VOL. CXLIX. No. 22

Whole Number 1969





ERETOFORE it has been custom-

l- I ary for us to talk about the plan.



' ning of the summer workon the

farm, but we have not spent any par-

ticular thought upon the winter’s work

i - with the possible exception that we

3 . have indicated a few things that might





 





well be done in the winter so that the

time might mOre efficiently be spent in

the summer. In the face of the pres-

ent labor situation the one word that

S has come to the front more than ever

(I _ before is “efliciency;” another word,

" _- “service,” is now rapidly coming for-

- ward. It will be necessary now to do

the Work of the farm with one hand,

where before it was done with two,

and this can only be possible through

exercising such supervision and system-

atic management that the moments

of the working day will be spent to

greater advantage.



There is not a single man but who

can go back over a day’s work and find

some way in which more could have



been accomplished by the laborer. It

may be little things, such as the fact

that the man does not take the jug of

water to the field with him; it may be

that the pldw has not been scoured

and that forty or fifty minutes of the

day, spent in the field must be used in





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that a burr comes off and loosens a bit

of machinery, to fix which will require

the greater part of an hour’s time,

where tWo Or three minutes spent in

geing over the machine each morning

would keep it up to standard and would

make it poSible for the operator to

spend all of his time operating rather

r than running around after old bolts

‘ and nuts.



. _ This year it will be necessary for the

f workers on the farms to be as busy

' during the winter as through the sum-

; . mer, and there are a number of jobs

1 l which are ordinarily done in the sum-

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mer that will perforce have to be done

this winter.

Some Field Work Possible.

While we have thought it, hereto-

fore, well nigh impossible to do any





otherwise.





w—w._e.





manure has been left until the rush of

spring—this year this job must be done

through the winter in order that the

busy days of spring may be occupied

with such essentials as plowing and

caring for crops that are to be harvest-

ed. Further than that, it is good busi-

ness management of resources to .put

the manure on in the winter time since

larger loads can usually be hauled with

the only inconvenience of it being a

little harder to get into the field, but

one season with another, it seems to

me to be about as easy to get onto a

field in the winter through the snow as

to get onto it in the spring or summer

time through the mud or soft plowed

ground. . Occasional fields here and





   

 





~The Only! Weekly Agricultural,

DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1,1917





Profitable Winter Work on the Farm





digging the rubbish and accumulated

dirt off the plOWShaI‘e; or it may be»





field work in the winter, the conditions

of this winter will force us to think :'





On most farms 'the job of hauling ,





there cannot be covered with manure ,





 





Horticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State.





By I. J. MATHEWS





means have the application during the

winter, since- there will be no appre-

ciable leaching away and the job will

be done when the rush of spring work

comes.



Moreover, there are on every well or-

dered farm, some fertilizers necessary

in raising the crops and these should

be ordered at once for January or Feb-

ruary delivery so that they may be on





hand when they are wanted. The mat- -





ter of allowing the fertilizer order to

go until a week before the material is

wanted and then have to delay the





 





from the station in the winter and

spread upon the field exactly where it

is wanted. In this connection, how-

ever, it should be said that the best re-

sults have invariably been secured by

spreading ground limestone upon fields

that have been already plowed and for

this reason the limestone can be spread

through the winter upon those fields

only that have been plowed last fall.

Even fences may be made through

the Winter. In some cases it may be

necessary to have the post holes dug

and the posts set in the autumn before





 





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The Fall Cleanup Should Prevent Winter Scenes Like This.





planting season or work the ground un-

necessarily a second time, .will cer-

tainly not do this year, since it results

in so much inconvenience and ineffi-

ciency.‘



A great many farmers are deciding

this year to use limestone to correct

soil acidity and thus make it possible

to grow more clover in order to add

more organic matter to their farms. If

the freezes and thaws are kept well in

mind this limestone may be hauled





making the fence in the winter, while

in other cases it will be perfectly pos-





'sible to dig the holes during the winter





season. The wire can easily be stretch-

ed and staples put in some of the good

days.



If it has not been possible previously

to get at the berry bushes and the or-

chard'trees on the farm, here is anoth-

er field job that ought to have atten‘

tion before spring. The old canes on

the brambles which have passed their





 





 





 





 





 





   





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period of usefulness should be cut out

and the new shoots trimmed back. It

is a saying among orchard men that

the only good time to prune trees is

when the pruning knife is sharp, and'

so the pruning knife ought to be sharp—

ened up and used judiciously during

the days of winter when it is possible-

for a man to be out in the field.



There is no good reason why the

cats that are to be used for seeding

next spring should not be fanned out

and treated for'smut during the win-

ter. Fanning the cats has been shown

/to be a good practice because it results

in a quicker growth in the spring and

early cats are usually freer from rust.

The treating can be done just‘as well

during winter, the only precaution be-

ing that the cats should be put back

into sacks that have been soaked in

the treating solution.



Even seed potatoes may be cut dur-

ing the winter. It has been proven to

be a worth while practice to allow cut

seed potatoes to sear over before they.

are planted and these potatoes may be

cut with no appreciable loss during the

winter. This will save some hours of

time when it comes to the planting

season. ‘



Then, of course, the seed corn should.

be gone over, the cull ears thrown out

and the remaining ears tested for vital;

ity. Certainly it will not pay to spend

good time planting and caring for corn

that is only fifty or sixty per cent of

what it might have been had a few

hours been taken in the winte1 time to!

be 51118 that the seed would all grow.



Then, too, there is the matter of

overhauling the machinery and wag.

ons. All parts that are broken or bent

should be listed and these sent for at

once. The broken ones may then be

replaced and the supplies will be on

hand when the bent part gives way.

The wheels and parts can be taken into.

the tool house or work shop and re-

painted and even though theaverage

farmer is not a professional painter, he

will be able to make his tools look bet-

ter, not to mention the fact that the.

repainting is a form of insurance and

will pay in the extra life of the tool.



Head Work.



Head work is essential also during

the winter. Crop rotation systems

should be planned out and the work so

distributed that help may be hired dur—

ing the entire year. The fields should

be gone over carefully with reference

to their past history and a definite out-

line should be made out to be followed

during the next five or ten years. The

first of the year should" see an inven-

tory taken of the farm business so thaw:

the total assets of the farm may be

compared with its assets one year

hence. The numbers of bushels of the

different kind of seeds necessary to do

the year’s planting can easily be ar-

rived at and these should be at hand.

when the planting season draws on.

This will make for better use of the la-

bor of both the farmer or his hands. .



All of the field work possible should

be done in time, the indecr Work being

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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





Recent demonstrations

conducted by the De-

partment of Agriculture

have made it very clear

that even under ordinary conditions,

'what may properly be termed farm

management is the greatest single fac-

tor in the success or failure of any ag-

ricultural enterprise. If this is true

under ordinary conditions, then under

present emergency '





Winter Farm

Management.





conditions it IS

doubly true, and early recognition of

this fact on the part of any farmer

will be a long step toward success in

his next season’s efforts.



There is no present relief in sight

for the serious farm labor condition

with which we are confronted; Ulti.

mately if the war continues the gov-

ernment will doubtless find it neces-

sary to curtail what may be properly

termed as unnecessary work, or labor

employed in industries which do not.

directly contribute to the conduct or

success of the war. This, however,

must be done carefully and gradually

if at all, lost the present. industrial

conditibn be further aggravated by cre-

ation of a condition of unemployment

in certain centers without relief of the

labor shortage on the farms or in other

industries essential to the conduct of

the war. There is certain to be a still

more pronounced shortage of farm la-

bor next season than has been felt

during the past year. Notwithstand-

ing the reclassification of the young

men eligible to the military draft so as

to protect skilled farm laborers from

the next call, a certain amount of un-

skilled labor will be drawn from the

farms, while demands for labor for oth-

er war needs will be accentuated.





It is thus necessary for every farmer

to make every possible plan and prep-

aration for the conduct of his farm

with a minimum of available labor next

year. To this end, every task which

by any p0ssibility can be accomplished

during the winter should be given early

attention, and plans for next season’s

campaign should. be so carefully made

as to avoid conflicting labor require-

ments wherever possible, thus making

it. possible to accomplish the greatest



ramount of productive labor with the

' ihelnwllich will be available. It. is not

1;? W early. for thercareful censideration





w ism; manganese ascend.





any materials With which to put these

plans into effect, whether fertilizers,

seeds.‘ new equipment or repairs for

Old, they should be secured at the ear-

liest possible date in order to avoid

any possible 'waSte of time in the busy

season soon to come.



In the making of plans it is impos-

sible to follow any well defined or set

rules, since the problem is usually an

individual one in each case. There is

room for the farmers of Michigan to

bring to bear a degree of intelligent

ability in the solution of this problem

which will go far toward making up for

the inevitable labor shortage. Definite

crop rotations may have to be tempor~

arily abandoned; some special lines of

production may have to be curtailed;

crops not ordinarily grown upon the

farm may necessarily be substituted.

Equipment may often be added which

will materially help solve the problem.

There are almost innumerable factors

which enter into the farm management

problem for the ensuing year which

cannot be pointed out in detail, but

which every farmer should carefully

study for himself, to the end that he

may keep up or increase the produc.

tion of his farm, notwithstanding the

handicap with which he is confronted.

This is a farm management problem

which must largely be solved during

the coming winter months.





At least -one Michigan

Local War county has adopted a bus-

Records. iness-like method of rais-

ing funds for war relief

work and at the 'same time securing an

accurate expression of war sentiment

on the part of the people of the county.

Under 'this plan‘what is known as the

Oakland County Patriotic League has

been organized with headquarters and

general officers at the county seat. The

primary purpose of the organization of

this league was to solicit a fund from

which the county’s allotment for each

and every relief purpose recommended

by the President and the War Board

will be paid during the ensuing year.

Appreciating that every loyal Ameri-

can citizen in the county would want

to share in this patriotic effort, pledges

to the fund were apportioned to every

taxpayer whose property interests are





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through every Vapproyed war relief

agency, and as well indicates the Per-

sons of lukewarm or dish-ml sentiment

wherever same may exist. 01? course,

the great majority of the citizens of

any county or state will be willing and

anxious to put their names upon a roll

of honor in the making of local war

records of this kind, but whether or not

such a record may be kept in any com-

munity, it is the duty of the citizens

of every community to inspire loyalty

and repress the expression of any un-

patriotic sentiments by every lawful

means at their command. _



The burden of winning the war

which is to make the world safe for

democracy is constantly falling more

heavily upon the United States, and

its successful termination can only be

accomplished through the backing up

of the efforts of our government by a

united and determined public senti-

ment. It is the duty of every citizen

to aid and supplement the efforts of

the government in every possible way

during the present emergency, prefer-

ably by interesting every person of

their acquaintance in patriotic effort,

but if necessary by the report of'any

disloyal act which may come within

their observation. The present emer-

gency is the country’s greatest crisis;

it will be successfully passed only by

the maintenance of a brand of demo-

cracy by the whole people of the coun-

try which is worthy of perpetuat-

ing and safeguarding, a kind of demo.

cracy in which personal selfishness has

no place in the heart of the loyal citi-

zen. Each one of us is making a war

record of our own. Let it be a record

of which We and our posterity may be

proud in future years.





Michigan f a r m e r s

could scarcely follow

a better slogan than

the above title. War-

time needs of the government and its

allies as well as of the civilian popula-

tion have created an unprecedented

demand for live stock products of all

kinds. After the war is over it is be-

lieved by good judges that values will

go still higher instead of lower, on ac-

count of the greatly reduced liVe stock

population of the world. Under these





More and Better

Live Stock.





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valuable inspirption toward the «main-

tenance of more and better live stock

upon his farm which can be turned

into actual cash dividends during‘fu-

ture years.





HAPPENINGS OF THE. ‘WEEK.





 





Foreign. ~





The European Wan—Three theaters

of war have staged acts of interest to

the country and world during the week

jifst past. One of the fiercest strug-

3 es of history is going on in northern

Italy where the Italians appear to have

brought the Teutonic drive to a tem-

porary stop at least. British forces

broke through the Hindenburg line' in

Flanders and gained nearly 150 square

miles .of territory and brought the im-

portant German base and military dis-

tributing center of Cambrai under the

control of their guns. While over in

Asia Minor British troops have gotten

within five miles of Jerusalem. The

Italian campaign possibly has given

the entente most concern for it was

feared that the invaders would break

through the Piave lines, take Venice

and et a foothold in the plains behind

the talian armies. Thus far every ef-

fort of the Teutons to cross this stream

has failed, although hand to hand fight—

ing in which no quarters were given,

has featured the struggle along prac-

tically the entire front. The Italians

have retaken positions between Lake

Garda. and the northern stretches of

the Piava river which, with the heavy

losses inflicted upon the invaders in

the direct line of their invasion, has

improved the morale of the home

troops and given them more time to

strengthen defenses.——General Byng,

commanding the British forces along

the old Somme front won a notable vic-

tory last week through the help of

monster tanks and cavalry in connec-

tion with his infantry. The advance

was made between St. Quentin and

Arras along a front of about thirty-two

miles with the reatest gain at the

center before Ca brai where the last

defense of the famous Hindenburg line

was penetrated. The drive took the

Germans by complete surprise as it

was not preceded with the usual artil-

lery prelude, the tanks going over first

and crushing the barbed-wire entangle

ments to enable the infantry and cav-

alry to get through. Fighting is con-

tinuing as the Germans have brought

up reserves in an attempt to hold Cam-

brai. Each day, however, adds to the

British gains. Over 9,000 prisoners

were taken. Gains have also been

made on the Belgium front and on

Sunday the French went through the

first and second German lines on a.

section before Verdun—Notwithstand-





being protected at the front—to every circumstances, particularly when the ing the preliminary arrangements be«





wage worker whose job, and to every

woman whose home and honor is being

safeguarded by the boys going to the

trenches. All are asked to do their

share, with the idea that the pledges





made under this plan will eliminate nu-.





merous independent efforts to raise

money for these several purposes, thus

saving time, energy and expense for

the workers, and saving the people

from almost continuous demands for

contributions. The amount required

for this purpose will not be large, the

minimum pledge asked under the plan

being $3.00,-or a contribution. of fifteen

cents per $100 of taxable valuation of

property, as the case may be.



One of the unique features of this

plan is the making of a local war rec-

ord. All of the boys who have gone or

in the future go to the front from the

county, will be enrolled in this war

record, together with the history of

their service as it may develop. The

name of every citizen of the county will

also be given a place in this record,

with the amount of Liberty Bonds pur-

chased and war relief contributions

made by each.' The reasons given by

any who may fail ‘to contribute their

proper quota will also be. entered in

the war record opposite their names,

and this record Will be given a perma-

nent place in the archives of the coun-

ty. The townships in the county are

also being urged to start a similar war

record to be permanently preserved.



The most significant fact regarding

this method of handling war relief

work is the. fact that it brings 'hometo

every. citizen a. reelizsflcnt- 01-1113 per:

sonal' obligation in‘ this emergency,





 





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labor situation is considered, more and

better live stock for Michigan farms is

a policy which should receive general

and individual support from the farm—

ers of this state.



Farmers who are interested in good

live stock would receive an inspiration

and a fund of knowledge with regard

to present values and possible profits

by attending the International Live

Stock Exposition at Chicago during the

ensuing week. Here the best speci-

mens of pure-bred, cross-bred and grade

animals produced in the country will

be exhibited in the competitive ring,

followed in many cases by flock tests.

Here the public sales of pure-bred cat-

tle and the auctions of feeder exhibits

will give the visitor a knowledge of

breed types and beef values which can

be secured in no other place. Whether

the visitor be interested in horses,

sheep, cattle or hogs, his time can be

usefully employed in gaining a knowl-

edge of the subject which will be of

inestimable value. in the development





of better herds and flocks upon his -





own farm. In addition to the competi-

tive exhibits, the exhibits made by the

federal and state departments .are of

peculiar additional value to every farm-

er interested in any phase of the live

stock business.



Practically all of the national breed

organizations will hold meetings dur-





ing International week,- and these can\





be profitably attended by every breed'

or of pure-bred live stock. In addition

to the educational features which are

too numerous. to here enumerate, the

opening programs furnish entertain:

meat of a superior. character. .Every





tween the Bolsheviki government of

Russia and the central powers for a.

peace convention to be called at once,

fighting has been reported upon the

Russian front both in the north and

along the Roumanian border.



The Canadian government has an-

nounced that it will take all profits of

more than fifteen per cent made by any

packing concern doing business in that

country.



On Sunday 20,000 Spaniards marched

through the streets of. Madrid calling

upon the authorities to releasa'prison-

ers taken during the political riots last

August. There was no disorder.



National.





The United States Congress will con-

vene in .Washington, December 3.

Among the...matters that. will likely

come up for consideration at this ses-

sion are: War with Austria, Turkey

and Bulgaria, war appropriations, pro—

hibition and woman suffrage. No doubt

additional bond‘ issues will be author—

ized. -



Piute Indians are raiding ranches in



San Juan county, Utah. These Indians

are under the leadership of Old Polk,

who caused much bloodshed and de~

struction of property in that state in

1915. - .

The soldiers and sailors of the Unit-

ed States have applied: for $1,032,980,-

000 of insurance under the federal in~

surance act. To date 120,890 men have

made application, the average amount

for each man being $8,587.



Major-General Dickman, who until

Saturday was in command of lamp

Custer at Battle Creek, Mich” has been

sent to Camp Greene, Charlotte, North

Carolina.



The United States is searching nine-

ty-six of the largest cities of the coun-

try for'164h000 shipbuilde who are

needed to carry out the shipbu'lding

program of the government.



The" United States navy sunr- two

U-boats last week and took '

members} of: one often. awkwardness:





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less about the use of fires on the





farm. Fires,

farm, do far more harm than good.



Everyone who burns stuff in the field

or woodlot does it because he believes

he is destroying either weed seeds or

useless rubbish. This attitude is all

right, provided we revise our definition

_ of «rubbish and get a clearer notionof

the methods by which weed seeds are

distributed.



It is quite rare to find any amounts

- of weed seeds, especially of the more

obnoxious weeds, still in the seed

heads and up from the ground sum-

ciently to be burned by the usual spring



' ' fire. In fact, one of the chief reasons

'why certain weeds have been dubbed

“noxious” is because they have devel-

oped, during many. generations, the

ability to survive the various adverse

conditions and rough treatments to

which the farmer has subjected them.



Usually the amount of vegetable mat-

ter destroyed when stubble or other



' gorwth is burned over in the spring to

kill weed seeds would do far greater

service if plowed under to help the

corn or other crop to outgrow the



' weeds.



I have known of many cases where

stubble ground which was to be put

into oats or some cultivated crop was

burned over for the sole purpose of

making plowing appear easier! The

man who robs land in that way, even

if the land is his own, ought to be in-



, dicted for robbery and prosecuted to

the full extent of the law! Such wil-



, ful destruction of the most vital ele-



‘ ment in the maintenance of soil fer-

tility and tilth is certainly criminal,

not only against the present but against

future generations. It is this disregard



' for the preservation and turning under

of humus making materials which has

done more than anything else to cause

the abandonment of so many farms in



. older sections of the country—this is

what causes the land to “run down,”



, “run out” and become worthless for

agricultural purposes until the humus



. is restored. '



It is very fortunate that public senti-

ment is being educated and undergoing

marked changes'in this matter. Most

everyone who was raised in the grain



, growing section of our country can

well remember when it was the .regu-

lar custom to burn nearly all of the

stubble land, large stacks of straw, and

thousands upon thousands of acres of

cornstalks. Now most of us see that

such wholesale destruction was sheer

wastefulness.



Utilize Organic “Rubbish.”





But we have not yet learned to con-





vert the rubbish which accumulates Mr. F' M' Long selecting Seed Corn °"





about the place into crops. Most of us

simply burn it. Rubbish may be de-

fined as any sort of material, generally

considered unsightly, useless and

worthless, which is lying around the

,premises. It may range from scrap

iron and brickbats to dead grass and

leaf mold. It goes without saying that

rubbish consisting of inorganic stuff

' like stones, iron, etc., could be most

efiiciently used in concrete work; but





the organic material, with the excep- private duty for every farmer.





tion of pine‘knots and some other

things which rot very slowly, will

quickly decompose to suitable condi-

tion for plowing under. '



There should be acompost heap on





every well managed farm. Several tons reserved until the last. The head work

of organic rubbish should be placed on necessary to run the farm through 811°

It is really a rick other year should occupy considerable

or tong pile, the new material not be‘ attention and after this has been thor-

ing thrown onto the old rotten compost oughly settled such perennial jobs as

but should be made into a long pile. oiling harnesses, making pig troughs,

Whenever some especially well rotted, painting wagons and buggies, fanning

rich material is wanted for hot-bed, seed grains and cutting seed potatoes

garden, etc., the rotted compost is should come in for attention.





the pile every year.





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mat. heap are gjbul‘hed every year in





 





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(power to destroy organic matter, has





, the entire clearing one may destroy as





_ efliciéncy as well as satisfaction ‘will

Millions of dollars worth of organic result if these matters are completely—

‘matter which should go, into the com- out of‘the way when the rushvoi’ spring





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Michigan. Any manufacturer who

would'be so wasteful of a by-product

would deserve to fail. '



Other millions are lost by the burn-

ing of the vegetable mold, leaves, and

twigs which are present in newly clear-

edland. Fire, because of its terrible





been used from the earliest times in





clearing land. Undoubtedly fire is do— '





ing much more good than harm when

one uses it to burn large log heaps, or

big brush piles, but great care should

be taken to burn these at a time when

it is damp enough to prevent the fire

from spreading and burning the leaves,

twigs and leaf mold over the entire

clearing. By allowing the fire to cover





much plant food in the form of organic

matter as he can replace by rotating

crops for the next eight or ten years.





No fire should be started on the farm





unless its purpose is quite definite and .





useful. By exercising the proper care

along the lines outlined above Michi-

gan farmers may, instead of wantonly

destroying it, turn millions of dollars

worth of humus-making materials into

gold that will clink in their pockets

and aid in swelling the profits of the

farm.





 





SAVE ALL THE SEED CORN.





 





Good, sound corn fit for seed is

scarce in most Michigan fields this

year. Every farmer who has such corn

should fire-dry as much of it as is pos-

sible for his own use and for sale next

Spring, when good seed corn will un—

doubtedly be very scarce. If he has

more than he can dry and store prop-





 





 





His Kent County Farm. A Profitable

Enterprise Wherever Possible.





erly himself, he should take early steps





 





 





 





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sell them seed now. Farmers who have

none of their own raising should buy

and dry their seed this fall. If this

is generally done, Michigan’s corn crop

for 1918 will be materially increased.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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; ». HE clients of war, while: most

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theater of hostilities and in the



army cantonments, are making their

presence felt gradually in fields remote

from those of battle. In agriculture





. one of the results has been demonstra-





tion of the value to farmers of the ser-

vices rendered by the county agricul-

tural agents of the state. Working in

the rural districts, out. of reach of the

limelight"s rays .the county agricultur-

ists have up to this time largely gone

about their business with little noise

and less of show, but all the while the

fruit of their efforts has slowly been

proving to skeptics the worth of the

work—proving it so well that fifty-one

counties of Michigan’s eighty-three

have now linked" themselves with the

Michigan Agricultural College and the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture in the employment of permanent

agents. This item is one mentioned in

a recent report of the director of ex-

tension and the state leader of county

agents.



No system of public service of a co-

operative character has within recent

years been built up in the state in so

short a time'and with such marked

success as that represented by the ag-

ricultural agents. This attempt by the

Agricultural'College and the Federal

Department of Agriculture to give the

farmer something like real cooperation,

so the records show, is but little more

than five years old.



The first county agricultural agent

was employed by the Alpena county

board of supervisors on July 1, 1912.

“We believe that our farmers can be

benefited by giving them a man who

can help in the work of organizing co-

operative enterprises and rendering

assistance generally in the solving of

farm problems touching the entire

Community,” the Alpena county board

said. ‘



But while this all sounded simple

enough, it called%orth from all sec-

tions of the state a more or less de-

risive fitter and a general questioning

of the sanity of Alpena’s elected repre-

sentatives.



“We suspect,” wrote one of the most

vitriolic of the doubting Thomases,

“that while it apparently is Alpena

county’s farmers who need a specialist

to watch over them, it is really the

county board of supervisors that should

be given a nurse.”



The Alpena board said nothing—-

though it kept right on sawing wood,

and before long Kent, Iron and Kala-

mazoo counties also engaged agricul-

tural experts. ‘Now the number is

fiftyoone, the report of the director of

extension declares, and more of Mich-

igan’s eighty-three counties have an-

nounced an intention to fall in line be-

fore the first of the year.





The Real Test.



The real test of the county agent

system came With the declaration of

war in April and the appeal to produc-

ers to lend Uncle Sam at hand in the

job of provisionng our army and al~

lies. At this time there .were thirty-

two permanent county agents in the

state and to ’thesc thirty-seven more

agents were temporarily added as an

emergency measure—calling for a hur-

ried appointment of men to fill these

positions. The “old” men were a care-

fully selected lot. The new men had

to be chosen without hde‘quate oppor-

tunity being given to thoroughly inves-

tigate the qualifications of each. The

result was that there were a number

of the short-term agents who later

turned out to be misfits. That there

would be some such had been expected,

but that they would be .so few as prov-

ed to be the case, was not anticipated,

and the campaign for extending the

county agent system to every part of.

the, stale instead of suffering a setback

made almost as much progress in five

months as it had madelwithin the pre





 





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vious fivé years. There were a few

counties, six (or eight in number, where

for one reason or another the county

agent plan was rejected this fall, not

because the idea was Wrong, but be-

cause the agent did not measure up to

the -job, or the counties themselves felt

unable to make any new_appropria-

tions. ,



As the situation stands now, fifty-one

counties have already appropriated suf-

ficient funds for the continuation of

the work, and of the remaining thirty-

two there is reason to believe that

at least another twenty will line up by

January ‘1.



The fifty-one counties now in the

work are Iron, Kent, Kalamazoo, Alle-

gan, St. Clair, Branch, Saginaw, Hough-

ton, Newaygo Gogebic, Wexford, St.

Joseph, Marquette, Dickinson, Lena.

wee, Ontonagon, Cheboygan, Ottawa,

Mason, Muskegon, Van Buren, Berrien,

Manistee, Menominee, Schoolcraft, Mis-

saukee, Presque Isle, Delta, Wayne,

Chippewa, Tuscola, Alger, Luce, Em-

met, Charlevoix, Antrim, Grand Trav-

erse, Kalkaska, Osceola, Clare, Oceana,

Bay, Clinton, Shiawassee, Genessee,

Oakland, Calhoun, Jackson, Washte-

naw and Cass.





THRESH YOUR BEANS TWlCE.





 





It will prove the best paying invest-

ment of a life-time to put your bean

straw through the threshing machine

a second time—and, if the plants are

damp and tough it will pay big to give

them the “thrice-over.”



Proof: Last winter when bean prices

began to soar some of our neighbors

in the vicinity of Howard City—doubt-

less many others did likewise in other

communities—threshed or hailed their

bean straw two and three times. E.

M. Miles realized $60; Edward Kelley

earned $210; Albert Hackbar'dt bulged

There were others.



Last week when we threshed at the

Demonstration Farm, a fraction over

nine acres of beans yielded fifty-nine

bushels on the first run through the

machine; the straw was put in again,

producing an additional thirteen and a

half bushels; or twenty-three per cent

of the first run. The beans were sold

the next day at $6.90 a bushel; thus

the direct increased earning was $93.15

gross; less $5 for re-threshing, $88.15

net. This saving of hitherto waste

would serve 4,320 plates of baked

beans on the basis of three ounces per

plate. Or, for a family of five it would

provide 864 meals.



Naturally every tiller of the soil

owes it to himself and to his family to

make his industry—the farm—pay a

maximum profit. Moreover, in these

days it is manifestly his duty to aid in

every possible way to increase and con-

serve every food-product.



W. P. HARTMAN,

Agr’l & Ind’l Agt., G. R. & I. By.





 





FALL PLOWING.





 





There are many advantages which

can be obtained by plowing some kinds

Of land in the fall of the year, but the

man who follows the practice under all

circumstances, is likely to make some

serious mistakes. Fall plowing is a.

matter that should be well understood

before it is. adopted in general practice.



Those who are in favor of fall plow-

ing, and their name is legion, claim

that it helps the farmers in several

ways: It helps to get the work along





in the fall when the teams are not.





busy at other work that may be crowd-

ing at a busy season of the year. It is

claimed that clay ground, plowed in

the fall, and is acted upon by freezing

weather during the winter, pulverizes

more easily in the. spring than when

newly plowed in the spring. The ac-

tion .of the frosts or freezing weather

destroys the grubs that would act as a





past the following summer if ground





were plowed in the spring.





 





rains, and holds moisture longer than

if'left until late in the spring before it

is plowed. Hence ground plowed in

the fall holds moisture and insures a.





better crop of oats, barley, beans and





potatoes than if left until spring before

it is plowed. In fact, corn endures the

summer drouth better on fall plowed

land than if theground is allowed to

dry out before it is plowed in the

spring. In other words, fall plowed land

holds moisture and carries crops farth-

er and better as a rule, during summer

drouths than spring plowed land.



On the other hand, wet, soggy land

is not benefited by fall plowing. Light,

sandy land is not benefited by fall

plowing. On account of the large quan-

tities of lime in the soil, gravelly soil

cements together if plowed in the fall

and needs to be either plowed in the

spring or thoroughly pulverized with a

disc in the spring before the crop is

planted.



It is not wiSe to fall plow side hills

or rapidly sloping land, as there is dan-

ger of washing and carrying away not

only silt, but considerable quantities of

plant food. There is often consider-

able losses of nitrogen during the win-

ter and spring on fall plowed land. It

is best to understand the matter well

before urging and adopting fall plow-

ing in a general way.





Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





ROAD WORK IN MICHIGAN.-





 





Barry county now has thirty-five

miles of road to maintain and finds

that a motor truck is of great value in

hauling gravel. Auto tax money is

used for maintenance work.



St. Clair county now has a. cement

read from Port Huron to Idlewild and

it is hoped to complete this road to. St.

Clair during the coming year. This

has been one of the worst roads in the

county and carries the heaviest traffic.



A trunkline sixteen-foot gravel road

is now assured between Belding and

Lowell, in western Ionia county, and

construction work will begin in the

spring.



Barry county has ten and a half

miles of new road under construction

and four miles more in four townships

were authorized this year but have not

been started. Lack of labor and teams

has delayed progress.



Ingham county has voted a two mill

tax for road construction next year. Of

the money raised $40,000 is set aside

for maintenance, and the county will

work gradually into the patrol system.



The contract for building twelve

miles Of reward road in Huron county

from Filion to Port Austin has been

awarded to R. W. Rankin, of Bad Axe,

at $6,000 a mile.



Charlevoix county will vote Decem-

ber 11 on two bond issues for good

roads, one Of $100,000 to build of c0n~

crete on the Dixie highway from An-

trim county through the city of Charle—

voix to Emmet county at Bay Shore,

and another of $250,000 to build state

reward roads in the vicinity of Boyne

City, Boyne Falls and East Jordan.



A good highway is now open between

Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor in VVashte—

new county. It was built by the county

road commission by day labor.



Plans are made to improve eleven

and a half miles of road in eastern

Washtenaw county next year.



Oakland county has let a. contract to

Bingham & Davison, of Vernon, for

$14,500 to build two and a half miles

of sixteen-foot gravel road in Spring-

field township.





Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFIN.





 





MAKE YOUR {PHONE PAY FOR

ITSELF.





 





Make your ’phone pay you a profit

by using it for, us to interest your

neighbors in the Michigan Form.

This will prove a pleasant and {refit

able pastime for some member o your

family. For. information write



THE- MIGHIGAN PARKER,

’Phone Dept, Detroit, Mich. ,





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ell"
- N earnest effort has been made,

A from time to time, to make it

clear to the pig breeders and hog

raisers of the country that the United

_ States government is ready and willing

to guard them against loss from the

manipulation of the markets by specu-

lators, and yet there are many who do

not seem to grasp the situation and un-

derstand that if they will only breed

the pigs and raise them there is to be

no danger from loss. In other words,

, the government is ready to guarantee

' the pig breeders and hog raisers a fair

profit over and above the cost of pro-

duction.



A circular letter from Joseph P. Col-

lon, Chief of the Food Administration,

meat division, states that the main pur-.

pose of the Food Administration as to

hogs are four: “To see that the pro-

ducer at all times can count on a fair

price for his hogs so that it will be

profitable to him to see that the farmer





' increases the number of hogs bred, to





limit the profit of the packer and mid-

dleman, and to eliminate speculation.”

, The letter farther mentions that “all

these purposes are necessary because

we must have more hogs, so that the

ultimate consumer, shall at all times

get an adequate supply of hogs, (pork

meats), at the lowest feasible price.





in prices will be prevented and losses





.By N. A CLAPP .





The administration proposes to con-

trol the market so that sudden breaks





 





 





 





Sltuauon





grains. In the fall meet the govern-





ment with the goods fitted in fine





shape and claim the reward due you.





There is no other enterprise in





which the farmers can engage at the

present time that offers better and sur-

er compensation for the labor expend-

ed than is now held up before the farm-

ers. The sows can be bred, the pigs

raised, fattened and, sold inside of a

year. Be patriotic and respond to the

call of the government and do your

duty by raising a large number of pigs

during the summer of 1918.



Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





REDUCING LOSSES FROM HOG

CHOLERA.





 





Although hog cholera cannot be com-

pletely eradicated from the United

States under present conditions, losses

from the disease can be materially re-

duced by education and organization of

hog raisers in the application of proper

sanitary measures and the proper

treatment of hogs with anti-hog-chol~

era serum. This has been shown by

the results obtained by the Bureau of

Animal Industry of the United States

Department of Agriculture, in experi-

mental work in hog-cholera control car-

ried on in a number of counties during

the past four years. The work and its

results are described in Department

Bulletin 584, “The Control of Hog Chol- ‘





 





 





 





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to the producers avoided. The prices

are to become stable so that the farm-

er can be sure of his position and not

be subjected to loss. The government

wants the hogs and if the farmers will

produce them they will be taken at a

price that will leave a good margin of

profit over the coSt of production. The

price of one hundred pounds of pork

is to be equal to the market price of

thirteen bushels of corn. That ought

to be an inducement for every farmer

and land owner to devise means to in-

crease the number of hogs on every

farm. ’



The agricultural press has persist-

ently urged farmers to breed their

sows and raise more pigs, as the out~

look for making good money is good

and likely to be for some time to come.

Now the plea comes with a double em-

phasis—it is an urgent request with a

guarantee, not from a speculator, or a

set of them, but is backed by the Unit-

ed States government. The pay is not

in flat or fluctuating currency, but it

will be in gold or its equivalent.



Plans for increasing the number of

litters of pigs in the spring of 1918

should be made now. The sows should

be bred in December so that the pigs

will arrive about the first of April.

Give the sows good care through the

winter and proper conditions and at-

tention at farrowing time.



Some will hesitate on account of the

prevailing high prices for feeds at, the

present time. Prices for corn will sure»





‘ly. be reasonable as there is ‘an im-





mense crop in the corn belt. But it is a

better plan—t‘o raise the feed right on

the farm. Plan to sow a largearea of

cats, barley, speltz andear-ly mat/tiring

corn.’ 'Plan to give thepig‘s a run at

pasture on June clover or alfalfa. Grow

the pigs rapidly through the summer





and fatten them on" the; home-grown





immbating the disease, they point out,





era,” recently published by the depart-

ment. ‘

Hog Raising Thrives Under Control.



One of the important results, accord-

ing to the bulletin, is the fact that the

work, while effective in reducing the

disease, was not repressive while in

progress on the hog-raising industry.

On the contrary the industry thrived

in the experimental counties to a great-

er degree than in adjacent counties in

which no control work was under way.



Actual statistics were taken in the

experimental counties and careful es-

timates were made in the adjacent

counties. These show that in one

group of three'counties where the con-

trol work has been under way for four

years, the percentage of loss from hog

cholera has remained constantly from

one-fourth to two-fifths the percentage

of loss in the fifteen surrounding coun-

ties. In another group of experimental

counties the average percentage of

loss as compared with that in eighteen

surrounding counties was reduced from

approximately 9.10 in 1913 to less than

one-third in 1914 and to about 1.16 in

1915.



Specialists who have supervised the

control work of the department reach

the conclusion that while the eradica-

tion of hog cholera cannot be expected

for a considerable time, the material

reduction by the use of serum of the

enormous losses which annually are

caused by the disease, is entirely prac-

ticable. The essentials for success in





are interest on the part of hog raisers

and knowledge of the disease; organi-

zation which will facilitate exchange of

information as to outbreaks, and se-

cure assistance, serum at reasonable

prices and easy of access; and the 1

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to gas engines.



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“How to get a horse from a

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sow?



' How to feed your cows to

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How to prepare cattle for

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How to get rid of worms

quickly?



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cow?



How to tell when pregnant

animals will drop their

offspring?





(LThese and many other valu-

able questions are answered in a

new Live Stock Book we have

just issued and which we will

gladly mail, postpaid, to anyone

who will write for a copy.





(1 It also contains record forms

for keeping track of service dates,

. due dates for mares, cows, ewes

I and sows. Gives causes, symp-

. toms and treatment of diseases

-; of animals. In fact, is a very

., ' useful and valuable book for live

‘ - stock owners.





. (LIt is a thorough treatise on



'7 _ worms in live stock. Illustrates



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(L It tells why no fa rm or farm

animal is free from these costly

pests unless regular treatment 15

practiced. Tells how to get rid

of them at very little cost and

practically no labor.





(L It tells about SAL«VET—that

wonderful‘ ‘Veterinary Salt"—a

medicated salt which has saved

thousands and thousands of dol-

lars for American farmers. How

quickly it gets rid of stomach and

intestinal worms; how it tones ,

the blood and aids the digestion; ’

how it helps every animal to

thrive better, look better, grow

and fatten faster and costs so

little that it really IS not an ex- '

pense but a big profit maker for 1

live stock owners.





“When I received the SAL- VET

last Full, my hogs were veiy 1m-

fln‘if ty. However they did not

remain in that condition very long

tor I began feeding SAL-VET,

since which time I no ver had hogs

do better My horses also began

to pick up when I fed it to them.

It surely does get the worms.’

D. P. COPP, Carroll Iowa.





 





 





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high, you should get the most return

from what you feed, but that IS impos-

sible when your stock have worms.

They do not always show the worm



mgtoms. plainly, so don’ tfool yourself

by t inking your animals not affected.





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its cost as a tonic and conditioner, and

in addition get rid of the worms. Ask

your dealer about our money- -back

offer and Tlearn why That proves that

SAL- VT is the cheapest and best live

stock remedy to buy.





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eEeeders’. Problems

Handling Frosted Corn. 7;





What is the best method of handling

frosted corn and fodder to get the most

good out of it. I have twenty-five acres.





when it‘ froze and it doesn’t cure out.

The stalks are green and full of juice.

Would it be safe to cut it and put it in

the barn, or would It be better in the

bundle, the corn left in the stalks to

feed cattle?



Calhoun Co. SUBSCRIBER.





Without any doubt, the very best

way tohandle frosted corn is to put it

in a silo even at this late date, if silo

storage is or can be available. By us-

ing plenty of water when the silo is

filled, a very fair grade of silage can

be made from this corn. Where this is

not practical, the corn may be fed to





,cattle from the shock until severe





freezing weather occurs, then the im.

mature ears will freeze .and become

almost like ice, making their mastica-

tion difficult and perhaps causing diges-

tive troubles.



Where this condition prevails, the

best method of handling it would be to

cut up a supply of this frosted corn in

an ensilage cutter sufficient for a few

days or perhaps a week’s supply, when

the heating of the mass would thaw

out the frozen portion. This 'method

would have to be carefully planned so

as to avoid the corn becoming mouldy,

which would lessen its feeding value

and also tend to cause digestive trou-

bles





WILL IT PAY TO INCREASE LIVE

STOCK?





 





Every farmer is wondering whether

or not, under present conditions of ab-

normal feed prices and abnormal meat

prices, he can afford to increase the

live stock population of his farm. E.

A. Trowbridge, of the University of

Missouri College of Agriculture, has

made a brief survey of the live stock

situation at present. The following is

a summary of this survey.



All the advantages of live stock pro-

duction in normal times, such as main-

tenance of soil fertility, equalization of

labor, employment of capital and the

utilization of otherwise unmarketable

feed, still exist. These advantages are

enhanced by war time.





Prof. Trowbridge has found, from the

data he has compiled, that there has

been some decrease of live stock per

capita in this country during the last

five years. While cattle generally have

increased at about the same rate as





. the human population during that pe-





riod, sheep have actually decreased

and hogs have increased only a small

per cent. The human population has

increased eight to ten per cent, cattle

eight to ten per cent, hogs only two to

four per cent, and sheep have decreas

ed seven to eight per cent. During

this fall an additional hog shortage is

evident. A‘further shortage of meat

animals has been caused by an in-

crease in exports. During 1916 the ani-

mal products exports from this country





. were nearly 100, per cent higher than





those during 1911. In cases of some

specific items the‘ increase in exports

iseven more than 100 per cent. It is

likely that exports will be heavy after

the War, because for several years Eu-

rope will be unable to supply either the

food or the animals for home consump-

tion. During the war the United States

must export as much meat as can be

spared. .



A review of animal consumption of

meat per person indicates, when the

prices which obtained during last year

are considered, that the supply of meat

is not equal to the demand at this time.



Prof. Trowbridge offers further .con-





f siderations of the live stock situation:

_'Anima.l products constitute a. food re-

:; serve-





Unlike any other perishable

products they may be kept over indefi-

nitely .or-ithey may be preserved for use

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can convert into humanfoodgthose pro-





The corn was in the roasting ear stage





well directed, properly manage U ,

stack farming has been made and cani

be made profitable. '





“It would seem clear from a review _

of the situation,” said Prof. Trow- ;

bridge, that increased live stock pro-=

duction is indicated, and it is evident _





that it is a source cf food essential for





the welfare and safety of this nation at"

Preponderance of evidence ’





this time

indicates that increased live stock pro-

duction may be carried on very satis-





factorily and profitably. This state“





ment does not mean that it is safe for

the average man to engage in specula-

tive live stock ventures.”



The great factors to be conSidered in

increasing live stock production are in-

crease in numbers and increase in

quality. This may be’ accomplished,

said Prof. Trowbridge, by: 1, theme

of good sires; 2, the use of satisfactory

breeding females, which give evidence





of being regular. breeders and which





are increasing rather than depreciating.





in value; 3, the maintenance of breed-y





ing animals in good breeding condi-

tion, neither too fat nor too lean, and





by the utilization of roughness and for-'

age to the greatest possible extent; 4,,

by ‘giving special attention to breeding ’





animals at the breeding season and

taking special care to see that every

breeding female is safely pregnant, and

that irregular breeders are eliminated;

5, by saving newly born animals by

proper care and attention to parturi-

tion.





MICHIGAN WANTS WESTERN

SHEEP.





 





A meeting of upper peninsula land

interests, representing approximately

3,000,000 acres, was held November 8

in Marquette and first steps were taken

toward utilizing large areas of north-

ern Michigan for sheep and cattle. Rep-

resentatives will go to the National

Wool Growers’ convention, to be held

in Salt Lake City in January, and will

offer western sheep men many thou-

sands of acres of land on attractive

terms. The proposition as agreed to at

the conference of land owners is as

follows: First and second years’ oc-

cupancy of land, free; third and fourth

year, sheep raisers to pay the taxes;

fifth year the sheepmen to 'pay taxes

and six per cent on option purchase

price. At the end of the fifth year ten

per cent of purchase price of land to

be paid, and terms of future payments

to be agree on, the deferred payments

to carry interest at six per cent. It is

proposed to offer the lands in three

groups with reference to their value for

sheep grazing, to be held at $10, $7.50

and $5 per acre respectively.



It is believed 'that these terms will

be attractive to the outside sheepmen.

The grouping of lands has been turned

over to the Upper peninsula Develop-

ment Bureau. This meeting was a fol-

low-up of the one held recently in Me-

nominee when the superior advantages

of northern Michigan and Wisconsin

for grazing purposes were pointed out

by President Hagenbarth of the Na-

tional Wool Growers’ Association and

others.



Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFIN.





W. M. Lemon, of Wayne county, 13.,

who had a consig ent of five car-

loads of fat cattle on the Chicago mar-

ket a short time ago, said there is a

n01 mal pig crop in his locality, adding

that they will be fed out. Corn is

largely soft, the crop being a fair sized

one. Many of the farmers thereabouts

.are going to breed as many sows as

possible, in order to increase the sup-

ply of pigs for farrowing next spring.



A recent report from Streator, Ill.

says that if the corn crop is to be sav-

ed and not allowed to rot, the railroads

Will have to supply many more cars

than are now available. Corn testing





from :30 to 488 per cent moisture is





now being delivered at surrounding

stations. This means that it will be





 

   

 

 

 

   





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The University 'of Missouri Depart-

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ing essential points for making good

cider vinegar. ‘ * '

The larger quantities of natural sug-

ars in the juice the better the quality

of the vinegar. To make good vinegar

the apples should be thoroughly ripen-

ed. Green apples contain much starch

but little sugar. Fully ripe, crisp ap-

ples contain the maximum quantity of

sugar in their juice. As apples get ov_-

er—ripe or mealy, sugar in their juice

is rapidly lost. If one has varieties

like Ben Davis, which is low in sugar,

- it is well to mix with them varieties

like Jonathan, which is high in sugar.

All rotten parts or trash should be dis-

carded. A bushel of apples should pro-

duce from three to four gallons of juice

provided the press is an efficient one

and the apples are properly ripe.

The best temperatures for turning

the juice into vinegar is from sixty-five

to seventy-five degrees F. At a temper-

ature of sixty-five degrees fermenta-

tion goes on slowly and two years or

more may be' required to make good

vinegar. The time of making may be

reduced one-half in a temperature of

eighty-five degrees. At this tempera

ture some of the products of fermenta-

tion are lost and the vinegar will not

be as high a quality.

The first' stage of fermentation

changes the sugar in the juice into

alcohol. While alcoholic fermentation

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these beads cease to rise at the end of

a few months, acetic fermentation be-

gins'. At this stage “mother” from oldi

cider vinegar may be added .





Fermentation will be more rapid and

successful if the juice is kept well

aired. For that reason the casks or

barrels should not be more than'one-

half or two-thirds full. This admits

a good air space above the fermenting

juice in the barrel. The bunghole

should be left open for the entrance of

air, but screened with mosquito net-

ting to keep out gnats or other insects.





In making vinegar, fresh juice should

never be added to older juice that has





the older juice has begun to form, it

will prevent proper fermentation of the

fresh juice which is added.





ORDER GRADEN SEEDS NOW.





Did you get the kind of garden seeds

when you wanted them last spring? If

not, hadn’t you better profit by past ex-

perience and send for that new catalog

or list your wants with the local seeds-

men.



This year more than ever before

good garden seeds. will be more in de-,

mand with a greatly reduced supply. ~



If you wait until the warm days of

spring, your garden will be late for

seedSmen will be rushed, orders will

be piled high and you must take your

turn, besides you may not get What

you want at all. Order now and get

the pick of the lot.



Seedsmen will have their stock ready

early. They will be glad to book your

order now and send the seeds after the

first of the year.



Now, during the cool days, plan that

garden and make out your list. You

will help the railroads and postal de-

partment when the rush is on, besides

secure better seeds. You will also have

them when the first warm days appear

and thus be ready to put in your gar-

den at the first opportunity.





MAKE'YOUR ’PHONE PAY FOR

ITSELF.





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ATE in the fall after the farm

work is done, one of the first

chores about the farm yard that



deserves attention is that of cleaning

up the rubbish, dead plants and weeds.

During the past summer the‘farm gar-

den came into more prominence than

ever. It is well to plan now on getting

the maximum production from this

source next summer when it will prob-

ably .he more important’than ever to

have a good home-grown supply of gar-

den stuff and vegetables. Dead weeds,

tomato vines and all other litter should

be raked into heaps and burned. Such

rubbish, if left through the winter, pro-

vides shelter for noxious insects and

pests that will hibernate through the

cold weather, reproduce their species

and be ready to pounne upon and in-

jure the new garden.

Manure, Garden in Fall.



After the garden is raked and clean-

ed, a good coat of manure should be

spread over the groundand plowed un-

der. Fall plowing not only hastens the

decay of the manure, but it destroys a

good many grubs and cutworms. For

best results, plenty of fertilizer is re‘

quired on garden soil. A small garden

properly managed can be made to fur-

nish more vegetables for table use than

one several times its size improperly

cared for, and will require less time

for planting and care. If the garden

is not fenced in and the chickens are

allowed free range, then it is a good

plan to fence off a good garden space

with chicken tight fence this winter

so it will be ready to protect the gar.

den next spring.



Clear Away Untidy Things.



After the grass is dead, no doubt a

good :many old bones and sticks will be

found in the yard where they were de-

posited by the family dog. Such things

look untidy and should be carried off

to the rubbish heap. Old tin cans and

the like,.somehow get into conspicuous

places, possibly one time a treasure of

the smallest boy on the farm. It takes

only a little time to clear away such

untidy things from about'the yard, and

it can be counted as time well spent.



Nebraska. P. H. EATON.





 





All gardens and especially our emer-

gency gardens need the addition of

plant food and organic matter. This

will put life into the soil; it will make

it ‘loose, friable and easily worked in

spite of the baking sun, beating rain or

continued tramping, says F. C. Gay-

lord, of the Horticultural Department

of Purdue University.



Nothing will so quickly and effec-

tively bring about these results as will

a allberal application of barnyard ma-

nure. Give your garden a coating six

inches deep if you can obtain it, but

do it now.



Burn Garden Refuse.



Before applying the manure clean up

and burn all the refuse and trash of

last year’s garden as .it furnishes a

splendid place for diseases and insects

to spend the winter. By cleaning up

thegarden you are taking the first step

necessary for a pest-free garden next

summer.



Spread the manure over the lot ev-

enly and then plow or fork it under,

but do not attempt to level, since the

rough, ridge-like effect will allow all

the water to soak in and more quickly

the ridges will quickly dry and the gar-

den-may be planted at least a week

earlier.



No one thing will tend to increase

the productiveness of your garden or





,make‘it easier to handle than manure,





and lots of it. You will be surprised





. at, the vigor, thrift and succulence of

:the vegetables as well as the quantities





a.





‘Year after year, as you keep adding





 





obtainable from a very small area.

the annual application of manure the

soil will improve so that gardening

will be a profitable pleasure.





Mr Gaylord also says that straw,





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grass and leaves may greatly help in

maintaining the life and fertility of

your garden soil. They are especially

rich in plant food and organic matter.





It is for this reason that forest land

when first clear-ed produces such abun- '





dant crops.



Leaves should never be burned. If

you have large quantities, haul them

into a corner of the garden and pile

them, mixing first a thick Layer of

leaves and then a layer of dirt.





If the leaves and grass are handled .





in this manner, they will soon decay

and form a rich organic matterUP

and form a rich organic compost, fine

for all garden crops, and especially

good for forcing.





 





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THIS FALL.





 





“Fire blight," long listed as one of





the chief causes of loss in fruit grow-‘





ing in Michigan, has been so checked

in the state by adverse weather within

the past year that if orchardists will

make a few quick moves this fall the

disease can be practically wiped out,

say plant pathologists of the Michigan

Agricultural College.



“The way is open this fall for fruit





growers to even their old score with '

fire blight, for this disease, frequently»





present in such degree as to almost

discourage even the most determined

orchardists, may be said now to be al-

most on its last legs, and a. few well





delivered strokes, applied without de-l





lay, should practically clean it up,” the

plant disease specialists declare.

Cut Out Blight .Cankers.





“During the summer just ended fire, g up

blight has been of relatively small im- , . ' ' "





portance, for in spite of severe aphid





infestation, but little blight developed. A 1"





It seems probable that the dry weather

in 1916 destroyed the germs in their

hold-over locations. It can be readily

understood, therefore, that if the few





remaining cankers are cut out at once,





the disease can be largely eradicated

in Michigan orchards.



“Fire blight, as is well known, lives

over the winter in so-called “hold-over”

cankers. These can be found at the

base of withered, blackened and blight-

ed twigs. Locating of these diseased

twigs is not difficult, for while the

healthy twigs shed their leaves, those

affected with the blight retain theirs.

There are exceptions to this rule, but





tion.

Necessary Things to Do.

“In well cared for

may not be more than half a dozen





cankers, but at most it will not require

more than a. few days work to go over '





the trees thoroughly and cut out all

cankers.

“It is necessary to do this because





the fireblightgerm remains aliveover.





the winter inthese spots and furnish a





source of infection in the spring. If’

these diseased cankers are destroyed:

the problem of handling the blight-dun





ing the coming spring will be much

simplified. ‘



“In cutting out fire blight, out back

to sound wood and bark, and wipe off

every wound with a five per cent car-

bolic acid solution.”





SPRAYING GREATEST ORCHARD-

ING 'ESSENTIAL._





 





Spraying, if thorough applications

are made, will practically insure a

clean crop of fruit when unsprayed or-

chards produce almost no marketable

fruit. ,This applies to the small home

orchard the same as to the large com-

mercial orchard. We must spray and

otherwise combatthe insects and dis-

eases of the orchard if we are to ex-

pect any returns.

when an orchard will take care of it-

self and produce crops 9,111:th free

from worms and disease.



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President Wilson Leaving the American Federation Convention at Buffalo, Knitting is not Confined to the Lassies, as these Firemen, while Waiting for

where he Appealed for the Cooperation of Labor to Win the War. Conflagrations Are Making Comfortable Garments for Soldiers.





 





 





 





One of the Latest German Zeppe‘lins Brought Down in French Territory and Here is the First Reinforced Concrete Boat Built in Canada. When Once

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mtormatiOn It tells how to take 01!

and care for hides. how and when we

pity the freight both ways; about our

odes] slyolnn process on cow and horse

hide. calf and other skins; about the

fur code and game trophies we sell,

taxi rmy. etc.



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other we call our Fashion book, wholly

mated to fashion plates of muffs,



kwear and other fine fur garments,



with prices: also lur garment. remod-

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an estimate as to cost.





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HE employment of steam trawl-



ers for mine Sweeping is a re-



cent development of naval war-

fare, and it is not many years ago that

boats and pinnaces, manned by blue-

jackets were used to destroy the mine

fields of an enemy by the somewhat

primitive methods designated “Sweep~

ing” and “creeping.”



It was certainly a slow and clumsy

method of carrying but highly danger-

ous work, but it was the only process

known to the naval staffs until Lord

Fisher and his celleagues at the Brit-

ish Admiralty decided, in 1909, to ex-

periment with steam trawlers for de-

stroying mines. A number of vessels

Were purchased and arrangements

were made to test them at fishing up

mines from the bottom of the sea at

various depths. The fishermen and

their craft proved that the work could

be done better by this means than by

warships’ boats and on the nucleus of

trawlers then purchased has been built

up those huge flotillas of mine sweep-

ers which have stood in such excellent

stead in the narrow waters around

Great Britain, in the Adriatic and- in

the Dardanelles since the war began.



Amongst all the classes who have so

freely and cheerfully offered their ser-

vices to the cause of saving those who

go down to the sea in ships from the

perils of the mine, there is no class de-

serving of higher praise than the fish-

ermen who have performed the service

of mine sweeping.



The mine itself consists of a steel

vessel containing a large charge of

guncotton, amounting to between 250

or 300 pounds in weight. It is fitted

with a primer or detonator, which is

brought into action through some sim-

ple mechanism, such as a lever coming

into contact with some part of a ship,

very much after the fashion of the old

percussion cap and the whole charge is

at once exploded. The mine is moored

to a sinker by means of a light wire,

which~is arranged to ensure the mine

floating at a certain depth, from ten to

twelve feet or even less, below the wa-

ter level, so that it could be struck by

any ship of importance. The mines

when laid are fixed in position, and

once laid they will not move in ordi-

nary weather. In stormy weather, how-

ever, they quickly break loose from

their moorings, and just float on the

surface of the water so that it is im-

possible to always spot them, even in

daylight, and quite impossible to do so

at night. The plans adopted in sweep-

ing mines must be such that both the

fixed 'mine as well as the one which

has broken loose can be removed from

the ‘sea. The mine sweeping vessels

are worked in pairs, the sweep consist-

ing of wire hawsers hung between

them, the bight of the sweep being

dragged across the area to be swept.

When the sweep fouls a mine it drags

'it from its moorings and explodes it.

Mine-sweeping vessels are also used

for the purpose of laying submarine

nets across narrow channels or towing

such nets in position for the purpose of

catching submarines which have been

spotted in a certain area. The mine

sweeping vessel is fitted with two

winches located forward. The wires

passing between them are named re-

spectively the sweep wire and the kite

wire. In order to avoid fouling when

altering the course of the vessel the

sweep wire is made to travel through

a. lizard with a. shackle which brings it

to a warping drum.



Costal mining does not require large

vessels or even specially constructed

ones, but “advanced base mining” calls

for an organized unit consisting of sev-

eral mine ships, at mine depot ship and

six tugs or trawlers and two net lay-

ers. The mining ships can both. pick

up mines and lay them. Off-shore min-





 





ing is done to make a sea area danger-





Mine Sweeping a Dangerous Task

By MARK MEREDITH





.54”. k





ous to an enemy fleet, and for this

work mine laying vessels of a large

size are required, accompanied by a

mine depot ships and tugs. All these

vessels must be of good speed as the

work which they have to perform often

calls for great despatch and speed is

only obtained at the expense of mine

capacity. For this work ships of the

scout type are employed, which carry

their mines on deck, and these are laid

along courses over which it is intended

to force the enemy to steam during the

progress of a battle. These mines are

fixed or floating, although floating

mines can only be used when off sound-

ings. Under certain circumstances bat-

tle mining may prove a boomerang to

the fleet resorting to it.



A further use of tugs or trawlers is

the laying and towing of submarine

nets, which may be either anchored or

floating. These nets are made of half-

inch by five-sights inch diameter wire

rope, the meshes measuring twelve

feet by twelve feet and the purpose of

leaving these meshes so wide is to

allow the submarine to insert its bow





in them. The length of the net ranges





from 1,000 to 1,500 yards by about sev-

enty-two feet deep, and it is moored by





'heavy anchors at both ends, and every





hundred feet or so additional anchors

are attached by chains to the bottom





 





.uoys tire attached at the

top every sixty or ninety feet, the steel

wire ropes crossing to form the mesh

are secured together by clamps.

net is so flexible that a submarine ap—

preaching it may easily be caught

through any of its projections or top

hammer. Some submarines have been"

fitted with outfits for cutting these

nets, but there is always the danger

that if the submarine attempted to

rise with one of its parts caught in the

net, it might lose's'tability and capsize.

This is known to have happened in a

number of instances, but if the patrol

vessels guarding the net are on the

aleit it is impossible for a submarine

to escape Towing nets are of the

same construction as submarine float-

ing nets, except that instead of being

anchored they are weighted so as to

hang vertically. ,The‘, principal differ-

ence between anchored and towing

nets is that in an anchored net the an;

chors pull it down to the bottom while

the buoys hold it vertically, whereas

in the towing net the buoys must be

sufficiently strong .to hold both the net

and the anchors. In the first the not is

held by the anchors and in the second

by the buoys. The net laying vessels

carry miles of net ready for laying,

buoys and anchors all being attached

at the proper distances apart. The

towing of nets can only be done in tol-

erably good weather and at a very low

rate of speed.





 





 





 





 





Bumper the White Rabbit





By GEORGE ,ETHELBERT WALSH





Copyright, 1917. by Geo. E. Walsh





 





 





 





Bumper and the



HE red-headed girl, with the



freckles on her nose, and a dim-



ple in her chin, didn’t stop until



she was on the t0p floor of the big



house where Toby’s howls couldn’t be



heard. She opened the door of a dark



room, and went in, slamming and lock-

ing the door after her.



“Theie, now I guess he can’t find

us,” she exclaimed.



Then to Bumpei, she turned and be-

gan crooning. “You poor little rabbit!

Did Toby hurt you? Don’t be frighten-

ed now. I won’t let him have you

again. I‘ll buy you if. it takes all my

Christmas money. You’re mine now!”



You can never imagine how these

words soothed Bumper’s ruffled feel-

ings. It was like being rescued from a

terrible giant who intended to dash out

your brains and eat you for supper.

Bumper’s heart soon began to beat

slower and slower until pretty soon it

wasn’t going any faster than the tick-

ing of a clock outside in the hallway.



The")r sat there iii the dark room for

a long time, the girl rubbing Bumper’s

head and back and crooning gently to

him. Then a noise outside~the sound

of approaching footsteps—alarmed the

white rabbit again.



“Edith!” a voice called.

you up here?”



It was Mary, her cousin, calling, and

the red~haired girl gently pushed open

the door, and whispered.



“I’m in here, Cousin Mary.

Toby?”



“He’s looking for you. I think you’d

better get out of the house before he

finds you. Take Bumper with you, and

we’ll buy him something else to keep

him ,quiet.”



“Then I can keep him?—call him’

really and truly mine ?”



“Yes, if you can get away with him.

Toby isn’t old enough yet for pets.”



“He’s old enough,” sniffed Edith,

“but he’s been spoilt, and don’t know

how to treat them. If he ever lays

hands on my rabbit again, I’ll box his

ears so hard he’ll never forget it.

That’s what I’ 11 do!”





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Mary seemed to concur in this, for

she smiled, and rubbed Bumper’s head,

before adding: “He’d raise an awful

howl, I suppose, if he knew you were

here. You’d better go home now. You

can get through the backyard without

Toby seeing you.’



“Let him see me if he likes,” retort‘

ed Edith, shaking her red curls and tilt«

ing her freckled nose upward. “I won’t

let him have the rabbit. Aunt Helen

ought to spank him. That’s what he

deserves.”



. Mary walked ahead down the stairs

to see if Toby was around, and then

when they reached the kitchen Edith





'climbed through an open window into





the backyard. There was a thick hedge

around the yard, and back of that an-

other yard which smelt so sweet with

flowers and green lawn that Bumper

raised his head and sniffed.



My, what a whiff that was! There

was a vegetable garden hidden back of

the rose bushes, filled with crisp let-

tuce, golden carrots, emerald-green cab-

bages, blood-red beets, blanching cel-

ery, peas, beans, corn, potatoes, and

green grass everywhere. It was a whiff

from Rabbit Arcady, and Bumper for-

got all »the dangers he had been

through. '



“No, no, you mustn’t jump out of my

arms,” warned Edith when'he strug-

gled to get down and roll around in the

green grass. "‘Toby might be looking.”



There was an opening in the thick

hedg‘e, and through this the red-haired

girl crawled into the Second garden. If

anything, this was a more wonderful

garden than the first. The odors were

intoxicating. There were flowers and

birds and trees as well as succulent

vegetables. A most wonderful elm tree

spread out like an umbrella and shad-

ed the whole lawn. Beneath this the

girl stopped a moment, and let Bump-

er nibble at the green grass



For a city rabbit who had never

seen green grass growing, and had

pply tasted vegetables several days or





a week old, this visit to the garden was





like a. foretaste of what all rabbits





This,
. like an over-ripe tomato.





II er had ever eaten tasted quite so good-I. ‘I





as that grass, and when the g1rl: picked

a fresh, crisp carrot from the garden





. he couldn’t believe it was anything but

_ a magic carrot.





It was so sweet and

juicy that it made his mouth water.

“Now you must come in the house,”





I Edith said after he had eaten so much





that he was in danger of exploding

“I’m going

to keep you right in my bedroom to-

night. Then daddy will make a house

for you in the morning.”



Bumper spent the night in a box lin-

ed with fresh, green grass at the foot

of the little girl’s bed, but not until

after he had met another person whom

he feared and disliked almost as much

as the bad boy called Toby. She was

a cross old nurse, who looked after





. Edith, and she didn’t like rabbits—not

_ live ones.





She admired Bumper’s soft,

white hair, and remarked:



“Wouldn’t it make a handsome fur

neck scarf? I wonder how much it

would cost.”



Edith snatched the rabbit from her

hands. “You wicked old thing!” she

exclaimed. “I believe you’d kill Bump-

er just for his fur.”



“What a funny little girl you are,”

the nurse laughed. “What are rabbits

for if you can’s use their .skins for

furs.” I



With that Edith clapped Bumper in

the box, and sat on the lid. “I’m going

to sit there until you go,” she said. \



The nurse laughed, and when she

finally left the room the red-haired girl

jumped up and locked the door. Then

she patted Bumper again before slip-

ping in bed for the night.



It was early morning before the rab-

bit heard another word from her. The

moon peeking in through the/window

made Bumper feel quite at home, and

with it came the sweet aroma of that

garden, intoxicating smells of roses,

green grass and succulent vegetables.



“Are you there, little Bumper?” the

girl called just as the sun rose. She

was in her thin nightie, with her won-

derful braids of red hair streaming

down her back. Bumper thumped on

the box with both hind feet to express

his delight at seeing her again.





“Now you’re coming to bed with me,”

she added. And sure enough, she lift-

ed the white rabbit from the box and

carried him to her bed. It was soft

and warm under the sheets, and Bump-

er began playing hide-and-seek with

her toes, making her shout and giggle

every time his whiskers rubbed against

one. It must have beenthe noise they

made that attracted the nurse, for she

suddenly knocked on the door and

tried to open it.



Edith sprang out of bed, and- put the

rabbit in his box before she opened the

door. “Why was that door locked?”

asked the nurse severely.



“Because,” replied Edith saucily, “I

didn’t want you snooping in here in

the night to steal bunny.”



“Well, of all things! If you ever do

that again, I’ll tell your mother! Sup-

pose the house took fire with you lock-

ed in here.”



“I’d know enough to unlock the door,

wouldn’t I?” retorted the girl.



The nurse went to the bed and threw

back the sheets to air them. Then, in

angry amazement she exclaimed:

“You’ve had that dirty beast in the

bed! Now don’t tell me a story.”



“Yes, Nursy, and we had a beautiful

time playing hide-and-seek under the

bedclothes.”



The nurse stared hard at Edith, and

then shook her head. “You’ re a naugh-

ty girl, and I'll give the rabbit to Carlo.

See if I don’t.”



This didn’t frighten the gtrti a bit,

and she laughed in the nurse’s face,

but it gave Bumper such a shock that

he missed three heart beats and one of





his whiskers, for he knew Carlo was

the dog he had heard barking all night





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M HE {largest and most noted farm is modern in every detail. 1 Both Mr.





in M‘iChigan today iSIOCated near and-Mrs. Watts are good farmers and

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-experimental and practical than the

Michigan Agricultural College. A larger

number of boys from Michigan farm

homes are now working on this farm

than have ever been collected in one

neighborhood for any sort of doings in

the entire history of the state. Al-

though the farming season of 1917 is

practically over, the boys on this farm

are working harder than ever, and they

say they are going to fight it out on

the same job if it takes all Winter.

The superintendent and boss of this





man and the farm has been named



“Camp Custer.” He has entertained



and amused us with his talks about



farming at Camp Custer. He says he

is working the old Swift Farm at Har-

monia. He talks knowingly about

ditching, planting, putting up barb wire

fences, caring for and feeding the men

on his farm, and he calls them his

boys. He thinks a whole lot of them

and personally sees that they have the

very best treatment. They do not work

on the farm all the time. They take



turns in going to school. The old vil-



lage school house is next door to



Major-General Dickman’s headquarters



and it is filled with soldiers every day,



They are now studying machine gun



construction and operation. But more



about. this later on.



Readers of the Michigan Farmer

know that scores of farms west of But-

tle Creek were taken over by the gov‘

ernment last June for building an im-

mense national army cantomnent. It

was called an ideal location on account

of having sandy loam soil, level tracts

for the cantonment buildings and some

portions of the drill grounds. The rest

of the nearly 2,500 acres consists of

hills, swamps, one small lake, a river

and several brooks, and the whole ter-

irtory is more like the places selected

for a battle ground in the world's his-

tory, when one side at least has the

selection thereof. Of the sixteen na-

tional cantonments built this summer,

expert army officials agree that the

Camp Custer location is the nearest to

an ideal for military training in all

departments.



Michigan farmers naturally are much

interested in this military camp be-

cause so many farmer boys are there

already. And this week many hun-

dreds more will come in their civilian

clothes and in very few days be trans—

formed into uniformed soldiers prepar-

ing to fight for their country.



During the last four months over

1,900 buildings have been constructed

-on about a score of farms around the

village of old Harmonia. This trans

formation, right under the noses of the

farm owners, has astonished and sad-

dened them. Nearly everyone has left

the farm houses, and some of the old

houses and barns have been torn down

to make way for the barracks. Old



_ Harmonia has a history that is now

world wide. The Michigan Historical

Commission and State Pioneer Society

will have the record to publish as soon

as .We can complete it.



The center of Camp Custer is locat-

ed on the north side of the village.

General Dickman’s headquarters are in

the largest and finest farm house in

the cantonment. The accompanying

picture is one we took just before Mr.

, and Mrs: James Watts moved out and



"the Major-General moved in. Mrs.

.. Watts, the daughter of David Swift, is.

l the" owner of the large farm. The old-

fighioned farm house burned down two

years ago and Mrs. Watts had just fin-

ished up the new house and furnished

. it anathen moved in just in time to

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It is even more had alierd of cows and complete dairy newer and modernized. But the two





equipment. All the buildings were old barns shoWn herewith were for

lighted by electricity. Se‘wage‘disposal many years in one of the hack lots and

was by means of septic tanks. It was used‘ior feeding sheep and cattle. Only

an ideal farm home and it seemed sad a short time ago we took the picture

to be forced to leave Such a place for of these old barns just before. they

an annual rental of $10 per acre. It were torn down. The main street of

seems worse when one sees the build- the camp passes by and the space

ings, trees and fences torn down or de- shown is covered with barracks. These

stroyed on some of these farms. The two pictures are of two of the most

farmers who have given up their farms historical structures on Major-General

and watched the fields being ditched, Dickman’s farm and have gone into the

hills torn down and hollows filled with federal government war record files.





 





 





 





 





 





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The Christmas Tree Business

By H. L. SPOONER





HEN the city resident wishes however, is the balsam fir, the same



V» one of the little trees on which tree from which is obtained the aro-

to hang the presents that make matic Canada balsam used so much in



glad the hearts of the little folks and medicine and art. A close second to

adds so much attractiveness and good the balsam are the spruces, black, red,

cheer to the Yuletide decorations, he and white. In the prairie regions of the





 





 





 





 





the” inducers thong theat; .

. part '01? the tree‘s used in

the state come from Canada. In the





eastern states ‘the .trees are as a gen-'





eral thing owned .by the farmers who

sell them to the cutters on the stump.

In Wisconsin, Michigan and Canada

they are usually cut from lands owned

by lumber companies many times with-

out their knowledge or permission.

The cutting begins early in Septem-

ber, the shipper establishing a camp

and employing a crew sufficiently large

for the season’s cut. ' In many places

Indians are employed at this work as

they are expert woodsmen. New York

is the largest consumer, using about

400 carloads annually. Philadelphia

"uses about 175 carloads, Detroit seven—

ty-five carloads, and many other cities

from twenty-five to fifty carloads each.

.Two methods of selling are used.

Some producers ship to the commission

houses to be sold on commission. This

method has a large element of risk as





. weather conditions, transportation con





ditions, and market conditions have to

be dealt with and it is possible to see

ahead far enough to avert a possible

calamity. Of course, the old~timers in

the business have a great advantage

over those who venture only occasion-

ally, but even they, with all their

knowledge, often come out behind at

the end of the season.





The other method is far more satis~

factory to the producer as the 'buyer

takes the risk. In this method, the

producer contracts with the buyer be-

fore the cutting commences. He usu—

ally requires a deposit of $100 or more

per carload with the order, balance C.

O. D. The buyer states in the contract

how many of each size he wishes and

the. contract is filled to his order. The.

sizes are as follows: No. 1, 10 to 14

feet; No. 2, 8 to 10 feet; No. 3, 7 to'9.

feet; No. 4, 6 to 8 feet; No. 5, 5 to 7

feet; No. 6, 4 to 6 feet. The size num-

bers also indicate the number tied in a.

bundle, as No 1 are singles; No. 2, two

in a bundle, etc. “Baby” or table

trees run from eighteen inches to three

feet high and are packed eight to ten

in a bundle. Extra large trees for

churches, hospitals, etc.,_ are contract-

ed for according to size. A minimum

car is 600 bundles. Orders given are

not_subject to countermand, and the

shipper’s responsibility ceases with de~

livery to the carrier.



The experienced cutter is able to cut

all but the largest trees with one slash





of his sharp axe. He~also trims the.





trees, cutting out any dead, broken, or

straggling branches. He leaves the

trees by the stumps while another crew

drags them out to an open space for

tying. The trees must be symmetrical.

_The branches are arranged in whorls

around the trunk and the circles must

be complete as no “lop-sided” trees are

worth shipping. Squirrels have a habit

of eating off the tender tips and no

trees of this kind are salable as their

beauty is destroyed.



The tyers arrange the trees in bun-

dles, according to size. They straddle

the bundles, thus pinioning them with

their legs, and tie them with strong

rope. The bundles are then piled up

like cord w00d. The shipping begins

in November. The trees are hauled

out on sleighs or “drays” to the near-

est railroad siding and loaded on flat

cars, usually two tiers on a car. Strong





ates, I





merely orders one from his grocer or

florist and it is delivered to his door

the same as any other of the goods he

buys. A simple thing, isn’t it?



His knowledge, as a usual thing, ex-

tends only so far as to know in a gen-

eral way where the trees come from;

it is rarely he knows of the labor and

the risks involved in the preparation

of the trees for market. When he

comes to know this, it doesn’t appear

such a simple thing after all.



Christmas'trees are offseveral varie-

ties.‘ In some sections the cedars are

highly prized on account of their frag-

rance. ‘The most, used commercially.





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middle west where trees are hard to

get, nurserymen raise' many Norway

spruces but they are not considered

equal in quality to the wild trees. The

limbs’ of both balsam and' spruce are

long, strong, and slender and thus well

adapted to hold the gifts.



The New England states have long

been famed as producers of Christmas

trees, and Maine, New Hampshire and

Vermont supply a large annual output.

The 'mountainouslregions of New York

Supply some, but a State law which Cpro~

hibits the cutting or trees on state

reeds limits, the seaside. seduction-

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stakes are used to hold them onithe

cars and these are wired together at

the top to prevent them from spread-

ing and thus allowing the load to shift.





There is no danger of a depletion of

the supply at least for‘year's to come

as there are thousands of'acres that

have not been touched as yet, and the

trees grow very quickly, becoming

large enough in eight to tWelve‘years

from the seed." When cutting'the larg-

er"trees', if the cut is made above the

fij’stcircle of branches; several of the

branches. will tars, upward and in five

or six years become themselves large





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- By MARIE BETTS





F all the things which this ter-

rible war brings to us, probably

1 the hardest of all comes when

the parents are forced to send their

son forth into a world of Which he

knows nothing. They haye sacrificed

that he might be surrounded With con-

ditions that WQuld bring him to a clean,

noble manhood and then comes the

call to the colors, when he must leave

home fer the military camp about

which stories of sin and vice have

been told. Some of the stories are un-

doubtedly true but many are mani-

festly false.



So much has been said of evil influ~

ences at the training camps that stor-

ies of the institutions that are doing

their utmost to give the young soldiers

a semblance of home life are needed to

enable the parents back home to have

a true understandingof camp condi-

tions. There are vast forces at work

which make the soldiers better men

than ever before. Take our own Camp

Custer for instance. When it was an-

nounced that Battle Creek was to re-

ceive the contonment, the churches of

Michigan and that part of Wisconsin

which is included in this district, voted

a large sum of money as a war fund.

Some of the biggest men in the de-

nominations were hired as assistants

to the pastors of the city churches.

Qne was sent to the camp to work in

connection with the Y. M. C. A., the

others to workwith the soldiers in the

city. The basement of one church is

thrown open and made into a social

rest room where the boys can come

when off duty. Meals are served here

and the soldiérs play and sing. read,

write letters or entertain their friends.

On Sundays, many of them go up to

the church service. Some teach in the

Sunday School, others sing in the choir

or join in va1ious lines of chuich ac-

tivity. Each one is asked to 1egister

when he comes to the social rooms and

from that time on, is considered a part

of the church. The narrow boundaries

of denominationalism have been brok-

en down almost entirely and everyone

is welcome, no matter what his belief.

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the station, and although a stranger,

secured the extra money from the boy

and sent him home as the mother had

directed. Returning to the church, he

found that the lady friend had already

promised to care for Mrs. F. that night.





took the mother to the camp, and with

his help she found her son at the hos-

pital where he had been for a few days,

suffering from a slight accident.



_ Men and women of this type are on

duty at our great contonments. Evil

influences and undesirable companions

can be found if the young soldier seeks

them, but the boy who is honest and

upright will find in Battle Creek andtat

the camp, friends who are as faithful

and true as those in his home com-

munity.





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The food products inspection service

established by the United States De-

partment of Agriculture under the au—

thority of the Food Production Act was

made available November 1 to ship—

pers. of fruits andivegetables in two

large markets—New York and Chicago.



It will be extended in the next few

weeks to Kansas City, Boston, Phila-

delphia, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Fort

Worth, Houston, and other markets.

The supervising inspectors in the first

two districts are now training inspec-

tors for the work and are preparing to

receive applications for inspections. _



It is thOught likely that for some

time inspections will be made mostly

of cars of produce concerning the con-

dition of which there is some dispute.

Applications must be made by the ship-

per or his authorized agent, and may

be made by telegraph, telephone, letter

or in person. Applications must con-

tain a complete description of the ship-

ment, including the name and address

of the shipper and receiver, car num-

ber, initials and routing, contents and

the particular condition concerning

which inspection is requested.



Inspectors will certify as to the con-

dition of fruits and vegetables only. No

charge will be made for the service. An





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church invite the boys out on Sunday

for a real home dinner and some form

of Sunday entertainment afterward.

The boys respond splendidly to this

kindness.



The interest taken by these social

leaders in the men is shown by the fol-

lowing incident:



Mrs. F. and a younger son came sev-

eral hundred miles to visit an older

son at Camp Custer. They sent him no

word, thinking joyously of his surprise

when he saw them. They arrived at

the Camp with the usual crowd of Sun-

day visitorspwatching eagerly for their

boy among the vast throng of unifo1m-

ed men. Because of the stories she



had heard about the soldiers, the moth-

er was afraid to ask questions of any-

one and so the two tramped £01 hours,

vainly seeking the building whe1e the

soldier boy was quartered. When at

last night came, they were forced to

return to the city, heart sore and

weary. The younger son went to the

station, and to pass away the hours

until train time the woman drifted into

a church. The sight of the uniforms

all about her filled her heart to over-

flowing until at last she turned to the

woman beside her, telling how She had

traveled all those weary miles to see are given in-Secretary’s Circular No.

her boy, only to return unsatisfied. The 82. In Bureau of Markets Service and

new friend listened with sympathetic Regulatory Announcements No.28.

understanding, then left her dply to These two publicatiOns may be obtain-

return in a short time with a Y M. C. ed from the Chief of the Bureau of,

A. Secretary. In reply to his questions Markets. United States Department of

he discovered that the father was en- Agriculture, Washington, D. C.

tirely out of sympathy with the young -—-—‘-‘————~

soldier and had refused to make the

trip to see him, that Mrs fl?. had just

enough money for purchasing return

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inspection certificate will be issued re—

garding each, car or lot inspected and

the original delivered or mailed to the

shipper or his representative. Upon

1equest of the shipper or his represen-

tative all or part Of the contents of the

inspection certificate will be tele-

graphed to him at his expense.



The Food Production Act of August

10, 1917, authorizes the Secretary of

Agriculture to investigate and certify

to shippers the condition as to sound-

ness of fruits, vegetables and other

food products, when received at im-

portant central markets designated by

the. secretary, under rules and regula-‘

tions prescribed by him. These certifi-

eates are to be prima facie evidence in

all courts of the truth of the state-

ments they contain.



The Chief of the Bureau of Markets

of the Department is charged with the

establishment and supervision of this

service. For convenience in adminis-

tration the important central markets

designated by the secretary have been

divided into six divisions or districts.

with a supervising inspector responsi-

ble for each division. Rules and regu-

latons of the Secretary of Agriculture





Women operators for the traction .

lines in cities of northern New Jersey

has been decided upon by the ‘public

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idea of the government to save money

for the individual consumer by insti-

tuting “less” days. Even among wom-

en, and men, too, who read all the

time and devour everything printed

about the war and conservation, I have

heard the remark:





“I don’t see how I can get along with

any less than I do now.”



“I don’t see where I save anything

by it.”



It is not the idea of the government

to have anyone get along with less

than they actually need, nor is it the

idea to save any individual any money.



The idea is to save Wheat, fats and

sugar to ship to France, Italy, England

and the other allies.





If every family in the United States

goes without Wheat one day a week,

and instead eats corn meal, rye flour,

barley, buckwheat, oat meal, rice, or

just plain potatoes, a great quantity of

wheat is saved.



If we substitute fish, chicken, eggs or

legumes for beef, pork and mutton one

day we save an enormous quantity of

meat for shipment.



If we should do Without sugar, for

one day,pwhich, so far, we have not

been asked to do, and instead eat hon-

ey, maple sugar or syrup or corn syrup,

we would set free a great amount of

sugar.



This is the idea of the government.

And this is What we have been asked

to do. We have not been asked to

starve ourselves. Johnny cake or corn

bread once a week instead of white

bread, would hurt no one, if we except

individual cases of weakened digestion

and perhaps babies. And in addition

to corn meal breads, there is rye

bread or barley bread, to say nothing

of the potato and oat meal bread for

which the government has furnished



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had graham bread, I insert it as a re-

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By the same token, do not think you

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America from American grown wheat.



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wheat as upon the city dweller who

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saving for us as individuals, but of ser-

vice to our cOuntry. Americans have

always lived well, and among? some

there is a feeling that they have a per-

fect right to.



“I’ve always had my three square

meals, and I intend to keep it up," one

man declared. And he was a native

son, with a good old Anglo-Saxon name.

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son—yet—why we should not have

them. But we can get along without a

great many of the things we have al-

ways had and substitute something

else for them, thus furnishing food for

the hungry folks across the seas who

are fighting our battles. And if we"

don’t we deserve to see a ,fleet of

Zeppelins sailing over our fields and

dropping down bombs on our granaries.



This is our war. We can’t all be

drafted. We can’t all send sons. We

can’t all be Red Cross nurses, or knit

or lead clubs. But we can all do some-

thing. And if that something is only





to go without wheat one day in the,





week and meat one day, let’s “do it

with our might.” Late advices say that

food is needed more than men. That

in all probability we will be unable to

send more men for a time because the

ships must be used for food. Let us see

to it that there is plenty of food to go

on the ships.

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CONSERVATION DAY SUGGES-

TIONS.





 





Meatless Day—Breakfast: Potato

rarebit. Dinner: Oyster Stew. Sup-

per: Banana Fritters.



Wheatless Day.—Breakfast: Miss

Parloa’s spider corn bread. Dinner:

Barley spoon bread. Supper: Crack-

ling bread.



Potato Rarebit.—Chop cold boiled

potatoes in small pieces and stir into

Spread a layer of pota-

toes in a. buttered baking dish, sprinkle

with grated cheese, add another layer

of potatoes, then cheese, and continue

to alternate until the dish is full, hav-

ing the top layer cheese. Cook twenty

minutes in hot oven and serve at once.



Oyster Stew—In making stew allow

one quart of milk to each quart of oys-

ters—examine the oysters carefully for

bits of shell. Heat the liquor to boiling

point, add the oysters and leave just

until edges begin to curl. Then add to

milk, which has been scalded in anoth-

er dish, and serve at once. Of course,

add butter, salt and pepper to taste.



Banana Fritters—Sift together one

cup of flour, two teaspoons of baking

powder, one tablespoon of sugar and

one-fourth teaspoon of salt. Beat one

egg, add half cup of milk and combine

two mixtures. Force three bananas

through a sieve, add one tablespoon of

lemon juice and beat into the batter.

Drop by spoonfuls into deep fat, fry,

drain, and serve with a tart sauce. .



Miss Parloa’s Spider Corn Cake.—

The original recipe calls for one-fourth

cup of white flour. Instead, use one

cup of corn meal, two tablespoons, of

sugar, one-half teaspoon of salt, one-

half teaspoon of soda, one egg, one cup

sweet milk, one-half cup of thick sour

milk, two tablespoons of butter. Sift

dry ingredients, stir in egg well beaten

and mixed with half cup of sweet milk,

then the sour milk. Melt butter in

spider, pour in the batter and over this

the other half-cup of sweet milk with-

out stirring. Bake about twenty-five

minutes. Cut in triangles for serving.



Barley Spoon Bread.—7Cook one-

fourth cup of salt pork, cut in small

s, in saucepan untilh,’, taandik fid

pieces, cook in saucepan until slightly

brown, add fourjcups of boiling water

and sprinkle in one 'cup of barley meal,

stirring constantly. coin: in a double





boiler for one hour, cool, add two or .





three well-beaten eggs, turn into but-





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forty-five minutes.

« Crackling Bread—Mix one quart of

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Whenmeal "has cooled, work into .it

one pint of cracklings. Eormdough

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wide and one inch thick. Bake thirty

minutes. »As this has a high Dement-

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LETTER Box.





 





Mother Can’t Do It All.



Household Editor.—I read with much

interest your article in the October 20

«issue. It brought back the days. when

the same problems were mine.



I supposed your mission in life was

to dispense advice, knowledge and in-

formation, to the public, but it. seems

you have problems of your own. Have

you no childless friends or neighbors

that you can. ask advice? They usu—

ally know exactly what they would do.

I have an idea that when your boys

get old enough to go and see that little

girl you had in mind, that you won’t

have much more trouble about keeping

their clothes nice. But keeping their

room tidy is a more hopeless case.



I had a little boy once, he is a sailor

out on the great ocean now. I was de-

termined to teach him to take care of

his clothes, and other things. Although

I succeeded to a certain extent, I find

that most boys just have not time for

such work. Although you may never

realize the ideal of perfection you

would like, it pays to keep trying. Have

the boy’s room as good as any in the

house.



When I paper the children’s room, I

let them select the paper and make it

quite an important event, that they

may take greater pride in its appear-

ance. _ '



But whatever else we teach our chil-

dren, let-us try to teach them to love





. the good and true and noble things of





life, and to hate the low and evil.



Of course, mothers will be blamed

for all the faults of their children. The

pulpit and the press, every paper and

magazine, your friends and neighbors

to others, that you should have taught

your children better. They do not con-

sider the daily associates at school, the

class of young people of the neighbor-

hood. Even-the influence of the father

may be for the bad. Just how the

mother is going to work this miracle,

they do not say, but that she should

“teach them strength of character,”

that she should “mold them into just

what they should be,” and many other

will tell you, if not to your face then

such phrases. But when they have said

this they evidently have exhausted

their knowledge, for the reason they do

not tell you how it is done—A Mother.





CONSERVATION RECIPES.





 





Rolled Oat Bread.—Scald one cup of

rolled oats in one cup of boiling water

and allow to stand one hour. Make a

sponge of one cup of: water, onecake

of compressed yeast, one teaspoon of

salt, two tablespoons of molasses, two

teaspoons of shortening, three-fourths

cup of flour. Add rolled oat mixture

to sponge, and then flour to make me-

dium soft dough. Form into loaf, let

rise to double its bulk and bake.



Potato Bread—One cup of mashed

potatoes, one-half cup of potato water,

one-half teaspoon of salt, one-half cake

of compressed yeast, two teaspoons of

sugar, two teaspoons melted shorten-





ing, one-half cup of flour. Make into a.





sponge, keep warm. 'When light add

enough flour to make a medium soft

dough. Let rise to double its bulk

and bake.



Roast Rabbit—Wash the rabbit with

soda. water. Lay in salted water for an

hour. Stuff tne‘rabbit with onion, cel-

ery or chestnut dressing and sew up.

Line a baking pan with the following:

One onion and one carrpt cut up, a few

cloves, wholepe'ppercmns and one bay





.. . leaf; Rub. rabbitwith‘ salt and pepper





and lay it" upon this dressing, putting





fat here and'tliereoirer the rabbit. Sift ,





a little flOurbver the top ‘and' pour a





cup of stock or ,th water into the pan. "





Cover tightly" and mast, beating fre-





quently. When ready to serve, put on, ‘





a hot platter and garnish with slices of

lemon and cranberry jelly or currant

Jelly.



Spiced Rabbit—Wash rabbit in soda

water. Disjoint hind legs; cut off the

saddle; remove the forequarters, mak-

ing in all nine pieces. Lay in salt wa-

ter about an hour. Place rabbit in dish

with‘vinegar poured over it and let it

remain over night. Remove from pickle,

salt each piece lightly, and arrange in

baking pan. Cut up an onion in it, ad-

ding one bay leaf,a dozen peppercorns,

part of a celery root, a cup of stock,

and a little vinegar from the pickle.

Cover with another pan, put in a quick

oven and bake for an hour. Remove





upper pan and brown, basting frequent '-





ly. When brown, remove and arrange

pieces on a hot dish. To the pan add

a tablespoon of flour browned in fat

drippings and a cup of stock. If not

spiced enough, add pepper and a very

little mace. If desired, add a can of

mushrooms that have been drained and

washed. Pour the gravy over the rab-

bit, dust with chopped parsley, and

send to the table.



Chestnut Stuffing—Shell one quart

of Italian chestnuts. Boil until skin

is softened, then drain and remove the

skins; put back in' water and boil until

soft and rub through a sieve while hot.

Season the mashed chestnuts with one

tablespoon of bacon fat, one teaspoon

each of salt, grated lemon rind and

chopped parsley. Add three tablespoons

of grated bread crumbs and two well-

beaten eggs. Be sure the stufling is

not too wet.





INDIVIDUAL WHEAT AND CORN

GRINDING.





 





There is no single phase of the cam-

paign for food economy which is prov-

ing a better proposition to the country

as a Whole, and to the individual fam-

ily, than the plan for each man to own

a $5.00 mill for grinding his own wheat

flour and corn meal. These mills will

reduce clean wheat to an entire wheat

flour which, as Dr. Wiley says, is a

complete food for man, woman and

child. This flour contains the elements

of nutrition, including the important

gluten and mineral salts, which are al-

most entirely lacking in processed

white flour. To get flour white the

strongest part of the wheat berry is

discarded. The big mills of the coun-

try have carried on a consistent cam-

paign of educatiOn among the Ameri-

can people for many years to induce

them to demand white flour, even re-

ferring continually to those prime por-

tions of the wheat which form the mid‘

dlings, seconds, etc., as “the offal of

wheat.”



To indicate the millers’ and retailers'

“living” profits, with wheat selling in

Washington at $2.30 a bushel and with

a $5.00 mill in his cellar, this entire

wheat flour costs the consumer (with

a little elbow greast), four cents per

pound. Yet one of the biggest Wash-

ington grocers on October 22 quoted

“whole wheat flour, twelve cents per

pound.” White flour is selling at six to

seven cents a pound. ,



When it comes to corn meal there is

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the United States for the period

November 13-20 inclusive.





Continued Depression in Potato

' Markets.





Pctatoes are generally lower in pri-

mary and jabbing centers. F. O. B.

sales are off fifteen to twenty cents per

hundred pounds, and movement was

checked by hesitation on both sides.

Holders at Pre‘sque Isle, Maine, relying

on light eastern crop, have been slow

to meet the general decline, quotations

at times running well below $2.00 per

hundred pounds in bulk for general run

of Green Mountain stock, while west-

ern shipping points report buyers hold-

ing off because of heavy offerings of

partly frosted stock and because of

fear of further decline in price. Roches-

ter, N. Y., quoted round white stock at

$1.25@1.30 bulk per bushel, or $1.85@

2.25 on 100-lb. basis, sacked, with de-

mand light. At the Nebraska shipping

points the previous week’s low became

about top at $1.33, and sales were made

as low as $1.15, with loading checked

by car shortage and a low, weak mar-

ket. Round Whites at Grand Rapids,

Mich., .decopped to $2 or lower and

Waupaca, Wis, reached $1.25 as low

level. Red River Ohios at Minnesota

shipping points held fairly steady at

$1.65@1.75. Minnesota and Michigan

Last

year Minnesota’s total shipments for

the year to date were about forty per

cent of Maine’s, while this year to date

Maine had shipped but little over one-

half as many potatoes as Minnesota.

The declining trend of potato values

has been more or less evident in most

large distributing centers. Maines and

New Jerseys fell off 10 to 25 cents per

hundred pound basis, running at $2.35

@275 for bulk of later sales in leading

eastern cities. Michigan, Wisconsin

and Minnesota round whites and New

Jersey Giants range at $1.75@2.40, off

10 to 25 cents, but a few markets held

firm. Choice New York white stock

ranged at $2.25@2.75. Colorado Whites

in western markets sold at $2.15@2.40

including sales in bulk in sacks.

Southern markets quote $2.30@2.75 on

western white stock. Complaints of

much poor and frosted stock prevail in

western and central markets.





Barerl Apples Show Further Slight

Dec-tine.



The recent feature of the apple situ-

ation has been the continued dullness

and moderately sagging price tendency

of the cooking varieties in many city

markets, particularly New York and

Boston, where Baldwin “A’s” and firsts

fell off 25 cents or more from last

week’s level, and from 50 to 75 cents

below the season’s best figure, but in

these cities much of the best stock has

been going into cold storage. In west-

ern markets the week’s declining trend

was less definite but was slow to mod-

erate demand. New York, New Eng-

land “A’s” and firsts, Baldwins and

Greenings in eastern markets ranged

at $3@5., and in Chicago and mid—west-

ern markets $4.75@5.50. Pennsylvania

and southernYorks, first to fancy, held

general range at $4@5. Virginia, Mis-

souri and Illinois Ben Davis, firsts,

ranged at $2.75@4.25 in mid-western





markets, with slow movement, but top,





was eweeded in some northwestern

and southern markets remote from the

main producing sections. Barreled

stock of choice kinds still reached $6

in some western and northwestern mar-

kets, but with generally weak demand.

Table kinds, Virginia and Illinois Jon-

athans, and Virginia Grimes, first to

fancy, met slow to 'fair demand with

prices nearly steady at the prevailing

range, $4. 75@6. Western boxed Jona-

thans in representative markets held

about steady at a general range of

$1. 75@2. 25 for extra fancy Spitzen-





 





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cents above Jonathans. Slow jabbing

movement of cooking varieties may not





be surprising in' view of the sugar





stringency and. the‘ comparatively high

price level. The output of the barrel

sections has been relatively lower than

of the box sections and prices received

by growers of barreled fruit appear

not far below those paid producers in

f. o. b. markets for boxed apples of cor-

responding grades, while eastern can-

ning stock is quoted fully as high as

in the west. Conditions at northwest-

ern f. o. b. markets show no special

change, car shortage still prevailing.

Demand has been slow to moderate at

$1. 35@1. 50 for extra large fancy large

size Jonathans and Romes, and $1. 65@_

2 for extra fancy Winesaps and Spitz-

enbergs. Colorado boxed fruit, extra

fancy Jonathans and Winesaps, ruled

slow at steady range around $1.50. The

leading box apple states, notwithstand-

ing their largé proportion of the cur‘

rent shipments are still behind last

season’s record to corresponding date,

Washington falling off inthis respect

over 15 per cent. The barrel section,

as represented by New York, New Jer-

sey, Maine and Michigan, has shipped

no more than onenhalf last year’s quota

of barreled apples. Missouri, however,

is nearly 40 per cent ahead of last

year’s figure to corresponding date,

while Virginia and Illinois have been

shipping freely. ’Not much carlot bar-

reled stock is now being shipped, from

most eastern f. o. b. markets, buyers

hesitating or taking only extra fancy

offerings. At Rochester, N. Y., Bald-

wins and Greenings, “A’s” and fancy,

sold at $5@5.50. Canning stock at var-

ious points east and west sold at $1.35

@2 per 100 pounds.

Bean Position Weakens.



Demand has been slow at the leading

shipping points, and f. o. b. prices have

shown a downward trend. Restricted

supply of tin plate for canners is given

as one cause of a slack market. Col-

orado holders ”of recleaned Pintos show

increasing readiness to accept offers

of $7 or even $6.75 f. o. b. per 100 lbs.

A like softening of values is reported

in Michigan f. o. b. markets, with pric-

es at leading shipping points mostly at

$7@7.25 per bushel. H. P. Navysz'for

quick shipment brought $8.25 f. o. b.

New Whites were bought atcountry

loading stations at $6.50 per bushel.

Detroit reports a few sales at $12@

12.50 per hundred pounds for the good

White H. P. stock. A few f. o. b. sales

of New York White varieties occurred

in several New York bean growing sec-

tions at $12@13'per 100 pounds, but

the buying had not yet reached any

considerable volume. Some distribut-

ing markets maintained a steady to

firm tone, but as a rule changes during

the week were on the downward side.

Colorado Pintos selling slowly ranged

at $9.89@10 per 100 pounds. Michigan

and New York White and Navy beans

ranged at $14.50@,16, mostly around

$15, and bushel range was $8.85@10

per bushel sacked, with generally fair

demand. New York Red Kidneys sold

at $15 per 100 pounds. California

White and Limas, sacked, per 100 lbs.,

sold at fairly steady range at $14@15.





Onions Slow and Dragging.



Business has been light at country

f. o. b. onion markets, the bulk of the

remaining stock having gone into stor—

age. Some holding for higher prices is

reported at Massachusetts and New

York starting points, while buyers do

not seem anxious-to take hold at the

offering prices. A few f. o. b.“ sales for

New York yellow stock, January deliv-

ery, are reportedon the basis of $3 per

100 pounds, sacked. Also local sales

of yellow stock in small lots at $1. 50

per bushel. Shipments from most of

the leading states were below previous

week’s figures. Ohio and Massachusetts

Yellow Globes, and various other yel-

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yellows advanced 25

cents‘in Boston. California Australian

Browns fell off 25 cents in several mar-

kets, but was steady in others with a

general ’range of $2.25@3in leading

cénters. Complaint of slow trade has

been quite general for the past week.

Cabbage Fairly Steady.



The~ton bulk price at f. o. b. ship—

ping points around Rochester, N. Y.,

and in the Racine, Wis., district, rang-





ed at $20@25 for Holland and Danish ,





seed. and about $16 for Domestic. Con-

siderable stock is reported still held at

top prices quoted. Demand has been

slow in most eastern sections. New





York state shipments show sharp de- -





cline this week. A good demand was

reported in Wisconsin shipping sec-

tions, although movement was limited

by lack of cars. Claims of frost dam-

age arevnow less sweeping and senti-

,ment rather better. Various barrel

sales east and west show range 0f $1@

1.50. In distributing markets the trend

of prices was somewhat uneven, New

York and Wisconsin Holland and Dan—

ish stock tended slightly lower, mostly

at $20@23 per ton, with slow sales and

demand slow to moderate. Domestic

stock sold at $2@‘7 below Holland and

Danish seed. Colorado Holland seed

met fair demand, selling on 100 pound

basis in western cities at nearly steady

range of $1.25@1.50, and in southern

markets reaching $2. 50@3.

Cegery in Moderate Demand.

The situation shows little change at

f. o. b. markets, prices holding at $3. 25

@375 for crates,‘large, at Rochester,

N. Y., small to medium $2@2.75. De-

mand and prevailing tone were report-

ed only fair. Actual shipments fell off

about” one-half in New York state and

Michigan shows ,similar declining ten-

dency in volume of movement. Michi-

gan celery is still quoted at_12@15c f.

o. b. and buyers were paying growers

11@12c with improving demand. Job-

bing prices exhibit uneven trend, New

York, Chicago, etc, settling to $2.50@

3.50 for. large crates. New York range

was off 25 cents, while several other

markets show firm or advancing tone.

General range New York and Michigan

stock was $2.50@3.50. Chicago sold

choice washed stock in square pack-

ages at 75c@$1 per dozen. Michigan

and New York Golden Heart sold in

various markets at $3.50@4. Colorado

stock in sixes, sevens, showed range

of $3.50@4.50 in western markets.

Other Fruits and Vegetables.





Grape shipments have been light ex-,





cept from California, which shipped 513





cars this week. Demand for manufac- _





ture of wine, grape juice and jelly has

been slow, while offerings have been

liberal. Total shipments from the fore-

most shipping states, California, Mich-

igan and New York, are to date over

4,000 cars ahead of total shipments for

all of last year.



Pear movement is falling off, though

New York, the leading state at pres-

ent, shipped about the same as last

week.



Lettuce movement is led by Califor-

nia, with unusually heavy shipments of





45 cars for the week, an increase of 17 ~





cars. New York, New Jersey and the

southern shipping states are maintain-

ing fully their normal volume for this

time of year.





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the making of something out of it af-

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(Continued from last week).



Personally, I do not fear the strong-

est opposition to the county agent

movement. In the first place, I have

nothing to lose or gain by the success

or failure of “the movement, except

what it means to me and to my neigh-

bors as farmers and citizens, and in

the .second place, I have a considerable

amount of faith in the good sense of

our people, and I believe that the

growth of this movement is resulting

from their good hard sense.



But I am much interested about the

relation ,of the Granges of the state to

this work, both on account of the

Granges themselves and the general

public as well.



In the past, our Order has been in

a larger Way than any other farm or-

ganization, the representative of ag-

riculture.



As a member of the Order, I am in-

terested in its growth, both in num-

bers and in usefulness. But if the

Grange is to continue to grow and to

retain its influence it must keep close

to those forces that make for progres-

sive agriculture.



It should do so, not only for its own

sake but that these forces may be con-

stantly influenced by practical men and

women out on the farms. The science

‘ of agriculture is peculiar, in that it

can not be successfully taught in a

school room or a laboratory alone. The

most successful teacher of this most

important science must be able to go

out into the field and not only demon-

strate his knowledge of the actual

work to be done there, but must be

competent to correctly note conditions

at hand, and give explanation where

necessary.



One of the most important requisites



of a successful county agent is a

knowledge of conditions in each local-

ity where he is expected to serve. He

can_hardly obtain this knowledge with-

out the c00peration of the farmers in

that neighborhood. If there is a live

Grange there, a most excellent chance

is afforded for him to come into inti-

mate and helpful relations with the

people who can profit most by his

work.

. Granges should not wait for the coun.

ty agent to come to them, but should

go after them. Every county agent ex-

pects to work through an organization

of some sort. If the Grange will not

work with him, it is then up to him to

make an organization of his own that

will.



‘He will have no difficulty in form-

ing such a club either. Last winter I

was conducting an institute in a lo-

cality where there had been a Grange,

‘but it had become dormant, and later

had died. The county agent was with

me, and at the close of the meeting,





 





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soil the primal wealth of nations."





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





An ideal day, an ideal place and an 3

ideal meeting of the Ingham County .





Farmers’ Club was enjoy, (1 at the home

of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.





allowed to be eaten upon a meatless

day, the only conservation of food no-

ticed was that of sugar, and there was

plenty of sweets for the average appe.

tite. The address of the afternoon was





“The Home,” by Dean Georgia White -





of the M. A. C., and she held the close





attention of the audience for an hour. ,





In part she said: “We want to think

of a home as something that develops





and grows and compared it to the bulb ,

that, when planted and given the right .





amount of heat and moisture would

produce; the beautiful flower. 'i‘he mod-

el home has an atmosphere of its own

and the Hoover idea was the biggest

thing yet. Instead of our homes run

as a family and according to our pock-

etbooks, we must think of our homes

as a part of a community group. She

rather liked the terms nation—minded

and world-minded and the saving of a

slice of bread in our kitchen Would

help win the world war for democracy.



She spoke of the great call for doc-

tors and nurses and it stood us in hand

to take care of ourselves and have the

minimum of sickness. Home is the

stable element and we have gotten

away from the education and religious

instruction of our forefathers—the pen-

dulum must swing back and help the

children to be what their fathers and

mothers were- before them. 'i‘nereare

housekeepers and home-makers and

the ways of the housekeeper should

help make a home; we think of a home

as what furnishes shelter, proper food

and suitable Clothing and this prepared

and looked after. Then there is the

higher life that is invaluable and in-

cludes rest and recreation as our pleas-

ures are of our own making. ‘We need

efliciency to help us with our work—

but a reat deal of efficiency is inedi-

ciency. . ater in the home was a great

convenience and having places for

things to save steps. Many think an

hour a day does not amount to much

but the time has come when we. must

simplify our work and trim our sails—

one dearly loves dresses for the small

girl with beautiful hand-work, but not

at the expense of other things of per-

manent value. So trim away extra

things, make our homes the bulwark of

democracy and with the national idea

———patriotism—our homes will be stable

minded. Miss White was not only

made an honorary member, but also

given a rising vote of thanks for her

interesting and instructive talk. As

the State Association of Farmers’

Clubs meet in Lansing early in Decem-

ber Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swift were elect-

ed delegates to represent this Club.

The next meeting is the annual meet-'

ing for the election of officers and re-

port of the committees and will be

held at Maple Ridge Farm.



Hold Annual Meeting.——The Novem-

ber meeting of the North Owosso Farin-

ers’ Club was held at “Island View,”

with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Carson. Pres-





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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comin to farmers from the rich wheat fields of Wootern

cone I. Where you can buy good farm land at $15. to

$39; or acre andraise fro-.11 2.0 to 45 bushels of $2. ‘

when to the core it’s easy to make money. Canada offers

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US_. or their sons are yearly taking advantage of this great oppor-

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.M‘lnod Farmlng is fully as profitable an industry as rain

raining. Good schools, markets convenient. climate exce ent.

Write for literature and particulars as to reduced railway

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ident Stewart called the meeting to or-

der, and a short business session was

held. The following officers were elect-

ed for the ensuing year: Chaplain, W.

S. Carson; president, A. T. Stewart;

vice-president, .Mrs. G. M. Getman; di-

- rector, E. 0. Place; secretary-treasurer,

Mr. Carson. “How Much Does the





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organized a very large club through

which to work in the community. Had

the Grange been alive, and ready to

cooperate with him, he would have

much preferred it, to the sort of an

organization he formed that day. Any-





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   

 





one who can see into the future at all,

.must realize that’ these clubs, organ-

ized in an hour, each one independent

of the other, have little holding power

and so cannot be relied on for the best

results in community betterment, or

agricultural growth. But the Grange,

organized upon solid foundation, hav-

éing the requisite machinery to keep it

running, and having years enough back

of it to give assurance that it is going

gooputinue to live, affords a most ,ex-

cellent medium through which any





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Look of an.Article Influence the Sale ?”

Mrs. Hammond believes that appear-

ance has nearly all to do with it, that

an inferior article of good appearance





would. sell where a superior article ,'





without careful attention would not.

Mr. Place believes the look of an arti-

cle influences the sale at least fifty per

cent. Rev. Idle recently visited Camp

Custer and paid high tribute to the

splendid conditions there and told of

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‘ GRAINS AND SEEDS





November 27, 1917..



WHEAT.—Mills are as anxmus as

ever to secure wheat since the demand

for flours continues unabated, and mill-

ing profits this year are to be made in

the volume of business done rather

than in the wide margins between buy-

ing and selling prices. One year ago

No. 2 red wheat Sold on the local mar-

ket at $1.78 per bushel. Present prices

are: No. 2 red $2.17; No. 2 mixed

$2.15; No. 2 white $2.15. . .



CORN.——This cereal is beginning to

move more freely, which has depressed

prices at the largest corn centers, but

not in Detroit. The heavy shortages

in the world’s wheat supply Will un-

doubtedly continue to be an important

bullish factor in the corn market this

winter, since corn will be used as a.

substitute. A heavy movement would

likely force values lower, but there is

every indication of a large demand, and

as soon as prices drop it is believed

that large interests will take hold of

the buying side and restore higher val-

ues. A very large percentage of the

corn will grade low. One year ago No.

3 corn sold at 97c per bushel. Last

week’s Detroit quotations git/ere:





 





o. No. 3

Mixed. Yglsltiw.



Wednesday . . . . . . 2.30 .

Thursday ........... 2.30 2.31

Friday ............. 2.30 2.31

Saturday ........... 2.30 2.31

' Monday ............ 2.30 2.31

Tuesday ........... 14 2.15





2.



Chicago—December $1.241/z per bu;

May $1.181/2.



OATS.--Export demand is held re-

sponsible for the advance in oat val-

ues in American markets. They are

also using the grain to mix with wheat

in the Canadian mills. Domestic con-

sumption is also large, all of which

promises to absorb the American

bumper crop. A year ago standard oats

were quoted at 591/20 per bushel. Last

Week’s Detroit quotations were:N 3



o.





/ Standard. White.

Wednesday ............ 70 69%





Thursday ........... . . ’ 71% . ~~71 ' '



Eriday 1, . . .-.:-.: mu . 331,; iii/2

aturday ..............



fronday ............... 751/2 75



Tuesday .............. 761/ 76





Chicago.——December 717/3@72c; May

69%c per bushel.



RYE—While supplies are short, .the

slowness of the demand is responsrble

for a dull market, with values slightly

advanced over a week ago. Cash No.

2 now quoted at $1.80 per bushel.



BEANS.——Farmers are not selling

beans at the present range of prices.

Owing to the uncertainty of the mar-

ket situation, dealers do not appear

anxious to load up with the legumes.

Active buying would probably be stim—

ulated by definite information from the

government regarding its attitude to-

ward prices for government supplies of

this product. At Detroit cash beans are

quoted at $13 per cwt. The Chicago

price for Michigan hand-picked pea

beans is $13.75@14 per cwt. Fancy red

kidneys $14.75@15; fancy brown Swed-

ish $11.60.



SEEDS.——Prime red clover $16; al-

sike $14.20; timothy $3.65 per bushel.





FLOUR AND FEEDS





FLOUR—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detr01t

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $10.75; seconds $10.50; straight

$10.25; spring patent $11; rye flour

$10.75 per bbl. .



FEED-«In 100-lb. sacks jobbing lots

standard middlings

$42; fine middlings $44; cracked corn

$84; coarse corn meal $77; corn and

oat chop $60 per ton.



HAY.—-—In cariots at Detroit: N0. 1

timothy $24.50@25; standard timothy

$23.50@24; No. 2 timothy $22.50@23;

light mixed, $23@24; No. 1 clover $19

@20 per ton.



Pittsburg.—No. 1 timothy $29.50@30

per”‘ton; No. 2 timothy $27@28; No. 1

light mixed $28@29; No. 1 clover mix-

ed $29.50@30; No. 1 clover $29.50@30.





DAIRY PRODUCTS





BUTTER—Butter is firm at ‘a slight

advance. Fresh creamery firsts 42%@

43c; fresh creamery extras 43%@44c.



Chicago—The market holds yery

firm and 10 higher for the best fresh

makes, with under-grades easy. Cream-

ery extras 4515c; extra. firsts 44@441,éc





 





 





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POULTRY PRODUCTS .





POULTRY.—(Live).—-Marke't is firm

with chickens and ducks especially ac-

tive. Best spring chickens 23@2v4c;

hens 19@24c; ducks 25@26c; geese 20

@21c; turkeys 31@32c.



Chicago.——(Live) .——~Demand good. for

all but poorly finished fowls. . Fowls

160; spring chickens 19c; ducks 18@'

2015c; geese 17%@18c; turkeys, good

270. (Dressed).—Receipts are liberal.

Ducks and geese, plump and well fin:

ished are in brisk demand. Chickens

19@210; ducks ‘24@25c; geese 18@21c

per lb; turkeys 33@34c. -



EGGS.—Fresh eggs are firm. Fresh

firsts 42@46c per dozen.



Chicago.—-—Market higher and strictly

new-laid are in good demand. Fresh

Michigan firsts sell for 47(a'348c; ordi-

nary firsts 43@45c; miscellaneous lots,

cases included 42@48c.





FRUITS—VEGETABLES





POTATOES.—Markets.——There were

48 cars of potatoes on the Detroit mar-

ket Monday morning. Michigan round

white stock, sacked, sold in large job-

bing lots at $2@2.22, with the bulk of

the sales from $2.10@2.15_. At Cleve-

land the same variety sacked sold at

$2.10. The New York market is pay-

ing $2.75@3.50 per 10-pk. sack. In Pitts-

burgh the price is $2.20@2.40 per cwt.

The Chicago market is weak and drag-

gy, with considerable field frosted of-

ferings on hand. Cincinnati dealers are

securing $2.17@2.33 for the Michigan

round whites.



At shipping points there is very lit-

tle doing at the present time. Cold

weather and car shortage are largely

responsible for the diminished move-

ment, although producers are less in-

clined to sell because of the weaker

markets prevailing. There is practical-

ly no market at Presque Isle, Maine,

with prices ranging from $1.82@2.18

bulk for the few, now being sold. In

Minnesota the present price is $1.50

per cwt. from farmers’ wagons. In

Wisconsin some stock has been pur-

chased as low as $1.25 per cwt.

“.CABBAHGErr—Cabbage is selling in

Detroit at $1621.25 per bushel.‘ In

Pittsburgh Danish stock in poor con-

dition brought $1 on Monday. At

Cleveland the market was fair, with a

good grade 0f Danish bringing $35 per

ton. In New York the price ranged

from $206025, and in Chicago Holland

seed of the best quality brought $26

per ton.





 





 





CELERY.——A good demand prevailed @





at Kalamazoo on Monday morning with

the market firm and the price at 10@

15c per dozen from farmers’ wagons at

sidetrack. At Decatur good stock was

bringing 12@16c per dozen. At Adrian

buyers secured as high as 27c per

dozen. Better feeling prevails around

Rochester, N. Y., although shipments

have been too small to make quota-

tions.



0N|ONS.—Yellow globes sold in De-

troit Monday morning at $2.85@3 per

100-lb. sacks. In New York the same

variety brought $2.50@3, reds $2.50@

2.75. Pittsburgh market is paying $2.50

@275 for yellows, Cincinnati $2.75@

3.25, while in Chicago the jobbers are

paying $2@2.25.



APPLES.—-There were 36 cars of ap-

ples on the Detroit market on Monday

morning. Michigan fancy Spies were

bringing $6, York Imperials $5@5.25,

and Illinois Jonathans $6636.25. At

Cleveland York Imperials sold at $5, at

Pittsburgh Baldwins $4.75fv5, Ben Dav-

is $3.50, Spies $4.25@4.50. The Chicago

trade is securing $6@6.75 for Spies.

64.50@5.25 for Baldwins, $5.50@6 for

Greenings and $5@6.50 for Jonathans.

The Cincinnati market is fair, with the

volume of business somewhat limited;

Greenings and Baldwins are bringing

$4@4.50, »Kings $5.50.





WOOL





 





Business is good considering the“





high range of values which give some

promise of advancing still more. All

grades are finding buyers. Govern-

ment specifications for army contracts

having been lowered, the transactions

in inferior grades were more numer-

ous last week. Fleeces sold all the way

from 56@85c'per lb





GRAND RAPIDS





The potato market has remained

practically unchanged for several days,

with general range of prices to growers

for round whites, bulk per 100 lbs., as

follows: Petoskey and Hart sections

$1;20@1.25; Traverse 7City, Cadillac

and .Reed City sections $1.20(d)1.30;





 





Grand Rapids $1.25; Greenville $1.50_@.





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Pea beans is $7@7.25, with a; few at

$7.50. Live fowls are quoted this week

at 18c; ducks18@220; geese 14@16c;

turkeys 22@25c. Dressed turkeys are





expected to retail around 38c. ,

DETROIT CITY MARKET.





Trading was monopolized almost en-

tirely by Thanksgiving buyers Tues-

day morning with offerings outside of

poultry moving slowly. . Dressed tur-

keys were generally held at 400 per

1b; chickens 25@28c dressed, and 23

@24c alive; geese, alive,‘ around $3

each; apples $1 2.50 and moving

slowly; potatoes $ .35@1.45; .parsnips

$1; carrots 60@65c; cabbage 50@90c;

onions $1.75; eggs-65@70c; pork 24c;

little doing in loose hay sales.





LIVE STOCK





BUFFALO.





~ November 26, 1917.



Receipts here today as follows: Cat:

tle 5,300; hogs 20,000; sheep 5,000;

calves 800. .



With 5,300 cattle here today the ship-

ping steers were very slow sale, but

the demand for butcher steers, cows

and heifers was very streng and. the

bulk of them sold a quarter higher.

The bulk of the good canners sold from

$5.25@5.50, With the Holstein and com-

mon kinds from $4.50'@5. There was a

good demand for stoCkers and bulls

and they sold at strong prices. We

look for a fair run of cattle next Mon-

day and a good trade.



We had a very sluggish trade on all

classes of hogs today, pigs ruling 75c@

$1 per th.'lower, while 'all other'class-

es showed a» decline of a’ strong quarter

from Saturday’s best time. There was

one fancy load of heavy hogs sold at

$18.25, and a few from $17.90@18, with

the bulk of the sales around $17.75 and

some very good york weights offered

late at $17.50. Pigs $17@17.25; roughs

$16.25@16.75. Market closed extremely

dull and with a big supply in sight for

Tuesday we do not look for any im-

provement. While our prices look low

compared with other markets, nothing

but light receipts will help the trade,





 





 





 





 





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up_wli_at we have on hand at the pres-

ent time. " 7 ~ -- ~——-



With a moderate run of lambs today

our market opened up active and prices

250 higher than the close. of last week.

About all sold and we look for about

steady prices last of the week.



We quote: Lambs $17.65@17.75; cull

to common $12@17; yearlings $12.50@

15; wethers $11.25@11.50; ewes $10.50

’11; bucks $7@9.50; best calves at

$14.75@15; common and light $11@

14.50; heavy $10@13; grassers $6@7.





 





CHICAGO.

November 26, 1917.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..35,000 55,000 24,000

Same day 1916..19,140 57,094 27,248

Last week ....... 77,896 189,351 80,631

Same wk 1916.,.88,584 258,873 92,049



This week starts off with a liberal

cattle supply and a slow trade. A lim-

ited number of desirable cattle, espe-

cially butcher stock, sold at steady

prices, but otherwise the market was

called 10@25c lower.’ Hogs were 5@

10c lower, the top being $17.95. Hogs

received last week averaged 209 lbs.

Lambs were slow and largely 25@35c

lower.



Cattle were marketed last week

much less liberally than ‘in several

recent weeks or a year ago, and a good

general local :11. .1 shipping demand

brought about average advances of 250

in steers and 25@60c in fat cows and

heifers, while canners, cutters and oth-

er common cattle had their part in the

upward movement. About all of the

prime fat heavy corn—fed beef cattle, as

well as the'prime little yearlings, have

been marketed, aside from such fancy

cattle as were reserved by stockmen

for the International Live Stock Expo-

sition, and in the absence of such of-

ferings last week, quotations could not

be given. A sale was made of eight

head of prime 950-lb. yearling steers at

$16, but otherwise the best cattle of-

fered sold at $14@15, the bulk of the

steers going at $9.50@13, with steers

grading as geod purchased at $13 and

over. Medium grade steers were sold

at $11.25 and upward, and plain, light

steers went at $9.50 and over, with

sales all the way down to $7 or occa-

sionally at an even lower price for thin

little steers on the canning order. The

butcher stock had an unusually good

outlet at the marked advances in pric-

es, with cows taken at $6.75 10.50 and

heifers at $5.60@12.75, wh le cutters

sold at 366226.70, canners at $5.25@5.95

and bulls at $6@10.50. , The calf trade

was animated most. ofthe time,‘ espe-

cially in the better class of light veal:

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prime fat heavy steers and lots going , ,

below $12 were fully 50@75c higher.





The stockerand feeder branch of the ,





cattle market was very animated at

much better average prices, sales talk"

ing place at $7©1L50 in most instances

and numerous lots sold 25c higher.

Hogs were wonderfully good sellers

during the past wee with much high-

er prices than had een expected by





.m'ost sellers, the choicer consignments

selling especially well. There was also





a lively demand for pigs, with feeders

paying astonishingly high prices for

prime stock pigs. The receipts were

on a1 much smaller scale than a year

ago, as has been the rule of late, and

many more hogs could have been dis-

posed of at high prices than were

available, there being strong competi-

tion at times between local buyersand

shippers. There was a wide spread in

prices for hogs, as usual,“ the many in-

ferior offerings going at a large dis-

count from prices-paid“; ily for the

choice descriptions. Pr‘ ‘ hogs said

up to $18.10,, and sales» of hogs onfSat-

urday were made at $17@18, compar-





ing with» $17@17.85 a week earlier,_





while pigs sold at $13.75@17.25 and

‘stock pigs at $17.@17.50. Prime light

hogs sold close to top prices in a small

way. - .



The sheep and lamb market was in

a strong condition most of the past

week, with quotable changes mainly

confined to lambs, which averaged

much higher under the influence of a.

large demand for both killers and feed-

ers. Lambs comprised the main part

of the daily receipts, and following the

early advances, some breaks in prices

took place, with killers discriminating

against the heavy lambs. Many of the

lambs offered averaged over 85 lbs.,

while the demand was most urgent for

lots averaging from 70 to 80 lbs. The

prime medium weight lambs closed a

dime higher-than a week ago, while

heavy lambs were 500 lower. The best

killers closed at $17.35, While prime

feeding lambs closed at $18, feeders ad-

vancing 25@50c. Prices closed as fol-

lows: Lambs‘ $12.75@17.35; feeding

lambs $16.25@18; yearlings $12@14.’35;

wethers $11@13; ewes $5@11.35;

breeding ewes ,$_11@15; feeding ewes

$7@10; bucks $8@10.



Horses were marketed more gener-

ously last week, and it was not always

possible to maintain recent prices for

animals not of desirable quality but

war horses sold as well as ever. arm

chunks were quotable at $60@140 for

good ones, drivers at $100@200, draft-

ers at $185@265 and loggers at $150

@225.





FOURTH ANNUAL NATIONAL

, FARMERS’ EXPOSITION.





The Fourth Annual National Farm-

ers’ Exposition will be held at Toledo,

Ohio, December 5-15 inclusive. The

Terminal Auditorium where the Expo.

sition will be held affords excellent.

facilities for displaying exhibits of?

grain, fruit, vegetables, liVe stock and.

farm implements. Facilities will be:

provided for lectures, demonstrations,

moving picture display, etc.

tendance of previous similar events

increased from 33,000 in 1914 to 132,000

in 1916. This is a farm and, industrial

exposition well worth attending by any

farmer.





 





 





MICHIGAN DAIRY SHOW AT SAGIm

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Directors, of the Michigan Da'iry~-





men’s Association, at a recent meeting,

decided to hold the Annual Michigan.

Dairy Show at Saginaw on February 4‘

5-6, 1918. This show, according to the

revised constitution and by-laws adopr‘

ted last July, is now held under the;

management of a board of directors

consisting of the presidents of twelve.

state-wide dairy organizations as fol--

lows: Milk Producers’ Association,

Association of Ice Cream Manufactur-

ers, Milk Dealers’ Association, Butter-

makers’ Association, Creamery Owner;

and Managers’ Association, Milk and.

Dairy Inspectors’ Association, Poultry

Butter and Egg Association, Coopera-

tive Association ovareameries, Exhib-

itors’ Federation, Jersey Cattle Club,

Guernsey Cattle Club, Holstein-Frie-~

sian Association.





One of the big features of the 1918..





show in Saginaw will be an exhibit con-e

sisting of a complete array of the vari-.

ous brands of dairy products manufac--

tured in Michigan. There will also be.

a half-dozen contests in whach the

members will be able to show their;

skill as jud es of dairy products and

dairy anima s.——G. H. Brownell, Sec.





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W‘edneeday's Market-

November 28, 1917.





Cattle.





Receipts 2671. Common grades 25@

35c’lower; others 10 15c loWer.



”Best heavy steers $ .50@10.90; best

handy weight butcher steers $9.25@

10; mixed steers and heifers $8.25?)

8.75; handy light butchers $7.50@7.7 ;

light butchers $6.50@7.25; best cows

$8@8.25; butcher cows '$7.50@7.75;

cutters $6@6.25; canners $5@5.50; best

heavy bulls $8(g;8.25; bologna bulls $7

@750; stock {1115 $6@6.75; feeders

$8@8.25; stockers $6.5‘0@7.25; milkers

and springe‘rs ’$50@90.



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

B. 2 'canners av 970 at $5.75, 3 do av

950 at $5.75, 5 do av 1010 at $5.75,

1 cow wgh 1240 at $6.25, 1 canner wgh

1050 at $5.75, 2do av 1090 at $5.50, 5

do av 930 at $5.75, '7 cows av 1631 at

$6.25; to Kamman B. Co. 6 steers av

900 at $8.50, 5 do av 870 at $8, 13

butchers av 988 at $7.60; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 5 cows av 970 at $6.25, 3 can-

ners av 853 at $5.75; to Mason B. Co.

15 butChers av 751 at $8, 1 cow wgh

770 at $6.50, 2 do av 870 at $7, 1 do

wgh 1080 at $7, 13 steers av 917 at $9;

to Applebaum 3 butchers av 500 at $6,

10 do av 611 at $6.75; to Baker 4 do

av 612 at $7.50; to Converse & B. 4

canners av 960 at $5.75; to Resnick 17

butchers av 611 at $6.25; to Benjamin

10 stockers av 575 at $6.50; to Golden

20 butchers av 564 at $6.25; to Sulli-

van P. Co. 17 do av 721 at $7.75, 5 do

av 812 at $7.50, 6 do av 825 at $7.50,

6 do av 7871 at $7.50, 14 steers av 693

at $8.50; to Converse &. B. 6 canners

av 905 at $5.75, 1 ccv wgh 1200 at

$7.50; to Baker 7 do av 950 at $6; to

Fineman 16 butchers av 658 at $6.50;

to Nagle P. Co. 11 do av 800 at $8.75;

to Mason B. (.0. 5 steers av 940 at $9,

2 cows av 1060 at $7; to Bliss Farm

40 stockers av 623 at $7.75.



McMullen, K. & J. sold Mich. B. Co.

1 bull wgh 1280 at $7.50; to Bresnahan

& C. 5 cows av 1034 at $6.25, 5 do av

1000 at $5.50, 5 do av 860 at $5.75; to

Hyman 1 do wgh 1040 at $6.75, 2 do

av 9.75 at $6.50, 9 butchers av 633 at

$6.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 do av 632 at

$6.50, 14 do av 740 at $7.50, 2 steers

av 785 at $8.25, 2 do av 900 at $9.50, 5

do av 790 at $7.50, 1 heifer wgh 750 at

$6; to Golden 2 butchers av 800 at $6,

14 do av 577 at $6.50; to Breitenbeck

26 do av 819 at $7.50; to Sullivan P. Co.

2 bulls av 1260 at $7, 10 steers av 927

at $8.25; to Jones 17 do av 945 at

$9.25; to Bray 2 cows av 1225 at $6.50;





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to Danbachy 3 stockers av 683 at $6.50, .

2 COWS av 840 at $6.80; to Black 30 .





stockers av 670 at $8.10.

Veal Calves.



Receipts 448. Market steady on good

but slow on culls and heavy; best $13

@1350; Calls $9@11; heavy $6@7.50.



Erwin, S. ‘& J. sold Thompson 7 av

150 at $12.50; to Goodgold 6 av 150 at

$11, 7 av 145 at $8, 3 av 125 at $10, 6

av 200 at $9; to Mich. B. Co. 6 av 155

at $13.50, 11 av 135 at $13, 4 av 95 at

$8; to Ship'iro 2 av 135 at $13.50, 3 av

200 at $13: to Newton P. Co. 7 av 170

at $13; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 wgh 130

at $10, 8 av 150 at $13.50, 8 av 150 at

$13.50; to Shipiro 3 av 110 at $13.



. Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 4168. Market slow; bulk of

good lambs at $16.50; best lambs at

$16.50@16.75; fair lambs .$15.50@16;

light to common lambs $14@15; fair

to good sheep $9.50@10; culls and com-

mon $5.50@7.



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

6 yearlings av 120 at $13,. 33 lambs av

65 at $15, 49 do av 60 at $15.50, 39 do

av 60 at $15.25, 21 do av 65 at $15, 47

do av 50 at $14; to Nagle P. Co. .123 do

av 75 at $16.25, 109 do av'70 at $16.25,

256 do av 80 at $16.60, 17 do av 100 at

$16, 62 do av 80 at $16.50; to Sullivan

P. Co. 68 sheep av 125 at $10, 21 do





~av 105 at $8.25; to Nagle- P. Co. 42





do av 11.0 at $8.75; to Swift & Co. 103

lambs av 75 at $16.60, 206 do av 82 at

$16.75, 230 do' av 75 at $16.60, 91 do av

85 at’$16.75, 1.00 do'av 73 at $1650; to

Sullivan P. Co. 82 do av 55 at $15.25;

to Nagle P. Co. 353 do av-75 at $16.50,

35 do av 92 at $16.75, 25 do av 95 at

$16.25, 142 do av 70 at $16.40, .64 do av

65 at $16.25, 54 do av 70 at $16.50; to

Chapman 12 ewes av 120 at $10.50,. 8

do av 100 at $10.

Erwin, S. & J. sold Nagle P. Co. 18

laps? av 85 at $1650.62 do av 87 at.

$16. ‘0‘ 85 do av75 at $16-50.



'Mc uIlen, K. & J. sold Nagle P. Co.

11 sheep av 100 fl: $8.50.





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Seven carloads of cattle were mar-





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Jacob Springer, of Riley county, Kan— ’





sas,“and his son an the same day mar-

keted two Carl-oads of cattle which had

been on feed for 40 days 'on corn and

alfalfa. Corn, cottonseed meal, bran,

alfalfa. andlp'rairie hay comprised the

ration furnished by the father to 'his

cattle, and they had been on full feed

for two months. The corn crop in that

district runs from 25 to 60 per cent

'soft and is bringing $1 a bushel. The

pig crop is less than a normal one.





'PrOminent live ‘stock commission

firms doing business in the Chicago

stock yards are advising their country

patrons that it is ‘sound business pol.

icy at the present time to improve the.

opportunity ‘by loading lip-With as

many thrifty feeding cattle as they can 4



The sug-

gestion‘h‘as been made of late that it

is a good plan to purchase plain quali-

ties steers, selecting steers weighing;

anywhere from 700 to '900 pounds, or

else fair qualitied feeding cows or heif-

ers for this purpose, which can be con»

verted into a fair class of killing cat-v

tle, with relatively small cost, in a

period of from 60 to 120 days, by utiliz-

ing roughage and soft corn this winter;

Of course, the time required for feed-

ing depends largely on their condition

at the time of their purchase. Stock

feeders who tried out this method a

year ago came out well ahead, and

those who found it profitable at that

time to buy the plainer and cheaper

stockers and feeders, handling them in

an economical way, avoiding long and

expensive feed bills, are likely to try

the same plan once more, after making

large profits, with the smallest possi-

ble risk. It is ,certain that killers will

greatly want plenty of steers during

the late winter and spring months

which will dress out from '500 to 600

pounds of beef to the carcass. This

country will have to feed.not only our

own people, but also our soldiers and

sailors, and at the same time to fur-

nish our allies with meats at a time

when the lack of hogs and sheep will

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study the. subject of nutrition: than we.





N this very unusual season, we are

furnished a most convincing dem-

onstration in the value of the silo.



In one sense this may not be an op-



portune time for the discussion of this

subject, as it will be impossible for

anyone reading this article to’buy a

silo or build one and use it to store

this year’s corn crop.. But looking at

the matter from another angle, the

man who has no silo may receive some

help from such discussion, providing

the lesson is brought to him so strong-

ly that he will not permit another sea-

son to pass without erecting one on his





' farm.





The day was when it was a question

whether a man not engaged in dairying

as a business, could afford to build a

silo, but that day has gone. The silo

has been purchased and erected in

nearly every neighborhood, and those

who have not built them, have been

able to watch the results of their use

on other farms, and now in this year

whenin northern Michigan 3. field of

ripe corn is a. curiosity, the value of

the silo is emphasized as it never has

been before.‘



Feed Prices vs. Butter Prices.



It would be hard to estimate the loss

that would have been suffered by the

people of northern Michigan this fall

had it not been for the silos. I doubt

if many of us have ever seen a time

when feed was as valuable as it is this

fall, Who among all the readers of

this paper can recall a time when but-

ter-fat was worth as much as it is now?

And the tendency is still, upward. How

long this tendency will continue we

can not tell, but it looks as though the

price would go still higher and remain

up throughout the winter.



So, this poor frosty corn, which out.

side of the silo would be nearly a dis—

mal failure, is going to be converted

into milk and butter, which will bring

the highest price ever known. All this

is possible because men have built

silos. The other day a man wrote me

from the north and asked if he might

successfully ensilo turnip and carrot

tops. Certainly. This is the year when

everything that the cattle will eat,

should be taken care of. Not a ton of

sugar beet tops ought to be left on the

ground to rot this year. Milk and but-

ter are worth too much. If the grower

of the beets has no cows, and if he has

a near neighbor who has, he should let

the neighbor have the beet tops, pro-

viding he can get what they are worth.

I do not think any of us ought to work

for nothing, but I do think it is our

patriotic duty to do all we can to in-

crease the supply of milk and butter.



The quality of the ensilage put up

this fall is not very good as a rule, but





2 it will be eaten with a relish by the

. cattle, and excellent results may be





expected from it, if proper attention

is given to the matter of the grains fed

in connection.



Appalling Grain Prices.



And now I fancy I hear you .com-

plain about the high price of grain.

And truly, grain is not cheap. We look

at the market reports and see those

feeds which abound in fiber, selling

well up toward three dollars per hun-

dred. We have a right to stop and





think a while before deciding what.





to buy.



The majority of us have put little

study upon the question of feeds.

Many of us still buy feed as most peo-

ple buy fertilizers, by the name printed

on the sack. Not having studied the

question, we we at sea when a time

like this comes, and we do not know

what to buy.



Then again, we have not been accus-

tomed to buying our own feeds, we

have left that to our dealer, and he

has meant well enough, but, primarily

he has been working for profit. He has

had a. great ma’nythings to attend to,

and so has not had any more time to





His task has been simply to buy the

feeds that would sell, and see to it

that he collected his money afterward.



Sometimes he has bought in lots of

five tons, sometimes in larger lots, and

now and then in‘ carlots.





Reader, did you ever hear of a manu-

facturer buying his raw material at

retail from some dealer? Ifyou buy

feed and give it to a dairy comer to

a growing pig in the hope of obtaining

milk from the cow, or growth on the

pig, and selling the butter, or the pork,

then you are a manufacturer. If you

are, you Ought to get your raw mate-

rial at the lowest possible cost. I have

written about this matter before, but





I have no apology for mentioning it,





here.



Grain Ration with Frosted Corn.



We recently saw an account of an

organization to help the farmers to buy

their own feeds. .There may be some

farmers who need this help, but I am

convinced that all the majority of us

need is to see the advantage of doing

this work for ourselves, and we will

do it.



Cottonseed meal, wheat bran, and

dried beet pulp will combine in an ex-

cellent grain ration to feed ivith this

frosted corn. If we give each cow pro.

ducing a pound of fat per day, two

pounds of cottonseed meal daily, and

equal parts of bran and beet pulp; then

feed one pound of grain to three

pounds of four per cent milk, or a.

pound of g15in to every pound of fat

the cow proouces in a week, which will

be just about the same amount, We

shall get the value out of this imma-

lure corn.



Many of Us have plenty of oats, and

can grind them, in which case we may

omit a part of the bran. Perhaps we

cannot obtain the beet pulp conven-

iently, and if so, we can substitute

that with ground oats, and be equally

successful.





Much of this ensilage has a very.





high content of moisture owing to the

immature condition of the corn En-

silage made from corn not sufficiently

mature, is apt to be pretty sour in

time, and does not contain as much

value in food elements as that which

is made from riper corn, but most of

the corn in this part of the state is

sufficiently mature to make very fair

ensilage, and when fed in Connection

with properly mixed grains in the right

quantities, good results may be ex-

pected.



But I want to say a word about the

matter of this ensilage, as related to

the meat supply. We have now in this

part of the state, a large number of

young cattle. People owning them are

in many cases discouraged With the

outlook. Some of-them have not hay

enough to feed through the winter, and

others who have, have no grain to





. spare, and prices are not in their favor





when it comes to buying grain to help

winter these young cattle. Buyers are

paying from five to seven cents on

foot for young cattle as they run. Com-

pared With prices formerly paid in the

fall we could not complain, but as it

looks now, no farmer who has ensilage

that he can feed to these young cattle

can afford to sell them now at even

seven cents if they are in "fairly good





condition.





Neighborhood Cooperation Pays.

Everything points to the highest

prices ever paid for meat in this coun-

try before next June.

corn, almost worthless outside of the





silo, is going to help every man who:

I, has a fine thrifty bunch of yearlings to h





winter. If he lacks hay, letrhim buy





good clover of the nearest neighbor





who wants to sell. Is it not better- to

buy hay of your neighbor,





animals, when the world

meat, and your farm n”, _





Again, he .'

has bought a single ton’ at a time;





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has it to sell, and feed it out and se-f

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from where it was grown? .

The man who has plenty of ensilage,

even such ensilage as is being put up‘





'_ this fall, has no need to sell his young

cattle at a. loss.





He can feed them and

deliver them at the end of the winter,

be it severe 0r otherwise, in excellent

condition to go on pasture and make:

rapid gains without buying a pound of

grain.



But he does not need to manage his

young beef cattle in this way. He can

feed grain, and put them in first-class

condition for the block and make men--

ey. Good beef has brought a price

commensurate with the price of feed

stufis all the time during the last few‘

months, and no doubt it will continue

to do so.



Cottonseed meal can be bought fori

two and a. half dollars per hundred, or

a’ little more, perhaps a little less. It

will pay to feed some cottonseed meal

to young animals this winter at that

price. Then middlings are not so high’

as cottonseed meal. We are securing

two cars of choice middlings at $43.50

per ton. Rye middlings can be bought

a. little less. Corn may be where we:

can aflord to feed it this winter, but as

yet I am not going to plan on it. We

must carefully examine the whole field,

and choose those feeds that are cheap-

‘est considering their value in nutrition;



But no doubt exists in the mind of

the writer, that good money can be

made by feedings part of Michigan’s

young beef animals and fitting them

for the block next spring.



I am Writing this because it seems

to me that every man who has a silo,

and has filled it with corn that other-

wise would have been worth but little

'on account of its immature condition,

has an opportunity to sell that ensilage

to his cows, or to his young cattle for

the highest price possible, in many

years. And I want to rejoice with him

over his good fortune. And then, too,

I am writing because there are yet

many who today are discouraged.

l'l‘heir beans have frozen, and a large

part of‘the crop is gone, their potatoes

are killed also. and they hope for little

from that source, and lastly their corn

was frozen before the kernels were

large enough for green corn. They

have no silo, they thought they did not

need any. Now they have cut that

corn, and shocked it and they cannot

use the grain to any advantage, except

to feed it at once, or leave the ears on

the stalks and take the risk of their

spoiling in the shock, or in the mow,

as the case may be.





True, much of this immature corn

may be fed to hogs to advantage this

fall. but many have not the hogs to

feed, and others have not enough to

consume more than a part of the un-

ripe corn. Taken all around, it is hard

luck for the man who has no silo.



So the man who has no silo, but who

still has timber left on his farm, can

prepare during the coming winter to

build one. Those who do not care to

build, can buy at prices that are right

under existing conditions, and when

the number of silos in Michigan is

doubled, we shall have taken a long

step forward in the matter of “Food

Preparedness.” The silo means more

butter from the same number of cows,

more beef from the same number of

young cattle, more cows, and more

youngcattle because more can‘be fed

on the same area. It means more pro-

ductive farms because the more cattle

kept, the more fertilizing material to

put on the land. It means more money

because it saves much waste without

adding to the labor.



It means, lastly, better conditions on

the farms and in the homes of the com-





: munity and all of this makes life bet-

,::. ter worth living, because 'it tends to

,. add to the sum of human happiness.





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Jolie Topsie DeKol. H. F. 149728

Age 6-11-12 (City of Clovcland,

Semi-Official Year Test

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Sem i-Olfielal

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Year tests that Count ,





These wonderful semi-official records





are only a few of a large number of genuine





high production tests made under normal

conditions with UNICORN DAIRY RATION used

as the entire or largest part of the grain ration. They

are in no sense forced or freak records as shown by

the normal {at percent and the perfect health of these

cows and all herds fed on Unicorn Dairy Ration.





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Ration they will surprise you. ‘





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river no ‘matter where located. Every bag

is equally uniform and good no matter where you

get it. ,





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Grind corn and echo. feed.

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wer puremcwhite ight..l’1'13t what the farmer.

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Farms and Farm Lands For Sale





F s I. My farm of 135 acres in the Grand Traverse

or 3 Fruit Bolt located on a beautiful lake 01 or-





 





 





 

   

 

 





looking Lake Michigan. productive coil free from frost.

All new buildings seven room house, basement

born, 14 x l2 2x 40 hog housbo. poultril house and

goo col 5 h.ed Woven wirefoncedJile bearingc erry trees.

11]] line of tools and 10 cows included with the' placo.

Will sell for email each payment and balance on easy

terms. This proposition should be investigated b

any young man desiring a. valuable form all oquipp





for itse‘f. Address,

endgame. 51111“ H - - - Kalkaska,Mloh.





A Small California Farm $33.32?" "$135 will;



crops you know about—alfalfa, wheat. barley. etc. -—



also oranges, rapes. olives and figs. Ideal for dairylng,



pi acid chic ens. No cold weather; rich soil; low



Worms good:roads Schools awnd churches.



o More. Newcomers welcome. Write for ur

$111 mung-liar. also Dalryingand Peult





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FARMS FOR SALE





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Abbie of Riverside.

Champion Guernsey of Michigan

Fred Gleason. Owner





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Do You Want a' Farm





whore largest profits are made? The South' 5 grout

variety of crops and wonderful productive climate

make it the most profitable i‘arm section of America.

It is the place forthe lowest cost meat production and

dairy farming. It grows the largest variety of forage

crops. “Good lands. in good localities, as low as 815 to

825 on Let us show on locations that will give

the higest profits. II. V. 10131“.le Commissioner,

Room 78. Bentham Railway System, Washington. D. O.





 





FOR SALE 1M... ......M M

York, near world' s best

markets. 200 acres. 30woods. balance paoturo and crops.

Gent] rolling. Good house. two barns. wells, 8 rings,

to t trees, with or without equipment an stock

Will sell cheap and on easy terms By owner.

Look .Box 610, Syracuse, N. Y.





 





or Salem 120 acre farm in Boardman Twp. Kolkas-

to 00., Mich. 20 acres wood timber. balance form-

ing land. Small orchard, small fruit. Buildings and

fences in fair condition. 3mi. from town, 8111i. from

count seat. On county road and mi from

schoo. 40 rods from church. If interested. write

R J. McNAIll - - - Uni on, New York





SOUTH DAKOTA FAR MS





Yield per acre] like land tanner East priced three

times aslh gh. Aid your country by gutting in the

larger acreage in South Dakota. Ask or Stalls bullo

tins. DEPARTMENT OF IM MMIGRA ON.



CAPITOL 70 PIERRE SOUTH DAKOTA





 





 





R? * orwork on shuresto responsiblotonont 240'acre



ll farm on Stone Road three miles from Pontiac.



Splendid buildings rye and wheat nowA sown. Tenant.



must own imlplemoents. and live stock. by letter



only. LAWE OE'Vlt’. BIEIERIL' IliKHDlmel ank Bldg.

re 10





 





For Sale-1401010: Black Land 333331“ 1.1353





good bu1 lrlln Railway Station one mile. good town

3 miles. Bchoo adjoining farm. mod location eastern Mich:

Bargain purl «911.600. H. Godwin. Grand Ropidl Mich





 





For Sale. 100 acre farm. good land, fgood bulldl

windmill. lcndr‘ol water 2% mi. from Martin K

mi. froms he byvl is on Rural Route, near school,

he 0 route to 0011 ennui. A burgu1n.Blrney0.

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ulna water exceglentctock

towno on rail ldroo in northeastern Michigan. Pa lou-

lura write, Bozo. 9L Michigan Farmer. Detroit. Ml ch.





H A V E you a farm or property to sell?



and will pay 2! after sole is made,



or are you lookin FF to buy a farm in any state? Write



GRASSEY ARM AM E NOY. 212 Lowi a St...

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farm for sale All fenced:

half in cultlivotion: run-

fa rm: onemi loll-om d





1' 110 .

F0“ SALE] an mdmfiou‘sids‘gl‘lrgl :nce. :ffiezogrllicos

A. J. PAFF . Glodwln, Mich.





Buy a lam 1n sunny prosperous Arkansas





Three Drow 00. Farms “2282553801135 for solo

bytho owners. J. F. BARBEE. “Monticello.Ar-k.





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,HillliE'l‘S FOR SALE





1 “RaIse Marie Poultry”





Is Our Country's Call. Now Le the time to

start—the demand is big—every man. woman.

boy and girl can help. Besides” supplying the



Nation with food, you can make lg profit: i





. with little worn-and this small investment.





 





8 Champion 140- Egg





Buy, Belle City Incubator





Hot Water—Copper Tank—Double Walls of Fibre

Board—Sci Self Regulated. Wit th

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’ POULTRY

HOMESTEAD FARMS





OULTRY SAL E

We have the following“ birds to sell for immedaite

el lvery



Pallets-full grown and about readilto lay OShite

Plymouth Rocks; Z) Barred Plymout Rocks; S..O

Rhode Islalpddlieds;n 30 White Leghorns; also 129 Leg-

horns two t Ir s grown



Yearling Hens—~monltingfinished60 S. O. WhiteLeg-

horns: 30 S. 0. Rhode Island Reds; 6 White Wyandottes.

Cockerels—White Lefih orns; Barred Pl mouth Rocks;

Rhoda Island Reds- lack Minorcas. hese are sea-

son closing sales.





HOMEST AD FARMS. Bloomingdale. . Mich.





 





BREEDING COCKERELS





Trapnested. l.bred- to-lay stock. 8. 0. eWhite Lizghorns,

$26 ac.h Ba dRocks and [1.0.338

SUeNNYBROOK POULTRY FARM, efi’lllsdule,h Mich.





 





ohn‘ s big beautifull hen- hatched Barred Rocks,

Jgood layers, Pens (5 birds) 812 to $20. $3 to $10 each.

sold on approval. Circulars. photos. John Northon Clare. Mich.





Ba rred Roe ks ..‘I’S‘l'igfi'fuii’i





'th ords to 290 eggs a car. $2 to So each. Circu-

l'air his: FRED ASTLI'NG Constantine, Mich.





 





b ed from Great Layers

Barred Rock Cookerols If. 1...”. I...

W. C. OOFFMAN. It. 3 Benton Harbor,'Mich.





Pl mouth Rock cockerels $3..006ach

Barred Fifi] blood from prize- winning heavy





laying strain. J. A Barnum, Union City, Mich.





(10 kc els from good laying strain

Barred Rocks .3 80 of... two for :5 500

A. A. WOOD d: SON. - - Saline, Mich.





‘Ferris White Leghorns





A real heavy laying strain, trnpnested 17

years. records from 200 to 264 eggs Get

our special summer prices on yelrling hens.

breeding males. eggs for hatching. 8-week-

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

guarunlee results mica gIves prices; describes stock. tells

all show our Isrm and melhods: resulIs you can get by breed

ng lhIs sIraIn. Send for your copy now—-it Is free.





GEORGE E. FERRIS 984 Union. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 

 

 





   

 





 

   

   

 





 





 





'00 Year— Old bred- to- lay White Leghorn Hens

S" enc.h 75 July hatched Leghorn Pullets

$1 50. 25 Fine Year Old Buff Orpington Hens $2 each.

00 okc s and Cooke relsS‘ZtoS



RUSSELL POULTRY RANCH,PetersbI1rg, Mich.





Fowlers Buff Rocks Sgskfgglsgglngg

from two dollars up according to quality.

B. B. FOWLER Hartford Mich.





 





 





UFF Leghorns. breeding cockerels also a few fine

pens of four hens and cockerel for 810. M ore hens

82 extra. Dr. William A. Smith, Petersburg, Mich.





' Large, reatlaxers. Pure

Layb'“ 8- c- w- Leghorn: white. argaInsln choice

breeding hens now. Everfresh Egg Farm. Ionia, Mich.

LIG HT Brahma Cockerels good ones 83



each during November.

W. E. PALMER. - - Vandalia. Mich.





Pine Crasi S. c. While Orpingions, S °§:,‘:3, “3:3

cocks and hens also young cockerels. M RS. WILLIS

HOUGH. PINE CREST FARM. Roynl Oak. Mich.





 





 





 





 





RHODE ISLAND REDS and plymouth Rocks Males

5 to 1" lbs amording to age 8?. to $5: P. R. hens

weight 5tolOllIs,eggs8LIfor$l100,35: 120 $6. Mammoth

Bronze Tom ’I‘ urkeysfl to 38 lbs. according to age “to

825,10egg333. J. Morris &J. Barsan, Vassar, Mich.





lilillDE ISLAND REDS,





Both Combs. Oocks.Hens. Oockerels and Pullets at rea-

sonable prices. Interlakes Farm, 30x39. strencc. Mich.





Oockerels. Leadingstrains



“O CO Br. Leghorn in America. bredfromwin-

era. 82 each after Dec. 1. A square deal, orders

promptly iIlled E. Himebnugh, Goldwater. Mich.





 





 





 





C Br. I eghorn cockerels at $1. 50 and 82 each

R. Imperial Pokin Drakes SZHOOeach Order





now. ..Wm Nickert, Carson City. Mich.





 





s C w Leghorns, cockerels and hens bred

O 0 ° for beauty and utilih 8‘... 00u

White Line Poultry Form. Hill sdnle. DMich.





 





S' O W. Leghorn hens for breeding 81. 50 each. Cor-k-

'ereis from trap nested stock we have them priced

S3130 SSesch. O. S. Sturtevuntd: Sons, Ypsi. anti Mich





 





ll. C. Br. Leghorn Cockerels, £352.“

W. China Geese, Order early, the supply is limited.

MRS. CLAUDIA BI ms. Hillldale. Michiflln





 





ILVER Golden and White Wyandottes. Choice

breeding stock of sale after Oct 1st, a few bargains

in yearling hens. 0. w. Browning, R. 2. Portland Mich.





 





HITE Wyandottes. I have a fine lot of April and

May hatchin cockerels for 33. 00 and £6 00 each

DAVID BAY, Norri is Bt.. Ypsilanti. Michigan.





FINE large Bourbon Red Turkeys for sale all earl

M.hatched NPIIre bred stock Hens 85.00 Toms $6 00y,

Mrs. F. J. APIER. . . w’I i,xom Mich.





 





.FERRETS





Th .

2000 Ferrets m2? kill" ram. '3‘:-

iet mailed free N E. ANPP. Rochester, Ohio.





2000 Ferrets For Sdle





Price list free. 0. J. DIMIOK, Rochester. Ohio.'





 





 





 





Price list

MURRAY. 8. 2, New Londofi. O.





 





 





. Flo-u Mention The Michigan Former, When





shaped boards, when thewindow top





 

 





emodi ling t e Po





OULTRY is generally one of the

most unprofitable lines carried on

in connection with the farming



business. Indeed, on many farms, were

it not for the fact that the farm flock

puts to use a great deal of food that

would otherwise be wasted, the poultry

would be “summarily dealt with.” If

farmers had to put their poultry keep-

ing venture on the same basis with the

commercial poultryman who has to

purchase outright all of his feeds and

has but little chance to use up waste

materials, the poultry either would

have to go or a different system of

feeding and housing would have to be

employed. It follows, therefore, that

if the farmer would give him hens the

same care as is given by the commer-

cial poultryman, he would stand to

gain more than the man who keeps

only hens since the waste material

does not have a high initial cost and it

is just as productive of eggs as‘though

it cost more.



Breeding is one thing, housing is an-

other, and feeding is still another. In

this article I take up the details of

housing the farm flock, with especial

reference to those improvements which

may be easily made on the poultry

house which is already on the prem-

ises. This topic is of especial import-

ance just now since the chilly nights

are driving both the old and young

stock to the coops and a little later, the

coops and runs will, by force, shelter

the fowls both day and night. Fur-

thermore, now, While the birds are out-

of-doors during the sunny days, it will

be most convenient to fix up the old

houses and get the interiors white-

washed and the masts and nests spray-

ed for it does not pay to start the poul-

try into the winter with a large over-

head load of lice and parasites. These

parasites consume good food, only in a

different form, and since they are in no

wise edible, it seems a desirable form

of conservation to curtail their ac-

tivities.



Repair Accoutrements Above Ground

First.



In most coops, the floor needs re-

pairing or a. new one should be put in.

However, it is most convenient to do

this after all the rest of the building

has been put to rights, for the floor

will have to be disturbed unduly if the

top work is going on while the floor is

settling.



There are some requisites that con-

duce to the egg laying function and

among these none is more important

than sufficient light. Probably no one

thing cuts off the annual production of

the average farm poultry flock more

than the. small amount of light which

enters the poultry house. Of all faults,

probably this one is most common.

Fowls must see to eat and a liberal

supply of bright light makes them

more energetic. The dark poultry

house is usually the one where we- find

the dull and logy birds bunched up in

one corner and standing first on'one

foot, then on the other. The lazy hen

is not the layer and if hens do not lay

during the winter; as an egg proposi‘

tion the year’s balance will usually be

found on the minus side of the ledger.



Too much window space would be un.

desirable also, but since this is so sel-

dom found, it will not be considered

further. A rule which is often given

requires one square foot of window

space for each ten square feet of floor

space in the poultry house. For in-

stance, a house 10x20 feet would re-

quite twenty square feet of. window

space. The windows should, by all

means, be arranged so that they can

be dropped in, being hinged at the bot-

tom rather than being raised up by

means of hinges at the top. If the

sides of the window are fitted with V-





is drOpped back five or six inches from

the wall, fresh air will come up and





 





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the/current will be directed up against,





 





 





the ceiling. L





created.



Drafts Harmful; Fresh Air Is Not.



I can remember when we reasoned

that 'it took good feed to ‘keep' the

fowls warm and if they were subjected

to cold air, it meant just so much more

feed. While this theory looked good,





,it has been proven not true in practice





since many flocks kept in comparative.

ly cool quarters greatly discount in egg

production those kept in warm stuffy

coops.



Much fresh air .is essential and it

may be cold. The chicken is clad with

a raiment that is a good protector

against cold, especially if the air is not

in motion. If fowls are visited during

the night, the uninitiated will be sur-

prised to find that each fowl presents

the appearance of a ball of feathers

with the body nestled down on the legs

and the head protected by the friendly

wing. _



Muslin curtains may take the place

of some of the window glass but the

muslin should be of a loosely woven

quality. If the better grades are used,

the moisture given off by the fowls will

cause the threads to sWell, thus shut-

ting off the air inlets and resulting in

no ventilation whatever. There should

be no direct current of air over the

birds although a current of air a little

distance in front of the perches does

no particular harm.



Have Roosts Level on po of Dropping

_ Boards.



The old style roosts that were slant-

ing from the ground up, and where the

droppings sifted directly onto the floor

have about “passed in their checks.”

In these days of high-priced building

materials, the waste of floor space thus

entailed can no longer be tolerated.

Added to this, the accumulation of

droppings that was cleaned out only

once a year and that in the spring, was

a refuge for all sorts of parasites and

diseases. At the same time, the slant-

ing roosts put a premium upon the lazy

hen, for the first one to go to roost got

~the high perch, and the most desirable

hen, or the one that Ceased her labor

last, got only the undesirable low, bot-

tom roosts. “Might makes right” in

the hen domain, but I have noticed

that a lusty hen is pretty careful how

she jostles an obese neighbor on a

higher rung. These perches always re-

sulted in croWding for the highest

places.



It is much better to place droppings

boards slightly slanting and these

about two and a half feet from the

floor. The roosts may be placed six or

eight inches above these and ifthey

are hinged at the back, the droppings

boards may be easily cleaned and kept

sanitary by using a short handled hoe

and a bushel basket once a week. In

this time of scarcity of fertilizers, the

hen manure should be saved in a pure

state. Some farmers last spring pul-

verized their hen manure and sowed it

through the fertilizer attachment of

the corn planted. Mixed with acid

phosphate it gave good results.



Droppings boards are not only a san-

itary feature but they free just that

much more floor space, which in turn

enlarges the capacity of the coop.

Good work during the winter makes it

imperative that each hen have from

three to five square feet of floor space

and the droppings boards enable a giv-

en coop to house more hens than-would





otherwise be possible.





The nests may be put underneath

the front of the droppings boards and

arranged so that the birds enter from

the rear. This keeps the nests dark, a.

condition Which has been proven to be

desirable.- If the back of the nests or

that part‘ %wards the front of the

house is hinged, the attendant may

gather the eggs easily and quickly.





" ., “ , , Viconsfi erable floor space that may be



From here the air will used to better advantage for scratching ’

diffuse throughout the room and thus

fresh air will be supplied yet no draft"





 

 





wheat and oats. However, they gained





purposes.



Feed hoppers should be constructed

since they area success economically

and make it easier for one to care for

the birds'satisfactorily. Water vessels

ought to be put on a platform at least

a foot from the floor; this insures a.

sanitary water supply at all times and

a chicken is as sensitive to. stagnant or





filthy water as is any other creature '





on the farm.

The Preper Floor.

There are some who claim good re-

sults with the dirt floor but I am about

to'part company with it. An industri-





ous rat can soon destroy enough chick-.





ens to make it more economical to put

in a. board or a cement flpor. A dirt

floor made rat-proof will answer the

purpose and here is one way of exclud-

ing the rats from the poultry house.

Before the new soil is put in each

fall, purchase enough of the fine mesh

chick wire to completely cover the

floor space. The meshes should not be

more than one-half inch in diameter

and If .poss1ble, get the galvanized wire.

Be sure that the strips lap and then

cover with six or eight inches of new





earth. This is a good way to keep the 7





rats out. They may dig up under all

right, but when they come to the wire,





they are likely to take the edge off





their incisors before they succeed in

getting through. The galvanized ma-

terial will resist corrosion for four or

five years after which it must be re-

placed.



Board floors are satisfactory if they

are rat proof, but they are often short-

lived and insanitary. They should by

no means be built far enough from the

ground to allow a draft to circulate

under them and it is well to double

board, placing between the two layers

the fine mesh chick wire as was de-

scribed for the earth floor. This will

protect against the inroads of rodents.





Cement floors, if well made, are dur-’





able, rat proof and sanitary. The ce-

ment floor often is criticized on ac

count of dampness, but if the construc-

tion is right, this criticism is not Valid.

After the Cinders have been put in and

tamped down, the first course of con-

crete is poured on. After this sets suf-

ficiently, cover with tarred felt and

then put on the finishing layer. The

tarred felt' will keep moisture from ris-

ing from below. The cement floor

should be kept covered with good

bright straw, else the hens will have

corns (bumblefoot), especially if the

roosts are quite a distance from the

floor; otherwise, however, the cement

floor is very satisfactory.



The farm flock can be made to pay.

In the winter a suitable house is one

of the three important factors in egg

production. Give plenty of light, pro-

vide fresh air and do not crowd ,either

on the roosts or in floor space.

to this, common sense feeding is usu.

ally an that stands between egg’pro.

duction and winter resorting. ‘



Indiana. 1. J. MATHEWS.





LAYING HENS REQUIRE WELL-

BALANCED RATION.





 





Ten times as many eggs were pro‘,





duced by hens fed a well-balanced ra~

tion as by those given only corn, wheat

and oats in an experiment conducted

by the Ohio Experiment Station. The

balanced ration consisted of three parts

by weight of corn and one part of





wheat fed twice daily in the litterfand-

a mash mixture of two parts meat

scrap added to two parts ground corn

and one part bran fed in self-feeding





hoppers. ,



The hens given the balanced ration

ate more feed, Which cost abbut fifty

per cent more than the ration 'of corn,‘





 





This beats running all overthe barny'





Added .
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sound





 





m reign» 0'1- Cancel]: o

ybefore date 111$qu llncation





We 0601' a Few Speclal Bargain

I! S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

illet Hampshire pigs (either

olstein bulls. A good chance

[or a small investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large ex editors of capital and

years of expert ceding.

Flanders Form, Orchard Lake, Mich.





“mi.





Aberdeen-Angu





in1900. anojp. n—Ericgu and Black

‘rds 0only. lie in scrvice: Black kBrapdpn





gaogotefim Also breeders of Percheron

w ., 8.386%





“11.11111811ng





We have for sale ‘achoice lot ofyoung stock from

A ms. Also a few rupture cows. Write: or





W. L. HOFFMAN, Steward,





School fol tho Deaf, Phnt, Michigan





 





 





 





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Use A Guernsey





A grade Guernsey produced in

Bull one yesr 16. 2381113. milkand 844





lbs. album fat. or 985 lbs. of butter.





130 % More Butter Fat

. A Guernsey bull in Iowa sired daughters that

are producing 130% more milkandbntter fat



1 than their scrub dams.



Don't sell your scrub cows for beef. Breed



them to a pure bred Guernsey 111111. The re- 4

1 sulti heifers, will produce iron 25% to



v 1000 more (hm their dams. Guernseys give



greatest returns per dollar invested indefd.





wn font (ion.

.mlim All in mews

M Paternal“.





 





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Registered Guernseys

Stool: always forsel Bosc.8htrain~—Herd Tuber—





mun tested nun/Ema“ ever had a re actor—no

rtion. J.M .W LLIAMS. North Adams, Mich.





GUERNSEYS 1.1.1.11... 1....

a few choice females of

383131.210ng breeding also bulls. all stock of A. R breed-



9 tuberculin tested.

Battle Creek. Mich.





 





 





Two Line bull calves, 4 mo. and



.w 0 reap" nceymar .



Guernseys . 1... 1.1 . . 1....



good individuals of May Rose breeding. and from

produce at reasonable prices.



endow Gol Guernsey Farm. B. 8. St. Johns. Mich.





G— U E R N 3 BY —nnelsrnamn





1:1 1 1d chm LY“

will!“ ”Amino-131$”? M1011





 





 





1?. S l , f

Guernseys-n “1.1.83 .081? 3:3:

Ibo-tested. “Crawford, Bolton. Mich.





 





Registered and Grade cows, bulls

Gwmys yearlings. heifer calv;es will so]





'20. Some with records; choice of 45; must redure herd;





tuberculin tested. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich.





 





I M11196?“ 0 (gnu-ed 10110114 R311. Guernsey Ogttle' 1n the

1 Barn lEssie at acksonD ec 27,91

NE? 8. 11.2. Holland. Mich.





PU BLIC





 





 





1921311111 Holstain Battle





0: the Farm of Lou s NellerM 2 miles wash!





mile nor



’1 7



Wednesday, 0993191191 12,



At 10 O’clock

Corral!“ of 90 Head of R htored Hobtein

Cattl n end of A. R. .ngwao fGood Test,

11%;? Yearling Heifers “One of the Finest

mrds ofC nlMichi igfian’ lf catalog is

' desired it will nlfifurnis ed you on request.





A“ mum comm on tho Ms c. Re Re Wu!

hamster Both.





Col. D. L. Perry, Louis Neller,





Auctioneer Proprietor





ChUaNl STOCK FARM





 





'. mo» ~35orsmnno nonsrzme- 100





aberd sire rem member that we

egbe” herds in Michigan. kept on.

no. 'lEvery ndi ldual

old 1231113111, own ab

'1 - ' 0n rccors ock.

' 1111111113111





 

 





 





“How “9





 





 





 





 

 





 





The most important





Brookwatero ers to sel





 

 

 

 





H. W: M FORD.

OW‘gER





 

 





 





Choice Holstein bulls. .80 up

junior Herd Sire is stated to be aworld beater.

a 2,8. 53 lb. 6 yr. old daughter of DeKol 2nd Butter





a 1111 strssy bull lsto casebook 11 a one I hi

' ‘lew0hoioe l1u11Mv$fthiskiod 'buh'llm 4‘ ° 'h

won more prizes at the State Fairs this year than any other.





Boar Pigs and Yearling: For Sale.





BROOKWATER FA-RM

Ann Al‘bOl'. mfis. R- 7-

“BULLY” BARGAlNS' at Long Beach Form, Augusta, Mich.





4 to 14 mos. old from A. R. O. dams from noted families.

His sire is Spring Farm King Pontiac 6th. His dam





ofDurccshII





O. F. POSTER.

MANAGEI





 





 





Our





Boy 3rd. You should have our illustrated book-





let Our herd is under state and Government supervision.





 





REG'. HOLSTIEINS: Herd headedb Albina Bonk

Butterno ‘9 mac at 8 yrs. butter





09312111011.

8&33119922 411{9'41 Jo's $52411. 1100"!) "11115





For Sale





ell. Lad,Da1n

something





Registered Holstein F3811“ Egggsmggm 6

sites. Priced to sell. Fred J. Lance. Sebewalng. Mich.





I Always Have Holstein:

To Sell





If wanting Registered cattle write me your wants

before placing your order elsewhere.





A Yea ling Heifer. fur: bred Kol-

ein.be ire. Cplnntha

1i zabe is yous. you want

.wrlte. Geo. D. Clarke. VaIssar. Mic





 





8 rec Stock Farm oflersB .Hol-

Parham, 8 uptoinI cattle. Chester White wine.





extra bargins in calués and fall pigs. Bulls half glee.

11. oh.

son ofS') lb. bull dnm is grand-





A.liHAM Bronson.

$50 Gets daughter of He Kol 2nd But-





ter Bo 3.1'd Her- darn 18. "6 lb. 21'1'. 0M

M. L. zscLAULIN - Redford. Michigan.





On Our Easy Payment Plan... W“ .W‘lié‘dli’d‘é‘é





Holstei Bull calf in our stables. Prices from 350 up.

Yelp silan: Farms, Ypsi lantl. Michigan.





"‘TflP-NUTGH” HULSTEI’NS





“Milk production is an inherited ability. Good cows

must be bred to good pure-bred bulls if progress in

dairying is to be made'



Extract U. 8. Dept. of Agric. Bulletin.





 





 





 





Here is a cum: hull with inherited ability, and rare

individual, merit. lglo was rn 1.190.241. 1915.





B ”“183” 317) Bay“ 1%.6‘3

His Site'8 Dam's U. 1' an -7



Milk 30 Days 2015.70



3900"} iButter 1 Year 938-“



Milk 1 Year 18675. 80





Sire' s Bire‘ s tlnce nearest _Dzuns average Butter

7 aye 30.87 (Including 11 junior three and senior

four yr. old. )





His Dam 11 Record l Butter 7 Days 21.24



3 Yrs. 14 Days Milk 7 Days 452.8

all]



“111083;. lbs. Butter '1 Days 29.40





About 36 white. Price low for this quality.





McPherson Farm 01., Howell, Midi.





HDLSTEIN FEMALES





FOR SALE





From heavy producers all will average

over 22 lbs. butter by their 6 to 7 near-

est dams. Also a few young bulls.





Higolovs lislsisin farms. Bresdsvilio, Michd





OAK LEAF FARM

erd Sir

Ypsiland Sle Pieter-tie De Kol

fiegistered Holstein cows dz bull calves fine individn.

s cows safe in calf satisfaction guaranteed.

ILGearhart 1t Son, Marcellus. Mich. R. No 4





,WINWOOD HERD





REGISTERED HOLSTEINS





Holton, Mich.

Reference: Old State Bank. Fremont, 1111071.

Fl int Maplecrest Bo a! sire in service



His sire is Map wrest K0111 ke liengerveld. his 8

Nearest Dams ear ll 0101- 30 lbs rf butter in? days

His dam and grand (1.1111 both m1d011ver12321bs.nf

butter in lyear. It islhc yearly cow we me looking

for todeliver the goods 1.‘ lint. .1plecrest Boy' sDam is

(Huckn Vassar Bell. 80. 57 lbs of utter in 7 da 5 and 120

lbs. 80dnys. Her buttm fat “151219527. '1 is looks

about inright. to the man who goes to the cremneiy



e have 111111 Calves from 2 weeks to 8 months oldf for

sale at dnirv farmers’ prices all out of A. R. O. Heifers.

Write & tell us the kind of a bull you want.





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

FOR SALE





Komdyhe

Sir Komd y e Mano or ohnnnaD

men DeKol. Butter in y'idfinzfiyrs 27 6211111 giro s Darn



utter 1n 7 days 6'H1s W rite for Pedigree.

, 1100 $175 danLy HSCHMID'T Oscoda. M1011





Bull Calf born Mar.7 11 91 di id 1

HOISteina xlze winner from 29.62nlb. nSich surfd

23.80111. 4 yr. old3 em. Price low.



A. F. LOOMIS. - - - - - Owoseo, Mich.





 





Registered Holstein-

Fri esinn Bu 11 Cult.'

ilith of Serrsdella, born June 2419784110





 





 





REG. Holstein Bull Golf. The lost one until winter.

agood one with A. R O backing. Write for ed-

lame and price. Elmer E. Smith.1iedford, lch





Ho‘steincowsmd for sale. 101185111 hi host class.





sktoc “r lie or parhcu,

late to .P. KINNEY: Lansing, Mich.





 





harms Cream— .





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette. Ohio .





Dem Lili 1th PannsVee-'





301101 Fat Counts





”Holstein B1111 toCalves 11 Lb 531 i D

randda teapot «fink! 13 of Igého 53111.22”

The rdamsgrand a sConcordle

the dwin r.S. Lewis. Marshall. Mich.





 





F0 R SALE $l°oifil§hi$fifitii





file! 8th. Fine 131111111. about K75$ white. Darn a

two you 01 tr 01K Souls Pantiac

c 9‘ brothertod the .000 and.11 .000 bulls. Also





Howe l

otherslro 111:50. to $100. rite at once.

E. M. PIERCE 12 SON, - - Manchester. Mich.





 





P nil calves sired by- adcuble g-son of Friend Hanger-

)veld DeK Klo Butt/Tr Bo from dome of the great-

est yearly- record breeding. rite for photos and prices

11.910.001000300 Valley Hobtein Farm, Bruce‘ 9 CrossinJllch.





Bull Calves Pontnic Korndyke

Reg' HOlStFin andHe erveld DeKol Breed-

lnl at Farmers Pr1ces. John A. inks, Warren. Mich





 





Reg Holstein 111.211.532.192. Em

C. L. HULET’I‘ t SON. - -Okemos.Miol1.





 





HEREFORDS





ALLEN BROS.





 





PAW PAW, MICH.

Herefo rds sees": “31%;: ‘18:.





 





Both. sexes either llod or horned. .



McCAli’l‘Y. Sec'y Mlg” Bad Axe. Mich.



0U ll HEAD HEREFORD BULL CALVES ready for



service. Eligible to rezistor. HERTl‘l l" R 8303.,

Saline. Mich... 011 Electric 0111' Line.





 





' ' Farm Jerseys for sale. Yearlin b 11 b k l

l‘llllSldI on both sides by Register of Mlhrit 8383;.

His four nearest dams average over 600 lbs. of butter

0.11 0 DEAKE. - - Ypsilanti. Michigan





lsmy Bull: for Sale {3283"l‘éi’lf’dr‘éil‘iii‘h‘fl?

uni-mold test. 0. B. We nonli ilAllczan. Mich





Jersey Bulls For Sale





Ready for service. Ralei gh -- St Lambert breedi

Waterman 111 W etermnn, Packard lid. Ann Arbor. M311?





Lilliehnrmstoeod Jersey Cattle. 3 bulls. ready forser

V109. out of ms 1( heifembred to fresh-





en next 1.1111 01110110. Lillie Coopersville. Mich.





Fl" sala Two reqisterrd Jerseys bull 01111091 Splen-





did individuals. Good pedig rees Priced to

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





FOR Sale 3cows, 3 yrs. old with recorrls.1 heiferZ

yrs. old, choif erslyr. old 2heifercalve<,lb1lll6

1110. old out of anirgported daughter Noble of Oak-

lo (1. For prioean pedigrees write



B EDA. BRENNAN. Soc - — Capno. Mich.





Prize Winning registered Jersey 11111.1. Daisy' Ox-

i‘rd Fox 154827 born Dec. 4111 1916 Out of ashigh

produci prize winner and sired 111 11 champion 111;: so

Pjoduced7d881bs. of butter in one \ear. Priced

Drexel P1,. Kalamazoo, Mich.

FOR Sale--Maple Lane R of M. Jersny Herd R. ofM.

cows and their daughters all lecords 500 and 600le.





For sale bulls and bul calves o t of th .

Invm FOX. “ 913333?“ M1011.





The Wildwood Jersey Farm





offers for sale choice young bulls from H. of M. dnms,



good enough to bee anv herd. V1 11 invite inspection.



AL‘V1 1N HALDEN. Capac. Mich.



F 0 R S A L E Registered Jersey bulls.

I'Bady for service.





SMITH 21nd PARKER. 3.4 . Howell. Mich.





to sell. .Bassett.





 





4 Shorthornsm logos miiledhfrgbw





Jerseys .111 111.100 Jemyh...* , ‘





CHARLES ll. HORR





E. Hart,Mlch.

SHORTHOBNS. Butterfly Sultan. h ther

International or. Chain ion. in row oe.b





or

bulls.cows.and heifers. W. ..McQuillan.Howoll Eliot.





Cattle For Sale





Loads feeders and two leads ”aligns-teen Also

can show you any number 1. 20119130019 old hon

600 1101.200!» Isaac Shanstum. Fairfle (1 Iowa. 3-8.





 





“005.





G fast. 815 and 820 each

Berkdllln monthsojtllgi. Rdeglstere and “3118me

Richly bred Rudgate Farm, 11. B. horseman-alum. Inca





DUROC BOARS





Th bi 0.” ion est. growthiest ri

had. gf’rl ices regsonahle if takei’i’ntngncers Ship

0. 0.11 REAGEB .1: son. 11011.11, Mic





DUROCSI Orion Chief Perfection No. 68945. and Jens

nines Pilot Wonder No. 78378. Two outstandi boarl

of big type and excellent quality. All losele to

are smooth sown. Thrigty. smooth. large boned spring

ts from these herd hours and choice sows at very

reasonable prices. The Jennings Farms,Bailey,Mich.





 





O Yearli 8 Cherry Kin.

Duroc-Jerseys 33:11, Giltelbred fortallfar- -

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





D 80113 and gilts bred to Eureka Cher Ki

“me and Crimson Criti< son of Critic M 61191

champion Iowa Fair. Taylor. Milan. Mich.





' offers: Registeled Spring Bears, tried

Pmc‘lll’Sl brood sows, One Great HerdBo Write

your wants. Orlo L. Dobson. Quincy. Mich.





DUROCS--FALL PIGS





crated. registered and delivered at $20 each. pairs

and tries not nkin.4."1 sows and gilts br1 d for 81 ring

furrow. Newton Barnhnrt. St. Johns. Mich.





 





 





Sons of Panama Special 81.” at “weaning.



DurOCS. EGood spring gilts. B. C. ) Red 001k.



erels $3. E.. nlkir. s. R. 6, Ann 1Arbor, Mich.



S i It



Duroc Jersey... 9'. n“ " 1.3::



sex. E. D. HEYDENBER Wayland. Mich.

”UBO“ MARS If in need of a big growthv spri

boar at a reasonable price. Writes





once. RUSH BROS. Romeo. Mich





UROCS for sale. 1 fall bear. 7 Spring boars. good

D breed Write for description and pr cos.

JD. CRANE& SON, Plalnwell, Mich.





lluroc lorsngo ExiraD good springB pig: for rain.

CAREY U. DM Hastings, Mich.





uroc J erseysuboars of the large heavy boned ”Pod

D Prize winning stock. pric es reasonable, type 111

breeding (onsidered, also gilts bred to Junior Chom-

pinn 110111 for spring furrow. F J. Dmdh R 1, Monroe, Mich.





F Sale Duroc Jerseys Boers and gilts;a1so. dandy

01' fall pigs. Prices right..l()11N McNI COLL.

Station A. Route 4. Bay Cit1 Mic.h





Registered Duroc Jersey Boar 2 y1. old

For sale weight about 400 lbs 875 .00.

GEO. M. BROWN, R. 2, South Haven. Mich.





Eig Type O. l. C’s.





took of all sages for sale. We showed at four state

wire and won more chauipionsland Grand Champions

than all the other breeders together double, we were

Premier breeder and Exhibtor at every fair we show-





, ed. We Breed the best. We sell the best. We Guaran-





Get our

Mirh.





tee them to be the best. Write your wants

Catalogue We ship on approm

RAN DELL and SON. Cass Clt1





4' Raise Chester Whites

Like This





the original big producers

I





 





I HAVE stated thousands of breeders on the road to





 





Jeresy cows. heifers





129.}? SALE 8find hull H.





ABRISTOL. Fcntoh. Mich.





Shorilmm Callie oi b11111 Sex [or Sale





W. W. KNAl’P. Howell. Mlchlga





17011. Sale Reg. Short Horn l‘ulls by Maxwalton

Monarch 21111.11 son of Avundule, from 1 to 12 1110-.

old. John Schmidt. Reed City. It. No.5 5. Michigan





Shorthorns Dairy Bred Heifers“ 8351113 ‘1ch





Hiring Ono Roan B11

Funnwrs prices. (‘ (‘ommns- Mull iken. ich.





Doll-yer beef hrs-d Breedin to(’ k

Simihim 33:13 formula of. farmers prices. 3.11 s o rug.l

Sscy. Csnt Mi Sherwin Russian: Assn .licBrids. click





SHORTHORN S) Maple can”? gardmlgitgg





91119. J. 2. Tuna”. Maison. Mickie-1n.





BlDWElI. 311311119113





For Beef and Milk.





5Bulls ready for service. 15 months to Zyem. for

sole; alsohzood Scotch- -tor£ped 0011;1an heifers. Mod-

ern. sun ry equipmen One our rorn Toledo.

Ohio ..N Y. 0. Visitors Welcome. Write us.





BIDWELL STOCK FARM





Box B, Tecumseh, Michigan.





 





Don't Keep Cows!

Let Cows Keep YoulB'

he owners 0f Pure





HOLSTEINS





ore making money from the

enormous yields-b of 1.1111111“ and butterfat of this,

tho most pIEOfiMblO breed Write for free in-

fomntio‘n tol





E H lN—FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION

1.11%}





 





O . Box 105, Brotthboro, Vt.

FOB s01. Ono moi-term!" :1 bell 011112811111



twentyDun nearest? records sum 25.53 lb.

lndlyfduldon 3 LonVeiw Form. B. luster. Mich.





 





2 0391070 films; byls neaay cl epqghd for

”$1100.? MRI-“d (bdgm ‘28:: NO ”1:3ng





 





gownsb'igfi'

bull and commut gmlfiuwrucl

m‘bL listen ”MM 111911.





:31 ,‘WNW





Sher-thorns for sale. 5 balls Scotch to 10 to 14 mos.

8 noon. 1 white] red, Gigsrgbcefl. 825.18 1 son of Max.

walton Sultan.1§ C. Carlson. Leroy, Mich





theo 1 1111- t i

Bates Shorthoms 5:3; :1. .;.::,:; 3.93.3

8150 to 8200. J. 3. EU “MEL Mason. Mich.





 





, Bulls 9 11.01.1012 1110 1.1 r

ShOEthomS- good milking oowmlgr'lbe111211:l





COLLAR BROS. R. 2. Conklin Mich.





Registered Shara“ 13 10 13 mos.





id 3!

Shropshire sheep. W. J. Lessiter. Balding? Mic





ilklnr 11319111111 cell! 5 111011 b a Grand-

M can of nerfllaygam bv a son ofGeKeral 01:11.

noon. Morrioe. Ml ch.





 





inadveo sired by Diemond King



60. '1‘

$11.1. 11 1111., W’hm'dl .133"? °°“”

For, m Shortharnsmlgullsdmom to 2 you: old

1813mm J. De mo. a..s. 111110111. 111011.





 





 





I can help you. I want to Finest“l one be from





my great. 11. rd in every community where am not; up.

resented 1, ese fine early develop‘ero-fl' ylcr marke at.“ '

months 01 rite for my plan— More oney from m.





c. 11. 1121131111111, R p D 10 Portland. 11101113111





 





 





Bred Gilts all sold. Special prices on

CheSters March bosrs,s1506mcnths Holstein





 





Bull. 1“. W. ALEXANDE ll, Vassar. Mi c

_ Big growthy fellows.

! h’l‘he erind that pleases.

- D. and pay express.





C. J. CARL pCJEM'IETT, MnemMich.





I. 0' s. Service boars all sold. have some fine last

0 sprirygr0 gilts and a nice lot of this fall pigs not

akin. wthy stock. 3»; 1111.11 estof Depot. 8fiCitiI.

011011081210110 B. Schulze, Nashville. Mich.





0 l. C. & CHESTER WHITE SWINE.





Strictlyh big type] with quality. Have a choice lot of

b1f1ars t for ear] y full service. These boars will be

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U ' 0 Choice Spring boars and gilts out of prize



I winning stock. A‘l stodr guaranteed. The

long bodied and Bic: Boned t1pe.“’rite for born and

low prices. A. V. HATT. lGrass Ln e. Mich.





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‘ ° servire. A few register" (1. extra fine.

Shropshireewe lambs. G. I‘. Andrews. Dans1illt Mich





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0. J. THOMPSON, Rockford. Mich





S eoial Sale of O. I. C. Spring Boers. Nine Splendid

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Abscess—Soon after I wrote you a

couple of days ago about a case of

mammitis in one of my cows, I dis-

covered that there was a discharge

from bag in back part of hind quarters.

The hard portion of bag is now much

What had I better apply? J.

I. C., Halfway, Mich—Paint the hard

bunch with tincture iodine once a day

and swab out sore with the same med-





‘icine and she will get well. ,





Cow-pox—Infected Udder.——-My blac

Jersey cow is 16 years old, freshened

August 3. August 24 I discovered she

had cow-pox. On September 5 her ud-

der was caked and a pox sore on end

I am now

satisfied that she has mammitis, caused

by using a milking tube, and she has a

hard bunch on lower part of diseased

quarter. What will happen if I quit

massage treatment on diseased quarter

and milk other three teats? J. I. C.,

Halfway, Mich—Apply one part iodine

and nine parts fresh lard to caked por-

tion of udder three times a week and

discontinue milking her from diseased

quarter. '





Stocking—Muscular Soreness.——We

have a two-year-old colt that weighs

about 1200 pounds which we have been

driving double, always on walk, haul-

ing small loads. This colt after driv-

ing him, appears to stiffen, not badly,

his sheath swells and there is also a

soft swelling under belly; and besides,

when allowed to stand in stable his

legs stock. His coat is rough and he

is not thriving. He is fed good clean

hay and a quart of oats at a feed night

and morning. .H. G. B., Clio, Mich.—

Your colt should be fed more grain,

two or three quarts of oats at a feed

two or three times a day, or perhaps

some corn, oats and wheat bran would

answer better than oats alone. Mix to-

gether equal parts of powdered sul-

phate iron, powdered nitrate of potash,

ground nux vomica, ground fenugrek

and four parts of ground gentian—

give him a tablespoonful at a dose in

feed two or three times a day. He

should have exercise every day and his

bowels kept open. Perhaps his sheath

is foul and should be cleaned with soap

and water, and the swelling under ab-

domen should be hand-rubbed twice

a day.



Dysentery—Cough.——About the first

of September all my cattle had an at-

tack of dysentery; since then nearly

every one of them have been coughing.

I am anxious to know the cause and

have you give me a remedy. H. W.,

Marine City, Mieh.——Doubtless the food

they ate or the water they drank caus-

ed their bowel trouble, the weakness

which followed put them in a condition

to catch cold, this resulting in cough.

Change their feed and mix together

equal parts of muriate of ammonia,

ginger, powdered licorice, and subnl-

trate of bismuth. Give each one of

your cattle a teaspoonful or two at a

dose two or three times a day. They

should be kept in a dry, clean, comfort-

able stable which is well supplied with

fresh air.



Sow Fails to Come in Heat.———Some

time ago I shut up my pigs to fatten

them, but selected the best sow pig,

which is now about 8%; months old, ex~

pecting to breed her, but she has not

yet come in heat. I am anxious to

breed her the latter part of this month

and if there is anything I can give her

to bring on heat, let me know what it

is. I forgot to say that this sow has

been fed slop made with milk, ground

oats and barley. J. F., Richmond,

Mich.———Give her 10 grs. of ground nux

vomica, 15 grs. of ground capsicum and

30 grs. of ginger at a dose in feed three

times a day. It is well to keep in mind

that certain sows never do come in

heat and, of course, are always barren.

She may perhaps be one of that kind.





Chronic Grease Heel.—Have a colt

that had access to a wet barnyard and

contracted a very bad case of scratch-

es; since then the local Vet. and my-

self have failed to effect a cure. Her

legs are swollen several times their

normal size and I would like to know

what to do. F. M., Caledonia, Mich.—

First of all it is well to understand

that a chronic ailment of this kind is

incurable. It is not possible to restore

the parts to their original normal con-

dition. The time to have effected a

cure was_soon after the ailment devel-

oped. Clip the hair off and apply with

a brush equal parts of tincture benzoin

compound and tincture iodine once or

tw1ce a day. Give 17$ dr. of potassium

iodide at a dose in feed or drinking wa-

ter three times a day. It is perhaps

needless for me to say that the animal

should be kept in a dry place and not





' allowed to run in wet grass.





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Expel the Worms and keep

their digestion in good con- -'

dition, and they will assim-



ilate What they eat and put on flesh. Feed

is. too high to waste—put . it into flesh by

givmg your stock Dr. Le Gear’s Stock Powders.





An excellent appetizer and Worm expeller.‘ A first-class condi-

tion powder and animal regulator for all domestic animals. An

excellent remedy for coughs, colds, distemper, kidney troubles,»

loss 0f appetite, hide-bound, lossof flesh, etc.





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are my own personal prescripti

practice. Try them at my risk—If my Stock Powders do

not benefit your stock, your dealer will refund your money.





Dr. LeGear’s Antiseptic Healing Powder





for collar and saddle sores, barb wire

cuts and all open sores on stock. In

Sifter top cans, 250 and 506.





Dr. LeGeau-‘s Remedies are sold by 40,000 dealers—never by peddlers. Ask your dealer

for them and for free copy of Dr. LeGear’s valuable 112-page Stock and Poultry Book.

ll your dealer’s supply of books is exhausted, send us his name and we will mail you one.





Dr. L. D. LeGear Medicine Co. 712 Howard St. St. Louis. Mo.





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