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CURRENT COMMENT.





The passing of the

Seventy-five Years year 1917 com-

of Progress. pletes a period of

seventy-five years

since the Michigan Farmer was estab-

lished in 1843. In this period, which

marks. little more than the allotted life

of man, great changes have occurred

in the agriculture of the state. The

period has been one of progress, and

particularly has the last twenty-five

years of the period been an era of

great and unprecedented agricultural

progress.



As there have been great changes in

agricultural practice during the three

quarters of a century which has elap-



. sod since the establishment of a trade

journal for Michigan farmers, so has

there been a. great change in the stand-

ing accorded farming as a businessand

farmers as business men. 01’ all the

remarkable developments of the past

century, perhaps none is more remark-

able than the agricultural development

which has occurred in this country and

indeed in this state during the past

seventy-live years.



This progress has been due in large

part to the character and sterling qual-

ities of the men who have accomplish-

ed‘that development on the farms of

Michigan, from the pioneers who blaz»

ed a trail into what was then a Wilder‘-

ness and started the Work of reclama-

tion and improvement to their descend-

ants of the present day who have built

well upon the foundation thus prepar-

ed for’ them. It has also been due in

part to the development and applica-

tion of science to agriculture through

the work of the land‘ grant colleges of

which the Michigan Agricultural Col-

lege was the first to be established in



_ the United States. .To a very great ex-



tent this progress has also been aided

through the dissemination of practical

and scientific information through the

columns of that trade journal for Mich.

igan farmers established aWay back in



1843, when the agriculture of the state



was in its. infancy. The present pub-



- lichens of the Michigan Farmer are





modem mood of the fact that the.





”tarmac in agriculture has oc-

swarm the years: in which. it has

-. Mn their privilege to contribute. to





moms, ‘witlt'wmch- ‘they hays?





’ _ m; C w‘keev- we in W”





E’achiiandimcetio. . . ,

at Wesum~ W in undevelopmmt





. success.





91'





and entertainment‘lof eyery member at

erery farm 1' intwhieh it has been

3 Weekly visitor‘ibr So many years.

Great as hasbeen the amcultural-

development of the past seventy-five

years, and particularly of the past quar-

ter century, with the beginning of 19338

we stand at the threshliold of still

greater agricultural opportunities

which carry with them mater respon-

sibilities .and greater obligatiOns. Our

country is engaged in the greatest of

world wars, admittedly as the saving





_5.' factor in insuring the perpetuation of

’ lasting national. if not personal liberty,





and. in establishing a just and lasting

peace. In accomplishing this end, it

has been clearly and repeatedly stated

by government omclals from the Pros-

ident down, that the third issue de»

pends largely upon the patriotism and

ability of American farmers 1n increas-

ing production of food stuffs under the

inevitable handicaps incident to a state

of war to an extent which shall pro-

vide ample means not only for the sup-

port of our armies and our civilian

population, but as well for the support

of the armies and the'civilian popula-

tion of our allies at the front where

war conditions and war handicaps are

so much greater than those which ob-

tain here as to be beyond our realiza-





, tion.





That the nation’s dependence upon

the farmers of the country, and espe-

cially upon the farmers of Michigan

will not be in vain we are assured. That

this publication will ever strive to aid

in the solution of the many vexed prob-

lems now confronting the farmers of

Michigan and to lighten by every pos-

sible means the added burden Which

Michigan farmers are called upon to

bear we gladly pledge. That the next

quarter century will mark still greater

progress in our agriculture than the

seventy-five years which have preceded

it we fully believe; May this be the

silver lining to the dark and torched

ing war cloud which new hangs over

the nation in common with other of

the world’s most progressive peoples.

Let us all work together toward that

end.





The inevitable effect

of War upon the bus-

iness of the country

is exemplified in the

assuming of direct control and opera‘

tion of the railroads by the govern-

ment. Under ordinary conditions such

a move, even if deemed advisable by

government officials and backed by

strong public sentiment, would have

involved months if not years of dis-

cussion and bickering. But under War

conditions, when the necessity had be-

come apparent, this move was accom-

plished quickly Without any noticeable

interruption of business and almost

without friction. Leading railway ex~

ecutives recogniZed the necessities of

the situation and pledged their aid in

the successful accomplishment of gov-

ernment operation. The few dissent-

er's'Will quickly fall in line or be re-

lieved of reSponsibility in the matter.



As a war measure government oper-

ation 'of our railroads seems assured of

Other government functions,

as food control and fuel administration

are being generally received by our

people in a spirit of helpful coopera-

tion. The war has made them necess

sary, and a long duration of the war

may make it equally necessary to

broaden their scope and institute gov-

ernment control along other lines.



In organizing large undertakings of

this M, some mistakes are certain

to be made, just as mistakes have been

made in the hasty preparations for

War. These mistakes should not, how-

ever, be made the subject of destruc-

tl-v‘e criticism. Constructivist criticism

is always helpful, but its antithesis has





Business and the

War.





_no proper place under war conditions.





The war slogan, ‘fiusineos as usual.”





is good in sexier as him not later.





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resonator

disturbanceot

lose sight 915 we met that tile mum.





in"





business, not only It the government





itself, But of every airmen of the Unit-

ed‘ States, should'be the winning at the

war, or cooperation toward that end‘.

Thoughtful- men who kayo had the

broadest opportunwy‘ to acquaint them-

selves with the incidents. leading up to

the War and. marking its progress, are

free in the expression of the opinion

that We must not only win t‘h‘lswar to

make the world safe for democracy,

but to make America safe for Ameri-

cans. To this end we should prepare





'to cheerfully endure any business





handicap and any. personal hardship

which may be essential to the prosecu-

tion of the War to an early and suc-

cessful termination.



In this issue will be

found a number of

articles relating to

the economy of the use of tractors on

Michigan farms and the economic op-

eration of tractors where they have

been made a part of the farm equip-

ment. The development of the tractor

in recent years has been almost as

rapid as has the development of the

automobile and the auto truck. A sin-

gle decade ago the automobile was

considered a plaything—a mere luxury;

today it is an acknowledged necessary

factor in transportation. Even five

years ago the auto truck Was known

more widely by its limitations than its

business efficiency in the solution of

heavier transportation problems; to—

day it. is one of the most vital factors

in the conduct of the world’s greatest

war, and an acknowledged necessity in

the maintenance of our commerce.



So with the tractor; only a few years

since it was thought to be useful only

on the great farms of the western

plains where large units of power could

be successfully used in the operation

of large equipment over Wide areas

Within the limits of a single farm. The

modern. development of the tractor has,

however, shown the error of this idea,

as the modern development of the auto-

mobile a-nd auto truck have shown‘the

error of public opinion With regard to

their business utility. Smaller poWer

units have been found more adaptable

to average conditions, and instead of

the great heavy, cumbersome ma-

chaines of a few years ago, tractor

manufacturers are now making lighter

models adapted to average sized farms

and the Various kinds of work which

require draWbar or belt power on those

farms.



Something of the experience of our

Michigan tractor users will be found in

the special data published on pages

twenty and twenty-one of this issue.

This data was gathered last season by

our Research Department, and will

proVe of great value to our readers

who are interested in the tractor prop-

osition. Without doubt, the tractor can

be made to materially aid in the solu-

tion of the vexed labor problem upon

many Michigan farms. It is for this

reason that special emphasis has been

placed upon tractor economy—particu-

larly economy of operation—in this is-

sue. The possibilities of tractor farm-

ing should not be overlooked by any

farmer who could make such an imple-

ment help to solve his labor problem.

next year.





Tractor Farming.





Readers of the Michi-

gan Farmer who have

followed the reports

of the meetings which

have been held and the plans Which

have been made for the development

of a sheep grazing business in the un-

developed sections ot thestate Will be

interested in future plans looking to-

ward thatend. Plansh'ave been made

forth'e attendance of a Michigan dele-

settles at the National- Wool '.Gerers’

Convention at Salt Lake City; for the





More Sheep for

Michigan.





Whose of‘ bringing to” ihdatt’éntldri 02‘

western sheer. rm: Whirlictiihe





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production.“ slings“ m “ as “a.

developed or partially MW“

The country needs are mfim ‘_

the sheepgrazers who‘aré Wmd. -

ed out of the west. by the We:





the homestead laws need new rams





and Michigan feeders need new sources

of supply of feeder sheep and 1m.





More sheep» for Michigan is. a: slogans. ‘1





which spells increased prosperity for ’7

the state if its accomplishment _can'

be realized.





HAPPENINGS OF THE. mm ,





. . WWW» , , .

The European .War.—~Om the M »

the Germans attacked on a. two “6‘

front south of Cambrai on‘ Sun”;

While the general attack was unm-





Cessful they succeeded in gaining one ,





trance to two small English salient's.

From one of these they have been .

practically ejected while fighting coir

tiuues at the other.-——-The Teutonsvw'

tinue. to batter the Italian lines but

with little success. While every eitort

is being made to force the defenders

back to the Addige river, the Italians

are growing more and moreitopeful’ofi

their ability to withstand the tremen-

dous pressure of the Teutonic frail;

The fighting is confined largely to anti}.

lery operations—In Palestine and Moss

opotamia the British are meeting with,

continued success—both armies are

gradually taking territory from the

Turks and now the probability of the

army coming up the Euphrates and-the

other which recently captured Jerusa-

lem and this week advanced several

miles toward Damascus, will later ' in

farther to the north. This .mee mg

will be opposed by the Turks under-

the German leadership of General vo‘h

Falkenhayn, who no doubt proposes to

defeat one army before the other air-

rives. He is now at Aleppo.——In Rue:

sia political affairs are in a chaotic

state. The peace conference with the

central powersis in soasion.‘ Lennie,

the Bolsheviki minister. of foreign af-

fairs, is endeavor-ing to get the entente

allies to join in the negotiations. This

Great Britain, France and the United

States have refused to do at the pres-

ent time. Our Ambassador to- Russia

has been charged with assisting Gen.

Kaledines, the Cossack leader, with,

Red Cross money, which charge has

been indignantly denied. Last Week a

Russian ship arrived in an American

Pacific port with ammunition and arms

to foment disturbances in this cOun’try

through the aid of I. W. W. men. Rev-

olutionists have blOWn up one of the

Kronstadt forts near Petrog’r'ad and:

during the past Week heavy fighting

has been in progress around Irkutsk

between the Cossacks and Bolsheviki

forces—The Roumanian king is report-

ed to have abdicated in favor of his

oldest son. The country still supports

the allied cause. -



A large part of the shipping of Hol-

land is being placed at the disposal of

the United States in exchange fer foot]

from this country.



Three British destroyers were sunk





'in Dutch Water's by running into- a mine





field. One hundred and ninety-three

poi-sons are reported lost.



'Guatemala City, ,capital of Guate-

mala, has been largely destroyed by

an eatrhquake. Practically all public

buildings have been leveled. Many

persons were killed in their homes and

others in the streets. More than 80,000

are said to be rendered homeless by

the disaster.

declared. ‘



National.



TWenty-three American flyers Who

have Won renOWn in the. French ser-

vice,‘ have joined General Pershing’s

army in France. ‘



Higher Wages has resulted in an in-

crease of coal production f'or"1917 of _

from 12 to 18' per cent despite a. 25 to

30 per cent shortage of labor.





An incendiary fire destroYed the con- ,7 .3





veyor to the big union eleVator at De—l

troit where 1,000,000 bushels of grain

are stored. '



The federal government has requi-

sitioned the electric power produced at

Niagara Falls. to insure an adequate

supply of pourer for munition man'ufa'c- '

til—re in that district. ' ~ , 1‘



Last Week the United States govern-





ment took OVer the railroads of-





country to, operate them as one 1' I ’

system. Failure of the More! 15

agements' to move trifle in .an- m

omlc manner vied thergovernm fl

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Martial law has been I
i ffarmer,

. tests,

higher in price than he formerly used,





' saving of 54.3 per cent.

-higher priced oil more than justified

its cost. Mr..G., another North Dakota





 





‘ tion of your engine.

. 'of oil betWeen pistons and cylinder

7 walls the pistons would bind and seize





 





 





rangers, formerly used a lubri-

cating oil costing thirty-eight

Cén s a gaIIOn in their 30- 60 horsepow-

a;- tractor. But in field tests, using an-





" other oil which cost nearly twice as

'much per gallon, they found to their





Astonishment, that the use of the more

expensive oil resulted in a fuel saving





; of- twenty per cent and an oil saving of

.- 82. 5 per cent, which means a big mon-

ey saving per acre.

also made some lubrication





Mr. I., a Kansas





substituting an oil somewhat





and’found that he was able to make a

fuel saving of 19.4 per cent and an oil

Again, the





farmer. formerly paid forty-two cents

a. gallon for the oil he used in his trac-

tor. Now he saves money by paying





. ‘, mOre for a different grade of oil. Why?





Comparative tests showed him a sixty

per cen reductionin oil consumption

when using the more expensive grade.



What do the experiences of these

tractor owners mean? Simply this;





that correct lubrication brings a cash





dividend on every acre. That lubricat-

ing efficiency means lower costs per





acre and per year in operating ex-





pense. These cases are ytpical. Hun-





‘ dreds of tractor owners throughout the





United States have had similar experi-





ences. What makes these economies

possible? Here are some of the rea-





sons:_

- ' Body and Quality.



The problem» of minimizing friction

in tractor operation is even more dif-

ficult than that of correctly lubricating

an automobile. Automobiles are much

higher powered, relative. to the weight





«and work performed. An automobile

engine is seldom called upon to work

*at full capacity, while tractor engines





are required to work continually at





‘ from seventy to eighty per cent of their





rated load. Tractor engines are sub-

jected to rough usage and great strain,

due to the character of the ground over

which they must travel, and in some





cases’to the absence of springs. Slewer‘

‘ traveling speed is therefore necessary





in order to reduce vibration. Due to

the slow speed at which it travels, the

tractor does not have the benefit of the

additional cooling value of air circu-





.. lation, which is produced by a fast

. moving automobile.





All these facts point to one conclu-

sion: ‘That the tractor is a heavy,

hard—working, slow-moving machine. It





' tends to run hot and demands a lubri-





cant rich in quality to enable it to

stand up under excessive heat. The

oil must be correct in body for the en-

gine in which it is to be used. All oil





-is worthless unless it has the correct





body to-reach all bearing surfaces, and





" ,is rich enough to supply these surfaces





with a protecting film.

When you realize that a film of oil





.T.‘ rarely more than 3- 1000 of an inch in

~. .ithickness—about the thickness of a

‘ ‘ sheet of paper—furnished your protec-





tion against the ravages of friction,

you will. appreciate how vital the cor-

rect lubricant is to the efficient opera-

Without that film





in a short time. With an oil of poor

quality, you invite the penalty of scor-

ed‘cylinder walls, scored pistons and

broken piston rings. If the body of the

oil is incorrect, the same results may





-. - follow, even if the quality of the oil be

‘ of. the best.

“poet that the oil you use will meet

bath in quality and body, the conditions



which must be met inside the cylin-

:"fiers of your engine.





You have a right to ex-





Cylinder Temperatures.

,nsider the question of cylinder

You cannot picture



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has full force feed lubrication.





 





lubricating quality. Again,





of explosion. If that heat were per-

mitted to continue unchecked, the cyl-

inders would soon be a mass of molten

metal. The cooling system and lubri-

cating system of your engine are the

chief elements in protecting it against

excessive heat. .But the destructive

heat of friction must also be overcome.

This task falls to the lubricant. If the

oil breaks down under heat, it loses

much or all of its lubricating property

and fails to separate the moving metal

surfaces. Destructive friction follows,

and that friction produces additional

heat, thus increasing the cylinder tem-

perature.



Upon the lubricant falls the addi-





tional task of sealing the spaces be-’





tween pistons, piston rings and cylin-

der walls. In performing this function

a portion of the oil is directly subject-

ed to high temperatures. If the oil

fails to stand up under this heat, not

only is the lubricating film destroyed

but compression is weakened. Gas es-

capes past the piston rings. The force

of the explosion is reduced. Loss of

power and waste of oil and fuel result.

You have a right to expect that the oil

you use will withstand the heat of ser4

vice, prevent undue frictional heat and

give you‘full compression and power.

Bearing Lubrication.



By rubbing two pieces of wood to-



gether you can make fire. It is not





 





By PAUL FRANCIS IRVING





mospheric temperatures, the cold test

qualities of the lubricant must be tak-

en vinto account. The oil you use

should be adapted, to the lubricating

system of your tractor.



The construction of the engine: hor-

izontal, vertical or V-type cylinder ar-

rangement; two or four-stroke cycle;

bore and stroke; valve construction,

size and location; number and fit of

piston rings; piston design and com-

position; piston clearance; water cool-

ing system (pump or thermo-syphon);

engine‘ speed and climatic conditions—-

all must be considered. For best re-

sults, the oil you use must meet these

conditions with scientific exactness.



The determination, then, of the cor-

rect oil for any tractor requires highly





technical knowledge of lubricants and





their properties, and an exhaustive

knowledge of gas engine construction

and operation, combined with broad

practical experience. Such knowledge

and experience the tractor owner can-

not be expected to have. How, then,

can the tractor owner meet the lubri-

cation problem his machine presents?

Here is the answer.





When you buy oil, make the dealer.





or salesman show you the recommen-

dation of a reliable lubricant manufac-

turer that the grade of oil the manu-

facturer recommends meets the lubri-

cating requirements of your type of





 





 





 





 





 





Tractors Are Constantly Being Adapted to a Wider Range of Farm Work.





 





hard to imagine the heat that would be

generated by metal-to—metal contact of

the crank shaft and bearings when the

former is revolving at the rate of, say,

900 to 1,250 or more revolutions per

minute. Bearings differ widely in

shapeand size and are lubricated by

different methods, according to the 011

system employed in the engine. The

use of an oil of poor quality or incor-

rect body may result in worn main or

connecting rod bearings, piston pins,

crank shaft or crank pins. You have

a right to expect that the oil you use

will amply protect all these bearing

surfaces against ruthless wear.

Detenmining Grade of Oil.



What is the lubricating system em-

ployed "on your tractor? Engineers

have classified these systems under

five ‘main heads. You should use an

oil that is suited to the system employ-

ed. Suppose, for example, your tractor

Here

the oil is supplied by direct pressure

to the main frictional points, including

wrist pins. Such a system permits the

use of a relatively heavier oil, rich in

. if your

tractor has a lubricating system in





 





which the oil‘ pipes are exposed to at»





 





tractor machine with scientific exact-

ness. And be sure of the manufactur-

er’s standing in the lubrication field.

Be sure that he is qualified to make an

authoritative recommendation. Have

it proved to your complete satisfaction

by actual demonstration, if you will,

that this oil will give maximum lubri-

cating efficiency and lowest mainte-

nance cost. ‘ '



Follow the Manufacturer’s Advice.



Don’t be misled by oil tests. An ac-

tual service test with the oil being

used in the crank-case of your tractor,

or other tractors of similar make and

model, is the safest "guide to correct

lubrication. In many instances it will

be found that the tractor manufacturer

either in his instruction book, or by

means of a plate attached to the engine

recommends the use of a certain brand

and grade oil. In such instances it is

advisable to follow the tractor manu-

facturer’s advice. The tractor manu-

facturer wants his machines to make

good. He wants you to get the maxi-

mum of economical service from them.

He realizes the vital importance of cor-

rect lubrication. Hence the recom-

mendation plates and the suggestions

in the instruction book.





Ififportanti “





 





 





Be guided by service rather than

market price. Pennies saved inbuying

lubricating -oil are danger pennies.

They jeopardize your tractor dollars.





They lead to heavy' fuel bills, prema-«m





ture engine wear with its attendant re-

pairs and loss of time and money. The

difference in cost between the podrest

lubricating oil and the best lubricating

oil is small. Is that small first saving

worth while? It can easily mean the

difference betWeen a smoothly-running

tractor season and a season free from

repairs, instead of overhauling and re-

placing of broken parts. If you start

the season with wrong-bodied oil, or

poor quality oil, you are likely to finish

it with your tractor in the repair shop.

A single year’s use may see your trac-

tor seriously reduced in value—reduced

in working efficiency—deduced in ser-

viceability. -





ECONOMY 0F.THE FARM TRAC-

TOR.





 





To what extent does the tractor dis—

place horse power and is it cheaper,

were the questions debated before us-

ing a tractor.

the terms of the questions as asked,

but rather how much additional work

did the tractor enable one to do at the

time it had to be done. In the days

that are long since past when the day

hand was always available, special

work as Well as additional regular farm

work could be undertaken because this

day help was a labor reservoir to be

drawn 011, and when not employed ven-

tailed no expense. In a similar way





the tiact01 is the available surplus rev





se1ve power to put in a large area of

010p in a short time.





Reserve Power is Often a Great Asset.



In the spring of 1917 wet weather

reduced the efficiency of equipment fif-

ty per cent in the sense that when men

and teams could have done the work,

the ground was too wet, and when it

was possible to do the work the trac-

tor, which involved no expense when

idle, was the reserve power that re-

stored the possibility of accomplish-

ment or the acreage would have been

diminished. When the ground was ex-

cessively dry this last summer and

wheat ground difficult to prepare it was

the tractor that plowed and also drew

heavy pulverizing implements and fit-

ted the land so it was possible to util—

ize the light rainfall to secure germi-

nation which otherwizc would have

been impossible. The tractor as a.

reserve power and to take the hard

tugging drudgery off horse flesh is well

worthy of a place 0:1 adequate sized

Michigan farms. The use of a tractor

for the past two seasons has probably

paid its entire cost in putting in the

acres that otherwise would not have

been planted on my farm.



The Tractor is Crop Insurance.





The first sixty days of spring crop,





work in Michigan is largely a deter-

mining factor of what the harvest will





The answer is not in -'





 

   

   

   

 





 





   

   

   

   

   

 





 





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





 





 





be. Horses are not hardened to labor 3,





and are easily overheated and over-4





worked in the anxiety of crop planting.

The disabling of one horse cripples the

team of two or more horses.

tor is the crop insurance in the sense

of ability to plant, and in emergencies

it is available for twenty-four hours a

day. Under favorable conditions a boy

can “work in” on the tractor and the

whole of daylight is utilized, which is

impossible with horses.

Other Important Economies.



There is also use for the tractor on

the belt in sawing wood, filling silos,

shedding oorn fodder, etc., which make

it a farm necessity. The tractor is not

displacing horses to anything lihe the

extent anticipated, but rather supple.

menting horse power. There wasand





The trac- .





   

 





is more use for power on ”theffarm {-





than had been recogniZed and the





tractor fits into this demand, not {any
fiecause of the need but bebause the

aide ofthe we used for hem reed

nd converted into horse power is

more, valuable for other purposes and

.f'kerosene applied to this work is cheap

yer than farm feeds, used to reduce

more load stufls, and is applied only at

the time power is used.

On many western ranches horses do

7 rather light work on no grain with the

heavy work done by tractors. Horses

'can be fed less of expensive grain,

,‘whioh leaves more acreage to be de-

voted to crops for human food. This

is very strongly noted in England





.where land and labor are both scarce,





and the farm tractor even with high

cost of motor spirit, is found to be

economical. The tractor carries with

it other essentials of. farm improve-

_ merit, viz, well—shaped fields, tile

drains and the necessity of removing

stones or other obstructions. The farm

tractor has come to stay and its worth

is. ‘conceded by those who have tried it.

Shiawassee Co. JAS. N. MCBRIDE.





‘ KEEP ear-'1' corm FROM SPOILING.





The insufficiently cured corn crops

of 1915 and 1917 have caused some

farmers, particularly those around

Prophetstown, Illinois, to apply eight

to ten qual is of salt to each wagon load

of corn as it is being c1ibbed. They

report that the salted corn keeps well,

while similar corn without salt spoils.

They report that. the salt draws water

from the ears and prevents heating,

aouzing or rotting where there is sum

. cient ventilation to cairy away the



‘ ,moisture.



Although obSeryatiOns and investiga-

"ition' albug this line by the Office of

Corn Investigations, United States De-

partment. of Agriculture, have: not, pro-

gressed far enough to ”give definite re-

sults, means of saving mature corn of

unusually high moisture content are so

urgent and tests of the preserving pow-

er of salt are so promising of economic

results as to warrant a trial by farm‘

ers who find it advisable or neceSSary

to crib corn containing twenty—five per

cent or more of moisture. The cost of

’ the salt will be less than one cent per

bushel of corn. Even with the aid of

salt, good ventilation is necessary.





CALL GRAIN GROWERS TO MEET-

ING.





A clarion call to grain growers to sit

in at the sessions of the Michigan Crop

Improvement. Association on January

1516 has been issued by this organi-

zation. This meeting, while it will be

the annual convention of the associa-

tion, will start the mobilization of the

grain growing forces of the state for

the job of filling the national flour bar-

rel and keeping Uncle Sam’s larder

stocked in 1918.



Of course, many are asking them-

selves, “What has the Michigan Crop

Improvement Association to do with

all this?” In other words, there is a

question as to whether the association

is somebody or nobody. But no con-

cern need be indulged in on this score,

for the Crop Improvement Association,

by way of shedding light upon its cre-

dentials, is the organization of live



~- Michigan farmers that within the past

three or‘ four years has done so much

to secure the wider use in Michigan of

pure- bred and pedigreed grains.



The item of chief interest about the



K association's activities now is that it

- will convene at the college on January

. 15-16 for a series of meetings to which

every grain grower in the state is in-

. i’ vited. These sessions will be taken up

:1..with the consideration of questions

“.caoeely touching the interests of grain

Were throughout the state.



4nd like the pure-bred grains the as-

Win has been endeavoring to bring

a the attention of Michigan farmers,

the hrogram will be usuall There will,



'6! scores, to the usual run of speeches,

We“ meetmgsi and committeeeou- ,

' oatobegln with, but"overamd





snowmen, " ' ,

put it, there will be: nameless! jut





as: t





“something different. ”





One of these details will be a meat- .





less banquet of pure-bred grains, with

chicken, not so meatless, on the Side.

The menu, as an example in point, will

show Red Rock wheat rolls, Rosco rye

buns, Pickett corn bread, Boston baked

robust beans, Plymouth Rock chicken,

and other pedigreed delights of the

kitchen in liberal variety.



Another part of the two days’ pro—

gram will consist of a show of pedi-

greed grains in which any grain grower

in the state with pedigreed grain,

grown by himself, in his possession,

will be privileged to enter exhibits.

Prizes will be awarded for corn, wheat,

rye, oats and barley, threshed and in

the sheaf, and alfalfa, grasses and

beans. Also there will be a miscellan-

eous class for any variety of book-

wheat, alfalfa seed, medium or mam-

moth clover seed, alslke clover seed,

local association exhibits, short course

corn exhibits, short course small grain

exhibits, and county improved grain ex-

hibits. While a large number of en-

tries have already been filed with the

association, the lists will be held open

until the day of the convention. Per-

sons desiring to get in on the show, it

has accordingly been given out, can

do so by communicating with J. W.

Nicolson, in East Lansing.



Some of the men who will address

the convention during its sessions will





part hydrated lime W.



The cement, of course, should "be of

good Quality and the sand should be

clean, and sharp and of a shoot peb-

bles that will pass through a screen of

one-quartcr-inch mesh. Cement gives

strength and body to the mortar and

the lime paste which is added gives

smoothness so that it can be worked

under the trowel.

used the mortar will be “short” or

crumbly under the trowel.



Hydrated lime should give good re-

sults for this kind of work. The ce-

ment and hydrated lime, after being

thoroughly mixed dry to a uniform col.

or are added to the dry sand and the

whole manipulated until evenly mixed.

Add water to secure proper working

consistency. This mortar should be

thoroughly worked over until perfectly

homogenous. Only mix up as much of

this composition as can be immediate-

l‘y applied and never use any mixture

that has been standing for over thirty

minutes.



_ H. H. MUSSELMAN,

Farm Mechanics Dept, M. A. C.



ASK FOOD CHIEF T0 CONSERVE



MICHIGAN POTATOES.





Michigan’s county agricultural agents

and extension men, who are credited

with knowing more of the "inside"

facts about agricultural conditions than





 





 





Tractor-Power Io Often Useful on Any Farm





be 0. P. Bun, noted throughout the

northwest as professor of farm crops

for the University of Minnesota, and

secretary of the Minnesota Farm Crops

Improvement Association: Hon. I. R.

Waterbury, editor of the Michigan

Farmer and member of the State Board

of Agriculture; Dean Alfred Vivian, of

the Department of Agriculture of Ohio

State University, and R .8. Shaw, dean

of agriculture at M. A. C.



But the thing the association is aim-

ing to most force home in its invita-

tion, is that sessions will be open to

every grain grower in the state during

the entire two days of the meeting.



As an ”aside,” the Michigan Improv-

ed Live Stoclo Breeders’ and Feeders’

Association will convene at the college

on January 16-17 to take up the im-

portant live stock issues of the day.





CEMENT PLASTER FOR MASONRY.





What is the right way to mix the in

gredients to make mortar for a stone

wall? I don’t mean concrete. Quick-

lime seems to be unobtainable. and

hydrated time they say is not as strong.

Now, what ingredients, and how much

of each, should be used to make mor-

tar suitable to lay a stone wall?



Lenawee Co. 0-



For masonry work the use 0! cc-

mom plaster instead of lime plaster is

becoming more general.

greater strength and durability and

when properly made up works quite





, macadfly under the trowel.-





For cement plaster the proportions





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Cement gives -





any other group of men within the

state, have joined in petitioning George

A. Prescott, the state food dictator, to

find outlets for Michigan’s big potato

crop. The agents suggest that this

might be done by immediate use of all

drying facilities to take care of the ex‘

cess crop: and more thorough educa-

tion of the people in appreciation of

the food value of the potato and the

many domestic uses to which it can

be put.



In presenting the case of the potato

to the food administrator the agents,

speaking through the Michigan Agri~

cultural College, said:



“In view of the fact that there are

at present millions of bushels of pota-

toes in the country with little immedi-

ate prospect of marketing the bulk of

them at compensating prices to the

growers, and the danger of these pota-

toes going to waste, with the serious

and inevitable result 0! discouraging

the producers to put forth an effort to

increase the food supply of the nation

the coming year, this committee, rep»



resenting the county agricultural

agents of the potato growing sections

or the state of Michigan, respectfully

recommend to the food administration

that the drying- facilities oi the country

be immediately utilized to their full

capacity for the purpose of condensing

the potato product,- and that the admin»





'istratiou guarantee a suitable market





for it. Further, that the administra-





tlon force-theme! potatoes in every





N lime paste is not '





earnest; two part: and; one-om: ' '



- exercise authority Wills 'transpd

tion companies to see that the potato ..

crop is moved In a satisfactory and “ I





eéficient manner.”





This was signed by a committee or





agents.





caow ROUND TYPE POTATOES.





I think the farmer is getting an un-L

fair deal in the potato grading rules,

and if this keeps. up I am through ram

ing potatoes for market. I took a load '

the other day, hauled them ten miles,

had forty- -flve bushels on the 1036.0!

the American Wonder, 3. long variety,

and they graded out eleven bushels-

out of the forty five, other I had graded

them in the field. This means about

one-fourth of my crop, and there is no

sale at present for the small ones; and

hauling them ten miles We

wt, and hauled back is no small item.

I brought back potatoes 31751115}; inches‘

in size. Now, anybody that can’t peel

potatoes this size ought not to lime





WW“ Co. C. K.



In reply to the above letter,-will

say that in sections of the country

where practically all of the potatoes

grown are of the long type, a mailer

screen is used than the one used for

the round type. However, in the state

of Michigan there are so few of the

long type grown that the men who per-

sist in planting this type against the

recommendation of those who have

been trying to encourage the growing

of the round type-only,-wlll~.be obliged

to suffer libelous which will naturally

come to them as a result of not con-

forming to the general plan as recom‘

mended by the most progressive potato





f grow ers.





The statement that thereis- prac-r '

tically no market for the number two

grade at the present time is accounted





‘ for because of the slowness in the





movement of No. 1 stock. The demand -

even for the best potatoes for the last

six weeks has been very dull and it is

not strange that the No. 2 stock has

not been bought up freely. It is the in-

tention, however, of this grading law,

that the N052 rcach'the consumer and.-

of course, be sold by the growers. This

is a matter which will be governed by:

market conditions and which is beyond

the control of those who have the

grading in charge.

C. W. Warn, .

State Potato Specialist.





TH INN RNG lMPROV ES H IGHIGM

WOODLOTS.





Scientific and practical proof o! the

fact that owners of w'oodl-ots in Mich-

igan can much increase the rate of

timber production in these reserva-

tions by proper thinning methods has

been secured by the department 0! la-

estry of the Michigan Agricultural Col-

lege. The college foresters, who for a

number of years have been recording

the rate of growth in woodlots who're

thinning is done, and in other woodlots ,

where no thinning has been practiced, .

have found that the former grow al'.

most twice as rapidly as the latter.



“Before thinnings were made,” the

department declares, ,“the woodlots

were growing only at the rate of about

three per cent, or were producing, in

other words, about one cord of wood

per acre per year. But since thinning

was commenced they are increasing at

the rate oil seven and one-half per cent,

and are producing one and eight-tenths

cords of wood per acre per year. '



“The cords referred tea-re standard

cords, four feet high, eight feet long,

and four feet wide In most woodlats

the annual growth of wood may safely

be out each year. Michigan has a to

tal area in farm woodlots of over 2,-

600,000 acres, The amount of cord

wood that could be out from them each .

year in their present condition, if only . ’

the annual growth were cut, would .‘

probably be ammgcoemo cords. By'

properware these woodlots should prot- ,

dueealtotalofabo'at spammed»





wooing-year m,
of the different farm machines.





en not at work does not cost a cent.



-'Furthermore, because it combines a



' ater amount of power into a single



111p ct unit in the control of one



, it solves to a great extent the



.___ ehelp problem if combinations of



‘iai-m'machines are made to utilize this

ower 'to the best advantage.



, Farm machinery of today has been



designed for the use of horses, so what





is presented here is meant to be a sug-.





‘T‘r’figestiOn to the individual tractor owner

. _~to 1p him work out his hitch prob-

lems with a greater degree of success.





In many cases, hitches along the lines.





suggested here can be made by the

. , farmer, if he Will take time to study

‘ - Carefully his own requirements.





. ‘ 'ractor





By H L.

of this simple supplementary drawbar,

the holes indicated in this diagram are

for attaching different sizes of .disk

harrows, allowing for-the proper over-

lap of six inches which is necessary for

disk harrows when drawn in this

manner.



Materials and Construction.



For the construction of such a hitch,

select a good piece of hardwood of a

size that will stand the total amount

of strain coming from the different

combinations of machinesrthat are to

be attached behind it. Usually a 2x8,

21:12, or 4x4 piece would be strong

enough for the purpose. The length

dependshupon the number ,of machines

which the farmer wishes at any time

to combine, depending also, of course,

upon the capacity of the tractor.



The stub pole shown in





 





STRONG WWI

OR CHAIN





Diagram 1 can be of the

same material and 'should

be from three to four feet

long, bolted securely to

the drawbar and braced

by means of angle irons

or heavy Cables against





 





 





 





side strains. These brac-





 





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es should not extend too

far out along the draw~

bar, as on short turns

they might interfere with





 





 





Fig. 1.—-A General Purpose Hitch.





Many Machines Need no Special Hitch.

A number of the machines now used

on the farm with horses can be‘ used

toadvantage behind the tractor with-

out requiring a specially designed

hitch. Plow manufacturers take care

of the equipment necessary to attach

plows, and for the ordinary types of.

drag harrows the drawbar which comes

regularly with such a harrow is all that

1 is necessary, except when an unusually

large number of harrow sections are

used as one harrow.

'_ Tractor disks and tandem disk har-

' rows also require no special hitch. The

only point to be taken into considera-

tion here isthat a tandem disk harrow

equipped with a forecarriage should

have a flexible connection long enough

to permit the tractor to drop down into

a depression. without throwing this ad-





“ , ded weight upon the forecarriage of





the. disk harrow, Forecarriages are

~ “really unnecessary with tractors. Like-

wise no special hitch other than a stub

‘ tongue is necessary for a single binder,

manure spreader or wagon, or a single

’wagon and hay loaded combined. When

more than a single unit of these vari-

. out types of implements is to be used

,1 n behind a single tractor, some special

‘ hitch is necessary.

' A General Utility Drawbar.

Every owner of a farm tractor will

need some sort of a general purpose

drawbar so he [can attach various ma-

chines to the tractor. Such a drawbar

should be as simple as possible and yet

" meet practically all the requirements

A sug-

gestiOn for such a hitch is shown in

. Diagram 1. 1‘0 show the adaptability





the tractor drive wheels.

The end of this tongue

should have a strap iron reinforcement,

and ahole bored for coupling it to the

tractor by means of a clevis. Other

long clevises should be provided to at-

tach the different machines to this

drawbar.



Now when a supplementary draw-

bar is made on this order, it would be

well to place a forecarriage or tongue

truck beneath this stub tongue to pre-





 





Hitch cs

_,GAD~DIS ‘





tion ahead to the main tractor drawbar.

For Three Disk Harrows or Drills.

Where a tractor has power to pull

three machines of a kind and there is

need for doing the work in a hurry,

Diagram 3 illustrates how such a com-





= bihation may be made. It will be noted





from the diagram that the middle ma-

chine has a longer pole than the two

at the ends; by this arrangement the

outfit can be turned to better advan-

tage. A forecarriage beneath the stub

pole would be an advan-





side of the tractor as may be desiredaéy

‘ For Two or More Mowers. .

Diagram 6 shows the outlines of a ;

manufactured hitch for attaching two

or more mowers behind a tractor. The

first mower is connected directly to





the tractor drawbar by means of a





stub pole. The first mower requires no

operator, for the operator of the tract

tor can raise and lower the cutter bar

when necessary. The second mower

is attached to the first by means of a.‘

bracket clamped to the axle of the-

first mower“ From this bracket a flex-

ible, adjustable tongue

marked A in the diagram, connects to ‘





 





tage to prevent seesaw-

ing. (See illustration).



When Two Hayloaders



Are Used.-



The steady power of a

tractor is a decided ad-

vantage for loading hay

on level ground. The sup-





 





 





plementary drawbar that

is shown in Diagram 1 is

easily adapted to this

purpose.



The relative positions

of the wagon poles on the

drawbar are governed by

the regulation width of

the windrows. (See Dia-

gram 4). It will be found

an advantage here to

have the ends of the

drawbar supported by

caster wheels, or wheels

with stub axles. These





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keep the drawbar and

wagon poles off ground.

It must be remembered

that such a hitch offers no means of

holding the wagons back on a hillside,

except by the friction of the rake teeth

of the loaders. (See illustration 3).





With Flows and Peg or Disk Harrow.

Such a combination as shown in Dia-





 





A STRONG WIRE}

B- -2xe HARDWOOD





 





gram _5 does effective

work as the harrow pul-

verizes the moist earth,

preventing loss of mois-

ture. The construction

is simple: The 2x4 hard-

wood piece B is attached

to the plow beams at C

by means of U-bolts with

the supplementary draw-

bar extending over the

furrow just turned. At

the outer end of this

drawbar holes can be

bored to allow for adjust-

ments in the position of

the harrow. The cable A





 





 





Fig. 2.—~Hitch for Two-Disk Harrow.





vent sees’awing of the machines attach-

ed to it. Also, for special purposes

such as loading hay with two wagons

and loaders at one time, caster wheels

placed beneath each end of the draw-

bar, or ordinary low wheels, with stub

axle bolted to each end, will be found

an advantage, as they will support the

poles of the wagons and prevent them

from running foul with the ground.





A Hitch for Two Disk Harrows.





Diagram 2 shows the general pur-

pose hitch used with two disk barrows.

In order to have the har-





 





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rows overlap for good

work, it is necessary that

the pole of one harrow be

longer than the one on

the other, making it pos-

sible to disk all of the

ground. Providing; the





 





 





 





 





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tractor has the power, an

excellent combination can

be made for conserving

moisture by simply at-

taching sections of the

smoothing harrbw behind

the 'disk harrows. This

can be done by connect-

ing the smoothing harrow

‘ drawbar to the frames of

the disk barrows in front





 





 





Hitch for T





. or- if it seems preferable

ee Harrows by running a connec-





'trolled by the grader op-





connects the outer end of

this drawbar to the front

end of the plow beams. This serves

as a support against the weight of the

disk or peg harrow. (See illustration 4).

Offset Hitch for Road Grader.





Where an offset hitch is not supplied

with the grader; Diagram 7 shows how

a simple offset hitch can be made,

which will allow the tractor to keep

near the center of the





Fig. 6.—Special Mower Hitch.





This tongue is ad-

different





the, second mower.

justable to accommodate

width mower cutter bars.

The attachment for the third mower

corresponds to the attachment for the

second. The proper width of cut is

maintained by means ‘of a crank and

quadrant attached to the stub pole and

flexible pole of the trailing mower. A

series of mowers connected in this

manner cannot, of course, be expected

to turn a sharp corner. For a “non-

stop run,” the field should be laid out

with rounding corners.

Trailer Hitch for Grain Binders.

With a trailer hitch the grain farm-

er can Operate as many binders behind

his tractor as the tractor has the pow-

er to pull. Various types of hitches

have been designed to meet the re-

quirements of the different lines of

harvesting machines on the market.

The first binder is connected directly

to the tractor drawbar by means of a

stub pole. The poles on the trailing

binders are pivoted to a rigid frame

and controlled from the seat by a gear

quadrant and pinion with a crank.





This system of control enables the

operators of the trailing binders to

swing the platforms of their machines

through a wide radius to or from the

grain. Such a hitch can be attached





 





grade where better trac-

tion is obtained while the

grader can be working in

the ditch. To construct

this hitch, a strong 2116

of hardwood about four

feet long can be used.

The ends of this are con-

nected to the grader axle

by means of stay chains.

A draw chain extends

from one end of the new

evener to the tractor and

this chain should be only

a few inches longer than

the grader pole. The

width of the offset is con-





erator by means of a

block and tackle connec-

tion between the end of

the pole and the drawbar

chain. By reversing the . »





 





 





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A llow Idea III a Small

Tractor Plow Outfit





You can now get a smellAvery 5-10 h.p.





p.12“.





ll

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Tractor with a special bitch and lilting

device and use your old horse plow.





Attach your plow to the drawbar and connect the

lifting chain and you have a complete tractor plow

outfit. If you have hilly ground and want to use

both right and left hand plows. attach them as

shown here. You can raise andhower the plow with- ,

out getting off the tractor. Width the plow raised you

can back up in short spaces easier than with horses. ‘





This tractor is just the sioe for doing alltbework

on small farms or for light work 0111 en laws.

The price is the lowest of any tractor b t.





There le a size Avew Tractor i. 1“ every

I!- Sixx sizes in all — from this.



3- h. p. up to a. large. 4080 11.9. There is also an



Avery Tractor Flow in light and. heavy styles to



fit- every size tractor.





Motorixe all your farm work with an

Avery Tractor and Motor Cultivator





razse them. Herez': an ideal Motor Renn-

ent *4»; Away Tran-{or and

P107010 prepare your seed Qed and plant

and harvest gram crops-ware Avery Wo-

Row Motor Cultivator to. plant and culti-

vate your raw crops—and an Avery

1%me flash your gum arm.





The AVERY is the most complete and

uD-to date line of Motor Farming Mar

chinery built. Wr ite tetoday for complete

cam end at he acacia! inlo





m

the machinery you are particularly interestedin.





 

   

   

   

   

 





 





   





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Avery “YellowL Kid"





   





Do your cultivating with motor power.

The Avery TwoxRow- Motor Cultivator

makes it possible for one man to tend

100 acres of core. it will also cultivate

cotton and other row crops. By getting

a special planter attachment you can

Wrom‘mps withthe sammachine.



on can use it too for many other kinds

061125: field and bah work.





Only with modern Mata“ my» Ma-

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The high prices and scarcity of. la.-

bor at the close of the Civil War ush-

ered in the era 01: the general use of

the reaper. Likewise, the demand of

the world for food stuffs and shortage

of farm labor. incident to the present

world conflict Will bring a rapidly





growing demand for the farm tractor.





I have had opportunity to study the

tractor development over a pretty wide





enacted as to he an economical crop-

ooition on men of our eastern tam





Great improvements will be made dor- V





ing the next tot more But we cachet





wait until all the experimentiu- is ’

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done.

vestigation and study. and alter seem

most of. the difierent- makes at m in

the field. The little machmcwem

embodies as many desirable points”





.Ire could in our opinion. seem-.mane‘ -

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pounds and is rated! at 5-18; that is.

nine horsepower on the drawing- and

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seems. to Show that it E

, well adapted to our work.

Starting Our Traw. .

It went

ward to operate it at first

but we were soon able to

do a better job of plow-

ing than could be done

with horsepower in the

same field. It draws two

14inch bottom plows and

on the plowed land we

were able to draw three

barrows, well weighted.

We find the self-steering

attachment very conven-

ient, as the operator can

give attention to, adjust

ment of the plows and

look after things in gen-

E eml while his attention

itS ml: needed at the steer.

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field, and I am convinced that farmers

are often led to. make unwise purchas-

es through extravagant claims and

smooth-tongued salesmen and when

the money is in the pocket oi the seller





,it is impossible to securovfznll consider-





ation from the complaint of the pur-

chaser. The way to avoid such losses

is to have the machine put on your

farm and tried out thoroughly before

settlement is made, or» know that the

machine is proved satisfactory in the

hands of others similarly situated.

Then, too, it is well to know something

of the reliability and





Perhaps sentiment had

something 13,0. do with am

buying a tractor for our farm. It

seems to offer an opportunity to. apply





Harrow.





.skill and emciency to our farm work





in greater degree. I am sure the trac-

tor will add much to the joy and satis-

faction we derive from our lame, and

will enable us to. increase production.

or do more with less manual labor. As

to whether it will be an economic or

a. profitable investment, remains to he

proved. I am sure we are going to get

a. lot of pleasure and satisfaction out

of Repossession and use and in my es-

timation this is worth much. Then.





 





character of the concern

offering the machine.

The farmer buys a trac-

tor with the expectation

of its doing real work and

plenty of it, and it is fool-

ish to expect the poorly

constructed, make-shift -

affair of any kind toegé

satisfactory or an e

nomicai investment. The

construction should be as

good as that which goes

into an automobile, and

the purchaser cannot ex-

pect to get this kind of

construction at a. low

price. The get-at-aNe

ness of the machine for

repairs and adjustment is





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after being used for a

time. The readiness with

which these can be made will then be

worth While.



The user of the tractor must learn

the possibilities and limitations of his

machine. These will be found to lie

in a somewhat different direction than

with horse power. The limitations of

the horse and his possibilities are so

well know by the experienced farmer

as to receive no thought. They are a

part of, his farm experience. Experi-

ence with the tractor will teach the

user what to expect of it and what it

is incapable of accomplishing. In gain-l

Ing this experience we must expect to,

encounter difficulties and make many.

mistakes. “





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too, there is a feeling of satisfaction in'

the experience gained in advance of

the majority, which experience We

hope to use in aiding some of our fol-

low farmers.



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on the hundred-weight basis, not by I





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1TH this increasing shortage in





farm labor and the growing



- dificulty in solving the help

pfoblem, we are beginning to appreci

ate more than ever the value of labor-

saving machinery and tractor power





in. farming. The tractor cannot be ex





peoted to do away entirely with horses,

fer horses fill some needs that cannot





'. be reached by the tractor, but the use.





of a tractor does assist materially in

solving the hired help problem. One

.man with a tractor can do heavier





" 1’ _ work and more of it in a given time





than is possible without the tractor.





, During the busiest season of the year





the tractor can be operated day and

night if necessary. This, in itself,

sometimes means the saving of a crop.

~ Then, too, the time when we are in





i greatest danger of losing a crop, is the





very time when extra help is costly

and hard to get.



The method developed for stacking

alfalfa hay by one farmer who pro-

duces annually several hundred acres

of this valuable crop is unique and efli-

cient.- He has constructed a movable

slide or trestle over which the entire





" rack—load of alfalfa is dumped upon





the stack at a single pull of the— trac-





C., and A. A. roads which pass through

the cutpver pine stump lands of. the

northern half of the lower'peninsula.

Individually there are very few cases

where such men could do this, but the





state acting for the general good in an





emergency, or patriotic citizens who

have money to advance, might take

hold of this matter and within a few





days, or at least a few weeks, have





companies of men at yvork who, in re-



turn, could pay back the first cost with

such margin as would insure a just

compensation for such advances. COm-

mittees could locate lands suitable for

the purpose and make arrangements

with the railroads, secure the neces-

sary machinery to handle the products

on main lines or branches, and secure

composites or temporary boarding

houses for labOrers at just rates, or

make such other plans as their inves-

tigations might suggest.



Stump machines and explosives

could be used to get pine stumps out

and in shape for fuel.



T1 aveling cranes, to run on standard

guages, or simpler devices when these

are not economically available, could

be used in the handling of the stumps.



In some cases, the stumps shouldbe

reduced to size fit for use along the

tracks and in others they could be haul-





 





 





Unloading A Wagon Load of Hay at One Haul with a Tractor.





tor. As the stack-grows the slide is

moved up‘ and down its length so the

hay is delivered evenly where needed

to balance the stack. To facilitate un-

loading, a large rope net is laid upon

the rack before loading with the self-

loaded in the field. When the load

drives alongside the stack, a long rope

from the tractor, which is stretched

over the top of the stack and slide, is

attached to the net, then the load is

ready to be dumped—a matter of less

than one minute’s work. In the field

as well as at the stack on this farm,

the'work is accomplished with the min-

imum quantity of man-power. Not only





, that, but it is efficient.





, Efliciency gained by tractor power

Iis,‘ being supplemented in many ways

by labor-saving machinery. Right now





' With the shortage of corn huskers and

— the price of husking ranging around





seven and eight cents per bushel, the

use of the mechanical corn huskers is

gaining. The work of the mechanical

corn huskers is rapid and efficient.

' Those farmers who have used them are

greatly pleased with the results.

Perhaps the growing demand for

{power farming and the necessity for

“labor-saving machinery may tend to

stimulate .the inventors of improved





, farm machinery to turn out- new and

J better labor-saving devices that Will

help to solve the hired help problem





that is so sorely trying many of our





.fii‘fifim today





"Flew THE STATE on INTERESTED

' eAPITALISTs MIGHT HELP.





ed in larger sizes into cities’ and vil-

lages and cut up there by men who

could then live in their own homes

while doing so.



Lands could be selected that would

make fair agricultural lands when the





stumps are removed. Such lands would





then be available for the raising of

food the next summer.



There are thousands of acres of

lands covered by pine stumps which

are much better farming locations than

some of the heavier lands formerly

covered by hardwood which have,

through wrong handling, been reduced

in fertility and the humus robbed from

them.





These pine lands require careful

handling, but they could be inspected

and in part selected by state officials.





The very light lands covered by jack

pine ought never to' be so improved.



Lands excessively hilly, and those

on which it is impossible to get fair air

drainage in which condition they would

be frosty, should not be improved so

long as there are others available.





But some of the pine stump lands

are quite heavy clay or gravel lands

and if a proper rotation were main

tained with corn, beans or potatoes for

a first crop and alfalfa as soon as pos-

sible with sheep, cattle and other stock

to return much of the fertility they

would make good homes for thousands.

But as few have machinery and those





“who do have it cannot employ it all of





the time, the great advantage to be

gained by it isg-not utilized.

Genesee Co. ‘ ‘E. H. ALLYN. '





Don’t forget the importance of order-





ing needed materials and equipment ‘

[at the earliest possible date. It is the .

y sure wayuof havingwthem When





 





Don’t be crewded

off the Cars





. Right now you should order the fer-

tilizer shipped which you will use next

Spring.



The railroads, crowded to the limit

with Government freight, require all cars

IOaded at least ten per cent above their

marked capacity in order to handle nec-

essary and essential freight.





This means that every fertilizer agent

must bunch his orders to make up large

carloads. This takes time, and cannot

be done at all unless farmers Will place

now their orders for immediate ship-

ment. Agents Cannot take orders at the

last moment and have them shipped as

they come in. They must plan ahead.

If you do the same, you will help the

Government, the railroads, the fertilizer

manufacturers and agents, and not least

of all, you will help yourself by making

sure of your fertilizer.





Don’t be crowded off the cars.

Order your fertilizer early.





If we have no agent in your town, we want one. Write us for

agent’ s name or ask for an agency yourself. I! is paying 50,000 others.





W lay not you .9 /\

READ THIS BOOK 9‘9





N o matter how many other books about ferti—

lizer you have read read this one. It is a new and

different book. T here 1811 ’t any advice in it for one

thing. Probably you have about all the advice you

need already. This is just a common sense book.

You will read it and say: “’That s so! Why

haven’t I thought of that before. " If you are using

fertilizers you are probably making money with

them, but are you making enough:9 How do you

know? By making little changes here and there, as you some-

times shift your farm labor and teams, perhaps you can make

more. This book may help you.





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Detroit Sales Department

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The Company maintains an Agricultural Service Bureau

«nullified by Dr. H. 1. Wheeler, (for many years Director of

the Rhode Island State Experiincnt Station). whose CYOD



. Bulletins, services and advice are free to all iii-men.





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Niagara. Dusters. Save Labor, Time and

Material and“ Insure Better Fruit





they combine efficiency with simplicity, durability and —lightness of

weight—operated b any three- horse- -power engine. They apply the

dust so rapidly that requent applications can be made over large acres

age at critical times.





Dust Applies, Peaches, Cherries, Plums, etch

1917 Developments in Mateni‘al





For APPLES— —A. Niagara mixture has been develo ed which will con-.

trol fungps diseases (ap 1e scab) chewin insects ( eaf roller and cod:

ling mot )Sucking insec s (aphis and re bugs).



For BEACHESeNia ara Peach Mixture has been developedxto control.

Brown Rot, Peach cab and Curculio without damage to the foliage,

and late applications have been found to produce marked improvement

in color as well as keeping qualities.





Thisis, lmponbant to You. this. Year.





Every user of Nia Vawgai a Dusting Machines is as§ured a supply of Niagara

Dust Mixtu1e.e have purchased enough raw material in advance to

supply you.





Write for F nee Book on Dusting





which‘describes our various hand and power models. Tell us the size

of you1‘- orchard andithe kind of fruit. Let us show you how to make

your orchard pay bettez.





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largest size dustvr and requiresa

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here. mounted on special 11 agon

adapted for Apple orchard work.

Also, shipped, on skids with or

withoutengine. (New Way Air-

cooled).





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Every furrow. is attenchin which the farmer

canfight for his country as effectively as the. man '





at! the front. It is. equally important that. he has no, de-

tectiue ammunition. Every sack of:





is made with the scientific precision of a high explosive 3116111

The same rigid 1nspcction by expert chemists 1s given to Roystcr‘ s

Fertilisers as is given to the ammunition sent to the front.





The experience, the skill and the strict enforcement of high

SWdG‘ which for 35 years have built the Royster success will

be concentrated. upon making every sack of fertilizer that bears



brand a missile of production to combat those of de-





Won.

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By DR. G: H. COONS





trees are annually at common



sight in many Michigan. orchards.

The condition is due toattacks from a

disease which shows up early in the

season by making the leaves turn yel;

low. or become ragged and shot-holed

in appearance.





This trouble lg known as leaf spot a





BADLYZ detonated cherry and- plum





‘ disease which results from the attacks





of a parasitic fungus or microscopic

plant which makes no food for itself

but steals its, living from the cherry or

The fungus gainfi an enw

trance through the leaves, growls. in.the

tissues and produces brown. dead spots.





in some cases the spots dry, become





brittle and are eventually whipped: out





;by the wind. At other. times. a dark

. spot about one-sixteenth of an, inch. in





diameter is found on the leafs. which





. turns yellow as a. result of the para-





site’s. work. At: the. sometime, on. the

under side of the diseased leayes White

or pinkish gummy masses may. be no-

ticed. These are made up of: enormous

numbers of the small: seed-like, repro-

ductive bodies of the fung.us.——the

spores. When these gummy masses

are wet. the spores float! in the, water

and are splashed. about by, rains. This

explains why the disease is most se-

vere in seasons of abundant rainfall.

Spores splashed from a leaf and lodg-





‘ ing on the new leaves sprout and bore





into the tissues, causing similar spores

with other crops of spores in a week





or two.





Disease Winters. on Leaves.



The general effect of. the fungus is

to produce a casting or dropping of the

leaves. The diseased leaves of cherries

drop at the slightest jar. T-he fungus

lives over winter on these fallenleaves

and. produces 011 them its winter spores.

In the spring the spores are popped,

under favorable conditions of mois-

ture and. thus reach the leaves. For

such infections the unfolding. summer

spores are produced, and the infection

of. new leaves is repeated with each

rainy period.



The disease cripples badly the leaf

stirface of the trees. All the starch

and sugar which is found in the fruit

is made by the leaves. Therefore, any-

thing which cripples them cuts down

the crop. But. as the disease common-

ly appears after the crop is harvested

the fruit. grower frequently falls to rec-

ognize the loss which it brings about.

The dropping of. the leaves produces

its greatest effect 011 the next year’s

crop, keeping it always mediocre and

frequently producing conditions in

which the trees produce only small,

poorly-flavored fruit, which ripens un-

evenly. Much of the food- material

found in the fruit must be made by the

leaves of the preceding season and

stored, in the twigs. Another effect of

this disease is to. render trees which

have lost their leaves very susceptible

to Winter injury.



Readily Controlled.



The “leaf spot” is readily controlled

by summer Sprays of. dilute lime sul-

phur. Ordinary commercial lime sulr

phur used at the strength of one part

to forty parts of water. is commonly

employed in Michigan. orchards, ap-

plied according to. following schedule:



First—Just before the buds open.



Second—Immediately after the blos-

some fall.



Third—Ten days or two weeks later.



Fourth—Every two or three weeks.

depending». upon the weather conditions

throughout the growing season.



In the first, two sprays two. and a

half; to three pounds of: arsenate of. lead

should be added. to every fifty gallons,

of annoy. This poison controls curcu-

lio. With Japanese varieties of plums

self,- boiled. lime sulphur mixture should

be. substitutgd for, the ooznmercial lime

Sulphur. 1;



In. addition to this control measure. '





 





plowing under the leaves from the pre-

ceding crop before infection of the new

leaves in the spring can. take. place is

strongly advised. This is a sanitary

measure and gets rid of. the greater

part of the sources of infection.



In every community one finds plum

and cherry trees with the foliage badly

diseased It is not unusual to find chers

ry trees in July and August without a,

single leaf, Some growers think the

trees are dead. and cut them down. Ex-

amination would show that the buds

of next year’s shoots are already form-

ed and. the trees are still alive. Trees .

in such a condition however, are ex-

tremely. unprofitable.



The gpodmarket for plums and cher-

ries makes these fruits deserve better

care on the part of orchardists. Mich-

igan. is rapidly becoming. a great. cher- ‘

ry-producing state. If the greatest prof.-

its are to be secured'the trees should

be. regularly and, thoroughly sprayed. to

prevent the enormous annual, loss

Which comes from this disease.





GARDEN. NOT-ES. '





There is no need to advise anyone

to make a. garden. The desire for a.

garden has clung to man since the

days of Adam. It has grown with him

into the desert and the swamp. Even

city walls cannot keep it out of the

family life ,if there is a izpot of soil

warmed by good sunshine.





The first attempt at gardening was

a partial failure, but that may have

been because it was too easy. Had

Adam been called upon to save the

seeds for himself, plow the ground and

kill purslane, he might have been a.

little more careful. As it was, life went

along without an effort on his part and

indolence has no accredited place in a.

garden.



Winter is the breathing spell in the

garden, but even then there is some-

thing to do. 0, yes, we all know it, but

there are other. activities of more im-

portance, at least they seem to be. So

the garden is passed by.



Spread. the Manure.



The chances are ten to one that a

coat, of manure will do no great amount

of harm. Is there any better time to

get it ready than now? It can be

drawn and spread when the ground is

frozen, or piled up in a Convenient

place. How much this means no one

knows until it is. tried. With the first

good days of spring, after the frost is

out, the ground can be pIOWed and with

that it seems as though the work were

half done. Early seeds can. be sown

and will be. The only way to prevent

it is to. lock the gate, for everybody

wants to plant something in the spring.



The best is none too good'for. the

garden. Well rptted manure, if, it. can

be had. Add. to this wood. ashes. if

they are available, but do, not. mix the

ashes with the manure as the lime in

the ashes, will, liberate the nitrogen in

the manure. Good commercial fertil-

izeis fill a need in every garden. They

make excellent supplementary fertil-

izeis.



Other Fertilizers.



The valueof coalasheshas not; been

definitely settled; but they. hare. their

uses. The value as a fertilizer. may

not be great, though that has. airman:~

ently been, underrated; but. their addi:

tion improves the texture of some

soils. Heavy clays need something of

the kind to make them serviceable for

garden purposes. Light, loose 3111111113,

benefited by the mixture with coal

ashes, being.- made more retentive'ot





moisture and fertilizing elementek It

would hardly be adxisable to haul coal ., M»





ashes very far to use for. this Du: 1101313,





but, 111 many cases. those made at. hemp, K.

can be: disposed. of in the garden. 1.9.1.1111.- ‘ -

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New“ 3.3.01 43‘, .
that‘only‘ a, few of the farmer‘s

,, produce their own fruits, espe-

“cl’ally the. small__ fruits, like strawber-

. riesand gooseberries. And it would be

alligwell‘enough for more farmers to go

intothe production of such fruits. But

{file not believe that it is practicable

even possible for everybody to do

.-;s¢:,~ Fruit groWing is an industry in

. . itself. Growing those small fruits even

' ' in "limited quantities requires consid.

~erable time just when the regular farm

crops must have attention. And no

. one can afford to neglect his corn crop

[for a few‘quarts of strawberries—not

if ‘it is possible to buy them. They

(Some on just at corn planting time. So

do gooseberries. And they must have

plenty of attention before this time.

. s6 it doesn’t seem advisable for any-

: One'to bother with those things if he



has field crops and stock enough to

keep him busy.



' A Farm Cash Crop.



. However. all small farmers, truckers

and gardeners can well afford to give

plenty of time and space to the produc-

tion of the small fruits. They provide

a cash crop early and may be taken to

market along with the vegetables.



'Again, there seems to be a general

mistaken notion as to the soil require-

ments for'the production of small

fruits. I have never been able to get

a paying crop from thin' soils. The bet-

ter the soil, the more and better the

fruit. You can’t get soil too rich for

the small fruits. If you make use of

green manures and stable manures un-

til the ground is as ricli as it can be,

and loose and full of life to a depth of

a foot or more, and then apply mineral





j fertilizers liberally, you may reason-





,ably suppose that you have a fit soil

for the production of: the small fruits.

Small Fruits Need Care.



There is also a belief ,all too wide:

spread, that the small fruits require

but little attention. But in my expe-

rience the reverse is true. They re-

quire a great deal of attention, and con-

stantly. And the longer the patches

stand the more attention they demand.

The plants get too thick. weeds come

up and smother them, pests and plant

diseases multiply. All this must be

remedied. The plants must be well

cultivated, thinned, sprayed and prun-

ed. And many of the small fruits must

be mulched «and otherwise protected

from the severe weather of winter.



Here with us, currants and goose-

berries demand a great deal of atten-

tion. But our most difficult problem

with currants is to get them safely

through the winter. They should be

planted in a sheltered place where they

will be protected from the severe win-

ter weather. If our goosberries are

. neglected for a year or two they begin

to fail at once. They must be well

cultivated to keep them growing. They

must be sprayed regularly to protect

'the frhit and tokeep the bushes free of

disease and pest. They. mu‘st‘be thin-

ned and pruned each year in order to

keep them from getting too thick and

to make a growth of young wood for

bearing fruit. For, the older the wood

thefewer the berries‘and the poorer

the quality. It’s the young wood, ,al-

ways, that bears the‘most fruit and the

best fruits—Whether it’s apples, peach-

es. gooseberries, or what-not. So when

. you sum .it all up, there is some con-

. siderable work connected with the pro-



duction of gooseberries.



‘ . 'Gooseberries for the Farm.



, Speaking'of varieties of gooseber-

' pies, I noticed-that one of our Michigan

' Farmer correspondents recommends





(the thornless sorts because they are





less stroublesome‘to gather. Now I

f'thfle‘never seen'any thornless goose-

' " bushes that produced good ber-





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, can’t'sell them where they. are known





and you couldn’t use very many at

home. So, we can’t find anything upon

which to‘ recommend the thornless

sorts of gooseberries. There may be

good sortsof thornless gooseberries

but I have never yet seen any of'them.



Those rich, meaty berries with that

fine gooseberry flavor and thin, tender

sk-ifi grow only on the thorny bushes.

They are comparatively small ‘but so

much better that it pays to plant them.

altogether. And if we keep the bushes

properly thinned and pruned the thorns

cannot interfere with the picking to

any great extent.



I am trying only to state the facts in

the case so far as my individual expe-

rience goes. It would be a great thing

if every farmer could produce plenty

of fruit. For we can’t raise too much

of it. The more there'is raised the

more the people will use. But I hate

to see anyone jump in blindly. as I

have done so many times, and lose

both money and time on account of go-

ing about it in the wrong way. We

now derive some little income from the

production of small fruits. And many

mistakes and failures are still so fresh

in mind that I cannot resist giving out

this word of warning. So far as I can

see, nothing but failure awaits the

man who expects to raise small fruits

without giving to the business the most

exacting care and attention from one

end of the year to the other.





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





Cutting Scions and Root Grafting.



When is the proper time to cut

scions, dig roots, graft German rpunes

for foster-mother root grafting? I have

a disease in my plum trees that is rot-

ting the fruit, starting before they get

ripe, and keeps on until all are gone.

Blue fruit is worse than on yellow. On

those plum trees there is an insect, a

half-inch long, shaped like a fish, slimy

as a fish, eating the leaves. What can

I do for them? J. N.



The best time to cut scions is in fall

after the foliage has dropped and be-

fore the severe winter season has set

in. The usual method is to cut them

about four to six inches in length, tie

them in bundles of about twenty-five,

and pack them in slightly moistened

sand. The best place to keep them over

winter is in a frost-proof cellar.



Root grafts should also be dug in the

fall and kept in a manner similar to

thatsuggested for keeping scions. Root

grafting can be done at any time dur-

ing the winter. Most of the nurseries

keep men busy at grafting when they

have no outside work for them to do.



The disease attacking your plums is

one of the common rots which plums

are susceptible to. These rots are more

prevalent in some varieties than oth-

ers. In normal seasons these rots can

usually be controlled by spraying the





,trees about three times during the time

,the fruit is developing. The first ap-





plication should be put on just before

the blossom buds open, the second

after the blossom shucks have fallen

from the fruit, and the third ten days

after the second. If necessary, another

application may be made in the course

of ten days. The best spray for this

work is commercial lime and sulphur,

one 'gallon diluted in forty gallons of

water, to which should be added two

pounds of arsenic of lead. .

The insect which attacks your plum

is the common slug. This is very often

controlled by the spray suggested

above, or can be controlled by the ap-

plication of lime or road dust.





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Some Observation on this Yearr’ s Experiences with the 01$.

Food Administration Petato Grading Program -





By C. w. WAID





' . S INCE the last article on the sub-





ject of potatograding, which was

published in the Michigan Farmer,





’ several phases of the work have de





veloped which were not spdken of at

that time; some of these are favorable

and others not.



The United States Food Administra





- tion fOund it necessary, at first, to per-





suade many of the potato shippers that





. it was to their adtrantage to do grading





as recommended by the Bureau of Mar-

kets. After this was accomplished pro-

tests began to come from the farmers

in sections where early frosts or

drought caused the development of a

large percentage of small sized' po-

tatoes.



Reund vs. Square Mesh Screens.



One mistake which was made at the

start of the grading was that square

mosh screens, 1 15-16 inch in size, were

putinto operation at most of the load-

ing stations. These screens took from

the first grade many potatoes which

were in size up to the standard of U. S.

Grade No. 1. Mr. Allewelt, of the Bu-

reau of Markets, called the attention





of the dealers to this unfair practice





and some of the largest of them, as

soon as possible, changed to the round

mesh 'of the same size. Much less ob-

jectiou was raised when these screens

were used than when the square ones

were used. I believe that some of the





dealers have not as yet secured the





round mesh screens and the growers

should urge them to do so as early as





' possible.





Letters of protest began to arrive at





the offices of some of the newspapers

‘ of the state and some of them began





publishing a list of these letters. In-





. dignation meetings were also held in





some sections and the agitation result-





5 ed in a feeling in certain sections of a





very pronounced dissatisfaction. The

chief complaint has been that Grade

No. 2 is equal in food- value, or nearly





. so, to No. 1 grade and yet the dealers

' only offer sixty per cent of the price of





the first grade for the second. Many





f dealers, when this question first came





up for consideration, expressed decided

doubts as to their ability to sell the

second grade to good advantage. The

price which was suggested by them,

but which was not compulsory, was





‘ one which, of. cOurse,vwould be. safe for





the dealers. The fact that the growers

had not been accustomed to receiving

two prices for two grades of potatoes

naturally made them suspicions as to

the reason for the difference in the

price of the two grades.



Difference inPrice TooGreat.



It was without doubt, very unfair to

some of the growers who had many

small potatoes and who were forced to

have them graded over the square

mesh screens. In talking with several





; dealers about this unfairness the writer





learned that most of them with- whom

he talked felt that after a market for

Grade No. 2 becomes established that

it would be possible to pay a' higher

price for that grade. This has been

the experience of the dealers in other

sectionsof the country where similar





' grading has been carried on.





The fact that the market declined





‘ “ , because of the placing on it of a large

.. number of cars in which field frosted

"potatoes were very numerous just at

.V the time when grading was put into

M" operation is another reason for the





bad feeling on the part of some of the

growers. Many of the growers in the

state feel that they were assured a





price for their potatoes, if not actually





guaranteed a price, equivalent to $1.00

per bushel and to sell the first grade





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At a. meeting held recently at. East

Lansing at which practically all of the

county agents of the state were pres-

ent, the entire subject of grading was

discussed from all angles. After the

discussion was all over a vote was tak-

en to see what attitude the agents had

toward this matter. It should be re-

membered that all of them who are in

important potato growing counties

have heard at first hand the criticism

offered by the growers to this method

of grading. The'vote which was taken

was unanimous in favor of the grades

as at present being enforced by the

United States Food Administration. A

campaign of education among the poi

tato growers will be carried on through

the agents to try to point out to them

the ultimate advantage of this system

of grading.



It should not be forgotten that the



second grade, which is secured by run-

ning the potatoes which pass through

the 1 15-16 mesh screen, over a screen

with a one and a half-inch mesh, e11-

ables the farmers to sell potatoes of a

smaller size than would be the case if

one grade was made and one and sev-

en-eighth inch or one and three-quar-

ter-inch screens used.

' Some of the reasons why the United

States Food Administ1ation is endeav-

oring to enfo1ce the grading of pota-

toes throughout the United States, are

here given:



A. For immediate benefit: To mar-

ket the large crop of 1917 to the best

advantage of the growers, dealers and

consumers.



1. By providing. for the marketing of

sound potatoes only.



(a) That consumption of potatoes

will be stimulated.



(b’) Thatcar equipment will be con-

served.



(c) That all potatoes suitable only

for stock feed will be kept and used

on the farms.



B. For permanent benefit:



1. To establish standards of grades

for potatoes and markets for these

grades:



(21) That prices to growers may be-

come more uniform.





(b) That growers may receive pre-.





mium for quality.



(c) That dealers may be able to do

business on a smaller margin of profit.



1. Because rejections due to a de-

clining market will be avoided.



2. Because loss from decay will be

greatly reduced.



3. Because of the elimination of the

influence of inferior stock on the sell-

ing price of a car which is mostly up

to grade.



((1) That consumers may get greater

value for their money invested in po-

tatoes.





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while choice recleaned stock. sold at

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improving demand. Jobbing prices of

Michigan pea beans ranged at $13.75

@15 per 100.1bs., sacked in. large mar-

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California small ‘

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ment Station, opened the discussion in

. an address on “Standardization of

“ Milk ” He said» there is no authorita-

tive standard for milk. We now have

int'mind some reasonable statement

3 {that is adapted to conditions. Adjust-

ed is a better term to use in speak-

m ing of the ratio of fat to other milk

solids in ‘the milk. The ratio can be

changed by increasing or decreasing

the milk fats.

The effects of reduction of fat on

the value of the milk was considered.

‘ In removing cream, only the fat is re-

. duced. ‘From normal milk testing four

per cent of fat, remove one pound of

fat for 100 pounds of milk, and a three

per cent milk is left. What happens

to the solids not fat? We do not ma-

terially change them. The standard-

ized milk, with three per cent of fat,

contains about as much of the solids

not fat as does the four per cent milk.

We can think of standardized three

per cent milk as being about the same

as the normal four per cent milk ex-

cept it has one per cent less fat. Again

the three per cent milk contains prac-

tically the same amount of solids not

fat as a five per cent milk. If we re-

move cream from milk, we change the

ratio and decrease the ratio of fat to

solids. If we add cream, we increase

the ratio of fats to solids.

Milk furnished by dealers can be ad-

' justed to a fixed standard of food val-

ues, that might justly govern the price.

Milk can be changed or adjusted with-

out handling and exposing to bacteria.

We have come to believe that normal

milk should not be tampered with.

There may be more than sentimental

reasons for this. Legal standards of

milk should conform its food value. It

is desirable that all containers in

which milk is offered for sale, should

be labeled as to the amount and quality

of its content.



Prof. Stocking, of Cornell, said it is

logical that milk sold should have the

same amount of fat every day, and the

customer knows what he is buying. We

may be forced to adjust the milk in

order to justly serve the consumer.

The only injustice to the consumer

would be in adding cream to milk to

bring it up to four per cent milk. Be-

cause he would get no more solids

than he would have secured before the

cream was added.



A111milk should be sold on a guaran-

teed label the same as all other com-

mercial foods.



- ”Mr. Brockway, along the same line,

y said there is no reason why milk

‘ “9% ‘ should not be manipulated to meet the-

. requirements of a standard, or to meet

a special demand. It is a manufactur-

2 ' ing proposition.

' ‘ " 5' . . A. Wieant said the value of milk

" should be well understood. It is still

the cheapest food we have for the di-

gestible nutrients it contains. Milk

contains every constituent of the body.

Meat, potatoes and white bread do not.

There is the least waste in milk nutri-

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, . cents per quart, milk is still the cheap-

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On Friday and Saturday, December 14-

and 15, While the worst early- -winter

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height. a goodly crowd of Holstein buy-

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diflerent states, assembled in the Syra-

cuse., New York, Sale Pavilion, and

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.lentire number, about one-half of which

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Milhifiam mowers: College, East





Lansing, m.,. cm Muary 16-17, 1918.





1 The programs of! the general and al-

i lied! liveed' meetings follow:





ammonium m 1918, 9:30 A. M.





Room-403;.A‘grlwmlral Building.

Secretary’s nepont'.

Appoiuflnsnu of committees.

Presidbnt’s- address.



“'Bhe Live- Stocks Ihdustvy, Present





and: Prospective," I. J’. Ferguson, of

'. SWlfl: & 60;, (Shim. Ill.





“Michigan‘s Rive- S’t‘ock Situation,” by

Domini S: Shrew, no A C.

“Progress in. the Eradication of- Tu-





5 omnibus its the Michigan Hams,“





H- H. Hallway, Clinton.



Recess for lunch.

. Meeting called to order at 1:30p m.

( “Ecod Administration and Control as





F it will Affect the‘Farmer and his- Mbr-





ket," G. A. Prescott, Federal Food? Ad-





, ministrator for Michigan.





“Results to: he obtained through Co~





:-operation and the Effect of Geoperative

‘ Enterprises upon Rural Life,” G. A.

1 Miller, Chesaning, Mich.





“Essentials in the Successful Man-





’4 agement: of a. Cooperative LiVe Stock





 





.Shipping Association,” C. J. Miller,,Un-





: ion City, Mich.





1 “Advantages which we Have Derived

.from the Farmers’ Cooperative Store,"

{0. B. Bebee, Tecumseh“, Mich; '



I “Legal Aspects of Farmers’ Cooper-

ative Enterprises,” R‘. H. Elsworth; M.

A‘». C. ' .



Wednesday, January. 16', 4:30 P. M.



Room 402.





Joint meeting of all sections with the

Michigan Crop Improvement Associa-





.' tion.





Music, Short Course Orchestra.

Words of welcoms, President Kedzie.

Song, M; A. C. Male Quartet.



“The Part that Agriculture Must

Play in the Winning of the War,” Dean

Vivian, of Ohio State University



Reports of the secretaries of the al-

lied organizations. .





igan Improved Live Stock Breeders’





.and Feeders’ Association.





 





Michigan Horse Breeders’ Association.

President, Jacob'DeGeus, Alicia; sec-





' rotary, R. S. Hudson, East Lansing.





Wednesday, 10:00 a. m., Pavilion,

Agricultural Building, horse judging.

demonstration conducted by Dr. C. W.





3 McCampbell, of Manhattan, Kansas.





Wednesday, January 16, Room 206.



Meeting called to order at 1:30p. In.



“Showing at the 1917 International,”

President Jacob DeGeus, Alicia, Mich.



“The Farm Horse Situation,” Dr. C.

M. M'cCampbell, Manhattan, Kansas.



“Common Unsoundness of Horses,”

Dr. J. P. Hutton, East (Lansing.



“Progress of the Stallion Law,” Dr.

Judson Black, Michigan State Veteri-

nary Board.





 





Michigan Holstein-Friesan Assn.

President, H. W. NortOn, Ji'., East

Lansing; secretary, M. W. Wentworth,

Battle Creek.

Tuesday, January 15, 7:00P: M;

Annual banquet, Plymouth Congrega~

tional Church, Lansing. Toastmaster,

E. LeRoy Pclletier, POntiuc.

Wednesday, January 16'; 92304“ M.

Room 402 Agricultural“ Building.

Pmsident’s address and business ses-

sion.

“Michigan‘s First Milk Commission,”

Hon. 1. R. Waterbury, Detroit.

“Farm Building Construction,” Prof.

J. A. Kraege, Fort Atkinson, Wis.

Wednesday, January 16, 1:30 P; M.

“Accredited. Herds,” H. H. Halladay,

President Mlchigan.Live Stock Sani-

tary Commission.

“The Dairyman's Duty to His Coun-

try,” Hon. G. A. Prescott, Federal Food

Administrator for Michigan.





 





Michigan S’horth'orn' Breeders’ Assn.

President, Jay Smith, Ann Arbor;

secretary, W. W. Knapp, Howell.

Wednesday, January 16, 1:30P. M.

Shorthom Show and judging. of sale

cattle conducted by Capt: T. E. Robs

son, of London, Ont. -

Thursday, Jhnuar'yv 17, Room 109.

Meeting called to order at 4:00 P. M.

“Shorthorns and” their Future,” Wm.

Johnson, Ft; Wayne, Indiana, represem

tative of‘ the American Shorthorn

Breeders" Association of Chicago.





 





 





 





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. . . c Live S -

. m; Mammoth annual meet--

. me at! m mmg‘an ‘Improved.





. Banquet tendered by the State Board.

' of Agriculture to members of the Mich-





Miolrlgan Aberdeen.- Angue. Breeders? . ,

museum , . .

President, A’léxmidbr Minty, coma; ‘





 

 





secretary, om Billhell", ,, l a

January-1t“, m,.mm 453'.





Meeting called“ to order at 2:00p. m. ,





President’s address:— “How We can

Stimulate Interest in Aberdeen Angus





“Finding a. Market for Our Su‘r lus

Stuck,” G. 1%. 15116800“). ~ 1) .



“ yin’g r H’erds,” Ce has But-

tics. éewieton. p ' '



Discussion led by Alexander Minty.





 





Michigan. Guernsey Cattle Club.-

Pnesident, Harry Ballard, Nilias; sec-

retary, C. G. Parnell, Jackson.

Wednesday,.January 16; Room 111’.

Meeting called to order at 1:30 p: 111.

An interesting program is being pre-

pared. E. N. Onsrud, of: the American





Guernsey Cattle Club, will» be‘the prin-





cipal. speaker. .





 





‘M‘ich'igan Jersey Cattle Club.



President, Alvin Balden', ‘Capac; (sec-

ret'ary, Mrs. P‘. H‘. Walker, Kalamazoo.



Wednesday, January 18;. momma.



Meeting. called to order at 10’: 00 a. m.



Address by G‘. S. Taylor, Jersey Field

Man for Minnesota;



Moving pictures.



Following this the association will

take lunch in a body at. the College





Cafe.

Wednesday A‘fternoon;

Address by President A. Baldbni

Report's from the county association

secretaries.



Club reminiscences by John Breck,

gfitJackson, and T. F. M‘ar‘ston‘, of‘Bay



y.



“The Dairy Situation in Michigan”

State Dairy and Food Commissioner,

Hon. Fred. L. WoodWortli.





 





Michigan Red-Polled Breeders’ Assn.



President, N. C. Herbison, Birming-

ham; secretary, E. J’. Peabody, Mull-i-

ken.



Wednesday, Janua‘ry 1‘6, R‘oom'3'16:



Meeting called to order at 1:30 p. m.



“Starting a Breeding Herd,” J; M.

Chase.



“The Future of the Cattle Industry,”

Newton Parish.



“wa Can give Best Attract Attention

to the RedzPolls?” E. Foster. . . _



T‘How Much Can a Small. Breeder

Afford to Pay for a Herd Bull?” Ain'-

drew Seeley.



Business meeting and election of

officers. .





 





Michigan H ereford: Breeders’ Assn.





President, Louis Norton, Quimb'y;

secretary, Earl C. McCarty, Bad‘Axe.

Wednesday, January 16, Roomj110:

Meeting called to order at 1:30p: m.

This is the time for closer coopera-

tion and greater unity of action among

our breeders. Leading breeders of

many sections of the state have signi-

fied‘ their intention of meeting with us

to advance the interest of‘ the breed.

Let each and every breeder be present.

Business meeting.





 





Michigan Merino Sh’eep B'reeders'

Association.

President, H. L. Mayo, of Nashville;

secretary, E. N. Ball, Hamburg.





 





Michigan Shropshire Sheep Breeders’

Association.

President, H. E. Powell, Ionia; sec~

retary, W. H. Schantz, Hastings.





 





Michigan Hampshire Sheep' Breeders’

Association.

President, John Hull, Dimondale;

secretary, C. A. Tyler, Detroit.





 





Michigan Oxford Sheep B‘reedbrs’

Association.

President, N. A: Y‘or‘k, Milllngton;

secretary, I'. R. Waterbury, Detroit. .

Wedhesday, January 16, Room 113.





Meeting called to order at 1:30 p. m. N





 





Michigan Sheep Breeders’ and Feeders’

Association.

President, H. H. Hinds, of‘ Stanton;

secretary, W. H. Schantz, Hastings.





Wednesday, January 16, Room 109.





Meeting called to order 10:00 a. m.'





“Sheep Grazin in Northeastern

Michigan,” Hon. -. F. Marston, of Bay

City, Mich.





“How 1 Fed the International Car- .





load; of Prize-winning Lambs,” E. G.

Read, Riohland, Mich. . ‘

“What we Hope to Accomplish .by





Extension Work in Sheep Husbandry,”





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916 ...... .. ........ 65,645,000

*‘i917. .............. . ..... 60,218,000

Decrease .................. . 5,427,000





.1917 crop, bushels. . . . . .





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The Corn Increase.

. . 3,191,083,000





1916 crop,‘ hels. . . . . .2,583,241,000





Increase, bushels 607,842,000

L There is the gap—from a decrease

of more than 5,000,000 hogs to an in-

crease of more than 607,000,000 bush-

els of corn—that hog raisers are’ex-

pected largely to close up. Closing it

by breeding more hogs is not only one

of the big opportunities but one of the

big obligations of American farmers.

Other equally convincing figures enter

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show the reason for the “more hog”

campaign, now at its height, to urge

that sows be bred in increased num-

bers now to insure the needed number

of pigs next spring to eat the surplus

of the 1917 crop.



That he farmers of the country will

respond as “minute men” in the hog

emergency is the belief of officials of

the United States Department of ~Agri-

culture who are urging in conferences

with live stock men definite hog in-

creases by states, and who have just

returned from a trip through the corn

belt. ~



With the government backing them,

through emergency legislation, as it

never has before, farmers never have

had greater assurance that their ef-

forts would be justly compensated. The

Food Administration has said that, un-

til further notice, prices, so far as it

can influence them will not go below

the minimum of about $15.50 a hun-

dred, for the average of the packers’

droves on the Chicago market. Further-

more, it has said as to hogs farrowed

next spring: “We will try to stabilize

the price so that the farmer can count

on geting for each 100 pounds of hogs

ready for market, thirteen times the

average cost per bushel of the corn fed

into the hogs.” Experience has shown,

specialists of the Department of Agri-

culture say, that this ratio of thirteen

to one is liberal, and that it should

stimulate hog breeding now. The De-

partment of Agriculture, with increas-

ed forces, also stands ready to aid

farmers in any way it can.



That is the immediate war duty of

farmers: Breed sows now—and gilts

if necessary. Breeding should be hast—

ened, especially in the south. In the

north it may be done until as late as

February in some sections. But the

sooner the new pig crop can- be obtain—

ed, the sooneifithe urgent meat needs

of the world will be met.





ABOUT SHEEP.





 





Those who have kept sheep during

the last few years report large profits

for the capital invested. As it is not

likely that the present high prices re-

ceived for Wool and mutton will de-

crease, sheep raising is bound to in-

crease.



We have kept sheep for a number of

years and even during times when

there was but little encouragement in

the business we have seldom been

without a small flock; Our experience

has been that they require but a small

amount of work or care. In the winter

they do not need as much labor as oth-

er kinds of stock, and in this age of

labor famine this is a very important

matter to consider. If properly cared

for, they are much more free from dis-

eases and accidents than other cattle,

and if one is lost from any cause, the

loss is much less than if a hog, cow or





There are yet many farms having

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‘ ,lost fertility of the soil.





The principal objections that my be

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dog, and the necessity of good fencing.

But at the present time, the progres?

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=taeh much importance to these objec-





tions. As to the dog, the 12111”; of the

different states are new so favorable to

the sheep grower that it is not such a

great bugbear, and if the flock is n10;

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Sheep should not be expected to Win-





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they want a warm, sunny place. A-

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’ many in number, will do better than

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and care should be taken not to herd



too many together. Good ventilation



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mer and“ early fall on the cut-over

lands or the upper pennisuaia and eer-v

tain similar areas in the northern half

of the lower peninsula is a; profitably





- practical venture, the Michigan Ami-r





cuitural College has become comri'nced.1

A representative or the coilege recentJ

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the-results attained by'sh‘eepm'enr- Who‘





. accept-ed the offers of free pasture

. made to them last spring and transfer

a; red their flocks to the tip-state cut-





over lands. His findings haVe been

such as to remove any doubt of the





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merit. These, the college'i

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on a large scale last Aprfl‘ when for the





,, purpose of pi emotinw food production,

lholders of these idle properties placed





it'hem at the disposal of sheep ownexs





and cat’tl‘emcn for the grazing. of their

: animals.

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In- most instances no rental‘





ijecfiVWas suggested there were many

doubters who questioned; the practica-





, bil‘ity of. it, but there Were also many





:who were willing: to‘ make the experi-

vestigatox



e plan is

an entirely workable one and recom-

mend its Wider acceptance by breeders





- and feeders of live stock.





His report declares in part that “one

man shipped to pasture with his mum

105 per cent of lambs and marketed

ninety—nine per cent of lambs; anotl1e1

with a smaller flock, mostly registered

Shropshires and Hampshires, Says he

raised 1.50 per cent of lambs, while still

'a. third man who has been handling

ewes in thousands thought seventlyflve

per cent of lambs was a1 fair avcr'tze.

It would seem accordingly that where





' flocks of from sixty to 4‘00 or 500’ are





kept in geod quarters through lambing

time and. sent with their lambs to pas-

ture, seventy- -five to 100 per cent





_ should be expected.”





HOW THE CHAMPIONS DRESSED

OUT.





 





Merry Monarch, the grand champion





; steer of the International Live Stock

Exposition, dressed out 54.7 per cent,



‘ according to figures compiled By Ar-



~‘ lmo’ur 6’: Col, at whose plant the cham-'





plan was slaughtered. Merry Monarch,





‘Tali've, weighed? 1610 pounds and the

‘ dressed weight was 1042".





The carload lot of Angus yearlingjs





' which were adjudged grand. champions

- of the show, Were also bought by Ar-

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chicago. They averaged 1690‘ pounds





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(Continued from page 12).

that; seeietary, O. F. Foster, Ann Ar-





WHMy, January 161, Room 109





Meet . called to order at 1: 30

The‘trfieminisoenceeef gate-





bred SWine Business in Micthigan," J.

B. Hibba-rd, B'ennington.



“The Part that the P‘ure- bred Hog

will Play in the Increasing of For

nonfiction" R. J. Evans, Secretary

American blade Jersey Brecders’ As-

sociation. .



“The Outlook fOr Profitable Pork

Production and the Pure:- bred Swme

interests ” W. M McFadden, President

National Swine Breeders’ Association.



“Pig Clubs in Michigan and How

they Will Benefit the Pure- bred SWine

Breeders,” W. E. J. Edwards, M. A. C.





Michigan Poland-China Swine Breed-

ers' Association.

President, J. C. Butler, of Portland;

secretary,P Pope, Mt. Pleasant.

Meeting called to order at 10: 0% a. in.

Wednesday, January 1-6, Room

President’s address.

"Words of Encouragement” COTE

W. Foster, North Hampton, 6 .

“Why the PolandClrinaT’ 661' A.

Boone, Blanchard, Mich.

“Poland- China Boosters,” W. M. Mc-

Fad’den'.

“P‘ol'and- Chinas in the Feed Lot,” W.

J. Clark, Mason.

Round- table discussion.

Appropriate and attractive badges

for every paid- -up member





Michigan Duroc Jersey matador! he“.

President C. U. Edmonds, Hastings;

secretary, M. T. Story, Lowell. .

Wednesday, January 16, Room 110.

Meeting called to order ’at 10: 00 a. m.

“How to Advance Duroc Jersey In—

terests in Michigan, ” R. J. Evans, Sec-

retary American Duroc Jersey'Assn. .





M‘lcl‘i'igh‘n Berkshire Bre’éfl’e'l's’ Rslfim'

President J. F. Miller, Caledonia:

secretary, B. B. Perry, Leslie.

Wednesday January 16, Room 405.

Meeting called to ordei at 10: 00 a. 111.

Short business meeting and informal

discussion by members of the club;

Michigan- Ghester-Whit'e Swine Breed-

ers’ Association.



President, Harry T. Crandall, of Cass

City; secretaiy, J. Carl JeWett, Mason.

Wednesday, January 16, Room 316.

Meeting called to order at 10: 00 a. m.

Annual meeting and election of om~



cers.





Michigan Hiampma‘re swme Breeders?

Association.



President, H. H. Harladay, Clinton;

secretary, George Stair Grass Larkc



Wednesday, January 16, Room 11'1.



Meeting called to Order at 10201? a. 11:.



President s addmsa.



“Hampshires for Western Michigan,”

Alfred Hendrickson, Shelby, Mich.



“Why I Breed the Hampshire Hog,”

J'. A. Campbell, P’arma Mich



“Notes on1 Hampshire Herds of Mich»

igan,” G. E. Starr. Grass Lake.



Sales;



Friday, January 18, 9:30 a. m. Sale

of 30 pure-bred Holstein-Friesian cat-

tie.



Friday, January 18, 1: 00 p. 111. Sale

of 814“ puar e-bred Shortliorn’ cattle, 54

females and 30 males.



Hotel Accommodations.



Visitors will find it to their advan-

tage and convenience to secure rooms

for the night in Lansing before coming

to the College, inasmuch as the several

sessions will be practically continuous

from 9:00 a. n1. until 101-00 p. m. The

usual hotel rates prevail.





 





 





 





 





The Department of! Agriculture is

calling upon the fanners of- the con!»

try to 11101 ease the supply of hogs and

hog products 15 per cent during the

coming yea1.It is a startling fact that

at the time of all others, when the

world- wide requirements for American

hog products are fax greater than ever

before, there is a tremendous falling

013 in hog supplies, the production in

the United States being seriously be

low what it should be. Hog growing in

this country has been decreasing ever

since the war‘ star ted in Europe, while

exports of provisions have been in-

creasing enormously. There are five

million less hogs in this country than-





last year, and there are eig’lit million" .._





less than two- years ago. Recently pub-

lished official figures show that this

country has exported this year





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yard with theother cattle.





'ferred to another environment.





 





-NEIGHBOR of ours never raises

a calf, always depending upon

cows-picked up here and there





' fergsuch animals as he may need in his





dairy. The reason for this, as he

states- it, is that he can buy cows





cheaper than he can raise them. In

‘ ‘, thiarespect this friend of ours is rep-





resentative of a large class of farmers.





- , On the farms of these men we seldom





see a calf or a heifer coming on.

But there is this thing that I notice.





I This neighbor, and others I know who

"do not raise calves, are all the time

I changing their cows off for one reason





or another. While these men do not

say so, I have my suspicions that this

tendency to shift their stock is due to

the fact that they do not get cows that

are satisfactory when they buy them.





i It is a risky matter to buy cows, espe-

cially where one does not know the





man of whom he buys. Nor is the fault

always with the former owner of the

cow. For -_it is a fact that. the cow

which may do well for you may be an

entirely different cow for me, with my

peculiar ways of feeding and caring

for stock.



In my opinion, then, home-grown

cows are the best all round. It may

cost rather more to get these cows up





' through to maturity, but when we get





them we know better what we have

than where we step out and buy a

strange cow. For cows are big bun-

dles of peculiarities, some of which are

inherited, more acquired.



. I have watched this matter of per-

sonal characteristics quite carefully,

and always with interest. Usually I

have found that it is the mother which

puts the imprint of her .own disposi-

tion and eccentricities onthe calf she

brings into the world. If the cow is a





long milker, we may look for the heif—‘





er she drops to be so, too. Little no-

tions about standing when being milk-

ed, or being light-footed or disorderly,

are ‘also transmitted in many cases.

In my own herd I have seen a long line

of cows marked by the mother to be

short-seasoned in the flow of milk.

That is, they almost universally have

thefault of drying off early, and not

coming back until they have had a

long period of rest. The loss from this

kind of cows is great in the Course of

a term of years. None of us can afford

to keep a cow that does not hold out





in her milk yield.





Cows that grow up on the place have

another advantage not always taken

into account, and that is, they know





, what to expect from the man who has

__ handled them from the start and they





are at home in the pasture and in the

This shows

itself strikingly when the cow is trans-

If a





cow, for example, has always been





treated kindly and has been kept with





other cows that she likes to be with,





.and then is suddenly sold and put un-





der the care of a man who has little

feeling for his cows, looks upon them

as “machines" and sends them out into

the yard or pasture with a lot of cross,





‘ f‘scrappy” COWS, she «is almost sure to

drop Vorf‘in the flow of her milk.





“Get-

ting wonted” is what we say of the





i cow which is undergoing this change,

{and sometimes she is homesick and

runder the weather generally for a

'long time.





I have brought cows in

that way into my herd and seen them





Eilght‘for days to settle the matter of

'_who is boss.





It is hard work; and

sometimes I have had to separate cows





that fought each other that way for a

' long. time; and I am not sure but the





best- way is to dispose of one or the

ther of the belligerents rather than to

the herd all stirred up by con-





By E. L. VINCENT





 





 





mating cows of certain characteristics

with bulls the parentage and qualities

of Whose ancestors we understand, get

calves which are superior in many

ways toany we can buy, and better

than those We already have. And this

possibility of breeding better stock is

one that is well worthy of more atten-

tion than most of us give it.





DEHORN THE DAIRY HEM-:ER.





 





There are two methods of dehorning

dairy animals. One of these which is

widely practiced is to allow the horns

to grow until the animal is fairly ma-

ture and then cut them off with special

dehorning clippers. This method re-

moves the horn but it is a painful and

bloody operation. The other method

is to prevent horns from developing.



The calves should be treated when

they are from five to ten days old or

when the horns are just beginning to

show as small buttons and before they

break through the skin. The hair

should be clipped away from this part

of the head with a pair of shears. As

soon as the skin is thus made visible

it should be broken with a sharp in-

strument, directly over the center of

the appearing horn. A deep out should

not be made. As soon as the skin is

broken a stick of caustic potash should

be rubbed on the horn until the skin

is removed over an area slightly‘ less

than the size of a dime. The caustic

can be purchased in small white sticks

about the size of a pencil. One end

should be wrapped with paper or cloth

to protect the fingers. Rubbing should

continue over the surface until it be

gins to turn white. Too much rubbing

may give bad results. As soon as this

is complete it is well to grease around

the treated area with vaseline.





It is usually better to use the caustic

in a dry form rather than to use it wet

because when too much moisture is

present it may run down into the calf’s

eyes and cause injury.





The caustic should be kept in an air-'





tight bottle because in the presence of

air it becomes wet and sticky and is

difficult to‘ handle. With a little ex-

perience one can perform this opera-

tion in about five minutes and horns

will never develop, says W. W. Swett,

of the University of Missouri College of

Agriculture. In case it is not properly

done, short spurs will develop. These

may be clipped off after a year or two

with very little trouble or injury to the

animal.





FINDING THE “BOARDER'LCOWS.





 





I have been in the dairy business for

fifteen years with varied success. Ac-

cording to my experience it takes about

five years for a cow to develop. Up to

that'age I am not positive whether she

is going to be a “boarder” cow or not.

Now if there could be some means pro-

vided to aid one in determining ex-

actly whether a yearling is going to

grow into a good cow or not, such

means would prove very valuable to

dairymen. Many of the heifers would

be fattened and sold for meat while,

on the other hand, not a few that go

directly to the shambles without a trial

at the pail would be given a chance to

show their value as dairy animals. The

scales and the Babcock test are the

only accurate means we have of know-

ing what a cow can do, but these can

be used only when the‘animals are

producing, and as a heifer may prove

to be a good cow after an unprofitable

season or two, we cannot seewhere

the practical dairymen are going to

avOid the heavy eXpense involved in





‘ weeding out the “boarder” cow and at

the same time not waste valuable po- »

tential dairy cow material.





’Muskegon Co. B. D. WARNER. f





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An Important Message

To Every Cow Owner





 





There was never a time in the history of the world

when the saving of every ounce of butter-fat and every

particle of effort and time was so important as now.





. There was never a time when the use of a late im-

proved De Laval Cream Separator meant so much to

every cow owner.



This is true whether you are using no separator,some

inferior separator, or even an old style De Laval machine.





Fortunately it happens to be not only a matter of .

patriotic duty but at the same time one of dollars-and-

cents advantage as well. ‘



A New Type De Laval Cream Separator skims _

cleaner and produces a better quality of cream than _ i ‘

any other separator or skimming method. ~ if



Likewise,by reason of its easier turning, easier clean-

ing, greater capacity, simplicity and durability, it saves

time and labor over any other machine or method.





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Moreover, the use of a De Laval Cream Separator

is better than any other way of utilizing milk because i

it keeps the valuable skim-milk on the farm.



Nor should the installion of an improved De Laval

machine be delayed a single day. It begins saving the first

day it is put in, and will likely have paid for itself by

spring.



We guarantee all this to be true--but the better way .

is to demonstrate it in your own dairy to your own

satisfaction. . "



That every De Laval agent is glad of the oppor-

tunity to do--without any obligation on your part unless 1'5

satisfied that every claim made is fulfilled.



There are local De Laval agents almost everywhere.



If you don’t know the nearest one simply address either

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Cow Health is Da1ry Wealth

Safeguard the health of your herd by building stables that will be . ‘

clean, Sweet and sanitary. Easily done if you build with Natco Hollow Tile.





Germs can’t hide on the smooth glazed walls. A blankétof dead air in Natco

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means healthier stock, cleaner and better milk-bigger profits and more dairy wealth Natco

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han er forms of masonry yet

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Your building supply dealer will

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tactical bui ding plans. He

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V Your CoWs

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cost of living has called atten-

.. than. among, other things, to, the

: cost and profit of milk production.

Ki 1Whille— the had eon-broiler is'wrestling

:éwith the pros and cons of this ques-

,2 tion, it might be well to discuss briefly

f some of. the, points having a bearing on

the producer’s viewnoint.



In- the. first place we have. in the

dairy cow of average- capacity an in-

. vested capital of approximately $100.

001318th the fact that she will. produce

. well, barring accidents, until ten years

old. She must then. be turned. off as a

=' cannor at $25 or less, as being- oii a

mdairy type, 110 feeder at the present

‘, prices of flood stuffs. would. consider

# i1; profitable to feed her for heel.



.. The question of flooding, of course,

. "looms largely as a factor in mill pro-

' auction. Conditions are such that at

the present time it costs upward of

,125 percent more to. produce milk than

two years ago. Formerly, the farmer

,who planned to-buy certain necessary

.concenxrates or other food stuffs with





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to feed,” it is a case. of staying in the

business 111: :1 9120mm: setting; out at it

as a failure. Ifi any insult is 30mm with

the estimated prices above minted, it

will be that they are too. low.



3111,33 has been indicated. the 11on

inc. cost of. a cow. is. by no means the

only cost: Labor. when it can. be pro-

cured: 8112. M1,. comm high, Tillie may be

reasonably estimated at flit-sen cents a

day per cow; Iii there are. say, fifteen

cows, this rate wilh'flgure- out 110: $2.25.

a day and you board: yourself.



The item at interest. while when on"

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thing the manudachtrer figures on in

estimating his production costs. 011

the average loo-acre famm. carrying a.





herd of about fifteen. cows, the total .





investment in. tarm. and equipment may

be moderately estimated at $310,099.

Assuming that one-half of this is do

voted. to denying. half the income of

the form should be charged: as coming

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this course is impossible at the present

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cost at lobar, service of sire, depreciat-

tion of plant, insurance, and half a

score of sundries, the cost of milk pro-

duction per cow soars to the neighbor-

hood of $1140. .



Now a; little as to detail. In making

the foregoing statement as to. annual

cow costs, I have estimated the value

of pasture at $2.50 per month per cow,

hay at $110- per ton, silage at $3.06 per

ton, and roots at $16.00. The grain fig-

ured on is that: only that can he pur-

chased at reasonable prices, and has a

feeding value consistmt with its cost.

Perhaps someone who is more familiar

with the consumption of milk than its

production will advise to feed more

cheaply and so let down the cost to all

concerned. As a matter of fact, the

writer has Learned from his own expe-

rience as every practical producer has

-, done, than: the dairy cow is very much

*of a machine, and. as such, will not

give something for whim, Even duo

; log the posturing season. barring. m

:, hangs few weeks in June, she will not

. _ milk up to her «parity without: light

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divided over fifteen cows, or exactly

$20. per animal.



Regarding bull service. it is doubtful

if. he can be maintained in. good breed

ing condition for a year tor much less

than $60. This adds another $4100. to

the cost of each member oi the herd.

To this must be added insurance, vet.-

eri-nary fees, outage oi milk, upkeep

and care of utensils, etch—J1. H. MCK.





 





BUTTER CHEESY AND STRONG.





 





Upon reading the butter trouble of

A... M. B. L thought Mediately that I

knew to. a certain“ the way 0111,1311:-

ing it for granted that the milk is set

and skinuned. as we used to do before

the wonderful separations. were invent:-

ed. and manipulated by the men- folks.

If I am right, just scald that walk as

soon as strained until it wrinkles well

over the top, let cool bofiore- setting in

cupboard or pantry. Let stand forty.

eight hours or more before skimming.

Keep» cream. stimrod well once or twice

a. day. When ready to churn warm to





sixty-five degrees. if necessary thin,





with skim-milk of the same tempera.-

ture. Your butter should come about

as quickly as from a new mile}; cow

and be almost as good... 01 course, it

will not have the flavor oil June butter,

but I will warrant it will be the finest

and best winter better you ever ate.

1 take it that your cow was fresh last

spring. Cows going dry in winter will

surely make strong butter, no matte-r

how perfect the fees the one 01 cows

and the milk. The nearer to freshen-





iug they are the stronger the butter _ .





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How is the best

way plant. them, and what kind would

I planted some cowpeas

two years ago with my corn, but the

peas worked down in the bottom of the





.'.>t‘:I"would like to plant some soy beans





'with my silage corn.





, planter-box and planted out before the





corn did—some rows would be nearly



‘ all peas and some would be all corn.

Macomb Co. L. S.

I have planted soy beans for years



with my corn and I believe that I can





~ say that it Would pay any man to do





the same. Some years you will get

better crops with beans than you do

others, the same as with any other

crop, but taking everything into con-

sideration, I believe one gets enough

more fodder and a better kind of fod-

der, to amply pay him all additional

costs. The seed required is compara-

tively inexpensive. '



0n land where soy beans have never

been grown, I am quite positive that it

pays to inoculate the seed. This can

be done by getting some soil from a





* field where soy beans have been grown





and which therefore contains the prop-

er bacteria. That is easiest applied by





theglue method; that is, the beans are ,





moistened with water containing a

small amount of glue dissolved in it,

just enough to moisten the beans, then

the dirt is sprinkled over the beans

and thoroughly mixed until a portion

of the earth adheres to each seed. ‘ Or,

if you can’t get this earth, you can get

commercial bacteria and apply this.

After the soil has become thoroughly

inoculated further treatment is un-

necessary.



Now, with regard to planting. There

are certain manufacturers who manu-

facture corn planters with double plant-

er boxes so that you can plant the

beans and the corn at the same time.

The seeds are distributed from differ-

.ent openings so the amount of each

kind of seed can belreadily gauged to

the desired amount. .VVhere one hasn’t

this kind of planter or can’t. get the ad-

justment to attach to the present plant-

er, he can get very good distribution

of the seed in the way you planted if

you will only be careful and only put

a small amount of seed in the box at



' once.



.If you mix your soy bean seed with

the corn and then fill up your planter

boxes, the seeds are so small and slip-

pery that they will work, as you say,

to the bottom of the box and will be

dropped first, but if you will only put

enough of the mixture to go once

across the field'in the box at one time,

you will find you will ge a fairly even

distribution. Now, it isn’t very much

bother to do this if you have seed on

both sides of the field and every time

you turn around put in a small amount

.of seed. After going once or twice

around one can gauge the amount fairly





accurately. In this way the beans don’t-





have time to separate from the corn

but go through with it.



Some people plant their corn _with a

wheat drill having the proper adjust-

ments. If you do this, by putting par-

titions in the seed boxes of the drill

you can sow the beans with the corn

and regulate the amount by adjusting

the opening for the beans so that you

will get the proper distribution.



Again, if you drill your corn and will

plant your corn first, then go right

over the field again, following the

planter marks and planting the beans,

you can get a splendid distribution. Not

only that, but going over in the first

place has packed the ground a little so

that the beans will not be planted quite





{31.80 deeply and the shallower you can

tgplant them the better.





COLON C. LILLIE.





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. , (giving permission for the shipment .of

(40,000, tons of American corn and oats

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v gust watch the milk yield for the first sign of weakening in the cow’s system.

If your cow is not giving the quantity or quality of milk you expect, 'it is time ’to

give her medical attention. ' _' .~



For twenty-five years thousands of the most progressive dairymen have used

‘Kow-Kure as their “first aid” when a cow shows signs of “falling off” or coming

down with disease. Particularly before and after the calving period, the use of " .



.Kow-Kure is valuable. It is a sure preventive of Milk Fever and Retained '

Afterbirth, and will enable the organs to resist the diseases which frequently

originate at this time. "



Kow-Kure has a positive action on the genital and digestive organs, ton-

ing them up, making them perform properly and helping the system to 1‘

function as nature intended. Kow-Kure has proven a prompt remedy, x .,

for Abortion, Barrenness, Scouting, Lost Appetite, Bunches .and ’ ._ 7 '

other common ills. . q\ _ ‘



A small investment will prove the worth of Kow-Kure _;/ ,— - .

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dealers sell it; 55c and $1.10 packages.





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.‘ WICWbuld like a little information in

" regard to. what they call Canada field

peas. Hawand when should one sow

them? I have a dairy of thirty cows

and WOuld like to raise some kind of

feed that would be rich in protein in-

stead of buying so much expensive

feed. Would it be advisable to sow

oats with the peas? I have about eight

acres of good black loam ground to

sow them on.

Oakland Co. W. K.

Canada peas are simply the common

field peas that are grown in Michigan.

Why they are called Canada peas I do

not know, unless it is because large

amounts of this crop are grown in Can-

ada. Field peas used to be one of the

main craps in that country. They were

much more extensively grown in Mich-

igan a number of years ago than they

are now. One reason why they are be-

coming unpopular is on account of the

weevil which gets into the peas and

not only destroys some of the feeding

value but it also weakensthe seed for

germination and lowers its vitality. Peo-

ple, however, have learned to combat

the weevil on seed peas by treating a

bin of peas with the bisulphite of car-

bon. This destroys the weevil.





Difficult to Harvest.



Then. too, the peas have a weak or

reclining stem and they tend to lodge

badly and it is difficult to harvest. them

With the reaping machine or the self

binder. I believe that this also has

had something to do with the crop be-

coming unpopular. We can harvest

peas and oats much more easily than

we can peas alone, because the oats

hold the peas up. We have had to pull

them with a special puller something

like a revolving hay rake, and later on

we had a special piece made to fit on

the mowing machine guard, which as-

sisted very much. But when this crop

is grown alone it cannot be harvested

as nicely and as cheaply as the grain

cmp. No tool has ever been invented

which will handle this crop with its

reclining habit, like crops that stand

erect.



I’eas, however, are a valuable stock

food. They are rich in protein con

mining over twenty per cent of diges-

tible protein. All stock like them.

There isn’t any kind of stock but what

likes pea meal and there is no better

food for the dairy cow. To balance up

a ration of corn silage and clover hay,

if we would only once get into the hab-

it of raising more peas, as W. K. sug-

gests, we would not spend so much of

our money for protein feeds. I have

advocated the growing of peas in Mich-

igan for a great many years so as to

get a home-grown food rich in protein

that will balance up the ration of corn

silage and clover hay and make a bal-

anced ration for the dairy cow.



This crop is now grown almost invar-

iably with oats. The principal reason

for this is that if you get a good stiff

strawed variety of oats they will help

hold the peas up so that you can har-

vest them with a modern self-binder

without any trouble. Then oats are no

detriment to a ration for almost any

kind of stock.



Value as a Feed.



,klf you use oats alone they will not

‘y 1',}!!0e the ration properly where the

Wham is composed of clover hay

- ‘ born silage. Where peas and oats



are groWn together, harvested, and



ground for grain one can nicely balance

the ration. I don’t believe that there

is. any better ration that can be de~

vised than corn silage and clover hay,



'all the cow will eat up clean twice a



day for roughage, and a sufficient

, amount of peas and oats ‘to give her a

‘ , full ration. My observation and expe-

rience is that you can’t get anything

that will coax more milk out of a cow

.thongthis, and it can all be grown on

the Michigan farm so'that the farmer

heed, not pay out one single cent for a

'r-xrntion for-his dairy COWS. Of course,

,3! he? crow enough acreage of bats

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buys the grain. There is a chance for

an argument here as to just which is

the most economic practice.



If one is going to be short onclover

hay or he loses a clover seeding, by

sowing to peas and oats early in the

spring and cutting them when the oats

are in the milk, and when the pods of

the peas are just forming, and curing

them as you would cure clover hay it

makes a splendid substitute for clover

hay. In fact, if it is as well made hay

as you make of clover it is equal,

pound for pound, to clover hay. Cows,

horses, and all kinds of stock like it

just as well.



With good rich land in a favorable

season you can raise as large a crop

to the acre with peas and oats as you

can with clover. However, even if I

were short of hay I don’t believe I would

cut the peas and oats for hay; I would

allow them to ripen, and thresh the

grain. Then I would feed the peas and

oats straw in place of hay. If you

don’t wait until the oats get ,dead ripe,

but cut them as soon as the grain will

do and properly shock and care for

them, this pea and oat straw is better

than timothy hay for cattle, and I

would take my chances on feeding corn

silage and clover hay once a day and

pea and oat straw once a day, and

then use the peas and oats as grain to

balance up the ration.





Best to Sow Separately.



The way to raise peas and oats is to

have good rich ground, a clay loam is

the best, one that holds moisture and

is rich in plant food. This should be

fail plowed, or else it should be corn

stubble and worked up early in spring.

You want to get the peas and oats in

the first crop on the farm, just as early

as you possibly can. The best way is

to sow the peas a few days before you

do the oats and put them in deep, at

least three inches. Then a few days

later sow the oats on top crosswise,

and don’t put them in quite so deep.

But most people, myself included, mix

the cats and peas before sowing, using

a bushel of peas to a bushel of oats by

measure, mixing them together thor-

oughly and then sowing them at one

operation, setting the drill rather deep.

One can get good results in this way.

They will respond to rich soil or to

stable manure or commercial fertilizer

as well as any crop grown on the farm.



When this crop is grown in this way

in combination with cats there is very,

rarely any trouble in harvesting with a

modern self-binder. Bind them up into

rather small bundles and shock them

up good and-cap the shocks and then

don’t be in a hurry about hauling them.

Let them stand in the shock a week at

least, until they thoroughly cure out

because you ought to cut them before

they get dead ripe. They will cure out

after a while so that you can stack

them or put them in the mow. Then

when you thresh them you haVe got a

straw which is a good substitute for

hay.



You can buy Canada field peas of

any reliable seed man. Some farmers

send direct to farmers in Canada and

buy their peas. I always order them of

the local dealer. They tell me that

there are a great many varieties of

Canada peas, but I know nothing about

this, but simply order Canada field

peas. If you get northern grown Seed

they are free from the. weevil, and in

all the southern part of: Michigan it

will pay a man to buy his seed every

year, because the seed he grows will

be infested with weevil and the'germi-





nation power of the seed will be weak- ‘





ened. Anyone who has never grown

peas and oats as‘ the grain food for





dairy cows. will find that they are par; '-'





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1 Berrien 1500 . . . .I ................ Peppermint 0—H) K 3 None « No 21.3,? 40 I 40

2 St. Joseph 120 120 Prairie Wheat ' 12—20 3 G 4 1 pt. Yes Yes [I 1 ‘ No Cling

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3 Saginaw 205 160 Salnd and clay Sugar beets and beans 7—20 2 G ...... 1 es Yes 1, 8, 9, 7 7

oams

4 Delta. 820 180 Clay loam 'Wheat, oats, rye and hay 10—2U 3 G 2%; 1 pt. No No 1, 2 , 3, 7 . 8* 4

m 5 Cheboygan 250 200 Sandy loam 120 acres ap 1e orchard 8—16 2 G-K 4 1 pt Sand cut cyl— ; .......... 1,2,3 8 . 4

L; ' apples an potatoes linders

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. 6 Dickinson 191 115 Salnd and clay Potatoes and cabbage 10—20 3 G 2V2 1 pt. No No ! 1,82, 3, 7, 5 3 'I

j! - oams > L, 1 ,

, ' Bates Steel Mum- 7 Saginaw 140 125 Clay loam Beans, wheat, oats, 190- 8—16 2 K 3 1 qt No 1‘70 1,822 3. g, 5 ‘ 3 Do nigr‘o

1“ tatoes , , l , wot a

1 , 15 .

8 Saginaw 400 . . . . Not given Hay, wheat, beets and 7—20 2 G 3 ..... . N0 . N0 1,13, 3, 9, 10 8 01:8 mill 1 ‘

oats - egg _

'1 9 Kent 350 200 River bottom, No cash crops 13—30 3 G . . . . ..... Trouble with No 1, 8, 9 10 10' Do moria 1

'j gumbo governor work ‘

2:35 10 kOttawa 306 200lMuck, sand loam Potatoes and beans 8—16 2 K 2%‘1 qt. égniglon No 1, i2, 3, 8, 9 6 Same“:

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11 Gratiot 200 150 Clay loam Beans and wheat 8—16 2 K 3 ..... _ No No g, 12), 1.04, 5 2 One less 1

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:L‘ 12 St. Clair 240 200 Cliay and sandy Not given Not p 4 G Y . . . ..... No No 1, 2, 3, 5 l . .ll. . . \ . . . . . .7. P

:5, oams given ? l

1;"! 13 ‘Manistee 300 70 Clay loam Hay and oats 8—16 2 ‘G-Kl 3 1 pt. N0 N0 1, 92, g, 4, 4 2 01181th I

, . es: 2

14 St. Clair 320 200 Clay and sandy Wheat, oats and hay 20—30 4 G 3 1 qt. No Occasion- 1, 3, 8, 9, 6 4 Do werkv

i' loams ally 1 _ easier

Wt. 15 Gratiot 671 300 Clay loam Wheat, beans and oats 20—30 4 K . . . . , . . . . Not enough No 1, g, 3, 8, 9 I 7 Same - “I,

. power , .

“E7. 16 Ottawa 400 300 Hardwood up— Canning crops, potatoes 30—60 6 K or 3% ..... Gears wear Yes 1, 2, 3, Same Do work .

.4? land, clay sub- and wheat G rapidly 11, 1 , ensign ‘- ~

soil 20 .

i 17 Kent 240 200 Sandy loam, Peaches, wheat. pota— 8—16 2 G 2%; 1 qt No No 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 4 50% 13* n

Heavy clay toes, corn, oats, and or K , 17, 21 r p.

1, clover seed . E

18 Mason 230 . .. .lClay loam Peas for canning, wheat 8—16 2 K 33;; . . . . Need more No i 1, 2, 3, 8 Sam? Same .7

my power {-

. 19 St. Clair Y 200 150lSand, clay Dairfi prloducts, hay 12—24 3 k 4 {1 qt. fio I No ’ l, 3, 8, 9, 6 ’ 4 '1 less ' it,

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20 Hillsdale 440 300 Cobblesltonc and Wheat and potatoes 8—16 2 K 3312 1 1/2' I No ! N0 193' 17, 186 8 4 I 1 less '

a, grave ptS ‘ . . ' ‘

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‘ _ 21 ‘Shaiwassee 420 . . . . Sandy loam [Wheat and beans 8—16 3 K 31/2 1 qt. No i No 1, 2, 3, 8, 2 ..... . .1.

~~ - ' ' . 10, 16 less .

a, . 22 ‘Allegan 120 IOO‘Clay loam lDairying, wheat H 8—16 2 H K ‘ 33'éll qt. H No I No 1, 2, 3, 8, ' 6 3 Do more: i

j__ Plow Man. ' l | 18, 2 work i

’ ' ' 23 Wexiord 200 130 Gravel. sand and Potatoes, oats and wheat 8—16 2 K 4 (1 pt. No No 15’) 213,28, 4 4 Dw’oflt, l

0 av . . tter «

24 Saginaw 80 80‘Clay ll—lay, oats, wheat 10—20 3 K 4 ‘1 qt. N0 , N0 1, 2, 3, 8 . . . . . . '.>.

25 Branch 610 4255 Sandy loam Wheat 8—16 2 K 2y, ..... Lacks trac— No 1 ,2, 8, 9, 12 8 25% less; l ‘

tion power 22, 2 f' j i

26 lMason 408 270iClay loam W'heat and peas 8—16 2 K 4 1 qt. N0 N0 1, 3, 8 6 6 Some lééa .'

27 Van 600'. . . . Prairie ' Wheat 8—16 2 K 3 Need more No 1, 2, 3, 8, 12 12 Same, ,_ "3

liuron ‘ power 10, 1 , 3 » ;

28 Allegan 1420 14BUlMuek Corn, mint, hay ‘30—60‘ 10 ‘ G Y . . W ..... \ N0 N0 1,1113, 7, 45 30 ..... ,5”; '

29 Kent 135 102 Sand, clay Melons and beans 8—16 2 K . . . . ..... Lacks trac- No l, 3, 4, 7, 4 4 Same 3, .

' tion power . 2i) , 17, :

30 Ontonagon I 200ll 801C13y Wheat, oats, peas and 8—16 2 K 31/2 1 qt. No No 1(1), 213,22 4 2 . . . . a. '

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*Numbers in this column refer to the different kinds of work done b tractors as follows: l—Plowing. 2—:Discing. 3—Harrowin . 4—Rolling. , ff ‘fr ,

silos and shredding. 9—Sawing wood. IO—Grinding feed. ll—Thres ing grain and balling clover. 12—Cuttmg corn and elevating odder_ onto wagons. ' 7 ' , .,

ing roads. 16—Husking corn. 17—Spreading manure. 18—Harvest1ng grain. lQ—Lifting roots. 20—Pulhng stumps and trees. 21'—Digging potatoee.‘iifl, ,

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3 l 1y 5 ‘ Varying needs of the farmers of the state The Michigan Farmer has brought together the

E. ed the informaflon 1n the followmg tabulation. Where spaces are blank no answers were

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s W 10 es Yes W . 4' N0 fib- .' Get work done when ground is in oondition——~Sa.ve man andrhorselabor—Adaptable to wide range of service.

- W e 7% No ........... 5 N 0 Yes ‘ Clutch slipped and could not be remedied—Can save time and labor and have more time to get ground prop-

- erly fitted for seedingor planting.

W3 o. . 4 N o No ............... No No Fail to secure proper traction. Find machine 0. K. for belt work, but not dependable for field service.

i ' . 8 Yes Yes None N 0 Yes ' Feel satisfied that tractor is an economical source of farm power.

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Yes Yes $65.00 No . ' Tractor makes me quite independent of labor. In bet days on sandy soil dust would hover about tractor

f - hang out cylinders. On steep side hills it is difficult to work tractor. Have been unable to adjust for cultivating

. . . o crops.

W *9 5-7 No No 7.50 30 10 Yes N o . Can rush work. Tractor ought to displace at least one team to make it a good investment.

es 4 N 0 Yes None 50 10 Yes Yes Reduces cost. Can rush work. Should have work enough to keep the tractor and a. few horses busy. as ode

.oannotydispense With. all horses. Small farmer can do custom work and make tractor pay.

'i W‘1 a 7 Yes Yes W 5.00 . . . . 5 No Yes Difficult to secure good operator. Tractor helps farmer to concentrate his work. .

. Yes Yes W None . . . .W . . . No No I Saves time. Can rush work. Does not work on side hills,—tractor has tipped over twice. -

V 4 Yes Yes None . . . . 5 No Yes .fCan rush work. Provides farmer with belt power. Not always dependable. ‘

‘ ,l 1‘5. Yes Yes 10.00 5 No Yes _

' ,. , ' Can work 11: night and day. Repair service of companies should be improved to prevent long delays for

, ‘ repairs in busy seasons. .

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' W‘ . .W 10W. . . ..W . . .W Smail W. . . .W. . . .W No 1- 't Mine is a home-made machine. Have never farmed before using tractor, so could not make comparisons.

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' 5 WYes WYes W 25.00 W. . . . -. . No Can rush work. Gives one belt power. Tractor will work on bottom lands where horses would be mired.

" 6-10Wch Yes 12.50 W . . . . . . . Ne N 0 Have used tractor 4 years with total repair bills amounting to $50. Doing better work this year than it did

-— q the first. Can handle it better now because of experience.

‘ " . 5—7 . . . . . . . . None . . . . 5 No Yes Have much to learn about operating the tractor. Season unfavorable. Find machine cannot handle four

a. ' plows well in our soil.

'. 5 4—10 I Yes $350.90 35 5 No .No _ .

, ' S'm‘ Difficult to get good operators. Think repair bills are too high.

55 e” 4 Yes Yes $8.85 . . . . . . . . No Yes Cannot till wet ound. Can hurry work, especially in hot weather. Does better work and provides farmer

te . with belt power. ecause of the wet spring no just comparison with normal years can be made.

' 4—5 Yes Yes $50.00 40 . Yes N o Won’t to use during past wet spring. Does good work where soil is in condition. Think repairs are high.

W' I W6—6 Yes W. . . .INone W. . . .W 10 Yes WYes‘ Relieves the horses of the heaviest work. d’ast season has been an extreme one for any metive power.

' 5 Yes Yes $6.00 5 Yes Yes _ . ,

‘ The work is done more quickly With less man labor. One man and tractor will do more than two men and

. f 6 horses.

W . e’e ' 4—6 Yes Yes $5.00 100 10 Yes Yes Use tractor 16 hours a day when rushed. Tractor is no good on hilly land.

i . . . 4 Yes es $20.00 90 10 Yes Yes Work done more quickly and better. Have had trouble gettin repair service.

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i .. es 4—5 Yes ‘Yes $0.10 44 5 Yes Yes‘ . lWorks fine on level ground, but no good on hills. Does as much or more than four good horses would and

‘ ‘ , is css care.

W e . 6 . No Yes Small . 'Yes Yes Is a great help in keeping the work up to date.

W , ‘es - 5 N o $40.00 60 10 N 0 Yes Furnishes steady power. Excellent in hot weather. 0n plowed ground dust sometimes settles about machine

. ' _ , . and gets into working parts. Very satisfactory for loading hay.

' es 5 Yes [Yes None ' 25 I0 No Yes Independent of help. Saves horses on heavy work. Was able to get over 70 acres wheat in which would not

- f ' ‘ have been done with horses.

W‘ . . 5 N 0 Yes $50.00 (5.5 3-4 No N 0' Think tractor too expensive for the work it does. Excellent for fitting soil for seeding.

‘r cs 25 Yes Yes $175.00 100 . .. . No No, Can rmh work in busy season without expense of feeding when there is less to do. Use 6 four—horse disks

~ - behind tractor. .

' es 4 Yes 'Yes $10.00 60 . Yes Yes On barren, sandy soil wheels slip but if ground is covered with rye or clovcr all goes 0. K. Think tractor

. handiest thing on farm:

" . , l 3 Yes Yes None 100 . . . . No Yes Fits fields quicker and does more thorough work. Can do heavy work in hot weather.

‘ 'G—Renovating alfalfa. 7r—7Haulina. 8—Filling

F cement mixer. . 14—Shelling corn. 15—er-

.! . ay. 23—Loadins hay with loader. '

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’ “Well,” Woodhouse said lightly, “no

. need of an alibi evidently ”



- Doctor Koch stepped into the room

with the lightness of a cat, walked to

a. desk drawer at one side, and fumbled

there a second, his back to his guest.

When he turned he held a short-bar-

reled automatic at his hip; the muzzle

covered the shirt—sleeved man in the

chair.



“Much need—for an alibi—from

you!” Doctor Koch croaked, his voice

gdry and flat with rage. “Much need,

Mister Nineteen Thirty-two. Commence

your explanation immediately, for this

minute my temptation is strong—very

strong—to shoot you for the dog you



are.”



“Is this—ah, customary?” Wood-

house twiddled the tiny mercury tube

between his fingers looked unflinching-

ly at the small round mouth of the au-

tomatic. “Do you make a practice of

consulting a—friend with a revolver at

your hip?”



"You heard what was said in there,”

Koch’s forehead was curiously ridged

and flushed with much blood.





“Did you ask me to listen? Surely,

my dear Doctor, you have provided

doors that are sound-proof. If I may

suggest, isn’t it about time that you ex-

plained this—this melodrama?” The

captain’s voice was cold; his lips were

drawn to a thin line. Koch’s big head

moved from side to side with a gesture

curiously like that of a bull about to

charge, butknowing not where his en-

emy stands. He blurted out:





“For your information, if you did not

overhear: An Englishman comes just

now to address me familiarly as of the

VVilheImstrasse. He comes to say he

was sent to report to me; that his num~

her in the Wilhelmstrasse is nineteen

thirty- t-wo—nineteen thirty-two, re-

member; and I am to give him orders

Please explain that before I pull this

trigger.”



“He showed you his number——his

ticket, then?” Woodhouse added this

parenthetically.



,“The man said his ticket had been

stolen from him some time after he

left Parisflstolen from the head of his

cane, where he had it concealed. But

the number was nineteen thirty-two.”

The doctor voiced this last doggedly.



“You have, of course, had this man

followed,” the other put in. “You have



.not let him leave this house alone.”



“Caesar was after him before he left

‘ the garden gate—naturally. But—"



‘Woodhouse held up an interrupting

hand.



"‘Pardon me, Doctor Koch; did you

get this fellow’s name?”



“He refused to give it—said I would

not know him, anyway.”



“Was he an undersized man, very

thin, sparse hair, and a face shoving

dissipation?” Woodhouse went on.

“Nervous, jerky way of talking—fin-

gers to his mouth, as if to feel his

words as they come out—brandy or

'wine breath? Can’t you guess who

he was ?”



“I guess nothing.”



“The target!”



At the word Louisa had used in de-

scribing Capper to Woodhouse, Koch’s

face underwent a change. He lowered

his pistol.



- “Ach!” he said, “The man they are

" to arrest. And you have the number."

, “That was Capper—Capper, former-

"ly of the Belgian oflice—kicked out for

One time he sold- out





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,majesty, the kaiser’s, Kiel speech re-

rring to them. He isa good stalking





Koch’s suspicion had left him. Still

gripping the automatic, he sat down on

the edge of the operating chair, re-

garding the other man respectfully.



“Come—come, Doctor Koch; you and

I can not continue longer at cross-pur-

poses.” The captain spoke with tense

displeasure. “This man Capper show-

ed you nothing to prove his claims, yet

you come back to this room and threat-

en my life on the strength of a drunk-

ard’s bare word. What his mission is

you know; how he got that number,

which is the number I have shown you

on my ticket from the Wilhelmstrasse

—-you understand how such things are

managed. I happen to know, however,

because it was my business to know,

that Capper left Marseilles for Malta

aboard La Vendee few days ago; he

was not expected to go beyond Malta.”



Koch caught him up: “But the fel~

low told me his boat didn’t stOp at

Malta—was warned by wireless to pro-

ceed at all speed to Alexandria, for

fear of the Breslau, known to be in the

Adriatic.” Wbodhouse spread out his

hands with a gesture of finality.



“There you are! Capper finds him-

self stranded in Alexandria, knows

somehow of your position as a man of

the Wilhelmstrasse—such things can

not be hid from the underground work-

ers; comes here to explain himself to

you and excuse himself for the loss of

his number. Is there anything more

to be said except that we must keep a

close watch on him?”



The physician rose and paced the

room, his hands clasped behind his

back. The automatic bobbed against

the tails of his long coat as he walked.

After a minute’s restless striding, he

broke his step before the desk, jerked

open the drawer, and dropped the

weapon in it. Back to where Wood-

house was sitting he stalked and held

out his right hand stiffly.



“Your pardon, Number Nineteen-

Thirty—two! For my suspicion I apolo-

gize. But, you see my position—a very

delicate one.” Woodhouse rose, grasp-

ed the doctor’s hand, and wrung it

heartily. .



“And now,” he said, “to keep this

fellow Capper in sight until the Prin-

cess Mary sails and I aboard her as

Captain Woodhouse, of V'Jady Haifa.

The man might trip us all up.”



“He will not; be sure of that,” Koch

growled, helping Woodhouse into his

coat and leading the way to the folding

doors. “I will have Caesar attend to

him the minute he comes back to re-

port where Capper is stopping.”



“Until when?” the captain asked,





“Here tomorrow night at nine, ” the





doctor answered, and the gate shut be-'





hind him. Captain woodhouse, alone

under the shadowing trees of Queen’ 5

Terrace, drew in a long breath, shook

his shoulders and started for the sta-

tion and the midnight train to Alex-

andria. .





CHAPTER V.





' A Ferret.

ONSIDER the mental state of

C Mr. Billy Capper as he sank into



a seat on the midnight suburban

from Ramleh to Alexandria. Even to

the guard, unused to particular obser-

vation of his passengers save as to

their possible propensity for trying to

beat their fares, the bundle of clothes

surmounted by a rusty brown bowler

which huddled under the sickly light

of the second-class carriage bespoke

either a candidate for a plunge off the

quay or a “bloomer” returning from

his wassailing. But the eyes of the

man denied this latter hypothesis; san-

ity was in them, albeit the merciless

sanity that refuses an alternative when

fate has its victim pushed into a cor-

ner. So submerged was Capper under

the flood of his own bitter cogitations

that he had not noticed the other two

passengers boarding the train'at the

little tiled station—a tall, quietly dress-

ed white man and a Numidian with'a

cloak thrown over his white livery.

The latter had faded like a shadow

into the third—class carriage behind the

one in which Capper rode.



Here was Capper—poor old Hard-

luck Billy Capper—floored again, and

just when the tide of bad fortune was

on the turn; so ran the minor strain

of self-pity under the brown bowler.

A failure once more, and through no

fault of his own. No, no! Hadn’t he

been ready to deliver the goods?

Hadn’t he come all the way down here

from Berlin, faithful to his pledge to

Louisa, the girl in the \R‘ilhelmstrasse,

ready and willing to embark on that

important mission of which he was to

be told by Doctor Emil Koch? And

what happens? Koch turns him into

the street like a dog; threatens to have

him before the military as a spy if he

doesn‘t make himself scarce. Koch

refuses oven to admit he’d ever heard

of the -Wilhelmstrasse. Clever beg-

gar! A jolly keen eye he’s got for his

own skin; won’t take a chance on be-

ing betrayed into the hands of the

English, even when he ought to see

that a chap‘s honest when he comes

and tells a straight story about losing

that silly little bit of paper with his

working number on it. What difference

if he can’t produce the ticket when he

has the number pat on the tip of his

tongue and is willing to risk his own

life to give that number to a stranger?



Back upon the old perplexity that





 





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which marks the general front on which the Teutons and Allies are now





fighting. Much of the territory to the





immediate nerth of the Gulf of Venice





has been flooded by the Italians through the opening of dykes.





was it dime? The man recalled, ,

the hundredth time, his matching on-

board the French liner—whata—hormr

that first morning was, with the raft-y





little surgeon feeding a, fellow are-U: . .

matic spirits of ammonia porridge!~ : .:





Capper, in this mood of detached res'.‘

view, saw himself painfully stretching C

out his arm from his bunk to grasp

his stick the'very first minute he was ‘

alone in the stateroom; the cracked

handle comes off under his turning,

and the white wisp of paper is stuck

in the hollow of the stick. Blank

paper!



Safe as safe could be had been that

little square of paper Louisa had given

him with his expense money, from the

day he left Berlin until—when? To be

sure, he had treated himself to a little

of the grape in Paris and, maybe, in

Marseilles; but his brain had been

clear every minute. Oh, Capper would

have sworn to that! The whole busi-

ness of the disappearance of his Wil-

helmstrasse ticket and the substitu-

tion of the blank was simply another

low trick the Capper luck had played

on him. ‘





The train rushed‘through thedark

toward the distant prickly coral bed of

lights, and the Whirligig of black de-

Spair churned under the brown bowler.

No beginning, no end to the misery of

it. Each new attempt to force a little

light of hope into the blackness of his.

plight fetched up‘at the same dead

wall—here was Billy Capper, hired. by

the Wilhelmstrasse, after having been

booted out of the secret service of Eng-

land and Belgium—given a show for

his white alley—and he couldn’t move

a hand to earn his new salary. NOr

could he go back to Berlin, even

though he dared return with confes-

sion of the stolen ticket; Berlin was

no place for an Englishman right now,

granting he could get there. No, he

was in the backwash again——-this time

in this beastly half-caste city of Alex-

andria, and with—how much was it

now ?—with a beggarly fifteen pounds

between himself and the beach.





Out of the ruck of Capper’s sad re<

flections the old persistent call began





to make itself heard before ever the '





train from Ramleh pulled into the Al-

exandria station. That elusive country

of fountains, incense and rose dreams

which can only be approached through

the neck of a bottle spread itself before

him alluringly, inviting him to forget-

fulness. And Capper answered the call

From the railroad station, he set his

course through 'narrow, villainous

streets down to the district of Pharos,

where the deep-water men of all the

world gather to make vivid the nights

of Egypt. Behind him was the faithful

shadow, Caesar, Doctor Koch’s man.

The Numidian trailed like a panther,

slinking from cover tmcover, bending

his body as the big cat does to the ac-

commodations of the trail’s blinds.





Once Capper founl himself in a.

blind alley, turned and strode out of it ~ '

just in time to bump heavily into the

unsuspected pursuer. Instantly a hem

of the Numidian’s cloak' was‘lifted to.

screen his face, but not before the

sharp eyes of the Englishman had seen

and recognized it. A tart smile curled

the corners of Capper’s mouth as he

passed on down the bazaar-lined street

to the Tavern of Thermopylae, at the

next corner.

precautions, eh? Well, Capper, for one,

could harlly blame him; who wouldn’t,

under the circumstances?





The Tavern of Thermopylae - was





built for the Billy Cappers ofthe world:





~—a place of genial deviltry where ey~5

ery. man’ as gold was better than , ’

name, and no man asked more the ,

see the color of the stranger’s 1116' 3?

Here was gathered as sweet 9. company

of assassins as one could and.



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carry crews of from forty to fifty/men

and officers.



Modern submarines are kept on an

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explosives sufficient to throw projec-

tiles at ships were destined to failure.

Thus, Captain Bushnell was first to

successfully master the art of under-

sea ships, and was also first to operate

such a boat. With Sergeant Lee of the

Continental Army, an attack was made

on the British war ship, “H. M. S.

Eagle,” in New York harbor in 1775.

This was a complete failure so far as

doing damage to the enemy ship was

concerned, but it greatly frightened

the Englishmen, and helped to show

the young American inventor some of

the things he must do to make his boat

a success.





The Bushnell submarine was of an

ovoid shape, with slightly flattened

sides, the pointed end being down.





boat and submerged it by admitting

water into the water hatches until the

desired depth was attained, when these

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five feet long and was able to submerge

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ship, both in France and America, from

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1895, all with mere or less successful

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powered compressed air pumps. These

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with other navies, are the highest paid

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The periscope. is a long pipe, fitted

with a looking glass arrangement at

the top, which may be turned about,

reflecting the things seen to the com-

mander, who sits before a

glass in his office in the boat. This is

nearly useless at night and in the day

time the vision depends upon the

weather and the magnifying and trans-

mitting power ,of the lenses and mir-

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high, the conning tower and upper por—

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get for enemy patrol boats, while if it

rises only a few feet above the sea its

range of vision is correspondingly di-

minished; at six feet elevation the

range is only 2.23 miles.



It is impossible to see clearly under

the sea’s surface, even for a few feet,

unless the vessel is absolutely still.

When in the presence of the enemy

these boats do not run in cruising trim,

but in condition called awash with only-

the conning tower. and a. small portion

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looking,





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Figures are not to be had on the 1at-- ,

est record for submerging depth,- as _ ' _

improvements are being made almost ' ‘

daily in American, English, French and

But if any sub-

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the heavy pressure of water would not '

permit coming to the surface again.

For this reason, no matter how large

or powerful the boat may be, the com-

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used, except when in close quarters, '

when the boat may be submerged low

enough to permit the periscope to pass ‘ l

underneath a, battleship or vessel. The

latest submarine it is believed can sub-

merge a distance of forty feet, but at

that depth they are helpless as the per-

iscope cannot be used.





INSIDE THE LINES





(Continued from page 22).

lows of their craft under the freema-





sonry of hard liquor. Greeks, Levan-

tines, Liverpool lime- -juicers from the

Cape, leech- eyed Finns from a Russian

stokehole, tanned ivory runners from

the forbidden lands of the African

back country—all that made Tyre and

Sidon infamous in Old Testament po-

lice records was represented there.



Capper called for an absinth dripper

and established himself in a deserted

corner of the smoke-filled room. There

was music, of sorts, and singing; wom-

en whose eyes told strange stories, and

whose tongues jumped nimbly over

three or four languages, offered their

companionship to those who needed

company with their drink. But Billy

Capper ignOred the music and closed

his ears to the sirens; he knew who

was his best cup companion.



The thin green blood of the worm-

wood dripped down on to the ice in

Capper’s glass, coloring it with a rime .

like moss. He watched it, fascinated,

and when he ‘sipped the cold sickly-

sweet liquor he was eager as a child

to see how the pictures the absinth

drew on the ice had been changed by

the draft. Sip—sip; a soothing numb-

ness came to the tortured nerves. Sip-

——sip; the clouds of doubt and self-pity

began to shred away. He saw things

clearly now; everything was sharp and

clear as the point of an icicle.



He reviewed, with new zest, his re-

cent experiences, from the night he

met Louisa in the Cafe Riche up to his

interview with Doctor Koch. Louisa.

—that girl with the face of a. fine ani-

mal and a heart as cold as carved

amethyst; why had she been so Willing

to intercede for Billy Capper with her i

superiors in the Wilhelmstrasse and ' ‘

procure. for him a. number and a mis

sion to Alexandria? For his informa-

tion regarding the Anglo-Belgian un-

derstanding? But she paid for that;

the deal was fairly closed with three

hundred marks. Did Louisa go further

and list him in the Wilhelmstrasse out

of the goodness of her heart, or for old

memory’s sake? Capper smiled wryly

over his absinth. There was no good-

ness in Louise’s heart, and the strong-

est memory she had was how nearly

Billy Capper had dragged her down

with him in the scandal of the Lord

Fisher letters.



How the thin green blood of the

wormwood cleared the mind—made it

leap to logical reasoning!



Why had Louisa instructed him to

leave Marseilles by the steamer touch-

ing at: Malta when a swifter boat

scheduled to go to Alexandria dire‘ct

was leaving the French port a few

hours later? Was it that the girl 111--

tended he should get no farther than

Malta; that the English there should-“— . _



Capper laughed like the philOsopher {

who has just discovered the absolute

of life’s futility. The ticket—his ticliet

from the Wilhelmstrasse Which Iio'u tea 1 -

had procured for- h‘hfimbom ,,

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' would be warned from lingering at





Malta. because of the exigency of war,

and that Dill-y Capper- would reach

Alexandria, otter all.



The green logic in the glass carried

Copper along with, mathematical ex;-

actness of deduction. As he sipped,

his mind became a thing high above

ear,th reviewed; the blundering course

of Billy Capper’s body from Berlin to





_Alexandria-—the poor deluded body of

'a dupe.





With this certitude of logic

came the beginnings or resolve. Vague

at first and intangible, then, helped by

the absinth to focus, was this new de-

termination. Cappe1 nursed it, elabor-

ated on it, took pleasure in forecasting

its, outcome, and viewing himself in

the new light of‘ a humble hero. It was

near morning, and the Tavern of Ther-

mopylae was well-nigh deserted when

Capper paid his score and blundered

through the early-morning crowd of

mixed races to his hotel. His legs

were quite drunk, but his mind was

coldly and acutely sober.



“Very drunk, master,” was the re-

oprt Caesar, the Numidian, delivered

to Doctor Koch at the Ramleh villa

The doctor, believing Caesar to be a

competent judge, chuckled in his beard.

Caesar was called off from the trail.





Across the. street from: Doctor Koch’s

home on Queen’s Terrace was the sum-

mer home of- a made: of 1113111111113.

whose station was up the Nile. But

this summer it was not occupied. The

major. had: hunried his family back to

Eng-land at the first mutt-mums of the.

great war, and he himself had to. stick

by his regiment up» in. the doubtiiul

Sudan country. Like Doctor Kochfs

place, the, madpr’s yard: was sum'ounded

by a high wall, over which the fmnds

of big palms and flow ered shrubs drop

ed themselves. The nearest villa, aside

from the Koch’s across the street, was

a. hundred: yards away. At night an

are light, set about thinty feet from

Doctor Koch’s gate, marked all the

road. the1eahouts with shalp blocks of.

113111; and. shadow. One Lying close atop

the wall about the major’ s yard, SGIGélI'

ed by the palms and. the heavy branch-

es of some night-blooming ghost: flower,

could. command a. perfect view of Dec

tor Koch’s gateway without being, him-

'self visible.



At- least; so Billy Cappen found it on

the night following. his visit in the

German physician’s and his subsequent

communion with: himself. at the Tavern

of. Thermopylae. Almost with the fall»

ing of the dark... Capper had; stepped) off

the train- at Ramleh station. ferried:

himself by. boat down the canal) that

passed behind the major’s home, after

careful monnoibering, discovered that;

tho tangle. of. wildwood. about the house

was not guarded by a watchman, and

had so achieved his position. of vantage

on top 0: the wall directly opposite the

gateway of No. 32. ' He was stretched

flat. Through the spaces betweem the

dry fingers of a palm leaf: he could:

command a good view of the gate and

F‘ew pedes-

trians passed below him; an automo-

bile or. two puffed. bu; but in the main,

Queen’s Ternaoe was-deserted and. Cap.

nor was alone. It, was a. tedious vigil.

Clapper had no reliance except his in-

stinct of a spy familiar with spy’ s

work to assume that he would be re-

warded for his pains. Some sixth sense-

in: him'had; prompted: him. to come

thither, sure in the promise that. the

night would not be misspent. A. clock

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and ring. the both Instantly Copper

tingled with the hunting fever oi!r his '

trade-.111 the strong light from the are





he could study minutely the face of the . .

shaven, ' ‘

slightly gaunt and with thin lips above . .1

It was a striking fiace— ' ,





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a strong ch‘in.

one easily remembered. The gate 0p-

enedl; beyond it Capper saw, for an- in-

stant, the white figure of the Numidi-an

he had. humpedz into at the alley’s

mouth. The gate closed on both.

Another weary hour for the ferret

on the wall, then something happened

that was reward enough for cramped

muscles and taut nerves. An automo-

bile purred 11p to the gate; out of it

hopped two men, while a third, tilted

overlike one drunk, remained on the

rear seat of the tonneau. One ang the

bell. The two before the gate fldgeted

anxiously for it to be opened. Capper

paid not so much heed to them as to

the half-reclining figure in, the ma-

chine. It was in, strong light. Capper

saw, with a leap of his heart, that the

man in the machine was clothed in, the

khaki service uniform of the British

army—an officer’s uniform he judged

by the trimness of its fitting, though he

could not see the shoulder straps. The

unconscious man was bareheaded and

one side of his face was darkened by

a broad trickle of blood from the scalp.

When. the gate opened, there were a

few hurried words. between the Numidin

am. and the two who had. Waited. All





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





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three united in, lifting an. inert figure

from the car. and carrying it quickly.

through the gate. Consumed with the

desire to follow them into the laby-

rinth of the doctor’s yard, yet not dar:

ing, Capper. remained. plastered to. the

wall. V



Captain Woodhouse, sitting in the

consultation room with the doctor,

heard the front door open and the

scuffle of burdened feet in the hall.

Doctor Koch hopped nimbly to the

folding doors and threw them back.

First, the Numidian's broad back, then,

the bent shoulders of two other men,

both my dressed, came into view. Be-

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cl‘es in his cheeks; this was a surprise

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“Good—good!” clunked‘ KOch, indi-

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den on the operating chair. “Any

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“Yes,..a tap on. the. head.~—so.?” Koch. '

broke in, casting, a quick. glance to-

ward where Captain Woodhouse hads'

risen. from. his seat. A, shrewd apprais-

ing. glance it was, which was not lost

on Woodhouse. He stepped forward to

join the physician by the side of the

figure on the operating chair.



“Our man, Doctor?’ be queried cas»

ually.



“Your name sponsor,” Koch answer-

ed, with. a. satisfied chuckle; “the orig

inal Captain Woodhouse of his majes-

ty’s signal' service, formerly stationed

at Wady. Halfa.”



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man from the book.

311'.”



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’t helpit. Eh?” _

j""Possibly not,” the captain vouch-

s‘afed. “But what is your plan, Doctor?

What are 'you going to do with this

Captain Woodhouse to insure his be-

ing out of the way while I am in Gib-

raltar. I hope no violence—unless

necessary.” .



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‘ lent headache and some fever,” Koch





answered. He was busy fumbling in

the unconscious man’s pockets. From

the breast pocket of the uniform jacket

he withdrew a wallet, glanced at its

contents, and passed it to the captain.



“Your papers, Captain—the papers

of transfer from Wady Halfa to Gib-

raltar. Money, too. I suppose we’ll

have to take that, also, to make ap-

pearances perfect—robbery following

assault on the wharves.”



Woodhouse pocketed the military pa-

pers in the wallet and laid it down,

the money untouched. The two white

aids of Doctor Koch, who were stand—

ing by the folding doors, eyed the

leather folder hungrily. Koch, mean-

while, had stripped off the jacket from

the Englishman and was rolling up the

right sleeve of his shirt. That done, he

brought down from the top of the glass

instrument case a wooden rack con-

taining several test tubes, stoppled

with cotton. One glass tube he lifted

out of the rack and squinted at its

clouded contents against the light.



“A very handy little thing, very

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“Of my own isolation,” Doctor Koch

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the tube of murky gelatine and trans-

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place in the flesh.



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three days, and he will be unable to

stand on his feet for two weeks, at

least—dizziness, intermittent fever, a

clouded memory; he’ll be pretty sick.”



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with others,” Woodhouse suggested.

Surely—” -



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friend will be well out on the Libyan

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prisoner more than that he had been;





kidnapped, robbed and carried away

by tribesmen—a not uncommon occur-

rence in lower Egypt. Koch completed

his work by directing his aids to strip

off the rest of the unconscious man’s

uniform and clothe him in a nonde-

script civilian garb that Caesar brought

into the consultation room from the

mysterious upper regions of the house.



“Exit Captain Woodhouse of the sig-

nal service,” the smiling doctor ex-

claimed when the last button of the

misfit jacket had been flipped into' its

buttonhole, “and enter Captain Wood-

house of .the Wilhelmstrasse.” Turning

he bowed humorously to the lean-faced

man beside him. He nodded his head





at Caesar; the latter dived into a cup-g





board at the far end of the room and

brought out a squat flask and glasses,

which he passed around. When the

liquor had been poured, Doctor Koch

lifted his glass and squinted through it

with the air of a. gentle satyr.

“Gentlemen, we drink to what will

happen soon on the Rock of Gibraltar!”





All downed the toast gravely. Then .





the master of the house jerked his

head toward the unconscious man on

the operating chair. Caesar and the

two white men lifted the limp body and

started with it to the door, Doctor

Koch preceding them to open doors.

The muffled chug-chugging of the auto

at the gate sounded almost at once.

The doctor and ,Number Nineteen

Thirty-two remained together in the

consultation room for a few minutes,

going over, in final review, the plans

that the latter was to put into execu-

‘tion at the great English stronghold on

the Rock. The captain looked at his

watch, found the hour late, and rose to

depart. Doctor Koch accompanied him

to the gate, and stood with him for a

minute under the strong light from the

near-by arc.

“You go direct to the Princess

Mary?” he asked. ‘

“Direct to the Princess Mary,” the

other answered. “She is to sail at five.”

“Then God guard you ,my friend, on





—-—your great adventure.” They clasped





hands, and the gate closed behind the

doctor. -



A shadow skipped from the top of

ths wall about the major’s house across

the road. A shadow dogged the foot-

steps of the tall well-knit man who

strode down the deserted Queen’s Ter-

race toward the tiled station by the

tracks. A little more than an hour lat-

er, the same shadow flitted up the

gangplank of the Princess Mary at her

berth. When the big P. & O. liner pull-

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Bumper Secs His

HEN Bumper floated'away from

V» the mouth of the sewer on his

raft, he felt quite jubilant, and

a little proud of his achievement. He

had escaped the bats successfully, and

now he had found a way out of the

sewer itself. He was so puffed up by

these exploits that he wasn’t a. bit

afraid of what might happen to him

on the river. ’

“This is reallymuch better than be-

ing cooped up in the old woman’s

backyard,” he reflected. f‘Not even

Jimsy or Wheedles ever dreamed of





 





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feel like a great traveler already”.

But when'the current of the river





Bumper the White Rab





By GEORGE ETHELBERT WALSH





Copyright, 1917. by Geo. E. Walsh





 





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First Black Crow

began to draw his raft away from the

shore into the middle, his enthusiasm

was not quite so great. The stream

grew rougher, and little white caps ap~

peared ahead. His raft began to bob

up and down, and pretty soon a wave

washed over it and wet Bumper’s feet.

This made him very uncomfortable,

for a rabbit doesn’t like wet feet any

more than a cat does. He tried to sit

up on his hind legs and dry his front





paws, but other waves Washed over the, ’





raft~ endawet hishaunches. He couldn't,





the wet and cold. 7. .., .,

The titer passedthrom ammo!





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. to‘ remOV the , «bandages i",

before he reCovered’his faculties. There :





very we; stand. on his front paws,- and,

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macho am to a woods through

mmmmmw It Was swampy

heme; and W and; tree! trunks: seemed

to grow out: or the water long dis-

tances from the shore. . .



"It” I‘ can! find? a tree fallen in the

river, I-‘n‘hop- on: it and? escape,” Bump-

“reasoned.



He was so absorbed in watching for

a chance to escape that he hardly no-

ticed a Black shadow hO‘Vering over

him; N01? until it approached very

clbse dld'he duck his head and look up.



"Carr! view!“



It was a big, black crow. Now Bump‘

«had never seen a crow. In fact, he

had“ never seen any of the ‘wild ani-

mals of the- vmods, for it must be re

membered‘ that he was born in theficity.

or course, he had: seen plenty of spar-

rows, for they live in- the cities, and

also sewer rats. A few bats had also





' flown over the old woman's backyard





on warm nights hunting insects, and

Bumper Was more or less acquainted

with them.



But a crow! He didn’t know what

it Was. 80 When the loud, raucous cry

assailed» his ears, he squatted down on-

his raft, expecting every minute to be

attacked by the black shadow above.



“Caw! Caw!” screamed the bird.



‘ “Mr. Caw!’ Mr. Cawt” cried'Blimper,

supposing that was the bird’s name.

“Good morning!‘ How do you do?”



Now, the crow is very sensitive

about his inability to sing“. He used to

think that cawlng was singing'until

.the‘birds all laughed at him. After





' that he kept by himself, and veryrare4





1y joined. the other birds in the woods

or fields. -



Bumper’s calling him by that name

very naturally angered him. It was a

slight, a slur upon his voice, and he re‘

sented it at once. It must be remem-

bered also that the crow had never

seen a white rabbit before, and Bump-





er’s appearance floating on the plank ‘





had excited: the bird's curiosity. White

rabbits don’t run wild in the woods,

and Bumper was almost as much a

mystery to the crow as the latter was

to the former. All' the rabbits Mr.

Crow knew Were gray or brown, with

a white belly and tail; and none of

them had pink eyes. So it was quite

, natural that the black bird should be

curious and surprised at the sight of a

pure white rabbit, with pink ‘eyes,

fleating'dbwn the river on a raft.



“Cawl Caw!” screamed the crow,

flapping his wings so that the wind

made by them ruffled Bumper’s hair.



“Yes, yes, Mr. Caw. I understand,”

replied Bumper, getting excited by the

nearness of this big, black thing.



“How dare you make fun of me!”

cried Mr. Crow, striking the tip of

Bumper’s ears with his wings. “I’ll

teach you to laugh at my voice.”



With that he struck out with both

wings, and nearly upset Bumper from

his raft. Frightened by this exhibition

of anger, Bumper’s teeth chattered,



and his voice shock.



“I wasn’t making fun of your voice,

Mr.» Caw,” he said. “I think it’s a very

sweet. and pleasant voice. Please don’t

upset my raft.”



The crow, a little mollifled by this

flattery, circled around the raft, and

surveyed the scene below with eyes



, filled with curiosity.



“What are you, anyway?” he called

down at last. “You look like Mr. Rab-

bit, but I never saw one so white be-

fore. What’s your name? And what

are you doing on that raft?”



“I’m Bumper, the White Rabbit,

and—4’ -



“Rabbits are never white,'interrup-

ted the crow. '



“But I assure you I am.”



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the. crows muchodl‘a sensitive‘ spots. "

There were Whaler crows, or at Yeast!

more were rumors: of them, and every

crow liked twbelleve the story was





true. If” one White crow, them Why not:

more? Why shouldn’t all crows be

white?





“Did you. ever see a white crow?" ‘ '





the bird asked‘.

“Crow! Crow!” stammered Bump-





er.

I’m Brown the city, and crows don’t live





there.”

“No; I‘ should say notwuniess the





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"Is that your name? I'm sorry..l ;'

Mr. Crow, I made a mistake. You see, 3





be that’s where the white oroWs come i ,





from.”

Now Bumper was learning shrewd-





ness, and he saw right away through 4

the vanity of the bird that had him: at '





his mercy. So, instead: of answering

directly, he pretended that he knew a

great deal more'than he did:



“I’m surprised, Mr. Crow,” he' said,

“that you've never been in the city in

See for yourself.

tell me you’ve never been in the city?”



“Why, no, it’s not a place for crows.”





"Maybe not for black ones, but white ;





crews are perfectly safe there, the





same as white rabbits. I never saw .





one: hurt there.”

“Don’t men shoot them?”

“No:

animals in the city.

lowed to carry guns at all.

really safer than out here in the

country.”





They’re not al-





“But there’s nothing to. eat in the '





city—amt for crows. Is there?”





“All. the white crows I knew were .





well fed. And the sparrows get plenty.





Peeple feed them sometimes in the 3





park. Why, there are squirels that

have all the“ nuts they can eat, and

they don’t have to hunt for them.”





Crow, eagerly.



“Did you ever see a white squirrel,

Mr. Crow?” asked Bumper, instead, of

anSWe-ring this question.



“No, I‘ never did.”



“Then,” sighing, “I’m afraid there

are none.”



Mr. Crow wasn’t so much intenested

in white squirrels as in white crows,

and he dismissed the matter from his

mind. After a pause, he added: “I

believe I’ll take a trip: to the city, if

there’s nodanger. I’d like to visit-some

of the white crows. It may be if I

stay with them in the city, I’ll: turn

white, too.” -



Bumper didn’t want to deceive him,

but he was still afraid. of. him. Instead

of anSWering directly, he asked: “Be-

fore you go; Mr. Crow, can’t you help

me to get ashore? I’m very'tired of

this raft. You make so much wind

with your beautiful. wings, I’m sure you

could blow me inshore with them.”



“Yes, I suppose I could,” was the

reply. “Well, since you were kind

enough to tell me about my relatives

in the city, I’ll help you.”



He began beating his wings violent—

ly, and the wind from them nearly

blew Bumper off the raft, but the board

floated closer and closer to the shore

until the rabbit with a hop landed on

it, and bade the crow goodsbye.



(The sensations that came over





Bumper when he meets a fox- Will be

features of next week’s story).





 





 





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Br LULU o. PARKER.

Said Mr. Bo-Peep, “I’ve lost my sheep,



But it does not alarm me;

They’ve gone to help the bill of fare



In General Pershing’s army.”



No instrument of man’s devising can.

reach the heart as does that most won-

derful instrument, the human voice—-

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B ILL JONES dealt in futures. No. ily drove through their country in a big

He wasn’t a broker. We was a touring car and stopped at the village

farmer living in a fairly prosper- hotel a day for repairs. A woman wore

.{ ous section of northwest Michigan. the dress Mrs. Jones wanted. Mrs.

, - 4 Most of his neighbors dealt in pres- Jones didn’t know what sort of stuff it

cuts but Bill believed firmly in futures. was made of, but it was something soft

His working motto was, “Never do to- that you could fold up in a tiny little

day what you can possibly put off till bundle and it would never wrinkle. She

tomorrow. Next week is even better.” heard the hotel keeper’s wife tell that

In short he was much like the “Arkan- the woman just took it out of her suit-

saw Traveler.”_ He didn’t shingle the case, where it was wrapped in white

roof when the sun shone because it tissue paper, gave it a little flirt, and

ddin’t need it, and he didn’t shingle-it put it on without pressing. And it

when it rained because he couldn’t. looked as if she stepped right out of a

Bill had something he called a gate bandbox. It was a soft, pretty gray,

in the barnyard fence. It fell down one with sleeves you could see through

day. Bill righted it up, drove a nail or and a little old rose to brighten it up.

two, and “reckoned that’d do till to- Mrs. Jones wasn’t sure she’d dare wear

morrow.” That night it fell down again. one like it if she had it, but she wants

The cattle got out, found the field of ed it. And she tried to save up to

corn Bill had managed to put in be- get it.

tween showers, ruined that, and then She got $2.00 together once, but

meandered down the road to a neigh-~ Johnny needed shoes. And the next

bor’s. This neighbor had had previous time she got a little ahead, Susie had

troubleswith Bill, so he shut up the to have flannels. Then there was a

visiting animals, and Bill had to settle third trial, but Bill discovered she had

damages before he got his cattle back. some money, and he found he couldn’t

There were one or two pieces cf farm any longer without a new buggy

farm machinery, bought on time from robe. So it went on. Every time she

a long-suffering dealer. Bill unhooked

the horses at night and left it in the

field, because he was going to use it

next day. He formed habits easily, so

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hooked the horses and left the imple-

ments right where they were, intending N no one thing of modern times is

to “fix Up the shed next week.” The I the march of progress more clearly

season ended before the sheds were illustrated than in our farm homes.

fixed and the machinery fell to pieces It is a far call from the rude log cabin

before it was Paid 1’01 with its one or two rooms in which

Bill was offered a good price for his the family meals were prepared over

potatoes. He promised to start haul- the big fireplace; and where, in the

ing next day. But next day the har- long winter evenings, the only illumi-

ness had to be mended, and the day nation was furnished by tallow candles,

after the much-abused wagon practical- and every convenience we have at the

ly fell to pieces With the first load By present day, if not actually unheard of

the time Bill got the wagon mended at least jmposSible to attain.

and got to town the buyer had got There are so many improved farm

StOCked up, and Bill had to peddle his houses now that it is almost safe to

potatoes around the streets for two— say that the one which does not pos-

thirds of his first offer. sess some claim to being modern is

_ The barn floor was in bad shape. Bill more likely to call for comment, than

really intended to mend it, but he knew the one which does. Indeed, there are

where all the pitfalls were and SO kept hundreds of homes scattered over the

on dodging them. He hired a city chap state from the Ohio line to the Lake

to help out in potato digging, and the Superior shore that possess every con-

first day the new man broke through venience of the up-to—date city resi-

a rotten board and broke his leg. He dence. And of this kind the more the

, promptly sued for damages and Bill better, for every move in this direc-

was out the cost of a new floor, D1115 a tion makes for greater ease in house-

”hired man for the fall rush. I could work and in rendering home more at-

go on and ennumerate indefinitely, but tractive to both young and old.

What’s the use? You can fill out the In planning a new house or in re-

rest yourself, and I'want to give MI‘S. modeling the old one no mere man

Jones her chance. should.attempt to say how the rooms

She dealt in futures, tOO. but not inst shall be arranged. He has an undis-

Bill’s sort. Her most important future puted right to plan his barns, his hog

was a dress. Mrs. Jones had a dress. house, andreven the hen house if he

In fact she had tWO. They were 01' chooses, but the family home should be

blue and white striped print, made planned by the woman who is tolive in

tight in the babk and loose in the it. And while she will very naturally

front, with a belt set in the side seams. consult with her man, it should be

One was three inches shorter in the purely in an advisory way. For even

L Vlback than it was in the front, and the the wisest of men, and most indulgent

other “hitched up” at the sides. She of husbands, knows very little when it

always managed

washed and ironed one every Saturday for the greatest convenience. And up-

dfternoon to have it fresh in the hope on such -little things as cupboards,

she might manage to get Bill to “hook closets, doors and windows much of the

p” and drive her to church next day. home depends. It is not so much the

lit she never did. He always prom— number of rooms as their relation to

to go “next Sunday.” one another that counts in‘ the day’s

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quite possible to arrange for a system over nlght

which will noel an iceless refrigeratdr . through five wate ‘ ‘

While there are many admirers: of in a very satisfactory manner. '





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





what Miss Perkins, the village dreSs- plans, or application may be made to





rmakes, would ever think of her, “get- the Department of Agriculture at





ting herself up in such style,” someone Washington. In fact, it would be well.

else had to have stockings or shoes or to write there for plans for the entire

a pair of mittens or school books Or a building as the government keeps paid

buggy whip and so the new dress con- assistants whose business it is to help





tinued to be a future, and Mrs. Jones the far'mer, without charge, in solving'





still clung to, blue. and white wrappers. every problem which .may arise.,H0iw-



She had a newdress one day. But ever. the average woman is perfectly

she didn’t buy it herself, and it wasn’t capable of planning a home to suit

gray. It was white, and she didn’t herself, although the chances are that

even know she had it. And she went when it is finished she will, find some

to church, but she didn’t know that, changes which she would like to make.

either. The doctor said it was just a Formal parlorsare not considered so

general breakdown; but Mrs. Jones indispensable as they once were, and





would have said she could have kept are often entirely'lacking .in medium ,





on going if she’d ever got that gray sized homes of the present day. But

dress. The neighbors said she looked good large closets, each With a. window,

lovely in the white one, sort of rested are essential. A180 Plenty Of Shelves

and peaceful. They said they couldn’t and deep drawers for storing linen and

remember when Mrs. Jones hadn’t bedding. A closet off the bath room or

looked fagged, Only when she lay in the upper hall is ideal for this purpdse.

her coffin that tired look seemed to _therever its location, the linen closet

have passed away, should be well lighted.



Bill felt gory she never got that Plenty of windows make an interior

dress. He really meant she should have Pleasant and cheerful, whereas 0113

it. A discordant squealing in the gar- window to a room can result only in

den attracted him. The pigs were out half satisfaction unless the‘ room is

again. He’d really have to fix that pen very small. Bedrooms especially need

——tomorrow. two windows each, and if on different

sides of the room all the better, as this

gives better air in summer when the

sleeping rooms are apt to be warm.

Broad. easy flights of stairs add to the

comfort of the home. Narrow and

steep stairs are a torture. That stairs

should be well‘lighted goes without

the bungalow, it is of doubtful utility sawing- This is Provided for nowadays

as a farm house unless, as the saying bythe window either at the foot of the

is, it spreads all over the ground. The stairs or at the landing. A ten-inch

farmer’s family is accustomed to too tread With a six-inch rlser makes a

much space to accommodate itself to stairway WhiCh calls for the minimum

the modern bungalow, especially where effort in making the ascent. .

help must be provided for. A large There are many beautiful farm

bungalow is hard to heat in winter, and homes which combine comfort and con-

warmer than a two-story house in the venience. A study Of dilferent 01193

summer. The low chambers of the will be of great benefit to the prospec-

' Often ideas will be gain-





DEBORAH.





Farm Home





story house is advisable. rue. If the home is to be large and

TWO things are indispensable in someWhat pretentious it Will be well





home building today in the rural as in to employ an architect, as it is his

the urban community, and these are business to plan buildings.

furnace heat and running water.

the universal verdict of, all the farm the deciding voice .in arrangement 0f

women who have ever come to the city rooms and placing 0f doors, windows,

to liVe that running water and sewer cupboards and closets.

connections'in the new home are most chitect would never place a kitchen

appreciated of all conveniences there sink at a height 0f only twenty-six inch-

to be found. Many farm homes now es from the floor unless for the use of

have these and most assuredly the new a very short woman. ,

one must be so supplied. Whether the of the average sink measures no more

power comes from Windmill, gas en- than that.



gine or other means, it should force an ,

ample supply of pure water through building a home one builds for many

the house for all domestic purposes, in- years.

cluding the bath.

condition, an uneven distribution of af— it durable, pleasant, convenient and

fairs, when the very ones who need a comfortable, a home to be proud of and

thing most are forced to go without it.

This is exactly the case in regard to

that essential item, the bath. The

wealthy classes have always had it,

while the homes of the farmers, be-

cause of their isolation, as much as ed corn, hominy, they boiled the shell.

anything else. have gone without. It ed corn in a solution of lye made from'

is one thing in building a house to be wood ashes until the hulls came off.

to keep two, and comes to arranging doors and windows able» to connect with a public sewer and The government gives this easier meth-

a public water pipe at one’s door, and 0d: ,

quite another thing to install such con- Remove chaff by pouring from one pan“

veniences

can be done, and the benefit derived is grain thoroughly in water.

well worth the price.





Yet the

It is woman who is to live in it should have





A woman ar-





Yet the bottom

It should not be forgotten that in

A few dollars more or less





It seems a strange should not stand in the way of making





to be enjoyed by the entire family.





 





HOME-MADE HOMINY.





 





When our grandmothers made hull-





individually. However, it to another in a strong breeze. Wash

Then to

every pint of corn add one tablespotm"

When installing a water supply it is of soda, COYel‘ With water and ‘e alt.

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“Select sound, white, flint corn. i,





9-, wt
poured: CHE-if- ; _ «

. A goodgraue or yelYov'v com aim

makes good hominy. This may be.

served injr'n‘any ways, . Two old favor-

ites Were with whole milk and sugar as

a breakmst cereal, or fried in pork

drippings and eaten with ham or

bacon. ,



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D’iSvHWM'HING' W’l-‘FH EASE.



BY GLADYS' SOULE.



It is estimated that the average farm

woman spends about one-fifth of her

energy in washing dishes». When it is

taken into account that much of this

labor can be easily avoided and still

more of‘ it can be done more easily,

ways of washing dishes can oft-en be

improved upon. As a job, disliwashing

is somewhat irksome and‘ there are but

few housekeepers who actually like

this work.



In the first place, much‘ time can be

gained. by systematic cleaning of the

dishes while at the table. If one will

sit down and observe another at the

work of clearing up a table, it is en-

(lent that much motion is lost. It is

not at all uncommon to see the house

keeper make two or three trips to the

kitchen that might have been avoided,

and all the dishes either taken at once

or in two trips at the outside. An ordi-

nary stiff rubber scraper is indispen‘

sable for dishwashing. It will remove

practically all of the greases and

wastes and will not injure the most

delicate of china. All the waste and

grease may be put on one plate, yet

kept separate and when finally emptied

the grease should be put into a grease

Jar kept for that purpose, to be eventu~

ally made up into soft soap. The other

wastes should be burned or put into a

tight garbage can. All similar dishes

can be placed together and then the

whole piled up with platters on the botr

tom, large plates next, small plates

neXt, sauce dishes next, and film-Hy the

glassware and silverware is kept sep-

arate. Then all of this may be- taken

to the kitchen at once, if the family

is not too large.



The equipment of the kitchen can

. make Work easy or burdensome. The

’ sink should be at the right height to



i make dishwashing comfortable and at



one end there should be a slanting

drain, this preferably at the left of the

sink. This makes for economy of ef-

fort, for the dishwasher can hold the.

dish in the left hand and wash it with

the right, thus washing the dish at a

, single movement instead of passing it

i from the left hand to the right as is

often done.



If the dishes have been well cleaned

with the rubber cleaner, one water

should be sufficient for the family of

ordinary size. Milk dishes should be

rinsed in cold water before washing.

The usual procedure is to soap the wa-

ter either with washing powder or soap

and the glasses are just rinsed out.

The cups are next washed, the saucers

next, and so on until all the dishes

have been washed and placed on the

drain board. If the drain board is

made of zinc, the dishes may be scald-

ed here, then covered with a cloth to

keep off flies and dust and allowed to

dry themselves by the heat of the rins-

ing water.



The final disposition of the dishes is

of great importance. Rather often the

good effects of washing are completely

undone by the consequent wiping. Clean

dishes wiped with a soiled towel can

hardly be much better off than they

were in the first place. If dishes can

be arranged so as to dry by means of



_ the heat of the rinsing water, the labor

.. of Wiping is eliminated and the dishes



{am actually cleaner. If no dish drainer

canbe secured, an old dish pan with

lnaiLholes. in the bottom will some the

,mrpose. film?“ as possible, the dishes





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Wk‘l‘m MY SUGGES-

TIONS.





Meatless Day—Breakfast, hominy

per, Spanish beans.



Wheat-less Day.~—Breakfast, barley

muffins; dinner and supper, oat meai'

and: corn meal bnead:



Hominy and Cheese—Put alternate

layers of hominy and? cheese in a but-

tered baking dish. Pour over enough

milk income half-way to the top, cover

with buttered; crumbs, brown and serve

piping hot.



Fish Kedgeree.—-——Wash four table-

spoons of rice and drop slowly into

fast-boiling sa/lted Water. Boil fast

until tender, then dry on colander. Boil

one egg hard, cool. in water and chop

coarsely. Melt two tablespoons drip-

pings in a frying pan, stir in the cook-

ed rice, add. one and a half cups of

flaked, cooked fish, salt and pepper tol

taste. Stir until the fish» is heated,

then add the chopped egg and serve at

once. If onion flavoring is liked, stir

one teaspoon of finely chopped onion

in the melted fat and“ brown before ad'-

ding rice.



Spanish Beans—Soak tWo cups of

kidney beans over night. Drain, cover

with boiling Water and boil slowly un-

til tender. Drainand add sauce made

as folIOWs: Put t‘Wo tablespoons oi

tlrlppings into a frying pan, add one

cup of finely cut‘ onion, one-half cup of

chopped pimento, and fry until tender

but not brown. Then add two cups of

tomato; salt to taste, and two table

spoons of flour dissolwed- in cold water.

Boil five minutes, pour over beans'and

simmer for ten minutes.



Barley Muffins—One cup of whole

wheat flour, one cup of barley meal,

one-fourth teaspoon of salt, two tea-

spoons of baking powder, one and one

iourt'h cups sour milk, one-half tea»

epoch of soda, two tablespoons of laru

or beef drippings‘. Sift flour, barley

meal, salt and baking powder. Dis

solve soda in a little cold water and

add to sour milk. Combine the two mix-

tures, add egg and melted fat. Bake

in moderate oven.



Oat Meal and Corn Meal Bread.—





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One and a half cups of rolled oats, one





and one-fourth cups of corn meal, one-l





half cup of brown sugar, three and

three-fourths cups of flour, two cups of





boiling water, two teaspoons of salt,‘





one yeast cake. Dissolve yeast in luke-

warm water, pour boiling water over

rolled oats and let stand until luke-

warm; add dissolved yeast, corn meal

and flour. Lot rise until light, beat

well, let rise again and put in pans.

I-‘iake when again light.



ARE YOU COLLECTING COOK



BOOKS-7





How many cooks have a collection

of recipe books sent out by the differ-

ent food maml‘i'acturers? Most of these

may be obtained for the trouble of

writing and asking for them, though

some want a coupon from one of their

products, others a few cents to cover

postage, and others demand a few la—

bels from their goods.



My collection numbers books from

two baking powder companies, two

flour manufacturers, a syrup company,

two organizations handling fruits, two

gelatine manufacturers, a cocoa and

chocolate manufacturer, a sugar com-

pany and a few others.



A farm implement manufacturing

company sends a book on canning; the

various soap companies send pamph-

lets on laundering, with valuable sug-

gestions for removing stains, and a cut-





lery firm sends a leaflet showing how to:

There is no:

reason why every womanshould not '





set the table properly.





 

 





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The strength of; a flour is

determined largely the a-





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mount of Water it Wig absorb“.





Bread- ma'die from a good

strong, Hour Will not dry out

quickly... The extra amount of

Water absorbed: m the Iner





keeps tbobread moist and fresh.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   





 





If your bread dries out in

no time, and you. have to bake

often and? in smalié batches, it

is probably because the floor

you use lacks strength.





Breadé matiew " from Pilisbury’s

Best Hour stays fresh a long

time, because Pilisbory’sr Best

is a strong flour and absorbs

liots of water.





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cleans it hygienically. Opens the pores and lets

the skin “breathe”. nd every other (member of

your family will find many beneficial uses for





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See that it is used in the bath; for a mouth and eye wash and



other toilet purposes. It is Nature’s greatest cleanser. Costs

I little, does much. Endorsed by all health authorities. Used

Wherever hygienic cleanliness must be maintained.





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Sand for "Magic Crystal" Booklet. It describes . /

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K “t

n1 Socks



Onehank of yarn (14 lb.)



Socks must not have a. ridge under

the heel nor at the end of the toe, nor

a back seam stitch.



Do not knit coarse yarn on fine

needles. , ' '



Do not make double heel.



'Break any knots in the wool, and

join again by running each end into

the other with a darning needle for

about six inches. -



Always knit loosely.



Always Shrink yarn before using.

Always wash the socks carefully be-

fore turning them in.



Length of foot when finished—not

less than 10% inches; not over 12

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‘i‘Do Your Own

Paper Hanging





with the Gem Wall Papering Machine, new in—

vention. Very simple. Easy to work. ()utlit 001n-

plete—m hine, brush. cutter and ladder attach-

ment for .50 on terms. Write‘for circular. Mon-

sy order for $5.00 brings you the outfit.





U. S. WALL PAPERING MACHINE 00..

531 Dime Bank Bldg., Detroit, Mich.





go Packets Seeds-10c





e want every header to test “HARRIS SEEDS

THAT_ "0811!." Send 10c. now—before you forget

for this mammoth collection. We send on 20,separ-

ate packets finest varieties—one one —of Books,

Carrot, Cabbage, Celery, Cucumber. Lettuce.

Cree. Muekmelon, Watermelon, Onion, Parsley,

Peru-in, Radish, Salelfy. Splnach, Tomato. Mixed

Poxnlee. Blunt Cosmos. Double lap Celendul-

up Children‘s Botanical Garden, a curiosity collec-

tion of flower seeds._ With this collection we send rebate

check for 10c. and big catalog of world’s finest seeds.





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,' days of the crude plow and

hand implements.





 





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signs





the unplowed field was in the





. The Modern Voss Washing

Machine of today means to the ;

housewife what the modern rid- ‘

ing plow means to the man—-





do all the work of washing and

wringing, and do it better in one-

half the time. You should know





 





   





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largest numbers—foot 11 inches.





   

   

   





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or Soldiers 1

around again to the center heel.



First needle, knit to within 3 stitches

of the front end of side needle, knit 2

together, knit 1. ‘ '



Front needle plain.



Third needle, knit 1, slip 1, knit 1,

pull slipped'stitch 'over, knit plain to

end of needle.



This reducing to be done every other

row until there are 56 stitches on the

needles (front needle 28, side needles

14 each). - '



Knit plain until the foot- from the

back of the heel measures 8% inches,

or 9 inches for a longer sock.



To Narrow for Toe.~——Begin at the

front needle; knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pull

slipped Stitch over, knit plainto Within

3 stitches of the end of the needle, knit

2 together, knit 1. ‘



Second Needle—Knit 1, slip 1, knit

1, pull slipped stitch over, knit plain to

end of needle. “



Third Needle—Knit plain to‘within

3 stitches of the end, knit 2,together,

knit 1. ' '



Knittwo plain rounds, then narrow





as before every Other round until you ,





have 20 stitches on three needles, 10

on front needle and 5 on each side

needle. Then knit two plain rounds.

Slip stitches on side needles‘all onto

one needle, giving you 10 stitches on

each of the two remaining needles.

Intake of Toe—Having 10’ stitches

each on front and back needles, break

off wool, leaving 12 inches with which





 





to finish off sock and thread it into a. '

N eedles—four No. 10 steel, or corres- darning needle.





ponding size in bone, celluloid or wood. into first stitch of the firont knitting





Put darning needle





 





 

 

 

 





OUR NEW

BOOK

should be in your

home. It contains

m a n y valuable

suggestions. It is

FREE. Write



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Ev home without sewerage, plumbing or

rum water needs one. Anyone can install.

t‘ ll. 8. HEALTH BUREAU APPROVES

:-" h ' l Cl t com lies with re-

' amnegts‘iwcgboliggecold oBt»door closet.

alarm-life killed by chemicals. State Boards

$6 lieslth epdorse it 10 000 in use. AGFNTS

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.. one Progressive

"proved Everbearlnc. large

and juicy. Also wonderful for canning

and preserves. Guaranteed to bear fin

year or money back.





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PLANTS '09

{hpeelal advertising ofl'ter.

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purl 11 stitches, purl 2 together, ‘purl 1.





Loosely cast on 56 stitches; 2 plain, needle as if to knit, pull wool through.

2 purl for 4 inches; knit plain 7 inches and take off stitch. Put darning needle

(11 inches in all). in next stitch of front needle as if to

Heel—knit plain 28 stitches on to purl, pull wool through but leave the

one needle, turn, purl back these 28 stitch on. Go to back needle, being

stitches, turn, knit plain, repeating particularly careful that the wool is

these two rows (always slipping the taken under the knitting needle each

first stitch) for 28 rows, making heel time and not over. Put the darning

about three inches. ' needle in first stitch of the back needle

With the inside of the heel toward as if to purl, pull wool through and.

you, purl 16 stitches, purl 2 together, take off stitch; put darning needle in

purl 1. next stitch of the back needle as if to

Turn, knit 6 stitches, slip 1, knit 1, knit, pull wool through but leave stitch

pull slipped stitch over, knit 1, turn, on. Return to front needle, put wool,

purl 7 stitches, purl 2 together, purl 1. in first stitch (the one previously purl~



Turn, knit 8 stitches, slip 1, knit 1, ed) and repeat. In finishing off end of

pull slipped stitch over, knit 1, turn, yarn, run yarn once down side of toe,m

purl 9 stitches, purl 2 together purl 1._ so as not to'make ridge or lump..



Turn, knit 10 stitches, slip 1, knit 1, Tie together below ribbing at back.

pull slipped stitch over, knit 1, turn, of leg.





. Leg, from tip of heel to top of leg,

Turn, knit 12 stitches, slip 1, knit 1, not less than 14 inches.





 





 





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‘We’ Want to Start 100 New Agents





(men and women this month, takingorders fortreesé‘c

ohmbbery tor'sprin delivery and 0 or special induce-





nts re: uiok act on. Pay weekly. Write for outfit.

§er ursery Co., Rochester, N. Y.





5' awberry Plants 53:31:13; 3123,23;

‘ ,bookfiells all about my vigorous stock £3)th

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delivery in good condition.

Whenr'writing to advertisers please mention





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YOUNG“ ctr-eat, save money and 110ng

triotlc at the same time. Send personal

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Turn, knit 14 stitches, slip 1, knit 1,

pull slipped stitch over, knit 1, turn,

purl 15 stitches, purl 2 together.





   

 

   

   

 





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““5“" down the side of the heel piece. v a





 

 

   





ntee needles on to one needle. Pick up and





knit 14’stitches at the other side of the

heel piece.





   

     





 





 





Knit the 28 stitches of the front time—M. A. C. *





saved from cracking and Climbing? om},

Divide the heel stitches if, when they are ‘firsfltflusod; they.”

on to.the 2 side needles, and knit. right. .thoroughly...g'reased‘ ' m fatter, ' "





 





Dur113 stitches, purl 2 together, purl 1. SHORT CUTSTO HOUSEKEEPING- ‘ " " 'L i .





 





Melt a bar of laundry soap with a.

half cup of water' and stir in all the"

Turn knit 15 stitches, slip 1, knit 1, sifted hard coal ashes it will take up.

Mold in a match box.

Now pick up and knit the 14 stitches best scouring soap. Sift and put away ' "





It makes the»

box of ashes for ,use'in the summer ‘





Enameled cooking dishesmay be
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By Jen-«MES- OLIVtER cunwooo





" countered: name-pines, the sweetest of world:- would not have known him. as





‘ junuoticedr the warm, sleeping smell of



I ' aperibou Game hot.- and: fresh from 3 along slowly andlumberingly, butvery

‘ thicket. .but- 138'- did nob approach the steadily; his head=and neck bent low,

thicket totinvzestigate; cutofa coulee, his huge rear quarters rising and. fall.

313.th and‘wk: like-ablacli ditch. be ing in. that rolling "motion peculiar to





 





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gone in therestoe sleep'through' the win- her to the stream.

’ter, and-“whom she ,Waddled out to get The clay adhering to his wound was

her firstt'gfimpse' of spring. three little beginning to harden, and again he wad-

cufislwaddfidewith her. Thor was one ed shoulder-deep into a pool, and sto‘od

of-th'em. He was still half blind, for it there for several .minutes. The water





is five weeks» after a grizzly cub is washed most of the clay away. For





born before he can see; and there was another two hours he followed the

not much'huir'o-n his body, for a'grizzly creek, drinking frequently. Then came

cu‘b'is born‘asnakedrasa human" baby. the capoos oowin—six hours after he

His eyeappenand his hair begins to ,had left the clay wallow. The kinni—

grow at just about the same time. kinic' berries, the soap berries, the

Since then," Thor had denned eight jackpine pitch, the spruce and balsam

times in‘ that cavern home. needles, and the water he had drunk,



He wanted to go in now. He wanted all mixed in his stomach in one big

to lie down-in the far end of- it and compelling dese, brought it about-—

wait hntil he folt better. For perhaps and Thor felt tremendously better, so

two or three minutes he hesitated, .much better that fer the first time he

sniffing yearningly at the door to his turned and growled back in the direc-

cave, and then feeling the wind" from tionof his enemies. His shoulder still

down the gorge. Something told him hurt him, but his sickness was gone.

that he should go on.



To the westward there was a- slopin-g oowin he stood without moving, and





ascent up out of the gorge to the sum- man-y times he groWled.‘ The snarling ‘





mit, andz Thor climbed this. The sun rumble deep in his chest had a new

was well up when he reached the top, meaning now. Until last night and to-

and for a;- little while he rested again day he had not know a real hatred. He

and looked down on the other half of had fought other bears, but the fight-

his domain; ing rage was not hate. It came quickly,





Eyen morewonderful was this valley and passed away quickly; it left no -





than the one into which Bruce and growing ugliness; he licked the wounds





Langdon hadt ridden a few hours b'e- of a clawed enemy, and-was quite fre- .

fore. From range to range it was a quently happy while he nursed them. ’

good two -miles in width, and in the op- But this new thing that was born in ‘





posite directions it stretched away in him was different.

a great roiling panorama of gold and

green and black. From where Thor hatred he hated the thing that had





stood it was like an immense park. hurt him. He hated the man-smell; he f

Green slopes reached almost to the hated the strange, white-faced thing ’





summits of the mountains, and to a he had seen clinging to the side of the

point halfway up these slopes—the last gorge; and his hatred included every-

~timber-line'-——clumps of spruce and bal- thing associated with them. It was a

sam trees were scattered over the hatred born of instinct and roused

green as if set there by the hands of sharply from its long slumber by ex-

men. Some of these timber—patches perience.



were no larger than the decorative Without ever having seen or smelled

clumps in~a city park, and' others cov- man before, he knew that man was his

ered acres and tens of acres; and at deadliest enemy, and to be feared more





the foot of the slopes on‘ either side, than all the wild things in the moun- ' i‘





like decorative fringes, were thin and tains. He would fight the biggest griz-

unb‘roken lines of forest. BetWeen zly. He would turn on the fiercest pack





these two lines of forest lay the open of wolves. But before man he must ;





valley of soft andundulating meadbw, flee! He must hide! He must con-

dotted withits purpliSh bosks of buf- stantly guard himself in the peaks and

falo willow and mountain sage, its on the plains with eyes and ears and

green coppices of wild-rose and thorn, nose!



and‘its clumps of trees. In the hollOW

of the valley ran a- stream.





yards from where he stood, and then yet» more to be dreaded'th‘an any foe





turned northward along the green he had ever known, was a miracle 1





slope so that he was traveling from WhiCh nature alone could explain. It

patch to patch of the parklike timber, was a hearkening back in the age~dim-

a hundred and fifty or tw0 hundred med mental fabric ofTh‘or’s race to the

yards above the fringe of. forest" To earliest days. offmanwman, first of all,

thissheight; midway between the mead- with the club; man with the spear

ows in the valley andithe first shale hardened in fire; man With the flint-

and bare rocks of the peaks, he came tipped arrow; man With the trap and

most frequently on his small game the deadfall, and, lastly, man-with the

hunts. - gun. Through all the ages man- had



Like fat woodehuekg the whistlers been his one and only master. Nature

were, already beginning to sun them‘ had impressed it upon him—had been





selves on theirrocks. Their long, soft, impressing it upon him through a bun ‘





elusive whistlings, pleasant to hearx‘dred- 01‘ a thousand or ten thousand

above the drone of the mountain wat~ generations.



.ers, filledthe air with a musical cad‘

once. Now. andthen one would whistle that dormant part of his. instinct leap-





shrillywa'ndz warningly close at handi ed into. warning wakefulness, and he "I

and then‘. flatten himself out on his understood. He hatedman, and here- ’





rock as. thebig“ bear passed, andrfor a after he would hate everything that

fewmomentstnowhistling wouldbreak bore the man-smell. Andy with this

nnon- the gentle purring. of- the valley. hate-there, was also born in him for the



BM Thor: was giving no thought me first time fear. Had man never push-

the hunt this morning; Twice he en: ed-z’fihor and his kind to. the death the





all" mOI‘flfllSrlO. him. and: passed them. Ursus Horribilis the Terrible.





might theseentnotcaebadger. For tWO all bears, and especiallysoof the griz-





 





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, No. 1948—Girl’s Overblouse Dress,

with Guimpe. Cut in 5 sizes, 4, 6, 8, 10

and 12 years. It requires 1% yards of

27—inch material for the guimpe, and

3% yards for the dress, for an eight-

year size. Price, 10 cents.





No. 2270—Girls Dress. Cut in 4~sizes,

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Skirt 2282 cut in 7 sizes, 22, 24, 26, 28,

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Thesklrt measures about three yards

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No. 2046——Ladies’ House Dress. C t ma e is costume ‘in a medium size

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HINK of this, boys and girls, for



every dollar’s worth of business



done in the world there are but

three pennies of actual money. Credit

or confidence is the keynote to a busi-

ness success; so one of the first things

I would have you learn, is to establish

confidence and maintain it.





Now, confidence is not all covered by

the size of one’s bank account, not by

a long way. I know many poor men

doing business on very small capital

indeed, Who can get credit extension

when required and get it readily, even

though it be times of stress, simply be-

cause they have established them-

selves in the confidence of the business

world by first, not making impossible

business contracts to pay, and second-

ly, by establishing the policy of always

keeping their contracts exactly on time

or making other arrangements for ex-

tension.



It is well for every boy and girl to

begin young in life to have a bank ac-

count. Open an account at the bank,

even if it be ever so small, and keep

it alive by frequent additions even

though it be but a few pennies each

month. The acquaintance you thus

gain with 'the bank, the banker and the

business detail of banking will be of

great value to you. And this also re-

member, that the banker will all the

time be getting acquainted with you.





 





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”Confidence a Valuable Asset





This may sometime be of more value

to you than any other feature of your

effort. Do not think that, because

your business is small that the banker

is not making mental note of every

transaction you make and building his

opinion of your business ability and in—

tegrity by it.



The question of whom your banker

is to be is one of quite material import—

ance. Of course, the bank should be





located in reasonably convenient dis-.





tance, but the personality of the man

himself with whom you are to be finan-

cially connected, means more than you

may at first think, for when you have

once established your banking “rela-

tions,” it is the poorest kind of busi-

ness to be shifting about without the

very best of reasons for so doing.

When there is anything in connec-

tion with your banking business, that

is not entirely clear to you, do not be

afraid to ask your banker about it. He

will not only be glad to explain it all to

you, but aside from this he will take





pride in the fact that you are interest:

ed enough to ask about it.



I 'believe I speak from knowledge

when I say that the average banker

today takes as much pride in the finan-

cial and other success of his patrons,

and especially those young patrons

who have been wth his institution

since their debut in business, as do the

patrons themselves. It is a sort of an

endorsement for his establishment and

I do not believe there is 'a person in

business today that does not feel a lit-

tle glow of pride in feeling that they

have in some way, either directly or

indirectly, been instrumental in help.

ing some other person to make the

best of their opportunities. If there is

such a person he is surely not worthy

the name of banker. ,



This would be a sorry old world in-

deed, if each lived for self alone, each

for himself or herself, taking no inter-

est in their fellow man and the good

they can bring to those to whom our

help is useful. We have only to look





about us every day in these more than:





strenuous times to know that the vast;

majority‘ofthe American people are'

large-hearted, Whole-souled, generous

people who vie each with the 'other,to'

see who can give most of themselves

in service to the many. With the nu—'

merous demands made upon our time

and our purses, the tide of assistance

seems never to cease flowing and all

that is required to open a new'spring!

of benevolence, is to show that a new

and Worthy cause is with us, or that

additions are required for the old and

the response is immediate and certain.



When these demands, or shall I say

opportunities, shall come, for it is as

such that I prefer to have our boys

and girls look upon their helpfulness





‘in times of need, a little bank account





will be a great sense of satisfaction to

you. There are several methods Of

starting a bank account, each having

its peculiar merits and as our articles

proceed we shall try to mention some

of the especial merits of each, but this

one thing I want to impress on each

one of our youth—have a bank account

and transact your business through it

from _your earliest childhood. Learn

the use of money and the one best way

to handle your business matters and

the question of just what kind of a

bank account you are to have we will

discuss in our next—if we get to it.





 





 





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Boys’ and Girls’

Club Notes





Conducted by E. C. Lindemann





 





 





 





 





 





 





Two Interesting Letters





HE following letters from Presi-





dent Wilson and Ex-President'





Theodore Roosevelt, explain how

much these two men realize that the

country is dependent upon the boys in

this great hour of need. Both letters

are about the Boys’ Working Reserve.

President Wilson’s letter was written

to the secretary of labor under whose





department the Boys’ Working Reserve .





is organized, while Mr. Roosevelt’s let-

ter is to Mr. Hall, national director of

the association:



President Wilson’s Letter.

My Dear Mr. Secretary:



Permit me to express my great ap-

preciation of the work undertaken by

the United States Boys’ Working Re-

serve of the Employment Service of

the Department of Labor. To give to

the young men between the ages of

sixteen and twenty-one the privilege of

spending their spare time in productive

enterprise without interrupting their

studies at school, while their older

brothers are battling in the trenches

and on the seas, must greatly increase

the means of providing for‘ the forces

at the front and the maintenance of

those whose services are needed here.

It is a high privilege, no less than a

patriotic duty, to help support the na-

tion by devoted and intelligent work in

this great crisis.



Let me express the hope that the

young men of the country not now per-

manently employed may eagerly enter

the»BOys’ Working Reserve to fit them~

selves by: training and studyforgood





   

   





worthy of patriotic fathers who have

fought for democracy in the past, sus-

tain their patriotic brothers who are

fighting for it today, and command the

affectionate pride of the brave mothers

who are silently bearing the burdens

at home.

Cordially and sincerely yours,

Woopnow WILSON.

Mr. Roosevelt’s Opinion.



My Dear Mr. Hall:



I wish to express my hearty and un-





reserved support of What you are do- _





ing. YOu are now actually engaged in

meeting the shortage of labor on the

farm by the creation of the Working

Reserve, to include the boys between

the ages of sixteen and twenty-one

who ordinarily would not be in produc-

tiv‘e labor, and who can be turned into

workers on the farm. You have shown

and the farmer has been prompt to

recognize the fact, that the_ strong heal-





thy boy is a tremendous help at this"





time and that if this patriotism is ap-

pealed to, they will stick to the farm

where the need is great, in spite of the





offer of higher wages in the city. The ‘

training of boys to prepare for some es-‘





sential industry where they can take

the place of a man called to the front





is going to be of great benefit to the





country.

One of the great benefits you confer





is that of making a boy realize that he ’





is part of Uncle Sam’s team; that he

is doing his share in this [great war,

that he. holds his‘ services in trust for

the nation, and that although it is prop-





. er to consider the question of material

- gain and the question or his M de-





sires, yet that what he must most

strongly consider at this time is where

his services will do most good to our

people as a whole. I earnestly wish

you every success in your Wise and pa-

triotic effort.

Faithfully yours,

Tirnonons ROOSEVELT.





Girl Wins Contest





GIRL, just thirteen years of age,

A has outdistanced Michigan boys

‘ in the raising of winning pullets.

A pullet “brought up” by the young

lady, who is Miss Deon Jones, of De-

Witt, has been adjudged the best

among the two hundred birds entered





by boys and girls in the all-Michigan

poultry contest conducted by the poul-





try department of the MichiganAgri-

cultural College. Two boys did, how-

ever, manage to land in second and

third places. They are Donald Baker,

of Merle Beach, to whom second prize





has been presented, andClayton Olds,‘





of Ypsilanti, third prize winner.

The contest was the first of its kind





ever conducted in Michigan, though





hereafter it will be made an annual af-

fair. Hoping by enlisting the interest

of children in poultry raising to build

up this industry in the state, the col-

lege last spring secured the names of

two hundred boys and girls between

the ages of ten and eighteen years.

To each of these selected individuals

a settingof eggs was sent and'from

these eggs chicks were hatched, and

reared under the direction of advisers





 





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Ufacbo,

”best pullett‘mom each of these flocks





, , .1 (:0 see. Einally,

g to'the pre- arranged plan, the





was returned; to the college, the first

birds arriving about October 1. A seal-

ed band was placed about the leg of.

each, and: when; all thebirds were._1n

they were judged; Wit-h’the result men-

tioned.



. The competition, however, is not yet

ended,.fn11 the. pullets will be kept at

M}. A. 0., and during each month for an





entire year every bird will be t1ap-





nested and a reCord kept of its egg- lay-

ing. ability. These records for each

pullet will; begin When its first egg is





laid and will continue from that time





on for. 365 days.



:When the year is over. another-set of

prizes will be awarded to the boys and

girls Whose chickens, as shown by, the

tally have. laid the largest number of

eggs. '



‘Elnally; in the second year, 19.18-





219319, the pullets will be bred and a set-





ting of eggs from each hen will be in-

cubated, The chicks from these. eggs

alsowill. be neared, and to the boy or

girl whose pullet has produced the

best—laying pullet among these, a grand

sweepstakes prize will be awarded.

The contest, it- may be added, is. one

into which the young people have en-





. tered with unbounded interest.





HOW MANY) KNOTS CAN YOU TIE?





Every boy should know how to tie at

least ten good knots. The above knots

are very simple and any boy can learn

to tie and use them. No. 1 is a clove





 





hitch. No. 2_. is. a picket rope (used to

fasten on the end- of a short stake Or

picket) with a half-hitch and granny.

No. 3 is a bowline, one of the most

useful knots. it never slips and is

easily untied,



From time to time we will show how

to tie other knots. Besides learning

to use these useful. knots you may have

heaps of fun by holding knot-tieing

contests.





THE GRIZZLY KWG





(Continued from page 31) .

on the stones; he crunc ed heavily 1n





the gravel; in soft sand, he left enor-

mous footprints. ’



That part of, the valley which he was

now entering; held a. particular signfi-

cance for Thor, and. he began to loiter,

pausing often to sniff the air on. all

Sides of him. -He was not a monogam-

ist, but for many mating seasons past

he had come to find his Iskwao in this

wonderful. SWeep of meadow and plain

between. the two ranges. He could al-,

ways expect her in July, waiting for

bim’orseeking him, with that strange

savage longing» of! motherhood in her

breast. She was a, splendid. grizzly who

came from the western ranges when

the spirit of, mating days called; big,

and, strong, and of a beautiful golden-

brown colon, so that the children. of

ThOr and-his Iskwao were the finest

young grizzlios in all the mountains.





 





'llhe- mothez: took them back with her.





unborn, and they opened their eyes and





lived; and, fought, in the valleys and 011'





the slopes,.,fa,1:'to- the. west. If in later





1 years ’llhon ever chased his own chi-1-

j-dren out 09 his hunting grounds, or

. ,t, nature kindly

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He was like

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013 933W. and With just enough toch

behind it to Send them keeling over,

and‘over like little, round" fluffy balls.





This was Thor’s, only expression of.





displeasure when a strange mother-3

bear invaded his range with her cubs. j





In other. ways he was quite chivalrous.‘

He would not drive the mother-bear

and. her. cubs away, and he would "not

fight with her, no matter how shrewish

or unpleasant she was. Even if he





found them eating at one of his kills, -





he would do nothing more than give

the cubs a sound cutting.



All. this is somewhat necessary to

show with what sudden and violent

agitation Thor caught a, certain warm,

close smell ashe came around the end

of a mass of huge boulders. He stop-

ped, turned his head, and swore in his

low, growling way. Six feet away from

him, grovelling flat in a patch of white





sand, wriggling and shaking for all the ':





world like a half-frightened puppy that

had, not yet made up its mind whether

it had met a'friend or an, enemy, was

a lone bear cub, It was not more than

three months old—«altogether too young

to .be away from its mother; and it had





a sharp little tan face and a white spot ‘-





on its baby breast which marked it as





a member of the black bear family, ’





and not a grizzly.

The cub was trying as hard as it





could to say, “I am lost, strayed, or:

stolen; I’m hungry, and I’ve got a por- (1

cupine quill in my foot,” but in spite Q





of that, with another ominous growl,

Thor began to look about the rocks for

the mother. She was not in sight, and





neither could he smell her, two facts -.

which turned his great head again to—





ward the cub.

Muskwa—an Indian would have call-





ed the cub that—had craned- a foot or f





two nearer 011 his little belly. He greet:

ed Thor’s second inspection with a





genial wriggling which carried him for 3

and a low





ward another half foot,



warning rumbled in Thor’s chest.



“Don’t come any nearer,” it said plain,-



ly enough, “or I'll keel you over!”

Muskwa understood.





on the sand, and Thor





whimpering softly. Thor

“Another inch and I’ll give you a

welt!” he growled.



Muskwa wriggled and trembled; he

licked his lips with. his tiny red tongue,

half- in, fear and half pleading





inches. nearer.





There was a sort of rattle instead. of





a growl in Thor’s throat. His heavy;





hand fell to the sand. A third time he .





looked about and sniffed the air; he

growled. again. Any crusty old bache-

lor would have understood that growl.

“Now where the devil is the kid’s

mother ” it said;



Something happened then. Muskwa.

had. crept close to Thor’s wounded, leg.

He rose up, and. his nose caught the





scent of. the raw wound. Gently his

tongue touched it. It was like velvet

——tha,t tongue. It was wonderfully





pleasant, to, feel, and Thor stood there

making neither.

movement nor sound while the cub

licked: his wound; Then. be lowered his

great head. He sniffed. the, soft little

ball, of, friendship that had-come to

him. Muskwa whined in a.,mother1,ess

way. Thor growled, but more softly. It





was no.»lo‘nger a threat. The heat of, :





his great tongue fell once on the cub’s

face. _



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looked about ;

him again. When, his eyes returned to ‘

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of him, squirming flat in the sand and ;

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STATE GRANGE M EETS.





 





(Continued from last week).



The master reported that the $5,000,-

000 mark is now practically reached by

our new Grange Life Assurance Asso-

ciation—a. matter of great pride and

satisfaction. '



He reported, under head of direct

marketing of farm products, an unsuc-

cessful attempt in Detroit to establish

a direct selling station for Grange

members, but it got no further than

good promises from the mayor.



For the session and year to come

Master Ketcham advised that Granges

carry the dues of soldier boys during

absence. He also advocated the hold-

ing of a. series of Grange institutes

where the range of agricultural topics

could be made more elastic than un-

der the old plan and some straight-for-

ward organization addresses, such as

were not permissible under state direc-

tion, could be arranged.



The report dwelt at some length

with the farmer and price regulation,





and these three topics figured largely

in the resolutions and discussions

which later came before the body.

These will be taken up in a later issue.

In closing, Master Ketcham recalled

the fact that the Grange was born in

a crisis which succeeded the Civil War.

He predicted that, after fifty years of

support of every cause and measure

designed to improve agriculture and

rural life, and opposition to all that

was detrimental thereto, once again

the Grange has before it a glorious op-

portunity in the reconstruction process

that is even now during the war taking

place. JENXIE BUELL.





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





Give Agricultural Pageant—A fine

audience greeted the agricultural pag-

eant which was given recently by Char-

lotte Grange at the opera house. Mu-

sic for the performance was given by

Miss Adelaide Hart and Miss Kather-

ine Sattler, and the participants in the

entertainment were for the most part

members of the Grange and their chil-

dren, and the result was surely every

great credit to them. The play was





, written and arranged by Miss Derby,





teacher of English at the Lansing high

school, and the principal part, that of

the monologuist was taken by Miss

Alice Greenawalt, who did her difficult

and sustained part in a truly profes-

sional manner. The pageant opened

with the appearance of Father Time

and a dance of the hours and the sea-

sons by a bevy of pretty and graceful

girls. Then the past was shown in a

very picturesque scene of the Indians

of early American times, with Howard





fires, their incantations and dancing

very realistic and well done. Then

the coming of the padres, and the set-

tlers, and finally the expulsion of the

Indians from their happy hunting

ground, not a scalp to show there was

a bad Indian among them. The scene

of the early settler, who found himself

with a forest to cope with and land to

break, represented the pioneering of

the past, Willard Upright the pioneer.

This and other scenes were acted in

pantomime, Miss Greenawalt, dressed

in yellow, with flowing hair, looking

well the part of Ceres reciting through-

out the story as it progressed. The

present was shown by the work of the

boys' and girls’ clubs in corn planting

and conserving and sewing. Mrs. Dora

Stockman, of Lansing, state lecturer,

being one of the ladies overseeing the

work. The pageant ended withan as-

sembling of the characters, fifty or

more in a tableau, and the dance of

the hours and seasons again, together

with the singing of “America” and the

appearing of “Columbia,” a striking

figure, taken by Miss Sadie Peck. C.

H. Garrick sang two numbers during

the evening—always an enjoyable

event. Half of the proceeds are to go

to the Y. M C. A. army Work, and



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TH E ASSOCIATIONAL M EETING.





(Continued from last week).

Wednesday P. M.





The first speaker of the afternoon

was Gov. Sleeper, who spoke of the

great changes that had taken place

since he became governor. Very few

knew what war meant and that Michi-

gan had made the largest appropria-

tion for this that ever was known. He

heartily endorsed what the Red Cross

was doing and closed his address by

saying, “The war is on, we must win. ”





Dr. Caroline Bartlett Crane, State





Chairman Women’s Committee, Coun- ‘

oil of National Defense, then gave an ,





address.

. “The War for Peace.”~



“It is hard to realize that America is

at war. We must feed our allies or

they cannot help us.

grandfathers had with nature to make

homes will look as nothing if this war

does not end on the other side. We

will fight this war to everlasting peace

because we are American citizens. We





must give to every good cause and sub-’





stitute the products we cannot ship for

those that can be shipped. The rural

population must share this to a great

extent Our colleges and schools must

be maintained if possible. Child wel-

fare must not be neglected, as to save

the life of a child is just as important

as saving the life of a soldier. If we





wish to fight for peace we must re- ,





member the common tasks. We must

not lose our little children and we

must do-things to help in any way we

can, thanking God we learned to give

the service we owe our country.”



H. D. Wendt, of the State Dairy and

Food Department, then gave some fine

thoughts on waste on the farm. The

cost of distribution of milk has been

placed at the same mark in Detroit as

the cost of production, which is seven

cents. Three million pounds of skim-

milk is wasted each year on the farms

of Michigan. Every 100 pounds of

skim—milk will make fifteen pounds of

cottage cheese. Where a few years

ago‘ one can of condensed milk was

manufaCtured, now twenty-five are

made, and where forty-nine pounds of

cheese was imported, now forty—one

pounds is exported, which shows a

great increase in dairy products.





Mr. George McCormick, of the Food L





Committee of War Preparedness

Board, was then introduced, and said

in part:



“It is much easier to talk than to do

the work of the farmer. When this

committee was appointed to increase

the amount of food produced they had

no knowledge of how to do it, but had

plenty of suggestions offered. The up-

per peninsula potato crop was increas-

ed three and one-half times, while that

of the lower peninsula decreased from

twenty to twenty-five per cent. There

was an increase of sixty per cent in

the bean crop. We must give our un-

divided attention to raising corn,

wheat, meat and sugar, as only the

United States can win this war. We

must get to the essentials. We h

enjoyed all the benefits of this coun ry

for fifty years and have made no sacri-

fices. We had become selfish and

money Chasers.





Wednesday Evening.





Dean Georgia White, of the M. A. 0.,

opened the evening program with a

talk on the conservation of food and

after hearing the remarks of the after-

noon the farmers were ready to receive

all the war recipes in good part. Noth-

ing but good feeling followed her re-

marks.



The Men’ s Glee Club of the M A. C

then rendered three fine selections,

which greatly pleased the audiencie.



Prof C. H. Vantine then gave the

address of the evening. In part he





said:





“There are some yet who doubt that

we are really at war. Then, too, there

are somethat think the war is of no

consequence.

ed into war over the paltry loss or

about 200 citizens at the time of the

Lusitania disaster. Others say that





the munition manufacturers wanted a

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bigger market for their Wares.

others said it was Wall street.

“Now, when we realize that

country has raised more money, to

prosecution of this war than Was

far all the other wars canibin

looks as if we were in for com

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.1 . vigor. - .

3 , ‘ . the feed. How ever, leavmg the factor

. ‘ l . - hummmmmwmfim of management entirely out of considr

enlbfin “1° ‘0‘“! ‘0 thrivc “Don the eration we find that the farmers en-

cooner oeds. Audit makes Ilene lay. , ,

Itacatuuodkeeocslggite. improvestdi-i deavored to handle the1r poultry m. a

all .0 ' ' ‘ , ‘ 0'

m In.“ “WP, gm, _ busmesshke manner. Whether selling

“dbtheiu‘bit.” gehavewifimdw grew the hens has been bad busmess Judg:

mum.“ sausage?" . ‘ °"' ment or not will probably depend very

t p“ ham, such fir largely upon factors WhLCh only a poul-





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3? orous_ health that the birds are practlp

‘ ally Immune from ordinal-3 poultry} di‘!

cases. For thi 3 reason alone it IS worth

lumen cost— 1c amnth per bird.

“MUD-r. Ema. disease—attacks your

flock. Pratt: 0'9 Remedy will quickly

(a overcome this 1:19.011th the“ in change-.

able weather as a preventive of mug



and colds. his guaranteed!





Out the!" your town has instruc-

tions to supp y you with Protto Prepo-

rations under our equate-dud“

tee—' Your money back MW

not satisfied’ ’-—the guarantee that”





has stood for nearly 50 years. 65‘





tryman himself can know.



V The Idea] Farm Flock.



When, the professional poultryman

‘lfeedng: large flocks. on a few acres,

and“ buying all of his feed, can make

the business pay, it seems that the

farmer with less handicaps should

inalie his flock a winner. The high

price of feed has compelled many large

poultry farms to reduce the size of

their flocks or face financial ruin. At





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Q4 PRATTFOOD CO. the same time the general farm pre-

‘ '1' _ Philadelphia. sents an ideal location for the manag-

e; 1 Chicago Q(‘6 pins, of a flock of hens. A flock of two

?; Tarot!“ ihundred well~bred hens might. be con:





lsidered an ideal farm flock. They will

'have plenty of range. More or less

waste material will be harvested by the

- birds. The feed will be largely pro





POULTRYINDUSTR‘H’ ' danced on the farm and the large num-

, ber of weed seeds, bugs and worms

REVOLL’TIONI'TED .athereé by the poultry will reduce. the

' cost of feeding them properly during a

, huge portion at the year.

Save the. Boot: Hons.



In planning the poultry campaign for

1918, a rigid culling of the flock will be

necessary. If trap-nests have been used

‘ the farmer will know which are the

- high producers and" these can be retain-

ed for breeders. In general the late

.moulting hens are the best layers and

this forms a simple plan of increasing

the flock averages on the farm. Band

the late moulting hens, and use them

exclusively in the breeding pens next

. year.



The purchase of a cockerel from a-

twoshundred-egg hen will be a good in-

vestment for the farmer. At present

there are» many professional poultry-

men who are keeping accurate trap-

nest records and they are able to. sell

oockerels for very moderate sums as

advertisements in the farm journals in-

dicate. Investments in breeding stock

will be necessary on many farms Where

no effort has been made to improve the

vegg-laying ability of the flock. Some

farmers may feel that the buying of a

cockerel at a price of five or ten dol-

lars because it comes from a two-hun-

dred egg hen is a hazardous specula-

tion. However, it is not as risk as

breeding poor laying birds from year

“to year without making an effort to im-

prove the production. I believe that

gmost. of our professional poultrymen

are honest, both because they had

{rather be honest and because they

‘know that it is the only way to achieve

success. Probably the majority of

farmers. can easily see the results 012

improved breeding stock in one year if

; they breed from good. birds and then

’;,givo the progeny the feed and care



Iwinch all poultrymen maintain is nec-

“essary with any kind of birds.



i Keep Mfr-y Well ”and.



1 The poultry housing for the lam

’m will be a. factor to the success

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"The Poultry Outlook for 19185,





By R. o. KI’RBY





LTHOEGH it may be early to





. makeam Memos concerning;

the poultry business for 1918, it;





site and face the south.





draughts. It must not be. overcrowded.





Allow four square feet pen bird and the '





poultry will have plenty of. room. it the-

house is clean. A clean house means

that it is free from mites and lice, cob-

webs, dirty Litter and: accumulations oil

droppings.



If the birds are not given free range

they should. have ample room to. keep

the supply .of green. food from being

eaten to. the ground; Shade is neces—





sary to. give the birds protection- from. .

Wind-l





the hot sun. during the. summer.

breaks will be of great value where the

poultry yards are swept: by the prevail-

ing} winds.

the best natural surroundings for his

poultry will make: the most money with

the. least client, and. while next year





seems a long time away, much of the .-





planning must be done now.

Incubator Necessary- for Increased

Production.





The farmer who desires to increase ’

his production next year will undoubt- =





edly need an incubator. Artificial





hatching means good prices for early;

broilers and the pullets arrive at the,

condition for laying before winter. The A.





early hatched birds have a long grow-

ing season and always seem to have

more vigor. In every way there is a

lot more satisfaction in maturing the

poutlry before the uncertain weather

of late fall and early winter.



Artificial incubation means that

brooders are necessary. They insure

proper care for the young chicks dur-

ing the stormy weather of spring and

increase the number ofi chicks that it

is possible to raise. Brooders oi’ the

right capacity should be ordered so

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discourage a farmer more than a suc-.

cessful hatch from the incubator, tel

lowed by the loss of‘ half the- Hook 0!:

more because the broader came a week

late: In planning the poultry business

for next year it will be absolutely nec-

essary to have the right kind of equip-

ment at the right time.

War Menus for 1918.



In making up the war rations for the

farm hen, green food must not be neg-

lected. It pays to raise enough man-

gels on the home farm to carry the

laying hens through the winter.

clover and sprouted oats are valuable .

to keep the birds in healthful condi—

tion and increase the production of

eggs. Silage is being used for poultry

with good success by some breeders.

It is not impossible to believe that the-

laying house of the future will have

some form of a silo as part of its neces-

sary equipment. A chicken silo may

proxe as valuable in- producing winter

eggs as the d‘airyman’ s silo in keeping

up the milk production in winter. Ev-

ery year the value of green food in the





hen’s ration is more appreciated by the

farmer who seriously makes an effort





to make his poultry profitable. ' '





A Wheat‘less Ration.

After a period of uncertainty it is'





evident that our Department of Ain-“‘ m





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laborsreducing; time-saving ex- . . -

cruiser and feeder. Reduces reed

cost; rat modulus Increases.

fluent: unproves fertility. Cut

which hole in bottom 0! an

oldnwod or metal pail tub. can

or bugs-“11:53:15 metal rordGov- -.

ammo a- c feeder an for ‘

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produced a wheatless ration which will

give satisfactory results. Poultrymen

have not been anxious to give up

wheat in the mixing of the rations for

their flocks, but the high price of this

grain has forced a change upon them.

The government’s wheatless ration

contains two pounds of cracked corn ,'





and one pound of oats as a scratch ~





feed. The mash is three pounds of

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ed‘ corn for scratch feed. The mesh is

as follows: One htmdred pounds of.

bran, 150 pounds of wheat shorts, 100.,



minds of beef scrap, fOur pounds of '



ne charcoal; three pounds of fine salt. :

In the rations where wheat is omitted

and beef scrap is fed. in rather large

proportions, it is necessary to. give

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5 Best Pa Ing Varieties

Hardy Nort ern raised Chickens,

—- Ducks. Geese and Turkeys. Pure-

bred heaviest iayi strains. Fowis. Eggs.

Incubators, all at ow ices. Lar 8 new

ero' lets Gui e Free.





Winfike‘fi'li’hfiu no , snkaloJIinu.

POULTRY

HOMESTEAD FARMS





POULTRY SALE



We have the following birds for immediate delivery.

Pullers -full grown and about ready to lay; 24 White

Plymouth Rocks: 20 Barred Pivmouth Rocks; 10 S. 0.

Rhode Island Reds; 10 White e he run; 8.13020 Leg-

horns two-thirds grown; 12 Black rpingtons.

Yearliuggflens -mouiting finished 6i 8. C. White Leg-

horns: 3-) 3.0 Rhode Island Reds; 12 Block Orpingtons.

Cockerele-Rose and Single Comb White Leghorns;

Barred Plymouth Rocks; Rhode Island Reds; Black

Minorcas. The-lo are season closing soles.

HOMESTEAD FARMS Bloomiugd ole. Mich.





BREEDING COGKERELS

Trapnested. bred-to-lay stock. 8. C. White Leghorne.

combs slightlv frosted $1.25 each. Barred Rocks Sileiich.

SUNNYBROCK POULTRY FARM, Hil lsdale, Mich.





Iohn's big beautiful! hen—hatched Barred Rocks.

r good layers. Pens (5 birds) 812 to $20. $3 to $10 each.

sold. on approval. Circularsmhotosdohn N orthon. Clni-c.Mich.





Barred Rocks thinness





with records to 290 eggs a year. 82 to $3 each. Circu-

lar free. FRED ASTL NG. Constantine. Mich.





b at G’ c L

Barred ilock tockmls £531.33... m“ ”e”

W. O. COFFMAN. R. 3 Benton Harbor. Mich.





Barred





laying strain.

Cockerels from good laying strain





Barred R0CRS $3.00 each two for 8.3.

L. A. WOOD d5 SON. - - - - Saline. Mich.

' We ship thousands, booking orders now

CthkS, for s rin delivery. free booklet.

FREEPORT HAT HE Y. 30x11.





Hens and Cockerels pure bred

Breeding StnCR S. C. W. Leghorns 81125 n .

White Line Poultry Farm. Hillsdale. lab.





3 V Ferris White Leghorns





A real heavy laying strain. irapnesied l

years, records from 200 lo 264 eggs. Get

our special summer prices on yearling hens,

breeding males, eggs for hatching. 8-week-

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

guarantee results. Ilelog gives prices; describes stock; tells

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

ing this strain. Send ior your copy now—ii is free.



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





Plymouth Rock cockerels $3.00 each.

Full blood from prize‘winning heavy

J. A. Barium. Union City. Mich.





Freeport. Mich.





   

   

 





 

   

   

 

   





' ' A lsbury. Buff Orpington, and Colard

an"! Pak'"! uicovy. Ducks, 83 each Talouse. White

0 .' China Geese $3 each. Domesticated

Wild Geese $5 each. White Rock, Barred Rock, Buff

Book, Site Brahma. S. C. it ode Island Red, 8. C. W.

Leghorn and Ancona okls. 8 order direct.



Cedar Lawn Poultry Farm. Wapakoneta. Ohio

sale





Pins cml 8. 0. Wills Orpinglons, .i’ ‘35:}. 0..





cocks and hens also young cockerels. MRS. WILLIS

ROUGH. PINE CREST FARM. Royal Oak, Mich.



' Large. great layers. Pure

lab!“ :- o- W. L. horn: white. Bargainsinchoice





breedinghens now. vex-fresh Egg Farm. Ionia. Mich.





 





 





 





BUFF Leghorns. breeding cockerels also a, few fine

pens of four hens and (-nckerel for 810. More hens

Dr. William A. Smith. Petersburg. Mich.





 





.2 extra.

Fowlers Buff Rocks 339.335.5323};

from two dollars up according to quality.



8. B.F‘0WLER. Hartford. Mich.





 





HODE ISLAND REDS and plymouth Rocks Males

Ste 12 lbs. aocordin to age 8?. to 85: P. R. hens

weight 5170 lOlbs.,eggs 15 or Si: ”0.55; 12f),$6.Mammoth

Bronze Tom Turkevs 8 to 39 lbs. accordin to age 86m

.25. 10 eggs 83. J. Morris & J. BJI‘SED, assar. Mich.





Rllllllli ISLAND REDS,





Both Combs. Cockaflens. Cookerels and Pullets at rea-

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



Cookerels. Leadi st ine

n. C. “I‘- leflhorn in America. bred ?:omr:in-





ners. 82 each after Dec. 1. square deal. orders

promptly filled. E. Hlmebaugh. Goldwater. Mich.





R C Br. Leghorn oockerels 81.50and 82. A few nice

. . Imperial Pekin Ducks 82 each. Drakes all

sold. Mrs. Wm. Nickert. Cor-son City. Mich.





S C. W. Leghn‘i'rfiiens two years old. and late hatch-

. . ed nllets_tl each. Cockerels. utility and trap-

nesteds .50 to So. Hillcrest Poultry Farm. Ypsilanti,lich





ILVER Golden and White Wyandottes. Choice

breeding stock of sale after Oct. lst. a few bargains

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





 





 





 





HITE Wyandcttes. Ihave a fine l t t A

May hatching cockerels for 33.00 timsi $36” and





 





DAVID RAY. 709 Norris 8t" Ypsilanti. Mioh‘ir‘dn:

50extra choice cocke l

White Wyalldimes to 85. I ship on approvgi Susi3





guarantee satisfaction. Milton E.Stewart, R. 3. Auguste. lich.





While Chinese Genders fifi‘fiPffii‘i’ii‘g‘t





horn hens. Cockerell all sold.

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Pimples.—I have two colts that are

covered with large pimples, but the

back and hip are troubled most. Both

of these colts have been running out

all summer and fall until a few days

ago. E. W. 8., Wayne, Co.—Apply one

part salicylic acid and 30 parts olive

oil to soften up scabs and bunches on

back and hips, then in a few days

wash them with soap and water, then

occasionally apply one part carbolic

acid and 30 parts olive oil, but don’t

forget to groom your colts well twice

a. day and feed them plenty of nutri-

tious food. Give each colt a teaspoon

ful of sulphate of soda once or twice

a. day.



Worms—My horses are troubled

With worms; some of them have long

white worms others small pinworms.

What had I better give them? W. B.

E.. Lucas, Mich—Mix together equal

parts of dried powdered sulphate iron,

ground gentian, ground red cinchona,

salt and fenugreek—give each one of

your horses a tablespoonful at a. dose

in soft feed twice a day.





Bowel Parasites—I have two colts

that have worms. I have tried several

times to get them but failed. Have

just finished giving them a course of

worm powders. I gave one a pill, the

other colt a larger dose and this medi-

cine failed to purge them. These colts

have a ravenous appetite and their

food fails to do them much good. M.

B. K., Traverse City, Mich—Give each

one of your horses 15 grs. of calomel,

1 dr. of santonine and 1 oz. of ground

gentian at a dose in soft feed three

times a week for three weeks. Then

give them 1 oz. of turpentine and 11/2

pts. of raw linseed oil as a. drench, if

you believe they require a laxative. In

drenching with oil and turpentine the

head should not be held too high, the

tongue should be left alone, as well as

the throat. It is altogether too com-

mon a practice in drenching a horse to

hold the head too high, to pinch the

throat and pull out the tongue. This

is a mistake, as part of the drench may

go down the windpipe and bring on

mechanical pneumonia, resulting in

the death of the horse.



Hoof Sloughed off.—-I have a mare

14 years old.; about two weeks ago she

went lame in one hind leg. A SWelIing

appeared at cor-onet, leg stocked to

hock, pus commenced to ooze out of

heel and now the entire hoof has drop-

ped off. What do you advise me to do,

and as she is 14 years old it occurs to

me that she may not be worth much.

A. V. S., Deckerville, Mich—All things

considered, you had better destroy her.



Indigestion—I have a seven-year-old

Holstein cow out of condition; seems

weak, lies down great part of the time,

but she has fairly good appetite. Is on

clover pasture and is fed bran and

dried brewers’ grain twice daily. She

came fresh in June, has not yet been

bred. This cow has record and local

Vet. tells me she is 'worn out, but I

can’t believe it as she has always been

strong and rugged. A. R. G., Flint,

Mich—She should be fed plenty of eas-

ily digested nutritious food, and give

her 1 oz. of cooking soda, 1 oz. of gin-

ger and 1 oz. of ground gentian at a.

dose in feed two or three‘times a day.





Catarrh.—My chickens seem to have

cold in head, eyes water, and I might

say this is the first time my fowls have

been sick. We built a. new coop this

fall, not only the roof, but walls and

cement floor is wet. Is this the cause

of their sickness? E. G. D., Pittsford,

Mich.——-You should heat and dry your

new coop and keep it dry and free

from draft of cold air. Mix equal parts

of cooking soda, ginger and ground

gentian together and give each bird

one-eighth .part of a teaspoonful in

feed once or twice a day.





Young Bull Coughs—I have a Jer-

sey bull 11 months old that usually

coughs when drinking cold water and

occasionally when eating food.. There

is a bunch in throat and I have been

suspicious that he might have tuber-

culosis. Some of my neighbors tell me

that he might be troubled with worms,

but I have treated him for this ailment.

W. H. W., Barryton, Mich—Before

you purchased your young bull, you

should have had 'him tested with tu-

berculin to ascertain whether he had

tuberculosis or not. His coughing oc-

casionally does not necessarily indi-

cate that he suffers from this incur-

able ailment, but every breeder and

dairyman should have their cattle test-

ed w1th tuberculin to ascertain wheth-

own healthy or unhealthy cat-

tle.‘ pply one part iodine and nine

parts of fresh lard to bunch in throat





 

 





 





 

 

 

 





 

 





 

 





- January 16-





will be held at 4 p. m.





T. E. ROBSON_





 

 





in. 'Mioliigan~" Shorthorn

Breeders’ Association ’





' will hold its





, THIRD ANNUAL SHOW

1 AND SALE





WM. MILNE





Auctioneers





 





17-18, 1918. '





at the M. A. C.,- East‘ Lansing, Michigan





Judging the cattle will be done Wednesday

Jan. 16th. The annual meeting of the Ass’n





Jan. I7. Sale of cat-





tle on Friday Jan. I8 at I p. m.





Thirty-five females six with calves by .

their Slde and thirty-five young bulls. .





Plan to attend our meeting on Jan I7.

Banquet in evening. .





Send for Catalogue





W. W. KNAP P, Sales Manager





. Howell, Mich. ‘





ANDY ADAMS ‘





 





We will give you asquare deal.

Write for information.





BREEDERS’ DIRECTGRY.





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





We Other 3 Few Special Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a small investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding.





Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.

CATTLE.





WOODCOTE ANGUS





Trojan-Ericas and Blackbirds only Breeders of the

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

or the Grand Champion Bull at the International





Chicago 0

Ionia. Mich.





 





 





, f r1917. ‘

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM,





M. S. I]. AYHSHIRES





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

A. R. dams.. Also afew mature cows. Write for

particulars.





w. L. HOFFMAN, Steward,





School for the Deaf, Flint, Michigan





Registered Guernseys





Em: alway- tor ”all? Ma Rose Bhtgdain—Herd Tuber-

annu . ever ecto ——n

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' G uernseys-itififihfit‘l’ilifi‘.





:eulineteoted. Geo. Crawford. Bolton, M





GUERNSEYS mfg monastic. ism. .





 





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Michigan Live Slack Insurance cpany   ;





Home Office: Graebner Bldg., Saginaw, W. 5.. Michigan

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





This Company is backed by more than 500 of the best live stock farmers of th

more than $100,000 deposited with the State Treasurer as a guarantee of the oomp§§§tfiegggnggfig§





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





We issue individual and blanket policies covering an and all condltl --

policies. shipping policies. 30 day fouling policies. etc. y ons herd policies, “9‘“!!!





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

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





‘ Colon C. Lillie, Pros. and Supt. of Agte.

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





GgoERNSEsttrnimm

urcxs' amfliwi‘iidfifii’dtf‘tfit Mich '

Wayne. Michigan have on-





Avondale Slack Farm

to d 10 red

Guernsey Cattle in this Mighigaiimffiagli‘dfa 33%,

Sale at Jackson. Michigan. Dec. 27, 191i. .

Registered Guernsey bull cal-





. R

JOHN EBELS. Rs. 2. by 03° hrgii‘iiiif' Mich.





no. HOLSTEINS: '11 rd 3..

RButter Boy No. 93124. I) headed 3d at??? one:

28.58 in. milk on. Yearly record at 25 y 'buttu



READER. Bough. Mich





CLUNY STOCK FARM





100--REGISTERED HOBTEINs-doo

When you need a herd sire remember that 3we

have one of the best herds in Michigan. kept‘un-

der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

fiver 6 {nos olditregulairly tuberculin tested. . We

ayes ze. qua , an roducti econ-dc back.

ed by the best sir-hing ofpbreedinon r

Write us our wan





R. BRUCE McPHE ON,



coco tedi t r

A Good Huh later-3d 355.33%? $85: ”M

of the best and at prices within reach 0 all.

GEO. D. o'LARKE, - - - . user. Mich.





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Howell. Mich.





 





9 Pedigree StookrFarm of

Parham 8 stein cattle. Chester wfiiio wig:

extra bargins in calves and tall pigs. Bulls half rice.



_ B. B. PARHA . Bronson. Mich.



son on!) limbull am i -



$50 Gets den hter of De §9l gum.

tor Boy‘s rd. Her dam 18.96 . 2 yr. old. “ '



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W fill the United States for

them December 1325' inclusive.



We Show Firm But Uneven

Tana—Murcia“ and selling mova-

menw have continued rather light in

the producing. sectionsfrom a. combina-

tion (d influences as severe weather,

eat em and the waiting attitude

of both mm and buyers, but total

was about one—flourish larger than. last

mm very Ikht movement. Maine

continues a relatively heavy shipper

with m cal-ts», likewise Colorado with

2M care, and Idaho 186 cars, while the

northern like region shows an increase

over last. week. Reports from. various





- shipping; points west andi east suggest





probable: resumption: at! heavy move-





ment in. the latter part of the winter _





and early spring". Prices, although av-





eraging about steady show an uneven.





trend. Eaton and. northern markets

have been! fairly firm while various





western: paws appear slightly weaker, '

a natural relative condition» in View. of , .





the more! liberal; ofteriug. oil stock re»

posted 2:! western shipping and- mar-

ket sections. Presque Isle, Maine, re-

ports a new mice of Green Mountains

at angular 313.826; 33.89 per 100' lbs. bulk

from wagons compared with top figure

at $1.82 last week. Rochester, New

York, qmtes No. I round. whites um

ehangegt at 321561225 sacked t. 0. b1

A1 wide but higher range $185@2.08

£1. 0. h. sacked for N01. 11 round whites

prevaileei at Grand Rapids, _Mich2i-gam1.





Car shortage is reported a serious :

check on movement of stock. Sales. by

laws at other Michigan shipping





points range





sacked; track side at Waupacat, and $1

at various country loading points, with

some increase in both supply and de-

mand. Minnesota red river Ohi‘os have

maintained value at $1.501 in bulk from

wagons at Moorhead, holding steady

throughom. recent fluctuations in other

markets. Colonnade white stock sold at

”@115 sacked, from: wagons. and: $11.25

sacked f. o; b: in carioa-d's. Idaho and

northwestern. shipping points reached





$15.25 per 100' pounds sacked for choice ,





stock only, while general range was

“@1101 with a rather weak tone, but

many growers appeared. unwilling to

sell. In, the large cities the jabbing

price rams were uneven but with on»-

l'w. moderate changes either way. East-

em markets appeared stronger than

central and western; thus Michigan

round; whites were up 10c in New York,

jabbing: at $2.3’Z@2.50 per c'wt. in bulk

and up 56 in Boston: at $~2.40@2.4i5t

with a similar movement in. Maine

Green Mountains, but the Wisconsin»

round whites. in- Chicago were unchangr

ed‘ at $1.90 in bulk and weakened 5c

in Washington, Detroit, etc. Colorado

white stock sagged off from recent

tops m in southwestern markets

but fully maintained" the previousm

values at $1.70@2.35 p'er 1-60

lbs. sacked». General potato demand”

has been slow to moderate;





 





LIVE STOCK MEWS.





According to W. A. Wegand, who

was in the Chicago live stock market

recently with a shipment of two car-

loads at cattle which he had been feed-

ing for 60 days on corn,m molasses feed

and cottonseed meal, labor is very

scarce in Henderson county, Ill. He

led the cottonseed meal to help out the

soft corn. He stated that not much

corn. thereabouts is being cribbed, it

being so Sent that most of it is being

fed to cattle and hogs. Plenty of cat-

tie are being fed as well as the usual

number of. hogs, and there is sufficient

feed to provide for an average number

043'st next year.



‘ “Shortly alter the recent decline in:

We am has w D. Cartwright

M Wily. Me. was in the Chicago

my at Wilt]! 3 shipment 06 65 prime

to “ “653: averaged: 265 pounds

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at $1.30@1.50 sackedz3

Wisconsin round whi‘tes held at $1.25.





114W

fields»

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. opwnd consider the

lam-31:11 oi the right type and gamma





JANUARY





At 9:30 A.

The Central Michigan: Holstein»

Thirty-five he“! of unexpected-

especially fit for loom

heal. from the M- A. C. herd. and co

ness and all have reputations

and strengthen by

Youean donobettetthanfie

sale. Semi for catalog, to





Chas. A. Daniels, Secret





111119081111.htm





m! Michigan Breeders:- of whom. some





 





cc o! starting right with inundation:

teed right.





a! the Mickl;an Agricultural Cofloge, East Lansing, Mich... on





18th, 1918





M. Sharp



Breeders will sell}



and guarzmteed female-s that are

a consignment ofsn

meats eleven other Cen—

ave been I Hetime in the busi—

whicb they are pledged to maintain





cattleand dealingottbisanle.





cities new to makoyour. Mottbis





ary, 0km. Michigan.





 





 





mm ml 1cm thin. hub:- 11

poadhoen. Brookwatar feta! towel

won monoprizossot obs! Palm this you: 1111.1





H. W. MUMFOR‘D.

OWNER





CATTLE

FOR SALE timmhzgm “'1" W—





1.3. KNOW‘EES. - ”lion. Milo!





 





Modem Elficiency

Smack-r do» Set





PURE BRED

HOLSTEINS





Above 1111 on." Breeds





, Official bests have woven purebred.

Holsfiaitns give more milk. and butter-

1 fat 1'11: 91 lower cost of production. with

less "overhead” their any other breed.

Write for the has about me, pnofltable

E brace-nee.



I The Mbtein - F'rfusi‘an Amiufion

“America, M1641. Bradshaw... V11,





yum 1115112113





It“: production in an 1111119111 cod abillm. Good can

most. boibred manod‘bpuve-bred' bulls- if progress in"

11mm a (robe mad

Extract L‘. 8. Dept. of- Agric. Bulletin.





   

   





 





 





 





 





 





Kano iv a» great. "Milk" Bull havingc tthe ubillty to

transmit largo mill}: and‘ butter nkmd‘uc tlmb





om 5.00020

mfi‘gfiegw‘f Butter 1 dsyo 30.87 lbm

)M’ilk 385- dnrs' W lbw

Bis Dani’s Record!" Butter 36‘.) dogs 2 '





84

Handsome” mulled". about 5‘ white. Price m.





To Sell

rimming sdcattle writeup youo went:

before placing; you- order elsewhere.





L. E. CORNELL, Faydte, Ohio

WI NWOO D H E R D





H‘oltoli‘c'k.



Reference: ow.- State Bunk. Promo-m Mob.

Flint lbs-cu Ill-h out!”

1?;‘3: '3”... ”an ill“ ‘33.“... 1&1 9' *



vet 111 o r n»

an? den norm-d 68° M13111: b01111. made over manage

11m in bym. In in cow we are looking

301' to deliver the Begum“. lift? pl'ecriest'Bby' thm in

071ml.” 3051 1117- e 311111138





Her-butter tat testie5.27. T Hooks

wt rightto totho man who goes to the cmamury.

hsvghDuWCalm MIMZMsmflmutmlfl-fo:

tibia-la flatware! poioes- all 0111008 A1. B 0. Honors.



1 Wr—Itovi tel 1111 the kind 0! n bul‘l' you want.





John H. Winn. (lnc. ,) “clean. Mich.





FOR 8813 011. registered Enlist-sin bull onl‘r Slide

twenty nearest than have ‘7. da. mommy. 25. a? M»

butter. Dam to, tented. Aflnely marked. growthy

indivh‘hill. Long! eiw I'm-m. R. 3 BonIOA. Roche-(er. Itch.





t) CHOICE Holstein b l-‘l’s nearly old enough for

£3.53?" .1323?" mm" 117333“ “m“

an s um’soémm 0 mac

avers 8411b: butter Dam of onlflfl lbs13‘b1fitters7dayn

m ”2y .-ol‘d. M'ermper cemfatll. Bird

bylelb.|mllBandoutotn1+lb

O. L. BRODY wner.

Oboe Paton any





Butter Fat Counts





Holstein 1311inem Calves “ti-0%.}? 11.0311 $1.12“ Dam





'Fhefidmdm I! d

1.11.11 lust”a “cow an





' ' Bull Owl! born Mar. ’7. 0 individual

“omen a 1129 winner from 29. lb. Site and

28‘; lb. Agiold am. Price low.





uninr 2.31. -old.

01113 1111011, Mich.

Three Rivers. Ml l.oh





(11‘8st coma

dwin lWSM‘ Lewis. Marshall Mich.





 





 





. ~ - - - - - Oavosso, Mlch'

bull andheifor cakes for sale

Rog .Holstein Extra heavy milking demo.

0.11. [ELITE U- W. - - - Ohmos. Mich.

311111131119. 1:58: by gang“. arson (1:! Frlbtnd Renae:-

ve o» 1 (1 mo mat.-

reoord blrcul‘l hits for photos and prices





38-

etc. aOntoxmrou Nkyllolsulpm Hum. Dmu' sCmnMI-fch





. GR SAL





' from ll Wold» m For“ e. our 82

no! It huge-(3:: . flit 9111‘

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Jerseys and Dome Jerseys





MW. M|=ho' Re 70





- hunt FamormPrioeB.





rMuPlIorson Farm Cm, Howell, Mich. -

I AlwaysHave Holstein: '





.1. smnrnonus my“ .

111.... $132....





 





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“gm.b:..1‘szgwta§.rtta ”31m“: 3.3.319;

any 0 er

Boar Pi, and Yearling. F on Sale.-

BROOTK WATER FARM “#213332"





 





 





OAK LEAF FARM





Herd sire Bonn-we Pontiac cums,» King one: Reg-

l‘sb’erodl Holstein bull ethos filom the nbm e sine u hose

glam 110111111119 milk and butter (32%) rocordfor 7 do}:





mm the

E. I. GEAIH‘ART A 80:27.81. l Marcellus. Mich.

Bull ml '03 Pont‘m'c Korndrlc

“‘1' Balsam en‘fiervel'dIDoKol-‘Breefl

01111 A. like Warren, Mich





red Holstein lrulhrrendy for service

3011.. sire and A.R. 0.





m WEE“ bull ashes fmm'

thins with rent owls up to 2511M

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3-HOLSTEIN BULLS--3





031M111 FIN). 1





l 2 Ready for service“ LongBecch Farm. Augusta. Mich





: ' 11.1w.» springlnmlllzh grade 301mm

car W com produce 50 to 6811113: when- fresh .

'. . $.53.“ 119150 111: Wisconsin Farm.





 





I” EDB‘INGTON Brighton, Illinois

. 'lmnsl 123m. old‘. lightin «1111120111. dam. 30





mm: bull ash-'98 wifihout a are 3%.

BIWIY 9. PIERSO 0N. ~ Kud‘leg'). M‘wh





HEREFflllllS





ALLEN BROS.

PAW PAW, MICE.

H e refo rds Effie‘fé‘f"§§§2i°:l:§ 321":

0.





Both sexes either polled or horned L

MCCARTY. 800‘ y Mich. H. B. Ass' 11 Bad Axe, Mich.





13"!“th :Il‘ from high-pml'n dial: with

mi-ofloid' test. 0 o.“'ll§“:"°. fcgfiog'uzsloflci





Jersey Bull‘s For Sale

Ready for! service Mei St. La breeding;

WW 3 Waterman. mhord- Rd; narArbor. M-iclu





 





 





 





 





 





 





illie Farmstesdlorse Cubic. 3 bulls; readytor ser-

vice. out of 11.11: M‘ 1121111110 he” embretlto hs

on next; fall. Oblou 0. Lillie. (loopersvll‘le. Miolu





Two registered Jerse b ll cl 3 i -

5' s'bdid‘llndlvld‘u n-ls. Good‘ yg‘nu 03s. vgnrlowgo

coll. LontVoiw Inns. ll. 3 Bo: 10A. ochester Mich.





FORM Snlb 3 hcows. 3 yrs. old with recordb. 1 bei‘tcr2

211 ci teml u- and. 211.111.. calm. “mils

111111.018 out of an imported daughter Noble of Out-

lim’d'. For 08 and podigmees write»

FREDA. ENNAN. Boo. - ~ — Cbpoc. Mich.





Choice Bulk gags-mag; Jimmie",

rig-“1:231 Union". 00 flmflwetbog or nwri§ (or

9 11.111.

Evin Bald!!!» Guise, Mioht. Phone lib-5

F OR SALE ffi‘FT‘lJTWB‘m

(1 n‘



SMITH and PARKER. 1&4, Howell, B23011.



APLE Bane R of M. Jersey Keri-11‘ be for



of M. cows, daughtersofi of! M1 cowsg‘gufl- 21:11:91:





11 tel: 1.5311191 and bull's. Alla f-rom500 lb dams.

I - - All-m Mich.





Shannon tattle oi hill Sex term

W..W. mun. Moll. Hm.

“Mm—Datum beef bred. Kremlin stock all-





colour-111nm prim. Wflmm.

leer. Gout Itch" Silo-thorn» Index-6 Assn. Nanda. Hob.





 





 





 





 





 





:stock for





sale; I. 8. TIM wenmfius





BlllWEll. .. .. .. ..





5Bulls ready for service. 16 months to 2.1153111 for

sale; also good Scotch-topped cows and‘haitom. Mod

em. 81km twy One hour from Toledo,

Ohio. ..Y 0. y.” Visitors Welcome. Write 118-





BRDNWELL STOCK FARM

an 3, Tooumoolt, Mich {jam

horthom mt 31110.5 bulls Scotch to 111 to 14 11103..



31mm.fwhite 1 red. 1-815009 150110th

walton- Sultan.“ 05%. 0. Carlson. Leroy. Mich,

' theorlgln lmll’ksb l

Bites Short 0"" buMHs 81110:. old :«sflmfigg

11710 to 3200. J. B. EU MEL. 8.8011 ioh.

. Balls 9 mos. 11012 H no-

31311,“)!!qu ”good milking cowtogrloces-fm

mublb COLLAR 3308.. R. 2. sum. Mich.

{Mann-thorns: -—Bu1| call! 5 mom. 1:» a G d'.





.llouofllepeube ny- damby' son

A m {males '5'. E. 1163113. tintigue'





 





 





use“;





.. “11.11112" use; Mfi‘hmw





' Mton thickens included.





. Bred to once! the-3





 





Beginners in. Holstein Breedingl'"”“fi"”’““m





The W; are job-bins prices and.‘





3.3. Glycosauos. noon-mo. 11 0 11111111111. 111m





Shorthorns. mm.” gym





. hat,‘1ch.

SHOBTHORNS. Butterfly Sultan. half brother to

0 “In" a F I‘





 





bu n.m.m41m rs. 11m. 1. b



"or stile. “Rog. Sitarthomn Two can bulls. 01101.3

Union. and‘ one Rod men». 0 .



J. A. BATCHELER. - - Howell, Mich.





 





W Shorthorns and Pol'lled Durhams. 20110111! cows

he {fund young bulb Sultan- Ducless and

.Hdlbtod. 3.1.01'5011. Iicl'r.





Shaken: mm?”





Men

Men 6 Gym} Obmpom

vicar tr. ”glob:





Mm 8.5. Road





We have for immediate delivery MEM1vIIOroL

bred registered! at

31an Durban". Milkl strain-Scotch l.to'p'pod'

0119 nylon cow. Mary-8011.131 seven yrs. 0 ld‘. with

calf Maplewood Martin. 51- 75941 Also one better

calf. An. 1!). 1917. Faces milling strain. Advance

0 den or sprinaoalwa. both sexes.

Moira Ind! rsoyr-Advnnoo orders for spring

bu)! (bk 9:. Bloodlinosnn application.



ml'te lndDuroc Hoar-Alimitedn-um

b" 0659:! and Bow pigs. Write fior full description





WWEE mums. Iron—mam m.





Cattle For Sale‘





Bank have and two bub amriing atom.





on: when L2» fairies? um“. Eton





1:3. Whose 11113011111.





noes. .

DUROC SOWS AND

GILTS





bred to Orions Fancy King 83857 the biggest 111;.

of his use ever show 111 at the International weighed

66011115. at 14 months. k‘25 “15.26 months. Catap-

Lexus giving breeding amd description oi- 305mm

malts. Bead) for mail i112.





Newton Bernhard, SLJolms, Mich.

305311101: hmfl'opf. luv Pip





out ofa tter of twelflve with the rich blood of Proud-

el-ry in; and his ancestors bac k to Oh any Kink.

and through the dam to Prim 1116 4 th, Orion Olin“! w

Bel! 5th, Jack s Friend and' Cherry 3 1113.? me. (- an

1113 two to of thomv at $2.3 eat h. The fimObeok s-

t em; Also 111118 11 fine Delnine ram. register-.411

American and Dblaine- Merino A'snm iation. Wei

approximateh one hundred and fifty lbs; ’lhofllrlt

check for twenty Jive dollars gets him. Your money

back if not. pleased with pl 3 or ram. Addrom

Lakeflelcl Faun) cape '0 John E. Lambert. 80.

Virginia Park. . Detnobt. Mich. . -





 





 





‘ FMS Orion (UhiefiPerflection No: m. and‘Jen- .





mngel’llot‘ Wonder No.73378.’1‘woout8tmdln boon

of big type and. excellent qualify All “lootegl‘nvm

'ty 0 smooth-sows.’rhr1bofty1. smooth. lungs boned spring

mend choice sown-1t. very





mm from the”

he Jennings F11 rmm Baileymdlkh'





reasonable prices





D'UROC S 13331"; ”TEE..?§°€.11""""‘





J. H. BANGHART, . aiming. Mick.





 





' offers; Registered Spring Boers. tried

'mmunl brood sows. One Great Herd Boar; Write





 





your wants. Or] ro L. Dobsou. Quincy. Mich.



Sprin Hts um!

Du roc Jerse 1.111 3.5.. m...

son. I. D. HEYDENBER Way-lund‘. Mich.





 





[TROCS for sale. 1 fnwll'boar 7 Spring boars.

breed inc. Write for description and pr 0311‘

J. D. CRANE dz SON Plainwell. Mich





gglgngIgf.§DMgw megstingsm Mich.





page Jerseys—- homo! tholwge heavy boned!

the “inning stock. prices reasonable, ty'ape

breeding considerodl also-glitch nodI 60.111111 or CW

plonvbolr for spring furrow. I..J 01061:, R 1- Ionmoe, lick





DUROC JERSEY 30W S





your? hours in Mink. for Mat.

30 . Romeo; Miclh





 





 





 





furrow.





A FEW Dbroc Jersey in ed gilt. hot sale; Some

extra good full boars.

W. o. TAYLOR. - - . Milan. Mich.





200 silks bred for April furrow $35 to {40-11111 year-

3%) bred for April furrow $45 (0350 wght 1’75 lb. to





flood for 10 days. 11.0. Keauler. Cassopo'is. Mich.





 





Di. ROOfi Jersm 11. Orders booked now forearly spring

igos.‘L KINg. I. Rodi cools 83-. 00. eggs in season.

R. 6, Ann Arbor. Mich.





F 0 R KS A L E 13351.30 “35?in Monro'BLL.





Station‘A. m 4. Bay Cl 'ty, Mich.





B O~ A R 8

0 Big growthv fellows.

thbe kind that pleases.

CO. D. and: pay express.

J. CARhL DJCEWETT, Mason, Mich.





Big Type O. I. C’s.





Stool! of all ages for sale. We showed at {our state

Mrs and won more chempionu' and Grand ghnmpiom

i: an all the other breeders together doubl won

le!‘ feeder 1.1141- Exhibtor at mcry 1551'er show-

ed. We reed the best. We sell the best. We Gums-

too them to- be the bet- t. rite your wants. Go: out

flute-103110. We silly-icon approval

GRAN LL and SON Cass City. M'lcfl.





 





U. I.- 8 Choice S‘prlnm boom and slits onto! pom

v winniu stock. All stock guaranteed. The

ion: bodied and‘A





low prices.





Raise Chester Whites i





i 3 Like This

., . ab original bis prom-care





HAVE Whom;

1.9.11.th you.





my (refit herd In every communi





are: new:

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“estere fall u£iUE§DF bofJSserx‘os‘ 1‘ base.

13.3, Vassar. lob.

HM cacti. Ads. on 1-...” a





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Markets. '





«I mmummunnnnummuunnuunnmflumumnumum

GRAINS AND SEEDS





December 31, 1917.



WHEAT.——The recent active demand

for wheat continues. Mills are taking

cars as rapidly as they appear. This

is due to the very healthy condition of

the flour trade in which a large amount

of business has been transacted at mod-

erate margins. One year ago No. 2

red wheat sold on the local market at

51.83%; per bushel. Present 'Detroit

prices are: Cash No. 2 red $2.17; No.

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



CORN.——Corn prices on the local

market show a general decline of 7@

100 for the past week. Although the

total corn supply of. the country is

sufficient to even force values below

the present quotations, the scarcity

of cars is such as to make it im-





 

 





 





possible to take care of the demand at .





points outside of the heavy producing

sections. There has been no improve-

ment during the past week, cold weath-

er having added to the difficulties of

the transportation men. While this

cold weather is unfavorable for mov-

ing the grain, it is assisting mater1ally

in improving the keeping qualities of a

large per cent of ths year’s harvest.

Farmers would probably sell the grain

in considerable quantities if interior

elevators could secure cars for ship-





ment. A year ago N o. 3 corn was quot-

ed locally at $1.011/2 per bushel. Last

week’s Detroit quotations were:

. No. 3 N o. 3

Mixed. Yellow

Wednesday ......... 1.95 2.00

Thursday .......... 1.95 2.00

Friday ............. 1.95 2.00

Saturday ........... 1.95 2.00

Monday ............ 1.95 2 00





Chicago—January corn $1.263/g per

bu; May $1.24%.



0ATS.—Oats showed a small gain in

values last week. Buyers have been

active with considerable quantities go-

ing abroad. Home consumption of this

grain is also on a large scale. Receipts

have been very moderate. One year

ago standard oats were quoted here at





579. Last week’s Detroit quotations

were:

No.3

Standard. White.

Wednesday ............ 811/2 81

Thursday .............. 811/2 81

Friday ................ 82 81%

Saturday .............. 831A; 83

Monday ............... 821/2 82

Chicago—December oats 780; Jan-

uary 787730; May 757/3c.

RYE—Offerings have been small





with some improvement in the demand

which brought about an advance of

one cent on the local market Saturday.

Cash No. 2 is now quoted at $1.84.

BEANS-«This trade is inactive with

the price showing a small decline for

the week. Cash beans are now quoted

on the Detroit market at $12.10 per

cwt. In Chicago general conditions of

the trade are unchanged. Supplies are

increasing. Michigan hand-picked pea

beans are quoted there at $13.25 per

cwt; red kidneys $17 for fancy.

PEAS.~——This trade is steady and

slow, with field varieties quoted at

$650637 per cwt. in Chicago.

SEEDS.—Supplies are scarce and the

market is firm. Prime red clover at

$16.50; alsike $14.25; timothy $3.70.





FLOUR AND FEEDS





FLOUR.———Jobbing lots in one—eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Stan-

dard patent $11.15; spring patent

$11.30; rye flour $10.50@10.70 per bbl.



FEED—In 100-lb. sacks jobbing lots

are: Cracked corn $81; coarse corn

meal $77; corn and oat chop $60 per



' ton. (We have failed to secure satisfac-

tory quotations on bran and 'mid-

dlings).



HAY.-~In 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 tim. $29.50@30;

No. 2 timothy $27@27.50; No. 1 light

mixed $28@28.50; No. 1 clover mixed

$296030; No. 1 clover $29@30 a ton.



STRAW.—In carlots on track at De-

troit: Wheat and oat straw $10.50@

11; rye straw $11.50@12.





DAIRY PRODUCTS





BUTTER—The demand for butter is

...rather quiet and market steady. Fresh

,crj‘eamery firsts 471/20; fresh creamery

extras 4.90.. -



. ,Chicago.~¢-A firmer feeling exists, and

are .%c higher: Creamery extras





 





 





 

 





   





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_ .CHEESE.—Michigan flats 2354c per

lb; New York ‘fiats 25c; brick 27140;

long horns 27 1Ac; Michigan daisies

241,50; Wisconsin daisies 25%c; Wis-

consin double daisies 25111.0} domestic

Swiss 35@40c for prime to fancy; «lim-

burger 28@29c.





POULTRY PRODUCTS





POULTRY.—(Live).——The poultry

market is active and prices higher. Of-

feringsare not sufficient to meet the

demand and everything of good quality

is taken.

27c; hens 20@26c; ducks 27@280 per

lb. geese 26@27c; turkeys 30@3lc.



Chicago.—(Live).——Offerings are lib-

eral and everything in good demand

except fowls. Fowls 18c; spring

chickens 231/20; ducks 23c; geese 22@

23c; turkeys, good 25@260. (Dressed).

——Fowls 23@24c; ducks, fancy 26c;

geese 24c; turkeys 32@32%c.



EGGS.—Eggs are in good demand

and market steady. Fresh firsts 500.

Chicago—Eggs are in small supply

and prices are higher. Fresh Michigan

firsts sell for 56@57c; ordinary firsts

52@54c; miscellaneous lots, cases in-

cluded 50@55c.





FRUITS+VEGETABLES





POTATOES.——On Saturday the De-

troit market ruled steady with Michi-

gan round whites of good quality and

in good condition selling at $2@2.10

per cwt. The Cleveland market paid

$2.15 for the same grade of Michigan

stock; Cincinnati market $2.10@2.20;

Pittsburgh $2.25@2.30; New York $2.25

@237. The general tone of the potato

market is steady. The federal govern-

ment is undertaking a campaign to en

courage the general consumption of po-

tatoes which it is believed will give

support to prices throughout the re-

mainder of the season, despite any gen-

eral improvement in traffic conditions.



CABBAGE—Local trading in cab-

bage is very slow, in fact no sales have

been reported here the past few days.

At Cleveland Danish stock is bringing

$55 from jobbers; the Cincinnati trade

is paying $55@60; Pittsburgh $47.50,

while Chicago ‘is giving $40@42 for

Holland stock.



APPLES—The local market has

been very dull during the holiday week.

Prices are about steady with the best

Yorks at $5(‘ag5.25 and Greenings at

$3.75@4 for ungraded. The Pittsburgh

market is steady, as are also Chicago,

Cincinnati and Cleveland.





 





 





 





CHICAGO.





 





December 31, 1917.



Cattle were in such meager supply

during the first half of Christmas week

that in spite of the holiday and the

general substitution of poultry for

beef, pork and mutton, prices were

largely 25@50c higher. Subsequently

much larger receipts caused a reac-

tion, and prices became largely lower,

the better class excepted. The zone

system has made further demonstra-

tion of its inefficiency as a supply dis-

tributor and price stabilizer. The re—

ceipts have ran largely to short-fed

steers, with not many steers selling be-

low $10 or above $13, the better class

of heavy steers going at $13.75@14.25

and pretty good lots of steers taken at

$12.25 and upward, while a medium

grade sold at $11.25@12.20. Plain to

fair light weight steers sold at $10@

11.20, common to plain steers at $8.75

((1995 and inferior little steers to a

limited extent at $7.50 (£8.70. The best

yearling steers found uyers at $13.50

@14, with good lots taken at $12.30 and

over and sales down to $9@10 for the

commoner lots. About all 'the steers

marketed have had some corn, but the

poor quality of the grain has made a

poor grade of beef. The best demand

is fOr cheap cattle, and killers compete

with country buyers for steers on the

feeder order. Butcher stock has sold

especially well, cows going at $6.90@

10.25 and heifers at $6.50@12.50, while

cutters sold at $6.40@6.85: canners at

$5.70@6.35 and bulls at $6.50@12.

Calves were active sellers at $15@16

for the better class of light weight

vealers down to $6@11 for inferior to

good heavy calves. There was a mod-

erate traffic in stockers and feeders,

these cattle selling mostly at 37.50617

10.25, with a few inferior little stock

steers taken as low as $6.25@7.25. The

outlook is better apparently for cheap

and middling priced cattle than for the

well-finished cattle. This is explained

by the unwillingness of most people to,

pay the high prices.asked in the retail

butcher shops for choice cuts of beef.



Hogs underwent such good advances

in prices recently because of small re-

ceipts that owners shipped in greatly

increased numbers, and this enabled

the packers and others to make pur-





chases at much reduced figures for all





   





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them- getting in too late far the day's





market. No large numbers of pigs

were marketed during the week; and

stock pigs were especially wanted, the

best of these selling at a good premi-

um. The government has been a big

buyer of provisions, and recent pur-

chases from fourteen large packers

were the' heaviest of any contracts

made in the history of the trade. On

the high day prime hogs brought $17.30

but on Saturday hogs sold at $15.75@

16.80, comparing with $15.50@16.85 a

week earlier. Pigs brought $11.50@

15.50, while stock pigs brought $14.75

@15.50.. Prime light hogs sold 10@150

below t0p figures.



Sheep, yearlings and lambs were

marketed in quite moderate numbers

last week, and after the Christmas hol-

iday fat lambs sold higher under the

influence of -a good demand. The re-

ceipts ran mainly to western fed lambs

with a few good-sized shipments of

western yearlings and ewes. No im-

portant quotable changes took place in

sheep or yearlings, but lambs advanc-

ed 40@50c and even more in some in-

stances. Lambs closed at $12.75@16.75,

yearlings at $11.50@14, wethers at

$11.40@13, ewes at $5@11.75, bucks at

$7.50@9.50, breeding ewes at $11@13

and goats at $4.50@8. -



Horses were in such unusual supply

during Christmas week that buyers

were unable to force a decline in pric-

es, despite the limited general demand

except for army horses. Farm chunks

were quotable at $60@150 for poor to

good ones, drafters at $185@265 and

drivers at $100@200. .





 





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





Pretty nearly all of the remaining

prime fat corn-fed heavy cattle, as well

as about all of the prime little year-

ling steers and heifers, were marketed

during the week of the International

Live Stock Exposition, and since then

there has been a beggarly showing- of

prime beeves. It is the prevailing

practice upon the part of stockmen

owning cattle to market them after a

short feed or after a short warming up,

and prices for prime cattle are little

more than nominal. For instance, on

the Monday preceding Christmas week

there was one sale of prime cattle at

$14.50 per 100 pounds, and the next

best sale took place at $13.50. There

are plenty of cattle in most feeding

districts, but in average grading they

are not any toogood. Quotable changes

of late have been mainly in a down-

ward direction, with breaks of as much

as 15 to 25 cents in a single day, and

rallies now and then on smaller offer-

ings. Quite recently many complaints

have been made regarding the poor

quality of the soft corn, and in numer-

ous instances it is frozen and so bad

that cattle will not eat it. Many farm-

ers are salting their marketable grain

when cribbing, and it has been found

to keep well.



R. S. Elliott, of Simms, Montana,

marketed in Chicago, a short time ago,

a consignment of cattle and hogs,

which included 65 head of cattle and

23 hogs, one of which tipped the scales

at 773 pounds when loaded on his

ranch. Mr. Elliott bought a section of

Montana land a year ago last autumn

and has almost paid for it from his

crops and live stock. A good deal of

irrigation is carried on in that part of

the country, as well as considerable

dry farming. He raises a great deal of

wheat, and uses a tractor for plowing,

having one field a mile long and plow-

ing four rows at a time. Farmers are

feeding wheat thereabouts to the live

stock, there being no oats or barley.

Hay is s lling for $25 a ton in Great

Falls. L st winter Mr. Elliott paid as

high as $45 a ton for bay to carry his

cattle through.





Vincent ~Pelzer, of Johnson county,

Iowa, reports plenty of hogs feeding

thereabouts, but fewer cattle than us-

ual. There is an abundance of grain

for feeding, but a shortage of rough-

age. The draft has taken so many

farm workers that there is a serious

lack of farm help.





The Janesville, Wisconsin, Commer-

cial Club is distributing 110 head of

breeding ewes among the farmer boys

of Rock county in that state, the ob-

ject being to encourage the sheep

breeding industry. Great enthusiasm

is shown by the lucky boys who will

obtain the ewes, and more requests

for eWes have been received than could

be complied with. The ewes are being

placed all over ‘the county, going to 37

farms. Those securing them sign a

note for one year, with six per cent

interest for payment. The plan meets

with general approval, and is. highly

commended, by- a prominent sheepman

of Burlington, Wisconsin, who feeds

over 20,000 sheen and lambs a year.

There- is a big crop (of cattle and





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for two montfishadcmv'iigli coll“ fig

. ' orn r “

but some cribbing ge y soft.

the corn was caref

thought the sorted grain will keep.“

There is a good outlook fora normal

crop next spring1 .

Feeding districts generally are car-J

rymg plenty of cattle, and the diaposi-i





 

 





 





 





 





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is quite general. In fact, hardly any

stock feeders are willing to hold their





cattle long enough to make them really .





choice, and so few prime corn-fed

heavy steers and yearlings are market- »





ed that prices for such grades are *“





scarcely more than nominal. Most of

the cattle marketed are short fed, and

there is quite a showing of warmed—up

stock. ' -' -

The Son Line has instructed its agri-





cultural representative, R. J. Little, to ,

encourage the farmers of northern Min- . '





nesota and Wisconsin to utilize their





cut-over lands by starting in breeding ,





a few sheep. The big ranchers are not

addressed, as they are able to take

care of themselves, but the small farms

ers are encouraged to breed at least a

few ewes with the view of gradually in-

creasmg their breeding operations as

they become expert in the industry.

These lands are not valuable, and the

sheep are well adapted for brush clean-

ing. A cooperative system of credits

has been arranged whereby the busi-

ness men of the community investigate

the financial and business standing of

the farmer, and, if found to be satis-

factory he is rec'ommended to the local

bank for credit, his notes being vouch-

ed for by business men. The plan is

for the sheep to be set to work clearing

up the brush lands at the start and

then to sow tame grass seed. In the

course of a year or two the land can

be broken up for crops, and in the

meanwhile the farmers can have a

[good cash return from their sheep,

lambs and wool clips. Many farmers

start in on too large a scale before

learning how to manage their flocks,

and this plan is'discouraged by the

best authorities. ~ .



Progressive farmer-stockmen are

wasting no time in delaying engaging

extensively in breeding hogs, taking

heed of the request of the food admin-

istration bureau to increase the pro-

duction of hogs at least 15 per cent.





Many of them have bought good num— _





bers of stock pigs for feeding, and this

branch of industry has grown to large

proportions. During the month of No-

vember about 246,000 head of stock

pigs and hogs were shipped from the

sixteen leading markets of the country

to farming districts, comparing with

only about 16,000 head shipped during

the same time in 1916., These markets

shipped out to feeding districts during

the first eleVen months of 1917 a total

of 537,391 feeding pigs and hogs, com-

paring with only 144,596 for the corres-

ponding time in 1916. There were

thirteen other markets which made no

returns a year earlier which shipped

out 70,437 stock pigs and hogs to feed»-

ing‘districts during November. The

corn states are full of soft corn, which

can be utilized in no better way than

by feeding growing pigs. At the pres-

ent time farmers are marketing mainly

hogs of only medium weight, the re-

cent Chicago receipts having averaged

207 pounds, comparing with an aver-

age weight one year ago of 192 pounds,

189 pounds two years ago, 229 pounds

three years ago and 215 pounds four

years ago. Hogs are sure .of being in

active demand for a long time to come,

and owners should watch the market

closely and select a favorable time for

marketing. In some recent weeks the

market has been greatly overstocked,»

causing severe breaks in prices. When-

ever the price has declined below the

$16 plane owners have stopped market-

ing freely. The domestic and export

demands for provisions show no signs

of falling off in volume, and there is





no danger of producing too many hogs. .





Provisions have shared in the advance





in hog prices, and within a short time .





pork has sold for $46.50 a barrel, com-

paring with $27.25 a year ago,-with





lard and other hog products showing .





similar advances.



The Canadian provincial

ments are taking steps calculated to

encourage farmers to

largely in breeding hogs. The province.





of Saskatchewan is anxious to do its ,, .

part by assisting the .farmers to buy_'





breeding sows in the same manner it.

has been aiding in cattle breeding. The .

plan is for the provincial goverhme’nt’

to sell to farmers unbred sows at from

$10@20 per head below the ricesot

sows which have been bred. , t is'aisg"

planned to make sales of purebred

yearling boars, including then

{wig-1e, Tamworth/tend I Berkshire i I;

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with m=-cmers ‘ which are steady.

5‘ Best ' v steers hensvgrrso; best

honey 1: “ Butcher steers $9.75@





W



54% “9’; Weller cows $7@8-. common

230's dream; canners 55.25a5-75; ‘

'Nst I! “ bulls $8.50@9‘; bologna

tens a": .50; stock was ”@559.

leaders .(510@8.§;; stowagfimcy .45; .

um - 1 ' are My '. -



9 rm n we. sold pigeon r. 0...;





11056.75, 8 cutters av 875 fit 86;





" Mich. Bo' CU. 2

' allows av 1027





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av 903 at





_ .68, 4 steers av 950 at $9.75: to Newton





. 817; "fair lambs $16@16.—50; light to





av 65 at $16.50.





.333 lambs av 73 at $16.50, 3 00 av 95 at

> ,31550, No av 70 at $16.59, 3 do w 95





fiat. $16.,50,;’1 she * ' 150 at $11, 2 do

‘ :fiv‘140 at 210.50% av '80 at $17.

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* . January 3, 1918.





, Receipts 1215. .Market strong and





and heifers $8.50@

butchers . 57.506128;

We “.75@7.25; best cows





use; mixed: ween

9.50; '





3’

a

9

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to Na- '

av 1120 at $10.50.

‘50; to Gerber 4



~ 1520 at 11;





' P Co. 17 steers-

'1'$o av use “811.

Jam/982m? 19,1 12w

w Hammad, 3. & Co. . .

at $9, 16 Where av 572 at 5 .35; to“

steers av 875 at $0.50, '

‘55”‘50'6 “i" 5% 92° '

at 6.2 2&0!” at , s s v

07.5$ “5310.26, 2 cows, av 925 at $6. 8

butchers av 662 in. ~ 5 ac av 906' at

$0.4douv9‘42a-t ,_3~doav 753m

7’; to TWeon 4 steers av 960 at.

10,9éoev80-4at09,w ,

720.50, 13 “ av 990 at $10.25; to Bres-

' n 13 Mixers av 060 at $6.25, 19 do

“.35, 15 do av 800. at $6; to

an 1?. Co. 10 We av 9’10 at $7.25,

a do av we at We. 6 do av 1933‘ at



7.85,- 13 um. av hrs at $10.35. to



' than“: 13 butchers {“1823 at



.30; it titer 3' We av 1200 at

£3.50; to Na '1 19.60. 3 Mills av 1370

100' $8.50; te , ewton- F. Co. 25 steers av

m at $10.60;; to Kamman E. Co. 6

Where av 018' at $0, 7 do av 914 at $9.



-fleMum, K._& J. said Thompson

4 butchers av 876 at $0.40, 1 cow wgh

mat 31.50% 1 mm ‘25" 1180 at $7.50, 4

(son’s av 11 2 at $8. 1,





H lingers av :12

at 8.75; to yman tc ere av .

at 57.40, 5 do av 658 at $7.40; to Fine-

man 4 do av 1050 at $7.50, 4 do av 745

at $7.25; to Bresnahan &> K. 6 cutters

av 900 at $6, 4 do av 1042 at $6, 3 do

av 990 at $6; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 ch

av 1200 M88, 2 do av 1246 at 88.50; 00 7

Parker, W. & Co. 18 butchers av 605 at

$7; to Mason B. Co. 4 steers av 947 at

$10.50, 1 cow wgh 1180 at $10, 1 bull

Wgh 1490 at $9; to

do wgh 930 at $6, 4 cows av 947 at $7,

2 do av 1125 at $8.50; to Mich. B. Co.

4 steers av 760 at. $9, ‘5 do av 760 at

$7.25, 4 do av 1107 at $10.50. 1 ball wgh

545 at $6.75 1 do W h 1100 at $7.50, 1

‘cow wgh 1500 at 8 .25, 3 do av 1010

at $8.25.



Erwin, S. & J. sold Mich. B. CO. 27

steers av 1040 at $10.60, 2 cows av 1085

at $6.50, 10 butchers av 750 at $7.80,

5 steers av 896 at $9, 2 bulls av 1086 at





19.00. 2 coWs av 705 at $7.50, 3 do av

1017 at $7, 6 came av 916 at $5.75,

1 bull wgh 1080 at $8.50, 5 do av 834 at

$8.50, 8 butchers av 747 at $8, 6 cows

av 1000 at $7.50, 1 do wgh 950 at $6.50,

11 steers av 1057 at $11, 2 do av 1000 at

89; to Bresnahan & K. 2 oxen av 1440

at $6.50, 6 earth-era av 880 at $5.85, 8

do av 825 at $6; to Rattkowrsiry 5

butchers av 4‘60 at $6.50, 7 do av 700

at $8, 4 do av 5-75 at $6; to Kamman

B. CO. 6 (10 av 990 at $8, 1 bfl‘ll wgh 1140





at $8.25. '

Veal Calves.

Receipts 576. Market easier. Best





$16.50; others $8@15.



ErnmS. a .7. sold Hammond, s. a:

C0. 3 av 155 at 317, 2 av 95 at $12.50,

6 ac 100 at $17; to Thompson 5av

145 at $17, 4 av 140 at $16.50, 5 av 1.40

at $12, 5 av 140 at $17; to Newton

CO. 14 av 135 at $16.25.



McMu‘llen, K. & J. sold Hammond, S.

& Co. 2 av 205 at $9, 10 av 126 at

$16.50, 16 av 159 at 11.7.



”(up and MM.



Receipts 438. Market strong 25@500



higher than last Week. Best lambs





common lambs $14.25@15; fair to good

g§%%.$9@11.50; culls and common $6





Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co.

10 lambs av 78 at $16.75, 16 do av 80 at

$17, 56 do av.“80 at $17, 6 sheep av 95

It $8.50,. 56 do av 95 at $11, 41 lambs





Sande}, S. B. & G. sold Mich. B. Co.





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THERE SEEMS 11> BE only one solution of

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corn this year to bags“ was at fast at





190m WHO mm to feed it om'twiackiy

M M a many mm to their feodi

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do not Merlook on.

very ham: Moi which is doubly essen-r

M m present muons.





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mom 01160! We breed feeding condi-

tions, and the you! More always attendant

when feeding new com, 33‘”ch soggy, soft

com, the Minty to disease and sickness is

enormously ma.





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he will. feed a good a.-

penm Euc- Staci: conditioner





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mm. In GOO? CW will increase

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Make Your Soft Corn

Yield Maximum Profits





worm which are always more prevaiunt when

no or home com is led.





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SAL-VET cos'rs SO LITTLE you

afiord to risk even the slightest losses.

repay its cost many times over in Easter gains,

theifitiel growth, healthier mock. It will save

in cost by saving feed.





ASK YOUR DEALER about it. If he cannot

supply you, write to us. Don’t put it 001—-

your risk is too great. Write for a copy of

our New Live Stock Book; it is free and con-

tains much valuable information.





It will





"After: all other media? had failed SAL-VET destroyed the worms in- our horse“. I t-onsidm‘

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CHAS. l'l‘l'l‘T, Muskegon, Mich.





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BOARSuSOWS





Big type bi bone. ‘ For the next so has we will on“



Big type Po and Chums at bargain prices. April boar



weighing 300 lb. Opémt gliltn. Summer and all pigs

e may.





LBR. Poul-Id, Mlchifin.Iell M.





LARGE Type P. C. Largest in Mich. Spring Roars

ready to sin . The kind that make good. Come and

see the real big ti'pe kind. Expenses paid if not“

represented. Free war from I’arma.



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L. LIVI GSTON. Perms.





in. heal-





A pril and MI!

Price.





£1». Poland chum: a... .n. .m ..





t. L W. BARNES & SO’N. Byron. Kick.





 





I LRG‘ T. P. 0. Bone mhy spring Boots and

i103 re , to ship came and see them. Free liv-

ery from Augusta. W. J. Hagelshaw, Augusta. Mich.





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Fill pig. ready to drip.



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Big med call or write for photo. “gaightnPed-

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~ std. KAI. 81:. Louis. Much.



“Ml Alloy big tarp. P C. bonus that ”meant like

best. breedmx of Iowa at V; their value for



tho unit 10 dun. (Two that are mm.)

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m also ice ilts. o n or bred.

m. J. latte. .7. an.Mich.





 





 





Ionia, Mich.





 





nothing for sale until after





'Dec. lat. ,

I. O. ”RTE. Schoolomt. Mich.





 





. E0333 hondfellowa from Im’sa‘mm





coral prices on mime hours.

15.3. Arnmvsoii, . . . Bun-Oak, Mich.





mm Will HUSH A”p'°d,.1f:‘;:o,¥mh 3““





G. W. BOLTON. I ulwmaznn. Mich.





 





 





P C. Brad M. Ma type. big hone, big litter-

‘ big tall pigs. In pairs. or trlos.

R. W. MIL S. - - - - - Saline, Mich





ing P. C. bred 101‘ March &. A ri-l furrow 8i

bv Peter’s Jumbo & Grand Super-ii; and 201' 3 yeti:-

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lingnows at bargain prices. (LE. Gnrnontfiahm Rap.





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JOHN W.





 





sprint boars and [ilk

c buck your order now.

. R. 4. It. Johns. Mich.





SHEEP

WICE BRED EWES





250 left. 1 to 4 years old.bred to good Shropshire rams.

813 120316 each for 10 or more, if taken soon.

ALMOND B. CHAPMAN. So. Bockwood. Midi.





FOR SALnE

100 and Breatmg Ewes

Wm 7.1225633123555525?" °"" 7°“





Ihmazoo, Mich.





 





 





 





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H. W. MANN. Dunsville. Mich.





 





lumboullletn and

ampehires for sale. "'

son. Saline. Mich.





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'P'ARKERS EVERYWHERE as buying i!

minim lbs



‘ They realize it is my im-



Wito “ML-VET nowmdtlmitis

be but and chew insurance» they can buy.





us BASE BEING “Uneowhieh modded-

tho my morficines to destroy monarch

and M! warmer-mints the bowels—

pmiiiy the [>th up the mimic gener-

dly, makes SAL—VET the idea! preparation no

food regutafly with sofimdsoggycom.





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hire Ram Lambu and one three year

. old flock header for ode.

fiRMS’l N6 BRO’S. R. 8, Fowiorvilio, Mich.





SHROPSHIRE AND HAMP-

SHIRE RAM LAMBS .





Husky 0.0- with qualii: . prion 835. Shipped O. O. D.





ope on arms,

Sheep at Lupton address Goldwater. Mich.





Registered Wm... it? 06332:.”

hogs. C ASE STOCK FABI. 16.1. Mariette. M.





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Belgian and Percheron Stallions for sale tm

will pass the Michigan Stallion Inspection.

Have a few mares of both breeds. rn Cat-

tle, we offer a choice lot of bulls and female;





fi‘ti‘omsn INDIANA.





PERGHERU‘N DiSPERSAl





The entire herd of the late A. A.’ Palmer

will be closed out; ‘25 pure bred per-

cheron mares $200 to 5400 except two;

also young stallions





PALMER 31205., Balding Mich. ,

FOR SAL MW- W M»





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Percheron Stalli 1: black -

F07 SI“ June 23,1915, No.331‘9513f0agg. one 5%

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MP. (any. - , mar. Mich:





SHETLAND PONiES





motion to lelect from. S ecial- ‘ .

not. and September. Wriil; Develnilsfilg‘ Egg??? A

Farms, North Benton, Ohio.





Will take a Draft Sglllion on share" 2600le





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When writing to adver-

tisers please mention the

Michigan Farmer.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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