The Only Weekly Agricultural,





VQL. CXLVI". No. i i

Whole Number 3922





Horticultural,





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1917





and Live Stock Journal in the State.





50 CENTS A YEAR

82 FOR 5 YEARS





Increasing the Winter Egg Production





By c N. WHITTAKER





. a farmer has a cow which goes

IF dry five months in the year he gets



her off his hands as quickly as he

can. If his hens go dry five months in

the year he keeps right on throwing

high-priced grain into them and waits

patiently until they are ready to lay

again. If he gave his hens as good

winter care as he gave his cows he

would get as good, if not better, re-

turns from them.



I suppose this township is typical of

the several hundred townships in Mich-

igan. There are times during Novem-

ber, December and January when

there are not enough-eggs going into

the village to supply the local demand,

yet during April they come in at the

rate of three hundred dozen or more a

day. Probably nine out of ten farmers

do not expect to get winter eggs, do

not even try to get them in spite of the

fact that here is the richest poultry

harvest of the year. The average farm

hen begins to lay about the first of

March and keeps it up more or less

regularly until the first of October. It

is doubtful if she lays more than seven

dozen eggs during this time, worth, at

usual warm weather prices, about

$1.40. With grain worth what it is

now it costs that much to feed her a

year and if she is to show a profit it

must be during the other five months.



Where the Profit Comes in.



Give her two months to get through

the molt and with the right kind of

care she should produce at least three

dozen eggs during December, January

and February, worth forty to sixty

cents per dozen if properly marketed,

or thirty to forty cents per dozen if

sold in the village. Under the same

conditions early hatched pullets should

begin to lay in October or November

and keep it up all winter.



During the warmer months a hen

has a variety of food, fresh air and ex-

ercise, which she does not have during

the winter, hence the lack of eggs.

Give her these and she will lay more

profitably in cold weather than in the

warm, proably not as many eggs but

price will be two or three times as

high. To secure a profitable winter

egg yield. it does not necessarily follow

that she must have more feed than she

usually gets but that it must be of a

greater variety, therefore all we get



out of her during the winter months is

' profit. Let us see what we must do to

get this profit.



First the henhouse must be given a

thorough cleaning, the roof made tight

and all cracks in the wall covered. If

the windows are filled with glass take

out half of them and cover the open-

ings with light muslin or a good grade

of cheesecloth. Remember that hens

do not, require warmth so much as

pure air. Cover the floor with at least

six inches of clean straw or shredded

corn fodder. The latter makes excel-

lent scratching material as it is tough

and the hens will eat nearly all the

leaves. It is in scratching that they

get theirexercise so do not fail to give

them something to scratch in, remov»

ing it as soon as it becomes worn or





soiled and replacing with fresh litter.



On the farm it is not difficult to sup-

ply the variety of food required. The

main ration for winter should be com

at night, all they will eat for it is a

long time tillmorning, and if a little is

left they will be scratching for it at

daybreak. The breakfast, wheat, oats,





hay. The wife of a neighboring farmer

has five hundred cabbages put away

for her hens this winter. She always

gets a good winter egg yield and is one

of a number of farmers wives I know

who make more off their hens than

their husbands do from their hogs.

Cabbages and roots should be given





 





 





 





Interior of a Practical and Convenient





buckwheat, or a mixture of these,

should be a light meal, not over half

as much as they have at night. If they

get their fill early in the day they will

loaf until they become hungry again,

and loafers are not layers. Scatter

the grain in the litter so they will have

to dig for it, and the colder the weath-

er the more they must scratch to keep

warm.

Feeding for Re'8ults.



Some time during the middle of the

day give them all the sprouted oats

they will eat up clean. This is the

best green food obtainable, but cab—

bages are a close second, followed by





beets, carrots and alfalfa and clover _‘





Chicken House.

early in the day as it requires consid-

erable time and labor to pick them to

pieces.



Furnishing Egg-producing Material.



There is not much egg-making mate-

rial in the grain and green food, their

functions being to sustain life and

keep the body in healthy condition. To

enable her to produce eggs we must

give her something to make them of,

food rich in protein and meat of same

kind to take the place of the bugs and

wormsshe gathers for herself during

the warm weather. The following dry

mash not only supplies protein but al-

so adds to the variety of her ration:



Bran 100 lbs; ground corn and oats





100 lbs; middlings 50 lbs; alfalfa meal

50 lbs; beef scraps 50 lbs; fine table

salt 8 lbs.





An easily made mash hopper is

shown in the illustration and should

never be allowed to become empty}

Dry beef scraps will replace the insect

food and she should have access to it’

at all times. This is the cheapest egg-

making food on the market and if it is

necessary to omit either the mash or

the meat it is better to leave out, the

former, provided a variety can be sup-

plied in some other form. Green cut

bone. is the best meat food to be had,

but it is hard to get and if given a

chance a hen will eat too much of it.



Other Essentials.



We may do all of these things and

still not get an egg. This will prob-

ably be the case unless we have put

ourselves on a friendly footing with the

hens. If on cold days they hump up in

corners and on the perches and show

no interest when we enter the house

the nests will be eggless. If they are

kept. busy during the greater part of

the day, if they come running when we

open the door, expecting a scramble

over a handful of breadcrumbs, a plate

of table scraps or an ear of corn, or

the delight of scratching in a basket of

clover chaff fresh from the barn floor,

it is a safe bet that there is some-

thing doing in eggs at three, four or

five cents each.



Nests, mash hoppers, drinking ves-

sels, etc., should be fifteen to eighteen

inches above the floor to leave this

space clear for scratching purposes

and to keep them free from litter. A

low, wooden candy tub makes a good

drinking vessel for winter. If filled

with hot water in the morning it will

not become cold until late in the day.

Empty it at night and turn it over so

it will be free from ice and clean in'

the morning, and two or three times a

week add enough permanganate of pot-'

ash to color the water red. This not

only purifies the vessel but acts as a

check toward colds and other sickness.





Provide a Dusting Place.



If the house has a board or concrete

floor provide a dusting box. Sifted

coal ashes make good dusting material

and the hen greatly enjoys the little

particles of coal she finds in it. Also

the coal carries impurities out of her

system. Provide oyster shells, grit,

too, if you wish it, but if she has

plenty of shells she will not care much

about grit.





An elaborate poultry house is not

needed, though the more convenient

the building the easier it is to secure

the desired results. Dryness, light and

ventilation are the principal requisites.

There are many ways not mentioned

here to add to the variety of food, hot

mashes with cooked vegetables, milk,

cottage cheese, stale bread, parings,





etc., all of which increase egg produc-'





tion and cut down on the feed bill. But

with all these we must- keep on visit-

ing terms with our hens' so they will

come a-running and not go a-running

every time we open ‘the dour.
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A RESULT OF THE FREIGHT CON-

GESTION.





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cry on a shipment of a larger size of

paper, which has been in transit from

the mill for nearly thirty days, it was

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CURRENT COMMENT.





During the past. few

weeks several meet-

ings of org anized

milk producct s

have been held at Detroit to discuss

the terms on which the producers

would agree to contract their milk for

the ensuing year. On Friday, Decem—

.b:\r 29, 1916, the producers organiza-

tion fixed their figures at $2.313 per

hundred pounds 1‘. o. b. shipping sta-

tions. The distributors refused to

meet this figure, offering a flat rate

price of $2.00 per hundred. A com-

promise proposition for the four win-

ter months was suggested by the pro—

ducers. It was agreed to hold another

meeting with the distributors on Jan-

uary 4, 1917, when the matter will be

finally settled.



This means that ere this issue reach-

es the reader the distributors will haVe

acceded to the producers' terms or a

milk strike will have been called in

the Detroit zone. It is to be hoped that

an amicablc settlement of the matter

may be reachcd which will be fair to

the pi‘Odut‘t'rs. But in case It milk

Strike is forccd to secure a living price

for the prt'IdIIcers‘ product, every milk

I-roducer should be loyal to the cause.





The Market Milk

Controversy.





()wing to the plat‘

form pledges of the

successful candidate

for governor at the

rI-cent election in this state, which in-

cluded thc advocacy of the so—called

budget systcm in the making of ap«

propriations for all state purposes,

there has been much general discus-

sion of this proposition, and many in-

quiries have been received for specific

information relating to this proposed

system.



Briefly stated, the budget system of

making appropriations for state pur-

poses contemplates the collection of

estimates from the various state insti-

tutions and state departments for their

needs for the ensuing biennial period,

together with detailed data relating to

the purpose. for which the money is

needed and the corresponding expen-





The State Budget

System.





'ditures made for the previous biennial





period. These estimates,l together

with the explanatory information are





I later submitted to the legislature, soon





after that. body convenes in regular

seSSion, and all appropriations for the





 





various siate needs iir‘e then consider-

ed and made in a single appropriation

bill covering all the needs of all ,the

several departments or activities of

the state government, hence the term

“budget” by which this system is com-

monly designated.



Budget systems of various sorts

have. been adopted and are in opera-

tion in thirteen states. The provisions

for the operation of the system vary

greatly in the, different states. In some

states the entire responsibility for the

collection of estimates and publication

of data regarding them is placed upon

the governor. In other states a perma-

nent board or commission, generally

appointed by the governor, is provided

for this work. In still others the bud-

get is prepared by the governor and

the state officers comprising his official

family or cabinet, with perhaps the

chairmen of the ways and means and

finance and appropriation committees

of the two houses designated to aid in

this work.



This system differs materially from

that now in use in this state. In our

practice the governing boards of the

various state institutions make an es-

timate of their needs for the ensuing

two years, and a bill is prepared and

introduced, generally by the local mem-

ber, appropriating moneys to satisfy

those needs. These several appI‘Opria-

tion bills are first referred to institu-

tional committees who visit the insti-

tutions to familiarize themselves with

their needs. Ordinarily a member of

the ways and means committee of the

house or the finances and appropria-

tions committee of the senate, who fin-

ally passes upon all appropriation bills,

also visits each institution so that

these committees may have first-hand

information.



Usually the institutional committees

are partisan in their advocacy of in-

stitutional appropriations requested.

The real work of keeping the appropri-

ations within reasonable bounds is ac-

complished by the ways and means





and the finance and appropriations

committees above mentioned. The





members of the legislature are gener-

ally more or less familiar with the var-

ious institutions but consider appropri—

ations for them separately and with-

out relation to the total expenditures

involved, ordinarily more than fifty

separate appropriation bills being act-

ed upon in a single legislative session.



The advantages to be gained under

the budget system would be a mode de-

tailed knowledge Of the actual needs

and previous expenditures of all state

institutions by every member of the

legislature, and a more general public

knowledge with regard to same than

exists under present conditions, where

such knowledge is practically limited

to the members of the two important

committees above mentioned and such

members of the legislature as take an

active interest in this phase of legis-

lative work.



Budgct systems are in common use

in many of the larger municipalities

whcrc their adoption has seemed abso-

lutely necessary to keep the tax rate

within reasonable limits and secure a

proper and well balanced support of

the various municipal activities under~

taken for the public good. The bIIdgt-t

system is undoubtedly an improvement.

on the hit-and-miss plan 01" IIII-tking

state apprdpriations which has for

many years been the rule in this and

many other states, although this ap-

parently loose system has not rt-sulted

in any lavish waste of the state's re-

sources, since the activities of the. leg

islative committees entrusted with the

duty of safeguarding the public treas—

ury, together with the frequent exer-

cise of the governor's veto power have

prevented any disastrous results from

this system. Yet the possibilities of

the budget system, particularly in the

better dissemination of information re-

lating to the cost of maintaining the

various activities of the state, the pur-

pose for which the moneys are expend-

ed and the comparative cost of these

various activities will .be a long step

toward better and more efficient gov-





 





eminent: ‘ The. mom information the

public‘ has on the conduct of govern-

mental affairs the better these affairs

will generally be ~ conducted. Thus,

while the budget system will not be a

panacea for high taxes,

step toward better government, provid-

ed that the system evolved for the pur-

pose is in itself an efficient. and eco—

nomic instrument.





On the first of the year



Farm Bureau Mr. James I". Zimmer,

Results. VVexl’ord County’s Farm

Agent, retired from the,



county farm bureau service to engage

in farming in Ohio. His resignation is

undoubtedly a very considerable loss

to the farmers of Wexford county, but

through their efficiently organized

farm bureau the kind of work which

he has conducted will be efficiently

continued. ,



In this connection, and as an exam-

ple of the benefits which are derived

from county farm bureau work, brief

reference of the results accomplished

in Wexford county under Mr. Zim‘

mer’s incumbency as. county farm

agent will not be out; of place. Enumer-v

ating the various activities of this or-

ganization in the order of their rela-

tive importance, the following state—

ment briefly summarizes the work ac-

complished within the last two years:



Six live stock breeders’ associations

have been organized. This co-opera-

tive ownership of sires has been in-

strumental in placing forty-three of

registered cattle, sires and heifers, in

Wexford county alone. Several of the

Shorthorn cattle were shipped from

Ohio. This work has culminated in an

offeI from Mr Vt'm. L Saundels, It

publit— —spirited citizen of the county

to Ieplace pound 101 pound, ever y sCIub

bull in the country with a registered

bull, the transaction to be approved by

the VVext'ord County Farm Bureau and

the purchases confined to two breeds,

namely Shorthorns and Holsteins.



Last year the farm bureau distribut-

ed 10,000 fruit trces in this district, at

a very 10“ cost to thct .armeis



The intioduction of Red Rock wheat,

has meant a material increase in yield

per acre, in comparison with the old

strains. Mr. Brigham received fifty

bushels per acre, whil'e the average

crop in “'cxford county is 12.3 bushels.

Over 200 acres of this wheat, was sown

in \cht'ord county last. fall (1916).



The farm agent has tested about 800

cows for butter-fat. during the last year

and many of the poorer cows have

been sold as a, result. This means bet-

er live stock for this district.



Practically 300 farmers treated their

seed potatoes with formaldehyde for

scab and black scurf during the past,

spring. This caused an increase in

yield anti assists in selliI g potatoes for

seed pui'pOses. W'exford county is be—

coming known as the place to buy

clean seed potatoes as a result. of this

work.



Cooperating with the farm bureau,

the farmers in V\'exford county havc

organized a Buyers' and Sellers' Asso-

ciation, with headquarters at Cadillac.

They buy feed, salt, clover seed, hay, in

carlots and save I'IIIIterially in this way.



“'cxford county has conducted a

Boys' Corn (.‘lub for several years and

have sent three boys to the M. A. C.

and have paid all expenses. This can-

not help but result in having better

farmers in the county. ,



A boys' stock judging contest was

held at the county fair. Many pruning

and spraying demonstrations have.

been conducted. One-week t'armers'

schools were held at Manton and Buck-

ley.



That the activities of this bureau

have been profitable to the farmers of

W'exford county, no thinking reader

can doubt. That the profits accruing





to the farmers of the county will be

cumulative is ‘equally certain. With





the further broadening of the activities

of the bureau, these benefits will be-

come. still more, marked. There can be

no doubt but that Wexford county has

gotten value received for“ the money

and effort put into this enterprise and

what is due of Wexfmd county is but





 





 





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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





, Foreign.





The European Wan—Winter weath«

er has brought war operations almost

to a standstill and there is very little

to report. The Germans are, however,

meeting with further successes in the

ltumanian campaign. They surprised

the Russians by sending a heavy force

through passes between the Carpathi-

an and Transylvania Mountains and

are now rolling up the Russian defen-

sive in a fashion that threatens the

Czar’s grip upon Bukowina, southern

Galicia, and the. Carpathians It now

appears that the central powers have

as their objective in this campaign the

important port of Odessa which lies

about 200 miles from their present

lines While General Haig, command-

er- in- -chief of the British forces in Bel-

gium and France, declares that the

Allies will win on the western front

and that the. Somme

been a decided triumph fox his forces,

the Teutons hold that peace will not;

result until one or more of the Allies

has been thoroughly defeated

believe that the bonds holding the en-

emy togethei are gradually loosening

and that. a decisive. defeat of Russia

will start the ball of disruption rolling.

They are therefore contemplating a

grand offensive against Verdun and

Odessa. The present movement in Ru-

mania is believed to be a part of this

program.

_ Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, and

Denmark have already backed the

movement started by President Wilson

in his note to the belligerent nations

of Europe asking for an expression as

to what terms would be required as a

basis for a treaty of peace. It is ex-

pected that; Latin American countries

will follow the other neutrals in the

effort to end the war.





Germany has completed plans for es-

tablishing “submarine mail” service

with the United States, Central and

South America, the West, Indies, China,

the Dutch East Indies and the Philip-

pine Islands. This service will be car-

ried on by the submarine Deutschland

and her sister ships.



It is believed that a German raider

has captured five vessels engaged in

transatlantic commerce. The vessels

have mysteriously disappeared without

a word of any kind from them.



The Danish parliament has ratified

the bill providing for the sale of the

Danish West Indies to the United

States. The bill has also been approv-

ed by the king and the transfer of the

islands will be completed in January.



National.



The prospect of a long delay in put-

ting the Adamson eight-hour law into

effect, is apt to lead to a general strike

on the railroads similar to the. one that

threatened the country last fall. It is

alleged that the managers of the rail-

roads have blocked plans for making

the law effective which would indefi—

nitely delay the benefits accruing to

the employes.



The federal reserve board hopes to

secure authority from congress to have

branch banks transfer their reserves to

the vaults of federal reserve banks im-

mediately instead of next. November,

as the law now requires. The probable

outward movement of money from the

touutiy in the e\ ent of peace among

belligerent (ounttits in Europe is giv-

on as tho main reason for the need of

this change. The country’s reserves

could be more easily handled if the re-

scrve bunks controllt‘d the surplus now

held in thc smallcr banks.



Rural crcdit districts have been cre-

ated by the board selected for that pur—

pose and the citics for the location of

the district banks have been announc-

ed. Michigan will be in the district.

which includes Wisconsin, Minnesota

and North Dakota and the bank for the

district will be located at Minneapolis.



The federal trade commission has

decided to resume its hearing on the

news print paper investigation. The

object, of this quiz is to prevent, if pos-

sible, the suspension of the publication

of newspapers dependent upon the op-

en market for their paper supplies.



The foreign trade of the United

States for the present year will prob-

ably aggregate $7,800,000,000, which is

the largest amount of foreign business

in the history of the country. Novem-

ber‘s business was the largest on rec-

ord for any one month.



Berkley, Cal, has provided for a col-

lege to instruct policemen in sciences

having a healing upon their work The

faculty includes eight professors from

the state univeisity and degrees will

be given at conclusion of the course.



President; Wilson has been petition-

ed by 1,500,000 railroad men to request

congress to glve railroads the power to

advance tariffs sufficiently to cover a

substantial advance in wages for rail-

road employes not affected by the

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ARLEY is one of the most widely

. B cultivated cereals, growing as far“





north as 70 degrees latitude in

Lapland and 60 degrees north in Skag—

way, Alaska, to the southern limits of





_Arizona and California.





Barley Growing in Sections Out of the

Corn Belt. .



Barley is similar to the oat in that

it does better under cool, moist condi-

tions. Early planting is as essential

as with oats or spring wheat. Good

drainage is hecessary to the production

ofgood crops of barley and it does not

require as much soil moisture as is

needed to produce a crop of oats. Bar-

ley does well on most soils except the

very light, sandy kinds but seems to

favor the better sand and clay loam

soils. It grows better on alkali soils

than the other small grains. Northern

Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota,

are very similar as to character of

soil, climate and rainfall and according

to the records of the United States

CrOp Report for the last ten to fifteen

years, shows that upper Wisconsin

leads in the yield of oats, wheat, rye

and clovers, and ranks'second in bar-

ley. According to the same report the

following table compares the three

states as to yield and profit of the

crops of barley and corn per acre.





Barley for Northern Michigan





 





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its value and special advantages are

more common with our stockmen when

better known.



The Arabs maintain their horses al-

most exclusively on barley, the grain

being fed unground. Barley is a com-

mon feed for dairy cows in northern

Europe. The Danes sow barley and

oats together in the proportion of two

parts of barley seed to three of oats.

The mixed crop being ground previous

to feeding and is regarded the best for

dairy cows and other stock. It is stat-

ed by good authority that barley is

beneficial in its influence on the quality

of milk and butter. This grain/is also

used extensively in England and north-

ern Europe for pork production, giving

fine quality both as to hardness and

flavor of the meat.



Why Barley is Adaptable to Northern

Michigan.



The section above mentioned, north-

e1n Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne-

sota, are too far north, the seasons too

short and celd for the ecOnomic pro-

duction of corn, and according to the

feed analysis, it shows that the diges-





tible protein is considerable higher in ‘





barley than in corn. The carbohydrates

in this grain fall a little below the corn

but exceed those in oats, while it has





,- less oil than either oats or corn. How—





 





 





Barley, Corn, Barley, Corn, Val. for 5 yr.

yield per yield per 10-yr. av. 10-yr. av. 1910-1914.

acre 1915. acre 1915. 1906-15. 1906-15. Bar. Corn.

Michigan 29.5 32.0 25.5 33.5 $16.88 $20.91

.Wlsconsin . 35-5 23.0 28.0 34.8 17.98 21.50

Minnesota 30.5 23.0 24.5 32.3 13.22 16.95

The total cost of producing an acre ever, for those living in a section





of barley averages $7.32, while corn,

cut, shocked, and hauled in from field,

costs about $11.02. The difference in

value balances the difference in cost

of production. Strangely, there is a

rather wide-spread state of prejudice

existing against the use of barley for

stock feeding in this country, some ev-

en believing that it is poisonous to the

farm stock. Perhaps the brewers de-

siring to control the entiie use of this

crop have furthered the prejudice. This

idea should be discarded as belonging

to the obsolete class of farmers for the

experience of the Old World is against

it. In fact, the experience that the

exhibitors at the International had this

year, demonstrates that barley in this

country is a vital factor in fitting ani-

mals up to the pink of condition for

show purposes.



The grand championship in the fat

steer class, single entry, was awarded

to California Favorite, exhibited by the

University of California. A calf of

Shorthorn-Hereford cross, weighed in

under fourteen months of age at 1,130

pounds, and notwithstanding the won-

derfully even and deep fleshing of the

calf, he was brought to this perfection

of bloom without the use of any corn

in his ration. He was carried on a

nurse cow and was fed three times a

day on a ration of two parts barley,

one part oats, and one part bran, with

alfalfa hay for roughage.



The nearest competitor for the pre-

mier honor of the show was a pure-

bred Angus, given the reserve cham-

pionship, and was also shown by the

University of California. This animal

showing wonderful width and depth,

weighed into the ring at 1,850 pounds,

two years old last January and was

fitted Without the use of corn. At this

same International, in the Shorthorn

breed in the aged bull class, Burnbrae

Sultan, owned by A. F. and G. Auld,

of Guelph, Ontario, took first award in

this conspicuous class, and the excel-

lent flnish on this animal was attained

also without corn, his ration consisting

of barley, roots, and clover hay.





This grain is now devoted almost

wholly to. brewing. The use of barley

as a feed for animals is still confined

most wholly to the Pacific slope, where

corn does not flourish to an equal de-





 





where the growing of corn is a “gam-

ble” and barley is a surety, should

realize that barley has approximately

the same feeding value for live stock

as well as being able to produce an

equivalent amount of grain per acre.

The reports of experiment stations in

Europe and America show that barley

leads the cereals in the quality of pork

production, and takes the place of corn

in beef production; that barley proves

beneficial to cows fed heavily with

roots, as it counteracts their laxative

effect; and that barley crushed or roll-

ed supplies a palatable and aéceptable

feed for horses at all kinds of work.

These facts make the growing of this

adaptable crop much more attractive,

strengthens our weak spot, a substi-

tute for corn, and makes this strong

point, barley, stronger.





MICHIGAN STATE VEGETABLE

GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION.





 





First annual meeting to be held at

the Tuller Hotel, Detroit, Mich, on

Tuesday, January 9,1917.





Forenoon Session, (Eastern Standard

Time).



10:00 a. m.~—President’s address, A.

N. Brown, Grand Rapids.



10:20 a. n1.—Report of secretary, C.

W. Waid, East Lansing.



10: 30 a. m—“Controlling Root Mag-

gots,” (illustrated), D. B. VVhelan, East

Lansing.



11:00 a. m.—“Local Market Needs,”

Milton Carmichael, Detroit, Editor of

Wayne County Courier.



Afternoon Session.



2:00 p. m.—“Getting Ready for Gar-

dening, ” Hon. I. R. Waterbury, Detroit,

Editgr Michigan Farmer.





m—“Diseases of Truck





Crops,” (illustrated—round-table dis-

cussion), Dr. G. H. Coons, East Lan-

sing.



4:00 p. m.———“Vegetable Forcing Prob-

lems,” (illustrated), C. W. Waid, East

Lansing. -



6:00 p m.—Banquet, (eastern stan-





dard time), Tuller Hotel.

Evening Session.





8:00 p. m.———“Improving Varieties of

Vegetable Through Selection,” (illus-

trated), Prof. A. H. MacLennan, Plant

Breeding Specialist for Heinz Pickle

COmpany.



9: 00 p. m.——“Co-operation,” Dr. Eben

Mumford, East Lansing.



All vegetable growers under glass

or outside are cordially invited to at-

tend this meeting and banquet. Ban-

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I have an 80-acre farm divided into

four fields of 20 acres each, nearly all

cleared land. .In the center of the farm

is 'a large shed for stock. A well and

wind mill is in the corner of these

four fields. Last fall I built a cement

water tank beside the wind mill. This

tank is 12 feet long and six feet wide,

outside, and 26 inches deep. The walls

are four inches thick on top and six

inches at the bottom. An inch galvan-

ized pipe runs from the three-way

pump about four feet below the plat-

form under the water tank and up into

the bottom of the tank. There is an-

other inch pipe through the bottom of

this tank extending three feet below

and five feet to the north, coming up

through the bottom of another smaller

water tank, for hogs and sheep. This

tank is six feet long and three feet

wide, outside, and 14 inches deep. The

walls of this tank are four inches thick

at the top, sloping to the bottom. The

bottom of these tanks are four inches,

thick. There is a check valve in the

small tank to shut the water off when

it is full, or within one inch of the top.

The bottom of the small tank is two

inches lower than the large one, so if

need be it will exhause the supply of

both tanks.



There is an overflow pipe coming

within about an inch of the top of the

large tank, extending through the bot-

tom of the large tank down into the

well pit, beside the pump and discharg-

ing into a Iii-quart galvanized iron

bucket. This bucket is fastened by a

number eight wire to the Wire that

conzrols the wheel or mill. When the

tanks are both full the overflow dis-

charges into this bucket, and as scan

as it is nearly full it pulls the wheel

out of gear and stops the pump. There

is a screen over this bucket to keep

out dirt, and a hole in the bottom of

the bucket made by an eight-penny

nail. As soon as the water runs out

of the bucket the mill goes in gear

again. If the tanks are full it will

pump the bucket full of water, then go

out of gear. If-there has been no wind

to run the wheel for several hours, and

the tanks are not full, it will fill them

then go out of gear again.



This is a very handy arrangement

and works like a charm.



Hillsdale Co. J. A. PALMER.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





Another heavy fall of snow makes

the most snow we have had in years.

We always have Christmas dinner with

my oldest sister, some three miles

away. Not in years has there been

snow to prevent going with the ma-

chine, but this year it was simply im-

possible, and the snow was not drifted

badly either. It is deep. _ The ground

is not frozen at all in the fields and

the snow keeps melting; from the bot-

tom, otherwise I am sure it would be

two feet deep.



The wheat and young clover, all veg-

etation for that matter, is so covered

by a warm blanket of snow that the

cold cannot affect it at all. Should this

continue all winter it would be ideal,

but that is expecting too much. There

probably will be an old-fashioned Jan-

uary thaw and then it will freeze. The

wheat will be tender and will probably

suffer much. But surely it will get by

the holidays in good condition.



It is simply splendid weather for all

kinds of live stock. All are doing well.

What a fine thing it would be if We

could only have steady winter weather

until March. This weather the stock

eat everything clean and call it all

good. But in warm, rainy, muddy win-

ter weather many of them eat little

and do not do well.



The only live stock we have that are

not producing as well are the hens.

And they are looking fine but they

don’t lay so we can get. this high price

for eggs. I would like to break the

market by being able to flood it with





 





 





   





fresh eggs, but not yet.





I was 'in' a sugar 'beet district last"





week where the farmers were fighting

for their rights with the *sugar com-

pany. The farmers want ,$8.00 per ton

flat rate. The sugar company offers

$6.00 and more if sugar is more than

six cents a pound next fall. I believe

farmers should have $8.00 for their

beets. I would like to have some sort

of sliding scale so they would get a

price in proportion to the price of mg

ar. That would seem the fairest for

both the grower and the sugar com-

panies. However, it don’t sem to me

that $6.00 is high enough for the min-

imum price. It is no more than was

paid at first when sugar s d for about

one-half what it is worth today. I rais-

ed beets for several years on the per~

centage of sugar basis, and not One

year did they net me less than $6.00

and many times more. ’So I can not

see where a $6.00 flat rate is any ad-

vance over former prices. Now the

farmer can not produce beets today as

cheaply as he did a few years ago. No

one will dispute that. He made none

too much money growing them then.

He can not afford to grow them now

at the old price. I think we ought to

grow more beets because we have to

import sugar and this takes our money

away from home, but I don’t think we

should grow them at a loss. And we

will have to give them up if we can’t

make ends meet.





But why should not the sugar com-

panies pay more now than before?

They made good money before. Some

years they made big profits. A stock-

holder in one of the companies told me

once that one year at least, he receiv-

ed 60 per cent dividends on his beet

sugar stock. That ought to satisfy

any man. If they could do that at the

old price of sugar they certainly could

do better, even with increased cost of

operation. Now with sugar sky-high, I

suppose they are afraid that if they ad-

vanCe the price and then if after a

time sugar drops back to the old basis

they would have an awful time to get

farmers to consider a reduction of

price. But they are wrong. They don’t.

give the farmer credit for being fair-

minded. If the farmer knew that the

company could not afford to pay a cer—

tain price and they (the farmer) could

grow beets for less, they would be will-

ing to do so. I am positive that if the

companies would take the farmers into

their confidence a little, and be willing

to divide a little of present profits with

them, that if the time ever does come

when the factory could not afford to

pay the price the farmers would meet

them half way.



I hope the farmers get the $8.00. It

is] worth it. The company can afford

to pay it. Better still, get a $7.00 basis

price and the advance in price if sugar

holds up. COLON C. L11.1.i|~:.





KENT COUNTY ROUND-UP OFV

BOYS AND GIRLS.





 





A big round-up of the boys’ and girls‘

clubs of the county was held December

18 at the South High School, Grand

Rapids, with talks by thetstate leader,

E. C. Lindeniann, of Lansing, and his

assistant, Miss Anna Cowles, H. C.

Smith, Kent’s farm agent, and other

prominent local people. Caledonia

township captured the corn raising

honors this year, Floyd Bergey win-

ning first place with yield of 104.45

bushels shelled corn per acre. Walter

Bergey was Second and Otto Andrea

third, all from this township. Harold

Fogelson, of Cedar Springs, was first

in the bean contest, raising 23 bushels

per acre, with Wm. Roth, of Lowell,

second and Carl Freyermuth, of Low-

ell, third. .



Wesley Jordan, of the East Nelson

school, raised 182 bushels of potatoes

per acre and won‘ first place, with For-

dyce Hough of the same school, sec-

ond, and Hazen Ellis, of Paris town-

ship, third. .John Davis won first in

the poultry contest. Margaret Lodden

second, and Loraine Munsnn third.
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‘ Shot-hole Disease of





URING last summer the shot—hole

disease of cherries and plums

was very severe and caused the



loss of the leaves. On some plum

trees which the writer observed, few

leaves were left and the plums were

small, of poor quality, and ripened

very late in the season; Of course, the

leaves are the most important acces-

sory to fruit production and when they

drop off the food supply is cut off also.



However, the interesting thing about

the disease was the manner of its

growth and spread during the early

part of the season, its sudden setback

in July and its re-appearance in Aug-

ust. I wish to call attention to this be-





.cause of its significance in disease con-





trol. It shows the enormous—potential-

ity of a single factor. That factor was

a warm rain and a week of humid

weather, in other words, moisture. The

apple. scab» organism developed res

markably also, during this rain. A crop

of fruit is never secure until every

factor" that may cause destruction is

under control. I believe it is worth

while to go into more details in this

case.

Thorough Spraying Essential.





The dormant spray having been giv-

en, some growers become somewhat

inclined to reduce the others to the

minimum; provided it is safe it is laud-

able and proper. So after the blossoms

fall, a spraying is omitted or the spray

given two or three weeks after the

blossoms fall is omitted. In either

case this last year there was danger.

The leaf spot and brown rot got start~

ed and no amount of spraying can re-

pair the harm a severe attack has

done.



The spraying this year was often so

unsatisfactory because of rain. That

was the case-at least, of many or-

chards under observation. During the

last week of June and the first week of

July, brown rot and leaf spot wrought

havoc. The leaves with shot holes

yellowed and fell to the ground. But

suddenly the hot dry weather came

and the disease was checked. An or-

chard of Montmérency cherries which

had been badly attacked regained its

foliage by the end of July. and it look-

ed bright and green. Many diseased

leaves ’had dropped. To the grower it

appeared that the disease was done

with its work.



Recurring Attacks.



Such was not the case. About the

first week in August heavy rains came.

In a week or so there was a change.

In two weeks the trees looked worse





than ever and by August 25 many of,





them 'were almost defoliated. A good

spraying right after the rain might

have saved them in this particular





case. The effect on the plums was

similar. Brown rot also appeared

again. Wherever a curculio had rup-





tured the skin or where a scale insect

punctured the fruit the rot started.

Spores of the disease were evidently

abundant



It has been found recently that the

organism covering shot-hole winters

over on the old leaves and is thereby

ready to attack the new blossoms and

buds in the spring. Therefore a thor-

ough spraying should be given the fol-

lowing spring whenever conditions

were bad' this year. Of course, nature





may make conditions unfavorable for,





the organism but we cannot depend

upon that. There is always a Suffi-

cient amount left to spread the dis-

ease during the following year if op-

portunity presents itself.



It seems to the writer that all things

considered, this last summer was one

of the most instructive from the stand-

point of disease control. Strange





things may occur and all plans may be ,





upset in a. day.’ The_farmer lives’fin





f such-._ intimate . relations with nature

.thaghe should be prepared to interpret





 





Orchard Observations





 





 





Plums and Cherries





some of the revelations she may im-



part and make them useful to him in



his future struggles.’

Wisconsin.





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C. N. FREY.





 





THE MELON PATCH.





 





While we have never made a prac-

tice of raising melons for market, we

have always endeavored to have what

we wanted to eat ourselves. We used

to do pretty well by planting a few

hills of watermelons among the pota-

toes ;' but we became imbued with the

idea that we could raise a. little better

melons than our neighbors if we. would

take a little more pains with them.

With that thought in mind, we began

a series of experiments which are still

in progress; and while we don’t claim

to know it all, yet we believe that our

experience will be of interest to those

of our readers who are interested in

melons.





Method of Fertilization".



Our first move was to make a hill

about two feet in diameter and a foot

high, in which we mixed a liberal

quantity of manure; but in a dry spell

the melons suffered from drouth be-

fore any of the other crops.



Next, we dug a small pit about the

size of the hills above mentioned and

lined it with manure, then filling it up

with earth we planted our melons in

the center of it; this time our melons

did well enough until the plants were

large enough to root down to the ma-

nure, and then failed; it may haVe

been that the manure was too strong

for the roots, or it may have been be-

cause the manure allowed the soi‘l in

the center to dry out; possibly both.



To overcome the drying out of the

hills, we started using chicken manure

in small quantities; we dug a circular

trench about— six inches deep, leaving

a cone of earth, about six to eight inch—

es in diameter, in the center; in this

cone we planted the seed and in the

trench we placed a fire-shovel—full of

chicken manure. When planted in this

manner, the plants can send their tap

roots down as in normal conditions;

and about the time the vine Starts to

run the feeding roots reach the ma-

nure and the result is a very rank

growth and fine fruit.





Insect Troubles.



In all’our experiments we had been

troubled with the onion maggot; or a.

white worm that resembles them, the

maggots often take the entire hill, us-

ually‘ when 'the plants are very small.

We had noticed that .hills that were

planted without the manure were not

affected as much as those in which we

had used it; therefore, we tried plac-

ing the manure after the plants were

old enough to be immune from the

maggots; but this move was a failure,

probably because the soil bacteria

hadn’t had a chance to get the manure

in shape for plant food before the roots

reached it, as much as the disturbance

of the root system.





During the past season we planted a

dozen seeds to the hill and went over

them every day while they were in the

seed leaf, and as often as a plant start-

ed to wilt we pulled it and invariably

found the maggot in the root or stem

of it. In some hills' the maggots. de-

stroyed half or more of the plants;

when the danger of maggots ‘Was pass-

ed we thinned to three plants per hill;

now we have as fine a melon patch as

we ever raised. *





OtsegoCo. G. F. DE LA MATER.





 





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HE annual meeting of the,Michi-

gan Improved Live Stock Breed-

ers’ and Feeders’ Association is

an occasion of interest to every live

stock farmer in the state. Excellent

programs have been prepared for both

the parent association and the several

breed associations which hold meet-

ings at the same time. Every stock

farmer in the state should plan on

attending these meetings, which will,

as usual, he held at the Agricultural

College in January. The programs of

the several sections follow:

General Program.





Meeting called to order at 9:30 a. m.,

Thursday, January 18, 1917, in Room

402 Agricultural Building.



Secretary’s report.



Appointment of committees.



President’s address.



“The Farm Building Problem,” Dean

R. S. Shaw, M. A. C.



“The Place of Live Stock upon the

Efficiently Managed Farm,” G. F. War-

ren, Professor of Farm Management,





 





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Recess for lunch.



Meeting called to order at 1:30 p. m.

' “Beef Production on Michigan

Farms,” 1. R. Waterbury, Editor Mich-

igan Farmer.



Report of committees.



Election of officers.



Parade of draft horses and Short‘

horn cattle, in front of Agricultural

Building.



Draft colt show and judging demon

stration, Pavilion, Agricultural Build-

ing.



Wednesday, January 17, 5:00 P. M.



Informal reception and joint meeting

of all sections.



Report of secretaries.



f Illustrated address, “The Cost of

'Milk Production,” A. C. Anderson, Pro-

fessor of Dairy Husbandry, M. A. C.



, Banquet tendered by the State Board

of Agriculture to members of the Mich<

igan Improved Live Stock Breeders’

and Feeders’ Association.



Michigan Horse Breeders’ Association.





President, Jacob DeGeus, Alicia;

secretary, R. S. Hudson, East Lansing.



3:00 p. m., Thursday, January 18,

colt show, J. S. Montgomery, judge.



Meeting called to order at 1:00 p.

m., Wednesday, January 17, Room 206.



Address of welcome, President F. S.

Kedzie, M. A. C.



“Renowned Sires and their Influence

in Breed Development,” J. S. Montgom-

ery, Assistant Professor of Animal

Husbandry, St. Paul, Minn. '



“How to Dispose of Our Surplus

Stock,” Frank B. White, Chicago.



Business meeting.



Michigan Hereford Breeders’ Asso-



ciation.



President, T. F. B. Sotham, Lansing;

secretary, E. C. McCarty, Bad Axe.



Meeting called to order at 9:30 a.

m., Wednesday, January 17, Room 113,

and at 1:30 p. m., Room 110.



Mr. R. J. Kinzer, secretary of the

American Hereford Breeders’ Associa-

tion, Warren T. McCray, Kentland,

Indiana, and J. O. Southard, Comiskey,

Kansas, all men of national repute,

have signified their intention of attend-

ing this meeting, assuring the associa-

tion of one of the best programs in its

history. N0 Hereford breeder, either-

past or present, who expects to ad-

vance the interest of the. breed can af-

ford to miss hearing these authorities

of national reputation.



Business meeting.





Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’ Asso-

ciation.





President, Jay Smith, Ann Arbor;

secretary, W. W. Knapp, Howell.



Meeting called to order at 4:00 p. 111.,

Thursday, January 18, Room 109.



Address, “The Future of the Short-

horn as Viewed by the Canadian,” Cap.

tain T. E. Robson, London, Ontario;

“Milking Shorthorns and their Future,”





 





 





 





Mr. McMar in, representative of the

American horthorn Breeders’ Asso«

ciation.





Michigan Aberdeen Angus Breeders'

- Association.





President, Cephus Buttles, Lewiston;

secretary, Alexander Minty, Ionia.



Meeting called to order at 2:00 p. m.,

January 17, Room 405.



“Possibilities and Future of the Ab-

erdeen Angus Cattle in Michigan,” G.

A. Prescott; “Aberdeen Angus Cattle

and How they Profit in Northern Mich-

igan,” President Cephus Buttles.



Michigan Guernsey Cattle Club.



President, J. L. Snyder, East Lan-

sing; secretary, Dr. C. G. Parnall, Jack-

son.



Meeting called to order at 2:00 p. m.,

Wednesday, January ,17, Room 111.



“Methods Used in Developing a

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Michigan,” by the owner, Fred C. Glea-

son; discussion by members of the

club. Awarding the annual prize cups,

Dr. C. G. Parnall. Demonstration on

the approved type of Guernsey, in the

pavilion of Agricultural Building, led

by H. W. Wigman.





Michigan Jersey Cattle Club.





President, R. R. Smith, Howell; sec-

retary, Mrs. P. H. Walker, Kalamazoo.



10:00 a. m., Wednesday, January 17,

judging demonstration in pavilion, en-

titled, “The Ap‘rpoved Type of Jersey

Cow,” Hugh G. an Pelt, vice-president

of Kimball’s Dairy Farmer, Waterloo,

[owa.



Business meeting called to order at

1:30 p. m., Wednesday, January 17,

Room 403. ~



Mr. Wallace MacMonnies, chief of

the Extension Department of the Am-

erican Jersey Cattle Club will talk on

the “Jersey Forward Movement” which

will be followed by a general discus-

sion on this topic by the members.





Michigan Red Polled Breeders’

Association.





President, N. C. Herbison, Birming‘

1ham; secretary, E. J. Peabody, Mulll‘



en.



Meeting called to order at 1:30 p. m.,

Wednesday, January 17, Room 314.



Remarks by the president, and ad

dress of welcome, N. C. Herbison;

“History, Development and Improve-

ment of the Red Polled Cattle of Mich‘

igan,” J. M. East; “Facts and Figures

Concerning the Red Poll Cattle,” N. C.

Herbison; “The Red Poll as a Dual-pur-

pbse Cow,” E. Foster; “The Influence

of the Sire on the Herd,” Dean R. S.

Shaw; “Benefit Derived from Exhibit—

ing at Fair,” J. M. Chase; “The Red

Polled Cow in the Commercial World.”

Andrew .Seeley.



Business meeting and election of offi-

cers, followed by remarks for advance-

ment of the Red Polled cattle by mem-

bers of the club.





Michigan Poland China Swine Breed-

ers’ Association.



President, J. C. Butler, Portland;

secretary, P. P. Pope, Mt. Pleasant.



Meeting called to order at 10:00 a.

m., Wednesday, January 17, Room 207.



“What Constitutes a Big Type Pot-

and China?” P. P. Pope; “How Much

Can a Small Breeder Afford to Pay for

a Herd Boar?” A. D. Gregory; “Does

the Average Breeder Make Any Money

Selling Breeding Stock?” Robert Mar-

tin; “Does the Hog Sale Pay?” W. J.

Hagelshaw; “How to Make a Pig

Weigh 400 Pounds at Eight Months of

Age,” W. E. Livingston; “Arranging

Sale Circuit for 1917-18,” J. C. Butler.

Michigan Berkshire Breeders’ Asso-



ciation.



President, J. F. Miller, Caledonia;

secretary, B. B. Perry, Leslie.



Meeting called to order at 10:00 a.

m., Wednesday, January 17, Room 113.



Introductory remarks by the presi-

dent; “Berkshire Heads,” J. W. Hib-

bard; “The Tail of the Berkshire,” C.

S. Baldwin; “The Part that Holds the

Head and Tail Together,” L. E. Busch:

“One Man Capable of Judging All

Breeds at the Fair,” Chas. Scully.

Michigan Chester White Swine Asso-



ciation.



President, Harry T. Crandall, Cass

City; secretary, J. Carl Jewett, Mason.



Meeting called to order at 10:00 a.

m., Wednesday, January 17, Room 316.



Many topics of interest will be taken

up at this meeting and arrangements

made for the annual consignment sale

of Chester Whites. The first sale to

be held the first week in March.





Michigan Hampshire Swine Breeders’

Association.





The Michigan Hampshire Swine

Breeders are urged to attend a meet—

ing for the purpose of organizing a

state association, to be held at East

Lansing, January 17,- in Room 111, Ag-

ricultural Building, at 10:30 a. m. A

lively discussion of means of advanc-

ing the interests of Hampshire swine

is insured by fanciers of the breed.





Michigan Duroc Jersey Breeders’

Association.





President, C. U. Edmonds, Hastings:

secretary, M. T. Story, Lowell.



Meeting called to order at 10:00 a.

m., Wednesday, January 17, Room 110.





Michigan Oxford Sheep Breeders'

Association.

President, I. R. Waterbury, Detroit:

secretary, B. F. Miller, Flint.

Meeting called to order at 1:30 p..m.,

Wednesday, January 17, Room 113.





An interesting program is being me,





pared by the officers of the association

and this meeting should be of interest

to every Oxford b' eeder.

Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders’

‘ Association.





President. H. L. Mayo, Nashville;





secretary. E. M. Ball, Hamburg.

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ARMERS often make the state-

ment’that it would not pay them

to join a cow-testing asSociation



as theircows are not good enough.

The man, who makes this statement is

in the wrong and does not understand

the true nature of these associations.

His reason for not joining is the very

good reason why he should. The man

who has good cows and knows they

are good will not. be benefited nearly

as much as the man who has poor

cows, or the man‘who does .not know

what his cOws are actually doing for

him.



These are the men for whom

the cow-testing association was desig-

ned and they are the ones who will

profit the most by it. It is not in the

nature of a prize contest and is not de-

signed to find out which man has the

best herd. Its purpose is to stimulate

improvement by finding out which

cows are the best when judged by a

profit-making standard. A certain

amount of rivalry in a friendly way is

a good thing but if it reaches the point

of strong competition the association

is not accomplishing its purpose. A

competition based on the amount of

improvement is in no way harmful, but

a competition based on the amount of

production should not be too strongly

encouraged. It is customary for the

association to issue reports which are

published in the county paper or in the

farm journals. These reports as a

rule give the cows which are the high-

est in pounds of production and those

highest in profit. This is apt. to give,

to the uninitiated, the idea that the

association is competitive in nature,

which is erroneous. A better form of

report would be one giving the major—

ity of space to those cows or herds

showing the most improvement.





Determining the Profit Producers.



The cow-testing association is aimed

to find out just what the cows are do-

ing in the way of profit-making. Very

few farmers know accurately what the

capabilities of their cows are. They

may judge them on the amount. of milk

they produce but this does not tell the

whole story. The cow whose produc-

tion is relatively low may be a produc-

er of more butter-fat than the high-

producing cow. She also may produce

it more cheaply and return a larger

profit than the high producer. It is for

the purpose of doing away with guess-

work, and judging the cow’s worth on

the profit she produces, that the cow-

testing associations are formed. Know-

ing the profit-producing cows the dairy—

man may then proceed to cull out his

poor profitless cows and use as breed-

ing stock only those which haue actu-

ally been proved to be the best. He is

not judging them by type, color, or any

misleading standard. He can in time

produce from his herd an improved

strain bred from profit-making ances-

tors. This is what the originators of

our present pure-bred breeds have

done. They started with an inferior

type of animals and bred and selected

till the present-day breeds were estab-

lished. The criticism of pure-bred

stock in the past has been that they

were the victims of fads, such as the

demand for certain colors or markings

or other details of no practical import-

ance. As a result of these false stan-

dards many inferior animals have been

used for breeding purposes. The mem-

ber of the cow—testing association has

a practical standard based on the cow’s

utility and none but the best can

get by.



The Accuracy of the Tests.



Another objection is that the records

are not accurate. The records are not

as accurate as a daily record would be,

yet they give a very good record of

the cow’s capabilities and are much

better than the plan of going by guess.

An observation of the daily milk rec-





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tainly more accurate than a guess;

Another Advantage.



Another objection raised is that it is

useless for a man to join an associa-

tion of this kind since he can keep the

records and do the testing himself.

This is all very true. The Babcock

test is not a complicated operation and

can easily be performed by the dairy-

man. It takes only a short time to

weigh the milk and record it. It does

not require an expert mathematician to

figure out the results which are com-

puted by the tester. On the other

hand, how many of the readers of the

Michigan Farmer have ever kept a sys-

tematic record‘ of their cows and con-

tinued it for a year or more? Most

farmers shy at keeping records of this

sort. After working in the field all day

and doing the chores at night, the test-

ing of milk and the keeping of records

does not appeal to him. He is‘very

loath to adOpt it and very apt to give

it up and does not accomplish the re-

sult that a regular tester hired for the

purpose would accomplish.



With the prices of feed soaring as

they are today, the dairyman cannot

afford to keep any but the profit—mak-

ing animals. The sooner he finds the

profit makers the sooner he will suc-

ceed and if a cow-testing association is

ever organized in your community do

not. hesitate to join it. R. L. CADMUS.





Wisconsin dairymen are planning a

Pound-a-Day club to which member-

ship requirements would be that the

dairyman have ten cows in his herd

which would average 365 pounds of

butter-fat a year. A further require-

ment would ”be that none of the ten

cows should produce less than 300

pounds a year. If a member failed to

meet the requirements he would be

dropped until he could again qualify.

Suitable prizes could be given at the

meeting of the State Dairyman’s Asso-

ciation to those having the highest av-

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. _ A Good Ration Now.



I am now feeding a mixture of

three bags of ground oats, one bag

of buckwheat middlings, and one

bag of cottonseed meal. I have been

feeding about one pound of this mix-

ture to every five pounds of milk. 1

also feed corn ensilage, mixedshay and

corn—stalks. The cows do not seem to

hold up on this feed. I am wondering

if this mixture is deficient in protein.

Will you balance a ration that in your

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tory, at the present market prices.

namely, cottonseed meal $45 per ton;

oil meal $48 per ton, and prepared glu-

ten feed $40 per ton?



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I hardly see how this ration can be

improved as a milk producer. You

certainly have sufficient protein and

all the feeds composing the ration are

good feeds. I don’t think your unsat.

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tion. It must be something else. I can

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edied. Are the cows properly milked?

Poor milkers will greatly reduce the

yield. Are the cows too much exposed

to cold weather? They ought not to be

out doors too much of the time. Is

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50 degrees. Is the stable properly ven-

tilated? Is it. properly lighted? Does

the man who cares for the cows like

cows? It makes a great difference.

Are the cows fed and milked regu-

larly, etc?





A Ration with Variety of Feeds.



We have a herd of ten cows and as

our com was nearly a failure, and the

last crop light on account of drouth,

we have to buy grain for them. We

have plenty of good clover hay and

somecorn stovcr for roughage, but no

grain. I bought: at the elevator: 500

lbs. bran; 300 lbs. gluten meal; 200 lbs.

prepared feed; 100 lbs. of middlings;

100 lbs. cottonseed meal, and mixed It

all together. It averaged about $38 per

ton. What can I get that would make

a better balanced ration?



Livingston CO. C. J.



I can offer no objection to this ra-





tion. It, is a good one and about as

cheap as we can get them this year.





Most people would not use so many

feeds at one time, but the only objec-

tion that can be offered is the bother

of mixing so many. You could use

bran, middlings and cottonseed meal

with good results, or bran and gluten

feed. But there can be no objection

to using them all at once if you wish.

If the cows are properly cared for they

Should do well on this ration. Feed all

the clover hay and cornstalks they will

eat without: undue waste.





Most Economical Way to Feed the

Corn Crop.





What is the most practical and eco-

nomical method of handling the corn

crops of small dairy farmers, consid-

ering the cost of a silo and machinery

to fill it, and the corn crop, ears and

all, go into it. In this case where are

We to get corn to grind with other

grain for the cows, pigs and hens. The

husker and shredder will not cost more

than the silo filler. And the barn and

mow must, be had, silo or no silo. So

are the silo men out the cost of the

silo and also the corn for the stock.



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The merits of ihe silo have been dis~

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there is nothing new to say. It costs





‘ less to put corn into a silo than to





harvest it in any other known way. A

silo costs less for storage than a barn

for the stalks and a crib for the corn.



In dry curing the corn plant, fully

one-third of its food value is lost. Ab-

solutely wasted. What is that one-third

worth?



If you want corn for pigs, grow more

corn than you want for the silo and

husk part of it, or buy corn for the

pigs. Shredding corn is not a success.

The stalks will not keep.



In dairy communities a man owns

a silo filler and goes from farm to farm

to do the work, the same as threshing.

You should interest your neighbors

and co-operate in buying a silo filler.



I have entirely given up the idea of

husking corn. It costs too much. I

can’t get the help. I can buy corn us-

ually cheaper than I can grow it.





 





 





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By WILLIAM B. HATCH,





Michigan Member of American Commission





LEFT the land of my forebears,



Dumfrieshire, Scotland, went out to



Stranrarer and took ship across

the channel to Larne in Northern Ire-

land, on my way to Dublin where the

American Commission was 10 rendez-

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Co—operative Agriculture.



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stretched back up the hillsides to the

horizon.



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Miles upon miles of stone fences fun

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the side from which‘ the prevailing

winter wind blows.‘ ..

' Our Irish program re-revealed an old

truth—that all history revolves about

some personality. Theactuating spirit

in Irish and it may be truthfully said

of much of the agricultural develop-

ment in other parts of the British Isles

as‘well, is Sir Horace Plunkett. His

name is cherished in America and oth—

er countries as well. He happened to

be in America when the American

Commission’s program was under con-

sideration. It was he and Mr. Roose-

velt who persuaded those in charge of

the program to broaden its scope so as

to include co-operative production, dis-

tribution and country life as well as

finance.



Few men, moreover, on the Euro-

pean side of the Atlantic know Ameri-

ca ' and American agricultural condi-

tions so well as Sir Horace Plunkett.

As the owner of a large stock ranch in

our west, he visits our continent every

year and so when we betook ourselves

to Plunkett House, the official home of

the Irish Agricultural Organization So-

ciety, we felt that we would enteran

atmosphere of friendly and sympa-





quisites, to market poultry, eggsand

other kinds of produce. In one in-

stance—at Roscrea in Tipperary—be-

tween thrce thousand and four thou-

sand small farmers have provided the

necessary capital and embarked upon

the highly technical and ambitious

project of a co-operative bacon fac~

tory; while at Wexford a similar pro-

ject for the co-operative disposal of

beef, mutton and pork is being wisely

and cautiously undertaken. Other so-

cieties have been formed to treat the

‘flax crop between the harvest and the

sale to the spinner. Credit societies

have been formed on the Raiffeisen

plan and to the development of this

system we look for the economic and

social redemption of the most back-

ward and debt-laden of our rural com-

munities. We do claim to have achiev-

ed and successfully demonstrated that

the, co-operative system is capable of

enabling the farmer to produce and dis-

tribute efficiently and economically,

and at the same time to finance both

these operations.



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Good Husbandry 'and Stone Fences We

thetic and appreciative understanding

of our problem. We were not. disap-

pointed.



The general conference covered “the

application of co-operative principles

to the agriculture of the English speak-

ing countries with special reference to

the United States and Canada?” Their

Excellencies, the Lord Lieutenant, and

the Countess of Aberdeen, entered ac-

tively into the program as presented

and thus multiplied the number of

their American friends to greet them

here during the past few months.



The following glance at the view-

point of Sir Horace l’lunkeit will, I

trust, aid in clarifying our perspective

on this side of the sea:



“The lesson we learned, put in the

fewest words was this: The success

of our continental competitors was dug,

lo a combination of organized volun-

tary effort, with judicious stale assist-

ance. Both were necessary, but the

part played by the government was of

insignificant importance compared

with the astonishing potency of co-op-

crative production and marketing. Ev-

erywhere, too, the co-operativc organ-

izations of the producers was not only

highly effective as a method of busi-

ness, but was the secret of the political

power which enabled the farmers to





i get the assistance they needed at the





hands of the government. We, there-

fore, set ourselves to introduce agri-

cultural co-operation into Ireland first

upon a foundation of organized self—

help—the best definition I know of co-

operation—40 build a system of sound

educational state aid.



“We began with the dairy industry

in the south of Ireland. Today there

are approximately 100,000 farmers in

this little island engaged in various

forms of agricultural co-operative’ef-

fort and accounting probably, with

their families, for half a million of the

population. They combined together

to buy seeds, fertilizers, implements,

machinery and other agriculture re-





A





re Everywhere Present in Ireland.





sitions—one of principle, the other of

order. The first is that you must ap-

proach the problem on its three sides.

You must, regard agriculture as an in-

dustry and as a. business and as a life.

Into the industry you must introduce

the teachings of modern science as it

has been introduced into every other

industry. Into the business must be

imported methods of combination, sim-

ply because, under modern business

conditions, transactions must be on a.

large scale to be economical. The life

of the rural community must also be

modernized by making it physically

more comfortable, mentally more satis-

fying, and socially more enjoyable. Our

Irish formula is better farming, better

business, better living.



“There are certain distinguishing

characteristics of the co-operative sys~

tem—notably its democratic principle

of one man, one vote, in the control

and its distribution of the profits over

the business done rather than over the

shares. I personally place a far higher

value upon the effects of the co—opera-

tive organization than upon its eco‘

nomic benefits. Co-operative organiza-

tion develops a social spirit which is

the antithesis of the selfishness engen.

dercd by' the capitalistic joint stock

combination.”



One of the most inspiring addresses

made before the commission was, that

by Mr. George Russell, the gifted edi-

tor of the Irish Homestead. During

this address Mr. Russell expressed his

conviction thus:



“More changes often ‘ake place with-

in a dozen years after a co-operative

society is first star LGd than have taken

place for a century previous. I am

familiar with a district—Temple Crone

in northwest Donegal. It was one of

the most wretchedly poor districts in

Ireland. The farmers were at the mer-

cy‘”of the gombeen traders and the ag-

ricultural middlemen. Then a dozen

years ago a co-operative society was



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ertly watching her. In the ruddy light

he discovered that the damp coils of

hair that fell about her shoulders al-

most matched the fire itself. Once he

furtively fingered a. strand that lay

across his knee. Sadie felt the touch

and glanced down.



“It’ll dry after a while,” she laughed.

“But it’ll be an awful mess, ’cause I

ain’t got a comb. The one I had went

swimming along with my swell outfit.”



“It looks good to me just the way

it is,” he said with frank admiration.



“It’s a fast color, anyhow,” said Sad-

ie in a matter-of—fact tone.



But, though her voice was casual,

something inside of her gave a little

jump. No. 44 liked her hair! That

was worth knowing. In the morning,

she decided, she would manage some—

how to arrange it, even without a





‘ comb.





“I’m sorry I had to throw your

stuff overboard,” he said, his mind re-

verting to the suddenly ended voyage.

“We’d never have managed to get it

ashore, anyhow.”



“I’m not worryin’ about it. I’ll get

some new things after I get to work-

ing.”



“You’ll have to let me lend you

some money now, I imagine. Please

don’t hesitate to say so.”



.“Not yet,” answered Sadie.

course my pocketbook is gone;

was in the grip. It had some change

in it. But—”



She hesitated, then laughed and col-

ored. “Well, I still got fourteen dol-

lars left.”



“That’ll help some,” he' said gravely.

“Better dry it before it turns to pulp.”



W eupon he arose and sauntered

off into the woods, whence he returned

several minutes later, dragging a fresh

log for the fire. He noted a ten-dollar

bill and four ones carefully spread out

near the rim of the embers and weight-

ed with little stones. A smile came to

his lips, but he‘hid it from Sadie.



“You got to let me do some work,”

she said, half—rising from her seat. “I

can carry wood.”



“You’ll have work enough in the

morning. Sit still. How’s the fire ‘2”



“Great! It’s makin’ me lazy, though.

I just like to sit and look into it—and

think.”



“About what?”



“Everything. I get funny ideas some-

times, No. 44—ideas that ain’t got noth-

in’ to do with what’s really goin’ on.

Do you ~‘know what I was thinkin’ of

just as we was gettin’ upset out there?

I was thinkin’ what a grand movie it

would make.”



“You’re, one of the film fanatics, I

take it,” he said, laughing.



“I’m strong for ’em, if that’s what

you mean. Who ain’t? I mean folks

who live in cities and can’t get what

they want except in the movies. I went





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regular. Why, I put aside so much for

it every week! I just couldn’t miss

them!”





“How much did you get a week?” he

asked curiously.



“Seven dollars.”



He considered the possibilities of a

seven-dollar income, and found the

subject depressing.



“Not very easy sledding,” he said.



“Why, I don’t know,” she returned

promptly. “Of course, you can’t buy

no automobile and you can’t do too

much trolley—ridin’. But a girl can

I done it. Why, I had a bank

book!”



“The other girls didn’t)“ asserted

StOddard.



Sadie’s eyes were alight with aston-

ishment. as she turned to him.



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“Yes; it’s right. They thought Iwas

a nut. But”—and she tossed her head

with a gesture of defiance—“if they’d

’ve got that letter from you they would

not have been able to call on you, like

you said to do. They wouldn’t ’ve had

car fare.”



So here was the explanation! More

than once he had puzzled over the

bland assurance with which Sadie cut

loose from Buffalo and made her way

to the outdoors country, putting her

trust in a stranger. Her justification,

it seemed, lay in his letter. He remem-

bered the phrase now: “Any time I

can do anything for you, don’t fail to

call on me.” So she had called—lit-

erally!



Perfunctory commonplaces of corres-

pondence Sadie interpreted to the let-

ter. She appraised things at face val-

ue. She knew no subtleties of speech

or thought.



It was all beautifully direct and sim-

ple, he reflected, and rather to be ad-

mired. But a literal-minded young

woman was also an incentive to cau-

tion. He must be careful.





“Speaking of money,” he observed,

“it’s the last thing that’s of any use

to you and me until we get somewhere.

Let’s see what else I’ve got. I have

a knife and eleven matches. And here's

my watch; stopped, of course.”



He held the nickel timepiece to his

ar, then shook it.



“Full of water,” he commented.

“Well, we couldn’t eat it, and it won’t

keep us warm; so that doesn’t matter.”



He completed a search of his pock-

ets, bringing forth a pipe and a drip-

ping tobacco—pouch. The latter he ex-

amined anxiously.



“About half a dozen smokes,” he

said ruefully. “That won’t last long.”



He laid the open pouch near the fire

and blew the water from the stem of

the pipe.



“Now, what have you got, Sadie ‘3"



Sadie had been hunting, too, and one

find resulted. From a pocket that had

been skillfully concealed in her skirt

she drew forth a damp, sticky cake of

chocolate. , .



“There’s just one end of it been

nibbled,” she said. “I was savin’ it for

a feed.”



“Great!” he exclaimed. “We’ve got

fire, grub, a knife, tobacco. Why, we’re

millionaires'” -



“You re one of those things your-

self, ain’t .you? An op-ti-mism,” pro-

nouncing’ the syllables carefully. “I

told you I’d remember that.”



Stoddard now began to consider

their prospects minutely. If they were

on the mainland there was, beyond

doubt, a long and painful tramp ahead

of them. No roads had been cut in

the Deepwater section, for no timber

had ever been taken out, while the only

trails that existed in the forests were

mere overland connections between

water-courses and lakes.



But he feared that they were not on

the mainland at all. While the dark-

ness prevented any accurate survey of

their refuge, Stoddard suspected that

their swim had landed them upon an

island. He did not disclose this belief

to Sadie; there was no need to alarm

her in case it should turn out later to

be incorrect.





Even granting that it was an island,’





there might be no cause for dismay,

despite the fact that they had no

means of departing from it. Several

of the islands in the South Arm were

in plain sight of that which contained

the hotel, and a signal made on any

one of them would be easily seen.

Judging, however, from the direc-

tion of the gale that was responsible

for the wreck of t' e canoe, Stoddard

doubted if they wer marooned on any

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“You’re frownin’,” observed Sadie.

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“Not at all,” he answered hastily.



“You don’t need to be scared of

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mals goin’ to hurt us ?”



He burst out laughing; then apolo-

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“Why, that’s all right,” she said pla-

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I think there’s been lots of times al-

ready when you wanted to laugh and

didn’t. It don’t hurt my feelin’s, so

long as it ain’t a shrimp laughin’.”



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him about shrimps generally and 001-,

lectively, and the Shrimp specificallyfi

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come through that!” she exclaimed inf

1conc1usion, pointing out to where they;

could catch glimpses of the wind-lash-l

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your description of him, would prob-i

ably have been invited to do his own‘

swimming”.



“He’d ’ve been easier’n me to han-

dle," she said thoughtfully. “I'm a,

house.” 3



“Nonsense!”



“Maybe I ain’t’ to you, but I am to

most people. Do you know what some

of the girls used to call me? Wool-

worth. They said I was as big as the

Woolworth Building.”



“Did you ever see it?” he asked-

quietly. '



“No. I never was in New York.”



Stoddard began poking at the fire

and adding fresh wood.



“Well,” said Sadie after a pause,

“what about the Woolworth Buildin'?”



“Why, it happens to be the hand-

somest big building in New York; that

is all.”



“Oh!” gasped Sadie. “Why—-ohl”



She seized a stick and began dig-

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him.



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i never even seen a picture of it.”



Now for the first time she frown-

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she said musingly.



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arms full of balsam-boughs.



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“You must learn me some of it,”

she said with a decisive nod.



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ent from that of Kitty and Estelle.

Stoddard smoked one pipeful of the

treasured tobacco and began to feel

comfortable again. His clothing was

nearly dry. Sadie assured him that she

was “perfectly dry,” but the wisps of

steam that arose from her garments

whenever she moved close to the fire

testified that she was either oblivious

to more dampness or was prevaricating

with a. View of relieving him of pos-

sible concern for her. '

They talked until she found herself

yawning, and then she stretched her-

self upon the balsam coucn.



“It’s soft and springy and it smells

good,” she said sleepily. “I'Ve had some

outdoors, anyhow, even if it's the last.”

After a while Stoddard prepped his

back against a tree and let his head

droop forward on his breast. Only the

fire remained awake.





CHAPTER XI.

Sadie Finds She’s Rich.





Morning was golden. That is a habit

with September mornings in the Deep-

water country.

ped the lake, but there was not so

much as a fleck of white cloud in

the sky.



It was the sun shining in her eyes

that awakened Sadie. She yawned,

stretched luxuriously, and mechanical‘

ly reached an arm toward the place

where her sixty-nine-cent alarmclock

usually stood. When her hand touched

damp moss she sat up quickly and star-

ed at the trees and the water. Then

she smiled contentedly.

“It’s real,” she said.

I’d been dreamin’.”



Now her glance rested upon Stod-

dard, whose shoulders had slipped

from their support against a tree and

whose body lay at full length on the

earth, relaxed in heavy slumber. She

contemplated the sleeper gravely for a

moment, then smiled again.



Sadie rose cautiously from her bal-

sam couch and tiptoed toward the edge

of the lake. The movement brought

her close to where Stoddard lay, and

she paused to observe him.



“He don’t look comfortable,” she

thought. “I oughta fix his head, but

it might wake him.”



She resumed her noiseless journey

and presently found herself at the

brink of the lake. Here, in the imme-

diate lee of the shore, the water was

still and clear. How deep it was she

had no idea, but the rocks at the bot-

tom were easily visible. Something

moved out of from the shadow of one,

then disappeared from her View like

an arrow.



“Wish I had a fishin-polc!" she ex-

claimed softly.



Across the stretch of water, more

than half a mile distant, lay an island,

and beyond that a high bluff that skirt—

ed the mainland. To her right were

more islands, while in the other direc-

tion there seemed to be a long stretch

of water bordered ultimately by hills

Whose outlines were now softend in a

blue-gray haze.



Sadie glanced at the sleeper. He had

not stirred.



“I’ll take a little walk,"

“N0. 44 needs his sleep."



C'irefully picking her way along the

rocks until she was out of ear—shot,

Sadie began to walk as briskly as the

contour of the shore would permit.

She was not lame, but her muscles

were stiff and cramped. Occasionally

she halted to stretch her arms upward

and backward and fill her lungs to

their utmost with the virile morning

air. Her dress was nearly dry; an

hour of the sun would finish the work.





She halted for a few minutes on a.

little beach, the first break on the rock-

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blame for divorce, because she is ex-

travagant, or jealous or a nagger, or

can’t cook, or just because she is a

woman. She is to blame for race sui-

cide because she prefers poodle dogs

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autos and joy rides, because she lets

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school boy friends. She is to blame

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cigarette evil because she uses the

wrappers to make sofa cushion tops.

She is too blame for the war in Eu-

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at the same time.



\Vell, so be it, Q. E. D., and f. o. b.

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ous increase in the high cost of living.



“Women should find substitutes for

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when they could just as well feed the

family something else.”



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and they do cost.”



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baby must have milk. Oleo as a butter

substitute will not be tolerated on the

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up to date there has been no substitute

for food discovered. Women, as a

rule, like the cheaper cuts of meat and

coarse winter vegetables. They date

on boiled dinners and homelyfare. But

the men object. I am speaking of the

great middle class where the high pric-

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can only think of food in terms of a

cold bottle and a hot bird. The middle

class woman is willing and anxious to

save, to make any sacrifice and to cook

any simple provender. She does the

spending and she can see the awful in-

roads that the day’s food makes in the

pay envelope. But if the family won’t

eat the simpler food it is foolish to

prepare it.



She is roared at again because she

buys package foods instead of in bulk.

Is there a store left where she can get

food any other way? .



Breakfast foods are all in boxes, mo-

lasses is no longer drawn from the bar-

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can you get about three-quarters‘of a

quart for twice what you used to pay

for the full quart. Even sugar and

vinegar are coming in separate con-

veyers and you can either buy the con-

tainer or go without. She is told how

much cheaper it is to buy by the bush—

el and the case, but on the average sal—

ary, paid weekly, if you buy a case of

canned goods you go without much

else the rest of the week. Your weekly

expenses do not permit of buying large-

ly in bulk unless you plan to devote

the entire contents of the pay envelope

to setting the table.





Women are in no way to blame for

the present situation. But of course

they will be charged with it. It is so

much easier to shift the blame on the

harassed buyer than it is to take the

money and go out and better matters,

or to look for the real cause, that man

will simply fall back on his old excuse.



Or is it because men are afraid they

will find out the real, reason if they

look for it, that they point at woman

as the culprit? V DEBORAH.





 





HOME QUERIES.





 





Household Editor:—Will you please

send me a recipe for grape wine?~—

Reader. ‘



Wash and stem grapes and squeeze

through a coarse bag. Allow one gal-

lon of soft water to three gallons of

juice, and three ppunds of brown sugar

to the gallon of juice. Let stand six

weeks in an open vessel, covered with

a thin cloth, then pour off carefully,

strain through two or three thickness-

es of cheesecloth, and bottle.



Household Editor:———Answering in-

quiry of I. L. L. in your paper of No

vember 18, would suggest that if she

will perforate the bottom crust with a

fork before'fllling, and cook with slow

fire, so as not to allow to boil, she will

avoid the bubbles referred to.—Mrs.

H. H. R. ' ‘





Graham Bread.

Half cup of melasses, half cup of

sugar, two cups sWeet milk, one round-

ing tablespoon of butter, one teaspoon

of soda, one teaspoon of-salt, one small





teaspoon of baking 99ml“: three cull-13.,





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RS. EMMA HINKLEY COLE,

commiSSioner for Berrien coun-

ty, reports that ' her schools



“have made a beginning.” Miss Crouch-

er, New Buffalo, served hot soup, begin-

ning it before school and having the

larger girls take charge later under

her supervision. Miss Clay, of Coloma,

had a sewing class for girls and a

whittling class for boys. These classes

were given the time after recess on

Friday afternoons. The girls made ap

rons and the boys match safes.



“The most successful thing I started

was learning to tie different kinds of

knots in ropes,” said Mrs. Cole. “Usu-

ally some man in each district is will-

ing to go to school Friday afternoons

during the winter months and teach

the boys, while the teacher instructs

the girls in sewing. This work was

successfully carried out by Miss Hen-

derson, of Eau Claire. The boys look-

ed up different kinds of knots in the

dictionary, one boy brought a book on

knots, and every boy brought a piece

of rope for practice. “All sent samples

of their work to me properly labeled.

There were some knots I had never

heard of, all found by the boys in the

dictionaries.”



In Isabella county, quite a. little work

has been done in sewing, under the di-

rection of Commissioner E. T. Camer-

on. Sewing contests have been held in

every school in the county for the past

six years, and the number of exhibits

in a single year has reached over 200.

Last year the county had seven entries

at the State Fair and won seven first

prizes.



Three prizes are given for the fol-

lowing articles: Nine-patch quilt block;

kitchen apron; embroidered towel; set

of hemmed napkins; hemstitched tray

cloth; doll’s dress; sofa pillow and bag.

Directions for making these articles

aresent out by the commissioner. The

set of napkins may. consist of either

four or six. Money prizes are given of

three dollars, one dollar, and 50 cents

the work being donated by the various

banks in Isabella county. The work is

done in school and exhibits made at a

county meeting in the spring, when

prizes are awarded. Commissioner

Cameron is planning to enlarge the

work to include garment making next.

year.



In addition to sewing, seven teach—

ers have served hot noon lunches. This

work has been done individually, how-

ever, but plans are being made to make

the work general throughout the

county.



Warm lunches are served in 21 of

the schools in Eaton county, according

to reports of Commissioner Cynthia A.

Green, but no systematic work is done

in domestic science. Commissioner

Sheridan Mapes, of Kalamazoo county,

makes a similar report for his county,

though not specifying the number of

schools. ’



Commissioner L. L. Livermore, of

Branch county, has had considerable

club work done. So far the girls have

worked in sewing clubs, either after

school or in the evening, meeting at

least once a month. No work has been

done thus far in cooking. The girls

pledged themselves to finish three out

of six garments assigned to them, and

in every case they did their part. Par-

ents and teachers both are enthusiastic

over the work. The work so far has

been done in Algansee township, dis-

trict N0. 7, under the direction of Miss

Christel Groth; in Bethel, district No.

3, Miss Bernice Selby, teacher; Bethel,

district No. 8, Miss Fastina Williams,

teacher, and in Sherwood, district No.

1, Miss Margaret Doty, teacher. The

work is to be started in five more

schools this year.



Work in domestic science in Cass

county is done mostly in connection

'with hot noon lunches. Mrs. Ruth H.

Mosier, commissioner, reports that the

Mothers’ Clubs help in working out the





menu. In the schools taught by Miss





   





DOme'Stic Science 1 n I Rural SCIhOOlSL‘IV ' "





Mary Weads,Cassopolis, and Mrs. Mat-

tie P. Hollenbeck, Dowagiac, the moth-

ers, aside from the daily help, meet

once a month with the children and

have a pot-luck dinner, followed by a

program. Besides these two schools,

Miss Ann Banks, of Jones, also served

warm lunches with success.



“Our aim has been warm lunches at

noon,” says Miss Wood in telling of her

work. “The plan was this: Each moth-

er prepared one thing for just her own

children, it would be some kind of

soup, tomatoes, corn, or something that

would warm easily. This overcomes

the difliculty of the poor not being able

to contribute otherwise, also the diffi-

culty of homes in which sanitary con-

ditions were not the best.



“One lady loaned her oil stove last

year. This year we are using the top

of our corner furnace. At the recess

the girls arranged the pails on the

stove and at 11:45 I would light the

burners. In most families there was at

least one girl. If she was eight years

old she was old enough to serve her

brothers and sisters. We had an extra

table for this purpose. Some of the

children washed their dishes and kept





them at school, while others carried‘





them home. Mothers said it was much

easier for them to put up lunches and

more economical. Besides it amused

the children on stormy days when oth-

erwise they would be restless. It is a

school of 26, none going home at noon.

Our room is small. A large proportion

of the "children are under eleven.



“The children are pleased with the

idea and it is my belief that this plan

could be carried out under most any

conditions. The children contributed

an exhibit of vegetables, grains, sew-

ing and baking to a. community fair.

This being done at home except the

sewing."





 





MICHIGAN FARMER PATTERNS.





Our latest Fashion Book, containing

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ladies’, misses’ and children’s gar-

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give valuable hints to the home dress-

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on receipt of ten cents. All patterns

are ten cents each. Do not forget to

state size.





 





No. 7755—Ladies’ Apron. Cut in sizes

small, medium and large. High or

low neck in round or square outline

may be used.



No. 7766—Ladies’ Shirt Waist. Cut in

sizes 34 to 42 inches, bus-t measure.

This waist has a front and back yoke

and long or short sleeves.



No. 7759-Boys’ Russian Suit. Cut in

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Oklahoma, blessed by Nature with a mild climate and un-

puralled agricultural and mineral resources, offers the farmer

who is seeking a new home the advantages of the best agricul-





 





 





 

   

 

   





   

   

   

   

   





South.





The state has an average eleva—



tion of 1300 feet above sea level,



a. rainfal ranging from 45 inches



1 in the southeast to 16 inches in



the extreme northwest; forests



and hills, wide, level or rolling



plains or plateaus, numerous wa-



ter courses, sandy loam, clay loam,



and alluvial soil, and is far enough



South to get the benefit of the

long growing season.



Alfalfa is one of the staple

crops. There are four million \

acres of bottom lands in the east-

ern and central sections of the

state that are unexcelled any-

where for growing corn. There

are thirty million acres in Okla-

homa on which kafir is a sure

money crop every year. e

north half of Oklahoma is one of

the best hard wheat growing dis~

tricts in the United States the

south half is equally as good soft

wheat country.



Oklahoma produces the bulk of

the broom corn grown in the

Southwest. Cotton is one of the

geat assets of Oklahoma, and her



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tural states in the North and of the best agricultural states in the





Rock Island Lines touch practically every section of the state”

and tributary to this great railway system are countless oppor-

tunities for the man who is anxious to secure a farm of his own,

whether it be of small acreage adjacent to the larger city, or

large acreage in the less populated section.





Like opportunities are found in all‘ parts of the territory served by

Rock Island Lmes—thc fourteen most productive states in the Union.





We want successful farmers along our lines,





of land, lots of opportunity.

organized farm bureau that is ready and glad to

give impartial information and advice about the

country we serve. Write us fully just what you

want—~write today.





1.. M. ALLEN. Passenger Traffic Manager

Room 744 . La Salle Station. Chicago. Ill.





lars or more each ear for the cot-

ton they grow. he Spanish pea.-

nut is another Southern crop that

is a. money-maker and thrives in

all arts of the state.



03 raising is one of the most



rofitable lines of farming in Ok-

ahoma, as her soil is particularly

adapted to growing hog feed crops

at low cost. Similarly, cattle feed-

ers are successful in Oklahoma

because of the .crops which grow

in abundance and the nearness of

good markets.



Dairyin has paid well in Okla;

home. an ten times the present

supply of dairy products could be

produced to advantage. Poultry

raising is another source of rev-

enue, and if proper attention is

given, garden truck, melons, etc.,

can be made into great income

bringers.



Highly productive land can still

be secured at a very-reasonable

price, and Oklahoma offers an op

portunity to the man who is will-

1ng to ,apply himself that will in-

sure a permanency and an inde-

pendency.





for sale, or preferred interest in





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ortation facilities at your door. You can obtain rich, fertile farm

' ands here at $15 an acre and up. Write for full particulars today __

—-lcarn how you can sucecd as other: have, in these ideally ‘





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The Southeastern Land Show to be held in Atlanta, February 1-15. 1917,

is lanning the distribution of about one hundred stock farms to those

ma mg application for same while in attendance at the Land Show.



1 from ten to one hundred acres in each tract and will

represent a money value of from one to ten thousand dollars.

particulars will be furnished anyone desiring same upon application to the





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enough South. Address, K. T. CIIW'

lav. Indus. AgL. C. filo. Rwy.



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Delaware Fruit Farm

Only a mile to do (it, canning factories, school, etc:

55 acres under cu tivation. 2 acres wire fenced poultry

runs: 100 apple trees, 100 peaches. also grapes. black-

berries and strawbe rues: two-story 6 room house,

barn 30x36 poultry house. etc. Short, mild winters

and long delightful snmmers.Plnnt peas inFebrunry,

Dig second crop potatoes lust of November. Fruit,

fioultry, potatoes. corn and alfalfa money-makers

ere. Owner pulled away makes low&rice $18!) with

$810 down and includes 100 bu. corn. 1 bu. up 108 and

potatoes. hay. etc. For details see “Peace on Plenty

Catalogue." 0013! mailed free. 1. . BTROU

FARM AGENCY. ept. 101. 150 Nassau St... New York.





' . Bo thorn Ohio has a mild

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Rich lands and business opportunities ofier you hide.

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average under twenty cents an acre: no taxes on im-

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markets. churches. schools, roads. telephones; Excel-

lent clImatc—crops and live stock prove it. Special

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Hastings. Good buildings. Silo. Olay loom. 96

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Exeollent sandy loam. "level.

IOI Acres 2 mm a. 3 mileI: m a

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ARMERS should not be stampeded

F into marketing their beans hastily



by the persistent effort of a cer-

tain class of bean speculators and of

large consumers, to start a downward

movement of prices in this market.

Here is a report alleged to have been

sent out by a Michigan canning com-

pany to the commissioner of weights

and measures of Massachusetts, and

recently commented upon by a. promi-

nent Detroit daily:





“It would appear to us as though

there were enough beans this year for

ev”erybody, says the Michigan con~

cern’s report, “and that these present

prices cannot possibly hold after the

‘shorts’ are taken care of and after the

weather settles so that our farmers

can thresh their beans.





“This year the most conservative es-

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crease of 25 per cent in acreage over

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out on an average of ten bushels to the

acre, as against seven bushels last

year. This would make a1 ound 7, 500,-

000 bushels, as compared with 4,250,-

000 bushels last year.”





Whether this report was issued with

the high motive of imparting useful in-





formation to the public or not, is un-

known to the writer. But judging from

its source and context we are terribly

suspicious that the message was writ—

ten, not to impart information but mis-

information, in other words, that it

was meant to deceive. The author ap-

parently thought that the buying pub-

lic could be led to believe that large

supplies of this commodity are being

held by farmers and that prices will

soon decline, while ~with his most re-

markable figures on the size of this

year’s crop, he no doubt thought to

stampede the farmers into selling what

surplus they have at present values,

or lower. After that these buyers

would have control of supplies and

could put the price at whatever figure

the buying public would stand for.

Every statement in the report is

wrong. The fall was an ideal one for

harveSting and the threshing was got-

ten out of the way at least by the

usual time. It states that a conserva-

tive estimate of the acreage for 1916

is 25 per cent increase over the pre-

vious year; whereas, the last federal

crop report shows the acreage for

Michigan to be 410,000 acres for 1916

and 506,000 acres for 1915. It places

the yield at ten bushels per acre and

the federal report has it at‘6.6 bushels

per acre. It concludes that the yield

for 1916 is around $7,500,000 bushels,

as compared with 4,250,000 bushels for





Farm Commer’Ce





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Bean Crop





1915, while the government figures for

the two years are 3,102,000 and 4,250,.

000 respectively. _



Here is a statement by. V, H. Church,

field agent for Michigan, of the United

State Bureau of Crop Estimates, who

has made special inquiry into the con-

ditions of the bean crops for the past

two years:



“A special inquiry relative to the

bean crop of the state Was recently

sent to several hundred of the/bureau’s

regular correspondents in the bean

growing counties and to a special list

of bean buyers. Nearly all responded

to the questions asked and the infor-

mation thus obtained is of general in-

terest. The average yield per acre is

found to be 6.6 bushels, which makes

a total production for the state of 3,-

102,000 bushels. The average ‘pick’ is

6.6 pounds per bushel or 11 per cent of

the crop, leaving a crop of choice hand-

picked stock of 2,761, 000 bushels,

which at the prevailing prices is worth

approximately $16, 500, 000 to the pro-

ducers



“The unusually small yield this year

was .due chiefly to. the unseasonably

hot and dry weather in July, which

blasted many of the blooms on the

early-planted crop. A second setting

of pods on these, and. the late-planted

crop, gave only a partial return as the

drought. continued in most of the

heavy-producing counties throughout

the growing season, causing the pods

to be short and poorly filled. The crop

matured slowly and unevenly and se-

vere frosis did extensive damage dur-

ing the latter half of September, these

immature beans constituting practical-

ly all of the ‘pick’ as anthracnose, the

disease which caused such widespread

damage in 1914 and 1915,,did not de-

velop to any material extent this year.

The yield and ‘pick’ vary widely within

short distances, due 10 the uneven dis-

tribution of temperature and moisture

conditions over the variable soils com-

prising the bean districts of the state.

The inquiry also shows that about 10

per cent of the planted acreage was

not harvested, this abandonment was

chiefly confined to the eastern and cen-

tral parts of the state.”



Weather conditions Ihe past season

have Shortened the yield and increased

the cost of production. Because of his

larger outlay for each bushel we be-

lieve the farmer is entitled to the ad-

vanced prices resulting from the scar-

city and not the hop~skip-and—jump

Speculators.





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VALUE OF MICHIGAN CROPS FOR 1916. i





The following table gives in DOLLARS the value of Michigan’s important

farm crops for the years 1916 and 1915 as estimated by the Bureau of Statis-

tics of the United States Department of Agriculture in the December Crop

Report, and compares same with the five-year averages of the same crops for

the years 1911-1915 inclusive, the latter figures being taken from the Year

Books of the United States Departmentof Agriculture, except those for the

five-year averages for beans, which are from the Michigan crop reports, no





federal figures being available:





1916.

Corn ............... $43,106,250

Wheat ............. 22,712,000

Oats ............... 22,625,700

Barley ............. 2,229,500

Bye ............... 6,042,400

Buckwheat 948, 750

Beans ............. 15, 975, 300

Potatoes ........... 24,576,000

Hay ............... 43,720,000

Apples ............. 10,857,600

Peaches ........... 2,110,500





$194, 903,000





x 5-yr. Aver.





1915.

$37,080,000 $37,125,400

20,652,480 14,562,800

22, 491, 000 19,943,200

1, 554, 960% 1,533,800

4, 612, 250 ’ 4,405,400

626, 400 713,400

8,925,100 10,285,572

11,747,200 15,968,400

41,187,600 39,866,200

6,993,000 7,765,966

1,770,000 ' 1,892,700





$168, 639, 990 $154, 062, 838





These figures indicate that the value of the crops grown by Michigan farm-

ers in 1916 is $36, 263, 010 greater than the value of the same crops in 1915

and $40, 840,172 greater than the average value for the five years from 1911





to 1915 inclusive.





The increase in the value of this year’s crops is due entirely to the higher '

prices prevailing, and the big figures emphasize strongly the need of atten--

tion to our marketing system to the end that producers may get a larger part.





of the consumers’ dollar.
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MARKETING OF CUCUM‘BE’R’S.





 





Inquiry has been made by the Mar-

kets Office, into cucumber growing in

Michigan. For the past five years the

supply has not kept paCe with the de-

mand. The conditions under which cu-

cumbers are grown are of interest. Us-

ually small areas and the prices paid

make it profitable in the main only

when the family labor at little or no

cash outlay can be utilized. A com-

mercial crop on a large scale would

compel standard wages, which the av-

erage return would not permit. The

diseases of cucumbers, which owing to

the small scale of growing, does not

permit of exclusive equipment for pre-

vention, has been a serious menace to

the industry.



‘ Additional advices from those inter-

ested in the cucumber industry is

sought. Extracts from a letter from

an extensive distributor of pickles

throws much light on the situation.



About 100,000 acres are planted to

cucumbers in the central west, Mich-

igan, lndiana and Wisconsin being the

largest producers. The pickles taken

in from the growers at the different

salting stations are classified as: ‘Vat-

runs,‘ measuring two inches to three

and a half inches, and ‘vat-iuns,’ meas-

uring' two inches to four inches in

length, and the prices paid growers

varies from 75 cents, ($.75). to $1.20

per bushel of fifty pounds.



The next size is called large pick-

les, measuring three and a half to four

inches, and five and a half inches. This

size is usually one-half the price of the

V‘di-l‘llil size.



For the last five years the crop has

not been sufficiently large to supply

the demand, and prices to growers

have steadily advanced; As the crop

must be picked by hand, the higher

cost for labor will have its effect on

prices the coming season.



JAS. N. MCBRIDE, Director.





 





 





CO-OPERATIVE AGRICULTURE IN

IRELAND.

(Continued from page 10).

formed. 1 am sure the oldest inhab-

itant there will agree that more chang-

es for the better for farmers have tak-

en place since the co-operative society

was started than he could remember

in all his previous life. The reign of

the gonibeen man is over. The farm-

ers control their own buying and sell»

ing. Their organization markets for

them their eggs and poultry. " It pro-

cures seeds, fertilizers and domestic

requirements. It turns the members’

pigs into bacon. They have a village

hall and an allied woman’s organiza—

tion. They sell the products of the

women's industry. They have a co—op—

erative band, social gatherings and con-

certs. They have gone southward to

Ardara with their propaganda and east-

ward towards l<‘alcarragli, and in half

a dozen years in all that district, pre-

viously without organization, there will

be well organized fariners‘ guilds, con—





 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   





 





 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





centrating within themselves all the





trades of their districts, having meet-:





ing places where the opinion of the.





‘SHORTHORNS FOR SALE





8 Bulls. lilo femalos. W. B. M ('Quiiinll, Howell. Mich I) Loadi- feeders and two loads yearling steers. Aim

An! ('In fihOVV you any number

600 to 1200 lbs. lsaac Shai‘stum.





members can be taken; having a lllil-r





chinery committees and executive offi-

cers to carry out whatever may be de—

sided upon, and having funds or ‘1)1'013

its, the. joint property of the commu-

nity, which can be drawn upon to

finance their undertakings. You see





what a tremendous advantage it is to

farmers in a district to have such or-





ganizations; what a lever they can pull





and control. You will understand the

difference between a rural population

and a rural community, between a peo-.

ple loosely knit together by the vague

ties of a common latitude and longi—

tude, and people who are closely knit,

together in an association and who

form a true social organization, a true

rural community. It, is the business of

the rural reformer to create the rural

community. Iti‘s'the antecedent to the





creation of a rural civilization.”





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F I don’t make your hogs make 4’

you more money—produce more

pounds of pork for you from the ,



same amount of feed—I don’t want your



money! I am giving you the same oppor-

tunity to prove this that I gave Jno. W. Crane,

hog raiser near South Whitley, Indiana. He writes:



“I selected four pigs out of my bunch—three



were runts. I weighed them and they averaged



85 pounds. I fed them Hog-Tone for four weeks.

Then sold them eight weeks from time I weighed



them and they averaged 221 pounds per hog.”





You Can’t Pass This By!





icine on any hogs no matter how healthy they appear to e, and prove it to your own satisfaction.





If it doesn’t do it 1 don’t ask you to pay a cent.





I know I am safe in making this guarantee. i know what Hog-

Tone has done and is doing for the herds of other hog raisers. I

also know that the market price of hogs is going higher every

day—and is bound to go higher from now on. There is a seri-

ous hog-shortage. Especially a shortage of high-grade porkers

~hogs absolutely tree lrom worms— big hogs with

sound. clean flesh! Worms are killing off the hogs!





"More hogs may be lost from worms this year than from hog

cholera, and many cases of apparent cholera. are only worms.”





To Treat All Your Hogs for





Avalon Farms flog-Tone Costs Very Little





I will ship you one $1.00 bottle of Hog-Tone for each eight hogs

in your herd—the day the coupon below, filled in, reaches this

office. That: will be sufficient to treat your hogs 60 days or more,

according to size. This will mean Just 123/: cents per hog for all

the treatment—and that treatment is guaranteed by me to give you

£1400 per cent profit over and above the cost of the Hog-Tone

treatment, at marketing time. This is the same opportunity that

these men grasped—and made money by (icing so.



M. S. McFadden, Poland China Editor of Swine World (who feeds about 1000

hogs annually ncar Flossmoor, Illinois) advises: “I received Hog-Tone and

gave it. a test on five pigs. Our farm manager says that it is the best worm-

expeller he ever used. Tho pigs led on Hog-Tone havo mod. 25 nor

cont lorgor gains than those not fed on Hog-Tono."



John Heinman, R. F. D. No. 5. Decatur, lnd., states: “1 fed the Hog-Tone to

a lot of hogs that had the scours. Somo 0! my pigs had thoir hacks tun-nod

up Iilto a rainbow. in less than two weal-:5 I could not get to the trough to

feed them. I do not know exactly who the gain on this lot of hogs was.

but I could see a great: change in them."



Avalon Forms Nog-Tono Is a hlghly concentrated liquid modlclno FOR

H005 ONLY. It contains highly important modlcnl ingrodlonto which

or. liquids and which cannot ho comblnod in Modicalod Salts. Stock

Food. or Condition Powders of any kind.





Grasp This Opportunity—Mall the coupon to Me Today!

AVALON FARMS COMPAN . “#23333“ 573 Rand McNally mag. Chicago





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Shodhorn' For 3"" and heifers $15“ for nick sale.

Write W. J. BELL, ROSE CITY. MICH‘1





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says Dr. J. '1‘. Dinwoodie. Veterinary Specialist of the South

Dakota State College. "Nearly every hog“ infested withworms."

declares the U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture. The malignant Thorn

Head Worms - Stomach Worms -— Liver Worms — Lung and

Bronchial Worms weaken the Hogs-affect every sow's litter-

make million of hogs easy victims of cholera. scours, thumps.

rheumatism. enteritis, gastritis—rob surviving hogs of nourish-

ment their food should bring, out down their weight and duality





at marketing time. Grasp this opportunity to try





with Avalon Farms Hog-T

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only one. a wook.





Avalon Farms Hog-Tone is the only Veter-

inary Remedy ever sold with a guarantee to pro-

duce a definite percentage of profit. I guarantee

it to roduce 400% profit on the cost of the med-





 





 





 





 





 





 





ARMS HOG-TONE-





er and H09 Conditioner

60 Days—FREE——At My Risk!





Avalon Farm. Hog-Tone ls sale. It Is very easy to trout your hog.

one. IT IS EASILY MIXED WITH ANY KIND

RINKING WATER OR DAMPENED FEED. It

hird day lor the first nix wooko and after that

100 per cont strong-





 

 

 





Thoroughly proved on Avalon Farms, near Fort Wayne, Indiana. Cleans out:

every kind of worms that infest. hogs. By doing so, it gives protection to

your hogs from easdy contracting Cholera, Rheumatism, Scours, Thumps,

caused by worms and indigestion. Enteritis, Indigestion and other diseases

that destroy literally millions of hogs. A simply wondorlul tonic and con-

ditioner—gives hogs voracious appetites, aids digestion, helps them thrive,

grow and put on fast increases of flesh. Makes hogs eager for their feed.





Avalon Farms Hog-Ton. lo the boot known tonic lor sows durlng gos-

tation. Ito uoo Insure: strong healthy pigs. It is the reliable worm

expeller which is safe to use at this time.





Don’t Send a Penny! Just Mail Me . “ «

Simply tell me how many head of hogs you FREE Coupon





have—write down your name and address—

nnd mail to me. I Will immediately ship you enough Avalon Farm.





flog-Ton. to treat your hogs for 60 days! You 'simply pay trans or-

tntion charges. Treat your hogs according to directions. If at; ti:





end of the treatmen





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return the labels to me and you don’t owe me a cent.





 

 

   

   

   

 





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1. 2 and 3 years old from

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)li Salevrlteg. Short Horn Bulls by )laanlton

Monarch 2nd, a son of A roiidale, from 11 to iii mos,

John Schmidt, Reed City. R. No. 5.. Michigan





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Shorthornl for sale. Four 3 year olds relirod. ‘.’ Juno

calves. Three registered and ii pltl'i‘ bred, but not .

registered. Dhfi. Gr. Gordnnier, Grand Ledge, Mich. Heavy hone. lengthy b



winners sired by one of the best Sons of the Great. De-

fender & other noted strains. M. '1‘, STORY. Lowell. Mich.





 





HEREFORDS





89th sexes and all ages for sale; our herd com- piou i'reiiii-‘rLongfellow 68601). .l.'l'.Grimuon. n.3, Clue. Mich.

prises about 100 head representing the blood of

such Sires as Prime Lad 9th, Perfection Fair- The V3", Fine“ Berkshire PI?! Chap

iax. Bonnie Brae 3d and Dale. Write us your C,B.BAR'1‘LETT prom,





PAW PAW. MIC“. BBIKShiI’GS, 321:5, serviceable as}?! 13%;; hioqfll‘





wants.





ALLEN BROS..





GAN. (1 HA l.)|‘l hull of good breeding

Iof the King of the, Pontiac's.

tei‘at >1 yearn. ()lius Bt-rkmnpns.





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Durocs and Victoria:





prim; Boars and Gilts from prize





FOR SALE





Young Berkshire boars: roliotered ready forurvice:

Dam is a great. granddaughter of ti: 0





Pontiac. Michigan





by a di roct descendant;

His darn gave 25.06 but.-

Box :35, Rudyard. Mich.





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ARM. Almont, Mich.





 





BOTH SEXES ' Mature sows

50 Herefords ALL AGE. lurltsliircti:l d. - ' g .-

EARL c. McCARTY. Bod Axe, Michigm ' "e ”"9"“ “mm"





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yearling and spring gilts

at 12c per pound.

Akron. Mich,





 





 





Duroc Jersey





We still have 7 clioicohoarsl‘or sale. Stretl by our

Michigan Masterpiece No. 283'). Send for petiigree.\'ou

Will be more than pleased. Prices Reasonable.



THE JENNINO'S FARMS. R. F. D.I. Bulloy. Mich.





FOR SALE





10 Reg. Shropshire yr]. Ewes that are first class in





every respect. Price $25 per head. Brod for Apr. lambs.

M. A. BRAY ESTATE, Okomms. tluglmiii Uo.) Mich,





 





 





HI. KEENEY. Etil. Mich. $333.“ 'tiifiia‘li’." :‘.t"‘il.§‘.‘.1‘.l





Swine. 1). M. 5t '1‘. local from Munroe or Toledo. Rooney Stop.





 





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Dunc 181“! soars “The for (lest-fl. ition.i l gunr:





nnteelatisiaction. J.H. Baiighnri. l‘last .an’sing. Mich.





Diiroc Jerseys, choice breeding spring ii N

F" SI“, . either sex. Prices rig . I 5

John Ml'NlCOll. Station A. 1L4. Bay City, Mich





” r0c Jerseys Big Type liners with breeding and

II indiyiduality that is hard to heat. bred from

prize winning stock, 811008 reasonable, anti fm‘tloii

guaranteed. F. J DR 01‘. Ill. Monroe Michienn





UROC Jerseys. Spring hour. from the most non-«i sires

of the breed. Jo Orion [1. Perfect 'l‘op t‘ol.. Oakland Ohio

Chit-f. Principlel IV & Model l’nl. N cwton Bornhnrt. SLJoh in. {II ich





80 b d ‘lts f ‘

Duroc Jerseys .53.. ‘io‘ai‘if ““ "

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GRAINS AN D‘ SEEDS.





January '2, 1916.



Wheat—The year closed with wheat

prices going up. While it is difficult

to ship wheat out of the country and

there is possibility of a general rail-

road strike, the statistical situation of

the grain is strong and holds values

up. One year ago No. 2 red wheat was

quoted at $1.231@ per bushel. Last

week’s quotations at Detroit were:





 





No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. ' May.

Wednesday ..... 1.80 1.75 1.84

Thursday ...1.80 1.75 1.84

Friday ......... 1.80 1.75 1.84

Saturday ....... 1.831/2 1.781/2 1.871/2

Monday ..........................

Tuesday . 1.. 89 1 84 1.93

Chicago. —Mav wheat $1. 801,3 ; July





$1. 46%; Sept. $1. 361,4.



Corn—Corn jumped over the dollar

mark on the last days of 1916. The

market is firm. A year ago No. 3 corn

was quoted locally at, 721/20 per bushel.

Prices for the past week are:





No. 3 N0. 3



Mixed Yellow

Wednesday .......... 99 1/2 1.01

Thursday ........... 99 1A; 1.01

Friday .............. 1.00 1.01 1/2

Saturday ............ 1.001/2 1.02

Monday .........................

Tuesday ............ 1.03 1.05 1/2





Chicago.-May corn 950; July 940.



Oats. —Higher prices prevail with a

good gene1al demand in evidence. A

year ago standard oats were selling at

460 per bushel Quotations for the





week are:

No. 3

Standard. White.

Wednesday .......... 561/3 56

Thursday ........... 561/2 56

Friday .............. 57 561/2

Saturday .............. 5 7 56 1A»

Monday ............. . . . . . .

Tuesday ............ 591/2 59

Chicagostay oats 55 1,éc; July





525/3c per bushel.



Rye.-Values are down a cent with

cash No. 2 at $1.40 per bushel.



Beans—el’rlces are 400 higher at De—

troit. Trading is small. Immediate

shipment $6.15. At Chicago pea beans

are steadV at 51164071650 per bushel

Red kidneys $6. 90@7. 10.



Peas. ——SteadV at $2 75@3 in Chicago.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Butter.—The market is firm with

supply light. Creamery extras 38c;

do. firsts 37c; packing stock 270.



Elgin. —Market firm with prices Mac

higher. Piice, based on sales, is 390.



Chicago ——The demand is good for all

giades. Best grades are l/2c higher

Extra creanleiies are quoted at 39c;

gisitra firsts 37@380; packing stock



1/2



Poultry. —The market continues firm

with prices higher. No.1osp1ing chick-

ens 20c; No.2 do 180; 1 hens 18c;

No.2 do 160; small do 140; ducks 210;

geese 19c; turkeys 28@300.



Chicago. —Market was fairly steady

generally lowe1. Quotations: Turkeys

12@23c; fowls 150; spring chickens

190; ducks 17@180;- geese 14@151/zc.



Eggs.—-—The demand is good With

supplies light. Prices unchanged. Firsts

39c; culrent receipts 380.



Chicago. ——Ma1ket continues steady,



with fresh eggs in demand. F resh firsts

are quoted at 40@4lc; ordinary firsts

35@36c; miscellaneous lots, cases in-

cluded 32@400.





FRUITS—XND 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 60@1. 65 in sacks. At Chi-

cago the market is quiet but firm.

Prices are 10@15c higher. Michigan

white potatoes are quoted at $1. 50@

1. 75 per bu. At Gr eenville potatoes are

selling at $1.45.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

' ' January 1,1917.



Receipts here today as follows. Cat-

tle 100 cars; hogs 75 d. d.' ,; sheep 30

d. d.; calves 800 head.



With 100 cars of cattle here today

the demand was very strong, and the

bulk of the medium cattle sold a quar-

ter higher.



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osugh‘ $920@9 75; ‘st 8‘ 5 .

-With a light run of lambs today our

market opened active and prises 10c

higher than the close of last week. We

look for shade lower prices balance of;

the week with moderate receipts.



We quote: Best lambs $14.10@14.25;

cull to common $9@13.75; yearlings

$8@12; bucks $5.50@5.75; ewes $8.25

@9; cull sheep $4.50@7; wethers

$9.50@10; top veals $14.75@15; heavy

$7@9; common and light $8@12.50:

grassers $5.25@6.





 

 

 

 





 





Chicago.

January 1, 1917.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Last week ...... 48,801 196,615 53,323

Same wk 1916..41,532 158,516 60,079



Cattle were in greatly reduced sup

ply last week, and prices averaged con

siderably higher. Beef steers sold

largely at $8. 25@10. 50, with but a

small percentage selling as high as $11,

while choice to extra steers found a

ready sale at $11@11.85. Steers class

ed as good went at $9.85 and upward,

while a medium grade of steers sold at

$8.75 and upward, with sales made all

the way down to $8.10 and over for

fair light-weight killers, while common

lots went at. $6.25@8 and a few inferior

little steers at $5.50 and over. The

best yearling steers sold at $10@11.

Butcher stuff was active on the basis

of $5.85@8.5O for cows and $5.50@

10.50 for heifers, while cutters sold at

$5.20@5.80, canners at $4.25@5.15 and

bulls at $5@8. There was a good de-

mand for calves, with good to prime

light vealers selling at $11@12.75 and

sales all the way down to $5@8 for the

heavier lots. The stocker and feeder

trade was variable, being good only at

times, with sales of stockers at $5.25@

7. 60 and feeders at $6. 75@8..25 Pros-

pects are bright fo1 tne ruture, so far

as beef cattle of a desirable kind are

cOncerned, and even the common and

medium descriptions are not likely to

go at a lower basis. Desirable cattle

advanced 10@25c last week.



Hogs have been marketed with ex-

tlaordinary liberality week after week

f01 a long peliod but there was a great

falling off in offerings during last week.

there was a sharp decline in prices,

with sales of hogs at $9. 30@10.50,

while pigs blought $7. 50@9. 25. Heavy

Shipping hogs brought $10. 40@10. 50

and light shippers $10.05@10. 20. The

heavy packers brought $10.10@10. 35. A

week earlier top hogs brought $10.60.



Gleath reduced ieceipts last week

of everything in the sheep and lamb

line, combined with a large general

demand, put prices on new high levels

for fat offerings. Lambs sold at $10@





13. 60, feeding lambs at $9. 50@12. 50,

with shearels the highest; yearlings

at $9@12. 25; wethels at $9@10. 25;





ewes at $5. 50@9. 85; bucks at $6. 75@

8. Prices closed largely 10@250 high

er than a week earlier.





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County Institutes.



Alpena Co., Long Rapids, Jan. 5-

6; Alcona Co., Harrisville, Jan. 89;

Kalkaska Co., Kalkaska, Jan. 89:10

10500 Co., Whittemore, Jan. 10-11; Gd.

Traverse Co., Traverse City, Jan. 10-11-

12; Benzie Co. Benzonia, Jan. 11-12;

Gladwin Co., Gladwin, Jari. 1112; Are-

nac Co., Standish, Jan. 12-13; Leelanau

Co., Sutton’s Bay, Jan. 12-1;3 Antrim

Co., Elk Rapids, Jan. 15- 16; Charlevoix

Co., Deer Lake, Jan. 1718; Manistee

Co., Bear Lake, Jan. 17- 18-;19 Eaton

Co., Charlotte, Jan. 17-18; Ingham Co.,

Mason, Jan. 19- 20; Mason Co., Luding-

ton, Jan. 19- 20.



One- day Institutes.



Charlevoix Co., Boyne Falls, Jan. 6;

South Arm, Jan. 8.



Sanilac Co., Marlette, Jan. 2; Shab

bona, Jan. 3; Argyle, Jail. 4; Sandusky,

Jan. 5; Carsonville, Jan. 6; Croswell,

Jan. 8; Lexington, Jan. 9.



Van Buren Co., Bangor, Jan. 9, Law-

r,ence Jan. 10' Keeler, Jan. 11; Glen!

dale, Jan. 12.



Midland Co., Laporte, Jan. 3;

Smith’s Crossing, Jan. 4' Poseyville,

Jan. 5; Crane, Jan. 6; Homer, Jan. 8;

Midland, Jan. 9; Hope, Jan. 1,0 Aver-

ill, Jan.11; Coleman, Jan. 12.



Kalamazoo Co., Fulton, Jan. 2; Kala-

mazoo, Jan. 3; Alamo, Jan. 4; Rose,

Jan. 5; Climax, Jan. 10; Schoolcraft,

Jan. 11; Vicksburg, Jan. 12; Comstock,

Jan. 13; Portage, Jan



Branch Co., Ovid Twp, Jan. 6;





Quincy, Jan. 15; Gerard, Jan. 16; Al-





gansee, Jan. 17; Bronson, Jan. 18.



Grand Traverse Co., Grant Center,

Jan. 4; Kingsley, Jan. 5; Williams-

burg, Jan. 6.



Lenawee Co., Hudson Center, Jan.

8; Rome, Jan. 9; Adrian, Jan. 10;

Fruit Ridge, Jan. 11; Bhssfleld, Jan.

12; Cadmus, Jan. 13, Rollin, Jan. 15,

Onsted, Jan. 16; Tipton, Jan. 17, Te-

cumseh, Jan. 18; Macon, Jan. 19; Hol-

loway, Jan. 20



Cass Co., Jones, Jan. 8; Marcellus,

Jan. 9-10; La Grange, Jan. 11; Adams

ville, Jan. 12; Union, Jan.1 1.3



Clare Co., Farwell, Jan 9, Harrison,

Jan. 10.





_ Jan. ‘ '; .~ 5. ‘ a '5 ~.. , 0': I): 689 1’.

Jan. 11; Montrose Jan. 12; Flushing.





 





 





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(Continued frOm- page 6) ~

Michigan Shropshire Sheep Breeders’

Association.



President, H. E. Powell, Ionia; sec-

retary, W. H. Schantz, Hastings.

Michigan Hampshire Sheep Breeders’



Association.



President, John Hull, Dimondale;

secretary, Comfort A. Tyler, Detroit.



Thursday morning, January 18, at

8:30 a. m., a meeting will be held in

Room 403 for the purpose of organiz-

ing a Michigan Live Stock Exhibito-rs’

Association.





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Thursday's Market.

December 28, 1916.

Cattle.





Receipts 1024. There was a light run

in all departments at the local yards

this week and better time was made

on all roads.



In the cattle division the quality was

generally common and,the market on

all grades steady with last week, due

largely to light receipts. A few coun~

trymen were on hand after stockers





what they needed. Milch cows of qual-

ity sold well but common grades were

dull most of them selling to canner

buyers. The close was steady as fol-

lows: Best heavy steers $8; best han‘

dy weight butcher steers $7@7.75;

mixed steers and heifers $7@7.50;

handy light butchers $6@6.75; light

butchers $5@6; best cows $6.50@7;

butcher cows $5.50@6; common cows





$4.75@5; canners $4@4.75; best heavy ‘





bulls $6.50@7; bologna bulls $5.50@6;

stock bulls $4.50@5; feeders $6.50@7;

stockers $5@6.75; milkers and spring-

ers $40@75.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Bray 3 cows av



970 at $4.50, 3 do av 970 at $4.75, 2 do

av 1135 at $6, 2 do av 900 at $4, 10 do

av 873 at $4.75, 4 butchers av 880 at

$5.50; to Mich. B. Co. 7 do av 780 at

$5.75, 1 bull wgh 1150 at $5.75, 1 do

at $5.50, 10 steers av 962 at

$7.75, 8 do av 936 at $6.25, 1 bull wgh

1600 at $6.25, 1 do wgh 1220 at $5.75,

2 cows av 940 at $6.50, 2 do av 950 at

$5, 1 do wgh 900 at $6.50, 33 steers av

870 at $7, 3 butchers av 707 at $5.25,

1 steer wgh 950 at $7.50, 2rdo av 990 at

$8, 1 heifer wgh 730 at $5.75; to Res-

nick 10 cows av 972 at $5.50; to Sha-

paro 4 steers av 920 at $7, 2 cows av

1205 at. $6, 1 bull wgh 1660 at $6.50; to

Hirschleman 17 butchers av 823 at

$6.85; to Bray 3 cows av 900 at $4.75,

3 do av 877 at $4.75, 1 do wgh 1070 at

$8, 8 do av 840 at $4.75; to Breitenbeck

9 butchers av 835 at $5.75, 5 cows av

1074 at $5.75, 3 do av 1053 at $5.40, 2

steers av 925 at $7.10; to Mich. B. Co.

35 butchers av 680 at $5.10, 20 do av

662 at $5.35; to Ratner 1 bull wgh

1990 at $6.50; to Brighton D. M. Co. 15

cows av 1013 at $5.75, 2 do av 1160

‘ $6.

Sande], S., B. & G. sold Brewer 24

stockers av 600 at $4.75; to Stock 10

do av 643 at $5.10, 3 do av 720 at $4.75;

to Moaron 3 do av 610 at. $5- 1 cow wgh

850 at $5; to Walk 6 cows av 980 at

$5.50; to Mich. B. Co. 1 do wgh 1040 at'

$4.50, 1 do wgh 1040 at $6, 3 steers av

837 at $6.35, 25 butchers av 780 at

$5.90, 19 do av 730,at $5.25, 3 do av

570 at $5.25.



Ford sold Stevenson 75 steers av 989

at $7, 5 cows av 1200 at $6.50.



Johnson sold Bray 6 cows av 1021

at $6.



Erwin, S. & J. sold Brighton D.- M.

Co. 7 cows av 1030 at $5.45, 1 steer

wgh 1.320 at $7.25, 3 cows av 1010 at

$5.75, 1 bull wgh 1430 at $6.25, 4 steers

av 1347 at $7.60; to Bray 3 cows av

770 at. $4.75; to Mich. B. Co. 1 steer

wgh 670 at $6; to Hammond, S. & Co.

5 cows av 1036 at $4.75; to Sullivan P.

CO. 4 butchers av 825 at $6.35.





Veal Calves.





Receipts 494. The veal calf trade

was active at strong last week’s prices.

A few extra good brought $13.50, but

the bulk of sales for good were at $12

@13; mediums $10@11; heavy $6@7.



Erwin, S. & J. sold Hammond, S. &

Co. 11 av 157 at $13, 1 wgh 130 at $9,

3 av 195 at $12.50.



Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Thompson

3 av 140 at $11, 2 av 125 at $12.50, 4

av 140 at $12.25.



Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 2977. The sheep and lamb

trade was active at last week’s pricesl

on all grades, top lambs bringing

$13.25, the Nagle Packing Co. taking

the bulk of the receipts. The close was

strong as follows: Best lambs $13.05

@1325; fair lambs $12@12.75; light to

common lambs $9@10; yearlings $9@

11; fair to good sheep $8@8.75; culls

and common -$5@6.



Sandel, S. B. & G. sold Thompson

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at $11.75.



Haley & M. sold Nagle P. Co. 21

sheep av 105 at $7.75, 50 do av 70 at

$7.50, 156 lambs av 75 ”at $12.50.



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Receipts 3882. In the hog depart-

ment the trade was active and gener-

ally 5c higher than" on .Wednesday and

25@35c higher than last week, as fol-

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Duroc Jersey Spring hours with the best of breed-

ing and individuality: also a few choice

spring gilis. E. D. Heydenberk.Wayland. Mich.

A nice bunch of gilts. bred or open,

numc JCrSDY3 some good serviceable boars. Also fall

pigs. in. . Kennedy, Grass Lake. Michigan.





UROC Jerseys. fall pigs, either sex sired by Brook-

water Cherry King So. 4735.3. $2llcoch lies. .2 Del. any-

wherein Stat». t‘iioicc stock. J. Robert Hicks. St. Johns. Mich.

DUROC Son's. Spring gilts, Aug. Boar Pigs, Sept.

Pigs either sex. Percheron Stud Colt- six



months Old. E. J. Aldrich. Tekonshn. Mich.





 





26 beauties bred to grand big hours at

nuroc 80': Auction Feb. 12th. Sonia splendid fall

boars. Orlo L. Dobeon. Quincy, Michigan.





 





 





Big Type Boers:





ready for service 'Bred Gilts—Fail

Pigs. Registered in buyers name.





lo. I. C’s I

shipped C. 0. D. Prices very reason.





I able. J.Cnrl Jewett. Mason, Mich.

20 gilts due to {arrow





0- 'I C- sw'NE: theiastof March and





for part of April. Will be sold at knock-down price.

Have. also fall pigs.“' rite me 3' our wants. Satisfaction

guaranteed. A. .I. GORDEN. M. No. 3. Dorr. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





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success. I can help you. I went to place one h from

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resented theee ilne eel-l! dev eedy for merket at six

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9 Pedi reeStork Farm offers: Re .C.W.

Parliams Boar-gs, Bred Gilts. FallPigs. flog. A





 





R. O. Holstein Cows. Male Calves. Show Bull ready

for service. price 825. R. B. Parhem. Bronson. Mich.





 





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Strictly big tvpe. 25 gilts. bred for Mar. and Apr. far-

row, bred to Dig Vi ondcr 4th. and Prince Jumbo. Both

boars are sired'by Champion's. These film will be sold

at Farmer’s prices. Three hours ready or service. also

fell pigs that will be sold cheap. Can furnish in pnirs not skin.

WillshipC. O. D. Newman'sb‘tork Form. Mariette, Itch. R. l.





 





o I a Choice Springgilts not bred and sprin boars.

‘ I - Out. of Prize winning stock. Write for low

prices. A. V. HATT. Grasa Lake, Mich.





 





o I c Serviceable boars. Yearling sows and

I f I gilts bred for liar. Yarrow. Summer and

fall pigs. G. P. Andrews, Dansville. Michigan.





 





o I Yearold boar 2nd prize winner at Grand Rapids

f . ' fair also spring gilts and boars ready for ser-

vice. A. J. Barker, Belmont. Mich. R. 8.1.





 





F O R S A L E . éi‘iv‘i‘i'fif‘fi‘i’i‘iihii; .562.





and boars. 0.1). Somorvill. Grass Lake. Mir-h. R. 2.





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or Chester lNhite 8 nine. both sex, not





 





0 of kin. “rite for catalo’ and prices.



H. B. MILE’l‘T. Fowlerviilc. filichignn.

’ Have only a few hours of May.



0- '0 C 5- Junezmd Sop. i‘nrrow.

C. J. THOMPSON, ROCKFORD. MICH.





 





o ' Cl 23 choice Gilts bred to Son of School-

I I 5- master to Qirrow in an. also full

pigs. Clover Leaf Stock Park Monroe. Mich. ll. 1.





Big Tn- Poland ctinas Eatdé‘satrzarszmz





 





express. A. A. WOOD 8r SON. nline, Michigan.

LARGE 'l‘ypc l’. (‘. largcst in Mich. Ht. 1'\ nil NIhL anc30 “f

‘ ‘tlic best big stretchy lircd gills i |‘\‘t'l' to cd . Sirod by A: lu'cd lo

the largest. hours 0! tht~ brccd. from me. l\'i‘ dams & lsruc lit-





' tcrs. ("onto & see 5; be convinccd. Expenses paid if uni as rcpr?‘





scuted. Free livery to visitors. \V. l-I. Livingston. Perms. Mich.





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas

Big Types With Quality





Ten 2001b. Spring Boers from prize winnin stock.

They’re long. strong.big-boned, rugged f0 lows.





Pictures. circular and rice list. on r nest.

P. P. POPE, M UNT PLEA ANT. MICE.





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 $25.00 each for





quick sale. Worth $50.00.

Hillcrest Farm, Kelemuoo, Mich,





AT HALF P'RIC E





Ge i 0 hi type Poland Chine Ho Bred flows,



Spiriiignl’igs.‘ Boersreed for Service. Speclel. tn.



bee: biendtibpe {:ll yegti-Jfig boardiiiillichigun. Also

0 nsnn ares.



rep etc are {on 0 Dell Phone.





 





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bred for March and April '

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faction guaranteed. G. W. oiion, Kelsmszoo. lichJi. ii.





 





.8“; TYPE Poland Chinss. Boers Ill sold except 4 extra good





boersot May furrow sired by Big 'l'ype King 91609 6: Tcscm-

meyer & Wonder Jr. 95339. To close them out in the next 10 (lby‘i

we otter them at. hnlf price. W. Bre wbeker 6: Sons, Elsie. Mich.





 





WALNUT Alley Herd,Big type Poland Chinas headed

J ' L”) and Smothe Jumbo

r.





b Hadley Desmoms No. 2109‘

Dive: 2%. Bows represent blood of twoA wonders.

Pigs of either sex ready. A. D. Gregory, Ionia, Mich.

l

lingi Bond

on price.

C ' - China spring and fall pigH;

Large ”h ed POIand also HJ’Jlock cockerels at

special lowprices to quick buyers. Robert New, Pierson. Mich.

Big and medium typo





Poland ChinaSO from gri-wtliy stock





and large litters. They have good bone and lengthwoll

quartered. L. W. Barnes and Son. Byron, Mich.





 





Poland China boars shipped C. O. D. call

or write for ph oto. weights, pedigree and

E. R. Leonard. St. Louis, Michigan.





 





 





 





BIG Type Poland Chinas. The smooth, eusy feeding

kind that. will grofiw big and get fat. Apr. pigs weigh-





 





ing up to 225 lbs. I. R. Moore. Ransom, Michigan.

l tvpe P. C. Sowsand gilts all retained for my

3'83 Feb. Sale. A few choice Spring boars ready to





ship. W. J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta. Michigan.





BIG Type Poland Chimis. (‘hoicc April honrflJnllpig‘l

in pairsl‘lisncc to not started for n iittlc moneyllig Minorce

W. Mills. Saline. Mich.





(‘ockerels Satisfaction: guaranteed. ll.





GLAND (‘hinzm special. 8 big smooth blocky boars





priced to more at once. also two Aug. boars from (I

0830px Robert Martin. ii. 7, Hastings. Mich.





8' I P. C. Roars Big boned husky fellows.

is ill.- Spccial extra good )ca riing herd boar Iowa

bred. E. J. Mathewson. Burr Oak. Mich.





' either sex, all ages. Some-

For Dal. Poland China: thing good atalow price.

P. D. Long. R. F. D. No. 8. Grand Rapids, Mich.





For Big Typo Poland





Armstrong Bros ..





LARGE STRAIN P. 0.





One extra good fall yearling and a few choice spring

boars. A nice lot of gilts being bred for April farm“.

H. 0. SWARTZ. SCHOOLCRAFI‘. MICE.





ch' (tilts bred for A rii

"la furrow.“ riteorcnl on

R. 3. Fowlervllle. Mich.





 





10 Yorkshire Gilts,2 Boats one mature;

Red Polled cattle. E. S. CARR. Homer. Michigan.





Bred Sows and gllts for August and

September lurrow a. Spring pigs.





Hampshire Swine.

Mi hits. R. No. 0, Iiecntur. 1nd.





sex both. FLO YD

Bears. sows. gilt-s and





"AMPSH'RES pigs. Choice stock





A. E. BACON it SON, Sheridan, Michigan.





 





 





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PROUFlc "MULEFOOT' ' RESIST-

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FOUNDATION ITOCK FROM DIST BLOOD or BHI'D





THE CAHILL FARMS

KALAMAZOO . _ - . MICHIGAN





 





 





Halladays’ Hampshire Swine





Both sexes, all ages. l'rices reasonable.

0. H. Halladuy .l' Son. Clinton. Mit h.





 





' Uni} onc Apr. boar left. iirst chm-k for

Hampshire: 3-30,“; takes him. Afpw med gilt-t left.

John “C Snyder. ll. 4. St. Johns, Mich.





SHEEP





Kope Kon Farms





Offers, One ycuriing llaiiipshirc rain llli$31lUiL

One yearling Southduwn rain at $25.00. A few

growtby \vcll bred Oxford and Shropshire mm

lambs at $25.00. Kiudcrhook. Michigan.



No more for





Oxford Down Sheep 3,...





M. F. GANSSIJCY. Lennon. Michigan.





 





 





 





lligisiered Dilord Down Rams “'0'.fii“.?;,...{3.‘““"‘

Olmsted and J. Spanns. Muir, Michigan.





 





V “'0 Oxford Ram Lambs not rcgislcrcrl zit till czicb

if tnkcn right away A fcw S. (‘. W. [.cuhorn (‘nck

Chase Stock Farm. ii. i .\lurlctlc. Mich





HORSES





MR. FARMER





BUY YOUR





Percheron Stallions and Mares of the

largest breeders in the state. 75 head

to select from—herd established 1895.





PALMER BROS...





P. O. Belding. Ionia Co. Orleans, Mich.





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and terms right, if interested write

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Parchorons, Holsteins. Angus, Shro shiver, Duroc:

DORR D. BUELL. Elmira. lchifinn.





 





FOR SALE—Registered PeroheronStsllions.Mni-ee

and Fillies at reasonable prices. In-

spectioninvited. F. L. KING a SON. Charlotte.Mit h

Percheron and Belgian





Ih' Fairfiaid Siock Fami horses. Shorthorn (‘nttle

and Oxiord Down sheep. H. B. Peters. Garland. Mich.





 





 





Stallions from one to





Registered Pel'Che’Ol'Is. four years old and two





2 year old mares. Priced to sell. Ins ection invited.

L. C. H . EATON, R PIDS. MICH.





 





Pure Bred Percheron Slalll'll





5vr. old. Good as the best. Bargain for the money.

T. G. Rimenschneider, Gross Loire, Michigan





 





FOR SALE Stallion colts by Imposent—‘lWS (7W) 2

weight 2M0 lbs. From mares as good. Agesfrom two





 





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months to three venm old

Mendon. Michigan.





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' MONG the very important acces-

sories to the diet are a great va-

riety of spices which are consid-



ered almost absolute necessities for



our daily menu. Spices occupy a very

peculiar role in dietetics. Probably in

no single instance are they employed

because of the intrinsic food Properties

which they contribute, but unconscious-

ly they are demanded in the diet and

aid the nutrition of man in a purely

indirect way. Aside from being de-

manded, we might say physiologically,

in the diet they are a type of sub-

stances toward which the human body

has erected an exceedingly low barrier

of tolerance. Practically all of the

spices contain ingredients which'are

Valued, and valued highly, when pres-

ent to a limited degree in the diet. In

many instances the active principle

which in a limited degree we value in

the diet develops a considerable tox-

icity itself when given in quantities

greatly in excess of the amount usual-

ly employed. This presents a very pe-

culiar phase in nutrition and yet is a.

condition which prevails regarding a





' good many products which in general





are considered rather advantageous

articles for human use.

Cloves.



Cloves are the dried flowers of an

evergreen tree, which averages per-

haps 25 to 30 feet in height, and which

is cultivated extensively in Ceylon, In-

dia, the West Indies, Brazil and certain

other tropical countries. Nearly every-

one is familiar with the whole clove,

which is a hard, cylindrical, calyx tube,

and when dried and ready for market

contains a very pungent, aromatic oil

which in concentrated form is very dis-

agreeable and difficult to take, but

when given in diffused condition

throughout food the effect is very

pleasant indeed.



The usual adulterants of cloves are





 





 





j commercial value, the use of exhausted



cloves themselves, the less valuable

[clove stems, and sometimes cereal pro-

;ducts such as starches. A megascopic

‘ examination is sufficient to satisfy any-

one as to the purity of the whole spic-

es. Consequently whole cloves are

very seldom adulterated, but when

ground, sophistication is possible, and

in years past was very frequently re-

sorted to. ,

Allspice.



The allspice is in origin very similar

to the clove. It also is the product of

an evergreen ,tree, belonging to the

same order as the clove, but whereas





» the clove is the dried product of the





flower the auspice is the dried fruit,

and comes in the form of a grayish

brown berry, round and hard, perhaps

from one-fourth to three-eighths of an

inch in diameter. Allspice is some-

times known as pimento and gets its

name, auspice, undoubtedly because its

aroma and flavor resembles that of a

combination of other spices, particu-

larly cloves and cinnamon. Like cloves,

allspice is rarely adulterated except

when ground, and then the same type

of adulterants are found that are found

in the cloves, that is starches, ex-

hausted berries, pepper shells, cocoa-

nut shells, olive stones, etc.

Cinnamon and Cassia.



Cinnamon and cassi'a are very sim-

ilar products, very frequently intermix-

ed with each other and frequently sold

one for the other, or rather, cassia is

frequently sold for cinnamon. Cinna-

mon is the more expensive article and

usually contains an oil of quite distinct

aroma. The relation of cinnamon and

cassia is very much analogous to that

existing between vanilla and the ex-

tract of the tonka bean; cassia being

compared to the tanks. and the cinna-

mon being compared to the vanilla.

The flavor of the tonka, like that of

cassia. is considered much stronger

than that of vanilla, whereas the flavor





 





 





 





of cinnamOn, like that of true vanilla.





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*Ac‘cessoriésgto Foods"

‘ By FLOYD W. ROBISON





the addition of other Spices of cheaper





 





is richerjand more delicate in its aro-

matic properties. These products, cin-

namon and cassia, are really the bark

of a tree and are found chiefly in Chi-

na, India, and that section of the world.

The'cheaper grades of cassia. contain

frequently in additiOn, ground cassia

buds.

teration of these products consist al-

most entirely in the ground specimens.

The whole bark is so characteristic

that rarely is it adulterated.

~Peppen

Perhaps of all the spices. usually val-





ued so highly because of the frequency .





of their use are the peppers. Pepper

is produced from the berry of the pep-

per plant. The white pepper and the

black pepper are produced from the

same plant. Until very recently it was

considered that white pepper and black

pepper could be produced from the

same berry, that is~—black pepper rep-

resenting the whole ground berry,

whereas the white pepper represented

the berry minus the outside bark cov-

ering. The Department of Agriculture

has been endeavoring to establish a

difference in this respect, claiming that

the white pepper berry should be a

berry which has been left upon the

tree until it is ripe and undergoes nat-

ural decortigation. It appears that if

the berry is allowed to remain on the

tree until fully ripe most of the shell

which covers the berry will split and

drop off, leaving the white berry un-

derneath exposed and practically clean.

it is claimed that this should be the

source of all genuine white pepper.

Manufacturers have been in the habit

of buying the pepper whole and decor-

tigating it themselves, but this pepper

usually is an immature berry and the

pepper shell does not separate except

by the manufacturing process from the

immature berry, much the same as

flour may be separated from the wheat.



Pepper is a delightful product when

used in the moderation which it cor-

rectly demands. There are several va-

rieties 0f peppers on the market, a

prominent one being cayenne pepper, or

red pepper. Cayenne pepper of com-

merce is indigenous to the American

'tropical countries and is grown to some

extent even in our climate. They are

very pungent and consequently in very

great demand for certain condimental

purposes. ' -



Ginger.



Ginger is a. root and is grown quite

extensively in various parts of the

world, even America producing consid-

erable quantities of ginger. Ground

ginger has been frequently adulterated

with certain of the cereal starches,

such as corn, rice, and a great variety

of the different valueless adulterants.



Mustard.



Mustard is the ground seed and finds

very extensive use in sauces and condi-

mental dishes for the table. Medicinal-

ly both ginger and mustard are used

to a considerable extent.



The Value of Spices and Condiments.



With the other spices mentioned,

however, they are not to be considered

as foods in the respect that we would

expect them to contribute valuable

food properties. With nutmeg, mace,

horseradish, and the many other spices

used in greater or less degree, they are

valued chiefly because of the fact that

they lend zest and appetizing features

to the diet, calling forth a liberal sup-

ply of digestive fluids and thus creat-

ing a favorable environment which pro-

motes in the human body desirable

conditions for the digestion and ab-

sorption of food.





This is the purpose of practically all





of the accessories to the diet which we

have mentioned. They do contribute





food value and as we stated with re—‘





gard to coffee, tea, cocoa, etc., we con-

sider them foods, but at the same

time their valuation in the diet is vast-

1y out of proportion to the, lptgin

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As with other spices the adul?
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MEETING OF STATE GRANGE.





 





(Continued from last week).





In its report the committee on co-

operation recommended that Pomona

Granges appoint county market direc-

tors to work in co-operation with the

State Market Director, the expense to

be borneequally by the State and Po-

mona Granges. The object of this plan

is to assist the State Market Director

in securing an accurate estimate Of

the crops and to assist in spreading

the information he has obtained from

his investigations. This recommenda-

tion was adopted. The recommenda-

tiOn that the executive committee list

the chief farm products of each subor-

dinate Grange in the roster, as well as

the Grange name and Officers, was also

approved. The object of this resolu-

tion was to assist Grangers in purchas-

ing from each other crops which were

not plentiful in their section.



The resolution of the committee on

the good of the Order which brought

out the greatest discussion, was the

one with reference to the establish:

ment of an official State Grange paper.

While Grange papers have not been a

success in the past, the provision that

the, State Grange dues be increased

'two cents per quarter will bring in

between three and four thousand d01-

lars to finance the paper. As the pa-

per will be sent only to heads of fam-

ilies, about one out of four members

will receive it. The increased dues

will therefore bring in about 24 cents

for each subscriber. In addition, the

lecturers’ bulletin has cost about $1,500

annually, and as the bulletin will be

dispensed with, this amount can be

used for financing the paper project.



The recommendation that the execu-

tive committee co- Ope1ate with all as-

sociations working for better prices 101

farmers, especially the beet growers’

association, and to assist in the forma-

tion of co-operative asociations and the

labor unions in organizing consumers“

leagues so that the farmer may deal

direct with them and thus get, a larger

share of What the consumer pays, was

adopted. The resolutions . which as-

serted that the State Director of Mar-

kets should have the right to assist the

farmer in establishing prices, and that

the Market Director establish auction

markets, were also passed.



Tonnage, Torrens System 01" Land

Transfer, Public Utilities Act, the

budget system, strict censorship of

state and county fair shows, the rec-

ommendation that each subordinate

Grange have active legislative commit-

tee, were all favored in resolutions.



The meeting was a decided success.

There was frequent relief from the

serious part of the work. Tuesday at—

ternoon was spent at M. A. C. in in-

specting the college grounds, and in





the Woman’s Building by the c -eds,

and a short. program was given at

Agricultural Building. An informal

dancing party was given after the lee-

turers’ program Wednesday evening.



Thursday evening the fifth and sixth

degrees were given. Ninety~nine were

initiated into the fifth degre by the

Eaton County Pomona and 157 took

the sixth degree work.



The election of officers Thursday re-

sulted as follows: John Ketcham,

master; Mrs. Dora Stockman, lectur-

er; 0. H. Bramble, overseer; W. G.

Lovejoy, assistant steward; Mrs. O. J.

C. Woodman, chaplain, Frank Coward.

treasurer; Miss Jennie Buell, secre-





the evening luncheon was semi:





'tary; Peter Kless, gate keeper; Mrs.





Vernor Wilson, Pomona, Mrs. C. H.

Anderson, Flora; Mrs. I. E. Corless,

Ceres; Mrs. W. G. Lovejoy, lady as-

sistant steward. On the executive com-

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CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





Will Hold Club Institute.—Washing-

ton Center Farmers’ Club met Decem-

ber 14, at Riverside, the home of Mr.

and Mrs. C. N. Curran. The meeting

was called to order by President S. Z.

Crowel. It was decided to have a Farm-

ers’ Institute some time in January.

“Do we need a County Protective Asso-

ciation?” was discussed by F. L. Cook.

He thought if we had an association of

this kind a great many laws would not

be passed that are enacted. Dinner

was then served and the program con-

tinued. Violin and piano music were

appreciated features. Roll call was re-

sponded to by naming something made

in Michigan. “Advantages Of Fall

Plowing” was led by C. N. Curren.

Mrs. S. N. French, delegate to the

State Association, then gave a lengthy

and interesting report of the meeting.

The following officers were elected for

the ensuing year: President, F. L.

Cook; vice-president, Mrs. O. J. Camp-

bell; recording secretary, Mrs. Henry

English; corresponding secretary, Mrs.

S. Z. Crowel; treasurer, Mrs. Eugene

Wagner; organist, Mrs. B. S. Gilman.

Club adjourned to meet with Mr. and

Mrs. S. N. French the second Thurs-

day in January.——Cor. Sec.



Express Club Ideals—The Salem

Farmers’ Club held its November meet-

ing at the pleasant home of Mr. and

Mrs. W. W. Hamilton. About 50 guests

and members of the Club were present

and enjoyed the social hour. The mu‘

sic and the fine dinner. The principal

feature of the day was a fine address

on state-wide prohibition, by Professor

Lothers, of the State Normal School.

His address was to the point and

showed conclusively the inefficiency

produced by the use of alcoholic

drinks in man 01' boy, at the machine

or in the school room. The Salem

Farmers’ Club have a high standard

for state and national prohibition and

all that stands fdr the making of a na-





tion. A vote of thanks was given Prof.

Lothers, also for the fine music—H. C.

Thompson, Reporter.



Elect New Officers—Bath Union





Club met at the pleasant

home of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Wilhelm,

Tuesday, December 12. Meeting was

called to order by President E. A.

Clise. Mrs. I. M. Dryer gave a splen-

did report. of the state convention of

Farmers’ Clubs. A song by the Club,

and after a very fine dinner and social

hour, a business meeting was held for

the election of officers, which resulted

as follows: President, Mr. E. A. Clise;

vice-president, Mrs. I. M. Dryer; secret

tary-treasurer, Mrs. E. A. Clise. The

president’s annual address and his or-

iginal poems always make a hit With

the Club and was much enjoyed by all.

Miss Pearl Wilhelm gave two splendid

recitations for the pleasure Of the Club.

Club then adjourned to meet in Janu-

ary with Mr. and Mrs. John Reeves.—

Mrs. E. A. Clise, Reporter.



Oppose Embargoes.——VVhile in ses-

sion at their regular monthly meeting,

held on December 8, the North Shade

Farmers’ Club. of Gratiot county, adop-

ted the following resolutions: “Where-

as, owing to conditions growing out Of

the European war or otherwise, prices





Farmers'





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therefore"be it Resolved, that if Con-

gress sees fit to place an embargo on

so called food stuffs, Resolved, that it

be the duty Of Congress to also place

an embargo upon all other commodi-

ties and manufactured articles offered

for export from the United States. Re-

solved that these resolutions be record-

ed in the minutes of our Club, a copy

of the same sent to our representative

in Congress, to the Michigan Farmer,

to the Gratiot County Herald, and to

the Carson City Gazette for publica-

tion.-——C. E. Bond, Mrs. Nettie Todd,

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On page nine, issue of November 4,

is an account of the experiment put

through by the Wisconsin Experiment

Station, where corn, oats and wheat

were used on three lots of heifers to

determine the value of these three

grains as food, and- the wheat proved

a failure as compared with the others.

The calves of the wheat-fed heifers

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ing and instructive, but brings up the

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stock, chickens, for instance. We read

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are very essential in a chicken ration

and I am using wheat in scratch fed

and bran‘and middlings in dry mash,

but if it is debilitating to cattle why

not to hens, and if heifers do not breed

so early when fed on wheat products,

and their calves are weak or dead

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effect on the fertility of eggs and the

vigor of the chicks when hatched, and

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I am interested in chickens in a lim-

ited way and entertain serious doubts

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try ration since reading that article.

But on the other hand, it would seem

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trymen would recommend wheat as a

poultry food without having proven its

value. Wha is there that can straight-

en this out? H. H. H.





In giving the article to which you re-

fer a more careful reading you will

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results from the feeding of wheat pro-

ducts entirely to calves was not due to

the grain, but due to feeding the straw

with the grain. The article mentions

that. where a part of the straw was re-

placed with alfalfa but the grain left

as before, the calves made normal

gains. This would indicate that wheat

straw alone is not a very good rough-

age to feed calves.



Considering the extensive amount of

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should be any doubt as to its value for

poultry feeding purposes. ’



One authority says that wheat can

be fed to poultry longer without

other grain with good effect, than any

other grain. The Maine Experiment

Station which has probably done more

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station, recommends a ration of grains,

one-third of which consists of wheat.

All of their mashes which have proven

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contain large amounts of wheat bran

or middlings.



One reason why wheat is so highly

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mother at many large. thriving Locks.





Guaranteed Incubators, - - $10 to $48

Self-Regulating. Fire. the and Fume Proof.

Model Coal-Burning Hover, - - - $15

Pat’d Nov. 14. 1916. so to 1,500 Chicks.

L FREE—impugn Poultry Book.

noon. mouna‘ron 00..





15 Henry St.. Buffiilo. N.Y.

80 Barclay Sh. N.Y. City.





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and Broader r...

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ter copper tanks, double walls,

dead air space, double glass '

doors, all set up coin lete. or ' '

gg ul‘nu‘ur and Broodel’ ‘2e15a

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[(3 62 BREED: Pure-bred Chickens.

’ _Ducks,Geefie.Turkeys.



'.> Hardy northern raised, vigorous. beautiful



Fowls. eggs, incubators, at low prices. America’s



Pioneer Poultry Farm; 28years exp. Large tine



Annual Poultry Book and Catalog FREE.



F. A. Neubert, Box 692. Msnksto.MInu.





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5 Best Paying Varieties



Hardy Northern raised Chickens.

— Ducks. Geese and Turkeys. Puree

bred heaviest lay strains. Fowls. Eggs.

Incubators. all at. ow prices. Lar new

Poultry Bee and Breedere' Comfiete Gui 9 likes.

W. A. WEB IR. Box 20 lilth..llu.





 





 





pounnv. .

Barred Rocks it‘éifei‘é‘iffitifii‘éz





Circular Free. Fred Aatllng. Cons tantine. Mich.





Oockerela. Cocks and Hens. Four

Barred ROd‘ fiullets layed 950 eggs in one year.

W. O. Ooflman. . 3. Bento n Harbor, Michigan.





 





Barred Pl mouth [lock gurus. 223.11





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





 





from E. B. Thompson's

Barred flock Cockorels 1... .mn Hing}... forsale.

price 32 and $3. Write H. J. S inner, McMillanJIich





S. C. W. Leghorns, Males and Females

“I'll lo Ll! at low prices. Write your wants,

White Line Poultry Farm, Hillsdale, 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 280 eggs in one year.

will start you on the right road. Vigorous,

healthy birds, February and March hatched, $2.00

each while they last. Supply limited.





Michigan Poultry Fol-in, Lansing:

‘ Michigan’s Largest Poultry





Michigan.





arm”





Breeding Cockerels





White, Bud, Leghorns. R. 1. Beds. Prices reasonable.

Sunnybrook Poultry Farms, Hillsdale. Michigan.

Great Decem-





Buii Leghorns Cockerels. WSW...”





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





CIICKS are booking order-show for spring de-

9 livery. different varieties. free booklet.

Freeport Hatchery, Box 12, Freeport, Michigan





VFERHIS WHITE LEGHORNS





Great layers Pullets. hens, breeding



males; eggs for hatching; day old



chicks; from hens laying 200 to 264



eggs. Prices low, quality guaran-

teed. Free catalog and price list explains all.

Write for it.





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





 





 





 





 





Large thoroughbred Bufi’ Or in -

For sa'e: ton Cockerels of the Sunspwitglr

Strain. Mrs. H. H. Mautsch. Grand Ledge, Mich., it. 3.



Three hundred early





FOR SALE hatched Tom Barron





l’ullets, Two hundred one year old Tom Barron hens,

Choice stock. Hillcrest Poultry Farm, Hanover, Mich.





GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLY FOR





k els from Cousins Northern King Strain Barred

$22k? Write David W. Cousins, North Port, Mich





liARRISON WHITE LEGHORNS





$20.00 fox-20 yearlings or pullets. Oockerels 75c toSl.50

Prices on these fine birds will be higher soon,

HARRISON LEGHORN FARM. Shelby. Mich.





‘IOHN'S Big Beautiful Barred Rocks are all hen-

Q hatched, developed quick, good layers, eachss; pair ansold

Circulars. photos. John Nortlion, Clare, Mich.





on approval.

LIGHT BRAHMA Einswkssl?





W. E. PALMER. CONSTANTINE, MICH.





' Wh'te Orpi ngtons. Winners again

Pill. Ollsl. 3. O. at, iihe State Fair. Young and ol

stock for sale, Buy the best. MRS. WILLIS

HOUGH. Pine Crest Farm. Royal Oak, Michigan.





RHODB ISLAND REDS nd PLYMOUTH ROCKS .

Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to aaeSZto :P.R hens

weight 510- 10- lhsx. eggs 15 for $1.00: 1 , 85: 120. 86.

Mammoth Bronze Tom Turkeys. 8 to 88lba. according.

to on ”to $25. 10 Olg- 33. A. E. Cremtoii. Vassar. Rich.





lIEli cocninns. Boil: Combs. manic





will improve the color of your flock. Write 'forprioe

list. Inter-lakes Earth. 30x39. Lawrence. Mich gen.





 





 





& BROODERS.





ll“. and :lllglI. comb flag 1:330???

able. . 0. E. Howley' Ladlngton, Mich.





floss comb llhodo island “singiil‘i’s'é’ib all?





JENNIE BUELL. Ann Arbor. R. 8. Mlchlfldn.





stark sale.





 





 





SILVER Golden and White Wyandottes. Choice out:

i uockerels. Reasonable quality consi ere .

Ionie and Lansing winners. C.W.Browning. 3.2. Portland.Mich.





- k l k A 1

XihgaAlglfldom 9:09.365 fillings 2::h??:rmfi?aed.





KLIN SMITH. Ann Arbor. Michigan.





 





Wll'l Wyandottes cooks and cockerels snow white from

l 3 fine stock and A 1 layers 2. $3, and $5 each.

DAVID RAY, 202 Forest Ave, psilanti, Michigan.





M AMMOTH White Holland Turkeys. Rose Comp



Brown Legh time and Belgianfiareu America s

coming meat, get started with a pair. Circulars tree.

Stamp appreciated. Riverview Farm. Vassar. Mich. R. 2. Box 10.





TomsSfi, Hens 34. White

Wyandotte Cockerels, 32

Collar Bros. Conklin. Michigan.





Bourbon llsd . lurkeys.





each, 8 for $5.

Willis Holland lurkoys, Tom: and Hummfiofig





Genders. Buy now before the rush and get chOlce

stock. Alden Whitcomb, Byron Center, Mich.





WHITE CHINA GANDERS FOR SALE. $3





Also a few R. C. Brown Le horn hens, 81.50 each.

Mrs. CLAUDIA BETTS. I1. 1, Hillsdi‘le. Mich.





iFOR SALE—WRITE M. PEKIN DRAKE?





CHAS. KLETZLEN. BATH. MIC .





GEESE W.&B.China, Embden. Afri. Toul.





Ducks. W. & . Miss. Pelt. Cay. Swed.

Orp. W. R . BROREIIN, WAPAKOI‘ ETA, OHIO.





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY. '





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





We Offer a Few SpeCial Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Rain-

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. Mich.





csrrpe.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





Bulls by BLACK QUALITY ITO, sire, First prize.

Breeders and Calf Herds Mich. State Fair 1916. We

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

Jr. Champion Female and Grand Champion Cow. lso

breeders of Percheron. Hackney and Saddle Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM, IONIA, MICH.





Aberdeen Angus Bulls For Sale





12 head of choice young bulls old enou h forlservice.

All sons of Black .I onarch 3rd. Grand ham ion Bull

Michigan State Fair 1914. 1915 and 19lG._Black Ionarch

3rd has been sold to W. E. Scripps, .Wildwopd Farms.

for the record price of the Bleed in Michigan. 31200.

U. L.Clark, Hunters Creek. Midi. Sidney Smith, Mgr.





Aberdeen Angus





Ei Pl; bulls from eight to ten months old. One show

bu . eight yearling heifers bred. Our motto: size

with quality. best of breeding. Prices reasonable.

Inquire of F. J. WILBUR. CLIO. MICHIGAF.





‘YBSHIREs—One of the foremost dairy breeds. The

most economicalmilk reducers. Calves

for sale. White Leghorn cookers a: Duroo‘Joraey

swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. FlintJdichlgan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





of service age and calves from

Guernsey BUllS choice. Adv reg. breeding.





T. v. HICKS, Route i. auctie‘ Cecek. Mich.



Registered Guernsey Cattle.



For Sale And Berkshire swine thebeat

yet. John Ebels, Holland. R. 101 Michigan.



GU ERNS Eys_nwmm



BULL OALVIJB



Oontainin blood of world ohamgéona.



HICKS’ OUER SEY FARM. Baal new. . 8.. Mich





MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





Average yearly production 422.8 lbs. 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 g cod as can be found. and we

guarantee them to be free from contagious dis-

eases and to be satisfactory in every way or

rililoney refunded. Write and let us tell you about

t em.





CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVINE,





Coldwater, Michigan.





 





 





. At farmers prices, registered Guernsey

FOI‘ Sale- bulls old enough for serice, from advanc-

ed registered cows. L. J. Byers. Coldvlater. Mich.





two gr. sons of May Rose

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

(the $4600 hull) one 12 mo. old dam May Rose breeding

one 6 mo. old, « them of serviceable age.





Satisfaction

guaranteed. Alfred A ndermn. Bolton. Michigan.





I’ERNSEYS: Bred heifers mature cows. bull calves

From a 10 line of Adv. "heals-neonate with large

record. , . WI GENT i'i’ervliei», Michiga .





Cluny Stock Farm





INF—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. Iiavc some special bargains for quick

sale. Come and see them or write for pedigrees

and prices.





R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Michigan





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.

Fro e rand dan liter of The King of the

Pontlaoa. “Sh-ed bv .Bbull that is more than a half -

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow oi the

World. and whose dam in BOO lb 6%, fat 1!

of Pontiac Aggie Korndyke who has more

doughtors than any other living bull. If you

writerfor pedigree. ‘





EDWIN s. LEWIS. Marshall. Mich;

n . llil 8i l ”null calves, mommwoti‘auipioiislfi

:5 1.14.2. filamqma‘u‘d‘sfivh“





it.
tion.





 

 

 





 

 

 





‘THIRD ANNUAL SALE





MIRHIRAN HORSE BREERERS’

ASSRRIATIRN





East Lansing, Mich.





JANUARYIQ,

Live Stock Pavilion 10 A. M.





30 Head Registered Draft Horses,





mostly Percheron.





22- Head Females





These Horses are sound and right.

Have been accepted only after mspec—

The consignment is made up of

mares in foal, weanling colts, and stallions

old enough for service.





Catalogues ready January Ist.





R. S. HUDSON, Secretary-Treasurer

East Lansing, Michigan.





 

 

 

 

   

 

 





1917





 

 





8 Stallions





 





 

 

 





 

 

 

 





 

 





 





 





THE MIBHIRAN S'HllRTHllRN

BREEDERS’ ASSRRIATIRN





Invite you to attend their





SECOND ANNUAL SALE OF





Shorthorn Cattle





Which will be held at





East Lansing on Friday, January 19th.

At 1 P. M.





Consisting of twenty—seven females

and twenty good husky young bulls





Catalogues ready January Ist.





Auctioneers:





Capt. T. E. Robson,





Andy Adams





W. W. KNAPP, Sale Manager





 





 





Bull Calves





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

er cent fat, Sired by “Map ecrest

orndyke Hengerveld,” whose Sire and



Dam’s Sire, are the two





Greatest Bulls in the World





Having more high testing yearly record Daugh-

ters than any three other Bulls. and his Dani’s

Sire has more thirty pound Daughters than any

ther Bull. We also have a few Calves Hired by





G 8 B Segis Ulrlca Pledge 108790





a promising young Hire, hacked by a strong c0111-

hination of blood lines, and also a Calf Sired by

11 Son of





The Fifty Thousand Dollar Bull





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

ticulars 1n regard to these Calves. and our





BERKSHIRES





that won more premiums at the Fairs this season

than any other herd in the State. 0111 prices are

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

responsible parties on six months 1 redit.





SWIGARTDALE FARM,





Petersburg, Mich.

Extra Good Registered





Holstein Cows

FOR SALE





From $125.00 to $200.00.

Send for list or look them over.





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms,

BREEDSVILLE, - - DIICIIIGAN





HOLSTEINS





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



Herd No. 2.Fi1'e veau'ling heifers. one yearling bull

Herd No.3 Five Heifer calves 11nd one bull



Bulls ready for service and 6 to eight months oldhnlle

Prices will please y.ou If int'.1-1ested write as soon as

you read this. E. CONNELL. Fnyctte Ohlo.





“T0 P N OTC ll ” Holsteins





By careful retention for many years of largest' dim-



ducinfi females. and use of superior sires. a hree



herd wonderful quailty has been established. We



are selling young bullsof this“'10P NOTCH' quality.



of serviceable age at moderate rioes. Information



wiigrees etc. on application. 11 cPHERSON FARMé

Howell, Michigan.





 





 





 





 





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

- the Pontiacs. Dam sold for 81000 in Detroit sale.

Ferd. J. Lance. Sobewain‘. Ml ch.





 





 





Holstein Calves. 10 heifers. and- 9 bulls 15-16ths pure.

I weeks old beautifully marked. 820 00911011. crated





for shipment anywhere. Edgewood Farm. Wh itownter.Win





Three fine Registered Hol-

At A Bar 3"“ stein heifers One 2 yr. old

in calf. one yonrl ng. oneR six months. Bv 241b.bntter

bull.oi1t of éxoellentA Cons H. M. FE





 





(Routemount 1111111151318 W, Canfleld Ave Detroit





fat,





 





BOX W.M.





 





A Guernsey Grade Cow

year 13,388 lbs. of milk and 755 lbs. of butter

EQUIVALENT T0 878 lbs. of BUTTER.





USE A GUERNSEY BULL on your grade herd and

you can produce such cows





Write us for booklets and names of breeder:





THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB

PETERBORO, N. H.





in Springfield, N. Y.,

PRODUCED in one





 





 





 





 





Also some good farmer s boars.





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

dial invitation is‘extended to visit the farm andinspect the stock. If

young Jersey bulls in Michigan we have him for sale.





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





Duroc Jersey Boa rs





Special Offer ing of High Clues Fall Boar Pige.

enough for breederl “'ho appreciate t





Bree-Hui and Individuality good

e belt



A cor.

you wish one of the best

For further particulars. address.





 





 





The All-Around



1s thefarmer scow. She' shis

Jersey friend and pride—the beauti~

ful,gentle.ever pa1ing milk machine that lifts

the mortgage, builds up the fertility of the

farm, and puts the whole business on a sound,

paying, permanent basis. She adapts herself

to all climates and all feeds and does not

need fancy care. She matures early and





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





handsome, as to be the family pet and

pride. She produces well

and sells well. Learn

about her in our fine, free

book,“About Jersey Cat-

tle.” Write [or it now.





THE AMERICAN JERSEY

CATTLE CLUB

346 Wut231l5t1. NJ. City





 





 





 





 





 





 





The Wildwood Farm





Jorge) Cattle. _\l11j1s11 Bl11111l.“1-l11'1v1 Bulls fort-tale

from Kean-1111' of Merit cows of good 111111 Write your

wants.Alii11 Maiden, (‘11;1111'..\li1hi1:1111.





 





UGUSTA,





We Have a Few Choice Bull Calves





Sirotl b1 long Bench DcKol Kor'111l1ke. His sire l‘ ricml Henucr'old [)1 Kol Mutter ll 11 Until 1 l1 ll hter of

Pontia1 Aaggie Kornd1 ke. She has 111200 lb. rec.or1i ll 31) 1h. ~I>IPF> :.'11_'1m I1. sis-11 .1.- ‘lie'ttlutu. 2.1111115311119101

Friend Hengi rold De Kol Butter Bo) has 1000 lb. 1ear re1'.ord Has 4-3lllh.sistm:1.."» sisters above 12.0“ in year.





(Kalamazoo. Co..) MICH.





 





 





Purebred Registered





LONG BEACH FAth 14.

ii

HOLSTEIN

CATTLE





During the fiscal vear ending April 30.1916

there were reported lo the Advanced Registr'v

Office of the Holstc' 1n F r'iesian Asuociation.11.86t4

short time official re1ord~ 111110119 half of which





 





were by heifers 11' ith first or second c11111-s.'|h1

morage se1enda1 pr-odut tion of these II 868

animals was 101.] lbs. of milk. containing . .13 per





cent of hutterl‘at. These ligures emph11~171 the fact

that Holstein merit is b: med. not on individual

records. but upon the wonderful uniformitv of

high prodm tiveness ofthc purebred Holstein (0“

'Ihere is big money in the h' g ‘-Bln1 k and Whitt"

Holltein.



Sand for FREE Illustrated Ducriptive Booklets





The flolelcln-Irlceian Association ol America.

F. 1.. Houghton. Hec'_v.. In I“. Iralilclero. Vi.





Holstein Bulls





Ito 9 months old. Dam's A. R. 0. 0111' herd sire II

Johnnna McKinley Seals 3d. 7 nearest Dams aver.

age 27.26 BLISSVELDT FARMS. Jenieon. Mich.





OAK LEAF FARM

erd Sire

Ypsiland Sle Pietertie De Kol I

I have several young bulls for sale. good individual!





and the kind that is a credit to head any herd atfarrn-

R. No. 4.





 





 





 





 





 





ero' prices. E. H. (learlmrtsc Son, Mnrciellus. Micl1..

Young bull ready for service.





"CngTCnd "CISTCIHC- 30Ib reading. Satisfaction





 





guaranteed. W. B. Jones and J. F. L11tz.(‘ohortnh Mich.





 





A26 [8. JR. 4- YR. filll]





AL’illl). br. -11l1l and 11 I.) ll). -1rltl were

among the rec 111'1l~ 1'1'1'1-11111 math"J in 111i1'rl111'1l All

cows in thc henl I1111'1'1'1'111l1tal1l1- A. ll. ().1‘91'or'1i.~. and

are tuberculin lcslcd. ’





PEACELAND STOCK FARM, Time Rivers, Mich.





Chris. l’etrxs. Herdsman. i'. I. Brody. Owner. Port Huron Mich





 





low 1: the lime to buy 1lourleen head olillolslem

Friesian Cattle. 01111 l’1g Bull one 11- 1'11 old one

yearling heifer 11nd 1111 he heifers from 11111 to five

roars 1111i. 'l'11'on1'e frcsh.t1'r1to freshen soon. Ilrey

HIP 11|l “ell 111111"k1d11111l good sized $000 l)u\h this

her-1i or 11il| M II 11111 of them at '11 price (0an and 59,1

them. l'...»\ liohll's Akron .\li1l1 li. l‘. I). No. 3.





 





I'IG. HOLS'I‘I'JINS: Herd headed by Albina Bonte

Butter Her .\'11 93'] £4 Darn' .11 r1111r'd at 6 yre.l111ttcr

£8.53 lbu m1lk6194learl1 record at 213' yrs. butter

80"“1F. milk lNi‘lL’lbs.\V. B. lil' Ahl'l'i. Howell. Mich





neg. lolsleln Bulls 11:11:12":."::.:.':.':..'..'.°"' ”1‘2





ea1h Dewey C. Pierson. Hadley. Michigan.





 





 





' Holstein'Heifcrc elves 8 mo. old nicely

3 Regulated “marked 312.) 1'111'll. 3300 for thPB

J. .\I. E“ II LIAMS . N'otth Adams. Mich





 





from high produc' in: dammwith



16,53, BU": ior sale testing A: records also on

semi-official tent. C. .“ehnerx%.6 6.Allegnn. Mich

ll. of M. JERSEY H I‘llil) offers for sale.



"all" Lana tuberculin tentedlmlls. hull culws and





heifer 1- 11h es 1' arrying the blood of the greatest pro-

ducers of. the breed.lRV1N pox. Alleznn. Mich





Maple llill Farm Regislmd lemy llelllc tor Sale





Both sexes. The kind that pay at. the ail

J. R. Worthington. R. No.7 Lsnsinv. icibgan





 





 





 





JERSEYS FOR SALE 3233;”???





ner1i1c from R. of M.an1esloiu .‘lemlowland Farm

W aterman &' Vl alc r1111 '111 P; 11' kurrl Road. Ann Arbor. M11 h





 





1 1'] ' O -

Long Veiw Farm Reg. Jersey Callie 11.13.151‘31112

Fox. ll. of M. rerord of dam 7% lbs. butter in one,

1ear. \lod1 r11t1p1'i1'11~'.('.8. Russell. Kahuna/00 Mich.





FUR ISALE REGISTERED JERSEY BULLS





1:1 uly forsar1ice.“'rite your wants.

SMT l‘H 1t 1"ARKII.R 11.1). No.4. Howell. Michigan





 





 





Forsale new 11 mos old bull





"l“8ld. Farm Jersey: calf fine. large individual





whosecomhined butter production oi four nearest

dame' 111 287K lhs. b11111r. C. & O. Donkc. lpsilnrm. Mich.





Bidwell Shorlhorns





“for Beef and Milk"





. This heifer at 6 months has bone.

' Iize 11nd qualitv »--011rown breeding.

The blood of frc-ouh bulls. Imp.

Ihenstone Albino 11nd Imp. Villag-

el Resists-red stoc 1; always for salt.





RIDWELL STOCK FIRM.





Box B. Tecumseh Michigan.





Shorlhorn Cattle oi both Sex ior Sale





“V..W KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





WT" "Ell iiifi'i‘flRZQfA ”311' Rifiiiiiiriliéa'1‘ié‘o‘

J. B. EUMMELL. ASON. MI CH 1.13.1111





Milking Shorlhorns. Bulls litany





DAVIDSON & HALL. TE CUMSE





 





in Service.

M ICHIGAN.





 





. ' —Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

Shadhom‘ an: foreale at fermbrl prince. C. W. Crum-

lolrido. Itch.





Ireeders' Directory—Continued on nae i7





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trial, send us only $1.00. Pay the balance of

$36 for the complete outfit in easy payments of only $3.50 a month.





Think of it—a $1.00 payment, and a few dollars a month to get this outfit of

Mr. Edison's new phonograph with the Diamond Stylus reproducer, the life-like

music—the same Blue Amberol Records—all the musical results of the highest

priced outfits. The finert, the bar that money can buy at very much less than the

price at which imitations of the Genuine New Edison are offered.





After years of labor on his favorite invention, Mr. Edison has made the music

of the phonograph true to life. There is no reason, now—especially since we make

this rock-bottom offer—why you should be satisfied with anything less than, Mr.

Edison’s genuine instrument. You are under no obligation on this free trial offer.

Hear the New Edison in your own home before you decide.





 





------------ No obligation to buy in sending this coupon;





Send ‘ No Money

—Just the Coupon





Convince yourself first. Get the New Edison in your home

on free trial. See what a wonderful instrument it is -— how it brings the

music of the world's greatest singers and players, the sweet, old time

melodies, the jokes of the funniest vaudeville actors, all right into your

parlor as if they were there in person. See for yourself how much you

need the New Edison in your life. See how much happier it will

make your home. Just fill out the coupon and send it in. No money down

no C.O.D., nothing to pav unless you keep the instrument. Send it back ll’

you wish at our expense. Dr pay only $1.00 after the trial, and $3.50 a

month until you have paid $86.00. . Send the coupon today.





Edison Phonograph Distributors

Fa K. Babson .4811 Edison Block, Chicago, Ill.

Canadian Office: 355 Portage Avenue. Winnipeg. Man.





 





this is just an application for a Free Trial ------_--------





F. K. BABSON, Edison Phonograph Dists., 4811 Edison Block, Chicago, Ill.



Dear Mr. Babson:-—-As per your offer, I should like to hear Mr. Edison's wonderful new style phonograph with the new Diamond Stylus reproducer in my own

home on free trial. Also send me twelve records. If I decide to keep the outfit, I will have the privilege of the rock-bottom price of $36.00 direct from you On special

terms. I merely agree to take the outfit promptly from the depo:i pay the small freight or express charges, and if I do not find it thoroughly satisfactory, I reserve the





right to return the outfit at once at your expense. Otherwise, I wi





send the first payment of $1.00 within forty-eight hours after the free trial or as soon as possible, in no





case exceeding one week, and will make monthly payments thereafter of $3. 50 for 10 months. The outfit is to remain your property until the last payment has been made.‘





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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