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HOW ToProperly Tap Maple Trees

' RANTED that the atmospheric
conditions are' favorable, it is
one of the easiest matters imagi-

nable to extract sap from a maple
tree——merely cut a hole in the tree or
cut off a. limb and the sap will run out
and may be collected. Our forefathers
and their Indian neighbors used crude
methods such as these and a kind of
sugar was their pay. These old-timers,
however, had no reason to look to the
future welfare of the trees. If the
trees died, all was well, Therewere
plenty more left. Today we scheme to
a different end. We want the greatest
amount of sugar any given tree can
produce in a given season and still re
main strong and healthy so it will be
able to produce in the same vigorous
way another season. .

It is obvious that sap to a tree is
like blood to an animal. Each may
lose a portion of its liquid part with-
out serious trouble but neither can
lose all and survive.
Again it is obvious
that the method of ex-
tracting this liquid
part may be either in-
jurious or insignificant
as regards the health
of the individual. The
happy medium. con-
sists of. the greatest
amount of sugar con-
sistent with continued
health of the tree, and
with such a matter is
concerned the method
of tapping. ~ '

In various parts of
the country there are
various prevailing
ideas regarding the
best side of the 'tree
to tap. Some hold to
the notion that the
south side is the place,
others the east side,
some, disregard direc-
tion and tap under the
largest limb or over
the largest root and
'all get more or less
sugar. It has been
demonstrated that as
a rule the south side

 

,of a tree runs the most sap, especially

0n typical sap days when the sun is
bright and warm. There are, however,
plenty of exceptions to this rule. On
some days the north side may have the
greatest flow. Again there are indi-
vidual variations peculiar to certain
trees and under these conditions the
side that has the greatest flow can be
determined only by experiment. It
may be on any side. If but a few
trees are being tapped the best side
of each tree can be discovered easily
and the knowledge‘put to good use,
but if hundreds or possibly a thousand
or more trees are to be tapped time
will not permit of such slow work.
The tests would be, too expensive to
justify the undertaking. The increased
returns would not be large enough.
Experimental evidence based on the

 

By VERNE

trees goes to show that the average

‘flow from all‘ the trees is as high as

can be‘reasonably expected if the trees
are tapped on the side ”that has the
least shade. Plenty: of light is requir—
ed for a good flow of sap.

The other argument for tapping all
the trees on'one side is that it makes
for speedy collection and diminishes
the number of buckets missed by the
man collecting the sap.

Tapping 01d Scars.

Everybody has observed that scars
on human flesh are usually white, ev-
en whiter than the surrounding skin.
The whiteness is caused by the al-
most total absence of blood in the sub-
stance of the scar. Scars are formed
on, trees as well as on animals. Sap

Will not circulate well through a scar
on a tree any more than blood circu-

E. VERNET

same reason that water is forced out
of an artesian well—-—both are under
pressure. The pressure for sap is not
a constant quantity. It varies with the
time of day. It is greatest in the late
morning. About noon it begins to
diminish slowly until the middle of the
afternoon, and then it drops off rap-
idly. The reduction of sap pressure is
felt first at the top of the tree and
later in those parts of the tree closer
to the ground. The idea here involved
is that the lower the tap hole is made
the longer the sap at that level will
have sufficient pressure to force it out.
In other words, the lower the tap hole-
the longer will be the run of sap for
that day. -
Size of the Tap Hole.

The size of the tap hole determines

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Hanging the Buckets All on One Side Facilitates the Gathering of the Sap.

lates well through a scar on an ani-
mal. If this is the case, a scar on a
tree is plainly a poor place to make a
tap hole. True it is that some sap
will run from a place of this kind but
not near so much as can be taken
from a tap hole made in wood that
has never been injured in any way.
This matter of scars suggests again
the practice of tapping continually on
one side of the tree to the exclusion of
all other sides. If but one side of the
ordinary sized tree is tapped year af-
ter year there will be an accumulation
of scars on that side of the tree that
will, in time, noticeably affect the flow
of sap. It will be impossible to avoid
the old scar tissue if the tap hole is

.made on' that side and a loss of sap

will result if tapping is continued close
to those scars.
Sap is forced out of a tree for the

through it. A large hole will permit
a large flow. A large hole, however,
paves the wayfor a large scar and
thus makes a large place‘on that par-
ticular side of the tree almost useless
for future tapping. A large hole is a
long time healing and the longer the
wound remains open the greater is the
chance that infection and subsequent
decay will set in and these are mat-
ters to guard against in order to in-
sure the continued vigor of the tree.
For these reasons it is advisable to
make small tap holes and to this end
the construction of the common makes
of spouts is directed, there being very
little variation in the diameter of the
various kinds. If the tree can stand
the drain, more than one tap hole
should be made, as two small holes do

not endanger the health of the tree so'

much as one large hole. A tree eight-

een inches in diameter will carry two
buckets without danger and a. very
large tree can carry three or four, es-
pecially if the tree shows every sign of
perfect health and is vigorous.

Depth of Tap Holes.

The greatest flow of sap is in the
wood just beneath the bark of the
tree. From this circular layer of sap
wood towards the heart the amount of
sap diminishes. Obviously it is use-
less to sink the tap holes too deep into
the tree. In fact, to do‘ so is detri-
mental to the high quality of the sap
because the dark coloring matter in
the heart wood will contaminate the
sap and eventually affect in a bad way
the color of the sugar derived from it.
A hole one and three-quarters of an
inch deep is sufficient. The measure-
ment is made from the inner bark of
the tree and not from the outer bark
which is chipped off before the hole is
made. A conspicuous mark on the bit
one and three—quarter
inches from the point
will facilitate the cor-
rect making of tap
holes. Of course, a
sharp bit must be us-
ed if the greatest flow
of sap is desired. A
dull bit mashes the
wood and clogs up the
surrounding parts of
the tree that carry the
sap. A clean-cut hole
will also heal quicker
and be less open to in-
fection that one made
with a dull instru-
ment.

Placing the Spouts.

The wood that holds
the spout in place is at
the same time the
w o o d that contains
the greatest amount of
sap. If this wood is
compressed or crowd-
ed by having the spout
too firmly driven in
the sap will not pass
so freely through that
wood immediately sur-
rounding the spout
and consequently not
so much sap will escape. It is neces-
sary for the spout to come in firm
contact with the sap wood in order to
prevent leakage but beyond that cer-
tain degree of firmness the contact be-
comes a bad feature rather than a good
one, and a loss of sap to the man who
hammered the spout is sure to follow.
Never drive the spout in until it splits
the wood, but place it securely enough
to hold the weight of a full pail of sap.
The less the wood is jammed and
bruised by the spout, the better will it
be for the tree as regards healing the
wound and the more sap will the oper-
ator get for his pains.

Pure maple syrup is a much appre-
ciated delicacy on any table and where
even a small sugar bush is available it
will pay to develop it, hence the perti-
nence of this elementary advice.

(See Add. Illustrations on page 243).

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In December, 1905,
there was organiz-
ed of Fremont in
Newaygo county, a
cow testing association which was the
first of its king to be organized in the
United States. This was accomplish-
ed through the advice and direction of
Mr. Helmer Rabild, then an inspector
of the State Dairy and Food [Depart-
ment. The plan of operation was pat-
terned after similar organizations in
Denmark, Mr. Rabild‘s native country,
with the operation and benefits of
which he was familiar. That cow test-
ing association is still in existence,
together with nine others in the state,
making a total of ten such organiza:
tions in Michigan, five of which were
organized in 1916. But the beginning
made at that time was of large import

Cow Testing Asso-
ciations.

. to the dairy interests of the country.

Mr. Rabild was long since employed
by the Dairy Division of the United
States Department of Agriculture, and
he has aided in the direction of the
activities of the Division along this
line to good purpose.

A directory of cow testing associa—
tions in the United States which were
active on July 1, 1916, recently com‘
piled by the Dairy Division of the Bu-
reau of Animal Industry, United States
Department of Agriculture, showed ac-
tive cow testing associations in forty
states, the total number of organiza-
tions being in round numbers 350.
Some of our nearby dairy states have
shown much more enterprise in this
matter of organizing and maintaining
cow testing associations than is the
case with Michigan, Wisconsin hav-
ing fifty-one such organizations and
New York forty-seven.
ty such associations, or just double the
number of active organizations of the
kind in, Michigan. Only Indiana and
Illinois of adjacent states, have a less
number of these organizations than
has Michigan, these states having sev-
cn and three respectively.

The recent growth of cow testing
work becomes very apparent in look-
ing through this directory, which
shows a very large percentage of the
associations now in existence having
been organized during the past two or
three years. With the Dairy Division
of the United States Department ac-
tively engaged in promoting this or-
ganization work. in cooperation with
the Agricultural Colleges of the vari-
ous states, there is every reason to be-
lieve that the rate of organization will
increase rather than diminish in the
future.

It is sincerely to‘be hoped that more
of the progressive dairymen of Mich-
igan will become interested in this line
of work which will be their greatest
aid in building up high-class herds, and

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Ohio has twen-- .

inst-"the ”stai'téijinVMh , ..
testing association was organized may

"again take a place at the head of the

procession in this important line of
organized‘effort.

Reports have been per-
Importation: sistently circulated .by
of Beans. the speculative and ,can-
. ’ ning interests with re-
gard to large importations of beans
from Manchuria and other sections of
the far east, and many Michigan grow‘
ers have enquired for accurate infor-
mation on this point. In order to se
cure the most accurate possible infor-
mation, the aid of the United States
Department of Agriculture was sought.
Detailed information on some of the
points raised is apparently not avail-
able, but sufficient statistical data has
been obtained to very definitely settle
this argument of bean importations.

Normally, the total imports of beans
into the United States'is something
over one million bushelsper annum.
This amount raised in 1914 to 1,634,000
bushels, in 1915 it fell below a million
bushels for the first time in a five-year
period, while in 1916 the total imports
of beans into the United States from
all sources was 659,259 bushels. Fig-
ures for importations from separate
countries are not yet available for 1916,
for which reason detailed information
on this point cannot be given at this
time. These figures, however, show
conclusively that the misleading re-
ports with regard to prospective im-
portations of beans from the far east
were just as untrue as were the re-
ports of exaggerated yields in Michi-
gan which were persistently circulated
by these interests long after the status
of the bean’crop had been quite defi-
nitely fixed by official government fig-
ures, and by the opinion of legitimate
dealers as reflected in market values.

A recent report from Consul Wil-
liamson located at Dairen, relative to
bean growing in Manchuria, contains
the information that the so-called
white, or navy bean, is grown in Man-
churia, although to a. very much less
extent now than formerly. Lima beans
were also. grown quite extensively at
one time, but are now seen only occa-
sionally. Of a large number of varie-
ties grown only four are known to any
extent in this country, the so-called
cranberry or Hokkaido bean, the fava
bean, known on our Atlantic coast as
the Italian bean, marrow beans and
castor beans. While Manchuria grorws
a‘large amount of beans, the consul
states that the non-edible oil producing
bean is planted on a large scale,- where-
as edible beans are planted by the Chi-
nese farmers for their own use only, as
a rule, although an occasional carload
of one or another variety will appear
at the collecting centers.

The consul states that it_is impossi-
ble to even give any intelligent esti-
mate of past production of beans, in
China, to say nothing of the present
or future, so that when the reader
bears or reads a report circulated by
interested parties to the effect that
Chinese beans arc being imported in
quantities to'compete wiih our own
product, they may well discount the
statement as probably lacking founda-
tion in fact or positive knowledge.

While the time may come that for-
cign beans may compete with our do-
mestic product to the disadvantage/of
our bean growers, it may be predicted
with reasonable certainty that that
time will not come in the immediate
future, notwithstanding predictions of
interested speculators.

In some of the
letters of criti-
cism relating to
county farm bu-
reau work, of which several have been
recently received, it is noted that the
farmers of any section know from ex-
perience. how to conduct their farms
to the best advantage, and that it is
not in the .matterof growing crops,
but rather in selling them_ to better

Promoting Farmers’
Organizations.

“sow ,

:citg that the sea ;"
assisitanoe. 'Aipparentlyf it~is net»
and generally understood that this is

one of the lines of activity of the coun--

ty agents in the counties where coun-
ty farm bureaus have been organized.
As an illustration of this fact let us
review the report of county agent ac-
tivities for a recent month for the pur-
pose of observing what has been done
in the field of organization. ,

In Alpena county “The Ossineke Co-
operative Association” was organized
on December 11. The purpose of this
organization is to enable its members
to market their produCts comperative-
1y in carlots, and to purchase needed
supplies on the co—operative plan.
County Agent Woodman was assisted
in this work by Mr. Ellsworth, of the
Department of Markets. In Branch
county, County Agent Nash assisted in
the organization of the Branch Coun-
ty Cabbage Growers’ Association, the
object of which is to secure for the
growers satisfactory terms and better
prices. In Cheboygan county, County
Agent Knopf reports that‘a national
farm loan association is in prOcess of
organization,'and that work prelimi-
nary to the organization of a breed’
ers’ association has‘been carried on by
means of farm visits. In Ottawa coun-
ty, County Agent Hagerman reports
the adoption of general plans for the
formation of a celery growers’ asso-
ciation at a meeting held on Decem-
ber 15.
ployment of representatives at Grand
Haven and Chicago to aid in the mar-
keting of their product to better ad-
vantage.

In addition to aiding in the organi-
zation of these purely co-operative or-
ganizations the avowed object of
which was the improvement of mar-
keting conditions, the county agents
of these and other counties aided at
many meetings where milk producers’
organizations, breeders’ organizations,
bean growers’ organizations, potato
growers’ organizations, and similar or-
ganizations of farmers were either ef-
fected or strengthened. They also at-
tended many meetings of social and

other' organizations at which various.

organization topics were discussed by
invitation, which work is almost cer-
tain to bear profitable fruit later on.
It will thus be seen that the work
of county agents along this line is a
factor of considerable importance. In
this same connection work looking to-
ward the standardization of farm pro-
ducts in a community or a county has
an important bearing on this question
of marketing, since uniform quality of
product is one of the prime essentials
in the bettering of marketing condi-
tions. It should not be forgotten that
in this work the county agents are
able to call upon the extension depart-
ment of the Agricultural College for
such assistance as may be needed in
any department of their work. The
cooperation of the department of man
kets above noted is an example of the
benefits accruing from this relation.
Without doubt the farmers of the‘Se
various counties will derive a benefit
from this one line of county farm
bureau work which will excede its to-
tal cost, yet this is but one of many
phases of county farm bureau work.

 

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

Foreign. ‘

The European Wan—The submar‘
ine campaign started by Germany on
February 1 is not only failing to reach
the mark set by the central powers,
but for ten days the number of vic-
time and the aggregate tonnage has
been gradually falling off, notw1th-
standing that traffic in the dange‘
zone is moving almost as freely as b -
fore the campaign was started. How
successful the Allies have been in com-
batting the undersea vessels is a mat-
ter of question as no reports on the
destruction or“ capture of these craft
are issued—The British on February
17 were successful in taking German
positions on the Ancre front in north-
ern France and later held them
against furious counter attacks. On

the other hand, German troops suc-

These plans include the enr-

     

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pagne district and have rendered. "--
tile attempts of the French to retake.
the territory—Little fighting is in pro—
greSS on the eastern front; a German
attack at Dvinsk was finally frustrat-
ed by the activity of Russian forces
and in the Carpathian mountains a
strong Austro-German work south of
Okma has been captured by the Czar’s
soldiers..—In four small engagements
the Italians gained in the Alpine dis-
trict—«The Swiss federal council pro-
poses to take over the Belgian and
French relief work if the American
Relief Commission retires from these'
districts.

Henry P. Fletcher, American Am-
bassador to Mexico, has arrived at
Mexico City.

Many of the poor people of Greece
are starving. Famine is said to be the
result of the entente blockade which
18 being continued without relaxation
desplte compliance with the demands
of the entente ultimatum.

Ex1sting sources of revenue have
proved to be insufficient to meet the
1917 financial budget for Germany and
it is now planned to increase taxes on
coal, shipping and passenger traffic.

The Spanish government has deter-
mined to remain neutral in the hand-
ling of matters growing out of the Ger.
man submarine campaign.

National.

It is reported that 600 cowboys have
crossed into Mexico to pursue Mexr
cans who killed Americans in the Uni«
ted States last week.

Governor Debaca, of New Mexico,
died Sunday of pernicious anemia.

As a result of the destruction of
merchant ships during the present
war the position of the United States
shipping interests among the leading
nations has arisen to second place.
Great Britain and Norway have been
heaviest losers in the tonnage destroy-
ed up to date.

The American Red Cross has issued
an appeal for the enrollment of 1,000;-
000 members to help the nation in
case the present crisis with Germany
should result in actual hostilities.

At a large meeting held in Chicago
last Sunday, resolutions were passed
requesting that Americans be warned
to keep off ships bound to and from
the war zone, and that war he declar-
ed by the United States upon no na~
tion until the question is submitted
to the people by referendum.

Although there were 65,000,000 more
tons of coal mined in the United
States in 1916 than during the previ-
ousyear, the fatalities were the low—
est in the past 18 years.

Fire in a paper plant at Watertown,
N. Y., caused damage estimated at
$100,000.

FARMERS' WEEK AT M. A. C.

The Michigan Agricultural College
has set aside March 5-9 as “Farmers"
Week,” and a program full of interest
to every farmer and farmer’s wife has
been prepared.

A series of demonstrations will be
given by the different departments, in
addition to which there will be ad‘
dresses by ten speakers from Other
states, as well as by members of the
college faculty.

The principal speakers on “Soils
and Crops,” March '5-6, will be Prof.
A. P. Whitson, University of W'iscon-
sin Prof. M. F. Fisher, Purdue Univer-
sity, and E. C. Martindale, of Indiana:
Hon. Fred M. Warner, Senator A. T.
Roberts, Hon. N. P. Hull, President
of State Milk Producers’ Association,
and Hon. Fred L. Woodworth, State
Dairy and Food'Commissioner, are on
the program for Wednesday, March 7.
Prof. J..G. Fuller, of the University of
Wisconsin, will speak on “Feeding and
Developing Draft Colts,” and “The
Care of the Swine Herd,” on Thurs-
day, March 8. Prof. S. A. Beach, of
Iowa Agricultural College, will give
two addresses upon different phases
of “Orchard Management,” on Friday.
Special attention will also be given to
“Spraying” and “Potato Culture.” ‘

The Poultry Department will offer
a five-day course in poultry raising,
beginning Monday morning, March 5,
with W. H. Card, of Connecticut,
Prof. H. L. Kempster, of University of
Missouri, and Prof. A. G. Phillips, of
Purdue University, among the speak-
ers.

The lectures and demonstrations. in
Home Economics will continue all
through the week, with the VVomen’s
Congress on Wednesday and Thurs‘
day. Prof. Isabel Bevier, of the Uni-
versity of Illinois, will be on the pro-
gram.

Interesting programs are planned
for each evening, with an illustrated
“Travel Talk,” and a play by the M.
A. C. Dramatic Club among the fea-
tures. -,

For complete program of exercises,

address L. R. Taft, State Supt. Farm-

ers’ Institutes, East Lansing, Mich.

 


 
  

  

 
 

 

 

  

 

     
   

' HE worth of alfalfa as a source
of protein and a soil builder is
being more appreciated by the

land owner every year and each sea-

son sees more of this valuable crop
seeded. It is not, however, as univer-
sally grown as it might be or deserves
to be, although some soils are partic-
ularly adapted to the growing of this
legume. This is quite true of most
soils in the corn belt states. Of course
the soil must.be fertile, well drained
and limed if a maximum crop is to be
grown. The lack of all these condi-
tions means failure in growing alfalfa.
Natural drainage exists to a lesser or
greater extent on many farms, then
possibly the first step to be taken in
growing alfalfa, if it can not be afford-
ed to meet all the conditions, fertility
is the. first requisite and this can be
supplied by manure or commercial
fertilizer.

The Soil Must be Sweet.

If a farm will not grow ordinary red
clover it Will be of little avail to try
alfalfa as it is a sure indication that
the soil is quite acid. The Ohio Ex-
periment Station showed that no mat-
ter how much manure or fertilizer or
any kind of inoculation of the soil is
practiced, alfalfa will not thrive unless
lime is applied. Fine ground lime-
stone will need be applied in larger
quantities than caustic lime but the
effect is the same. '

Some insist that alfalfa is to be dis-
couraged because it is a deep-rooted
plant, sometimes roots many feet in
length and it will seek the water level
and consequently grow into the drain
tile and close them up. This is an ab-
surdity and by careful observation it
has been found wanting in substan-
'tiation.

Not everyone perhaps should grow
alfalfa. Red clover is a close second
to alfalfa and may do better for some.
The man who spends time fishing
when this perennial ’should be cut in
early summer, or goes picnicing in the
fall when the second and third cut-
ting is ready, or who must hire all

high-priced and scarce help at haying-

time, possibly had best not grow

alfalfa.
Fertility.

To successfully grow this crop the

soil, in addition to other requirements,

 

 

Tap at the Proper Height in Unscarred
Wood. (See First Page).

 

should be quite rich. Nothing, perhaps,
will make it more .so than stable ma-
nure. The mistake should not be made
to apply manure just preceding sow-
ing alfalfa or the weed seed in the ma-
nure will germinate readily and may
be the cause of losing the crOp. The
manure should be applied early and
plowed under. The field ought to be
a clean one. A potato field, 'where

good cultivation was-pursued while the

crop was growing is a good one to'sow

, in, alfalfa by surface fitting instead of

I alfa Expenence

plowing. Some have grown alfalfa suc-
cessfully by plowing early in the
spring and keeping the soil well stir-
red.with a harrow or similar imple-
ment up to sowing time. This gets an
ideal seed bed and kills out all weeds.
If after every rain this work were per-
formed the outcome would be suc-
cessful.
Inoculation.

The soil to be sown in alfalfa should
be inoculated for best results but some
have grown alfalfa without this inoc-
ulation.

When inoculation is desired secure
some soil from a field that previously
grew alfalfa or sweet clover. This soil
contains the necessary nitrogen-gath-
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was lime in any form applied. The al-
falfa grew splendidly and some eight
cuttings were made of the plot but the
stand, Was gradually taken by blue
grass which predominates on the farm
and hogs were turned into the field
and the following spring the field was
plowed up and planted to corn.
"Poor Drainage Causes Trouble.
_This experience proved so profitable
and interesting that more alfalfa was
grown. The above field was not un-
der-drained and this led to an early
disaster. ,
The same spring that this origina
field was plowed under another field
that was well under-drained was sown
to alfalfa and the seed was sown in
June or July. This field was treated
to a heavy application of phosphoric
acid but no lime or inoculation was
used. The alfalfa grew splendidly and

 

  

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soil anywhere from one hundred to
four hundred pounds per acre. This
soil gathered must not be subjected to
the bright sunlight as sunlight kills
the bacteria. Use judgment in getting
soil or an abundance of weed may be
secured as well as bacteria. (Many
use the so-called glue method, or pure
cultures for inoculating the seed with
good results—Eds).

Seeding Methods.

Some grow a nurse crop with alfalfa
but experience and observation shows
there is little doubt that in most cases
it does not pay except in early sowing,
April or May, when oats or barley may
be found of some advantage.

After due preparations have been
made the time of seeding is important.
Many have secured best results from
midsummer sowing. The seed to be
sown must be of the highest grade and
as near pure as it can be secured. Bet-
ter pay a few dollars more for guaran-
teed seed than to buy inferior seed at
a lower price. ‘

The main thing in sowing alfalfa is
to sow. it evenly and get it well cover-
ed. Some use the grain drill with the
grass seeding attachment, while others
use the common hand grass seeder.
The best plan perhaps when using the
seeder is to sow a part of the seed
one way and the balance the other
way. This insures an even stand. By
the latter method a spike—tooth harrow
or weeder can be used to cover the
seed.

What Experience Has Taught.

We have been growing alfalfa for
the past twelve years and have learned
something new about growing and car-
ing for the crop every year and some-
times success was attained, and again
failure was the outcome and some of
these experiences may be of value to
other intending growers.

The first experience was in growing
about four acres. The soil was clay,
such as is found in our Miami Valley,
and was quite fertile. The ground was
plowed in early spring and put in fine
tilth and kept so until about June 1,
when the seed was sown. No inocu—
lation or fertilizer was used, neither

was the admiration of our neighbors
and its owners. The following season
one heavy cutting was made and it
was excessively wet and the alfalfa
began growing immediately. It was
the full expectation to cultivate this
stand but owing to abnormal weath-
er conditions we were unable to get
onto the field and by the time the sec-
ond cutting was to be made there was
a mixture of blue grass, alfalfa and
weeds. It was no longer profitable to
leave the alfalfa stand and it was plow-
ed under and sown to wheat. A plot
adjoining this one was plowed and pre-
pared for alfalfa, and besides having a
good seed bed there was an application
of sixteen per cent acid phosphate
made and 2000 pounds of finely ground
limestone high in calcium_applied on
each acre.

Owing to the wet season and other

unfavorable conditions the alfalfa was

not sown but the entire area sown to
wheat. The last spring little red clo~
ver was sown on the wheat. An excel-
lent crop of wheat was harvested last
summer but to the eye that grOWn on
the limed area was no better or infer-
ior to that on the other portion of
the field. The young clover, however,
seems to show some benefit from the
lime but it is too early to tell if the
application of lime will be of real val-
ue to the red clover.
Seeding in Wheat.

Another experience we have had
that is valuable to us is that each year
when sowing red clover a small quan-
tity of alfalfa is mixed with the red
clover seed and in this way-the whole
farm is becoming inoculated and since
the alfalfa sown in this way grew so
well, two years we decided to sow pure
alfalfa on wheat ground. The alfalfa
was sown in April. It grew exceed-
ingly well and two heavy cuttings
each year were made from this stand
and were it not for the fact this this
plot is in a location that interferes
with the corn crop this year it would
be allowed to stand. If this plot had
been cultivated after each cutting no
doubt it would have done much better.

Several farmers here cultivate the

wheat in early spring with a spring-
tooth-harrow and sow alfalfa, and 0th-
?ers use the alfalfa seeder, and all seem

to have success. __ ‘

This spring the first field that we '
ever sowed to alfalfa and which was
mentioned earlier in the article will be
sown to alfalfa right on the wheat the
same as little red clover. We will sow
at the rate of twelve pounds to the
acre. The field is now well under-
drained, is quite fertile and inoculated.
The seed will be sown in February or
early March. The object of this is
that the seed may become scarified.
The freezing and thawing that we will
have from time of sowing until warm,
growing weather will crack the seeds
open and get them in condition to be-
gin growing. ‘

From past experience and observa-
tion we believe we can reasonably ex-
pect a crop of alfalfa and we encour-
age farmers to try out a small area of
alfalfa on the wheat.

Ohio. I. G. SHELLABABGER.

BANK CO-OPERATES WITH FARM-
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the Silver Trophy Cup awarded at the
recent second annual corn show of the
Farmers’ & Merchants’ State Bank of
Carson City, Mich., for the ten best
ears of corn grown within ten miles
of its bank. The cup was won by C.
E. Bond, of Gratiot county, who was
one of the sixty exhibitors. The corn
was judged by a corn expert from the
M. A. C. The next ten best exhibits

-were awarded a certificate of excel-

lency signed by the judges. The qual-
ity of the exhibit showed a great im—
provement over the preceding year.
Pickett’s Yellow Dent was the favorite
variety and the bank is urging farmers
to plant this corn and standardize the
crop so to keep it pure.

The bank is co-operating with the
farmers in a campaign for pure seed
of all kinds. Last fall a seed-cleaning
machine was installed and a large
mount of» seed wheat, beans, clover~
seed, eac., was prepared. Much inter-
est is being taken in the improvement
of stock and two breeders’ associa-
tions have been formed, the Holstein
and Shorthorn. A co-operative plan is
now being worked out for buying reg-

 

C. E. Bond, Winner of the Cup.

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Fitting a Poor Field for Alfalfa.

How about seeding alfalfa on a four-
acre piece of very rolling sandy and
poor land? Muskmelons and potatoes
were grown on it last year. (How shall
I treat the land to get a catch of alfal-
fa, or would you advise sowing clover?
I haven’t much manure for the field.
Van Buren Co. . J. H. T.

One should not expect the best suc-
cess with alfalfa on a poor, thin, san-
dy field of this kind which is probably
deficient in humus and more than like-
ly needs a good heavy application of
lime to sweeten it, and make it adap-
ted to the development of the nitrifgw
ing bacteria of which alfalfa is the
host plant and which are essential to
its profitable growth. It is on this
type of land that sweet clover is best
adapted as a soil renovator and as a
preparation for alfalfa, since sweet.
clo‘ver will succeed on a soil which is
comparatively deficient in vegetable
matter where alfalfa will not.

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ed and a good seed bed fitted without
plowing, and after the weeds have
been thoroughly killed and a firm seed
bed provided, the alfalfa or sweet clo-
ver seed should be sown without a
nurse crop, and either inoculated with
a pure culture of the bacteria peculiar
to the plant, or with soil from a suc-
cessful alfalfa or sweet clover field.

Eradicating Canada Thistles.

What, in your opinion, is the most
practical method Of destroying Canada
thistles? Please inform me as to the
preparation and use of a salt solu-
tion to spray them with. What
strength should I make the brine and
the best time to apply. Also, wheth-
er this would be preferable to the use
of dry salt, especially on large areas.

Jackson Co. E. L. M.

The best method of destroying Can-
ada thistles is through cultivation that
does not permit them to make any
leaf growth above ground for a suffi-
cient period to kill the roots. They
can be discouraged by various other
methods, and chemical sprays have
been advised to destroy them, but the
difficulty is that these sprays also de-
stroy other vegetation. Common salt
solution will not destroy them unless
same is applied in such quantities as
to be detrimental to the soil.

One of the best methods of eliminat-
ing Canada thistles is to get the field
as clean as possible, then prepare and
seed to alfalfa. The frequent cutting
of this crop at a time before the this-
tles have bloomed effectually discour-
ages them and they will soon disappear.

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I would like to put up some ice this
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St. Clair Co. C. S.

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Where this cannot be obtained, other
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FERTILIZER FOR OATS.

 

I top-dressed 20 acres of old June
grass sod and planted it to corn last
year. Corn was a failure, on account
of drouth, I thought. I will top-dress
the field again late this winter and
then sow it to oats. I really would
like a hundred bushels of oats per acre
or more. I read this article in Mich-
igan Farmer of November 25, by J. N.
McBride, in which he advises 250 lbs.
of acid phosphate per acre. Would it
be better to use a fertilizer containing
nitrogen and potash? I would consider
the field in good state of fertility.

St. Joseph Co. J. S. W.

A sod that had been top-dressed
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And again, most soils have sufficient

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I don’t think you can under all pres-
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greater advantage than 14 01"16 per.
cent acid phosphate. '

COLON C. LILLIE.

CAN A MAN MAKE A LIVING 0N
FORTY ACRES?

 

_I am a rural letter carrier on a 30.15
mlle route. I own a 40-acre farm, 80
rods from the village, on which I live.
Have two horses, two cows, one We
yea1'-old.heifer, twenty sheep, three
hogs, chickens, etc. Now, on account
of the long route I cannot look after
my stock, _but have to‘ depend on my
w1fe, making a slave of her, and it
dOes_ not pay to hire. Will it pay me
to give up the route, with its pay of
$_1200 a year, with fifteen days’ vaca~
tion w1th pay, to work the farm and
try to make a living off it? Can I do
it? Soil is good. There is no debt on
the place or stock. I am getting sick
of the road; been on the road, or route,
about twenty years, fifteen years and
SIX months on rural route. Think thir-
ty miles is too much for a horse in a
day; they soon play out. Cost of grain
and hay too high to make a decent
wage at present.

Rent Co. SUBSCRIBER.

Someone wrote a book entitled,
“Ten Acres Enough,” and he proves it
in this book from his standpoint. With
his system of intensive farming, small
fruits, poultry, etc., he had more than
enough work to do and made more
than a living besides enjoying himself
immensely. Rev. Detrich made more
than a living (he gained fame), on a
farm of fifteen acres. He found em-
ployment on this little fifteen acre
farm for two men the year round, be-
sides what he could do himself. He
was a dairyman, pure and simple. If
I remember correctly the only income
he received was from the sale of milk.

Now F. H. B. wants to know if he
can make a living from forty acres.
\l'ell, it is simply up to him. The liv-
ing is there. and a good one, and more
besides for the asking. His mind has
been on other things too much or he
would have discovered this before. It.
is true that lots of men do not make a
decent living off of forty acres, and
even a larger farm, but it is because
they do not know how, or won't apply
themselves, rather than because the
living is not there on forty acres of
good land.

One of the most dangerous things

one can do is to advise a man to
change his business or .make basic
changes without knowing the man, and
when one knows the man pretty well it
is even dangerous. Vl’hat one man can
and does do, another can’t or won’t
do. That is the trouble.

F. H.‘B. has been carrying mail too
long, it seems to me, to stop suddenly
and go to work on the farm. It is
evident that he prefers to carry mail
in preference to farm work, or he
would not have done it so long. I think
he is a hero to carry mail for fifteen
years. I would prefer to dig ditches
for that length of time. But that is
the difference.

Now, my advise would be to hold on
to the mail route a little longer, but
get an automobile. By using an auto
he can get back in a few hours in the
summer time and work on the farm, or
at least oversee the work. The farm
horses can thus be used exclusively
for farm work during the summer and
can be used on the route in the winter
if the auto can not be used.

Hire a man by all means. There is
plenty of work for him to do, and you,
too. You can keep a good herd of
cows and you can help milk and do
chores and help out on the farm. It
will be fun. I used, to milk ten cows,
do a lot of other chores and teachthe
village school. The farm work and
chores was all the fun I got.

COLON C, LILLIE,

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TAY in the country where you will
S have plenty to eat and lots of
air,” has been the advice handed
out to us farm people for so long that
many a lad without much thought on
the matter considers himself doomed,
and settles back to receive whatever
fate may hand him. His position is
fairly secure, and no doubt the arrange-
ment is quite Utopian in nature. How-
ever, it is not permanent. When sud-
denly compelled to take charge of the
farm, through some unforeseen circum-
stance, many a boy has failed to make
good. The fault usually lies in either
the boy or the father, or both. The
chances are the boy has been doing
his share of the hand work, but prac-
tically none of the head work connect-
ed with the farm.

“You take the milk to town,” says
the father, “and I will set the grain
and get things ready so you can sow
that wheat when you get back.” The
boy does as he is told, and has learned
nothing new. He doesn’t know for
sure whether he is sowing six pecks
to the acre or twice that amount, al-
though it is a matter of considerable
importance in the success of the crop.

Things could be explained as they
are being done, but in many cases they
are not. Farmers are hustlers. To
them it seems a waste of time to have
anyone idle. They wouldn’t hire a man
to whom they had to explain many
things. If anyone doubts it, let him
take a man who can not hook-up a
team, out on a farm, and see how long
he will stay with some men. Much
less would farmers think of allowing
their sons to stand around long enough
to find out some of the fine points of
the business. It is questionable if this
is the best way of accomplishing work.
The boy’s interest in such matter is
worth far more than the minutes gain-
ed by hurrying them along. Further-
more, there will be more and better
work done by the end of the season if
the boys are let in on a little of the in-
side stuff. Boys who are properly in-
terested in their work will not be sat-
isfied otherwise. By merely going
through a cycle of motions in doing
the chores, not much information can
be gained.

There is a limit to specialization, it
is being found, and the concentration
of the father on the head work and the
son on the hand work is not conducive
to the development of the boy.’ The
boy who is properly interested will
targy a few seconds when his father
says, “John, you water the stock while
I mix up the feed,” and at least get the
principle of the thing. If the father
has any objections and can not be
made to see the light, the boy may

. well doubt the feasibility of remaining

at home. A young man should get in-
to a work where he can all the time be
adding something to his store of knowl-
edge. If farming does not give oppor-
tunity for enlargement, there is some-
thing the matter with it, or at least
with the way it is being conducted.

Is there anything to be learned from
the old-fashioned farmer? Many a
stockman who has not studied chemis-
try has the balancing of feeds to per-
fection. He may know little of carbo-
hydrates and proteins, but he does un-
derstand palatability and balances his
feeds satisfactorily to the animal,
which is after all the essential thing.

In the army, officers are expected
to have some knowledge of the office
next above them; and the principle
might well be ad0pted on the farm,
along with some other good business
methods—like the keeping of itemized
accounts—which are coming to be em-
ployed in rural work. The father
should let the traces slacken once in a
while, and get away from the farm,
leaving the responsibility on his son.
It» would broaden both. There is, of
ecurse, little reason why this can not

Leave ”the ‘ Farm 3’
By. WARREN J. HOYT

. ing the loss of grain.

be done; but if the conditions men-‘1
tioned are not remedied, it is one‘rea-
son why the boy should leave the farm.

BARLEY AS AN EMERGENCY
CROP.

 

Not since the last year of the War
of the Rebellion have prices for grain
been so high as at the present time.
Conditions in 1865 we're similar to the
conditions at the present time. A pro-
longed and severe drouth in 1864 cut
short the grain crops and prices were
high; corn in carlots was $1.25 a bush-
el and oats eighty to ninety cents per
bushel.

During the last-year conditions were
unfavorable for sowing oats and plant-
ing corn in the spring, and the ex-
treme drouth after June shortened the
crops of grain. There was not two-
thirds of an average crop of corn gath-
ered and oats yielded proportionately
the same. Grains and feeds of all
kinds are scarce and high, and farm-
ers must meet their needs for grain as
best they can. Any suggestion that
will bring relief before the corn crpp
of 1917 can be matured, ought to be
welcomend and considered.

Spring barley comes the nearest to
meeting the needs of farmers in the
summer time of any of the grains rais-
ed. It matures in about 100 days after
sowing and is ready for use as soon as
ripened and threshed. It makes an
excellent feed for all kinds of live
stock. A bushel of barley has a feed-
ing value nearly equal to that of corn.
It makes an excellent midsummer feed
for hogs, horses and dairy cows. If
mixed with an equal amount of oats
and ground it is an excellent feed for
all of the farm animals mentioned.
When given to cows or horses it can
be fed dry; but for hogs it is better
to soak it in a barrel for at least
twelve hours. Do not leave it soaking
long enough to sour as the acid thus
generated is injurious to the hogs.

In order to secure a profitable crop
of barley it should be sown on fertile
soil, that is high and dry, as early in
the spring as the ground can be work-
ed. The ground should be plowed fair-
ly deep, rolled and worked to a fine
tilth with disc or spring—tooth harrow.
It is well to roll the ground ahead of
the drill in order to have the seed
sown at a uniform depth.

The amount of seed to sow to the
acre is around two bushels. When
sown too thickly the stalks are spind-
ling, the heads shortened and the yield
of grain diminished.

There are several varieties of barley
grown, but the common six-rowed is
as good, perhaps, as any when yield of
grain is the object sought.

Barley should be cut as soon as
most of the heads and stalks have
turned white. If left until the straw
turns yellow, it crinkles badly, and the
heads break off easily, thereby caus—

Many object to raising barley ,on ac-
count of the beards making it disa-
greeable to handle. When the crop is
cut with a binder the bundles can be
allowed to remain on the ground over
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S it necessary to “shock” a, tree at
planting bysevere pruning? The
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York answers “No,” and suggests a
method of pruning based on actual
trial that is an improvement over the
common practice.

It is commonly understood when a
tree is transplanted that it should be
pruned so as to balance the top and
the roots. In digging a tree many of
the roots are necessarily injured and
the tree’s capacity for absorbing wa~
ter is decreased. If the top be left as
it was, there will be a greater loss of
water than the roots can take in,
which will result in the tree’s drying
out. This drying is harmful as a thor-
oughly wilted plant is but little better
than a dead one. The amount the tree
should be pruned depends on the root

' injury. Ordinarily one-half of the root

system is destroyed, so a safe rule is
to cut out from one-half to two—thirds
of the top.

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taken up, only a small amount of the
top needs to be cut out, but the above

 

 

 

 

Methods of Pruning Y0ung Trees.
rule is ordinarily a sale one to follow.

Tree No. 1 to the left of the cut, is
the way a young plant comes from the
nursery with a good top development.

No. 2 shows a common method of
pruning a peach tree by cutting off the
entire top. This is often advisable
when the tree is headed too high. This
method should be avoided with most
trees, as it “shocks” the tree; that is
new buds must be formed and pushed
out from the bare trunk, This takes
too much energy and the appearance
of the first leaves is delayed too long.
It is desirable to have a few leaves
formed early as these make the real
food for the growing tree. Most people
think of the roots as taking up the
food from the soil but they do not—'
they supply products to be transform-
ed by the leaves into real food for the
tree. These facts are the basis of the
new method.

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tree pruning at planting—she cutting
off of weak branches, leaving several
well placed branches to form the main
trunks of the tree and cutting back of
these to two and three buds. This is
a good practice but these buds are apt
to be Weak and slow in starting and
the treatment is severe.

Tree No. 4 shows the recommended
plan of pruning. All weak branches
are cut off and several properly dis-
tributed branches are left entire. This
leaves the strongest buds, which are
at the ends of the branches to form
their leaves quickly and begin to man<
ufacture plant food for the young tree.
This gives the young tree a push for
drouth that generally follows later.

The writer has practiced this meth-
od of pruning for several years, with
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Early Crops of Turnips.

I contemplate sowing turnips to be
harvested in July and as it is ‘some
thing that has not been tried, I wish to
know when to sow the seed so I can
harvest about July 10. Will turnips
sown early, say in May, do anything.
or is it a failure? I figure to raise two
crops on same ground, resow as soon
as the first crop is harvested. .

Allegan Co. ‘ C. J. G.

Turnips can be grown either as a
spring or fall crop. If it is to be used
as an early crop, the seed should be
sown as soon as the land can be pre-
pared in the spring. Roots large
enough for table use should be pro‘
duced in from six to ten weeks under
normal conditions.

The chief requisites of successful
turnip growing are a cool, short grow-
ing season and a moist soil. It the
turnip makes slow growth it is likely
to be woody and bitter. Quick growth
is promoted by having the land rich
and moist and in good tilth.

Early Cabbage.

Will you kindly give me some infor-
mation in regard to raising early cab-
bage for market? How much will it

take for an acre and what kind to
plant? F. W.

There are two ways of getting start-
ed ln the growing of early cabbage;
one is to start the plants in a hot-bed
to be trzmsferred to the field as soon
as the ground is made ready in the
spring, and another is to buy the
plants from plant dealers in the south
who make a specialty of growing the
cabbage plants for sale in the north.

The cabbage plant can stand consid- '

erable frost, and therefore may be put
out in the field as soon as the ground
can be prepared in the spring. For the
early crop the plants are put eighteen
inches apart in rows twenty-four inch-
es apart, although some growers plant
them twenty-four inches apart in rows
twenty-four inches apart.

The best varieties for the early mar-
ket are the Wakefield and the Copen-
hagen Market. The latter variety is a
little later than the Wakefield, but
makes a slightly larger and firmer
head. If you are going to buy plants,
you should figure on at least about
10,000 plants per acre.

The chief essentials of successful
cabbage growing are good, rich and
moist soil and thorough cultivation.
The most satisfactory way to control
the cabbage worm is to use plenty of
arsenic-a! poisons as a spray until the
cabbages are half grown. A very ef-
fective spray is Paris green, about ten
ounces to fifty gallons, to which resin
soap has been added to make the pol-
son adhere better.

If the worms should become serious
after the plants are well developed, a
way of controlling them is by the use
of poisoned bran mash such as is com-
monly prepared for cutworms. If the

plants are attacked shortly before they

are ready to be harvested, a spray of

hellebore at the rate of one ounce to a.

gallon of water should be used.
Eradicating Horseradish.

Can you give me any information
that will help me to get rid of horse-
radish that is scattered about. in my
garden? I have been trying for sev-
eral years to get rid of it but it is get-
ting worse. A. P.

Horseradish as a weed is very diffi‘
cult to control. Various methods have
been tried, but none have proven very
successful. The use of weed sprays
and other poisons to kill the tops are
of little value, because the root re~
tains life for a long time and will
sprout again. i

The only way by which you can rid
your garden patch of it is to be vigi-
lant in keeping the tops cut off; as

soon as yOu see a sprout come through

the surface of the ground, out it off.

  

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dents ‘on January‘26-27,‘ in the
Agricultural Building, was evidence of
the assertion that the Horticultural
Club is one of the most progressive
clubs on the campus and that it is
keeping pace with the times and that
its members are “learning to do by
doing.”
- The purposes of the show are to let
the students of the college, and any
other visitors, see what work is being
done along horticultural lines and to
give the students in the horticultural
department the experience of staging
an exhibition that shall be instructive,
well arranged, and self-supporting.

To meet the financial obligatiOns a
program is put out and advertisements
in this form a part,of the income, the
rest comes from the sale of apples, a
portion of which are kindly donated
by prominent growers in the state, and
from the store, and a domestic science
counter where apple pie and other
goodies are sold to the visitors.

The general plan of the show was

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ed by the club. After much 'scrutiny
and critical tasting of samples of these
productions the judges, Misses Garvin
and Bigelow, gave first place to Miss
Bernice Horton, of the class of 1917,
of Bath, Mich., whose pie scored 95
out of a possible 100, Miss Dorothy
Klein, of the class of nineteen, and
from Birmingham, won second with a
score of 80, and ,Miss Dorothy Lillie,
of the class of 1917, of Coopers-
ville, won third with another 80 score.
The prizes were, first, $5; second, a
box of oranges; third, a box of apples.
Landscape Gardening Exhibit.

The landscape men added much to
the attractiveness of the show by the
creation of an Italian garden, with its
ferns, flowers, and waterfalls bubbling
over_ the rocks. They also had a dem-
onstration of shrubs useful for plant-
ing to get good winter effects of color,
there was also a model house and its
surroundings, as roads, plantings and
grades.

A horticultural library, a system of
orchard accounting and record blanks
for cost of pruning, spraying and the

 

 

The Display of Fruit at the Hort. Show was Attractive.

changed somewhat by moving the
store and the domestic science counter
to one end of the pavilion and the or-
chard machinery exhibit to the farm
mechanics’ laboratory. This left the
entire center of the floor for tables of
apples and as in years before this was
by far the largest exhibit of any one
kind.
A Variety of Exhibits.

The states of Michigan, Washington,

Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Min-

'nesota, Nebraska, Massachusetts and

New Jersey were represented, besides
many county and individual exhibits,
so there were over seven hundred
plates and approximately forty to fifty
varieties on display. The apples as a
whole, were of excellent quality, well
grown, highly colored and in good con-
dition.

In the awarding of places in the ap-
ple exhibit considerable difficulty was
encountered due to the fact that there
were no classes or regulations regard-
ing the entries. However, the primary
purpose of the apple exhibit is to ac-
quaint the students with the different
varieties and their peculiar character-
istics, and this it surely does. Truly it
is an exhibition and not a competition
and the growers who have so gener-
ously contributed are deserving of a
great big ‘Thank you,” for the interest
that they have shown.

In the plate exhibit by states, Wash-
ington was given first, Massachusetts
second, and Ohio third. Michigan was
not considered in this contest, due to
the vastly larger number of plates on
exhibition. In the county display Ma-
son won first, Allegan second, and Shi-
awassee third, and for the individual
exhibits Smith Hawley & Sons first,
W. H. Chapman second, and C. B.
Cook third.

The fruit exhibits of U. S. and
H. B. Crane, of Fennville, E. W. Lin-
coln, of Greenville, and O.'W. Brau—
man, of Grand Rapids, are worthy of
special mention.

Pie Contest.
.The apple pie contest among the do-
mestic science students brought out

, twenty-five entries for the prizes offer-

production of orchards gave one an
idea of how to get at just. what his or-
chard was doing for him and how he
might improve his practices. Standard
books on the subject of horticulture
and free government publications were
shown.

The value of selection and breeding
of desirable types of plants and fruits
was well shown by actual specimens
of variations, parents and the result-
ing crosses, and personal explanations.

A very interesting table was that
giving the products of horticulture
found on the markets at this season of
the year, and the regions where they
were grown or produced. Unless one
stops to think, we do not realize the
variety of fruits and vegetables that
are now available nor the distances
thatt hey have to be shipped before
they reach our tables.

Horticultural Demonstration.

Proper methods of box and barrel
packing, the principles of precooling,
loading, and refrigeration were illus—
trated and explained.

Actual specimens of the chief insect
and fungous troubles of the orchardist
were to be seen, also methods of com-
bating and controlling them were giv-
en. Life histories were shown by
charts and drawings, this helping to
show the proper time to most effec-
tively fight a pest and control it.

The vegetable exhibit consisted of
many fine potatoes from the county
boys’ and girls’ clubs, also celery, let-
tuce, etc., and two new vegetables
from the United States Department of
Agriculture—namely the dasheen and
cheroytes.

As before, the student lectures were
continued, this year’s program having
five numbers on various vital horticul-
tural problems.

Though the horticultural show is a
student affair and is put on by the sen-
ior and junior classes,”it is only with
the timely suggestions and the co—op-
eration of Prof. Eustace and the other
members of the department that each
year’s show was made bigger and bet-
ter than the preceding one.

Allegan Co. E. B. BENSON.

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on the One breed of cattle that they
shall handle. A committee of mem-
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judge, is engaged to go out and pur—
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nearly alike as possible. One of these
is placed in each of the three groups
under the care of a member who is
paid by the rest of the association for
his extra labor and expense. The sire
is then used by the members of that,
particular group for the improvement
of their cattle. At the end of two
years the groups exchange sires, and
at the end of four years another
change is made. When all three groups
have had the use of all sires for two
years they may be sold, new ones pur-
chased and the system continued.

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very apparent. In the first place the
members of the association are able
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proven sires for a period of six years

‘at a small investment, whereas were

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Uniformity as an Asset. .

The big advantage of this system,
however, lies in the fact that the en-
tire eommunity has, in a few years,
built up a very high class of cattle all
of one breed. If it be a dairy breed,
outside buyers desiring carlots of
breeding or milking stock will be at-
tracted to the community because they
know beforehand that they can get
carloads of high class without cover—
ing much territory. Packers and ship-
pers will come to the communities
handling the beef breeds, for they can
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grade steers for the best markets. All
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large number of cattle of one particu-
lar breed owned in one community will
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of the various prominent live stock
breeding counties in England, of the
Holstein-Friesian community at How-
ell, hzl‘ichigan, and of VVaukesha and
various other counties in Vv'isconsin,
where some united effort is being
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Give the Brood Sows Good Care

EVER has there been a time
N when the care and management

of the brood sows demanded
more attention than at present. Feeds
are scarce and high in price, butthere
is every indication that pork products
will command high prices during the
coming year. Every pig l’arrowed this
spring should be saved and given a
good start so that by .Lhe time this
year's corn crop is ready for feeding
it will be capable of going into the
feedlot and making rapid and economi-
cal gains. Feeding high-priced grains
is purely a gambling proposition un-
less one has good vigorous pigs that
are capable of making good use of
them.

Good care is cheaper than dollar
corn, and now is a good time to give
the sows good care in abundant meas-
ure——and make every possible use of
cheap protein concentrates. Clover
and alfalfa hay, waste fruits and veg-
etables, tankage and skim—milk will
help out wonderfully and insure strong-
er and more vigorous pigs at farrowing
time. , Then plan to have the houses
and farrowing,r pens comfortable and

sanitary so that the pigs will not be-

come diseased and stunted at an early
age. Cleanliness is a virtue in the
care of new-born pigs. While no more
necessary in the case of early furrow-
ed litters than of those farrowed later
in the spring it is more difficult to
maintain. A few days previous to far-
rowing time disinfect the floors and
bunks with quicklime and sprinkle the
side walls with a strong solution of an
efficient commercial dip. Then daily,
or every other day. clean the pens, re-
move the litter from the houses and
feed yards. At least once a Week clean
out the old straw in the nests, disin-
fect the feed troughs and floors and
provide clean and dry litter. With
cholera eliminated. nine-tenths of pig
ailments are due to unsanitary troughs
and sleeping places during the period
they are nursing the sows.
Feeding Suggestions.

Go slow about feeding the sow
heavy rations of heat-producing feeds
for a few days after farrowing. Give
her plenty of warm water and enough
middlings, ground oats and bran to
keep her quiet and contented the first
day. Alfalfa or clover hay will help to
furnish bulk and keep her bowels in
good condition for a few days after the
farrowing period. The grain ration
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second day until sufficient grain and
mill feeds are fed to keep the sow and
pigs in good condition. As the pics
begin to make greater demands her ra-
tion must. be increased until she is fed
all that she can handle to advantage.
To keep a sow supplying milk up to
the capacity of the pigs, requires as
great skill as feeding a dairy cow for
a production record. The skillful feed-
er must regulate her daily rations to
approximate every requirement of the
sow and her pigs. He must watch the
feed and its effects to prevent scours
and see that the pigs get out of the
nests and exercise in the runways to
prevent them from becoming lazy and

overfat, resulting in thumps. The
houses should be comfortable, but
coldness is preferable to dampness.

Proper ventilation will prevent damp-
ness and foul odors from gathering in
the. houses. Sprinkle the floors with
crude oil to prevent dust. Dust is as
harmful to young pigs as dampness.

Spray the sow and pigs with crude
oil to destroy lice and nits. A small
sprayer with a fine nozzle is more ef-
fective than dipping for young pigs.
Clean water is just as essential as
grain feeds and far cheaper. Galvaniz-
ed water fountains are especially val-
uable for the water supply. Filthy
troughs and mud-holes are prolific
sources of disease and ailments amona
young pigs.

As soon as the pigs will cat by
themselves give them access to such
feeds as shelled corn, skim-milk and
middlings in the alleys and runways.
if the sow and pigs are not fed tank—
age or meat meal mix one part air~
slaked lime and lhree parts steamed
bone and put it in a receptacle Where
they may have access to it at all
times. If fed supplemental feeds in
the runways they will keep in better
condition at weaning time and there
will be no interruption in their growth
as is the case when pigs are changed
suddenly from a ration of sow’s milk
to one of ordinary farm feeds.

New York. \V. MILTON KELLY.

Now and then a sale is made in the
Chicago Stock Yards of some fancy
selected feeder steers requiring only
a. short finish, at an especially high
price, and not long ago a country buy-
er had the courage to pay $9.35 per
100 pounds for a carload of 1118-lb.
steers, but they were already good
fleshy killers and needed but a short
finish that would place taem in'a do
ctdedly higher class of beef cattle.

  

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Feeds v o , ems
Grains‘to Use. with‘iCorn in Feeding
Steers.

I would like to know if there is any
feed I can buy to mix with crushed
corn to fatten steers on. I have for
roughage feed, cornstalks, mammoth
clover clippings, alfalfa, .hay, bean
pods, oat straw and mixed timothy hay.
I have to buy grain for them anyway,
so would like to know if there is any
feed that I can buy that is cheaper

than corn at $2 per cwt. .

Jackson Co. SUBSCRIBER.

It is doubtful if there is any avail-
able grain at the present time which
will be cheaper than corn at $2 per
cwt, for feeding steers, with the avail-

able roughage mentioned' in this in-

.quiry.- The writer is feeding dried beet

pulp and cottonseed meal in combina-
tion with corn and hominy feed with
alfalfa hay for roughage with very
good results, but under present condi-
tions these other feeds cannot be pur-
chased at a price which would make
their use more economical than corn
at the price named.
A Grazing Proposition.

1 have 75 acres of cleared land and
500 acres of pasture land. Am think-
ing of stocking same and would like
to have your opinion of which you
think would be the best, beef breeds
or milk breeds, and what is the best of
each breed?

St. Clair Co. G. D. S.

With a large area of unimproved
land and only a comparatively small
area of cleared land, the pasture area
could be better utilized for the produc-
tion of beef cattle and sheep, or both,
than as a dairy proposition, since this
course would require a much smaller
investment in buildings and equipment
which would be more adapted to the
size of the cleared farm than would a
big dairy establishment which would
utilize the pasture land to the same
advantage. A comparatively cheap
outfit of buildings would serve for the
wintering of a good-sized flock of
breeding ewes and some beef cows if
desired, and the produce of this breed-
ing stock would bring a good price for
feeding purposes in the fall if facilities
are not at hand for feeding same. This
would, in the writer’s opinion, be a
proper method of Operating a proposi-
tion of this kind where there is a large
area of pasture land as compared
to the available cropping area.

If the pastures cannot be stocked to
their minimum capacity by this plan,
more cattle could be purchased at any
time when market conditions favored
the investment. Also a portion of the
pasture land could be permitted to
grow throughout the season and used
for late fall and open winter pasture to
good advantage, thus reducing the pe-
riod of yard feeding for the breeding
herds.

So far as breeds are concerned, all
of the beef breeds of cattle are good,
and the owner’s fancy may be safely
indulged in this respect. In the pur-
chase of breeding ewes for an enter-
prise of this kind good western ewes
would perhaps be preferable, since a
uniform flock accustomed to range
conditions could be secured from this
source only.

A Catch Crop with Rye.

I have a ten-acre field of rye that I
am intending to sow back to rye again
next fall. What can I sow this spring
so I can pasture after the rye is cut?
I thought of sowing rape.‘ What time
will I have to sow it?

Ottawa Co. , J. V.

It is hardly possible to grow a profit-
able catch crop with rye to produce
pasture after harvest. Rape sown with
oats will make excellent pasture after
the oats are cut, under favorable
weather conditions, but the oat crop
affords a much better seed bed for
rape than it would be possible to pre-
pare in this growing rye, then the two
crops have an even start, and there is
opportunity for the rape to make con-
siderable development before the oats
begin to head, after which the rape
will make very little growth until the
cat crop is cut.

  
 

 

 

 

      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

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HE failure of cows to breed reg-
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many dairy farms is dissipating the
profits. This lack of vital power, for

' such it seems to be, is more prevalent

on farms where large quantities of pur-
chased concentrates are fed to the
cows than on farms where the cows
are fed more farm-grown feeds. Cows
that must be bred several times be-
fore becoming pregnant seldom fresh
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The Milk Producing Feeds.
It is not the intention of the writer
Ito pose as a medical expert, but. rath-
er to call attention to the importance
of proper feeding to maintain the re-
productive powers of dairy cows. It
is claimed by many dairy experts that
in the case of heavy-milking cows the
cause of shy breeding is the fact that
so much of their feed goes to make
milk that the reproductive organs are
improperly nourished, and therefore
too weak for maternity. This condi-
tion. however, is greatly intensified by
improper feeding, so that after all it
brings us back to the question of ra-
tional feeding. Unfortunately for the
dairy farmer, the feeds that have the
greatest value in producing an abun-
ldant. flow of milk are the very feeds
lthat have the lowest value in supply-
ling nourishment for the reproductive
organs. ConSider the. milk-giving val-
uc of cottonseed meal, then consider
‘tho dairy cows that have fed upon it
‘until they are worthless in the dairy

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A Substitute for Milk for Young
Calves.

l Wish you would put in your paper

some good artificial food to raise the

l Sanilac Co. R. P.

There is a prepared calf meal on the
market that people have found to be
very good for young calves in place of
skim-milk.

The Minnesota Experiment Station
found the best substitute was the
greatest combinations of grain they
could get. The more the better. Make
a grucl out of these grains and then
dilute it With warm water. A little ex-
perience in feeding will enable one to
use about the right amount of water.

To be more explicit, wheat bran,
ground oats, corn meal, barley meal,
oil meal. flaxseed meal, beet pulp, mid-
dlings, and all the more you can get.
Cook this grain in a kettle, using
about five to one of water, that is, if
you use one quart of grain use five
quarts of water 10 cook it in. This
makes a thin grucl, now thin it by us-
ing warm water when fed to calves.

How Much Grain to Feed. ~

Will you give me the correct propor—
tions for a balanced ration for dairy
cows? I have mixed clover and tim-
othy hay, corn silage, cottonseed meal,
wheat bran, and ground feed consist-
ing of 50 bushels of oats to 10 of shell»
ed corn. VYould you advise feeding
one pound of this grain to every three

or four pounds of milk produced?
Clinton (‘0. H. H. C.

I would advise only two pounds of
cottonseed meal per day per cow. This
meal does not mix well with other feed
so I would feed it separately and coat-
ter it on the silage.

Oats and corn make a splendid ra-
tion to feed with cottonseed meal.

If you have good dairy cows I think
it. will pay you to feed one pound of
this grain to every three pounds of
milk produced. It seems a large ration
where one has good cows that produce
large quantities of milk. but we must
remember it requires food to make

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herd. Other foods have a similar,
though not so noticeable an effect. All
highly concentrated protein by-pio
duct feeds. are dangerous unless prop
erly supplemented with other feeds
that are valuable in supplying nourish-
ment for the reproductive organs. It
is to be regretted that these concen-
trated protein feeds are so deficient in
the elements needed to build up the or-
gans of maternity.
Oats Valuable for Dairy Cows.

On many farms the trouble is not
the result of heavy feeding of these
protein concentrates, but not feeding
enough of any'nourishing feed. Such
a policy means a loss at both ends~
and wipes out every possibility of proll
it. Between these two extremes there
is a prOper system of feeding dairy
cows which provides for an abundance
of farm-grown feeds that contain more
bulk and less protein than the protein
by-products, even though a properly
balanced ration is not used. In mak-
ing up the best rations to insure an
abundant yield and a healthy develop-
ment of the reproductive organs no
other grain can take the place of oats.
Oats are the best all round feed for
dairy cows, and should have a more
general use in our rations for dairy
cows, even though their use may add
slightly to the cost of feeding the herd.
The cow cannot turn all the nourish-
ment she derives from the food she
gets into milk and still have enough
to build up her reproductive organs.
We want our cows to breed regularly
and must do our share tothat end. We
must see that our cows have the right
kind of feeds to insure their breeding
qualities if we are to succeed in the
dairy business.

more milk we get up to a certain limit.
If you have not been used to feeding
grain so liberally I advise you to in-
crease the ration slowly, say add half
n pound of grain daily until you get
your ration up to the full amount.
Watch each cow, if she does not re
spond to liberal feed don’t give her
any more.
A Good Ration.

I have a herd of ten cows, besides
some young cattle. I am feeding the
cows ensiiage once a day and corn-
stalks twice a day, all that they will
eat. I have corn and oats, which I
feed, equal parts. I also have purchas-
ed some cottonseed meal which I feed
about one pound pcr cow. How can I
get a better balanced ration? I also
have a little millet which I can feed
in place of cornstalks for a little while.

Missaukee Co. N. V.

I think cows ought to have at least
one feed a day of good hay, otherwise
you have a splendid ration. But I
think as your roughage is all corn
plant the ration is perhaps a little de-
ficient in protein and I would therefore
increase the cottonseed meal to two
pounds per day per cow and see if this
does not increase the flow or milk.
You could also increase the feed of
corn and oats until each cow gets one
pound of grain to every three or four
pounds of milk produced in a day.

Always increase the grain ration
slowly, adding half a pound per day,
and watch results. II the cows won‘t
pay for the increased ration of grain,
then don‘t feed it. '

Cnmx C. LILLIE.

MICHIGAN DAIRYMEN MEET.

The annual meeting of the Michigan
Dairymen’s Association will be held in
the Armory, Detroit, March 6-8. Un-
usual interest will attend this session
of the organization, due to the many
changes in conditions surrounding the
industry. Live questions on produc-
tion and distribution will receive mer-
ited attention. On March 8 the mar-
ket milk dealers have planned a spe«
clal session at which they hope to or-
ganize a. state association.

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I noticed an article in last week’s is-
sue on the cost of butter-fat, by W. F.
Taylor, of Oceana county, that will
bear some correction.

He has the cost of feed figured at
36c a pound for butter-fat and 25c 01’
this is for 10 pounds of grain at two
and a half cents a pound.

Now, if he understands feeding dairy
cows, he knows that a cow giving one
pound a day of fat does not require 10
pounds a day of grain.

She should be fed as many pounds
of grain per day as she gives pounds
of fat a week, which would be seven
pounds in this case, and then, too, he
has that grain figured at two and a
half cents a pound, or $50 a ton. If he
pays that for his grain he is an easy
mark for some dealer, for we can buy
the very best of grain at $40 a ton,
even at present high prices.

Now, then, we have seven pounds of
grain at two cents a pound, or 140
a day for grain, instead of 25c as he
had it figured, which cuts the cost of
that pound of fat 11c and makes it 250
instead of 360; quite a difference.

We are buying feed for» six cows
and I know what I am saying is the
plain truth and that most dairymen
would have gone out of the business
long ago if the feed alone cost them
anywhere near 360 a pound for but-
ter-fat. G. W. HAWLEY.

I have been writing for the Michigan

Farmer for twelve years and have
tried in a general way to be very care-
ful regarding my statements but in]
this case I am sure that Mr. Hawley’s
attitude is justified in part at least. A
pound of grain a day for every pound
of butter-fat the cow produces in a
week is doubtless enough in a major-
ity of cases. However, there is no pos—
itive rule. Some people feed more and
many feed less. While there are dif-
ferent theories upon this subject, one
is justified in saying that the relative
amounts of grain and roughage which
may be fed to a dairy cow with profit
have a wide difference in the individ-
ual cow. For example, I recall a herd
of grade Holsteins which, while they

per day each, produced a pound of fat.
The small allowance of grain was com-
pensated for by increased consumption
of roughage. Now, in many instances,
such a result would have been simply
impossible, but it was possible with
these cows because it was being done.

Now about the price of grain. At
the time I wrote this article it did look
to me as though grain might go to two
and a half cents‘per pound. I was soon
convinced of my mistake, however,
and intended to write the editor before
the article got into print, but neglected
it until too late. No, Brother Hawley,
we are not, as you think, “an easy
mark for some dealer.” On the con-
trary, we buy our feed in co-operation
with our neighbors in carlots and we
try to buy it when the price is right
and store it to be used when other peo-
ple are paying dearly for it.

.And now I want to refer again to
some things beside feed that influence
the cost of butter-fat. The things not
usually' figured are the value of the
real estate and the equipment, the in-
terest on the money invested, the tax-
es, the depreciation on the plant and
herd, the labor cost and a reasonable
allowance for the skill of the manager

cess. The surveys made in the vicin-
ity of Grand Rapids, covering a period
of two years, in twenty-five herds of
cows producing milk for the city mar-
ket, demonstrated that milk cost prac-
tically $1.90 per hundred weight. Ac-
cording to the best data obtainable at
present this milk is going to cost the
producer from $2 to $2.20 per hundred-
weight. The average test will be not
far from 3.5. It should be understood
that everything in the way of expense
is figured in this cost so that if the
producer gets no more than the cost
of production he will receive interest
on the money invested, taxes, allow-
ance for depreciation on the herdiand
equipment, the labor cost and his sal-
ary as a manager of the business, so
that he cannot be said to lose money

  

   

 

 

 

 

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WHAT EVERY
FARMER WANTS

Cheap and Efficient Transpor-
tation His Great Needeow
It Can Best Be Assured.

T

cfiicient federal
ownership.

HE present situation of the rail-
roads presents two alternatives,
regulation or federal

Tire experience of other countries
proves conclusively that government
ownership of railroads is-more costly
ivand less efficient than the system of pri—
vate ownership in this country. The
railroads of the United States have the
lowest freight rates. the smallest cap-
italization per mile. the highest operat-
ing efficiency and pay the highest wages
of any railroads in the world.

High Rates on Government I oads

The Charge for hauling a ton of
freirrht one mile on the government
owned roads of unions countries and.

on the priva: ey owned roads of thel

United States .4 shown in the follow-
ing table:

' Average
Freight rate
per ton mile

1. 24 cent

German
y 1.30 cent

France
Australia
New South Wales “
South Australia “
Switzerland ,
Canada (Private ownership)
United States

tGov’t Railways)

1.59 cent
1. 75 cent
2. 63 cent
.76 cen nt
.73 cent

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No railway system under
ment ownership can show a record tor
chcapness and service approaching that

By J. A.

U
writer‘s section, were without a
the kind in Michigan, was without
little or no influence on legislation for
ing. The cooperative idea which
crative shipping association. These
even here, the old-time reluctance to
organizing cooperative associations

NTIL a couple of years ago, more

than half the townships in the
farmers’ organization of any kind. The
Grange, the strongest organization of
representation in these townships.
The farmers of these townships had
the simple reason that they could not
cooperate as a body, in any undertak-
swept southern Michigan like a storm,
gave most of these townships a 00-01)-
associations in their limited field, have
proved wonderfully successful. But
organize for. the common good, has
made itself felt. A man influential in
and enthusiastic concerning their berr-
efits. said to the writer:

“These shipping associations are be-
yond question, a splendid thing. They
mark the greatest step forward yet
taken by the Iarmcrs. in the way of
realizing true returns for their labor
and enterprise. But much yet remains
to be accomplished. Too many farm-
ers right here in our home community
are unwilling to bury little, petty dif-

 

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’OVCI‘IT- ‘

ferences and cooperate. It' all the
tarnrers would take hold with a will,
more of benefit could be ac-

Perhaps 1* :1 financial way, the co-
operative movement has \ielded the
lquickest and most substantial returns
to the farmers of any organized un-
dertaking. It puts them on a footing,
las organizations, with the business
linen of the towns and cities. It gives
them more thar ever

ofG Organization
KAISER

of these same organizations on the
federal good roads act, on the parcel
post system, and on many other good
acts of legislation, can not be over-
estimated.

In many sections ot Michigan soci-
eties have been formed with the idea
of improving the kinds of seed sown,
thereby raising the average yield per
acre of grains, and eliminating foul
seeds from the fields. In this, too, com-
paratively few farmers, in most in—
stances, have become interested. The
importance of the movement. is self-
evident, yet skepticism and unfavora-
ble comment too often dampen the ar-
dor of the workers.

.In union there is strength. Where
farmers organize and cooperate, there
is something doing. Vl'ho doubts for
an instant that the farmers could have
their just due in any field, if they were
all willing to put their shoulders to
the wheel? The spirit of independence
and individual self—reliance is certainly

praisevtort’hy.‘ But theses, 9 ng,
ities, like every other good thingfmay‘
be carried to extremes. In these days
of cooperation, why not cooperate?
The great conquests of the World have
not been made by individuals working
alone. Individual achievements may
be brilliant and startling, but their in-
fluence is necessarily narrow. It
only by the subordination of individual
differences that great victories can be
won. The cooperative creameries,
the cooperative shipping associations,
cooperative marketing of any prodttcr,
are the direct outgrowth of organiza
tion. Legislation beneficial to all the
farmers of the country, has been gain-
ed only through organized effort. The
farmersnall the farmers—have it in
their power to remedy evils that yet
remain, and they are many. In the
community, in the state, and in.the
nation, the farmer is still behind in
organization. Why not accept the in-
evitable trend of the age? Why not
organize? Why not cooperate? If
you do not, your complaints and lamen-
tations concerning the farmer’s lot are
to the highest degree peurile.

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Studying Express Rates
‘ By ISAAC MOTES

MALL farmers who are in the hab-
S it of shipping perishable produce

like fruit and early vegetables to
market should familiarize themselves
thoroughly With express rates. There
is a wide latitude here for investiga-
tion, because express rates are not fig
ured according to any fixed rule or
principle. Different commodities have
different rates in different directions.
Thus, rates are always cheaper east:
than west, because more stuff is ship
ped east than west, and the greater
the volume of business the cheaper it

truck growing also because many
large railroad and manufacturing
towns have sprung up all over the
west, offering a good market for farm
produce.

Here again, a certain rate for a cer-
tain distance permits considerable lat-
itude in the size or weight of the bas-
ket or box. Thus in a certain direc-
tion out of St. Louis one can shit a
basket of peaches weighing from twen~
ty to sixty pounds forty miles for thir-
ty-five cents, so it. of course, makes
transportation charges much cheaper,

of American Railroads under privatel nearly before,
ownership. ‘\"..zrt the railroad situa—!
tion needs is th 11: adoption of a 51 stem1
of national regulation that will en—!
courage initi it »e and investment andl

enable the carriers to meet the grow—l

in proportion to amount of fruit. car-
tied, to ship a sixty-pound basket than
a twenty—pound one. Now, the fact that
a sixty-pound basket of fruit can be
shipped to a certain town or city at the
same rate as a twenty-pound basket is

can be carried, in proportion to the
volume. The rates from St. Louis to
New York City are far cheaper, in pro-
portion to distance, than the rates
trom St. Louis to San Francisco.

the just share or" the profits from their
investments in money and labor. And
191. as quoted above. farmers are not
wanting who stand aloof and decline
to cooperate. Some of them go still

ing requirement~ of American business.

Keep Railroads Out of Politics andi
Politics Out ot the Railroads

It is to the interest of the railroads
and the interest ot the whole country
that the railroads
and that politics he kept out of their
management.

Government ownership under ourt

political system would make the con-
trol of the railroads a partisan issue at
every election It would bring political
and economic disaster.

No man in the tountry stands to lose‘
more by the adoption of a political sy s—
tem of railroad 111anagcment than the
farmer. None will profit more from
efficient national regulation that will do

away with the present conflicts and}

waste of local control and enable the
railroads to make the extensions and im—
prtwements necessary to keep pace with
the business progress of the nation.

1

VVe invitc discussion of this question
and shall be clad to answer questions
and to supply intormation on request.

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE

61 Broadway New York City

FRANK T1:1'.\11:1’1.1., Chairman

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keep out of politics

further: They lose. no opportunity to
throw cold water on the project. They
would rather sell to a stock-buyer and
give him a profit than _ship under the
cooperative method. They seem afraid
ithat somehow, the other follow will

iget a cent that does not belong to him.

this question of or-
age-long cry of the
it‘armer naturally comes into promi-
inence. He has been saying for time
out or" mind, that he is a prey to the
buyer of his, products. He has held
that he must sell for what the other
man is willing to pay. and that he
fIlIllSI buy at the other man‘s prices.
Many- fartmms now admit that they
themselves have been largely to blame
for these conditions. Those who have
joined the cooperative shipping asso-
ciations think they see a way out, and
itlrey are demonstrating the fact that
lby organization the condition can be
alleviated to a considerable extent.
The man who stands outside these as-
sociations and who makes the old corn-
plaint, is deserving of but scant sym-
pathy'.

Should Influence the Adoption of Fav-

orable Legislation.

In considering
lgz'rnization. the

But these cooperative societies, ben-
eficial as they have proved to be, are
limited in their scope. As yet. at least,
they have taken but little it' any part
in influencing legislation or in solving
many vital questions important to all
farming communities. We have had
ample proof in recent years. of the

 

power of the Grange and other kindred
organizations. Perhaps the latest as
well as one of the most. notable tri-
urnphs of these organizations is seen
in the passage by congress. of the
farmers’ loan bill. For years. farmers’
organizations have approved and work-
ed for a system of rural credits. But
while a few labored, the great mass
stOOd apart and complained and gave
unfavorable criticism. The influence

 

Rates are also generally cheaper be-
tween points within the same state
than between points in separate
states, and certainly so in states Which
have railroad commissions. Then many
different articles going the same dis-
tance in the same direction take a dif-
ferent rate. Milk and cream generally
go at a considerably lower rate than
most other commodities. This~is be-
cause of the great amount of buSiness
built up in the carrying of these two
articles; also because milk cans are
handled easily, and because they are
brought to the stations and the. emp-
ties carried away by the consignees.

It is important, too, for all farmers
to know how heavy a package may be
and yet be carried at a given rate, and
the greatest distance a package of a
certain weight may be carried at a giv-
en rate, for the larger the package and
the longer the distance carried the low-
er the proportionate rate. An eight-
gallon can of milk or cream will be
carried 100 miles for twenty-seven
cents, but it will be carried 160 miles
for only four cents additional, while a
ten-gallon can will be carried 1th miles
for only three cents more than the
eight-gallon can, or for thirty-four
cents.

It should be known by every farmer
that merchandise rates vary consider-
ably on different kinds of commodities,
and what makes them vary is the size
of the articles as compared to weight.
Heavy articles which take up but lit-
tle space are carried cheaper than
light objects which take up more
space. Thus fresh vegetables and the
like take a higher rate than hardware,
small machinery fittings and the like:
that is, in proportion to weight. And
yet the rate on fresh fruit and vegeta-
bles is reasonably low on account of
the large amount of this business
which has been developed by modern
intensive farming, orcharding and

valuable information for any farmer
anywhere, at any time.

A farmer living close to two or three
good wholesale markets in different di-
rections from him should compile a
careful list of the express rates on the
products he raises, whether field crops,
fruit, berries, garden truck or the pro-
ducts of his dairy, to each of these
cities. He should figure everything ‘to
a goats bristle,’ and know the great
est weight of certain. produce which
he can send a certain distance fora
certain rate. It might be that the rate
to two towns exactly the same dis-
tance from his shipping point varied
slightly, for some reason, and yet one
of these towns might, be a better mar-
ket, for his produce than the other: in
which case he should of course ship
to the better market.

Farmers should ship perishable stuff
by the most direct, route, where there
is a choice of one or more express com.
panies, for it is the habit, of express
companies, in order to carry a package
wholly‘yover their line, to transport ir
by a very round-about way in order to
reach its destination. I have known
packages to b'e carried a circuitous
route of 300 or 400 miles in order t1
reach a town not more than torir
miles from the originating point, mere-
ly because the company receiving it
wanted to make the entire haul. rath-
er than turn it over to a competing
company. They carried it far down
the state to a junction point with an‘
other line of their own company run-
ning into the town to which the pack-
age was destined, and then brought
the package back almost in the dire-o
tion from which it started, in order to
reach the town of destination. In the
case of perishable country produce
quick delivery is very necessary, and
these commodities should be sent to
market by an express company mak‘
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in conncetion with the Benton

Harbor fruit market is that it
has no legal basis for its existence.
It is like Topsy; it “just growed.” It
is one of the‘ big primary fruit mar-
kets of the state. It is performing an
economic service and doing it fairly
well, although perhaps not as well as
_it would be possible for a strong co-
operative marketing association to do.

The Benton Harbor market occu-
pies one block on a cross street just
off from the main business street.
There is no city ordinance defining its
limits or prescribing how business
shall be conducted, at least the city
clerk was unable to find any reference
to the subject of. market in the ordi-
nance book when interviewed on that
point. But there can be no doubt as
to the existence of the market. The
remarkable thing is that without ofli-
cial regulation the selling and buying
is practically confined within the limits
of a single block instead of being
spread out along the streets and roads
leading to the orchards. It may be
that the city fire engine house located
on the adjoining corner is the force
that has kept the market from extend-
ing itself in the direction of the or-
chards. In order to keep the street in
front of the engine house sufficiently
free of teams to permit the fire depart-
ment apparatus to get a decent start
when responding to alarms it has been
necessary to hurry the fruit growers
around the corner and on to the side
street. This crowding of the fruit sell-
ing into a single block has been bene-
ficial to all concerned. It has given the
fruit grower most of the advantages of
a big free open market. It has made
it possible for the buyers to do exten-
sive buying with minimum expense.
This buying and selling with many
buyers and many sellers is the best
possible protection against sharp prac-
tices. With many buyers the grower
is fairly certain to get all that his
fruit is worth; and with many sellers
the buyer is able to get the fruit need—
ed to fill his orders. With a large mar-
ket with many buyers and many sell-
ers the law of supply and demand has
full play and quickly displays all the
virtues that it possesSes.

The market is at its best between
four and six o’clock each afternoon
during the fruit season. The buyers
begin to congregate on the sidewalk
shortly after the noon-day meal and
the fruit growers begin to arrive with
their loads about three o’clock and
from four to six arriving teams almost
form a procession. As each load ar-
rives the buyers gather around the
wagon, or auto, and inspect the fruit
and put bids upon the different varie-
ties. The grower generally waits un-
til a number of buyers have inspected
his load, because he has learned by
experience that by waiting a bit he of-
ten is able to get five, ten and even
twenty-five cents a package above the
first offer made him. Out of the many
buyers there is almost sure to be one
that just needs his load to fill out an
order and this one will pay a few cents
above the prevailing price.

There are several very favorable fea4
tures about the Benton Harbor mar-
ket. One is that it is a spot cash mar-
ket and that the grower gets his check
as soon as the deal is closed by the
delivery of the load to a point desig-
nated by the buyer. Another good fea-
ture is in connection with the inspec-
tion by the buyers. The covers of the
packages have to be removed to see
the fruit, but these covers are replaced
by the buyers with scrupulous Care so
that the packages are none the worse
in appearance for the inspection. This
is very different than is the case on
some markets.

The peach harvest is the big season
on this market. The time was when
this was the greatest peach market in
the world, but since the development
of the peach industry in the southern
states there are rivals for the honor of
being the biggest. .

Ingham Co.

P ERHAPS the most interesting fact

R. H. ELSW-ORTH.

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encyclopedia of farm imple-
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its entire width.

Patented spring
pressure third lever
—-rinner ends of gangs
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disc over rid es or cut
out dead urrows
without burying the
harrow.

lndependentgangs.
All tendency of gangs
to crowd to one side
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giving them the prop-
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FIexible—only that .
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arrow passing over'. A
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furrow slice.

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Using a disc barrow
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when the furrow slice is turned,
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Water in the sub-
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Pivotal wheel foot
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Tools easily ad just-

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Lifting lever for
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tool bars.

Hinged pole applies
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Steel tool frame,
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Can furnish also
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line.

John Deere Beet Tools

The John Deere No. 15 Beet
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the work right un-
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A great variety
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weeders, duck feet, irrigating
shovels, deer tongues, diamond-
point shovels and weeding knives.

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They plant fifteen to thirty
pounds of seed per acre.

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The Syracuse“Slat"
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sheds and turns
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The full chilled
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one piece with slats
and open spaces alter-
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the surface subject to
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f u r r o w ,
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easier than over a solo
Possesses
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Syracuse Plows have an
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Above we picture a Case 9-18 all-’round farm tractor and the new Case 20x28—inch
thresher. Here is a combination which can’t be beat. It brings to every farmer a new in-
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Even if you are not in the market today, you should be thoroughly acquainted with these remarkable labor-
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CASE, the Standard Tractor

‘ The Case 9-18 tractor is trulyan all-’round mechan-
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Do Your Own Threshing

Thousands of farmers have asked us to add a
smaller thresher to our line, so that they might do
their own threshing. They have come to us because
It Will pull manure spreader, gang plow, harrow, ‘

 

grain drill, planter, digger, mowing machine,
rake, hay loader, harvester, haul crops and other
materials.

It will drive a small thresher, a silo filler, feed
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This Case 9-18 has a four—cylinder valve-iu-head
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pull without overheating. All gears are enclosed
and run in oil. Center of gravity low down; there-
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makes for easy turning in close quarters. A boy can
operate it.

Don’t buy a tractor before you've learned all about
the Case. It pays to investigate thoroughly. it you’re
from Missouri, we “can show you."

The Sign of Mechan-
ical Excellence the
World Over.

Case has long been the leader in the threshing ma-
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Case 20x28-inch. It is especially adapted for small
tractors. While we recommend the Case 9—18 all-
'round tractor with it, this 20x28-inch separator can
easily be driven by other power of like capacity.

With the Case 20:28-inch thresher there is no need
to await your turn and run a risk. You may thresh
as much as you please, whenever you please. This
means absolute independence. Also extra profits,ifyou
have time to handle some of your neighbors’ crops.

The Case 20x28-inch thresher maintains the same
standard of excellence as the larger models, which is
sufficient proof of its performance. economy, dura-
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We want You to know all about this Case 20:28—inch
thresher before you purchase a machine. Samples will
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Four other Case trac-
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as followszlo-ZO, 12-25,
20-40 and 30-60. A
size for every need—a
size for every farm.

Eight sizes of Case steam
engines: 30, 40, 50,60, 65,
75, 80, and 110 h. p. None
as good as these have ever

been manufactured.They '

have proved superior.

Seven Case steel threshing ma-
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20x28,20x36, 26x46, 28x50. 32:“,
36:58 and 40:62 inches. These
meet every dem a n d . Case
threshers always set the pace.

Case baling presses, in
two sizes, 4:18 and
17x22 inches; also a 17x22-
inch automatic b ale r.
They do the most work
in the least time.

Case silo fillers have
big capacity and re-
quire least power.
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This Magazine Section forms apart of our paper every week.

F the one hundred thousand peo-
ple living in the copper country
of Michigan, the most important

foreign element is the Finnish. Origi-
nally coming here to work in the
mines, a considerable number have
ceased from their subterranean em-
ployments and have taken up occupa-
tions, as we say here, “on the surface.”
Finland is above everything else, an
agricultural country and has condi-
tions of soil and climate not dissimilar
from those existing in the Lake Supe-
rior district of Michigan. In Finland’s
agriculture program dairying leads, as
would be natural in a land of heavy
rainfall, and lakes and rivers, where

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“Book Doctor” Who Looks After
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Making Farmers Out of Miners
By L. A. CHASE, M. A.

succulent grasses abound, and market
conditions favor the sale of dairy pro-
ducts. In the copper country of Mich-
igan, similar conditions obtain. Hence
it is quite in order that former Finnish
miners in seeking a vocation above
ground, should turn to the countryside
and particularly to cows for a liveli-
hood.

The Finns and their cows are natur-
al companions. This applies rather to
the women-folk and children than to

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the men. It is quite the thing for
women of the peasant class to tend
the dairy cattle regularly and to re—
lieve the men from all responsibility
therefor. There seems to be no fric-
tion in the Finnish family on this
point. I have never heard of Finns
abusing their stock. I have heard of
their getting up on cold winter hights
and feeding them, of their combing
and fussing over them. Their cows
always look well kept, and they re-

 

of Relations with Germany.

Every article is written especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere

spond by furnishing the community
good milk at moderate cost.

There is some extremely fertile land
in the copper country, in spite of its
appearance of rock and ruggedness to
the casual observer. The Finns are
getting much of this land under culti—
vation. The mining companies have
cleared up much of the original timber
and the lumber companies are complet—
ing the process. At points there is
heavy second-growth stuff to be dis-
posed of with hard labor; but when
this is done the land is capable of
yielding a rich return.

The present problem in this district
is to improve on existing methods of

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agriculture. ‘To the solution of the

problem of methods both the schools

and the county authorities are address—
ing themselves. Some time since, this
journal published an account of the
work of the Otter Lake Agricultural
School, which belongs to the school
system of Portage township. The
school board of this township has 11
complicated problem with which to
deal. The board must give the chil-
dren of Houghton the advantages of a
modern city sch001 system, while in
the outlying portions of Portage town-
Ship 11 schooling adapted to a mining
and 21 rural population must be devis-

~ ed. The school management hasgone

to work with great breadth of view
and has spared neither effort. 1101' mon-
ey. There are five strictly rural
schools in the district, which are or-
ganized under the township unit plan.
The school grounds do not. comprise a
paltry few square rods of land so fre1
quently encountered elsewhere, but en-

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There are: five
Granges in the towhShip, and these
hold their meetings in the school hOus-
es. Talks on improving agricultural
methods are’given in both Finnish and
English. The meetings are packed and
the people would sit till cock-crow if
the speakers could hold out till then.
But the results of this effort at mak-
ing farmers out of miners, alien in
race and habits, will come when the
boys and girls, now in the schools, re-
turn to take charge of farms 011 their
own account. This they will do for
very few leave the country for the
town. It is pretty well settled that
the agricultural future of this district
lies with the Finn, of whom there are
more than twelve thousand that were
born in Finland. That is why school
and county authorities are expending
time and money to make a better
farmer of him.

For seventy years the people of the
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Potatoes Raised by

joy from an acre to forty acres of good
soil in which children and vegetation
can thrive and grow. The schools
serve as experiment stations to assist
in determining what. plants will do the
best in this latitude and climate. It:
is believed that the alfalfa problem is
solved for this district. But they have
not determined what kinds of clover,
corn, potatoes and other crops will
give best results, and these problems
have received much thought. and ac—
tual trial.

Fanners are said to be conservative,
and these Finnish farmers, living by
themselves and speaking their own
language, are ultra conservative. But
even they can see the dividing line in
the alfalfa field at the Otter Lake.
school, marking the boundary between
that portion where lime has, and has
been applied. The school's prin—
cipal and the janitOr have cleared sev-
eral acres 01' the school’s land, this
summer. And the 1‘111'11191'5 are taking
the hint and are, doing likewise.

The brood sow owned by the school
has presented the district, with her
third litter of eleven pigs, and these,
as their brothers and sisters before
them, will be disposed of to the farnr
ers in order that the grade of this kind
of stock may be improved. “Grade"
chickens of a dinstinguished variety
are also being raised for local sale.
As fast as it is ascertained what varie-
ties of plants are best to produce, it
will be possible also to furnish local
farmers with better seed than they are
now planting.

A sawdust pile on the school grounds
bears witness to another activity of
the Otter Lake school. The school and
the farmers require lumber for new
construction. The clearing of the land
yields the logs. A portable sawmill
standing on the school grounds sup-
plied this need for the neighborhood.

It. is not to be expected that the old-
er folk will change their ways rapidly.
Conservatism. is the rule among them.
Yet when land for a new school was
needed, an acre of it was had for the

 

Pupils Below the High School Grade.

have devoted themselves so exclusive-
ly to the mining of the red metal that

they have never produced anything
like the food requisite for man and

beast. Instances are on record of their
even importh g, in the early days, hay
from Detroit. The development. in

farming in this district, already de-
scribed, is, therefore, in the interest of
a more economical food supply. It is
bearing fruit, this season, in cheaper
potatoes than lower Michigan Is 911-
joying. Indeed, potatoes are our most,
promising c1'Op.

Those interested in better farming
in the district have organized the

Houghton County Farm Bureau, which
receives financial aid from the county
and the townships and is thus able to
employ 21 farm expert: who devotes his
time to the problem of better agricul-
ture. The board of supervisors have
contributed two thousand dollars for
this year‘s activities of the farm bu-
reau. Additional income brings'the
21111011111, available for its farm work in
1916 to some three thousand two hun-
dred dollars. Mr. L. M. Geismur is
county agriculturist for the bureau.

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She was stifling the 111st faint sob
when Stoddard groped his way into
the tangle and led her back to the
“(imp-fire. She went slowly and reluc-

tantly, and when he turned to look at
her she averted her eyes.

“W'hat’s the matter, Sadie?” he
asked.

“Nothing.”

He turned her about sothat the
light fell upon her face. '

“Why, Sadie! You’ve been crying!”

“I’m—~1’m tired.”

“You poor kid! Of course you are!
It was a shame to leave you there so
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He has been furnished an automobile
so he can visit the farms and give ad-
vice where it is wanted. He has an
office in Houghton where farmers in
large numbers come to him for counsel.

The farm bureau has interested it-
self in the-organization of new Grang-
es, and there are now twelve in Hough-
ton county. It has promoted co-opera-
tive buying for cash on the part of
farmers, who have in this way profit-
ed in their purchases of wire fence,
stock feed, arsenatc of lead and binder
twine. It wishes to improve the breed
of stock and 'quality of seed. _ To this
end it used the farm at the'county in—
firmary to try out varieties of wheat
and oats adapted to this locality. Thus
four years of trial have, shown that the
Worthy variety of oats does best in
Houghton county. The seed for this
was secured from the experiment sta-
tion of the Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege, the best of which has been select
ed and re-planted each season. Last
year, the yield went sixty-five bushels
to the acre, forty undone-half pounds
to the bushel. Of this crop 650 bush-
els were sold to farmers here and in
other upper peninsula counties. No

other variety of cats did as well as
this within fifteen bushels to the
acre. led Rock wheat also deriv-

ed in the first instance, from Lansing
has given the best satisfaction at the
county farm and 136 bushels have been
disposed of this year for seed. With
early planting. it is being discovered
that winter wheat does very well in
this locality, ven with its severe con-
ditions through the winter months.
The Farm Bureau encourages pure.L
bled stock and its efforts are biinging
results. Registered Holstein and
Guernsey bulls have been brought into
the district, during the. past. year, to-
gether with high-grade cows. It is rec
ognized that ultimately dairying prom-
ises best for the agricultural future of
“Copperdom.” But even orchards are
in the making. and recently my Fin-
nish farmer host treated me to as ex«
cellent 21 hand-out of home-grown ap~
ples as I could wish and better than I
had a right, to look for in this Lake
Superior land of copper.

Here is the third most populous and
richest; county in the state, and lies
west of a line drawn through Chicago.
11 is as far from Detroit to Houghton
as from Detroit to Washington or Phil-
adelphia, yet, all in this same old state
of Michigan. More than eighteen thou-
sand men are delving below the sur-
face here for copper and are getting
out six million dollars’ worth of it each
month. That cannot lat-'11 forever, al-
though it will continue in greater or
less degree for many years. But, when
the copper is gonewif that must be—
still the soil will remain, and there will
be people to be fed; and the copper
country will be in a position to do its
share. in feeding them. What, has been
here set, forth indicates, furthermore,
that it is doing something to feed it-
self even while it is fetching its cop-
per by the millions of pounds from a.
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“That’s all right.
it. I’m just tired."

Her body sagged wearily and her
head drooped as Stoddard led her to
the tent.

“Good night,” he
all right tomorrow.”

“I guess so,” Sadie replied.
night.”

Down by the fire he found an indig~
nant Larry.

“You’ve given her the tent,
you?” he demanded.

_“Why, certainly.”

“And what about me?”

“You can curl up out here, as John

You couldn't, help

said. .“You’ll be,

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how sorry I am.

[with a note of alarm.

'"aii’d I are‘going is do,” replied Stod- ,‘

dard shortly. “Don’t be 'such a fus-'
ser, Larry. You’ll be bunking in a.
sixty-thousand dollar private car to-
morrow night, with a porter to wait
on you. Dream about that for a
change.” ‘

Stoddard was in no mood for any-
thing but thought. He was puzzled
and disturbed. Sadie wasn’t tired, he
knew. Why did she cry?”

Breakfast was a. silent and cheerless
ceremony. John, the Indian, was taci-
turn from habit. Larry was surly be-
cause he had been deprived even of
the poor luxury of the tent. Stoddard

,said little because his mind was still

trying to fathom a troubling problem.
As for Sadie, she was in a mood
utterly new to her—a mood which had
the effect of placing a seal upon her
tongue. It was a wrong way to eat
breakfast when a September morning
in the Deepwater is trembling'and joy-
ous with the promise of a wondrous
day; but thus the meal passed.
Stoddard was watching Sadie fur—
tively. Something was wrong, beyond
all question; but while he sensed in a
hazy way the cause of the trouble it
presented no clear outlines to him. It
had something to do with the visit of
his mother and sister, he felt sure, but
beyond that his diagnosis failed. Of
her own choice Sadie had avoided a
meeting; she had demanded to be hid-
den. He could net see, therefore, that
her banishment into the woods during
their call furnished a cause of offense.
Sadie avoided his eyes. Most of the
time she stared steadily at the ground
in front of her: occasionally she glanc—
ed out at the silver water; but never,
save by accident, did she meet Stod-
dard’s look.
Breakfast over, she wandered slowly
down to the water's edge, then fol—

lowed the shore aimlessly. All the .

buoyancy seemed to have gone from
her, for she walked in tired listless
fashion, her head bent forward, her
arms swinging idly at her sides. Chirp-
ing birds and chattering chipmunks
had no interest for her, nor did the
freshness of the morning awaken her
spirits as of old.

After an interval Stoddard followed.

She was sitting with her back against '

a dead stump. close to the shore, when
he first sighted her. Her eyes were
half-closed; she appeared to be quite
oblivious of her environment. He
watched her for a moment; then ap-
proached quietly. Not until he had
seated himself a few feet away did she
glance at him. and then it was for the
briefest interval.

“Let‘s have a talk, Sadie,” he said.

She made no answer, but played
with a strand of hair that lay across
her lap.

“Somethings~ gone wrong,” he went
on. “I understand that, of course. But
I don’t know just what it is. If it’s my
fault I want to apologize and tell you
What is it, Sadie?”

“It ain’t anything,” she answered
dully.
“That’s nor. frank. It has to be

something. Let‘s have it out. You and
I can‘t go on in this fashion, Sadie.”

She looked at him inquiringly.

“VVe’re too good pals fer that,” he
added. “We can’t have any misunder-
standings. Tell me what it is. Has it
something to do with last night?”

“Maybe.” She spoke reluctantly.

“Is it because you didn't meet my
mother and Betty?"

She shook her head.

“You said you didn’t want to, you
know.”

“It ain’t that.” she answered.

He waited a little for her to go on,
but Sadie had again relapsed into
brooding silence.

“Then what is it that makes you
angry with.me 1’“

“I ain’t angry,” she said hastily, and
“Honest I
ain’t.”

“What, then?”

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“Oh, it. ain’t wo ho,
guess," she murmured. “Onlyl ain’t:
angry.”

“You may‘as well tell me now,” said
Stoddard, “becausel’m not going to
leave until you do. So‘ go ahead.”

Sadie clasped her hands abOut \her
knees and studied a rock that jutted
through the moss at her feet.

“I’m—I’m just hurt,” she
slowly. _

“About something that happened
last night?”

She nodded.

' “You heard us talking, I suppose?”

“That’s it. I couldn’t help hearin’.
And I wish I hadn’t.”

“Go on, Sadie.”

“It ain’t so easy to say,” she faltered.
“You been, so kind to me I ain’t got a
right to complain. And I ain’t com-
plainin’, either. Onl‘y it seemed—Well,
you didn’t ever have a job in sight for
me, did you?”

“That’s true; I didn’t. Go on.”

“And you ain‘t got any way of get-
tin’ me one, like I thought,” she mus-
ed. “Because—well, because you ain’t
got any interests here. Your mother
said that.”

“Not the kind of
thought,” he admitted.

“And you see, that’s the trouble,”
said Sadie. “You let me go on think-
in’ different. And when I found out
last night, why—”

She ended the sentence with a shrug.

“You felt I hadn’t played fair. Isn’t
that it?”

“I won’t say it wasn’t fair,” she an-
swered. “I guess you did it to save
my feelin’s. You didn’t want me to
feel disappointed.”

“That’s true. But just the same I
intended to do all .I could—and still
intend to Sadie.”

“It all comes, I guess from.misun-
derstandin’ your letter,” she went on
after a pause. “You see,l didn’t know
you was just—playin’ up here. I
thought you belonged. You oughta
have told me when I came.”

“It would have saved a misunder-
standing,” he admitted.

“Can I ask something?”
tured.

“Of course.”

“What was you thinkin’ when you
wrote that letter? I mean, about me ?”

“I thought you were a girl with a
beautiful dream.”

“And you didn’t want to wake me
up.”

“I suppose that’s about it.”

“But it was a case where I’d oughta
been waked up.”

She looked at him steadily for a.
minute, and when he remained silent
she added. .

“You woke up, but I didn’t.”

“How do you mean?”

“You woke up after you got my tel-
egram. You were goin’ to send me
back. I heard about that, too. Your

said

interests you

she ven-

. mother told about the woman at the
station; I knew it was the one I met. '

And you thought she was me.”

Stoddard nodded.

“I guess you had the rightidea.
You knew it was all a mistake and
you figured to get me out of it quick.
I ain’t blamin’ you. I ain’t got a right
to. Only—e”

Involuntarily she laid a hand against
her breast.

“—Only it just sort of hurts-to
find it out.” .

He was silent. What could he say?
Sadie at last understood what he~ had
been trying to conceal from her. He
might have known that the truth
would discover itself eventually. _

Stoddard felt ashamed, yet he was
glad that the fiction had been wiped
out. It was easier for Sadie in the end.

As he watched her he became con-
scious of a quickening of his pulse.
The little droop at the corners of her
mouth was new to him, and strangely
attractive. It suggested a sadness a
little, but sweetness far more.

The pink of the~dawn was in her

 

cheeks, the“glowing glory of the sun-

    

.tendernessgand- yea ing in her" eyes

She was wonderful, beautiful—and he
had wounded her!

“What can I say, Sadie?”

She looked at him with a faint
Smile. . .

“I’ll say anything—do anything—if
you’ll forgive me! I didn’t mean to
hurt you. Why, I couldn’t hurt you,
Sadie!” . '

“I know you meant it for the best,”
she murmured. “I was foolish. Only
it did hurt.”

“Yes; I can see it now. But it was
all because I didn’t know, until I found
you that night at the station, that you
were you. Don’t you see that?”

“You mean—d”

“I mean,” he said, talking rapidly,
"that everything changed then. You
must know that. Why did I let you go
on thinking about the job you. were to
get? Because I was afraid to hurt you.
Why do you think I didn’t send you
back, after I did find you—as —I sent
the other woman? Have you thought
of that?” -

He saw the color slowly flooding her
face and throat. , ’

“Did you suppose I could send you
back when I had seen you?”

Sadie was trembling.
would not meet his glance.

Her eyes
She was

afraid to listen—but her eyes were.

strangely eager.
Now he was leaning forward and his

great, brown hand had imprisoned one»

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of hers.

“Sadie! Look at me!”

She would not. There was a tear
glistening on her cheek.

“Why, Sadie!”

His voice had grown husky and his
own hand was shaking. Revelation had
come to Stoddard within the moment;
it startled and thrilled him.

He was standing now and both her
hands were in his as he slowly drew
her to her feet. For a little they stood
thus in silence. Then she slowly raised
her head and looked at him bravely
through brimming eyes.

“You wonderful—”

The sound of a footstep on the rocks
checked his speech. Stoddard turned
swiftly and saw Larry Livingston
standing a few' yards distant. With a
little cry Sadie released her hands and
fell back a step. Then she fled in sud-
den panic.

Stoddard glared at the intruder, who

'with a. shadowy smile on his lip

advanced. -

“I beg your pardon,” said Larry. “I
didn’t—”

“Oh, shut up!"

“It was entirely an accident, Stod."

“There’s nothing to talk about,” said
Stoddard curtly.

“Clumsy of me, I know; but—”

“Go to the devil!”

Stoddard whirled about and strode
in the direction of the camp.

Livingston watched him until a bend
of the shore hid his figure from sight.
He stood smiling for a moment, then
his face became serious. Larry was
thinking. .

Several times he frowned and shook
his head. He glanced in the opposite
direction. Sadie also had disappeared.
For a little time Larry appeared hesi-
tant.

“Useless to talk to him,” he mutter-
ed. “But—-— Oh, Lord!”

Then he began following the path
Sadie had taken.

It was several minutes before he
found her, down at the farther point
of the island. She did not hear him
until he was very close;
glanced about timidly, but with the
same light in her eyes as that which
Stoddard had seen.

It faded in a. flash when she recog-
nized Larry, and in its place came a.
look of weariness and suspicion and
defiance.

“Beautiful morning,” he said ten-
tatively. I '

Sadie, instinctively cautious, weighed

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Fora minute or two Larry Spoke
commonplaces and received answers,
when they were required, that consist-
ed of monosyllables. Sadie knew he
had not found her by accident. Be—
hind the cloak of his perfunctory talk
was something concealed, she instant-
ly divined. His words were the mere
patter of a stage magician manipulat-
ing his cloth.

Sadie was in no patient mood. She
hated this friend of No. 44’s and dis-
trusted him, although she did not fear
him. He was still talking aimlessly
when she interrupted him sharply:

“Let’s have it straight,” she said.
“What do you want to say to me?”

“Well, I don't want to offend you,”
he'answered. studying her face nar—
rowly, “but. i wanted to say some-
thing about Stoddard."

“Well?"

“And you." he added, pausing to
watch the effecr. a,

“Say it, then."

Give Larry credit for his. He had
the courage of his meddlesomeness.

“Stoddard is very fond of you,”

“Did he say so?" Sadie Controlled
her voice with dimculty.

“Oh, no. .- I shouldn’t think of dis-
cussing it will him. Certainly he
would not mention it to me."

She did not need to be told that.

“I imagine that you are rather fond
Of him,” Larry continued.

Sadie’s face was flushed, more in an-
ger than embarrassment. To her this
was like vandalism in some sacred
temple. But she checked the retort that.
was on her lips and waited. She want-
ed to unders'irjind more.

"‘I did not intentionally intrude a lit-
tle while ago," said Larry, speaking
smoothly. “I would like to have you
know that."

She believed he lied but made no

comment.

“I understood even before then,” he
went on. “Now, of course, you may
think this is something I have no right
to talk about. But Stod is a friend of
mine, so I've taken the liberty.”

“I notice that. Go ahead.”

“Thank you. I'm going to assume
as a basis for what I say that you are.
very fond of Stoddard. W'ait! I’m
going to make it as. short as possible
and I’m nor going to ask you to do
anything but think about, what I tell
you. If you do care for him it does
you credit. He is a fine fellow and he
is worthy of anybody.

“Stoddard comes of a very old New
York family. His people are not only
wealthy but their social position is ex-
ceptional. You have seen his mother
and his sister. I think you understand
without anything more being said in
reference to that.

“Their world is the one in which he
has been reared and to which he is
accustomed. He is a man of education.
He has already done brilliant work in
his profession and he has a big future
ahead of him. His t'aniilymhis mother
«worship him. They think more 01‘
his career, probably, than of any other
thing in this world."

Livingston seemed to be at a loss to
proceed. '

“It’s rather difficult to say what I
had in mind," he said.

“You mean about me?” asked Sadie

steadily.

He nodded.

“You needn't say it if you don’t
want to. I understand. You mean I’m

different frorn him. I’m ignorant. I
don’t talk right. I ain’t got a social
position. I'm a factory hand.

“That’s all right; I know it. It’s
said now. Go ahead.”

Larry sighed softly. The bridge had
been crossed. ' ' 4

“None of those things are to your
discredit in any way, you understand,”
he said. “I don’t want you to think
that.”

”You can cut that stuff out,” said
Sadie quietly. “I ain’t lookin’ for sym-

,pathy. If I’wa‘nted to find itI’d get a

dictionary. Just pass 'that and go on.”

“Well, what I just wanted 'to put
before you was this: Take a man like
Stoddard, with all that he is and all
that he can be. Take a girl—well, like
yourself. '

“Assume they love each other. As-
sume that this man should desire to
marry this woman. Assume that he
tells her so." . ‘

Sadie waited grimly. She knew it
was shameful, this cold, impersonal
vivisection of a thing that breathed
with life and love, but she had steeled
herself to hear him out. ’

“In that case," Livingston. said slow~;

ly, “and assuming always that she had
a real love for this man—and love
means sacrifice—«what would
woman do?”

He paused, but not as if he expected
an answer from her.

“That’s what I want you to think
about," he added as he turned away.
“Thank you for listening.”

He walked steadily until he had gone
from her sight, unhurried and methodi-
cally, like a man conscious of a duty
properly performed. \

An hour later Sadie was still sitting
where he had left her. She was look-
ing out across the water, where the
bluff shores of the mainland lifted
their ragged summits against the sky,
but she saw nothing of her big out-
doors. She was looking only into her
soul. Her eyes were calm and clear.
her face peaceful. .Jow and then her
lips moved without sound.

“What would this woman do?"
were saying.

Then:

“I know.”

Back in the camp Livingston found
Stoddard smoking in grim silence. He
made no effort to drawhim into con-
versation and "Stoddard paid not the
slightest attention to his presence.

The big man’s mind was filled with
a vision that his almost forbidding ex-
pression did not even faintly reflect.
He looked angry anti unhappy, but. he

they

was not. He was serious, but very
con‘tent.
Something that had troubled and

baffled him had suddenly become clear.
The road was open and just beyond
the turn was happiness. Presently he
would overtake it. He could wait a
little. What mattered an hour or so
now, when a lifetime lay ahead?
Stoddard scarcely raised his eyes
when Larry announced that the launch
from the hotel was in sight, and he did
not more from his place until it near-
ed the landing. Then he arose slowly,
knocked the ashes from his pipe, and
went to meet his mother and Betty.
“They telephoned us from the sta-
tion that your uncle has arranged for
a special locomotive.“ said Mrs. Stod-
dard as she greeted him. “So we are
going now.”
Larry, eager to be off. had already
climbed into the launch.
“Vt'on’t, you change your
John?” ‘ ‘
Stoddard shook his head.
“No, mother. Thanks awfully. I'm
going to stay here a while."
“Alone?”
“I've got John for company—the
other John; although I’m pretty good
company for myself."

iiiiiitl,

“The lunatic is still roaming,” vol-
unteered Betty.

“No news of him yet?”

“One of the men at the hotel

thought he heard him yelling off in
the woods somewhere, but they haven’t
found him.”

“More likely a icon than a lunatic,”
commented her brother with a laugh.

“At least you’ll come to the station
with us,” pleaded Mrs. Stoddard.

He-had not planned to do that. But
he could give no good reason for re-

fusing. After all, it merely meant a
few hours. Then he would come back
and——

“Surely!” he said. “Wait a minute.”
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title IS blg enough to cover all that narrow walls, smoke and grime of fac- chance for service. Like fire, however,

could be said about Mechanical arts. tory fouled air, and daily danger from they are good servants when controll~
The workers who may be classed as vicious contagion. Food is not always ed, but hard masters for the weak.
mechanics form a great host, and do wholesome, quarters are not always Next week, “The Farmer’s Way.”
one and a thousand things. To write pleasant. and companionship is some-
about them all would be impossible times bad. Prices of good maintenance EVOLUTION OF THE MOTOR CAR.
and far beyond the intention of this are sometimes prohibitive. Board and
paper. The subject is put into the ser- rooms frequently take the major part BY C. s. RIEMAN.

ies partly for the sake of the contrast of the pay envelope. For one man who The first record we have of a vehicle

it affords and partly to correct a wrong stands the strain, and goes up to posi- traveling without animal power is

impression that exists in regard to that tions of influence and competence, found in the ancient Chinese records,
great influence Which draws SO many there are many who fail. A visit to which give an account of the Kite Car-
men and boys away from the broad shelter homes to be found in any great riages. These vehicles were driven
acres. By “mechanics” is meant that city is full of enlightenment on this by the wind blowing against a sail at-
diversified activity that goes to make point, tached to the carriage. In the early

up the industry of the city as put over The broken, shuffling gait of many reign of King James I of England, a

against that of the farm. men who go out to their work in the patent was issued to Hugo Upton,

When we stop to think of the pro- morning and return tired and spent at reading as fOllOWSI “F or the sole mak-

duct of the city worker and consider night, tells its story. The daily grind ing Of an instrument WhiCh shall be

all that he sends out to others, we squeezes all of life and vitality out of driven by the wind for the transporta-
stand amazed. Complex as life is, the the body of the average factory work- tion 01‘ carriage of anything by land.”
great factory is absolutely necessary. er. Nor can it be justly said that the Some believe that Upton‘secured his

It is both a cause and an effect. The worker gets a wage that warrants him idea from Kite Carriages in old China.

demand of home and farm calls it into in continuing the round day after day. The Early Steam Carriage.

being. Implements, tools, engines, Occasionally a workman owns his own HOWGVGI‘, the history 0f mechanical-

wagons, autonlobjles, rope, fences, home, but he is the exception, Most 1y driven carriages dates back to 1680

building materials of all description, of them are renters. and twenty-five to When Sir Isaac Newton proposed a

from concrete to nails, bear the stamp forty dollars per month is a big price Steam carriagé to be driven by the re-

of the city. Clothing, books, papers, to pay for a house to live in. To raise active effect Of a jet 0f steam issuing
dishes, furniture, music, things for use a family and meet the usual obliga- from the nozzle at the rear 0f the ve-
and things for pleasure, are city made. tions of life in these days of H. C. 0f hicle. Some years. later, a crude car-

There are a multitude of food products L. is a task of gigantic proportions. riage was built, an early record of

too, that are of use only as the city There are dangers, too, in the city WhiCh reads as fOIlOWS3 “Mr. Pinch-

refines and polishes them. which are unknown elsewhere. The beck has recently built a curious steam

The factory itself is called.into be- average young man who sets out to maChme that has. traveled Without
horses for forty minutes and has cov-

ing by the outstretched hands of the find the festering sore SPOtS 0f the . . ,,
wide-wide country. The army of men town seldom escapes contamination. cred a conSlderable distance. 1h 1759
who crowd into these great work- On the whole, it is probably true there appeared an English‘ advertise-
houses do so in obedience to the call that the man Who seeks the city With ment reading as follows: Mr. Ladds
of so... distant dim, background 0“” the PM“ in View that he ““1 $2325..fiii's‘lieiidciiiflaiiirtyh12.33:
The roduct that ass out from the earn more money is likely to be dis- _ ,
boilingppots of indfstry helps to re- appomted‘ 2::rp:SgfiiqltaZIlhseollliltilgfclfdi513111161:
shape and remold the same country It Should be said that gOOd mflu' ciple’s” In 1802 Richard Treallitlhich
From the various points of distribu- ences are to be found and good men built 5 steam carriage which was .ex-
tion the long trains pull out load after are everywhere. Things 0f real value hibited at London havin driven itself
load. The worker in the city sends a are open to the searcher, bUt the ques- ninety miles In ’18‘30 aghorseless car-
daily greeting to the brother in the tion may be reasonably asked: “Gould riage named “The uAutomotion” was
country, and if only the finished no “0"“ they be found elsewnere and sub' built by Walter Handcock This was
duct could speak and tell all Of the ject to fewer dangers?” really the first steam carriage that
processes and experience it has passed The writer is well acquainted With proved at all practical It covered
through. the story would be a wonder- a family that came to a great my a 4 200 miles during its lifo and carried
ful one, indeed. score of years ago, that is, the parents a, total of 12 761 passengers
came at that time. The husband and Early Interhai Combustion. Engines
larger and happier and fuller iS a di' father, for the family grew in time to The first internal combustion engine
rect contribution from him who makes a half dozen, began working in a nut was invented by Abbe d’ Hautefeuille
it, to the world’s sum total 0f good. and b0“ plant. He earned a fair wage, in 1678 in which the explosive power
And so the mechanical arts are worthy kept his jOb for twenty years, and of Gunpowder was employed to drive a
oneS, and the man Who toils as a city brought up the boys and girls. These pision in a cylinder This was the fore-
worker occupies a great place in 50‘ young people became wage earners in runner of the modern gasoline engine
cieiy’s economy. turn and are now practically repeating Some years later John Street develop.-
“The touch of toil makes all the what the father did. The father died, ed an engine operated by liquid air
world akin.” or it should better be stated, was worn ignited by a flame The first internal
There iS a glamour about the city out, at fifty-four years Of age. His combustion motor -wllich used gas was
and its toil and traffic WhiCh is very story could be duplicated many times. invented in 1884 by Gottlieb Damler.
alluring. The light and companionship Another instance, in different P°lnt~ In 1885 he successfully applied this en-
and sparkle of it all is hard to be re- A young man and his bride came from gine to a bicycle, and in 1336 Carl
sisted. Many a quiet rural family is the farm- He found ready work at Benz invented his Single Horizontal
robbed of its best members by the what at first seemed splendid wages, Cylinder, water-jacketed engine, which
great call to the city. The trend is to— bill before the summer was gone they he applied to a three—wheeled carriage.
ward city life and away from the coun— awoke ‘0 the realization that they The first practical gasoline automobile
try today, as never before. The com- were not getting ahead. They were built in America was constructed by
parative quiet of the one loses out justified in going back to familiar C. E. Duryea in 1892, but it was found
When contrasted with the rush and scenes though at leSS money. Another to be under—powered. ‘
hurry of the other. family came to undertake a small bUSl‘ In 1894 he built a new four-cylinder
There is a suspicion that too much noSS- With money lOSl, the wife DOW car which proved quite successful in
and too large promise. is held out by maintains herself and family by keep- the Chicago “Time-Herald Race.” The
the industries of the town. Evidence ing boarders. first automobile endurance race of in-
is presented by the fact that many who But people do SGGR'lhe city and ternational importance Was held in
see the glow and glitter come back af- make good, overcoming all unfavora- France in 1894. Two Panhard ma-
ter awhile with sad stories. It is true, ble conditions. this latter kind rise chines contested. Both claimed a 3.5
too, that some of the best and bright- to good money. .‘ood influence, and in horse power and were driven by
est men of the city are among those many casesfio wealth. Messrs. Panhard and Peugeot. In 1895
who left the quiet scenes of farm and “Who areNh/ey and how do they the second automobile endurance race
village to seek fortune in the crowded do it?” was held in France and covered a dis-
walks of life. In spite of argument for While no hard and fast rule applies tanCe of 1.730 miles at the then re-
or against, the process still goes on. here it is safe to say that the man markable average speed of fifteen
Sober judgment would declare that who is prepared for it and can step miles per hour. Six years later, how-
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untrained hands his apprenticeship is Sufficient to enable him to take and speed of twenty-nine miles an hour was
bound to be long. He is forced to work hold rank, he can combat with ad developedin a gasoline automobile.
under the stress of economic condi- verse conditions if they arise. He will What a difference today. Not long ago
tions that try strength and endurance succeed, where the unprepared and im- a 300‘horse power car raced at a ten

 

 

 

 

    

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HEN everyone wakes up to the
VV fact that the difference be-
tween success and failure in
life is largely due to wise planning, we
shall have no more failures. For each
man and woman. or rather youth and
maiden, will begin to take stock of
their capabilities. duties and opportu-
nities and decide on the outset what
course will most surely bring them to
success. ’

We shall certainly have no more
poor housekeepers. For good house-
keeping, more than any other occupa-
tion, depends upon wise planning.
Surely no other woman worker has to
think of so many things at once as the
cook, who confines her attention en-
tirely to the kitchen. And when you
add to the cooking the laundry and
cleaning and sewing and mending, you
(an readily see that only a woman who
is skillful at planning will ever be able
to get through.

It seems strange that so many wom-
en never take time to think of easier
ways of doing. Perhaps it is because
they hate housework so they refuse to
give it a thought. But if they only
knew that thinking out a sane way to
do it would saye them immeasurable
steps and make the work more inter-
esting, surely they would change their
attitude.

One woman has been a housekeeper
forty years, and on a farm. She has
loathed the work and loathed the farm
all the time slaying fourteen hours a
day at work she could have done in six
or eight. The trouble is she is never
ready for anything. When she gets up
in the morning it is to find she forgot
to see that the woodbox and water pail
were filled the night before. Often
wood has to be ctit before a fire can be
made. Breakfast is dragged out till
eight and eight thirty, even in the busi-
est times, and the men depart to the
field disgruntled and usually swearing.

By the time breakfast is over she is
tired. Not lit-cause she has done so
much physical work because her
mental attitude is wrong. So she sits
over her mate another half hour.
’I‘hen perhaps she decides to rip up a
dress that morning, though beds are
unmade, dinner not even planned, the
chickens to be fed. berries to pick and
a thousand and one more important
things to do. "“

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i ll“ dressmaking proves
so fascinating that it is often prolong-
ed till 11:30. Then the shouting of men
in the barnyard brings her to her sens-
es, and the breakfast table stands as
they left it. She dashes out, clears
the table in a jiffy, resets it for dinner

to make her husband think she is

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about ready when he gets in, and after
that proceeds to peel and cook pota-
toes, go to the garden for vegetables,
run tip and down cellar a. half dozen
times, when once would do if she took
a tray atid stopped to think of every-
thing she was going to need, and flu-
ally at 1:30.dinner is ready.

in the afternoon there are all the
dishes to wash, the beds to make, the
rooms to tidy, perhaps fruit to can,
supper to prepare, a cake to bake—but
why add to it. You can imagine the
rest.

Of course, this is not a picture of
every day, but it is so near like every
day that it explains her hatred for
housework and the reason why farm:
ing is a failure in that home. A seri-
ous taking of stock, combined with
judicious planning, would not only
make her work ten times easier, but
would change her entire outlook on
life and add dollars to her bank ac-
count.

It would not take much effort to see
that the wood and water were at hand
every night for the morning meal. The
table could be set the night before,
and the. breakfast so nearly ready that
it could be out of the way by 6:30 iii-
stead of 8:30. She would then be fresh
and ready to clear the dishes out of
the way in a jiffy, follow it with bed
making and putting rooms to rights.
and get her cake for supper baked be—
fore time to start dinner. By making

her brains do half the work. she could,
she '

have dinner so near ready that
would be waiting for the men when
they came up, instead of the other waf'
about. It doesn’t take a moment long-
er to start the meat and potatoes cook-
ing at the same time, than it does to
start the meat when the potatoes are
done and ready to serve, as so many
cooks of long standing are guilty of
doing. I

Home women often mourn because
they ha ye no opportunity to help in big
things. If they only knew it, they
have the greatest of opportunities for
successful housekeeping oftener than
anything else means success instead
of failure for the husband.

No farmer can succeed who has to
y'ait three or four hours each day for
meals, and then eat food poorly cooked
indigestible. Nor can he
get very far ahead if he has to get his
own meals half the time. and as a re-
sult live largely on cold milk and
bread. Good cooking is at the founda—
tion of every real success. for good

cooking means good health and a clear

mind. two most important factors to
wage earners. DEBORAH.

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The Real Farm Partnership

By “A iVlichigan Farmer”

T is nOt quite the usual thing per‘
I haps, for a man to write on mat-

ters pertaining to woman and wom-
an's rights. Perhaps the very fact that,
it is unusual denotes that the male is
not quite as interested in this particu-
lar as he might be.

As we are about to consider from
the farmer's standpoint we will elimi—
irate all that does not directly concern
the farmer and his wife on'the farm.

I will state as a kind of preface that
I consider a man and his wife part-
ners. Their marriage constitutes a
partnership. ‘Whethcr they succeed or
fail to make a success of life depends
upon the nature of their combined ef-
forts in that direction. If they enjoy
success I believe that it should be shar-
ed equally. li‘ they are unfortunate

    

they must likewise divide evenly the
unpleasantneSS of the position.

So much, then, for partnership. The
next step, then, is to form a partner-
ship, a farm partnership that will be
agreeable to both parties.

A real and lasting partnership can-
rot exist where one member does not
understand just how matters stand
with the firm. Every detail of the bus-
iness from the financial end to the
mere work the business will make nec-
essary must be discussed and planned
beforehand by the partners, if they ex-
pect each other to act wisely and in-
telligently at all times.

I think that it is right here that the
two partners—man and wife—on the
farm, are liable to get tangled up in
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out on farms on the wrong tack.“ The
man attempts to run the business of
farming without the mental aid of his
partner. He fails to enlighten. her
concerning his financial position. He
fails to consult her when making im-
portant business movements. He fails
to inform her of setbacks. In short,
he fails to become a partner.

If we should ask the young farmer
why‘he does neglect to do these im-
portant things, his excuse is that he
does not expect nor wish his wife to
delve in matters pertaining to busi-
ness. Does not believe it is a woman’s
place to do so. He has the wrong
idea entirely. ’ ,

Because the wife-partner is not in-
formed concerning these matters she
fails to conduct her end of the busi-
ness judiciously. Because she is not
consulted about important matters she
naturally loses more or less interest in
such matters sooner or later. In fact,
she settles down to the mere routine

the matter of expenditures according
to his or their particular financial posi-
tion. A farmer with a mortgage of
$1000 on his farm cannot wisely pur-
chase what perhaps the farmer with
$1000 in the bank would be foolish to
do without. He must hold himself
down to his particular limit.

How, then, can a wife-partner un-
aware of actual conditions‘conduct the
household expenditure as
she should? Naturally, she will not be
as interested as if she were an active
member, so-t’o-speak, of the firm, hence
her inability to see her way.

I believe that this leads to the you
take the egg and cream money or odds
and ends, and I’ll take the significant
proceeds—position taken, perhaps, all
good-naturedly by farmers and their
wives in adjusting the finanées.

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ner would most naturally handle the
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of housework and perhaps a partner
who could have saved the business
ship from a wreck is lost as far as an
ally to the business end of the firm
is concerned. Moreover, neither hus-
band or wife may ever realize that
such is the case.

It is true that few girls are able to
consider and advise wisely on farm
business matters right off the reel. It
is also true that many of the young
farmers themselves make ridiculous
mistakes at the beginning. Time and
experience serves to develop many of
them into expert farmers. Why, then,
cannot the partner in the house devel-
op likewise if given the chance. I be-
lieve that many of them would rise to
the occasion if given the necessary in-
terest in affairs without which devel-
opment is impossible.

The effect of having been president,
secretary and treasurer of the whole
works while on the way to success,
does not signify that the farmer will
resign any of these offices when a firm
footing is secured. Having been quite
instrumental in attaining the position,
he all unconsciously perhaps, leaves,
the partner somewhat in the rear. He
is like the man in the boat who, tiring
of rowing, installed the. gas motor for
propelling purposes, and became so
interested in seeing it work that he
forgot to inform his wife that her
work of rowing in the other end of the
boat was now unnecessary.

Too many farmers are putting in the
new model machinery, the tractor, the
gas engine, the litter carrier, etc., and
become so interested in the installa-
tion of the same that they forget the
partner in the house and her equal
right of enjoying the labor-saving de-
vices their financial position permits.

The gasoline engine will as willing-
ly turn the washing machine, manipu-
late the pump handle, or revolve the
barrel churn, as it will spin a corn
sheller or feed grinder.

The advantages of having a real
partner can be illustrated from the

 

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the chance to become one.

It never will be advisable perhaps
for the woman on the farm to advise
or assist in matters of the field; in
other words, what shall be sown to
crops, etc., as this is a matter for the
male partner, just as the preparing of
a meal for the help is a concern only
of the wife. However, I believe that
parents should educate their girls be-
fore marriage and the husband give
her a chance to continue such educa-
tion after marriage with the idea of
making her a real farm partner. All
to her own advantage she will assist
when assistance is necessary for the
furthering of the partner’s best inter-
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essity if the firm is to mete out her
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to end of row, ch 1, turn.

Second Row.
each mesh along entire row. Lower
edge: For the first row proceed with
one row of mesh as in top row. Sec-
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(dc) 1 over double crochet, 2 doubles
in second mesh, double 1 over double,
chain 2, skip 1 mesh, do 1 over dc, 2
doubles in mesh. Repeat from * to end
of row. Chain 6, turn.

Third Row. Single crochet (sc) 1
in first mesh, chain 6, so 1 in second
mesh, ch 6. Repeat from ’5‘ to end of
row.

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1, turn. '

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6, form picot with 6 chain, sc 3 over
last half of same loop. Repeat in each
loop along , the entire edge. These
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(GRAINS'AND SEEDS.

February 20, 1917.
Wheat—The trend of the wheat

 

' trade has continued upward during the

past week. Practically all influencing
factors have contributed to the strong-
er position of the market. Crop con-
ditions in this country are not of the
best, as in many sections the snow is
off the fields, while in other parts, par-
ticularly in the southwest, there is a
lack of moisture, although some rain
fell late last week. Wheat is not be-

~ ing delivered from the farms so free-

ly as a year ago and because of the
unusually high prices prevailing for
the other cereals, and for all kinds of
food stuffs, the domestic demand for
wheat is fully up to normal. The de-
mand from the British Isles and west-
ern Europe is far from being satisfied,
and by reason of the shortage in the
southern hemisphere, and of the ina-
bility to secure supplies from Russia,
the call from the United States prom—
ises to be incessant until the new crop
is harvested. Improvement in land
transportation and in passage across
the Atlantic will materially aid in ad-
vancing prices. One year ago No. 2
red wheat was quoted at $1.27% per

bushel. Last week’s Detroit quota-
tions were: .
No. 2 No. 1

‘ Red. White. May
Wednesday ..... 1.83% 1.78% 1.86%
Thursday ...... 1.85% 1.80% 1.88%
Friday ......... 1.85% 1.80 1.88
Saturday . . 185% 1.80% 1.88%
Monday . . . ...1.88 1.83 1.91
Tuesday ........ 1.92 1.87 1.95

Chicago—May wheat $1.80; July
$1.523/8; September $1.401A.

Corn—The corn market is firm
with prices advanced to meet the high-
er wheat quotations. The fact that a
great deal of substitution for wheat is
being made abroad with corn lends
strength to the bull side of the mar-
ket. While it was feared last fall that
domestic consumption would be great-
ly restricted through limited feeding

operations, this fear has not been ful-.

ly realized because of the substantial
advance in live stock values. One year
ago No. 3 corn was selling at 72c 0n
the local market. Last week’s Detroit
quotations were:

No. 3 No. 3

Mixed. Yellow.
Wednesday ........ 1.05 1.06
Thursday ............ 1.06% 1.07 %
Friday ............. 1.06 % 1.07 %
Saturday .......... 1.06 1/2 1.07 %
Monday ............ 1.06 % 1.07 %
Tuesday ........... 1 06% 1.07%

Chicago.~—-May corn $10214; per bu;
July $1.00%.

Oats—This cereal is being freely
used abroad to help out the wheat
shortage, with the result that the Uni-
ted States surplus is meeting with an
improved demand. Standard oats a
year ago were quoted at 48%c per bu.
Last week’s Detroit quotations were:

No. 3

Standard. White.
Wednesday ........... 61 60 %
Thursday ............. 61 60%
Friday ................ 61 60 %
Saturday .............. 61 60 %
Monday ............. 62 61 %
Tuesday .............. 63 % 63

Chicago—May oats 577/30 per bu;
July 553/80.

Rye.——The market is higher, with
cash No. 2 quoted at $1.45 per bushel.

Bearish—Quantities marketed are
small. Although high prices are re-
stricting consumption the amount is
less than generally thought because
there is no other food that can be pur—
chased cheaper. Cash beans are quot-
ed at $6.95 on the Detroit market. The
Chicago trade is confined largely to
hand-picked beans which are firmly
held. Michigan pea beans, hand-pick-
ed, are quoted at $7.20@7.25; red kid-
neys $6.75@7. _

Peas.——Trade fair and steady at 0111‘
cago with field peas quoted at $2.50@
3.70, sacks included.

Seeds.—-—Prime red clover $11.75;
March $11.65; alsike $11.60; timothy
$2.50.

 

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
$8.70; spring patent $9.80; rye fiour
8.80.
$ Feed.—In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots
are: Bran $37; standard middlings

' , $38; fine middlings $40; cracked corn

$44; coarse corn meal $43; corn and
oat chop $39 per ton.

Hay.—In carlots at Detroit: No. 1
timothy $14.50@15; standard timothy

get set: {we ..N‘o. ..s
$13.50@14, 0. 1 clover-$12 . .50. .
‘~ Pittsburg.-——No. 1 timothy a$16@

 

16.50; No. 2 timothy » $14.50@15.50;
No. 1.,light mixed $14.50@15.50; No.
1 clover, mixed $15.75@16.25; No. 1
clover $16@16.50.

Straw—In cars at Detroit, ryestraw
$9@10; wheat and cat straw $8.50@
9 per ton. .

DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.
._.___L_

Butter.—The local market is active
at slightly lower values. Creamery
extras 40c; do firsts 36c; packing
stock 240; dairy 28c.

Elgin.—-—Unsettled conditions and de-
layed shipments have kept market
firm. The price, based on sales, is
42c, the same as last week. ,

Chicago—Market is steadier after
the flurry of last week. Prices are
unchanged. Extra creameries 42c;
extra firsts 41%0; packing stock 26%
@27%c. ,

Poultry.—-Offerings are readily ab-
sorbed at prices that rule above last
week’s quotations on all kinds except
turkeys. Demand is good and receipts
light. No. 1 spring chickens 23@
23%c; No. 2.do 21@22c; No. 1 hens
240; No. 2 do 220;, small do 20c; ducks
23@24c; geese 22@23c; turkeys 25@
26c perpound.

Chicago—Offerings are small and
demand limited. Fowls 15@20%c; spg
chickens 20@20%c; duck5‘ 20@22c;
geese 16@18c; turkeys 12@23c.

Eggs.—Receipts are some heavier
with prices off, but the decline is com-
ing slower than usual. Firsts 42%0;
current receipts 42c. ,

Chicago—Increased offerings have
forced prices to lower levels and has
livened up the demand. Fresh firsts
40%@40%c; ordinary firsts 39@39%c
per dozen; miscellaneous lots, cases.
included 40@40%c.

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 $2.25@3.

Potatoes—Higher. In carlots at
Detroit, in sacks $2.55@2.60; Wash-
ington $2.75@2.80 per bushel. At Chi-
cago business is of moderate volume.
Market is higher and’ active, with pric-
es ranging from $2.40@2.60 per bu.

WOOL.

 

Trade is active and values higher.
Speculators are busy, thinking that
still further advances are due. In the
west dealers continue to contract for
wool on sheep’s back and are paying
unusually high prices. At Boston
Michigan unwashed delaines are quot-
ed at 47@48c; do combing 41@48c;
do clothing 38@42c.

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

The potato market has been soaring
during the past week, Traverse City
reporting sales above the $2.50 mark
and prices elsewhere reached record-
breaking figures. White beans are
ranging from $6.25@6.50, with red
kidneys at $5.75. Eggs are around
380 and are very much a weather prop-
osition. It is being predicted now that
eggs will not go below 240 this sea-
son. Dairy butter is quoted at 320.
Apples range from $1.25@2, with the
movement light. As usual oranges
seem to be cutting deeply into the
apple trade. Dressed fowls are worth
18@19c. Hay is selling on the city
market at $11@13.

DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.

 

Sales Tuesday morning were hamp-
ered by the fact that roads were too
slippery for peddlers to go out, which
cut off considerable demand. Apples
$1@2.25; potatoes $2@3; parsnips
$2.75; eggs 50@55c; pork 17c.

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
February 19, 1917.
Cattle—Receipts 150 cars; shipping
grades 25@40c lower; butcher grades
500 lower; cow stuff steady; choice to
prime steers 10.50@11.25; fair to
good $10@10.5 ; plain to coarse $8.75
@950; prime yearlings $10.50@10.75;
best handy steers $10@10.50; fair to
good kinds $9@9.50; handy steers and
mixed heifers $8.50@9.25; light butch~
er steers $8@8.50; western heifers
$7.25@8.25; best fat cows $7.50@8.50;
butchering cows $6.25@6.75; "cutters
$5.50@6; canners $4.50@5; fancy bulls
$8.25@9; butchering bulls $7.25@8;
common bulls $6@6.50; 'best feeders
$7.50@8; best stockers $7@7.50; light

 

common $5.50@6; milkers and spring.

ers $60@110.

Hogs—Receipts 65 cars; market

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Sheep and ‘,Lambs.——Recei’p' . 25

yearlings $13@14.50; wethers $12@
12.75; ewes $11@11.50.

CaIVes.—Receipts ".600; market 50c
lower; tops $15; fair to good $13@
14; fed calves $6@7.

Chicago.

February 19, 1917.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Receipts today. .26,000 70,000 22,000
Same day 1916. .17,795 57,266 17,152
Last week ...... 56,846 234,655 71,163
Same wk 1916..40,621 251,528 76,134
The cattle trade opened late today
with large offerings, and the prevail-
ing belief was that aside from the bet-
ter class, prices would be 10@15c low-
er, if not more, with the slow demand
from packers. The receipts ofehogs
were liberal and embraced about 8,000
head consigned direct to packers. The
best hogs sold again at $12.50, but the
sales were largely a nickel lower.
Hogs received last week averaged 202

'lbs. Lambs and sheep were steady,

with the best lambs bringing $14.60
and the best ewes $11.85.

Cattle had reactions from higher
prices at times during 'the last week,
but the week was one of extremely
high prices for *most offerings, even if
the extreme prices for prime heavy
beeves seen a week earlier were not
paid. The greater part of the beef
steers found buyers at a range of $9.50
@1125, with the best grade of long-fed
heavy steers that had been fed plen-
ty of corn bringing $11.50@12, while
a class of steers called good sold at
$10.75@11.45. Medium grade steers
sold at $10@10.70, fair light weight
steers selling at $8 and upward and .a
limited number of inferior little steers
taken as low as $6.75@7.90. Yearlings
were good sellers if in the least desir-
able, and even others sold far higher
than during former years, the less at-
tractive lots going at $8.50@9.50, while
the choicer kinds found a good outlet
at $10@11.75. Butchering cattle were
unusually high, although weakening
later, with sales at the best time at
$6.20@10 for cows and at $6@10.50
for heifers; while cutters sold at $5.65
@615, canners at $4.75@5.60 and bulls
at $6.25@9.85. Calves were in good
demand at the best time of. the week,
with sales made all the way from $6.50
@8 for the heavier offerings up to $12
@1450 for light weight vealers. There
was a marked improvement in the
country demand for stockers and feed-
ers, and prices averaged decidedly
higher, especially for the better class
of these cattle, stockers selling at
$6.25@8.75, and choice yearlings go-
ing the highest. Feeders were in ac
tive demand at $7.50@9.30, but not a
great many sold anywhere near the
top figures. Good feeding heifers had
an outlet at $6.50@8, while feeding
cows brought $6.25@6.60. Not only
was there a scarcity of prime beef
steer cattle, but the best cows and
heifers were in extremely small sup-
ply. During the latter part of the
week cattle prices were largely l5@
25c lower than a week earlier, and the
best calves brought $13.50.

Hogs did not fail last week to come
up to expectations in advancing to a
fresh high record, and when prime
heavy selected butcher hogs sold at
$12.60 per 100 lbs., that price was
higher than was ever paid in the his-
tory of the market. With increasing
receipts, however, and eastern ship-
pers at times unable, owing to the
scarcity of cars, to operate freely, the
prices later reacted after an early
bulge in the face of enormous Monday
receipts. On the whole, the week was
a remarkably good one for sellers; and
the greater part of the daily offerings
sold rather close together, average
grading being good. The bulk of the
hogs sold within a range of 250, and
prime light shipping hogs sold within
150 of the top prices, the latter being
paid for prime heavies. Cattle, hog
and sheep and lamb receipts last week
were much larger than for the DI'CVl-
ous week, and hog prices weakened
some, closing on Saturday at $11.55@
12.20 for light bacon lots; $12.05@
12.35 for heavy packers; $12.25@12.30
for light shipping lots; $12.35@12.50
for heavy shippers and $8.75@11.35
for pigs, according to weight, the best
pigs weighing up to 135 lbs.

Lambs, yearlings, wethers and ewes
did the accustomed thing last week,
all of the best flocks selling at new
high records. Such prices were never
chronicled in former years, and sellers
had every reason to be highly pleased.
Western fed lambs made up the great
bulk of the daily offerings, and there
was a substantial gain in the receipts
of Colorado lambs, with too large a
percentage of *~ not well finished Colo-'
rados.‘ Feeding lambs were in the

usual demand, notwithstanding their .

advanced prices. Lambs closed firm
at $12.50@14.65, after selling early in

   

cars; ' steady; tOp lambs $‘15.25@15.50;"

 

 
   
  

we tires. ” . ‘. my . so.
@15c; sellm‘g‘a't $11.25’@ 2.10, and '
ewesadvanced 50@75c, selling at”$7@

11.85; bucks advanced 50c, with sales
at $9@10.50. ‘ r

Horses were in extraordinarilyvmea-
ger supply last week and in unusually
light demand for shipment to the al-
lied countries at theprices lately paid,
riders being salable at $120 and artil-
lery horses at $150@160. Inferior to
fair animals moved slowly-at $60@
100, with drivers salable at $100@200,
drafters at $185@285 and mules at
$75@275. The local and shipping de—
mand was only fair.

LIVE STOCK NEWS.

 

.Increasing threatening complica-
tlons with Germany have _made ex-
porters nervous as to the near future,
and 'it is generally feared that our
prev1ous enormous and wholly unpar—
alleled exports of meats to European
ports are destined to be seriously dis-
turbed by war against them made by
the German submarines. As yet, how-
ever, our live stock markets have been
ruling extremely high, with late high
record prices for cattle, hogs, lambs,
yearlings, wethers and ewes; In spite
of our trouble with Germany, there is
every reason to'think- that it will con-
tinue to pay handsomely to produce
fat live stock.

Fresh and cured hog products have
been in enormous demand for a long
period, but German threats of attack—
ing ships of this and other "neutral
countries have began to make them-
selves felt. During a recent week ex—
ports of lard from Atlantic ports ag-
gregated only 2,861,000 lbs.,‘comparing
with 9,212,000 lbs. a year‘ ago; and of
bacon only 6,166,000 >lbs.,- comparing
with 15,259,000 lbs. last year.’

The Chicago market for stocker and
feeder cattle varies a good deal from
week to week, material advances and
as large declines taking place from

time to time; although the undertone'

of the market has become much firm—
er than was the rule not so many
weeks ago.

Recent receipts of hogs in the Chi-
cago stock yards have averaged 203
lbs., or the same average weight as
that of a year ago, comparing with 223
lbs. two years ago and 225 lbs. three
years ago. Never in the history of
the trade have hogs brought such lib-
eral profits to their owners as they
have done of late, and it is no wonder
that so many farmers have made ar—
rangements for as big a spring pig
crop as possible. Breeders are report-
ed as in prime condition, and losses
of hogs from cholera for the last year
were-extremely small. It is generally
expected that there will be a substan-
tial increase in the coming spring pig
crop, but the requirements will be so
large that there might be an increase
of from 10 to 15 per cent without in
the least exceeding the requirements
of the packing interests. Ever since
the price of corn in feeding districts
soared to around a dollar a bushel
there has been a distinct disinclina-
tion upon the part of the stockmen in
the hog industry to engage in long
feeding, and this explains why the re-
cent receipts of hogs in the Chicago
market have averaged but 203 lbs. or
the same as a year ago, comparing

with 223 lbs. two years ago and 225’

lbs. three years ago. Hogs weighing
up well have for a long time been in
especially strong local and shipping
demand, selling at the highest prices,
but more recently prime light hogs
have sold closer to the best heavies.

 

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The first edition is sent to those who
have not expressed a desire for the
latest markets. The late market edi-
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DETROlT LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Thursday’s Market.
February 22, 1917.
Cattle.

Receipts 2057. Receipts in all de-
partments at the local stock yards this
jweek were very light and fairly good
iservice was given by the railroads.

 

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THIS IS THE LAST EDITION. l

‘ The cattle trade was active and cow"

lgrades and bulls were full steady with
last week; all others were 15@250
lower. Quite a bunch was bought by

l

 

Boston buyers, eight or ten loads go-l

ing to this point.
were steady and in active demand, but

Good milch cows,

lthose of the common order were as‘

lusual dull.
No demand for siockers and feeders.

l

§The close was steady as follows: Best]

heavy steers $10@10.25;
weight butcher steers $8@9;
steels and heifers$7.50@8.75;
illght butchers $7@8;

best handy I
mixed 1
handyl
light butchers:

136.50@7.50; best cows $7@7.50; butch-l,

ler cows $5.50@6.75;
1$5.25@5.75; canners $4.50@5.25;

common cows ;
best}

Lheavy bulls $8@8.50; bologna bulls $7i

l@7.50; milkers and springers $50@80.
bishop, B. & H. sold Bresnahan 10
cows av 886 at $5.25, 1 do wgh 970 at
$5; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 steers av 933
at $8.50, 10 do av 995 at $8.40; to
Brighton D. M. C0. 1 bull wgh 1180 at
$6.50, 1 do wgh 1240 at $7.50, 4 steers
av 1145 at $9.50, 1 cow wgh 940 at
$6.50, 1 do wgh 000 at $5.50, 1 steer
[wgh 1130 at $10; to Mich. B. CO. 20
,‘stecrs av 885 at $8.25, 3 do av 823 at
$7, 4 cows av 550 at $5.75; 10 Sullivan
11’. Co. 9 butchers av 1050 at $8.25, 2
lsteci's av 1020 at. $9.25, 3 do av 850 at
$8.50, 8 cows av 1075 at $6.25, 1 bull
wgh 800 at $6.50, 6 cows av 900 at
$5.25, 1 bull wgh 1100 at $7.25, 4 cows
lav 800 at $6.25, 2 do av 1105 at $7, 5
ldo av 850 at $5.75, 1 steer Wgh 1210
Fat $9.25, 6 cows av 1000 at $6.75; to
7541011. B. Co. 15 butchers av 925 at, $8,
:2 steers av 1210 at $0, 2 cows av 830 at
l$6.50, 1 bull wgh 340 at $7.50; to
gHammond S. & Co. 28 atoms av 1120
at $10, 5 cows av 750 at $5; to Goose
3 butchers av 680 at $6; to Thompson
<11 do av 980 at $8.75; to Mason B. Co.
31 bull wgh 1530 at $7.75; to Parker,
11V. & Co. 2 do av 970 at $7, 1 do wgh
51300 at $7.50; to Bresnahan 14 cows
33v 1000 at $6.25.
l Erwin, S. & J. sold Sullivan P. Co.
l6 butchers av 770 at $7, 7 steers av
L906 at $8.50; to Bresnahan 7 cows av
’927 at $5, 4 do av 1260 at $7, 3 d0 av
.963 at $6; to Kamman 4 butchers av
{695 at $6.75, 1 heifer wgh 510 at $6.25;
ito Hammond, S. & Co. 3 steers av 947
lat $3.10, 12 do av 991 at $9.25, 1 do
lwgh 810 at $8, 1 bull wgh 1110 at $7;
{to Newton B. Co. 1 do wgh 990 at $7, 8
Ibutchers av 625 at $6.50; to Brighton
1D. M. Co. 2 cows av 1090 at $7.25, 3

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ido av 1073 at $7, 3 do av 753 at $5, 4‘l

ido av 1165 at $7, 4 do av 912 at $5.25;
it Mich. B. Co. 5 steers av 850 at
g$8.70; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 butchers av
?900 at $7.50, 3 cows av 980 at $5, 3 d0
321v 1080 at $6.25.

‘ Veal Calves.

Receipts 736. The veal calf trade
;was 500 per cwt. lower than at the
lsame period a week ago; a few very
ll‘ancy brought $14 but the bulk of the,
igood was at $12@13.50; heavy $6@
8.50; the close was dull at the decline.

Sandel, 8., B. &» G. sold Thompson
3 av 120 at $13, 4 av 125 at $9, 6 av
.135 at $13.25, 6 av 155 at. $12.50, 2 av
{110 at $12; to Newton B. Co. 1 wgh
~l70 at $12.50.

Erwin, S. & J. sold Sullivan P. Co.
.3 av 107 at $11, 10 av 190 at $5.50; to
‘Newlon B. Co. 3 av 165 at $13.50, 2 av
1160 at $10. -
‘ Sheep and Lambs.

' Receipts 4216. The sheep and lamb
‘lrade held full steady with last week
on all grades, top lambs bringing
[$14.50; the quality was hardly as good
Ins usual but everything cleaned up
early as follows: Best lambs $14.50;
fair do $13.50@14.25; light to common
lambs $12@12.50; fair to good sheep
$9@10.25; culls and common $7@7.75.

Sande], 8., B. & G. sold Sullivan P.
{Co 94 lambs av 65 at $14, 28 do av
75 at $14.25, 3 bucks av 185 at $9, 7
fsheep av 110 at $8.50, 15 yearlings av
120 at $11; to Thompson 99 lambs av
g68 at $14.35; to Parker, VS". & Co. 10
:sheep av 140-at $10.50, 18 do av 100 at
;$8.75, 14 do av 85 at $8.75, 3 do av 135
{at $10.25, 10 do av 121 at $10.25, 2
slambs av 110 at $14.50; to Thompson
’68 do av 90 at $14.15, 9 do av 75 at
$14.35.

3 ' Hogs.

} Receipts 3083. The hog trade on
lThursday was steady with Wednesday,
lpigs selling at $10.75@11; mixed hogs
lat $12.25@12.75. This is 350 higher
.than last Thursday on good hogs and
l25@40c lower on pigs.

 

The New Galloway Sanitary Cream Separator is as good in the
parts on cannot see as in the ones you can see. Built, like the ;
“one oss shay"—good In every part. Built for service—not
merely to sell. You do not actually buy it until after you try It.
If you find it is not as good as we say it is, send it; back after
tryin it {or 90 days—180 milkings! Get the last; cent. of profit
out 0 your feed by skimming with a New Galloway Sanitaryl
Be one of that: big army of farmers and dalr men who have
found this separator the best: definition of res dairy economy a-

SEPAHITOR PEBFEG'I'IOII AT LAST!

That's it exactly—at loot! The New Galloway
Sanitary Separator was not built in a day-nor
a year! Expert men and engineers
worked on itifor three years after we were
sure it was right, and tIvoy an “I" at It. cf!
If any part can be simplified they’ll find a ‘
way to do it. _It‘ the manufacturin cost can be ro-
duced our efficiency experts will re uce it and you‘ll
get the benefit not only in high quality, but in good
oorvloo and low orleo. This machine has stood
oyory Imaginablo toot and novor fllnohod. It com-
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way the boot is! tho old an tho boot oI tho now ideal
in separator building.

100K AT ""8 BOWL! g

lflothing freakish about it. just the -. 4;-
plainelt kind of cream sonar-tor com- ’

man oonoo. All parts as nearly smooth as they ,

can be made. No sharp corners or raw edges to‘ l” ‘

l l

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Buys the 375
lb. size.

/ Three other
good slzes-- ,

irom 500,750

to 950 lbs.

sklmmlng

capacity per

hr. Shipped

Irom Waterloo

lactoriss, St.

Paul, Kansas

City, Girl-

cago, Coun-

cil Blulfs

break up the globules of butter fat. Separating disco
ontlroly ooparato fromeach other. Every drop ofhmilk H‘
ongected to_the full skimming force of the bowl. Milk so ll
distributed in this bowl that every disc gets its share to '
skim. no more. no less. No IIoodlnu in the top of tho '
bowl, no eonIIIctln eurronts In tho bottom. That is the ;| an ll
big reason why so ew discs skim so much milk. Skim-

mmg capacity not guessed at. but guaranteed. and not 1}
ogorratod to_ moiro tho prloo soom Ioworl Its low skim-

mmg speed is only one of its many valuable and exclusive
features. These and many other equally important fea~

tures make the New Galloway Sanitary Separator tho
eboloo in also and discriminating farmers and dal ~ ‘
mon. who want the best and will be satisfied Wit . ,‘ ,
nothlno Iooo.

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‘ how th jv are built. It tells why by
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, for less money saving you fg‘om a third to a half 0! the prices usually paid.
It tells the whole story. It tells the truth. it tells the facts. That's why ’[
want you to get it. Ask for it today and we'll send it to you by return mail .
without any obligation on your part. A postal gets it. Please mention '
oaparators when writing.

VIM. IALLOWAY, Pres., VIM. GALLOVIAY 00.
183 Gallows Sta. Cm” 599”” Waterloo, lowsj

Mfg. Specialists

 

 
 

Hay all be kept; for one year on the product ol‘one acre. Keeping aP‘Ien cows for-whole year on
one acre goes :1 long' way toward rwiucing tho cost of lllllli. Ilooo’ Eureka I‘orn produced in one year on one
acre 10 tons and 800 lbs. oftlle best qunlily ofensxlzize. This enormous crop wm; our 3:70.00 gold prize.

We oil's-r $100.00 In gold to the first party breaking this record with Rooa’ Eureka Cor-n.
Look lor our trade mark—the man holding the stalk ormrn. There his been much corn sold as Eureka which is'
not. Ross‘ Eureka and does not produce the some results.

Ross’ Eureka Ensilage Corn

Grows tallest. has the most leaves, greatest number of a-urs. Th.- l'mir h 'llt’ll'il. acres of this corn in one
year gave a total yield of 200 tons and 96 lbs. This is not much above the average yield for Ross'
Eureka Corn ifit is planted under favorable conditions.

Sudan Grass is the lull-st forage crop, growing 1 to 9 feet. Produces more per acre than any other
summer crOp. Horses, cattle :nud pizs cat it eagerly. Sowu broadcast or in drills. Include this in
yourorllcr. Rhcfllelll “'orlil'l Prize Flint (‘orn holds rt'cul'Vl l'or heaviest yield oftiint corn.
Matures earlier than any other fliut corn. Green Seed-s of highest quality, all varieties. Special

ntixrures for both we! llllll dry land. Superb Utah-grown aifnli‘a. Send for our on tuiouun. Everything

for farm, garden, dairy, orchard and poultry. It is free. Supply is limited.

ROSS BROS. COMPANY, 37 Front Street, Worcester, Mass.

 

 

 

Belgian 8 Percheron Stallions

We have a number of first class young Belgian and
Percheron Stallions to soil. Why not buy direct from
the Breeder who certainly can Kim 5011 a better-
horse for the same money. than the dealer. and uhom
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 aural do
you good, look betwr each day atteryou own in.

rodul-er.
S.. - . - DOLA . OHIO.

Automobile Losses
Ruin Many Men

About. 2000 farmers and limitless. men of
the l'uitcd States are obliged to pay from
$2000-$5t)00 for damage claims mused by and row a
automobile aCcillents; about 5000 auto- [RE'FON BR

mobiles are destroyed by fire, many of the
losses are caused by self-ignition while J AC KS
AND
M U L E S

running on the highways; about 15000

automobiles are stolen Pill‘li year and not

recover-ml. Therefore. the prudent man Ratio mules and get rich.

who puts from $500—$000 into an uutu- 120d liliel lair-2;? JaCkfs. Jenny;
.- H r .i I.) N. , an uen,a_ .894 urea 6.

mobile will guard aganit thus 10s.cs b3 19, 0“,.“runwredJackiN”

automobile insurance. little cheap Jacki fornale,All

 

  
   

7' . guaranteedJ acks. Pi-iccsszifil
Less than 10% Of the population leave and up. Come on and see for

an estate of over $1000. and LlllOlltollU-llldl‘l‘ ¥£E$EEEYgljigfitgk ' M
of the men who arc uni-l3" Wt‘ll Jill at; '
forty-five lose out by rt-verse oi lortuuc.
many times caused by accidents or law-
suits so that they (lie poor. That is the
reason that there is such ademand for
automobile insurance. and the wise man
will pay a few dollars annually for pro.
tcctlmi.

, “'9. want new lziidstock and
can )a)‘ top rices for-them.
AMéIRICA§ BUTTER &

CH EESE (70. Detroit,Mich

West Elkton, Ohio

KENTUCKY JACKS and SADDLERS

BIG .0“. Kentucky JACKS and JENNETS. 85 head
FIVE and counts GAITID STALLIONs.geldiugs and
mares. I' nncy MULE TEAMS. WRITE US.
ASK FOR ObR 1917 CATALOG.

THE COOK FARMS Box 4363.. LEXINGTON. KY.

FOR SAL

l.“ rank Ott,

 

 

.‘luclll. 7 yelars. lliaveé‘olta
it ~ pm “It roe ' .
Wayne, Mich, ll. 13'. D. 2, ) BoxlliigAA

Perhaps the greatest aged Pei-chi) ‘ " ' ‘ l ' -
ShlP T0 The Old Reliable House glillld‘iol‘. of Residue. Damby0110:3113%::.g,,li[;,¥1::iéb:

Daniel McCaffrey’s Sons, class. sure breeder. his lilliw arc in the v a; , would
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623-625 Wabaih Bld ., Pittsburgh Pa, saddle hbi‘sgisulliolll.’ xthliltlxllz;l:ln Hale onfilhes. or

 

 

 

 

 

Onondaga, Mich.

Conslfln your Hay to us. If you prefer

a to sell. describe quality, quote prices

y your track. The E. 1.. Richmond Co..
— Detroit. Reference, your bank,

' OHPN a dark buy (our v 3
Th. BQlSle Slack [aim old Belgian Stallion th‘aetl. i:
way above the average in brooding aim and quality
weighing over 2211) it). with good style and action, price
and terms right. if interested wrilo
OSCAR WOLF. ST. LOUIS. MICK.

SHETLAND P O N 1 ES

Herd establhhevl 1891. 200 Head

to select from. Write Dept. E

for catalog, '
The Shadyside Farms, North Benton,U

Percherons, Holslslns, Angus. Shropshirss, Durocs
DORR D. BUELL. E|m Iris. Michigan.

REGISTERED PERC HERON

Mares and Stallions ricod to sell.Ins tionl ‘tod‘
L CHUNT. ' EATON R PIDS. iii/I'llCH.

 

 

SHEEP.

FOR SALE

10 Reg. Shropshire yrl. Ewes that are first class in
every respect. Price 8‘25 per head. Bred for Apr. lambs.
M. A. BRA} ESTATE. Okemos, (Ingham Co.) Mich.

HORSES

MR. FARMER

BUY YOUR

Percheron Stallions and Mares of the

largest breeders in the state. 75 head

to select from—herd established 1899.
PALMER BROS.,

P. 0. Holding, lonia Co. Orloena. Mich.

 

 

 

For sa'e two black Percheron Stallions, one coming
one 82.10. one coming th rec 55"”. both sound.

John Lulham, Carson ( lty,'MIcI|l¢an

Registered Percherons:

farmers prices. B. 0. Whitenight.

 

mares in foal at
M arcollus, Mich.

 

 

 

 

Stallions a ud ’

    
   
   
   
     
 
  
  
   
 
   
  
 
 

 


 

 

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Anconas gfiéfigfigpgfgfi ".’°6‘.a§3

now. 'r. 2. mean. 'i DIANA
Some good breedin stock.
W. . West

A N C O N A S Prices right.

& Son, R. 1, East Lansing, Michigan.

DAY-OLD CHICKS

of quality guaranteed to 1,500 miles. Eggs for
Hatching at low prices. Bar. Rocks, S. C. W. Leg-
horns, S. C. and R. C. Reds, W. Wyandottes.
Bull and W. Orpiiigtons. Chlcklet catalog free.

GOSHEN POULTRY FARMS, R-19 Goshen, Indiana

 

 

 

B b ch' k . 50.000 S.C.White and Brown Leghorns at
a l '0 3- $10.00;.” 100.390.00per 1,000.8afe arrival
guaranteed. Also overs and Brooders. Catalogue
roe. Wolverine Hatchery, Box 222], Zeeland. Mich.

 

BABY CHICKS AND EGGS

White, Brown, Black Leghorns. Barred Rocks. R. I-
Beds. Bred for high egg production. Circular free.
Book orders early. Sunnylirook Poultry Farms. HillsduleJldich.

Cheaper than hatching eggs. We

Baby ChiCkS specializelin Leghorns, Rocks and
Reds. Send for catalogue. Twentieth Century
Hatchery Company, Box 162, New Washington, Ohio.
Parks 200 egg strain.

Barred ROCKS Cockerels for sale.

Circular Free. Fred Astling. Cons tantlne. Mich.

Barred Plymouth Rock C°°kere"" ”‘1

blood 9.00 each
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‘NI 7 ITH eggs selling at from forty
to fifty cents per dozen, there
is furnished some food for re?

flection and due consideration.

Not nearly enough eggs are produc-
ed on the farms, the ideal place for
egg production. With the free farm
range, the natural instincts of the hen
are met and the highest individual egg
production is obtained with a little
sensible help from the keeper.

Any ‘farm of forty acres or more
should provide a run for at least 125
hens, which number is about seventy
in. excess of the total kept on the aver
age farm.

Under ordinary conditions, a. very
large proportion of all the food con-
sumed during the open season from
April to December we' will say, is a
free meal ticket. Evefi in the winter
time there are many ways that much
of the feed for the hens can be provid-
ed for from otherwise wasted feed.
Where the hens can get at the straw
stack, or the straw stored in the barn
there are multitudes of weed seed, in
addition to the grains wasted thresh-
ing time,‘that the hen gets, as well as
much of the roughage they also will
pick up.

Practical Economical Feeding.

One fact that acts against the keep-
ing of larger flocks, is the very high
price of all grains, bringing up the 01d
claim that the layers “eat their heads
off.” There is no doubt where good
clean grain is fed exclusively, at the
present high prices, that this may oc-
cur. So we must try and find as much
cheaper feed as possible.

A flock of hens running about the
farm do but little damage, in fact, they
do, more good in consuming a large
number of bugs than any harm they
do in the little they may dig up of
crops.

Among the cheap foods I include the
sunflower. I have had very satisfac-
tory results from planting the mem-
moth varieties along the fences and
out of the way corners. They have
cost practically nothing to raise, occu-
pied no valuable land to speak of, and
have furnished a whole lot of feed,
both as they ripen and drop for the
hens to pick. up themselves, and also
the later crop can be harvested and
threshed like any other grain crop, and
kept for winter feed. I assure you the
layers will not let any sunflower seed
go to waste when it is thrown to them.

Sunflowers Good for Poultry.
It is surprising what a big yield can

' be secured from a small patch of sun-

flowers, and they are the easiest things
in the world to handle for the winter
feed. They should not be sown until
early in June, or even later. Care
should be taken to harvest them be-
fore they get too ripe as they shell
very readily. Where you have lots of
store room which is dry, it is not nec-
essary to thresh them at all, just cut
off the flower heads, and store, then
all you have to do, is to feed them
just as they are to the flock.

Some complain that their hens will
not eat them. Of course, they do not
make a complete food and where hens
are fully fed, or over—fed, they will not
eat them readily. I wish to say right
here that I consider any flock that're-
fuses to eat sunflower seeds as being
over-fed and not profitably fed at that.
That is one of the greatest faults of
many farmers, they throw out corn
until the hens refuse to clean it up,
that being about their only gauge as to
the requirement of their flock.

Now I wish to make this as a. posi-
tive statement, that hens will eat
from twice to four times as much, as
it is profitable to feed them, on‘that
they require, for anything but fatten-

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How Much Grain Should we Feed?
An ordinary handful of grain is
enough for a ration, and two rations
per day are sufficient. If you want to

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know What your flock can get along
very nicely with, throw as many band-
fuls of dry grain into a measure as you
have hens and you will have a good
and sufficient feed for your flock. This
overfeeding has been largely the cause
of the undersized flocks kept, and is
caused.by common ignorance of a suf-
ficient ration. If you doubt this, try
it out yourself on a few of your hens
and see if you cannot put your flock
on a different basis of profit and loss.

Another very great source of food
supply for the flock is clever, both in
summer and Winter. If you can have

a patch of clover not too far from the '

farm buildings, the hens will pasture
on this clover to a surprising extent.
It makes one of the best green feeds
known for layers,-there being a large
proportion of nitrogenous matter in it.

Even after the clover isgcut the
leaves and heads that have fallen from
the stalks are greedily picked up by
the hens. The chaff left from clover
hay makes a mighty good roughage.
to throw in to the flock. They will
scratch it over and pick up a lot of
feed 'and get a lot of needed exercise.

The Value of Straw and Chaff.

There is hardly any grain crop har-
vested that does not contain in the
straw and chaff an ocean of material
for the hens’ consumption, and we lose
a whole lot when we do not make pro-
vision for utilizing it. Not only is the
benefit secured in lessening the ex-
pense of feeding the hens, but it is
keeping our farms free from weeds,

for every weed seed picked up by the ,

hen is one weed seed less to go out
in manure, and grow into another weed
to seed again.

Another great source of food supply
for the flock running at large, is the
animal food they pick up, such as
bugs, grasshoppers, mice, and other
insects and small animals. I do not
think we always realize the amount of
such things the chicken consumes, or
the amount‘of good she does in do-
ing so.

The more the hens pick up of their
own keep, the less you will have to
feed them of otherwise valuable food,
and the greater the net profit. There
are many ways of economizing on the
keep of the flock, ways that just need
a little common sense to apply.

Any farm that is not keeping the
maximum number of laying hens loses
just that much of its natural produc-
tion. The farmer who buys his grocer-
ies, and many other little living neces-

siities with the chicken money, does .

not have to dig into the returns from
his main crops every time he needs a.
pound of sugar. This often explains
why some farms pay so much better
than others, why some farmers soon
get out of debt, while it is a constant
struggle with others to just make ends
meet. .

In conclusion, I wish to say that I
believe that there is no one phase of
farming that presents the possibility
in the way of increased receipts with
so little added expenditure as produc-
ing more eggs.

Isabella Co. W. .I. COOPER.

PRACTICAL FEED HOPPER.

An efficient feed hopper for the farm
flock can be made of scrap lumber or
packing box material similar to the
hopper illustrated in the photograph.
The height of the hopper can be de-
termined by the number -of birds or
the intervals when it can be conven-
iently filled. For a'large flock a. wider
hopper is more desirable as it enables
more birds to eat at the same time.
The strip at the base of the hopper
should be high enough to prevent the
hens scratching Out the material. A;
height of four inches will be satisfac-
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the hopper will prevent" the ”dry; mash

from clogging and failing to fall into
the bottom where the birds can reach
it. A hinged cover can easily be at-
tached to this hopper and it can then
be closed to keep out rats at night if
there are rats on the premises. A hop<
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flock of fifty hens. It is four and a half
feet high in the rear, three and a half
feet inl front, one and a half feet Wide

and one and a half feet deep. The hop— -

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wall with a strong staple and it can
be removed easily for cleaning or re-
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A Schoolboy’s Experience with Chickens

‘ N fHEN Mr. R. A. Turner, our ag-

riculture teacher at Hillsdale

High School required as a part

of our work that each one of the class

carry on an agricultural project at

home, my mother offered to let me
care for our flock of chickens.

She was to furnish all the feed and
repairs that were needed. I was to do
the planning, keep the records, do as
much of the work as possible, and get
one-fourth of the receipts. As I drive
over four miles to school I could not
do all the feeding and caring for them.
The flock was mostly White Wyan-
dottes but there were a few other hens
of different kinds and twenty Barred
Rocks, I had raised in the summer for
a fancier. '

The first thing I did Was to‘ take out
all the hens which I thought were not
good layers, using the Hogan system
for judging them. I sold the poorer
hens, and also the flock of young
Barred Rocks, at market price, thus
reducing the flock to sixty hens and
seven roosters. I then improved the
coop by changing the perches and mak-
ing them removable, and making more
ventilation.

I made a feed hopper for their dry

mash, oyster shell and charcoal, and ’

placed in the coop a box of fine coal
ashes for the chickens to dust in.

On December 29 I went over the
flock with a mixture of equal parts of
blue ointment and vaseline, putting a
little under each wing, and under the
vent. This was to kill the lice and
mites-on the birds. The amount used
on each one was about the size of a
pea.

I suppose my success is not remark-
able, yet we have gotten more eggs
than we ever have before in the win-
ter. I am sure‘that one reason my hens
do so well is because. they are fed reg-
ularly and the coop is kept clean. Ev-
ery Saturday I give it a thorough clean-

. ing and put in a deep litter of straw.

Generally I add more litter in the mid-
dle of the week.

It is much easier to take care of
your chickens if they are tame. Mine
are all pets. When we go into the
c00p they do nOt fly around. They will
eat from our hands, and do not mind
if we lift them off from the nest to see
if there are any eggs under them.

When it became settled winter
weather I shut them into the coop,
which is large enough so they have
room to scratch. I feed in the morn-
ing a Whole grain mixture composed
of sixty pounds of wheat, sixty pounds
of corn and thirty pounds of oats, scat-
tered in the litter of straw. About
noon I feed vegetables of some kind,
mostly beets and carrots cut up, and
about a gallon of sour milk.- At four
o’clock I feed ear corn chopped into
small pieces.

' The chickens have warm water and
a ground dry mash before them all
through the day. This mash is com-
posed of corn meal, wheat middlings,
wheat bran, oat meal and alfalfa meal.

Many of our neighbors who are get-
ting few, if any, eggs, say that I do
not get eggs enough to pay for the
feed they eat.
shown by the following figures-dating
from November 1 to February 1:

Cost for Three Months.
Whole grain, mixed... . . . . . . . . .$ 9.95
Ear corn . . . . .. 7.25
Oyster shell .10
Charcoal .15

Grounddrymash.............. 5.71
Vegetables .50

Total $2366

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Income for Three Months.

Total chickens (dressed) ....... $ 9.53
Total chickens (live) ........... 20.49
Total eggs (65%0 dozen) ..... 26.20
Total income ................ $56.22
Total cost .......... . . . . . . . 23.66
Net profit ................ . . .$32.56

My share, one-fourth of $56.22..$14.05
I did not sell my young chickens un-

til December 9, so that my feed bill
per week for the first six weeks was
more than it is now.

The eggs alone have more than paid
for their keep and I am getting more
all of the time. Part of the pullets
were late-hatched and do not yet lay.

Last winter it cost nearly as much
to keep the hens, and we got very few
eggs. I think the care and the milk
and the dry mash have made the dif-
ference.

It pays to keep records of your
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ing, instead of just guessing. I like

the work and I think the poultry bus-

iness is a good one for a school boy.
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It is seldom necessary and never de-
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all of the fowls on the farm. A suffi-
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should be selected for use as breeders.
The breeding fowls may be separated
from the main flock two or three
weeks before it is necessary to begin
to save eggs for hatching. They
should be housed in a temporary pen
and yarded at one end of the regular
poultry house or in portable colony
houses and returned to the main flock
as soon as the breeding season is over.

No matter how carefully the breed—
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and uniformity.
these characters are hereditary and a
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shape, and color continued through
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THE ANNUAL HESPERIA MEET-
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In spite of the fierce blizzard that
was raging, the silver jubilee of the
Hesperia movement was royally cele-
brated, beginning Thursday night and
lasting until Saturday night. Many of
those who witnessed the foundation of
the movement were present and were
as enthusiastic as ever.

The Hesperia orchestra was at its
best and favored the meeting with a
number of excellent selections.
“Lincoln and His Times,” was the
theme of the address by Hon. Addison
G. Proctor, of St. Joseph, whose words
were especially interesting owing to
the fact that the speaker was nearly
eighty years of age and that he was
the youngest delegate at the Chicago
convention that nominated Lincoln to
the presidency. He recalled the inside
workings of the great convention, tell-
ing how the great Lincoln was nomi-
nated over the heads of so many emi-
nent men who were trying for the
honor.

The speaker spoke of Horace Greely,
Seward and others who were at the
height of their influence and popular-
ity at that time. Then he vividly pic-
tured the band of southern mountain-
eers headed by Cassius Clay. These
men attended the convention for a pur-
pose and told in their uncouth way
why Lincoln should be nominated. The
speaker declared the situation was
created by a great moral upheaval, but
that the nomination of the great com-
moner caused more anxiety at the
time than enthusiasm.

On Friday morning there was com-
munity singing led by Miss Minnie
Reynolds.

Mrs. M. B. Ferry, curator of the
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Soci-
ety of Lansing, declared that Michigan
has sadly neglected the duty of hon-
oring its pioneers. She spoke with en-
thusiasm of the great hospitality
shown by the early settlers and credit-
ed them with laying the foundation of
our present great commonwealth.

In speaking of allegiance to the flag,
Mrs. Ferry said every foreigner should
be shown the flag of the Union when
he takes the oath of allegiance and
explained what it meant to become a
citizen of the United States.

Mrs. Ferry urged the schools to keep

up and increase their interest in the
work of honoring the memory of the
pioneers and in showing appreciation
for their work. She closed her talk
with a strong illustration of the debt
of gratitude We owe the early pioneer
and said that we should honor their
memory.
Prof. Maybe, of the State Normal
School, Kalamazoo, took charge of the
community singing and showed him~
self an able leader.

Prof. T. Leo Sharfman, Department
of Economics, U. of M., gave an inter-
esting address on the “Railroad and
the Public.” He said the railroads do
not discuss the duties they owe to the
public, and the public does not realize
what the railroads have to contend
with. He gave statistics showing the
miles of railroad in the United States,
number of people employed, what it
cost, number of passengers yearly, and
made the statement that freight rates
were lower here than in Europe and
passenger rates higher. He said that
the United States had given to the
railroads more land than is contained
in the German Empire. He also stated
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Miss Helen M. Bennett, manager of
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“Fiddles and Fortunes” was an able I
address given by Thornton Mills, of’
Battle Creek. Mr. Mills has never'I
played a fiddle and never had a for-
tune. He described the Italian village
where the’St‘rad violin was made andl
the little”, boy sitting on his bench
when his feet did not reach the floor.
He made fiddles until] he was ninety

years old and today some of those’
fiddles could not be bought for several] ‘1“, .:
hundred thousand dollars. He said al \ ‘

man’s work was born with him. If you
work for what there is in it you are
too mean to live, your heart grows
smaller. If you have the right kind of
spirit' your burden is never heavy.
There is not a thing on earth that will
satisfy a human soul. When you get
what you want you don’t want it. The
world is a gymnasium for the develop-
ment of physical, mental and moral
qualities. In speaking of- the Shirk,
and the right spirit, he said knocking
the boss and watching the clock, more
money and less work, never got a man
anywhere, but the kind that don’t have
a strike to get the raise gets it and
there is no limit to the raise. God can-
not make the best without the best
man to help him.

Saturday morning Frank Gerber
gave an interesting talk on the sheep
industry. Mr. Gerber is of the Fremont
Canning Company, and stated that
their reason for going into the sheep
industry was to use up the waste of
the factory.

Miss Bennett again came before the
audience When she delighted this time
with “The Great Vocation.” She named
several things that might be great vo-
cations. She went deeply into her
subject, finally bringing to the surface
that the great vocation is that in which
you can do your best 'work and be
happy. Most of us are very weak peo-
ple and can’t do the work we want to
do. If you can’t be an opera singer
perhaps you can sing a lullaby, and
who knows but that is the best work.

The Hesperia High School put on a
cantata in charge of Miss Minnie Rey-
nolds, that occupied the greater part
of Saturday afternoon and was the fin-
est thing the high school has-ever
done.

Prof. R.’ W. Higher, U. of M., gave
an illustrated address on “Michigan
Bird Life,” which was very fine and
everyone enjoyed it.

Saturday evening Mrs. Mary Robert-
son, chairman of the committee on res-
olutions, gave a brief history of the
Hesperia Movement, and read resolu-
tions on the death of its founder, D.
E. McClure.

The Hawaiian Singers and Players
entertained the monster meeting, sing-
ing their native songs, playing their
native instruments and dancing their
native dances. They held their audi-
ence spellbound for nearly two hours.
Everyone was delighted and pronounc-
ed it the finest concert the big meet-
ing ever put up to the public.

Thus ended the twenty-fifth meeting
and great credit was given the man-
agement for the magnificent program.

At the business meeting on Saturday
morning the following officers were
elected: President, John Mahan; vice-
president, Leslie Goodrich; se‘cretary,
Isabelle M. Becker; treasurer, Archie
~McCallum. «
MARY ROBERTSON.

    

     
  
  
 
  

 

 

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BENEFITS OF THE STATE ASSO~
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Address by Ex«Associational Presi-
dent I. R. Waterbury, at the recent an-
nual meeting of the Michigan State
Association of Farmers‘ Clubs.

In speaking of the benefits of this
State As‘sociation it would perhaps be
well to divide the subject into two, if
not three, phases. First, what have
been the benefits from this organiza-
tion which have been reaped by the
local Clubs and the state itself during
the more than a score of years since
its organization. There have, I believe,
been very many benefits. Greatest of
all is the benefit that has accrued to
those who have had the privilege or
the pleasure of participating in this
annual meeting. There is perhaps no
single influence that will broaden the
, viewpoint of any man to such an ex-
tent as to meet in a conference of this
kind with other men interested in the
same things in which he is interested
but coming from different sections of
the state and having, if you please,
somewhat different angles of vision on
the questions which are brought up
for discussion. Then the personal con-
tact which is brought about at a meet-
ing of this kind, the making of new ac-
quaintainces, the renewing the old
ones, the opportunity of mingling in a
social way as well as a business way
is of great value to those whose privi-
lege it is to participate in a meeting of
this kind. I believe that it is with a
view to this fact that most of the local
Clubs in the state have adapted the
practice of passing around to the dif-
ferent members the privilege of com-
ing to this meeting and the local or-
ganizations have participated perhaps
to a larger extent in the benefits of
the organizatio’n than had been the
case had some other policy of repre-
sentation been adopted.

We may then consider this as one of
the primary benefits which have ac-
crued to the Club movement and to
the Club membership as a whole
through this State Organization of
Farmers’ Clubs during the twenty-
three or twenty-four years in which it
has been in existence. Another bene-
fit which has been derived is the pub;
licity which has been given to the
Farmers’ Club movement in the state
through the meeting of the State As-
sociation of Farmers’ Clubs. The
Farmers’ Club organization of Michi-
gan has become known far and wide.
From Maine on the east, to Minnesota
on the west, inquiries have from time
to time come to the officers of this or-
ganization and those who have had to
do with this publicity department, with
regard to the plan of organization and
the work that‘ is carried on by the
State Association here, and last year
Minnesota took steps to perfect a state
organization of its local Clubs. I think
it wasat the last Minnesota State Fair
that the final steps were taken to se-
cure the organization. Notwithsand-
ing this fact, there are in existence in
Minnesota today a greater number of
Farmers’ Clubs than are existing in
the state of Michigan.

That suggests that the State Asso-
ciation of Farmers' Clubs ought tovbe
doing a more active work throughout
other communities of the state which
do not now enjoy the benefits of a lo—
cal Farmers’ Club. They don’t like to
“butt in;” they want to be invited in;
they like to know that the latch-string
is out; that-they will be given a hos-
pitable welcome in the organization as
well as in a home or church or any
other community proposition. Just a
simple ejfiort along this line, just an
active cammittee maintained for the
purpose of giving a little aid to the or-
ganization of a new Farmers’ Club
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' the limits of . th

e .C. uh movement hit
the state. It would multiply perhaps
by several times the number of active
Clubs that are within the state.- This
might, if you please, be termed mis-
sionary work, but it is a good kind,
it would be worth while. And I be'

lieve that'a great Opportunity lies be-l '

fore the State Organization of Farm-
ers‘ Clubs in the future to do a little
effective work of this kind.

(To be continued).

 

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

A Successful Club lnstitute.-—The
Farmers’ Institute held at the Salem
Town Hall, on Monday, February 5,
was very well attended, the li‘armers’
Club being held in connection with it.
Everything was in readiness and the
ladies served the usual tine dinner
and supper they always prepare for
these occasions. The morning session
opened with music by Mrs. Baker, in-
vocation by Rev..J. Baker, and a reci-
tation by lone Bird. These were fol-
lowed by a talk on “The Farm Gar-
den,” by Mr. Moore, the state speaker.
He gave some very good ideas on the
need and also the ways of planting and
caring for the garden. He spoke par-
ticularly of the strawberry bed and its
value to the farmer, suggesting the
Dunlap as the best variety to plant,
keeping the rows narrow by cultiva-
tion and covering them with manure
or straw in winter. The music for the
afternoon session was exceptionally
fine and was given by a chorus of
young men from Worden. The recita-
tion given by Mrs. Walter Bowns,
“Buying a b‘eeler," caused much mer-
rinient and the one given by l. R. John-
son, “There was a Crooked Man,”
showed man as never satisfied. "The
Rational Principles of Seed Selection,“
was then taken up by Mr. Moore._ he
gave the farmers some excellent ideas

of how to increase the yield by seed
selection of wheat, oats, beans and
potatoes. He said the seed should be

selected from the field, not from the
granary, only the best heads or hills
should be taken and by so doing in a
very short time a great increase in the
yield per acre could be made. The dis-
cussion was led by Mr. Preston, coun
ty president, and showed the subject
had been fully appreciated.

The evening session consisted of mu-
sic by Mr. Bali and Rev. Carter, l‘eCl-
tation by Mr. Preston and paper by
Miss Grace Geiger, “What the Farm
Offers the Farmer’s Daughter.” This
paper showed the many things offer-
ed to the farmer’s daughter who has
energy and is ready and willing to
work. The talk ‘given by Mr. Moore
on “The Great Rural Problem,” was
one that will long be remembered. The
problem, he stated, was making the
rural churches one and also making
them the head of the rural districts as
to the social life and amusements of
our communities. Rev. Baker led the
discussion and heartily endorsed what
the speaker said, as did Rev. Carter.
This institute was one of the best and
most profitable, held here in many
years, and it is hoped the president,
Mr. C. R. Ross, may be able to hold
another next year frilly equal to this
one—Mrs. I. R. Johnson, Cor. See.

A “Valentine” Meeting.~—The Wells
Dayton Farmers’ Club held their Feb-
ruary meeting on February 7 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley G.
Stokes, of Dayton. In spite of the se-
vere weather a good crowd was in at-
tendance. Among the visitors present
were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garner, of
Dayton, and Miss Funk, of S. E. No-
vesta Farmers‘ Club. A fine dinner
was served under the direction of
Mrs. C. Hunt. The ladies brought val-
entines which were cut into halves,
one half was given to the men, the
ladies keeping the other half. The men
had to hunt the other half to their val-
entines and eat dinner with the lady.
This lent novelty and amusement to
the dinner hour. After dinner the
meeting was called to order by Presi-
dent Stokes and the following program
prepared by Mrs. M. Daily was carried
out. Singing “Sunshine,” by the Club,
followed by all repeating together the
Lord's Prayer. Business meeting. Mrs.
Ross read a very good paper on the
“High Cost of Living,” stating as some
of the chief causes, the shortage of
crops, middlemen's profits, careless
spending of money by the wives of the
wage earners. Debate, “Resolved, that
the automobile is more of a detriment
than a benefit to the farmer.” Affirma-
tive S. G. Ross. negative A. L. Adams,
negative side winning. After a fine
musical and literary program had been
rendered, the session closed by sing-
ing “Old Black Joe.” by the Club. The
next meeting of the Club will be held
March 7, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Harmon—Mrs. Clarence Har-
mon, Cor. Sec.

  
   

 

 

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These Con Roots within five Inches of the Surface.

USE TOWER CULTIVATORS

Exclusively first to last. They are four
large hoes and two garden rakes,
handled by one man, drawn by two
horses, cultivating the entire space
between routs—eight acres a day by

one machine. They are the leaders.

GET OUR CORN BOOK. It’s free.
It ex lains how: to prepare a seedbed-g
to ki l weeds and make dust mulch;
to save every corn root; to resist dry
or wet weather; to forward yield and
early maturity. The Tower system
makes you more
profit, when used
according to the
manufac-
turers’di-
rections.

B e fair
to them.
Hundreds o f
l a r g e farms
employ 6 to 20
on each farm.
R eader. b e
sure your cul-
tivator t h i s
'TOWER" on the
tongue. Manufactured only at Mendoia. Ill.
Write for free booklet-“The Corn Stalk. "

THE J. ”- TOWER & SONS CO.
37th Ave. Mendota, Illinois
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N. A. C. fertilizer materials produce Ivium-st r-rnps at
lowest cost. Write us for prices on Acid Phosphate.
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rows. mowers. bin ers. manure spreaders. road
drags. or aders. Will also operate your ensilage

cutter. foo grinder. circular saw. etc. Does more work
than horses—costs lose and in so simple anyone can run it.

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Bill-Ililll-IRS’ llIIlECTollY.
Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us
Ten Days before date of publication.

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

Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.

CATTLE.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS

Bulls by BLACK QUALITY ITO. sire, First prize,
Breeders and Gulf Herds Mich. State Fair 1916. We
also won first on Exhibitors Herd. J r. Champion Bull,
Jr. Champion Female and Grand Champion Cow. Also
breeders of Percheron, Hackney and Saddle Horses.
WOODCOTE STOCK FARM, IONIA. MICH.

Aberdeen Angus

Eight bulls from eight to ten months old. One show
bu l. eight yearling heifers bred. Our motto: size
Prices reasonable.
MICHIGAN.

 

with quality. best of breeding.
Inquire of F. J. WILBUR. CLIO.

For Sale

Extra good purebred Angus
bulls from 9 to 11 mo. old.
ANDREW P. EITEL. Vermontville, Mich.

MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE

BEACH FARM
GUERNSEYS

Average yearly production 422.3 lbs of fat, three
fourths of them making theii records as two year
olds. By the use of a pure bred sire, abig im-
provement can soon be attained if the right
selection is made. The breeding of the Beach
Farm Herd is as good as can be found, and we
guarantee them to be free from contagious dis-
eases and to be satisfactory in every way or
nliloney refunded. Write and let us tell you about
t em.

CAMPBELL Cl ANGEVINE,

Coldwater, Michigan.
8 {I May Rose

GUERNSEYS For Sale bum, one 2

mo.. one 12 mo. and one ii years old. 9 grade cows and
11 rade heifers from Ste 20 mo. 0 d.
JABY D. R Gobleville. Michigan.

 

USSELL, R. I,
of service age and calves from

Guernsey BUIIS chmce. Adv. reg. breeding.
T. V. HICKS. Route 1. Bottle Ceeek. Mich.

G U E R N 8 BY S‘B%’§,‘§%§E%%B
Containin blood of world chamwons.
HICKS’ OUER SEY FARM. Saginaw. . 8.. Mich

For Sale:

ed registered cows.
FOR SALE Registered Guernse bulls and
and bull calves an Berkshire

swine, the best breeding. Jolin Eliels. a. 10. Holland. Mich.

FOR SALE: Registered Guernsey b u l ls

_ excellent breeding at grade
prices.

Loreii'll. Dygert. Alto, Michigan. .

fiRegisterediyoung 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 Servnce.

From a grand daughter of The King of the
Pontiacs. 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% ii fat daughter
of Pontiac Aggie Korndylre'who has more 30 lb.
daughters than any other llvxng bull. If you do
write for pedigree.

EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.
Extra Good Registered

Holstein Cows
FOR SALE

From $125.00 to $200.00.
Send for list or look them over.

Bigelow’s .Holstein Farms,
BREEDSVILLE, MICHIGAN

HOLSTEINS

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

Herd No. 2, Five yearling heifers. one yearling bull.
Herd No. 3. Five Heifer calves and one bull

Bulls ready for service and 6 to eight months old bulls
Prices will please on. If interested. write as soon as
you read this. E. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.

“l’l‘0 P N OTC II ” Holsteins

By careful retention, for many years. of largest ‘ro-
duoing females and use of superior sires. a bree mg
herdof wonderful quality has been established. We
are selling young bullsof this“’l 0P NOTCH"quality.
of serviceable age, at moderate rices. Information.
digli-Ieesmto” on application. cPHERSON FARMS
0.. owell. Michigan. '
unregistered Holstein heifers that
I!!!“ Grade show breeding. friend to sell. Some
fresh soon. B. B. REAVEY, kron. Mich. _

{is}. llolsisin lull.

00 right. John A. Rinks, Warren. Mich.

At farmers prices, registered Guernsey
MI] is old enough for serice, from advanc-
L. J Byers. Goldwater. Mich.

 

Dam first in Dairy test. Sire G.

Dunkelherg Farm Guernseys

Wednesday, March 7,1917
commsncmo AT 10, O’CLOCK

Consisting of 50 head of Registered and 25 head of High
Class. Grades—Strong in the Glenwood and May Rose Blood
Lines. Somevery fine A. R. Cows with records of over 500
lbs. of Butter—fat. A number of especially good heifers
sired by Glenwoods Champion No. 15639 and fine heifer
calves by Roxies Glenwood of Broadhead N 0. 25288. The
Sale will be held at Boch & Watson Sales Stable, 1001 Well
Street, Fort W’e’lyne, Ind. Col. D. L. Perry, Auctioneer.
For Catalogue, address

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

BULLS FOR SALE ‘

CALLAM STOCK FARM, SAGINAW, MIC-H,

BREEDERS OF CHOICE

REGISTERED HOLSTEINi CATTLE

_ (1) ALBAN FAYNE CALLAM. born November 14. 1916. More white than black. Large-
straight and handsome. Official record of dam 18.57 lbs. butter, 414.7 lbs. milk 7 days. Darn has 3
A. R. 0. daughters and is granddaughter of Lord Netherland De Kol. ‘

(2) NIG PON'J‘IAC CALLAM. born September 26, 1916. More White than black. Royally
bred, and perfect conformation. Dam is in the Advanced Registry and is one of our best cows.

( ) KEKA DE KOL CALLI’M. born December 10, 1916. More white than black. Very hand-

some youiigster. choimly bred. and perfect in every way. Dam has not been tested. but is the
daughter of Pet Fairmont De Kol, official record over 19 lbs. butter in 7 days.
. (4) PAUL DE KOL CALLAM, born December 23. 1916. About half white and half black. He
is a splendid calf. His dam has an official record of 20.47 lbs. butter and 503.5 lbs. milk in 7 days.
This calf is good enough to head an herd.

These calves are all pure bred isteins. registered and of the choicest breeding and sired by

 

the great King Keka Fayne.
of Pontiac Korndyke. and sired by King Fayne Segis. sire of Segis Fayne Johanna, official record
50 lbs. of butter in 7 days. now champion cow of the world.

Select one. and write for pedigree and price

CALLAM STOCK FARM, Room 204 Bearinger Bldg., Saginaw, Michigan

 

A GUERNSEY BULL

used in a grade herd in Ohio sired daughters that
produced 50% more milk and 70% more butter
{at as 2 year olds than did their dams when mature.

GUERNSEY MILK contains 5% Butter Fat

Write for our beautiful free
booklets about Guernseys

THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB
BOX WM. PETERBORO, N. H.

 

 

Champion Michigan State Foir.’

 

THIS TIME! IR.ofM.

will increase value of every calf you raise.
The following are sired by Benedictine King who will enter R. of M. this year on his record as a. sire of R. of

semi JERSEY BULLS

You keep cows for profit.Brookwster Farm breeds bulls that

M. cows. Not one of his daughters ever failed to make the Register of Merit. Calved June 5, 1916. Solid color-
dam, Brookwater Veda 96, now on test. has made in 5 months and 21 days, 309.97 pounds of butter. Calved
July 3, 1918. Solid color; dam, Breakwater Loretta 271%, now on test, has made in 4 months and 25 days. 360.72
pounds of butter. Also three other bull calves, one of which Is of unusual promise by Majesty's Intense an out
of a tested Will make 70 unds fat during January) granddaughter of Loretta D.. champion cow 'or produc-
tion at the t. Louis Wor d's Fair. One 0 these bulls we Will sell at $75. Others higher. Extended pedi rees
and production records furnished on application. Let us know wh at kind of a. bull you need. Vis t the arm
and see the calves. their dams and sires. ROOKWATEB FARE. ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN.

)1. \V. Mumford. Owner, . F. Foster.Mnnager-

 

, ° Bull calf nearly white. Sire: 001mm“
HQISteln Johanna Creamelle Lad. Dam: Segis
Aggie Hengerveld De Kol. Write GEO. D. OLARKE’
Vassar, Mich.. for photo and price.

2 yearling heifers same

ICQlSICI'CII “OISteins breeding as cattle: sold

at Detroit sale at average of over each. 190 2
or 3 young A. R. O. cows of same breeding. Write or
come and see them. Hobart W. Fay, Mason. Mich.

OR SALE—Registered Holstein bull calves, 1 to 6
months old from 5 lb. sire and cod A. R. 0.
dams. Wm.Gri_fiin, Howell, Mich. RugNo. 5.

DISPERSION SALE

Having decided to uit farming. I will sell lat Public
Sale my entire her of Registered Holstein Friesian
Cattle consisting of ten cows and heifers at mg farm
5 miles east of Oak Grove on the Ann Arbor . 11.. 9
miles north east of Howell. on Thursday. March 1st.
1917at 1 o'clock P. M. Three of the cows have good
A. R. 0. records and several of the others are daughters
of these cows. Sale of farm tools at 9 o'clock A. M.
No catalogues.

JOHN AUSTIN.
Holstein and Emmy Hoiisr and Bull Balm

Ohoiceselectedpromising dairgcalvesmraoticnll pure
Holstein and pure Guernsey. at not registers . nice
“LOO each all express paid 't‘phony poin

color. t.
MEADOW GLEN’ itowator. Wis.

Re istered Holstein cow. 8 years old. large,
For 8". surge breeder. persistent milker. 2 A. R. 0.
sisters. 0. L. Hulett & Son. Okemos. Mich.

HEREFORDS

Both sexes and all ages for sale, our herd com
prises about 100 head re resenting the blood of
such sires as Prime 9th. Perfection Fair-
fax, Bonnie Brae 3d and Dale. Write us your

wants.
ALIEN BEDS, PAW PAW, MICI.
BOTH-SEXES

2O Herefords ALL sons
EARL c. ucosn'rx. Bad Axe. meals-n

not M. Jersey herd oflers for sale
Maple me tuberculin tested cows. bulBls. bull

Registered Holstein kisses. sesame

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

olstein Calves. 10 heifers, and 2bulls lS-thhs pure.
H5 weeks old, beautifully marked.820.00 each. crated

for shipment anywhere. Edgewood Farm.Whltewatsr.Wis.

EG. BOLSTEINS: Herd headed b Albina. Bonte

Butter Boyfllgof 931%4. Dlam’s regm;3 2a; 6 yrs. Butts;
28.53 lb . ' k . ear y meet a yrs. u.
802 lbs.smnillk 18622 ibs.W. B. READER. Howell, Mich

Cluny Sto ck Farm
100 REGISTERED HOLS'I'EINS 100

Save Money! Buy Now!
THE MILK AN}? ByTTERfi (:(IND e go

I] l b a. Sire w ose nesres . ams av re :
{Illikfvnd‘fiiia lbs., Butter 30.618 lbs. His dam's record
31.766 lbs. butter in 7 due. as Jr. 4 yraold. State record
for age when made. Make a savmg on Price and
Express char es. and raise one of his sons for your
next herd sir . Prices and Pedigrees on application.

R. B. McPHERSON, HOWELL, MICH.

Holstein Bulls

1to9 months old. Dani's A. R. 0. Our herd sire is
Johanna McKinley Segis 3d. 7 nearest Dams over-
age 21% BLISSVELDT FARMS. Jenlson, Mich.

OAK LEAF FARM
Herd Sire

Ypslland Sir Pietertle De KoI
Ihave several young bulls for sale. good individuals
and the kind that is a credit to head any herd atfarin-
ers' prices. E. H. Gesrhsrt a Son. Msrciellus. Mich. R.No. 4.

' ' You bull ready for service.
"Ingifllli "OISIOIHS. 301i: reeding. Satisfaction
guaranteed. W. B. Jones and J. F.Luts, Oohoctoh. Mich.

A26 LB. ill. 4-Yll.-0Lll

. . 2- . Id and s 15 lb. Jr. {Lyn-old were
flight; tTI; rggoi-ods recently made in our herd. All
cows in the herd have creditable A. R. 0. records and

are tuberculin tested.
PEACELANI) STOCK FARM, Time Riven, Mich.
Port Huron Mich

Chss. Peters. Herdsman. O. L. Brody. Owner.

OAK GROVE. MICH.

 

no. Holsteins. Place yourorder now fogabsll calf.
I h ve co sd :0 to freshen soon. bre tothe best
builin'ilioh." Elmer E. Smith. Redford. Michigan

 

grandson of King Segis. Grace Fayne 2nd‘s Homestead, great grandson

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’ l (1 half calves. on i thebest .of .
gio‘xoi’t‘he email". mvm%ii’. mes-n. such. .‘

Vetermary;

fill!IlllllIlllllllllillllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllflillllllllllll
CONDUCTED BY W.’ C. FAIR, V. 8.

 

We have a cow that a pears er-
fectly healthy, is now giving ten qugrts
of milk daily, but after standing for 12
hours, becomes rather slimy. So far
as I can tell her udder is all right, she
has a good appetite and is fed a good
quality of food. We have given her oc-
casmnal doses of saltpetre. Mrs. C. F.,
Newaygo, Mich—I am inclined to be-
lieve that the ,milk becomes loaded
With bacteria after it is milked. That
accounts for it becoming stringy. Giv-
ing your cow medicine will not ims
prove a matter of this kind. I would
suggest that you be quite painstaking
to keep stable clean, milking utensils
clean and the surroundings where your
milk is kept. '

Hens Eat Eggs—I am anxious to
know what can be done, if anything,
to cure chickens of the egg-eating hab—
it. I feed my fowls buckwheat or oats
morning and a basket of alfalfa chaff
and corn at night. They also have
what sweet milk they can drink. C.
R. K., Mancelona, Mich—First of all
let me say that this habit begins in
most cases by the accidental breaking
of an egg in the nest. But it rapidly
spreads among the flock until a large
proportion of the eggs laid— are pur-
posely broken and eaten by the hens.
I have watched hens who would carry
pieces of a broken egg shell and divide
with other hens, which no doubt Whet-
ted their appetite to eat eggs and egg
shells. To guard against the forma-
tion of the egg eating habit, fowls
should be fed plenty of lime, oyster
shells, bone or similar substances; to
insure a firm strong shell upon the
eggs. Eggs with a thin shell are So
easily broken that this may be consid-
ered one of the early causes of the
egg-eating habit. It is also a good
plan to have the nests in dark places
where if an egg is accidentally brok-
en, the hen may not discover it. A
very good plan is to construct the
nests so that the egg will roll beyond
the reach of the hen. Another fairly
good plan is to place artificial eggs in
the nests, so that the egg eater cannot
make any impression and will perhaps
discontinue the habit. It is good prac-
tice to remove the egg eaters from
the remainder’of the flock, and unless
they are very valuable, to kill them for
the table.

Ridgling Colt.-I have a colt two
years old that has not been castrated
and there is no indication of either tes-
ticle appearing in scrotum. Urine
seems to drip from sheath, but most
of the time he passes water in 3. nor-
mal manner. F. C., McBain, Mich——
You had better wait until April, then
have colt castrated. This is work that
should be done by a veterinarian who
has had experience in doing this kind
of surgical work. Give colt 1- dr. of
acetate of potash once a. day for a few
days, then an occasional dose.

Partial Loss of Power.——We have a.
colt 18 months of age that has had
trouble in getting up for'the past two
and a half months. He will get up one
time without difficulty and the next
time perhaps in an hour or two he will
be down and unable to rise for some
time and will struggle for five or ten
minutes He will rise on his haunches,
paw and scrape with his feet, trying
to get up. When up and turned out he
will jump, kick and run as if nothing
ailed him. He is fat and growing quite
fast. We feed him about three quarts '
of oats a day, besides all the hay he
wants. Last fall he was troubled with
scours but seemed to recover. C. E.
W., Kalkaska, Mich—Give your colt
1/2 dr. fluid extract of nux vomica, 1A;
dr. potassium iodide and 2 drs. Fowl-
er’s solution at a dose in feed or drink-
ing water three times a day. I would
also suggest that you increase his
grain ration to two or three quarts of
cats and one quart of wheat bran
three times a day. Also, feed him
some roots. .

Opacity of Cornea—I have a five-
year—old mare that has a film growing
over each eye. This eye trouble made
its appearance about two weeks ago.
J. W. 8., Jerome, Mich—Blow a small
quantity of equal parts calomel and
boric acid into eyes once a day. Give
2 drs. of Donovan’s solution of arsenic
at a dose twice a day.

Stifle Trouble—I. have a. young mare
that has stifle trouble that seems to
affect her when first made to step for-
ward or back. Is there any cure, other
than blistering? Would this trouble
show in her offspring? C. 11., Holland,
Mich—You had better paint stifle oc-
casionally with tincture'iodine' and it
will gradually reduce bunch and also
strengthen ligaments of. joint; Her
offspring w0uld doubtless have a slight
predisposition to this ailment. ,,

 


 
 
 
     
 

   
   

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. y tiresome-to feed a
horse hat perspires too freely? I:Ie is
short-coated, in fairly» good condition,
and we are exercising him every day;
I might‘add that- he Is a stallionand
registered. F. Vii, Snover, Mich.—:If
he is a trotting horse and you desire
to keep him in good road condition,
feed him one part bran, five parts oats,
and timothy hay. IL would be bad
practice to prescribe drugs for a horse
of this kind.

Bone Spavin.——I have a_ very fine

horse that has bone spavin, ‘causmg
lameness. Have applied. iodine .and
strong camphor, but it fails to relieve
him. A. ,D., Mason, Mich—Give horse
absolute rest for six or eight weeks,
clip off hair and apply one part red
iodide mercury and four parts lard ev-
ery two weeks; or you_can safely ap-
ply any of the commerCial spavin rem-
edies that are regularly advertised in
h Michi anFarmer.
t TndigestgiOn—Impure Blood—Horses
have what our local Vet. calls summer
sores on their necks and shoulders.
Their urine appears to be thick and
highly colored. C. R. J.,' Sandusky,
Mich—Give 1/2 dr. of ground nux vom-
ica, 1 dr. powdered sulphate of iron,
1/2 oz. ground gentian and 2 .drs. of
Fowler’s solution at a dose in _feed
three times a day. Also give him a
teaspoonful of acetate of potash once
a day.

Worms—I have two horses that are
troubled with long white worms. C.
V. H., Portland, Mich—Mixiogether
one part powdered sulphate iron, one
part ground nux vomica, onepart salt
and three parts ground gentian; give
each horse a tablespoonful at a dose
in soft feed twice a day.

Pica.——l have a calf that does not
thrive, is growing thin, but appears to
eat almost everything that comes with-
in its reach. It seems to be espeCIaliy
fond of chewing rags and other rub-
bish. J. M., Wetz’ell, Mich—Mutto-
gether one part ground nux vomica,
one part air-slaked lime, one part pow-
dered sulphate. iron, three parts of
ground gentian, give it a teaspoonful
or two at a dose in ground feed three
times a day. Feed the calf a greater
variety of kinds of feed.

Obstructed Teat.——II have a three-
year-old heifer that came. fresh Janu-
ary 24, 1917; up to this time she was
always an easy milker, but lately it 15
almost impossible 1to draw milk flt‘ogl‘

ne of the teats; t is is on accoun .
3n obstruction in teat. R. W. B., Mar-
ine City, Mich.——You had better em-
ploy a competent Yet. who Will pen
traps be able to relieve this blocking
by either removing the obstruction or
dilating teat canal.

Weakness—I have a fall calf five
months old that is weak on all four
legs. Pleasant days she has plenty of
exercise, is kept in a box stall 10x10,
ted alfalfa, timothy, clover, cornstalks,
corn meal and ground oats cooked and.
mixed with milk and water. G. L. L
Oak Grove Mich. Give your calf 12
dr0ps of fluid extract nux .vomica, a
teaspoonful of tincture gentian, a tea:
spoonful .of tincture cmchona and .10
drops of Fowler’s solution at a dose
three times a day.

 

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Good Dairy Cow.—-We have a cow‘

that is due to freshen in April and we
are unable to dry her up. She is a
Guernsey about 12 years old and gives
about four quarts of milk night and
morning. If I should stop milking her
would there be any danger of bringing
on milk fever? R. F W., Augusta,
Mich—In a case of this kind your cow
should be well fed up to calvmg time
and if it is necessary, milk her once a
day until she freshens. She is doubt-
less a good dairy type of_cow and
should not be injured by trying to dry
her up. , ‘

Choking—Congestion of Lungs-fl
have a bunch of four-months-old pigs
and some of them have died. The first
one died suddenly, appeared to be all
right when it approached feed trough
but after taking a mouthful, staggered
back, fell over. kicked considerable,
and after a while got up and appeared
all right. I then commenced to dope
them some, but in the meantime one
had died suddenly; some time later
another died, which I opened, found
clotted blood in lungs and around the
heart. One of them that died acted
very much as if it had been founder-
ed. I have been feeding them culled
beans mixed with bran and milk once
a day. and a slop of middlings and
bran, with corn at night. Mrs. J. B..
Kibbie, Mich—First of all you should
keep your pigs in a warm, dry, com-
fortable place; their slop and feed
should be fed to them warm; further-
more, it should be. spread' out to pre-
vent their filling the mouth too full
and choking. Rub their throat with
one part turpentine and two parts raw
linseed oil; also rub their sides back
of shoulder; this should be done to
those that are sick only. Mix some

' ginger, cooking soda and charcoal in
‘ their feed twice a day.

'Per‘spires, Ereely.-,-. '.

 

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PU LI
20 REclsTERED

Boy that has five 30 lb. daughters;

leave Ionia 8c Grand Rapids at 7 A.

will be sold promptly at 1 P. M.
F. D. RIPLEY, - -

SALE

 

HOLSTEINS '20

Consisting of '18 Females and 2 Bulls

One of the bulls was sired by the great bull Friend Hen erveld DeKol Butter
The dam of this bull as a 31 lb. record and
is a daughter of Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke that has 12 30 lb. daughters. This bull
has five calves in the sale and man of the females are bred to him.
. and Lansing at 8 A. M. for Grand Ledge.
Free transportation to and from the farm.

Trains

Catalogs ready Feb. 24th. Cattle

- Grand Ledge, Michigan

 

sale will begin rom \

AUCTION SALE

Friday, March 9, 1917.
AT CHEESEBROUGH FARM,

Six miles West of Lake Odessa. Mich., Nine miles North and two East of Hastings, Mich.
27 head Holstein Friesian Cattle. our entire herd. will be sold at Auction to the highest bidder.
These cattle all ’l‘uberculin tested. sound and all right. in every way.
the balance young cattle. except our Herd sire. three years old.
sire. also daughters of a. twenty-nine. 1b. sire. also 7 head of horses. and all farm tools.

Twelve cows giving milk.
We have daughters of a. thirty lb.
The cattle

nor. clumps c”i‘tr“§iiiili’iiiiiai’iiiess Levis (:Ium. “1.43, clarksvllle,lllch.

 

CATTLE

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Dairymen !

éThe Truth

You may be preiudiced aninsl
the Jersey use you don't

know her. Look '

her up. She s

the Money Cow.
. Get This Book—s history of
Get ‘ ‘ the breed and full of very inter-

‘ csting tests and fscts. ll proves
This conclusively ths_t for pure dsiry type. econ-
B k any production. richness milk. long
0° life and adaptability to feeds sncl climates
—all these combined—she stands wsy
shove them all. This book uAbout Jer

Cable" is free. Get your copy now. Yoiie'll

find it mighty good reading.

The American Jersestt do Club'
346 West 23rd Street. New York City

 

 

for sale. ready for service. Out of
Jersey Bulls good producing dams. Prices right.
R. B. FOWLER. Hartford. Mich.

The Wildwood l-‘arm~

Jersev Cattle. Majesty Blood. We have Bulls for sale
from Register of Merit cows of good type. W rite your
wants. Alvin Biilden. Capac. Michigan.

 

 

lomy Bulls for Sale Stamina?d.‘;‘i.‘..“.‘:1.‘;‘.“':‘1'.:‘3‘;
semi-oficial test. 0. B. We nor. R. 6. Allogsn. Mich
JERSEYS FOR SALE $33“???

service from R. of M, ancestors. /‘Meadowland Farm.
Waterman it Waterman. Packard Rosd.Aun Arbor. Mich.

 

 

 

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Hill SALE REGISTERED JERSEY BULLS

Ready for service. Write your wants.
SMITH dz PARKER, R. D. No. 4, Howell, Michigan

' ‘ Forsale. seven mos. old bull
Hlllsnil Farm 1mm ..11. 11... 1..... 1....1...1
whose combined butter production of four nearest
dams l! 3878 lbs. butter. 0. it 0. Deake. Ypsilanti. Mich.

Maple Hill Farm flegislmd lomy lisllle
.Stock under 2% more all sold.
J. R. Worthington. R. No. 7. Lansing. Michigan

 

Lillie Formstssd Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R
. .of M. Cows,_ also heifer calves and several bred
heifers for sale. Colon O. Lillie. Cooper-ville, Mich

Shorlhorn Cattle of both Sex for Sale

W. WV. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.

 

 

Francisco Farm Shorthorns
and Large Type Poland Chinas

We ofi'er bulls it boars ready for service;
Bred sows & gllts 1! young cows.

 

Durocs and Victoria:

Heavy bone, lengthy Spring Bears and Gilts from prize
Winner-.1 aired by one of the best Sons of the Great De-
fender ill other noted strains. M. ’1‘. 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 Korndyke Heiigei'veltl”(the Bull with
the best yearly record backing of any sire in the
world) and "G. & B. Segis Ulrica Pledge 108790."
all from A. R. O. Dams with good records and the
best of breeding. one very fine Grandson of the

FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR BULL

out of a. 27.30-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.

 

 

ERKSHI‘RES: Gllts and mature sows that will far-
row in April and May. Mammoth ’l‘oulouse Geese.
Pekln Drakes $2 each.Clinsc Stuck Farm. R. l. Msrlette. Mich.

Berkshires, fifitf'lgsfiélfiffféllf’““st‘iiihl’l‘s‘if

 

 

STOC FARM, Almont.Mlch.
H. mm, Eris. Mich. sir agate: grass.

Swine. D. M. 3: 1'. local from Monroe or Toledo. Keeney Stop.

30 bred ilts form
Duroc Jerseys p.1... .. sell.
Carey U. Edmonds. Hastings. Mich.
DUROO Sows. Spring gilts. Aug. Boar Pigs. Sept.

Pigs either sex. Percheron Stud Colt. six
months Old. E. J. Aldrich. Tekonsha. Mich.

Gilts and tried yearling
Duroc Jerseys sow bred to it son of
Orion Cherry King the Premierllhumpion of the breed
also fall plgs.F. J. DROD’l‘. R.l. Monroe. Mlchignn

HIGH GLASS FALL BUAHS

registered. Will mature into big type hogs. 8% to $40
NEWTON BARNHAIKT. ST. JOHNS. MICE.

 

 

Durocs, pigs of Sept.farrow.(Dams)by Joe Orion 2nd
Defender C, Superba. Highland King (Sires) Superba King
and Hoosier J.t).C. Either sex. H.(l.l\'cc1.-lcr. (Inssopolls, Mich.

Duroc Jersey Gilts “'9' 11.111. . “We“

' . lot of good ru god
heavy boned (izlts, registered. All bred to our gerd
Boar. Jennings Pilot. “'oundi-r No. 73373. Bred for Apr
and May furrow. Send for pedigree. Prices reasonable
THE JENNINGS FARMS. R. F. D.l. Bailey. Mich

 

 

Sows 'll‘ld gilts bred to Eureka Cherry King
Durpc and C‘rimson Critic son of Critic Model 1916
champion Iowa Fair. . C. Taylor, Milan, Mich.

 

P P. POPE. R. R. 3. Mt. Plensrnt. Mich.
I

é Bldmll Shonhorns

  

“For Beef and Milk"

’ljhis heifer at 6 months has bone,
Size and quality—Ourown breeding.
The blood of Scotch bulls. Imp.
Shenstpne Albino and Imp. Villag-
er Registered stock always for sale.

BlllllIELL 8100K FlllM,

\ Box B, Tecumseh. Michigan.

the orignal milk strain, ‘1 bullsanrl

Bibs Shudhorns heifers for sale. 8 to 10 mo. old.
J. B. HUMHEL. MASON. MICHIGAN.

Milkiu Shorlhorns. Bulls llsady for Service.

DAVI SONB: HALL. TECUMSEH. MICHIGAN.

 

 

 

-—Dniry or beef bred. Breeding stock all
Sh'dhorns ages for sale at farmers prices. 0. W. Crum-
Secy. Cons. Mich. Shorthorn Breeders‘ Assn. McBride. Mich.

 

for sale. 9 and 10 months old.
two Shodhorn all": Price right. For particulars
address J. E. Tnnswell. Mason. Michigan.

 

Youn b H: 8100. Bred cows.
shorllloms F" :3le and hseifgrs $150 for nick sale.
Write w. J. BELL. ROSE CITY. MICH GAN.

 

' FOR Sale—Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Maxwalton
Monarch End. a son of Avondsle. from 11 to 13 mos.
old. John Schmidt. Reed City. R. No. 5.. Michigan

Y b ll read for
Shortliorns For Sale ”Tits..- .2..:, 0...: m...
heifers. W. B. Mchlllnn. Howell, Michigan.

Cattle For Sale

2 'Loads feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also
can show you any number 1. 2 and 3 years old from
600 to 1200 lbs. Isaac Shllnstum. Fairfleld. Iowa, R-S.

 

 

 

0R SALE: Duroc Jcrsey swine. clmiccbrceding goodquolity
leitlierscxl. S. L‘. \V. Leghorn cnckcrcls Slim—$3. Buff Rock
cockcrels $2-—33. John McNicoll, Station A, It. 4. Bay City. Mich.

—Boars and Gilts all sold.
Duroc Jerseys Some good full pigs for sale.
Wm. W. Kennedy, ‘

Grass Lake, Michigan.

 

 

n vas and gi Its bred for Mar. & A r. farrow.King

“roc The (,‘ol.Defcnderand Uziklzind g‘nncy families.

E. D. Heydenberk.BelI Phone. Wayland. Mich.

Good ones. $15.00

Reg. Duroc Fall Sows. 11.... ....1 11.1.
whale in state. J. R. Hicks, St. Johns, Mich.

INEHURS’I‘ Ill'RUCS. Choice full boars. One

great yearling boar. Choice Yellow Dent Seed Corn
for sale. Orlo L. Dobson. Quincy. Michigan.

cHESIEH WHHES Gilts bred to farrow in Feb. or
March. 'Filll pigs. ei ther sex

F. W. ALEXANDER. Vassar. Mich.
9 Pedigree Stock Farm ofl'ers: Re .C.W.
Parhams Boat-s. Bred Gilts, Fall Pigs. iieg. A.
R. O. Holstein Cows, Male Calves. Show Bull ready
for-service. price $125. R. B. Parham. Bronson. Mich.

l CHOICE BREE GILT 31'1‘31‘i

' I Prince 56002. sired by Wildwoo

l O. '— G’s Prince 1110 lb.3yr. Grand Cham ion
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at Iowa sold for $750. Ship C. .D.
—.l.Csrl Jewett. Mason. Mich.

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o I c and Chester White Swine all ages. Afew'
I I

I service Boars and own gilts. 400 fall pigs
either sex, sired by Crnndells onder. Grand Champ-
ion st Ohio State Fair. Schoolmasterthe champion of
champions and hi heat price boar of the breed and
others. Get a 30w red to Galloway Edd Grand Cham-
pion Mo. State fair. we are bookin orders.We had the
undefeated breeders age herd It s x state fairs. Get
our catalogue. buy the best it pays. w s have them. We ship on
spprovsl. Rolling Vieu Stock Farm. Cass City. Mich. R. 2

O I C Serviceable Boar's. Gilts bred for
- a 0 March and April fin-row. Prices

 

 

A-masonable. H. W. MANN. Dsnsvllle. Mich.
’ . . '_| 1. ' . ' ' ' . . .

   
 

Like This
the original big produceri
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HAVE sou-ted thousands of breeders on the road to

I success. I can help you. [want to place one ho from

“” m" “‘3 i“ if” amrunr "hf”??fi‘ulfik. ”.3"
Ir EVE 0 .—

ggfimdol’l'. W20:- m’y plan—Renders Money from [log-.95

a. a. summit. 3.1, p, to. romud. mom,“

I]. I. c. muster White Swine

Strictly Big Type. Five gilts bred for Apr. & May
furrow. Bred to as good boars as there are in the breed,
Have a. fine lot of fall pigs, that I can furnish._in pain
not akin. Newman's Stock Farm. Mariette. Mich. R. 1.

  

 

  

 

o I c Servicenblo boars. Yearling so‘ws and
1‘ 0 I gilts bred for Mar. fa rrow_. Summer and
fall pigs. G. P. Andrews, Dnnsville. Michigan.

0 I Year old boar 2nd prize winner at Grand Rapids
I I I fair also spring gi ts and boss I readyl for ser~

' vice. A. J. Barker. Belmont. Mich. R. R

F O R S A L . 3333.“:3’33193; i119.

sndboars. 0. D. Somerrill. Grass Lake. Mich.

I 9' ch ii ‘9 (‘ilts bred to Son of School<
0- II c 3- math; tonsri-ow in Man, also fall
pigs. Clover Leaf Stock Farm. Monroe, Mich. RJ.

s Am offering two extra and
O. I. S. boars and a few bred gi ts.
C. J. THOMPSON. - -

a I c! One extra good big last Sept. =yearling sow
I I 'Ibred for 6 ring furrow, last spring sows bred
and some extra gt last fall 7 igs, also serrlce boars.
)6 mile west of depot.0tto B. chulze. .\ashvxlle..\lich.

BIG TYPE P. C- B““§§.“¥1‘31?‘3§:§.ll.'°“

Armstrong Bros.. It. 3. Fowler-ville. Mlch'

Brod gllts nreallsold.
0. 's c- SWINE: Orderapair ora trio
not akin to breed in the spring. Rush in your order

f to the are sold. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Re. (:1. GOEtDEN. N. No. . Dorr. Mloh.

o I c Choice ilts for Apr. and Mayvfarrow. Fall
° I I igs. '1‘ e rowthy kind. VI rite ifor low
E. V. HAT , Grass Lake, Mich.

Rockford. Michigan

prices.

NOW IS THE TIME T0 BUY

Twenty-live tried Big-Type Poland—China brood
sows to be bred for March and April farrow.
Ten splendid Spring boars at $25.00 each for
quick sale. Worth $50.00.

Hillcrest Farm,

M Half Price and Sold out

Except some dandy fall pigs. and a big rug ed black
Percheron Stallion, (registered) coming t ree. for
" . Come and see him.

Portland. Mich. Bell Phone.

Kalamazoo, Mich.

 

J. C. BUTLER.

 

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3|: Tim Poland china 5112‘. 2233' 1331.3: 12...?
G. w. HoLTON. R. 11, Kalamazoo. Michigan

LARGE STRAIN P. 0.

One extra good fall yearling and a few choice spring
hours. A nice lot of gilts being bred for April furrow.
H. 0. SWA TZ. SCHOOLCRAFT. MICK.

"EA” you" "En” With one of my Big Type

Poland-China boars. Get
a good one while the prices are reduced. Something
that will win at the fairs. Write at once for pedigrees

andprices. II E HESS, 68 S. Johnston Ave..
Giltsbrod

Pontiac. Michigan.
La rge Ty e P. . 1.. .11....
arrow all so (1. A few good ones to be bred

and April
for June farrow. Also some good fall pigs either sex.
W. E. LIVINGSTON. PARMA. MICH.

Chinas. As big, as good, as row in Iowa. Herd
Poland 3

headed by Goliath larver. I can please you.
Robert Martin. R. 7. Hastings, Michigan

Large Type Poland China Brad Sow Sals,Fsb.2ll.‘l?

Write for catalog. W. J. Hagelshuw. Augusta. Mich.

' ("' . l r .
Big Typs Poland China "‘33.?531‘1323‘3133.1‘11?”
A A. WOOD J: SON. Saline. Michigan‘

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIG Type Poland Chinas. (‘hoicc April boars. fall pigs
in palm. ('linncc to get started for a littlc innucy. Big llliuorcn
(.‘ockcrels. Satisfaction guaranteed. II. \V. Mills, Saline. Mich.

 

' Poland China now bred. fall pigs, either
Large Shied sex Young Slim-thorn cow and four
month bull calf.

Robert Neva.
OLAND Chinas bred gilts all sold. still have some
choice fall pigs of large and medium type. atfarm-
ei‘s prices. P. 1). LONG, It. 8. Grand Rapids, Mich.

llTYorkshire Gilts. 2 Boars one mature;
Red Polled cattle. E. S. CARR. Homer. Michigan

HALLADAYS’ HAMPS H 1 RES

5 tried sows,"2 yearling hours, for immed late sale. Fall
pigs. . H. Hiilladay & Son, Clinton, Michigan

Pie rson. Michigan

 

 

 

 

I I Bred Sows and guts for August and
”ampflllre SWING. September {arrow ’1. Spring pigs,
sex both. FLOYD l\l YERS, R.N0. '9, Decatur. Ind.

AMPSHIRE HOGS all sold out. would sell one
lieril boar and book orders for spring boar pigs.
John \\. Snyder, St. Johns. Michigan. R. l.

 

 

 

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PROLIFIC ”MULEFOOT" RESIST-
PROFITABLE HOG me

Fouuosrton srocK rnoM assi- nLooo or IHEID

THE CAHILL FARMS
KALAMAZOO - - - - MICHIGAN

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SHEEP.

OXFORD EWES

Yearlings $35.00. Shropshires all ages
$30. All good ones and money makers.

Kops Kon Farms, Klndsrhookflloll.

Oxford Down Sheep N° $212“
M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Mlchlgln.

 

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