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The Only Weekly Agricultural, Horticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State.





VOL. CXLVIH. 'No. 7

Whole Number 3:928





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917





3 75 CENTSA YEAR

$2.25 FOR 5 YEARs





The Marketingof Woodlot Products





woodlot products as a step in





W E ordinarily think of marketing

the process of clearing land to





. make an additional area ready for the





plow. In the sense in which we would

like to know the term, it means the

selling of the amount of wood material

which has been produced during a sin-

gle year, or a few years at most, and

not the cutting of the whole crop

which is the total volume of many

years’ growth. Removing only the

large mature timber is usually a ben-

efit to the existing stand. Marketing

trees, at the present time, interests

timber owners more than methods of

producing. They have





By W. I.





ting price quotations and finding a buy-

er; and third, conducting or supervis-

ing the cutting and removal of the

trees.



Estimating the Timber.



The process would be much simpli-

fied if finding the amount of timber in

trees was all that an estimator had to

contend with. His knowledge, how-

ever, should be based upon experience

fitting him to determine quality as

well as quantity and also the adapta-

bility of trees for certain uses. He is





GILSON





called upon to estimate the amount of

cordwood that can be cut from the

tops when the logs have been taken

out. Long experience is the best train-

ing for a timber estimator, and it

should not be only in standing timber

but one of this profession should see

logs of various degrees of defective-

ness go through the mill to observe

how they “open up.” The hidden de-

fects, such as check, shake, hollow cen-

ter, etc., are those upon which the

amateur, particularly, is deceived. De-





spite these facts it is not impossible

'for a woodlot owner to make an esti-

mate accurate enough to give to a buy-

er a general idea of the amount for

sale. Buyers who do not visit the

stands usually desire an approxima-

tion of the amount as the quantity ma-

terially affects the price offered. Farm-

ers should not make their estimates

the basis of the sale price when the-

sale is by lump sum for the standing

trees. Sound trees require no partic-

ular skill to estimate. A very accu-

rate estimate of contents can be made

by knowing the diameter inside the

bark at stump height and the total



lengthusable for saw





 





become skeptical as

to the financial advan-

tage of preserving

woodlots, and in de—

ciding to remove the

trees have usually

failed to consider the

woodlot in any light

excepting one which is

purely financial.



The farmer’s knowl-

edge of the subject of

marketing products,

and more especially

timber products, is

rather limited. There

_are many reasons for

this condition for

which owners of small

timber tracts in farm-

ing communities are

not at all responsible.

The markets, in the

first place, excepting

the purely local ones,

are unknown‘to them.

Their dealings With

timber buyers have

either never occurred





 





 





or have been at so in-

frequent intervals that

they have not kept





The Portable Mill is a Common Institution in all Farming Communities.





logs. No attempt will

be made to discuss the

methods of estimating

woodlot timber here

as they were ably dis—

cussed in the January

15, 1916, issue of this

publication.



There are several

sources of assistance

upon some of which a

timber owner can

draw. He can usually

find men in the lum-

ber business who are

financially disinterest-

ed in his particular

sale. Some one of

these men will, for a

reasonable charge give

to an owner the bene-

fit of his experience.

Another source of as-

sistance is through

men who were once in

the lumber business

but have since taken

up other occupations.

In some communities,

where the cutting of

the virgin forest is not

too far in the past,





 





constantly informed

regarding current pric-

es. Contrasted to oth-

er agricultural crops,

timber is marketed at

much longer intervals

of time, explaining

why the owners may

have lost intimate

knowledge of market

conditions. One who

is not a specialist in

woods work is further

handicapped in not

knowing how to esti-

mate standing timber

or how to scale logs.

Both of these opera-

tions, for accurate re-

suits, require the ser-

vices of a man who is

a specialist in this

special line of work.

There are three sep—

arate steps in the mak-

ing and conducting of

a sale of timber. The

first is, getting an es-





 





this class of men is

quite plentiful. There

remains the Depart-

ment or Forestry at

the State Agricultural

College, and the State

Forester. Either may

not be able to give per-

sonal aid to all inquir-

ers, but may give ref-

erent-cs 10 those capa-

ble of doing the work.

VVoodlot owners are

inclined to attach too

little importance to se-

eming an accurate es-

timate of their timber

before selling on the

stump for a. lump sum.

It should be kept well

in mind that the wood-

lot crop which is har-

vested in a season has

taken several genera-

tions to grow.

fietting Quotations and

Finding a Buyer-

Entire dependence





 





timate of the amount

to be sold; second get-





Much Timber is Cut into Cordwood that





 





 





 

 

 





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CURRENT COMMENT.





The prospect that

War and Business. the United States



may become involv-

ed in the world war, caused a brief

flurry in our markets, but the disturb-

ance was unimportant, even as com-

pared with the fluctuations following

the President‘s peace note a few weeks

ago. The New York stock market

quickly rallied from the first effect, as

did the grain and live stock markets,

the reaction carrying prices to a high-

or level than prevailed before the

break of diplomatic relations with Ger-

many. The value of other food stuffs

has also continued to advance, and

everywhere there is a feeling of confi-

dence in the situation, so far as the

position of the farmer in the world’s

market is concerned.



With the general feeling of confi-

dence which prevails and looking at

the future from any possible angle,

the prospect of compensatory prices

for farm products during the coming

year is exceedingly bright. So far as

market demand is concerned Michigan

farmers can feel comparatively safe in

planning on maximum production all

along the line for the coming year.

Available labor should, however, be

carefully considered in the making of

the season’s plans. It is better to pro-

duce a big yield on a small acreage

than to try to grow a large acreage of

crops with insufficient labor.



From the sentiment





The County Farm expressed in sever-





Bureau. al communications

recently received

from progressive farmers living in





counties where county farm bureaus

have not yet been established, we be-

lieve that there is still a lack of a

thorough understanding of this activ-

ity by many Michigan Farmer readers.

To the end that no occasion may re-

main for such misunderstanding, we

have made plans for a full discussion

of county farm bureau work from ev-

ery angle. In this discussion the Views

of. some of those who do not believe in

the valuable possibilities of the work

to the agriculture of a county will be

presented, as well as facts and opin-

ions which indicate valuable results

which have accrued from the work

wherever it has been inaugurated.

The first step toward this general

discussion was the publication of an

address by the County Agricultural

Agent of Ottawa county, given before

the recent annual meeting of the Mich-

igan State Association of Farmers’

Clubs. The first installment of this

address which is completed in this is—

sue appeared in the issue of last week.

While this address was prepared espe-

cially for the audience to which it was

delivered and treats more of the rela-

tions of the farmers’ :rganizations in a





 





 





county and} the county“ agenttithan. .of

the general subject of county agent





,work, yet it will prove valuable read-





ing for every member of the Michigan





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Farmer family who desires to study

this question fairly from every angle.





Observation of the results which

have accrued from this work in many

Michigan counties has convinced us—

as we believe it will convince any fair-

minded man—that this line of activity

is worth to the agriculture of any coun-

ty many times its cost. At the

outset this work was of a some-

what experimental nature, but it

has long since passed the experimenal

stage, and with the standardization of

effort and teaching which is to be un-

dertaken for the ensuing year, still

greater results will undoubtedly be ac-

complished than have heretofore been

attained. Unfortunately, it is impos‘

sible to inaugurate this work in every

county at one time, not alone because

of the lack of local interest, but as

well because of the scarcity of avail-

able men who are equipped for the

work. The farmers of the counties

who show the greatest interest will

naturally be the first to receive the

benefit of this work, hence the desira-

bility of,giving careful consideration

to the work which is being done and

the results which have attended that

work in the counties already organized.





There is a very gen-

eral feeling among

progressive citizens

of every class, and particularly among

progressive farmers, iiiat, a successful

county fair is a valuable asset to the

community in which it is held and to

the agriculture of the surrounding dis-

trict. There is also a very general ac-

knowledgement of the fact that. county

fairs are not. the general success which

they should be or which they might. be

made.



With a view of determining the

cause of the decadence of this import

ant, rural institution we sought the

Opinion of a man who has made a com-

prehensive study of the county fair

problem covering many fairs both suc-

cessful and otherwise in many states.

The result of his observations and con-

clusions is recorded in the series of

three articles, of which the last ap~

pears in another column of this issue.

These articles should be carefully read

by every progressive farmer, whether

he has been icdntified with the man-

agement of his local fair or not. The

success of the local fair as an institu-

tion is dependent upon the interest.

taken in it by the farmers of the 10-

cality, to make it a real success and

that interest must go farther than

mere attendance, or oven the making

of exhibits at the fair.



If the local fair is not a success,

the farmers of that locality should

make it a success. It is not too early

to take thought on this subject and

plan definitely for the improvement of

the local fair next year. Generally the

farmers of any community will find a

fair organization ready to co-opcratc

with them to that end; if this is not

the case, then plans should be made

by the progressive farmers of the 10-

cality to assume future control of the

organization‘for the purpose of the im-

provement of this annual community

event.



Possibly the analysis made in this

series of articles may not fit every in-

dividual case where the local fair has

not measured up to its possibilities,

but the criticisms and suggestions

made will prove valuable as a starting

point for any reader who is interested

in the local phases of this problem.

We trust these articles may incite an

interest in the improvement of the 10-

cal fairs of Michigan which will be re-

flected in the events themselves next

fall. -





The County Fair.





A vigorous propaganda

Paternalismf of paternalism in many

forms may be expected

in this country as a natural result of

the European war. The governments





 





of Europe haVefoundTlt' ne‘o iry to

supervise most of the activities or

their citizens in order to subordinate

every energy to the cause involved in

this titanic struggle to their military

needs. '



An evidence of this tendency is to

be found in a propaganda for compul-

sory health insurance so—called, under

which it is said that bills will be in-

troduced in the legislatures of many

states, including Michigan, providing

for such compulsory insurance to be-

pariicipated in by the commonwealth

to the extent of the payment of twenty

per cent of the premiums. An inquiry

into the forcesbehind this and’ most

such propositions would very probably

reveal a selfish reason of the propa-





ganda, but such inquiry or analysis is





scarcely necessary to convince the av-

erage American of the undesirability of

the adoption of paternalistic policies

by our national or state governments.

The predicted socialization of Europe,

through the present war will doubtless,

if realized, ultimately have an effect

upon the conduct of our Own govern-

mental activities, but under present

conditions the personal liberties and

individual opportunities for which our

forefathers fought will not be readily

surrendered by an electorate which is

at once jealous of its individuality and

fearful of exploitation. As a general

proposition, it will be a safe course to

oppose the entering wedge of pater-

nalism in whatever form it may be

recognized.





An enquiring reader

asks if it is a fact, as

he has heard stated,

that grain is admit-

ted to this country free and flour pro-

tected, also if it is a fact that cattle,

sheep and hogs may be shipped, into

the United Sates free from duty, while

there is a protective tariff on beef,

pork and mutton, also the question is

asked as to whether we export these

commodities and manufactured pro-

ducts of same free of duty.



The present tariff law, approved on

October 3, 1913, places wheat, wheat

flour and other wheat. products on the

free list, but contains a provision that

wheat shall be subject to a duty of ten

cents a bushel and wheat flour to a

duty of forty—five cents a barrel, and

other wheat products to an ad valorem

duty of ten per cent when imported

from any country which imposes a

duty On wheat, flour or other wheat

products imported from the United

States. Meats and meat products as

well as live stock, are also included

on the, free list with a proviso that for-

eign meats shall be subject to the same

rules of inspection as obtain with do-

mestic meats, and the Secretary of Ag-

riculture is authorized to make rules

and regulations for the carrying out of

this proviso. No export duties are lev-

ied by the United States and no im-

port duties on food stuffs by the for-

eign countries to which these commo-

dition are exported. /L-



This enquirer suggests "the possibil-

ity of serious discrimination against

the farmers of the country from tariff

provisions such as he believed to be

embodied in the present law. Un'der

'cxisting conditions the American farm‘

or is more independent of foreign com-

petition and hence of tariff schedules

than at any previous time in the his-

tory of the country. There was a gen-

eral fear on the part of farmers that

the enlargement of the free list to in-

clude a large number of farm products

which had heretofore been included in

the dutiable list would be reflected in

market conditions. The advent of the

European war and of unfavorable cli-

matic conditions running over two

crop years has, however, so altered

conditions that present prices for most

products of the farm are higher than

have obtained for many years, not-

withstanding the fact that previous re-

strictions upon their importation have

been removed. These conditions may,

however, be sharply reversed follow-





The Farmer and

the Tariff.





 





ting the close of _ p tie . _ er; éfid

thes‘e'faets constitute the ‘ Strongest

possible argument for the effectual re-

moval of the tariff problem from polie

tics. Properly speaking, the tariff





. problem is a business problem rather





than a political issue, and the sooner it

is treated as such by our government,

the better for all concerned.





HAPPENINGS OF THE. WEEK.





Foreign. .





The European War.——Extreme cold

weather has limited actual field opera-





tions on most of the frontiers. In the

west, however, British troops were

successful in capturing a. strong





trench system on the Somme extend-

ing over a front of three-quarters of a

mile. Other undertakings of a smaller

nature are reported on this front but

no important changes in positions have

been reported—Considerable fighting

has taken place in the Gorizia sector

on theAustro—Italian front. Austrians

at this point captured 665 men, in-

flicted heavy casualties on the defend-

ers, and secured much war materials.

The Germans captured Russian trench-

es near' Stanislau, Galicia, but later

were forced to evacuate them, accord-

mg to Petrograd reports—In Mesopo-

tamia the British have occupied a new

front of more than 6,000 yards, push-

mg back the Turks for from a half to

three—quarters of a mile.



A comprehensive study of 'the food

situation in the British isles brought

forward by the German submarine

campaign indicates that the supply of

food on hand will last that country for

two months without additional impor-

tation. There will be needed, however,

during the remainder of 1917 food im-

ports aggregating 16,000,000 tons.



In an~cffort to curtail expenditures.

the Japanase government will under‘

take to cut the annual ship subsidy of

$3,250,000 in half at the beginning of

the next fiscal year.



National.





American ships which have been

held in harbors here because of the

danger of reaching European points.

hope to sail as soon as the vessels can

be equipped with defense guns to repel

attack by submarines. Ways are now

being provided whereby these weap-

ons can be secured. The victims of

the U-boat campaign have not been so

numerous as during the first few days

of the undersea war and because of

this more favorable situation, shippers

on this side are getting anxious to

take chances on reacning European

ports.



The first practical step to be taken

toward the rehabilitation of American

maritime commerce is the action of

the federal shipping board in request—

ing the use of old army transports for

doing coastwise trade between the At-

lantic and Pacific ports through the

Panama Canal. The boats sought are

certain obsolete. foreign transports

which the war department has been

expecting to sell.



The business of grain dealers has

suffered from the tie-up of railroad

traffic. Business in cash grain is at a

standstill because cars for moving the

cereals cannot be furnished. There are

said to be 30,000,000 bushels of grain

in central western points waiting to be

moved to the east for domestic con-

sumption and export and 75,000,000

bushels of corn in Illinois and Iowa

are ready to forward in different direc-

tions as soon as transportation is pro-

vided. ‘



Extreme cold weather has prevailed

over practically the entire country,

causing a great deal of suffering, par-

ticularly in those localities where

there is a shortage of fuel. The ex‘

treme cold has added to the problem

of distirbuting coal and brings the fuel

famine very near in an unusually large

number of communities. Unless relief

comes soon Michigan will be Within

the seriously affected zone. Early this

week there were only three towns in

the state which reported sufficient coal

to meet current demands providing the

extreme cold weather continues. Rail-

roads are largely blamed for the inade.

quate supply. ,



The United States navy has recently

added several modern vessels- to its

equipment. Fifty-seven steel ships hav-

ing an aggregate tonnage of 395,537

tons displacement have been or soon

will be at the disposal of the depart-

ment. This list does not include fifty-

one submarines now under the course

of construction.



The Federal Trade Commission and

the Department of Agriculture will un-

dertake a comprehensive investigation

of the high cost of living without

delay. \



The military affairs committee of

the United States Senate has reported

favorably upon a bill providing for

universal military training in this

country.





     





   

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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makes the marketing field very limit-

ed, or it may be that no market exists

within team hauling distance. When

several species are to be sold, the

greatest revenues are usually realized

by selling to separate buyers repre-

senting the severalindustries so that

each species can be put to the use to

which it is best adapted. An example

of such a case is where some hickory

is found for sale mixed with species

used for finishing. If the finishing

wood is sold to one buyer and the hick-

ory to a vehicle or handle manufactur-

er the receipts will be much increased.

Hickory has low value as lumber but





. it brings a 'good price when sold for





the special use to which it is adapted.





There.is general prejudice of retail-

ers against lumber sawed from wood-

lots. It is often poorly sawed and sea-

soned, it is unplaned, and there is con-

siderable variation in length. These

objections can be very largely over-

come if care is taken in cutting the

logs and operating the sawmill. It is

often necessary to haul or ship it to a

dry kiln and planer before it will sat-

isfy local markets. Larger manufac-

turers usually prefer to kiln-dry and

plane their own material.





The work of finding a market should

be started several weeks or a few

months in advance of the intended

time of cutting. Buyers usually desire

to look over the tract before closing

a transaction and the bartering of pros-

pective buyers often takes up consid-

erable time.



There are several methods of find-

ing the names of prospective buyers.

A sale to local dealers saves the cost

of a long haul by team, or a freight

charge. Men who are in the lumber

business but not interested in this par-

ticular sale are in position and often

glad to give references to various pur-

chasers. If any of the material is adap-

ted for railroad ties, quotations and

details regarding delivery can be Ob-

tained through the medium of local

station agents. Local telephone offi-

cials will obtain information regarding

prices and demand for poles and cross

arms. In close proximity to cities with

water fronts, there is considerable de—

mand for oak piling and a good price

is paid for timber in this form. There

are two excellent publications avail-

able for free distribution through the

Public Domain Commission at Lan-

sing, Michigan, entitled, “Wood-using

Industries of Michigan,” and “Selling

Woodlot Products on Michigan Farms.”

Each of these gives complete, and as

nearly up-tO-date lists as practicable,

of users of wood for manufacturing

purposes in Michigan. The former al-

so gives considerable information on

the uses for which various woods are

adapted. The Forestry Department of

the Agricultural College attempts to

keep an up-to-date list of buyers from

the principal farming sections of the

state, and has been successful in sev-

eral cases in bringing buyers and

sellers together. '



Conducting or Supervising Sale and“



Removal of Trees. ..



There are four very distinct meth-

ods of disposing of timber, each of

Which may be adapted in some circum-

stances. First, by the acre Or tract for

a lump sum;_ second, by the thousand

board feet in the standing trees as es-

timated by a timber cruise; third, by

the thousand board feet as scaled in

the log; and fourth, by cutting and

sawing into specified products for a

special market. Each of these selling

methods has some advantages and dis-

advantages and it happens that each is

adapted for persons having different

degrees of skill and experience in

handling woods products.



1. Selling for a lump sum for the

tract or per acre is by far the simplest

and easiest method but allows the





 





 





full value; The middleman or buyer





must make a profit on the labor em-

ployed in cutting and he must receive

something for his services in super-

vising the Operation. This is a profit

which should, under most circum-

stances, be realized by the owner in-

stead of the middleman. Generally

speaking, the nearer trees are ”trans-

formed to the materials in which they

are to be used in manufacture or con-

struction, the more profit will be real-

ized by the seller. One distinct advan-





 





 





Summer Cut Hardwoods Check Badly

if Seasoned too Rapidly.





tage of the method is that log scaling

is made unnecessary. Much less often

results from the selection of an inac-

urate log rule and a dishonest applica-

tion of the same by the buyer.



2. Selling by the thousand board

feet in the standing tree has the same

disadvantages as the first method.

Either of the first two methods re-

lieves the owner of much responsibil-

ity but should not be resorted to un—

less the sale is based upon an accu-

rate estimate made by a disinterested

person. .



3. Selling by log scale is very sat-

. . . . \

Isfactory if a fair log rule 18 selected

and is honestly applied. The Doyle

and Scribner rules are the ones com-

monly used in Michigan. The Doyle is

generally recognized as one which

gives too low results for small logs

and too much for logs over tvventy—

eight inches in diameter. As small

logs predominate in the woodlots of

this state, the resulting total scale is

from ten to thirty per cent less than

can actually be sawed out at the mill.

The small gain in scale of large logs

is much more than offset by the low

scale of small ones. As the Scribner

has been thoroughly tested at the mill,

it is a fair rule for both buyer and sell-

er. The figures given below show the

scale of sixteen-foot logs by both Doyle

and Scribner and are self-evident proof

that the Scribner rule should be in-

sisted upon in all sales of logs from

the average woodlot:





keep them off the ground. Air season-

ing removes from ten to thirty per cent

of the total weight and is worthy of

consideration if the hauling'or ship-

ping is a very great distance. The cut-

ting specifications to be followed are

usually quite exacting and must be

closely adhered to in order to make

all cut pieces saleable. They are usu-

ally put in grades one, two, and culls.

The grading rules should be well un—

derstood by both buyer and seller.

Much of the damage tO- young growth

which results from the haphazard

methods of lumbermen can be avoided

because the owner personally super-

vises the felling of the trees.





The Value of a Contract.





There are very few sales made

where it is not advisable to have a

contract fully stating the. terms and

conditions. Only an unreasonable buy-

er assumes that a Written contract is

insisted upon because of mistrust on

the part of the seller. A just contract

gives protection alike to both parties

involved. Its primary object is not

only to keep a dishonest person to his

word but to serve also as a memoranda

of the details of the terms of sale so

that misunderstandings cannot arise.

In common use it has a value in keep-

ing friends as well as to protect those

who are distrustful of each other.



The exact speCIficatibns .canrfiit be

made to cover all classes of sales. The

following items are suggestive only

and are such as are usually contained

in contracts for the sale of timber.



A. Description of the tract by boun-

daries, or area included in the sale.



B. Total price to be paid, unit price,

and method and time of payment.



C. Kinds, species or sizes of timber

sold.



D. Life of the contract, or time al-

lowed for the removal of timber.



E. Rule by which logs are to be

scaled.



F. Persons or agents of same to be

present at the time of scaling.



G. Method of disposal of cordwood

material.



H. Care to be exercised in prevent-

ing injury to trees left. uncut.



1. Responsibility for damage to

young growth, or for fires started as a

result of the logging operation.



J. Maximum height of stumps al-

lowable, and minimum diameter of

trees of each species to be cut.





K. Method of settling disputes.

(This is often by referring matters of

dispute to a third person mentioned in

the contract or to one or more disine

forested persons to be chosen by lhe

persons of the first and second parts).





Contracts are usually omitted when

the parties are well acquainted and

familiar with each other’s business

policies. The value of a written con-

tract cannot be overestimated as lum‘

ber sales are less frequent than those





is well worth the cost, so far as that‘

is concerned. This labor of hauling

however, must be deducted from its

money value, figured on a basis of the

value of the plant food it contains. IIf

a ton of stable manure contains $2.00

worth of plant food, the farmer must.

deduct the cost of hauling or he gets

nothing for his labor. We farmers are

too apt to figure all things in this way

and allow nothing for labor. But no

other business man thinks of doing

this.



We need the manure but it is not all

clear gain by any means.



COLON C. LILLIE.





SPRING WHEAT IN MICHIGAN.





 





I am a constant reader of the Mich-

igan Farmer and sure think it grows

better, if not bigger, every year. I-

have been looking in its columns for

the IaSt six months to see something

about spring Wheat. 1 could not put in

my wheat last fall. Now can I not

raise a small amount, say two to five

acres? What, will the seed cost per

bushel, and where can it be obtained?



Ingham Co. P. V. S



Of course, you can grow spring

wheat in Michigan. Our forefathers

used to grow it. But in this state

where the winter variety is not win-

ter-killed to any great extent, this





 





 





 





 





 





A Healthy Specimen of Burdock.

.This plant, having a root more than

s1x_ feet in length, was pulled from the

sorl by the plowshare on the farm of





Irvin Fritz, ol' Arenac county. It bore

1,046 burrs, containing an average of

52 seeds each. The reproductive pow—

er of such noxious plants points out

the importance of preventing them

from maturing and scattering their





 





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Doyle, board feet. . . . . . . ....... 4

Scribner, board feet. . . . . ....... 18





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32 54 79 114 159 213 280 334





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In one batch of logs scaled by the

writer the difference in scale by using

each of the two rules was forty per

cent of the total.



4. Hiring a sawmill and cutting to

specified dimensions is usually the

most satisfactory method, even though

more responsibility is required of the

seller. It affords the opportunity of

making a legitimate profit on each

step in the process of preparing for

market. The work can be done at odd'

times and during slack seasons by the

farm labor and helps to keep hired

men in year—round employment.



Logs cut in summer are liable to

check if dried too rapidly and for this

reason should be seasoned in the

shade of trees or under cover.‘ If the

wood is to be used for finish or vehicle

stock it is advisable to coat the ends

of the logs with paint or creosote to

prevent even moderate checking. An-

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is to put the lOgs on poles or skids to





of other farm crops and the methods

of sale are less generally understood.





COST OF HANDLING THE FARM

MANURE.





 





I had thought of letting my subscrip—

tion lapse, but one sentence in Mr.

Lillie’s farm notes of January 20 pleas-

ed me, to-wit: “It cost a lot of money

to haul out this manure.” I have

heard so often in farmers’ institutes,

and read in farm papers, the assertion

that the manure produced should be

counted as part of the profits of dairy—

ing or stock feeding, that it was re-

freshing to find someone recognizing

the fact that the manure accumulating

in the barnyard belonged on the liar

bility side, and not on the asset side of

profit and loss.



VVashtenaw Co. G. McD.



Manure is, of course, valuable to a

farmer. I don’t want anyone to con-

strue my idea in any other way. But

neither must they think that it is all

profit. It costs a lot of work .to haul





it out, spread it on the land. Yet it





winter variety has proved the most re-

liable and hence the most profitable.

Sow the spring wheat as early as pos-

sible. Give it good rich ground. You





. may have a good crop, but on the av-





erage you can not expect as good a

yield as from a winter variety.



You must, go to the northwest after

your seed wheat. Any seed firm lo-

cated in Montana or the Dakotas can

supply you with seed wheat. Your 10-

cal dealer can get it for you. Any ag-

ricultural paper published in the north-

west will give you the name of indi-

vidual growers who have seed wheat

for sale. COLON C. LILLIE.





W. Brewbaker & Sons, Elsie, Mich,

write as follows: “We have sold over

100 head of Big Type P. C. this fall

through the Michigan Farmer. Who

says The Farmer can’t sell hogs? We

have advertised in over 60 other pa.-

pers and never made a sale, only

through The Farmer. Hurrah for the

Michigan Farmer.” /
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‘ As the matter now stands, when the

iyear 1918 rolls round, Michigan sports-





amen will again be permitted to shoot





this bird. Under the protection of re-





. ,cent years, the quail has prospered; its





numbers have increased; its cheery,

well-known whistle has again become

a familiar sound on all farms. Time

was, when in southern Michigan the

quail was losing out, and its extinc-

tion seemed imminent. But, barring

man, the quail is able to increase in

spite of its enemies. Do more than

this, make man the friend of the quail,

and its everlasting perpetuity on the

farms of Michigan will be assured.

And why should not man befriend

him! Why should not the farmer be-

friend his friend! For the sake of a

little excitement, for the sake of grat-

ifying the palate with a tender morsel,

shall we slay a beneficent and harm-

less creature which, indirectly, helps

the farmer feed the world? “‘

The Economic Factor.



In dealing with this matter let us

first see what right, from a practical

point of view, the quail has to exist-

ence. The two great enemies of the

farmer are weeds and insects. VVhat-

ever agency destroys these, is bene-

ficial and worth preserving. In this

battle against these everlasting pests,

the quail certainly does his share.

More than half the food of the quail

during the year consists of the seeds

of harmful weeds and grasses. Among

these are the seeds of some very well-

-known weeds, such as the rag weed,

pig Weed, sheep sorrel, cockle, smart

weed, and a host of others. As the

quail is not a migratory bird and re-

mains with us all the year, the amount

of these seeds consumed during the

autumn and winter months is enor—

mous. As a destroyer of the seeds of

objectionable weeds and grasses, then.

the quail deserves not only the right to

exist, but protection and aid from the

farmer.



Turning from the weed pest to the

insect pest, we find that here, too, the

quail is one of the most beneficial of

birds. During the insect months, about

thirty-six per cent of the food of the

quail is gleaned from this source.

Many of the most destructive insects

are eaten. Among these are the fol-

lowing: The Colorado beetle, the eu-

cumber beetle, the wireworm, the army

worm, the May beetle, the clover leaf

weevil, the squash bug, and the chinch

bug. This is without exception, a list

of undesirables. Fifteen or twenty

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PrOtect the Farmer,"S ‘Frieng “





KAISER





farm, during the months of June, July

and August, a multitude of these ene-

mies to crops. Two or three good-siz-

ed flocks of these birds on an eighty-

acre farm, will accomplish wonderful

results in keeping in check the weeds

and insects. And yet, too often in the

past, when driven to the barn or corn.

crib by ice and deep snows of winter,

the quail has received a charge from a.

shot gun, rather than grain from the

corn house or granary.



Sentiment Has its Proper Place.



And this leads us to the question of

the grain-eating propensity of the quail.

Beyond question, the quail likes grain

of all kinds. But beyond question, too,

the bird consumes almost no grain

that the farmer has an opportunity to

gather. It is waste grain almost en-

tirely. In late autumn and in winter,

the quail frequents corn fields and

buckwheat fields, and consumes the

waste grain that is of no account to

the farmer. But growing grain is not

molested. Neither is desirable fruit.

eaten in any quantity, by the quail.



We find, then,‘that the quail is im

deed, the farmer’s friend. He destroys

the enemies of the farmer, and asks

naught in return save waste products.

When an exceptionally hard winter

prevails, the farmer often has an op‘

portunity to befriend and succor his

little feathered benefactors. Next to

man, severe winters are, in Michigan,

the worst enemy of the quail; If every

farmer would feed the quails about his

place, at such a time, the mortality

among the birds would fall off, and but

few would perish from cold and hum

ger. The small amount of grain eaten

by the birds at such a time would

dwindle into insignificance, in compar«

ison to the good it does. -



And now that the benefits of the

’quail have been noted, it will not be

out of place to speak, briefly, of other

reasons for its preservation. Linked

with the life of every man or woman

who grew up on a farm, is this cheery,

modest inhabitant of the fields and

woods. It is associated with the old

days, with the old familiar faces and

the old familiar scenes now forever

vanished. The man who turns from

the noisy city after years of striving.

for a look at the old place and country

scenes, expects to see again and hear

again, the feathered friend of' his boy-

hood rambles. Through the dreams of

the farmer boy and girl in life‘s morn-

ing, runs the whistle of the quail.

Through the memories and reminis-

cences of the man and woman whose

locks are silvered, runs the whistling

of the quail. Take this bird from the

farms, and you have lost something

that can not be replaced. For the sake

of the old days, for the sake of the

boys and girls of today and days to

come, protect the quail. Sentiment

plays its big part in all human exist-

ence. First, from the practical, if you

please, but after that, from the senti

mental viewpoint, befriend the farm-

er’s friend.



And in conclusion, let us make an

effort to protect the quail for all time,

from the hands of the spoiler. In

southern Michigan the quail will never

become too plentiful. The bird will

flourish without large wooded areas.

Thickets, tall grasses, fence—rows,

small swamps—~these are sufficient,

and afford adequate cover. Natural

enemies of the bird will always reduce

somewhat. the natural increase. Let

the farmers of Michigan unite in pro

curing protection through all the fu-

ture, for the quail. Let sportsmen ex-

ercise their skill and desire to slay on

less beloved, less beneficial creatures.





Needed new implements and repairs

should be ordered as soon as possible,

so as to insure their delivery. Short-

age of materials and congested trans-n

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(Continued from last week).





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Cause number six is of vital import-

ance to every fair association. Pub-

licity is everything when a live man-

agement and capable officers have pro-

‘ vided the elements for asuccessful

fair and it is a big factor in making

one that lacks those elements a suc-

cess in a financial way. In almost ev-

ery locality there is a person who is

qualified to take over the publicity

work of a fair. It is up to the direc-

tors to find that person and then give

him a free hand in his work so long

as he keeps within the bounds of the

mOney appropriated for the work, and

the appropriation should not be small.



Publicity. ‘



Some of the men who have succeed-

ed strikingly in fair publicity work

were not farmers; some of them were,

too. To be successful in this position

a person must know the people to

Whom he is going to appeal. Methods

which would succeed in one part of

the country will fail in another.



A western fair association put a

young newspaper man in charge of its

publicity work, after having failed to

get the desired support for a few

years. This young fellow used a large

part of his first year’s appropriation

to print and circulate a miniature

newspaper. It was a four-page affair,

issued monthly and each issue was

filled with news about the fair, crisp

little articles of interest to the prob-

able exhibitors regarding the prize list,

well written, brief stories about the

special attractions, interspersed with

condensed reports from the state ex-

periment stations about feeding cattle,

sheep, hogs, fowls, etc., or dealing with

crop production, in nearly every case

connecting the subject in some way

with the county fair. This little paper

went into the home of about every

family in the county every month. The

attendance the first year after its pub-

lication commenced, went up with a

jump that made the conservative mem-

bers of the directorate gasp and it has

been steadily going up ever since.

“The County Fair News,” as the little

paper is called, is an established fea-

ture of the work of making that fair a

success and its appearance is eagerly

looked for throughout the county each

month. It has made the people of the

county acquainted with the fair man-

agers and their plans for making the

fair bigger and better; and its influ-

ence has been almost as great in the

direction of recruiting exhibitors as it

has been in swelling the attendance.



If it is deemed inadvisable to follow

the example of the association above

mentioned it will be found quite ‘sat-

isfactory to use space in the local

papers, provided the copy is written

by someone who knows how to inter-

est their readers. If any agricultural

publication has a large circulation in

the county, space in it may be used

profitably at least once shortly before

the fair.



Money spent for printing dodgers

and throwing them indiscriminately

throughout the country is almost a

dead loss. They fail to carry any ap-

preciable weight and many of them

.are blown away or trampled in the dirt

before they have been read. It is sim-

ilarly a waste of money to put up pos-

ters about the county unless they are

printed on card or linen, for they are

destroyed by the first storm. An ex-

ception may be made if the appropria-

tion will permit the use of pasters of

bill board size which may be securely

pasted to the surface of the billboard.

Such posters should, however, be print-

ed in colors, illustrated sufficiently to

make them attract the attention of the

most-unobservant passerby. Publicity

men for state fairs have found these

highly-colored, illustrated bill board

posters an exceptionally‘good form of



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to justify their use by the average

county fair association.



The publicity man for a county fair

in one of the middle states secured ex-

cellent results by getting out a folder

in which the fair, its aims and its spe-

cial features were quite fully set forth

and got it into the hands of the people

of the county by getting the mer-

chants in the villages throughout the

county to place one in the purchases

of their customers when wrapping

them up. It is quite probable that this

method of getting advertising matter

into the hands of the persons whose

attendance is desired might be made

use of in many localities.‘ But in any

case, publicity work, in .order to ac-

complish any permanent good, will

have to be backed up by a fair, the

features of which will bear out the

statements of the publicity man.



Seek the Reasons.



When the managers of the county

fair find that their fair is enlisting

such a small amount of support from

the people of the county as to make it

a loser in a financial way—in which

.case it will also have failed to fill its

principal-mission—that of becoming a

potent factor in the community,life of

the county, it will in nine cases out of

ten, be found that some or all the caus-

es mentioned are responsible. On first

thought, some of those who are search-

ing for reasons for the failure of a fair

to enlist the support of the people of

the county, may not be able to. reach

this conclusion; but if they will study

all the conditions touching upon the

conduct of their enterprise, with an

open mind they will, in the majority of

cases, be able to see where one or

more of these causes has a vital bear-

ing on its failure to accomplish its

mission. _



It is not difficult for the manage-

ment of any fair association to over-

come these causes for failure, if the

work is undertaken earnestly and sys-

tematically. It will take study, time

and some personal fitness on the part

of those undertaking the work, but in

every county persons competent to un—

dertake it and carry it to a successful

conclusion may be found if the direc-





tors will cease to play petty politics





and select the dominant factors in the

management of their fair just as they

would when engaging a person to take

charge of their personal business en-

terprises, and it is unnecessary to state

that, in such cases, the possession of

marked ability along Certain lines and

personal fitness for the work in view,

come first in the qualifications they

demand.

‘lnnovations.



Apart from the causes mentioned as



contributing to the failure of county





fairs to properly accomplish their mis- '





sion there is another noticeable fea-

ture of the average board of fair direc-

tors. This is the opposition‘ which

they show towards any suggested in-

novations, and the determination to

keep on year after year in the same

old rut. If there is anything the av-

erage county fair needs, more than an-

other, it is innovations, when practical

men are intrusted with their introduc-

tion.- .



Everyone who has looked into meth-

ods of increasing interest in the coun-

ty fair knows the importance of enlist-

ing the support of the young persons

of the county. After much argument

with his board of directors, one pro-

gressive secretary got permission to

announce a stock judging contest for

boys who were attending the high

schools in the county. For this con-

test he selected, the flrst year, the

boys who were in the graduating class

of the different schools, each class to

select a team of three to judge the

c0ws constituting the largest class

shown in the division for dairy breeds.





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profitable dairy cow were seen to be

necessary and great improvement had

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value of the fruit borne by different

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trees were productive, although all of

the groves under the investigation

were profitable ones.



They found that a tree with a large

amount of foliage was nearly always

a scant producer of inferior fruit. The

short-legged, little puppy which was

nearly always at their heels as they

worked never failed to select this type

when looking for a tree under which

to rest. This was the reason for the

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trained observer, once they are point-

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Only a_Sma|l Per Cent Productive.



It but remained to be proven that

these variations persisted distinctly on

each individual tree year after year

and the result was rather startling.

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the plots were found to be unprofit-

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found lobe of the most productive

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stocks in the usual way. These bud

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The growers of California have ac-

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state recognize the value of careful

breeding in cattle. They recognize

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They-feel that they have a part





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lemons, will be doubled within the

next few years.



Work with Apples.



The result of the investigations with

bud selection on citrus fruits corres-

pond almost exactly wiih the assump-

tion made at the start. It occurred to

the Bureau of Plant Industry that the

same principle might be applied to

other fruits. When it proves out so

fully with oranges and lemons, is there

any apparent. reason why it might fail

with apples, for instance? ii'e will

see how it is working out.



Mr. L. B. Scott was sent to this slam

two years ago by the above bureau to

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California and Florida had to citrus

fruiis. The investigators are determin

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trees of the same variety growing side

by side subject to the same care and

culture. These variations are being

found to be present, and it is being

ascertained in the second place, if the

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These questions being answered, the

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shorter seasons and the slowness with

which the apple wood matures. Al

'any rate it will be several years he-

i'ore the bureau is able to declare any

specific results in this respect.



Wide Variation Found.



The first year Mr. Scott and his as

sistants discovered that many and

wide variations of one kind and an

other did exist. There were great dil‘

ferences ih shape, size, color, and in

the quality of the min, no illlSlillil'

about that. While the experiment has

been carried through a period of only

two years, it has already been proven

to the satisfaction 01" the bureau that

these variations persisr year after year.

So far the behaviour of individual

trees seems to be relatively the same

each season. From additional infor-

mation not backed by statistics it has

been shown to be true for a much

longer period.



It will be several years before the

investigators will be able to show in

actual figures _whether bud character-

istics are transmissible or not. By

looking into the histories, gathered

from witnesses, - of individual trees
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Notice the tw0 test bottles. The upper bot-

tle contains ordinary automobile oil drained from

a crank case after 500 miles of use. The other

bottle contains Veedol after the same mileage.



In ordinary oil the sediment is seven times as

deep as in Veedol; Veedol reduces sediment 86%.



All ordinary oil breaks down under the ter-

rific heat of an automobile engine which ranges

from 200" to 1000". After only a few hours run-





‘ning a large volume of sediment is formed and





much of the oil loses all lubricating value.





Engineering tests show that on the average

50% of ordinary oil is turned into sediment in

afIO-hour test and the engine loses four to five

horse-power. -



The Sediment Test is the most scientific test

of a lubri cant’s value in reducing friction and is

of the greatest importance to automobile owners.

Friction increases in proportion to the amount

of sediment present; sediment in large volume

causes friction, wear and expense.





The exact efi'ect of sediment

on metal surfaces





If you look at the inner surfaces of your auto-

mobile engine with your naked eye you will say

that they are erfectly smooth, but if you ex-

amine them un er a microscope you will find they

are actually covered with thousands of sharp

points and depressions. It is these points and

depressions that require efficient lubrication.

These metal surfaces will slide easily against

each other onl when covered with a substantial

film of liquid ubricant. ’





Oil that contains sediment causes metal to

metal friction because the sediment crowds out





a large part of the liquid j oil and the metal sur-.





faces are pressed together. Then the. micro-





scopic teeth grab and cut in. That means fric-





tion, wear and expense.

If you want to prevent friction and save ex-

Zense do not use oil that breaks down under

eat and forms a large volume of sediment.





The'Faulkner Process





Veedol is unlike ordinary oil. It is madeby the ‘





Eaulkner Process. This is a, . new discover. used

excluswely b ‘ this companfiwhich gives eedol





‘ , its 'remarka‘b e heat-resisting and weareresisting





600 to make test





Ordinary

Oil



After

Use





pro erties. New equi ment for this process cost

us £300,000, and it will add $50,000 to our 1917

manufacturin cost. Ordinar automobile oil

cannot be ma e like Veedol an cannot have the

same lubricating properties.





Veedol resists heat, does not evaporate rapidly,

does not carbonize if your motor is in good con-

dition—and finally, reduces sedimentation 86%.





60 cents to test Veedol will save

you over $50





Five gallons of Veedol will only cost you about 60

cents more than five gallons of ordinary oil and with five

gallons of Veedol you can drive 2,000 to 5,000 miles——

possibly two or three times the mileage you get from

ordinary oil. So you will have ample time to compare

operating costs.



Expert statisticians have found that the average

automobile runs 6,000 miles ayear and that the average

yearly expense is $416. Of this, gasoline, repairs and

depreciation come to about $268.



Since friction and wear vary in direct proportion to

the amount of sediment formed by the oil, the elimina-

tion of 86% of the sediment will save gasoline, repairs

and depreciation. Thus Veedol will save you $50 to

$115 B year.



Among the users of Veedol are many large com-

panies that keep a careful record of operating costs,

such as the Hudson Motor Car Company, Fifth Avenue

Coach 00., Shaw Taxicab Co., owners of the Black and

White Taxicabs, and many others.





The fact that these users pay more per gallon for

Veedol, proves that they save money by using it.





Make this road test





Clean out the crank case of your engine. Fill it

with kerosene. Run your motor about thirty seconds

under its own power. Draw out all kerosene and refill

with Veedol.



Then make a test run over a familiar road, includ-

ing steep hills and straight level stretches.



You will find your motor has acquired new pick-up

and hill-climbing ability. It Will have less vibration

and will give greater gasoline mileage. _



Veedol is the ideal lubricant for all gasoline engines

——aut0mobile, motorboat, tractor and stationary en-

gines. One test will prove toyou the efficiency of this

wonderful heat-resisting lubricant.





, - Buy Veedol today '

» Over 12,000dealerssell Veedol. 3 Each dealer, has a





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How black sediment formed by ordinary automobile oil in-

creases friction, wear and expense. New lubricant resusts heat,

reduces sediment about 86% and saves you over $50 a year.





grade of Veedol for your car for both WinterZand Sum-

mer use. If you cannot get Veedol, write for name of

dealer who can supply you. Buy a can of Veedol today.





A convenient pouring device is sup-

plied with each metal container.

Supplied in—



Sealed Cans %-iral.. 1-gal., S-gal.



Steel Drums 15—gal.. 28 gal., 53-gal.



Oak Barrels 28«gal., 50-gal.

Guaranteed when sold in the original package.





THE LUBRiCAN I

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PLATT& WASHBURN REFINING COMPANY

1843 Bowling Green Building New York





 





Use Grease of Tested Quality

The Sediment Test shows you how far Veedol

excels ordinary oil; Veedol Grease is equally

superior to ordinary grease.

There is a Veedol Grease for every purpose :—





1 VEEDOL CUP GREASE. Co M P0 U N D—For gears

2 VEEDOL GRAPHITE wherethe housings are

GRisAssi—F‘or general not “3}“;-

lubrication. springs and 4 VE E DOL TRANS-GEA R

Water pump. OIL—For gears enclosed

3 ‘VEEDOL TRANS . Gnu; in tight housings.
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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Ordinary

Oil





 





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V eedol

After Use





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How Mack sediment formed by ordinary automobile oil in—

creases friction, wear and expense. New lubricant reszsts heat,

reduces sediment about 866/? and saves you over $.90 a year.





Notice Ilit‘ two test bottles. Iliilt‘ Upper lmt~

tie contains ordinary automobile oil drained from

a crank ‘as . after Boo miles of use. The other

lmttle contains Veedol after the same mileage.



ln ordinary oil the sediment. is seven times a.»

deep as in Veedol; Veedolreduces sediment so"; _



All ordinary oil br >aks down under the ttr.

ritic heat of an automobile engine which ranges

from 21th to loot)“. After only a few hours run-

ning a large Volume of sediment is formed and

much of the oil loses all lubricating value.



Engineering tests Show that on, the (Ii‘t’)‘l!_t](

50% of ordinary oil/1's turned, into sediment in

a 'llt—honr test, and the engine low :1 four to ~[m

horse—power.



The Sediment Test is the most scientific test

of a lubricant’s value in reducing: friction and is

of the greatest importance to automobile owners.

Friction increases in proportion to the amount

of sediment present; sediment in large. \’Uil1111c

causes friction, Wear and expent‘c.



The exact effect of sediment

on metal surfaces



It you look at the inner surfaces of your auto—

mobile engine with your naked eye you will say

that they are perfectly smooth, but, if you ex—

amine them undcr a microscope you will lind they

are actually covered with thousands of sharp

points and depressions. it is these points and

depressions that require ctlicient lubrication

'l‘hcse metal surfaces will slide easily against.

each other only when covered with a substantial

film of liquid lubricant.



()il that contains sediment causes metal to

metal friction because the sediment crowds out

a large part of the liquid oil and the metal sur-

faces are pressed together. Then the micro—

scopic teeth grab and cut in. That means fric—

tion, wear and expense.



Ifyou want to prevent friction and save cr-

pense do not use oil that breaks down, under

heat and furl/is a large volume ofsed'iincnt.





The Faulkner Process

Veedol is unlike ordinary oil. It is made by the

Faulkner Process. This is a new discovery used

exclusively by this company, which gives Veedol

its remarkable heat-resisting and wear-resisting





properties. New ( «itiipinent for this process cost

us $tltitmititt, and it will add XMLHUU to our lttl'i

manufacturing cost. (lrdinary automobile oil

cannot be made like Veedol and cannot have the

same lubricating properties.



Veedol resists heat , docsnot evaporate rapidly,

docs hot t‘ttl‘lniliixt‘ il' y‘tilll‘ “into!” is in fowl Wm“

dilio1r~and finally. reduces :ediinentaijon Mi _





. , .

()0 cents to test \ (‘edol \\ ill same

you over tisot)



Five gallons of Veedol Will only cost you about on

cents more than li\'ccallonaofordinary oil and \yithtive

fitlltiils (if \‘(W‘tiHl _‘ till l'iill (it‘1\'i' lllllll tn intlllll lilllt'\‘

possibly t\\oorthree tilill"-»ll1(' mileage you get front

ordinary oil. So you \\1ll have ample time to compari-

operating costs.



l‘ixpcrt statistician;- have found that the :1\'4‘!‘:ttfi-

automobile ruiistRJlHtl miles aycarantl that the averagze

yearly expense it» ni-llti. (if tho. git. olinc. i‘cpaii':- and

depreciation \'1)lll"illillltlllliiIJlllk.



Since friction and \w ar vary in direct proportion to

the amount of sediment formed by the oil, theelimma

tion of Nb of the s-ediinent \xill rave yasoline, repairs

and depreciation, Thus Veedol \\‘lll save you who to

$11.? a year.



Among: the users of Veedol are many lzll‘i't‘ com—

panies that keep a careful record of (iiit‘i‘ztlllltz coat»

such as the Hudson Motor ('ar ('ompany, Fifth Avenue

('oach (‘o., Shaw 'l‘axicab t‘o. owners of the lilack and

\N'hitc 'l'axicabs. and many others.



The fact that these users pay more per gallon for

\‘eedol, prcves that they saVe money by Inuit! ll





Make this road test



(‘lean out the crank case of your engine. l‘lll it

With kerosene. ltun your motor about f/tll‘fll seconds

under its own pchr. Draw out all kerosene and refill

with Veedol.



Then make a, test run over a familiar road, includ»

ing steep hills and straight, lcvcl stretches.



You will find your motor has acquired new pick—up

and hill~cliinbinir ability. it Will have less vibration

and will give greater gasoline mileage.



Veedol is the ideal lubricant for all gasoline engines

automobile, motorboat, tractor and stationary en

gines. Unc test will prove to you the eliiciency of this

wonderful heat—resisting lubricant.





Buy Veedol today

Over 12,000 dealers sell Veedol. Each dealer has a

Veedol Lubrication Chart which specifies the correct





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Use Grease of'l‘ech Quality

The Sediment, 'l'est, shows you how far Veedol

excels ordinary oil; \k-nlol (ircare is equally

supeiior to iii"lll!itl'_‘,‘ grease.

there is a Veedol (in-ast- for every purpo.-c,

t'tiMi'ui Nip l"l>1'i’t‘:il~

where the liciimnirs are

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with the crawler traction will give you at least 30 per cent

more days at service a year than an ordinary tractor. It is

able to work when round wheel tractors are forced to be

idle bounce they sink down in mud, etc.



The spring-mounted Crawler gives the “Mule” perfect

traction on any soil, wet or dry. without packing the ground

as much as a man. As one enthusiastic owner said, “It’s

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deliver Full Marat the drawbar regardless of soil condi-





”m One Man Does It All





Get that! O—N-E man for both tractor and implement.

Sit on your implement and drive the “Bates Steel Mule”

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to be a one man outfit and make good on its claim. Write

for {all illustrated facts.





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that 1916, our fortieth anniversary,

proved to be our banner year,

shows that confidence in the House

of Burpec continues to grow.



Burpee’s Annual for 1917



The Leading American Seed Catalog



is brighter, better and bigger than ever

before. We have added twenty-two pages,

making in all 204 pages. and best of all, you will find thirty Burpee Specialties

illustrated in color. Burpee's Annual is mailed free upon request. A postcard

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GARDEN TOOLS





Answer the farmer'sbig questions:

now can I have arjood garden with

least expense? How can the wife

have plcntyc! fresh wigctcbles for

_ the home table with east labor?





Combined Hill

IRON AGE andDriIISeedcr

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problem."



Takes the place of many tools—: -

stored in small space. Sows, cov-

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, they. find that~ bud traits have been V

“ passed on from one generation to the





next. They are in fact satisfied that

the outcome of the experiment will be





i the same in all respects as that for cit-





rus fruits. In other words, the Bureau

of Plant Industry feels that this im-

portant investigation will terminate

favorably. However, it is understood

that a scientific branch of the Depart-

ment of Agriculture will not publish

until it has all the data

which can possibly bear on the sub-

ject. Consequently the fruit growers

of this state will be at a loss for lead-

ership from this source, in adopting

this principle, for some time yet. By

the adoption of bud selection methods,

citrus growers are doubling their in-

comes. Then from the evidence

brought out above, failure to put this

theory into operation means many dol-

lars in an accumulating loss to Michi-

gan producers of fruit. Michigan may

be losing her chance to become the

greatest fruit producing state in the

Union.



Bud Selection and Disease Resistance.





A point which should be brought

out right here is the fact that bud se-

lection may be a very efficient way of

overcoming diseases. That is, a nur-

may go into an orchard

which he knows to once have been a

good bearer, but which is nearly ex-

tinct with diseases. He knows of par-

ticularly heavy-bearing, some of which

he happily finds to have been resistant;

to the diseases. Is it. not easy to see

that sound buds from those trees are

of great value in propagation work?

The trees which will develop from

those buds will be heavy producers of

the same kind of desirable fruit, and

will also be resistant. to diseases.



. The Nursery Practice.



Now, nurserymen will tell you that

they have recognized this principle for

years and have been following it out.

in their nurseries. I think that. I can

say with positiveness that. if they have

made any selection at all, it has only

been toward a leafy. stl‘ongwooded,

vigorous tree. It was shown in the

citrus investigations that a bushy,

woody tree was not, a heavy producer.

(It. must be remembered that we are

discussing the difference which exist

Within the same variety). As for dis

eases the nurserymen have propagated

from disease-protected and not disease

resistant trees, thus tending to give us

weakling, molly-coddle trees. They

have missed the point in their bud Se-

lection in merely producing a, tree of

a variety name which is healthy and

vigorous as a result of their watchful

care. They have not selected buds

from trees with a known pedigree for

productivity. They have" not taken

them from trees necessarily hardy, as

the trees had little need for this char-

acteristic due to the tender care given

them. In fact, I think you will agree

with me when I say that. they, for the

most part, followed selection in no





'way- conducive to the best production





of the fruit. The nurserymcu hold the

key to the future of this principle,

and it, is through them that the adop-

tion of bud selection must be worked

out. This will be done only by the in—

sistence of the fruit. organizations that

the idea is a good one. Then the sell-

lers of stocks will see the possible ad—

vantages to themselves and provide

the growers with the best stocks.

Other Advantages of Bud, Selection.

Some varieties tend to bear every

other year, but there are many excep«

tional trees which bear annually. Buds

from them would produce annual-bear-

ing trees. There are other points of‘





this nature which might be brought





out, but I will leave them- for you to

sum up among the advantages of this

somewhat new idea. When you weigh

the matter carefully, I think you will

see the working out of this common-

sense method is liable to few setbacks.

I believe that in this way the fruit





. growers of this state can most easily





place themselves at the very front as





   





prosperous agriculturisis of the Uni;

ted States.



Now the bureau feels sure of the

outcome of the experiment with ap-

ples; nurserymen recognize its value

and claim to be following the princi-

ple, and a slight knowledge of plant

breeding shows it to be highly reason—

able. On these bases, then, there can

be nothing to lose in insisting that our

nurserymen adopt this method and fol-

low it more closely. If this adds some-

what to the cost of fruit stocks we

must remember that there is no econ-

omy in cheap stocks of any kind. Then

when we buy trees for setting we will

be able to get, not only those of a cer-

tain variety, but trees which if given

average care will produce a desirable

type of fruit in large quantities.



Bud Selection Work of Practical.



In this article it. has been my object

to try to forecast the value of a great

fundamental change in the production

of our nursery stocks. Owing to the

fact that it is impossible to build an

agitation on an assumption, I have

brought out the advantages of adopt-

ing the general principles of bud se-

lection for practical purposes, regard-

less of our belief in the theory. I shall

have accomplished my purpose if I

have attracted the attention of one en-

thusiastic grower. It will be enough

if he is willing to take the matter up

and show his fellow-horticulturists the

value of this, the greatest possibility

to fruit growers ever worked out.



The value of discussing this subject

lies in showing the readers of the

Michigan Farmer just how far the bu-

reau of Plant Industry has carried this

matter. The proper course of proce-

dure is the evident, and a great bene-

fit can be gained for the fruit-growers

of this state by the adoption of bud-

selectiOn methods. I believe that if

Michigan adopts this method in ad-

vance of other states she will in that

way more easily than in any other, he-

come the leading fruit-producing sec-

tion in the Union. Why should we

hesitate?



Ingham C0.





F. M. Bum.





EARLY CUCUMBERS.





Cucumbers may be had ready for

the table three or four weeks earlier

than is possible from outside sowings,

if seeds are started about the middle

of April. For those who have hot-beds

the matter is a simple one. Prepare

the bed in the usual manner, and 0:1

top of the soil place squares of thick

sod with the grass side down. When

the temperature of the soil has be—

come stable, sow a few seeds on each

square of sod. The plants will soon be

seen and if a‘degrec of heat, adequate

to their nee s, is maintained they will

grow rapidly. ,



\‘th‘e no hot-bed is available, the

seeds may be started on sods placed in

boxes in a sunny window. Another

good method is to sow them in bottom-

less tin cans, set closely together in a

window-box. All plants of the cucum-

ber class are very sensitive to root-

disturbance, and for this reason it is

necessary to plant the seeds in some

way that will avoid arresting growth

of the tender seedlings when they are

set in the Open ground. One or two

plants may be allowed to grow in each

can and at the proper time set in the

hills without retarding their growth.





Plants should be set in the ground

about the time seeds are usually plant‘

ed outside. These started plants will

not be much molested by the cucum-

ber beetle as the second leaves will be

growing. The only pests to guard

against are the cutworms. These will

do no damage if plants are raised in

the bottomless cans and set in the

ground without removal. Plants,

whether started in the hot—bed or with-

in doors, should be carefully hardened

off and accustomed to. the outside air

before setting in the ground. . .



New Hampshire. C. H. CHESLEY.
.'A 'well made hotbed is. an asset on





the farm and whether it is made on

the farm or the frames are ordered

direct from the manufacturer, the ex-

pense is small and the investment

pays. The use of the hot-bed enables

the farmer to make the summer gar-

den more successful by raising strong

vigorous plants ready to transplant to

the garden when the right temperature

arrives. Muskmelons may be started

to advantage in hot-beds. It is the

ideal manner for starting the tomato

plants. Lettuce and radishes may be

matured in the hot-bed several weeks

before it would be possible to raise

them in the open soil and their grow-

ing season may be prolonged several

weeks after it would be possible to

mature such plants under conditions

in the outside air.



Fresh horse manure which has been

well composed with plenty of 'straw or

leaves should be packed in the hot-bed

to form the “heating plant” for the

soil which will produce the plants.

Pack down about two feet of the ma-

nure in the bottom of the hot-bed and

allow it tostand two or three days.

Then place six inches of rich mellow

garden soil on top of the manure and

allow the hot-bed to stand for about

four days when the soil will be warm

and the seeds planted will find the

soil conditions right for a rapid germ»

ination.



Locate the hot-bed on a southern

slope, preferably behind some building





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where the bed will receive the full ben-

efit of the sun’s warmth and avoid cold

northern winds. The south side of a

barn or shed where the drainage is

good will be an excellent location for

the hot-bed. The outside of the hot-

bed should be banked with manure or

heavy soil that will not be blown away

as it is necessary to run a hot-bed on

the fireless cooker system, the heat

must stay inside and the cold outside.

Ventilation is necessary to grow

strong vigorous plants. 0n warm days.

the sashes should be raised all day, in

fact, they should be raised a few inch-

es every day. At night they must be

closed to keep in the warmth and pre-

vent chilling of the young plants.

Cement hot-beds are practical and

can be constructed in permanent loca-

tions at a small expense. Six feet

long by six wide seems to be a stan-

dard width for hot-beds and they are

covered by three by six sashes. By

extending the cement foundation or

by increasing the length of the boards

new sections may be added to the hot-

bed as the occasion demands. Rough'

boards may be used for the work and

scrap lumber is good enough for the

job and perfectly satisfactory. Make

the back of the hot-bed higher on the

north so that it will slope toward the

south and the sun will have a chance

to penetrate the glass and touch the

plants at some period of the day. A

good quality of glass in the sashes will

pay and it is also a good investment

to purchase the sashes of manufactur-

ers who make a specialty of that work.

Well-made hot-beds will last for sev-

eral years and the expense in no way

compares with the profit gained by

their use.

Ingham Co. R. G. KIRBY.





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Do not forget to attend the mid-win-

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year. On account of mismanagement

the percentage of losses at time of

birth, and soon after, are heavy. Many

a well-meaning man makes serious

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the winter and has to suffer the conse-

quences. In many cases the losses are





charged up to bad luck, when in fact,





it is the result of bad management of

the sows during the period of gesta-

tion and at farrowing time.





, During the winter months when the

cold weather is constant and severe,

there is often a mistake made in keep-

ing the sows too closely confined to a

small yard and pen. The inexperienc-

ed man may be trying to do well by

his brood sows, when, in fact, he is

managing in a way that invites dis-

aster. He is taking extra pains, he

thinks, to keep the sows warm and

comfortable all the time. The fact is

well understood that the pigs in the

spring will have a. high value. It may

cost a little less to keep the sows

closely confined, but by so doing they

are deprived of the exercise which is

necessary to make them healthy, nim-

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strength at time of birth.



W'hile exercise each and every pleas-

ant day in winter is necessary, I would

not overlook the importance of making

the sows comfortable. They should

have a warm, dry and comfortable

nest in which to sleep at night, and

remain in during sonny days. It is

cruel and an injury to the sows to

compel them to sleep in a cold, damp

nest. A comfortable place in which

to sleep and otherwise kind treatment

improves the disposition and has a

favorable influence on the disposition

and thriftiness of the coming litter of

pigs.



The Food.



In these days of extremely high

prices for all kinds of feeds, it does

not, at first, seem necessary to offer

many words of caution in regard to

feeding the pregnant sows. I will sug-

gest, however, that it is not a good

plan to feed pregnant sows much





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themselves, nourish the pigs which

they are carrying, and prepare to feed

the pigs after they are farrowed.



I do not wish to be understood as

urging that pregnant sows should be

fattened, but should be in a strong,

healthy condition at rarrowing time.

Such sows will give the pigs 3. better

start and transmit to them the thrifty

habit in a more pronounced manner

than is possible for a sow thin in flesh

to do.





Feeders’ Problems





Summer Pasture Crops.



What is best to sow for a temporary

pasture for next summer? How much

gram and what kind should I feed to

a medium-sized draft colt nine months

old to getthe most growth on same.



Muskegon Co. A. C. K.



The best crop to grow for summer

pasture depends altogether upon the

conditions which obtain; the kind of

stock to be pastured is, of course, the

first consideration. The number of ‘

head to be carried, the other available

pasture and the season of the year

when same will need to be supplement-

ed, are all factors to be considered.





Peas and oats sown early in the sea-

son make excellent Spring and early

summer pasture for other live stock

as well as for hogs. For sheep the re‘

sults would be better if Dwarf Essex

rape were added to the mixture where

same is to be sown in the early spring.

If later pasture is required, then rape

sown alone or perhaps with millet if

the sowing is delayed until hot weath-

er, will give best results.





Cowpeas and soy beans also offer

advantages under some conditions.

The problem of supplementary pasture

crops is an individual one in practical,-

ly every case and difficult to settle on

a broad general basis. Sweet clover

will not make a large amount of pas-

ture 'the year it is sown, although it

can be pastured lightly and will make

a very heavy growth the following

year, in which it completes its life

cycle.



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protein and a total of 11 to 13 pounds

of digestible nutrients having a nutri-

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Good clover or mixed hay and oats





heavy feed, like peas and corn or meal

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pregnant sows should have sloppy feed

at least once a day in severely cold

weather, and twice per day during the

moderately cold weather. If they have

to walk several rods to the feed every

time they are fed, all the better. If

the grain with which the slop is made

is made up of wheat bran, wheat mid-

dlings, ground oats and corn it is a

good combination if about equal parts

of each are used.



It is a good plan to educate the

sows to eating some forage feeds, like

clover hay, alfalfa and some corn—

stalks to chew on. A little ensilage

may serve a good purpose. It is a

mistake to expect them to eat the for-

age like sheep or cattle. A little

thrown in a clean place Where they

can eat it, or held in a small rack, to

enable them to take What they want,

will serve the purpose. The forage

furnishes the system with mineral

substances which they require to do

their best, not only for themselves, but

for the litter of pigs which they are

carrying.



After the end of the second month

of the period of gestation, gradually

increase the .amount of grain feed giv-

en, because the sows have a triple

duty to perform; they must maintain





with a little bran or a small portion of

oil meal added will make an. ideal ra.

tion for the growing colt.





The quantity to be fed will depend

on how rapidly you desire to force

growth. It pays to feed the draft colt

liberally, as size can be obtained only

by liberal feeding while the‘ animals

are young, since a colt makes more

than half of its total growth during

the first year of its life, and if stunted

during this time it will never fully re-

cover. The average colt will require

from 10 to 12 pounds of clever hay,

and six to seven pounds of grain per

day during its first winter, to make a

fair growth without crowding. If ex-

treme growth is required, then grain

should be fed more. liberally.



At the Wisconsin station where it

was desired to force draft colts to ex-

treme weights during their first year

they were fed on a mixture of 60 per

cent ground cats, 15 per cent corn

meal, 10 per cent bran and 15 per cent

of cut alfalfa hay. The colts were giv-

en all they would eat clean and con—

sumed 161/2 pounds of the feed per

day, making an average gain on same

of 2.1 pounds per day and reaching

weights ranging from 1000 to 1200

pounds at one year of age.
COnt‘rolling i COntagious ] Diseases '





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





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

Breeders’ and Feeders’ Association, held at Michigan Agricultural College.





(Concluded. from last week).





During the'last year, we have had

many outbreaks of rabies, and quaran-

tines have been placed in the following

counties: Sanilac, Saginaw, Gratiot,

Gladwin, Midland, Kent, Allegan, Clin-

ton, Ottawa, Van Buren, Muskegon

and Ionia. This is not only a serious

menace to our live stock industry, but

has made it necessary for many peo-

ple who have been bitten by rabid

dogs to take the Pasteur treatment.

There is recorded two cases where two

people lost their lives by being bitten

by a rabid dog within the last year.

We are of the opinion that we will

still have this menace until some radi-

cal steps are taken to rid the country

of worthless curs and compel the own-

ers to keep their dogs under proper

restraint. It is usually considered a

disease which only occurs in the hot

weather, but some of the severest out-

breaks that we have had have‘ been

during the winter months, and more

territory is now under quarantine on

account of rabies than has ever been

known in the history of the state.



‘ Glanders.



At the 1915 session of the legisla-

ture, a bill was presented and passed,

requiring that all horses coming into

the state of Michigan be accompanied





able for grazing purposes not only in

the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, but

in the northern part of the Lower Pe-

ninsula as well. Those who have tried

out this project are meeting with un-

bounded success and are reaping a re-

ward for their efforts.

Other Diseases.



There are some new diseases com-

ing into the state at all times, those

which perhaps baffle the skill of our

best veterinarians. One of these is

known as Hemmorhaggic Septicaemia,

and has given considerable trouble,

principally among the young stock. We

are trusting that this disease will not

gain a foothold, as it is very active

and attacks and kills almost before

any precautionary measures can be

taken.



In conclusion, I would not feel that

I would be doing you justice unless

you knew just what expenditures of

this department have been during the

year just passed. It is true that the

expenses of our department have been

increased, due partly by increased fa~

cilities which are occasioned by legis-

lative enactments, and also by the de-

mands which the public have made up-

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by a certificate of health, including the

mallein test for glanders. This law

has been quite well enforced, and we

find that the railroads are refusing

shipments which are not accompanied

by these certificates. It is a notice-

able fact that all the outbreaks of

glanders which we have had in the

state, have been directly traced to

horses which have been shipped in

principally from the western ranges,

and we believe this law will be very

valuable in protecting us, against any

serious outbreaks of glanders in the

future. '

Diseases of Sheep.



During the last year, few cases of

infectious diseases have occurred in

the state among the sheep. The most

destructive disease, however, is that

of intestinal parasites, which can be

eradicated if proper treatment is ap-

plied, and the old pastures which have

been 'used for grazing purposes for

years past are broken up and new

pastures used for grazing flocks, so

that they will not become infected

from this source. There are many

, shipments of western sheep coming in-

to the state for feeding purposes, and

the usual amount at losses occur from

the long journeys and exposures which

are occasioned by this shipment. I

cannot help but feel that this is one

branch of our agriculture which should

be encouraged, as we have lands suit-





 





ditures with the assurance that the

money which we have expended has

been carefully, and I hope profitably

dispensed:





Salaries of clerks and extra

veterinarians ............. $ 3,118.29

Salaries of state veterinarian





and three commissioners. . 6,125.94

Traveling expenses ........ 4,914.82

Telephone and telegraph. . . . 263.78

Printing .................. . 187.52

Office supplies ............ . 210.62

Express and cartage. . . . 11.91





Freight on cholera—infected





hogs ..................... 66.48

Disinfectants and spraying



outfits ...... ' ............. 99.37



Total expense .7 .......... $14,998.73



Appraisements on tubercu-



los1s cattle ............... 30,562.50



Total .................... $45,561.23





In conclusion, I might say that we .





would be pleased to have the budget

system enacted into law, so that we

might know what the people of the

state desire us to do in our work, Oth-

er states are expending many times

what we have spent, but I can say to

you, with all sincerity, that I believe,

taking everything into consideration,

Michigan’s live stock is in as healthy

a condition as in'any other state in

the Union.





Editor’s Note—Farmers everywhere

should aid in preventing the spread of

contagious diseases in live stock by

promptly reporting suspicious cases to

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T 0 rid the country of tuberculosis

of hogs, a ~disease which is cost-

ing millions of dollars annually,

is practicable and relatively easy. Ex-

termination should be attained with-

out delay before the disease, which ap.

pears to be increasing, has gained too

much headway, is the advice of the

specialists of the United States Depart-

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ures show that nine per cent of the

hogs slaughtered during the fiscal

year 1916 at establishments under fed-

eral meat inspection were affected with

tuberculosis in some degree. In the

case of hogs from certain localities,

especially some of the dairying sec-

tions, however, over 25 per cent, or

one out of four hogs slaughtered, had

the disease. The following informa-

tion regarding the control of this dis-

ease is taken from Farmers’ Bulletin

781. Tuberculosis of Hogs, by John R.

Mohler and Henry J. W'ashburn.





Means of Prevention.



The two principal ways of prevent-

ing hogs from becoming tubercular are

by keeping them away from tubercular

cattle, and by cooking or pasteurizing

all skim-milk and cooking all garbage

before it is fed to the hogs.



On dairy farms, unless the cattle

have been tuberculin tested and are.

known to be free from disease, hogs

should never be allowed to follow the

dairy cattle or to drink raw milk. In

any event, it is safer to cook skim-

milk or buttermilk or to pasteurize it,

by holding it at 145 degrees for thirty

minutes, or at 176 degrees for one min-

ute. That raw milk from tubercular

cows will convey the disease to hogs

is fully established by adequate tests.

Raw milk of any kind from a creamery

is particularly dangerous for hogs, be-

cause if there is but one tubercuiar

herd on the creamery route the milk

from this herd may affect all the skim-

milk collected at the factory. This ex-

plains why tuberculosis is most com-

mon in hogs in dairy regions where

milk is taken to a central creamery

and raw skim-milk brought back to

the farm from the general stock.



The droppings of iubercular cattle

also convey the germs to hogs which

are allowed to follow them. For this

reason hogs should be kept out of cow

lots. On the other hand, 1100's can fol—

low steers with comparatively little

danger. Steers are not kept indoors as

much as dairy cattle and commonly

are sold before they are old enough

for the disease to develop to the point

where it spreads germs through drop-

pings.



No hog should be allowed to cat can

rion, such as dead chickens or other

animals, or to eat raw offal from the

slaughter houses or farm butchering.

All slaughter house waste, before be-

ing fed, should be thoroughly cooked,

as this will kill the germs of tubercu-

losis and other diseases. Careful in

vestigation shows'that slaughter house

lankage does not spread the disease,

as the preparation of this tankage in-

volves thorough sterilization by heat.



Eradication.



Where reports from slaughter hous-

es or other tests indicate that a herd

is tubercular, the owner should at once

get rid of his entire herd and, after

thoroughly disinfecting the premises

introduce new breeding animals. On

the other hand, newly purchased hogs

should not be introduced into a herd

which is free from disease until they

have been tuberculin tested. Unfortu-

nately, few hogs with the disease ever

Show the presence of tuberculosis by

outward symptoms. In fact, in slaugh-

ter houses many hogs which were

found on post-mortem examination to

be tubercular, seemed to be the finest

animals in the droves. As tuberculosis

frequently attacks the hogs on a farm

where there are tubercular cattle, the

tuberculin test should be applied to all

the cattle on the place and all tubercu-





lous animals among them should be

isolated or destroyed at the time of

disposing of the hogs.



A farm may be stocked rapidly with

healthy swine after the total slaughter

of a tuberculous lot. The early age at

which the sow may be bred, her capa'

city for breeding twice a year, and the

plural number of her offspring are

forceful arguments for the total de-

struction of eyery diseased drove of

hogs and the breeding up in clean,

healthy quarters of a sound, healthy

drove in its stead.



Community Action.



It behooves hog raisers to see that

their skim-milk has been properly

heated before they feed it. Legisla-

tion making such heating by creamer-

ies compulsory affords a simple and

easy way of greatly reducing hog tu-

berculosis.



A serious outbreak of tuberculosis

among hogs in Switzerland was over-

come by boiling all of the separated

milk before feeding it to the subse-

quent litters of young pigs.



The Bureau of Animal Industry is

endeavoring to locate infected farms,

or at least infected localities, and to

ascertain the direct cause of the

spread of the disease in these districts.

Owing to the number of hands through

which hogs go before reaching the

abattoirs this is not easy, but it can

be and is being accomplished. Already,

through co—operation with the state

authorities. a large number of infected

farms have been definitely located.

The conditions on these farms have

been investigated, the source of the

disease determined, and methods for

its suppression recommended. Both

the bureau and state officials have been

working with lhese ends in view.

When hogs have been found to be tu~

berculous when slaughtered under the

federal meat inspection and the farm

from which they came has been locat-

ed, the state veterinarian is notified.

In most states this officer is empower-

ed by law to quarantine any farm

when he suspects the presence of a

contagious disease thereon. He then

applies the tuberculin test to the cat-

ile on the farm and otherwise looks for

the source of infection. This frequent-

ly results in finding the cattle tuber—

culous.



This co-operation with the state is

of great value, and the results would

be greater if state legislation were

enacted compelling the tagging of all

hogs going to slaughter, so that these

animals if found tuberculous, could be

immediately traced to their point. of

origin and the source of infection re-

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During the recent meeting of the

Michigan Improved Live Stock Breed-

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was held a meeting of Hampshire

Swine Breeders, for the purpose of

forming a state association, along the

same lines as the various other spe-

cial breed associations.



The meeting was well attended, and

was called to order by Mr. H. H. Halla-

day, as acting chairman.



The meeting proceeded to the adop-

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were elected: President, H. H. Halli-

day, Clinton, Mich: vice-president, L.

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secretary—treasurer, George E. Starr,

Grass Lake, ich; directors, 0. H.

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Shelby, Mich; Clarence Campbell, Par-

ma, Mich.; Overton Creamery, Allegan,

Mich.



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respects in a most commenda-

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phasized many points of, interest and

others of a general educational nature

to the man who would make a success

with the cow. As a matter of View.

point, there are three positions in

which a man may make or break with

the dairy cow. There is the position

in front of the cow from which the

feed is administered in right amounts

so that the animal may do her best at

milk production. Then there is the

man behind the cow, and while both of

these two angles are important, they

are no more so than the man under

the cow. In each and every case where

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the breeds, much of the success falls

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the right and under the cow.



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The Man Under the Cow





ByI. J. MATHEWS





through the milk veins on the abdo-

men, ’We would have a good idea of

the milk secreting glands of the udder

of the cow. Now there are hundreds

of these alveoli and the milk is at

milking time secreted and gravitates

down the hollow stems where it finally

collects in the milk cistern in and

above the teat. The bottom part of

the teat is guarded by a circular band

of muscle known as the sphincter

muscle. .



It is curious to see how this muscle

derives its name “sphincter.” The an-

cient Egyptians were very supersti‘

tious and gods fearing and so they

thought to appease the anger of the

gods by building the enormous pyra-

mids and other stone formations. One

of the things that they constructed to

shield them was the Sphinx, a huge

pile of masonry, and one side there

was a sculptured face. The Sphinx

was supposed to guard the people from

the wrath of the gods. So the word

sphincter was derived and means “a

guard.” Both ends of the stomach

have sphincters or guarding, muscles.





 





 





The Uddcr of a Cow is a complex Milk Producing Organ.





properly from the standpoint of clean-

liness and sanitation, but unless she

responds favorably to the stimulation

set up by the man who regularly draws

the fluid she has to give, there can be

no large production. -It is not rare to

find people maintaining that a cow

cannot “hold up” her’milk for any

great’ length of time, but when the

process of milk formation is under-

stood, it may readily be granted that

the cow may so hold up her milk that

she does not produce the maximum of

either milk or what is more sought

after—butter-fat. Really, the “proof

of the pudding is in the eating,” and

the proof of the feeding, weeding and

breeding is in the results measured in

the pail, recorded by the scales and

tallied on the milk sheet by means of

the pencil tied to it. It has been found

that different milkers or methods of

milking will cause the cow to make a

large record in one case or fall abso—

lutely flat at record making in anoth~

er case. .

'How Milk is Secreted.



The cow is a trifle different than the

other milk-giving animals. The cow’s

udder is just one huge collection of

alveoli, or cavities lined with epithelial

cells. A description of a simple one of

these alveoli may be of some avail in

understanding how the milk is secret-

ed and the different manipulations the

animal might be able to exercise over

her product.



The alveoli of the udder may be

compared to a bunch of grapes. If we

imagine the grapes to be hollow and

the small stems and the main stem to

be hollow also, and could further-imag-

ine a network of arteries and veins

supplying the pure blood to the out—

side of ‘ each of these alveoli divisions

and carrying impure blood away; fin-

ally to be Sent back to the heart





 





The muscle guarding the end nearest

the heart is the cardiac sphincter,

while the muscle at the other end is

the pyloric sphincter. The sphincter

muscle at the bottom of the teat keeps

the milk from coming out too freely

and prevents foreign material from

working its way up the teat.

Where Milk Nutrients Come From.

Each‘ one of these alveoli or milk

secreting cells of the udder is lined by

many epithelial cells or small pouch-

es. It is often supposed that the ud-

der of a cow is simply a sack into

which milk is poured throughout the

day and from which it may be drawn

by the attendant at night. That this

is not so is evident to anyone who has

examined the udder, both when full

and empty. If the udder were simply

a sack, it would not be possible for a

cow to hold up her milk. As a matter

of observation, however, all the milk

that can- be found in the udder of a

cow as such five minutes before the

time she is regularly milked, would be

what is contained in the milk cistern.

Throughout the day, the arteries are

bringing fats, proteins, water, ash, etc.,

to the outer surface of these small a1-

veoli. The epithelial cells have the

power to select the materials they de~

sire and through this power, they se—

lect those portions that will eventu-

ally become mixed as milk. As the

day wears on, these small epithelial

cells are collecting more fats, proteins,

and ash until at night, they are about

as full as the can possibly be. How-

ever, there is no milk formed yet as

such. All the elements which enter

milk are available but there is no milk.

The act of giving milk is essentially

a response to nervous stimulation and

if. the cow is not pleased .with the at-

tendant, his manipulation .of the teats

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You know of the tremendous losses caused by all

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per cow per year—or the appalling loss of 80,000,000

lbs. of butter yearly in America alone!





Skims Clean at Any Speed





So we realized that it was far from sufficient that a sep-

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(which, like the fire alarm, gives notice of damage only after it is done).

All such devices have proven failures, time after time, because few ope-

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' the engorged cells. The old cow can-

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mence to give up their contents. or

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fewer milk solids. If we are not con- for the small herd so you can

stituted so that we can appreciate the properly enlarge later. It shows

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faction. Chief features, simplicity of construction- eruiiomy of upkeep and durability and . . . - _ which is used in man of the most.

ease of operation. Two men milk 25 cows per hour. weigh the milk. keep records of each . the “ atel 18 give.“ Off and there re profitable barns in {he country.

now and do it with ease and pleasure.” 11131118 the 1935 flmd 9111110195, 53311 as ‘ James equipment keeps the cows





J. 6 191 L. s. TAYLOR. .

. the large droplets oi fat and particles comfortable—makes them big-

Wlll Surel Increase of casein and mineral matter. These' er roducers, increases your

1 3 P .

Dairy Profits come through the cell walls more slow~ ' profits. “953M175 BOOK has,

- - - - . iv and so we need not be surprised tol adairy story you want to

Saves where the only savmg lS pOSSlble in a dairy You can’t save on ' _. . . . ‘ , p . _ , know. Willbe

feed without losing milk yield. You can only save on hand labor. find that the stiippings 0f the COW W111 - ' pailedifyou

So simple, your boy with a 3-unitoutfit can milk 18 to 25 cows an hour. often test as high as ten or eleven per '. ‘ §§;E‘§L;§

No complicated pulsating mechanism—no air pipelines—no vacuum tanks. cent while the first milk tests as low. '2 ~ pact t: build

Just a simple combination of pump, vacuum in pail cover and natural . . h , - . , or remodel

. as one and a sit per cent. . , f in

action (not upward squeeze)teat cups. ' ‘ and 01‘ 0W





3: ‘e .-9 ye-u' Practical Milkers. " a . ‘j'vlgfeytgggs-



5.239 BlG lLLUSTRATED CATALOG FREE succesc." It will be quickly apparent that the ' . . '



Shows why youcan’t afford to be Without this milk- milker has much to do both with the ., , . Mmm‘



mg machine if you milk only 10 cows or more. HI quality and quantity of milk produced. § , (Io-m



Ask (than! opvrating on (my clcclrw house lighting current vow ‘ Th . §



. . . . M e man who produces the proper i

Hinman Mllklng Machine CO” nerve stimulation within the cow will - §



73-83 Elizabeth St., Oneida, N. Y. : sum by set the results, but the petulant, quick~ W.--” .





SERVICE DEALERS EVERYWHERE 331,03; tempered, milk-stool man will not get WW





them as portrayed in the cream check,

despite the fact that in feed and man-

agement, he may be a model dairyman. l

I know a dairyman who is a most ex-3

cellent calf feeder, a professional cow.

feeder and a model in dairy cow man~





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9 quantity of milk from his cows that; ‘

e . can be secured by some or his hiredi our silo?

_ _ . men. For this reason, he never ti‘ies' 2 .

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t a _ _ 3 ' to milk.



A cow can not tell you when she is Sle but her , . I Sila e settles nearl one-

milk yield is a very accurate indication of ’her con- Perhaps the matter of nerve Stllnu-r , fourEhwhen the SiloizquiCk-

dition. The fact is, thousands of cows are allowed latlon may be one of the reasons why‘1 1y filled. That means 25 tons





Me a S ‘1’], .e ' ‘ . agement, but he cannot secure the waste .} of





 





to remain unprofitable or below their reason-bio . . . . , . .

standard of produciiveness through their owner’s ’ the meChanlcal mllkel seems to be SO; 3 less Silage in a lOO-ton Sllo





failué'ebto act (in theuhinthof rheumill; paili ml," pass ; , readily taken to by the cows. There} - ‘ than you really should have.



it o y simp y ca ing er a bac war cow —-cor- ' . . . . . r. ' in f di~



not thc trouble and reap the ext“ profit. 13 no loud talking, flourishing of milk! 3idESdfioulg‘iilflgniiarefiglgour

Kow-Kure is a medicine for cows that are “of! , StOOIS OI‘ pulling and hauling 0n thel own silt; with a



color.” It is in no sense a food, but it promptly acts ‘ . teats, Such as accon'lpanies the hand. ‘





on the digestive organs and enables the cow to thrive . . . ,. . .

on her natural food. its great curative powers act on lnllkmg operation as Vlewed 1“ some. Papec





the genital organs where many now ailments origi— I .

hate. The success of Kow-Kure is positive in the - barns' . . EnSIIage Cutter

revention and cure of Abortion, Barrenness, Retained lullking the dairy COW is a very lm-J





Bliti‘iciliielsthdndmdllierFcegii‘h’ionsillzflng, L03! Appetite, ' - - l DOI‘taIlt part Of her management. Then Yourgasolinieterglne—3mflghtzg

. - . up—wi run . rover c .

You can buy Kow-Kure from feed denier: cnd nlan Who Sits down to the COW, per- Middiefield,0.,says: “We use:





druggists, in 50c. and $1.00 packages. ~ ' suades her to “get over” with the 5 H- P- zasoline ermine (on 0‘"





. . . Papec) and can put in more en-

DAIRY ASSOCIATION C0 stool, flourishes his hands and possr silage than eithemnhe two ma-





. ' . ' ' . .- - chines in this community with

bly his feet, in close proxnmty to her 12 and 15 H.P. engines}.





belly, need not be surprised if~he does Every Papecls guaranteedtcfiofiii



- ' the highest silo. Made n ur



not induce a marvelous flow of milk. sizes—2 to 30 tons per hour ca.

As an observer, I am often pained ~to pacity.



' 0‘ v ' ' . Our 1917 Catalog explains just



see the feelingless w ay many niilkers, howapapec will save you $75 to



go at a gOOd COW, and if I were th8~ $150 yearly. It's free. Send a





cow in question, perhaps the pain P°smlt°day'

would be more evident. A very. com- Papec P E t /

mon sight it is to see the milker get Machine /





i ’ . his pail between his legs, grasp the . __

liaise «mu - a fil‘lwa WW ' ' two front teats firmly and proceed to‘ 22:33:? ENilLficaigt’mlRfi,

M @ '~ \, . HHHHMSFE . ./,. haul the old cow back and forth: Shortsv'ille.N.Y. 4"” “SSW all“ ..





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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, cross the stall. Small wonder it IS: A

WHY ‘ Semi for FrecCircular a 1 25 Distrib- "‘ s .

Gunman , . . , amateur-sad freetrialoffer that some cows seem to resent such; “my Points 5 ‘





,. . —also advantage 0 giving stock and



CREAM , ‘ . poultry cooked food —tells how much heavier cattle treat Ill ent-



3nd pigs will be—how it improves poultry, makes

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rces,preventflHogCholera. Fast and Regular Milking.the Goal. { <§{‘ ~





SEPARATO » ' ;‘ better FARMER’S FAVORITE I had the pleasure of seeing the manS





ASOLID PROPOSITION tosend {in . . Feed 9095911; anthrttntlier b milk who is or was at that time reput- '

' .r .. , ‘ ya Ol‘l a mono me e- . . . .

Eeeigvfbcvtviliixim‘irié itfié‘ifi‘lfii . I! ' 2' .5. y; guactlilofeegwitlll‘bemose'fixiérriséis- ed to be “Michigan’s Champion Milk- LON‘COST pOWER

"1.31:5ifJ‘iZZEIiyifi‘WSrviiagflge?x 1v . .~. fibrfim'tafifiztggch‘llloifwnter er.” It was a pleasure to see this man ’For pumping “.01.”.

Different from picture._ which i" .. . .~ : .' - r ' ° W" "3‘ '° . . ‘ . . (r ‘

illustrates large, came.” an. . , . ‘ 8.533:agggegsgggggdmnc-gagggegg at his lllllklnb. The cows seemed to

an





chines. Seeour easy plmof _ _, . . .. .. . gglégc‘flfi:trnl. uurnnteed. enjoy iii and they did not come in for





Monthly Payments : ; 7 i ‘ LEWIS MFG. CO. the-usual swaying back and forth. This





. . Dun Street 0 rtla d.N.!. . - -

323:6; 'wiiggr’sgficila 3:11;: , (”a g° ° " man did not milk With the ifull-arm

Kidsmlkhififgyffiéni'fifafif‘m“ ‘ ‘ movement: he Used only his wrists] ” .





ware": orders filled from ‘ W . ‘ OK ON and-.fingers and he surely was 3. mar- STAR WINDMILL ' ._

. Western points. ' 4.. B0 , Eq I pod with NO-OIL-EI! ' ‘

. p . veil of speed. I am told that he was “.P . . .

. _ . ;__ . . equine: ll but ,

3:an SERMPA'RATORfi ‘ - - ‘ DOG DISEASES most valuable in the fact that the Beam-o'er o





o n at. '

And How to Feed cows would turn loose the. last droplet‘ ECONOMI 0%.??31‘ mg





[EARN AUCTWNHRING“ WM“ “5““ Mailed treteh mung address by of fat that had been collected during your dealer, or writ. us for rm cat-





 





 





 





 





 





 





_ and GreatestSchnol' ll no givin complete information.

been (1 d 1'. ti: on a, 9 n 0" °‘ '

wfizfitn‘lgm’ at?“ 33'3““ 33ml H. cur CLOVER co., lnc. ”5.91:1...” .138..-ng the man who FLINT a. “an m co.



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JONES 'r L scaooc or AUCTIONEERING. 1 .

am. Sacginento Blvd., Chicago. . iii. Cnreyfl. Jon... 9:... l 8 we" 3]“ Stu!" New York (Continued on page 233). .
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' Mustard in the .Silo.





I have-ten acres of land, rented, that ‘





has mustard in the field, and I intend

sowing it to corn for the silo.

mustard seed ’grOw after it has been

in the silo,-when it comes out in the

spring in the manure? J. W. E



I do not know for sure, but» believe

that the mustard seed would not grow

after being fermented in the silo and

afterwards consumed by the cattle. I

think this'would destroy their power

of germination.



It will destroy most of the mustard

to grow corn if you give good cultiva-

tion. In fact, by going through with a

hand hoe practically all the mustard

can be destroyed.



Several years ago I bought some al-

falfa seed containing mustard. I knew

it at the time, and bought the seed

very cheap. I used oats as a nurse





. crop. Quite a lot of the mustard grew





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. grain, etc.





and we pulled the most of it by hand.

We only kept this field to alfalfa one

year and then planted to Corn. This

mustard never appeared on any other

field on the farm and did not appear

in this field again.



A Ration Without Silage.





Please balance ration with following

feeds: Good cornstalks, fine mixed

hay, corn and oats. Gluten feed costs

$46; cottonseed meal $52; bran $38;

oil meal (old process), $50 per ton;

dried beet pulp $1.40 per cwt. Have

eight good grade Holsteins. Am get-

ting $2.20 per cwt for milk. F. A. H.





As you have no silage I would feed

a good feed of beet pulp. Mix 100

pounds of beet pulp, 100 pounds of

corn and oats, and 100 pounds of oil

meal, and feed one pound of grain for

every four pounds of milk produced.



Feed all the hay the cows will eat

twice a day, andfeed liberally of corn-

stalks once a day.



It would possibly pay you to moisten

the beet pulp by using three times its

weight of water several hours before

feeding. This approaches a succulent

feed. In this case I would feed. the

beet pulp separate from the grain and

not attempt to mix it with it.



How to Feed Dried Beet Pulp.





Will you please inform me how to

feed beet pulp to dairy cows to .get the

best results?



Tuscola Co. E. E.





Providing you have a stable that

does not freeze, and that you have no

silage, I would moisten the beet pulp

before feeding. When this is done you

come as near having a succulent feed

and not have one, as you possibly can.



The pulp should be thoroughly

sprinkled at night for the next morn-

ing’s feed. It takes quite a while and

a lot of water for it to moisten and

swell. You will be surprised to see

how much water a bag of pulp will ab-

sorb. Of course, you must have a warm

stable to do this, otherwise it will

freeze.



If you have silage then it does not

make so much difference whether you

feed the pulp dry or moist, as the cows

already have a succulent feed.



Nothing Better than Corn and Oats.



I have a few cows and have for feed,

June, alsike, and timothy hay mixed,

mostly the clovers, and good bright

oat straw. I feed the hay morning and

noon, the straw at night. Now what

mixture of grain and how much at a

feed morning and night should I give?

Should I feed it dry or‘wet?



Wexford Co. C. H.



There is no better grain ration to

feed with this roughage than corn and

oats, ground together, and mixed equal

parts with wheat bran. These feeds

are all high now, but all feeds are

high. It is difficult to recommend any

feed that would be cheaper. You could

get protein a little cheaper in cotton-

seed meal, but I don’t like to feed cot-

tonseed meal unless I have silage to

feed with it. A good grain ration could

be compounded by using many other

feeding stuffs, but I doubt if they

would, under the circumstances, be as

satisfactory as the one mentioned.



Dried. beet pulp and wheat bran will

do.' Hominy feed and dried brewers’

Usually these can not be

purchased readily from ordinary deal-





 





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' larger towns.





tion dry. Nothing can be gained b;

wetting it. _

Delivering Market Milk Twice Daily.

I have recently bought a city retail

milk business. It has always been the

custom to make two deliveries a day

during the summer. We understand

that they deliver only once a day in

Could you advise us as

to a solution to this problem, or refer

us to some dairyman that may be able

to give us valuable information upon

the subject? A. L. P.





It is not necessary to deliver milk

twice daily to town or city trade, and

You can’t afford to do it.



If clean milk is properly cooled di-

rectly after milking, and kept cool, it.

can be delivered only once daily with

entire satisfaction. As fast as the

milking is done run the milk over a

cooler containing ice water. If you

bottle the milk do it at once and then

keep in ice water, until morning. If

you do not bottle, set the large cans

in ice water.‘ The morning’s milk

should be cooled in the same way. Cus-

tomers will not be able to distinguish

between night and morning’s milk.



Of course, the customer should al—

ways keep milk in a cool place; really

they should have a refrigerator if they

want their milk to keep sweet from

one day to another. ‘ '



A Ration with Barley and Oats.



Please balance a ration composed of

the following feeds for milch cows,

adding to the same what you think is

necessary. ..I have corn silage, German

millet, oat straw, barley and oats.



Alcona Co. S.



Grind the barley and oats together

equal parts, then mix 200 lbs. of barley

and oats and 100 lbs. of wheat bran.

Give the cows all the roughage they

will eat up clean, and for a grain ra-

tion feed one pound of grain to every

three or four pounds of milk the cow

produces.



If your cows are not used to a good

liberal grain ration, begin by feeding a

little and gradually increase by adding

a half pound each day until the above

amount is reached. Good dairy cows

will pay well for a liberal grain ration.



The Proper Ratio of Protein and



Carbohydrates.



All my cornstalks are gone, but have

nice mixed hay (clover and timothy).

Would like you to tell the best grain

ration to go with that, also give the

ratio of protein to carbohydrates that

make balanced ration. D. L. B.



Careful feeding tests show that the

proper proportion of protein to carbo-

hydrates in a ration for cows giving

milk is about 1351/2 or 6, that is one

part protein to 51/,» or six parts of

carbohydrates.



I don’t think you could get a better

grain ration than corn meal and glu—

ten feed mixed. equal parts to feed

with your mixed hay.



If you had some dried beet pulp to

feed once a day it would help, since

you. have no silage or other succulent

feed. COLON C. LILLIE.





 





MEETING OF UPPER PENINSULA

DAIRYMEN.





 





The Cloverland Dairymen’s Associa-

tion, comprising the fifteen counties of

the Northern Peninsula of Michigan,

will hold its annual session in Sault

Ste. Marie, Mich., on February 20,

1917. The work of this association is

embraced as a part of the Michigan

Agricultural College Extension Service.

Professor A. C. Anderson, of that Col-

lege,‘and two college instructors in

veterinary science will be present and

deliver lectures. There will also be

present, H. H. Halladay, president of

the State Live Stock Sanitary Commis-

sion, Hon. F. L. Woodworth, State

Dairy and Food Commissioner, and Dr.

Eben Mumford, state leader of county

agricultural agents, each representing

the interests of the state at large. In

addition to these there will be a num-

ber of experts and practical dairymen,

and the meeting bids fair to be the

largest and most successful ever held

by this organization, which is oflicered

as follows: Frank H. Vandenboom,

Marquette, president; N. L. Nye, Me-

nominee, vice-president; C. V. Ballard,

Iron Mountain, secretary-treasurer.

Also the following directors: N. .

Asselin, Norway; L. C. Holden, Sault

Ste. Marie; J. W. Byers, Iron River;

W. B. Thomas, Manistique; C. E. Peck,

Bruce Crossing.





 





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This new De Laval bowl, with patented tangential tubular mill: pas- -





sages and patented removable mill: conveyor, makes possible in a bowl

of given size and weight. operated at a given speed. greater skimming

eiIiCiency and capaCIty than has ever before been attained in any other





cream separator bowl.





These are big advantages that you can secure only in the De Laval.





.But aside from the big advantages of greater capacity and closer skim-

ming, there are many other important improvements in the New De Laval.





All discs are now interchangeable and are unnumbered. There are





fewer discs.





On account of greater simplicity of bowl construction, the





New De Laval is easier to wash and, capacity considered, is still easier

to run than before. High grade construction and design, together with





perfect automatic lubrication,





are a guarantee that the splendid De Laval





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insures proper speed and

uniform cream.





or with a hali-worn-out or unreliable machine. why not





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don't need to count the cost, because the De Laval





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to lnstall





Mak ~ 3 - Tractor

attachmentclamps



on at Ford with four



bolts. No holes to bore.

Rearwheelsreplaced with

driving pinions — integral



with brake drum. To

change back to touring car,

merely loosen and roll back

Mak-a-Tractor_axle and wheels

areplace' dnvmg pinions With

Fbrd wheels. ~





Mak-a-Tractor frame removable in

five minutes. Can be left on car—

scarcely noticeable—weighs but 50_lbs.

—-does not affect appearance or inter-





fere with spring action.

(Reproduced from no





1 1 Fords in 1 photograph.





Greatest draw-bar pull for weight ever built. r”?

Greater strength in every unit of construction



in proportion to work and weight required than



any other tractor. or reduction (in Mak-n-Tructor



itself) increases Ford power eleven-fold—reduces speed



proportionately.





No Strain on Engine





Staude roller l’dpiiiioris integral with brake drum replace rear



wheels of Fe . Mesh into semi-steel gears on tractor wheels.



Power apghed near outside rim of tractor wheels—no torsional



strain on ub or spokes. . Mak-a-Tractor is back of Ford axle-ex-

clusive construction. Driving pinions push the tractor wheels down



—no power wasted. Ford does no pulling Mak-a-Tractor necessarily

pushes car ahead of it, since all movin wer must come from contact



of rear wheels with the ground. With ak-a-Tractor attachment Ford

starts on high and runs on high all the time. provmg conclu-

s ively that there is no strain.Motor speed is never more than the low speed at

1,000. revolutions per minute in low. Same speed as when touring car is

making 20 miles an hour—safe, economical speed for motor.





» Patented Force Feed Oiler

Wonderful patented Force Feed Oiling system to motor bearings—same as high-





priced cars. Installed in a few minutes. Possibility of burned-out bearings—scored

pistons—lubrication difficulties eliminated both from touring car and tractor.





Self-Cleaning Gears (Patent Applied for)

Gears in the Staude Mak-a-Tractor wheels are self-cleaning, an exclusive feature of

great value. It saves in wear—prevents breakage of ar teeth. Gravel stones, dirt of

all kinds are automatically removed from the gear tee h. The Staude Malta-Tractor runs





as quietly and smoothly as a motor car.

Staude Concave Creepers





Breaking virgin aod.7 in. '

2 bottom. 28 in. gang. (Reproduc- '

tion from moving picture





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; Halves ing wheat in J





18.Special Staude Concave Creepers are furnished for each wheel. These may be bolted through

The concave cutting edges dig into soft soil or sand

ordlh‘ml flat-edged creepers ride over the





the tractor wheel rim when equipped. .

give maximum pulling capacity. . Special feature.

soil—waste motor power by making the engine “pull up





Staude Ford Radiator-Extra Large

Driving at slow speeds amotor heats up much faster than at high ape s—a smaller volume of all

1‘! 'ator. tractor operates at slow speeds. So we provide a speein Staude Ford Radiator—col ular





more efficient than Ford. . It should be leit on the car permanently-it’s the beat Ford Radiator over but





guarantee of perfect cooling both for tractor and touring car.





Cold Rolled Steel





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The Spool-[Staude rear axle in 2 Inches in diameter. made of cold rolled steel. Tractor wheels run on roller b

tra load is ut a cor chauia.





s Staude Melon-Tractor attachment itself. No on





the pulling is done by





. Hauling 125 bushels far-i wagon. '

‘ usin' a fifth-wheel attachment.

{‘5 50‘ xx. .~ i- .;





through the

Hi: Hmo-

t. And it. is a





Drive It 24 Hours a Day





Need It; It Will Always Do the Work





The Staude Mak-a-Tractor is the most economical, most effluent, most

remarkable farm implement you can buy. It gives you four horse working ability at one horse

cost, and it costs nothing when it is not running. It is a proved success all over the country.

Tested under all conditions of farm work by owners who say it is the most wonderful imple-

ment they have ever used. It has hauled 9,200 pounds of wheat up into a farm elevator

on high gear—pulled a 40 x 60 Minneapolis thresher, the largest size made and weighing

10,000 pounds, in a stubble field on high gear—moved a 25-ton story and a half house



on trucks over dirt roads. , ~ . .





It is always ready, day and night. In the hot harvest weather when horses drop

dead in the harness, it will do its work continuously 24 hours a day. Use your

Ford headlights for night work. Anyone who can drive a Ford can drive Staude Mak-a—Tractor.





Utilizes Tremendous Power of Ford Engine





Staude Mak-a-Tractor utilizes the wonderful with a Staude Malina-Tractor will start and

power of the Ford engine to turn two tractor rua continuously on high gear and will

wheels. The tractor attachment itself does the work of tour horses. Sixteen years

all the actual pulling work. 'l‘here is ab- of square dealing in behind this guarantee.

solutely no unusual strain on the working Ask your banker.





Paris 0f 2th Ford. 'll‘he Fordthrear .3316 Staude Mak-a—Tractor i‘ear reduction re-

rive 5“ f ti mere 3;! “fink ETP‘mOP ducesthe speed of the ord eleven times

891.33 0 t e Stau e . a 'g’ racto.. and gives an eleven-times increase in pull-

hehse 18661“ mesh With t e ”353:“ ing ower. This is the reason for the won-

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HY not have a boys’ and girls’

V» fair in every neighborhood ev-

ery year? Why send the boys

and girls away to learn the common

.things they should learn at home, and

could learn just as well if they had an

incentive to pitch in and do it? Learn-

ing for the sake of the knowledge

gained does not have a strong enough

appeal to make the average boy or girl

put forth their best efforts. If they

are offered some profit as they go

along they will get the knowledge for

the sake of making it bring them the

present prize. Afterward they will

come to recognize the value of the

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By L. H. COBB





one or more farm papers and these

farm papers are filled with informa-

tion. Very little that the agricultural

colleges could give could not be dis—

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pages and an intelligent putting of the

information into practice. Give the

boy or girl an incentive to do their

best, and make it a regular yearly

matter, and you may be sure they will

not let any information that would

help them, slip by them, and they will

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is actual intelligent practice that. teach—

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the juniors should be strictly their

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the time the boy or girl begins work

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or it. will fail to do its work. It should

be strictly a juvenile competition, and

the prizes should be worth working

for. “here the schools or the church

takes it up prizes can be solicited. A

hog breeder can offer a pure—bred pig;

a banker can give a prize for some

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lspeciai product; and so on through the.





list. Where there are no business

men in the neighborhood to interest,

the special prizes can be omitted, and

money raised among the people of the

community to give a regular series of

premiums. It. is not necessary to make

the premiums expensive, for the great-

est value to the boy or girl will be the

blue ribbon, just as it is in the big

fairs with thegrown-ups. .

Vi'hile it is wise to guide the line of

products for which the prizes~ should

be given no attempt shOuld be made

to dictate, or the boys and girls will

feel that their fair is not their fair at

all. Let them grow such crops as ap-

peal to them mostly, for it is the meth-

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ters, that it is desirable for them to

learn, and one crop will serve as well

as another for this. In the poultry or

stock rearing, again, it is the methods

that count, and that should receive

consideration, not the actual product.

Make them use the best judgment you

can without taking the judging away

from them, and they will pitch in with

a will nine times out of ten. And above

all things don’t neglect to patronize

their fair to the limit. Help them to

save money enough to help finance

their own fair for the next season. If

their fair association has some money

in the bank it will make them feel

their responsibility and add much in-

centive to their efforts.





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l Adventures of AzOto Bacter-veIII





By M. J.

ZOTO BACTER drew in a deep

breath and then the man in the

moon knew that there was some

i hope for him yet. After two or three

fruitless attempts to rise, the one-time

rich Bacter finally gained his feet and

staggered slowly to a large maple tree

which stood nearby.



Azoto had not been badly wounded.

He had, however, been almost. exhaust,-

ed before the enemy had been over-

come. He had fainted, and while still

in his faint, the moon had turned his

eye upon the prostrate forms of both

the victor and the vanquished just in

time to see the victor show signs of

life. The complete exhaustion of the

struggle made Azoto forget the drear-

liness of his surroundings and as he

gleaned against the tree, the battle

lfraught form lapsed into sweet sleep.

l The sun had already chased the

‘moon into darkness and the morning

breeze sprang up from the east and be-

came warmer as the sun rose into the

heavens. The clock struck eight——

then nine-then ten. The sun had ris-

en this high before our friend awaken-

ed from his sleep. The shadows cast

by the trees scattered here and there

over the barren farm were fast getting

shorter and a few rays of sunlight

strayed in upon the tired young Bacter

at the foot of the tree. He opened

his eyes, yawned, stretched himself;

then stood up and looked about. The

desolate waste of clearing that con-

fronted him the night before was now

made more cheery by the scattered

rays of the southern sun; The thought

that he was master of the farm added

to his comfort and after taking a drink





 





 





   

 





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the small store that he still had by

him, he proceeded to map out his

plans for building another “Nodule.”



The story of how he made a Nodule

on a root of the clover estate is very

interesting as is always the story of

one who makes much out of nothing.

We will not dwell upon the hardships

Azoto further endured in order that

he might. have a place of his own. The

happy thought was that June Clover

had put herself out in order that he

might have a home. Azoto Bacter

took good care of that which was of-

fered him, slight though it was, and

made it into a respectable dwelling

that was a credit both to himself and

to June Clover. He built a house very

much like the Nodule in which his

father and mother had lived and after

this was built, he went out to find a.

mate who would consent to become

Mrs. Azoto. In a few weeks, “Nodule

No. 2” was alive with little Bacters,

all of them anxious to be of service to

June Clover because she had helped

their father to get the home.



Azoto never heard of his horse, Soil

Particle, after he turned her out to

graze in the twilight of that eventful

night. Rumor has it that she was

stolen by a hostile germ and ridden

out of the country. Just what became

of her will never be known, but every

year when Clovers fill the air with

fragrance, Azoto remembers his lost

steed and thanks hislucky stars for

the horse that took him near June

Clover. Azoto did, however, make good

use of his enemy’s horse, Water Par-

ticle, and she was faithful for many

seasons.





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There was genuine horror in Mrs. “That’s fine! Too bad I wasn’t in





Stoddard’s eyes.

less of dismay in them, but an equal

amount of astonishment. She had nev-

er seen her brother in the garb of a

tramp, with a torn shirt and a stubble

of beard, and she was frankly interest-

ed in the spectacle.



“Here, 'sit down, the pair of you,”

urged Stoddard. “Sorry we haven’t

got porch-chairs. Tremendously glad

to see you, just the same. Want some—

thing to eat?” . '



Mrs. Stoddard glanced at a pile of

tin plates and cups, and shuddered.



“We dined at the hotel,”.she said

hastily.



“Then tell me all the news,” com-

manded Stoddard. “How’s New York?

And what brings you here?” '



“We came in your uncle’s private

car,” said Mrs. Stoddard as she ginger-

ly sat on the blanketed log. “We are

going through to the Pacific Coast.

He had some business near North Bay

that was to keep him for a couple of

days, so we decided to run up to see

you.”





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this afternoon. Did Larry show you

the camp?”



“We have seen it,” replied his moth-

er with a sigh as she drew her skirt

about. her ankles. ‘



“Nice little island, isn’t it?”



“I can’t say that I appreciate it.

Don’t you get enough of this sort of

thing John, without deliberately choos-

ing it as a vacation?"



“No,” was the prompt answer.



“But it’s so crude, so uncomfortable,

so dirty! Ugh!”



“Why, it’s as clean as a pin, mother!

This is a spotless camp.”



“Look at your hands, John. And

your arms! Do you call them clean?”



“It’s clean dirt,” he said stoutly. “It

hasn’t any New York germs in it any-

how.” _



Mrs. Stoddard made a gesture of an-

noyance and inspected her gloved

hands, whereon she promptly discov-

ered smudges. She was a handsome

woman, and to her son she never look-

ed more attractive than now, with the

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‘of white hair. In the 'matter' offcos-g

‘tume she made no concessions to the“

Deepvater country. Her gown was’

from Paris, and looked it. 1.



Stoddard surveyed the pair with;1

amused eyes and began to smile. ‘



“You‘ll have to pardon me mother,”‘;

he said, “but you look just as funny toi

me as I do to you, I imagine. We don’t;

see clothes like that up here once in;

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Mrs. Stoddard inepected her costume,

with anxious eyes. i



“Betty and I didn’t know we were?

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at all,” he laughed. :



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should not willingly have undertakeni

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comfortable aboard the car. But of|

course you know all about that your-g

self. I imagine we do look somewhatt

misplaced, but the visit was entirelyl

unexpected."



“I suppose you‘re something of a

sensation at the hotel,” he remarked.

"Sensation!” broke in Betty. “1 should

say we were! I never longed for a

shirtwaist and a golf-skirt as I did to

day. We were positive curiosities!”



She looked down at her pumps and

silken ankles with a rueful expression.



“But tell me about this trip,” said

Stoddard. “How long are you planning

to be gone?”



“Three or four weeks probably,” an-

swered his mother. “It depends some-

what upon your uncle's business. We

will meet the \Yallaces at the coast,

where they will join us."



“Estelle?” Stoddard smiled a trifle

ironically as he mentioned the name

of the society girl whom his mother

wished him to marry.



“Yes. With her father and mother.

They are west now.“



“And the Fitches?”



“They went abroad, you know. Kitty

is with them.“



“That‘s so; I'd forgotten.”



“I wish we could have gone,” com-

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mother."



“Your uncle wanted us to go with;

him," said Mrs. Stoddard in a tone of;

resignation. “He has asked us so:

many times I felt that we simply couldi

not refuse."



Larry Livingston had been holdingi‘

alooi‘ from the conversation. He act-j

id like a man whose soul is burdened

with discontent, as indeed his was. A

secret was in his breast but he must

not tell it, and this to Larry was a

form of cruel and unusual punishment.

Often Larry‘s glance wandered toward

the place where Sadie was hidden

among the trees. and when Stoddard

intercepted it on one occasion he

frowned heavily and shook his head in

warning.



“Tell Jack about Mrs. Westfall,

mother," suggested Betty.



' “Youlmow the \Vestfalls, John?”

said Mrs. Stoddard.



“Don‘t think I do. I’ve heard the

name."



“Mrs. W'estfall went to school with

Betty. We don’t see much of her now,

of course; they live over in New Jer-

sey somewhere. But she is at. the

hotel here.” '



"Sensible woman," said Stoddard.



“Well, she doesn't. think so. She

has just been through a most terrible

experience and says she never wants

to see the country again. Why, it was

a positively unheard-of thing! It makes

me nervous every time I think of it,

and I shall not be in peace of mind

until we have left. Have you heard

about the lunatic?"



“Where? Here?”



“Right. here at this place,” said Mrs.

Stoddard with an involuntary shiver.



Stoddard shook his head.



' “Haven't met him.’_’ he observed.

“Unless it’s Larry. He carries on once

in a while.”



Livingston merely scowled. .



“Well, Mrs. W'estfall had a most



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HERE are some good reasons



why some of the younger read-



ers of the Michigan Farmer

should choose the ministry as a life

work. Perhaps there are some rea-

sons, also, why it should not be chos-

en—by many.



We do not regard the ministry, to-

day, as a calling apart from the “use-

ful” ways of living. That man makes,

other things being equal, the best kind

of minister, who can get near to other

men in sympathy and understanding,

and who considers that his is only one

way in which men’s hopes and ideals

may be put into action. It would be

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fession.



The work the ministry seeks to do

is a. very necessary one. Without put-

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ers along this line were so greatly

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shall choose this channel as an outlet

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the light of the facts of life as they





 





Minister’s

By EARL R‘.-RICE





The work Of the ministry is by no

means easy. There are hours of toil,

real hard work, to be expected. A

young man in the work recently made

this Comment:



“I have done all kinds of work. Have

dug ditches, cared for horses, and

shingled houses. Have worked in the

harvest field, cut wood, and mended

fences. I have put in sixteen hours- a.

day for months at a time.”



Observation of many men now ac-

tive will not only verify the above

statement but would add to it.



The minister’s time belongs to the

community he serves. He is not free

to refuse calls for aid or service, no

matter how disagreeable or untimely.

When others fail he must be true and

untiring. The course of life he lives,

will, in time, make strong drafts upon

his vitality and bring prematurely the

infirmities of age. For an average

length of life service the strong man

is needed.



There will be some disappointments

in this line of work for every man. It

is easy to meet disappointments which

have come from one’s own failures,

but they are doubly hard when coming

through no lack of effort on the part

of him who received them.



Nevertheless, that will be the com-

mon experience of the minister. He

will not get the place he seeks, he will

be blamed for things he could not pre-

vent, friends will fail him, and sor-





 





 





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are, and not merely for sentimental

reasons. The objective of the minis-

try is a moral and spiritual one, but

it must be worked for under very ma-

terial conditions.



The young minister must be a. well

prepared man. A college education, in

the present stage of development in

church activities is almost indispen-

sable. A broad foundation in history,





' ' literature, and some of the languages





makes a safe background for teaching.

A special study of the great sources of

moral and religious truth is valuable.

Attention to conditions and problems

of real life as found today must be'giv-

en. All these points of fitness and

others may be developed through the

courses offered in the various schools.

There are many ways in which the

student for .the ministry may be helped

financially. There are special funds

available, set aside by the churches as

an aid to worthy young men and it is

possible for many to do “supply. Work,”

while pursuing their courses, thus

making a. college course practically

self-supporting.



A good physical constitution is a.

necessity for a successful ministry.

The sickly man is under a tremendous

handicap. Vital force is needed, both

to do the physical Work incident, and

to secure efficiency in public presenta;

tion of moral and religious facts.





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strong muscles are still of service

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cleanest personal habits are also in-





dispensable.

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rows will come. Where large efforts

have been put forth results will be

meagre. The candidate for the minis-

try must expect these and many others

which cannot even be mentioned.



The minister’s salary is small. The

fact is so well known that it is almost

idle to state it. The writer has before

him the list of over a hundred men,

whose salaries are less than five hun-

dred dollars per year. Some of them

have served for many years at no high-

er figures and never expect to get

more. It is true that the great church-

es in the cities pay more liberally, but

even there the wage is not above that

which provides a living. In some

churches the minister has little or

nothing to say about how much he

shall receive. One young man said, in

the writer’s_ hearing:



“I have been in 'the work twelve

years. Never in that time have I turn-

ed away a call for my personal servic-

es, and never have I put a, price on

them.”



There are many demands on the gen-

erosity of the minister. He is an easy

mark. He cannot turn them away as

unWorthy- calls, for it may be that

someone who is worthy would suffer.

If the minister has a. family he must,

Whether he serve in city or country

practice a strict economy.





It would not be so bad at times, if 7





only parisho‘ners would pay promptly

and with regularity the amounts sub—

scribed for the support of the church.





But many of them fail,- and the Salary reformed by Showing him 3.

goes unpaid as a result, and that which Commands his Own.—





T 1.” i’"“5:'1fc——Some Ways of Domg It!





means hardship for the leader of the

flock. Perhaps some of my readers

know of instances of this kind.



However, there are some very en-

couraging things which may be said

regarding the present outlook for this

profession. The conditions are rapidly

changing, there being a strong drift of

population toward the cities. Larger

groups, or congregations, can be more

readily handled if they come from

fairly small fields. City parishes are

easier to travel and to assemble than

country ones. Efforts may be made

more effective and workers better car-

ed for. The country churches are

weakening, due to loss or young life

city—bound. To offset this, efforts are

being made to consolidate church in-

terests in given communities, giving

each minister a larger constituency

and hence better support and surer

results. The automobile is playing a

very important part in the general

changes.



Experts in church efficiency are busy

studying the various fields. Interest-

ing charts are being made of the dif-

ferent sections of the cities and others

of the country. The building of new

churches is being discouraged save in

places actually needed. A better sys—

tem of church finance is being urged

everywhere. A most hearty co-rela—

tion is sure to be established in the

near future. All of which will help to

remedy conditions. Still the problems

of church finance is being urged every-

where. A most hearty co—relation is

sure to be established in the near fu-

ture. All of which will help to remedy

conditions. Still the problems of

church work will be with us for some

time to come.



In passing, it may be said that with-

in proper bounds of expectation, the

faithful efficient man in the ministry

may look for fair success. He will nev-

er grow wealthy. He will always be

hard-working. But he may aspire to

the higher places of his denomination.

He may fail to reach them, but the

way is open, and he can try. The men

who are at the heads of some of the

largest churches. known to the writer

began in humble places and with small

salaries.



The influence exerted on life and

communities served is ve1y great A

successful pastorate of four or five

years is usually a. landmark, and is of-

ten referred to by men and women of





the church. Its_ influence grows from

year to year. Happy sayings are re-

membered. Deeds of kindness and





thoughtfulness are long enshrined in

the hearts of humble folks‘ who have

felt the touch of good men. The min-

istry is a place of great power and its

influence grows with the years. The

commissioner of police in a great city

made this remark to a group of men:





“The Christian ministry of this city

exerts a stronger influence for law

and order than the police department.”



On the whole, and extending over a

large extent of time and territory, the

statement would probably be found

true. Therefore in seeking to tie up

with one of the real vital forces, today,

the young man may lock with expec-

ta’ncy to the ministry. It willdemand

much of him. “Who chooses me must

give and venture all he has,” but it





may be that the leaden casket, if chos— ’





en by him, will bring the portrait of

his best dreams and visions, just as it

brought fair Portia’s wealth to the

Merchant of Venice.



(Next week “The Mechanic’s Way”)





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(Continued from page 221).

harrowing experience,” said Mrs..Stod-

dard.- “The poor little thing is still

upset over it. You know, her husband,

Dick Westfall, and her brother have

been here for several weeks, camping.

She came on to join them. She arriv-

ed two or three evenings ago, and they

were late in getting to the train.



“The thing happened at the station.

it’s unbelievable! It seems that she

had no sooner gotten off the train than

a wild man rushed up to her and be-

gan shouting something about a mis-

take having been made.- Then he seiz-

r-d her by the arm and began dragging

her along the platform. She was ab-

solutely helpless. She was too fright-

ened to scream."



Mrs. Stoddard paused to shudder,

while her son stared. So this was the

girl Stoddard had hustled from the in-

bound to the outbound train, thinking

she was Sadie.



“It seems there was another train

at the station,“ said Mrs. Stoddard,

resuming. “He dragged her to this

train and flung her aboard as it was

starting. Then he threw her baggage

after her and yelled something about

writing. And then she was carrled

away!”



"‘Huh!” said Stoddard mechanically.



“It was a mercy, of course, that he

did not strangle her. She was so utter-

ly stupefied that she remained sitting

on the car-platform until the conduc-

tor found her."



“And What became of her?” ven-

tured Stoddard, trying to make his

tone casual.



“That is another extraordinary part

of it. -This insane man had thrown

into her lap an envelope. 'When she

opened it she found a railroad ticket

to Toronto, a Pullman berth—and fifty

dollars!"



“He must have been insane



“Beyond all question,” declared Mrs.

Stoddard emphatically.





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“Does she describe him?" He spoke

in a whisper.

“That’s another difficulty. She can-'





not. She was too completely bewilder-

ed and terrified. She simply knows

he was a large man, roughly dressed,

and possessed of tremendous strength.

That’s all she can recollect.”



“‘Didn’t anybody else see him?” ap-

prehensively.



“They haven’t found anybody yet.

But they are looking. of course.”



“Where are they. looking?”



“All over,” broke in Livingston.

“There were a couple of men here this

afternoon after your mother left. For-

est rangers, they said they were. They

Wanted to know if I had seen anything

of an escaped lunatic, and said there

were a lot of men out in the woods

looking for him.”



Stoddard’s face went blank as this

intelligence reached his ears.



“Mr. Westfall is offering a re-

ward,” added Mrs. Stoddard. “They

have already brought two or three men

down to the hotel to see if Mrs. VVest-

tall could identify them, but she was

quite sure none of them was the man.



“They say they will be able to get

him before long. But until they do

t-verybody is terribly excited and

frightened. Imagine a creature like

that at large! Vt’hy, he might be bid

iztg on this very island—now!”



“And what happened to Mrs. West-

i'nil after the conductor found her?”

Stoddard risked, controlling his voice

with an effort.



"She couldn’t get a train back that

night, so she went clear through to

Toronto. Meantime she telegraphed

her husband, and he went down and

brought her up here. She didn’t want

to come at all, poor thing. But they

needed her here in case they caught

the man, so she could identify him.”



“I see," said Stoddard slowly.



His brain was whirling but he man-

aged to keep an appearance of out-

ward calm. The rangers were looking

for him! He was a hunted man!





 





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“Weren’t they able to get any clue

at the station?” he asked.



“Nothing that has helped, it ap-l

pears. The ticket—agent at Deepwateri

doesn’t remember who bought the tick-!

et and the berth.”



Stoddard wondered if they had ques-‘g

tioned Billy Mason, the station—mas:

ter. If so, Billy, who was a friend of

his, had clearly been shielding him,

for Billy knew of Stoddard's actions,

and he was the only one who did. But

Billy's silence merely added to the se-

riousness of the thing. If Billy had

chosen to shield, rather than to ex-

plain, he must have had grave reasons.



“But what are they going to do to

this man if they get him?” he asked.

‘fls it a crime to put a woman on a

train and give her a ticket and

money?”



“I am sure I don’t know whether

it is a crime or not,” said his mother.

“That, of course, has nothing to do

with it. The man is wanted so he

can be sent back to whatever asylum

he escaped from.”



“That's so; I was

was a nut."



“I wish you wouldn’t use such words

John,“ said Mrs. Stoddard, frowning.



“All right, mother; I'll call him a

bug. And how much reward is VVest-

fall offering?"



“It's only a hundred dollars, but

they say it looks as large as a thou-

sand to most of the men who are out

hunting for the creature."



Stoddard knew that was true. For

a hundred dollars they would comb

the Deemvater country to its utter-

most recesses. It was a temptation ev-

er. to Billy Mason, who was obviously

in a position to collect the reward if

he wished. He decided he would have

to see Billy himself; he might, in fact,

have to .pay the reward‘privately.



“All of the men at the hotel,” volun-

teered Betty, “are going armed, and

the rangers are carrying guns, too.”



“It‘s against the law," Stoddard ex-

claimed.



“V\'ell, they say it is different in this

case. That while it is against the law

to shoot animals, it's all right to shoot

a lunatic."



Betty looked up at. her brother with

an emphatic nod and added:



“He ought to be shot, too, and he

probably will be, because they say he's

so big and strong that it would take





forgetting he





several men to capture him alive. I ~





don't believe even you could manage

him, Jack, and you‘re big enough,

goodness knows! Dolly Westfall says

he has all the strength of an insane

man."



“Is she an expert on lunatics



“A person doesn‘t'have to be when;

somebody picks them up and throws:

them twenty or thirty feet aboard a!

rapidly moving train." '



Stoddard opened his eyes wide. I



“Did she say that?” he asked in an4

awed voice. ‘



"I think Betty exaggerates a little”!

explained his mother. “But it was a!

very perilous experience, and, coming}

right after an attack of nervous pros-

tration, it was enough to frighten any

woman to death."



“I‘m sorry," murmured Stoddard ab-

sent mindedly.



"Sorry!" echoed Betty. “Vl'hy should

you be sorry?“



"Sorry for Mrs. Vt'esti'all, I mean,”

he exclaimed hastily. “It's too bad to

have her get such an impression ot‘ the

country on her first trip.”



"Is it her first trip, mother?" asked



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HEN the dinner is announced,

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‘ dining-room, escorting the lady

who is considered the honor guest, and

the hostess comes last with the gen-





Cards with the name of the guest writ-

ten plainly are at each place to avoid

confusion in seating. The hostess

plans to have those seated farthest

from the door enter the dining-room

first. The place cards should be plac-

ed upon the napkins.



The very formal dinner may' start

with oysters or clams in the half-shell,

an oyster or clam cocktail, or with

canapes. None of these are necessary,

bhowever, and the soup may be the first

course. If there is plenty of help, and

the hostess wishes to add to the num-

ber of courses, canapes, or appetizers,

may be served to stimulate the appe-

tite for what is to follow.



These may be made of white, gra-

ham or brown bread, cut in thin slices

not more than two inches long by one

and a half inches wide. They may be

dipped in melted butter and fried or

toasted, or toasted and spread with

butter, or even left plain. After being

prepared the bread is spread with any

suitable mixture and made into sand-

wiches. Anchovy or caviare paste,

grated cheese, minced ham, bacon, lob-

ster or crab meat may be used. In

fact, almost any salt water fish may

be utilized, and even minced nuts and

olives are sometimes employed to

make these tiny appetizers. They are

placed on a plate before each guest,

and are on the table when the guests

are seated.



Following the appetizers, oysters or

clams in the half-shell are served. Ar-

range five or six oysters on a bed of

chopped ice in deep plates, the small

ends of the shell pointing towards the

center. In the center place a slice of

lemon. Pass with the oysters a mix-

ture of six teaspoons of horseradish,

three of tomato catsup and a dash of

tobasco sauce and cayenne pepper.

plain horseradish alone may be served.

Loosen oysters from the shell before

serving and clean carefully, removing

all sand and grit. Clams are served in

the same way.



One pint of oysters should be

enough to serve twelve persons oyster

cdcktails. Clean the oysters, selecting

small ones, and place in a shallow

dish. Then mix two tablespoons of

W'orcestershire sauce, two of vinegar,

three of lemon juice, one each of to-

mato catsup and horseradish, a tea-

spoon of salt and a speck of cayenne

pepper and dash of tobasco sauce.

Pour this over the oysters and let it

stand for several hours in the icebox,

or other very cold place. Serve ice

cold in small glasses. If you have no

suitable glasses the cocktail may be

served in lemon or grapefruit shells,

or in summer time, in tomato cups.

Clam and shrimp cocktails are made

in the same way, substituting clams or

shrimps for oysters.



Thin brown bread and butter sand-

wiches are served with oysters in the

half shell. Salted wafers are some-

times passed, though the bread and

butter sandwiches are considered the

correct tming.



If canapes are served, the plate on

which they are placed is removed with

the left hand and a service plate sub-

stituted with the right hand. The oys-

ters, or clams, are set on this plate,

which is left when they are removed.

The soup plate is also placed on. this

service plate. The service plate is not

removed until fish course is served.





 





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The soup should be a clear soup,

served in soup plates, and with it_ are

passed celery, radishes, olives, etc. To

clarify, or clear, stock, let it cool and

remove all fat from the top. If the

stock has jellied wring a clean flannel

out of warm water and wipe off the

top to remove all bits of fat that ad-

here. If it has not jellied take up the

fat with clean tissue paper, laying it

flat‘ on the surface of the soup. Next

pour off the top, taking care not to

disturb the sediment, and to each

quart of stock allow the slightly beat—

en white of one egg and the crushed

shell. Mix with the stock and settov-

er the fire, stirring constantly until it

boils. Then let boil hard for five min-

utes, skim, strain through a cheese-

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GETTING READY FOR MONDAY.





 





BY IIILDA RICHMOND.



“here Monday is the wash day in

the household the morning is always

more or less broken into by the pick-

ing up from Sunday, and this can

hardly be helped, as no one wants to

make the day of rest one of work, but

there are certain things that can be

done on Saturday to make the wash

day easier, and busy ladies welcome -

all helpful suggestions. 1 b





In the first place the clothes can be r

sorted and arranged so that it is easy A

to begin with the first kettle on Mon-

day. Sorting clothes is a back-break-

ing task, as some ladies do it, but

when it is done on a table or bench it

is not so hard. Put the first kettle

into a pillow slip or tie in a table cloth,

and so on through the list. Then pack

them in the basket to come out as

needed. If a. towel or handkerchief is

added later it can be placed in‘the

proper bundle without difficulty.





We use the bits of left—over toilet

soap in the wash boiler and these are

cooked into a. kind of soap jelly on Sat-

urday with a pint or so of water.

When the kettle is put on. after break-

fast on Monday the soap is added and

in a ‘few minutes there is a fine hot

suds. ‘



But, more than all else the dinner is

always carefully planned and partly

arranged for on Saturday. Perhaps it

is baked beans with pork and pota-

toes. The beans are soaked and par-

boiled late on Saturday and then plac-

ed in a cold place until Monday. On

Monday the pork is added and the , '

pan shoved into the oven out of the -

way. If baked potatoes are to be .|

served they are washed and set away

in a pan on Saturday and the desaert

is alwayscookies, baked on Saturday,

with canned fruit or some equally sim-

ple preparation.





A simple supper and an early bed-

time on Sunday help wonderfully on

Monday morning. Staying up very

late, a great deal of company, heavy

suppers, eating pep corn and taffy and

apples late at night, and excitement of

any kind will make “blue Monday? a '

very real thing in the wash room. We

like to keep the Sabbath free from

noise and excessive eating and all

kinds of excitement, and then Monday -

is a happy day, too.



Sometimes the breakfast dishes go

unwashed until after dinner but they

are soaking in a big pan of hot water

all the time and not getting harder to

manage. After the wash things are

out of the way we' go at the other

leisurely and really enjoy putting

things to rights if the tubs and ket-

tles are not in sight. ' - ~ .
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Household Editorz—Mrs. c. s. asks

for a recipe for white cake without

eggs. Here is one I use successfully:

White Cake: one cup of granulated

sugar, butter the size of an egg, one

cup of sweet milk, teaspoon of vanilla,

two cups of flour, two teaspoons of

[baking powder, salt. Good either in

layers or loaf. g



Aid Society Cake—Boil together for

10 or 15 minutes the following ingredi-

ents: One cup of sugar (white),one

cup of hot water, one cup raisins, half

cup of lard, quarter teaspoon of nut-

meg, one teaspoon each of cinnamon

and clover, salt. Let cool, then add

two cups of flour in which has been

sifted half a teaspoon of baking pow-

Ider, one teaspoon of soda dissolved in

a little hot water. Bake in slow owen.



For making doughnuts when no eggs

'are at hand, I take a good-sized pota-

‘to, boil and mash for each egg called

for in recipe. They are more fluffy

than when'eggs are used—Mrs. R. W.



Mrs. E. S., Fowlerville, sends reci-

pes much like those already published,

and the information that eggless cakes

must be beaten much longer than

those with eggs. She also sends the

following cookie recipes:



Molasses Cookies.———One and a half

cups sugar, one cup lard, one cup of

molasses, half cup cold water, one

teaspoon cinnamon, ginger and cloves,

one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon bak-

ing powder, flour enough to roll out,

Dissolve soda in water. Are better

it hen a day'or two old.



Soft White Cookies—One and a half

cups sugar, one cup of butter, two—

thirds cup of sweet milk, one and a

half teaspoons of baking powder, flour

though to roll out soft. Bake in quick

oven. Flavor with vanilla or nutmeg.

-«Mrs. E. A. S.



Household Editorz—In answer to M.

\‘x'. H.’s question about cake, I would

suggest that you try sifting together

the dry ingredients of your recipe first,

then after they are well sifted and re-

:eit'ted add your egg, cream and flavor,

then use my favorite rule for all cake.

Beat, beat, beat; then beat some more,





and have the oven just right. For





light layer cake I have greatest suc—

('QSS with a quick oven, then watch it

closely, to see that it does not bake

a few seconds too long. Fifteen min-

utes, more or less, depending on oven,

is about right. The success of all

kinds of baking depends to a great ex-

tent on the exact heat of the oven.

The oven should be hot when you put

your cake in, and a little hotter five

minutes later. If your oven is manag-

ed that way your cake will not fall if

you use a full cup of sugar and a cup

and a half of flour.



Try removing the shine from serge

by rubbing with very fine sand paper

or emery cloth.





Will someone please tell me of a-





lwicker method than the old-fashioned

way of washing dishes and greasy pots

and pans? I wish to thank you for the

pleasure I get. from reading the paper.

—#Mrs. A. F.



White Cake—One cup of granulated

sugar, on‘e‘ teaspoon of salt, one tea-

spoon of lemon, one cup sweet milk,

one. tablespoon butter, two and a half

cups of sifted flour, one teaspoon of

soda, two teaspoons of cream of tar-

tar, three tablespoons whipped cream.

l‘lace sugar, salt, lemon, milk and but-

ter in granite dish on stove and let

heat until blood warm. Then add flour,

soda and cream of tartar, sifted to-

nether, and lastly, cream beaten until

stiff. Beat lightly and bake in moder-

ate oven. -



Filling—Eight tablespoons of cream

beaten stiff, four tablespoons of gran-

ulated sugar, lemon. Place between

layers and over the top.



Cream Roll Cake—One cup of gran-

ulated sugar, one teaspoon of salt, one

teaspoon vanilla, two and a half cups

sifted flour, one teaspoon of soda, one





boiling water, four tablespoons cream.





teaspoon cream of tartar, one cup of





Sift sugar, salt and flour in dish with-

soda and cream of tartar. Add boil-

ing water, heating swiftly to avoid

lumps, add vanilla and 'cream beaten

stiff. Bake in sheet tin in quick oven.

\Vhen done turn out on napkin, whip

six tablespoons of cream until dry,

add two tablespoons of granulated

sugar, spread on cake and roll as you

would roll jelly cake.



The success of these recipes de-

pends on warming the ingredients be-

fore placing together, or adding the

flour and leavening.-—Mrs. C_. F. S.



If Mrs. C. S. will use her ordinary

white cake recipe, leaving out the egg

or eggs, and sifting in with the flour a

tablespoon (slightly heaped) of corn

starch, it will prove equally as tempt-

ing, may be baked in loaf or layers.

Beat the sugar and shortening until

very light and creamy, I use sour

cream for shortening, and do not make

it quite so rich as when eggs are used.

Also stir the batter slightly stiffer.

With this, as with other things, a little

experience adds perfections.—Mrs. E.

A. S.



Mrs. S. L. 15., Mrs. E. J. 0., Mrs. C.

S., Mrs. A. M. R., and Mrs'H. S. are

also to be thanked for recipes.





 





BABY WEEK.





 





Nineteen-sixteen was baby year. For

ty-seven of the fifty cities with more

than 100,000 population, and 700 vil-

lages and rural communities with less

than 2,500 population had baby weeks.

The 1917 baby week bids fair to be an

even bigger, more worth while cele-

bration than last year’s. The Chi!-

drens‘ Bureau at Washington has al-

ready received numerous inquiries con-

cerning the 1917 baby week, and the

bureau is making the following sugges-

tions: .



Have your baby week from the first

to the sixth of May, if possible. This

date has been agreed upon by the bu~

reau and the General Federation of

V‘Comen's Clubs as the time best. adap~

ted to the varying conditions of differ-

ent states.



Remember the older babies. As one

woman said it:



"It requires only twelve months for

a baby to become one year old and no

longer subject to the hazards of ‘infant;

mortality,’ but there are still many

risks for him to encounter; he is still

absolutely helpless, although increas-

ingly charming, and his parents areas

eager to keep him well and happy, as

desirous of sound advice, as they were

last year. Open out. the 1917 baby

week to include all children still at

home with their mothers."



Remember the mothers. “'cll-cared

for, healthy mothers are necessary for





the health and happiness of their ba-~





bies. Find out what your community

is: doing to ensure to every mother

skilled advice and adequate care be—

fore her baby is born and during her!

confinement, and give the importance

of protecting the mother a prominent

place in the educational work of the





 





campaign.



And one word to communities where!

infantile paralysis has been epidemic:t

MOihers should be urged to leave the

baby at home during baby week. Any

feature of the campaign involving the

bringing together of numbers of babies

must, of course, be “omitted, but such

features are not essential to the inter—

est and success of a campaign. And

baby week will afford an excellent op-

portunity for giving information as to

the proper physical training of chil-

dren with paralyzed muscles.



The Children’s Bureau has a bulletin

of suggestions for baby week cam—

paigns which mad he had upon request

and it is now preparing a revised edi-

tion describing the interesting new

features reported from the 1916 cam-





 





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The strength of a flour is

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of water absorbed in the mix—

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fresh.





If your bread dries out in

no time, and you have to bake

often and in small batches, it

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In all recipes calling for baking

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using baking powder made from cream

of tartar, such as Royal Baking Powder.





Cream of tartar is derived from

grapes—a natural food, as contrasted

with phosphate or alum, derived from

mineral acids, and used because of their

cheapness in the manufacture of some

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Housewives are sometimes led to

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Club Work In MecOs-ta County





By BERT J. FORD





County School Commissioner





HERE is much being said and



written these days concerning



school credit for home work.

Many experiments are being tried out

but there seems to be no definitely or-

ganized plan in practice in the rural

schools at the present time. No state

so far as I am able to learn, has adop-

ted a system of any kind the purpose

of which is to give recognition to this

line of work. The ultimate outcome

of this widespread interest and agita-

tion will be a well organized scheme

which will provide for a safe and sane

amount of credit for project work that

is carried on under adequate super-

vision. Not for the simple homely

duties, not for doing chores, running

errands, or washing dishes, but for a

line of effort which includes some of





of four townships, Deerfield, Austin,.





Colfax, and Martiny. .At each of these

fairs, junior club members from two to

four schools made exhibits. The fair

was held during the afternoon. Either

the state junior club leader or one of

his representatives was present and

did the judging. In connection with

the 1916 fairs an original four-part

community pageant was given in the

evening and in a majority of cases a

pot-luck supper was served at the close

of the afternoon session.



Three annual county junior club in-

stitutes have been held with a splendid

attendance of boys and girls. This is

an event that is looked forward to

with much interest. The county ex-

hibit is made at this time, the pro-

ducts are judged, and a suitable pro-





 

   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 

   





 





 





 





 





 





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the foregoing that requires days,

weeks, and months for its completion

and that is connected up in such a way

with certain school subjects that. the

knowledge of said school subjects is

put into actual practice.





Our national organization for the

northern and western states, which

includes Michigan, known as the Boys'

and Girls’ Junior Club department is

promoting several lines of project

work. This work is being done under

the direction of the National Club

Leader, 0. H. Benson, and his. assist-

ants from the standpoint of the na-

tion; and in Michigan we have our

state club leader, E. C. Lindemann and

his assistants who are giving their en-

tire time to the direction and super-

vision of these projects. In each club

the plan is for all of the boys to unite

on a project best suited to their com-

munity, such as growing potatoes or

corn, and the girls to unite in a similar





way on a suitable project so that all





will be engaged in carrying out the

same line of project work. This af-

fords an opportunity for class instruc-

tion and concentrated community ef-

fort. This work is carried on through

a series of months and upon its com-

pletion is judged on the so-called four-

point basis, that is—quality, yield,

profit, and report and story of how the

project was made.



This organized movement offers to

the county school commissioner and

the rural teacher a splendid opportu-

nity, as the state leader and hisassist-

ants are willing to give any assistance

they possibly can.



Boys’ and girls’ club work was be-

gun in Mecosta county seven years

ago, but organized boys’ and girls’

project work as outlined above was

not taken up until in 1913. The work

has gradually spread throughout the

county and in many instances the par-

ents are giving their active support to

the movement.



In'1914 a junior club fair was held

in Sheridan township. In 1916 a simi-

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gram including games and contests, is

provided.



A junior club department has been

established in connection with the

Grangers,’ Gleaners’ and Farmers’ fair

of Mecosta, and the second junior club

exhibit was made at the fair in Sep-

tember, 1916.



In 1916 there were thirteen clubs in

the county, all except one of which in-

cluded from two to four schools. The

majority of these clubs held regular

monthly meetings during the school

year. Fifty per cent more completed

their projects on the four-point basis

during the year than in any previous

year. Much larger results are expect-

ed for 1917. The new enrollment is

made and the officers are elected each

year at the January meeting.



This work is getting to be a real

practical phase of school work and is

closely related to the community life

and its activities. A system of school

work credit for home work could be

limited to junior club project work

and thus save much confusion and pro-

vide a common standard for measuring

results. It would be well to start the

work in a small way and enlarge upon

it as soon as adequate supervision can

be provided.



In Mecosta county the examining

board expects to try out the following

credit system: Boy hours, or girl

hours, as the case may be, (by this is

meant the number of hours of work

that is required for the project), will

be used as the basis in reckoning cred-

it and 100 hours will be the maximum

amount that can be credited. Credits

earned to be considered in connection





with the county eighth‘grade exami;





nation in agriculture and grammar.



Credit in agriculture will be given

as follows: One hundred boy hours, a

credit of 50 per cent of the project

mark; 75 boy hours, 37% per cent of

the project mark; 50 boy hours, 25 per

cent of the project mark. In grammar

just half of the above ' mentioned

amount of credit will be allowed. The

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the sci-called four-point club project





Those desiring credit will complete

the project and file a copy of the re-

port and story in their own hand-writ-

ing with the Commissioner for the sea-

son which closes next preceding the

county eighth-grade examination at

which said credit is to be considered

This plan will not affect in any way

those taking the examination who

have not done project work.



This club movement and suitable

recognition for project work will tend

to vitalize the work in the rural

schools and result in a larger and

deeper appreciation of the community

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spoonfuls of melted butter, salt and

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strainer and drain, beat the egg until

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HE disease known as roup is apt



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are constantly exposed to sud-

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early morning they step out on a. cold

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wind may blow every day for a. week

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will save the vitality of the birds and

make them more resistant to celds and

other diseases.



Method of Treatment.



If the conditions causing colds are

removed as much as possible and

some of the birds are ill, a. certain

amount of doctoring may stop the

trouble and soon restore the bird to

health. As near as I can determine

from observation and experience there

is little difference between a simple

cold and the more acute trouble called

roup. At first the hen may have a

slight inflammation of the throat and

eyes. The eyes become frothy and in

the morning a sneezing and shaking

of the head will be especially notice-

able. The hen is then said to have a

cold. The cold may continue for sev-

eral days until some morning the head

is swelled until the eyes are closed.

There will be discharges from the

mouth and nostrils, diptheretic patches

in the throat, and an offensive odor to

the breath. The bird will seem to

gasp for breath, find considerable dif-

ficulty in swallowing and probably will

make no effort to eat. If treatment is

effective it must be started promptly.

Among the remedies of value are the

following: Make a solution of kero—

sene oil and olive oil, equal parts, and

thoroughly immerse the head of the

fowl. This can be repeated at least

twice each day for several days until

the inflammation entirely disappears.

Peroxide of hydrogen and water, equal

parts, may also be used in the same

manner. I have found that rubbing

the head with carbolated menthol vas-

eline is of some value in curing a cold

in its first stages. Recently I rubbed

the heads of several pullets showmg

frothiness in the eyes, with the vase-

Iline and they appeared perfectly well

the next morning. A one per cent

solution of carbolic acid can be used

for dipping the bird’s head.



Establishing a Hospital.



Before beginning treatment the sick

fowl should be isolated from the flock

and a. clean dry shed or vacant col-

ony house can be quarantined for that

purpose. A dry floor covered with

plenty of clean straw is necessary. The

bird should be placed with its head in

the sunshine whenever possible, as

sunshine is the best disinfectant and

healing remedy that the poultryman

can find. The bird with its eyes swoll

len shut will need hand—feeding and

bread soaked in beef juice or milk will

be satisfactory until the regular ration

can be used. If the inflammation does

not leave in a reasonable length of

time and the bird continually grows

weaker it will be wise to use the axe.

A sick bird is rarely ever profitable

and should not be used for breeding

stock. Occasionally they can be cur-

ed and turned into profitable egg pro-

ducers but it is easy to believe that

their offspring would also be suscep-

tible to disease and they should be

marked and kept from breeding pens.

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they do little doctoring and it seems

that they are the breeders who build

slowly and stay in the game the long-

est. The controlling of roup depends

upon careful preventive measures,

such as using permanganate of potash

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try farm and every farmer with a.

good flock will find that he can ship

more cases of eggs and get fewer cas-

es of blues if he fights roup before

roup captures the flock. A rapid of»

fensive is the best defensive in fight-

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Keeping Geese for Profit





NDER favorable conditions, no



class of poultry is more profit-



able than geese. No domestic

fowl can be raised with less work or

smaller expense, which can compare

with them in size or market value.



We have raised geese for a number

of years. Some years we raise as high

as 240. We raise the Toulouse and

Embden, but will not say these are

better than others in every way, but

they are larger than' some others.

Embden goslings are usually consider-

ed di'fiicult to raise. But Embden geese

are very large and beautiful and the

feathers being white, bring the high-

est market price.



The Egg Producing Kind.



Both the Brown and the White Chi-

na. geese are profitable and are with

out exception the best layers of all.

A neighbor kept these two varieties

of geese some years ago. They are

very beautiful and yield the finest

quality of feathers. We want to try

the Wild Canadian crossed with the

Toulouse. When crossed with other

geese, such as the Toulouse or Emb-

den, they are said to be easier to raise

than other geese. However, we have

not found either of above hard to raise.

A good deal depends upon having good,

healthy, well-matured stock to begin

with; and a good deal depends, also,

upon the care of old and young.



During the winter, when pasture is

not very plentiful, geese require some

sort of roughage, such as clover, al-

falfa or corn silage. Grain is, of

course, necessary also. We feed plen-

ty of whole corn when the weather is

cold and when it is less severe, a ra-

tion of chopped turnips or beets with

some corn meal and bran, twice a day,

has given good results. We Sometimes

use equal quantities of oat chop, corn

meal and middlings. The vegetables

are fed raw.



A little salt and some pulverized

charcoal are added several times a

week, to the dry mash.



Grit Necessary.



Don’t forget that geese require grit

to grind their feed. Sharp, coarse sand

and cinders are eaten by these fowls.

They will not thrive for any length of

time without grit.



We have known instances where

half-grown goslings became so weak

that they could scarcely walk, because

no sand had been provided for a few

days. When a supply of coarse, sharp

sand was again placed where they

could help themselves they ate of it

ravenously and gradually recovered.



Lack of sand will cause the same

trouble with ducks.



Good shelter is essential in winter

the same as for all other kinds of

poultry. We know some people who

contend that geese need no protec-

tion, even in the coldest part of the

winter. But we have learned, by ex—

perience, that geese appreciate shel-

ter when once they have become ac-

customed to it. After being driven to

shelter a few times, they soon learn

to go of their own accord.



Do Not House Geese with Hens.



Geese must not be housed with oth-

er poultry. They need a house or shed

to themselves. One that is dry and

will keep out the wind and snow, with





plenty of straw or clean litter for

bedding.



See that the geese have clean water

to drink at all times. When they have

access to a creek or pond of course

that will be all that is necessary, at

least in summer. But it is not always

advisable to let the geese or goslings

have free range and we have large

yards fenced around the houses so

that they can be confined when it is

necessary. Besides these yards we

have a young apple orchard properly

fenced for a good pasture. Young

geese are fond of running away, when

given free range.



We do not think it pays to bother

with the eggs of the young, or yearling

geese, for hatching. If they hatch at

all, the goslings are small and weak,

as a. rule. Large chicken hens are

best. to hatch goose eggs. We begin

setting the eggs in March and con.

tinue until, about the last of June.



There is nothing to be gained by

setting the first lot of eggs laid, be-

cause they are usually chilled in the

nest, and besides it does not pay to

hatch out a. lot of little young geese

before the weather is warm enough for

the grass to grow. They must have

plenty of tender grass.



Ohio.~ A. W. GALLIGHER.





EARLY SEASON POULTRY WORK.





 





The poultry raiser who wishes to

produce fall and winter eggs with a

by-product of spring “friers” should be-

gin now to plan for the early setting

of eggs. Settings should be made from

the latter part of February to the ear-

ly part of April. With settings timed

on this schedule the chicks will hatch

in ample time to allow their maturity

before cold weather. The pullets from

these broods should lay during the

early winter when eggs are high.



The setting schedule outlined also

will permit the development of'early

spring “triers.” The young chicks will

be developed to the point where they

may be turned out on the ground by

the time vegetation is out, and so may





augment their feed with green stuff.





The smaller breeds of chickens can be

hatched later than those which are

larger and slower to develop.



The time. suggested for hatching-can

be followed exactlyiif an incubator is

used.‘ The machine should be operat-

ed in a. warm room, preferably a cel—

lar, as a. protection against outside

temperature changes. It should be dis-

infected thoroughly before being used,

with a solution of a reliable coal~tar

disinfectant.

solution a small receptacle containing

one-half ounce of permanganate of pot-

ash on which one—half ounce of for—

malin has been poured maybe shut up

in the incubator. The resulting gas

will thoroughly disinfect the machine.

After disinfection the incubator should

be run empty for several days to get

it into good operating condition. After

the eggs are in place the temperature

should be held at from 101% to 102 deo

grees F. the first week, 102 to 103 de-

grees the second week, and at 103 de

grees the third week.





 





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The eggs usually are turned for» the
h emu the

and twice daily through the eighteenth

or nineteenth day. The eggs are cool-

ed outside the hatching chamber

once daily after the seventh and up to

the nineteenth day. Moisture should

be furnished in artificial incubation in

the south, in high altitudes, and when

the incubator room is dry. This may

be done by sprinkling the eggs with

warm water or by placing a wet





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N successful hatching with incuba-



tors the selecting of eggs for



hatching is to know that they are

from sturdy stock—stock that is capa-

ble of producing eggs of strong fertil-

ity. With the assurance that the stock

meets these requirements you need

have little fear of poor hatches, pro-

vided the necessary details of incuba-

tion are attended to with regularity.



Eggs selected for incubation should

be of average size and good shape.

Those. ridged or odd in shape should

not be used for incubation; they may

develop life, but they rarely hatch, be-

cause the deformity of the shell pre-

vents the ‘growth of the chick. When

such eggs do hatch, deformed chicks

are the usual result. Thin-shelled eggs

are wasted when placed in the incu-

bator, for they will break in turning,

not only causing the loss of the egg

but also smearing neighboring eggs

with the sticky contents, which is ex-

ceedingly detrimental to hatching

eggs.



Best results will be obtained if eggs

intended for hatching are kept for two

or three days before being placed in

the incubator. The period of storage

should not be too long, for the’longer

the eggs are stored the less chance

there is of a good hatch. While there

are records of good hatches from eggs,

stored for a number of weeks, best re-

sults will be obtained from those stor-

ed not more than one week. I should

consider an egg more than two weeks

old not worth placing in the incubator.

Many times the three-weeks-old eggs

will not hatch much over half as many

chicks as the week-old eggs. Delayed

hatches and chicks of poor vitality are

frequently the result of eggs stored too

long.



Gather Eggs Often in Cold Weather.



it must be remembered that eggs

which are allowed to remain in the

nests long after being deposited, when

the thermometer is below freezing

point, are next to useless for hatching

purposes, simply because such a tem-

perature is calculated to disorganize

their internal structure to such an ex-

tent as to render the normal develop—

ment of their life germs impossible, if

sucn germs are not destroyed before

development actually commences. The

eggs should be gathered frequently

1'. hile yet warm and placed where they

can cool down gradually.



Rough handling of incubator ’eggs is

also important, for there are two ways

in'which eggs are likely to be roughly

med. There is first, the desire on the

part of the operator to get the eggs

heated up to 103 or 104 degrees as rap-

idly as possible; and many believe

that if the full temperature is not

reached during the first day the eggs

are totally spoiled. Of course, this idea

is wrong, since artificial incubation is

but an imitation of the natural proc-

ess, and when a hen sits upon a clutch

of c bgs she takes time to heat them

up She has no extra heat available

to turn'on with the object of attaining

the full temperature during the first

day or two; and experiments have

shown that the temperature of eggs

under a hen rises very gradually, and

only attains its maximum height about

the fifth day.



Heal: Eggs Gradually.



It should be the same with eggs in

an incubator. It is positively injuri-

ous to heat them up quickly, and the

operators should aim at attaining





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During the hatching period carefully

fill the lamp and trim the wick each

day. It is best to trim the wick by

scraping off the burnt portion rather

than by cutting the wick. The lamp

should not be filled entirely. After the

lamp is filled it should be closely ob-

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about 101 degrees in the course of the

firsr twelve hours, and the heat may

then be gradually increased by only

one-half a degree per day until about

the fifth day, when the desired tem-

perature will have been attained.



The other manner of rough usage

to which I have referred consists in

careless turning of the eggs in the

early stages of incubation. It is ad-

visable that at this stage the eggs

should be handled with the utmost

care, so that their delicate organism

may not be upset, and if the machine

has an automatic turning tray I would

not use it until the infertile eggs have

been tested out. It no waste of

time to turn the eggs slowly and care-

fully by hand, because they want to

be cooled, at any rate, and one might

as well turn them and take time over

it while the cooling process is go-

ing on.



How to Cool the Eggs.



Cooling the eggs is something that

can be learned only by experience and

that depends upon the machine you

are operating. It also depends upon

the temperature of the incubator room

and the season. Ordinarily in a cold

room the eggs get enough airing at

first while being turned. After the

first week it is usually a good plan to

cool the eggs fromfive to fifteen min-

utes once a day, and in hot weather

the cooling may be considerably long-

er. One can judge on the feel of the

eggs to tell when they. are cooled

enough, and that generally is when

they feel just warm when touched to

check or eyelid.



In a perfect hatch the chicks begin

to pick the shells on the twentieth

day, and all are out by the end of the

twenty-first day. Hatches that are ab-

normally early or late are usually lack~

ing in thrift and vigor. The more near—

ly simultaneously a hatch comes off,

and the quicker it cleans up. the better.





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Time.

It is not. good practice to help the

chicks out of their shells. If they





haven’t the strength to get out alone

they will not have the vitality to live

or make .prifitable growth afterward.

Besides, it is always more or less

harmful to interfere during the midst

of the hatch. When opening the door

at hatching time it allows the cold out-

side air to blow in over the weak, wet

chicks, chilling them and drying out

the moisture that is so essential in the

gg chamber at hatching time. About

the only time the incubator should be

opened is when the hatch is two-thirds

“over. Then remove the empty egg

shells. put all the dry chicks down in

the nursery drawer, and make sure

that no shells have slipped over pipped

eggs and are suffocating the imprison—

ed chicks.



Should there be any crippled or de-

formed chicks in the hatch, they might

as well be destroyed promptly. It is

usually awaste of time to try to raise

them and even if they should live are

more bother than they are worth. Do

not be in a hurry to remove chicks

from the incubator nursery; al-

low them plenty of time to dry off and

gain strength. This is usually about

thirty-six hours. Chicks struggle and

gasp when first hatched, but this is





natural. Gaspin opens the lungs and

struggling gives hem strength.

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(Continued from page 223). “But what is there to keep you

Betty. “I didn’t remember her saying here?”

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Stoddard chewed his lip in dismay Mrs. Stoddard tried to cover her ex. ;

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membered that this bit of information feat; she knew of old her son’s will.

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firsthand from the stranger on the to me, I admit,” she said as her glance 3

train. swept about the camp. “Surely you I

“i don’t recall that she mentioned get enough of this, John, when your =

it was her first trip,” said Mrs. Stod- business calls you! Sometimes you’re '

dard. “Did I sayso, John?” away from us for a year and more."

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Ilium E misunderstood you. . weary of it. But“ nowthat you have é

WQH‘ declared. Betty after a brief leisure you must run straight into your

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woods a few yards distant.



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u Stoddard turned a baleful look upon ping the future of Estelle Wallace in

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“Did you?” he demanded. regarded the occupation with tolerant

“va. not?” said Larry. amusement. Now it was obvious she

lot more fun than this.” was beginning to embellish her chart

“But your doctor—-" with details. He loved his mother; he

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She watched the effect of this; then appointment at the failure to lure her

son away from the woods did not pre-



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don’t come. Estelle will bedooking for good-by. Although he often exasper-

You always ‘did like Estelle, ated her she was gloriously proud and

John.” fond of him.



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Estelle.” glad the darkness hid her. for she had



Betty knitted her forehead. She was been crying.

not entirely sure about that. She had seen and she had heard,



“It’s going to be a beautiful trip," and her mind was troubled. She felt

continued Mrs. Stoddard. “And the that something was aching within her

Wallaces are delightful people. Your breast. The big outdoors no longer

uncle suggested "that we bring you. seemed so friendly. The vision that

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go, mother.” after all.





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she had Viewed his much-praised Deep-

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he had no hope that she would ever

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something she would not understand.

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can’t go.” it

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HE Lansing Municipal Market is



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there would be no objections should its

income exceed the cost of operation.

The marketing idea has been elaborat-

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city consumers with opportunity to se-

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able cost. The Lansing public market

is pro-eminently a consumers’ market.

The consumer buyers appear as the

dominant factor whenever a careful

analysis is made of the market or its

transactions. The housewife with an

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The market equipment is good. It

consists of a large area at the corner

of two main streets near the business

center of the city. The greater part of

the area is paved with concrete. Al-

most in the center is the market shed

and at one side are the city scales and

scale-house. The shed is largely of

steel construction. It is wired for elec-

tric lights. The selling stalls are ar-

ranged on either side, the farmers’

wagons being backed so as to form

three sides of a rectangle with the

buyers.under the shed in the Center.



'The management of the market is

placed by ordinance in the hands of a

market master appointed by the may-

OI‘u This ofi'icer has police power in

the enforcement of order, he is also

charged with the duty of seeing that

no imposition is practiced by seller or

buyer. The market hours in the sum»

mer are from five a. m. to twelve noon.





 





 





car by the curb. Occasionally some

workman appears and takes advantage

of what he believes to be a good bar-

gain and a few profession] men are

seen among the buyers. But the prin-

cipal buying is done by the thrifty

housewives.



During the latter part of the past

summer the market was well attended.

All during September the attendance

varied for the three market mornings

[each week, from forty to sixty sellers.

The best record was made one morn-

ing when sixty-four producers offered

their products for sale. The number

of consumer buyers has varied during

the season from a hundred, more or

less, in May to better than a thousand

in September when the growers had

vast quantities of vegetables, fruits

and dairy products for sale. On-the

big mornings the buying is sharp. The

sellers are alert and anxious to sell,

the buyers are active and almost

greedy for bargains.‘ The attitudes of

the two give spirit to the market, and

this spirit is somewhat similar to that

noted whenthe chain store sells full-

fiedged dish pans at seven o’clock in

the morning at ten cents each.



Many different things are sold on

the market. A complete enumeration

would include most of the products of

the farm, except perhaps grains and

forage crops. Among some of the un-

usual things sold the past season were

live chickens, maple syrup, white clo-

ver plants, flowers and cookies. As a

rule,t the prices were a little below

those prevailing at the same time at

the regular retail stores. When large

quantities of produce were bought from

a single'grower, or when bulky pro-

ducts, such as potatoes by the bushel,

were bought. the seller delivered the





was within reasonable distance.





 





 





The Lansing Municipal Market is Essentially a Consumers’ Market.

Farm Produce is Taken Directly to Homes in Automobiles.





goods, previded the point of delivery.





Much





In winter the opening occurs two

hours later. While according to ordi-

nance every morning'save Sunday is

market morning, by custom, Tuesdays,

Thursdays and Saturday mornings are

the ones recognized. The sellers are

assigned their places by the market

master but so long as there is no con-

fusion, the first seller to arrive selects

a location to suit him. The ordinance

provides that stalls may be rented at

annual rentals varying from $5.00 to

$25 according to location. The ordi-

nance fixes the daily charge for sell-

ing on the market at ten cents for a

single rig and twenty cents for a dou-

ble rig or auto. Nearly all the sellers

use the market on the daily basis, pay-

ing each morning that they are on





hand. Sellers are forbidden to solicit!





trade by outcry or to be too aggressive.

The ordinance requires that all hay,

straw, and fodder shall be weighed on

the city scales at the market, and that

all wood shall be measured by the mar-

ket master.



A few grocerymen replenish their

supplies of farm produce at the city

market and occasionally a huckster

buys something that he needs to fill

out the load that he has prepared for

a day of peddling.



The market property, consisting of

real estate, market shed, scales, and

scale house, has a book value of $27,-

874.81. The market receipts for the





year ending April 30 were $424.66 and~





the expensesfor the same period, not





including interest on investment, were,





$722.97. ‘ In determining the expenses

the market was charged with one-third





‘of the salary of the sealer of'wei‘g‘hts





and measures, who is also market

master, and one-third ,of the salary of

the weighmaster. On this basis the

loss forthe year was .529831.

was also a loss on the operationvof the





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THE MAN UNDER THE COW.





 





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milks most rapidly will 'secure the

most milk and this of the best quality.

A slow milker is almost invariably a

poor milker, and it is true that a child

just learning to milk can dry up a

very productive cow. Start the learner

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having a productive animal dried off

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erly sensitive and they can be milked ,





by almost any fairly rapid milker with

much the same results; others are so

nervous that the slightest change of

posture or attitude will be reflected in

the milk pail and eventually on the

tally sheet. The highly nervous cow

is likely to be the high producer.

Vl’henever three men milk a string of

cows, they should always milk the

same cows and in the same order.

Some cows seem to enjoy the whist-

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last milk often tests as high as ten per

cent and one or two pounds of such

milk will materially raise the fat test

for the month-surely a. result that is

worth) of any true dairyman‘s atten-

tion.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





“heath—An reply to the question,

“Has wheat during January suffered

injury from any cause,” 31 correspond-





cuts in the southern counties answer





“Yes" and215 “No;” in the central

counties nine answer “Yes” and 108

“N0;" in the northern counties three

answer “Yes” and 101 “No" and in the

upper peninsula 28 answer “No.”



Snow protected wheat in the slate

28 days, in southern and central court

ties 27, in the northern 29 and in the

upper peninsula 30 days.



The average depth of snow on Janu-

ary 15 in the state was 6.19, in the

southern counties 4.71, in the central

counties 5.97, in the northern counties

8.44 and in the upper peninsula 11.46

inches.



On January 29 the average depth of

snow in the state was 7.49, in the

southern counties 4.68, in the central

counties 6.98, in the northern counties

12. 3 and in the upper peninsula 15.79

inches.



The total number of bushels of

wheat marketed by farmers in January

at 76 fiouring mills was 168,307 and at,

82 elevators and to grain dealers 195,-

778 or a total of 364,085 bushels. Of

this amount 310,726 bushels were mar-

keted in the southern four tiers of

counties, 41,619 in the central counties

and 11,740 in the northern counties

and upper peninsula-



The estimated total number of bush-

els of wheat marketed in six months,

August-January, is 5,500,000. Fifty-

nlne mills, elevators and grain dealers

report no wheat marketed in January.



The average condition of live stock

in the state is reported as follows,

comparison being with stock in good

healthy and thrifty condition: Horses

and sheep 96; cattle 95 and swine 93.





William Shafer, of Plainfield, 111.,

was on the Chicago market. on a re-

cent day with twenty head of cattle of

his own feeding which he‘ bought on

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





' February 13, 1917.



Wheat—Notwithstanding the uncer-

tainty of political relations bet-ween

the United States and Germany and

the influence of the Teutonic U-boat

campaign upon international com-

merce, wheat values advanced last

week. Exporting has not stopped and

traders are coming to believe that a

lot of wheat has gone out of the coun-

try unreported. This position is support-

ed by heavy seaboard buying at close

last week. There seems to be consid-

erable faith in higher prices for wheat

while in southwestern states there is

lack of moisture. Generally speaking,

the new crop is pretty well covered

with snow. The Australian surplus is

now estimated at 100,000,000 bushels.

One year ago No. 2 red wheat was quot-

ed at $1.31 per bushel. Last week’s

prices were:





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No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. May

Wednesday ..... 1.801/2 1.751/2 1.83 1A;

Thursday ...... 1.80 1.75 1.83

Friday ..' ....... 1.80%, 1.751/2 1,83 1/3

Saturday ....... 1.851/2 1.80%; 1.88%

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

Tuesday ......... .85 1.80 1.88

Chicago.~May wheat $1.74; July





31.48%; Sept. $13834.



Corn.-—\'alues here have followed

those of wheat and at the close last

week the market occupied a firm posi-

tion. The expanding of feeding opera-

tions in some sections and the conser-

vatism of farmers about selling their

surplus corn are compelling the con-

tinuation of high prices, which condi-

tion is further augmented by lack of

cars to move grain from local eleva-

tors. Foreigners are also buying the

g1 ain more liberally. A year ago the

local price for No. 3 corn was 730.

Last week’s Detroit quotations were:





No. 3 No. 3



Mixed. Yellow.

‘(ednesday ........ 1.03 1.04

Thursday .......... 1.03 1.04

lt‘riday ............. 1.03 1.04

Saturday .......... 1.04 1.05

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

Tuesday ........... 1.05 1.06





Chicago—May corn $1.01% per bu;

July $1.



Oats—This grain is meeting with a

larger foreign demand as it is being

used more freely by the Europeans in

manufacture of bread. The strength

of oher cereals also gives firmness to

the oat trade. The domestic consupm—

tion‘while about normal would likely

be increased by an improvement in

railroad traific. A year ago buyers

were paying 501/2c for standard oats at

Detroit. Last week’s quotations were:





No. 3



Standard. White.

W'ednesday ........... 58 571/2

Thursday ........... 57 1A) 57

Friday ................ 5 8 1/2 5 8

Saturday .............. 60 59 1/2

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

Tuesday .............. 61 60 1/2





Chicago—May oats 56c per bushel;

July 541/20.



Rye.—The market is steady, with

cash No. 2 quoted at $1.43 per bushel.



Beans.—-Firmer and higher. Coun-

try holders are keeping back their sur-

plus and the quantity coming to mar-

ke: is consequently small. Cash beans

are quoted at $6.95 on the Detroit mar-

ket. The Chicago trade is more active

to: pea beans than for other kinds,

with that variety quoted at $6.75 and

red kidneys at $6.75@7.



Peas—Trade fair and steady at Chi-

:ago with field peas quoted at $2.40@

2.75, sacks included.





 





Seeds. Vrime red clover $11.30;

igan-h $11.15; alsike $11.30; tomothy

i...50.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





Flown-Jobbing lots in one—eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market. per 196 lbs, as follows: Best





patent $9.30; seconds $9; straight

€970, spring patent $9.80; rye flour

80





Feed—In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots





are: Bran $37; stand‘ard middlings

$351; fine middlings $40; cracked corn

$41; coarse corn meal $43; corn and





cat chop $38 per ton.



Hay.——In carlots at Detroit: No. 1

timothy. $14.50@15; standard timothy

$13.50@14; No. 2 timothy $10@11;

light mixed $13.50@14; No. 1 mixed

$1" t'10@14; No. 1 clover $12@12.50.



Pittsburg—No. 1 timothy $15.50@

7’.“ No. 2 timothy $13.75@14.75; No. 1

light mixed $14@14.75; No 1 clover

mired $15.50@15.75; No. 1 clover

$15 50@16.‘



R'-i-qw.—-In cars at Detroit, rye straw

9.5161310: wheat and oat straw $8.50@

9 per'ton._,





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Butter.—The market continues firm

at slightly higher prices. Creamery,

extras 40%0; do firsts 37c; packing

stock 24%c.



Elgin.—-Delayed shipments have

caused scarcity and higherprices. The

price, based on sales, is 42c, an ad-

vance of 30 over last week.



Chicago.—Cont1nued scarcity

caused further advances in price.

present levels the feeling is only

steady. Extra creameries 42c; extra

firsts 41%0; packing stock 26%@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 22@23c; . .0. 2 do 20@21c; small

do 15@16c; ducks 22@23c; geese 20@

210; turkeys 25@260.



Chicago—The market continues

firm with slight change in prices. Sup-

ply and demand both light. Fowls 16

@20c; spring chickens 220; ducks 17

@200; geese 16@18c; turkeys 12@24c.



Eggs.—Receipts are light on account

of cold weather and the market is

firm at present prices. Firsts 44%0;

current receipts 43%0.



Chicago.—Market is unsettled with

prices slightly higher. Demand active

for fresh stock, with offerings small.

Fresh firsts 44%@45c; ordinary firsts

421/2@43c; miscellaneous lots, cases

included 40@441/2c; refrigerator firsts

39c per dozen. -





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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 feeling is strong with good demand

and light supply. No. 1 stock sells at

$3.75@6 per bbl; No. 2 at $2@2.50.



Potatoes.—In carlots at Detroit, in

sacks $2.20@2.25; Washington $2.50@

2.55 per bushel. At Chicago no Mich-

igan stock was reported. Market re-

mains firm and active with prices rang-

ing from $2.30@2.50 per bushel.





WOOL.





 





International complications have had

little influence on the wool trade ex-

cept perhaps to augment the strong

position now held by this market. On-

ly a limited amount of contracting for

the 1917 clip is going on as growers

are holding for higher prices than the

dealers care to give just now. Sales

of fleeces are of small volume because

of the short supply, with Boston prices

ranging from 47@55c; pulled wools 680

@$1.10; territory 28@43c; scoured at

72c@$1.30.





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





 





Cold weather has stiffened the egg

market, with fresh quoted at 38@40c.

Creamery butter has advanced 30 this

week. The Grand Rapids Growers’

Association is selling lettuce this week

at 120, or lc below last week because

of the supply. Potatoes are being quot-

ed here at $2.50 and at $2 to farmers

at many loading stations. Beans are

now quoted at $6.25.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





Extreme cold weather reduced busi-

ness to almost nothing on Tuesday

morning. A few carrots were held at

$1.50@1.75 and parsnips at $2.25@2.50

per bushel. A half dozen loads of loose

hay were on hand but no sales were

reported.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Buffalo.

February 12, 1917.



Receipts of cattle, 50 cars; market

15@25c higher; prime steers $11@

11.75; good to choice $10.50@10.75;

fair to good $9.25@9.75; plain to coarse

$8.50@9; prime yearlings $10.50@11;

best handy steers $9@9.50: light butch-

er steers $8@8.50; best butcher steers

and heifers, mixed $8.50@9; western

heifers $8@8.50; best heavy fat cows

$7@8.75; butcher cows $6.50@7; cut-

ters $5@5.50; canners $4.25@4.75;

fancy bulls $8@9; butcher bulls $6.75



7.25; common bulls $6@6.25; good

stockers $7@7.25; light common stock-

ers $6@6.25; feeders $7.50@8; milkers

and springers $85@110.



Hogs—Receipts 40 cars; market 250

lower; heavy and yorkers $13@13.50;

pigs and lights $11.75@12.25.



Sheep and Lambs.——Rec_eipts 20

cars; market strong; top lambs $15.40

@1560; yearlings, $13.50@14.50; weth-

ers $11@11.50; ewes $11@11.50.



Calves—«Receipts 400 head; mar-

ket strong; tops $16; fair to good $13

@1450; fed calves $5.50@'7.



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Feli‘ruary 5, 1917. .



Cattle brought last week much the

highest prices of the season, the mea-

ger offerings at the start due to the

cold snap bringing about sharp ad-

vances. Part of the improvement in





 

 





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Week for sellers, about everythingselb

ing extremely high, with the bulk” of

the beef: steers taken" at" a. range, of

$9.50@1="1.50 and the choicer offerings

purchased for '$11.50@12.25. Steers

classedas good found ready sales‘ at

$10.75@11.45, while medium grade

steers went at $9.75@10.70, fair to

middling light weight killers at $8@

9.70 (and sales of inferior little steers

all the way down to $6.50@7.75 in lim-

ited numbers. Butchering cattle were

active and high sellers, cows going at

$6.15@10, and heifers at $5.90@11,

while cutters went at $5.40@6.10, can-

ners at $4.75@5.35 and bulls at $6@9,

a few prime bulls selling at $9.25@

9.35. Calves were in active demand,

and a firm market was experienced,

with sales of desirable light vealers up

to $13@15 per 100 lbs. and sales all

the way .down to $5.50@9.50 for the

heavier Weights. Fair activity and

high prices prevailed in the stocker

and feeder department of the market,

with sales of stockers made at $6.25

@8.65, while feeders found buyers at

$8@9.10. The volume of business in

this department would have been much

greater but for the freight congestion

on railroads caused by recent severe

storms, nowhere near enough cars be-

ing available for the wants of country

buyers of feeders. Carloads of feeders

were purchased early in the week to

go to eastern states and to Wisconsin,

but the railroads refused to accept

them until later in the week. The

week’s cattle receipts were about 10,-

000 head less than a week earlier, and

choice beeves closed 15@200 higher,

while cows and heifers advanced 25@

350 per cwt.



Hogs made their customary nev

high records in prices during the las.

week, with decreasing receipts and a

good general demand, the cold weather

causing meager supplies during the

early days and also checking ship-

ments from here to eastern packing

points, but the outward movement be-

came on a large scale later. Hogs

brought higher prices than ever be-

fore, and the top stood at $12.55 per

100 lbs., with everything selling ex-

tremely high and average grading very

satisfactory. As the week progressed

the supplies increased, and sellers

were forced to cut their prices more or

less. Shippers would ‘ have bought

more liberally had the eastern railroad

lines been in a position to furnish all

the cars needed. While prime heavy

hogs continued to top the market daily,

the best light hogs sold to a limited

extent within a dime of the highest

prices. Prices were at their highest

on. Saturday, hogs bringing $11.75@

12.30 for light bacon grades, $12.20@





12.45 for heavy packers, $12.35@12.45'





for selected light shipping, $12.45@

12.55 for heavy shippers and $9@11.10

for pigs. A week earlier hogs brought

$11.15@12.05.



Lambs made their customary high-

est record price during the last week,

with prime yearlings on the lamb or-

der' going relatively high, followed by

advances in prime wethers and the

best ewes. Colorado lambs arrived in

increasing volume, although they were

far from plentiful, and most of them

sold satisfactorily. The week’s re-

ceipts of lambs and sheep were much

increased, although greatly inadequate,

but killers managed to force some

sharp declines in prices after lambs

had sold up to $14.85, their high rec-

ord. Heavy weight lambs had to sell

at a sharp discount from prices paid

for prime lambs of medium weights.

At the week’s close prices were:

Lambs $12.25@14.65; feeding lambs

$12@14.15; yearlings $11@13.75; weth-

‘ers $10@12; ewes $7@11.25; feeding

ewes $7@8.50; shorn lambs $11@13.60

and bucks $9@10.



Horses were in unusually small sup-

ply and demand last week at generally

unchanged prices, even “warriors”

moving slowly at $120 for mounts and

$150@160 for “gunners.” Horses re-

jected by the army inspectors were

slow sellers at $75@120. Inferior ani-

mals went as low as $60, while draft-

ers were quotable at $185@285, driv-

ers at $100@200 and feeders at $125

@240.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





Michigan.



Eaton 00., Feb. 10.——Plenty of snow

on the ground, and roads badly drifted

in places. Winter grains went under

the snow 'in good condition. Farmers

cutting wood, making repairs, and cut-

ting and storing ice. .Not much stock

being fed, grain too scarce and high;

most farmers have plenty of roughage.

Some wheat and beans being held for

higher prices, but not a large amount.

Wheat $1.60@1.70; beans $6.40; corn

$1; oats 53c ; rye $1.35; butter'fat 39c;

potatoes quoted at $2.25 but none to

sell in this section; hay $7.50@11:

hogs 9@1114c; cattle 4@9c; calves 8

@llc; lambs 8@131,§c; sheen 3@6c;

butter 28@32c; eggs





34@360;‘ hayl





   





;$7,.50@11., Quite a bit .of zero weather.



Cass 00., Feb. 9,.—-—There is plenty

snow. (Wheat is in good condition.

.The ice harvest is well along and the

-quality:is~.fine. But few catt share on

feed and some lambs. Hay is plentiful

but grain is high and hard to secure.

Cattle 10@11(:; hogs 11%0; lambs

13c; wheat $1.65; corn 95c; oats 58c;

rye $1.35;’hay $8@10; butternfat 39c;

eggs 350; chickens 13@1-4c. » ’



Washtenaw 60., Feb. 10.—The..se-

vere weather continues, but there is

some snow protecting winter grains. A

good many farmers are engaged in get-

ting out manure and securing fire'Wood

for the coming summer.. Live stock is

looking well, a good supply of rough-

age on hand, but the surplus of mer-

chantable products on farms is prac-

tically all disposed of. Beans $5.50;

potatoes 2; corn 50c per basket; milk

$2 for 3%, per cent; cattle $7.50@8;

hogs $10@11; eggs 400.





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satisfactory profits on his lately win-

ter-marketed cattle and hogs. He says:

“The cattle bought at the beginning of

August were run on grass all but 70

days, during which time I had them in

the feed. I shipped them to market

with a gain of 250 lbs. and obtained

$1.90 per 100 lbs. more than they cost

me at the start. My hogs and cattle

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Thursday’s Market.

February 15, 1917.

Cattle.



Receipts .2711. The run in this de-

partment at the local stock yards this

week was much heavier than last, not-

withstanding the severe weather winch

has prevailed. .



in the cattle division the general

market was steady with the close last

week at the opening, but closed 10@

15c lower.

tle sold at $9.50@10.25 per cwt.



_We quote: Best heavy steers $9.50@

10.25; best handy weight butcher steers

$8.75@9.25; mixed steers and heifers

$8698.50; handy light butchers $7.50

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

$7@7.75; butcher cows $6@6.50; com-

mon cows $5.50@ 5.75; canners qio@

5.25; best heavy bulls $7@8; bologna

bulls $6.75@7; stock bulls $6636.50;

feeders $7@8; stockers $6.50@7;m11k«

ers and springers $40@80.



Veal Calves.



Receipts 1115. With nearly double

last week’s run the veal calf trade 0p-

ened and closed steady, with the best

grades selling at $13@14.50, while the

bulk of good sold at $13@14; culls $11

@12; heavy $7@9. The close was

steady.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 5863. The sheep and lamb

trade opened steady with last week;

sheep strong. Prices averaged as fol-

lows: Best lambs $14@14.50; fair do

$13@13.50; light to common lambs

$11.50@12.50; yearlings $12.75@13;

fair to good sheep $9@10.25; culls and





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Receipts 4594.

nient receipts were also larger but .the

quality generally common. Prices





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Out of Condition—Barrenness.-—-I

have a large gray mare ten years old





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Last 1





year she. had a colt which only lived a E

day, since then she has failed to breed. 3





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spoonful of ground gentian and a ta-





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haps you are not feeding her enough

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come predisposed to this ailment.

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food supplied to the animal. Mix to-

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ozs. of ground gentian, 4 ozs. of pow-

dered fenugreek, S ozs. of salt and 1

lb. of finely ground bone or “bone

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Address of D. L. Hagarman, county

agent for Ottawa county, at the annual

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ciation of Farmers’ Clubs.





. (Continued from last week).



Y work has shown me who are



the people who desire to learn.



For five months I kept a record

and not one person came into my office

to inquire with regard to any princi-

ples of agriculture who was not on a

farm which he actually owned, who

was not a prosperous farmer, one of

more or less repute and had the confi-

dence of the people in his community.

He was the man who least of all need-

ed my help, and yet he was the first

one who came into the office. I have

an idea that today the interest in agri-

culture is perhaps more intense than it

ever has been before because the pric-

es are high. I am wondering, how-

ever, if our farmers who have made a

couple of thousand dollars from pota-

toes, or from beans or from live stock,

won’t be able to pay off their mort-

gages and move to town. Now, in re-

gard to the educational feature of farm

life, you people on your program are

threshing out. The college of agricul-

ture has done a lot toward agricultural

education. You all know of the won-

derful fund of information which is

available not, only through the bulle-

tins but through the extension agents

who are sent out from the college. He

is a. person who has had considerable

experience in farm practice.



County Agents Are Practical Men.



Some people think the agent has for-

gotten all those things simply because

he has gone through college. The coun-

ty agricultural agents, particularly of

this state, because I know them more

familiarly, are men and boys who have

had the best farm experience and coup-

led with that is the benefit of scientific

agricultural education. Now we say

that science is common sense—simply

the common sense education. Now, in

combination with these features of ex-

perience and scientific education, the

student has been taught to be observ-

ant. He has had to study into nature’s

laws and we say that nature obeys

only those who serve her and in order

to serve her we must know nature’s

laws.



Observation and Object Lessons.



I believe that one of the most

potent factors in county agricultural

work and one of the best characteris-

tics which a farmer can have is that

of observation. I know of farmers go-

ing by plots which we have been con-

ducting in our county, where the crops

will stand up from eight to fifteen inch-

es higher than the one on the other

side of the road perhaps, and unless

there is a sign board—and that as

large as the side of a barn—they never

notice or inquire why it is that this

plot of ground is producing a better

crop.



The farmer is not an analyst.

He cannot analyze his problems. When

we have a trial we have a jury, we

have, say twelve disinterested persons

to settle personal matters of our own.

We don’t let the individual himself set-

tle that matter. We have twelve dis-

interested persons who are supposed

to have some power of analysis—some

power of comprehension. So you peo-

ple have in your county—or you should

have if you haven’t—a man who has

had some experience, who has had the

benefit of a college education, who is

competent to observe the conditions

which that county lives under. You

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is to be informed of the weaknesses

and the county agricultural agent, pos-

sessing a more or less analytical mind,

is in a position to help you toanalyze

your social conditions as a club and a.

county, and to outline to you the best,

or at least several means of progress

in order to obtain the results which

you desire. And so, from an education-

al standpoint I believe that the agri-

cultural agent is necessary to help the

county to organize itself, to promote

the interests of the county in the most

practical and in the most efficient way.

And then there are two things, or real-

ly two or three things that are neces-

ary in order to secure the best results

to the Farmers’ Club as a social unit,

is recommending cooperation, is rec-

ommending organization, and yet I

sometimes think that it is the last or-

der in the county to live up to that

which it has recommended. We have

all heard of the time when the idea

of conservation was one of the sub-

jects that every public speaker, every

voter, was bound to bring up, which

reminds me of a story of an old farm-

er who came into a meeting where a

conservation expert was speaking. He

said:

ing who has ever done a thing tbward

conserving our great American for-

ests?” and finally an old man in the

back of the mom said, “Brother, I be-

lieve I help a little. I, for forty years,

have been using the same toothpick

twice.”

Co-operation is Essential.



Now, the next step is that the

Farmers’ Club as a unit should co-op-

erate in every detail of their work,

then the agricultural agent should co-

operate with the Farmers’ Clubs. You

have got to get together. The farmer

is going to know the conidtion and the

problems of the county; the agricul-

tural agent is going to-know what

should be done and able to suggest

some of the matters of importance to

that county, and getting these matters

understood, there should be a good out-

line of work—campaign program, you

might say—outlining every detail of

the work which is expected to be ac

complished. Ordinarily when we get

this far our enthusiasm has been gen-

erated to such a pitch that we think

we must have everything the first

ycan



Civilization does not move that

fast; it has got to filter; it must go

slowly and saturate a county and for

that reason we can’t shoot it into the

county, and so the idea of a program

which was suggested here this morn-

ing which takes up just one feature of

the farm work, I believe will help in

the solution of that problem. We ex-

pect to take up the study of soils in

every feature; simply soils; maintain-

ing of the soil; analysis of the soil;

soil rotationasome of those problems

which are vital to soils; then that soils

produce the crop. Another year we

will study the crop, then live stock

and we can devote one year’s cam-

paign to improving the live stock con-

ditions of the county. Now, if we

started out on all this in one year, our

energy would be so dissipated I am

afraid, that by the end of the year we

would have made little progress, but

by outlining a four years’ course we

can get somewhere at the end of four

years. Then we want someone who is

interested in this work and wants to

see it grow and give him power to put

that work through. I think‘one of

the undesirable conditions of county

activity is,” it is not understood who is

the captain. If we get a captain of

one idea to push that proposition

through it is his work and his respon-

sibility, and just’in closing I want to

say if we can discover the problems in

order to remedy them, and put the

right people at that work—and that

brings in an idea that I hope to see

discussed at some time, the selection

of committees for county work, we are

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Master—John C. Ketcham, Hastings.



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SOME ESSENTIALS 0F GRANGE

GROWTH.





 





(Continued from last week). -



But this is not all. There are many

communities where no Granges exist.

Here, too, the county agent forms

clubs to assist in his work, and at any

future time when an effort is made to

place a Grange in one of these neigh-

borhoods, it will be found harder to

do so on account of the presence of

another organization which, while it

can not and will not do much of the

important work of the Grange, is do-

ing a special work which the Grange

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been awake to its privilege and its

duty, but about which it was indiffer-

cnt. And since this club is there, and

the people of the community have not

the time for both, the Grange will not

be organized, or if it should be, it can

not rise to the place it should occupy

as a community center.





Twelve years ago the State Grange

began an effort to breed corn, or pos—

sibly I should say to grow better corn.

Varieties were chosen with reference

to location, and small quantities of

seed were sent out to each Grange

just prior to planting time. It gives

us pain to record that this great. work,

so filled with promise not only for our

Order but for agriculture generally.

was discontinued after a single experi-

ment, on account of some unfortunate

complications.



But though the State Grange made

only this one effort at corn improve-

"ment, the results of it are apparent in

many localities to this day.



Long ago the writer began advocat-

ing corn and potato clubs for the ben-

efit of boys and girls in Grange com-

munities. He was not alone in this,

for here and there were public spirit-

ed men and women who saw an oppor-

tunity for our Order in this, then, new

field. But those of us who saw were

so nearly alone that practically no

effort was made on the part of the

Grange to further. this work.





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CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





Elect President for Fifteenth Year.

——The annual meeting of the Wixom

Farmers’ Club was held at the K. 0.

IT. M. Hall on January 10. Owing to

the inclement weather the attendance

was not as large as it usually is, this

being the time for. the election of offi-

cers for the ensuing year. The follow-

ing were elected to fill the offices for

the next year: Our Worthy President

B. T. Nicholson, was re-elected for the





fifteenth consecutive year; first vice-

p‘resident, David Gage; second vice-

president, James Bishop; secretary,





Mrs. R. D. Stevens; treasurer, R. D.

Stevens; organist, Mrs. E. Furman;

corresponding secretary, M. Bogart.

The treasurer’s report showed the

financial condition of the Club to be

in a thriving condition, and prepared

for a successful year's work ahead.—

M. Bogart, Cor. Sec. ,





   





We were organized in every county





in Michigan where corn or potato





clubs were likely to be of service to

the young people, of the country. We

might have led in this work. The

Grange, the oldest, the solidest, the

most influential of all farm organiza-

tions was the logical agency to be de-

pended upon in this new field of ser-

vice, but we did not heed the call, and

so Sunday schools, day schools, Y. M.

C. A. organizations, and county farm-

ers’ institute societies, have substitut-

ed in our place, and now the Depart-

ment of Agriculture is doing much of

the work at public expense. The

Grange could not have organized all

of these clubs for boys and girls, but

we had a chance to lead in this work,

and leading in it we should have found

ourselves in possession of the key to





many a community where now the.





Grange is not known. In a few coun-

ties Granges have gotten into this

work, always to their good and to the

advantage of the public, but they have

done so because of local leadership.

The State Grange has always favored

these activities when it has given ex-

pression to any sentiment upon the

subject, but we who have been respon-

sible for its program have not been

awake to our opportunity in this re-

gard, and while we slept, others have

taken our crown.





But what are we to do today? Is it

too late for us to do the things we

ought to have accomplished sooner?

And are there still new. activities that

await our concerted and intelligent

effort?



No, it is not too late.

assistance in the great task of agricul-

tural betterment rings out as clearly

today as ever.





Granges everywhere must heed this

call and find its particular part of the

of the work, and discovering its work,

must go forward in a definite line of

community service.



The Michigan State Grange must be

ever behind the county agent in his

many-sided program. Not all of these

men are going to make good, we

should be thankful if half of them

make good. After all, it is not the

particular man the Grange should sup-

port, though in every county the

Grange should give encouragement and

help to the person having this work in

charge. But in a very special sense

the Order should get behind the move—

ment as a strong factor in the evolu-

tion of agriculture.





Every Grange ought to assist in the





matter of Club work at each opportu—j





nity. Not only boys’ and girls’ clubs

but alfalfa clubs. Experimental asso-

ciations, stock breeders" associations,

and anything and everything that will

help to make the country a better

place in which to live, should receive

the hearty support of the Grange. Hun-

dreds of Granges in Michigan today

are languishing for want of some new

inspiration. Ah, if they could but hear

again the words of “The Great Teach-

er,” “Say not ye, there are four months

and then cometh the harvest. Behold,

I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and

look on the fields for they are white

already for the harvest.” Great, in-





deed, is our Grange field, and it is





“White and ready for the harvest."

Let the Granges of Michigan accept

the whole splendid program of agricul-

tural betterment as it is planned by

the United States Department and the

Michigan Agricultural College. Let us

enter the field of co—operation with new

courage and higher hopes. for now the

government is assisting in the solu-

tion of the market problem, the great-

est problem of the present day.





Let every Grange ascend to where

it can get a larger view of Grange pos-

sibility, and then with a new and fuller

vision, come down from the mountain

with a determination to use its best

eflorts to make itself an indispensable

factor in the community.





Oceans Co. ‘ W. F. TAYLOR.





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panies and that there were about 400,000 policy holders; that the

Mutual Companies, carrying one third of the business, were re-

receiving in assessments each year about $1,500,000; that the Stock

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Wet Feet





Tough wooden soles and opedal

tonnage leather uppers. “Chg

comfortable and “wear like iron. .





Save Half on Shoe Money





They eat than other shoes. Warm in winter.cool



inounrmer. Sizes 3 to 12. Shipped poetpaid. Mound-cl



if not satisfied. Write for folder describing Milwaukeo



Wooden Soled boots. shoes and slippen.



MILWAUKEE WOODEN SHOE MFG. CO.

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FEAcHa. APPLE

TREESZG 8: up





Poor. Plum, M17, Smalltalk. Strawberries. Vina. Noel.

etc. 0mm HALE BUDDED Iron Bearing J. H. HALE





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





m GENUINE Delicious APPLES. Write for tree catalog Dept. S 315 Eleventh A". ' u .





rm. WRSIIV 00.. lo: 46. Glovolond. Tenn.
238—38. - ,

BREEDERS’ lllRECTilllY.





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





We Offer a Few Special Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a small investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding.



Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.





CATTLE. .





ABERDEEN-ANGU





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

Breeders and Gulf Herds Mich. State Fair 1016. We

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

Jr. Champion Female and Grand Champion Cow. Also

breeders of Percheron, Hackney and Saddle Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM, IONIA, MICH.





Aberdeen Angus

Ei ht bulls from eight to ten months old. One show

bull. eight yearling heifers bred. .Our motto: size

with quality. best of breeding. Prices reasonable.

Inquire of F. J. WILBUR. CLIO. MICHIGAN.

for sale all good





3 Aberdeen Angus Bulls 0...,Aigmomhs





old, also2 cows. Wilson Bros. Lake Ann. Michigan

‘YHSHIREs—One of the foremost dair breeds. The

most eoonomicalmilk ro ucers. Calves





for sale. White Leghorn cockere s; Duroc Jersey

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





 





 





 





MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

(i UERNSEYS





Average yearly production 422.3 lbs. of fat, three

fourths of them making their records as two year

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

provement can soon be attained if the right

selection is made. The breeding of the Beach

Farm licrd is as good as can be found, and we

guarantee them to be free from contagious dis-

eases and to be satisfactory in every way or

money refunded. Write and let us tell you about

them.





CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVINE,





Coldwater, Michigan.





 





if service age and calves from

Guernsey Buns ( choice. Adv. reg. breeding.

T. V. HICKS, Route 1. Battle Ceeek. Mich.





—— 1G RED



GU E R N S EY S BRUFifibiiivms

Containin blood of world champions. _



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





 





F 1. Sale. At farmers prices. registered Guernsey

0 v bulls old enough for serice, from advanc-

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





 





FOR SALE Registered Guernsey bulls and

and bull calves ant Berkshire



swine. the best breeding. Jlillll l‘Ilicls. ii. 10, Holland, Mich.

FOR SALE . Registered Guernsey b u l is

' excellent breeding u t grade





prices. Loren H. Dygort, Alto. Michigan,





GUERNSEYS For Sale 23:33.22“;





mo.. one 12 mo, undone 3 years old. 9 grade cows and

11 grade heifers from 6 to 20 mo. old.

Y 1). lll'SSl‘lLl., Goblcville. Michigan.





iiiaimii NOW-l!





l“ Registered {young Holstein Bulls at

nearly half price. 15 of my famous

blood strain





Must be Sold at Once.





Some ready for service. All in perfect

condition. Act quick and get first

choice wire or write for illustrated

booklet.





LONG BEACH FARM

AUGUSTA, - — MICHIGAN





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Servicef





From a grand daughter of The King of the

Pontiacc. Sired by a. bull that is more than a half

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the

World. and whose dam is a30 lb. 6% 1i fat dau hm;-

of Pontiac Aggie Korndyke. who has more lb.

daughters than any other liVing bull. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.

Extra Good Registered





Holstein Cows





F O R S A L E

From $125.00 to $200.00.

Send for list or look them over.





Bigelow’s’ Holstein Farms,

BREEDSVILLE, - - MICHIGAN





HOLSTE NS





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



Herd No. 2. Five year] ing heifers. one yearling bull.

Herd No. 3. Five Heifer calves and one bu



Bulls ready for service and 6 to eight months old bulls

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

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





“10 P N OTC ll ” Holsteins





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

ducing females and use of superior sires. a bree ing

herdof wonderful quality has been established. We

are selling young bulls of this“’1 0P NOTOR’Wunlity.

of serviceable age, at moderate rices. Information

wigreesmcu on application. cPHERSON FARMS



.. Howell. Michigan. ,





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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SALE





OF THE





Dunkelberg Farm Guernseys





Wednesday, March 7,1917

COMMENCING AT 10 O’CLOGK





Consisting of 50 head of Registered and 25 head of High

Class Grades—Strong in the Glenwood and May Rose Blood





Lines.

lbs. of Butter—fat.





some very fine A. R. Cows W th records of over 500

A number of especially good heifers





sired by Glenwoods Champion No. 15639 and fine heifer





calves by Roxies Glenwood of Broadhead No. 25288.





The





Sale will be held at Boch & Watson Sales Stable, 1001 Well





Street, Fort Wayne, Ind.

For Catalogue, address





Col. D. L. Perry, Auctioneer.





C. A. Dunkelberg, 2401 Fairfield Ave., Fort Wayne, Ind.





 





This Guernsey Grade Cow

produced yearly for five consecutive

years an average of 11490 lbs. of milk

and 604 lbs. of butter fat, equivalent to





705 lbs. of butter.





Buy a GUERNSEY BULL for Your Grade Herd





Write for our free booklets about GHERNSEYS





The American Guernsey Cattle Club





Box W. M. Peterboro. N. H.





 





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Dispersion of Entire Herd

HOLSTEIN CATTLE





On account of health conditions am forced to sell my

entire herd of valuable Holstein cattle consisting of

mlb. cows bred to our Junior sire ason of Friend

Henglerveld De Kol Butter Boy. his dam 35.10 lbs.

daug ter of Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke also the highest

yearly record daughter. Come at once and get the

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





‘ ORCHARD MEADOW FARM

W. A. Service, Prop. Perry, Michigan





, . . _.‘, . .. : y 6

Registered “0'8“!" £¥l§“2.ili gfiifirfmmlaii‘ib.





sires. Priced to sell. Fred J. Liinge. Sebewaing. Mich.





 





Purebred Registered

H 0 L S T E l N

0 AT T L E





The scope of its labors and the numerous details

involved in the administration of the affairs of

the Holstein-Friesiaii Association are best com.

pri-hended by a consiieration of the fact that.

during the fiscal year ending April 30, 1916. $108,

994.50 was received by the secretary 3 office for the

registration of pedigrees and for transfers. lhis

volume of business required 46.700 entries in the

cash books, and the issuance of 142.120 certificates.

and this rodigious labor is demanded for the

condor-t otpbut one do dirtniflilt of the greatest

dairy cattle breedcrs‘ association in the world.





Semi for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets

The Holsicin—l’riesian Association oi America.





 





F. L. Houghton. Sec'y., Box I“. Brailleboro. Vt.





 





 





 





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

H5 weeks old, beautifully marked,820.00 each. crated

for shipment anywhere. Edgewood Farm.Whltewatei-.Wis.





Albina Bonte





EG.~HOLSTEINS: Herd headed b

at 6 yrs. butter





Butter Boy No. 93124. Dani’s recor

28.53 lbs. milk 619.4. Yearly record at 2% yrs. butter

802 lbs. milk 186221bs.W. B. HEADER. Howell. Mich





Cluny Stock Farm





100 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS '100

Save Money! Buy Now!

THE MILK AND BUTTER KIND

Bull calves by a. Sire whose 3 nearest dams average:

Milk. 7 d. 658.2 lbs.. Butter 30.6181bs. His dam’s record

31766 lbs. butter in 7 dais. as Jr. 4 yr. old. State record

for age when made. Make a saving on Price and

Express charges, and raise one of his sons for your

next herd sire. Prices and Pedigrees on application.





R. B. McPHERSON, HOWELL, MICH.





Holstein Bulls





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

Johanna McKinley Segis 3d. '7 nearest Dams aver-

age 27.2%) BLISSVELDT FARMS, Jeni-on. Mich.





OAK L EAF FARM

Herd Sire



Ypsiland Sir Pletertle De Kol

I have several young bulls for sale, good individuals

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

ers' prices. E. H. Gearliart & Son. Mai'ciellus. Micli.. R.NO. 4.





 





' ' Young bull ready for service.

"BEISlGTBd "OISlGIM- 30 lb. breeding. Satisfaction

guaranteed. W. B. Jones and J. F.Lutz. Cohoctali. Mich.





A 26 LB. ill. 4-Yll.-lll.ll





AZOlb. Sr.2-yr.-old and a 15 lb. Jr. 2-yr.-old were

among the records recently made in our herd. All

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

are tuberculin tested.





PEACELAND STOCK FARM, Three Rivers, Mich.





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





 





EG. Holsteins. Place yourorder now for a bull calf.

I_have cows due to freshen soon, bred to the best

bull in Mich. Elinor E. Smith, Redford. Michigan





' Bull calf nearly white. Sire: Colantha

HQISteln Johanna Creamelle Lad. Dam: Seuis

Acme Hengerveld De Kol. Write GEO. D. CLARKE,

Vassar. Mich.. for photo and price.



2 yearling heifers same





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Registered Holsteins ...............i.1..n

at Detroit sale at average of over each. lsc 2

or 3 young A. R. O. cows of same breeding. Write or

come and see them. Hobart W. Fay. Mason. Mich.





 





 





 





:20“ Buys Reg. Holstein heifer] 56 yr. old fresh next

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

evenly marked. B. B. REA VEY. Akron. Michigan





 





' llull calves. Michi an Champions 1916.

R'g- “OlSlEIH Male and female.“gorld's record breed-

ing at E‘armem‘ price. John A. Rinke. Warren, Mich.





Re“ "018mm Bu“ Calf. 4'5 Whit-e, abeautY. 5

.





weeksold. $50 Reg. ii'. Del. anywhere

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



Registered Holstein cow. 8 years old large,

For sale sure breeder. persistent milker. 2 A. R. 0.

sisters. 0. L. Hiilett & Son. Okemos. Mich.





HEREFORDS





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

prises about l00 head representing the blood of

such sires as Prime Lad 9th, Perfection Fair-

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





Wants.

ALLEN “08., PAW PAW, MlCll.

BOTH SEXES





20 Hereiords ALL AGES

EARL C. McCARTY. Bad Axe, Michigan





 





 





 





 





The All-Around

Jerseyifsihegaréncfi’ascowilsge’shis

rien an pri e—i e eauti-

ful,gentle,ever-payiug milk machine that lifts

the mortgage, builds up the fertility of the

farm, and puts the whole business on a sound,

paying, ermanentbasis. She ada ts herself

to all e imates and all feeds an does not

need fancy care. She matures early and

lives long. And she’s so sleek,cleancut and

be the family pet and

page. lslheprcfilucei well

a se 5 we . earn

about her in our fine, free

book,“About Jersey Cat-

tle." Write for it new.





we AMERICAN JERSEY

cams can;

846 WutZ3dSt..N.Y.Cily





 





 





 





 





R. of ill. Jersey herd ofi'ers for sale

maple Lane tuberculin tested cows. bulls. bill]





calves and heifer calves. carrying the best R. of .

blood of the breed. IRVIN FOX. Allegan. Mich.





Maple Hill Farm Reglslmd Jersey Calllelor Sale



Both sexes. The kind that pay at the nail.



J. R. Worthington. R. No. 7. Lansing.. icihgan

for sale. ready for service.





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Jersey Bulls good producing dams. Prices right.

R. B. FOWLER. Hartford. Mich.





The Wildwood Farm





Jersekaattle. Majesty Blood. We have Bulls for sale

from e ister of Merit cows of good type. Write your

wants. Capac. Michigan.





from high-producing dams.with



10m! Bu": for 83" testing Asso. records. also on

semi-omcial test. 0. B. We net. R. 6. Allegan. Mich

Youngbulls





JERSEYS FOR SALEM...y f...





service from R. of M. ancestors. Meadowland Farm,

Waterman it Waterman. Packard Road.linn Arbor. Mich.





FOR SALE REGISTERED JERSEY BULLS

Ready for service. Wri to your wants.

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

Hillside Farm Jerseys gaiiaaii‘eiafii’ég‘iilfi‘v‘ii’fli



whose combined butter pro notion of four near

dams is 2878 lbs. butter. 0. & 0. Deake,Ypsilanti.Mich.





 





 





lvin Balden.





 





 





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R

of M. Cows. also heifer calves and several bred

heifers for sale. Colon C. Lillie. Coopernville. Mich





Shor‘iliorn (Tattle of both Sex for Sale





. W. KNAPP. Howell. Mlchinn.





 





Francisco Farm Shorthorns

and Large Type Poland Chinas





We offer bulls it boars ready for service:

Bred sows Jz gilt! inform: cows.

P P. POPE. R. R. 3I t. PleasantI Mich.





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





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Indigestion—About a year ago you

prescribed treatment for my Six-year-

old mare that had eczema; she seemed

to recover, but has never thrived real

well since. She has worked fairly

well, but is inclined to grow thin and

is not now thriving. She is inclined

to shake her head and frequently op-

ens and closes her mouth. 1). A., Mon-

tague, Mich.~—-Give her a dessertspoon-

fut of Fowler’s solution and 1 or. of

fluid extract of nux vomica at a dose

in feed three times a. day for ten days,

then increase the dose of Fowler’s

solution a teaspoonful for two more

weeks, then another teaspoonful to

make it a tablespoont‘ui at a dose

three times a. day. But, remember, 1

dr. is a full dose of the fluid extract

01' nux vomica and should not be in-

creased.





Bog Spavin.——I have a. five-year-old

mare that has bog spavin; would like

to know how to treat her. She is

some lame. A. S., Hilliards, Mich.—

Clip hair off hock and apply one part

powdered cantharides and four parts

lard every two weeks.





Out of Condition—Barrenness.———I

have a large gray mare ten years old

that is somewnat stiff, when first tak-

en out of stable, but with exerCise this

soreness appears to leave her. Last

year she had a. colt which only lived

a day, since then she has failed to

breed. H. H., Conklin, Mich—Give

your mare a teaspoonful of salicylic

acid, a tablespoonful of ground gentian

and a. tablespoonful of ground red cin—

chona at a dose in feed three times a.

day. Perhaps you are not feeding her

enough grain. Your mare will perhaps

get with foal next spring. .



Enlarged G1and—Roarer.——We have

a horse that has enlarged glands in

throat, which we believe causes him

to blow and rattle in throat or head

when trotting. Is this ailment catch-

ing? C. R. K., Mancelona, Mich—Ap-

ply equal parts tincture iodine and

spirits of camphor to bunches in his

throat once a day. No, this ailment is

not infectious nor contagious.





Bunch on Jaw—For the past three

weeks our two—year-old colt has had a

bunch on lower jaw. We would like

very much to know how the swelling

can be reduced. R. K., Conklin, Mich.

—-Apply one part iodine and nine parts

fresh lard to bunch every day or two

and it will perhaps reduce it.





Chronic Cough—Ever since last fall

my cows have been coughing and

whatever it is, it seems to be spread-

ing. I hear them coughing consider-

able in the morning before feeding,_

but they cough less during the day.

My barn is well ventilated and has

lots of light. L. C. 8., Holly, Mich.—

Apply equal parts turpentine, aqua am-

monia and olive oil to throat three

times a week. Give each cow that

coughs 1 oz. doses of glyco heroin,

(Smith), in feed or drinking water

three times a day. It should be kept

in mind that a cough is not a disease,

but only a symptom; therefore, if the

cause can be ascertained and removed,

the cough ceases.





Barren Cow.—I have a cow that

comes in heat but she fails to get with

calf. This is a good cow, but I dislike

to part with her if there is a remedy

that I can give her which will make

a regular breeder of her. Mrs. E. R.

W. A., Marion, Mich—Dissolve 2 ozs.

of bicarbonate soda in three pints of

clean tepid water and wash out the

vagina as soon as she comes in heat

and breed her before she gets over

heat period. I am inclined to believe

that a cow of this kind will prove un-

profitable for dairy purposes.





Eczema—I have a cow that itches

and on account of it she rubs the hair

off neck and rump. J. C. L., Potter—

ville, Mich.—-—Groom your cow once a

day and apply one part coal_tar disin-

fectant and 30 parts water once a. day.

Give her a tablespoonful of cooking

soda in each feed. -



Itch—Lice—I wish you would tell/

me what to do for a young cow that

appears to be healthy, but is thin; her

hair is coming out on‘ spots all over

her body and neck and I have been un-

able to find lice on her. L. F. G., Gd.

Haven, Mich.——Wet itchy parts of body

one part bichloride of mercury and 500

parts water once a day. If you believe

that they have lice, apply a small

quantity of mercurial ointment to fore

and upper part of neck and rump twice

a week. Give her 1 oz. of cooking

soda, 35, oz. ground cinchona and 1 oz.

of ground gentian at a dose in feed

two or three times a day. Itchv cattle

should be groomed once or twice a

day, for they may scratch on R’V‘fl‘lflt

of their coat being filled with fine dirt.
’nd ’Origer, of 111‘ _

cage Recently, with a carlood of cattle

which averaged in weight 1267 lbs. and

found a. ready sale at $10.70 per 100

lbs. He bought the cattle 1n the Chl-

cago stock yards on the 24th day of

last October, and they made gains of

two and three-quarters pounds per

head a day. .



Provisions were affected seriously

by the recent action of the German

gowrnment in regard to submarine

war.are, prospects of seriously cut-

ting down our exports causmg a sud-

den big fall in prices for pork and

other lines.



With a shipment of hogs to the Chi-

cago market a short time ago made by

Charles Dieterle, of Illinois, were two

ewes which weighed 500 pounds and

brought $10.25 per 100 pounds, the

pair grossing $51.25.



Recent transactions in the Chicago

market in sheep, yearlings and lambs,

including feeding and shearing lambs,





 





showed higher prices than ever before _





in the history of the trade, with de-

mand far greater than the supply.





The course of the hog market this

winter has been unusually encourag-

ing to stockmen who are so fortunate

as to be the owners of thrifty pigs

and growing youngsters. Corn held

around $1 a bushel in feeding districts

,may look high to OWners of hogs, and

this is responsible for the premature

marketing of great numbers; yet corn

at that price is made to bring good re-

turns when fed this winter to healthy

begs. And yet recent receipts of hogs





in the Chicago market have averaged '





in weight only 197 lbs., comparing with

201 lbs. one week earlier, 200 lbs. one

)ear ago, 223 lbs. two years ago and

219 lbs. three years ago. Naturally,

with such a showing, the packers and

smaller city butchers are ready to pay

a premium for hogs carrying plenty of

weight, and they are selling still at a

good premium, although their advance

over prices for prime light weights is

smaller than a few weeks ago. The

importance of the eastern shipping de-

mand is extremely great in putting the

hog market on a higher level of prices,

as is shown by the recent movement.

During a late week the Chicago mar-

ket received 230,000 hogs and shipped

out 83,900 hogs; whereas a year ago

the week’s receipts aggregated 278,117

hogs and the shipments but 42,317

hogs. The point of quality the receipts

are very satisfactory, and the bulk of

the offerings sell daily within a nar-

row range of prices. Provisions are

following‘the same course as hogs,

and within a short time pork for May

delivery has sold for $30 a barrel, or

$9 higher than a year ago, with simi-

lar advances recorded in short ribs

and lard. Domestic consumption of

fresh and cured hog products is as

large as ever, and liberal exports are

going forward.



The wool trade has slowed up re-

cently. Commission firms handling

that staple extensively state that "con-

tracting, which was active several

weeks ago, has nearly ceased.



Never in the past have conditions

governing the cattle industry been

more favorable for stockmen than

they are at the present time, the gen-

eral employment of labor at the high-

est scale of wages ever paid and the

large export orders for canned beef

and other cheap beef acting as a pow-

erful stimulus in the demand for cat

tle in the Chicago stock yards' In

numbers the receipts of cattle in the

Chicago market are going well ahead

of last year, but a marked falling off

is shown in both quality and weight,

this being attributable to the fact that

the unusual dearness of corn is caus-

ing stock feeders to ship early. Short-

feeding is well nigh universal at the

present time, and the small percentage

of choice, heavy, long-fed beeves caus-

cs them to sell at a liberal premium

over prices paid for merely good cat-

tle. Still, there is a remarkably high

market for all descriptions of cattle,

prices being far higher than in former

winters, and the general quotations

are the highest ever paid if the show

cattle sold during the International

Live Stock Exposition are excepted.

The best heavy steers have been sell-

ing around $12 per 100 lbs., and even

canner and cutter cows have reached

far higher prices than ever before, the

packers having received big orders for

canned meats from the allied powers

of Europe. Dollar corn forces cattle-

men to see that maximum daily gains

in weight in the feed yards are main-

tained, and this leads to their roughing

many cattle through the winter. The

packers have continued to compete

with country buyers for the better

class of fleshy feeders weighing 900

lbs. and upwards, and this cuts sharp-

ly into the future marketing of choice

heavy cattle. Stockers and feeders

are selling at much higher prices than

early in the winter, and as spring

draws near further advances may be

expected.





   





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6 mo's. litter four consecutive years.

lines are correct buy at Brookwater.

date Feb. 23rd.





Feb.





 





{of Duroc Jerseys Feb.

AT ' ‘

Breakwater Farm, Ann Arbor, Mich.





50 Bred Sows and Gills lo larrow in March, April and May





This offering mostly sired by or bred 'to the following great prize winning boars: .

Panama Special, Brookwater Cherry King and The Principal 4th.





All tested sires—All prize winners at State Fairs . All bred in the purple. Breakwater won grand

champion boar .and saw at the Mich. State Fair l9l5 and again l9l6. Won first prize under

To breed the best and be assured that the type and blood





Send for catalog giving full particulars and remember the





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Brookwater Farm, AnnArbor, Mich. Feb.





 





 





Bidwell Shonhorns





“For Beef and Milk”





This heifer at 6 months has bone,

size and quality—Ourown breeding.

The blood of Scotch bulls Imp.

Bhenstone Albino and Imp. Villag-

, er Registered stock always for sale.





llllWELI. STOCK Fllll,





Box B, Tecumseh, Michigan.





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the orignal milk strain, 2 bulls and

'3‘“ W heifers for sale. 8 to 10 mo. old.

J. B. BUMHEL. MASON. MICHIGAN.





for 8min.





. MICHIGAN.





lull: llud





DAVIDSON & HALL. TB CUMSE





Dal or beef brad. Breeding stock all

sumormrmgr sale at farm prices. C._ W. Crun-

Socy. Cont. lich. Shorthorn Broodorl’ Assn. McBride. Mich.





f l .. 9 and 10 months old.

1'0 Sham“ lull: Perle? Sight. For particulars

address J. E. Tnnswcll, Mason, Michigan.





‘SHURTHORNS FOR SALE





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





Young bulls $100. Bred cows.

Shodl‘omx For hl‘. and heifers $150 for uick sale.

Write W. J. BELL, ROSE CITY. MICH GAN.





 





OR Sale—Reg. Short Horn En] In by Maxwalton

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

old. John SChmidt. Reed City. R. So. u.. Michigan





Cattle For Sale





Loads feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also

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

600 to 12(1) lbs. Isaac Shunstum. Fnlrheld, Iowa, R-8.





AVING sold my farm, will sell 5 headof registered

Brown Swiss cattle. 2 cows, 2 heifers. 1 Voungfhull

at a bargain. “'alter Frederick. R. 10, St. Johns. ich.





 





 





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Durocs and Victorian





' Heavy bone. lengthy Spri in; Bonn» and Gilts from prize





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

fender 8: other noted strains. M. T. STORY, Lowell. Mich.





swigartdale 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 by

"Maplecrest l{ornd_vl.c Ilcngerveld'Wthe Bull with

the best yearly record backing of any sire in the

world) and “H. & ll. Segis Ulrica Pledge 108790.”

all from A. R. 0. Dams with good records and the

best of breeding, one very fine Grandson of the





FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR BULL





out of a 27.39-lb. dam. all stock guaranteed to be

just as represented and a credit of six months

will be given to responsible parties.





SWIGARTDALE FARM,





Petersburg, Mich.





 





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

CATTLE Duroc Jersey Gilts H: £3303 ,fil‘figg





heavy boned Gilts. r istcred. All bred to our erd

Boar, Jennings Pilot Vounder No.,_733'1:-l. Bred for Apr

and May farrow. Semi for pedigree. Prices reasonable

THE JENNINGS FAR MS. R. F. D. l. Bailey, Mich





 





Du O Bows and gilts bred to Eureka Cherry King

I' C and Crimson Critic son of Critic Model 1916

champion Iowa Fair. VI . C. Taylor, Milan, Mich.





 





0R SALE: Duroc Jersey swine. choice breeding good quality

(either sexl. S. C. W. Leghorn cockcrels $1.50—83. Buff Rock

cockerels was. John McNicoll. Station A, R. 4. Bay City. Mich.





 





——Bonrs and Gilts all sold.

Some ood fall pigs for sale.

toss Lake, Michigan.





Duroc Jerseys

Wm. W. Kennedy,





 





M Saws and gilts bred for Mar. & A r. furrow.King

0c The Col‘.DefenderandOakland ancy families.

E. D. Heydenberk.Bell Phone. Wayland. Itch.

MSIE' '"n’E Gllts bred to furrow in Feb. or



F March. Fall pigs. ei the:- Box





. W. ALEXANDER. VIMII'. Mich.





 





 





a Pedigree Stock Farm offers: Re .C.W.

Parhalns Bonn, Bred Gllts, Fall rigs, ex. A.

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

forservice. price £125. R. B. Parham, Bronson. Mich.





Raise Chester Whites





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HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

success. I can help you. I want to Place one hog from

my great hard in way community where am not already rep-

resente mesa fine early developers—ready for market at six

mood“: ol .Qerte for my plan— ‘ More Money from lineal;





G. 8. BBNJLMIN, R,F, D_ 10' Portland. Michigan





 





 





 





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. Prince 5600?, sired by W'ildwood



I O. I. 0’. Prince 1110 lb. Byr. Grand (‘ham ion

—_ at Iowa, sold for $750. Ship C. .. D.

-J. Carl Jewett. Mason. Mich,





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u | c and Chester White Swine all ages. A few

. . 'aervice Hours and open gilts, 400 full pics

either sex. sired by Cnndells Wonder. Grand Champ-

ion at. Ohio State Fair, Schoolmasterthechampion of

champions and highest price boar of the breed and



can. Get a Bow red to Galloway Edd Grand Cham-

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

undefeated breeders age herd at. six state fairs. Gog

our catalogue. buy the best it pays. w‘o have them. We ship on





 





approval. Rolling Vicu Stock Farm. Cass City. Mich. R. 2

0 l C Serviceable Boar's, Gilts bred for

‘ o 0 March and April furrow. Prices





reasonable. H. W. MANN. Dnnsvllle. Mich.





0. l. c. &chester White Swina





Strictly Big Type. Five gllts bred for Apr. &' May

farrow.Bi-ed to as good boars as there are in the breed,

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

not akin. Newman's Stock Farm, Murlette. Mich. “.1.

o I Serviceable boars. Yearling sows and

I . 0 I (ilts bred for Mar. furrow. Summer and

fall p188. G. P. Andrews, Dansville, Michigan.

0 I Yeurold boar 2nd prize winner at Grand Rapids

v - - fair also spring gi to and hours ready for ser-

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





F O R S A L E . g‘bl’igf'fffli‘lfi: in?





andboars. O. D. Somervill, Grass Luke, Mich. R. 2.





 





 





 





 





 





ERKSHIRES: Gilts and mature sows that. will fab

row in April and May. Mammoth Toulbuse Geese.

Pekin Drakes $2 encli.Chusc Stock Farm. R. l, Mnrlctte, Mich.





Berkshires.





HI. IEEllEY, Eric. Mich. 3333:“ ‘Hé‘ldfé’ifi "535;





Swine. D. M. 8: T. local from Monroe or ‘l‘olcdo. Kecney Stop.





 





Boats, serviceable age. best blood

lines. Re istered. ELMHURST

STOCK ARM. Almont, Mich.





 





 





l!) bred ilts for sale

Duroc Jerseys Wei .0 sell.

Carey U. Edmonds, Bastian. Mich.

Saws, Spring gilts, Aug. Boar Pigs,





DURO Pigs either sex.





months old. E





 





Sept.

Percheron Stud Colt six

J. Aldrich. Tekonsha. Mich.





 





Gilts and tried ye 1'

Du roe JOI'SGVS sow bred to a ‘23:?)

Orion Cherry King the Premier Champion of the breed

also fall pigs.F. J. DKODZI', 11.1. Monroe. Michigan





 





26 beauties bred to nd bl boars at

nuroc so", Auction Feb. 12th. .‘lome splegndid full

boars. Orlo L. Doboon, Quincy, Michigan.





llllill GLASS FALL BllAllS





registered. Will mature into big type hogs $20 to $40.

NEWTON BARNHART, ST. JOHNS. MICE.





FOR SALE

BIG TYPE DUROC





Doors and cows of Sept. furrow. Also sows bred for

April. Wm. F. Grettenberger as Bros. Okemos. Mich.





 





 





 





uroos, pigs of Sept.farrow.(Damslby Joe Orion 2nd.

Defendcrc, Super-bu. Highland King. (Si res) Superbo King

H.G.Keeslcr. Cassopolis, Mich.





and Hoosier J.O.C. Either sex.





 





 





o I c I 25 choice Gilts bred to Son of School-

I I 5- master to furrow in an. also fall

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

o. l I: Choice brad giltl for Apr. & May furrow. Ser~



- - viceuble boars. fall Xig. Out of prize winning

stock. Write for low prices. . . Hattfirass Luke. Mich.





O. l. C’s.





C. J. THOMPSON.





 





 





Am offering two extra good

boars and a few bred gilts.

- - Rockford, Michigan





 





o ' n! One extra good big lust Slept. yearling sow

. n 84)er for spring furrow, last spring sows bred

and some on m good lust full pigs, also service- hours.

59' mile west of depot.()tto B. bchulzc, NashvilleJlich.



bred for March and April





Big Iype Paland China furrow. Julyboum. Satis-





faction guaranteed. G. W. Holton. Kalamazoo. Mich.R.11.





BIG TYPE P. C.





Armstrong Bros.. R. 3.

Brod gilts are allsold.





0. I. c. SWINE: Order a pair ora trio





not akin to breed in the Spring. Rush in your order

before they are sold. Satisfaction guaranteed.

A J. GORDEN, H. No. 3. Don. Mich.





Now IS THE TIME 1'0 BUY





Twenty-five tried Big-Type Poland-China brood

sows to be bred for March and April furrow.

Ten splendid Spring boars at $25.00 each for

quick sale. Worth $50.00.





Hillcrest Farm,





Al llali Price and Sold Out





Except some dandy fall piss and a big ru ed black





 





 





Hours and Gilts all sold

for this season.

Fowlervllle. Mlch'





 





 





Kalamazoo, Mich.





 





Percheron Stallion. (registered) coming t 98. for

$350.00 Come and see him.

J. C. BUTLER. Portland; Mich. Bell Phone.





 





LARGE STRAIN . P. 0.

One extra good fall yearling and a few choice spring





boars. A nice lot of gilt- bei bred for A rll furrow.

H. 0. SWARTZ, OOLCIA , MICE.

With one of my Big 'I‘ p0



(yiel-





"5A” YOU“ "in” Poland-China boars

a





one while the rices are reduced. Something

that will win at the am. Write at once for pedigrees

and prices. H 88. 88 S. Johnston Ave..





 





Pontiac. Mldhlghn.



T P Gilt: bred

La rge y e o o for niupch

and April arrow all so (1. A few good ones to be bred





for June farrow. Also some good fall ms either sex.

W. E. LIVINGSTON, PXRMA, MICE.





 





P I. ll Chinas. As big. as good. us grow in Iowa. Herd

0 a headed by Goliath Farvor. I can please you.

Robert Martin. R. 7. Hastings, Michigan





Large lype Poland china Bred Sow 8alo,Fah.2ll.‘17

Write for catalog. “1 J. Hagelshnw, 1 Augusta, Mich.

llig Typo Poland China G“${.l.’§§§%§fi%€llfil§l°“"

A. A. WOOD & SON. Saline. Michigan.





large Stiled





pigs, both sex.





 





 





 





Poland China Gilts bred for April

furrow at bargain prices, also fall

Robert Neve, Pierson, Michigan.





 





10 Yorkshire Gilts, 2 Boats one mature;

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





HALLADAYS’ HAMPS H 1 RES





5 fried sows, ‘2 yearling boars. for immediate sale. Fall

pigs. 1). 'H. Halladay 8: Son, Clinton, Michigan





 





 





' ' Bred Sows and guts for August and

"Hindi!!! Sumo. September furrow s. Sminl 9188.

sex both. FLOYD in YERS, R. No. 9. Decatur. Ind.





 





AMPSHIRE HOGS all sold out. would sell one

herd boar and book orders for spring boarfias.

John W'. Snyder. St. Johns, Michigan, R. .





 





 





GROWTHY TH E mono:

PROLIFIC ‘ ' MU LE FOOT’ . RESIST-

PROFITABLE HOG mo





'OUUDATION .706“ "ON DIST BLOOD or III”





THE CAHILL FARMS

"LAMAZOO . - - - mcnmm





 





 





 





SHEEP





OXFORD EWES





Yearlings $35.00. Shropshires all ages

:30. Al good ones and money makers.





lope Kon Farms, Klnderhook,flloh.

FOR SALE





10 Reg. Shrotpsgire ygl: Ewe; ttllmltl are first class in

every respec . rice to per ea . red fo A .l b .

M. A. BRAY ESTATE. ()kemos, (Inghanli- cg?) Millet:





Oxford Down Sheep N° ‘33?"

M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





FOR SALE: 20 good. registered Shropshire Ewes bred

for April lambs to a ram whose sire & dam were both





imported. Address. H. F. Mouser. Ithaca. Michigan





HORSES





MR. FARMER





BUY YOUR





Percheron Stallions and Mares of the

largest breeders in the state. 75 head





PALMER BROS.,





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





Belgian 6 Percheron Stallions





“'e have a number of first class young Belgian and

Percheron Stallions to sell. Why not buy direct from

the Breeder who certainly can give you a better

horse for the same money, than the dealer, and where

there are twenty young fresh stallions to choose from.

all of the very best breeding with rugged frame and

bone. Grown on pasture in a natural manner. You

can choose one to your liking, that will surely do

you good, look better each day after you own him,





and prove adamducer.

IRETON BR 8.. - DOLA, OHIO.





JACKS

AND

MULES





Raise mules and get rich.

120 hue largo Jacks. Jennys

and Mules, all ages for saleA

lot of big registered Jacks. No

httlocheap Jacks forsale.All

guaranteet Jacks. Prices$250

and up. Come on and see for

yourself or write me toda .



KREKLER‘S JACK FA M,





 





 





 





West Elkton. Ohio





KENTUCKY JACKS and SADDLERS





BIG ION! Kentucky JACK! and .mmarrs

FIVE and CUB‘AN OAITID STALLIONS. geldigshsgd

mares. P illH‘,‘ MULE TEAMS. WRITE US.

FOR out 1917 CATALOG.

THE COOK FARMS Box 438L. LEXINGTON. KV.





‘ Offers a dark bay 0 r

The Belslelll SlOCk Faun old Belgian Stallignutrhbgzlg

way above the Average in breeding size and qualih

weighing over 2.1M lb. with good style and action price

and terms right, if interested write '

OSCAR WOLF. - ST. LOUIS. MICH.





SH'ETLAND P O N I ES





Herd established 1891. ‘ l '

to select from. Writofllgegfdg

for catalog. I





The Shadyside Farms, North Benton.0.‘





Porchmns Holsleln: In us Shro '

Dom; D. Burr. “an“. illfifinl"’°°‘





I I P h .

The Fanrlmld Slack Farm, 1.538,?‘ggogggm3eolggfig





and Oxford Down sheep. H. B. Peters, Garland. Mich.





REGISTERED PERC HERON

Mares and Stallions priced to sell. Ins ection invited

L. c. HUNT. EATON RXPms. Mic-HI





l two b ack Percheron Stallions, one o '

For 3a a one 8250, one coming three 3500. both fofibrlli.‘





 





 





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For Sal. Poland lllnnas s...:';g:."..::fi“:. ill.

P. D. Lonc, R. F. D. No. 8, Grand Rapids. “31!.





John Lulham. Carson City,‘Mlchl¢-n

Registered Percheron



FOR SALE coming 3 in May. ricesiygalililgfi



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able. Tobias Kemp. Shipshewana,Ind.,





 





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