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DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917





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“Patriotic” County Farm‘ Contest





HIAWASSEE county has establish-_

S ed a new form of, farm contest

which is not only unique and orig.

inal, but thoroughly in keeping with

the spirit of the times. Othervcounties

may find it to their advantage to fol-

low suit.



The object of the cOntest was to des-

ignate the farmers‘of Shiawassee coun-

ty who were producing the most food

in answer to the President’s call, and

who at the same time were adhering

to sound agricultural practices. Mr.

A. B. Cook, food emergency agent, was

largely responsible for the idea. If

nothing more were accomplished, the

thorough “cleaning up” given many

farms before the judge arrived made

the contest worth while.



Forty-two farms were entered in the

contest. Each supervisor named two

farms—the best in the toWnship in his

estimation, though any farmer in the

county could enter. Prizes were award-

ed August 22 at the Shiawassee Coun-

ty Fair. First prize, $75; second, $50;

third, $25, contributed by business men,

bankers and others.



The Prize Winners.



The winner of the contest was Mr.

John Carruthers, the “big farmer” of

the county. Mr. Carruthers operates

'a. farm of 750 acres, carrying a good

diversity of crops; fifty acresof beans;

forty acres of potatoes; seventy acres

of oats; forty acres of corn; thirty

acres of alfalfa; sixty acres of hay;

one hundred acres of pasture along the

river. His crops were in excellent con-

dition. . During the winter he feeds out

from 2,000 to 3,000 sheep. Fertility and

upkeep are provided for by the applica-

tion of manure and of from 300 to 400





.pounds of acid phosphate per acre ap-





plied to wheat and oats in rotation.

This farm is producing food at great

economy of man and acreage. If divid-

ed into seven small farms of 107 acres

each, at least two men would be need-

ed at this season on each farm, requir-

ing fourteen in all. Under Mr.‘ Car-

ruthers’ direction nine men are em-

ployed. 7



The second prize was won by D. C.

Read. Mr. Read’s farm consists of

about 160 acres, carrying thirty acres

of beans; twenty-five acres of wheat;

fifteen acres of oats; eight acres of

corn; twenty-eight acres of clover;

eight acres of timothy ;' fifteen acres of





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pasture. His field of beans is one of

the best in the county. The farm is

extremely neat and free of weeds. Four

or five hundred lambs are fed each

winter and the manure secured, with

application of acid phosphate, account

in large part for its present highly pro-

ductive condition; The field arrange-

ment on this farm provides fairly large

fields which economize labor.



The third prize was awarded to Mr.

L. A. Hart, of Venice township. Mr.

Hart is a renter, who at the same time

that he makes profit for himself and

the farm owner, builds up the land and

keeps things in good condition. Such

men are as valuable as they are rare.





J. F. COX





methods which met with a less meas-

ure of success. It was noted, for in-

stance, that the leading farmers pro-

vided for fertility upkeep by growing

crops in good rotation-clover every

three or four years—by feeding stock





and returning manure to the land, and.





by the use of acid phosphate or high

phosphate fertilizer, particularly on the

grain crops.



The best farms were planned so as

to economize labor. As a rule, large

fields prevailed. Good horses and im~

proved machinery were in evidence.

Unnecessary fences were not allowed

to stand. A great amount of time and

labor is saved in this way, for the





 





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Ready for the “Trenches,” which May Render as Important Service in the

Defence of Our Country as Many Dug on European Soil.





His claim for third prize is based chief-

ly on sixteen and one-half acres of good

sugar beets; twenty-three acres of the

best beans in his community; fifteen

acres of Wheat, nine acres of corn;

eighteen acres of oats; twenty-four

acres of clover meadow. He also feeds

sheep during the winter, makes use of

phosphate and returns all the manure

available. ‘

Observed Factors of Success.



It is regrettable that the rules of the

contest did not provide for some men-

tion of the other excellent farms en-

tered. In going over these farms an

excellent opportunity was given to

study those factors which made some

farms successful, and to determine also





turns in plowing, cultivating and har-

vesting small fields consume a great

deal of horse and man time. The cost

of fencing is a considerable item. The

land taken up by the best type of fence

is equal to a strip at least eight feet

wide extending the length of the fence.

In fact, if actually measured, from ten

to twelve feet would be found to be

lost in the case of the average fence,

and the old-time rail fence will occupy

from sixteen to twenty-four feet.

Fences should be used only where

they are needed to fence off pasture, or

as line fences. The larger the field, the

more economically it can be handled.

As a rule, a rectangular shape is the

best—say, twice as long as wide.





Another point characteristic of the

best farms was the fact that the tile

drain was extensively used. In this

section, for high production, it is abso-

lutely necessary that much of the land





he tile drained. As a class, the best-





farmers follow the practice of plant-

ing a diversity of crops even in this

year when there is such a great de-

mand for beans, grains and potatoes.

It is not wise to depart from a sound

cropping system based on carefully

planned rotations. Clover sods are nec-

essary in fertility upkeep and in pro-

viding hay and pasture.



It was also noted that the best farm-

ers entered in this contest made spe-

cial effort to thoroughly prepare seed

beds before planting. They realize the

value of fall plowing and early spring

plowing and thorough working of land

before seeding. Tile drainage, they

claimed, was largely responsible for

making this possible.



The Lack of Preparedness.



Generally speaking, it may be said

that the farmers of Shiawassee county,

in common with the average Michigan

community, have responded to a cred—

itable degree to the call for more food.

They were too busy, most of them, to

even stop and visit with so unusual a.

personage as a “farm judge,” and after





answering the questions of the judge'

and giving him the “freedom of the





farm” they were “back in the collar”

again. It was noticeable, however,

that in the case of farming, as well as

in the case of the army and navy, we

were not found fully prepared to meet

the great demands put upon us. For

instance, more tile is needed on many

of our farms, better machinery, more

economical field arrangements, etc. The

trenches we dig for tile in Michigan

this fall and next spring may render an

important service in the defense of our

country as many of those dug on Eu-

ropean soil.



A great number have had a mistaken

idea of “preparedness” and have allow-

ed manure to accumulate in heaps

around barnyards and in feeding yards

and stalls. Old straw stacks have

been allowed to decay on many farms.

These accumulations are of too great

value to be neglected at this time.

They should be distributed where need-

ed as rapidly as possible. Get on the



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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





The state and na-





Making the Potato tional crop reports,





Market. which will be found

on another page of

this issue, indicate a record produc-





tion of potatoes for the country, with

Michigan heading the list from the

standpoint of total production. With

an indicated production of 44,513,000

bushels, Michigan is well in the lead

of other mportant potato-producing

states, and according to these official

estimates will produce practically one—

tenth of the late potato crop of the

country. Of course, this large potato

crop is still very much a “bird in the

bush” rather than “in the hand,” and

the crap finally harvested may not

measure up favorably with the present

indicated production.



It is, however, not too early for the

potato growers of Michigan and the

country to consider the marketing

problem involved under the present

unusual conditions, and to be prepared

to get the best possible income from

the record crop now indicated in the

event of its realization at harvest time.

With Michigan leading in production,

the farmers of this state have a great-

er opportunity than those of any other

to make or break the market in case

the Crop should equal present pros-

pects. An early and careful considera-

tion of the marketing problem involved

will consequently be time well spent

by every commercial grower of pota-





‘ _ toes in Michigan.





‘While potatoes are included in the





. list of products named in the food con-





trol bill, and the Food Administration

has power to take such steps as may

seem desirable in controlling the dis-

tribution of the product, the course at

present contemplated involves the ac-

ceptance of warehouse receipts of pota-





' toes as collateral for loans by the fed—

”: era] reserve banks, the

warehouse facilities for the storing of





increase of





potatoes at primary points and a com-

prehensive effort to, stimulate an in-





creased consumption of potatoes by





the people of all sections of the country.





’ g When we take into consideration the

{fact that the indicated seasonal pro-

duction is only about 40,000,000 bush-





,mater than in 1912, and 50,000,000

‘ is greater than in 1914, it be-





of potatoes would more thah absorb

any possible excess in yield above the

crops of the years mentioned, yet the

average farm price of potatoes on De-

cember 1 of those years was approxi-

mately fifty cents per bushel, and the

average wholesale price in Chicago

was above $1.00 per bushel, and that

with wheat selling at less than one-

half its present value as fixed under

government control, and other food

products relatively still cheaper in

comparison. A study of crop statistics

also indicates that the October esti-

mates of the potato crop will average

fully five per cent lower than the Sep-

tember estimates, while the final esti-

mates are generally less than those in

October.



Under these conditions, it will un-

doubtedly be the part of wisdom for

Michigan potato growers to make

plans and preparations for storing the

bulk of the state’s crop for later dstri—

bution, as the market will take the

tubers at a fair price as measured by

the cost of other food products. Un-

doubtedly the crop prospects will be

made the basis of an attempt by the

potato dealers to start the potato mar-

ket at a low price and maintain ship-

ments at low country values during

the early part of the consuming season

at least. If the majority of growers,

however, are provided with adequate

storage so that the bulk of the crop

can be held until needed for consump-

tion, or'if shipment becomes necessary

if the potatoes can be stored in termi-

nal warehouses by the growers until

the market will absorb them for con-

sumption, the potato market will be

stabilized to a degree which will be

highly beneficial to the growers with

out proving any hardship at all to con-

sumers who will thus be protected

from a probable spring shortage and

consequent high prices by the holding





of the crop in the hands of the growers





rather than the speculators.



The trend of market values cannot,

of course, be predicted at this time

with any degree of accuracy, but even

present values are not greatly out of

line with prices for other staple food

stuffs. While wheat and its products

promises to be the only line of food

stuffs in which absolute price control

is maintained by the Food Administra-

tion, yet the price fixed for these pro-

ducts constitutes a measure of value

which is bound to influence the market

price of other staple food stuffs, and

with wheat at the standardized price

of $2.20,.and other staple products all

selling at values which fully measure

up to this standard, potatoes will not

be cheap unless growers make them

cheap by crowding a large accumula-

tion of potatoes above requirements for

current cbnsumption on the market

early in the season before relative

price values are established.



It is up to the potato growers of the

country to make the market for the

1917 potato crop, anda‘un View of the

fact that Michigan growers will pro-

duce more of that crop than the grow-

ers of any other state, the, responsibil-

ity is theirs to lead in preparations for

conservative and consistent marketing

of the season’s crop rather than to fol-

low the ordinary plan of dumping the

whole crop into the hands of specula-

tors. The wise grower will provide

himself with storage facilities so that

the crop may be held in first hands? at

home to be sold as market conditions

may warrant.



The federal estimate



Michigan’s Crop of the combined con-

Prospects. diticn of all crops

on September 1, rates



the condition of Michigan’s crops at

107 as compared with 102.5 for the

country, 100 representing a normal

or average general crop condition. This

is a gain for Michigan of 5.6 per cent





for the preceding month as compared





with a- gain of 2.7 for the country.





111 per cent higher than two years:





ago and 101 per cent higher than the

average for the past nine years on

September 1. On August 15 the index





figure of prices for meat animals Was





47.1 per cent higher than a year ago;

75.7 higher than two years ago, and

70.1 per cent higher than the average

forthe past seven years. These esti-

mates of crop prospects and prices

spell prosperity for Michigan farmers.





A great deal of good



Growing Better advice has been giv-

Grain Crops. en to Michigan Farm-

er readers in recent



issues relative to growing better grain.

This advice is in line with results se-

cured in experimental trials ,and on the

farms of Michigan grain growers and

will be a safe guide for every reader to

follow. From information recently

gathered, it appears that wheat grow-

ers are practicing better methods with

regard to seed, seed treatment, proper

preparation of the soil and fertilization

of the crop than are the growers of

other grans, particularly of rye. While

the demand for good seed wheat has

practically exhausted . the ayailable

supply of pure-bred varieties, reports

indicate that a great many farmers

are sowing common rye, when good

seed of Rosen rye, which has demon-





strated its superiority in all sections of





the state, is still available in suflicient

quantity to meet all demands.



This is a mistake which should not

be made, and farmers who have good

seed of this variety should take the

trouble to make it known to others in

their neighborhoods, and to farmers of

the entire county through the county

agent, in order that available grain of

this improved variety which gives so

much better yields than the common

sort may be all utilized as seed rather

than used for milling purposes or feed.



Good methods of fitting the seed bed

for rye will pay almost, if not quite as

well as good methods of fitting the

seed bed for wheat, which are gener-

ally recognized to be essential by

wheat growers. Because rye is a more

hardy grain and is more certain to give

some kind of a crop even though sown

in a poorly prepared seed bed and un-

der unfavorable conditions is not a

good reason for not givng this grain





the best possible chance if it is sown





on your farm this fall. Fertilization

too, will pay almost as well with rye as

with wheat, and will

chance of getting a good seeding of

clover in the same proportion as when

used on the wheat crop.



The one essential which more wheat

growers will perhaps neglect than any

other is the treatment of seed for smut

by the method described in our issue

of last week. Because they have not

carefully noted the loss from smut in

previous crops and have not been able

to estimate it correctly and have sold

grain at little or no discount because of

the presence of smut, this may be but

a natural tendency, but at the guaran-

teed price for wheat next year, the

loss in the lessened yield because of

the presence of smut will be propor-

tionately increased, while under the

new United States grain standards act,

the dockage for smut will be uniformly

applied and will be out of proportion

to the loss suffered from this causein

previous years. This loss, however,

can be entirely forestalled by taking

the precaution to treat the seed for

smut this fall. The use of~ improved

seed and improved methods of culture

will pay big dividends when applied to

the acreage of fall grains to be Sewn

this fall. ,

The Michigan State

Fair, which closed on

September 9, was the

most successful from the standpoint of

attendance of any similar event ever





The State Fair.





increase the,





but of good quality, while





tional exhibits were well up to previ-;





ous standards in number and quality,

the poultry show: being particularly

good. ,1 , » ' ‘

The practical support given, the

State Fair by this liberal attendance is

not only merited refi‘ognition of " the





state’s first agricultural show,"but' of





the industry for which it stands. Sim-

ilar suppert should be given to the oth-

er fairs of the state by the people of

the sections in which they are held.





HAPPENINGS or: THE,.WEEK.





 





Foreign.



The European Wan—Heavy fighting

continues on the Italian front. Last

week after a series of successful en-

counters the Italians succeeded in tak-

ing Monte San Gabrielle, an important

elevation which commands a large ter-

ritory and opens a route into Austria.

The Teutons are redoubling their ef-

forts to win back the lost position in

a desperate struggle which is now on.

Storms have

tions farther to the south on the CarSo

plateau; although fighting continues it

is with less violence—Last week the

French added to their gains in the Ver-

dun sector, particularly on the right

bank of the Meuse river. On Sunday

the Germans made several unsuccess-

ful efforts to regain portions of the

trenches lost, with the final result how-

ever, of the FrenCh holding and organ-

izing the territory with their old posi-

tions. The Germans left nearly 1000

dead on the field. British troops were

successful in attacks west of St. Quen-

tin, where several hundred yards of

trenches were taken with many prison

ers. 1n Flanders the British guns have

been bombarding the enemy for more

than a fortnight, but as yet no infantry

attacks have been made—The German

advance in the Riga district has been

slackened by the stiffening of the Rus-

sian lines, particularly on the railway

lines leading eastward from Riga. The.

capture of this base two weeks ago

has allowed the Russians to consider-

ably shorten their front by extending

the battle line on a more direct route

to the Riga coast. Preparations are be-

ing made to protect Petrograd from

capture, which point is without doubt

an objective of the Teutonic forces.



Officials in Switzerland are contem-

plating the expulsion of all foreigneis

of military age new residing in that

country.



Reports indicate that Germany is

about to offer a new basis of peace.

According to these reports the new

proposal will include the restoration of

conquered lands, universal disarma-

ment, freedom of the seas to all na-

tions and the independence of Alsace

Lorraine. The main committee of the

Reichstag is now working on the final

phase of the proposal.



Another crisis appears to be develop:

ing in the Russian cabinet. The oppo-

sition of the constitutional democrats

has brought about the dissension.



National.



On Monday of this week a referen.

dum will be taken in Maine to decide

whether an amendment to the consti-

tution of the state providing for equal

suffrage shall be adopted.



Only two cantonments of the sixteen

that were to have been completed by

September 4 were ready as per sched-

ule. These two were Camp Taylor at

Louisville, Ky., and Camp Travis at

Fort Sam Houston, Texas.



In a demonstration parade a‘t Spring-

field, Ill., two men were shot and oth-

ers injured by troops Sunday. The

parade had been forbidden as a pre—

caution against disturbances.



The manufacture of distilled liquors

is now prohibited throughout the Uni-

ted States by act of Congress.



Six persons were killed and one fat-

ally injured When an automobile was

struck by a fast train near Rush, New

York.



More than 100 hogs have died as the

result of an epidemic of hog cholera in

eastern Lenawee county. A represent-

ative of the Federal Bureau of Animal

Industry complains that owners of

hogs are failing to comply with quar-

antine regulations.



Bank clearings for the month of

August indicate that business is being

maintained in satisfactory volume. The

aggregate of exchanges at all leading

cities of the United States amounts to

$24, 888, 76411379, the largest amount ev-

er recorded for August, it being 26. 6

per cent greater than for August of

1916, and 75.1 per cent greater than

for the corresponding month two years





held in the . state, the attendance ex— ago.





 





ceeding that of last year by more than





100.000, and approaching the half-1115b.





On September 1 the index'flsure for lion mark: The exhibits mm 1141- Ohio





A score of persons were inland,

some of them fatally in a mgr-mai-

east: ’1: _~ »





11111011 0! “intermixed

‘ Sundays”





interfered with opera-r
ing that will be permanent.





hard work to raise a disturbance.





‘ besmothered out, but the vast number





, ' HAVE just returned from a trip in

I a “side-door Pullman.” The occa-





sion for this trip was to transfer.





some stock from northern Indiana to

central Michigan. The route that I

took carried me through a large por-

tion of northern Indiana and through

representative territory in southern

Michigan. *



But Little Live Stock in Evidence.



I have ridden on freight trains be-

fore and I know what it is to pass

through bread meadows and wooded

pasturesKin which stock of all kinds is

grazing. From the lookout door of the

“cabin,” that’s what railroad men call

the caboose, it is usually' possible to

see considerable stock on both sides of

the right of way. On my recent trip,

however, I was impressed with the

fact that there are no great numbers

of any particular kind of stock. At

this season of the year when farmers

are ordinarily getting in feeder steers

to eat up the surplus corn, there

should be more to be seen in the pas-

ture lots, still I often rode five or six

miles before seeing a single animal on

either side, to say nothing of any num-

ber that would approximate a carload.

In going two hundred miles only eight

flocks of sheep were seen. Here and

there, say every two or three miles,

there would appear three or four cows

in a pasture field, but of dairy stock I

saw practically none, notwithstanding

the fact that I passed through what is

ordinarily supposed to be a dairying

region.



Clover Not Plentiful.



Another fact with which I was im-

pressed is that clover fields are not as

plentiful as they have been in years

past. As one rides along the right of

way he may at times feel surprised to

notice that clover is growing in pro-

fusion at practically all points inside

the right of way but ,as soon as you get

over the fence into a cultivated field

the clover seed seems to be a little

lazy about taking root and countless





‘_ fields showed only here and there





small patches of clover and these usu—

ally in the low spots. The explanation

for this is probably that the soluble

lime has leached down to these low

spots and has been deposited here

when the water evaporated. This

keeps the clover on its feet. In two

instances I noticed clover fields that

seemed to be well caught only in strips

across the field. These strips were

from two and a half to three feet

apart. Explanation for this is, no doubt

that the clover was seeded in oats af-

ter corn and the clover is growing rank

directly over the corn rows and is mak-

ing but little. growth in the center of

the row. The growth taking place in

the corn rows may be attributed to the

fertilizer planted with the corn.

Fair Warning.



It is well that farmers take heed if

they are to establish a system of farm-

That sys-

tem of farming that makes the son say

cruel words about his father and the

impoverished farm he left him, is hard-

ly to be recommended. There are a

great many farms that are suffering

because there are no leguminous crops

that take a regular part in the rota-

tion. A greatmany of our folks sow

clover and then when it “kills out” or

“winter kills” they sow, some small

grain, or corn in its stead. This goes

on‘ continuously until it is not at all

difficult to find fields that have not

seen a leguminous crop for ten years,

and some of them will now scarcely

raise a good crop of weeds. In' isolat-

edcases even a good strong Wind has





Clover seed may winter-kill, it may

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of the fact that the Soil has become

so acid through. continuous cropping.

A permanent system of fertility on

most of the farms means that some

lime will have to be sown sooner or

later. The cost of preparing the seed

bed is the same one year with another

but the yield of the crops continuously





gets smaller until there comes a time





when the sale of the crop brings less

money than it costs to grow the stuff.

When that time arrives, that is what

I call “the beginning of the end.”

Every farmer ought to map out some

definite system of limestone use' and

crop rotation so that the fertility of

his farm will increase year by year. A

certain definite acreage should be lim-

ed each year, if the clover is now con-

tinually failing in all fields. You say,

“that costs money,” and I believe I

heard you say, “my father raised clo-

ver on this land and I don’t see why

I can’t.” I will agree that it costs mon-.





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south and west sorrel has come into

meadows, and clover is secured with

difficulty. These conditions can be

remedied, a good clover crop secured

and phosphate and manure made to

work more effectively if two tons of

ground limestone or two cubic yards

of marl is applied at the time of fitting

the seed bed, once in every four or five

years. The great accumulations of

marl which occur scattered all over

Michigan, can if properly utilized, enor-

mously increase the productive value

of Michigan soils. Marl should be dig

out this fall while the water level of

swamps and lakes is low and the

ground fairly firm and dry. It should

be hauled to dry land or thrown out

where it will drain and dry and be

acted upon by the winter. In the spring

it will be found in good condition for

application. A better grade will be se-

cured if dried beneath a roof, though

the wet marl may be applied with ex-

cellent results if the haul is not too

great.



During fall and winter is the time to

plan our campaign, not for a single sea-





 





Spraying a Forty-acre Potato Field for Blight and Bugs on Farm of J. C. Car-

ruthers, One of the Practices of the Most Successful Farmers.





ey to sow limestone, and I will further

agree that your father grew plenty of

clover, but is it not good business to

sow sixty dollars worth of limestone

and thus make possible the raising of

clover that will add $200 worth of

nitrogen to the field? I wish I had

quite a lot of money to put out at that

rate. >



I may have wandered a little bit

from my “car door observations,” but

if I might be influential in stiffening

the spine of some man who is earnest-

ly trying to effect a system for perma-

nent farming on his place, I would be

glad that I had jotted down these ob-

servations. _



indiana. I. J. MATHEWS.

A “PATRIOTIC” COUNTY FARM



CONTEST.





 





(Continued from first page).

land and disc in in preparation for

wheat or rye, or apply as a top-dress-

ing in November and December. Two

tons of barnyard manure, even though

considerably leached, contains as much





son but for years to come. Take out

useless fences, shape up misshapen

fields, plan rotations to supply contin-

uous succession of the right crops in

the right amounts each year. Tile

drain wet lands. Lime or marl where

calcium carbonate is needed. Get all

available manure on the land and ar-

range facilities to put manure on the

land as soon as produced. We expect

Michigan soldiers to prepare for a long

campaign and to make great sacrifices.

It is equally important that Michigan

farmers do likewise.





SEED CORN SHORTAGE POSSIBLE.





 





The fact that Mchigan corn is some-

what laggard in ripening this season

has in many districts made it plain

that 'a shortage of seed corn next

spring is not improbable, but while this

matter is one deserving of serious

thought, it need not be cause for down-

right worry, for careful selection of

seed corn in the field probably will in-

sure at least an adequate supply for

those men who will take a little time





 





 





One hundred and Sixty Acres of Beans on a 160-Acre Farm.





What will





Follow? Good Rotations Must be Maintained.





potash and nitrogen as one ton of a

1-8-2 fertilizer now costing $30 or more.

The value of manure in increasing the

water holding capacity of soils, improv-

ing texture and preventing winter kill-

ing, is even greater. The crop so

treated will be in much less danger of

winter killing. A wider- use of acid

phosphate is strongly recommended.





. Apply from 200 to 300 pounds of acid





phosphate, or'_1000 pounds of rock

phosphate previOus to seeding wheat,

rye or oats, or for beans and corn. On

a great number of«Michigan farms lime





is neceSsary as d foundation of fertil~ .

gr‘the crib, nothing is known of the con-





 





and a few precautions to protect them-

selves.



Field selection, as compared with

the ordinary crib selection method, will

usually increase the yield of ordinary

corn varieties from‘seven to ten bush-

els per acre, if properly performed.

Enough corn to plant twenty acres can

be easily field selected in a day’s time.

With a seven-bushel increase, the corn

grower who _plants twenty acres of

corn will be rewarded with I40 bushels

in his next season’s crop, or $70 a day

for his labor in field selecting.



In selecting at husking time or from





the openings with dip, then light the

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ditions of the parent plant which firs.“

duced the ears, and it is very likely ’

that many of the desirable ears select-





ed owe their good points to very favor- I.





able environmental conditions and can- .

not transmit desirability so gained to;

their progeny. ’



The proper time to field select seed





corn is when the corn is mature and ” Q





ready to husk, though if cut short by

frost selection should be made immedi— '

ately. In making the selection, per—

haps the best way is to walk down the





rows with a sack tied over the shoul-

plucking those ears which are ‘





ders,

considered desirable. Plants growing,

at the edge of the field, or where there

is but one plant to the hill, or where

the soil is exceptionally fertile, may

produce desirable ears because of a

better environment, more light, mois~

ture and plant food than the average

plant receives, and not through hered-

ity. Only ears borne on vigorous plants

growing under average conditions,

which have reached proper maturity

and size, which are borne at proper

height (about three and a half feet),

and with tips slightly drooping, should

be selected. The ears should then be





, properly dried and stored. Further se-





lection for uniformity, type, and com-

position can be made through the win-

ter or when making the germination

test. By proper field selection, any

farmer in Michigan has in his power to

markedly improve his corn variety.





FARM NOTES.





 





Sowing Lime on Wheat Land.





Would you advise sowing both lime

and acid phosphate on land that is to

be sown to wheat this fall. When

would you advise sowing the lime and

how much per acre? Would it be bet-

ter to sow the acid phosphate a few

weeks before sowing the wheat, and

how much per acre? Could I mix the

lime and acid phosphate and sow both

at one operation in a lime drill?



Calhoun Co.





Whether it would be profitable to ap-

ply lime to land which would be sown

to wheat this fall would depend very

largely upon whether or not the soil

shows an acid reaction. It would be,

advisable to test the soil for acidity

with litmus paper, and if it responds to

the test, it would certainly be profit-

able to sow lime, in which case it

should be sown as soon as possible af-

ter the land is plowed, so as to be thor—

oughly mixed with the soil in fitting it

for wheat.





While it would be possible to mix

the acid phosphate with lime and sow

same broadcast at the one operation, it

would not be practical to get as even

distribution by this method as though

the acid phosphate Were sown with a.

fertilizer drill at the time of seeding.

This latter method also puts the fer—

tilizer right Where the young plants

have ready access to it, and is undoubt-

edly the best way to apply it.





Practically all Michigan soils re-

spond to an application of phosphorus

for grain crops, and a very large per-

centage of our soils are deficient in

their content of lime, for which reason

a test is advised. Ordinarily, a soil

which grows clover readily is not ser-

iously deficient in lime, although the

Ohio experiments indicate that even

on such soils it is profitable to apply

lime for wheat.





 





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The 1918 harvest‘program for Eng-

land and Wales contemplates two mil-

lion acres less grass and 2,600,000

more grain; according to an official

statement received by the Food Ad-

ministration.



The announcement shows a change

from that previously given out by the

British Board of Agriculture, wherein

the government urged farmers to plow

up an additional 3,000,000 acres “of

grass land, in the hope of making Eng-

land as near self-sustaining for cereals

as possible.



The agricultural program proposed,

taken in conjunction with the declin-

ing scale of prices fixed by the govern-

ment for cattle, indicates that cattle

are to be sacrificed for grain in the

present emergency as a part of the

governmental policy, and that the end

of the war will find the meat and live

stock problem left largely to the Uni-

ted States for solution, with increased

demands upon us for live stock and

dairy products, and lessened demand

for grain.



The British official statement says:



“In 1916 there were 5,730,000 acres

under corn crops (wheat and barley,

oats, rye, beans and peas), in England

and Wales. The board aims at an ad—

dition to this area of 2,600,000 acres in

the harvest of 1918—an addition of

300,000 acres has been made. In 1918

the board expects to secure 600,000

acres of potatoes as compared with

428,000 acres grown in 1916. Nearly

one-half of this increase has already

been obtained. Reductions in the areas

of temporary grass and in certain of

the less important crops of arable land

are proposed, so that the extra 3,000,-

000 acres of essential crops may, it is

estimated, be secured by the plowing

up of about 2,000,000 acres of perma-

nent grass. Over and above mountain

and hill grazings, there were 16,000,000

acres under permanent grass in Eng-

land and Wales in 1916; it is thus only

necessary to plow one-eighth of our

grass land when preparing for the har-

vest of 1918; and it may be estimated

that quite one-fifth of this task has al-

ready been completed.



“Various circumstances have com-

bined to bring about this revision of

the official program for 1918. In the

first place the new policy has proved

so acceptable in Ireland and Scotland

that those two countries have contrib-

uted an increased corn production this

year over the year 1916 and have ar-

ranged to add largely to their tillage

for 1918. This factor has enabled the

government considerably to reduce its

call upon England and Wales. Other

factors in the situation have been the

difficulty, without un‘duly interfering

with the supply of man power for the

army, the navy, and munition and oth-

er essential services, of providing suffi-

cient labor and machinery to carry out

the whole of the government’s agricul-

tural program in one season.



“The aim of the government’s revis-

ed plan (as it was the aim of the orig-

inal) is to break up a sufficient amount

of the poorer quality grass land that

has fallen down since 1870 or there-

about to grow enough cereals to ren-

der the country self-supporting in case

of extremity. '



“Unless the position of affairs should

become unexpectedly more serious dur-

ing the late summer, the official opin.

ion is that with the good will of agri-

culturists generally and a continuance

of the energetic and public spirited ac-

tion of the executives, it should be

possible to approximate very nearly to

the ideal of an additional 2,600,000





ing up of about 2,000,000 acres of per-

manent grass.”





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(The first mile of state reward road, ..

a. gravel . road; was built in Elkland

township, Tuscola county, in 1905. At

Cass City, the west endlof this road,





a granite monument was unveiled on .





August 24, dedicated to H. S. Earle, of

Detroit, the “Father of Good Roads"

in Michigan. Governor Sleeper and

other notables were present, fully 2,500

persons taking part in the ceremonies.

President Colgrove, of the Michigan

Good Roads Association, stated in his

address that the good roads of France,

permitting the quick movement of

armies, have saved France and the

world from the Kaiser and his organs

ized savagery. State Highway -Com<

missioner Rogers gave these figures:

“Sixteen counties have more than 100

miles of state reward road and they

are as follows: Genesee 228; Saginaw,

188; Wayne 174; Tuscola 168; Calhoun

167; Huron 164; Gratiot 157; Berrien

134; Eaton 126; Kalamazoo 118; Kent

118; Oakland 115; Shiawassee 107 :

Jackson 105; Wexford 102. Counties

that lead in the state reward money

received are: Wayne $267,796; Sagi«

naw $199,843; Delta $160,610; Genesee

$135,103; Tuscola $117,280; Huron

$117,280; Calhoun $116,943; Oakland

$116,301; Bay $100,308.”



Oakland county has bought equip~

ment to preserve the roads built or to

be built, including a pressure sprayer

for'applying either oil or tar prepara-

tion to gravel or other roads that are

being torn to pieces by traffic.





About 100 good roads enthusiasts of

Chippewa and Mackinac counties met

at Cedarville and endorsed the plan

proposed by State Commissioner Rog—

ers, to build eight miles of trunk line

highway on the meridian road south of

Pickford. It was agreed to petition the

supervisors of the two counties in Oc-

tober for the necessary appropria-

tions. Six of the eight miles lie on the

boundary between the two counties

and two miles are in Mackinac.



Last year Chippewa county let a con

tract to D. F. Boyle & Co., of Crystal

Falls, to build six and a quarter miles

of’the Rudyard trunk road, to be built

of limestone with trap rock surface

for $45,725.58. Work has been aban-

doned and the company will not com-

plete its contract on the ground of in-

creased cost of material and labor and

impossibility to complete the work in

the specified time. Less than two miles

of the road have been completed but

most of it is-graded. The county is

left in a bad way and it has been de-

cided by the _county to complete the

job and to hold the surety company re-

sponsible for the cost involved if it ex.

ceeds the contract price.



Shiawassee county has let a contract

to James Davison, of Farwell, to build

ten miles of state reward road in Ven-

ice and Hazelton townships for $53,000.

It is to be a twenty-foot road, with

nine—foot gravel bed eight inches thick.



Ionia county has let a contract to

build a trunk line road between Ionia

and Saranac to Ben Benhagel, of Ionia,

for $36,000.



0. P. Carpenter, of Fruitport, has

the contract to build the stretch of con-

crete road from Spring Lake village to

the city limits of Grand Haven, and

this work will not cost Ottawa coun-

ty’s road fund anything, the funds be—

ing supplied by Spring Lake village,

the Grand Highway Association and

the state reward.



Kalamazoo county, supervisors in

special session voted to appropriate

$12,500 towards building a sixteen-foot

concrete highway at Camp Custer. The

road will cost $25,000. ,

Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFIN.



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The late date at which the beans

and corn will mature is likely to delay

potato digging beyOnd the usual season

on many farms. Plans for taking care

of this perishable‘crop should be made

{‘9 early as possible in order to avoid

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consists of. selecting the largest





,specimens available. The big red.- ap-

ple has always been featured by many,





horticultural writers, but it does not

always suit the careful fruit judge.





.The trained judge has a definite idea





as to what should constitute the proper

size for a good apple and awards his

decision accordingly. .



In order to determine exactly what

was considered an ideal size for fruit

intended for exhibition purposes a com-

mittee of horticulturists appointed by

the Society for Horticultural Science

agreed upon the following sizes for the

United States. The information was

collected by corresponding with grow-

are, dealers and horticulturists

throughout‘the country with the. pur-

pose in view of getting their ideas as





 

 





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vidual specimen shall be free from

bruises, worm holes, limb rubs, frost

blemishes or any indication of the

presence of injury or disease, such as

San Jose scale, codlin moth, apple scab,

mildew, etc. OVer-ripe fruit should

not be shown unless it is necessary to

complete a list. It should be borne in

mind that a blemish of any kind de-

tracts from the value of the exhibit.

Most judges disqualify any plate show-

ing evidence of the presence of San

Jose scale or codlin moth. In the case

of apples each specimen must have the

stern intact for the absence of a stem

constitutes a serious defect.



Tray vs. Box Exhibits.'—The plate

has long been the favorite method of

exhibiting fruit. At the present time

there is a tendency on the part of good

growers and fair associations towards

the tray and box exh‘ibits because of





 





Uniformity is Necessary to Make a Good Exhibit.





to what constituted an ideal size for

the several varieties. The following

table will give the prospective exhib-

itor an idea of the sizes usually de-

manded by the judges:





Variety. Size.

Alexander .................. 3 % to 3 %

- Baldwin .................... 3 to 3%

Grimes ..................... 2% to 3

Golden Russett ............ 323/; to 3

Hubbardston ............... 2 7/8 to 3 1/13

Jonathan ................... 2% to 3

Maiden Blush .............. 2% to 3

Northern Spy .............. 3 1/8 to 31/2

[Oldenburg .................. 27/8 to 31/2,

Rhode Island Greening ...... 3 to 3%

Roxbury ................... 2% to 3

Stark ...................... 3 to 31/1,

Tompkin’s King ............ 31/1, to 3 5/3

Twenty Ounce ............. 3 17$ to 3%

Wealthy ................... 2 7/3 to 3 1/;

Wolf River ........ * ..... ....31/é t03%_





While size is always a. desirable

characteristic it may readily be seen

from the above that there is an ideal

size which exhibitors should always

bear in" mind.



In the search for size, good color

and shape, freedom from blemishes,

and particularly uniformity in the var-

ious specimens are often entirely over-

looked. In order to show the relative

value of these points the following

lcore card universally used by all good

judges is given:





Form ............................. 15

Size . ............................ 15

Color ............................. 20

Uniformity ........................ 20

Freedom from blemish ............. 30



100





Form.—In all cases this refers to the

normal type, of the variety, region of

growth, of course, considered. An ef-

fort should be made to select speci-

mens true to type.



Color.-—-Color is an important factor

in the eyes of the judge at all times.

The color should always be bright,





clear and characteristic of the variety. -





In red blushed, striped fruits or pome

fruits, a high color is desirable. A

blush on a green or uncolored- variety

receives very little consideration. The

highestcolor is the most acceptable in

stone and vine fruits. . . *"

» Uniformity—This refers to uniform-

ity in size, form and color and matu-





.rity. ~Uncolored, poorly shaped. speci~_





mens or specimens of irregular sizes

119. e no place in a plate of show fruit.

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the greater skill and judgment requir-

ed to make up a first-class exhibit of

this kind. It is a comparatively sim-

ple matter to pick out five specimens

that will make a creditable showing,

but when one attempts to pack a box

or tray the real skill of the exhibitor

is brought out. For this reason pro-

moters of the larger fruit shows should

encourage tray and box exhibits as far

as possible.





Ag. College. J. H. CARMODY.





THE SIX-BASKET CRATE. ,

l _.

One of the neatest packages that

the grower can use for high-class fruit

is the six-basket crate. Tomatoes

which are packed in these baskets in

neat rows have an appeal for a buyer

that is lacking when they are selected

from a bushel basket and must be car-

ried home in a bag. This is a fine pack-

age for first-class peaches or plums as

they are usually purchased in small

quantities by the average buyer and

the little baskets seem to meet with

much favor. The crates can be stamp-

ed with a brand name and this will be

of some advertising value to the farm.

The six-basket crate should be known

as a standard package for the fancy

grade of the best varieties of plums

and peaches raised in Michigan. Then

it should never be used for fruit of an

inferior quality. It might result in dis-

criminating buyers giving more atten-

tion to Michigan fruit instead of buy-

ing the fruit from distant states when

they wish to be sure of serving speci~

mens of guaranteed quality on the

home table. R. G. KIRBY.





 





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marked influence over the state.

The management of many of the con-





I‘Y- . densaries seem to be. desirous of stop-





ping the slaughter and dispersal of

dairy cows, and are willing to give to

the milk producers a price for their

products that equals the cost of pro~

duction. Others are willing to strangle

the industry to the point of extermina-

tion. The last determination as to

cost of production at the present time

that has come ‘to this office is $2.637





per hundred. Add to this a legitimate .





profit of ten per cent and .we have the





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than good business methods would

warrant. ' -

Dairy Cattle Being Sold.

In some states the investigation has

revealed a cost of production very

much more than the above. The Cold-





water and Hillsdale condensaries were

[the first to announce the acceptance of





the Lansing schedule for September

milk and were the first to hang out the

price of $2.75 per hundred. Many fac-

tories are offering $2.60 per hundred.

The Hastings and Lake Odessa factor-

ies, we believe, were the first to come

to this point. The Webberville factory

has offered $2.50 with the understand-

ing that they would be glad to make

the entire raise to Lansing schedule if

their neighbors and competitor, the

Borden Company, who are offering

$2.40, would do the same. With these

latter factories the price proposition is

not yet settled. At Howell there is

less milk being marketed than at any

time in probably twenty years.



Cattle are going out at an alarming

rate. One dealer offered to furnish a

carload a day recently. Five hundred

and twenty cows have been tested and

shipped to other localities by one of

Howell’s three veterinarians since Jan—

uary 1, 1917.



The Future of the Industry.



The question is frequently asked:

What will take the place of the dairy

industry that has made Livingston

county famous, in her future agricul-

tural economy. Lamb feeding or sheep





raising offer great inducements. If a“





few leading spirits would lead out, this

industry might be thoroughly estab-

lished here. It would require much less

labor, less anxiety and at the present

time give very much better returns

and still care for our soil fertility.

History is now in the making. We all

await the events of the near future.

The findings of Michigan's first milk

commission recently appointed by Gov-

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anxiously for their findings. We are

not at liberty to maife these findings

public at the present time.

Congratulations have come because

of the personnel of this” commission,

which consists of:

M. Warner, chairman of the Food Pre-

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‘N this corner of the county we have

I a very small Jersey Cattle Associa-

tion. It vwas organized several

years ago by.Mr. Raven, with only a

few members, but with no dead ones.

Our association has not grown much‘

in ’numbers since that time, but its in~

fluence has spread and increased.





Last year we conceived the plan of

holding a dairy meeting with the cattle

on the grounds where they might be

seen. We invited Ex-Dairy and Food





Commissioner Helme, and Professor»





Anderson, of,the M. A. C., to be pres-

ent and assist in the program. Both

gentlemen came and our meeting was

a suc‘cess.



This year we united with Slyvan

Grange, one of the oldest Granges in

the county, and held a meeting August

25, which will be remembered as one

of the best and most helpful of any in

the history of the county. We secured

Prof. Anderson again, and were also

favored by the presence of John C.

Ketcham, Master of Michigan State

Grange.



Dairy Cow Demonstration.



We brought to the ground a number

of good Jersey cat’tle of different ages,

and Mr. Anderson gave one of the most

interesting and instructive addresses

we have ever heard, upon the confor-

mation of dairy cattle with the cattle

todemonstrate on.



He used old cows, heifers that had

freshened for the first time, and young

calves full of promise to illustrate-his

talk. An' audience of men and women

stood for an hour and a half while Mr.

Anderson talked and illustrated, and I

think no one felt weary. Prof. Ander-

son can do a good many things pretty

well, but talking about dairy cattle.

with the cattle right at hand, is surely

his “long suit.”



John C. Ketcham gave one of the

most interesting and inspiring address-

es we have ever listened to. He talked

about the value of a Grange to the

community. Under that title he said

a lot of very practical things. He made

a plea for loyalty that touched every

heart. Here he was cheered to the

echo, again and again. He had the

right sort of crowd and he gave them

just the kind of matter that found its

way to their hearts, and did them good.

He spoke very tenderly to the fathers

and mothers whose sons are so soon to

go out in defense of American ideals.



He paid a great tribute to the tillers

of the soil who have responded so roy-

ally to the call for increased products

of [the farm. Throughout the address,

practical sense, pathos, fun, aii'd lofty

patriotism, were delightfully mingled.

. To Organize Larger Association.



Arrangements were made for a meet-

ing who held soon at the county seat

to organize “The Oceana County Jer-

sey Cattle Club.” We confidently look

for a- good turnout and a decidedly in—

teresting and progressive organization



Here in Oceana county are some of

the best Jersey cows in the state. As

yet they are not numerous, but they

are increasing and the prospective club





’will organize ,Jersey- interests in the





county, and make possiblesomeof the

things for which a few of us have been

waiting.



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These men have been working to

complete their investigation and make

its influence felt at this special time.



The people at Mt. Pleasant are pre‘

paring for one of the greatest local

milk meetings ever'held in Michigan,

at that place on September 14. “



R. C. REED,

Field Secretary.





meeting in' anything like the degree

which is now evident,rhad it not been

for-another organization of which we





must speak—~our community has a;





“Chorus Club,” which illustrates What

might be done in hundreds «of commun-

ities in Michigan. But as it is, one

would have to travel far and long to

find its equal. It-is not that we wish

to unduly praise our young people. It

is not even that we wish to boast that

'we live in a rural community where

these things are possible.



But we are greatly in earnest in

this matter of community building.

The writer likes a good cow pretty

well, but Heaven pity him if he should

ever forget that cows are not after all,

among the great ends of life. It is a

great mistake to raise boys and girls

just to keep cows. It is much wiser to





keep cows to help raise boys and girls.-





At this meeting our chorus rendered

two of the finest selections We have

ever heard, and they did it just as well

as such things are done in our large

cities. We have gotten a better living

since we bagan to milk cows, and bet-

ter ones, and it is a source of happi-

ness to us that we have been able to

find time to do in our community some

of those things that young people like





to do, and which are always helpful to





them.



It was nearly sunset when the large

audience rose and sang “America” and

were dismissed. We all felt that the

day had been well worth while. Our

interest in our work has been increas-

ed, our courage to meet the difficulties

in the way was stronger, individuals

in the community had come close to-

gether, loyalty to the flag and to the

principles for which it stands thrilled

ourghearts, while soft echoes from the

great songs to which we had listened

moved us to loftier purposes and nob-

ler aspirations.



Yes, we milked a little later that

night, but our compensation was ample

for it was truly a good ‘day for us all.



W. F. TAYLOR.





PROPER CARE OF THE BULL.





 





The bull is one of the neglected pos-

sessions of the average farmer. His

stall is usually the dirtiest and darkest

of all, and on a farm I visited last sum-

mer, the owner kept a high—priced ani—

mal penned up during the hottest days

of the season. He told me that he was

crying out for company; but he really

needed exercise.





One of the best methods of exercis-

ing the bull is to build a strong yard of

logs or planks in which he may run

loose. This should be at least two

rods square. A heavy block or a stump

may be hung between two posts, and

the animal will stand for one or two

hours at a time and fight this block.

While this method is not as good as

a tread power machine for exercising,

it will keep the animal in good healthy

physical and mental condition. If ev-

ery farmer would keep his bull potent,

kind and quiet, not so many valuable

animals would be slaughtered before.

the real worth became manifest. _



A good ration for the bull is clover

hay or mixed clover and timothy. Add.

to this a grain ration of eight pounds

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which to feed this animal, and many

farmers say that nowhere on the whole





farm have they found it fit moral may .. .





factory feed.





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Member State Board’ of Agriculture,

Hon. J. N. McBride, State Market. iDi-j .

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How Republics Are Speeding Up

arm Profits





East, West, North and South, Republic

Trucks are taking the place of other

hauling power on the farms. Today, Re-

publics are in wide use on grain farms,

stock farms and general farms, as well as

dairy,~fruit and garden truck business. The

Republic-Torbensen Internal Gear Drive





-—capacity for every load—power and speed

for every need—save money and make

money on the farm. They speed up farm

profits. You cannot afford horse hauling,

you cannot afford makeshifts when you

can have Republic Trucks at their low

prices. Write for catalog of any model.





A New Republic Model is now ready for delivery: Model Nine Special, %-ton, 128-inch

wheelbase, with the usual Republic excess capacity, chassis with seat, $895. Other sizes: Republic

Dispatch complete with express body, canopy top, side curtains, $895; 1-ton with stake or express

body, $1195; 1V2-ton, $1450; 2-ton, $1885; 3%-ton Dreadnaught, $2750; all prices f. o. b. factory.





We build special bodies for farm use.





Trucks can be equipped with hog or cattle racks.





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Where the Mitchells differ

from most fine cars is in stand—

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Instead of usual margins

of safety- 50 per cent--the

Mitchells are built to the stand-

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In addition to all the usual at-

tractions, there are 31 features 1n

Mitchells which nearly all cars

omit.



We use heat-fixed finish to be

long-enduring. We use extra-

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shock-absorbing rear springs

which never yet have broken.





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scores of ways which you will

find important.





A 200,000 Mile Car





What we aim at is 200,000

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Two Mitchells that we know of

have exceeded that already.





We also aim at dependability

under difficult road conditions.

The Mitchell has won great fame

in South America, in Australia,

in Russia—-where few cars prove

enduring. In the rough—road sec—

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multiplied of late.





The reason lies in our 100 per





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the expected strain. Part by part,

our safety margins have been

doubled in three years.



Over 440 parts in the latest

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steel. Castings are almost elimin-

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parts and axles, are all vastly

oversize. Parts which get a major

strain_ are built of Chrome-

Vanadium.





Nothing Omitted





We study to include in

Mitchells all the known attrac~

tions. There are 3 1 features rarely

found in'cars. These include a

power tire pump, reversible

headlights, dashboard engine

primer, shock-absorbing springs,

etc. ,



Our experts examined 257 show

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Cabriolet, $1960. Loupe, $2135.

Club Sedan, $2185

Also Town Car and Limousine.





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loffinis‘h and upholstery. That to





give unique endurance beauty,

luxury and comfort.





Yet An, Under-Price





Despite all these extras, both

sizes of the Mitchell Six under‘

sell cars of like class and size and

power. The reason lies in oar

factory efficiency.





John W. Bate, the great ef-

ficiency expert, built and equipp-

ed this mammoth plant to pro-

duce this one type economically.

He has spent millions of dollars





. to reduce labor cost to minimum.





We build the complete car-—

chassis and body-~under these

up—to-date methods. They have

cut ourfactory costsin two. And

these vast savings pay for this

over—strength, these extra fea—

tures and this added luxury.





See these new <Mitchells. Com-

pare them with ordinary sixes.

See at your dealer’s the list of

noted engineers who have chosen

the Mitchell for their personal

car. See its endurance records.





When you buy a fine car for life-

time service,. you will want this

car. You will save much money

if you get it now. You will save

in upkeep and repairs. You will

save by having an ideal car

which you never will outgrow.





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Food Administration and the Farmer





00D ADMINISTRATION as I see



it, is the intelligent co-ordination



of all the forces in the country to

solve the specific food dimculties and

problems which have been imposed by

the international situation. The solu-

tion of‘these national difficulties de-

pends entirely upon the co-operation of

all those concerned. With our people,

there can be no force used on produc—

tion and no force used on consumption.

There can, however, be intelligent

leadership and there can be a stimula-

tion of patriotism to effect ends for

the common good. The support of this





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publishers of 126 farm journals and chains of farm papers, in Chicago, on

August 25. The purpose of this conference was to discuss the work of the





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from twenty—four states attended. It is estimated that the combined circula-

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leadership and the stimulation of this

patriotism lies in the hands of the

farm press in a very important way.

Food Problems Same in or Out of War.

I wish to give you some impressions

of the situation as I see it and of the

nature of the problems which natur-





ally arise from it, and I wish to say

at the outset that the majority of the

food problems which have arisen in

the United States and which will

arise in the future, would have oc-

curred even if we had not gone into

the war. They are based on the un-





derlying economic currents and dis-

turbance of economic forces. Our en-

try into the war makes the solution

of these problems even easier than it

would have been otherwise, because

we can now summon patriotism and

devotion to its solution in a degree

that would not have been otherwise

possible.



Shortage in European Production.



The outstanding basic facts in the

food situation are:



(a) By diversion of millions of men

from productive labor to war, the food

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depleted on account of shortage of fer-

tilizer and labor; and today we find

the present harvest among our west-

ern Allies is short of the normal by

525,000,000 bushels of grain.



(b) _ These countries always import

a. considerable amount Of their food-

stuffs and today their markets are

dislocated and many of them entirely

stifled, They are thus thrown upon

North America for a larger propor-

tion of their imports, and in fact, if

we are to maintain them with food

during the coming year, we must ex-

port from this country 200,000,000

bushels of wheat, as against our nor-

mal export of 80,000,000 bushels. And

we must furnish them with 400,000,000

bushels of other cereals as against

our normal pre-war-export of under

50,000,000 bushels.



(c) The demand for more meat,

shortage in fodder production, and

the necessity of confining shipping to

the most concentrated of foods, all

tend to the depletion of the herds of

Europe; and they are now making

large inroads into their capital in an-

imals. From now on they will make

even larger inroads. With every de«

crease in shipping it becomes more

logical for them to kill and eat their

animals and depend upon us to re-

place their animal foods, than it is to

import fodder in hope of maintaining

their animals.



((1) The Allied countries have re‘

duced the consumption of food stuffs

by every device of which individual

loyalty is capable, and of law. Their

populations are now drawing food

stuffs on tickets or other restraints

in an endeavor to meet, so far as may

be, by reduction of consumption and

elimination of waste, the decreased

food supplies of the world and the

threatened still further shortage of

shipping. This reduction of consump-

tion, however, does not bear uniform-

ly upon the entire population. The

soldiers in the field, the men working

from ten to twelve hours in the shops

daily, millions of women in physical

labor, require a larger percentage of

protein and fat. Therefore, restric-

tions in consumption fall almost

wholly upon the aged and upon the

women and children.



Two Duties.

Such is the physical picture, and





there are certain conclusions as to





conduct on our part. The first is

that we must by every device possible

in the stimulation of production and

equally strenuous endeavor in reduc-

tion of consumption and waste, pro-

vide the margins of food stuffs re-

quired by our Allies. The fact is that

this is our war as much as their war,

and unless we can keep the women and

children of our Allies fed, the western

line will surely be thrown to our At-

lantic seaboard and it may be thrown

in an infinitely more dangerous quar-

ter, in the ransom of Canada as

penalty for England’s defeat. . The

other premise is one equally strong in

my mind and is one of simple duty to

humanity; that we should, out of our

abundance and our waste, do our part

in a world suffering with us to main-

tain an ideal and a faith which must

be the foundation of the world’s hope

in civilization.

Increase in Animals Needed.»



in production we. must guide our-

selves with as much forethought as we

can summon to {meet the physical

situation which I have outlined. ' The

gradual destruction of animal food

supplies in Europe simply means that

we must increase our supplies by that

quota. It also means that with less

demand for our fodder grains Europe

can turn her production after the war

toward food grains and that, ‘as , an





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shipping space will necessitate, with

increasing destruction, the further

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home to every American producer;

that in his own interest, in the interest

of the nation, and in the interest of the

war, we must turn the face of our

agriculture toward increased produc-

tion of animal food and ultimately de-

creaSe our export of bread and fodder

grains.

Prices and Speculation.



The shortage in the world’s food

supply has knocked at eVery door in

“the United States, not because of our

lack of ample supplies, but because

of the drain upon us into the food

vacuum and the consequent increased

price level. One result has been the

growth of a vast mushroom of specu—

lation and an unnecessarily higher

cost of living in our industrial cent-

ers; a demand for readjustment of

wage levels and thousands of distur<

bances in our economic life. No one

has yet refuted the fact -that our

farmers last year received under $1.50

per bushel for their wheat. But our

consuming population bought their

flour based on over $2.50 wheat for a.

large part of the year. Nor are these

unnecessary margins confined to

wheat alone. Therefore, if we are to





protect our people and maintain our





efficiency in the war, we must find a

remedy, so far as we may, for these

evils.



.. Conservation.



The harvest can now probably be

closely estimated, not only in our own

country, but among our Allies.

Therefore, we can today take stock of

the world’s larder. We now know

with what supplies we have to face

the coming year. On our normal con-

sumption, and despite all promises of

an abundant harvest in the United

States, our supplies are far below our

combined necessities. This is a situa‘

tion that can only be met by reduc-

tion in consumption and by the elimi—

nation of waste among our people.





Due to the shortage in ships, we

must confine our shipping to the most

concentrated foods. This year, our

program of supplies to our Allies must

be wheat, meat, pork and dairy pro—

ducts. We have an abundance of

many other food stuffs, and without

hardship on the American people

ought to substitute those which we

have in~ abundance for the concern

trated foods which we can export.

Nor is the elimination of waste and





unnecessary consumption a hardship. .





It is a. virtue and has a vast economic

importance in that we reduce the ex-

pendit‘iire of our people in order that

we may meet the burdens of war. Not

alone is the world short of food; it is

short of ships and it has a weekly

growing shortage. Eight millions of

tons of commercial shipping are in

war service and 5,000,000 tons de—

stroyed. Every week shows a short

age of from 100,000 to 200,000 tons

carrying capacity. And thus the far

distant markets of the world are one

by one eliminated, and no matter what

their abilities of food supply may be,

the tangible, physical fact of their in-

ability to transport, has the same re-

sult on our present problem as if they

had witnessed a complete crop fail-

ure. Furthermore, the reactions of

shortage in oversea transport does not

alone affect our Allies in Europe, for

we also import vital food stuffs in

shape of sugar, vegetable oils and oth-

er critical supplies.





Our Own Import Problems.



Therefore, we have important prob-

lems of our own, for we must reduce

our consumption of sugar; we must

restrict the demands of the specula-

tors, or else only those who can pay

the price will have those vital food

supplies. The shortage of vegetable

oils affects our soap supply, driving

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that certain sections of the world are

centinuing their production, and, be-

ingunable to pour these food stuffs

into the markets, are accumulating

them as against the time of. peace or,

alternatively, as against the time

when, by extinguishing the submar-

ine and increasing shipping, it will be

possible for these food stuffs to come

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the Allies but our ownpeople; and we

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tion and waste. These are the reasons

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“Yes; that must be what Imean. I

so despise the creature that I shrink

from even looking into his eyes. It——~

it was to avoid meeting him again that

I locked the door.”



“He talked to you, then?”



“Yes, at the table. We were alone

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words said. In speech he seemed to

be courteous enough, except that he

boasted of his power on board, and

tried to impress me with the thought

that I was helpless except for his pro-

tection. I became so nervous I could

remain with him no longer.”



“And McCann, he made no effort to

restrain you?”



“He had no opportunity to interfere.

I left the table without speaking. He

—he followed me, however, and tried

my stateroom door.”



“Saying nothing?”



“No; it was locked, and—and he

laughed, and went away.” ~



I crossed over, opened the port glass

and looked out. The sea was specked

with sunshine, but the horizon was

blotted with mist, which made me sus-

pect the brooding of a storm. I turned

to again meet her eyes. -



“I suspect the man is almost as

much afraid of you, as you are of him,”



“Afraid of me—why?”



“Well, if you were not aboard his

problem would be a much easier one

to solve. The lives of none of the rest

of us would weigh much in the calcu-

lation.”



“And you think my life does ?”



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must extricate himself at any cost.”

“You mean—oh, not that?”

“I mean there is but one sure solu-

tion—dead men tell no tales.”





CHAPTER XXVIII.



A Plan to Save Ourselves.



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arted lips, her eyes wide open



vith unconcealed horror, for the

moment unable to utter a word.



“You—you actually think that, Mr.



Hollis? You mean he would be willing

to—to murder all on board to protect

himself?”

“If assured such an act would bring

safety, I do not believe he would hesi—

tate at even that crime. Indeed, ‘I

have no doubt he has contemplated it:

perhaps has already planned its accom—

plishment. To be perfectly plain, Miss

Vera, it is my judgment that your pres

ence on board presents the only prob—

lem unsolved.”





“My presence. Why, he has no cause

to fear me. No one knows where I am.

If I never appeared alive again not a

soul could ever account for my disap-

pearance.”



“True, and probably McCann is fully





aware of these conditions. But he

wishes you alive, not dead. That is

what makes the problem. I may be





mistaken, Miss Vera, but this is the

conclusion I have reached. I do not

say that Fergus McCann loves you; I

doubt his capability of really loving

anything other than himself; yet he

admires you and is attracted by you;

his conceit makes him ambitions to ov-

ercome your dislike, and he is not

blind to the fact that you are the only

daughter of a multimillionaire. Do you

realize now how valuable you might be

in his view?”



She crossed the narrow space of





deck, and ,grasped my coat in her

fingers.

“Oh! this is too terrible! He—he





cannot imagine it possiblea”



“And why not?” I interrupted. “He

is all powerful on board. He judges

the virtue of others by his own stan-

dard. He dreams that you might even

make that bargain to preserve life.”



“That I would marry him?”



“Marriage would seal your lips;

would win him safety, and also your

subjugation and wealth. It is a stake

worth playing for surely.”



“And the others? What would be

the fate of you and the others if I

made that hateful bargain?”



“In no way different, I imagine, from

what it will be if you refuse,” I said-

and my hand closed on hers. “McCann

has no intention that we shall ever put

foot on shore. He would be a fool to

permit such a thing. The crime he

is already guilty of is of too serious a.

nature for him to run that risk. He

may have to spare a few men in order

to save himself, but they will be those

who will not dare to talk for fear of

their own necks.”



“You think it all planned out?”



“In detail; McCann, LiverpOol, and

White know exactly what they intend

doing. Their questioning of me, and

their scrutiny of the chart, convinces

me of this. I even believe now I could

name the other men of the crew Who

will be in their boat, when they aban‘

don the ship—Dugan, Dubois, Sachs,

and the negro Watson, with perhaps

two others I am not so sure of. Why,

Miss Vera, you heard what I was com«

pelled to assent to a moment ago. I





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fifty miles of the harbor of St. John’s,

timing our arrival at that point to

some hour of the night. I am to give

McCann notice beforehand of our er.

rival there, and furnish him with exact.

sailing directions to mien: the "
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take to the boats. There are enough

remaining in good conditibn—and jus

enough—t0 carry them all, but the In-

dian Chic? will be left with none to

rescue those of us left on board in

case of accident to the vessel.”



“And you anticipate accident?”



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in an unseaworthy condition—either

with her bottom pierced, or her sea-

cocks open; and that those of us Ieft

aboard will be so confined as to be

practically helpless to. save the vessel

from going down.”



“And the men in the boats will get

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what became of the Indian Chief, or

that we were aboard?”



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ing spoken us at sea.- That will bethe

last word. Of course shipping circles

will realize that something Was wrong

aboard, or the ship would not be in

these northern waters, sailing under

false papers, but the truth will never

be made clear. Our fate will be an-

other sea mystery, never explained.”



“Some of the crew might talk later

—in liquor.” '



“There is always that danger, and

McCann is far-sighted enough to guard

against it as far as possible. The most

of them will never get ashore, except

by accident. The few men he really

trusts—men so deeply involved in the

crime they dare not talk—will be in

his boat; they will have the correct

sailing directions, and the others will

be furnished with false ones. The

boats will easily become separated in

the darkness. If the others are picked

up it will be accidentally by some ship

at sea—and there are almost no ships

in this ocean. There are few flaws in

the plan, as I have figured it out.”



She did not answer, her eyes on my

face, her expression exhibiting the hor-

ror she felt at this vivid picture which

I had drawn. Then she slowly, gently,

withdrew her hand from my grasp,

sinking into a chair, her head bent for-

ward.



“You—~you really believe they actu-

ally plan to do all this?” she asked at

last, as I remained silent.



“What else can they do? They dare

not bring the ship into any civilized

port. Surely you cannot believe that

any crime would be too heinous for

McCann to commit, if he felt it would

save him from exposure and punish-

ment, do you?"



“No; yet I can scarcely conceive of

this—this wholesale murder. And

what—what about me? You suggested

that—that marriage might' save me

from this fate. Do you think so ill of

me as to imagine I would ever consent

to such a bargain?”



“What I may imagine has nothing to

do with the case, Miss Vera. My

thought, and that of.Fergus McCann,

is not liable to be the same on any

subject. The only hope he can have

of ever winning you is through threat.

The opportunity is now here for him

to resort to terror. No doubt he judges

your nature by his own. He possesses

power and can assail you with deadly

peril.

plates doing so."





marriage with him, or death?”



“Yes, it will not be put in just so

brutal a form, for the fellow has a cer-

tain polish over his villainy; but it

will mean that.”



“Loan me the revolver.”



“For what purpose?" <



“To kill the brute, if ever he dares

such a proposal. Mr. Hollis, I would

die before I would ever permit his

touch! My God! could you think this

possible of me, that I would ever be.

party to such a contract of dishonor?

Marry him to save my life! Why, I

am so ashamed I cannot look you in

the‘ face; cannot even find words to

express my detestation of such a Bus-

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IT may seem far-fetched to look for

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ings arising because of it. A German



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dren, women and old men hitherto con-

sidered dependent and economically

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ers. And that all can live without a

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breakfast food for a limited period,

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Few of us would care to go far along

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that we. can still get along without

breaking our hardly-won child labor

laws, and if we absolutely refuse to do

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less and wheatless day”’a week.



We have not yet got to that extreme

in looking for the good arising from

the war, but it is along the line of do-

ing without that the first change is

noticed. There is the woman who last

year told me quite emphatically, that

as the only thing we really~get in this

world is what we eat, she intended to

have What she wanted to eat'so long

as she could find a cent to buy it. She

would do without clothes and movies

before she’d go without both bacon

and eggs for breakfast, or the first

strawberries, even if they were thirty

cents a pint and tasteless things at

that.



I ran across her the other day at a

fruit stand. She looked longingly at

twenty-five-cent-a-dozen peaches and

sixty-cent honey-dew melons, and then

bought a half peck of cooking apples.

“We just love applesauce,” she re-

marked enthusiastically. “Besides,

this will go three times as far as one

melon, and a dozen peaches would only

be an aggravation. I never used to

think of these things, but since my

brother has gone to France I can’t

help thinking that maybe if I go with

less here, he’ll be able to get more over

there.”



She is matched by the woman who

hated sewing and mending so badly

that she would never repair an old gar-

ment, to say nothing about making a

new one. She was constantly buying

new, shoddy clothes, because as soon

as a rip or worn spot developed she

gave the old garment away, and thus

never could get enough money ahead

to buy anything really good. She has

joined one of the night school sewing

classes, and is buying really wearable

cloth to make into garments which she

promises to keep in repair.



“Everything is so high now, and the

stuff isn’t worth carrying home,” she

explained; “I thought if I could learn

to sew and make my own things I’d get

clothes a lot better than I could buy

ready-made. Our club has been sewing

for the Red Cross all summer and it

wasn’t so hard. If I can make shirts

for soldiers, why can’t I nrake kitchen

dresses for myself? And if I can make

a dress out of percale or gingham, why

can’t I make one out of silk? Sewing

isn’t so bad, after all.”



There are other women, too, who

never thought of anyone but them-

selves in their whole lives. Someone

has gone to France, or to Grayling or

to Fort Sheridan. Suddenly they have

realized that life is not exclusively'tor

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helplessly, they are reaching out to see

what they can do. They have Started

right, and hereafter life isgoing to be

more real to them, and a lot more in~

teresting-



It’s a terrible thing to reflect that it

took a world disaster to wake some of

us up. But so long as it did, and the

disaster has proven an awakener, may

we not call that good which has come

of the war? The world will never be

the same to any of us again, but it is

going to be a more worth-while place,

for we are going to give more thought

to the other fellow, and a little less to

ourselves.



A letter from a Canadian friend the

other day bore this sentence: “I some-

times wonder if we Canadian women

will ever laugh again. All youth and

jollity has been wrung from me these

last three years, and I often wonder if

I can ever smile after it is all over.”



I hope this will not be the experi-

ence of’ any of my readers, but if we

do not go to that extreme we are

bound to find changes in many ways,

even after the terrible present has be-

come the past.



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SPECIAL CANNING SUGGESTIONS.





 





Mo'ld on Canned Goods.



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if the seal is defective, if after ster-

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jars to replace the rubber rings, or if.

the jars are kept in a damp place

where the rubbers may decompose.



Shrinkage During Sterilization.



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The proper way to blanch all greens

or potherbs is in a steamer or in a ves-

sel improvised to‘ do the blanching in

steam above the water line. If this is

done, a high percentage of mineral

salts and volatile oil is retained in 'the

product.



Special Requirements of Com, Peas

and Beans.



Canned corn, peas and beans may

show no signs of spoilage, and still,

when opened have a sour taste and a.

disagreeable odor. This specific trou-

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sour” and can be avoided if the canner

well use fresh product, that is, one

which has not been gathered for more

than five hours, and will blanch, cold-

dip, and pack one jar of product at a.

time, and place each jar in the canner

as it is packed. The first jar will not

be affected by the extra cooking. Rap-

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over-cooking, clarifies the liquid, and

preserves the ‘. shape and texture.—

Michigan Agr. College.





CANNING PRECAUTIONS FOR

CORN.





 





“Corn is one of the vegetables that

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of corn prevents circulation in the can

and makes it more difficult for the heat

to penetrate. Good corn should be a

good color, not yellow or brown, have

the kernels distinct and the liquid

clear. If corn spoils, it should not be

reheated, and used, as the spoiling

may be due to the growth of bacteria.”





 





LIBERTY BONDS AN INVESTMENT.





 





Mrs. George Bass, of the Woman’s

Liberty Loan Committee, 15’ touring

the rural districts of the country in

behalf of the Liberty Loan.



She is speaking twicea day at Chau-

tauqua assemblies and meeting daily

hundreds of women from the farms.



“The experience of other countries

at war has been that the women of the

smaller towns and farming districts

have been slower to become aroused

than have their city sisters,” said Mrs.

Bass, “but that, once aroused, they

have accomplished some of the most

important work of women in the con-

duct of the war. The women from the

farms of our nation are taking a great

interest in the nation’s problems. Now

that they realize that the war must be

’won as soon as possible, these women

are finding what they can do to pro-

mote its speedy success.



“The practical value of the Liberty

Loan is making a special appeal to

farm women. They see that the pur-

chase of a Liberty Bond is a good in-

vestmentas well as a patriotic deed,

for Liberty Bonds are United States

government bonds, and a higher’rate

of interest than that given by most

banks for savings accounts. The in-

come from the bonds is not taxable,

and the security of the bond is impreg-

nable, being guaranteed by the re-

sources of the government of the Uni-

ted States. Because the women of the

country districts have a habit of an-

alyzing problems they have been quick

to see that they have a choice be-

tween bond purchase and taxation.

They know that the money paid in spe-

cial war taxes is insurance rather than

investment, but that government bonds

will pay them interest.”





A UTILITY SHOWER.





 





ABY GRACIA SKULL.



A shower was given recently for a

bride-to-be, as the young couple intend

going to housekeeping at once. A

broom, a dustless mop, a blue and

white bath mat and all sorts of utility

gifts were given. The way of present-

ing the gifts was unique and the oc-

casion passed off merrily. ‘



In the first place we tied a coat

hanger to the broomstick near the up-

per end. Then we inverted the dast~

less mop and fastened it to the broom-

stick. ,An aluminum saucepan was

placed“ just beneath the mop and ’a

black dustcloth drawn tight over the





~ , ; bottom of the saucepan. With chalk





we drew the features of a negro “mam-





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. ; they are soaked.





danna dust cap. Draped around the

broomstick was the blue and white

checked and striped bath mat and over

this, suspended from the coat-hanger,

we placed a huge sleeve apron with

deep pockets. Over this and tied

around'the waist was a Clothespin ap-

ron. We filled the pockets of both ap-

rons with packages of tacks, clothes-

tins, a' can’ opener, tack hammer,

screw driver, egg beater, graters, small

ladies, tack puller, paring knife, wash-

cloths, roll- of paper' towels and many

other things which the new housewife

may always find useful.



The bride-to-be was required to un-

dress the “negro mammy.” An elegant

clothes hamper with cover was provid-

ed to hold the gifts. The hamper was

a gift from the bridegroom’s mother,

and was greatly appreciated. A dainty

luncheon was served. Afterward a doz-

en new clothespins, a glue pot, baby

ribbon, crepe paper and one dozen cup-

id’s faces were brought forth by the

hostess and the twelve ladies present





wereirequired to each make a doll’





from the material provided. The one

making the prettiest doll and the one

making the “funniest” doll, each won

a prize—bouquets of carnations. An

honor prize—a shower bouquet of snow

drops, was given the bride-to—be.





 





BOTTLING FRUIT JUICES.





 





Wash your bottles. Set in pan of

water to heat and keep hot. Fill wash-

boiler with enough water to reach to

necks of bottles and heat. Dip corks

to bottles in melted paraffin and bake

in oven for several hours.



Press juices from fruits, in older,

fruit, or improvised press. Heat in

acid-resistant kettle, such as procelain,

graniteware, crockery or aluminum.

Pour juice into hot bottles, set in boil-

ing water in washboiler on false bot-

tom, submerge up to necks. Put cover

on washboler and boil for twenty-two

minutes. Remove bottles, immediately

press corks in position. Replace bot—

ties in washboiler and boil again for

twelve minutes. Remove and lay on

sides to cool. Dip corked end in melt-

ed paraffin. Store in cool, dry, dark

place.





HOT APPLES FOR BREAKFAST.





 





The Food Administration suggests a

quick and economic way of preparing

apples for breakfast. Slice from the

core, without peeling them, into a deep

baking pan, sprinkling very lightly

with sugar, add one-third cup of water,

just enough to prevent burning, cover

closely and set on top of the stove to

steam tender. As soon as done, re-

move cover, sprinkle with brown Sugar

and set on top rack in hot oven to

crisp over. Serve piping hot.



Apples prepared in almost any fash-

ion, if served hot with meat make an

excellent dinner dish. Too much sugar

will spoil the dish and change it into a

dessert. Hot stewed Damson plums

are particularly good with chicken, and

hot peaches add a new zest to steak or

chops.



To prepare the peaches, select ripe,

perfect fruit, peel, but do not cut from

seed, and cook until tender, in water

to which a little sugar has been added.

Serve at once with the meat course.





. Do not add much sugar.





TESTS FOR DRIED APPLES.





 





If beads of moisture come out and

the apples become very sticky, the

temperature is too high.



From two to two and one-half hours

are sufficient for drying apples with

artificial heat at temperature given.



Apples are .sufilciently dry when

they give the following tests: 1. Im-

possible to press Water out of the fresh-

ly cut ends of theylpieces. 2. Sum-

ciently elastic not to break when piec-





es are rolled tightly. . 1





Always cook slowly in water in whch





 





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all ready for shipment. Select your

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and sizes shown in that book, and avoid





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sizes, 6, 8,10,12 and 15 years. It re

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54- inch mateiial. Price, 10 cents.





No. 2004—Junior Diess. Cut in three

sizes, 12,14 and 16 years. It iequires

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and 3% yards for the blouse, for a 36-

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FOOD ADMINISTRATION l-A'N’D’ THE

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, (Continued from page 223).

disruption of the world’s commerce;

That, while we face on one side,



shortage of supplies, such shortage



might be extinguished over night by

the flood of supplies now dammed

back in other quarters;



That the number of buyers in our

markets and the ordinary equalization

of price, with the supplies of the rest

of the world have disappeared; _



That speculation in this particular

commodity during the last year was

one of the most terrible burdens our

consumers had to bear.



I think you will agree with me that

no half measures are possible and

the only protection to the producer

on one side from possible gluts by

shortage ‘in shipping, from possible

floods of supplies, due to ending the

submarine, or to peace, and protec-

tion to the consumers on every side

from speculation lies in the solution

we have proposed which is that the

President should summon a commis-

sion composed of the best intelligence

in this country, representing in actual

majority the producers themselves,

and lay upon that commission the

national duty of determining what

would be a fair price for this year’s

harvest with a just return to the

farmer. We should then devote the

whole of our administrative authority

to the maintenance of these prices

throughout the year. And in order to

be sure that no speculation enters into

this situation, we should so organize

the distribution of our wheat'and flour

that the speculator has no door, not

even a crack, through which he may

enter. We must see that farmers’

prices reach the consumer with only

the proper and normal cost of distri-

bution.



To effect this, we have organized a

corporation because the ordinary form

of government accounting and finance

is ill adapted to the ordinary course

and custom of trade. In this time, we

must eliminate all “red tape” and

take all short cuts which we may to

arrive at our ends. The corpora~

tion created is simply an accounting

organ. It is simply an instrument of

the Food Administration and created

in order that we should have less dis-

turbance to our trade custom. It is be-

ing operated by volunteers—by men

who have entirely dissociated them-

selves from the business of grain trad-

ing and given their services to the gov-

ernment for the war.



Other Commodities.



Time does not permit me to tra-

verse the whole of the administrative

measures proposed for each of the

commodities. Many of them are but

partly developed and require further

and more widely extended conferences

with producers and those specializing

in these branches, in order that they

may be properly and safely found. I

do wish, however, to take a few min-

utes to discuss some broad aspects

of agricultural production as I see

them. For some years I have given

much of my life to the study of eco-

nomic problems, and making no pre-

tense of mastership. I merely present

to you a few views for your own con-

sideration. In the first instance, dur-

ing the past twenty five or thirty

years, we have had an undue migra~

tion from the farms to the towns.

That migration has been founded on

the basic economic fact that agricul

ture has been less profitable than in-

dustry. In fact, a large part of our ag~

ricultural production has been based on

_ sweated labor. There have been other

contributing causes: the depletion of



virgin soil and lack of knowledge and



' experience in its re-fertilization. Even



.if this war had not come, we were in

a few years due for an economic rev-





. in; food: stuffs has fallen behind our





suming power of the worlds popu 3.-

tion, due to the destruction of prop-

erty and life, we shall have after the

war less demand upon industry, and

industry will have becomeless profit-

able; but an account of the destruc-

tion of animals and exhaustion of soil

in Europe, there will be no diminu--

tion in the demand for food. Therefore,

if I interpret the signs correctly, the

farmer is coming into his day and it

is the duty of all of us to support him.



Another economic force which we

have to meet is the cost «of the war

and the inflation which must grow

out of its finance. For these causes,

the prices of commodities will rise

steadily through the course of the

war. The best we can hope is to guide

the relative increases in order that

their disproportion shall not cause un-

due hardship and that they shall not

give opportunity for vicious specula-

tion. The farmer must be protected

eventually in what he pays, for his sup-

plies with the industries in the course

of his food.



I have mentioned these problems

with many others that I might bring

before you matters with which we

have to deal and the necessity which

we feel for the co-operation of the

agricultural press in order that this

work may be interpreted rightly; that

our endeavors to solve these prob-

lems as they arrive may have a

properly considered discussion; that

you may tell the producer as to the

sincerity and design of our efforts;

that you may interpret to us his po—

sition; that we may impress upon you

the problems we have to face in

order to elicit your co-operation and

support.



I will make one final observation. 1

have spent the last two and a half

years in the midst of this war. I have

had the fortunate position of intimate

daily association with armies, with

governments, with the tyranny, misery

and the backwaSh of battle. I have

witnessed the operations of the social

system and the aspiration of the ruling

classes in Germany in their daily re-

sults and their ultimate intention. It

is no loose statement that we face a

race of people under a government in-

tent upon mastery of the world. The

war seems far away to most of our

people. But as surely as we were

fighting for freedom in 1776 we are

fighting for our national existence and

our national faith, this day and month,

1917.



We are fighting ”a race of people

given to efliciency and organization,

disciplined for fifty years in develop-

ment and preparation for an hour of

world domination. If our loose democ-

racy, if our idealsof individual liberty

and action cannot be co-ordinated in

Such a manner that we may defend

ourselves, our independence will sure-

ly not survive for another twenty-five

years.



The Germans have not only esti-

mated our disintegration, but they

have calculated upon us as a people

incapable of organization. They have

put 10,000,000 into the field from a

population of 65,000,000 and they have

supplied them with food supplies from

an area not much larger than the state

of Texas, and they have maintained

their civil population in health and de-

votion during the same time. They

have been able to do this by their

willingness to discipline on one side

and their imposition of authority by

the rigor oflaw on the other. Every

,German farmer today plants exactly

the seed and exactly the field in which

he is directed. On harvest, at the in-

structed moment, hehands. over'his

products at prices fixed for him and

receives back his food stuffs on tickets

which are allowed to him from day'to





.day.

olution; for our productive capacity

.ganization It is against every in tinct-

ctive capacity in industry. The U 1 ‘ .





We have no desire for. such an or-





 





, ocracy W1





another solution There is a solution.





Democracy can voluntarily organize





itself from the bottom up; that by in-

spiration as to the problem with which

it is confronted, and as to the methods

by which they may be solved by self-

imposed discipline, by self-elected

leadership and organization, it can find

solution and defend itself. This is the

ideal and the, intention of the Food

Administration. If we fail on this line,

we fail because democracy does not

possess in itself the efficiency to de-

fend itself.’



I resent the statement that the Food

Administration is dictatorship. I have

seen the suffering of 10,000,000 people,

under the wrongs of dictatorship.

Food Administration as much as any

other functionof democracy must be

founded on the consent and good will

of the governed. It is for this reason

that in our office in Washington not a

day goes by but from two to-ten con-

ferences with the producers, with dis-

tributors, with specialists, take place

in order that with the combined wis-

dom of all, ”we may find solutions to

the difficulties that confront us. The

Food Administration must be the com-

bined work of thousands. It is beyond

anyone man.



So that in coming here to meet you,

I come with the simple proposal that





you voluntarily join with us that we





may jointly and with the best'intelli-

gence that we can mutually bring to

bear, all of us, contribute to this prime

duty of every loyal American this

day. We as a nation, are going to do

our duty in this our hour of trial.

That is the supreme test of our will-

ingness to sacrifice and to serve.





 





“ASSESSMENT OF DISCOUNT

AGAINST WHEAT.





 





It has been brought to the attention

ofvthe United States Department of

Agriculture from several sources that,

in certain parts of the country where

this year’s crop of wheat is now being

moved, the country grain dealers are

assessing the 'farmers a discount

against all wheat purchased, contend-

ing that such assessment is mandatory

by reason of the official grain stand-

ards of the United States for wheat

under the United States grain stand-

ards Act. Apparently the contention

on the part of the country grain deal-

ers is based upon the item “dockage”

contained in the official standards.

From information received by the de-

partment it appears, however, that the

discount is actually an arbitrary as-

sessment in the interest of the buyers,

and is neither on the basis of-the ofii—

cial standards nor required or contem-

plated by the Act or the regulations

thereunder. '





The primary purpose in the estabs





lishment of the official grain standards

of the United States was to provide a

basis whereby parties to transactions

involving the purchase and sale of

grain shipped or delivered for ship-

ment in interstate or foreign commerce

might, through being able to obtain a

correct application of such standards,

arrive at the actual value and make

settlement accordingly. The standards

for wheat do not provide for any arbi-

trary assessment for dockage. They

do provide for the determination of the

amount of sand, dirt, weed seeds,

weed stems and certain other matter,

called deckage, which actually may be

present in a lot of wheat, the amount

of which, if in excess of one-half of

one per cent by weight is to be stated

in terms of the actual percentage as a

part of the grade designation of the

wheat. This is called the dockage sys-

tem of grading and has been in use for

many years in the northwestern states

prior to the adeption of the official

standards. .

The transactions in question apps

2 purely local, not To! meme





 





 





have any facts which may be of value.-.





It will do everything ,in its,power tor... I ,

bring about the discontinuance of mis-- '

representation based on the Act or the . _~





standards thereunder.





REPORT OF srocKs OF FROZEN,

POULTRY.





 





Total Poultry.





The total stocks of frozen poultry res, ,





ported by 210 storages on August 1,

1917, amounted to 48,588,865 pounds,

while the total stocks reported on July

1, 1917, amounted to 55,243,568. The

reports of 127 storages show stocks

of 32,774,632 pounds on August 1, 1917,

as compared with 7,031,998 pounds on

August 1, 1916, an increase of 366.1

per cent. The reports show that the





stocks decreased 14.5 per cent during '





July, 1917, while they increased 3.8 per

cent during July, 1916.

Broilers.



The total stocks of broilers reported

by 116 storages on August 1, 1917,.

amounted to 2,885,229 pounds, while

the total stocks reported by 126 stor-

ages on July 1, 1917, amounted to 3,-

769,671 pounds. The reports of 66 stor—‘

ages show stocks of 1,699,368 pounds

on August 1, 1917, as compared with

317,435 pounds on August 1, 1916, an

increase of 435.3 per cent. The re-

ports-of 104 storages show that the

stocks decreased 38.2 per cent during

July, 1917, while the reports of 58 stor-

ages show stocks increased 77.6 per

cent during July, 1916.



Roasters.



The total stocks of roasters reported

by 112 storages on August‘l, 1917,

amounted to 4,657,985 pounds, while

the total stocks reported by 123 stor-

ages on July 1, 1917, amounted to 5,~

231,397 pounds. The reports of 56 stor-

ages show stocks of 3,087,388 pounds

on August 1, 1917, as compared with

242,119 pounds on August 1, 1916,’ an

increase of 1175.2 per cent. The re-





ports of 105 storages show that the'





stocks decreased 35.3 per cent during

July, 1917, while the reports of 52 stor-

ages show stocks decreased .6.4 per

cent during July, 1916.





Fowls.





The total stocks of fowls reported,





by. 124 storages on August 1, 1917,

amounted to 1,822,090 pounds, while

the totalstocks reported by 133 stor-

ages on July 1, 1917, amounted to 2,-

033,01g pounds. The reports of 78

storages show stocks of 1,167,134

pounds on August 1, 1917, as compared

with 390,929 pounds on August 1, 1916,

an increase of 198,6 per cent. The .re-

ports of 108 storages show that the

stocks decreaSed 10.1 per cent during

July, 1917, while the reports of 63 stor-

ages show stock decreased 0.5" per

cent during July, 1916. '

Turkeys.



The total stocks of-turkeys reported



by 119 storages on August 1, 1917,





amounted to 3,343,729 pounds, while‘





the total stocks reported by 129 stor-

ages on July 1, 1917, amounted to 3,-

639,182 pounds. The reports of 66 stor-

ages show stocks of 1,356,431 pounds

on August 1,1917, as compared with

149,419 pounds on August 1, 1916, an

increase of 807,8 per .cent. The re-

perts of 107 storages show that the

stocks decreased 9.3 per cent during

July, ,1917, while'the reports of 59 store

ages show that the stocks. decreased

17.3 per cent during July, 1916.

Miscellaneous Poultry.

The total stocks of miscellaneous

poultry reported by 171 storages on





August 1,1917, amounted to 35, 879 .9122,





pounds, while the total stocks reported





by 184 storages ,on July 1,,1917

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





~ September 11 ,1917.



Wheat.—-Prices are being maintain-

ed on a parity with those establlshed

by the federal government. Being

guaranteed against less through a

price decline, farmers are not market-

ing the grain as liberally as usual, ow-

ing to the heavy demands upon their

time in harvesting, threshing and seed-

ing. Flour consumption has increased

in every quarter, and most mills are

operating twenty-four hours to keep,

up with orders. Because of small _de-

iiveries the millers are findlng 1t diffi-

cult to secure sufficient grain to supply

their current needs. One year ago No.

1 red wheat was quoted at $1.501/2 per





bushel. On Tuesday No. 2 red wheat

was quoted locally at $2.19; No. 1

white $2.17; No. 2 mixed $2.15 per.

bushel.





Corn.——This cereal is scarce and the

market is strong, with prices advanc-

ing. Although the government report

indicates a bumper crop, frosts over a

large area of the corn belt have elimi-

nated millions of bushels from mer-

chantable grades. One year ago No. 3

corn was quoted at 870 per bushel.

Last week’s Detroit quotations were:



No 3 No. 3





Mixed Yellow.

Wednesday ........ 2.10 2.12

Thursday ......... . 2.13 2.15

Friday .............

Saturday ........... 2.18 2.20

Monday ............ 2.23 2.25

Tuesday ........... 2.28 2.30





Oats.——Farmers are not marketing

enough of this grain to meet the needs

of the trade. Exporters have been busy

taking the cats, which has aided mate-

rially in stiffening values at a time

of year when they are usually easy.

Frosts will likely aid this market in—

directly by reducing the corn harvest.

One year ago standard oats were quot-

ed locally at 4894c per bushel. Last

week’s Detroit quotations were:





No. 3



Standard. White.

Wednesday ............ 59 58

Thursday ............. 59% 58%

Friday ................

Saturday ............. 611/2 61

Monday ............... 63 621/2

Tuesday . . 63 621/),





Rye—Market steady, with both cash

and September at $1.85 for No. 2.



Beans.——Until Tuesday there was

very little activity in this trade. Deal-

ers are now anxiously awaiting reports

of the effect of frost upon the crop.

The cold weather has given a decided-

ly bullish tone to the deal. Cash beans

are quoted locally at $7.25; October at

$6.50. Chicago market rules steady,

with Michigan hand-picked pea beans

at $7.25; red kidneys at $6@6.25.



Seeds—Prime red clover $12.85 per

bushel; October $13.75; alsike $12.50;

timothy $3.90.





 





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





FIour.——Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $11.80; seconds $11.50; straight

$11.20; spring patent $13.80; rye flour

$11.30 per bbl.



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

are: Bran $36; standard middlings

$40; fine middlings $45; cracked corn

$86; coarse corn meal $81; corn and

oat chop $65 per ton.



Hay.——In carlots at Detroit: No. 1

timothy $16.50@17; standard timothy

$15.50@16; No. 2 timothy $14.50@16;

light mixed $14.50@16; No. 1 mixed

$14@14.50; No. 1 clover $13@13.50.



Pittsburg.——No. 1 timothy $20.75@

21 per ton; No. 2 timothy $19@20; No.

1 light mixed $18.50@19; No. 1 clover,

ingixgd $17.50@18; N0. 1 clover $18@



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Straw—In carlots, on track Detroit,

rye straw $10.50@11; wheat and oat

straw $9.50@10.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Butter._Demand active and market

firm at 421/;0 for fresh creamery ex-

tras. Fresh creamery firsts 41@411/2c.



Elgin.——Receipts are holding up well

and demand continues good; 421/20

seems to be a fair basis.



Chicago—Market firm. Prices are

higher than last week. Creamery'ex-

tras are quoted at 421/20; extra firsts

ggc; firsts 401,6@411,éc; packing stock



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gym—Eggs are in fair supply and

steady. . Pricesare unchanged. Fresh

firsts were quoted at36@38c a dozen.



Chicago.-——Feeling continues firm at

;, advanced prices. Fresh Michigan firsts

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Poultry.-——Supply light and' demand

good. Spring chickens 27@28c; Legs

horns 23@25c; hens 24@27~e;_ ducks

24@25c; geese 16@17c; spring geese

180 per lb. ‘



Chicago.——-A good demand exists and

Fowls sell from

221/2@231/§c; spring chickens 24c per

1b; ducks 22c; geese. 15@160.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





 





Fruits.—Plums 65c per peck basket;

huckleberries $3.75@4 per bushel;

peaches $3.25 per bushel for Elbertas.



Chicago—Pears, Clapp’s Favorite, $5

per bbl; Howell $1@1.25 per bushel;

peaches, Michigan St. Johns $1.75 per

six-basket case; plums, Michigan’s

Burbanks $1 per 16-qt. case.



Apples.———At Detroit Harvest apples

are quoted at $4.50@5 .per bbl. At

Chicago, Michigan Duchess sell for $1

@125 per bushel, or $3.50@4 per bbl;

Astrachans $3@3.50.



Potatoes.—Potatoes are in demand

at $1.50 per bushel. At Greenville the

farmers are receiving 90@93c per bu.

Chicago potatoes sell for-$1.10@1.30

per bushel.





GRAN D RAPIDS.





 





The egg market has advanced to 370

and dairy butter is. quoted at 35@36c.

Potatoes early this week brought an

average price of $1.15 and tomatoes $1

@125 per half-bushel. Frost damage

is reported on low grounds. In the

fruit line Duchess apples are bringing

around $1; plums and pears $2, and

peaches $2.50@3. The mills are quot-

ing wheat at $2.05; new oats 650; com

$2.20; rye $1.60; ‘barley $1.40; beans

$6.50@7. In live poultry, live fowls

are worth 17@200.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





The market was crowded Tuesday

morning with buyers and sellers. The

prices were ruling firm to higher. To-

matoes range from $2@3 for ripe, and

$1@1.75 for green. Potatoes $1.60@

1.80; cucumbers $3@7 per bushel, ac-

cording to size; string beans $2@2.75;

pears $2@2.75; plums $2.25@3.50, with

the bulk at $2.75; apples $1.50@2.25;

carrots 75c; cabbage 450; eggs 48@500

per dozen; butter 48c; loose hay $14@

18 per ton.





 





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





September 10, 1917.

Buffalo.



Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 215 carswhogs 45 d. d.; sheep 22

d. d.; calves 1000 head.



With 215 cars of cattle here today

the quality was very bad. The best

shipping cattle and what few good





 





butcher cattle were here sold a quar-,





ter higher, but the bulk of the medium

and common stuff, which made up the

most of the run, landed at about steady

prices. We would advise light ship-

ments for next Monday as that is the

Jewish New‘Years and a good share

of our cattle go to the Jews, and if we

get a liberal run here next Monday

with them out of the market we are

bound to have a very mean trade.



We had close .to fifty double decks

of hogs today, market was strong, 10@

150 higher, but trading rather dull and

a few of the late arrivals are going

over unsold. There were some very

choice hogs here today, carrying both

weight and finish, that sold at $19.15,

the bulk from $19@19.10; pigs and

lights $18@18.25; roughsr $17.50@18;

stags $14@16. Markets high all over

the country today and looks like we

should have at least a steady market

for the next few days.



With a light run of lambs today our

market opened up active and prices

50c higher than the close of last week.

All sold' and we look for shade higher

prices balance of the week.



Lambs $17.50@17.65; yearlings at

$12.50@15; cull to common $12@16.50;

wethers $11.50@12; ewes $11@11.50;

bucks $7@9; best calves $16.75@17;

common and light $13.50@16; heavy

$12@15; grassers $6@8.50.





Chicago.



September 10, 1917.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..29,000 14,000 19,000

Same day 1916..26,320 26,134 18,398

Last week ...... 72,798 60,076 86,076

Same wk 1916..33,643 64,728 63,945

Another week opens with too large

offerings of cattle, including about 12,-

000 northern rangers. It was the poor-

est lot of cattle received in any day

this year, and lots that were not desir-

able sold 15@25c lower. On the other

hand, well finished beeves went higher

than ever, $17 being paid again, while

later in the day there were Sales of

about half a dozen ‘carloads or fancy

steers, of good weights (the average

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tap- at. $18.80. Hogs 1n rke‘ted last

week aVeraged 238 lbs, or five ~1b’s.

more than a week earlier and 11 lbs.

more than a year ago. The lambs re-

ceived embraced a large number re-

ceived by the packers direct from Oma-

ha. Prices were firm, and the best

feeding lambs sold up to $17.75.

Cattle established new records last





week, the best beeves undergoing ad-.





vances of 50@75c. Top was $17. ' Re-

ceipts were unusually. large and ran

mainly to grass-fed lots which, because

of they supply sold 50c lower. Native

steers sold at $10@15.25; choice to ex-

tra beeves $16@17, while a good class

sold at $14 and upward, a medium

grade at $12 and over and ordinary to

fair light-weight killers gat $8@11.95,

and small scattering sales of inferior

little steers at $6.20@7.50. The best

class of yearlings brought $16@17,

good lots $14.25 and over, and sales

down to $11@12 for common to fair

yearlings. Low priced grassy steers

like most of the range cattle, were

fully 75c@$1 lower and, aside from a

few of the better class, cows and heif-

ers averaged 500 lower. Butcher stock

had an outlet at $6.50@10 for cows and

$6@12.40 for heifers, with cutters pur-

chased at $5.60@6.45, canners at $4.90





' @555 and bulls at $5.50@10.50. Calves





were active sellers, with light vealers

taken at $15@16 and the heavy calves

at $6.50@11. Stockers and feeders

were active at lower prices, with more

offered, stockers selling at $6.50@8.90

and feeders at $8.35@10. Western

range cattle sold at $6@14.15.



Hogs were in good demand last

week. Prices continued to rule ex-

tremely hi h. Choicer lots were firmer

than ordinary to fair packing grades.

The impression prevails that the ad-

vance in hogs has reached its limit,

but any return to normal prices is evi‘

dently a long way off. At the week’s

close hogs brought $16.50@18.50, one

carload of 240 lbs. at$18.65. Pigs

brought $11.50@16.40. A week earlier

hogs brought $16.75@18.75.



Sheep, yearlings and lambs were in

lively general demand last week, with

feeders taking the best range lambs at

higher figures than ever before. Ship-

ments of feeding lambs from here to

feeding districts were the largest seen

in a long time, and breeding ewes were

much wanted. Closing prices were:

Lambs $11.50@17.60; best native

lambs $17; feeding lambs $17@17.60;

yearlings $11@14; wethers $10.50@

12.75; ewes $4.50@11.35; breeding

ewes $9.50@17; bucks $8@9.



Only 4796 horses were marketed

here in August, comparing with 23,896

a year ago. Farm chunks bring $60@

140 for common to good kinds, drafters

$185@265, drivers $75@200 and wag-

oners $150@200 for good to extra.





GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.





 





A summary of the September crop

report for the state of Michigan and

for the United States, as compiled by

the Bureau of Crop Estimates (and

transmitted through the Weather Bu-

reau), United States Department of

Agriculture, is as follows:



Corn.—'State.——September 1 forecast,

52,000,000 bushels; production last year

(December estimate), 45,375,000 bu.



United States—September 1 fore-

cast 3,250,000,000 bushels; production

last year (December estimate) 2,583,-

241,000 bushels.



All Wheat.-~State.——September 1





forecast 14,100,000 bushels; production.





last year (December estimate) 13,600,-

000 bushels.



United States—September 1 fore-

cast, 668,000,000 bushels; production

last year (December estimate) 639,-

886,000 bushels.



Oats.—-State.——September 1 forecast

62,600,000 bushels, production last year

(December estimate) 42,690,000 bu.



United States—September 1 fore-

cast 1,530,000,000 bushels; production

last year (December estimate) 1,251,-

992,000 bushels.



Barley.-—State.——September 1 fore-

cast 3,280,000 bushels; production last

year (December estimate) 2,450,000

bushels. , '



United States—September 1 fore-

cast, 204,000,000 bushels; production

last year (December estimate) 180,927,-

000 bushels.



Rye.——State.—Preliminary estimate,

5,180,000 bushels; production‘last year

(December estimate) 4,648,000 bushels.



United States.-——-Preliminary esti-

mate 56,044,000 bushels; production

last year (December estimate) 47,383,-

000 bushels. .



Potatoes—State.——September 1‘ fore-

cast 44,500,000 bushels; production last

year (December estimate)‘ 15,360,000

bushels. " - .



United States.——Septembe fore-

cast 462,000;000 bushels; pro uction





last year (December estimate) 285,; , _,





437.000” bushels.

'All Hera—78. ifs—Pm!





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of three bushels; production last year

(December estimate) 4,160,000 barrels.





United States.—'——September .1 fore—'7 .'





cast, 59,100,000 barrels of three bush-

els; production last ,year (December

estimate) 67,415,000 barrels. '



Peaches.——State.———Estimated produc'

tion 1917, 740,000 bushels; production

last year (December estimate 2,010,-

000 bushels.



United States—Estimated produc-

tion 1917, 42,600,000 bushels; produc-

tion last year (December estimate) 36,-

939,000 bushels. »



Beans.——State.—~September 1 fore-

cast 7,380,000 bushels; production last

year. (December estimate) 3,102,000

bushels. \



United States (five states).—Septem-

ber 1.1’orecast 19,970,000 bushels; pro-

duction last year (December estimate)

8,846,000 bushels.



Sugar Beets—State—September 1

forecast 845,000 tons; production last

year (December estimate) 503,000 tons.



United States—September 1 fore-

cast 7,940,000 tons; production last

year (December estimate) 5,920,000

tons.



Prices—The first price given below

is the average on September 1 this

year ,and the second the average on

September 1 last year.



State.———Wheat, 200 and 132 cents per

bushel; com, 188 and 86; oats, 60 and

43; Potatoes, 117 and 128; hay$11.40

and $10.10 per ton; eggs 36 and 25

cents per dozen.



United States—Wheat, 209.7 and

131.2 cents per bushel; corn, 175.5 and

83.6 cents; oats, 61.7 and 43.1 cents;

potatoes, 139.1 and 109.3 cents; hay





$13.68 and $10.42 per ton; cotton, 23.4 '





and 14.6 cents per pound; eggs, 33.2

and 23.3 cents per dozen.





 





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





Wheat—The average estimated

yield in the state is 17.84, in the south-

ern counties 18.04, in the central coun-

ties 17.34, in the northern counties

16.96 and in the upper peninsula 22.58

bushels per acre. The quality as com-

pared with an average per cent is 92

in the state and southern counties, 89

in the central counties, 93 in the north—

ern counties and 96 in the upper penin-

sula.

wheat reported marketed by farmers

in August at 36 mills is 45,407 and at

51 elevators and to grain dealers 98,-

402 or a total of 143,809 bushels. Of

this amount 132,233 bushels were mar-

keted in the southern four tiers of

counties, 10,495 in the central counties,

and 1,081 in the northern counties and

upper peninsula. The estimated total

number of bushels of wheat marketed

in August is 600,000. Sixty—five mills,





elevators and grain dealers report no





wheat marketed in August.



Oats—The estimated yield in the

state is 37.95, in the southern counties

38.86, in the central counties 39.72, in

the northern, counties 33.49 and in the

upper peninsula 40.04 bushels per acre.

The quality as compared with an aver-

age per cent is 96 in the state and

southern counties, 97 in the central

counties, 92 in the northern counties,

and 93 in the upper peninsula.



Rye—The estimated average yield

in the state is 15.54, in the southern

counties 15.27, in the central counties

14.55, in the northern counties 15.28,

and in the upper peninsula.21.33 bush-

els per acre.



Corn.———The condition of corn as com-

pared with an average per cent is 69

in the state, 71 in the southern coun-

ties, 66 in the central counties, 65 in

the northern counties and 77 in the up—

per peninsula. The condition one year

ago was 69 in the state, 62 in the south-

ern counties,. 73 in the central coun-

ties 78 in the northern counties and

93 in the upper peninsula.





Beans.—.—The probable yield of beans I





compared with» an average per cent is

74 in the state 72 in the southern coun-

ties, 68 in the central cdunties, 83 in

the north-ern counties and 79 in the

upper peninsula. One year ago the

probable yield was 50 in the state, 43

in the southern counties, 53 in the cen-

tral counties, 60 in the northern— coun-

ties and 74 in the upper peninsula.

Peas—The estimated average- yield

in the state is 17.69, in the southern

counties 15.35, in the central counties

16.16, in the northern counties 18.05

and in the upper peninsula 24.45 bush-

els per acre. -, ‘ * .

Potatoes—«The condition of potatoes





state and central counties,- 88-~in the

southern :cougtifs,t95 in the. northe

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min. a . _

, ttins; production last.

YBar (December. estimatg) 109,735,000» _





Apples (Agricultural Crop).——-—State.~

September v'1‘fo‘rec’ast 2,160,000 barrels.





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- » Thursday’s Market.

' Thursday’s Market.

September 13, 1917.

Cattle. -

Receipts 2069. ,Market strong at last

weenie closing prices on all grades.

We quote: Best heavy steers $10@

10.50; best handy weight butcher

steers $9@9.50; mixed steers and heif-

ers $8.50@9; handy 1' ht butchers $7

@8; light butchers $ @7; best cows

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

canners $4.50@5.25;

best heavy bulls $7.50@8; bologna

bulls $6.75@7; stock bulls $5.50@6.50;

feeders $7.50@8.50;. stockers $6.50@

7.50; milkers and springers $50@90‘.

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wgh 960 at $6 8 do av 812 at $5.25, 4

do av 957 at $ .25, 3 do av 800 at $5.25;

to Mason B. '00. 18 butchers av 708.at

$7, 1 canner wgh 970 at $4; to Resnick

25 butchers av 574 at $6.50; .to Newton

P. CO. 2 steers av 127 at $10, 3 do av

1066 at $10.50, 3 do av 980 at $8; to

Parker, W. & Co. 23 do av 977 at $8,

10 do av 700 at $7'; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 15 do av 984 at $8.50, 37 do av 870

at $7.75; to Garber 22 butchers av 550

at $6.25; to Newton P. Co. 5 steers av

1146 at $8.50, 9 do av 992 at $8.50, 1

do wgh 730 at $8.25; to Hammond, S.





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av 930 at $6.50; to Parker, W. & Co.

4 steers av 790 at $9.25, 19 do av 1131

at $9, 20 do av 1000 at $9.75, 6 do av

900 at $7.75, 18 do av 651 at $6.75; to

Sullivan P. Go. 14 do av 760 at $7.75,

9 cows av 991 at $6.75; to Kull 4 feed-

ers av 790 at $8, 4 do av 815 at $8; to

Na le P. Co. 4 steers av 1107 at $9.50;

to hipiro 5 butchers av 506 at $6; to

Mich. B. Co. 2.bulls av 1265 at $6.50,

9 steers av 1060 at $10, 5 do av 946 at

$8.30, 6 do av-883 at $7.75, 10 do av

1172 at $10. .



Erwin, S. & J. sold White 2 cows av

1000 at $5.25; to Benz 12 butchers av

700 at $7.65, 4 do av 707 at $7.65; to

Kamman B. Co. 6 steers av 1100 at

$8.75 2 do av 715 at $7.75, 3 do av 760

at $8.50, 1 do wgh 900 at $8.50, 1 do

wgh 1000 at $9; to Kull 14 feeders av

840 at $8, 5‘ do av 860 at $8; to Cos-

tello 13 butchers av 650 at $6.60, 9 do

av 590 at $6.60; to Thompson 2 bulls

av 1420 at $7.35, 1 steer wgh 920 at

$8.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 15 butchers

av‘ 707 at $7.10; to Bray 5 cows av 1080

at $6.50; to Conway 5 stockers av 550

at $6.50; 8 do av 581 at $6.35; to Sul-

livan P. Co. 4 COWS av 1020 at $7.50;

to Prentiss 28 stockers av 600 at $6.75,

30 do av 538 at $6.85, 17 feeders av

830 at $8, 5 do av 760 at $7.50; to

Thompson 12 steers av 997 at $9.25;



Veal Calves.



Receipts 451. Market strong. Few

fancy at $16.50; bulk good $15.50@16;

others $7 @14.



Erwin, S. &. J. sold Sullivan P. Co.

2 av 155 at $16; to Thompson 2 av 170

at $16, 2 av 160 at $16, 1 wgh 140 at

$13 6 av 145 at $16; to Hammond, S.

a co. 9 av 250 at $9, 5 av 165 at $11;

to Goodgold 7 av 500 at $6.50.



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

& Co. 5 av 155 at $15, 1 whg 180 at $16.



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

17 av 156 at $16, 2 av 175 at $13, 2 av

145 at $13, 8 av 150 at $16; to Goodgold

15 av 160 at $9; to Thompson 15 av

170 at $16, 4 av 180 at $13; to Sulli-

van P. Co. 8 av 180 at $16, 21 av 160





at $16.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 3009. Market 50@75c high-

er than last week. Best lambs $17.25

@1750; fair lambs $15.50@16.50; light

tocommon lambs $14@l5; fair to good

sheep $9@9.75; culls and common $6.50





8.25.

@Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Sullivan P.

Go. 8 lambs av 85 at $13, 24 do av 85

at $15.50, 17 sheep av 125 at $8.75, 10

do av 95 at $6.50, 4 do av 95 at $6.50, 33

lambs av 80 at $16, 34 do av 80 at

$16.10, 49 do av 60 at $14.25, 20 do av

55 at $14, 8 do av 65 at $13.50, 108 do

av 70 at $15.25, 4 sheep av 112 at $9,

6 do av 100 at $6.50; to McPhee 13

yorkers av 105 at $10.50; to Nagle P.

00. 38 lambs av 75 at $10.75, 3 do av

55 at $13.50, 16 do av 90 at $16, 8 do

av 77 at $15.50, 141 sheep av 105 at $9.





098. ,

Receipts 2336. Market 15@25c lower

than Tuesday. Pigs $16.50@17; mixed





, hogs $17 @1850.





 





(Continued from page 230).

46 in the central counties. 50 in the

northern counties and 75 in the upper





 

 





' peninsula. ~

. Clover Seed—The condition of clo-

. ver seed compared with an average per





 

 

 





 





 

 





75‘ the state, 73 in the south-

Mm“? 1.1111’





 

 





 





: , 5.5.5.5....“ o...i.....m : a





theeentralcoum

l3 and *





one year ago was 88 intheetlte an

northern counties, 90 in the southern

counties, 82 in the central counties and

100 in the upper peninsula



Cucumbers—The condition of on-

cumbers compared with an average

per cent is 86 in the state, 87 in the

southern and central counties, 82 in

the northern counties and 73 in the up-

per peninsula. The estimated average





’yield in bushels is 84 invthe state, 81





in the southern and central counties,

90 in the northern counties and '105 in

the upper peninsula.



Grain and seed threshed in Michigan

up to and including August 15 as per





1’





   





 





 

 

 





 

 

 





 

 





OLD": BAG 5





You'll be surprised how much money we will

my you Ior‘yonr 0 bags, torn or sound.--

any unntity. Don't let then: lie around and

M fihenfiou can turn them into money.



E PAY THE FREIGHT

and we mail check as soon as shipment is

ved. Take odvan‘t e of prose .

icon—write today for r oe-list and shipping

otmotlone. nest rectbuyors of bags in

the world. References--Oitizene Bank of

Buffalo, Dun or Bradstreet.

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returns of Threshermen is as mugged as new“ so. mating No 9:

Acres. Bush. Acre. ’

RYe . . . . . . . 49,416 7 741,809 15.01 . .

Wheat . . . . . . {131,586 2,557,014 ' 19.43

Oats . . . . . . 33,429 1,307,759 39.12 ‘

Barley . . . . . . . 22,330 654,204 29.30 _ . ‘

Peas . . . . ...... 8 139 17.38 . ’

gimothyé 238d. 81 423 5.22 I Save

over e ': , .....cm ”Em

June . . . . . . . 68 - 46 0.68 "loll“ 1"“ You ‘15

Mammoth .. 8 - 30 3.57 to $200 .

Alsike .. ._.. 488 1,742 3.57





 





 





Wort-autos! to Blv- Mid-elm.





Gonghault’s

V llauslic Balsam





Ila: lollalors M II cplioonlm.





A Safe. Speedy and Positive Cure for





Curb, B ' 1:. Sweet} Cop Eon

ltralne Tendon. foam Wird

, and all 13mm from Spain,

Ringbono and other ban tumors.

Gum all skin nee or ere-it“,

Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes n11

Bunches from Korea or Bottle.

Al a uni tuned (or infirm

lg;- Emanu“, yeta, it 51.1.1“ unblo.

very bottle of 0., ‘ g1. sold in

Wei-rented to give satin on. co 81,50

per bottle. Sold by dru Me or sent by ex-

rrega, eh: on paid! wi mil directions (or

to use. Bend or descriptive cit-onion,

testimonials, oto. Address





the Lamoce-Wllllame Continuum. 0.





 





Make your cows comfort.

able. They will. repay

you many times in big-

} get cream and. milk

‘: checks. Use

HARRIS STALLS

AND STANCHIONS





. , Our Stanchions are wood.

3 lined—4110 cold steel on ;

. Bossy'sneck. Rounded at \

} bottom—no sharp comers.

i Patent T-shaped steel frame, very





.j strong. Cow can not work loose.

‘ Arm never drops to floor.



Write today for {no book fully



describing Harris Barn Equipment.





Hmis mg. c... swim-31.. Salem. on.





 





 





 





SOLVE YOUR “ PUMP-

ING PROBLEM





Install an IXL Windmill on your farm and

save time and mono . No high priced fuel to

buy—no time was in watching-no expen-

sive re airs.





HE lXL WINDMILL





is the product of over thirty years exeprionoe in '

building windmills. Superiorgoverning principle

- noiseless running—greater dura-

bility. The [XL Windmill will be

on use to





 

 

 





anon wanted





~ Phelps-link!

Windmill & Mfg. Co.

Kalamazoo, Mich.





Red Rock





The wheat that is making Michigan Imam.

Herdiest and biggest yielder of all Winter Wheat.





’ Rosen Rye ‘





Yields 50 to 75 per cent more than common Rye. 46

bushels per acre this year.





Giant Darwin Tulips





The finest of all sin-inf blooming bulbs, I180

Narcissusfi scinths. L lee. Crom.etc- Marthe

planted in t 9 tell. Write (or Inboll’s Fall Coto-

logue. it's free. .





.s. M. 153511. a co,





 





 





 





 





 





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To obtain the highest 0110' to!

your Hay and Straw consign to us.

We specialise in Hay and Straw-

Write us (or information about our

market. References: 4th Street

National Bank and Robert Morris

Trust Company.



I. H. RISHEL COMPANY . Inc.

429 Drexel Bld¢.. Philadelphia





We paid 40 to 60 above Detroit

{notations last week for New

aid Stock. If you have real

Flesh Eggs and went prom-

iums. write us.

AUEBICAN BUTTER ‘

CHEESE CO. DctroltJflc.





Ship To The Old Relinble Hone.

H Y Daniel McCeflrey’i Sons.

_..-._. 623-615 Walla-Ii We. Piualwrfi Po.





1

SHIPPERS! quote us lowest

ice on cars at your station.

he EDL Richmond 00..





etroit. Mich.





‘Vetch and Rye Mixed





J ult as harvested, at very special prices. Mixture eon-

tnlning Vetch 50 per pound. It bought separately

would cost 70 per pound. Ask for samples or send or-





der Qualiglsuaranteed. Also inoculating materiel.

0.M. SC & SONS (20., 106M313 Street.

Mary-ville, Ohio.





SEED WHEAT





Red Wonder. Winter ling, Niger and Goons

Bearded, Improved Poole and R Wave. Smooth.





McCARTNEY BIO (HERB. Grenville. Ohio.





ROSEN RYE





Uninspected. but clean and good quality. grown from

pedigreed stock. Cheater Shirkey, Memphis. Mich.





WHEAT: No. 1 .Red Champion is the greatest of all

winter varieties for quality and yield, and for

' Almont. Mich.





 





 





 





 





sample and price. emam,

Red Book Seed Wheat 83.“) or be. re-

For sa'e cleaned. Sacks extra 350. eaclli I





Hurzengad Shoemaker. Hudsonville. Mich.





“EARN wenoummc ”...... 5......



end Greetut School



and become independent with no capital inverted.



very bunch of the business taught in 5 weeks.

rite today for free catalog.



JONEB' NAT'L SCHOOL 0' AUCTIONEIIING;



28 N. Sacramento Blvd.. Chic“... in. One) I. Join. Pun.





Wanted Married Man





With no children. experience in general farming

must be a good teamster, a di' hand milker. o

goodhabits. Wife to assist wit house work.



B. 8. KNAPP, Monroe. Mich)





ANTED General Farm Foreman. must understand

orcharding and general farm work. farm located

in Mlchi n, prefer married man, position open Oct.

1st or ear ier. Apply Box 0-915, Mich. Farmer, Detroit





WANT!” By married man. position on farm. Ex-

perienced as term manager. State wage-



pnid. Box 226 Montague. Mich.

Assistant stationary engineer with

wanted enough engine knowledge to secure

third grade Ohio engineer a license. Steady employ-

ment. good wages. to reliable married nun. Addrosl, stating

experience and previous employment. A. 1. Root Go. . Iodine. 0.





‘ Mani“, M.“ to work on farm. Good wages, shady





employment rose

Box 00 R. F. 1)., Green De. Wayne 00., Michigan





M AN"- To wear fine unit. not an agent: hi: on.





easy work.

Bonner Tailoring 00.. Dept. 736. Chicago. Ill.

Writ.





FERRETSBMWW

0 for price list.

HUGH KEPHABT. Dowagiac. Michigan.

'1‘ Toke your skunks without

rappers the smell pleasant toskin.

omit cheap. order any. .10. Nelson, Guide, 3. D.





St. Joseph’s Home of the Sa-





cred Heart. Home for Ladies.





The Institution is situated in the center of the city.

not for from the Lake, there are good mish .

rooms, also nice sitting and dining rooms too.



Very moderate terms. The Carmelita Sisters



D. C. J. Wisconsin St. and Sherdian I .

Kennel“. Wis.





You can-be quickly cured, if you





STAMMER





Bond 10 cents coin or stamps for 70 page book on Stain-

“18?in and Stuttering. ‘ ‘Itl gen-ennui cure. '.'



I cure myul after otammrmg and stuttering 20 years.

BENJAHIN . 30003, 1199 N. lllinou St,, lndionspolil. Ind,





IN S\'DE TV R E S In Her Armor

_, for Auto 13rd. mileage vent

‘. blowout: on ”autumn! Inn in any

.. . [lead our over lnAo‘ggnl rel.

”we... Dal. 712M 0.





   

 





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aims and Farm lands For Salt





oiny Lake l‘hthendl. Ola long: soil. guznpivfiot:

on me.- no on . en .

R, oI 'el filing-burg. M





 





‘. o, BA ‘ > , oust.





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’ 135. A... so... $5500."





1





Corn Crop .2000 Bushels





Lest meson and hue avenged 300 bu. tomatoes to tho

gore. Only half mile to village, high school, milk

station. conning factory and Auto Bun line ior past-en-

gen and freight to city of 611M110. over state road all

the way. 75 acres dark loam soil in high_stete of culti-

vation. balance valuable wooland and Wire fenced pas



turo. Bearing orchard of apples, gears, cherries and

peaches, 2;story house with telep one. fine shade and

plea-ht veiws. Slate roofed barn. Owner havin other

business makes quick sale price of $5600, and igtaken‘

soon throws in pr. nee, cows. hogs. poultry. farm

tools, etc., etc. For details see page '6 Strout’e Cat-

signs. 00 y mailed free. E. .4. s'riiuur FARM

A ENOY, opt. 101. 150 Nassau St., New York.





 





The Best Farm Land





In Central Michigan





Nan 800d market cities. Clear title. Prices and

terms right. Buy from the owners.





Staffeld Brothers,





15 Merrill Built" Inglnaw, West 81de.llchlgnn





aladwin County Farm Lands





1 have :00 cores 0.6 good unimproved lands in Glad-

win Oountly Mich. in 40 and 80 acre tracts well located

that I we] sell at $15 per acre. 83 per. acre down,

for acre each year until paid for with interest at 6%.

have some gems] hnr sins at thistime on improved

. REYNO DS, Gladwin, Michigan.





 





farms. U.





' ' ' 135 acres, good lend, well fen—

‘dnlnIStr'lor 8 331' cod. 40 acres under culti-

vation. smell orchard, log buildings, 300.000 ft. good

hardwood timber; 9% miles to D. H. B. B... 4% miles

from countyiinont. For prices and particulars write.

ROBERT 8 EPARD, Mic. Mich.





 





' " 190 Acres. with 30 cows. bull.

High elm Dairy Far- 4 1...... 0o... ...... ...... .1.

tools: 12:3 tons ha; in barn: good buildings; rich clay

loam sell. All or 810.“)0: 83,000 down balance on

time at 5%. Addroos Owner. Box 127, Boonville, N. l'.





 





FARM for sale. A good form 160 acres six miles from

Brighton, Mich, on good road, near school, running

water. Borne old but lots of room. Good soil all seeded

down. 850 per acre if taken soon.



FRANK E. BLDWELL. Admin. Mich.





choice unimproved lands for

189000 Acres sale in Gladwin and Clare Cm.

lasyterms ”interest, fine lands fer, general farming,

fruit. or stock.

MoOLURE ITEVENS LAND 00.. Gladwin, Mich.





Brighton.





 





 





B Sole my 1% acre farm near Orion or will trade



for city report or take small farm as part ay-



uont. Ad :essJ. . BLAOKWOOD. 2546 W. Gd. 8 id.

Detroit. Mich, Call Walnut 1209M.





 





WA N T toront farm with live stock and im-

plemonte. State what you have.

A. MILKA. 217 Davison Road. Detroit, Mich.





 





HOGS

' Poland Chin I ll d i l .

Luge Shled at former- prices? 1?.‘ Pipid‘ck'egé

81.50 per 15. Robert Nave, Pierson, Mich.





‘ large and medium t e.

PO'and cb'nas Prices low for quayllity

of stock. P. I). Long. R. 8. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





 





 





Big lz‘pu Poland Ohinu, Zilfifilfif'fgfgmh ”a”

A. A. 00D. - - Saline, Mich.

I I -

Big ivyvpc Poland Ohm: 22,3.‘fi’dwgg‘z‘fgolze'h‘m b‘"

. . HOLTON. KALAMAZOO. MICHIGAN.

BIG Type 1’. O. Boers March. April and May farmw





ready to ship. Sirod by Grand Superba and Peters

Jumbo. Mouw Bred Boer. C. E. Gomont. Eaton Rapids. Mich.





'AMPSIHRES 80” piu only 10’ 9‘10 815 and up





as to age.

JOHN W. SNYDER, It. 4. St. Johns. Mich.

SHEEP

' Good ones 5 dz 6 years old .00

Shropshire Ewes each. Yearling reins &.¥;m





KOP KON FARMS Goldwater Mich.

Sheep It Lupton. Ogomaw County.





' ' 60 owes 1 to 4

Registered Shropshire: m. .m 75 ewes

and rain lambs also a few yearling reins of quality and

breeding Priced right. Flock established 1890.



0. LEM N. Dexter. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





Big. early, reg. ram lambs“ for





ShrOPShlres comi fall trade, sired by imp.

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





F01“ ShI‘OPShil’e 3351138 ‘2: 3%??3‘3‘1‘1‘3:

ABKBTBONG BROI., R. I, owlerville, Mich.





Sharpshirc Elm lambs, 3:332:73; '°°‘°“ "°"'





. E. BACON a son, Sheridan. Mich.





OAKDALE STOCK FAR “m“hm Cattle





0 on d Shro i

Sheep. Stock for sale. W. J. Loaitor, Balding. icli?





Several hundred good ode . t

w”""' E'.‘—yenr olds and yearling. A $3.33:

tered rams. Barnard Sheep Ranch, R. 5, Glare. Mich.

R A M s. Bambouillets and

0 Hum shires for sale. '1

A. A. WOOD & SO . Saline, Mich.

Registered Bhorpshlre Yr. and Lamb Rams, one 3





yr. old flock header. All wool-mutt

G. P. ANDREWS. Dansville, Mich. on





 





 





 





 





 





 





type.





I ' I

Biglslmd Sganish Merino $1353.? 252333.15?”

“ALP N. HAYNER, “’ebberville. MiCh.





MERINOS dz Deluinee. having quality, size, oily

fleeces, long std 1e heavy shonrers. Rome for sale.

delivered. 8. . Sanders, 1L2, Ashtabula, Ohio.





 





 





HORSES





For Sale Reg. Black Percheron

Stallion Colt





Weighing 16m pounds at 24 mos. old Sired by est llio

Weighing 2100 pound. well bred and riced to sell. n

it. A. Bray Eon, Okemos (Ingham o.) Mich.





SHETLAND PONlES





”head to select from. Special prices on colts for Au

not and September. Write Dept. E. The snenvsm‘fi

l'arml. North Benton. Ohio.





REGISTERED PERC HERON





dSt lllono riood tonsil! i vitod‘

E'éfih‘im.‘ ' EATON ii'Kri m '





 





. MICII.

Percheron, llilsloipi, lug, “nadir”, limes

noun n. emu. mm. mom.





5 nish Jack n” ‘iifgooaspni'h J“ ”m

‘ pa '1'. J. indfiiao‘ii. mm. met.





 





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In the most important branch of the serviceé—the meat and milk pro-





ducers.





Good cattle, sheep and hogs are selling at top prices.





You can, for lees than 3c. 9. week, get first-hand information, from

reliable sources, as to the most profitable sorts to breed and feed, by

subscribing for THE BREEDER’S GAZETTE, Chicago, the only publica«

tion that gives the details relative to all events of importance to stock-





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Hundreds of pages, in addition to the regular quota of reading





matter, are devoted each season to reports, profusely _illustrated, of the

state fairs, dairy shows, the great International, the sensational record-

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over the continent.





You cannot get this class of matter first-hand in any other paper.

To keep posted you should read the stock grower’s favorite newspaper





every week.





’ Please ask us for two recent issues of THE GAZETTE and a copy of our cat-





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alog1 of the best books for the stockman’s library. We shall be glad to send





The subscription price of THE GAZETTE is as follows:





To all points in the United States and possessions:_0ne year, 81.50; tvm years,

32.50; three years, $3.25; five years, $5.00. To all paints in Canada: One year,





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Agents wanted in unaSsigned territory. Address





THE BREEDER’S GAZETTE, Room 1132,

542 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.





 





Michigan Live Sinnk Insurance company





Home Office: Graebner Bldg., Saginaw, W. S., Michigan

Executive Office: 319 Widdicomb Bldg., Grand Rapids, Michigan





This (‘ompanv is backed by more than 500 of the best live stock farmers of the. state. and we have

more than $100,000 deposited with the State Treasurer as a guarantee of the Company‘s responsibility.



We insure all live stock--horses. cattle. sheep and hogs against death from any cause.



We issue individual and blanket policies covering any and all conditions--herd policies. feeding

policies. shipping policies. 30 day foaling policies. etc. _



We want a local agent to represent us in every community in Michigan.



We want every farmer in the State of Michigan to insure his live stock with us.





We. will give you asquare deal.

Write for information.

Colon





C. Lillie, Pres. and Supt. of Agta.





Harmon J. Wells, Secty. and Gen. Mgr.





 





BREEDERS’ DIRECTilRY.





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





We Offer a Few Special Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a small investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding.





Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.





 





 





 





 





CATTLE.

Aberdeen- Angus





Herd established in 1900, Tl‘rojan—Ericas and Black

birds only. Bullsin service; Black Brandon 208932

Enos of Woodcote 191382. Also breeders of Percheron

and Saddle Horses. ' .



WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





 





NGU CLOVERLY STOCK .RANCH.

A Bulls. Cows and Heifers for

sale. GEO. HATHAWAY it. SON, Ovid, Mich.





 





HOICE Angus Bulls for sale. Have several well

( bred, excellent type Angus Bulls at reasonable

K prices. M. L. Smith, Glcnwood Farm, Addison, Mich.





 





Registered Guernseys





Stock always for sale. Maquose Strain—Herd Tuber-

oulin tested annually. ever had a reactor‘-— no

abortion. J. M. WILLIAMS. North Adams. Mich.





 





of service age and calves from

Guern‘ey BU“! choice. Adv. reg. breeding.

T. V- HICKS. Route l. Bettie ka. Mich.





GU E R N 8 BY Sighlifllbifinrg

Containin blood of world ohameé’oié .





HICKS’ OUER SEY FARM} Saginaw, ., Mich

Bull calves for sale. from





GUERNSEYS A. R. dams and cows on test.





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





 





 





 





' and Grade Guernsey cows, hulls

RegIStered yearlings. heifer calves: will sell

20. Home with records; choice of 45; must reduce herd;

tuberculin tested. Avondale Stock Farm, Wayne. Mich.





 





EG. HOLSTEINS: Herd headed b Albina Bonto

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

28.58 lbs. milk 619.4.

$2 lbs. milk 18221bs.W. B.





842 Lbs. BUTT ER





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

bull sdam Pt 2 yrs. ). his grand-darn (at 3 rs.) and his

teat gram -dai’n. Three choice young ha] a from A. R.

. dams. E 0rd tuberculin tested annually. Holstein.

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

Olin. Peters. Herd-man. O. L. Brody.0wner. Port Huron. Itch.





Yearly record at 2% yrs butter

READER. Howell. Mich





 





 





 





A Yearling Heifer. are bred Hol-

For $8.10 stein. Sire, Colantha ohanna Cream-

ollo Izod. Darn. Elizabeth in Lyons. If you want

some hing good. write. Geo. D. Clarke. Vassar. Mich.





stared Holstein 3‘2“};3, “33,031.31;





 





 





   





 





_ madman sell. rm J. Danae. contamin-





 





Do you appreciate the value a Herd Sire would

be to your herd. if from tested Dams of over '20

lbs. butter 7 days and 16 to 20 thousand pounds

milk in 10 months.‘



We have two young bulls for sale old enough for

service October of this year. whose dams made

the above records.



These calves are offered at $75 each. Their dams

will be re-tested this winter and we certainly ex-

pect them to make 30 lbs. butter in 7 days. You ca—

not lose on them. They are the best of dairy type.



stock guaranteed as represented.





SVAiIllARTDALE‘ mm





PETERSBURG, MICHIGAN





“HOLSTEIN BULLS-





6 to 10 months old.





From cows with A. R. O. records-Sired

by gthson of Spring Farm King Ponti-

ac .





The Great Young. Holstein Bull





His first 14 tested daughters average

over 20 pounds butter in 7 days.



The past year there were 14 bulls sold

for $10,000 or more.



The half sisters of the sire of these

bulls, I have for sale, won as much prize

mone , as all the daughters of those

sold or $10,000 combined. Priced from

$75 up.





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms,

Breedsville, Mich.





GLUNY STOCK 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 bylthe son of a 32.9 lb. cow and

from a 31 lb. 4 'yr. old cow. Dam is a 22.5 lb. Jr,

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

whose dam is a 27 lb. cow.‘



Ready for immediate heavy, service. Priced to

,sell immediately. Send for pedigree and price.





R. BRUCE McPHERSON, HowellMich.





 





 





 





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HOLSTEINS





‘ This letter may look queer 'to you.-

but some of my neighbor farmers and

myself feel we are not getting a square

deal on our cattle. The best we can get

is five cents on foot and that doesn’t

look right to us. Of course, our cattle

are not the best. They are grass—fed

yearlings and ,two—year-olds, in good

order, ranging from 500 to 700 pounds

apiece. I have two, two years old that

will weigh about 1,200 pounds apiece.

Seems to me we ought ,to get a better

price than that, taking the price of

meat into consideration. We will con-

sider it a great favor if Mr. Lillie will

give us his opinion on this.

Bay Co. C. L.





The market for grass cattle has

been rather unsatisfactory this season;

they have sold for less than feeders eX<

pected to get. The only reason I can

see why this is so is because they have

been run to market sooner than during

ordinary years because people were

afraid the price would drop; then again





' in the northwest, the season has been





very dry and feeders were forced al-

most to put their cattle on the market

before they were ready. This has de-





have been selling for a dollar or two

per hundred less than they ought to

simply because the feeders have glut-

ted the market. In other words, the

owner of grass—fed cattle this’year has

done what be practically has done

many times before on other products—-

put them on the market regardless of

what effect it would have upon prices.

There is a shortage of cattle, the world





A Hog “Cafeteria.”





will take more cattle than we have at

the present time and yet in the face

of this extraordinary demand, the price

has gone down because feeders have

sent too many unfinished cattle to mar-

ket at one time. Had there been some

organization to influence the shipping

of cattle the market could have been

controlled and it would have cost the

consumer no more because the pack-

ers always take advantage of such

things and they never put the retail

price down in proportion to the whole-

sale price when such a slump in price

takes place, and I don’t know as we

can blame them very much for taking

advantage of these things, the farmer

and feeder is entirely at fault. ’



The supply in the last few days

seems to be lessening and it looks as

if the rush of such cattle is over for

this season, and if this is so the mar-

ket will recover and it seems to me

that one wouldn’t lose money by hold-

ing thencattle, yet there is another

thing to take into consideration and

that is the high price of feed and the

high price of beef is influencing many





cows and there may be enough of

these-placed on the market to depress

it for some time. ‘

bad because the World needs the beef

now and will need it in the future, and





' there~is no use of the farmer sacrific-





ing when all he has'got to- do is ."to

control the market, not to put too

much on the market at one time.



,It seemsto'me' that in your vicinity





 





 





 





moralized the market and grass cattle ,





 





dairymen to dispose of their poorest





It is all really too





is just 6 right; 918.66 t0 Bier”. more





a... ym‘WncattlnarnrOwn:

hogs.- - If you haven‘t‘got- a, Shillpel’up





ought to have, a. little tic-operation

among your neighbors will enable you;





to form a shipping organisation and

you can ship your oWn cattle dust as“ '





well as to have some drover ship )hem.

There. are perfectly reliable commis-

sion men in DetrOit, Buffalo, and Chi-‘





cagb that you can send your cattle and “





h0g5 to and get the highest market

price on the day of arrival. I think

you can trust them to get the very

best'price that the market will give on

your class of stock and you don't ham;-





to pay the local shipper any commis—V .





sion. There are numerous instances





all over this country where farmers .





have organized co—operatlve shipping

associations and I have yet to hear of

one that is not satisfactory.



COLON C. LILLIE.’





 





STARTING WITH EWE LAMBS.





Good breeding ewes are selling high.

Lower prices are unlikely, as the de-

mand is strong and the available sup-

ply is small. With probable high pric-

as for mutton and wool in the future

the farmer whounderstands sheep and

wilh properly care for them from the

start has good prospects of success.



For those inexperienced in sheep

raising, particularly, there are several





Let the Hogs Help Solve the Labor Question these _

Days when Hands Are at a Premium. -





important advantages in purchasing

ewe lambs instead of mature breeding

ewes, according to the-United States

Department of Agriculture. In the first

place, the ewes of breedingrage that

are offered for sale are mostly western

ewes with a long wool cross while the

ewe lambs coming frOm the west‘are

mostly black-faced lambs, thus 'lshowl

ing a cross of some of the down breeds

which is the kind of blood most farm-

ers wish to have in their flocks. By

buying such ewe lambs one gets the

advantage of starting with the first

cross of the type to be used in grading

up of a flock to the mutton type.

While breeding stock is selling high,

the ewe lambs can be bought at about

$5.00 per headless than breeding ewes.

This is an important point in starting

a flock, although until the lambs come

to a breeding age no returnsfrom the

flock will be forthcoming except the

wool clip. However, for the beginner

in sheep husbandry, no better plan of

obtaining experience could be adopted

than in caring for a flock of eweylambs

for a year. The experience gained in





wintering ewe lambs and managing»





the flock throughout thesummer sea-

son Would be invaluable. _ .-

Investment in a flock of ewe lambs





will give the advantage of the. first“;





cross cf blood ‘of the down breeds. ‘i‘o’w-

er price, and necessary. experience.





The‘wool c1ih..whi‘e.h will at mantaotf-

set the first year’s keenand the W “





ling ewes, will'be a benefit to wESd‘y;





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"close inspection would not disclose





some unprofitable stock. It may be

a head or two, but, whether many

or few, it is quite evident that they are

not the sort that will pay for winter

feeding: They should be singled out

and disposed of without delay for what

they will bring. It will not take long

for them to eat an amount which would

absorb a good share of their, present

value, and if you cannot make them

worth more it is not policy to waste

good feed on them. Look your stock





_ over and see just what you think will





be profitable to put into winter quar-

ters.



The man who has been keeping

scrub stock all his life and flatters

himself that such care as is usually

given to that class of property will be

sufficient in‘the case of high-bred stock

may rest assured that he is all wrong.

Not that the cultivated breeds need

pampering, as many erroneously sup-.

pose. They simply need what the

scrub stock should, but do not have.

The point that I wish to make is that

if in the habit of neglecting a common

beast to his own injury and its dis-

comfort, he is not the man to keep ani-

mals which will, if kept well, show

great gain and good profit, since they

will ‘show rapid depreciation under

neglect.



The advisability of grading up the

herd is something that all farmers ad-

mit, but there are various ways in

which they put it into practice. Now I

am not speaking of all farmers, but

there are a few that fall in with these

methods. One way is to turn your

cows in a field next to your neighbor’s

pasture if he keeps a thoroughbred

bull, then if there isra weak fence be-

tween, the grading up process is pretty

sure to follow in due season. But there

are better ways than this and we do

not recommend this plan. One objec-

tion to it is that it is apt to make

hard feelings with one’s neighbors, and

that is something that no farmer can

afford to do, even if he does get his

cows bred Without cost by such means.

Better practice the golden rule in these

matters.





Shiawassee Co. D. H. M.





 





THE FLY NUISANCE.





 





One of the leaks with which the live

stock industry has to contend during

the hot days of late summer and early

autumn is the attacks of insect pests.

For them to make satisfactory returns

or even to continue in good condition

is out of the question.



To counteract this detrimental effect

a few simple and easy precautions may

be suggested here for those who will

take the time to apply them. To pro-

tect cattle from the female gad—fly,

which punctures the back and deposits

an egg that grows into a fat maggot in

the winter, a smearing of tar and

grease gives good results. Fish oils

are very effectual and may be substi-

tuted for the grease. Tar used alone

is a little too hot in summer and is

disposed to scald when the sun is on it,

but one part of tar and two of thick oil,

one of a thinner kind, is all right. In

purchasing fish oils the purchaser

should make it known that he is not

seeking quality but rather cheapness

in this case. Frequently, there is some

old stock on hand that the dealer will

be glad to clear not at a nominal price.

”This mixture keeps the fly at a respect‘

ful distanceand it is soon glad to'pass

on to a more unsavory victim. _



The bot-fly that pays similar atten-

tions to the breast, legs and sides of

horses may be kept away by a light ap-

plication of the same thing. In the

.case of working horses, a gentle rub-





qgwn with a paraffin rag'before going





at” in the morning‘ will be found a





 





 





 





 

 





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both " harmless ,and'ilasting. Spon‘g‘in‘g 3





over with any of the coal tar emulsions

affords protection, for a few hours.

They, however, attract dust and dull

the coat, yet being the least of twoi

evils it is wellrto make the best of

this trifle than have the horses wor-

ried with flies.





A flock of sheep crowded together on

sultry days with beads all turned in—

ward is an indication that the sheep

bot fly has been laying its, eggs in the

nostrils of its victims. It is hardly

practicable to go around among the

whole lot, smearing each one’s nos-

trils. Here is a wholesale way of do-

ing it. Make auger holes in a plank,

and lay it over a trough in which a

little feed has been placed. The holes

are smeared with tar or fish oil and

the sheep get enough on their muzzles

to disgust the fly and hasten its retreat.





The fly that causes maggots in the

fleece, generally lays on the underside

of the leaves of trees. It is, therefore,

around shady pastures that we must

often have this trouble. To prevent

the fly striking, powder of sulphur and

oil of tar are shaken over the moist

fleece in the morning. A watering pot

may be used when there is no dew and

a rough parting made along the back

of the sheep. Despite these precau-

tions, the fly will often find a sore

place in the head of the sheep. ,For

those unfortunate enough to be struck

and already have maggots, a strong

,carbolic oil is good. -





Hillsdale Co. J. A. KAISER.





 





NEW' FLOCKS NEED PURE-BRED

RAMS.



One of the results of the boom en-

joyed by the sheep industry in Michi-

gan within the past year has been a

demand for pure—bred rams. This led,

last fall, to a scarcity of desirable

sires, which compelled owners of many

of the new flocks ‘to start business

Without the right type of rams. Every

sheepman knows, however, that if suc-

cess is attained in the sheep-raising

game it will come soonest to the men

whose flocks are headed by strong,

pure-bred animals. The flock-master

who hasn’t such a sire should invest

in one as soon as possible. The mat-

ter is one worth considering at this

time for the reason that the man who

purchases in September will have

some opportunity to select the kind of

ram he should have, while he who

waits will be compelled to take what

is left.



“What breed shall I choose?” the

new flock owners have been asking.

Every man, however, must largely an-

swer this for himself, for there is no

“best breed” for all conditions. Far

more depends upon the individual ex-

cellence of the animal than upon the

breed to which he may happen to

belong.



But a pure—bred ram should be chos-

en as the pure-bred will prove more

prepotent than the grade. For small

flocks of less than twenty ewes a well

grown ram lamb will prove satisfac-

tory, but for larger flocks a yearling

or older sheep should be selected. The

mature ram, well cared~ for, will breed

from forty to sixty ewes.



Mich. Ag. Col. G. A. BROWN.





 





A FLY REPELLANT.





 





Last summer, throughout the fly sea-

son, I sprayed my cows every morning

before they started for pasture. It" not

only added to their comfort but pre-

vented their kicking over the milk pail

and knocking me off the stool with

their tails. And I find a further bene-

fit this spring, as not One of them has





3a grub. So if I wished to beef one, her





hide-would bring full price. ,



I made my own spraying dope at a

cost of twenty cents per gallon, as fol-

lows: Into a gallon bottle put one

pint of “pine tar, two ounces of crude

carbons acid and fill with kerosene.

“fun-in Co. " ' ' F. L. Kroner;





   





 

 

 





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Rub a little Tuxedo

briskly in the palm of your

hand to bring out its full

aroma. Then smell it deep

-—its delicious, pure fra-

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Try this test with any other

tobacco and we will let Tux-

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REGISTERED HOLSTEINS





Holton, Mich.

Reference: Old State Bank. Fremont, Mich.

Flint Mnrlccrcct Bo cire in service



Hie sire is Map acre-t Kern yke Hengcrveld. his 3

Nearest Damn each overall lbs. of butter in? days.

His dam and grand dam both made over 1232 lbs. of

butter in Iyear. It lathe year) cow we are looking

for todeliver the goods. Flint aplecrest Boy’sDam is

Gluck Vassar Bell, 30.57 lbs. of butter in 7 days and 11)

lbs. in ”den. Her butter rat testis 5.27. This looks

about right to the man who goes to the creamory.

We have Bull Calves from 2 weeks to 8 months old for

sale at dalrf'tarmcrc' prices all out of A. B. 0. Heifers.

Write it tel no the kind of a bull you want.





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





 





I Always Have Holsteins

To Se





If wanting Registered cattle write me your wants

before placing your order elsewhere.





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio





OAK LEAF FARM

Herd Sire

Ypsilanti Blr Pletertle De Kol

Registered Holstein cows in bull calves tine individu-

als oowc safe in calf satisfaction guaranteed.

E. H. Gccrhart & Son. Marcellus. Mich, R. No. 4.





 





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Holstein Bull Calves from a 30 lb. 6.5318ire. Dam

are grand daughters of the Klnc of the Pontiacc.

Theirdamsgrand dau hters of Sadie Vale Concordia

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



30.21 lbs. sire. Their dam'a

3 Holstein lleiiers a... i. n. o. m... .0 a...





of 35 lb. cow. bred to ’1 brother 13030 “)4 yr. old. Terms





 





 





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

A‘fine registered Holt i

For Sale bun calf a mo... (.15 30';





white. A Grandson of Maple Crest Korndyke Hen-



gorvcld. Whose pedigree is full of world's records and



3'! lb. cows. Price . Write for description.



W. C. HENDEE a BON.‘ Plnckney. Mich.

Ten head of high grade





FOR SALE Holcteincowl, toflyrc.





old, freshen from So t. 16th. F b. let d3 1'

heifers. makes the‘hord. e an year ms

F. O. PARDEE. . Grass Lake, Mich.





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Registered Cows. ‘fifiififi‘ét‘loifiiiffitm





breeding and (00d lndividualc. B. B. “covey. Akron, lieh.





On Our Easy Payment Plan

Holstein Bull calf in our stables.

Ypsiland Farms,



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prices. JOE





N A. BINKE. Warren, Mich.





 





 





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Rho]! and, heavy milkl d t l . P rich.

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for Can't be did. but a good one with A. B. 0. b at us. , .W‘i'l‘t‘blf'di-Mgd:

we have a-2'l.58 lb. heifer lore. and price. Elmer I. 50mm. Redford, Mich. ..

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We have a special offer which will interest poultry



ple who want Laying 11er or Winte ten

Since we do not fee that we can dispose of any more

Pullets.lwe have decided to offer for immediate sale:





300 Laying Yearling White Leghorn Hens





These are from our choice colonies which as Pullets



an layin last September (see dcscriptive circu-

lar, and wh ch are still laying Favorable prices in

lots from 8 to 50 for immediate sale. Also other stock

as follows:





Yearling Hens

B Le horns. Barred Plymouth Rocks (limited)

WrgzigWyagndottes. Rhode Island Reds, Bose Oomb

Black Minorcas.





Yearling Cocks and Cockerels





B d Pl mouth Rocks. Rhode Island Reds. White

Wayrggdottens. Single Comb Black Minorcas. White and

Brown Leghorns. Anconas.





Geese and Ducks





50 Fine Young White Pekin Ducks.

30 Young Gray Toulouse Geese.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





All of these are pure breed practical poultry which

daily prove theirpractical value in the direct market

for poultry and its products which we have begun to





old up.





Everything we sell is guaranteed; each customer is

to be fully satisfied. Do you want some of these Year-

ing Hens or some of the Young Ducks or Geese? They

are to be sold at once.



We are ianning for a more extensive sale of Da -Old

Chicks iicxt Spring, so that all orders may he lied.





HOMESTEAD FARMS, Bloomingdale, Mich.





2000- Pullets -' 2000





“200 Egg” Pedigree White Leghorns

Bred- to- -lay" Strain.



These vigorous May- hatched pullets will be laying

in a few weeks. These birds of quality are the choic-

est ever offered for sale. Price in hundred lots. 5]

each, for one week only. Our White Leghorns lay large,

white eggs, and plenty of them. They are bred right.

Book your order at once. Thousands of satisfied cus-

tomers. alo



MICHIGAN POULTRY FARM. Lansing. Michigan



“Michigan’ s Largest Poultry Farm"





 





 





 





 





Yearling Hens For Breeders





C.W Buff and Black Leghorns at $1. 00 each.

SUNNWhYBtROOK FARM. - - Hillsdale, Mich.





   





   

 

 

 





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floors. For convenience

sprinkle Instant Louse Killer

in the dust bath occasionally

—- your hens will do the rest.

Thismeanslouseprevenfion.

For Stock—With one hand

stroke the hair the wrong

way, with the other sift in the

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the rest. '





GUARANTEED. The dealer

will refund your money if it

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Alhland Ohio





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lay, it is a difficult matter to get eggs.

If a melting hen lays eggs, she must

have nourishment enough to do the

double duty of producing 'eggs and

feathers at the same time.‘ In most in-

stances, the egg production is consid-

erably slighted, if not altogether stop-

ped. The best way to hurry the molt-

ing process along and get eggs at the

earliest possible time afterwards, is to

feed an abundance of oily feather-form-

ing foods, such as oil meal and sun-

flower seed. Otherwise a good laying

ration will be sufficient. If the hens

are kept in good condition during this

period, they will begin to lay much

earlier than they will if fed on skimpy

rations or left to, rustle feed on the

range. It must not for a moment he

thought that because the hens are not

laying eggs they do not require laying

rations.



Of the old hens, the best and most

prolific layers usually molt rather late.

It will pay to keep these over for a

second year as they will again produce

many eggs. Early March and April

pullets should begin laying in Septem-

ber and October if managed properly.

Pulléts allowed free range in alfalfa

fields or grain fields where there are

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' OHN' Sbig beautiful hen- hatched Barred Rocks,

? " - J oodla ere. Breeding gens (5birds) $10 to $20. Eggs

,' Z. 50; 1 .37. Circulars. hoto. John Northon Clare Mich.





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. EGGS FROM STRAIN with



° records to 297 eggs a year. 82

arcel post. prepaid. Circular



gonstantine, Mich.





Barred Rocks





pe.r15 Delivered by

free. Fred Astling.





 





Great Layers first class breed-

ersl ‘10 for 52.).





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Barred Bock Hen:





W. C. COFFMAN, Benton Harbor, Mich.





 





‘Ferris White Leghorns





A real heav laying strain, trapnesied l

years. recor s from 200 to 264 eggs. Get

our special summer prices on yearling hens,

‘— breeding malcs. eggs for hatching 8- week-

old pullers and da old chicks. We ship C. O. D. and

guarantee results slalog gives prices. describes stock. tells

all about our farm and methods; results you can get by breed-

ing this strain. Send for your copy now—it Is free





GEORGE E. FERRIS 934 Union. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 

 





 





 

 





 

 

 





   

 





 





 

   

   





 





 

 

 





Fowler's Buff Rocks, Essa bofiehgifprice





0 season

8.75 for 15: [1.50for30; 82.0021” 50;:31501001'01‘

ILB.FOWLER,Ha1-ttorld Mich.





 





 

 

 

 





BUFF. Leghorns—buy your ccckerels for next year

now All stock at reduced prices remainder of

season. Dr. WilliamA. Smith Petersburg. Mich.





lsybili 8. ll. VI. to horn:





breeding hens now.





1.; Pins crest 8.8.Wl1ila Orpingions, 0

WILLIS





a 4 ' cocks and hens. also young cockerels. MRS.W

‘ HOUGH. PINE CREST FARM Royal Oak, Mich.





 





 

 





Lax-gag reat la) ers. Pure

white.fiarga1ns1n choice

verfresh Egg Farm. Ionia. Mich





 





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RHODE ISLAND REDS and PLYMOUTH ROCKS

Males 5 to 12 lbs accordin to s11136.82 to 85: P. R. hens

weight 5 to 10 lbs. . eggs 15 or 00$5;120,86.00.

Mammoth Bronze Tom Turkeys 8 to Balbs. according

, to age Iii to $25.10 eggs 33. A. E. Cramtou. Vassar. Mich.

Good breeding hens at $1. 50



I. and So Cs Reds. each for shortt time. Also





Belgian lines. 0. E. Hurley, Ludington. Mich.





   





 





 

 





 





 

 





 





 





 





I. Red Summer Sale. Rose Oomb cocks and liens.



. Single comb hens and pullets. All at bargain



prices ockerels after September 15th.

INTERLAKES FARM 130139. Lawrence, Mich





 





Pekin





ll. C. Br. leghorn Cookerels, 1......

W. China Geese. ()rder early, the supply islimitcd.

MRS. CLAUDIA Bl'rrs. Hillsdale, Mlchlnn





Sllvel‘ Spangled ance season. young Belgian





Hares pedigreed (impair. Pedigreed Persian Kittens real.

hunters $10 each Send stamp. Rivcrview Farm, Vassar. ich.





 





dHamburg Eggs setting $1 SOBal-





 





 





S O. W. Leghorn hens for breeding $1. 50 each. Cock-

'erels from tréip nested stock we have them priced

$3 to $5011ch.0.S.Sturtevant dc Sons, Ypsilanti. Mich





 





 

 





leVER Golden and White Wyandottes.

breeding stock of sale atteriOct. 1st,

in yearling hens. 0. W. Browning. R.2



- April Hatched. Standard Bred





' O 0. w. [Cg horns. Cookerels on free range at 32.00

'each. Whiteg Line Poultry Farm. Hillsdale. Mich





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Choice

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quality and quantityukillsfirof'its. .Prevenl:

smut by using Smutene. cos the work

every time. Saves you dollars. 16 pt. bottle,

enough for Z) bu. of seed, 600. Pint bottle.

enough for 40 bu. of seed $1. 00. Get Smut-

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in horses, cattle. hogs. sheep. Great condi-



tioner. Stock buts on more flesh with no



fiiore feed. 25 b.s. $1. 50; 50 lbs” 82. 50: 100

bs .,



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sease--increases layin 1% lb .pkg. 250; 5

lb. 75c; 10 lb. pail Lfi).



Dr. Lape sLice Killlergrevents' and kills

lice on big or little chic ens,1 can



Sore neck on horses relieved quickly

with Dr. Lape' s Neverfale Healing Pow-

der. Price.



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drives pests aways from cows. Contented

cows give more milk. lgal.



Try Dr. ape' s Remedies and be con—

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if not satisfcatory. Ask your dealer. Or-

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Admin, Mich.





 

 





 





 

 





   

   

 

 





 

 

   





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laying at the beginning of the season.

For best results they will require some

concentrates and proteins besides the

feeds they are able to rustle in the

field. Where they are not allowed free

range, then such feeds as will supply

the same nutrients should be given

them.





We find it best to use the colony

house system. That is, we divide our

flock up, teaching each flock to go to

their own house. This avoids over-

crowding. Where pullets are left crowd-

ed in coops at night, it greatly retards

their growth and hinders their matu~

rity. If they have been allowed to

roost in separate coops during the

summer, it is a good plan to begin to

teach them to go into the houses now.

This system enables us to tell the age

of the different flocks of hens. We do

not think it best to keep a hen over

two years unless an exceptionally good





   





 

 





   

   

 





   





   





 

 





 

 





   





   





 

 





 





 





 





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layer. The colony system allows more

room and affords less crowded condi-

tions.



It is time now to plan on fall greens

for the laying hens. If no other space

is available near the poultry yard, the

garden space can be sowed to rye so

it will be handy for them. After the

rye is gone, clover tops and alfalfa

leaves will supply greens, though not

quite so succulent. Surplus beets, cab~

bages and small potatoes should all be

kept for the hens. Ensilage chopped

fine is also good. We have a large oat

sprouter which we use during the win-

ter time. The green feeds furnish very

little nutrients, but they stimulate lay-

ing and for the bestcondition of the

hens they must not only have plenty of





     

   





 

     





   

 





 





   

   

   

   





 

 





   





 





 





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a. variety. As for a grain ration, a

good mash can be made up of corn

meal, wheat middlings, hulled oats and

oil meal mixed to a crumbly consist-

ency with sour milk. Meat scrap may

also be added. A little difference

should be made in the ration fed the

old hens and that fed the. pullets‘. The

pullets will do well on rations that

would fatten the old hens. Too much

fat-forming carbohydrates should be

avoided. It is best to keep them in

a good healthy, plump condition, but if

they are inclined to put on fat it is'

time the ration be changed. This is

one of the advantages in using the col:

any system of housing. It enables one

to feed the old hens one ration and the

pallets another so better result are





   

   

 





 

 

 





 





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URING the fall days when the

old hens are melting and the

pullets are scarcely beginning'to





breeding season, as the old birds are ‘





 





 

 

 





poultry will have no difloulty in choos-

ing either the layers or the prospecv‘ ’



tive layers. Such marks as the celer. _ ,;

of the ear lobes, the bright red combs, '

the faded shanks and the spread of

the pin bones are all‘familiar to one

accustomed to choosing the layers. A

thrifty hen is always out early in the

morning and one’ of the last in at night;

Such little indications should be given

attention in making up the flock. It

would be poor business to ‘go into a

flock haphazard and probably sell 03

the best layers. The. slickest looking

birds are often the poorest layers. It 1,

is best to study the flock and cull very

carefully so that every hen kept

through the Winter will be a thrifty

layer. ,P. H. EATON.





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





.CLEAN-UP SEASON FOR POULTRY l

IS HERE. ‘





 





It is an ironclad rule of business that s ‘

only those men achieve genuine sUc-

cess who give strict attention to busi-

ness right along. Nevertheless, there A

are times when it may be wise to

make just a. little extra effort, andin

the poultry game this cannot be better

done than by according special care

just now to those pullets from which

winter eggs are expected. This should

be clean-up time in the henery.



As a first step, the floors should be

thoroughly cleaned by removing all lit-

ter. If the floor is one of wood or ce-

ment thoroughly scrape it. If it is

gravel or sand remove from four to six

inches of the surface, and put in new.

Dust the walls and ceiling. Remove

the nests to the yard and scrub them

vigorously with soap and water. When

dfy, spray them well with a good coal

tar disinfectant and allow the sun to

get at them from all sides for a num-

ber of days. Then spray them again

before replacing them in the house.

Whitewash the walls and ceiling and.

the dropping board, if one is used. To 5

the whitewash add a cupful of crude ‘

carbolic acid to the gallon. When

the house is dry replace the nests and

other interior appointments.



Bring the pullets in from the range

before the fall rains and cold nights

come on so that they can get accus-

tomed to their quarters before begin-

ning to lay.



If the poultryman will mix ten

pounds of corn, ten pounds of wheat

and five pounds of oats together for a.

grain ration, and feed fifty pounds of

buttermilk along with grit, shell, bone

and green feed, and use a mash of five

pounds of bran and five pounds of flour

middlings, he can expect eggs from

matured, well-bred and well-housed

fowls during the winter.



Ag. College. 0. H. BURGESS.





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CULLING OF FLOCKS.





By careful selection of birds for lay-

ers or breeders, better results can be

obtained, but few poultry keepers cull

close enough. -



By culling closely the average egg 1‘

production per bird is increased, as the . ~

poor layers, or the unprofitable birds

will be disposed of. The losses from

sickness or death will be decreased as

the weak birds are more susceptible to

disease. .



The offspring from the breeders se-

lected for egg production will be im-

proved as they will inherit the ten- k

dency to lay and fewer birds will be '

culled.



The average egg production for pul- ,

lets is .120 to 140 eggs, while the hen-s ’ . .

average about sixty to seventy eggs. It

doesn’t pay to keep more than ‘one-

third of the layers for breeder‘siand

they should be disposed of after the





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 

   

   

 

 





 

 

 





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





Choke—Rheumatism.——I had six pigs

that appeared to be well up to three

months old and~about three weeks ago

one of them died suddenly and another

one died a day or two ago, and a third

'one is sick. They would appear well

when approaching trough, fill mouth

full, sudenly back up, begin to tw1tch,

and soon tumble down. I have also no«

ticed some bunches on their hind legs

and before they die the nose and ears

were of a purple color. I also have an

old pig that appears to be rheumatic.

caused I believe from remaining in

cold water too long. P. 0., St. Clair,

Mich—If you will make the young

pigs feed more sloppy and spread it

out thin in feed box so that the, pig

will not take too large a mouthful-and

choke, they will doubtless been right._

Rubbing the throat with camphorated

oil once a day will doubtless help

them. Give your old pig 10 grs. of

sodium salicylate at a dose three times

a day and keep him out of cold water.



Acute Indigestion—Have recently

lost three shoats which I kept in a pen

10x14 feet, fed them plenty of alfalfa,

sweet milk from separator. All three

of the pigs that dies bloated consrder—

able and the rectum protruded. What

treatment would you advise for these

kind of cases? R. A. W., Alma, Mich.

—Your shoats died the result of acute

indigestion, caused .from eating too

much alfalfa and drinking too much

sweet milk. A change of feed. 15 all

that is required. Or perhaps if they

were fed one-third less, than they have

been accustomed to eating.



Stomach Worms in Lambs—Some of

my lambs are troubled with stomach

worms and I would like to have you

give me a remedy. W. J. M., North

Branch, Mich—Everyone of your in-

fected sheep should be kept by them-

selves, and the well ones should be

kept in dry, high pasture. Give each

fairly well grown lamb and ewe 1/2_oz.

each of gasoline and raw linseed Oll—

add 4 ozs. of fresh cows’ milk. Repeat

this dose for three evenings. Very

weak lambs should not be given as

large a dose; ten days later give an-

other course of this treatment. Pre-

vention of stomach worms in sheep 18

best prevented by pasturing your stock

on high land that is uninfected.



Swollen Throat.—Last fall I had an

Oxford buck that started to swell un-

der the jaw. I applied different kinds

of liniment, but swelling increased in

throat, fore legs and under belly, and

some time later this ram died. Last

fall I bought a two-year-old buck and

now he seems to be swelling under jaw

and I would like to know how to treat

him. W. A. F., Jr., Prescott, Mich.—

The swelling of throat, stocking of legs

and dropsical swelling under abdomen

are only symptoms of some other ail-

ment. It is possible that his liver and

kidneys were diseased. Apply equal

parts of spirits of camphor and alcohol

toswelling once a day. Give sheep 5

grs. of potassium iodide, 30 drops of

tincture ‘gentian, 30 drops of tincture

cinchona and 15 drops of Fowler’s so«

lution of arsenic at a dose in feed or

drinking water three times a day. Are

you sure that your buck did not die of

nodular disease, a parasitic bowel ail-

ment common in sheep? ‘



Tetanus—Will you please tell me

what is wrong with our dog and cats?

They are dumpish, refuse to eat, grow





-poor, but are thirsty, slime runs from





mouth and finally take lockjaw and

die. J. T., Ypsilanti, Mich.~—Lockjaw

in dogs and cats is an incurable ail-

ment, but it occurs to me that perhaps

only a portion of your animals suffered

from this ailment, as it is usually the

result of a wound becoming infected

with lockjaw germs. As soon as you

notice a wound on either your cat or

dog, paint it with tincture iodine, ban-

dage it in absorbent cotton.

Diarrhea—Whenever my horse is

stabled and fed dry feed, he is troubled

with looseness of bowels, but when on

grass for two days his bowel‘move-

ments are normal. I feed him oats

and mixed hay. F. M. J., Fennville,

Mich.;~This kind of a case is best rem-

edied by a change of feed; feed oats,

bran, some oil meal and less hay. Mix

equal parts 'of ginger, gentian and pow-

dered charcoal and give him two table-

spoonfulsvat a dose in feed two or





three times a day. Why not feed him





plenty of green feed? ,



Injured Tendons.——Some four weeks

ago our nine-year-old horse nut fore leg

on barb wire; woundlhas healed, but





, his tendons between fetlock and knee





are swollen... After resting a few days

he travels sound, but when worked is

line. CH. 1)., Oak Grove, Mich——

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At The Michigan State Fair





by a veterinarian approved by the State

against tuberculosis for a period of 60

the rules and regulations usually laid

ments for entry to this sale.-



Every animal will be inspected by

not conforming to requirements will be



No female will be sold whose last

fully developed.





or no sale;





their best days ahead of them.





choice ones.

in value every day you own them.





find plenty of good breeding and A. R.

This will be a good sale for you to

what you want to tone up your herd.





the sale and furnish the catalog.





OCTOBER,





HOWELL SALES C0.0F

MALACHY ROCHE, Pres.





 





producers.

Breakwater offers to sell a few

H. w. Mimronn.

OWNEK

Ann Arbor.





FOR Sale One registered Holstein bull calf. _ Sara’s

twenty nearest dams have 7 da. records sv. boil lb.

butter. Dam to be tested.‘ A finely marked. growthy

Individul. Long Veiw Farm, R. 3.Box 10 A. Rochester. Mich.





F o R s A L E semester” .2

V. E. COVERT, - - Leslie. Mich.





HEREFORDS





Sires in service, Governor by Prince

Donald Militant Farmer by Farmer

(Imp), Bonnie Brae Jr. by Bonnie

Brae 24th. Inspection invited.



ALLEN BIO§., PAW PAW, MICII.





' I d l‘ifty head high grade Hereford heifers—

In ‘ Calves or enriings. Kindly specify breeding

nnd price.W.E. M 88. 710 Union Trust Bldg.,Detroit.





Bob Fairfax 494027 at head of herd.

EARL O. McCARTY, Bad Axe, Michigan.





.~ Buy a

Jersey Bull!





The improvement of your herd





G, i I in this and other papers.



9? gem a]! once for prim .

"III greet, etc. uy s erscy spring

d to de ' herd.

300k Pinulls ‘z’ilr‘enstronm prgotznotmsnd you'Adrnd

even grs erseys surprisingly profitable.

Send for our free book. "The Story of the

Jersey" and earn the truth concerning '



great eed.





The American Jersey Cattle Club

346 West 23rd Street. New York City





 





The Wildwood Jersey Farm





offers for sale c nice young bulls from R. of M. dams.

good enough to and any herd. We invite inspection.

ALV N BALDEN. Capac. Mich.





 





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5,3 50 3:33; J Egg-1Y5 patterns

Mesdowlsnd Far-iii, Packardtlxtlbzdl. Ann Aarbgi'fifigh,





‘ fromhii - rod in d ith

llmy Bulls hr Ssh Mi... “hf... Aiminffifi' on

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





 





 





for “16.: y for service. Out of

Jersey BIIIIS good p ucing dams. Prices l'lfht.

R. B. FOWLER.‘ ‘ Barnard. M eh.





Hillside Ferns Jer'sefl- Efiité‘iiisfigafiiioi





 





 





 





eid b R. of M. dnms‘with high ofloi

. eardrum - :1thqu





e1 "records;

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‘ To Be Held Under the Auspices of the

Pontiac Holstein Breeders Sale Association





Every animal over six months of age will have been tuberculin tested





A Committee of Standards has been appointed to determine the require-

They have set a very high standard.





There will be no three-teaters or aborters in this sale.

Each animal will be guaranteed by the consignor to be as represented

The consignors are all responsible men. »

The famous Ypsiland Herd, including the great three-times 30-11). cow,

Pontiac De Nijlander, her son and several grand-daughters will be dispersed.

The Lakeview Farm Co. will sell their entire herd. All are young with





Flanders Farms, W. E. Flanders, Prop., are selling about twenty very





E. Le Roy Pelletier, who developed the $18,300 cow, Wandermere Belle

Hengerveld, will sell ten or a dozen of the real good ones in his herd.



Elmer Dohany puts in twenty of the kind you like to buy.

them are bred two-year-olds due this winter.



Fred M. Warner enters sixteen beautiful youngsters.





E. M. Starkweather and James Gibson will sell seven head.

P. A. Nye, John Rinke, Musolff Bros, E. M. Moore, D. M. Wood & Son,

and E. A. Hardy will each sell from two to five head.





signments but the quality is of the right kind.

This will be a sale of good individuals and as we make the pedigrees, we





Greatest Michigan Sale

Colonels Haeger &.-Kelly will do the selling_ with S. T. Wood as Sale

Director. Liverpool Sale & Pedigree Co., Inc., Liverpool,N. Y.,wIll manage





4—th Annual Sale of REGISTERED HOLSTEINS





ON THE. FAIR GROUNDS AT HOWELL, MICH.





Watch for further particulars later.





Jerseys and Duroc Jerseys





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





BROOKWATER FARM





Polled and horned. Monarch 2nd. neon of Avondsle, from 1 t. 9 _

u E R E F a "D 8. Both sexes for uule.J old. John Schmidt. Reed City. R. NO. 5. Mighlxflnao;





 

 





 





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Grounds, October ‘ 3-4, 1917





Department and will be guaranteed

days from date of sale, according to

down in such cases.





a committee of three and any animals

rejected. .

calf, when born, was not alive and





Several of





They will increase





These are small con-





0. backing.

buy some mighty good animals—just

Plan now to attend the





25th, 1917





LIVINGSTON COUNTY

JAY B. TOOLEY, Secy.





 





choice bull calves of this kind.





0. F. FOSTER.

MANAGER





Mich. , R. 7.





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Csttle. Bull calves from R

of M. Cows. also heifer calves and several bred

heifers for sale. Colon 0. Lillie. Coopersvillo, Mich



Two registered Jerseys bull l .S l .

F" All. did_individuals. Good edigree‘: VPsi'icheixo

sell. Long Veiw Farm. R. 3,Box 1 A. Rochester. Mich.





R. of M. Jersey herd oi! f

maple lane tuberculin tested cows. filing: Bill?

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

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





Maple Hill Farm Registered lemy cattle

Surplus stock all sold.

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





ST. Clair County Jersey Cattle Club. We have for sale

Bulls old enough for service and Bull calves. from

best stains of Jersey Cattle. Majesty's. Noble of Oak-

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

grees,price and psrticulsrs. Fred A. Brennan. Sec .Cspsc.Mich





Shortliorn Cattle oi both Sex for Sale

w. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.

FOR Sale—Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Mnanltou





 





 





Francisco Farm Shorthorns





Big Type Poland Chinas





“The ’re rugged—They pay the rent."

othing for sale at present.

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





'Bidwall Shannorns





“For Beef and Milk”





This heifer at 6 months has bone.

size and quality—Our own breeding.

The blood of Scotch bulls Imp.

. Shenstone Albino and Imp. Millag-

er Registered stock always for sale.





BIDWELL “06K Film,





Box B, Tecumseh, Mlchlgsn.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





—Dniryor beef bred. Breeding stock all

:hndhorn' ages for sale at farmers prices. C.W,Crum,

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





Richland Shorthorns {‘3’ $2,231,223



IMP. Lorne. Albion Crest and Fair Acre Goods in ser:



vice.A few good young bulls for sale at attractive2prices



Our show herd will be at Detroit. Grand Rapids and

as“; M.



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Shorthorns Bulls 3 mo. t 2

For sale from d milking cowa. 0 years “Id

KR. Clyde Station,





SHORTHORNS ifff’lfiliii'f" iifi'geolgitié’é





silo. J. B. Tsnswell. ’Meeon. Michigan.





J. DeGormo, 11.. 8. Milford. Mich.





 





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

3 roan 1 white. 1 red. rice 8150. to .lson of Max-

wslton Sultan. mos. . 0. Carlson. Leroy, Mich,





Cattle For Sale ,





Loads feeders and two leads yearling steers. Also

can show you any number 1, 2 and 3 years old tron

6m to 1200 lbs. Isaac Shanstum. Fairfleld. Iowa. “-8.





 





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Duroc: and Victorian "





Heavy bone. lengthy 8 ring Boers and Gilts from prise

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

fender & other noted strains. M. '1‘. STORY. Lowell. Mich.





 





 





Batkshires, 3315‘" usg’iffffe'i‘? “ELIMGBIIJA‘BI'P





srocx ARM.





erkshircs. Bred gilts and sows for fall farrowing.

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

able age. reg. Chase Stock Form, B. 1. Mariette. Itch.





' ' going fast $15.00 & $20.00 each

Berkshire Plgs three months old. Register—

ed & transferred, richly bred. Riverview Farm, Vesssrmich.





DUROCS BOARS





Have the biggest, longest. growthiest and bred bunch

of Sping bears in the state. 318st fall boars by Pan-

ama Special.



NEWTON BABNHART,





Du roc Jerse s

Spri igs, either sex, not skin. Simd y Jennings

Pilot onder and Orion Chief Perfection. Write for

Kaedigrees and rices. The Jenninfi Farms. Bailey,

ich. V. M. hoesmith General ansger. ‘





Almont. Mich.





 





 





 





St. Johns, Mich.





 





 





2 yr's 835 each. seven very



Reg. ox‘ord Rams choice Rams lambs 825

each, none weigh less than 110 lbs.

. J. R. HICKS. St.’.Johns. Mic-h.





“Nothing But Sgring Pigs For Sale”

CAREY W. DMOND . Hastings. Mich.



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Duroc-Jerseys 332., difcét‘iea :Sf‘iin if:

row. J. H. BANGHART. East Lansing. Mich.





 





D 0 Bows and gilts bred to Eureka Cherry Kin

ur C and Crimson Critic son of Critic Modell9l

championIows Fair. W. C. Taylor. Milan. Mich.





Fall Home A Gilts all sold.

Duroc Jerseys' I have some extra. good heavy

boned spring pl‘i‘gs for sale pairs not akin.

F. J. DROD . R. 1. Monroe, Michigan.

’ Pi at weaning time;

Dobson 3 Durocs; eigher sex, est. of

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

DU R00 8 s few choice spring boars.

Write for description dtprlC-e-

E. D.iHEYDENBERK. Wayland. Mich.



Good S ring pigs by Defender's

Durocse Cherixgiing at reasonable prices‘

E. E. Cslkins. R. D. 6. nn Arbor, Michigan.



A few good mules sired by Joe Orion 2nd





Duroc: Dam by Orion Ch. King Jr.

A. FLEMING, Lake, Mich.





 





 





 





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I HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

success. I can help you. I want to lace one ho from

my great he in every community where am not sire y to

resented b these fine only developers—ready for Mei: at 3

months all Write for my plsnm ‘ More Money from Hogs.





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





 





Bred Cilts all sold. Special prices on

CheSters March, boars, also 6 months Holstein

Bull. F. W. ALEXANDER. Vassar. Mich.





Big Type 0. 1. (1’8, & Chester Whites





.‘S‘pecial prices on all boar pigs for the next 30 days.

ill sell sows only when bought in pairs. These

pigs are sired by our three Champion boars that have

not an e ual in the country. School master King of

the bree Crandells wonder if: Callaway Edd both

(-hampions.All stock shipped on approval. satisfaction

guaranteed. Get our catalogue.

Harry T. Crandell a Son, Cass City, Mich.





 





0 l C & Chester White Swine, Strictl

. 0 Big Tia‘e, with quailty. I have 2

Spring Boers that are E RA good. Of the most

popular blood lines. Will sell a few gills when taken

in pairs. These pigs have been fed right. to do the

bu or the most good.



N WMAN'S ST CK FARM. R. I. Mariette. Mich.





o l C An extra fine lot of last spring

. . 0 pigs. either sex and not skin. from

good. growthy stock. Farm K mile west of depot.



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





BOARS





. Big growthy fellows.

The kind that pleases.

I ship C. O. D. and pay express.

J. CARL JEWETT, Mason,Mich.





O I. C. Hours and Gilts all sold.I am bookin orders

.for March and April pi in either sex. sin . or in

pairs not skin. A. J. BAR EB, Belmont, ch.R.R_.





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

e . . so d out exce t fall pigs.

0. D. Somervill, Grass Luke. M ch. R. D. 4.





 





 





 





 





O 1 C15 Allsold. Booking orders for tho

‘ ' ' best of our winter and spring pigs.





0. J. THOMPSON, - ~ Rockford, Michigan





0 I C’s Spring pigs and Reg. Holstein heifers

- ' ' from5to 5months Old. CLOVER

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





P. O. SWINE t‘éfiahi‘éf‘ig‘i hfifitis'siiii‘f





faction guranteed. R. W. Mills, Saline,Mich.





BIG J TYPE POLAND DHINAS





For Sale from the CHAMPION and GRAND CHAM-

PION and our other GREAT HERD BOARS nnd big

STRETCHY SOWS of very best breeding and individ-





ualitiv‘l.

ILLCRESI'E FARM, F. 8h. Lay, Mgr.

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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 Chinas. Sows bred for fall furrow.

Roars ready for service. J. C. BUTLER. rto

lend, Michigan, Bel‘ Phone





ARGE Type P. C. Largest in Mich. S ring Boar:



. ready to ship. The kind that make goo . Come and

see the real b g ty‘pe kind. Ex enses paid if notas

represented. Free ve from arms. »

W. E Perms. Mich.





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LARGE Strain P. C. everythifissold except 1 husky





earlin bonrth tislo to doe .1 t h

in] beer. $1.0. swiurd‘fsnhooicnd’. Mifihéc 0‘”





ARGE type P. 0. Some verv choice summer lts

bred to fart-ow in A 1st. Will sell 1. f ..

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“I am using Gargoyle Mobiloil

and it works fine.”



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we sometimes find that this friend

is using the wrong grade for his

engine.



We are too jealous of the re-

sults which can be secured from

the proper use of Gargoyle Mo-

biloils to allow this careless prac-

tice to go on Without a protest.





Naturally, because of their

sheer quality, Gargoyle Mobiloils

are bound to show good lubrzca-

tmg results. But we are aiming

to furnish more than protection

to the moving parts.





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determine through our Board of





Engineers, which grade of Gar—





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the partial Chart at the right and

see if you are using the correct

grade for your car. If not, in

justice to your own engine, will

you, please, insist on being sup-

plied with the correct grade.



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taining complete discussion of your

lubrication problems, list of' troubles

_with remedies and com-

plete Charts‘of Recom-

mendations for Automo—

biles, Motorcycles,

Tractors and Marine

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original packages. Look for the Red Gargoyle on the container. If the

dealer has not the grade specified for your car, he can easily secure it for you.





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Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A.





Specialists in the manufacture of hicb- grade lubricant. for

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Garter-o Mobiloil “A"

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Cargo! re Mobiloil "E"

Cursor-e Mobiloil “Arctic”

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