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Save Farm Seed forNeXt Year’s Crop

By MYRON A. COBB





HERE will be a world shortage

of seed for 1918 and probably

longer,” is the comment of a

man connected with a large seed firm,

“and strange enough,” he continued,

“the Department of Agriculture does

not seem to have realized it.” Beyond

a doubt he is right, for Germany, Bel—

gium, Holland and France have sup-





. ‘plied us in the past with many seeds.





War has rendered it impossible to se-

cure seeds from these countries, in fact

they are buying back some of the

seeds sent to us, England this season

rebuying turnip seed. United ‘States

has not learned to grow many seeds in

any quantity, the supply has been ex-

hausted by ordinary and backyard

planting and we will pay dearly for

some of our favorite and staple vari-

eties next year or possibly go without

them.



As already indicated the seriousness

of the situation is not realized. A few

of the seed firms are planting heavily

but this supply will be





serious situation for very few are will—

ing to wait two years before realizing

any financial gain. The following are

the most common biennials: Onions,

beets, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cauli-

flower, kale, turnip, parsnip, parsley,

carrot, celery, and salsify.



Much of the world involved in the

conflict supplies us with seeds in times

of peace. England sends us the Prize

Taker and Elsie Craig onion; she also

sends us turnip seed; Denmark sup-

plies Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, car-

rots, onions; Holland supplies us with

flower seeds, as tulips, salvia, pansy

and nasturtium. These countries are

in many instances not only unable to

furnish seeds, but are anxious to buy

from us.



This seed shortage will last for some

time, even if the war should stop with-

in the next few months it will be some





Thus slowly but surely this nation is

laying the foundation for the greatest

nation of the globe and in times of

this great trial we must not forget that

the great law of food is to produce

and to conserve the seed supply.





USE HOME-GROWN SEED.





There is one mistake that a large

number of Michigan farmers make ev-

ery year which affects their crops

throughout the season, affects their re-

turns from the crops, and taken alto-

gether, over the whole state, makes a

big difference in the total yields. It is

the mistake of buying seed from an

outside source when they have better

at or near home.



Michigan has great variation of cli-

mates and soils and each locality has

its combination of soil and climate that





each year for the crops which mature

seeds on his own farm we know that.

he is not following any plan of seed

selection, which is the basis of all im—

provement. Many a farmer has a pure—

bred bull of his chosen breed and per—

haps pure-bred cows or, if not, some

grade cows, and every year he sells off

a few of the least profitable cows and

keeps only the good ones, thereby con—

tinually improving his herd—but each

year he buys his seed oats of someone

else, generally in some other state, the

farther away the better (he buys in

Alaska and he plants in the moon).

When he leaves his cows he ceases to

think. Individual seeds vary as much

as individual animals in their ability to

produce profits. The principle that

“like produces like” is as applicable to

the breeding of oats as to the breeding

of cattle. The heavy, plump kernels

come from good plants which grew

from good kernels planted. As the

farmer soweth so shall he also reap.

If good seeds are





 





only a drop in the

bucket as compared



with the demand. With 1

two years of world

war and the United

States just beginning

the conflict, note the

actual seed condition

at the middle of the

planting season of

1917. Many seeds have

doubled in price, such

as cauliflower, arti-

choke, White Bermuda

and White Portugal

onion seed; some have

trebled, as lettuce,

Kohl Rabi, Hubbard

squash, peppers, spin-

ach, and some varie-

ties of flower seeds,

(pansy, salviaand as-

ters); it is impossi-

ble to secure some

at any price, as Egyptian beet, some

varieties of sorghum, fuchsia, and some

varieties of other flower seeds, as nas-

turtium, poppy and pinks. A shipload

of Silver Skin onions from Italy was

torpedoed, rendering it impossible to

get this variety.



Some of our common varieties have

gone sky-high, potatoes $3 to $5 a bush-

el, beans $9 to $15, and even Golden

Bantam sweet corn at $12 a bushel. If

this condition exists in 1917, what

about the supply for 1918, when every-

body is bent on raising food? This is

the problem we face.



The present shortage may be par-

tially relieved by farmers and gard-

eners being careful in not over—plant-

ing, and saving carefully all seed left

over and by raising as much seed as

they can, allowing radishes, onions, let-

tuce, etc., to seed. A few biennials, as

turnips, carrots, parsnips, and other

foods may be planted and allowed to

seed. One is sure of his varieties; it

will be financially worth while and

help «to relieve the seed situation. The





supply of biennial seeds is the most





 





Wheat Crops in Adjacent Fields from Acclimated and Unacclimated Seed.





time before they will be able to pro-

duce more than they need. If the war

continues there will be a demand not

only in this country, but the allies; in

fact, this is one of the best ways we

may serve them. Here is America’s

opportunity. There is no reason why,

in times of peace, we should not be in--

dependent in our seed supply. With

our vast acreage, our alert people and

the application of machinery we can

certainly produce our own, if not sup--

ply the world.



Several specialized seed producing

tracts are already developing, in the

United States. The Long Island belt,

marked by its long season, is produc-

ing the following seeds. Cucumbers,

carrots, asparagus; New Jersey pro-

duces cabbage, egg plant, artichoke,

and spinach seed. The north, peas,

clover and bean seed; California, per"

haps the largest specialized seed area,

producing tomato, garden beans, and

many flower seeds; the most promis-





ing and youngest area in the Puget'





Sound district which has a humid cla-»

mate similar to northwestern Europe.





is quite different from that of any oth-

er district, the changes being great in

some cases in very short diStances. It

is unreasonable to expect that wheat

grown in one place is going to be ex-

actly like the same variety grown in

some other place. The local conditions

affect the crops in such a way as to

make them look like different varieties.

The particular kind may be adapted to

both sections but the seed grown in

one of the two places will not be as

good to plant in the other place as it

will be in the one in which it was

grown, the reason, of course, being

that it isn‘t used to the conditions. It

has to be given time to adjust itself.

We speak of acclimating horses and

we mean that when we take them to

a different climate we have to give

them time to get used to it before we

can expect them to do their best. The

same is true of seeds. Wheat needs to

be acclimated as well as horses. We

can expect to get better results from

wheat grown on our own farm than

from the same wheat grown elsewhere.



When we see a farmer buying seeds





pl a n t e (1 good seeds.





will be harvested. Se--





lection is vital to im-

provement. The poor-

est individuals, wheth-

er cows or oats, must

be eliminated and on—

ly the strongest used.

to breed from. When

we buy of someone

else we have no idea

how he may have been

handling his seed in

years past. Maybe it

is getting better under

good care, and maybe-

it is becoming less val—

uable under poor care.

At any rate, we are

paying our money and

taking a chance. If we

use our own we know

we are not guessing.

I’edigreed grains.

have been put out by our expeimrent.

stations which are particularly suited

to the conditions which we, have. Each

farmer should get a small quantity of‘

these, and try them out thoroughly. If"

he finds they do well he should use

them exclusively and select his own

seed every year from his own crop.

This can be done effectively with tin

small grains by the use of a good fan-

ning mill. The large heavy seed can

be separated from the light and small

ones. The results of experiments show

us that crop yields may be increased

from two to ten bushels per acre by

using only the heavy seeds. One bush-

el increase per acre will more than.

pay for the labor., A great deal of the

fanning that is done is only about half

done. The horses are fed out of the:

oat bin all winter and in the spring

some from the same bin are run

through the fanning mill which results.

in ninety per cent seed and ten per‘





 





cent chaff. Why not take a little more. .





time earlier in the winter when there

are plenty left and run more through

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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





Co-operation of pro-

Co-operation of ducers in the selling

Consumers. of their products has

been successfully de-

veloped in many communities of Mich-

igan and the country at large during

recent years. Efforts of this kind have

been notably successful in many lines

of production, and these successes

forecast the rapid development of co«

operative selling by producers in fu-

ture years. The most economic dis

tribution of food stuffs cannot, how-

ever, be attained until cooperation is

practiced by both producers and con-

sumers.



The possibilities of

among consumers are illustrated by

the success of the Rochdale plan

which has reached a very considerable

development in England. The first suc—

cessful co-operative store under this

plan was started in Rochdale, Eng-

land, in 1844. The beginning was a

small one, being started by twenty-

.eight men who contributed small sums

to the scheme, giving them an aggre-

gate capital of twenty-eight pounds, or

approximately $140. The plan adopted

limited the profits of shareholders to

five per cent, and provided for the di—

vision of surplus profits among the pur-

chasers of goods, the same being pro-

rated in accordance with their pur-

chases. '





A recent report by United States

Vice-Consul Weber, of Nottingham,

5Shows how this scheme has increased

in popularity and prosperity since its

inauguration more than two genera-

tions ago. This report shows that in

1914 the co-operative societies of Eng-

land organized under this plan had a

membership of 3,504,456 persons, and

a. co-operative capital aggregating

$231,000,000 with an annual turnover

in sales of $737,750,000. In Notting-

ham alone there are thirty-four co-op-

erative stores employing 450 persons.

The society owning these operates a

large farm in connection with the bus-

iness. Some of these societies also do

a. banking and real estate business

for the benefit of their members, while

others maintain libraries and reading

rooms and provide entertainment of

different kinds for the membership,





co-operation





 





thus adding social to busmessisdv‘an?





tages. . p .



The development of the Rochdale

plan in England affords a valuable ob-

ject lesson for consumers in the indus-

trial centers of this country who desire

to effectively reduce the present high

cost of living. It also hoids a lesson

for the producers who are identified

with co—operative selling organizations,

in that the plan of organizatidn is stan-

dardized, and there is a larger degree

of cooperation among the societies

themselves than obtains among the co-

operative selling organizations in this

country.





In another column

Solving the Milk of this issue appears

Market Problem. a plea from the



Field Secretary of

the Michigan Milk Producers’ Associa-

tion, in which the milk producers of

the state are urged to identify them-

selves With this organization through

the formation of local associations.

The work which has been done by this

organization in helping to put the

dairying business of the state on a

more profitable basis has been excep-

tionally successful, considering the

short time which has elapsed since

the inception of the organization. Un-

fortunately, the cost of production has

continued to increase to an extent

which has proven discouraging to

dairymen who are operating under

contracts made last fall.



All should appreciate the fact, how-

ever, that the best way to remedy this

situation is by strengthening their or-

ganization before the time arrives for

the making of new contracts. Dairy-

men should be reassured by the fact

that the Field Secretary of this organi-

zation was called for consultation with

Mr. Hoover, the recently appointed

food conservator of the country, and

that President Hull of the Michigan

Milk Producers’ Association has been

appointed to represent the dairy inter-

ests in future food conservation work.

By affiliating to a man with this or-

ganization, the milk producers of Mich-

igan will place themselves in the

strongest possible position to secure a

fair proportion of the price which the

consumer is obliged to pay for dairy

products.



The country and the world need

more dairy products now than ever be-

fore; to quit the business of dairying

because of present unbalanced condi-

tions would not be a patriotic course.

Co-operation with each other and with

the government in the present crisis is

at once the most patriotic and most

profitable course open to Michigan

dairymen. Affiliation with the Michi-

gan Milk Producers’ Association should

be the first step in this program.





Due to their last win-

Coal Production ter’s experience in

and Prices. ~securing fuel, many

Michigan F a r m e r

readers have expressed anxiety with

regard to next year’s supply, and have

asked the pertinent question as to why

the government does not intervene in

the coal situation. Notwithstanding

the strenuous activities of the govern-

ment in preparation for taking an ac-

tive part in the European war, the

coal situation has received attention

which its importance certainly war-

rants.



Last week Secretary Lane called the

coal producers together and advised

them that the best thing for them to

do was to establish fair prices for coal

rather than to compel the government

to use the strong hand in distribution

of this necessity. As a result, coal

prices have been reduced at loading

points to a. degree which will save the

people of the country many millions of

dollars. At the same time, the Federal

Trade Commission is making an inves-

tigation into the cost of production so

as to place the government in a posie

tion to intervene in coal distribution

if necessary. '



Recent government reports show a





 





 





the prod he nurse:

months of this year, fully 270,000,000

tons of bituminous coal having been

produced, exceeding the output of the

first six months of last year ‘by 20,-

000,000 tons. With the plans under

way by which a more prompt handling

of coal by railroads can be made pos-

sible, it is hoped that the near, coal

famine of last year may be avoided.

The transportation problem has not,

however, been wholly solved, and may

be expected to become more diflicult

with the coming of winter, when the

added burden of the war upon trans-

portation facilities is considered.



The exorbitant prices for coal which

prevailed during last winter’s shortage

should be considerably reduced this

year. It would, however, be the part

of wisdom for those' who are able to

buy coal at fair prices during the sum-

mer season to lay in their stock for

next winter’s use, provided they have

not the resources of a wood-lot to draw

upon in case of necessity.





 





 





A PLEA TO MICHIGAN MILK PRO-

DUCERS.





 





It is the desire of the Michigan Milk

Producers’ Association to use every

possible means to advance the inter-

ests of the milk producers of Michigan.



We have not only worked openly

with the buyers and producers to bring

better price conditions, but we have

had many meetings with the buyers to

cause them to see the advantage of

dealing liberally with this industry,

which the American people are coming

to appreciate as never before, as the

greatest of all food products for the

growth and development of the human

body.



Dairy Products Vital to Warring

Nations. ‘



This war is teaching the people

many things. When we realize that in

all the warring nations of Europe that

only about ten per cent of the children

under two years old are living (except

in England): that ninety per cent of

these little ones have died because

there was no milk available for their

use: and that England, by maintain-

ing the supply of condensed milk, has

been able to raise the babies and not

more than a usual death rate has pre-

vailed there among the children, this

shows the absolute need of the dairy

product for the growth of childhood.



In our private interviews with the

buyers we have tried (and in many,

cases succeeded) in causing them to

look upon the'milk product as a very

necessary part of their business indus—

try; and that this must not be throt-

tled, must. not be killed, but that it

must be encouraged. The United

States is today 6,000,000 dairy cows

short of the normal supply.



Your field secretary has been in cor-

respondence with Mr. H. C. Hoover,

who has the tremendous responsibility

of food conservation in this nation. At

Mr. Hoover’s call your field secretary

went to Washington and there, in con-

ference, met Mr. Hoover. I Wish that

I could bring to you the impression

that Mr. Hoover made of his sincerity,

knowledge and ability to handle this

great problem. He knows the need of

the dairy products for he has been for

two years in control of the food distri-

bution in Belgium. He knows the call

of the famished mother for food for

her child; he knows the cry of the dy-

ing baby for milk. In this country he

knows that dairy cows are being

slaughtered, and that this wanton

waste means not only impoverished

soils, but it means also impoverished

humanity.



When we talk to .Mr. Hoover of the

27,000 dairymen in Michigan, he in-

stantly has a vision of the three mil-

lion people of the state who are more

vitally dependent upon the products. of

these dairies than the producer him-

self. We are trying to impress upon

Mr. Hoover, as well as upon yourself,

the fact that our demand is only to

place the dairy business upon a foot-

ing like other industries; i. e., that the

milk producer shall have a price for

his productjhat is equal to the cost of

production plus a small profit. _

Thorough Organization is Essential:



But to press our just claim; to attain

what is justly ours; we must do as

other industries are doing to attain

like“ results. Investigation reveals the

fact that every product of the farm, as

soon as it passes from the hand of the

producer, passes into the hands of or-

ganized industries. It matters not

whether it be milk, or meat, or wheat.

. .These .:2industries_ . have _ prospered ;,

they have enlarged; they, have become

rich. They have attracted the boys

from the farms until today there is a





 





 





entire world. ‘ . .

,What these- industries. have " none,

can and should be done by the





 





ducer of foods.





And so we come to the vital propo~ j





sition. Profit depends upon organiza-

tion. Don’t blame anyone for a failure

tomake profits in your business if you

fail to co-operate in an organized effort

for the betterment of your business.

So We make a plea for your co-opera—

thII with the Michigan Milk Producers’

Association. ' ,



If you are cooperating now, we ask

for your more earnest co—operation.

Push the work among your friends and

neighbors. ’If you are not co-operating

now, get into the game. Every milk

producer in. Michigan should join this

organization.





The field secretary is at your call '





as far- as is in his power. He ”has,

dates now extending into September

to speak at picnics, Grange and Glean-





er rallies, but at any open date it-





would be a. pleasure to bring his mes-

sage to your people. Let us pull to-

gether. We want your name and ad-

dress; we want your help and your

counsel and your push in this great

enterprise. ’



Write us for your needs and your

desues. ‘





. R. C. REED,

Field Secretary, Michigan Milk Pro

ducers’ Ass’n, Howell, Mich.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





, Foreign.



The European Wan—Official reports-

tell of the renewal of activities by the

Rus31an armies against the central

powers. The heaviest drive was on an

18-mile front in the Stripa sector:

where the undertaking proved a fail.

ure, according to Berlin. .At several

other points the Slavs are reported to

have made attacks—The British have

been successful on the western front

1n extending their lines about Lens in

northern France. On the other hand,

the Germans under the crown prince

have made a super-effort to force the

French to forfeit ground before Ver~

dun along the Meuse. The gains re-

sulting from this drive were lost in

counter attacks. One position ex-

changed hands five times during the

battle. Artillery engagements were in

evidence at many points along the

western lines from the North Sea to

Verdun—Austrian forces regained po-

sitions recently occupied by Italians on

the Julian front but they were in turn

compelled to retire and leave the Ital-

ians masters of the field—No import

ant military movements are reported

from Macedonia or Asia Minor.



Following the abdication of Constan-

tine, Alexander the _new King of

Greece, appointed Venizelos, who has

opposed co-operation with the central

powers, to his cabinet, and last week

Greece severed diplomatic relations’

with all of the Teuton powers. A dec-

laration of war against Germany is ex-

pected soon.



The Russian duma will not abide

by the resolution of the soldiers’ and

workmens’ congress calling for its dis-

solution. It claims the nation is be-

hind it and that its maintenance is

necessary for unity in national affairs.



Brazil has revoked her stand of neu-

trality in favor of the Allies and is on

ganizing her military forces. Allied

navy ships are welcomed to the Brazil-

ian harbors. .



Norway has sharply protested to

Germany in regard to a bomb plot de

signed to destroy Norwegian shipping.



National.



In conference with the government

officials the country’s bituminous coal

producers have reduced the price of

soft to $3 and $3.50 per ton at the

mines. Jobbers and dealers are also

not allowed to make more than 25

cents per ton profit. The cost to the

consumer will be $3 to $3.50 per ton

plus freight and 25 cents profit. For,

government use there will be a further

reduction of 50 cents in price.



Congress has provided for the im-

provement of the River Rouge in the

rivers and harbors bill. This allows

for the widening and deepening of the

river up to the proposed large tractor

plant. This was adopted as a war

measure as it is felt that increased

production of tractors will help to al-

leviate the farm labor problem.



The income tax receipts for the cur

rent fiscal year show that Michigan

corporations and individuals have paid

$8,882,032 into the federal

through this tax system.

district of Michigan which comprises

the eastern half of. the state ranks





eleventh in the income tax receipts '





among all the districts of the country.





In all cases government work will be

given preference by the steel. mills. .





more .

vital industry: the farmer, the pro-‘





treasury .

The first ‘





Because of the shortage of steel a"

bulletin has been issued by, the fedemls.

government warning many lines .10!»

manufacture to. curtail the use of steel: .
-GROWN SEED.





use on





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I and make the selection more rigorous?

’ The mill can be adjusted ‘so that only

ten per cent will, be the heavy "seed

stuff and the other ninety per cent

chaff,'weed seed, and light oats. This

ten per cent would be much better

seed than the ninety per cent under

the usual plan.



The pictures of winter wheat accom-

panying this article were taken by the

writer in Ontonagon county, July 22,



1916. The soil in the two fields is

I identical, only thirty rods apart, the

land was prepared the same and seed-

ed the same day, both fields are well

drained. In one field good clean seed

secured from a seed house in a nearby

state was used and as you will notice

a very poor stand resulted. In the oth-

er home-grown seed was sown and a

very good crop was secured. This vast





difference may or may not have result--





ed alone from the difference in the

seed, but as near as we could deter-

mine, all other conditions were iden-

tically the same.



Ontonagon Co. R. G. CARR.





“RUNNING OUT” OF SEED.





In the past few years we have heard

a great deal about the so-called “run-

ning out” of varieties of grain. If a

farmer had a variety that he had

grown for a large number of years and

it began to yield poorly, he Would say

that it was running out and get a new

variety from some other source. In

reality his home variety was not run-

ning out, but its yield was decreasing

because of some other factor, such as

poor tillage, or lack of seed selection

or grading. In fact, it has been shown

quite conclusively by two or three dif-

ferent experiment stations that those

two factors are the causes of the “run-

ning out” in most cases rather than the

natural causes.



So by reserving the best piece of

grain on the farm for seed, and by us-

ing the farming mill and grader the va-

riety will not only in most cases be

kept from running out, but besides the

yields will be easily increased and the

particular variety made more valuable

to the community, because of its being

acclimated to that particular soil and

climate. This also eliminates the un-

wise practice ”of buying seed every

year from regions having different

soils and climate. Therefore, care in

selection, in tillage and in grading the

seed obviates the so-called “running

on .”





Iowa Ag. Col. H. W. HULBERT.





MAKE SURE OF THE MOISTURE

SUPPLY.





Now that we have an abundance of

moisture to start the seed germination

and give the young plants their start,

let us practice farming methods this

summer which will tend to retain the

moisture for the benefit of the grow-

ing crop until it reaches maturity in

the fall.



Personal experience farming in the

semi-arid region in western Nebraska

taught me the value of dry farming

methods and I find it advisable to fol-

low the same practices, although to a

more limited degree, in the states

farther east and north where the rain-

fall is more plentiful but sometimes

lacking at the critical time when mois-

ture is needed to fill the grains and

round out the production with a full

crop.



Moisture is available from the sup-

ply below just as well as from the

clouds above. The only difference is

that the moisture ’from above is rain-

ed down from the clouds and reaches

the roots by being absorbed into the

' 'soil or carried in by the plants, while

the moisture from below raises up by

’ capillary attraction, touching the roots

. and passes out from the’surface of the





the air abdve.





soil through, the pores of the earth into

Now the thing to be

aimed at is to hold all the moisture

possible that falls from above and re-

tain all the moisture possible that ris-

es from below. Cultivation furnishes

the one and only means of accomplish-

ing this double purpose and at the

same time serves the growing crops to

the best advantage.



By cultivation, I mean not only the

thorough preparation of the seed bed,

but the frequent tillage of the soil by

means of the borrow, the cultivator

and the disk. On the corn I use a

spike-tooth harrow, removing some of

the teeth so they will miss the rows.

When the plants grow beyond the har-

row' stage, I stir with the cultivator,

not just three times then stop, but

four and five times. Usually the last

two times must be accomplished with

a one-horse adjustable cultivator or an

old mower wheel dragged between the

rows. Where a dust mulch only is re

quired to preserve the moisture, *I find

a mower wheel will give excellent re-

sults. These last two cultivations may

be the means of turning a good many

nubbins into full size ears and adding

a good many bushels to the crop by

preserving the moisture underneath

when the longed for rain fails to come.



After the small grain crop is remov-

ed, I find it best to follow the binder

immediately with the disk and plow.

A stubble field loses moisture surpris-

ingly fast. .If the practice of dishing,

plowing and‘ harrowing is followed, it

will hold the moisture and will be in

the best possible condition for the next

crop. ,



Frequent stirring of the soil all

through the crop growing season pul-

verizes the surface, lets in the air and

water and forms a dust mulch that

protects the stores of moisture from

rapid evaporation and less: Stirring

in some form should follow every rain,

then if no more rains come until too

late, the stores of moisture beneath

the surface will finish out the crop

almost as well as the moisture from

above. P. H. E.





WEALTH IN FRESH MANURE.





With the absolute lack of potash in

all cemmercial fertilizers due to the

war, and the high price of nitrogen,

there is the most imperative need for

not only the saving but the proper

handling of all barnyard manure. On

account of the potash it contains, ma-

nure may be estimated to be worth

double its normal- value. A load of

barnyard manure which is ordinarily

worth $1.00 or $1.50, according to lo-

cality, is now worth $2.00 or $3.00.

There is no doubt about it and until we

get commercial potash manure will

continue to increase in value. Haul

your manure and spread it on. the field

as soon as it is made. In this way

there will be practically no waste. If

allowed to stand in piles or in the yard

it will fang or leach or dissipate in one

way or another anywhere from twenty-

five to fifty per cent of its value. This

is a proven fact. Manure hauled and

spread upon the field, whether it be in

mid-summer or in mid-winter, con-

serves all its fertility for the soil.

There is no greater waste of fertility

than to pile manure and carefully

work it over from time to time, until

it becomes well rotted—G. E. M.





PREPARE FOR EFFICIENCY IN THE

‘ HAY FIELD.





Efficient work in the hay field will

be more important this year than us-

ual, and efficiency counts far more in

securing the hay crop than in most

other farming operations. All prepara-

tions should be made before the job

is begun, from ’getting the mower in

shape to inspecitng the hay ropes and

slings, to the end that valuable time

may not be lost in the midst of the

haying, season. ' . -





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You’ll find that the

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[ram the gains it

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The beater on the axle construction eli-

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VEN if orcharding is only on a

small «scale it pays to thin the

fruit. The small home orchard



never adds much money to the farm

income but if the fruit is properly thin-

ned it will be much improved in qual-

ity and in that way add to the satisfac-

tion in farming. Fruit that is thinned

seems to be of better flavor than the

insipid product that frequently comes

from trees which are breaking down

with the weight of their crop.



Maintaining the vitality of fruit

trees is necessary if the orchard is ex-

pected to be profitable over a long _pe-

riod of years. The tree that overbears

may have no fruit the next year. Limbs

that break from carrying an overload

are difficult to repair and usually have

to be removed, which reduces the bear-

ing surface of the tree. Fruit of good

size brings the best price on the mar-

ket and the small specimens meet with

little favor from the best trade. Small

fruit from unthinned trees seldOm

brings a profit to the grower, but fre-

quently the market becomes glutted

with the inferior stock and then prices

fall for the finest of fruit. If the trees

producing the culls had been thinned

the ultimate consumers would not have

lost their taste for fruit by purchasing

some of the poor quality consignments

and probably they would purchase

more fruit and both the consumer and

the producer would be benefited. Prob-

ably many people eat less fruit because

of the prevalent custom of shipping

culls to market. The cull apple, peach,

pear or plum seldom makes friends

and customers for the producers of

such fruit.





Thinning Essential.



In commercial fruit growing thin-

ning is very necessary if the grower

desires to continue in the fruit busi-

ness. Peaches are always thinned by

the most progressive growers in spite

of the large expense of the work. EV-

ery tree must be thinned or the peach-

es will be small and lacking in quality,

the trees will be broken down by their

overload and the buyer of peaches will

not be there to do business when he

learns that the orchard is not thinned.

A first-class grade of peaches will bring

a profit when the culls scarcely pay

for hauling to the canning factory.



Some growers thin apples and find

that it pays in the increased size and

quality of the fruit. Apples are not

thinned as frequently as peaches but

some experiments seem to prove that

apple producers can increase their av-

erage annual profits by making more

of an effort to thin their fruit. Plums

should be thinned for the same reason

that we thin peaches. The quality of

the fruit is improved and the average

size will be larger. The plum tree that

is allowed to bear until it sags to the

ground will soon become devitalized

and lacking in vigor and if the over-

bearing is continued for several years

the tree may die. Plums do not find

as ready a sale as peaches and apples

and possibly one of the reasons for this

lack of interest in some sections is due

to the fact that the market is frequent-

ly filled with small insipid plums. The

large size, carefully graded and rich

plums shipped into Michigan from dis-

tant states and much enjoyed by peo-

ple who canoafford to buy them from

the fruit stands.



Quality Improved.



Pears seem to be improved in qual-

ity by thinning if the trees show a

tendency to produce more fruit than

they can carry safely. The pear is one

of our finest fruits and possibly it is

not appreciated as much as it will be

in the future when growers make more

of an effort to market a fruit of fine

flavor and large size.



The work of thinning should be

started as soon as the natural falling

of the fruit is over and it should be

Carried on as rapidly as possible. Ho 1v-





Thinning thieFruitvCropn





ever, too much haste is apt to result in.

poor work. Many peach growers one





courage their thinners to work slowlyi; ..

They .. '

know that it pays to make an ei‘torttoi





and not hurry over- the trees.





thin thoroughly and never remove





more than is necessary in any one part





of the tree, but always break up the

clusters and leave the right number of’

inches between the specimens, depend—





ing on the variety and the amount of





fruit On the tree. Haste in thinning

results in careless work and broken

branches. The green fruit should not

be clawed from the trees but carefully

picked. It certainly pays to instruct

hired labor in the work of thinning if

they are inexperienced along that line.

A poor thinner can injure a commer:

cial orchardist about as much in one

week as it costs to hire the man for a

year. ‘ R. 'G. Kmnr.





 





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Ginseng Growing.





Can you tell me where I can get a

bulletin on the culture of ginseng?

About what is the value of the roots

per pound? When should they be dug

and how handled? W. H. E.





Ginseng growing is one of the spe-

cial lines of agriculture which promis-

es great results on paper, but which

often fails‘to work out in practice.





If you are interested in this subject,

I would suggest that you write to the

Secretary of Agriculture, Washington,

D. C., for Farmers’ Bulletin No. 551.



The roots are usually allowed to

grow until five years old, after which

they are dug and sorted. First-class

roots will bring as much as $5.00 per

pound, the mis-shapen roots about

$2.50, and fibrous trimmings from fifty

cents to $1.00 a pound.



These are rather high prices, but the

ultimate result is not as good as usu-

ally expected, because it is usually

difficult to get a good stand of plants,

and there are also Several diseases

which seriously curtail production.





Leaf Curl.





Can you tell me what is the matter





with the leaves on some of my peach

trees? I gave them a dormant spray

this spring. This is the third year for

them. H. B.

The sample of peach leaf which

you enclosed, was affected with the

peach leaf curl. This disease is quite

serious this year, and if one did not

apply the dormant spray early enough

or thoroughly enough, he will have

quite a little of the foliage affected.





If the spraying lacked thoroughness





‘one will find these leaves in spots on





the trees. If the spray was put on too

late, the infection will be more general.





This is fungous disease which starts

very early in the season, and if we

have weather which will cause the

peach buds to expand even in early

March, the disease gains a foothold if

the trees have not been thoroughly

sprayed. If the infection occurs be

fore spraying, no amount of spraying

will materially check the disease.



Lice on Peonies.





I would like you to explain what is

the matter with my peonies. It was a.

large old bush and a year ago last

spring I took it up and d1v1ded It. Now

they are very nice, large bushes and

very full of sprouts, or branches. They

Were full of buds and grow to be about

the size of a pea and then turn brown.

One is near the house and the other

is where an old stump stood.



Allegan Co. Mrs. J. G.



Undoubtedly what is causing the

trouble with your peonies is little lice

which attack the blossom bud and suck

the sap. In that way the bud is de«

prived of considerable nourishment,





and is unable to mature.





You can control these by dusting the

bushes with pyrethrum powder. This





is sometimes also called Persian insect

powder, and can be purcbased at any V





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of May 26, page seven, the follow-

.. ing questions were asked by J. L.

K.: “Will you please give me some

good recipe for a brine to cover but-

ter for laying down? When do you

think is the best time for laying it

down for winter use? Do you think it

necessary to make the butter more

salty than for present use?” First, we

have no set rule for strength of: brine

to cover butter. The main thing, as

Mr. Lillie says, is to understand that

the buttermilk must all be worked out

of the butter. The time to pack is

through the summer months when but-

ter is in greatest supply and bringing

the lowest price.



Use Only Best Cream.



Butter that is intended for winter

use should be made from only the

choicest cream. I'would hesitate to

pack butter if churning was done but

once a week in hot weather. In order

to have first-class butter in winter, the

cream must be in first-class condition

when churned. Whether the butter

should receive more than two wash-

ings depends on the condition of the

cream when churned. If the weather

is cool, so that the butter comes in

good shape, one washing is sufficient,

but if warm so that the butter is filled

with the white flakes or specks so of-

ten complained of, the washings should

continue until the water is clear and

free from flakes. Only two workings

need be given, once when churning is

done and again when packed. The

cause of the white flakes is too high

temperature of the cream.





I have packed butter, not only for

winter use but for our local market,

and have always received more per

pound than was being paid for winter-

made butter. Our “modus operandi”

‘is this: First have your butter in per-

fect condition, for an imperfect article

will not improve any with age. I use

one-gallon jars for packing, for the rea-

son that when opened it is short—lived

and like eggs, fruit, or any other stor-

age articles, will not keep any great

length of time after being exposed to

air; It is best to have new jars but if

old ones are used they should be thor-

oughly cleansed, and new or old, let

them be filled with strong brine and

stand over night. Be particular in

packing, to have the butter pounded

down good and solid, until within an

inch or so of the top. Cover with

clean muslin and fill the remaining

space with salt. Cover with an invert-

ed plate, weight with a stone thorough-

ly cleansed and put into your barrel or

whatever receptacle you have for your

brine. When through packing, weight

down with a large clean stone support-





I NOTICED in the Michigan Farmer





('ed on a wooden frame placed on top of





the jars. They have to be well weight-

ed or they will float.





Use Pure Water and Salt.





Mr. Lillie says: “The only caution

necessary about the brine is that it

should be made from good, pure water,

that is, water containing no organid

matter and that if these rules are fol-

lowed, there is no trouble about keep-

ing butter in fairly good shape.” Now,

I would differ from him a little. Ex-

perience has taught me that fully as

much, or more, depends upon the salt,

as upon the water. To illustrate: A

few years ago a certain well-known

butter factory had trouble with their

butter, but try as hard as they would,

they could not for a long time locate

the difficulty. At length it was found

that it came from a shed adjoining the

packing house where the salt was

stored which was used by farmers to

stand their teams under when in town.

The mystery was solved, for it was

found that the salt was tainted by the





scent from the shed, notwithstanding

., there was no door through the parti-

,"tion.

5.their loss, thus showing that pure salt





This tainted salt had caused





 





On Keeping Butter





is just as necessary as pure water in

making brine.

Solving the mystery of the packing-

house also solved a mystery for us——

for we thought at once of the loss of a

fine barrel of pork that we could not

account for until we read of the expe-

rience at the packing—house. We had

built a fine new barn and when butch-

ering time came, concluded that the

spacious granary would be a fine place

to store the pork barrel—never think-

ing of the basement stable underneath.

Well, the butter—makers had their ex-

perience, so did we.

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COW-TESTING WORK IN BERRIEN

COUNTY.





JENNIE WILLSON.





 





 





In keeping with the general trend of

agricultural advancement in Berrien

county, six new associations were

formed during the year to strengthen

the dairy interests of the county.

These organizations, the Berrien Coun-

ty Cow—testing Associations Nos. 1 and

2, the Berrien County Guernsey Breed-

ers’ Association, the Berrien County

Holstein Breeders’ Association, and

two milk producers’ associations, owe

much of their success to the untiring

efforts of County Agent H. J. Lurkins.

His aid has been especially valuable in

the Milk Producers’ Associations in se-

curing a better price for their pro-

ducts. At the present time members

of one association have contracts by

which they realize nineteen cents per

gallon for their milk and in the other

association the price for ten months is

twenty cents per gallon for four per

cent milk with an increase or decrease

of one-fourth of a cent for each varia-

tion of 0.1 per cent from this standard

and eighteen cents per gallon for four

per cent milk during the remaining





two months.



Following are a few facts brought

out by the tester’s report for the Ber-

rien County Cow-testing Association

N0. 1: 365 cows are recorded as having

been tested at some time during the

year 208 of this number completing the

entire year’s test. Registered cows

comprised 19.7 per cent of this num—

ber and thirty-one resigstered Guern-

seys were run on semi—official test dur-

ing the year.



Ranging between a profit of $108.44

on a grade Guernsey and a loss of

$31.98 on another cow, the average

profit over cost of feed per cow was

$38.76. In one herd the difference be-

tween the “star boarder” and the high-

est profit cow was $112.09. These cows

received the same kind of feed and

care.



In addition to producing the highest

profit cow the Earl Hemingway herd

furnished the leading butter-fat cow, a

grade Guernsey with 588 pounds of fat

and the largest herd average with 424.5

pounds of tat per cow. This stands as

the highest herd average in Michigan

Cow-testing Associations and is closely

followed by the Ed. King herd which

made 423.2 pounds of fat per cow.

Showing a splendid high production,

the Ed. King herd also furnished the

leading cow in the milk class with

13,081 pounds and an average of 10,120

pounds per cow for the herd. Four

cows in the association passed the 500

pound butter-fat mark and two more

which began records before the asso-

ciation year commenced finished with

over 500 pounds each. The association

average for the year was 4.5 per cent,

the M. L. Becker herd leading 5.66 per

cent. The average cost of roughage

was $40.05, while the average gain

cost was $25.61.



An example of the value of associa-

tion records is shown in the sale of the

champion butter-fat cow. Mr. Heming-

way sold this grade Guernsey upon

completion of the year’s work, and

When the cow was nearly dry, for $200,

and states that she would have

brought but little more than half this

amount without the association record.



I seems, highly probable that this

county which already boasts the Mich-

igan Guernsey champion, Abbie of Riv-

erside, 816 pounds of fat, and a cow-





testing association with an average .





production of 304.9 pounds per cow,

will develop into a dairy center of

some prominence.



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AM writing this article for two rea~

I sons—first, I have been feeding



pigs every day in this cold wet sea-

son so far, and I feel like talking about

them, and second, it occurred to me

that some reader of this paper might

possibly get a little inspiration from

what I might write. I do not expect to

give any new information. I don’t

know any more about hogs than the

average reader of the Michigan Farm-

er, buf I like to feed and sell them,

especially while the price remains

where it is now, and if other people

feed them as I do they will like it, too,

for it will pay.



Pork is scarce in the market. I do

not know how much the present sup-

ply might be increased without lower~

ing the price to a point where it could

not be produced with profit, but I think

we need not worry about any immedi-

ate decline in price. Hogs are scarce,

pigs are hard to find, feed is so high,

and the demand for pork so strong that

the temptation to sell every hog off

the farm that the buyer will take is

very great.



Breed Sows for Fall Litters.



If we are going to increase the

amount of pork in the country two or

three things must receive attention.





. First, we must breed our sows for fall





litters. Of course, it will be too late

for early fall pigs before this advice

can possibly be read. But we may be

situated so that we can take care of

litters that come late, as I am sure

that many of us are.



It doesnot make so much difference

when pigs are farrowed, if they have

proper care. They may come along in

mid-winter, providing the sow has a

warm place, and the pigs have a

chance to exercise.



Of course, it is not desirable to have

pigs come later than October 1, though

some of the best ones I have ever rais-

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Second, we should prepare to feed

well the pigs that we keep. To plant a

larger acreage than we can. cultivate,

to milk more cows than we can feed

properly, or to keep a larger number

of pigs than we have the courage to

furnish grain for, is to increase with

none of the products indicated, but

rather it has the effect to diminish the

supply. If we have twice as many pigs

on hand as we will feed liberally, we

might better sell half of them to some-

one who will feed them, and thus make

sure that all of them will be ready for

market at the earliest possible date.



The pigs we do keep should be fed

for rapid growth if we would really

increase the sum of pork products. If

we have not faith enough in the busi-

ness to feed liberally, let us sell our

pigs to someone who has. It is a great

mistake to let a bunch of pigs live

along, hungry as bears, growing just a.

little, but evidently preferring to die

if they only could, and waiting for the

corn to get ripe so that we can get

something with which to fatten them.



But you say, “Hold on, do you expect

us to pay the preSent high pricesfor

feed and give it to the hogs?” Well,

I am putting a sack full into the self.

feeder as often as the hogs can make

room for it, and the faster they eat,

the more I shall get for my work.





If anyone who reads this doubts that

I am right, let me ask him if he ex-

pects that grain will be any cheaper

next fall than it is now? Think for .a

moment of our present Wheat shortage.

Consider the large amounts of bread-

stuffs that must be sent to the bottom

of the ocean before Germany’s submar-

ine war can be arrested. Corn cannot

possibly be cheap next year. Pork can

not be produced in sufficient quantities

to more than supply the demand at the

present high prices, if, indeed, it can

be grown fast enough to keep the

amount up to the present supply. So

I shall feed just all the pigs will eat,

from the time they come into the

world until they go to market.





Utilize Pastures for Profit.



In the third place, we can use pas-

ture in many cases economically. I do

not believe it is wise to give the hogs

very much good alfalfa meadow this

summer, alfalfa is going to be needed

next winter for cow feed. Grain is go-

ing to be very high. People every-

where are thinking about beans and

potatoes, and while I do not think they

are going to overdo either, still it

looks as though corn will be in great

demand. But lands not otherwise oc-

cupied can be pastured by the hogs,

and rape can be sown here and there,





- and now and then a man who is short





of help may use the hogs to advantage

in harvesting his corn. But in a gen-

eral way, it seems to me that our good

meadows, either clover or alfalfa,





5 should be cut and the hay should be





properly cured and stored for winter

use, except so much as is needed to

supplement the pastures, or to feed,

for other reasons, on the farm.





In purchasing feeds for the hogs, we

should watch for by-products more

sharply than before. Products from

the breakfast food factories, salvage

grains, middlings, and in fact anything

that the hogs like, that we can afford

to buy.



Use the Self-feeder for Best Results.



In the fourth place, I would feed the

hogs from a hopper feeder. It takes

but very little time to make one, and

that will be saved many times over, 'in

feeding before the summer chaos, and

the feeder will still be as good as new.

Every experiment I have seen proves

that hogs will make more rapid, and

more economical gains when fed in

this way, than when a. man attempts to

say to the, hog,'just how much is good

for him, and how often he shall eat.



Lastly, I would not sell the hogs un-





til the dearer:





“unless the market ' Re





time a'small hogjs marketed, a’cnéi.

to increase the supply of food is cutoff.





If. We feed too, slowly. , then this

would not ‘be'good advice, for the hog}: .

would be too old to grow economically. 1'" 1





before he attained the proper size. It





should always be remembered? that it-

costs much more to put weight onto an ;‘

But if we ~.

them growing rapidly all the.

time, we can get them to agobd weight ,

early enough to insure economical pro-g





old hog than a young one.

keep





ductiOn.,- ‘ '- ' '





It5has boon a long time Since the;





world needed food as it now needs it.

Pork is not everything, but file a meat

product that is much relished. I have





often noted with interest how many-

people in hotels and restaurants will





order pork, even if it costs more than

some other meats.





The world needs our pork. Again, it .

needs the fat that is produced by the,

hog as cheaply as by any other animal. .

We believe we are in,

a "Titanic” struggle for the mainte— .





We are at war.





nance of our ideals of government. We





are sorry we must fight to defend these .





ideals, but fight we must, and we shall

not be found wanting. But we can not

fight if we are hungry. A lot of us

are too old to fight, anyway, but we





can help quite as much as those who '





are at the front.





In one way it seems like an easily

way to fight, just to feedhogs, but. as.





sure as we live, if ,we do not feed. hogs

and cows, and animals for beef and

mutton, and poultry for an ever wait-

ing market, our brave boys must‘ go

hungry over in a foreign land. 7



So now in closing, if we would in-

crease the sum of pork in the country,

or even if we would maintain thegpres—

.ent supply, we must first breed all the





sows we can; second, feed as liberally '

as we can, and third, grow our hogs to ‘





a good size before we market'them.





Thus, if we seek economical sources _ _

of feed supply, if we watch all the lit:





tle details that make for success, if in

short, we put a little of our better

selves into this work, we shall get our

pay in dollars, and we shall help to





feed a hungry world, and thus be good 4





soldiers though employing only, . the

weapons of peace.





MANAGING A “GOLD MINE."





 





I always read Mr. Lillie’s articles

with interest, and when I read in the

issue of June 16 of his trouble with

sheep ticks I felt that it would only

be doing as I would be done by to tell

him and others how we keep almost

entirely clear of them. We clip the

sheep just before the lambs begin to

drop, so as to be ridof the very few,

if any, that are on the ewes before

there are lambs for them to hide on.

The yearlings, are apt to have a few:

as we sometimes fail to get them clip-

ped in time, but as we keep them sep— '

arate from the sheep until they are rid

of ticks they do not get on the lambs;

The only time we ever dipped our‘

lambs was seventeen years ago, and

we kept all in a full minute as direct-

ed and it killed ticks and eggs at one

dipping, so we did not see a. tick in

six months.



We have a grade flock of Shrops.

Taking out three of the light fleeces

from those of the thirty ewes the rest.

averaged eleven pounds of clean white.

wool. Several fleeces weighed fourteen

pounds each. We call them our ”gold

mine and they like us as much as’we

do them. We sold one last winter

nearly eight years old that raised a'

nice pair of twins last year and was

not as fat as many of them that weight

ed 190 pounds. I am nearly seventy-‘

six; the son that is left at home'is not:





strong, but we sort sheep easily by us: ‘1

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and side and let the ones we wish all

past either end. . . -

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are endangered Uncle Sam orders out

the marine corps and these sea-soldiers

go about their business of establishing

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The first American flag that ever

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N. O’Bannon, of the United States

Marine Corps. This occurred when

Derne, a fortress of Tripoli, was cap-

tured under fire on April 27, 1805.





Major Levi Twigg was in command

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Soldiers on Land and Sea

By YULE CARDIGAN





field Scott, commander-in-chief during

the Mexican war, paid a tribute to his

gallant amphibian fighters when he

said:



“I have put the marines where the

hardest work was to be accomplished,

and I have never found my confidence

misplaced.”



When John Brown “started things”

at Harper’s Ferry in 1859 a hurry—up

call was sent to the marines. Robert

E. Lee, who later became commander—

in-chief of the Confederate troops,

headed the little force which succeed-

ed in capturing the Osawatomie man

and six of his companions.





The marines were very active dur-

ing the Civil War. They participated

in the capture of New Orleans by Ad-

miral Farragut on April 25, 1862. Cap-

tain John L. Brooks commanded the

valiant force which first entered the

city and raised Old Glory above the

customs house and the other govern-

ment buildings. Though the river front

blazed with burning ships and thou»

sands of cotton bales, the marines did

not hesitate.



On June 10, 1898, Lieutenant Colonel

R. W. Huntington with 647 marines

was the -first American command to

touch Cuban soil. Though the Spanish





army in Guantanamo numbered Seven

thousand, the marines speedily landed

and soon made the harbor safe for Ad»

miral Sampson’s fleet. Their physical

condition was such that during the five

months’ campaign in mid-summer no

deaths resulted from sickness.





Uncle Sam’s sea-soldiers were in

China during the Boxer uprising of

1900. The marines of Captain John T.

Myers of the battleship Oregon were

the first American troops to enter Pek-

ing just before the outbreak, and Ma

jor L. W. '1‘. VValler’s battalion of mar-

ines were the first to enter the Chinese

city afterward.



At Vera Cruz in April, 1914, Lieu»

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marines were the first to gain the Mex-

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“Am yo’ shorely aimin’ fer ter sail

dis yere ship long ter Hamburg, sah ?”

he asked cautiously.



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“Yes, sah, I done heerd. But I

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thar’s sure a bad lot forward, an’ they

is plum set against goin’ no further.”



“A bad lot, hey? And who seems to

be the leader, Watson?”



He scratched his head.



“Wal, sah, there’s two or three who

has a lot ter say, but I sorter reckon as

how de real boss is a white pusson

call’ Liverpool Red—he dun started ter

knife me night afore last, and if I

hadn’t done got outer thar right live-

ly I reckon I’d bin a dead nigger sure.”



“What objection does this fellow and

the others with him, have to finishing

the voyage?”



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inary cussedness, sah. Ya see thar

ain’t mo’n a half-dozen deep sea sailors

aboard; all the rest are jist costers,

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back ter Baltimore. That wus how it

all started; but now they got the war

ter harp about, dat Liverpool is a play—

in’ it up ter beat the band, sah.‘ He

says this ship is loaded with war stuff,

and bound to be sunk, or captured; am

dat so, sah?”



“We have a miscellaneous cargo,” I

answered, “and some of it might be

contraband. But it was shipped before

war was declared, and we have ample

time to reach port before the estalish-

ment of a blockade. There will be no

trouble, Watson, if the men only do

their duty.”



“Yas, sah.”



“You let them know that I said so



when you go forward.”



“Yas, sah.”



He was far from being satisfied, yet



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explanation. I left him, and walked

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position of peril into which I had drift-

ed. With a loyal crew my task would

prove no easy one, but with a crippled

ship, and the men already on the verge

of mutiny, the situation was almost

desperate.



CHAPTER XIV.

The Crew Grow Ugly.



OR a moment I remained forgetful

of the presence of the girl on

deck. The dusk of night had al-



ready enveloped us in its somber folds.



Lanterns were being used forward, and



the lamp was lighted in the cabin, its



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course to pursue—at the very first evi-

dence of disobedience I must assert

full authority. There must be no hes-

itation, no sign of weakness. And

whether this method would succeed, or

fail, depended utterly on the loyalty of

my officers. I must depend on unknown

men, and the test would come sudden-

ly. Even as this knowledge crystal-

lized in my own mind, the girl’s hand

touched the sleeve of my jacket.



“Supper is ready, Mr. Hollis," she

said. “Are you not coming down ?”



“Very shortly. I will have the men

knock off work, and leave the mate in

charge of the deck."



“What were you thinking about so

earnestly? You actually forgot me.” .



I glanced aside into her eyes.



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safely out of this scrape.”



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easily solved. Frankly, I anticipate

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“To see. how far they can go?”





“Yes, it will come to a show-down

presently. I do not say this to frighten

you, Miss Vera, only, perhaps it is best

for you to know the situation. The

first thing necessary on this voyage is

to show those fellows forward who is

master aboard. But we’ve talked about

it long enough now. I do not antici-

pate any locking of horns tonight for

those lads will need to discuss plans

among themselves first. Bascom will

be waiting for you in the cabin, and I

will join you presently.”



I walked with her as far as the lad-

der, and watched until she disappeared.

Forward 1 could perceive little outside

the glow of the lanterns in the radius

of which black, grotesque figures con-

stantly passed and repassed. Occa-

sionally a voice sung out some com-

mands, the words scarcely distinguish-

able. Judging from the plunging of

the planks underfoot, and the rattling

of the mizzen rigging overhead, the

volume of wind was steadily increas-

ing. .



“Mr. Leayord!” I sang out.



“Aye, aye, sir.”



“Let the men knock off work for the

present, and send the second mate's

watch down for supper. You will take

the deck, and it will be better to have

another hand aft here at the wheel.”



“Very well, sir."





I waited until he clambered heavily

up the ladder and joined me, his huge

figure outlined against the gleam of

the binnacle light.



“Wind seems to be rising, sir,” he

said, lifting one hand to feel its weight,

“and has shifted into the nor’west.”



“Yes, the glass promises us a storm,

and I look for a dirty night. How are

matters progressing forward?”





“Most of the heavy stuff is over-

board, sir, and there is room now to

get around.”



“We’ll put the men at the job again

after they’ve eaten; there is nothing

like a clean deck on a stormy night.”



“Right enough, sir, and the beggars

are better kept at work.”



“I was pleased to see the way in

which they took hold, Mr. Leayord,” I

said quietly, “and that Olson set them

so good an example.”



He crossed over to the rail, and came

back wiping his lips on his sleeve.



“Olson is a good man, Mr. Hollis;

you made no mistake when you chose

him for second officer, but I never saw

a worse bunch of sea scum in any fo’-

castle than we’ve got aboard here, sir.”



“They took hold, all right.”



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ed yet, an’ have had no time to talk it

over among themselves. Besides there

are sailors enough among them to

know that that riffle had to be cleaned

away whatever port they sailed for.’



“We’ll hear from them later, you

think?”



“Tomorrow, sir, or perhaps tonight.

as soon as they learn for sure the

course we’re steering. The nigger will

tell them that when his trick is up, an’

then the rumpus is likely to begin.





' They are dead set against Hamburg.”





“Why Hamburg, Mr. Leayord?”



“Well, sir, I don’t just know myself,

for I was the bosun, and the lads never

talked to me very freely. I thought I

would question Olson a bit as soon as I

got him alone. From all I’ve heard,

however, it’s largely caused by what

that fat bloke yer brought aboard with

yer had to say about this war breakin’

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sir; but I hear he claims to be 3. mil-

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coin, just to be took back ter New

York. Cookie told me that he and the

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had quite a talk."





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on deck again. He’ll tell you mor’n I

can.”



“I will, Mr. Leayord, and then I’ll

attend to this fellow McCann. I’ve got

his number already; that black eye

he’s carrying about I gave him in the

boat”



Leayord chuckled.



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get, but I guess it wasn’t a lick amiss

at that.”



I stood silent a moment, staring out

into the black void.



“I presume, Mr. Leayord, I can can-

fidently rely on your loyalty in case of

trouble?”





“You sure can, sir.”



“And Olson?” '



“He’ll face it like a man; and al-

though Masters is a bit of a fool, I’m

guessing he can be counted on in a

pinch.”



“Are there any others?”



“That’s hard to say, sir, off hand. I

haven’t been shipmates with them, or

with any 0’ this crew long enough yet

to size ’em up; but there are a few

men forward who don’t chum none

with Liverpool’s crowd. Olson would

know ’em better than I.”



“Well, the sooner we learn exactly

how we stand in this matter the bet-

ter. I’ll relieve you as soon as I have

a bite to eat.”



“Yes, sir, and the course?”



“Nor-east by east. There has been

no observation taken for three days,

Masters tell me, but that ought to keep

us outside the regular steamer lanes.

Half-speed, and a good lookout for-

ward!”



In spite of its general dinginess of

paint and furnishings, the main cabin

had a look of coziness and comfort as

I entered from the black gloom of the

decks. The table had been set for

four, the swinging light above gleam-

ing over a white table cloth, and an

abundance of food. Bascom and Miss

Vera occupied seats on one side, while

Olson, washed and brushed into a state

of rare discomfort, sat alone opposite.

No doubt the fellow would have great-

ly preferred being forward, and was so

embarrassed as to scarcely glance up

at my entrance. A slim, narrow chest-

ed man, his weak mouth partially con-

cealed by a straggling mustache, and

who answered to the name of Dade,

acted as steward, but the boy, Moon,

was doing most of the work. I drew

out the single vacant chair, and sat

down.





“Well,” I said pleasantly, breaking

the rather awkward silence, “I do not

exactly know where we are going but

we are on our way.”



Olson’s eyes wandered to the tell-

tale compass overhead, but his mouth

was full, and he made no attempt to

speak. Bascom glanced from the girl’s

face across at me inquiringly.





“You have chosen our course, then,

Mr. Hollis?” he asked.



“Hardly; at least only for temporary

purposes. Yes, milk and sugar, Dade

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observations yet, and I must find what.

charts are left on board. Remain after

supper, Mr. Olson, and we will examine

Captain Hadley’s stateroom together.”



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com insisted.



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east, which should take us out of the

usual course of ships in these seas. By

tomorrow noon I hope to know our ex-

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of the crew.”



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“There is every promise of a rough

night, but nothing to worry over. Dade,

why did you Set the table only for four.

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Good Health and Conscience





MAGAZINE editor was recently

A asked by an “Anxious Father”

how he could deve10p ideals of

honor, courage and. honesty, and a con-

science in his eight-year-old son. The

editor replied, “See that your boy

bathes daily, cleans his teeth thorough—

ly night and morning, goes to bed reg-

ularly at 7:30 in a room with wide-op-

en windows, plays out in the open air

all his spare time with healthy, normal

boys, is fed plain, substantial foods,

given no stimulants, kept from excit-

ing “movies” and his conscience will

develop itself.”



It reminded me of the zealous young

mother who had been to a lecture

which impressed on her mind the im-

portance of caring for her children’s

teeth. She was going out for the even-

ing and leaving the youngsters in the

care of an aunt.



“See that they clean their teeth and

say their prayers before they go to

bed,” she said impressively, “and be

sure they clean their teeth whether

they say their prayers or not.”



The orthodox aunt was shocked, but

the mother meant no irreverence. She

had just got the idea that perfect

health is as much of an act of wor—

ship, if we can get it through observ—

ance of the laws of hygiene, as is pray-

ing. She felt it was as much her duty

as a mother to see that her children

were taught ways of correct bodily liv-

ing as it was that they be taught mor-

ality, and she was right.



All parents are anxious to do their

best for their children, but too often

we overlook the thing which would be

best in our zeal to do only second best.

What could be better for our children

than health? And how many of us

think of it as we should? Many a fond

mother ruins her child’s chance of per-

fect health forever, before it is'five

years old, by wrong methods in feeding

alone. They begin in infancy to feed

the baby every time it cries, instead of

at stated intervals, and follow along

through childhood letting the young—

ster eat whenever it happens to think

of it, and anything it whines for. I

lznow one “fond”? mother who kept

an eighteen-month infant quiet so she

could do her ironing, by giving it

lumps of brown sugar. The poor thing

devoured nearly a half cup of sugar in

thecourse of the afternoon, and when

it was sick in the night the mother

could not be made to believe it was

her foolishness that caused the sick

spell.



Added to bad feeling, there are ir-

regular hours of sleeping. How many

children are put to bed with the birds.

and how many stay up until the family

retire, even if the hour is midnight?

Then there are evening parties and

sociables, to which five-year-old chil-

dren are dragged when they should be

tucked in their beds, and allowed to

eat rich cake and sip poor coffee be—

cause “they want to.”



Daily bathing after the youngster is

able to toddle? Not for nine out of ten

children, and as for cleaning teeth

night and morning a large percentage



of American children never clean their

J teeth at all until they are taught to in

school.



, WAnd yet doctors and dentists tell us

,‘that good health is absolutely depend-

ent upon good teeth. Indeed, so im-





portant are perfect teeth considered

that in cities the school children have

their teeth examined in school two or

three times a year, and if the parents

can not afford to take care of defects

the children are sent to a dentist and

the city pays the bill. In Detroit the

school children are marked on their

report cards in care of the teeth and

personal cleanliness as regularly as

they are in arithmetic and reading.



Good health is about the only thing

that the average parent can give to

their children, and as it is the easiest

thing to bestow it seems a pity more

parents do not go in for it. Person-

ally, wouldn’t you rather start life with

a sound body than with a fat bank ac-

count without perfect health? If you

have health you can take a chance at

getting the money yourself. If you

haven’t health, the money can not buy

it for you. 'Proper attention to simple

rules of living would almost guarantee

every child perfect health when it is

grown, for the average child that

weathers infancy is born sound of wind

and limb. Defects come after birth

because of bad habits.



Good health usually guarantees near-

ly everything else desirable, good na-

ture, courage, honesty and clean

thoughts. You_seldom see a healthy

person who is cranky, cowardly, sneak-

ing or intemperate. These mental and

moral defects are nearly always found

in persons who are “below par” phy-

sically. So the editor who stated that

conscience would take care of itself if

good health was insured for the child

had a great deal of right on his side.



DEBORAH.





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Canning vegetables is a rather hard-

er process to most housekeepers than

canning fruit. The vegetables are

more apt to spoil, lose their color,

shape and flavor than fruit if great

care is not taken, and for this reason

many women have taken to using “can-

ning compounds.” This is entirely un-

necessary, and sometimes injurious to

the health as well, as many canning

preparations contain substances which

have been condemned by pure food ex-

perts. If cans, tops and rubbers are

carefully sterilized, and all directions

faithfully followed, there is no reason

why vegetables should no tbe success-

fully canned at home.



Pick only ripe, firm vegetables, re-

jecting all that is over-ripe or imper:

feet. Look over and wash thoroughly,

and prepare as for fresh cooking. Peas,

string beans and lima beans are can-

ned alike by the following method.

Blanch in boiling water from two to

eight minutes, depending upon the age.

Then remove and plunge quickly into

cold water. Pack the cans full, but

not too full as they expand a little

while cooking. Fill the cans with boil-

ing water. and add one teaspoonful of

salt to every quart. Put on the rub-

bers and tops, and set at once in the

container of boiling water. Cook two

hours, then remove, tighten tops and

set the cans away to cool. After they

are cool wrap each can in paper and

store in a cool dark place. Vegetables

fade when exposed to ‘light, and some

even lose a part of their 'food value, so

it is necessary to wrap the cans if you





wish them to keep their good looks.

Do not use too much salt, a level tea-

spoon is .sufficient. A level teaspoon

of sugar added to each can, and also to

corn when canning, improves the

flavor. ,



The sour taste which is sometimes

noticed in home-canned vegetables is

usually caused by allowing the vegeta-

bles to stand too long after they are

picking before they are cleaned. They

should be canned at once, or at least

within two hours after picking.





There are several devices on the

market to be used for blanching vege-

tables so that they may be quickly re-

moved from the hot water and as

quickly from the cold into which they

are plunged after blanching. One of

these is a wire basket which fits into

the kettle. The vegetables are placed

in the basket and then the basket set

intothe kettle. It is not necessary to

buy a basket, however. One housewife

uses her colander, another a steamer

which sets down into a large kettle,

while others put the vegetables into

cheesecloth bags, which of course must

be kept scrupulously clean.





Vegetables may also be dried suc-

cessfully at home. .To dry them easily

make racks such as we used to use for

drying apples. Beets, turnips, carrots,

parsnips, onions and cabbage are

among those easily dried. Select the

young beets and turnips, wash, peel,

cut into slices one-eighth of an inch

thick and spread on your racks. Sus-

pend over the stove or place outside in

the sun. Stir them frequently while

they are drying and leave on the rack

until all moisture has dried out. Car-

rots and parsnips should be treated in

the same way, rejecting all that have

woody cores. Onions should have the

outside covering, tops and roots remov-

ed, cabbage has the outside leaves re-

moved and the “heart,” and both are

to be sliced in thin slices about like

the other vegetables.



Spinach, beet tops and Swiss chard

may also be dried for winter “greens.”

Look over carefully, wash thoroughly

and cut into pieces about one-fourth

of an inch long.





LETTER BOX.





 





“Doing One’s Bit."



The article by Deborah in the issue

of May 12 under the above heading,

was a cruel jolt after the experiences

of the past few weeks.



There had been the flag-draped hall,

filled with earnest men and women,

listening while men who knew told

them about the needs of the hour in

Red Cross, and the necessity for in-

creased food production and conserva-

tion of our resources.



There had been the large gathering

of women at the Federation meeting,

and women of wide outlook and expe-

rience in many fields of work inspired

us with suggestions as to what we

could do to help and how we could

do it.



There had. been the constant reading

of editorials of best periodicals‘and the

utterances of those who are in a posi-

tion to form correct estimates. Out

of all these there had grown a very

Clear conclusion, the result of a defi-





nite experience, the experience of feel-





ing our horror and fear and trembling

which overcame us at the prospect of

war gave way to the sense of uplift





 





that can only come to one who hears

the call of need—their country’s call——

and answers it with willingness.



To those of us born since the Civil

War, except those whose lives were

touched by the Spanish American war

and those who are in touch‘with the

regular army and navy, a comparative-

ly small number, this emotion comes

as a very new experience.





All the patriotism we have ever

known pales as it stands by the side

of this new stinging, biting sacrifice

that faces us when our young men, our

boys, so lately little babies, so quickly

grown past school days into college

life, when we see them face their day

of danger.



We come into fellowship with the

heartache of the women whose lives

help to form the fabric of history.



And how willingly we accept that

which will fortify our faith and cpur-

age. How gladly we share in the spirit

which has moved women who in the

past have not darned their stockings,

to teach their untrained fingers new

arts of service. .



I know it is possible to read into

written or printed words a meaning en-

tirely foreign to the purpose of the

writer.



The spoken word has the tone of the

voice and the expression of the face to

help convey the speaker’s meaning.

The human race spoke to each other

ages before it wrote letters which

probably accohnts for the greater num-

ber of good talkers than good writers.

To reduce this wide margin between

the writer’s meaning and the reader’s

understanding is one branch of liter-

ary skill.



It is to be hoped that the above fact

figures largely in the article from

which the following extracts are

taken:



In the cities, women are bustling

about establishing Red Cross units and

taking first aid lessons, which they

will never use, but which gives them

a fine chance to get their names in the

papers.



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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.



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The one class of American women

who know the meaning of 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. * * * If a

woman is inclined to be thrifty and

conscientious, she doesn’t need any-

one to tell her how. She finds her own

ways, fitted to her own needs. If she

is not so inclined no amount of “can-

ned” advice sent out by the govern-

ment, nor real fresh matter written in

an office by some girl who” doesn’t

know a potato ricer from a soap shav-

er is going to make her see the error

of her ways. _



Whatever the author’s meaning,

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days. . /





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'A BIG POMONA MEETING.





Oceana and Mason County Pomonas

met together June 2, at Pentwater.

Six Oceana county Granges were repre-

sented, and patrons were present from

a number of Granges of Mason county.

All were entertained royally by North

Weare Grange, Oceana county, which

holds regular meetings in the village

of Pentwater. A very pleasant little

church had been secured for themeet-

ing and arrangements had been made

to serVe dinner in the basement.



Memorial exercises were held in the

morning. Fitting words concerning the

brothers and sisters who had passed

away during the year, were spoken by

representatives of the Granges to

which they had belonged. The choir

sang a fitting selection, floral offerings

were presented and W. F. Taylor sang

a solo.



The dinner was simply one of those

which the good sisters of North Weare

Grange know so well how to serve. It

was enjoyed to the limit and recollec-

tions of it will linger long. -



The afternoon meeting was called to

order by the Worthy Master who in-

troduced the Worthy Lecturer as the

presiding officer for the session. Bro.

Griffin, of Pentwater, welcomed all in

a few well chosen words in which he

told us a lot of good things about the

Grange in general, and Pentwater in

particular. The master of Mason coun-

ty Grange responded, after which the

writer welcomed the Mason County

Pomona. Commissioner C. A. Rhine-

hart, of Scottville, responded ably in

behalf of Mason County Pomona

Grange. He spoke forcefully upon the

subject of distribution, and the evils of

food speculation.



The address of the day was delivered

by Mrs. Dora H. Stockman, lecturer of

Michigan State Grange. Mrs. Stock‘

man was at her best, and naturally she

talked about the war. She emphasized

the importance of the home garden, of





‘ canning the fruits which might other





wise be wasted, and in particular she

urged the drying of corn, and also of

fruits when cans were not obtainable.



She spoke of the scarcity of wool

and cotton in the market, a condition

which must necessarily grow worse as

time advances, and spoke of ways in

which the women of the country might

help. She asked all to co-operate with

the Red Cross, to assist in the Y. M. C.

A. movement to render less terrible the

consequences of this war.



She said, “I heard a woman who is

not a mother say the other day, ‘If I

had a boy, I should want him to be

first to enlist.’ Well, I wonder if she

might not feel just a little different it

she really had a boy? My own boy is

now in the oflicers’ training camp. He

is going to do his duty.”



Thus, from beginning to end, her ad-

dress was a' call to higher patriotism,

an exhortation to greater efficiency on

the farm and in the home. At its close

we all sang America as I have seldom

heard it sung.



We can not close this report with-

out calling attention to one more num‘

her—the talk by our new county agent,

Mr. Alfred Henrickson.



Mr. Henrickson is a graduate of the

M. A. C. and a very practical farmer

and breeder of Jersey cattle.



He did not ask for the job of county

agent, but while he is in it he proposes

to stand for real things. Of course, he

has concerned himself with the seed

situation, with the matter 'of labor on

the several farms in the county, and

with that of credit where this was nec-

essary. But with that part of his task

well in hand, he told us that it is his

purpose to accomplish with the help of

the people, some other things which

will make for permanent improvement.



It is his wish to secure the largest

possible number of people who will

sow Red Rock wheat next fall. He

wants to see Oceana county a Red

Rock county. He will assist those

who wish seed to find it, and will be

ready to help in any possible way to

secure this much of standardization.



He also wants to organize the breed-

ers of high grade, and pure bred cattle.

This is somewhat of a dairy county,

and here may be found some very good

Holstein cows, and Jerseys that are

among the best in the state. But too

many are still simply keeping cows

with no ideals of breeding. Mr. Hen—

rickson wishes to organize breeders of

Jerseys and Holstelns and to interest

the largest possible number of farmers

in the breeding of these two breeds.

In this he will have the support of'a

large number of our best farmers and

we confidently look for good things to

come from the movement. In a reso-

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Will Take up Red ~Cross Work.—

About sixty of the leading farmers and

their families of Lynn and adjoining

townships met at the home of Mr. and

Mrs. William Campbell, the occasion

being the June session of the Lynn

Farmers’ Club. The meeting was op-

ened with a patriotic song, followed by

prayer by Rev. Charles, of Yale. After

the reading of the minutes by the sec-

retary, Mrs. Ransom Teetzel, the mat-

ter of joining with the other Clubs in

holding a county picnic in August was

discussed at considerable length. The

sentiment was unanimously in favor of

some location on Lake Huron, such as

Lakeside Park or Lakeport. An inv1-

tation had also been extended to the

Lynn people by the Union Club of Mus-

sey township, to participate in a 81m-

ilar gathering at Lake Pleasant, Lapeer

county, on July 4th. Mrs. Thomas

Johnson, of Yale, then addressed the

meeting on the work of the Red Cross,

and suggested that the Lynn Club take

up the work as an auxiliary'of the

Yale Red Cross Branch. Wm. Camp-

bell also stated that Red Cross work

was one of the noblest lines the mem-

bers could take up, and urged every-

one present to give it their best sup-

port. Mr. Campbell was appointed as

chairman, with the privilege of select-

ing the other members on the commit-

tee. Mrs. Andrew Curry was chosen

as vice-chairman, Mrs. Ransom Teet-

zel, secretary, and Mrs. A. J. Smith,

treasurer. This was followed by a

campaign for members which resulted

in the majority of the people there be-

coming identified with the movement.

The next number was an address by

Rev. Charles, of Yale, on “The Man of

the Hour.” The speaker discussed

some of the conditions and effects of

the great conflict now going on in Eu-

rope, and stated that it was his belief

that fully 5,000,000 soldiers would need

to be enlisted before freedom’s song

could be sung throughout the world.

A reading by Mrs. William Hodgins

portraying some of the weak points in

our present day educational methods

was well rendered and one of the best

appreciated numbers of the afternoon.

County Agent Brody was then called

upon to explain farm loan associations

and took up a number of questions ask~

ed by the audience. He also explained

the methods that are being practiced

at the experiment station in breeding

more desirable varieties of farm grains

and the following men will sow con-

siderable acreages of Red Rock wheat

the coming fall: William Campbell,

Robert Middleton, Thomas Shutt, Mar-

tin Ostrander, William Merkle, and A.

J. Smith. One of the pleasing features

of a Farmers’ Club is that everyone

is invited to join, and at this meeting

four families were enrolled as new

members. The picnics already men-

tioned will be held in July and August

and the next regular meeting will be

held in September at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Robtert Middleton, in Lynn

township.





Improvements in Farm Housekeep-

ing.—The Union Farmers’ Club held a

very successful meeting in June at the

home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kaiser in

Mussey township. President Albert

Tosch presided, and as the secretary,

Mrs. Maude Kemp, called the roll each

member responded with a short story

or quotation. This feature brought out

many things that were especially ap-

plicable and helpful at the present

time, and some of the more humorous-

ly inclined provoked much laughter

with their cominc sayings and stories.

The matter of holding a picnic was tak‘

en up and after an extended discussion

it was decided to hold the event at

Lake Pleasant in Lapeer county, July

4th. In this connection, too, a motion

was passed extending an invitation to

the Farmers’ Clubs in the western part

of the County, including Lynn, Berlin-

Riley, and Brockway organizations.

The question, “Have the improvements

in farm housekeeping kept pace with

those of the farm 1’" was next discussed

by Mrs. Charles Brennan. She traced

a. development of household equipment

and farm appliances from pioneer days

to the present time and showed in a

clear and logical way that, while the

housewife on the farm enjoys the‘use

of many things that were not known a

quarter of a century ago, the same

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gar profits into loss. food Dr. Lopes Medicated Stack

It, it will rid your stock of worms, tone u the sys-

tem aid digestion, and make more pounds 0 flesh on

the some feed. get it at your dealers or sent. on recel t

of prl(-e.25 lb. pail, $1.50 50"). pail $2.50, 1001b. sack .

DON'Tz- let your poultry dieoi disease when Dr. Lopes

Poultry ’l‘onic willprevcrnt it, and keep your hens

healthy. and healthy hens lay eggs. 1% lb. pkg.

25c, 5 lb. pkg. 75c, 10 lb. pail $1.50.



DON‘T2- let the “(‘8 worry and lill your poultry and

little chickens, when a can of Dr. Lapee Lice Killer

will prevent and kill lice, price 1 lb.. 250. ».

DON‘T:- let the flies worry your cows. and lent-wen the

flow of milk.when a can of Dr. I apes Fly «It Insect

Destroyer will give relief and thusincrease your

milk. 1 Gal. $1.00



DON’T:- let your horse- work with sore necks and

shouldersnvhcn a can of Dr. LapesNevefale Heel-

ing Powder will give satisfaction in 5 days or your

money refunded. Price 50c.



DON'Tz- let smut and other fungi destroy from 10 to

M of your grain crop when Dr. anes “Smutene”

will prevent it and increase your yield. Pint $1.00.





if pint 60c.

DON‘T:- fail to ask your dealer for these goods, they

are guaranteed. end he will cheerfully refund

your money if they are not as represented. but it he

will not supply you. send at onceto the plenum

tnrsra.) theyw ll ship at once on receipt of price.

sen <





Dr. Lape Veterinary Co. Inc.





Adrian, Mich.





 





 





 





HOGS





 





ARGE type P. 0. Some very choice summer gilts

bred to furrow in August. Will sell 1 of my yearling





 





herd boars. W. J. Hagelshaw, Auguste. Mich.

' Poland China, fall and eprl pin.



Large Shled at [armors prices. B. P. 301:1



81.50 per 15. tobert Neve, Pierson, Mlo .





 





POLAND China bred gilta all sold. still hove some

choice fall 1,5331%131‘36 and medium type. Mfum-





erI pncee. P. . . It. 8. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





Bis Tm Poland China: strainers and;-

beg. A. A. woon a SON. Saline. uni-inn;





 





boar now ready to ship. buy





Tm Poland China now and get choice





W. BOLTON. KALAMAZOO. MICHIGAN.





Big

G.





 





Hampshire Swine.

FLO YD NI YERS.





Hampshin hauling Pigs§32m£?.id.:,'§?d‘“" “Md

A. E. BACON & SO , Sheridan, Mich.





Nothing for sale but full boars and

(Inks. Writc forlgrices.

No. 9. occur. Ind





 





 





FOR SALE

YORKSHIRE BOAR PICS





Waterman & Waterman. Packard Road. Ann Arbor. licb.





 





Improved large Yorkshire Bear Pigs. .Efithigfi





tle kind at farmer's prices. H. E. Wheeler, Claytonjllch.





 





SHEEP





The JOINT SHEEP SALE





Will Sell at





Public Auction





at. the State Fair Grounds, Columbue, Ohio

AUGUST 7 and 8 1917





200 Hampshire ewes 200 Hampshire rams

100 Shropshire ewes 1(1) Shropshire rams

100 Lincoln ewes 50 Lincoln runs

100 ltambouillet ewes 50 liumhouillet ram-

I:)0 Cotswold ewcs . 10 Cotswold rains

2.30 Oxford yearling ewes an choice grade ewes

‘ Shropshire ewe lambs.

These sheep are consigned from the celebrated flock-

ot' Walnut. Hall Farms. Dr. S. F. Snow. . W.

McLaughlin. Telfer Bros” W. J. Cherry. Harley E.

Emmons. A. J. Knollin. Zelora Green, Lincoln Brow.

Peter McIntyre, R. H. Robson. ds & Dodds. W. W.

Cycle: and others. This will be a bone-tide laletothe

highest bidder. the n portunity of the year to buy

good sheep. Send hi it or write for particular! to

olnt Sheep Sale. 39 Woodland Ave.. Detroit, Mich





 





 





Shropshire Ewes

Mostly yearling: with lambs by side, extra good

ones. come at once if you want





 





to conveniences in the farm home as

has been true with the operations of,

the farm itself. Her remarks showed ,

that she had given the subject much?

thought and careful preparation.





 





lope Ken Fem, Kludorliookfilel.

oxrono DOWN sneer 3:12;:





tor sale. M. 1'. Genes)». Lennon. Mich.
C’oaId argonefiolyoa on a Rose

. wait}: your eyes blindfolded ?





Of course not!





 





By its fragrance alone does the rose make its universal

appeal. Nor can anyone fool you on tobacco, either, if

you rely on your unerring, personal sense of pure fra-

grance. Tobacco without a definite fragrance is like a

rose without perfume—“ Your Nose Knows.”





 





is the rose of tobaccos. lts rich, ripe Burley leaves,

grown in the Blue Grass region of Old Kentucky, are so

carefully aged and blended that its pure fragrance is as

individual, as appealing as the rose. There is no fra-

grance like it—“ Your Nose Knows.”





Try This Test: Rub a little Tuxedo





 





 

 





briskly in the palm of your 5....st

hand to bring out its full _ » war-tic",



- um um

aroma. Then smell it deep , Pounomss





v

E I run YlHSON‘S





TOBACCO





—-its delicious, pure fra-

grance will convince you.

Try this test with any other

tobacco and we will let Tux-

edo stand or fall On your

judgment—





Humoons





“ Your Nose Knows '9





 





 





 





 

 





 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 





@®\% Raise High Priced Wheat





\ on Fertile Canadian Soil





"v,\ Canada extends to you a hearty invitation to settle on her

A 1 FREE Homestead lands of 1 60 acres each or secure some of

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, .

ll ‘,\

i‘l'lQXiiKKi/ll the low priced lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

, I/Qh (" \ This year wheat is higher but Canadian land just as cheap, so

~ .. (IN w the opportunity is more attractive than ever. Canada wants

" N you to help feed the world by tilling some of her fertile soil

\ h\ ' —land similar to that which during many years has aver-

, H , p,” U . . , aged 20 to 45 bushels of wheat to the acre. Think of the

Mil“ (NJ/1“ I money you can make with wheat at over $2 per bushel and

' \\J;\ [N W land so eaSy to get. Wonderful yields also of Oats, Barley

, \&

\“IM “fl/1‘





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and Flax. Mixed farming in Western Canada is

as profitable an industry as grain growing.





The Government this year is asking farmers to put in-

creased acreage into grain. There is now a great de-

mand for farm laborers to replace the many young men ,

who have volunteered for service in the war. The Cli-

mate is healthful and agreeable. railway facilities excel-

lent. good schools and churches convenient. Write for

literature as to reduced railway rates to Supt. of Immi-

gration. Ottawa. Canada. or to _



M. V. McINNES.

178 Jefferson Ave..





 

   

   

 

   

   

   

   





Detroit; Itch.

Canadian Government Agent.





   

 





 





Potato Digger

I I



Gets the Potatoes and separates



where other diggers cannot



A strong statement, but an actual experience many times, saving

growers more than the cost of the Digger. Ask us for the proof.



The Eureka elevator and duplex shaker provide more separation than other diggers.

Large wheels and main gears supply ample power. Mostly malleable and steel. avoiding

frequent breakage and lost time. Growers report

digging 80 or more acres without repairs. High





clearance over shovel prevents weeds and mass

bunchmg. Has Vine-turner attachment.





8-ft. and 7-ft. sizes: several styles.

Prompt shipments from distributing points.





ZEUREKA mowm c0.. Box 1022. Utlca.N.Y. 7





 

   

   

 

 





Write for

catalog





 

 





   





 





 





 





RACTICALLY everybody had con-

P cluded the day of the home-drier

was past and that the tin can,

glass jar, and storage warehouse had

secured supremacy which could not be

questioned. Just now, however, when

the need for saving everything that

can be eaten is evident to everyone,

drying is vieing with canning and cold

storage for popularity. In fact, I have

found the drying of fruits and vegeta-

bles has several distinct advantages

over canning or storing products in

the cellar.



This summer I had available for can-

ning my usual number of glass jars,

crooks, and wide—necked bottles. 1

have never used tin cans and so have

not the apparatus for sealing them,

and besides, the glass jars appeal to

me as cheaper in the long run for they

can be used year after year. But with

prices of food advancing almost daily

I decided to save for winter use all I

could by canning those products which

do not contain a large amount of water,

make jelly out of others, and to put up

some preserves. Other fruits and veg-

etables I intend to dry; in fact, I have

dried successfully a large number and

it is a most economical way of preserv-

ing them. It requires fewer jars or

cans than canned products, and it is

not necessary to use the receptacles

for storing dried food that should be

utilized in canning. Further, there is

comparatively little risk of spoilage.



Several Methods of Drying.



So far I have tried drying vegetables

on racks in the sun, in the oven, sus-

pended over the stove, before an elec-

tric fan, and by a combination of two

or more of these methods. In fact, the

combination frequently is the most

feasible and the cheapest way. If the

sun is very hot and the day fairly

windy, but not too dusty, I spreadthe

finely sliced vegetables 0n galvanized

wire trays about eighteen inches wide

and four feet long and set them in

the sun, usually on the roof of the

house, where the wind can blow across

them. The vegetables are washed and

wiped dry, of course, before they are

sliced, and when exposed to the sun

for a few hours they wilt rapidly and

the drying process is well started. If

the weather conditions are right—dry

and hot—I continue the drying in the

sun as it is the cheapest method. The

final drying, however, is done in the

oven where the temperature is run up

to 150 to 180 degrees and the vegeta-

bles are dried until they are fairly

brittle. The oven door is left ajar and

the drying product inspected frequent-

ly to see that it is not scorching.



To Keep Vegetables from Sweating.



To keep the dried vegetables from

sweating I place them, as soon as they

are dried, in a colander or sieve or

leave them in the drying trays and

stir them once or twice daily for about

two or three days. This seems to al-

low the whole mass to become evenly

dried. They are then ready for pack-

ing for winter use. I follow the same

rule in packing dried vegetables that

I do with canned fruit or vegetables;

I put only enough for one or two meals

into a package. If one small package

is not good because it has been infest-

ed with worms or has become moldy,

then I have not lost as much as though

I had packed the product in bulk. It

is work to seal a large number of bags

and pack them in tin cans or other re-

ceptacles away from insects and rod-

ents, but I believe it pays. A common

paper bag, the top of which is twisted

into a neck, bent overand tied, makes

a good container when covered with

paraffin, applied hot with a brush. I

have used a few patented paraffin car-

tons which I had on hand and have

purchased a few more as I find they

are handy for other .uses about the

house.



In drying over the stove I use the





 





 





 

 





 





 





-.-.





Drying Vegeta‘bles-é-A Home'Operatlon.

, By MARJORIE MORRISON - -~ . <





same racks as when drying in the sun.

The sides are made of- half-inch by





three-inch slats and the bottom is cov—’





ered with quarter-inch galvanized wire

netting. One rack is suspended from

the ceiling by means of a clothes line

rope which passes through a screw-eye

placed in the ceiling directly over the

middle of the stove and attached to

the four corners of the rack. To this

rack I attach another rack by means

of four ten-inch wire hooks, made of

common soft iron wire. These are

hooked over the four corners of the

upper rack and under the correspond-

ing corners of the lower rack. Thus a

whole tier of racks is hooked together

and can be raised or lowered to suit

my convenience when working about

the stove.





Drying Rhubarb.



I have tried drying by placing the

electric fan close to the ends’ of the

trays and have been successful with

this method, but, of course, this would

not have been possible had I not al-

ready owned a fan. The rapid circula-

tion, of air at room temperature over

the finely sliced vegetables dries them

with surprising rapidity. When the

air is not dry and warm, however, it

requires a much longer time, and I

have usually finished the process in

the oven or on the racks suspended

above the stove. On very hot, dry days

I have dried asparagus, rhubarb, and

string beans in about twelve hours by

use of the fan; on other days it has

taken much longer. On very hot days

sun drying is fairly rapid and it is

questionable, in my mind, whether it

pays to use the fan at such times.

Today I have dried some rhubarb;

one tray by the fan and the other on

the roof in the sun. The day is fairly

warm, about eighty-five degrees in the

shade at 2:00 p. m., and a fair breeze

is stirring. The rhubarb was washed

and dried with towels, but was not

skinned. It was sliced to about one-

fourth inch in thickness and spread on

the trays. That which was placed in

the sun dried in about'seven hours and

that before the fan in about the same

time.





Preparing Vegetables for Drying.



In order to facilitate. drying the veg-

etable should be sliced thinly, say one-

eighth to one-fourth of an inch in

thickness. This exposes a larger sur-

face to the air. If sliced too thin, how-

ever, they tend to cling together and

are not easily handled. Besides, some

vegetables would not be a very at-

tractive dish if sliced too thinly; with

others it does not matter. Rhubarb,

for example, may be sliced very thin

while string beans should be sliced

into about half-inch lengths.



If a large amount of drying is to be

done it will pay to buy a slicer as it is

a tedious task to slice a large quantity

of vegetables with a kitchen knife or

chopping knife. Either a kraut cutter

or adjustable rotary slicen makes the

work much easier and shorter.



”llanching vegetables by boiling

them for a few minutes before drying

tends to set their color. It makes a.

good product but the operation is not

necessary.





Sweet Corn for Drying.



Sweet corn should be cooked in boil-

ing water about five minutes to set the

milk. 'Cut the kernels only half way

down to the cob and scrape the re-

mainder from the cob, being sure not

to remove the chaff next to the cob.



Carrots, beets, and turnips may be

dried either with the skins on or off.

When out into thin pieces the skins

are not objectionable.



Before cooking dried vegetables they





should be soaked in water until they ,





nearly regain their natural size. Gen-

duct is exceedingly dry. Many vege-





tables‘should be cooked in the water





in which they are soaked.
_ Poultry White. Brown and Bufl





 





" “$134.33“: um mgmnosm Barred

m... w Buftu Aon“. it.

' ' o mLWllIitefigfitons. “BTW OS-





8.0. White-Leghorn.

at very





mWWM‘m





¥mmmfcr Breeders

‘3 :o, aural-£31,





u Month.

Shadow” 8. Mich





wag-3:. m'EI-milir’éumg om





HN'Sb beautifiul honphatched Barred.

3%! air: Breeding ammonites)” octane.“

S7. Circulars. taJoIIu NortheaChn





Barred Rocknm 3““ "0" ”5““. If“

per15. Delivered by m?n£“ler (iron

net-nailed! 3





tree. Fred Astling.





“ Ferris White Leghorns





A real hcav laying slum, Inpncstcd 1

years. recor from 200 to 264 egga. Get

our special summer prices on yearlmg hens,

brcc‘din males. eggs for hatching. 8- week-

chicks We ship C. O. D Ind

atalo¢ gives prices; describes stock; Ielis

‘ aleboul our lam and methods; rcsuln you can an by breed-

tits main. Send let your copy now—II 3 [rec

.OGEB.m18 Dull-ion. mcmm.m





 

 

 





 





 





 





LIIIIILI s. c. w. LElillllilNS





large, Great layers, Pure While





Provede 09?: type from like ancestry. Not the “Bat in



the or " but tNona Better for beauty and. laying



ability. Laybnt Legho mo mean either betterqnality

at same price or the same) quail t at a less price



chi )per 13, creel Poetpeid. -



85 per 1311:9053:an guaranteed. Seton. Day-Old



now “at :1: every week. Guaran-



teed 3&3“ng alive and lively. Everlreah Eu Farm.





10.!

LOOK! DUCKLINGS





Woodford strain of White Egg Pekin Ducklings.

Flock average about l75eg eggs per duck per car.

11.me no green or tintei 6883. $7 for 2); 3.50





for 50 8%.!” r1

NABCB HAI‘OrHEBIES. - GAMBIER. OHIO

cial June Sale.





BUFF LEGHORNSE‘ “wen”...





Dr. William A. Smith. Potter-burg. Mic





 





 





F I ’ Bud llockqjam nowbookinworderslor

"I” atnso for15. sIIn- 2n. sumac: lfore

Pen‘No. 1. $4! -. one 2 yr. old Whi teHol-

landT om. 3.3 Fowler.Harthr.i. Mich.





13888305125 or 15;

it'llllfl'iil’l‘"‘ffl”'ig' .3. ..





3Riot-hall. Mich.





 





My LogYoung’ sStr uin S. 0. White

IMW' Your PM“ horns are rent money

makers 20. (XX) baby chicks for June at $3 per 100. Or-

der direct or is my cata atalo 1e. Satisfaction guaran

teed. W. VA APPLEDO N. R, 7. Holland. Mich





Ill-00ml 8. ll. llIilI Orplnglons.M:





cocks and hens. also young cockerels

ROUGH. PINE CREST FAR“ Roy IIMI 031.. Mich.





n I. M chick: andE Both Combs. Dark Red.

nWinter Layers. Bred by

more Michigan farmers an an other strainOatnlog}:





tree. Interlakes Farm. Box Lawrence. Mich.





RINGLETS’ B Irred Rocks The famous show and

laying strain Eggs 810i for 1'). De-



livered by Parcel Post from selected matting. Plain View Stock



Fem J. W.Sallard Prop. Res. W. St Claire SL. Rome), Mich





Barred Rock Eggs ”$33.13;;qu

W. (l. COFFMAN. R.3 3 Benton Harbor, Mich.





Mini: and Bottoms, lurling llm and Bock:

Ineeteadl'





arms invites correspondence with the

poultry farmers of Michigan with reference to all

Pars Bred n of Pure Bred Practical Poultrv.

Precflca Barred. Bud and White Rocks; Rhode

Island Reds: Wyandottes; Minorcas:





 





secinl sale

year old

.WILLLS





 





 





 





 





Leghorn. .

Anconaa: Turkeys: Gceie; Ducks. Young Cockemls

and Pallets; Yearling Hens and Cook! from this year's breeders.

Writ. gm- description of poultry and prices. Are you interested

in the Homestead Farms' federation of interests and the con-

mercial advantfic and profit? Wri

Homswsm'rer FAR s. Bploomingdale, Mich.





li.C. Br. leghorn c’krls. 0051. 00 each





, from Kelp an ale strains. Egzs $4.00

uSl‘i





MRI. OLA arr rs. none 33.100 Michigan





Good breelinz hens at $1.50

“0 and SO c. “Q‘s- each for short time. Also

Belgiln Hares. O. E. Hartley. Ludin ton. Mich.





 





 





: c " Leghorns at a sacrifice buy them now. Tuo-

- ear-old hens $1 each; 'Rooste 81 and 51.2:

mL- 0 EST POULTRY FARM. Ypsilanti, Mich.





.3. “33%;?” W33_ 1mm“...-

. mam GAIBIEB. euro.

Baby Chick: and Hatching Eggs ‘

1.33...“ MM

3 momma. mm All





thank-tolling“ We '

Century





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





T Nan



Clover Cum" Eu Tater:



Rom Camera 3 Records



Boot Cmtcu C hick Markers



Grinding Mali: Cxcizina Scra



Water Founuins I Lace Kw"



Automatic .Jcc Prim



Beet Scrap )uukcmm



Chick Feed Poultry Remedies



Search Feed Spray Pumps



Ealubitiow :Incniw‘ Crates



E Trays L‘owl Cmchm

. Es: Calm 1%“me

“mNfidmym wanIIoIhc above list write us

anyway c have everything I poukryman needs A i

Md win brim .8112 40 page catalog by return mail c

wrii My lend iI 4m. whether you buy or not





 





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‘WeOEeraFew 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 QUALITY ITO site, First prize,

Breeders and Calf Horde Mich. State Fair1916. We

also won first on Exhibitors Herd Jr. Champion Bull.

Jr. Champion Female and Grand Champion Cow. Also

breeders of Porch eron. Hackney and Saddle Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. IONIA. MICH.





Registered Guernseys





Stock always for sale Ma Rose Strain—Herd Tuber-

culln tested annually. had a reactor—no

abortion. J. M. WILLIAMVS. 1.North Adams, Mich.





 





Guernsey Bull Calves if?“ {$225.25}





bred damsot high Kroduoing anrestry. Cash or bank-

able note. 0r woul exchange for br d Ilet or yearlmg

boar-large type Duroc swine. G. A. Wigcnt. il ateivlict. Mich





i f tux-ob usin now, apure-

hi I". lilii'r‘i.i in-eleuemysey big“. “’6 bone

several youngf bulls for sale. Registration certificate



also furnished with each anim :.Il



NOR LAgND GUERNSEY FARM. Long Lake. Mich.

of service age and calves from



Guernsey Bu“, choice. Adv. breeding.



T. V. HICKS. Routcl. Battle Ceeek. Mich.

”GUERNSEYs—“G‘BTERED

0 hi (1 r 1d 2‘BULI. OALVES

ontain in oo 0 war 0 am ions.



rucxs' outnnr’SEY FARM. sum". Mich





GUERNSEYS Bull calves for sale. from

A.R .dame and cowso" test.

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

Guemse Bulls. Service age,and

RegisteredB BullCal lies Mav Rose and Gov.

Chane breeding. Avondale Stock Farm,Wayne. Mich.





 





 





' ' Very fine Young bull live

"Onglfl'lll "UlSloms- months of age A. R. O. breeding

Satisfaction guaranteed.W.B..lonea a J. Elma. Cohoctah.MiclI.





“TOP NOTCH” HOLSTEINS





Man years of careful] management and m stematic

han ling of our three large herds find us the breeders

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

combinations of three direct generations of thirty

pound cows in the United States. We have young bulls

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

this cow in them, combined with that of other great

animals of the breed in our herds. would insure mm

gleeRsin results in almost any hard. McPHERSON

CO., Howell. Michigan.





 





 





 





Bigelow's Holstein Farms,

BREEDSVILLE, MICH.

Have Some Fine Registered Stock For Sale





 





 





 





EG. HOLSTEINS: Herd headed b Albina Bonte

Dam's recor ‘{It 6 yrs. butter





Yearly record at {.55 yrs, butter

80:? lbs. milk ml be. W. B. READER. Howell. Mich





OAK LEAF FARM

Herd Sire

Ypsiland Sir Pletertle De Kol





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

individuals 4 and I mont 8 old. E. H. Gearhart dc

Son. Marcellus Mich” R. No. 4.





Buy luur Bul' s From Parhm’ s' Pedigrea Slocl Farm

Choice RReivgistered Holstein calves from A. R. 0. cows.

WPARHAM Bronson. Michigan.





 





 





Silver Spangled Hagburgciigg]: ‘viii‘igfsii’éilgod

“We“ review 33 vmeukgump





Single Combblaek Mirorcas 952?..‘335

air-d blalll lb. cock bird. B. W. Mills. Saline. Mich.





0. White Leghorns. Size. shnge. eflvigor egg produ uc-

S. tierI. H'Itching eggs $5, Bafiby hicks 811 per 100 15





yoarsinthehenbusiness. A. O. H.0ward Tecumseh Mich.





 





ILVER. Golden and WhiteWyandottea. E228 from

some grand matings. 31.50 per 15. $2. 50 per 30. large

birdt. C. W. Browning. R. 2 Portland. Mich.





s'e. W l 6. April Hatched. St~ndard ”RI-ed

' 0"". Cookerels on free ram t82. 00

each White Line Poultry Farm Hillsdnle. Mich.





ITE Wyandottes. A.1 lagers. Eggs for hatchin.

81. 82. 83 (MM 97 per 100 peoial matings 85 for

DAVID «RAY m Norrisfl Yunnan”. Mir-Him"





 





 





3 White WI andottel winter & summer layer . E2:-





35 60 per 100 Baby Chix 3i? per 100. Satietaction

”ranked. Hemlock Poultry h'Stock Farm. Prescott. Mich.





BREEBEIS’ DIRECTORY.





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

.. ~, Ten Days hgfnrcfi data of rmhlimtirm





VCHOICE ANGUS BULLS





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





' at .m- f unions II

.:fi§1ok'w§“£3:. mm owner Anns 3933:3133...





 





 

 





“fourteen cn.thsold‘W Herd on the Federal

W Hod lint. I'l

mlth. 619an Form. Addison. Michigan.





 





ULUNY STOCK FARM





100 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 100





For 88162—17 mos. old bull whose 7 nearest dams

average 560.1 lb. milk and 25.6791b. butter in 7

days. Sire is by the son of a 32.9 lb. cow and

from a. 31 lb. 4 Yr. old cow. Dam is a 22.5 lb. lr.

3 yr. old daughter of a. 26.5 lb. Jr. 4 yr. old cow.

whose dam is a 27 lb. cow.



Ready for immediate heavy service. Priced to

sell immediately. Send for pedigree and price.





R. BRUCE McPHERSON, Howell,MiclI.

842 Lbs. B UTT E Q





Is the average of the semi-omelet] records of our hard

bull adam (at 2 yrs). his grand- dnm (at 3 yrs.) and his

are rent grand- dam. hree choice Ionng bulls from A R.

dams. Herd tubercn‘ in tested annually. Holsteins

of course. Pa'nceland Stock Farm, Three Rivers. Mich.

Chas Peta-r! Herdsman. fl. 1. Brody. Own”. Port Huron Mir-h.





Need Reg. Holsteins??





Yoraeafn 't findi bet§er bdre'd gulls“ than we are oflering.

reayoreervoe. on on need can on.

Getonrdeacrlptlonbooklot. LONG nr'acu maids s,

Augusta (Kalamazoo (30).. Michigan





A Y ii H lie . ure bred Hol-

For sale n*eine.aSirggool:ntli-a ohanna Cream-





 





   





ATHER the eggs twice each day



in hot weather and place them

in a cellar free from odors. Mar-

ket at least twice each week and do

not keep the eggs in a large basket

and only sell. from the top or the bot-

tom layers will become stale before

they are marketed. It, pays to have

two egg baskets and use one for a

week and then the other. Sell from

the first basket before using the sec-

ond and in this way there will be no

accumulation of old eggs.



Do not over-feed the laying hens in

hot weather. Too much corn will cause

an accumulation of fat when the hens

are also obtaining an abundance of

seeds and insects on the range. The

use of cats in the ration in place of an

abundance of corn will be beneficial

and oats are much cheaper.



Ventilation of the poultry houses is

necessary on hot summer nights. Some

breeders cut holes through the back

of the houses over the masts and cov-

er them with fine mesh wire. This in-

sures an abundance of fresh air flow-

ing over the birds and helps to keep

up their vitality during the extremely

hot nights.





 





Give Plenty of Water in Hot Weather.



Fresh water is one of the first needs

of the hen in hot weather and the wa-

ter crocks should be filled at least

twice daily. Crooks keep the water

much cooler than pails or shallow

pans. They are not easily tipped over

and can be scalded.



Litter is necessary in the poultry

houses during the summer to absorb

the droppings. It need not be more

than two or three inches deep but that

amount should be used to give the

hens a scratching place during warm

weather on rainy days.



The slogan of “Swat the Rooster” is

carried too for when it is carried out

on a fine breeding male bird which

has proved his worth by producing

first-class progeny. Such a, bird is

worth keeping over to the next year

and if he is penned in a yard with two

or three hens for company the re-

mainder of the flock can produce infer-

tile egg and the extra work of caring

for the male will be repaid in the as-

surance that he will earn more than

his board during the next breeding

season.



Do Not Overcrowd Shipping Coops.



In shipping poultry during hot weath-

er it pays to know the law, and not

overcrowd the coops. Select a reliable

dealer and if he gives good returns

possibly it will not pay to experiment

further but give him the business.



Sunflowers should be used for shade

in some portion of the poultry yard as

they will give the birds 21 cool place to

dust. In raising young stock sunflow-

ers are of some value in keeping down

the ravages of hawks and crows. If

the birds have a place to hide at the

first sign of an approaching enemy

they are in loss danger of being car-

ried away.



Red mites collect under the roosts

in unsprayed poultry houses and at

night they come out upon the birds

and fill themselves with good red

blood. At least once each week paint

the roosts with kerosene oil or one of

the coal tar disinfectantp. Soak every

crack and crevice in the roosts and the

dropping boards with the oil and it will

be death to mites. '



Change the Curtains.



During the summer remove the can-

vas curtains from their frames on the

poultry house and replace them with

clean material. Possibly the curtains

will not be needed in the summer as

the birds roost upon them if they are

not lowered at night and it is not nec-

essary or advisable to 10wer3them'in

the summer. The curtains that roll up

instead of swing back will often prove

the most satisfactory in a poultry





 





ellc Led. Dam. Elizabeth Ben's Lyons. It you want





 





somethi nggood. write. Geo. D. Clarke. Vassar. Mich.





 





house. It is difficult to keep Leghorns





 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





from flying up and roosting on the cur-

tain frames when they are swung back

and hooked to the ceiling of the house.



The ventilation of a poultry house

can sometimes be improved during the

hot weather by fastening back the door

and substituting a door covered with

fine mesh wire. To assist in prevent-

ing thieves the door should be made of

strong material and it should be pad-

locked every night.



Keep Coops Clean.



Clean the dropping boards daily in

hot weather and use the material in

the garden. An ill smelling poultry

house is an abomination on any farm

and the smell simply means that high-

priced elements of fertility are being

given off into the air.



When the hens steal their nests ii

is best to keep the eggs separate from

the market basket. A few of the eggs

in the discovered nest will probably be

all right for home use, while some of

them may have to be buried. Never

risk the reputation of the farm by all

lowing spoiled eggs to be marketed at

the price received for a fresh honest

product.



When chickens die they should be

buried about three feet under ground

or burned. Burning is the best as it

absolutely destroys any chance of the

birds being brought to the surface

where they can spread dlsease among

the healthy members of the flock.

Ingham Co. R. G. KIRBY.





DUCKS ON THE FARM.





The keeping of ducks calls for little

outlay in the matter of building houses.

Any kind of a house, so it has a good

roof, and dry floor, will do. A plain

shed with dirt floor, and having the

south side entirely open makes an ex-

cellent duck-house.



The floor of the duck-house must be

kept .dry and should be well littered

with clean, dry straw. Strange as it

may seem, While ducks will thrive if

they have access to a stream of water

or pond, they must have dry quarters

at night. Ducks compelled to spend

their nights on damp floors or on damp

litter, will surely contract rheumatism.



Ducks are conveniently kept in flocks

of about thirty. A house fifteen by ten

feet is large enough for this number.

When kept in flocks of thirty or more

one male should be alloted to each

seven or eight females.



It is never advisable to keep ducks

and chickens in the same house or run.

for the reason that the ducks will keep

the drinking water in such a constant

state of filth that the health and life

of the chickens are endangered.



Ducks require a. much more bulky

ration than hens. A good ration is as

fOHOVVS' Two parts bran, one part

each of middlings and corn meal, one-

half part of beef scrap and five parts

of green food. This green food may

be most anything—«chopped turnips,

beets, pumpkins, cut clover, etc. As

the breeding season approaches it

would be advisable to increase the

beef scrap to one full part. Little

whole grain should be fed. If on range

during the spring and summer months

ducks require little feeding.



VAny of the larger breeds of ducks

will yield quite a great deal in the way

of feathers in a year’s time. Feathers

should not be plucked during the cold

weather. When ready for picking, the

feathers will pull easily, Without leav-

ing blood on the end of the quill. If

not picked when “ripe” the feathers

will fall out and be wasted.



Indiana. T. Z. RIC‘IIEY.





Cut queen cells out but once. If

they build them up again, then re-

move the queen and return later and

cut out all cells but one. They will

then raise a. new queen without swarm-

mg.
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5, Markets.





GRAINS AND SEEDS.





July 2, 1917.



Wheat—The cash wheat market re-

mained steady through most of the

sessions of last week, while futures ad-

vanced. Flour dealers are buyingonly

for immediate needs, believing that

prices may rule lower in the near fu—

ture. However, stocks, of flour have

been quite closely cleaned up, thus

forcing some activity in the market

and giving strength to the cash wheat

deal which had become very bearish.

The future market was disturbed by

reports of hot winds in the west and

the possibility of damage to the crop

elsewhere due to the lateness of the

harvesting season. On the other hand,

the crop has deve10ped favorably 'the

past fortnight over a considerable por-

tion of the winter .wheat belt. Specu-

lation is likely to be eliminated in the

handling of the coming. crop through

the action of the federal government.

The probability of this change is tem-

porarily acting as a bearish factor, in

that dealers are taking only such quan-

tities of grain as are needed to supply

present requirements. One year ago

No. 2 red wheat was quoted locally at

$1.07 per bushel. Last week’s Detr01t

quotations were:





 





No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. Sept

Wednesday . . .2.50 2.45 1.86

Thursday . . . . ...2.5 2.45 1.85

Friday ....... . .2.50 2.45 1.85

Saturday . . . . . . .2.50 2.45 1.87

Monday . . . . ..2.50 2.45 1.87



Chicago.—Ju1y $2.01; Sept. $18434.





Corn—Prices for this cereal gradu-

ally advanced throughout the past





week. The market is strong with both.





domestic and foreign demand showing

activity. Weather conditions have de-

layed planting throughout the corn

belt, and thus increased chances for a

poor crop. Old corn is going into con-

sumption rapidly, and the cereal will

likely be very scarce before the new

crop can be harvested. One year ago

No. 3 corn was quoted at 771120 per bu.

Last week’s Detroit quotations were:

N o. No. 3





Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday . . . . . . . . 1.73 1.75

Thursday 1.74 1.76

Friday 1.73 1.75

Saturday . 1.74%, 1.761/2

Monday ....... . . . . . 1 741/2 1 761/





Chicago.—-—July $1.595/8. Sept. $15014.



Oats.——There is a moderate demand

for this cereal, with prices ruling a

fraction above those of last week. The

new crop is developing nicely, and

promises to be a bumper one. Standard

oats were quoted at 430 on the local

market a year ago. Last week’s De-

troit quotations were: N 3



0.





Standard. White.





Wednesday 72 711/2

Thursday 72%, 72

Friday ..... . ..... . . . . . 721/2, 72

Saturday 721/2 72

Monday .. ..... 721/2, 72

Monday ............. .





. 721A; 72



Chicago—July 66140; Sept. 551/20.



Rye—There is very little doing in

this market, there being only a few

offerings and a moderate demand.

Cash No. 2 is steady at $2.25 a bushel.



Beans.——-Local quotations for immedi-

ate and prompt shipment are down to

$8, with the trade very quiet. October

beans are quoted at $6.50 per bushel.

In Chicago sales are comparatively

few, with Michigan pea beans, hand-

picked, quoted at $9.50@10; red kid-

neys $8.



Peas.——Market is practically closed

up, with field varieties, sacks included,

quoted at $3.75@4.50 per bushel.



Seeds.——Prime red clover $10.80; Oc-

tober $11.50; alsike $11.40; timothy





FLOUR AND FEEDS.



FIour.—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $14; seconds $13.50; straight

$13.30; spring patent $14.75; rye flour

$13.50 per bbl.



Feed.——In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots

are: Bran $34; standard middlings

$41; fine middlings $44; cracked corn

$68; coarse corn meal $66; corn and

oat chop $55 per ton.



Hay.——In carlots at Detroit: No. 1



timothy $17.50@18; standard timothy

$16.50@17; No. 2 timothy $15.50@16;

light mixed $16.50@17; No. 1 mixed

$14.50@15; No. 1 clover $13.50@14.

, Pittsburg.—No. 1 timothy $18@

18.50; No. 2 timothy $16@16.50; No. 1

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

mixed $16.25@16.75; No. 1 clover

$16.25@16.75.



Straw—In carlots, on track Detroit,





 





rye straw $10.50





 





     





@11; wheat 'and'oat‘

straw $9.50@10. -





There was such a large demand for

veal calves of light weight that prices

rose to higher, figures than were ever





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS. paid before, sales ranging at $14.50@





 





Butter.—The market is quiet, with

the bid prices slightly higher than last

week. Creamery extras bid 36c.



Elgin.—Ther‘e is not much change

in conditions. Prices are somewhat

lower. Price, based on sales, is 36%c.



Chicago.——The feeling continues

weak with prices ightly lower. Extra

creameries 361/ , extra firsts 360 per

lb; packing stock 30%c.



Eggs.——Market is steady with prices

1/20 higher than last week at this time.

Fresh firsts were bid at 31%@320 per

dozen.



Chicago—The feeling is steady and

prices are slightly higher. The demand

is for the best lots. Fresh firsts 291/2,

@301/20; ordinary firsts 27%@281/2c;

miscellaneous lots, cases included 26%

@301/20. ‘



Poultry.—Market is easy with prices

lower. No. 1 hens 200; small and me-

dium do 180; best broilers 280; Leg-

horns 25c; ducks 22@23c; spg ducks

26@27c; geese 160; spring geese 20@

22c; turkeys 22c.



Chicago—The market is quiet, with

consumptive demand limited. Fowls

180; roosters 15c; broilers 11/2@2 lbs.,

28@30c per lb; ducks 12@18c; spring

ducks 22@23c; geese 12@14c; spring

geese 16@18c; turkeys 12@18c.



Dressed Calves.—Market at Detroit

steady. Fancy 20@21c; No. 2, 17@18c

per lb.



Chicago—The market is dull and





lower. 50@60 lbs. weight 16@17c; 60

@80—1b. weight 17@180; 90@100 lbs.

18@19c.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Strawberries.-—Are in fair supply.

Michigan’s are quoted at $2 per 16—qt.

case. At Chicago the supply exceeded

the demand. Prices range from $1.25

@1.75 according to quality.



Potatoes.—There is no regular mar

ket for old potatoes at Detroit or Chi-

cago. They are not wanted.





WOOL.





 





Boston—Holders of wool are strong-

er than ever in their determination to

hold out for the prices they have been

asking. The shortage of raw wool is

becoming more and more evident as

the season advances. Dealers in Mich—

igan have been paying farmers as high

as 68c for fleeces. In Boston Michigan

unwashed delaines are quoted at 60c;

unwashed combing 68@720; do cloth-





2 ing 54@560.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





July 2, 1917.

Buffalo.



Cattle—Receipts 5000; market is

slow; prime steers $12.75@13.50; ship-

ping steers $12@12.75; butchers $9@

12; yearlings $11@13; heifers $7.25@

11; cows $5.25@9.50; bulls $6.25@9.50;

stockers and feeders $6@9; fresh cows

and springers, active, $50@125.



Veals.———Receipts 1,600; market is

steady; $5@15.50.



Hogs—Receipts 7,200; market is

steady; heavy $15.90@16; mixed $15.75

@1590; yorkers $15.75@15.85; light

yorkers $14.75@15.50; pigs $14.50@

13.75; roughs $13.85@14; stags $12@



.75.



Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 1,600;

slow; lambs $10@17; yearlings $9@

14.50; wethers $10.50@10.75; ewes $5

@975; mixed sheep $10@10.25.





Chicago.



Cattle prices started off from 10@150

higher for desirable lots last week,

with only about 17,000 head received

on Monday and a good demand; but

others were steady. Later in the week,

under much larger receipts, the ordi-

nary to fair middling kinds declined

as much as 15@250, grassers from the

southwest catching it the worst, as

they were marketed in fast increasing

volume. The greater part of the steers

marketed during the week brought $11

@1340, with sales of the better class

of weighty corn—fed beeves at a range

of $13.25@13.90, and the top was 10c

higher than was ever paid on the op-

en market before in the history of the

trade, the top for the preceding week

standing at $13.75. A good to choice

class of steers brought $12.50@13.20,

while a medium to pretty good grade

brought $11.25@12.45, and fair light

weight killers sold for $10@11.20, with

scattering small sales of inferior little

steers down to $7.25@8.50. Yearlings

were in especially good demand if of

desirable quality, with sales of fair to

choice offerings at $11.50@13.65, while

the commoner lots sold down to $9.50

@1050. Butchering cattle were good





 





 





or poor sellers according to their qual-





ity, with cows selling at $7.30@11.50





and heifers at $7.25@12.25, while cut-





ters went at $6.45@7.25, canners at

$5.50@6.40 and bulls at $6.50@11.





15.90 per 100 pounds and sales down

't0.$7@12 for the heavier weights. The

stocker and feeder branch of the mar-

ket showed little animation, with small

Offerings of well-bred ‘lots and high

prices, although values were much low-

er than a short time ago. Stockers

sold mostly at $6.75@9.75 and feeders

at $8.60@10.25. Beef cattle sold at the

widest range of prices yet seen.



Hogs underwent further bad breaks

in prices last week under increasing

receipts and no corresponding gain in

the general demand. The average

price at the low time of the week was

the lowest in three months, while the

top was the lowest in weeks, the small

proportion of choice heavy hogs tend-

ing to check their downward course in

a marked degree. Country shippers

have lost heavily on the big declines in

prices for the general run of hogs, and

many of them said they would wait

for reactions before resuming ship-

ments to market. Packers favored the

good hogs with weight, and neglected

common and fair mixed lots. On some

days competition was lacking owing to

an indifferent demand on speculative

account. Lowest prices were paid at

the week’s close, when sales were

made of hogs at $13.80@14.50 for

grassy mixed lots averaging from 150

to 250 pounds and of the better class

of hogs at $15@15.60, pigs bringing

$11@13.75. A week ago hogs sold at

$14.50@16. .



Receipts last week of lambs, both

springs and clipped, were very much

larger in volume than a week earlier,

While still much smaller than in for-

mer years before the sheep industry

had been greatly diminished. The of-

ferings were all much needed, but

while prices had some rallies, the mar-

ket was on the down grade most of the

time. Native clipped ewes and breed-

ing ewes were offered to a moderate

extent and had a fair sale, but hardly

any wethers or yearlings showed up

on the market. Prices closed on Sat-

urday $1.25@2 lower for lambs and

largely $1@1.25 lower for sheep than

a week ago. Spring lambs closed at

$12@17.50; clipped lambs at $10.50@





14.50; ewes at $4@9.75 and bucks at





$6@7.50.



Horses were marketed moderately

last week and had a fair sale, with the

British inspectors making purchases of

army horses at $170 for MOO—pound

weights and sales up to $205 for ch01ce

heavier ones. Horses rejected by the

British buyers had to go at very low

prices. It was reported that some

horses were bought in the country for

the United States army. A few good

drafters were bought to ship east at

$200@225, and horses were quoted

anywhere from $60@185, with very few

choice ones on sale. -





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





 





Veal calves have been selling on 'the

Chicago market at much higher prices

than ever before, with an urgent de-

mand for choice light vealers.



Grass cows have been reaching the

Chicago market in increasing numbers,

and they include fair numbers of milk-

ers, but there are few of the best

class. Ordinary milch cows are much

lower in price than a few weeks ago,

but choice ones come high.



Hogs are selling wider apart in ex-

treme prices as the summer advances

and the offerings run much more large-

ly to inferior descriptions, and the

meager offerings of prime heavy bar-

rows often sell little or no lower on

days when the general market 15 much

lower. The packers say the June mar-

keting of hogs was a disappomtment,

both in numbers and average quality,

and it is evident that the crop has

been rather closely marketed, nearly

all of the stockmen having shipped out

their holdings unusually early because

of the high prices prevailing and the

great dearness of corn everywhere. Re-

cent Chicago hog receipts have aver-

aged in weight 229 lbs., comparing With

223 lbs. one week earlier, 227 lbs. one

year ago, 231 lbs. two years ago, 237

lbs. three years ago and 240 lbs. four

years ago. During the remainder of

the season the receipts may be expect-

ed to run very largely to mixed droves

composed of various descriptions rang-

ing from coarse heavy packers to com-

mon light hogs and pigs of all Slzes

and grading. In spite of the extraordi-

narily high prices asked for all kinds

of fresh and cured hog meats and lard,

their domestic consumption continues

very large, butexports of provismns

are showing a great falling off in vol-

ume. During a recent week exports of

lard aggregated onlv 2,972,000 pounds,

comparing with 15,971,000 pounds for

the corresponding time last year while

bacon exports amounted to only 7,340.-

000 pounds, comparing with 14,395,000





pounds. a year ago.





 





'1- 3 Is THE LAST ED"T‘°-;:





 





The first edition is sent tovthOse [who





have not expressed a desire for the . .' '

The late market 661- . .

tion will be sent on request at any '





latest markets.





time.





DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.





 





 





Thursday’s Market.

July 5, 1917.

Cattle.





Receipts 826. Market very dull; all

grades 500 lower than last week; large





numbers going over unsold; all butch— »





ers filled up, little selling.

Best heavy steers $11@11.50;~best

handy weight butcher steers $10.50@





11; mixed steers and heifers $9@10.25; '





handy light butchers $7.50@8.75; light

butchers $6.50@7; best cows $7.50@8;

butcher cows $6@7.25; common cows

$6@6.50; canners $5@5.75; best heavy

bulls $7.50@8; bologna bulls $7@7.25;

stock bulls $6@6.50; feeders $8.50@

8.75; stockers $6.50@8.25; milkers and

springers $50@85. ,



Erwin, S. & J. sold Mason B. Co.

5 steers av 1067 at $9.50, 2 do av 1113

at $10.25, 9 butchers av 741 at $7.25,

12 do av 1083 at $9.25; to Bray 4 cows

av 1000 at $6; to Golden 23 butchers

av 808 at $7.



Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Thompson 7

butchers av 726 at $8.75, 3 do av 873 at

$8.75, 17 steers av 921 at $9.75, 1 bull

wgh 1480 at $7.50, 1 do wgh 630 at

$6.50, 3 steers av 970 at $8.75; to Ap-

plebaum 3 heifers av 647 at $7.50, 1 do

wgh 770 at $6.50, 2 steers av 875 at

$7.35; to Benamin 4 stockers av 630

at $6, 2 do av 780 at $7.50; to Holmes

2 cows av 1020 at $6.50, 1 canner wgh

1100 at $5.75, 5 do av 750 at $5; to

Walk 7 cows av 900 at $6.75; to'Holmes

5 do av 984 at $6; to Baker_5 stockers

av 632 at $6.50; to Delano 3 steers av

751 at $7.35, 2 heifers av 580 at $6.50;

to Mason B. Co. 4 steers av 970 at

$9.50; to Bray 4 cows av 1062 at $6, 1

do wgh 760 at $5; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 12 steers av 866 at $8.50, 2 bulls av

935 at $7; to Delano 4 steers av 755 at

$7.85; to Starrs 1 cow wgh 1080 at

$6.25, 17 stockers av 815 at $7.85, 6 do

av 613 at $6.50; to Delano 6 do av 720

at $7.50; to Thompson 16 steers av

1026 at $9.40; to Starrs 7 stockers av

740 at $6.50; to Sullivan P. Go. 6 cows

av 945 at $7, 8 butchers av 917 at $8;

to Fineman 6 do av 658 at $6; to Ham-

ilton 13 do av 740 at $7.25.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S.

& Co. 13 cows av 920 at $6; to Parker,

W. & Co. 12 butchers av 691 at $7.75,

9 do av 722 at $8, 27 do av 866 at $8;

to Mason B. Co. 5 steers av 980 at





$9.80; to Hammond, S. & Co. 9 cows





av 1000 at $7; to Thompson 1 bull wgh

1190 at $7.75, 1 do wgh 1190 at $7.75;

to Bresnahan 13 butchers av 811 at

$6.10; to Garber 14 do av 716 at $7.75;

to Bray 2 cows av 1240 at $8.25; to

Thompson 2 steers av 950 at $8.90, 3

do av 970 at $10.50, 1 do wgh 900 at

$8, 5 do av 992 at $10; to Sullivan P.

Co. 6 cows av 1026 at $6.75, 4 bulls av

965 at’$7; to Hammond, S. & Co. 5

steers av 886 at $9.60, 1 cow wgh 970

at $7 ; to Goodgold 10 butchers av 881

at $8; to Dunn 17 do av 725 at $8.



McMullen, K. & J. sold Applebaum 1

bull wgh 1320 at $9; to Reamer 8 feed-

ers av 700 at $8; to Thompson 16

steers av 740 at $8.65; to Bray 6 cows

av 1000 at $7, 1 do wgh 960 at $5; to

Parker, W. & Co. 10 steers av 665 at

$7.50, 1 do wgh 890 at $8; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 16 butchers av 883 at $8.20;

to Breitenbeck 16 do av 934 at $8.25.



Veal Calves. "



Receipts 351. Market 25@50c lower

than last week. Best $15@15.25; oth-

ers $9@14.



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

11 av 170 at $15.25, 25 av 165 at $15,

10 av 170 at $12.50, 23 av 150 at $15;

to Hammond,. S. & Co. 8 av 125 at

$14.25, 2 av 135 at $15, 14 av 140 at

$14.75.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 40. Lambs steady; sheep

dull. Best lambs $17; fair lambs $15.50

@16; _light to common lambs $12@13;

yearlings $13@14; fair to good sheep

$8@9; culls andlfommon $6@7.





ogs.

Receipts 864. Market strong. ., Pigs

$14@14.25; mixed grades $15@15.75.





 





We want Fresh White Leghorn Eggs. We pay

a premium over the highest market quotation

and remit immediately upon arrival.



Fox River Butter Co.. Detroit, Michigan.





Y Ship To The on Rellnble Haul.

H A Daniel McCafftey’s Sons.

__ 623-625 Webuh Bl .. PM 9..





y We want your entire crop.

.. Write for rubber stamp.

. The E. L. Richmond 00..





.Dotrolt. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





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. Hip Joint Lameness.-—-I have a horse

that has quite recently acquired. a

"‘whirlbone” lameness; kindly adv1se

if there is any cure for such lameness.

C. Y., Harrisville, Mich—The hip Jaint





’ of a horse is seldom the seat of lame-





ness, unless the hip is fractured the

result of an injury; therefore, I .am

somewhat inclined to doubt your diag-

nosis. The first and most important

part in the treatment of lameness is

to locate it, then by giving the. animal

rest and applying a counter-irritant,

such as equal parts of turpentine, aqua

.ammonia and olive oil every day or





. two, the animal will perhaps recover.





If your horse sprained the hip, give

him a rest and apply the remedy I

have prescribed. _

Leucorrhea.——We have a nine-year-

old mare which weighs about 1400 lbs;

is in good flesh, but for about four

months she has been troubled vgiltlh

e

has a good appetite and does not ap-

pear to be sick. E. A D., Ellsworth,

Mich—Give your mare a teaspoonful





of powdered sulphate iron and a ta—'





blespoonful of cooking soda at a dose

in feed two or three times a day. Dis-

solve 1 dr. of permanganate of potash

in three quarts of tepid water and

'wash out vagina, using fountain sy-

rings every day or two.



Serous Abscess—Sitfast.—;I have a

three—year-old colt that had a soft

swelling on shoulder about the Size of

a saucer, and two inches in depth. Had



' it opened, a yellow watery fluid escap-

ed, but a bunch formed whichus about

the size of a teacup and is quite .hard,

but, not painful. W. D., Willis, Mich.—

Surgical removal is the only remedy

for a case of this kind and there is no

danger in having it cut out, but it

Should be done by a Vet. or other per-

son who has had some experience in

doing surgical work. App1y_one.part

iodoform and nine parts boric amd to

wound twice a day.



Vertigo—I have a very valuable



yearling boar that is in bad shape; he

shakes his head, jerks and squeals as

though he had been struck a blow in

the nose, in ‘fact, acts as though _he

were partially insane. When movmg

he staggers about very much like an

intoxicated person, and when I drive

him, he dodges as if afraid of obsta-

cles. Our local Vet. has been treating

him, but with rather poor success.

J. R., Breedsville, Mich.——If your hog

is fleshy, he should be reduced, exer-

cised some two or three times a day,

his bowels kept open, and give him 20

drops of dilute hydrochloric acid in

drinking water three times a day. Also

give him 10 grs. of bromide of potas-

Sium at a dose twice a day.



Vaginitis.——I have a heifer which

calved March 4, and apparently clean-

ed thoroughly. She kept up a uniform

flow of milk until after she came in

heat the second time, then I bred her.

This was on May 31. The following

morning I noticed a slight reddish dis-

charge from vagina, since then she has

not done well and seemingly suffers

pain while urinating. C. W. E., White-

hall, Mich.—Give her two tablespoon-

fuls of cooking soda at a dose in feed

or drinking water three times a day.

Dissolve 2 ozs. of acetate of lead in a

gallon of clean boiled water and wash

out vagina with fountain syringe daily,

using not less than half a gallon at a

time.



ActinimycosiSr—I have a four-year-

old cow that has a lump the size of a

hen’s egg on the face between the eye

and nose, and it is as hard as a stone.

Is there any cure for this, and do you

think the milk fit for use? She gives

about ten quarts daily. S. A. Mc.,

Beaverton,’ Mich—Your cow , suffers

from either lumpjaw, or else a bony

tumor, the result of a bruise. I do not

believe there is any particular risk in

using her milk, before the bunch sup-

purates; however, all things consider-

ed. if I oWned her I would dry her and

market her for beef as soon as she

was fattened. ‘



Acute Indigestion—A short time ago

I lost a brood sow that had a litter of

pigs three weeks old. She was appar-

ently well in the morning, but later in

the day took sick, bloated badly and



' died. She was fed separator milk and

dish water with a little lime added.





She also had some out clover and tim-_





othy hay. L.IB., Munith, Mich.—-Doubt«

less your sow, died the result of an at-





,» tack of acute indigestion, an ailment





Quite common in hogs. Prompt ener-

getic treatment, giving her a dessert-

,epoonful ' of; arbmatic spirits of am-

monia, or -30 grs. of salicylic acid er.

‘ ff hour or —two,~ might have saved her

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and individuals are considered.





Walt's King 92949 is called by Duroc experts the best fall boar produced the past season. 15 good



growthy Spring pigs including 1 by Pathfinder. 2 by Fancy Orion King a. number by Defender Ad-

at are full brothers and sisters to the lst prize under year boar at State Fair 1916.



3 last fall boars by Panama Special 65383 that are realDurocs and credit to their sire. Catalog sent

on request. entertainment the night before sale at Whitney Hotel. Ann Arbor or Steele Hotel, St.

All trains met Sale day and transportation to farm and good dinner free.

of Elizabethtown Ky. is Auct. assisted by R. L. Ilixby and August Miller, St. Johns. _

able to attend sale may send mail enclosing their bid on any of the animals to be sold. Mail to be

addressed tothe local auctioneers. or H. L. Igleheart. auct. or W. P. Peury who will represent

the Duroc Bulletin. and sent in my care. Any and all stock bought by mail will be guaranteed.





NEWTON BARNH’ART, St. Johns, Michigan.

Jerseys and Duroc Jerseys





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





vance l.





J ohns.





 





producers.





H. W. MUMFORD.‘

OWNER





 





 





 





Purebred Regional

HOLSTEIN

CATTLE





To the open minded farmer or dairvman. the

results of actual comparative tests of Holsteins

with other breeds are striking obJect lessons of

economic investment. The ten largest records of

Holstein cows average 1.007 pounds of butterfat and

25,897 pounds of milk in a year. A like number n

cows of the nearest competitive breed produced

971 pounds of butterfnt, and 18.1%) pounds of milk.

One good Holstein cow will produce as much as

two o‘dinary cows at a saying in feed and care;

There's big money in the big “ Black sndWhltc

Holsteins.





Sand for FREE Illustrated Ducnpfin Booklets





 





The Holstein-Irwin Association of Ina-Ice.

F. L. Houghton. Sec‘y., Box I64. Braillcloro. VI.





 





 





 





 





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

Sale of Duroc Jersey Bred Sows, Spring Pigs and' Fall Boers, August 2-





BROOKWATER FARM

Ann Arbor. Mich., R. 7.





 





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uction S'aleHTVIOf Duracs

Friday, August 3, “1917





40 big type sows of the best lines of breeding bred to Walt’s King 92949, Jo Orion 14th 85855 and Brook.

American Col. 51383. This trio of boars are hard to be equaled and not to be beaten when breeding





H. L. Igleheart

All those un-





 





0. F. FOSTER.

MANAGER





 





 





 





 

 





"15;...





' Hens".





Duroos and Victoria:



Heavy bone, lengthy Spring Bears and Gilts from prize

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

fender a other noted strains. M. '1'. STORY. Lowell, Mich.





' Soars, seryiceable use best blood

Berkshlres. ease as Meets:





 





 





Berkshires. Bred gilts and sows for fall farrowing.

Also Spring igs, either sex. A few boars service-

able age. reg. base Stock Farm, R. 1. Harlette. Mich.





CHESTER WHITESz—Gilts bred for July and Aug.

fuvr'i'ow. March 1Jugs ready to ship. Lar B type.

,W. ALEXA DER, Vassar, Mic igan.





 





 





- bred giltn for sale

Duroc Jerseys priced... sell.

Carey U. Edmonds. tin-tinge. Mich.





40 HEAD DUROC BRED SOWS





15 Spring pigs and 3 fall boars by Panama

Special. At Auction, Aug. 3.

Catalo on request.

NEWTON BAH HART. St. ohns. Michigan





 





 





Huron Jemys.

J. H. Banghart.





Duroc Bows and gilts bred to Eureka Cherry Ki

’ and Crimson Critic son of Critic Model 191

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





Breeding Boar: and Sepl. Gills





East Lansing, Mich.





 





 





Fall Home A Gilts all sold.

Duroc Jerseys' I have some extra good heavy

boned spring -pigs for sale pairs not skin.

I“. J. DHODT. R. l. Monroe. Michigan.





 





The All-Around

is thefarmr’rmw. She'shis

Jerseyfricnd and pride—the beauti-

ful,gentle,ever-paying milk machine that lifts

the mortgage, builds up the fertility of the

farm, and puts the whole business on a sound,

paying, permanent basis. She ada t3 herself

to all climates and all feeds an does not

need fancy care. She matures early and

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

handsome, as to be the family pet and

. / pride. She produces well

. and sells well. Learn

about her in our fine, free

book,“About Jersey Cat-

tle." Write for it um.





THE AMERICAN JERSEY

CATTLE CLUB

846 WutZSdSL. N.Y.City





 





 





 





 





 





 





HDLSTEIN‘BULL





S ' r dale I’led e Calamity No.20704l Born Nov.

1:115:36? Marked Efialf and half, will weigh 4501M.

This calf is excellant dairy type and Will develop

into a very large sire.



Dam is oiie of our best cows. Has given 13.0001bs.

of milk since this calf was born. Is a very persu—

tent milker and is now giving over 50 lbs. milk per

dav. Is a large well marked cow, .



Sire is our hcrd bull (l & B Segislllrica Pledge

agrandson of the Great King chis whose blood

predominates in most all-world records.



For production inheritance we could not of.

fer you a better calf. Price $90.00.





sWInAnTnALE Finn





PETERSBURG, MICH.





WINNWOOD H E R D





John H.Winn. Inc, Holton, Mich.

Reference: Old State Bank. Fremont, Illicit.





:- sale 6 Maplecrest Korndyke Hongerveld

%gls°tetl(ii bulls. One 12 months; one 6 months: one 2

1 out of A. R. 0. dams. One made 19 lbs.

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

’7 duvs as 3 Jr. 3year old. Also have five others, same

breed from Ztol‘imonths. Must sell at once. need 'the

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

Helicon, Mic igan.





I

Ton flood Young llolsluin (longs!) Sgt-um

w nt to sell as soon as possible, TEN D (



(JEOVJ‘S. Moot of them are bred to “ThoMilk & Butter

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

sire is a son of a worlds rer-ordlbuttelr cow. We will

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

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

calves and a few bulls ready for servxce. .

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





Butter F at Counts





H l tein Bull Calves from a 3*) lb. 8.53 'p’Sire. Dam

are parsid daughters of the King of the Pontiaca.

Their dams grand daughters of Sadie ValeConcordin

the first 30 lb. cow. Edwin S. Lewis, Marshall,l\lich.





OR SALE Beg. Holstein heifers. 8 months old.

Large. final marked and thrifty. Price $100,

crated at depot. C. L. HULETT d! SON. Okemos,Mlch.





lli Grade Holstein Heifers





or soon to freshen. Also grade Holstein Bull

Prices reasonable. THE JENNINGS FARMS.

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





, ' ’ Friesian Heifers. 3 to 6

Registered HoISteln mos. old. Some from 30 lb.

sires. Priced to 8811.1Fl'ed J. Lange, Sebewaing, Mich.



' ' 80.21 lbs. sire. Their dam’s

3 llOlSlClfl “ellCI‘S dainA n. o. sister to dam

of 35 lb. cow. bred to if brotherto30 lb.4 yr. old. Terms

if wanted. M. L. McLAULIN. Redford. Michigan.





 





I O I I' ‘



Reg. Holstein Fne'ian fixing? means;

nine months old. 8100: Bulls $40 up. with papers.

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

BULL CALI” for sale, Pontiac Korndyke Breeding,



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

Prices. JOHN A. RlNKE, Warren. Mich.





 





. from high-producing daml,with

his,“ Bu“: inf sale teetin Asso. records. also on

semi-ofioial test. 0. B. We nor. R. 6. Allegan, Mich





 





for sale, ready for service. Out of

Jersey Bulls good producing dams. Prices right.

R. B. FOWLER, Hartford. Mich.





 





‘ ‘ For sale ten months

HIHSIde Fm Jerseys’ old bull backed on both

sides by ll. of M. dams with high official records.



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





 





Maple Hill Farm Beglslercd Jersey Dalila

Stock under 2% years all sold.

J. R. Worthington. o Lansing, Michigan





I

The Wildwood Farm

Breeder of Line bred Majesty strain of Jersey Cattle.

Herd on R. of M. test.Tuberculintested.Bull calves for

sale. Type A Production is our motto. Alvin Bullion, Capac. Mich.





 





 





Lillie Furnished Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R

of M. Cows. also heifer calves and several bred

Colon C. Lillie. Ooopereville, Mich





R. of M. Jersey herd ofiers for sale

Maple Ila-e tuberculin tested cows. bulls, bull

calves and heifer calves. carrying the boot B. of M.

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





heifers for sale.





 





 





'1‘. Clair County Jersey Cattle Club. We have for sale

Bulls old enough for service and Bull calves. from

best stems of Jersey Cattle. M njesty's. Noble of Oak-

lands, Combination's Premier, etc. Write for Pedi-

grees,price and particulars. Fred A. Brennan. Soc .Capnc.Micli





also a few Du-





Notten Farm Jerseys m J9me, ms

fox-sale. NOTTEN FARM, Grass Lake. Mich.





Shorlhorn Cattle ol both Sex ior Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





OR Sale—Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Maxwalton

Monarch 2nd. a son of Avondale. from 1 to 9 mos,

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





 





 





’ . Pigs at weaning time;

Dobson S DurOCS, either sex, Best of

breeding. Collie Pups. Orlo L. Dobson. Quincy, Mich.

D U R O C S a few choice spring boom.



Write for description dcprloe-





E. D.,HEYDENBERK. Wayland, Mich.





fRdeRg. Puree Spring Bears ‘3‘:

or am ambe ready to ship. Exp. Paid, Fine Sto h.

J. n. HICKS. St. Johns, Migh.





Good S ring pigs by Defender's

Du Foes, Cherry‘lflng ati'easonable prices'

E. E. Calkins. it. D. 6. Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Duroc- Big boned March boars sired by grandson of





Volunteer. ()iic July yr-ni-ly Gilt bred for August

lll‘Sll llh()S.. Romeo. Mich.





 





 





 





 





furrow. Price $.30.





 





Raise Chester Whites





9 Like This





the original big producers





I/





"vs





HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to



success. I can help you. I, want to place one be from -

my great. herd in every community where am not sin: y rep-

resented b ese fine early developers—ready for market at six

months 0! Write for my D -— ‘ ore oney from Hogs."





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





Z Tan 0. I. 6’: d. Cheslar While: % Tan





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

Champion School Master. The boar that has size and

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

‘atalogue its free and describes our champions. We do

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

ions to prove it. We have 100 sows bred to our cham-

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

CRANDELL & SON, Cass City, Mich.





O. I. C. & Chester White Swine





Strictly Big Type. withquiility. ()neyczirlingsowdntwo

gilts bred for Sept. furrow, Guaranteed safe with pi .

I have the finestlot of early Spring pigs 1 over raised,

can furnish a few in pairs not akin. Address

NEWMAN'S ISTOCK| FARM. Marlette, Mich. R. l.

O I An extra line lot of last spring

0 0 0 pigs, either scir and not akin, from





g)ood. growthy stock. Farm 56 mile west of depot.

tto B. Schulze, - - - - Nashville. Mich.





CHOICE SPRING PIGS





Ready to ship. The big smooth. growthy

type. sired by noted boars. Registered

and shipped C. 0. D.



J. CARL JEWETT, Mason,Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





O I. C. Boers and Gilts all sold.l zim booking orders

.efOX‘ March and April pigs either sex, single, or in

pairs not akin, A. J. BARKER, Belmont, Mich.R.ll.





 





Francisco Farm Shorthorns





Big Type Poland Chinas





“The 're rugged—They pay the rent."

othing for sale at present.

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





Bidwall snortnorné





“For Beef and Milk”





This heifer at 6 months has bone,

size and quality—Our own breeding.

The blood of Scotch bulls, Imp.

Shenstone Albino and Imp. Villag-

er Registered stock always for sale.





BIDWELI. IlOllK Fllll,





Box 3. Tecumseh, Michigan.





Y b

Shortliorns For Sale will; 2333:4135

heifers. W. B. MoQuillan, Howell, Michigan.





 





 





f bred. Breedin stock all





—-Dairyor bee

Shorflurn. ages for sale at farmers prices. .W.Crum,





 





° ' heifers and heifer calves.

Registered COWS, Priced reasonable. Noted

breeding and good individuals. 13. B. Resvey. Akron. lich.

on Our Easy Payment Plan XSyW‘1‘ré‘é‘illel‘é‘l

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

Ypsiland Farms. Ypsilanti. Michigan.



of high grade Holstein Heifers sired by

20 Head Hengerveld the 3rd. some of them due





to freshen soon. for sale at Huron Valley Farm.

F. S. PETERS, Flat Rock. Michigan.





HEREFORDS





SireS‘in service, Governor by Prince

Donald Militant Farmer by Farmer

(Imp), Bonnie Brae Jr. by Bonnie

Brae 24th. Inspection invited.



ALLEN 3.03.,





 





PAW PAW." MICE.”





 





Secy. Cent. Mich. Shorthorn Breeders' Assn. McBride, Rich.

3 Red Bull Calves, 6 _

Shorthorns 1 Roan Bull. 2 years o‘lndgnftoli-s 01:.





881

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





For Sale One Roan Shonlmrn Bull can





5mos. old, a well built calf of milking strain; The

first 8100 takes him. also a few heifers and a black,

blocky Percheron Stallion. 2 yrs. old in Au ., weight,

15001bs. M.A. Bray Estate, Okemos, (Ingham munch.





SHORTHORNS Maple Bid erd. Esau-





II

lisbed wail" N stoc

sale. J. E. Ton-well. Mason, Michmg. it”





horthorns for sale. 5 bulls Scotch to 10 to 14 11109..



3 man. 1 white. 1 red. rice 8150. to .1 son of Max-



walton Sultan, l9 mos. g}. 0. Carlson, LeroyI Mich,

Cattle For Sale





Load?1 feeders and two 1338982 yous-118m steers}.d tAlso

cans ow you nnynum r , an 0

son to Janina. Isaac SLnnstum. palme’idfrfo‘in. iii?





cloud the "Hill! iggusi 'Egllszgmw





 





one. rmwn a so on .uicmunl





 





O l Thorou h bred O. I. C. Swine all



0 e 0 so (1 out except fall pigs.



0. D. Somervill, Grass Luke. Mich. R.



O I C, All sold. Booking orders for the

O I 0





best of our winter and s r' i '

o. J. THOMPSON, . . p ”18 P 88





6“"! _ C’s Spring pi s and Keg. Holstein heifers

' ' > ' from :i to 5 months old. (3L OVE ll.

LEAF STOCK FARM, It. 1,



Gilts bred for Aug. and Sept.





’

00 [I C' . 5' furrow. Also a few choice. spring

farmwed boar pigs. Geo. P. Andrews, Dansville. hitch.

Nothing to offer





a. '0 0H. s w ' NE. at present.





. W. MANN. Dansville, Michigan.





I. C’s. A few choice boar i sready to shi . W'

0. one? Act quick, they won}; Just long at this rial)?

Stock recorded free. Elmer E. Smith. Redford, ich.





BIG TYPE POLAND GHlNlS





Boar Pigs from the CHAMPION d GRAN -

PION and our other GREAT HElllll) BOAItgagiIdAli‘lIg

EE‘IBtETCHY SOVVS of very best breeding and individ-

I y.

HILLCREST FARM F. B. La

Kuhn-10:), Mich. y, Mgr.





Rockford, Michigan





 





Monroe, Mich.





 





 





 





 





6‘ ‘

W a r l s __.__”

So is starvation. every one should do their bit. You

can raise more porkhon less feed if you breed Butler‘s

gig‘gp‘oegiol?nd Chinas. Sows bredzfor fall furrow.

or serVice. . . -

lend. Mic Icon, Bel' Phone UTLER. Port





Large. T “Re P. C. , .





Fall pigs and bred ilts a . N thi

present. w. E. L mesron, °mii $31131???





Elli!





 





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I Mind 1'Glunu: thpy“l:i‘d.¥.’l.£‘y€’i>lfé‘é;

. W. BARNES & SON. Byron, Mich.





 





S.P.C. early Gilt: for August furrow A few 10

. bodiedyhoavy boned boars read to ' Ill

fall boar! by Smooth Jumbo. 11. 0.8g"; gmmatiz‘ig





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It costs less than four horses, yet it plows 4 to 12 acres a day; pulls two 14-inch bottoms; barrows, discs,

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Note the big advantage of its two:wheel construction—ALL ITS WEIGHT IS TRACTION WEIGHT. ALL its weight

goes into the PULL. That’s why we can build it lighter—why we eliminate almost a ton of excess dead weight





necessary on tractors of the three and four-Wheel types. Then notice how handily it IS hooked to the tool you use

-the plow—harrow—cultivator—mower—binder, etc. Notice how you operate both tractor and implement from the implement seat. All your

work is plainly in view. No craning or straining of your neck looking back to watch the farm tools—mo extra man needed. Easy to back up

with tool attached; easy to make quick and short turns; to work close to fences; to do all work as well and as easy as with a team.





No matter what size farm you own, if you have 80 acres or more, here is the tractor for you. If your farm is extra large, two MOLINE-

UNIVERSAL Tractors will be cheaper than either horses or one large tractor. Write for our free catalog-folder which tells all about this

all-work, all-purpose, low-cost, one-man tractor. See for yourself how it will solve the power and hired help problems on your farm.





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