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Household Helps





Every housewife has de-

veloped a number of meth~

ods which make the work in

the home easier. These lit-

tle things, which can only be

gained through experience,

often make the difference

between pleasurable work

and drudgery.



‘We want to gather these

practical hints and valuable

experiences and make them

available to other house-

wives through the columns

of our household department.



For the fifty best letter:

giving the best household

hints we will pay $1.00 each.



Please let these letters

contain suggestions on

household methods which

make the work involved in

the care of the home more

easy and pleasant, rather

than favorite cooking reci-

pes. Cooking methods will

be given attention at anoth-

er time.



"The only requirements for

taking part in this contest is

that your family’s subscrip-

tion be paid up until Febru-

ary 1, or longer, and please

write on one side of the pa-

per only.



Send all letters before

January 15, as the contest

closes then.





Address them to

.THE’CONTEST EDITOR,

MICHIGAN FARMER.

Detroit, Mich.





 





The Grizzly King



Thor, a monster grizzly of

p11 unexplored region of the

Canadian Rockies, while

digging for a gopher, sud-

denly recognizes a strange

smell. Rising to his haunch-

es he remains erect till the

wind shifts and he loses the

strange odor. Jim Langdon,

an author seeking adven-

ture, and his mountain man,

Bruce Otto, have just arriv-

ed in the valley with their

horses. While resting they

search the hills with their

glasses. Soon Thor is dis-

covered, whereupon they

plan to bag what they be-

lieve to be the greatest

grizzly of the west. From

here the story continues on

page 60? of this issue.





 





 





 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





On this page last week we told you of some 'of the. things we are

gOidlg to do the coming year. Now we want to tell you who is going

to o it. .



MR. FARMER OF MICHIGAN is our greatest and best contrib-

utor. In every issue he furnishes us articles and short items which

have proven of value on his farm. He is the greatest factor in the State

for rural imprOvement. and is a most valued contributor to our columns

because of his experience on 206,960 farms in Michigan.



MRS. FARMER (Farmer’s wife), the, maker of Michigan’s rural

homes, will regularly give the results of her wide and valued experience

in our Household Department. These experiences will be on household

management in its broadest sense, the rearing and education of children,

ccbnomy of money and labor in housework, and everything else con-

nected with woman’s activities.



RURAL YOUNG FOLKS, the successors to Mr. and Mrs. Farmer,

are at present active and enterprising. Unhampered by the past, these

young people are doing things worthy of attention by all interested in

rural affairs. How these youthful activities accomplish things will be

told in our new Boys’ and Girls’ Department. . ,



I. R. WATERBURY, Editor and Manager of the Michigan Farmer,

has devoted a lifetime to rural interests. At one time a member of

the State Legislature and President of Michigan State Farmer’s Club.

Has always been a farmer. At present he is a member of the State

Board of Agriculture. His editorials on rural subjects and his comments

on our crop and live stock problems have been a prominent feature of

the MICHIGAN FARMER.



BURT WERMUTH, associate editor, also comes from the soil.

He is a graduate of good old M. A. C.. and has made a deep study of

the farmer’s marketing problems. The magazine, farm commerce and

markets departments, and numerous service-to—subscribers features have

been the result of his work.



ALTA LAWSON LITT ELL, more commonly known to our

readers as Deborah. Her articles are thought starters. She will con-

tinue to co-operate with Mrs. Farmer to make the Michigan Farmer’s

Household Department the best available to.Michigan readers.



F. A. WILKEN, associate editor, for nine years superintendent of

the South Haven Experiment Station, active in State Horticultural

work for the past fifteen years. Fruit growing and poultry departments

in the Michigan Farmer are under his charge.



COMFORT ‘A. TYLER, a farmer and a very successful business

man and banker. His articles on “How the World’s Business is

Transacted” will explain to our mature as well as youthful readers the

mystery of money and the buzz of business. -



E. C. LINDEMANN needs no introduction to the youth of Mich—

igan as leader of Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs. He was formerly Editor of

the Gleaner and will give his full co—operation in making our new Boys’

and Girls’ Department the best there is. His notes and articles will be

features of this department.



COLON C. LILLIE, Michigan’s farm dairy expert. His discussion

of dairy problems and his Farmstead Notes have been features of the

Michigan Farmer for years. A live Wire in business and farming.



R. G. KIRBY, farmer and poultryman, M. A. C. man and formerly

Editor of the Gleaner. A practical man who can tell in plain and inter-

esting manner the many lessons of experience that we all want to know.



I. J. MATHEWS, of broad experience along farm lines. ‘ Farmer,

former Instructor in Agriculture and at present County Agent in

Indiana. He knows farming and how to write about it.



DR. W. C. FAIR, veterinary doctor of national reputation. One

of the best men in the country to advise you on diseases of animals.



JAMES N. McBRIDE, popular State Market Director. A student,

successful farmer and business man who has given serious attention to

the problems of the farmer. His numerous articles merit serious con—

sideration by our readers. , A





W. F. TAYLOR, one of Michigan’s most popular Institute workers 7





who interestingly discusses Grange problems in our columns. He has

also contributed valuable articles on dairying and other subjects.



W. MILTON KELLEY, one of America’s best agricultural

writers who got his start with the Michigan Farmer. A practical

farmer and dairy expert. He will continue as a frequent contrib-

utor on a Wide range of rural subjects. '



C. B. COOK, one of our most successful general farmers.

Prominent as an Institute Lecturer and noted for his work for the

County Agent cause. A great friend of the Michigan Farmer and

a valued contributor to it.



PROF. J. H. COX, M. A. C’sgauthority on farm crops. He

frequently uses the Michigan Farmer to discuss crop questions

with you. . .



PROF. G. H. COONS, the plant disease expert of the Agri-

cultural College, who has the happy faculty of making scientific

facts plain to the average reader. He uses the Michigan Farmer

columns for special articles on developments in plant disease work

which the farmer should know. . ‘



FIVE HUNDRED REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS, in

Michigan and other states, who keep us informed of important

rural activities and cr0p and market conditions. Through them

we can keep you «reliably informed of actual conditions in other

farming sections than your own. ,





THE 01 BCULATION ' MANAGER.





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' Your. i Greatest

' " Problem





We want to know what, in

your opinion, isthe greatest

problem the Michigan tarm~

or has to contend with——

what you think stands most-

ly in the way of more rapid





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In order to get the con-

census of opinion of our

readers in this matter we

will give

$1.!”fleach for the fifty best

letters 'on the farmer’s great-

est problem. ,



After these have been se-

lected we will publish them,

with an open discussion of

these problems by farmers

and others most capable of

suggesting means for their

solution.



The only requirement for

entering this problem con-

test is that your subscrip-

tion be paid up'until Febru—

ary 1, or longer.



Send all letters before

January 15, as the contest

closes then.



AddreSs all letters to



THE CONTEST EDITOR,



MICHIGAN FARMER.





Detroit, Mich.





 





Inside the Lines



Jane Gerson, a virile, viv-

idly alive American girl, is

enroute to Paris in July,

1914, as a buyer for a New

York department store. At

C a l a i s she accidentally

meets Captain Woodhouse,

who tells her he is in the

British signal service and on

his way to Egypt. Wood-

house, fearing international

trouble, warns Jane of prob-

able embarrassment should

she remain too long in

France. They part in Paris

but instead ofpproceeding to

Egypt, Woodhouse entrains

for Berlin. “Louisa,” an

agent of the Wilhelmstrasse,

a German spy organization,

agrees to accept the services

of “Billy Dapper,” a former

spy, now reduced to want

through drink. The story

continues on page 597 'of

this issue.





 





progress in farming inMich-
. HE average yield of 185 bushels

an acre from his eleven acres of

potatoes in a poor potato year





like this, the achievement of Herman .





Johnson, owner of Clover Leaf Farm

in Delta county, Michigan, shows con-

clusively the superiority of system ov-

er haphazard methods of farming.





The intelligent rotation of crops, the

scientific selection and treatment of

seed, the intense methods of cultiva-

tion, efficiency in harvesting, and the

economic storage and marketing of the

crop distinguish this farm from others

in that region and impress the visitor





at every point with the economy and.





efficiency of operation.





Mr. Johnson’s farm consists of 215

acres of which 100 acres are entirely

cleared of trees and stumps and under

a high state of cultivation. There are

several types, of soil, but the clay and

sand loams predominate. A systematic

four- -year crop rotation is practiced,

consisting of two years of clover, one

year of potatoes, and one year of grain.





The soil used for potatoes this year

was of the sandy loam type, with ex-

cellent natural drainage. A heavy clo-

ver sod was plowed in the spring to a.

depth of eight or nine inches with a

sulky plow. After being thoroughly

harrowed it was planted the first week





 





‘stem'lnthe Growing Of Potatoes





By H. L. SPOONER





 





 





An Excellent Stand of Potatoes on





of June with a two-horse planter. One

hundred and ten bushels of medium-

sized seed of the Sir Walter Raleigh

variety were used which had been hill

selected and treated With formalin.

The crop was cultivated four times

with a riding cultivator. In order to

make the cultivation absolutely clean,

two hoeings were given. The crop was

kept free from disease by three spray-

ings of Bordeaux mixture, using a

horse sprayer. The harvesting began





 





 





Mr. Johnson’s Delta County Farm.





October 13 and was completed October

22. A digger was used which left the

ground in fine condition for the grain

crop to follow.



The potatoes were drawn directly

from the field to the modern storage

cellar which is built in a side hill. It

is 25x50 feet and nine feet high and

has a capacity Of 4,000 to 5,000 bush-

els. The walls are of stone which were

picked up on the farm, while the floor

and roof are of cement. The roof is





 

 





 





covered with several inches of earth'

and has four openings, from which“

chutes lead to the bins. The loaded

wagon is driven over the roof and the 1

potatoes emptied into the openings. A

spur from the railroad to the front of

the cellar affords the maximum of

economy in loading for market. On.

account of the careful methods used

in growing, the potatoes are of such

high quality that the entire crop is

sold for seed.



The fertility of the farm is maintain-

ed not only by the crop rotation men-

tioned, but by a fine herd of Holstein

cattle, which, together with the horses

used on the farm, consume all the

grain grown. ‘-



When Mr. Johnson went to Delta

county a. few years ago, he was a rail-

road employe. But the excellence of

the soil appealed.to him as having

great agricultural possibilities and he

bought a tract of land covered with a

heavy growth of beech and maple tim-

ber. He passed through the usual

vicissitudes of a pioneer farmer who is

compelled to clear his land and make

a living at the same time. But hard

work intelligently applied has enabled

him in a few years to own a comfort-

able home and a farm. that is known

as one of the best producers of the

northwest.





 





 





In the Foreground is the Entrance to Potato Cellar, to which a Sidetrack has





Since Been Extended to





ERTILIZERS, it has been found

F by a number of inquisitive chem-



ists attached to the experiment

station staff of the Michigan Agricul-

tural College: are today in an unusual

economic position. They are at once

more costly, and still more profitable

to use than they have ever been. With-

out some very tangible evidence to

back this statement, it may appear at

first glance to be just a little off color.

for it is directly contrary to the opin-

ion prevailing among those who have

not stopped to analyze.



In 1914, the college chemists show,

one bushel of corn could buy only

eighty-three pounds of fourteen per

cent acid phosphate, or sixty-five

pounds of 1-8-2 fertilizer. Now, in No-

vember, 1917, one bushel of corn will

purchase 157 poundsof fourteen per

cent acid phosphate, or 105 pounds of

1-8-2 fertilizer. If it was profitable to

apply fertilizers in 1914, it is now just

twice as profitable to use them. -'



What has been found to be true of

corn, is even more so where beans is

the crop. One bushel of beans would

in 1914 have sold for enough to buy

245 pounds of fourteen per cent acid





phosphate, or 192 poundsof 1-8s2 fer-' ‘





tilizer. Now the same bushel of beans

will purchase 776 pounds of acid phos-





‘ rphate, or 518 pounds of 1-8-2 fertilizer.





Figures might be produced also to

preve that the same realtion prevails

between fertilizers and practically all





farm crops.





k rd of caution, this showing





Permit Easy Loading.





headlong into the use of fe1tilizers

without taking stock of their own re-

quirements and determining the kinds

of fertilizer that will most nearly fill

their needs.



' It would, of course, be foolhardy to

attempt to lay down any hard and fast

rules that will apply for every farm.

It can be said, however,'that the best

results from fertilizers will be obtain-

ed from soils well' drained, in good phy-

sical condition, and not acid. Where

lack of drainage and the acidity of the





The Soil is Main ained in a High State of Fertility through the Feeding of all

Grain Crops Upon the Farm.





Fertilizers are Cheaper Now Than Ever





soil are the factors which keep down

yields on a given farm, it would be

hopeless to attempt to overcome them

with fertilizers.



Vt’here fertilizers are What are need—

ed, the kind to use will depend upon

two factors at least—one of them the

Soil, and the other the crop.



In a general way it may be said that

the soils of Michigan are deficient in

phosphoric acid and will respond to

treatment with phosphoric acid fertil-

izers. Many soils are also lacking in





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 





nitrogen. This nitrogen deficiency is

explained by the fact that many soils

are not well supplied with organic

matter, which is the chief source of

the soil nitrogen. On such soilsyand

especially where there are early spring

crops, a fertilizer carrying some nitro-

gen should be used.





Where a soil is rich in organic mat-

ter or humus, or where there is plenty

of barnyard manure that can be put on

the amount of nitrogen in the fertil-

izer may be reduced or entirely elimi~

nated where it is to be used on grain

crops. If there is too much nitrogen

in the soil it is liable to result in mak-

ing the grain crops lodge badly.



On potatoes, sugar beets and all

truck crops some nitrogen in the fer—

tilizer is desirable on all soils.



The need for potash is not sourgent

as is that for either phosphoric acid

or nitrogen. In Michigan practically .

all soils are abundantly supplied with '

this element, though it may not be in

such a condition as to make it easily

usable by the plant. It should be real-

ized also that with potash costing the

farmer about ten times more than it.

did in 1914, it is advisable to limit the '

amount used as much as possible and

to get along without it Whenever this

can be done.





Muck soils are usually, though no

universally markedly deficient in thi‘

plant ‘food and potash fertilizer should;

be used in spite of the high costs-r,

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DETROlT, DECEMBER 22, 1917





 





 





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





A new form of invest-



War-Savlngs ment loan is being of—



Stamps. tend to the people of

' the United States with

' the double object in view of providing

a. greater incentive for thrift and an

absolutely safe investment for small

savings at a liberal rate of interest,

and at the same time providing a large

,aggrhgate amount of needed funds for

carrying on the war. War-savings

stamps, which the new form of secur-

ity has been named, are in reality

“baby bonds” which, like the Liberty

Bonds, have behind them the entire re-

sources of the government and the peo-

ple of the United States. Unlike Lib-

erty Bonds, they increase in value

from the date of purchase to maturity

in lieu of the payment of interest prior

to that time. ,

War-savings stamps are issued in

' two denominations, the twenty-five-

cent stamp and the $5.00 stamp. The

$5.00 stamps which may be purchased

outright at any time until January 31.

'1918, for $4.12, will automatically in-

crease in value one cent per month for

every month until January I, 1923,

when they will be redeemed by the

government at par or for $5.00 at any

post office or at the treasury in Wash-

ington fer each stamp properly affixed

to a war-savings certificate.



When these stamps are purchased,

(and they may be secured from any

post office, bank or trust company), an



‘ engraved form known as a wansav-

ings certificate is provided which bears

the name of the purchaser and can be

(:33th only by the purchaser 0r pen

5: ‘son whose name is on the certificate,

‘ except in case of death or disability.

This certificate contains Spaces for

twenty stamps, and if these are all

filled at the price of warsavings

.stamps up to January 31, 1918, the

' cost to the purchaser would be $82.40.

These stamps attached to the certifi-

cate would on January 1, 1923, be re-

deemable at $100, a gain of $17.60,

which is based on an interest rate of

four per cent compounded quarterly for

«the period from January 2, 1918. No

mean can purchase more than $100

firth of war-savings stamps at one

limo of hold»"war-savings certificates

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Provision is made for the 'redempé who stay, to make‘ith'e cry

tion of any matured wansavings‘ cer-

tificates at any time, upon the giving

of ten days’ written notice to any man-

ey order post omce, at an amount rep-

resented by the price paid for stamps

on said certificate plus one cent per

month on each stamp for each calendar

month intervening between the date of

purchase and the date of redemption.



The twenty-five cent stamps are is-

sued for the convenience of people who

desire to invest small savings. These

stamps do not. increase in value, but

each purchaser is provided with a

thrift card containing space for sixteen

stamps. When all the spaces on this

card have been filled with the twenty-

five cent stamps, it may be exchanged

for a. $5.00, stamp at post offices, banks

or other authorized agencies by the

payment of twelve cents in cash prior

to February 1, 1918, and one cent ad-

ditional for each month thereafter.



The reasons for the investment of

small savings in this manner are too

apparent. to require explanation. The

main reason is because our country is

at war and needs. every penny which

every citizen, man, woman and child

can save or lend in order to equip and

feed the soldiers and sailors required

to Win, this war for the vindication of

American honor and the cause of

world democracy. Millions of people

who are» not in a. position to buy Liber~

ty Bonds of even the smaller denom-

inations can invest in war-savings

stamps, and will be glad to save small

sums for this purpose. Boys and girls

as well as the older members of their

families will find this an attractive in-

vestment for the small sums which

they can earn and save. Besides iden-

tifying them with the cause of the gov-

ernment, it provides an absolutely safe

investment for their savings at a lib-

eral rate of interest, which will prove

profitable and helpful to them as well

as to the government in the present

crisis. General investment in war-sav-

ings stamps should be encouraged in

the country as well as in the cities.

Further information concerning war-

savin-gs stamps can be secured at post

offices or banks, or by addressing the

National War-Savings Committee, at

Washington. D. C.





clouds of war have been hovering over

us and they have made us serious, and

concerned about the future; hence it

would seem that a relaxation from this

tenseness for a few days would make

us more fit to cope with our great tasks

to come. We therefore, wish every

member of every Michigan Farmer

family a very Merry Christmas for the

year 1918. -





The majority of

Our Boys and Girls. our readers of this

'journal‘ have no

doubt observed the introduction inlast

week’s issue of a new department. de-

voted to the interests of our boys and

girls. For many years farmers indi-

vidually and collectively have lament-

edthelosstothecityofaverylarge

percentage of the young people of the

farm. That their anxiety in this mat-

ter has been justified in more than a

personal way is shown by our defec-

tive economic conditions which exist

in the present crisis. Through the

draining of our rural communities of a

generation of its best blood, we sud-

denly find that the relations between

the productive and consuming ele

ments of the country have been thrown

out of balance. Because of this we are

obliged to make use of every expedi-

ent to overcome in part at least, the

inability of the nation to produce a

sufficient quantity of farm staples.

Many influences have worked to en-

tice the young folks from the farm.

Probably the most potent of these has

been that subtle education of the coun-

try boy and girl. We have been loath

to recount the advantages of life in the

country and of the opportunities af-

forded those who till the soil in a gen

eration like the present. In a general

way these matters have been brought

to the attention of our boys and girls,

but they have looked that. specific form





on the youthful mind.



It is the purpose of this new depart-

ment to furnish scores of concrete cos»

es where farm boys and girls have

done things worth while. By making

mention of specific experiences, it is

believed that this department will have

a definite influence in keeping our





In one respect, Christmas .boys and girls upon the farm. Not





Christmas, for 1917 will be different only this, but being awakened to the

1917. from any Christmas since possibilities of farm life, these young

1864. That was the last folks will make more efficient farmers



year that the country was at war dur- and home-makers than they would be





if allowed to follow traditional farm

methods;



Incidentally, another purpose will be

served by such work among our juve-

nile farmers at the present time. Be‘

fore the close of 1918 it is estimated

that ten million men will be engaged

in work connected with the war, either

as men in uniform or as workers in

munitions and other factories produc

ing- products of a military character.

With this tremendous drain upon our

labor power, we will need to call upon

every available source 0f help. With

our boys and girls properly instructed

and directed, their “hit” in the great

conflict from now on will be a factor

worthy of general consideration.



As time goes on, many new features

no doubt will be added to this work.

However, the present plans which con-

template giving publicity to the things

our bright boys and girls are doing, to

interesting articles on how the world’s

business is done, to the activities of

the 25,000 members of our boys’ and

girls’ clubs over the state, and to vari-

ous articles and stories” of an entertain-

ing character which have a peculiar in-

“terest to the young folks, will furnish

a sufiicient reason for every parent

who is a reader to see that his children

are interested in this. department,

which is a distinct departure in agri-

cultural journalism. '





ing this particular holiday. In keeping

with this change which has come into

our national life and interrupted our

international relations, the picture on

our first cover page illustrates the heli-

day spirit of the American people this

year. To a very large degree this

Christmas will be dedicated to the boys

in khaki. it will not be marked with

the large volume of useless and foolish

holiday buying that has characterized

recent holiday seasons, but instead at-

tention is being turned to the boys

who have gone and to those who are

going to the front. that they in their

new environment may have something

of the spirit of the day brought to them

through the thoughtfulness of rela-

tives, friends and interested strangers

Everybody is anxious that the soldiers

shall have a real “Merry Christmas?

and the boys in France, on the high

seas or wherever they may be, will be

remembered in some way, though they

have no one with a. personal interest in

them. Then, too, our Michigan boys

in training at Camp Custer have at

last been given a four-day leave that

they might go. home before orders

come for their transfer to other points,

and by reason of these home-comings

thousands of Michigan homes, and ev~

cry community of the state, will be

made happy by their presence.



With all respect and feeling for the

concern of parents and friends of

those who have‘heen called to go forth

to battle the enemy of our democratic . . , . - _

institutions, we believe that it will bowing] 051-31? firfififi‘fi’gfifr “figmfi

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The European ‘Wa‘rr-A twentyselgh' t

day truce baa been signed by the Bol-

sheviki government of ' Russia and the

Central powers. The armistice began

atnoon December 17.and remains in

force until January 14, 1918. It or-

tends to all the land, air and naval

forces of the common fronts. . The 2 ‘

agreement as signed binds both sides , ‘

not to transfer forces onthe front from i ' 1:2 i‘

theBaltic to the Black See during the ' . “

period covered by the armistice, ex- - g

cept such transfers as were already . "

begun up to the moment of signing the - "

agreement. Arrangements have also

been made. to begin peace negotiations .

1mmediately.-—The Germans are now

concentrating forces on the western

front. It is estimated by the Allies

that there are 154 divisions of troops

commanded by the central powers in.

Belgium and northern France. These

divisions contain about two million

fighting men, which is considerably

less than that of the Franco-British

armies. Artillery engagements have

been more or less constant throughout

the entire western line, which leads to . '-

the general belief that the central pow- *

ers will attempt to force a decisive

battle on this front during the winter,

before America’s strength can become

effective. Heavy pressure has been

brought to bear upon the Camhrai sec-

tor. and a part of the territory taken

in General Byng’s advance has been

lost. French troops have been success

ful in repulsing two attacks on the

Aisne front. Artillery fire increased

Sunday in the Verdun sector.—'l‘he

italians are growing more and more

confident in their ability to withstand

the heavy attacks of the Austro-Ger-

man invaders. ’At the southern end of

the Piave dikes have been opened,

making one vast swampy area of the

territory to the north of Venice. Ital-

ian batteries have been placed on. all

solid land points in this region—Brit-

ish forces captured Jerusalem .last

week. The Holy City had been com‘

pletely surrounded before an attempt

was made to take it. The defenders

realizing resistance to be useless, cap-

itulated without making it necessary

to damage property.



The allied nations have formed a.

central naval council to coordinate

naval operations of all nations at war

with the central powers.



Disasters in two German war plants

are reported tram Switzerland. Ono

occurred in the Zeppelin works at .

Friedrichshaven. and the other near

Kiel. Many persons were ‘



Perhaps one of the bitterest political

contests that Canada has experienced

closes Monday with a. general election.

The Unionists under the leadership of

Sir Robert Borden who heads the pres-

ent government, are opposed by Sir

Wilfred Laurier, leader of the Liber-

als, who find their strength largely in

the Quebec districts. ‘



The recent revolt in Portugal was

successful with the old government

under Premier Costa thrown out and

Dr. Sidino Paes named as president of

the provisional government.



National.



Nation-wide prohibition will be voted

on by the House of Representatives

early this week. The resolution pro-

vides that three-fourths of the states

of the Union must approve the amend-

ment before it becomes eflective and

that this approval must be made with-

in seven years from the time the reso-

lution is passed. . .



Three lake freighters loaded with «a

24,000 tons of coal which was destined '

for upper lake points, and held up in

the Detroit river by ice, have been on

dared seized by the National Fuel Ad-

ministration, and their cargoes divert-

ed to industrial and domestic use in

Detroit and Michigan. This supply

will aid considerably in the fuel short<

age which is now causing the people

of the state so much concern.



A race riot battle between the police -

and negroes at Bridgeport, Conn, re-

sulted in six persons being wounded

and 106 placed under arrest. -



The federal government is about to

take a hand in the wool situation in .

this country. Prices for wool have ad. % , :1

vanced about 200 per cent over the ’ ~ .-

pre-w r quotations. This advance has . .

led m§ny clothing concerns to buy be- “ J

yond their current needs in order to

avoid paying excessive future prices. ‘

The result has. been that values climb—

ed to higher levels than would have

obtained had demand ., been controlled

by normal consumption“ It is the ap-

parent purpose of the government to

liéénse the purchase of imported

wools. Some cooperation between the

allied governments is likely to be

brought about in an effort to realise '

the . test value from wool supplies.



A nited ,States army train of thirty

trucks loaded with war materials _ is

our-cute to the Atlantic Coast from De—

troit. Heavy snows impeded. the trucks



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How to Conserve Agriculture's Artil-

. lery.



1. Orders for new equipment and

repair parts should be placed as soon

as possible.



2. To produce maximum results with

a minimumof labor, new and modern

machinery «in large sizes should be.

used wherever possible.



3. Serviceable equipment, not need?





, ed, should be sold or made available to , '4





others.



4. Useless machinery should be re-

turned to the channels of trade as junk.



5. Thorough lubrication and proper

care when in use will materially

lengthen the period of service of farm

equipment.



6. More care should be given to pro—

tecting farm implements from the

weather.



During the winter months farmers

should give careful attention to the

work of repairing all machines which

Will be» used next season. Also, orders

for repair parts and new machines

should be placed as soon as possible.

This will acquaint mihufacturers and

their agents with the demand in differ-

ent sections and enable them to make

the best possible distribution. At the

same time, it will eliminate expensive

delays in transportation at the busy

season. '



Economical Replacements.



The use of the largest and most im-

proved farm machinery, always desira-

ble, is of special importance. Where

large'acreages are farmed the largest

machinery is the most economical.

Many of the latest machines embody

improvements which will often justify

their purchase where obtainable from

the standpoint of economy even though

the old outfit is still serviceable.



When new machines are bought on

large farms to replace others still cap-

able‘of service, it is suggested that the

owners afford an opportunity to other

farmers who operate on a smaller

scale to purchase this replaced machin-

ery at a reasonable price. This plan

should benefit both parties.



Dispose of Worn-out Implements.



All worn-out machinery should be

sold for junk at the first opportunity,

the specialists advise; first removing

all bolts or other parts which might be

useful in repairing other equipment. It

is usually false economy to attempt to

use a worn-out machine, as the time

wasted with breakages and other de-

lays and the extra power required for

its operation usually more than offset

the saving effected by continuing it

in use.



Importance of Oiling.



More damage can be done to a ma-

chine in half an hour through lack of

oil or grease on some bearings than by

a whole season’s exposure to the

weather, the specialists declare. For

this sort of neglect there can be no ex-

cuse, it is said. Operating a machine

without lubrication, especially when

the bearings are slightly rusty, will

quickly result in the wearing away of

the metal, often to a considerable

depth, in a very few minutes. Expen-

sive breakages, as well as serious de-

lays,-also may be caused by operating

machines'on'which nuts have worked

loose or have come off entirely, allow-

ing bolts to loosen or drop out.



All practicable steps should be taken

to. preserve machinery now on hand.

Needless exposure to the weather

should be avoided, and in cases where

it is not practicable to house machin-

ery when idle, all bearings should re-





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,irFruit Growers" Problems Discussed





HE annual meeting of the Mich-

igan State Horticultural Society

held at Grand Rapids. opened

shortly after 10:00 a. to... December 4,

with the usual experience meeting.

The testimony given by the grtfivers

ran pretty much one way. In brief, it

was to this elleet: The past season

was strange, almost without precedent,

with only two or three days ofwreel

summer. The fruit crop was short but

prices were good. Aphis trouble was

bad. The freon caught much fruit un-





. harvested but apples left on the trees

} until the host came out were practi-

neatly uninjured. Growers who were





‘too'immtient sulfered losses. George

Friday, of Cologne, said the Keiffer

pear market started at $1.25 to $1140

and then dropped to forty cents a. hun-

derd, or what they were worth for vin‘

egar, and the reason was no sugar. He

said that sugar was bound to be scarce

this coming season also, and provided

we get a peach crop he advised that

this society, in cooperation with other

states, Should start an advertising

campaign, telling people how they may

put up their fruit without sugar and

save it. He believes that this situa-

tion is serious.

Prices Were Good.



Luther Hall, of Ionia, said that he

had 3,000 bushels of apples on the

trees when there was six inches of

snow on the ground. He let the fruit

alone until the frost came out and suf-

fered no loss. He has not been raising

hogs in ‘the orchard this season since

he could not get the hogs “Fruit pays

pretty well,” he says, “when one can

get down on his knees and pick up ap-

ples at $1 a bushel cash, and have peo-

ple come for them in their autos.”



George Hawley, of Oceana county,

reported a fair crop of plums. Red

currants brought high prices notwith-

standing the price of sugar. He says

that thousands of orchards are going

out and estimates a fifty per cent de-

crease in peach acreage overa year

ago. The stragglers are going out, leav-

ing a better field for the real growers.



Charles W. Wilde, of Grand Rapids,

reported very good crops of apples,

plums and pears, though the aphis got

the best of him and he lost many hun-

dred bushels of strawberry apples that

were worth $2.50 this season.



Paid Good Wages.



“We all had our troubles, but let’s

forget them,” said James Nichol, of

South Haven. “We got good prices

and we did not forget to turn over a

fair proportion of this to our help.”

President Bingham, of Oakland county,

reported that auto loads of people

came out from Detroit and helped

themselves to fruit right and left, his

loss in one orchard being estimated at

$300. He finally had to hire officers

to guard the orchards Saturdays and

Sundays.



Ralph Ballard, of Niles, reported con-

siderable scab in his orchard, mostly

on the Duchess, and it is getting to be

quite a. problem. Mr. E. O. Ladd, of

Grand Traverse county, reported half

a. crop of cherries and the crop was a

month late in ripening, The quality

was good and prices excellent. Buy-

ers came in autos for the fruit. Apples

sold tree run and the buyers furnished

packages. Apples were one-third of a

crop. Roy Manson reported a very good

cherry crop, also goeseberries, and big

crop of grapes at good prices.



Tuesday Afternoon.





At the opening of the afternoon ses-

sion the chairman digressed to ask if

anybody had made money out of their

bean crop this year and not a hand

mt up. M. B. McPherson, of Lowell,

read an able paper 011- “Kent County

Horticulture,” referring especially to





try, until at present production does





“ not equal the home consumption.





 





Pror. mm ,0: the u. A.'c., gave





the rise and decline of the peach induo‘





results in dust spray experiments,

shoving lho diluted dust to be of little

value. Experiments with the concen-

trated dust will be continued. It is felt

that the dust treatment is still in the

development period and while the liq-

uid sprays seem better this is not

known as yet conclusively. The cost





of dusting is largely the cost of the





material, not labor. It is found that

you must dust the fruit from both

sides and the best time is early morn~

ing or late evening when atmosphere

is quiet. It gives good results to dust

the trees when wet (not too wet) and”

the dust should “set” before a rain

comes.

the foliage as does the liquid spray

and this may be" an advantage. It can

be applied later in the season. The

college has conducted experiments in

Stark apple orchards at Morrioe and

in Spy orchards at Grand Lodge. Also

in the Bregger Elberta peach orchard

in Van Buren county. It is hoped that

the dust will prove efllcient in control

of scab. Results from dust this sea-

son were better than with spray, while

in 1915-16 the reverse was true. Prof.

Haligan warned against drawing quick

conclusions. Spraying is insurance and

the dust may prove a very desirable

substitute for liquid under certain com

ditions.

Dust Spraying.



Oscar Braman, of Kent county, and

Luther Hall, of Ionia, used dust with

good success this season. Mr. Hall

dusted an old orchard, trees eighty

years old, that has never before pro-

duced over sixty per cent of clean ap~

ples, and he got ninety-five per cent.

clean fruit. The trees were dusted

three times. The foliage was better.

He will go into dust quite extensively

another year.





George L. Port. of Coloma, secretary

of the Michigan Fruit Packers’ Feder-

ation, spoke on the value of associated

effort. He said that cooperation is the

spirit of the times and success depends

on how much of himself and his best

thought each one can put into it. The

Federation, formed last February, is a.

central agency to keep growers in-

formed of the markets throughout the

country and to bring efficiency in the

way of standard packs and packages

and to afiord a great saving in the pur-

chase of supplies. Canada has had a

central agency for its four leading

fruit associations for years and has

been getting good results for growers.

Secretary Port spoke of the advan-

tages of advertising and said thelime

is ripe to place fruit growing in Mich—

igan in front rank among the state’s

leading industries.





Potato Crop Good.





“Potato Development in Michigan,”

an illustrated talk by C. W. Wald, of

East Lansing, followed, with reference

made to the definite program that is

being followed in the state, with dem-

onstrations in the different counties,

inspection of fields, and then potato

days during fall and winter, with a tu-

ber show, picnic dinner and lectures.

The government estimate of 35,000,000

bushels of potatoes for Michigan this

year runs well into money and closely

relates to the food problem in the

world war. Consumption should be

increased. Mr. Wald supports the gov-

ernment in its potato grading program

and says that while some of the grow-

ers feel that it is a hardship it will





prove‘a blessing to them in the end.





(To be continued).





At the Missouri Experiment Station

it recently has been shown that little

or no root action takes place with fall-

pla’nted trees until the surface of the

ground has begun to freeze, and the

trees planted early in the tell may lose





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tein with theother'foods which you

have. For instance, a ration of clover

hay and ground oats is just about as

near a' balanced ration as you can get.

You needn’t try to make any better





‘one. It will be digested and assimilat-





ed and all of the food nutriments con-

sumed as closely as any ration a man

can make. There are no better feeds

for dairy cows than clover hay and

ground oats.





The corn silage doesn’t contain a

sufficient amount of protein, conse-

quently we should add some food like

cottonseed meal or gluten feed or brew-

ers’ grains or something of that sort to

balance the ration. You mention the

cottonseed meal, which is a cheap

source of protein and it is a good food

for dairy cows, providing, of course,

that you are 'careful in feeding and

don’t feed too much. I wouldn’t feed

over two pounds of it a day (a pound

each night and morning) and I would

feed the cottonseed meal separately.

Don’t'try to mix it with your ground

oats because it is almost impossible to

get an even mixture and part of the

time your cows may get more cotton-

seed meal than they ought to have.





Feed the cows all the clover hay

and all the corn silage they will eat up

twice a day. Give them one pound of

cottonseed meal night and morning,

scattering this on the ensilage, then ev-

ery bit of it will be consumed. Then

feed in addition enough ground oats so

that each cow will have a pound of

grain per day fer each pound of butter-

fat she produces in a week. In calcu-

lating the quantity of feed add the two

pounds of cottonseed meal to the

weight of the cats.





If you are not testing your -cows and

don’t know how much butter-fat they

produce in a week, then you can feed

one pound of grain for every three

pounds of milk produced in a day. If

your cows haven’t been receiving as

heavy a ration of grain as this it would

be best to begin with a small amount

and gradually increase until this full

ration is reached. Cows ought to do

about their best with this amount of

grain. Some cows will respond where

you give them a large amount of grain.

Where one wants to make records he

can gradually increase the grain be-

yond this amount up to the cow’s limit

of proudction. Keep adding about one-

half pound of grain a day and note

carefully if the cow responds. If she

responds and keeps gaining in her

milk, keep increasing carefully until

the time c0mes when she doesn’t re-

spond to an added amount of grain,

then drop off the ration a pound or so

a day and don’t try to go beyond this.

Some cows you can work too hard.

They will respond so willingly to in-

creased food that they are liable to go

beyond their vitality and if you at-

tempt to feed to the limit you should

be very careful. This sort of job is

one that is hardly advisable to trust to





, the hired men. If your feeding is done





by hired help, don’t attempt to go the

limit.

COLON C. LILLIE.





 





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be handled more cheaply and makes a

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cream. Because of these facts cream-

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prices for high-testing cream.



L. G. Rinkle, of the University of

Missouri College of Agriculture, men-

tions several reasons, from the farm-

er’s point of View, why cream should

be high in test. One of these is be-

cause of the improvement in the qual—

ity of the cream as the test increases.

A high-testing cream will retain its

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takes good cream to make good butter.

Good butter commands a higher price

than poor butter and thus produces

higher returns to both the creamery

and the farmer.



By separating milk into high-testing

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is obtained. The value of 100 pounds

of skim-milk is sometimes considered

equal to that of half a bushel of corn.

With' the. high prices of feeds it is

therefore desirable to feed all the skim-

milk possible. ' High-testing cream

makes possible more of this valuable

feed. ’ '



The production of high-testing cream

also saves money for the farmer who

ships cream. When cream tests twen-

ty per cent, it will cost two cents a

pound of butter—fat to ship 50 pounds

of it, if the express charges amount to

twenty pounds. When the cream tests

forty per cent it will cost but one cent

a pound butter-fat to ship fifty pounds,

for the total charges will not be affect-

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transportation charges and should be

given careful consideration by the pro-

ducer. With the production ‘of 100

pounds of butter—fat a month, increas-

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Wheat.~—The condition of wheat as

compared with an average per cent, is

82 in the state and central counties,

80 in the southern counties, 84 in the

northern counties and 87 in the upper

peninsula. One year ago the per cent

was 86 in the state, 84 in the southern

counties, 89 in the central counties, 92

in the northern counties and 85 in the

upper peninsula. The total number of

bushels of wheat marketed by farmers

in November at 73 flouring mills is

126,988 and at 78 elevators and grain

dealers is 165,255 or a total of 292,243

bushels. Of this amount 235,776 bush-

els were marketed in the southern four

tiers of counties, 41,403 in the central

counties and 15,064 in the northern

counties and upper peninsula. The es-

timated total number of bushels of

wheat marketed in the four months,

August-November, is 2,350,000. Seven-

ty-eight mills, elevators and grain deal-

ers report no wheat marketed in No-

vember.



Rye.—~The condition of rye as com-

pared with an average per cent, is 84

in the state and central counties, 81 in

the southern counties, 87 in the north-

ern counties and 97 in the upper pe~

ninsula.



Fall Pasture.———The condition of fall

pasture'as compared with an average

per cent, is 83 in the state, southern

and northern counties, 82 in the cen-

tral counties and 89 in the upper pe-

ninsula. .



Live Stock—The condition of live

stock throughout the state is 95 for

horses and cattle, 97 ,for sheep and 92

for swine.



Grain and seed threshed in Michigan

up to and including November 17, 1917,

as per returns of threshermen, is as

follows: .





Yield



per



Acre,



Acres. Bush. Bush.

Wheat 746,934 13,464,563

Rye ....... 319,062 4,469,241

’ Oats ...... 1,210,448 43,753,613

Barley 126,170 3,254,507

B’kwheat . . 23,918 266,165

Peas , 1 , 139,130

Tim. seed. . 1,700 8,733



Beans: ' A ,



White 104,953 762,714

10.537





Red kid .' I 2,133





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earnest men gathered at the As.

. sociation of Commerce, Grand

Rapids, December 7, to discuss plans

for raising sheep and other live. stock

,on the idle lands of the state. This

Wmeeting f0110ws the one held in Me-

nominee in October, and the. later one

held in Milwaukee. At Menominee it

was thought best that Wisconsin and

Michigan interests should work togeth-

er, but some differences of opinion de-

veloped in Milwaukee and the two

states decided to go it alone. The up-

per peninsula of Michigan is getting

busy. Bankers have come forward

with plans to organize a live stock

loan association. Charles R. Hutche-

son, of Escanaba, has been engaged by

the Upper Peninsula Development Bu-

reau to have charge of the sheep and

cattle work throughout Cloverland. V.

A. Freeman, of Lansing, a practical

sheep man, who is doing live stock ex-

Itension work for the M. A. C., has had

the upper peninsula added to his terri-

tory, and has recently made a survey

of conditions there. A 2,100—acre

sheep ranch will be started soon on

Brecher Lake, in Marinette county as

a result of the Menominee conference.

It will be under the management of E.

E. Breeley, an Iowa ranchman, and 600

sheep will be placed on the range at

first, including 560 ewes and forty head

of pure—bred rams.



A. C. Carton, of Lansing, state land

commissioner, called the Grand Rapids

meeting to order and John I. Gibson,

secretary of the Western Michigan De-

velopment Bureau, was named chair-

man. Secretary Bierce, of the Grand

Rapids Chamber of Commerce, stated

that Michigan is the greatest sheep

state east of the Mississippi River.

Commissioner Carton pointed to the

urgency of an increased food supply.

It wasshown that Michigan has 12,000,-

000 acres of undeveloped lands. There

are 600,000 acres in the'state’s public

domain, 56,000 acres of college lands

and 300,000 acres of government lands.

Michigan has 274,000 acres devoted to

forestry purposes. Much of this land

—-—not all of it——is good and Mr. Carton

heartily supports the grazing move-

ment.



“We have three million acres suit-

able for sheep or cattle grazing in our

territory,” said Secretary Gibson, of

the Western Michigan Development

Bureau, “and nothing will do more to

smash the Hun than this. We should

start things at once. The dog popula-

tion must be reduced if we keep sheep

and ninety-five per cent of the curs in

.the state are worthless and should be

shot. The sheep business is highly

technical and should be carried on by

experts. I think that we can get the

experts. We should go in for big rang-

es,(with 500 or more sheep on a run.”



_F. R. Marshall, of the Federal Bu

reau of Animal Industry, Washington,

ably reviewed the situation, saying in

part: "The live stock business is a

safe investment during and after this

war. Every idle acre in this country

must be put to work. Michigan has a

large area of cut-over lands suitable

for stock purposes. The grains are

needed during this war but live stock

is more urgent. Live stock prices will

not fluctuate as was the case in.the

past, due to competition of the western

ranges with the mixed farming in the

east. Free range lands in the west

are gone. ‘I am urging sheep because

you get quicker returns than from cat‘

tle. It is a dual proposition now with

sheep; a fifty-fifty between meat and

wool, while in the old days the farmer



‘ ‘depended on his wool alone. The fig-

ures show that it takes the wool of

~-twenty sheep to supply one soldier’s

heads and therefore our wool crop for

athe next twelve months will barely

. pply our. soldiers, leaving none for

e civilian population.



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fore, with the live stock industry lag-





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tion. You have thirty to thirty-five

inches of rainfall in Michigan and can

run one sheep to the acre at the out-

set. I hope that you can get some of

the experienced western sheep men to

come to Michigan and start demonstra-

tion ranches here and there to show

your possibilities. I have one more

thing to say and would like to say it

diplomatically, but we are not all dip-

lomats in Washington. It is this: The

government in these trying times has

a right to expect results from all pro-

ductive lands. No good lands may loaf

and it is up to the owners or to the

people who have benefited or are like-

ly to benefit from these now idle lands

to get busy and set them to work.”



V. A. Freeman, of East Lansing, who

is doing college extension work with

sheep and live stock, spoke briefly.

He has just returned from the upper

peninsula and reported that sheep were

still on the ranges there, indicating

that the winter feeding season, which

is one 'of Michigan’s conditions, is less

than five months.



R. D. Graham of the State Board of

Agriculture, expressed fullest concur-

rence in the movement. W. C. Byers,

agricultural agent of the New York

Central Lines, told of last year’s ex~

periment of New York capitalists in

the purchase of 15,000 yearling ewes

of Hampshire Merino cross that were

bought in Oregon and shipped east,

9,000 of them going on a ranch of 4,800

acres in Cheboygan county. While

there were some losses due to inexpe-

rience the company will continue its

operations this coming year.



Charles Clarke, of Detroit, Industrial

Commissioner of the Grand Trunk

railway system, spoke briefly express-

ing his interest in this big proposition.

W. P. Hartman, Industrial Commission-

er of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Rail-

way, L. R. Abbott, of the Boyne City,

Gaylord & Alpena Railroad, Dr. J. I.

Gibson, state veterinarian of Iowa, and

others spoke. , "



A. M. Welch, of Ionia, a prominent

sheep and cattle feeder, who has had

experience in the west as well as here,

said that he can run sheep cheaper

here than in the west. He says it

takes good land to produce good clover

to grow good stock. It doesn’t pay to

handle anything but good stuff. He

feeds western lambs entirely, prefers

the Hampshires, and they will shear

ten to eleven pounds. “Why should

feeding lambs be held at a higher

price than the fat lambs, as they are

“That is

not right.” He gave some instances

of notable profits being made by the

stock feeders of Michigan.



Dean Shaw, of the M. A. C., was the

next speaker and stated that thirty-

three per cent of the land area of Mich-

igan is not in cultivated farms and it

is a big problem. While this is an

ideal time to go into stock raising it is

a hard time for the Michigan man to

get ”in if outside. Michigan is admir-

ably adapted for sheep and this may be

the solution of our soil problems on

the lighter lands. They should be

handled in large areas.



A committee on resolutions was ap-

pointed, with A. C. Carton as chair-

man, and the report as adopted called

for early action. A committee will rep-

resent both peninsulas of Michigan at

the meeting of the national wool grow-

ers to be held at Salt Lake City in

January. An immediate survey 0}

Michigan’s cut-over lands was calls

for to find just how many acres are

suitable for grazing purposes. The ag-





ricultural committee of the- Michigan ~





Bankers’ Association, of which Leon

J. Titus, of Traverse City,'is chairman,

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‘ of Oniar,” the' site of Solomon’s tem l . ‘ _ ' '

' at the left is the Church of St. John? e Directly back Of It ls the Garden Of Gethsemane. The new minted tower





. th ‘ . . the headquarters'of the Knights of St. John during the Crusades, and, recently , p .-

, {Bee pmperty of the German (government. Winding up the Mount of Olives are three narrow roads that lead to _ ‘ ’



, ,. ' 37.; n _e immediate foreground is the business center of Jerusalem with a German bank in front and the Beautiful Young British Peereu Give:



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'
ericans will be away from the

home fireside this Christmas for

the first time in their lives. They will

be missed at home when the family

celebrates the birth of the Master, and

“they will be lonesome when recollec-

tiOns take them back to the twenty-

odd holidays that they have spent with

' loved ones.

At the army posts arrangements are

vxh‘ahe' early each year for the coming

of the little fat fellow, robed in red

and riding behind the legendary rein-

der. Often the preparations start sixty

days before the sound of the sleigh

bells. It is the army post women who

start things, who take it upon them-

selves to inoculate the garrison with

the Christmas spirit long before the

eventful day looms up over the frosty

horizon. They transact all the busi-

ness with Santa Claus on behalf of the

'children, and, of course, the soldiers.

They consider it bad policy to wait for

"Santa’s supply of toys and other good

things to be exhausted or picked over

by Santa’s busy assistants. With mil-

itary precision they get their requests

for gifts in early. This very good sys-

tem eliminates disappointment and

much worry.



Each officer, each soldier, and each

citizen employe connected with the

army post is asked to contribute twen-

ty-five cents—no more, no less—toward

Santa for his trouble and benevolence.

The colonel, with his lucrative salary,





M ORE than a million young Am-





HERE, there, mother. . Now,

don’t go taking all the joy outa

life just because you’re seeing

something that would make the minis-

ter back in Kewanee roll his eyes in

horror. This is Germany, mother!”

Out of the tail of his eye, Wood-

house could see the family group

wherein Mrs. Grundy had sat dowu to

make a fourth. A blocky little man

with a red face and a pinky-bald head,

whose clothes looked as if they had

been whip-sawed out of a bolt, a com-

fortably stout matron wearing a bonnet

which even to the untutored masculine

eye betrayed its provincialism; a slim

slip of a girl about nineteen with a

face like a choir boy’s—these were the

American tourists whose voices had at-

tracted Woodhouse’s attention. ' He

played an amused eavesdropper, all

the more interested because they were

Americans, and since a certain day on

the Calais-Paris express, a week or so

gone, he’d had reason to be interested

in all Americans.

_ “I’m surprised at you, Henry, de-

fending such an exhibition as this,” the

matron’s high complaint went on,

“when you were mighty shocked at

the bare feet of those innocent Greek

dancers the Ladies’ Aid brought to give

an exhibition on Mrs. Peck’s lawn.”

“Well, mother, that was different,”

the genial little chap answered. “Ke-

, wanee’s a good little town, and should

stay p.0per. Berlin, from what I can

see, is a pretty big town—and don’t

care.” He pulled a heavy watch from

rhiS"‘Waistcoat pocket and consulted it.

“Land’s sakes, mother; seven o’clock

'back home, and the hell’s just ringing

for Wednesday—night prayer meeting!





‘ .Maybe since it’s prayer-meeting night





' we might be passing our time better

than looking at this—ah—exhibition.”

There was a scraping of chairs, and

then:

, “Henry, I tell you he does look like

[Albert Downs—the living image!”

This from the woman, soto voce.

“Sh! mother! What would Albert

__Downs be doing in Berlin ?” The daugh-

K or was reproving.

“Well, Kitty, they say curiosity once

led a cat; but I’m going to have a

better look. I’d swear—

,2;Woodhouse was slightly startled

_._saw the woman from America





 





2. bserving Christmas-m-





By EARL W. GAGE





contributes not a. mite more than

the humblest recruit in the ranks; also

the recruit that begrudges a donation

finds himself mighty unpopular with

his comrades in short order. But that

seldom occurs, almost never. Contrar-

ily, liberality, measured by, the two-

bit’s worth, bubbles like a hot spring

when the call comes from the colonel’s

wife'to marshal under Santa’s flag.





An experienced trustworthy business

person, usually the post exchange stew-

ard, owing to his familiarity with mar-

kets, is delegated to visit Santa’s head-

quarters at the nearest “branch ofilce”

to place orders for good things for the

youngsters, and for every mother’s son

of Uncle Sam’s sturdy armed guardi-

ans. Incidentally, the delegates leave

a map with detailed instructions, so





 





All Ready for the Xmas Tree.





 





 





 





 





 





 





"Inside the Lines





By EARL DERR BIGGERS 8;





ROBERT WELLES RITCHIE





Copyright by The Boobs-Merrill Co.





 





 





Second Installment of Our War Serial

Synopsis of First Chapters on Page Two





utilize the clumsy subterfuge of a drop-

ped handkerchief to step into a posi-

tion whence she could look at his face

squarely. Also he was annoyed. He

did not care to be stared at under any

circumstances, particularly at this

time. The alert and curious lady saw

his flush of annoyance, flushed herself,

and joined her husband and daughter.



“Well, if I didn’t know Albert Downs

had a livery business which he couldn’t

well leave,” floated back the hoarse

whisper, “I’d say that was him sitting

right there in that chair.”



“Come, mother, bedtime and after——

in Berlin,” was the old gentleman’s ad-

monition. Woodhouse heard their re-

treating footsteps, and laughed in spite

of his temporary chagrin at the Amer-

ican woman’s curiosity. He was just

reaching for his watch a second time

when a quick step sounded on the grav—

el behind him. He turned. A woman

of ripe beauty had her hand outstretch-

ed in welcome. She was the one Billy

Capper had called Louisa.

Woodhouse'rose and grasped her hand

warmly.



“Ah! So good of you!

pecting—”



“Yes, I’m late. ‘I could not come

earlier.” Salutation and answer were

in German, fluently spoken on the part

of each. ‘



“You will not be followed?” Wood-

house asked, assisting her to sit. She

laughed shortly.



“Hardly, when a bottle of champagne

is my rival. The man will be well en-

tertained—too well.”





I’ve been ex-





“I have been thinking,” Woodhouse,





continued gravely, “that a place hardly

as public as this would have been bet-

ter for our meeting. , Perhaps—"

“You fear the English agents? 'Pah!

They have ears for‘ keyholes only;





they do not expect to use them in a"





place where there is light arid plenty





Captain





of people. You know their clumsiness.”

Woodhouse nodded. His eyes traveled

slowly over the bold beauty of the

woman’s face.



“The man Capper will do for the

stalking horse—a willing nag,” went

on the woman in a half whisper across

the table. “You know the ways of the

Wilhelmstrasse. Capper is what we

call ‘the target.’ The English suspect

him. They will catch him; you get his

number and do the work in safety. We

have one man to draw their fire, an-

other to accomplish the deed. We’ll

let the English bag him at Malta—a

word placed in the right direction will

fix that—and you’ll go on to Alexandria

to do the real work.”



“Good, good!” Woodhouse agreed.



“The Wilhelmstrasse will give him

a number, and send him on this mis-

sion on my recommendation; I had

that assurance before ever I met the

fellow tonight. They—the big people

--know little Capper’s reputation, and,

as a matter of fact, I think they are

convinced he’s a little less dangerous

working for the Wilhelmstrasse than

against it. At Malta the arrest—the

firing squad at dawn—and the English

are convinced they’ve nipped some-

thing big in the bud, whereas they’ve

only put out of the way a dangerous

little weasel who’s ready to bite any

hand that feeds him.”



Woodhouse’s level glance never left

the eyes of the woman called Louisa;

it was alert, appraising.



“But if there should be some slip-up

at Malta,” he interjected. “If somehow

this ‘Capper should get through to Al-

exandria, wouldn’t that make it some-

what embarrassing for me?”





“'Not at all, my dear Woodhouse,“





she caught him up, with a little pat on

his hand. “His instructions. will be only

to report to Soand-so at Alexandria:

he will not have the slightest notion--





that Santa can’t possibly get lost when

he reaches the army post.





The colonel, the majorfthe captain,’





and the lieutenant must follow Private





vJones, Corporal Smith, and Sergeant





Sawyer to the tree laden with gener-

ous gifts when Santa shouts for them

to come. There’s something there for

each one. Strangers who happen in

unexpectedly to see Santa are like‘





_ wise not disappointed. Santa keeps a;





lot of gifts in reserve so that those who.

are present and who happen to be

omitted from his list of guests may be

remembered.





To see the high ranking officers and

their families, and the big stalwart sol«

diers go filing up when their names

are called pleases the army children

immensely. It adds a touch of reality

to old Santa’s presence that can’t be

given in any other manner. The little

autocrats of the front seats shout

with mirth and clap their hands, if they

are not too heavily laden, when the

colonel and the corporal find a jump-

ing jack and a 'darky doll in their

Christmas pokes, along with candy and

fruit and a card of greeting, and per

haps other things.





The Christmas dinner, of the army

post is one to be envied by many who

visit the metropolitan hotels on this

international holiday, for the tables of

the dining hall are loaded to creaking

with good things, such as Uncle Sam’s

fighting men desire.





what work he is to do there. You can

slip in unsuspected by the English, and

the trick will be turned.”



For a minute Woodhouse sat watch-

ing the cavortings of a dancer on the

stage. Finally he put a question judi-

ciously:



“The whole scheme, then, is—-”



“This,” she answered quickly. “Cap-

tain Woodhouse-the real Woodhouse,

you know—is to be transferred from

his present post at Wady Haifa, on the

Nile, to Gibraltar—transfer is to be an-

nounced in the regular way within a

week. As a member of the signal ser-

vice he will have access to the signal

tower on the Rock when he takes his

new post, and that, as you know, will

be very important.”



“Very important!” Woodhouse ech-

oed dryly.



“This Woodhouse arrives in Alexan-

dria to await the steamer from Suez to

Gib. He has no friends there—that

much we know. Three men of the Wil-

helmstrasse are waiting there, Whose

business it is to see that the real

Woodhouse does not take the boat for

Gib. They expect a man from Berlin

to come to them, bearing a number

from the Wilhelmstrasse—the man

who is to impersonate Woodhouse and

as such take his place in the garrison

on the Rock. There are two others of

the Wilhelmstrasse at Gibraltar al-

ready; they, too, are eagerly awaiting

the arrival of ‘Woodhouse’ from Alex

andria. Capper, with a number, will

start from Berlin for Alexandria. Cap—

per will never arrive in Alexandria.

You will.” ' '





“With a number—the number ex,





pected?” the man asked.



“If you are clever en route—yes,”

she answered, with a smile. “Wine,

remember, is Billy Capper’s best friend

——and worst enemy.” '



“Then I will hear from you as to the

time and route of departure for Alex

andria?”



“To the very hour, yes.

dear friend—”



Interruption came suddenly from the

stage. ' The - manager,_ in shirt-sleeves

and with hair wildly rumpled over his

eyes, came prancing out from the

wings.





And, now,





(Conflnued on page 090),.





He held up a pudgy hand to ‘

check the orchestra. .Hundreds about; ~ ’
By JAMES





The Grlzzly King





OLIVER CURWOOD





 





Copyright byLPoget Newspaper Service





 





 





CHAPTER III. *

F all the living creatures in this

0 sleeping valley, Thor was the

busiest. He was a bear with in-

dividuality, you might say. Like some

people, he went to bed very early, he

began to get sleepy in October, and

turned in for his long nap in Novem-

ber. He slept until April, and usually

was a week or ten days behind. other

bears in waking. He was a sound

sleeper, and when awake he was very

wide awake. During April and May he

permitted himself to doze considerably

in the warmth of sunny reeks, but from

the beginning of June until the middle

of September he closed his eyes in real

sleep just about four hours out of ev-

ery twelve.



He was very busy as Langdon began

his cautious climb up the gully. He

had succeeded in getting his gopher, a

fat, aldermanic old patriarch who had

disappeared in one crunch and a gulp,

and he was now absorbed in finishing

off his day’s feast with an occasional

fat, white grub and a few sour ants

captured from under stones which he

turned over with his paw.



In his search after these delicacies

Thor used his right paw in turning

over therocks. Ninety-nine out of ev-

ery hundred bears—probably a hu-n-

dred and ninety-nine out of every two

hundred—are left-handed; Thor was

right-haned. This gave 'him an advan-

tage in fighting, in fishing, and in stalk-

ing meat, for a grizzly’s right arm is

longervthan his left—so much longer

that if he lost his sixth sense of orien-

tation he would be constantly traveling

in a circle.



In his quest Thor was headed for the

gully. His huge head hung close to the

ground. At short distances his vision

was microscopic in its keenness; his

olfactory nerves were so sensitive that

he _could catch one of the big rock-

ants With his eyes shut.



He would choose the flat rocks most-

1y. His huge right paw, with its long

claws, was as clever as a human hand.

The stone lifted, a sniff or two, a lick

of his hot, flat tongue, and he ambled

on to the next.



rHe took this work with tremendous

seriousness, much like an elephant

hunting for peanuts hidden in a bale of

hay. He saw no humor in the opera-





' tion. As a matter of fact, nature had





not intended there should be any hu-

mor about it. Thor’s time was more

or less valueless, and during the courSe

of a summer he absorbed in his system

a good many hundred thousand sour

ants, sweetgrubs, and juicy insects of

various kinds, not to mention a host of

gophers and still tinier rock-rabbits.

These small things all added to the

huge rolls of fat which it was neces-

sary for him to store up for that “ab-

sorptive consumption” which kept him

alive during his long winter sleep. This

was why nature had made his little

greenish-brown eyes twin microscopes,

infallible at distances of a few feet,

and almost worthless at a thousand

yards.



As he was about to turn over a fresh

stone Thor paused in his operations.

For a full minute he stood nearly mos

tionless. Then his .head swung slowly,

his nose close to the ground. Very

faintly he had caught an exceedingly

pleasing odOr. ' It was so faint that he

was afraid of losing it if he moved. So

he 13th until he was sure of himself,

then .he- swung his huge shoulders

armed and descended two yards down





the slaps”, swinging his head slowly

.from right to left, and snifling’. The

scent grew , stronger. Another two





yards down the slope he found it very

strong under a rock. It was a big rock

and weighed probably two hundred

pounds. Thor dragged it aside with his

one right hand as if it were not more

than a pebble. .



Instantly there was a'wild and pro-

testing chatter, and a tiny striped rock-

rabbit, very much like a chipmunk,

darted away just as Thor’s left hand

came down with a smash that would

have broken the neck of a caribou.



It was not the scent of the rock-rab-

bit, but the savour of what the rock-





rabbit had stored under the stone that





had attracted Thor. And this booty

still. remained—a half-pint of ground-

nuts piled carefully in a little hollow

lines with moss. They were not really

nuts. They were more, like diminu-

tive potatoes, about the size of cher-

ries, and very much like potatoes in

appearance. They were starchy and

sweet, and fattening. Thor enjoyed

them immensely, rumbling in that cur-

ious satisfied way deep down in his

chest as he feasted. And then he re-

sumed his quest.



He did not hear Langdon as the

hunter came nearer and nearer up the

broken gully. He did not smell him,

for the wind was fatally Wrong. He

had forgotten the noxious man-smell

that had disturbed and irritated him

an hour before. He was_ quite happy;

he was good-humored; he was fat and

sleek. An irritable, cross-grained, and

quarrelsome bear is always thin. The

true hunter knows him as soon as he

sets eyes on him. He is like the rogue

elephant.



Thor continued his food seeking, edg-

ing stil closer to the gully. He was

within a hundred and fifty yards of it

when a sound suddenly brought him

alert. Langdon, in his effort to creep

up the steep side of the gully for a

shot, 'had accidentally loosened a rock

It went crashing down the ravine,

starting other stones that followed in

a noisy clatter. At the foot Of the cou-

lee, six hundred yards down, Bruce

swore softly under his breath. He saw

Thor sit up. At that distance he was

going to shoot if the bear made for the

break.



For thirty seconds Thor sat on his

haunches. Then he started for the ra-

vine, ambling slowly and deliberately.

Langdon, panting and inwardly cursing

at his ill luck, struggled to make the

last ten feet to the edge of the slope.

He heard Bruce yell, but he could not

make out the warning. Hands and feet

he dug fiercely into shale and rock as

he fought to make those last three or

four yards as quickly as possible.



He was almost to the top when he

paused for a moment and turned his

eyes upward. His heart went into his

throat, and ’he started. For ten sec-

onds he could not move. Directly over

him was a monster head and a huge

hulk of shoulder. Thor was looking

down on him, his jaws agape, his fing-

erlong fangs snarling, his eyes burning

with a greenish-red fire. ~



In that moment Thor saw his first of

man. His great lungs were filled with

the hot smell of him, and suddenly he

turned away from that smell as if from

a plague. With his rifle half under

him Langdon had no opportunity to

shoot. Wildly lie ‘clambered up the re-

maining few feet. The shale and stones

slipped and slid under him. It was a

matter of sixty seconds before he pull-

ed himself over the tap.



Thor was a hundred yards away,





speeding in a rolling, ball-like motion ‘





toward. the break; From the foot of

the couIee came the sharp crack of

Otto’s rifle. Langdon squatted quickly,





V ' raising his left knee for a rest, and. at:





 





 

 





 





a hundred and fifty yards began firing.

‘ Sometimes it happens that an hour——

a minute—changes the destiny of man;

and the ten seconds which followed

swiftly after that first shot from the

foot of the coulee changed Thor. He





1. had got his fill of the man-smell. He





had seen man. And now he felt him.



It was as if one of the lightning flash-

es he had often seen splitting the dark

skies had descended upon him and had

entered his flesh like a red-hot knife;

and with that first burning agony of

pain came the strange, echoing roar of

the rifles. He had turned up the slope

when the bullet struck him inthe fore-

shoulder, mushrooming its deadly soft

point against his tough hide, and tear-

ing a hole through his fiesh———but with-

out touching the bone. He was two

hundred yards from the ravine when it

hit; he was nearer three hundred when

the stinging fire seared him again, this

time in his flank.



Another shot had staggered his huge

bulk, twenty such shots would not have

killed him. But the second stopped

him, and he turned with a roar of rage

that was like the bellowing of a mad

bull—a snarlrng, thunderous cry of

wrath that could have been heard a

quarter of a mile down the valley.



Bruce heard it as he fired his sixth

unavailing shot at seven hundred

yards. Langdon was reloading. For

fifteen seconds Thor offered himself

openly, roaring his definance, challeng-

ing the enemy he could no longer see;

and then at Langdon’s seventh shot, a

whiplash of fire raked his back, and in





strange dread of this lightning which





he could not fight, Thor continued up

over the break. He heard other rifle

shots, which were like a new kind of

thunder. But he was not hit again.

Painfully he began the descent into the

next valley.



Thor knew that he was hurt, but he

could not comprehend that hurt. Once

in the descent he paused for a few mo-

ments, and a little pool of blood drip-

ped upon the ground under his foreleg.

He sniffed at it suspiciously and won

deringly. '



He swung eastward, and a little later

he caught a fresh taint of the man-

smell in \the air. The wind was bring-

ing it to him now, and in spite of the

fact that he wanted to lie down and

nurse his wound he ambled on a little

faster, for he had learned one thing

that he would never forget: the man

smell and his hurt had come together.



He reached the bottoms, and buried

himself in the thick timber; and then,

crossing this timber, he came to a

creek. Perhaps a hundred times he had

traveled up and down this creek. It

was the main trail that led from one-

half of this range to the other.



Instinctively he always took this

trail when he was hurt or when he was

sick, and also when he was ready to

den up for the winter. There was one

chief reason for this: he was born in

the almost impenetrable fastnesses at

the head of the creek, and his ’cubhood

had been spent amid its brambles of

wild curants and soap berries and its

rich red ground carpets of kinnikinic.

It was home. In it he was alone. It

was the one part of his domain that he

held inviolate from all other bears. He

tolerated other bears-blacks and griz-

zlies—on the wider and sunnier slopes

of his range just so long as they moved

on when he approached. They might

seek food there, and nap in the sun-

pools, and live in quiet and peace if.

they did not defy his suzerainty.



Thor did not drive other bears from

his range, except when it was neces-

sary to demonstrate again that he was

High Mogul. This happened occasion-

ally, and there was a fight. And always

after a fight Thor came into this valley

and went up the creek to cure his

wounds.



He made his way more slowly than

usual today. There was a terrible pain

in his fore-shoulder. Now and then it

hurt him so that his leg doubled up,

and, he stumbledu Several times» he





 





waded shOulder-deep into pools and I





the cold water run over his wounds.





' Gradually they stopped bleeding. But





the pain grew worse.

Thor’s best friend in such an emer-N‘

gency was a clay wallow. This was the ‘~





   





second reason why he always took this





trail when he was sick or hurt. It led

to the clay wallow. And the clay wal-

low was his doctor. ‘



The sun was setting before he reach-_





ed the wallow. His jaws hung open a , ‘





little. His great head drooped lower.

He had lost a great deal of blood. He

was tired, and his shoulder hurt him so

badly that he wanted to tear with his

teeth at the strange fire that was con-

suming it.



The clay wallow was twentyor thir-

ty feet in diameter, and hollowed into

a little shallow pool in the center. It

was a soft, cool, golden-colored clay,

and Thor waded into it to his armpits.

Then he rolled over gently on his

wounded side. The clay touched his .

hurt like a cooling salve. It sealed the

cut, and Thor gave a great heaving

gasp of relief. For a long time he lay

in that soft bed of clay. The sun went





‘down, darkness came, and the wonder-





ful stars filled the sky. And still Thor

lay there, nursing that first hurt of

man.





 





CHAPTER IV.

T the edge of the balsam and

spruce Langdon and Otto smoked

their pipes after supper, with the

glowing embers of a fire at their feet.

The night air in these higher altitudes

of the mountains had grown chilly, and

Bruce rose long enough to throw a

fresh armful of dry spruce on the

coals. Then he stretched out his long

form again, with his head and shoul-

ders bolstered comfortably against the

butt of a tree, and for the fiftieth time

he chuckled. '



“Chuckle an’ be blasted,” growled

Langdon. “1 tell you I hit him twice,

Bruce—twice anyway; and I was at a

devilish disadvantage.



“’Specially when ’e was lookin’

down an’ grinnin’ in your face,” re.

torted Bruce, who had enjoyed hugely

his comrade’s ill luck. “Jimmy, at

that distance you should a’most killed

’im with a rock.”



“My gun was under me,” explained

Langdon for the twentieth time.



“W’ich ain’t just the proper place

for a gun to be when yo’r hunting a.

grizzly,” reminded Bruce.



“The gully was confoundedly steep.

I had to dig in with both feet and my

fingers. If it had been any steeper I

would have used my teeth.”



Langdon sat up, knocked the ash out

of the-bowl of his pipe, and reloaded

it with fresh tobacco. ,



“Bruce, that’s the biggest grizzly in

the Rocky Mountains!”



“He’d ’a’made a fine rug in your den,

Jimmy—if yo’r gun hadn’t ’appened 'to

’ave been under you.”



“And I’m going to have him in my

den before I finish,” declared Langdon.

“I’ve made up my mind to get that

grizzly if it takes all summer. I’d

rather have him than any other ten

bears in the Firepan Range. He was a

nine-footer if an inch. His‘ head was

as big as a bushel basket, and the hair

on his shoulders was four inches long.

I don’t know that I’m sorry I didn’t

kill him. He’s hit, and he’ll surely

fight shy. There’ll be a lot of fun in

getting him.”



“There will that,” agreed Bruce,

“ ’specially if you meet ’im again dur-

ing the next week or so, while he’s

still sore from the bullets. Better not '

have the gun under you then, Jimmy.”-



“What do you say to making this a.

permanent camp?”



“Couldn’t do better. Plenty of fresh

meat, good grazing, and fine water.’

After a moment he added. “He was:

hit pretty hard. He was bleedin’ bad

at the summit.” ‘



In the firelight Langdon began clean

ing his rifle.



(Continued next week1
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‘ in weasel pelts in a few days.

The second method is to halt a trap

and place some weasel attractor, or

. scent, near by; this will attract them

later quite a distance. For my own part,

' I make bait pens and .place scent in

trees or stakes ten or twelve feet high

near the pens.



As to traps, there are three kinds

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(Continued from page 598).

the tables rose in a gust of excitement,





of questioning wonder.



“Herren!” The stage manager’s bel-

low caried to the farthest arches of

the Winter Garden. “News just pub-

lished by the general staff: Russia has

mobilized five divisions on the frontier

01: East Prussia and Galicia!”



Not a sound save the sharp catching

of breath over all the acre of 'tables.

Then the stage manager nodded to the

orchestra leader, and in a fury the

brass mouths began to bray. Men

climbed on table tops, women stood on

chairs, and all—all sang in tremendous

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“Deutschland, Deutschland, ueber a1-

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CHAPTEL 111.

Billy Capper at Play.



HE night of July twenty-sixth.

The scene is the table-cluttered

sidewalk before the Cafe Pytho-

as, where the Cours St. Louis flings its

night tide of idlers into the broader

stream of the Cannebiere, Marseilles’

Broadway, the white street of the great

Provencal port. Here at the crossing

of these two streets summer nights are

incidents to stick in the traveler’s

mind long after he sees the gray walls

of the Chateau d’lf fade below the

. steamer’s rail. The flower girls in their

little pulpits pressing dewy violets and

fragrant clusters of rosebuds upon the

~ strollers with persuasive eloquence;

the mystical eyes of hooded Moors who

see everything as they pass, yet seem

to see so little; jostling Greeks, Le-

vantines, burnoosed Jews from Algiers

and red-trousered Senegalese—will the

color from the hot lands of the Medi-



‘ terranean is there.



But on the night of July twenty-sixth

the old spirit of indolence, of pleasure

seeking, flirtation, intriguing, which

was wont to make this heart of arc-

light life in Marseilles pulse languor-

ously, was gone. Instead, an electric

tenseness was abroad, pervading, in-

About each sidewalk table

heads were clustered close in confer-

ence, and eloquent hands aided explo-

sive argument. Around the news kiosk

' at the Cafe Pytheas corner a constant

stream eddied. Men snatched papers

from the pile, spread them before their

laces, and blundered into their fellow





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ter extras above their heads—~"L'Alle-

La guerre vient!” Up

from the Quai marched a dozen sailors

from a torpedo. boat, arms linked so

that they almost spanned the Canne-

biere.

pushed back at cocky angles on their

black heads, and as they marched they

shouted in time: . “A Berlin! Hou—

hou!” ’



The black shadow of war—the first

hallucinations of the great madness—-

gripped Marseilles.



For Captain Woodhouse, just in from

Berlin that evening, all this swirling

excitement had but an incidental in-

terest. He sat alone by one of the lit-

tle iron tables before the Cafe Pytheas,

sipping his Doe, and from time to time

his eyes carelessly followed the eddy-

ing of the swarm about the news kiosk.

Always his attention would come back,

however, to center on the thin shoul-

ders of a man sitting fifteen or twenty

feet away with a wine cooler by his

side. He could not see the face of the

wine drinker; he did not want to. All

he cared to do was to keep those thin

shoulders always in sight. Each time

the solicitous waiter renewed the bot-

tle in the wine cooler, Captain Wood-

house nodded grimly,

might when he recognized the symp

toms of advancing fever in, a patient.





So for two days, from Berlin across

to Paris, and now on this third day

here in the Mediterranean port, Wood-

house had kept ever in sight of those

thin shoulders and that trembling hand

beyond the constantly crooking elbow.

Not a pleasant task; he had come to

loathe and abominate the very wrink-

les in the back of that shiny coat. But

a very necessary duty it was for Cap-

tain Woodhouse to shadow Mr. Billy

Capper until—the right moment should

arrive. They had come down on the

same express together from Paris.

Woodhouse had observed Capper when

he checked his baggage, a single shod-

dy hand-bag, for La Vendee the French

line ship sailing with the dawn next

morning for Alexandria and Port Said

via Malta. Capper had squared his ac-

count at'the Hotel Allees de Meilhan,

for the most part a bill for absinth

frappes, after dinner that night, and

was now enjoying the night life of

Marseilles in anticipation, evidently, of

carrying direct to the steamer with

him as his farewell from France allof





the bottled laughter of her peasant.





girls he could accommodate.



The harsh memories of how he had

been forced to drink the bitter lees of

poverty during the lean months rode

Billy Capper hard, and this night he

wanted to fill all the starved chambers

of his soul with the robust music of

the grape. So he drank with a purpose

and purposefully. That he drank alone

Was a matter of choice with Capper;

he could have had a pair of dark eyes

to glint over a goblet into his had he

wished—indeed, opportunities almost

amounted to embarrassment. But to

all advances from the fair, Billy Cap

per returned merely an impolite leer.

He knew from beforetime that he was

his one best companion when the wine

began to warm him. So he squared

himself to his pleasure with an aban-

doned rakishness expressed in the set

of his thin shoulders and the forward

droop of his head.



Woodhouse, who watched, noted only

one peculiarity in Capper’s (conduct:

The drinker nursed his stick, a plain,

crook-handled malacca, with a tender-

ness almost maternal. It never left

his hands. Once when Capper dropped

it and the waiter made to prop the

stick against a near-by chair, the little

spy leaped to his feet and snatched

the cane away with a growl. Thereaf-

ter he propped his chin on the-handle,

only removing this guard when he had





'to tip his head back for another draft





of champagne.



.Eleven o’clock came. Capper rose

from the table and looked owiishly

about him. Woodhouse quickly turned





waving glimpses”





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ed back again Capper was slowly and

a little unsteadily making his Way

around the corner into the Cannebiere.

Woodhouse followed, sauntering. Cap-

per began. a dilatory exploration of the

various cafes along, the white street;

his general course was toward the

city’s slums about the Quai. Wood-

house, dawdling about tree boxes and

dodging into shadows by black door-

ways, found his'quarry easy to trail.

And he knew that each of Capper’s so-

‘journs in an oasis put-a period to the

length of the pursuit. The time for

him to act drew appreciably nearer

with every tipping of that restless

elbow. .



Midnight found them down in the

reek and welter of the dives and sail-

ors’ frolic grounds. Now the trailer

found his task more difficult, inasmuch

as not only his quarry but he himself

was marked by the wolves. Dances in

smoke-Wreathed rooms slackened when

Capper lurched in, found a seat and cr-

dered a drink. Women with cheeks

carmined like poppies wanted to make

predatory love to him; dock rats drew

aside and consulted in whispers. When

Capper retreated from an evil dive on

the very edge of the Quai, Woodhouse

waiting by the doors, saw that he was

not the only shadower. Close against

the dead walls flanking the narrow

pavement a slinking figure twisted and

writhed after the drunkard, / now

spread-eagling all over the street.





Woodhouse quickened his pace on

the opposite sidewalk. The ‘street was

one lined with warehouses, their close-

ly shuttered windows the only eyes.

Capper dropped his stick, laboriously

halted, and started to go back for it.

That instant the shadow against the

walls detached itself and darted for

the victim. Woodhouse leaped to the

cobbles and gained Capper's side just

as he dropped like a sack of rags un-

der a blow from the dock rat’s fist.



“Son of a pig! This is my meat;

you clear out!” The humped black

beetle of a man straddling the sprawl-

ing Capper whipped a knife from his

girdle and faced Woodhouse. Quicker

than light the captain’s right arm shot

out; a thud as of a maul on an empty

wine butt, and the Apache turned a

half somersault, striking the cobbles

with the back of his head. Woodhouse

stooped, lifted the limp Capper from

the street stones, and staggered with

him to the lighted avenue of the Can-

nebiere, a block- away. He hailed a

late-cruising fiacre, propped Capper in

the seat, and took his place beside him.



"To La Vendee, Quai de la Frater-

nite!” Woodhouse ordered.



The driver, wise in the ways of the

city, asked no questions, but clucked

to his crow bait. Woodhouse turned

to make a quick examination of the

unconscious man by his side. He fear-

ed a stab wound; he found nothing





but a nasty cut on the head, made by-





brass knuckles. With, the wine help-

ing, any sort of a blow would have put

Capper out, he reflected.



Woodhouse turned his back on the

bundle of clothes and reached for the

malacca stick. Even ,in his coma its

owner grasped it tenaciously at mid-

length. Without trying to disengage

the clasp, Woodhouse gripped the

wood near the crock of the handle with

his left hand while with his right he

applied torsion above. The crook turn-

ed on hidden threads and came'off in

his hand. An exploring forefinger in

the exposed- hollow end of the cane

encountered a rolled wisp of paper.

Woodhouse pocketed this, substituted

in its place a thin clean sheet torn

frbm a card-case memorandum, then

screwed the crook on the stick down

on the secret receptacle. By the light

of a match he assured himself the pa-

per he had taken from the cane Was

what he wanted.



“Larceny from the person—guilty, ”

he murmured, with a wry smileof dis-

taste. .“But assault~unpremeditated.”





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light of a black nun, spotted with

round eyes of lights, The.driver,.scent-'

ing a tip, helped ,.Woodhouse lift Cap<

per to the. ground and prop him against

a bulkhead. A bos’n, summoned from

La Vendee by the cabby’s Shall whis-

tle, heard _ Woodhouse’s explanation

with sympathy.



“Occasionally, yes, m’sieu, the pas,-

sengérdfrom Marseilles'have these re-

grets at parting,” he gravely comment

ed, aCcepting the ticket Woodhouse

had rummaged from the unconscious

man’s wallet and a crinkled note from

Woodhouse’s. ‘Up the gangplank, feet

first, went the new agent of the Wil-

helmstrasse. The one who called him-

self “captain in his majesty's signal

service” returned to his hotel.





At dawn, La V’endee cleared the bar

bor for Alexandria via Malta, bearing

a very sick Billy Capper to his destiny.

Five hours later the Castle liner, Castle

Claire, for the Cape via Alexandria

and Suez direct, sailed out of the Old

Port, among her passengers a Captain

Woodhouse.





 





CHAPTER IV.

32 Queen’s Terrace. ~



ANY a long starlit hour alone



on the deck of the Castle Claire



Captain Woodhouse found him~

self tortured by a persistent vision. Far

back over the northern horizon lay

Europe, trembling and breathless be—

fore the imminent disaster—a great

field of grain, each stalk bearing for its

head the helmeted head of a man. .Out

of the east came a glow, which spread

from boundary to boundary, waxed

stronger in the wind of hate. Finally

the fire, devastating, insensate, began

its sweep through the closestanding

mazes of the grain. Somewhere in

this fire-glow and swift leveling under

the scythe of the flame‘was a girl,

alone, appalled. Woodhouse could see

her as plainly as though a cinema was

unreeling swift pictures before him—-

the girl caught in this vast acreage of

fire, in the standing grain with destruc-





tion drawing nearer in incredible

strides. He saw her wide eyes, her

streaming hair—saw her running





through the grain, whose heads were

the helmeted heads of men. Her hands

groped blindly and she was calling——

calling, with none to come in aid. Jane

Gerson alone in the face of Europe’s

burning!



Strive as he would, Woodhouse

could not screen this picture from his

eyes. He tried to hope that ere this,

discretion had conquered her resolu-

tion to “make good,” and that she had





fled from Paris, one of the great army.





of refugees who had already begun to

pour out of the gates of France when

he passed through the war- -stunned cap-

ital a few days before. But, no; there

was no mistaking the determination he

had read in those brown eyes that day

on the express from Calais. “I couldn’t

go scampering back to New York just

because somebody starts a war over

here.” Brave, yes; but hers was the

bravery of ignorance. This little per-

son from the states, on her first ven-

ture into the complex life of the Con-





tinent, could not know what war there '





would mean; the terror and magnitude

of it. And now where was she? In

Paris, caught in its hysteria of patriot-

ism and darkling fear of what the mor-

row would bring forth? Or. had she

started {Or England, and become wedg-

ed in the jam of terrified thousands

battling for place on the Channel

steamers? Was her fine self-reliance

upholding her, or had the crisis sapped

her- courage and thrown her back on

the common helplessness of women be-

fore disaster?



Captain Woodhouse, the selfishn-

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been all. toward suppression of every





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would not be argued out of court. Jane

Gerson was a girl who was different,

and that very difference was altogeth-

er alluring. Woodhouse caught himself

going over the incidents of their meet-

'ing- Fondly he reviewed scraps of

their conversation on the train, linger-

ing on the pat slang she used so un-

consciously.



Was it possible Jane Gerson ever

had a thought for Captain Woodhouse?

The man winced a little at this specu-

llation. Had it been fair of him when

he so glibly practiced a deception on

her? If she knew what his present

business was, would she understand?

would she approve? Could this little

American ever know, or believe, that

some sorts of service were honorable?



'Just before the Castle Claire raised

the breakwater of Alexandria came a





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“Germany declares war on Russia



German flying column reported moving



through Luxemburg on Belgium.”





The fire was set to the grain.

Upon landing, Captain Woodhouse’s

first business was to go to a hotel on

'the Grand Square, which is the favor

ite stopping place of emcers coming

down from the Nile country. He fought

his way through the predatory hordes

of yelling donkey boys and obsequious

dragomans at the door, and entered the

palm-shaded court, which served as

office and lounge. Woodhonse paused

for a second behind a screen of palm

leaves and cast a quick eye around the

court. None of the loungcrs there was

known to him. He strode to the desk.

“Ah, sir, a room with bath, overlook-





very cool.” The Greek clerk behind

the desk smiled a welcome.



“Perhaps,” Woodhouse answered

shortly, and he turned the register

around to read the names of the recent

comers. On the first page he found

nothing to interest him; but among the

arrivals of the day before he saw this

entry: “C. G. Woodhouse, Capt. Sig.

Service; Wady Haifa.”

entered the room number: “210.”



Woodhouse read right over the name

and turned another page a bit impa-





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trial again. That was six weeks ago need to be multiplied for a large



T was a very young mother who night’s sleep doesn’t prove anything and to date he has not had” a bad family

I told me yesterday that her child to me.” lapse-I A casual allusion to the L W Parsnip Fritters --In the early morn-

was just at the hardest age. She “I’ll change. I’ll tidy my room and W- at any indication of an upheaval ing make a fritter batter, as follows,



is just learning to walk and is into ev- eat slowly and get home at 3:45, and” has brought on a spell 0f meekness and set away until noon: Sift one cup

erything. I have no doubt every —he spied the table with one vacant and sobriety. ~- . of flour, two tablespoons of sugar and

mother of a real, live child of any giv— chair. “Don’t I get any breakfast, Meantime, other problems have one-ha]f teaspoon of salt. Add two

on age, would claim loudly that her either?” he wailed. cropped out, and I suppose Will keep beaten egg yolks, grated rind of one

oflspring was at the very hardest age, ”Yes, if you get it for yourself.” cropping. That’s why every age is the lemon, and one. .half cup of milk Beat

for at any age the child presents prob- “O, I can do that.” And he did. For hardest age with most of us mothers. and then fold in beaten egg whites At

lems that turn one’s hair gray; unless one week he got all his meals and sew- DEBORAH. noon dip pieces of cold cooked parsnip





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





that dies young, or the mother is one er. cold vegetables ma be used car-

whose way is always right. , Military Efficiency vs. School Sanitation mtg, 061e,, vegetableiystem, ,; m,



I am positive that no age could be By M ARY. M ALLEN nips. If you prefer, you may make

harder to manage than that at which ‘ » the fritters by simply mashing the veg-





one of my boys has now arrived, the The recent conscription of young Society in connection with the anti-tu-

age when he is too old to spank and men for military service brought out berculosis campaign show a high death

too young not to need it occasionally. many interesting facts. After the ac- rate in rural districts and among rural

Just what to do with a boy who is al- cepted ones were transferred to the teachers from consumption. Formerly

cantonments, and the first heartache the city boy and girl were regarded as Economy SOUR—Run four small on-

old enough to have arrived entirely at was over, we began to think of the re- puny, weak and white-blooded, but now ions or one. large one through thefood

self-government, I’ll admit is beyond jected ones. While the exact propor- they are more vigorous than their coun- chopper With the leaves from two

me at times. It wouldn’t be quite so tion of rejected conscriptionists is not try cousin. The chief reason for this stalks 0f celery first washing IeaVes

hard if this particular boy didn’t have yet known, the number was large. is the poorly ventilated, poorly lighted, carefully and lnspectmg for \lnsects and

quite so much masculine contempt for Among the causes were defective eye- unsanitary country school house. Built spmled portions. Add one level tea-





enough flour to-form into small cakes.

Then fry in deep fat as doughnuts.





most as big as you are, and yet not





share allotted to man. And while he bronchial troubles, digestive disorders, average school house is rectangular in water. Simmer for three-quarters of

is fond of his mother in a very toler- and flat feet. We now know that rais- shape, three or four small windows on 3.11 hour, keeping the same amountof

ant, superior, patronizing sort of way, ing an army of a million ablebodied the side, a door in one end, a teacher’s hqmd fill the time. At the end of forty-

it is really more than he can do to men is not a .matter of three months desk or table in the opposite end and five minutestscald one quart 0f sklm-

render unqualified obedience to a but of twenty-five years. a round stove in the center. The win- mllk: t0 Whmh has been added five

mother who only weighs ninety-five We remembered John used to be dows are loose, not hung on pulleys; 001d boiled potatoes mashed, 01' put

pounds when lots of the “fellers” subject to colds, especially during the frequently in damp weather it is im- through rlcern When milk has scalded

younger than he is don’t have to mind winter months, but we supposed he possible to raise them at'all. No pro- pour the 0111011 and celery llquor

a mother that weighs one hundred had outgrown the effects of them. We vision is made for lowering at the top. through a puree stralner and combine

and fifty. Every once in a while he remembered a little, earnest-faced Twenty or thirty minutes after the the two mixtures.

makes a dash for liberty. country teacher once called our atten- morning session begins the children Barley Scones. ——.Sift together one

The last time he was told to be tion to the fact that Willie had defec- and the stove have exhausted the oxy— cup of whole wheat flour, one cup of

home from school at four o’clock, tive eyes, but as no one else ever men- gen from the air. Colds are frequent, barley flour, one- -fourth teaspoon salt

there was a soccer game he wanted to tioned it, we had forgotten it. We re- resulting in throat trouble, bronchial and two teaspoons of baking powder.

see, and at 5330 he pranced into the membered Dick's teeth had gone be trouble, ear affections and general de- Work into this two tablespoons of any

kitchen. Dinner preparations were un- fore he was twenty, and a young whip— bility. sort of fat. Add one-third teaspoon of

der way, with sundry smells calculat. persnapper of a dentist had muttered Another menace to the health of the soda to three-fourths cup of sour milk,

ed to enrage the appetite of a hungry something about such neglect being child is the water pail. Children walk- combine two mixtures to form a soft

boy. He airily explained that he had criminal, when he told us they were al- ing, as they do, some distance to school dough. Turn out on floured board and

stopped to see a game, and begged for most beyond repair. We remembered bring in much dirt. Dust from the knead lightly. Roll half-inch thick and

a bite, all in one breath. certain school teachers had complained blackboards is ever present. Classes cut into diamond shapes and bake in a.

In the hour and a half of waiting I’d unceasingly about the school house be- passing to and fro all day raise this hot oven.

had time to go through all the stages ing a regular breeding place for COldS- dUSt and it settles in a film on the toll Steamed Brown Bread—This bread,

of maternal wrath, and was very DO- We remembered a terrible hue and cry of the water pail. Children drink wa— sliced and buttered while piping hot,





lite and calm. was raised by stingy taxpayerstwhen ter in this condition every day of their has been a part of the Thanksgiving

“Do you know what law is?” I asked. certain foresighted, DUbliC‘SPh‘ited men SChOOl- ‘ dinner in one family for years. It is

“Yes, mother, dear.” of our adjoining village had said the Farmers have built sanitary cow equally good served cold, for supper.





“Do you know what an outlaw is?” old high school building must go and barns, have eliminated hog cholera by One cup of sour milk, one cup of sweet

- “Yes, mother dearest,” sweeter than a new one mUSt be provided that had intelligent, sanitary and medical meth- milk, one cup of molasses, one cup of





honey because he was in wrong. modern heating, lighting and ventilat- ads in the pigsty; they have standard- graham flour, two cups of corn meal,

. “Do you know what the I. W.- W. is '2" ing systems. We had‘ agreed with our ized their barn equipment. Then why one teaspoon of soda, one_half teaspoon

“Yes, mother darling.” friends when they said the old build- can’t we eliminate ‘the old round stove of salt. Steam for three hours. This





. “Very well, you’re an outlaw and a ing W38 800d enough, and the fact that and the dirty water pail from our coun- amount may be cooked nicely in two

member of the I. W. W. You can go somebody wanted a chance to make try SChOOlS' and give our children as one-pound coffee cans. Grease the in-

up to bed.” some money was the principal reason good a chance to develop physically as side thoroughlylput on covers, and set



“Dont I get any supper?” he bel- for the change. We have ,known for we give our live stock? - in a kettle of boiling Water. Watch

lowed. All the cloying sweetness sud— some time that John and Mary have We are tOld that the Canadian sol— carefully to keep a sufficient amount

denly vanished. come from school; telling us to keep diers show greater endurance than any of water in the kettle.



“No, I don’t feed the 1, w_ w_ If bedroom windows open all night, tell- of the allies’ troops. Might this not be

you want to belong to Imperial Wil- ing us the teacher insisted on the chil- partly due to the fact that twenty

helm’s Warriors you can get your dren going out to play except during years ago the Dominion government . The government suggests the follow-

meals the best way you can.” stormy weather. After going over all compelled all schools, rural and city, mg for your Christmas fruit cake:





Sugarloss Fruit Cake.





I’ll be good. Can’t I have even a gether and marvel that they made ing systems which carried the stamp of apples, peaches or any sort of dried





sandwich ?” four. government approval? fruit; two cups of New Orleans molas-



“Absolutely no quarter to anarchists. Dr. Phillip Sumner Spence in an arti- W 398, one-half cup at shortening, two

If you can’t obey laws you don’t de- cle on rural school sanitation says: “In CONSERVATION DAY SUGGES- eggs, one cup of milk, flour for a stifl‘

serve to eat. Go on to bed." spite of all the harmful effects of over- TIONS. batter, one teaspoon of soda, one cup '





 





I had scarcely got into the kitchen crowding, children in the schools of of seeded raisins, one teaspoon of nut.

_ the next morning when a still, small our cities are better off in health than Meatless Day—Breakfast, toast meg, one teaspoOn of ground ojnnn.

voice at my elbow said, “I don’t be— those in the country.” Statistics show with cheese sauce; dinner, parsnip mon, one teaspoon of clovesr juice of

long to the I. W. W. this morning, fewer defectives in the city than invthe fritters; supper, economy soup. . one lemon Soak, fruit over night;'

mother. I’m a peaceful, law-abiding Country; show also that in Pennsyl- Wheatiess Day—Breakfast, barley then chop very fine and simmer with





 





*Ime.” Still very lofty and remote. fraction of One .per cent of city chil- Cheese Sauce. —Thicken one cup cf shortening and beat until light. Add





Smile a, little at a teller, can’t 3. 7 per cent of country children were, one tablespoon of cottage cheese or and beat for five minutes Now «add

_ . . . ' . , affected. one-fourth cup of grated American enough “flannel '

See a change. Just a Statistics collected by the Red Cross. cheese, and stir? until the chocse ill-alts . " '- “





 





 

 





 





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etables, seasoning to suit and adding.





a skirt. He has more than the usual sight, defective hearing, bad teeth, with no regard for hygienic laws, the spoon 0f salt and one Piht 0f boiling ,





“But I don’t want to belong. I ain’t. these facts, we put two and two to- to install lighting, ventilating and heat- Dried Fruit Cake. ——-Two cups dried .





citizen ” vania three-fourths of the country chil- scones; dinner and supper, steamed the molasses for two and a half hours. ' ‘

“Perhaps, but you’ll have to show dren need health supervision. Only a brown bread. Let cool. Add beaten yolks b: eggs to. ,





“ wthut I am, mother. Don’t be so dren had affection of the lungs, while milk with two tablespoons of our. Add the milk, then the fruit and molasses





 





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Knitting for the Soldier Boys





OTIDNG has changed establish—

N ed customs as quickly as the

war. In the recent past it was

thought that knitting was only a de-

lightful pastime for grandmothers and

other elderly ladies. But now, after a

few brief. months, the nation bums

with the click of knitting needles and

young ladies, of sweet shiteen or there-

abouts, feel a pride in carrying around

a knitting bag and in their spare time

keep busy with sweater or some other

fleecy protection against severe weatn

er for some soldier boy.

This is a most‘landable and. in, fact,





 





Soldier’s Cdmfort Bag.





necessary work. The boys in khaki

are in need of these articles which pro-

tect from the cold or which add a mite

of comfort to the strenuous trench

life. It is a fact worthy of comment

that this popular patriotic pastime is

productive of so much comfort to those

who are making sacrifices for the cause

'of universal democracy.



The directions given below are for

articles especially designed for the

comfort of those in army life, and were

furnished us by the Women’s League

for Patriotic Service.



Comfort Bags.



Bags should be made of dark brown

denim and may contain any or all of

the following articles, (size of bag

10x13 inches, with draw string at top,

inside pocket four inches square, three

divisions):



Small comb, tooth brush,_tooth paste,

one trench mirror, six khaki handker-

chiefs, one lead pencil, playing cards,

one shaving stick, one pocket knife,

two blades of good quality.



Washcloth.



White knitting cotton of medium

weight, one pair of Red Cross knitting

needles No. 1. Cast on seventy stitch-

es, knit back and forth plain until the

cloth is about ten inches square, and

bind off. Sew a loop of tape to one

corner.





Hot-water Bottle Cover.



White knitting cotton (of medium

weight), one pair of Red Cross needles

No. 1. Cast on 56 stitches, knit 2, purl

2 and repeat until the work is four

inches deep. Then knit back and forth

plain for 91/2 inches more, or until the

entire work measures 131/2, inches. Next

decrease two stitches at beginning and

two stitches at end of each needle un-

til there are 16 stitches. Make another

piece in the same manner and sew to-

‘gether. Attach a 20-inch piece of tape

to scam at ribbing to tie around the

neck of bottle.





Helmet.





Material, one bank of knitting wore--





ted, gray, one pair amber needles No.





,3, 3%. four steel needles No. 11 for.





, sihe. smaller than amber needles.

, Webmaster. noodles. cast on 54

”lain 0 inches for front





and slip off on spare needle. Work an-

other piece to correspond six inches

long for back.





Slip the stitches of both pieces onto

three steel needles, having 36 stitches

on each needle. Knit 2, purl 2, for 5

inches. Bind of! 30 stitches very loose-

ly to make the opening for the -face.



Knit 2, purl 2, forward and backward

for 28 rows (4% inches).



Cast on 30 stitches loosely and on

three needles knit 2, purl 2 for 2%

inches. Knit one round plain, then

narrow by knitting the last two stitches

on each needle together, every row,

until there are eight stitches left on

each needle. Then knit two stitches

together all around, leaving four stitch-

es on each needle.



Then draw the loop of. the yarn

through all 12 stitches with a crochet

hook and fasten firmly.



Knit rather snugly.





THE GIRLS’ PLEDGE.





 





The'Patriotic League is handing to-





gether the girls of all parts of the land .

in a common bond for work, special,





service and play. Upon the girls falls

3. big responsibility.

that the men remember when they go

to the other side, and it cheers and in-

spires them to do their part well if

they know that the girls, too, are being

true to their trust. ‘



Thousands of girls have signed the

pledge. Here it is:



“I pledge to express my patriotism—

by doing better than ever before what-

ever work I have to do; by rendering

whatever special service I can at this

time to my community and country;

by living up to the highest standards

of character and honor, and helping

others to do the same.”



Girls who have signed it are carry-

ing out the ideals in clubs and leagues.

No girl should be exempt.





SPREADING COL D8.





 





Probably one of the most common

methods of spreading so-called colds is

through the carelessness of those who

are sick with the infectious condition

and who are careless in handling their

handkerchiefs. They sneeze and cough

when near others and fill the air with





 





Baby Blanket Made from Scraps of

Yarn.





thousands of infective germs. It the

usual symptoms of colds are aggravat-

ed in‘character, a physician should be

sent. for, as the line between the se-

vere “cold in the chest” and pneumon-





ia is delicately/dram If a cold is per-

mitted to hang on, it easily becomes a

. predisposing factor to more serious ail-

ments, tuberculosisin particular. —-The





State Board of Agriculture.





 





 





 





 





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Avoid subolitules.





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Missouri State University, while

telling the school children of a rural

district how to organize clubs for gar-

dening, pig raising, grain raising and

the like, suddenly asked: .



“Why is it necessary for us all to

produce everything we can ‘2”



A small chap from Duck Creek held

up his hand, and when the instructor

nodded, the lad said:



“So Uncle Sam can put Belgium back

on the map!” _



Perhaps in no other war in which this

country has been engaged have the

children shown keener interes t in do-

ing things. They meet in small g1 oups

either at school or at one of their

homes and work things out. And this

is the result of the children’s deliber-

ations in one of our progressive school

districts. A delegation called on Miss

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YoungAmerica Takes a Hand





and many were tied to the running

The other mail houtes furnish-

ed large contributions, and the office

was so badly swamped with cookies

that the editor had to engage a store

The cookies

were forwarded to the soldiers in camp





boards.





room to hold the run-over.





by fast express.





A country girl who had been working





in St. Louis as a stenographer came

home on a visit, and decided to stay.

They had made her a member of some

young people’s organizations and she

said the work of helping the nation and

its soldiers interested her more than

her employment in the city.



You hear no moretalk from the boys

and girls going to the city for work.

Truth is ,that in the great majority of

cases where young folks used to leave

the farm for the metropolis it was be-

cause of the white lights, the theaters,

the parks and amusement places.





These things are not commanding the

interest of the young now. Their am-

bition





is to do something that will

count. Children are

even more eager than

the grown-ups to get

busy. They havesens-

ed the important fact

that this struggle in

which the nation is

engaged is one of re-

sources and endur-

ance, and they under-

stand now that they

can help.



You will find the

children of .the farm

homes gathered

around the hearth at

night studying seed

catalogues and agri-

cultural journals. The

study is being con-

centrated in various

organizations for sys-





n .

g tematizing the work.





 





mas treat she had been giving them,

and apply the money this way: One dol-

lar for the Y. M. C. A. for the soldiers,

$1 for the Red Cross and the balance

for a set of tools and other articles

which go to do productive work.



“But don’t you children want any

Christmas celebration?” asked the sur-

prised teacher.



“To be sure We do,” replied the girl

chairman, “but we have worked that,

too. We’re going to have popcorn balls,

sorghum candy and lots of hickory

nuts and walnuts we gathered in the

woods. We’ll have a famous feast, and

it won’t cost anybody a cent.”



Here’s the way the youngsters chip-

ped in on a Y. M. C. A. fund: “The fin-

est feature of the epidemic of giving all

over the country was the interest tak~

en by the children. Everywhere big

boys and little boys, big girls and little

girls, poured into the fund all or part

of their little savings, thus putting to

shame a few men in good circum»





at all.” _



A local publication had a “Cookie

Day” for the soldiers in the camp and .

this brought out the patriotism of the

I district school children. The boxes

were sent in by the mail autos. The

,. .‘ one arriving from South Fork town--

" ship. twenty miles out of town

-. tried eighty boxes of cookies, which





 

 





 

 





 





 

 

 





stances who gave grudgingly or not*





filled eyery inch of space in the car, ,





There are no slackers among the chil-

dren; no hesitation over controverted

points. Uncle Sam is at war, and

Uncle Sam is always right. That he-

lief is bred in the bone. To even ques-

tion it is treason.



The idea of giving the children some

thing to do was a sagacious stroke. It

makes them more contented. More——

it clothes them with a msponsibility,

which they gravely accept. Their gov-

ernment has shown more appreciation

of their ability than their parents have





 





 





Boys’find Girlo’ Exhibits at :U."P. Show weregfg the "Highest Quality;





in some cases, and they think more of listen to lectures that bored them. Now

the government because of it. they are being taught how to do some-

The increased production of food thing. They like that. To see things

stuffs by reason of the young folk’s en— grow which they have planted, to

listment in the game will be enormous. watch a pig or a calf thrive under their

It was enlightening to see how they own management, to develop the.out-

took to the “Calf Club” idea. For the put of the poultry yard by their own

boy or girl to have a calf to look after study and experimentation—these are

was a badge of confidence—a mark of man’s size jobs that will help things

honor. To be trusted with such an im- to go right overseas.

portant piece of property made the boy Every little tyke who can talk under-

at once feel manly, the girl womanly. stands that. The Duck Creek scholar

A diamond ring or a glittering brooch was only representative of millions of

was a cheap thing in comparison. his kind. The German system of spies

The difference'in the system this and intrigue is a weak and contempti-

year and what it has been heretofore is ble thing in the scales with the open-

the difference between talk and action. faced candor and loyalty of young

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What Money Is For





HEN the Apostle Paul in his tion factory that was burned by Ger-



letter to Timothy said that “the man firebugs, so I suppose we must



love of money is the root of discharge Mr. Garfield, eliminate coal

all evil,” he did not know, neither is from our calculations and-.for ever af-

he responsible for the fact that mere ter have nothing to do with fire, be-

i'olks in the generations to come were cause fire is “the root of all evil.”

going to abbreviate his saying and thus In another place it tells of a Lady

in a. measure entirely change the de- (7) who became angry at her husband

ductlons that might be drawn there- and dashed a pail of boiling molasses





from, by dropping quite an important over him with fatal results. Molasses,

part Of the sentence, but they dld so, then, must be the “root of all evil”





and today you will hear very frequent- and from now on our boys and girls





ly the expression that “money is the must S read um kin butt - .

er on their

root of all evil,” and it has been told p p p





and retold, said, and said again, until

there are people who really think

there is some kind of a stigma attach-

ed to the possession of money.



Now I want our boys and girls to

get away from this thought as quickly

as possible. Money has been, and is,





evil.”





Such fanciful theories as these are:

of course, ridiculous, but not more so

than money is evil simply because evil

uses have been made of it. Money is.

simply a medium of exchange. Money

used for both good and bad purposes. in the abstract .has no value except

When I say money I, of course, mean that for Whmh It stands. Except as

wealth. This is equally true of most It serves a Impose 1n becomlng a stan-

other things of value. For instance, dardIfrom thh to base all ”a.“ cal-

on the casualty page of the daily paper culatlons. There was a time 1n this

I read that a boy down in one of the very state in which we live that money

southern states while playing, sudden- had no standard unit 0f value

ly pushed his little sister into the Mis- Before Michigan was a state and

sissippi river and she was drowned. when there were no banking. laws, so—

By this token I suppose water “is the called banks sprang up everywhere ov-

root‘ of all evil, and so from now on we or night. issued “currency” galore and

must leave it alone and the small boy flew the next night. This “wildcat”

must ever more wash his feet in a sand money was as fickle as the breeze that

bank and scrub his face with a pork drifts over hill and dale. A man might

rind think he had something of value one



In another place it tells of a muni- day and find out by the next that he-

had nothing but worthless, highly col-

ored paper.

careful and efficient banking system

this is no longer the condition.





Today we may take in exchange for

that which we have to spare, almost

any kind or color of money that may

be offered and it will be worth in ex-

change for any other commodity just

what its face would indicate, and so

with the present highly satisfactory

monetary condition I do not want any,

of our boys and girls to start out in

life with any such false impressions

as some of those old time-honored,





truths” sometimes convey. In fact,

We are, I sometimes think all too





cause someone has said so, and some-





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ing the things you think, and know





_what that reason is;





The possession of wealth is not a dis-

grace, neither is its lack a virtue The

most wonderful things in all the world

are accomplished with wealth. Some

bad things are also done with it, but

the good very far exceeds the bad...

This is, of course, true in all the many

activities of life. If it were not, our

country would be in anarchy at once.

There are more good people in the

world than bad ones, more true, than

untrue, more just than unjust, more

honest than dishonest, more loyal than

disloyal, and I want'this fact to become

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fundamentu in your beliefs.

We sometimes get a jolt that almost

makes us waver for the moment, but

stick to this faith always and all the

time and then we shall be on the same

basis in our future visits. You may

think‘we are a long time in getting

started, but we wish to start right and

fully understand‘ each other if we are

to get mutual benefits from these arti-

cles. Money, then, is first a necessity,

it is useful, it is legitimate When legiti.

mately obtained and legitimately used,

and its frugal saving and investment

in such manner as shall make it valu-

able to the saver and the community

at ~- large is to be considered highly

commendable.





BoyS’ and GirlS’





Club





Notes





Conducted by E. C. Lindemann

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LL~ members of Boys’ and Girls’



. Corn and Bean Clubs will be eli-



gible [to make exhibits in the



Junior Class of the Michigan Crop Im-

provement Association Exhibit.



Each exhibit must be made accord-

ing to the standard specified below.



Each exhibit must be made by a reg—

ular club member.



Each exhibitor must send his or her

reportand story cf the project on or

before January 10, 1918.



The name and address of the exhib-

itor should be on the inside as well as

the outside of the package. ,



Send exhibits by parcel post.



Each exhibitor will receive the na-

tional 4-H emblem.



Each prize winner will receive a Jun-

ior Membership in the Michigan Crop

Improvement Association, which in-

cludes all privileges excepting right

to vote.



Address all exhibits to C. A. Spaul-

ding, East Lansing, Michigan.



The following premiums will be of-

fered to exhibitors who are members

of corn-growing clubs.



,State, champion (four-point basis) .—

Large loving cup offered by the Mich-

igan Bankers’ Association. Also large

pennant offered by the Michigan Crop

Improvement Association. _ Second

place, pennant; third place, pennant.



Exhibitor having highest yield: Ten

pounds of pedigreed seed, (Pickett’s

Golden Glow or Duncan variety); ex-

hibitor showing the highest profit, one

bushel of _Wolverine"oats; exhibitor,

having'best quality, one peck of Rosen

rye; exhibitor having best report, one-

half bushel of Michtooro barley; exhib-

itdr having best' story on project, one





" peek of Red Rock wheat.





Standard Corn Exhibit.



The standard exhibit for corn will be

ten ears selected from the club mem-

bers’ plat. Exhibitors may have the

privilege of sending two extra ears to

take the plaCe of any which may be in-

jured in transit.



The following premiums will be of-

fered to exhibitors who are members

of bean-growing clubs:



State champion (four-point basis):

Large pennant offered by the Michigan

Corn Improvement Association‘. Sec-

ond place, pennant: third place, pen-

nant. Exhibitor having highest yield,





. ten pounds of pedigreed Golden Glow





or Duncan variety): exhibitor showing





highest profit, one bushel of Wolverine-





oats; exhibitor having best quality, one

peck of Rosen rye; exhibitor having

best report, half-bushel of Michtooro

barley; exhibitor having best story,

one peck Red Rock wheat.

Standard Exhibit for Beans.



The standard exhibit for beans will

be five pounds of beans taken from the

clubrmembers’ plat, The beans must





. not be hand-picked, but must be just





as they came from the thresher.

_. The Four-’poin't Basie. ,

No exhibits will be eligible to this





class unless the exhibitor has sent in

a report of his or her project and a

story telling how the crop was rais’ed.



The‘state championships are decided

upon the four-point basis which in:

cludes quality, yield per acre, profit per

acre and report and story.



. Meetings.



The annual exhibit of the Michigan

Crop Impiovement Association will

take place at the Michigan Agricultural

College on January 15-16,1918. All

exhibitors in the junior class will be

permitted to attend these meetings.



Special for Boys: All members of

corn or bean clubs will be permitted to

come to the college for the Boys’ Spe-

cial Day, which is January 16. The

morning will be devoted to a sight-see-

ing trip about the college grounds,

barns, etc. In the afternoon the boys

will be invited to attend the regular

meeting of the association. At 4:00

p. 111. there will be a special session

for boys. At this time the premiums

will be awarded.



To County Agents and Club Leaders:

This meeting offers a splendid oppor-

tunity for bringing your club members

in contact with the Agricultural Col-

lege. It also offers the opportunity of

coming in contact with the farm crop

experts of the college and the state. It

is urged that groups of local and mum

ty champions and other interested club

members he brought to the college for

these meetings.



For further information write to. C.

A. Spaulding, Assistant State Club

Leader, East Lansing, Michigan.



The girls who are making Red Cross

material for theShurley Hospital Unit

have completed the following articles:





Christmas stockings, filled ....... 75

Christmas stockings. unfilled ..... 93

Comfort bags, filled .............. 59

Comfort bags, unfilled .......... 20

Hospital bags .................. 150

Joke books ..................... 25

Housewives ................... * . 100

Trench candles ................. 3,000





About one thousand girls are now do-

ing Red Cross as part of their club

work. Has your club started?



Now is the time to begin” thinking

about testing your seed corn.



The Short Courses in Agriculture at

the Michigan Agricultural College op-

en on January 8. Many club boys are

planning to attend. Can you arrange

your time to come? This is a splendid

way to train yourself to be an efficient

“Soldier of the Soil.”



Clubs that have had their annual ex-

hibit should begin the work of the new

year. Clubs should be reorganized,

projects selected, programs planned.



Girls are now being taught to make

candies with the use of sugar substi-

tutes. Honey, molasses, corn syrup

are used as substitutes. Have you ever

tasted candy made out of potatoes?

They’ re learning how to make vegeta-

ble candies also. This is one of the





Christmas» suggestions which goes to.





members-10f 'girls’ clubs.

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Bumper the White Rabbit

By GEORGE ETHELBE'RT WALSH





Copyright. 1917. by Geo. E. Walsh





 





 





 

 





 





 





HE way back to the garden



seemed a long one, and Bumper



soon began to entertain doubts

about the kindness of Mr. Sewer Rat.

It was an old abandoned sewer, with

plenty of room in it for a whole colony

of rabbits, but it was terribly dirty and

damp. The musty odor was so differ-

ent from the pleasant fragrance of the

garden he .had recently left.



“I must have traveled miles and

miles,” he thought after a while, stop-

ping to clean off some of the dirt that

clung to his white fur. “Either that

Rat didn’t know what he was talking

about, or he told a whopping fib. They

always were sneaky animals, the Sew-

er Rats, and I shouldn’t have listened

to him.”



He stopped to consider whether he

shouldn’t turnaround and retrace his

steps; but he was disturbed by the

fear that he could never recognize the

mouth of the drain-pipe he had come

through. He had passed a number of

these black holes on his way, all look-

ing alike. '



“I should have counted them, and

then I’d know which one was mine,”

be reflected.



But there was no good crying over

spilt milk. He was in the abandoned

sewer, and he had to find his way out

somehow. Meanwhile, he was getting

desperately hungry. Oh, for a mouth-

ful of the succulent grass that grew in

the garden, or a cabbage leaf or a

piece of celery—anything, in fact, that

would satisfy that gnawing at the

stomach. ’



“Ah, well!” he sighed. “I must keep

going until I find something to eat.

There must be other gardens, and this

sewer must lead somewhere.”



In a little while he became so thirs-

ty that a drink of water seemed even

more desirable than a bite of food. He

tried to lick some of the moisture from

the sides of the sewer, but that was

only aggravating. It seemed to in-

crease rather than diminish his thirst.



One hopeful feature of his adventure

was that the big sewer seemed to grow

lighter as he proceeded, and he was

sure he was coming near the end. But

before this hope was realized he stum-

bled upon something that gave him a

shock.



Just ahead of him something long

and black hung from the roof of the





sewer, reaching down almost to the





bottom. Bumper stopped to gaze crit-

ically at it, his little heart beating with

apprehension. Was this the shadow

of some strange animal, or was it sim-

ply an innocent log of wood that had

got wedged in the sewer?



As it didn’t move, and was perfectly

noiseless, Bumper concluded that it.

was harmless, and so he approached it

and after sniffing at it began nibbling

the lower part. Suddenly there was a

loud squeak, and the big shadow seem-

ed to part in the middle and fly in ev-

ery direction. It took wings so-strange-

ly that Bumper was more astounded

than frightened.



The sewer was filled with black

shadows that flitted all around him.

Then followed a perfect babel of noisy

squeaks. Some came so close to his

ears that he dodged and ducked in fear.

One pair of sharp beaks caught him on

the tip of his nose and made him

squeal, and another nipped the back of

his head. He was too surprised and

frightened by this time to run, and he

tried to defend himself with his two

front paws.



"‘It’s the Sewer Rat! Bite' him!

Tweak his nose! Snap his tail! Tear

out his eyes!”



The air was filled withuthese faint





Bumper Runs Into .a Nest of Rats





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cries before Bumper began to realize

just what he was up against. He had





run into a big bunch of bats sleeping





in the abandoned sewer, and his nib-

bling at them had alarmed and angered

them. It was apparent from their re-

marks that they mistook him for Mr.

Sewer Rat, who perhaps had annoyed

them many times before, and had even

threatened to devour some of them.

“I’m not the Sewer Rat!” cried

Bumper. “Please don’t snap out my

eyes. I didn’t mean to disturb you!

Wait! Wait, until I can explain!”

“Who are you? And what are you,

them?” cried the biggest and fiercest





of the bats, coming so close that his





eyes looked like pin-points of light.

“I’m Bumper, the white rabbit!”



There was a pause, and the flittering

wings seemed to stop beating the air.



“Bumper, the white rabbit! Who

ever heard of a white rabbit! All rab~

bits are brown or gray.”



It was the big bat speaking for the

others, but they all joined him in

gnashing their teeth and in whipping

the air with their soft, almost noise-

less wings.



“But I assure you I am a white rab-

bit,” replied Bumper. “Come and look

at me.”



This challenge seemed fair, and

some of the smaller bats approached

nearer, but the leader warned them

back. “Keep away! It’s the Sewer

Rat in disguise. It’s a trick of “his to

catch you.”



. "Is the Sewer Rat white?” interrup~

ted Bumper.



“No, not unless he’s been whitewash-

ed or been sleeping in a barrel of

floun”



Bumper had to smile at this, for he

recalled once how a big rat had been

caught in a bag of flour by the old

woman who kept rabbits, and his hair

was as white as that of the whitest

rabbit.



“I can assure you, Mr. Bat, that I

haven’t been whitewashed, and I cer-

tainly haven’t been sleeping in flour.

Ldok at my ears. Does Mr. Sewer Rat

have long ears like mine?”





“No, but he could disguise them by

using pieces of white paper. I wouldn’t

trust him a minute.”



In desperation, Bumper then added:

“But look at my tail! Did a Sewer

Rat or any other kind of a Rat have a

tail like mine?”



“Where is it?” asked the big Bat. “I

don’t see any tail at all. All rabbits

have white tails, and you haven’t any

at all.”



Bumper wagged the stump of tail

that he thought would convince the

bats, but for a moment, he wasn’t ex-

actly sure that he saw it himself. In-

stead of a white, fluffy stub of a tail as

soft as cotton, he saw the dirtiest,

blackest wad of hair waving in the air

that had ever disgraced a rabbit. The

truth flashed upon his mind in an in-

stant. What he had supposed to be





the blindness of the bats was nothing ,





more than a most natural circum-

stance.





He was so black with the dust and





mud of the drain-pipe that it was mis. .





leading to- call himself a white rabbit.

He was far from it. He was a dark as

any wild rabbit of the woods—darker,

in fact, for there was no white fur un-





der his stomach or around his stubby .





little tail.



He was so confused by this discov-

ery that he could not find his tongue

to make reply. The Bats, acceptin‘





his silence as proof that his deception





had been found out, suddenly beat their.

(Continued on page 607).
HE boys from many hundreds of



Michigan farms have left their



homes and gone “over the top"

into the big military training farm at

Camp Custer. Many hundreds more

are coming in the next few weeks. All

have wondered and worried more or

less, and others will, as to the kind of

a place in which they are, temporarily,

going to live and work for Uncle Sam,

after they have donned his uniform.

Many thousands of the Michigan Farm-

er readers have wondered also, and





concerning this great farm and in see-

ing some of the official pictures in con-

nection therewith.



Going “over the top” into Camp Cus-

ter is a real stunt. It has been done





 

 

 

 

 

 





will be interested in reading the facts





 

 





By]. H. BROWN





It seems strange to drive one’s auto-





mobile all over these old farms in ev- been just what they needed to make





ery direction. Fences, hedge rows,

small timber lots, farm houses, barns,

orchards and fine lawns have disap-

peared wherever it was necessary. But,

when possible, the plan has been to

leave the best houses, barns and trees.

And when the camp is completed next

summer many thousands of trees and

shrubbery will be planted under .the

direction of a noted landscape garden-

er. In time the beauty of Camp Custer

will be commented upon by every

visitor.





straight track, instead of typical hair-





- * ,. - pin turns. The view is toward the east

ter than ever before. The training has

This road will be as smooth as the

perfect specimens of manhood. The asphalt on Woodward avenue in De»

percentage of sickness is way below

normal. The base hospital is the larg-

est, most complete institution of its

kind in this'portion of the country. Ev-

ery mother’s son in the camp is looked

after just as well aswhen he was at

home, and if one has even a cold he

goes to the hospital for rest and treat-

ment and is quickly cured.



And it is the same with the lean

boys. They have gained a number of

pounds in weight and the training and





,thousands of farmers 'who read this,

paper who will drive in their automo-

biles to Battle Creek and’over this fine

pavement up the grade and over the

tap into Camp Custer for the first time.

Another road will ,be completed next

spring and then farmers will delight in

making automobile tours to‘ this big

military farm.





 





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into Battle Creek, three miles away.





trait, and next summer there will be”





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





We have met hundreds of farmer

boys in the camp and have helped to

entertain them here in Battle Creek.

Many tell us their folks at home take





Trapping the Weasel

By A. F. DeIAMATE'R





NE of the most common of our

fur-bearers is also the most over-





camp life has made them healthier and

more vigorous than before they left

,home. These thousands of soldier ‘boys

in Camp Custer are the finest looking

and appearing lot of young men the





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





This road leads from Battle Creek

Camp Custer. The view is from “over





bed is eighteen feet wide.

by every one of nearly 26,000 Michigan

and Wisconsin boys already. The first

lot came in September when it was

warm and pleasant. They walked from

the scores and scores of trains that

came from Detroit, the west and north—

ern Michigan,‘with their suit cases,

bundles and all sorts of packages in

'g- their hands. They had to walk about

' three—quarters of a mile through sand

and dust up a long and crooked hill

and over the top to the entrance at the

northeast corner of the camp. For

several hours they waited in sections

to go through the receiving station.

From an elevation inside the station

we took several pictures of these boys

as they climbed the hill past us. Nearly

every one was cheerful and keeping a

sharp lookout for the first sight of the

great camp. All were surprised at the

immensity of the cantonment and ex-

pressed themselves accordingly.





We present herewith a picture of the

first view after going over the top last

September. The buildings were erect-

ed in less than two weeks and stand on



'two farmers’ fields in which, in the

years, gone by, we have helped the

farmers do various kinds of farm work.

The former owners of these farms, and

of nearly all others inside the can-

tonment boundaries, have been dead

or several years. What would they

think if they could come back and look

the ground over now?



The picture shows not more than a

dozen of the more than 2,000 buildings

inside the camp. The three rows in

the view are side streets, four blocks

long, and all on one side of the main

street and paved road which extends

.over three and one-half miles from one

end of the camp to the other. The

reader will notice that little attention

has been paid to the unevenness of the

'_:"ground. Big and little hills have been

leveled and many of the hollows have

can filled since this picture was taken.





 





A View Down Old Harmonia Country Road.





has a seven- -inch concrete base covered with two inches of asphalt, and the





looked, and is, in the aggregate,

one of the most valuable. I refer to

the white weasel. They are scattered

over at least two-thirds of the state‘

and in the northern half they are al-

most universally plentiful.





There are quite a number of people

who do not know that the brown weas-

el of the summer and the white weasel

of the winter months are one and the

same; I know from my OWn experience

that they are. A white weasel is never

seen in summer, and in the northern

part of the state a brown one is never

seen in winter. I have captured weas~

els that were in the process of turning

from brown to white, and when they

were three-fourths white I have brush-

ed out the brown hairs and sold them

for white weasel; this process of

changing color takes place about the

middle of November. _





The trapping of the weasel is quite

simple when once the weasel is locat-

ed; they are not at all trayoshy. The

main difficulty in weasel trapping is' ‘

that the weasel travels far and wide ‘

and has no regular routes; therefore, a

trap will often remain for weeks un-

touched because the weasel fails to

find it. This obstacle is overcome in

two ways. First, a small shelter is

built to protect the traps from the

snow and a large bait is placed therein

without a trap; a weasel on finding this

bait will live there as long as there is , gt

anything left to eat. The result is that

at the end of a month one often has

half a dozen weasels hanging around

his bait pen; then a trap can be set in

such a manner that the weasel must

get into it when trying to get the bait, f g

and thus all of them can be caught in

as many nights. If the trapper has a

line of these bait pens half a mile apart

and baits them all up and leaves them

for three or four weeks he can make a





sun ever shone on. When they come

to Battle Creek and walk on the streets

they win compliments from 'all sides

regarding their gentlemanly conduct

and soldierly bearing. And the thou-

sands of their folks back home who

have come here to. visit them have re-

turned, reassured and full of pride over

their fine soldier boys.



The low, or one-story ends of the

barracks in the picture are the kitch-

ens. _ We have eaten in the mess room

and never-sat down to finer meals any-

where. The boys have good beds to

sleep on, plenty of bedding and they

get oceans of fresh air to breathe while

asleep. The barracks are well heated

and winter has no terrors for these

boys. Nearly all are already getting

anxious to become thoroughly efi‘icient

in their training and they are anxious

to get 'over to France} in the front of

. the fight to clean up the old kaiser.



, ' ' During the October rains the roads

leading from Battle Creek to Camp

Custer became so bad it was difficult

for any vehicle or pedestrian to navi-

gate in the mud. From the ends of the

city pavement, and from the terminus

the Michigan Farmer. The boys have of the concrete road through the su-

been interested in the changes that burban village of Urbandale, the traffic

have occurred in the hundreds of fields cut the sandy roads into quagmires.

of growing crops during the last few From the time construction started

weeks. Some have helped gather the there has been a constant procession

corn and potatoes, others have picked of vehicles both ways between the city

apples, and it seems almost like being and camp. The federal government

at home again, in one sense. and state highway commission combin-



The very best soldiers in Camp Cus- ed with our county road commission,

ter include these boys who came from and recently we completed a concrete

Michigan farms and their fathers and and asphalt road, eighteen feed Wide,

mothers will be glad to know it. They from the city to the eastern entrance

are being cared for in the very best of the camp. It is the first road of this

manner. The boys who were too fat- sort of construction in the state to be

are losing some flesh and have become built along a country highway. The

erect, have square shoulders, and they concrete base is seven and the asphalt

are in fine athletic condition. They two inches thick.

can stand all kinds of hard work bet- The picture shows this road as it





 





to the main, or official, entrance of

the top” toward the city The road





 





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This was the First View .the New Recruit had of Camp Custer Last Fall as he Went “Over the Top. " Much Im.

provement, however, has been made in the Grounds 84an this Bhotog’ aph was Secured ‘
_. the closing hours.





 





 





HE forty-fifth annual session of

Michigan State Grange, held at

Jackson, December 11- 13, was a

most delightful assembling of capable

farm people who packed into three

days an amount of concentrated work

and play unequalled in the past by this

organization, which already holds some

record for doing things in one session.



The exigencies of' farm work and

blizzard weather early led to the effort

to finish the allotted work of the ses-

sion in three days instead of in four as

usual. Master Ketcham stated. that

other large state Granges would short-

en their sessions under pressure of

present conditions; and it seemed to

suit the temper of our people to meet

the situation in similar manner, thus

enabling all delegates to reach home

by Saturday night. The number of

delegates was slightly diminished by

the storm which struck the state just

as patrons were preparing to leave

their homes but, as the week advanced

local Grange delegations brought the

attendance to normal of other years.



Jackson “made good” its earnest

promises to give the state Grange the

“best ever" so far as accommodations

and city attentions were concerned.

Not a single complaint was heard; Ma-

sonic Temple proved the most com-

fortable and agreeable meeting place

possible for such a gathering even in

the biting cold weather that prevailed.

Mr. C. F. Hollands, secretary of the

Jackson Board of Commerce. was in

almost constant attendance at the

building and saw that whenever it was

possible every wish was gratified.



The program itself, of this session,

was a masterly and artistic piece of

workmanship, prepared and carried

through by Master Ketcham and State

Lecturer Mrs. Dora H. Stockman, oili-

cers highly skilled in the rare art of

program building. The scope of the

program was broad and recognized ev-

ery featureof varied Grange activity.

In personnel it included the governor

of our state, and it drew freely upon

the uncommonly large number of effi-

cient, Grange-trained men and women

present for heads of committees and

special service. The reports of officers





‘ and character of resolutions presented

strength and a marked '





showed unusual

wealth of new subject matter which

was later handled by the body without

gloves in thoughtful but vigorous fash-

ion. In social and relaxation features,

it is easy to say, this particular ses-

sion of state Grange has never been

equalled in simple and perfect plans in

which every person present might

have a. part; chief among these en-

tertainment plans stands out the fea~

ture of community singing which was

introduced under leadership of Rev.

Ray M. Hardy, member of Capitol

Grange who has had wide experience

upon the Chautauqua platform, in

thus welding a group of people into a

happy, workable shap’e through con-

gregational singing. The acme of the

social phase of the session was reach-

ed when six hundred joyous patrons

sat together at banquet tables, inter-

spersing courses and speeches with

happy songs. ‘

A highly patriotic spirit characteriz-

ed the week, of course—cry'stalizing at

the outset in adoption of a strong reso-

lution in support of the government

which ‘was dispatched to President

Wilson. Patriotism ruled the perfect

decoration of the large hall in an im-

pressive scheme wrought by the use of

only the national colors—not a flower

being in evidence until the simple me-

morial service and the degree work in





 





BUMPER, THE WHITE RABBIT.





 





(Continued from page 605).

wings .and set up a terrible uproar.

‘ “It’s the Sewer Rat in disguise!"

' the big leader of the Bats.

‘ - we him





 





State Grange Meets





Out of the sewer!



Bumper stopped just long enough to

realize that he had no chance in a

fight against all those whirring wings

and little gnashing teeth. If he was

to escape at all, he had to get a start

on the bats. Even though flight seem-

ed to confirm the suspicions of the

Bats. he turned and fled as fast as his

four legs would carry him.



There was plenty of room in the

sewer, and Bumper made such tremen-

dous strides that he outdistanced all

but a few 6‘ the leaders. ’They tried

to land on his back and claw him, but

he shook them off, and dodged this

way and that, until the light ahead

suddenly became so strong and blind-

ing that the bats gave up the chase.



When Bumper finally came to the

mouth of the sewer, he was all out of

breath, but the view ahead compensat-

ed for a lot of his troubles. He could

See the blue sky; green fields and wav-

ing trees, and near-by the rippling sur-

face of a lake or river. It looked like

Paradise after the darkness of the

sewer; but all things that glitter, he

found out, are not gold, and every

earthly Paradise seems to have its ser-

pent lurking somewhere around in the

grass.





(Next story tells how Bumper escap-

ed on a raft).





FEEDING FOR EGG PRODUCTION.





 





Eggs will bring particularly high

prices this winter. The proper ration

to feed is a vital contributor in egg pro-

duction at this season. Poultry rations

at once divide themselves into two dif-

ferent classes: Those for the fowl,

and those for egg production. Too

many farmers are feeding for the hen’s

upkeep, forgetting that they must also

feed for eggs. Hens in full laying re-

quire rations which have a greater rela-

tive content of protein and ash, as

against those fed merely for mainte-

nance. °



The following makes a satisfactory

ration for laying hens weighing from

five to eight pounds: Cracked corn,

one pound; wheat 0.75 pound; corn

meal 0.75 pound, together with 0.5

each of wheat middliugs, buckwheat

middlings and beef scrap, and 0.66

pound of fresh ground bone and 0.75

of freshened alfalfa or clover.



The natural food of poultry consists

of grains, insects, green forage, and

grit, and accordingly in domestication

it is reasonable that the hens receive

cereal grains and other milling pro-

ducts, and such animal feeds as meat

meals and skim-milk, and should also

have an abundance of green feed or

such substitutes for it as roots or

steamed clover. . Oyster shells, grit and

plenty of fresh water should also be

supplied



Some farmers feed their flocks twice

a day and others th1ee times, but three

meals usually proves more satisfactory.

The fowls should be given a handful

each of whole grain buried in the litter,

early in the morning, just as they step

off the roost. At noon they should be

given about two handfuls of grain per

dozen hens, which is scattered as be-

fore, and are also given the roots, such

as mangel-wurzels, sugar beets, tur-

nips, etc, they can eat, either pulped

or whole. Cabbage is a good substi-

tute for roots when not over-fed]. About

four o’clock in the afternoon during

severe weather the flock should be giv-

en a mash composed of equal parts of

bran, shorts, oat chop, and corn meal

to which is added ten per cent animal

meal, or cut ground bone or cooked





meat. Mix these feeds thoroughly- to-

gether, , adding 'steeped clover, sum-

cient water being used to moisten





the clover and hold the mash together."





~ The clover should equal about one-





third of the bulk of the ration. Feed

3. little ground grain, such as corn,

after the mash has been cleaned up,

and the flock will go to roost contented

and ready for laying the next day.

Feeding right means profits right.



. New York. - » E. W. GAGE. ,





Peck out his eyes!" ' ' .





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information.





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Useful Machine :





HREE International machines that will

‘1 .

pay thelr way on any farm where there

is com to market or livestock to feed arc :

An International Feed Grinder

Keystone Corn Sheller

AMogul Kerosene Engine





International Feed Grinders, for grinding small grain, corn

on the cob, or corn in the husk, come in three styles with

regular or special plates, 6”, 8", and 10" in diameter.

cit1es from 5 to 30 bushels per hour.



Keystone Shallots, adaptable to large or small cars, shell

hard or soft corn clean without crack-

ing the kernels or crushing the cobs.

There are eight styles in 1,2,4, and

6- hole sizes, with capacities from a.

few ears shelled by hand, up to 4, 000

bushels per day.



Mogul Kerosene Engines furnish

steady, economical power for these

and other farm machines.

operate on the cheapest fuels. Mogul

kerosene mixers; built- -1n magnetos that make batteries on.

necessary; enclosed crank cases; full equipment, ready to run;

are features of all Mogul engines, from 1 to 50-H. 1’.



Equip your farm with a set of these three useful machines.

See the local dealer or write the address below for complete





Capa-





They





lnternational Harvester Company of America

(bargained) U S A





McCormick





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better and to raise more chicks than any

other Brooder. Big saving 111 operating

' expense. Will brood 50 to 1000 chicks for

less than 6 cents per day. Cuts initial

cost for equipment to less than one half.

Perfect satisfaction guaranteed or money

lack in 30 days. Send for Circular on

‘Scientific Breeding. ”





_ I IBERTY STOVE COMPANY

108 S. 3rd St. 'Philaul’a.





   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 





Is Your Truss a Torture?





Are you sufi'ering from 111 lure without - 3

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ture p lianco on free trial and know

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The automatic sir cushion clings ’4 '

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Guaranteed to comfortably retain

the hernia. Draws and binds

together the parted tissue and

gives Nature o chance to

them fl.rmly

As specialists of 30 vesrs' .

experience we have perfected

I comfortable, sure relief from hernia in the Brooks

Rupture Appliance. Endorsed by thousands of phy-

sicians. Sent on trial to prove its

worth. Made to your measure.

Durable—cheap.

Write today for measure blanks.





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494 State St. Marshall. Mich.





rooms?

HOMESTEAD FARMS





OULTRY SALE



We have the following birds for immediate delivery.

Pullers —full rown and about ready to lay: 24 White

20 Barredt Pl mouth Rocks: 108.0.

Rhode Island Reds;10 Wh eiofzh 0111:; also 20 Leg~

horns two- thl rds grown: 12 Black rplngtorevs.

You'll n1 Hono~mmvliing WhitoLog-

horns: 30 8.0 Rhoda Is] and Beds: 12 Black Orpingtons

Cockmlo«Rose an Sing Comb biWh to shame:

Barred Plymouth Rocks; sRhoda Island“ Bods; sok

Minor-cu. Those are season closing



‘dolo. Midi.





0313511”) FARMS

sarcoma casual-1.5

”M D. 0. White L





mats: “rattles farewell...





ohn'o bio boo-till“ hen-W8. Barred Books,

”winning“ .Ponotfibirds) mum. flmsweach;

“ashram-John «two».





Barred Rocks at???" firs-in





   

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Barred Rock lucked: l’g“..f,’§§’,“‘,.9"“ W“

W. 0. OOFFMAN, Benton Harbor. Mich





Plymouth Rock Lookorels S3. 00 each.

Barred Full blood from prize-winning heavy

laying strain. J. A. Mich.





Cookerels from good laying strain

Barred ROCKS 83.00 each two for 85.00

A. A. WOOD A: SON. - ~ ~ - Saline. Mich.





ChiCkS We ship thousands, booking orders now

i for s ring delivery. free booklet.

FREEI’OBT HAT HERY. Box 12. Freoport.l\iiol1.





liens and Cookerels pure I’bred

Breeding Stocks was“... 81 25..

\Vhlte Line Poultry gnrm. Hill sdnlo. Mich.





VFerris White Leghorns





A real heav laying strain ("phoneticc

y.cnrs recor s from 200 to 264 eggs.



our spccnl summer prices on year mg I121:

breeding males. eggs for latching. 8-week-

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

. guarantee roouln aisle. gives prices; describes stock, I

all about our farm and methods. rcsulls VP“. can get by breed.

N (ha strain. Semi for your copy now—u as free.





GEORGE D. I‘m on Union. Grand RIM“.

3 ill sale





Hmflml 8. ll.ll1ila (hummus... m. 01..





Mal myoungc k 1 MRS. WILLI

HOUGHd PINE CREST F‘Awl‘lfiw lloyul Oak. Mlohs.





hybill 8. c. I. [iglorns





breeding hens now





Barnum, Union City.





   

 

 

   





 





 





 





 





 





Large great layers. Pun

white. Bargainsln choice

erfreah Eng Farm. Ionic. Mich.





 





UFF Leghorns breeding cockerels also a tow fin.

pans of four hens and c ockcrol for 810. More hens



IZ extra. D1. William A. Smith. Petersburu. Mich.

OOCkOl‘flll Pullets





Fowlers Buff Rocks m, beam, ”,8

from two dollars up according to quality.

3.3 3.FOWLER. Hartford. Mich.





HODE ISLAND REDS and plymouth Rocks Male.

51101211». socmdin to age 2 to P. hens

weight5tolfllbs. .eggs 15 art]: 100,5. -1?1),8d. Mammoth

Bron-e Tom Turkeys 8 to 38 lbs. wwrdin to m ”to

825.10 eggs 83 J. Morris A J. Bursan, noon. Mich.





RHODE ISLAND REDS,





Both Combs. OooksJIenI. Cockorels and Pullots It too.

sonable prices. Interlnkes Farm, 30x39. Lawrence. lich.





Cookerels Lend

R. Co Bro leuhorn in Amorita. brediIf‘r‘oltllrveii1.1e

um 82 each after Dec. 1. A square deal. orders

E. Rimebaugh. Goldwater.Mioh.





Rose Comb llh d I l

Bl'Cd-lO-lay erels.W1ite {gr gm friend Red Cock

A. E. SHIER, Wolverine. Ohoboygnn Co. .. Mich.





 





 





 





promptly filled.





Br. Le orn cockerelsfl. 50and82. Afow l

R. C. Imp. Pekin Dix ks and (1) Drake at. flagella.

Mrs. Wm. Nit-kart. - - (arson City, Mich.

S C. W. Le ghornhenl two yearsold, nndlatohatoh-

. ed bullets .1 each. Cookerels. utility and trap-

nosted $1.10t085. Hillcrest Poultrv Farm Y silnnii. Mich

SILVER Golden and White Wyandottos Choico

breeding stock of sale after Oct. lot, a few bargains

in yearling bone. 0. W Browning. R. 2. POrtland. Itch.





“’El Tl Wyandottes. I have a fine lot of A ri

May hatchin cockerels for $3.00 and 35. laugh?





DAVID BAY, 'l Norris BL. YEilanti. Mich”.

Woxtro choice cookerol

White Wyandoues toss. Ishipon approvaldhfd

mount!» satisfaction. MiltonE.Stewsi-t, R. 3 Augusta. Mirh.

‘N’ 230 March or April Pallets refer

anted Lethal-11s. Write stating price p

F. J. BARRETT 11.8. Milford. Mich.





White Chinese Gainers fi’:‘“,”&°§:,. ' ‘2“





 





 





 





raw-aromas?” "'5 “°





Constantino. Kick.





11 hone. (lookoml 1] id.

$51 ouuou Ind-l1.” 1111mm. moot-:-

TURKEY A l'ew Toms left from the Giant strain

Bronze k all early ‘

Mrs. W. A. BTEADMA - - - AI loy. Mich.

White“ Holland 1- : rebrod

one“ '15-? fans...

ALDEN "I





(JOKER ."
.. 5111' " .





"C‘Ecbw‘f:





mow-.1 ‘ 1.1.; c.





. 3.1.71934Lv.71-1t1‘-£.r‘; 1......”





."w‘EW' 133:1. .1. .1





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In S. C White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance





fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding.





WOODCOTE ANGUS





Trojan~Ericas and Blackbirds only Breeders of the

dam and former owners of the sire (our herd bull)

or the Grand 9Champion Bull at the International

Chicago forl



WOODOOTE 9STOCK FARM.





culin tested annually. had a reactor—no





Celine tested. Geo. N. Crawford.





GUERNSEYS must reduce herd, so offer



a few choice females of

Glenwood breeding also bulls, all stock of A. R. breed-

ing herd tuberculin tested





my. HICKS. - . ." - Battle Creek. M1111.

GU ERN 8 BY Enui‘if'iaiifiil'i

Containin





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

more than $100. 000 deposited with the State Treasurer as a guarantee of the Company' 5 responsibility.





We insure all live stocknhorses. cattle. sheep and hogs against death from any cause.





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

policies shipping policies. 30 day foaling policies. etc.





We want a local agent to represent us in every





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





We will give you asquare deal.

Write for information.





Colon c. 1.11111, P111. and Supt. of Agts.

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





 





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Bldg., Grand Rapids, Michigan





community in Michigan.





 





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





We Offer a Few Special Bargains





for a small investment to reap the bene-





Flanders F arrn, Orchard Lake, Mich.

CATTLE.





Ionic. Mich.





 





M. 8. ll. AYRSHIHES





We have for sale'a choice lot of young stock from

A. R. dams. Also a few mature cows. Write for

particulars.





W. L. HOFFMAN, Steward,





School for the Deaf, Flint, Michigan





Registered Guernseys





Stock always for sale. Ms Rose Shtrain—Herd Tuber-





 





abortion. J. M. WIL LIAMVS. 1"North Adams. Mich.





For Sale, four young

Guernseys- -...1.D.md co... Tuber-

Holton. Mich.





 





bloc: of world champions.

ARM. Saginaw. Mich





 





' for 15 head of fresh cows

I am In the markeI or coming in soon. Must

be good grade of eGuernsey. Holstein or Durham at a

fair ri

and ASF. Aoow'imv . .

We no,

Ivondals Stock Farm, .ng m 11......





Guernsey Cattle in the Michigan Holida

Sale at Jackson, Michigan. Dec.2719.1





er' s prices for quick sale. Visit our herd before buy

Meadow-Gold Guernsey Farm.R





CLUNY STOCK FARM





When you need a herd sire remember that we

have one of the best herds in Michigan. kept 11n-

der strict sanitary conditions

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality. and production records back-

ed by the best strains of breeding.





R. BRUCE McPHEIXSOl‘Ln





”.53 lbs. milk 819.4i

002111141111 18622 l.bs W.





‘ 600d "OI. accepted in payment of finely bred reg-

of the best. and at prices within reach of all. rite.





_ Eandscmely marked. about 5‘ white.





‘ McPherson Farms Ca, Howell, Mich.

. R% .m





ce Washlngton. Mich.





Michigan have on-

of Registered

Guernsey





have entered 10 head Reg Guernsey Cattle in the

Mich Guernsey sale at Jackson Dec

JOHN EBELS. 11.2. Holland. Mich.





UERNSEYB: Pure bred cows. heifers heifer and

bull calves. of choice May Rose breeding at farm.





‘ "‘5

8,8t. Johns, Mic





100--REG [STEREO HOLSTEI NS-- 100





Every individual





our wa ts.

Howell, Mich.





E6. HOLSTEINS: Herd headedb Albina Bcnte

Ba [11' s recor at 6 yrs. butter

Yearly record at 2% yrs butter

B. READER. Howell M1111





istered Holstein bull calves. unlity





GEO. D. CLARKE. - - - - Vassar.Mioh.





 





7 Pedigree Stock Farm offers Reg. Hol-

Parham s stein cattle. Chester White Swine,

extra bargins in calico and fall pigs. Bulls half rice.



R. B. PA 1.1HAM Bronson. Mih h.





$50 Gets 2°11? Dr" "D":-

aug er 0 e o n 11 -



ter 130 3 rd. Her dam 18.96lb. 2yr. old

oLAULIN Redford. Michigan.





 





 





I Always Have Holsteins

To Sell





If wanting Registered cattle write me your wants

before placing your order elsewhere.





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio





“TOP - NUTGH” HULSTEINS





“Milk production is an inherited ability. Good cows

must be bredtc togood pure—bred bulls if progress in

dslrying is tobe made"



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





 





 





Here is a great "Milk" Bull hav' th

transmit large milk and butter Kid" g 1.1 .abillty to

E“ 8i 3 Born 89111.20 mime.

re’s nearest

Dams average i Butter





His Dam' s Records} B cite r alga. days





80.87 lbs.





20854 11.1

8421bs

.Prlce 8&0.





7 days





   

 





 





.1191119111 11111 0111 11111111 one 1111111 11111111-

one as." 1111 Write r '

trench E. Smith. soars-16m ch.‘





 





ll Few Fine Bulls For Sale





. McCA RTY. Sec'.HyMlch





 





Bigolows lloltlsin Farms. Imdsvills, Mich.





WINWOOD HERD





REGISTERED HOLSTEINS





Holtcn, Mich.

Re/erence: Old State Bank. Fremont. Mich.

Flint Marker-cat Bo aire in service



His sire is Map ecrest Korn yke Bengerveld. his 8

Nearest Dams each cver30 lbs. of butter in‘l days.

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

butter in lyear. It isthe yearl cow we are looking

for to deliver the goods. Flint aplecrest Boy’ sDam is

Gluck VasserB Bell. 30.57 lbs. of butter in 7 do a and 120

lbs. in 90 days. Her butter (at test is 6. 27. T is looks

about right to the man who goes to the creamery.

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

sale at dairf farmers prices all outof A..R 0. Heifers.

Write 19 tel us the kind of a bull you want.





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

Pure





13.... HOLSTEIN COWS





WILL MAKE YOU MORE

than an other breed. That; a



MONEY factunost" a theory. Write us

for free information. There is



no obligation—-we have nothing



to sell. THE HOLSTEIN-FRIE-





IAN ASSOCIATION OF AMER-

ICA, Box 164, Brattleboro, Vt.





REGISTERED





HOLSTEIN BULL





 





 





 





Two ears old Jan. 16, 1918.

A splendi individual combinin the

best traits of the Pontiac, Deko and





King Se IS strains, for full particulars.

E.C BA§1NESL Birmingham, Mich.





FOB Sale On. re istercd vH<171stein bull rdLalt Bird a

twenty nearest ams da. record s av. 25. 58 lb.

butter. Dam to be tested. 6A 7finely marked. growthy

individul. Long Veiw Farm. R 8 Box 10A. Rochester. Mich.





2 CHOICE Holstein bulls nearly 091117 enough for

service. 0.1 born January 24,11ire's dam,

grand- dam and0 great grand- dam’ ssemi- 901iiclal records

average 842 lbab butter Dam of calf 18 lbs. buNtter 7 days

asseniorZyr. -old. average per cent fat 4.3261red

by 23 lb bull and out. of a 14 l unior 2-yr. o-ld.

L. BR DY Owner. Huron. Mich.

Chas. Peters, Herdsman, Three Rivers. Mich.





Butter Fat Counts





Holstein Bull Calves from a 30 lb. 6 53 fiBire. Dam

are grand daughters of the Kind of the Pontiaca.

Theirdams grand dau h ters of Sadie ValsConcordla

the first 30lb. cow. dwin 8. Lewis. Marshall Mich.





How Would You Like





a son of a 30 lb. bull from a daughter of Traverse Cad-

illac Lad? That is what we ofier you this week for 860.





Can ou bet

E. PIERCE l SON, - - Manchester, Mich.





Bull Calf born Mar. 7. fine individual

Holstein aprlze winner from 62 lb Sire and

22. $0, l£b%yr.m old dam. Price low.





cows for sale. 10 head hi hest class.

HOIStein regisptered stock. Write finr particu-

lars to E. P.KI NNEY. Lansing, Mich.



bull and heifer calves for sale



Reg' HolsteinE tar heavy milking dams.

C. L HULETT‘ SON. - - kemoleioh.





Bull calves sired by a double g- s-on of Friend Henger-



veld De K0] Butter Boyvf rom dams of the great-

est yearly record breeding rite for photos and prices

& etc. Ontonagon Valley Holstein Farm, Bruce 1: Crossing, Mich.





Bull Calves Pontaic Kcrnd yke

Reg' HOIStein andHen erveld DeKol Breyed-

ing at Farmers Prices. John A Einke, Warren. Mich





Fine Reg. Holstein bull calf. Born Nov. 28. about half

white. MgtfihersI It fathers dams have A. R. 0. re cords.





 





 





 





Owosso, Mich'





 





 





 





 





 





Price830. Cook. Box 77 Fowler-ville, Mich.

‘l‘eg.K Holistein bull calf strong in Segls. Korndyke &



Deli 0] blood. Nicely marked. First check forS50

takes him. M..II Chamberlain Jr. . Romeo Mich.





 





F s I Registered Holstein bulls ready for service

or a a and bull calves from 301b sire and HR 0.

dams with records up to 25 lbs.



Wm. GRIFFIN. - - - - 3.5 , Howell. Mich.





3--HOLSTEIN BULLS--3





Ready forservioe at Long Beach Farm. Augusta. Mich





HEREFllllllS





ALLEN BROS.





PAW PAW, MICH.

Herefords 5?R.‘.'3.‘”§ié§l°”1§. 321‘:

EARL 0.





Both sexes either polled or horned.

B.'Ass 11> Bad Axe, Mich.





Fons 1mm HEREFORD BULL cs vas ready 101-"





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Jersey 811113 For Salei





Readyfc scrvl lihu 813.113 bertbreedi

Watermslii t 3&m%.ei’:ckhrd Rd. “A"nn Arbor. lie





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Before the Recent MeetingC of bMichi

Clbu s at





T is a profound pleasure on my part,

to have this opportunity of present-

ing my address to such distinguish-



ed guests as are ours this evening‘and

such delegates as are present here,

representing one of the best agricul-

tural organizations and the grandest

of all vocations offered to mankind, in

this great state of ours, gn this occa-

sion, the Quarter Century Anniversary,

of the Michigan State Association of

Farmers’ Clubs.





We are associated together as a. com-

mon class, representing one of our

state’s greatest industries (agriculture)

and for a purpose only of further de-

veloping our social, mutual and intel-

lectual progress, a most worthy and

complimentary cause."





Agriculture has made a tremendous

growth in the past two decades in

Michigan, both physical and scientific,

and for these existing conditions much

credit is due the distinguished gentle-

men present, whOm we are so proud

to have as our guests this evening, viz.,

Dr. J. L. Snyder, President Emeritus,

and Dr. F. S. Kedzie, President of our

Michigan Agricultural College. These

gentlemen who have been so closely

associated with this grand old'institu-

tion of ours for so many years have

grown to not only love and endear the

institution that they represent here to-

night and three hundred and sixty-five

days in the year, but they likewise

have grown to love the great cause

and purpose for what that institution

stands for in a larger degree, Progres-

sive Agriculture.





The effect of our organization coop-

erating with the college for the past

quarter of a century has been greatly

beneficial to both, and to this union

has been born a new vision in agricul-

ture, a new purpose in its precepts.



Michigan’s population in 1910 was 2,-

810,173, an increase of 16.1 per cent in

a. decade, her rural population was 1,-

483,129, an increase of two per cent in

the same time. Although it is estimat-

ed that but one-third of the United

States population at present is rural, it

will still hold good that about fifty per

cent of Michigan’s population is rural

today. It is also interesting to note

according to statistics that Michigan

has 206,960 farms and their value per

acre is as follows: Land $32.48; build-

ings $15.09; implements $2.64; live

stock $7.28, a total average value per

acre of the farmer’s capital in 1910

being $57.49. The averagt size of

these farms was 91.5 acres. Therefore

the entire estimated capital value of

the farmers of Michigan was $1,088,-

668,931, which was an increase of 57.7

per cent during the same period of

time that our population increased but

two' per cent. However, it is perhaps

surprising to note that with our in-

crease in capital our mortgage condi-

tion has been slightly ' increasing.





In 1890 we find 37.6 per cent of our

farms were mortgaged. In 1900 we

find 39.4 per cent of our farms were

mortgaged. In 1910 we find 40.9 per

cent of our farms were mortgaged.



I believe that our 1920 census re-

port will show a surprising increase in

our farm capitalization and likewise in

our percentage of mortgaged condi-

tions, which goes to disapprove the

clamor of many fanatic writers that

the farmer is getting immensely rich

off. the hard earnings ”of our urban pop-

ulation. _



Time will not permit me to draw a

comparison of the farmer’s profits with

that of manufacturing or of mining,

our natural resources. These indus-

tries have prospered by leaps and

bounds in the past decade. It is suffi-

cient perhaps to inquireif anyone pres-

ent knows of any farmer within his

bounds of knowledge, whether in. Mich-





 

 





igan or elsewhere, making 100, 200 and;





’Pi‘eSi dent Scullygs Address





1Ean State Association of Farmers’ "





 

 





ansing





even 300 per cent on his money invest-

ed. I leave the problem for your own

conclusion as to who is making the

greater profits on his in‘veStment, " "





The farmer is at the present time an





acknowledged potent factor .in this"





world’s great crisis. President Wilson

Mr. Hoover, General Crowder, and

many others of our great statesmen

say that, upon our food production and

the conservation of the same hangs





more than the equilibrium of success





for our allied nations at war. And the

success of our allied armies means the

restoration of bleeding France, .the re;

construction of devastated Belgium,

the safe and sane control of the high

seas by England, a peaceful home-lov-

ing country of the United States,

world’s freedom from the tyranny of





autocracy and one-man power.

:1: =1: 1:





Our association was favored with a .

placement of one of our members on.





the Woman’s 'Committee‘ (Michigan

Division) Council of National Defense,

and it was my pleasure to name our

Worthy Secretary, Mrs. Joseph S.

Brown, of Howell, as a member of that

all-important committee, which posi-

tion I am sure she will fill most ably.



Much credit is due our legislative

committee, of which our Ex-president,

Hon. A. B. Cook, is chairman, through

their cooperation with the legislature

of 1917 and close scrutiny of the bills

introduced, it is my personal opinion

that the interests of the farmers of our

state were better taken care of by the

past session of the legislature than ev-

er before. I trust our aesociation will

deem it wise to continue this import-

ant committee.





Further, I would recomInend the pas-

sage of suitable resolutions endorsing

the “Ten Proposals? as presented by

the American Defense Society, Inc.,

"National Headquarters, asking the ad-

ministration and congress to act at

once upon these measures, as a mat-

ter of protection "in time of war.





Further, I would recommend the pas-

sage of suitable resolutions denounc-

ing the organization of the so7called

Non-partisan League, as a menace to

good and effective government.



Further, I would recommend the

passage of suitable resolutions, com-

mending our war preparedness board

upon their successful operations, "in

this trying time.



Also, commending Mr. W. K. Prud-





den’s activities in his endeavors to re- '





lieve the present acute coal situation.



Also, Hon. George A. Prescott’s suc-

cessful activities as State Food Admin-

istrator, and pledge' him our hearty

cooperation in the conservation Of our

food and food products in this crisis,

as a war meauure.



Also, as it is a. now proven fact

that our fire losses in Michigan for'the

current year will far exceed those of a

number of years past, running to per-

haps as high as $8,000,000, I would

recommend that our commissioner of





insurance be requested to compile a,





bulletin on causes of fires, with recom-

mendations for prevention, the same

to treat upon both city and country

conditions, and to be distributed ex-

tensively throughout the state. . ,

In conclusion I wish to thank the

officers and members of various com-





mittees for their untiring efforts in be»

half of the organization for the past .





year, much more than ordinary has

been asked of us as an organization

and as individuals, our responses have





been of the most willing nature to evs

We are hear to back the





ery call.

governor, to back the administration.





‘to back the government, to back our?





allies and to back Old Glory which

waves for universal freedom and

protection of innocent



childrenw "





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





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,F” Salem smumnuflsflmo. to 2 reels old





 





Every person interested in Dair





TO THE FIRST





MICHIGAN HOLIDAY





GUERNSEY SALE





Cattle should be at this sale-~surely



\ every Guernsey breeder 1n Mic igan owes it to the breed to be there.



’ Every one who believes 1n bettering his herd of cattle should be there.

Any one in the market for a Guernsey Cow, Heifer or Bull cannot

afford to stay away. Too Late to Write for Catalog, Come to





Jackson, Michigan - Fair Grounds





Thursday, December 2 7, 1 91 7





SALE STARTS AT ONE O’CLOCK SHARP





ST CALL





   





 





 





 





CATTLE





 





Illiel‘ermetscd Oettleah 8° bulls reedyforser-

vioe.outot M. ems. fetrehred to fresh-

en next fell. BOolon 0. Lillie “Coopers“ lle. Mich.





 





’ ' I Two registered Jersey’s:l bull cslv.es Splen-

II I 0 111:1 individu .1. Good 1139.1 mes. Priced to

sell. Lon. Velw Inn. 3. 3. Box] A; ~ ester.Mich.





FOR BSsle aoows. 3 yrs old with records. I heifer 2



yrs. old Zheiferslyr. old 21mm calves. ibulie



l d F0 utot flutld‘ppEEZZé nughfltg Noble 0! Osh-

Ol‘ 08 en larees W



19316:“. BliENN ANN.Sec - Cepec. Mich.





 





FOB Saleu Marie Leno R. ofM. Jersey Herdd B. otM.

end th r dc. hters all records 500 and 600 lbs.

‘in "were bulls end bul calves out of “Alla cows.





econ. Mich.

Choice Bulls





 





ready for service. .Also heifers





 





torsal sal.e Strong in the Blood



of Royal Majesty. Come end see them or write for

portion rs. THE WILDWOOD HER



Alvin Belden. (lapse. Mich.. Phone Die-5.



FOR SALE n...m...........11..

ready for service.





SMITH and PARKER. B. 4. Howell Mich.





 





Shorihonl Cattle oI both Sex Ior Sale

W. W. "APP. Howell. Michigan.

thallium}; i335.i°.iii’ifigsn%§1°§3§..“6wom ‘"

Ieey. Celt. lich” Shorthorn Breeders' Assn.. chrideo lick.





 





ATTENTION HOLSTEIN BREEDERS





Present and Future





This Is Not a BULL Sale

The Central Michigan Holstein Breeders Will Sell





AT AUCTION JAN. 18, 1918





At Michigan Agricultural College, East Lansing, Mich.





Thirty -five head of inspected and guaranteed females,

more than half of which will be straight, high quality cows

fresh or soon to freshen by bulls of good breeding and extra





 





individuality.





The balance are high- class heifers from eight months

to two years old, some of which are well along 1n calf.





Watch this space and send for catalog if interested, to

Chas. A. Daniels, Secretary, Okemos, Michigan.





 





SHORTHORNSM 11.1. 1'2“”? H3”?g.,§i‘£§;





sole. 1. E. Tenswell. Meson. Mlchi in n.





BIDWELL SHBHTHBBNS





For Beef and Milk.





saun- recldy for service. 15 months 2 years. for

sale; also need Scotch- topped cows and heifers. Mod- '

ern. sanitary equipment. One hour from Toledo.

0!: Lo N. Y. 0. Visitors Welcome Write us.





BIDWELRL STOCK FARM





B, Tecumseh, Mich igan





 





Ios‘thorns {or sale. 5 bulls Scotch to

09115040





mlwh i

ton Sultan. lmos. £35009 0. Carlson.





110 to 14 mos”

Icon of Mn-

Leroy. Mich.





m Siorthorns {fiheflrgglnsl milk :trsinyoung





3159 to m J B EU m.os oldtorsale. Pldh.





. Mason.



ShorthOrns Bulls 0 mos. to 12 mos. old from

' sood milki



nun-1.111.. COLLAR 131108.. 1iI 'amdgniilln Migi.





Milking Shorthorns; —~Bull calf 5 mos.

son of Gene I

I“. A few temclmeghvl





.dam b son of (13”: (lrglxdd:

11 re

30,3111. Morrioe. Mlcfi.





«Ives sired b Diamond x111.

both sexes Owl). T e t

L. Ron. 011.18.“? °°"





lting cows

J. HOMO. 3.. 8. Milford. Iich.





=1 orheofl .mgdhggjim





3.3 (lilac Station.





 





 





 





 





Jerseys and Duroc Jerseys





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

producers. Hrookwater ofiers to sel ew ( hoice bull calves of this kind. Our herd of Durocs has

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





Boar Pigs and Yearlings For Sale.

BROOKWATER FARM O'MFA:2(§::R'

Ann Arbor. Ml‘h., R. 7.





SHOBTHOBNS. Butterfly Sultan. half brother to

International 81'. Ohm ion. in secervl or so

.McQuillnn. Hoowell. Mich-





H. W. MUMFORD.

OWNER





 





 





 





 





 





noes.





UROO Boar for sale. Top Cherr King 2nd bred

by ’lruax 1!: Son. ferroKed Mar. 1 17. Breeding in-

cludes the Orion Cherry lng. Top Col. and Deten—

der lines which are among the best in the country.





bulls.oows.snd heifers. W.





HOMESTEAD FARMS





We have for Immediate delivery the following thoro-





 





This boar' ls right in every we Price 1' ason ble.

bred re stored s t:nclr Sho rtlsorn Durhems. Milk- .. Y- 6 a

strefiin nScotch topped. one roan cow. Mary Bell TheJENNINGS 1’ ARMS- ' ' Bailey. Mich.

ii'lost'” 0"3 '111 "i ouilifi“ eel! m'iilihpki; magma-1111.

ne e1 ero pr.19 mm or e as

llk s i Ad d f s rin celvl “NICO Iboar! bred sows.

m a“ "..1'.a°.°.311.°w..2:. .1 1... DU ROCS 1.11 11...... p...





Ilse

Boy Rosalind. 148544: Dam ueen Caroline 2nd. 161%. J' 3‘ BANGHART,,Lan31n., M1011.

H. F. H. B. well marked. A so spring calves.





Jerseysuadwknce orders for bull calves. Blood line son





 





application istered edI-lo gsnA limited number of PllIllufll Offers Registered Swine Boers. tried

ri . brood sows. One Great Herd B Write

33:1.“ hires an rec-Jerseys. Write for full dose p your wants Orlo L. Dobson. Qul 1(1):; Mich





 





ow what on went.

HomssrsAn “11111.net





or sale: Reg. Shorthorns. Two Roan .bulls. one B

one 9 1110s.R end one Red heifer 13 mos.

J. A. B'A'rcmsu - - . Ho well. Mich.





Bloominndels.





 





DUROC SOWS





bred to Orion' s Fenc Kin 83857. th I) st

:11. e ever shown at ,the In‘ternstiongl. ”so pit of





 





 





 





 





mg Bhorthornscnd PolledDurhcms.mhesd cows 0N BAR BNHABT. . - - It. Johns. MIch.

heifers end young bulls. Sul tens D ‘- and

Sittyton Duchessincleded. H. B. Helm 3.]. Orion. Itch. DurOC Jerse 331?“, 31m ”‘6

_ pigs either

Cattle“ For Salem .__._.E D 11111111111111“ “mind- ““h-





 





 





   





 





xUROOBJ war so “1,3. beer.- n.

almo- D519“ 1 lri‘ismr«11738311 W'lch.





-W0‘IANI t, r3021. Plain





you any dnumber l. a ’fiflasn Mold 5':





12(1)..- Iss‘sc Shed‘stnln.





 





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s rin 1 s for sale.

9 gig-Tings Mich





Ellrs

D M ON





Duroc ism:

CAREY U.





Dgllod





 





D11 roe Jerseys-- hours of the large heavy boned type.

Prize “inning stock. prices reasonable type end

breeding considered also giltn bred to Junior Cham-

pion beer for spring tsrrow. l-.J. Drodt. R. 1. Monroe. Mich.





 





Sale Duroc Jerseys Bears end gilts. also, dandy

fall pigs. Prices right. JOHN MCNICOLL.

Station A. Home 4. Bay City, Mich.





DUROC JERSEY SOWS





Bred to one of the best young boars in Mich. for Mass.

farrow. RUSH I [(08, flo.meo Mich

A FEW Dumc Jersey bled gilts for sale. Some

extra good fall boars

Milan. Mich.





W '0. TAILOR - -





Big growthy fellows. .

hThe kind that pleases.

C..() D. and pay express.

J. CARth JEWETT, Mason,Mi_ch.

Gilts bred for March fer-row earl

CheSter fall igs both sexes trombest blood

lines. I". W. ALEfANDER. Vassar. Mich.





For





 





 





 





 





 





Like This





the original big producers





 





I HAVE stint-ted thousands of breeders on the road to



success. I can help you. I want htoplace.l one be from



my great berg“° in everyfflmisluniltyw here 1 k t

V 0 —



wnuro‘i‘miy 151° "11' waxing?" i155..-





am notnl

months ol





o. s. BENiAmx. B p p 10 reruns ulcmgul





 





 





Big Type O. l. C’s.





Stock of Illa es for sale. We showed at four state

fairs and we more championdend Grand Champions

than all the other breeders together double, we were

Premier Breeder and E xhibtor at every fei r we show-

ed. We Breed the best. We sell the best. We Guarani

tee them to be the best. Write your wants. Get our

Catalogue. CWe Ashiggon approval



LL and SON. Cass City. Mich.





 





I. C's Service boars all sold have some fine lest





. spring gilts and a nice lot of this fall pigs

skin. good growthyst och. 56 mi. west of Depot. bulls.

phone 124. Ott tto BI? Schulse. Nashville, Mich.





 





0.]. C. & ClliS‘l'l-II WHITE SWINE.





Strictly: big type with quality. Hove a choice Into!

t for early fall service. These boars will

sol worth e money. Also have some fine tilts.





will shi

M'Xo 'NS STOCK l'ABM.R.1.Ms1-lette. Mich.





 





 





Additional Stock Ads. on r... on





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é Markets.





' bushel:





, turEk‘eys 34

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GRAINS AND SEEDS





December 18, 1917.



WHEAT.——This market is active,

with millers reporting a brisk demand

for flour, which showed a. decline on

Monday of from 10@20c per bbl. A

year ago No. 2 red wheat was quoted

at $1.67 per bushel. Present prices

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

$2.15; No. 2 mixed $2.15.



CORN.—There appears to be some

increase in the movement in corn from

the farms. Now that more cars are

promised, it is expected that supplies

at all markets will be increased. How-

ever, if adequate transportation facil—

ities can be provided, foreign demands

will quickly absorb all surplus stocks

in our markets here. Any interference

however, with transportation is likely

to cause fluctuations in quotations.

Dealers report an improvement in the

quality of the grain now coming for-

ward. .On Monday prices were un-

changed at Detroit, but a fraction

lower in Chicago. A year ago No. 3

corn brought 971/3c on the local mar-

ket. Last week’s Detroit quotations





 





were:

No. 3 No. 3

Mixed. Yellow.



V‘fednesday ........ 2.03 2.07



’l hursday .......... 2.03 2.07



I1 riday ............. 2.05 2.07



S aturday .......... 2.05 2.07



1V 'onday ............ 2.05 2. 07



T 1esday ........... 05 2. 07





2.



Chicago —I)ece111ber corn $1. 25/ /8 per

January $1. 211./_; May $1.191/g.



0ATS.——This market appears to be

influenced largely by the car situation.

W.1ile receipts at country elevators

are fairly liberal, dealers are uncertain

as to their ability to move the grain in

the event of buying, consequently the

sales are more or less limited. For-

eign demand is as urgent as ever, and

Cil!3.£.":{‘:é are going out of the country.

A year ago standard oats were quoted

at Qific per bushel. Last week’s De-

troit quotations were:





No. 3

Standard. White.

Wednesday ........... 791/2 79

Thursday ....... . ..... 81% 81

Friday ................ 81 1A; 81

Saturday .............. 811/2 821/2

Monday ............... 811/2 83

Tuesday .............. 80%

Chicago —Decembe1 oats 75140 per

bushel; May 721/80.





RYE—Rye is in demand, with cash

No. 2 quoted at $1.83 per bushel.



BEANS—This trade is active and

steady with quotations unchanges from

last week. Cash beans are quoted by

the Detroit exchange at $12.50 per

cwt. The Chicago market remains

steady, with only a moderate volume

of transactions. Michigan pea-beans

hand-picked, are quoted at $14 per

cwt; red kidneys $17.



PEAS—Market is easier, with field

peas quoted at $650077 per cwt.



SEEDS.-Prime red clover $16.20;

March $16.10; alsike $14.20; timothy

$3.65 per bushel.





FLOUR AND FEEDS





FLOUR—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market. per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $11.10; seconds $10.80;_straight

$10.50; spring patent $11.20@11.30; rye

flour $10.50@10.70 per bbl.



FEED.——In 100—1b. sacks jobbing lots

are: Bran $44; standard middlings

$47; fine middlings $50; cracked corn

$84; coarse corn meal $77; corn and

oat chop $60 per ton.



HAY.——ln carlots at Detroit: No. 1

timothy $24.50@25; standard timothy

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

light mixed $23.50@24; No. 1 clover

$19@20 per ton.



Pittsburgh—No. 1 timothy $29@

29.50; No. 2 timothy $27GU27.50; No. 1

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

ed $29@30; No. 1 clover $29@30 a ton.





POULTRY PRODUCTS





POULTRY.-——(Live).———Demand for

all kinds of poultry is active and pric-

es are higher Best spring chickens





 





 





“22@2311; hens 20@21c; ducks 25@26c;





geese 23Gi24c; turkeys 30@3lc.

Chicago.~—(Live).~—Supply fair and





,demand good for turkeys and geese.





The Chicago Poultry Board has ruled“

that poultry must not be fed at least

12 hours before placing on the market

for sale. Fowls 18@19c; spring chick-

ens 200; ducks 22c; geese 16 (1,200;

turkeys, good 260 (Dressed). — owls

20@21c; ducks, fancy 25c; geese 220;

3416c.



GEGS.—— esh eggs are firm and 20

Fresh firsts 45@50c.





,





 





stock commands high prices.





Chicago. 41156311115513 small owing





to severe weather, and the fine fresh

Fresh

Michigan firsts sell for 51@53c; ordi-





" nary firsts 44@49c; miscellaneous lots,





cases included 44@5lc.





DAIRY PRODUCTS





BUTTER—Market is firm and re-

ceipts are small. Fresh creamery

firsts 431/2@441/zc; fresh creamery ex-

tras 451/2,@461/2 0.



Chicago. —~A' firm feeling generally

pervades the market and fresh goods

are taken up on arrival. Creamery ex-

tras 49c; extra firsts 48@481/2c; pack-

ing stock 321/2@330.



CH EESE—~M1ch1gan flats 231 /2c per

lb; New York flats 25c; brick 241/2c;

long horns 261/20; Michigan daisies

241/20; Wisconsin daisies 251/10; Wis-

consin double daisies 25c; domestic

Swiss 35@400 for prime to fancy; lim-

burger 28@290.





F RUITS—VEGETABLES





POTATOES—There were 17 cars of

potatoes on track at Detroit on Mon-

day morning. Sales of Round Whites

of good quality and sacked, were made

at $2@2.10 per cwt. At Cleveland the

Michigan Round Whites, sacked, sold

at $2. 15((22. 25; in New Y01k at $2. 22@

2.37 in Buffalo $2. 25012. 30; in Colum-

bus, Ohio, $2. 25@2. 35; in Pittsburgh

$2. 10@2. 15; in Indianapolis $2. 25@

2.30; in Washington, D. C. $2. 50@

2.75. All of the markets mentioned

above were reported steady on Mon-

day morning.



ONIONS.—The local market for on-

ions is slow with whites and reds in

100-p0und sacks selling around $2.50.

Michigan whites are selling in Buffalo

at $2. 50@2. 75, while yellows aie quot-

ed at $2. 50012. 65 for the betteI grades.

In Pittsburgh, Michigan yellow stock is

b1inging $2.75; yellobws in Chicago are

quoted at $1.25@1.50 per 70-lb. sack.





CABBAGE—No sales have been re-

ported on the local market the past

few days. At Cleveland Danish seed

is selling to jobbers at $50 per ton; in

New York at $45@50, and domestic at

$380140; in Buffalo domestic brings

$43@45, while in Pittsburgh the quota-

tion is $45. Chicago prices are: Hol-

land seed $2.50@3 per bbl; in bulk $40

@43 per ton. Markets are generally

stronger, and prices higher.



CELERY.—At Rochester N. Y., there

is considerable improvement in the de-

mand for this product. Large crates

bring $3.75, medium $2.75((ij3.20 and

small $2@2.25. The cold weather has

interrupted business at Kalamazoo,

Mich. The market is also weak at

Hudsonville.



APPLES.—There were 12 cars of ap-

ples on the Detroit market on Monday

morning. On Saturday jobbers were

paying $6.15 for fancy Jonathans and

$5 for Baldwins. The New York mar-

ket is active with stock so variable in

quality and condition that it is difficult

to quote. In Cincinnati the trade con-

tinues firm while in Pttsburgh and Chi-

cago it is reported steady. - Consider-

able stock has been reported frozen

during the recent cold spell.





GRAND RAPIDS





The potato movement continues slow

and market weak. While shipments

have been heavier than last year the

increase in movement is only about 20

percent, while the crop is estimated

to be 40 to 50 per cent larger. Both

owners and buyers are holding back,

and there is a shortage of cars. Prices

for Round Whites, bulk per 100 lbs.,

range as follows: Traverse City sec-

tion $1@1.20; Petoskey $1@1.10; Cad-

illac $1611.20; Reed . City $1@1.25;

Hart $1.10((?1.25; Greenville $1.45@

1.50; Grand Rapids $1.20@1.30. -No

special'change is noted in grains, and





 





 





 





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ket. In live poultry, fowls are worth

16(a 18c; ducks 18@200; turkeys 20@

26c per pound.





LIVE STOCK





BUFFALO.

December 17, 1917.

Cattle. —Receipts 75 cars; market is

250 higher; best shipping steers $13@

13. 50; fair to good $12@12. 50; plain

and coarse $9. 50@10; yearlings $11. 50

@12; best handy steers $10. 50@11. 50;

fair to good $96310; handy steers and

mixed $8. 50@9. 25; light butcher steers

$8@9. 25; western heifers $8@10; best

fat cows $96310; butcher cows $6@7;

cutters $5. 50@6; canners $4@5; facny

bulls $8. 75@9. 50; butcher bulls $7@8;

common bulls $6@6. 50; best feeding

steers 900 to 1000 lbs, $8. 75@9; medi-

um feeders $7. 75@8; lightocommo

6. 50; stockers $6. 25@6.0 50; best mioffiers

and springers $60@120

og.s ~Receipts 40 care; market 50c





 





 





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pigs $16. 25.





Sheep and Lambs .-—Receipts 150.





cars; market 25c hi her; top lambs

$19@19. 25, yearlings 15

ers $12. 50@13; ewes $11.

Calves. ——Receipts 300. ’1@he market

is strong; tops $17.50; grassers $6@7.





CHICAGO.

December 17,1917.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today. 1.5 000 32, 000 12, 000

Same day 1916. .27 099 73,313 24,168

Last week ...... 97, 285 238, 713 92, 729

Same wk 1916.. .,78 486 280,897 98, 592





Despite much smaller supplies of

cars available on eastern railroads last

week many more cattle and sheep

were shipped from here than a year

ago but only 15, 390 hogs were shipped

from here, comparing with 70, 006 in

the same time last year. Large num-

bers of cattle were left over unsold on

Saturday, while 20, 765 hogs were car-

ried over, thereby greatly swelling to-

day’s supply. For all that, prices were

much higher for hogs than closing quo-

tations of Saturday, sales ranging at

$15. 35@..16 40. Hogs received last week

averaged 207 lbs. Cattle were in live-

ly demand at advances of 15@25c, and

some sales indicated an ever larger ad-

vance. The1e was a meager sheep and

lamb supply, and prime lambs sold at

$17, an advance of 25c. Prime ewes

advanced to $11.75. ‘



Cattle receipts last week were in-

creased enormously, and prices were

on the down-grade nearly all of the

time. Excepting 22 head of fancy

heavy Hereford steers taken at $15.75,





the best weighty cattle went for $13. 50 E





@14. 75, with not many sales above

$13.50. Medium grade steers sold at

$10.50 and over, plain to fair steers

of light weight $9.40 and over, and in-

ferior little steers $6.50@7. Yearlings

$13@14.5O for the better class, and $9

@950 for ordinary kinds. A large bus-

iness was tiansacted in butcher stock,

with cows taken at $6. 60@10. 25, heif-

eis at $5. 75@12. 50, cutters at $6@6. 55,

canners $5. 40@5. 95 and bulls $6(a‘)11.

The calf market was exceptionally

high, with the bette1 class of light

vealers purchased for $15@16 per 100

lbs., and sales all the way down to

$6. 50@10 for coa1se to good heavy

lots. Stockers and feeders were very

la1gely 50c lower, with sales at $6. 90@

10. 50 mainly and not much trading

higher than $10. With the week’s cat-

tle receipts the largest ever known,

the close was bad, and after Wednes-

day not many steers sold above $13.

The best heavy cattle closed at $14.40

and best yearlings at $14.



Hogs were marketed last week in

greatly increased numbers and a weak-

ness developed in prices.

sales took place at $15. 45@16. 50, com-

paring with $16. 75@17. 75 on the week’s

best day and with $16. 40@17. 40 at the

close of the previous week. '



Lambs were unevenly higher in

price during the first half of last week

with insufficient supplies to go around,

the local and shipping demands being

liberal; but later on prices ruled low-

er, the receipts being greatly increas-

ed, with many belated arrivals swell-

ing the supplies. Fed western lambs

made up most of the arrivals. Closing

prices were. Lambs $12. 50@16. 75;

feeding lambs $15@17; yearlings $12

@14. 50; wethers $11. 40(iu13; ewes $9@

11.60; breeding ewes $11@13. 25; feed-

ing ewes $7@10 bucks $7. 50@10;

goats $5@8. 75. At one time during the

week prime killing lambs brought $17.



Horses were marketed in fair num-

bers last week and sold at generally

unchanged prices, although the only

real activity was in army horses. Sales

were made of ordinary to good farm

chunks at $60@150, drafters at $135@

165, drivers at $75@200 and loggers

at $150@225.





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According to John Huling, of Warren

county, Indiana, who was in the Chi‘

cago market recently for the purpose

of purchasing a carload of feeding cat-

tle weighing about 700 lbs, the crop

of hogs and cattle on feed in that dis-

trict is about normal. He stated that

corn was not of very goOd quality, it

being very largely soft. He added

that he was about to begin feeding soft

corn to his stock. The pig crop of

Warren county is fairly large and good“,

in average grading.



W. T. Walker, of Monica, 111., who

visited the recent International Live

Stock Exposition, reported that great





numbers of cattle and hogs in that dis-





trict have been turned into’corn fields,

as the corn was caught by frosts and

made rather soft c said the farm-





'ers in that part of Illinois are endeav-





oring to comply with the foOd bureau’ s





hogs by doing their share, the increase

asked for the state of Illinois being

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Thursday's Market.

December 20, 1917.





' Cattle.





Receipts 2295. All glrtades tactlvézoalt

last week's prices; qua 1 y no so .



Best heavy steers $11.50@12; best

handy weight butcher steers $9@10;

mixed steers and heifers $8.50@9;

handy light butchers $7.50@8; light

butchers $6.50@7; best cows $8@8.50;

butcher cows $7@7.50; cutters $6@

6.25; canners $5.25@5.75; best heavy

bulls $8@9; bologna bulls $7 (07.50;

stock bulls $6@6.50; feeders $7. 0@8;

smokers 3356.5016707 .50; milkers and

s rin era 0 .

pBisiop, B. & H. sold Nagle P. Co.

9 steers av 1170 at $10.75, 1 do wgh

1020 at $8; to Sullivan P. Go. 8 cows

av 870 at $7, 1 bull wgh 1360 at $7.50,

11 cows av 824 at $8, 3 do av 1043 at

$7, 3 do av 870 at $7, 2 bulls av 1000

at $7.25, 22 butchers av 724 at $7.50;

to Bresnahan 20 canners av 894 at $6,

5 do av808 at $5.75, 10 cutters av 957

at $6, 5 canners av 768 at $5.50; to

Rattkowsky 2 cows av 975 at $7.50, 4

do av 870‘at $6.25; to- Mason B. Co. 1

bull wgh 1600 at $8; to Livenelly 7

stockersv av 586 at $6; to Parker, W. &

Co. 25 steers av 970 at $11.25; to New-

ton P. Co. 16 butchers av 908 at $8, 1

cow wgh 1220 at $5.50, 5 do av 810 at

$6.50, 4 steers av 1200 at $10.10, 13

butchers av 844 at $8, 14 do av 920 at

$8.50, 2 steers av 1075 at $10.50, 1 bull

wgh 1530 at $8.50, 15 butchers av 786

at $7.75; to Mich. B. Co. 31 steers av

1122 at $9.85, 15 do av 956 at $9, 1 do

wgh 1100 at $12, 9 do av 861 at $10.50,

5 do av 1000 at $10.50, 3 do av 1187 at

$12, 4 do av 1027 at $10, 6 do av 875

at $8.50, 4 do av 960 at $11; to Walk

26 butchers av 640 at $6.75; to Nagle

P. Co. 24 do av 833 at $8.85; to Parker,

W. & Co. 2 bulls av 1250 at $7.



Erwin, S. & J. sold Bernfeldt 8 butch-

ers av 630 at $6; to Newton P. Co. 2

cows av 850 at $6.75, 8 canners av 831

at $5.75, 4 do av 870 at $5.50, 2 do av

900 at $5.75, 2 cows av 975 at $7, 14

butchers av 586 at $6.50, 20 do av 841

at $8.50; to Applebaum 15 do av 620 at

$6.10; to Sullivan P. Co. 12 do av 630 at

$6.35, 1 cow wgh 1130 at $7.25; to

Bresnahan 3 cows av 1150 at $6.50, 7

canners av 961 at $5.50, 2 heifers av

560 at $6, 10 stockers av 597 at $6.75;

to Casemer 5 cows av 1068 at $6.60; to

Barlage 18 butchers av 684 at $6.75; to

Sullivan P. Co. 8 do av 740 at $7, 6 do

av 753 at $7.50, 3 do av 653 at $6, 8 do

av 700 at $7.50; to Nagle P. Co. 14 d0

av 873 at $9.25, 2 cows av 1065 at

$7.75, 2 do av 950 at $8, 7 do av 914 at

$6, 3 butchers av 623 at $6.50, 2 bulls

av 1125 at $7.50; to Grant 17 butchers

av 550 at $6; to Nagle P. Co. 1 bull

wgh 1550 at $9.25; to Sullivan P. Co.

8 butchers av 715 at $7.25.



McMullen, K. & J. sold Kamman B.

Co. 21 steers av 982 at‘ $8.85, 9 do av

728 at $7.40; to Bernfeldt 1 cow wgh

1150 at $6.75, 3 do av 957 at $6.50, 6

butchers av 660 at $6.25; to Bresnahan

9 canners av 980 at $5.50; to Goodgold

8 butchers av 605 at $6.25; to Parker,

W. & Co. 13 stockers av 1083 at $10.75,

1 cow wgh 1120 at $7.50; to Mason B.

Co. 10 do av 1000 at $7.25, 16 butchers

av 592 at $6.75; to Fineman 8 do av

500 at $5.25, to Hammond, S. & Co. 1

heifer wgh 840 at $7.50.



Veal Calves.



Receipts 742. Market strong. Best

$16; few fancy at $16.50; others $7.50

@15.



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

2 av 135 at $12, 4 av 145 at $16, 2 av

150 at $12, 10 av 143 at $15.50; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 3 av 118 at $11.50, 12

av 150 at $16, 3 av 130 at $12, 4 av 150

at $16, 10 av 120 at $15, 2 av 155 at

$16; to Newton P. Co. 8 av 145 at $16;

to Shipiro 9 av 150 at $16; to Newton

P. Go. 22 av 155 at $16.



Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 2615. Market steady. Best

lambs $17@17.25; fair lambs $1662,

16.50; light,to common lambs $14@





7 114.50; fair to good sheep $9@11; culls

and common $6638.





McMullen, K._ & J. sold Hammond, S.

a: Cu. 6 sheep av 100 at $7, 2 lambs av

55 at $16; to Wilson & Co. 17 do av 90





. at $16.75, 41 do av 82 at $17.





Eflnn, S. & J. sold Wilson & Co. 13

lambs av 80 at $16.75, 112 do av 75 at

$17.35; to Hammond, S. & Co. 51 do

av 73Uat $17, 23 do av 55 at $16, 4 do

av 65 at $14; to Thompson 24 do av

75 at $17.25: to Hammond, S. & Co.

64 do av 70 at $17.25. ,





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Cow Coughs—About three weeks

ago one of my best cows commenced

to cough, and a week later another

cow occasionally coughs, but so far as

I can tell the cows are healthy. They

are now running in clover pasture and

I would like to know what to do for

them. M. A. W., Remus, Mich—At

milking time rub their throat with.

camphorated oil and don’t dope them

with drugs.



Rheumatism—Tuberculosis. —— What

can I do for a hen that is lame? She

has a good appetite and sings when I

go to feed her. Her comb is a fine red

color and she seems to be in good

health, except that she cannot walk. I

also have two White Leghorn hens that

were troubled with a cough. When I

examined them I could not see any-

thing wrong in the throat of either one.

I locked them up and gave them two

drops of tincture of aconite on bread

morning and evening for a few days,

and they apparently recovered, but a

couple of Weeks later I let them out,

one of them died very suddenly; be-

fore death she would open her mouth

and stretch her head well forward in

her . efforts to breathe. Can you tell

me what the disease was and how I

should have treated her? M. M. R.,

Harrisville, Mich—Give your hen $6

gr. of sodium salicylate at a .dose four

times a day. Examine her feet for

they may be sore, possibly the result

of a badly shaped roosting pole, which

perhaps should be changed in shape to

accommodate the foot. Your other

chickens died the result'of tuberculosis

which is incurable.





Lacerated Tent—I have a six-year—

old cow that had one of her teats al-

most cut oil by a cow stepping on it.

The wound healed fairly well, but this

teat leaks milk continually. I am sat-

isfied that she will never be any good

for dairy purposes and as she will

come fresh in December would like to

know if I had better beef her now or

wait until after she has had her calf.

A. P., Elsie, Mich—If your cow is in

high flesh at present and you can sell

her for a good price, it would relieve

you of any farther expense, as during

the latter period of gestation, she will

not gain in flesh and after she calves

you may find it somewhat difficult to

dry her and fatten her.





Bruised Shim—Four weeks ago my

nine-year-old mare was kicked by an-

other horse, wounding shin in two dif-

ferent places a short distance below

hock joint causing some soreness and

considerable swelling. The leg re-

mains thick and I would like to know

What remedy to apply. G. L. T., Cam-

den, Mich.—-—First of all the hair should

be clipped off and the swollen part of

shin painted with tincture of iodine

every day or two. Also, give her 30

grs. of potassium iodide at a dose in

(fieed or drinking water three times a



ay.



Incipient Heaves.—For the past 60

days my seven-year-old mare appears

to have but little strength, sweats alto-

gether too freely when doing only light

work; furthermore, she is short-wind-

ed. She is fed oats and plenty of clo-

ver hay. L. K., Ross, Mich—First of

all you should discontinue feeding clo—

ver, or dusty, musty, badlyeured fod-

der of any kind. Grain an roots is the

best foo you can feed her; besides, her

food supply should not be bulky. She

should be clipped, clothed warm, the

stable kept clean, free from foul gas

and well supplied with fresh air. Give

her 40 drops of fluid extract lobelia, 40

drops fined extract nux vomica and 1/2

oz. of Fowler‘s solution at a dose in

either feed or drinking water three

times a day. By following these direc-

tions your mare will soon regain her

stregnth and be comfortable. Remem‘

her, if she is pot-bellied, inclined to eat

filthy bedding, you had better bed her

with shavings or sawdust.





Warts.—-I have two young heifers

that have a warty condition of skin;

these patches are not very numerous

but where they exist the skin cracks

open. C. N., Wallace, Mich.——'Apply

one part iodine and nine parts lanolin

or petrolatum to sore parts once a day.

Occasionally paint these patches with

tincture iodine. ~



Worms—I have a nine-year-oldlnare

that does not appear to be sick, but

her coat is rough and no matter how

much I feed her she remains thin. She

is fed ground corn. oats and both hay

and straw for roughage. H. W., Hamil-

ton, Mich—Mix together one part pow-

dered sulphate iron, one part ground

nun vomica, one part salt and three

parts ground gentian; give her a des-

sertspoonful at a dose in ground feed

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O LC’s. A few prizex nning gilts at flirhigan

0 ' Butanirzals Sept. iuofthebcet





Au .

blood linu. Glover Loaf Sto farm, Igonroe. Mich.

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O I C Am clearing some gmd boars ofMay far

I ' 9 row and tall pigs either sex.

0. J. THOMPSON, Rockford, Mich.





 





.' 'l' Poland China. Apr. boars. sire and dams

‘ IE H10 trams 1000-lb. stock; can be returned it not

satisfactory. R. W. MILLS. Saline. Mich.





BOARS—-SOWS





Big type bi bone. . For the next ”days we will sell

Big type Po and China: at bar ain prices. A ril boar





 





weighing 310 lb. Open gilt; miner and all pigs

everythilr}? goes. Get busy.

J. C. B LER. Portland. Mlchlfinn.3ell Phono.





 





ARGE Type P. C. Largest in Mich. Spring Bouts



. ready to ship. The kind that make good. me and



see the real big ”pa kind. Expenses paid it not”

represented. Free livery from Parma.



W. E. Purina. Inch.





LIVINGSTON.

' . April and May pigs, heal-

marl? Pm" Mt day and worthy: Price.

rig t. . W. BARNES t! SON, Byron. Mich.





 





 





LARGE. Type P. 0. Some growthy spring Bonn-s and

Gilte ready to ship, come and see them. Free liv-





ery from. Augusta. W J Hmlnhaw. Augusta. Mich.





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. W. HOLTON. KALAMAZOO. MICHIGAN.

ARGE Two P. 0. Some good spring boars up to





270 lbs. ill also price gilts. 0 on or bred.

Fall pigs nod, blhlp. Wm. J. Clarke. .7, MammMich.





° Poland China boon chi (1.0.D.

B‘g Boned caller write {(wphoto,\vgli:hdts.Ped-

igree and price. I.'R. Leonard, “,3. St. Louis, Mich.





 





 





 





 





w ll i Alley big tvpe P C. boars that represent the

a M host breeduuot Iowa at ’4 their value for

the wt 10 dam. (Two

A. D. GREGORY, -





LlRllE STRAIN P. ll.





H. O. SWARTZ.





Bx; type P. 0. Bears and Gilts of Peter Meow breed-

ing. He sold 104 head Sept. 21 for $32,035 average

$308 per head. C. E. Garnant, Eaton Rapids. Mich.





' [0. Bi boned follows from loun'sgreateit

mg I!” horda. glacial prices on spring hours.

3 .MATHE'WSO , - - - Burr Oak, Mich.





that on extra.)

. . - - Ionia, Mich.





 





nothing for sale until after

Dec. lst.

Schoolcraft. Mich.





 





 





 





- Big Type Poland Ohln- : s d

Reg‘Stered bred cows at reduced gloat?“ an

LONE aroma FARM. - . Pontiac, Mich.

Heartland Hampshlrea salesman; m"



JOHN w. SNYDER. R. 4. St. Johns. Mich.





 





 





 





 





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l'l' PAYS TO BUY rung BRED sneer or ‘

PARSONS heiress?

\ Ell-:1! and $W¢°¥°wlv¥yu§ and play 91mm?

‘ ' 0x35: Shfiomgfrguungd'gofigd-anu.

PARSONS. GrandLedge.Mich. Bog





Beg. Shmpslllre Rams For Sale





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





' Ram Lamb. and one three year

ShorPShlre old flock henqder for sole.

ARMSTRONG IRO'S. R. 3, Fowlervillo. Mich.





SHROPSHIRE AND HAMP-

SHIRE RAM LAMBS





Husky one. with (unlit . price $.35. Shipped 0. O. D.

ope on Farms,

Sheep at Lupton address Goldwater. Mich.





CHOICE BRED EWES





230101;. 1 to 4 years old,bred to good Shropshire rams.

813 to$l£ each for 10 or more, it taken soon.

ALMOND B. CHAPMAN. So. Rockwood, Mich.





Registered 0xlord ”W“ ‘f,fl‘.,“;".¥’:£°" “'r

OL STED and J. SPAANS, Muir, Mich.





 





 





 





0 Oxford Ram and Ram

hRegglstered 1...... A]... Berkshire

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SE STOCK FARM, IL], Marlene. Rich.





 





FOR SALE





100 3000 Breading EWBS





bred to good Shropshire bucks, weighing over 2!!)

lbs. Will sell in small lint-ks if desired.





Hillcrest Farm, Kalamazoo, Midi.



E W E S: 53:25:19.“..."33. I1



A.A. WOODk' SUN. Saline. Mich.



Western Em: had in Registered Mullen Rant.



BARNARD SHEEP RANCH, B.5, Clare. Mich.

HORSES





Eleven (11) Head of Registered

Percherons For Sale.





Stallions, brood mares, colts and fillies.

A fine lot, big boned, clean limbed, strait





 





 





 





 





gaited, drafty show—horse type.

Wlll sell cheap for cash or will give

time to reliable parties





Dr. C.L. Barber, Lansing, Mich.

REGISTERED PE RC HERON





Marco and Stallions priced to cell. In. notion incl '

, . . EATON RXPlDB. 56$.





ESESER BROS.





Belgian and Percheron Stallions for sale that



Will pass the Michigan Stallion Inspection.



Have a few mares of both breeds. Shorthwn Cot-



gaitwe offer achoice lot of bulls and females.

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LIGWONIER INDIANA.





PERGHERON DISPERSAL





The entire herd of the late A. A. Palmer

Wlll be closed out;25 pure bred er-

cheron mares $211) to $400 except 0;

also young stallions





PALMER BROS, Balding Mich.





F OR SALE ”mum"- 3““ “mm“

Masha

3.3. amnion. . . . . lgfoflgitfi'igi





 





 





 





Harry Potter & Son, Davison, Mich.





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Seven 18-Mile Trips to ‘ TOwn

by Motor Truck in One Day





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more than I could possibly have made with





truck.





So last spring he bought a Maxwell one-ton





 





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miles out of Wayne, Nebraska.





Mr. Faber is a successful farmer living nine

efficiency methods-to agriculture.





He believes in applying business methods-

box body, $1035; Bo

body. $ I 095;





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THING his farm produced. Said Mr. Faber:

each day with my Maxwell truck—just five





Maxwell one-ton truck during the last season.

ln that truck he hauled to market EVERY-'3; 1





That is what Mr. Walter Faber did with his

Among the crops truck-marketed by Mr.





"I made seven trips into Wayne and, back





All prices fl





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Faber were com, oats, wheat, hay, potatoes,

load.





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gate body, $1080 '





One-ton truck chassis, $985; ' Chassis with cab and windshield, $1025; Chassis with

ld,-$I 075; Express canopy





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See him.





Your nearest Maxwell dealer has the trucks.





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buy Maxwell trucks.





Now most of his neighbors are planning to





Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation





Michigan





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going than one team of horses.





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What are you going to do? Continue using

slow, expensive horses? Or buy a low-priced,

econOmical and swift Maxwell Truck? ‘





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