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VOL. CXLIX. No. 4
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COVcr Crops for Farm and Orchard
By W. MILTON KELLY

OVER crops are an important
C factor in building up the fertil-
ity of_the soil. In the winter
time a cover crop prevents large
amounts of soluble nitrogen from being

lost in the drainage water and, also on

rolling land it prevents the t0p soil
from being washed away. In the sum—
mer time it makes use of the plant
food as it is made available through
nature’s processes and arrests and
holds it until the plants give up their
decaying remains to nourish other
crops, and also on land unoccupied by
a growing crop it shades the soil and
stimulates the action of desirable bac-
teria which aid in making more plant
food available. Cover crops also pre-
vent weed growth, keep heavy rains
from compacting and puddling clay
soils and by increasing capillary ris-
ing of soil water through the pumping
of their roots secure and fix plant food
elements in the ground water.
Prevent Loss by Soil Erosion.
When an excess of water falls on
the ground it must be carried off by
underground drainage" or it accumu-
lates on, or runs over the surface.
When underground drainage occurs,
there is a loss of soluble nitrogen, if
there is such in the soil. Phosphoric
acid and potash are not usually lost in
underground drainage, but if the water
runs over the surface not only are
nitrogen and other plant foods likely to
be washed away, but if the quantity of
water and force be sufficient, gullies
and hollows are formed. In some parts
of the country, more especially the
south, many fields have been so badly
damaged by soil washing that they can
no longer be cultivated with improved
machinery. Few farmers realize the
tremendous losses of fertility from soil
washing. The loss of soil nitrogen on
many farms exceeds that removed by
growing crops. Prof. Snyder writes
that the loss of nitrogen from four
Minnesota farms amounted to from
three to five times as much as was re-
moved by the crops. If such be the
case in Minnesota where the summers
are short, what must they be in a
warmer climate where the rainfall is
greater and the conditions more favor-
able for the rapid decay of vegetable

matter and the loss of nitrogen made
soluble during the summer? '

Our farmers, and even our soil ex-
perts, have never yet seemed to fully
realize that the loss of fertility from
the soil is almost entire-iy due to the
loss of humus, and that the loss of hu-
mus is due to improper systems of
crop growing and the leaching and
washing of plant food from the Soil.
We must grow legumes and winter
cover and catch crops for maintaining
and building up soil fertility, and yet
we have planted chiefly cultivated
crops and given little attention to crop
rotation or winter cover crops and

this nitrogen. When a regular Crop is
made, nitrogen still continues to be
made into an available form and un-

less the ground is full of roots of some

crop to take it up, part of it will be
leached out as soon as there is rainfall
enough to cause underground drainage
of the water from the soil. If we s6w
a crop of wheat or rye in the fall the
roots will fill every inch of the soil and
take up for use in the growth of the
plants all the soluble nitrogen which
otherwise would be wasted. The nitro-
gen after being built up into plants, is
available for future use as soon as the
cover crop is turned under and decays.

 

 

The First Grain Crop on Newly Cleared and “Leveled” Land.

have used the legumes too sparingly.

. It is not possible to have all fields
occupied by a growing crop during the
winter and in some cases it might not
be advisable to do so if it were possi-
ble, but, as a general rule, the aim
should be to keep the ground occupied
as nearly all the time as possible. Of
cours’e, in the preparation of the land
for the regular crops there will be
short periods when it must be left
bare, but these periods should be as
short as practicable. More or less of
the soil nitrogen is being changed into
a soluble form during the spring and
fall months and for this reason a crop
of some sort would arrest and hold

 

(See Page 55).

In addition to the saving of the soluble
nitrogen the cover crop furnishes
plenty of humus to improve the physi-
cal condition of the soil and increase
its water holding capacity. If legumes
are employed for cover crops and are
cut for hay, the stubble and roots in-
crease the quantity of soil residue, and
when the hay is fed and the resulting
manure put on the ground, little of the
humus and fertilizer-'V'alue of the cov-
er crop is lost. Not only is the soluble
nitrogen retained and the humus sup-
ply of the soil increased, but the grow-
ing plants prevent the washing away
of. soil particles and plant food, This
applies more especially to rolling

lands; and while there may be some
excuse for allowing level lands to re-
main bare during the winter, there is
none whatever for fall and early winter
plowing of“ rolling lands and allowing
them to remain bare during the winter
and spring to leach and wash away.

Grow Legumes when Practicable.

The choice of suitable cover crops
is of considerable importance. When‘
ever practicable legumes should have
the preference, for it is just as helpful
to add nitrogen gathered from the at-
mosphere as it is to retain that which
has become soluble in the soil. The
winter growing legumes—crimson clo-
ver and the vetches—do not give as
good results in this latitude as rye.
The cost of a bushel of rye, which
makes a fair seeding for an acre is so
low that the certainty of a growth that
will make a good winter cover for the
land, makes it one of the best cover
crops for use everywhere and under
all conditions. Rye makes a heavy fall
and spring growth, and besides mak-
ing a good winter cover, furnishes
large quantities of humus—forming ma-
terial to plow under early enough for
satisfactory preparation for the corn
or potato crop.

In the well-known three—year rota,-
tion of: corn, wheat and clover, we
havea good example of the proper em-
ployment of cover mops in the rota-
tion. Under this system the fields are
all covered by some crop nearlv all the
year. In general farming the aim
should be to keep the ground occupied
with a growing crop as much of the
time as it is possible without going to
any great additional expense to fit it
and seed these crops. The three-year
rotat,i011-—corn, wheat. and clover, is
nearly ideal for this purpose. Or land
may profitably be allowed to remain in
grass two years which will give a
thicker and better sod to plow under
for the corn crop.

Cover crops may be plowed under,
fed green or pastured. If grown for
seed or hay they can scarcely be call;
ed cover crops or winter catch crops,
although they may serve the purpose,
for they are more in the nature of
money crops. Care must be exercised

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CURRENT COMMENT.

 

In another column
Attend the Wheat of this issue will
Congress. be found the an-
nouncement of a
wheat growers’ congress to be held at
the Agricultural College, East Lansing,
on August 1. This meeting is of more
than ordinary significance to Michigan
farmers, and particularly to Michigan
wheat growers. Of all food stuffs of
which there is a world shortage at the
present time, wheat is of the greatest
importance, both at home and abroad,
and the efforts of the government in
the matter of food conservation, par-
ticularly as it may apply to the promo-
tion of production, will without doubt
give first consideration to the greatest
bread staple—wheat.

Late last week the senate passed the
food conservation bill, including in its
terms provision for a minimum price
on wheat of $2.00 per bushel. While
this action has already drawn criti-
cism from grain dealers as being too
lOW a price, it will be a matter of en-
couragement to farmers who have
been pessimistic in regard to probable
government action in the making of a.
minimum wheat price. While this fig-
ure is not final, it is an indication that
the production problem is being given
serious consideration by congress as
well as other branches of the federal
government.

As noted in the announcement re-
ferred'to, Mr. Hoover has been asked
to be present at this meeting, and a
late advice is to the effect that unless
swamped. with work at the time, he
will be present to address Michigan
wheat growers relating to the govern-
ment’s food administration policy. In
any event, the promised attendance of
Prof. Williams, of the Ohio Experi-
ment Station, to speak on the results
which have been secured in Ohio from
a series of experiments covering many

years, in which wheat production haS'

been a factor, should prove a sufficient
: inducement for the general attendance
of wheat growers at this congress.

In these Ohio experiments an aver-
"Highs yield of thirty-four bushels of
wheat per acre has been secured for a
period of ten year‘s, while the yields of
’corn have averaged seventy-seven
bushels per acre, of oats sixty bushels

     

   

per acre, and of clever. 'haly 3.2 tens

per acre in“ the crop. rotation on the
same land. This is convincing proof
of what intelligent methods of fertiiiy
zation would do for the wheat growers
Of Michigan, and none who can possi‘
bly attend this congress should fail to
hear Prof. Williams tell how these re-
sults have been brought about at the
Ohio Station.

Not less attractive will be the ex-
planation of the variety and other ex-

ts periments conducted at the Michigan

station, which will afford moSt valua-
ble information for every wheat grow-
er who attends. Likewise the other
talks by} successful wheat growers of
the state which have been scheduled
for the occasion will bring out many
points of common interest to all who
produce wheat upon their farms.

Since the announcement of this
meeting, another reason for general
attendance has developed.’ A southern
Michigan wheat grower recently sub-
mitted samples of diseased wheat
heads for the identification of the trou-
ble, which Dr. Coons, plant patholo-
gist of the Agricultural College, has
identified as a comparatively new bac-
terial disease which promises to be

serious, but which until this season-

has practically escaped the attention
of the plant pathologists of the coun-
try. This disease is believed to be
seed borne, which makes it most es-
sential that disease-free seed be se-
lected for this year’s sowing. The na‘
ture and characteristics of this new
disease will be explained at the wheat
congress on August 1.

Notwithstanding the late harvest
and the busy season, every farmer
who can possibly attend this meeting
should be present, to the end that
Michigan’s wheat yield for next year
may be materially increased to the
benefit of the country and the world
at large, and the increased prosperity
of the farmers of the state.

The United States De-
Utilizing Boy partment of Labor has
Labor. effected the organiza-
tion of the United States
Boys’ Working Reserve under the lead-
ership of a national director. A fed-
eral state director has been appointed
for Michigan and has established an
office in Detroit. The purpose of this
organization is to establish a reserve
of labor for farm and other work from
which may be drawn workers not ordi-
narily available between the ages of
sixteen and twenty-one years to meet
the emergency due to labor shortage in
the present crisis. Under the plans
adopted it is intended that this reserve
operate with other recognized state
organizations and co-ordinate the ef-
forts of all such organizations so that
the mobilization and distribution of
this class of labor may yield the great-
est obtainable profit to the nation.

Under the plan boys everywhere will
be enrolled in the organization, includ-
ing boys of specified age living in the
country and working at home or for
others at actual productive labor for a
wage. For this reason it is desirable
that country as well as city boys afi‘ili-
ate with this organization, either
through ,established organizations in
accordance with arrangements which
may later be made by the state direc-
tor, or through direct application to
the regular or emergency county agent
in the boy’s home county,

This service to the nation is to be
fittingly recognized by the acceptance
of the boy’s application under the reg-
ulations prescribed and the issuing of
a license to wear the official badge fur-
nished by the Reserve, on which is in-
scribed “Boys’ Working Reserve U. S.
A.” This badge will bear the national
seal, and is awarded under condition
that the boy has given service to the
nation by actual work on the farm or
in other employment of at least three
weeks, with a further provision that
the boy signs a receipt for the same,
agreeing to return the badge on de-

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Aside from affording merited nation4
al recognition for patriotic work by the
boys enlisted in this reserve; this or-
ganization will provide the means of
utilizing a source of help which will
be much appreciated on the farms and
in other industries of the country,
should the war continue for any_con-
siderable period. The Withdrawing of
the first contingent of our young men
for the creation of a national army,
which is just now the foremost topic
in the minds of every citizen, will be
rapidly followed by other similar with-
drawals, and will inevitably deplete the
ranks of efficient workers in all indus-
tries. There are but two sources from
which workers can be drawn in this
emergency, viz: the boys and the
women. »

It will be the duty as well as the
pleasure of the farmers of Michigan to
utilize this boy labor to the best'possi-
ble advantage from this time on, and
in every case where such help can be
utilized, notice should be given to the
county agent, in order to facilitate the
distribution of such available workers
to the best possible advantage.

“W H EAT IDAY"-—AUGU ST 1.

   

 

 

Congress of Wheat Growers at M. A. C.

The raising of a crop of- forty mil-
lion bushels of wheat in 1918 is the
goal towards which Michigan growers
will strive during the coming twelve
months, and on August 1 they will set
themselves for the start. 'This date
has been designated as “Wheat Day”
in Michigan, and in observance of it
a congress of growers will be held at
the Michigan Agricultural College.
From this gathering is expected to
come plans for 1918 and the assurance
that there will be no halting or dally-
ing in the production.

Leading farmers in Michigan, Rob-
ert S. Shaw, dean of agriculture at M.
A. 0.; Prof. G. E. Williams, noted ag-
ronomist, of the Ohio Experiment Sta—
tion; and former governor, Fred M.
Warner, will be among the prominent
speakers. There is a possibility also
that Commissioner Herbert C. Hoover,
in control of the country’s food pre-
paredness campaign, will be present.
He has been invited to attend and has
wired back that unless he should be
completely swamped with work on
August 1, he will come.

The guests of the day will be every
Michigan farmer who can possibly at-
tend. An appeal is made to all of
them to be present. At the same time,
county agents are urged to organize
automobile caravans from their coun-
ties, particularly in central Michigan.

The announcement of the gathering.
in detail, reads as follows: .

“In order to bring to bear all forces
which might tend to increase Michi-

gan’s wheat crop for the coming seas

son, it is planned to hold a. congress
of wheat growers, and all persons in
terested in the wheat crop, at the
Michigan Agricultural College, on
August 1.

“Farmers, county agents, grain deal-
ers, millers, bankers, and all others
interested, will be represented. As
many others as can attend are urged
to be present, and it is hoped that a
great number of farmers of the state
will gather at the college on this oc-
castion. '

“ ‘Forty million bushels for 1918’ is
the goal set. Under present conditions
wheat is again a profitable’crop and
should be more widely grown. The
need for a big crop for next year is
apparent to all.

“It is planned to spend the morn-
ing of August 1 in field trips over the
experiment station experimental plats,
which now offer a splendid opportu-

nity to study the effect of various cul-

tural and fertilizer treatments on
wheat, and to note the superiority of
pedigreed strains. over ordinary variu
sites. These trips will be in charge of
men familiar with the experiments.
“An afternoon program will be held,
for which we hope to secure such
speakers as Professor Williams, noted
agronomist of the Ohio Experiment
Station; and a representative from the

department of food administration un-

der Mr. Hoover. A series of ‘four-min-
ute’ talks has been arranged; Repre-
sentative wheat growers, millers, grain
dealers, bankers, and others, will
speak. The question of how to in:
crease _Michigan’s Wheat crop will be
approached from all possible angles.
Each speaker is limited to four min-
utes so that the program will be wide-
ly representative. 1. R. Waterbury,

of the state board, of agriculture, and.
editor of the Michigan Farmer, will

     

i “Ame 5 th :- fsges‘kers will th‘
following; - R; 8., hair, dean of agri-
culture; A. B. Cook, Circus; 8. E.
Weage, secretary of the" State" Millers’
Association, .Coldwater; Judge F. H.
William; Allegan; former governor,
F. M. Warner; County Agent Blanford,
Fremont; J. N. McBride, State Market
Director; and F. S. Kedzie, president
of M. A. C. - .

“A college dairy lunch will be sent-
ed on the college campus at noon.”

MICHIGAN MILK PRODUCERS, AT-
TENTION!

 

 

The Michigan Milk Producers’ Asso-
ciation is arranging for a delegate
meeting in the condensary district of
Michigan in the near future. This will
be one of the most important meet-
ings of farmers ever held in the state.
Plan now to have every condensary
district represented through its decal.
A measure of your life depends upon
the outcome of this meeting. The time
and place of the meeting will be an-
nounced in next week’s issue of the
Michigan Farmer.

R. C. REED, Field Secretary.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

Foreign.
The European Wan—~The Russian

drive in Galicia has been reversed by. .

the Teutonic allies, who are pushing
the Russian forces back and re-oc-
cupying some territory. The weakness
of the Russian lines is accounted for
by the failure of some important com-
mands refusing to follow orders. This
disloyalty obliged other regiments to
withdraw in self-protection. Early this
week both the army situation and in-
ternal political conditions in Russia ap-
parently were somewhat improved.—
Along the Italian frontier the Austri-
ans have brought up heavy reinforce-
ments with which they made a night
‘attack against the Italian positions.
The repulse by the Italians, however,
was complete.——The Germans have
made several furious assaults against
the French in the Aisne sector on the
western front. These attacks have
been successfully broken up by the
French who inflicted great losses upon
the enemy. One of these unsuccessful
attempts was made against Verdun.
Efforts along the British lines have
been of a minor character the past few
days. Air raids are common, however,
whenever weather conditions permit.
A Berlin dispatch states that Emperor
William has departed for the eastern
front. '

A proclamation has been issued by
the provisional government of Russia
to the citizens of that nation setting
forth the seriousness of the present
situation and declaring that its first
duty is to apply its whole strength
against the foreign foe and in defense
of the government anarchism. The
proclamation also outlines important
reforms which the government propos-
es to make throughout the country.

Another daylight. raid was carried
out over the east coast of England by
German aircraft, but before the large
centers of pOpulation were reached de-
fensive guns and British airmen forc-
ed the invaders to retreat across the
seas. On the east coast, however,
eleven persons were killed and twenty-
six hurt. '

Siam has declared a state of war
exists between that country and the
Teutonic allies. Nine steamers be-
longing to the enemy countries have
been seized. ,

President Carranza of the defacto
government of Mexico has issued a de~
cree postponing indefinitely the elec-
tion of the governor of the state Of
Tamaulipas, which was to have been
held next Sunday. Carranza feared
trouble might result from holding the
election.

The British prime minister in an-
swering the speech of the new German
chancellor declared that it would be
impossible fOr- Great Britain to make
peace with Germany dominated by au-
tocracy. Peace will be possible only
with a free Germany. He also declar-
ed that Germany is under-estimating
America’s efforts in the war, as she did
Great Britain’s. '

National.

Congress has passed the $640,000,000
aviation bill which goes to the Presi—
dent for his signature this week. It is
expected that the administration food
bill will also be given its final consid‘
eration before next Sunday. There
promises to be a resumption Of the
fight on national prohibition and legis.
lation to amend the conscription law
so as to subject aliens to the draft
will probably be pressed during the
coming few days. ‘ ,

In the movement instituted by the
federal government to enlist, the wom~
en of the country in a food-saving
army, fully 40,000 housewives of Mich~

scribed to the movement, ..

 

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{ N our method of clearing land and
fitting it for a crop we proceed as
. follows: All brush is piled with
such small stuff as is left after the first
burning. Everything in the way of
small stuff is cut to suitable sizes so
that two men can carry it to the fire,
or so that one horse can haul it and
two men roll it onto the pile with cant
hooks. In disposing of logs that re-
, quire two horses to handle, we choose
l '~ ' a deep depression as a site for opera-
l tions, then start a fire and haul the
logs as near as we can, then pile on
the fire with a decking chain. It being
impossible to make a high pile in this
way, one must make as many fires as
may be needed. _
l After we have burned all that will
burn in this way we haul all that is
“ left to the outside of the strip we have
burned and leave until they have dried
out more, then pile stumps and roots
together for another burning, and re-
l peat until the job is finished. All eas-
ily pulled stumps are removed and
burned with above process, that is all
stumps that the horses can pull with
block and tackle or straight hauls.
We use the traction engine on larger
i stumps as long as it does not take too
1 much dirt with the roots. We find a
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root hook a good tool either with the
horses or engine. We hitch to the
stumps with the front of the engine as
close as we can, and back the engine
when pulling. It takes two or three
teams to haul the stumps away as fast

 

ClearingLand With a ma...

 

weighs about fourteen tons, and has
twenty horse-power at the drawbar. I
do not think a smaller engine could do
the work, and a larger one would be
too heavy, as we are bothered now in
wet places. I

In finishing this leveling job the cor-
ners cut off by going in a circle should
be partially leveled so the ’engine can
cross same, using a Center hitch to the
device for this work. In plowing new
ground we use a John Deere breaker.
This plow weighs 1,325 pounds, cuts
a two-foot furrow and will plow out
green stumps up to six inches in diam-
eter. This has proven a very satisfac-
tory implement. We draw a disk har-
row behind so when finished it appears
like old improved land.

Menominee Co. ELMER BELDEN.
COVER CROPS FOR FARM AND OR-

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(Continued from first page).
in plowing under cover crops and in-
corporating vegetable. matter with the
soil. Many who read about the bene-
ficial effects of plowing under cover
crops are misled, and acting upon the
theory that if a little of anything is
good, a whole lot must necessarily be
better, they start in to grow and plow
under these crops faster than the soil
can make use of them. They soon have
the soil choked, the vegetable matter
decays slowly, the soil becomes sour
and the large mass of inert matter

 

 

 

Traction Engine Hitched to the Leveling Device Used on River Valley Farm.

as they can be pulled with the engine.
We use dynamite on all green stumps
and others removing too much dirt
when pulled with the engine.
Leveling the ground seems to me to
j be the most expensive and the most
necessary process in clearing, as it is
impossible to properly cultivate a new-
ly-cleared, unleveled field. For this
purpose we use a leveler, drawing same
with the traction engine. The front
' end of this device may be seen in the
L accompanying illustration. The tim-
bers used in this device are 12x20 inch-
es in size. They carry a road scraper
l , blade straight across the center with
‘ the edge placed about three inches be-
low the frame. A 12x12 timber is used
as a cross memberdirectly back of the
blade, being mortised through the
twenty-inch timbers at either side.
Similar cross members are mortised
into the frame at each end tWo inches
above the bottom, so as not to inter~
fere with the operation of the blade.
‘ l This leveler is hitched to the out-
' ‘ side of the draft bar about fifteen feet
‘ back of the tractor and is run on a
circle containing say about four acres.
The leveler cuts into the~circle all the
time, thus giving the engine a smooth
road. This is the hardest job‘our trac-
tion engine has ever done, as it often
moves as much as five yards of earth
; at a time, and carries it until it cross—
If es a hole where it is dumped. There
is usually a big pile of dirt beside each
hole where a bigtree has raised it out
when it was blown over. Our engine

 
  
  
 
   
 
   

       

   

forms a thick layer that cuts off the
capillary moisture from below.

As a rule the troubles incident to
plowing under cover crops as green
manure may be obviated by not plow-
ing under too great amounts at one
time and- by not turning it under too
deeply. Rye that is from one foot to
eighteen inches high, or vetch that
does not cover the ground too thickly
may safely be plowed under, but crops
where a roller or chain must be used
should be avoided on soils that have a
tendency toward dryness. A green
manure crop should not be plowed un-
der more than six inches; deeper plow-
ing is likely to prevent rapid decompo-
sition.

If the soil is deficient in lime, sour-
ing is more likely to occur. This may
be prevented by applying lime after
the green crops are plowed under, but
the more satisfactory way is to apply
a heavy application of lime every four
or five years. As a rule the legume
crops decay more rapidly than do the
non-legumes like rye. Hence heavier
crops of legumes may safely be plow~
ed under. When the price of seed is
not prohibitive, it is always more de-
sirable to employ the legumes for sum-
mer cover crops. In orchards and vine-
yards legumes should not be employed
too frequently because of the tendency
to cause a heavy growth of wood, rath-
er than fruit. Experience and judg-
ment must determine which crops are
best adapted to each soil, climate and
conditions.

 
 

 

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30% of the Corn Crep’s Feeding Valu“
Is in the Stalk . , ‘

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You save money by cutting your corn and putting it in
the silo or feeding it to stock in the feed lot—because thirty
per cent of the entire feeding value of the corn crop is in the stalk.

John Deere CorniBinder
A Labor and Crop Saver

Inspect the Power Carrier—a. Great Im- when three horses are used abreast. This
provement. carrier is always ready to receive the bundles.

The John Deere
Corn Binder saves
corn that is lost by
binders equipped with
the old style tooth
carrier. The power
carrier delivers into
the windrow all loose
fodder that is dis- -.: . V .-
charged onto it with y \)
the bundles. Requires \‘l e
no leg power or effort to operate it. It places makes this possible.
all the bundles out of the way of the horses

Corn Binder can be
turned quicker than the
horses turn. There is
no dragging of binder
at any time. Square
corners can be turned
and the horses are re-
lieved of neck weight.
The all-steel, quick-
turn tongue truck

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Bare Spots Are Costly
Make All Your Land Produce -

Farmers in California increased their yield three to six bushels,
Illinois five bushels, Kansas three and one—half bushels, and Iowa over
nine bushels per acre by using an accurate grain drill.

You gain both in the yield and cost of the seed saved by using a

John Deere-Van Brunt Fertilizer Grain Drill
Plants All the Ground—No Costly Bare Spots

The Van Brunt Fertilizer Grain Drill ' No clogging in gumbo, muddy, sticky or
plants all the ground without skipping, puts trashy soils. Notice the adjustable spring
the seed in even, continuous rows 1353, steel scrapers. The Van Brunt
of equal depth across the entire 3° Q9 Single Disc Drill was the first
field, and does not waste high— ever designed that could do the
price seed. Equipped work right under such
with the famous Van conditions. Discs con-
Brunt Adjustable Gate trolled by powerful
Force Feed that com- pressure springs adjust-
pels seed to leave seed able to make alldiscs
box in even, continuous cut the same depth.
streams. Merely shift Grass seed attach-
feed gaugeleverstoregu- ment can be furnished
late amount of seed ‘ ' - - for any Van Brunt
sown per acre. Any standard fertilizer is Grain Drill. It sows broadcast or drills as
handled Just as positively. desired. Write for free booklet.

"Au minim 4mm
unconventional

  

More Bales Per Hour
at Less Expense-

A saving is made in the cost of baling each bale, the press lasts
longer and costs less to run when the John Deere—Dain Motor Press
1S employed. _

- John Deere-Dain Motor Press
Bales 1% to 3 Tons Per Hour

of the way with practically no effort on
the part of the engine. This results in
more uniform and continuous application of
the power than
can be obtained
with any of the
ordinary types
of presses. You
get more bales
per hour at less
expense under
1: h e s e c o n-
, ditions.

14x18, 16x18 and 18x22-inch sizes, with or
Without engine.

Write for free booklet.

This press puts out neat, well-pressed
bales unusually rapidly because the gears
are mounted oil center—a patented feature
found only on John Deere-[Jain Hay ~.
Presses. Eccentric gears givethe plunger 3°
and self - feed “
arms more power
on the pressure
stroke just when
m o r e p o w e r
is desired, and a
quicker return
on the idle stroke when speed is more valu-
able than power.

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is implement insurance.
It fixes the quality, and
has done so for eighty
years.

Don’t forget that goods
that have the reputation
and are the biggest sell-
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best in their line —— al-
ways.

The increasing num-
ber of John Deere imple-

Better Farm
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How to Use Them

America must pro—
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in increased crop pro-
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This book tells all
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s edy deprec1at10n to
t e extent of a goodly
share of the profits on

the season's crop.

Conversely the invest-
ment of a few dollars a
season in a good lubri-
cating oil, and the sys-
tematic 'use of that lu~
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tor deprec1at10n into
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The best lubricant for
gas engine tractors
where, kerosene is used
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of tractors.

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HE Michigan Garden Boy" is the
name given to an appliance that
is going" to be of great help to
the garden club members of the state
and is also going to help Boy Scouts
to fulfill their slogan—-“Every Scout
Feed 8. Soldier.”

The device is in reality a new type
of hand cultivator which has just been
perfected by the Department of Farm

 

 

 

 

al College and has been dedicated to
the garden club boys of the state of
Michigan. Its main claim to superior-
ity lies in the fact that it is hand-made
and of so simple a design that any boy
who is at all handy with tools can eas-
ily make one in a. few hours time. The
Michigan Garden Boy is equipped with
the regular attachments, such as the
five-tooth cultivator, the weeder and
the underground hoe.

 

Material Required.

One wheel from express wagon or
wheelbarrow.
Two pieces 1-in.x3-in.x10—ft. white pine
fer frame and tool holder.
Two bolts 1[,,-in.x2-in.; 2 bolts 1,é,,—in.x
8—in.; 1 bolt to fit wheel and go
through A and A. ‘
Two bolts 14-in.x21/2-in.; 2 pieces No.
9 wire, 2 ft. long. (Note—All bolts
to have 2 washers).
Two dozen screws, No. 9, 1-in. long;
1 lbs. 30-penny spikes; rope %—in. to
wrap wheel.
Three cultivator teeth L, 2 cultivator
teeth K; 2 surface tools, I and J;
(all tools of steel or iron to be made
by blacksmith).

Tools Required.
Saw, hammer, screwdriver, automobile
pliers, brace and bits, 5-16-in., and
bit to bore hole for wheelbolt; 1/2-in.
chisel, gimlet, plane, jack knife, and
rule.

Instructions.

General—Secure material and tools
called for in material and tool list.

 

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make

a most delicious
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as well as a

great body. brain
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The M1ch1ganGardcn Boy '.

Find a convenient place ‘to work.
Have bench or box on which to
work. Use dimensions on drawings
where given, otherwise use your
judgment.

Handles—Shape handles to length and
form shown on drawings. Cut notch
for grip with saw and round corners
with jack knife. Bore hole for the
wheel bolt. Place wheel bolt and
wheel and lay handles on bench or
table with grips proper distance
apart. Fit D, B and F with saw and
chisel, and fasten D and B with
screws, using gimlet and screwdriv-
er. Note—Be sure to get wheel to
line midway between handles. .

Toolholder.—-Make and fit pieces, fast-
ening with screws. Slots in E and
E should be sawed before putting to-
gether. Slots in end of G are out
after fastening parts together. Shape
upper slot end with bit and chisel.

Tools—Make H, Have blacksmith
make L, K, I and J. Clamp L and K
in place with bolts .7 through F
and G.

it is so constructed that the han-
dles are easily adjusted to the size of
the boy and the set or angle of the
teeth can also be easily changed by
loosening two bolts. The material need-
ed for‘ this handy little tool is quite

 

      
    

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surface.

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Itis the aim of-the Departments! '2
Junior Extension Work as well as the }
Farm Mechanics Department, that one '
of these cultivators should be made 3
by every garden club in the state and
they have therefore drafted plans and
instructions which are available to all
boys of the state.

This year only the maximum yield
will, be acceptable and to this end it is
essential that all the gardens are at all
times kept free of weeds and in the‘
best possible physical condition. This
can best be accOmplished by means of
some simple cultivator, as the Michis
gan Garden Boy.

C. A. S.

 

LATE CULTIVATION AIDS POTATO
CRO‘P. '

 

There should be no let-up in the
work of cultivating the potato crop if
growers expect tubers to produce the
biggest yields they are capable of. M.
A. C. potato specialists declare.

Much benefit may be realized, it is
pointed out, through the proper culti-
vation of potatoes late in the season.

 

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The Michigan Garden Boy Assembled.

modest. The bill of stock is as fol-
lows: Twenty feet of white pine, 3x1
inches; two bolts l7.4x2 inches long;

two bolts 14x8 inches long, and one
pound of thirty-penny spikes. Seven
teeth made by a blacksmith, and the
wheel of an old express wagon or
wheelbarrow complete the bill. The
cost of the steel and labor of the smith
should not exceed fifty cents and the
other material will not cest more than
the same amount, so the entire cost of
the cultivator, exclusive of labor, will
not exceed $1.00.

Only the simplest of tools are requir-
ed in the construction of the machine.
The saw, hammer, screw driver, gim-
let, brace and bit are available to near-

  

 

J'Iar .9
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(a nun: [up '

ly every garden boy, and will be all he
will need to make a first-class culti.
vator.

This cultivator has already been
made by a large number of garden
boys and is proving to be very popular
wherever it is tried out.

The idea of making it appeals to
most boys and the ease and simplicity
with which it can be handled when
made are sure to make its popularity
widespread. In the small garden it is
usually handled by the boy alone,
while in the larger gardens, potato or
been patches it is nicely adapted to

 

the team idea—a team of three boys

On the other hand, much harm may re- '
suit from improper cultivation. Fre«
quent shallow cultivation is advisable
as long as it can be given without ser-
ious damage to the vines. It is im-
portant to run the cultivator not only
shallow, but a sufficient distance from
the hills to avoid breaking the feeding
roots. Narrow teeth, such as those 011
the spike-tooth harrow, willieave the
ground level, but they frequently are
run deeper than they should. If the
feeding roots of the potato plants are
cut off in large numbers when there is
a deficiency of moisture in the soil,
the plants are certain to suffer.

If a. crust forms after a rain, it
should be broken as soon as the soil
is dry enough to be worked. A one-
horse plank drag made narrow enough
to run between the rows with ease
will be a safe tool to use. A boy or
girl large enough to drive a horse can
operate such a. tool, and their weight
will be about enough to make the drag
do effective work. A small amount of
earth thrown around the potato hills
at the last cultivation will keep the
potatoes from sunburning. Keep the
Cultivator going late in the season, but
be sure it is running shallow

 

"The Potato,” by Arthur W. Gilbert,
Ph. D., Professor of Plant Breeding,
New York College of Agriculture at
Cornell University, assisted by Mortie’r
F. Barrus, Ph. D., Professor of Plant
Pathology at the same institution, is a
book of 318 pages discussing every
phase of potato growing from a de-
scription and classification off-varieties
and potato breeding to a full discussion
of cultural methods, together with a
description of potato diseases and con
trol measures. This book closes with
chapters on marketing and storage and
uses of the potato, the latter including
commercial as well as domestic uses.
The cost of growing the crop is also
discussed in detail. Published :by the
MacMillan Company, New York. Price
$1.55); through the Michigan Farmer.

 

 
      

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
    


 
 
  
    
   
  

 

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HE quickest and surest way, of

augmenting the meat supply,

next to the raising of poultry, -is
by raising hogs, the United States .De-
partment of Agriculture points out.
The hog is the most important animal
to raise for meat and money. He re-
quires less labor, less equipment, less
capital, makes greater gains per hun-
dred pounds of concentrates, and re-
produces himself faster and in greater
numbers than any other domestic ani-
mal. As a consumer of by-products the
hog has no rival. No other animal
equals the lard hog in its fat-storing
tendency. The most satisfactory meat
for shipping long distances on train,
boat, or wagon, and for long storage
after reaching its destination, is mess
pork. There is no animal which pro-
duces more meat and meat products
than the hog.

Pork finds ready sale because pack-
ers have discovered many ways of
placing pork on the market in attrac-
tive and highly palatable form, com-

 

A man who has skim-milk is in a bet-
ter position to raise pigs than a man
who has none.

 

WEANING LAMBS.

Lambs kept for breeding stock
should be weaned when from four to
five months of age. The lambs intend-
ed for market, on the other hand,
should attain marketable weights be-
fore they are five months of age and
should be weaned at the time they are
sold.

Lambs at weaning time should be
kept for four or five days at least on
the old pasture as they do not fret as
much as in a strange place. The ewes
should be removed to another pasture
as far away as possible from the
lambs. If the feed on this pasture be
a little scant, so much the better, for
this will help check the milk flow. The
ewes and lambs should not be turned
in together again, for a large amount
of milk from a ewe that has not been

 

 

 

’ Michigan Fed Market Toppers.

Thirty-two head of branded grade

Hereford steers, fed by Eben and Giles

Kellogg, of Gratiot county, which were sold in the Buffalo market on June
11, 1917, at $13.60 per cwt. They averaged 1,426 lbs. and dressed out 61 per

cent for their buyers.

 

bined with most excellent keeping
qualities. There is no other meat from
which so many products are manufac-
tured. Very near fifty per cent of the
total value, in dollars and cents, of the
meat and meat products slaughtered
in the packing houses of the United
States is derived from the hog. Our
country leads by far all countries in
the production as well as in the con-
sumption of meat and meat products.
Three—fourths of the world’s interna-
tional trade in pork and pork products
originates in the United States in nor-
mal times, and the war greatly has in-
creased this proportion. According to
the estimates there was an increase of
9,580,000 hogs between 1910, the cen-
sus year, and 1916, inclusive. The in-
crease at the end of 1915 was 3,148,000
over the preceding year, while it is
estimated that there was a decrease
at the end of 1916 of 313,000 hogs, as
compared with 1915.

If we expect to continue to provide
meat to foreign peoples as well as our
own people, every farmer must put
forth the best effort to produce more
hogs. Hogs can be kept profitably up
on many farms where they are not
found today. Farmers who already
raise hogs can produce many more for
there is not much chance of produc-
ing meat this year in excess of the re-
quirements.

More dairy farmers should raise hogs
for they fit in especially well upon
dairy farms where skim-milk, butter-
milk, or Whey is fed upon the farm.

suckled for two or three days is liable
to cause digestive disturbances in the
lamb.

Care of Ewes at Weaning Time.

At weaning time the ability of a ewe
to produce a good lamb often is ruined
because the necessary care is not tak-
en to see that she is dried off properly.
A little care at this time will be well
repaid. Two or three days after the
separation the ewes should be milked
out. All of the milk need not be
drawn from the udder, but enough
should be taken to leave the udder
soft and pliable. Mark with colored
chalk ewes needing no further atten-
tion. In about three days the ewes
should be milked out again and the
drys marked. Further attention should
be given four or five days later
to those not dry. No efforts should
be spared to maintain every breeding
animal in a sound and useful condi-
tion.

Because of the greatly unprecedent-
edly high prices prevailing for sheep,
lambs and wool everywhere, many
farmers are anxious to engage in the
breeding of sheep; but owners are not
disposed to sell, and the few lots of
breeders offered are held at much
higher prices than ever before. Re-
cent sales of breeding ewes on the Chi-
cago market have taken place at $9.50
to $16 per .100 pounds, with prime
yearlings selling the highest and much

sought after. Good breeders have sold
as much as $4 per head higher than a
year ago. *

~1 THE M I oHI o A N- " F A R M En .~

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Conserve and Increase Your Forage Crops

Turn under part of your pasture and plant it to saleable crops.
Feed your stock this Winter cheaper, easier and more profitably with "u“:- 4
a few acres of corn cut mto ensilage with a Kalamazoo Ensilage Cutter ‘ 1
and stored in a Kalamazoo Silo. Stop wasting land that should be used
for money crops. This year. you have a chance to make big profits. ~.

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WAS talking recently with a big

. milk distributor in one of the larg-
‘est cities of the west who has no
we of his own, but buys milk at
olesale from hundreds and perhaps
'housands of farmers in his territory,
d» he made the startling statement
at in summer ninety per cent of the

elk he handled came in hot cans, in

idiot cars.

Now, when you consider
at some of this milk comes from

f towns a hundred miles away, and is in
the cars in this hot condition perhaps
“three hours, you will understand that
fit reaches its destination in an unsani-
;‘tary condition, and that milk men who
"send in such milk are a detriment to

. the business.

 

And yet many of these

“farmers are honorable men, and do not
ifwant to bring discredit upon the milk

'15business.

But they are not able to

fbuild expensive stone or concrete milk
rslhouses, some of them having perhaps
only a half dozen cows.

For such dairymen a cheap and ser-

‘ viceable milk cooler could be made
f similar to one used at a bighotel at
. which I deliver three ten-gallon cans
. of milk each morning in the year. It
is merely a long box about ten feet
-I long, made of two-inch oak plank, high

and wide enough for a closed ten-gal~

' lon can of milk to sit inside it with the
box lid down.

This box sits upon a
concrete floor between the storeroom

‘ and the engine house of the hotel, a

3 cool, airy passageway where the sun
. never shines.

. Must be Water-tight.

The box is put together in a sub-
stantial manner, with felt, rubber or
some other kind of packing between
the joinings, to keep the box from

. leaking. Thus it is as tight as if made

1‘ of concrete.

The box sits upon heavy

.; sills, and there is a faucet in the side,

.~s,

' the water when it gets too full.

near the bottom, to draw off some of
This

water runs down the inclined concrete
3: floor and through a small grated hole

f into the sewer.

There is no pipe run-

3 ning water into the box, as none is

necessary.

The ice put into the box

.1 melts and keeps the water replenish~

.., -,. w,“

5 ed. A 100-pound block is put in every
‘ day. The ice is sawed into about three
. pieces, and one piece is put at one end
3 of the box, another at the other end

and the third about the middle.

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“xx-v. .2 :. N. ,3.

The waiters, cooks and bakers are
instructed to get milk out of the east

' end of the box, and I am instructed to

move the cans of milk I find in the box
in the morning up to the east end and
put the fresh cans in the west end.
Thus the oldest milk is used first, yet
all of it is used while sweet and good.
A Heavy Lid Required.

'The lid is a heavy oak one the same

thickness as the sides and bottom of

g the box, and is fastened with a staple,
3 Exam and padlock. This heavy lid is

g» .._u .L. .u. -« .

‘5 necessary, not only for keeping in the
cold, but because when several cans
" one-third or one-half full are in the
5 box, and the box is pretty full of wa-

f“ter the cans stand rather high out of

.1 the water.

When the lid is raised sud-

denly they pop up far out of the water
{like corks, and it requires a heavy lid

  

" 0 force them down far enough for the

id to close, but when down and the
id is closed the tops of the partially
mptied cans press squarely against
he under side of the lid, and cannot
turn over in the water. When this box
as first made, and before it was put
nto use it was hard oiled very thor-
ughly, and then painted, and will

' herefore be a serviceable milk cooler

1' many years.

It is never necessary to empty the
'ter out of the box and scrub it, be-

“gefit is kept so cold with ice that

(.fiever gets stagnant or ill smelling,
. care is taken never to spill milk
V "the water, and the frequent stir-
”when fresh cans are put in and

'“onos' taken out, or when ice is put

n InéXpensive Milk can.

in, or when a little of the water isi
drawn out, all have a tendency to keep
the water pure. .

For a serviceable, easily construct-
ed, convenient cooler, this should be
suitable for small dairymen who ship
milk into cities. The box used at this
hotel is about ten feet long, and holds
six or seven ten-gallon cans, but a
farmer owning twenty, twenty-five or
thirty cows could have a larger one
than this if necessary, or perhaps two.
Twenty cents worth of ice 3. day (100
pounds, as it is usually sold), would
keep say a hundred gallons of milk
sweet for thirty—six hours, if neces-
sary, though this should not be neces-
sary. Such a box should be placed un-
der a shed on the north side of the
kitchen or residence, never near the
barn or cow stalls. ..

Suited to the Farm.

This cooler would be especially suit-
able for country places, because no
pipes would be necessary to run water
into the box. The only thing neces-
sary would be a faucet in the side near
the bottom, to draw out a little of the
water when the box began to get too
full from the melting ice, with a pipe
or tile drain to run the waste water
away. A half dozen. buckets of water
poured into the cooler when first put-
ting it into service, a block of ice saw-
ed into two or three pieces (not more
than three, to prevent its melting so
rapidly), and the box would be ready
for business.

It is the law in some cities that milk
shall not be sent in from farm dairies
in summer showing a higher temper-
ature than fifty degrees, and this
should be the law everywhere in the
United States, and in time a law simi-
lar to this will be in effect,-and with
such a cooler as this a farmer fifty
miles from the city could send in one
or more ten-gallon cans of milk every

morning in a pure, wholesome, sani-.

tary condition. And it could be milk
drawn the previous afternoon, from
three to six, o’clock in winter and
from three to seven-thirty in summer.
When kept in such a cooler, afternoon
milk would 'still be sweet at seven and
eight o’clock next morning.

As a rule a farmer~dairyman with
twenty-five or thirty cows must em-
ploy at least one hand as milker, be-
cause the milking must be done twice
a day, and somewhat hurriedly, but
with a cooler like this a farmer and
his sons could attend to their cows,
themselves. The milking could be
done more leisurely, because as fast as
a ten-gallon can was drawn and strain-
ed it could be placed in the cooler,
when it would not matter whether it
was sent to market within three hours
or twelve hours. If necessary ten of
the cows could be milked before break-
fast, ten at eight o’clock and ten at ten
o’clock, or in whatever other way
seemed best and most convenient. In
this way he would save more than the
cost of the ice and the making of the
cooler by getting along without a hired
man. , .

In this age of cement a more endur-
ing box could be made of concrete, but
every farmer and farm boy in his
teens has some skill with tools, and
could make a box as here described
out of thick oak lumber, when they
might not be equally skillful in mak-
ing things out of concrete. Besides the
oak'box would be cheaper, and just as
good as a concrete box for many years,
and it could be moved much more eas-
ily, should it ever become necessary
to do so.

Cities are becoming more and more
strict in their regulations and laws
governing the handling of milk, and it
is wise for farmers to keep in line
with the spirit of these laws, which.
are generally good laws.

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ALMON are the acrobats of the
S fish family: It is a regular thing
for them to leap from the bottom
to the top of water falls from ten to
twelve feet high. They have been pho-
tographed as well as seen performing
this feat.
The Humber river in Newfoundland,
a magnificent stream, pursuing a
course through the great lake known
as Deer Pond, and lapping the bases
of precipitous cliffs, is popular with
these fish. During the latter part of
June great numbers of salmon are to
be found ascending the river, and as
they jump the falls six or eight of
them; may be seen out of the water at

The Leaping Salmon of Newfoundlan

By E. I. FARRINGTON

the same time?27 It is a strange and
interesting picture—but a difficult one
to transfer to a photograph plate. Not
only human fishermen, but seals as
well, make sport of catching the sal-
mon in the pools below the falls, and
often at night their peculiar crooning
may be heard.

The salmon come from the sea but
ascend the river to spawn in fresh wa-
ter. Some of them are unable to sur-
mount the highest falls and leap until
exhausted, when they die in the wa-

ters below. The others finally reach
their spawning grounds and after lay-
ing their eggs return to the salt water.
After spawning, though, they are very
lean and undesi 'able. The young fish
remain two or three years in the fresh
water before seeking the ocean with
its many perils.

It is in the shallow running waters
of these streams that the eggs are
laid. A trough is scooped out by the
mother laying on her side and plough-
ing a channel by energetic motions of

her body. Into this trough the eggs
are deposited, after which the parents ,
heap a considerable gravel over the
eggs where they lay until hatched,
which time varies from seventy to 150
days.

Salmon are powerfully built fish;
otherwise they could not make their
'ay through the swiftly moving rapids
and over the falls. In leaping they
seem to be most successful when the
water at the base of the fall is deep.
In some of the rivers of Eastern Can-
ada the falls are beyond the reach of
the salmon and “ladders” have been
built to assist them. Several pools,
one higher than another, make it pos-'

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A Good Food Supply is Necessary to
Secure Efficiency in the Army.

General Kornilov who Leads Russian
Armies in Galician Drive.

lThis Remarkable Photograph Shows French Troops Making a Flame-throw-
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BECOMES ACID

When you think of acidity, you think of lemon
juice, strong vinegar, muriatic acid, or oil of
vitriol. But think further—fan you imagine the
thousands of bacteria of growth so necessary to
plant life flourishing in a soil saturated with any
one of these acids? Unquestionally not,
‘or the bacteria simply Won’t live.

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one or al of three ways:
lst.——The original rock or mineral elements
from which the soil has decomposed were acid or
of an acid producing nature.
2nd.—-Rotting leaves and grasses, to the yearl
influence of which your soil was subjectedhundre s
of years before put under cultivation, have made the
soil sour, for rotting or decomposing vegetable matter
’ produces acid just as silage becomes sour when it de-
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3rd.—The turning under of green and stable manure,
in order to supply necessary nitrogen, continually produces
sour soil through its decomposition. Poor drainage often
aids this acid producing process, but careful cultivation and.
rotation delays the process. '

The Foundation of Fertility

Correct the acid condition in your soil by using Solvay Pulver-
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as the basis of maxinum fertility.

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consult us about @olvay Pulverized Limestone.

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Vera Strengthens My Resolve.

BELIEVED I had effectually spik‘
I ed the. guns of the conspiracy—at

least for the present. I did not un-
derestimate the feeling of dissatisfac-
tion forward, or the influence of Liver-
pool Red and his more intimate asso-
ciates; but ~McCann and his money
were, after all, the main incentive to
open mutiny, and as long as I could
keep that individual securely locked up
aft, there remained a good chance of
controlling the others.

No doubt Red, with Jim White, and
possibly a couple of others, would
show their hands, and require a bit of
rough, sea discipline, but the majority
forward were ordinary sailormen, to
whom the destination of the Indian
Chief was of small importance. They
would be with whichever party on
board proved the stronger. Once we
succeeded in discovering the hidden
store of liquor and getting it over-
board, and with McCann safely se-
cured, the danger element would cer-
tainly be greatly reduced. But was
McCann really secured? I leaned
against the rain, in the shadow of the
cabin front, and stared forward along
the deserted deck. Not a moving fig~
ure was visible; not the sound of a
voice reached me. The very loneliness
was oppressive, and brought with it
doubt. ‘

I could never hope to conCeal the
fellow, to keepohim hidden. The nar-
row confines of the ship rendered this
impossible. Dade, and the boy Moon,
would be certain to carry the news of
his imprisonment forward in spite of
any threat. I began to suspect that
McCann under lock and key, might in-
deed prove a greater danger in the end
than he would if left free to roam on
deck. I really think I should have pre-
ferred making an open fight of the af-
fair had it been my own problem alone.
But there was Bascom and, the girl.
The few words exchanged with Mo-
Cann proved clearly that he had no
feeling of mercy for his former victim.
The knowledge he now possessed that
this ship actually belonged to the very
man crippled by his-pistol shot would
only serve to render the fellow more
venomous. Nor could I determine his
feelings toward Vera; yet if he once
gained ascendancy on board, with such
ruflians as Liverpool and White in con-
trol, the position of the helpless girl,
alone and unprotected, would be des-
perate indeed. No! I would hold on to
the man, and then rough it out with
the others. If they ventured aft it
would be at their own risk.

The cabin lamp was turned so low
that scarcely the faintest reflection
streamed through the glass of the com-
panion, and I was so deeply engrossed

' in these reflections as to not even no-

tice the Opening of the door. Her voice
at my side aroused me with a sudden
thrill.

“Is this Mr. Hollis ?”

“It certainly is,” I answered, aware
now of the dark outline beside me: and
even dimly distinguishing the contour
of her uplifted face. “It is some time
since I have enjoyed the pleasure of
your presence on deck in the night."

“Why refer to that now?” reproach-
fully. “It is not so delightful a. mem-

, mory.”

“The shipwreck—no; but the first
evening we ‘ met I cannot regret. I
confess I waited for you again, only to
meet with disappointmen ”

“I remained below.”

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I had no desire at that time to meet
with the guests on board the Esmeral-
da. I told you so, Mr. Hollis, but I felt
sure you would be there nevertheless,
and it was to avoid you I remained
below.”

“But you promised to make the mys-
tery of your presence on board clear.”-

“Has it not revealed itself?”

“Not to me.”

I felt her eyes search my face
through the darkness as though in- per-
plexity.

“Not to you! You mean you do not
yet know?"

“Not in the least—you still remain a
strange young woman, a mysterious
stowaway; a nameless waif."

“But has not Philip Bascom told you
who I am ?”

I shook my head, not altogether hap-
py at this introduction of his name, but
unable to resent it.

“I did not ask, and doubtless he
thought it entirely unnecessary to vol-
unteer any explanation.”

“But you knew he recognized me;
that we had been friends.”

“All the more reason why I should
remain silent. As long as you evident-
ly preferred that I should not know—"

“Oh, but I didn’t, Mr. Hollis,” she in-
terrupted. “It never once occurred to
me that you were still in doubt as to
my identity. I——I do not wish you to
feel like—like that toward me. Of
course at first I thought it safer to
guard my secret; I—I did not know
you at all then, only by name; you
were merely a guest on board my fath-
er’s yacht.”

“Your father’s yacht! Why, of
course—how stupid of me. Vera, Vera,
the name had a strangely familiar
sound from the very first, but I could
not recall the association; you are Ger-
ald Carrington’s daughter?”

“I am Vera Carrington. I met. you
once when I was only a little girl, and
you gave me some flowers. I have al-
ways remembered you.”

“But I supposed you to be in Eu-
rope.”

“Did papa say so? You must have
misunderstood. Mother would have
taken me with her, but I had so much
I wanted to do in New York.”

“It is so strange you should not have
suspected; that no one should have
told you. Why, both Mr. Bascom and
Mr. McCann knew me.”

“Not McCann, surely?"

“Why not? We have met socially
in New York. It seems hardly possi-
ble, now that I realize the true char-
acter of the man. But probably you
never asked; never discussed me be«
tween you?”

“That is the truth. Of course it was
quite impossible for me to question
McCann, and I have seen very little of
Bascom. Besides you rather threw
yourself on my honor.” _ ‘

“On the Esmeralda—yes. It was nec-
essary then, for I simply had to keep
my presence a secret until we were a
safe distance at sea. There were sev-
eral on board who would have recog-
nized me at once, and would have told
papa. That would have spoiled every-

thing. It was so fortunate you were '

the only one who chanced to see me.”

“Fortunate,” and I glanced about
doubtfully. “It can «hardly be termed
that. Do’ you realize fully the condi-

tion to which .I have urged! brought .

you ?”

She turned, and I felt her hand ;

touch mine.

“I know that you saved mylife,” she .
said earnestly. f'That you protested,

   

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"in the boati“ that'vyou have done.
_. re" now‘doing‘, every duty at my
regimen Why, Mr. Hollis, I realize far
moi-e than you can, how ”all this has
occurred through the mad whim of a

vgirl. But .for me you would not be

here on this unlucky ship. .You would
:be with those others rescued from, the

Esmeralda safely in New York.” ~

, "‘It was a girl's whim, then, which
caused you to secrete yourself on
board the yacht?”

“That and that only. I had asked
“togo on the voyage, and been refused.
I told papa I would go in spite of all
he could do to prevent it. He laughed,
and that fixed the purpose firmly in
my mind. It all seems silly enough
now.”

“It was Seeley who smuggled you
aboard?”

T"‘Yes, and I had to keep hidden. until
We were well at sea. The delay in the
Sound made my position very unpleas-
ant. I could only venture on deck at
night, and then I encountered you. Ex-
cept that I have made you so much
trouble, I am not sorry.” She stopped
speaking, although her hand still
grasped mine in apparent unconscious-
ness. There was barely light enough
for me to perceive the outlines of her
face. .

“Mr. Hollis, tell me, is there real
trouble on board? Is there doubt of
your being able to take the Indian
Chief into port ?”

“Why do you ask?"

“Because—well, I have heard things
said; not much, but enough to arouse
suspicion. Then you had some trouble
just now, and looked a man up in one
of the staterooms. It was to ask you
about this that I came on deck.”

I laughed, endeavoring to treat the
matter lightly.

“Why, I thought we were very quiet
—you were not asleep?"

“No; I'was lying down, but had not
undressed even. Who was the man,
and what had he done?”

“Our old friend Fergus McCann,” I
answered, deciding to be frank with
her. “It was not so much what he had
done, as what he proposed doing. He
was attempting to corrupt the crew
forward by the use of money, and un-
fortunately, there are some scamps
aboard only too willing to make trou-
ble. I felt it safer to nip the scheme
early.”

“But what—what does Mr. McCann
seek? Why should he endeavor to buy
up the men? Surely he must have
seine object?”

“Undoubtedly; more than one, I
imagine, but the main reason is pure
cussedness. This sea air seems to
bring all that is damnable in McCann’s
nature to the surface. I thought him
a pretty decent sort of chap of his
kind when ashore. Not that he was
ever a friend of mine, but I had met
him in the clubs, and he seemed a gen-
ial fellow. He has developed badly
enough out here, and now that I know
of his connection with Bascom I am
beginning to believe he is all villain
under the skin.”

“Yes,” she insisted, “but what is his
purpose now?”

“To have the Indian Chief returned
to an American port. I’ll do him the
credit of saying that, until I told him
a while ago, he possessed ‘no knowl-
edge whatever that Bascom owned the
~vessel, or was on board. However, he
‘said nothing which would make me
think this fact would interfere in the
least with his plans. The fellow don’t
seem to know how to forgive; he en-
courages a spirit of revenge. He hates

. Bascom yet, and will be only too glad
to ruin him. And he hates me, because ,
' ,of'what occurred in the boat. This is

what underlies his action no doubt;

i ’then he believes money will accom-

’Tplish anything, and heihas found sail-

; .ormen forward ready enough to do the

My work, if he will only pay well

for, it” ,
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not . already?» succeeded in corrupting
them all." N

“No, probably not; but the poison is
there. His argument is the peril of
continuing the present voyage—the
danger of capture and imprisonment.
His agents preach that.”

“You know them ?”

“The two most prominent are H!!!
White, and a fellow known as Liver-
pool Red, both typical forecastle bul-

 

lies. I know how to deal with their
sort.”

“You you have decided what to do
then?”

“I have decided to fight it out, at
least. I. gave you my promise, Miss
Vera, to take this ship to Hamburg if
it was possible to get there."

“Without even knowing who I was?"

“Yes.” '

“And does it make any difference
now that you do know?”

“I presume so, in a way; yet less
than you might think. I realize Bas-
com’s unfortunate condition, and my
duty to serve him if possible—and also
your friendship for him." ~

“Why do you speak in that tone?”
she questioned. “Surely you do not
think me more deeply interested than
I should be ?”

“Assuredly not; yet your request
was certainly based on your personal
interest in Philip Bascom. It was not
until you recognized the owner of this
vessel that you expressed an interest
in continuing the voyage. I left the
decision entirely to you.”

“You are unjust, Mr. Hollis, in—in
your conclusions. Of course, Mr. Bas-
com’s position appealed more strongly
to me than it would if he had been a
total stranger. That is only natural,
is it not? I knew the circumstances,
the conditions; I remembered those
dependent upon him. It would have
been cowardly in me not to respond.”

“It was not Philip Bascom alone,
then?”

“You have no excuse for that ques-'

tion, yet I will answer you. It was not
Philip Bascom alone. But if he had
stood alone in my mind, the decision
would have been exactly the same. I
knew him when he was strong, well
and prosperous. I was only a girl
then, but he was very kind and consid-
erate. I am net one to desert a friend,
Mr. Hollis. I like Philip Bascom, if
that is what you wish to know; I like
him very much indeed. Does this ac‘
knowledgement have any effect on
your decision?"

“It does not,” I said honestly. “If it
did I should have to revise my whole
estimate of your character.”

“But,” she insisted, “it was not my
choice which determined your taking
command of the Indian Chief. You
were willing and ready to do so out of
sympathy for the owner~Philip Bas-
com. Your only hesitancy was over
my willingness to accompany you on
the voyage. I merely consented to
your plan. Is this not true?”

“Yes—in the form you put it.”

“Which means that you still think
my interest greater than I choose to
confess. Well, why argue over that?
You have no right to draw such a
conclusion.”

“I am certainly sorry our conversa—

tion has taken this course, Mr. Hollis,”
she said. “There is no need of any
misunderstanding, and if there is one,
it is surely no fault of mine. Philip
Bascom is merely my friend—scarcely

that, indeed, except through a memory
'I-——I really do not know~

of girlhood.
why this should make any difference
with you; yet, surely, you will be-
lieve me?” p

_“I. do, and regret if my words have
led you to think otherwise. It is still
your desire that we. continue the
voyage?”

“My desire?'Is there any other way
of saying the investment in this vessel
and cargo?"

“I know of none.”

     
    
    
 
    
 

    
    
 
  
 
 
  
  
   
  
   
   
   

 

     
   
   
      
 
  
 
  
    
   
   
  
 
  
  
   
  
  
   
   
     
  

The heavy hand of war has dis-
turbed the balance between supply
and demand the world over. Our
problem of serving the public has
all at once assumed a new and
weightier aspect.

Extraordinary demands on tele—
phone service by the Government
have been made and are being met.
Equipment must be provided for
the great training camps, the coast-
delense stations must be linked to-
gether by means of communication,
and the facilities perfected to put
the Government in touch with the
entire country at a moment's notice.

ln planning for additions to the
plant of the Bell System for l9l 7,
one hundred and thirty millions
of dollars were apportioned. This

  
  

One Policy ‘

, The Weiht of War

One System

 

 

is by far the largest program ever
undertaken.

But the cost of raw materials has
doubled in a year. Adequate
supplies of copper, lead, wire, steel
and other essentials of new equip-
ment are becoming harder to get
at any price, for the demands of
war must be met.

Under the pressure of business
incident to the war, the telephone-
using public must co-operate in
order that our new plans to meet
the extraordinary growth. in tele-
phone stations and traffic may be
made adequate.

The elimination of unnecessary
telephone calls is a patriotic duty
just as is the elimination of all
waste at such a time. Your Covem—
ment must have a “clear talk track."

f“ 4 {memoran- EELEPHONE AND/TELEGRAPH COMPANY
AND-‘AS$OCIATED COMPANIES;-

Universal Service

 

Reduce taxes for 95% of the people.
Booklet free.

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'ustice demands their use for National Defense—not for private .

aln. Tax on land values alone with no other taxes whatever will provide entire annual_natlonal
budget—even five billion dollars. Will force idle land into use. Increase crops. Stimulatemdustry.
Will not raise prices or reduce production.

NATIONAL SINGLE TAX LEAGUE, Clncinnatl.

   

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Crops, Horses, 26 cows

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LITTLE letter full of questions
A came in the other day from a

sixteen-year-old girl, which is so
typically human I can’t help but adore
the girl who wrote it. Like all girls,
she is anxious to do something to help
Uncle Sam win his big fight. And like
all real sixteen-year-olds she wants it
to be something romantic and thrill-
ing. She doesn’t say this, but reading
between the lines you know she wants
to go right to the front and help nurse
the soldiers. In which she is like the
average young girl in America today,
and like those across the water were
when they first started, and until they
found out what they would have to do
if they went to the front.

It was with a real pang that I had to
tell her that Uncle Samuel does not
want young, untrained girls to nurse
the soldiers. Worse still, I am going
to tell her now if she reads this, that
the soldiers themselves do not want
young girls' around their sick room.
Young girls are mighty attractive to
the “Teddy” when he is well and on
dress parade. He’d like nothing better
than a bevy of them about camp when
he is up and doing, especially if they
are from his home town. But when a
German bullet or a bomb deftly drop-
ped from a Zeppelin has laid him out
and he’s in need of real nursing, he’d
much rather see a woman about his
mother’s age, and one who has had
hospital training. He knows then he’s
going to get the best and most intel-
ligent care possible, and when his life
depends on nursing he wants to feel
that the nurse knows her job, no mat-
ter what she looks like.

Untrained girls and women who go
to the front are more of a bother than
a help. Uncle Sam wants their help,
but he wants it right in the spot where
they know how to do the thing to be
done. He wants most of us to stay
right on at home, washing dishes and
cooking three square meals a day for
the family. It’s awfully discouraging
to be told so, when we’ve grown so
sick and tired of dishtowels and paring
knives that we are about at the end of
our rope, and are just pining and sigh-
ing for a change. But this is the time
when success depends upon efficiency,
and when efficiency depends upon skill-
ed workmen. So the only thing to do
is for each one to keep right on doing
the thing he can do best. And most of
us can do best the thing we are used
to doing.

It’s like a slap in the face to offer
to do something big and noble, and be
politely asked to go out in the kitchen
and peel the potatoes thinner. But it
is what the average person has to
learn as he goes through life, whether
in time of peace or of war. I remem-
ber when I was six and started to
learn to wash dishes. I wanted to be-
gin on the great—grandmother willow-
ware platter, but mother insisted on
my trying my hand first on cups and
saucers from the ten cent store. And
when a little later I was to learn to
iron, it was dreadfully poky to have to
stand and iron handkerchiefs when I
was anxious to make the ruffles stand
out stiff on my Sunday petticoat.

But that’s the way life is. Only a
few can shine in public places. The
rest of us are doomed to be “village
Hampdens.” And ‘I’ve found out by

 

 

 

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knowing a little of the inside that the
ones who are shining would a great
deal rather be washing the dishes, un-
relieved of grave responsibilities. I
would not have believed it when I was
sixteen, the halo about the heads of
the great was so bright. But then I
did not know what was inside.

I know it is cruel of me to say it,
but the place where the sixteen-year-
old girl can do most good this year is
right with mother at home. You can
help the soldiers right there. If you
want to, you can knit for them, make
shirts or pajamas or sick-room sup-
plies, in addition to doing your biggest
work of keeping your own home. The
thing you can do is best described in
a leaflet send out by the Michigan
State Board of the Red Cross:

“The work of the average woman.
You may think of the war nursing ser—
vice as a pyramid. The apex, which
alone comes in contact with the fight-
ing forces, is the small group of profes-
sional nurses. Behind these comes a
slightly Smaller group of nurses’ aids.
* i“ * But the base and most of the
superstructure of the pyramid are the
tens of thousands of capable women
everywhere in the United States, in the
big cities and the small towns, and on
the farms, who will keep the small
professional service supplied with hos-
pital necessities, attending in various
capacities to their manufacture, collec-
tion, packing, and shipment to central
depots. Here the average woman must
find her opportunity. The sacrifice of
time and money for such service is not
as inspiring as the direct administra-
tion to mangled and bleeding men in
khaki—the movies will not pay so
much attention to it——but who shall
say that because of its prosaic drudg‘
ery it is not after all the more heroic?
Who can measure the patriotism which
will keep women on lonely farms day
after day bending over this work, with
none to applaud or even to know of
the loving care put into these stitches?
This means that the work of the aver-
age woman is in the preparation of
surgical dressings, hospital garments
and hospital supplies.”

DEBORAH.

FERMENTATION AS A PRESERVA-
TIVE. ‘

 

Everyone is looking for the easiest
way to do necessary tasks and just
now when we are being urged to can,
preserve and “conserve” everything
eatable, housekeepers are looking for
the quickest, easiest and best way to
do the work. A new method of pre-
serving cucumbers, beets,.cabbage and
string beans, is by means of fermenta-
tion. That is, it is new to America,
though it has been used for some time
in Europe. Vegetables so preserved
have a flavor all their own, and as they
may not be relished by all Americans
it would be advisable to try a small
amount first and see if the family will
eat them after you put them up.

The vegetables are not cooked, but
are put “down” in brine. The strings
should be removed from beans, and ev-
erything carefully washed. When the
keg, or crock, is opened, treat as you
would fresh vegetables. Do not use a
metallic container.

To make the brine allow one pound

 

of salt and two-thirds of a quart of
vinegar to every ten gallons of water.
In putting down cucumbers cover the
bottom of the vessel with a layer of
dill and a handful of mixed spices, and
when the keg is half full, put in anoth-
er layer, and a third layer at the top.
Cover the top with grape leaves or
beet tops to a. depth of one inch. Then
cover with a clean board, weighted
down with clean bricks or field stones,
cover with the brine and let stand for
twenty-four hours.

At the end of twenty-four hours the
container must be sealed. This is best
done by pouring over the top hot melt-
ed paraffin, hot enough to make the
brine boil. Pour it over the board and
around the weight. Before‘pouring on
the paraffin, set the containers in the
cellar where they are to stand until
needed, as moving~them about breaks
the paraffin seal, lets in the air and
spoils the vegetables.

Vegetables put up this way spoil
quickly after they are opened.
opened until cold weather they will
probably keep until they are all used,
but if you open them in warm weather
it is safer to re-seal unless you can use
them quickly. If you use crocks put
a piece of cloth, dipped in melted par-
affin, over the top.

If you use a keg or barrel fill as you
do the crock, put on the clean board
and weight, cover with brine and let
stand the twenty—four hours. Then re-
move the board and weight, head up
the keg, bore an inch-hole in the head
and fill to overflowing with brine. Let
all bubbles of air escape and then plug
the bung-hole tightly. See that the
barrel does not leak anywhere and that
no air can get in and the vegetables
should keep indefinitely.

 

CHILDREN’S PLAY DRESSES.

 

Children should be sensibly clothed
for play, for there are few of them
who enjoy being dressed up unless on
special occasions. And it is positively
cruel to punish youngsters for soiling
their clothes when turned loose to
have a good time.

There is trouble ahead for the moth-
er who expects to dress even one small
child daintily in white from t0p to toe
and get it through an hour’s time with-
out a smooch somewhere unless com-
pelled to sit meekly in a chair. Far
better to accept results as they come
than'be constantly nagging about its
clothes. White stockings, just now so
popular for little folks, look nice, but
as to keeping them clean, there’s the
rub. And what child can be expected
to preserve their immaculate condi-
tion for any length of time beyond
when the impulse comes to get down
on its knees somewhere where there
is sure to be dirt.

Little girls’ drawers have always
been the cause of much work for moth-
ers. Sensible parents are now making
full gathered bloomers like the dresses
and doing away with white drawers
entirely for everyday wear. This also
makes a petticoat unnecessary. Night-
ies are made of crinkled crepe for the
summer, either white or figured. Pink
and blue in solid colors are also pretty
for this use. Many grownups use them,
too. They wash easily and require no
ironing if carefully hung by the hem
to dry.

Where there ,are two or three chil-

If not ‘

dren to provide for, white makes a lot
of work for someone to do.

In the average home everything falls
to mother’s hands in making and
laundering. It is more sensible in such
cases to draw the line at white hose
except for special occasions and be
content with black or tan. A pretty
gingham or chambray should likewise
be substituted for the white dress.

SEND FOR THIS NEW HOME-CAN-
\ NING BULLETIN.

 

A special bulletin just issued by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Farmers’ Bulletin 839,, “Home
Canning by the One-period Cold-pack
Method,” is of special interest to all
housewives, canning clubs, societies
or persons interested in conserving the
food supply of the nation. It may be
had on application to the United States
Department of Agriculture. The bulle-
tin contains explicit directions for can-
ning practically all of the common gar-
den vegetables, including tomatoes,
peppers, pumpkin, squash, sweet corn,
field corn, beans, peas and root vege-
tables, also various combinations of
vegetables. It'also includes canning
directions for soft fruits and berries,
hard fruits, as apples, pears, quinces.
Directions for the canning of camp ra-
tions, meats and soups are given in
detail. A special time table showing
how long fruits, vegetables, soups and
meats should be scalded, blanched or
sterilized, is of particular value to the
housewife.

WOMAN’S COMMITTEE FOR COUN-
SELOF NATIONAL DEFENSE.

 

So much confusion has arisen since
the declaration of war with Germany
through the multiciplicity of organiza-
tions springing up to organize and reg-
ister women workers, that the United
States government, through the Coun-
cil for National Defense, has at last
had to take a step to organize the or-
ganizers. Accordingly the Woman’s
Committee of the Council for National
Defense has been organized with Dr.

,Anna Howard Shaw as its head. Dr.

Shaw appointed Rev. Caroline Bartlett
Crane, of Kalamazoo, as head of the
committee in Michigan, a choice which
was later confirmed by the heads of all
Michigan women’s organizations who
met and elected Dr. Crane as perma-
nent head of Michigan’s committees.

It is now the work of Dr. Crane and
her sub—chairmen to organize all Mich-
igan women’s clubs and organizations
under the one head, authorized by the
United States government, and to reg-
ister Michigan women who want to do
war work, ‘either in their own home,
their own town, or elsewhere. Dr.
Crane in a recent address, declared
that so many organizations had begun
to register women that shewas told at
the labor department it would take
them at least three years to go through
all the registrations and get them
straightened out if they should attempt
the task. Registering only through the
Woman’s Committee of the Council of
National Defense will eliminate this
duplication of‘work.

 

If soot falls on the carpet or rugs do
not attempt to sweep until it has been
covered thickly with dry salt. It can
be swept up then Without leaving a
stain or smear.—J. J. O’C.

 

 

 

 

 

  
   

 

 

 


     
   
   
 

 

  

 

 

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U'rhe June meeting of Hillsdale Coun-
ty Pomona Grange No. 10, was held at
the fair grounds in Hillsdale, June 6.
The meeting was one of unusual in-
terest, due to the presence of State
Master Ketcham and Master MacSpar-
ran, of Pennsylvania. These two state
masters are making a tour of the
state, speaking at Grange rallies.

Because of the storm; the crowd was
not so large as expected, but all who
attended were amply repaid. Mr.
Ketcham was introduced by County
Master B. S. Lamb, and given charge
of the meeting. As Mr. Ketcham came
forward he was heartily applauded. He
gave as his subject, “A Call to the Col-
ors In his remarks Mr. Ketcham
said: “Farmers are and always have
been loyal to their country. They have
done their duty nobly wherever they
were needed. In the present crisis
there is no lack of the same loyalty
that the farmers of other days have
shown. They are going as soldiers
and sailors, are responding to the call
for increased food supplies and are
generously responding to the many hu-
manitarian calls. At this time they are
loyal to the cause in which their coun-
try is enlisted, are upholding the
hands of the President without par-

9,
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itisan bias and are a unit in carrying

to a successful issue the great world
struggle for the ultimate triumph of
democracy over autocracy.”

Mr. Ketcham paid a glowing tribute
to the splendid work done by the Y.
M. C. A. among the boys and men in

the training camps.
Following his address, Mr. Ketcham

introduced J. A. McSparran, who
spoke on the topic, “The Mission of
the Grange in a Country Community.”
He said in part: “The Grange is a
great social factor although you have
to look over a vista of years to see the
tender friendships it has established.

Second. The Grange is the best. in-
tellectual developer in the country out-
side the public schools because it can

take persons who are afraid of the
sound of their own voices, and make
of them individuals who are able to
get up in public assembly and fight for
the things they believe to be worth

'hile. Public sentiment is the final
law of the land, and we need people
who can help formulate this great law.

Third. The co-operative work of the
Grange enables the members to get to-
gather and save money 1n buying and

5 .

Il‘ougrth. The Grange is magnificent-
ly arranged so that it can be political
and yet a non-partisan institution. Our
great political sin is that as people we
have delegated to political parties the
sovereign right of citizenship, which
our fathers gave their life blood to se-
cure. The way our transportation is
handled indicates that our people do
not look at public affairs from an eco—
nomical, but from a partisan stand-
Our tariff laws are arranged
or the benefit of a few, rather than
for the benefit of the all. This would
not happen if all our people were not
looking at these things from a par-
tisan standpoint. The Grange has the
ability to get people together and
solve questions right.” -

Both speakers held the careful at-
tention of the audience and were inter-

, rupted many times by hearty applause.

The program was completed by
songs and readings. Besides the Grange

.melodies, the audience sang America
and the Star Spangled Banner.

After the program a short Pomona

'M‘Emeeting» was held and it was decided

to hold the regular annual Grange ral.

 

hr at the fair grounds the second Wed-
“ 1139118? in September.

 

This rally has
usually been held in August but it was
have it later this year as
, In so backward. ‘ .
0 two state masters went home
Pomona Master B 8. Lamb, of
- . ,andthe following day went

 

   

   
 

 

 

 

     

 

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Address all communications relative
to the organization of new Clubs to
Mrs. J. S. Brown, Howell, Mich.

Aseociational Motto:

“The skillful hand with cultured
mind is the farmer's most valuable
asse ”

 

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

 

Plan for August Picnic.—Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Forbes entertained the
Wells-Dayton Farmers’ Club on Wed-
nesday afternoon, July 4. The house
was appropriately decorated for the
occasion with flags and red, white and
blue bunting. A short program con-
sisting of music, recitations and read-
ings was arranged by Guy Forbes. Miss
Della Hunt, assisted by several other
ladies of the Club, served an excellent
supper. The Club will hold a picnic in
Mr. A. L. Adams" orchard August 1,
just east. of Kurds Corners—Mrs. C.
Harmn, Cor. Sec.

Children’s Day.—The Washington
Center Farmers' Club was very pleas-
antly entertained by the children at
Fairholm, the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Henson, Thursday afternoon,
July 12. The house was called to order
by. President F. L. Cook. The meeting
was opened by singing America, with
Mrs. Cum'berworth presiding at the
piano. After reading of minutes of
previous meeting, miscellaneous busi-
ness was taken up. A committee on
resolutions was appointed and the re-
port of the committee who purchased

- the flowers for Mr. S. N. French, was

accepted and disposed of. After roll
call the time was given over to the
children. Although the Club felt the
loss and absence of the departed mem-
ber, Mr. S. N. French, they enjoyed
the piano solos, songs and recitations
by the younger members, who acquit-
ted‘ themselves in a very creditable
manner. Mr. Franklin then gave a
recitation and some very appropriate
selections were read by Mrs. Camp-
bell and Mrs. Cunen. The following
resolutions were read and adopted:
“Whereas, an allwise providence has
seen fit to remove to the life beyond,
our most esteemed, well beloved and
oldest member, S. N. French; and,
whreas, by this dispensation we mourn
the loss ’of one of our founders and
most efficient members of our Club;
Therefore be it resolved, that while we
bow in submission to the Divine will,
we cherish the memory of our depart-
ed friend and brother, we tender to
his bereaved family our most heartfelt
sympathy in their bereavement, be it
further resolved that a copy of these
resolutions be included in the report
of our meeting and that a copy be
placed on the records of our Club."
The Club adjourned to meet with the
Tri-Club' picnic at Smith’s grove, in
August. Ice cream and cake were serv-
ed by the hostess.——Cor. Sec.
Interested in Crop Improvement.—
At the June meeting of the Union
Farmers’ Club, of St. Clair county, J.
W. Nicholson, Field Agent for the
Farm Crops Department of the Agri-
cultural College, by means of a chart
showed how the college was developing
superior types of farm grains and ex-
plained the manner in which these
seeds were placed in the hands of the
farmers through the county agent’s
office. He outlined, too, the method of
grain inspection being caried on by the
state with a view to improving the
seed supply and enabling farmers who
wish to purchase better type to locate
reliable wheat, oats, rye, or barley as
the case may be; This was especially
interesting to the people in this local-
ity as several'members of this Club
have already secured a good start with
pedigreed grain, and John Cook and
Reuben Cannis will have their fields
of Red Rock wheat inspected this year.
Rev. Charles, of Yale, also contributed
one of the most substantial numbers
of the afternoon in the way of a force
ful address on world conditions, em-
phasizing the importance of unselfish
service at this time. One of the many
helpful thoughts he expressed was that
each of us had our work to do, and
.that when anyone fails to do his duty,
someone else had to step out of his
place to accomplish it. The county
agentalso discussed a few matters per-
taining to the interests of the people
in that section of the county, and re-
ported on the canning demonstrations
that are proving so successful this
week. The question, "Can we afford
to hire a well-trained teacher for the
rural school ?” was discussed by nearly
everyone present, and some very help-
ful suggestions, indeed, were brought
out as the roll was called.

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Because it does away
effectively with the
Fly Nuisance—-

Keeps the cows and horses in good humor
——cnables cows to produce more milk and
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so—Bos-so KILF’LY keeps the dies away from the
cows in the pasture and in the stable. Every horse owner

should use SO-BOS-SO KlLFLY, for it relieves horses of
houses. 1! in a sure ban: to lice and
from large breeder of blooded cattle.

ny bother. thus preserving their vitality for productive
vermin. ,
The H. E. Allen

' work. SO-BOS—SO KILFLY can be
Your dcalcrwill
Mfg. Co., Inc.

used on hogs and hot pens. And in a
similar way it can be sprayed in hen
sell you SO-BOS-SO KILFLY. Send
for descriptive folder and references
Carthage, N .Y.
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Put your waste land under cultivation
cheaply and quickly. Clean up the bad

spots with a
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Write for new catalog and free book " The Soil
and its Tillage:" also for name of nearest dealer.

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465 Main Street

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SHEEP

 

OXFORD DOWN SHEEP 3: “g:

 

for uh. I. l. Gouda. Lennon. Mich.

  

The JOINT SHEEP SALE

 

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Will Sell at

Public Auction

at the State Fair Grounds, Columbus, Ohio
AUGUST 7 and 8 1917

200 Hampshire ewes 200 Hampshire rams

1m Shropshire ewes 100 Shropshire ram

100 Lincoln pwes 50 Lincoln rams

100 Ramboulllet ewes 50

El) Cotswold owes 10 Cotswold rams
50 Oxford yearling ew'n zoo choice grade ewes
hropshire ewe lambs.
These sheep are consigned from the celebrated flocks
of Walnut. Hall Farms, Dr. 8. F. Snow. W.
McLaughlin. Telfer'Bros. W. J. Cherry. Harley it.
Emmons. A. J. Knollin Zelora Green. Lincoln Bros,
Peter McIntyre. a s. nosson. Dodds a Dodds. w. w.
Caller and others. This will be a bona-fide sale to the
highest bidder, the opportunity of the your to buy
good sheep. Send bids or write for articulars to
olnt Sheep Solo, 39 Woodland Ave., rolt, Mich

 

Ramboulllet rams

 

 

Shropshire Ewes
Mostly yearling: with lambs by side, extra good
ones, come at once if you want them.

Kope Ken Farm, Klnderhookflllch.

 

' .Bil, early, reg. ram lambs, f
ShrOPShlres coming fall trade. sired by infill:

Nook ram. Milo M. Gibson, R. 5, Lapeer. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

HORSES

For Sale IReg. Black Percheron
I Stallion Colt

Weighing 1&1) pounds at 24 mos. old Sired by a Stallion
Weighing 2100 pounds well bred and riced to sell.
I. A. Dray Bet... Okemos (Ingham 80.) Mich.

SHETLAND PONIES

allohead to select from. Special prices on colts for A -
not and September. Write Dept. E. The SHADYSI‘Ilfii
Forum, North Benton. Ohio.

REGISTERED PERC HERON

flares and Stolllonopricod to sell.!ns not] i vitod'
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or exchange for other-stock three Per-
cheron Stallions and one Spanish Jack.
R. 1, Tokonsha, Mich.. Bell Phone

For Sale

E. J. Aldrich.

AGENTS WANTED

to represent a reliable concern can-
vassing among farmers in your own
neighborhood or elsewhere. No expe—
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supplies furnished free to right part«
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ANDOURCROPS

MUST BE I'ED

'SAVING LABOR MEANS SAVING LIVES.
IT MAY MEAN SAVING {run NATION;

American 'Earmers can save’:25,000¢000'ten' ghourldays 191.319.3599;
of fertilizer. , - . / __ - ,_ .
,To produce the 1,000,000,000 bushels of wheat that‘mustfipehad’if
iour own people and our Allies are fed will require 75,000,000 "

idays' labor of ten hours each. ,-.,, 'r“

‘The ,records of the Ohio Exp. Station show that ferti-v

lizer increased the wheat yield 13 bushels per acre; that two
=days‘ labor on a fertilized field produces more,
:wheat than three days on unfertilized land.

“The use of fertilizer has heretofore been simply ,

.33 question of profit. Today both ,Profit and Patri--
otism demand that our crops must be fed, so
athat the world may be fed.

tilothin‘g But the Best is Good Enough Now.

{America demands of every citizen the best that
is in him.» You can do no less in our purchase
,-of fertilizer. Go to ,your dea er and say:
;"Noihing But the Besi—‘Thc All I’lanl| Food Feriit
illzer’—-ls Good Enough Now.”

in hejmf’n'tlsubplyzyoufiweflwm. ,
iEEDERAL CHEMICAL co. L‘

Incorporated
‘Lounsvute, KY.
(commune, 0. ‘ NASHVILLE. rum.
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. will need every potato you can produce this year.
There WI" also be a big export demand. Get all of them. Adopt
a better and cheaper method of digging your crop. Use a

Hoover Potato Digger

Digs fast and easnly
Gets all the tubers. Saves the backaches from hand digging. Digs from five
to eight acres a day. Delivers all of the potatoes on top of the ground—easily seen
and picked up. No weeds or trash to bother. This is delivere to the side of row.
Picker attachment can be furnished which delivers potatoes in piles or in crates.
Hoover Potato Diggers represent a better investment ~
They'give more years of ser-
ade of steel and

 

The Nation

than ordinary diggers.
vice and at less cost for upkeep.
malleable castings almost entirely. Elevator rods are ‘
offset. is promotes better separation, and prevents , -.
potatoes from falling back on elevator.

Hoover Diggers are built in different
styles and sizes—there is a type that , .
will meet your requirements. 7- ‘

Write for Hoover Potato Digger Book-
let. Mailed free. Ask for package P—S.

JOHN DEERE

MOLINE,‘ ILL.

 

     

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‘ Farm Ditchor

and Grader
' Works in any soil. Makes V-sha
ditch or cleans ditches up tofour eet
deep. All steel. Reversible. Adjustable.
Write for free book and our proposition.
Owe-labors: Ditcher In Grader 60.. Inc.
Box 215 Over-shore. Qty.

I I
My Patriotic Prices
Don’t pay double pricesfor im-
plements when ydu can buy
direct from Galloway, the maker, .
and save a third to a half. Write me for my
big money-saying book when you want a

SPREADER—SEPARATOR
TRACTOR—ENGINE

or other implements. I’ll guarantee to save you big money
and give you the best implement besides.

Bend for your co at once d learn -

FREE soak. the inside secret:y f the lrggIement

business and how direct buying saves you 3 money. Ad-

vantageous shipping paints save you freight. rite tonight.

. LLOWAV P
Wm. Galloway 00.,1810ailom slailWWator-Ioo. Iowa

  
    
   
     

 

When writing to advertisers
please .mcncion the MlChl-
gan Farmer.

 

 

 

FTEN the farmer with broilers
for sale will find that there is
little demand on the local mar-
ket. One dealer in a moderately sized
town recently stated that many of his
customers motored out of the city on
Sunday and dined in hotels in other
sections of the state. During the hot
summer months the Sunday orders of
broilers were limited and for this rea-
son the dealer could purchase only
a few.

In small towns where many people
keep their own flock of chickens there

. is often little demand for broilers and

farmers with large flocks of poultry
may keep the surplus males longer
than it is necessary to feed them in
order to obtain the most profit. If
any large number of broilers are pro-
duced it pays to correspond with reli-
able commission men in large cities
and find out their facilities for hand-
ling your goods. They will give valu-
able-information in their return letters
if they are able to handle the business
to the best advantage.

For example, correspondence with a.
reliable firm in Detroit regarding the
broiler market brought the following
reply by return mail: “Broilers should
weigh not less than one and one-half
pounds, preferably two pounds. The
best market days here are Wednesday
and Thursday. Prices have been rang-
ing from twenty-six to thirty cents,
depending upon size and condition. We
would advise that your shipments be
made on the morning train so that we
can receive them in the afternoon. Our
market is now in very good condition
and unless you can get more by sell-
ing locally, we should be glad to han-
dle your shipments. You can figure
shrinkage about ten per cent of
weight, commission five per cent, and
express fifty—seven cents per hundred,
gross weight.”

Of course letters from different deal-
ers would vary according to the prefer-
ances of their private trade. In gen-
eral the two-cent stamp used for an
inquiry of this kind is well invested as
the farmer can obtain a fair idea of his
chances of selling broilers profitably
after comparing the information re-
ceived, with the prices offered and
the general prospects on the local
market.

It will be noted that the price varies
depending upon size and condition.
This is an important factor in deter-
mining the profit made on a consign-
ment of broilers and it is often neg-
lected. The difference between twenty-
six and thirty cents is only four cents,
but the four cents may be a very large
per cent of the profit made on each
bird. It follows that every effort
should be made to feed the broilers so
that they will show quality and also it
pays to ship birds of’ the weight pre.
ferred by the dealer to whom they
were shipped.

In developing broilers to bring top
market prices too much'emphasis must
not be laid on fattening for a week or
ten days before shipping, to the ex-
clusion of careful feeding methods
from the day the chick leaves the
shell. A broiler cannot be starved for

 

    
     
   
  
    

 

tw0 or three months and then brought
into fine marketing condition with ten
days of fattening.

It pays to investigate the market be-
fore selling poultry, and make every
effort to form the friendship of the
dealers for your goods. The worry and
work of raising poultry is partially
wasted if the flocks that result are
hastily marketed. It is difficult enough
to make a profit without selling at a
sacrifice in towns where there is no
demand for broilers. It pays to sell
first-class goods to buyers who can ap-
preciate them and are willing to pay
the bill. --

In the selling of all products, if you

 

.KIRBY

want a. regular market you must show‘
a disposition to meet the wants of the

class of trade you are catering to, and.

here in the poultry business this is
every bit true.

TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
FOR FARM PRODUCTS.

 

The department of agriculture daily
receives from producers and distribu-
tors complaints of inadequate«trans-
portation facilities and appeals for as-
sistance in securing cars.

The trade practice of placing an or-
der for the tariff minimum weight of a
given commodity is difficult to change
in some cases, and it is recognized
that small markets in many cases can
not take a maximum carload of certain
commodities, but there are many ways
in which shippers and distributors can
get more work out of a car at the pres-
ent time.

Shipping associations can pool the
output of all their members and load
cars of some commodities to full ca-
pacity for large markets. Wholesalers
and carlot distributors can place or-
ders for carloads of a greater quantity
than was customary in. the past. Ship-
pers should load and unload cars with-
in the shortest possible space of time,
and every individual having to do with
the diversion of cars in transit should
reduce delay at diversion points to the
lowest possible minimum. Against the
increased value of a better market
found while holding, a car in transit
must be balanced the loss due to de-
terioration of the product while the
car is held and the sometimes greater
loss of another shipper whose product
spoils for lack of the car which the
first shipper is holding.

Cars, packages, commodities, time
in transit, and seasons are variable,
and the department has no accurate
data from which rules can be laid
down as to the exact quantity of a giv-
en commodity of a certain degree of
maturity which can be loaded into a.
given car for a definite haul to a par-
ticular market; but potatoes in strong,
double-headed barrels loaded in well
ventilated box cars for destinations
that can be reached within three or
four days could be loaded safely con-

siderably beyond the prescribed tariff‘

minimum weights. Apples, especially
when moving to storage points in the
late autumn should be loaded to the
space capacity of the car.

What has been said relates to per-

ishable commodities. The case is
simpler with non-perishables. Asso-
ciation users of fertilizers, packages

and package material should order
cars of full maximum capacity, loading
whenever possible.

The present is a time for the closest
cooperation of all interests for the
most efficient utilization of cars and
not a time to discuss relative responsi-
bility for car shortage. One car used
with the risk of damage from over-
loading is better than total loss of the
commodity for lacx of the one car in
which to ship.

A Kentucky man who deals exten-
sively in breeding sheep purchased
last year something like 10,000 head of
good breeding ewes in the Virginias at
an average cost of about $7 per head
and distributed them among the Ken-
tucky bluegrass farmers, and the re-
sult is seen in a big increase in the
production of lambs and liberal profits.
It is now stated that 100,000 good
breeding ewes are wanted in that
state.

A stockman of Audubon county, 1a..
marketed in Chicago a short time ago
a carload of 1,502-lh. steers at $13.75
per 100 pounds. They were high-grade
Shorthorns of his own raising and had
been on full feed since February 1,
having started on car corn and finish-
ing on a mixed ration of ground corn
and oil meal, with 25 pounds of oil

meal a day furnished for the last two

months. ‘

-

Investigating Broiler Markets ya;
' By R. G.

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ACE; year the 'hen goes through
' a physiological process known as
molting, in which the fowl sheds
T'the old feathers and replaces them
"‘ th new. This is a very serious drain
Ton the vitality er the laying hen. Usu-
, my they cease laying entirely during
5"”the, months of October, November and
“F-December. Where the late fall and

early winter usually furnish cold

weather, it is a period of extreme hard-

ship for farm poultry unless they are
' ' properly taken care of. The New York
3» State College of Agriculture has made
some interesting findings regarding the
. . molting period of fowls. Thisl‘may be
t" summarized as follows:

      

 
 

     
 
      
 

  

  
  
      
  
 

    
  
  
 
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
    
 
   
  
   
  
   
   
    
  
  
 
  
  
   
  
  
  
 
    
  
   
  
  
   
   
  
 
 
  
   
  
    
  
  
  
  
 
  
 
   
   
  
   
   
  
 
   
  
   
  
   
   
 
 
    
  
    

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" .. “ ln-those areas which protect the vital
" parts.
, 2. From the incubator to the laying
3 period, chicks experience at least four
moltings, either partially or com-
pletely.
, 3. ‘ Hens frequently lay during the
l summer while partially molting but
. seldom during the general molting.
'3‘? 4. Young hens molt more quickly
‘ , than older ones. ’
2‘ . 5. Hens molting very late molt in
‘ less time than those molting earlier.

‘I y 6. Hens molting very late give a.
l higher yearly production than those
' . molting earlier. .

.« 7. Hens lose in weight while molting.
l 8. Broodiness appears to retard

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j l molting.

7‘"? 9. Starving the hens appears to in-
g." crease broodiness.

‘ ‘ 10. Hens molting early resume pro-
f" auction more quickly after molting

‘2'. than those molting later.

‘ ‘ 11. Hens molting early lay more

"l ' eggs during early winter than hens

l all molting late.
4’ 12. The-most prolific hens molt the
latest.

-It is thus seen that hens which molt
late are usually the heavy producers.
There is a lesson in this for every
poultry keeper in the state. Take
proper care of the hens that molt late
because of the cold weather. Such
hens make excellent breeders in the
spring and should be properly cared
for. This can be done by putting them
into the house early and not allowing
them to suffer from the cold winds.

The shedding of feathers is a heavy
drain on the constitution of the fowl
"M becauSe it is necessary to .manufac-

ture a new coat. The making of new
feathers can be greatly aided by feed-
ing highly protein or meat foods. The
ordinary grains like wheat, corn and
oats do not contain enough protein.
Meat scraps from the house or com-
mercial beef scraps are necessary if
best results are to be obtained. If a
fowl is thoroughly chilled and thereby
weakened by late molting during cold
weather, she will find it difficult to re-
cuperate until the late winter or early

T 'V spring. By giving her extra care she

can be started laying much earlier'in
. the winter.
Green Food for Poultry.

During the late fall and early spring
the addition of green food to the ra-
tions of the hens will well repay the
.efiorteof the poultry keeper. This can
be furnished in many ways. Green cut
alfalfa, corn fodder, lawn clippings or
'clover are excellent green foods. If
0 these are not available, roots, such as
mangles or turnips, are very accepta-
ble. Many good poultry keepers feed
both. This, of course, is in addition to
. the regular grain rations. By using a

little thought during the growing sea-

' son enough of this material can be
cured in a dark, room or some place
1 ' _ where light is excluded for winter con-
"3 emptied—N. D. Ex. Sta.

 

 
 

 

can: or FOWLS DURlN’G MOLT.

 

 

 

     

W of this most trying times for the
will soon be at hand, and this

  
     

MOIting ‘ Period; ’ '

 

is the molting period. It, is most es-
sential that the fowls have the best or
care at this time.

The fowls should be kept as cool and
comfortable as possible. Heat has a
debilitating and weakening influence
on the birds and renders them in a
physical condition so low as to make
them unfit to cope with the trying or-
deal they must undergo while molting.
The fowls should not only be. kept cool
in the daytime but at night as well. To
permit them to become overcrowded
and overheated at night will do nearly
as much harm as confining them in
bare yards in the sun. The roosting
quarters should be kept as cool and as
free from vermin as possible. The
roosts and supports should be sprayed
often with coal oil to get rid of mites.
Ample roosting quarters should be pro
vided so the fowls won’t need to crowd
and become overheated. If there are
no trees to shelter the windows from
the rays of the sun, then some means
should be adopted to exclude the sun-
shine. A scrt of awning constructed
on the outside upper half of the win-
dows will tend to keep out the sun and
at the same time permit the cool
breezes to enter. By excluding the sun
entirely during the day the coop will
be much cooler during the night. Were
the sun permitted to shine in the win-
dows the interior of the poultry house
would become heated up very quickly
and would be cooled off with difficulty.

Those who-raise exhibition birds ap-

preciate the fact that shade is very es-
sential. Mottled or twisted feathers
often develop during the molting period
and they can often be attributed to
the hot rays of the sun. Unless the
defective feathers are detected in time
to be corrected, the winning chances
of the birds are often destroyed. When
feathers with the above mentioned de-
fects appear they should immediately
be pulled out to permit new feathers
to grow in, which usually come in
properly. Birds of the white varieties,
especially, require shade at molting
time. The plumage will be whiter and
freer from brassiness as a result.

If the yards are devoid of green
stuff and lacking in natural shade,
means should be adOpted for providing
the proper conditions. Shelters can be
constructed that serve the purpose
well. These may be constructed of
any old material. A framework of lath
or wire netting over which is laid
branches or weeds affords ample pro-
tection. The ground underneath may
be spaded up to afford a wallowing
place. Sow rape or other green stuff
in the yard.

The rations for the molting fowls
should not be the same as when feed-
ing for eggs or meat. The rations
should not be so balanced that eggs or
flesh, instead of feathers, will be pro-
duced. Food of a heating or fattening
nature should be eliminated almost en-
tirely from the rations of the molting
fowls. Stimulating food, also, should
be excluded, as egg production and
molting are both a strain and we
should not permit both to be carried on
at the same time, for harm will surely
result.

Of the whole grains, wheat and oats
are probably the best to feed at this
time. A mash, consisting of equal
parts of, bran, corn meal and wheat
middlings and about one—tenth part of
linseed meal is very beneficial in the
growth of new feathers. When the
mash is fed moist, buttermilk or skim-
milk, when it can be procured at a rea-
sonable price, should be used in mix-
ing it together. Sunflower seeds afford
a valuable addition to the rations of
the molting fowls.
of about one-twenty-fifth part of the
whole ration. Sunflower seeds tend to
bring out the gloss in the plumage and
therefore is valuable in feeding show
birds.

   

It should consist-

POULTRY.

Yearling liens For Breeders

s. o. wan. Buff. and Black Lozbomont 31.00 each.
snmnabon man, ., . Hillsdale. )1ch

B” nicks Cheaper than hatching eggs. We
y specialize in Leghorn Rocks and
Rodi. Bond for catalogue. Twentle Century
Hatchery Company, Box 182, New Washington. Ohio.

roger“ alas“! hen-asks assem-
c “ 013. us no I o .
30. 50; :50. SIClruulars.

otoJohn Northon. Clumflich.

noes FROM Brains with

Barred Rocks: mom ”2""? . ., ,2

p015. Delivered by some] post. propel . lrcnlnr
free. Fred Astllna. onltanttno. Mlch.

Great Layers first class breed-
llamd M u.“ on 10 for mm.
W. C. COFFMAN. . 3 Benton Harbor, Mich.

.‘Ferris White Leghorns

A real heav laying strain, trapncstcd 1
years. rccor s from 200 to 2 eggs. Ge
our special summer prices on yearling hens.
breeding males. eggs for hatching. 8-week-
old pullers and da old chicks. We ship C. O. D. and
guarantee results. Ilulog gives prim; describes stock. tells
All about our farm and methods; results you can gel by breed-
in¢ this sonic. Send for your copy now-it a tree.

GEORGE E mm "4 Union, Grand Rnpidl. web.

 

 
     
     

  

  

 

 

“ABERDEEN-ANGUS

Bulls by BLACK UALITY ITO. at first prize.
Braden and Calf ordo Mich. State au- We
aloo won am on Exhlbltorl Herd, Jr. Champion Bull.
gr. Chnmplon Fem on Grand am ion ComAlso

" of Percheron. Hackney and addle Horses.
WOODCOTE srocx FARM, IONIA, MICH.

 

CHOICE Angus Bulls for sale. Have several well
_ bred. excellent tylpe Angus Bulls at reasonable
prices. M. L. Smith, G enwood an.Addison, Mich.

Registered Guernseys
Stock always for sale. Mn Rose Strain—Herd Tabor-

culin tested annually. ever had a reactor—no
abortion. J. M. WILLIAMS. North Adams. Mich.

of service no and onlvoo from

CW, Bu“, choloo. Adv. reg. breeding.

'l‘. V. HICKS. Ron:- 1. Battle Coook. Mich.
GUERNSEY s-mrmm
BULL CALVRB
Contnlnln blood of world obnm‘lonl.

HICKS' GUI BY FARM. lulnnw. . 8.. Mich
Bull calves for sale. from

GUERNSEYS A. R. dams and cow-on test.
GEO. N. CRAWFORD. - - - Bolton, Mich.
' Guernsey Bulls. Service ago. and
Registered Bull Calves. May Bose and Gov.
Ohono breeding. Avondnle Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich.
' Very lino Young bull five

Burial-M llolsllm. m... or a... .. 3.0. m...
Satisfaction guaranteed.W.B.Joneo a J. RIM“. Goboctnb.lich.

 

 

LAYBILT s. c. w. LEsnunus

large, Great layers, Pure While

Strong Day old Chicks—guaranteed delivered alive
and lively. Now $10.00 per 100. Last hatches: July
17th. 24th. 3131:. Choice yearling hens 81.25 each.
2 year old hens ”.00 each. Will lay till late fall.
Yearling cock birds $1.00 each.

Everfresh Egg Farm, Ionic, Mich.

2000 - Pullets - 2000
“200 Egg” Pedigree White Leghornc.

"Bred-today" Strain.
These vigorous, Agril-hatched pullets will be laying
m a few weeks. T ese birds of quality are the choic-
est ever offered for sale. Prices in hundred lots, 31
each now—$1.25 Mam. limb—$1.50 September 1st-
82 September 15th. k your order at once. Thous-
ands of satisfied customers. Catalogue.
MICHICjAN POULTRY FARM. Lansing, Miobignn

Michigan's Largest Poultry Farm."

LOOK 5000 PULLETS

March, April. May hatched. at right prices 8. C. White
L horns onl from trnpn ed stock. Write for prices
an free cata gone. Stamps npprecia .

NABUB POULTRY 00., Gambler. Ohio.

 

 

“TOP NOTCH” llOLSTElNS

Man years of careful! management and systematic
han ling of our three large herds find us the breeder-
nnd owners of a cow that beads one of the only eight
combinations of three direct generations of thirty
and cows in the United States. We have young bull-
or sale sired by a son of this great cow. The blood of
this cow in them, combined with that of other great
animals of the breed in our herdl, would insure m
lanai results in almost any herd. McPHERSON
ARM CO,, Howell, Michigan.

Bigelow’s Holstein Farms,
smosvrun, MICH.
Have Some Fine Registered Stock For Sale

 

REG. HOLSTEINS: Herd bonded by Albina Bonito
Butter Boy No. 93124. Dnm’l reoor at 6 yrl. butter
$.59 lbs.mllk 619.4. Yearly record at. 2% yrs, butter
m lbl. milk 1522 lbs. W. B. HEADER. Howell. Mich

0A1... -EAF FARM
“31 rlcrd Sire
Ypsiland Sir Pletertle De Koi

Service bulls all sold. Buy a calf and raise it. I .
individuals 4 and 5 months 01 . E. H. Gear-hart 2!»
Son, Marcellus, Mich, R. o. .

Buy Your Bulls From Parham': Pedigree Slack Farm
Ohoic%fit¥zifitere&dg§>lsteln calves from A. R. 0. cows.

 

fowlers Buff Rocks. £65,313” £€‘§,§’;§§3
.75 for 15; 31.50 for 30; 32.00 for 50; 33.50 for 100.
R. B.FOWLER, Hartford. Mich.

 

Pin: drug: 8. c. Ihlll Orpinglons, 5 23,11, ”3,13
00‘ l k . .
advice. if: “(it °“i‘§2§fif°’ioyllfidnvylllhl§

 

HOMESTEAD FARMS ‘
Intends to be a real service toonrtarmerc. Gradually
it is making itself n service to former- of Blooming-
dale vicinity. The call for Chicks went way beyond
what we found we could take care of. for next year we
no making greater preparations. We can now supply
shunted number of yearling hens, one and two year
old Cocks and Cockerels; no more Pullets. We invite
correspondence about any breed and will advise accord—
ing to xwuiry. Pure breed practical stock: nearly all
breeds. e are developing a bi h class market with con
Burners who want strictly free eggs-a malterof value
to Michigan Farmers in connection with their poultry
breeding. HOMESTEAD FARMS, Bloomingdale, Mich.

 

RHODB ISLAND REDS and PLYMOUTH ROCKS
Males 5 to 12 lbu. according to 33052 to :5: RR, hens
weight 5 to 10 lbs.. egg; 15 for $1.00; 100, $5; 120, 31100,
Mammoth Bronze Tom urkoyl. 8 b0 ”Ibo. according
to age as to 8%. 10 can 83. A. ll. Cnmion, Vlmr, Mich,

ll. C. Br. Leghorn c’krls. SL410 each
from Kelp anleale strains. Eggs 84.00 for 100.
MRS. CLAUD A 3.113. lllsdn O, Mlchlm
ll. and S. C. Reds. 23$ l’éfllé‘fi $21..“ $153
Belgian Enos. 0. E. Hurley, Ludington, Mich.
H h E . ‘ .. .
Silver Smashing isms?“ “sergeant.
Hares pedlgl‘eed $6.00‘palr. Podigrerd Persian Kittens rent
hunteroSXO each. Send stump. River-view Farm, Vassar. Illich.

S. C. White Leghorns

Yearling hens for nalo. Thoroufigbred stock. bred for
vigor and egg roduction. $1. each. References.
Write [rental ros.. Box 624, East Lansing. Mich.
s c Leglmrns at a sacrl lice. buy them now. Two-

- . - year-old hens $1 each-‘Roosters 81 and $1.25.
HILL . onns'r pour/rev Flam. Ypsilanti, Mich.

ILVER. Golden and WhiteWyandotteo. Ex from

some rand mat n38. 31.50 por15. 82.50 per . large
vigorous lrdc. C. w. Browning. l‘t.‘2 Portland. Inch.

3 c w L h m April Hatched. Standard Bred
. - - .8 o 3- Cookeroln on free range at $2.00
ouch. White Line Poultry Form. Hillsdnle. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

WHITE Wyandottes. A. 1 lagers. Eggs for hntohl
81. $2. 83 fox-15. 87 per 100. pool-l mating; $5 for
DA D RAY, 709 Norris BL. Ypsilanti. lchlgnn.

TOOK FARM

100 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 100

For Sale :--17 mos. old bull whose 7 nearest dams
average 560.1 lb. milk and 25.679 lb. 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. Yr.
3 yr. old daughter of a 26.5 lb. Jr. 4 yr. old cow.
whose dam is a 27 1b. cow.

Ready for immediate heavy service. Priced to
sell immediately. Send for pedigree and price.

R. BRUCE McPHERSON, HowellMich.
842 Lbs. B UTT E R

In the average of tho semi-official records of our herd
bull sdam (at 2 yrs), his grand-dam (at 3 yrs.) and his
{great grand-dam. Three choice young bulls from A. R.

.dams. Herd tuberculin tested annually. Holsteinn
of course. Peaceland Stock Farm. Three Rivers, Mich.
Chu. Peters. Herd-nun. C. L. Brody,0wner. Port Huron. Mich.
FOR SAL Three Registered Holstein male

. calves ranging from four weeks to
six months. All from A. 0. stock. All fine individ-
uals. Prices right. For particulars inquire of u I
J. W. McFadden, West Salem Stock Farm, Salem. Mich.

P AM, Bronson, Michigan.

 

 

 

PURE bred Holstein Bull born July 15, 1917, not elig—
ible to record, white, 8 ood one. 535 crateda
deliverodlnnywhcrc in state. Newton nrnllnrt. St.Johns. Mich.

Holsteins vs. Belkshires

The greatest of Live Stock Combination

 

The Holstein furnishel you the largest reduction
of Milk which separated gives you great on feed—~
Skim M'uk.

The Berkshire will make wonderful growth on skim
milk. natures food. It balances any food you rain. on
your fa rm. Other conditions equal the man with skim
milk always oxcells in hog raising.

The Holstein and the Berkshire is each more prof-
itable to you by reason of the other.

We have thebost to offer you in each breed. A young
bull out of‘a tested dam and a trio of spring pigs for
your‘breeding pen would prove the best of investment,
ENVldlng you feed and care for them no you should.

orrespondence solicited. All stoek guaranteed as
represen e .

swiélnrnALE rm

PETERSBURG. MICH.

 

BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.

Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us
Ten Days before date of publication.

We Offer a Few Specml 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-

/

 

The moltingperiod is a good time to fit of a large expenditure of capital and

weed out all the undesirable hens. The

years of expert breeding.

- 0 th
molting process W111 Show up all e Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.

hens that are lacking in vitality—that
have not the constitutional vigor nec-
essary for proper breeding condition

All the hens that

 

 

 

CATTLE.

 

$23013: (13.33.3339 weakened during WINNWOOD H E R D

the molt should be culled out and put John H.Winn. lnc.,

on the market. In any event, they

should not be given a chance to enter

the breeding plens. Thletlllenls that moi; flag? filfl: 0031: o d

easily and wit very i e ower ng 0 non a. a on . . .
vitality are the ones to constitute your infill: fiflhsm‘lfif "‘1’ °“- “0“!

breeders another season. .
Indiana. O'r'ro E. HACHMAN.

Holton, Mich.
Old State Bank“ Fremont. Mich.

rest Korndyko Ken mid
monthl; onedmonthgednez

Reference.-

flan u n
Alnohave five othon. same
from 2%;fitfis. Must sell at 03.014; fieevdv £3110
room. Our surprlle n. o . ,
norm Mloglunn ” n

 

I Always Have Holsteins
To Sell

If wanting Registered cattle write me your wants
before placing your order elsewhere.

I... E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio
Need Reg. Holsteins??

You can't find hotter bred bulls than we are offering.
ready for servxce. You don't need cash. We trmt on.
Get. our description booklet. LONG BEACH FARfilS,
Augusta. (Kalamazoo Co)., Michigan

A Yearling Heifer, ure brod H I-
For sale stein, Sire,Colnntba obanna Creafn-
cllo Lad, Dam, Elizabeth Segis Lyons. It you want
something good. write, Geo. D. Clarke, Vassar. Mich.

Butter Fat Counts

Holstein Bull Calves from a 30 lb. 6.53 1 Sire. Dam
are rand daughters of- the King of the Pontluco.
Th rdnm grand dau tors of Sndlo anoConoordh
the first Ml . cow. dwin S. Lewis. Marshall,Mlch.

03R Holstein cows are from sons and grand sons o.

ost noted bulls of breed a d
o. L. HULETT a son, n m biggillfi

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.

July 24, 1917.

Wheat—Both cash and future wheat
made substantial advances during the
past week. A shortage of supplies and
an improvement in the demand for
flour Were important influences in
working the change. The market was
also assited by a firmer feeling in Eu-
ropean markets. On the other hand,
crop news is bearish, estimates show-
ing a fairly general improvement in the
probable size of the winter wheat
yield. Harvesting progresses satisfac-
torily, while in the spring wheat bolt
the growth has been fairly good. One
year ago No. 2 red wheat was quoted
at $1.27 per bushel. Last week’s De-
troit quotations were:

 

No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. Sept.
Wednesday ..... 2.45 2.40 2.03
Thursday . . , . . .2.45 2.40 2.12
Friday ......... 2.45 2.40 2.17
Saturday ....... 2.45 2.40 2.25
Monday ........ 2.55 2. 50 2.33
Tuesday ........ 2. 55 2. 50 2.28

Chicago —Ju1y wheat 55. ’5 Sept.

$2.25 per bushel.

Corn—A11 urgent demand for cash
corn has put prices away beyond the
$2 mark and gives the trade a feeling
that still higher values might soon ob-
tain. Reports on the corn crop are by
no means encouraging, while heavy
profits from the manufacturer of corn
products are stimulating concerns to
buy regardless of prices. One year ago
No. 3 corn sold locally at 840 per bu.
Last week’s Detroit quotations were:

No. 3 No. 3
Mixed. Yellow.
Wednesday ........ 2.03 2.04
Thursday .......... 2.04 2.05
Friday ............. 2.09 2.10
Saturday .......... 2.11 2.12
Monday ........... 2.21 2.22
'l‘uesday ........... 2. 25 2.26
'Chicago.~September corn $16314. ;
Dec. $11434.
Oats—Notwithstanding the large

acreage and good stand of oats on A111-
erican farms, the price for this cereal
has made good, advances during the
week under review. Urgent demand
for cash oats and the difficulty of se-
curing other cereals at many' points
has given .strong support to this trade.
Standard oats a year ago were quoted
at 45%0 per bushel. Last week’s De-
troit quotations were:

No. 3
Standard. White.
Wednesday ........... 801/3, 80
Thursday .............. 811,1; 81
Friday ................ 85 841,45
Saturday ............. 88 871/;
Monday .............. 90 89 V
Tuesday ... . . . . . . . 790 891/2
Chicago ——July oats ' V10 Sept

571/2c; Dec. 581/2c per bushel.

Rye—At Detroit the board has mark-
ed rye down 100, despite the fact that
other cereals have all advanced. The
present quotation for No. 2 rye is
$2.05 per bushel.

Beans.—There is no change in the
situation, with the market very quiet.
Cash beans $8.25; October $6.60. At.
Chicago Michigan pea beans, hand-
picked are quoted at $8.75@9; red kid-
neys $6.65@6.75.

Seeds.~l’11me red clover $11.60 per
bu; October $12. 25; alsike $11. 50; tim-
othy $3. 70.

FLOUR AND FEEDS.

 

FIour.——Jobbing lots in one-eighth
paper sacks are selling on the Detroit
market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best
patent $13.10; seconds $12.70; straight
$12.40;'spring patent $13.70; rye flour
$12.30 per bbl.

Feed.—In 100—lb. sacks, jobbing lots
are: Bran $40; standard middlings
$46; fine middlings $50; cracked corn
$85.50; coarse corn meal $83.50; corn
and oat chop $68 per ton.

Hay.——ln carlots at Detroit: No. 1
timothy $17.50@18; standard timothy
$16.50@17; No. 2 timothy $15.50@16;
light mixed $16@17; No. 1 mixed
$14.50@15; No.1 clover $13. 50@14.

PittsburgH—No 1 timothy $17. 50@
18, No.2 timothy $14 50@15. 50; No. 1
light mixed $15@15.50; No.1 clover
milx6ed $15@15.50; No. 1 clover $15.50

Straw. ——-In earlots, on track Detroit,
rye straw $10. 50@11; wheat and oat
straw $9. 50@10.

DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

 

Button—Local prices have advanced
one cent during the week. Fresh
creamery firsts offered at 371/2c.

Elgin. ——Trade was slow last week
but bids of 380 failed to bring out any
goods.

Chicago. -——Market is higher, with
prices for creamery ranging from 35@
381/20 per pound.

Eggs. —On Monday fresh firsts were
offered freely at 35%c, while 341/20
was bid. Trading is slow.

Chicago. ——Market steady. Firsts 32
@33 1/20; ordinary 29@3lc; at mark,
cases included 27@33c.

Poultry.-—-Market is easier with best
broilers 26@28c; Leghorns 23@25c;
hens 16@19c; ducks 220; spring ducks
24@25c; geese 150; spring geese 200;
turkeys 24@250.

Dressed Calves. ——Fancy 17@18c per
lb; No. 2,15@16c.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

 

Fruits.—Sour cherries $3.50 per bu;
raspberries, red $9 per bu; black $5
per 24—qt. case; huckleberries $7 a bu.

Potatoes.——Southern offerings $4.75
per bbl in store lots.

WOOL.

Boston—There is no change in the
wool trade. Prices are still high and
the demand for raw material is as ur-
gent as ever. A survey made by this
journal of prices paid to farmers for
wool this season indicates a range
from 45@7OC per pound, with the ma-
jority receiving from 55@65c. There
still remains a considerable amount of
wool in farmers’ hands in the state,
the holders believing that still higher
figures will be realized. In Boston
fleeces sold last week from 54@75c
per pound.

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

Raspberries are beginning to come
in and are likely to be high as a local
cannery is offering $2.25 per case for
them. This is the big week for cher-
ries, with sours ranging from $1.10@
1.25 at the start. Fresh eggs are worth
31713320; dairy butter 32@330. New
home-grown potatoes are starting at
$1.75 per bushel; wheat is $2.25, with
other grains practically unchanged.
Hay is $14@16 per ton.

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
July 23, 1917.

 

Buffalo.

Receipts here today as follows: Cat-
tle 220 cars; hogs 32 d. d.; sheep 4 d.

d.; calves 1400 head.

There were 220 cars of cattle here
today, among which there were only a
few loads of dry-fed cattle and they
sold about steady. The bulk of the
medium steers sold a big half dollar
a hundred lower than the high time
last. week. What few good cop's were
here sold about steady, with the medi-
um grades slow. There were quite a
few common stockers here and the
trade was very slow on them, but
about steady. There was a liberal run
of bulls and they sold a little easier.

‘3 We do not look for quite so many cat-

tle next week and a little better trade,

- but would advise being very careful in

buying these grassy cattle as they are
still selling at high prices.

Receipts of hogs were lighter than
we have had for some time and with
light runs at all marketing points the
price jumped 15@25c and closed strong
at the advance. A few selected hogs
sold at $16.15, with the bulk from
$15.85@16; pigs and lights $15@15.25;
best roughs generally $14; common
thin roughs as low as $6; stags $11.50
@1250. It looks like a light run the
balance of the week and an active mar-
ket with full steady prices.

With a light run of lambs today our
market opened up active and prices
25c lower than the balance of last
week. All sold and we look for steady
prices the balance of the week, de-
pending on receipts.

We quote: Lambs $15@15.50; year-
lings $12.50@13; cull to common $9@
12; wethers $10@10.25; ewes $9@9.50;
bucks $7@7.50; best calves $14@
14.25; common and lights $8@13.50;
heavy $7.50@10; grassers $6@7.50.

 

Chicago.

July 23, 1917

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..24,000 28,000 20,000
Same day 1916..11,949 26,723 8,767
Last week ...... 49,277 114,227 54,100
Same wk 1916..46,008 117,924 59,433
Here is another Monday, with a lib-
eral cattle supply for these times, and
while offerings good enough to bring
$13 or more are selling at steady pric-
es, cattle below this line are selling
slowly at rednetions of 10@200. Kan-
sas City wires that receipts there are
31,000 head, mainly grass cattle. Hogs
took a jump this morning of about
150, with choice heavies selling up to
$15.75 and a rumored sale at $15.80.
For another week the hogs received
here have averaged 232 lbs. Half of
today’s she’ép and lamb receipts were
southern lambs consigned to the pack-
ers, and lambs were off as much as
250, the best rangers selling at $15.75

f
Sheep were scarce and unchanged.
Cattle have been marketed freely
for another week, and it is evident that
stockmen need very little encourage-
ment to send in their holdings, few
caring to wait until their cattle get a
good finish. Receipts continue to run
mainly to a fair to middling class of
cattle, with a steadily increasing pro-
portion of grassers, and prime beeves
keep on their upward course. Nearly
every week sees a higher price than
was ever paid before on the open mar-
ket, the new high price last week be-
ing $14.05 per 100 lbs., which was paid
for twenty steers. They were fancy
cattle of the branded Hereford class
and averaged only 1202 lbs. A sale
was made of 19 prime steers which av-
eraged 1095 lbs. at $13.95, and there
were several sales of prime heavy
steers at $14. A large 'share of the
steers found buyers at a range of
$11. 25@13. 60, with sales of strictly
choice to fancy beeves at $13. 50 and
upward, while steers classed as good
went at $13 and upward, and a medi~
um class sold at $11.50 and over. Or-
dinary to fair killers of light weight
brought $9.60@11.45, and there were
small scattering sales all the way
down to $6@8. 75. Yearling steers with
any quality had an outlet at $12. 50 and
upward, and sales took place all the
way down to $9. '60@10 for the com-
moner lots. Butchering cattle were in
good demand most of the time with
cows selling at $7. 25@11. 10 and heif-
ers at $6. 65@12. 75, while little year-
ling steers and heifers, mixed, sold at
$12@13.25 in a number of instances.
Cutters sold at $6.25@7.20, canners $5
@620 and bulls at $6.35@11 for the
poorest to the best lots. Calves were
in good demand on the basis of $13.25
@1475 for ordinary light vealers, sales
taking place down to $6@11 for the
heavy weights. Only moderate sales
were made of stockers and feeders, the
former going usually at $6@9 and the
latter at $8@9.50, while a few carlots
of prime steers weighing 567 to 572
lbs. brought $9.25@9.50. Beef cattle
are selling 25@50c higher than at the
low time of the previous week.

Hogs have experienced their accus-
tomed rallies in prices on some days.
but the trend of the market of late
has been downward as a rule, and the
best sold lower than for many weeks
past. The average quality of the daily
offerings was poor, and after the best
hogs were sold, it was of common oc-
currence for the undesirable kinds to
sell off sharply. Hogs coming to mar-
ket continue to show gains in weight
as the season advances, and recent
arrivals averaged 232 lbs., comparing
with 228 lbs. one year ago, 236 lbs.
two years ago, 240 lbs. three years ago
and 243 lbs. four years ago. Fortu-
nately there was a good crop of spring
pigs nearly everywhere, and the: are
mostly healthy. Earlier this year
many farmers placed their old sows
and 75 to 150-1b. fall shoats on grass,
with the purpose of carrying them up
to the time when new corn is avail-
able; but other farmers have market-
ed a large part of their brood sows,
thereby making serious inroads in the
future swine supply. At the week’s
close hogs were 30@45c lower than a
week earlier, with sales of the better
class at $14.50@15.60 and of rough,
heavy packing lots at $13.90@14.20,
while pigs brought $11.25@14.25,
largely $13.50 and upward.

A quarter of a century ago receipts
inthe sheep division of the Chicago
stock yards included 75 per cent of
sheep and 25 per cent of lambs; but
since then proportions are reversed,
with few sheep marketed. Spring
lambs are just now comprising most
of the offerings, and, notwithstanding

 

declines in prices quite often, they ami-r

still much higher than in any past
year. Last week’s receipts were mea-
ger in volume, and fat lambs advanced
about 25c, with a late $16 top. Feed-
ers advanced 25c and breeders 25@500,
prime yearling ewes selling much the

highest. Prices closed as follows :
Lambs $]_2@16; yearlings $8.50@
13.25; wethers $8.50@11; ewes $5@

9.25; bucks $6.50@8.50; feeding lambs
$14.50@15.50; breeding ewes $9@16.50.

THIS IS THE LAST EDITION.

 

The first edition is sent to those who
have not expressed a. desire for the
latest markets. The late market edi-
tion will be sent on request at any

me.

 

DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.

 

. Thursday’s Market.
July 26,1917.
' Cattle.

Receipts 2209. Good grades and
cows steady; all medium cattle very
dull and 5@25c lower than last week.

Best heavy steers $10@10.80; best
handy weight butcher steers $8.50@
9.;50 ixed steers and heifers $8@9;
handy ight butchers $7.50@8; light I

 

butchers $6@7; bet cows 37.5
butcher cows $6. 50@7; common on
$5. 75 56:96; canners $5@5. 50; best heavy

  

stock bulls $6@6. 25; feeders $8@9;
stockels $6@8; milkers and springers
$50@100.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. E. Co.
6 cows av 866 at $5. 50, 3 do av 1053 at
$7.50, 16 butchers av 970 at $8, 20
steers av 1081 at $9, 6 do av 1175 at
$10. 50, 3 do av 1023 at $10.50, 7 do av
836 at $9; to Bresnahan 27 butchers
av 663 at $6,1 cow wgh 800 at $5. 50,
2 do av 1025 at $7. 75, 2do av 1000 at
$6. 75, 2 stockers av 565 at $5.50, 1 bull
wgh 1030 at $7. 25, 8 cows av 760 at
$5.75, 5 do av 934 at $7, 4 do av 870 at
$5.50; to Golden 2 butchers av 800 at
$6.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 9 steers av
950 at $9,- 18 do av 782 at $7.25, 16
do av 777 at $7.50, 8 do av 1012 at $9,
20 cows av 695 at $6.50; to Thompson
1 bull wgh 1380 at $7.50, 2 do av 1360
at $7.50; to Bresnahan 10 cows av

788 at $6, 2 do av 1210 at $7.50; 5 do

av 980 at $5.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 6
do av 985 at $7. 50, 2 steers av 875 at
$8; to Parker, W. & Co. 13 butchers
av 782 at $7. 50; to Sullivan P. Co. 2
steers av 890 at $7. 25, 2 bulls av 1175
at $7.75; to Schwab 4 stockers av 560
at $7; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1 bull
wgh 1300 at $7.50, 21 steers av 914 at
$8.50, 5 do av 718 at $6.50; to Parker,
W. & Co. 20 do av 1210 at $10.25; to
Mich. B. Co. 20 do av 970 at $8.75, 7
do av 817 at $6.85.

Erwin, S. & J. sold Sullivan P. Co.
15 cows av 1073 at $7.50, 2 do av 1155
at $7.75, 5 do av 1142 at $7.60, 4 do
av 1000 at $7.25, 2 do av 950 at $6.75, 1
do wgh 900 at $5,~5 heifers av 690 at
$7, 8 cows av 975 at $7.35; to Thomp-
son 13 steers av 984 at $9, 2 do av
990 at $9.50, 2 do av 890 at $9, 4 do av
787 at $8.50; to Hoffend 5 heifers av
660 at $6.60; to Sullivan P. Co. 8 cows
av 1055 at $7.60, 1 do Wgh 1000 at $6.
4 do av 962 at $7.25, 30 steers av 980
at $8.85; to Bray 3 butchers av 860 at

“$6, 3 stockers av 683 at $5.50, 3 do av

666 at $5.50, 2 cows av 865 at $5.50;
to Mason B. Co. 1 steer wgh 950 at
$9.75; to Applebaum 11 butchers av
798 at $6.80; to Hammond, S. & Co.
1 bull wgh 1220 at $7.70, 3 do av 1157
at $7.40; to Thompson 3 heifers 'av
883 at $7.50; to Shiparo 7 steers av
930 at $8.25; to Bray 9 cows av 811 at
$6, 2 do av 1140 at $6.50, 4 do av 762
at $5 50; to 5Nagle P. Co. 1 steer Wgh

1000 at $9.
5Veal Calves.

Receipts 628. Market 50@75c 10Wer
than last week. Best $14; common
and heavy $7@10; trade on common
grades demoralized.

Erwin, S. & J. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 8 av 165 at $13.50, 11 av 170 at
$14.50; to Rattkowsky 7 av 180 at
$13.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 21 av 170
at $14.50.

McMullen, K. & J. sold Hammond,
S. & Co. 9 av 160 at $14, 4 av 190 at
$9, 12 av 175 at $13.25.

Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Shiparo 5
av 125 at $10, 7 av 145 at $14.50; to
Sullivan P. Co. 9 av 165 at $14.

‘~ Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 581. Market 50c lower than
on Tuesday or last week. Best lambs
$14.50; fair lambs $13@14; light to
common lambs $10@12; fair to good
sheep $8@8.25; culls and common $4
@6

Bishop, B. & H. sold Thompson 31
lambs av 72 at. $15.25, 14 do av 68 at
$15.25; to Mich. B. Co. 4 do av 95 at
$15.25, 7 do av 85 at $15.25, 12 do av 85
at $15.25, 7 sheep av 120 at $8; to Sul-
livan P. Co. 24 lambs av 75 at $14, 11
do av 60 at $14, 16 do av 75 at $14.50.

Erwin, S. & sold Thompson 6
lambs av 75 at $15.

S’tndel, S, B. & G. sold Parker, W.
& Co. 72 lambs av 85 at $14.75, 21 do
av 90 at $14.50, 16 do av 70 at $13; to
Sullivan P. Co. 15 do av 78 "at $15.25,
16 do av 70 at $12; to Thompson 4 do
av 60 at $12, 28 do av 75 at $14.75, 9
sheep av 140 at $7.50.,

Hogs.

Receipts 1016. Market steady at
Tuesday’s prices, 50@75c higher than
last week. Pigs $14@14.75; mixed $15
@1575.

 

 

EGGS, ETC Small consignments from

W, - producers in your territory
bring very attractive pr1( es Returns day of
arrival
Butter 8: Egg (20.,

We want Fresh White Leghorn Eggs. We pay
a premium over the highest market quotation
and remit immediater upon arrivaI.

Fox River Butter Co., Detroit, Michigan.

Ship To The Old Reliable flout.
Daniel McCaffrey’ I Sons.
”623-625 Wabash Bldg. Pittsburgh Pa.

FRUIT

5.9.9.3.

170 Duane St.. New York. N. Y.

 

 

 

 

We want your entire crop;
Write for rubber stamp.
The E. Richmond C0. ..
Detroit. Michigan.

 

 

We paid 40 to 60 above Detiqmit
inqtations last week forN ew

aid Stock. If you have real
Fresh Eggs and want prom.
iAums. write

CBEES ECO. Wt EM!“

 

lief er to Dun or Bradstreet. Zenith -

«1111:1an BUTT"! c '

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bulls $7. 50@8; bologna bu’us $6. 50@73‘" ‘7

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


  

 
 

  

 
 

 

 

 
   

 

  

 
  
  

  

i-C-ONDUCTED BY W. o. FAIR, v. s.

 

,_ Cold Abscess—I have a horse that

.must have bruised his shoulder as

there is a hard inflamed bunch on the
point of shoulder where collar rests,

and I would like to know what to do
' for him. J.

S. P., Attica, Mich—Paint
bunch with tincture of iodine twice a
day; as soon as the bunch softens, op-
en it up freely, then swab out center
of abscess with tincture of iodine oc-
casionally.

Lice.—I have a sow that is troubled
with liCe and would like to know how
to rid her of them. E. H., Birming-
ham, Mich—Wash her with soapsuds,
adding a quarter of a pint of kerosene
to each gallon, and you had better
scrub her three times a week until the
lice are killed. You had better sprinkle
her nest with kerosene oil or coal tar
disinfectant; or perhaps a better plan
is to burn all refuse litter where she
has been sleeping.

Inflamed Ears—I recently turned
some young pigs into a lot which had
been sowed with oats and rape and
soon after they hadrun in this field,
their ears became sore and cracked
open. What had I better apply? VN.
W., Durand, Mich—Apply one part ox-
ide of zinc and five parts lanolin (wool
fat) once a day. When the feed is wet
or covered with dew, keep your pigs
out of it’.

Warts—I have a horse that has sev-
eral large warts on his side and shoul-
der; would also like to know if they

* can be removed without leaving scar -.

E. C. F., Orion, Mich.——The neatest,
nicest and most effective way to treat
warts is to cut them out. They are
only skin deep and when treated in
this manner, the wound soon heals and
unless they are quite large no percep-
tible scar remains. If you do not care
to cut them out, apply a saturated solu-
tion of salicylic acid in alcohol; or ap-
ply strong cider vinegar every two or
three days.

Garget.———I have a three-year-old heif—
or which had her first calf two months
ago. When she freshened her bag was
caked; I applied a commercial. remedy
which appeared to soften udder, but
since then thick ropy milk comes from
one teat and I would like» to know
what to do to help it. S. S., Birch Run,
Mich—Give your cow 1 dr. potassium
iodide at a dose in either feed or drink-
ing water twice a day, and apply equal
parts tincture iodine and camphorated
oil to diseased quarter three times a
week. She should be milked clean
three times a day, especially from this
infected quarter.

Feeding a Young Colt—What can I
give a six weeks’ old colt to supple-
ment the mare's milk? Colt is per-
fectly healthy and lively, but is very
thin, as mare' does not give enough
milk. L. E. B., Conway, Mich—Feed
colt. one-third water, two-thirds sweet
milk from a cow that has been fresh
live or six weeks, add a tablespoonful
of sugar to each mess of milk and colt
should be fed three or four times a
day. Also place equal parts of dry bran
and ground oats where the colt can
reach it. A‘ suitable feeding place can
.be arranged where the colt can get at
the feed and its mother barred—~this
is best done by a narrow passageway
to feeding stall or pen.

Pica—Our calves are inclined to eat
the. bark off fruit trees, pick up paper,
leather and bits of rubbish, and I also
have a yearling that has the same
habit. L. E., Honor, Mich.~—Mix to-
gether equal parts salt, ground red
cinchona, cooking soda, ginger, gen-
tiap and charcoal; give each calf a tea-
spoonful or two, two or three times a
day and the yearling should be given
three times as much at a dose.— A
change of feed will also benefit your

‘ calves.

Cows Fail to Come in Heat—My
neighbor has a herd of sixteen grade

’cows that freshened in January and

February, 1917. Twelve of these cows
have failed to come in heat. Their ra-
tion in the winter was ensi‘lage, hay,
grain, bran and cottonseed meal. .
R. F., Clio, Mich.—Doubtless your herd
of cows suffer from contagious abor-
tion infection, and on this account,
they fail to come in heat. It occurs to
the writer that you should secure the
services of a competent Vet. and have
a critical examination made cf each
cow, and if possible determine the

se of'your cows not coming in heat.

ving each cow 1 dr. of 'groundnux
vomica, 1 dr. of ground capsicum and

{fire of ginger at a dose in feed night

andmorning might help them; haw.

over», ‘ on should not place too much

M911 once upon any remedy to con
' his ailment; ‘

 

 

    

 

uction ' ‘ ’ale 0f
' ' _Friday, August 3,1917

 
 

3- ,1 ISA-6%

 

40big type sows of the best lines of breeding bred to Walt's King 92949. J 0 Orion 14th 85855 and Brook.
American Col. 81383. This trio of boars are, hard to be equaled and not to be beaten when breeding

and individuals are considered.

Walt’s King 92949 is called by Duroc experts the best fall boar produced the past season. 15 good
growth% Spring pigs including 1 by Pathfinder. 2 by Fancy Orion King a number by.Defender Ad-

vance l.

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

3 last fall boars by Panama Special 65383 that are real Durocs and credit to their sire. Catalog sent
on request, entertainment the night before sale at Whitney Hotel. Ann Arbor or Steele Hotel, St.

Johns. All trains met Sale day and transportation to farm and good dinner free.
of Elizabethtown Ky. is Auct. assisted by R. L. .bixb
able to attend sale may send mail enclosing their bi
addressed to the local auctioneers, or H. L. Igleheart. auct. or W. P. Peury
Any and all stock bought by mail will be guaranteed.

the Duroc Bulletin. and sent. in my care.

ELL. Igleheart
and August Miller, St. Johns. All those un-
on any of the animals to be sold. Mail to be
who will represent

NEWTON BARNHART, St. Johns, Michigan.

 

Aug. 2 |

BROOKWATER FARM ANNOUNCES
2 [Aug 2

Its Seventh Auction Sale of Dmocs Thurc.Aug.

1‘ 50 Will be sold including Bred Sowc, Boar and Sow Pigs 50
Do not forget that Brookwater’ Farm has held six consecutive successful sales of

Durocs in three years.
dividuali .
plan to se 1 part of the litter.

This has been accomplished by selling the best in in-
and blood lines to the highest bidder.
The fact that you buy at Brookwater will help

When you buy a bred sow you

make sales for you as it has helped others. Our Durocs have won more prizes
at the Michigan State Fair during the East two years than any other herd, either

inside or outside the state. . Many of t
rize winners.

e Aug. 2 offering are descended from our
Come to the sale and see one of the leading Duroc-Jersey herds

in the country and take advantage of the opportunity to meet some of the fore-
most breeders who find it to their advantage to attend our sales. Our free illus-
trated catalog gives full particulars. W. Barnhart sells Aug. 3, attend both sales.

Brookwater Farm, R.

Herbert W. Mumford, Owner

Aug.2l

HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN

Two young bulls old enough for cervice sired by
Maple Crest Korndyke Hengerveld the only bull in
the world with a dam and granddam each making bet-
ter then 1200 lbs. of butter ins year. From advanced
registryidame of very best dairy types. These bulls will
be sold at very reasonable‘price notwnthstanding the
wonderful records and bt89d1n% ‘
LEWIS D. STARK. Cloverdale ‘arms, Dryden. Mich.

Grade Holstein lleifers

High

Free or soon to freshen. Alsngrade Holstein Bull
Prices reasonable. THE ENNINGS FARMS.
V.M.SHOESMITH, General Manager, Bailey, Mich

'- - Friesia Heifers. 3 to o
Reglstered HOISICII‘ mos. old. Some from 30 lb.
sires. Priced to sell. Fred J. Lange, Sebewaing, Mich.

 

' ' 30.21 lbs. sire. Their dam’s
3 nolSteln nel‘ers dam A. It. 0. sister to dam
of 35 lb. cow, bred to X bmthertoso le yr. old. Terms
if wanted. M. L. McLAULIN. Redford. Michigan.

 

Reg. Holstein Fne: in $383.“ Essays;
nine months old 81m: Bulls $40 up. with papers.
FRANK STAFiiEN. R. 3, Howard City, Mich,

 

ULL CALI” for sale Pontiac Komdyke Breeding.

Dam giveeGOlbc. milk per do at 2 years. Farmers
Prices. JOHN A. Rl KE, Warren. Mich.
Holstein Bull Calves $333, 2333,5335;
30 1916 good breeding. Price with all fin crs, $6055 870.
View - -

E. JONES. e levue. Mich.

' heifers and heifer calves.
RegIStered COWS, Priced reasonable. Noted
breeding and good individuals. B. B. Reevey. Akron, Mich.
011 Our Easy Payment Plan 3:,W”,‘.::,;EJ,:3

Holstein Bull calf In our stables. Prices from Wop.
YpsilandFarms, Ypei anti. Michigan.

HEREFORDS

Sires in service, Governor by Prince
Donald Militant Farmer by Farmer
(Imp), Bonnie Brae Jr. by Bonnie
Brae 94th. Inspection invited.

ALLEN BIOS" PAW PAW, MICK.

 

 

 

 

Dairymen I

—-The Truth

You may be preiudiced against

e eney use you don't

know her. k her up. She's
the Money Cow.

Get This Bookfl history of
the breed and full of very inter-
esting test: and facts. It prove:
It? Inc. econ-

milk. long

Thin oonclun'vely the} for pure do
k oiny ol produwon, richness
Boo life and adaptability to feeds and dinner

—nll these combined—the stands way

aboveéhem ll. This book uAbout Jer
Cattle is free. Get your copy now. You' I
find it mighty good reading. '

The American JereeyCattle Club
346 w.“ 23rd Street, New York City

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1 high- (I ’ ‘
lmoy Bulls for Sale $33.: “5.5." Slitfi‘ii‘hfl‘fifi
semi-omclal test. 6. B. We not. B. 6, Alien“), Mich

. a. n. Clyde Station,

7, Ann Arbor, Mich.

0. F. Footer, Manager

Aug. 2

T. 01 air County Jersey Cattle Club. We have for sale
Bulls old enough for service and Bull calves. from
best stems of Jersey Cattle. Majesty’s. Noble of Oak-
lands. Combination 5 Premier, etc. rite for Pedi-
gnes,price and particulars. Fred A. Brennan. Sec .Cnpac.Micli

 

1 l’ D -
Notten Farm Jerseys :offmfg pig,

for sale. NOTTEN FARM, Grass Lake. Mich.

Shor‘l'llorii Callie oi boll: Sex for Sale

. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.

 

 

OR Sale—Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Muwelton
Monarch 2nd, a son of Avondale. from 1 to 9 mos.
old. John Schmidt, Reed City, R. No. 5. Michigan.

 

 

Francisco Farm Shorthorns
Big Type Poland Chinas

“The ’re rugged—They pay the rent."
othing for sale at present.
1’. P. POPE, R. R. 3, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

Bidwall Shorlhoms

“For 8ch and Milk”

This heifer at 6 months has bone.
size and quality—Our own breeding.
The blood of Scotch bulls Imp.
Shenstpne Alblno and Imp. Villag-
er Registered stock always for sale.

BIDWELI SID“ FIRM,

Box B. Tecu mach, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y b I] f
Shorthorns For Sale mitts. 31.: sans
heifers. W. B. McQuillan. Howell. Michigan.

 

-Dairyor beef bred. Breedi stock all
Shorlhorn' ages forcale at farmers prices. .W.Crum.

 

On Yearli g Chen K“
Dunno-Jerseys 1.03., Giltellired for ill“ if:
row. J. H. BANGHART. East Lansing, Mich.

Bows and gilts bred to Eureka Cher King
Duroc and Crimson Critic son of Critic Horde] 1916
W. C. Taylor. Milan, Mich.

F 11 B dG'ltc ll Id.
Duroc Jerseys. 1i...‘.::.':.....‘..03. 1.2%..

boned spring plies for sale pain not akin.
F. J. DROD . . 3 Monroe, Michigan.

 

champion Iowa Fair.

 

 

’ . Pigs at weaning time:
Dobson 8 Durocs, either sex, Best of
breeding. Collie Pups. Orlo L. Dobson. Quincy, Mich.
DU ROC S a few choice spring boars.

Write for description dprlce.
E. D.!HEYDENBERK, Wayland, Mich.
Rog. Duroc Spring Boars 3‘3

ford Ram Lambs ready to ship. Exp. Paid Fine Stock.
J. a. mess. St. J’ohns. Mich.

 

 

Good 8 ring pigs by Defender's
Durocs, Che ing at reasonable prices‘
E. I. Oalkinl. R. D. 6. mi Arbor, Michigan.

Raise Chester Whites ,
Like This

the original big prod ucera‘

.fl

greet
#442an “It“. fin°
months all Write for my 9 an—~

a. s. annulus, 3,1 1), 10' Portland, Michigan

% Ion 0. I. 8’: & Cluster While: % Ton

10 Oct. and Nov. boars sired by our undofeatodGrand
Champion School Master. The boar that has size and
uality combined. All sold any age. Write and not our
Catalogue 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. farrow. H RRY T
CRANDELL & SUN, Cass City, Mich.

for market at
Money from Boga."

 

 

 

O. I. C. & Chester White Swine .

 

Strictly Bi Typo. withquality. One yearlinusowatwo ;
gilts bred or Sept. furrow, Guaranteed safe vrith_pig. .
I have the finestlot of early Spring pigs Iever raised. I

can furnish a

few in pairs not in. Address,h
NEWMAN‘S ISTOCKI FARM. arlette, Mic . R. 1.

 

Chesters Bred Gilts zillsold.8pemalpr1ces on

March boars, also 6 months Holstein
F. W. ALEXANDER, Vassar, Mich.

 

Bull.
0 l C All extra fine lot of last spring
0 o 0 pigs, either sex and not akin, from
end, growthy stock. Farm )6 mile west of depot.
lOtto B. Schulzc. - - - - Nashville. Mich.

CHOICE SPRING PIGS

. Ready to ship. The big smooth. growthy
type, sired by noted boars. Registered
and shipped C. O. D. .
J. CARL JEWETT, Maeon,Mich.

 

 

O I. 0. Hours and Gilts all sold.I am booking orders
.for March and April pigs either sex, single, or in

pairs not akin, A. J. BARKER, Belmont, Mich. 8.1L

 

 

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

I . . so d out. except fall pigs.

0. D. Somervill. Grass Lake. Mich. ll. D 4
9 . ' .

O. I. C S. All sold Booking orders for the

best of our winter and spring pigs.
0. J. THOMPSON, - - Rockford, Michigan

 

9 Spring pi . and lieg. Holstein heifers
0- l. C 3- from 5 mi; months old. CLOVER

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

 

Sccy. Cent. Mich. Shorthorn Breeders' Assn. “ " " Mich.

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Richland Shorthorns £35 ?;t,fig‘§,:‘ggt

Tuberculin Tested b the state. IMP. Lorne one of

the Siresin service. .ntire Herd of Reg. Angus cattle

including the show cattle for sale at a bargain. Most

Iv Ericas and Blackbirds.

Office ’l‘awas City, Mich. Herd at Prescott. Mich.
O. H. PRESCOTT & SONS.

 

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Shorthorns Bulls 3 mo. to 2 ear- old
For sale from ood milking cows. y
.J. DeGarmo, 1.6. Milford. Mich.

 

Maple Ridge Bord, Estab-

SHORTHORNS lished 1867. No stock for

sale. J. E. Tnncwell. Macon. Michigan.

 

horthorns for sale, 5 bulls Scotch to 10 to 14 mos..
finish, 1 white. ] red, rice $150. to S?! .lson of Max-
walton Sultan, 19 mos. ’ . 0. Carlson. Leroy, Mich,

Shorthorn Cattle 3.03%}

bulls for sale. W. J. Lessuer. Belding, Mich.

 

 

APLE Grove Shorthorns & Oxford Down Sheep.
Reg. roan & red bulls by King George, a Son of Roan Sul-
tan. from2 to 13 mos. David Murphy 8: Son. Cass City. Mich.

Cattle For Sale

2Loads feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also
can show you any number 1. 2 and 3 years old fron
600 to IZIXHDS. Isaac Shanstum. Fairfield, Iowa, 8-8.

 

 

Hourly Stock Ranch lggus! $2323.23?“ He‘f’

GEO. ATHAWAY‘tSO . Ovid-Michigan

For Sale a fine registered three year old brown

Swiss bull. price reasonable. Address,
HENRY BOOHER, — Evart, Mich, R, F. 1),

H005.

 

 

 

 

for sale. ready for service. Out of
Jersey llllllS good producing dams. Prices right.
8. B. FOWLER. Hartford. Mich.

 

' ' For sale ten months
Hillside Fm Jerseys. oldbullbacked on both
sides by R. of M. dams with high oificial records.

0. dz 0. DEAKE, — - - Ypsilanti, Michigan

Maple Hill Farm Bo island .Iomy Calllo

Stock under 2 years all sold.
J. R. Worthington. o. 7, Lansing. Michigan

‘ The Wlldwood rarm

Breeder of Line bred Majesty strain of Jersey Cattle.
Herd on R. of M. test.Tubercu in tested. Bull calves for
sale. Type a Production is our motto. Alvin Balden. Capcc, lllch.

 

 

 

illlc Farmstead .Icru Cattle. lull calves from I!
of M. Cows. also he or calves and several bred
heifers for sale. Colon C. Lillie. Cooper-ville, Mich

"I lane 1!. of M. Jersey herd alert for solo
. tuberculin touted oowc. bulls. bull
calves and heifer calves. «1%? the but R. of M.
blood of the breed. mm . Allmn. Klein.

 

 

Durocs and Victorlas

Heavy bone, lengthy Spring Bears and Gilts from prize
winners sired by one of the best Sons of the Great De.
fender & other noted strains. M. 1‘. STORY. Lowell, Mich.

who.

erkshires. Bred gilts and sows for fall fat-rowing.

Also Spring igs, either sex. A few boars serVice-
able age. reg.

hase Stock Farm, R. 1. Marlene. Mich.
' ' going fast $15.00 & $20.00
BerkShlre Plgs three months old. scoffs):

 

Boers, serviceable age, best blood
lines. Re istered. ELMHURST
STOCK ARM, Almont. Mich.

 

 

.od dz transferred. richly bred. River-view Farm. Vassar.lich.

 

Duroc Jerseys ””‘nfiifm’gufu"
Carey U. ldmondc. autumn. Mich.

40 HEAD DUROC BRED SOWS -

15 Spring pigs and 3 fall boars by Panama
Special. At Auction. Aug. 3.
Catalog on request.
NEWTON BAB HART. St.’Johns. Michigan

 

 

Po 0. SW'NE Eggdl)(lgg‘lnll ‘fartl’ggvfs'ssazl‘:

faction guranteed. R W . Mills, Saline, Mich.
(iilts bred for Aug. and Sept.

,
0' I' C' 5' furrow. Alsoa few (-hoicespriiig
farrowed boar pigs. Geo. P. Andrews. Dansville.Mich.

 

 

O I. C's. A few choice boar pigs ready to ship. Want.
0 one? Act quick, they won t ast long at. this rice.
Stock recorded free. Elmer E. Smith, Redford, ich.

BIG TYPE POLAND GHINAS

Boar-Pigs from the CHAMPION and GRAND CHAM-
PION find our other GREAT HERD ”OAKS and big
S'l‘lliE’l‘C/HY SOWS of very best breeding and individ-
ua i y.
HILLCREST FARM, F. B. Lay, Mgr.
Kalamazoo, Mich.

 

 

“War is ”

So is starvation. every one should do their bit. You
can raise more pork on less feed if you breed Butler's
big type Poland Chinns. Sows bred for fall furrow,

Boers ready for service. J. C. BUTLE , -
land, Michigan, R Port

Bel‘ Phone
F "L853? Type P. C.
3 pigs an lire giltsa so d. Nothi f I
present. w. E. LIVINGSTON, PAlltIlleflldalgfl‘:

Big‘l 0 Poland Chinas: fit“! TM” “‘3." “9"3‘
ig oflh w. BARNES it SON: iilllrongrirllvcffly‘ PM”

 

 

 

 

ARGE Strain I’. (l. everything sold except 1 huskv
yearling boarthut is long. tail & deep. 1 extra choice
fall boar. H. O. SWAR'I‘Z, Sclioolcraft. Mich.

AltGE type P. 0. Some very choice sum '
Lbred to furrow in August. W'ill sell 1 of mplryzlir‘llht;
herd boars. W Augusta. Mich.

' Poland China, fallnnd e l i .
Large SEIIed at farmers prices. B. Rplxlolb 23:52:
81.50 per 1.). Robert Neve, Pierson, Mich.

. J. Hagelshaw.

POLAND Chinas bred gilts all sold, still have some
choice fall pigs of large and medium type, atfarm-
on prices. P. D. LONG, R. 8. Grand Rapids,'Mlch.

Big I’D. Poknd china: Sept.farrow,either sex sir-
d b J b
hog. A. A. woon a 381v. y .‘i‘fin‘tlvflfi‘i'd’ilt

lug Tm Poland China :gsrmwngrfgotgeéhipv b"
. IV. HOLTON. KALAMAZOO. MICHIGAN.

 

' ' Nothln f - l b
Hampshire Sme- ii..f” certifies?“ “d
FLO YD MYERS. “R. No. 9. summit. Ind

Hampshire Wnnling Pigsiztmdfiidsiifif’m" Pm“
A. E. BACON & SO . Sheridan, Mich.
FOR SALE
YORKSHIRE BOAR PIGS

Waterman dWaterman. Packard Road, Ann Arbor. Ilicb.
Additional Stock Ada. on Page 63


 

 

 

 

 

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