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War Measures on Michigan Farms

By J. F. cox





HE call to the colors has come.



A rare opportunity for service is



before you. As in the days of

’61, many of you will feel duty bound

to enlist for army service, but under

present conditions you who remain on

the land can render truly patriotic ser-

vice. The world is faced with a food

shortage. We will have armies to

feed, and hungry mouths at home and

abroad to satisfy. The farmer who ex-

erts his skill and strength to the ut-

most extent to produce the greatest

possible amount of food can rest as-

sured that he has fulfilled an obliga-

tion to his country. Let us so farm

this coming season that harvest time

will find a patriot in every Michigan

potato field, and true heroes harvest-

ing the best possible crops of corn,

beans, beets and grain on every acre

available.



In view of the urgent necessity for

the greatest possible crop production

the following practices. which will

prove effective in increasing yields are

suggested:



Treat Your Seed.



All seed oats, barley and wheat

should be fanned through a good fan-

ning mill and treated with formalde-

hyde. The well-known dipping and

sprinkling methods are effective, but

the new method advised by the De-

partment of Botany, of the Michigan

Agricultural College is the most rapid

and economical. Apply one pint of

forty per cent formaldehyde, which

can be secured at nearly all drug

stores, to each fifty bushels of grain.

The grain to be treated should be built

in a pile on the barn floor, layer by

layer, formaldehyde being applied to

each layer by means of a squirt gun

or a small hand pump. The pile should

then be covered with tarpaulins or

sacks and allowed to stand four hours.

It should then be opened and aired and

the grain is ready to seed. The smut

of oats, stinking smut of wheat, and

covered smut of barley, can be effec-





 





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By Using Three and Four-horse Teams Much Man Labor Can be Saved.





tively controlled by this simple method.



Apply all available manure to the

land. Old straw stacks which are well

rotted, accumulations of organic mat-

ter around farm buildings and from

out-houses should be spread on the

land as soon as possible in preparation

for crops to follow.





Don’t Fail to Fertilize.



Fertilize all small grains, corn, po-

tatoes, beets and beans with acid phos-

phate. Phosphorus plumps out the

grain, increases the yield and hastens

the maturity of the crops. It can be

bought at comparatively reasonable

prices, from $18 to $20 or less. Cd-

operative arrangements should be





made to secure carload lots. Acid

phosphate should be applied at, the

rate of 200 to 300 pounds per acre pre-

vious to, or at time of planting. In-

creases of from eight to fifteen bushels

of oats and barley, or six to twelve

bushels or more of corn or wheat can

be expected from its use under normal

conditions.





, Plow land as early as possible be-

fore planting time so that ample time

may be had for the thorough fitting of

the land. Weeds can be more effec—

tively killed by frequent use of the har-

row and disk before planting than

when a crop is on the land. This is an

important point to consider with labor





. needed,





scarce and at a premium. Three or

four times as much land can be gone

over with a harrow as with a cultivat—

or in a day. If cultivated crops are

planted on a well prepared seed bed

the labor necessary for later cultiva-

tion is greatly lessened.



Reset the Best Yielding Varieties.



Plant the high-yielding varieties of

grains and adapted varieties of corn.

Call on your state experiment station

at East Lansing for information, if





oats on heavy soils, Alexander on light,

the Rosen rye and Red Rock wheat are

some outstanding varieties of great

merit. Every acre available should be

reserved for seed purposes, and ordi-

nary strains put to other uses, until

the supply of these varieties far ex-

ceeds the seed demand. Other high-

yielding strains not mentioned should

receive the same attention.



Frequent shallow cultivation should

be given so as to kill all weeds possi-

ble in fields of corn, potatoes, beans

and beets.





Acreage of Grain Should Be Extended.



The utmost endeavor should be made

to extend the acreage of grain crops in

particular. Corn in the southern half

of Michigan will produce more feed for

man or live stock on fertile soils than

any other crop. Every available acre

adapted should go into corn. In the

Thumb district and to the south and

west of Saginaw Bay the greatest pos-

sible acreage of beans and beets should

be planted. In the northern part of

the lower peninsula and in the upper

peninsula potatoes, barley, rye and

oats, with wheat on strong soils are

the crops to be most generally encour-

aged.



It is expected _of every Michigan

farmer that he fully realize the grave





food situation facing the country and.





that he extend his energies to the ut-

most to produce the most food possi-

ble from the acres under his control.





 





 





 





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





In another column



President Wilson's of this issue will

Appeal. be found a direct

appeal from Pres-



ident Wilson to the citizens of the Uni-

ted States in general, and the farmers

of the country in particular, to unsel-

fishly discharge their full duty in the

nation’s crisis. This appeal is in line





with the high ideals expressed by Pres- .





ident Wilson in his recent message to

Congress. Its careful perusal should

inspire the reader with a broad sense

of his patriotic duty in the country‘s

hour of need.





Late last week a gener-

Preparedness a1 conference of farm-

in Michigan. ers, bankers, manufac-



turers and distributors

of food stuffs was called by Governor

Sleeper for the purpose of considering

a stable program of preparedness, par—

ticularly as relates to agricultural pro-

duction in this state. Following a long

session of this conference during which

the participants expressed their views

on related topics, Governor Sleeper ap-

pointed a committee to carry out this

branch of preparedness work, consist-

ing of the following men: Ex—Governor

Fred M. Warner, Farmington; N. P.

Hull, Dimondale; W. K. Prudden, Lan-

sing; W. J. Orr, Saginaw; Nathan F.

Simpson, Detroit; George W. McCor-

mick, Menominee, and John S. Hag-

gerty, Detroit. This committee met

early this week to organize the work

placed in their charge, and ere this is-

sue reaches the reader, their work

will be well under way.



The burden of the message brought

to‘the capitol by those who participat-

ed in the conference was the shortage

of labor with which to make a maxi-

mum crop on the farms of the state.

This problem will be one of those

which will be given consideration by

the committee, as will the related

problems of providing seed for all who

may need such aid to insure a maxi-

mum acreage of staple crops.



Steps will be taken to place a suita<

ble man in each county to direct the

local work under this committee, with

a View of making its work of the great-

est possible value to the largest possi-

ble number of farmers in the state.

Full details regarding the plan of work

adopted by the committee will be giv-

en in the next issue.





Two important confer.

The St, Louis ences were held at St.

Conferences. Louis last week. at the

call of Secretary of Ag-

riculture Houston. At the first of these





‘ agricultural representatives of thirty-'





two states, including commissioners of

agriculture, presidents of agricultural

colleges, directors of experiment sta-

tions and extension work, deans of col-





 





 

   





leges Qf_agriculture and ofiicials or the

United States Department 'of Agricul-‘

ture met on April 10-11 and made im-

portant recommendations relating to

the problems of promoting increased

agricultural production and organizing

federal and state agencies for effective

co-operation. V



In this connection special appeal was

made to the patriotism of farmers, and

a definite program looking toward the

increase of cereal and legumes and

meat animal products was adopted.

Briefly, the important recommenda-

tions may be summarized as follows:



An emergency appropriation of $25,-

000,000 to be made available immedi-

ately for the use of the Secretary of

Agriculture to meet the extraordinary

needs of agriculture; an urgent call to

all farmers to increase production and

to housewives to avoid all food waste;

the mobilization of over 2,000,000 un-





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employed boys betWeen the ages of





 





fifteen and nineteen years for service

on the‘ farms and in the production of

food supplies and munitions; the en-

listment of [men unfitted for military

service as an officially recognized

force for the production of necessities;

a complete survey of the food supply;

national systematic publicity of food

prices; effective control of agencies for

the manufacture and handling of foods,

and price fixing, if necessary.



On April 12 the representatives of

the agricultural press were called in

conference by Secretary Houston, over

ninety papers with a combined circu-

lation of over eleven million being rep-

resented by sixty-three men. After a

thorough discussion-of the agricultural

needs of different sections of the coun—

try, the following resolution was

adopted: ‘ V



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An Appeal from the President





“My fellow countrymen: The en-

trance of our own beloved country into

the grim and terrible war for democ-

racy and human rights which has

shaken the world creates so many

problems of national life and action,

which call-for immediate consideration

and settlement, that I hope you will

permit me to address to you a few

words of earnest counsel and appeal

with regard to them.



“Give Service Without Profit.”



“We rapidly are putting our navy

upon an effective war footing and are

about to create and equip a great army

but these are the simplest parts of the

great task to which we have addressed

ourselves. '



“There is not a single selfish ele-

ment, so far as I can see, in the cause

we are fighting for. We are fighting

for what we believe and Wish to be the

rights of mankind and for the future

peace and security of the world. To

do this great thing, worthily and suc‘

cessfully, we must devote ourselves to

the service without regard to profit or

material advantage and with an energy

and intelligence that will rise to the

level of the enterprise itself.



“We must realize to the full how

great the task is and how many things,

how many kinds- and elements of capa-

city and service and self-sacrifice it in-

volves. ‘



Food Problem First.



“These, then, are the things we must

do, and do well, besides fighting—the

things without which fighting would

be fruitless.



“We must supply abundant food, not

only for ourselves and_for our armies

and our seamen, but for a large part of

the nations with whom we have now

made common cause, in whose support

and by whose sides we shall be fight-

ing. '



“We must supply ships by the hun-

dreds to carry to the other side of the

sea, submarines or no submarines,

abundant materials out of our fields

and our mines and our factories, not

only to clothe, and equip our own forc-

es on land and sea, but also to clothe

and support our peOple for whom the

gallant fellows under arms'can no long-

er work, to help clothe and equip the

armies with which we are cooperating

in Europe, and to keep thelooms and

manufactories there in raw material.



“Our Duty to Supply Allies."



“We must supply coal to keep the

fires going in the ships at sea and in

the furnaces of hundreds of factories

across the sea: steel out of which to

make arms and ammunition, both here

and there, rails for worn-out railways

back of those going to pieces; mules,

herses, cattle for labor and for mili-

tary service; everything with which

the people of England and France and

Italy and Russia have usually supplied

themselves, but cannot now afford the

men, the materials or the machinery

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“It is evident to every thinking man

that our industries, on the farms, in

the ship yards, in the mines, in the

factories, must be made more prolific

and more efficient than ever and that

they must be more economically man-

aged and better adapted to the partic-

ular requirements of our task than

they have been. '



“The men and the women, who de-

vote their thought and their energy to

these things will be serving the coun-

try and conducting the fight for peace

and freedom just as truly and just as

effectively as the men on the battle--

fields or in the trenches.



Special Appeal to Farmers.



“The industrial forces of the coun—

try, men and women alike, will be a

great national, a great international

service army—a. notable and honored

host engaged in the service of the na-

tion and the world, the efficient friends

and saviors of free men everywhere.

Thousands, nay hundreds of thou-

sands of men, otherwise liable to mili-

tary service, will of right and of neces-

sity be excused from that service and

assigned to the fundamental, sustain‘

ing work of the fields and factories

and mines and they will be as much

part of the great patriotic forces of

the nation as the men under fire.



“I take the liberty, therefore, of ad-

dressing this word to the farmers of

the country and to all who work on

the farms:



“The supreme need of our own na-

tion and of the nations with which we

are co-operating is an abundance of

supplies, and especially of food stuffs.



Time to Act Now.



“The importance of an adequate food

supply, especially for the present year,

is superlative. W'ithoul: abundant fooo

alike for the armies and the peoples

now at war, the whole great enterprise

upon which we have embarked will

break down and fail.



“The world’s food reserves are low.

Not only during the present emer-

gency, but for some time after peace

shall have come, both our own people

and a large proportion of the people of

Europe must rely upon the harvests in

America. Upon the farmers of this

country, therefore, in large measure,

rests the fate of the war and the fate

of the nations. May the nation not

count upon them to omit‘no step that

will increase the production of their

land or that will bring about the most

effectual cooperation in the sale and

distribution of their products?



“The time is short. It is of the most

imperative importance that everything

possible be done and done immediately

to make sure of large harvests. I call

upon young men and old alike and up—

on the able-bodied boys of the land to

accept and act upon this duty—to turn

in hosts to the farms and make cer-

tain that no pains and no labor is lack-_





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States into the" fworld‘flwar farmer





America are laid under the most in-





sistent and inexorable obligation. It

is a war of food more than of muni~

tions. Nature has turned a forbidding

face on the early harvests of the world.

A shortage of more than 50,000,000

bushels of winter wheat at home and a

deficrency in all crops abroad sound a

trumpet call to farmers to bend every

effort to the limit of human intelli-

gence, energy and ingenuity to wring

from the earth its maximum yield in

all the coming harvests.



“Patriotism and profit should stimu-

late them. The life of the nation hangs

in the balance. The rewards for intel—

ligent farm toil were never. so alluring

and certain, Every man in his own

field must be the judge of. methods.



' “This appeal coming from publishers

and editors of farm journals in session

in St. Louis, representing a combined

circulation of 11,000,000, seeks to

arouse producers to the gravity of the

situation, and to enlist in the army

most necessary to the nation’s defense





- —-the army of farm men, women and





children whose devoted'and intelligent

effort will sustain our fighting forces

and bring succor to starving men,

Women and children and insure inevi-

tably the peace of the world.”





Further action of the conference con—

sisted in a resolution suggesting the

appointment of an advisory editorial

board to be selected from the farm

press of the country for the working

out of a comprehensive plan for the

distribution of information from the

Department of Agriculture.



These conferences proved beneficial



and inspiring to all who participated

in them, and will, we believe, be re-

flected in the greater efficiency of all

agencies who may be able to help pro-

mote an increase in agricultural pro«

duction.

The relator, Mr. Hollis,

formerly a sailor, now

a well-to-do- business

man of Chicago, has been invited by

his old friend, Mr. Carrington, to take

a cruise with several of New York’s

leading financiers. Everything is ready

and the well-appointed yacht starts on

what proved to be a most exciting, but

for the yacht, a disastrous journey, on

the eve of the breaking out of the great

European war. About midnight of the

first day out the engines suddenly stop

and Mr. Hollis, true to his sailor train-

ing, dresses and goes out on deck to

learn the trouble. _He discovers soon

that nothing serious is the matter, but

in a walk about the deck he catches

sight of a woman, who suddenly disap-

pears from sight. In the morning he

relates this obs‘érvation'to his host,

who declares upon his word of honor

that no woman is aboard. Although

certain that his host was perfectly sin-

cere about the matter, Hlollis himself,

was satisfied that his eyes did not play

him false, and what he learned the fol-

lowing night is related in the install«

nent on other pages of this issue,

which, with the trying events that fol.

lowed, makes up one of the most fasci-

nating of stories. Every lover of a.

good story will enjoy it. Besides, at

times like the present when the des~

tiny of nations is in the balance and

men everywhere are wondering and

brooding and worrying as to what will

come next, it is best to keep oneself

well in hand and we know of no better

way to do this than to lose our

thoughts for a few hours each week in

an absorbing story. We can then come

back to our duties with a clear brain.

and steady hand, and will be better

able to do a maximum of service for

our country and our homes.





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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





' Foreign.



. The European Wan—The Allies con

tinue their drive on the western front.

The latest reports indicate that the

Germans have been driven from Lens.

which is the center of the great French

coal fields. The t0wn of Levin has 3.1.

so been taken. The Hlndenburg line

is now broken between ,Queant and

Arras and the Germans are making a

desperate effort to hold that portion of

the line south of Queant. On the ex-

treme west the Belgians are advancing

toward Dixmude on the‘ North Sea





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* Di‘sking, Before Plowing





ByhflHAHN'RYDER





ARR-Y J. LURKINS, a successful

' I I and prosperous farmer of Van

Buren county, Michigan, and

who has grown one of the largest

yields of potatoes ever grown in Michi-

gan, averaging 454 bushels of market-

able potatoes to the acre for a twenty-

five-acre field, says that all ground

should be disked before it is plowed.

J. B. Brown, another farmer and a

farmers’ institute lecturer of Michigan,

says that all cover crops or clover over

six inches in height should be disked

before it is turned under. While this

is probably more nearly idealistic than

most people advocate, the importance

of disking ground before it is plowed is

receiving more and more attention

from farmers throughout the country.





Ideal seed bed preparation consists

in disking, plowing, rolling and then

disking and harrowing. Fine, compact

seed beds in which there are no holes,

facilitate the rise of moisture. A loose

mulch on top holds it for the plant and

prevents evaporation. The better the

seed bed is prepared, the bigger the

crop. Clods will not grow crops. Neith-

er will they hold moisture nor facili-

tate its rise from the deep soil to the

surface where the crops are growing.

It is poor policy to plow under a large

amount of organic matter such as

green cover crops, straw, stalks or ma-

nure without first disking because such

a layer in the bottom of the furrow

cuts off the supply ofrwater coming up

from the sub-soil.



The growing of cover crops, the

plowing under of legumes and the addi-

tion of organic matter to the soil is be-

coming more important each year. Yet

hundreds and thousands of farmers

frequently do more harm than good by

the methods employed in adding or-

ganic matter to the soil.



I have been on many farms where

heavy applications of organic matter,

straw or manure had been turned un-

der, and the crop was, in many cases,





a failure because the work was not‘





properly done._ In others it was not

nearly so good as where no manure

was used. I have inspected a great

many acres where boys had gone

into corn, tomato and potato growing

contests. The first thing they did was

to haul out a heavy application of ma-

nure and turn it under, resulting in a

very small yield because the season

was dry and the layer' of manure in

the bottom of the furrow cut off the

rise of moisture. One man in southern

Michigan said he turned under the

heel of an old straw stack on a field

from which he expected to get a bump-

er cr0p of corn. The result was a crop

- failure until the second year, when he

re-plowed the ground and worked the

straw through the soil. We do not

want to stop the rise of soil moisture,

but we want to stOp it as near the sur-

face as possible, and not down at the

bottom of the furrow.





The reason we are so interested in

the rise of capillary moisture is this:

It,is not the water that falls during

the summer that grows the crops, for

ordinarily there is not enough falling.

It is the water that falls during the

fall, winter and spring, that is stored

in the soil and comes up to the sur-

face by capillary attraction, provided

the structure of the soil does not stop

this rise of moisture. Where the land

is first disked, all organic matter will

be well mixed through the soil and

seed bed. This makes a more efficient

factory in which the plant food is

manufactured and liberated for the

crops. Humus and organic matter

well mixed through the soil increases





the moisture holding capacity, as every ,





ton of organic matter will hold eight

to ten tons of water. It improves the

structural condition of the soil, fur-

nishes avbetter home and food for bac-

teria, insures a profit from fertilizers





when they are applied. No matter how

well suited and fitted the fertilizers

are to the soils and crops, if the physi-

cal and mechanical condition of the

soil is not right, the fertilizers cannot

do their best.



There is no use dodging the issue





   





leaNrARMER





that the reserve food supply of the na-

tion is practically exhausted. Hence

it is vitally important as well as profit-

able, for the farmer to so handle this

soil as to get the most profits in the

way of largest crops of best quality

this year. Disking the land before

plowing must continue to receive more

and more attention as the soil is the

factor that furnishes the plant a home,

stores the plant food and in turn man-

ufactures it into such form that the





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Michigan’s Corn Champion





HE state of Michigan is not. one



of the corn belt states but it has



been proven conclusively this

year that large yields of good corn can

be grown in at least the southern half

of the state, and this by a fifteen-year-

old boy.





Floyd Bergey, of Caledonia, Kent





county, Michigan, has just been award- .





ed the Junior Corn Growers’ Trophy

for producing the best all around acre

of corn that was grown in the state

during the season of nineteen hundred

and sixteen. This trophy is offered by

the Michigan Bankers’ Association to

the boy who does the best in the work

of raising an acre of corn, his work to

be judged on the four-point basis as

follows: Quality, quantity, profit and

report. The trophy is to be held a

year by the winner and should one boy

win this trophy three years in succes-

sion it is to be given to him perma-

nently. The cup was won last year

and the year previous by Charles Mor-

rice, of Clinton county.



It is interesting to note that the

championship results that Floyd Ber-

gey has attained this year come as the

result of several years’ experience in

growing cern. Working with a strain

f0 Pickett’s Yellow Dent corn last year

this boy won second place in the state

work. The work of this season shows

very clearly what can be accomplish-

ed by following scientific principles in

seed selection and growing.



The report and story of this boy are

worth reading.





Mich. Ag. Col. C. A. SPAULDING.





 





How I Made my Crop of Com.





BY FLOYD w. BERGEY.

I enrolled as a club member this





year because I had been quite success—

ful other years, also to get more ac-

quainted with agriculture.



The object of the Boys’ Corn Club is

to interest the boys in agriculture,

and give the boy a chance to manage

for himself.



My seed was tested in a box nearly

full of sawdust, measured off in

squares, each square being numbered

and with each ear having a corres-

ponding number.



The acre was mostly loam, although

a part of it was rich 'clay. I planted

my corn in checks the tenth day of

June. Some said it was too late to

plant corn, but I did not have the

ground prepared before.



As soon as the corn was planted it

was top-dressed with good barnyard

manure. Then I harrowed it once





with a spike-tooth harrow. This hid

the marks of the planter and fooled

the crows. The corn came up in about

a week and I started cultivating, the

first time deep, but each time shallow-

er. It was cultivated four times.

Part of my corn was damaged by a

heavy rain on June 28, and this part





 





 





 





 





The Champion Corn Grower.

never grew quite as well as the other





parts. One day I thought of a new

plan. The plan was to burn brush piles

and put the ashes on the corn. Anoth-

er time I caught water from the ma-

nure pile after a rain and put it on the

corn. My corn was not damaged by

the drought for we got a rain just as

the corn was beginning to set.



The corn was ripe just in time so

that I could make an exhibit at the

West Michigan State Fair. I won sec-

ond premium which was a ribbon and

seven dollars. -



I started to harvest the corn Septem—

ber 30, but did not finish until Novem-

ber 1. As I went to school I did not

get along very fast.



In all 1 had 104.25 bushels of shelled

corn, of which seven bushels are seed.

The seed is stored in a well ventilated

living-room.



At the present time the'corn is

worth $118.52. It cost $32.57 to raise

the corn, which gave me a profit of

$85.95. Besides this profit I see what

an acre of ground planted to corn will

do. It was a great pleasure to me to

raise this corn. I advise every boy or

girl that has a few moments of time

to join the Boys’ and Girls, Agricul-

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Cost of One





Plowing, harrowing, spading, manuring and other work

of self or team .....................





Hoeing acre of corn

Planting acre of corn





Cultivating acre of corn (self and team) ......

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Estimated rent of land ...............





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Total cost of producing acre of corn. . .. . . . .

Estimated Value of Corn from Acre.





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............... 10.00 1.00

..... 2.00 .20

5.00 1.37

53.30 6.30

.............. 5.00

........... . 13.00



actual cost or

............... .75

. . $ 32.57

Bushels. Value

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plant can use it. This means the soil

must be well enriched and thoroughly

mixed with organic matter and well

supplied with plant food. Disking be-

fore plowing, the generous and intelli-

gent use of fertilizers, legumes and

manure, shallow cultivation, together

with the proper planting of disease?

free seed of high-yielding strains and

intelligent spraying to combat disease

and insect attacks will insure farm

prosperity.





A PERTINENT SUGGESTION ON

ROAD BUILDING.





 





As the time is now here for working

on the public highways, I would like

to make a few suggestions. Every

farmer is, or should be, interested in

good roads, and there being no way of

improving our roads without large ex-

penditures of money and labor, the

most important question for the farm-

er to settle is how to obtain the best

roads with the least expense in labor

and money.



I am paying taxes on a farm of 140

acres, and about $2,000 in other proper-

ty. My highway and road repair taxes

this were about $50. This had to be

paid in cash, for the reason that about

all of our road work was being done

through the summer and fall when ev-

ery farmer was very busy with his

farm work. I keep on the farm four or

five work horses, but about all of the

time from the middle of April to the

first of October we need all of our

horses to work on the farm, so we

can’t get any time to work on the

road.



If our highway commissioners would

grade and prepare the road bed dur-

ing the spring and summer, and leave

the gravel hauling and crushed stone

hauling on the road until late fall and

winter, I could put a team on the road

hauling gravel continuously, when the

weather would admit, from September

1 to April 1, which would give me work

for a team all winter that would oth-

erwise be idle. I would sooner pay

$75 a year road tax, to be paid in haul-

ing gravel during the winter, than to

pay $40 in cash and have a man and

team idle.



Under our present system of hauling

gravel in the summer, it takes a large

number of teams off the farms that

ought to be kept at work on the farms.

It also creates a scarcity ,of farm la-

bor, thus neglecting and greatly reduc-

ing the volume of farm crops. As a

matter of fact, we may be able to

make better roads for the money ex-

pended by doing all of the work in the

summer. But for the farmers and the

consumers generally I believe we had

better build, or do a large per cent of

our road work in the fall and winter

and keep the teams and men at work

on the farms during the summer. What

do the readers of the Michigan Farmer

think about this proposition?



Hillsdale Co. J. A. PALMER.





 





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WHIFFLETREES THAT WORK AS

AN EVENER.





The device here described is one to

be used when it is desirable to work a

team tandem, one ahead of the other,

instead of abreast in the ordinary way.





It is quite often very desirable to

work a team in some narrow place,

such as plowing out the bottom of

some narrow ditch where it is too

heavy draft for one horse and not

room enough for two to work abreast.

This includes such work as plowing

out vineyard- or berry bushes, or up

close to trees or fences, etc.



The device consists of two very plain

Cheaply constructed whiffletrees plac-

ed one above the other and clamped

within a common U clevice,’ only be

ing wide enough to go over thetwo.

There should be a heavy washer about

half an inch thick between the whiffle-

trees to prevent the rubbing of one on





 





the other. The lead horse is provided

with rope extension traces to reach

back on either side the rear horse to

the double whiffletrees behind shown

in the accompanying cut.



The whiffletrees are not bored ex‘

actly in the center but three-quarters

of an inch toward the opposite end of

the lower one. Thus the end hooks do

not play exactly over each other.





Neither horse is hitched to a single

whiffletree as in the ordinary way. But

the rear horse is hitched to the shorter

ends of both whiffletrees. And the

rope traces from the head horse to the

longer ends of each. This gives the

lead horse a trifle advantage as the

rear horse has an up lift as well as a

closer draft. Now, as the horses will

- never work exactly even these whiffle-

trees will work back and forth like a

pair of shears, evening the draft at all

times. .



In plowing orchards or close along

fences, etc., we found it very desirable

that the team walk in the furrow.

This can be done by simply reversing

the draft clevice of the plow where it

has been arranged for three or four

horses, or by bolting a heavy piece of

hardwood across the draft clevice of

the plow and letting it extend out par-

tially over the furrow and bracing this

back to the plow beam with chain or

heavy wire.



We took a plow that was pretty well

worn out and simply sprung the beam

over to the right until the draft came

right. In springing a plow beam one

should never make the plow fast and

force the beam over, but rather lay

the plow down and with a poWerful

lever spring the beam as desired.





Now as the team walks in the fur-

row one can plow up very much closer

under trees. 'Along the‘ fences, with

our rig, we could peelthelastinch‘of

sod away from a fence post. Of course

this is not desirable, ordinarily,





 





to either side of the lead horse and are





In these days when farm help is 80'





stops operations for a. week, you will '

~ be impressed by the difference. It will





it

If desired the rear horse can be fidd-





lead? home reverted. .by.,-1‘ig,ht 1pr.

lines. Care should be used that the.

whiffletree hooks are not too large and

bungling, or too big knots in the rope

hitch, as they might catch together as.

the whiffletrees play back and forth

and thus cause annoyance.



We feel quite sure that a pair of or-

dinary whiffletrees could be used in

this way, provided the rear hitch

could be adjusted just right and a. lit-

tle way apart. However, we have nev-

tr tried this as we made ours for the





purpose. We know the principle will

work.

Bay Co. L. W. Ovm'rjr.





FARM NOTES.





 





Corn or Potatoes on Thin Land.





I have a‘ piece of land that has been

run for years without clover or ma-

nure. This land is Quite sandy and

contains practically no humus. Now,





‘ if I apply 12 good loads of manure and





from 400 to 600 lbs. of 1.9-1 fertilizer

to the acre, which would be the most

profitable crop for me to raise, corn

or potatoes? I raised corn on similar

land last year that went 60 crates to

the acre, with manure with no com~

mercial' fertilizer. Would this ground

hold moisture sufficient to grow a good

crop of potatoes?



Montcalm Co. R. E.





It is, of course, impossible to tell

which of two crops will be most profit-

able in any year. From the stand-

point of probable yield, however, if the

corn can be used to good advantage in

feeding live stock, with the proposed

dressing of manure and fertilizer, it is

probable that a comparatively better

yield of corn would be secured on this

land than of potatoes. At least, there

would be less chance of a crop failure.

Then if the corn can be fed out on the

farm to advantage, the permanent ben~

efit to the farm’s fertility would be

greater. 4



Under favorable conditions a fair

crop of potatoes could be grown with

liberal fertilization, such as is propos-

ed in a normal year, but under drouth

conditions such as prevailed last sea-

son over a. large section of the, state,

such an outcome would not be de-

pendable.



Varying the Crop Rotation.





My seeding with grain last year was

a failure. It did not catch. Would you

recommend manuring and plowing the

stubble for potatoes this year? Would

it do for beans where potatoes grew

last year? It 'was a big growth of clo-

ver, also manured, plowed under and

potatoes planted. I want to reserve an

old meadow to plow under for corn

this year and will also have to plow

last year’s potato and corn ground for

cats this year?



Lapeer Co. M. A. C.





Where the clover seeding fails in

the crop rotation, there is nothing left

to do but to vary the crop rotation in

some manner. Local conditions will

of necessity determine very largely as

to what variation or substitution may

be made. Suitable ground well ma-

nured should grow a good crop of pota-

toes, although not as good as a good

clover sod similarly treated. In this

event, however, the land should be re-

seeded as soon as possible, and the

best plan of accomplishing this would

be to sow the potato ground to cats

next year, using a comparatively light

seeding of oats, and sowing the clover

with same so as to insure a catch if

possible. Similarly, beans could be

planted after potatoes which were well

fertilized last year as described.





Ordinarily, it is not a good plan to

plant beans on fallow ground. This

was a. common mistake among Michi-

gan farmers in the early history of

bean growing 'in this state. The suc-

cession of two cultivated crops tends

to rapidly deplete the humus in the

soil. This result would not be as mark-

ed however, in growing beans after a

late planted crop like. potatoes, as

where grown after cor-n which requires

a much longer growing season. in case

this plan is adopted, it would be advis-





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Crop and Fertilizer QuestiOns





Planting Beans After Beans.



Last yearI had ten acres to beans“

after the beans were harvested I was

unable to get a fall crop on the same

ground. It has laid bare all winter.

Do you think I would be safe in put-

ting it to beans this year; if so, what

kind of fertilizer would you advise?

.I have no barnyard manure. Last

year’s beans were fine. The soil is

gravelly, with some sand. There was

quite a bit of clover and rye turned

under last year. The soil is not very

strong. I would like to plant to beans

again if I can get a fair crop, but

would like some advice.



Hillsdale Co. M. E. H.



We all know it isn’t the best farm

practice to grow the same crop on the

same field two or more years in suc-

cession. A rotation of crops helps to

keep the humus content of the soil up

to normal. Most of the soil is apt to

be deficient in vegetable matter and

where we grow beans more than one

year in succession we certainly do de-

plete the organic contents of the soil,

but crop after crop of _, beans or corn

or potatoes can be grown on land with-

out injury if the vegetable matter is

supplied in some other way than by

sods or the roots of grasses. The

thing to do is not to neglect it. Pro-

fessor Roberts, of Cornell University,

grew corn ten years in succession on

the same field and the tenth year the

crop was better than the first, but he

applied a good dressing of stable ma-

nure every year. This kept up the or-

ganic matter in the soil.



In my judgment there would be noth-

ing serious in planting this field to

beans again. It would be nice, of

course, if you could put stable ma-

nure on the land but in as much as

you turned down clover and rye before,

it will do no particular harm to plant

beans again, even without stable ma-

nure, provided you handle the soil

properly afterwards.



As clover and rye were turned down,

this field probably has sufficient nitro-

gen to grow another good crop of

beans and undoubtedly there is suffi-

cient potash, so I would recommend

simply an application of acid phos-

phate. Phosphorus is what you need

to grow beans, say 200 pounds per

acre.



Plowing Sandy Loam.



I have a piece of sandy loam on

which I put five loads of farm dress-

ing and plowed last fall. Would it

make it better if I again put dressing

on it and plowed this spring, or only

drag the dressing in thoroughly in-

stead of plowing a second time?



Shiawassee Co. .



If the manure is not so coarse that

it will interfere with tillage tools, I

would top-dress and not plow. We can

plow sandy land too much. Sandy land

wants rolling and packing quite as

much as it wants plowing. It is just

the opposite of clay land. Clay must

be plowed and loosened up thoroughly

to get the air and water into it, but

sandy land allows air and water to

pass through. it too freely. Fill the

sandy land with organic matter and it

fills in between the coarse particles of

soil and makes it more compact, helps

it hold moisture better, etc. With clay

the organic matter presses the parti-

cles of fine clay apart and in this way

improves its physical condition.



Just recently I heard a very observ-

ing farmer say that he was from now

on going to disk his sandy soil more

and plow less. I think he is wise.



Of course, if the manure is coarse,

it would be plowed down to get it out

of the way. -_ ‘ .



Does Fertilizer Lose its Value b

Being Stored?



Is fertilizer that has been stored up



in a dry shed for two years as good as





fresh fertilizer?

Emmet Co. C. D. E.





If fertilizer is stored in a dry place

it will retain its value as a plant food

practically indefinitely. The only way

that its plant food value can be de-

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get wet and ferment. If fermentation

would take place, then the ammonia

Would be lost, or some of it.

Sometimes fertilizer cakes in the

bags when it is stored a long time.

Usually this can be easily pulverized

by pounding the bag with the back of

a barn shovel which will thoroughly

pulverize it. If all the lumps are not

pulverized in this way, it can be emp-

tied on the barn floor and with very

little trouble pulverized so that it will





Sometimes, in the production of acid

phosphate they don’t get just the right

proportion of sulphuric acid with the

raw rock and a little free sulphuric

acid is left. This is liable to injure

the bags so that sometimes the bags

are absolutely worthless, but this

don’t indicate that the fertilizer isn’t

of any value for it has not in any way

injured its value. ,



Fertilizer for Beans and Potatoes.





I have a field of sand land, clay sub-

soil, that has been pastured for several

years, before being cleared. It is a

June grass sod. I plowed it for corn,

followed with beans, men to wheat and

seeded to June clover and this last sea-

son made one cutting. Now I want to

put this field into potatoes and beans,

and want to use a fertilizer best adap-

ted to the soil and crop and want to

know what brand of fertilizer to use

and how much per acre, and how to

apply. Would say that I have covered

this land this winter with a good coat

of well rotted manure. .As I will have

to buy potato and bean seed, please

tell me what kind for early potatoes

would you prefer, how to cut the seed,

depth to plant, manner of preparing,

planting and caring for the crop, and

the time of planting.



Gratiot Co. M. -J. W.





This land is new and has been hand-

led according to the best farm prac-

tices. The heavy June grass sod in

the first place, and now a good clover

sod turned down, will certainly furnish

a sufliicient amount of nitrogen so that

this element need not be considered in

a fertilizer for either beans or pota—

toes. A clay subsoil would indicate an

abundance of potash in this soil, and

at the present price of potash, I would

not consider its purchase advisable for

either crop.



I am positive that for beans on this

ground nothing is needed except added

phosphorous in the form of acid phos-

phate. Phosphorus hastens maturity

and stimulates the development of

pods and beans and I believe that an

application of about 200 pounds of acid

phosphate with a favorable season

would assure a splendid crop of beans

on this soil.



A potash fertilizer is usually consid-

ered necessary for potatoes on a rath-

er light sandy soil. This is undoubted-

ly true, yet a sandy loam with a heavy

clay subsoil ought to furnish sufficient

potash for a good potato cr0p and I

believe it will. This soil, however, is

quite apt to be deficient in available

phosphorus and I would recommend

acid phosphate for potatoes in this in—

stance. It might pay y to use a

complete fertilizer with one or two per

cent of potash but potash is so high

that I dislike to recommend it at all.



There are several good varieties of

early potatoes—the Early Ohio, the

Early Rose, ‘or the Irish Cobbler. As

potatoes are very high it will pay this

year to cut them pretty close and yet

few will want to cut as close as one

eye. It is sufficient, however, under

proper conditions. I would say cut the

potatoes so that there will be no more

than two eyes in each hill, that is

working it down pretty carefully. The

ground wants to be prepared for early

potatoes, just as early as possible. The

seed bed should be deep and mellow.

The potatoes should be planted three

or four inches deep. Before the plants

are above the ground, the land should

be harrowed with a fine, slanting tooth

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600 to make test will save you over $50 a year





The greatest cause of friction in

your automobile or tractor engine is

sediment in the oil.



The center bottle shows the amount

of black sediment in ordinary auto-

mobile oil after 500 miles of use.



Sediment is caused by heat. The

temperature of any engine ranges

from 200? to 10009. This terrific heat

breaks down all ordinary oil, causing

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Damage is permanent





Oil that contains a large amount of

sediment causes friction and wear.

That is because the sediment takes

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metal to metal surfaces are pressed

into each other and the microscopic

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Damage caused in this way cannot

be repaired. Sooner or later you must

throw away the worn parts and buy

new ones.





How seientist saves friction



Mr. F. E. Faulkner, of the Platt

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discovered a way to eliminate almost

all sediment and save friction.



Notice the sediment testillustrated

above. It shows 50 % of sediment in

ordinary oil, as against 57‘ or 6% in

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the ordinary oil as in Veedol!



This is the best test of a lubricant’s

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Veedol is unlike ordinary oil because it

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new discovery, used exclusively by this

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Veedol resists heat—does not evaporate

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is in good condition—and reduces sediment

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60c to make test will





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For 60c more than the cost of ordinary

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enough to run 2,000 to 5,000 miles. So you

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Make the test as follows: Clean out the

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its own power. Draw out all kerosene and

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over a. familiar road, including steep hills

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Since sediment is the greatest cause of

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The road test will prove this. You will

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gasoline mileage. That is due to the sav-

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Users of Veedol find that these savings

average from $50 to $115 a year.



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HIS is an important problem.



The grower who finds a, solution



will be in a position to obtain

the high prices when lean years come.

Ability to supply his trade regularly is

no less essential to a successful busi-

ness. To lose customers during a sea-

son of scarcity mean that, to a. large ex-

tent, ,new ones must be found when he

again has fruit to dispose of.



It is my experience that annual fruit

crops are possible, in fact, are emi-

nently practicable if the proper meth-

ods are followed. In the first place, in

propagating my trees I would select

buds and clone from stock of regular

bearing habits. Every orchardist knows

that he has some trees which bear

more regularly than others of the same

variety. But instead of depending on

these trees which have some sort of

reputation, the average grower goes to

the nurseryman. From him he will

almost invariably get cions cut from

blocks of young trees which have

never fruited, and of whose productiv-

ity and pedigree nothing is known.

This mode of obtaining cions is follow-

ed year after year, and the young trees

from such a source has a long line of

ancestors which never fruited prior to

being propagated from. Is there any

wonder that it cannot be depended up-

on to produce fruit regularly? I be-

lieve the time has come when we want

a pedigree with our trees. Live stock

breedershave loug attached the ut-

most importance to this subject. Now

we have pedigreed farm seed. By all

means let us have pedigreed trees.

The principle of variation is as great

in the fruit bud as in seeds or live

stock. Why not take advantage of it?



Cultivation Should Start Early.



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This soil stirring we continue until the

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nature is assisted by surrounding the

tree early in the season by conditions

favorable to new growth, and later in

the season by conditions favorable to

the transformation of the leaf bud. It

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tions be performed by the tree in one

year if it is to yield annual crops.~We

must have new buds, for when a bud

blossoms it dies, and we must have the

fruit bud or it cannot blossom. Nature

usually takes two years to complete

the cycle, hence. the off year. It is the

work of the skilled orchardist to com-

plete it in one year.



Spraying should be thoroughly and

persistently done, not only to protect

the fruit from insects and diseases,

but to protect the foliage and keep it

in good condition as late in the season

as possible. All plant food is elabor-

ated in the leaves, and it is that pro-

duced in the latter part of the season,

in excess of what is. required for im-

mediate use, which transforms the leaf

bud into the fruit bud. This transfor-

mation continues only just so late as

there is a healthy foliage on the trees.





In the general work of caring for an

orchard there are many little things

that will aid materially in regular tree

bearing. It is well known that many

varieties of an our fruits are self-ster-

ile. Plant trees which bloom at the

same time and will fertilize each oth-

er side by side. Picking, if carelessly

done, may destroy the chances of a.

yield the following year. When the

twigs are broken off with the fruit two

years' crop is picked in one. Who has

not seen the ground carpeted with

small fruiting twigs under a tree that

has been carelessly picked?





Pruning should be done while the

tree is dormant, and should be light

and moderate, so as not to seriously

disturb the intimate balance between

the roots and the leaf surface. Ma-

nure regularly, and according to the

needs of each individual tree. In .some

cases a liberal application will prove

beneficial, in others, similar treatment

would prevent fruiting.





If we are to have trees bearing an-

nual crops of fruit, it is reasonable

that the operations indicated be per

formed regularly. Different localities.

soils and seasons may require some

modification of these methods. It is

not so much new systems as an intel-

ligent and thoughtful application of

what we already know or is within

easy reach, that will afford the real

remedy for off years in the orchard.



Canada. ‘ J. H. MCKENNEY.





RICH GARDENS NEED LIME.





 





Stable manure is used to a great ex-

tent in enriching gardens, and when

this is done the soil is very apt to be-

come somewhat acid. Where the soil

is not naturally strongly impregnated

with lime and heavy applications of

manure are made repeatedly it is al-

most sure to be quite acid. Many

crops will thrive in such a soil, but

there are some that will not stand an

acid soil at all. No legumes will do

well in an acid soil, even if but slight-

ly acid. . ‘



Lime is the one remedy used for

acid soils, and it is very easily applied.

Ground limestone, air-slaked lime, or

water—slaked lime, or lump lime can be

used. A peck of quicklime will be

about right for a square rod of gar-

den, and double the amount of slaked

lime or of ground limestone will give

about the same results. The ground

stone or the slaked lime can be scat-

tered easily, but the quicklime will

have to be piled in small piles and

allowed to slake before it can be dis-

tributed. In sinking with water do

not use much, just" enough so the stone

will slake quickly and will make a. dry

powder when through.



Commercial fertilizers can be used

on soil that has been well limed, but

they should not be applied at the same

time or with the lime. Lime has a ten-

dency to immediately release the food





elements, and they are wasted. While





this is a detriment when used with





 





 

 





 

     





commercial fertilizers, it is one of the

greatest points of value in lime appli-

cations to ordinary soils, for the lime

acts in the same way on the stored but

unavailable elements in the soil. It

tends to make them available at once.

While lime is not a fertilizer in itself

it is often thought to be when plants

show‘ such marked growth after .its ap-

plication, due to the lime’s action on

the elements already in the soil but

not in a condition to be used by the

plants. L. H. Cons.





 





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





 





Cutworms.



Is there anything to prevent cut-

worms from cutting onions off? Would

a. timothy sod be liable to contain cut-

worms if plowed this spring for on-

ions? ? D. L. L.



A common remedy for the cutworm

is poisoned bran mash, which is made

as follows: One quart of bran, one

teaspoonful Paris Green and one ta-

blespoon of molasses.



Mix the Paris Green and bran when

dry. After they are thoroughly mixed,

add sufficient water to moisten slight-

ly, after which add the molasses. This

should be scattered around the plants,

but care should be taken to keep poulé

try from the ground on which it is

to be used.



Timothy. sod may have cutworms in

it, but usually they are more prevalent

in soil which is loose and easily work-

ed. Undoubtedly the plowing and me

paring of this sod before planting

would do much toward destroying

whatever cutworms would be in it.



As for onions, the ground should be'

very thoroughly prepared before it is

planted. It is preferable under most

all circumstances to plow the ground

in the fall.



Hen Manure for Garden Purposes.





In what way, and in what proportion

can hen manure be best used on a.





garden?



St. Clair Co. W. H. W.



A common way of using hen manure

for garden purposes is to mix it with

an equal amount of dry earth, crush it,

and then spread it by hand. The

amount necessary of course depends

upon the condition of the garden soil.

A liberal application, spread broadcast

however, will be beneficial in most all

cases.



Usually the dust is applied on the

dropping boards in the 300;), as it helps

to keep the coop sanitary. and absorbs

the moisture, also prevents the nitro«

gen in the manure from escaping.



For a complete fertilizer containing

hen manure, the following is good:

Four hundred pounds of hen manure,

pounds muriate of potash, 150 pounds

200 pounds of dismlved bone, 100

of plaster and 100 pounds of nitrate of

soda. -



At present you would probably have

some difficulty in getting the muriate

of potash and nitrate of soda, and

therefore 300 pounds of dissolved bone

and 150 pounds of plaster added to the

manure would be the best combination

under present circumstances .



Onion Maggot.





In raising onions I have been trou—

bled with grubs eating them when they

are about three weeks old. They start

from the bottom and eat up through

the center of the plant. Could you tell

me what causes these small grubs and

whether there is anything I could put

in the ground before planting the seed

to do away with them? N. B.





The grub which attacks your onions

is the onion maggot, which is probably

the most serious pest of the onion.



The eggs of this insect are laid 0n

the tops and the grub works its way

down into the bulb. Practical means

of control are wanting. 011 small

patches the use of 'carbollc acid emul:

sion has _ proved efficient. Liberal.

amounts of tobacco dust spread along

the rows has proven a fairly good de-

terrent. » » ‘



. The most practical way of ridding

the onions of this pest is to make the

new planting as far removed from the

old one as possible. ‘





 





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.By .L. W.





Let us first consider this matter of

waste in a. general way. We all recog-

nize'that the actual value of .the food

consumed by the animal costs so 'near‘

ly the price obtained for the product

that there is really a very narrow :mar—

gin‘of .profit, if any profit at all. And

this statement only contemplates ’the

food actuallytconsumed and utilized "by

'Thus we can readily see





see, any ‘waste .must be figured out of

this narrow margin of .net profit. Con-

sequently if this waste be only a. com-

paratively small amount, yet it may

easily be enough to wipe out entirely

this net profit.



Again, it is important, we realize,

that aonly that portion of the food con-

sumed that the animal can digest, as-





. similate and distribute throughthe me-

‘ dium of the 'blood thatcan ”be'used to





increase ‘bodily weight or "turned in“)

dairy products.





r Well-bred Animals Digest *Food Better.





'Thus we must-consider not only the





5 food :the animal is to consume, 2but see





to it that food is in a condition that





- it :can ‘be :readily digested and assim-

» ilated. And just here is where well-

‘ bred animals show their superiority





over mongrels, in their power to bet-

ter digest :-and assimilate the ‘foods con-

sumed. ‘But important as this matter

of good breeding is, yet the matter of

the health and vigor :of the animal

means even more. For in all our ex-

perience as well as observation, we





[have noted a healthy, vigorous mon-

, grel will put on flash more cheaply





than the very best bred animal that is

out of condition or stunted.



So the wise feeder will see that he

has well-bred animals that are vigor-

ous and healthy and then that he has

plenty of good clean, wholesome feed.



Thus we see that waste may occur,

not only by letting it be lost or dissi-

pated 'before it is taken up by the ani-

mal, but by allowing the food *to be-

come contaminated by filth or dirt





'5: that puts it in a condition so that it

' cannot be readily digested and assimi-





lated. How many times have you seen

careless men go out and pour good

feed into a hog trough nearly half full

of, the worst kind of .slop and filth.

“Oh, they are just





as almost no other animal will; but let

us :follow this mass of filth :through

the digestive tract of the animal. Na-

tureis clean and simply cannot handle

this filth. So before this food can be

used, nature must simply stop opera-





‘ tions until all this filth is sorted out





and disposed of. Thus the organs that





‘ 3dispose of the waste are over—taxed





and often more or less diseased, and

thus the whole process of digestion





1 and assimilation is retarded and weak-





ened, and all this time the careless

feeder is paying very dearly for his

lack of proper care and attention. This

holds true when com or any grain is





thrown over into a filthy pen and,





whether we recognize it or not, the

fact remains the same, that instead of

the animal organ-s commencing at once

the building up process they must turn

to this sorting and casting off process.

and much good food will be dissipated

So the successful feeder





feed for his stock but that that food

shall be in a condition the animal can

make the best possible use :of it.

Hope Following Cattle.

But I drink I hear someone say,





: “How about hogs following cattle ?”

rBut you, will understand those fresh

.Idroppings, while they seem so repul-





sive to us, are by .no means like the

much decayed filth of an old hog pen.

Again referring to the waste that oc-

curs before the “feed really gets to the

animal: How many farmers go out





   





 

 

   

 

 





 





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pour feed intosome loo'se trough which

each pig is tryingits best to get direct-

ly at theialling slop. It is needless to

say that in this ‘way 'much of the feed

will be'thrown out where it can never

be recovercdtby‘the animals. 0r where

ground :feed .is .used in .a :poorly con-

structed trough muc’h may “be rooted

‘over and .never recovered.



Andjust .these little things may'eas-

ily mean the difference between arrea-

sonable profit and an actual loss. And

we have (noted the most successful

dairyman or feeder .today is the men

who pays the closest attention to the

little details of his business, especially

when the :price of feed is where 'it is

today. And when labor is as scarce as

His new the actual convenience of -a.

properly constructed ‘hog feeder will

often pay for its constructiOn "andsave

many ‘times its cost by eliminating

waste. In a later issue we will try to

describe one that has proven itself 'to

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BARN WALL.





 





Will you please answer the following

questions? Is a. wall made of con-

crete one foot thick strong enough

for a barn 30x40 feet, to stand the

strain of a. thresher? Also, what pro-

portions should concrete be mixed for

the greatest possible strength? Could

the wall be built with less thickness

if one would make it stronger where

loads enter the barn?



TuscolaCo. . W. S.





A barn wall eight feet high for a.

basement .barn would be amply strong

enough if made one foot thick‘of solid

concrete to sustain the load of a.

thresher, or other heavy machines

passing over. While it is customary

to build :ten to twelve inches thick, an

eight-inch wall of good concrete which

is widened at the base to form a foot-

ing would be amply strong to sustain

this same load.



A good plan in making this wall

would be to built it eight or ten inches

thick and build pilesters or columns

under the supporting beams where

threshers or other heavyJoads are to

‘be taken into the barn.



If gravel :is obtained from the pit a.

mixture of one to six would make an

excellent concrete. Much attention

should be paid to the quality of the

gravel. It should ‘be clean, of course,

and well graded in size from :fine to

coarse. It is advisable to obtain grave]

if possible which has half as much

send as gravel, (sand meaning the ma-

-terial which will pass through a screen

having a quarter-inch mesh and gravel

material which will remain on it). This

will make better concrete tham gravel

in which the pebbles are all fine or all

coarse. In pouring the concrete it is

well to mix it thoroughly and wet

enough so that it will almost run in

the forms. It should not be wet enough

however, so that a great deal of liquid

is lost When it is placed in the forms.

When poured in this consistency it is

possible to work it into place with a.

board or a two-by-four, and produce a

smooth, strong concrete which is rea-

sonably air and water-tight.



Mich. Ag. Col. H. H. Mussmmmw.





PIG CLUBS.





 





Last June there were over 21,000

members in the pig clubs directed by

the Department of Agriculture. This

is almost double the number recorded

on the first of January {of that same

year—a remarkable increase in\en£ly

six months. The work of the pig clubs

is looked after by W. F. Word, of the

Bureau of Animal Industry.





 





. Sold Out.



F. J. Wilber, C-l-io, under date of

March 29, mtes: “Please discontinue

my Aberdeen-Angus stock ad. Am all

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HEAVY o‘R. LIGHT HORSES.





 





I have a farm of 160 acres of sandy

loam. I am keeping six horses on’ this

farm, one team weighing 3100 pounds.

The other fourweigh about 1200 lbs.

What would be the most profitable,

sell the team of 3100 lbs. and buy an~

other team of about 1200 lbs. each, or

keep this team? I need six horses?



Allegan Co. - E.



A 1200-pound horse is a pretty ser-

viceable horse on’ a.farm. They can

do as much or more of some kinds of

farm work than a heavier horse. They

excell at harrowing, cultivating, work-

ing on the mowing machine, etc., but

when it comes to plowing sod or haul-

ing heavy loads to market they are

outclassed by 1600—pound horses.



You might make money temporarily

by selling the large team at a good

price, and buying light horses, but I

doubt if you would gain in the long

run. On 160 acres farm work can be

found for a heavy team that is really

too hard fora light team. Of course,

_three light horses will do this work,





but they are not as handy and con-





venient to use, especially on the road.



My opinion is that one team, especial-



ly is an advantage if they weigh 3000

‘ pounds or more.



We used to argue that the 1200-

pound horse was necessary for a road

horse and he was, but now the auto

takes his place and more. You can get

along without this heavy team, but

my opinion is, if you will sell them you

will miss them. COLON C. LILLIE.





SELF-FED PIGS ARE BETTER.





 





Officials of the Bureau of Animal In-

dustry, Department of Agriculture, are

convinced that self-fed pigs are better

than hand-fed pigs. The conclusion

has been reached after elaborate ex-

periments were made at the depart-

ment’s farm at Beltsville, Md., just

outside of Washington.



The value of this self-feeder method

of fattening pigs was demonstrated

beyond question, according to those

who had charge of the, experimental

work. The object of the test was to

determine the value of this system as

compared with ordinary hand-feeding.





The pigs used in this experiment

were grade Berkshires, averaging nine-

ty-three pounds per head when the ex-

periment started. They were fairly

uniform in size and age, but were not

the best pigs in the farrow. The hand-

fed lo't were fed three times daily, the

amount being governed by the appe-

tites. The ration given the hand-fed

hogs was composed of five parts corn

meal, four parts middlings and one

part tankage. The corn meal and sup-

plements were mixed dry. Just before





feeding, the amount to be fed was

weighed and then mixed into a thick

slop, enough water being used to make

it pour out of the bucket without stick-

ing. The feeding was done at seven

and 11:30 o’clock in the forenoon and



4:30 o’clock in the atternOcn.



Corn meal, middlings and tankage in

separate compartments of a self-teed—

er, on the other hand, could be obtain-

ed at all times by the self-fed lot of

pigs. Close watch was kept on the

feeder, and a supply of each feed main-

tained. Both lots of pigs were kept in



' dry lots a quarter of an acre in size.

The pigs were given ample room for

exercise and sufficient shelter.



All the pigs in the self-feeder lot

maintained keen appetites during the

seventy days of feeding, according to

the specialists. The hand-fed pigs av-

eraged ninety-four pounds ,per head,

and the self-fed averaged ninety-two

pounds per head at the beginning of

the test. At the end of the seventy

days the hand—fed averaged 167.5

pounds per head and the self-fed pigs

averaged 205 pounds, 37.5 pounds more

than the hand—fed pigs.



It was also noted that the self-fed

pigs consumed a greater quantity of

feed per head during the test than the

hand-fed pigs, but it took only 405

pounds of feed to produce 100 pounds

gain in the case of the self-fed pigs, at

a cost of $5.67, while the hand-fed pigs

produced 100 pounds gain at a cost of

$6.24. As a final result the experts

found that the self-fed pigs made a

better showing, surpassing the hand-

ted lot in both rate and economy gains.





 





 





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final test of quality.





A used car has been “through the mill.” It’s

motor and all of its working parts have been

subjected to constant strain.



It’s “finish” has been knocked off—if it will

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It’s'gears, it’s rear axle and it’s transmission

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And in this test the Paige stands supreme.

After fifteen, twenty-five, thirty-five

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Frankly, now,‘is there anything that we could

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As to the selection of a model, this is simply a.

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In our line there are two seven—passenger cars,

a five—passenger car and two roadsters.

You, alone, can make a choice, but please

remember that you can’t make a mistake.

For all of these models are Paigesir blood

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By N. ATCLAPP





T has become a. very common cus-

tom of people to urge upon farmers

and dai'rymen the advice, which



they give freely, in regard to selecting

the heifer calves. It is the old plan

to select the heifer calf from the best

cows in the herd, and disregarding the

beneficial influences which can be ‘de«

rived from the sire.



In fact, until recent years very little

attention was given to the influence of

the sires upon the female progeny. To

use a common saying among the breed-

ers of ancient times, “That a good cow

may have a bad calf,” aiomatic saying

is, that they ‘relied entirely upon the

maternal influences in fixing the char-

acter and the capabilities of the young

heifers.



Great Progress in Breeding.



During the last two centuries great

progress has been made in the art of

selecting, breeding and improving our

domestic cattle. It has been discover-

ed that the same ancestral influences

which prevail with the humans apply





' to our domestic animals. The students





of human nature during the last cen-

tury say that a new rule which they

often quoted, “As like father like

daughter, like mother like son," comes

nearer expressing what might be ex—

pected from the breeding of the stock

in order to improve the capabilities of

the heifers, so that in recent years

very much attention has been paid to

the selection of the sire.





 





 





The rule we have quoted gives us

the key to the requirements when we

remember that the male inherits from

his mother the characteristics which

she has inherited from her sire, we at

once see the wisdom in being very

careful in selecting the sires. In fact,

the modern methods of selection and

breeding in the manner above men-

tioned, has revolutionized, to a great

extent, the art of breeding for improve-

ment along the line of milk and butter

production.



Breeding Increases Milk Production.



While the male usually inherits the

characteristics of a mother witharec-

0rd he may be of little value because he

lacks prepotency. Therefore in the

selection of a sire we must use care,

selecting one who is able to transmit

his mother’s characteristics to the next

generation.



With the progress that has been

made within the last forty years, the

average production of milk in the dairy

herds has leaped from three thousand

and four thousand pounds per cow per

year to eight thousand and ten thou-

sand pounds per cow per year. By the

process of selecting and breeding ani-

mals that have greater capabilities,

great results have been obtained, until

the amount produced by a single cow

in one year is very remarkable. We

will refer to the Holstein cow, Tilla

Alcarta, of California, which yielded

during the year of 1913-1914, 30,452

pounds of milk in one year. These

facts are Worthy of consideration by

all who make the breeding of their

dairy cows on the farm a business, and

illustrates what possibilities there are

before those who will give the matter

not only study and attention, but put

the rules in practice.



Give More Attention to Sires.



During these years of high prices for

dairy products, it is certainly worth

the while to give attention to the

methods which will give better results

than have been obtained in the past.

Instead of putting the entire emphasis

upon the cows from which the heifer

calves are selected, give more atten-

tion to the character of the sires to

which the cows in the herd are bred.

If the sire is descended from a long

line of ancestors, which have great

records for production, good results

may be expected. A step forward can

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rind of years, achievements may be at-

tained that will exceed anything at

first anticipated. .



The man who is devising means and

studying plans by' which he can in-

crease the productiveness of the ani-

mals in his herd is but fulfilling his

duty to himself, to his family, and to

the community in which he lives. To

be satisfied with achievements attain-

ed a decade ago is, in a certain sense,

criminal. To keep abreast with the

progress of the times, and enjoy the

blessings and privileges of this pro-

gressive age, should be the ambition

of the twentieth century dairyman.

The time will soon be at hand when

the dairy cows will be bred for the

1918 crop of calves. Consider well the

sire to which they are bred, and make

some improvement in the quality of

the calves, if practicable.





HOLSTEIN BREEDERS IN SESSION.





 





The West Michigan Holstein Breed-

ers’ Association held the last one of

this year’s series of three winter meet-

ings at Grand Rapids, April 4, and

Vice-president B. E. Hardytof Owosso,

presided in the absence of President

Willard. This successful organization,

whose motto is “Honesty and Pro-

gress," will hold its quality. sale of

Holstein cattle at the “Test Michigan

fair grounds, Grand Rapids, on Tues-

day, June 19, with prospects that 80

head of cattle will be consigned for

this sale, and the morning session was

devoted to a discussion of cattle sales

by H. E. Rising, of Woodland, Vice-

president Hardy, and others. .



Dr. George W. Dunphy, of Lansing,

Michigan, state veterinarian, was on

the program for the afternoon to dis-

cuss the plan and purpose of state ac-

credited herds and its advantages and

benefits for the Holstein breeder, but

he was unable to be present and the

subject was discussed by Secretary W.

R. Harper, of Middleville, and others.

Mr. Harper stated that Dr. Dunphy has

written the federal board of animal in-

dustry for working plans which are

being submitted to live stock boards

of different states, so that this infor-





.mation may go out to Michigan breed-





ers. A uniform plan is desiredin the

states. Wisconsin breeders have start—

ed in on their own account and already

have a list of 150 to 200 accredited

herds, with cattle that the regular





tests have shown to be clean, and in





the case of sales it is not necessary to

repeat the tests. Michigan breeders

are talking of going into it and in time

it is certain that a majority of the

pure-bred herds in the state will be un-

der either the federal tests or under

state inspection.



H. G. Smith, farm expert of Kent

county, states that this county leads in

the club work of boys and girls and

that work with calves and live stock

is likely to be taken up soon. He urged

the association to extend its influence

in the direction of standardization of

breeds and he foresaw the time when

every farmer will make use of a pure-

bred sire of some standard kind in his

herd. Since grade cattle are sure to

be with us for many years he advised

that these herds be well cared for and

built up. ALMOND GRIFFEN.





 





DAIRY PROBLEMS.





 





Best Eniilage Corn.



Will you please advise me as to

What kind of corn to plant for ensi«

lage, how much to plant to the acre”

and what is the best way, drill it or

sow it both ways? -



Van Buren Co. ‘ . E. T.



I think the best ensilage corn is that

variety that Will produce the greatest

growth and properly mature in our cli.

mate. I used to think that the ordi-





._;nary Dent corn Which we grew to hm





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and feed would be better but I am now





of the 'opinion that seed corn from two

or three hundred miles south of us will

produce much more per acre than corn

that will thoroughly ripen in this cli-

mate, I have never advocated leaving

corn stand until it is dead ripe before

it is put into the silo; I think you get

more out of it when you put it into the

silo at the stage of development when

the kernels of the corn are just glazed,

just a little beyond the roasting stage.

This is when the corn plant contains

the largest amount of digestible nutri-

ments; that is when'it is most palata-

ble. Now, any kind of Dent corn from

southern Ohio or Indiana will develop

nicely.for silos and you can get, in

many instances, twice as many tons

per acre as you can with the earlier





kinds of corn that are suitable to the .





climate here.



I would hardly advise getting corn

from Virginia or the Carolinas because

this corn is liable not to develop suffi-

ciently, but any good Dent corn that

was grown last year in southern Ohio,

Indiana or Kentucky, I believe to be

the best kind of corn to grow in Mich-

igan for ensilage.



Peas vs. Corn for Feed.



How would a good crop of field peas

compare with a good crop of corn in

feeding value for cows, horses and

poultry? Are the peas as sure a crop

as the corn? Is there a practical way

to harvest the peas if sown alone, or

would it be better to mix them with

oats? If sown with oats can the crop

be harvested in such a stage that the

grain will be developed and the straw

make good hay? Do you know any-

thing about the variety called The Bis-

mark Hog Feed Pea? H. T. L.





Peas really ought not to be compar-

ed with corn. One is a protein feed,

the other a carbonaceous feed. They

should be fed together, one supple-

mentary to the other to balance the

ration. So far as food nutrients go

there it not much difference in the to-

tal in a ton of each, but The peas con-

tain more protein and the corn more

carbohydrates—starch and sugar.



Peas can be cut with a mowing ma-

chine if the swath is removed so the

horses and machine will not pass over

them.



There is a regular pea harvester,

something like a self-rake reaper, that

works satisfactOrily. Some pe0ple seed

mammoth clover or rape, etc., with the

peas so these plants will hold the pea

vines off the ground a little way so

they can be cut readily. If you want

the grain for feed, better sow this with

oats as the oats are good also. If cut

before the crop is dead ripe the straw

is very good feed, better than timothy

bay for cows and sheep.



I do not know of this variety, but it

is probably a variety of common Can-

ada peas. These common field peas

are what you want. Field peas can be

purchased of any of our commercial

seed houses.



I would not do away with the corn

crop. Put it in the silo for your cows.

Then you will not have to husk it. A

few acres of oats and peas will help

you out. Don’t give up the potatoes

or beans either. Disking pea ground

is all that is necessary for wheat.



Peas and Oats for Soiling Crop.





I want to sow some peas and oats,

or something else that I can cut and

feed my cows when the pasture gets

short. How much of each kind of seed

peas and oats should I sow to the

acre? Soil is good clay loam. Have

you anything better?



Saginaw Co. A. W. W.





There probably is no better crop to

grow to help out early pasture than

peas and oats, but to do well this crop

should be planted early, just as soon

as the ground will do to work, and

then they will be ready for feeding in

a green condition the last of June or

the first of July. Usually at this time

of the year we have good pasture. If

not needed for pasture, however, they

can be made into, hay and used in that

way. Of course, this crop can be sown

later but the chances are that you will

not get as good a yield.



‘ , COLON C. LILLIE.





 

 





 





 





   

   





This is to give you a clear under-

standing ’of what the Super-Six motor

means.



This is why it holds unquestioned

the leading place in Motordom. Why

it won all the worth-while records.

Why it stopped the trend toward

Eights and Twelves. And why it

gave supremacy—perhaps forever-

to this new type of a Six.





What Friction Does





Motion causes friction. You know

this in farm machinery. It is friction

that finally destroys it. .



In a high-speed motor the vibration

makes friction a big problem. A

large part of the power is consumed

by it. The motor’s endurance is

limited. 1



So the chief problem in motor car

engineering has been the reduction of

friction.





   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

 





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The Six-type was adopted to lessen

this vibration. The Light Six, with

small bore, was made to lessen it

further. But the highest attainment

in a Light Six proved a disappoint-

ment. Motor friction was not reduced



. as engineers had hoped. 4

“ So some leading makers, including

the Hudson, started tests with Eights

and Twelves. It was hoped that twin

motors, set at angles, would solve the

friction problem. .





Then Came This





That was in 1915. Many engineers

thought the Six type was doomed.

That the V-types would displace it,

as they had in certain cars. ..



But in that year Hudson engineers

invented the Super-Six. In December,

1915, we were granted patents on it.





   

   

 

   

   

 

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

 

   

   

   

   

 





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Is the Problem‘Solved in





udson Super-Six





Tests proved that this invention





added 80 per cent to the efficiency

of the Six. And it did that solely by

reducing friction beyond any other





type.





All Records Won





Last year, in a hundred tests, the‘

Super-Six won all the stock-car records

which can prove a motor’s value. It

won the records for speed, for hill-

climbing, for quick acceleration and

endurance.





It broke the 24-hour endurance





record by 32 per cent. It twice broke

the transcontinental record in one

continuous 7 OOO-mile round trip.





So, in performance and endurance,





the Super-Six has no rival. And that





due to the fact that friction is





reduced almost to nil.





The Economy Car





This endurance will probably





double the life of the Hudson car.

The reduction of friction saves im-

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In addition, we this year add to the





Hudson a wonderful gasoline saver.





So the Hudson Super-Six means

It means a daily





It means pride in your car. The





Super-Six owner knows that he rules

the road. And, in beauty and luxury,

the car stands out as a master-piece

in any crowd.





You can have all this, and still save

because of the Super-Six

These are things to con-





If you don’t know the nearest





Hudson dealer, ask us for his name.

Let him show you all the ways in

which this master car excels.





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thousand are now in use.

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buy Indiana Silos.





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AY fields without International Harvester

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some time in the season, give you almost as strange

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popular ampion, , rmick, Mll-

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on thousands upon thousands of farms for seventy-five years.

Last year 40,080,060 American acres were mowed by mow-

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they are ver good mowers. Just as good rakes and tedders

followed. I your own hay making is not being done by hay

tools chosen from these lines, at least it is certain that the

are doing the work for the majority of your neighbors. This

car there will be more than ever sold, and they will be better

uilt than ever.



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Compare big, clumsy, ponderous, old-fashioned apreaders, which sell for more money, to fill! modern, down-to-

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with is double chain drive, roller feed, endless apron, and, above all, its light raft, and It Will prove to you that

, its down-to-the-minute scientific construction, patented. exclusive Improvements and features ut it In a class

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V HILE egg production Seems to

be the chief end of poultry

keeping, the raising of firyers



or broilers for the early market may



be turned to very profitable account.





; To secure the highest profits, however,





there ought to be some consideration





. given to preparing the broilers and





marketing them satisfactorily. If one's





‘time is worth anything, the question





of marketing poultry products with the

least loss of time enters into the ac-

count. In the best markets prices for





'broilers are high and remunerative.





But profits from poultry keeping on

farms or on the commercial plant may





f be increased by means of private trade,

for this insures much higher prices

, than can be secured of the wholesaler.





With the development of a safe and

sound system of postal express, the





:opportunity for profit making from





poultry products was never better than

it is at the present time. Under any





: circumstances, the production of broil—





ers from the culls of the average flock

of spring chickens may be made a very





profitable source of income at a time





of the year when ready money is in





great demand, and while one is pre-





paring fer a profitable winter egg pro‘

duction. The raising and fattening of

young cockerels for the broiled trade

in connection with the selection and

careful feeding of the most promising

pullets make it possible to add mate-

rially to one's income providing a suf-

ficient number of the right kind of





1 poultiy are kept for the purpose.





The most important suggestion is

improvement of farm poultry

stock. There is altogether too much





indifference regarding the value of

vmaintaining the vigor of poultry, no





matter for what purpose they may be

kept. The farmer who lets his flock

run down will not succeed either in the





profitable production of eggs or broil-





ers. The farmer very often makes a

very serious mistake in taking the

largest and best developed chickens

for market and keeping the smaller

and poorer chickens for his own use.

This may bring better money returns

for the time being, but a few genera-

tions of this practice will bring the

whole flock to the level of the culls.

For the broiler trade, the mainte-

nance of a vigorous line of fowls is the

first consideration. Consequently, the

pick of the flock from both the male

and female sides should be kept on the

farm for breeding purposes and the





introduction of new blood every year





is practically necessary for maintain-

ing the highest vitality of the fowls.

While this method of selection may

diminish the farmer’s income tempor-

arily, it Will prove much more profit.

able in producing a race of more rap-

idly growing broilers in a generation

or two. The ordinary methods of hand-

ling and marketing young chickens for

the broiler trade can be greatly im-

proved to the great financial advan-

tage of the farmer. Culls which prove

of little value for maintaining the vig-

or of flocks may be easily turned to

profitable account by being fitted for

the broiler trade Without much addi-

tional expenditure of "feed or labor.

Another consideration of some im-

portance in raising young chickens as

broilers is to keep one or more of the

heavier breeds of fowls, such as the

Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes or Rhode

Island Reds. Many markets prefer

white-feathered chickens for the broil-

er trade because the pin feathers do

not show so prominently and the chick-

en presents a fine appearance when





.well dressed. With the heavy breeds





of fowls broiler raising, may be made

quite profitable, providing the chickens

Here is

where so many farmers make a grave

mistake. After chicks have reached

the age of six or eight weeks, they will





 





 

 





   





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with proper care grow more rapidly

during the next five or six wee-ks than

during the whole first period of their

growth. In the commission markets in

Chicago I have frequently seen crates

of chickens being marketed for broil-

ers that were not more than six or

eight weeks old apparently.





If they were older, then they were

of inferior size and quality for their

age. The advantage to the farmer in

keeping chickens for broilers until

they are about fifteen weeks old are

that they require less care, grow more

rapidly, and will bring a higher per-

centage of profit on the basis of feed

consumed than for the first eight

weeks.



If young chickens intended for broll~

ers are sold a. few weeks sooner than

they ought to be, they do not always

pass into the retail trade without any

further fattening. Many crates of

young chickens sold to commission

men broilers are either sold again to

persons who make a specialty of fats

toning them for special trade or they

are bought by private residents in the

suburbs, who feed them till well fat-

tened, using them for table use.



The rapid gains during these few

weeks make of it a very profitable un-

dertaking by either party except the

farmer. He has deprived himself by

premature selling of his chickens of

at least twenty-five per cent of the

profit he might have had by holding

his broilers until they were at least

twelve weeks old.



Few farmers realize that chiékens

grow _much more rapidly than any of

our domesticated live stock. The

weight of a newly hatched chick is

about 'one and a half ounces, but a

chick of the heavier breeds of fowls

should with proper care weigh about

two pounds when twelve to sixteen

weeks old, or nearly twenty-five times

its original weight. This extrexnly

rapid growth requires systematic and

liberal feeding if chickens are intended

for the best kind of broiler trade. In

this regard one of the most rapid pe-

riods of growth is between the ages of

eight and sixteen weeks.



The prevailing high price of all

kinds of meat has had its effect in raiS<

ing the price of poultry. Broilers are

usually sold live weight. The farmer

spends no time killing and dressing

his stock, and this in itself is no small

factor at a time of the year when time

is valuable. Providing the'cost of rais-

ing broilers is not excessive, it is a

branch of poultry keeping which takes

little of the farmer’s time and labor.



If however, the farmer can build up

a. private broiler trade, which is pos-

sible in many parts of the country,

there is opportunity for still higher

profits. Retail prices and private trade

prices are at least five cents higher per

pound than the wholesale or jobber

prices, so that on this basis there

would be a profit of about 200 per cent

above the cost of production. The

profits in systematic broiler raising,

therefore, are sufficient to attract at-

tention in this day of severe competi-

tion and high prices.





COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS OF

.APWPLES APRIL 1.





 





Reports from-549 storages show that

their rooms contain 792,942 barrels and

1,297,788 boxes of apples on April 1,

1917. The information received indi-

cates that there were 42.5 per cent

less apples in storage than on April 1,

1916, while the amount held April 1,

1916, was 13.9 per cent more than on

April 1, 1915. The barreled apple hold-

ings \of April 1, 1917, show a decrease

of 52.6 per centfrom those of April 1,

1916, while the boxed apple holdings

show a decrease of 5.2 'per cent from

those of April 1, '1916. On April 1,

1916, there were 68.9 per cent more





barrels and.6.4 per cent less boxes in





 

 





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IMPROVING THE PARCEL POST

SERVICE.





 





The postofiice department, through

“medium of the parcel post, has afford-

ed the farmer an opportunity to sell

his products through the mails. Every

effort has been made to develop the

highest efliciency of this plan, and to

assist the farmer in every way possi—

ble. However, it remained for the post-

master at Americus, Georgia, to go a

step farther; to bring. the consumer

closer to the producer. In achieving

this end, he has employed a novel plan

which enables the farmer to advertise

what he has for sale, and enables the

consumer to advertise what he wants;

also to see what the farmer has for

sale.



Hanging in the postoflice at Ameri-

cus is a bulletin board with an attach-

ment something similar to the bag

hangers which one sees in the grocery

stores. Painted across this board in

large. letters is: “Farm Produce Bul—

letin.” Underneath this caption the

sign is divided into eight squares or

spaces; that is, the squares or spaces

are painted on the board. In each

square is painted one of the following

words: Butter, Fruits, Eggs, Meats,

Poultry, Truck, Miscellany, Wants.

Hanging from the bottom of each

square are a bunch of order blanks to

be used by the farmer in listing the

stuff he has for sale, and for the con-

sumer to list the articles he desires to

purchase.



The farmers, too, use these slips as

a. method of ascertaining what their

neighbor has for sale;.that is, stuff

that he can use. This not only furth-

ers the sale of home-grown products,

but saves the farmer the trouble and

expense of going outside for his needs,

when the same things can be bought

in the community.



When Postmaster D. F. Davenport

hit upon the idea, he mailed the follow-

ing announcement to the farmers in

the territory covered by his office:



“The parcel post, with the advan-

tages of bringing the ‘consumer to

your door,’ was largely inaugurated for

your special benefit; but many are not

informed as to the privileges which

are yours. Whether this 1s.from neg-

ligence or misinformation 18 a ques-

tion for you to answer, for wherever it

is being used properly the farmer is

being richly rewarded.



“For your further benefit, there will

be maintained a Farm Produce Dulle-

tin in the corridor of the postoihce at

Americus, Ga., where one can file each

day inquiries and quotations on any

farm produce that might be for sale,

and which can be sent by parcel post.

There will be kept eight departments

with a file each, viz.: Butter, Eggs,

Fruits, Meats, Poultry, Truck, Miscel-

lany, and Wants, and it works as fol-

lows: For instance, you list butter

at twenty-five cents per pound, or eggs

at twenty cents a dozen, and file sale

on the proper bulletin, giving your ad-

dress. You will receive orders from

those who want such items, and we

will deliver them promptly by parcel

post if marked ‘Perishable.’ If the

‘Want’ file is closely watched, one

might supply patrons without wearing

out their shoes looking them up.



“Arrangements have been made

where light, sanitary regulation parcel

post boxes can be bought at a moder-

ate price for mailing the various pro-

ducts.



“If interested, call at the postoffice,

and I will explain fully and furnish

parcel post rate card and blanks for

inquiries or for filing quotations which

will help in the steady sale of farm

produce. D. Davenport, Post-

master.”



There is no reason Why this same

system, with perhaps slight modifica-

tions, cannot be applied any place, It

probably would work best in cities

having a few thousand popu1afion_

Here the farmer could list his product,

and make ready and easy sales at a

small cost.



Iowa. T. J. DELOHERY.





“CONTRABAND.”





 





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Mr. W. Lost of Manitoba, writes: “I had 203 acres of wheat that





averaged 43.5 bushels an acre, 17 acres 0





25 acres of barley that averaged 50.5 bushels an acre.”





This is only one of thousands of good reports coming

value of all farm crops in Manitoba alone for one year was $201,100,000.00.

loo—acre Homesteads are now open to you in this fertile farming section.





Isa-A oro Farm FREE





Go get a homestead free this year. No mat- ‘

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recently surveye 160-acre free home-

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Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia,

reached by the Canadian Northern Railway,

the newest tran scontinen tal railroad of

America. The Road to Opportunity." Here

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farm, it will pay

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They come in nine sizes—18, 30, 40, 50, 60, 65,

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warping or rotting of main frame.



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amount of power needed. Lu‘bricate them while

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. The cylinders are big and strong enough to handle

damp and long straw. Weed-filled, moldyor stack-

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This Magazine Section forms apart of our paper every week.





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





WORLD EVENTS IN PICTURES





 





 





 





 





 





U. S. Navy Gunners Saved from S. S. Aztec when Sunk by Submarine.





 





Norwegian Girl and Parents Held on

German Submarine for Eight Days.





To the Living Flag





Can it be that thou insensate art, oh flag, so loved and cherished



That armies countless thousands strong have fought for the and

perished?



That armies countless thousands strong, by thy dumb call elated,



Again would spring to arms for thee, though knowing death awaited?





Nay, quivers life through every fold, each wave and undulation

That measures with its rise and fall the heart-throbs of a nation.

Aye, in thy folds, a century old, a century’s life is surging,



And over all waves a clarion call to blood that needs no urging.





Life thrills thy red, in courage bred; the purity of thy whiteness;





Thy field of blue, in truth’s own hue; thy stars of dazzling brightness;—





And courage, truth and purity, thus in thy colors blended,

Have fired the hearts and nerved the arms which have thy cause de-

fended.





80, children of the men of old who first unfurled to glory

The beauty of thy stars and stripes, now famed in song and story,

To save the flag their blood baptized when we were born a nation,

We pledge our life blood and our sons, in solemn consecration.

—By MRS. C. M. HURL.





 





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A $50, 000. Stake Winner Cured

"Ibousht SAVE-THE-HORSE nd edF l: ' .

He won Withers Stake. $7.625; Egimzcusukef's'isg'ou;

Coney Island oclrey Club Stake. SI 37;: Travers Stake

a! Santana, 5.800; Hindoo Stake. $|0,775. It has al-

ways been successful for me on Spevine and broken down

tendons. John L Smith. Trainer. Gravesend, L. l.

b it any wonder that SAVE-THE-HORSE is sold with signed

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1091

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The Legislature of New

York Shows the Need

of Carrying Auto-

mobile Insur-

ance





An act has been introduced in the

legislature of Albany which pro-

vides that an application for- license

shall be accompanied by a bond to

be approved by the Secretary of

State in the sum of $5,000, and the

condition for the payment of any

judgment recovered against such

owner iii Operating such motor ve-

hicle, unless such owner shall state

in such application that he is insur-

ed in an amount equal to the penal-

ty of such bond in an insurance

company authorized by the state

to enact such business which pro-

tects him for damages to persons or

property caused in the operation of

such motor vehicle.





Under the mutual law no com-

pany can protect its members above

$11000 until the membership reach-

es flve hundred: and it cannot pro-

tect up to $5,000 until the member-

ship reaches one thousand mem-

bers; therefore it is important that

automobile owners insure in a com-

pany thoroughly established, with a

large and growing membership and

sufficient assets to take care of the

claims.





Many of the leading farmers and

business- men of Michigan are now

joining the Citizens’ Mutual Aut0<

mobile Insurance Company, of How-

ell, because it is starting on its

third season of success. It has is-

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of $65,000. The Company has paid

two hundred sixty claims promptly.



Cost only $1.00 for policy and 25

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CHAPTER III.

I Méet the Mystery.



HE repair job required longer



than anyone anticipated, as the



captain was finally obliged to

send a launch ashore to have some

welding done, and it was quite late in

the afternoon before the boat returned.

McCann accompanied the shore party,

but the others of us remained on board

amusing ourselves as best we might

through a rather hot and tiresome day.

Carrington received several messages

by wireless, but exhibited no disposi-

tion to reveal their contents to his

guests, and the shore boat brought

back to us the New York morning pa-

pers. Although nothing definite in the

way of war news had accrued previous

to their going to press, the editorials

afforded us ample material for discus-

sion, at which I noticed Carrington

took no decided stand.



Before the evening meal had ended

—the party still lingering in the cosy

quarters below over their coffee and

cigars——the yacht once again got under

way, and steamed slowly down the

Sound. Evidently the officers were

trying out the newly repaired machin~

err with some caution, anxious to

learn its exact condition before ventur-

ing out to sea. It was already dusk

when we returned to the deck and re-

sumed card playing beneath the awn-

i'ng, electric lights sparkling overhead.

I took a hand for an hour or more at

a table devoted to whist, having Fos-

dick for a partner, but finally wearyi'ng

of the game, found a comfortable

steamer chair near the rail, and let

my thoughts drift idly. The engines

moved steadily and we were making

better progress, as I could easily per-

ceive from the twinkling lights along

the shore. The sky was slightly over-

cast, the wind from the south, and

light. I never recall a softer, sweeter

air. The men behind me were again

discussing the war news, but their

voices scarcely reached my ears. Once

I leaned forward, obServing the red

and green lights of an approaching

steamer, as our siren spoke, but was

altogether too negligent to cross the

deck and watch the stranger pass by.



The fact was, I could not banish en-

tirely from my mind the recollection

of that woman whom I had seen in

this very spot the night before. I had

actually seen her—it was no vision, no

dream. The reality only became more

apparent as I reviewed all the circum-

stances. Carrington’s contemptuous

disbelief had left not the slightest im-

pression on my mind. No doubt he

had faith in what he said, and possess-

ed no suspicion of her presence

on the yacht. But she was here nev-

ertheless why, how, for what purpose,

by whose help, I could not conjecture

——but that she actually existed and was

hidden somewhere aboard, I had not

the slightest doubt, and I must solve

the mystery alone. No one else had

seen her, no one else would believe my

story. Besides, I could not recall a sin-

gle individual in the company to whom

I cared to repeat my suspicions. They

would take it as a joke—laugh me out

of countenance as Carrington had at-

tempted to do. Yet I was unconvinc-

ed ; satisfied in my own mind that I

had not been mistaken. . “



But how could I prove the vision

true? How establish, at least to my

own satisfaction, her identity, and pur-

pose? I thought it all over again and

again. If Carrington was unaware of

her presence—and of this I really no

longer felt any doubt—then she must





 





 





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chance, aided and abetted by one of

the crew. Somewhere below, where

discovery was not probable except

through accident, she was kept in hid-

ing. There must be vacant staterooms

forward—petty officers’ quarters—in

which she might remain concealed.

Yet to accomplish this she would need

assistance. She must have had aid in

getting aboard unseen; someone who

knew of a vacant cabin, and who could

supply her with food. Only an officer

could hope to do this without arousing

suspicion. Except for the engineer,

Gault, whom I had not seen, but who

was hardly in a. situation to render

such service, there were three who

might be accomplices—the captain,

Turner, and first and second ofllcers—

Hatch and Seeley. I dismissed all

thought of the first two almost instant-

ly. Turner was an old sea-dog, a for-





-mer naval officer, unapproachable, and





an extremely strict disciplinarian;

while Hatch was a tall, lank, slow-

spoken individual, never guilty of the

slightest civility to any one. Neither

of these would ever aid and abet a.

woman under any circumstances.



But the second' officer, Seeley, was

of an altogether different character.

He was genial and courteous; not a.

young man by any means, for his hair

was quite gray, yet easy enough to ap-

proach—a good seaman, but lacking

the education which would enable him

to attain command. I remembered Car-

rington had mentioned the fact that he

had been in hisremploy for over ten

years. He was the one most likely to

listen to the plea of a. woman, and to

be deceived by her; and besides, as I

suddenly recalled, it was during his

watch on the bridge that the girl had

ventured on deck seeking the fresh,

night air. No doubt she was half-

stifled down below, shut in all day, and

had emerged from concealment so

soon as Seeley had informed her the

deck was deserted by the passengers.

The seamen seldom had any occasion

to use the after-deck, and, if such an

emergency occurs, the ofllcer on watch

could very easily warn her of danger.

She would be safe enough from obser-

vation under shadow of the awning for

several hours each night. ‘



Before the party finally broke up I

had outlined my plan. I was in no

haste to retire, having slept more or

less during the afternoon; I would re-

main alone on deck, and see whathap-

pened. The fellows were late enough

going below, McCann, and his three

bosom friends lingering about the last

card table until after eleven. Finally

they dispersed, however, never even

noting my presence-where I lay, bund-

led up in a rug in the depths of a

steamer chair. Their departure left

the after-deck completely deserted and

silent, the only sounds reaching me

being the thud of the screw, and the

dash of the waters alongside. We were

steaming right gallantly now, and the

stars were finding rifts in the clouds

through which to silver the waves of

the Sound. Our siren had not blown

for an hour, nor did I perceive the

lights of any vessel near at hand. The

first officer was still on the bridge, but

Seeley would relieve him at twelve;

there was nothing for me to do but

wait until then.



I could better my position, however,

and immediately did so. If the second

officer really proved to be the accom-

plice of the girl, he would very prob.

ably take a. rather careful survey of

the deck aft before permitting her to

venture forth from concealment. If





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position was easily detremined. The

flag locker was unusually commodious,

as one of Carrington's hobbies was to

dress the ship handsomely on every

gala occasion, and display the colors of

all nations. It was built directly

against the after-rail, and back into

its protective shadow I silently drew a

steamer chair, concealed myself be-

neath the folds of a rug, and lay there

quietly. Except to a careful investiga-

tion——which would hardly be made—-

my presence would never be noticed.





Time dragged, and finally the bell

forward announced the hour for the

change of watch. I was sailor enough

to comprehend the meaning of every

sound. I heard someone walk hastily





"across the main deck, and descend





through the companion—a seaman dis-

patched to call the second mate. The

two came back together, and there

was a faint murmur of voices, as

though the officers exchanged confi-

dences, ending with the closing of the

companion door as Hatch finally re-

tired below. Seeley’s voice sang out

an order, something to do with one of

the boats, and there was a shuffling of

bare feet on the deck planks as amid-

ships the watchers responded. The

hubbub did not last long, and the men

evidently disappeared forward, having

completed their task. Five minutes

later, with no warning sound of ap-

proach, I became aware that someone

had quietly rounded the end of the

cabin. The mate passed me by within

a few feet, so close indeed I could

distinguish the buttons on his uniform,

and the white cap he wore. Nothing,

however, could have occurred to arouse

his suspicions, for the man did not

even pause in his slow walk, but disap-

peared along the port rail. Fearing

he might return, I remained motion-

less, yet was doubly assured now that

my suspicions were about to be veri-

fied. There was a woman concealed

on board the Esmeralda, and I would

soon be able to solve the mystery of

her presence.



I listened intently, but could distin-

guish no sound to guide me. Seeley

had probably gone forward again to

his post on the bridge but I dared not

venture any exploration. Thus far my

plan had worked nicely, and I could

not now afford to risk discovery. She

came so silently, like a gray shadow

gliding out of the night, that she was

actually beside the rail, gazing stead-

fastly out at the silvery water, before

I was even clearly aware of her pres-

ence. I was scarcely willing to accept

the evidence of my own eyes, yet arose

slowly to a sitting posture to observe

better, dropping the rug silently onto

the deck. She heard no sound of the

'movement, and, with no suspicion of

any other presence near, remained mo-





tionless, drinking in the soft beauty of ‘





the night, and breathing deeply the

crisp salt air. No doubt .she felt like a

prisoner released from the cell, with

no other thought, except the glory of

her present liberty.



I could see her plainly, silhouetted

against the sky, illumined by the star-

gleam which reflected upward from the

water, her hands clasped on the rail,





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‘spirts blowing light-1y in the wind. She

was slender and young, no doubt as to





that, with a certain supple grace to her .





figure noticeable even in- that quiet

posture. Beneath the light scarf thrown

over her head, a loosened strand of

hair fell to the shoulder, so dark in

color as to be clearly defined. Surely,

‘whatever else she might prove to be,

whatever her purpose was on board,

she was no common waif of the New

York streets, picked up by Seeley as a

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THE? MICHIGAN FAHRMER





'Cause, the purpose of her adventure,





and whatever assistance she had re-

ceived from the second officer, she

was in no way tainted by such 'a sus-

picion any longer. in my mind.



Helped by the support of the flag

locker, I attained my feet noiselessly,

only half determined on the course I

had better pursue. However, I was

left no choice. Something served to

startle her, to make her vaguely aware

of some other presence on the deck.

She turned, still grasping the rail with

one hand, and confronted me. I caught

a glimpse of her face, whiteand youth-

ful, her big eyes staring at me as

though in sudden terror. Her lips part-

ed, but gave no utterance to any sound

and, unable to think what was best to

say, I merely bowed, and remained

silent. She stepped back, then straight-

ened sligthly, her questioning eyes

never leaving my face. .



“I——I supposed myself to be alone,”

she said, the words uncertain, but the

voice clear. “You are one of the pas-

sengers?”



“Yes; I chanced to be still on deck

when you came.”



“Where? You were expecting me?”



I indicated the chair in the shadow,

but did not venture to move.



“I was lying there, covered by a rug,

but did not see you until you appeared

yonder at the rail. Why do you ask

if I was expecting you?”



She hesitated just an instant, but

answered frankly.



“There was a man here last night,

after the engines stopped. I believed

then he failed to see me. Was it you,

and are you here again tonight to

make sure?”



“You have guessed the exact truth,”

I confessed, almost regretfully. “Last

night it was a mere accident, but to-

night my presence here had an ob-

ject.”



“Indeed!

yours?”



“None directly, except as I am a

friend to Mr. Carrington, the owner of

this yacht, and also his guest. He as-

sured me only this morning that there

was no woman on board, and laughed

at me for even imagining such a. thing.

Naturally I desired to vindicate my-

self; then besides the mystery also

had its attractions.”



“No doubt! And now that you have

progressed so far, what further do you

purpose doing—turn me over to the

authorities ?”



“I do not know,” I said honestly.

“But I am in hopes you will trust me

enough to explain your object in thus

coming uninvited aboard. I should pre-

fer being your friend, if that prove

possible.”



She did not anSWer, apparently hes-

itating in surprise at my unexpected

plea, and doubtful as to my sincerity.”



“What is your name?”



“Robert Hollis; I live in Chicago.”



She nodded, and I imagined the ex-

pression of her eyes changed slightly.

The merest semblance of a smile curv-

ed her lips.



“I‘ am rather glad you are my dis-

coverer,” she said quietly, “for I know

who you are. You are not altogether

a stranger.”



“I am not!” I exclaimed in surprise.

“Oh! I understand: Seeley has told

you of me.”



“Has he indeed! Why Seeley?”



“Because I have some reason to be-

lieve that the second officer is your

special friend on board: that through

his aid you have found concealment.

Am I altogether wrong?”



' “Your theory is certainly ingenious.

May I ask in return the reason for

such suspicion?”



“First, he is, to my judgment, the

only approachable officer on the Es-

meralda: he is besides the most likely

to need money._ I have had reason to

observe that you venture ondeck only

during his watch, andtonight, before

you appeared, he made a very careful

survey of the deck aft, previous to go-





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"Hardly a careful survey.”



“I was concealed, and easily over-

looked. So I am going to press you for

the truth. Seeley is in your service—-

is the cause friendship, or money?”





She laughed; the sound barely audi-

ble, yet evidence of her swift amuse-

ment.



“If I did not chance to know better,

Mr. Hollis, I should almost suspect you

of being a lawyer,” she said cheerfully.

“However, in spite of my present posi-

tion, I am inclined to be a truthful

person. I fear Mr. Seeley’s interest in

me is altogether, or at least largely,

mercenary. I will confide in you, and

confess that he has already cost me

one hundred dollars, and heaven alone

knows how much more will be requir-

ed before we attain deep water, when

I hope to be free from bondage.”





“Good! I am encouraged; now you

will tell me more?”



She shook her head.



“Not another word, sir. So far, as

they say in New York, ‘you have the

goods on me,’ and denial would be use-

less. Of course, I might-have told you

a falsehood. I am perfectly capable of

so doing, and had I been conversing

with~some others on board, I would

have chosen to do so.”





“Which would seem to imply that

you possess a measure of confidence

in me?”



“I do, Mr. Hollis.”



“Seeley must have given me a. most

excellent reputation and deserves re-

ward."





“Mr. Seeley gave me your name as

one of the passengers, nothing more.

I cannot at present explain when, or

how, I acquired my information re-

garding you. To you I am a perfect

stranger, and must remain so, but, by

some good fortune, I chance to know

enough of you to trust you thoroughly

as a gentleman. You understand what,

I mean?”



Her eyes met mine frankly; they

were clear, honest‘eyes, and I felt that

I read their direct challenge.





“Perhaps so,” I answered with a feel-

ing of disappointment. “You mean I

am to ask no further questions? To

forget, if possible, your presence on

board?”



“Yes: can you do this?”



“Well, to be perfectly frank, I am

not altogether certain that I can, or

that I ought. I am Mr. Carrington’s

guest, and owe him a certain loyalty

—you admit that?”



“Yes.”



“Have I a right to conceal from my

host the knowledge which I have dis-

covered, that a strange young woman

has been hidden on board this yacht

by one of his officers?”





“That must depend altogether on

your sense of duty to both Mr. Car-

rington, and myself,” she returned

calmly. “Do I appear like a thief, a

conspirator, or in any way a desperate

character?”



“You appear a most charming young

woman, whom I should be very glad to

know.”



“Thank you,” and her lips smiled.

“Then my case is not quite hopeless.

As a ‘most charming young woman’ I

unreservedly yield myself to your pro-

tection. I cannot tell you who I am,

nor -why I am on board the Esmeralda.

secretly, but I give you my word of

honor that no harm shall result from

my presence to any of your friends,

and I only request you to remain silent

for a few hours longer.”



“You intend later to reveal yourself

to others?”



“As soon as the yacht is safely at

sea, beyond all possibility of putting ‘

me ashore.”



I confess I was puzzled; my duty to

Carrington seemed clear enough, and

yet there was that about the girl

which gave me faith in her pledge. She

read my hesitation.



“You still doubt me, Mr. Hollis ?”



“No, it is not doubt, yet I know so





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Her eyes fell, shadowed by their long

lashes. For a moment she looked out

across the rail, at the dark water





‘ beyond.





“So far as I can—yes,” she answer-

ed soberly. “You may call me Vera."





 





- CHAPTER IV.

War, and a Copper Pool.



ERA,” I echoed, in some way



vaguely conscious of a strange



familiarity with the word, yet ut-

terly unable to immediately recall the

association, “that must be your given,

not your family name?”



“And you are not even satisfied at

this evidence of my trust?” she queso

tioned lightly. “Usually it is consid—

ered quite a compliment to be permit-

ted to call a lady by her given name—

yet I grant you, a stranger, this priv-

ilege.” -



“To which I am not insensible;

yours is not a common appellative, yet

I have known someone so named be-

fore.”



“Indeed! a friend?”



“Well, really, I cannot say; I haven’t

quite figured it out yet; only the mem-

ory haunts me oddly, as something I

ought to remember.”



“Or else forget,” she interrupted

quickly. ‘WVhat do you say if We blot

out all this mystery, and just be nat—

ural for a while” I have been alone so

long, hiding like a criminal, it will be

a wonderful pleasure to converse with

someone. Have you the slightest

knowledge of where we are, Mr. H01-

115? What is that light flashing out

yonder?”



I joined her at the rail, looking out

across the expanse of water at the dis-

tant gleam.



“Montauk Point,” I answered, in-

stantly recognizing. the peculiar flash.

“The eastern extremity of Long Island.

We shall be breasting the Atlantic by

daylight if all is well. I have good rea-

son to remember Montauk.”



“Yes? You were there?”



"‘Once; why it was sixteen years ago

at the close of our war with Spain. I

served on the St. Paul, and we came

up from Cuba loaded with sick and

wounded soldiersflMichigan troops

mostly—and put them ashore at Mon-

tauk. I was little more than a boy

then, and the suffering witnessed made

a deep impression.”



“You were a sailor?”



“I was twelve years at sea; my fath-

er was a large shipowner.”



“You sailed in his ships?"



“Not altogether; I ran away to make

my first voyage, a long one to Aus-

tralia. Later, when he discovered I

could not be weaned from the life, I

was given employment on his line, but

do not think our relationship ever

greatly aided me otherwise.”



“But you—you said you lived in Chi-

cago ?” ‘



"‘For some years. I left the sea when

I was thirty; I had arisen to command,

my father died, and I decided I had

had enough. I suppose I seem quite

ancient to you?”



“Indeed you do not. I think it is

wonderful for you to fight your way

like that, when your father was rich.

It was a man’s work. Why, Mr. Hollis,

I am not a child."



“Is age another of your secrets?"



“Not by any means,‘ I am nineteen,

—what made you smile?"



“No discourtesy, I assure you? nine-

teen is an age I am always bound to

respect; at nineteen I was third mate

on the Retriever en route to Bahia, and

never since have I felt the importance

of life as vividly as I did then.”



She looked up into my face ques-

tioningly. \ . .



“That is not altogether nice of you,”

she said. “When I permit you to re-





' main and talk with me, you should not





make fun. Besides a girl at nineteen,

and a" boy—they are not the same-—

. BY?” ,.





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provement on those of a half-



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certain woman’s club was to discuss

the subject, and noted later'that the

preponderance of opinion was that the

1917 woman is 100 per cent ahead of

the woman of the late sixties. It may

be pure contrariness ,on my part which





A. RE the women of today an im-





makes me take the opposite side, but





I can’t sit down and see my grand-

mother thus pushed into the back-

ground without uttering several loud

protests in her behalf. -

'As the easiest way to argue, I would

like to put the burden of proof on the

other side. Wherein are we an im-

provement on the good women who

have gone before? We are wiser, cer-

tainly. Newspapers, magazines and

co-education, not to mention movies,

have seen to it that we know more

than our mothers. But wisdom, un-

leavened by common sense and right-

eousness, is not always the most de-

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Styles Take Military Trend.





things our foremothers did not, but a

good deal of it is a detriment to us.



For instance, we talk a great deal

about being man’s equal, about being

comrades to our husbands, about tak-

ing an intelligent interest in his busi-

ness, about working shoulder to shoul-

der with man for civic reform. But

the divorce rate keeps steadily climb-

ing and the family as it existed when

we were young is practically unknown.

We insist on individualism, on the per-

son’s right to develop naturally, but

somehow we overlook the rights of the

other fellow in our eagerness to insist

upon our own, and the divine right of

self-sacrifice, known to our mothers,.is

becoming rapidly extinct.



Our mothers were silenced 'When

they wanted suffrage with the reply

that “be hand which rocks the cradle

is the hand that rules the world.” We

will not be shut up that way, but it

still remains that the hand which

wraps the baby in a sleeping bag and

puts him out On the porch (cradles be-

ing obsolete), has as much influence as

the one who bears the yellow banner,

and as a rule belong to the happier

class of woman.



The woman of today is wiser and

more self-reliant as a rule, than those

of the older generation. She can and

does manage her own affairs without

masculine dictation, but she is not a

stronger nor a better woman. Self-

sacrifice is as often a sign of obsti-

nacy as of strength, and the timid

woman of a half century ago who did

not know a check from a promissory

note often showed more strength of

character than her energetic, business-

like descendant, when it came to a.





question of right and Wrong our moth-V





ers showed wherein their strength lay.

There was no dallying with principles.

Right was right and wrong was wrong,

and ‘there was no glossing over laxity

of character with the plea of personal

opinion. One’s opinion of a matter did

not make it right or wrong, and our

mothers lived up to their principles

with a devotion which puts to shame

their “improved” descendants.



How many of the colonial dames, I

wonder, would start across the Atlan-

tic in a crazy 01d sailing vessel, even

if there were no submarines, just to

worship God as they thought right?

How'many “Daughters of Pioneers”

would leave bathtubs, telephones, thea-

ters and clubs and go out into the wil-

derness to make a home in the forest,

miles removed from civilization? Those

things take courage and strength of

the highest type, and your 1917 woman

is not built for them. She will stick

to the flesh pots, even if there is noth-

ing much in them, and the man who

provides sustenance is forced into

some occupation foreign to his desires

or ability in order to procure them for

her. In a word, the modern woman is

soft, for all her vaunted advancement.

She is not built for sacrifice and devo-

tion to duty. Her idea of life is to

catch pleasure as it flies, whether

pleasure comes to her in the form of

clothes, parties, books or running a

woman’s club. She has a right to her

own life. That is her creed, and the

old idea that “He who loseth his life

for My sake shall find it,” has no place

in her scheme of life.



We can talk about woman’s advance-

ment all we please, and I’ll admit we

have gone a few steps ahead in some

things. We are better posted on san-

itation and diet and the laws govern-

ing health. But as for being an im-

provement, we are far from it. So

far as their knowledge went, our moth-

ers and grandmothers went away

ahead of us. Children and the home

took first place with them, and, in

spite of man’s oppression and domi-

nance they were far happier. As a

matter of fact, the happiest women I

know today are the mothers of four or

five children, who look up to their hus-

bands as the fountain of knowledge

and are happy in making their families

happy.



Knowledge alone never made anyone

better, stronger nor happier. And that

is the only thing we have which our

mothers lacked. They had understand-

ing, of which their daughters stand

sadly in need.



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DIGESTIBLE FRIED BREAD.





 





BY HAIRY STARBUCK.



Whether breakfast is served in the

usual room with a wood fire crackling

on the hearth, or in the enclosed porch

when the sun streaming through the

big windows gives just the right de-

gree of warmth, or best of all,,when

the glass sashes are put safely away

and only an invisible wire netting sep-

arates the breakfast party from the

sweetness of the summer morning, a.

most satisfactory accompaniment to

crisp bacon and fragrant coffee is a.

dish of fried bread balls.



Use ordinary bread dough which, if

kneaded over night should be in just

the right condition of light sponginess.

After the bacon is fried and transfer-

red to the hot platter on the back of

the range, pour off all but about two

or three tablespoonfuls of the fat; pull

from the dough small bits, and with as

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rolling out the dough lightly on a

moulding boardslightly dredged with

flour and then cutting it with a dough-

nut ring. In this case ten minutes

should be allowed for another rising

before the rings are put into the pan.

Fry as above, adding a little fat from

time to time to prevent sticking. If a

large quantity is to be prepared deep

fat may be used as for doughnuts. Ev-

en delicate digestions seem to be able

to manage without difficulty, breadl

fried in this fashion. ‘





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No one contemplating a trip or out-

ing which will take them beyond easy,

reach of a physician should fail to pro-‘

vide themselves with simple antidotesl

for poison ivy. This plant grows al-I

most everywhere throughout the coun-

try, festooning fences, stumps, trees

and creek banks most artistically. So

common is it that almost everyone,

whether grown-up or child, is almost

sure to some time'run afoul of its

three-in—one leaves, which spell f-o.e.

Its cousin, the woodbine, or Virginia

creeper, is sometimes confused with it,

unless one can remember that its five—

parted leaf spells f-r-i-e-n-d and that it

berry clusters are purple _while those

of the poison, or three-leaved ivy, are

white. . ‘



The poison ofpthe three-leaved ivy

is swift in action and unless met with

prompt attention,’ the results ’of the

. slightest touch of one of its leaves are

both painful and serious, although a

few people are immune to its poison.

A Slight redness of the skin first man-

ifests itself, accompanied by an in-

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ble, unless checked, over the entire .





body.



Gasoline, always (?) on hand with

motor parties, is a swift and sure anti-

dote, if used as soon as any redness

or blisters are discovered. A simple

application is usually sufficient. As it

is inexpensive and non-poisonous it

may be freely used (with due precau-

tion as to open fires on account of its

explosiveness), by those who suspect

they have come into contact with any

noxious shrub.



A thorough rubbing with alcohol, fol‘

lowed by a warm soap and water bath

is sometimes all that is necessary.

Carbolic acid one part, water seven

parts, well mixed and applied, will

also be found very effective. Great

care must be used in handling this, as

also that standard remedy for ivy pois-

oning, sugar of lead, dissolved in eith-

er alcohol or water.





Some claim that a strong solution of

epsom salts and warm water, applied

externally, accompanied by a liberal

dose of the same drug internally are

all that is needed to effect a cure.



When ivy poisoning is suspected

something to relieve the sufferer

should be 'done at once before the ef-

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come serious- If possible no time

should be lost in Consulting a physi-

cian as these simple remedies are only

“first-aid" measures tb be employed to

save pain and trouble when the doctor

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HAT to serve instead of pota‘

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housewife. Not only in cities,



where prices range from seventy-five

cents to $1.00 the peck, is the pinch

felt, but on farms as well, where pota-

toes heretofore have been plentiful.

Indeed, it is doubtful if you can Serve

anything so satisfying to a hungry

man,_but there are several other things

which may act as a. substitute, among

them rice, which savants have been

urging us to eat for weeks past.





Rice, plain boiled, with a good meat

gravy is relished by some, but many

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arate should tempt anyone, even a dys-

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you use milk you will need a cup more

than of water.



Baked rice is a change from boiled,

and has a decidedly different flavor

To bake, add six tablespoons of wash-

ed rich to one quart of milk and bake

until the milk is absorbed. Of course,

salt must be added.



Rice with cheese, as served by one

cook, is much relished by those fond

of cheese dishes. Fill a dish with plain

boiled rice, dot with butter, cover with

milk and sprinkle thickly with grated

cheese. Cook in the oven until the

cheese is melted, about a half hour,

and serve piping hot.



Still another method of cooking rice

and cheese does not call for the oven.

Melt two tablespoons of butter in a

stewpan, add‘a slice of onion, chopped,

and cook three minutes. Then add a

half cup of washed rice and one quart

of boiling water or stock. Just at the

last add two tablespoons of grated

cheese, stir until the cheese melts,

turn into your serving dish and

sprinkle with grated cheese.



Spanish rice is made in many ways.

One way calls for two peppers and an

onion chopped and fried with a. half

cup of diced .raw ham or bacon in a

quarter cup of drippings. Then add a

cup of rice which has been blanched,

three cups of boiling water, or stock,

and cook until it begins to get tender.

Add a cup of tomatoes, stir in well,

and cook until the rice is quite tender.





If your family is fond of kidney

beans, rice with the canned chili con

carne poured over, piping hot, will be

greatly relished.



Macaroni is cooked much the same

as rice. Everyone knows how to cook

macaroni and cheese. A change from

this may be made by omitting the

cheese and stirring in two or three

eggs after the milk, pepper, salt and

butter have been added. If you use

eggs the macaroni should be finished

on. top of the stove instead of in the

oven.



Macaroni with onions and tomatoes

is a welcome change. While the mac-

aroni is cooking, brown 3. half cup of

diced bacon in the frying pan, add one

onion, chopped, and fry without brown-

ing three minutes. Then add a half

can of tomatoes, or four ripe ones,

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add the tomatoes, onion and bacon.

Boil up once and serve. A generous

dash of red pepper, (some use a half-





teaspoonful, gives a welcome tang to '





the somewhat flat macaroni.





Hominy grits, served through the

south, are practically unknown in the

northern states. Most‘ of the older

housekeepers remember the old way

of making hominy with wood ashes.

The grits may be bought in packages

the same as breakfast foods, and full

directions for cooking are given on the

box. Served with fried ham, bacon or

salt pork, or with liver and bacon and

the gravy from the meat, the grits

make an agreeable substitute for po-

tatoes.



Beans, while ranked: with proteins,

are being pressed into service in pota-

toeless households. White beans, (by-

the—way, why do they call them navy

beans?) are almost as scarce as pota-

toes, and certainly no cheaper at six-

teen cents a pound. Dried limas are

much cheaper, still selling around ten

and twelve cents, aCCOrding to” locality.

They should be looked-over, washed

and allowed to soak several hours be-

fore cooking, as they absorb an amaz-

ing amount of water. Start cooking in

cold water, add a pinch of soda when

they come to the boil. Boil up well,

pour off the water, wash and return to

the fire with a great deal of boiling

water. Cook from two to four hours.

When soft, add milk, or cream, a quar-

ter cup of butter and a dash of pepper,

and serve. They may also be cooked

with salt pork or with bacon, the same

as navy beans.



Lima beans and mushrooms, which

may be bought in cans, are very nour-

ishing. Boil the beans until tender,

drain, and add to a cream sauce. Then

add the mushrooms, which have been

heated thoroughly in the can. Boil up

once and serve.





SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.





Cocoanut often becomes quite dry

and chippy from standing in the pack-

age. To make as delicious and moist

as fresh cocoanut, measure out the re-

quired amount to be used in a bowl.

Moisten thoroughly with milk, cover,

and set in the top of the teakettle

while preparing the cake or pie—E.

G. W.



Clean patent leather shoes in this

way: After removing all the dirt rub

the surface well with a milky rag, then

polish with a dry cloth. This not only

gives the leather a bright appearance,

but preserves it.——M. A. C.





When washing any kind of corduroy

never make the mistake of wringing

it when removing it fromone water to

another as this works irretrievable

ruin to such a garment’s looks. Simply

wash without wringing and hang out

dripping. A stiff, clean brush should

be used on the garment when dry in-

stead of an iron. Remember to brush

but one way of the cloth. This restores

all its former silkiness and lustre.—

M. A. C.





Spots are easily cleaned, provided

one has the necessary articles. All we

need is a piece of soft bread, made

into a pack about the size of a good

eraser, and used quite the same to rub

the soiled parts. Make it moist by en-

closing in the hands for a few seconds.

In most cases it will remove all soiled

marks from the wall.





The Children’s Bureau has a bulle-

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of Baby-Week Campaigns, and other





material of assistance to local com- _





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"Quite diflerent, I should say; al-

though the truth is, Miss Vera, it has

never been my privilege to know a

great deal about girls.”



“I like to hear you say that. Most

men I have met pretend to know all

about them; then they act and talk

like fools. Did you have no sisters?”



“None. or brothers either; I chanced

to be the only child. Then I went to

sea so early in life I failed to acquire

the habit of seeking companionship

with your sex. My time of develop.

ment was passed entirely with men,

and, I confess, that afterwards I have

never felt quite at home among wom-

en. No doubt that explains why I am

still a bachelor."



“Tell me about it,” she exclaimed

eagerly. “Your sea life, I mean."



“Really there is nothing to tell.’f



“Oh, yes, there is; the things one

does not read in books. If I was a girl

I actually believe I should be a sailor

——the ocean fascinates me.”



“You know it well ?”



“Only from two short trips to Eu-

rope, and one to the Bahamas; mere

pleasure jaunts in summer weather.

Tell me about the other side of the

picture—the ocean the real sailor

knows." .



The eagerness of her voice must

have touched a responsive chord, for

almost before I realized my purpose, I

began speaking. Never before did my

experiences at sea come back to my

mind with such vividness; they gave

color to my words, while the evident

appreciation of the girl, leaning over

the rail in the starlight, stimulated my

memory. I began at the first, relating

my life as cabin boy, and as man-be-

fore-the;mast, my first voyage as mate,

and the experiences of my earliest

command. I told of shipwreck in the

South Seas; of a battle for life in the

Indian ocean; of strange peoples met

in every quarter of the earth; of fight-

ing wintry gales oil the Atlantic coast,

. and the silent'desolation of tropic seas.

Breathless with interest she question-

ed me, and I answered, feeling the

magic of her eyes on my face, the soft

intoxication of her presence beside me.

She was natural, wholesome, the very

sort of woman I had dreamed about,

as being somewhere in the world, yet



had never met before. Her very pres-

ence was inspiration, but beyond this

vague impression my dream did not

go. Interested as I was, there seemed

to be between us a barrier of age: I

became dimly conscious of the gray

hairs which years and responsibility

had brought, and knew that all I was

confessing could only widen this natur-

al breach between us. How young, ev-

en girlish, she appeared with her

smooth, eager face tu‘rned toward me

in the star—shine. Why, she would be

scarcely out of school; or presented in

society, if, indeed, she belonged to a

set where such presentation was good

form. Ay, and where did she belong?

What explanation could be offered for

her presence? She was not of the sub-

merged tenth, that was plainly evi-

dent. Never had I been guilty of draw-

ing social lines tightly, or of fearing to

associate with those not of myrecog~

nized class. Yet I recognized the real

thing and the girl was accustomed to

the best. The evidence was in her

manner, her easy air of confidence, the

very way in which she wore her

clothes. She possessed education, or-

iginality, the careless ease which

comes of birth, and the surroundings

of wealth in childhood. These were

not things to be simulated at nine—

teen; and she was not pretending; she

was simply natural. Even as I talked

these things filtered through my mind,

but, when my story finally ended, we

stood in silence, gazing out across the

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





' April-17, 1917.



Wheat—Despite the high prices pre-

vailing in the wheat market the past

year, cash wheat made the sensational

advance of 34c during the five sessions

of the local market ending Monday of

this week. July wheat also partook of

this advance, but the margin was not

so wide. Since war has been declared,

people everywhere have rushed,to put

in supplies of flour, thus increasing the

demand for cash wheat, and crowding

prices to unprecedented heights. The

outlook for the new crop is rapidly

growing worse on account of continued

freezing and thawing. The situation

will likely be assisted, however, by the

planting of increased aoreages to

spring crops. One year ago No. 2 red

wheat sold locally at $1.19 per bushel.

Last week’s Detroit quotations were:



No.2 No.1

Red. White. July

Wednesday . .2.26 2.23 1.83

Thursday . . . .2.38 2.35 1.91

Friday . . . . . . . . .2.45 2.42 1.96

Saturday . . . .2.49 2.46 1.97

Monday . . . . . .2.60 2.57 2.05

Tuesday . . . . .2.47 2.44 1.96



Chicago.——-May $22434 per bu; July

$1.911/g; Sept. $1.671/2.



Corn.——Corn values followed wheat

in the upward trend and the market

holds firm at the new high figures. De-

mand is urgent regardless of the high

prices, feeders buying the grain liber-

ally. One year ago No. 3 corn was

quoted [at 75c per bushel. Last week’s

Detroit quotations were:



No.3 No.3

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Wednesday 0 a c o c o o o 1.41 ' 1.42

Thursday . . . . . . . . . . 1.41 1.42

Friday 1.41 1.42

Saturday . . . . . . . . 1.461/2 1.48

Monday 1.49 1.51

Tuesday ........... 1.49 1 51





Chicago.——May $13814, per bu; July

81.34%; Sept. $1.341/8.



Oats.—While this trade is firmer, the

quotations have not advanced in pro-

portion to the rise in wheat and corn

values. Offerings are small, however,

and buyers are glad to take supplies

on thepresent basis. A year ago stan-

dard oats were quoted at 48%0 per

bushel. Last week’s quotations' 1were:





0.3



Standard. White.



Wednesday 76 75%

Thursday .............. 761/2, 76



Friday 76 751/2

Saturday 76% 76



Monday ...... 77 76%,



Tuesday .............. 77 761/2





Chicago.—May 64%0; July 631/gc per

bushel; Sept. 55%c. .

Rye—Prices are up 5c with cash No.

2 now quoted at $1.85 per bushel.

Peas.—Market is firm with field peas

quoted at $2.75@3.75, sacks included.

Beans—Stocks of beans are pretty

well depleted with prices 700 above

.those quoted a week ago. Demand for

seed beans promises to be large on ac-

count of the liberal planting by Mich-

igan farmers. Cash beans are now

quoted at $8.80 on the Detroit market.

The Chicago trade is fairly good for

Michigan hand-picked stock, which is

quoted there at $8.25 per bushel. At

Greenville dealing is on an $8.50 basis.

Seeds.—Prime red clover $10.80; Ap-

ril $10.80; alsike $11.50; timothy $3.20.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





Noun—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

papel sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $11.90; seconds $11.60; straight

$11.30; spring patent $12.30; rye flour

$10 per bbl.



Feed—In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots

are: Bran $42; standard middlings

$42; fine middlings $44; cracked corn

$58; coarse corn meal $58; corn and

oat chop $50 per ton.



Hay.—In carlots at Detroit: No. 1

timothy $15@15.50; standard timothy

$14@14.50; No. 2 timothy $13@13.50;

light mixed $14@14.50; No. 1 mixed

$13.50@14; No. 1 clover $13@13.50.



Pittsburg.—No. 1 timothy $17@

17.50; No. 2 timothy $14.50@15.50; No.

1 light mixed $15.25@16.25; No. 1 clo-

ver, mixed $16.75@17.25; No. 1 clover

$17@17.50.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





Human—Market is strong and high-

er with demand good. Creamery extras

45c; do firsts 44c; packing stock 30c.



Elgin.—The tendency of prices was

upward on account of small receipts.

The prices, based on sales, is 46c

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Chicago—The feeling continues’firm H





with prices from 1@2c higher than

last week. Trade is good. Extra

‘creameries 45%@460; extra firsts 45c;

packing stock 32@331/20.



Poultry.—Market is firm with prices

slightly higher. The demand is active.

Receipts light. No. 1 spring chickens

25@26c; No 2 do 23@24c; No. 1 hens

26@27c; No. 2 do 24@25c; small do

22c; ducks 23@24c; geese 19@21c;

turkeys 25@260.



Chicago.——The market is steady at

prices 1c lower than last week. De-

mand and supply are both light. Fowls

221/20; spring chickens 221/20; staggy

young roosters 19c; ducks 17@23c;

geese 13@150; turkeys 12@20c.



Eggs.—-Market continues firm with

prices 21/2c higher. Fresh firsts 341/2c;

current receipts 34c.



Chicago—The feeling is firm but un-

usually high prices restricts trading.

Receipts are increasing some. Fresh

firsts 3314@341Ac; ordinary firsts 321/1,

@32%c; miscellaneous lots, cases in-

cluded 31@34c.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





Apples-Market firm with prices

unchanged. Baldwin $5@6; Spy $5@7;

Steele’s Red $7@7.50. At Chicago the

demand is good for well graded stock,

otherwise the demand is only fair. No.

1 stock sells at $3.50@6.50 per bbl;

No. 2 at $2.25@2.75; orchard run $3.25

@350.



Potatoes.—On account of light re-

ceipts prices are higher and market is

firm. Consumptive demand is good.

In carlots, at Detroit in sacks, Michi-

gan $2.90@3 per bushel; Wisconsin

$2.90. At Chicago no Michigan stock

was reported. Market is higher with

demand good for nice stock. Prices

range from $2.70@3.15 per bushel. At

Greenville potatoes are selling at $2.80

@285 per bushel.





WOOL.





 





 





Boston—The large wool markets of

the country have closed business until

such times as the government can se-

lect from the stocks in store the

grades required to fill military orders,

after which the remaining wools are

to be re—offered for sale to the public

on what will likely be a much higher

priCe basis. This action will probably

auger for higher prices for the new

crop, as in thus satisfying the govern

ment demands, large blocks of the

present comparatively small supplies

will be consumed. Local dealers in

Michigan are paying farmers 400 and

more for their clips.





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





.Food stuffs have shown marked ad-

vances during the past week. Wheat

opens this week at $2.34; corn at

$1.40; oats 75c; rye and barley $1.50.

Beans have a nominal basis of $8 at

most stations and potatoes are quoted

at $2.50@2.75. Potatoes now retail

here at $1 per peck. The egg market

still holds at 300, and No. 1 dairy but-

ter is unchanged at 300. Poultry is un-

changed, with live fowls at 20@21c and

the range for meats is as follows:

Hogs 16@171A2c; calves 15@161/zc;

mutton 16@17c; lamb 18@19c.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





The market Tuesday morning was

fairly active with the bulk of the ap-

ples selling between $1@1.75, a few

sold at $2 and above. Potatoes $3;

carrots $2; parsnips $2.25; eggs 38c;

pork 21c. Loose hay is not offered in

any amounts; with the 01d quotations

holding at $17 @19. ~





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





April 16, 1917.





Buffalo.

. April 16, 1917.



Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 125 cars; hogs 55 d. d.; sheep 30 d.

d.; calves 2200 head.



With 125 cars of cattle today the

trade was very slow, the bulk of the

weighty shipping cattle 25c lower and

the medium and light weight kinds

that the shippers took last week fully

500 lower. The bulk of the butcher

steers sold a big quarter lower, with

the cows and bulls but only 10@15c

lower. We look for a fail run of cattle

next Monday and a little better trade.



With about 55 double decks of hogs

on sale today, the quality was the

poorest that we have had for some

time. While prices on the best grades

showed a loss of 10@25c per hundred

there was some difference in quality

from Saturday and it looked like about

a 100 lower market on all but pigs, this

class selling from 50@750 perocwt. low.

er. The bulk of the best sold around

$16.25@16.40, with a few.~ at $16.50@

16.60 and one fancy load of 200-lb. hogs

at $16.75. Pigs $13.50@14; roughs

$14.25@14.50; stags $12@13.





 





 





were in the accustomed large local and





receipts, there being a‘ meager show- during the present crisis.





our market opened active on handy alignments-were much more numerous-





lambs, with prices steady with the than heretofore. Western 8‘6-lb. shear- '





close of last week. About all sold and ing and feeding lambs sold up to $15.50

we look for steady to shade lower pric- per 100 lbs., breaking all past records

es_the balance .of the week, depending by 250. Killing lambs advanced dur-

chlefiy on receipts. ing the week largely 50@75c for fat



We quote: Wool lambs $16.50@ lots, and most sheep advanced 15@

16.75; clipped lambs $13.75@14; clip- 25c. At the close lambs were salable

ped heavy lambs $12.25@12.50; cull to at $13@16; fat heavy lambs at $14.75

common .$11@12.50; yearlings $11@ -@15.65; feeder and shearing lambs at

12.25; clipped wethers $12@12.25;/ $14@15.50; yearling-s at $12.50@14.50;

clipped ewes $11@11.50; clipped bucks wethers at $11.75@13; ewes at $7.50@

$8@10.50; best calves $14.25@14.50; 13, and bucks at $10@11.25. Shorn





common and light $10@13; heavy yearlings brought $10.50@11.85; and-

shorn wethers $10@11; clipped lambs ‘





$8.50@11; grassers $6@6.50.

—-—-——————-—-——- $11.75@12.85; spring lambs brought

Chicago. $14@18-75-



April 16, 1917. Horses were in much smaller supply

Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, last week than a year ago, and prices

Receipts today..19,000 36,000 22,000 remained firm, with army horses sell-

Same day 1916..18,804 48,421 19,326 mg about as usual. The cheaper hors-

Last week ....... 54,199 116,516 73,935 6'5 went at $50@‘100 and drafters at

Same wk 1916..42,650 135,799 63,523 $185@285 or higher now and then.

This is a slow Monday in the cattle Some 1500—ib. chunks sold for eastern

market except so far as fat beeves and Shipment at $200. and a pair 0f gray

butcher Stuff are concerned, these go- market mares SOld at $525 their weight

ing at unchanged prices, while bids for being 3200 lbs. while another pair



other kinds of cattle are more or less brought $500. .



lfiwer, withffpgospects for a bad close. M

ogs are 0 c or more, with sales at HAPPENINGS 0F TH

$15.25@16.30. Hogs marketed last E WEEK.

week averaged 212 lbs. Bids for lambs .



and sheep are some lower, and at a (Continued from page 506)‘



late hour little had been done, some second defense lines. It is generally

heavy lambs selling at reduced figures, believed that St. Quentin will soon fall.

Cattle prices last week reached the This town is an important position on

highest level ever recorded on the op- the Hindenburg line. Artillery engage-

en market, the best heavy beeves sell- ments have been frequent over the re-

ing at $13.25@13,45, while during the mainder of the western front, and an

previous week the top stood at $13.15 unusual number of aeroplanes have

and a month earlier at $12.65. Early participated during the past two weeks.

week advances were from 10@25c, Seventeen French, British and Amari~

with only 17,517 head received on Mon- can aeroplanes and twenty German

day and. vigorous competition for the ,machines were lost in the aerial activ-

few choice lots. On Wednesday and 1ty of the past few days. Nothing is





 





Thursday the early advance mostly reported on the eastern front and un- -





disappeared, with receipts of 22,795 important engagements have taken

head on Wednesday and a slow de- place in Macedonia with battle fronts

mand from packers until they were unchanged. '

able to fix prices to suit themselves. It Conflicting reports on conditions in

is becoming quite common to have Mexico, and her attitude toward the

meager receipts on Monday and larger United States in the present trouble

arrivals later in the week, and at all are being published. The trend of the

times there is a marked lack of strict- information received, hOWGVel‘i aD‘

ly prime cattle, including yearlings as pears to give credence to the state-

well as older steers. The bulk of the ment that political conditions are be»

steers marketed last week found buy- ms gradually improved. and that the

ers at $10.75@12.90, the highest figures provisional government has matters

yet reached, with sales of prime to ex- more completely under CODtI‘OI than

tra steers carrying plenty of weight at since the fall of the Diaz regime. Gen-

a range of $12.90@13.45, while a class Carranza, in his address to the new

grading as good found buyersat $12.25 congress, declared Mexico would main~

@1235, with sales of medium grade tain a strict and rigorous neutrality in

short-fed steers at $11.20@12.20 and the world war.

ordinary to fair light weight steers at German merchant vessels in Brazil—

$10 and upward and scattering sales of ian harbors have been seized. It is ex-

.inferior little steers down to $9 or even pected that the taking over of these

lower, the bottom being $8, but these vessels will lead to a state of war be-

sales were hardly worth mentioning. tween this South American country

Yearlings with any quality were pur- and Germany.

chased for $11.75@13, but very few National.

sold near the top price. Butcher stuff Last week the lower House of Con-

had a g00d outlet, COWS selling at $7-40 gress passed a revenue authorization.

@1_1.25 and heifers at $7.10@11-85, bill providing for the raising of $7,000,-

whlle cutters went at $6.65@7.35, can- 000,000, to furnish funds for the prose-

ners at $5.40@6.60 and bulls at $6.75@ cution of the war. The Senate will act.

10.35. Calves were in the usual good upon the measure this week. Of this

demand, With sales at $12-50@13-50 per amount $3,000,000.000 is to be placed

100 lbs. for llght vealers and sales to the credit of France and Russia.

down to $6-50@8-50 for the heavrer A government ship building corpora--

lots. Stockers had a fair sale at $7-15 tion is being organized with General

@9150.Withchomeyearhngsselling the Goethals, governor of Panama during

highest, While feeders W61”? ln fair re- the construction of the Panama Canal,

quest at $9@10-50- Late 1n the week at its head. The purpose of the cor-

the bulk of the cattle below good fat poration is the construction of thou-

lots 801d 25@350 10W91f than a week sands of ships of small tonnage to car-

ago, stockmen overloading the market ry food stuffs from the western hemis-

from fear the government would fix phere to the allies of Europe. Allthe

max1mum prices. . shipyards in the country will be put to



Hogs continued on their long upward work immediately in supplying the

course for still another week, With an first thousand small vessels It is

active demand from local packers and expected that these vessels .can be

eastern shipperS, as well as from ‘yard built in such quantities as to make it

speculators. and further sensational impossible for German submarines to

advances ln prices took place. Prices destroy any large per cent of them es-

were higher than ever In the past, With pecially when numerous routes to,Eu-

some reactions brought about by the rope will be followed.

refusal of packers to pay the filll ad- The finance committee of the United

vance. Choice barrows that carried States Senate and the ways and means

plenty of weight continued the favor- committee of the House are this week

lte seller's, these bringing the best considering suggestions of the admin-

DI‘ICGS. While prime light Shlpplng 11085 istration for raising approximately one—

sold usually about 20c below top fig- half of the estimated cost of the first

UTBS, With a good demand for shipment year of the war, or $1,807,250,000. These

to Canada. Plgs had to be sold at a suggestions favor the increase of tax-

lal‘ge dlscount, the heaVler lots selllng es on incomes and excess profits high-

much the highest. It IS interesting to er rates on many imported articles and

turn back and recall that at thlS time stamp, liquor, amusement sugar ’ cof-

in 1904 hog-s were selling in the Chica- fee, tobacco, soft drinks, ’freight’ and

go market at $4.60@§-10~ 0n the high passenger transportation and automo-

time of the week prime hogs brought bile taxes.

$16-50, a new hlgh record, and 500 All radio stations have been ordered

higher than a week earlier. On Satur- seized by the United States govern-

day heavy packmg h0g8 brought: $15.65 ment. Those needed for naval purpos-

@16.05; _light bacon hogs $15-25@ es Will be operated under the Naval

15.85; light shippers $15-90@16-2_5; Department, while the remaining sta-

gleitlgyélfipggrs s1€.10_@16.35; ind pigs tions will be closed.



. . . WI pigs.weig ing 11D Members of the sub-comm

to 130 to ’135 lbs. the highest sellers. bituminous coal operators auditltl‘lefnegg

The week 8 hog receipts were smaller are in conference in New York City on

ghagaaavggek earlier and far less than the question of wage increases with'



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Lambs, yearlings, wethers and ewes of afiuagi‘éléniifi‘fifable for the reaching

. The United Stat I -

shipping demand last week. and new merce :has inaugu::t§ihaglbelh:$eg%§t

high price records were made, the re- looking toward a uniform plan in car.

ceipts being, as usual, greatly inade— ing for those-dependent upon men who

quate. Lambscomprlsed most of the give their services to their country





   





     





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Thu rsday's Market.

. April 19, 1917.

Cattle.



Receipts 2750. The-re seems to be

plenty of. good cattle in Michigan from

the way they are coming in here.

Week after week they keep coming

freely, although shippers claim they

are nearly all in. Before the week is

over the receipts will run considerably

over 3000 which, for this market, is



. considered a good run, everything be-

ing from this state.



in the cattle division the trade was

fairly active on the common grades;

light butchers and bulls at last week’s



closing prices, but on the good stuff

the‘ market was fully 25_@50c lower

and dull. Good milch cows are in ac-

tive demand and bring good prices.

Common grades go to canner buyers.



The close was dull as follows: Best

heavy steers $11@11.25; best handy

weight butcher steers $10-@10.50; mix-

ed steers and heifers $9@9.75; handy

light butchers $8.50@9.50; light butch-

ers $8@9; best cows $8.50@8.75;

butcher cows $7@8; common cows $

@675; canners $5.50@6; best heavy

bulls $8.50@9.50; bologna bulls $7.50@

8.25; milkers and springers '$50@90.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. &

Co. 3 cows av 840 at $5.70, 4 butchers

av 83.2 at $9, 3 do av 857 at $9; to

Ilammond, S. & Co. 36 do av 860 at

$11, 1 bull wgh 1490 at $8.25; to Sul-

livan P. Go. 1 cow wgh 1130 at $7.75;

to Thompson 21 steers av 1162 at

$10.35; to Shepherd 12 do av 1027 at

$10; to Kamman B. Co. 1 bull wgh

1030 at $8.50; to Kazmer 4 cows av

890 at $7.75; to Sullivan P. Go. 8 cows

av 1050 at $6.75, 1 steer wgh 1000 at

$11; to Parker, W'. & Co. 2 cows av

1000 at $6, 10 do av 1067 at $8, 1 steer

wgh 1250 at $10.50, 2 do av 645 at $10,

1 do wgh 770 at $9, 1 bull wgh 1150 at

$8.50, 7' cows av 1061 at $7.75, 4 do av

1010 at $7.75, 2 do av 860 at $6.50, 5

do av 875 at $5.75, 3 do av 970 at $7,

3 do av 917 at $5.75, 2 steers av 570

at $9, 1 cow wgh 1350 at $8.50; to Sul-

livan P. Co. 21 steers av 900 at $10.35,

14 do av 1131 at $11, 3 butchers av 923

at $8.50; to Breitenbeck 27 steers av

826 at $9.50; to Newton P. Co. 4 cows

av 900‘at $6-25, 1 bull wgh 570 at $7;

to Sullivan P. Co. 8 butchers av 817 at

$9.35, 1 bull wgh 820 at $9.50, 2 cows

av 1055 at $6.25, 3 do av 973 at $7.50,

1 do wgh 980 at $9, 10 steers av 1017

at $11.10, 11 cows av 990 at $7.40, 6 do

av 1045 at $7.50.



McMullen, K. & J. sold Bray 2 cows

av 920 at $6.50; to Goose 2 bulls av

830 at $7.50, 1 cow wgh 900 at $7.25,

5 butchers av 658 at $8, 3 do av 333 at

$7 ; to Newton B. Co. 6 do av 663 at

$8,$3 cows av 853 at $8, 5 do av 984

at 7.





Calves.

Receipts 1130. The veal calf trade





was dull and draggy and at the close _





on Wednesday was 25@50c lower than

last week- A few extra fancy grades

sold early at $13 but the bulk of the

good ones brought $12.50 and common

and mediums $9@11.50; heavy $7@8;

Thursday best grades sold at $12.50.



‘ Sandel,‘S., B. & G. sold Losier 3 av

115 at $12.50; to Thompson 2 av 145 at

$13, 4 av 105 at $10, 18 av 140 at $13,

2 av 110 at $10; to Shipiro 18 av 140

at $13.



' Bishop, B. & H. sold Newton B. Co.

. 4 av 120 at $12.50, 12 av 135 at $13, 10

av 143 at $12.50, 9 av 160 at $13, 16 av

150 at $13.50; to Thompson 18 av 150

at $13; to McGuire 2 av 120 at $13, 3

av 125 at $12, 4 av 160 at $13; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 3 av 100 at $9; to

Mich. B. Co. 14 av 130 at $12.75; to

Ratner 23 av 130 at $12.75, 7 av 150





at $13.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 1867. The run of sheep and

lambs Was again light and the market

dull and fully 25@35c lower than last

week. Very few Wool lambs were in

the receipts and quotations below are

for clipped stock. Best lambs $12.50;

fair lambs $11.50@12; light to common

lambs $7@10; fair to good sheep $8.50

@950; culls and common $5@8.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.

124 wool lambs av 68 at $16.25; to

Parker, W. & Co. 208 do av 75 at

$16.25, 26110 av 80 at $13; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 50 do av 81 at $12.50;

to Newton B. Co.H40 do av 83 at $12.50.





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Receipts 6544. The hog trade Mon‘

day With tops bringing $15.90; Tues-

day they dropped to $15.75 and on

Wednesday and Thursday $15.50 was

top for the best grades; mixed sold at

$1§®15§9§ l-hulk- of pigs 311912.50:

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Michigan.



Livimston 00., April 9.—-0n account,

of the heavy rains no work has been

done on the ground as yet. About the!

usualacreage of cats and corn wilt be“

planted, but a large acreage of beans;

Wheat is in very poor condition but}

rye and clover stood the winter fairly .

well. Not much stock on feed on ac-‘

count of the high price of grain. There .

is plenty of roughage but practically ;

no grain. Considerable hay is being

marketed at from $8@10 per ton. Pric-'

es are as follows: Wheat $2; oats '70c; "

corn $2.35 per cwt; rye $1.60; beans

$7.50; butter 380; eggs 28c; hogs

$14.50; cattle $8@9.50. ,



Gladwin 00., April 9.—-No farm work

done to speak of, fields too wet, roads

are bad. Winter grains and seeding

are suffering from the hard freezing.

Most farmers are getting out manure -

and sawing wood for summer. Some

beans are being sold at $7.60. Peta:

toes $2.50; wheat $1.98; corn $1.17;

oats 74c; rye $1.52; hogs 13c; butter- :

fat 43c; butter 370; eggs 27c; hay $13.



Eaton Co., April 7.—Hard thunder.

storms the last day of March, and the

first of April took the frost out of the

ground. Winter grains and meadows

are starting up in line shape. Farmers

are very busy, hauling manure, fixing

fences, getting up wood, and making

repairs. Some farmers am. so short

of feed they have turned their stock on

Near the usual amount of .

stock on hand, but feed scarce. Sugar

season was late and short, but quite a

bit of syrup was made. Fruit buds said

to be in bad condition. Beans $7.50;

wheat $2.05; rye $1.62; oats 68c; bar-

ley $1.75@2; potatoes $2.50@3; butter

30,@35c; eggs 24@27c; hogs 12@14c;

cattle 5@9c; sheep 3@7c; lambs 8(a)

131/2c; corn $1.30; butter-fat 400.



Hillsdale Co., April 7.——-The condi-

tion of wheat, rye, new clover, and

meadows, seems to be fairly good, the

winter not having damaged any of

these crops. Plentiful rains during the

last few days have done much good to

wheat and clover, starting the first

green of the season. The maple sugar

season was rather short, and the pro-

duct is selling for unprecedented pric-

es. Yorkers 13@14%c; dressed hogs

180; beef cattle 5@9c; veal calves 12c;

live hens 14c; chickens 200; eggs 30c;

good dairy butter 360; wool 37@400;

clover seed $9@10.25; potatoes $2.75;

wheat $2.05; rye $1.45; oats 63c.



Genesee 60., April 12.———Frost nearly

out of the ground and spring work is

being started. The great difficulty is

in getting help to put in the crops. In

this vicinity men are attracted to the

factories where high wages are paid

for labor. Wheat not looking well. .

Seed potatoes very high and scarce,

and this may cut down the acreage

planted. About the usual acreage of

beets and of beans will be put in and

farmers are looking for a better year

than last as to weather conditions. Ex-

tensive road work is planned on trunk

lines for this season, and more durable

material will be employed than here-

tofore. Many farms are changing hands

at prices ranging as high as $150 per

acre.





 





Sanilac Co., April 12.—-Wheat looks





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grade corn should not be con-

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rather poor. Spring seeding is im-

proving but farmers are planning on

sowing a large acreage of spring

grains. There is plenty of rough feed

to carry stock through, with a surplus

of hay. A smaller amount of maple

syrup was made than usual. Buds are

starting slowly but look healthy. All

farm wOrk is at a standstill. Potatoes

$2.25; beans $8; oats 700; butter-fat

410; eggs 30c.



Calhoun Co., April 7.—-Winter grain

is in fair condition except being small.

Very little plowing has been done thus

far, the ground being too wet. Only a

small amount of maple syrup was

made in this section. Fruit trees are

in fine'shape. Potatoes $2@4; beans

$7.20; wheat $2.08; corn $1.30; eggs

29c; butter 370; oats 65c; rye $1.50;

flour $10 per bbl; hogs $14.50; cattle

$12.50.



Cass 00., April 12.———Weather has

been fine. Wheat and grass have not

grown much yet. The ground freezes

nearly every night and kills grain in ,

exposed places. . Oats not sown yet.

Some plowing has been done. Seeding ’

does not look very promising. Stock

is scarce. Maple syrup crop short and

sells at $2 per gallon. Fruit trees look

good. Potatoes $2.75; beans $7; wheat

$2.13; corn $1.25; oats 600: butter-fat ‘

35c; eggs 28c; cattle $8@9; hogs

$14.50; sheep $15@20 per head; cows

$60@8‘0. Help is very scarce and high

and hard to secure at any price. ‘



Mecosta Co., April 7.—Winter grains

in fair condition. Spring work has

started. More cattle are on hand than





 





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8. G. White Legholns





We have about 40 S. C. White Leghorn cock birds

for sale. The males are from 200 egg strain and

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fine April hatched pullets at a, great bargain.

Eggs for hatching March and April $5 per 100.

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HE turkey crop is fifty per cent

short this year and this will

mean high prices. The farmer

with a good crop of these birds may

find that the local market is not good

because of a small demand, but in the

large cities turkey is appreciated by

buyers with the price and this should

mean good returns for the farmer.



The White Holland turkey is small-

er than the other standard breeds.

They are less apt to wander from the

farm than Bronze turkeys and are just

about the right size for a meal for the

average sized family. With turkey at

thirty-five or forty cents per pound the

moderate sized pocketbook does not

measure up to large sized turkeys.



Blackhead.



The turkey business has been seri-

ously injured by the prevalence of

blackhead in many flocks. The tech-

nical name of this disease is “infec-

tious entero-hepatitis,” and in plain

United States that means inflamma-

tion of,the intestines and liver, caused

by a micro-organism.



Blackhead most frequently occurs in

birds from one to four months of age

and it sometimes wipes out entire





 





 





Turkeys Need Freedom.





flocks. The symptoms are drooping

wings, ruffled feathers, diarrhea and

sometimes the head turns purplish be-

fore death. On performing a post mor-

tem, if yellowish green spots are found

on the liver it is practically sure that

the disease is blackhead.



Blackhead is a very contagious dis—

ease and infeCLed birds should be de-

stroyed and the healthy members of

the flock removed to an isolated place

while the former runs are disinfected

with a. five per cent solution of car-

bolic acid. Feeding sour milk to tur-

keys is excellent in keeping down the

ravages of the disease.



Avoid Inbreeding.



In raising turkeys inbreeding must

be avoided. In purchasing parent

stock it is well to select birds from dif-

ferent parts of the state in order to be

sure and obtain unrelated birds. The

risk in turkey raising is so great that

the most vigorous breeders are none

too good.



Turkeys require plenty of fresh air

and they will not stand as much con-

fin’ement as hens. If the roosting poles

are placed in open front sheds the

birds will do very well, as they need

no protection except from winds and

dampness.



Many turkey raisers feed the birds

nothing through the summer season

when insects are plentiful on the

range. A long string of turkeys strut-

ting through an orchard gathering

bugs is a sight worth watching and

the value of turkeys on large fruit

farms cannot be overestimated. A

large orchard possibly surrounded by

clover fields and woods will insure a.

turkey flock with an abundance of food

and seven or eight months of the yeiir

they will manufacture turkey meat

without cost to their owner.



The turkey hen will select her_own

nest in” a slightly protected spot on





 





 

 





the range and Sometimes in stormy.





   





weather it pays to place a. small A-

shaped coop over the nest. If the nest

is in a fairly safe location "possibly a

coOp would only attract prowling ani-

mals at night and the hen would be

more sure of a good hatch if left en-

tirely to herself. In either case rais-

ing turkeys is something of a gamble.

Science seems to have made small pro-

gress in solving the living problems of

young turkeys. R. G. KIRBY.





MATURE PU LLETS EARLY.





The eggs that are laid during moult-

ing season are mostly laid by the early

matured pullets. A large source of

profit in the poultry business consists

in hatching early chicks and rushing

their development to an early m’atur-

ity. In order to accomplishthis, much

attention need be given to their feed-

ing. They should have a well balanc-

ed ration, largely protein in nature,

and plenty of it.



Early rapid growth is obtained from

muscle building protein feeds. Where

the chickens are allowed to run of a

large range they will get a good many

worms and bugs that will prove to be

a great aid. However, they must not

be made to run their legs off chasing

after this kind of feed as it may retard

their development. If the flock is

large, range feeding alone is apt to

produce very poor results for the rea-

son that the older chickens will get

most of the worms and bugs and little

will be left for the younger. Part of

their protein feeds should be given to

them and they should be encouraged

to eat.



Chickens grown in conjunction with

the dairy should have access to unlim—

ited quantities of milk. Nothing can

be better for them, even afteF they are

full grown hens. We give them plenty

of milk, both winter and summer. Meat

scraps should also be placed before

them freely, although this is not so

essential where there is plenty of

milk. Very little fat producing grains

should be given, it had better be sav-

ed for some other purpose. Growing

pullets should have plenty of exercise

to make a normal, healthy and rapid

growth, but they will get this on the

range no matter how much feed you

place before them because it is in their

nature to hunt and scratch for worms

and chase bugs. During the winter

when they must necessarily be kept

shut in it will be necessary to provide

an incentive to exercise but until that

time give them plenty of feed and they

will provide their own exercise.



The important thing is to produce

quick-maturing pulle‘ts early in spring

and keep them growing steadily so

that when laying time comes they will

be sufficiently matured to begin laying

and producing results. Then is the

time of year when eggs are scarce and

every pullet that lays will bring in big

returns. «1.2.171. EATON.





DO NOT KILL THE HEN THAT

LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG.





All present indications point to con-

tinued high prices for eggs, with the

possibility of newly laid eggs of prime

quality selling next winter at prices

considerably above those of last win-

ter. Eggs are going into storage now

at costs which necessitate a retail

price of forty cents or better next fall

and winter in order to return a reason-

able profit for handling and storing.



Whether - the present shortage of

eggs continues through next winter or

not depends on what the farmers of

Michigan do with their poultry during

the next six or eight weeks. If they

follow out their expressed intention of

selling the greater part of the farm

flock because of the high cest of feed,





.and the- fowls which are sold are not





replaced with pullets, fresh eggs will





 

 





 





AP. 3321,3917; i





be as scarce next November and De?





cember as the proverbial “hen’s teeth.”





Because of the existing shortage in'





the egg market and the increasing de-

mand for eggs due to the advancing

cost of other live stock products, ev-

ery farmer in the state should plan to

raise as-many good pullets this season

as he has facilities to handle. They

should be. carefully fed so that they

will be well grown and begin to lay

before the first of November. For a.

profitable yield of eggs during the win-

ter months, early hatched- pullets are

much more valuable than hens.



The older hens may be sent to mar-

ket a. few at a. time as fast as they

stop laying. All hens which remain in

laying condition through the summer

should be retained until fall. Those

which continue egg production until

October 1 or later should be retained

for use as breeders. If properly band-

led, hens may be carried through the

summer at a good profit in spite of the

high cost of feed. If these hens are

thrown on the market now, the mar-

ket will have an over—supply greater

than the storage houses can handle

and prices will be forced down to a.

low level. '



Don’t kill the laying hens; raise as

many pullets as possible; have all

chickens hatched before June 1; feed

well and handle carefully. If these

suggestions are followed, a good profit

will result, and an egg famine will be

avoided—M. C. K.





CLEAN WATER FOR THE CHICKS.





Little chicks as well as big, should

at all times have access to plenty of

good fresh water. Where it is placed

before them in a pan the old hen is

apt to step on it and spill all the wa-

ter. Then, too, the chicks will soon

either drink it out or the sun wilL

make it dry.



The plan that I have found satisfac-

tory is not original with me, but I

have used it a good many years with

success. It consists in attaching two

strips of tin or wire to the coop in

such a way as to support a quart bot-

tle upside down with the mouth of the

bottle resting inside the pan and about

a half-inch from the bottom. Support-

ed in this way the bottle is easily re-

movable for filling. When filled and

placed in position the water will feed

down only as fast as the water in the

pan is taken out. This makes 3. Sort

of fountain, and in the summer time

the water will be kept fairly cool if

the bottle is kept in shade—P. H. E.





INCREASING EGG PRODUCTION IN

GEESE.





What is the proper kind of food to

give geese to make them lay? Do they

want oyster shell the same as chickens

and is sour milk good for them?



Newaygo Go.





There has been very little done

along the line of increasing egg pro-

duction in‘geese.



There are some varieties such as

the Toulouse and the white and brown

Chinas which are considered quite pro-

ductive breeds. They lay on an aver-

age of about fifty eggs 3. year, and are

Very likely to increase their egg, pro‘

duction as they grow older.



The customary way of raising geese

is.to let them shift for themselves to

a great extent, and if they have plenty

of good grass pasture they do very

well. Experience has shown that geese

do not do well on a ration consisting





largely of grain. Grit is an essential ‘





in the diet of the goose, but I doubt the

advisability of feeding sour milk to any

great extent, as I believe anything

which will force egg production would

likely have some detrimental effect

upon the fertility of the'egg. '



‘ While grit and oyster shells are sad

sential, they are not usually provided

because geese are not confined like





chickens, and pick up enough lit-such ‘1 I





 





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HEN I was a boy I wanted to

W keep bees, but I did not have



the chance to do so, for bees

on the farm "were not common then,

and my father rented. Later, when I

went into business in town I did not

have time to give to them, and my

other affairs took my attention, but I

never got over my wish to keep bees.

When I switched from editing a coun-

try paper to the florist business I Was

not long in securing some colonies. I

never had the fear of bees that some

have, and I learned quickly that the

reputation they have is much more ter-

rible than the actual fact. Now if I

had been permittedto have had bees

during those farm days I wOuld have

kept the home supplied with honey and

made some money besides.





Care of Bees Takes But Little Time.



It does not take much of the boy’s

time to take care of quite an apiary.

A hive can be opened, examined, and

all the work necessary done on it dur-

ing the noon rest, and it will be just

as much a rest as sitting anywhere

else in the shade, for hives should be

in the shade. In these days farmers

are not so particular with the boys in

this respect as theyused to be when

labor counted so much, for now ma

chinery does the work and the boy

simply ShOWS it what to do.’



One of the fascinating things about

keeping bees is the fact that we are

learning something about a very inter-

esting little insect while we are doing

it. That it is always a study to see

how we can coax or compel these little

workers to do more for us than it is

their ordinary habit of doing. If the

bees when left alone will produce fifty

pounds of surplus, it is a victory to

make the same bees double or treble

the amount for us, and it can be done,

and it" is done by all successful bee-

keepers. It is worth while to learn

511st how to manage the bees to the

best advantage, for we may want to

ask them some day to support us, and

they will do it, too. Mam apiaries

support families in good shape, and

'give them many luxuries. Honey is

always salable, and always commands

a good price. Hardly any other food

product is as stationary in price at all

times, and few that always provides as

certain a market at these prices. Then

there is almost always a local market

for all the honey 3. moderate-sized

apiary can produce. When I started

to selling honey I asked fifteen cents

a pound for extracted, giving a quart

jar free with each three pounds—«hon—

ey weighs three pounds to the quart.

I had such a demand I shipped in sev-

eral sixty-pound cans every season in

addition to what I produced, and my

customers increased and their de-

mands increased each season. I sold

cut-out comb honey at twenty cents a

pound, and sold all I would of that, for

l p erred to extract, as the bees

gathe so much more honey when they

do not have to build combs, but just to

fill them. ' .



Cost of Starting Light.



The cost of starting with bees is

very light. If you can get hold of a

swarm, as one can very often do in the

country, you will only need to buy the

hives. A young man near here has

quite an apiary that he has accumu-

lated during the last three years just

by catching stray swarms. People

know he is collecting bees, and when a

swarm settles around close they call

him up and tell him about it. He told

me the other day he had more bees

offered him last year than he could

hive, as he did not. have hives ready

for them. One year when I was living





in a small town I had a colony or two,





of bees, and a little item in the local

. paper mentioned my bees. Several

times [people called me up and told me

am m clustered in their trees





and ingested am: ‘1’???“ “d I g“





t’lhleiBoychcp Bees





them. I did hive two swarms that

were handy.



If you are really in earnest about the

bee business ‘I would suggest that you





buy five hives, knocked down, and put .





them together, for full directions for

putting up come with them, and they

come so much cheaper in fives knock-

ed down. You will then have a good

supply of hives ready for all the

swarms offered, and can use the same

hives for the bees to gather honey in

for your use until you need the hives

for brood chambers. I used full hives

almost entirely for my bees. as my ex-

tractor would take a full frame as

readily as a shallow frame froma sup-

er, and the large frame contained near-

ly double the amount of honey, taking

only about half the time to extract.

Boys, send to some good bee su'pply

house and get their catalog and study

it. Make up your mind what kind of

a hive will suit you best, and then send

for a set. If you want any informa~

tion about the hives that you do not

fully understand from the catalogs, do

not hesitate to write all about it to the

bee supply house. They will be glad

to tell you all about it. L. H. COBB.





 





HENS LOSING FEATHERS.





I have been having some trouble

with my chickens losing their feathers

around the head, and causing death in

time. Can you inform me of the cause

and give me a remedy? . R.



The loss of feathers around the

head and neck is sometimes caused by

head lice. There is also a fungOUS dis-

ease called favus which will cause the

loss of feathers around the head.



The most prominent symptom of the

disease is the whitish encrustations

which cause the feathers to become

brittle and break off. Sometimes when

hens are idle they will start picking at

each other and draw blood; this often

starts the habit of feather picking.



We would suggest that you keep

your hens busy by making them

scratch for all of their grain, give the

hens an opportunity to dust, or if that

is not possible, dust them thoroughly

with some good lice powder, or thor-

oughly greas ehte head and neck with

lard and sulphur.



This lard and sulphur ointment is

good as a treatment for favus or for

the control of head lice. Use nearly

as much sulphur as lard, and work

them into a smooth paste before ap-





plying.





A METHOD FOR DETERMINING

LAYING HENS.





I wish to secure the Hogan system

for selecting laying hens.



California. H. S.



The following method contains the

fundamentals of various systems of de-

termining the laying hens which are

frequently advertised.



Although we are not quite sure, we

believe that the Hogan system closely

follows this method. Pick the hen up

in the left hand, and with the head

down under the arm, place the fingers

of the right hand in the fluffy feathers

below the vent where the pelvic bones

are. If three fingers can be placed be—

tween the pelvic bones, the hen is sup-

posed to be a good layer. If there is

room for only two fingers, the hen is

only an average layer, and if the dis:

tance between the pelvic bones will

allow the placing of only one finger,

the hen is said to be a very poor layer,

and if she does not start laying in

about four weeks, it would be advisa-

ble to send her to the butcher.



This method is also used in select-





ing cockerels, those having the great-.





est distance between the pelvic bones

being the best to use for breeding lay-

ing hens; While this system is not

absolutely accurate, it is said to give

very'good reults in the selection of





high-producing hens- ' . , - ,





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Lace must go!

poultry can?! pay. Lice not only sap the

and take energy that otherwioe would make





but they actually not the (If:

out of poultry and cause more dioeooc and looo





My Lice Powder will positively rid your flock of

ut it in duot-baths. in nesto. and

powder the birds with it thoroughly—especially in

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Don't store wheat, rye, barley—your

earl. crops-in anything less weather-

tight than a Buckeye Steel Grain Bin.



The “Buckeye" turns water like a

duck’s back—there isn‘t a crack nor





cranny where a drop of rain or a flake

snow can get in. Hence. the 0‘





E Steel Grain Bin 3





will keep yourgreln as "dry as a bone." You

may store it direct from the thresher and

Iggmlttg):moertkmtn(t5‘that when you draw

. . or e IS so '

Wlll be in A-l condition. oson or next) it

The Buckeye Bin is rat and m

ond the ventilator is magnum:

_ birds. Built wholly of galvan-

ized steel, it defies time and fire

as .long as you have

grain to store. 200bushel

cnpnuty to 1525.

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. ‘~ THE M 3.1 c tit-is an





OR many years the Grange Tn

Michigan has been active in the

work of co-operative buying. It



is probably true that more has been



done along this line in Michigan



Granges than in those of any other



state. Much money has been saved to



the membership by this work, and we

should ever keep in mind the advan-

tages of buying through our Grange



contracts. But everywhere there is a



demand for a better market for the



products of the farm. This demand is

expressed in terms that vary according

to the individuals that voice it, but it

is very general, and it grows more and

more insistent as time goes by. While

many who make a great deal of noise

about it have little or nothing to mar-

ket, and while others who complain

bitterly of present market privileges

are not in the habit of offering what

they have to sell in a fit condition to

bring the best prices, still, on the



whole, this movement is fostered by a



very competent class of farmers who,



having counted the cost, are determin-

ed to stay in this fight for a better

market until they win.



About a year ago the chairman of

the executive committee of the Mich-

igan State Grange appointed a com-

mittee to draft a constitution and by-

laws for the formation of co-operative

selling associations within the Grange.

At the head of this sub-committee was

George B. Horton, whose long and suc-

cessful business experience gave sta-

bility to the movement, and encourag-

ed us with bright hopes of success.



Brother Horton published the consti-

tution and by-laws last fall, and al-

ready some associations have been

formed.



It should be very easy to organize

these co-operating companies within

the Grange. It would seem much eas-

ier to do it in this way than to form

companies outside of an organization.

The Grange is already organized, the

people are in the habit of gathering at

its place of meeting at regular inter-

vals, and a co—operative company sim-

ply adds one more activity to its pro-

gram of work.



The writer believes fully that in ev-

ery neighborhood where there is a

Grange, one of these companies should

be organized. This is a work that

ought not to be put off either, as other

agencies are assisting in the organiza-

tion of selling associations in many

localities, and in a majority of cases

the principal ones in these companies

are members of our Order, and would

gladly assist in promoting purely

Grange companies if they were given

an opportunity.



I believe also that if Granges would

get busy under wise leadership in this

matter, two or more of them combin-

ing if it seemed wise to do so. many

associations might be organized and

thousands of members added to the

Order.



The constitution and by-laws of

which we have spoken were formed un-

der the co-operative law of 1913. This

law provides for the organization of

companies having capital stock. But

this stock differs from‘the stock of the

ordinary corporation in two respects.

First, it earns no dividend except in-

terest on its par value, and second, it

does not vote. But instead, the man

votes, and the profits are divided ac-

cording to patronage. Thus it will be

seen that companies working under

this law are purely co-operative.



There are good reasons why the fed-

eration of co—operative companies is

desirable, but until the securing of the

Clayton Amendment to the Sherman

Anti-trust Law, their federation would

not have been legal. This amendment

makes possible the federation of com-

panies “not organized for profit, nor

having capital stock.”





 





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The Grange and the Market I Problem





By W. F. TAYLOR





ate Bill 97,” another proposed measure

to assist farmers in forming co-opera-

tive companies. This. bill also provides

for organizations having capital stock,

and if passed will only further compli-

cate the situation.





While the act of 1913 violates the

letter of the "Clayton Amendment,” or

rather would do so providing associa-

tions working under it should attempt

to federate, it does not violate the spir-

it of it, because the stock therein pro-

vided 'for is not stock in the ordinary

meaning of the term. For while in the

ordinary corporation the stock is the

basis upon which dividends are divid-

ed, and the stock votes instead of the

man, in this case the man votes in-

stead of the stock and the profits are

divided not according to the amount

of stock he owns, but according to the

amount of his patronage to the asso-

ciation.



The United States Department of

Markets is promoting marketing or-

ganizations organized without stock,

in harmony with the provisions of the

Clayton Amendment, and is not inter-

ested in the matter of our co-operative

law.



I am not going I say here what I

think should be done about this par-

ticular matter, but surely it should be

settled in one way or another, and co-

operative organizations should be or-

ganized within subordinate Granges

wherever possible.



If it is thought best to form these

companies without stock, having a

membership fee instead, then let it be

done in that way, but by all means let

these organizations be formed, wher-

ever they are needed.



One of the easiest of these compa-

nies to form and operate is a live

stock shipping association. But little

money is required to carry on the bus-

iness, and if the right man has been

found to manage it, and the associa-

tion is large enough, .stock can be

rounded up and shipped much cheaper

in‘this way than in the old way, when

three or four independent buyers trav-

ersed the same roads .over and over,

looking for buysiness, competing with

each other when it was necessary, and

buying in other localities or at other

times, low enough to make up for the

results of sharp competition.



There are times when the man who

ships through a co-operative shipping

association will lose money, because

there are times when the independent

buyer will pay too much, but the as-

sociation will procure for the shipper

what his stock is worth in the market,

and in the long run he who ships

through the association will surely

win. The history of it to date is, that

everybody in the vicinity of an asso-

ciation wins whether he belongs or

not, for competition is so sharp that

the buyer pays more than he other!

wise would.



From the experience of such associa-

tions as have been formed to ship live

stock, itawould seem that each locality

producing cattle, sheep or hogs in any





considerable quantity, should at once





organize and ship through“ an associa-

tion.



The state of Georgia produces about

twice as many, peaches as Michigan,

and seventy-one per cent of the crop is

marketed through associations. TheSe

companies have federated and through

a central organization, are able to

watch the market and prevent the





shipping of fruit to those cities where-





the demand is already satisfied.



The troubles in marketing any per-

ishable product are numerous, but I

think the greatest is the shipping of

large quantities to markets that are

already congested. There is no way

to prevent it, except by thorough or-

ganization. '



Not long ago the writer attended a





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meeting‘of the celery growers of Mus-

kegon and OttaWa counties." _. The‘

growers were organized in both coun-

ties, and have accomplished some

things worthy of note. The Muskegon

Association ships all its celery to one

market, and keeps a man there all the

time. The shipments are made in one

lot, consigned to this man, but marked

to the several commission houses for

which they are intended.



The man on the job sorts the ship—

ments out and notes the condition in

which the stock arrives. But he does

much more than this—he knows the

commission men in that city, he knows

the market, and as he is all around, he

knows the supply.



One of the commission men was at

the meeting, and expressed himself as

highly pleased with the arrangement.

He" said that while it worked out to

the advantage of the growers it was a.

splendid arrangement for the houses

handling the goods.



As I sat in this meeting as a visitor,

having no interest except a general in-

terest in the great work that is being





done along this line, I could ,but wish _





that every subordinate Grange in Mich-

igan might be alive to its privilege and

do its part in helping to solve the prob-

lem of a better market for the pro-

ducts of the farm, the orchard, and

the garden.





 





PURPOSE OF‘THE GRANGE.





 





Our Order touches every side of life.

It congratulates the strong, encour-

ages the timid, whispers hope to the

depressed, quickens the mind, strength-

ens the body, radiates affection, and

leads each soul nearer to its Great

Exemplar—who came to earth to teach

us "the true lessons of a self-forgetful

life—Olivia Woodman, State Grange

Chaplain.





 





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES..





 





Sumner Grange-met with Mr. and

Mrs. T. H. Buttular and a feast for

both the mind and body was in store

for those present. After partaking of

a dinner which for example “ ’tis said,”

the writer was unable to eat or sleep

for two days thereafter. I am sure he

could not have suffered more after eat-

ing a Thanksgiving dinner. After the

meeting was called to order the first

thing we did was to veto any more day

meetings because of the distress that

is sure to follow. We endorsed the

Torrens System of Land Transfers

and decided the present method of col-

lecting dog taxes should be given a.

thorough trial before changing same.

We are heartily opposed to an angler’s

license. Also opposed to any change

in the present mortgage tax law. The

meeting was turned over to .the lectur-

er and the theme was “Beautifying the

Home.” The subjects .were in part

shrubbery, flower beds, arrangement

of buildings, fences, conveniences in

the house, the boys’ and girls room and

so forth, these subjects were assigned

to the members at a previous meeting

so the subjects were made interesting.

We regret that a change of time of

meeting was made necessary because

we are just getting enthused.





 





GRANGES‘ ORGANIZED AND RE-OR-

ORGANIZED.





 





The following is the number of

Granges organized and re-organized

from January 1, 1917, to March 31,

1917, both inclusive, as follows:



Organized. »



California 2; Colorado 17; Idaho 9;

Illinois 4; Indiana 4; Iowa 1; Kansas

15; Maryland 5; Michigan 10; Minne-

sota 1; Nebraska 4; New York 8; Ohio

24; Oklahoma 32; Oregon 7; Pennsyl-

vania 18; South Dakota 2; Vermont 1;

Washington 20; West Virginia 1; Wis-

consin 6. Total 191.



Re-organized.



Delaware 1; Michigan 4; Pennsyl-



vania 1; Washington 1. Total 7.





STATE GRANGE OFFICERS.





Master—John C. Ketcham, Hastings.



Overseer—C. H. Bramble, Tecumseh.



Lecturer—Dora H. Stockman, Lan-

sing. _



Secretary—Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor.



Treasurer—Frank Coward, Bronson.



Executive Committee—Jae. Helme,

Adrian; Geo B. Horton, Fruit Bid 9;

J. W. Hutchins, Hanover; W. F. ay-

lor, Shelby; Wm. H. Welsh, Sault Ste

Marie; N. P. Hull, Dlmondale; Burr

Lincoln, Harbor Beach. . ., m .





 





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Address all conimunications relative

to the organization or new Clubs to

Mrs. J. S. Brown. Howell, Mich.





 





 





Auociational Motto:

,“The skillful hand with cultured

mind is the farmer’s most valuable





asset."





_____.______——-

Associations! Sentiment:



“The Farmer: He garners from the

soil the primal wealth of nations."





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BE A TRUE PATRIOT.





 





I believe it our duty at this time,

that the Farmers’ Clubs, as a. whole,

enlist themselves to the loyal support

of our country’s need, during the strug-

gle in the great world’s war. Let us

each feel our responsibility to a cause

of right and justice, and stand by our

President as true patriots. If our Am-

erican sons must go into this awful

conflict, let us at home see that they

have good care and enough to eat, and

as farm women lay aside our crochet

and fashions and help by our time and

money, and prepare for the time when,





'because of the war, women may be





called to take the place of men on the

farm or in all industrial pursuits. The

American farmer in the months to

come can do no better deed of valor

and service to his nation than the duty

that lies before him on his own.acres

today. All hail the farmer patriot who

from his work shall in the harvest time

bring rich store for the nation’s need

in time of trial.



Let every man, woman and child

mobilize for a greater increase of pro-

ductiveness by planning afid rushing

his crops in due season.



Mas. J. S. BROWN,

Secretary State Association of Farm-

ers’ Clubs.





_____________.——-————





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





Discuss Federal Farm Laws.-—The

wells-Dayton Farmers’ Club met at the

farm home of Mr. and Mrs. George

Spencer, April 4. It was an ideal spring

day and nearly every member of the

Club and several visitors were present.

A fine dinner was served. Mrs. H. J ohn-

son was the chef, and proved herself

very capable. After dinner the meet.

ing was called to order by Premdent

Stokes and all listened with pleasure

to the following program, prepared by

Mrs. Frank Raymond: Songby Club,

followed by prayer by Chaplain Hiram

Johnson; recitation, “Darby and Joan,”

by Mrs. A. G. Forbes. She also re-

sponded to an encore with “My Daugh-

ter Mary Ann,” both being very good

old-fashioned recitations which called

forth much laughter. Mrs. S. Stokes

gave a reading, “The Demonstration

Supper." Mrs. Fred Jenks sang two

beautiful solos and Mrs. T. Taite play-

ed her accompaniments. The report of

the committee on the Federal Farmers'

Loan Association was very interesting,

explaining it fully. Mrs. Daily recited

“Was it You?” and responded to an

encore with a patriotic yell which was

received with enthusiasm by the other

members. The question box discus-

sion was chiefly given to the discus-

sion of pedigreed seed. It was suggest-

ed that uniform seed of kinds best

adapted to this locality be grown by

different members of the Club and fur-

nished to the rest at a fair price. Af-

ter another song by the Club the meet-

ing was adjourned. The next meeting

will be only a half-day session and will

be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.

gluon—Mrs. Clarence Harmon, Cor.



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AN APPEAL FROM THE PRESI-

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(Continued from page 506).

SouthShould Produce Food.





"I particularly appeal to the farmers

of the south to plant abundant food

stunts, as well as cotton. ’They can

show their patriotism in no better or

more convincing way than by resisting

the great temptation of the present

cotton and helping, helping

great scale. to feed the nation

poppies everywhere, who are





 





own.





“The variety of their crops will be.

the visible measure of their compre¥

hension of their national duty.



“The government of the United

States and the governments of the

several states stand ready to co-oper-

ate. They will do everything possible

to assist farmers in securing an ade-

quate supply of seed, and adequate

force of laborers when they are most

needed, at harvest time, and the means-

of expediting shipments of fertilizers

and farm machinery, as well as of the

crops themselves when harvested.





“The course of trade shall be as un-

hampered as it is possible to make it

and there shall be no unwarranted

manipulation of the nation’s food sup-

ply by those who handle it, on its way

to the consumer. This is our oppor-

tunity to demonstrate the efliiciency of

a great democracy and we shall not

fall short of it.





A Message for Middlemen.



“This, let me say to the middlemen

of every sort, whether they are hand-

ling our foodstuffs or our raw mate-

rials of manufacturers or the products

of our mills and factories: -



“The eyes of the country will be es-

pecially upon you. This is your oppor-

tunity for signal service, efficient and

disinterestedness.



“The country expects you, as it ex-

pects all others, to forego unusual prof-

its, to organize and expedite shipments

of supplies of every kind, but especial-

ly of food, with an eye to the service

you are rendering id in the spirit of

those who enlist in the ranks, for their

people, not for themselves.



“I shall confidently expect you to de-

serve and win the confidence of people

of every sort and station.



“Small Profits, Quick Services."



“To the men who run the railways

of the country, whether they be mana-

gers or operative employes, let me say

the railways are the arteries of the na-

tions’ life and that- upon them rests

the immense responsibility of seeing

to it that those arteries suffer no ob—

struction of any kind, no inefficiency

or slackened power.



“To the merchant, let me suggest

the motto: ‘Smail profits and quick

service,’ and to the shipbuilder, the

thought that the life of the war de-

pends upon him.



“The food and the war supplies must

be carried across the seas no matter

how many ships are sent to the bot-

tom.



“The places of those that go down

must be supplied and supplied at

once.





An Appeal to Every Worker.



“To the miner, let me say that he

stands where the farmer does: The

work of the world waits on him. if he

slackens or fails, armies and states-

men are helpless. He also is enlisted

in the great service army.



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be told, I hope, that the nation looks to

him to speed and perfect every proc~

ess; and i want only to remind his em-

ployes that their service is absolutely

indispensable and is counted on by ev-

ery man who loves the country and its

liberties. ~



“Let me suggest also that everyone

who creates or cultivates a garden

helps and helps greatly to solve the

problem of the feeding of the nations;

and that every housewife who prac-

tices strict economy puts herself in the

ranks of those who serve the nation.





“This is the time for America to

correct her unpardonable fault of

wastefulness and extravagance. Let

every man and every woman assume

the duty of careful, provident use and

expenditure as a public duty, as a die-

tate of patriotism which no one now

can expect ever» to be excused or for-

given for ignoring.



“In the hope this statement of the

needs of the nation and of the world

in this hour of supreme crisis may

stimulate those to whom it comes and





remind all who need reminder of the .





solemn duties of a time such as the

world has never seen before, I beg all

editors and publishers everywhere to

give as prominent publication and as

wide circulation as possible to this

appeal.



“I venture to suggest also, to all ad-

vertising agencies that they would per-

haps render a very substantial and

timely service to the country if they

would give it wide-spread repetition.



“And Ibope the clergyman will not

think the theme of it an unworthy or

inappropriate subject of comment and

homily from their pulpits.





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CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





Bulls by BLACK UALITY 1T0. sire, First prize.

Breeders and Calf erds Mich. State Fair 1916. “’6

also won first on Exhibi tors Herd. Jr. Champion Bull.

Jr. Champion Female and Grand Champion Cow. Also

breeders of Percheron, Hackney and Saddle Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. IONIA. MICH.





FOR SALE Good Angus bulls. bred cows. and

heifers. Prices reasonable.

Geo. Hathaway & Son. Ovid. Mich.





 





MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





The demand for Gueriiseys has been

so great that our surplus stock is

all sold.

We will be on the market again in

the fall.

We thank all for their letters of

inquiry.





CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVINE,





Coldwater, Michigan.





 





' ' $275 F. O. 3. your cit .

llegrsiered Guernsey Heller a... s... .. o... g.

Pauline 8 ottswood. who has an A. R. 0. record over 800

lbs. fat. 8 e is bred to aMay Rose bull. whose dam has

an A. R. 0. record of over 500 lbs. Has been bred about

four months. J. M. WILLIAMS, No. Adams. Mich.





of service age and calves from





Guernsey BUIIS choice. Adv. reg. breeding.

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

~-‘REGISTERED





G U ER N 8 BY BULL CALVES





Containin blood of world ohameéon .

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

Bull calf for sale. fro m





GUERNSEYS A. R. dam and cows on test.





GEO. N. CRAWFORD. - - - Holton. Mich.





“TOP NOTCH” Il0LSTEINS





Many years of carefull management and systematic

handling of our three large herds find us the breeders

and owners of a cow that heads one of the only eight

combinations of three direct generations of thirty

pound cows in the United States. We have young bulls

for sale sired by a son of this great cow. The blood of

this cow in them, combined with that 'of other great

animals of the breed in our herds. would insure most

leasing results in almost any herd. McPHERSON

ARMS C()., Howell. Michigan.





 





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms,

BREEDSVILLE, MICH.

Have Some Fine Registered Stock For Sale





Holstein Bulls





l to 9 menths old. Dam's A. R. 0. Our herd sire is

Johanna McKinley Segis 3d. 7 nearest Dams aver-

age 27% BLISSVELDT FARMS. Jenilon. Mich.





 





 





 





 





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Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





From a grand daughter of The King of the

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

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the

World. and whose dam is a 30 lb. 6% fl fat daughter

of Pontiac Aggie Korndykewho has more 30 lb.

daughters than any other liung bull. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.





 





 





olstein Calves. 10 heifers. and Zbulls 15-16ths pure.

HS weeks old, beautifully marked,820.00 each, crated

for shipment anywhere. Edgewood Farm. Whitewater.Wis.





EG. HOLSTEINS: Herd headed by Albina Bonte

Butter Boy No. 93124. Dam's record at 6 yrs. butter

28.531bs.milk619.4. Yearly record at 2% yrs. butter

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





Cluny Sto ck Farm

100 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 100

THE MILK AND BUTTER KIND

Five 3 lendid bull calves sold since January 1st. 1917.

Only t ree more ready for sale at this time. One from

a sire whose dam holds sixth highest yearly butter rec,-

ord. One from a sire whose three nearest dams aver-

age 30.6 lbs. butter and 658 milk in 7 days. One from

a son of Colantlia Johanna Lad whose 7 nearest dams

average 28 lbs. of butter and 587 lbs. milk.



Write for pedigrees and prices.





R. BRUCE McPHERSON, HOWELL, MICH.





OAK LEAF FARM

Herd Sire

Ypsiland Sir Pletertle De Kol

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

individuals 4 and 5 mont s old. E. H. Gearhartd

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





 





 





EG. Holsteins. Place yourorder now fora bull calf.

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

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





 





EG. Holstein Bull. ready for service. Sired by a

Rhalf-brotherof World’s Chain pion cow. Send card

for pedigree & price. E. R. Cornell. Howell. Mich.





'Psrbamfs Pedigree flock Farm fit‘i’itfis‘cgtg:





M 19 Cal es 8 ow all read .for service no akin to

coin, prized ads. . B. “than. Bronson. Mich.





 





 





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SEVENTH ANNUAL SALE ,





OF THE HOWELL CON’SIGNMENT SALE CO.





AT HOWELL, MICHIGAN,





APRIL 26, [917.





80 Head of Registered Holstein 80





of superior breeding and individuality from 30 to 33 lb. sires or bred to such,

some carrying 62% % of the blood of the new 50.68 lb. "cow. A chance to get foun-





dation stock. Catalogs April 12.





Mark B. Curdy, Secy., R. 6., Howell, Mich





 





 





producers. -





H. W. MUMFORD,

OWNER





 





 





Jerseys and Duroc Jerseys





The most important thing in buying a Jersey bull is to get one backed up by generations of high





Breakwater offers to sell a few choice bull calves of this kind.

They are selling—get yours soon. Also Duroc Jersey Fail Boars ready for spring service. Full

particulars and price on application. Better yet. visit the farm.





BROOKWATER FARM

Ann Arbor, Mich., R. 7.





 





O. F. FOSTER,

MANAGER





 





 





 





10 HOLSTEIN BULLS at FARMERS’ PRICES





Sired by Long Beach DeKol Korndyke.

Pontiac Aaggie Korndvke. She has a. 1200 lb. record. 11—





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

AUGUSTA, (Kalamazoo. C0,.) MICH





LONG BEACH FARM,





842 Lbs. BUTT E Q





Is the average of the semi-official records of our herd

bull sdam (at 2 yrs. ). his grand-dam (at 3 yrs.) and his

5reat grand-dam. Three choice young bulls from A. R.



. dams. Herd tuberculin tested annually. Holsteins

of course. l’eaceland Stock Farm. Three Rivers. Mich.

Chas. Peters. Herdsman. C. L. Brody.0wner. Port Huron. Mich.





WINNWOOD H E R D





John H.Winn. lne., Holton. Mich.

Reference: Old State Bank. Fremont, JVIich.





Have for sale 6 Maplecrest Korndyke Hengerveld

Holstein bulls. One 12 months; one 6 months; one 2

months. all out of A. . dams. ()ne made 19 lbs.

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

7 days as a Jr. Byear old. Also have five others. same

breed from 2toli months. Must sell at once. need the

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

Holton. Mic igan.





1200-“). Bred Young Bulls





Their sire. Maplecrest DeKol Hengerveld. We ofl'er

one born Feb. 12. 1916. out of a 21-“). cow from sister

to 32-lb. cow. His grandsire is sire of the famous

Banostine Belle DeKol, 1322.93 lbs. butter. 1 yr. Write

for pedigree and price.



HILLCREST FARM, F. B. Lay, Mgr.





Kalamazoo, Mich.





 





 





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Ten Good Young llolsiem Cows For 8an



I want to sell as soon as possible, TEN GOOD YOUNG

cows. Most of them are bred to “The Milk & Butter

Champion’ a, son of a worlds ltecordfmilk cow and his

sire is a son of a. worlds record butter cow. We will

have more cows than we can milk this Spring. So this

is your chance to get a. few good ones. Also have bull

calves and a few bulls ready for service.

L E. CONNELL. - - - - Fayette. Ohio



A Yearling Heifer, nire bred H01.

For sale stein, Sire. Colantha ohaniia Cream-

elle Lad. Dam. Elizabeth Segis Lyons. If you want

something good. write,’Gco. D. Clarke. Vassar, Mich.





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Holsiein and Guernsey Heller and Bull llalve:

Choice selected promising dairy calves.practically pure

Holstein and pure Guernsey, but not registered. nice

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

MEADOW GLEN Whitewater. Wis.





FOR SALE Reg. Holstein cow. 10 yrs. old.



due May lsr. has better than a 19”)

record at 4yrs. old. Price $200.00. Chas. 1. Cook.

Fowlerville. Box 438. Michigan.





OLSTEIN COWS: bred yearlings and calves for

sale. Every cow has produced a vigorous calf dur-

ing year. C. L. Hulett Ar Son. ()kemos, Mich.





F s I Holstein bull call‘. darn A. R. 0. 24.13. 4 yr.

or a 3 old. Price 560. Reg. and Del. One from un-

tested dam $30. J. R Hicks, St. Johns. Mich.





 





' ’ Friesian Heifers. 3 t0 6

Registered HOISICIII mos. old. Some from 30“).

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



Reg. Holstein Friesian Cattle

nlfllilalld nerd Herd average 12000 lb. mil_k

each. John A. Itinke, Warren. Mich.





we will hi _'

0!! our Easy Payment Plan a... magma};

Holstein Bull calf in our stables. Prices from $50 up.

Ypsiland Farms, Ypsilanti, Michigan

' unregistered heifers, fresh with

ngh Grade second calf priced to sell.

B. B. RICAVEY. ‘AKRON. MICH.





2O Herefords raises?“

EARL C. McCARTY. Bed Axe. Michigan





HEREFORDS





10 Bull Calves from 4 to '12





months old.





ALLEN BROS.,





 





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The All-Around



is thefarmer’scow. She'shis

Jersey friend and pride—the beauti-

ful,gentle,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 ada ts herself

to all climates and all feeds an 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

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and sells well. Learn

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F0 R SALE Twenty-five Jersey cows,



two to ei ht years old.

Eight registered. balance high grades. ,xcellent pro;

ducem. guaranteed right.'Also some bred yearlin heif-

ers. reg stored and high grades. Also some fall eifer





Hadley. P. 0- letsmora. lich. R. l. C . E. Hodgson. L. H. Riley.





semi-omoial test. 0. B. W ‘ net. 3. 6. Allegen;





His sire Friend Heiigerold DeKol Butter Bov.

30 lb. sisters. 3-1200 lb. sisters.





 





lsmy Bull: ior Sale 3323 “‘mf’iflfififfifi‘gj

0





Dam a daughter of

. er dam. a daughter of

Hus 4-30 lb. Sisters. 3 sisters above 1200 in year.





for sale, ready for service. Out of

Jersey Bulls good producing dams. Prices right.

R. B. FOWLER, Hartford. Mich.





JERSEYS FOR SALE 321%”???





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

Waterman dc Waterman. Packard Road.Ann Arbor. Mich.





Filll SALE BEGISIEBED JERSEY BUlLS





Ready for service. Write your wants.

SMITH dc PARKER. R. D. No. 4. Howell. Michigan





FOR SALE Yearling Jersey bull from regis-



. ter of merit stock. HILLSDALE

FARM JERSEYS. Great producers.

C. & (l. DEAKE. — - - Ypsilanti, Michigan





 





 





 





 





Maple Hill Farm llogisimd Jersey llaiilu~

Stock under 2% years all sold.

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





 





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from‘R

_of M. Cows. also heifer calves and several bred

heifers for sale. Colon O. Lillie. Coopersville. Mich





I

The Wildwood Farm

Breeder of Line bred Majesty strain of Jersey Cattle.

Herd on R. of M. test.Tuberculin tested. Bull calves for

sale. Type Jr. Production is our motto. Alvin Buldcn, Capac.Mii-h.





‘ R. of M. Jersey herd offers 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.





Shorlhorn Callie oi botli Sex ior Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





~Bidwell Shurihorns





'“For Beef and Milk”





This heifer at 6 months has bone,

size and quality~0ur own breeding.

The blood of Scotch bulls, Imp.

Bhenstone Albino and Imp. Villag-

er Registered stock always for sale.





BllllVELl 3100K HIM.





Box B, Tecumseh. Michigan.





RICHLAND SHORTHORNS





Sires in service. Village Archer and Albion Crest 1st.

prize‘lyear old and Junior Champion at the Mich.

Stat Fair in 1916. “’e oiler a number of young bulls and

females for sale. Also someAberdeen-Angus bulls of

serviceable age reasonable prices. Write your wants.

Tawas City.Mich.C. H. Prescott & Sons. Prescott. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Francisco Farm Shorth‘orns

Big Type Poland Chinas





“They’re rugged—They pay the rent."

othing for sale at present.

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





 





OR Sale—Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Maxwalton

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

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





 





Young bulls read fo

Shol‘IIIOI‘llS For sale service, also cows’ and

heifers. W. B. MCQuillan, Howell, Michigan.

Young bulls 8100. Bred cows.

Shodhorn: For sal.- and heifers $150 for uick sale.

Write W. J. BELL. ROSE CITY. MIOH GAN.





Cattle For Sale





Loads feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also

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

600 to 1200 lbs. Isaac Shanstum. Fairfield, Iowa, R-S.





 





The original milk strain.

Bales SIIOI'IIIOI'IIS. No stock for sale at present

J. B. Hummel. - - - - Mason. Michigan

SHORTHORNS Maple Ridge Herd. Estab-

lished 1867. Young bulls



for sale. J. E. Tansweii. Meson. Michigan.

3 Red Bull Calves, 6 months old.

Shorthorns 1 Roan Bull. 2 years old, for sale.

W. C. OSIUS. - - - - Hillsdale, Mich.





 





 





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Durocs and Victoria:

Heavy bone. lengthy Spring Bears and Gilts from prize

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

fender & other noted strains. M. T. STORY. Lowell, Mich.





 





BERKSHIRES~A few. good fall pigs left, either sex.

Also booking orders for spring pigs. Pairs no

akin. Chase Stock Farm. R. 1. Mariette. ichigan.





k I Boers. serviceable age. best blood

Ber shues, sac use “sauces:





High class Fall Boars and Gills





825 to $50. 2 tall yearlingl sows to furrow in June. S. C.

W. Orpin on eggs for etching from great big winter

layers. $3 or 30 eggs. Newton Barnhart. Bt. J ohns.M icli





 





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Duran Jerseys .53... maefi‘," '“ °

Carey U. Edmonds. ., Hastings. Mich.





 





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Canine Distemper.—I have an Aire-

dale dog that has been sick for the

past two weeks. He gags and vomits

up a slimy substance, has thick mucus

in corners of both eyes, and breathing

is somewhat labored. His appetite is

rather poor and he is very dull and

dumpish. F. E. McG., Adrian, Mich.—

Dissolve 20 grs. of borate of soda, 20

grs. of boric acid in four tablespoon-

fuls of clean boiled water and drop

some into corner of eyes twice a day.

Give him 2 grs. of quinine every four

hours and feed him any kind of food

that lie craves. Good care and suffi-

cient food supply and fresh air will

benefit him.





»Bog Spavin.—Last fall while running

in pasture one of my three-year-old

colts must have sprained his left hock

joint, causing a bunch in fore part of

hock and there is also some swelling

on sidb of joint, in fact, both of the

joints are filled and puffy. H. E. R.,

Maple City, Mich.~Clip off hair and

blister both books twice a month. Ap-

ply one part powdered cantharides and

four parts fresh lard; or you can safe:

1y use any of the commercial bog

spavin remedies that are regularly ad-

vertised in this paper. .



Constipation—We have a three-year—

old heifer that came fresh three weeks

ago. The hind‘feet of calf came first

and We had to assist her in calving.

Since she recovered from this opera-

tion, her bowels have been constipated

and I would like to know what to do

for her. N. V., Sanford, Mich—Give

her 2 ozs. of Glauber’s salt at a. dose

in either feed or water twice a day

until her bowels open, then give as

much of the salts as you believe nec-

essary to regulate bowels. Feeding

her well-salted bran mash, clover, al-

falfa, silage or roots should open her

bowels without any medicine. Some

walking exercise will be of great ben-

efit to her. :



Blocked Quarter.—Last fall one of

my cows received an injury to one

teat, causing later on a complete stop-

page of milk flow; since then a. hard

bunch seems to have formed in lower

part of quarter, which I thought could

perhaps be reduced, or the teat opened

up so that she would give milk from

this quarter again. This is an extra

good cow, therefore I dislike to beef

her. J. A. K., Cass City, Mich—Apply

one part iodine and nine parts lard to

caked portion of udder every two or

three days. A dull pointed probe

could perhaps later on be forced

through teat canal, then .she would give

milk; however, I might say that work

of this kind should be done by a per-





ing similar cases. Give her 1 dr. of

potassium iodide at a dose in feed or

water twice a day. ~

Rheumatism.——I have a six-year—old

cow that freshened the middle of De-

cember and has seemingly been in

good health up to ten days ago, at

which time she commenced to gradu-

ally get stiff. She gives a nice flow of

milk, her bowels and kidneys are

working normally. J. M., Wayne Co.,

Mich—Give her 2 drs. of sodium, sal-

icylate and a teaspoonful of acetate of

potash at a dose in feed or drinking

water two or three times a day and

she will soon show some improvement.





Weak Calf.—~I have a thoroughbred

Holstein cow that had a calf one week

ago. The calf has never been able to

stand up, seemingly having no control

of himself; when helped on foot is un-

able to stand and seems unable to hold

up its head. I forgot to say that it

has a splendid appetite and drinks

well. What can be done for a calf in

this condition? F. J. L., Hastings,

Mich—Give calf’s mother good care,

feed her well in order that she will

give plenty of good milk, feed the calf

every two or three hours, but be sure

that the feeding utensils are kept clean

and the milk fed to it right away after

it lifs milked, is all you can do for the

ca .



Frozen Teats——Caked Udder.—We

have a cow that froze her teats; two

of them were slow in healing and low-





this caking of udder is gone and we

are getting about a gallon of milk at a

milking from the two sound quarters,

but only a teacupful from the other

two teats. .What can we do to remove





 





the balance of the cake and bring back

her milk yield to normal? A. 0., Con-

verse, Ind.——Apply one part iodine and

nine parts fresh lard to caked portion





Fall bop-sand gilts. weight1251b.t02001b. each. notfof udder two or three times. a week.

extrafat but in good breeding flesh. Also oneyr].Reg. 9 A recovery in this: kind Of. a case 18





Percheron Stallion. c‘olor black and a good one.

M. A. Bray. Estate. Okemoe, (Inghem Co.) - Mich.





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"nine years-old that "recently shows

symptoms of heaves.





’Z. J., Mhyville,

Mien—Feed no clover 0r dusty, musty,

badly cured fodder of any kind; only .a

little Well cured timothy once a day is

all the roughage she should have“ If

she is a ravenous eater, pot-bellied,

bed her with shavings or sawdust.

Grain or grass is the best summer

feed; grain and roots the best winter

feed for an animal in her condition.

Give her 1 dr. fluid extract lobelia, 1

dr. muriate ammonia, 1/; dr. fluid ex-

tract nux vomica and 3 drs. Fowler’s

solution at a dose in feed three times

a day.



Cow Gives Bloody Milk.——-I have a

cow that gives bloody milk every few

days. Can she be cured? J. B., Jr.,

Tustin, Mich—Rough -milking, too

scant bedding and other injuries cause

cows to give bloody milk; therefore, it

is up to you to remedy this ailment by

a removal of the cause, then she will

soon recover.



Cow Failed to Clean Properly.———I

have a cow that came fresh three

weeks ago and failed to clean proper-

ly. Is her milk fit to use? I am. not

sure that she didn’t clean all right,

but she is not Well. I. T., Marion,

Mich—I believe her milk is fit for use.

Giv’e her 1 oz. of ground gentian, 1/2 oz.

of ground ginger and 1 dr. of powdered

plenty of grain and few roots.

sulphate iron in each feed. Feed her





Indigestion—Elbow Tumor—Swollen

Hock—I have a span of colts three

and four years old that are not thriv-

ing; besides, there are several small

bunches under the hide. I also have a

horse that has a shoe boil, and anoth-

er horse that is troubled with swollen

hock. J. R. 11., Yale, Mich—Groom

your colts well twice a day. Increase

their food supply, especially their gram

ration. Give each of them a table“

spoonful at a dose in feed three times

a day of the following mixture: One

part powdered sulphate 'iron, one- part

ground nux vomica, one part salt, one

part fenugreek and four parts ground

gentian. Apply equal parts tincture

iodine and spirits of camphor to shoe

boil and swollen hock three times a

week. The elbow tumor should per-

haps be cut out; however, this is work

for a veterinarian.





Pica—Licking Disease-«4 send you

a remedy for cattle that are inclined to

eat wood. Mix together four pounds

of ground bone, two pounds of calcium

phosphate. Give a tablespoonful at a

dose in feed to each cow that is inclin-

ed to eat wood, a dose twice a day.

G. W., Harbor Beach, Mich—The caus-

es of pics. are not known. Doubtless it

is sometimes the result of feeding

spoiled forage, therefore it becomes a

case of forage poisoning. If ailments

of this kind were treated early by mak-

ing a complete change in the food sup-

ply, a-lso cleaning and thoroughly dis-

infecting the stable, feeding a good

quality of clover, alfalfa or roots, or

turning the cattle out on grass seems

to always have a good effect in cor-

recting this ailment. (The remedy you

prescribe is a proper one, but the cause

should be removed).





Garget.——One hind quarter of cow’s

udder is caked; what shall I apply?

A. A. M., LaGrange, Ind—Apply one

part iodine and nine parts fresh lard

daily.



Wind Puffs—I have a five-year-old

mare that is developing wind puffs,

and I would like to know if they can

be removed without blistering. Have

applied hot water, but nothing else. C.

S., Millbrook, Mich—Apply equal

parts tincture iodine and spirits of

camphor three times a week and band-

age legs occasionally.



Sore Throat.—Have a western geld‘

ing 16 years old that is not thriving;

he does not eat enough feed, besides.

he often chews food, then drops it out

of mouth. Our local Vet. floated his

teeth, which did not appear to help

him. At a later date he blistered his

throat and this failed to do him much

good. By cutting and making his feed

moist, he eats it best. C. W. E., White

hall, Mich.——There is perhaps some

soreness in back part of mouth, or

throat, causing most of the trouble.

Dissolve a teaspoonful of salt in one

pint of tepid water and gargle out the

throat three times a day. Apply equal

parts tincture iodine and camphorated

oil to throat once a day. Give him 1

dr. fluid extract nux vomica, and 3 drs.

.of Fowler’s solution three times a day.





Mule—foot Hogs—I" have nine mule-

foot and Duroc pigs farrowed February

24. I never saw sleeker, fatter or live-

lier pigs, extra large, and they have

continued to grow like weeds. Now

two. anthem have very crooked sway

backs, the back sinks down behind the

shoulder and a very decided hump ov-

er hips. Last year a neighbor had

mule pigs that w,ay, that never grew

much, and bind parts seemed to be



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. $1.20; com $1.20; 19mins”.





the ailment-a spinal affection. Is that

a mule~foot characteristic? Can you

tell me the cause and remedy? Could

it be because they were too fleshy??

I have fed the sows corn, tankage,

skim-milk and some alfalfa.

is a hearty eater and great milker. L.

H. B., Baroda, Mich.—-Mule-foot pigs

are not any more susceptible to dis-

ease, nor any more likely to inherit

constitutional defects than any other

breed. If your sow had been fed less

corn and exercised more, her pigs

would perhaps have been a little

stronger, but not quite so fleshy, then

they would perhaps have done better

as young pigs. Feeding a balanced ra-

tion and seeing that not only the sow

but the pigs have sufficient exercise

will be sure to benefit them.





 





‘CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





(Continued from page 529).

dition, although it is a little too early

to know definitely. Wheat $2.08 per

bu;





@35c; eggs 270.

New York.





Orleans and Niagara Co.’s, April 11.

——Winter grains are in poor condition.

They may improve with warm.weath‘

er. Old meadows are fair, but new

seeding is poor. Very little live stock

on hand. Spring is opening up slowly,

and spraying is being delayed by freez-

ing. bruit trees are in very good cou-

dition. Potatoes $3; milk 3c per lb;

farm labor $2@2.50 per day and board,

month hands are getting $40@50.



Steuben Co., April 11.—Winter grain

damaged by heaving. Meadows and

new seeding are looking well, though

showing damage in many spots from

mice. The season is cold, with high

winds, and very little plowing done. No

oats have been sown thus far. The

maple syrup yield was less than usual,

producers retailing at $1.75 per gallon

for syrup, and 280 for sugar. Dairy

cows are in good condition. Many

peach buds are dead, but other fruit

trees are in good condition. Conden«

sary price for milk in April $2.12; po-

tatoes $2.25; beans $7; eggs 30@33c;

apples 75c; butter 38@400; hay $10

@12 per ton. '



Columbia Co., April 10.——-The Winter

grains are in good condition. Not much

spring work done yet, the season being

late. Feed is plentiful and farmers

hold an average amount of stock. Ma-

ple products pere plentiful here con-

sidering the number of maple groves.

Fruit trees are in good condition. Po-

tatoes $3; beans $7; wheat $2; corn

$1.30; milk $2.75; butter 450; eggs 30c.





New Jersey.



Monmouth Co., April 9.——The winter

grains are looking fine. New seeding

and meadows are in good condition.

Weather is cold but favorable for the

spring work. Farmers have little live

stock on hand, but plenty of feed. Fruit

trees are promising. Potatoes $2.50@3;

wheat $2.25; corn $1.25; milk 50 per qt.

Farmers are planting about the usual

acreage of potatoes.



Pennsylvania.



Perry Co., April 10.——Winter grains

are badly damaged. Grass lands also

make'poor showing. Spring work has

hardly begun, as there are two inches

of snow on the ground. The fruit Sit-

nation is not promising. Wheat $2;

corn $1.15; oats 55c; potatoes $2 ‘per

bushel. There are a good many light

horses for sale. Many men are leav-

ing the country for-the city, thus re-

ducing available help for farm work.





Indiana.





Elkhart Co., April 12.-——The condi-

tion of winter wheat is below normal.

Farmers are preparing to put out a

large acreage of spring crops. Feed-

ing stock is scarce and also grain, but

roughage is plentiful. Potatoes $3;

corn $1.20; Wheat $2.07; butter 350;

eggs 28c; hogs $13; cattle $6@8.



Missouri.



Warren Co., April 10.—Spring rains

have started wheat and rye, and new

seeding as well as old meadows are

looking good. Spring work has opened

up and much plowing is already done.

Live stock has sold off 'very closely.

Indications are for a large crop of fruit

excepting peaches, which promise to

be a failure here. Potatoes $3; wheat

$2.15; corn $1.25; butter-fat 460; eggs

280.; hens 20c; hogs $15.



Minnesota.





Stearns Co., April 9.——Winter grains

and meadows are looking fine at pres-

ent, as freezing has not damaged them

much. Spring work has not started.

The ground is very slow in drying out,

as we had an abnormally large amount

of snow last winter.

considerable amount of live stock on

hand, but feed is scarce, and the stock

is looking poorly; Butter-fat 40c: eggs

30c; wheat $2.10; rye $1.55; barley





 





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beans $6.50@7.50; rye $1.25; corn'

$1.25; oats 67c; potatoes $2; butter 26.





 

   





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my rhoumatinm more good than $120.00 paid in



doctor'lbills." OTTO A. BEleR.

PricOOIJO per bottle. Sold by drugglstu, or sent



by no exprou prepaid. Write for Booklet E.



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\ Cow in twelve days.

Put flesh on its bones. (live it life

and vigor. Can add 50% to looks

and value. Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. Send





pestzil for free offer.

P. M. FAUST, BRYN MAWR, PA.





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Swlgamlale-Berkshires





200 pork is nearly here. The Berkshire has

paid the interest in the past, but now will lift

the mortgage.





We produce the best in Berkshire type as prov-

en by our merited success at Detroit and Grand

Rapids the past two years, by winning most of

the first and Grand Champions premiums.

Winning the Premier Brecdcrs’ ribbon in 1916.





We have decided to place on sale 2nd prize

boar (6 month old) Detroit 1916. He has devel.

oped splendidly, most perfectiu type. has a grand

back. shows wonderful growth and smoothness.



We have some very desirable gilt; which we

are just starting to breed. we would book your

order for delivery when safe in pig or ship you

one still open.



We would also remind you of our Holstein-

F‘riesians. If you want a erd sire for use this

fall or winter we have several bull calves from

gifted cows with wonderful milk records behind



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All stock guaranteed to be as

represented

SWIGARTDALE FARM

PETERSBURG, MICH.





 





 





Bows and gilts bred to Eureka Cherry Ki

13‘1ch and Crimson Critic son of Critic Model 131%

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





 





A few big smooth Sept. gilts to be

Durocs bred for early fall furrow. Bell

Phone. E. D. .Eeydenberk. Wayland, Mich.





 





Fall boars ready for service, sired byla

Duroc JBI’SGYS son of Orion Cherry King and Volun-

teer also booking orders for spring pi , pains not

akin, F. J. DllOD’l‘. Monroe, Mich. ff 1.





 





Duroc Jerseys. Breeding Boar: and Sept. Gills

J. H. Banghart, - - - East Lansing. Mich.

largalus in Duroc Bred Gills 23333333,? “,1;

180. bred for July furrow at 835 “14540 each.



C. Burlingnme. 1L4. Marshall. Mich,





INEHURST DUROCS. Choice fall boars. One





great yearling boar. Choice Yellow Dent Seed Corn

for sale. lo





L. Doboon, Quincy, Michigan.





 





Raise Chester 'Whites

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IHAVE aim-ted of breedenontheroadto

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

my great herd in every community where am not y mp.

resented b thesafine early developers—ready for an:

months ol Write for my plan— ‘ More Money from on."





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1/; Inn 0. I. 0’s. d. Chalet While: % Ion





10 Oct. and Nov. boars sired by our undefeated Grand

Champion School Master. The boar that has slze and

gudlty combined. All sold any age. Write and get our



atalogue its free and describes our champions. We do

not lay our hogs are the best but we win the champ-

ions to prove it. “'6 have 100 sows bred to our cham-

slfln boars for Mar. and Apr. furrow. HARRY T.



ANDELL d: SON. Cass City, Mich.





 





 





 





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at Iowa sold for 3750. Ship 0. . D.



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Strictly Big Type with Quality. Gilts bred for 8 xi

furrow. all sold. Five fine Sept. ilts bred foer all:

furrow. Have a few good fall pigs oft. either sex. We

are also booking orders for early Spring pigs. "

furnish in parts not akin.



Marlette. Mich.





Newman's Stock Farm. R. l.





O. I. C. SWINE: gifigfl't‘.i§°oill3€ll'5





not akin to breed in the spring. Rush 11 r

before they are sold. Satisfaction guarant’eg‘d. order

A. J. GORDEN, H. No. 3. D0". Mich.





’ Bred sows all sold. Haveal’ew 00d



0' I' C 8' last Sept. boars and this spring gigs.

ood growthy stock. )6 mile west of depot.



the B. Schulze. - - - - Nushville.Mich.





O I Thorough bred O. I. C. Swine all

0 ' 0 sold out except tall pigs.

Grass Luke. Mich. R. D. 4.





 





 





 





 





 





O. I. . glilts fared for Eluéie rind guly gar-row.



so cars 0 ep em or arr .

H. w. MANN. - . . . Dansville, will.

’0. I. C, . All sold. Booking orders'tor the





best of our winter and spun i .

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o. I c gggiece gilt; all 301%. Cl‘ivoice {tall igs out of

- ' Winnings oc . rite or ow rice.

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LEAF STOQK FARM," R‘. Ln 3103113. MlelII‘.OVEK





 





0 bred sows and gilts all sold A f 11



0 I' C' bodied heav ’ ' ew ( “g

. ‘ y boned fall boars to ofl‘er.



G. P. ANDRE“ S. Dansville, Michigan





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#:rdJApglf arrow aAllso . Atowdggod ones to balm-ed



un arrow. so some I ' .

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S.P.C. yearly Gilts for August furrow. A tow lo

L. bodied heavy boned b0 rs ready forservice. ‘2. as":

fall boars by Smooth Jumb LH. 0.Swurtz,SchoolcrstMil'h





 





Chin-e. As big. as good, as grow in Iowa. He d

Palafld headed by Goliath Farver. I can please yo'u.

Robert Martin, R. 7. Hastings, M lbhigan





Large Type Poland China Brad Sow Sale,Fah.20,‘17

Write for catalog. 'W’. J. Hngelshaw. Augusta. Mich.



' Pllehi,.l ‘

Large SUIBd sfioiiiom 15331. faiéfighipolil’ififgd

Rock eggs $1.50 per 1.3. Robert Nave, Pierson, Mich.





 





 





 





POLAND Chime bred gilts all sold, still have some

choice full pigs of large and medium type. ntfarm-

on prices. P. . LONG. R. 8. Grand RapidsJMich.





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A. A. WOOD SON. Saline. Michigan.

Registered Big Type Pola ll‘h' z br' . 1

For sale mos. old. Sow pigs. 6 ullia. n u.‘ l lvlr I"?





HESS. 68 S. Johnson Ave”





HXLLADAYS’ HAMPSHIRES





All’soldaexcept fall igs. We are booking orders for

spring pigs. 0. H. ullmluy & Son, Clinton, Mich.





Pontiac. Mich.





 





 





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Hampshire Swme. an... wm‘lo. “5.7.3?“ ”d

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' ' fall bosrs.‘Am bookingordem

8': nil” Pound china for spring pigs. satisfac‘ion

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

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lines. of many of the most noted champions ol‘ the

breed My herd boar. Claytons Lud,18233 is a brother of

Look Out. Lad, who wusgraurl Champion at the Nation-

al Swine Show. I am booking orders for spring pigmto

be shipped about May lit. Write me for prices. ‘



George it. Starr. < — - Grass Lake. Mich.





AMPSHIRE HOG-S all sold out. would sell one





hard boar and book orders for spring hour pigs.

John W. Snyder. St. Johns, Michigan. B. l.





HORSES





Percheron Stallions

25- Must Be Sold





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Clydesdale Stal-

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P. 0. Belding, lonia Co., BeldlngMicll.

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and see them. ) ~years ol . Como

1N0. C. BUTLER. Portland, Mich. Bell Phone.





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