The Only Weekly Agricultural,





VOL. CXLVHX. N0 19

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DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1917





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Potato Pointers for the General Farmer





HE potato is the most popular



and univeisally- used as food of



all the vegetables grown. It is

a native of the mountainous regions

near the western coast of South Am-

erica, and since its discovery during

the sixteenth century,-its merits have

become known and it has become a

staple article of food for the millions

of peoples which inhabit the temperate

regions of the globe. '



The potato is generally considered

one of the most, if not the most, eco-

nomical food products produced. It is

generallyw estimated that on the same

amount of ground that a bushel of

wheat can be raised, thirty bushels of

potatoes can be produced. “While a

bushel of potatoes does not contain

the food value equal to a bushel of

wheat, the potatoes mix in with other

foods and help to make up an econom-

ical and satisfactory meal, in fact, the

masses of people in the temperate zone

have become so habituated to the use

of potatoes as food that they miss

themsgreatly if deprived of them. Po-

tatoes are usually served with meat,

and meat is a stimulant, which, when

mixed with potatoes, which are rich

in starch that helps to keep up the

heat and energy of the body, and these

taken with wheat bread which con-

tains nutrients that build up bone and

muscle, makes a. very satisfactory r8.-

tion for all classes.



The importance of the potato crop is

so well understood at the present time

that political economists are urging

the necessity of more attention being

paid to the growing, harvesting, stor-

ing and marketing of the crop. That

there are many places where wastes

are unnecessarily sustained, these

thoughtful ones are very willing to ad-

mit. It is, therefore, worth the time

and effort to make the potato crop a

study in order that better results can

be secured, and the masses be better

supplied with this desirable article of

food at a reasonableprice.



Crop Requirements.



The successful production of a good

crop of potatoes depends on: First,

the right kind of soil; second, an abun-





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dant supply of plant food; third, good

seed of the right varieties; fourth, a

constant supply of moisture; fifth,

good culture; sixth, thorough spraying,

and seventh, favorable climatic condi-

tions.



First, the potato experts will tell us

that the best potato soil is a well

drained sandy or gravelly loam or clay

loam soil containing an abundance of

humus. we do not all have ideal po-

tato soil, but are obliged to use such

soils as we have. If: what we happen

to have is not what, we call ideal soil,

we may by intelligent management

change. it somewhat and compel it to

produce a fairly good crop when we

will find ourselves in the fall of the

year in a much better condition than

we would be if we had not tried to

raise potatoes at. all. If the soil is

pretty clayey we can enrich it with

barnyard manure, plow it well, moder-

ately deep, and work it to loosen it





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and not pack it. If it is inclined to

be lumpy, roll it and then use the

spring—tooth harrow afterwards. If the

soil is rather light sand, manure it and

plow it and then work it so as to pack

it. Often good crops of potatoes can

be raised on such soils. As a rule soil

for potatoes should be mellow and

loose, but the light sandy soil produces

better if compacted. The ideal soil

can be worked to loosen it as well as

kill the weeds and retain the moisture

and good results will generally follow.

The Plant Food.



The supply of plant food can be fur-

nished from several sources. At first

we think of a June clover sod for the

decaying clover roots have within

them much that. the potato plants need.

In the first place we expect that there

will be present nitrogen which has

been gathered and stored by the nitro-

gen gathering bacterla the previous

year, and that the clover roots have





Interior of Cow Stable in Mr. Leland’s Barn.





growth and maturity.





brought up from down deep in the

ground considerable quantities of the

mineral elements that the vines and

tubers can use to good advantage. An-

other supply of plant food may come

from barnyard manure. The best ma4

nure I ever found for potatoes is sheep

manure plowed under early in the

spring. The next; best for general use

is cow manure. If horse manure is

used it should be spread on the ground

in the fall or early winter and plowed,

under early. lf horse manure is ap-

plied in the spri g, especially on heavy

soils, it seems to attract angle worms,

which are prone to chew on the skin

of the potatoes, 'making them rough,

which reduces their value.



Potatoes do well following the corn

crop which was planted on a clover

sod that was well manured before it

was plowed. In this case the manure

has become so well rotted that it does

not seem to attract the angleworms.

Many are frightened if they have any

worm-eaten potatoes, seeming to think

they have potato scab.



Good Potato Seed.



It is a matter to be regretted that

during the present season‘there is not

going to be an opportunity to display

very good judgment In the matter of

selecting the seed. Most farmers will

have to use such seed as they happen

to have or can readily secure. We

must admit that. the seed is one of the

governing factors in the production of

a crop of potatoes. There is a wide

difference in varieties and also a wide

difference in the strains of the same

variety. Seed from a branch of a. va-

riety that has been bred for several

years for the right. kind of. tubers and

for productiveness, will give much bet-

ter results than that from the same

variety which has been handled in an

indifferent manner. There are some

things that can not, be changed by se-

lection and breeding, such as color of

tubers and leng th 01 period for their

Early varieties

can not be. changed to late by planting

late, or late varieties to early by

planting early, but shape of tubers



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CURRENT COMMENT.





Both houses of congress

have now passed the

cuwrgency arm y. bill

providing for the raising of needed

army units by selective conscription.

Differences of opinion still exist be-

tween the two houses with regard to

the proper age limit which should be

made the basis of such conscription.

Both have agreed on the minimum age.

limit as twr-nty-one years, but the sen—

ate fixed the maximum age limit at,

twenty-seven years, while the limit. des-

ignated by the house was forty years.

At. this writing, this difference of opin-

ion is being ironed out in a conference

committee composed of members of

each, house of congress, and ere this

paper reaches the reader, the issue will

have been decided probably by com-

promise.



Notwithstanding the strong opposi-

tion to any form of conscription which

developed in many quarters, a major-

ity of careful students of the problem

have seemed to agree that selective

conscription is unquestionably the fair-

est method of raising necessary army

units. It: is also generally conceded

that 'his method of raising an army

will cause less industrial disturbance

than any other plan which could be

A careful analysis of the sit—

uation will, we believe, convince al-

most any fair-minded man of the

soundness of this reasoning. The vol-

unteer system is certain to take the

[most patriotic young men from all

'walks of life, regardless of the value

of their services to the nation in other

capacities. While it is true that these

early volunteers might be of a higher

military typc than the. men who would

be taken through selective conscrip-

tion, it does not follow that the mili—

tary strength of the nation would be

thereby increased: in fact, it is prob-

able that just the opposite would be

true.



The fact that w» are facing a grave

emergency in which time is a most im-

portant factor must also be taken into

consideration, and the operation of the

selective draft will be at once more

rapid and more certain of definite re-

sults, which are essential to the plan—

ning of a. military campaign, than would

be possible of attainment under the un-

certainty of any system of voluntary

recruiting. .



Selective conscription will enable

the government to bring together a.





Conscription.





. class of men physically well suited for





the making of soldiers, including a

large class which are of comparatively





" small industrial value who would un-





doubtedly be benefited by military die-

cipline, and leaving in the industrial

field for the present at least, those





. whose services are of just as great val-





ue gtythc present time in the. feeding





   





of the nation and in the' manufacture

of needed equipment which requires





skilled labor for the best results. This‘





plan is in line with the experience of

England, where it was found necessary

to call back large numbers of the early

volunteers to speed up industrial pro-

duction along these lines.



It must also be remembered that if

the war in which we are now launched

should continue for a period of years

rather than of months—which in the

light of recent history none can well

declare impossible—the general ' regis-

tering of men of military age within

the limits of the draft law will place

in the hands. of the government data

which will be mostnvaluable in case it

becomes ricot'-ssz‘ii‘}' to raise an indus-

trial army as well as an army for ac-





tual field operations, which is well

within the limits of reasonable pos-

sibility.





In this hour of national crisis there

seems no good reason why the pick of

our young nix-n badly needed upon the

farms for the product ion of food stuffs

and in other industries where skilled

labor is a valuable asset to the govern-

ment should. because of their superior

patriotism. be called upon to bear the

burden of field operations in the coun—

try’s behalf. There will still be Enough

room for the exhibition of this supe-

riority of patriotism through the need

of volunteers to fill the ranks of the.

regular army and the National Guard.



Recruiting should, we believe, also

be encouraged under the plan submit.-

ted by Col. Roosevelt for‘the raising

of army divisions for early service in

France. But for the raising of a great

army such as may ultimately be need-

ed for home defense, if not for expedi-

tionary uses, the plan of selective con-

scription seems best suited from every

standpoint. and we believe that it will

receive the general approval of the

thinking peeple ot‘ the country after a

full analysis or the problems involved.





Pursuant to a meet-

ing held at Saginaw

with the State Food

Preparedness Board,

the Michigan Bean Jobbers’ Associa-

tion took the action reported in our

last issue. Since that meeting the as-

sociation has issued a circular stating

that while there is a shortage of sufli~

cient seed beans in some districts of

the state, thr-re is a surplus of seed in

other sections. and under the arrange-

ment consummated at Saginaw. farm-

ers who apply to their local elevator

for seed beans will be provided

through that medium with seed at cost.



A census made to determine ‘the

amount of seed beans held at elevators

in the state shows this amount to be

sufficient for the planting of an in-

creased acreage of this crop. All that

will be ueCessary will be to ship the

surplus supply from points where it

exists to sections where there is a

shortage of the seed, and no seed

beans will be offered outside of the

state until home needs have been

supplied.



As a means of facilitating such dis-

tribution of the seed, the association

under whose auspices the distribution

will be made have requested that farm-

ers needing seed beans notify the local

elevator man at the earliest pomible

date, in order that the need may be

anticipated.





How to Get Seed

Beans.





In another column



The Assurance of of this issue will be

Good Prices. found a carefully

prepared article re-



lating to the probable effect upon war

prices should the war be unexpectedly

and suddenly terminated. Every read-

er should carefully study this analysis

of the situation and then promptly dis-

miss any fear of low prices for this

season’s crop, regardleSS of unexpect-

ed developments. ‘The statistical po-

sition of every food stuff is so strong





as to be a practical assurance of profit-





able prices for staple products during

the coming year.





   





the Aéricnltural Depament 0;?!“ IV I?





‘the government has asked that/an

agency be designated with power to fix

and maintain minimum prices or es-

tablish maximum prices, as might be

deemed necessary in any case of emer-

gency. Thus the farmer is practically

doubly assured of a compensatory

price for all the products which he

may grow this year, hence the desira-

bility of increasing production to the

economically optimum point.





While “Mothers’ Day”

is a comparatively new

institution so far as its

designation and public observance is

concerned, the sentiment of the occa-

sion is- as old and familiar as the fam-

ily relationship itself, but “lest we

forget” in the rush of the strenuous

modern life to render homage where

homage is due, Mothers’ Day has been

made a national institution by Act of

Congress and the proclamation of the

executives of the nation and the vari-

ous states. We cannot better typify

the sentiment of the day, nor better

suggest the manner in which it should

be observed than by the reproduction

of the Governor‘s proclamation which

follows: ’_



Our American civilization is built

around the home. The heart of the

home is the mother. What is there in

all the realm of art that stands higher,

more commanding, more beautiful,

than a. simple, refined, gracious woman

in her household; a woman whose

daily life is an out-pouring of the Gos-

pel of service, who is worshipped by

her children, beloved by her husband

and who rules in her home by sweet-

ness, by gentleness, by self-denial, by

love? The mothers of the‘land are en-

gaged in the noblest of all callings, the

rearing of their sons and daughters to

take their places as useful members of

society. ,



As we, whose mothers have left us,

look back. through the years, how

sweet and precious is the memory of

the mother in the old home. All her

life was a beauteous life. It ran like

u rill down the hill-side and sang all

the time. It. was like flowers that know

no summer and no winter. The mem-

ory of it kindles in us still the suprem-

cst affection" and arouses the finest en-

thusiasm of our hearts.



Therefore, that we may pay a spe-

cial tribute of affection to the mothers

who still live and honor the memory

of the mothers who have gone from

us, I, Albert E. Sleeper, Governor of

the State of Michigan, do hereby desig-

nate and set aside Sunday, May 13, as

Mothers’ Day, and I call upon our peo-

ple._ both young and old, to gather in

their several places of worship, and

take part in services appropriate to

the day and, by the wearing of a red

flower for the living mother and a

white for the dear departed, to syru-

bolize their love and reverence for the

mothers of the nation.



ln_accordance with a resolution of

the Congress of the United States, I

further request the people. of Michi~

gun, on the day aforesaid to display the

Ignited States flag in their homes and

in other suitable places, as a fitting ex-

presswn of their desire to pay homage

to American motherhood.





At the opening of

the strenuous sum-

mer campaign when

they are being urged to add to the

available food supply to the greatest

possible extent, we desire to call at~

tention of our readers to the personal

service which is theirs for the asking

through the medium of the Michigan

Farmer.



A weekly farm journal is able to

give its readers valuable service which

would be impossible for the monthly

or the semi-monthly publication to ren-

der. Individual problems are given

prompt attention and answered

through our columns by competent au-

thorities whenever the questions are

of sufficient general interest to make

such publication profitable. In other

cases private answers are given by a

competent authority. Our readers are

very welcome to this gratuitous ser-

vice/the 'only stipulation being that in

every case their name be signed to the

communication and their address giv-

en in same. Neither name nor address

will be published where we ~are ,re'





Mothers’ Day.





Personal Service.





attested to withhold same,» but anony-_

to the , U-boat‘ difficulty its in





mous inquiries will not be answered.





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.. . J.

Michis rmer Will‘in‘ustrate to the





reader the nature of the personal ser-' ’





vice which is rendered thrOugh the pa—

per itself, and an initial experiment

will reveal the extent of the personal

service which we are ready to render

every reader who appeals to us for ex-

pert aid in the solution of his prob-

lems.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





Foreign.



The European W'ar.—The western

front continues to be the theater of

greatest activity in the world war.

Last week the French armies made

gains at Craonne on the river Aisne

and the English to the east of Arms

and about Vimy Ridge. They have

also been able to consolidate their

gains at these two strategic points on

the famous Hindenburg line. Early

this week fierce German rushes were

made to gain back lost ground, but ac-

cording to London and Paris reports,

the attempts were fruitless. Over a.

large portion of the westérn front vio-

lent artillery fighting is constantly in

progress.-——On the Italian front fighting

is being resumed with both sides

claiming advantages gained, but no

large movement of troops is evident

from the news at hand—All appears

to be quiet, along the Russian frontier

except that following the refusal of the

new Russian government to accept the

Teutonic program and consider inde-

pendent peacc terms, the German mili-

tary organization is massing troops in

the district. of Libau apparently to

make a drive upon Petrograd.



The new Russian government has

outlived its first test in a controversy

which developed between the council

of workmen and soldiers delegates on

one hand, and the provisional govern-

ment on the other. \V hen the govern-

ment’s policy was clearly set before

the people in general, however, the op-

position broke down and finally devel-

oped into patriotic support for the pro-

visional officials. This means that the

present policy of the new Russian gov-

ernment is to co-operate to the fullest

extent with the allied powers and not

to make a separate peace with the cen-

tral nations. This reservation is made,

however, that the war is to be prose-

cuted without the idea of annexations,

expropriations or contributions.





The. refusal of the Austrian govern-

ment to inaugurate an effective reform

in the franchise privileges of Hungary

has stirred the working classes, and

already a strike of serious proportions

is on according to information coming





through Copenhagen. All Budapest

factories are closed.

Sweden is suffering from lack of





food supplies. In her cities the people

are becoming greatly concerned over

the outcome. Riots have occurred and

it‘ has been necepsary to use violence

in some cases to restore a semblance

of order. The supply of potatoes is

completely exhausted, While bread and

meat can only be. secured by present:

ing cards.



Brazil is now preparing to co-oper—

ate with this country in the prosecu’

tion of the war against, Germany. Her

part. will consist, largely in the furnish-

ing of commodities rather than in giv-

ing any considerable direct. military

aid.



Cuban negro rebels are burning and

pillaging the homes of foreigners in

()riente province, according to infor-

mation just received in this country.

The object held out by the, negroes is

to drive out the white people to avenge

the killing of 5,000 negroes during the

revolution of 1912.



The. lteichstng of Germany has made

vital amendments to the constitution

in which the. war ministers of each

state contingent are made responsible

to the Reichstag and not to the Kaiser.

The latter, however, maintains control

of the navy.



National.



A federal council representing thirty

different church denominations in this

country are in conference at Washing

ton this week to devise means by





which the churches of America may be.





of the greatest service to the nation

during its war with Germany.





Much space has been given to an an-

nouncement of an invention designed

to overcome the U-boat menace. The

claims being that the new device will

remove the disability to which the en-

tente allies have been placed by rea-

son of the under-sea war. The an-

nouncement has since been denied “in





part, although members of the naval .





board have acknowledged that promls‘

lug experimentation has been carried

out. and they believe that malnutrition





 





 

     





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, .‘ner,,attend thecrop with suitable cul- mentary fertilization and grow buck-





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POTATO POINTERS FOR GENERAL ply to meet the needs of our rapidly





 





FARMERS. - increasing population at prices which

can be easily met by the average indi-

(Continued from first page). vidual who is working at the present





and the characteristics of productive- prevailing rate of wages.

ness can be bred into a variety by se-





 





lection and furnishing favorable con- FARM NOTES.

ditions. _ .



As a rule there is a tendency to put Applying Fertilizer Broadcast or in the

too much seed in a hill. Three and Hill for Corn.





four stalks in each hill is sufficient, We have a fifteen-acre field of clover

and better tubers are secured from §r0fil maillui‘ed this dwmteg alnd spoil/Ig-

. e s01 1s a goo san y 0am. y

hills where there are a small number two sons want to raise a bumper crop.





of stalks than from the hills in which Now would you advise to drill the fer-





there are six or eight stalks. When tili’zer in with grain drill or corn plant—

. . er. We intend to check it. Also, how

fair Slzed potatoes are cut the number much fertilizer should we use to the





of stalks can be controlled. If the acre? The land is in good shape.

hills are planted close together, two or Washtenaw Co, F,

three stalks to the hill are sufficient. For the corn crop the writer is con-

When seed is plentiful it is worth the vinced from his own experience" that

while to plant only the strong eyes and the best way to use fertilizer is to drill

cast aside the weak ones. or broadcast same before preparing

Only those who have made the mat- the seed bed for corn, thus getting it

ter a study realize the wide difference thoroughly mixed With the SOil- Some

obtained by the use of only strong years ago we applied fertilizer to our

eyes which produce only strong stalks, corn in the hill and sowed it broadcast

When planted in check rows three feet for potatoes. In recent years this pro-

apart each way, there are 4,840 hills to gram has been :lIISt reversed. One Of

the acre. If there are a good many the reasons for favoring the broadcast-

weak stalks, and it takes twenty-four ing of fertilizer for corn is that a heav—

hills to produce a bushel, the yield will ier application can be safely made and

be about 200 bushels per acre. If eight- we believe a better corn crop can be

een hills are required to produce a grown by this method. It is not safe





bushel there will be around 300 bush- to apply more than 125 pounds per

els to the. acre. If it requires but acre in the hill when corn is checked





twelve or thirteen hills to produce a because 0f the danger 0f injuring the

bushel, which is not an impossibility, germinating quality of the seed, Dar-





the yield will be around 40 bushels per ticularly if the weather happens to be

dry for some days after the corn is





Culture. planted. On the other hand, a good

The manner of culture will depend liberal application can be made broad-

largely on the character of the soil and 035t-

climatic conditions. Heavy soils can’ Corn is a grain crop which gives a

be' put in better condition and better larger average yield than any other

results obtained if plowed in the fall grain CI'OD grown upon our farms, and

than if left until late in the spring. If the use Of 400 t0 500 Pounds 0f acid

left until. spring they should be plow- phosphate per acre has proven DI‘Ofit-

ed early while the moisture brought able under the writer’s conditionshThe

by‘spring rains is still near the sur- extensive root system of the corn plant

face. If worked down and harrowed permeates the entire surface soil dur—

frequently until planting time they will ing the growing period of the crop.

be in a condition to hold the moisture and much Of this plant fOOd is availa-

and the plant food contained in the ble at the time when the grain is rip-

soil will be in readiness for the crop. ening When Phosphorous is most need-

ed to mature a good crop. On the oth-

er hand, a small amount of fertilizer

applied in the hills when the corn is

start and maintain a dust mulch on checked will give the crop a 309d start

the surface which will hold the mois- and permit an early and Vigorous

tune. This part of the culture is very growth, but does not prov1de a residue

important. If the weeds are allowed 0f phosphorus at a tlme when It 15

to get a start while the potatoes are needed to mature a heavy corn crop.





' ' lover in Buckwheat.

0 11 u , ood deal of after culture seed'"9 C

0 ml g p a g I have a piece of rather light land





Will be required to subdqe them, and that was in corn last year, part of it

11 good deal 0f malsture W111 be wasted, had manure applied. If the balance of





both on the weeds and by evaporation. ahe field ishmanulileld then disked and



. arrowed t oroug y, would it be all

.While the potatoes are small the cul- right to sow clover on, providing it is

tlvator can be run at a good depth, say well limed? How much hydrated lime





four inches deep to loosen up the isblleeged per algae}: IVlVould it be advis‘;

a . a. e o sow uc W eat and clover.

bround and kill all weeds that have When ought the seeding be done?





started. After the first time it is bet— Mecosta Co. C. 0.

ter to cultivate shallow and often to If this soil is given a good applica-

maintain a dust mulch and 11016 the tion of lime, there should be a reason-

moisture. The cultivation can be prof— able degree of certainty in getting a

itably continued until the vines 00ver seeding of clover in buckwheat. It

the ground. would perhaps be better to disk this

No hard and fast rules can be made field at an early date and apply ground

and followed during all seasons. Much limestone at the rate of say two tons

must depend on the climatic condi- per acre instead of using hydrated

tions. If rains come occasionally, and lime, and the results would be more

there is warmth and sunshine between permanent. Hydrated lime can be used

rains to enable the cultivating to be in comparatively small amounts, appli-

done, then it can be attended to. If cations of not more than 500 pounds

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the war and the fate of the nations.

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everything possible be done and

done immediately to make sure of





large harvests.”





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just as im ortant as the call

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LlLLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





The cold Wet weather that we have

been having since the middle of April

has been a very good thing for wheat.

The thin stand of wheat always stools

out more, thickens, and establishes a

good sound root system during such

weather as this, therefore, wheat pros-

pects in our vicinity have improved,

but we can’t have a first-class crop be-

cause all the fields are spotted. The

ice covering that I wrote about several

weeks ago did smother the wheat, ev-

ery bit of it in some places, and so on

my fields we have places from several

square rods to Only a few square feet

in other places, where the wheat is en-

tirely killed; the rest of it is doing

well. A neighbor said that one field

would go forty bushels to the acre if

it wasn’t for these spots that had been

smothered, and I don’t know but that

it would. It is good land and the

wheat that is left is doing well, but

these killed-out spots are bound to cut

down the yield immensely.



A Late Spring.



We were all looking forward to an

early spring, but we are getting just

the reverse. Our land dried off the

first half of. April so that it could be

tilled, but it Was. so cold that it froze

every night. Harrows and discs would

not penetrate the ground in the morn-

ing. Where heavy land freezes every

night it ought not to be worked, be-

cause it is sticky. Some neighbors

harrowed their land afternoons after

it had thawed out, but we didn’t do

this and the neighbors have the start

of us in getting in spring crops, I wish

now that I had done the same thing

but we waited for warm weather when

it wouldn’t freeze nights. The morn-

ing we did begin to prepare the land





’ for early peas, the ground was freezing





so we could scarcely harrow it.’ We

got eight acres of peas sown in a

twelve-acre field and then it rained, a

heavy rain, we couldn‘t get on the land

for several days. It got just. about dry

enough to work again when another

heavy rain came.‘ The land dried off

enough so that we finished this first

field of peas on April 27, and started

in a twenty fi-ve acre field and got a

few acres sown. Now Saturday night

it rained hard again and no one knows

when we can work the land, and all

the while it remains cold. Grass don’t

grow, pastures are late. If it only

would stop raining so that we could

get the crops in then they would grow

when warm weather does come.

Hay Prices.

, As I predicted last fall, hay is bring-

ing a much better price this spring

than most people thought. We perhaps

were a little careless in the feeding of

our hay because we thought we had an

abundance, but it is all gone and I

have already purchased six tons and

have got to purchase more, and the

surprising thing is that we find few

farmers that have any hay to sell,

they used it all up the same as we did,

and they are asking $13 and $14 per

ton in the barn. When one wants hay

he doesn't object to the price if he can

only get it, but it certainly will only

now be a few days before the weather

must change and then we will have

grass. .

Late Sown Oats.





With forty—five acres of peas to put

in under present conditions, it is going

to make our oats late sown. It looks

now, with favorable conditions, it will

be the middle of May before we get

them in. I never did raise a really

good crop of oats sown so late. It is

barely possible, however, that condi-

tions will be such this year that late

sown oats will come out all right. The

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us to do our very best and if old Dame.

Nature would only lend her assistance,

there wouldn’t be any trouble about

producing a “bumper?" crop.



Road Conditions.



The last of March and the first of

April, country reads dried out and got

in pretty good condition. It was pretty

good motoring, and then the wet weath-

er came and has been so continuous

with little little sunshine, that many of

the roads are getting into horrible

shape. Some of them are practically

impassable. These conditions, how—

ever, will change abruptly just as soon

as we have some sunshine and warm

weather. COLON C. LILLIE.





CROP AND FERTILIZER Clues.

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Acid Phosphate for Beans. ’





Have been reading in the issue of

March 31, “Essentials to Successful

Bean Culture,” by Mr. J. F. Cox, in

which he recommends acid phosphate

for beans, also to use lime on acid soil,

previous to seeding with beans. My





field is a clay loam, well underdrained, ‘





was into oats last summer, and top-

dressed with barnyard manure last

fall. There is some clover, and weeds

and grass, together with the oat stub-

ble to hold the manure. Do you think

there is any need of using lime on this

field, and where can I get the acid

phosphate; our dealer here' has none.

He thinks I ought to use a fertilizer

with potash in, to stiffen the stalks.

He wants $28 for 1-8-1 $27 for 1-H,

and $32 for 1- 8- 2, which makes it rath-

e1 expensive.



Eaton Co. C. H. A





I think Mr. Cox’s recommendation to

use acid phosphate on beans is cor-

rect. I don’t believe that clay loam

soil needs any potash for a good bean

crop and since potash is 'so extremely

high I would not advise one to pur—

chase potash for beans on this heavy

soil. Since this field was top-dressed

with stable manure and there is still

some clover and weeds and grass to be

turned down and to furnish nitrogen,

I don’t believe that it would pay to pur-

chase any commercial nitrogen. Beans

are a leguminous plant and are sup‘

posed to get some of their nitrogen at

least from the atmosphere. Acid phos~

phate is almost always satisfactory for

beans. It develops pods and beans and

hastens the ripening and causes the

plants to ripen more uniformly and it

produces good plump seed. Therefore,

I think the advice to you to use acid





phosphate on your bean crop is good. _





Acid phosphate can be purchased of

any reliable manufacturer in the'Uni-

ted States. Perhaps the dealer hasn’t

got it on hand but he can send and

get it. I would not purchase a com-

plete fertilizer or one even containing

nitrogen, under present conditions.



Planting Soy Beans.





I saw an article in the Michigan

Farmer on soy beans. Can you tell

me how many I should sow to the

acre? Where can I get soy beans?

They do not keep them here.



Lapeer Co. M. T. S.





'If you plant soy beans with the corn

for ensilage, about eight quarts of seed

is sufficient. In other words, about the

same amount of beans as you plant of

corn. If you plant soy beans by them-

selves in rows twenty-eight inches

apart you will need about one bushel

of seed per acre, possibly a little more.

If you sow soy beans broadcast, you

will need twice as much seed, perhaps

two and a half bushels per acre.



Any reliable seedsman will get soy

bean seed for you. If you intend to

harvest these beans to saVe the seed,

you would want to get an early vari-

ety, but if for ensilage, a late variety

is better as you don’t want them to be

ripe when they are put into the silo.

Your local elevator man or seed mer~

chant can get soy beans for you. They

are quoted by all the leading seedsmen

in the United States. Theyare con~

stantly sending out quotations of 'all





kinds of seed to the local seed mer» .

chant and he can order them for you. _





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~ and tester have become so commOn

as a means of picking out the best

cows for breeding and production, that

the old plan of selecting by conforma-

tion has become of secondary import-

ance. However, there are often times

when one must buy cows, and in many

cases it is impossible to secure any

authenticated milk and butter-fat rec-

ords of cows which are for sale. For

this reason and' for'other somewhat

less important ones it is very desirable

that one be able to get a fairly correct

notion of a cow’s dairy capacity from

her appearance.



A dairy cow’s business from a dairy-

man’s point of view, is primarily to,

produce a large amount of high-class

milk, and secondarily to produce good

dairy calves. So far as the first pur-

pose is concerned, there are two re-

gions of the cow’s body that are of pri-

mary importance. The first of these

is the udder, because it is here that

the actual making of the milk takes

place; and the second is the “barrel,”

because in the barrel are situated the

vital and nutritive organs upon which

depend a generous supply of food-lad-

en blood to the udder.



Pay Attention to Udder.



In looking a dairy cow over, then,

pay particular attention to the udder.

See to it that it is large. A heavy milk-

ing cow with a small udder is so rare

that she is interesting chiefly as the

exception which proves the rule. Then

look to the shape of the udder. It

should be evenly carried down in front

and behind and the teats should be

uniformly of a fair size. Look also to

the texture of the udder and to the in-

dications as to its blood supply. The

texture should be soft and spongy, not

meaty. The secreting tissue 1s spongy

in character, and a hard, meaty udder

can not be expected to produce a

heavy milk flow. The blood supply can

be judged by the veins which leave the

udder. They are known as the milk

veins and go forward, one on each side

on the outside of the abdominal wall to

a hole in the wall, known as the milk

well, through which they pass to the





interior. A large blood supply to the





udder is indicated by large, tortuous

milk veins and large milk wells.





A Large Barrel Necessary.



Next look well to the barrel. The

barrel is composed of the thorax, with-

in which are situated the lungs and

heart, and the abdomen, within which

are situated the digestive system, or-

gans of excretion, and reproductive

system. It is essential that the barrel

be large in order that there may be no

crowding of these organs with the con-

sequent interference with their work.

Smallness in the barrel, either in the

thorax or in the abdomen, should be

considered strong evidence against the

probability of the cow’s making a sus-

tained record as a heavy milker. The

chest should be deep and the ribs well

sprung in order to be sure of a large

lung capacity. The abdomen should

be broader than the chest and the hips

set well apart, in order to provide room

for eating and digesting large quanti-

ties of feed and in order to give room

for the development and easy birth of

the calf.



The Dairy Shape.



After having given careful attention

to the udder and to the barrel one can

then turn to certain general and spe-

cial points which give additional infor—

mation as to the cow’s value. Most

high-producing dairy cows show a

triple wedge shape. When looked at

from the side or from above they are

seen to taper to the front. When look-

.ed at from the front or from behind





they are seen to taper downward. The





shape is very distinctly different from

the almost rectangular shape charac-

teristic of beef .cattle. .. The triple





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wedge shape is, therefore, well worth

attention when picking out a dairy cow.



It is also well worth while to look

for signs of femininity. The thick neck

and heavy bone of the bull should be

markedly absent; the face should be

fine in feature, and the eye should be

quiet and placid in expression. The

muzzle should be broad and the nos-

trils large as indicating heavy feeding

ability and large lung capacity.



A Good Cow a Good Eater.



There is one feature of the good

dairy cow, however, which is at best

only partially revealed in her external

appearance. It often happens that of

two cows with much the same confor-

mation, one will eat much more feed

than the other and make the extra

amount into milk. There is something

in her nervous make-up which makes

her do it; this something is called

dairy temperament, or simply tempera-

ment. It is the factor which we can-

not see. The nearest that we can come

to making it out is by noting the condi-

tion of the animal. We know that no

cow can maintain a heavy milk flow

well into the period of lactation and

remain fat. It follows, therefore, that

if a cow is well advanced in lactation

and is well fleshed, her milk flow must

be light. It does not follow, necessar-

ily, however, that a lean cow is a good

milker, for some cows are insufficiently

fed, and others do not have the appe-

tite to eat more than enough to sus~

tain more than a moderate milk flow.

We should not, therefore, consider

leanness in a cow as proof of a high

dairy temperament; but we should

consider fleshiness in one advanced in

lactation as a good proof of the lack

of that temperament.





The Essentials of a Good Cow.



The chief points, then, in selecting a

good dairy cow, are a large, symmetri-

cal udder made up of secretary tissue

and not of meaty material, and a large

well-formed barrel capable of supply-

ing an abundance of rich blood to the

udder, capable of developing a good

calf at frequent intervals, and capable

of keeping the cow in a healthy and

vigorous condition for a period of sev-

eral years. Other points, while of val—

ue in deciding on the value of an ani-

mal, are second in importance to these.





 





DAIRY PROBLEMS.





 





Planting Soy Beans with Ensilage

Corn.



What is your advice in regards to

planting soy beans in ensilage corn?

Does this make the silage a better

feed, and would you plant them the

same time as the corn? I thought per-

haps if the beans were planted later

it would make more moisture in the

silage. Please let me know what time

to plant for best results. Also my pas-

ture runs short in latter part of July

or August. I have two and one-half

acres that I would like to use for this

purpose. Would cowpeas and oats be

a good feed if cut green, and What

time is best to sow them?



Van Buren Co. W. M.



Soy beans are a leguminous plant

and therefore have the power of tak-

ing their nitrogen from the air for their

own use and for the use of other

plants. The plant itself is richer in

nitrogen than plants that belong to

other botanical families like corn, so

the theory is that if we plant soy

beans with corn that these soy beans

will help furnish the corn plant with

nitrogen; consequently we can grow

better corn with less fertilizer and,

second, the corn plant is a carbona-

ceous plant composed largely of starch

and sugar and doesn’t contain enough

protein to make a balanced ration and

when We grow soy beans with the corn





these beans contain a larger per cent .





of protein than the corn and conse-

quently make a silage that is more

nearly a balanced ration.



The beans should be planted at the





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Good ‘ Dairy * Cow





 





PATRIOTISM

DEMANDS

That All Butter-Fat-

Waste Be Stopped





President Wilson’s powerful appeal for the con—

servation of the nation’s resources is still ringing in

our ears. “The supreme need,” he says, “of our own

nation, and of the nations with which we are co-op— «

crating, is an abundance of supplies, and especially

of food stuffs;” and again,“Upon the farmers of this

country, therefore, in large measure rests the fate of

the war and the fate of the nation.





Wasteful methods must be abolished. Every device

that makes for the saving of time and labor on the

farm must be utilized. Every plan that makes for

the conservation of our food products must have the

farmer’s hearty co—operation.





And nowhere is there greater opportunity than in the

production of dairy products, particularly butter—fat.



“Fats,fats,fats,more fats,” that is the demand of

the warring nations in Europe. The men who toil and

the men in the trenches must have fats. They are

the fuel that the human machine must have.



And:no fat is so palatable or so easily assimilated

as butter.



When it was simply a question of the farmer’s

own loss of profit,the tremendous waste of butter-fat

on American farms was bad enough, but under pre-

sent conditions such waste is nothing short of criminal.



And it is wholly unnecessary.





It is conservatively estimated that about a million cow own-

ers in the United States are still skimming milk by some waste-

ful “gravity” method.



At an average of four cows to the farm, and an average waste-

of thirty-five to fifty pounds of butter-fat per cow, all of which

could be saved by the use of a De Laval Cream Separator, this.

alone represents an annual waste of at least 140,000,000 pounds,

of butter-fat.



Then there are, perhaps, amillion inferior or half—worn-outsep-

arators in use whose owners could save fifteen to twenty pounds.

of butter-fat per cow per year by replacing such machines with

New De Lavals; and this represents another waste of at least

60,000,000 pounds of butter-fat annually.





Also there is the loss of time and labor that a De Laval would

save and which could be better devoted to other productive

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plant the com first it gets the start of

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for silage. I don’t think there is“any-'

thing better than the Late Yellow va-

riety of soy beans. These beans are a

late variety but they mature sufficient-

ly so that they can go in with the

corn and make good silage. If you

plant a very early variety they are

liable to get ripe before you fill the

silo then they won’t make as good

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Plant it pretty thick in the row so as

to get more fodder than ears. Good

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good ways toward helping out a poor

pasture.



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oats together because they don't ripen

together. Cowpeas don‘t. mature until

along in the fall even too late for your

purpose of soiling. If you use Canada

field peas and oats they would mature

early in July before you would need to

supplement your pasture. Oats and

peas need to be sown early in the

spring else they don’t do well.



The very best thing to supplement

a. poor pasture is a summer silo. Raise

enough ensilage corn this year so that

you will have enough left over next

spring to feed during the dry weather

of late July and August. That is the

cheapest and best supplement that the

farmer can provide. Another excellent

feed is to sow peas and oats early in

the spring and then when they are in

a green condition, cut them and put

them in a silo and feed them in Aug-

ust when your pasture is short. For

summer feeding, it is better to have a

silo of smaller diameter so that the

surface can be fed more rapidly as the

silage doesn’t keep as well in warm

weather as it does in cool weather, but

ordinarily one silo. if it is tall enough,

will answer the purpose. When your

pasture is good in the spring and you

don’t need the silage cover your sil-

age over with wheat chaff or some-

thing of that sort and then when the

pasture dries up feed silage. It is not

near as much borher'as it is to Cut

soiling crops.



Sweet Cornstalk Silage.



Would you advise me to grow Stow-

el’s Evergreen sweet corn for the cans

nery at $10.50 per ton for the corn,

and then put the fodder in the silo?

There is money in the corn but I must

fill my silo from this field and if sweet

corn don’t make a good silage I must

grow other com. Some claim it is too

juicy and so sweet that there is too

much acid forms. Did you ever try it

and what is your experience? Years

ago a prominent dairy paper didn‘t ads

vise sweet corn for silage but us farm-

ers have changed greatly on some

things in the last ten years and I am

not up-to-date on this question of sweet





corn silage. ,

Ottawa Co. E. J. P.





The best answer I can give to this

question is that I raise only the sweet

corn for the canning factory and then

put the stalks into the silo. I have

done this for two or three years and

am fairly well satisfied. While the

sweet cornstalks do make the silage

a little more acid, the cows eat it and

it seems to give good results.



One thing, however, must be under-

stood—if you pick the ears off this

corn it. will take a much larger acreage

to fill the silo from the stalks because

nearly one-half of the entire product

of the field would be in the cars so

that you will have to raise about twice

the acreage if you want to fill up the

silo with sweet cornstalks.





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We have fair success making cheese

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us why it comes out hard instead of a.

creamy softness?



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hot. _ This always preduces’ .a'. dry, .

crumbly curd.



Seventy degrees, I think, is the prop-

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it curdles. Then when the whey is

drained off the curd has a. much softer

consistency than When it is held at a

higher temperature. But any cottage

cheese is very much improved if a lit-

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“Raise a calf” has been adopted as a

slogan by the ,animal husbandry deo

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College to boost beef production in

Michigan. The department declares

that if every farmer possessing fifty

acres of land or over raises and fattens

but one additional animal, the move.

will in 1918 increase the state’s dress-

ed meat supply by at least 62,000,000‘

pounds for shipment outside, or will

provide twenty-one pounds more per

year for every individual within the

state.



“Many farmers,” the statement adds.

“have been slaughtering their carves,

but the raising of one animal would

place a burden on none. Dairy farm-

ers should keep their male calves. The

animals can be raised and fattened on

a fifty-acre farm without the cost of

feeding ever being felt.



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There are now more than thirty ac-

tive co-operative bull associations in

the United States. On July 1, 1916,

there were thirty—two representing a

total membership of 650 and owning

about 120 pure-bred bulls. In the opin-

ion of specialists in the United States

Department of Agriculture co-opera-

tion in this respect is only in its in

fancy and cooperative bull associations

should become a great factor in the

improvement of our dairy cattle.





The co—operative bull association is

especially adapted to herds which are

so small that a valuable bull‘for each

herd would be too heavy an invest~

ment to be justified by the extent of

the business. I



A typical organization is composed

of from fifteen to thirty farmers who

own jointly five bulls. The territory

of the association is divided into five

breeding blocks and one bull assigned

to each block. To prevent inbreeding,

each bull is mOVed to the next block

every two years. Barring losses from

death or other causes, therefore, no

new bulls need be purchased for ten

years. It is customary to apportion the

purchase price, and the expense of

supporting the bulls, among the mem~

hers according to the number of cows

owned by each.





These associations have been known

in the United States only since 1908,

when the first one was organized in

Michigan. Similar associations, how-

ever, have existed in Denmark ever

since 1874, and the movement in that

country has proved most successful.

So far as we know now, there seems

to be no serious objection to organiza‘

tions of this character to offset their

very obvious advantages. Instead of

spreading abortion, tuberculosis, and

other diseases, as has been sometimes

alleged, they seem to aid in the con-





‘ trol of contagion. One association,_for





example, refused to permit one of its

members to use the bulls until he had »

consented to. dispose or all his cattle»

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HAVE always been an advocate of

I a system of farm accounting that

would leave no doubt as to wheth-

er I was making an actual net profit

on investment. It was evident that any

manufacturer would pursue such a

course, and his remaining in the busi-

ness would depend-on the result. Hold-

ing as I do that any farmer who keeps

live stock is a manufacturer of milk

and meat products, I was convinced

that he should follow somewhat the

same system as his brother who turns

out grain-binders or sewing machines.

Accordingly, I decided on an analyti-

cal accounting of my stock-in—trade.

Due allowance was made for the initial

cost of calves, etc., of housing, labor,

interest insurance, and a score of mis-

cellaneous expenses. The complete

list was quite a formidable one, and

proved most illuminating. It showed

me that a herd of first-class dairy cows

had really to go some if they paid the

bills and broke even. As for the steer

and the hog, it showed me that from

birth to block no combination of food

stuffs could be fed to them without

saying good-bye to a fair margin of

profit that these same grains might

have brought if sold directly for cash.

\Vhat was the use of all this extra bur-

den and responsibility? Why not, I

thought, simplify matters by selling

the crops for cash, and take it easy?



I used to get some satsifaction when

addressing farmers’ institute meetings

in dragging out my “financial prob-

lem” by way of a caution to some

“back to the land” enthusiast who

thought he was going to get rich at

the ancient and honorable occupation

of farming. On one such occasion, a

farmer in the audience offered this

suggestion as a possible remedy: “Do

you,” he said, “credit your animals

with everything that is due them?

There may be a hidden profit.” At the

time I was not particularly impressed,

but every now and then the idea came

wandering back to me and persisted in

getting some consideration. After turn-

ing the matter over in my mind, I fin-

ally reached the definite conclusion

that there was not only one hidden

profit, but several. We had been cred-

iting the stock with only the direct

profits while there were a number of

indirect ones that certainly merited at-

tention. For instance, there was the

manure. Of course, it had not been

forgotten altogether. We had lightly

jotted it down at $1.00 a ton, and let it

go at that. But the chemist said that

it contained fertilizing elements that

had an average commercial value of,

at least, $3.00 a ton.. Even then they

took no account of the humus content

and its beneficial effect on the physi—

cal condition of the soil. Its real vir-

tue can better be realized when, after

several years there is observed a de-

cided increase in crop production. Such

development means an added income

which should be credited to the live

stock 011 the farm.



A Solution for the Fertility Problem.



Then, live stock conserves fertility

by affording a home market for those

crops best adapted to soil improve-





ment. Grain growing as the sole rev-

enue producer will impoverish the land

as many farmers of the old school dis-

covered to their cost. Live stock en-

courages the growing of clover—a fer-

tilizer in itself; corn and roots which

mean an economical cleaning of the

land by inter-cultivation at regular pe-

riods; and cereals to furnish straw and

to seed down With, while growing a

crop. Thus it will be seen that stock

farming demands a type of crop rota-

tion that is best for the land, for the

animals kept, and for the farmer him-

self in the labor-saving methods of

marketing all the crops. Hence, an-

other hidden profit should be checked

up in favor of the stock.



Again, did you ever notice how each

class of stock fits into its own peculiar

niche in utilizing the various waste

proddcts about the farm? If the corn

fails to ripen there is no market for it,

but the hog will turn the soft ears into

ten—dollar pork. Stacks of straw that

the western grain farmer burns be-

come an asset on a stock farm by be-

ing turned into feed and bedding, thus

getting back into the soil to replace

the plant food it had previously ex-

tracted. A flock of sheep will turn a

weedy farm into a clean one, thereby

enhancing its cash value. Poultry con-

verts grass, scattered grains and in-

sects into meat and eggs, while the

hogs and calves make their greatest

gains on skim—milk, buttermilk or whey

—the by-products of the dairy.



The Factor of Stability.



The efficiency expert of modern busi-

ness finds his chief usefulness in plug-

ging the leaks. It is just there that

the live stock farmer secures another

of his hidden profits. Live stock fed

on the farm for production of milk,

butter, cheese, meat, eggs, etc., has

stability as a business proposition that

makes it most desirable. The growing

of grain crops as a money—making oc-

cupation means a pretty constant gam-

ble with the weather conditions and





markets. Then, too, the mining of the

soil must sooner or later lead to its

depletion. It is simply a case of rob-





bing Peter to pay Paul and is fre-

quently the first step to the poorhouse.

On the other hand, by having the

crops swing around the live stock as a.

central pivot, it will be found that

those which best feed the stock are

also the soil builders. It is like put-

ting the money in the bank and draw-

ing interest on it for the proverbial

rainy day. This existence of a proper

balance giving stability to the busi-

ness, is a hidden profit that must in all

fairness be attributed to the live stock.



I believe that there are few who

have experience in handling live stock

but will admit that the work is broad-

ening in its effect upon the farmer

himself. The interest it creates de-

mands study which in turn is educa-

tive. There are problems in plenty to

be worked out, the solution of which

stand for greater progress, a larger

bank balance, and by no means least,

a deeper love for one’s vocation.

Should not such a result he tabulated,

also, as a hidden profit?





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By w. c. FAIR, V. s.





OXV that the war is upon us, it be-

N hooves every farmer and stock-



raiser to increase his output and

make the most of what he has to do

with. We are all aware that there is

a great scarcity of food in many parts

of the world; besides, it is not now,

any too plentiful in this country. That

being true it is little short of wicked

to waste good grain in feeding it to

worthless, unprofitable live stock.

When you know that salable grain or

roots is being fed to stock without a





possible chance of profit—why not get

busy and sell the stock for the most

you can get for it. You will agree

with me when I say, that much feed

is wasted when fed to wormy horse,

hogs or sheep—kill the worms and

save the feed. Old animals with poor

and defective teeth, should have their

grain ground and fodder cut for them.

One-fourth part of the grain fed to

some horses would be saved if the

grinder teeth were floated, making it

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after there would be little change in

it. However, this important orchard

operation keeps in the line of progress

and new developments which bring

about more efficient and economical

methods are frequently brought to our

attention.



Dust spraying experiments have

been carried on for some time and the

results have been such that one could

not, be warranted in substituting it for

the liquid spray. However, recent do-

vclopments in the grinding of the dust

materials, and other developments,

have brought about results which

make dust spraying a likely substitute

for the liquid. In tests, it has proven

quite efficient; in the control of scab

and as a control for codlin moth it is

a 01039, competitor of the liquid spray.

The dust spray is agreat saver of time

and labor but it. costs more for mate-

rial. The total cost per tree, accord-

ing to an llliuois test, is one-half to

threequariers greater than liquid.

However. in this test the fruit was of

better appearance and color, and the

foliage was also of better color than

that. oi" the liquid-sprayed trees. The

dust spray used was 80 to 85 per cent

sulphur and 15 to 20 per cent dry ar-

senate of lead.



The Time to Spray for the Moth.



The spraying for codlin moth, ac—

cording 10 the seasonal development

of the insect, is growing in favor. It

is the only method for the efficient and

economical control of that insect. The

use of bands around the trees as har-

boring places for the cocoons and then

the placing of the cocoons in wire—cov-

ered traps under normal outdoor con-

ditions, aifords the. easiest way to de-

termine the codlin moth spraying time.

Ten days after the moth emerges from

the cocoon is the proper time for

spraying. The seasonal appearances

of the first, brood of moths may vary a

week, while that of the second brood

may vary two or three weeks. The

time to apply the burlap bands to the

trees for the first brood is late in Aug-





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ond brood the bands ought to be ap-

plied early in June.



To many the advisability of omitting

the cluster or pro-blossom spray and in

its stead make a late application of the

scale spray, is a question. Experiments

carried on by the Illinois Experiment

Station show that this spray can be

safely omitted.



Spray According to Season.



The time is coming when we will ad-

here less rigidly to spray schedules

than heretofore and instead spraying

will be done according to the season.

The banding method for determining

the time. for spraying the codlin'moth

will help along this line. Observations

made by a well informed fruit grower,

supplemented by advice from the ex-

periment station, ought to be sufficient

to determine the amount of spraying

necessary and the. best time for ap-

plication. '



Lime-sulphur and Bordeaux mixture

both cause bruising of fruit and foliage

but under different weather‘conditions.

The Bordeaux causes insecting to a

considerable extent during rainy times

while lime-sulphur causes burning dur-

the. hot and dry periods, which the

spray does not drip much but dries

very rapidly. On the whole, lime-sul—

phur will cause less injury than Bor-

deaux.



A New Peach Spray.



While self-boiled lime-sulphur has

proven a. very efficient spray for the

peach scab, it has been a troublesome

mixture. to make and apply because it

could not be made fine enough to pre-

vent frequent clogging of the nozzles.

Also the mixture could never be made

of uniform strength because of the

variations in the amount of heat the

lime would create, and frequently the

sulphur and lime would unite chemi-

cally, as in the case of the regular

lime-sulphur, and would thus cause in-

jury to the peach foliage.



The New Jersey Experiment Station

carried on a test, with a substitute for

self-boiled lime-sulphur which gave.

promising results. The formula used

consisted of eight pounds of fine flow-

ers of sulphur, four pounds of hydrated

lime, one and a. halt“ ounces of ground

glue dissolved in three gallons of wa-

ter, and Water enough to make fifty

gallons. After breaking up lumps with

sulphur and hydrated lime by putting

them through a sieve, mix them thor-

oughly. Dissolve glue in warm water,

after which add, the glue liquid slowly

while stirring continually and thor-

oughly until the. lime and sulphur is

well coated with the glue and a. thin

solution has been obtained which will

go through a. sieve. Do not. dilute with

water until the glue is thoroughly mix-

ed in, otherwise the lime and sulphur

will gather in lumps and cause clog-

ging of the spray nozzles. If arsenate

of load is added, mix it into a thin

paste before adding. The. one neces—

sary precaution is not, to add any wa-

ter to the lime and sulphur before. the

glue is added.



An Effective Spray.



In tests last summer this mixture

proved effective when applied at the

usual time, which is just as the shucks

are slipping, two weeks later, and

again following this last spray in three

weeks. The sprayed trees were prac-

tically free from scab and brown rot,

while on the unsprayed trees the dis-

eases were quite prevalent.



This mixture is well worth giving a

trial, this season. It is more agreeable

to mix and apply and its strength is

more uniform than self—boiled lime-sul-

phur. Also, it does not give the, fruit

as much of the whitewashed appear-

ance as the self-boiled formula and on

that account may be. applied as late as

two weeks before ripening, while the

self-boiled should never be applied in





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may be glad some day.“



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Put life insurance in

your family budget

—-and Keep it there





Whether confronted by war or peace the

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and theriore turn to the





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savings go to you because you deal direct.





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ANY farmers have declared that

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plantings this season unless the



government guarantees a minimum

price. It is not the purpose of this

article to consider the merits of this

proposition, but inasmuch as such an

assurance could not be given until it is

too late for the farmers to plan on ex-

tending their plantings this spring, it

seems wise at this moment to earnest-

ly consider the economic conditions

now existing and likely to exist, and

the probable influence of same upon

prices for the crops grown on Michi-

gan farms in 1917.

World Food Supplies Nearly Ex-

‘ hausted.



The insistent demand for farm pro-

ducts will go on, whether war contin-

ues or a treaty of peace is signed.

There can be very little doubt as to

this. Economic conditions touching

upon the matter of providing the race

with food necessities all support such a

contention.



In the first place, stocks of food are

or will be depleted before the coming

crop is ready for marketing. In nor-

mal years there is usually a goodly

amount of the non-perishables that go

over from one season to the other.

Such will not be the case this year.

The prevailing high prices have inspir-

ed men to go into every nook and cor-

ner of the country and the world, and

gather in whatever is useful for human

food. The bean situation illustrates

this activity. Ordinarily stocks of

beans are carried over from one mar-

keting season to another, but this year

it looks very much as if the present

supply will be entirely consumed a

month before the 1917 crop is harvest-

ed. Then, besides buyers have gone

into every available bean-producing

country and purchased their surplus

so that there is no supply for the trade

to fall back upon when the domestic

holdings are exhausted. Manchuria,

Corea, Japan and China are swept

clean of last year’s crop except what

is required for seeding purposes.



Outlook for Wheat Not Promising.



The present urgent need of wheat by

western European countries has forced

England to buy from Argentine 200,000

tons of the grain and 20,000,000 pounds

of flour out of supplies which that

country has reserved for home con-

sumption. In return England has

pledged herself to forward a similar

amount of wheat from Canada and

elsewhere this fall in case it is need

ed by the South American country.



Then further, the Southern Hemis-

phere’s contribution to the wheat sup—

ply of the world is but. little over half

what it was for 1915-16. The total

yield for the year was 226,269,121 bu.,

compared with 359,584,957 bu. for the

previous year, and with a five-year av-

erage of 246,474,280 bushels. Add to

this the outlook for the United

States crop for 1917 which the federal

government has estimated at 62.4 per

cent of a normal cr0p as compared

with a ten-year average of 86.2 and one

can begin to comprehend the shortage

in wheat which the world is facing at

the present time.



Wars Waste Food.



Should war continue for any length

of time (and the general consensus of

opinion of those best informed on in-

ternational politics indicates that such

will be the case), then other unusual

factors will obtain so long as the con-

flict lasts, to augment the food situa-

tion. War necessitates the holding of





large supplies of foods in store ready

for movement upon a moment’s notice.

The present submarine campaign is

destroying thousands of tons of food

that must be replaced. As battle fronts

change it is often necessary for armies

to destroy: large depots of supplies to





from their industrial pursuits to en-





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prevent their falling into the hands of

the enemy.

tions will assist in creating a demand

much larger than normal for the pro-

ducts of our farms.





And it is not probable that domestic

consumption will be diminished to any

appreciable degree. Our population is

growing; our people will be busy with

the regular duties of the nation except:

where factories change from the manu—

facturing of implements of peace to the

making of war munitions, in which

event they will be busier and paying

higher wages than ever; there are no

indications that general prosperity will

in any way subside, but on the other

hand there is every reason for the

statement that the business of the

country will grow by leaps and bounds

—all of which promises a healthy do-

mestic demand from our great cities

and manufacturing centers for the pro-

ducts of the farm.





What will be Effect of Peace?



But what influence would the sign-

ing of peace have upon prices? Would

not this bring about opposite results

and spell financial ruin to thousands of

our farmers? In the expenditure of

large sums in high-priced seed and la-

bor will not the American farmer be

exposing himself to the possibility of

heavy losses? Or would not heavy pro-

duction bring the price of farm pro-

ducts to such a low level as to make

it impossible for the farmer to cover

expenses?



Peace will Increase Demand.



Neither the present outlook nor the

lessons of history indicate that peace

will cause a break in prices of farm

products. As soon as peace is declared

the central powers of Europe will be

in the market for large stores of food

stuffs of every description. Hunger

strikes make it appear that the food

situation in those countries is far

worse than in other lands. Their lard—

ers are empty and will have to be filled

and the filling will draw heavily upon

the supplies of the world.



Then, too, peace will find the produc-

tive capacity of the belligerent na-

tions greatly impaired. Millions of men

will have been killed and other mil-





lions permanently incapacitated for

work. Much attention will be given





during the months following the war

to the reconstruction of the various

industrial lines that are suffering

while the great conflict is on. This

deflection of labor and capital will tend

to keep down the supply and at the

same time maintain or even increase

the demand for farm products.





What History Teaches Us.



In this connection it might be inter—

esting and profitable to glance back to

the years immediately following our

Civil War and see what conditions pre-

vailed after'the surrender of General

Lee at Appotomax on April 9, 1865.

After the harvests of that year had

been gathered, Hon. J. R. Dodge, Uni-

ted States Statistician, concluded his

report on the agriculture conditions of

the country as follows: '





A review of the agricultural progress

of the year warrants the exhibition on

the part of the farmer, of the utmost

cheerfulness in the present and hope-

fulness for the future. Improvement

has been rife, and skilled industry has

secured its appropriate reward. Some

of the crops were never, at any previ—

one period, so large, and never were so





high prices received, with one single , ,'





exception.



The commissioner of agriculture,

Hon. Isaac Newton, also reported on

the great agricultural prosperity of the

country after the Civil War in the fol-

lowing words, written November 27,

1865:





While more than a million of the

hardy sons of toil have been called





a - . tic HI as}: FARMER'

W ar, Peace and Food Prices

Would the. Sudden Bringing of the War to a Close Cause





a Slump in Prices of Agricultural Products?





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of the Union, those at home have ap-





plied themselves with redoubled ener-





gy; and with the influence of higher





.wages in calling forth and economiz-





ing labor, and the aid of agricultural

machinery and labor—saving imple-

ments and appliances, the farmer has

been able to gather an abundant har-

vest. Thus those engaged in peaceful

pursuits have been rewarded, even dur-

ing the period of a most desolating

war, with liberal wages for their labor

and remunerative returns for products

of the farm. -



The earth, too, has seemed to re-

spond to the increased demand upon

its fertility, and has giVen us, with the

aid of the husbantlman. an abundance

having no parallel in the history of

that portion of the country, feeding the

army and navy as well as the great

mass of people in civil life, and leav-

ing a surplus for exportation to for-

eign countries, and charitable dona-

tions for the alleviation of the suffer-

ing people of other nations.



\Vhile the products have commanded

seemingly exhorbitant prices, the in-

dustrial classes have had constant em-

ployment at remunerative wages; nor

have these rewards of labor been de-

preciated or sensibly affected by the

return of a vast army to the ranks of

industry, or by the emancipation of

four millions of slaves. So great are

our resources calling urgently for de-

velopment, that instead of tears for

competition from returning soldiers,

emancipated slaves or foreign immi~

grants (now flocking to our shores),

there is seen a decided buoyancy in

the labor market, with a demand for

increased wages: and fewer hours of toil.

Influence of Civil War on Grain Prices.



Some price comparisons will help

the reader to a fuller appreciation of

the influence of Viral war upon the

price of farm crops for the years im-

mediately following the struggle: Not

until December l of 1916 has the farm

value of wheat equalled the value of

this cereal for December 1 of either

15:65, 1866 and 1887. In other words,

these three crop years a l'ter the close

or the Civil War gave the farmers 21

higher average price i'or wheat than

for any other single year during the

last. half century. The average price

for corn for thou- three years was not

equalled until the three years ending

1915. W'hile the average price of oats

for the same period was not excelled

until the three-year period closing with

the year 1916.



Our Civil W'ar Was only a national

affair, the economic influence of which

Was largely limited to this continent

except where the blockade cut off cot-

ton and tobacco exportations. But the

present struggle is in every essential

world Wide and l'he depletion of sup-

plies of food stuffs is already very

alarming while the period for recon-

struction after the signing of peace will

unquestionably be longer than the pe-

riod after the American rebellion. Cer-

tainly there never has been a time

when the agricultural outlook seems to

offer greater inducements than now.





 





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





The Illinois State Dairy and Food

Commissioner, W. S. Mathews, is.or-

ganizing calf clubs and selling heifer

calves of dairy stock to children, 2650

calves having been sold, while there

are orders for 3000 more. The calves

are to be auctioned off at the end of

six months.



Range cattlemen who attended the

recent meetings held in the northwest

reported heavy losses last winter be-

cause of the unusually severe weather.

Losses naturally varied a good deal,

:and it was noticed that where feed

was furnished by the smaller cattle-

rmen, losses were small. The greatest

losses were reported in the northern

portions of Montana and Wyoming.

Gneral losses ran from five to ten per

cent, and there were instances where

they ran as high as fifteen to twenty-

five per cent. Marketing of range

beeves will be considerably smaller

than last year, and with grass fully a

month later than usual and cattle ex-





tremey thin in flesh, shipments to the-





market will be greatly delayed. Ber-

nard F. Heide, representing the Union

Stock Yards and Transit Co., of Chi-

cago, says range men feel that what-

ever losses were suffered will be made

good by the high prices that. will be





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T 0 Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadel-

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meant so much that she sent

forth the idea of a special time for the





formal observance whereby mother!





hood might be concertedly honored.

Miss Jarvis talked and wrote and

thought and held to her idea. She in-

terested ministers, lecturers, orators,

and the prominent people of the na-

tion. W'hen the idea was still in swad-





.dling garments, Reverend J. Wilbur





Chapman, the renowned evangelist, ap-

proved it in these words:



“I consider the observance of ‘Moth-

er’s Day' one of the most beautiful

suggestions 1 have heard in years. I

have adopted it in my own work, and





Why We Keep Mother’s Day





By CAROL





expect after this to have a ‘Mother’s

Day’ in the campaigns. My own moth-

er has been in heaven for thirty-five

years, but her memory is to me most

precious and grows more beautiful

with each passing year.”



The movement took shape under the

original idea of honoring departed

mothers as we honor our fallen sol—

diers on Memorial Day. Then it was

broadened and strengthened in public

favor by making Mother’s Day for all

mothers, whether living or dead.





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In the beginning the white carna-

tion was selected as the most suitable

mnblem because Miss Jarvis held that

its whiteness stands for purity, its

form for beauty, its fragrance for love,

its wide field of growth for charity.

Although the white carnation is still

the favored flower, any white bloom is

suitable for wearing when Mother’s

Day arrives.



Early in May of 1914, Congress pass-

ed a resolution approving Mother’s

Day and designating the date for its





annual observance. The resolution, in-

teresting because of the acknowledge-

ment to the American mother, was as

follows:



“Whereas the service rendered the

United States by the American mother

is the greatest source of the country’s

strength and inspiration; and



“Whereas we honor ourselves and

the mothers of America when we do

anything to give emphasis to the home

as the fountain head of the state: and



“Whereas the American mother is

doing much for the home, for moral

uplift, and religion, hence so much for

good government and humanity;

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on the second Sunday of May, as a

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“Section 2. That the second Sunday

in May shall hereafter be designated

and known as Mother’s Day, and it

shall be the duty of the President to

request its observance as provided for

in this resolution.”



Vl’hat great men ovve their mothers:



“My mother's influence. in molding

my character was conspicuous. She

forced me to learn daily long chapters





I held the lanteln behind my body.

and stared out through the void at the

faraway spark-—it was no more than a

pin prick, barely visible across miles

of open water, and growing fainter

each second. I read the whole mean-

ing, despair clutching my heart. The

vesSel had waited and picked up the

Esmeralda’s boats; believing she then

had on board all who lived, she had re—

sumed her voyage. A mail boat, no

doubt, running on schedule, every min-

ute of delay meant loss to the owners,

and the captain would never lie by un-

til morning. Supposing he had res-

cued all lives, he cared nothing for the

sinking hulk. We were alone, desert“

ed, in the midst of the dead, possibly

without even a chance to save our-

selves from going down with the sod-

den wreck.



But if there should be a chance there

remained not an instant to lose. I

flashed the. light about. into the face of

McCann and the girl, the. man white

and haggard, his eyes as dull as though

he had taken an opiate, absolutely

stupefied with fear. The. fellow was

no coward in a way; I knew that, for

I had heard tales of his adventures;

but this was a peril so sudden, so

strange, as to fairly paralyze his facul-

ties. He would do whatever I told

him, but was utterly incapable of orig-

inal effort. But the girl! In the gleam

of the lantern her eyes met mine, full

of questioning, but fearless. She must

have seen, and understood also, for she

called to me, clinging to the rail to

keep her footing, her loosened hair

flapping in the wind.



“They are leaving us, Mr. Hollis?

Is not that the steamer out there?"



“Ay, the last glimpse we’ll ever have

of her,” I answered bitterly, forgetting

myself in anger. “The brutes think

more of a few dollars than our lives.

But we’ll make a light just the same.

Come, wake up McCann! aft with you

——oh, yes, you can; crawl along the

rail; once beyond the cabin there's a

good foothold. Now; my lady, I’ll not

let you fall——good! you are the better

sailor of the two.”



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clambered after them“ It was a thirty

foOt climb, but the rail stan’éhions

made a fair ladder, giving good hand

and foothold, although occasionally the

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the sea as to bring us to a pause, cling—

ing grimly to the tarred rope in order

to retain our balance. Twice I thought

the doomed yacht was actually going

down, as under the. blow of some swell

she. leaned heavily to starboard, giving

glimpse of the black water just below

where we clung so desperately. Yet

with sodden, sickening motion, like the

last painful effort of a dying creature,

she managed to right herself once

more, every timber groaning in agony,

the salt spume of the sea blown into

our faces. The Wind was not high, nor

the sea violent; had they been, I doubt

if the yacht would have survived this

long, the only motion being the comb

of the long Atlantic rollers striking us

on the port quarter, lifting us helpless-

ly to their crest, and 'then dropping us

into the hollow as though rocked in a

cradle.



Once beyond the over-reach on the

cabin we found opportunity to stand

erect, gripping the iron supports which

had sustained the awning above the

after deck. In the dim rays of the.





lantern the scene was one of utter'





wreck and desolation. A boom of the

mizzen mast had fallen from aloft rip—

ping the awning into shreds, twisting

the iron work, and splintering the rail

aft. Tables and chairs, broken and en'-

tangled, lay piled in' a heap against the

after-hang of the cabin, while rope

ends littered the. deck, and hung dang—

ling like so many serpents. There had

been four boats hung in davits above

the rails two of them were gone one

hung trailing overboard, half submerg-

ed, with the bow still swinging to the

tackle the fourth had been smashed

into kindling. I staggered across to

where I could look down at the dang-

ling craft, holding my lantern out over

the rail. It was broken amidships and

useless, but jammed under a thwart.

lay a man’s body the gleam of light

rested on the upturned face, and I rec

ognized the feat'ures of Fosdick.

Sickened, covering my eyes with one

arm, I clung to the shattered rail, com-

pletely unnerved. The struggle to con-

trol myself, to get a new grip, could

not have lasted a moment. The voice

of the girl aroused me, brought me

back instantly to manhood. .

“Mr, Hollis, the dory is still here!”

I swept the lantern about. confused,





 





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but the"- woman aided by the flag locker,

hail crept aft, and now leaned out over

the stern rail and was pointing eagerly

down into the black water. I worked

my way cautiously forward to where

she clung, the lantern swung overside,

its small ring of light giving me View

of the whole uptilted stem. The wa-

ter Within the yacht must have been

steadily rising, for we were already so

deeply submerged that only the upper

half of the screw was visible, together

with a small section of the rudder. The

dory, which had evidently been left

trailing astern, was acrually afloat, al-

though half filled, and her oars, jam-

med securely under a thwart, were still

in place.



The position of the Iessel, the wa-

tel dogged condition of the smaller

craft, told me at a glance the whole

story. What was lF-ft of the crew of

the Esmeralda, together with those

guests “who had lived to attain the

deck had made their escape in the

two missing boats—they would hold

twenty each, and were strong‘ and sea-

worthy. No doubt the smashed one

there had been lowered first, but the

tackle jammed, and in the wreck Fos-

dick had been killed. The others had

clambered aboard the two left, leaving

him crushed behind. They had no need

of the dory, which at that time was in

all probability perched high and dry

on the uptilted stern, where launching

was impossible. Since then the yacht

had been steadily sinking; had, per-

haps, assumed a different position as it

thus became more deeply submerged.

The light dory, still held fast by its

painter, had slid down the wet planks

back into the sea, shipping some water

as it came down stern on. but remain-

ing buoyant enough to remain afloat.

So far as I could perceive not a seam

was opened, and every ounce of water

had swept in over the gun-wales.



The sight of the little craft, staunch

and buoyant, bobbing about just below

us in the glow of light, brought back

my courage. Ay, there was a chance

here; we could get free of the doomed

yacht; we were not to perish like

drowning rats, helplessly. To be sure

the boat was a small one, a mere din-

ghy intended for use in smooth wa-

ters; why they had continued trailing

it astern so far at sea was a mystery;

yet it would bear the three of us un-

less a storm arose. There was no time

to seek either blankets, or provisions,

nor was there any fresh water to be

had—«but at least, We need not go down

with the ship. We had still a hope of

rescue, a fighting chance—God be

thanked for that!





My hand closed over hers as she

clung to the rail, and she turned and

looked at me. Never in any eyes have

I seen such glimpse of steady courage.



“The boat is strong, staunch; she

will carry us, Mr. Hollis ?”



“Ay! this is better than I dared

hope. But there is no time to lose;

the yacht is settling fast—see those

bubbles of air! why I can almost feel

the droop of the planks beneath my

feet. Here, McCann, bear a hand!

Pull yourself up that flag locker; now

get a grip here. Are you sailer enough

to slide down that rope?”





He stared at the boat, bobbing up

and down on the black water, with

lack luster eyes.



“It—it will sink,” he half sobbed, “It

——it is almost full of water.”



“Sink nothing!" my disgust rising

“It will hold twice

your weight. Down with you, and hail.

Then stand by to help the lady. Over

you go my lad, if I have to pitch you

headlong; this is no time to argue the

matter. Will you try it, quietly?”



“VV-hat’s the matter with your go-

ing?”



“Because I stay to help the girl, and

cast off. We cannot afford to lose that

line. Good God; man, our lives are at





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ward, and went slpashing down into

the sea.





Now, you either crawl over that rail,

or I’ll throw you.”



He chose the least of the two evils,

for my hands were at his throat. I

helped him scramble to where he could

grip the rope, to which he clung with

all the terror of a big baby, but there

was no stopping now. He stared up

into my face,'but his fear of me must

have been greater than of the lapping

water below, for the strands of the

rope slipped through his fingers and

an instant later he had clambered into

the bow of the boat, and sank onto his

knees in the water. To my relief the

dory did not sink greatly beneath his

weight, the water shipped proving

scarcely ankle deep. It would support

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CHAPTER VII.

Adrift in the Boat.



0 cling there longer, to delay an-



other moment, would be suicide.



I leaned far over and looked

down at the idinghy now rising and

falling on the swell caused by the

plunge of the yacht. McCann was up-

on his knees clinging to the gunwales,

his face turned upward pleadingly to-

ward the light.



“Catch this lantern, McCann,” I call-

ed down to him sharply. “I will swing

it to you on the end of a rope. Easy,

man! now throw off the lashing, and

make the glim secure on the thwart

behindyou; better tie it to the lock.

Good; you’ll make a sailor yet. Now

listen; work your boat over until you

can get a grip on the rudder chains,

and hold her steady—yes, to your

right; use one of the oars. Now hang

on—I’m going to send the lady down;

stand by to give her a hand.”



He did as I bade him in a fashion,

but was soawkward about it, I won-

dered the boat kept upright. A little

extra water was shipped, but finally

the position sought was attained and

the towline brought taut. Satisfied, I

glanced aside at my companion.



“Not a very easy gangway, but the

best we have. Are you afraid?"



She smiled.



“Not in the least, Mr. Hollis; these

skirts are a nuisance, but I can climb





like a boy. Help me keep my balance





on the rail.”



She was over so quickly that I can

scarcely recall more than clasping her

arm, and she went down the rope hand

over hand, as lightly as a sailor. By

the time she reached the beat, her

body was half submerged in the water,

but McCann gave her his hand, and

assisted in dragging her in over the

Side. No sooner was she safe within

than she looked back, shading her eyes

from the light to perceive me leaning

anxiously over the rail above.





“I am all right, Mr. Hollis,” she call-

ed in her clear steady voice. “Now

you come—~c0me quick.”



“Just a. second more,” I answered.

“Here is the line; haul it in. Get out

your oars, McCann, and pull; Don’t

wait, or you’ll be sucked down when

the yacht sinks. Never mind me; I’ll

jump from‘ the rail, and swim out to

you.”



I climbed onto the rail, gripping an

iron stanchion for support, and poised

myself for the plunge. The boat, sur-

rounded by its little circle- of light,

drifted away, MvCann awkwardly

struggling with the heavy oars. The

lantern rays fe'll full on the girl’s up-

turned face, and once she held out her

hands in pleading gesture. It could

scarcely have been a minute I hesitat-

ed, yet suddenly beneath me came a.

sound of rending wood, a muffled ex-

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I must have sunk deeply, for I felt

no swirl of the waters, no suction, but

when I came again to the surface, noth-

ing was visible but that bobbing lan-

tern on the dinghy. The Esmeralda

had disappeared. A faint cry reached

me, and I answered it, striking out

strongly toward the guiding light. Five

minutes later, dripping and a bit ex-

hausted—for I had been ashore a long

while—I managed to clamber in over

the stern. Even as I rested breathless

on a thwart, I realized that the girl

had crept aft, and her hands sought

mine.



“Oh, I am so glad,” she sobbed, al-

most hysterically. “I was afraid; I——-

I thought you went down with the

yacht.”



“No such luck.

decks blew up.

sight?”



“I—-I haven’t looked; but there is no

sound, no light anywhere. Do you sup-

pose the steamer has really left us?”



“I have no doubt of it,” I answered,

but stood up so as to see about more

clearly. “They supposed all who lived

had been picked ‘up, and then contin-

ued on their course.”



My eyes ranged the horizon, but

found nothing. To the eastward, as I

supposed the direction to be, there

hung a dark, vapor—like cloud obscur-

ing the stars, and beneath this curtain

the strange steamer had vanished, not

even a distant gleam of light showing.

We were alone on the great ocean in

the grasp of the black night. I sat

down again dazed for the instant by

the immensity of the waters, the utter

loneliness, and the sudden realization

of the littleness of this cockle-shell in

which we floated. Her voice aroused

me to a comprehension that I alone

was a sailor, and that on me depended

every chance for life.





“Do you know, Mr. Hollis, where we

are?”



“Not exactly. I heard the captain

state the position of the yacht yester-

day at noon, about one hundred and

fifty miles east and south of Montauk;

we have drifted some since.”



“In what direction?”



“North, I should say, from what I

know of currents hereabout.”



She drew a quick breath.



“Are we in the steamer lanes?”



“Not of the North Atlantic steam-

ers; they would pass, farther east-

ward. I cannot imagine What that fel-

low who rammed us was doing up in

here so far out of his course. Yes,

that was a. liner; I could see the lights

of her ports. The only vessels passing

along here will be coasters, or, by

luck, possibly some tramp bound Bos-

ton way.” .



Unsatisfactory as all this was, bring-

ing to me afresh the desperate peril of

our situation, it yet compelled me to

evert authority, and seek to divert the

minds of the others by action. We

must make a fight—the best fight pos-

sible—and in this it was my prov-

ince to lead. ’



“McCann,” I said, “there is little use

tugging away at those cars, when we

even do not know the points of the

compass. Hand one back here, so I

can keep the boat’s head straight, and

then ship the other. Now let’s see

what is on board; try the locker for-

ward; and Miss Vera, you might exam-

ine beneath the stern sheet. This boat

has never been inboard since We left

port.” ’



They went at the task as though

glad of the opportunity,,McCann creep-

ing forward on hands and knees.



“There’s nothing here”; he reported

discouragingbl, "but a roll of tarpaulin,

some rope ends, and the splintered

handle of a paddle.”



- “Well, what more do wewant? That

means a sail, if we Can make‘a hole in

one of the thwartsto step‘a mast. How

much cloth is there?” . ' .

“Two or three yards."





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tern.



“A bag at biscuit, a small beaker of

water, insipid, but sweet, some strong

cord. and a brad awl.”



“Lord!" I exclaimed, “this is almost

too good to be true. Why, we are out-

fitting for a voyage. Howeyer, there

is little use endeavoring to rig up a

jury mast before daylight, when we

know in which direction to steer. Mc-

Cann. yoii haven’t been overboard, and

no doubt, your watch runs; what time

is it?"



He fumbled about and found the

timepiece, staring at it in amazement.



“Must have stopped, Hollis," he said.

“No, by jove, the thing is running all

right; the hands point to 1:30."



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lision occurred before eight bells, or

else Seeley would have been on the

bridge, instead of aft by the cabin.”

“He had just been called, he told me,

and had reached the deck when that

devil rammed us.”

“On the starboard quarter?”

“Forward on the right side as you

face the bows, just about at the bridge.

I only had a word or two with him. He

said the other vessel was a Black Star

boat, and that not a man forward of

our main hatch had a chance. She cut

clear into us as far as the wheelhouse,

and then deliberately backed off, and

let us sink. Seeley cursed them for a

pack of cowards.”

“Yes, I heard that.

idea who was saved ?"

“i heard the captain's voice back

there under the awning. ordering out

the boats, and after I was caught un-

der that wreckage Carrlngton came up

from below and climbed along the rail.

I called to him, but he paid no atten-

tion; there was considerable noise

then, and he might not have heard





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HERE is a. great deal of talk



about the war these days. Also



some action in some places. But

for the most part, so far, it is largely

talk about what we are going to do

and what the other fellow ought to do.

In the cities, women are bustling about

establishing Red Cross units and tak-

ing first, aid lessons, which they will

never use, but which gives them a fine

chance to get their names in the pa-

pers; Newspapers are printing oceans

of stuff about how to cut down the

high cost of living, the inexperienced

editors never dreaming that the small

part of it which is practical, thrifty

housewives have practiced from their

youth up, and the other sort of women

won’t practice anyway. There is much

talk of compulsory service, which is a

fine thing to get the other fellow out,

but contrary to the constitution if any

of our men folks are included in its

provisions.



Women, who never darn their own

stockings, are beginning to knit socks

which no soldier could wear if they

ever got finished. Young girls, who

couldn’t pick a sliver out of small

brother’s finger without fainting away,

are rushing down to enlist, and posing

for their photos. Boy scouts are strut-

ting about importantly. Flags are fiy-

ing and President Wilson’s picture is

on sale in all ten-cent stores, where

Kaiser Wilhelm’s portrait is conspicu-

ous by its absence. Everyone is talk-

ing about doing his or her “hit,” and

noses curl contemptuously at the term

“Slacker.”



But through it all, how many are

conscientiously trying to find out What

their particular “bit” is? A certain per

cent, I grant you. There always is a

minority of workers. But the greater

part of it is simply froth and excite-

ment.



I have asked myself several times

what my bit is, but so far I have not

found it. There is no sense in going

to the Red Cross to roll bandages. The

pretty young society girls have already

rolled more than would be needed if

the war were to last three years more,

and besides, the papers like their pic-

tures best. I can’t economize on food

stuffs a mite more, thus to aid Uncle

Sam. If I did the family would be

forced to the bread line. I can’t have

a garden, the back yard is solid sand

for four feet down, and the two-year—

old from next door appropriates it for

his private diggings. I can’t give my

sons, they are too young, and my hus-

band is exempt. I can’t go as a nurse,

and while I might knit socks it would

take so long to finish a pair that the

war would be over before the first heel

was turned.



The only thing I can do is to write,

and to me it seems the height of pre-

sumption to preach thrift to farm

women. The one class of American

women who know the meaning of the





the, word and practice it in all its moods





and tenses are farm women, and for

Uncle Sam, or any of his menials, to

preach thrift to farmers’ wives seems

to me little short of an insult.



What is the use of urging farm

women to make gardens and can their

surplus. Don’t they wear themselves

out doing that, even in times of plen-

ty? Why tell them to use milk and

eggs because meat is high, when fresh

meat is always a scarce article about

the farm home, due to the distance





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cakes, with eggs in May at thirty-eight

cents retail? Why advise them to

economize on butter, with the Michi-

gan farmers paying their creameries

forty-eight cents a pound now for it?

Why advise the women to wear last

year’s suit this year, when a large part

of them have done that for five years

back, and a certain smaller per cent

for ten or more? Why? But why go

on with it? Haven’t you read it and

heard it, dear women, until you are

heartsick of the idea of economy, and

filled with a mad desire to go out and

plunge into all manner of wild extrava~

gances, even to $12 white top shoes.

I have, and some day, very soon, too,

I’m going to show my feelings in the

matter by treating the family to a

three-inch porterhouse steak, flanked

with mashed potatoes, and garnished

with stuffed, hothouse tomatoes.



The trouble with the thrift talk is

that it is always read only by the con-

scientious women, who know the

whole thing by heart and are earnestly

striving to do their best. The sort of

women who really need it never read

it. They are buried in the fashion

pages. If a woman is inclined to be

thrifty and Conscientious, she doesn’t

need anyone to tell her how. She finds

her own ways, fitted to her own needs.

If she is not so inclined no amount of

“canned” advice sent out by the gov-

ernment, nor real fresh matter written

in an office by some girl who doesn’t

know a potato ricer from a soap shaver

is going to make her see the error of

her ways.



The only thing I see for the average

working woman to help is to just keep

on the even tenor of her way. Her

“bit” seems to me to be the same old

“bit” she has been doing for ages, just

to serve at home cheerfully, conscien-

tiously, hopefully. It’s our war, but

we can’t fight. Our part is simply

clean living, and doing our bit at

home, away back out of the limelight.



DEBORAH.





PRESERVING EGGS BY WATER-

GLASS OR LIMEWATER.





 





March, April, May and June are the

months when the hens of the country

produce about fifty per cent of the lay

of the whole year. These are the

months, also, when the thrifty house-

wife has her own hens, or who can

draw upon the surplus supply of a

near-by neighbor, puts away in water-

glass or limewater, eggs for next au-

tumn and winter. To ensure success,

care must be exercised in this opera-

tion. The following directions are from

the U. S. Department of Agriculture.





In the first place, the eggs must be

fresh, preferably not more than two or

three days old. This is the reason why

it is much more satisfactory to put

away eggs produced in one’s own

chicken yard.



lnfertile eggs are best if they can be

obtained, so, after the hatching, ex-

clude roosters from the flock and kill

them for table as needed.



The shells must be clean. Washing

an egg with a. soiled shell lessens its

keeping quality. The protective gela-

tinous covering over the shell is re-

moved by water, and when this is

gone the egg spoils more rapidly.



The shells must be free from even

the tiniest crack. ‘One cracked egg

will spoil a large number of sound eggs

when packed in waterglass.





Earthenware crocks are good con-





tainers. The crocks must be clean and

Sound. Scald them and let them cool

completely before use. A crock hold-

ing six gallons will accommodate eight-

een dozens of eggs and about twenty-

two pints of solution. Too large crocks

are not desirable, since they increase

the liability of breaking some of the

eggs, and spoiling the entire batch.



It must be remembered that the eggs

on the bottom crack first and that

those in the bottom of the crooks are

the last to be removed for use. They

may be put up in smaller crooks.



“Waterglass is known to the drug-

gist as sodium silicate. It can be pur-

chased by the quart from druggists or

poultry supply men. It is a. pale yel-

low, odorless, sirupy liquid. It is dilut-





ed water, rain water, or other water. ‘





In any case, the water should be boiled

and then allowed to cool. Half fill the

vessel with this solution and place the

eggs in it, being careful not to crack

them. The eggs can be added a few at

a time until the container is filled.

Be sure to keep about two inches of

waterglass above the eggs. Cover the

crock and place it in the coolest place

available ’from which the crock will

not have to be moved. Inspect the

crock from time\ to time and replace

any water that has evaporated, with

cool boiled water.



When the eggs are to be used, re-

move them as desired, rinse in clean,

cold water and use immediately. Eggs

preseryed in waterglass can be used

for soft boiling or poaching, up to No-

vember. Before boiling such eggs

prick a tiny hole in the large end of

the shell with a needle to keep them

from cracking. They are satisfactory

for frying until about December. From

that time until the end of the usual

storage period, that is until March,

they can be used for omelettes, scram-

bled eggs, custards, cakes and general

cookery. As the eggs age, the white

becomes thinner and is harder to beat.

The yolk membrane becomes more del-

icate and it is correspondingly difficult

to separate the whites from the yolks.

Sometimes the white of the egg is ting-

ed pink after very long keeping in wa-

terglass. This is due, probably, to a.

little iron which is in the sodium sili-

cate, but which apparently does not in-

jure the egg for food purposes.



Limewater is also satisfactory for

preserving eggs and is slightly less ex-

pensive than waterglass. A solution is

made by placing two or three pounds

of unslaked lime in five gallons of wa~

ier, which has been boiled and allow-

ed t cool, and allowing the mixture to

stand until the lime settles and the

liquid is clear. The eggs should be

placed in a clean earthenware jar or

other suitable vessel and covered to a

depth of two inches with the liquid.

Remove the eggs as desired, rinse in

clean, cold water and use immediately.





 





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BY IRENE KENDRICK.



A convenience is not always an ex-

pense. An expensive kitchen is not

always a convenient one. We have a

convenience so great, at so small an

expense, and tried out by several years

use, that it seems to merit a. little

publicity.



The water supply for the farm was a

good well just at the corner of the

house. A windmill pumped the water

into the house. From the tank in the

kitchen, which was placed on an ‘ old-





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A few years ago this tank. began to

leak. A gasoline engine had taken the

place of the old windmill and the

pipes had to be changed, so that a gen-

eral overhauling was due. About the

same time our old home-made refrig-

erator collapsed and the old eye-sore

of an ice house threatened to do the

same. Sawdust was hard to get, the

only ice we get is from the river, and

since the sugar factory empties its re-

fuse into it, it is rather dirty stuff. It

looked like a lot of expense ahead.



We noticed that the kettles stored

in the cupboard under the sink were

always very' cold, and it gave us an

idea. We began to study the problem

and the outcome was, that when the

werk was done we had a very nice ar-

rangement. The supply and outlet pipes

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milk, toaSt- or bread; 10:00 p. m., milk

(may be omitted).



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four hours; part of this may be poured

over the cereal.



Oatmeal should be cooked for three

hours, with a little salt in the water. it

should be served without sugar, or

with a very little. The lighter cereals

should be cooked at least an hour.



Bread for young children must have

been thoroughly baked and should be

quite dry when used, that is at least

two days old. Tender toast is made by

cutting thin slices‘from such a loaf

and allowing them to dry still more,

then toasting them to a delicate brown

over a quick'fire. Toast thus made is

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neath it were enclosed with half-inch

stuff, and three cupboard doors fitted

to the front. Two shelves were made

in the enclosure, the whole cupboard

painted white inside and the outside

stained and varnished to match the

kitchen woodwork.



Although it stands within three feet

of the coal range, the air in the cup-

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FEEDING THE GROWING CHILD



DURING THE SECOND YEAR.





 





Much of the. illness and suffering

among babies commonly attributed to

the "second summer" or to teething is

actually due to errors in feeding. The

baby’s delicate digestive mechanism,

accustomed to dealing only with milk,

can not all at once undertake the task

of adjustment to a varied diet of solid

foods, but must be strengthened by the

gradual addition of new foods until the

organs are trained to more complicat-

ed operations. The safe rule for feed-

ing the baby is to add but one new

food at a time to his dietary; to watch

carefully the effect of each one and to

withdraw it and return it to the simp«

ler diet at the first sign of trouble.

These rules are particularly important

in summer, when a baby is more read-

ily upset. '



The following list shows the day’s

meals for a biby in second year.



, 7:00 a. m., milk, Zwieback, toast, or

dried bread. 9:00 a. m., orange juice.





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griddle cakes and mullins are not suit-

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The child may have a small portion

of baked apple or prunes once a day in

addition to his morning feeding of 01'-

ange juice. The apple should-be baked

very tender. and all the skin, seeds,

and hard parts should be. removed.

Prunes should be very carefully wash-

ed, soaked all night, then cooked until

very tender, with very little sugar. A

small portion of the strained pulp may

be given instead of apple, and the juice

may be used also.



The child may have about a table-

spoont‘ul ot’ scraped meat, or a soft-

boilcd or coddled egg once a day. Beef,

broiled, boiled. or roasted, the tender

part, of a lamb chop, or the delicate

meat, of chicken or fish may be used

All meat should be scraped or minced

very fine, 21,-; no child of this age can

be trusted to chew it properly.



A small portion of some properly

cooked green vegetable, like spinach

or tender string beans, may be given.

Such vegetables should be fresh. They

should be cooked, then drained and

mashed or strained through a colan-

der.——Children's Bureau.





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soft cloth. The linseed oil acts as a

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Onions and water will remove the

smell of paint from a room. Slice sev-

eral onions, put. them in a pail of wa-

ter and stand the pail in a closed apart-

ment over night—M. A. P.



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May 8, 19 17.





Wheat—There is no general change

in this trade except that prices have

advanced to new high levels. Dealers

are swamped with orders for flour,

which has increased the demand for

cash wheat and provided the chief fac-

tor for the higher prices. Conditions

of the growing crop have improved but

farmers have abandoned such a large

percentage of the winter wheat

acreage that experts calculate that the

present outlook promises many million

bushels less of the grain than were fig-

ured on by the government reporters

in their April calculations. Spring

wheat seeding is progressing under

favorable conditions. The present vis-

ible supply is about 15,000,000 bushels

short of the supply on hand a year,

ago. Last week when the bonded Can-

adian wheat was included in the total

stocks it was expected that a substan-

tial general increase in' supplies would





lion bushels decrease was the; result of

the marketingoperations for the past

week. One year ago No. 2 red wheat





was quoted at 31.21% per bushel. Last

week’s Detroit quotations were:

No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. July

Wednesday ..... 2.94 2.91 2.27

Thursday . . . .3.02 2.99 2.31

Friday ......... 3.00 2.97 2.24

Saturday . . . . .3.04 3.01 2.28

Monday ........ 3.08 3.05 2.29%,





Tuesday .. . . . .3.15 3.12 2.34

Chicago—May wheat $2.97 per bu;

July 32.32%; Sept. $1.941/z.

Corn—The demand for this cereal

is brisk and prices show a gain for the

past week of several cents. Weather

conditions have not been altogether

favorable for starting the new crop. A

year ago No. 3 corn was quoted at 760.

Last week’s Detroit quotations were:





No. 3 No. 3

Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday . . . . . . . . 1.61 1.63

Thursday . . . . . . . . . . 1.61 1.63

Friday 1.63 1.65

Saturday ........... 1.63 1.65

Monday ........... . 1.64 1.66

Tuesday ........... 1.64 1.66





Chicago—May corn $15634 per bu;

July 31.45%; Sept. 31.37%.



Oats.——-There was a decrease of over

3,000,000 bushels in the visible supply

of oats last week, indicating a more

general demand for this grain which

is comparatively cheaper than the oth-

er staples. Seeding will be large in a

majority of the heavy producing states.

A year ago standard oats were quoted

at 481/20 per bushel. Last week’s De-

troit quotations were:





No. 3



Standard. White.

Wednesday 74 73%

Thursday ........ . . . . . 74 73 1/2

Friday 73 721/2

Saturday .......... . . . . 73 7 21/2

Monday ..... . ..... . . . . 73 721/2

Tuesday .............. 73 721/2





Chicago.-May oats 68540 per bu;

July 63%0; Sept. 550.



Rye.—-—Prices are unchanged from a

week ago, with cash No. 2 quoted at

$2.02 per bushel.



Beans—The nominal quotations on

the local market were off 250 at the

opening this week, cash and June ship-

ments now being quoted at $9.75 per

bushel. In Chicago the trade is steady





 





 





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with. Michigan, pea beans quoted at.

$10.65 and red kidneys at $8.75. Price

basis at Greenville was $9.75 Monday

morning. ,

Seeds.—Prime red clover $10.70; 00-

tober $11.40; alsike $11.50. -- -- w





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Butter.——The market continues firm

at an advance of 1/20. Creamery ex-

tras 371/20; do firsts 37c; dairy 33C;

packing stock 260.



Chicago—Market continues steady

and without change. Demand is most-

ly for consumptive purposes. Extra.

creameries 38c; extra firsts 371/20;

packing stock 29c.



Elgin.—Prices recovered lc from the

low price of last week. The demand

is for medium grades. Price, based on

sales is 380.



Eggs.—The demand is active and the

market is firm at 140 advance over

last week. Fresh firsts 340; current

receipts 33%0.



Chicago—Prices are higher but the

feeling is easy at the advance. The _de-

mand is fair. Fresh firsts 321/2,@331/20;

ordinary firsts 301/2@311,§c; miscellan-

eous lots, cases included 30@33c. '





WOOL.





 





The market is nervous and prices

continue to advance. The supply of

fine wool is becoming very scarce and

dealers are acting conservatively in

their purchases because of the present

lack of shipping accommodations. In

Boston Michigan unwashed delaines

are now quoted at 530; do combing 48

@560; do clothing 44@46c.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

May 7, 1917.

Buffalo.





Receipts here today as follows: Cate

tle 110 cars; hogs 55 d. d.; sheep 35 d.

d.; calves 2000 head.



With 110 cars of cattle here today

there were very few heavy shipping

cattle, the bulk of them running on the

medium order and they sold mostly

steady to 100 higher on the best heavy

grades. There was a strong demand

for the butcher cattle and they sold

mostly 10@250 higher. Cow stuff was

scarce and high. Strong demand for

stockers. There was a strong demand

for bulls and bulk of them sold 10@

250 higher.



Receipts of hogs today were about

like one week ago, 55 double decks on

sale. There was very little change

from Saturday, excepting on the light

mixed grades, some 01' this class sell-

ing a little lower, while strong weight

hogs sold strong and in some cases a.

little higher. The bulk of the sales

were around $16@16.10, with a few se-

lected medium weights at $16.25@

16.35; pigs and lights from $13.50@

14.50, as to weight and quality; roughs

$14@14.25; stags $12@13.



With a moderate run of lambs today

our market opened up active and pric-

es 150 higher than the close of last

week. About all sold and we look for

steady to shade higher prices last of

the week, depending chiefly on the

receipts. We quote: Lambs $14.50@

14.75; heavy lambs $13@13.25; cull to

common $10@13.50; yearlings $12@

13; wethers $11.50@12; ewes $10.50@

11.25; bucks $8@10; best calves $13.25

@1350; common and light $9@12.50;

heavy $8.50@11; grassers $6@6.50.





 





Chicago.

May 7, 1917.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.





Receipts today..21,000 50,000 14,000

Same day 1916. .19,101 41,025 15,623

Last week ...... 57,862 162,934 48,197

Same . wk 1916. .38,455 155,986 53,752





Cattle receipts today are large for a *





Monday these times, and while butcher

stuif and desirable steers are selling

satisfactorily 011 the whole, it looks

like a lower market for poorly fatten-

ed steers as soon as trade gets well

under way. Hogs average a dime low-

er, with sales at $14.35@15.75 and one

sale at $15.80. Hogs marketed last

week averaged 217 lbs. Choice lambs

are held higher and are expected to

sell better, but at a late hour buyers

are holding back. .



Cattle are marketed so irregularly

that prices are declining or advancing

most of the time, receipts Weekly be-

ing alternately large and small. A

marked gain in the receipts last week

was brought about by the substantial

advances of the preceding week, when

receipts were very small in volume.

The greater part of last week’s offer~

ings of beef steers went at $10@12.40,

with the better class of steers carry-

ing plenty of weight, selling at $12.25

@1340, while a class of steers grading

as good sold at $11.75 and upward. A

medium grade of short-fed steers sold

at $11 and upward, while'fair light-

weight killers brought $10 and upward,

with limited sales of inferior little

steers down to $8@8.75.' Yearlings oi

desirable quality were salable at $11





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est time-vim a

great sc‘arcity,jotfthe as class,and

sales were





shared he general decline in prices,

with cows selling at $7.80@11, while a

sale was made of three head of fancy

1570-“). cows at $11.60. Heifersfound

buyers at ”@1150, while cutters

brought $7.20@7.75, canners $6@7.15

and bulls $7610.25. All along canners

and cutters have been selling relative-

ly much better than much choicer cat-

tle. and as long as the packers keep

on filling enormous orders for army

and navy canned meats this may be

expected toconti'nue a feature of the

market. As for prime beef cattle, pric-

es are very slow to weaken, and their

comparative scarcity will doubtless

cause them to sell at a liberal premi—

um indefinitely. The stocker and feed-

er branch of the market is as animated

as could be expected with the moder-

ate offerings of desirable kinds and

their great dearness. Stockers have

sold mostly at $7.75@9.75, only prime

yearling stockers going near the high-

est figures, while feeders sold at $9.20

@1050. Most beef cattle declined 15

@25c. Calves sold at $6@13.25.



Hogs were in much increased supply

last week, starting off with a Monday

run of 50,549 head, and a little weak.

ness in prices took place, but declines

were small and were followed by re-

coveries. Especial firmness took place





in choice hogs carrying lots of weight





whenever the market developed

strength, these being wanted in fair

numbers for eastern shipment; but the

eastward movement has continued far

less in volume than earlier in the year,

when large numbers went out from

here. Hogs at the prices recently paid

have been great money-makers for

their fortunate owners, and they are

expected to keep on doing so for a

long time. Turning back to this time

in 1911, it is seen that hogs Were sell-

ing at $5.60@6.30, while no longer ago

than at this time in 1915 sales were

made at $7.05@7.75. At the week’s

best time prime hogs brought $16,

while at the close light bacon hogs

brought $14.40@15.40; heavy packers

$15.25@15.65; heavy shippers $15.65@

15.85; light shippers $15.45@15.60;

light “singeing” hogs, averaging 170

to 200 lbs., $15.60@15.80; pigs $10@

13.90, lots weighing up to 135 lbs. go~

ing highest. The week’s receipts of

hogs showed large gains.



Lambs and other live muttons have

for still another week followed their

long continued upward course, with a

number of new high records in prices,

lambs still taking the lead. Most of

the receipts consisted of Colorado

wooled lambs and western clipped

lambs, there being a marked scarcity

of yearlings, wethers and ewes, while

scarcely any shearing and feeding

lambs showed up, the best bringing

$16 per 100 lbs. Prime lambs advanc~

ed 85c, while shorn lots moved up $1@

1.15, with similar advances'in sheep

and yearlings. Wooled lots closed as

follows: Lambs $14.25@17.75; feeder

and shearing lambs $14.50@16; year-

lings $13.75@15.75; wethers $11.50@

14.25; ewes $9.50@14; bucks $10.75.@

12.50; spring lambs $14.25@17.75. Clip-

ped lambs closed at $13.25@14.65.



Horses were marketed so sparingly

last week that prices were very firm

for any desirable kinds. Army horses

were nominal at $120 for mounts and

$160@175 for gunners, while inferior

animals of light weight brought $60@

85 and drafters $185@285 or more. The

farm chunks were quoted at $60@125

and up to $200 for superior animals.





 





The thirty-second annual meeting of

the Holstein-Friesian Association of

America, will be held at the Bancroft

Hotel, Worcester, Mass, June 6, 1917.





, The program is unusually good and the





entertainment to be furnished by the

New England Holstein Breeders will

be worth while.





 





The Michigan Highway Commission-

cr is asking the federal government to

aid in the building of six miles of; road

in Allegan county, nine miles in Mus-

kegon and Oceana counties, as parts of

the West Michigan Pike, and ten miles

in Iosco county, and ten miles in

Presque Isle county as portions of the

East Michigan pike. Aid will also be

asked for the completion of the road

connecting the copper country with

Marquette county in the upper penin-

sula. These funds will be asked under

the provisions of the Readbill passed

by congress at its last session.



Herbert Hammond, of Wilmington,

Michigan, has been advertising baby

chicks in the Michigan Farmer; also in

other publications. We received a let-

ter _ from him, reading as follows:

“Have received more inquiries from

one insertion of our advertising in

your paper than we have from three





 





 





 





 





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» The first, edition is sent to.th05e who

have not expressed a desire for the

latest markets. The late market edi-

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DETROlT LIVE STOGK MARKET





 





Thursday’s Market.

May 10, 1917.

Cattle. ~





Receipts 1387. The service handed

out by all Detroit roads this week was

very bad, stock that should have been

sold Wednesday morning did not arv

rive until late in the afternoon and

quite a bit through the night. It would

seem as if a little better service might

be given with very little extra effort.

Much of the stock reaches the Detroit

terminals in fairly good time, but takes

too long to reach the yards.



In the cattle division the receipts

were considerably less than last week

and on this account the trade was ac-

tive and all grades brought strong

prices. Wm. Knapp, of Rochester, had

the best steer\(from Michigan) ever

seen in the yards. It was raised by

June Smith, an extensive breeder of

Shorthorns near Oxford, and was sold

by Bishop, Bullen & Holmes to Ham-

mond, Standish & Co., for $12.50 per

cwt, and weighed 1880 lbs.



The close in the cattle division was

strong as follows: Best heavy steers

$10.75@11; best handy weight butcher

steers $10@10.50; mixed steers and

heifers $9@10.25; handy light butchers

$8.50@9; light butchers $7.50@8.25;

best cows $8.50@9; butcher cows $7@

8; common cows $7@7.50; canners $6

@6.75; best heavy bulls $8.75@9.25;

bologna bulls $8@8.75; feeders $8.50@

9.50; stockers $7@8.50; milkers and

springers $50@100. ‘ ‘



Bishop, B. & H. sold Thompson 9

butchers av 795 at $8.50, 2 cows av 895

at $6.75, 1 do wgh 1110 at $8, 1 bull

wgh 890 at $7; to Mason B- Co. 4

steers av 1045 at $10.50,. 3 do av 817

at $9, 1 bull wgh 1600 at $9.50, 1 do

wgh 1540 at $9; to Prentiss 5 cows av

990 at $8; to Brighton 1). M. Co. 4

steers av 1275 at $11, 2 cows av 950 at

$8, 5 do av 920 at $8.25, 7 do av 743 at

$8.25; to-Newton P. Co. 1 cow wgh

1050 at $7; to Hammond, S. & Co. 20

steers av 881 at $10.25, 4 do av 635 at

$8.50, 7 do av 1040 at $10.50, 1 cow

wgh 910 at $7, 1 do wgh 1200 at $7.50,

36 steers av 844 at $10.15; to Parker,

W. & C0. 10 cows av 1090 at $7.50; to

Prentiss 3 do av 1320 at $10, 1 do wgh

900 at $7, 1 heifer‘wgh 960 at $8.75; to

Sullivan P. Go. 2 steers av 1100 at

$10.25; to Thompson 6 butchers av 846

at $10, 4 do av 955 at $9, 10 steers av

1009 at $10.50, 3 bulls av 970 at $8.25;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 12 steers av

1100 at $10.75; to Mich. B. Co. 1 bull





wgh 1160 at $8.75, 5 cows av 1060 at,





$7.85, 6 cows av 983 at $7.50, 9 steers



av 936 at $9.60, 1 bull wgh 1150 at



$8.50; to Newton B. Co. 3 cows av 960



at $6.75; to Shipiro 1 bull wgh 1300 at



$9; to Brighton D. M. 00. 1 do wgh



1200 at $9, 19 steers av 1176 at $10.85.

Veal Calves.



Receipts 1148. The veal calf trade

was active from start to finish at last

week’s prices. Best grades $12.50@

13; common $9@11.50.



Erwin, S. & ‘J. sold Thompson 24

av 150 at $12.90, 3 av 125 at $10; to

Rattkowski 1 wgh 150 at $13.50; to

Nagle P. Co. 5 av 140 at $12.50, 2 av

150 at $10, 7 av 145 at $13, 12 av 160

at $13, 11 av 145 at $12.50, 3 av 120 at

$12.50; to Hammond, S. 8: Co. 13 av

135 at $12.75; to Thompson 20 av 150

at $13; to Nagle P. Co. 5 av 150 at $13;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 14 av 140 at $13.



McMullen, K. & J. sold Hammond,

S. & Co. 7 av 200 at $13; to Goose 20

av 145 at $13.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 2158. The sheep and lamb

trade was fully $1 per cwt. higher than

last week, but not very active. Prices

are so high that Detroit retail butch-

ers cannot sell them to get their mon-

ey back and the bulk of the good ones





here were sold to Swift & Co. for their





New York houses. Prices averaged

as follows: Best lambs $14.50; fair

lambs $13@14; light to common lambs

$10@12; fair to good sheep $9.25@

$10.25; culls and common $7@8.



Sandel, S., B. '& G. sold Thompson

131 lambs av 70 at $13.25; to Parker,

W. & Co. 3 wool lambs av 80 at $16, 2

do av 75 at $14, 5 sheep av 106 at $10,

3 wool lambs av 95 at $16, 64 do av

75 at $14.15, 26 do av 70 at $13.50.



McMullen, K. & J. sold Parker, W.

& Co. 245 lambs av 80 at $14.50.





‘ - Ho 3.



Receipts 5490. Ian the hog depart-

ment the market opened up slow

early in the week with tops selling at

$15.25. On Wednesday they advanced

10@15c and were active, mixed grades

selling, at $15..25@15.65: pigs $13@

13.25. On Thursday the market was

steady. ‘





 





   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





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Our Mottoz—"The farmer is of more Address all communications relative

consequence than the farm, and should to the organization of new Clubs to

be first improved." Mrs. J. S. Brown, Howell, Mich.





 





 





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AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES. CLUB DISCUSSIONS.” ‘

A Night Of lt-—CIOV91‘V1119 Grange, Discuss Government Ownership.—

Of Muskegoncounty, was organized by The Odessa Farmers’ Club was enter-

Bro. .C. I. Giles five years 350- The tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.

meetingrlace of this Grange IS locot- s. Angst, Saturday afternoon, April'14.

ed about seven miles east of the Clty President B. F. Carter called the meet-

in a 19callty “Ill-ere there are few 0th~ ing to order and all joined in Singing-

er soc1al attractions. Among the mem- America. Roll call was responded to

bers of this Grange are several very by “What shall we do on rainy days?”

active workers. From the first they and was a very interesting part of the

have been putting forth splendid effort program. “7. S. Augst opened the first

for the good of. the community. $0011 subject for the afternoon, “Should Our

after its organization, the Grange ar- Utilities be Owned by the Govern-

ranged for a rally and securedthe Wl'lt‘ ment?” This topic was well discussed

er to speak at the meeting. Slnce then and many good things brought out,

a number or the princmal speakers 1113- which, was more enjoyable to hear

on Grange WINGS have been heard than to read about. Mrs. Klahn read

there. Early in its hlStOTY the mem- a paper, “The Development of Agricul-

bers began working f01‘_ a_ hall, and ture in America.” The usual discus-

now a good two—story building aocom- sion followed the reading of the paper.

modates the community very DICQIY- The next number was the question box

On Saturday evening, ADI‘11 21, was which was amusing and helpful. The

held the fifth anniversary. The wrlter meeting was adjourned to meet with

had been asked to speak at_ this meet- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green in May,

ing, but a change in the time Of the The last, and not the least incident of

train which he intended to take seem- the afternoon was the Supper served

ed to make it impossible fhl‘ hlm to by the hostess and her daughters and

reach the place 0f meeting 111 tlhle t0 grand—daughters. This social hour is

be of any service t0 the people. Imag- a very pleasant one in the Farmers’

ine our astonishment on telephoning Club.



to them that our train had changed A Patriotic Meeting.-——The April

time suddenly and W0111d not reach meeting of the North Owosso Farmers’

Muskegon until 9:40 p. m. to hear Club was held at Hill Crest, the fine

them say. “Come right along, we can farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Amos.

drive the distance in a few minutes Members and guests were made web

and the Grange Will simply have t0 come by Mrs. Amos. After a fine din-

wait until we get there.” A fine CI‘OWd nor had been served the meeting open-

of pleasant people were in waiting and ed by the Club singing the Star Spang-

they proved then as they did 1LWO 01‘ led Banner. Mrs. G. M. Getman read

three hours later, that they were very several articles of interest under .Cur-

good waiters. A good local program rent Events. Women need to be eco-

was rendered by the Grange, Brother nomical, do not prepare or serve more

Giles told of the organization. and the than is necessary for the table. The

writer SPOKE upon the subject, “The supreme test of the nation has come;

Grange and the Community.” Among the men and women wno do the work

other good local numbers was an un- at home will be serving their country

usually fine poem by Mrs. Paulson. It as much as those who are on the but-

was indeed one of the best efforts of tlefield. Mrs. Place’s article on making

the kind that we have listened to in other people work seems easy enough;

our experience in the Grange field. In we speak of the faculty for using the

it the writer told the story of the or- labor of others for some end; of direct-

ganization and the growth of Clover- ing it so there will be no haste, no

ville Grange in a most pleasing nlan- waste; it is a far rarer gift than the

her. The time came at last for the ability to labor with our own muscles;

closing of the program. No one asked this executive faculty of getting the

what time it was, and I am IIOt going best out of others is of course most

to venture a guess. The cooks had appreciated in men who fill great posi-

been very busy down below, but no one tions in armies or in nations where the

expressed an Opinion as to whether chief can only map out the large lines

they had prepared a supper or a break- of the enterprise, and must leave all

fast. We are going to leave the read- detail to subordinates in their respec-

er to imagine, and simply state that live degree. The same faculty appears

this particular part of the program was in the housekeeper; lack of that facul-

not slighted, either by those who serv- ty is one of the chief causes of the ser-

ed or those who were the recipients of vant problem. First, when you give

their hospitality. Cloverville Grange orders, see that they are obeyed; sec-

has a live lecturer, its members do a 0nd, put yourself in the place of those

considerable business through trade under you; third, learn system, work

contracts, and its meetings are fairly thoroughly planned is half done. Mr.

well attended. Here, as elsewhere, the Linton, teacher of agriculture in the

faithful few are in evidence and are Owosso schools, gave an excellent talk

doing the work and making the sacri- on “Fruit Trees and their Enemies,”

flees for which they are noted. Be- also remedies for the same, and when

cause they are on hand, everywhere to use them. “What Are we Doing for

people unite for mutual help, Granges Our Country?” Mr. Stewart said he

keep going, the people who live out in was working hard to produce crops for

the open country come together, for food, then hand them out to take what

the good that is in store for them, and he could get for them. Mr. Carson

whether the organization be a Grange, said he could not boast of having been

or any other rural organization, it sel- a soldier, but some of his ancestors

dom fails to justify the effort put forth had been. His father, grandfather and

in its maintenance because the “faith- great grandfather had all done work

ful few” are there and will not give up, for their country. Mr. Place thought





Quitter” stays at home and says, used for food, and not go to the brew-

“Farulers will not hang .together, I cries or a distillery. A rising vote of

can buy cheaper outside the Grange thanks was extended to the host and

than inside, our programs don’t amount hostess. The May meeting will be

to anything any more, nobody goes to held with Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Galloway

Grange now, I have been there twice on May 1.7.

and no one else came, I guess our : .

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more, I am going t0 quit, t00-” Some— larger amount of orders. At our last

times I LillSt StOD and wonder what meeting a buying agent was appointed

would become of the world were it not to assist the secretary. We have set

for “the faithful few.” our mark to have a membership at

W. F. TAYLOR. the close of this year of 150. Our latch

Belding Grange was organized April string is always out to all members of

25, 1914, and is the baby Grange of the Order over the state—Mary E. H.

Ionia county. The members are all Coville, Sec.

enthusiastic. We have held three fairs, East Casco Grange entertained Alle-

last fall the premiums amounted to gan County Pomona Apr11126, with an

over $200. The board of commerce attendance of about 235 persons, near-

always co-operates with the Grange, 1y eighty of whom were from other

which now has a membership of 114, Granges. There were three sessions,

with a class of five candidates who that in the forenoon being a business

have taken first degree and several ap- session for members only. In the af-

plications, two having already been ac- ternoon, the meeting was open to the

cepted by ballot. We have also held a public. J. C. Ketcham, master of the

“Booster” meeting, entertained Ionia State Grange, was the principal speak-

County Pomona twice, and are now er at the afternoon session and his ad-

completing plans to entertain Pomona dress on preparedness is declared by

in May. We entertained the Belding’ many to be the best of the many he‘

board of commerce with a fine spread, has given. at East Casco meetings. The

and a field day of sports When prizes evening session was devoted to giving

were given, We have been active the fifth degree or the degree of P0-

along the line of cooperative buying, mona. Twenty-eight candidates were





 





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

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For Sale Bred to lay S. 0. W. Leghorn hens at $2

each, bred from 280 to 260 egg stock: also

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F l ! Buff RocksJ am now bookin ordersfore

0" 0" S at $1.50 for15, $3 for 30, $4 0r50 sitor .

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

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MORSE‘B White Le horns. State Oup winners.Bred

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Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to age 82 to 85: PJI. hone

weight 5 to 10 lbs.. eggs 15.1'or $1.50; 100. 96: 120. $7.20.

Mammoth Bronze Tom Turkeys. 8 to BBIbs. according.

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Eggs from prize winners. Farm range. Prices: 15

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OVERY poultry man and farmer, or

E farmer’s wife, should participate

in the coming food production

campaign by raising more poultry to

help alleviate the great shortage of

meat and eggs.



It is the hope of the leading poultry

experts of the country, according to

Prof. Burgess,'of M. A. C., to increase

the food supply 100,000,000 pounds by

increased poultry production. Michi-

gan’s share of this increase is 2,000,000

pounds. To accomplish this every farm

should grow a larger number of chicks

than it ever did and in order to do this

many will have to use strenuous ef~





' forts because they became frightened





at the high prices of grain last year

and sold then1se1ves short.

Poultry Still Profitable.



However, the prices of both poultry

and eggs have advanced so that there

has been good profit even though high-

priced grain has been fed. The prices

of poultry producrs will continue high

for several reasons. The shortage of

poultry stock throughout the country

will first have to be made up and even

though there might be a big increase

over normal in poultry production the

shortage of meat and other animal pro-

ducts is very serious and Will remain

so for several years because it takes a

longer time to overcome a shortage in

animal products than it does grain.

The world-wide shortage of grain

which will likely continue for some

time will also assure high prices for

all poultry produCts.



With eggs going into cold storage at

thirty-five cents per dozen it shows

that there are some people confident of

high prices. It is usually figured that

December prices for eggs are double

those of the hatching period. Many

are predicting a dollar a dozen for eggs

next winter and'from present indica-

tions this would be entirely probable.

With present market quotations for

poultry at twenty-five cents per pound

would also indicate .continued high

prices for future Sunday dinners.



Productlon Should be Increased.



With indicatious as they are the

farmer should have faith in the future

and devote every effort to increased

poultry production this spring. Most

every farm can double its amount of

poultry with but little extra care ex-

cept when the chicks are young. There

is enough waste products on every

farm to partially feed a much larger

number of chickens than are now kept.

To a certain degree these waste pro-

ducts can replace the regular ration

without any detrimental results.



The incubators should be kept busy,

day-old chicks should be bought, or

any method used which will make

available a large number of young

chicks. A large surplus over the re‘

quirements for a flock to be kept over

should be raised. _



The earliest pullets should be kept

for winter laying as they are fully de-

veloped when cold weather sets in and

start laying in early winter. The cock-

breeding, the

early pullets that do not look vigorous,

and what late ones are not needed to

fill the quota, should be separated out

and fattened for market as soon as pos‘

sible. Only enough cockerels should

be kept to mate with hens which have

been kept for breeding purposes.



In these days of high prices for feed

no more male birds than necessary for

breeding should be kept, and if possi-

ble keep the males separate from the

females except during the breeding

season, as the chickens will lay better

and the eggs will keep better because

they are not fertile.



A Good Fattening Ration.



A goodiattening ration for poultry

is forty pounds of. corn meal, forty

pounds of middlings, twenty pounds of

bran and ten pounds of beef scrap.

11g period should be from

,- If buttermilk or





Increase Poultry -‘ Pmduction





some skim-milk is available, only from

five to seven pounds of beef scrap is

necessary. '



The 1111.19 chicks, forty-eight hours

after being hatched, should have avail-

able some grit, charcoal is also good.

Then a feed of equal parts of bran and

oat meal five times a day or bran with

raw egg mixed in it so that there is

one. egg to every 100 chicks for each

of the five meals. After about a week

of this feeding, commercial chick feed

should be substituted for the last feed

of the day. In about three days re-

place one of the morning feeds with

commercial chick feed. Throw this in

clover chaff or cut straw litter to make

the chicks exercise and to prevent toe

picking. Gradually change to chick

feed entirely and then also gradually

change to larger sized grains. Feed

some skim-milk or buttermilk from the

start. and sprouted oats after the third

day until they can get their own green

food.



Keep the chick quarters and feeding

utensils clean and immediately dispose

of chicks which show signs of disease.

The rations given above are some of

the most Simple and effective for rais-

ing chicks.



Substitutes for Higs-priccd Feeds.



.There is no efficient substitute for

high—priced feeds. One large poultry

raiser has fed cull beans to mature

stock with good results. He cooks the

beans in a feed cooker until they are

soft and crumble easy. This is mixed

with equal parts of bran and fed as a

mash. ~Another poultry man uses old

bread for young chicks, mixing it with

a large amount of bran, some corn

meal and a small per cent of beef

scrap. This bread is softened in sour

milk, and the mash is mixed so that it

is dry and crumbles easy.



Most any kind of a house will do

which has sufficient light and ventila-





tion, and freedom from drafts and

dampness. Sheds can easily be con-





verted into poultry houses, and even

barns. The house preferred by one

extensive poultry raiser is made from

a building 35x70, which is built much

like a barn. The ground floor is used

for feeding and scratching, and one-

half of the loft is used for roosting,

while the rest is used for storing of

feeds. A house arranged along these

lines is especially adapted to Leghorns

or any of the light breed. A barn could

easily be fixed up in this way.

A Good Egg Producing Ration.



Simplicity in feeding has proven just

as effective as the use of complex ra-

tions. The poultry department at M.

A. C. has found that the following sim-

ple rations are effective in getting egg

production: Ground oats and bran, in

equal parts, with ten per cent of beef

scraps makes a very good mash. For

grain to be fed in the litter corn and

wheat, and in separate drinking foun-

tains water and buttermilk or some

skim-milk, buttermilk being preferred

because it does not separate from the

whey as does sour milk. For green

food when the chicks are confined.

sprouted cats or roots.



The Michigan farmer is awakening

to the importance of poultry and is

realizing its value on the farm as a

user of waste products, a controller of

insects and as a source of added profit

to the farm. He is taking better care

of his poultry and is breeding better

stock, but if he is going to do his share

in what should be the poultry produc-

tion of the country in these strenuous

times, he must get busy and keep busy

this spring to increase the size of his

flock. His efforts along this line are

needed and his reward will be ample.





 





Feed hoppers for the laying mash,

grit, oyster shell, charcoal, etc., can

be made out of left-over scrap when

building a poultry house or small pack-

ing prises can be used for the. same

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Give Your! Hogs a Chance





There 18 only one way to raise healthy, profitable

hogs — You must protect them against disease.





It’s a waste of time and money to keep on dipping yo r hogs if

your hog pens and hog lot are headquarters for disease and lice.





Concrete Floors Increase Profits





wallows mean healthy, money-making hogs.

Rats, mice and lice can’t make their

Feed is not wasted by being tramped into the mud.





The materials for concrete are easily and cheaply obtained.

can get the portland cement from your dealer.

find the sand and pebbles on your farm or nearby.





Concrete for farm uses is the same material as that used for con-

crete roads. bridges. dams, foundations and important engineering

works where strength. permanence and economy are desired.



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Rocks He1ls.Wyan1lottes Black Minon us 1111! 1 t1:-

horns; (lee s1. D111 ks and \\ hito Holland l"111ke)s

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Order from thls add. Sum St. 11in], ( helsea, Mich.





Egg! and Chicks. Pure hr 1



R. 811d S- c. IEdSO stock. Also good Ht‘Oll'll (32l—

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. $1.50 for ‘26, $2.50 for 50.

Alpine Pou trv arm. R. ‘2, Grand Rapids, Mich.





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- Uh ltv eggs, $1") per 100. RH. CREST

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Single Comb Black Minorcas 9:2‘15.¥;1‘5

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200 egg strain. '1‘ 0111 Barron hens.



3. c- “MU “Isle: 11111.1 0111111111 150 eat-11. Hatching

8338 5063011. Gordon. P'Howllrvillc. Michigan.





 





 





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chicks dying





A new scientific discovery that punitive! mo.

and prevonu Will to bimbo“ or Chick Cholera.

ck-hCld. Ind other bowel dice-no o! poultry.

23.11111: 11qu incl-code uemywkero mud on-

douc A col. Easily used. in the drinkinc mic:

Bond-Gunrnnleod to do!

money prom tidy refunded. You:

poultry Icon )1 color can nuwvlz

you. I! not. we will send you A

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85 a 3 am

will M.v"'15li1‘.mnni %fi nourfifi'." Pine

l‘nrm. 112.11.10.11. Michigan.





Barred R001! E gs Four bullets Inyedm

w. c. OOHMAN. 11% small arbor, 111-51.,





 





 





S 0. White Leghornl. Size. silage. vigori egg produt-

. tion. Hatchi ng excl 81'). Bill» hicks! lper 100.17-

ycnrs in the hen business. A. 0. How a rd. T ecumsoh. Mmh.





Plymouth lock Hatching $513. 5.2% lasagna

vet and Whlmfihorldnn terardufihorldnn. Mich





ILVER. Golden nnd WhitoVVyaydottea. Eggs from

some grand matings. 81.50 porb 82 501191-83, lame

Vllorous birds. C. W. Browning. R. 2 Portland. lich.

Cookorols 83 each. Also Barred Rook

in" w,‘nd0llen and WWinmlotte eggs for hatching. $1 ‘25

per 15.A CK, Caro. Michigan.





WHITE Wyandotteo. A. l ingots. Eggs for hntohl

81.82 831102115.” per 100 pools! matin 85 for

111111111111 Norris 8t. ilnntl. 11111 on.





Wh‘ te W1 andottel. winter & summer layers. Eggu

1 35 1.0 per 1011 Baby c1111: :12 per 100. Satisfaction

flnrnnhw. Hemlock Poultry a Stock Form Prescott. Mich.





TRY-Th some Silver Spangled H mhurg 1- for h stok-

ThDe Dutch ever! noting nyem W in Holland



Fine Belgian an. Does bred mhlgh elm Iuoka.

for circulnn. Rivorview Penn. Venn, lick.





 





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“Hatching Eggs wTwhfififiwlibn§§n 0:

White Line Poultry Form.





Malnmh Bronze Turkey {9 "3’ 2,3,3

Ralph Wise. ninwell. _loh_





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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 by BLACK UALITY ITO. sire. 'Fll‘St prize,

Breeders and Calf erds Mich. State Fair1916. We

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

Jr. Champion Female and Grand Champion Cow. Also

breeders of Percheron. Hackney and Saddle Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. lONlA. MICH.





FOR SALE Registered Guersney Herd Bull,



2 vear old.from A.R.stock. 2'Reg-

istered Bull Calves an some good high grade Heifers.

GILMORE BROS. - - - Camden. Mich.





FOR SALE Good Angus bulls, bred cows, and

heifers. Prices reasonable.



Geo. Hathaway do Son. OVid. Mich.



of service age and calves from





Guernsey Bu“: choice. Adv. reg. breeding.

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





GU E R N 8 BY -iurors'r1oaion





BULL CALVEB

Containin blood of world champions.

HICKS’ OUER . S.. Mich





SEY FARM. Saginaw.

l . f

GUERNSEYS flit 32221531535... as

GEO. N. CRAWFORD. Holton, Mich.





 





R . G say. 3 and 8 months

Two Bu“ Calvesol‘dg. (111:3;de if taken soon.

F. W. RUEHS, - - Caledonia, Michigan





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.





SWIGABTDALE FARM





PETERSBURG, MICH.





“TOP NOTCll” fl0LSTElNS





} . n ears of carefull management and systematic

bli'iidsliyng 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

ound cows in the United States. We have young bulls

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

this cow in them, combinelili wilth thatlgfotheg grog:

nimals of the breed in our er s, wou infill]; ‘

alensing results in almost any herd. McPHLRSON

ARMS CO.. Howell. Michigan.





 





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms,

BREEDSVILLE, MICH.

Have Some Fine Registered Stock For Sale





T Holstein Bulls





1 toil months old. Dani’s A. R. 0. Our herd sire is

Johanna McKinley Segis 3d. 7 nearest Dams aver-

age 27.26 BLISSVELDT FARMS. Jenlson. Mich.





 





 





 





 





Very fine Young bull flve





lllglslcml HOISlCins. months of age A. R. o. brccding





Satisfaction guaranteed.\\'.B.Jones 6; J. l".l.utz, Cohoctathicb.





, ' C les. 10 heifers. and 2bulls 15-16ths pure.

:Xv‘vteegllls olld‘. beautifully marked.32i).00 each. crated

for shipment anywhere. Edgewood Farm. Whitewater.“ is.





EG. HOLSTEINS: Herd headed b Albina Bonte

RButter Boy No. 93124. Dani‘s recor at 6 yrs. butter

28.53’1bs.milk 619.4. Yearly record at 2% yrs. butter

802 lbs. milk 1mm lbs.W. B. READER. Howell. Mich





Cluny Stock Farm

100 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 100

THE MILK AND BUTTER KIND

Five 1: lendid bull calves sold since 'January 1st, 1917.

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

a sire whose dam holds sixth highest yearly butter rec-

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

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

a. son of Colantha Johanna Lad whose 7 nearest dams

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



Write for pedigrees and prices.





R. BRUCE McPHERSON, HOWELL, MICH.





OAK LEAF FARM

Herd Sire

Ypsiland Sir Pletertl: De tKoIlP

11 ll 1d. Buyacalf an raisei . ine

isifdildfdautgls s4aansiofi months old. E. H. Gearhart a

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





. l t ' a. Place your order now for a bull calf.

Rl'lfiaEIeochighliiue to freshen soon. bred to the best

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





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

. t W ld' Ch ion cow. Send card

Rm" brothem 0‘11:. it. Chg-life“. Howell. Mich.





l'srham's Podigm Slack Farm fitei’siiffoAcléo‘éz





h B ll read for service no'akin to

240:3: glitz? $8125ow Bil B. PA HAM, Bronson. Mich.





842 “Lbs. BfUTT E R





~ age f the semi-oflicial records of our herd

{lulllgda'ienr at 2°yrifl.l his glil-and-dam (at 8 yrs.) and his

in -





for pedigree do price.





3'35. = “auntie? n y .

" ‘ .B acelandatockl‘orm..'1‘hree Rivers Mich.

mo: “53:... xdsman, c. 1.. Bfody.0vmer. rori nami' ,iiicii.





oiee youngballs mA. .._ -

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producers.





The are selling—get yours soon.





H. W. MUMFORD,

OWNER





 





 





Jerseys and DurOC “Jerseys I 'l





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





particu are and price on application. Better yet, visit t





BROOKWATER FARM

Ann Arbor, Mich., R. 7.





 





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

Also Duroc lei-sci Fail Bears ready for spring service.





Full



6 farm.



0. F. FOSTER.

MANAGER





 





 





Third Annual Sale





of The Livingston County Holstein

Breeders Sale 00., Will Be Held at





Howell, Mioh., May'17,191l





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. Fishbeck, Sec’y, Howell, Mich.





 





 





Purebred Registered





HOLSTEIN

CATTLE





The broad highway to success is persistent

and intelligent up lication to something worth

while. A successfu 60 year old dairyman said. "I

have made. the greater part of my money since I

was fort."-11\'G~UP to that time I was making mis-

takes. I corrected a host of mistakes and ideas a-

bout cows and have made nearly all the money I

have Since that time." The difficulty is that some

dairymen neverwake up. Any farmer who will de-

vote ashort time to a. study of the supremacy of

Holstein-Friesian cattle as profitable milk pro-

ducers'and as dual purpose cattle will be able to

turn his dairy operations to a profitable basis.

Send for free literature. There's big money in

the big “Black and White" Holsteins.



Sand for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets

The Holstein-"lesion Association of America

F. L. Houghton. Sec'y.. lax I64. Brattleboro. Vt.





choice flog. Holstein Bulls





1 to 12 months old at Farmers Prices.

LONG BEACH FARM. Augusta. Mich.





WINNWQOD H E R D





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

Reference: Old State Bank. Fremont, Illicit.





Have for sale 6 Maplecrest Korndyke Hengerveld

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

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

butter in 7 days as 3 Jr. 2 year old. Another 21 lbs. in

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

breed from Ztoli months. .Mith sell at once. need the

room. Our'hrices will surprise you. John H. Winn,

Holton, Michigan.





1200-lb. Bred Young Bull





Ready for service. The sire Ma lecrest De Kol Hen -

erveld own brother to a worl ’s champion junio

year old, 1203 pounds of butter in a year. Brother in

blood. to the ex—cham ion cow, record 1322.93 lbs.

butter in a year. Write or pedigree and price.

HILLCREST FARM, F. 3. Lay, Mgr.

Kalamazoo, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





~ Book m plan to grade up your herd.





HOLSTEINS





We have 25 Re 'stered Females for im-

mediate sale. hey are surplus stock of

our own breeding and foundation herd.

_Will make specially low prices and sat-

isfactory terms to move quickly.





YPSILANTI gpsilond Gui-mg,





BULL CALF for sale Pontiac Korndyke Breeding.

Dam gives 601bs. milk per dav at 2 years. Farmers

JOHN A. RINKE. Warren. Mich.





MICHIGAN





 





Pri oes.





 





Registered Holstein Bulls,’Sglii3325‘itvé°5%'m?¥

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





20 Herefords





EARL C. MCCARTY.





 





BOTH SEXES

ALL AGES

Bad Ass. Michigan





HEREFORDS





10 Bull Calves from 4 to 12





months old.

ALLEN BRO§., PAW PAW, MICH.

F O R SALE Evitetfiy'dviiemisc‘iili’





Eight registered, balance high grade ilxcellent pro-



ucers, guaranteed right. Also some bred yearlin heif-

ers. registered and high grades. Also some fall heifer

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

Hadley. P. 0- Metamora. Mich. B. l. 0.19. Hodgson. L.H. Riley.





 





 





 





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The improvement of your herd

depends chiefly on the selection

of the right sire. Get the best.

_Read the nth of Jersey breeders





in this and other papers. Write





ih t f .pri es. pedi-



Biii'naflersevebull’rcalf ilfiis spring ‘



M

find





This





grees. etc.

are strongly prepotcnt and you'





wen Jerseys surprisingly profitable.



Send for our free book. "The Story of the

Jersey" and learn truth concerning this

great breed.

The American Jersey Cattle Club

346 West 23rd Street. New York City





 





 





from high-producing dams.with



JCT“! Bu": lor 8". testing Asso. records. also on

semi-official test. 0. B. Wehner. R. 6. Allegan. Mich

for sale. ready for service. Out of



Jersey Bulls good producing dams. Prices right.

R. B. FOWLER, Hartford. Mich.





JERSEYS FOR SALE $53“???





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

Waterman 1E Vi’aterman. Packard Road.Ann Arbor. Mlt'll.





FOR SALE Yearling Jersey bull from regis-

ter of merit stock. HILLSDALE



FARM JERSEYS. Great producers.



C. & O. DEAKE, — - - Ypsilanti. Michigan





 





 





 





Maple Hill Farm Bsgislorsd lemy Ballle

Stock under 2% years all sold.

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





 





I

Ten Good Young Holstein Cows For Sale



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

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

Champion' a son of a worlds Record milk cow and his

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

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

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

calves and a few bulls ready for service.



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





 





I I

Holstein and Guernsoy Heller and Bull calves

Choice selected promising dairy calves.practicall pure

Holstein and pure Guernsey. but not registere . nice

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

MEADOW GLEN Whitewater, Wis.





Butter Fat Counts





Holstein Bull Calves from a 30 lb. 6.53 iS'i re. Dam

are grand daughters of the King of the Pontiacs.

’J‘hoirdams grand daughters of Sadie Vale Concordia

the first 30 lb. cow. Edwin S. Lewis, Marshall,Mich.





EG. Holstein Bull Calf born Nov. 13, 1916. Dam A.



' . . 20.51. very choice animal. $60.00 reg. and del.



J. ROBERT HICKS. - - St. Johns. Mich.

A Yearling Heifer. ure bred Hol-



For sale stein. Sire. Colantha ohnnnaCream-





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

something good. write. Geo. D. Clarke, Vassar, Mich.





 





 





 





 





Some good grade cows. Holsteins and

now: For sale Jergggs. Making room for youngstock.

producing from 8, to 12.000 pounds yearly on two

milkings daily. sound and healthy.

records and phottiifraphs. Also $ood grade calves

and yearlings. C ARLES STAF ‘, 1199 Woodward

Avenue, Detroit, Mich.





' ' Two year old Heifers will

I". chow. BOEISlN‘Cd freshen in the next. 60 days.

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.





can furnish





 





OR Sale registered Holstein Cow 6 years old.finely

marked and good ty e.She has 3 daughters.2 A.R.O

C. L. HULETT & SON}: Okemos, Mich'





High Grade Holstein Heifers

Free orsoon to freshen. Also rade Holstein B ll.

Prices reasonable. NNINGS Kamila

V.M.SHOESMITH, General Manager, Bailey. Mich

2 Holstein llelicrs i1? 36 fit’ou‘fwa‘ili szli





22.92 lb. (1 . 30.21 lb. sire. Terms it wanted.

m m. L. McLAULIN, Redford. Michigan.





suntan noises ism seam: i .





b.

'siroa‘Pz-iced'to‘s'ell. Fred‘J. once, Sebewaing, ion.





 





 





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R

of M. Cows. also heifer calves and several bred





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





The Wildwood Farm





Breeder of Line bred Majesty strain of Jersey Cattle.

Herd on R. of M. test.’1‘ubercu in tested.Bull calves for

sale. Type 6; Production is our motto. Alvin Balden. Capone. Mich.





R. of M. Jersey herd offers for sale

maple lane tuberculin tested cows. bulls. bull

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

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





Shorlhorn Cattle oi both Sex ior Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





., ,2 Bidwoll Shorlliorns





-°' . ’ ii “For Best and Milli”





This heifer at 6 months has bone.

size and qu ality—Our own breeding.

The blood of Scotch bulls, Imp.

Shenstone Albino and Imp. Villag-

er Registered stock always for sale.





BIDVIELI. 8100K Film,





Box B, Tecumseh, Michigan.





RICHLAND SHORTHORNS





Sires in service. Village Archer and Albion Crest lst.

grize2year old and Junior Champion at the Mich.



tat Fair in 1916. We offer anumber of young bulls and

females for sale. Also some Aberdeen-Angus bulls of

serviceable age reasonable prices. \Vrite your wants.

Tawas City,l\lich.C. H. Prescott do Sons. Prescott. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Francisco Farm Shorthorns

Big Type Poland Chinas





"They; re rugged—They pay the rent."

othing for sale at present.

P. P. POPE R. R. 3





Mt. Pleasant Mich.





   

 





 





-FOR Sale—Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Maxwalton





Monarch 2nd. 8. son of Avondale. from 11 to 13 mos.

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





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Slim-thorns For Sale “23% 21.; $335

heifers. W. B. McQuillan. Howell. Michigan.



I Y on bulls 8100. Bred .

Shodhorns Flr his. .3. its... no 2.. will";

Write W. J. BELL. ROSE CITli. MICHlGAN.





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[C'CSSDOPmms ‘. Noastggkflfongalg at , magi:

J. B. Enamel. . . . . . Mason. M one“





 





 





 





reaTiNEivT ‘ L‘inv‘iL-fisi'ock‘"ii‘iersf





(Continued from page 587).

possible for him to masticate food

properly; besides, it often prevents

sore tongue and cheeks. Very often

slight tooth ailments in young grow—

ing stock cause waste of feed and

stunt their growth. Are you sure that

none of your live stock are lousy?

Lice are blood suckers—it is less ex-

pensive to kill them, than to furnish

feed to nourish them.





It always pays to furnish every work

horse and mule with a nice fitting col-

lar. It prevents sore neck, sore shoul-

ders, and keeps him in good condition

for work every day. Clip your rough,

shaggy coated horses and mules; it

saves grooming, too profuse perspira-

tion, loss of flesh and strength, and is

quite a saving of feed. A nice-fitting

harness is a comfort to a work horse.

Keeping your wagon greased, lightens

the load and saves oats. Keep your

stable clean and well supplied with

fresh air. Prepare a clean place for

your mare to foal in. Don’t forget to

treat the navel of every colt and calf

at birth-not necessary to tie the cord,

only apply one part tincture iodine and

two or three parts glycerine once or

twice a day to stump of cord until it

withers completely.





Water horses before feeding them

grain—it often prevents indigestion

and colic. Horses should be watered

often, and always before bed time. A

good soft, clean bed is of about as

much value to a work horse as one

quart of oats. At present it pays best

to raise sound heavy draft horses or

large mules, for the lighter breeds are

not now much in demand. Don’t forget

that kindness has an economic value in

the handling of horses.





Now a word about cattle. Are you

sure you are not keeping the wrong

kind of cattle? Every one of your

cows should produce enough to pay her

board. If not, why keep an unprofit—

able cow any longer? Save and raise

all your best heifer calves—they are

needed. Nearly all udder ailments of

cows can be prevented, but when they

occur, they should be promptly treat-

ed. If your herd is infected with con—

tagious abortion, get, busy and eradi-

cate it. It’s no lazy man’s job; but if

strict sanitary measures are adopted

and persisted in, you will soon have

the disease under control. Remember

the dead calf and afterbirth should be

burned; the aborting cow removed

from the healthy, pregnant cows or

mares. Sows and ewes are seldom af-

fected. The aborting cow should be

treated when she miscarries, this will

often prevent barrenness. The herd

bull should be treated before and after

service. This will greatly assist in

preventing the disease spreading. In

the year 1907 we had in the United

States 72,533,996 cattle—now we have

only 63,617,000, and. in 1903 we had

63,964,870 sheep, and now we have less

than fifty million. The sheep-killing

dog is doubtless partly responsible for

this decrease in the number of sheep;

therefore he should be exterminated.

Now is the time for farmers to save

heifer calves and ewe lambs.



We had in this "country nearly as

many hogs in 1916 as in 1917, there-

fore, I advise you to save your best





young sows for breeding purposes.

Pork will perhaps never be cheap

again. There is now very little danger





in losing hogs from cholera, if you do

not delay the immunity treatment of

them too long. The hog is a valuable

asset on the farm, but it must be ad-

mitted that many of them do not re-

ceive the right care and careful atten-

tion that they are entitled to. If a

clean disinfected separate pen was fur-

nished each sow to farrow in, and if

her udder was thoroughly cleaned be-

fore she farrowed, fewer young pigs

would be lost. Feeding an unbalanced





ration to pregnant sows and . growing

pigs has a whole lot to do with-them"





 





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'i-losing the use ‘ their hind (quarters;





 





besides, they do not have suflicie‘nt ex-

ercise and are kept in altogether too

filthy quarters to be well.



The farmers of this country would

(ind it profitable to Keep twenty-five

per cent more poultry than they are

keeping; besides, they should give

their fowls better care and more at-

tention. Friends of the writer who are

the most successful poultrymen he





knows, keep but one breed and pay'





:~trict attention tothe feeding, breed-

ing and management of their stock.

They are exceedingly painstaking in

keeping the hen house clean, the dis-

infecting of incubators and stamping

out of any disease that may make its

way into their flock. There will always

be a splendid market for eggs and

i‘owls.



During these war times it is our sol-

emn dutyto get busy, make the best

of what we have, and for the sake of

starving humanity, strive to increase

the production of live stock and farm

produce in this country, for- surely it is

all badly needed—not only at home,

but abroad. Come. let us all get busy





.to help others, for by doing so we shall





be well repaid for our efforts.

gum"ilmnnmmmmuu HilllllllllfllmllmiIllllmllfllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlll





:: Veterinary.





WWWMNMMMWWWWIWWIWllllllllllllllllllllllllli

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





 





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Indigestion—Elbow Tumor—«Swollen

Hockz—I have a span of colts three and

four years old that are not thriving;

besides, there are several small bunch-

es under the hide. I also have a horse

that has a shoe boil, and another horse

that. is troubled with swollen hock.

J. R. H., Yale, Mich—Groom your colts

well twice a day. Increase their food

supply, especially their grain ration.

Give each of them a tablespoonful at

a dose in feed three times a day of the

following mixture: One part powder-

ed sulphate iron, one part ground nux

greek and four parts ground gentian.

vomica, one part salt, one part tenu-

Apply equal parts tincture iodine and

spirits of camphor to shoe boil and

swollen hock three times a Week. The

elbow tumor should perhaps be cut

out; however, this is work for a veteri-

narian.



Heaves.—~I have a valuable mare

nine years old that recently shows

symptoms of homes. Z. J. Mayville,

Mich—Feed no clover or dusty, musty,

badly cured fodder of any kind, only a

little well cured timothy once a day is

all the roughage she should have. If

she is a ravenous eater, pot-bellied,

bed her with shavings or sawdust.

Grain or grass is the best summer

feed; grain and roots the best winter

feed for an animal in her condition.

Give her 1 (11'. fluid extract lobelia, 1

dr. muriate ammonia, 1/2 dr. fluid ex-

tract nux vomica and 3 drs. of Fowler's

solution at a dese in feed three times

a day.



Partial Paralysis.~~~l have a cow that

came fresh April 18, calved all right,

cleaned perfectly and calf is healthy.

The cow is down, unable to get up

without assistance, but gives no milk.

She has no fever, eats anddrinks well

and seems to be in no pain. B. G.,

Ortonville, Mich—Give your cow 1 'dr.

iluid extract nux vomica, 1/2 dr. fluid

extract digitalis and 30 grs. potassium

iodide at a dose in feed or water three

times a day. Also give her a teaspoon-

t'ul of acetate of potash twice a day.

Her back and spinal column should be

rubbed with mustard and water three

times a week. Her bowels should be

kept open. Gently hand-rub udder and

strip her three times a day.



Itch.——-For several years my hogs

have been troubled with some sort of

itch and l have- tried several kinds of

dips, but to no avail. J. B. H., Reese,

Mich—First of all, you should clean

and thoroughly disinfect your hog

premises; and furthermore, the hogs

should be kept clean, because all dirty

hogs, and I might say dirty filthy ani-

mals suffer from an itchy condition of

the skin. Therefore, I am inclined to

believe that you would obtain satisfac-

tory results by keeping your hogs in a

clean, dry place and applying any of

the commercial diprs that are regularly

advertised in this paper, faithfully to

your hogs. The writer Obtains satis-

factory results by the application of

coaitar disinfectant dips in the treat-

ment of similar cases in his practice.

Therefore, there is no very good rea-





 





   





 





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grounds, to which add





Dr. Hess Dip

and Disintectant





out hm will be constantly-passing back and forth





cm the wallow to the feed trough.

will kill the lice and _

the germs of disease and the worms that





destroy





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cleanse the skin, the drip Will





pollute the ground.





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3 lied Bull Calves, 6 months old.

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

W. 0. OBIUS, - - - - Hill-dale. Mich.

Nine months old thorough-



bred





FOR SALE Jersey Bulk-New





England Star, Jinx also thoroughbred Jersey (Valves

an Yearling-x. Births reported to Am. Jami-y Cattle

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Duroos and Victorian





Heavy bone, lengthy Spring Boats and Giltstrom prize

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

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ERKHHIRE8~A few good mu plaza left, annex sex.

. Also booking orders for spring pigs. nil’airs no

akin. Chase Stock Farm, R. 1, Marlene, ichigan.





Berkshires.





Duroc Jerseys

Carey U. Edmondo.





411 Burnt Saws and Hills use;





the tw0

boat: 3'0““? Du roe Boats in Mich.

D





‘ y A postal will

bring escr tion, breeding and price. Last fall boar

plan 325 to 840.





Newton Burnlinrt, St. Johns, Mich.

Durocs For Sale





Big hea‘vy boned fellows. Spring Pi us ready to shi

and a good lot of Fall Boats and Gi is. M. A. BRA

ESTATE, - - Okemos, (Inghnm 00..) Mich.





DUI'OC Saws and giltabred to Eureka Cherry King

and Crimson Critic non of Critic Model 191

champion Iowa Fair. W. 0 Milan. Mich.





 





Boar-s, serviceable use. best. blood

lines. Re labored. ELMHURST

STOCK ARM. Almont. Mich.





 





bred gilts for sale

priced to se l.

Rustin-I. Mich.





 





 





 





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Raise Chester Whites

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I HAVE Ibrted thousands of breeders on the road to

. snow-c. [can help you. 1 t to one hog from





my great every community to I.- already rep-

resented b these fine curly dovelo ro—ready or market at

mun-tbs olci Writ» for my plan—WHO" Money from lingualI35





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10 (lot. and Nov. boars sired by our undefeated Grand

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quality combined. All NOIIl on} «no. Write and get our

Catalogue its free and describes our chainplono. “ed”

not any our hogs are the best but we win the champ.

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

pion boars for Mar. and Apr. fni'ro“. HARR)"'1‘.

CRLNDEIJ. .i' SON, Cass City. Mich.

B re d





F ClllllCE BIB!) GILT m Big





Prince {#02, sired by “'ildwood

Prince 1110 lb. 3 yr. Grand Champion

at. Iowa, sold for 5750. Ship 0. 0. I).



-—J. Carl Jowotl. Mason. Mlch_





 





 





0 I. C. Boar: and Gilto all mldJ ain bookin orders

.for March and April ni a either sex, slug 9, or in





point not skin, A. J. BAR ER, Belmont. Mlch.R..ll.





0. LC. and Chester White Swine

Strictly Big Typo wit-h Quality. (Hits bred for Spring





fax-row, a sold. Five fine Sept. ilts bred for July

furrow. Have a few good fall pigs oft, eithersex. We





 





on: also booking orders for early Spring pigs. (‘nn

furnish l.n airs not nkin.

Newman 3 Cock Form. Mariette, )1 icli. R. 1.





23—4603

All cold. Booking orders for the





7

0' I. C S! bout of our winter and spring pigs.

0. J. THOMPSON, - - Rockford, Michigan





0 I C’s Buv the best and breed them better.

' ' ' Fall Cults and Bears. CLOVER

LEAF STUCK FARM, R. 1. Monroe, Mich.





 





 





 





 





O I bred sows and gilts all sold. A few long

- ' _ - bodied heavy boned fall boars toofi‘or.

G. P. AlNDHE“ S, Dansville, Michigan

V t ‘ ’

a. l. c. s WINE. “gleam”

H. W. MANN, Dunsville, Michigan.



Giltsbresl

La rge l y e P. C. to. Mm,

nndApril arrow all so d. A few good ones to be bred





Also some good full ins either not.





for June furrow.

P RMA. MIOH.





W. E. LIVINGSTON,





 





L S.P.C. yearly (iilts for August furrow. A fowlonz

. . bodied heavy boned boars ready for service. 2 nice

fall boars by Smooth Jumbo". 0.Swnrtz.SchoolcrutiJlich





 





‘ ARGE typo P. 0.90016 very choice summer gills

bred to furrow lll August, “'1” sell 1 of 111) yearling

herd boars. Vl . J. Hugelsliaw. Augusto. M ich.





' Poland China, full and s rin i ..

Large Shled at farmers prices. ll. anmitzgfi;

$1.50 per 10- Robert Nevc, Pierson, Mich.





GLAND (‘hinna bred gills all sold, still hire some

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

era prices. P. 1). LONG. ll. 8. Grand Rapids, Mich.





' ' Sept. furrow, either sensit-

Blg Tm Poland China: a b. Jun... We... an 1...

1103. AuA. WOOD a SON. Saline. llchlxnn.



Nothing for sale but [all Iboarsand





“amptllll'e 3VIIM. zllts. rite for noes.

FLOYD MYERS. R. No. 9. [gecotun Ind





 





 





 





 





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guaranteed. 6. W. Bolton. 11. nlamnzoo. Mich.





My herd eon -





HAMPSHIRE SWINE ,ainnhmmd





lines, of many of the most noted champion. of the

breed My herd boar. (‘laytons Lad, 18233 is nbrothor of

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

al Swine Show. I am booklnfi orders for spring pigs,to

be shipped about May 1st. ll rltc me for prices.



George E. Starr. - - - Green Lake. Mich.





HORSES





Auction Sale





Of Registered Percheron Horses

Tuesday May 15





Black stallion Jack, 86958, Wght. 1700

Black mare Labelle, 45695, Wght. 1:300

Black mare Polly Anna, 114772, Wght.

1.300. in foal

Black mare Topsy, 84430,

in foal

Brown mare Daisy, 101137. Wght. 1400,

in foal

Black mare Black Beauty, 101135,Wght.

1700. colt at foot

Gray mare Dolly Dimple

1600. colt at foot.

Black mare Trixie, 114773, 2 yr., VVght.

11300

2 Black stallions. 1 yr. old

All trace back to Brilliant 1271





T. B. CRAWFORD





ALMONT. M ICH.





Percheron Stallions

25 Must Be Sold





Also ‘2 Imported

Clydesdale Stal-

lions. Spring Sale

Prices are now on





Palmer Bros,





P. 0. fielding, Ionia Co., Beldiug,Mich.

A T H A L F P R l C 13





Registered Petr-herons. Big black stud colt coming 3.

sound and sure. liig boned rugged filly 2 past, bred by

.\I. A. P. Also pair of mares 4 and 5 yours old. Como

3nd ~96 them.





0. C. BUTLER.





REGISTERED PERC HERON

H“€‘?“£6‘§r‘?.""°‘° ’""°"E‘Xr'?il<11’i’lifi‘i§§". il‘a‘i‘él‘l:





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Herd established 1591. 2h” Head

to sl‘lm'l from. “'i'ite Dept. l‘:

for catalog.





 





Wght. 1600,





101136 Wght.





 





 





 





Portland. Mich. Boll Plano.





 

   





The Shadysidc- Farms, North Beiiton.0 I





 





130R S:»\l.l“.,Tlioroughb 011 Shot land Poo), eight yrs.

‘ lll(l.‘bllll‘lld and gentle. fl or driver and a ho: uty.

ELM lull h. HO“ falls, R. ll..\’o.2, Manchester, Mich.





 





Percheron, Holslninan us, Shroflslim, Burns:





DORR D. BUILL. lm Il’l. lchl‘nl.





Relgistered Percherosn ,.(}mf,§:,‘,‘.;;’;;



1 stn lion cumin 1 your. Mares 1nd F'll'e.. P :



sell. “'in. J. B nkc. Diitton, illich.‘ I a, tired to

l‘JRCHl‘lRON Stallions, on:- coming five, one com-

ing two, one coming one. l’riu-ml to ye] ,



E. J. ALDRICH. R. 1, Tekonslin,Mich.,Bell Phone





 





waned To lease stallion, Percheron or Belgian.

at must be ton horse, and guaranteed breed-

er...” n. cfieriencefitrictly sober. Best of reference.

TU 1N0. It. Bnln. Mkhlsnn





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U300 Jersey full Boat-s, ready for spring service



' alto Gilta bred for Au and Sept. farmw.8prin

gigs. pain not akin. All sack phi pod on 3 mm .

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Bum lump. Imding Inn and Soul. Gill:



J. H. Bones“, - - - East mMch.



UROCS-«Ten bi smooch Sept. Guts. also one

ext coed .lloo . .' . All ri-



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0. I. c. SWINE: Bat.'2;'.r:°.:‘ittt‘.-

in your order

guaranteed.





before thofiore sold. Sn Do “Sol

rt. .





A. «1.00 DEN. . R.No. .





 





10’s. have some last fall slits bred for Sept. far-



.row, and a fine lot of. thin spring pigs either sex,

not akin. Farm K mile west of pot.



Otto B. Schnlse. - - - - Nashville.Mich.





O I. c. Thai-on bred 0.1. 0. Swine all

Oinrflonorvill. misfdé'filinw plug. l). 4.





 





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Shropeshire Ewes

Mostly yearling: with lambs by side, extra good

ones. come at once if you want them.





Km Kan Farm, 'Kludorloolidlloh.





 





 





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