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The Only Weekly Agricultural,





VOL. CXLVHI. No.10

Whole Number 3931





’UCCESSFUL ’farm management

with the clover crop depends on

, cletter and judicious planning of

the crop rotations to accomplish the

desired results. The crops may be

managed in different ways, but a few

fundamental principles must be ob-

served to secure large yields and to de-

rive maximum benefits from its power

to gather nitrogen for the succeeding

crops.

-On many farms where, but little

stock is kept, and Where the produc-

tion of fruit and truck crops is an im-

portant factor in the farming, the clo-

vers are among the most valuable

crops for cover, to supply humus, and

to add to the supply of nitrogen. It is

because clovers can take nitrogen

from the air, while other crops cannot

do this, which renders them so much

more valuable than most other crops

for cover and green manuring.

__ The purpose of the writer, however,

is to emphasize the logical necessity

of growing clover on the dairy or stock

farm. It belongs to every sound sys—

tem of crop rotation practiced on dairy





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,and stock farms in the northern, cen-





tral and eastern states. Having the

power of taking nitrogen from the in-

exhaustible supply in the atmosphere,

it not only supplies that element to

the soil, but at the same time furnish-

es an abundance of hay and pasturage.

It enables the dairy farmer to kill two

birds with one stone. Clovers Will al-

ways figure prominently in the best

rations for cattle, horses, sheep and

swine. In the long run its greatest

value is realized by feeding it to stock.

All other uses of the crop are subsi—

diary, although in their entirety they

are of vast significance.

Get Good Seed.



Good seed is an important part of

success in the management of the clo-

ver crop. Buy clover seed early and

test its germinating qualities. If a

microscopic examination of the seed

reveals the presence of: weed seeds or

foreign substances buy of some deal-

er who has pure seed for sale. The

clover seeds upon the American mar-





ket appear usually to be of a good

quality.



For the stock farm common red and

alsike are the best Clovers. Alsike

clover has a more upright habit of

growth, though it is finer than the

common red variety. It is of great

value in meadows, and is especially

adapted to the stronger and moister

soils, where it does better than the red

clover. Being finer it cures more eas-

ily, and yields hay of excellent quality.

Many of the best farmers always use

alsike in their mixtures of seeds for

the stronger and moister soils, where

hay, including clover, is desired. For

sowing in mixtures with timothy and

alsike the mammoth red clover will

give equally as good results as the

common red. For a cover crop in fruit

plantations and vineyards the mam-

moth red variety makes a more rapid

growth and it is claimed by some ex-

perts that it is a more efficient nitro-

gen gatherer.



The fact that the clover crop is usu-





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necessful Farm Management With Clover





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ally seeded with some small grain

crop frequently places it in the same





position as the guest who, invited t0'





the festive board, finds it bare. Taken

as a whole, it is no wonder so many

farmers tail to secure vigorous stands

of clover, when we consider the com-

mon practice in seeding clover with

winter wheat along in February or

March when the soil is in that pe-

culiar honeycombed condition caused

by alternate freezing and thawing, or

to seed on a light. snow and trust in

Providence to furnish the rains or

snow necessary to wash the seeds into

the ground. -

Seeding Methods.



Good stands of clover are too rare

and diflicult to secure-and at the same

time too desirable, to be jeopardized

by a careless scattering of the seed up-

on a frosted soil. Except perhaps un-

der ideal seeding conditions it will pay

to delay the seeding a few weeks until

one can go over the field with a light

smoothing harrow and loosen up the

top soil, scatter on the seed and follow



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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





One of our most suc-



Study Changing cessful captains of

Conditions. industry, in discuss-

ing the fixing of fu-



ture policies, remarked that the best

policy for the future could never be

fixed upon precedent, that the future

should be guided by the present and





not by the past. The soundness of

this doctrine which has led to pre—

nouienal success in big business





should appeal strongly to every farmer

at the present time. Conditions sur—

rounding agriculture are changing so

rapidly that fiiture policies in the con—

duct of farming operations cannot be





predicated on past experiences to any-~





thing like as good advantage as upon

a careful study of existing conditions.



The changes which confront us in

the agricultural field are so many and

varied as to almost defy enumeration,

and to make a comprehensive analysis

quite difficult. Then the nature of

these changes in different localities

and as affecting different lines of ag-

ricultural production are so varied as

to make this an individual problem to

almost every farmer. The phenomenal

rise in values of agricultural products

of all kinds, together with the increas-

ed scarcity and high price of labor for

the accomplishment of farm work are

facts which have universal applica-

tion. To every farmer who would get

maximum results from his year’s oper-

ations the problem of how to increase

production with the available labor

supply is perhaps the most pressing

one. The main factors to be consider-

ed in this connection are the distribu-

tion of the available labor at profitable

employment throughout the entire

year and an increase in the product of

the available labor as measured by re-

sults in marketable products.



In most cases the better distribution

of labor throughout the year means

an increase in some department of

live stock breeding or feeding upon

the average farm. Which department

of live stock production can be best

increased to accomplish this result is

an individual problem which will in

many cases be difficult of solution, but

without question there is room for the

profitable increase of live stock pro-

duction upon a very large proportion

of Michigan farms. Such a policy may

curtail to some extent the amount of

land available for the growing of cash

crops, but with better tillage and more

liberal fertilization it Will be possible

to not only keep the yield in this de-

partment of our farming operations

up to the standard, but to even in-

crease the receipts from cash crops

materially.



To this end our farming operations

should be planned with a view to max-

imum production, with a minimum ex-





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penditure of labor. This can best ‘be

accompliShed by limiting the number

of cash crops grown, and increasing

the acreage of such crops as can best

be handled in season by the available

labor, and for which we have or may

procure the special equipment in tools

and machinery required for the grow-

ing of such crops to the best advan:-

tage. Vi’hile the farmer is often hand-

icapped by conditions over which he

has no immediate control, yet by the

adoption of the most approved meth-

ods in carrying out a carefully plan-

ned program, this handicap can be

minimized and the productive results

of available labor materially increas~

ed upon the average farm.



Apparently under present conditions

hand work is bound to be more limited

than ever before upon most farms,

and unless this is to be a limiting fac-

tor in production, thus reducing farm

revenues at a time when there is need

for maximum production, and Wh’éfi‘

good prices are assured, head work

must be substituted for hand work to

the greatest possible degree, so that

the available labor may be constantly

employed in a productive manner so

far as possible during the active sum-

mer campaign. This is a field for

profitable thought which no progres-

sive farmer should neglect at this

time, to the end that our agriculture

may be placed upon a sound commer-

cial basis and its patrons secure a full

share of prosperity under the unpre-

cedented conditions which now prevail.





Under the federal aid

Federal Aid in ‘road act approved on

Road Building. July 11, 1916, $5,000,-



000 was made avail-

able for use in extending aid to the

several states in the construction of

rural post roads for the fiscal year

ending June 30, 1917, and $10,000,000

for similar use in the fiscal year end-

ing June 30, 1918. After deducting

three per cent as the estimated cost

of administering the law, the distribu-

tion was made in pursuance to the

provisions of the act which were as

follows: One-third in the ratio of area,

one-third in the ratio of population,

and one-third in the ratio of mileage

of rural delivery routes and star routes

in the various states.



The apportionment on this basis

gives to Michigan for the fiscal year

ending June 30, 1917, the sum of $145,-

783.72 for such aid in road building,

and for the fiscal year ending June

30, 1917, the sum of $201,567.44. Under

the provisions of this act certain re-

quirements are made of the state

which will require legislative enact-

ment. Whether the application of the

federal funds will be left to the discre-

tion of the State Highway Department

or provided for by the legislature,

rests with that body.





Reports have circulated that a move-

ment has been started for the using

of such funds in the building of trunk

line roads encircling the state in such

a manner as to provide a main line of

travel for tourists who might thus be

attracted to Michigan. This alleged

plan has brought vigorous protests

from farmers. and highway officers in

various sections of the state who con-

tend that the federal funds should be





' applied directly to the improvement of





rural post roads as specified in the ap-

propriation bill, and that all sections

of the .state should participate in the

distribution rather than to have the

whole amount expended in building

trunk line roads.





This federal appropriation covers a

period to and including the fiscal year

ending June 30, 1921, with an annually

increasing proportion which for the

last year of the period will reach $25,-

000,000, at which time Michigan’s pro-

portion will approximate five times the

funds available for the first year for

which aid is granted.



It is important that the policy adop-

ted for the distribution of this fund

within the state should be one: which





 





would give the greateSt degree of set-

isfaction and benefit to the people of

the state as a whole. Some county

highway officials believe that the

greatest benefit would accrue to the

state through. the use of this fund to

aid in the building of highways where

commercial traffic demands a perma—

nent and expensive type of road, under

which [plan fairly equitable distribution

could be effected» Many farmers, how-

ever, are of the opinion that the funds

should be used in the permanent im-

provement of post roads not on main

or trunk lines and not likely to be per-

manently improved under the present

system for many years at least With-

out such aid. Good public policy in

the use of this fund requires careful

consideration of many factors.



Every reader should give this prop-



osition his careful thought, looking .at

the problem from the broad standpoint

of the greatest good to the greatest

number rather than from the more sel-

fish standpoint of local needs. After

studying the question from every an-

gle, steps should be taken to arrive at

the consensus of public opinion in ev-

ery rural community as a guide to the

legislature in shaping the required

enabling legislation.

Very many com-

munications have

been received at

this office offering suggestions for a

more satisfactory dog law. Earlier in

the season these suggestions emanated

mostly from people who were interest-

ed in the sheep industry and who be-

lieve that more adequate protection

from dogs is essential to the building

up of this industry in sections of the

state best adapted to it. More recent-

ly pleas have come to hand from many

sources for a more stringent dog law,

owing to an epidemic of rabies which

has been prevalentin various sections

of the state. In one case, at least,

there is an attempt at organized action

to secure legislation making it a mis-

demeanor to permit any canine to be

off the owner’s premises unless se-

curely muzzled so as to render it im-

possible for any such animal to bite

any other \animal, and another bill

emanating from the same source

would make the owner of any canine'

liable for nominal damages for permit

ting such canine to trespass on anoth-

er’s land, which nominal damage in

addition to cost of bringing suit and

any actual damage which might be

done‘ by the trespassing’canine may be

collected from the owner.



This menace of rabies is worthy of

more serious consideration and more

active and effective remedies than the

dog nuisance as affecting the sheep in.

dustry and contributing to the hunt-

ing nuisance which is burdensome in

many localities. Doubtless, hov’vever,

even such a menace will not make

more effective dog legislation easy of

passage. We believe, however, that

in the eevent of the failure of general

legislation along this line that a strin-

gent dog law with a local option pro-

vision, such as was described in a re-

cent editorial comment, would prove

more satisfactory than the present in-

eifective law. If the legislature would

pass a stringent dog law to be enforc-

ed in counties where the voters ap-

proved of it on submission, eved this

would be a move in the right direc-

tion, but it would not provide for the

present emergency in suppressing rab-

ies, now more than commonly preva-

lent in various sections of the state.





   





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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.



The European War.—--The British

troops have made further advances in

Some and Ancre regions of northern

France. 011 the Somme the Germans

gave up ground over a front of two

miles and to a. depth of 1200 yards.

Heavy casualties were inflicted upon

the Teutonic forces. In the Meuse dis-

trice north of Eix the Germans suc-

ceeded 1n entering French trenches,

but were driven out in a. counter-at-

tack. Reelprocal bombardments east

of the Meuse river have also been re-

ported—Along the Russian front and

in Roumama no fighting of moment

has taken place—An Austrian attempt





to storm Italian positions east. of Gor- ,





izia was frustrated: Minor infantry

operations and artillery duels contin:

ue 1n other sectors of. the Italian front.

—-The Russrans are again operating in

ASla Minor. They have defeated the

Turks in Persia. and captured the im-

portant town of Hamadam, The Brit

ish are also succeeding in their cam- '

paign along the Tigris river in Asia

Minor, having forced the Turks' fully

half way to the city of Bagdad.—-—The

submarine war continues to take ves-

sels sailing in the restricted zones, al-

though the number of ships reported—

sunk IS gradually diminishing. How.

ever, there has just been reported the

destruction of a vessel in the Mediter-

ranean of 34,494 tons, the largest boat

sent to the bottom since the begin-

ning of the war.





A crisis has developed in the politi-

cal circleso of China by the refusal of

the president to approve of the action

of the Chinese cabinet which voted to'

Join the United States in breaking off

diplomatic relations with Germany. As

a result, the resignation of the entire

cabinet is expected.





National.





While a majority of the members of

congress and the United States Senate

favored giving President Wilson au-

thority to arm United States merchant

ships as a protection against attacks

by German submarines, a small num-

ber of senators joined to prevent ac-

tion on the bill by the upper House.

As there appears to be no provision

for the calling of an extra session of

congress until next fall, this move on

the part of these senators places the

country in a serious situation. The

publication of evidence, which has

since been acknowledged by Germany,

that an effort had been made by that

country to. entangle the United States

into political difficulties with Mexico

and Japan, served to get almost the

entire support of the House of Repre-

sentatives for 'our chief executive’s

measure on armed neutrality. A man-

ifesto signed' by members of the sen-

ate also showed a. majority of the mem-

bers of that body in full accord with

the proposed action of the President.

Eleven members of the senate, how-

ever, were able to tie the hands of the

whole government.



Samuel Gompers, president of the

American Federation of Labor has'is—

sued a call for a conference of the

presidents of national and internationc

a1 labor unions affiliated with the fed-

eration, to meet in Washington for

consideration of policies of prepared-

ness and defense in connection with

the present national crisis.



“.Five firemen were killed and three

injured in a fire which did $350,000

worth of property damage last Sunday

in two store buildings on Woodward

avenue, Detroit. The men were killed

by the collapse of the floors in one of

the buildings.



Property damage has been large in

Sections of Tennessee, Alabama and

Georgia recently visited by disastrous

floods. Streams have overflowed their,

banks, and driven hundreds of persons

from their homes. As yet no lives,

have been reported lost. '



President Wilson began his second

term as chief executive of the United

States when he took the oath of office

at noon Sunday in the presence of Mrs.

Wilson, members! of his cabinet and

Chief Justice of the United States

Supreme Court.



A mother and her two children were

burned to death in their home in Lan-

sing, Sunday morning. The flre was

kerosene explosion.



Official figures: announced by« the

Egderated £119.1'ities Board -‘ of“ Baltl-f





_‘mpre,£€§h0w“sunering3and.‘ need among

the poor? to ,‘have, decreased





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Michigan’s Junior‘Bean Growers





By c. A. SPAULDING





HE bean pennant race is over



and again Michigan finished

- first. In spite of an unprecedent-

ed crop in California, and an unusually

bad season in this state, Michigan pro-

duced more dollars’ worth of beans

this year than any other state.



Due to the favorable conditions for

growing this crop in some parts of the

state. and influenced by the prevailing

high price paid for beans, the raising

of an acre of beans has become one





 





Dorothy Pawloski, Champion Bean

Grower.





of the most popular of the “projects”

now carried on by the Junior Exten-





sion Department. And just as Michi-

gan leads the other states in produc-

tion, so the boys’ clubs raising beans

this year outstripped the clubs of oth-

er states. During the past year some

one hundred and fifty toys and girls

were enrolled in the bean growing

clubs of the state, each raising one-

half or one acre of white pea beans

under the direction of the Junior Ex-

tension Department.



The year was not a good one for

beans in the larger part of the state,

the extremely hot weather of July and

August blasting off part or all of the

first setting of blossoms in the middle

or southern counties. On the other

hand, the boys and girls were not both-

ered as much this year as usual by

the blight or anthracnose, since the

hot dry weather tended to inhibit the

growth of these diseases. Many of

the club members anticipating these

diseases purchased northern grown

seed which is usually more free from

infection and does better than home—

grown seed. This was made possible

through the courtesy of the banks in

extending credit to boys who did not

have money enough to pay the extra

expense of securing this type of seed.

The bankers of Grand Rapids took the

personal notes of the bean club boys

payable at the time of selling the bean

crop and thus aided materially in the

introduction into Kent of better seed

beans. Many other banks did the





 





The, Priaeswinnen in the Huron County Contest,





same and as a result the type of beans

raised by the club members this year

was considerably better than the gen-

eral run of market beans.



By following out the instructions is-

sued by the Farm Crops Department

to bean clubs the members did much

to raise the average yield. They also

demonstrated the fallacy of the old

theory that beans do not require a

fertile soil. In the best club in the

state over fifty per cent of the mem-

bers used fertilizer and about twenty-

five per cent of them used both fer-

tilizer and manure.



Ninety-seven boys and girls finished

up all their work, exhibited their beans

and reported at the close of the sea-

son. These boys and girls averaged

20.3 bushels per acre and they raised

a product valued at approximately

$9,000. A large part of the beans rais-

ed by these boys and girls have al-

ready been sold for seed and the nine-

ty—seven boys and girls have made a

net profit of $5,915.



The following report and story of





-the bean club champion for 1916 is





fairly typical and illustrates what is

being accomplished by this type of

work.



BEAN GROWING.





 





BY DOROTHY rxwmsxr.

Cost, Yield and Profit for Year.

Estimated rent land (1 acre). .$ 5.00





Cost of seed .................. 2.50

Cost of plowing, harrowing,



spading, manuring and other



work of self or team ........ 11.08

Cost of planting ............... 1.00

Cost of cultivation ............ 2.50

Cost of marketing ............. 1.58

Total cost. of crop ............. 23.66

Total number bu of beans. . .28

Number bushels sold ........ 27

Price received per bushel ...... 7.00

Total income from crop ....... 189.00

Value of beans saved for seed. . 7.00

Total value of crop ........... 196.00

Net profit on crop ............. 172.34

Cost of raising one bushel of



beans ...................... 841/20





How I Made my Crop of Beans.



Several of the boys and girls in our

district entered the bean contest and

so I decided to do so too.



As the season was late the outlook

for a good crop was rather bad, but I

made up my mind to get my acre of

beans in even if it was late.



I got my brother to plow it, for me

and it took him five‘hours to plow it.

I would have plowed it myself but I

didn’t because I couldn’t handle the

plow.



The soil was plowed in the after-

noon of June second and I started to

get it into shape for seeding early the

next morning.



I harrowed it twice. Once with a

spring-tooth and once with a disc har-

row. I dragged it with a planker af-

ter each harrowing. Then I let it lay

till the nineteenth when I harrowed it





with a spring-tooth harrow and then





with a planker. Altogether it took me

six hours to get it into shape.



I sowed it with a hand drill on the

twentieth; it took me all day. I want-

ed to wait longer because it looked





 





 

 

   





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THE MISC H'VI'IG'ANVIFARMER' .





.I destroyed quite a few plants.





   





 





like rain, but my brother told me not

to wait any longer. He said if a crust

formed I could loosen it up with a

spike-tooth harrow. Luckily the rain

wasn’t very heavy, only a shower.



I cultivated them on July 11; my

brother taught me how. It was a hard

job at first and before I learned how

I cul-

tivated them a second time on the

twenty—first and would have cultivated

them again but I was afraid I'd knock

the blossoms off. It took me twelve

and a half hours to cultivate them both

times. I got my sister to help me hoe

them. It took us two days. This was

the easiest part of the work because

there Weren’t very many weeds.



The time for pulling the beans came

earlier than usual on account of the

dry‘weather. My brother pulled them

with a puller on September 16 and I

gathered them up in piles. It took

him an hour and a quarter and me all

day.



On the twentieth

cured enough to be taken into the

barn. I got two large loads. My fath-

er and/I hauled them in. One on the

afternoon of the twentieth and the

other the next forenoon.



The beans were threshed on the

ninth of November and I got twenty-

eight bushels. My father got half of

these for seed for next year and the

rest I sold to neighbors. I kept one

bushel for myself because I expect to





the beans were





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for years used manures to bring along]

the new seeding. Some dairy farmers

make one or two Compost heaps with

their spring and summer manure and

use it to patch up the seeding as soon

as the grain crops are harvested. The

top-dressing may be done any time

from early in the spring until late in

the summer after the grain crop is

removed. On the writer’s farms the

best results have come from applying





about eight loads of manure to the ”





acre as soon as possible after cutting

the small grain crop.

Late Summer Seeding.



Many farmers in the eastern states

and in some parts of the central states

are finding the late summer an ideal

time to sow clover seed. If the field

can be cleared, plowed and thoroughly





fitted and the seed sown in August,'





failures to secure a good stand will be

rare, provided the other conditions are

favorable for the crop. On many dairy

farms clover sown in the silage corn

at the time of the last cultivation, be-

comes thoroughly established before

winter, and will give a full crop the

following season. Those who have not

tried this method of seeding frequently

hesitate for fear the stubble of the

corn will be in the way of the hay

crop, but if the field is rolled the next

spring no such difficulty will be likely

to be experienced. Silage corn, being

removed from the field as soon as cut,

furnishes more satisfactory conditions





 





Typical Exhibits of Club Members—One-half Bu. of Beans and Three Stalks.





sow two acres next. year. I charged

them $7.00 a bush].



My acre of beans brought me a profit

of $172.34, which is more than I look-





ed for last summer.





SUCCESSFUL FARM MANAGEMENT

WITH CLOVER.





 





(Continued from first page).

with a weeder. . This insures a more

even germination of the seed and the

tiny plants will be down where the

roots will gain a better foothold and

be able to go through periods of

drouth in better condition than is the

case when they are growing up out of

huge cracks in the soil through which

the moisture rapidly escapes.



The benefit to the grain crop follow-

ing the use of the harrow and weeder

is not generally realized. If the spring

is dry the use of these implements de-

stroys many weeds and prevents the

loss of soil moisture. By making a

hospitable home for our clover seed

and protecting the resultant plants

from robbery by weeds, we are increas-

ing the harvest of grain.



Light Seedings of Grain are Best.



Clover when seeded in small grain

often dies out because too much grain

is used in seeding. If one is seeding

clover with small grain at least one-

third less grain should be sown than

when seeding the grain crop alone. If

the soil conditions are not exactly ideal

or if there are thin spots in the field

one will obtain good results from top-

dressing the new seeding with barn-

yard manures. Many corn belt farm-

ers are finding the new seeding an

ideal place for their farm manures. In

the eastern states many farmers have





for the clover than the field corn that

is left in the shocks to stand while

curing. ’



Seeding Timothy with Clover.



Notwithstanding the teachings of

soil experts that clover is the most

valuable factor in building soil fertil-

ity, many farmers who keep stock find

that better and more economical re-

sults are secured by seeding timothy

along with the clover and allowing the

meadow to stand two or three years.

It is not the writer's purpose to mini-

mize the value of the clover crop in

building soil fertility, but rather to

show the necessity of securing an ade-

quate supply of humus as well as nitro-

gen to form the basis of future oper-

ations.



On all fields that are drained and

contain a fair amount of available

plant food a stand of clover and grass

may be obtained by sowing a proper

mixture of clover and grass seeds. One

may not have such luxuriant forage on

all parts of the field as where the clo-

ver thrives, but the average yield of

hay will be far greater and the quality

superior than is the case where red

clover is seeded alone. Then, too, the

difficulty of curing a heavy crop of

red clover is to a large extent mini-

mized if the mowings are made up of

a portion of alsike and timothy.



Clover Feeds the Grasses.



Another point in favor of seeding

timothy along with clover is the fact

that timothy, when growing with clo-

ver will have a larger protein content

in the stem and stalk than when grow-

ing alone. The fact that when a clo-

ver sod is broken up the following

crops do exceptionally well is pretty

generally understood.





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othy growing in the field will ultimate-

' ly derive great benefit from the clover

iwhich is grown with it is not so gen-

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‘ . case, however, cannot be doubted. As





. has been pointed out, drainage, lime,

- manure and chemical plant foods will

encourage a large percentage of clo-

vers in the older mowings. It must be

kept in mind, however, that the indi-

vidual clover plants are not long lived.

Red clover is short lived; the plant

will not as a rule, live more than two

or at most, three years. Clover re-

mains in the mowings simply because

some of the seed almost invariably

ripens previous to the‘cutting of the

crop. Considerable numbers of clover

plants undoubtedly die each year. It

is the decay of the roots and stubble of

these plants which accounts for the

benefits to the grasses in the mowings.

Grasses grow best where nitrogen is

available in the soil. The decay of the

roots and stubble bring this element

within reach of the grasses, and thus

the clover plants which first help them-

selves by drawing nitrogen from the

atmosphere, in their death and decay

help the grasses as well. Any perma-

fnent mowing which at the outset is

brought into good condition to produce

good clovers will produce good, strong

growth of grasses as well as clovers.

The writer has been severely criti-

cized for advising farmers to grow

timothy along with the, clovers, but on

the other hand. a great many farmers

have failed to derive maximum bene-

fits from the timothy and grass crops

because they have been lectured to ov-

er and over again that, only legumes

add any nitrogen to the soil. Of course

they are thc'best but, again, there are

millions of little t‘trganisms ready and

waiting to seize, upon anything organ—

ic, any root or stem, to make nitrogen

for another plant. This may explain

why a, thick, heavy sod has so much

greater value to the crops grown in

the rotation than merely stimulating

one crop and leaving the soil depleted

in organic matter.

Use the Manure on Meadows and

Pastures.

h‘till another point in favor of main-

taining older mowings and permanent

pastures is the fact that it enables the

farmer to derive a far greater value

from the farm manures. When we

apply .the manure crop to the clover

and grass crops we are getting the

lever under the very center of gravity

of the whole farm, and when we lift

the clever and grass crops the whole

farm comes up with them. Common

experience, as well as the reports of

exact experiments; shows that ma-

nure will grow as large a crop of corn

“when applied to the clover and grass

tcrops the previous year as when left

5 in the yards and used immediately be-

fore the field is plowed in preparation

for the corn crop. If this holds true

on all farms, and it is my judgment

that it, does, the increased growth of

the clover and grass crops caused by

the application of the manure repre-

sents so much clear profit, besides af-

fording a. better base‘ot‘ humus for fu-

ture operations, As a general under-

taking it is better to plow' under a

thick, heavy sod ot‘ clover and timothy

than to plow under the clover crop af-

ter one crop has been harvested. The

exclusive growing of clover and the

three-year rotation advocated by so

many agricultural authorities is un:

doubtedly preferable on the fruit or

truck farm, but it is not so well adap-

ted to conditions. on the dairy or stock

farm where large crops of hay are

needed every year to supply roughage

for the stock.

Management of New Seedings.

Usually the best way to treat newly

seeded clover, or mixed seeding the

first year is to top-dress the thin spots

“ with manure and allow the clover and

“grass to grow undisturbed, though if

5 weeds are gaining a foothold it will'be

well to clip themback with a mowing

L‘Tinachine. Preventing the weeds from

.‘going to- seed is a,,large .part of the





 





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battle in destroying such weeds as rag-

weed, fox tail, etc. . »



The practice of turning stock onto

new seeding in the fall if}. seldom prof-

itable. In wet seasons the top growth

may seem to justify this practice, but

the sod is likely to be injured by the

trampling of the stock, and many of

the young plants will be pulled out by

the roots. If the season is dry the

leaves are needed to protect the ten-

der roots from the sun and wind. As

a rule, it is better to cut the fora'ge





 





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a mulch‘ than to subject; it‘ to tram-x»

ling and grazing. Occasionally, when

an older. meadow has made a good

growth, and the feed is needed, it may

prove profitable to allow the stock to

graze a few hours each day when the

ground is not likely 'to be made rough

by trampling. It is a situation where

one must weigh the value of the feed

obtained by the stoCk against the dam-





.ages they will do the clover and grass





crops while obtaining it.





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Growing Maximum Potato Crops

By J. w. HENCEROTH “





THE nineteen-sixteen potato crop'





of Michigan averaged about thir-



ty-seven bushels to the acre but

there were a number of potato grow-

ers in Van Buren county who grew

from 175 to 200 bushels to the acre.

These same men have been averaging

up around 300 to 400, and as high as

454 bushels to the acre of marketable

potatoes for a number of years. At

the present time when potatoes are

selling at, such unheard of prices and

when every farmer who can secure

seed is planning to increase his potato

acreage it may be well worth our

while to look into the methods used

by men who, inASpite of bad weather,

disease and other unfavorable condi-

tions, continue to get large crops. On

February 12-13, at Paw Paw, Michi-

gan, these men were loading potatoes

by the carload at $2.25 per bushel.



These men do not trust to chance or

luck——they do not believe in planting

in the moon—but they do believe and

practice thorough seed preparation, in

fact, they begin“ the preparation of

their land at least a year ahead and

generally plan it several years ahead.

A number of them cover their potato

land from eight months to a year

ahead of the time it is to be planted

with manure at the rate of from ten

to twenty loads to the acre. When the

clover sod is to be put to potatoes

they begin covering as soon as the

first crop of hay is off. This method

allows the plant food of the manure

to work down into the soil. Large

amounts of vegetable matter cover the

ground which keeps the ground warm

during the winter. This permits and

promotes bacterial action because the

ground is kept, warm and moist, thus

enabling -the bacteria to work all

through the winter. But little fall

plowing is practiced by these potato

men, instead they plow in the spring

and thoroughly fit the seed bed after

allowing it to be covered with the ma-

nure and vegetable growth during the

winter.



Hon. Jason Woodman, the best

known of these successful potato men

says that he likes to have the grass

and clover make a slight growth in the

spring, as he believes by this method

more plant food is rendered available

to the potato plants than if they plow-

ed early in the spring before vegeta-

tion started.



These men do not count the number

of times they go over the land to

thoroughly fit it. They simply keep

on until the seed bed suits them. Some

of them plant their seed by hand, oth-

ers use planters. Those who use the

planters, however, are extremely care-

ful and place a reliable man on the

seat to watch that a potato is dropped

when it should be. Vacant places cut

down yieldsfi ' They do not have them

in the Van Buren county fields. They

are extremely careful to cultivate shale

low to hold moisture in the soil and

to cut off no roots. '



Most of these men have manure pits

or covered barnyards where every bit

of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and pot-

ash. in the manure is saved. In addi.

tion to the use of large quantities of

manure most of them use considerable

commercial fertilizers. This was es-

pecially true before fertilizer prices

had advanced, "even yet, many of them.





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are using large quantities of fertiliz-

ers. They have found that applying

fertilizers, especially one high in pot-

ash has given them best results. Their

soils are somewhat lower in potash

than other Michigan potato soils.

Where they have large quantities of

manure some of them have secured

excellent results from the use of

straight acid phosphate.



Mr. Woodman has found on his

farm that best results were secured

from the fertilizers where lime had

been used to sweeten the scil. They

are not troubled with .scabby potatoes

from the use of lime because every

potato that is planted is. dipped in

either formalin or corrosive sublimate.

Only the best seed is planted. Some

of the men have been growing high.

grade seed potatoes for the rest of the

community. They also spray in order

to keep down all blight.



No, it is not luck nor planting in the

proper moon that gives Van Buren

county farmers 210 bushels to the

acre when other Michigan farmers are

getting thirty—seven bushels. Their

yields are due to the fact that they

thoroughly prepare the ground, supply

the plants with plenty of available

plant food near to hand, plant only the

best seed from high-yielring varieties,

thoroughly cultivate the soil to hold‘

the moisture supply, spray to prevent

all diseases and blight and stay in

the game year after year, thus reap-

ing the harvest when prices are high.





THE NEED OF LIME.





 





 





 





The necessity of treating the soils

of the middle west with lime is press-

ing more and more urgently upon the

farmers every year. The reason for

this is quite evident. Calcium is a soil

element which is being washed away

or cropped away every year from our

cultivated fields. Calcium carbonate,

or ordinary limestone, which is one of

the most common of the calcium-bear-

ing soil minerals, is highly insoluble

in pure water; but when carbon diox-

ide is present in solution, as is the

case in all soils where decomposition

of organic matter in large amounts is

taking place, it becomes quite readily

soluble. Thus, cultivated fields expe-

rience this loss very much more than

do pastures, woodlands, and lands

which are not highly fertilized with

organic substances.



We are told by soil experts that from

500 to 1000 pounds of lime are washed

each year from the average acre of

corn belt land simply through rainfall

and drainage, In addition to this some

crops make exceedingly heavy de-\

mands upon this soil element. Alfalfa,

clover, cabbage and tobacco all re--

quire a great deal of lime. Corn, oats

and wheat demand only about a tenth

as much as clover and a twentieth as

much as alflfaa. However, the result

in the long mm means depletion of

this element wherever fields are crop-

ped and wherever the rainfall ap~

proaches the” average. In the dry and

semiarid regions of the west the soil

presents no lime problem.



With the depletion of lime from our

cultivated. fields the matter'of soil acid-

ity begins to intrude and demands at-

tention. Soil acidity is never present

when there is enough lime to neutral—





 





 





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tion of' the bacteria ' in. the son.

when an excess of such acid occurs,

then these bacteria themselves are

either killed or' rendered inactive. Con-

sequently, the growth of crops in

which these organisms play an im-

portant part is seriously menaced if

not rendered impossible. This is the

reason alfalfa so often fails to grow.

Some clovers suffer in the same‘way

although there is a difference in this

regard in the behavior of various spe-

cies. Whensufficient lime is applied

nature re-establishes the proper bal-

ance and these crops will again do

well.



The amount of lime which should be

applied varies from one to four tons

per acre. In a section in eastern Illi-

nois where sweet corn is grown ex-

tensively the latter amount has been

used of late years, largely to aid in

the growing of clover during the sea-

sons in which certain acreage is not

cropped to sugar corn. ,



Ingham Co. G. O. STEWART.





 





 





 





 





ROAD BUILDING IN MICHIGAN?





 





Calhoun county has bought another

stone crusher and will double the

amount of its road work this year. The

territorial road between Marshall and

Albion will be improved, either with

cement or brick, and will probably be

widened to eighteen feet.



Prisoners working on Genesee coun~

ty roads this year will be paid fifty

cents a day, with meals, an advance

over previous years, the money com-

ing from the county road fund instead

of the general fund as formerly.



Muskegon county spent $60,886 on

its highways in 1916. ‘



Contracts have been let to build

$81,300 worth of new roads in Berrien

county this year. Benton township

recently authorized a bond issue of

$100,000 for good roads and Bainbridge

township has voted $70,000, while

Pipestone and Sodus townships will

probably take similar action soon. It

is planned to make Berrien the model

good roads county of Michigan.



Saginaw has issued a booklet. show-

ing improved roads, roads under con-

struction and new roads as planned.



Ottawa county will place sign posts

at principal road crossings. They will

be of angle .steel, rust proof, with

black letters on a white background.



The Jackson County Good Roads As-

sociation has been formed, with Mr.

George King, of Parma, as president,

and the chief purpose is to boost_ for

a county bond issue of $90,000 for bet-

ter roads. ”



Wexford county will continue its

road building activity in Cherry Grove,

Colfax, Springville, Liberty and other

townships. ‘ ,



Rundell and Leroy townships in Os-

ceola county have voted bond issues of

$10,000 and $13,000 respectively for

building their portions of the Macki-

naw Trail, which gonnects with the

Dixie Highway in Indiana, and runs

north to Mackinaw City, via Kalama-

zoo, Grand Rapids and Cadillac.



Shiawassee county plans to build

twenty-five miles of gravel road as

connecting links with roads already

constructed.



The Michigan DetroitsChicago High-

way Association held its second an-

nual meeting in Kalamazoo, with 400

men in attendance. A. B. Williams,

of Battle Creek, was re-elected as pres-

ident, and the list of officers and di-

rectors includes boosters‘from Kala-

mazoo, Covert, Dowagiac, St. Joseph,

Jackson, Chelsea, Marshall, Ypsilanti.

Parma; "Paw Paw, Niles, Detroit and

Chicago. , '



Kalamazoo county will vote on a

million dollar bond issue for good

roads in April.





State, Commissioner Rogers says





that prospects point to. the construc»





tion of 1000 -miles of good roads in

Michigan this year, or idiom» 500 miles

more. than was bull in 193:6 ' '





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0 Farm Notes





Growing Barley on Muck Soil.



' I want all the information I can get

regarding raising barley on, fall plow-

ed, well drained muck land. How much

seed should I sow to the acre and what

kind, two or four-rowed? Should seed

be raised in Michigan or in states

farther north and west? Is it best to

use part oats for seed? Will barley

stand more frost than oats? What is

the best fertilizer to use, how much

per acre‘ and how should it be applied?

What would be a fair yield per acre

on this ground?



Eaton Co. C. M. B.



Barley is not as well adapted to

muck soils as oats, for the reason that

the young plants are more sensitive to

frost and cold, wet weather as well as

to drouth, than is the case with oats,

also the tendency to produce a rank

growth cf straw on soil rich in nitro-

gen as cultivated muck will aggravate

the characteristic softness and weak-

ness of the straw. On the other hand,

barley grown on soils rich in nitrogen,

particularly if a supplementary appli-

cation of phosphorous is made, will

produce a barley more than ordinarily

rich in protein and thus a more valu-

able feed for live stock.



The result of many experiments

made to determine the proper amount

of seed to use indicates that about two

bushels per acre is a normal seeding

for maximum results. Fairly deep sow-

ing should be practiced on a well-pre-

pared seed bed for best results. While

it is usual to get barley in early in the

spring, as is the case with oats on up-

land soils, it would be advisable to de-

lay sowing until a little later date on

muck soil, especially if susceptible to

late spring frosts.



Of the improved types of barley, the

Oderbrucker is perhaps the most popu-

lar in this state, and there is plenty

of Michigan grown seed of this and

other improved varieties on the mar-

ket. There would be little if any ad-

vantage in sowing cats with barley on



his soil, since the barley has a shorter



growing season, and will be ready‘ to

harvest before the oats would reach

maturity.



As above noted, it will pay to use a

phosphate fertilizer such as acid phos-

phate or a prepared bone fertilizer

sown broadcast or with a fertilizer drill

at the time the barley is sown. The

usual amount used for this crop is

about 250 pounds per acre, although

on muck soil which is somewhat de-

ficient in this element of fertility, a

heavier application might be profitable.



It is impossible to prophesy the

yield which one might expect from bar-

ley on this soil. Average yields on

good uplands range around thirty-five

to forty bushels per acre, with occa-

sional yields running fifty per cent

larger.



Seeding Sweet Clover on Thin Land.





I have taken the Michigan Farmer

for several years and like it very

much. I would like some advice in

regard to sweet clover. Can it be sown

in wheat, rye or oats in the spring?

How much seed is sown to the acre?

Does it do well on thin land? If sown

in the spring will it make a crop of

hay the same summer? Should it be

out before it blossoms to make hay?

What time should it be sown? Does

it require a mellow or a compact seed

bed? Will it stand more than one

year?



Cass Co. C. O. W.



Sweet clover can be seeded in the





spring on fall sown grainor with oats

as preferred. It requires a firm seed

bed for best results, and if sown in

oats it is better to fit the ground with-

out plowing if practical. About ten





pounds of good hulled seed should be





used per acre, and better results will

be secured if it is soaked in warm wa-

ter for a short time before sowing,

since many of the seeds are not easily

penetrated by moisture. If sown in

the spring on fall sown grain, it,should

be put in with a disk drill, or the sur-

face should be thoroughly harrowed so

as to get the seed well covered.



Under ordinary conditions, it will not

make a heavy growth the first sum-

mer, although last year the writer cut





a portion of a field seeded in the

spring, as an experiment. Sweet clo«

ver is usually grown as a soil improv-

er, and is more often pastured in the

fall or spring before being plowed

down, but will make one liberal cut-

ting of hay the spring after sowing, if

it is desired to utilize it for this

purpose.

Mixing Ashes with Fertilizer.



How would it do to mix unleached

ashes with fertilizer, say half-and-half

by bulk, and drill in with wheat?



Hillsdale Co. H. D.



Ashes should not be mixed with a

fertilizer containing nitrogen, for the

reason that the lime in the ashes will

set up a chemical action which tends

to release the valuable nitrogen in the

fertilizer in the form of ammonia gas.

It will be more profitable to apply ash-

es and the fertilizer separately.



Ashes contain about thirty per cent

lime, from four to seven per cent of

potash in one of the best forms for

plant use. They also contain about

two per cent of phosphorus, and are a

valuable fertilizer and soil amendment,

especially on land which is in a more

or less acid condition, and does not

grow clover well. They should not,

however, be mixed with a nitrogenous

fertilizer or stable manure for the rea-

son above mentioned.





Preparing the Soil for Alfalfa.





I intend to sow five acres to alfalfa

this spring. This' field is slightly roll-

ing, with a slope to the northwest. It

is sand and gravel loam, with now and

then a clay spot. This field grew a

very large crop of clover last, year and

this year a crop of corn. Will have

some manure to put on it. When

would you advise plowing and how

deep? When would you sow and how?



Jackfion Co. E. B. M.





If this field was kept clean last year,

it would be just as well if not better,

to disk same thoroughly in prepara-

tion for alfalfa as to plow the land be-

fore sowing the crop. Alfalfa needs a

good firm seed bed, and there would

probably be less trouble from weeds

by this surface fitting than if this soil

were plowed in preparation for the al-

falfa crop. If the soil is thoroughly

disked and sown with a light nurse

crop of oats quite early in the spring,

the manure used as a top-dressing, sat-

isfactory results should be secured,

provided the soil is not in an acid con-

dition, and the bacteria for which the

alfalfa plant is the host is present in

the soil.



The fact that this soil grew a large

crop of clover recently would indicate

that it is not very acid. It would be

well to test. same with litmus paper,

however, and if an acid reaction is se-

cured, it would be profitable to give a

liberal application of lime before seed-

ing to alfalfa.



It would also be advisable to inocu-

late the soil or the seed at the time of

sowing. The seed can be inoculated

by the use of a. pure culture, or with a

little soil from an alfalfa field by the

so-called glue method, or some inocu-

lated soil can be sown on the land and

worked in when preparing it for the

alfalfa crop.



There is no best time to sow alfalfa,

and if midsummer seeding is prefer-

red, it is better to sow without a nurse

crop, but where sown in early spring

the weeds are likely to be less trouble-

some where a light nurse crop is used.





Sowing Sweet Clover on Fail or Spring

Sown Grain.





I want to sow some sweet clover this

spring, would like to know which

would be the best to sow on fall rye

or sow with spring grain on fall plow-

that has been top-dressed with manure





ing?



Huron Co. L. H. W.



Practical experience with sweet clo-

ver in this state is ‘not sufficiently ex-

tensive to permit the expression of

positive opinions as to the compara-

tive advantages of different methods

of seeding. The writer has seen ex-

cellent stands of sweet clover secured

under each 'of the methods suggested

in this inquiry. .Sweet clover demands

particularly a firm seed bed, but this





would be provided on the fall plowed-





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





 





 





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Cowan of the Rock

Island Lines who

has carried aHamil-





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ground to be sown to spring- grain, as

well—as on the fall .sown rye, in fact,





plants would probably be better in

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unless the latter is thoroughly worked

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cast. A still better method would be

to sow the seed with a disk drill which

would plant it at the proper depth. Of

course, on a heavy soil the seed might

be sown early as clover seed usually

is, with beneficial results, since there

are a considerable proportion of hard

seed in sweet clover seed which do not

readily permit the entrance of mois-

ture, and thus reduce the germination

average.



On this class of soils, however, the

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SUGAR SAND.





 





Maple sap as it is taken from the

tree consists of approximately ninety-

six parts water and about four parts of

solid matter of which over half is

sugar and the_remainder nitrogenous

matter, lime salts, and dirt that has





‘ found entrance during the handling of





the sap. Concentrating the sap to

syrup brings about changes in the so-

lution other than that of merely elim-

inating the surplus water. When the

sap is boiled the nitrogenous matter

becomes insoluble and separates from

the liquid as a kind of curd similar to

the manner in which the white of a

raw egg will act if it is put into hot

water. This curd comes to the sur-

face of the boiling liquid and must be

skimmed off continuously or, as the

syrup becomes thicker, the curd in a

finely granular condition will be found

suspended all through the syrup, mak—

ing the color bad. During the process

of coagulating the nitrogenous matter

gathers a portion of the suspended

syrup and brings them to the surface.

It is thus that the nitrogenous matters

act as a sort of cleanser but only in a

small way.



Continued boiling makes the lime

salts of the sap grow more and more

concentrated until the solution con-

tains so much mineral matter in pro-

portion to the amount of liquid that

the liquid can not hold the mineral

salts in solution. Precipitation fol

lows. The sides and bottom of the

evaporator become coated with a de-

posit of this mineral matter which is

chiefly a lime salt and which is known

as “Sugar Sand,” “Silica," or “Nit-er.”

Not all of the sugar sand drops to' the

bottom. Some of it remains suspend-

ed as a finely divided sediment and

must be filtered out through felt or

cloth if the color of the syrup is to be

up to the standard. _



“Sugar sand" on the surface of the

evaporator forms a sort of scale that

hinders the workof boiling and in-

creases the cost' of producing syrup

because more fuel is necessary to get

the same result that a clean evapora-

tor would give with less fuel. The best

producers make it a practice to re-

move this scale after each boiling.

Several methods are employed. Hy-

drochloric acid or vinegar will do the

work but the drawback to the use of

acids is that they will work on the

metal of the evaporator as well as on

the scale. If the acid is not entirely

removed from the pan it will work on





 





 





the sugar that is made at the next





_, lboiling and so alter its nature that the





flavor of it will be changed. - Scraping

to remove the scale is too strenuous

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the cultural conditions for the young





in good shape as well as give the pan



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THE OBJECT OF FARMERS’ INSTI-

TUTES.





 





Will Mr. Lillie give me a little in-

formation regarding farmers’ institutes

and the objects, purposes, etc.?



Livingston 00. Mrs. D. L. H.



Farmers’ Institutes originated for

the purpose of extending the work of

the Agricultural College to the aver-

age farmerx It was realized that only

a comparatively few farmers and farm-

ers’ boys and girls could attend the

agricultural college and get the benefit

of the knowledge to be attained there

and at the experiment station. Such

wonderful strides were being made in

the sciences pertaining to agriculture

that leading agricultural educators

conceived the idea of carrying this

knowledge to the farmer who could

not attend the college, by means of the

institute. It has been a wonderful suc-

cess. Professors from the college,

graduates of the college, and practical

farmers who had absorbed those up-

to-date ideas of science pertaining to

agriculture, have lectured at. these in-

stitutes and the farmers haVe had the

scientific knowledge brought to them

by word of mouth. They have had the

benefit of the teachings of the college

without the expense of attending.



But the institute has done much

more than furnish scientific informa-

tion pertaining to agriculture. It has

been an open forum where the‘farmer

has had a chance to discuss not only

the business of farming but every oth-

or question of interest to him.



The institute has been a sort. of lit-

erary society to the farmer and his

wife and family. Many a farmer and

farmer’s wife has written their first

essay and read it before the institute.

Many a farmer has given his first ex-

temporaneous talk before the institute.

And this is one of the most helpful

phases of the institute. If anything

can be done to stimulate the farmer to

express his ideas, either on paper or

in a talk, it is very helpful to that per-

son and may, many times, be very ben-

eficial to the institute. I think the

farmers’ institute has done and is do-

ing a wonderful work for the farmer.

This work will be appreciated more

and more as time goes on. It is a

work that is cumulative in effect. At

first the results may not be so notice-

able, but with time the results produc‘

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and their business will be beyond

measure. COLON C. LILLIE.





 





FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.





 





Feeding Pigs on Pasture.

I am short of corn and will be until

the next crop is grown. .1 expect. to

raise quite a number of pigs if I have

good luck with them. I have plenty of

clover pasture forxthem, unless some

unforeseen element-interferes. Would

it be necessary to have tankage before

them while on pasture, or would it be

profitable? Would it pay to feed corn

with the pasture and pay $1 a bushel

for the corn, or is there a feed on the

market that would be better for grow-

ing pigs than corn? My experience in

the past has been in waiting for new

corn that the market goes down on the

hogs before they are well finished.

What, variety of soy beans had one

ought to grow in this part of the coun—

try and expect them to mature with

the corn, and what proportion had the

corn and soy beans ought to be mixed

when one expects to turn the hogs in

and let them harvest the crop?

Barry Co. D. W. G.

It has been very clearly demonstrat—

ed by the extensive experiments con-

ducted at the Iowa Station, that it not

only pays to feed pigs grain on pas-

ture, but that it pays to feed them lib-

erally, intact the most economical

gains were made with pigs fed under

the so—called free-choice system in

which they were given a. variety of

grain feeds in separate compartments





 





 

 





 





of self-feeders on pasture, permitting" ' ‘

them to balance their own ration. -



{An interesting phESe of these experii‘

ments was the demonstrated fact that

not only was more profit made from

the pigs in this way, but that the pas-





ture was better utilized and also paid





bigger profits than where only a~small

amount of grain was used in connec- ’

tion with the pasture, since the hogs

made very much more rapid gains, and

consequently had greater capacity for

consuming the forage of the pasture

than was the case where but little

grain was fed.



As to the relative profit of feeding

tankage or other protein concentrate

with corn on pasture, something, of

course, will depend upon the relative

cost of the different feeds, but at pres

ent prices it would probably be profit-

able, it having been demonstrated that

the pigs will not make the tankage

over ten per cent of the grain ration

under the free-choice system. Without

question it will be profitable to feed

$1.00 corn to thrifty pigs on clover pas-

ture. In these experiments conducted

at the Iowa Station, it was found that

where corn was fed in a self—feeder on

alfalfa pasture, that with hogs at $7.00

per hundred, after paying for the al-

falfa and crediting all profits to the

corn, the net return per bushel was

98.5. At present prices of hogs, this

would leave a handsome profit in the

feeding operation.



Soy Beans for Hog Pasture.



While considerable has been written

advocating soy beans as a grain crop

to be bogged down with com, the writ-

er’s experience in the season of 1915

does not corroborate this idea. About

four acres each of corn and soy beans

were planted separately in the same

field, with the idea of permitting the

hogs to harvest the crop in the fall.

About thirty spring pigs were turned

in this field when the corn was suffi

ciently matured. The soy beans did

not make a very good crop, but were

in about the right stage of maturity

for hogging down when the pigs were

turned in. The pigs proceeded to har—

vest the corn and neglected the soy

beans altogether. The corn being on—

tirely cleaned up and the soy beans

hardly touched, the pigs were turned

into another field for finishing, and

sheep were permitted to harvest the

soy beans, which they did with relish.



If other Farmer readers have tried

this combination for hog feed, their ex—

perience would be welcomed by road

ers who are interested in this method

of finishing hogs. Hogging down corn

isbecoming increasingly profitable in

Michigan and if soy beans could be

successfully grown and bogged down

with it this would be an advantage.



Grain with Skim-milk for Pigs.



I have some pigs that will average

about 60 lbs. They are drinking about

60 lbs. of skim-milk a day. What pro«

portion of middlings and corn should

they be fed and should they be fed

more com as they grow older?



Ottawa C0. SUBSCRIBER.



The greatest feeding value is gotten

from skim-milk when t is fed at the

rate of from one to three pounds of

milk with one pound of corn meal. Fed

within these limits with middlings ad-

ded in any quantity desired for variety

in the ratiOn, an excellent ration is pro—

vided for growing pigs, using the larg-

er amount of milk when they are

small and increasing the corn within

the proportions named as the pigs at—

tain more age.





John'G. Imboden, of Illinois, an au-

thority on cattle feeding, advises put-

ting corn into cattle at the smallest

possible expense. He buys all his feed

as well as all his cattle, and operates

a feeding plant. With the average

farmer who has sufficient roughage

and grows his hogs, with plenty of

swine to follow the cattle, he advises

putting corn into them scientifically.

He uses shelled corn or. ear corn and

grinds all his feed, grindin corn and

cob,‘ adding a highly concen rated feed

such as linseed meal, ~~feedlng it

through self-feeders. ,

to 120 days is about as long as answer

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By J. H. CARMODY





OR the past year or so this old

enemy of the pear grower has

- been causing a great deal of trou-

ble. This is by no means a new trou-

ble as it has long been known in the

east, and some ten er twelve years

back, it caused considerable trouble

in Michigan. While psylla and its

work is well known tothe large grow-

er, ’many of the smaller growers out-

side of the regular pear belt; are un-

acquainted with its habits and hence

fail to recognize it until considerable

damage has been—done.

In advancedl'cases, the trees take on

a blackened, smoky appearance, due

to a sooty fungus which grows on the

honey dew secreted by the insects.

Very often the fruit falls to the ground





 





 





 





 





Proper Condition of Buds for Spraying.

long before ripening time and if the





trouble is unchecked, the tree finally'





dies. Often times winter killing is

thought to cause pear trees to die

when, upon a careful study of condi-

tions, it is found that death was due to

a weakening the previous summer by

the psylla. Hence growers cannot be

too careful in making preparations to

control this troublesome pest.



Life History of insect.



In order to control this insect to

the best advantage it is necessary to

know its life history and habits. The

adult or mature psylla is an active

four-winged, orange colored insect

measuring about one-tenth of an inch

in length. More common than the

adults are the nymphs, which are

queer looking creatures with wide, flat

bodies and large heads. The mature

psylla passes the winter under the

loose bark on the trunks of the trees

and in crevices wherever it can hide

under rubbish and fallen leaves. With

the first warm days of spring, the





adults emerge from their hiding places '





and soon commence to lay eggs. The

eggs are deposited in, the creases of

the bark, in the old leaf scars ‘and

about the base of the terminal buds.

The eggs hatch in a few days and the

little nymphs, as the young are called,

begin to suck the-juices from the

leaves and twigs. Within two or three

days after hatching, they cover them-

selves with honey dew, which finally

turns black and colors the leaves.





About a month is required for a com--





plete life cycle and there are at least

four broods in a seasbn.

Pest Hard to Control.



- This is a hard pest to control and

many pear growers make little head-

way against it. However, this should

not discourage anyone fer with plenty

of hard work properly directed, psylla'

can “be practically eradicated. The

first step that should be taken in fight-

ing the pest is to scrape off the loose

bark. Care should be taken to ”do

this after a. rain as the bark is easily

removed then by means of an ordi-

nary tree scraper. Do not bear down





,.

too heavily as there is a danger of go—

ing in too deep and thereby injuring

the inner bark and perhaps spread

blight. The bark is removed in order

that the spray which we use later may

more effectively reach the insects,

since each insect must be hit to be

killed. In extremely bad cases, the

fallen leaves and rubbish on the

ground adjacent to the trees should

be raked up while dry during a cold

period and burned. While late plow-

ing is not generally recommended in

pear orchards, late plowing in cases

where psylla is bad would undoubted-

ly prove beneficial.

The Time for Spraying.



After cleaning the orchard as direct:

ed, comes the next important opera-

tion. Bear in mind that the psyila

passes the winter on the trunk and

branches and further that it becomes

active during the warm days in N0

vember and December or in March

and early April. During the extremely

cold weather the insects are not ac-

tive hénce spraying would not be ef-

fective nor advisable on account of the

danger of injury to the tree by freez-

ing of the liquid.



Formerly kerosene emulsion was us-

ed for spraying at a time when the in-

sects were in an immature condition.

Recently kerosene emulsion has been

supplanted by the nicotine sprays on

account of the many superior advan-

tages of the latter. At present noth—

ing better is known than nicotine sul-

phate (black leaf 40), using it at the

rate of one pint of the forty per cent

nicotine to 100 gallons of water, add-

ing about five pounds of soap to make

the. spray spread better.



Aim to spray at a time when the

pests are exposed and while it is cool

enough so that they will not move

about, freely. The bright clear days

following the cool nights during the

months mentioned liven the sluggish

insects so that they leave their hiding

places and crawl to the sunny side of

the tree to take advantage of the warm

sun. Both sides of the tree should be





 





 





 





 





 





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sprayed before going to the next be~





. cause the files may dodge around and





escape. It is a good plan to use two

lines of hose and spray the whole tree

at once so as to prevent the ceramic of

the insects.



Since most pear growers have to

combat scale and since psylla eggs

are usuallylaid before the buds open

it is further recommended that an ap

plication of lime-sulphur at winter

strength (one to. eight) be applied just

about the time the cluster budI are 7

ready to separate. This treatment ef-~“

fectiv'ely takes care of "
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most seasons the majority, if not all

of the eggs of the psylla have been

deposited by this time. There is a

chance however, that some eggs may

have escaped.



In a case of this kind it is a good

plan to spray when the petals are

dropping, with three-quarters of a pint

of nicotine solution (forty .per cent)

to one hundred gallons of spray le-

ture. If it is so desired one may add

the usual amount of arsenate of lead

to this combination. Special stress

should be laid on the importance of

both of these applications since they

not only take care of the important

pests of the pear orchard but with no

extra outlay, they will also greatly

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Where one has but a small piece of

ground that can be utilized for garden

he must make the most of what he

has. By good arrangement and com-

panion cropping, crops which mature

quickly may be interplanted with later

maturing crops and both crops grown

on the same piece of ground.





Lettuce and early cabbage or cauli- ‘





flower are excellent crops to grow in

this manner. By setting the cabbage

or cauliflower plants at the customary

distances apart a. lettuce plant may be

set midway between each cabbage or

cauliflower and its nearest neighbor in

the row. The lettuce will mature and

be out of the way within a few weeks

and before the other crop has any

need for the space which it had oc-

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It is seldom advisable to plant the

middles between the rows with any-

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Crops that are plante down the mid-

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be discouraged as the seed of the sec-

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stopped. As with the peas or radishes

grown down the middles of the horse

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is at once cleared away and the space

which it occupied cultivated as soon as

possible.





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R. G. H. COONS, of the Agricul-

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esting talk on “Pear Blight and



Other Bacterial Diseases.” Dr. Coons

has the happy faculty of making scien-

tific matter very interesting to the lay-

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as that will spread the disease to oth-

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The black spot 011 the peach

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The means of control are to stimulate

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active as long as the fruit is growing,

but attacks the fruit when it stops





,the process of growth and begins to





deteriorate. One of the chief causes

of the development of diseases which

cause loss. in transit is the overcrowd~

ing of cars. This prevents the proper

circulation of air and as a result as

much as 15 degrees difference in tem-

perature between'the top and bottom

of the car has been found. Under such

conditions the fruit on top rots and is

a serious loss. One large railroad has

arrangements with a neutral inspec-

tion bureau which examines the car

upon arrival and reports the condition.

This bureau also sends men to ship—

ping points to instruct shippers in

proper field and shipping methods to

insure arrival of fruit at destination in

good condition. Fruit which has been

sprayed will keep in much better con»

dition than unsprayed fruit because

brown rot and other diseases which

cause losses in transit are kept in

check. Diseased .fruit is sick when

shipped and will never get any

better, but will likely get much worse

in transit. Michigan fruit arrives in

very poor shape and it would be a

convincing lesson to every fruit grow-

er to go to the large markets and in.

speci:n the incoming 'shipments.

The Cost of Carelessness.



The program was closed with a talk

on “Loss and Gain'in the Fruit Grow-

ing Business,” by W. W Farnsworth

Most of the losses come about by care-

lessness in the cultural methods and





in preparing the fruit forthe market. ,





Careless spraying” causes a great deal

of” loss through insect and disease dam-

age to the fruit.





 

 





Careless grading of





backed by a reputation for doing this

in the past the result will be much

greater profits.





The New Apple Grading Bill.



Among the things other than the

regular program which came up was

a discussion ,of the apple grading laws.

At present the legislature is consider-

ing a law similar to the New York law.

This law contains no privision for en-

forcement and therefore will be of .lit-

tle value. The U. S. Department of

Markets has drafted a law which is

now under consideration by eight

states. It is superior to the New York

law because it provides for enforce-

ment, and also provides for gradesas

to quality. The minimum size, grade,

mark, name Of variety and name of

one under whOSe authority the fruit

was packed must be placed on the

package.



The Horticultural Society passed the

following resolutions favoring this

law: ,



Whereas, the future of the apple

growmg industry in Michigan is large-

ly dependent upon successful market-

ing and this in turn upon uniform and

hogest grading and packing customs,

an



Whereas, the fruit interests in the

several apple producing states are en-

deavoring to get uniform laws upon

this point and have prepared a sug-

gested bill which bill has been modi-

fied to meet Michigan conditions, be

it. therefore



Resolved, that the Michigan State

Horticultural Society herewith en-

dorse the proposed bill and urge, to its

full strength, the enactment of said

bill into law by the present legisla-

ture as a substitute to the bill now be

fore said legislature, and be it further



Resolved, that the president of this

society appoint a committee of five

charged with the specific duty of lay-

ing before the proper legislative com-

mittee‘s the proposed bill and urging

its enactment. Be it further



Resolved, that the members of this

society write their respective legisla-

tors,

proposed bill.



The president appointed the follow-

ing committee to lay before the proper

legislative committee the proposed bill

and urge enactment: James Jakway,

Benton Harbor; George Friday, Col-

ma; J. P. Munson, Grand Rapids; A.

L. Hopkins, Bear Lake; George Low,

Bangor.



Numerous questions were discussed

when the question box was opened im-

mediately after the noon hour on both

days. The question box was in charge

of Mr. T. A. Farrand, county agent'of

Van Buren county, who through his

extensive experience in fruit growing,

was able to give much valuable infor-

mation to those seeking information.



Pruning Frosted Peach Trees.



Many growers reported injury to

peach buds by the recent low temper

atures. Reports varied from 50 to 90

per cent 01 the buds injured. Mr. Far-

rand brought up the question of pruning

trees so injured. The concensus of

opinion was to wait with pruning until

one could tell definitely about what

the crop prospects would be and then

prune severely if there was no crop.

Mr. Farrand said that many good buds

would undoubtedly be found toWard

the ends of the limbs and if pruning

was done before one could tell what

the probable crop was going to be,

many good buds might be cut off.



During the meeting a conference of

Officers of co-operative associations

was called and the Michigan Fruit

Packing Association was organized to

promote co-operajion between co-oper-

ative associations. It is to encourage





uniformity among organizations as re- ‘





gards grading, packing and shipping

and will also take up the advertising

of Michigan fruits. The following offi-

cers were elected: James Nicol, South

Haven, president; John Crane, Fenn-

ville vice-president; George L. Post,

Colnia. Secretary. An advisory board

consisting of one representative from

each of thirteen associations was also

selected





iésiiit in good prices, but if the fruit "is ‘

properly grown and packed, and then ‘





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S in any other kind of business

A the profit in producing pork on

the farm is simply what is left



after the expenses are paid. In figur-

ing expenses, not only. the cost of feed

should be considered, but the value of

labor bestowed and the interest on the

money invested in the animals and the

feed consumed. It is also proper to

add something for risks or insurance.

A great many who fed hogs a. few

years ago with corn worth fifty cents

per bushel, and sold their hogs on foot

for five and six cents per pound.

thought they were making money, but

hesitate now to buy corn at one dallar

per bushel to feed their hogs when

they can sell their hogs on foot at

twelve and thirteen cents per pound.





It is a. quite general custom to raise

the pigs, feed them and sell them for

the prevailing price at the time of sell-

ing, jump at conclusions, as to profits,

and never really know whether they

have made or lost by the transaction.

In fact, very few farmers really know

how much pork they ought to expect

from a given amount of feed.



“How much pork will a bushel of

corn make?” is a question that has not

been definitely answered, even by any

of our experiment stations. Condi-

tions vary greatly, and the amount sc—

cured in one case might not be gained

in another. Some of our forefathers,

who made it a practiCO to feed corn

whole, on the cob, to their hogs, quite

generally estimated that under favor-

able conditions during summer and

fall months they could make ten

pounds of gain from a bushel of corn.

That estimate has been quite gener-

ally accepted as a rule to govern in a

rough estimate asto whether it paid

to raise and feed hogs for market

when the price for corn is given and

the market price for hogs is known.



Some Factors to be Considered.



Before breeds of hogs were develop-

ed up to the point of excellence which

has been achieved during the .last

quarter of a century, one hog was look-

ed upon as capable of producing as

much from a given amount of feed as

another. But by careful selection of

individual pigs with superior merit,

and breeding from them, selecting the

best for breeders for each succeeding

generation, conformation has been

greatly improved, and the important

characteristics of thriftiness and early

maturity have been established. Now

it is a fact, well known and appreciat-

ed, that a thrifty pig, which has what

is called good ancestral backing, will

make much greater gains on a given

amount of feed, than a pig ordinarily

bred. And farther, the quality of the

meat from well-bred pigs, is superior

to that. from the ordinarily bred pigs.



In one of our leading markets, a re-

port of the transactions during the

week ending February 17 says that

one man raising pigs of an improved

breed, was obliged to take in and feed

some of the grade hogs in the commu-

nity in which he lives in order to make

up the desired number to take to mar-

ket, and as obliged to take a cent a

pound less for the grade hogs than

he was allowed for the hogs of his

own breeding. It must be seen that

the cost of producing pork and the

profits secured, depend considerably

on the charactristics of the hogs fed.



Fecundity an Important Factor.



Another characteristic which aids in

keeping the herd, is that of fecundity

or productiveness. It does not cost

any more to winter a sow that will far-

row eight or ten pigs than it will one

that will farrow four or five pigs. In

my own experience I have not found





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ers or more rapid growers than those

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faster than the rest of the litter.





Those are the most profitable feeders

and it is a wise plan to select the

breeders from among the most thrifty

and well formed ones for the breeding

herd.



Mingling Feeds.





.- It is a fact well known, that if an





animal is confined to one kind of feed

it will not make as rapid‘ growth as

when given a muddy of feeds. The





pigs enjoy an oppontuiiity to eat'fresh—n'





and green grasses and clovers. While

the grasses and clovcrs, if fed alone,

would only supply about a mainte

nance ration, yet, when given in addi-

tion to the grain feeds much better

results are obtained than when the

grain is fed alone. Some enthusiasts

go as far as to say that if hogs can

have a run at clover and alfalfa they

will make twice the amount of gain

in pounds that they would on the grain

alone. Excellent. results are obtained

by cliaffing clover and alfalfa in the

winter and steaming or cooking it and

adding the mixture of grain feeds.

Such mixtures when fed to growing

pigs while warm, are not only palata-

ble, but help '0 expand the stomach

and increase the possibilities of rapid

growth and cheap production later in

life. The lime contained in the clover

and alfalfa helps to make larger and





better bones than would the grain





alone.



When pigs are confined quite closely

to grain feeds, they do much better if

given a variety than if compelled to

subsist on one kind of grain alone.

Our forefathers made it mistake when

they fed their hogs corn and nothing

else. They reduced the size and qual-

ity of the bones and lowered the vital-

ity of their animals. As strong its the

old‘style hogs were, they could not en—

dure such treatment. and for several

reasons had to give way to animals

that were raised under conditions

which enable them to more closely

meet modern requirements.



Experiments made at different sta-

tions have shown that it costs much

more to make gains in weight when

only corn is fed than when it is mix-

ed with other feeds. If I remember

correctly, at, the M. A. C. in 1.904,

when corn meal was fed alone, and

the market price was $1.50 per hun—

dred, it cost $6.00 to make a gain of

100 pounds. When mixed with an

equal amount of wheat middlings

which were worth $1.50 per hundred,

which did not increase the cost of the

feed, it cost but $3.50 to make a gain

in growth of 100 pounds.



According to results obtained by

still more modern experiments more

kinds of feed can be added and better

proportionate results can be obtained.

A ration to which from six to ten

per cent of tankage is added gives bet-

ter results than is secured with a va-

riety ‘of grains without the tankage.

The tankage, like linseed oil meal, not

only makes the feed more palatable,

but adds to the digestibility of the

ration. —



‘ Promoting Growth.



Any feed that aids in promoting the

growth of the. pigs from birth to mar-

ket day. is desirable. It seems to be

nature’s way to grow both bone and

muscle while the animal is young, and

it, is during the growing period that

the gains in weight are made at the

least cost of production.



As soon as the pigs have reached

the point in growth so that they can

use more feed than the mother’s milk

furnishes them, some means should

be devised to supply them with dainty

feeds that are not only palatable but

richvin nutrients. The pigs can utilize

a good deal of protein—considerably

more than the feeding standards indi-

cate) Only a small percentage; of

farmers fully realize the possibilitm

of growth and development dpringztpe



(Continued on page 8). ” .
ARM life isn’t

what it used to

be.



When I was a

hey we lived in

a little one room

and attic log

house.



We used tallow candles for light—

and we made them ourselves.





 





A great stone fireplace served for

both heating the house and for cook-

ing.





Our farm work was 'all done by

hand and with the crudest kind of

tools.





 





Mrs. Smith looks after Delco—Light, and it is

simply good fun for her





If we wanted to go to Detroit, thir-

ty-flve miles away, we hitched up the

team and made our plans to be away

from home at least three days.





’ We knew almost nothing about the

outside world rarely saw a newspa-

per and were limited in our associa-

tions to a very few neighbors.





 





We never saw a play—never heard

good music and rarely get hold of a

good book to read. '





It isn’t much wonder that the

young folks were eager to break away

from the farm and get into the cities

and towns.





Farm life meant isolation and drud-

gery.





Contrast that with my farm today—

the farm adjoining the one on which

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Mr. Smith’s house, near Wixom,'Michigan—in which Delco—Light enables him to enjoy every

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When we want to go to Detroit now,

we jump into our automobile and are

there in less than two hours.





ur neighbors do not live any

nearer to us—but we live nearer to





Today we touch a button and the

house or barn or cellar is flooded with

light.





We turn a switch and electricity

pumps water for us, making possible





 





The big living room in Mr. Smith's house.

old kerosene lamp displayed on the table at the right.





them because it is so much easier to

get around.





Then there is the telephone—instant

communication with friends and neigh-

bors everywhere.





Newspapers and magazines come

to us by rural free delivery every day.





The phonograph has brought. the

best music in the world into our home

—~the Grand Opera stars sing for us,

and if the young folks are here and

want to dance, the finest orchestras in

the land play for them.





But greatest of all wonders of mod-

ern farm life are the advantages that

came to us when we installed Deleo-

Light.





rIeretofore the farm has been de-

prived of the advantages of electricity

because of the great expense of ex-

tending the wires.





Delco-Light changed all that by

making it possible for us to produce

our own electric current. just as we

want it.





Contrast the artistic electric fixture with the





a modern bath room and running wa-

ter in various parts of the house.





Electricity also separates the cream

and churns the butter.





Wash day has always been a bug—

bear on the farm—but it has lost its

terrors. Electricity washes the clothes

while the women folks are free to

sew or read or go about their other

duties.





We bought our Delco-Light plant.

about eight months ago and were just

a little fearful of it before it was

installed.





We always had an idea that elec-

tricity was something that required

expert attention and we weren’t at

all sure that we could manage it.





That feeling didn’t last long, how-

ever.





Delco-Light started right off when

it was installed as though it had

always been on the job—and it hasn’t .

caused a niinute of trouble since.





My wife looks after it almost entire-

ly and it is simply good fun for her.





Delco-Light has not only bright-

ened our home and made it more at-

tractive—but it has lightened the la-

bors of the women folks in a truly

wonderful fashion. '





We now have in our farm home

every advantage that our city friends

enjoy—and we hate in addition the

healthand freedom and joy of life in

the open.





 





One of the best things Thrice—Light does is to

pump the water





The telephone, lllt automobile, the





phonograph — all have contributed

splendidly to the, convenience and en-

joyment of farm lite. But greater





than any of them in its far-reaching

influence 's the little machine that

gives to the farmer all the electricity

he needs for light and power.





And the best part of it is that it

not only betters living conditions——

but it does so much of the farm work

and saves so much time that it is

actually a profitable investment from

a dollars and cents point of view.





 





Delco-Light takes the drudgery out

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Delco-Light is a complete electric

power plant—gas engine and dynamo

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that a child can operate it——starts on

touching a switch and stops automati—

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It furnishes ample current to light

house and barn—also to operate small

machines. The price complete is $275

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‘American Berkshire Congress, held at





second and third months of the pig’s“

life. A variety of rich' feeds that are exhibit of English-American Berle"

palatable, mixed with skim-milk in ad- Shires, and made a. number of notable “

dition to the mother’s milk, if given sales. Their sale of a four-months

at regular intervals in such quantities boar pig to Hurdcroft Farm, Monticel-

as will enable them to eat it up clean 10, Minn., for $1,000 is a record price

each and every time, will bring excel- for a pig of that age. This pig was

lent results. sired by Imported Epochal 323232, and

Let the growth be constant from the out of an English-American dam.

beginning to the end of life, for a Officers were elected as followszl

check in growth at any time means President, Harry W. Knights, Littleton,

loss, not. only in time, but in feed. Un~ Mass; vice-president, J. T. Hogsett,

der present market requirements pigs New London, Ohio; secretary-treasur-

kept constantly growing are readyfor er, F..S. Springer, Springfield, 111.; ex-

market at any time” the price is sat- ecutive committee, president, vice:

isfactory. president and secretary, together with

By selecting such members of the C. F. Curtiss, Ames, Iowa; N. H. Gen—

breed chosen as are thrifty and pro- try, Sedalia, M0,; J. E. Dodge, Lowell,

lific, and utilizing forage feeds and a Mass; J. L. Thatcher, Riverside Cal.;

variety of grains properly cembined, C. H. Carter, West Chester, Pa.., and

beginning at an early age and keeping W. S. Corsa, Whitehall, 111.

up a constant and rapid growth, there ————-—————

are great possibilities for liberal prof-

its in pork production.





   





MAKING A RAPE PASTURE.





 





My first experience with rape was- by

way of a catch crop. This first ac-

quaintance proved so satisfactOry that

I now consider it worthy of a place in

the regular rotation. The fact that it

furnishes an abundance of succulent





Purdue University, Lafayette‘ Ind., on food when other crops are not, avail-

February 20-22, 1917, was the most able and in SO short a time—usually

successful meeting yet held by this in from six to eight weeks—makes it

unique organization of Berkshire especially valuable for fattening cattle,

breeders. Nineteen states were repre- sheep and hogs. Fed to milch COWS it

sented. It was a real Congress, and produces a taint in the milk similar to

the numbers present brought out in~ turnips and for that reason is not pop-

the 'lisucssions about all the knowl- ular as a food for COWS-

edge possessed by the speakers on the Fairly moist loams rich in vegetable

topics assigned them. matter are the most suitable soils on

In the opening evening Dean J. H. Wh_iCh t9 grow ”99‘ If the land is de—

Skinner lold of the points of interest. fielellt inhumus It should be given a

in or near Lafayette, and gave the coating of stable manure and if this is

congress a most cordial welcome. .supplementcd WIth a dressing 0f





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On Wednesday evening occurred the lg y pounds or nitrate 0f QOda per





. a ', h ' ' -

annual congress banquet, which was esxiiv; 83:13:11??? ls aboutttwoninch

held at the Fowler Hotel. Mr. C. C. g ' very ma end ‘V m





_ , sec rin ' ' . ‘ 's ‘

Pierce, of Boston, proved himself a u gabig yield F01 thlg purpose,





. the Dwarf Essex is the onl v ri

toastmaster supreme. Addresses were y a ety





made by President Stone of Purdue 2:320:11? qfi‘oykenlsatasfaclor‘y. It mi”;

University; Mr. H. W. Gossard, Chi— ‘ ‘ ‘V e uring une ant





, h ', ' ‘ .‘ . “ a .

cago, 111.; Dean C. F. Curtiss, \Ames, irillleulh'ac‘infiool rgsu‘l‘ts 8y 803m” laltb

Iowa, and Mr. Zed L. Vi’illinms, of y, ."O. C urse, mm is an ec-



_ _ ment of risk in the later sowings. The

Columbia, S. C.‘ Dean Curtis‘s spoke. . . ,

. U . . . ., seed is olten sown broadcast but this

on the topic, Size in Berkshires, and will mean considerabl . it ’h

demonstrated that while there may be L . e was e “ en

. ,. stock is pastured on it. I find that a

Berkshires that are comparaiively mor> luxuriant r th . bt . d i

small, the breed ranks as one of suf- L . g ow 1‘8 9 aine ”7

. . . . . sowing in rows about thirty inches

fiCient Size, that it is an easy leeder a art The leaves of th 1 t __11

and that Berkshires weigh more than D .' ‘ 6.1) an “.1

practically cover the intervening

they look. _. .



. . “ . spaces, still they Will afford a means

Mr. VVilllams spoke on Decorations for the animals to move about with





AMERICAN BERKSHIRE CON-

GRESS.





The eleventh annual meeting of the





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Build a Stronger, Better Looking Silo





ERE is the quality construction in the durable silo material. Twisted reinforc-

in;r gives you awnil of terrific strength—good for generations ofuse with no

upkeep expense. Steel rods gel: a tight grip in the cement—can’t slip. A twisted



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Blocks made from best quality clay—all are uniform in shade and are set with thin

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

lndiana Silo to the test of service during the past fourteen years. Fifty

thousand are now in use. The first Indiana Silos ever erected are'still

standing. still in excellent condition and still apparently good for in-,

definite years to come. U .



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

already using Indiana Silos. Many of these repeat orders came from

the owners of the finest farms in Americavfrom the largest and most

successful breeders and feeders everywhere. k)



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

beat of cveything-—that's why they continue to buy Indiana Silos.



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

everywherr—should lie of special interest to you.

, ' r 3' .«i The cost of all materials is advancing like the price of wheat and corn-



Why not save money by contracting for your silo now. It undoubtly will cost you.

more next spring or summer. 7



Let us Iond you our proposition—*0 contract now for your uilo and deliver it later.



We still have openings for a limited number of farmer agents.





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.same care and taste as the merchant ing on ridges, but everything consid-





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exhibit of the breeder at. the fairs was in this way only one and a half pounds

shis show window and as such it should of seed to the acre is required and





|be trimmed and decorated for the should be covered to a depth of one-

proper setting Of his gOOdS' “fun the half to one inch. Some advocate sow-





{uses In dressmg hls Show Window. . ered, I prefer flat cultivation. A thor~

: MAF‘ A Buikhart, Lima, tho' was ough stirring between the rows every

5 the h“ 0f the evening, coming upon ten days or so will increase the growth

ithe scene unannounced and unknown, wonderfully.

in a typical rube costume, he stopped Stock should never be turned on

proceedings to tell the. assembly how rape when hungry or when it is wet

he had been imposed upon in big or frosted. There is little danger of

deals by such well known Berkshire bloating, however, if they are turned

salesmen as Dean Curtiss, N. H. Gen- on gradually at first, allowing free no

try and J‘ E' Dodge. cess to other pasture and furnished

On Thursday morning was held the with plenty of salt.

”déiiionsiratiOII in judging. This was Canada. J. H. MCKENNEY.

in charge of Dean Skinner, with such -__.__

well known judges of Berkshires as To handle the feet of a. horse that

N. H. Gentry, Dean Curtiss, Wyman will not stand still, or that kicks, a

N. LOVGJ'O)’, J- 13- Dodge and W. 13- halter twitch is a great aid. This

Spicer placing and criticising the ani- twitch is easily applied and needs only

mals on display. This proved one of the ordinary halter and tie rope. Pass

the most interesting and profitable the rope over the horse’s head just

sessions of the congress. behind the ears: raise the upper lip

On Thursday afternoon was held the and put the rope across the gums

Congress Sale. Fifty Berkshires, 0011- above the teeth; run the rope through

signed by forty odd breeders, from all the loop made by passing the rope ov-

sections of t‘ oountI'Y, sold for $6.- er the horse’s head. The rope should

035; an average 0f $12070 per head. be tight from the halter ring, over the,

The highest priced animal was Ov- head, under the 1009. and through the

erlook .Glenside Duchess 231962, 0011- loop. A few good pulls on this rope>

signed by Harry W. Knights, Littleton, should make the horse stand quietly.

Mass... and bought by Colt Farm, ~Bris— ‘ ‘

tol, R. I. The Exit highest price was

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Mthil'. Jd Ropert Hlicks, (Elf St. Johns,

’ . - c ., a ver ising uroc ersey swine,

Overlook 4th 216328, also conSigned writes: “I have sold over $800 we ,li

by Mr. Knights. , of Durocs since October; irflironfiu

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Transportation





George Stephenson is

rightly called the

father of the steam

railway. He ran the

first successful steam

engine on the 25th of

July, 1814. In Septem- .

ber, 1825, he opened

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The Human Interest

In Progress





GV'HE man who is responsible for a system by

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When George Stephenson started the first

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And as there is a man-power behind every big.

work, so this service is vitalized and given

the personal element by the name on every

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tire is your assurance of quality.





Your dealer can get Firestones for you, and

this quality will cost you no more than or-

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widespread in use and the output is tremendous

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HE future prosperity of the

dairy farm depends upon the de-

_ velopment of the dairy calf. ,As

the seed is mother of the farm crop,

so the calf is mother of the future bus-

iness interests of the farmer. The re-

sponsibility placed upon the herdsman

in feeding and caring for his future

generations of stock is greater than is

usually appreciated. If the dam-s have

been properly nourished the value of

the calves at birth depends largely, if

net entirely, upon the intelligence and

skill exercised in their breeding.

Future possibilities may be great or

small, in proportion to the thought and

skill employed by the owner, and the

amount of the same he puts into feed,

care, and management. Mistakes at

this period of the calf’s life may have

a lifelong influence one way or the

other, while an errorin feeding and

caring for the mature animal may be

only "temporary in its effects. There-

fore, calf feeding requires good horse

sense, for there are no hard, fast rules

to be laid down.

The First Feeding.



Always allow the calf to the first, or

colostrum, milk of the cow and allow

the calf to nurse until the eighth or

ninth milking, when the milk is suit-

able for human food. Young calves





need whole milk for the first few days.

Feed often with small ,. amounts to

avoid overfeeding. Teach the calf to

drink and feed whole milk for at least

three weeks, making the change to

skim-milk slowly. By good care or by

lack of it, it is very easy to makea

variation of one to five dollars. or even

ten dollars per head in the value of

the calf the first year.





Skim-milk is a cheap feed for calves

but should be fed carefully in limited

quantities and only while it is warm

and sweet. Skim—milk may form the





principal diet of the calf for eight»





months to a year. Factory skim-milk

should be pasteurized to avoid the

spread of tuberculosis. But. the best

skim-milk is that fresh from the sep-

arator in its natural warmth. Experi-

ments go to show that it is only one-

fourth as expensive to raise a calf on

skim-milk as on whole milk. Ten

pounds of grain with the proper

amount of skim-milk equals one pound

of butter-fat. Buttermilk or whey may

profitably be fed to calves.





Change Feeding Gradually.





Serious troubles have resulted in

scours from feeding too rich milk. Use

care to give limited amounts of this in

proper temperature. The feeding of

whole milk should be continued for





about three or four weeks, when the‘





number of meals may be reduced to

two a day. From one-half to a pint of

skim-milk may now be substituted for

an equal quantity of- whole milk. The

amount of skim-milk may be gradually

increased and the amount of whole

milk correspondingly decreased:until,

at the end of a week or ten days, the





 





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milk sweet and at blood temperature.



Until the calf is» seven weeks of age.

not over ten or twelve pounds of skim-

milk should be fed each day. But the

amount may be gradually increased to

fourteen or sixteen pounds at three

months, sometimes up to twenty

pounds. The amount fed must be care-

fully regulated by the ability of the

calf to handle it without scouring.



Feed the grains first while the calf

is quite small, with a. little to aid him

in learning to eat. High-priced con~

centrates are unnecessary and give no

better results than do corn meal, oats

and bran, ground barley, etc., when

fed in proper combination. It is a great

advantage to feed a variety of feeds,

for best results are secured frpm mix

tures.



Feed Roughage.



Start feeding roughage at two 01'

three weeks when the calf begins to

eat, grain. Good clean hay, either tim-

othy, blue grass. clover, or alfalfa may

be used. Corn silage is an excellent

calf feed when fed in moderate

amounts. Good pasture is an essential

after four to six months of age, and if

the calf is turned out for only a few

hours each day scours will be avoided.



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The Value of a Calf Depends Greatly Upon its Sire.





‘en though milk forms a large part of





its ration. A three-month calf should

drink about five quarts of water a day.

They like to drink often, sipping a lit-

tle at a time. A half barrel, cleaned

and replenished twice each day, morn-

ing and afternoon, will serve nicely as

a water trough. Salt is as essential.

to the development of the calf as of

other animals, and should always be

kept continually available.



Always avoid sudden changes in the.

diet. and practice regular feeding. Pro-

vide warm, dry quarters in damp

weather. Give plenty of roughage and

not: too much grain so‘as to develop a

large capacity for handling food that

is desirable in dairy animals. When

the calf is six months to a year old

milk may be omitted from its ration

and a full roughage and grain diet

substituted.



A Full Grain Feed.



In stopping the skim-milk diet at

any time between six and twelve

mopths, the calf is deprived of a nitro—

genous feed and its place must be tak-

en by a grain or roughage of like qual-

ity. The tendency of the dairy calf to

get too fat depends not only upon its

temperament but also upon its feed.

Avoid too much corn. For grain, oats

and barley are good; for roughage,

bright clover or alfalfa hay with corn

silage to give succulence and”variet:r.



Feed the calf according to the breed,

which gauges the size of the body, ‘

determines the amount and' kind of

feed needed forbest development. It

is impossible to starve good dairy qual-

ities into a growing heifer but many a

promising heifer has been so starved,

that she became a'poor cow. . ‘



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DAIRY PROBLEMS.





Buckwheat for Silage.

' Would like to know . if buckwheat

would be all right to put in a silo. I

notice the cattle eat it when cut green.

Gladwin Co. SUBSCRIBER.



When you come right down to the

last analysis there is nothing that will

take the place of corn for silage. Many

plants can be substituted but none are

quite as good. I would not recommend

buckwheat. It would be difficult to

pack well enough in the silo to pre-

vent dry mould. But it will neverthe-

less make silage, any green plant put

into the silage makes silage.



But if. you can grow buckwheat for

silage'why can’t you grow corn? Buck-

wheat must be sown by July 1 to get a

crop and you can plant corn as late as

that and get a crop sufficiently mature

for fairly good silage.





Soy Beans and Corn for Silage.





I would like some information on

soy beans as follows: Their food val-

ue to dairy cows in conjunction with

corn silage, in other words, I wish to

soy the sow beans with corn for the

silo. Will a corn harvester cut the

bean stalk and get it all? I want to

sow the beans at the same time 1

plant the corn; will the beans ripen

about the time the corn should be cut

for silo? Will the bean take from the

soil moisture, etc., at the expense of

the growing corn? What variety of

bean is best to plant? Will the soy





bean take the place of cottonseed

meal?

Wayne Co. L. C. H.





The soy bean is a leguminous plant,

containing much protein in compari-

son with corn, hence (is a splendid

plant to feed with corn. ' ~As a food it

is much more of the nature of alfalfa

than corn, and could best be compared





» with it.





A corn harvested will get nearly all

the soy beans when planted with the

corn.



For silage plant a late variety of

beans, then they will be ready for the

silo with the corn. You don’t want

the beans ripe no more than you do

the corn for the silo. .



Of course, the beans will take som

moisture from the soil but if properly

cultivated there should be enough for

both plants.



If you would ripen a crop of soy

beans and grind the grain it would be

every bit as good as cottonseed meal,

but you must not expect that soy

beans put in the silo, stalks and all,

will take the place of cottonseed meal.



You will need about half as much

bean seed as you do seed corn per

acre. Ten quarts of corn and four or

five quarts of beans will be sufficient.





The Art of Milking.—





I note you state in your reply to a

subscriber that falling off in milk pro-

duction might be due to poor milking.

I have only been milking a few months

and perhaps you can give me some

pointers along this line, or what you

consider poor milking. . M





A poor milker will gradually dry up

a cow, While a good milker will cause

an increased flow of milk. '



To be a good milker one must have

a reasonably strong hand. It- is good

hard work on the hands. Children can

not milk successfully because they

have not the strength in their hands

and they haven’t the necessary judg—

ment. A boy ought to be sixteen years

old before he is allowed to milk if you

want the best results.



If possible get a full hand hold on

the teat; don’t milk by stripping with

thumb and fingers. Pull down gently

when you force the milk out of the





» teat and then press the hand or fist up





against the udder every time you allow

the teat to fill with milk. This action

stimulates milk secretion. '



Milk as rapidly as possible, as a rea-





' sonably fast milker always gets more





milk than a slow milker. . .



Milk regularly; don’t milk at five

o’clock one morning and nine o’clock

the next. if it can be avoided.



Don’t change milkers any more than

possible, have the same man milk the

sainecows as- much as possible.



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The boulevard is the tire—maker’s paradise.

Broad, ballasted, crowned for drainage and

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untroubled comfort over its smooth surface

are simple attainments.





But the average road too often is his un—

doing. Varied in surface, speared with rock,

scarred with ruts and choked with sand—it

takes inevitable toll of the slightest tire fault

or weakness.





We can not always ride on boulevards—-too

much of the work of the world is done in the

open places reached by average roads; but we

can build to the grim exactions of the average

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us wanting.





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LITERATURE

POETRY

HISTORY an?

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axis MagLfine Section forms apart of our paper every week.





NTO the establishment of a haber-

dasher who was conducting a mod—

est little store walked a man who



said:



“I would like to buy a collar.”



“Yes, sir,” was the haberdasher’s

ready reply, as his hand went up to a

shelf and pulled down a box. “A C—

lourteen and one«half?”



“That’s it,” said the customer, “but

how did you know?”



“I believe that I sold you a collar of

that type about a year ago,”



That same haberdasher is now run-

ning a store in a building that was

erected for his use by the man who

bought the 0—4 collars.



In Los Angeles a young woman nam-





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WORLD





Energy Intelligently Directed





:By HOWARD' C. KEGLEY





ed Dewey manages a little laundry

agency. Those who leave their laun-

dry with her this week will probably

leave their bundles in Spokane or Al-

buquerque next week. A large per-

centage of the people who leave their

laundry bundles at agencies along the





street are tourists who are there today





and gone tomorrow, so why should she

worry her mind with learning their

names?





One day W. J. Blakemore and Char— days later. Stepping to the window, he





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Germany’s Destiny Largely Rests upon





the Shoulders‘of Two Men.





a Luncheon on the Ice.





ley Doolin left their bundles at her

office. Blakemore was a stranger to

her; Doolin an occasional customer.



“When you go back to get your wash

that girl will hand you your bundle

without asking your name,” said

Doolin.



“G0 on; she’ll do nothing of the

sort,” replied Blakemore.



“Wait and see,” cautioned Doolin.



Blakemore- went for his bundle, two





 





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said: “Well, is my washing ready?”



“Certainly,” replied Miss Dewey, and

she handed it out without a question.



The following week Blakemore took

her another bundle of soiled linen. The

bundle wasn’t marked.



“Write my name upon the wrapper,

will you?” he said.



The-girl reached for her pencil, and

then, after stopping to concentrate her

thoughts [or a moment, she wrbte his

name down, supplying the initials a.

moment later.



The faculty of remembering names

and faces brings her a great deal of

the business which turns away dis-

gustedly from other laundry agency

girls who can never remember a cus-





 





 





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diggetting the bundles mixed.





Smith was stopping for a few weeks

in a western city of four thousand in-

habitants. A youth named. Carey was

a clerk in the post office. Smith rent-

ed a combination mail box.



One morning he mailed a letter to

Lyman Jones, of Chicago, 111., but for—

got to write Chicago, 111., on the en-

velope. A few hours later, upon re-

turning to the office, he found the let-

ter in his mail box, marked “insuffi-

cient address.”



Going to the delivery window, he

said to Carey: “Young man, why did

you chuck this letter into my box?”



“Why,” said Carey, “I supposed that

it was mailed by you. I am sorry if

I was mistaken.”



,“What made you think_that I wrote

it?” said Smith. “The envelope is a

plain white one, with no return card,

and it. was addressed on a standard

typewriter.”





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you why I thought that you mailed it.





 





 





so. Carey, '





The other day I picked up some let-

ters which I had seen you drop into

the office, and I noticed that the capi-

tal L was out of alignment on your

typewriter. The letter you have in

your hand had a capital L out of line,

and it looks to me as though it had

been addressed on your typewriter."



“It was,” admitted Smith. “I simply

had a curiosity to find out how you

knew it was my letter. If you were

working for me I’d raise your salary’



Efficiency is the commodity upon

which the world is placing the highest

premium. Honesty goes a long way,

but a man may be as honest as the day

is long and yet not be worth his salt,

for if he lack energy he is unworthy

of his hire at any price. Efficiency is

energy intelligently directed.



Doing to the very best of their abil-

ity the tasks which they have to do is

the thing that ultimately lifts people

out of the realm of the commonplace.





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Trapping





the Skunk





By G. F. DeLaMATER





F all the fur bearers, the skunk

is probably the easiest to catch;

but catching him is not all there



is to it; like the muskrat, when caught

by a front foot he will often gnaw, or

twist, off the foot and escape. To ob-

viate this trouble I use the double-jaw

style of trap; the Oneida jump trap

No. 91, corresponding to the regular

N0. 1 is too light for anything except

muskrat; the Newhouse double-jaw is

my favorite. The web jaw is said to

be good, though I have never used

them on skunk. The Stop Thief, Sabo

and Tree traps are good skunk catch-

ers; conditions usually determine

what style to use.



As for making sets; there is no spe-

cial procedure, a skunk will go out of

his way to get into a trap. My theory

is that. they are naturally inquisitive

and examine every new object with

which they meet. Of course, the trap-

per who will be the most successful in

catching skunk is the one who knows

best the habits of this animal; in this

connection I might do Well to give

some of my observations.



I find that the skunk is in the habit

of following a given route; and he cov—

ers the ground with a regularity that

is really surprising. He stops and in-

vestigates holes, hollow logs, houses,

etc., every time he comes along; also,

I have observed that more than one

skunk will often cover portions of the

same route. Take for instance an old

building; there are often half a dozen

skunks that will visit it every week.

Where one has been caught is a good

place to catch another.



Having determined on the place to

set the trap, the rest is easy, just place

the trap where Mr. Skunk will step

into it. It isn’t necessary to cover

traps for skunk, or conceal them in

any way; however, it is well to use a

light. covering of leaves or grass as

tht 1e is always the chance of catching

some other animal. When no other

place is handy to make a set, I have

taken a shovel and dug a trench five

or six feet long and a foot deep, in the

bottom of this I set my trap and I





nearly always get my skunk; he sees

the fresh earth thrown up and stops

to investigate.



What is more important to most

trappers than methods of trapping, is

the successful avoidance of the disa—

greeable odor which is the skunk’s

defence.

to my own satisfaction, and have pick-

ed up some easy money by its use.



First, I try to avoid the odor by

killing the skunk without his throw-

ing it. There are several ways of ac-

complishing this. The usual procedure

is to fasten the trap to the end of a

pole and when Mr. Skunk is caught

carry him to water and drown him. I

have carried a skunk half a mile on an

eight foot stick without trouble—a

longer stick is preferable. When

drowning is out of the question, the

trick can be done by breaking his

back. This is done by a shot through

the back bone, or a blow on the back

with a club; while these methods are

often successful, they don’t always

work.



Next, when a skunk is loaded with

scent and unfit to handle, I take him

and sprinkle a tablespoon of formalin

on him and place him under a box for

several hours—usually over night—-

and then take him out and hang him

up where the wind will strike him.

After the smell of the formalin blows

off he is as clean as a rabbit to ban-

dle; the first thing I do is to remove

the scent glands;

danger of a recurrence of the odor.

For the benefit of those who are not

familiar with the anatomy of a skunk,

the glands are located just under the

skin on each side of the vent; great

care must be used in skinning

around them; when the skin is peeled





back a_large piece of meat can be cut.





out containing the glands.



Many trappers- avoid skunks be-

cause of their scent; I have bought

many of them for half what they were

worth, or less, from people who dread-

ed the job of skinning them; then by

disinfecting them with formalin, I

could skin them in comfort.





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Influence of Pets on Children

By N. A. CLAPP





HERE seems to be but a few



I people who realize the modify-

ing influence of pets on the

character of children. If we stop to

consider the desirable characteristics

which children possess and trace out

. . by which

those characteristics ha1e been devel-

“oped and established, we will find that

lithe family pets have had much to do

in fixing those traits in the minds of





5 the children and making them a part





of what the individual is as their ac-

tions will show in after life.



Among the strongest inclinations

and sentiments which we admire and

highly esteem in men and women, is

love, sympathy and a kindly feeling

toward others. Those feelings are

breathed into the lives of the children

by the mothers, while the children are

very young, and the first opportunity

offered for the expression‘ of those

feelings, is when they come in contact





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fondle their pets and tenderly handle

them just asthey in turn have been

handled by their loving parents. Thou

expressions of love for, and apprecia-

tion of, the pets, are sometimes amus-

ing to older people, but. it is the bud

just forming of a beautiful flower in

the character of the individual.‘ Such

manifestations of feelings are the first

signs of the making of agreeable peo-

ple and they shonld be encouraged,

but never blighted by harsh and cut-

ting remarks.



No doubt the most of us have listen-

ed to the earnest appeals of children

for kind treatment of their pets when

they have come in contact with those

who did not appreciate the worth of

a kitten, pupDY, or lamb, as a pet, and

companion. Such scenes are illustra-

tive of the wide difference in feeling

developed with or without pets or little

animal friends.



Many men retain, as long as they

live, pleasant memories of the days

when they were given pu py and

allowed to play with it.Wn when

it grew up and became "a companion

and friend Wherever they roamed, it

was their faithful servant that never

betrayed them. Later in life they

have awakened to the fact that no mat

ter if misfortune overtakes them,

there are two friends that will remain

true to them and always manifest an

unyielding love for, and faithfulness

to them—they are the dog and the

mother.



Fidelity is often manifested by our

animal friends in a greater degree.

The faithfulness of the dog and the

horse has become proverbial. Their

attachment for their master, in some

cases, seems to Surpass the love of

the human. Alexander

wrote the celebrated Essay on Man, in

speaking of the ungrateful feelings of

men and of the tender loving lambs

says “he will lick the hand that is

raised to shed his blood.”





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“Tell me exactly what she did after

I left the island this morning,” he

commanded.



“She came to camp one hour, may-

be two, after you go away,” said John

carefully. “She sit around. I get some

lunch, but she done eat much. Then

she get some paper and write. She

write a long time. After she write





she cry.”



“Cried!”



“Sure. Then she put um letter in

the tent. Then she tell me she had

to get train. She tell me to take her

there. That’s all.”



“You went by the portage ?”



“Yes.”





“How long did you have to ~wait for

the train?”



“ ’Bout half hour.

tell me not to.”



“How do you know she caught the

train?”



“Heard it stop while I paddle across

the bay. I set signa .”



“Didn’t she leave any message for



me?”



The Indian pointed' to the letter,

which was still in Stoddard’s hand.



“That’s all,” he said. .



“And you’re positive she didn’t say

where she was going?”



She said she go home.

talk much.”



Stoddard read the letter a third time.

Now it had the effect of working him

into a state of impotent rage. ' He

turned upon the Indian savagely;



"HOW dared you take. her away from

this island?” he demanded.



“She say. she had to go,” answered

John. '



“But what. business did you have to



help her?”





I didn’t wait. She





She didn’t





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with animal pets. when young. They

have a more kind, sympathetic Way of

treating their fellowmen, and are

more considerate in regard to their ac-

tions on the feelings of others.

Having had the privilege of a530-

ciati-ng with pet, animals while young

has helped to develop better mothers.

The kindly feelings toward innocent

and helpless creatures in the shape

of kids has added to the growth of

parental love, and the mothers who

were raised on the farm have display-

ed great strength of noble character

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“You tell me to take lady’s orders.

You don’t tell me to keep her here.”



That John had acted within his or-

ders even Stoddard could not gainsay.

He was furious at :himself now.



“You say take good care of her,” ad-

ded John in defense. “I do. She catch

train plenty time.



Stoddard suddenly remembered a

phrase in the letter.



“She says something about Mr. Liv~

ingston here,” he said.’ “Did she talk

with him today?”



“This morning, down that way," an-

swered John, pointing toward the oth-

er end of the island.



“After I had come back to camp."



“Yes.” L



“Did you hear any of it?”



“No; too far away.”



Stoddard looked grim. Larry had

something to do with this—Larry the

meddler. What did Sadie~mean when

she wrote that Livingston might tell

him some time—and that Livingston

was right? His fingers yearned for a

grip on Larry’s throat—for a chance to

shake the truth from him.



“What a stupid coward I was!” he

muttered. “To let him scare me away!

Just as if anything else in the world

existed—then! And what must she

think of me!”



He turned again to the Indian, who





.had resumed the interrupted examina-





tion of his canoe. John, innocent in

strument of Stoddard’s despair, and-

denly appeared to remember some-

thing.





“I forgot,” he 'siaid,





fumbling in a pocket.





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a strand of golden~bronze hair. He ward her ideals. She had warmth and

felt a tightness in his throat as he sympathy. She did not lie nor evade,

looked at it. Gently he passed the but spoke with the simplicity of a

silken skein through his fingers, mar- child. She was a woman, unspoiled.

veling at the softness and smoothness She was beautiful, beyond all ques-

of it. Then he put it into the pocket tion; he had never seen her like. She

of his shirt—the same pocket as that stirred his imagination strangely. She

into which Sadie had pinned a letter. awakened in him a curious mingling

“You’re sure this is all, John?"_he of respect and pitY- Yet the pity

asked. “You haven’t forgotten any- seemed evanescent; he was conscious

thing more?” that it was slowly fading. Something

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ening darkness when Stoddard wan- deSpite her speech and the unlettered

dered a little distance along the shore mind from which it sprang.

and sat heavily upon a boulder. The He loved her. He would always

anger had left him, but his face was love her. That he told himself, calmly.

very grave. In his heart was the sore- This woman was his mate.

ness of bitter disappointment. For a Thus Stoddard answered his first

time he had no will to do anything question. He loved her; therefore it

save brood over his misfortune. followed that he wanted her.

Then he roused himself impatiently. Wanting her, he must seek. Where?

“I’m acting like a child,” he said The Indian told him she talked of

aloud. “I’ve done enough crying. Now going home. Her letter contained the

what’s to be done?” pathetic conclusion that the place for

Did he want Sadie Hicks, the fac- a girl to work was in the city. Buffalo

tory girl? then. He could think of no other place.

He asked himself this question Sadie herself knew none, save the lit-

frankly as a beginning, although the tle Ohio town that was her birthplace.

answer was already written in _hiS Therefore she must have returned to

heart. 131“ Stoddard had determined Buffalo. He would first seek her there.

to restore his mind to a state of dis- If he failed there circumstances would

cipline, as a necessary step to the ac- lead him elsewhere. But the search

complishment Of anything whatever. would end only when he had found

Sadie was unlearned of books and of her.

speech; her knowledge of things be- When would he seek her? That was

yond her immediate little world was simple. Once Stoddard had planned

small and'imperfect; there were times a‘ course, he went upon it without de~

when he could not. listen to her with- lay. He would start tonight.

out an involuntary Shudder; she was The night mail, south-bound, would

uneducated, untaught in the graces of reach the Lower Station at eleven—

the women who people his own fifty. There was ample time for it.

world; he would be unable to take her True, it went only to North Bay, but

among them. All these things were it would set him on his journey. It

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Firth-The tractor should operate perfectly on kerosene.

Second-4t should be durable and last a long time.





Thirdnlt should do as good work plowing on your iarm as can he done

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‘ Oil for Fuel





In the consideration of fuel, we find there is~nearly as much kerosene

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using gasoline when the engine is operating under light load as the

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perfect mixture, the fuel IS all burned and We Will Guarantee Our

Tractor Not to Bother With Carbon or Tar.



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AMOUNT OF POWER AS WITH THE HIGH-PRICED GASOLINE.

A Durable, Long-Lilo Tractor





The Bates All Steel Oil Tractor is the Oldest Tractor on the Market.

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ground m‘the spring of the year without miring and on sandy soil and in fact,

Be Driven. To accomplish this we have constructed out tractor of

proven that steel is four times as strong as cast iron and will wear four times as long-

material the strength of the machine can not be questioned and the weight

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throw in the slow gear and the engine will do the rest.





Bates Plows-"Guaranteed to do as good work

As can be done in any other way





The Bates Plow Carriage is Directly Connected to the Tractor, the

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wheel and the plows entirely supported by the plow carriage. By this

arrangement the Plows can be Lifted From the Ground and the En-

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Complete Without the Aid of Horses.



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The Bates Plows Operate Independently and by this arrangement Any One of the

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Your Farm as Can be Done In Any Other Way Even in Rough and Stony Fields. We

have sold a good many of our outfits under this guarantee and will make no exception

in your case regardlessof the conditionslof your farm.





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on a definite purpose, Stoddard went

briskly back to camp, where he found

John with his supper ready. He

ate heartily.



“I take the night train, John,” he

said when the meal was over. The In-

dian merely nodded.



“I don’t know when I’ll be back. You

can pack up my stuff and take it to

Deepwater Station. I’ll send word

what to do with it later. My city

clothes are there, too. I haven’t time

to get them now. I’ll sendyou some

money later; I need what I have with

me.”



John indicated that he understood.



“I’ll catch the train at the Lower

Station,” added Stoddard. “And .I

guess I’ll start now.”



“How about the canoe?” asked the

Indian.



“I’ll leave it at the landing-place and

you can pick it up later, unless you

want to come along now.”



John evinced no desire to make an‘

other trip to the Lower Station. He

felt sleepy, and the tent and blankets

were alluring. He said he would get

the canoe tomorrow.



A minute later Stoddard was cross-

ing the Northeast Arm, headed for the

entrance to the portage that crossed

the neck of the peninsula. He did not

hesitate to try conclusions with it

again, even though it had used'him

hardly a few nights before. He

imagined he would have little trouble;

various sore spots upon his person

still existed as reminders of every pit-

fall in the treacherous path.



A young moon was shining as he

drew his canoe from the water on the

opposite side of the Northeast Arm

and made it ready for the carry. No

moose, tarrying late for a. nocturnal

supper, greeted him tonight. The

forest was in deep slumber.



The crossing of the portage exacted

a toll of heavy labor, but he escaped

the punishment of ignorance and

stumbling feet. He remembered the

trees that had tripped him, the rocks

that lay in wait for a misstep, and he

profited thereby. \Vhen he dropped





 





Bay he sighed comfortably and trium-

phantly.



“It was almost too tame this time,”

he said.



There was a slender streak of moon-

light on the water. Into this he head-

ed the canoe, for it was almost exactly

marking the path to the Lower Sta-

tion. Presently he was among the still

islands, where the course became

winding and apparently aimless and





where there were numerous channels,





any one of which would lead toward

his goal. He chose that which was

most direct.



As he slid the canoe through a nar-

row passage between two of the is-





ears. Automatically he rested his pad-

dle and listened. Men were talking

somewhere off to the right.



“I don’t see that. it’s any use to

hang around here,” growled one voice.

“We’ve tried it two nights now ;and

nothing doing.” _



“Well, it was your tip,” came the

answer. “I didn’t bring you here.”



“Jim said he found a track over

here. That’s what brought-us.” » .



“I don’t believe he found anything,”



“Well, I' shdwed you some tracks

myself.” ‘ ,



“Anything might h_.ve made ’em,

retorted the second voice in disgust.



Stoddard dipped his paddle! again

and smiled. Somebody was getting

ready to violate the game-laws of the

Deepwater. It was none of his con-

cern; beside, he had no time to waste

investigating. ‘



The canoe passed the narrows and

shot out into a broader sheet of water,

where the moonlight played again.



“Listen!”



One of the voices spoke abruptly.



“What is it?”



“Somebody in a canoe. I heard the

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“Has he got one?” -

“I don’t know. I suppose so.”





Stoddard was puzzled. He halted '





again for a moment; then remembered

the south-bound train and resumed his

course.



As he did so he heard the noise of

running feet on a rocky shore, then

a splashing, followed by a.~ sound of.

hasty paddling behind him. He paused

for a third time and looked back. Now

he made out the dim bulk of a moving

canoe. It was headed directly in his

wake. ‘



“Funny!” he» muttered. “But I’ve no

time to wait.”



He had‘ taken less than a dozen

strokes when a voice hailed from the

darkness. '



“Halt!”



Stoddard hesitated involuntarily. .



“What’s the trouble?” he called.



“We want a look at you!” said the

voice sharply. '



Although his curiosity was aroused

to the keenest pitch, Stoddard could

not risk the missing of the night mail.



“Can’t wait. I’m in a. hurry,” he

answered, laying to his paddle once

more.



“Halt!” The command this time was

more peremptory.



“Cut out the melodrama,” advised

Stoddard over his shoulder as he turn-

e the point of an island and bore

away for another channel ahead.



“We’ll fire!”



This time Stoddard laughed and kept

steadily on his way. The very absurd-

ity of the thing appealed to him. Pir~

acy was unknown in the Deepwater.

This was some crude joke—astonish-

ing it as true, yet surely a. joke, al-

though t would have been an uncom‘

fortable one for a timid man.



A rifle cracked and somewhere off

to his left 'a bullet cut the surface of

Island Bay.



Stoddard stopped laughing. This was

carrying a joke too far. He was mind-

ed to stop and demand an explanation.

Then a picture of Sadie flashed into

his mind. Every minute was taking

her farther away from him. He could

not stop.



“I -warn you to stop shooting!” he

called as he put forth all his strength,

so that the shaft of the paddle bent





, ominously.





The answer was a second shot,

equally wide of the mark. Stoddard’s

canoe was flying now. Then he heard

the voices again.



“Stop shooting and get to work,”

exclaimed one.



“But he won’t halt.”





‘ “Take your paddle. We’ll catch him.





There’s no reward for dead men.”



A great light dawned upon Stod-

dard’s puzzled mind. So they were

hunting the “lunatic”—-the wild man

who had dashed up to the incoming





lands a sound of voices reached his train at the Deepwater station that.





day, seized Mrs. Westfall, without ex-

planation or apology, snatched her

across the platform and literally

thrown her into the south-bound train

just as it was moving out of the sta-

tion. But how could Stoddard explain

that' there was no “lunatic” to hunt

for—that he had Only mistaken Mrs.

Westfall for someone else, and that

in the hurry and confusion there had





been no chance for either to put the





other right.



Stoddard was both amused and

alarmed. The whole affair, and espe-

cially this present episode, was to ridi-

culous not to be laughed at; yet it

bade fair to cause him annoyance, em-

barrassing explanations and above all

disastrous delay. He, John Stoddard,

C. E., of old and distinguished family,

hunted down for a, madman. .He chuck-

led. Simultaneously he thought of Sa-

die again and became grim. '4



As he could now hear a furidus pad-

dling astern of him he assumed that

the rifle had. been laid aside infavor

of pursuit. Heifelt more comfortable.

Although by no means nervous,.Stod—

dard had no relish for serving. as a





target for pot-shots in the dark. He ,
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had been under fire in‘ semi-civilized

countries, whither his profession had

called him, and he'did not regard the

sensation as a pastime nor one to be

courted when it could be avoided.





A race he did not mind. He judged

he had a. lead of perhaps a hundred

yards, and, although two men 'can

drive a canot faster than one, he was

willing to take the chances of keeping

the lead. So he settled himself firmly

on his knees, determined to give this

pair of lunatic-hunters a contest wor-

thy of their desperate, if foolish, pur-

pose. ’



Five minutes later he was clear of

the islands, with a mile of open water

ahead, at the end of which lay the

rotting wharf of the Lower Station.

Had there been time to spare Stod-

dard would have enjoyed a hide-and-

seek chase among the islands, where

he was confident he could easily elude

pursuit. But he could not afford that.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





 





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trained men get

preference and get jobs

quickly. N 0 other city can give

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means to learn in the Michigan State Auto

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A i , A 1 'i to sell ~ars’ and start garages. . Unlimited opportunities.

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33’0” sq. m‘ cl - of the Auto Industry. Men are needed everywhere as testers, repair men,

chauffeurs, arage men, and salesmen. Hundreds of our graduates start in buSi-

ness for themse ves.





Earn $75 to $300 a Month





A We teach you to handle any auto proposition. You graduate in from ten to twelve weeks. Our



equi ment is new, up-to-the-minute, and complete. No old, obsolete motors,.chaSis or electiictall cautiprtnent



used. tudents actually build cars from start to inish. getting factory training in assembling. t ‘oc - es mtg,



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for road instruction. We have a new (,‘lialiners ”6—30" chassis with MOO-r. p. m. lll()f01‘;tht‘, latest. thing out. \\ ll1325‘1\r3‘¥},’t.- lluirlhazflsfdigxflll '"si’s

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motors in our block test department—2 cyl., 4 cyl., 6cyl.. 8 031.. and eryl. ()ur electrical departi‘uciitiscoinpletc. haying every standard starting.

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, ' c ories in Detroit, and 140 accessory and parts having this equipment. Auto factories need .D_\ iiauiometci menvcon-

facmq‘iiigge aéhfsaiiignftg have. the privilege of going through any or _all staiitly Factories and Garages are paying ’big salaries to mgi twhit; ling)»:

of their, ' we now operate Westinghouse. Auto-Lite. and Bijur Service how to handle elctncal equipment quickly and proptr‘ly. 1 e r0 1}? th

Stations" This has added thousands of dollar-3' worth of equipment and automobile center. 3 on get practical instr‘ui (.1011: V. r . it‘iolopen a . c

makes our electrical department unequaled. Students get actual exper. year. Enter classes any time, any day . rl hrce t lasso: can} t indlrgiiig'

ieneer in handling all kinds of electrical auto equipment and taking afternoon. evening: All instr‘uctoisare ineiiilicrs o d lie . 33191? . St 1;.

care of trouble.We have just installed a Sprague Electric Dynamonieter mobile Engineers (8. A. la. 1. ’1 hcie is a ‘gre’at ( (.iluan‘ f or - l( alga? .. til e

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That they saw him clearly as he

started across this broad reach of 18-

land Bay he knew readily from their

shouts. It did not take him long, eith-

er, to become aware of the fact that

the second canoe was gaining, but he

consoled himself with the thought that

this was to be expected. The important

question was, how rapidly w0uld they

gain and would he reach the shore

ahead of them? ’





No sound came from either craft

now, save those of heavy breathing

and rapidly wielded paddles. It was

no time for talk in the craft of the

pursuers. The pair who manned the

paddles were awake to the size of

their task, for the man ahead was driv-

ing his canoe at a furious pace.



Half a mile farther found the two

craft separated by not more than a

hundred feet. Stoddard was breath-

ing heavily, but his arms and body

worked with the same machine-like

precision and power. He even had a

final spurt stored within him, if he





 





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mination.



“The fools!” he muttered.



Behind him two toiling men were

,now calling encouragement to each

other as the distance that separated

them from their quarry lessened, de-

spite the fact that to call cost precious

breath.



“He’s nearly in!” gasped one. “Hang

to it!”



Stoddard caught the words and

flung back a mocking laugh. He

would show them how nearly in he

\V’ilS.



But now another and different

sound reached his ears. It was the





 





   

   

   





   

   

   

 





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“Good Lord!” he thought. “Less

time than I figured! I‘d have missed

it sure if I hadn’t had somebody to

chase me!”



The dock was less than two hundred

yards ahead when he began his spurt.

The quickening of pace was barely per-

ceptible, yet it was a little. The canoe

behind responded to the challenge. But

menty yards now, it was cleaving the

water like a power boat.



Again came the long droning of at

locomotive-whistle, clearer this time

and obviously nearer. '



Stoddard was putting the last ounce

of his strength into his blade,‘ but he

was losing ground. Ten yards sepa-

rated the canoes, and the landing was

still fifty yards away. He was think-

ing rapidly, but did not falter in his

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HAT shall I tell my little girl ?"

writes an anxious mother.

"”She asks so many questions



I don’t want to answer, and I don’t



know how to get around it. I don’t



want to lie, and I don’t know what

to do.”



Why not tell her the truth? Moth-

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“It’s just a story,” I admitted.



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BY MAE Y. MAHAFFY.



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Crochet Design for Centerpiece.





moderately fine thread. Coarser cot-

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C. The work is made back and forth

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‘ CONCERNING GOOD MANNERS-

BY EMMA GARY WALLACE.



Thereis noreason why the boy or

girl on the farm should, not be as gent-

ly mannered as young people any-

where. Sometimes they may not

know the why of some of the customs

they see their town friends use, so

they may hesitate to do the same, but

once having understood these things,

they will readily see the common

sense of it all. First, let us remember

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a guest, you will notice that no one

sits down until the hostess herself has

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The hostess knows when everything is

ready and when each person has been

assigned a seat. Naturally, it is her

privilege to give the signal for all to

be seated. She does it by taking her

place herself. ‘



When an older person comes into

the room, the others all rise and re-

main standing until the last comer has

chosen a. seat. This is again perfectly

right. To remain seated would be as

it the young people said, “I got here

first. Get a seat if you can,” while

rising indicates that any seat is at the

command of the older person.



Bread is never cut at the table. The

slice is broken instead. Neither is a

whole slice or a half slice buttered and

eaten from. It is much freferable to

break a. smaller piece, butter it, and

eat it than to prepare food wholesale

in this manner.



Soup should be eaten from the soup





spoon quietly. To make a noise is an





indication of ill-breeding and very an-

noying to others. Food should be chew-

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again the sound of crunching or of

smacking of lips is very nerve-trying.

The mouth is wiped with a napkin be-

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that an unsightly smear may not be

left upon the glass.



Food passed at the table is handed

to the next person for they, too, may

wish to eat. This would seem an un-

necessary precaution to mention but

people are often met who help them-

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out considering that others, too, may

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her.



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our family had a troublesome abscess

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gle cloth used for the wrappings and

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In cases of grippe and severe colds

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square of paper and burn it at once. If

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but a fire outdoors is better than noth-

ing. All gauze, poultices and other

dressings for sores should go through

the cleansing fire as soon as they are

needed no longer.



Equally important is it that all Oil

rags should be burned. Many a mys‘

terious fire loses all its mystery when

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or other place where the air becomes

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clean enough to be used again drop it

in a tin can and put the can where it

will be out Of harm’s way.



From childhood I was taught never

to sweep dust out of doors but to take

it up and burn it. Of course then I

did not know why, but I am thankful

for that training. When we open the

vacuum cleaner it is never in a

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the dust can be gathered into a large

newspaper. Then the dust and lint

are quickly destroyed by fire. In this

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accumulates on top of windows and

doors is wiped down with a damp old

rag and the rag burned. We can not

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germs of tuberculosis when visitors.

come who are afflicted with the dis-

ease, but we can take extra precau-

tions.



Old millinery, old shoes, Old rags,

old pasteboard boxes and. other waste

should be consigned to the flames the

instant their usefulness is past. Such

things only furnish hiding places for

rats if kept long and are worse than

worthless. The toys used by children

when getting well of contagious diseas-

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destroyed that might chance to fall

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higher than sentiment and the average

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When the soup course is finished the

soup plates and service plates are re-

moved and the fish course served. This

may be trout, white fish, anything in

season. With the fish is served a sal-

ad vegetable, cucumbers, endive or let-

tuce hearts. Or it may be served with

a sauce and the salad omitted. On the

removal of the fish the entree is

brought in, and this in turn is followed

by the roast, the ice, the fowl or game.

Then if two desserts are served the

hot one is served first, to be followed

by the frozen dainty, fruits and bon-

bons, and last of all black coffee.

Cheese may be served just before the

coffee, or a cheese souffle may replace





‘the ice or sherbet.





Who shall be served first is a ques-

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ess but those “having authority,” for

two methods Of procedure are follow-

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right of the host should be served first,

then the guest at his left, and so on,

alternating right and left down the ta-

ble to the hostess. Others decree that

the hostess shall be first served, then

the ladies, right and left in turn, and

lastly the gentlemen. The latter meth-

od is gaining favor, since, if there is a

new dish passed, it is served first to

the hostess who, of course, is expected

to know the correct method of pro-

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If, as is Often the case, there is no

paid help and no daughter Old enough

to be pressed into service as waitress,

the dinner must be served from the

table.



Where the number of helpers is lim-

ited, as is usually the case nowadays,

the soup, salad~ and dessert may be

served at the table by the hostess,

the host carving the roast and serving

the fish. The waitress passes the veg-

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of each guest, Offering them the dish

from which to help themselves. Indi-

vidual portions of food, which are to

be set down in front of the guest are

always put in place from the right, but

the serving dish from which one is to

help oneself is passed at the left.



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tempts which are failures. Most im—

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lukewarm. Have the hot dishes piping

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fish and fowl, and chill those for the

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congealed by cold rob all but the most

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plate of melted ice cream, coming at

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tHow much would our thousands of





acres of light land be worth with a

{similar crop of timber growing on it?

’These beds are three feet by six feet,

and are so thickly dotted with young

trees that the mass effect is that of a

beautiful lawn with a network of

walks. The trees are grown from seeds

and left from one to three years in

these beds. They are then transplant-

ed in rows as shown in Fig. 2.



Fig. 2 shows the actual work of

transplanting. Local people find plen-

ty of work in this operation. The

transplanting develops a vigorous,

compact root system and a more sym-

metrical top. They are also placed

farther apart, giving greater chance

for development. The trees are left

from one to five years in these rows

and are then transplanted to their

final home. This and other necessary

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reforesting. Young men are being

trained as assistant foresters—a prof-

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only to be abandon-

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stances, because of

the lightness of the

soil and again pass-

to the state. The

first tangible effort

to use this land as

forest reserves was

in 1903 when 34,000

acres near Higgen’s

Lake was set aside

for forestry purpos-

es. Other lands

were added to this

and other state re-

serves established

until there are'101,-

468 acres in six

groups. The location

and areas of these

are as follows:

Houghton Lake,





 





Fig. 5. A Fire Line Through the Young Timber.





feet apart, leaving them four feet each

way. The cheapness of this plan is

evident and there is value in it as

well. The trees are placed at the bot-

tom of the furrows where they are

closer to the water and where the dirt

falls around them and acts as a mulch.

That this method gives results is

shown in Fig. 4, which shows a strip

seven years after the transplanting.

This presents much better appearance

than a sand heap or a growth of

weeds and a few scattering trees. Can

you-imagine how this will look twenty

years from now? The trees are so

close that they must grow tall and

straight, making valuable timber.





In driving through the reforesied

area, “roads” will be noticed at fre-

quent intervals, (see Fig. 5). A close

glance will show that the “roads” are

often only plowed strips about ten feet

Wide, and are cultivated during the

summer so that the dirt area may

stop forest fires. These are fire lines.

They extend around each section and

sometimes around each quarter-sec-

tion. The greatest enemy of the for-

est is fire. The annual loss in the

United States is appallingly' estimated

to be $50,000,000. Michigan has a

share in this loss, as in 1881 forty-

eight townships were burned over—

more than 1,000,000 acres, and 135 peo-

ple destroyed. There are 200 miles

of fire lines on the reserves. This is

the most important factor in prevent-

ing losses by fire.



On the highest portions a windmill-

like structure may be seen, a “look-

out,” where a man is stationed in dry

weather to watch for fires and to noti-

fy by ’phone other men so they can

stOp its progress by quick action.



Michigan has six large State Forest

Reserves. The original timber was

cut by‘firms controlled by men promi-

nent in political and industrial circles.

These companies never paid any taxes





38,578 acres; Lake



Superior (Luce 00.),



38,607 acres; Hig-



gin’s Lake, 13,580 acres; Fife Lake,

(Grand Traverse 00.), 7,102 acres;

gemaw County, 4,198 acres.



In addition to the above areas the

Public Domain Commission controls

about 400,000 acres in various coun-

ties. There are forest reserves of vary-

ing sizes in fifty—six counties of the

state. This is land that reverted to

the state because the taxes were not

paid. The policy is to withdraw all

land that will not bring $6 an acre

and use it for forestry purposes.



“Who is this Public Domain Com-

mission?” you ask. The six members

are as follows: The Auditor General,

The Commissioner of Immigration,

one member from the Board of Re-

gents, one from the Board of Agricul-

ture, and a member of the Board of

Control of the College of Mines.



This board has care of all public

lands and forest reserves, absorbing-

the work of the old forestry commis-

sion. Trees are not only grown for

the state reserves but for distribution

at cost throughout, the state. Over a

million trees have been sent out to

private citizens and corporations. Two

and one-half million trees have been

set out on the reserves, over 1400

acres planted. It would take too much

space to tell about the equipment,

such as the 200 miles of fire lines,

twenty miles of ’phone lines, a half

dozen lookout towers, teams, wagons,

headquarters, barn, etc.



What is the expense of this work?

Is this an important factor in the high

taxes? Up to a few years ago the

appropriations for this work had been

meager and the work handicapped.

Recently the legislature has been more

liberal, granting $60,000 a year for the

work. .



As patriotic citizens of a great state,

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N the producing of poultry on the



" farm, the chances for profits under



' proper management are no longer

doubted. The farmer is frequently

urged to increase his flock and the ad-

vice is often good. However, the own-

er of a general farm now paying a

good profit knows that his present bus~

iness is safe and he hesitates to spec-

ulate in the poultry business. It has

generally been considered that one

man will find all the work he can man-

age in the proper care of 1000 laying

hens. I have heard W. H. Card, a

poultry authority, state that a man and

his wife can care for 2000 laying hens

except in the spring during brooding.

time. He mentioned a theoretical plan

he had worked out by which such a

farm could be managed without any

incubation and brooding. Every year

the plan was to sell a certain number

of old hens and buy the same number

of pullets. Such a farm would be an

egg producing proposition without the

troubles and discouragements attend-

ing the incubation work and the brood-

ing of young chicks. He said, how-

ever, that his plan had never been

tried and a lot of Michigan poultry~

men would claim that such a scheme

would never work. It is too difficult

to purchase pullets or” quality and so

the average poultryman must continue

the patience demanding task of. raising

young stock.





In a recent talk with a poultryman

who is using a new type of house he

states that one man can care for 3000

hens with his form of equipment. The

house is built in the form of a gable-

roofed barn and the second floor is

used for the roosting quarters and feed

supply room. The fowls have their

scratching and laying quarters on the

first floor where it is warm in winter

and cool in summer. At. least the

house will not be affected by changes

in temperature in the same measure as

the ground floor poultry heuse. Such

a house enables the breeder to keep a

large number of fowls in one house

and care for them with a minimum of

labor. However, three thousand fowls

in any type of house is a large job for

one man and a skilled manager would

be required to achieve success by such

a method.



Sources of Labor.



Generally speaking, I believe that

the farmer desiring to enter into the

poultry business on a commercial scale

will find it easier to procure labor for

that work than for any other line of

farming. In the first place, poultry

raising is popular and interesting and

the schools teaching agriculture are

constantly turning out young men well

equipped to work on a practical farm

and many of them are willing to begin

their work at comparatively small

wages, due to the fact that the experi-

ence is valuable. The short courses

are steadily turning practical young

farmers into enthusiastic young poul-

trvmen and a great. number of these

men are not lacking in the rudiments

of farm training necessary to make a

practical poultryman. A short course

man in any poultry departmentmay

be willing to take care of a farmer’s

poultry business and accept a moder-

ate income if he is the right sort. Of a

worker. It follows that a farmer will

be willing to increase his wages ac-

cordingly if he is the right kind of a

farmer, hiring the right kind of a man

to make the business profitable.



Poultry farming gives the employe a

steady job throughout the year. The

general farmer may only need his

hired man until the end of the harvest

season. The dairy farmer oflers a

steady job to his hired man but the

work is much harder than caring for

poultry, although the hours are scarce.

ly less‘co‘nflning. It appears that there

are many young men anxious to learn

_‘ the poultry business who would hesi-

Wta at hiring out one dairy farm‘and





ultry Farm Labor”





for this, reason the poultry farmers do



not seem to suffer for labor whenever



they can afford to hire assistance.

The Cost of Help.



Buying man power on a poultry farm

is an economic proposition. It is said

that hired labor ruins poultry profits.

It is true ilhat one man earning fifty

dollars per month will take approxi-

mately the return from 500 hens to

pay his salary, and if board, room and

washing are included, as is often the

case“, it may take more than 500 hens

to equal the cost of maintaining the

man. Howeyer, there is another phase

to the situation. Poultry farming is

confining work and one man must al-

ways bewon the job to insure the best

results. If there are two men 6n the

farm one of them can be absent at in-

tervals and it. makes poultry raising

more enjoyable. At the same time the

extra man can perform considerable

work on the farm aside from the rais-

ing of poultry. During incubation and

brooding time it may take the entire

time of two men. Later in the year

there may be many hours that can be

used for the general work of the farm.

In a case of this kind it is not neces.





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of maintenance to the poultry end of

the business.



An ideal way of handling labor on

the poultry farm is to give the man his

own home so that he will be on the

place with his family. In this way

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can be paid less money and the oppor-

tunity of reducing living expenses by

means of a garden, family cow and a

small private flock of hens will make





his yearly bank account about. the

same. Slowly buildiig up a poultry





business along safe lines will eventu-

ally enable the i'armer to hire this ex-

tra man even if it does take 500 hens

to keep him on the place. Otherwise.

poultry raising may sometimes become

irksome the business is confining

and requires attention seven days of

the week. An extra man means every

other Sunday free for the owner of the

farm, and holidays and vacation peri-

ods can be divided up on a fair basis.

If the farm owner or the hire man

wish to visit the state fair or a poultry

show in a nearby city it is possible,

and without the extra assistance the

shortest trips only can be enjoyed and

an absence of more than five hours

from the poultry plant may result in

serious neglect, with the resulting

losses.





21.8





Two Men Ncessary.



Not every farmer can hire a man,

although it seems that nearly every

phase of' agricultural production re-

quires at least two men to carry on

the business to the best advantage.

However, the supply of poultry work-

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MARCH IN THE POULTRY YARD.





 





March is the most 'mport'ant month

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man’s standpoint. This is the time

when the hatching must be done if we

are to get eggs next winter when the

prices are scaring Skyward. -Of the

largest fowls, such as the Brahmas and

Langshans, chicks must be gotten out

this month, while birds like the Ply-

mouth Rocks and Wyandottes may be

batched in April and still give us a

fair proportion of winter eggs. The

breeding pens of Leghorns and similar

breeds may be made up now for May

chicks.

Those who depend upon the hen to

incubate the eggs will seldom get

many chicks out in March, still we

have had a flock of Rhode Island Reds

that laid well during the winter and

furnished us a nice lot of broody hens

during the month. It is a little early,

however, to expect the hens‘to settle

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first of February and fill the hatching

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Chicks hatched out in early March

should be sold at good prices for

broilers. If they are kept growing in

good shape, the cockerels may be ship-

ped to market about the first of May.

Here is where many farm poultrymen

make a mistake. They keep the cock-

erels too long and the birds eat their

heads off two or three times. If they

are kept it will pay to caponize. When

this is done, practically all the feed

given them goes toward making meat

that will bring a good price in the fall.

With us the March-hatched cockerels

are usually sold for broilers and a lat-

er hatching made to get a few male

birds for the breeding pens next year.



Look after the incubator carefully

and the same advice may be given in

regard to the brooder. The coal-burn-

ing style of colony brooder is the most

economical machine to use. It is the

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ing suitable for the colony brooder can

do very well with the other styles. It

is absolutely necessary to provide

some kind of heat for March chicks.

Later chicks can get along very well

with the fireless brooder.



Time to Hatch Ducks.



At this season the Indian Runner

ducks are laying at their best. As a

general thing it is best not to save any

eggs for hatching until the first of Ap-

ril. The latter part of April or the

first of May is quite early enough for

the ducklings. The same may also be

said of turkeys. Do not hatch the

young birds before May, except in the

warmer sections of the country. Many

poults are killed by too early hatching.

If the ground is warm when they come

out they will grow much faster and be

less liable to disease.



There are usually many cold days

during this month. The hens and

ducks may be allowed a little free

range on warm days but when the

wind blows the birds are much better

off in the house. Colds are often con-

tracted at this season.



New Hamp. C. H. CHESLEY.





 





CARE OF YOUNG CHICKS.





 





During the first two days of the

Chick’s life it should rest and be kept

warm. It is better without having

food until it is forty-eight hours old.

Then the following mixture should be

fed in dry litter and also in a. shallow

tray: Three parts of finely cracked

wheat, three parts of finely cracked

corn, one part steel-cut oats. Keep

some of this in the litter all the time.



Chicks should have access to a clean

drinking fountain Which should be so





 





constructed that they cannot get them-





' selves wet. It is also desirable to give ‘ 1‘





them access to sour skim-milk or but-

termilk. Twice daily the chicks should

receive rolled oats or the following

mixture: Three-parts bread crumbs,

three parts corn bread, one part boiled

egg. This mixture may be fed dry or

it may be moistened with sour milk.





A very small amount of charcoal and'





finely cut green food should also be

fed.





Continue the mixture of wheat, corn

and oats until chicks are four weeks

old, changing gradually from the finer

to more coarsely ground feed. Keep

the following mixture in a box where

chicks may run to it at all times:

Thirty parts wheat bran, thirty parts

corn meal, thirty parts wheat mid-

dlings, ten parts beef scrap, sifted fine

and one part bone meal.





Feed Often.



Keep fine charcoal and grit where

chicks may‘have free access to it.

Feed four times daily. Continue the

green feed and give the chicks milk.

It may be advisable to feed a wet

mash once a day at 4:00 p. In. Feed

only what the chicks will eat up clean

before going to roost Change gradu'

ally from chick food to cracked corn

and wheat. Chickens that are not

yarded should be fed corn‘ and wheat

in litter as a scratch food and should

also have access to a dry mash in a.

hopper where they can help them-

selves.



Raise chickens with the simplest ra-

tions possible. Clean food, consisting

of cracked and ground grains; animal

food, such as sour milk, buttermilk,

commercial meat scrap, and bone

meal; clean water, plenty of shade,

comfortable and dry quarters, freedom

from lice and access to clean fresh

earth are essentials for successful

brooding. ’





Mo. Ag. Col. H. L. KEMPSTER.





SPRING CARE OF DUCKS.





 





With most breeds of ducks early in

March marks the beginning of the lay-

ing season. The yearling ducks will

begin to lay a few weeks earlier than

two—year-old birds, but the eggs are

small and ducklings are sometimes

small and lacking in vigor. The eggs

from older ducks, as a rule, produce

larger, more vigorous ducklings. The

drakes should be strong and vigorous,

and not related to the females. No in-

breeding should be practiced with

ducks. When too many ducks are kept

some of them are sure to be killed

by over—activity of the males.





We begin setting e‘ggs about the mid-

dle of March and continue up to the

first of June, using both incubator and

hens. Duck eggs are usually strongly

fertile when breeding stock is rightly

managed. It is better to set eggs

while fresh, i. e., not over a week old.

When ten days old a. duck egg will

rarely hatch. Some say duck eggs will

not hatch well if washed, but this is a

mistaken notion. They are usually

dirty when gathered from houses and

yards and we always wash them in

cool water. And while saving them to

put in incubator or under hens we turn

them each day.



Best Temperature for Eggs.



We have best success hatching the

ducklings in incubator when machine

registers 102 degrees the first three

weeks, and right around 103 the fourth

week up to the time of hatching. When

they begin to pip the shell, a tem-

perature of 104 or 105 helps to get

them out of the shell with less effort.

They do not pop right out of the shell

like chickens. If they do not~ free them-

selves of the shell the second day after

pipping we gently break the shell and

help them out. The machine should

have more ventilation for ducks than

chickens during the hatching period.

And more moisture must be applied to

duck eggs than chicken eggs during

the period of incubation.



Indiana. FRANCES W001).





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tomers in our large ‘cities. The prices

are always high and the returns come\

Those who feed

their chicks to the end of the season

to make' them weigh more, expend a

good deal of costly feed, waits a good

while for returns, and the profits are

not large. The‘broilers usually sell

for from twenty-five to thirty cents

per pound in June and July, while the

prices for the from six to eight months

old chicks are from ten to thirteen

cents per pound. The broilers furnish

the dainty meat for the fashionable

luncheon at high—class hotels, restau-

rants _and summer resorts.





When raising broiler chicks on the

farm, set the hens that have finished

their first course of eggs during the

latter part of March and the first of

April. If one has an incubator he

can control the time when the eggs

are started on their course of incuba-

tion much better than when hens are

used. Another advantage is in hav-

ing a larger number of chicks hatch

at the same time. .



If one is raising chicks to keep the

flock hens good, they can set two or

more hens at the same time, and then

select out the young cockerels and fit

them for market and sell early, there-

by realizing better profits from them

than can be done if fed until fall and

selling at the low prices that prevail

in the fall or at near holiday time.





The young broiler chicks do not re-





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they are intended to be raised for

breeders. until a little before they at-

tain to the popular broiler weights,

which is from one and a half to two

pounds each.



When fitting for market, put those

sorted out for market in a clean, dry

enclosure and confine them to grain

feeds for about ten days. They should

have plenty of fresh water to drink,

and a comfortable place in which to

roost. The feed generally used is

ground corn meal with a little fine

middlings to make it more palatable.

It is moistened, as the chicks will eat

more of the doughy meal than when

fed dry. Do not feed any more at any

one time than will be readily eaten up

clean. If any feed is left after a feed-

ing, take it away until neXt feeding.

The object should be to keep the appe-

tite good throughout the course.



It is a well known fact that cows'

milk added to the soft feed hastens the

growth and improves the flavor of the

meat. If one has the skim-milk and

can get in touch with a first-class ca-

terer at some fashionable hotel or res-

taurant, they can get an‘extra price

for their broilers if they mix their

feed with milk.

fact that if one can find the right cus-

tomers, that milk—fed broilers sell for

from five to ten cents per pound more

than those where the feed is mixed

with water.



The breeds of hens from which the

highest priced broilers are raised, are

the White Leghorns, White Plymouth

Rocks and White Wyandottes. The

flesh from these breeds is no better

than from the other rapid growing

these breeds, but the delicate white

skin of these breeds meets the popular

demand.





Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





 





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was made from a window sash. The

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except that an opening one foot square

was cut in one end near the floor.

Over this a heavy piece of canvas was

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an inch larger than the 'hole all around.



The hens can easily shove it back

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And it doesn’t take long for them to

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The glass front is removable to

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In the feeder near the front, holes

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This bath ended the dust “fogging”

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itable. G. H. LONG.





TURKEYS HAVE co'UGH.





Can you tell me what is the matter

with my turkeys? They have a cough

that seems to be worse at night when

they are at roost, than it is in the day-

time. At first one hen had it and

now the gobbler seems to be coughing

too. They eat all right. but the hen

acts rather dumpish. I keep them in

a good shed and feed them whole corn.

Is permanganate of potash good to put

in the drinking water for turkeys and

geese?



Montcalm Co. E. M.



The cough your turkeys have con-

tracted is undoubtedly due to the con





dition of the shed in which they roost.





   

   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

   

 

 





 

 





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





   

 

 

 





 





Possibly this shed is damp and lacks

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more serious trouble.

Improper housing conditions for





poultry of all kinds cause nine cases

out of ten of such diseases as roup,

catarrh and colds. Turkeys are very

rugged and can stand staying outside

practically all winter.



Undoubtedly it would be advisable

for you to allow yours to roost out-

doors, or if you desire to keep them in

at night, alter the roosting quarters so

that they will have plenty of ventila-

tion without draft, and be free from

dampness. I



Permanganate of potash is a good

disinfectant for the drinking water for

all kinds of poultry. One or two tea-

spoonfuls of a stock solution is suffi-

cient for ten quarts of water.





 





COLD FLOOR IN CEMENT COOP.





I have a cement block poultry house

and cement. floor.

floor for litter, several inches deep,

but chickens' feet are always cold.

They stand on first one foot and then

the other to warm them. My own feet

get very cold it I stand very long on

the same floor. It doesn't seem damp.

What would you advise?



Van Buren V0. H. T.





A probable reason for the floor in

your coop being cold is that in laying

it you perhaps did not use enough cin-

ders or like material to prevent the

dampness of the ground from going

through.



Cement floors, when compared with

wooden floors, are usually much cold-

er. and on that account it is advisable

to have the litter at least six inches

thick. Even though you may have the

floor properly constructed, and have

plenty of litter on it, you may have

trouble in keeping the coop warm, be-

cause cement poultry house walls, un-

less constructed so that they have

sufficient dead air space in the walls

are very likely to be damp and cold.

The cement absorbs cold and damp-

‘ness and will retain it for some time

after the weather has moderated.



The writer knows of several cement

coops that have been faulty in this

respect, and on that account would not

advise the use of cement or cement

blocks in poultry house construction.

Stucco, however, makes a very good

poultry house.



To rectify this. condition, I would

advise you to provide plenty of venti-

lation and frequently change. the litter

as soon as it absorbs moisture.





 





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Express prepaid. mile g$19.:

Uncle“ lncubahrs 110 egg 515: 60 egg $8.50. Standard

Coal Breeder Stoves Eggand Chick boxes. other .111-

try supplies. Ionia Poultry Supply 00.. Ionia, .\ lch.





POULTRY.





Good stock; fine layers. 30

eggElAS‘Z: 50 $3; 1U0. $5. 9r er





Anconas

NNEL' ON. an ANA





now. T. Z. RICHEY,





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.

Butt and W. Orpingtons. Chicklet catalog tree.





oosuu POULTRY FIRMS, R—19 Men, Indiana





BABY CHICKS AND EGGS





White, Brown Black Leghorno. Barred Rocks. B. I-

Bods. Brod for high egg production. Circular free.

Book orders curly. Sunnybrook Poultry Farms, Hillsdalelllicli.





Cheaper than hatching eggs. We

Baby ChiCks specialize in Leghorns. Rocks and

Rods. Semi for catalogue. Twentieth (‘entvu ry

Hatchery Company, Box 162, New Washington, Ohio.





Eggs, Baby Chicks and Cockei‘els. Four

BIHOd Hock Pullets Layed 9.30 Eggs in one your.

W. 0. Colman. R. 8. Benton Harbor. Michigan.





beat breeding: $3 each, 2 for 35.

B. n. cookerels special price on a number.

A. A. WOOD a ION. SALINE. MICK.



. EGGS FROM STRAIN with

Barred ROCkS ' records to 297 eggs a year. 32

per 15. Delivered by Barcel post. prepaid. Circular

tree. Fred Astlinc. onstnntlne. Mich.





Barred Cockerels {33$ ffiggfi‘éfifdfi’g‘é;





forihatching. Sheridan Poultry Yards.8heridm,Mlo

Barred Plymouth Jflgok Egg: 3°53“ 32}. ‘3‘?" $33:





winning strain. arnum, Union City. Mich.





and flufl' WyandottelCockerels $2

Barred RGCR and $3 fen ectlvelyz also eggs for

hatching. Mrs. R. IV. BLAC , Cliro, Michigan.





 





 





layers. Breeding )BDS (Sliirds) $10 to 3‘1). Eggs





IOHN'Sbig beautiful hen-hatched Barred Rocks.

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30. .50; 100. $7.0irculilrs. ’lioto.John Nonlmn. Chi-glitch.





 





cmcxs are booking orders now for spring do-

, livery. diil'erent varieties, free booklet.

Freoport Hatchery. Box 12. Freeport. Michigan





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Fowler 3 Bull Rocks ......i‘:.‘.‘.e°i.°i§$

sale. From $2 to 85. Also eg in season. White Hol~

land Turkeys all sold. R. Bigowler, Hartford, Mich.





“200-Egg"PedigleeWhiteLeghoms





Bub)! Chicks. Eggs for Hatching

“Bred-today" strain, vigorous. healthy stock, all sired

by Missouri Experiment Station males with pedigrees

of 200 to 274 eggs in one year. Chicks, $25 for 100, $100

tor_.’i00 Eggs for hatching. $10 for 100. housands of

satisfied customers. Book your order at once for

eggs for. hatching and baby chicks of quality. We

sell Magic Brooders. best brooders made. $16.50 each,

capacity 300 to 500 chicks. Catalogue. Michigan

Poultry Farm. Lansing. Mich. “Michigan‘s

Largest Poultry Farm."





FOR SALE

5. C. WHITE LEGHORNS





Day-old chicks and eggs for hatching from thorou h-

hred'S. C. White Leghorns selected with great (3ng

for \‘l or and e roduction at the following prices:

Day-o d chicks per la) in March and April. 817 per

100 in Ma ' and $15 per 100 in June. E3 838 per 100 in

March: per 100 in April and May. $1.55 persettingof

15. Also about 250 selected pullets. April hatched and

now in laying for SLWeach. These birds are oxce -

tional va lie for the money. References given on a l

purchases. Write Krentel Bros. Box 624, Eur Lon-ins. Mioh.





Did You Write to





HOMESTEAD FARMS?





It you did. you will receive, announcement of

Utility-Strain, Finale Comb W h I to Leghorns.

Barred Plymouth Rocks. and Rhode Island Reds.



Perhaps you have not. written but. still may be inter-

ested in what Homestead Farm has to say aboufi'The

Practical Hen for The F» rmer." ‘ -



Eggs and Chicks from lens that. with natural and

convenient farmer, care. have been producing eggs all

winter—a lion bred to practical results the your around.



If you want Eggs or Chicks this Spring. write to.

Homestead Forms. Bloomingdale. Mich.





 





 





 





' . 50.000 S.C.Whlte and Brown Ileghorns at



Bab! chlckS- 810.00 per IUOJQJL‘Oper 1,000.88f96rl‘li‘al

arantced. Also Buyers and Brooders. (‘ntnlogue

roe. Wolverine Hatchery, Box 2221. Zeeland,Mi(-h.





' pure bred Youngs S. C. W. Leghoriis

Bab! chmks and P. ll. Rocks, 8 cents and up. (.‘ata-

logue free. M. Knolls Hatchery, Holland. Mich, “.3.





 





RED tolliy. S. C. White Leghornerom best pens in

Mich. Eggs. Baby Chicks. Cocks, prices low consid-

iug quality. Alsoother breeds. Leon ('. Wheeler. Burryton. Mich.





FOR SALE P‘l{§cx”’i§§g.Wf'éifiiilfi’fll‘fh





CHAS. KLETZLEN, H, MICH.





~' FERRIS WHITE LEGHORNS





Great layers Pullets. liens, breeding

males: eggs for hatching; day old

chicks: from hens laying 2m to 264

eggs. Prices low, quality guaran-

Free catalog and price list explains all.





 





 





 





 





teed. 7

Write for it.





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





 





 





ATCHING Eggul‘rom my 5. C. IV. Legllorns utilit;

750 per 15. If you want to raise some prize winners

send“ for 15. White Line Poultry Farm, HIllSIlfllL‘.MlCll.





RUFF LEGHORNS Pullets. HeiisJPens. Eggs.

All very reasonable.

Dr. Wllulm A. Smith, Peter-bum. Mich.

E G G s for setting from R. C. Brown Leg

7 horns. leading strains in America

Also W. China Geese and M. Pokin ducks.

MRS. CLAUDIA BETTS, Hillsdlle. Michigan





Eggada Whit- Illandotlis. ififiitf‘hsftomsgislilt’

EGGA A1 RANCH. Marshall. Mich.





 





My Young's Strain S. C.“’liite

lmplove Your POUllrll Legliorlis are great money

milkem. Stroligmlgorous. lu‘ed—to-laflstock. llaby chicks

$8 to $1] per 100. Sltisfnctlou guaranteed. Large 0 rdms filled.

Free catalogue. W. Vlli Applcdorii. Holland. lll'll.. ILT, Box Hi





llllllll S. o. W. lEEHlllllB. ifil‘é‘liifiifif‘ivt‘fifié





~no less. Select/ed hatchlnfi Eggs. Stron day-old

Chicks. Everfresh Egg arm, Ioniii. flit-higau





- o ' t k—

l’lne Crest S. C. White .:.fi;“g.3?g..fggg.

c3 and 3 per 15. utility $8.00 per 100. Mfrs. WILLIS

HOUGH. Pine Crest. Farm. Royal Oak. Michigan.





 





RHODE ISLAND REDS i nd PLYMOUTH ROCKS

Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to 33032 to $5: P.B. hens

weight 5 to 10 lbs.. eggs 1.") for S .00: l . ; . _

Mammoth Bronze Tom Turkeys. 8 to 38lbs. according.

to In 86 to $5, 10 eggs {3. A. E. Craintou. Vnunr, Mich.





' Both C b . D .

II. I. lied Chicks and Eggs. w...e;’£‘,,“mafi‘:.§°§,

more Michigan farmers than any other strain Catalog.

free. Interlilkes Farm. Box 39. Lawrence, Mich





R .d . . '

Rosa Comb llholio Island og;,,,,‘fwf’;§.ffi‘_i5os;;§‘1€2

afterFeb. 15. Jennie Buell. Ann Arbor. R. 8.. Mich.

Eggs and Chicks. P reb d

R. and S- C. Reds. stock. Also good Scciltch 6:“-

lle Pups. 0. E. Hawley, Ludln. ton, Mich.

HODE I. \Vhites wi in the egglayin contest. Best





g and market tow . Eggs 5?. pier 15, 3 per 46. Baby





8

chic s. H. H.Jump. Jackson, ichignn.





 





 





 





 





s c w Leghom Eggs for Hatching. also breedin

f . ‘ - stock. If you want Leghorlis that will lay an

Win write us. “Hill-Crest Poultry Farm," Ypsilanti, Mich





 





ROSE Comb Rhode Island Rod. Eggs for hatching.

B pecial dark cherry red mating $1.50 and exhibition.

muting 82 per 15 eggs. Ridguisn Red Form. qu'JUich. 11.4





S. 0. BUFF URPINGTONS





Bred for Heavy Laying 16 years—My Strain

World's Greatest Egg Producers. Eggs and Chicks.

Cir. Free. Will Schadt. Box 1087. Goshen, Indiana.





 





 





' Brown Leghorn eggs for hatchi . Also

3mg" cub day-old chicks. Order no?

aliiie. Mich. R. D. No. 4.





SILVER. Golden. White Wynndottel. A few good

Golden cockcrcls left. Eggs from farm flock.Whitea 81.50 pcr 15;

otherssa per 15. $5 perso. (hWBrowmng. II. 2 Portland. chli.





Frank Cambum,





 





 





“it. Wynndottes cooks and cockerels snow white from

fine stock and A 1 layers $2. $3. andSS each.

~ DAVID RAY. 202 Forest Ave. Ypsilanti. Michigan'





 





 





 





   





 

 

 

 





 

 

   

   

   

   

 

 

 





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Part Played in Problem by

Transportation —— Nationall

Treatment for a" National

Enterprise.





 





IN every part of the country the

farmers are turning their attention

to questions relating to the handling

of their products after they leave the

farm. Transportation is a part of

this problem. The cost of reaching

their markets and the ability to reach

them promptly ‘at the right time are

important factors in determining the

returns from their crops.





Low Freight Rates





Fortunately the American farmer

has at his command the lowest freight

rates in the world.. It costs no more

to move a load of wheat 500 miles by

rail than it does to haul ’it five miles

from farm to station by team. A ton

of farm produce of any kind ,can

travel almost twice as far for the





same charge on American railroads as 1





on the government—owned roads of

other lands. ‘



The cheapness of transportation is

not the whole issue. To meet the

needs of the farmer transportation

facilities must be ample. There must

be plenty of tracks and cars and loco—

motives and sufficient terminals.





Billion a Year Needed





The railroads are anxious to pro-

Vide means to take care of all the

business they can obtain. But a vast

outlay of money is required. A bil-

lion and a quarter dollars a year for

the next ten years or more must go

into railroads to provide the necessary

transportation facilities.



During the past few years it has

become more and more diflicult to

obtain even in part, the money re—

quired for this purpose. This has

been due partly to the poor promise

of a satisfactory return on the invest—

ment; partly to the uncertainty

~created by numerous and conflicting

regulations.





Regulate for all the People





Nobody seriously proposes that the public

regulation of railroads shall be weakened.

Certainly the railroads themselves do not.

But 1t is a reasonable proposal that the regu-

lation of this great national business should

be handled by national agencies, on national

lines, in the 1nterest of all the people, and not

by local agencies to serve local or sectional

ends.



Regulation at cross purposes by 49 masters

~48 states and the federal government—now

imposes upon the railroads an annual burden

of many millions of dollars of wasteful ex-

pense, frOm which the public derives no bene-

fit. It 15 of primary importance to the farmer

to cut down this waste in order that his pro-

ducts may be moved to market at the least

expense and with the greatest possible

expedition.



The farmer’s interest' demands free trade

among the states.





RAILWAY EXECUTIVES’

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

61 Broadway New York City





FRANK TRUMBULL, Chairman





FRANCIS H. SISSON, Arrirtant

ALFRED P. THOM, Coumtl

R. LOVE





B. F. BUSH TT

Receiver Mo. Pacific Ry. CSh. Union PacificR. R.

A. PJie EAR NG C. H. A KHAM

s.C. M.& Ry. Pres. Ill. Cent. R. R.





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HOWARD ELLIOTT SAMUEL LREA

Ch .N. Y. N. &H.





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W. J. HARAHAN A. H. SMITH

Pres. Seab’ rd Air Line Ry Pres. N. Y Central Lines

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REE H. WALTERS

Pres. D. & H.C Ch. Atantic C’st Line R.

DANIEL WILLIiAR .

Pres. B. &O. R.





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Observatlons on

LL students of marketing agree

A that the best system for the



fruit grower to dispose of his

products is the co-operative method.

Experience in our own state and else-

where has corroborated the conclu-

sions of these students.





Yet the plan of selling has not as

yet been generally adopted by fruit

men. Only a very small portion of the

fruit grown in Michigan is handled by

co-operative associations. Ignorance

and suspicion'have been real "obsta-

cles in the road of extending the idea.

Interests that promised to be affected

by the change have also done much to

stem the awakening. But recent suc-

cesses of the plan are commanding

the attention of a large circle of grow-

ers and there is promise of greater

things in the near future.



Important among the services ren-

dered by the associations is the cen-

tral packing house work. This is of

great value because it leaves the grow-

er his time to harvest, standardizes

the grades, supplies fruit in large

quantities, guarantees the product to

the public, finds markets and looks af-

ter the details of selling, shipping and

collecting and does this all at actual

cost.



Many farmers feel they can do this.

work better on the farm, forgetting

that they will/lose out in selling, even

where grading and packing are done

as perfectly as in the packing house;

for buyers appreciate the service of

the association, give more heed to its

guarantee, and offer better figures to

one who, with the service, can supply

a large volume of fruit.



The great bulk of the fruit consum-

ed is delivered to consumers in differ-

ent packages than those in‘which the

producers sold it. Only about ten per





packages. Now we cannot force peo-

ple to take fruit as we pack it if they

do not want it that way. We had bet-





Every farm, where produce is bought

and sold, should have a standard

scales. In determining the profits and

losses in farming, nothing will figure

so largelyas a good set of farm scales

properly installed. A set of scales is

an absolute necessity to the stock rais-

er and to the dairy farmer. They are

just as important to the average farm-

er who has more or less live stock,

produce, etc., to sell. They also come

in handy to check up goods bought.

The farmer who lets his land for a

grain rent basis will find a pair of.

scales invaluable and the scales will

weigh all grain equally and in this

way many a dispute will be avoided.

I have .heard men say that their scales

paid for themselves in even a single

season. I have reason to believe that

this is true, especially if much produce

and stock are sold direct at the farm,

or again, if the produce is'delivered to

the city or home marketrone can soon

tell if there is a difference in, the

weight and if the buyer is honest or

not. ,



A scale of about five tons capacity

with an 8x12 or 14-footplatform, will

answer about every requirement on

the average farm. A scale of' this size

and capacity will permit the weighing

of different materials, such as grain,

hay, stOck, etc. A short coupled or a

long-coupled wagon can be weighed

with equal accuracy. This is an ad-

vantage OVer a small scale since on





 





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Marketing Fruit





ter put it up so it will appeal to them.

Fruit exhibited in a small package

that consumer can purchase intact is

far more compelling than the same

grade in a half-empty barrel.



While many wholesalers favor bar-

rels because they are easily handled,

retailers show their disrespect by not

exhibiting the fruit in these recepta-

cles. It is certain that as the years go

by we are going to sell more and more

of our apples,»pears and peaches in

smaller packages. Few men are do-

ing this now, while the great majority

are neither doing it, nor getting the

advantages. Consequently the middle-

men take advantage of the situation.

They buy from growers in barrels at

nominal figures and then pack in

small receptacles and resell on wide

margins. The central packing house

is in a position to take care of this

matter for the grower.



The greatest good will follow the

general federation of local associa-

tions. Such an organization will tend

to eliminate the bulk of inferior goods

going onto the market, will concen-

trate the distribution 01" large quanti-

ties under a single head, which will

do away with many evils now hamper-

ing the trade and institute a number

of advantages. Having large quanti—

ties of fruit to offer insures buyers

that their wants can be cared for,

keeps the consumer supplied whenever

the fruit is wanted and prevents over

and under supplying of markets.



Growers in out-of-the-way places

could avail themselves of the advan-

tages of the central packing house un;

der the federation plan. Their fruit

as it is picked, could be placed in op-

en barrels and shipped to the nearest.

packing house where grading and

packing would be done the same as

with other fruit received.





(Synopsis of paper given by James

Nicol, Secretary of the South Haven

Fruit Exchange at the recent meeting

of the State Horticultural Society).





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About the Farm Scales





sold and delivered by team to- the

home market.



It is important that the scales be

placed or installed somewhere so they

will be protected from the rain and

snow and from the extreme action of

freezing and thawing. Our scales are

built along one side of the barn and

are covered. On the other side of the

scales we have a corn crib and this





gives ample protection. They very se1-.





dom get out of order and are tested

once or twice a year. A good place to

install a scale is near the stock feed-

ing pens. In this way we can weigh

the fattening stock every few days,

from which we can determine whether

they are being fed atva profit or at a

loss. If the scales are near much time

is saved and the difficulties of driving

the stock~on .and off are overcome,

since they can be driven on the scales

and back again directly into the feed-

ing yard or pen.



Cement makes a permanent founda-

tion for a set of scales and Willpre-

vent them from settling at the corners

or along the sides. If the sills are put

up of cement they should be cavered

with about two inch planking and in

this way the edges of the cement work

will not become chipped off When a.

heavy load is driven over the scales.

Gravel or crushed stone of some kind

makes a very good material to grade

the road on each side of, the scale.

This will also prevent much mud and

other dirt being carried ,in large quan-





   

 





 





the platform and will Sometimes throw '

the scale out of. balance or out of

working order entirely until the dirt

has been removed. Good drainagerbe-

neath ‘and all around the scale is nec-

essary and very important if they are

to stay in good working order for a

reasonable length of time. Live stock





should not be allowed to run over the





scales at all times. A gate system

about the barn or scales will prevent

this.





. Pennsylvania. H. W. Sworn.





To Get a Square Deal





OUR co-operative peach-packing as-



sociations in Michigan have. been



using a blacklist to protect them

from local dealers who have been in

the habit of giving the farmers dishon-

est treatment on‘peach deals. Now, if

a dealer is not square with one asso-

ciation he cannot obtain a. car of

peaches from any of the four. and by

this method of co-operation the farm-

ers producing peaches are receiving a

measure of protection which they have

not enjoyed in the past.



Some local dealers have frequently

received first-class consignments of '

peaches and then complained that

many of them were in poor condition.

These dealers planned to dispose of

the car as rapidly as possible and then

send the farmer a small price because

of the alleged inferior condition of the

fruit. One large producer has been

selling peaches through an association

on a 15 per cent basis. The local deal-

er receiving the consignment receives

15 per cent of the sale price and de-

livers them to the consumer at the

best price he can obtain. This peach

grower maintains that the '15 per cent

basis is the most satisfactory method

of selling peaches which he has discov-

ered and hopes to maintain such a sell-

ing system in the future exclusively.

When an association can sell the bulk

of their fruit to local dealers through

such an arrangement, they have solv-

ed their most serious marketing prob-

lem, providing they can deal with hon-

est buyers. The blacklist is very valu-

able in eliminating the local dealers

who handle peaches strictly for their

own personal benefit without regard to

the producer. '



There are many honest and conscien-

tious local dealers who will do all in

their power to give the producer a

square deal and often in the past two

years it has been difficult to handle

peaches to the best advantage. The

peach farm turning out a first-class

product can only safeguard its output

by co-operation and the honest local

grocer is the farmer’s best friend,

while the dishonest dealer can be prac-

tically eliminated.





Ingham Co. R. G .KmBY.





GRIMM ALFALFA SEED PRODUC-

ERS’ CO-OPERATE.





 





The growers. of Grimm alfalfa seed

in North Dakota are co-operating in

marketing their seed. The seed is now

being sent to Fargo where it is being

cleaned and scarified. No seed istak—

en that contains seeds of, ’noXious



w.eeds one member has fifty bushels

of seed but when tested at the seed

laboratory at the Agricultural College

it was found to contain mustard so it

had to be rejected. The result is that

this member ’Will have to sell his‘seed

for about half what it would sell for

through the association.



B. Byron Bobb, president, and W. R

Porter secretary of the Grimm Alfalfa.

Producers’ Association of North Da-

kota, have worked out a. system for

having the Grimm alfalfa fields regis-

tered a good deal the same as is "done

for pure-bred live stock and they are

further insisting that no seed will be

sold by the association that has any

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during the past few years. Minnesota

seems to be the location of the great-

est activities in this development. At

a conference recently held, S. S. Beach,

director of a Minnesota Live Stock

Shipping Association, told how the

work had begun and developed there.



Previous to the organization of his

the marketing of live

stock was both dificult and unsatisfac-

tory. It was mostly sold to local buy-

ers; as most of the farmers did not

have enough stock to make up a car-

load at any one time. There were sev-

en buyers making their headquarters

in his town and each of these was

driving a, team through the country

seven days in the week. Mr. Beach

figured that any one of these buyers

would have to drive.1070 miles to make

up a carload of stock. Of course, the

expenses of these trips had to be got-

ten out of the margins on the stock

traded in. The seven buyers were sup-

posed to be competing one with anoth-

er in the prices they paid the farmer.



The shipping association was not or-

ganized but grew up itself. One man

did not have enough cattle to make a

car so he asked his neighbors to help

fill the car. The sale was so satisfac-

tory that the next time cattle were

shipped by those men, other farmers

asked the privilege of putting in some

cattle. The idea caught, and in a little

while several cars were required to

carry the cattle‘to market. Soon they

had to organize to take care of the

business. The first year the farmers

that had thus drifted together ship-

ped 179 cars. They estimate that the

number of cars they will ship this year

will be 300. There are now 2,500 mem-

bers in this single association, and it

embraces several townships.



The state afterwards employed Mr.

Beach to go our and organize like as-

sociations. There are now 300 such

associations in the state, sixty of

which were organized by him.



It had been found that some of the

practices of the trade had been not en—

tirely justified. There was the shrink-

age problem. Formerly many of their

bills had shown large shrinkage when

the sales were reported from the stock-

yards. But the co-operative shipping

associations adopted the practice of

weighing their animals before ship-

ment. These weights were compared

vith the weights at the stock yarns,

and they had been surprised to find

that there was very little difference.

Sometimes the shipping‘weights were

less than those recorded at the stock

yards.

figure they have made a considerable

. saving.



His association carries the co—opera-

tion into the buying of feed, most of

which they secure from the farmers’

elevators. The Hutchinson association

owns its own feed store.



Illinois. H. F. TIIURS’I‘ON.





MILK PRODUCERS UNITE.





 





The Grand Rapids Milk Producers’

Association held its annual meeting

March 1, at the court house, Grand



‘ Rapids, with a large attendance. Steps

were taken to form the Grand Rapids

Dairy Company, with $75,000 capital,

to operate a central distributing plant

and take core of the dairy products of

its members. The board of directors

oflthe new company is composed of





' Thomas Boylon, Louis Ohler, M. W.-





Willard, Cyrus Hunsberger, James



Carmody, John Buth and A. N. Hyser.



It is ”planned to dispose .of 500 shares

-. of stock at $100 each before June 1,



and ninety-one of the farmers present

.-.at this first meeting agreed t6 take

done or more shares.





 

 





7.";3 About 400 producers. are supplying“

331,11ka Grandnapids through the re‘ ed and bought. the creamery at Chat-

- cyhave been dissat- ham, paying $1,750 for same.





 





 

 





”er exactions that cut off the already





In this matter also the farmers





 





isfied for sometime over prices and

uncertain market conditions. The city

passed a stringent milk ordinance re-

quiring tuberculin tests along with oth-





slender profits. But the soaring prices

of dairy feeds, labor and almost all in

cidentals in the business have put

many dairymen out of business and

have made. it absolutely necessary for

the ones who kept their cows to get

more money for their milk. It was,

only last fall that the price of milk to

producers did not average over seven-‘

teen cents per gallon. The farmers

organized and held out for twenty

cents a gallon. It has been a stiff fight

but this price for the most part has

prevailed. Figuring conservatively

that 4,000 cows on the farms around

Grand Rapids are supplying consum-

ers with 8,000 gallons of milk daily,

this increase of three cents means

$240 daily, or $87,600 a year, which is

a tidy sum that has been saved to the

farmers through cooperation.



Spring is approaching and pressure

is being brought to bear to get cheap-

er milk. At this meeting the produc-

ers unanimously voted to hold out for

twenty-cent milk, or otherwise they

will use it at home or ship it to the

condensary at Wayland. They feel

that milk will go higher and that the

peddlers who refused to sign con-

tracts at twenty cents will be sorry.





A number of interesting talks were

given. G. P. \Nirt, treasurer of the Bat-

tle Creek Milk Producers’ Association,

told of the stiff battle that has been

faught and won there by the Calhoun

farmers. W. B. Liverance, field man-

ager of the State Association of Cream-

eries, read a tentative draft of articles

of association and by-laws for use by

the new organization. R. H. Elsworth,

field agent for the United States De-

partment of Agriculture, gave helpful

advice, urging the importance of good

management and of the absolute 10y-

alty of members in all cooperative

work. Kent county agriculturist, H. C.

Smith, spoke briefly in commendation

of the plan.



Milk producers strongly favor the

opening of a Central distributing depot

in Grand Rapids. Details will be work-

ed out later but it looks as though the

new dairy company would retail its

own products and that a hundred or

more of the peddlers will be out of

jobs. It is figured that the peddler’s

profit averages 100 per cent and that

he has been getting the lion’s share

of the returns for many years.



The Grand Rapids Milk Producers’

Association will be continued, in affili-

ation with the new company, and offi-

cers were elected as follows: Presi-

dent, Thomas Boylon; vice-president,

M. W. Willard; secretary-treasurer, C.

Hunsberger; business committee, M.

W. Willard, L. P. Ohler, James Car-

mody, C. Hunsberger; executive com-

mittee, John .Buth, C. Sproat, W. S.

Lamoreaux, G. A. Baker and H. D.

Perkins.





Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFEN.





 





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tal, has been formed, with George J.

Hicks as president and L. C. Foote as

secretary. It is an outgrowth of the

Saginaw County Milk Producers’ Asso-

ciation, and it is planned to retail milk

as well as to manufacture ice cream,

cheese and butter.



The Allen Cooperative Shippers’ As-

sociation in Hillsdale county, has

elected J. J. Graham as president and





John Duryea as secretary. The organ-

ization is thriving. .

The Nashville “Coops” in Barry





county have made a fine showing dur-

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President, Edward Liebhauser; vice-

president, L. D. Gardner; secretary-

treasurer, B. Hayes Tieche; manager,

A. A. Olmstead. It was voted to in-

crease the membership from 100 to

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March 6, 1917.



Wheat—During the past week the

wheat market has shown a general

tendency upward, the price for the

best grades of cash wheat passing the

$2 mark. National politics was a bear»

ish factor on Monday, however, result

ing in a small decline from Saturday’s

closing. This was due to the failure

of congress to sanction the administra-

tion bill providing for the arming of

merchant vessels. It is generally be-

lieved that exports from this country

would have been greatly encouraged

had this measure become law. Despite

the difficulties of exporting, foreign-

ers were active on American markets,

as Belgium, France and other western

European countries are in great need

of this cereal. In the winter wheat

fields of this country conditions appear

to favor the bulls as over large seed

tions moisture is needed, and in other

parts the plant is exposed to the ele-

ments. One year ago No. 3 red wheat

was quoted at $1.16 per bushel. Last

week’s Detroit quotations were:





 





No. 2 No. 1



Red. 1Whg/te.1 gay

Wednesda . .1.941/;,; .89 3 .

Thursday y. . . .1.96 1.91 1.991/2

Friday ......... 1971/; 1.921/2 2.01

Saturday ....... 2.02 1.97 2.05

Monday ........ 2.01 1.96 2.04

Tuesday ...... . .2 021 1971/2 2051/2





- 2

Chicago—May wheat $19094; July

$1.59%5; September $1.461/2.

Corn—Further advances have been

recorded in this market and prices

are now making new records for Am-

erican trade. The cereal is in active

demand while stocks are limited. The

visible supply shows an increase of

only 99,000 bushels, which is small for

this season of the year. One year ago

No. 3 corn was quoted at 700 per bu.

Last week’s Detroit quotations were as

follows;





No. 3 No. 3



Mixed Yellow

Wednesday ........ 1.06 1.07

Thursday .......... 1.06 1.07

Friday . . ........... 1.07 1/2 1.08 1,6

Saturday ........... 1.081/2 1.09 V2

Monday ............ 1.101/2, 1.111/2

Tuesday 1 12





........... 1.11 .

Chicago—May corn $1.08%; July

$1.07%; Sept. $1.06%.

Oats.——The oat deal has been follow-

ing corn and wheat, and the trade con-

tinues firm at the new figure. The

visible supply decreased 1,687,000 bu.

during the week. Demand is active. A

year ago standard oats were quoted at

450 per bushel. Last ‘week’s Detrmt

prices were;





No. 3



Standard. White.

Wednesday ........... 6 1/2 64

Thursday ............. 64 1/2 64

Firday ................ 64 1,§ 64

Saturday .............. 65 64 1A,»

Monday ............... 66 1/2 66

Tuesday .............. 67 1/2 67





Chicago—May oats 600; July 57%0



Rye—This cereal has made further

advances. Offerings are small and the

market firm with Cash No. 2 quoted at

$1.53 per bushel.



Beans.——-l’rices in this department

keep climbing .to higher levels with

stocks limited and the demand active.

Cash beans are now quoted at $7.50.

On the Chicago market values are

firmly held with the supply small and

demand good. Michigan pea beans,

hand-picked, $7.35@7.50; red kidneys

$6.75@7.15. At Greenville farmers are

offered $7.10.



Peas.——Field peas are firm in Chi-

cago with stocks in. small supply,

quoted at $3.60@3.75, sacks included.



Seeds.—Prime red clover $11.70;

March $11.20; alsike $11.50; timothy

$2.55 per bushel.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





Flour.—-—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $10; seconds $9.70; straight

$9.40; spring patent $10.60; rye flour

$9.00 per bbl.

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

are: Bran $40; standard middlings

‘ $39@40; fine middlings $41@42; crack-

ed corn $44@45; coarse corn meal $43

t@44; corn and cat chop $39@40 per

on.



Hay.—In carlots at Detroit: No. 1

timothy $14.50@15; standard timothy

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

light mixed $13.50@14; No. 1 mixed

$13.50@14; No. 1 clover $12@12.50.



Pittsburg.——No. 1 timothy $16@

16.50; No. 2 timothy $14@15; No. 1

light mixed $14.50@15; No. 1 clover,

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DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Butter.-—This product continues in

good demand at prices 1c lower than

last week. Quotations are as follows:

Creamery extras 390; do firsts 37c;

packing stock 241/2c.



Elgin.—Market is steady at unchang-

ed prices. The price, based on sales,

is 40c.



Chicago—Market continues steady

at unchanged prices. The supply is

moderate and demand fair. Extra

creameries 40c; extra firsts 38@39c;

packing stock 26@261A;c.



Poultry—The market is quiet and

easy at unchanged prices except for

spring chickens which are 1c lorwer.

No. 1 spring chickens 21@220; No. 2

do-200; No. 1 hens 22@23c; No. 2 do

200; small do 17@19c; ducks 23@24c;

geese 22@23c; turkeys 25@26c.



Chicago—Prices are higher for good

weight springers and fowls. The mar-

ket is firm at present prices. Fowls

15@200; spring chickens 17@21c;

ducks 17@220; geese 22@23c; turkeys

12@200.



Eggs.—-Increased receipts caused a

weakening of the market and lower

prices. Firsts 311/gc; current receipts

301/20 per dozen.



Chicago—The liberal receipts have

caused lower prices.

however, is good at present levels. At

this time of the year wide variations

in prices are to be expected. Fresh

firsts 291/20; ordinary firsts 28@281/2c;

miscellaneous lots, cases included, 28

@29%c per dozen.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





Apples—Market firm with prices

higher. Baldwins $5@6; Spy $6@6.50;

King $5.75@6. At Chicago prices are

slightly higher than last week but the

feeling is easy on account of increas-

ed receipts. No. 1 stock sells at $4@7

per bbl; No. 2 at $2.25@3; orchard

run $3.50@4.



Potatoes.—In carlots at Detroit in

sacks, Michigan long white $2.85;

Wisconsin $2.79@2.80. At Chicago no

Michigan stock was reported. Market

is steady but quiet and prices are low-

er on account of increased receipts.

Prices range from $2.25@2.60 per bu.





 





At Greenville the market is unsettled ne

' with practically nothing to quote.





WOOL.





 





There is no cessation in the advance

of this market. Prices keep right on

going up and the end does not yet ap-

pear in sight. Out west the buyers are

working the territory hard and prices

to the farmers have advanced several

cents in the past few weeks. This

trend of affairs is keeping the produc-

ers optimistic and encouraging men

who are in need of wools, and specu-

lators, to go the limit in meeting the

figures asked. Last season’s good

wools are practically cleaned out and

already manufacturers have had to do

some substituting of lower grades, a.

practice which will be general later on.





 





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





Potato prices have fluctuated greatly

during the past week, sales being re-

ported at $2.75@3 at. Traverse City,

Cadillac and other points, then prices

suddenly dropping off 50 to 75c. At

present $2.75 is the top price here,

while $2.40@2.50 would probably be a

fair quotation at outside loading sta-

tions. The bean market is also erratic

and while Grand Rapids buyers quote

at $6.50@7, quotations at Charlotte,

which is in a bean district, are $7.25

and sales are reported elsewhere at

$7. Red kidney beans are quoted here

at $6. The egg market is lower. One

local retail dealer has been selling

fresh eggs from Iowa and other west-

ernstates at 36c during the past week

and local quotations this week are

down to 28@30c. No. 1 dairy butter is

worth 28@300; grain quotations at the

mills are as follows: No. 2 red wheat

$1.87; corn $1.05; oats 650; rye $1.25;

barley $1.10; buckwheat 950. Live

fowls are worth 18112c; dressed hogs

151/2c.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





The trading at the Eastern Market

Tuesday morning was on a relatively

small scale, although for this reason

the quantity of apples offered was fair-

ly large. The range of prices on this

fruit was from 75c@$2.25 with a few

going a little better; potatoes $3 for

average run; parsnips $2.00; carrots

$1.50; lettuce $1; eggs 50c.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

, , March 5, 1917.

Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 112 'cars; hogs 35 d. d.; sheep 40

d. d.; calves 800 head.

With 112 cars of cattle today the

demand was strong, with the bulk sell-





 





The demand, @





ing 10@15c higher and in some cases

some of the shipping cattle looked 250.

a hundred higher. The best shipping

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prices. There were very few stockers

here and they sold at steady prices.

Good butcher and shipping bulls sold

about steady, but the common light

bulls were slow and 15@25c lower. We

look for a fair run of cattle next Mon-

day and a good trade.



Our receipts of hogs were very light

today, consequently a sharp advance

in prices was the result. One or two'

loads of fancy hogs sold at $14.85, with

the bulk from $14.50@14.75; pigs and

lights $13@13.50; roughs generally at

$13.50; stags $10.50@11.50. Every-

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With a moderate run of lambs today

our market opened active or. handy

lambs but dull on heavy, with prices

steady with the close of last week. We

look for about steady prices balance

of the week, depending chiefly on the

receipts.



We quote: Lambs $14.50@14.75;

cull to common $13@14; yearlings $13

13.75; wethers $12.25@12.50; ewes

$11@11.50; bucks$ 10@10.50; best

calves $14.25@14.50; common and

light $10@12.50; heavy $8.50@11;

grassers $6@6.50. _





 





Chicago.

March 5, 1917.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.





Receipts today..13,000 40,000 16,000

Same day 1916. .16,841 48,437 17,427

Last week ...... 45,659 166,196 59,928

Same wk 1916. .44,550 181,191 65,748





With meager Monday cattle receipts,

the demand is singularly slow, but

prices will rule. it is generally believ-

ed, at least 10@15c higher. It is a

wonderful hog market with prices 30

@40c higher, and the best selling at

$14.30. Hogs received last Week aver-

aged 204 lbs. Lambs of the best grade

brought today $14.75, an advance of

25c, the supply being very small, and

sheep and yearlings developed firm-





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Cattle have continued to sell at far

higher prices for another week than

in former years, although during the

last half of the week prices were very

largely 10@15c lower on decreased

buying orders for various descriptions.

The greater part of the beef steers

have been selling at a range of $9.60@

11.25, with the extreme range of tran-

sactions from $6.75@7.50 for a limited

number of inferior little steers up to

$11.60@12.15 for choice to extra cattle

of heavy weights. There was but a

small showing of strictly prime cat-

tle, whether heavies or yearlings, and

more could have been used advantage-

ously than arrived on the market.

Steers grading as good found-buyers

readily as a general rule at $10.80@

11.50, while a medium grade of steers

brought $9.65@10.75, these cattle be-

ing short-feds. There were plenty of

light weight steers of only fair quality

selling at $8@9.60, while yearlings of

desirable quality sold freely at $10@

11.90, the choicer class fetching $11

and upward and sales all the way

down to $8.50@9.50 for common to fair

lots. Butchering cattle were plentiful

and in good demand at extremely high

prices, cows going at $6.50@9.85 and

heifers at $6.25@10.50. Cutters were

good sellers at $5.90@6.45, while can-

ners sold at $5@5.85 and bulls at $6@

9.75. Calves sold actively most'of the

time, with buyers paying.$6@12.25 per

100. lbs., the late top being $11.50.

There was a fairly large trade in

stockers and feeders, with the former

selling at $6.50@9.10, buyers paying

the higher prices for prime little year-

lings, while feeders brought $8.35@

9.50, although very few went anywhere

near the top figures. A larger outlet

for these cattle in the near future and

higher prices seem probable, and the

spring-like weather and competition

from the packers will make a marked

difference in feeder values. The week’s

cattle receipts were much smaller in

number than a week earlier.



. Hogs were in as strong local and

eastern shipping demand as ever dur-

ing the past week, and further sharp

advances in prices took place, with

prime heavy butcher weights selling

at top figures and prime selected light

weight “sin eing” lots going near the

highest fi res. On Monday prices

were marked up 15@25c, although the

receipts on that day amounted to 60,-

602 hogs. The price of dead hogs has

been marked up one-quarter of a cent

a. pound, making the price two and a

quarter cents. Chicago stocks of pro-

visions amount to 139,024,175 pounds,

comparing with 120,731,340 pounds a

month ago and 132,825,563 pounds a

year ago. Provisions are headed the

same way as hogs, and further advanc-

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large, and on last Monday 16,761 hogs

were shipped from Chicago. The clos-





ing day of the week saw the highest





prices for hogs ever paid, with light

bacon lots selling at $13.05@13.65;

heavy packers at $13-.40@13.80; heavy

shippers at $13.80@13.90; light ship-

pers at $13.70@13.80 and pigs at $10.25

@1325, pigs weighing around 135

pounds selling highest. The week’s

hog receipts were materially reduced.

‘ The sheep market was active last

week, but buyers were more exacting

than usual, and prime fat lambs had

to be sold well below the high time a

few weeks ago, when the top stood at

$15 per 100 pounds. Colorado flock-

masters have been furnishing a good

many lambs, and these were apt to be

too heavy for the popular taste, so

that owners were forced to accept

much lower prices than were paid for

the best lambs of medium weight.

Shippers took a good share of the of-

ferings,. feeders comprising a large

part. Prices closed as follows: Lambs

$12.25@14.50; feeding lambs $12.50@

14.10; yearlings $11.25@13.75; weth-

ers $11.25@12.50; ewes $7.50@12;

bucks $8.75@11; shorn lambs brought

$11@13. ,1 ’



Horses were in smaller supply last

week than a year ago, and prices were

mostly maintained, with a fair demand

for army horses, which sold at $125@

150 for riders and $150@160 for gun-

ners. The city and shipping demand

proved very good, and not enough

good 'drafters were on sale. Drafters

were quotable at $185@285, and com-

mon horses sold down to $60@75, with

a fair class purchased at $100@200.





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It is difficult to realize what fancy

prices are paid for cattle until com-

parisons are made with other years,

but when it is recalled that, the best

steers were selling a year ago for $9

@990 per 100 pounds on the Chicago

market, while within a short time the

best beeves of heavy weight have

brought $11.75@12.25, the trader will

begin to understand the actual condi-

tion of the industry. Beef dressing

weights are mostly very unsatisfactory

to slaughterers, with the best killers

coming from west of the Missouri riv-

er and an increasing proportion arriv-

ing from that region. This is because

Chicago market prices have been

much higher than those paid in the

river markets. Cattle which have been

fed for periods ranging from. 60 to 75

days make up the great bulk of the

daily offerings, and they may be ex-

pected to do so for some time ahead,

as many cattle which went out late

last December and early in the fol-

lowing month will be marketed in' the

near future. The market for stockers

and feeders is, extremely high, though

not relatively higher than beef cattle,

and the packers are outbidding coun-

try buyers for the best weighty feed-

ers requiring only a short feed. In

some instances as high as $9.50 is

paid for prime feeders, and prime

yearling stockers have brought $9.10.

With beef cattle selling from $2@2.50

per 100 pounds higher than a year

ago, it is not unlikely that as grass

approaches prime feeders will sell as

high as $10 per 100 pounds. In parts

of Iowa and South Dakota stockmen

have had to carry their cattle longer

than they had intended to because no

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Thursday's Market.

March 8. I917.

Cattle.

Receipts 2134. The market at the

local yards this week, especially on

Wednesday whenjulk of receipts were





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received, was cond cted under unfavor-

able conditions, i rained hard all day

and it was hard work to handle stock,

especially sheep and lambs, fair ser-

vice was given by the railroads, most

of the receipts arriving on time.



in the cattle division the market op-

ened very active and fully 25c higher

than at the close a week ago on all

grades, on Wednesday they were hard-

ly as active but on the whole prices

averaged about" the same. 0n Thurs-

day the run waslight and prices ruled

about steady. Milch cows were very

dull at last week’s prices. The close

in this department was steady with

Tuesday’s opening, selling as follows:

Best heavy steers $10.50; best handy

weight butcher steers $8.50@9.75; mix-

ed steers and heifers $8@9; handy

light butchers $7 @8; light butchers $6

@750; best cows $7.50@8; butcher

cows $6@7; common cows $5.50@6;

canners $4.50@5.65; best heavy bulls

$8@8.50; bologna bulls $6.50@7.25;

stock bulls $6@7; milkers and spring-

ei‘s $50@80.



Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Newton P.

Co. 2 cows av 1115 at $6.50, 3 do av 840

at $5.50, 1 do wgh 780 at $5.25, 28

steers av 889 at $8.35, 1 bull wgh 1080

at $7.75, 1 do wgh 1510 at $7, 1 steer

wgh 1280 at $9, 10 do av 909 at $8, 2

do av 1050 at $8, 2 do av 884 at $8,

4 butchers av 742 at $7, 3 do av 514 at

$5.75, 2 cows av 835 at $5.75, 1 do wgh

1180 at $7.50,,1 do wgh 860 at $7, 1

do wgh 970 at $6, 1 do wgh 960 at $5,

4 do av 1110 at $6.50, 4 do av 925 at

$5.50, 6 steers av 1045 at $9, 2 do av

725 at $7.50, 3 bulls av 1100 at $8, 3

cows av 877 at $6.50, 3 do av 977 at

$5.60, 4 do av 1040 at $6.50, 3 butchers

av 713 at $6.50, 7 do av 824 at $8.25;

to Mich. B. Co. 2 do av 785 at $7.25,

1 bull wgh 600 at $6.50, 1 do wgh 1210

at $7.60; to Mason B. Co. 8 butchers

av 527 at $6.50, 4 do av 762 at $8, 4

cows av 892 at $6.50; to Breitenbeck 2

butchers av 715 at $7, 8 do av 850 at

$8, 6 do av 750 at $8; to Nagle P. Co.

12 do av 876 at $8.60; to Mason B. Co.

11 steers av 1000 at $9.50, 2 cows av

1225 at $8.25.



McMullen, K. & J. sold Mich. B. 00.

11 cows av 911 at $6.85, 3 do av 1090

at $5.50, 2 heifers av 735 at $7.25, 13

do av 650 at $7.50; to ragle P. Co. 1

bull wgh 1260 at $8: to Kamman B. Co.

5 steers av 888 at $8.75; to Breiten-

beck 10 do av 784 at $8.10: to Sullivan

P. Co. 19 do av 950 at $9.15; to Kam-

man B. Co. 3 do av 870 at $8; Heinrich

6 do av 736 at $8.75. 12 do av 916 at

$8.80: to Hammond, S. & Co. 12 do av

940 at $8.40; to Newton B. Co. 2 cows

av 825 at $6, 6 butchers av 840 at

32.75; to Bernfeldt " do av 583 at





0

. Veal Calves.



Receipts 644. The veal calf trade

was much more active than at the

same period a week ago and prices av-

eraged 50c higher on anything good,

the best grades selling at $12©13; me-

diums $9@11; heavy $5@8.



McMullen, K. & J. sold Nagle P. Co.

2 av 190 at $8.50, 1 wgh 180 at $13, 8

av 140 at $12.50, 1 wgh 190 at $11, 7 av

150 at $12.50, 3 av 165 at $9.



Erwm, S. & J. sold Nagle P. Co. 15

av 140 at $12.50, 4 av 135 at $12; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 3 av 140 at $10,

2 av 135 at $12, 2 av 145 at $10, 9 av

140 at $12.50: to Nagle P. Go. 11 av

145 at $12.50; to McGuire 2 av 160 at

$13, 8 av 150 at $13, 2 av 165 at $12.75.



Sheep and Lambs.



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193 lambs av 75 at $14, 103ng avC’?O

at $14, 134 do av 80 at $14.15 22 do

av 90 at $14, 20 do av 85 at $111.15, 21

do av 110 at $10.65; to Sullivan P. Co.

193 do av 78 at $14.25; to Parker, W.

& Co. 76 do av 85 at $14.35, 4 sheep

:1; 1,70 “9310;355:141 9:0 Thompson 28



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CoMllgiudg av 80 at $14. S man P'



,c 11‘ en, K. & J. sold Na 1e P. .

1 sheep wgh 140 at $10, 3 larlgibs avclili

at $13.75, 13 do av 50 at $11.50.



Erwm, S. & J. sold Thompson '57

lamb?" a; 70 at $14.25; to Sullivan P.



.o. 0 av 75 at 14.25

90 at $9. . $ , 9 sheep av



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Receipts 4243. Hogs never sold 80

igh on this or any market as they did

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tween some Grange reports and a

“model report,” often because the

press reporter does not understand

what features to enlarge upon and

Again, some-

times a press report does not amount

to much, simply because there has

not been much in the meeting to

chronicle.

This report of Charlotte Grange——

for why neglect to name so good a re-

port—which I have before me, is a

good one, first of all, because there

was plenty of material for the report-

er to put into a write—up; and then,

secondly, the reporter caught the sali-

ent facts and set them down. This

Grange did things, apparently, from

start to finish. Moreover, the report

shows that the Grange has equipment

so that several activities may be con-

ducted at one time, reaching different

ages and tastes. Thus the report

states that, after the opening business

the girls went to the kitchen and, un-

der supervision of two women, prepar-

ed tea and light refreshments which

later they served to the entire Grange,

and at the same time ,the'boys retired

to another room where they planned

for club work under direction of the

teacher of agriculture of the city

schools. Meanwhile, led by the offi-

cers, the older members of the Grange

laid plans for the ensuing year, and

discussed matters concerning rural

school improvement. The reporter

goes somewhat into detail as to these

discussions, and that is one of the

“model” features of the report.



In the business session was discuss-

ed the exceedingly momentous matter

of forming a co-operative elevator com-

pany, somewhat along the lines of the

stock shipping association promoted

by this same Grange a year ago. An-

nouncement was made of a special

meeting to further consider the co-op-

erative project, and of a Grange so-

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considerable quantity of heavy work

accomplished at this meeting, there

was some particularly fine music and

appeal to

some whom the heavier parts of the

In announcing the

reporter

gave the menu for the dinner—a very

excellent idea as such announcement

wards off the hodge podge type of





At this meeting the master announc-

ed committee appointments for the

year and the report gives the names of

members on each committee, so that

members have them listed for refer

ence and those not present may read

A noticeable fact

about these committees is their unus-

ual number, showing how the officers

and enlist as

many as possible of their membership

in special activities undertaken by the ,

Grange. Besides the usual committees,

there is a “kitchen committee,” chang-

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on “Good of Order,f’ “Women’s Workf

“Dances,” “Entertainments,” and “Ed-

ucational.”



A press reporter who sifts out the



ll. of a meeting, in like fashion as

this one, is one of the “leaders” in

that Grange, whether recognized as

such or not. And a Grange that fur-

nishes its reporter with Such substan—

tial material to report is one that has

rare leadership—men and women in

its membership who keep “seein’

things” in the best sense of the words,

and who can execute as well as dream.

Such officers plan their Grange work,

but they also work their plan. They

see visions and are willing to work to

materialize them. Perhaps they do

not always recall that the old prophet

‘said, “Without vision, the people per-

ish;” but, whether or no, they work on

the prophet’s principle in conducting

their Grange.



JENNIE BU‘ELL.





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





F'rst Grange Reorganized—On Jan

nary 17, Deputy Earl Stone reorgan

ized a Grange that must ever retain

a certain sentimental attraction for

Michigan patrons—wthat of Burnside

No. 1, Lapeer county. When we re-

member that this was the first outpost

where the Order was planted in our

state, we recall it with peculiar affec-

tion. Burnside has had a checkered

career, having organized first in 1872;

thirty-one years later it rebuilt, and

dedicated its ‘hall and started upon a.

period of great promise but it later

lapsed into dormancy and has now

been reorganized. Its officers look for--

ward hopefully to prosperity and good‘

Grange progress; these officers are as

follows: Master, Abram Vandewark-

er; lecturer, Miss Florence Smith; sec-

retary, George E Scott. The hall

stands beside a church and a. school-

house, thus bringing together those

three ideal rural forces—the church,

school and Grange—J. B.



Gratiot County Pomona met With

Ithaca Grange on February 3, at the

I. O. O. F. Hall. About forty enjoyed

a pot-luck dinner with hot coffee. Jas.

Helme gave a very interesting talk on

organization. He said in part:‘ “The

farming class is the producing class,

the class on which all people must de-

pend. The high cost of living is be-

cause less is produced, the city suck-

ing the‘labor from the farm and the

cities must awaken to the fact and

come to the rescue. It is not the

farmer that makes the price of food

stuffs, it is the middlemen, and it is

they who are getting the cream of the

land. The farmer gets 35 cents, the

consumer pays $1. The 65 cents goes

to the middleman and he grows weal-

thy from the labor of others.





“The population of the United States

has increased 21 per cent, the meat

supply has decreased 20 per cent on

account of high cost of feed for the

growing of beef cattle is unprofitable.

The result, the packers control 75 per

cent of all meat, there are five pack-

ers in Chicago that do this.



“Why don’t farmers organize, and

take part of this profit and make the

cost less to the consumer?



“Why don’t the farmers have a co-

operative sugar factory? Instead of

the $6 beet they would get nearer $13

beets, as the factory gets about $24

from every ten. Saginaw pays a man

$20,000 a year to run that factory,

could not the farmers get just as good

a man for less price?



The capitalists are looking after

themselves, the packers are looking af-

ter themselves, the producer must look

after himself or he will be left in the

mud, as he always has been.



Many questions were discussed.



The Grange had a self-serve supper

and all departed for their homes feel-

ing they had been well paid for com-

ing even though the day was a bad one.



The Keene Grange Birthday pro-

gram was given on Friday, February

16. This celebration was in honor of

the forty-third anniversary of the or-

ganization and started at 10:00 a. m.

with a social, patterns, crochet, cards

and mus‘ . A picnic dinner was serv-

ed by'the brothers. Lecturer’s ,Pro—

gram, 1:30 p. m; song by Grange; r 11

call, quotations from Abraham Ln-

coln; song by Grange; paper, “Birth

of Our Lodge,” Loveda Hunter; read-

ing, Maxine Cahoon; paper, “Interest-

ing things from Grandfatherfs Diary,”

Carrie Cahoon. Discussion on the pro-

poSed changing of the width of sleighs

and wagons, led by Ernest Pinckney.

Presentation of gifts, and the grand

march—Carrie Cahoon; Lecturer. . ,
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Another means for this organization

to benefit the local Clubs lies in just

such discussions as we have heard

here this afternoon. The time has ar-

rived when co—operative action if you

please, when the working together,

one with another in a spirit of commu-

nity betterment. is necessary if agricuL

ture is to come to its own—if our in-

dustries and our people are to prosper

as they merit. I believe that by list—

ening to and participating in discus-

cussions of this kind, the delegates at

these annual meetings will carry home

enthusiasm which will be imparted to

their local Clubs at such times as they

make their report. The opporutnities

open to an organization of this kind to

benefit its membership are so great

that if one had the whole afternoon to

enumerate them it would be impossi-

ble to do so, to say nothing about

dwelling upon each one.



I have touched upon a very few

what might be Called the high spots,

presented by the subject, but I do hope

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whose faces I see here not the first,

nor the second nor the third, but per—

haps a dozen or more times, may con-

tribute something to the subject and

that every delegate here will go back

to his own Club without any doubt

that it has been good for him to be

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the local Club to be affiliated with this

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CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Will Buy‘Co-Operatively.—-The Arbor

Farmers‘ Club, of VVashtenaw county,

met Wednesday, February 14 at. the

beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred

Fishbeck. After all had pat-taken of

a bountiful dinner the meeting was

called to order by President Martin

and an excellent program was render-

ed, opened by music by the Club or.

.chestra. Mr. George Gid gave a very

interesting and instructive talk on co-

operation of farmers; Mr. A. C. Stein

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agents. He said in part that. the farm-

er was not protected on the selling

side as was other business. The Club

decided to buy fence posts, twine, lime,

ocal and other necessary things. The

Club adjourned to meet March 14 with

Mr. and Mrs. John Zee.—-Mrs. W. S.

Bibbie, Sec. .



Hold Evening Meetings—The East

Nankin Farmers’ Club, of W'ayne coun-

ty, met at the home of Joseph Mc-

Garvy on Tuesday evening, February

6. After being called to order by the

president, Henry Lathers, about 30

members responded to the roll call by

the recording secretary, Cyrus Lath-

ers. The officers of the Club, as now

elected are: President, Henry Lath-

ers; vice-president, E. M. Stewart; re-

cording secretary, Cyrus Lathers; cor—

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E. M. Stewart on “A Bird’s-eye View

of East Nankin Farmers’ Club for the

Two Years of its Existence.” This was

followed by a little general talk by

Rev. Sterling, of East Nankin Presby-

terian Church. After this lunch was

served by the ladies, and after having

an interesting and general good time

the Club adjourned to meet at the

home of Chris Jorgensen, on the first

Tuesday evening in March.———Wm. S.

Lathers, Cor. Sec.



Favor Moving Industrial School.—

With snow drifts as high or higher

than the fences to keep people at.

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in Aurelius for the February meeting

and it was surely good to be there.

One stepped inside the house and

found summer heat radiated by a steam

heating plant and everything comfort-

able and “no matter how the north

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discuss “The Legislative Measures in

which Country People are Interested,”

so President Allen told of the influence

of the farmers in Dakota. Some time

ago the farmers went to some of the

legislators, telling what they wanted,

and were told to go home and stop

their noise. The farmers went home,

got busy, and the result of the last.

election showed a majority of the leg-

islators came from the farm. Frank

Seely had had a recent conversation

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things he wanted to talk about today

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the township of Delhi convenient to

the car line. He referred to the News

berry asylum, having the buildings

around a ten-acre plot and that. plot a

beautiful park, and thought if the In-

dustrial School was moved, it would be

a good plan not to have the buildings

congested, but also to surround a place

of beauty. He also called the various

bills to increase the salaries as vicious

bills, speaking especially of the pro-

posed increase of the circuit judges

from $3,500 to $5,000 and the supreme

court judges from $7,000 to $10,000,

and the dairy and food commissioner

from $2,500 to $3,500. While perhaps

some of the clerks were underpaid,

most of them were getting a thousand

dollars, more than teachers were get-

ting oi’ the same education. There was

no law to make them stay there, if

they could do better elsewhere. Mrs.

Eantes, in referring to the Industrial

School, said most of the boys came

from the crowded condition of the cite

ies without. having the benefit of

“God's Open,” and one could make bet-

ter citizens of them to be in a rural

community. The following resolution

was passed unanimously: Resolved,

that we, members of the Ingham

County Farmers’ Club, favor the sale

of the property now occupied and used

by the Industrial School in Lansing,

and b‘hat we favor the purchase of

suitable land, outside of the city and

conveniently located for said school.

Resolved further, that a copy of this

resolution be transmitted to our state

senator, Hon. Chas. W. Foster, and

our representative in the legislature,

Chas. W. Clark.



After a recitation by Lee Vaughn,

the Club adjourned to meet cith Mr.

and Mrs. Fletcher at Hillside Farm on

March 11. Year books were ready for

distribution and as they contain both

the program and the table committee

for each meeting, let each member

keep it handy for reference—Mrs.

’l‘answell, Cor. Sec.



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grinder, etc. Weighs only 1901bs.—4 h. 9. One

of the many articles in the

E~B lineof good farm ma-

chinery. \Vrite for catalog.

LookiortheE-Btrademark.

It is your guide to better,

more profitable farming.

Send for E-B literature.





Emerson-Brantingham Implement 60., ( Inc.)

Rockford, Illinois





5 1 5.00 LIN E Egg‘isgfllgagighggg

SHAFT FR E E will ngumllshed 53.4.;

by the E-B dealers with each purchase of an E-B

Binder Engine. See your dealer at once.





 





 





 





the business of the meeting was taken

up. The chairman of the program com-

mittee gave the program outline for

the following year. Then came the

live topic most discussed by the milk

producers of the present day, “Where

Shall we Sell Our Milk and Why?” by

Robert Wright. He came forth with

solid facts on the proposition and dem-

onstrated with full reports on prices

we are getting for milk, and showed

how we stand today along these lines.

The address was fully discussed from

all points of view. Then followed the

question box, in charge of H. M. Hall-

er, and many important questions

were well discussed by members of

the Club.





 





BOOK NOTICES.





“The Torrens System,” a manual of

the Uniform Land Registration Act in

Virginia, to which is appended the an-

notated act, proposed rules of court,

and a complete system of'forms. Eu-





 





erett VVattey Co., 1916.” The above

is the title page of. a little book of 206

uages that is of especial interest to

every citizen of Michigan; not. only

because of its contents, and the fact

that Virginia is the first state to pass

the Uniform Land Registration Act re‘

cently presented to the legislature of

this state by the Uniform Legislation

Commission; *but also because the

struggle of seventeen years for such a

law in Virginia, under the able and

persistent leadership of the author of

this book, and their recent triumph

over .all opposition, are a lesson and

an inspiration that cannot fail to heart-

en the workers in the cause in Michia

gan. In separate chapters the author

goes on to show how a registered title

will help the farmer, the banker, the

business man, the land agent, the land

buyer, and the state. .





ene E. Massie, Richmond, Va. Ev- '





 





 





IT WILL

MAKE EVERY ACRE WORK HARDER.



On the KRAUS a touch of the foot moves the shovtls

and wheels right or left instantly at the same time The

horses furnish the bower Driver only steers. A boy oitl

enough to drive can operate the KRAUS easily The

KRAUS l! a QUICK DODGER IN CROOKED

ROWS AND IS A PERFECT HILLSIDE WORKER

fiunlt ofatccl .na malleable iron,“ outwcsrs [we to three

'ordinsry riding cultivator: Our printed matter con-



tains government statistics to prove this Clllm.





,

men-in...





The Akron Fertilizer Attachment applies

commercial fertilizer while cultivating.

Learn how to get better trope.





Write for {rec booklet today.





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’Bws H ER

F E E D M IL LS



‘_Crush ear corn (with or n

Without chucks) and grind





all kinds of small grain.





Handy to operate—lightest

running. 10 Sizes: 2 to 25 h. p

Capactty 6 to 200 bushels.





 

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

 





 

 





. Write for Catalog

and folder about the value of ’

different teeth and manure.





'l'lll o.N.P.BOWSIIHI co. -

“a. Bond. Ind. 10





 





 

 





   





 





Winner Opening

Silo Root





1: Gives 6 to9feet more silo

'speceand 15 to40tons

more silage worth up to

$i§0each year. Delivered

prices quoted. Specialdia

count to March buyers.

Actqulckly. Write today.





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342—38 ' 74*

BREEDERS’ iiiiiECionY.





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





We Offer a Few Spec1al Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a small investment to réap 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 Calf Herds Mich. State Fair 1016. We

also won first on Exliibi torchrd. Jr. Champion Bull.

J r. Champion Female and Grand Champion Cow. Also

breeders of Percheron, Hackney and Saddle Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. lONlA. MICH.





Aberdeen Angus





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

bu I. eight yearling heifers bred. .Our motto: size

with quality. best of breeding. Prices reasonable.

Inquire of F. J. \VILBUR. CLIO. MICHIGAN.





 





MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





Average yearly production 422.3 lbs of fat. three

fourths of them making their records as two year

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

provement can soon be attained if the right

selection is made. The breeding of the Beach

Farm Herd is as good as can be found. and we

guarantee them to be free from contagious dis—

eases and to be satisfactory in every way or

money refunded. Write and let us tell you about

them.





CAMPBELL e ANGEVlNE,





Coldwater, Michigan.





 





of service age and calves from

Guernsey BUIIS choice. Adv. reg. breeding.

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





GU ER N s EYsstEL‘rtiitit

Containin blood of world chame‘ilons. .

HICKS' GUER SEY FARM. Saginaw. . 8.. Mich





I} 'gistered Guernsey bulls and

FOR SALE an I bull calves and Berkshire

swine. Lllethil} breeding. John Ebcls. it. 10, Holland. Mich.





For Sale Reg. Guernsey fir-“”33. iti‘giu‘ll‘é





at In rnici's' put-05.] E. A.IKellogg. Rock 0rd, Mich;





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





From a grand daughter of The King of the

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

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the

\Vorld. and whose dam is 5.30 lb. 6% 5 fat daughter

of Pontiac Aggie Korndyke who has more 50 lb.

daughters than any other living bull. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S‘. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.





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 oldbiills

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

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





“ATO P N MC 11 ” Holsteins





By careful retention, for many years. of largest re-

ducing females and use of superior sires. a brew ing

herdof wonderi’ul quality has been established. We

are selling young bullsof this“'l OP NO’I‘CH”qunliry

of serviceable age. at moderate irices. Information.

pedigrees.etc.. on application. It cl’lIERSON FARMS

00.. Howell. Michigan.





straight and handsome.



bred. and perfect conformation.

(3) K



daughter of Pet Fairmont De Kol. official recor





is a splendid calf.

This calf is good enough to head any herd.





Select one, and write for pedigree and price





CALLAM STOCK FARM, Room 204





CALLAM STOCK FARM,





BREEDERS OF CHOICE '





REGISTERED HOLSTEIN CATTLE





(1) ALBAN FAYNE CALLAM. born November 14. 1916.

Ofiicial record of dam 18.57 lbs. butter. 414.7 lbs. milk 7 days.

A. R. 0. daughters and is granddaughter of Lord Netherland De K01.

(2) NIG PONTIAC CALLAM. born September 26. 1916.

Dam is in the Advanced Registry and is one of our best cows.

EKA DE KOL CALLUM, born December 10, 1916.

some youngster. choicely bred. and perfect in e ' ry way.

over 19 lbs. butter iii 7 days.

PAUL DE KOL ()ALLAM, born December '23. 1916.

His dam has an official record of 20.47 lbs. butter and 503.5 lbs. milk in 7 days.





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

the great King Keka Fayne. grandson of King Segis. Grace Fayne 2nd’s Homestead, great grandson

of Pontiac Korndyke. and sired by King Fayne Segis. sire of Segis Fayne Johanna. oiiicial record

50 lbs. of butter in 7 days. now champion cow of the world. >-





SAGINAW, MlCH.





More white than black. Large-

Dam has 3





More white than black. \Royally





More white than black. Very hand-

Dam has not been tested, but is the '





About half white and half black. He





Bearinger Bldg., Saginaw, Michigan





 





844.8 lbs. of BUTTER FAT in ONE

YEAR or 985 lbs. of butter is the record of





Her milk produciion for the year was 16286.] lbs.





 





Wm. in} our in. booklet “GRADE currssris "





BOX W.M. PETERBORO, N. H.





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





This Grade Guernsey Cow





GUERNSEY PRODIICTS—IIAVE THE HIGHEST

NATURAL YELLOW. COLOR OF ANY BREED





THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB





 





 





 





The following are sired by Benedictine King who will





tion at the St. Louis \Vorld's Fair. ()ne of these bulls w

and production records furnished on application.

and see the calves, their dams and sires.

H. . Munil‘ori. Owner. . F. FostenMannger.





Sircd by Long Beach DeKol Korndyke.





LONG BEACH FAR w,





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

among the records recently made in our herd. All

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

are tuberculin tested.





PEACELAND STOCK FARM, Three Rivers, Mich.





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





! ' Off, re . AILO.

Parham s Pedigree Slack Farm 11.33an 0......

Male Calves. Show Bull ready for service no akin to

cowsipriced $125. ll. B. PARHAM. Bronson. Mich.





John H.Winn.',lnc., Holton, Mich.

Reference: Old State Bank. Fremont, Illicit.





Have for sale 6 Maplecrest Korndyke Hengerveld

Holstein bulls. One 12 months: one 0 months; oneZ

months. all out of A. O. dams. One made 19 lbs.

butter in 7 days as E. Jr. 2 year old. Another 21 lbs. in

7 days as a Jr. 3 year old. Also have five others. some

breed from 2 tot» months. Must sell at once, need the

room. Our Hrices will surprise you. John H. Winn,

Holton, Mic igan.





' Dull calf nearly white. Sire: Colanths

HOISteln Johanna Creamello Lad. Dam: Senis

Aggie Hengerveld De Kol. Write GEO. D. CLARK 9.

Vassar. Mich.. for photo and price.





 





OR SALEaRegistered Holstein bull calves, 1 to 6

months old from a. 3' ll). siro anti good_A. It. 0.





dams. Wm. Grithn. Howell. Mich. R. No. a.





 





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms,

BREEDSVILLE, MICH.

Have Some Fine Registered Stock For Sale





 





 





 





' Dam first in Dairy test. Sire G.

B'g- “OISIem Bull- Champion Michigan State Fair.

Price right. John A. liinke. Warren, Mich.





° ‘ Friesian Heifers. 3 to 6

RegIStered HOISteln mos. old. Some from 30 lb.

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





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

5 weeks old. beautifully marked.820.00 each. crated

for shipment anywhere. Edgewood Farm.Whiteweter.Wia.





REG. HOLSTEINS: Herd headed by Albina Bonte

Butter Boy No. 93124. Dani’s record at 6 yrs. butter

28.58 lbs. milk 619.4.

802 lbs. milk 186231118.W. B.





Cluny Stock Farm





100 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 100

Save Money! Buy Now!

THE MILK AND BUTTER KIND '





Pull calves bv a Sire whose 3 nearest dams average:

Milk. 7 (1. 658.2 lbs.. liutter 30.618 lbs. His dum's record

31.766 lbs. butter in 7 das. es Jr. 4 yr. old. State record

for age when made. Make a saving on Price and

Express charges. and raise one of his sons for your

next herd sire Prices and Pedigrees on application.





R. B. McPHERSON, HOWELL, MICH.





Holstein Bulls





lt09 months old. Dani‘s A. R O. Our-herd sire is

Johanna McKinley Segls 3d. 7 nearest Dams aver-

age 27.25 BLISSVELDT FARMS. Jenlson. Mich.





. OAK LEAF FARM

Herd Sire

Ypsiland Sir Pletertle De Kol

Service bulls all sold. Buy a calf and raise'it. Fine

individuals 4 and 5 months old. E. H. Gearhartd'.

Son. Marcellus, Mich. R. No. 4.





' Young bull read for service.

"Cghland HOlSICIIlSJ 30h). breeding. ySatisfaction

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





Yearly record at 2% yrs. butter

READER. Howell. Mich





 





 





fIt}. Holsteins. Place your order now for a bull calf.

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

lln Mich. Elmer E. Smith. Redford, Michigan





I l

Holstein and Guernsey Heller and Bull Balm

Choiceselectedpromisingdairycalves.praoticall pure

Holstein and pure Guernsey. but not registers . nice

color. $20.00 each. all express paid to any point.

MEADOW GLEN Whitewater. Wis.





° Yearling registered



2 Channel y Bred your... Heifers,

from ‘20-“). dams 30-lh. sire $100 each if taken at once.

Iiivorview Farm. It. 2. Box 10. Vassar. Michigan.





OLSTEIN COWS; bred yea rlings and calves for

sale. Every cow has produced a vigorous calf (lur-

ing year. 0. L. Hulett & Son. Okemos. Mich.





$175 Buys your choice of two Reg. cows bred to a '3?

lb. grandson of “King of the Pontiacs." Cal

contracted at $100 if heifer. B. B. Reavey, Akron.lMich.





HEVREFORDS





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

prises about l00 head representing the blood of

such sires as Prime Lad 9th. Perfection Fair-

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





wants. ,

ALLEN ‘BR08.,~ PAW PAW, MlCll.

BOTH SEXES





20 Herefords ALL AGES

EARL C. MCCARTY. Bad Axe. Michi‘sn





F0 R SALE Twenty-five Jersey cows.



two to ei ht years old.

Eight registered. balance high grades. .xcellent pro-

ducers, guaranteed right. Also some bred yearlinglheif-

ers. registered and high grades. Also some fall eii'er

calves from above stock. Good reasons for selling. Bell Phone—

Hsdley. P. 0- Metamorn. Mich. R. l. C. E. Hodgson. L. H. Riley.





R. of M. Jersey herd oilers for sale

Maple Lane tuberculin tested cows. bulls. bull

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

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





The Wildwood Farm .





J ersev Cattle. Majesty Blood. We have Bulls for sale

from Reiister of Merit cows 0! good type. Write your

wants. lvln Balder. Capes. Michigan.





Pure bred Jerse soows. some

Jerseys For Sale “31...... M 2... me...

lug. oneor s csr losd'. All young. in goo condition.

Al flying milk. Delivery any time efore Apr 1 1st.

W. . DAY. - - - - Armada. M 0 icon





 





 





 





 





 





5.91m JERSEY BULLS





You keep cows for profit.Brookwater Farm breeds bulls that will increase value of every calf you raise.





M. cows. Not one of his daughters ever failed to make the Register of Merit.

dam. lirookwater Veda 258790. now on test. has made in 5 months and 21 days. 300.97 pounds of butter.

July 3. 1016. Solid color; dam. liroosziter Loretta 371983. now on test, has made in 4 months and 2’) days. 300.72

pounds of butter. Also three other bull calves, one of which is of unusual promise by Majesty's Intense and out

of a tested (will make 70 pounds fat during January) granddaughter of Lorctta 1)., champion cow for produc~





Let us know what kind of a bull you need. Visit the farm

BROOKWATER FARM.





10 HOLSTEIN BULLS at FARMERS’ PRICES





His sire Friend Hengerold DeKol Butter Boy.

Pontiac Aaggie Koriidyke. She has a 1200 lb. record. 11-30 ll). sisters. 3.12.00 lb. sisters. Her dam. a daughter of

Friend Heiigerold DeKol Butter Boy has 1000 lb. year record.

AUGUSTA. (Kalamazoo, 00..) MICH





A26 LB. JR. 4-YB.-lllll l





WINNWOOD H E R of





 





THIS TIME! [12.0fm





enter R. of M. this year on his record as a sire of It. of

Calved June 5. 1016. Solid color;

Calved





0 will sell at $7.3. Othem higher. Extended pedigrees





ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN,





Dam a daughter of





Has 4-30 lb. sisters. 3 sisters above 1200 in your.





 





 





. The All-Around

is thefarmer’scow. She'shis

Jersey friend and pride—the beauti-

ful,gent1e,ever-paying milk machine that lifts

the mortgage, builds up the fertility of the

farm, and puts the whole business on a sound,

paying, permanent basis. She adapts herself

to all climates and all feeds and does not

need fancy care. She matures early and

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

handsome, as to be the family pet and

, pride. She produces Well

Learn





and sells well.

about her in our fine, free

book,“Ahout Jersey Cat-





tle." Write {or it now.



THE AMERICAN JERSEY

CATTLE CLUB



346 WutzadSt..N.Y.Ciiy





 





 





 





 





from high-producing dams.with

Jersey Bulls for Sale m... A... mo... .1... 0..

semi-official test. 0. B. We nor. 8. 6. Allegan. Mich





for sale. ready for service. Out of

Jersey Bulls good producing dams. Prices right.

R. B. FOWLER. Hartford. Mich.





JERSEYS FOR SALE 31.1313“???





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

Waterman &VVaterman. Packard Iioad,Ann Arbor. Mich.





FOR SALE BEGISIERED JERSEY BULLS





Ready for service. Write your wants.

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





 





 





' ' Forsale. seven mos. olrl bull

HIIISIde Farm 19733” calf flne. large. individual

whose combined butter pro uction of four nearest

dams is 2878 lbs. butter. 0. t 0. Desks. Ypsilanti. Mich.





l I

Maple Hill Farm llogislersd Jersey llallle

Stock under 2% years all sold.



J. R. Worthington. R. No. 7. Lansing. Michigan

illie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R

of M. Cows. also heifer calves and several» bred



heifers for sale. Colon 0. Lillie. Coonnrsville. Mic-h



registered. fresh. also bull calf. 4 months



Jill-WY cowvoid, Majesty hiood.Writ,e for pedigree and



price. 0. A. Tagggtt. It. It. 2. Fairgrove. Michigan





Shorihorn Cattle 01 both Sex ior Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





 





Francisco Farm Shorthorns

and Large Type Poland Chinas





We offer bulls & boars ready for service;

Bred sows & slits a young cows.

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





Bidwell Shorthorns





“For Beef and Milk”





This heifer at 6 months has bone.

~ size and quality—Our own breeding.

The blood of Scotch bulls. Imp.

‘ Bhenstpne Albino and Imp. Villag-



er Registered stock always for sale.





BIDWELL STOBK FARM,





Box B. Tecumseh. Michigan.





 





 





 





Shoflhoms-‘Dalry or beet bred. Breeding stock 3,“





 





 





 





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





 





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. Donovan’s solution of arsenic

at a dose twice a day.





Weakness—I have a ten-year-old

horse that seems to be weak and ex-

hausts easily. After going some dis-

tance on the road he becomes dull,

lags and drops back in harness. He

seems to have a good appetite, inclined

to eat anything within reach, and I

have been thinking that he is troubled

with worms. S. McI., Mancelona,

Micki—Perhaps you had better exam-

me his grinder teeth, they may require

floating. Mix together one part pow-

dered sulphate iron, one part ground

nux vomica, two parts salt and four

parts ground geniian, give him a table-

spoonful at a dose in feed three times

a. day. . Perhaps you should increase

his grain ration.



Obstructed Teat.——I have a cow With

one obstructed teat which makes it

very difficult to draw milk through it.-

Do you think I require a milking tube

to use when milking? D. V. R., Grand

Rapids, Mich—Milking such a cow is

always made more easy by using a

milking tube, but remember the milk-

ing tube should be boiled for at least

ten minutes each time before it is used

or_else dip it in a solution of carbolic

ac1d and water, one part acid to 20 of

clean water. This is perhaps all that

Will be required in order to dilate the

strictured teat. canal; however, it is

always good practice to use a dull-

pomted, smooth hard rubber or higthr

polished steel sound somewhat larger

than the canal, in order to break up

adhesions."





Muscular Cramp—I am anxious to

know what is wrong with my 12-year

old mare; when I take her into the

stable from work and feed her, she

seems to be affected with a stiffness of

neck and is hardly able to raise her

head. The harderII work her, the

worse this trouble seems to be. I am

quite sure that; the collar is properly

fitted and I forgot to say that she has

been troubled more or less with this

ailment for the past 18 months. So

far as I can tell, she suffers very little

pam, unless the head is suddenly rais-

ed by hand. E. C.. Prescott, Mich.—

Doubtless she met with an injury some

18 months ago and has never fully re-

covered, and it is doubtful if she ever

Will get well. I would suggest that

you raise her manger in order that she

can reach her feed without stretching

muscles of neck. Rub muscles of neck

With camphorated oil occasionally, is

about all you can do for her.



Partially Paralyzed by Lightning.—

I have a horse four years old that was

shocked by lightning in ‘September,

1916, and since that time she has been

in a crippled condition. She has" lost

partial control of her hind quarters,

eats well, but will not gain in flesh.

Please advise me what can be done

for her. A. T., Fostoria, Mich—Give

her 40 grs. of ground nux vomica, 30

grs. of potassium iodide and 2 drs. of

Fowler’s solution at a dose in feed

three times a day.





.Pigs Cough—Have a bunch of five

pigs three of them are in fine shape,

but the other two cough and appear

to be weak in their joints. While walk-

ing they frequently fall on their knees.

I feed middlings for slop, and corn. T.

W. Pontiac, Mich—Discontinue feed-

ing corn, feed tankage, a few oats and

roots. Give each pig five or 10 grs. of

powdered nitrate of potash in their

swill two or three times a day. This

is dose enough for a hog weighing

from 40 to\100 pounds.





Capricious Appetite—Have some

cows that chew boards, old sticks,

bones, other rubbish, and I would like

to know what to do for them. S. A.,

Central Lake, Mich—Change their

feed and give each cow two teaspoon-

fuls of dilute hydrochloriq acid in a

quart of water as a drench or in feed

or drinking water three times a day.





Rheumatism.——What can I do for

my six-month-old pigs? Have a bunch

of eight in a good pen, are on plank

floor, plenty of straw bedding, but

three of them appear to be stiff in all

four legs. After walking a. short dis-





 





ages for sale at farmers prices. 0. w. Crum-

Becy. Cant. lich. Shorthorn Bresders' Assn. McBride. Mich.





Young bulls 8100. Bred .-

Shorlhom: F" sak- and heifers $160 for uickfiivl'g.

Write W. J. BELL. BOSE CITY. MICE GAN. '

FOR Bale-Reg. Short Hal-n Bulls by M‘nxwuimn

M0 111:





n d. a son of Avondsle. from o 13 mos.

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





tance they tire and lie down. H. L.

F., Mt. Pleasant, Mich—Give each pig

5 grs. of sodium salicylate in ‘ feed

three times aday. Instead of feeding

so much corn. feed tankage, some oats,

oil meal and roots.

should have a.li.ttle more exercise ‘-





 





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howggptms. trOuble soon after calv: hog prices is taking the trade by sur-

'1: . but {might addlth'at her-appetite prise, With up-turns on some days of

l 5‘0“; .J, 3., Cha‘ssell, Mich—Give from 15m 25 cents per 100 pounds,

"forga teaspoonful of hyposulphite of and no indications apparent that. the

'soda and a-tablespoonful of cooking advance is nearing an end. It is a

soda at a dose in feed twice a day. case of an enormous demand from the

Apply one part coal tar disinfectant packers of Chicago and other western

and 14 parts petrolatum to bald parts and eastern packing pomts to secure

or skin every day or two. as many hogs as possmle, in order to

_ I. ’ tl t be able to manufacture suffiCient pro-

Diseased Frogs—1 have a horse 131 Visions for filling the huge orders

has 3. (11393395 frog end the longer placed months ago, at which time both

doctor it the worse it gets. In fact, -





, . hogs and provisxons were selling at

none of the remedies 1 have applied far lower prices than prevail now in

seem to help effect a cure. S. K.





. the markets of the United States. Re-

mlmcl‘éligrlflggg iaprrliily Mill; 1:32:33}be cent weeks have witnessed lively up-





ward movements in lard and all del



calomel and pogi‘deit'fid fibalrglfiilu 1311?): scriptions of cured hog meats in sym-



a gay}: 16331113113 31” :8 filth and too pathy With the boom in the raw mate-

e . .





much moisture is usually the cause of {gaggle ttégzgécea 0:35.322]? 1102;123:3312

this thrush-like condition of frog. .





\ with $20.75 a year ago, with lard and

Rough Warty Skin on Lower Part short ribs showing similar advances.

of Udder and Teats.——I have a cow





There was never in the history of the

which, for the past two years, has had





     

 

 





 





marlfiet a stronger incentive for mak-

wart condition of the skin on ing ogs' fat and heavy, but very few

%e3§g:nd lower portion of udder. B. owners are following this course of ac-

J P. Stanton, Mich.~—Apply a saturat- Lion, havmg their eyes on dollar corn.

ed solution of salicylic acid in alcohol It is true there has been a little in-

twice a week, and apply olive oil twice crease in the recent average weight of

a day. The tree use of olive oil might the hogs reaching the Chicago market,

overcome this trouble without the use yet the average per hog is only 206

of the other medicine. However, it is pounds, comparing with 208 pounds a

doubtful. year ago, 221 pounds two years ago

and 224 pounds three years ago. Ex-

Open Joint—My ten-year-old horse tremely few really heavy hogs are of-

was kicked if} the 900k 39“” by a fered for sale, and 300-p0unders are a

sharp-shod horse; this accident hap- novelty. But several days ago there

pened ten miles from home and the was a consignment of three carloads

horse was driven home the next day, of swine on the Chicago market which

then treated by our local Vet., who averaged in weight 342 pounds. The

said the 301m was open. T1115 first eastern packers have been unusually

Vet. advised us to call another Vet, liberal purchasers of prime heavy and

which we did, and he thought the case light hogs in the Chicago market in

curable, bl“ later advxsed us to de- recent weeks, and their operations

Sth the horse. We kept the horse have made competition lively and help-

for several days, then killed him. One ed greatly to boom prices especiallv

surprising thing was the difference 0f for the more desirable offerings. With

opinion between the Vets, and I would by far the largest demand for hog DI‘O-

Iike to know It you thlnk the case one dllcts ever known, the combined re-

X15“; couldwhzlilve 89:2 ggiftdes'plegially ceipts of hogs in the 11 principal mar-

lson. IC --— D 1 . k.. f h'. t t ' h

in the 1.0.1,...u11111g from 111.191. and 1.32% $1.351? {$313.1 €323??er 133,3

not treated promptly and effiCiently, a year ago:

immediately after the . accident, the A four-year-old Berkshire boar, sired

horse kept perfectly quiet in a clean, by an English hog, was sold for $1,000

sanitary place, seldom recovers. And at the recent annual sale in connec-

, I should say in this kind Of a case, tion with the American Berkshire con-

they scarcely ever recover. gress he}: at Purdue University. d

Periodic Ophtllalnlia.——-I bought a Jesse yers, a successful farmer an

horse last fall; eyes soon became sore, stockman of Hancock county, Illnois,

later on they cleared up. Our local Watsh in 1tlhe Chticafgo Enlarkefi il'lecelntly

et. thou ht it onl a cold, now the WI a s ipmen 0 ca. e_ w m s ow-

;Iyes are gsore agaiibi and I am so-me- ed good results for their board and

what alarmed, thinking perhaps that good care. They were purchased in

the case will terminate in blindness. Fanias City ford$7in pert10g poundsti

J. R. B., Hillsdale, Mich—I am inclin- e or a perio 0' nine y ays, an

eded to believe that your horse suffers sold when finished for $11.49. The

from periodic ophthalmia, an incurable owner said steer feeding in his local-

ailment. However, by proper care, loss ity is much below the usual average.

of vision can perhaps be postponed. The farmers of Brown county, Minn,

Give him 2 drs. of Donovan’s solution are increasmg their cattle production,

of arsenic at a dose in feed or drink- and it is learned that fully do per cent

ing water three times a day for thirty of them are saving their heifer calves

days. Dissolve 40 grs. of borate of for breeding purposes.

soda, 40 grs of boric acid, quarter pint The wool market has been unusually

of cleaned boiled water and apply to strong in recent weeks, With rapid ad-

sore eyes with a dropper or small .sy- vances in prices, followed by large

ringe twice a day. Remember, abright western contracting. Especial strength

light always irritates a sore eye, and is shown in Merino wools, now that

furthermore, the bowels should be; it is impossilble tgvmfiike explortattions

ke t 0 on and the barn free from fou from Austra ia. it in a s ort .ime

gag. p sales of fleeces of woolcfiaken 0%? at

. . , feeding stations near . icago ave

Chronic Stocking—I have a three-

yem‘d 0°“ will!“ SWgPeg hack 3*,“ 31115623211132 £§.ii.§°?§?u.%%rb$°§£fii

hind legs. U. M., 10, ic ,— ive er . * ' ., ,

30 grs. of potassium iodide at a dose $21.13; Montana W001 111 the Blllmgs

in feed or drinking water three times -

a day for‘thirty days. Apply one part f C. D. Ayers, or? of dthe sufccessful

tincture iodine and two parts spirits {firmers and SfiOCChtF’e ers 0 kBiisco,

ofcamphor to swollen hock and leg -. was. on t (,3 icago mar e re-

. ' . . . , cently With a shipment of two carloads

daily Remember an animal in this

condition should have daliy exercise of cattle. .He remarked that the‘dollar

and the bowels kept open corn which farmers are feeding to

F '1 t C '. H t I stock does not appeal to 1them as a

Lleife’rs ai o ome in ea .— good policy, and there wil not be as

have two heifers that came fresh in many cattle or hogs fed in that local-

December. Sincet hen neither of them ity as usual.

have been in heat. D. I). Grand Rap- Word comes from Iowa county, Wis—

ids, Mich.——Give 93011 heifer 30 grs. 0f consin, that as many cattle are being

ground 1111K .vomica and 60 81‘5- 0f fed as usual, While the farmers are sav-

ground. capsmum at a (1056 In feed ing their heifer calves very generally.

three times a day. As soon as warm They are not raising steer calves,

weather sets in, they will perhaps both however, as they believe it pays out

Come in heat. beger 'ttihbuy stoclitlers. d b

Chronic Indigestion—I have a horse . very ing in t e sheep an 1am

that has a fondness for chewing leath- line sell far_ higher than in any past

er, and I would like to know what to year, elven 1ft 1the topf figureslare at

.give him. L. D., Hudsonville, Mich.—- lines ower an a. ew wee (s ago.

Give him a dessertspoonful of dilute Wlthln a short time the car scarcxty

hydrochloric acid in a bucket of drink has played a highly important part.

ing water three times a day, or put it and big flocks of lambs Which_ had

in a quart of water and mix it with began Pousht bydfhte bile paging, inttir-

‘ feed, three doses a da , es s or imme 1a e 3 aug er in e

Garget ——I have a elm which came Missouri river markets werereshipped

. fresh last September and'was neglect- E3 gggcfhgg’rgffiagigtg :ggqlfigz‘gsss‘g‘e,

ed, being in the woods. When she was to ship the dregssed products Col 6_

found the calf was only getting mllk rado flock masters have been shipping

gill? fine-blalf 0f] “dd?! 8m? fthen tfie large numbers of lambs to the Chicago

’ two digsegs 331335 celastsev 113‘“ t ke market, and a big share had to go at a

:Mich ——A l gone art iod‘n " 359,0 ' large discount from prices paid read-

"parts. 21.8311: lard t: blockelde gnu “mt? fly for prime light weights. Feeding

gmder three times a eek PG'ivth. lambs are in strong demand at the un-

‘ldr f'of otassium io‘did 'i 1, ed er paralled prices now ruling, and a de-

’ ‘ p - e 11 ee or mand for breeders has began, with a





2

600 to 1200 lbs.



' ‘ . F -

SHORTHORNS it‘t‘t‘i ill—E" has. as.

for sale. J. E. Tanswell. Mason, Michigan.

Young Shorlhorn Bulls F o r S a le

BEDELL a. WHEATLAKE.



. . _ N

Bales Shorlhorns t:ll.i§:.%‘:’l£t‘if‘:t.§f"9.1.:

J. B. Hummel. - - M





bulls. heifers feWcows, . _ . l.

Pulled Durham agggred ones, bred right for O D Somenil





farmers. Frank Bartlett, Dryden, Michigan.





I ‘ ’ Young bull. ready for

Shomoms For sale service. also COWS and Strictly Big Type. Five gllts bred for Apr. & Ma

heifers. W. B. McQuilIan. Howell, Michigan.





Cattle For Sale





Loads feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also

can show you any number], Z'and’3 years old from

Isaac Shuxistum, Fairfield, Iowa, 8-8.





furrow. Bred toasgood boars as there are in the bree .

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

not akin. Newman’s Stock Farm, Marlette. Mich. B. 1.





0 I 0 Year old boar 2nd prize winner at Grand Rapids

- - ' fair also spring gilts and hour 3 ready for ear-

vlco. A. J. Barker. Belmont. Mich. R. R. l.





0 I 0' One extra good his last Sept. yearling sow

. - ' s-bred fora ringfarrmv, last spring sows bred

and some extra good last fall igs. also service boars.

)5 mile west of depot.0tto B. chulze. Nashville,Mich.





. Bred gllts are all sold.

I

OI '- c. SWINE! Order-3 Pail- or a trio

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

before they are sold. Satisfaction guaranteed.

A. J. GOBDEN, B. No. 3. Dorr. Mich.





0 I C Thorough bred 0. I. C. Swine all

a o a sold out except fall pigsfi D 4





Big. Rapids. Mich.





ason, Mic ignn





Green Lake, ich.





 





, Durocs and Victorlas



Heavy bone. lengthy Spring Boers and Gilte from prize

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

fender d: other noted strains. M. 'l‘, STORY. Lowell. Mich.





0 l C Gilts bred for June and July fin-row.

- 0 , 0 Also bouts of September farrow.

H. W. MANN. - - - - Dansville, Mich.

0 I C’s _All sold. Booking orders for the



' ° _ ' best of our winter and spring pigs.

0. J. THOMPSON, - - Rockford, Michigan





“005.





I prize winning stock. rite for ow prices





0 I 6 Choice gilts all sold. Choice fall igs out of

C I

A. V. HATT. Grass Lake. Mich.





 





Swigandale Farm Berkshires





Home of the greatest show herd in the State.

Stock of all ages and. both sex for sale. including 0. I. C. bodied heavy boned fa“ 1,0,“... m 0",.“

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 Korlféggfg Igggffggeé? 39312332133122 crest‘s big massive herd sires for March & April

G. & B. Segis Ulrica. Pledge 1025790."

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 27.3941). 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.





the best yearly

world) and





O I C98 Buv the best and breed them better.

r - - F1111 Gin. and Boar‘s. CLOVER.

LEAF STOCK FARM. It. 1. Monroe. Mich.



b‘red sows mid gi lts all sold. A few long





G. P. ANDRE‘VS, Dansvillc, Michigan





now IS THE TIME T0 BUY





Big Type Poland China brood sows bred to Hill-





Also a few choice Spring and Fallbonrs





Kalamazoo, Mich.





' ' F ll b0 (1 'lt . t

ling Typo Poland llluna .31. at? 131315; 11.11353

G. W. BOLTON, 8.11, Kalamazoo. Michigan





LARGE STRAIN P. C.





One extra good fall yearling and a few choice spring

boars. A nice lot of gilt: beinlf bred for April furrow.

H. 0. SWARTZ. SC OOLCBAI‘T. MICH.





farrow-

for sale.





Hillcrest Farm,





 





 





ERKSHIRES: Gilts and mature sows that will far-

mw in April and May. Mammoth Toulouse Geese.

Pekln Drakes $2 each.Chasc Stock Farm, 3.1. Mariette. Mich.





Berkshires,





Gimbred

Large l‘yPe P. C. 1... 1......

and April arrow all so d. A few good ones to be br

for June farmw. Also some good fall pigs either sex.

W. E. LIVINGSTON, PARMA, MICE.





P I d Chimes. As big, as good, as grow in Iowa. Herd

0 all headed by Goliath ll'uri'cr. I can please you.

Robert Martin, R. 7. Hastings. Michigan





Boats. serviceable age. best blood

lines. It istered. ELMHURST

STOCK ARM. Almont, Mich.





 





during I!





Auction Sale,Mar. 12,’17,ail P. M.





20 head of high class Duroc Jersey Hogs, also 1“ head of \Vrlte for catalog. W. J. Hagelshaw,

llorses,including the registered Percheron Sire lnog-

mar 30047. M. A. Bray Estate , (lb-mos. llnglinm UOJ Mich.





best. of bi'eedi ng. mic.



Fa ll Boa rs, spring hour by Prin 4th.,

35 summer and full gilts open. or bred to .lo.()rion 14th

and held until safe In pig. Visitors welcome‘and satis-

faction guaranteed on mail orders.

eh. Newton Ilill‘nllfll‘l, St. Johns, Mich.





Duran Jerseys

Carey U. Edmondo,





DUROC





months Old.





Bows. Spring gilts, Aug. Boar Pigs, Sept.

ither sex.





urocs, pigs of Sept.farrow.(Dams)by J 00 Orion 2nd

DefendrrC, Superba. Highland King (Sires) Supt-rim Kim:

and Hoosier J.O.C. Either sex.





Large lype Poland China Bred Sow 8a|o.Feb.20.‘ll





Augusta, Mich.





 





 





 





Gilts, bred for April farrow,

with size and quality.

Saline. Michigan





Big Typo Poland China





A. A. WOOD «I: SON.





'1 BIG Type Poland Chinas. (‘boice April boars. fall pigs

: in polls. t'hniicc to get started for a little money. Big Mime-c:





Sold 30lbi‘ed 50w“ Cockcri-ls. Satisfaction guarautcvd. R. W. Mills, Saline. Mich.





 





' Poland China sow bred. fall pigs. either

l-Il'gfl Slllsd sex. Young Shorthoru cow and four





18 hrod gilts for sale Robert Neva





priced to sell month bull calf.

nutlugo, Mmh' POLAND (lhinns bred gilts all sold. still have some





choice fall pigs of large and medium type. at farm-

ers prices. P. D. LONG. ll, 8, Grand Rapids, Mich.





10 Yorkshire Gilis, Boats one mature;

Red Polled cattle. E. S. CARR. Homer, Michigan_





HALLADAYS’ HAMPSl-l 1 RES





Pierson. Michigan





Percheron Stud Colt six

’l‘ekonsha. Mich.





 





J. Aldrich.





 





Il.G.Keeslcr. Cassopolis, Mich.





' We have " (‘hOim 5 tried sows 2 vearling boars, forimmedizite salo Full

Duroc Jersey. Gllts ‘0‘ 0f 300“ rugged 0: H. Halladav & Son, Clinton, Michigan

heavy boned Gilts. registered. '

Boar, Jennings Pilot Woundcr No. 73373. Bred for Apr

and May furrow. Send for pedigree. Prices reasonable

THE JENNINGS FARMS.





All bred to our Herd pigs.

- ' Bred Bows and gllto for August and

Hampshire swine. September furrow a. Spring plgs.





R-FvD'l- mm)“ Mic“ letiboth. FLOYD MYERS. R. No. 9. Decatur. ind.





 





Sows and gi Its bred to En reka Cherry Ki I15:

and Crimson Critic son of Critic Model 1916





Duroc





champion Iowa Fair.





170R SALE: Duroc Jersey swine. choice broodinggoodqunlity

(either sex). S. C. W. Leghorn cockercls $150743. liiiffl'lock

cockerels 32—33. John McNicoll, Station A, R. 4. Bay City. Mich.





 





HAhMlzleIIRE 13098 11:11 Enid E‘mt. would sell one

7 ~ , , -, or man an mo or ers 'or spring boar igs.

“’ 0‘ Taylor, M‘l‘m' M“ I" John W’. Snyder, St. Johns. Michigan. It. I)





 





 





SHEEP





 





 





for sale.





a Bows and gilts bred for Mar. & A )r. farrow.King

uroc The Ool.Defender and Oakland ancy families.

11. D. HoydenbarkJiell Phone, Wayland. llch. Yearlin S $35.00. Shropshires all ages





INEHURST DUROOS. Choice full boars. One

arling boar. Choice Yellow Dent Seed Corn





great ye

Orlo L. Dobson.





A ._ is~ Ll - -

011m Jersey Boars “Fads;11.22....13'12‘1‘.

Goodonel. J. R.}Iicks, St. Johns, Mich.





OXFORD EWES





 





330. Al good ones and money makers.





\Kope Kon Farms, Klnderhookdfllch.





Oxford Down Sheep N" 321’: 1-...

M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.





Quincy. bllchlgan.





 





 

 





 





lluroc Jerse





gilts. J. H. Bang iart, East Lansing. Mich.





lluroc Jerseys E





teerzilso booking orders for spring pig-i, pairs not.

akin. I". J. DHOIYI‘, I.





   





Raise Chester Whites





’2 the original big producers

. / ,





I HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to



success. I can help you. [want top



my great herd in every community where am not already rep-



these fine early developers—ready for market at six

Write for my plan- ‘ More Money from Hogs."





G. 8. BENJAMIN, R,F, D, 10' Portland. Michigan





resented b

months ol





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. O. Belding, lonia Co. Orleans, Mich.





M 13””

Raise mules and get rich.

120 fine large Jacks. Jenny;

and Mules, all ages for saleA

lot of big registered Jacks. No

little cheap Jacks for sale.All

guaranteed .l acks. Prices 3250

and up. Come on and see for





Eiurself or write mo toda ,

REKLER'S JACK FA M.





Gllts bred for April

Roars, pigs. Summol'zuid full





all boars ready for He'l‘l'll‘t‘, si 13ml by'it

m ul ()rmn (‘IlOl‘l‘y King: and Volun-





an’uc. .‘\l ich.. .





 





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lace one hog from





   

 

   





Went Elkton, Ohio





 





KENTUCKY JACKS and SADDLERS





 





cHEsiEn wulgigv: 9.2315?“11‘1‘ii2r1fi?“§1‘t1f;‘2~‘".3£





I": .0"! Kentucky JACK. and JENNITS.

FIVE and GUIAN GAITID STALLIOIS. geldllfsflshggg

mares. Fancy HULK TEAMS. WRITE us.

ASK FOR OUR 1917 CATALOG





B1

ALEXANDER. Vassar, Mich. _

THE COOK FARMS lo: cut, uxmcron. xv.





 





 





 





, :[water three times a day. Her recovery 4 - _ 1

1.1.3 "doubtful; , . :gairtg‘tlyékgf high grade breeding ewes





 





Ipproval.





f CHOICE BRED GIL'I‘S 3321‘;





' | Prince 56GB, sired by “'ildwood

O. L G S Ptrince 1110 ll).3yr. Grand Chum ion

—— a





 





o I c and Chester White Swine. all ages. A few

. I - service Bonn and open zilts, 400 fa‘l pigs

either so: sired by Cnndells Wonder. Grand Champ-

ion at Ohlo State Fair. Schoolmntorthe champion of

champions and highest price boar of the breed. and

others. G red to

plon Mo. State fair, we are bookln orders.We had the

undefeated breeder! age herd at. s x state fairs. Get

our catalogue. buy the best it pays. w 0' have them. We ship on

Rolling Vieu Stock Form.





etasow





AT HALF PRICE





Registered Percherons. Big black 1: d '



sfiund nniflure. Big boned rugged fisll‘y Zegilgtcob-rgrlgt?y

“nu seethefiipmr of mares 4 and 5 years 0] . Come

,, JNO. C. BUTLER. Porn-ad. Mich. Ion Phone.





TEAM HORSES





For sale, weigh 2400, fair conditio

dress H. Care Michigan Farmer, ”$3312.11? chigAdiil





Iowa, sold for $750. Ship (J. . D.

—J.Carl Jewett. Mason. Mich,





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n: In us Slm

nomi D. BUEL'L. Kamila. llllh‘aqm“





Additional Stock Ads. on Page 339





 





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The Farmer





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giving more mileage-per-dollar and better ser-

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