up by the first
three schools, also with splendid suc-
cess.

“We have had more or less sewing,
knitting and crocheting in several
schools, but those named have made
the most thorough demonstrations of
the possibilities of such work. Baking
has been done in homes under the en-
couragement of the teachers,~and some
excellent specimens of cookery have
been shown as a result. One school,
Hemmeter, district No. 3, Saginaw, un-
der the direction of Miss Alice Tripp,
served hot beef soup made of beef tab~
lets, during, the cold weather for two
years. This has been discontinued,
but was most satisfactory while being
carried on.

“Several teachers have made hot

.chocolate, tea or coffee for short pe-

riods, but have not kept it up for any
length of time.

“Mrs. F. A. Bement, teacher of Carl
school, has given some extension werk
in sewing for grades and in basketry.
Mrs. Bement is a State Normal gradu-
ate and has had years of experience.
Mrs. Curtis is a teacher with thirty
years’ experience. The other teachers
named are county normal trained
teachers and were born and raised on
farms.

“The teachers doing this work have

completely changed the attitude of 1111- -
pile and parents toward school, and
have done the work without diminish- r:

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‘ “My only regretin connection with
this work is that in. none of the cases
are we able to give a suitable and sat-
isfactory School credit for such effort
and results.» My belief is that some
form of credit should be given for this
and other manual effort put forth by
children, if we are to encourage and
dignity labor as it should be encourag-
ed and dignified. We are working on a
plan now for giving school credit for
work done out of school, and hope to
be able to report some definite plan at
the next meeting of county school com-
missioners at the annual M. S. T. A.
meeting of 1917.”

Miss Nathalia Vasold, tells of the
Hill school, started her work with a
housekeeping club.

“We organized a housekeeping club
two years ago,” said Miss Vasold.
“The girls did the baking at home,
note-book work in school, and brought
samples of their baked goods to school
for criticism. This led to organizing
a garment-making club, according to
the specifications of state clubs, and
this last year we are all finished, the
project which was to complete three
garments and give a report and story.
The girls made kimona aprons, cook-
ing aprons and drawers. This year We
make undershirt, middy and dress.

“We have a small sewing table at
school, upon which we do our cutting,
and a kind neighbor allows us the use
of her sewing machine. Then the girls
do considerable work at home. I have
just arranged to get a small oil stove
for my school and expect to have the
girls do real domestic science by pre-
paring hot lunches for the remainder
of the children during the cold winter
weather.

“I think the club work is wonderful.
One never knows how fascinating it is
for leader and children until it is given
a trial. I have also just made arrange-
ments for a handicraft club for boys
and girls. We purchased a work-bench
and a few tools. We will do this work

'during stormy intermissions this Win-

ter. Nearly all of the children make
baskets of reed and raffia.”

SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.

 

When you find your lamp chimney
black and smoky inside, don’t keep
washing them every morning, just add
one‘half teaspoonful of salt to the ker-
osene when you fill your lamp and it
will not smoke—Mrs. J. J. O’C.

A handsome linen sideboard cover
came home from the wash with the
edge of the hem of one end all whip-
ped out. Evidently the article had
been hung where the wind caused it
to beat against a hard surface. The
edge of the entire hem was opened up
all the way around and neatly turned
in. A nice quality of simple Batten~
burg lace edging was slipped in be-
tween the edges. The pattern select-
ed was similar to that frequently used
for net curtains. With a fine machine
stitch, the edging was held firmly in
place after being securely fastened.
The corners were neatly mitred. The
sideboard cover lost nothing in attrac-
tiveness; on the other hand, it was
sandsomer than even—E. G. W.

When shredded cocoanut becomes
hard and dry, it can be made as nice
as fresh by steaming over a teakettle.
Use when cool.—M. W.

When sewing on shoe buttons try a
leather needle, which may be bought
at any harness shop, and linen thread.
Rips may be much more easily sewed
in this way, too.-—M. M. N.

I mend my leaky overshoes and
make them water-tight by pasting ad-
hesive tape over the hole on the inside
of the rubber. I believe the same rem-
edy might be applied successfully also
to umbrellas or torn raincoats.——-M.

A. P.

‘ Place a piece of white paper in the
oven to test its heat. If the paper blaz-

Jes or becomes. black, the oven is too

hot. If the paper .becomes a light

  
    

broWn in color the oven is iight for
pastry or the lighter kinds of cakes. If
the'paper becomes dark yellow the ov-

en carries the proper heat for the bak— '

ing of bread or the heavier cakes.
——0. It

If the clothespins are placed in a
dripper or pan and put in the oven
and left until hot the washing can be
hung on the line in cold weather with-
out getting fingers so cold.——L. T. F.

If you have no double boiler cook
oatmeal in a granite basin over an as-
bestos mat. It makes a very good sub-
stitute—K. T.

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Potatoes Fried in Bacon.

Boil one dozen nicely peeled potatoes
until nearly done.~ Then have ready a
dripping pan, previously buttered and
hot. Slice a layer of potatoes, and sea.
son them well. Cut thin strips of bacon
and lay them in order over the pota-
toes. Add another layer and season as
before, then cover with thin strips of
bacon. Bake in a hot oven until the
meat is crisp and well baked. Serve
hot.—J. L. D.

Trifles.

When pie dough is left over, cut in'

thin strips about an inch wide, sprinkle
with butter, sugar and cinnamon, roll

up like jelly roll and bake a light

brown.:—Mrs. J. J. O’C.
Vinegar or Mock Lemon Pie.

Half cup sugar, one egg, one table:
spooonful of flour. Stir these together '
until light, then take three tablespoon- ‘

fuls of strong vinegar in a teacup and
fill cup with water, add to mixture and
stir well. Place on stove, stirring con-
stantly until it boils; flavor with lem-
on extract, one teaspoonful is sufficient
unless you like it strong. Pour into
baked crust, cover with beaten whites
of eggs, and brown lightly. Many peo-
ple cannot tell this from real lemon
pie.

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HE desirability of cooperation

among Michigan farmers seems

now well established. Once in a
while one still meets with some grumb-
ler who claim to believe that farmers
should do farmers’ work and middle-
men should do middlemen’s work, and
neither should attempt to do the work
of the other, even though certain ben-
efits should result. But the number of
these grumblers is growing fewer and
fewer, and the merits of co-operation
are now so far beyond dispute every-
where that the question Of how to co-
operate is at present more important
than whether to co-operate.

The co-operative movement may be
said to have reached the second stage
of development here in Michigan and
problems of organization are receiving
much more attention than are the prob-
lems of co-operating or not co-operat-
ing. In brief, co-operative associations
have apparently proven themselves so
successful in this state that co-oper-
ators are now mending their methods
and strengthening their organizations
as though desirous of still furthering a
thing which has proven serviceable,
into a“ greater and better usefulness.

Circumstances under which farmers’
co-operatives, whether shipping asso-
ciations, marketing exchanges, or co-
operative dairies are usually formed,
are now familiar to everybody. Some
objectionable local dealer is to be dis-
placed or some obstacle to marketing
overcome which requires the united
strength of the farm community. The
meeting which is called to' consider
these difficulties is usually worked up
into a considerable warmth in consid-
ering its problems and in the midst of
this enthusiasm the co-operative asso-
ciation is formed and since the iron is
best struck While it is hot, 11 constitu-
tion is adopted and officers elected and
the new association begins its career.
It would be miraculous if mistakes
were not made under these circum-
stances and it. is usually to correct
these initial mistakes that the reor-
ganizations now so prevalent are tak-
ing place.

Where Success is Greatest.

It is a hepeful sign for co-operation,
too, that it is the strong and profitable
associations which are moving in the
direction of improved organization.
Those, for example, like the very suc-
cessful grape selling associations in
Van Buren and Berrien counties, or the
well-to-do fruit selling associations of
South Haven and Ludington are the
leaders in the movement. The nineteen
or twenty co-operative dairies which
form the Grand Rapids federation are
already scientifically organized and
have commenced a movement for a
state-wide federation of co-operative
dairying associations.

One natural mistake which is very
frequently made in the enthusiastic
gatherings of farmers described above
is the mistake of legalizing their or-
ganization through the use of the ordi-
nary joint stock company style of in-
corporation. This is all the more apt
to be the case here in Michigan be-
cause we now have no first-class law
for the forming of co-operative associa-
tions and a law of some kind or an-
other must be used. The one now in
force in this state has been but little
used by these associations and though
adopted so recently as 1912 it already
lacks many essential features which a
good co-operative association law
should have and it should either be
amended or supplanted.

The chief defect in the joint stock
style of incorporation which so many
strong associations are now giving up
is the worthlessness of the actual co-
operation which this style of organiza-
Actual co-operation
as everybody knows, promotes the
“get-together” spirit in the neighbor-

 

, hood and gives side benefits in the

Operative

By DR. W. O. HEDRICK

way of cheaper supplies, craft instruc-
tion, social advantages, training in af-
fairs and a. solider control of one’s bus-
iness. Many, indeed, consider this side
of co-operation only a little less im-
portant than the money profit side
which naturally is the side most often
brought to our attention. Joint stock
incorporations, however, give, indeed,
a miserable opportunity for this real
co-operation among association mem-
bers though on the other hand, they
frequently turn out well from the
financial successfulness which usually
causes the split in the membership,a
result that is certain to occur in asso-
ciations of this type. The fact that
the United States government, too.
has put its approval upon the other
style of cooperative organizations
through .the Clayton amendments to
the anti-trust laws is a further argu-
ment for the abandonment of the joint
stock scheme to most co-operatives.
The merits, though, of the new organ-
ization plan are so clear and distinct
by themselves that when once seen
this type would be adopted whether
the government gave its endo-rsemnt
or not.

The old-fashioned joint stock style
of incorporation is in fact an indispen-
sable form of organization to mer-
chants and manufacturers where much
capital must be associated together in-
to a business. On the other hand, as-
sociations of farmers are associations

 

 

 

AFTER THE SECOND-LINE
TRENCHES.

The soundness of the principles
of farmers’ co-operative asso-
ciations is established.

Too many successful associa-
tions are at hand to question
the essentials underlying them.

Leaders in rural thought have
new advanced to the next
problem in co-operation, that
of determining the best type of
organization.

This drive to second-line trench-
es in the great struggle for in-
creased efficiency in rural un-
dertakings, is clearly set forth
in the accompanying article
by Dr. W. O. Hedrick, head of
the Department of Economics
at M. A. C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of human beings rather than associa-
tions of capital and for these the new
co-operative incorporation laws offers
its many advantages. The joint stock
corporation laws, for example, provide
that the benefits from the association
must be distributed to members
through dividends—an arrangement
which is sure to split any co-operative
association where it is tried since it
makes one class of members who are
favored in receiving more than the
others receive. On the other hand, the
co-operative incorporation law, as the
type favored by government is called,
provides that benefits shall be distrib-
uted through patronage and this is al-
ways a just and sound arrangement.
This is a sample distinction between
the two kinds of laws, and it may be
taken as illustrative of the others by
which, when taken as a whole, the co-
operative incorporation law as com-
pared with the joint stock incorpora-
tion law is seen to allow the members
of an association to do all the things
which relate to cooperation—the build-
ing up of a community spirit, the stan-
dardization of products, the productive
improvement of his business and many
more. "

The Office of Markets and Rural Or-
ganization in our National Department
of Agriculture, ~ is soon to publish a
model law for the forming of co-cpera-
tive associations upon this new cofop-

erative incorporative basis. It is a
law in accordance with which some of
the largest co-operative concerns in
the country have been organized—not-
ably the famous Citrous Fruit Associa-
tion of South California with its thou-
sands of members. It is a law in ac-
cordance with which the numerous
Michigan associations of which men-
tion was made above, are re shaping
their organizations. It is a law which
commends itself at once to any one
understanding co-operation and it
should be adopted by our state govern-
ment so that every help may be given
in the future to the remainder of our
associations that they may come un-
der its provisions.

The co-operative movement among
farmers has met its worst enemies in
the middlemen it has displaced, or
from therailroads which would like to
concentrate business in the hands of
a few great shippers. But no small
amount of damage to cooperation has
come about from within itself? Besides
the semi-cooperative associations
handling farm produce, there are nu—
merous so-called co-operative associa-
tions handling farm products that are
made up wholly of a membership com-
posed of middlemen. That these non-
producers should organize shipping or
dairying or elevator concerns under
the name “co-operative”, simply means
that there is some popularity or other
virtue in this name which they desire
to use for their own benefit. In no
sense are these farmers’ co-operatives,
and the use of the name co-operative in
connection with farm products should
be limited strictly to farmers them-
selves since middlemen will always re-
gard farm products from the middle-
men’s standpoint.

Best Plan is Simplest.

The reorganizations of co-operatives
referred to at the beginning of this pa-
per are not hard to make if the asso-
ciation members really desire real co-
operation. It speaks well for the new
co-operative incorporation style of as-
sociation that they are the- kind a
neighborhood desiring the simplest as-
sociation possible, and still be incor-
porated, will naturally select when left
to its own impulses. The cattle ship-
ping associations of Southern Michi-
gan and many others, fell naturally in-
to this style of getting together as the
most effective way of accomplishing
their purposes. These, of course, there-
fore, will need no reorganizations.

Co-operative associations which do
need reorganization must give up their
capital stock shares in order to get un'
der the new style. Stock shares are
tainted too much with money divi—
dends and capitalistic stock voting con-
trol to make a first-class basis for co-
operation. In place of stock shares the
control of the co-operative corporation
should be taken care of by the issue of
membership certificates, thus giving
force to the good old democratic rule
in co-operation that the “one man——

one vote” policy of control is imper—
ative.
The cooperative concern which

finds itself so organized that member
ship certificates control its policies
and patronage dividends distribute its
benefits, has the essentials of the best
kind of cooperation. The first of these
two essentials gives an opportunity for
pure-cooperation devoid of any stumb«
ling block which will cause a split in
the membership through creating
classes. The second not only reduces
the book-keeping of the association to
a minimum and avoids the need of a
large working capital, but also gives
patrons ~a quick return for their pro-
ducts—a. benefit usually much appre-
ciated by the farmer. .

It is hardly probable that any co-cp-
erative institution will do its: best in

all respects until it does embody these ,

features.

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' California, was an wigaw
whose mind conceived planned
some of the large irrigation projects of

' the United-States.

Punt. Mead finds that the engineer-
ing problems, when overcome, still
leave untouched that of colonization.
which has not been by any means en-
tirely successful. The land laws under
these. projects hope to reserve the land
to actual settlers. But these settlers
with small capital and with little other
resources but the land. suffer severely.
mm is high and all the expense of
getting a. home before returns come
from the soil. makes the burden griev-

ous and the deserted places not 3101mm list

tells the story of failure. There are
no sources of capital like a Building
& Loan Association in cities to provide
for home building. Mr. Mead advocates
the United States government building
modest homes and selling on long-time
iow interest rates, so the home-seeker

‘cansocumapermanéuttoothold. A13

community all growing practically the
, some products, remote frmn any great
market, have very limited sales oppor-

fi>tumtics, and must ultimately become

live stock growers to utilize the range

adjoining. but this takes time and in

the meantime the colonist must live.
New Zealand has hastened and human-
ized colonization by such advances.
There are no great packing houses in
New Zealand. but municipal owned ab-
hatoirs where the humblest man may
take one animal or a carlomd and have
them slaughtered and meat sold, or
sell his own meat. Stock is a bill of
expense when shipped and the Austral-
ian finds it cheaper to pay refrigerator
charges than feed bills.

Mr. Inch, president of the Chicago
School Board, interested in Wisconsin
colonization practices, advocates that
soil surveys be made on all lands to
be colonized. and that it be illegal to
sell “unsurveyed” soils. This would
prevent fraudulent Representational!!!
robbery of unionists who do not know
soils. Each deed should have a coil
survey attached. much as a certificate
oftaxespaidaswimdbylawin
some states. Also. flame should be ag~
ricultnral superviskm to start colonists
along correct lines.

Colonic! W. P. Holland advocated the
slogan for the farm. as "information,
not advice/’1 to the farmer, and happy
is he who can safely keep these lines
from merging- ,

The distinct southern problems are
the one-crop system, and with it the de-
cline of than! social life. The tenant
in the cotton belt is about one year be-
hind and when the cotton is sold pays
mandotafisindebtlslin. if the
"copper” were to have his own meat
and bread, he would not be so bounden
Into the landlord. Rural reforms are
Hows struck at agricultural exploita-
tion or parasitism. Any system is par-
asitic, which does not give equivalent
services in return and leaves the com-
munity poorer as years go by. Where
the plantation system has reached the
greatest development in the south, ac-
cording to Prof. Gray, the Negro is the
most backward. Here is found the
highest percentage of illiteracy, and
the Negro is most primitive and least
able to care for himself. It is under
these circumstances that the rural
credit act cannot be applied, because
there is no basis of mmnity action.
When one finds a northern distant
whom farmers are divanstful and
mouse to work together, or dictum
their own capacity, there is a duplica-
tion of the southern slams tan-ant cou-

The cattlemen of the great range
country, these too, have their griev-
ances. And otall people on unbound-
lesu pasture-I when the cattle are talk—
ed of in thousands. one would believe
these were independent and creators
at circumstances. but the cram-y is

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December 26, 1916.
. Wheat—Grain exchanges closed on
Saturday ‘so that no transactions were
recorded from Friday until Tuesday.
Improvement in foreign buying gave
the trade strength at the close of last
week. Peace talk, however, has been
a. commanding factor in the trade and
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Red. White. May.
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Thursday ...... 1.66 1.61 1.72
Friday ......... 1.72 1. 7 1.78
Saturday ........... .. . . .. . .
Monday ..............
Tuesday . . . . .1.73 1.68 1.79

Chicago.———December wheat $1.59 per
bu; May $1. 8%.; July $1.381/z.

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being impossible to get the grain to
eastern points. Fortunately for those
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from producing sections so that lack
of exports does not cause congestion
of stocks. The week’s quotations at
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Mixed. Yellow.
\\7ednesday .......... 97% 99
Thursday ........... 97 1/2 99
Friday .............. 991/; 1.01
Saturday .......... . . . . . . .
Monday ...........
' Tuesday ............ 991/2 1.01

Chicago.——l)eceniber corn 91 0; May
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0ats.—There is a good demand for
cash oats. High prices of other grains
has stimulated consumption of this
cereal and the public is drawing liber-
ally upon stocks. Transportation is
playing its parI here as with the other
grains and we find some sections not,
well supplied. Detroit quotations are:

No. 3
. Standard. White.

\Vednesday ......... 56 1/2 56
Thursday ........... 561/3 56
Friday .............. 561/5 56
Saturday ............. . . .. .
Monday ............ . . . .

Tuesday ............ 561/2

56

Chicago—December oats 49%c per
bu; May 581.60; July 50%0.

Rye—Market. steady with last week.
Cash No. 2 $1.41 per bushel.

Beans.——Quotations are unchanged
at Detroit. Little or no trading here.
Cash beans now quoted at $5.75. In
Chicago values are steady with trade
a little more active. Pea beans, hand-
picked, are quoted there at $6.40@
6.50; red kidneys $6.90@7.10.

Peas.——Field $2.75@3 per bu., sacks
included.

FLOUR AND FEEDS.

 

FIour.—Jobbing lots in one-eighth
paper sacks are selling on the Detroit
market per 196 lbs., as follows: , Best
patent $9.10; seconds $8.60; straight
$8.40; spring patent $9.40; rye flour
8.50.
$ Feed.-—In 100—lb. sacks, jobbing lots
are: Bran $31; standard middlings
$33; fine middlings $35; cracked corn
$42; coarse corn meal $40; corn and
oat chop $37 per ton.

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

light mixed $13.50@14; No. 1 mixed

"$11@13; No. 1 clover $10@12.

 

DAIR‘Y AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

Butter.—The market is firm with
prices 2c higher than last week. Cream-
ery extras 380; do firsts 37c; packing
stock 270.

Elgin.——Market quiet with prices un-
changed. Price, based on sales, is
381/2c.

Chicago—The feeling is easy, with
quotations about the same as last
week. Extra creameries are quoted at
38%0; extra firsts 37@380; packing
stock 28@281/,,>c.

Poultry.——The market continues firm
with hens lower. No. 1 spring chick-
ens 18@19c; No. 2 do. 16@17c; No. 1
hens 16@17c; No. 2 do 15c; small do
12@13c; ducks 19@20c; geese 18@
181/60; turkeys 28c.

.Chicago.-——Market was fairly steady
agenerally lower. Quotations: Turkeys
'12@.22c; fowls 14@161/2c; spring chick-
geese 14@

 

15160. ,

Eggs.—~—The demand is good with
itsnpplies light. Prices 3c higher. Firsts
». _ c; current receipts 38c.

hi

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with, fresh eggs in demand. B‘re‘sh, . s s.
are quoted at--40@41c; ' ordinary .firsts’

35@36c; miscellaneous lots, cases in»

"‘ -cluded 32@ 40c.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.-

 

Apples.—-—Market is ,firm with prices
unchanged. Baldwin, Spy and King
are quoted at $5.50@5.75 for the best.
At Chicago there is no change in pric-
es, but the market is easy and quiet.
No. 1 stock sells at $2.50@6 per bbl;
No. 2 at $1.75@2.25.

Potatoes.——Demand fair, supply am—
ple, prices unchanged. The quotations
at Detroit in carlots are $1.50@1.55 for
bulk and $1.55@1.60 in sacks. At Chi-
cago the market is quiet but firm.

i’r ces are unchanged. .Michigan white

potatoes are quoted at $1.40@1.60 per
bushel.

DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.

 

But few farmers were on the public
market Tuesday morning. Cabbages
were offered at $1.25@2 for white and
$2.50 for red; potatoes $1.85@2. A few
loads of left-over hay was under the
shed but no line on prices could be
secured.

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
December 23, 1916.

Dunning & Stevens report: Receipts
of cattle, 15 cars; market slow. Hogs:
Receipts, 40 cars; market strong;
heavy $10.90@11; yorkers $10.85@
10.90; pigs $9.75@10. Sheep and lambs:
Receipts, 15 cars; market slow; top
lambs $13.50@13.60; yearlings $11@
11.50; wethers $9@9.75; ewes $8.25@
8.75. Calves $5@14.

 

 

Chicago.

Cattle were in good general demand
last week, opening with too liberal re—
ceipts on Monday, when over 27,000
head showed up, these large offerings
declined in numerous instances. By
the middle of the week the market
righted itself, and average prices were
higher for most kinds. A few carloads
of exceptionally choice beeves, mostly
long-fed heavy steers, found buyers at
$11.50@11.75, but otherwise choice
steers sold at $10.50@11.25, with the
bulk of the steers crossing the scales
at $8.15@10.25. There were no fancy
steers offered of the class of Christmas
beeves selling during the week of the
International Live Stock Exposition
and immediately afterwards at $11.80
@1260, and the sales at $10.50 and ov—
er comprised but a limited percentage
of the receipts. A few prime yearlings
sold exceptionally well, and a sale was
made of 45 head that averaged 1146
lbs. at $11.50. A good class of corn-
fed steers sold at $9.75 and upward,
while a medium class brought $8.50
and over, with sales of fair little kill-
ers at $6.60 and upward, while canning
grade steers sold anywhere from $5@
6.50. Never have ordinary canners and
cutters sold to better advantage, and
the former went at $3.75@5.10 and the
latter at $5.15@5.50, while butcher cat-
tle were good sellers at $5.50@8.50'for
cows and $5@9 for most heifers. One
ofthe most striking features of the
cattle market was the switching over
made by the packers and other butch-
ers from the higher-priced fat cattle
to a comparatively cheap kind that
could be converted into cheap cuts of
beef. As is always the case just be—
fore the Christmas holidays, poultry
largely supplanted beef and mutton in
most homes, and large supplies of cat-
tle at such a time would have sent
prices down sharply. Calves were in
fair demand on the basis of $10@12 for
light vealers, with sales down to $4.75
@775 for ordinary to good heavy lots.

. There was a very good trade in stock-

ers and feeders at $5@8.50, with infer-
ior little stockers going the lowest and
fleshy feeders the highest. No great
number of feeders sold above $8.10,
and not many'stockers sold to country
buyers below $6 the cheaper lots go~
ing largely to killers.

Hogs were in extremely large de-
mand last week, with shippers to /east-
ern packing points unusually liberal
purchasers of the choicer offerings,
and the big supplies failed to keep
prices from mounting higher. With
hogs of light weight still greatly pre-
dominating in the daily receipts, it was
inevitable that the highest prices
should bevpaid for well finished heavy
barrows, and not enough of these were
offered on the market to go around.
Outside competition from shippers was
responsible for the greater part of the
firmness in prices in which all kinds of
hogs shared, although ordinary light
lots had to go at a big discount.
weight cut a figure, and even ordinary
grade heavy packers sold at very high
prices daily. Pigs of the best grade
that were quite heavy for pigs sold at
low prices. The range of prices for

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wit ,a week. with, late 5 lee-at a
range of $9.55@10.40. Dig?» (ring at;-
$8.75@9.40, according to weig t, some
inferior pigs bringing $6 an upward.

 
 
  

 

 

top price, which
shippers. '

Lambs, yearlings, wethers and ewes
continue to move upward in values ev-.
ery week, with frequent sales at high-
er prices than were ever paid before.
For a week past the receipts have
been falling off in volume materially,
and there was at times vigorous com-
petition between buyers to secure the
choicest lots. Lambs sold at $9.25@
13.40 fOr culls to the best lots, with
feeding lambs selling at $9.50@12.10,
the best consisting of shearing lambs
that required but a short feed. Until
the Colorado lambs are ready for mar-
keting there is sure to be a small sup-
ply of live muttons and corresponding-
ly high prices. Yearlings sold at $8.50
@312; wethers at $9@10; ewes at $5@
9.60; breeding ewes at $7.50@9 and
bucks at $5.75@8.

Horses were in larger supply last
week, and it was not always possible
to maintain prices, with the moderate
general demand. The principal demand
centered on army horses, ' with the
French and Italian inspectors taking
hold rather freely. The lighter weight
artillery horses were numerous, but
there was a limited supply of the heav-
Ier ones weighing around 1350 pounds.
Farm chunks were quotable at $75@
200, not many going as high as $140,
mares selling thehighest. Weighty
drafters were salable at $240@285,
wagoners at $75@200 and prime ex-
pressers as high as $210.

was paid for heavy

 

NATIONAL MARKETING CONFER-
ENCE.

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(Continued from page 645).
true. The great packing concerns have
absorbed the profits and the cattlemen
seek a thorough investigation of the
packers by the federal trade commis-
sion. A. E. DeRiequeles, one of the
big Pan Handle cattle raisers, says a'
range calf costs $24.93, a yearling
$32.16, and a two-year-old $56.86. A‘
three-year-old, fed for six months on
cottonseed or corn, will cost $122.50, or
9.4 cents per pound live weight. These
are range prices under the most favor-
able conditions, with good blood, and
raised in large numbers. No better il-
lustration can be found in the compar-
ative small interest that the Michigan
farmer has in the beef raising. The
range calf is always an animal that
has sucked his dam and is weaned at
seven or eight months. The Michigan

idea of a calf is not quite the same,“

hence the explanation. The cattlemen
do not mince words in claiming that
the big packers get an undue profit.
One interesting claim is that a small
packing house has every economy that
the large ones have in supplying a
small city with meat, and can utilize
all the by-products. European travel-
ersare amazed that the smaller cities
do not have a municipal abbatoir, and
all meat slaughtered under inspection.
It is an interesting fact that thirty
years ago when Michigan beef makers
were being crowded to the wa~yy, they!
wanted all Michigan meats inspected;
on the hoof. This idea was firmly held I
as a means to combat the big packers,
but was never put in practice. The big
cattlemen of the range country were
unfavorable to this view, but are not
averse to it now.

' The thoughtless person who advises
on agricultural matters always pre-f
sumes to urge more economy on the:
part of the farmer, and better feeding.
and breeding. The real facts are that
when all these matters have been
worked out by the Pan Handle cattle-
men, such advice is not only the con-
summate ignorance, but a false pre-
tense as to knowledge. To repeat Col.
Holland’s slogan, “what the .farmer
needs is information, not advice.” A
E. DeRiequles furnished information
which is vastly different than most of
what comes under the term of advice.

Along these same lines was the in-
formation of E. C. Lassater, of Alfal-
faria Farms in Texas. Mr. Lasater

 

milks 2,000 Jerseyr cows and is feeding I ‘

10,000 beef animals this winter. In a

    

 

The best light hogs sold 250 below the -

  

as‘sater.~-strong_ly declares stliat the
federal trade ,.co’mmis‘sion must come

to'the rescue ofrthe'range cattle man.
THE STATE GRANGE
MEETING~ OF BEET GROWERS.

The sugar beet situation in Michigan
has become an acute one, oWing to the
generally unsatisfactory conditions "sur-
rounding the growing of the crop for
the past two years. As a result there
are reports from various parts of the
state of a demand to make the price
$8.00 per ton on a flat rate basis. The
unsettled conditions are detrimental to
growers, are delaying the making of
contracts, and some action needs to
be taken.

The executive committee of the
Michigan State Grange has become sat-
isfied by its investigations that the
beet growers of Michigan are not re-
ceiving their just share of the proceeds
from this important farm crop. It
therefore is taking the initiative in thé
matter by calling a mass meeting of
the beet growers of the state at the
Auditorium in Saginaw on Tuesday,
January 2, 1917, at 11 a. m., to consid—
er the whole situation and adopt such
measures as will secure to the beet
growers the price per ton that they
ought to receive, considering the high-
er cost of production. In the meantime
all beet growers are advised not to con-
tract until this meeting is held. All
beet growers are urged to watch for
the date of this meeting and send del-
egations to represent their respective
localities.

Although the State Grange is taking
the lead in this movement, yet every
individual farmer and every farm or-
ganization from locailties interested in
the growing of sugar beets is invited
to take part in the meeting.

 

 

Mr. and Mrs. Subscriber:
PLEASE RENEW WHILE THE
RENEWING IS GOOD.
Thank yew—Happy New Year.
THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

 

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carnal-r LIVE s'rocx MARKkT.

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“lunch ’8 Market.
Bec‘ember 21, 1916.
Cattle.

Receipts 2694. Live stock was badly
delayed this week and stock that
should have arrived and been sold on
"Wednesday was not unloaded until
Thursday; the railroads are in terri-
ble shape and the snow does not im-
prove matters. They are doing all pas-
sible but are so cramped for room it is
a hard proposition and it seems to be
getting worse. There will be no mar-
ket here Monday next, Christmas day.

In the cattle division the market 0p-
ened fairly active but on Thursday ev-
crything but owners, bulls and cutters
were dull and draggy and 25@50c low-
er than last Muck. A few went back
for feeding and Bray shipped 350 cows
and canners to Chicago, which kept
this class stem-1y. Milch cows were
dull and few 1,” .1 ones were in the re-
ceipts; the (now was dull at the de—
cline with qu-ic a bunch of late ar-
rivals going t r unsold. Best heavy
steers $8@10: V \St handy weight butch-

er steers 1;. _ mixed steers and
heifers $7@T.’f :1. handy light butchers
$6@6.75; 111:1! butchers $5@6; best

cows $6@6.2" ‘, .Lcher cows $5.25@
5.50; common cows $4.50@5; canners
$4@4.50; hes... heavy bulls $6@6.50; b0-
logna bulls ;i_2.23@5.75; stock bulls
$4.50@5; feeders $6.50@7; stockers $5
@625; milkers and springers $40@75.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Kamman B. Co.
25 steers av 917 at $7.25; to Hammond,
S. & Co. 8 cows av 860 at $4.50; to
Mason B. Co. 2 do av 1125 at $6.90; to
Bray 8 do av 947 at $4.50, 1 do wgh
1240 at $5.75; to Thompson 1 do wgh
1090 at $6.25, 3 bulls av 830 at $5.75, 1
do wgh 1160 at $6, 1 heifer wgh 610 at
$5.50, 1 bull wgh 1060 at $5.50, 1 do
wgh 1150 at $6.50; to Nagle P. Co. 12
steers av 792 at $6.60, 10 butchers av
730 at $6.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 do
av 672 at $5, 16 do av 947 at $6.50, 12
cows av 1018 at $5.85; to Bernfeldt 6
steers av 770 at $6.60; to Bray 6 cows
av 1030 at $5.75, 9 do av 872 at $4.75,

15 do av 1018 at $4.75, 2 do av 785 arequal parts of turpentine. aqua am-

$4, 1 steer wgh 1170 at $7; to Sullivan
P. Co. 7 cows av 910 at $4.50; to Brei-
tenbeck 21 steers av 955 at $7.75; to
Bray 6 cows av 892 at $4.60; to Ratt-
kowsky 7 do av 954 at $6, 3 heifers av
977 at $7; to Goose 8 butchers av 565
at $5.35; to Parker, W. & Co. 5 COWs
av 990 at $4.50, 2 do av 1090 at $4.50,
1 bull wgh 1290 at $6.50, 5 steers av
1080 at $8, 8 do av 821 at $6.75, 4 do
av 1012 at $8.50, 4 cows av 1047 at
$5.50, 54 butchers av 880 at $6.50; to
Allen 13 do av 876 at $6; to Bray 28
cows av 1011 at $5, 25 do av 874 at $5,
17 do av 950 at $4.75.
Veal Calves.

Receipts 832. The veal calf trade
was active from start to finish, best
grades selling at $12@13; mediums at
$9@11; heavy $6@7.

Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Thompson
9 av 150 at $11, 4 av 135 at $12.25, 4
av 140 at $12.50, 2 av 110 at $8, 2 av
270 at $8, 9 av 140 at $12; to Rattkow-
sky 1 wgh 150 at $7.50, 4 av 105 at $10.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Thompson 9 av
150 at $12.50; to Hammond, S. & Co.
3 av 180 at $13, 8 av 145 at $12.25; to
Mich. B. Co. 12 av 160 at $12.

Haley & M. sold Tasmockey 2 av
145 at‘ $12.50, 22 av 150 at $12.50; to
Hammoud, S. & Co. 13 av 160 at $13,
6 av 135 at $12, 2 av 135 at $9.

Erwin, S. & J. sold Rattkowsky 1
wgh 110 at $10.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 5552. The sheep and lamb
trade eased off a little on ’Wednesday
but on Thursday the 250 decline was
regained and the market was active at
early week’s prices; the tops bringing
$13.25.' Best lambs $13@13.25; fair
lambs $12@12.75; light to common
lambs-$7@10; yearlings $9@11; fair to
good sheep $8@8.75; culls and com-
mon $5@‘6. '

Haley & M. sold Thompson 18 lambs

av 55 at $11; to Nagle P. Co. 135 do
av 75 at$12.25; 9 do av 70 at $11.60, 116
do av 65 at $11.75, 85 do av 75 at $12.75,
16 sheep'av 115 at $8, 22 do av 120 at
$8.75, 3 do av 140 at $8.50, 10 do av
98 at $7.25, 2 do av 135 at $6, 4 year-
lings av 90 at $10. .
. Erwin, S. & J. sold Wilson & Co. 30
lambs av‘ 85 at $13; to Mich. B. Co. 14
sheep av 115 at $9; to Nagle P. Co.
147 lambs av 80 at $12.80; to Thomp-
son 18 do av 70 at $11.50; to Wilson 8:.
Co. 31 do av 90 at $18, 8 do av 70 at
$12, 64 do av 80 at $13, 6 do av 65
at $12. , .

' , Hons.
Receipts 8297., In, the hog depart

' meat the" \ market: was steady with,
: Wednesday, pigs selling; at $8.75 and'
-, vorkers and heavy grades $9.50@10.

 

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Indigestion—Looseness of Bowels.—-
About a week before my cow calved
she appeared to lose appetite for grain
and our local Vet. treated her for in-
digestion. She had no trouble calving
but picked up very slowly afterwards.
She now eats some cats, a few nun-
bins of corn at a feed, but not much
hay. Her bowels are too loose, but
she is giving 10 quarts of milk daily.
A. I. M., Pittsford, Mich—She should
be fed a good quality of food and what-
ever kind she craves. Give her two ta-
blespoonfuls equal parts bicarbonate
of soda, ginger and gentian in each
feed or as a drench in a quart of tepid
water. She should be kept in a warm,
comfortable, well ventilated stable.

Warts—Our eight-year-old horse has
two warts or tumors on his lips, and
they have been there since he was a
colt. He also has a bunch on knee,
caused by bruise. G. H. B., Merle
Beach, Mich—Apply a saturated solu-
tion of salicylic acid in alcohol to
wart once a day, and paint bunch on
knee with tincture iodine three times
a week.

Indigestion.~—I have a ram that
shows symptoms of having bowel trou-

lndiana Silo to the test of
. thousand are now in use.

standing. still in excellent
. definite yearn to come.
already using Indiana

. These men could have
but of anything—that'-

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Why not save money by contracting for
more next spring or summer.

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Thousands of farmers in all parts of the United States have put the

service during the past fourteen years.

The first Indian: Silos ever erected are still '

condition and otill apparently good for in-

.A large per cent of our 1916 salon were made to farmers who were
I as.
the owners of the finest farms in America—from the largest and most
successful breeders and feeders everywhere.

Many of these repeat orders came from

bought any silo at any price—they buy the
why they continue to buy Indiana Silos.

7 If you are going to buy n silo-Ain'- satisfactory urvicc rendered
' ' everywhere—should be of special interest to you.
The coat of all materials is advancing like the price of wheat and corn.

your silo now. It undoubtly will cost you

Let no lend you our proposition—do contract now for your lilo and deliver it later.
We um have openings for n limited number of farmer anon“.

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ble and colic. His bowels are inclin-
ed to be eostive and he also has some
abdominal pain, but this has not oc-
curred very often. E. VV. V. F., Evart,
Mich.——Feed him ground oats, wheat
bran and clover. Give him two or
three ounces of castor oil to open tne
bowels, if you believe it is necessary.
Give 10 grs. of ground nux vomica, 30,
grs. of ground gentian and 20 grs. of
ground red cinchona at a dose, either
in feed or as a drench three times a
day.

Sprained Stifle Joint.—VVe have a
four-year-old mare that has stifle ail-
ment which makes leg stiff and swol-
len. This is not the first. time she has
had stifle trouble and '1 would like to
cure her if I can. R. H., Gratiot Co.,
Mich—Give her a teaspoonful of ace-
tate of potash in soft feed or water
once a day for 15 days. Mix together

monia and raw linseed oil and apply to
stifle every two or three days, or clip
off hair and apply one part powdered
cantharides and five parts fresh lard
every two weeks. This last mentioned
ointment will blister.

Diseased Skin.——-I have 22 pigs whose
skin is covered with a dirty greasy
scab of considerable thickness, and
hose pigs are not thriving. I feed
them culled beans cooked with a little
silage and beet pulp. This I mix with
cookies, and crumbs, adding a little
wheat middlings. F. G., Mt. Clemens,
Mich—You had better apply crude pe-
troleum oil two or three times a week,
and I believe it will have a good ef-
fect, or you may apply a two per cent
solution of coal’tar disinfectant dip
two or three times a week.

Itchy Ears.-—-I have a dog two years
old that is troubled with itchy ears.
He must suffer more or less pain and
he shows it most in damp weather. Z.
H., Blanchard, Mich.—His ears should
be cautiously swabbed out with tinc-
ture iodine or dust on some finely pow—
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Lice on Cattle—~Buckwheat Straw
Bedding—Please give me a good rem-
edy for killing lice on cattle, as I have
a cow that is troubled with them. Is
there any danger in using buckwheat
straw for bedding? J. A. T., Wayland,
Mich—Apply any one of the commera
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regularly advertised in this paper and
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kill the lice on your cattle. Or you will
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especially the Texas variety. It is well
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your cattle does not protect them for
any great length of time, unless you
clean and renovate your stable.
osene is another very effective lice
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The Southeastern Land Show to be held in Atlanta, February 1-15, 1917,
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other conditions, for they have
every advantage, if we leave out the
personal factor. If farm poultry. rais-
ers would give the hens the practical
common sense treatment they giveto
their other stock the hens would make
the others rustle to show better re-
turns. The fact is, the average farmer
looks upon poultry as a side line, good
for a supply of fries about harvest
time, and eggs enough to furnish the
table when eggs are plentiful. They
sometimes dream of eggs in the win-
ter, but don’t really expect to get
them. If they can haul a few surplus
roosters or some old hens to town
once in awhile and trade them for
some groceries they consider that as
pure gain. Many times it is all pure
gain, for the hens get only what they
can rustle in the feed line, that would
otherwise be wasted. They» act as
sort of scavengers or by-way gleaners.
What Good Breeding Has Done.

When hens are treated in this man-
ner they quickly revert back to the

habits of the jungle fowl from which.

they originated. These would lay a
few eggs in the spring, hatch a brood
of chicks, then spend the remainder of
the year hunting food for themselves
and their little brood, taking all the
time they wanted to in which to ma-
ture, the young pullets having no idea
of laying until the next spring. Expert
poultry breeders have changed all this
until now the paying hen is one that
matures quickly, getting ready to lay
in the fall, and keeping it up at regu-
lar intervals throughout the year. She
is not allowed to take up any of her
valuable time rearing chicks, but lets
the wooden hen attend to that, .while
she shells out the eggs to keep the
wooden hen busy. Instead of produc-
ing six or seven dozen eggs when eggs
are cheap, she is expected to produce
twelve to fifteen dozen, and a good
proportion of these at a time when
eggs are high in price. If she brings
in less than a dollar clear profit in a
year she is a failure, comparatively,
and many expect their hens to bring
in treble that. As we stated at the
first, farm hens have a better chance
to do this than any others if they are
given an equal amount of attention,
simply because the farm has so much
waste material that the hens will, be
glad to gather up and save, though
they should not have to depend on it
alone.
Have a Good Coop.

One of the most important things
that the farmer neglects is the house.
Hens must have dry quarters, and
plenty of room for scratching in ma-
terial that is kept dry and sheltered
from cold winds. Unless they have
this they will soon become sluggish
from sitting cramped up in close quar-
ters during a severe storm, and they
will never liven up again to any extent
until the days begin to lengthen very
noticeably. Plenty of exercise will
keep them from becoming sluggish in
the coldest weather, and they will not
stop laying. It is not cold that hurts
hens; it is drafts and dampness, or im-
pure air from tight houses.

Balancing rations is very important
where the farmer has a large flock,
but it does not enter much into the
case when but a few hens are kept, for
a few hens can balance their own ra-
tions. A large flock will not find
enough bugs on their range to supply
all the protein they need in a quickly
available shape. Milk will help them
to balance up, or meat scraps can be
fed to them in a mash or loose in a
feeder.
be supplied if you are to expect eggs,

, for they will not be produced Without

it, at least not in paying numbers.
Important Points.

Early hatching for pullets, early ma-
turity. early housing, . dry quarters,
large scratching space, and balanced
rations are the most important ‘points

In winter milk or meat must.

supply green is important, but I have ’

used alfalfa meal as a substitute very
successfully, mixing it in the mash I
kept before them. Alfalfa meal is rich
in protein, also.

Inbreeding ruins many farm flocks.
Nothing will run out a good line quick-
er. It impairs their vitality, causes
them to decrease in size, makes the
eggs less fertile, and the chicks weak-
er and more liable to disease. It makes”
the pullets slower to mature, and they
will not lay so soon in consequence. I
would advise against any inbreeding
at all. Better get entirely new blood
nearly every season to head your flock.
If you have a large flock to supply with
cockerels better have a breeding pen
of a few hens and a choice cockerel to
supply them each season, buying eggs
from a good breeder to keep up this
pen, or buying a good pen of fowls if
you prefer. Good stock means much
more than the average farmer will con-
cede, and it is a mighty poor cockerel
that will not improve the egg-laying
record of a common farm flock enough
to pay for himself. This is not saying
that all farm.flocks are poor, for many
farms have fine stock, but it is refer~
ring to those that have not taken the
proper interest in this matter.

Kansas. L. H. COBB.

TREATING ROUP.

I have never seen my method of
treating roupy fowls described, so will
tell you about it. ‘

The first thing when roup is noticed
in a flock is to get a good roup remedy
and give according to directions, also
disinfect and gather up all fowls with
swollen heads and place them in an
open-front enclosure.

Any hen with both eyes closed had
better be killed, unless you have ample
time to fuss with her, but those with
swelling only on one side of head may
easily be cured. In order to handle the
sick i‘owl without getting infection on
the clothing, take several pages of the
ever present “daily” and wrap biddy
in it so that just her head is visible,
then take some more pages on your
lap and you are ready to operate.
Take a sharp knife and cut across the
swelling below the eye and toward the
bill and be sure that you get through
to the cheesy matter underneath. Take
a piece of alum and push into the out.
Now put the hen back in the hospital
for three or four days. By this time
the cut place may be opened up with-
out any bleeding and all the cheesy
matter removed with a hairpin, being
sure to reach all the little pocket-like
formations, as the face will not heal
until the place is well cleaned out.
Sometimes this operation has to be
repeated but not often if well done the
first time. After the cavity is well
cleaned out, clean out again with alum
and peroxide injected with an eye drop-
per. By this method the hen does not
get all run down and poor as she
would if left for nature to correct the
ailment, but will be well in a week or
two, and even though you may not
want to put her back with your flock
she will still be a good market fowl.
It is not uncommon to remove a thim-
bleful of dried matter from the face of
a young pullet or hen, and have her
recover rapidly. Burn the papers used
when through with them and wash the
hands in water to which has’been ad-
ded a little permanganate of potash.

Barry Co. KATE TERPENNING.

 

Colds, catarrh and roup are the most
serious fall and winter diseases. Per-
manganate of potash in the drinking
water is a good preventive'of, and rem-
edy for, these diseases. For swelled
heads and eyes in advancedicases of
roup, an application of equal parts of
iodine and glycerine will reduce the
swelling. 7

     

  

    
 

 
 

   
  

 
    
 

   
   

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Okla. Many more making big incomes.
Read about them in our Poultry“ Know-How"

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POULTRY.
Barred ROCKS ifoiifei’éié’ifiitiii’él

Circular Free. Fred Aetling. Constantine. Mich.
Barred ROCk Cgfilgcézells, Cooke and. Hens. Four
. ayed 900 eggs in one ear.

\V. O. Cofiman. it. 3. Bento n Harbor, Michigari’.

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Farred Pl mouth Ruck bfffifléiho fetid
two for $3.00. . A. Barnum, Union City, Michigan.
from E. B. Thompson’s
Ballad Bock cockarols Im erial liinglets for sale.
price 52 and $3. \‘l'rite H. J. S inner. McMillan,Mich.

 

 

 

S. C. W. Leghorns, Males and Females
Bde to Ll] at low prices. \Vri te your wants,
White Line Poultry Farm, Hillsdnle. Mich.

PEDIGREE COCKERELS

The short cut to profit and heavy egg production
is the Michigan Poultry Farm way. Our 8. C.
White Leghorn and Barred Plymouth Rock cock-
erels. with pedigrees of 200 to 250 eggs in one year,
“'1“ start you on the right road. Vigorous,
healthy birds. February and March hatched. $2.00
each while they last. Supply limited.

Michigan Poultry Farm, Lansing. Michigan.

“Michigan’s Largest Poultry Farm”

Breeding Cockerels

White, Buff. Leghorns, R. I. Reds. Prices reasonable.
Sunnybrook Poultry Farms, Hillsdale. Michigan.

Bull Leghorns Cockercls. fifth‘éf’ifi‘i‘é
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CHICKS are booking orders now {or spring de-
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Freeport Hatchery. Box 12, Freeport, Michigan

FEliiils WHlTE Leanonus

Best winter layers. 5000 pullets,
hens and breeding males at low
prices. Trapnested to lay 200 eggs
————-———. or more. Shipped t‘. 0.D. and on
approval. Chicks and Eggs. Catalog explains
all. Send postal-

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Large thoroughbred B ff 0 i '
For Sale: ton Cockerels of theuBqugwixt-gk
Strain. Mrs. H. H. Meatsch, Grand Ledge. Mich, R. 3.

GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLY FOR

Cockerels from Cousins Northern King Strain Barred
Rocks. Write Davrd W. Cousins, North Port. Mich

HARRISON WHITE LEGHORNS

$11.90 fol-v20 yearlings or pullets. Cockerels 75c 0081.50
Prices on these fine birds will be higher soon.
HARRISON LEGHORN FARM. Shelby. Mich.

OHN'S Big Beautiful Barred Rocks are all lien-
hntched. developed quick. good layers. each 83; pair 85;sold
on approval. Circulars. photos. John Northon, Clare. Mich.
. White Orpingtons. Winners a sin
Plnl llml. s- (i. at the State Fair. Yonn an old
stock for sale. Bu the best. MRS. ILLIS
ROUGH. Pine Crest arm. Royal Oak. Michigan.

RfioPflslngAz'ig REDsdlilndt PLYMOU'gi PROCKS
nos 0 .acoor n one to : . .h

weight. 5 to 10 lbs” eggs Iclfor 5.002 100. 85:31m3?
Mammoth Bronze Tom Turkeys. 8 to Being. according.
to age 88 to $25. 10 excl 83. A. E. Cromion. Vunr. Mich.

RED CMKEIELS. Boil! Combs. $55.33.?

will improve the color of your flock. W i ’
list. Interlakes Farm. Box 39. Lawrendef‘idfi‘ch 5.1%?

' R. I. lied cockerelsfo s l
on and Single Bomb 1...... . - ’ ”-
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able. 0. E. Hawley, Ludington?Mlcnl;l.ws reason

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SILVER Golden and White W andottes. Choice voun
. v cockerels. Reasonnb e quality considered.
Iowa and Lansing winners. C.W.Browning. R.2. PortlandJlich.

' ‘ kerels from fine stock nndAl
Vllnlu Wanda“. 9:.“ .e .1 ~ I» n iced
A. FRANKLIN smr’i‘i‘i. A‘iih ignitiighiaainiurri. '

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WII'l'li CHINA GANlllillS Hill SALE. $3

arrangement. he a. steam:
For SALE—Elli“! M. ram Innings

CHAS. KLETZL . BATH, HIC .

BREWER; unread-int:

Change of Copy or Canoe llations moat reach us
Ten Days before date of publication. .

We Offer a Few Special Bargains
In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-
bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either
sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance
for a Small in vestment to reap the bene-
fit of a large expenditure of capital and
years of expert breeding. ,

Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, N ich.
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' Aberdeen lngus Bulls For Sale

12 head of choice voung bulls old enough for service.
All sons of Black .I onarch 3rd. Grand Champion Bull
Michigan State Fair 1914g 1915 and 1916. Black Monarch
3rd has been sold to W. h. Scripps, _Wildwopd Farms.
for the record ice of the Breed in Michigan, $12K),
U. L. Clark, Hun ere Creek. Mich. Sidney Smith, Mgr.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS

Bulls by BLACK (iilALITY ITO. sire, First pria ,
Breeders and Gulf erds Mich. State Fair 1916. e
also won first. on Exhibitors Herd. Jr. Champion Bull,
Jr. Champion Female and Grand Champion Cow.Also
breeders of Percheron, Hackney and baddle Horses.
WOODCOTE STOCK FARM, IONIA, MICH.

Aberdeen Angus

Eight bulls from eight. to ten months old. One show
bu l. eight yearling heifers bred.
with quality. best of breeding. Prices reasonable.
Inquire of F. J. WILBUR. CLIU, MI(BiGAN.

‘YRSHIBEs——One of the foremost dairy breeds The
most economical, milk roduccre. Culver
for sale. .White Leghorn cockere s: Duroc Jersey
swme. Michigan School for the Deaf. Flint.M ichigun.

of service age and calves from
Guernsey Buns choice. Adv. reg. breeding.
T. V. HICKS. Route I. Battle Ceeek, Mich.

Re istered Gnernseyi‘mtle.
For sale An Berkshire swincthelwet
yet. John Ebels, Holland. R.10. Michigan.

G U E R N 3 BY S”n‘iii‘i.l%l’i.¥rii‘3
Containin blood of world oham lone.
HICKS’ oven say FARM. Saginaw. iv. 8.. Mich

MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE-

BEACH FARM
GUERNSEYS

Average yearly production 422.0le of fat. three
fourths of them making their records as two year
olds. By the use of a pure bred sire, abig im-
provement can soon be attained if the right
selection is made. The breeding of the Beach
Farm Herd is as good as can be found. and we
guarantee them to be free from contagious dis-
eases and to be satisfactory in every way or
money refunded. Write and let us tell you about
em.

CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVINE,
Coldwater, Michigan.

0 At farmers prices. registered Guernsey
For sale- bulls old enough for eerice, from advanc-
ed registered cows. L. J. Byers. Goldwater, Mich.

two gr. eons of M uyRose
lieu. Guernsey Bulls K... o. 1...... w...
(the 846001mll) one 2 mo. old dam Mary Rose breeding
one 6 mo. old, i there of serviceable age. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Alfred Anderson, Holton, Michigan.

GUERNSEYS: Bred heifers. mature cows, bull calves
From a long li‘n’ri 3f Adv. Regwancestom with large

record. G. ENT. atervliet, Michigan.

Cluny Stock Farm

loo—Registered Holsteins—IOO
Bulls for sale, of ages from a few weeks to 14
months. from 30-1b. 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, M'chigan

Do You Want A Bull?

Ready For Service.

1" d d htor of The King of the
PodiflJ. “dip“ hymhgbull that is more than a half

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the

World. and who-e dam is u 30 lb. 8% 1 fat daughter
of Pontiac Aggie Korndy he who has more _ lb.
daughters than any other living bull. It you do
write for pedigree.

EDW1N 5' LEWIS. Marshall," Mich.
"I . “dflflin Bull Calves. Michi an Champions 1933,

Male and female. orlds recordbre -
ing at: Farmers price. John A.Rinke.Warren. __ich.

Extra Good Registered

Holstein Cows

F O R S A L E
From $125.00 to,8200.00.
.Send for list or' look them over._

Bigelow’s Holstein Farms,
BREED VILLE, - —

“TOP N01‘Cfl” Holsters

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rem A. 12.0. Duns that ave e‘four

r cent fat, Sired by. “Mfiecrest
Erndyke Hengervel " whose me and
Dani's Sire, are the two

Greatest Bulls in the World

Having more hightesting {early record Daugh‘.
tors than any three other ulls, Ind his Dam s
Sire has more thirty pound Daughters than any
thal- Bull. We also have a few Calves Six-ed by

e 5 ii Sogls Ulrlcs Pledge 108790

e. promising oung Sire, backed by sstrong com-
binatio’ifi of blood lines. and also a Cali Sir-ed by
a Son

The Fifty Thousand Dollar Bull

and from one of our best Cows. write us for par.
ticuinrs in regard to these Calves, and our

BERKSlllRES

thet won more premiums at the Fairs this's'eescn
than my 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,

Pctersburg. Mich.

30 ll) bell for sole. 2 years old. b a son of King of
- the Pontiecs. Darn sold for SHIN) in Detroit sale.
Ferd J. Luge. Bebewuing. Mich.

HOLSTEINS

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

erd No. 2. Five yearling heifers. one yearling bull.
Herd No. 3. Five Heifer calves end on b .
Bulls ready for service (1 8 to ei ht months cldbulls
Prices will please you. t interesIed. write as econ ee
you read this. 1.. I. CONNILL. Feyette. Ohio.

Holstein F nesran Cattle-
A. R. 0. herd tuberculin tested, headed
b andson of Kin Se '5 Pontiac.
PgAggliLAliD STOCK FA Id, ree Rivers, Mich.
Chas. Peters. Herdsman. O. L. Brody. Owner. Port Huron

olstein Celvce. 10 heifers. and Zbulls l5-ltths pure
H5 weeks old, beautifully mafikg‘djmfll each. cret

(or shipment anywhere. Edgewoo arm. Wh lteweter.Wis

Holstein Bulls

l to!) months old. Dani's A. It. 0. Our herd sire is
Johanna McKinley Segie 34. 7 nearest Dams ever-
age 21%. BLISSVLLDT FARMS. Jenieon. Mich.
Three fine Registered Hol-

iAtaifA Barpalr“ stein heifers. ‘é’lll’bg atom
nc . one or lug. one six mont s. . u or

bull. out of goellent . R. . Cows. “learner.
ltougemount Farms). as W, Canneid Ave. Detroit

 

OAK L BAF FARM
H e rd Si re
Ypsilanti Sir Pietertle De Kol
I have several young bulls for sale. good individuals
and the kindvthat is a credit to heed any herd at farm-
.i'l' prices. E. H. Geerhert & Son. Merciellus. Iich.. R.No. 6.

WM “OISlIIBS Y“ 5“" M for serving,

30 lb. reading. Satisfaction
guaranteed. W. B. Jones and J. F.Lutr.. Cohoctah. Mich.

EG. HOLSTEINS: Herd heeded b Albina Bcnte
93124. I)

am‘s reoor at 6 yrs. butter
$.63 ill-.milk 819.4. Yearly recordat 2% yrs. utter
802 lbs. milk 186221bs.W. B. READER. Howell. Mich

leg. lolsiein Islls

each. Dewel C. Pierson.
' Holstein'fleifer calves 8 mo. old nice!
3 “twill“ marked. 8126 each. use for the 3. '
J. M. ILLIAMS. North Adams. Mich;
from high~prc ducing dams.with

JCISC’ Bu": lor sale testing Asso. records. also on
somi-oilloinl test. 0. B. Wehner, R. 6. Allegan. Mich

L ll. of M. JERSEY HERD offers or sale.
. Illa tuberculin tested bulls bull ca yes and
hoi er calves carrying the blood of t e greatest pro-
ducers of the breed. IRVIN FOX. Aliegnn. Mich.

lispls llill Farm legislated Jersey Callie for Sale

Both sexes. The kind that ay at the gall.
J. B. Worthington. it. No. 7. sing. icihgen

The Wildwood Farm

Cattle. Majest Blood. We heve Bulls for sale
e star of Mar t cows 01 good type. Write your
lvrn Beiden. (lapse. Michigan.

 

ready for service from 20
lb. four yr. old dame. .76
Hadley. Michigan.

 

 

J one
from
wants.

 

Get Rid of the

‘ ‘Boarders ”

Doyou keep cowscrdothey

keep you? you know

which areeemingnprcfirand .

which are merely plying their

board? One communi increased the average

a few years by testing.
lar tested herds sell for more

money end so :0 th ofipting. owing beau

g‘neesingin dairy work. Get our free b let,

‘ What is Accom lished by Testing Cows“ and

learn how to bull up our herd from animals of

known roductlon. very farmer should read

this b It’s free. Sends postal today;

netprofit per cow “9%
Cows from

 

 

Yonubulls
eervice from B. of M. ancestors. Meadowlntdyli'etrsnf
Waterman a Waterman. Packard Menu Arbor. Mich.

Herd sirer-

long Isis Flinn Is .Jsmy t f d. r] .
For. B. of M. race or darn was lbs. lilitte'rinyogg
year. Moderate prices. 0. 8. Benett. Kalamazoo. Mich.

Fill SALE REGISTERED JERSEY llllilI

Read for serv' . W '
entree r KER. filer). N53? ’fiimif‘hm...

mm M INS.” :' 3:81;: enliven mos. old bull
M mm 0d l 0. Om. individual
dame is 287811111 1.33333“ eti

ll of four nearest
More Callie

 

on
O. .t 0. Disks. spell-nu. mm.
‘W. W. “APP.

gather let-Sale

 

UlICaives

  

(HE. M“ 1CH

Specie! odes-1.;

Also some ood farmer's boars.

puree Jersey Boars
°" ““‘filtltmlfitfilfi‘ttpglzfl

all Individuality .0“
e best.

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

dial lnvi on 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,

Brookwaier Farm, Swine Dept, Ann Arbor, Mich.
We Have a FewGhoice Bull Calves

Sired by

Friend Hengerold De Kol Butter Boy has 10001
LONG BEACH FA M A

Bidwall Shonhoms

“For Best and lliik”

 

IIWELL noel Hill,

Box B. Tecumseh. Michigan.

AND POLLED DURHAMS FOR. SALE.
Have red men and white. Haveover loo
0. Carlson. Leroy, Mich.

More

held in hard.

IWI’III -Deiry or beef bred. Breeding stock all
s “as ages for sale at farmers prices. 0317. (hum-
Beoy. Cent. lich. Shorthern Breeders' Assn. chrlde. Itch.

mm“ Shorthorns. roan 3 year old. Bates bred herd
DAVIg bull 830 . bulls end heifers.

son a u" “1?ng cumssn. MICIHGAN.
SHORTHORNs F0" Shit
8 Bulls. also females. W. B. M cQuillan. Howell. Mich

thrillers: For Sale.

Write W. J. BELL. ROSE CITY. MICE
FOR Sale—Beg. Short Horn Bulls by Muwelton

Young bulls 8100. Bred cows-
nnd heifers $150 for (iuick sale.
GAN.

Monarch 2nd. a son of Avcndnle. from 1] tolls ruos.
old. John Schmidt. Reed City. R. No. 5.. Michigan

6 Shorthorns for eels. Fours year olds rebrod. 2 June
calves. Three registered and 36mm bred. shut 'not
registered. Dr. R. G.Gordenier. rand Lethe. Mich.

HEREFORDS

Both sexes and all ages for sale, our herd com-
prises about l00 head representing the blood of
such sires as Prime Lad 9th. Perfection Fair-
fax. Bonnie Brae 3d and Dale. Write us your

wants.
ALLEN “08., PAW PAW. MICE.
BOTH SIXEB

5O Herefords A”. we.
EARL C. McCARTY. Bed Axe. Michioen
m buys 2 heifers 11 months old. sire King Henger-
void Peimire Fune. dame good mi ikere end 1 bull

not skin 7 months old. dam ood milker 4.8 i fat. Color
of calves about half and he and all papers. est 0

breeding. Lewis J. Benjamin 4: Son. Clio. Mich.

Cattle For Sale

Loads feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also
can show you any number 1. 2 and 3 ears old from
to 1%)0 lbs. Isaac Shanstum. Fairlie d. Iowa. 8-8.

2

600
noes.

boron: and Victorian

Hoe bone lengthy Spring Boers and Gilts from prise
wingrs sired by one of the best Sons of the rent De-
fender & other noted strnlns. ll. '1‘. STORY. Lowell. Mich.

FOR SALE

Young Berkshire boars: registered ready for service;
Dam is a great granddaughter of the World's Chem-
pion Premier Longfellow 08600. J.T.Grimascll. R3. Clare, Mich.

The Very Finest Berkshire Pigs Cheap

C. 8. BARTLETT Propr. Pontiac. Michigan
Bonn and ilts.

BerkShh-e growth’iy Eel owe.

to wean. A. A. PAT

sense

Wk h' . Mature sows. yearling and spring gilts
S "It. bred for spring l‘zlrmwingut 120 per pound.
Shipped on approval. B.

DUROG JERSEYS

A choice lot of spring pigs. both sex. 9“" and tries,
not akin. Prices reasonable. Send for pedlsrees.
THE JENNINO'S FARMS. R. F. D.l. Bailey. MiCh,

Heavy Boned Home Jersey Bears

March and Apr. furrow. weighing 200 to $0 pounds
will be soldoschea as any man can sell first class
flock. I. A. BRA . OkemOs. (Ingham 00.) Mich

May farrowed, lot 6
Also a litter just roe y

Boers. serviceable age. best blood
lines. Registered. LM URST
STOCK FARM. Almont. Mich.

LN. KEEIEI. Eris. Well. Eli‘iifief‘isigé’i‘eeffiibflfé

Swine. D. M. & T. local from Monroe or Toledo. Kceney Step.

Two June 1915; 12 April 1916
Ium lam lam Write for a“... tion. ar-
ehtce eetisfao ion. J .li. Banghart. East ansing. ich.

 

Duroo Jerseys. choice breeding spring pigs
“I 8“. cl sex. Prices 1'

y t or .
John McNicoll. Station a. 11.4. sable. Mich

Jeree sBigT Bears with breeding and
”III‘OC indlvl’du ity iii. is hard to beat. bred from
prize winnin stoo Brices reasonable. satisfaction
gumnteed. LDIt or. 11.1. Monroe. Michigan

DUROO Jerseys. spring hours from the most noted aim
of the mm. Jo Orion n. Perfect Top Col.. Oaklmd 9““
Chief. Principle IV A. Model Pal. Newton BemhnrtSt-Jf’hmvumh'

CARS are all sold. Durocs. A few April gilts. will

bred fcrA r. far-row. i ht abnu 175. Price
whiletheylest‘? H. G. seem: Oassopolis, Michigan-

m hrs and Delaine items of ,hni ebreed.
any U lamenti- in" "' ”whomever-lg”.

Hastings. Mich.
t of n b
Duroo loerefififllfin .23: $1223
right. W. C. TAYLOR. ilen. Michigan.

m veerinssstwm

 

 

 

 

 

in" spring gllts. ny‘iand. Itch.
‘ . .IIEI E13933 °’ fog“! “mi-n. Anise eh of gil bred or -"
~ an s “a: Mime i2 £3 fl “m
a... nuisance. > an rt. fidnfi I... went "' , 8.7;. “filling“:

   
  

  

Bench DeIol Korndyke. His sire Friend Eel eroid DeKol Butter Bo

Pontiac Aaggle Korndyke. She has s1200 lb. record. 11-3) lb. s stern. sum it. sisters.
b. your record. Has ri-al lb. sister-e. 3 sisters above

UUIUSTA. (Kalamazoo. 00..) Ml

ULLO. R. 4. Decker-ville, Mich.

Dem a daughter of
or darn. a do hterof
m n efir.

U800 Jerseys fell Dial. eithcreex sired by Brook-
water Cherry king No. mes. ”Ouch Regdz Del. any-
where in State. Choice stock. J. Robert flicks. St. Johns. Mich.

fired
ever. sold at emu prises.

Jr. .
Pigs of either sex reedy.

 
      

, ,
Le Strain P. c. mm. “mm
cracker coke b Oakland Equal Jr. anda no bunch
by is Do tier the hog that everybody goes wild
B. 0. hertz. Schooicraft. Mich.

BIG TYPE Poland Chines. Boers all sold excepti extram
bonnet my terms! Sired by Big Type King 91009 A ’i‘esem-
neyert Wonder Jr. m. close theooutin the minds"
we oifer them at half pric l W. Bro wbnkcr dz Sons. Elsie. Mich.

 

Al Hrd.B 4t Pl dOhi
ngrmr ley e $350 0;: nesheaded

d Brnothc Jumbo
Sowe represent blood of twoA wonders.

Eadie; Desmoins
0 2m .
A. D. Gregory. Ionic. hitch

 

BUIICd Poland China boars sh‘Bped C. O. D. call

or write for pl otc. weig ts. pedigree and
E. 8. Leonard, St. Louis. Michigan.

 

I
B'fi
on price.
China slprlng and fell pigs;

Large Stiled POIflnd alsoB Rock cockerels at

 

owe. B ri ite.‘Aug. Boer Pigs Bent.
”Ukoc gigs “tiger-ne‘er!i Percheron Stud dolt six
month. Old. 3- J. Aldrich. Token.“ “Ion.

28 beauties bred to grand big boars at
Ill!“ 80“ Auction Feb. mil. Some splendid fail
boars. Orlo L. chson. Quincy. Michigan.

 

I

Type Bears: 7
lo. I. on]

Bl?
ready or service .Bred Gilts—Fall
Pips. Registered to buyers name.
sh pped C. O. D. Prices very reason.
able. J .Oeri Jewett. Mason. Hieh_
20 gilts due to {arrow
0' '0 c' sw'NE= thelast of March and
hor- part of A n]. Will be sold at knock-down price.

Have also fal pifs.Write me your wants. Satisfaction
guaranteed. A. . GOBDEN. B. No. 3. Don. Mich.

 

 

Raise Chester Whites

' Like This

    

HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

success. i can help you. I want to inane be from

my great Ives-y mun do an rep-
l l —

mmwil’l writer's reassessed? summons

3. 8. “NJAMIN, RI, 1). 10. Portland, Michigan

CHESTER “lint: Some sflgndaigollfifirl-c‘higgoars for

. w. ALEXAND hn. Vassar, Mich.

 

o I c and Chester White Swine. ell egos. Afcw

. ' leervice Roars and own slits. 400 fall pigs
either sex. sired by Crandells onder, Grand Champ-
ion at Ohio State Fair. Bchoclmssterthe champion of
champions and hifihest price boat of the breed and
others. Get a sow red to Gallaway Edd Grand Cham-
pion Mo. State fair. wcure bookie ordere.We had the

undefeated breeders age hard at s I state fairs. Get

our catalogue. buy the best it pays. w e have them. We ship on
approval. Rolling Vieu Stock Farm.

Cass City. Mich. R. 2

special lowprioes to quick buyers. Robert News. Pierson. lich.
Big and medium type

Pg'aflld chthISe from gmwthy shook
an ergo ittere. The eve goodboneandlength. il
quartered. L. W. ones and Son. Byron. ”Yeah.

 

IG Ty e Poland Chinas. The smooth. easy feeding
kind t at will grow big and get- fat. Apr. i weigh-
ing up to ' lbs. E. R. Moore. Ransom. When.

t pe P. C.Sowsnnd gilts all retained for my
on. Sale. A few choice Spring to ready to
J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta. Michigan.

 

Large

ship. W.

 

BIG Type Poland Chimes. Choice April boarsJeii pig!
in psirsflhanre to get started for a little moneyJiig Mlnorce

Cockcrels. Satisfaction guaranteed. R. W. Mills. Saline. Kich.

 

GLAND Chinas. specie]. Sbigemooth bloohyboars
priced to move at once. also two Aug. boars from a
81m sow. Robert Martin. B. 7. Hastings. Mich.

m I . O. Boers. Bi boned h fellows.
“5.. ’li". .gmlrmrst‘rslr film 1°"
For 3". pound china: either sex. ‘Altmw Some-

tli ood ’ .
n. P. o. No. inér‘ind Rep-Ids. Kills-Ii.

 

 

P. D. Loni.
For Big Type Poland china r5232¥53ll$¥ai 3'.
Armstrong Bros" R. 3. Fowler-ville. Mich.

 

10 Yorkshire Ellis. 2 Boers one mature;

Red Polled cettlo. ll. 3. CARR. Honor. Hichlgun.

 

Bred Bows and guts for August and
September isrrow s.

I C
llem slurs Some. 9...
P MYERS. R.No. o, Decetugi'. 1nd:

sex both. FLOYD
Bozlrs. sows. gilts and

"AMPlSH'REs pigs. Choice stock

A. E. BACON ABON, Sheridan. Michigan.

 

 

onc‘vrruv TH E olstael

PROUFIC "MULEFOOT" RESIST-
Pnorrrasu: H O G mo

FOUNDATION STOCK IRON DEBT BLOOD OF IRE"

TH: CAHILL FARMS
ssuuszoo - - - - mcmosu

I

 

O. I. C. Stock 8|

JULIAN P. CLAXTON.
4 last fall boars big growthy

’
0. I. C 5. once. also lest spri pigs
either sex not akin. Farm 56 mile West of spot.
om B. éohuiso. - - Nashville. Iichinn

l Sold
. lids.

Qwert- Creek

 

Only a few spring boars left.
Taking orders for bred gilts.
It. 4. St. Johns. Mich.

HAMPSHIRE IIOGS

John W. Snyder.

 

Halladays' Hampshire Swine

Both sexes. all ages. Prices reasonable.
0. E. Halleday dz Son. Clinton. Mich,

 

0 I C Serviceablc Boar‘s. Gilts bred for
- e 0 March and A ril furrow. Prices
reasonable. H W. MANN. snsvllle. Mich.

 

0. I. C. 8 CHESTER WIII'I'E SWINE

Strictly big type. 5 gilts. bred for Mar. and A f -
row, bred to Big Wonder 4th. and Prince Junlligrlirllslh
boars are slred‘liy Champion's. Those gills will be sold

at Farmer's prices. Th rm» boars ready for service. also

fail pigs that will be sold cheap. Can (urnish in irs mtek'
Willship (x o. n. Nowmnu'sstncx l-‘nl-m. Merit-tit): Mich,” nui:

a Choice Springgilts not bred and s rln b
' L 0' Out of Prise winnin to .‘p R Oars.
35 Ck. VI lte f
A. v. HATT. nilch, °r low

prices. Grass Lake.

Berviceable boars. Yearling sows and
o- !- cl gilts bred for Mar. furrow. Summer and
fall pigs. G. P. Andrews. Dansville. Michigan.

 

SHEEP

 

Kope K-on Farms

Offers. One yearling Hampshire ram at 850.00.
()llc yearling Soutlldmvll l‘illll at $25.00. A few
growtlly well bred Oxford and Shropshire ram
lambs at $25.00. Killderllook. Michigan.

 

Oxford Down Sheep N° ‘é‘é’fém
M. F. GANBSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.

 

For Sale. Dlmt
all mail to
Muir, Michigan.

flsgislersd Oxford Down llams

Olmsted and J. Spoons.~

TWO Oxford llalll Lambs not registered at 31168011

 

Year old boar 2nd prize winners! (‘ rz d R. ' . . .
u- l. - fair also sprint: gilts und hours rang; long: if taken fight away". A few S" 0' w“ Le horn 00*
vice. A. J_ Barker, Helmont. hIli‘h. R. R. I. OIBIS. Chase SCOCk 1‘ arm. R. 1. Mar ette. Mich
Thoroughbred 0. 1.0. .-
FO R SAL E. 3...... M... HORSES

, ilts
Green Lake, Mich. fi. 2.

 

andboers. 0. D. Somervill.
, or Chester “'llito Swine, both so . t
00". 0 of kin. Write for think) and 51133;.
L. B. MILE'I'i. Fowlervilie. filichlgan.

0. I. C’s. Have only zl few bogrs of May,

Jme. d S . . .
c. J. THOMPSON. ‘ R5%K§8R3fr‘i}vlcn.
I 2!) choice Gilts bred toSo f 9. h -
0. I. c 5- master to furrow in Mali? slsfo gill
pigs. Clover Leaf Stock Farm, Monroe. Mich. 1
Spring boars. at.

 

 

MR. FARMER

BUY YOUR

Percheron Stallions and Mares of the
largest breeders in the state. 15 head
to select from—herd established 1899.

PALMER BROS.,

 

 

Ii; Tm Poland china: “.0... o...

express. A. A. WOOD & SON. Saline. chhlgan.

ARGE Typo 1’. C. largest in Mich. Boers all sold. Haw-M of
the host lllg stretchy bred gilts I ever raised . Sir-ed l)y& bred to
the largest boars of the breed. from massive dams a large lit-
ters. Come a. sec & be convinced. Expenses paid if not as rch
rented. Free livery to visitors. W. E. Livingston. Pal-ma. Mich.
' bred for March and A ril
8'! I"). Poluld chlfll furrow. July boars. Settle-

fnotlon guaranteed. G. W. Holton. Kalamazoo. Mich.lt.ll.

 

Francisco Farm Poland Chlnas
Big Types With Quality

Ten 200 lb. Spring Bolt. from ri i

They’re long. strong. big-boned.p nuggdlnile lone:
Pictures circular andsrioe list on nest. '
p. P. POPE. u m prisms“. Inca.

NOW IS THE TIME T0 BUY

Twenty-five tried Big-Type Poland-China brood
sows to be bred for March and April furrow.
Ten splendid Spring boars at $26.00 each for

quick sale. Worth 850.00.
Hillu'est Farm, Kalamazoo. Mich,

AT HALF PRI'CE

garish“. 59:. Poland Chine Hoes.
i ' l

 

ready for Service

 

seeneessnseai E.

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P. O. Belding. Ionic Co. Orleane, Mich.
-ble
or soon to save -
0159 v9.
Ill. ltlslelii Stock Farm old Iglzgt;!.ksafiigu:m‘ i:

we above the average in breedl ' d
welghing over we lb. with good etvlglzrlllioaetian ogup‘gg
and terms righ if interested write

OSCAR WOL . - . ST. LOUIS. MICE.

”drowsinessits 22mm

FOR SALE-Registered PeroheronBtaiiloanares
and Fillies at reasonable prices. In-

spection invited. l‘. L. KING A808. Cheriottejlich
Percheron and en

Ills Fairlield Sleek Farm 3"“
and Oxford DOWn sheep. fih I?” 193mg? $35333?ng
Stallions from one to

Regiflered PefCI'IH’OnS- four years old and two

you-old mares. Prioedtosell. Ins ii i vii .
i. c. HUNT. EATON eligible“. hxc‘i‘l.

 

 

2.;

R SALE—Pure Bred Black Percheron Stallions
end mares cheap. 1 miles North d l l

of Millikan. Hick. ourtland Swizz. P3: In E.“

 

OR BALE taIIlon It I: I V -79III3 (MS
fisheries-“‘33:" 3m..."....‘i~t.r:*°..’
V “0 i
:he . Osgood A: Sea: yob‘Icpdon. Michigan;

re. Ghee
—-2 rcld. Wt. 1!”. Import. I
II sumo“ ei darn. Hrs-t prize

 

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Grange.

I. Emmmmumnmmunnmmmfi

Our Motto:-—"The farmer is of more
consequence than the farm, and should
be first improved.”

ANNUAL MEETING OF STATE

GRANGE.

 

 

(Continued from last week).

The lecturer’s program was contin-
ued Wednesday evening, at which time
a play by Mrs. Stockman entitled “The
Coming of Happy Valley Grange to
Hardscrabble Hollow,” was given in a
very creditable manner by the Char-
lotte Grange. Third degree drill work
and tableaux was given by the Capitol
Grange degree team under the direc-
tion of E. J. Creyts. The Clinton Coun-
ty Chorus and Orchestra, and Hon. Er-
nest Pray, of Dimondale, furnished the
music.

A very valuable report was given by
the sub-committee on taxation of the
executive committee. This report was
the result of very earnest study of the
budget system and the Wisconsin in-
come tax by W. F. Taylor. The report
states that the budget system has been
tried in ten states, but no two states
have applied it in the same manner
which, is an indication of the fact that
the system has not yet been perfected.
The great increase in taxation in this
state shows that some more efficient
method of appropriating money for
state institutions is necessary. The
budget system will accomplish this if
properly applied. In order to do it to the
best advantage a budget commission
should be constituted to study the
needs of the public institutions and to
see that the expenditures are efficient-
ly made. Information received by this
commission, and recommendations it
makes, should be published so that ev-
eryone interested, including legislators,
can obtain this knowledge. The com-
mission’s report should also contain a
complete budget as a guide for making
new appropriations.

There are radical changes necessary
in the system of taxation in this state.
Michigan is no longer a rural state,
and the old system is no longer equita-
ble. The Wisconsin income tax has
proven succesful in that state and
therefore was given serious study by

g.
E

a change from the method of uniform (

taxation of property to the taxation of
people progressively, aCcording to abil-

property, according to value. Wiscon-
sin has proven that the collection of
the income tax was not expensive and
was quite staple as a producer of rev-
enue, for although individual incomes
varied from year to year, the aggre-
gate increased gradually. This tax has
also thrown some light on, the incomes
from various occupations. 0f the 60,-
860 in Wisconsin who paid the tax,
only 7,225 were'farmers. It is graded
into eight classes, the first paying an
average of $3.74 while the last paid
$1,794. Many professional-men who
were not taxed before were placed on
the income tax roll. In closing Mr.
Taylor said that the budget system
was closely associated with taxation,
as both worked for greater service, in
governmental work. Everything has
heard the cry of efficiency, so in the
work of the government it must re-
place gr‘aft,.political intrigue and the
spoils system by applying civil service
wherever possible.

In his report of the sub-committee
on co—operation, Mr. Horton said that
co-operation has taken hold of the peo-
ple, and the Grange must get in line or
suffer. In order that the Grange con-
tract system be made a success, a
large volume of business with cash
firms is necessary. In asking for bids,
the Grange must be able to approach
manufacturers with some definite prop-
osition as to the amounts to be con-
tracted for. During the past year the
State Grange received $8,016 for its
percentage on Grange contracts. This
means that a business of over $400,000
was done. If systematic and certain
business was established in this re-
gard, the amount of business would be
greatly increased, and the Grange
would become a great factor in co-op-
erative effort.

Friday morning the reports of vari-
ous committees were read and voted
upon. The first committee to present
its report was that on the Agricultural
College, which recommended that the

'Grange use its influence to have elect-

ed on the State Board of Agriculture
a majority of bona fide farmers, which
was adopted.

(To be continued).

ity to pay, and the taxation of real.

Farmers Clubs a
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(Paper read by Mrs. I. R. Johnson,

of the Salem Farmers Club, at the re-

cent meeting of the State Association

of Farmers’ Clubs).

We are living in an age'of progres-
sion, everything is moving at a rapid
pace, and we as Farmers’ Clubs of the
state of Michigan, must progress or
we will not be able to take our proper
place and keep it.

It certainly means most earnest and
thoughtful consideration on the part
of each Club and each individualr

The Clubs must, from the very start
be made of value to the communities
in which they are located, education-
ally, socially and financially. We must
make them of such importance that
every farmer will see, his need of be-
longing and also the advantages he
may avail himself of by joining such
an organization.

. What we as farmers, need is organ-
ization and co-operation.

No one need have any fear of join-
ing a Farmers’ Club, because there is
no stock sold and no possibility of loss.
It is simply an organization with a mu-
tual understanding that the people of
the community will take up collective-
ly, questions of interest and profit and
discuss them freely.

. There are at least two advantages
in holding the meetings at the homes
of the members.

First, knowing that the Club will
meet at one’s home is a stimulus to
picking up and putting in shape stock,
fields and buildings.

Second, members feel some obliga-
tion to the host and hostess to attend.

However, if you cannot hold your
meetings at the homes, hold them at
some convenient place, do nOt do with-
out them.

The majority of Clubs find it easier
to carry on a movement of this kind
by serving dinner, as eating together
does more than any one thing to break
down reserve, formality and distrust.

Some Clubs are able to be carried
on successfully without this, which is,
of course, much less work to hostess
and members.

One of the most important features
of the Club is the pi ogram If this is
not instructive and helpful then cer-
tainly the Club will be a failure. It
must always be lively. We need short
pointed talks, followed by discussions,
with music, humorous recitations, the

 

 

DEX

FOR VOL. CXLVII.

Farm.

ties of ..........

Vocational training ..
Waste paper ........

About beans .........
Alfalfa, commercial varies

An alfalfa story ......
old theory exiiloded.
Applying lime in the fall

if
complete without a paper

some one of the Club, 41 statespea er

or some other person of authority on
some important question of the day, or
something that might be of help to

  

the Club.

The yearly program is one of the

, best ways to do work in a systematic

way, as the work is planned a year
ahead and can easily be worked out.
Debates may be taken up occasion-
ally. These are a great help to inter-
est the younge1 ones, and it is the
younger people of today, who we are
educating, that we are expecting to
make our Farmers’ Clubs and take,
care of the farms we are now keeping
so well. If they do not, someone else
will reap the profits of our years of
labor. '
A great deal has been said on the
subject of “Keeping the Boy on the
Farm.” We .need the boys on the farm
it is very true, and it is by the Farm-
ers’ Clubs we can help to keep them,
but could we afford to waste a good
mechanic, chemist, doctor,‘electrician
er teacher to make a poor farmer? ’

‘ We must have machinery, we need
chemists, doctors, electricians and
teachers, and it is from the farm many
of the best of these come and we, the
farmers, must furnish our share, but
let us teach them that the farmer is at
the head of all and it is on him all
others are dependent.
:k t *

The children must be thought of and
interested. This can be done by hav-
ing corn, potato and canning contests.
Try some of these with a fair in the
fall, giving premiums for the best corn,
potatoes, poultry, canned fruits or veg-
etables, or anything else the children
have raised during the summer.

Of course, you will need money to
carry on an enterprise of this kind and
you will have to secure this first and
by the easiest way you can in the com-
munity where you live. You possibly
could have a social, and chicken-pie
dinners rarely fail to bring crowds.

Our Club had never been a success
financially until about a year ago some
of our members decided to give a play.
They chose one that could be given
with little expense and also one that
suggested that the Farmers’ Club was
at its head. It was “The Old Dairy
Homestead.” ‘

They gave it in our own town first,
and with such credit to themselves
that a neighboring town invited them
to give it there, and as a result over
$70 was realized.

It meant work, hard work and plenty
of discouragements, but do we find any-
thing without these?

Each Farmers’ Club needs to keep in
touch with this, the State Association

of Farmers’ Clubs, as this is the head
of all Clubs, and it. is through this as-
sociation much help may be derived
and much good done.

. . . . 2 Farm buildings . . . ....... 527
. . . .454 efficiency .............. 608
fence, building the ...... 313
. . . . 88 Farm Notes—The fertiliz-
ing value of sweet clo-
..... 400 ver, seeding clover in
.1. . .400 buckwheat, 3; burning
.311 hardwood stumps, seed-

ing vetch, the place of

 

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From July I l9l6, to January I, l9l7.

Editorial.
A new opportunity for Am-
erican breeders
A rural credit swindle...
A tribute to the electorate.478

Bean market conditions. . .374
“Bear” antics ........... 502
Christmas, 1916 ......... 606

Constitutional amendments

................... 2, 374
C0- -ope1ative economy . . .478

marketing ............. 218
County agent work, 66, 170,

218.

fairs .................. 342
C1 ops and crop values .606
Crop insurance ..........
Cut- -0ver lands ........... 574
Drainage projects ........ 242

Efficiency in organizations 66
Farmers and anti- trust
laws 3
Federal aid for good roads
Fire prevention ...... 310, 502
Forest fires 86
‘ Interest in rural credit act550
Labor costs 54

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Memory Day .............290
Michigan crop prospects. 42
Michigan’ s crop income. .146
Milk campaign, the ....... 290'

prices
producers’ eiganizations. 42

.................

National campaign adver—
tising ......' ......... 310
farm loan associations. .194
New settlers welcome. . . .. 22
Our beet sugar production 06
industrial growth ...... 146
live stock possibilities. .170
sheep industry ..... 86, 526
Philanthropy vs. business . 422
Preparing for winter ...... 218
Prof. Clinton D. Smit.h...146

Promoting the dairy indus-31

try ..................
Railroad regulation ...... 502
Right vs. duty ........ t. . . .422
Road building problems ..
Rural credits ........ 310,478
school attendance ..... 422

Secretary Houston’s report606
Some reasons why . ...... 574
Standardization of farm

 

   

annual school meeting. 2
bean growers’ opportu-
nity ................ 2
better seed movement. .242
consumer’s dollar ...... 342
cost and food value of

,milk ................. 242
expense of hand labor. .126
federal farm loan act... 88
good roads movement..342

high cost of living ...... 550
high school graduate... 42
horse breeding industry.126
dairy show ............ 398

International .......... 454
milk producers’ campaign
........................ 398
milk producer’s duty. . 266
meeting ............... 342
milk shortage . . . . ..126
national holiday ....... 2
railroad labor contro-
versy ............... 194
rented farm ........... 478
rural credit law ........ 106
school and the farm....106

State Fair, 126, 146, 170, 242
strenuous harvest sea-
son

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or spring ............ 2 vetch in the crop rota-
rural credits in Michi- tion, 4; seeding alfalfa
gan ................. 575 in August, clipping the
the season’s lessons. . . .193 weeds on new seeding,
A1my-1101 n1 the ......... 23 eradicating quack grass,
A valuable farm asset. . . .291 68; top-dressing for the
hay ................... 88 wheat, 87; Bordeaux
Bean anthracnose ....... 243 mixture for late blight,
market situation, the. .127 oil-mixed concrete, 88;
yield and prices ....... .266 ground phosphate rock
Beauty and utility from and lime, 172; applying
waste products ...... 527 lime with manure, 196;

Better roads in Michigan. .195
Boost farm life this winter
........................ 575
Breaking new ground. . .
Building up a run-down
farm ................ 607
Busy land the best land.. 4

Capitalizing knowledge 44

Check-rowed vs. drilled
corn ................ 268

Clearing cut—over lands——
cost and methods. ..573

Co- operative land clearing
associations . .341

Corn for silo in northern
Michigan ............ 425

County farm bureau picnic
265

orb}; ' é'n'd' fertilizer: ' dh'e'si
tions—The fertilizer
for wheat on sandy soil21

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Crops for muck lands ..... 553
Ditching machine, the. .343
Drainage questions ...... 43
Drain law, the ............ 23
Dry land dredging ..... .241

Dynamite, thawing . . . .425

  

 

  

sweet clover and rye as
green manure crops, fall
vs. spring sowing of
sweet clover, 220; sweet
clover, 244; early hog
pasture , 344; spring
wheat for Michigan, fall
vs. spring plowing for
potatoes, 456; preparing
alfalfa soil, 552; spring
rye, 576; soft coal ashes
for the soil, combination
hog house and granary,

seeding sandy land to
clover ................. 607 ,
Favors spring wheat ...... 480
Field selection of seed
beans ........... 128
Filing system, a conven-
- ient ................. 313
Forestry meeting in Mich-

igan ..... 480
Good roads, individual re- .

sponsibility for. . . .220

insfiichigan, 267, 312, 424,

problem, the ..... _. , . . . .608
Good seed pays. . . . ; . . ..291

 

      

   

Factors in successful farin-

399
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threatened embargo

visiting nurse ......

West Michigan . Stat
Fair...-.....194, .242, .290

equipment 478
State calf farms .......... 454
Sugar beet prices. ..526 574
The agricultural fairs....106

Government whitewash. 88
Gravel vs; stone roads. . .. “3 -
Growing a new kind of-

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Marketing the bean crop. 290
Markings a century’s pro-

' ......... 21 ”Fallow field farming”
Fall DIOWing one-30.029

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Horse labor, cost of“ ......311 ,
400'

House the tools ..........
How a hobo taught a sena-

. tor a lesson 424
Hands and soil fertility; .267
Insuring next year' s wheat

crop ................. 169
Irrigation
farms ..............
Land miler the use of” .128

Lillie Farmstead Notes.—
4,23,44,68, 87,127, 147,

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172, 196, ’1220 2411 266, 312', '

344, 376, 400, 425, 480, 556:

552, 576.
Limiting factors in'grow-
ing clover ........... 4
Longevity oi clover seed. .528
Machinery, care of ........ 12 7
Making credit a real farm
resource ............. 525
Marl, its value in soil man-
agement ............. 309

Michigan experiment asso~
ciation annual meeting608

of
Michigan potato growers’

convention .......... 477
Michigan’s 1916 crops are
large ................ 107
More money for milk ..... 266
Nudife fertilizer .......... 68
Featuring alfalfa ......... 219
Peas, cost and profit in
growing ............. 292
Potato crop, one phase of
the .................. 311
growing in Michigan. . . . 23

importation permits ....376 ‘

spraying, average profit

from ................ 21
Production costs on the av-
erage farm ...... . . . .423

Profitable preparedness ..219
Quack grass, eradicating..171
Repair the implements. .424
Roadbed, the width of the 3
Run- down soil, improving. 171
Rye smut ............... 147
Sandy land, improving ...312

Save the trees ........... 608
Seed corn, storing ........ 375
Select the seed corn early.195
Settler’s agent ........... 23
Shocking grain .......... 44
Silo, a, on every farm. . . .172

Solving the labor problem.577

Spreading lime on wheat. . 480-

Spring-«wheat ............ 480

Sugar beet production... .425

Sweet clover a boon to
farming on poor solls.105

The farm auction sale... .528
farmer’s automobile ...479
good farmer ........... 171
roads problem ......... 576
price of stumps ........ 577

“Titanic” wheat ......... 43

Tractor demonstration at

Toledo ............... 148

Tractors, work proves the

value of ............. 107

Training farm managers. .343

. Trimming shade trees... .528

Turning under organic
matter .............. 345

Vertical drainage ...... 68, 312

Wasted energy .......... 67

Weeds, the war with, 67 87
Wheat failures, some caus-
es for ............... 219
Horticulture.
An efficient method of

growing melons ......529
A new peach disease ..... 65
Annual meeting of state

fruit growers 401, 578,
610, 628.
An unconventional orchard

.......................

Apple show at Fremont. .457

thinning profitable . . . . 45
A productive tree ......... 481
Backyards and the farmer 5
Black rot of grapes ...... 481
Coddling moth ........... 89
Compost for next year’s

garden .............. 347
Cover crops for the or-
chard ...............

Crabapples profitable . ....427

Cultivating the garden. . .131

Fall campaign, the, against1
27

insects ..............
care of bush fruits ..... 314
orchard practice ....... 377

Field mice as orchard
pests ............... 314

I‘resh tomatoes for Christ-
mas ......... r ....... 270

Fruit growers’ convention 506
Harvestng the apple crop.221
Horticultural society meet-

ing .................. 426
How the cherry crop is
handled ............. 198
Keep the garden busy. . .. 45
Lightning danger of trees. 427
Market gardening ........ 553
Meeting of the state fruit
growers ......... 150,173
Mushrooms growing .....346
Orchard cultivation and
cover crops .......... 24
soil fertility . . . . z ...... 506

Packing apples in boxes. .270

Feats of the berry patch. .346

Renovate old strawberry
beds ............... 89

    
  
 

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Selecting fair rult. . .. . ..131

State Fair fruit show, the.293

Storing vegetables for the
winter ...... ......314

Strawberry notes . . . . . . . . 4

Summer meeting of State
Hort Society . . . . . .. . 89

    

pruneS cutback peach
tree .............. .109

The advantages of late fall

pruning ..... ........

light orchard soils. . . . . .553
necessity for rotating in
garden work ..
popularity of apple vari-
eties

value of a garden ....... 401

Tree-eating insects . . . . . .347
Trouble Department—T he
peach leaf curl, lice and
ants, 5; disposal of sur-
plus small fruit plants,
24; maggots in radishes,
45; spray for curl leaf,
insect troubles, cracked
bark, chewing insect at-
tacking peach and cher-
ry trees, 69; cherry leaf

blight 131; a fungous
disease of oak trees, dis-
eased snowball bush,

173; blossom end rot,
198; walnut grafting
wax, scabby fruit, 245;
pruning peaches, galls
on maple leaves, 315;
the hill system of grow-
ing strawberries, 347;
the control of leaf curl,
401; controlling cabbage
lice, 426; apple tree bor~
ers, 457; horse- radish
culture ................ 579
Which apples are popular.293
Winter protection for the

strawberries . . . .529
With the Michigan fruit
growers .......... 69, 131
Dairy.
A good grade cow ........ 175
Applying tar to a silo ..... 320
Authentic figures on the
cost of milk ......... 289

Autumn on the dairy farm31
Boarder cow the ......... 508
Central Michigan Holstein
breeders‘ picnic .. .3 9
Community silo filling. . . .483
Contagious abortion ..... 379

Cow- -testing associations. .458.

Creosoted wood blocks for

stable floors ......... 318
Dairy cows lack in mineral

nutriment ........... 175

house, a suitable ....... 247

products to be advertised 25
Dairy Problems—Early va-
riety of corn best, the re
tained placenta, 7; how
to balance a ration, pas-
turing sweet clover, ro-
tation of crops for the
dairy farm 25; mammoth
clover for silage, cow
milks hard, how to over-
come, 71; clover and mil-
let for silage, what to
plant for late silage, 91;
the butter won ’t come,
building a bull pen, 129;
milking a heifer before
she freshens, 175; young
heifers giving milk rag-
wed in ensilage, does all
age injure cattle, 271; a
permanent pasture, 295;
ensiloing frosted corn,
what grain to buy to bal-
ance ration, 349; a heif<
er’s first calf, effect of
silage on health of cows,
ensiloing shredded corn-
stalks, cows losing in-
stead of gaining, vealing
calves without milk cot.
tonseed meal alone for
grain, value of dried beet
pulp, 531; balancing a
ration, breeding a sire
back to his grade heifer,
when to begin feeding
ensilage, 595.
Difficult churning ........ 611
Effect of ration and age of
calving on dairy cows.318
Garget caused by germ. . .. 91

Good alfalfa meal ..... . . .379
cream pays best . . . . . . .295
cows .................. 483

Grain for the skim~milk

calf .............. . . .129

Grains for the dairy cow’s

ration .............. .594

Holstein breeders’ picnic. .247
Home-made sterilizer for
dairy utensils ..... . .151
Improving farm butter. . . .349
Is dairying profitable?. . . .555
Keep cows well fed ..... . .129
up the milk flow. . . . .175
Lillie Farmstead
Notes ..
Meeting of Jersey breeders

...... .........91, 197'

Michigan calf clubs. . ...508
farmers visit Wisconsin
dairymen 40

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weather..315

   

 
   

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champion awards . .432, 458
Pasteurizing milk for the
calves
Pasture plus grain feed.. 7
Portable calf house ....... 91
Report of Gd. Rapids cow-
testlng asociation . . . .197
Roughage feeds for dairy

............

cattle ............... 430
Sale of Holstein-Friesian
cattle ............... 484

Separator milk for calves. 271
Silo filling, economy in. .223
Soiling and silage prob-
lems .............. .
SOme protein feeds ....... 611
St. Clair County Cow-test-
ing Association No. 1. 271
Summer feeding the dairy

cows ................ 71
Temperature in the silo. 1.29
The cost of milk ........ 348
Thinning out unprofitable

cows ................ 318
Variations in milk and

cream tests ....111, 129
West Michigan Holstein
sale successful ...... 7
Live Stack.
Better swine for our farms1

Breeders’ meeting at the
International . . . . . . . . 609
Breeding qualities the, of 26

sheep ...............
Breed trade-marks ...... 482
Butchering on the farm. .459
Care of the herd bull ..... 532
Castrating pigs .......... 26

Cattle feeding lessons from
Missouri station tests. 403
Championship awards at
, the State Fair ........ 281
Community co-operation in
stock breeding ...... 549
Controlling contagious dis-
eases ................ 222
Corn, oats, wheat for feed
Diseases of animals. . . . .
Evolution in beef produc-
tin ......... 6,26, 46, 90
Feeders’ Problems. ———The
chemical analysis of
middlings, the best
way to feed skim-milk
to pigs, 6; grain ra—
tion for cows and
hogs, 403; corn vs.
oats as horse feed, es-
timating roughage for
live stock, 530
Feeding tankage is free
from germs ......... 581
Feed pigs on forage crops. 130
Grain mixtures compared. 532
Hogging down corn ...... 294
Hogs in mid‘sulnmer ..... 174
How much bay for horses.380
How to have good cows. ..351
Judging stock at the fairs 70
Killing hogs on the farm. .581
Live Stock News. —-6, 46, 90,
149,294,317, 380, 530,628

Manure the value of ..... 317
Michigan exhibits at the
International ........ 609
National breed association
meetings .. . . ........ 507
Pasturing corn ........... 130
Pig feeding, experiments
results ................ 380
Pork production, the out-
lookf for ..... 199,222, 246

Sheep and wool conference55
........................ 4

for northern Michigan. .149

in Michigan ........ 269,294
Shetland pony, the ....... 350
Silo roof, the ............. 149
Small pigs .............. 429

Steer feeding experiments 90
Stock breeging hints, 316, 378,

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Summer lamb- feeding . . . .317
Swine feeding eXperiments 30
Take care of your colts..130
The farm dog ............ 352
flushing of ewes ........ 246
horse collar ........... 26
International .......... 580
Those small pigs ......... 507
To relieve scours in calves532
Use good sires ........... 149
Use of supplementary
crops in hogging down
corn ................. 90
Wheat middlings the bet~
ter feed ............. 130
Winter care of the farm
horses .............. 530
Wintering stockers ....... 429
Wounds of stock, treating. 70
Veterinary.
Abnormal appetite .......103
Abscess ................. 370
Acute indigestion ........ 15
resulting in death of the
_ calf ......... . ....... 567
Atrophy ...... . . . . ..... ..215
Barbwire cut ............ 39
Barren cow .. . . . ......... 339
heifer . . ........... 451,519
mares ................. 15

 

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oot....167, 370

Suppuratin'gfoot
Bunehonfor ........ 2 "Sup tivegkhds.......143
hindleg...‘t¢.'fi.‘167, 191 Sureitio“.‘.|‘..ll§‘!“5$
shoulder lil.‘.'....‘.,.667 buds OOI’QIIJ‘CQ.'.O...O 62
stifle I ‘ C O I O I C O I Q I O I I O O. .103 sweenied colt IIIIIII Q O 0 I1”
Calf-knee ..... . . . . . . . . . .. 15 Sweeny of shoulder. . . . . . .123
Capricious appetite . . ..602 Swollen eyelids . . . . . . . . . .108
Catract ....... ..........450 sheath.......... .3,39 543
Chronic broken wind. . . . .839 tendons ...............
cough .. . . . . . . . .. ....... 450 Thickened glands . . . . . . . .307
garget ................ 519 tendons ............ . . . 38
grease heel ............ 62 Thin cow ......... . ...... 543
indigestion ......... 35,519 Thoroughpin . . . . . . . . . . . .191
looseness of bowels... .471 Tongue loller . . . . . ..... ..1
stifle lameneSS . .. ..... 215 Too much kidney action” 83
Stocking .............. 287 Tumor ..................
stocking of sheath ...... 103 Umbilical hernia, 83,167,215
Congeste udders . .451 tumor ............... 39
Congestion .............. 62 Vertigo ........ . ..... 62:, 370
Conjunctivitis ........... 451 Veterinary question . . . . .15
Constipation . . . . : ....... 471 Warbles ......... . ..... 15
Contagious abortion. . .83, 143 Warts ................ . .. 62
Cough ............... 263, 471 on head and neck. . . .39. 62
Cow eats too much. . .543, 602 teats .................. 339
gives bloody milk, 62, 103, Weak cat ............... 543
391, 519. heart .................. 15
holds up milk ...... 62,123 Weakness ............ 62, 339
leaks milk ............. 415 Wind—galls ............ . .
Cows cough ............. 239 Wire cut ......... . .23
donot come in heat. . . .103 Worms ............. 167, 543
Disealsedtcogg ........... $3? Pou‘try and Bees‘
mo ar 00 ............
Dislocation of patella ..... 450 A dollar and at half a hengfi)
Distemper ............... 263 A freak 0f na “re """"
Dog has a cough _________ 215 A hen that crowed ....... 29$
Dysentery ............... 519 fipoplexy """" i """ 11160
Eczema .............. 62,307 re Y0“ Chic“ 9° “5 we
Elbow tumor ............ 83 Autumn poultry hints ‘62
Enlarged gland ...... 103 143 Baby chick men organ‘ze 252
Fetlock joint lamenes. . .1215 Bee exhlbit at State Fair. 21:
Filthy sheath ........... :33 (13:11)?) nosin‘iment -------"" 482
£133? 122111231151; '.'.'.'.°..307 .602 Cause 0f 900‘ results “”1214
sore ............... 151338 late hatCheS ------- 69
Forage poison ........... 391 “”th poultryh. ' 'k' ' ' 21.11113
Foreign body in stomach.. 83 Controlling 3W 5 38
arget ............. 62, 543 crows ............... 38
Gastritis ................ 450 Corn for laying hens ---- 570
Goitre .............. 123, 602 COWS hens “(119901“ ----- 0
Hard milker ............. 450 December Poultry hints 6%
Heifers fail to come in Don t 5911 Off your pullets 3 8
heat ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,143 Ducks, fall care of ....... 353
Hernia ............. 191, 239 During the mowing D9142
Hide-boun .............. 519 ri """"""""""
Hip joint (lameness ....... 287 Early Winter poultry hints
mene .............. 1 1 .......................
H3); has stiles ............ 421 Economlcal egg p1 oduction
Hole in side of teat ...... 123 --------------- '

Horse urinates too often. .602

Imperfect mastication of
food ................ 370
teat ................... 167
Impu-re blood ....... .15, 370
Incipient heaves ..... 307, 338

Indigestion, 39, 143, 239, 287,
339 391, 451, 471, 519.

Infected joln’ts ........... 370
navel ................. 123
Inflammation of bowels. . .239
Injured leg .............. 263
shin .................. 15
Itchy neck .............. 307
Leucorrhea .......... 15,143
Li ice ........ . ........... 602
on cattle .............. 15
Light mllkers ........... 451
Looseness of bowels ...... 471
Loss of power ........ 62,103
vision ................. 278
Lump-jaw ............... 123
Mange .................. 191
Mare fails to come in heat
................... . .143
Medical question ..... 103,567
Melanotic tumors ........ 143
Nasal catarrh, 39, 62, 103, 339
Naval infection ......... 215
Nodular disease ...... 239,338
Obstructed teat ...... 263,287
Opacity of cornea ........ 338

Opening in side of teat. ..215
Paralysis ................

Partial paralysis ....... .370
Periodic ophthalmla, 391,567
Pi s have worms. ...... 167
P0 l-evil . . ........... 83,191
Ptomaine poisoning ...... 339
Raising Collie dogs .......
Rectgbrrfnt ophthalmic, 26623
Rheumatism, 103, 239, 287,
307,450.
Ringbone ........... 167,339
Roarer ...... . .....
Roup ................... 123
Scours .. ........... 83
Scratches ........... 263 451
Scurvy ............. 167,839
Seedy toe ...... . ........ 123
Shy breeders ........ 287, 567
Sick kittens ............. 451
Sldebones ............... 567
Sltfast .................. 215
Sluggish kidney action. . .123
Sore feet ................ 519
Sores on back ............ 83
Sore throat .............. 338
SOWS fail to come in heat.338
Spike-tail ................ 602
Sprained shoulder ....... 567
Splint ................... 450
Split hoof ............ 1. .471
Sprained fetlock ......... 307
muscles .............. 191
stifle ligaments .. ...... 191
Stifle bunches ........... 62
weakness . . ............ 450
Stocking ....... .,471 602
Stomach staggers . .‘ ...... 54 3
Strong les ........... .,39 451

Stretched ligaments . . . ... 450

 

itable ...............
Fattening the spring hatch 60
tulkeys ................ 449
Feeding silage to poultry. 3.68
the farm fl0ck ......... 334
Feed your chickens sour
milk ................ 142

Forcing an early and rapid
moult ............... 82
Fowl feeding experiments. 369
Fresh air for poultry ..... 102
Gapes ................... 102
Hatching problem ....... 38
troubles ............... 82

Hens, individual character-
istics of ............. 335
Hives, home- -made ........ 286
How to find the queen. 18
Keeping eggs ............ 2 62
Male birds, the ........... 306
Money in duck raising” .393
More profit from the culls. 570
November poultry hints .498
Planning for winter eggs. .368

Poor growth of feathers. .166

Poultry feeding ...... 18
fence, the portable ..... 214
house sanitation ....... 418
notes .................. 14942

ointers ...............
Iproblems .......... 306, 335
Practical houses for farm
pou ultry .............. 421
Preparation for the winter
quarters .......... , .600
Preparing for winter 1n
the poultry yard ..... 570
Progress in the poultry bus-
iness ................ 626

PtOmaine poisoning ...... 60

Red mite, the ............ 18

Results of careful breeding369

Rheumatism ............449

Roup ........ . .......... 190

Scaly legs ............... 82

Second crop grass for the
hens ................. 286

Simple poultry ration. .214

Sore head 38

Starting with poultry ..... 122
Storing incubators ....... 18
Summer chicks .......... 166
poultry hints .......... 60
The beginner s breed ...... 368
Christmas goose ....... 546
laying capacity of fowls. 238
new Oregon breed ...... 286

To produce better eggs. . .262
Transferring bees from bee

tree ................. 190
Tuberculosis ............ 393
or aspergillosis ........ 18
Turkeys ................. 190
Watch for bands on wild
ducks ............. . .418
Waterglass for egg pre-
serving ...... . ..546

Watering the farm flock. ..166

What the size on an egg
means ...............474

When to pick geese ..... ..122

 
 

 

      
               
     


m ‘ .
"Afivertisin farm products
330, 36% 443, 492, 621.
Amendment to the potato
‘ quarantine . 620
A successful live stock as-
- sociation . .. ..493
Bean speculators want the
farmers to stand losses517

Better milk prices at Flint. 280
Bringing fruit to shipping
point 442
Capitalizing a natural ad-
vantage 33
Cold storage holdings less
than last year ........ 304
Conference on co—operation
at M. A. C 36 57
Co- -operation in its infancy. 100
in Michigan 23
Co-operative association of
creameries 540
Corning meats for home
use ................. 330
Dairymen eager to organ-
ize 1
secure field secretary.
Direct ma1keting again
Essentials of the federal
rural credit law ...... 184
Extending co-operative ser-
,vice
Farmeis’ co- operative bus-
iness enterprises .. .232
First standard marketing
association
Fruit and vegetable ship-
pers violate law ...... 620
Government wins bean
case ................ 469
Grapeg tiade needs squar-

How nthe New York milk
fight was won ........ 516
Improving our peach mar-
ket
the fruit trade .........
Installs a profitable service6 0
....................... 2
Kalamazoo city market,
the
Marketing a valuable crop
of beans ............ 280
Marketing farm products
by brand ............ 5
live stock ............. 620
potatoes to advantage.
problem, the
surplus cockerels
Marketing the farm flock..412
Market service for live
stock shippers ....... 492
Michigan fruit ma1 ket3
notes
Motor truck of M1. Owen. .620
National marketing confer-
ence ................ 582
New fields for co-operation
Our fruit growers handi-
capped .............. 280
Potatoes have a high value
46

Potato growing in Michigan
........... ............208
Privately owned city mar
ket ................. 388
Proper o1ganiiation for
"Co- -op” assdciations.. 6
Protecting milk and cream
tests ................ 304
Reviving Jackson city mar-
ket
Saginaw’s 111a1ket place.
Selling farm products '
season '
in the dark ............ 620
Standaidizing farm giain. 232
Standard measures 280
Starting a parcel post mar-
ket .................. 140
Suggestions on handling
dressed poultry
The bean situation
situation in the state. .
condition of fall truck
crops in the northern
states
farmers who stuck ..... 442
milk buyer changes his
answer .............. 362
moisture content of corn

U. S. warehouse act . . . .208
To officers- of fruit ex-
changes ............. 304
Unload surplus hens during
hot weather
Unnecessary
expenses , 65
Want $1.65 and $2.00 for
milk
When growers really co-
,operate .............. 120
Where the middleman wins58
........................ 3
Why dairymen are dissat-
isfied "
Will the peach crop pay. .100
With the Michigan fruit
growers ............. 233
Finance and Investment.
The distinction between
bonds and stock, 8; the
various classes of bonds, .
48; the difference be-
tween preferred and
common stocks, 84; the .
fundamental characteris-
* tics of municipal bonds,
105: the fundamentals

~ Coffee

“ ' rm notes,
,dustrial bonds, 164:1p
lic utility bonds, 176; *
drainage bonds, 209; our
foreign loans 224; bonds
or mortgages as aneSt-
ments, 260; equipment
bonds, 272; sidelights on
the investments of the
late J. P. Morgan, 308.
Practical Science.
Accessories to food ....... 568
Chocolate and cocoa ...... 544
................... 496
Dairy, food and drug offi-
cials meet 212
Federal inspection and con-
trol of dairy industry

37, 55
11 00d value of milk, 257, 284,
296, 336.

Glucose as a food product. 82
Influence of feed on milk 92
Judging ymilk in the 1ab01-
aort ........... 112,137
Milk and public health 366,
392, 416, 446, 472.
Net weight requirements.236
Oleomargarine and butter. 17
Table sauces
Tea

Magazine.

Agricultmal progress as
shown by school chil-
dren 35

A Hallowe’ en party ...... 406

A horseshoe in the heart
of an oak tree ........ 95

A hunter’s code .......... 408

A memorial to Rix Robin-
son

An intelligent horse ...... 354

An offset to the English
sparrow 177

“Billy” Sunday, evangelist.438
Christmas for mother. . . .557
giving by Uncle Abe. . ..
Dad’s turkey ............ 509
Deep wells that feel the
sea ................ ~.203
Developing rural leaders. .249
Falling in at Simpsey’s.29, 50
Farm credits ............ 227
Flags—and flags .......... 203
Free will vs. necessity. . .406
General Washington pre-
sents country with
Xmas gift, ........... 585
Going to Jerusalem ....... 277
Hairy woodpecker a great
grub destroyer 1
Heating the farm home...
Henry. Bolieu—pathfinder
of Shiawassee 3
Hints for farm motorists..228
His greatest day ......... 49
How to catch muskrats. .. .
Indian relics ............ 405
In Sequoia National Park.. 11
In sheep's clothing ..... 74, 94»
It pays to advertise ....... 322
John Chapman—rural ben-
efactm 2
Little Johnny and St. Pete1
....................... 534
Lima bean industry of the
west 61
Man’s humanity to man. .324
“Mister 44."——433, 462, 486,
510, 535, 559, 587, 615.
Moving our state capitol. .381
Neemah-«a bad Indian... 93
One woman’ s succes ...... 75
Planning a fall festival. .297
Practical talks on trapping
................... '225, 273
Protecting our native birds
Queer specimens of ani-
mal intelligence . . . “.2
Rural recreation ......... 373
Sanitary. home equipment.299
Sanitation in rural com-
munities ............ 204
Seasonable games ...... -.354
Several good games for
rural communities ..590
Silver fox farming ........ 133
Storing of ice in Austria. .354
Teaching of nature study
in 111131 schools ...... 561
I‘he biggest business, 153, 178
(:‘bo(1)nfa ............. 275
(ur and the coyote, 113 134
fall of Verdun ..........
flood .......... 355, 382 408
game 01 passing beans. .115
Glastonbury thorn ..532
physician in industry. . .485
Thoughts for reflection... 11
Trapping the n1uskrat.....461
Vacations
What wasps and ho1nets
do for us
White siste1 of the pioneer
pal‘ch..201, 226, 250, 274
mar 11 1'.

' A berry festival ......... '. 75

A Christmas blow ........ 589
A country proposal ...... ‘.354
A faithful horse .......... 155
After the summer time. . .361
Angel messegners ........ 614
A picture for mother. . . . .
Autumn

leaves

-Put your clothesline on

Laughter , 135 Simplee dietn for the yOung
Meditation * .‘.. ‘. . . 354 children .76
October , . .408‘ Some tireless cooker reci-
Partners 299 pés .328
Santa’s gifts ..,.........614 , seasonable dishes from
The boat rides ..... . ..... 11 Small fruits .......... 96
Christmas meaning .. .558 Sunday dinner, that. . . .618
spirit .................. 560 Take care of the window
death of a leaf ........ 406 screens 32
farmer’s game ........ . 75 Teaching cooking in our-
labor gang ............ 155 schools 2
new clock ............ 359 Teach weak to be strong.
There’s always someone Team- 1v01 k
w01se off than you. ..115 The children’s play corner.206
The summer storm ....... 11 food value of beans ..... 136
white day lily .......... 205 matrimonial advertise-
Trees 95 ment ................ 538

When the sandman comes.436 DEW patchwork ........ 201
Household. “Pass- it- along” club 158, 326,

A “assuage?.1311}... .......... Egg

_ I small child problem
AdVigeeS? kitcehn arrange .539 ‘" terrible tyranny of weak-

563 neSS
visiting baby .......... 230
weekly mending ....... 538
Thrift hints ............. 361
To detect food adultera-
tions 206
To increase the true Xmas
spirit ................ 562
Tumbler doily ........... 254
Uses for borax ........... 279
Wanted—wmkers .9 ....... 538
230 Warning to mothers in
‘ swat- the- -fiy campaign. 76
Washing a lace waist. .327
What are “advantages!”. .200
When it’s too hot to sleep. 76
Work not included in the
curse ............... 466
Grange.
A Grange community cen-
ter .................. 367
Among the Live Granges, 36,
61, 117, 213, 237, 305, 337,
367,394 473, 497
A national Giange procla-
matiOn 6
Annual meeting of Michi-
gan State Grange .. . .625
Four big Grange rallies..141
Granges o1ganized and re-
organized ....... 117,447
Gratiot county pomona
meeting ............. 237
Hold good convention. . . ..473
Lenawee Pomona ........ 165
Mecosta Pomona meeting.447
tuberculosis

me no
estion s

A puzzling watch trick.

A summer drink for the
fields

Attractive one—piece dress. 32

Boys will be boys, but ,.
there’s a limit ....... 514

Breakage of jars in can-
ning

Built in furniture . . .

Candied cherries and other
recipes

Can fruit without sugai.

Canned soups

Canning and combining
first fruits

Cleansers and renovators..
Cocoanut ways for Christ-
mas ................. 539
Cold stOIage of fruits and2
vegetables
Cold weather dislms ...... 441
Cooking green vegetables. 13
Dishes for convalescents...514
Do children have sense of
honor
Domestic science in rural
schools 618
Drinking water with meals
sometimes beneficial. .466
lashions. ~207, 201, 329, 358,
387,411,441 467 488,539,
593, 619.
F01 next Christmas ....... 218
For the Hallowe’ en pa1ty.0
Friends and neighb01s.. .360 MiChit’ an s

, . . survey
ggqs’agiiulféoihcét 13531111618 Newaygo Pomona meeting.417

e P m ..........
county Oc ana 0 011a 77

. . State executiVe committee
Grape jmce at home ...... 255
Green tomato recipes. . . ..439 resolution “305

. . State Grange executive
Handkerchlefs, eas1ly made committee meets, 19 33

189, 285

meeting ............... 545

The finances of Michigan
' State Grange .. . .545, 569
Kalkaska Pomona .261

story of a home- -coming
521,545

When G1‘ange1s get togeth-1

Health day at M. A. C. . ..
Hints 011 canning fruits
and vegetables ....... 54
Home economics at M. A.
C. .................. 136
Home made fireless cooker1

Home quelies, 183, 279, 31160
467, 539, 593.

Honey breads ........... 231

Household hints ......... 619

Housekeepers’ conference Club discussions 61 77 97,
H at M- A. C . . 96 117,165,189, 261, 285 337,
OW I became a tru1t gIOW- 61 367: 394 447: 497: 521: 545:
er
569.
How to keep cannas, dah ,, .
lias and gladiolis ....386 Pdflgfiirs Clugefxgzéiegfg'igg
make colors in gingham Homekactivities’ ’ 19
fast ’ ,‘ .
rid a house of bedbugs.183 HowMeslhglil 3:16 obse1ve305

Human diet lacks mineral Memorv Day y """" 305
nutrients ‘ 2 .b: 1 2 11.1.1“. 111.01;

Keeping up with fashion. Pure 18‘ V“ ‘ ‘ ’

Last. minute Xmas gifts. ..592

Meat substitutes ......... 230

Medallion in baby Irish-
crochet '

Minimum health require-
ments for the rural
school ............... 182

Modern preserving utensils2 8

* 7

- Farmers' Clubs.
A successful lyceum course
1

Summer rally ............
The annual meeting, 521 5419.5
569, 599.
I a1 n1e1
ucator
rally
milk situation in Mich-6

Illustrations.
A country proposal ....... 354
A faithful horse ......... 155
Alfalfa hay, a good stand.505
on soil treated with marl311

’Club as an ed

More cloth . in coats
. skirts

Motheis and 11e1vous chil—

' dren ................. 593

Natuie planned for a bal-

anced 1a’tion

roots

A picture for mother ...... 74

At Simpey’s 30, 50

Banostine Belle de Kol. . .247

Bay City’s public 1narket..388

Bean field of Dwight Locke

Potatoes in fat ........... 410 Tuscola county ...... 291

Preparing bulbs for dig- Beans, a good stand of. .127
ging time ... ........ 466 Belgian stallion owned by

our national dinner ..... 490 Mr Pelletier --------- 581

Pretty pickles from garden “Billy" Sunday .......... 438
left-overs ............ 201 Broiler develoD9d on SOUP

Preper food for milk 41
children Bungalow built of stones. .

Canning fruits and vegeta-
pulleys , 279 bles

Recipes. ”Rye bread, Cement end posh; ....... 313
company dish, log cab— raeg ................ 343
in salad, home- Chicken with white diarr-
1nade ginger 6bread. 96 , hea

Regular habits a time-saver “32

othei
ieason why boy‘
the farm ............ 467
Play spells the need of. 439
Plum duff and spiced duff,
fruit duff—and duff. ..360

Cleaggtég'cut-over lands, 573 "

Cooperative elevator . . ..100 ’-
land clearing demonstra-
tions ......... .341
Corn, White Cap, Yellow
Dent 4

Yellow Dent . . ......... 424
Crabapple picker, a ...... 427
Cultivating corn

strawberries 24
Cutting hay on limed field. 171
Dairy cattle on summer

pasture .............. 289

cow .................... 555
Dillon, John J ........... .516
Dog guarding hogs ........ 87
Dredging scenes ......... 241
Effect of lime on clover” .311
Empire Grange members 61
Fall pruning.

Farmers’ automobiles
Farm home of Jas. Edgar. 479

of Jason Woodman . . 2.65

woodlot, the .......... .607

work-Shep . . .

Feeding stock in field.
Gasoline boat for moving
fruit
Good roads in northern
Michigan ............ 125
Grading gravel roads ..... 219
Grand champion c'arload
of fat steers at Inter—
national. ............ 609
cow at National Dairy
Show ................ 594
steer at International.
Grange rally at, M. A. C..
Group of country boys at
Torch Lake 25
Handkerchief with crochet
edge ........... 206 592
Harvesting and packing ap-
ples ................. 221

big oat crop ............ 503
Hay feeding rack ......... 350
Horseshoe in tree ........ 95
In Old Mexico ............ 228
Irish crochet ............. 439
Irrigation in Michigan. . . .145
Jackson city market squaie

....................... 256
Jersey cow, a cha’mpion”

three generations of. .430’
Kalamazoo’s public mar-
ket ................. 304
Ladies’ coat ............. 182
Lambs on pasture ........ 317
Laying out building foun-
dation ............... 575 .-
Lima beans .614
Luther Hall’s orchard .293
Marketing valuable bean
crop ................ 280
Marl bed in southern Mich-
gan ................. 309
Mare and colt. .‘ .......... 351
Melon field ........... 529
Merino sheep ............ 269
Motor truck loaded with
cabbage ............. 160

with cherries .......... 198

used in general hauling. 6.20
Oregon hen. an ........... 286
Outside cellar on farm. .140
Pasture lands ........... 195
Peach disease, a new. 66

trees after pruning ..... 315
Physical examination of

school children ......
Pigs fed on pasture ....... 429
Pontiac Hazel and her trip-

, let heifers 31
Pork dressed on the farm. 459
Portable calf house ....... 91
Potato field of Mi. Wood-

Poultry house.-
prepared formarket .564
Preserving utensils ; ..... 278
Prices paid fol milk ...... 56
Pruning shade trees ..... I525
Removing stones from field
....................... 232
Rix Robinson memorial. 10
Road building .........
Rural recreation, 373, 375, 590
Saginaw public market. .583
Self- feeder for hogs ....... 222
Septic tank design ....... 204
Shipping fruit by boat. .442
Shocking grain, method of 44
Sports suit .............. 76
Sprayed and unsprayed
rows of potatoes ..... 21
Spraying, results in late
foliage .............. 426
Supplying poultiy with
fresh air ............. 102
Survey of country school
district 35
Sweet clovei field scenes,
105,107 108,109,193.
require lime ........... 309
The cur ....... - .......... 114 _
mink ......... 274
rac coon ............... 226 ,
“The Old Oaken Bucket”.
Train loaded 'w'ith Michi-
gan grapes 1.; ....... 468
Ventilating chicken houses4 ‘
with muslin. .334, 448
Water supply tank for the '
stock ..5

626 A- Wheat field If;

I seeding scenes. . .
Wisconsin dairy {311118.397 408