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[CUR-RENT COMMENT.





Nothing demonstrates

the mettle of the av-

erage American citi-

_’ . , zen so well as a. mo-

.mnons'msis in our international re-

lations. Long familiarity With dis-

tressing conditions attendant upon the

world'sfL-grcatest war, together with

the passing of repeated crises without

materially affecting our neutral status,

has induced in the average mind a de-

gree of complacency over the situation,

coupled” With thankfulness that our

country llilii sucoessfully avoided com-

illicililUl-lfi which might draw us into

Illegrcni struggle. In the meantime,

Americans of every grade have quite

freely,indulged in the typical prerog-

alive-oi’=~c-ri1.icising the administration

for the course. followed in the conduct

of our foreign relations. But with the

rude awakening from our complacency

caused by the formal withdrawal by

the. German government of former

pledges relating to the observance of

international law in the conduct of

submarine :"warfare, and the conse-

quent severance of diplomatic rela-

Iions- with Germany by our govern~

nient, :l'll'e' 'nobler phase of American-

ism becomes everywhere evident, and

the. President was at once assured of

llle. united approval of Congress and

the people of the country at large in

the adoption of the only course. which

' (ould..be consistently followed in this

emergency:



There is still hope that the sever-

:tnce C,oif'ftli1'i,loniatic relations with Ger-

many'mayfnot involve us in the war.

The patriotic support of this inevit-

able act ’ol’~ the administration by Con-

gress a’nd the people cannot help but

have a potent moral effect on the fu«

ture action of Germany, and may well

prevent. the, commission of overt acts

in violation of the established princi-

ples pr‘i'niemotional law which would

for_ce"‘tlie‘ United States to protect its

rights and the rights of its people. The

probable‘effccl‘. of this unfortunate

break with one of the belligerents, up-

on .the future of the war, cannot, of

CNN???“ be. accurately determined. If

other. neutral nations follow the exam-

ple. of "the United States, there is a

possibility that it may be, a potent

force .for;».pon'ce and the shortening of

theiconflictg but there is ever the dan-

gcrv that 't‘liéJUnited States and other

neutrals inayfbecome actively involved

before this ‘3 result. is accomplished,

hence the .desi ‘ability of adjusting our-

selvesto; he situation and being pre-

pared-lion the worst while hoping for

the'lb‘est'.‘ . .



One-desirable result which we be—

lievemay become evident is a better

public appreciation or the loyalty of

our large element of foreign-born citi-

zens,” pdrticularly German-American

citizens; f_Wé have every faith in the





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Our'B‘I‘Eék‘With

Germany. .'





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rain at: “t s aniline as





ment ‘b‘r' our population, arid little





tienc’e With thei‘writer's'vdlio dwell lip-





on What they'terfn the uncertain if not





unfavorable attitude of so-called hy-‘





phen'ated Americans. our substantial

citizens of German birth cannot but

regret even more keenly than other

loyal Americans the advent of compli-

cations with Germany which may seem

lead to actual combat, .but loyalty to

the land of their. adoption-will in this

event far Outweigha sympathy for the

land of .‘their birth.



The economic result of present com-

plications would not at this moment

appear ;,to be a cause for serious appre-

hension. So far as our farmers are

concerned, the ; advent. of war would

tend to’ stimulate rather than depress

prices of feed stuffs, a'conditlon which

would possibly be further aggravated

by a necessary withdrawal of active

workers for military purposes. Manu-

factories would be taxed to their limit

in the production of needed military

equipment and the supplying of stable

domestic demands. More» than ever,

the plain duty of American farmers is

to plan for ”a" maximum of production

at a minimum of cest for the enSuing

year; ' i

011 the next page of

this issue appears a

tabulation of the expe-

riences of thirty Mich-





Electricity on

the Farm. g





igan‘ users, mostly farmers, of farm.





electric plants. As theseplants are now





being introduced as a part ,of the:





equipment of many up-to-date farms

and as many of the readers of this

journal are and will be. considering the

advisability of purchasing such plants,

it is with much satisfaction that we

find ourselves in the position to give

readers this first-hand information.

Every precaution has been taken to

interpret the experience of these men,

faithfully,accurately and fully. Ques-

tionarries were sent out to a large

number of users and the.first thirty

that came to the office were selected

to go into the report. The unanimous

vote of satisfaction that these men

cast for this product of American in-

genuity proclaims again the resource

fulness of our engineering men who

are ready to undertake the solution of

problems involving real needs of our

people.



Certainly one of the perplexing

problems confronting the farmer of to-

day ,is the provision of good lights and

of mechanical power adapted to the

many duties that must, be done about

every home. Help lo do these tasks

has been constantly growing more

scarce and the increased burden on

.those left to do them is in many in-

stances gclling to be almost unbear-

able. In our cities these tasks have

been largely taken care of by a num-

ber of conveniences made possible by

the. availability of electricity, and it. is

probably not far from the truth to say

that many families have left the farm

for life in the city because. of these

very helps. But with the success at-

tending the installation of the small

electric plants upon the farms prac—

tically all the advantages now so com-

mon in the city home are brought with-

in the reach of the farmer and his

family. He can now make his home

more cheerful with bright clean lights,

he can relieve many a weary muscle

by having water available in every

part. of the house and about, the our

buildings by the

automatic water system and he can

save much valuable time and physical

energy by the use of the power sup-

plied by these plants.



As we review the many things that,

are being and have been presented

for the comfort and help of the home-

makers of our farm's we cannot put





our fingers on another thing that

seems to offer greater possibilities





than these very_ plants. It is because

of this belief that we are pleased to

give our readers the benefit of‘the ex-

perience of the men who have already

tried electric plants and we trust the





 





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Official lfig'ures':'show

that,’ during the pe‘

'riod since.the' advent

of war in Europe,





The out-165k for

Horse Breeding.





7the exports of horses and mules from





this country have exceeded one million

head, .with a total value of one

than $200,000,000. Most of these ani-

mals went directly to the war zone,

and purchases‘are still continuing On

A, prominent Chicago

firm Which has handled more than 70,-

000 head annually for 'the past two

years gives the following as the aver-

age prices Wh’ich have been paid to

farmer's'for horses of the different

classes purchased for war use; cavalry

horses $115 per head; French artil-

lery horses $140 per head; British ar-

tillery horses $165 per head; draft

horses weighing from 1,650 pounds and

over $215 to-$240 per head.



This reflects accurately the relative





 

 





 





' 'jercular infectiom "from this ' tion

and an increasing number. of munici-

palities are demanding that member-

culin test be applied to cattle contrib-

uting to'the city milk supply. The

question of dealing with bovine tuber-

culosis is perhapswone of educatioi

rather than legislation. It is a Seriou:

question viewed from any angle and

One upon which cattle owners should

keep themselves well informed. Uthe:

phases of live stock sanitation tougé‘ncl

in this address are also worthy of, 112.:

reader’s careful attention. We believe

that there should be a better under-

standing and more general co-opera~

tion between stock owners and sani~

tary officials all along the line.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





Foreign.

. The European War.—Overshadow-

mg every other feature of, the great





market value of horses of different'struggle are the new faCtOI‘S bl‘OUght





weights and classes on the farms of

Michigan and the other states of .the

Union. The day of long prices 'for

small horses is past, but horses with

a preponderance of draft blood having

size and'any pretensions "to quality

still bring remunerative prices and

seem" certain to continue in demand

for many years to come. Undoubtedly

large number‘of horses will be requir-

ed for the rehabilitation of the agri-

culture of warring European countries.

In case of the actual entry of our earth

icountry‘into the war, large numbers 'of

herses 'will be needed for army use.



While the auto truck is replacing the



draft horse to a considerable extent in

city transportation, it has been deter-

mined that for short hauls horses are

economic competitors of mechanical

power. Farm tractors will in future

years care for much of the heavier

work upon the farms, but cannot en-

tirely displace the horse, and needed

agricultural development in our own

and other countries will'increase the

demand for horses probably more rap-

idly than the supply is increased. Un-

der present. conditions the future out-

look for the horse breeding business is

undoubtedly good, notwithstanding the

pessimism which has been expressed

by many farmers on this score.

In another column of

this issue. will ’be

found the substance

of an address deliver-

ed by the president of the State Live

StockSanitary Commission at the re-

cent live stock meeting at M. A. C.

Every stockman should carefully read

this address to familiarize himself

with the work accomplished and the

views held by the members .of this

commission who are charged with the

enforcement of live stock sanitary

laws in this state.



Particular attention is directed to-

ward the description of the work done

looking toward the. eradication of hog

cholera. The record made in the con-

trol of this disease in the cooperative

effort made in Branch county, togeth-

er with similar successes in other

counties, where the disease has been

particularly prevalent, and where the

county agent has devoted considerable

of his time to co-operation with live

stock owners in the control of this dis-

ease indicate quite clearly that what

is most needed to bring about the ef-

fective. control of the disease is the

cooperation of all farmers in infected

sections.



The state law' passed two years ago

for the purpose of making possible the

state—wide control of this disease has

worked satisfactorily in operation, and

there is every prospect that with uni-

versal co-operation between farmers

and live stock sanitary officials, the

future losses from hog cholera may be

kept at a very low point in this state.



President Halladay's comment on

certain features of the tuberculosis

problem is also worthy of more than

passing notice by every owner of cat-

tle in the state. There is an increas-





Live Stock

S'a‘n itary Work.





into the Contest through the announce-

ment by Germany last week that; she

and her allies would stake all on the

renewal of an active submarine war-





\_.fare despite the promises made to the





United States after thesinking of the

Lusitania and Sussex ships. The Uni-

ted States responded to this announce-

ment by severing diplomatic relations

with Germany and President ‘Wilson

'has asked other neutral nations to

bring pressure against the prosecution

of a ruthless U-boat campaign by join-

ing this country in opposition to it.

Brazil and Argentine have already

moved to support this country and oth-

er South American nations willprob-

ably ran in line, Sweden tousistler:

the matter this week and St‘llii-lllvel'lf in

Spain appears to be in line \vian'ilie.

lead taken by America. German ship.

interned in the harbors of this coulntr,‘

_.will not be seized, but. have been pint--

ed underheavy guard. Count von Bern-

storff, German ambassador to the 2:

ted States. has been given his pass-

ports and American Ambassador ,Ger-

ard has already entrained for Basel,

Switzerland. A large number of Am-

ericans in Germany are also leaving.

——In the Riga district on the Russian

front the Teutonic offensive has brow-

en down—The British succeeded in

entering German trenches near ~Ancre

in northern France. At other ”places

on this and other fronts there v: re re,-

ported only minor raiding and and

lery engagements.



The Canadian parliament voted

unanimously a war credit of $300,1n‘m,-

000 for the next fiscal year.



.It is announced, and generally" un-

' derstood in England, that soon the en-

'tire population of the United Kingdom



\ National. E

will be put under a ration system. i



A Japanese, baffle cruiser built in

1.907 was sunk by an explosion of; her

magazine in: the harbor of Yokosuka

recently. There were 153 of her crew

killed and 157 injured. The cause of



e explosion is unknown.



A trade report from South America

indicates that France is rapidly secur-

ing control of the rubber industry in

Brazil. .



An explosion and fire in a tenement

house in Chicago whm-n 8’40 persons

were sleeping resulted in the death of

a score or more and in many others

being injured. '



Rear-Admiral Benson has been ap-

pointed ranking officer of the United

States Navy and succeeds the late Ad-

miral Dewey as president of the gen-

eral board of the navy. Admiral Ben-

son will also retain his duties as chief

of naval operations.



Following the break "in diplomatic

relations with Germany the United

States finds itself with a war footing";

of about 18,000,000 men, 10,000,000 of

whom range in years from 18 to 45.“

A call has been sent to the 2655 Gill];-

ters of the American Red Cross to 4-, ,

prepared for doing relief work—The

war and navy departments are await-

ing developments that may can -‘

measures to protect American rights



t sea. ’



The Indiana legislature has enacted

a. law providing for'state-wide prohibn

tion to become effective. April 2, 1918.

Tennessee and Oregon have both plac-

ed -on their statute books laws abso





‘lutely prohibiting the importation of _





alcoholic liquors.



The University of Michigan is to

have military training. For fifty years

the board of regents has discussed the

question. A United States army officer

will be detailed to take the chair of

military science in compliance with the

action of the regents last Friday.



The Michigan Agricultural College

is planning to celebrate its sixtieth an-

niversary. Tentative plans call for .a

masque in which nearly 1000 students,

alumni and: members of the faculty

will take part.





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.1 ' 15 Mtconib 30 3 mo- No Basement IGnB_ i 1% I No i 32 I Batteries i 16 i 35 iYPS [Lighting 3' 1-30 1- ~ . . - -1 N0 5 min. I it"; some i YES I ...... ‘ Yes I ...... I , .

l .i I' 0118199 I - i I I I I I I pumping I I I ‘ I per day I 1 . i i Always ready—night and day. Have the best light with both hands free to work.

. I . _ I s 1’ ‘I I i 1 . f- i

.16 Calhoun 40 3 mo. i N0 ' Garage G38 . I 1 i N0 i 32 I 30th i 15 i 45 iIYes ILighting i 1-00 i ~~~~~~ : N0 1 . 5' 5 Yes :t‘fame 'i In“ “1 RE I Yes i ------ Gives fine light. :Gives citv lighting advantages to the farmer.

i. I . i engine i i 1‘ i \ i i I i i I llttlc j I . 1 time I so I I f . '

'17 Manistee ........ 2 mo. IYes 'Residence [Gas I ...... i ‘No I 32 I Generator I. . .". I. . IYest IiLighting IJust for gas' . . Little 1‘5 min. 1 Yes Isame . ...... i ...... 5 Yes I ...... Find it the most economical svstem tried. ‘

.I ‘- . I i I engine I I I I i and oil I I 5 each‘day I ‘ I i I I ’ ' '

13 0de 300 I 3 mo. I No I Uutb dg iIGas . I . . . .I No i :52 i Batteries I 16 I UU Iies ILighting I 1.38 I None I .\o I1'Ier5I . I Yes Is‘ame ....... I‘ ...... I yes i IIIIII Clean, always ready and'furnishes a very superior light. .

- . - , . engme . 1 i ‘ I Itt e ' I I i i I 1 . '-

' Huron _ 200 I5 mo. I No I Outb’ dg [Gas . I 2 No‘ 32 I Batteries I 16 i U: IIY es ILighting II 1.20 I None i No II30 minII i Yes ISame I Yes i Yes I Yes I ...... Would not be without it. Child can care for it.

' I I I engine . . I . i ‘; I a wee ' I I I I " i I ' I .

Montcalm 160 3 mo. I No I Outb'dg IGas . i ...... I .\'o 32 I Batteries II 16 II 26 IIYes ILighting I .......... I ...... I No I‘leri‘l I Yes ISame 1 Yes I Yes I Yes I ...... Besides an excellent light we have a plant that will provide many economies as we add further equipment—

» ' engine . . . . I it o I . 1 . . ' _

Calhoun 157 2 mo. i No II ()utb’ag Uas . I 2 I No 3.3 I Batteries I 16 I 39 IYes ILighting I -95 i ------ I NO I30 mm. 1 : YES ISame i Yes Ilih'hs I Yes INODE No matches needed around. l'limiInates the cleaning of oil lamps Dccxcases danger of fire.

I engine I I : I per wee; I ‘1 I so .

Be‘rr-ien 160 I4 mo. Yes | Outb’dg GasI I 1 I No I 32 i Batteries I 16 i 60 W83 lLightinIg. 1.00 I ------ I No New i Yes i k?) i 193 I Yes I 368 INone Uses a cheap fuel—kerosene—requires little care and not much intelligence

- 1 engine I I . I pumping I . I little I i I 1 I 1

-‘ i I ' . i i . . . i i f I 5““ ‘9 ' i , . .

., Macomb 211 2 mo. No Basement IGoIslsI I 2 35 i NO 32 I BOW I. 16 80 3 95 Lighting 1-90 I ------ . ------ ligamigi I 3 PS E some 11:1?- dig; 1:; k5 Yes i ------ No danger of getting shocksIl'rom Iwires'nor of setting fire where 32 volts are used. Safe and convenient.

' e gins . I , ( . . 'i , . . '

' ' . i I i i . I . Lighting. 1 I. _ I I - I” I , I, I i _ i I . , t - ' ,

Kent 80 2 mo. No Residence Gas . I 1% 30 i * I Batteries : 16 ‘ i?) I59S I GhUTIIlmg. I 1-00 ' -I 30 110 mm. ’ ‘98 i-Ffl-m‘? i \03 ILTh’kS i ‘98 I.\one Can have all the lights in our buildingstIthat I need. Makes less work in house. Highly. pleased with it.

- ' engine 1 l I I 1 I I i washing :4 I 1 ‘ aday ' 1 I I so I I 1 3 - . . ‘ - .

| I i . , ‘ I . . I I ~ . Lighting, i - I I If I - I I I I I . . _ .

. Saginaw '. 360 5 mo. No 1 Basement Gas . I I 2 I1\o 32 Batteries 16 ii 28 i1 es cleaning, - 2.00 I...'. ; . .I; No ~71 min. I Yes Same I paste:- 1 Yes I Yes 'None . i I \ . . I . I I

. I engine I , ' ~ I pumping. I I I 3 day . I i I I ‘ I Nothing will give farmer and{his family more satisfaction. ' Good lights and power, small running expenses. _ ‘:

I I electric fan I I I I , ‘, 1 i I . i l ' I ' ‘ 'i

K131991810? Country 4 mo. No Store Gas . I 2 No 32 Batteries I 16 . 24 [Yes IILighting i 4.00 IINonc II .\'0 £15 inin.I 1 Yes ILnrgerII \cs -I ...... I Yes INOne ' I

' , store , » engine I I I . I l i I i per day I I Ii II Ii I find that the bright lightsI- attracts atteittion of prospective customers Safe and convenient. _ I

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. .Eaton ’ ‘ 120 . 3 mo. No Residence Gas . I 2 I «NO 32 Batteries 16 34 IYGB' Lighting ~50 I None. No ‘leitl I Yes Same I Yes I ...... I Yes INone Gives us a very fine light, Iis clean,IconveInient and economical. ~ /

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Montcalm 320 z 36110. No Wooashed IlGas . I 2 I No 32 Batteries 16 35 1 es InghtmE 2- 10 ...... I NO 11331 I 1 es home I 1 es i ...... I 1 es I ...... Saves labor, have better ligits andIthevI are Imorc convenient than oil lamps .

- I t _ engine ' , e . - ' '

IEmmett 160 I 3 mo. I No Basement IGas | 2 _ No 32 Batteries 16 30 Yes Lighting _ No 15 min. I Yes ' Same li'Iless ' Yes ‘ Yes I. . . .. . Vi ould not put in basement. unle531 exhausms carried aw.” Gives convenient and clean light and is 8310s.

. I I enmne I - ironing per week I time I , .

I i i N I R d is I '2 s B tter' 16 12' y ILii‘hm' N V L Y i i 1 ‘ " ‘ ‘

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changed their minds after the man had it

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Increase In market value.

Added beauty to the neighborhood.

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about the farm.





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" I ractors on

NE of the questions that the

prospective purchaser of a trac-

tor is called‘ upon to give care-



ful consideration is whether his farm

is large enough to provide sufficient

work for one of these \machines, Be-

fore he invests the money necessary

to buy a tractor he wants to satisfy

himself that such an investment can

be made to bring in good returns.

There is a general belief that the

tractor is a machine for the big farm.

As one contemplates what one of these

machines will do he at once concludes

that they would work most economi-

cally in a place whe1e fields a1e large

and where there isa great deal of each

kind of work that is suited to tiaction

power to be done.’ And as we go about

our state it appears that this belief

has generally prevailed, for the first

tractors to be introduced in the vari-





Small Farms:





“from’ farmers who followed the trac«





tors themselves.



' ’It would'appear therefore that While

at first thought we might think that

the tractm was a machine peculiarly

fitted to the economy of the large farm

in practice it is being demonstrated

that farmers with limited acreage are

meeting with satisfactory results in

the use of these machines. Of cOu‘rse,

the type of farming one is following

deteimines to a considelable degree

whether his operations ale on a large

or small scale A forty- acre truék gap

den is a fairly large truck farm while

200 acres is a comparatively small

areafor grazing purposes. A rule that

might be followed in a general way,

howevei, is that where one has farm

work that requires the use of him or

111019 teams he can reasonably consid«

er the use of the tract01.





ous communities have gone almost in- '





variably to the large farms.

Horses Cannot be Eliminated.





The tractor has not as yet been de-

veIOped to the state where it will elim-

inate entirely the need of horses.

When the farmer contemplates the

use of these machines he must count

on keeping at least a team of horses

for the performance of those tasks to

which the tractor cannot supply the

motive power. He must, therefore, see

that he has productive work sufficient

to keep the tractor and at least one

team busy for a- reasonably large por-

tion of the year.



On the other hand, while the trac-

tor can in a given length of time per-

form a much larger amount of work

than can a single team, users have

arrived at the conclusion that they

can afford one of the smaller types of

farm tractors where they can replace

a single team. From these two propo-

sitions it would appear that the farmer

who has work sufficient. for two teams

of horses can afford to consider care-

fully the introduction of a tractor.



More Work in'Less Time.



As a matter 01' fact, on many Michi-

gan farms having an area ranging

from eighty to 160 acres, the tractor is

being used with a great deal of satis-

faction and advantage. These farmers

have discovered, not only the fact that

the tractor can be Operated for prac-





tically the same expense that is re-

qui’red to keep a team, but what is.





more important they can perform their

work in season andthereby increase

the probability of‘good crops. With

the tractor and one team they can put

in'a field of grain much quicker than

they can with two teams, for besides

doing the work of: two 01- three teams

the gas engine can be kept at its task

continuously. Incidentally this con"

centration of power also saves much

more labor. .Thesc advantages have

made the farmer 011 the smaller farm

particularly enthusiastic over the use

of this machine in his farm work.

Then the use of tractors for belt

power as well as for doing field work

and hauling, has added to their econ-

omy on the smaller farms. From a

recent inquiry in which farmers were

asked the uses to which they were put--

ting their tractors it appears that they

have already put them to a very wide

range of employment. And besides

the duties on their own farms many

of these men found opportunity for

custom work at remuneralive prices.





Less Tractor Troubles.





Another reason for the general suc-

cess of the tractor on the smaller farm

is that the owner usually operates the

machine. As is the case with every

other property the owner will invari-

ably look after it much better than a

hired servant. From a recent tractor

survey there was a much larger num.

ber of complaints by owners of trac-

tors who were operating large farms

and were'obliged to have a hired» man





 





run the -. machines than there were





“SAFETY FIRST”





'and a good ladder.





WITH THE LAN.

TERN.





 





Two tools that are almost indispen-

sable about a farm are a good lantern

.Not many persons

will find use for either a ladder or a

lantern every day in the year, but they

are‘pretty sure to be needed at some

time. A great many farm buildings

would be saved from burning it a lad-

der was at hand when the fire was

first discovered.



Besides being a necessity at times

when it is necessary to do chores af-

ter dark, a lantern is often required

when sick animals must be looked af‘

ter during the night. Every farmer

should own a good lantern.



A good lantern costs less than a

poor one, if the latter should happen

to be responsible for a costly fire. Do

not set the lantern on the floor, as it

is often liable to be upset by some un-

looked-for accident, and the ladder is

very likely to be needed. String 3.

wire the length of the stable, just be

hind the stock, and, before attaching

both ends, slip a harness snap 011 the

‘wire, leaving it so that it can be mov-

ed the whole length of the Wire. Hang

the lantern on this snap by the bale

and it can be moved along while doing

the work at each stall, but be sure to

hang it as high as possible so that it

will not come in contact with the fork

handle or any other tool that is being

used. In any place where it is incon-

venient to string a wire procure a

small chain of the right length with

the snap attached to the end, and sus-

pend from an overlay or rafter, and

then perfect safety is assured. Further—

more, insist that everyone using a

lantern in the buildings so equipped,

takes the time and precaution to al-

ways hang the lantern on the wire or

chain. “Safety First” should be the

motto of everyone who has occasion

to use a lantern in the farm buildings.



Shia’wassee Co. D. H. M.





UNGLAZED LAND TILE.





 





I am contemplating laying some laid

tile this sp1ing.l do not. know any

thing about the lasting qualities of the

unglazed tile. Can you tell me any-

thing about them?



Kalamazoo Co. W. E. B.





The unglazed tile if thoroughly .burm

ed will last indefinitely where they are

laid two or three feet below the sun

face. At the outlet of the drain these

tile freeze and crumble, because, being

porous they absorb moisture and then

when they freeze the water expands

and checks the tile. These tile laid at

the outlet will all crumble awayin two

or three years, but back in the ditch,

as stated above,.they will last indefi.

nitely. .- Glazed tile should always be.

used for the last three or four tile at

the outlet. i



Unglazed tile breaks easier in hand.

ling than the glazed, and your loss





from that source will be a little more,





though this is not much. ' .

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Building Up a Run-DOWn Spil





By w. r.





N my first article upon this subject

I I mentioned sand vetch as a means



of restoring nitrogen and, organic

matter to a badly depleted soil. I

doubt if any one of the many legumi-

nous plants will improve soil condi-

tions faster than vetch where it will

grow. But vetch is peculiar in this

respect. It may be depended on to





, grow everywhere where it is ndt want~





ed, if once it has gotten a start, and

to tail quite often where it is sorely

needed. _



It is hard to account for some of

these failures. In some cases it may

be the lack of inoculation, in some the

absence of a sufficient amount of or-

ganic matter, and in others to the fact

that seeding was done too late in the

fall and an untavorable winter killed

the plants. ,



But there are failures with vetch

that cannot be accounted for in any

of these ways, neither are we able to

discover the causes of such failures.

Some of the locations where vetch

fails to grow well are not poor. The

soil is pretty well supplied with or—

ganic matter and other crops do ordi»

narily well, but the vetch refuses to

make a good stand. In some instances

manure has been applied in liberal

quantities without correcting the tron»

ble. At the same time, only a few

miles away, on much poorer soil vetch

will grow well. Now, render, do not





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year to year until it completely cov-

ered the ground. There may not have

been a single nitrogen gathering plant

in the field, and all the nitrogen may

have come from the soil, but if we

were to plow this field after it had

been left idle until thus covered with

grass and weeds, we should.probably

succeed in growing a good crop upon

it. ' While we should have added no

plant food to the soil, we should have

put back plant food which was bor-

rowed, in available form, and while

the grass and weeds were decaying

more plant food would be liberated

and made ready for use.



So while it is best always to grow a

leguminous crop to improve the soil

if we can do so, we need not give up

in despair if we have a field where

neither clover nor vetch will succeed.

If rye will grow, let us use rye and

put back the organic matter of which

the soil has been robbed. After we

have done that, it will be easier to

grow a. leguminous crop. ,



Cover Crops Are Valuable. ,



Too much can hardly be said about

the use of cover crops on light soils.

it is a bad mistake to leave our sandy

fields bare during the winter. BIO-wing

and washing are bad and practically

sure to get. in their work. The labor

and expense of a catch or cover crop

are small indeed when measured by

the zulx'aiimges to be secured. Rye





 





 





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First Cutting of Alfalfa on the Farm of A. E. Gunn, of Oceana County. V





ask us why. We simply do not know,

and to date we can not find anyone

who does.



It may be accepted then for a fact

that on some soils, for unknown rea-

sons, vetch will not do well, and so

may not be depended upon as a soil

builder. But more often it happens

that where this plant will not succeed

the soil is badly worn and needs but

an application of stable manure, 'or

the plowing in oi: some green crop to

put it into condition to grow vetch in

paying quantities.



In northern Michigan are large areas

where paying crops of vetch can not

be grown until something is done for

the soil. In many cases where stable

manure can not be had, rye must be





' grown in the beginning.





How Green Manure Crops Are

Beneficial.

hand that is too poor to produce





, rye is too poor to be used for agricul-





tural purposes. Rye adds no plant

food to the soil except what it has

borrowed while growing, but it does

add organic matter, and this improves

the physical condition, and while it is

decaying it assists in liberating latent

plant food already in the soil.



If we will but look around us, we

may see frequent applications of this

We plow an old meadow

and 'we add nothing to the soil that

the grass has not taken out, but we

add organic matter and better crops





' are the result.





We haveseen unproductive fields





- abandoned for a period during which

2 grass and. weeds took possession of





them.





 





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and vetch, or rye alone, may be sown

with corn at the last cultivation with

but little additional labor; In the build-

ing up of a run-down farm this prac-

tice should be followed persistently.

Nitrogen and organic matter are need-

ed in practically every well worn soil,

and we can add them in no other way

so cheaply and quickly as in the grow-

ing of a cover crop.



It is often well to pasture light

lands for a time if grass is growing on

them. We are often asked whether

or not any man can afford to pasture

high-1n‘iced lands. We are now speak-

ing of poor land, but it. is a fact that

it' labor conditions are not improved

in the near future, much good land

will be pastured because there is not

the necessary labor to be had to work

it intensively. But it is good practice

to pasture light soils one year in the

rotation. Sand soils are generally too

loose and pasturing them tends to

make. them more compact. The prin-

cipal objection to such a practice is

the additional fence that must be built.

If we rely wholly upon permanent pas-

ture and do not pasture our tilled

fields, we may save largely in having

to build less fence.



Live Stock for the Run-down Farm.



But what about live stock? Should

not the owner of a worn farm imme-

diately invest in live stock? Yes, if

he manages the animals in a way to

build up the soil, but otherwise not.

Because a man keeps a large amount

of live stock does not prove that he is

building up his farm. 0n the contrary,

many keepers of live stuck are“ not

building up their farms, but rather are





 





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What's the use of making heat and then cooling it

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Mr. E. A. Reed, 16... N, 3rd St. Peru, Ind., used to burn

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his coal bill was reduced to $50.00. Suppose you drop Mr. Reed 3 line.

enclosxng a self—addressed stamped envelope. and get his experience

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will be well worth while.



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The above illustrates NATURE’S

own way assisted by the best mulch

made With a cultivator that protects

the root system. ,



Mr. Farmer: It is your duty to

assist NATURE if possible, then

why use a tool that you know de-

stroys much of the root system?



The greater the root system the

more nourishment supplied to the

corn plant which insures a larger

yield, better and earlier matured.



The “Tower” cultivates thorough-

ly from row to row, is very easxly

handled and extremely light in draft

éit is a b0 ’8 friend); it is sure



eath to coc leburs, morning-glories

and all weeds. Four hoes and two

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allowing'them to get poorer ‘year by

year. It is the intelligent handling of

the stock kept 0n the farm that builds

the soil.



But, says someone, “If we feed out

all we grow, will not our soil im-

prove?” The answer to this question

will depend upon circumstances. If

we take care of the manure resulting

from such practice, if we grow our

crops in a short rotation, using clover

each time around, if we sow cover

crops in our corn at the last. cultiva-

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our yields may increase. But even un-

der such a system of farming there

will come a time when the mineral

elements of the soil will be unequal

to the' demand of our crops and the

yields will fall off.





. HE difference between a secre-

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and successfully carrying them



out and one who simply looks upon the

office as a matter of routine work

means the difference between success

and failure for the fair. For instance,

a county fair in one of the counties of

New York, a county which has no

large-city from which the fair can

draw a big attendance, was faced by

steadily decreasing receipts from the

gate. A new secretary, after consid-

erable work, induced the directors to

adopt plans which means a vastly bet,-

ter fair. He then set about it to get

the people of the county to come and

see it. After a study of the conditions

he was confronted with, he adopted

this plan: To the pastor of every

church in the county, regardless of de-

nomination, he wrote a letter outlining

the plans he. was pushing to make a

better and bigger fair and made the

pastor a proposition by which his

church would be given a commission

of ten per cent on all season tickets

sold, enclosing in each letter a certain

number of such'tickets. The money

for the tickets sold, and the unsold

tickets, were to be turned in to the

secretary on the Saturday night pre-

ceding lhe week of the fair and the

checks for each church’s commission

were made out and sent to each pastor

the following Monday morning.



The first year this plan was tried

fifteen hundred season tickets—mean

ing fifty-five hundred single admissions

———were sold and the money for them

was in the treasury before the gates

of the fair were thrown open. The next

season the same plan resulted in the

sale of nearly twice as many season

tickets by the churches in the county,

and the number sold in that manner

has steadily increased each year since.

It should be noted that no season tick-

ets were permitted to be sold before

the opening of the fair except. through

the churches.



By prevailing on his board of direc-

tors to adopt his rather radical ideas

regarding the conduct of the fair and

giving to the people a fair worth see—

ing, this secretary held the increased

attendance gained by his novel scheme

and he is still secretary of the associa-

tidn, and probably will be as long as

he feels willing to devote his time and

his, ideas to the duties of the office.

Profit Should be a Scoondary Consid-



' cration.

Cause number four: More than one

fair association has been wrecked or

has assumed a position in which it

failed signally to fulfill its mission be-

cause the directors—and Officials—

placed financial profit first in their

calculations and the actual good of the

community second; or, perhaps gave

this phase of the fair almost no con-

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to realize that, in the end, a fair’s suc-





 





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The County Fair





By H. L.





(Continued from last week).





of the morals of the boys and girls the grain storedin-such a mangry





   





Take the dairy cow .for an'example. brought into contact With performers

She returns a larger proportion of whose acts are of the degrading na-

what she cats, to us, in the manure ture all too prevalent among the shows

than most farm animals, but she gives for which space on they midway is

back scarcely three-quarters of the asked.



plant food, and she burns up eighty The fairs which are best filling their

per cent of the carbon to keep ”her mission as an uplifting factor in agri-

warm and furnish fat and carbohy- cultural life are those which are forc«

drates for her body and its work. ingrthe midway features into the back—



So it may be easily seen that even ground, replacing them with free

under the most favorable conditions, amusements appropriate for presenta-

there must, be a steady decline in fer- tion in front of the grandstand and.

tility if We put back into the soil only which may be secured at an outlay

what remains of our crops after they proportionate to the amount of money

have been consumed by the live stock set aside by the board for such fea~

on the farm. - tures.



However, as we have before stated, (To be continued).

production of farm crops may not de- +———~ .

cline for a time. 'In fact, it may in- FARM NOTES.

crease if our rotation is right,rand if __

the manure is properly cared for. Fertilizing Beans.





We have a. field which we wish to

Is it advisable to fer-

tilize for» same, or will the fertilizer

burn the seeds and injure germina-

tion? What effect would lime have

upon the bean crop if sown before

seeding? How much lime is usually

sown, and when. is the best time to





sow it?

Sanilac Co. L. H. Y.





It depends upon the type and condi-

tion of the soil as to whether a. sup-

plementary fertilization of the bean

crop will prove profitable. On most

clay loam soils growers who have ex‘

perimented for some years are quite

uniformly of the opinion that a moder-

ate application of fertilizer is profit-

able. Some of the most successful

growers use 200 pounds per acre, sow-

ing only part of same in the drill with

the beans, and distributing some

through the drill“ hoes on either smé of

the bean row. A fertilizer containing

much potash is likely to injure Q-the

germinating quality of the seed: if

sown in any quantity in the row with

the seed. As the bean plant does no:

reach outgas far for its plant food as

some other cultivated plants, it is gen-

erally thought more economical to ap-

ply a small amount of fertilizer in the

row, or as above described, in prefers





ALLEN





assumes as an educational factor in

the community it represents. It may,

for a time, make a satisfactory show-

ing, financially, when the books are

balanced, managed with that result in

view, but, eventually, if it fails to pro-.

vide the educational features which

draw the attention and support of the

thinking persons in the county, fea-

tures which make the winning of priz-

es worth while to the exhibitors and

to draw exhibitors whose products af-

ford bolh a lesson and an incentive to

those who are striving, in numbers far'

beyond those which marked our rural

communities a score of years ago, to

make their farms more productive and

their efforts more successful, profits

will grow smaller and smaller, the fair

will attract fewer and fewer people,

the exhibitors will drop off and its

failure, from every viewpoint, will be

pretty nearly complete.



This is not at all overdrawn. There .



, , . _ , . ence to sowmg broadcast.

ale toda) any number of county fair





associations which have reached the On ordinary soils phosphorous], is

position of uselessness this pelicy al- needed for the development 0f the





ways relegates a fair association to bean plant as for the grain crops. Lime

and hundreds of readers of this paper would prove beneficial to the bean

know of others rapidly retrogressing crop if applied to an acid soil when

,towards that position. same is in preparation for beans. On

Amusements. soil where clover has succeeded uni<



Cause number five embraces a sub- formly well, this condition would “0‘:

ject which is productive of a wrangle, be likely to prevail. The quantity or

annually, in many boards of directors. lime to apply to the soil should de-

There are many persons concerned in pend upon the degree 0f acidity, but

county fair management who have a" on soils needing lime it will generally

magnified idea of the importance of pay to apply as much as two tons per,

midway attractions, just. as there are acre‘of ground limestone, since the of.

others who believe a fair would be bet- feet 0f the applicauon will be more

ter with the absolute elimination of permanent and the 003‘; Of labor is not

such features. Under existing condi- much greater than where a small quan‘





tions in most, parts of the country, tity is used.

neither of the groups which take part Concrete Granary Floor.





in the controversy over this subject I want to hing a grgni'illl‘y in one cor-

-. .‘ ,. ,. nero my sa e,wic is two feet

is entirely ‘nght' 130mm?” p?”{°n,l‘?f below the ground at this point. The

the peisons whose attendance at a fair outside wall is of concrete. If I lay





is desired, must be amused. And this three-inch tile drains about every two

class of persons is not confined strict- 01' thfi‘eefeet under the granary floor,

1y,» to those who are not actively inter- Whlc Will be Of conc1ete, can I keep





_ _ _ the floor dr enou h to kee rain

ested in agriculture 1n all or some of from mouldigg? g p g





its branches. The desire to be amus- Ottawa Co. SUBSCRIBER.

ed is a healthy one; the persons who It is possible t0 build a concrete

does not: possess it is an exception. granary fl001‘ in 511011 a manner as to

The amusement features of a fair, how- prevent any seepage Of moisture

ever, especially those which are con- which will cause the grain stored in

fined to the midway, should never oc- same to mould, although there isof~

cupy more than a very subordinate po‘ ten trouble from this cause in improp-

sition in the plans for building up a erly constructed granaries.



successful fair. With the free amuse- The first essential iS‘ a dry founda

ment features which nearly all fair tion. If the ground is tiled around the

boards now provide in front of the outside, it will be helpful in keeping

grandstand and the racing, which has the moisture from seeping underneath,

always been the best asset, as an then if a good thick coat of cinders or

amusement, which a fair can have, washed gravel is placed under the con-

when rightly conducted; there is less crete, it will break the capillarity at

excuse for a midway than existed in this point and prevent the rise of mois~

former years and unless owners of ture from below. There are a number

midway attractions can give convinc- of methods of. making moisture-proof

ing proof that their shows and acts floors, but. the safer way in construc-

are entirely innocent of objectionable tion for this purpose is to provide 3.

features they should be given 'no place dry‘foundation which will obviate the





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HE most serious problem con-

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to have been won at a greater expense

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Similar practices in orchards now

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Orchard Soils Lack Humus.



There is little doubt that the serious

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it of this essential element and the de-

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a sufficient supply of this vegetable

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more manure than they can make. The

ground that grows the crop that pro-

duces the manure requires it right

back, and to put that manure into the

orchard is only robbing Peter to pay

Paul.



If a. man is near enough to some

town where manure can be bought and

applied at not too great expense this

furnishes a good means, but not many

orchardists are so situated. For most

of us' about the only feasible means of

supplying the required element is to

grow it in the orchard, and in order

to do this in these depleted soils, it





. seems necessary to do some things not





quite in harmony with recognized

methods of orchard cultivation. Not





 





yery‘lon'gago Ivsaw an old apple or-





Some are un-'





chard in which a rank growth of yel-

low dock was grdwing. The ground

was plowed and harrowed every spring

but the dock soon came up and made a

good groth under the treatment. The

owner was inclined to apologize for the

appearance of his orchard, but it oc-

curred to me that conditions might

have been worse. ’The‘dock grew in

the early part of the season when the

ground was well supplied with mois

ture and then ripened its seed and

went down and made a good cover ov-

er the surface to prevent evaporation

during the latter part, of the year when

the trees needed the moisture in matur-

ing the fruit. ’But perhaps many might

object to starting a crop of yellow dock

in their orchards. I asked Mr. J. B.

Case, the New York apple man who

spoke at the recent state horticultural

meeting in Grand Rapids, how he man-

ages this proposition and he said that

he sows mammoth clover in his apple

orchards in June.

' The Need of Nitrogen.



In an apple orchard of ten acres on

rather heavy loam clay soil, the humus

content of which hasbeen growing less

and less in spite of such cover crops

as have been grown upon it, an ex-

periment was undertaken not long ago

with a heavy application of commer-

cial fertilizer, (not as a soil restorer,

by the way, but to note the effects 011

certain characteristics in the fruit), it

was noticed that. where nitrate of Soda.

was applied either alone or in combi-

nation, the foliage. presented a much

darker and more vigorous appearance.

While this would indicate that in this

instance nitrogen is called for, yet this

would be an expensive way of putting

it; on. It can be applied cheaper in

other ways. Last season an experi-

ment with clovers was undertaken in

this orchard. It was the “off” year in

bearing an’d so» some neglect in cultiva-

tion might, not be quite so disastrous

as in a year with 21 full crop of‘fruit.

A light seeding of cats was sowed. as

early as the ground could be worked

and the orchard was thoroughly disk—

ed. A liberal seeding of equal amounts

of mammoth and white sweet clover

was then put on and harrowed in with

a light harrow, the sweet clover seed

having first been inoculated with dirt

from an old alfalfa field. The season

was favorable, there being a fair

amount of moisture the greater part

of the year, and the mammoth clover

made a fair stand, but the sweet clo-

ver made almost no showing at all.

The cats were clipped when heading

and there is now a good promise that,

the mammoth clover will make a good

growth for a humus supply. Some are

seeding their orchards to clover once

in two or three years, allowing it to

stand over winter and then turning it

down the next spring. It is evidelil

that some such method must. be

adopted.



It is a very sure thing that the 01'~

chardist who is wise to the situation

is one who begins early with ’his or-

chard while yef there is an abundance

of humus in the soil and follows up

very diligently the work of maintain—

ing this important element.



Allegan Co. Epw. HUTCHINS.





PARSNIPS AND OYSTEIR PLANT.





 





Among the slow- growing long- sea-

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can be gotten into. shape are parsnips

and salsify or oyster plant. The rich

soil to which well rotted barnyard ma-





nure has been added, will hold the,

moisture better to keep them growing ,





through the long, hot, dry summer





‘nionths and the early planting will





give a better chance for the roots \to

attain good size.



Parsnip seed should be dropped

about four per inch in rows from 18

to 24 inches apart, then thinned to

stand about three inches apart, but

salsify may be sown more thinly as

the seed is surer to come up and pull—

ing the plants in thinning disturbs

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The results of investigations carried

on by the United States'Department

of Agriculture in the handling of north-

western apples for and in cold stor-

age, have been so conclusive that this

work may be considered as complet-





ed, according to the annual report of y





the Bureau of Plant Industry.



The results brought out particularly

the importance of picking apples of

various varieties at the proper stage

of maturity, of careful handling in all

harvesting and storage operations, of





prompt cooling, and proper storage '





temperatures. During past seasons the

growers have frequently suffered very

large financial losses from either too

early or too late harvesting of apples

of certain varieties, such as Jonathan,

Rome Beauty, and others. The work

has demonstrated clearly that the

storage life of apples can be prolong-

ed from weeks to months by picking

at proper maturity, and have shown

how the grower may know when his

fruit is of proper maturity for best re-

sults in storage. In connection with

the investigations of the cold storage

of Newtown apples in the Watsonville

district in California, the most import-

ant discovery is without doubt the re-

lation of tree vigor to keeping quality

of fruit in storage. Experiments ex-

tending over two seasons have clearly

shown a marked and consistent difffer-

ence in the keeping quality of fruit

from different trees, particularly trees

that for any reason differ in vigor and

general healthfulness. During the past

s'eason the possibilities of common, or

air-cooled, storages in different sec-

tions were carefully investigated.





THE GROWING OF CAULIFLOW-

ERS.





 





Seed of cauliflower should be sown

in the house in March. Only first-class

seed should be used. As soon as the

seedlings are large enough to crowd

each other they should be pricked out

into a cold frame or a bed in the open

ground where they can be protected

against frost and rough weather and

a little nitrate of soda worked in be-

tween the plants and frequent cultiva-

.tion and watering given until time to

plant out in the open ground, which

will be about the twentieth of May at

the north.



If there is a low moist spot in the

garden, dedicate it to the growing of

the cauliflower and make it rich with

well rotted manure and friable with

leaf mould or the soil from the com-

post. After setting the plants in per-

manent quarters a little nitrate of soda

may again be worked into the soil

about the plants to advantage.



Cultivate frequently and after the

first few cultivations draw the earth

up about the stem somewhat. The

newly set plants must be guarded

against cutworms, which are very de-

structive, by paper or wire collars

about the stems, sinking them well

into the ground or by making a ring

of poisoned meal or bran aboutthe

stem.



As soon as the head or curd has

formed the heads must be blanched by

tying the leaves above them, drawing

them together and tying their tips

with strips of cloth or with bast. This





‘ must always be done 'when the plants





are perfectly dry, otherwise the heads

will decay. If not tied the partially

developed heads will turn dark and

start a growth of leaves through the

curd, rendering them unfit for food.

To grow fine, large heads of cauli-

flower the plants should be Watered

freely in dry weather and a weekly

dose of liquid manure applied. Where

water is not available thedrygweather

cauliflOWerushould be selected for cul~

ture. Cauliflower, though} principally

grown for pickling, is a most delicious

vegetable either cooked and dressed





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Fletcher, Professor of Horticulture,

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Discouraging factors are the in-

crease ot' consumption of citrus fruits,

problem. The future

require competition with other

industries and the public must

have good fruit. Our fruit must be as

well advertised as other fruits. It

means that organization and standard-

ization are necessary in the marketing

of apples.



Prospects Bright for Good Orchardists.



Some advantages growers in the’

eastern part of the country have are

cheaper lands and nearness to the

largest markets, better storage facili-

ties, and a better outlet for culls. Ulti-

mately it will be the survival of the

fittest in the apple business and even

now the process of elimination has be-

gun. The prospect is. bright, but not

for all orchardists, but only for those

who can produce the best fruit the

most cheaply. The one who applies

science-and dilligence to his business

and stays with it year after year.



Prof. l’. J. Parrott. entomologist at;

the New York Experiment Station, in

his paper, “Insect Injury as a Factor

in the Grading of Apples,” gave in lab-

ulated form the per cent of injury the

various insects did to fruit, as follows

“Codling moth, 58%; leaf roller, 3 5-6;

bud moth 1/2; case bearer $1.51; curculio,

45-6; red bugs, 9 5-5: San Jose scale,

1; lesser apple worm, 11,11; aphides,

12%; green fruit worm 1 5-6; Palmer

worm, 1,5; apple maggot 14;; other in-

sects, 1 pm cent.



Fungous Diseases and Keeping Apples.



Prof. F. C. Stewart, botanist at the

New York Experiment Station, spoke

on “Apple Diseases in Relation to the

Apple Grading Law.” He said that

scab and a few other diseases might

be developed in ordinary storage, but

not in cold storage. Seldom does scab

spread from one apple to another in

storage.



Sooty blotch, if started before stor-

age, it is reasonable to believe, might

develop in common storage, so as to

seriously deform the apple. Apple rot

may attack fruit, both on the tree and

in storage. Fungi that produce rot, can

make no growth in cold storage tem-

perature, which prevents all the dis-

eases from developing.



Paul Work, New York State College

of Agriculture, on “Garden Vegeta-

bles,” said market gardening has been

greatly changed by the auto truck and

canning factory. The scope of market‘-





fruit





. ing has been enlarged so commercial





gardening can be made profitable if

done at points distant from markets.

Vegetables lnt’ercropping' Orchards.

Vegetable growing is adapted to inr

ter-cropping young orchards, and helps

to pay expenses while the orchard is

coming into bearing. The man who





must live while waiting for his fruit.

There are instances where the vegetae

bles have paid for the land. and made





' a living for the owner before the trees





bore fruit.

The trees are sure onset-ting good





fertilizers applied to the vegetable .

crop. The vegetables prevent the soil

of the orchard from washing or leach-

ing. We should grow the vegetables I

we can, market, or which can be deliv-.

ered to a large city or cannery mar-

ket. Some of the most successful or-

chardists have developed their or-

chards almost without cost, by inter-

cropping with vegetables and catch

crops. _ ’



A B. Katkamier, of Macedonia, New,

York, described his method of growing

strawberries. Mr. Katkamier’s oWn

wmds me as follows: I set out straw-

berries in the late fall. This seems to .

me to be important informatiom For

six years I have been experimenting

and from this on I shall set about all 1

my berry plants in the fall, beginning'L

any time after the middle of October

and continuing until winter shuts off

the work, or until all my plantings are

out. Of course, I operate on a small

scalefibeginning November 18 I set

out 7,000 strawberry plants, and finish

011 December 8, 1916. On January 9,

1917, I set out a few score of straw-

berry plants. Mr. Katkamiers thinks

he gets more berries with less work

with this plan.



The Control of the Pear Psylla.



Wilber Chase, of Hilton, New York,

told about a successful demonstration

in the contrOl of. pear psylla, which is .

summarized as follows: The Monroe,

County Farm Bureau, in co-operation'

with the State College 01’ Agriculture,

directed the work, and much credit

should be given these agencies for the

results obtained. We delayed the ap-

plication as late as possible and yet

not injure the foliage, but at the same

time gave the psylla flies a. chance to

lay most of their eggs.



On May 5 the entire orchard was

thoroughly sprayed with lime sulphur

at a strength of one to eight. This

was at. the time when the blossom

buds were opening and spreading out.

The trees were thoroughly sprayed

from both the lower and upper sides '

at the rate 01' two and a half gallons

to a tree, to be sure that each egg was

hit with the spray. Angle nozzles, giv-

ing a, very fine spray, were used. There

was practically no injury to foliage.



This was the only‘spraying the or-

chard received for the season. The

psylla was held comparatively in check

throughout the year by this one appli‘

cation. For the first time in six years





the fruit was smooth and clean and

easy to handle.

New York. W. H. JENKINS.





ORCHARD NOTES.





 





Air drainage is as essential as soil

drainage. It is not always the high

places that. are free from frost. Fre-

quently there are pockets among the

hills where crops and fruit suffer late:

in the spring and early in the fall from

the ravages of the frost despot. On

low lands there also seems to be plac-

es which frost apparently avoids at

unseasonable times. These locations

have well established boundary lines

which are known to people of the com-

munity. No fruit can endure wet feet.

This principle obtains in all farm

crops. If your ground is.not worth

tile draining, it is not worth,keeping,

much less establishing it to fruit.



Head your trees low. I would ad-

vise heading peach and cherry trees

as low as one’s knee, and apple trees

just below one’s waist. A low-headed

tree is easier to spray, fruit may be

harvested easier, and less damage is

done to the fruit that falls.- A little

judgment can be used in handling

those varieties in an upward direction,

which tend to droop, and those which

tend to grow upward, to tnain. the





branches horizontally. This can be

done pruning off branches which 1311- .

tend outward on spreading varieties u

and cutting those extending inward- on

the varietiesctwhich tend to. snow 3. up-
A” Ration for Fattening Steers.

' I ‘am‘ feeding grade Shorthorn steers

weighing 800 10s., on corn chop and

mixed hay. ,I wish to feed them 60' or

90 days lenger and hope to have them

weigh 1000 lbs. Is this a balanced ra-

tion or would you suggest adding some

concentrated feed, like cottonseed

meal? I am new a" the feeding bus1—

ness and any information will be most

thankfully received.



.Kalamazoo Co. S. R.



The nutritive ratio of the ration be—

ing fed to these steers is too wide for

best results, being about 1:10. If they

were receiving clover or alfalfa hay

instead of mixed hay, the amount of

protein given in the home-grown feeds

would be considerably increased. Two

or three pounds per day of cottonseed

meal per steer would help to balance

the ration which, for maximum results,

should be not niuch wider than 1:7:

This would give greater economy in

the assimilation of the nutrients con-

tained in the home-grown feeds, and if

the concentrate is available it would

be a profitable addition to the ration,

since it would both shorten the time

required to feed the steers to the de-

sired weights and materially lessen

theaainount of home—grown feeds‘re‘

quired for this result. Any change

made in the ration should, oftourse,

be a gradual one rather than a sudden

change. '





i Ration for. Fattening Hogs.



I have 12 old hogs that I wish-to fat-

ten. ] am feeding ground oats and

cull beans at $1.25 per cwt. Would it

pay to feed corn at $1.05 per bushel

with the beans, or can you advise a

better feed 1’





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Cull beans make an excellent feed

for fattening hogs if they are well





cooked before feeding and fed in con-

nection with a carbonaceous feed. At

the Michigan station in three trials of

from fifty-six to seventy days, with

twenty-six pigs averaging 160 pounds,

it Was found that pigs fed equal parts

of cooked cull beans and corn meal

made average gains of 1.5 poundsper





head daily, requiring «106 pounds of

feed for 100 pounds of gain. l’igs fed





on beans alone made daily gains of

only 1.1 pounds and required 421

‘pounds of beans for 100 pounds of

gain.



Some years ago when cull beans

were very plentiful and very cheap





some large feeding operations were

conducted in which cooked beans were

used as the sole grain ration for fat-

tening hogs with fairly good economic

results. The pork does not have the

quality, however, which is secured by

feeding part corn in the ration. There

is no doubt that at, present prices of

pork, it would be profitable to feed

corn with beans at the prices named,

and it would be a more economical

feed to use in connection with the

beans than would oats at the present

values.



Management of Heifers for Beef.



Will you please advise as to the





best way to manage some heifers I'





have got with a bunch of steers? They

are going to be fresh soon and-I want

to sell them in June with the steers.

They will be fresh in February. If I

take the calves away from them at

lirst and don’t, milk them, will they

dry up without. injury, or if I would

leave the calves with them one month

then remove them, would they have

to be milked? I am intending to feed

some lambs l have; I was gomg to

shear them the middle of February

and then grain them all they would

eat up clean until the first of Apr1l

and let them go. Would that be advxs-

able or should they be fed longer?



lonia .Co. A. I.



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to run with them until they reach a

maximum value for veal, which brings

exceptionally high prices at. the pres-

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veal it will be necessary to milk the

heifers for a time, but by milking

them at less frequent intervals and re-

ducing their feed for a time, itwill be

possible to dry up their milk flow

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Thousands of men have Wanted a

car with all the Mitchell extra fea-

tures. But they did not want a car

so big and impressive. They did not

want a-7-passenger car.



We have built for them the Mitchell

Junior—a Mitchell Six in little smaller

size. its 40 horsepower is ample for

five passengers. Its lZO-inch wheel-

base gives plenty of room for live—

more than most makers give.





The $1150 price gives all of the sav-

ing to t___e man whodoesn’t want

extra power and size. . ma...



Last year we sent out thousands of

these cars before announcin _> this

new~ model. And Mitchell finnlor

has proved itself as perfect as the

larger Mitchell. So we have more

than doubled our factory capacity, to

build as many Mitchell Juniors as we

build of the 7—passenger Mitchells.





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Hundreds of Extras





Both of the Mitchells embody hun-

dreds of extras, paid for by factory

savings. They give you at least 20

per cent extra value over other cars

in their class. All because John W.

Rate, the great efficiency expert, has

cut our factory costs in two.





There are 31 extra features—things

which other cars omit. On this year’s

output these extras alone will cost us

about $4,000,000.



There is m'uch added luxury. We

have added 24 per cent to the cost of

finish, upholstery and trimming.

That is all paid for by savings made

this year in our new body plant.



And there is now 100 per cent over-

strength in every vital part. That is,

every7part is twice as strong as need ‘

be. The evidence is that this double





strength makes the Mitchell a life-

time car.





Twice as Strong





The Mitchell standard for many

years has been 50 per cent over-

stren gth. Under that standard Mitch-

ell cars have proved marvels of en-

durance. -' \





Two Mitchells that we know of

already have exceeded 200,000 miles

each. Seven of them have averaged

175,000 miles each—over 30 years of

ordinary service. .............,., 4





But in 1913 Mr. Bate spent a year

in Europe. When he came back he

started out to double our margins of

safety—to more than match the high-

est European standards.





It has taken years to do this. But

we announce this year this double

strength in every vital part.



Over 4‘0 parts are built of tough-

ened steel. All parts which get a

major strain are built of Chrome-

Vauadium. We use steel alloys which





 





TWO SIZES

Mitchell a: architect‘s;





wheelbase. A high-speed.economical,

48-horsepower motor. Disappearing

extra seats and 31 extra features in-

Clllded.





Price $1 4 60, f. o. b. Racine

Mitchell Junior 393:2};





similar lines with l20-inch wheelbase.

A 40- horsepower m o to r -— 34 - inch

smaller bore than larger Mitchell.





Price 31150. f. o. 1). Racine

Also all styles of enclosed and





convertible bodies. Also

demounlablc tops.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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cost us up to lS-cents per pound. And

all the parts on which safety depends

are made oversize.





One result shows in the Bate canti-

lever springs. We have used them

for two years, on thousands of cars.

And not one spring has broken.





That one fact will. illustrate what

this extra strength means in every

vital part. For you know how springs

break under shock.





Exclusive Values





These extra values are exclusive to

Mitchell cars. No other factory in

the world could include them at the

Mitchell price.



This model plant, in wcring 45 acres,

was built and equipped by John W.

Bate. Every machine is adapted to

build this one type economically.

The methods employed here have cut

our factory cost in two.



That is what pays for these extras.

That is what pays for this vast over-

strength.



Now a new body plant—building all

Mitchell bodies—.saves us a vast sum

more. That goes into luxury—into

heat-fixed finish, into rare-grade

leather, into Countless dainty details.

The latest Mitchells are the hand-

somest cars under $2000.





Go see these extras, which are num-

bered by the hundreds. See What

they mean in a car. You will not

want a fine car which lacts them.



There are Mitchell dealers every-

where. If you don‘t know the near-

est, ask us for his name.





MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY. Inc.





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thousand are now in use.





definite years to come.





more next spring or summer.





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

Indiana Silo to the test of service during the past fourteen years.

The first Indiana Silos cvcr erected are still

atanding. still in excellent condition and still apparently good for in—





Fifty





A large per cent of our 1916 sales Were made to farmers who were

already using Indiana Silos.

the owners of the finest farms in America—from the Iardcst and moat

successful breeders and feeders everywhere.



These men could have bought any silo at any price—they buy the

beat of evcything—that‘s why they continue to buy Indiana Silos.



If you are going to buy a silo—this satisfactory service rendered

everywhere—should be of special interest to you.

" The cost of all materials is advancing like the price of wheat and corn-





Why not save money by contracting for your silo now.





Many of these repeat orders came from





Le! no land you our proposition—10 contract now for 'your oil. and deliver it later.

We still have oponintl for 1 limited number of farmer adonll.





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bit the” revenue

from the veal calves will make this

profitable. They can then be finished





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and a better price secured for them

than would be possible if they were

sold”. with the steers, which will per-

haps be ready to market at an earliei

date.

A Short Feed for Lambs.



The-results which would be secured

from the method suggested would de-

pend very largely upon the size and

condition of the 1211an at the present

time. If the lambs are in fair flesh,





' they could perhaps be put into condi-





tion to sell profitably on the present

high market with six weeks’ feeding,

but “if they are compalatively thin,

they should be fed for about twice

that period to put them in condition

to bring a maximum price. The pres

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is, of course, a factor which must be

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if the we or isit'a‘agiidis’ 1n the hinge few

days, it smells badly and the Walls of

the tank, which is or galvanized iron,





become green. What is the cause,an_d





can I do anything for it? The well is

of the tubular type SUBSCRIBER.





The green deposit on the walls (if

the tank is of a fungous nature and is

probably “due to the location of the

tank and the fact that little water is

used fiom it; rather. than to the char-

acter of the water from the well. A

storage tank which is exposed to the

heat of the sun often provides condi-

tions favorable for the development of

this low form'of‘p’lant life, and it- is

probable that thé'water contains some

mineral salts also favorable for its de-

velopment. '





If this trouble is mote ptonounced

in warm weather, this is probably the

cause, and plotection of the tank by

building some sort of a cover over it

may obviate the difficulty. If not, it is

a. bettei plan to drain the water off no





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the stock than to treat it with chemi-

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Controlling ContagiOus 'Diseases

Address by H. H. Halladay, President of the State Live Stock Sanitaly





Commission, at the recent meeting of the Michigan Improved Live Stock

Breeders’ and eFeders’ Association held at Michigan Aglicultuial College





HAVE endeavored to secure infox-



mation' frOm the different live



stock markets of the west, which

would give'us some idea of the enor-

mous amount of stock which is being

shipped into this state for breeding,

feeding, and dairy purposes; but on

account of the data being insufficient.

we can only give you a conservative

estimate along those lines. I can, how—

ever, give you very definite informa-

tion on the amount of live stock which

is now owned in the state, which is

taken from the 1915 Year Book of the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture. The number of horses owned in

the state of Michigan is 680,000; mules

4,000; milch cows, 847,000; other cat-

tle, 735,000; sheep, 1,931,000; hogs, 1,—

562,000. The total value of this live

stock amounts to $180,000,000.



“’e have other estimates which in-

dicate that there

into this state for feeding purposes

50,000 cattle

and around 900,000 sheep, which are

fatte'ned and turned back to Detroit,

Buffalo and Chicago markets for

slaughter. Herein lies the great dan-

ger of bringing infectious diseases of

live stock into the state, and we are

constantly watching for any cases

which may appear among these ship-

ments, which we commonly term live

stock of commerce. This part. of the

live stock ‘which is being transferred

from one state to another is accom-

panied by certificates of health, but af-

ter we consider that they are shipped

and unloaded for feed and rest in sev-

eral different stock yards, and'in stock

cars which have not previously been

cleaned and disinfected, perhapst’or

months, we can see the danger which

confronts us in safeguarding the

health of the live stock of the state.



It has been our purpose to furnish

skilled veterinarians to answer all

calls promptly which indicate that

there are symptoms of contagious or

infectious diseases in any part’of the

state; and I am glad tosay that since

the month of February, 1915, we have

not had a case of the dreaded foot-and-

mouth disease, but have often had

ealls which would seemingly indicate

that the disease was present; but we

are pleased to report that the state-~—

as well as the entire nation, we be-

lieve—is absolutely free from this





1 disease.





The work of this department has

grown to such an extent that it Will

soon be necessary for us to add, as

occasion demands, more veterinary as-

sistants so that we can give you better

Our work is not only to con-

serve the health :Qf‘comes‘tic animals,





have been brought ‘





but is a human problem as well. We

are trying at all times to be as 900‘

nomical as possible in the dispensing

of the state’s funds in these matters;

and when you come to consider that

the total valuation of the live stock of

the state is $180,000,000 in- round‘ num-

bers, we are having a cheap insurance

for the money which we have invested.

Homes have been built and mortgages

lifted through the prosperity We are

enjoying .in this great industry, and it

stands the'farmer 'and stock raiser in

hand to be very 'vigilant in his watch~

fulneSs over his live stock, and to gain

such information as may be polssible

for him to safeguard his own interests.

“’9 are indeed very thankful forithe

splendid co-operation which we have

received from the livestock interests

of the state, and we feel that to you

we owe much towards whatever suc-

cess we may have attained in this

great work.



There is another very important fac-

tor in thiswork, and this is the 1&1“

veterinarian. Upon him you depend

for advice, and it stands you in hand

to employ only such veterinarians as

you believe can give you advice which

will be beneficial. The veterinarians

in general are progressive, and we

should encourage such progressive

measures and give them such encour-

agement and support as willraise’the

standard of their profession.



Tuberculosis. ,1,



A practical and effective method of

eradicating tuberculosis of live stock

in this great state is to be desired.

This is a human problem as well as a

live stock problem, and our great

scientists are telling us that large

numbers of the infants which die' of

disease die. of tubexculosis caused by

drinking infected milk. This being the

case, we should look upon it with more

gravity than possibly we do. I am not

an extremist in these matters ‘ but

rather conservative from the fact that

I realize the necessity for the applica—

tion of educational methods in ”the

control of any of the live stock dis-

eases; and as the figures will show in

our biennial report Which will soon be

published, the number of cattle Which

have been tuberculin tested during the

last year has given a material increase

over the previous year. While the per?

centage of reactors has lessened,.we

feel that some progress has been made

in this work. This is a problem Which

you should ’study carefully. You Should

be convinced that thei'tuberc'liin‘ test

is practical, and that it is safe and





sure. In our experience, we have found





very few cases where ahimals have

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iii ‘éiiéi‘i'as't‘ issue," of the Michigan





- Farmer I read Mr. 'J. A. Palmer’s de-

. scription of regulator for windmill wa-





ter supply, and thOught some reader





"might profit by, knowing my arrange-





- ment. .

'there was a very good drive well on





Previous to four years ago





the farm, which was pumped by "a

windmilland we never knew what it





' was to be short of Water. Four years

. ago the casing in this well rusted off,

~ making the well useless. There was





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an old stone well at the barn which

had not ‘been used since the. oldest

neighbor could remember. This'well

was cleaned and found to contain 20

feet of crock in the bottom. The wa-





' ter came a little above these crooks.





We pumped water from it for our

stockfor some time, never pumping it

dry. So the windmill was moved over

it and connected up with the piping to

barn tanks. But after the mill had run





. about an hour the well was dry and





a. plan came to me.





we found that it took about one hour

for the water to run in and fill the

crocks. Of course, that meant watch-

ing it and shutting it off when dry, and

let it back in gear in about an hour.

This made a lot of bother. We were

about to give it up as a failure when

This is it. I put a

long enough wire on the mill to reach

the top. of the crooks (which were full

of water) when the mill was in gear.

Then I put a cedar post down in the





,. crooks, and fastened it tomthe wire.

When the mill pumped the water down





the post went down with it, and shut

off the mill; when the water came

back up it brought the post With it,

thus letting it back in gear, and so. on.

In this way the mill has worked night

and day for the past four years.

Macomb Co. _ l). H.

This is certainly a very ingenious ar-

rangement but the trouble is it cannot





I ordinarily be applied. Few people have





wells of this kind. Most people don’t

wish to stop the mill when the well

gets dry, but when the water tanks get

full. There is a great difference. But

desired results can be accomplished

by having a float instead (of a weight.

When the water is drawn down in the

tank the float settles and allows the

mill to go in gear, and when the tank

is pumped full of water the pressure of

the water on the float which is con-

nected with the mill by a wire and a

lever, shuts off tlieflni‘ill.



‘ Iii our own case the tank is only a

few feet from the mill and a lever ten

feet long does the business. The float

If thetank is

a considerable distance from the well

the .work can be accomplished by

changing the direction of the pull by

means of pulleys.



COLON C. LILLIE.





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





Warren '1‘. McCray, widely known

as a Hereford cattle breeder, says that

for a number of years he fed steers

forthe market and that he always no-

ticed the ones to take on flesh the

fastest were the ones with white face

blood in them, and the better they

were bred, the better they fed.





Now and then a sale is made in the'





Chicago stock yards of some fancy se-

lected feeder-steers requiring only_ a

short finish at an especially high price

and not long ago a country buyer had

the courage to pay $9.35 per 100 lbs.

for a.carload of 1,118-lb. steers, but

they were already good fleshy killers

and needed but a short finish that





would place them in'a decidedly high-

er 018.88 of beef cattle. . - ,

The Chicago market for stocker





and feeder cattle varies a good deal

from week to week, material advances

and as large declines taking place

from time to time; although the un-

dertone of the market has become

much firmer than was the rule not so

many weeks ago.



-An authority on the Chicago stocker

and. feeder market, C. 0. Robinson, re-

marked recently that such cattle would

advance in price as spring draws near.

He added'that for several years past

therehas‘been-a- goodtime during the

last half of February and the first half





‘of March to purchase a good class of





medium to half-fat steers in the dif-

ferent markets of the country at reaa

sonab'le prices, including a class of

steers weighing anywhere from 900 to

1150 lbs. Such cattle would require to

be held probably from four to five

weeks until good weather set in. They

could be put on full feed at once and





-marketed during May or June, or they





oeuld/be fed corn on grass and mar-

keted during July or August, or just

before the western range cattle are





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of the disease were found. I know

theie are many who do not believe in

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making up a list of state accredited





‘herds whereby those herds which are





under state supervision and which are

free from tuberculosis will be placed

upon this accredited list; and in this

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getting reciprocity between the states,

Which is to be desired. As soon as

assurance is given us that the states

which are interested in this subject

will co-operate with us, we shall then

proceed; but, before doing this, we

will call a meeting of some of the

breeders of the different breeds to as-

sist us in working out this problem.

'In doing this, great care must be ex-

ercised in the selection of veterinar-

ians who are not only honest, but who

are capable of making the tuberculin

test.



We have found within a short time

where animals which have once given

a typical reaction, were later given a

retest and did not react, but were sold

and later developed the disease and

did untold damage. We, therefore, be

lieve that only one test should be

made, provided the animal shows a

typical reaction. We do not compel

the destruction of these animals, pro-

vided proper segregation can be had

so that the disease will not spread to

other cattle, but We do not believe

that re-testing of cattle which have

once reacted to the tuberculin test is

practical and would strongly advise

against it. We have received many

Valuable suggestions from the breed

ers, and we want you to feel free at

all times to give us any suggestions

which may be in your minds, as this

may be the very point which we have

not given the proper thought.



Contagious Abortion.



Bovine, infectious abortion forces it-

self uptm the attention of live stock

sanitary authorities in a very unpleas-

Int manner. The disease is not con-

fined to any particular type, class or

breed of cattle, to any particular sec-

tion of this country or to this country

alone, nor is it. a disease that has only

recently been the subject of observa-

tion. Serious abortions in cattle have

been noted for many years, both in

herds under modern stabling condi<

tions and under the primitive range

conditions of the west. The failure of

live stock sanitary officers to take

prompt, vigorous and effective meas-

ures to control and to prevent the

spread of this, probably the most ser-

ious animal plague in the country is

not due to a lack of realization of its

importance but to causes which are

in a deg ree beyond out power to con-

trol and which make it fundamentally

impossible for us to formulate reason-

ably intelligent and workable rogu<

latory measures for the control of

this disease.



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given typical reactions but that lesions '





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another field :of endeavor, we must do-





cl‘are that careful research has only

1ecently been seriously applied to the

study of infectious abortion, that only

little progress has been made to date,

that thoSe to whom we must turn for

authoritative counsel are not agreed

upon the essential facts concerning

the disease, and that in short we don’t

know enough about the disease to war-

rant us in acting in an official sanitary

capacity in attempting to control it

On the other hand, the future {is not

without its bright side. We hope that

those who are studying the disease-

will agree upon many points in the

near future, as a result of the appoint--

ment of a committee by the United

States Live Stock Sanitary Associa‘

tiou at its recent meeting in Chicago.

The report of this committee should

give usa good basis upon which to

build. Our own state experimental sta-

tion'is actively engaged in studying

the problem and we are in a very

favorable position to assist in the sta-

tion’s efforts to cooperate with the

federal B. A. I. which has been author-

ized by congress to eXpend $50,000 to

inaugurate a campaign of study and

education relative to infectious abor-

tion. No state in the Union is in a

better position to undertake this work

than is Mich'gan, and we hope to be

able to report, marked progress a year

from this date.

of you who have had experiencewith

this disease will not become discour-

aged, and by all means will not allow

the quack and medicine vendor to ex-

periment upon your herd unless you

know that such experiments have

worked out beneficial results.

Hog Cholera.



The control of hog cholera has been

one of the largest problems that we

have been called upon to combat in

Michigan. Consequently, special at—

tention has been given to this disease.

and extraordinary efforts put forth

looking towards control during the last

few years. The enormous and ever—i11-

creasing losses each year were menac-

ing the entire hog-raising industry to

an alarming extent. The normal pro-

duction of hogs was gradually decreas-

ing over the state, and in many sec-

tions, farmers were abandoning the in-

dustry entirely on account of the men-

ace of chole'a. The necessity that

something in the way of control meas-

ures be undertaken was evident, but

as no systematic plan had been devis-

ed and carried into practical applica-

tion, it was necessary to inaugurate an

experiment, and demonstrate and work

out an effective and practical plan for

the control of this disease. This ex-

periment was carried out by the. State

Live Stock Sanitary Commisison, in

cooperation with the Bureau of Ani-

mal Industry, United Farm Bureau,

State Department Of Agricultdre,

Michigan Agricultural College, and in

Branch county, which was at that. time

suffering a higher percentage of losses

than any other county in the state. A

survey showed that over four thou-

sand hogs had been lost during the

year 1913. This work was begun in

1914. and conducted during the suc-

ceeding tw0 years, the results showing

that cholera had been kept under con-

trol at all times during which the ex-

periment had been in progress, and

that upon completion of the experi-

ment, cholera had been completely

eradicated from the county. This ex-

periment, while demonstrating the

possibility of controlling cholera, was

of more importance from the stand-

point of experience and knowledge of

facts concerning cholera and its con-

trol, which have been valuable in sub-

sequent work throughout the state.



Before entering upon a state-wide

legislation pertaining against cholera,

the need of adequate legislation per-

taining to this subject was evident.

This fact had long been recognized,





but nothing had been attempted until





at the last session, when a bill was

drafted and passed. Under~ this law,





local representatives are maintained '





We trust that those‘





in each county for the purpose of look

ing after the cont1 01 of choler . These

representatives. act as local represen-

tatives of the State Live Stock Sani-

tary Commission,_and are subject to





the direction and guidance of that Conn





mission. Under this system, the com-

mission is enabled to be kept in touch

with the cholera Situation in the dif-

ferent counties at all times, and have

1ep1esentatives who can be called up-

on to take charge of any outbreaksor

epidemics which may occur





At the time of the completion of the

Branch county experiment, the bureau

veterinarians engaged in that work

were transferred to state-wide control

work, in co-operation with the State

Live Stock Sanitary CommissionJocal

live stock sanitary agents, and local

veterinarians. At the present time.

this force consists of three veterinar—

ians, one of whom is located at the

oflice of the Live Stock Sanitary Com<

mission at Lansing, another at. Kala-

mazoo, and a third at ‘Adrian. The

duties of these federal men are to as«

sist the county live stock sanitary

agents andlocal veterinarians in all

matters pertaining to the control of

cholera, where their assistance is need-

ed—such matters as diagnosis of chol-

era where questionable; demonstra-

tions in the technique of serum and

virus administration; advice regarding

quarantine and sanitary measures;

and instructions in handling individual

outbreaks or epidemics. These men

are paying particular attention to edu-

cation of farmers and hog raisers in

matters pertaining to cholera and its

prevention, and are also organlzmg the

veterinarians in the different counties

and enlisting their sympathy and sup—

port in the control of cholera. The

large experience these men have had

in cholera control makes their co-op-

oration a valuable asset to the work.



The results of the first year’s work

under the co-operative plan in state-

wide control arc very encouraging, and

Show an enormous reduction in losses

over the previous year. While no ac—

curate data is available concerning the

losses in the state in 1915—except in-

Lenawee county, where a census show-

ed a loss of over seven thousand hogs

—it has been estimated that nearly

one hundred thousand hogs died of

cholera during that year. Accurate

figures Compiled from reports of coun-

ty live stock agents show a loss of

about three thousand hogs, or .002 per

cent, during the year 1916, in the en:

tire state, or less than one-half the

number lost in Lcnawee county alone

during the preceding year. The suc-

cess attending the plan of cOntrol work

during the last year warrants its bon—

tinuation during the coming year. As

the plan of work becomes better'un-

derstood by the hog raisers and 10021!

veterinarians, and its importance, ev-

en better results should be expected.



So long as Michigan is subject to ex-

posure from neighboring states, the

ultimate eradication of cholera must

necessarily be a problem of great dif~

ficulty. However, the results of last

year’s work prove that the disease can

be effectively controlled and the losses

throughout the state confined to a min-

imum. It would seem, therefme that

for the time being we must content

ourselves with as complete a control

of the disease as possible, and look thr-

ward to the time when exposure from

the outside will be eliminated and ef«

forts of eradication will be practical.



(Continued next week).





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Live STOCK SHIPPERS, ATTEN-

TION!





Breeders east of Chicago who have

in the past been compelled to pay on

an arbitrary and unreasonable. maxi~

mum weight when shipping animals in

less than carload lots are particularly

renuested to..,take cognizance of. the

fact that the decision of the'Interstate



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' UNDREDS of farmers are. crop“

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at the same period that their

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In other words, the most work comes

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during the dull winter months, but are

forced to remain at home and feed the

stock. Milk prices are lowest in sum~

mer and highest in winter. This is a

very good argument, from a profitable

side, in favor of winter milk produc-

tion in any section.



The farmers who are crying the

loudest about dairying being an 1111‘

profitable business are the summer

milkers. This kind of business does

not pay. Suppose that a man has a

herd of twenty cows, whether register-

ed or grade. The quickest way he can

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is to put them into the winter—produc-

ing class, making them produce when

milk prices are highest. But you will

say, I have to buy feed when it is high-

est. Oh, yes, but a practical farmer

grains his stock anyway, for the cow

resting needs grain to aid in calf de-

velopment, and the summer and fall

are the best, for this. Again, labor is

more easily secured in winter at a low-

er gure, and labor is a big item 011

dairy farms.



The Difference in Favor of Winter



Dairying.



One man secures $1.05 for his sum-

mer milk and $1.70 for winter, let us

say. If his winter dairy should give an

average of only twenty-five pounds

each per day, the returns would be

more than $250 per month with twenty





cows. His summer income would be

but, $1 60. Practical dairymen know

that a .cow which will yield 3,000.





pounds of milk during the season fol»



lowing spring freshening, will produce

fully 4,000 pounds by fall l‘resltening.



And it is_a fact that. milk can be more

economically produced in winter than

summer. The cow is not bothered with



flies, and when stabled in a well-venti—

lated barn is far more comfortable



than hunting a blade of grass on a

burned—out hill pasture. Therefore,



when pressure is h'ghest on the farm

the winter dairy will lighten the sum-

mer work. This will permit giving

more care to the cows at a time when



they will need it most, allows greater

attention to preparing and feeding ra-

tions, weighing and testing the milk,

and leads up the glorious lane of bet-

' ter bred stock _in the near future.

Profitable Winter Rations.



Profitable feeding of dairy cows con-

sists in supplying them with a plenti-

ful supply" of well-balanced, palatable

feed in surroundings which promise

health and comfort. Nature gives us

a model in dairy feeds in the month of

Juneand this is recognized to such an

extent that the very words “June pas—

ture” suggest the ideal condition for

producing milk and butter-fat: of high-

est quality and in greatest abundance.



Therefore, the practical dairy farm-

er takes his cue front old Mother Na-

ture, and endeavors to extend the fav-

orable June conditions throughout. the

year to as great a degree, as possible.

His success will be measured by the



‘ profits resulting from this effort.



In the first place, our common grass-

es supply all of the required nutrients

in the proper proportions. Besides, this

forage is relished by animals to such



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most to the limit of their capacities.

No measly measure full does nature

supply, but all that the cow relishes.



Many farmer’s checks for milk receipts



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feeders instead of liberal caretakers.

Essentials of Good Feeding.



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are naturally supplied with an abund-

ance of sunshine and fresh air, not to

mention sparkling brook water. Is it

any wonder that farmers keeping their

animals in dingy,. dark dairy barns fail

to make a profit in the winter season?

W'inter conditions bring their own

problems and difficulties but there are

also some possible advantages, as out-

lined above. Although the herd is kept

under artificial conditions, these are

under the direct control of the feeder,

and it is the feeder behind the cow

that in the final decides the profit.

Instead of allowing Nature to supply

the ration, we must do this ourselves

from various sources which will an

swer in its stead. We have to furnish

nutrients, bulk and succulence, going

about the task something like this: We

will first consider what is available in

the form of roughage, for upon the

quality of this will depend the selec-

tion of —the concentrates or grains in-

tended to balance up the nutrients and

supply them in sufficient amounts.

Use Judgment in Feeding.

Alfalfa, clover, or alfalfa and clover

hay are best, but of course, mixed hay

and corn stover may be fed if these

are not available. ‘ Alfalfa hay, being

richer in protein, is perhaps most de-

sirable as a portion of the roughage

and permits a saving in high-priced

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of a variety of means, chops and by-

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tonseed meal or other high-protein

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the heat producing corn meal and oth‘

er farm grains to compost a mixture

possessing about thesame bulk as

well-ground corn and oats equal parts,

the ration is improved in balance, and

is in suitable form.



\Vithout the aid of alfalfa or clover

hay in the roughage, it will be difficult

to make a satisfactory and economical

ration entirely from home—grown mate-

rial and very often the dairyman is

able to exchange some of his home-

produced grains for a by-product that

will replace a portion of it; in the ra-

tion at less cost, and with actual im-

provement.



Study the Herd.



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the grain mixture because they are fill-

ed or because they do not relish it.

Then IOcate the part. not relished and

replace it with something better, modi-

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It is very necessary that succulence

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live properties coupled with its high

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Some Practical Rations.



In the absence of silage ‘or roots 3.

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MEETING OF JERSEY MEN.





 





The Michigan Jersey Cattle Club

held a very enthusiastic meeting a1.

Lansing, January 16—17. The feature

of the first day was the banquet which

was held at the Hotel Downey at 7:30

1). n1. About thirty people were there

and Mr. Probert acted as toastmaster.

Mr. Hugh Van Pelt in responding to a

toast told in detail of his work among

the. Jerseys at the St. Louis Fair, giv-

ing to all who heard him a great les-

son in feeding the dairy cow. Mr. Jas.

Helme gave a very plainly spoken talk

on the Jersey, not in any way making

prominent his splendid achievement

with some forty Jerseys on a forty-

acre farm. Prof. Dennison, of the Col-

lege, Mr. Grombacher, Mr. Showers,

field man for Wisconsin, and Prof. A.

C. Anderson, Dean of Animal Husban-

dry at the College, also gave talks.



Wednesday morning at ten o‘clock

Mr. Van Pelt gave an address and dem-

onstration in the pavilion at the Agri-

cultural College. Immediafely follow-

ing this was the motion picture, “Love

and the Jersey,” depicting a story of

a poor boy who, by industry and per-

severance, earned money to go to A5;

ricultural College. The picture shows

how he. learned the science of dairying

and how he won not only the Jersey

cow given as the prize in a judging

contest, but also the pretty daughter of

his employer, and also how they work-

ed and were prospered and how they

attended one of the large eastern sales

The film

shows a number of the Jersey Queens

sold at that sale.



Popularize the Breed.



After dinner Mr. Grombacher, from

the Register of Merit Department of

the A. J. C. C., said that in 1904 the

Jersey breeders united andpushed the

breed at the St. Louis Exposition. Then

the Jersey people sat back and since

that time the Jersey cow has been on

her Own merit. The Jersey breeder has

been resting, but the Holstein breeders

have been pushing their breed. The

A. J. C. C. can do something, but needs

the co-operation of the people. The

efforts of the A. J. C. C. are national.

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alive; Michigan having had four

world’s champions, it is a surprise that

any other breed is talked of. The Jel-

sey has all the other breeds on the run

and there is greater activity all along.r

the line than ever before. There were

six thousand more sales in 1916 than.

in 1915. The demand for Jerseys in the

south is very great, many orders for

Jerseys in car lots coming from there.

Jersey breeders should hold up their

heads, inform themselves, and then

talk Jersey, shout Jersey. Mr. Grom-

bacher also urged the Jersey people to

take up Register of Merit work. The

work is growing. Three years ago

three men handled the work, now the

A. J. C. C. keeps thirteen men busy

handling the register of merit records.

Mr. Showers was the next speaker.

He told how Wisconsin Jersey breed-

ers had become interested in shows,

seven herds being in competition at

the Wisconsin State Fair last fall. He

told of the prices being paid for milk

in Wisconsin. The scale of prices be-

ing $1.95 for three per cent milk, $2. 25

for four per cent milk, and $3.09 fo1

five and one-half per cent milk, per

hundred pounds. “The producer,” said

he, “ought to be paid according to the

quality of his milk. We hear much

talk about getting better prices but are

we producing milk as economically as

possible ?”

A Profitable Dairy and Alfalfa Farm.

Mr. Showers has a forty-acre farm

at Delavan, 'VVis. His farm is divided

into four fields, twelve acres pasture,

eleven anda half acres of alfalfa, ten

acres of corn and four acres orchard,

the remaining two and a half acres

about the house and barns. He told

how he raised his alfalfa at a profit,

of $98.40 per acre often the labor is

all paid for. He, in answer to a ques-

tion, told how he does this. The land

is plowed in the fall, then very early

in the spring it is well disked and

then harrowed from eight to eleven

times. Then the soil is well inoculated.

He puts one shovel of inoculated dirt

to four shovels of limestone into llw

spreader. This is followed immediately

with the harrow. Then twenty pounds

of Baltic alfalfa seed and one-half bus-E1-

el of barley is sotvn to the acre. The

barley yields about fifty bushels to the

acre. He cuts his alfalfa in the i11orn~

ing just as soon as the dew is off. in

about, an hour he uses the tedder, then

lets it lie till after dinner, when it is

cocked and 40x40 in caps are put 011.

Then it may lie six, eight, or even ten

days. If it has to lie too long the cocks.

are moved over. On a nice bright: day

the caps are removed and the alfalfa

is laid out carefully. Off of the eleven

and a half acres Mr. Showers makes

about seventy-five tons of hay. After

feeding about fifty-eight tons he still

has about sixteen tons to sell at twen<

ty dollars a ion. This pays for all the

mill stuff necessary for his herd.





For Best Results in Breeding.



Although Mr. Van Pelt had already

spoken twice he was again called upon

and responded very willingly. He said

that there was no use in selecting a

great. herd and then breeding down.

We have hardly grappled the rules of

true breeding. Many breeders get just

one idea and follow that for a while

and perhaps the results are not satis-

factory and that is dropped and a new

method is adopted and he finds that he

still does not succeed. One must com-

bine rules and methods in order to get,

the best results.



At the business meeting the follow—

ing officers were elected: Mr. Alvin

Balden, Capac, president; Mr. Albert.

Henrickson, Capac, vice-president;

Mrs. Phebe H. Walker, Kalamazoo.

secretary-treasurer; Mr. H. F. Probert,

Mr. F. P. Normington, Ionia, Mr. Fred

Brennan, Capac, Mr. A. Balden and-1

Mrs. Walker were chosen as the execu-m

tive committee



Therewere over fifty Jersey breed«

ers in attendance. The meeting was

one of the best ever held by the. Miclb

igan Jersey Cattle Club. -



. Mns. P1 H. WALKER, Sec’ y.
Tim-B ‘16. 191'7.





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Injury to End of Cow’s Teat.





I have a young cow that is having

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ilized. --Use a healing ointment, and

force some into the opening of the teat.

The ropy or gargety milk comes

from the fact that the cow is not milk-

ed clean by using the milking tube or

because the teat and udder has been

bruised from some external cause,

causing inflammation.

Warm Water and Frozen Silage for

Cows.





What do you think of the feeding of

silage from the silo in the ordinary

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Cows ought not to eat very much

frozen silage. The center of the silo

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Can the Percentage of Butter-fat‘be

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Can the percentage of butter-fat in a

cow’s milk be changed by different

methods of feeding?



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It must be more than a year since

this Question Was asked. Two or three

years ago I remember it came fre-

quently and like the question of wheat

turning to chess, I guess it will never

down.



Careful experiments have been made

time and again to ascertain this fact

and every time the conclusion is the

same. The per cent' of fat in” milk

can not be changed by feeding, excep/t

\ temporarily. If there is a sudden and

abnormal change in feed, the physical

condition of the cow is changed from

normal and the per cent of fat may

vary, but it is as apt to be less as

greater. The Geneva Experiment Sta-

tion actively fed cows pure fat and it

did not change the per cent of fat .in

the milk. - ‘



The per cent of fat is fixed 2by the

individual and the breed and can not

be changed by feed. Ifthis were not

so then we would feed Holstein cows

such a ration that they would give as

rich milk as Jerseys and Guernseys. _



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This Magazine Section forms apart

0 true son or daughter of this

N great state of ours can sing those

words, “Thy Lake Bound Shores

I Long to See,” in “Michigan, My Mich-

igan,” without being stirred, .as their

thoughts turn backward to the days.

when the Red Man roamed the shores

of our lakes and rivers, marked out

trails through our dense forests, and

lived in WigWams on the same ground

where now stand our costly dwellings.

Surely in dealing with the history of

the trails of our state we can no more

separate them, in our minds, from the

memory of the Indians who made them

than we can help thinking of Goethals

when looking up the history of the

Panama Canal. The trails in Michigan

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paths that have led us to the civiliza-

tion we now enjoy.



In Volume III of the Michigan Pion-

eer collection for the years 1879-80,

Major Abraham Edwards says that

when he started out from Detroit in

the year 1828 to make his home in

western Michigan, which was then

nothing but a trackless forest, the

only guide he had was the Indian trail

for at that time very few wagons had

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the Indian has marked out the course

of our daily travel.



Trails are divided into several class:

es: namely, hunting, portage, war and

trading trails. The use of the trail as

you can readily see, gives it. its name.

The portage trails are more common

between adjacent bodies of water. The

war trail can be distinguished from all

others because it is wider, and is usu—

ally worn to a greater depth; often

times to a depth of two feet. All In-

dian trails followed a path of least re~

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sistance and in most cases this path

led over ridges and highlands. The

valleys and the lowlands, as a rule,

contained too many swamps and

marshy places for convenient travel.

Though many times the Indian had two

trails. a lowland and a highland trail,

leading'lo and from objective points,

because in certain seasons of the year

the lowland trail was more easily trav-

ersed than the highland trail.



Mrs. B. L. Sterling says that it was

characteristic of most of the trails to

pass close to the base of any trees that

might be on their routes. As a result

of this fact, she says that one could

stand in the path of a trail leading

through great, roots of the trees laid

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b; tlie confidant tramplh‘g“ of thb moc-

casined feet of—the Indian. Early pion-

eers say that these trails were so firr‘n-

ly 951:0de by years of constant use“ that

it was very dificult to get a plow to go

through than;

us that the Indian needed no outward

mark on a. tree along his trail for a

guide but that the stars guided him

and that, he could glance at a tree or a

hill and get. his bearings as he would

speed on. Other authorities say that

he bent young saplings and twisted

vines and shrubbery into various

forms to serve as guides along his

thoroughfares. We will at any rate

have to give him much credit for be-

ing able to read nature in her wild

forms.

The following trails come under the

head of hunting; visiting and trading

trails, yet I would not be surprised if

at some time or other they served as

war trails.

The old Washtenaw trail much spok-

en of in the Michigan Pioneer collec~

tion, will be worth our time to trace.

Starting at Detroit, we follow it west-

ward. At the town of Belleville, Wayne

county it takes a course somewhat

parallel to the Huron River, keeping

on the south side of the stream. Fol-

lowing its course we pass through- Yp—

silanti, Ann Arbor and Dexter, and

‘through the woods to Jackson. From

Jackson it leads us across the Grand

River and on to Albion, where it. touch-

es the Kalamazoo River From this

point 119 tollow pleth 11 ell the coulse

of the Kalamazoo River to Bronson.

At Bronson, now Kalamazoo, we ford

the river, near Riverside Cemetery.

From Kalamazoo our course passes on

through Paw Paw, W'atervliet, Law

rence and Benton Ha1b01. 11 rom Ben-

ton HaIbOI 0111 trail keeps in touch

with the shore of Lake Michigan into

old Fort Dearborn, now Chicago.



The Sack Trail diverges at Ypsilanti

and taking a more southerly route

than the Washtenaw Trail did it pass-

es through the 10117113 of White Pigeon,

Goldwater and Niles and from Niles

to Chicago.



The Pottowatomie Indians had a

trail between Sauga‘suck and Battle

Creek. We know it, passed thro1gh

the vicinity of Plainwell just, a mile

and about twenty rods north of Bridge

street.



In our Pioneer Collection series, an

old trail in the Upper Peninsula, is

spoken 01' that connected Keweenaw

Bay and Lake View Dese1t.lt is sev-

enty-six miles long and bears marks

that indicate that it is very old. While

speaking of trails in the Upper Penin-

sula, I 'will in this connection, tell you

of the Chippewas and their trails.



A band of five thousand Chippewa

Indians started from Ontonagon City

for Green Bay to fight the Sack and

Fox Indians. It is likely they travers-

ed an old war trail or else they made

'one as they went- along. I am told

that their course led southeast across

Ontonagon and Gogebic counties to

Lake View Desert and down the Me-

nominee river to Green Bay. In the

meantime the PottoWatomie Indians

of southern Michigan hurried in their





ance of the Sack and. Fox warriors

and were probably responsible for the

defeat of the Chippewas.



The Chippewa Indians had a trail

from Sault Ste Marie to Mackinaw and

from Mackinaw to Saginaw. If we

were to follow this trail from Saginaw

to Mackinaw, we would have to crst

the Kan, Kawlin, Pin—Conning, ‘Sagi-

haw, Deep or Pine, Rifle, Augers and

TaWas Rivers. Frbm ‘East Tawas we

would go north until We came to the

Au Sable River. Then following the

A11 Sable Rivar northwest We would

cross Iosco skid Oscoda Counties, and

a part of CranOrd county. From

Crawford county our trail takes nearly

a direct Course north through Otsego

and Cheboygan counties to Mackinaw.



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inent because, old Chief Noonday or

Saginaw, lived there and frOm this set-

tlement sixteen trails diverged. The

John Annin Chapter of the Organiza-

tion known as the Children Of the Am-

erican Revolution, have erected a

marker on an old Indian Trail between

Kalamazoo and White Pigeon. The

ancestors of these children used to

carry mail over this trail between

Schoolcrai‘t and White Pigeon.



Our main highways north and south,

east and west, follow approximately

the course 01' those old trails, as do

also our railroad and telegraph lines.

An early picneer tells us that the cit-

ies of Mackinaw, Petoskey, Big Rap-

ids, Gland Rapids, Plainwell, Kalama-

zoo, Schoolcraft, Three Rivers and

Constantine, are located very near the

old Main North and South Trail. Mack-

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nals. Also the cities beginning at De-

troit and coming west to Chicago fol-

lowing what is now the Main Line of

the Michigan Central Railroad, are lo-

cated on what used to be the old Main

East and West. Trail. From Mackinaw,

two other trails branched out, one to

the east coast of the state and the

other to the west coast. The East

Trail led to Saginaw and from Sagi~

haw to Detroit. The Western Trail

followed pretty well the eastern shore

of Lake Michigan to Chicago.



Barry county had a network of

trails; some of little importance and

others of 01 eat importance. The Can-

ada T1411 passed through Barry county

and is of importance because over this

hail the Indians filed on their way to

visit Port. Ponchartrain and to cross

the Detroit, River to Canada. A north

and south trail through Barry county

connected VVatch- eben ashi wish on

the site of Kalamazoo with a village at

the rapids of the Grand River, now the

city 01 Grand Rapids



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lies a. little lake known as Selkink





CHAPTER XV.





 





"‘Out of the Frying-Pan—"

StOddard made a megaphone ~of his

hands and bellowed a series of hails,

whereat Sadie took up the cry in lung

musical “Whoo-ooo.” that carried far

beyond his deeper notes.



The canoe, distant from them nearly

a mile, seemed to hesitate, then in-

creased its pace. Stoddard caught a

series of yellow flashes as the golden

sun, new low over the hills, played up-

on the wet blade of a paddle.



“All right, Sadie” called Stoddard.

“He’s coming!”



The fore-part cf the Ark lay be-

tween Stoddard and the canoe, so that

Sadie Would be first to be rescued.

Stoddard sat dowu contentedly on his

craft, spreading his legs wide to hold

the logs together



Sadie beheld a birch- bark canoe cut-

ting through the little_ waves at sur-

prismg speed. She was even more as-

tonished to discover, when it drew

near, that the paddle 'was being plied

by a. “shrimp”—a. little, thin dark

man, 'with extraordinary blaCk eyes. .



“An Injl'anl”, she Whispered to her-

self as the bark craft drew alongside.



He gave her no salutation, but mere-

ly laid hold of the logs to steady his

canoe and nodded to her to step in,

She obeyed cautiously, for the bark

vessel seemed to be singularly frail,

even though it floated ”buoyancy. Plish-

ing away from the Ark without a sec-

ond glance at it, the Indian resumed





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Lake. There“ in an“ early date was es-

tablished a mission bearing the name

of he lake. From this place a trail

led past Shelp’s Lake to Slater’s Mis-

sion, over in Prairieville. From Sel-

kirk’s Mission, another trail led south-

west to Green River to a little Indian

village, where afterwards was located

the Old Forbes Farm. ~On ,the land

adjacent to this village, corn was rais-

ed by the Indians. From the Indian

village the trail came south, and pass-

ed through this vicinity one-half mile

west of the old Plank Road. The ra-

vine between Mr. John Stewart’s new

home and Mr. Wm. Stamp’s residence

marks the place where this trail ap-

proached the Kalamazoo River. On

this side of the river it made an ap-

proach near the old mill that stood on

land belonging to Mr. Hiram Ander—

son. From Plainwell it led to' Paw

Paw where it niadeconnections with

the old Washtenaw Trail.



Often times a stranger in our village

asks for directions to some home. We

direct him by telling him to go so

many blocks east and then south, as

the case may be, but it was not so in

the days of the trail and the dense for-

ests. A lone pine on the bend of a

trail, 01' twin pines on the bend of a

trail 01' stream often served as a mark

of distance.



Branching out from the Main Trails

that. I have been able to learn of are

countless other trails, that. find their

way into the heart of Michigan. Each

trail tells the story of a tribe that is

rapidly passing from the scene of ac-

tion to the world beyond. These trails

have been of the same service to the

early pioneer as the compass to the

navigator on the trackless sea. The

word “trail” means a great deal to me

because it connects me with the past

and brings me into communion with

the things of nature that have been

the foundation of Michigan’s growth——

her minese—her forests and her

her mines, forests and streams.



Do not dare to live without some

clear intention toward which your liv-

ing shall be bent. Mean to be some-

thing with all your might—Phillips

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his paddle and headed in the direction





' of Stoddard.





As the latter climbed into the canoe

the after-part of the Ark, relieved of

his weight, quietly resolved itself into

scattered drift-woodetoddard grinned

at Sadie, and she in turn laughed at

him.





“Got any tobacco John?” he de-





manded, addressing the Indian.



It was sunset as the "canOe bearing

the trio swung into the open Water of

the South Arm. Sadie, sitting amid-

ships and facing the bow, had com-

pletely forgotten her recent adventure.

She was giving all her attention to the

Indian, John, who had exChanged

places with Stoddard and was now

wielding the forward paddle.



The redman ‘di‘d 1101; look noble in

Sadle’ 3 eyes; he Was too small, and he

did not dress as does the aborigine of

the movies. It was the manifest power

that came out of his almost emaciated

body that astoniShed her, just as it

had always puzzled Stoddard himself.

John Was a paddling machine, efficient

and tireless.



Stoddard laid the bow of the cahoe

On a line fer the Deepwater Hotel now

visible at some three miles distahce.

Heb bjalifid Sadie s attention to the that.

She made no comment but sighed. To

no: the hotel seemed to Stand far the

end of the story.



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and faced about.

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“Yes; for the lady,” answered Stod-

dard.

“You see folks,” nodded John.

“She has no folks here.”

“Your folks,” corrected the Indian.

“Mine?”

“Sure.”

“My folks are not here either, John.”

“Yes; at hotel,” remarked John.

“What!”

“Sure’; come this morning.”

“Caesar’s ghost! Are you sure ?”

“Two women,” added John.

“You mean my mother—and sister

The Indian nodded; then started to

resume paddling. Stoddard checked him

abruptly. _

“Hold on!

to think," he called.

them yourself?”

“Come to camp in launch,” explained

the Indian. “This afternoon.”

Stoddard, dismayed, began a rapid

fire of questions. He learned that his

mother and Betty had arrived at Deep-

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They had visited the camp on the.

Northeast Arm, to find only Stoddard’s‘v





camp-mate, Larry Livingston, and the

Indian there. Larry was in a fret of

indignation over his desertion by Stod-

dard. He had no explanation to offer.

Neither had John. >



The ladies had made a brief visit and

promised to return. Following their

departure John had set out on a hunt.

of his own for the missing one.



Sadie was no less dismayed than

Stoddard himself as she assimilated

the. news. No. 44’s folks were at the

hotel, whither she was now bound, and

she would meet them—arrayed thus!



The prospect terrified her. It was an

issue she lacked the hardihood to meet.

She turned to Stoddard appealingly.



Take me somewhere else,” she plead-

ed. “1 can’t meet ’em this way. I got.

to get some clothes.”



She did not realize the boon her

words bestowed upon Stoddard. He





also had been reflecting swiftly upon.





the impossibility of introducing Sadie

to the same hotel at which his mother

and Betty were staying, not because he

was ashamed of her, not. because her

dress was torn and soiled, not because

her hair was flung loose to the wind,

as if she were a wild woman, but be-

cause—well, because he could not in-

vent a way to account for her.



He clutched at the opportunity Sadie

offered. '



“You really think you wouldn’t care

to meet them until you’re fixed up a lit

tle ‘3” he asked.



“Why, I just can’t!” she exclaimed.

“I’d die.”



“Then I don’t see anything to do

for the present but to take you to

camp,” he observed.



To Sadie the suggestion was blessed

relief.



“Take me there!” she urged. “I

ain’t fit to go anywhere else.”



Stoddard, with a feeling that disas-

ter had again been miraculously avert-

ed, quickly changed their course, and

the canoe began the journey to the is-

land where Larry Livingston was wor-

rying, fuming, and cursing the Fates.



There was ample time for thought

now, but Stoddard could not manage to

see far enough into the future for sat-

isfactory planning. Sadie would have

to meet Larry, of course, while some

sort of explanation would also be re-

quired. Nevertheless he was resolved

to tell no. more than. he could avoid.

Larry wduld neither appreciate nor un-

derstand; fruthermore, it was really

none of Larry’s busineSs. This was his

affair—and Sadie’s..



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evidently the result-of whim or sudden

change of plans. .



“I bet you’ll be glad to see ’em,” ob-

served Sadie.

“I never wanted to see them less,”





I ' he declared earnestly.





“Why, No. 44! That don’t sound

good.”



“Can’t help it. This country is no

place for them. And besides—"



He hesitated, embarrassed by the

thought in his mind.



“Well, they shouldn’t have come

without sending word.”



“You got to make allowances for us

women,” mused Sadie philosophically.

“I came kinda sudden myself, even if

I did telegraph.”



It was dark when the canoe rounded

into the Northeast Arm. Far ahead of

them they caught. the gleam of a camp-

fire.



“Larry is certainly piling on the

wood,” commented Stoddard. “Got

plenty," John assured him. “I cut it.”



The figure of a man silhouetted itself

against the blaze as they drew close to

the island, then advanced to the land-

ing place to meet the approaching

canoe.



“That you, Stod ?” called a voice.



“Yes. Hello, Larry.”



“Where in blazes have you been ?”



“Fishing, swimming, hunting,” repli-

ed Stoddard 11oncha1antly. “How are

you?”



“Safe enough—no thanks to you!”

growled Livingston. “That’s a nice

trick to play on a fellow. Do you

know your mother is here?”



“John told me. Is she well?”



“Seems to be. But, I didn’t know

what the deuce to say about you.”



“Mother knows I can take care of

myself,” laughed Stoddard as the canoe

touched the rock. “She’s used to hav-

ing me go off on sudden expeditions.”





He stepped asho1e and reached a

hand to Sadie. As he1 stalwart figure

rose out of the canoe Livingston, un-

aware till then of her presence because

of the gloom, uttered a cry of surprise.



“Miss Hicks, this is my friend, Mr.

Livingston,” said Stoddard calmly.



It was Sadie who managed to find

Livingston’s hand and give it a cordial

grasp. ‘ .



“Glad to meet you," she said.



Larry was speechless. Bending for-

ward for a better view of this unex-

pected arrival, he discovered himself

looking upward into her eyes.



Sadie had been prepared by Stod-

dard for an unfavorable impression of

his friend, and she found herself mak-

ing a swift classification of him accord-

ing to her inevitable standards of sta-

ture. He was not much better than

she expected.



“Miss Hicks?” Larry echoed when

he recovered voice.



“Yes; _ Miss Hicks,”

dard.‘



“But who—~what—”



“Miss Hicks is a friend of mine,”

pursued Stoddard. “She is from Buf-

falo. This is her first trip to Canada.

She has come here to accept a posi-

tion.”



“Here?” Livingston’s tone betrayed

amazed incredulity.



“No; not, exactly here,” laughed

Stoddard. “That is, if you mean on

this island. But she has come to Deep—

water. I went to meet her two nights

ago, to take her down to the hotel,

where she expects to stop for a while.”



Sadie was listening to this bland re-





affirmed Stod—





rcital of her plans with almost as much





wonder as Larry himself.



“We were caught in the storm, un-

fortunately,” Stoddard continued, f‘and

Miss Hicks had the bad luck to lose

In fact we also lost the

We were forced to make a

John found us 3.

Anything ready





canoe.

temporary camp.

couple of hours ago.

to eat?”



Livingston merely stood and stared,

first at Sadie and then at his friend.



“‘But 1 don’t understand, Stod. Why-

didn’t—”



“Listen, son! I asked if you had any-

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to MiSs Hicks and myself just now

than anything else.”-



“Why yes; of course.

you something."



He turned to Sadie, who had not

spoken since acknowledging the intro-

duction.



“You see, Miss Hicks,” Larry began,

“I was not expecting company, and—”



“Sure you wasn’t,” interrupted Sa-

die, “I know. I ain’t company any-

how. I’m just a butter-in. But, if you

got a sandwich handy, Mr. Livingston,

I certainly can use it.’



Larry gasped anew. He fell back a

step, as if pushed by some invisible.

force. He did not know whether he

heard aright. Stoddard, sensing his

dismay and fearful that he would re-

veal the cause of it, grasped him by

the arm and urged him toward the

camp- -,fire where John was already

busy at the grub- -sacks. .



“We’ll eat fi1 st and talk afterwaid, ”

he said.



“My middle name is Food,” observ-

ed Sadie solemnly, as she followed the

pair into the firelight.



Stoddard, despite his assumed man-

ner of ease, was disturbed and greatly

puzzled. He could not put a seal upon

Sadie’s lips nor upon Larry's ears. Nor

could he, in Sadie’s presence, make

the slightest explanation to Larry of

her manner of speech and of her very

evident limitations of education. From

his own experience he knew how her

words sounded to the ears of his

friend, and, although he was now some-

what accustomed to Sadie’s lapses, he

realized that to Larry they would be

a source of amazement and shock.





As she stood close‘to the blazing

logs Livingston viewed her with eyes

in which there was angexpression of

horror and awe. The disorder of her

costume appalled him. Her stature,

her figure, her flying hair, seemedto

stun him. She was like a_y0ung sav-

age; magnificent, in a wild way, but

uncouth, untutored and, from the con-

ventional view—point of Larry, impos-

s1blc.



Sadie in turn mspected Livingston

with placid yet appraising glances. Lit-

tle men she did not like, save that she

was conscious of a very recent and

odd exception. This was in the per-

son of Indian John. Physically John

was in every way to be catalogued

with shrimps she had seen and met.



But John, because of the fact thaL

he was fitly a part of her big outdoors,

had mysteriously risen above his sta-

ture. She admitted, somewhat to the

confusion of her ideals, that John was

truly a man. She had heard No. 44

tell of his prowess; she herself had

witnessed it. So she set. John aside-

as an exception, to be correctly iden-

tified and classified later.



But Larry enjoyed no such dispensa-

tion in Sadie’s eyes. He was merely

a grade above the shrimp; he was a.

peewee. She had promised No. 44 to

stretch a point and elevate him to the

sparrow class, but as she’viewed him

now her conscience smote her, for she

knew that he was unworthy of such

arbitrary promotion. Sadie’s first im-

pression of him, moreover, did not

cease with physical contempt.





Something whispered to her that she

was looking upon her natural enemy.

She was as sure of this as if he had

thus declared himself. Her judgments

were often swift and usually intuitive,

but she rarely'found it necessary to

reverse them. She was certain of Liv-

ingston. He fairly radiated hostility,

in glance,‘in action and in speech, al-

though not in words.



“He’s against me,” she told herself.

“I got his number. Maybe he’s No.

44’s friend4—but he ain’t mine.”



But because he was Stoddard’s

friend Larry did not awaken the spirit

of battle within her. She was content

to avoid him if she could. Should

avoidance be impossible, then she

would endure him.» She wofild run no

risk of offending No. 44.



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talking. Between mouthfuls Stoddard

furnished to Larry as much additional

explanation concerning Sadie as he

purposed giving. At times when Larry

looked at her, Sadie herself would

confirm Stoddard’s narrative with vig—

orous nods.



Only John seemed to be quite indif-

ferent to the advent of this young Am—

azon in camp. He accepted her with-

out curiosity or question, as he would

anything that concerned Stoddard. If

the big man had fetched an aeroplane

into .the woods, or an automobile-or

had navigated the 'Deepwater in a sub

marine, John would not so much as

blink an eye in surprise; not because

Stoddard was given to eccentric feats,

but, because whatever he did had a

solid‘reason behind it, in the opinion

of the Indian.



Larry, upon whom Sadieis speech

exercised a, spell of horrid fascination,

tried to draw her into conversation,

without signal success. He viewed her

reluctance to talk with suspicion.

There was something irregular about

it all, he decided; it was too utterly

111ysterious and unconventional.



He was amazed at Stoddard. How

and whence such a creature had come

1nto his friend’s life he could not even

faintly speculate. Covert inquiries and

hints yielded little satisfaction.



“I never heard Stod happen. to speak

of you, Miss—er—Hicks,” he re-

marked.



“1 know lots of people I never hap-





pened to mention to you,” broke in"





Stoddard hastily. “Sadie and I have

known each other a long time.”





He cast: a, swift, glance at her as he.





Spoke. Sadie took her cue. She felt

that at least she had know Stoddard

ever so long. She knew him far, far

back when she had begun dreaming of

her outdoors.



“Sadie?” echoed Livingston invol-





untarily. .

“Sure!” she laughed a, little «uneas-

ily. “Jack and me are old friends."





Now that she had said it she was





frightened. No.44 would think it was .





brazen of her—calling him Jack! But

she was desperately trying to play her

part. She knew his name was John;

he had signed it mus in his letter.

Most of the Johns she knew were call-

ed Jack/by their “old friends.” \ And,

of course, it was out, of the question

to call him by the arithmetical name

she had bestowed upon him, for that

was something only‘ she and No. 44

could understand.



She was blushing redly as she glanc-

ed at Stoddard across the camp-fire.

He grinned at her and Winked. I





“You’re from Buffalo?” suggested'





Livingston. .. '



“I was in business there,” answered

Sadie, with a magnificent air.



"‘What profession, may I ask, Miss

Hicks?”



Sadie felt herself trapped. There

was something pitiful in the swift look

she gave Stflodoard His glance was





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his knees Then she steeled herself as

she turned to he1 accepted'enemy.



“Packin’ shirts in a, shirt factory,”

she said in a steady voice. '



There!’ It was out and she felt bet-

ter. She knew it was of no avail to

play the educated lady; it was a part

far beyond her powers.



“And,” she added sweetly, meeting

Larry’s eyes fairly,y“l expect to be

washin’ dishes in the hotel as soon’s

the management and me reaches an

agreement.” .



Stoddard was looking at her now.

Her heart gave an exti'avrbeat When

'. Instead

she saw admiration. He smiled at her

too, and nodded.



“You see, Larry ” he said, “Sadie.

has decided, very wisely, to quit the

city. She likes to be outdoors, so I

offered to help her get a. position. We

have disCussed the whole matter quite

fully, and we both agree she is doing

the right thing. Don’t we, S die?”



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It slipped out that time, but she was. .

no longer .frightened at the sound of it.

Livingston relapsed into silence. It

was worse than he believed. A crea-

lure from a factory! He wondered if

Stoddard was entirely sane‘.



As for the girl, there was no doubt

of her sanity. She was shrewd and

calculating, he felt, beyond all ques-

tion. She was seizing an opportunity

not to be missed. He secretly com«

iniserated with his friend, who was too

blind to see or understand.



The faint putt-putt of a motor

launch came across the water. Stod—

dard inclined, his ear toward the sound.



“That’ll be your mother and sister,

i imagine," said Larry with affected

carelessness.



“To-night!” Stoddard fairly shouted

IIt‘.‘ Word. .



"They said they‘d probably ,run up

this evening if it was clear and pleas-

ant,” explained Larry. “They thought

you might be back, and as they expect

to leave tomorrow they won’t have





“ much time to see you.”





Stoddard had risen .to his feet and

was looking at Sadie. He felt panic

struggling within him. So did Sadie,

who also arose and faced him.



“Yes; come tonight,” volunteered

John as he nodded toward the now

clearer noise of the power-boat’s ex-

liaust.



“I can’t see anybody in these

clothes!” blurted Sadie. “Not ladies.”



“You would rather wait?" suggested

Stoddard.



“Gracious, yes.”



Livingston looked at the pair cyn-

ically and smiled in a shadowy way.

They paid no attention to him.



“I can understand how you feel,

Sadie,” said Stoddard, yet ashamed of

his sudden timorousness. "You don’t

have to see them now, of course."



“Hide me!” command Sadie briefly.



“There’s the tent,” suggested Larry.



“Nix," said Sadie shortly. “I know

women. If they see it closed up they’ll

go straight to it. Take me somewhere

else.”



Seizing her arm Stoddard walked

her rapidly across the little clearing

into the woods. A dozen feet beyond

the. rim of the trees was utter dark-

ness; at least. to the eyes of persons

who stood in the firelight. He felt

guilty and contemptible as he groped

about until he found a rock upon

which Sadie could sit. '



“It doesn’t seem right,” he began.

“But you understand—”



“Why, I want to be hid.” exclaimed

Sadie. “I wouldn’t have women see

me: in this outfit for a thousand jobs.

I‘ll just sit'here till they go. They

won’t stay all night, will they." ,



“Certainly not. It’s good of you not

to mind, Sadie.”



“Why, I’m doin’ myself a favor!”



He~hesitated; then his hand found

hers in the dark. .



“Don’t mind Larry,” he said in a

low voice. “He doesn’t understand.

And that was brave of you, telling him

about your work?”



“Was it?” she whispered.

——Jack!”



Something soft and cool brushed the

back of his hand as he turned to leave

her. Sadie, secure from his eyes, had

laid her cheek against it.





“Thanks





CHAPTER XVI.

“Why Did Sadie Cry?”



When Stoddard reached the camp-

fire Larry was starting for the landing-

place to meet the arriving launch.



“Not a word, you understand,” said

Stoddard.



“About what?”



“About her.” And he nodded toward

Sadie’s place of concealment.



“I don’t see why.” said Larry.

“They’re bound to hear of it sooner or

later. It’s too absurd to be kept con-

cealed.”



Stoddard gripped him by the arm.



“This is my affair,” he said shortly.

“It’s my bUsiness to tell about it if I

choose; nobody else’s. You leave it

alone.”





. ing her as the bow came within his





“Pifflei” exclaimed Living'ston light-

ly. “It‘s a good story.” ‘ ‘



“Well, you don’t tell it son.” And

Stoddard put a pressure on Larry’s

arm that made the latter wince. “Mind

nowi"



“But suppose!"



“If you so much as drop a hint I’ll

pick you up and toss you into the lake.

I mean that, too.” ‘





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“011, all right, if you’re so fussy

about it! It’s got you scared, has it?

Ouch! You’re hurting my arm. Let





go!” .

“Remember!” said Stoddard grimly,

as he loosened his grip. “The. lake for'l

yours.”



Out ‘of the cool darkness came the

launch, cautiously feeling her way to

the rocky shore. Stoddard was await-





 





reach. An instant later- he was liftingl

hislmother and Betty out. l



“And where in the world have you]

been?" exclaimed ‘Mrs. Stoddard as'

she greeted her son affectionately:

“Larry said you. deserted him for two‘

days." J



“Oh, I was just prowling around in'

the canoe,” said Stoddard. “Larry was

all right. He had John. And how are‘

you both? This is certainly springing!

a surprise on me.” I



With an arm around each he led]

Betty and his mother to the can1p-fire,l

where John had spread a blanket overt

a log to serve as a bench for the

visitors.



,As Mrs. Stoddard now obtained a

view of her big son she uttered a cryl

of dismay. '



“For mercy’s sake, John! What in

the world have you been doing? You

are a perfect fright!” I



Stoddard grinned at her cheerfully.



“I‘m not exactly dolled up for com-

pany," he admitted. “We don’t pack

evening duds up here, mother.“



(To be continued).





 





A VALENTINE.





 





BY L. M. THORNTON".





I know a miss, so dainty sweet



From laughing eyes to dancing feet;

That though I‘m older, staider grown

I want her for my very own.



And that is why I send this line



To her—a tender valentine.





I know a miss, so pure and fair

li‘rom slender hands to burnished hair.





 





That thrice her age I fain would see

Her smile, her kiss alone for me.



And this is Why with bud and vine



1 send to her this valentine. ‘



I know a miss so kind and dear, ‘

I fain would have her ever near.

I'll tell my love despite the years

There is no cause for all my fears

My little daughter’s heart is mine

To her I send a valentine.





 





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tem as can be afforded, there is still

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mands which cannot be denied. Calls

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thy while others must have heroic

treatment.





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nature of the case, to give excellent

counsel on moral questions. _ .



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lic parks and play grounds for chil-

dren the ventilation of public build-

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We are sometimes asked, “Why do

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plagues as devastated the world‘ cen—

turies ago?” ,



The answer is, “The modern physi-

cian and his work make them im—

possible.”



The cost of a medical course at any

of the approved schools is rather high.

It is made more so by the fact that it

should be preceded by the.literary

course. This is not absolutely neces-

sary but would. add much to a man’s

efficiency. ' The fitting of office is also

a matter of considerable cost, due to

the many and delicate working tools

necessary for first—class business. It

should be said, however, that when a

course is finished and an office ready

for work that, the man has accomplish-

ed a notable thing.



Close in connection with the cost, of

course, is the fact that. many special

lines are open to him who gets a foun-

dation in medicine. The time is past

when the special diseases were treat-

ed by the general practitioner. Nearly

all of these are now handled by spe—

cialists. The medical directory of a

great city gives much information

along this line. The field of the spe-

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splendid opportunity ior intensive

work.



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is a matter of much mils-information.

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people for whom it is done automati-

cally keep the dangers due to riches

far away from most doctors. A large

general practice is by no means indi-

cative of large income. That depends

in some measure, at least, upon the

man himself. Many of the best phy-

sicians confess themselves to be poor

business'irnen. .



Accounts are not painstakingly kept,

charges are often overlooked and bal-

ances due are frequently cancelled.

The cost of the upkeep in office and

conveyance is comparatively large.

The fees are never exorbitant.



Consideration should be given to the

fact that many a general practitioner

has little or no home life. His duties





will not permit it. At the call of the '





community night or day the happiest

companionships are broken up and

most anticipated pleasure foregone.

\Vithout ‘empt. to enlarge upon the

subject it may be stated simply that

the sacrifice is a considerable one.

Conversations along this line with

one’s family doctor will be a revelation

of: facts scarcely dreamed. of.



But, the work of this profession is a

necessary one. Someone must step in-

U: the places men who this year

finish their labors. If a young man

who reads this article and goes beyond

its brief paragraphs for larger informa-

tion, will seek a awful calling, lethim

consider this as a possible field. With

natural ability, a sound body, and a. de-

sire of a place among good servants he

may hope for a measurable satisfaction

in this way of working for life.



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ZOTO had taken the run—down

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have this opportunity to subsist. He

faltered at the thresh-hold—peered into

the dismal open glen before him. Hor—

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dimly saw on the other side of the

clearing? He was frightened. He star—

ed. Suddenly the filmy form took

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germ. The foe sat up on its haunches

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ponderous tail as though shaken with

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rushed out of the bushes. The wild

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crouched. The horse and ferocious

rider made straight for Azoto.



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road and trust to fast approaching

darkness to keep him from harm or

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idly nearing foe? The blood froze in

his veins whilst terror reigned su~

preme in his heels. The first impulse

had been to run, but— No, he would

stand his ground. Nothing was to be

gained by running. (If he could—if—if

he only could come out victorious in

the struggle, mastery of the farm

would be his and he might remain in





the good graces of June. The rememy





brance of her rosy cheeks and soft

voice nerved him for the onrush of the

mad germ and steed.



At allittle distance from Azoto, the

oncoming steed Was suddenly wheeled

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blood curdling whoop whilst he jerked

angrily at the rein and began to circle

round and round the unfortunate Azo-

to. Azoto stood still, while faster and

faster Dentrificans circled about him.

B. crouched for the leap and staunch,

yet fearful for the outcome, Azoto'pre-

pared for the fierce combat that would

soon be on.



Poised on the rump of his steed, the

ferocious B. balanced, thenfhurled him-

self straight at the head of Azoto. The

air was torn with painful howls—the

foes clinched. The crunching of teeth

and the snapping of bones mingled

with other strange sounds of the fight.

They rolled over and over on the turf,

neither seeming to gain an easy vic-

tory. The struggle was one for su~

premacy. 0n the one hand, it meant

the holding of a title to all this broad

farm while to Azoto, it means a home,

a mate, a cheery hearth, with the rud-

dy faces of little Bacters rollicking

and playing before the bright fires of

the dull winter evenings. Small won-

der that the fight continued long.



It was midnight. The solemn, silent

moon cast his pale cold rays of reflect-

ed light on the bloodstained sand—the

scene of the duel. Two shapeless forms

lay with upturned faces, their eyes

closed to the moonlight. Far away to





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destitute, whether paid charity work-

ers or private individuals who are in-

terested in relieving distress, find

themselves asking not only, “Where

are the nine?” but “Where are the

ten?” Where one person will thank

you for assistance rendered, one hun-

dred will. accept the help as a matter

of fact, in short as no more than their

due, and positively act as though they

were doing the favor in allowing you

to relieve them. . .



Just as an illustration a visiting

nurse had for a week been going to a

home each morning to take care of a

mother and a new born baby. When

Saturday came, she told the mother

she would not be in on Sunday, as she

had to have ,one day of rest.



“You won’t come Sunday,” cried the

mother. f‘VVell, then, you need not

come back at all. I don‘t have to

have no nurse.”



And the nurse who had been giving

her, time and strength to see that both

mother and child had proper care was

dismissed peremptorily. 'The woman

actually thought she had been doing

the nurse.a kindness by allowing her

to attend the case.



This is but one instance among doz-



ens that every worker could tell you.

- People who have never done anything

for themselves, to say nothing of do-

ing for others, seem to think when

hard times come that it: is not only the

duty of the more prosperous to care

for them, but that the benefactor

should lodk' upon it in the light of a

blessed privilege.‘ Often the one who

assumes the burden started life with

less than the charity patient. It’s the

old story of the ant and the grasshOp-

per, only new that the grasshopper is

cold and hungry the ant feeds him in-

stead of ordering him to begone and

fiddle.



I've often noticed in the case of such

a dependent relative, that said depend-

ent lords it over the entire household.

Instead of being grateful for a roof ov-

er his head, he demands the warmest

nook, the easiest chair, the choicest

hits at the table, and then growls at

the people who feed him, snarls at. the

children and insists on impressing his

wants and desires on everyone about.

He is not thankful for the care he gets.

He. thinks rather, that, his benefactors

should thank him for giving them an

opportunity to do good. _



I wonder when I see such cases if it

it. not mistaken charity to do for such

people. They really ought to be bund-

led off to'the'county house to learn

somethingcf gratitude. But they never

are. Family pride, if nothing more,

prompts someone to take them in and

feed them: on the fat of the land, al-

though theyhaVe never done anything

to deserve it. Indeed, they are cared

for far better than the meek and grate-

i‘ul ones Who. take any crust that is

tossed them and kiss the hand that

gives it. So perhaps it is another case

of the children of this generation being

wiser than‘the children of light.



'But just the same it’s all wrong. No

one enjoys'h'avmg a stranger constant-

ly in the home, and when the doors are

opened to such a one the very least re-

turn he can make is to keep up a show

of gratitude and to smile and be pleas-





again they walk away, scorning all

your attempts to get them to provide

against further storms. Why should

they worry? There is always someone

they can beg from. Agas gratitude!

it is nr‘ necessary to get a living.

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for years, and would like a little ad-

vme. We, that is, the wife and I, are

trying to cut the high cost of living all

we can, and still, as l'armers, live well.

I myself, like most men, like good

things to eat the year around, espe-

mally meat. In the summer time is

when it gets the farmer for fresh meat

or something that will take the place

ot it. We kill our own beef and pork

in the winter and I have been thinking

that perhaps we could can up the sur-

plus tor next summer’s use, and save

paylng two prices to the butcher. Is

there any way we can do this, espe-

cially .with beef? Can it be canned

fresh in glass calms the same as pork?

Also, can you give me a good recipe

for home-made bacon?-R. H. ‘. St.

Johns, Mich.



The United States government ex-

perts have furnished the following rule

for canning meat: As soon as the beef

is butchered, cool quickly and keep

cool for about twenty-four hours. Cut

into convenient pieces for handling,

about three-quarters of a pound in

weight, and roast or boil slowly for

one-half hour. Cut into small pieces,

removing bone. gristle and excessive

fat, and pack directly into glass jars;

fill with gravy from the roasting pan,

or pot liquid, concentrated to one-halt

its volume; put. rubber and cap in po-

sition, not tight, and sterilize length of

time given below for the particular

type of outfit. you are using:



Water bath, home-made or commer-

cial, five hours; water seal,‘214 de

grees, four and one-half hours; five

pounds steam pressure, three and one-

half hours; ten pounds steam pres-

sure, three hours.



Remove jars, tighten covers, invert

to cool, test tops for leakage, and wrap

jars with paper to prevent bleaching.

You can secure bulletins on canning

all sorts of farm produce by writing

the Publicity Bureau, Department of

Agriculture, at ‘Washington, D. C. The

North Dakota Agricultural College has

also issued a valuable bulletin on the

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which you might write.



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HEN the rural schools of Mich-

igan were about to open for

the present season’s work,

many prospective teachers found themi

selves confronted with a new situation.

Rural communities were asking for a

new type of teacher. Six communities

in one county offered to pay from five

to twenty dollars per month more for

teachers who were fitted to do commu—

nity work, such as conducting boys’

and girls’ clubs. Such teachers could

not be found. The agricultural press,

the farmers’ institutes, the granges,

the farmers’ clubs and various other

organizations have been promoting bet-

ter rural schools for the past decade.

Today

communities are asking for better-

trained teachers for their rural schools.





_The vital problem now is to furnish

the new type of teacher.





In this article I am going to attempt

to describe two new methods for train-

ing rural teachers, and I shall confine





sewing club. Qflicers are elected com-

mittees appointed, meetings held just

as a regulai sewing club would con-

duct its work. Each prospective" teach-

er is placed in the. position of a girl in

school. She must keep accurate rec¥

0rd of the three garments which she

is required to complete. This implies

that she is to keep a record of’ihe cost

of materials, the cost of labor and all

other costs in connection with her

work. At the Close of the project she

must hand in a report and a. story of

her work.



It is apparent at once that this plan

has some unusual possibilities. The

teacher will be expected to be an or-

ganizer. [11 her county normal group

she has learned the methods of organi—

zation. She will be expected to know

how to teach sewing; in her teachers’

club she has learned to sew; in short

she has received a training in commu~

nity leadership. She knows how to

organize, how to conduct meetings and





 





Barry County Normal Training Class Studies Community Leadership.





myself to the field of home economics.

It is not enough to introduce agricul-

ture in the rural school, because about

One—half of the children who go no

further than the eighth grade are girls.

They, too, must remain 011 the farms

if we, are to have :1 normal type of

country life; and, what is more to the





point, they are going to be called upon

to be modern home-builders. IVhere





are they to receive the training which

will fit them to meet the new demands

of the home if they do not. receive, at





least the beginnings of it, in the dis—

trict. school?

The first new method for training





rural teachers which has come under

my observation is the summer session

at the Michigan Agricultural College.

Here teachers are offered various

courses which train them for industrial

and community work. In addition to

courses in 1gricullure and nature

study, these teachers may elect such

subjects as sewing, cooking, recreation,

111111111211 training and other related sub-

jects. This work is not book work, but

these teachers actually learn to sew,

cook and construct things Due to the

fact that many teachers must use this

summer period for se‘Curing their nee

eswry normal training, this course has

had but a small number of enrolled

students. It is confidently expected,





ihowevcr, that there will be a large in-





crease from year to your. Rural teach—

ers are just beginning to profession—

nlize their work and many of them are





.not yet aware of what the rural com-





munities are expecting of them.



The Second method for training rural

teachers for better community work

originated with the principal of the

Barry County Normal Training Class.

This principal came to a realization

that her pupils would soon be called

upon to teach in rural schools. She

also knew that her county was well

organized so far as boys’ and girls’

clubs are concerned. This meant that

many of her teachers would be expect-

ed to conduct boys’ and girls’ clubs.

Her plan is very simple.



She has selected one of the girls’

club projects, namely—sewing. Her





entire class is organized as. agirls’





how to get results because she has ac-

tually done the work. It is the old

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LAYING THE TABLE.





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How to serve a dinner right is a

question which is bound to bother ev-

ery housekeeper at some time in her

career. Even the mom careless cook,

who as a rule does not care how things

are served so long as the family can

eat the food, is bound to find herself

confronted some day with the problem

of “doing it; right.” A family wedding,

if nothing else, will present the ques—

tion, and there are bound to hie-anni—

versaries to celebrate, not to mention

christening dinners and graduation





 





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parties when the hostess finds herself

at a loss to know just what to do. It

is :1 doubly difliculttask, too, when

there is but one woman to do all. Few

country homes nowadays have hired

help, so great is the scarcity of girls,

and not every woman is so fortunate

as to have a daughter old enough to

help serve. But a little care and fore—

thought on the part of the housewife

can forestall everything save accidents

and the capable woman can serve a

dinner well, even without help.



The wise hostess who is going to

have a state dinner has everything

planned before she sends out invita-

tions. She knows down to the smallest

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sure that she can secure everything

she plans for. Her linen is Washed,





 





silver polished and china dust'less and

shining. Her decorations are arrang-

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the last day except the actual cooking

of the food. Even patr tof the cooking

may be_ done the day before, for rolls

may be baked and warmed in the oven

on the great day, fowls may be dress-

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on ice, and many. other little things

gotten ready. It is a. sad breach of

etiquette to tell things on a hostess,

but at a dinner to which I was recently

invited, the table was layed and the

dinner cooked after the guests arrived

at the hour set by the hostess. And as

11 crowhing lapse, one of the guests

was asked to go out and iron a few

napkins. Two hours after the time set

for the dinner, and about three hours

after the usual dinner hour, the com-

pany were seated. The. long wait had.

robbed everyone of appetites and the

flushed and’tired hostess was in no

mood to entertain. So what should

have been a happy 1mm was a sort of

funereal occasion. ,



But to return to ihe dinner. The

first and most important thing, of

course, is laying the table. A silencer

should always be used, and lif'One can-

not afford one of H11; ashes tos COVBIS

or heavy double-laced 11911119111 flannel

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can afford, and ironud with' a. single

crease down the center. To prevent.

other creases when the cloth is put

away after laundering, roll it around :1,

thick roll of newspapers, if you have

no wooden roller for the purpose, A

round cloth is no longer considered

necessary for :1 round table. '



In inviting your guests consider the

size of your table and be sure that you

1ese1ve at least twenty inches for each

cover, as the individunl places are call-

ed.

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on the service plates, as the plate in

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the napkin may be folded and placed

above the oyster plate. At a formal

dinner where butter is; never served a

roll or a few bread sticks are often

placed inside the fold of the napkin.



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being farthest from the' plate. Next

the knives is the soup spoon and be—

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are at the left, tines up, with the one

to be [used first farthest from the plate

and so on till the last one to be used is

next the plate. If only two or three

knives and forks are to be used the

dessert spoon may be put on at the

beginning of the meal, being placed

above the plate. Spoons 'for after din-

ner coffee and sherbets, or punch, are

brought in with the course, The glass

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cause their-color harmonized with the

furnishings of the room. She sewed

them with here and there-«say one in ’

a yard or a yard and a half—a white

rag followed by a short scarlet one

next. to it. ' The balls were taken to a

weaver and orders given to weave a

piece tWo-‘yards wide and three and a

hall‘ long, and to use scarlet warp.



Therfinis-hed‘rug was finished with

scarlet and blue warp and presented

the appearance of a fine Indian produc-

tion. A stout bone crochet hook was

used to piill in the thick fringe. The

cover was a beauty, firm and soft and

in the estimation of admiring behold-

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V A section—640 acres of good grazing land in Alcona

County, Michigan





FOR SALE





Any former wishing to purchase a 40 acre farm. at a.

very reasonable price. We will give him absolutely

free in this section the adjoining lo acres. The reason

for great offer in to encourage settlers. For particulars

write 'or collon C.C. WHITNEY. 229 Shearer Bldg..

Bay City. Michigan.





My farm of 120 acres nearCoo ersville. N

For 3a“ wasteland, and near] ' all imprgved. ‘ has?

merit burn fully equipped fUl'l airy. and stock raising,

13 room house nearly no u. and with all modern cons

vemences. Soil, rich cluyflonm, well tiled. Hus never

been rented nor oil'cred for sale before. as it was taken

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$900 Secures 100 Acres,

6 Cows, Pr. Horses, Add





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.10.”) ft. hemlock and basswood ; 1th sugar maples, 100

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spring water piped to house ;

other business needs quick cash. and $1 800 takes all

with $9“) down.

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0F ROBINSON FARM

135 ACRES





0n premises Tuesday. Feb. 27. 1917. at ‘2 P. 1T.

from Detroit City Limit“. 1 milefrom Plymouth Road.





urchase price. For further purticulurs address A. J.

l. aw, Trustee. 493 Grand iverfiAvenue.

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65 A. good land. 3 A. wood, 6



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l A Practical Farm Poultry House

By R. G KIRBY





HE simple shed-Ioof type of



farm poultry house is not as ar‘



tistic as some other types, but

many breeders find them satisfactory.

They are much easier

than other types and one man can do

the work with possibly a little assist—

ance, in holding the uprights while

they are nailed in place, if such help

is available. A house of this 'type

which I have recently constructed is

twenty-four feet long, and eighteen

feet deep, eight and a half feet high

in front and four and a half feet. high

in the rear. The material is matched

lumber and the entire house is cover-

ed with two-ply roofing paper to make

it absolutely air tight on the roof,

sides and. rear. _

cost around $75 for material. Some

moneycan be saved by using cheaper

lumber, and the building paper will





 





 





 





 





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ty wide enough to permit the use of

this handy implement inside the build-

ing. It will be very handy when clean-

ing out the house and filling feed hop-

pers and there is really nothing gained

by building the doors in poultry houses

too small for such a convenience and

labor-saving carrier as the wheel-

barrow.



The interior of the house is of sim-

ple construction. The dropping boards

are built of matched‘lumber and the

roosts of two by three rounded on the

upper edge. The roosts are divided

.into two sections of three ten-foot

roosts and each section is fastened on

two strips of two-by-four and hinged

to the wall. The roosts can easily be

raised and hooked'to the ceiling when

the dropping boards are cleaned. Plane

the roosts as smooth as possible as

this _will leave few crevices where





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keep out the wind and rain even if

unmatched sheathing is used.



The floor of a house of this type will

depend on the personal opinion of the

If the house is in a perma-

nent location a. cement foundation will

be best, but if it: is to be moved in a

year or two to give room for :1 larger

and better building the floor might be

made of matched material and raised

high enough from the ground to pre-

vent dampness nnd keep rats and

.mice from gnawing through the boards.

A cement: floor in the building" is‘ sub-

stantial and will be warm enough if

covered. with a deep litter of clean dry

straw." Many poultryincn like a ‘ce-

ment, foundation constructed at; least;

one foot above the level of the outside

ground and then the house is filled in

with earth origravcl until the floor

level is up with the concrete. This will

prevent dampness rising into the

house and makes a very satisfactory

floor. If a cmncnt floor is used mois-

ture can be eliminated by placing a.

layer of thick building paper on the

bed of cinders under the- concrete.

Some breeders of poultry on the farm

are finding that, houses for fifty to 100

fowls can often be moved around the

farm to advantage and this prevents a

contamination of the soil in any one

locality. In a system of management

of this kind it is, of course, necessary

to construct the house with a tight

board floor. V





Arranging the Windows.





Many houses of the shed roof type

are made deep enough to prevent any

draughts striking the roosting plat-

form and then only canvas curtains

are used 011 the windows. The house

descnbcd contains two fouI- foot win-

(low-5,0119 in each end of the flont and

the space between the glass is newly

enthely given oven to canvas curtains.

During stormy days when the canvas

curtains are closed the windows will

still emit: a fair amount of light and

in the summer the windows may be

removed, leaving the space simply cov-

ered by a wire front, which gives the

house satisfactory ventilation. The

house will, of course, face the south

and it, will hardly be necessary to

place windows in either the east or

the west ends.





Before placing the door in the house

measure the handles of your wheelbar-





 





row and be sure that the door is plen-





Slde Elevaf‘zon. I"

Side View of Shed Roof 600p.





mites can hide, and it will be easier

to COIltIOl this pest by occasionally

painting the roosts with kerosene oil

and crude (:aIbolic acid.



Some poulll‘ylllf‘ll place the nests

under the roosting platform and allow

the hens to enter from the rear while

the eggs are gathered by opening the

hinged fronts to the sections. Of

course, this gives the hensdark nests





in which to lay and helps 'to prevent.





egg eating. However, nests construct-

ed in this manner increase the diffi-

culty of keeping down mites and lice

and the poultryman using such nests

will increase the difficulty of keeping

the poultry house in a sanitary condi-

tion. Nests can be built. in sections of

five or six, depending on the lengths

of scrap that; may be left over after

finishing the house and these sections

can be hooked along the wall of the





' . birds with comfort.





eighteen feet deep and n . . .

feet wide gives a floor area of 432

square feet which; should house .108

. ~130th square feet

per hen is the space which practical

poultrymen consider advisable and a

house of this type can be, built in the

right size to accommodate- the flock

and sections can be added at any time

they are neCessaI-y.





”Aflil‘t‘ ' . ,

Ingham Co. B. G. KIRBY.





 





—FEED MILK IN WBNTER

—_ . . .4“!



Milk can be tinned intmeggs in Win-

ter at a betteI pmfit than into any

other farm product. It 18 not so much

that the milk is a better;fogd for, the

hens, but that it helps imbalance the

ration and thus make’sthelgrains do

full service. Few farmersfiopsider the

ration required to produce“ eggs, and

they do not realize that in winter

when bugs and weims are not to be

had the hens are short ohé- of the most

important parts of their regular sum-

mer diet, and one that accounts large-

ly for their failure to lay.



Milk is 1ich in plotein, and when it

is fed Icgularly little or no meat scrap

is fed Iegulally little or no meat

meal 01 beef seiaps are required to

keep the hens laying Grains contain

some protein, but; even whenthey have

enough it is in a condition less valu-

able to the hen than the protein of

milk or meat.



The Value of Milk.



One summer I Icared Several hun-

dred chickens in a. small town where I

could get all the milk I wanted from a





creamery. I bought a can~'i'every day,

and kept sour milk always before

them. The chicks grew as l have nev-





er had chicks grow since, and the hens

laid well. Another feature of value

was the fertility of the eggs, and -the

vigor of the young chicks when first

hatched. One of the most discouraging

things I have experiencedwas a flock

of hens that produced a large percent,-

age of infertile eggs, and eggsthat

produced weak chicks. I was thankful

the flock was a small one, and that a

little weeding out, and feeding a fer-

tile egg mash brought them around all

right, but if I had. had- plenty of milk

to rear the pullets on, and milk to feed

them in winter,

trouble with infertility 01' weakness-'1

am sum.



The value of milk wac shown very





decisively in the (me of a little flock . :6





I grew 011 a city 101. They had a. good





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Front View of a Practical Farm Poultry House





house either on the side walls or be-

neath the windows. At: certain inter-

\rals they can be removed and cleaned

then placed in the sun for a. few hours

and finally thoroughly spraced. 'This

will usually eliminate all insect pests

and it is much more satisfactory than

the difficult task of cleaning out nests

beneath the dropping boards.



I Covering the House.



A good grade of building. paper will

make the house airtight and assist in

keeping it warm and dry. If possible,

lay the paper on a warm still day‘as

it will then. spread out more smoothly

and there is less danger of the Wind

tearing the strips. The seams can

then be sealed with-tar or the prepar-

ed solutions which sometimes come

with the rolls of paper. In tacking

down the paper galvanized nails will

be found very satisfactory and they

need no paint to prevent rusting.



A house of the above type is as sim-

ple as any efficient poultry house

which the farmercan build.“ Ajipuse





1',ange plenty of blue giass, but not

enough to supply much in the bug line

for so large a flock. . The than had an

office down town and 10535 no chance to

brag of his flock of hens, for they cer-

tainly laid eggs winter and, summer far

in excess of any flock around. He had

a good Jersey cow, and his hens got:

all the milk not used in the house. Fin-

ally his business kept him ‘at the oflice

late quite often, and he decided to sell

the cow, which he did. A month or so

later he sold all his hens except a few

to plovide eggs for their own use, fer

his wife refused to let all her hens go.

His tune is changed now, and hens

are at: a discount .with Him for his

hens stopped laying very shortly after

their milk supply was 'cut‘ off. He 'was

not sufficiently interested in poultry to

replace the milk by using meat meal

or scraps for them, and his hens would

not law without the prof ei‘n they were

getting from the milk ‘





Milk can be fed sweet- or sour, but I





believe ”most authorities agree that: L





 

 





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be but I' never worried a.





 

 

 





that fed ' milk , sweet 91‘ sour

just as}; happened” and I never .could





 





see thgtvthe‘ chickens objected to it, or





showedany- evil effects. I put sour

milk in the'Sun and let it curd, pouring

off the whey and feeding the curd to

the chicks'alone or mixed with bran

or corn meal: One of the best feeds I

have used was this curd mixed with

equal partsof bran and corn meal un-

til the mass crumbled freely. The

chicks are very fond of it, and I like

to give it by calling them 'to get it be-

tween ‘regular— meals, tapping on a tin

pan ‘asa‘ signal, so they will learn to

come at the signal when I want to call

them in‘on‘ acCount of rain. Fed this

way it makes alm0st a complete ra-

tion, and willinduce the chicks to eat

more “than they would otherwise.

Chicks on free range will scatter and





- remain seeking bugs when they-should





be coming‘i‘n' to get more grain unless

they arelca‘lled in at intervals.

Kansas?” ' ' L. H. Conn,

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One, Bi the most successful poultry

raisers Airep‘i‘arked the other day:

“Thereflis hardly a week passes that

someopartyof our plant does not re-

ceive,,_a ‘goOd dose of disinfectant.

Houses, 'coops, incubators, and brood-

e‘rs, all get their share.” This man

realizes that an ounce of prevention is

worth a' pennd Of cure, and that the

best way of getting rid of mites, lice,

and disease germs that chickens are

heir 'to':'is to' fight: the pests con-

sistently. ,



The idea'that the presence of lice

and other parasites on poultry is a

natural condition, efficiently taken

care of_b§',.iiatu1‘e, is a fallacy. True,

they illéfplllld on very young chicks,

because “the “mother hen unavoidably

distribn‘tesLthem to her brood. Every

nest .15.? refuge for them, likewise

perches, .h'dropping boards, brooder

houses, andflyarding coops. If the

poultrypian is not careful, baby chicks

start lii‘e'handicapped by these blood-

S'ucliiiie. nests ; ‘



There is nobetter way to success-

fully combatgerms and parasites than

through the,.uSe of a good, strong dis-

infectant. One, that will not only kill

lice, mites and germs, destroy and neu-

tralize foul odors, but at the same

time onethat will neither stain nor

injure the birds in any way. Many

breeders have been using crude and

refined carbolic acid for'this purpose.

This is not only dangerous but expen-

sive. There are many commercial dis-

infectants on the market three to five

times stronger than carbolic, besides

being safer and cheaper.





 





MATING THE FARM FLOCKS.





It is customary among the best

breeders of poultry to select the fe-

males for the breeding pens some

time in the late fall or early winter.

The male birds need not be .put in the

p us, however, until a few weeks be‘

idle eggs are. desired for hatching.

There is often too large a percentage

of infertile eggs among farm flocks,

for the reason that too many hens are

allowed for each cook. The presence

of the male bird has nothing to do

with "the production of eggs, notwith-

standing a common opinion to 'the

contrary, and if eggs for use at home

or to Sell in the market are all that is

desired; there is no need for any male

at all.‘ On the contrary, the eggs will

be much better without one. The

rooster is needed only for a few weeks

during the breeding seasOn and the

hooks should be mated in a manner

that will produce the most fertility.



The Fertility of the Eggs.



Generally the lowest percentage of

fertility is noted before the birds can

get outside on the ground. When the

snow is gene and plenty of green stuff





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ally lays egg



thandurid’g 3the winter. .The writer.

hasseen' flocks of fifty or sixty hens,

served by only one male, that showed

a fair percentage of fertility but any-

one can readily see that this is excep-

tional. The farm flock of twenty or

twenty-five hens, served by one vigor-

ous year-old male, and allowed free

range, will usually furnish fertile eggs

during the spring months.

the season and again later, if hatch-

ing eggs are desired, a different meth-

od of mating should be followed.



A good method of assuring fertility

is to have three pens of fifteen hens

each, with four cocks. The first day,

put a male in each pen and keep one

in reserve. The next day, place the

reserve cock in pen No. 1 and move

the other birds along one pen. The

male that served pen No. 3 the first

day goes into the reserve pen. By this

method, each male is alone every

foiirth day, while no bird remains in

the same pen two days in succession.

By this method there is no chance of

any of the hens being neglected be-

cause of favoritism.





A Good Plan.





If a flock of about twenty or twenty-

'five hens is kept, it is well to have

two males. The hens may be kept in

one flock if desired and one cock shut

up each alternate day. This plan usu-

ally assures an excellent degree of fer-

tility. ‘Where the cock is shut away

from the hens part of the time, it is

well to place him in a separate coop

or building entirely out of sight of the

hens. He will remain quieter and

store up more vigor and strength than

if kept in a coop in the same pen. The

bird should be well fed on his day off.-





We get the best chicks by mating

two-year-old hens to a male one-year-

old. Often, also, the cockerel is not

more than ten months of age but we

prefer the bird that is hatched very

early in the spring to head the pen for

the next February and March. If pul-

lets are used for breeders'we select

those hatched at least as early as

March and mate them to cocks two

years old. Generally it will be better

to allow a few lesLs females in the pen

when the two—year-old male is used. If

hens have been running without a

male, the eggs will be ready for hatch-





 





 





ing in a week after the cock is intro,





duced. if the females are taken fromi

a pen and it is desired to take no

chances in connection with a previous

mating, three weeks should be allowed

to elapse before the eggs are set.



New Hampshire. C. H. CIIESLEY.





RECORD OF EGG PRODUCTION.





 





I have kept a record of the egg pro-

duction of nine single-comb Buff Or-

pingtons for one year, which is as

follows: ~





No. of Price Total

Month. Eggs. per doz. returns

November .147 35c $4.29

December ..... 159 330 4.37

January .. . . .155 300 3.88

February ...... 151 240 3.02

March ........ 162 200 2.70

April .......... 173 180 2.80

May ...........159 180 2.38

June .......... 154 190 2.44

July .......... 126 25c . 2.26.

August . . . . . ...115 30c 2.87

September . .101 350 2.95

October ....... 72 400 2.40





The Orpingtons were yearling hens

when I started to test them. They av-

eraged 188 29 eggs each and the eggs

sold at an average of $4.04 per hen

and cost about $1.00 for feed. The

total number of eggs for the year was

1,694 and sold for $36.36.



I feed oats in the morning, wet mash

at noon, corn at night and dry mash

before them all the time. This is mixed

as follows: Six parts wheat bran,

two parts wheat middlings, two parts

meat scrap, one part charcoal, one

part oyster shells and one-half per

cent salt. I give them cabbage, car-

rots, turnips and beets every day.



Wexford Co. W. CLARK.





 

   

 

 





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A. A. WOOD 85 SON. SALINI'I. M11311.

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\Vhen young chicks cannot be. given

access to a. field of growing alfalfa

they will eat it greedily if out with a.

scythe lied in bundles of convenient

Size and placed where they can get at

it. They will trim the bundles down

to the last leaf, but it will be neces-

sary to turn them over after an hour

01' two so as to expose the lower side.

01' the alfalfa. may be spread upon the

ground and :i piece of poultry netting





anchored in some manner to enable

fowls to pick off the leaves, although

mature fowls manage fairly Well with

the 10059 stuff. Dried, it does not mat.—

ter, as the leaves become very brittle.

Fowls display llwir fondness for al-

falfa. very quickly when ilio l'ai'u‘ior is

drawing it, from Illt‘ field for mow or

stuck, and follow the wagon to pick up

the dropping lt‘ilYt‘S. Bigr and little,

they will cluster :ii'ouiid, linking the-

chafl’ fly from their active feel. So

fond are lliey of it. that lhcy often

damage :i stack 10 which they have

access, by flying upon it in quest of

food. And there is nothing better than

alfalfa. in the ration as an all round

egg producer. E. E. R(l(‘l\' wooii.



COMFORTABLE LIVING THROUGH



GEESE RAISING.



My friend liiid recently lost llt’l‘ hus-

band and alter the first shock had

passed and things had begun to ruii

naturally again, She was forced to con-

sider some means of livelihood. There

were various reasons why it seemed

best. for her 10 stay on the farm. The

children were all grown and gone away

and while 511? could not counl on their

help, neither would they require her

help. There was an apple orchard on

the farm and help to harvest the ap-

ples was all she could depend upon.

She must have soiiielliing which She

could cure for herself and which would

require little feed. In the fall, simply

as an expci‘iiiicnl, She bought ll Ii'io 01'

.‘Vhi‘re (“hind geese. They were young

birds and she was able to obtain lhem

for Ion dollars. The geese began lay-

ing in March and continued until the

first, 01‘ July, averaging fifty eggs

apiece. Contrary to the advise (if llt‘l'

neighbors, She so! tho (ggs from those

yearling geese and raised lhii‘ty fine

gosliiigs. 'l‘lu- little ones were fed for

the first month and a half and then

turned out to. pasture where they re-

mained until snow l'ell. Nothing what—

ever was given them in the way of

grain, bul they \\'('l‘(‘ kept \Voll supplied

with clear waiter deep enough to per—

mit them to wash their eyes out. They

hadlho range of the entire orchard

and kept the apples cleaned from the

ground until harvest lime when they

were turned inlo :molhei' field. After

the apples \vei'e harvested, they were

turned back, and in a short time had

cleaned up all unsalable apples which

were on the ground.



The Holiday Goose.



About the lust of September the,

largest ganders ware sorted out to fat,-

ten for the Thanksgiving iiiai‘ket and

a. month late; She began to fatten the

remainder for Chi'islnnis. They were





 





placed in a. darkened shod where noth-





'fed""flv'e oi'six'times “a day." no 'se of





laid over it. ‘The stalks have to be'





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the small Size"_she wasabl’e to Sell

them all for private use in small fama

flies. The average price was a dollar

and a half each and from the fifteen

ganders she was able to realize over

twenty dollars. '



A floorless Shed furnished Shelter

for the breeding stock during the bit-

tei'esl, of the winter weather, but most

of the time the birds preferred to re—

main out; of doors. About the first of

February She began 10 feed especially

for eggs. The mature geese averaged

nearly ninety eggs apiece the second

year and from the seventeen she had

over nine hundred eggs. Through ud-

\‘erlising, She was able to sell as many

eggs as She wished to spare for breed-

ii g purposes. The birds were picked

four times during the warm months,

each yielding about :i pound of feath-

erS. These were carefully washed and

dried and sold for a dollar and ii half

a. pound. The twenty-five dollars gain-

ed in this way was very nearly clear

pl'OfiI. '



- Profitable Results.



By the first of Sepiem‘ber, Shehad

250 fine young birds. Most of the gan—

.ders together with a few of the geese

were sold for breeding stock. , , ‘



Vthh She came Io consider her prof-

its at the end of the wound year, she

found that the yearling geese had net.-

ted 1191' five dollars yac‘h While the

older geese had made '21 larger profit,

gesides paying for the keep 011' the gan-

dei's. Aside, from iliis she had the

droppings which made an excellent for

lilizer for the orchard. The hundred

geese with which 'Slll‘ would start in

the new your were :i bigr asset because

they would be good for breeding stock

for ten or fifteen years and possibly

longer. The farm was building up all

the time but; best, of all, the work was

something which She! could do herself

without; being dependent, in any way

upon hired help and she naturally felt

that geese had solved the problem of a.

livelihood I'm- lior in it very salisfac-

{my way.





llillsdiih- (_‘o. MARIE iii~:'i"i‘s.





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THE EGG»EATING HABIT.



The egg-eating 1m bll usually results

from ii. luck of animal food in the 1‘:i~

lion, from close confine-uncut, from the

feeding of egg Shells retaining the egg

shape, and containing part, of the egg

substance, and from the accidental

breaking of eggs in the nests.



Perhaps the most. general cause of.

1119 trouble is a. craving for animal

food. l'i‘owls on range during spring

and summer months rarely em eggs

for the mansion that the, range furnishes

them an :iliundalice of animal food.

During the fall and winter months it

is advisable to feed animal food of

some kind, beef scrap, green cut, bone

or milk. When this is done there. will

be little egg-eating.



Egg Shells l'ui'niSh lhe hens lime.

Ill feeding egg shells lhey Should be

pulverized as finely as possible. Brown—

ing them in a hot oven does not, in-

jure their feeding qualities, and causes

lhom to pulverizo easily.



The accidental breaking of eggs in

the nest is a cause for which lho poul—

ti'yiiiaii is more to blame than the

hens. The nests Should be well-bedded

with straw and should not be deep. A

hen can hardly be blamed for break

lug eggs when She must fly down from

the top or a barrel to get, to the nest.

Plenty of nests should be provided.

\Vhen‘sevei‘dl hens must occupy the

same nest. at a lime, it is little wonder

that eggs are broken. Y -



When Ihe habit is confirmed in a.

(lock, it is Sometimes difficult to han—

dle. The besthnothod is to provide

darkened nests with‘ covers, having

the nests so low that the hen barely

has enough room to creep on and off

the nest. When the hen is unable to

stand upright in a nest she cannot ex-

ert. sufficient. force with her beak to~

break the eggs. 'I‘. Z. RTG‘HEY.





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(Continued from last week).



The need of the hour is not simply

10 get people into the G1 ange Neither

is it to organize more Granges. Al-

though both, of these lines of effort

must be followed to the fullest extent

possible. We must increase our mem-

bership at once and we must leave

nothing undone that will increase the

number of Granges in the state. But

it will prove an idle task to get people

to join the Grange just to get them

to join, and it will be equally foolish

to organize Granges just to organize

them; Few of us stop to think how

busy are the people of the country ev-

erywhere. This is one of the potent

causes of the decline in attendance at

Grange meetings. People simply can

not get time to go in the day time,

and in the» evening the chores keep

them busy until it is either too late,

or they are too tired to think of going

away from home.



If people are going to attend Grange

meetings in the midst of all this hurry

and worry, there must be something

that is well’worth going for. Never

before in its history has the Grange

faced such a. responsibility. People

who work until they are tired out, and

then drive from one .to five miles to

Grange must get their pay. Making

the Grange pay, is not the task of the

state organization alone, but it is the

duty of the State Grange to point the

way, and it is the duty and the privi-

lege of each subordinate and Pomona

Grange to contribute its pait by car-

rying out the program to the fullest

extent possible, and by suggesting new

things to do from time to time.





But what shall be our program?

What is there that is so well worth

doing that we may leave our work at

home to attend to it, or drive a long

way to Grange meetings after a hard

day’s work to help do it?



Small need is there to ask a ques-

tion like this. Never before was there

such activity in the country. The

science of agriculture has been given

a larger place in the world. If the

writer remembers rightly it is not

quite six years since he heard an emi-

nent professor in a great college of

agriculture speak very discouragingly

of thecounty agent movement. He

was not a good prophet’. The move-

.Jnent, then just beginning in America,

has grown until there are few coun-

ties in our state that do not expect to

secure this sort of help in the near

future if they have not already done so.



One of the first questions asked by

the new county agent when he enters

upon his work is, “How many Granges

are there in the county and where are

they located?” In order to serve the





pe0ple of his county he must work‘





through organizations of farmers. If

~the Grange is already organized, and

will co-operate with him. he.needs no

other organization in that community.

But ’on investigation» he finds many

neighborhoods untouched by Grange

influence, and a number of Granges

that have not discovered why they are,

alive.





These weak Granges are hard to

rouse into action. The doing of it is

not in his line, and so he organizes a

club in the community to help him in

his work. And now it comes about

that the people of that neighborhood

who had not the time to keep up their

Grange, have both a Grange and a.

club. The county agent will‘help to





.keep up the club, because he wishes





to Work through that means. _He would





have been glad to assist the Grange





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.FARM VALUES

AND RAILROADS





Transportation Problem Must

be Solved Natifonally in





Order to Assure Agricultural

Prosperity.





HE greatest industry of the

United States is farming. Next

to that comes transportation.





Efficient transportation is essential

to the continued welfare and business

progress of the nation. To the farmer

it means wider markets and better

prices for his crops.



Speaking for 90% of the railroad

mileage of the country we invite your

co—operation in the solution of the



railroad p1ohlem to that end.





{ Make Regulation Efficient





There is no question that public

regulation of transportation has come

to stay. The railroads accept it. They

ask only that such regulation be made

eflicient. They ask that the functions

properly subject to public supervision

~~incorporation, the issuance of secur—

ities, the making of rates—be placed

under the direction of a single re—

sponsible national body such as the In—

terstate Commerce Commission, with

regional sub—commissions, in order that

regulation may be kept close to the

people. They ask that such regulation

be so administered as to permit the

railroads to earn a living return, to at—

tract new capital and to make the im-

provements and extensions necessary

to enable them to serve the American

people fairly and efficiently.



‘ 1n the Federal Reserve and Rural



‘Credit Banking Systems the operation

of regional divisions under Federal

supervision is well illustrated. The

railroads seek a similar solution of

their problem.





 





Commerce is Nation Wide



The farmer wants free trade among

the states.



Commerce in farm products is not

confined to state lines. It is nation

wide. Its regulation should also be

national. The fundamental state right

is the right of each state to be pro—

tected against discriminations by other

states such as exist today. Every barrier

that a state erects to the free move—

ment of commerce across its borders

limits the farmer’s market, makes it

easier for speculators to control pro-

ducts and depress prices and tends to

increase the cost of what the farmer

has to buy



The railroads cannot serve 49 mas—

ters—48 states and the nation and

serve efficiently. The present system

of multiple and conflicting regulation

is wasteful and destructive.





In the interest of all, regulation

should be iii behalf of all the states.

We invite discussion of this question

and. shall be glad to answer questions

and to supply information on request.





This is the first of several brief

talks on this subject.





'RAILWAY EXECUTIVES’

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

New York City





FRANK TRUMBULL, Chairman





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By W. F.





OME time ago we told the readers

S of this paper about a new plan of



co-operation in marketing which

is being tried out here in Oceana county

for the first time this year. To restate

the plan briefly, the Oceana Canning

Comp my, a concern having large capi-

tal and doing a good business in can-

ning fruits of several kinds, contracted

with most of the growers of fruit with-

in a radius of several miles, to sell

their fruit for them.



Gooseberries and. cherries were can-

ned and marketed in that form. The

growers paid the company for canning

upon the basis of labor cost, plus a

commission, to cover other expenses

and return a reasonable profit to the

company.



The growers were permitted to di aw

a portion of the price value of the fruit

delivered soon after its delivery. Set-

tlements have already been made for

cherries and goosbeerries, but for rea-

sons that will appear later, apples and

peaches have not yet been settled for.



There are other factories operating

in this county, besides many growers

annually ship large quantities of ber-

ries to distant. markets, and so there

is always a market for this fruit at

some price. The company settled for

the gooseberries early in the season

and the price paid was much better

than could have been gotten in the

open market at home, or by shipping

to a distant city. ‘



Last week settlement was made for

results were

largely in favor of the growers.



The later cherries brought more

than the Early Richmond variety, but

in both cases the prices paid were

from twenty-five to thirty-five per cent

above the prices received at the vari-

ous markets last summer. And while

the growers waited until nearly the

close of the year for the last of their

money,_they were allowed to \draw a

sum nearly equal to the price in the

open market early in the season.



It will be some time yet before set-

tlement will be made for peaches and

appls, as not nearly all the canned

goods are yet delivered. Settlement

has been already made for peaches

shipped in cars at time of harvesting,

but a large part of the peaches were

not fit to ship and so were canned.

While it is not possible to say at this

writing just what will be gotten out of

this fruit, the prospect at present is

that growers will receive much more

than they could have gotten other-

wise.



Large quantities of apples were

packed and sold at good prices during

the picking season, and by the time

all the canned apples are disposed of

it is probable that the returns from

this source will be highly satisfactory.



Later we will advise the readers of

the Michigan Farmer just how.it all

turns out, but now we wish to say a

few words about the plan in a general

way, and suggest how it might be ap-

plied to other lines of marketing.



In the first place, it is a very con-

venient way for the grower to dispose

of his fruit.



No one who has not .been through

the trying experience of harvesting

fruit'ean realize What it means.



Picking, packing, and delivering—

either of them is enough to tax one’s

mind to the utterfnost, and all three

are surely enough under average con-

ditions. But add to that the uncer-

tainty of the market, the sudden

changes in the weather which often

mean the loss of large quantities of





fruit that softens up before we cant . .

and dishonest packing -~nearly ~.drives





possibly get to it, ,with' unlocked; for





TAYLOR





happenings almost every day that add

neither to' our peace nor to our prof-

its. These are enough to drive one

crazy.



I have \known plums to be dumped

on the local market in our town until

no one knew What to _do with them

and the price fell to fifteen cents a

bushel. I almost grow sick at heart,

now while I recall memories of days

when warehouses were crowded with.

peaches, when the ground outside was

c0vered with baskets of peaches piled

as high as it was safe to pile them,

with a scorching sun getting in its

work all the time, and not a bit of

cold storage in the town for a single

bushel of fruit. I have seen the price

of peaches go down to almost nothing

in a day.



I have seen dealers buy load after

load when they did not know what to

do with them, and I have joined oth-

ers at such times in shipping to Chi-





cago or Milwaukee and when the re-‘





turns came back the check would not





him 'wild and open the decrs of tempz

tation to him at every turn, and the?

poor grower has to bear the conse-

quences. But in this case, the com-

panyis behind the grower with all

sorts of equipment and all the capital

necessary for the business. Behind

the company is its canning factory,

behind the factory is the cold storage,

safeguarding company and grower

against a congested market and bad

weather conditions, beside making pos-'

sible to store large quantities of fruit

which may be canned when'it is most

convenient to do the work. And lastly,

behind all is the market. It may be

poor today, but it will be better to

morrow, and whether today or tomor-

row it will not matter, for right tem—

perature will preserve the fruit, and

so it may be shipped to just the desti-

nation where it will be worth the most.





As a matter of fact, much of it is

bought 'on track at the factory. It is

honestly graded, the company is .en-

tirely responsible and so it is a good

place for the organized consumer to

go for fruit.



' Capitalize Local Talent.



And now a word about the applicw

tion of this plan to the marketing of

other products of the farm.



In many localities where grain or

potatoes, or perhaps both, are grown

in large quantities, there is need of

some better system of marketing.

There are already enough men buying





 





 





Delivering Fruit at Factory where it is Packed and Sold for Grower at a

Flat Rate.‘





pay for the baskets. Just such expe-

riences as these have driven people

out of the fruit business, but a goodly

number still remain, and are destined





to see much better conditions.





_ Some Real Advantages.



The new plan takesfthe worry out of

the life of the grower, andleaves him

free to harvest his crop in a measure

of contentment. Again it does for him

what he cannot possibly do fer him-

self in the'Way' of grading and packing.



The company makes a charge of

three'cents. a bushel for this work.

Just think of the grower with peaches

ripening every hour, wit-h labor scarce

andexpensive, with a thousand things

to worry him, being able to pick his

peaches as rapidly as possible, drive

in haste to the factory, unload them

quickly and go back to the orchard,

while competent hands put the fruit

through a mechanical grader that

knows no favorites but will sort every

one’s peaches alike, then to have them

packed and- shipped in an iced car, or

put into cold storage until they can be





‘eanned and all done as a matter of

himself.





course, with nobody beside

with worry, and no fruit spoiling in

the sun.



Think of these advantages,

then think cf having one’s fruit hand-

led by the most competent salesmen

that can be found. The company

charged ten cents a bushel for selling

the peaches. .

less than the commission house in the

city.will charge, and in the matter of

results there is no comparison. The

commission man isvexposed‘ to all'the

troubles and vexations incident to the

business. Congestion of the market,

bad ,weather conditions, damaged» fruit,





and





On an average this is‘





 





and shipping these products and to

build a co-operative warehouse would

be but to increase the competition

with little prospect of beneficial res-

sults. If the farmers in'that kind of

a community could but organize and

select the most competent business

man in the town, and contract with

him to handle these products, they

might receive the benefits of success‘

ful co—operation without taking many

chances ‘of failure. True, it might re-

sult in one or more of the competing

companies moving to some other town,

but if intelligently managed such an

enterprise would do for the farmer

just what is most desirable in this con-

nection—it would result in the hand-

lingof his surplus products at cost.

A little while ago we saw a report,

01' the business dOne by a certain pri-

vate creamery for thirty days. The

creamery paid the producers in that

locality five‘ hundred dollars less that





month than they might have had, had'





they but worked under a better system

of marketing.



Not that anyone could rightly blame

the creamery company. They ‘made

some money during the month in ques—

tion, money which might have gone

to the patrons had they worked undei

a better system of marketing.



But I have'knoWn that cempany for

years, and much of the time they could

not getc‘cream' enough to pay for run-

ning the creamery, to say nothing of

profits. And still the people of that

community were milking nearly as

many cows as‘they milk now.‘ But

they were operating as individuals and

not as a community. A. sent his cream

to the creamery, B. shipped his to a.





distantmity. C. churned at hom while , ..





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FEB. :16, 1917.





his life could not tell what to do nextj

The. creamery has grown popular of

late, and if a fine profit is now result-

ing, it is no more than is due the com-

pany for its perseverance during the“

times when it was necessary to hold

on by faith. '



But we are not so much concerned

about the creamery company as for

its patrons. The fact we wish to em-

phasize is the need of getting together.

Two ways are open to them. They

might organize a co-operative cream-

ery, or they might organize and con-

tract with the present company to

make and sell the butter at a fixed

price per pound. The latter method

would cost them nothing, would be

easy to try out, and would permit the

creamery company to Continue inl

business. -



it ought to be evident to every pro-l

ducer that the lack of: some well d'e-l

lined system in marketing is costing

us too much. Surely it is time for ev-

cry progressive community to unite in!



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some definite plan of marketing the

products of the farm. The writer be-

lieves thoroughly in the advantagesl

of the co—operative company, butl

where, for any reason, it is not prac~l

tical the new plan offers a splendidi

opportunity. The solution of the mar-l

keting problem is indicated by four

great words—Concentration, Regula—

tion, Standardization and Co-operation.

The Oceana county plan is in harmony

with this View.





 





WITH THE MICHIGAN CO-OPER-

ATORS.





Reports made at the recent annual

meeting of the Hillsdale County Co-op-

erative Association Show that the 200

members have saved about $10,000

during the past year in shipments 01?

live stock. E. D. Chene/y reported for

Hillsdale, Osseo and Pittsford stations

that 1% decks had been shipped, with

$147,000 paid to farmers. Large ship-

ments were also made from North

Adams. A. Seers, in charge of the as-

sociation’s offices at Hillsdale, report-

ed a business of $30,000 in coal, grain,

feed, fence posts ,and other supplies.



A. D. Olmstead, manager of the Nash-

ville Co-operative Company in Barry

county, reports a rapidly increasing

business in live stock shipments dur-





ing the fall, with prospects of a banner '





year in 1917.



The Square Deal Live Stock Ship-

ping Association of Charlotte, Eaton.

county plans to build a steel elevator

and to buy grain on the open market.

The proposition of a co—operative store

at. Charlotte is also being considered.



Farmers near Hartford, Van Buren

county, have organized a co-operative

live stock shippers’ association, incor-

porated with $1,000 capital.



The Bellevue Incorporated Live

Stock Shippers’ Association has been

formed in Eaton county, with the fol-

lowing. officers: Fresident, John Shar-

key; vice-president, M. J. Reid; secre-

tary, W'. A. Young; manager, Oscar E.

Mead. Members are charged seven

per cent per cwt. commission for hand-

ling shipments, with two per cent extra

to non-members.



The Cadillac Live Stock Purchasing

Association has been formed in Wex-

ford county, with the following offi-

ce's: President, George F. Williams;

vice-president, Perry F. Powers; secre-

taryt-reasurer, Henry Knowlton. The

object is to introduce thoroughbred cat-

tle in that section.





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Have been making some good sales

lately, shipped a spring boar, sired by

The Model Pal. All of my spring boars

are gone and getting a ood start on

fall pigs. of which I ha about 60, a

very choice, well-bred lot. I have just

begun to know how to make good

sales. Have extra well-bred stock in

best possible condition, and advertise

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





February 6, 1917. -



Wheat—Uncertain political condi-

tions are largely responsible for the

wide fluctuations in wheat values the

past week. On Monday however, pric-

es had recovered all the loss since last

Wednesday, and despite the break

with Germany, it appears that present

values are not far from the position

that supply and demand would put

,them. \Vith supplies short the world

over, a strong domestic demand in Am-

erica and the wants of foreign coun-

tries still far from being satisfied, it

is impossible to crowd prices down

without a healthy and immediate reac-

, tion. In the southwestern winter

wheat states there is considerable anx-

iety lest the recent low temperatures

with lack of moisture in the soil do

extensive damage to the growing

plant. Flour is in demand and is be-

ing exported. The decrease in the

United States visible supply of wheat

amounted to 938,000 bushels last‘week.

One year ago No. 2 red wheat was

quoted locally at $1.31 per bushel.

Last week’s Detroit quotations were:





 





No. 2 No. 1



Red. \Vhite. May

Wednesday ..... 1.79 1.74 1.83

Thursday ...... 1.72%, 1.6714.) 1.76%;

Friday ......... 1.71 1.66 1.75

Saturday ....... 1.76 1.71 1.80

Monday ........ 1.811/2 1.761/2 185%

Tuesday ....... 1.82% 1.7712 1 861/;





Chicago—May wheat $1.73%; Jul)

$1.47%; September $1.37.



Corn.——W’hile values rule lower than

the average for the previous week, the

position of this grain is firm and well

supported by statistical conditions.

The cereal is in demand at home and

abroad, and at the slightest indication

of a lowering of values buyers are at

hand to take the grain. Receipts from

country places are comparatively

small, and increased value of live

stock has encouraged farmers to ex-

tend their feeding operations. One

year ago No. 3 corn was quoted at

731/2c per bushel. The visible supply

for the United States increased 789,000





bushels. Last week’s Detroit quota-

tions were:



No. 3 No. 3



Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday ........ 1.02123 1.03%

Thursday .......... 1.01 1.02

Friday ............. 1.01 1.02

Saturday .......... 1.01 1.0.3

Monday ............ 1.01 5% 1.021;)

Tuesday 1.02143 1.03M





(Ihicago.—» Ma} (-orn $1.01 per bushel;

July 99:590.



Oats.—-—-'\'alues in the, out department;

have changed less than for the two

preceding cereals. The market is firm

and because of the largo-m supply of

this grain, there is a good consump-

tive demand, which. however, would

be larger if transportation facilities

were in better shape to move the

grain. A year ago standard oats were

quoted at 51c per bushel. Detroit’s

prices last \yeek were:





No. 3



Standard. \Vhite.

VVHlliesday ............ 58 571/2

Thursday ............. 57 56%

Friday ................ 57 56%

Saturday . . . .. .......... 57 561/;

Monday ............... 571/2 57

Tuesday .............. 58 571/3





(‘hicagos Alay oats 54§§c per bu;

July 531343.



Rye—Amines are off 30 from a week

ago, with cash No. 2 firm at $1.43.



License—Cash beans show a decline

of St", during the week, although Feb»

ruar) options have advanced the same

amount. Cash beans are quoted at

$6.55; February $6.45. At Chicago the

trade is quiet and prices advanced,

pea beans, hand-picked, being quoted

at $6.80, red kidneys at $6.75@7.



Peas.——Offerings are light and prices

firm at $2.75@3 for field peas, sacks

included.



Seeds.——Prime red clover $11 per

, bushel; March $10.90; alsike $11.10;

timothy $2.50. ‘





FLOUR 'AND FEEDS.





 





 





Noun—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are seiling on the Detroit

market per- 196 lbs., as follOWs: Best

patent $9.30; seconds $9; straight

$8.70: spring. patent $9.80; rye flour

8.80. ' ~

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

, arez. -~-Bra.n $37; standard middlings

838;, fine middlings $40; cracked corn

$44; coarse corn meal $43; corn and

' oat 'chop $38 per ton. - .



' ,Hav.—ln carlots at Detroit: No. 1

timothy $1‘4.50@‘15: standard timothy

. $13.50@14; .





' s .50@1‘4; No. '1' cfiiyer' $‘12'@12.50.w. -

) Pittsburg.—-—No. 1’ timothy $15.50@





 





, , No; 2 timothy $10@1_1:.

'1, ht mixed $13~.50@14: No. 1. mixed.

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16; No. 2 timothy $13.7S@14.75; No. 1

light mixed $14@14.75; No 1 clover

mixed $15.50@15.75; No. 1 clover

$15.50@16. ‘- '



Straw.——-In cars at Detroit, rye straw

$9@10; wheat and oat straw $8.50@

9 per ton.





DAIRY- AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Butter.——The market continues firm

at slightly higher prices. Creamery

extras 390; do firsts 360; packing

stock 24%0.



Elgin.—Fancy grades are scarce but

supply of other kinds is equal to the

demand. Price, based on sales, is the

same as last week, 39c.



Chicago—The feeling is firmer and

prices are 1c higher. The good grades

are scarce on account of delay in r

ceipts. Extra creameries 381/2@39c;

extra. firsts 371/2@380; packing stock

261/2@27c.



Poultry.-—-The market continues firm

at' advanced prices.‘ Demand is good

and receipts light. No. 1 spring chick-

ens 21@22c; No. 2 do 19@20c; No. 1

hens 21@220; No. 2 do 190; small do

14c; ducks 22@23c; geese 20@21c;

turkeys 25@26c.



Chicago—The demand continues ac-

tive and supply light. Change in pric-

es slight with a tendency upward.

Turkeys 12@23c; fowls 14@201/zc;

spring chickens 22c; ducks 15@20c;

geese 14@16c.



Eggs.—Recent cold weather check-

ed receipts and caused an advance of

nearly 60 in price. Firsts 44%c; cur-

rent receipts 43%c.



Chicago—Light receipts and contin—

ued good demands have caused an ad-

vance of over 6c. Fresh firsts 44@

441/20; ordinary firsts 42@43c; miscel~

laneous lots, cases included 40@44c;

refrigerator firsts 39c.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples.-—Market steady with prices

unchanged. Baldwins $5.25@5.50; Spy

and King $5.75@6 for best. At Chicago

the demand is tame but prices remain

unchanged. No. 1 stock sell at $3@6 a

bbl; No. 2 at $2@2.50.



Potatoes—In carlots at Detroit, in

sacks $2.05@2.10; western and Maine

at $2.25@2.30 per bushel. At Chicago

the market is firm and prices higher.

Michigan white potatoes are quoted at

$2@2.10 per bushel.





WOOL.





 





Market grows still stronger and

higher with no upward limit in sight

as supplies are already short and the

demand keeps growing apace. Foreign

wools are largely eliminated because

there are, no boats to deliver South

Alllt‘l'ican and South African offerings

and England has placed an embargo

on the Australian product. At Boston

Michigan delaines are quoted at 43@





"44c; do unwashed combing 41@48c;





do clothing 36@ 40c.





 





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





Traverse City reported $2 potatoes

for a day or so during the past week,

but prices have dropped 10@200 and

the market at most of the shipping

stations is reported around $1.80. Po-

tatoes here are selling retail at 60@

65c. The bean market does not show

much change. Fresh eggs are quoted

at 35@38c; dairy butter 30c. Wheat

shows great fluctuations, following the

Chicago market. Rye is quoted at

$1.25; barley $1; buckwheat. 950; oats

550; corn $1.





 





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





Extreme. cold weather reduced the

number of teams on the market Tues-

day morning to a half dozen. Pork

was offered at 16c; carrots $1.50; cel-

ery 30c a bunch; apples $1.25@1.75

per bushel. . .





 





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo. ,

February 5, 1917.

Cattle—Receipts 85 cars; the best





 





grades are 15@25c higher; the other





grades are steady; choice to prime

steers $10.50@11.50; good to choice

$9.70@10.25; fair to good $8.75@9.25;

plain to coarse $8@8.50; yearlings.

dry-fed, $10@10.50; best handy steers

$9@9.75; best butchering steers and

heifers, mixed $8.50@9.25; > western

heifers $7.75@8.50; best fat'cows'$7.50





'@8.50; butcher cows $6@6.75; cutters





$5@5.50; canners $4.25@4.50; fancy

bulls $7.75@9; butcher bulls $7@7.50:

common $5.50@6; good stockers $7@

7.50: light common stockers'$5.50@6;

best feeding steers $7.50@8: best milk;

ers and springers $80@110; mediums

$60@75; common $40@50. ‘ - ' 3





Hogs.-—Receipts 40 cars?“ Strong;





heavy and .vorkers $12.85@12.90;. pigs

and lights $11.‘50@,_12.25. gt; .

Lambs—Receipts. 30

cars‘; top lambs $14.20@15; yearlings





$12@13.50; wethers $11@11;59; {cw/esp





$10@10.75. . ‘

Calves—Receipts 400; steady; top





$15; fair to good $13@14; fed calves





$5@7._





 





Chicago.

.February 5, 1917.



. . Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

.Receipts today... 5,000 18,000 11,000

Same day 1916..23,716 59,668 16,822

Last week ...... 62,256 213,087 54,017

Same wk 1916..37,392 234,110 66,496

Largely owing to the cold weather,

the receipts of all kinds of live stock

today were unusually small for Mon-

day, and prices were advanced sharply

for everything; cattle being largely 250

higher, although part of the sales did

not show that muchadvance. Hogs





3) were 25@35c higher, with an early





$12.30 top, later‘sales up to $12.35 and

$12.40 bid by 11 0’ clock. Hogs re—

ceived last week averaged 201 lbs. The

lamb market was decidedly higher,

with a $14.75 top, while prime ewes

brought $11.



Cattle were selling last week at ex-

tremely high prices, even the ordinary

kinds selling far higher than in for-

mer winters, although the greater part

had to sell 150 lower than at the best

time a week earlier, the breaks in pric-

es being on the various grades below

choice The top price, $12.10 per 100

lbs, was another high record for the

present season, and‘the bulk of the

steers changed ownership at a range

of $9.25@11, with the choice to fancy

heavy steers selling at $11.50 and up-

ward and steers selling as good bring-

ing $10.30@11.45, while a medium

grade of steers sold at $9.50@10.25,

these consisting of short-fed lots. The

light fleshy steers went at $7.75 and

over, and the commoner class of steers

of light weight found buyers to a lim-

ited extent at $6.35 and upward. Year-

lings had an outlet at $10@10.75 for a

good class, with choice to extra year-

lings taken at $10.80@11.50. Butcher-

ing cattle were in demand on a basis

of $5.90@9.50 for cows and $5.50@

10.50 for heifers, with very few cows

or heifers selling anywhere near top

figures, althougha prime 1260-lb. heif-

er went on Monday at $11. Cutters

sold at $5.30@5.85, canners at $4.75@

5.25 and bulls at $5.75@9. Calves were

in good demand, selling at the best

time of the week at $5.50@14.50 for

coarse heavy to prime light vealers.

The stocker and feeder traffic was us-

ually fairy animated, stockers going

at $6.25 .50, choice yearlings going

the highest, while feeders sold at $7.40

@920 and occasionally'at higher fig-

ures for something requiring but a

short finish. The threatened compli-

cations with Germany acted as a dis-

turbing influence in the,- live stock

trade and caused weakness. Prime

fleshy feeders sold up to $9.40.



Hogs passed an excited week, with

sensational fluctuations in prices, an

active local and Shipping demand

sending prime heavy barrows up to

the highest quotation yet reached,

$12.15. The market was in a nervous

condition on Thursday, the day when

the announcement of the new submar-

ine warfare on; the part of Germany

was made public, and after the $12.15

figure was paid on that day, there was

a break of 40@50c from the early high

level. The. inevitable inference was

that our exports of hog products will

be materially reduced in the near fu-

ture, and pork and other lines of pro-

visions sold off badly, the drop in May

pork in a few hours amounting ,to

$3.25 per bbl. The week’s receipts of

hogs were much smaller than a week

earlier or a year ago, and the week

closed firm, with hogs selling at, $11.15

@1165 for light bacon hogs, $11.55@

11.85 for heavy packers, $11.70@11.85

for light shipping hogs, $11.85@12.05

for heavy shipping lots and $8.90@

10.85 for light to heavy weight pigs,

the best weighing up to 135 lbs. A

week. earlier hogs brought $11.05@

11.70.



Lambs, yearlings, wethers and ewes

underwent their accustomed advances

last week, again selling higher than

they ever did before, with a demand

much exceeding the offerings. VVest-

.ern fed lambs Comprised the principal

part of the daily offerings, and the

limited numbers of feeding and shear-

ing lambs offered sold higher than. ev-

er before. The week’s receipts were

matrially smaller than a week earlir,

and prices advanced 25@35c, prime

lambs landing at $14.65, top yearlings

at. $13.65, top wethers at.$11.75 and

best ewes at $10.75.



Horses were in small supply and de-

mand last week at unchanged priges,

even army horses beingless wanted

than usual. -I—Iorses were salable" at

$60@100- for inferioreto. . fair grades," at

, $1'10@200- for; .r ‘driversj,...$-185@28-5 for

drafters and $175@2_10 for thebetter

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.Michigan. »





Mecosta 00., Jan. 31.——~lce being put .

- up by nearly everyone. Lots of snow





and cold weather. Hay being sold at

$11@12 per ton, according to quality.

The buying price of potatoes is $1.75

and likely to go higher; beans $6 per

bu; hogs 100; beef, dressed 9@10c;

eggs 35c; butter 32c; butter-fat 380.



Presque Isle (30., Jan. 28.———Fine win-

ter weather with good sleighing, 12 to

16 inches of snow. Fields well pro-

. Farmers are putting in the

winter hauling logs and wood, doing

farm chores, etc. Quite a number are

working in the factory at Onaway,

and in lumber camps. Green hard-

wood 18 selling at $2; dry hardwood

$2.50@2.75; tamarack $1.75; pork

$12.50; beef $10.50; hay, baled $10; po-

tatoes $1.60; ibut-ter 33c; eggs 38@4OC.

A few feeding lots are being held al—

though stock feeding is not general in

this section. A good supply of rough-

age on hand. ~



Kalkaska COI, Jan. 27.—Cutting

wood and baling hay is the chief oc-

cupations of farmers these days out-

side of doing chores. A normal amount

of feeding is being done. Roughage

supply is ample, but grain is gener-

ally scarce. Surplus farm produce is

practically marketed except, hay, for

which the market is a little slow.

About 10 per cent of the potatoes har-

vested remain in the hands of farmers.

Ground is covered with snow. Pota-

toes $1.60; beans $6; butter 290; no

corn or wheat for sale.





Eaton 00., Jan. 27.—Cutting wood,

marketing, getting machinery ready

for the coming season’s work, and

hauling manure are some of the activi-

ties of the farmers these winter days.

A considerable amount of: stock is be-

ing fed. There is plenty of roughage

but many corn cribs are empty. Much

stock is being marketed just now. The

sleighing is good. “heat $1.80; rye»

$1.40; oats 32c; beans $6; potatoes

$2; hay $8@10; eggs 380; butter 25@

30c; corn $1.



Berrien 60., Jan. 27.———3utting and

storing ice isthe order here. Not

much stock being fed and many of the

hogs going to market are, not finished.

Plenty of roughage here. There is:

only a small volume of surplus pro.

ducts iemaining on the farms. The

ground is covered with about six inch

es of snow and we have had about.

nine weeks of sleighing. Hay $10; po~

tatoes $1.35; wheat $1.85; oats 500;.

rye $1.35; corn 90c; eggs; 40c; butter

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Thursday’s Market.

February 8, 1917.

Cattle. . .





Receipts 1712. The run in all de-

partments at the local stock yards this

week wasvery small and plainly

shows that stock in Michigan is be-

coming very scarce as at the present

high prices it would surely come it it

could be found. The railroad service

was better than for several weeks.



in the cattle division the general

market was 10@200 higher than at the

close last week, and prices held full

steady tothe close. Several loads of

good cattle sold at $10@10.25 per cwt.

A few farmers were on hand after

stockers but bought few, prices look.

ing much too high for feeding pur-

poses. , . ‘ .



We quote: Best heavy steers $9.50

@10; best handy weight butcher steers

$8.75@9\25; mixed steers and heifers

$8@8.50; handy light butchers $7.50

@8; light butchers $6.50@7; best cows

$7@7.75; bu cher cows $6@6.50; com-

mon cows,_l‘5.50@5.75; canners $5@

5.25; best heaVy bulls $7@8; bologna

bulls $6.75@7; stock bulls $6@6.50;

i‘eeders $7@8; stockers $6.50@7; lllilk-

(-rs and springers $40@80.



Sandel, S., B. & (i. sold Goodgold 2

heifers av 6-40 at $6.75; to Bresnahan

2 cows av ‘905 at $5, 2 do av 1070 at

$5; to NeWt‘on 13. Co. 2 do av 1175 at

$6.75; to Stevenson 6 butchers av 670

at $6.75; to Mason B. Co. 16 do av 625

at $6.35;.to Mich. B. Co. 4 do av 700-

at $6, 15 steers av 837 at $8; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 8 do av 916 at $8.40, 21

butchers av 736 at $7.25, 4 cows av

1005 at $6.50, 5 do av 832 at $5.25; to

Mich. B. Co. 1 bull wgh 1170 at $7.40,





 





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i. do wgh 1350 at'$7.25, 16 butchers av

720 at $7.50, 1 bull wgh 920 at $6.75,

1 do wgh 1000 at $7; to Parker, W. &

(To. 15 butchers av 681 at $7.25; to

Bray 1 cow'wgh 1210 at $7.50, 2 do av

785 at $54 (10 av 1075 at $6.50., 5 do

av 860 at $5.25, 4 do av 1135 at $6.25;

to Kamman B. Co. 16 steers av 1097

at $9.60. " '*



Erwin,'S. '&' J. sold Applebaum 1

heit’er wgh 720 at $5.75, 2 c0Ws av 945

:11, $6, 5 butchers av 24 at $6.25; to

Newton B. CO. 2 do av 865 at $7.25; to

Sullivan 1’."Co. 25 do av 700 at $7.25,

5 do av 722 at $7.25, 14 steers av 1150-

::t $9.25, 9 cows av 935 at $5.75; to

Kamman B. Co. 15 butchers av 906 at

$8.10; to Newton B. Co. 2 cows av 910

Hi. $5, 5 do av 1126 at $6, 1 do wgh

1000 at $5.50, 4 do av 1212 at $6, 4 do

:l\' 915 at $5.10, 1 bull wgh 1160 at

$7.60, 5 cows av 1012 at $5.25, 5 do av

H6 at $6.75, 3 do av 1070 at $6.75, 2‘

do av 890 at $6.25, 4 do av‘862 at

$5.25, 24 butchers av 588 at $5.85.



- Veal Calves.



“receipts 548. The veal calf trade

opened and closed full steady with

last week, a few choice bringing $14

6314.25. but the bulk of good sold at

$134114; culls $11@12; heavy $6.50@

9. The close was steady.



Haley 8’; M. sold Goodgold 5 av 275

at $6.50. 6 av 325 at $6.50.



Johnson sold Naglc P. Co. 5 av 125

all $13.40. ‘



Sandel, S B. & G. sold Goodgold

5 av 145 at $13; to Nagle P. Go. 5 av

155 at $13.50, 9 av 135 at $13.75, 1 wgh

150 at $14.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 4884. The sheep and lan‘b

trade opened active and best lambs

were 25.@35c higher than last week:

sheep strong... On Wednesday lambs

dropped off 250 and sheep held steady.

On Thursday the market was steadv

with Wednesday and prices averaged

as follows: Best lambs $l4@14.50;

lair lambs $13@13.50: light to common

lambs $11.50fi21250'; yearlings $12.75

@13; fair to good sheep $9.50@10;

culls and common $7608.



Erwin, S. & .1. sold Nagle P. Go. 236

lambs av 78 at $14.10, 22 sheep av

95 at $9, 30 lambs av 58 at $13, 48 do

av 80 at $134.25, 22 sheep av 95 at $9,

16 lambs av 65 at $13, 51 do av 85 at

$14.35, 37 do av 75 at $14.20, 52 do av

85 at $14.25, 51 do av 75 at $14.15, 25

do av 88 at $14, 5 sheep av 90 at $8.50,

9 do av 115 at $8.50.



Sandel S., B. & G. sold Nagle P. Co.

395 lambs av 75 at $13.75, 14 sheep

av 95 at $8.75.



Haley '& M. sold Nagle P. Co. 118

lambs av 82 at $14.30.





Hogs. . . .



Receipts 3020. In the hog depart-

ments receipts were very samll and

the quality generally common. Prices

on Wednesday were 100 lower than

early in the week, and on Thursday

they were steady at the opening, pigs

selling at $10:;50:@11.25; mixed hogs at

$11.90@22£5. .> . ‘





 

 

 

 

 





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Associationul Sentiment:

“The Farmer: I'Ic garners from the

soil the primal wealth of nations."





COUNTY AGENT WORK.





Address of D. L. Hagerman, county

agent for Ottawa county, at the annual

meeting of the Michigan State Asso-

ciation of Farmers’ Clubs.





Coming up here this morning it oc-

curred to me that perhaps my words

pertaining to the county agricultural

agent in the county would be more or

less of second nature to you people,

and that anything that I might have to

say would be second-hand to you. But

so far, in all the discussions this morn-

ing and in yesterday’s sessions, with

the exception of once or twice, I have

heard no mention of the work of the

county agent or agriculturalagent, so

as a. consequence I naturally have to

deduce that either the. agent. does not

figurevery greatly in your program

plan or else you have not a county ag-

ricultural agent to help you in this

work. Naturally, having the work in

charge in Ottawa county, I feel that





agent and the Farmers’ Cluboshould

be the most: intimate. I can scarcely

understand how a county agricultural

agent can work in a county where

there are no federations—where there

are no organizations of this sort, eith-

er the Grange, or the_11‘ar11191's’ Club,

or some other of the various organi-

zations, so I 11111 going to speak this

morning believing that you people

either .have a county agricultural

tgcnt 01' that. you are directly in line

to secure one.



The nuichinei'y under which it is

possible, for a. county to secure the ser?





you are perhaps familiar with. You

will only have to send a. letter or post-

card to any of the officers of the Agri-

cultural College and you will soon be

informed as to how the services of a

county agricultural agent can be se-

cured and also how you will be in a

position to secure the appropriation

and the funds that come, not only

from the state but from the federal

government.

A Community of Interest.



The best thing that you can do in

this respect is to secure a county ag-

ricultural agent, or if you have one,

a. more careful and more sincere co-

operation wiih him in his work. The

work or the effort of a, Farmers’ Club

is naturally directed along p‘actically

the same channels as the work of the

county agent. They have the same in-

terest at heart—the improvement of

agricultural condiiions in the county,

not only from the standpoint of eco-

nomic development, in which the coun-

ty agricultural agent and the Farmers’

Club is interested, but there is also the

social, and the social perhaps seems

to develop more vital interest than

the economic in the Farmers’ Club. I

noticed in one of the discussions this

morning the statement was made that

they discussed politics, religion and

everything, and I thought, “True,” at

some of the Grange meetings in our

part everything but agriculture.



It seems that the farmers are more

interested in the topics of everyone

else than their own. We sometimes

get disgusted with the farm business,

and, as we always say, the grass is

greener just over the fence and we

are a little more active in discussing

sonic of these other problems than the

ones that pertain directly to our own

business. The simple idea of farm

practice can be made more interesting.

The Farmers’ Club attempts to do





 





the relaiions of the county agricultural-





vices of a. county agricultural agent'





 





their work from an educational- stand—





point and with the idea of glea‘oer so-_

cial development. On the other hand,

the county agricultural agent has to

combine not only the educational and

social features, but the demonstration

feature. This, I believe, has been tak—

en up by the 'FarmerS’ Club and we

believe that the work that the practice

of demonstration is teaching is more

potent than any of the other features

of work. ’ ._

The Value of Demonstration Work.

The statement has been madethat

we actually retain in our memory

about one-tenth of the things that we

hear—that is, you people will remem-

ber one-tenth of the points of interest

passing through your minds here at

this session; we remember eight-

tenths of the things which we see ac-

complished—which we actually see

done, and we remember all of the

things which we do ourselves so nat-

urally the idea of getting everyone to

work is the badge of a good Farmers’

Club and a county agricultural agent.

Some of the work which I wish to

take up this morning will relate to the

demonstration feature. I believe it is

a. problem which should be discussed.

The experiment of putting on your in-

dividual farms or a. cooperative dem-

onstration either at the Club house of

the Club or near it, of a demonstra-

tion experiment, trying and findin'gout

for yourselves some of the needs of

your soil and your crops. Any of

your Clubs here, if you would get one—

l1alf of an acre where the county agri-

cultural agent and the Farmers‘ Club

will cooperate in maintaining a series

of experiments, partly made out by

the county :1 11cultm al agent and pan;-

ly by the Fanners ’Club, they are go-

ing to see put to actual test some of

the principles which have been recom-

mended i'or many years, and so I sim:

ply wish to take up the idea of the

social and of education as far as the

work of the countyagricultural agent

and Farmers" Club is concerned, be-

cause of the fact, that these are two

fields which I believe are more or less

overlapping.

Agriculture is More than a Job.

One of the. worst things which we

have in promoting this idea of—we

will call it sensible 213,111 ullUIt, up- -to-

date ugliculiure, which embodies all

ihat is vital to the farm, is the fact

that. our farmers are losing their confi-

dence in agriculture, they are losing

their grip 011 agriculture as anything

but a job. I have a county in mind





where the land is valuable, splendid





buildings, good equipment, the crops

are usually pretty good, the farmers

have their automobiles, and yet, just

as soon as one of them can make

enough money they move to town.

They are able to retire at the age of

fifty and move away from the country

—away from their home town, and we

would naturally say, “Why not retire

in the coumry, in the home from

which they made their money?" I find

this condition very frequently and I

think that right in the Farmers’ Club\T

we can endeavor by these programs,

and by the entertainments to promoteT

the spirit of interest in the farm and

farm life and I believe that that, is one

thing which should be emphasized.

So many of our farm boys are leav-

ing the farms. We need those boys;

we need the best blood back 011 the

farm. The reason they want to go to

town is because even their parents,

their fathers and their mothers, those

whom they copy by precept and exam-

ple, have lost that spirit, have lost that

grip. That is one of the features

where the county agricultural agent

and Farmers’ 'Club can co—operate in

inspiring a better spirit for farm life.

The farmer who really feels this de-

mand or spirit as you people are feel-

ing now, puts himself in a. position

where he has an open, alert mind and

that is the one condition as demon-





strators and educators we mest'desire .





——a learning mind, a desire to learn.

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(Continued from page 174).

Commerce Commission in Docket No.

.6825, which case was wen by the Na-

tional Society of Record Associations

last July, went into force December 1,

1916. Since that time stallions can be

shipped at a weight of 3000 pounds

instead of 7000; ordinary horses at a

weight of 2000 pounds instead of 5000:

bulls at 2000 lbs. instead of 5000;

mare and colt or cow and calf at a

weight of 2500 pounds instead of 5500.

Other weights are scaled down in pro-

portion and inasmuch as information

has come to the National Society of

Record Association that many agents

are, in violation of law, still compell—

ing shippers to ship at the old weights,

all live stock breeders are urged to go

direct to their agents and call their

attention to the fact that the extreme-

ly high weights required in the ship-

ment of breeding animals 1. c. l. in the

past no longer exist. They are further

requested to ascertain whether the

agents have received proper tariffs

from their railroad companies. We are

advised that most of the railroads sent

instructions to their agents in supple-

ment No. 14 to the official classifica—

tion tariff No. 43, but many agents evi-

dently did not familiarize themselves

with the rulings laid down in the sup-

plement. The new schedule of weights,

basic vases and increase in weight

where animals are shipped at higher

valuations, appear in Official Classifi-





 





We will pay-this week 43c for butterfat

delivered in Detroit. We pay the same

day we receive the cream, and Will

return the Cans the next day. We want

cream buyers also. Give us a trlal

shipment. Write for Shipping tags.





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cation Tariff No. 44 which becomes ef-

fective February 1, 1917, and all ship

pch are urgently requested to see that

their agents at local shipping stations

are properly acquainted with the rul-

ings in regard to the shipment of live

stock in less than carload lots.





Any shippers who Were compelled

to pay at the higher weights since De-

cember 1, 1916, can recover claims





out difficulty by merely presenting the





agent to iretructions laid down in sup-

plement No. 14 to Official Classifica-

tion Tariff No. 43.



The attention of all live stock breed-

ers in all parts of the United States is

further particularly called to the fact

that the furnishing of attendants with

shipments of live stock 1. c. l. is now

left with the shipper and no railroad

has authority to require an attendant

with shipments of live stock in less

than carload lots.



The attention of all shippers in all





called to the fact that animals may be

shipped at their true values in the case

of valuable breeding animals by the

payment of a, Very slight increase in

rate, to-wit an increase of four per

cent in rate for each one hundred per

cent increase in value of the animals

over the basic values fixed in the tar—

iffs, which are on file in each railroad

station.



This is a matter of direct import-

ance to every live stock breeder, ship-

ping breeding animals in less than car-

load lots and I shall be glad to have

specific information from any shippers





with the new regulations, rules and

practices as laid down by the Inter-

state Commerce' Commission in Dock-

et N0. 6825.



Attention is further called to the

fact that any railroad company whose

agent violates the rulings laid down in

Docket No. 6825, is subject to a fine of

$5,000 fbr each and every offense, and





 





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{Sec’y Nat’l Society of Record Assn’s. '





 





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CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





Bulls by BLACK QUALITY ITO. sire. .First prize,

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BEACH FARM .

GUERNSEYS





Average yearly production 4&3 lbs of fat. three





 





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If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS. Mar-hull, Mich.

Extra Good Registered





Holstein Cows

FOR SALE





From $125.00 to 8200.00.

Send for list or look them over.





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms,

B‘REhiDSVlLLFJ, MICHIGAN





HOLSTEINS





Herd No.1. Five cons. one two year old bull:



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

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



Hulls read) for service and 6 to eight months oldbulls

Prices will please you.’ if interested. write us soon as

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10 HOLSTEIN BULLS at FARMERS PRICES





Sired by Len





Beach DeKol Korndyke. His

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LONG BEACH FAR-V1.





Cluny. Sto ck Farm



100 REGISTERED HOLSTEI‘NS 100



Save Money! Buy Now!

THE MILK AND BUTTER KIND





Bull calves by a Bire whose 3 nearest dams average:

Milk. 7 d. &38.21bs.. Butter 30.618 lbs. His dum's record





sire Friend Hengerold DeK

0rd. 11 30 lb. sisters. 3-1200

Friend Hengerold De Kol Butter Boy has 1000 lb. yin 138d. Has 4-80 lb.





lllllsido Farm lusty:

whose combined butter

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heifers fbr sale.





oi Butter Boy. Dam a daughter of

lh. sisters. Her dam. a den 11er!

sisters. 3 sisters above 1200 11 year.





STA. ( Kalamazoo. 60..) MICH.





Forsale. seven mos. old bull

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0. (E 0. Denim, Ypsilanti. Mich.





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31.7661hs. butter in 7 due. as Jr. 4 yr. old. State record ‘

or age when made. Make a saving on Price and

Express charges. and raise one of h ssonsdor your

next herd sire. Prices and Pedigrees on application.





Shortliorn Cattle oi boll: Sex ior Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





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. Holstein Bulls





1 to 9 months old. Dam‘s A. R. 0. Our herd sire is

Johanna McKinley Seals 3d. 7 nearest Dams aver-

age 27.26 BLISSVELDT FARMS. Jeni-on. Mich.





OAK LEAF FARM

Herd Sire

Ypsilanti Sir Pietertle De Kol





 





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“For Best and Milk”





This heifer at 6 months has bone.

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The blood of Scotch bulls Imp.

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Tecumseh, Michigan.





 





I have several young bulls for sale. good individuals





 





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' ‘ Young bull ready for service.

”C‘lSlCICC "Chums. 30 lb. breeding. Satisfaction

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Francisco Farm Shorthorns

and Large Type Poland Chinas





“'e oil’er b'ulls it boars ready for service;

Bred sows .l'z gllts it young‘cows.

P P. POPE, R. R. 3. Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

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A26 LB. JR. 4-Yll.-lll.ll





A201b. Sr. 2-yr.-old and a 15H). Jr‘. 2-yr.-old were

among the records recently made in our herd. All

cows in the herd have creditable A. ll. 0. records and

are tuberculin tested.





PEACELAND STOCK FARM, Three Rivers. Mich.





(Thu. Peters. Herdsman. C. L, Brody. Owner. Port Huron Mich





EG. Holsteins. Place yourorder now fora bull calf.

R I have cows due to freshen soon. bred to the best

bull in Mich. Elmer E. Smith. Redford. MiChigan





F s I Ten head of Grade Holstein cows and one

or a . Holstein bull selected from the McPherson

Top Notch herd. E. C. SBUPP. Hillsdulc. Michigan

3200 Buys Reg. linlstein'lieii‘erlfi yr. old fresh next



summer and Reg. bull 14 mo. old. not skin. both





evenly marked. 13.13. REAVEY. Akron, Michigan 8





 





Bull calves. Michigan Champions 1916.

"Oz. "old.“ Male and female.World's record breed-

ing at Farmers’ price. John A. liinke, Warren, Mich.





EGIS’J‘ERRD Holstein cows, heifers and young

, bulls for sale. Price right. Comeaiid see herd.

C. L. Hulctt A: Son. - — — Ukemoe, Mich.





lea. "OISICIR Bull Calf. +5 white, abeauty, 5





wcoks old. $30 Reg. A: De]. anywhere

in state. A. ll. 0. dam. J. ll. Hicks. St. Johns, Mich.





HEREFORDS





Bali: Shorliorn:





Milking Shorlhorns.





DAVIDSON 8: HALL. TE CUMSE





Shrlhorn: Far ills.





Write W. J. BELL. ROSE CITY. MIC





POI? SALE:





Chas. 1!. Dunning.





dred dollars).





the orignal milk strain, 2 bulls and

heifers for sale. 8 to 10 mo. old.

. B. EUIHEL. DIASON. MICHIGAN.





for Service.

MICHIGAN.





Bull: 00:91





SRCIlleSw-DTW or b”! bred. Breeding stock all





ages for sale st farmers prices. C. W. Crum-





Socy. Cent. lich. Shortliorn Breeder-3' him. McBride. Mich.





In Shorthorn Bull:

add





for sale. 9 and 10 months old.

Price right. For particulars

ress J. E. Tanswell. Mason. Michigan.





SHORTHORNS F on SALE





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





Young bulls 8100. Bred cows.

and heifers $150 for pick sale.

(lLiAN. .





Two yearling dairy

Short-horn bulls.



- Coopereviile. lich.



0R Sule~Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Maxwalton



Monarch 2nd. 3 son of Avondale. from 11 to 13 mos.





old. John Schmidt. Reed City. it. No. 5.. Michigan

2 old Bull. D11keol’(Milkin ' Sliorthorn) Wildwood

Yr- 2 34 «i.





434. 1. for sule. Records Price $2.00 (Two hun-





Joseph Lindsey & Son. ()tsego, Mioli_





 





Both sexes and all ages for sale. our herd com-

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such sires as Prime Lad 9th. Perfection Fair-

fax, Bonnie Brae 3d and Dale. Write us your





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Cattle For Sale





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Isaae Shane-tum. Fairfield. Iowa, lt-ll.





Moos.

Durocs and Victories





Heavy bone. lengthy Spring Bears and Gilts from prize

winners sired by one o

fender & other noted strains.





the best Sons of the Great De-

. M. 'i‘. STORY, Lowell. Mich.





 





EARL C. MCCARTY. Bud Axe. Mlchi‘ln





 





of serviceable age. at moderate irices. Information.

pedigrees.etc.. on application. cI’H Eli-SUN FARMS l

00.. Howell, Michigan.





Dispersion of Entire Herdi

HOLSTEIN CATTLE





On account of health conditions am forced to sell my

Holstein cattle consisting of

20 lb. cows bred to our Junior sire a son of Friend

llengerveld De Kol Butter Boy. his dam 35.10 lbs.

daughter of Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke also the highest

‘yeariy record daughter. Come at once and get the

rst chance, prices right. Write for pedigree of Sire,





' ORCHARD MEADOW FARM

W. A. Service, Prop. Perry. Michigan





Registered Holstein Friesian Heifers. 3 to 6





. mos. Old. Home from 30 lb.

sires. Priced to sell. Fred J. Lange, Sebewning, Mich.





 





 





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

,5 weeks old. beautifully marked.82il.00 each. crated

for shipment anywhere. Edgewood Farm.Wliltewster.Wis._





REG- HOLSTEINS: Herd headed b Albina Bonte

Butter Boy No. 96124. Dam's recor at 6 yrs. butter

$.53 lbs. milk 619.4. Yearly record at 2% yrs. butter

“)2 lbs. milk 1%?! lbs. W. B. READER. Howell. Mich,





 





 





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swigarldale Farm Berkshires





Home of the greatest show herd in the State.

Stock of all ages and both sex for sale. including

some of the winners at the State Fair. write us for

particulars and let us tell you about them and our





HOLSTEIN BULLS





some of them old enough for service. sired b

“Maplecrest Korndylie Ilengerveld”(the Bull wit 1

the best yearly record backing of any sirc in the

world) and ”l l. .i’; B. Segi's U lrica Pledge 108790.”

all from A. R. O. Dams with good records and the

best of breeding. one very fine Grandson of the





FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR BULL





out of :1. 2739-11). dam. all stock guaranteedto be

just as represented and a credit of six months

will be given to responsible parties.





SWIGARTDALE FARM.





Petersburg, Mich.

Berkshires,





 





Hours, serviceable age best blood

lines. Registered. E’LMH RS

STOCK FARM. Almont. Mich.





 





 





Jersey Bulls for Sale





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from highmroducing .dams.with

testin Asso. records. also on

C. B. We ner. R. 6. Allegnn. Mich





Duroc Jersey ,





We still have 7 choice hours for sale. Sued by our

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ducers of the breed.





ll. of M. JERSEY HERD oifers for sale.

' bull calves and

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IRVIN FOX. Allegan. 1‘ ch.





will be more than ilensed. Prices Reasonab 0.

THE JENNINO'S RARMS. R. F. D.l. Bailey. Mich.





FOR SALE





 





Maple Hill Farm llagislmd Jsmy llalllsfor Sale





Both sexes. The kind that pay at the ail.

J. ll. Worthington. ll. No. 7. Lansing.





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for sale. ready for service.

Jersey Buns good producing dams.

B. B. FOWLER,





Out of

Prices right.

Hartford. Mich.





10 Reg. Shropshire yrl. Ewes that. are first class in

every respect. Price 815 per head. Bred for Apr. lambs.

M. A. EBAY ESTATE, Okeinos. (Inghnni Co.)‘ MiCh.





HI. nun, Em, Mich. gs. sutures;





Swine. D. LI. a; '1‘. local from Monroe or Toledo. Kcency Stop.





 





 





 





 





The Wildwood Farm





Jersey Cattle. Majesty Blood.





from Register of Merit cows of

wants. lvin Balden. Capac.





JERSEYS roe





Michigan.





Waterman A: Waterman.





We have Bulls for sale

good type. Write your





'0

SALE Youngbulls

ready f o r

service from R. of M. ancestors. Meadowlnnd Farm.

Packard Road. Ann Arbor. Mich.





bred

price





slits for sale

tosell.

Hastings. Mich.





Duroc Jerseys 3"





Carey U. Edmonds.

Saws. Sprin gilts. A . Boal” . '

nunoc Pigs either sgx. Perchuegmu SitudlmOolge





months Old. E. J. Aldrich.

Gilt. t. '

Duroc Jerseys ”$3231 “.3." £83.???





Orion Cherry Ki ng the Premier Champion of the breed





 





pt.

six

Tekonsha. Mich.





 





 





FOR SALE REGISTERED lEllsEY Blllll





SMITH §e$2§?fi§£rfice' Write your want .





B s

R. D. No.4. Howell. Michigan





also fell pigs.F. J. DRODT. RJ. Monroe. Michlcln





 





 





m beauties bred to mod big "on it

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Crooked Knees—Enlarged -‘ ' Hock——

Scours.—I have a. mare which has

been troubled ,with crooked-*knee‘s-~-f0r

the past two years and‘~§he‘~is'~inclined

to stumble. The leg,r does 311‘! rfold up

fully and when force r'ri‘siuiseii ’to-bend

it. she flinches. Anothermare‘has .had

a bunch on outside of hind‘le‘gflfor the

past year, caused by kicking,=and her

leg stocks. Another one'ogsmy mares

scours badly. We feed her ”timothy,

clover, some millet, and. I might say

she suffers from abnormahthirst. L.

A, Alden, Mich.——‘Your .cnti'are ~ suffers

trom.mechanica1 stiffness dilknee joint

and is incurable. Apply one part of

iodine and nine partsg‘frééh' lard to

bunch on heck twice a.,yvé§ki T Change

your mare’s feed and water her often.

Give her a teaspoonful.sm.A.-powder-'

ed catechu, a teaspoonful of powdered

sulphate iron, and a dess'enspoonful

of prepiLl‘ed chalk at a. (leech feed

two or three times a. day.‘.l-_-. . '



Sore Mouth and Throat—My ten-

year—old horse took sick last Thurs-

day, had a chill, slaveredjpdm mouth

and our local Vet. thought ‘it. the re-

sult of eating poisonous herbs. I am

inclined to believe that his tongue

and .jaws are' partially paralyzed, and

I_ might say that the horse has had

several chills. J. P., Oori‘i’nna, Mich.

~——A careful examination of the mouth

and throat should be made. A foreign

body may be lodged between back

teeth, or a piece of corn cob, wire or

wood may be lodged in back of the

mouth. Dissolve 1, dr. rot-schlorate of

potash in a pint of tepid water and

wash out mouth four times a: day. Rub

throat with one part tincture iodine

and two parts camphorated ”oil once

a day.



Spra‘med Leg—My eight-year-old

mare occasionally goes lame in one

front leg, she shows it most when first

moved. A. R. V., Lucas, Mich—If you

can locate her lameness, apply equal

parts turpentine. aqua aminonia and

olive oil every day or two. " '



Chronic :Navicular Diseases—Our

fiveyear-old horse has been .lame in

fore foot for the past 12 months and

when standing usually points with toe.

H. D., Charlotte Mich—Clip hair off

coronet and app _v one part red"iodide

mercury, one part powdered. canthar—

ides and eight parts fresh lard-every

two weeks. If the foot is feverish

apply moisture. .



Chronic Cough—Ever since the lat-

ter part of last summer 'my fiveryear-

01d mare has been coughing more Or

less and when these spells come 0n

she seems to choke and I am inclined

to believe the trouble is in the throat.

Besides, I have noticed that her how—

els are 'costive. W. M., Clare.

Mich—Apply one part tincture iodine

and two pa-rts-camphorated oil toner

throat once a day. Give 1,g’zg'dr. of now-

dered lobelia, 1 dr. muriate ammonia,

1 oz. powdered licorice at a. dose in

damp feed two orihree times a day.



Sidebone—Diseased Hoot—Three

weeks ago I bought a, mare that was

troubled with sidebone and thje.‘ hoof

seems to be decayed, especially 'the

frog. E. T. 0., Granville, ‘Mich‘Jf—“Clip

hair off coronet and apply one .part'red

iodide mercury and four parts of fresh

lard twice a month. Dust one part

calomel and nine parts of‘ boric acid

on bottom of foot, covering ’it ,With

oakum and a bandage three times a

week. ' . .‘Z ' ' ‘-



Shoulder Lameness.-—I haves, horse

that is lame in shoulder, the farther I

drive or the more I work her the lamer

she gets. W. T., Spratt, Mich—Clip

hair off shoulder and apply one part

powdered cantharides andifour parts

lard every two weeks; but donlt ex-

pect her to get well if you continue

working her. When you know the

cause of an ailment of this kind, re~

move it, if possible. - .



Sound Sleeper.—-We have a colt

about ten months old which eats well

and appears to be healthy except at

times when we have foun her lying

down, apparently dead; 4 We” can roll

her from side to side without having

her show any signs otlife. It is nec-

essary to use, her roughly to waken

her, but as soon as she --i's«on7 foot ap‘

pears to .be all right,- again..;Do ‘you

consider this a symptom oridisease?

F. . P., Harbor Beach;‘I.-‘Mich.—'No,

this is not a symptomiof.;.disiease, she

is only a sound sleeper: idihave known

people to act in muehu‘the‘same man

ner that were healthy... .. . .



F. 0., Midland, Mich.;——Have careful~

ly read your letter and 'am'igclined to

believe that your cow ”dict: as the re- '

sult of inflammation of. the .howels fol-





lowing a periodic attack of dysentery.

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irog. E. T. C., Granville, Mic





hair off coronet and apply one part

red 'iOdidé.mercury and four parts of

ire-sh lard'twice a month. Dust one

part. 0211011161. and nine parts borlcaeld

on 'lzdlt’tiom :‘iif‘ifoot, covering it with

oakum/Iand a bandage, threetimes a





v eek.





l

Wounded Coronet.——My five-year-old

horse calked'himselt‘ three weeks, ago,

causing lameness. Have poultieed foot

ever since, 'now paste-rn is badly swo-l





len and he sufiers great pain.





Lapeer, Mich.——Discontinue pou ‘

loot arid aint coronet with tincture of

iodine'ih ee times a week. Dust on

sore, equal parts, powdered alum and

oxide of zinc twice a day. Cover the

wound with, oakum and bandage.

‘apped‘ Hoclr.~—Our three-year-o





colt slipped and fell last fall, bruising

point ’of 'hock, leaving a bunch which

liails to. go’away. C. . R., Dafoe,

Mich—Yin will find it difficult to re

duce al‘bunch of this kind. Fairly good

results” \vill ’ follow applications





. ;





equal parts" tincture iodine and spirits

0f Cflfllphoif, if applied every day 9?.





two’.’





and: found; any useful prescriptions

in vetefinar"“c'01umn, but have no rec-

ollection-ofireading about a case which

I amuabouttto relate. Have a mule

witho-two,!growths on ear. One under

another near the tip.

These bunches have the appearance of

IBM: J. H., Suttons.

Mich.Tt-;’Ilhe bunches you write about

are doubtlessvof a warty nature and

shouldsbewfcut off, or apply a saturated

solution weir-salicylic acid in alcohol.

This mixture is made by dissolving all

the salicylic acid that alcohol will dis-

solve and .itoshould be applied every

day or~two until the wart is gone.

Ind-igest-ion—iScoursr—I have a pot-

bellied three-year-old colt that usually

scours after-traveling two or three

miles, and I have thought he bloated

some latter"""’ meals. A; 0., Lepr;

Mich—Change his feed and give him

a dessertspoonful of dilute hydrochlor-p

ic acid and one ounce of ground. gen-

tian'at done-in feed three times a day.

Loss of Vision—I have a horse that

went" blind last summer; now the eyes

ai'e‘='bloodshot hand I would like to

know if there“ is any help for it.

M. ‘M.,'='Delxter, 'Mich.—— change

feed"to‘keep~'the bowels open, also

da.rken”'s'table, will palliate the inflam-

ed'c‘on’diti'On of eyes, but you w1

tain nd’I-substantial benefit by either





the opening- and





wartsmc





giving or applying drugs.





Unthrift‘y Old Mare—I have an aged

mare that" dees not thrive, although I

am feeding-her ten ears of corn and a





few oats three times a day.





my neighbors tells me that I am feed.-

F. E. W. LeRoy,

Mich.~.Her teeth may require floating,

or perhaps you should feed her ground

grain,~some.:clover, alfalfa or .

Also =m'ixwrtogether equal parts of b1—H

carbonate j Soda, ginger, ground red

cinchoha 'andv’ground gentian. Giveher

a tablesDoont'ul or two at a dose in





ing her». too' much





i‘eed three times a day.





Bog -Spavin—-Thorou—ghpin.——I have

a mare '15. years old which went lame

10 months ago and I am told that she

has bog-spavin and thoroughpin.

M. B.,.wXV'alle‘d Lake, Mich.——Clip hair

off hock and apply one part powdered

cantharides and four parts lard every

two weeks, or‘paint bunches with tinc-





ture iodine every day or two.





CapriciouswAppetite—I have a sev-

en-yeariol‘d‘ "-Jers'ey cow that gnaws

\vood aliens inclined to chew rubbish.

1 am feeding her bean pods and clover

hay; This is about all the food that

she. gets. “A. B. C., Cass City, Mich.—

Change her feed and give her a des-

sertspoont'ul of dilute hydrochloric

acid, a tablespoonful of ground bone

and one ounce of ground gentian at a

dose inhfeed three times a day.



Ringworm.——A few of my cattle are

troubled with sore spots on neck and -

our local'Vet; tells me it is contagious.

He prescribed tincture iodine and

thought this was the best remedy'l

could apply, but at the same time gave

me to understand that the ailment was

:ontagiou-s. E. H. B., Belleville, Mich.

Your Vetrgave you very good advice;

however, it'i‘you care, apply one part

iodine and nine parts fresh 1





cassiouaill’y.





Mange.——Some of my cattle are trou-

bled With sores on head mostly

eyes, and I am inclined to believe that

it, is catching. I also have a five-

month—old calf that has poor ap

some discharge from eyes and slavers

from mouth. I have thought its jaws

were sore. A. L. S., Bloomingdale,

Mich—Apply one part sulphur, half a

part,carbonate potash and three parts

fresh lard to sore and itchy parts of

cattle three times a week. Dissolve a

tablespoonful of borax in a quart of

water and wash out mouth three

a-dayand apply camphorated o





throat daily.





-a‘g‘io: I bo' sht. aware mil...

tr’o‘ub ed with sidebone, and the . hoof

seemssanuim' .1decayed; --especm-lly.2- tile .



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50 Bred Sows and Gills to iarro‘w iii-March, April and May





This oficring mostly sired by or bred 'to the following great prizc winning boars:



okwater Cherry King and The Principal 4th.

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date Feb. 23rd.

Feb. Brookwater Farm, AnnArbor, Mich. Feb.

Herbert W. Mumford, Owner 0. F. Foster, Manager 23





ROC Swomwsmn 0. I. 0. winter While Swine





Free livery for visitors.

8 S, MICE. (arrow. Bred to asgood hours as there are in the breed,





40,,head good growthy youn

early Spring for

bears in the state:

NEWTON BARNHART.





F 0 I2 8 A L E .

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T X p E D U R 0 C 0- l- 6- SWINE: dealt: .3.“i.‘.:’.£r:.?.‘.i



N . for part of April. Will be so Id at knock-down price.



not Sept. furrow.



Grettenberger & Bron. Ukemos.





“50 5°“ “9,2,3? guaranteed. A. J. GORDEN, B. No. 3.1mm Mich.





{:1 Cherry King

rioModellillfi fall pigs. G. P. Andrews, Dnnsvillc, Michigan.

Milan, Mich.





Sows and gilts bred to En rel





champion Iowa ll‘uir.

ding good quality _ Ifairalso spring gilts and horns road) for ser-

o~s3. Burr Rock woo: A. J- Barker. Belmont, Mich. . l l.

Mich.





soy swine, choiccln-cc

Leghorn cockcrcls $1.?)

hn McNiuoll, Station A. R. -l. Bay City.





OR SALE: Duroc Jcr

'cockerels‘W-eiiil.‘ Jo

-‘- oars and‘onro 1.11 sold.





od fall pigs i‘or sale.

ass Lake. Michigan.





Duroc Jerseys

Wm. VY. Kennedy,

for Apr. furrow.

Sept. pigs, either

or, (lassopolis. Michigan.

or Mar. & A r. fanrowJIing _

dOukland “uric-yiamilies. stock. Write for low prices. A. V. Hat.r.(‘:.-u~< Lake. .‘lirli.

Wayland. Mich.

ems wood .. roorow rhino». .. 0. l. C’s. Armsi‘inxr. v.71.— . are:

p gs, m \er Box . - .

R. Vassar, Mich. 0. J. 'I‘JIOMPSON,





own and gilts bred f

he Col.Defender an

E. D. Haydenherk. Bell Phone.





GHESIER ‘WHIIES

F. W.





9 Pedigree'Stock Farm olfers: lie. .C.W. 9 0m 0.,-t1... “mam 1.,“ q" . . .~ . .

J . . r g .. I pl. Mull ling so“

d A o. I. c 3 ' '





11.0. Holstein owr-l,

forservice. price $124).





0. l. C. Stock 3





JULIAN P. CLAXTON. Swartz Creek.





 





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Like This





the original big producers

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HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to



help you. I want to lace one hog from



cry community where



fine early developers—r

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a. s. nnmnum, 3,3,1). 10. Portland,nichign.ii‘

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Bred





F ClllllCll Burn curs





Prince

I I. 0'. Prince





a good one while the prices are redu . Something» H

11 Win at the {firEssWrite a; on for pedigrees

. , . . ‘ .fl- . on Ave"

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this; W1 .

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Chilton-As big. as good, as grow in Iowa lard

headed by Goli m r v . I - ’ .

Robert Martin. ‘ :7. at 8' am New H





Large lype Polandflliin 8rd Sim Sakhalin?





Write for catalog. W. J. Hagolshuw, Augusta. Mich.





 





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Strictly Big Type. Five gilts bred for Apr. lit May





Have a fine lot of all pigs. that I can furnish, in pairs

not akin. Newman’s Stock Farm, Mariette, M ich. ll. 1.





Have also fall pigs.\Vrite mc y our wants. Satisfaction





o I c Servicealilo hours. Yearling sows and

D 0 I gilta bred for Mar. furrm-x. Summer and





o . c Yearold boar 2nd prizcwinncr :u (lrzmd Rapids

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FOR SALE ’l‘liorouglibrell 0.1.0.



- Swine, sows hrod. giltn

andboars. 0.1).Somervill. (lrasa Lake, Mich. R. ‘2.

o. I - Cls- lichoice (iilts bred to Son of School-





_ roaster to furrow in Marx. also Y'all

pigs. Clover Leaf Stock Farm, Monroe, Mich, ital.





0 IV c Choice bind gilta l‘orApr. d‘ May furrow. Ser-

' I - vicenble boars. fall pigs. Out of prize winning





’ ' -Giltn, bred for April farrovr,

BI‘ 11” ”Ind Ohm with size and quality-

A. A. WOOD & ION. Saline. lllcblgan‘

5“de Poland China Gilts bred-for April





pica. El:





10 Yorkshire Gilt:





, 2

Red Polled cattle. ll. 6. CARR. Honor. Michigan.





HALLADAYS’ HAMPS H I RES





5 tried soughlflyearling hours, for immediate sale. Fall





pigs.





Hampshn 'Swme. September (arrow a. Spring pigs.

sex‘both. FLOYD MYERS. R.No. 9. Decatur. 1nd.





AMPSHIRI‘I HOGS all sold out. would SfllOllt'

herd hour and hookrorders for spring boar

John “V. Snyder, Sr. Johns. Michigan. Kli. ~l.





fu‘row at bar in prices. also fall

Bobcrt_1‘leve. .ierson. Michigan.





floats on mature;





Halladay & Son, Clinton, Michigan

Bred Sows and gilts 101' August and





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s $35.00. Shropshires all ages

good ones and money makers.





Kope Kon Farms, Kinderhook,Mich.





Oxford DoWn Sheep “° “£3?“

M. F. GANSSIJCY. Lennon. Michigan:





Shropshire Ewes. for sale. Ten lambs.

twenty bred yearlings andtwo year olds- . .o

. F. MORRISH. R. 5. Flint, Mlchl‘an .'

()ll SALE: 20 good, registered Shropshi rc Ewes hrcd

. :imlis to a ram whose sirc ii' (lam werehoth ' ' .

imported. Address, H. 1“. Mouser. llhacu. Michigan '





lltnglOl'lld Shropshire type,to lamb March and Apr.





Price reasonable. J. P. Andrews. Dan-ville. Michigan





AllllTlllN SALE





FEBRUARY 17,1917

013 RegisteredPercherons

1 two year old stallion and Q

mares. Also 7 other high grade

‘horses, some big type P. C.

hogs, cattle, cows, sheep and

all farm tools including 1 .

'Mogul 8-16 tractor complete

with plows,



JOSEPH PARKER





CASSOPOLIS, MICE. Farm ‘2. mlles out.





SHEEP





breeding cu’m-s. wool -m utton





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MR. FARMER





Percheron Stallions and Mares of the

t breeders in the state. 75 head

ct from—herd established 1899.

PALMER BRO$.,





P. O. Balding, lonia Co. Orleans, Mlch.





 





Ilockl’ord, Michigan





 





-lir(arl for sprung furrow, last spring sou.» ln-rul





.ad-V' and some extra good last. fall pigs, also scrvico hon rs.

1" 3‘ Pal‘ham, Bronson, hilt-h. M mile west of dcpot.()tto ll. Schulzc, Nusln‘i llc,.\lich.





II S ld HAVING sold my l’nrm T will 51‘” my entire lit-rd of

o (l. l. (‘. mid l‘licstvr Wliilc >\\'lll1‘ at Public Auction on Wed‘

Inch. Fell. 14. Write frn'culalng. 1‘1. n. MILI-zrr. li‘mrlcrrilla, Mich,





Big Type Poland China l‘l‘ffloffir.i‘.li'."‘i.‘2..‘}2f‘ £313!





faction guaranteed. (ir. \V. lloll’on, Kalmnuzuo. Micth. ll.





 





AllGE Type 1’. (". largest. in Mich. Roars all \Ultl. "are :10 of

‘thc best Mil: slrctl'hy lirorl gilts 1 "WW ruiwrl . hi rcd by & ln'cd m

‘1“. longest hours of the hrcc-d. from lllR‘le! (Innis .'\' largo lil-

tcrs. (‘omc a sec & lie convinced. Expcnws paid if not as rrprc‘

scntcrl. li‘rcc lircry to visitors. W. 13. Livingston, Purina. Mich.





 





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BIG TYPE P. c.





Armstrong Bron" R. 3. Fowler-ville. Mlch‘





NOW IS THE TIME T0 BUY





Twentyofirc tried Rig-Type l’olandf‘hina brood

sows to he bred for March and April iarrow.

Ten splendid Spring boars at. $25.00 each for

quick sale. Worth $50 .00.





Hillcrest Farm, ‘ Kalamazoo, Mich.





 

 





 





Except some dandy {all pigs. and a his: rug ed black





nm ion

0. (l, D. Percheron Stallion, (registered) coming t rec. for

Carl Jewett, Mason. Mich $350 00. Come and see him.





1.0;. BUTLER. Portland, Mich, 39]] Phone.





 





A few





and Chester White Swine.

fall pigs





. . service Boats and o e

either sex. sired by Ora





champions and high

othen. Got a cow B

pion Mo. State falr, we are

undefeated breeders age her

our catalogue. buy the best it pays.

Rolling Vieu Stock Farm.





w e have them. We ship on





“"2 LARGE STRAIN P. 0.





Serviceable Boar's, Gllts bred .for One extra good fall yearling and a few choice spring

, Prices hours. A nice lot of gilt. being bred for A ril i‘nrrow.





March rmd April fnrrow.

A SWARTZ. SCHOOLCBA . MICE.





NN. Dansvillo, Mich.





 





 





JACKS

AND

MULES





mules and get rich.

120 fine large Jacks, Jennya

and Mules, all ages for saleA

lot of big registered J acks. No

little cheap Jacks for salami

guaranteedJncka. Pricessz’nl

Come on and see for

yourself or write me today. " » ~ '



KREKLER’S JACK FARM, West E





KENTUCKY JACKS and SADDLERS





BIG BONE Kentucky JACKS 'xnd JENNETS Wh

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FIVE [lzllnlr‘le‘CUBAN GAITID STALLIONS. gelding'saii‘d

‘ A‘s' .

THE COOK FAR 5 Box 438L. LEXINGTON. KY.





' Offers a dark ha ' f

The Bahia“ Sleek Fat"! old Belgian Stalliogil‘tl‘hlaizi:

way aliove the average. in breeding size and quality

:riilgtlgil'iii Over-h‘mgb. thtll golod style and action price

on i in create write '

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ns, llolsleins. In us, Shro shim, Duroc:

ORR D. BUELL. lm In. lchlcan.



The Fairliald Stock Farm PM“? ”‘1" Belgian

and Oxford Down sheep. fl. gmggée;h%:ggfi'gfiglo





REGISTERED PERC‘HERON





More: andStnlllono ricer! c «11.11:: cctlo i i .

L. c.nun’r. ’ EXTON “ "v “d





M Hall Price and Sold 0ut





1G leypg‘l’olapd (‘hinasaOholcc April hoaranll pigs

_ m pmrs. «nice 0 get stone for Ilittln money.Bi,: lllinorrn

schoolmogggitfififingfigggg Cookerels. Satisfaction guaranteed. R. W. Mills. Saline. Mich.

in toe on

- ' . h . . a z .

Wk,“ Maegaghggm For 3an Polnml lllulna: ill.2*.§8:. ‘3‘. £52.“... in:

I at six state fairs. Get P' 0' Long, R' P’ D' No.





two black Percheron Stallions, one coming

on. m. on. oomirég three 8500. both sound.

John Lulhnm, a





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foal getter. colts to show. Weight 1WD lbs. in breeding

condition. sell cheap. Jack Peak. Niles. Michigan





Clvdesdale Stallion Fragrantregress“

Peters a Roche. 326 Vinewood, Detroit, Mlohl‘m

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Herd established 1891. 200 Head

to select from. Write Dept. F.

for catalog. '

The Shudyside Farms, North Benton,0.





 

 

 





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steel uprights give durability, unusual strength, lightness and absolutely prevents sagging. Each board 13 double bolted. between four

pairs of angle steel uprights and double triangular "X-truss” braces, making them the strongest, lightest, tr1mmest-look1ng gates you



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o ' Sell-Locking Ila-Enforced Hinge (limit sag or 52111 gown]. Yontsnngly slip out the

«a, lever Sag Warp or Twist Out of Shape Tile “CAN’T SAG” Hinges are all steel—un- ‘0 ‘ell 03‘ an ’69 ace! “" an?" “elm

‘ ' ' , breakable and many timesstrongerthan neces- five m’inutesyouhaveanotherperfect; CAN T' , Read What “89“ say

‘ " ’ A " - i d ‘ ' - ' . - SAG Gate—as good asnew and repairedatthe

t CAN T-S. G Gates are 8'13”“ 99 never sary. 'lhey permit the gate to swmg eas11y .i ,r n .

‘ (a 33 Stock can’t twist them out of either way and liaveaspecial self-locking feat- C°St 0f one board. CAN 1‘ 'SAG Gates are Rodvzetllufg. 9°'.1€“E‘3bl1 ' ":3 be . th finest

"( h g. Th (1 bl Ct of an 16 ure which makes it impossible to lift the gate neatest andtrimmestlookmg gates youcan “59' thiné‘infiigfie $911.56, ”w‘anjsis czar“,

‘9 ‘ S ape. .e ou e S g from its hinges when closed. A “CANT-SAG" Valuable Adverlising f". satisfactory and] will want more or them soon.

Q, 1r steel uprights keeps them square Gate really locks at both ends. This feature . > in f8(§t,l am tgonigmnse nothin but CAN To

0 ‘1 and plumb makes “CAN'T-SAGS” the best hog gate on We Wlll letter your name or name of farm SAgsfin glfiolfitfirg. Respsitfiilyi ours,

$315». ‘9 ' the market. Rooting hogs can’t lift them from absolutely free Of charge 0“ bOth S‘des 0f ' ' .Mgr.. ammmovfi'fiia.

$43‘:.-\ 0’, ‘ .g All Joinls Water Tighl ~ their hinges. They can't crowd under, nor every gate VP“ buy, If requested.

l of)»; ('1: . . ‘ €1.an through , . Elevating Attachment . Rowe Mfg. 00., Galesburg Ill. -

a,” o ’4 ‘9, The angle steel uprights being Stock Cant Injure Themselves d . , rchan eable lifts entire gate allow- Dear Sirsz—ln regard to {lie-“CAN’T-SAG".

9 $1200: °~s ‘ bolted on are fairly drawn mt" "CAN’T-SAG” Gates are easily seen. Stock ma _e m‘e - gf 1’ , r drifted snow 0;." Gates. I like them fine. lsee nosignsofsag-

- :7' 0 " the bOQTd on CHCll Side lllali' ’t - 1mm them qg the do a 'llnststeel and mg it. to swmg ree Y 0‘ e ’ ging. lhave 12 in use around my barn and have

‘ -, ~ 6/. - h - - tl . -. W9“, 1‘“ , . ‘- Y R‘. - . . permit small stock to pass under. put them to some pretty hard tests, and they

“9% -‘ 637 ’9 {’9 ‘ing a $11100t Jomt. Mt ‘5 Wire gates} here are no sharpproloctlonstqm- _ show no signs of 3a mg down. A good many

9, '- 0'96- ’r water'l’rom- Anmhcr ad' jurctlic animal—no Chane-5*. of the gate getting Barbed Wire Attachment have taken notice 5? them and they all say

40 C' 0v) ‘9 \vantage the angle steel down nor of the stock getting tangled up in any . . . they are the only ”a to have on a fan-n.

. .. -' ‘7?!) 9:9 is no wider than the artof it '. SUSpends \Vlre tightly 5 ll’lCheS above top 6. IE. COBB, Springfield. Ind.

Q -. Q é'l’, a board is thick, thus 1’ ‘ Boards Easnly Replaced board of Gate. hasin attached to any Size

,9 ‘ - ' . O” ‘51:” .o ow ‘f°§§i‘ri’t“iniialafiilé‘é When a board breaks the “CAN’T-SAG" Gate “CAN’T-SAG’ Gate. Rowe mg Co Gamma m

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. _ @627 e ‘ 1‘nceofthe . . _ ~See how every part 08133 G -_th th acetis by how, cattle and horses 1 am we" phased.

-. _ 6.65 “‘69 board. built in my big factory. See how you can build your own CA_N T- . ates W]. e a e They are flexible, yet very strong. 1 have been

-, ~. . Q45 ‘39 ‘ Steels I furnish and save money. Sending for this free book will not obligate you in any way. using the gas-pipe and iron gates for several

-. -. 1.00, . ‘ Write for a copy today. Address ALVIN V. ROWE.'_PrOSIdent. years and have never yet found one durable

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