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

DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1917





VOL. CXLVHL NO. 18

Whole Number. 3939 ~





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* Retrieve the Poor Seed Handicap

- By G.‘W. PUTNAM





NASMUCH as an appeal has been

made to the farmers of Michigan

for an increase in Michigan’s fOOd



crops, it has been found necessary to

promulgate the various ways and

means by which this increase may

come about. It has been estimated by

field agents and other agronomic work-

ers, who are in a position to know,

that each year preventable losses of

the cereal crops of Michigan amount

to twenty-five to fifty per cent of the

total» crop production of the state.

These losses are distributed as foli

lows, based on the production for 1916,

as given in the November Crop Re-

porter:



Due to preventable diseases in the

small grains:



\Vheat, 5 to 10 per, cent, or $1,240,-

471.00 to $2,480,942.00; oats 5 to 10 per

cent, or $2,180,204.00 to $4,360,408.00;

barley 5 to 10 per cent, or $98,434.00 to

$196,868.00. Total loss from smuts,

$3,519,109.00 to $7,038,218.00.



Due to poor stands from using seed

of low vitality, preventable by use of

germination test. Small grains and

corn:



\Vheat 5 to 10 per cent, $1,240,471.00

to $2,480,942.00; oats 5 to 10 per cent,

$2,180,204.22 to $4,360,408.44; barley 5

to 10 per cent, $150,223.83 to $300,447.-

66; corn 5 to 10 per cent, $2,092,029.45

to $4,184,058.90. Total loss from low

vitality, $5,662,928.50 to $11,325,85700.



Due to poor stands from using seed

not properly graded, preventable by

use of grader. This is of most import-

ance in the case of the corn crop:

Corn 15 to 30 per cent, $6,276,088.35 to

$12,552,176.70. .



Total preventable losses based on

the yields of 1916 are from $15,556,560.-

00 to $31,113,118.00, or at the least ov-

er three times the amount of the ap-

propriation granted as a war policy

for MiChigan.



How to Prevent These Losses.



By the use of the fanning mill it is

possible to remove all foreign mate-

rial, noxious weed seeds, mixtures‘of

other‘grains, cracked seed and any

seed that may be light or chaffy, in

fact, a proper use of the fanning mill

leaves only those seeds that are nor-

mally developed and of the desired

grain.



110st mills have special screens for





the grading of the various grains. How- __





ever, it is possible to obtain special

graders for certain grains. This is of-

ten desirable in the case of corn. The

use of the corn grader is very essen-

tial. Corn is a very heterogenous type

of grain and in any lot not graded it





is possible to find all variations of size‘





and shape. ,



,If- the’grader is used the corn will be

divided into classes. Now it is not the‘

question of which class is the better,

but rather the question is to get each

class planted'uniformly. The planter

plate that Pdropsthe deep narrow shoe-

peg type of kernel three in a hill is

not going to drop a broad, flat type the

same way. The problem then, is to





sort; each class out andthen use 'a‘





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plate that will give the desired drop-

pings. The plate to be used can be

determined by jacking up the planter

off the floor then by turning the Wheel

by hand note the droppings for one

hundred hills. The number of perfect

dr0ppings recorded will approach the

per cent of perfect planting you can

expect. ' 7



To make this point clear let us fig-

ure the yield of an acre of corn. Al-

lowing the hills to be three feet" six

inches each way, there are approxi-

mately 3,556 hills in an acre. If we





plant three kernels to the hill then





"é £6” 9!!!

it?» is“ fit





fertility methods known because in

planting only two-thirds of a crop we

have assumed an unyielding limiting

factor.

The Germination Test.

All seeds to be planted should have





their germination percentage deter-

mined. It is important to know this

point. If it is seed such that you could





not easily separate out these portions

of low vitality, then overcome them by

increasing the rate of seeding. That

is, if your oats show a germination test

of eighty-five out of every one hundred

then this means fifteen per cent is





 





sand Gerr’ninator, Ready for the Last Layer of Sand.





we can expect 10,668 ears per acre. At

eight ounces per ear we could expect

5,334 pounds per acre, or seventy-six

bushels (allowing seventy pounds per

bushel). The question may be raised

that eight ounces is too light. We

think not. But if we allowed ten ounc-

es the yield would be ninety-five bush-

els per acre. On this basis if corn is

not properly graded and if proper pre-

cautions are not used to insure uni-

form dropping we can easily cut down





dead if it is not advisable to secure

seed of a higher germinability then in

crease your normal rate of seeding by

fifteen per cent. If you were planting

eight pecks, or sixty-four pounds, you

would want to increase it to 73.6

pounds.



In the case of corn it is desirable to

test the seed before shelling, then if

any particular ears are shown to be of

low vitality you can discard them. No

ear should be saved that does not show





 





 





 





Sand Germinator, Ten Days After Planting.





Notice that some of the squares show no sprouts, others show spindling ones,

the ears belonging to these sqares should be discarded.





the average for the field from three

kernels to two. "This, then, would give

us an absolute limiting factor of about

sixty bushels as a maximum yield. We





know . that this, maximum is never.





reached; There are insects, u'nprevent-

able plant diseases, unfavorable weath—

er conditions, etc., that must take their

toll from this possible sixty bushels.

The result is a mediocre corn crop that

will not respond to the best tillage and





a test of at least ninety-five per cent

viable.



Use a shallow box two to three inch-

es deep and twenty inches square.

Mark off the edges in two-inch, blocks,

then String strings acrdss each way by

use‘of tacks, making one hundred two-

inch squares. Then fill the box with

some fine sandy soil. Now label one

edge of the box from one to ten; the

adjacent edge from A to J. We now





have a gcrniinator ready for one hun-

dred ears of corn. A suitable rack to

hold one hundred ears of corn should

be fixed up and labeled to correspond

to the germinator. Then take an ear

and remove from the butt end, two

kernels: turn the ear one-third of the

way around and remove two kernels

frOm the middle; turn again and re-

move two from the tip. Now place the

kernels in one of the squares, say .IA,

and the car on the rackto correspond.

Now do the same for each of; the one

hundred ears and at the end of six

days examine. Any square that does

not show six good sprouts discard the

ear from the rack that corresponds to

it. Keep the soil well moistened and

in a warm room the same as for small

grains.



The Sawdust Box Similar to the Above.



Put a layer of sawdust in the box,

Take a sheet of plain white cloth the

size of the box. Mark off in two-inch

squares and label each square as in

the case of the sandbox. Place the

kernels in the squares and the ears to

correspond in the rack. the same as

above method. When all squares are

filled place a similar sheet, over the

box and cover with a layer of sawdust.

Saturate with water and set away, the

same as in the sand box.



The rag (loll method, familiar to

many farmers. is just as r*ood a meth-

od and may be used in preference to

either of the above methods.





ECONOMY IN LABOR.



It requires a good deal of ingenuity

nowadays to farm successfully with

the amount of help that is available.

Most of us are engaged in producing

milk, beef or pork. To be profitable, the

feed must, be largely home-grown; To

accomplish this properly is a pretty

fair contract under existing conditions,

yet I have noticed time and again that,

some farmers attempt to raise almost

every crop that will grow in their

latitude.



ln economics there is a principle

known as the “division of labor,”

which may for the present purpose be

best defined by means of an illustra-

tion. For instance, because a fa ‘11101‘

in Maine. grows potatoes on a large

scale and makes money, it, does not

naturally follow that, a busy dairyman

in Michigan can add potato growing

to his operations and be successful.

The nan who makes potatoes his spe-

cialty must. employ modern machinery

to reduce the, cost of production to its

lowest, possible point. He is therefore

able. to sell his output to the dairyman

at a figure even lower than it would

cost the latter to grow his own supply.

The suggestion is plain. If farmers





would give their undivided attention





only to such crops as are necessary to'.

their special line, and which they are

equipped to produce cheaply, buying

other supplies from other specialists,

both parties to the transaction would



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CURRENT COMMENT.





“'hen the United





The American Farm- States was forc-





er’s Opportunity. ed to enter the

world war, the

government was at. once confronted





with the stupendous problems of hasty

preparation. With a. broader knowl-

edge of the world conditions affecting

this great military contest. than is en«

joyed by even the best informed pri—

vate citizens, government officials at

once set about preparing the country

for the eventualilies of war by giving

- first attention to the most important

of the many important problems in-

volved.



This first step toward preparedness



was the inauguration of a campaign to

increase agricultural production, to the

end that the country might be well sup-

plied with food, which is the first es-

sential of preparedness, and in addi-

tion be able to supply food to the. Eu-

ropean Allies with whom we are now

allied for the successful termination of

the great war. When plans for this

important phase of preparedness were

well under way, attention was next

turned to the problem of the transpor~

tation of food stuffs to foreign coun-

tries. The purely military problems in-

volved are, of course, receiving the

most careful consideration, and mili-

tary preparations are being hastened

with all possible speed, but it is signifi-

cant that this phase of the work of pre-

paredness was not the first or most

important phase as indicated by official

consideration. The same thing has

been true with war preparations in our

own and other states.

. While these preparations have gone

forward, a great many people whose

patriotism cannot be questioned have

been slow to realize the necessity for

the propaganda for increased produc-

tion, believing that such a program

might easily stimulate over-production

and prove a consequent hardship to

the farmers 01' America. There is no

reason to question the patriotism of

the men who honestly hold such an

opinion. Once the facts have been

properly placed before them and they

become convinced of the necessity of

increased production for the nation’s

safety, their patriotic response will be

universal.



In the last issue we commented upon

the world food situation and the eco-

nomic soundness of the plea for in-

creased production on American farms.

Let us for a moment now consider

such need from the purely military

standpoint of a nation at war. Having

declared war on the imperial German



government, it is obviously the duty of

.rthis country" to do everything within

its power to bring this disastrous





world war to an early and successful





terminal; To this end the. very first





‘ consideration is providing the Medina-





 





   





tione of Europe with «food stuffs in

Sumclen‘t quantity to pre‘Vent the ef-

fectiveness of unrestricted Submarine

warfare in its intended object of starv-

ing the peoples of those nation into

submission.





The thinking person who has follow-

ed the history of this warfare must

realize that there is a possibility that

it may yet be successful in the attain-

ment‘of its object. The most effective

aid which can be given by this country





during the coming year is to provide





those countries with food stuffs. The

government is engaged in a. stupena

dous ship-building campaign to provide

the means of transporting our surplus

from this year‘s production to those

countries, but in its final analysis, the

success of this plan, which is absolute-

rly essential to the winning of this war

011 European soil, depends upon the re-

sponse of the farmers of America to

the plea for an increased production of

food stuffs so as to provide the great

surplus above our domestic needs

which will be required to feed the peo—

pics of the allied nations and to satisfy

the toll of submarine frightfulness.

Should our country fail in this program

and the allies be starved into submis-

sion, through unrestricted submarine

warfare, the outlook would not be

pleasant to contemplate from our

standpoint.



It, then, the United States is to take

an effective part in the early winning

of the European war in its present

stage. that result. will be accomplish-

ed through the effort of American

farmers. Increased demands will also

be made upon American factories.

while hundreds of thousands, and per-

haps millions of men must be used f01

the making of an efficient army at the

earliest possible date. This means in‘

creased efficiency on every farm, and

greater efforts and greater sacrifices

011 the part of our farm people during

the coming year. This effort and these

sacrifices will, however, be cheerfully

made, once their patriotic significance

becomes fully appreciated.



Unquestionably the farmers of Am.

erica are in charge of the nation’s des-

tiny today as perhaps never before.

Their obligation in this connection will

be discharged to the full extent of its

recognition. We bespeak on the part

of every Michigan Farmer reader the

careful consideration of his own oppor-

tunity to aid this campaign of increas-

ed production, and his patriotic obliga-

tion to live up to his opportunity in

this regard. ‘



In the campaign for

Government Price an increased pro-

Fixing. duction of food

stuffs the argument

isoften met that the farmer should

have some assurance that he will get

a compensatory price for his products

after they are grown if he is to enlist

in this campaign of increased food pro-

duction. The favorite scheme for ac-

complishing this result is the fixing of

minimum prices by the government

which will insure the producers that

values cannot fall below the indicated

level during the crop year. On the oth-

er hand, the consumers in the large.

commercial centers urge price fixing

to insure that food stuffs will not con-

tinue to soar above present price lev-

els due to the shipment of vast sup-

plies to foreign countries.



This proposition has been thorough-

ly discussed .at a number of confer-

ences, notably at the St. Louis confer-

ence called by the Secretary of Agri~

culture. That. conference reached the

conclusion that the very low food re-

serve of the world due to last year’s

short crops, the increased demands

due to the consumption and waste of

war, and the disappointing condition of

the winter grain crop give ample as-

surance of'profitable prices ’to produc.

ers this year, therefore it was recom-





(mended that the fixing of maximum

and minimum prices by the govern"-





 





time. But in view of the fact that such

a course may become necessary in the

future it was recommended that agen-

cies be created through which the gov-

ernment might take such action in

price fixing as emergencies might

make necessary, including the power

to purchase, store and subsequently

distribute food products or to fix prices

in any national emergency caused by

a temporary‘or local over-production,





or by a sudden ending 01‘ the war, or

by restraints of trade due to manipu-y





lation or speculation. In his report to

the Senate in answer to a request from

that body for the submission of a plan

for increasing the production of food

supplies, Secretary of Agriculture

Houston followed these recommenda-

tions closely, suggesting that the [1011“

er of price fixing be lodged in the

Council of National Defense, to be us-

ed at the direction of the President.



In some agricultural bodies where

this subject has been discussed the

view was taken that price fixing at this

time might operate to the disadvantage

rather than the advantage of the pro-

ducer, since the fixing of a minimum

price might establish the actual price

basis for the crop year.



In any event, producers need not\be

apprehensive about future prices. Min-

imum prices will not be fixed at a

point so low as to discourage produc-

tion; since this would defeat the very

object of such priCe fixing. The crea-

tion of an agency with the price fixing

power to be used only in case of emer-

gency would seem to be adequate pro-

tection to producers, and at the same

time prove a discouraging influence in

the matter of manipulation and specu-

lation which will be beneficial to con-

sumers, perhaps without the actual ex-

ercise of that power. In any event,

recognizing the need for increased food

production and enlisting the farmers

of the country in a campaign looking

toward that end, the government is

morally bound to take such steps as

may be necessary to safeguard produc-

ers against financial loss from this

cause.



We believe that no farmer need fear

to increase the output of his farm to

the maximum because of any doubt as

to a compensatory price for two rea-

sons: First, the statistical situation

relating to the world supply and de-

mand, and second, the good faith of the

government which is appealing to ev-

ery farmer for his aid in the present

grave emergency.





At a meeting of the

Michigan Bean Jobbers'

Association held in Sag~

inaw on April 26 at the

call of President. Orr of the organiza—

tion who is also a member of the Food

Preparedness Board, the following res-

olutions relating to seed beans were

unanimously adopted:



First. That no Choice Pea Beans

suitable for seed be offered out of the

State of Michigan until June 1 after

date.



Second. That seed beans shall be

sold to the farmers at the same price

that the. members are paying for them

the day the sale is made. '





Seed Bean

Regulations.





Third. That all seed beans, before





being delivered to the farmers, shall

be tested for germination, and in order

that. the food supply may be conserved,

the seed shall be picked so closely

that all frosted beans shall be picked

out of the seed and conserved for food.





The pievailing patriotic spirit of the

meeting was that dollars and cents

should be forgotten and everything

dene to further the production of the

Michigan pea bean.



The present emergency



Mobilization has brought forth a mul-

Schemes. titude of plans for the

. mobilization of the coun-

try’s agricultural resources and of la-

bor for the promotion of maximum

production. Many of these plans ema.

nate from sources which bespeak for

them the most careful consideration.

Others are less practical from the





ment be not undertaken at the. preheat.“





and no diverse are these plans that

their publication is impossible, and in

view of the fact that the preparedness

propaganda is now well organiz‘edand

under way, extended comment on them

would seem superfluous. Any ’individ‘

ual idea or any organization plan

which can be given local application

should be locally encouraged, but not

to the detriment of the general plan

which has been adopted and is being

worked out in Michigan. Every citi-

zen should do his utmost along both

lines. The local phases of the work

will afford plenty of opportunity for

initiative, but in the larger way team

work will count most toward the right

kind of preparedness, hence the desir-

ability of cooperating with the organi-

zation already established, of which

the county agent is the local represen-

tative in each county.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





Foreign.



The European W.ar —-Although the

great d1ive of the allied troops on the

western f1 ont continues, the resistance

of the Germans the past week has

been more desperate and the territory

taken from them less extensive than

for the first weeks of the spring cam-

paign. British troops occupied posl~

tions of advantage before Dauai an ob-

jective on the front near the northern

border of France, and the French ad.

vanced to the northwest of Rheims.

On the Russian front there have been

no important activities to report—In

Asia Minor the Turks attempted to

take advantage of the reorganization

of the Russian forces by attacking the

lines in Armenia and forcing the Rus-

sians to retreat. The loss, however,

was recovered in counter attacks. The

Russians also beat off all the enemy’s

efforts to the west of Balumer on the

same front. The British expeditionary

forces now operating in Palestine have

.101 anced during the week and those in

the '115113 valley have imp101 ed their

posi.ion. —The offensive of the Italians

w hich was reported last week does not

appear to have been launched as yet as

no ntws has been published from that

quar1er.





Political relations and conditions the

world o1er are in a very unsettled

state. It is expected that China will

declare 1131' on Germany within two

11eeks.Russia’s war policy remains

undecided and while the reports at

hand would indicate that the new re-

public i< planning 011 prosecuting the

war to a successful issue in alliance

with hex British and Ficnch allies,

there is some doubt existing as to the

ability of the new leaders to carry out

effectively such a piogram. Austiia-

Hungaly is facingg rave internal ques-

tions. Her people are asking for a

democratic fo1m of gove1nn1ent in

which the common classes will enjoy

full political and property rights, and

it has been suggested that an agiee-

merit may be reached with Russia

whereby both countries will lay down

then arms. Spain and Sweden axe al-

so disturbed with the same spirit, and

in Germany there is great unrest over

the outlook.

common and political reforms are be-

ing demanded with great insistence.





Forthcoming crops in France will be





short accelding to the report of the





F1ench Depaitment of Agriculture.



Lack of label, heavy rains and an in-



sufficient supply of fertilizer are the



reasons given for the light crops.

National.





Apparently the American congress

favors selective conscription as the

best method of raising a large army,

for both houses passed bills to that

effect last week by large majorities.

The measures differ somewhat in de-

tail, but these differences willno doubt

be settled in conference. The senate

measure provides for a maximum con-

scription age of twenty-seven years,

while the .house measure makes forty

years the limit. Both agree on twenty-

one years for the minimum. It is ex-

pectedthat the provisions will be har<

monized and that the president’s sig-

nature will be affixed this week



Eighteen public officials of Evans»

ville, lnd., pleaded guilty last week to

charges of conspiracy to violate the

election laws of the state.



A mine explosion at Hastings, 0010.,

entombed 119 miners of which only 18

had been removed after sixty hours of

rescue work. - -





 





standpoint of general application, butjm'at





fla‘r locai'conditionsi'obtain 1.39 many .. .





Food strikes are more,





The British and Fferich commrsflona'

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MAM 191

F arm Notes

Planting Beans on Thin Land.



I have a sand loam field which has

failed twice to grow clover. Last year

it raised 100 bushels of rye and was

seeded to sweet clover. The sweet

cover made a fair stand but the ex-

tremely hot, dry weather of August

killed it out badly. At present there IS

some sweet clover and a good stand of

volunteer rye. I have plenty of barn-

yard manure and thought of covering

it well and plowing doWn rye and ma-

nure for beans. Would this raise a

crop of beans without fertilizer? Or

would it be better to plant it to soy



beans and harvest for seed?



Livingston Co. Sunsrmnnn.



It is difficult to advise intelligently

regarding the best treatment for this

field without a more extended knowl-

edge as to its previous handling.

While it could not be expected to grow

as good a crop of beans as a clover

sod given similar treatment, yet with

a good crop of volunteer rye and some

sweet clover to plow under, and plenty

of stable manure available for its fer-

tilization, it can by supplementary

treatment be placed in condition to

grew a fairly good crop of beans, and

also to give better promise of a stand

of clover when next. seeded.





It is very probable that one reason

why this field Jias failed to catch in

clover is that the soil is in an acid

condition. If so, it will be necessary

to correct this acidity by the applica-

tion of lime or marl before a stand of

clever can be gotten with any degree

of certainty. In that event, it would

be better to apply the lime when fit~

ting the ground for beans, since it

would then have plenty of time to neu-

tralize the acid condition of the soil

before it is again seeded to clover.

This would also probably increase the

yield of either beans or soy beans,

both of which are leguminous plants,

although it is probable that the pres-

ence of nodule forming bacteria is not

as essential to a good crop of beans

as it is to the growing of clover.





The best way to handle this field for

either beans or soy beans would be to

apply a reasonably liberal coat of sta-

ble manure, say eight or ten loads per

acre, then plow before the rye heads

out, so as to get as much vegetable

matter as possible, yet have the rye and

sweet clover which is plowed down de-

compose quickly, thus insuring against

its interference with the capillary con-

nection of the soil at the bottom of the

furrow slice, which is essential in con-

serving the moisture to grow beans or

any other crop with maximum success.





After plowing, make a test of this

soil with litmus paper, and if an acid

condition is indicated, apply say two

tons per acre of ground limestone or

the equivalent of marl.



The probable yield of beans will be

also increased by supplementing the

stable manure with a moderate dress-

ing of 200 to'400 pounds per acre of

acid phosphate, since this soil is un-

doubtedly deficient in phosphorus. This

would also help the grain crop which

follows, and increase the insurance of

a good stand of clover when same is

next seeded.



As to the choice between beans and

soy beans, much depends upon wheth-

er a cash crOp or a forage crop is de-

sired. While soy beans are often rec-

ommended for thin land, it is the writ-

er’s experience that they cannot be

depended upon to make a good yield

on soil which has an acid reaction gen-

erally indicated by its failure to grow

clover. It is probable that the loss of

the sweet clover during the hot weath-

er was due to such a condition of the

soil and a consequent lack of inocula-

tion with the nodule forming bacteria,

essential to the growth of all clovers

rataer than primarily to the midsum-

mer drouth. It will be profitable to,

amend this condition by the applica-

tion oflirv r, and if this is done, and

, supplementary fertilization given as

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Methods of Sowing Fertilizer.



I have been a reader of your paper

for many years and would like to ask

you a few questions if you will please

answer them through your paper.

Farmers here are beginning to use fer-

tilizers, but they all have drills with-

out fertilizer attachment. Some think

the fertilizer must be put in the same

drills with the grain to get the best re-

sults. Now, will a lime and fertilizer

spreader to go ahead of grain drill and

covered with drill disks be just as

good? The reason for the question is

this, the farmers have grain drills, and

when buying a drill with fertilizer at-

tachment the grain drill would be on

hand, and standing idle, to take space

in shed and be taxed. By using lime

and fertilizer spreader the investment

would be less and the implement could

be used to sow lime, and further we

would not have to pull the fertilizer at-

tachment around over the ground

when not using fertilizer.



Leelanau Co. J. 0.



While for grain crops the combina-

tion fertilizer drill is the favored im-

plement for sowing fertilizer, this is

due largely to the fact that the task

can be accomplished at the same time

the grain is sown, thus saving time

when time is valuable. While the

young plants may get a little better

start from having the seed sown in

the drill row with the fertilizer, yet

there are disadvantages to this as well,

since such contact sometimes tends to

injure the germination of the seed.



Fertilizer can be just as successfully

sown'with a lime and fertilizer distrib-

utor. The best time to sow it with

such an implement, however, is after

the land is plowed and when it is being

fitted for the grain or other crops,

since this permits a thorough mixing

of the fertilizer with the soil when the

land is being worked in preparation

for a seed bed, and the fertilizer is

subjected to the solvent action of the

soil moisture.





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benefit and the cry for help would, in

a large measure, cease.



lt frequently happens that a good

deal of labor is wasted in trying to

crop land that is not in condition for

cultivation. Suppose it needs under-

drainage. Several things are likely to

happen that will make cultivation un-

profitable. Delay in spring means that

in order to get the work done on time,

probably double the help will be re-

quired. Then, too, undrained land re-

quires two or three times the amount

of labor in preparing a seed bed. It is

not, an uncommon sight to see men

shoveling furrows across a field to let

off the surface water. Ten chances to

one the crop on this field will not pay

expenses. Figure up the cost of open-

ing these furrows, add the extra labov

in tillage involved, plus the difference

between a poor crop and a good one

and the result ought to balance the

outlay for tiles to put the land in first-

class condition.





Sometimes, owing to size or pecu-

liarity in shape of a farm, there are

fields so far removed from the barn

that much time is lost during seeding

and harvest in going back and forth.

Would it not be better to utilize this

land for pasture, giving an occasional

dressing of phosphorus. Then, instead

of having the remainder of the farm

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one to each year of the rotation. That

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only three fields will be required. This

means an absence of weedy fence rows

that require attention at a most incon-

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be used and there is less turning with

teams and implements.



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Sweet Corn Stalks for Silage.



We are now feeding the cows sweet

cornstalk silage, the ears having been

picked off and Sold to the canning fac-

tory last fall. Sweet cornstalks may

be said to be a by-product of the can-

ning factory, the crop having been paid

for when the ears were sold to the

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around four tons of cars per acre for

which the factory pays $8.00 a ton and

upward, depending on the variety of

corn, and the farmer has the by-pro-

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husks fromthc ears and the cobs af-

ter the corn is sliced off—so that really

all he sells is the green kernels of the

corn sliced off from the cob for can-

ning purposes. Really, a man sells but

little of his crop and gets a fair price

fOr the whole crop.





In ordinary times I don't think there

is any question about its being pgofit~

able to grow sweet corn for the can-

ning factory, where one has such a

market, in preference to growing corn

solely for feeding purposes although I

don’t think that the price from the

canneries has advanced in proportion

to the price for feed corn. Undoubt-

edly the factory p60ple are absolutely

fair about this because their product

must be sold a year in advance, that

is, they have sold this winter to job-

bers, their sweet corn which is to be

grown this summer, consequently they

cannot advance the price in propor-

tion to feed prices, although the price

for sweet corn this year from the can-

neries is higher than ever before.





I have said before in the Michigan

Farmer that if anyone can get a profit

from canning factory crops, it is the

dairy farmer because he can utilize all

the by-products to the greatest advan-

tage. The pea vines that the factory

has no use for make a splendid food

for dairy cows, and so the sweet corn-

staiks and the husks and the green

cobs make good silage for the dairy

cows and every bit of it can be.

utilized.



A question comes up occasionally as

to the quality of this sweet cornstalk

silage—is it good? Some farmers have

heard that. it is not. I heard a farmer

say once myself that sweet corn was

not good for silage. Now, that man

didn’t know. He probably never had

tried it, he simply heard someone else

say so and he took it for granted. His

theory was that there was so much

sugar in the juice in the sweet corn

that when it was ensiloed it created

such a large percentage of acid that it

was not a good food. All of us are apt

“say-so” as a fact

without questioning it and it may be

that they received the information

from someone who didn’t know the

facts and, therefore, it is handed down

and a wrong idea is given out, simply





because the facts were not actually'





known.



A number of years ago I raised

Stowell Evergreen sweet corn on pur-

pose for ensilage. We filled the silo

with it and it made good ensilage. The

cows ate it with relish. It perhaps was

a little more acid than silage from well

matured Dent corn, but this didn’t

seem to injure its food qualities, neith‘

er did it seem to destroy its palata-

bility because the cows ate it with a

relish. The only reason I didn't con-

tinue to grow it for silage was because





' I didn’t think I could raise as many





tons to the acre as I could with a rath-

er late maturing Dent corn.





Again, for three years now I have

put the sweet cornstalks into the silo

after we picked off the ears and sold

them to the factory so that I have

had three years' experience in feeding

this. kind of silage,'and when someone

tells me that you’ cannot feed cows

this kind of silage I” realize that that





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false premises without any actual

facts.

cornstalk silage, pound for pound, is

just as good as any silage. Of course,

we don’t have as many tons of silage

to the acre after we pick off the ears

as though we would put ears and all

into the silo. About half of the actual

weight of the corn crop has been re-

moved in the ears, but you can haul

the cobs and the husks back‘and put

it into your silo. This product being

lighter» and more bulky, it should be

tramped better in the silo. It won't

settle as well of its own accord. It

would be a nice thing if one had a

heavier product to fill in the last few

feet of the silo so as to weight it

down, because there is considerable

loss on the top of this silage simply

becauseit is lighter in proportion to

its bulk.



I am of the opinion that pound for

pound, the stalk of the corn out at the

stage of development when the corn is

fit for canning purposes contains just

as much digestible nutriments, or near-

ly so at least, as the corn, ear and all.

At first this may seem unreasonable

but you must consider that the ears

are picked when the corn is in the

roasting stage and that some of the

nutriment would go to ripen these cars

but if the ears are picked off when

they are green that nutriment remains

in the stalk and it is palatable and

digestible, and consequently is a valu~

able food. We have never noticed any

shrinkage in the milk supply when we

changed from other silage to sweet

cornstalk silage, consequently I believe





I cannot see but what sweet





the green husks and the green cob af-

ter’ the kernels are sliced off if they

are put into the silo before they gel;

too heated and mold, make good silage.

This being so, my idea is that the

dairymen can afford to grow sweet

corn for the canning factory because

the $8.00 a ton he gets for the ears.

with the privilege of hauling the cabs

and husks back is more than he could

get out of corn ‘crop by putting it all

into the silo in the first place or by

maturing the crop, husking it and feed-

ing it in that way. It seems to me

that we ought not to lose our heads

just because this great war has pro-

duced abnormal conditions. We are

coming back to terra firma some of

these days and then we will want the

canning factories, and to have them

then we must support them now.





FERTILlZER FOR CORN AND

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I am thinking of using fertilizer on

some of my corn this year. Would

like to know what analysis would be

best suited for corn, also for straw-

berries and potatoes.



Shiawassee Co. G. J. F.





Nitrogen and potash are so high in

price, especially potash, that it is ques-

tionable if one can afford to use these

ingredients at all. Phosphorus, in the

form of acid phosphate, is not much

higher than formerly. and usually

gives results on all crops. My candid

opinion is that it will be most profit-

able to use only acid phosphate, at

least until prices become normal again.



COLON C. LILLIE.





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The Small Fruit Garden





N the producing of small fruit such

as blackberries, raspberries, cur~

rants and gooseberries, the dis-



tance to market is of prime import-

ance. Berries are more or less of a

perishable product and if they are

picked at just the right time for the

consumer's table they must be hurried

to market immediately. The farm close

to a local market large enough to han-

die the crop is the safest proposition

as a berry farm. A farmer located

twelve or fifteen miles from a local

market can possibly overcome his dis-

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ways a fairly steady demand for his.

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Quality Pays.



Regardless of the location of the

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labor market. The scarcity of labor

makes berry production a hazardous

occupation in some districts. No farm-

er should go into the fruit business

until he makes an estimate of his pos«

sible labor supply at the time of har-

vest. The proposition can only be

fully worked out through experience

as every district has its own problems.



In selecting the varieties the time of

ripening is important in its relation to

the labor market. If too large an





acreage is planted to one variety the'





bulk of the fruit will mature at one

time and an inability to obtain pickers

may result in severe losses. If the

small fruit business is to be continued

indefinitely it pays not to plant all of

the land available for that purpose in

fruit the first year. After a few years

in one place a rotation is desirable to

aid in producing an abundance of heal-

thy canes without the great danger of

insect pests and fungous diseases

which may become serious in a patch

remaining on the same ground for

many years.





Consider the Market. '



In supplying a local market the ber—

ry business pays best if it can be con-

tinued moderately over a period of

several weeks. Instead of going heav-

ily into blackberries or raspberries it

pays to plant a moderate acreage of

blackberries and raspberries, with

some currants and gooseberries. By

feeling the market it will soon be pos.

sible to determine which fruit is pay-

ing best and the future development of

the fruit garden can be carried on.

along profitable lines.



In planning the small fruit garden

spebial markets can often be studied

to advantage. I know of one grower





'who grows raspberries extensively and





dries them on long trays for a firm in

Chicago which pays him a good price

and uses the berries for jam. By study-

ing his labor market this man is ena-

bled to do quite a business in a few

weeks ot‘ hustling and the remainder

of the year he is not overworked by

the routine duties of caring for a ten?





acres of berries, Another growershipa





that {sweet ic metal]: are well :Worth:

preserving as feed and I believe that.
hires foreigners to“ come in * an'd‘camp

on his farm during berry season and

carries on everything by wholesale.

Berries have paid him an excellent in-

come and he has made more money by

specialization than he could have )made

from general farming.

Waiting for Profits.

A berry patch is not an immediate

profit winner. It requires attention

and patience. The first year all of the

blossoms should be picked from the

plants, thus enabling the energy to go

into the production of wood. It is

sometimes 'hard to remove the blos-

soms as there is a tendency to desire

“just a taste” the first year to find out

if the fruit really is as good as expect-

ed. Allowing fruit to mature the first

year will be a serious tax on the ener-

gy of the canes and they will probably

never be as profitable as they would





 





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have been if the energy which produc-

ed the fruit had produced fruit-bearing

canes. It pays to nip back the first

canes which grow until they are about

eighteen inches high. This will induce

more canes to spring from the ground

and thus increase the fruit-bearing





, area for the next year.





Fertilization Pays.



Fertilization of the soil is important

and cultivation is necessary to con-

serve the moisture and keep down the

weeds. During the past year I allow-

ed seven or eight hundred young chicks

to run among the blackberry and rasp-

berry bushes. When the berries were

cultivated the chicks enjoyed a rich

harvest of bugs and worms. They also

ate many small weeds and weed seeds

which would have developed but they

never picked the leaves of the berry

plants and certainly added some desir-

ble fertility to the soil. While waiting

for profits from berries the use of the

ground in raising poultry proved very

desirable.



It is, of course, best to fence the ber-

ry patch the first year to prevent in-

jury from any live stock that may take

a notion to ramble in that direction.





' Fencing the berry patch still leaves it





as a desirable range for young poultry

and from my experience this year the

chicks were of some value to the fruit

and did no injury that I was able to

discover.



There are many points to consider

in the growing of small fruit and often

disease and glutted markets make the

business rather discouraging. How-

ever, in general it is as safe as any

phase of fruit farming and there is

much satisfaction in cleaning up a

good berry crop. In a successful sea-

son it makes a farmer feel that he is

doing mighty well financially at least,

for a few weeks and many farmers are

finding that well managed berry patch-

es are becoming more profitable every

year.





Ingham Co. R. G. KIRBY.





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Price 31460. f. o. b. Racine

Mitchell J unior;:§'§?,ise:,;





similar lines with 120-inch wheelbase

and a 40-horse-power motor— %-}1ch

smaller bore. \





Price $1 150 1". o. b. Racine

Price will be advanced to $1195 on May 10th





Also slx styles‘ of enclosed and convert-

lble bodies. Also new Club Rordster.





 





 





 





John W. Bate built and equip-

ped this mammoth plant to

build this one type economically.

He has spent millions of dollars

and years of time to do that.

His methods have cut our factory

cost in two. And the savings

pay for these extras.





All the added luxury on this

year’s models is paid for by sav.

ings in our new body plant.





See Our $1150. Six .





Mitchell Junior—the smaller

Mitchell Six—costs only $1150.

Yet the wheelbase is 120 inches.

You have never seen anything

like this value in a car around

this price.





See also the larger Mitchell.

Note all its extra values. You

will want all these extras, when

you know them, in the car you

buy to keep.





If you do not know our nearest

dealer, ask us for his name.





MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY. Inc.

Racine. Wis.. U. S A.





 





 





 





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TALBOT 2% in.

TYRONE 2% in.





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RECLEANED. BAGS EXTRA 25:. s .

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SEED POTATOES





DORR D. BUELL,

The Seed Potato Man of the North

ELMIRA, OTSECO C0., MICHIGAN





 





 





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Fox and Wolf Hounds





of the best English strains in

America. 40 cars experience

in breeding t ese fine bounds

for my own sport. Save our

pigs, sheep and poultry. send

4 cents for catalog.





'1‘. B. lludspeth, gg’ggihgxsou





Fax Hound: ol all ages, “mania Em? d°"

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males 85. Ward W. Dunstan. Clarkston, Michigan

SCOTCH cows PUPS: 53:: game:

Males 85. females 53. 0..E. Hawléy. Ludlngton. Mich. -

When Writing to Advertisers Pleat.

Mention The Michigan liar-met.





 





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Better Cut Silage

Helps To Increase Stock Profits





HESE animals were fed on silage cut

by Silver’s “Ohio.” Note their records.

“Ohio" cut sila e makes better feed than _



ordinary silage. Better ecause it’s out more uni- : ,

form—packs air-tight in the silo—lice from air ' ’





 





pockets—mold- roof—ferments properly— gives "ll-hm "-m

the animal all 0 the good food value of the corn 1%;me

or silage material. $365M:





 





 





 





 





1he Logical Stlo Fillcrlo





The secret of cutting Silverlzed silage is all in the construc-

tion of the “Ohio”—-the pioneer silo filler. The strength of J

the machine, the giant grip feed rollers. and double-bearing,

non-springing knife cylinder all combine to give you a fine.

evenly-cut silage no matter how hard you crowd the ma-



. chine. You can set the knives at half inch cut and you get

half inch. With heavy bearings at 00/11 ends, they cannot

spring away from the cutter bar. Silage is all mold-proof—

no shreds nor leaves can work through.





But there are many other big features in the “OHIO." The



heater teed. friction reverse, d1rcct drive single lever con-



trol,non-e~<plos1\eblower, etc. Write and let us tell on



about them—and why more “Ohios"are used by 1‘ l l l I l l



geriment Stations and Colleges than all other fillers. »

acked by (52 y ears' manufacturing experience.





Two Books—FREE





One is our four-color catalog. The other is our booklet on

“Silverized Silage.” Write for them today.





The Silver Mfg. 60., Box 390 ,Salem, 0.





 





 





 





 





 





 





   





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25106.3 lbs. milk: -

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Animals z‘flzzsfratea' here are armed 6:1! t/ze Illa/Me—

crest Slant Farm C0., Kalamazoo, Alia/z. They

Izave had an “Ohio” Cutter for about 12 years.





Silver’s“0hlo"ismade

in seven sizes—fit

any farmer’s needs. 40 + .

to300tons aday. Four . W ,_ .7 E _ p ,_

horsepower up to big “ ,5- ~

tractor power. _ .. ,

Special Light Draft _ ,_ , ' x, ,. _ p 1..

Model— adapted for ‘ 7? , “3- -‘ ‘\ .‘ ,--.;,—..- :4:.-*1_.,:;_., ..____‘ '

home silo filling. For i g ._ _ __ _ ,2:

1 four to ten horse- 3 w I. '1'

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INDIANA SILO





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

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

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

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

definite years to come.



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

already using lnd1ana S1los. Many of these repeat orders came from

the owners of the finest farms 1n America—from the largest and most

successful breeders and feeders everywhere.



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

best of cvcythmg—that 3 why they contmue to buy Indiana Silos.



If you are gaing to buy a silo—this satisfactory scrv1c¢ rendered



everywherewshould he of special interest to you.



. ,- ' .1 -: The cost of all materials 1s advancmg l1hc the price of wheat and corn-

Why not save money by contracting for your 0110 now. It undouhtly wrll cost you



more next spring or summer.



Let us usual you our proposition—do contract now for your all. and dollvor it later.



We still have opening. for a limited number of far-nor agents.





INDIANA SILO CO.





582‘} ion Building. ANDERSON. lND. 53-3 lldnu Builduw. DES MOINES. lOWA

58? fichusge 51114.. KANSAS ClTY. MO. 58'... Live Stock Exch Bldg” FT. WORTH. TEXAS





Offset Fertilizer Uncertainties





by using green manures. Cover crops may be sown



between the rows at last cultivation of corn, cot-

ton, etc.. and plowed under in Spring. They protect

the soil and increase the next yield.





New Seeder

,3 Feel Wide





sows clover. rape. rye. turnips. etc” and covers seed. Makes dust mulch and kills weeds.

Pays for itself by seed saved. Quick delivery from stock near you. Send for catalog.





EUREKA MOWER (.10., Box 1226. UTICA, N. Y.





 





 

   





Cuts fertilizer bills in two.

Adds humus to soil.





 

 





 





Koexésiioge sweetest and better tutln.

re-G-lvnnised- Iron or Bho-



)i“ Enameled Silos no proof minst wind

firs. shrinking, swelling, collapse and

repair. Ann h-corrouvo. rust-rel istinc.





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and become independent with no capital invested.



Etery bunch of the business taught in 5 weeks.



Wri to today for free cuts



JONES 'NAT’L SCHOOL “OF AUCTIONIERING.



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With some feed plus plenty

_' water. Our free book tells

how you can move this with-



out costing one cent.



Livcnock Individual



Fountain Co.



Lynch-ire. Viable-





 





 





 





The originators and handlers in the





- east of a well- known brand of ensilage





corn state that the corn plant is mere-





ly an overgrown grass, and should be-





treated as such and put in the. silo

when in blossom, the same as we





' would grass—that the place for mature





'corn. is inthe crib and not in the silo.

This is contrary to the general opinion

'in this section of the state.



Cass Co. G. R. W.





At one time I discussed briefly the

very same question in the Michigan

Farmer. At the time I imagined it

would lead to much discussion, but the

article never brought out one single

inquiry. No one seemed to notice it or

did not deem the question of sufficient

importance to make any comments.

It strikes me that it is a very interest-

ing and important question. After a

man has grown and fed silage for

twenty-five years he knows something

about it from his own experienceNow,

my experience warrants me in saying

that corn ought to be ensiloed before

it is ripe. I don’t like ripe corn for

.the silo. The cows don’t like it and I

am convinced that com ought to be

ensiloed before it gets ripe. Just the

right stage of development is the ques-

tion at issue.





Green Corn Makes Good Silage.



Many yearssago, we had a very wet

period the last half of May and the

whole month of June. I remember it

well. We got our corn ground plowed

the first part of May and expected to

get the planting done in good season,

but the weather turned wet and kept

wet. We never had such a time, not

even last year was as bad. The fact

is. we never got our com planted until

the twelfth day of July. One would

scarcely believe it but it is a fact. At

that time we had no silo but built one

on purpose to save this crop of corn.

for I did not believe it would mature

and it did not. We had a frost when

the corn was just in nice condition

to cook for green corn. In fact, we

were eating some of it as green corn

when the frost came. The frost was

severe enough so when the sun came

out the next day the leaves all shriv-

eled up and turned White. The air was

filled with a peculiar sugary odor that

comes from frozen green corn. We

were ready, and began cutting the corn

at once and put it into the new silo. A

neighbor who came over while we

were filling the silo remarked that it

was too bad to loose so much good

feed (the corn made a fine growth),

when a few days more would have sav-

ed the crop. I felt pretty blue myself.

But we did not lose that crop. We

had fine silage. I have often remarked

that our first silage was as good as we

ever had.



Ripe Corn Silage Not Satisfactory.



Since then I have ensiloed corn that

was ripe. Some of the ears were ripe

enough to crib but we did not seem to

get the results we did with this first,

crop of silage. I have often heard

people advocate ripe corn for the. silo

but my experience will not warrant me

in approving this idea. I have always

said mature corn, not ripe corn.



The chemists tell us that at the pe.

riod of glazing, which is right follow—

ing the milk or boiling stage, the corn

crop contains the maximum amount of

food nutrients. As it ripens it contains

a little more dry matter, but no more

nutrients, with perhaps a little more

more fat, which is stored in the kernel.



Yet, there is another principle to

take into consideration, and that is

digestibility. This the chemist can

not tell us, only the cow-can do this.

and so far as I know no experiments

have been made to give us the coeffi-

cient of digestibility of corn silage at

different stages of the development of

the plant. We know, however, that in

all plants as they become ripe they

are not. as digestible, some of the





 





woody fibre which is not: dissolved by





Corn for ’S1lage





starch has changed the cellulose or.





   





the digestive fluids





nutrients it is no sign it is more valu~

able as food because it is not so thor-

oughly digestible.



Palatabillty a Factor.



And yet aor ain, there is another im-

portant factor to consider and that is

palatability. This is of more import-

ance in getting results in feeding than

many seem to realize, If animals do





not like the taste of the food, they eet—~





less of it, no matter whether it is di-

gestible 01‘ whether it contains the

largest per cent of nutrients or not.

We can’t get around this fact. Why

don‘t we wait until sweet corn contains

the largest per cent of digestible nutri-

ents before we eat it? Simply because

it is not so palatable then.





Now, to come to the question asked

by G. P. W. Corn is the giant of the

grass family of plants. What will ap~

ply to preserving the other grasses for

food will apply largely to corn as well.

The chemist will tell you that timothy

hay, cut when ripe, will contain more

dry matter and more total nutrients

than when out greenbut we know we

can not get as good results in feeding.

The reason is it is not so palatable nor

as digestible.



I never have been able to get as

good results with ripe corn as with

the green corn. For the same rea-

son, I do not believe in ensiloing‘

corn when it is half grown, or when

just tasseled out, or even when it is in

the milk. It doesn’t contain then suf-

ficient nutrients. Neither do I believe

in waiting until the starch has turned

to cellulose and has become indigesti-

ble. I believe the proper time to en-

silo corn is when it is just past the

boiling stage, just glazing. Then it

contains about the maximum of food

nutrients and these nutrients are di—

gestible and last, but not least, the

silage is most palatable.



COLON C. LILLIE.





SOUR SKlM-MILK FOR CALVES.



That calves do as well or better on

sour skim-milk in summer as they do

on sweet will be interesting news to

many farmers who have hitherto been

kept. from raising calves by the ex~

pense of keeping the milk sweet in hot

weather. This expense, experiments

carried out by the Department of Agri-

culture, indicate to be quite unneces-

sary. The calves will make as rapid

gains on sour skim~milk. In winter this

is not as satisfactory. It chills the

calves, and some of them drink it with

great reluctance. Very young calves

have ever been known to refuse it al-

together. On the other hand, of course,

it is much easier to keep the milk

sweet in winter.



But there is need of precaution in

this matter of summer feeding of milk.

Unless the milk is produced and kept

under cleanly conditions. it may be

come contaminated with disease-pro—

ducing bacteria. Farmers should there-





 





- fore allow the milk to sour quickly and





then feed it without delay.





In the course of the experiments,

sour skim-milk is fed to twenty-two

calves. Holsteins, Jerseys and Guern-

seys, at,.different seasons of the year.

In no case did it cause digestive dis—

turbances even when the change from

sweet to sour milk was made abruptly

when the calves were only a few days

old. MoreOver, no evil results follow-

ed the alternate use of sweet and sour

milk. It seems, therefore, that the

common conception that sour milk

leads to scours is quite unfounded. It

is in the care of the milk.



The calves, it was found, did not like

the sour milk as, well as'the sWeet, but

in the majority of cases soon became

accustomed to it. The aversion, how-





   





ever, increased when the milk was led ; '\





them at low tempera





Therefore, even ‘

if 1ipe corn shows chemically more'
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The Brood Mare:



Will you kindly publish as soon as

possible a short article on the care of

a brood mare, before and at foaling

time, so that a novice in the business

will know what to do to insure a heal-

thy live foal?



Genesee Co. W. E.

HE brood mare that seems to

have the least trouble and pro-

duces healthy sound colts, and



also has little trouble at foaling time,

is one which had been worked moder-

ately, or has had regular daily exer-

cise. Of course, she should have plen-

ty of nourishing food of good quality,

especially during the latter gestation

period. It is also important that she

should be supplied with clean drinking

water, groomed once a day and her

stable well supplied with fresh air.

The brood mare does best when'kept

in a box stall. The writer knows of

no very good reason why a brood mare

cannot be used to do moderate work up

to within ten days or two weeks of

foaling time. A box stall should be

thoroughly cleaned and disinfected

with either coal tar disinfectant or

white-washed with fresh lime wash» for

her to foal in. She should be kept in

this stall for a week before she foals.

The bedding should be clean. A quiet

secluded place where the mare can

hide away from other horses seems to

be her choice location. Her food sup-

ply should be nourishing, but of a lax-

ative nature. A few well-salted bran

mashes or roots will open her bowels.

A mare that is constipated sometimes

has trouble foaling. When she foals,

notice if she cleans properly. The ud-

der of mare should be washed clean

before the colt is allowed to suck; this

will often prevent the young colt from

becoming infected. The navel of colt

should be washed with one part bichor-

ide of mercury and 1000 parts water;

or one part coal tar disinfectant arid

twenty parts water, then the cord im-

mediately painted with one part tinc-

ture iodine and two or three parts of

glycerine or olive oil two or three times

a day until it shrivels completely. It

is not necessary, and sometimes a

great mistake to tie the cord. If there

is much hemorrhage, it sometimes has

to be done to stop the bleeding, but the

string should not be left on more than

twelve or twenty-four hours. The bow-

els of the new born colt are usually

costive, but if it is allowed to suck the

first‘milk from mother, it will usually

loosen its bowels, but if not, inject two

or three ounces of olive oil cautiously

into rectum occasionally until bowels

move fairly free. Both the mare and

colt should be kept in a warm, dry,

clean portion of stable until the colt

is two or three days old; then you need

to pay little attention, more than to

feed the mare. During warm pleasant

weather the brood mare that is run-

ning on pasture seldom requires much

watching or special care.



For many years the writer kept

twenty or more brood mares on his

farm and in order to save colts, he

always cautioned his men to leave the

mares alone at foaling time; unless

they really required assistance. This

plan proved much more successful than

when the mares were constantly being

watched.



W. C. FAIR, V. S.





SOME LAMBS.

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Have a pair of pure-bred Shropshire

twins that weighed twenty pounds at

birth. Can any of our subscribers beat

that? Dam is an excellent type weigh-

ing about 200 pounds.





-Otsego Co. D. D. BUELL.





 





Within a short time two-year-old





steers have been sold in Texas for $65





per head and two—year-old breeding

ewes for $13, while unborn Texas

calves have been contracted for $30

per head. "Unborn lambs have been

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The only tubes that have graph-

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I-lighest grade rubber and fabric, perfectly balanced de-

Sign, most careful workmanship, full size.





A tough road-gripping tread—neither so heavy as to produce stiff-

nessnnor so light as to give insufficient protection to the carcass.

Cushion of high-grade resilient rubber—absorbs the road shocks.

Sidewall specially shaped to distribute flexing—will not crack.





And the carcass—finest Sea Island cotton,long fibre,tough. triple

tested, built up layer by layer into the strongest carcass that can





High mileage. low cost per mile. S ld from facto t

through our own distributors. Watch it? ry 0 you





r the red Savage sign.





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Distributors Everywhere

The Savage Tire Corporation,

325 East 33rd Street, Chicago, Illinois





Branch Store:





MICHIGAN SAVAGE TIRE SALES CO.,

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Pullford $135





Attached with clamps to car frame, pulls plows, barrows.

drills. mowers. binders. hayioaders, road graders. wagons,

trucks, etc.

Inches wide, two pairs of hardened Vanadium steel pinions.

one for plowing and one for hauling speed. A tractor with

the reliability and durability of the Ford car.

. shipment.





Telephone No. 84





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HE Pullford makes a.

practical tractor out of

a Ford or most any other car.





Easily attached to or removed from the car

N 0 holes to drill. no springs to remove.





F. 0. B.

Quincy, Ill.





Steel wheels with roller bearings and tires 10





Prompt

Hundreds now at work. Write for catalog.





PULLFORD COMPANY. Box 35c

Welten Heights. QUINCY. ILLINOIS





 





 





 





 





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arm uilding construction of all classes.

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Model Dairy Barn-*1. E. Rourpitz, Judd, U ’1‘;





The Larger Purpose These Tires Serve





Business today is so illimitable in scope,

so far-reaching in its activities, opportunities

for personal contact between producer and

user are few and far between.





We cannot stand behind a counter, and

greet you as you come in, and have you

know us and our aims as one man knows

another.





The whole burden of justifying us and

our principles, sustaining the good will

which should subsist between us, devolves

upon the only agency of acquaintance we

have, our product.





And this,our product, cannot explain,

extenuate, apologize—it can uphold us only

by serving truly and long—it must speak in

deeds, not words.





Do you wonder not the slightest detail

of make—up or material is spared to make

Goodyear Tires able and fine? ,





Why, all this vast and elaborate organi—

zation behind them—all the ellort we have

made, the unresting push onward through

the years from obscurity to dominance—our

intentions, trials, hazards, integrity even——

these were as nothing did the tires fail.





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RS. BELINDA BROWN respond-

M ed to the knock at her door to



find Asaph Allen standing on

the porch.



“I thought maybe it. was you,” she

greeted cheerily. “Come in and tell

me how Hepsibah ’s gettin’ on. I

haven’t heard from her since you stop-

ped in last week on your way down to

the auction.”



Asaph moved solemnly toward the

proffered chair. His bent l‘rame almost

creaked as he sat down. Mrs. Brown

resumed her mending close by the.

patch of sunlight at the south window.



“Well, Hepsibah ’s bad of .” The old

man spoke in a mourni'ul and discour-





Putting Backbone Into Asaph





By ORIN CROOKER





aged tone. “She’s real bad. I don’t

see no change over a week or two ago.

we had Doc Splinters out from the

city to see her the other day but he

didn’t give us no encouragement. She

’s all sort of to pieces and run down

and—”



“So you’ve decided on a silver gray

coffin, I suppose,” interrupted Mrs.

Brown, “and picked out the hymns to

have sung at the funeral.”



Asaph‘s backbone stiffened and be





straightened up with a jerk which caus-

ed some of his rheumatic joints to

snap audibly.





“What ’do you mean, Belinda? I

didn’t say nothin’ about funerals

did I?”





“No, but you looked ’em,” she re-

plied kindly. Her face brightened in

a genial smile. “I was thinkin’ Iheard

church bells a tollin‘ just before you

set foot on the porch. Guess it must

have been a case of comin’ events cast-





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in’ their shadows in advance.”



“Well——you wanted to know how she

is gettin’ on,” he parried.



“True enough,” Belinda assented,

“and you and I have known each other

long enough for you to realize that 17m

not in the habit of makin’ sport of any- ,

one's troubles or burdens.” '



Asaph creaked somewhat uneasily in

his chair.



“You didn’t say nothin’ about funer-

als,” continued the woman, “but I’d

like to know how you expect to keep

from havin’ to call in the undertaker if

you inflict Hephzibah day in and day

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“But Doc Splinters said——” _

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The old man’s furrowed face had

grown red and angry but the woman

before him never relaxed her grip on

the kindly smile which played about

the corners of her lips and eyes.



“Asaph,” she said, as her visitor rose

and moved toward the hall, “I won’t

blame you one bit if you go out that

door mighty provoked with me. Some-





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necessary.”



“Belinda,” replied Asaph, as he laid





Q





It was no small job getting to him,

using the slippery rail for a ladder,

and I was knee deep in water when I

finally found foothold in the riffle, and

rolled the spar off the imprisoned

limb. He was lying flat on the deck,

his head barely free of the waves, but

was able to clutch the nearest stanch-

ion and haul himself up to the protec-

tion of the rail. His face was but a

blurred outline, although I could per-

ceive the glimmer of a white shirt. I

stared beyond him into the black

silence.



“You say Seeley is down the1e?”



“I fell on top of him,” the words

scarcely audible. “He was trying to

get into the cabin, when he lost his

grip. I tried to catch him, and he took

me along. “Say,” he was breathing

hard, “do you know if there was a girl

on board ?”



“Yes, there is. I met her night be-

fore last on deck. Seeley was trying

to reach the cabin, you say? He was

endeavoring to save her?”



“Ay; I only got a word of it.

thought the. fellow had gone

Who is she?”



“I do not know; but never mind who

she is. Did Seeley tell you whe1e she

was hidden ?”



“In a storeroom, next to the stew-

trd’s pantry; he said the door was

locked.”



Desperate as our own situation was,

all thought of personal danger left me

in sudden realization of the awful hor-

ror fronting her almost under our very

feet. I could picture the darkness, the

swash of'the water, the helpless beat-

ing against the locked door. I gripped

McCann by the arm. ‘



“We must get her out of there,” I

cried. “Come on with me.”



“Where, down—down there?”



“Yes; of course; you are a man, I'

take it. The lantern is still burning,

and we have a chance. If the yacht

goes down we might as well be below

decks as up here. Come now“, wake up,

McCann—we are Americans, and it is

women first, you knowr” 7



If he was a coward he had no wish

to let it be known, although the sud-

denness of disaster had broken his

nerve. The. words Spoken, the tone of

my voice, touched his pride, his real

manhood.



“Ay, you’re right,H011is,” he said





But I

mad !





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appointed because she’s upset their.





the Pearly Gates—yours or mine. But

if it should be yours I’ll send you some

flowers to take along. I guess you’re

right. Hephzibah’s ‘havin’ a hard

enough time without me addin’ to her

burden. I’m goirr’\home and put on a

clean smile~—as Nate Odle always saYs

every time he changes his collar. Per-

haps Hephzibah won’t want to leave

us yet awhile if we make her think life

is worth livin’ down here.”



The two looked into each other’s

eyes for a moment. The anger Was

gone from Asaph’s face. The genial

smile still lightened the features of

Belinda.



“Good-by, Belinda.”



“Good-by, Asaph.”



‘The woman watched her caller as he

turned up the road in the direction of

home and Hephzibah.



“Asaph’s got a good heart,” she mus-

ed. “I didn’t want to hurt his feelin’s.

But sometimes the only way you can

put backbone into a man when he’s

clean discouraged is to make him

downright ashamed of himself.”



Then Mrs. Belinda Brown picked up

her mending and sat right down in the

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tightened. “I’m no seaman; I hate the

sea, but no one ever called a McCann

a quitter. I‘ll go as far as you, and

we‘ll get that girl out, or drown to-

gether.”



I was climbing the'rail before he fin-

ished, reckless of all else except the

task confronting us. There. was a

sturdy ring, to the man’s utterance

which yielded me new courage. I had

found a comrade upon whom to rely.

He was following me inch by inch,

fighting for hold along the stanchions,

every nerve and muscle braced for the

effort. Yet, had he not responded, just

the same I should have gone- on alone.

The face of the girl whose hand I had

held in mine under the light of the

stars, seemed to rise before me, he1

eyes pleading for help. The vision

urged me forward. I know not What

strength, or skill, enabled me to swing

from the rail and grip the cabin front,

but I hung there with one hand, my

feet finding slight support on the slip-

pery slope of the deck, and reaching

back gave McCann support, while he





also matte desperate passage to the-





safety of the companion. An instant

later I was beside him, and we crept

together down the inverted stairs.

The frightfulness of our position be-

came more evident as ,we advanced.

The dead bodies, the smashed furni-

ture, the horrid swaying of the bulk

beneath us, suspended, we had to use

the forward wall as a floor, crawling

through the litter, made us feel that

certain death must end the adventure.

The steward’s body had slid forward,

and I crept past so closely that I could

scarcely escape touching the dead fact.

There was a hook in the deck below—-

for what purpose it had been placed





there I do not know—but it gave me a





foothold, enabling me to kneel.



"Here, McCann, climb to my shoul<

ders,” I ordered, “and take down the

lantern. Quick now, I’ll hold you all

right.”



His face was ghastly, and be obeyed

as though he moved in his sleep. Ev

ery muscle in me felt the strain, but I

held him, straightening out my body,

and balancing myself until his uplift-

ed hands gripped the light



“Have you got it?”



“Y es; let me dorm slowly.”



“All right; hang on to it for your

life—now.”





My arms gave under the strain, and =





   





an end of the limiert‘





ed piano, the light still burning fecbly, ‘ '





threatening every instant to. flicker

out. I caught and steadied it, turning

up the wick, and casting the faint glim-

mer along the passage leading to the

steward’s pantry. I had never been

beyond those swinging doors, which

now stood wide open because of the

position of the vessel, but ,I realized

clearly enough What the probable'ar—

rangement would be. This was a pleas-

ure yacht, and next to the pantry

would come the officers’ quarters, the

steward and waiters bunking opposite.

Doubtless there would be some en-

trance forward, as the captain was the.

only one ever seen in the main cabin.

but if so it would be through the bulk-

head, which was now tightly closed,

and which nowalone held the vessel

swinging like a pendulum, scarce a

third out of water. If my theory was

right, and it must be, then the woman

would still be alive, a helpless pris-

oner, yet still living. But how we were

ever to get to her, down that sheer

cliff of deck, was as desperate a prob-

lem as I ever fronted. Nor was there

time for ingenuity to discover a way.

I could hear a lapping of water, the

groaning of wood, and once, far away,

the muffled voice of someone shouting.

McCann was breathing heavily, and

his eyes meeting mine were vacant of

thought, filled with terror. If he would

be of any real use I must arouse him,

give him work to do.



“You are safe enough,” I began

sharply. “That piano can’t fall; you

kick those chairs out—yes, down the

passage; they will catch somewhere

and give us foothold. Good! Can you

reach the edge of that rug? Brace

yourself, and haul it loose; now pull,

man, this is life or death. Fasten it

through the hinge there—«no, pull it

through, and tie a. knot. Lie down to

it—I’ll hold your foot; that’s is! Now

let me pass, and you follow.”



I slipped down, gripping the rug with

one hand, the other clinging to the lan-

tern, the dim, smoky glow of which

made the passage visible. The pantry

door stood open; indeed, I doubt if it

had a door, but everything else was

closed. I could not see the end of the

passage, but sufficient water had al-

leady eith r seeped through the bulk,

head, or found entrance through an





open port, to flood the lower portion,‘





I could see the glimmer within a few

feet of me, and hear it swash back and

forth as the sodden' hulk rolled. Two

of the chairs which McCann had kick-

ed loose in the cabin above, had lodg-

ed in the doorway below. How firmly

they were caught could not be deter-

mined, but I must take the‘risk that

they would sustain my weight, for I

had reached the end of the rug. Mc-

Cann was just above me and I sung

out to him to hold fast, then, the lant-

ern wire gripped in my teeth, I lower-

ed myself the full length of my arms.

This brought the water to my knees,

while the lodged chairs were afoot or

two below. As I hung there, dreading

the plunge, my eyes were directed on

posite the pantry, and the gleam of the

lantern glittered on the blade of a.

hatchet just inside the door. Never

was a tool more welcome.



“Hold tight above there.” «‘



“What are you going to do?”



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CHAPTER VI.

The Rescue of Vera.

AKE this lantern, McCann,” I



I called, and held it up to him,



“I’ll need both my hands free.

Hold it as low as possible. Now, here

goes 1”



I did not pray audibly, but a prayer

was in my heart, as I released my grip

on the rug and took the plunge. The

first chair crumpled up beneath my

weight, but by good luck the second

held just long enough to enable me to

grip the latch of the door and cling

tight. The slant of the deck gave one

groping foot precarious purchase on

the threshold, although water swept

nearly to my waist, and for a moment

I tottered there, helpless to do more

than merely sustain myposition, .. The

noise madeby this struggle must have

been heard within, for I became aware

of water splashing, and a fist pounded

the door.



“Help! is that you Mr. Seeley?”



“No,” I answered, nerved to new ef-

fort by the sound of her voice, and the

knowledge that I had indeed located

the right spot, and found her still

alive. “This is Hollis. Is the door

locked?”



‘ers, Mr. Seeley has the key; you

must be quick—the water is already





‘ above my waist.”





“No time for keys then,” I said.

“Stand back until _I cut a way in.

Thréw your light down, McCann—ay,

that’s better!”



The latch of the door was forward;

I could cling to it, and have my right

hand free- with which to wield the

hatchet, keeping both feet wedged on

the threshold. The light was the mer-

est glimmer, yet sufficient to reveal the

paneling of the door, and I hacked at

this fiercely, exerting the full strength

of my arm. Whatever the wood might

have been, it was no light pine. A doz-

en blows, however, splintered the up-

per panel, and then I sent the keen

blade crashing downward, gouging out

great chunks, and splinters, until a

jagged passage had been made, suffi-





ciently large for the passage of a body.





I could see nothing within; the dark‘

ness was intense, and the girl must

have drawn back to escape injury, and

hence was invisible. The water was

deeper in the cabin than in the pas-

sage without, and now came pouring

forth through the opening, drenching

me nearly to the arm-pits. McCann

called in warning, his voice cracked

with terror he no longer could control.



“Wait; I’ll be there in a minute!” I

shouted back, my only fear lest he de-

sert us. The bulkhead still held; this

torrent was water which had found

other entrance; no doubt it would

eventually increase in volume, and

sink the vessel, yet there was still am-

ple time for us to escape. There would

be no sudden plunge while that bulk-





_ head held.





“Are you all right, Miss Vera?” I ask-

ed anxiously. “'Where are you? Can

you see me ?”



“Yes; I am clinging to the berth.”

Her voice was excited but clear. “The

water is up to my shoulders. Is the

opening sufficient?”



“For you I think, if you can make it

I should have to knock out an‘

other panel to get through myself.”



“There is no time for that, and no

need. I’m coming now: watch out.”



Our two bodies so obscured the faint

glow, of the lantern dangling. from Mc-

Cann’s hand above, that I could see

nothing, yet I managed to grapple her





   





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surging to the sodden roll of the deem-

ed yacht, and now dammed by her

body, poured over us both in suffocat-

ing volume, but the struggle was only

for a moment, and then I had the girl

safely clasped in my arms, her head

elevated well above the receding flood.



“Now, grasp the rug,” I ordered, as

I thrust the light form upward. “It will

help you creep up the slope of the

deck. Creep on back, McCann, with the

lantern; never mind me—I’ll find a

way out.”



She possessed sufficient nerve and

strength for‘that effort. There was no

hesitance,’ no word of protest. Silently,

inch by inch, she fought her way aft,

her feet slipping on the wet planks,

but her fingers gripping desperately at

the sustaining cloth. I could only see

the outline of her revealed against the

gleam of the lantern, as McCann clam-

bered upward in advance. My struggle

was to keep my own feet in that tor—

rent of water; it was deepening rapid-

ly, and there seemed to be a more vio-

lent surge to the hull as though the

sea without was growing disturbed. I

could hear the groaning of the bulk-

head to the strain, and realized that

the timbers could not long hold against

the immense weight. I could perceive

nothing, save the faint radius of light

above, now nearly obscured by the two

forms creeping upward; and the water,

surging back and forth from wall to

wall, already slapped me in the face.

Yet I clung there, my hand gripping

the jagged edge of the hole in the door,

my feet still firmly planted on the sill,

until assured both the others had at-

tained the after cabin safely. Then I

sprang for the lower end of the rug,

and went up hand, over hand, reckless

of the strain, my one desire to get out

of that black hole again Into the open

air. Suddenly the fear had come into

my heart; not until then had I paused

to think—effort had obscured all con-

ception of danger; but waiting there in

that black hell, the creaking of tim-

bers in my ears, the water clutching at

my throat, the full horror of it over-

whelmed me with sudden terror.



Yet, once I had attained the cabin,

all this left me. Ghastly as the wreck

of that interior appeared, the wider

space brought back to me a seaman’s

courage. There was hope yet, an op.

portunity to fight. McCann had drop-

ped the lantern on the overturned

piano, and was urging the girl forward

toward the Stairs. Terror made him

oblivious to everything except a mad

desire to escape, but’she was glancing

back, as though in search for me. I

clambered to my knees amid the litter

of furniture, and snatched up the light

barely in time to keep it from smash-

ing on the deckfi



“I am all right,” I called confidently.

“Get outside both of you as quick as

you can.”



Never in all my life have I experi-

enced the same sense of relief as when

I stumbled out of that companion onto

the open deck, and felt the night air in





my nostrils; yet not until then did my‘





brain truly grasp the desperate nature

of our situation. Below, fighting fierce-

ly for her life, my whole attention had

been centered on the one object, but

now the whole horror lay outspread

before me in all its hideous details.

The gleam of the lantern revealed the

sharp slope of the deck, and the surge

of water churning from rail to raid

scarce a dozen feet away; the riffle

of tangled spars and ropes to port un-

der which I knew lay dead bodies; the

smashed bulwards, and a wrecked

small, boat hanging stern down from a

davit, With a man’s arm and head

dangling. All about us the night and

sea was black as ink—not a glow any-

where except a single white gleam far

away to starboard like a distant star.

It was not a star—it was far too close





.to the horizon—-beyond doubt it was a





masthead light on the steel monster

which had run us down. -

(Continued next week).





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SAW a successful man the other

day. I know he is successful be-

cause the whole town says so, and

he admitted it to the men about him

as I passed by. The outward and vis-

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ent. He owns a twenty-room house in

a. swell residence street, in which his

'wife lives surrounded by eight ser-

avants, not to mention the scrub-woman

{by the day and the seamstress who

[comes three days every week. Then

|there is a 400-acre country place (they

iused to be farms); a big twelve-story

office building down town, mining

stock and presidencies and director-

,ates in corporations galore.



l He started out as a bare-footed news-

boy twenty-five years ago and is now

rolling in wealth. Therefore he is a

success. But let us not look too close-

ly into the methods by which he got

his money. It might set us to think-

ing, and thinking is bad for worship-

pers of success.-



Let us look into other matters which

might. indicate his success. Has the

man friends? He has hundreds of flat-

terers. He is always surrounded by

both men and women, who smile on

him and entertain him and laugh at

his boorish attempts at wit. N0 end

of people accept. his imitations to din-

ner or week-ends at. his country place.

In fact, women have been known to

shed real genuine tears when they

were left out of some of the parties he

gave. But of all the crowd who sur—

round him I do not know one who does

not at heart despise him. If there is

one whom he has not. insulted l have

yet to learn it. And the whole crowd

would be delighted beyond measure if

he were to lose every cent, he has, es-

pecially if part of it were lost to them.





How about the man’s wife? Surely

any woman could love any man who

was able to surround her with such

luxury. What more does a woman need

for happiness than clothes, jewelry, au-

tos, winters in the Bermudas, springs

at Palm Beach, summers up north and

the knowledge that every woman she

knows, or who knows her, envies her?

Isn’t that enough to make any woman

happy? Perhaps, but it. does not make

this one happy, for at heart she loathes

her husband. She still lives in his

home, not because she loves him, but.

because she loves the things his mon-

ey can buy andhas not the moral cour-

age to break away from it all. If she

could have his money without him she

might have a good time. He is not in

the least necessary to her happiness,

but his money is, or to what she terms

happiness.



His children love him in much the

same way. They are always glad when

father goes away on a business trip,

for then they can enjoy themselves.

When he is about he keeps up a tirade

on what he had to do when he was a

boy; the coarse fare he was obliged to

eat; the winter he went barefooted un—

til January, and how grateful they

should be to him. His table manners

are atrocious, and the children, who

have been well trained by governesses

are ashamed of him. He ridicules their

niceties, which he paid good money to

have instilled in them; threatens to

make them wear the same sort of

clothes he had to, though he wouldn’t

do it for worlds, and, in short, nags

them until they hate to see him com-

ing. His absence is the one thing [they

, pray for with real' fervor.



Is he a success? Would you consid-

er yourself a success if you were not

necessary to the happiness of your

wife and children? If you were sur-





 





 





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knife ready for you and were longing

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sonage? If you would, then you have

entirely missed the meaning of life.



Life was given us for service, not

for the accumulation of money. And

the man or the woman who i'orgets, in

the chase for material things, to be-

come a necessity to family and friends,

is a rank failure.



The most successful man I know of

is not rich. He is not regarded as a

great success by his acquaintances. In

fact, I’ve heard him called a “dub.” But

he is absolutely essential to the happi-

ness of his wife and children. When

he goes away for two days the entire

family goes into mourning. When he

returns they literally fall on his neck

and weep real tears of joy. They al-

most fight one another to see which

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regular “kill the fatted calf” celebra-

tion because father has come back.



To my mind this man is the real suc—

cess, but he regards himself as a. sort

of failure, and sighs over his small

bank account.



Some dayihe world is going to wake

up. There are signs of it now. When

it really rubs the sleep out of its eyes

we shall all see that success is not

measured in dollars and cents, but in

honor, in truth and in service.



DEBORAH.





RICKRACK AND CROCHET EDGING.





 





BY GRACIA SHELL.



This design is extremely dainty and

pleasing and promises to be a favorite

trimmiig for children's clothing, un‘

dergarments, etc. Made of coarse braid

and heavy crochet cotton it will make

attractive edges for towel ends.



To make: Insert hook in point of

braid,~ * 1 treble in each of next 4

points, 1 sc in next point, ch 7, turn

braid over, sc 1 in next point, repeat

from to end of row.



Second Row.—* ch 7, 1 dc in point;

repeat, from to length of lace.



Third Row—411 dc over 7 ch, 1 so

over next, 11 do over same 7 ch, 1

so over next, repeat from * to end of

row. This completes the lower edge.



Upper R0w.~Begin at. point over

second space, ch 5, do 5 in next point,

ch 4, do 5 in next point, 1 treble in

each of next 2 points; repeat from



Second Row—Double picot loops

across made thus: ch 7, catch back

in 3rd stitch for picot, ch 7, picot, ch

3, so 1 in center of group of 5 dc re-

peat *.



Third Row.—Dc 1 * between picots,

ch 6, do 1 in next, repeat * to end of

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HOME QUERIES.





Household Editor:———I would like, to

say to Mrs. A. C. P., if she wishes her

silk rug to wear well she should re-

quest the weaver to arrange the warp

as follows: Fer a No. 10 reed, put 200

threads on the beam. Thread two

threads, then back harness and same

two threads through one space of the





We took four years to perfect the new

. _ I 017 Gellowey Senitery Green!

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ut uilt up to n h in standard in our own .

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rent harness and through the one

space of the reed, leaving three spaces

between. Do this all across, which





_very nearly, if not quite, hides the





warp. I bought all black warp and am

highly pleased with the rugs._ It ~‘re-

quires at least one-third, perhaps one-

half. more rags to the yard but wears

better, enough to pay four or five

times over. I made a comfort I like

very much, from two silk dresses, piec-

ing each kind separately for one side,

anyway to get it large enough. Of

course, striped or plaid silk would not

look so well pieced this way, but my

figured silk, when tied, did not look so

“crazy” as you’d imagine. We have

pieced a number of silk quilts from

scraps left. I am knitting a rug with

the black warp, using “garter stitch,”

putting silk in two inches long and

about two-thirds of an inch wide

around every other stitch or every

third stich. This makes a very lasting

rug. Forty stitches make strips about

five or six inches wide. Then sew them

together with warp. A cousin made

portieres, but was sadly disappointed

in them. Vv’ill gladly give any further

explanations.-'—Mrs. G. E. G.



H. C.—We cannot publish songs in

these columns.



Household vEditor.——Information and

recipes for making hard soap, white or

yellow, from pork fryings and tallow,

would be much appreciated. Will

home-made soap loosen the dirt, like





the commercial soaps containing naph-

tha, etc., in laundry work ?——F. M. T.





Recipts for making soap are given

on the cans of concentrated lye which

most housekeepers buy now for house-

hold use. I have never used home-

made soap, but do not believe it would

loosen dirt as readily as do the naptha

soaps.





SOY BEANS.





 





 





Soy beans, introduced into the Uni~

ted States more than a hundred years

ago primarily for use as a forage crop,

are in reality one of the most nutri-

tious of the legumes when used as hu-

man food, according to specialists of





 





the United States Department of Agri-

culture. The fact that they contain no

starch makes them valuable for in‘

valids who can not eat starchy foods.

These beans may be grown easily in

practically all sections of the country

where corn is grown and give heavier

yields than most other beans.





Soy beans have been so important

for other purposes that until recently

they have attracted little attention for

food purposes in this country. The

dried beans may be purchased now in

a number of markets in various parts

of the country, often under the name

of togo beans, and should, with the in-

creased acreage of the coming season,

he more generally available. Soy-bean

meal, a by-product of oil making, is a

valuable food and no doubt will come

into more general use with the increas~

ed production of soybeans.





Where dried soy beans are available

they may be baked with or without

pork, like navy and other beans. They

should be soaked over night and should

be cooked longer than other kinds of

beans. Dried soy beans have been can-

ned in considerable quantities during

the past season, baked with pork, and

are on sale in this form in numerous

markets. Canned green soy beans,

which may be compared with lima

beans, also are on the market in some

sections of the country. Both these

canned products yield as high a propor-

tion of energy, and a higher proportion

of protein, than the canned beans with

which they are most closely cempar-

able, and so are more nourishing. Both

are produced and handled usually at a

lower cost than other beans and Should

therefore, be obtainable at much lower

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the first year until peas come in the

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the flowers.





Set a row of rhubarb roots along a

fence and use them for a background

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flowers.



Where a quick growing vine is need-

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a pumpkin vine. Feed these with plen-

ty of manure and the big leaves and

yellow blossoms will surprise you.





In colonial times the tomato was

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the flower garden. Try training a

thrifty plant on a wire fence and have

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Buckwheat and sunflowers are as good

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flowers and both will furnish chicken

feed.



A grape vine makes a quick growing

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May 1, 1917.



Wheat—No. 2 red wheat reached

the $3 mark on the local exchange

last Saturday. This establishes a new

record price, but the situation is such

that still higher values are likely to be

recorded. September wheat is reflect--

ing the price outlook for the new crop

on a basis of $1.98 per bushel. Crop

conditions have shown some improve-

ment since a week ago. Rains have

materially aided winter wheat and re-

ports are more encouraging from both

high and bottom lands. Spring wheat

farmers have also been able to crowd

their work both in the northwestern

states and in the provinces of Canada.

Despite this improvement, the crop 18

going to be short, and large areas are

already being plowed up for spring

grains. Foreign demand ls steady,

while primary receipts are running

just a little below those of 1916. One

year ago No. 2 red wheat was quoted

at $1.231/2 per bushel. Quotations for

last week were:





 





 





No. 2 No. 1

- Red. White. July

Wednesday . . . . .2.80 2.77 2.21

Thursday .2.83 2.80 2.23

Friday . . ..2.97 2.84 2.29

Saturday ....... 3.00 2.97 2.29

Monday ........ 3.00 2.97 2.29

Tuesday . . . .. 2.85 2.82 2.20





Chicago—May- wheat $2.571/2; July

$2.13; Sept. $1.821/4. _

Corn.—Corn values are ruling fully

ten cents above those of a week ago,

and the grain is in good demand at the

new figures. Supplies are short and

the United States visible supply shows

a decrease of 2,333,000 bushels. While

farmers are planning on increasing the

acreage of corn, it is figured that the

scarcity of wheat will overcome the

depressing effect resulting from any

extra supply of corn that may be

grown this season. A year ago No. 3

corn was quoted at 761/2c per bushel.

Last week’s Detroit quotations were:

N o. 3 N0. 3

Mixed. Yellow.





Wednesday ...... . 1.59 1/2 1.61 1/2

Thursday . . ........ 1.60 1.62 _

Friday ............ . 1.62 1.64

Saturday ........... 1.62 1.64

Monday .......... . . 1.63 1.65

Tuesday . . . ..... . . . 1.61 1.63

Chicago. Mary corn $1.45-%,; July





 





$1.39; Sept. $1.32%.



Oats—Oat values are about steady

with those of a week ago. This crop is

being sown generously, especially in

the states that normally grow large

crops. This with liberal stocks on hand

has kept values from advancing with

the quotations for wheat and corn. The

visible supply decreased 833,000 bush-

els. Standard oats a year ago were

quoted at 470 per bushel. Last week’s

Detroit quotations were:





No. 3



Standard. White.

Wednesday 781/2 78

Thursday 79 781/2

Friday ................ 79 78112

Saturday ...... 79 78%,

Monday ........... ., . . . 78 . 77%;

Tuesday .............. 7 761/2





Chicago.—May oats 671/80 per bu;

July 631/50; Sept. 5514c.



Rye.—Two cents more has been ad-

ded to last week’s advanced price, and

No. 2 is now quoted at $2.02 per bushel.



Beans—Further advances are re-

ported in this trade, and the local quo-

tation is now at $10 for cash and May

shipment. Demand is rm and tran-

sactions are small, due to light stocks.

At Chicago prices continue strong with

Michigan pea beans, hand-picked, quot-

ed at $10.50@11; red kidney $8.50 per

bushel. '



Peas—Peas are firm at Chicago,

with field varieties quoted at $3@3.40

sacks included.



Seeds—Prime red clover $10.90;

€3cg%ber $11.50; alsike $11.50; timothy





 





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





Flown—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $14.90; seconds $14.50; straight

‘ $14.20; spring patent $14.90; rye flour

$12 per bbl.



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

are: Bran $45; standard middlings

$45; fine middlings $46; cracked corn

$64; coarse corn meal $64; corn and

oat chop $57 per ton.



wHay.-—In carlots at Detroit: No. 1





'* timothy $15.50@16; standard timothy





$.51, 50@15: No. 2 timothy $13.50@14:

15;! ~mixed $14.50@15; No. _1 mixed





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17.75; No. 2 timothy $15.75@16‘.75; .No:

1 light mixed $15.75@16.75; No. 1 clo-_

ver, mixed $16.50@17; No. 1 clover

$16.75@17.25.



Straw—In carlots, on track Detroit,

rye straw $10.50@11; wheat straw

$9.50@10.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





Batten—The market is firm at 51/20

decline from last week’s prices. Quo-

tations as follows: Creamery extras

371/20; do firsts 36%c; dairy 330; pack-

ing stock 260.



Elgin.—Prices declined 70. Reaction

to higher prices are usually expected

after such a slump. The price, based

on sales, is 370, which is 70 lower than

last week.



Chicago—The trade is good, espe-

cially for the under grade. Supply and

demand both good. Prices are 50 low-

er than last week. Extra creameries

38c; extra firsts 371/20; packing stock

290 per lb.



Poultry—Market is steady with de-

mand good at unchanged prices. No.

'1 hens 24@25c; No. 2 do 22@23c;

small do 220; ducks 23@24c; geese

15@160; turkeys 25@26c.



Chicago—Prices are slightly lower

for fowls and ducks. Receipts are

moderate with market steady. Fowls

22c; roosters 17c; broilers 11/2@1% lbs

$8@9 per dozen; ducks 15@190; geese

13@15c; turkeys 12@220. _



Eggs—The demand is active and the

market firm at a price 1140 lower than

last week. Fresh firsts 33%0; current

receipts 331,40



Chicago—This market is easier and

prices 21,.ic lower. Receipts are good

and many are going into coolers. Con-

sumptive demand is fair. Fresh firsts

31@32c; ordinary firsts 30@3lc; mis-

cellaneous lots, cases included -30@

311/2c per dozen.



Dressed Calves—Market at Detroit

is steady. Fancy 17@171/zc; No. 2, 14

@150 per lb.



Chicago—The trade is light, receipts

being small; 50@60 lbs. weight 131/2@

14c; 60@80-lb. weight 14@15c; 90@110

lbs. 15%@17c; extra fancy 171/20.





 





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples—Market firm with prices

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

Steele’s Red $8 per bbl. At Chicago the

demand is good for well gradedstock,

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—The market is easier as

consumers prefer new potatoes at the

present prices. Qiiotations: In carlots

at Detroit in sacks, Michigan $2.90@3

per bushel. At Chicago no Michigan

stock was reported. Market is slightly

lower and easier. Prices range from

$2.25@2.75 per bushel. At Greenville

potatoes are selling at $2.95 per bushel.





WOOL.





 





Considerable activity attended oper-

ations in the wool market last week,

with prices firm to higher. The old

clip is being rather closely picked up,

especially since 'manufacturers have

taken on big orders from the federal

government. Fleeces are being held

firmly by producers, they believing

that still higher price levels will obtain

later on. At Boston last week 250,000

lbs. of fleeces were sold at prices rang-

ing from 44@59c. ' . .





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





The egg market opens this week at

unchanged prices. Creamery butter

dropped off to 370, which is 7c lower

than last week, but dairy butter re-

mains practically unchanged. Potatoes

have not been in so strong demand of

late and the price‘here is around $2.80.

On the contrary beans are higher, with

$10, or very nearly that figure, as the

basis. Wheat is close to $3 and other

grain continues to‘climb.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





The market was small on Tuesday

morning of this week with former pric-

es holding firm. Apples sold at $1@

2.50; lettuce 90c; rhubarb 400 per

bunch; eggs 38c; no hay in sight.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





April 30, 1917.

Buffalo.



Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 150 cars; hogs 60 d. d.; sheep 40

d. d.; calves 2000 head.



With 150 cars of cattle here today

the trade on the shipping steers was

absolutely rotten, the bulk 91’ them 25

@500 lower. The cow and heifer stuff

was. very scarce and most -'of them

sold about steady. There were very

few stockers here and a good demand.

The' hull trade was slow and a little

easier. , . ~



Receipts of hogs'here today were





 





TH E M I CHIGANFARMER





about 60 dbub‘le decks. Liberal runs

all over the west and loWer prices

forced our market down 10@15c from

Saturday’s best time, while pigs and

lights were extremely dull and in most

cases a strong‘quarter. lower. A few

selected loads sold at $16.25, with the

bulk around $16; pigs and lights, as

to'weight and quality, from $13.50@

14; roughs $14@14.25; stags $12@13.



' . With a moderate run of lambs today

our market opened up active and pric-

es steady with the close of last week.

About all sold and we look for steady

prices last of the week, depending

chiefly on receipts.



We quote: Clipped lambs $14@

14.25; clipped heavy lambs $12.25@

12.50; cull to common $10@12.75;

yearlings $12@12.50; clipped wethers

'$11.25@11.50; clipped ewes $10@11;

clipped bucks $8@10; best calves

$12.50@12.75; common and light $9@

115;O heavy $8.50@11; grassers $6@





Chicago.

— April 30, 1917.



Cattle..Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..20,000 51,000 12,000

Same day 1916..14,318 49,997 7,045

Last week ...... 41,080 139,589 66,296

Same wk 1916..43,333 136,111 59,993

The week opens today with a large

cattle supply for these times, but the

prices are called steady to 100 lower,

sales of desirable lots being at un-

changed figures. Hogs are 10@15c

lower, with a large supply and sales

at $14.50@15.90. Hogs received last

week averaged 213 lbs. The lamb and

sheep market is fully 50@75c higher,

with prime clipped lambs selling at

$14 and choice wooled lambs at $17.35

and some prime wooled lots held at



still higher figures. ,





Cattle receipts last week underwent

such a large falling off in numbers, fol-

lowing, the sharp declines in prices of

the preceding week, that sellers were

in a position to demand higher prices

for most kinds. There was an active

general demand, with shippers doing

their share in buying, and the offer-

ings were readily taken, with the bulk

of the steers going at $10@12.50. The

choice to extra class of long-fed heavy

steers had quick sales at'$12.75@

13.40, with sales of a good class of

steers at $12@12.70, while a medium

class of light-weight short-feds sold at

$11@11.95. Ordinary to fair light-

weight killers sold for $10 and upward,

and sales of inferior little steers were

made in rather limited numbers at

$8.50 and over. Yearlings of a desira-

ble kind found ready buyers at $11.25

@1265, with sales made all the way

down to $9@10 for the commoner of-

ferings of these steers. There was a

lively market for butcher stuff, with

cows taken at $7.90@11.25 and heifers

at $7@11.75, while cutters sold freely

at $7.20@7.85, canners bringing $5.85

@715 and bulls $6.75@10.25. Calves

were much‘ lower in prices than during

the recent high time, with sales made

all the way from $6@12.25 per 100 lbs.

for coarse heavy to prime light veal-

ers. A moderatebusiness was tran-’

sacted in stockers and feeders, with

the former going at $7.50@9.65 and the

latter at $8.75@10.25. Sales took place

of feeding cows at $7@7.75, feeding

heifers at $7.65@8.50 and stock and

feeding bulls at $7@7.75. Milkers and

springers were in fair demand at $65@

125 per head, the inquiry being mostly

confined to good cows. Illinois and

Nebraska prime heavy beef steers sold

at $13.40 for consignments averaging.

from 1468 to 1541 lbs., and steers

weighing over 1300 lbs. comprised but

a small share of the offerings. A big

share. of the steers received weighed

from 1050 to 1200 lbs., being short-fed.

Steers of a middling kind were largely

15@25c higher. Prime yearlings would

have brought $13, had“ they been of-

fered.



Hogs were on the down grade in

prices the larger part of last week,

following the previous boom, with ral-

lies at times on improved buying or-

ders, although eastern shippers were

usually only moderate purchasers, tak-

ing mainly the better class of heavy

and light hogs. Heavy hogs continued

the best sellers, the demand in the

meat trade running largely on weighty

hams and loins of fair weight. Light

weight hogs, which make cuts too

small for the popular taste, had the.

least action. Receipts of hogs have

been increasing, and on the opening

day of last week 45,491 head arrived in

the market. Much of the time lack of‘

aggressive buying by the local packers

resulted in weakness of prices, but low

priced hogs look a long way off. At

this time in 1911 hogs were selling at

$5.60@6.15, while at the same time win

1904 they brought $4.25@4.87‘1,é. Larg'é

er receipts of hogs and a poor shipping

demand combined to put prices doWn

some, but there was a late rally that

landed prime hogs at $16.05. <On Sat.

urday sales were made of heavy pack:

ing hogs at .$15.35,@15.85; light b‘aco‘n





*vslli-ppinig‘ lots at _$15.65@15.80;~ light

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ping hogs at $15.85@16 and pigs at

$10.50@13~.85, according to weight. and





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ing 130. to 135 lbs.





There appears to be no limit to the

advances in prices for lambs, yearlings

and sheep, and several new high rec-

ords were witnessed during the last

week, quotations soaring far higher

than were ever seen before in, the his-

tory of the trade. The demand for

choice live muttons continued. in ex-

cess of the offerings. The‘ week’s re-

ceipts were materially reduced, and

advances took place of 40@900 in

lambs, prime lots rising the most.

Sheep and yearlings advanced 25@500.

Lambs closed at $13.50@16.90; fat

heavy lambs at $15.25@16.25; feeding

and shearing lambs at $14.50@15.50;

yearlings at $13.25@15; wethers at

$12.25@13.50; ewes at $8.50@13.50;

bucks at $10@12; spring lambs

brought $14@17.50, and clipped lots

sold as follows: Lambs $12.25@13.50;

yearlings $11@12.25; wethers $10.50@

11.90; ewes $6@11.50.



Horses were in unusually meagre

supply last week, and there were too

few desirable animals to meet the de-

mand, prices ruling firm. Army horses

were salable at $120 for riders and

$150@160 for gunners, and the numer-

out horses rejected by army inspectors

sold at low figures. Drafters were

quoted at $185@285, farm chunks at

$60@200 and 'expressers at $75@210.





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





Provisions are selling at far higher

prices than a year ago, and so are the

fresh pork products, but this appears

to have no particular effect in check-

ing their consumption. The foreign

demand for lard and bacon is well

maintained, and exports from Atlantic

ports are as large as a year ago, in

spite of the kaiser’s submarine war-

fare. '



A short time ago an Illinois stock-

man marketed in Chicago a carload

of prime heavy hogs which netted the

nice sum of $3,620. Hogs make big

money at ruling high prices, the top

for the year to date standing at $16.50

per 1.00 lbs. There have been big

breaks in prices since then, but prices

are still far above those paid in other

years. As is the case with cattle, the

farmers are anxious to get their hogs

to market without any delay, as they

are far more impressed with the dear-

ness of corn than with the high prices

paid for matured hogs. Hogs are still

marketed mostly short in weight com-

pared with other years, although there

are now weekly gains in weight. Re-

cent rcceip‘ts in the Chicago stock

yards averaged 217 lbs., comparing

with 212 lbs. a week earlier, 220 lbs.

one year ago, 233 lbs. two years ago,

232 lbs. three years ago, and 245 lbs.

four years ago. There is wide varia-

tion in the quality of the hogs, as well

as ini their weight, and the extreme

spread of prices amounts to as much

as $1.60 per 100,1bs., with the bulk of

the sales within a range of 45c. The

best prices are paid for prime heavy

shipping barrows such as are especial-

ly wanted. by eastern shippers, with

the best light shipping hogs selling

about 200 below top figures. Common

light bacon hogs are the lowest sell~

ers, with pigs going at an extremely

large discount, this being true even of

pigs weighing up to 135 lbs. The de-

mand for hogs to ship to eastern pack-

ing points, which was extremely large

a number of weeks ago, has fallen off

to extremely small proportions, and

this renders competition between. buy-

ers much less keen than it was.



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Thursday’s Market.

May 3, 1917.

Cattle.





 





' Rec: pts 2332. There was more good

u" 1 cattle nan usual on the local market

.9? this va ek and this class of steers was

25@5( lower than at the same period

a wee ago. Cows, bulls and common

butcm stuff held about steady but

‘1 R slow. here was a more active demand

1 from 1e country for stockers and

" i’eeder . Milch cows that are good are

in act 0 demand but common grades

‘9 have 1 a he sold for canner prices. Mr.

. Harry Conley, of Marshall, had the

best 1' rd of cattle on the market this

1 week cat was ever sold here. They

avera; Ad 1048 lbs. and were sold by

. Bishol . Bullen d: Holmes to the New-

:5 ton P. Co. for $11.75 a hundred. Pres-

ident homas E. Newton, of the com-

pany, .iought them himself and they

will b. slaughtered for-their city trade.

f The C so was dull at the decline. Best

'5 heavy teers $10.50@11.75; best handy

{ ueigh butcher steers $9.50@10; mixed

. steers and heifers $8.50@9.25; handy

1 light 1 itchers $8@8.50; light butchers

“ sprees. .: best cows $8.75@9.50; butch-

‘ * . er co 1 $8@ 8.50; common cows $6.75

2 @725 canners $6@6.75; best heavy

bulls . )@9.50; bologna bulls $8@8.50;

stock .ulls $7978; milkers and spring-



ers $5 (17:90. .

Sam «21, S., B. & G. sold Mich. B. Co.

1 cow wgh 1140 at $7.50, 3 do av 1207

at $8. 2 do av 1060 at $8.75, 2 do av

1350 :‘ $8.50. 3 do av 980 at $7.50, 1

bull v :h 1430 at $8.85, 20 butchers av

879 at 39.50, :2 heifers av 680 at $8.50;

; to Ne. 1,011 B. (‘0. 15 steers av 1116 at

3* $10.60 cows av 890 at $6.50, 1 do wgh

3 880 at $6.25; to Bresnahan 2 .stockers

I av 65' at $8. 4 cows av 707 at $7, 2

do av 1.060 at $8.25, 3 do av 990 at

‘. $7.25; to Mason 13. Co. 1 bull wgh 1610

" at $8.3 1. 6 butchers av 703 at $8.25, 2

4: do av '.‘65 at $8.50; to Breitenbeck 26

7' do av 897 at $9.60; to Mich. B. Co. 1





cow ugh 1230 at $8.25, 15 steers av

827 at 39.40, 1 bull wgh 1520 at $9.25;

to Staidard 6 stockers av 530 at $7.50,

I 4 do 500 at $8; to Bray 3 cows av

857 at $6.75; to Goose 3 butchers av

773 at $3; to Thompson 12 do av 1022

at $9.50. 13 do a-v 1061 at $9.85, 8

steers av 970 at $9.25, 3 cows av 907

at $8, 1 bull Wgh 1640 at $9, 1 do wgh

1500 at $8.75; to Hammond, S. & Co.

26 steers av 975 at $10.25; to Mindick

Co. 7 do av 1262 at $10.85; to Sullivan

P. Go. S: cows av 1033 at $8.60, 3 steers

av 118’.“ at $10.75, S cows av 990 at $8;

to Mason B. Co. 15 steers av 770 at

$9.85; to Burden 6 steers av 571 at

$8.10; to Bray S cows av 830 at $6.75.

. Calves.

K ReC{~l})tS 991. The veal calf trade

was active from start to finish at last

." week’s prices. Best grades $12.25@

12.50; culls $9.@11; heavy $7@8.50;

the close was steady.



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

145 at $12.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 7 av

135 at $12.50. 5 av 125 at $12.50, 4 av

103 at $10; to Richmond P. Co. 5 av

118 at $11.25; to Nagle P. Co. 5’ av

125 at $12.25.



Sheep and Lambs. .



Receipts 1582. The sheep and lamb

trade was strong 50c higher than last

week and active at the advance. One

bunch of good lambs brought $13.75:

1 bulk of sales for good were at $13.50;



the ru is are very small at present and

no spring lambs are coming at all.

1 Prices; averaged as follows: Best

lambs q€13.50; fair lambs $12.50@12.75;

light to common lambs $9.50@11; fair

to g01‘11 sheep $9.50@10; culls and

common $6658.



Blsl'np, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co.

232 19' lbs av 75 at $13.50, 15 do av 45

at $1’ "‘0; to Newton B. Co. 25 do av

. . 75 at 13.50: to Thompson 105 do av

70 at 13.50; to Sullivan P. Go. 107 do

av 75 ‘t $13.50. 13 do av 50 at $11: to

Parke . W. & Co. 68 do av 65 at $13.50.

16 do av 50 at $11, .66 do av 83 at





1' $13.40 to Sullivan P. Co. 145 do av

11‘ 80 at 12.50.

Erv i.‘ S. & J. sold Hammond, S. &





Co. 11 _, lambs av 81 110313.50, 19 do



I .av 50 t $11: to Sullivan P. Co. 103 do

av 73 ill $13-50, 3 do av 83 at $13.50.

7 she: "i av 105 at $10, 7 do av 90 at



. $7.50: :0 Nagle P. Go. 14 lambs av 75

at $13 0; to Thompson 43 do av 65 at

$13; 1 Standard L. S. 00. 9 do av 50

at $11 3 sheep air. 90 at $8.





ogs.



Rec: lpts 8609. The hog trade has

been i wry dull all the week on account

of the hog killers at two of the leading

packir: points being out on strike.

‘ ‘ . Packs ;-. expect to have their troubles

‘ 1 ' . ad my d today or tomorrow and are

' -, “Julius oday. , Prices averaged

likewise $15.50:





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Partial Dislocation of Stifle.—Have a

four-year-old mare which has occasion-

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bled with dislocation of the stifle icint;





C. S., Willis, Mich—Clip hair off stifle

and apply one part powdered can-





tharides, one part red iodide mercury ’





and eight parts lard every two weeks.



Abnormal Appetite—«I have a ten-

year-pld mare that has an abnormal

appetite, dating back to the middle of

last winter. This same mare was

punctured with fork, wounding hind

leg. We also have two colts that have

a great appetite for food, but are not

thriving. C. W. B., Pinckney, Mich:—

I am inclined to believe that all three

animals are troubled more or less with





worms; therefore, you had better mix 1

one part powdered sulphate iron, one .





part salt, one part ground nux vomi-

ca, one part ground fenugreek, [our

parts ground gentian; give the mare

a tablespoonful at a dose in feed three

times a day, and the colts two tea-

spoonfuls at a dose in feed night and

morning.



Chronic Grease Heel—I would like

to know what to do for a chronic case

otj scratches on a horse. One horse

has had the scratches for two years,

usually on hind legs. I can’usually

heal the sores, but they soon break out

again. I have tried out all of the dope

that our local Vet. prescribed and he

has now given up the case. Have used

all preparatory dope I have ever heard

of, with poor success. Applying zinc

ointment and giving Fowler’s solution

does more good than anything else. I

also have another horse that has sore

heels and is now in bad condition. For

the past year and a half I have fed

oats that slightly heated in the stack,

but am told by local Vet. that this feed

could do little harm. I am tired of ex-

perimenting and would like to‘know if

there is a remedy. W. B. L., Sheridan,

Mich—A chronic case of this kind is

incurable. The treatment, can only be

palliative. Paint sores with equal parts

of tincture benzoin, “compound,” and

tincture iodine every two’ days and ten

days later apply one part tannic acid

and two or three parts glycerine,

brushing it on two or three times a

week. Give 1 dr. potassium iodide at

a dose in either feed or drinking water

twice a day.



Barren Sow—I have a sow that does

not come in heat, she is a natural hog

anti has already

have fed her parched corn and oats

several times. C. B. H., Bangor, Mich.

—Give her 10 grs. of ground nux vom-

ica, 40 grs. of ground capsicum and 60

grs. of ground ginger at a dose in feed

tw0 or three times a day. She may

suffer from a diseased condition of the

ovaries and will never breed.



.Enlarged Knees—We have a two-

year-old colt that was kicked some time

ago, injuring knee, causing a wound

which healed, but a bunch remains. We

have treated it with hot water and

commercial remedies without satisfac-

tory results. Please let us know if

colt can be cured. C. N., Wallace,

Mich.—-—Apply equal parts of tincture

iodine and spirits of camphor every

day or two.





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Selling Butter by Brand





FEW years ago the average buy-

A er of butter entered the grocery



store and ordered the amount

required, with the idea that all butter

Was alike and no questions were asked.

The clerk scooped out some ragged

chunks from a crock and slapped them

on a wooden dish with a paddle. He

sold the. wooden tray to the customer

at butter prices very frequently, but

that phase of the deal was usually ex—

pected and the consumer found no

fault.



Now many buyers of butter will en-

ter a store and request a pound pack-

age of butter of the brand which they

have tried and found satisfactory. If

they enjoy a certain brand they will

accept a substitute with reluctance,

and for this reason the development of

a good business in butter under a cer-

tain brand should be a profit winner

for the business farmer who can work

up a trade in such a brand. Butter can

easily be put up on the farm in the

oblong pound packages which are now

used by many creamery companies and

a. few farmers. One farmer in Michi-

gan is making a success of his butler

business by shipping the pound pack-

ages by parcel post. The packages are

labelled with the name of the farm as

the brand name for the butter and find

a. ready sale at a price which returns

a good profit for Ihe extra work.



The pares] post. should be used more

generally for the shipment of butter,

and this'can be carried on very profit-

ably in the first zone. While working

at one time in Detroit we received but-

ter by parcel post frequently, and it

was greatly appreciated. The producer

receives a couple of cents more per

pound profit than would have been re

ceived on the local market, and we sav-

ed about two or three cents per pound

on the price we would have paid for

first-class butter in Detroit. In addi-

tion we believed that the butter was

fresher and better than we had been

in 'the habit of buying at city stores.

The difficulty in using the parcel post

is to get the consumer to take the

trouble of handling the deal in a busi-

ness like manner. It. is quite the popu-

lar thing to worry about the "fearful”

lack of business ability among farmers

but it is nothing compared with the

careless manner in which some city

buyers will treat their obligations

While dealing with the farmer. Not all

city buyers are that way, but there is

a fine chance for the parcel post to

make good even after the past two

years of disappointment.



The value of selling butter by brand

depends upon producing butter of ex-

cellent quality. If a brand name sig-

nified poor quality it would be much

worse than no brand of all. In cities

possessing a municipal market there is

a good opportunity to dispose of first~

class butter under a brand. City buy-

ers liking good butter will go to the

trouble of carrying home two or three

pounds when they would hesitate at

the inconvenience of lugging home a

basket of vegetables. At the present

butler prices the product can be pro-

duced at a profit, even with the high

cost of feed.



The Michigan Legislature in 1915

passed what is known as the State

Brand Butter Law and this law is fully

explained in Bulletin No. 2 issued by

the Slate Dairy and Food Department.

The law is a good one and should have

a wholesome effect on the production

of good butter in Michigan. The law

became effective on January 1, 1916,

and, it is reported that seven creamer-

ies have been licensed to use the brand

and twenty or more have filed applica-

tions for the privilege. The value of

using a brand on butter that will signify

quality to the buyer, is evident to ev-

ery creamery man and farmer. In the





city grocery stores most of the butter





 





sold in the pound packages seems to





 





be labeled with private .brands or

trade-marks. It is evident from some

observation that consumers like to buy

butter in that manner and While the

selling cost is slightly increased by

such a method the buyer seems Willing

to pay the bill.



When the farmer expends his'ener-

gy in producing good butter and then

delivers it to the customer with a

“pretty picture" on the, cover, the pic-

ture may not make the butter better,

but the consumer knows What he buys.

It is just like the silver dollar. It does

not Contain a dollar’s worth ofrsilver

but when stamped with the name of a

country with a record of manufactur-

ing good money, we know that it is

worth a dollar. If the creamery can

make more money by handling butter

of quality under a brand name there is

no reason why the farmer with a small

butter trade cannot make his business

more profitable by adopting the same

method. R. G. KIRBY.





Whé? Standards





NDER authority of the grain stan«

U dard act the Secretary of Agri-



culture has fixed and established

official standards for wheat. The class-

es named below are effective July 1 of

this year.



The use of these standards after

they become effective is required for

wheat shipped from any point in the

United States in interstate or foreign

commerce and sold, offered for sale, or

consigned for sale by grade. The act,

howevei, permits the interstate or for-

eign shipment of grain sold by sample

or by type, or under any description

which is not false. or misleading, and

does not include any of the terms of

the official grain standards.



The standards for wheat promulgat-

ed divide wheat into the following

classes and subclasses:



Class 1. Hard Red Spring—This

class shall include all varieties of hard

red spring wheat, but shall not include

more than ten per centum of other

wheat 01' wheats. This class is divid-

ed into four classes, as follows: Dark

Northern Spring, Northern Spring, Red

Spring, Red Spring Humpback.



Class II. Common and Red Durum.

This class shall include all varieties of

durum wheat, but shall not include

more than ten per centum of other

wheat or whcal's. This class is divided

into three subclasses, as follows: Am-

ber Durum, Durum, Red Durum.



Class III. Hard Red Winter.—This

class shall include all varieties of hard

red winter wheat, but shall not include

more than ten per centum of other

wheat or “heats. This class is divided

into three subclasses, as follows: Dark

Hard W'inter, Hard Winter, Yellow

Hard \Vinter.



Class lV. Soft Red Winter.—This

class shall include all varieties of soft





red winter wheat, also red club and

red hybrid wheats of the Pacific North-

west, but shall not include more than

ten per centum of other wheat or

wheats. This class is divided into

three subclasses, as follows: Red Win-

ter, Red W'alla, Soft Red.



Class V. Common VVhite.—This class

shall include all varieties, except So-

nora, of common white wheat, whether

winter or spring grown, but shall not

include more than ten per centum of

other wheat or wheats. This class is

divided into two subclasses as follows:

Hard White, Soft White.



Class VI. White Club. This class

shall include all varieties and hybrids

of white club Wheat, and the common

white wheat known as Sonora, but

shall not include more than ten per

centum of other Wheat or wheats.



Each subclass of wheat is divided

into six grades, described as No. 1. No.

2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and Sample

Grade.



All standards are fixed on a dockage

basis. This contemplates that in the

grading of the wheat all weed seeds,

sand, and the like will be removed by

proper sieves and that the residue of

wheat will be graded according to its

quality and condition.





 





 





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increase your profits comply with the sani-

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companies etc. , and at a saving of time,

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and the germs of infectious disease! Instead of

using whitewash and then a disinfectant. use





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10 lbs. (10 gals ), $1. 00 and postage.

20 lbs. (20 gals. I, 82. 00 delivered.

60 lbs (50 gals I, $4 00delivered. f 6

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lMaster-John C. Ketcham, Heath: 8.



Overseer—C. H. Bramble, Tecumse .



Lecturer—Dora H. Stockmon, Lan-

sing.



Secretary—Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor.



Treasurer—~Frank Coward, Bronson.





 





 





BUILDING THE HOME BY CO-OPER-

ATION.





 





(Continued from last week).



Paper read at Kent County Graiige'

by Mrs. Clayton Johnson, of Bowne

Grange.



But we must always remember the

danger of overdoing the matter and we

are overdoing it whenever we make

ourselves mere machines that work

and eat and sleep. The finest mind

becomes dulled under these circum-

stances, and the keenest brain will

lose its power to think. We do not ex-

pect a grain harvester to cut the corn

for the silo, nor the cultivator to break

the heavy sod. And yet We use less

judgment when we train the human

machine so rigidly to one line of action

and then expect it to turn easily to

another.



If people are to think broadly and

kindly as men and women they must

begin to think broadly and kindly very

early in life. And no place has been

discovered yet where right thinking

can be- taught as successfully as in a

home. That brings the two points of

our circle together. We cannot give

our children what we have not yet

learned for ourselves“ At first this

looks like a hopeless’undertaking, a

vicious circle. But right here we catch

a glimpse of Infinite wisdom, in set-

ting the adult mind to learning and do-

ing for the sake of the child. Parents

instinctively seek to give their chil-

dren what their own childhood lacked.

Some people carry bitter memories

that time can never change, because

of a dwarfed and starved childhood.

They determine that no child in their

home shall ever suffer as they suffered.

But unless they do some very careful

thinking they will send their children

out in the world with equally bitter

memories, though of another sort.



The perfect home with perfect peo-

plein it who never made a mistake,

has never existed. But there can be

kindly spirit and constant study and

effort to be fair and right and unsel-

fish, which will so stamp itself upon

the mind of. the child that whatever

mistakes are made will not give the

pain of selfish motive. This unselfish

spirit reacts on everything 111 and

about the house and makes the home

complete. The spirit of fairness puts

into every room some small comfort,

some touch of beauty.



,Things that merely give pleasure be-

come worth while and take the1r place

among the necessities, not to any ex-

treme but within justice. Even the out-

side grounds, the yard, the fence and

the trees take on an air of protection

and interest. There are breaks in the

work-day program, holidays and pleas-

ure trips and plans that reach out far

beyond the fleeting dollars .to the

things of life that endure.



All these things and many more of

this kind go in a family so nurtured

by the right co-operation that it is

alive and growing, and evidence of

such growth accumulates, just as na-

ture clothes every bare spot with life

and beauty. This is healthful co-opera-

tion. The sunshine and food and exer-

cise which makes the very best crop

of boys and girls that can be grown.

There is a contrary atmosphere too,

and you Will not miss one guess in a

hundred as to its quality, from what

you see of the place where the crop is

grown. Believe, me, friends, we have

it in our power to makoot our chil-

dren what. we will. The opportunity is

not next year or when the farm is





 





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Discuss Pertinent Agricutural Top-

ics.—Forty-five members and visitors

attended the last all-day meeting of

the Washington Center Farmers’ Club





at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry.





English on April 12. ’The meeting was

called to order by President F. L. Cook.

After the regular order of business,

the question, “What was your best pay-

ing crop in 1916?” was answered by

some by giving hay, barley and lambs.

A portion of the farm loan law was

then read by Mrs. 0. J. Campbell and

discussed by Mr. Bowen, who thought

the farmers in the south and south-

west who must pay ten per cent inter-

eSt will consider the law of more ben-

efit than those who do not have to pay

so high a rate of interest. Dinner was

then announced and immediately the

meeting adjourned. After enjoying a

very fine dinner the meeting was again

called to order and was entertained by

violin and piano music. Roll call was

answered by naming a noted statesman

of today. Question, “Are we, as farm-

ers’ justified in fixing prices of our

products,” was led by l". L. Cook. The

farmers are justified in fixing prices

the same as any other business con‘

cern, but we need co-operation and or-

ganization to do it. “What breed of

cattle is best for this community?” was

the next question, led by Mr. English,

who favored the Durham as they bring

better prices as beef when they are

ready to turn over to the market. Oth-

ers favored the Holstein for their milk-

ing qualities. Mildred English then

entertained with a piano solo. Lewis

Franklin gave a recitation, and Mr.

English also recited. The time was so

well taken up and the hour was grow-

ing so late, the question box was omit-

ted. The Club adjourned to meet at

Elmdale Stock Farm, with Mr. and

Mrs. Frank Hunden, the second Thurs-

day in May—Cor. See.



New Club Organized—A very profit-

able and interesting meeting was held

Monday evening at the school house in

District No. 8 of Brockway township,

St. Clair county. This was arranged

by the teacher, Miss Willey, for the

purpose of organizing a boys’ and girls’

bean club, and was attended by over

thirty parents and young people of the

district. While it was called primarily

to organize a bean club, the older peo-

ple did not propose to be left behind.

and so organized a thriving Farmers’

Club of eighteen members. Miss Wil-

ley called the meeting to order and the

program was opened by singing several

patriotic songs. The St. Clair County

Agricultural Agent then explained the

objects and benefits to be derived from

club work, and assisted the boys in or-

ganizing a promising bean club. The

following are the officers and mem-

bers, and each will grow an acre of

beans, keeping a record of all ex-

penses, labor and proceeds from the

sale. of the crop: President, Herbert

Zinzo; vice-president, George Connell;

secretary, Roy Carless; treasurer, Les-

ter Zinzo. Elmer Carless, Hugo Car-

less, William Meharg, Verna Zinzo,

Thomas Carless and Craig Adams will

serve as the advisory board, Miss Zin-

zo acting as local leader. The boys de-

cided to name their organization “The

Ends of Promise Bean Club." This

not only serves as a name for the club,

but shows also that the young men are

taking up the work seriously and with

the idea of making the best possible

preparation for full and useful lives.

Matters concerning a Farmers’ Club

were. then taken up by the adult people

and one of the most promising organi-

zations of tis kind in the county was

formed, and the following officers were

elected: Wallace Adams, president;

Thomas Carless, vice-president; Ver-

na Zinzo, secretary; Nicholas Meharg,

treasurer. Program committee, Craig

Adams, Mrs. Thomas Carless and Mrs.

William Newell. Entertainment com-

mittee, Mrs. Nell Connell, John Cava-

nagh and Bert Holden. Menu commit-

tee, Mrs. N. Meharg, Mrs. Chas. Zinzo

and Mrs. David Rose. Other families

represented in the membership are

those of John Edgerton, Horace Hall,

Walter Brown and Joseph Cavanagh.

The first meeting will be held at the

home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carless

on May 17, at which time a permanent

date for the sessions each month will

be selected and a name for the Club

adopted. This makes a total of ten of

these splendidorganizations wholly or

partly in St. Clair county and they are

proving to be one of the most vital

factors in developing 'a more profitable

agriculture and a better and richer

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O I. C. Boars and Gilto all aoldl am booking orders

.cfor March and April ni either sex. single. or in

parts not akin, A. J. BAR ER, Belmont. )Iich.R.R.





0.I.C. and Chester White Swine





Strictly Big Type with Quality. Gilts bred for Spring

furrow. nllsold. Five fine Rept. ilts bred for July

furrow. Have a few good fall pigs eft. eithorsex. We

are also hooking orders for early Spring pigs. Oan

furnish In pairs not. akin.



Newman’s Stock Farm. Max-lotto. Mlch. R. 1.





. Bred gllts are allsold.

0o '0 c- SWINE. Ordgr flpflll‘ Ora trio

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

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’ Bred sows all sold. Have a few d

0‘ I. C 8. last Bopt. boars and this spring $323.

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llnen of many of the most noted champions of the

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Look Out Lad, who waagrand Champion at the Nation-

nI Swine Show. I am booking orders for spring pigs,“

be shipped about May let. Write me for prices.



George E. Starr, . - - (l rams Lake. Mich.





 





HORSES





Percheron Stallions

25 Must Be Sold





Also 2 Imported

Clydesdale Stal-

lions. Spring Sale

Prices are now on





Palmer Bros,





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Registered Pereherons. Big black stud colt coml 3.

sound and sure. Big boned rugged filly '2 past. bragsby

M. A. C. All-m pair of mates 4 and 5 years old. Como

and see them.



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REGISTERED PERC HERON





Mares and Stallion: rlcod to «311.1 cl 1 '

L. C. HUNT. p EATON ii" $01008“. £11133.





FOR SALE





_One Iron Gray Percheron Stallion, re —

1stered, 3 years old. One pair of Spanis



Mules age 6 and 8, weight 2100. One

Spanish ack. Two Holstein bulls re ~

istered, mostly white, sired by a 33-1 .

bull;one is 2} yrs, one is 4 mos. adand .

Milford P. 0., Highland Phone and .

R. station. D. E. Dean, Milford, Mich.





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Herd established 1891. 200 Head

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PERCHERON Stallions. one coming five, one com-

lnitwo. one coming one. Priced to sel .

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' S. C. White Leghorns. 5,000 for Ma.y,at

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Cheaper than hatching eggs. We

Baby Chicks specializein Leghorns Rocks and

Beds. Send for catalogue. Twentieth Century

Hatchery Company. Box 162. New Washington, Ohio.





Rocks Red-.0311!



Wysndqttes. . g o s.

Bestlayingstrams. Shi‘

eveawhere. Prices righ





Ilffll POUIJII FARM! I IIA‘I'CIOEII. Dept. 10. TIFFII. fill.-





 





' 50,000 S.C.White and Brown Leghorns at



Elli] climb: $10.00 er 100390.00 per 1,000.Safe arrival

aranteed. Also overs and Brooders. Catalogue

ree. Wolverine Hatchery. Box 2221, Zeeland. Mich.





 





IOHN'S big beautiful hen-hatched Barred Rocks.

Q cod layers. Breeding gene (5 birds) $10 to $2). Eggs

30.%2.50; 11X). $7.0irculal‘s. hotoJoliu Nortlion. Clare.Miclr.





EGGS FROM STRAIN with

Barred ROCkS: records to 297 e gs a year 32

per 15. Delivered by sarcel post. prepai . Circu at

free. Fred Astling. onstantine. Mich.





Ferris White Leghorns





Special summer prices now. on

Q- hens. breeding males. eggs for

"€ hatching and day-old chicks. Eight—

weck-old pullets ready June lst.

Write for catalog and price list.





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





 





 





 





 

 





 

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 





 





 





 





Barred Plymouth Rock Egg: 323‘ 213,1 ”1‘3“?“ #3::

winningstrain. J. A. arnum. Union City, Mich.





and Baby Chicks. Four Pullets

'IrI'CC "OCR Egg: Layed 950 Eggs in one year.

W. C. Coflman. . 3, Benton Harbor. Michigan.





f h t -hi , $1 or 15

Barer Rock Eggs "" ‘L: 35“,?” mo."

GEO. D. C ARKE, R. 2, Lowell, Mich.





“200-Egg’ ’ PedigreeWhiie Loghoms





Baby Chicks. Eggs for Hatching

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

by Missouri Experiment. Station males with pedigrees

of 200 to 274 eggs in one yea r. Chicks, $2.5 for 100, $1

for 500. Eggs for hatching, $10 for 100. Thousands of

satisfied customers. Book your order at once for

eggs for hatching and baby chicks of quality. We

sell Magic Breeders. best brocilers made, $16.50 each.

capacity 3’)" to 5 chicks. Catalogue. Michigan

Poultry Farm, Lansing. Mich. “Michigan's



. Largest Poultry Farm."





HYBILT S. B. W. LEGHURNS





Large, Great layers, Pure White





Proved e E type from like ancestry. Not the “Beat in

the Wor ." but None Better for beauty and laying

ability. Laybilt Leghorne mean either betterquality

at the same price or the same qualit at a less price

Selected hatching eggs.81.5()per15, srcel Postpaid:

$7) per 100: 9 % fertility guaranteed. Strong Day-Oid

Chicks, $12 |per 100. Guaranteed delivery "live and

lively. Ever resh Egg Farm. lonla. Mich.





S. 6. White leghoins





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

for sale. These males are from 200 egg strain and

are offering them for $3 each. Also about 200

fine April hatched pullets at a great bargain.

Eggs for hatching March and April $5 per 100.

We will glady give references on all our sales.





KIIEIIIEL 3008.. Box 624, East lansing. Mich.





CHICKS are booking orders now for spring de-

9 livery. diil'erent varieties, free booklet.

Import Hatchery. Box 12. Freeport, Michigan





 





 





 





 





 





steps chicks dying





Nearly all the chicks you lose

die from White Diarrhoea or Chick

Cholera. Avicol is guaranteed to cure

and prevent this costly disease, also

Black-head in turkeys and all other

bowel diseases of poultry. Leading

poultry breeders. everywhere use an

endorse Avicol. Easily given, in the

drinking water. Saves your chicks

end makes them grow faster. good

ionic and conditioner for all poultry.



Bond -Guaranteed to do

the work or money prom tly refund-

ed. Avicol is s new sc entitle dis—

covery—nothing else like it. Your

poultry remedy dealer can supply

you. If not. we will

send you Avicol by mail

pre aid. Price 25c

vs In 50c. Don't sc~

cent a substitute.





Burrell-Miller



113 Hoosier Block



Indianapolis,

Ind.





 

 





 

 





 





SaveYour Chicks-FREE





Send two names to The Wi ht Company,





25 Main, Lamoni, la. and t ey Will send

you enough IOWI'I‘E Chick Tonic absolutely free to

save forty chicks from White Diarrhea. This remark-

able disease preventative is guaranteed to save ninety

percent of every hatch of chicks. It has helped 10.000

poultry raisers save their chicks and make more

money. It is certainly worth while to write The Wight

Co.. for this wonderful chick saver.





Homestead Farms





Offers tested thorobrcd poultry; Stock that with

natural and convenient care. will give eggs

thru the Winter; stock that





 





has given eggs thru the Winter



M > just passed.

Our poultry stock is all free

Thoroughber range. no yards (exce tbreeding

——- pens). In Winter our ens are in





' (‘olony Houses holding 30, 50.100,

Prlcilcal Poul"! 140 and 150 fowls—housed as Lsuits

_'-" — convenience.as the average farmer

will house his fmvls, they are bred to natural farm

conditions and will lay with the care that the farmer

can give. .



During the past Winter eggs have been shipped reg-

ularly to Chicago families—farm products direct de-

livery. We ofl'er:





Day-Old Chicks and Hatching Eggs





Single Comb White Leghorne



' Single Comb Brown Leghorns

Single Comb Black Minorcas

Single Comb Buff Leghorns

Barred Plymouth Rocks

White Plymouth Rocks

Bufl Plymouth Rocks (Limited).

Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds ‘

White Wynndotte

White Pekln and Indian Runner Duck Eggs

Day-Old Ducklings

Geese Eggs

White Holland Turkey Eggs



Homestead Farms is demonstrating the moral and

economic value of federated interests: it is making

poulin~ a profitable farm stock to the farmers of its

own immediate vicinity.



If you want. licd Blood Practical Poultry that will

give eggs in Winter as well as in Summer. buy our

stock which is bred to conditions under which you can

yourself conveniently keep poultry. . .



We quote you prices and give our own experience in

our descriptive circular which we will mail to you.

Will you send for it?





HOMESTEAD FARMS, Bloomingdale, Mich.





 





RHODE ISLAND REDS and PLYMOUTH ROCKS

Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to age 32 to 35: RR. hens

weight 5 to 10 lbs.. eggs 15 for $1.50; 100. $6: 120, 31%).

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

to 886 '6 to ‘25. 10 eggs S4. A. E. Cranlion. Vassar. Mich,





BOSE 00MB BROWN LEGHIIIINS





Eggs from prize winners. Farm range. Prices: 15

eggsSl: 100 eggs 35. D. I‘ILON SPOTTS. Hillsdale. Mich





 





 





' pure bred Youngs S. C. W. Leghorns

Baby chick: and P. B. Rocks, 8 cents and up. Cata-

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





FOR SALE Pm‘wfmh



CHAS. KLETZLEN. BATH, MICE.

, .



r o R 5 AL E is: possessimss





per 15. E. D. Van Natter. Standish, R 3, Mich.





THE CAVANAGH LEGHORN





‘ “Lays and Lays Profitably”

Vigor,Egg Production, Longevity





1000 hens as breeders on free range.

Hatching Eggs 51.50—15. S 7.00 per 100

Baby Chicks $2.70i—15, $16.00 per 100



Fertilized eggs—full count and safe arrival of chicks

guarantee



CAVANAGH POULTRY FARMS



Route 3 Lansing, Michigan. l'. S. .

“30 years Experience—Insurer; Quality."





BUFF LEGHORNS H





Dr. William A. Smith. Petersburg. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





Brod to lay S. C. W. Leghorn hens at $2

For sale each, bred from 280 to 260 egg stock: also

eggs for hatching. Leon C. Wheeier, Barryton, Mich.





 





F ' ’ Bull Rocks.I am now booking orders fore 9

Mi or 8 at, $1.50 for 15. $3 for 3:), st for 50. 37 for} .

Pen No. 1, $4 for 15. Also. one 2 yr. old White Hol-

land Tom. R. B .Fowler. Hartford. Mich.





ATCHING Eggs from my 8. C. W. Leghorns utility





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

send 83 for 15. White Line Poultry Farm. Hillsdnlc.Micli.





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

horns. leading strains in America



Also W. China Goose and M. Pekin ducks.



MRS. CLAUDIA BETTS. Hillsdale, Michigan





E add Willi. W “uni“: E888 $1.25 per 15; $2.25

Egan]! z, ! per 30. $6.00 100





per .

A! 'RA CH. Marshall. Mich.





 





 





 





 





, My Young's Strain S. C.White

"“9ch Your Willi"! - Leghorns are great money

makers. Strong, vigorous. bred-to-layistock. Baby chicks

$8 to ‘1] per 100. Satisfaction gu aranteed. Large Orders filled.

Free catalogue. W. Van Appledorn. Holland, lich.. 11.7, Box 141.





 





Ml OBSE'Rfvghite Legzhorns.l 1State Cup iviinnessfirid

‘ mrvea owse ii eg ,c re 1; ,

Ema F)“, ,_ . .fluflgMorse. Begldiii‘g. Mich? ' 0°





metres 5.0. White 0...“...





. . _ orels. pullets. e a

' , ”iii! 3 layout on m- 100. MRS. WILLgf

géflfififine O , tzl‘gmr Boys! OakKMiohigan. S





”Tb. reduce stuck. are blood a o. summit-10:2-

: males tflg Ernie m

or ert





|‘ In “in . toils. .bi

farm raised 01:13:, " mend.wm‘l‘)”uim%:filil





 

 





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' Both Combs. Dark Red.

ii. '- “Cd “Him: and E g3. Winter Layem_ Bred by

more Michigan farmers t an any otherstrain Catalog.

free. Interlakes Farm, Box 39. Lawrence, Mich.





RINGLET ’ Barred Rocks. The famous showfaud



laying strain Eggs $2.00 for 1."). De-



livcrcd by Parccl Post from sclccted nisttings. Plain View Stock



Farm J.W..\’alinrd. Prop. Res. W. St Claire Sh. Romeo. Mich.



Reds. Ros d Si



Iloso Ilomb Rhoda Island Comb... Eggffim .3913;



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



Eggs and Chicks. Pure bred



R. and So Co Reds. stock. Also good Scotch Col-

lie Pups. 0. E. Hawley. Ludington. Mich.





 





 





 





 





HODE I. Whites win in the egg layin contest. Best

egg and market fowl. Eggs $2 £181. 15, 5 per 45. Baby

chicks. H. H. Jump. Jackson, ichigan.





 





R C. Br. Leghorns. Killp'hlltl Ma )lI‘WOOd strains with

. show and laying qualities. rite fm prices bcforc

ordering. Maplewood Farm. Dept. F. Navarre. ()hio





S. C. W. Leghorns i d B. d

Brill-ilk“ Eg s. 31 for 1.3, $1.5(iui‘ior26:1rg‘gfflIéggga.

Alpine Pou try arm. R. ‘3, Grand Rapids, Mich.





s Leghorn eggs from a 240 egg strain $2 or 1')

s c. W. Utilitv eggs. $3 per 100. HILL - CREST

POULTRY FARM. Ypsilanti. Michigan.





Single Comb Black Minorcas Serene

sired by all) lb.cock bird. R. W. Mills, Saline. Mich.





‘ ' 200 egg strain. Tom Bar h .

3.0!“. lflloms Baby chicks 15c each. fijalftclfirhsg

eggs we each. C. W. Gordon, l-‘owlcrviile. Michigan.





Plymouth Ilook Hatching E gs. {3.35; spasms:

ver and White. Sheridan Pou terarde,Sheridan.Mich

‘i ILVER, Golden and White Wysndottes. Eggs from





i... some grand matings. $1.50 per 15. 32.50 per 30. large

vigorous birds. C. W. Browning, R. 2 Portland. Rich.





RY some Silver Spangled Hamburg e for hat oh-

Ting. The Dutch everlasting layers W iie Holland

Turkey eggs. Fine Belgian Hare Docs bred tohigh class Bucks.

Pedigreed. Stamp for circulars. Riverview Fsrm. Vassar. Mich.





Cockerels each. Also Barred Book

Bufl Wyandolio and ann ottee ‘

. gs forhatch . 1.25

per 15. Mrs. R. W. BLACK. aro, Michigalnn.8 S





WHITEWyandottes. A.l le era. Eggs for hatchin

81. 82. .83 for-15. 87 per 100. pecial matin 85 1

DAVID RAY. 709 Norris 8t.. Ypsilanti. flichighn.





white Wyandottes. winter & summer layera. Eggs

$0.50 per 100 Baby Chix 812 per 100. Satisfaction





 





, guaranteed. Hemlock Poultry & ‘Stoclr Ferm.\_ Prescott. Mich.





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100. HUGH'Kmer'r. wraithisiligiigifi‘p”





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POULTRY HOUSE BUILDING

HINTS.





The wire on the open-front poultry

house should be of fine mesh to pre-

vent sparrows from entering the build-

ing and enjoying the feed hoppers

while they assist in spreading poultry

diseases from. contaminated yards

which may exist in the vicinity.



In constructing the curtains it pays

to use a good grade of canvas which

will not soon be torn and whipped out

of the frames by wind. The curtains

can be placed in slots along the side

of the wall. They can be easily push-

ed into place and the birds will not

roost upon them, as is frequently the

case when the frames swing back

where they are hooked to, the ceiling.



Some poultrymen find that it pays

to use one-half glass in their houses.

The glass permits light to enter on

stormy days and the other half of the

front which is protected by canvas in-

sures the birds receiving a good supply

of fresh air.



A fair sized feed bin in the laying

house can often be constructed of left-

over pieces of matched material and if

this bin is large enough to hold a

month’s supply of scratch feed it will

save several minutes at feeding time

as well as much heavy lifting in carry-

ing feed from the storage bins to the

laying house. A time-saver of this

kind is much appreciated on stormy

days.



A platform is necessary for the

drinking fountain or crocksgof sour

milk, as it is necessary to keep them

on an elevation to keep out accumula-

tions of litter. Clover can be given to

the birds wrapped up in a small roll

with poultry wire and suspended from

the wall. The hens pick at it during

the whole day, but it is never wasted

by being scratched around in the lit-

ter which becomes more or less un-

clean within a few hours after it is

placed in the house.



If wet meshes are used in feeding

the flock the mixture should be fed in

troughs which can be scalded frequent-

ly. These troughs should be hung on

nails on the wall after feeding time to

keep them as clean as possible.





Drive spikes through a long board

at intervals of one foot and then nail

the board to the poultry house wall

about one foot from the floor. This

will form a convenient method of feed-

ing mangels to the birds. The mangels

should be hacked up a little with a

knife to encourage the birds to pick at

them and if the nails point upward at

an angle of forty-five degrees few man-

gels will be pulled off and thrown into





- the litter.





The dropping boards must be clean—

ed every day and proper equipment is

necessary. Hang a bushel basket and

a hoe on nails near the roosts and they

will prOve time savers in that very

necessary work. During the freezing

weather a common garden spud will

be useful in breaking up and loosening

accumulations of dirt.





Ingham Co. R. G. KIRBY.





SPRING CARE OF BEES.





In View of the probable sugar supply

this year, it is highly desirable that

bee-keepers increase the production of

honey to the greatest possible extent.

To this end immediate steps should be

taken to insure the proper building up

of the colonies before the honey-flow

begins.



Bees need just three things during

the spring and all of these can be read-

ily supplied by the bee-keeper. These

are plenty of stores, plenty of r'ogm for

brood rearing, and plenty of. rotec-

tion. _ The, stores should, have. been





 





provided last 'fall,‘but in case colonies





 





aré found which- are not abundantly

supplied, asirup of granulated sugar

should be fed. Small. quantities from

day to day are usually less valuable





than a considerable quantity all at one}





time. This may be given on any warm

day, and should. if convenient, be fed

in a feeder entirely inside the hive.

Room for breeding usually can best

be given by providing each strong col-

ony with two hive bodies as soon as





freezing weather has passed. The one?





story, ten-frame Langstroth hive is

usually not large enough for a good

queen during the spring and, of course,

smaller hives cramp the colony still

more. Extra. room will be valueless

unless abundant stores are provided

and unless the queen is prolific.





In any locality wherevthe tempera-

ture drops to freezing in winter, bees

need winter protection, but many bee—

keepers fail to realize this. If proper

protection has been given during the

winter, this should be left on the hives

as long as possible. Even if colonies

have been neglected during the winter,





spring protection may help wonderful-o





ly in permitting the bees to build up in

time for the honey-flow. Protection

from wind is quite desirable.



If bees have been adequately cared

for, spring manipulations usually are

not necessary, but every bee-keeper

should be sure that his bees are well

supplied with the three essentials for

intensive brood rearing. It is not ad-

visable to spread frames of brood in

attempting to stimulate brood rearing.





Every bee-keeper should bend every





\energy this year to increasing the pro-





duction of honey. He will not only

find it profitable, since prices will

doubtless be good, but he will be aid-

ing the country by providing a product

of high food value when other sugars

are scarce.





HOPPER-FEEDING YOUNG CHICKS.



Giving chicks free access to food is

recommended by experienced poultry-

men in order to crowd them to early

maturity“ and the hopper system of

feeding is rapidly coming into favor

but the beginner will do well to be a.

trifle cautious at the outset.





An attempt of this kind may result

in diarrhoea due to indigestion, as the

chicks will sometimes gorge them—

selves on the theory that in that way

they would be less liable to over-eat

as might be the case if given such

liberty later on. Following the advice

of a poultry journal a mixture of which

wheat bran formed the principal part,

was placed in self-feeders before a

flock of chicks about three weeks old.

They ate it voraciously, but in a short

time bowel trouble developed to such

an extent that it had to be discon-

tinued.



Some young turkeys, a. little older

than the chicks, eating from the same

hoppers, received a. serious setback

from the same cause. Chick food of a

standard brand fed in the hoppers did

not have the same effect of the other,

but here again trouble came to the tur-

keys and several of them died. Dis-

section showed millet seed in the giz-

zards.



Whether or not these seeds were the

cause of death could not be proved.

The firm putting out the feed stated

that millet was always put in their pro-

duct and they had never heard of trou-

ble from it. However, it has been re-

ported among growers that millet is

injurious to young turkeys. It has a

very hard smooth shell and may not

soreadily yield to the grinding process

which goes on in the gizzard as other

seeds. Examination of the dead poults

proved that they had been well sup-

plied with sharp grit. The millet may





 





not‘have been at all responsible fer~





the loss of life in the case cited, but





the fact that these seeds were the only.





ones found in the gizzardsafter'deatli

certainlrlooks, residuals. ' "





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Chance





4‘7





Ten Days before date of publication.-





We Offer a Few Special Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels. Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a Small investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding. '



Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.





CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





Bulls b BLACK UALITY ITO. sire, .Flret prize.

Breeds; and Golf erds Mich. State Fair 1916. We

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

Jr. Champion Female and Grand Champion Cow. Also

breeders of Percheron. Ha -kney and Saddle Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. IONIA. MICH.





' H rd B ll.

FOR SALE llfé‘iitgffiroaéiT‘ii‘lémfmz a‘és:





istered Rull Calves an some good high grade Heifers.

GILMORE BROS. 3 - - Ca niden, Mich.





FOR SALE Good Angus bulls. bred cows. and

heifers. Prices reasonable.



Geo. Hathaway it Son, Ovid. Mich.



o and calves from





f service

Gum, Buns o h ice. dv. reg. breeding.

11V. HICKS. notice" i. anti. Coast. Mich.





GU E R N 8 BY S'i‘lfi‘tit‘x‘r‘z‘é

Containin blood of world champions.

HICKS’ OUIR SIY FARM. Saginaw. . 8.. Mich





GUERNSEYS Xi‘ia‘. 3:K.°ixfé"eo’3'fan'{§.‘€.





GEO. N. CRAWFORD. - - Bolton. Mich.





HOLSTEINS





AND





BERKSHIBES





All stock guaranteed as

represented





3 choice Bull Calves for fall use, with

large yearly record backing. Can-

not be beat as individuals. Berkshire

gilts bred to farrow in August, good

backs,large bone and from large lit-

ters. There is no better investment





in sight. -





SWIEABTMLE‘ FARM





PETERSBURG. MIC H.





“TOP MITCH” HOLSI‘EINS





Man years of carofull management and systematic

ban ing 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

and cows in the United 8tates.We have young bulls

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

this cow itnuthgm. gombineg wilth thatlgfpther no):

animalso 0 rec in our er s. wou insure m

pleasin results in almost any herd. McPHERSON

FARM CO.. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms,

amosvmm, MICH.

Have Some Fine Registered Stock For Sale





Holstein Bulls





lto9months old. Dani's A. B. 0. Our herd sire is

J chain! McKinley Sagi- 34. 1 nearest Dams aver.

age 27.3 BLISSVILDT FARMS. Jeniaon. Mich.





llsgislmd filming “'1 fine Youu bull eve





 





 





 





 





months of age A.n.o. breeding

Satisfaction glaranteed.W.B.Jones A J. l-‘Jaitz. Cohoctathicli.





olstein Calves. IO heifers. and 2 balls 15-16ths pure.

H8 weeks old. beautifully marhodJfiLOO each. cratod

for shipment anywhere. Ed‘swood ram.Whitewsisr,Wis.





EG. KOLSTEINS: Herd headed b Albina Bonte

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

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

$2 lbs. milk 332% lbs.W. B. READER. Howell. Mich





Cluny Stock Farm

100 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 100

THE MILK AND BUTTER KIND

Five lendid bull calves sold since January hit. 1917.

Only t ree more ready for sale at this time. ()im from

s 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 Oolantha Johanna Lad whose 7 nearest dams



average 23 lbs. of butter and 587 lbs. milk.





Write for pedigrees and prices.

It. BRUCE McPHERSON, HOWELL, MICH.





OAK LEAF FARM

Herd Sire

Ypslland Sir Pletertle De Kol

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

individuals 4 and 5 months old E. HUGearhartil

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





no. Holsteins. Place yonrorder now for a ball calf.

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

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





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

half-brotherof World's Champion cow. Send card

for pedigree a price. E. 3. Cornell. Howell. Mich.





Who's Mirna Sisal Fins £532.23 A053;





001:! on Shoanll to 0 service 0 kl to

3333.. pribel‘lnfi a s. flail In, aminfm'ieh.





342 Lbs. B UTT E B





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

hull sdam at 2 yrs.). his d-dam (at 3 rs.) and his

is gra -dam. Three 0 ’ oe young bu s from A. R.

lidame. lherd tuberculin tested annually. Holsteins

of course. Peaeeland Stockl'arm. Three Rivers. Mich.

Chas. ‘ Herdsman. C. L. Brod,- Owner, Port Huron. Mich.



‘ are bred Kol.

ohannisOroa-in-v





 

 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





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of Copy or cancellations must reach us. ‘





 





 





 





 





 





Second Annual Sale, Ypsilanti, Mich}





MAY 9,





10 A. M.





24 Granddaugliters of King of the Pontiac: and Pontiac Korndyke.





This exclusive breeder’s sale will include all of our this year’s ofl’er—





ings.

will include 24 daughters of our Senior Herd Sire, KING PONTIAC

JEWEL KORNDYKE, 94184—-—son of King of the Pontiacs, out of

a. daughter of DE KOL 2d’s BUTTER BOY 3d, and our Junior Herd

Sire, KING LUNDE PONTIAC KORNDYKE 15th, 142487, out of a

30 lb. son of King of the Pontiacs, and one of the best daughters of





PONTIAC KORNDYKE.





both sires ready for service and younger.





No one has been permitted to pick even one at private sale. It





There will also be offered choice sons of





Catalogs ready May first.





Apply for same if interested to WILLIAM B. HATCH, Ypsilanti, Mich.





 





 





producers.





The .are selling-get yours soon.





H. W. MUMFORD.

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Ann. Arbor.





Third Annual Sale





of The Livingston County Holstein

Breeders Sale 00., Will Be Held at





Howell, Mich, May 17, 1917





At 10:30 A. M. at the Sale Pavilion

on the Fair Grounds





We will offer 90 head of high-

class registered Holsteins, consisting

of three young bulls whose dams have

records of 25 lbs. at 3 yrs. old, 29.68

lbs, and one whose dam has a semi-

official record of nearly 25,000 lbs. of

milk in one year, and the balance cows

and heifers of choice breeding, over 50

have records or are from record cows,

many of them are sired by 30-lb. bulls.

Our reference sires are a high—class lot,

several have dams with records from 30

to 35 lbs., and are by some of the best

known bulls of the breed. Catalogs

May 5th. .





F.J. Fishbeek, Sec’y, Howell, Mich.





Walnut Creek Shorlhorns





AT AUCTION

May 8th at 1 o’clock P. M.





I am selling my entire herd. consisting

of 50 head. a1 females excepting my

herd bull, the young bulls having been

sold. There are 16 registered and 34

hi h class grades. Farm is situated 6%

mi es south of Bellevue and 7% miles

north of Marshall. Write for catalogs.





J. E. Walkinshaw, Proprietor,

Bellevue, Michigan





Frank Waltz, Auct. W. A. Young, Clerk





choice Reg. Holstein Bulls





l to 12 months old at Farmers Prices.

LONG BEACH FARM. Augusta, Mich.





WINNWOOD H E R D





John H.Winn. Inc., Holton, Mich.

Reference: Old State Bank. Fremont. Mich.





Have for sale 6 Maplecrest Korndyke Hengerveld

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

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

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

7 days as a Jr. 3yoar old. Alsohave five others. same

breed from Hoot months. Must sell at once. need the

room. Our Eric” will surprise you. John H. Winn,

Kolton, Mic igan.





 





 





 





 





1200-“). Bred Young Bull





Ready for service. The sire Ma lecrest De Kol He .

erveld own brother to a worl 's champion junidfil

year old. IE3 pounds of butter in a year. Brother in





blood. to the sir-chain ion cow. record 1322.93 lbs.





butter in a ear. Write oi‘Nfedifiree and price.

Hindus-ST FAR , . 3. Lay, Mgr.

Kalamazoo. Mich.





lss Iosd loin: llslsisin Gm For Sale





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

cows. Most of them are bred to "The Milk l Butter

Champion' a son of aworlds Record milk cow and his

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

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

is your chance to get a few good ones. Also ave hull

calves and a few bulls ready for service. _



L E. CONNELL. - — - - Fayette. Ohio





llslslsis and “my Hoilsr and M Balm

Choicesslectedpromlsing dai wivesmraeticgldv‘ pure

Holstein and pure Guernsey. t not rogiste nice

color. hm each. all express paid to any poi t.



MEADO GLEN,





Butter Fat Counts





.Holstsin Bull Calves from a 30 lb. 6.53:1, Sire. Dam

re rand aughters of. the of .ther-Pontiacs.





 





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The mag. ' nd daughters otSadie Va'lseonc'ordis





Jerseys and Duroc Jerseys





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





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

Also Duroc Jersey Fall Boats ready for spring service.

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





BROOKWATER FARM





Whitewater. Wis.





Full





0. F. FOSTER.

M AN AGER





 





Mich, R. 7.





Some good grade cows, Holsteius and

cow' For :ll. Jones '3. Making room for youngstock.

producing from 8.0l to 12.000 pounds yearly on two

milkings daily. sound and healthy, can furnish

records and photo raplis. Also good grade calves

and yezirlings. C .ARLES STAI“ 1199 \‘Voodu‘uril

Avenue. Detroit. Mich.





' ' Two year old Heifers will

In Choice Rosalind he...“ .. m. n... to a...

fine individuals, and well bred, $300 each. don’t wait

a month if you want these. they will go. to the first





man sees them.

J. M. WILLIAMS. - - North Adams. Mich.





 





 





 





OR Sale registered Holstein Cow 6 yeah: old.finely

marked and good t\"pe.She has 3 (l

C. L. HULETT a 303. - -





igh Grade Holstein Heifers

Free or soon to freshen. Also rude Holstein Bull

PI‘K‘BS reasonable. TH E fENNlNGS FARMS'

V.M.SHOESMIT}{. General Manager, Hailey. M it‘ll.

- by a 24 lb. bull in Mi

2 lolSIem Idlers to 30 lb. bull. Bull 2311'

22.92 lb. dam. 30.21 lb. sire. Terms if wanted.

M. L. McLAULIN. Redford. Michigan.

Reg. Holstein Fnssian EVE: “5‘_“§f§,{f‘-‘rfi;i‘;$§

nine months old 3100: Bulls 540 up. with papers.

FRANK STAFFEN. R. 3. Howard City. Mich.

' ‘ Friesimi Heifers. 3 to 6

Registered HOISICIH mos. old. Some from 30 lb.

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

BULL CALF for sale. Pontiac Korndyke Breeding.





.DIID giveeGOlbs. milk per day at]! years. Farmers

Prices. JOHN A. RINKE. Warren. Mich.





(in our Easy Payment Plan l'fif‘llgfi'geigg

Holstein Bull calf in our stables. Prices from 850 up.

1 pailand Farms. Ypsilanti. Michigan





Registered Holstein Bulls, ‘ffi‘i’géfififé‘d $2312

Priced to sell. B. B. HEAVY. Akron, Mich.





20 H e refo rd 5 fifi‘hfihfi“

EARL C. MCCARTYu





H ER Eroi'a‘n'fs





10 Bull Calves from i to 12





months old.





Okemos. Mich:





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





ALLEN BIDS, PAW PAW. MlCll.

Twenty Jive Jersey ('nws,





FOR SAL two to pig ht yours old.





Eight registered. balance high grades. lucellent pro-

ducers. guaranteed right. Also some bred )Blll‘llll llt'i l‘—

era. registered and high grades. Also some fall eil’oi’

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

Hadley. P. O-Metamora. Mich. ii. i. U. E. Hmigsou. l.. H. lliley.





 





 





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FOR SALE with“;.i:€i§€.‘?“&ffitt‘fii% .





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FAEM JERSEYS. Great producers.





o. o. DEAKL‘. . Ypsilanti. Michigan





 





Maple Hill Farm llogisimd Jmsy Gallic

Stock under 2% years all sold.

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





 





lllls Farmstead .lsrs Cattle. 3 ii I I I!

L of I. Oows. also he for calves a‘hd ourralw’l-bradé

Colon O. Lillie. Coopersvillo. Mich





The Wildwood Farm





Breeder of Line bred Majestv strain of Jamey Catt e.

Herd on R of M. test.’l‘uberculin tested.Bull calves or

sale. Type do Production is our motto. Alvin Balden, Cspac. Iieh.





heifers for sale.





 





 





R. of M. Jersey herd ofl'ers for sale

mapk laic tuberculin tested cows. bulls. bull

calves and heifer calves. carrying the best B. of I.

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





Shortliorn Cattle oi boil: Sex ior Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Micki]...





Bidwoll Shonhorns





“for Best and Milk"





'ljhis heifer at 6 months has bone.

size and quality—Our own breeding.

The blood of Scotch bulls, Imp.

Shenstone Albino and Imp. Villag-

er Registered stock always for sale.





BIWELL STOCK HIM.





Box B. Tecumseh, Michigan.





RICHLAND SHORTHORNS





Sires in service. Village Archer and Albion Crest lst.

rizeZyour old and Junior Champion at the Mich.

tat Fair in 1916. “'8 olTer a number of young biills and



females for sale. Also someAbenleen-Angus bulls of



serviceable age reasonable prices. Write your wants.



’l‘awas City.Mich.C. H. Prescott .1: Sons. Prescott. Mich





 





 





 





 





 





 





Francisco Farm Shorthorns





Big Type Poland Chinas





“They're rugged‘il‘hey pa} the rent."

Nothing for sale at present.

P. P. POPE. R. R. 3. Mt. Pleasant, MICE.-





 





FOR Sale—Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Maxwalton

Monarch End. a son of Avondale. from 11 to 13 mos.

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





Young bulls read fo

Shortliorns For Sale m... s... mans

heifers. W. B. McQulllan. Howell. Michigan.



Young bulls 8100. Bred cows.



SliCIIlIOIl" F" "ho and heifers $150 for nick sale.

..Write W. J. BELL. BOSE CITY. MICH GAN.



The original milk strain.



Bales Shorthnms No niOi'k for sale at present



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



Maple Ridge Herd. Estab-





SHORTHORNS lished 1867. Young bulls





for sale. I. E. Tnnswell. Mason. Michigan.





Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





l

! -Dair,\' or beef bred. Breeding stock all



shorlhgrns ages forszilo at farmers prices. C.VV.Cnini.

Secy. Cent. Alicia. 5L0.tllll2‘il Breeders Assn , McBride. Hich.





3 Red Bull Calves. 6 months old.

Shorthorns l Roan Bull. 2 years old. for sale.

W. 0. 08108. . - - - Eillsdale, Mich.





nous.

Durocs and Victorian





Heavy bone. lengthy Spring Hours and Gilts from prize





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

fender it other noted at ruins. iii. '1‘, STORY. Lowell. lich.





 





ERKSHIRES~A few good fall pigs left.elther sex.

Also booking orders for spring pigs. Pairs no

akin. Chase Stock Farm. R. l. Mariette. ichigaii.





arson





Duroc Jerseys

Carey U. Edmonds.





40 Home Soils and Gills 3439?:





the two

best young Du roc Boom in Mich.





‘ A postal will

bring descri tion, breeding and price. Last fall boar

pill 82'» t0





Newton Barnhart, St. Johns, Mich.

Durocs For Sale





Big heavy boned fellows. Spring Pigs ready to ship.

and it good lot of Full Bears and Lil ts. M. A. BRAY

ES'l‘Al'l‘I. - - Ukemos. (Inghum 00..) Mil-h.





Bears. serviceable age. best blood

lines. Re isterell. ELMHURS

STOCK ARM. Almont. Mich.





 





bred gilts for sale

priced to sell.

Hastings. Mich.





 





 





 





DUTOC Sows and gilts bred to EurekuCheri-y King

and Crimson Critic son of Critic Model 1916

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





 





Full boars read) for service. sired hy’li

[ll-"“133”: son of Orion Cherry King and Volun-

teer also booking orders for spring pi's, pairs not

akin. F. J. DHOD" Munroe, Mii'h.. . l.





 





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The improvement of your herd

depends chiefly on the selection

of e right sire. Ce! ihebest.

Read the ads of Jersey breeder

in this and 0 papers. Write





them at once or prices. pedi-





grees. etc.

nd ‘t grade herd. ersey

3°03 inn. 1:“..2... “350.334 you find





even Ierseys surprisingly profitable.

Sendfarom'fiee book. “The Sioryofibc

" and the truth concaning this

fife“

The American Jersey Cattle Club

345 West 23rd Street, New York City





 





 





hm! lull: in Sale €£2.':‘§‘l‘.2;?‘.::?.ti‘:t."§i

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





 





for sale. ready for service. Out of

JCI‘S%III“S good producing dams. Prices right.

R. B. m. mrtford. Mich.





 





Jensavs FOR SALE "2.3%





service from B. of H. ancestors. Meadowland Farm.

Waterman A Waterman. Packard Boad.Ann Arbor. liuh.





FRI “l5 Ifllflflfl lEl8El Mill!





Readifor service. Write your wants.

EITH& PA KER. R. D. No.4. Howell. Michigan

FOR SALE Nine months old thorou h-

' bred Jersey Bull— ew

En land Itar. Jr.: also thoroughbred Jersey Calves

' Bi 'hs reported to Am. Jersey Cattle





 





win 8. Lewis. Marshall.Mich.fl





an ' earl ngp.

‘Olu .iBeldingLsn a Improvein’t 99.. Balding. Mich.





Home Jump. lmdlng loan and Sept Ellis





J. H. Buiighurt, East Lansing. Mich.





I)l7R(lCS---Ten big smooth Sept. Gilts, also one

extra good Sept. Boar by King the Co]. All priced

to more at out-e. E. l). Heydenberk. Wayland. Mich

[NEH l'RS'l' Ul'RUCS. Choice fall boars. One

great yearling boar. (‘hoice Yellow Dent Seed Com

for sale. Orlo L. Dobson, Quincy. Michigan.





. Pigs at weaning age for sale.

"UK. Home I.I“’3u choice nods. Price 820.00 Reg.

and Del. J. Robert inks. St. Johns. Mich.





 





 





 





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Ales 0. I. lit. 1 thorium: /. Isa

10 Oct. and Nov. boars sired by our _ footed Grand

Champion School Master. The boa that has size and

anality combined. All sold any age. Write and g$ our

utulogue its free and describes our champions. edo

not say our hogs are the best but we win the eh mp1-

ions to prove it. , ‘We have IN Iowa bred to our 0 am-

Eion boars for Mar. and Apr..farrow. ABBY T.

RANDELL & SON. Cass City, Mich.





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