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MR. E. H. HOUGHTON’S RESIGNA-

TION AS MANAGER OF THE

MICHIGAN FARMER.





Detroit, Mich, Dec. 15, 1917.

M. J. Lawrence, President The Law-

rence Publishing 00.:

My Dear Mr. Lawrence:



I know you will not be surprised

that I decide to tender my resignation

as manager of the Michigan Farmer,

to take effect. on 31st. inst, as we have

been considering it for some time. In

:iustice to myself and family I must re-

tire from active work. I shall leave

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joyed while working very closely with

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Lawrence Pub. Co. will go on in its

successful career the same with me re-

tired, and assuring you of my never

ending interest in the same, I am, with

best personal good wish to you,



Very truly yours,

E. II. Hot‘cu'rox.





it is with much regret that, on ac-

count of the conditions I am forced to

accept the resignation of Mr. E. H.

Houghton from the Lawrence Pub. Co.

He has .for owr 36 years been an im-

portant element and able assistant in

the growth of all three of our papers

and in his retirement. he takes with

him the very best wishes of myself and

all of our organization for his improved

health and the real happiness of a long

continued life. In this connection I an-

nounce that Mr. I. R. Waterbury has

been appointed manager and editor of

the Michigan Farmer. All of our read-

ers know him, as his 'connection as

chief editor is many years old. That

he Will meet with a hearty welcome

and support from both subscribers and

advertisers, I feel assured.



M. J. Lawmaxcn,

President.





The. most. instructive reading for a

person of any age, old or young, is that

in which the author’s tone of thought

is above the average tone of the read-

er’s thought, and yet not beyond his

grasp—Selected.





CURRENT COMMENT.





A resolution asking

the government to

outline a federal road

policy was recently

presented to the government through

the director general of railroads by the

American Association of State High-

way Officials. The text of this resolu-

tion follows:



Whereas, the proper construction

and maintenance of the highways of

the country is necessary to the suc-

cessful conduct of the war; and,



\Vhereas, the plans of all highway

authorities in the country, all users of

highways, and all citizens interested in

any way in highway construction and

maintenance, are at the present time

upset and tied up; and,



Whereas, there is need for a definite

policy so that plans can be, formulated

for the coming year; and,



Whereas, a properly outlined policy

directing the construction and mainte-

nance, of such roads and streets as are

of general economic and military value

will conserve the resources of the

country, and will greatly facilitate the

transportation of freight over high-

ways and streets,



Therefore be it 'Resolved, that the

American Association of State High-

way Officials request the United States

Government to formulate and promul-

gate, as soon as possible, a definite pol-

icy for road and street construction and

mantenance, and



That it is requested that said policy

contain a statement that freight cars

shall be furnished next spring for the

transportation of the necessary mate-

rials for the construction and mainte-

nance of streets and roads of economic

or military value.



This 1110th is undoubtedly in line

with the best. thought of the country on

the highway question. Unqucsiion-

ably state plans should in the present

emergency provide, first for the im-

provement of highways of special value

from a military point. of view. If the

work of state highway officials can be

coordinated under a general policy out-

lined by the government, this will not

only be accomplished, but the charac-

ter of improvements made is likely to

be more. uniformly satisfactory. The

outlining of a policy relating to the use

of cars for transporting materials is

also most important. In many locali-

ties in this state serious inconvenience

was caused for unreasonable periods

of time owing to the impossibility of

moving material for the building of

permanent roads where the roads had

been closed and the grading already

finished.



There cannot be too much cooliera~

tion between state and government

officials along this line. The associa-

tion of state highway officials is to be.

congratulated for taking the initiative

in the matter.





A Federal Road

Policy.





The Office of In-

formation of the U.

S. Department of

Agriculture has issued a bulletin in

which the advantages of community

fairs, so-called, are set forth. The

community fair as described is in the

nature of a county fair with commer-

cialized amusement features omitted.

The proper sphere designated for the

community fair is as a feeder to the

county and larger fairs. The state-

ment is made that one middle western

county recently had a county fair coni-

posed of seventy-two community exhib-

its. There were neither races nor side

shows as an attraction, yet some 10,000

visitors attended the fair.



In this connection, it is interesting

to note that the Michigan Association

of Fair Officials recently decided in fa-

vor of a. more rigid censoring of amuse-

ments at Michigan fairs. This is in

line with public sentiment, which has

been freely expressed on this subject

for many years. The elimination of

midw‘ray features might properly be

made a condition of the extension of

such state aid as is given more im-

portant agricultural fairs of the state.



A purely agricultural and industrial

exhibit properly staged will command

an extensive patronage as repeatedly

proven, whether it is a local or general

exposition. There are plenty of exam-





Community Fairs.





ples to prove the truth of this state-

ment. The step announced by the As-

sociation of Fair Officials is a step in

the right direction, and one which Will

be appreciated by the better elemen

of agricultural fair patrons. -



The community fair idea has been

satisfactorily worked out in many com-

munities by the Grange, Farmers’ Club

or other local organization. These

community exhibitions. are of special

value in promoting community effort

along other lines, and are worthy of

general encouragement.





Transportation difli-

culties which are pro-

nounced at all times,

have been aggravat-

ed by the cold wave and blizzard prev-

alent over wide areas of the country

last week. The congested condition of

traffic everywhere is greatly hampered

by unfavorable weather conditions

which are likely to recur throughout

the winter. With transportation facil~

ities inadequate to meet the necessi-

ties of the present emergency, there is

the greatest reason why farmers, as

well as other business men, should an-

ticipate so far as possible, their trans-

portation needs by ordering all sup-

plies which will be required for next





Anticipate Your

Needs.





-season’s use at the very earliest possi-





ble date.

In practically all cases arrangements

can be made to have, the goods requir-





ed billed for future payment, but even.





where this cannot. be done, it will be

better to have the goods on hand even

at the cost of an interest, charge if nec-

essary, than to have their late arrival

delay farm operations, as is almost

certain to be the case if ordering is

delayed until near the time when sup-

plies will be needed.



This precaution should be taken with

all kinds of farm supplies, but more

particularly with materials of which

a considerable tonnage will be needed,

as fertilizers, ground limestone, land

plaster, feeds and other similar mate-

rials. The same precaution should be

taken with regard to implements or

other supplies which must be shipped

from a distance by local freight in

which there is likely tolibe as great if

not greater delays than in the move-

ment of carioad shipments.





An increasing number

of farmers are annual—

. ly adopting the plan

of carrying a bank account and paying

all bills by check. This‘is the best

plan for several reasons. There is less

chance of errors where this plan is

used. The cancelled check is in effect

a receipt for the bill, and may be eas-

ily and conveniently preserved. Rela-

tions are established with the banker

which make it easy to secure credit.

when same is needed for the payment

of hills which are due.



Successful business men everywhere

who‘realize the value of their credit

always pay bills a soon as they are

due, and make a practice of taking the

cash discount where one is offered, us-

ing their credit at the bank to supply

the funds for prompt payment when

necessary. Cash buyers can nearly al-

ways do better in any market, and

more than enough better to cover any

item of interest which may be required

to keep the bank account intact.



There is now an added reason for

paying all bills by check and transact-

ing all business .on the farm through

the medium of the. bank. The income

tax as present applied will affect many

farmers, and it will be to their advan—

tage to have an accurate check on

their year’s business. A fairly accu-

rate check of a farm business can be

secured through the deposit slips and

cancelled checks or check stubs, par-

ticularly if a note is made on same

of the items for which each check is

drawn and the source from which the

money contributing to each deposit was

received. This practically shifts the

task of bookkeeping from the farm to

the bank.





Pay by Check.





Many farmers who do a fairly exten-

sive business find that this simple

method of accounting gives them sat-

isfactory results. Every farmer should

keep a bank account and pay by check.

If this has not been a general practice.

time will present no more favorable

opportunity than the present to be-

gin it.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





Foreign.



The EurOpean VVar.—VVinter has

settled down on all the war fronts and

as a_result there has been very little

fighting except by the aviators and ar-

tillery squads. Along the British front

in the west only patrol encounters

have been reported. This front has

been snow-bound for the past month

and has delayed the expected German

drive. for that length of time. Recent

storms here have added to the diffi-

culty of moving troops and munitions.

Notwithstanding these conditions the

allies report continued preparations

for an offensive by the Germans. The

latest news has it that the Teutonic

plans include a great naval drive in co-

operation with the land forces—In

Italy the terrific artillery fighting has

given way to spasmodic efforts of small

import. Storms have practically clos-

ed the passes through the Alps and are

hindering the movement of German

and Austrian supply trains—No chang-

es of moment have been reported in

Palestine or l‘vlesopotamia.—'I‘he Rus-

sian situation remains as unsettled as

a week ago. The armistice between

that country and the central powers

has been extended to February 18. Rus.

sian delegates have returned to Petro-

grad with the idea of holding a confer-

ence in Moscow later. Predictions are

that because of the anti-German feeling

among the masses of Russian people

that the Bolsheviki government will be

obliged to reject the terms offered by

Germany in order to keep control of

the domestic situation. Peace has

been. agreed upon by Bulgaria and

Russia.



The Irish question will come up for

final adjustment in London this week.

Much apprehension is expressed re-

garding the outcome.



When the new Canadian cabinet

council is called together, one of the

important subjects for consideration

will be the matter of free trade in food

stuffs between that country and the

United States. in order to better meet

the demands of the Allies for more of

the food staples.



National.



Last 'week the lower house of con-

grens passed a resolution providing for

the extension of suffrage to women in

this country. The bills is now before

the senate.



Railroad executives representing 177

roads and ninety per cent of the mile-

age of the country have decided at a

conference in New York, to ask con-

gress to limit government control of

railroads to the period of the war.



The recent severe storm covering

the central and eastern states, caused

much suffering because of the ex:

tremely low temperatures prevailing,

the driving wind which, in many in-

stances attained a velocity of sixty

miles per hour, and the scarcity of

fuel. Many deaths from exposure are

reported. Traffic has been generally

delayed on both electric and steam

lines. The increased fuel required to

keep homes habitable and the delay oc-

casioned by the demoralization of

transportation, have counteracted the

progress made by the government fuel

agents.



More big fires are reported this

week. A blaze in the Industrial Build-

ing at Indianapolis, which housed '23

manufacturing concerns, many of them

working on machinery for the govern-

men’t, did damage to the extent. of

about $1,000,000. The fire is reported

to have been of incendiary origin. The

plant of a pasteurizing machine- con-

cern, of Canton, Ohio, was also de-

stroyed Sunday. The company is be-

lieved to be working on war orders.

The origin is unknown.



In conjunction with the investiga-

tions by congress into the progress

made in the manufacture of equipment

and munitions for the American army

units, a bill has been introduced in

that body providing for a new cabinet

member to be known as the secretary

of munitions. '



The Cunard liner Vinovia was sunk

by a German U-boat in the barred zone

of the British Isles. The boat was

loaded with food and munitions from

New York to London.



Reports are current of the assemb-

ling early this week of a. war council

at Mexico City in conference with a

Mexican agent who has since last Feb-

ruary been in Germany and Austria.

Generals from the different military

districts constitute the council.





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f The Farm Seed Situation





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Farm Crops Dept., M. A. C.





T appears certain that Michigan

I farmers will be faced with a serious



difficulty in securing seed for next

spring’s planting. With the exception

of oats and potatoes, there is a scar-

city of sound seed of practically all the

major spring-planted crops. All other

obstacles in the way of a great war

crop next year, such as labor shortage

and difficulty of securing supplies, fer-

tilizer, etc., are comparatively small

compared to this appalling condition

which strikes at the very root of crop

production, and hence at the dairying

and live stock industries of Michigan.

This grave condition demands the ser.

ious and immediate attention of all

Michigan farmers and grain dealers.

The vigorous prosecution of the great

struggle in which we are involved

calls for the utmost in the way of crop

production. No stone must be left un-

turned to prevent the disastrous situ-

ation which will certainly result if

Michigan farmers find themselves inad-

equately supplied with seed during the

coming season—a situation as disas-

trous, comparatively, as a shortage of

ammunition on the firing line.



The Seed Corn Situation.



If the German propagandists had di-

rected a campaign in Michigan inimi-

cal to corn production,,they could hard-

ly have accomplished more direful re-

sults than adverse circumstances have

brought about.



The growing season of corn was de-

ficient in warmth and sunlight——-the im-

mature crop of September seriously

damaged by early frosts—~October re-

mained wet and cold and corn did not

dry out; the November and December

freezes practically ruined for seed all

field, and almost all crib corn. Only

the corn which was properly harvested

and stored for seed at an early date,

and the small amount of 1916 corn

available, is fit. It cannot be safely

said that there is enough good seed in

any Michigan county to plant a normal

acreage and the majority of Michigan

corn-growing counties report extreme

scarcity.



Extension Specialist J. W. Nicolson

reports that the farm survey crossing

Saginaw county from east to west,

showed only forty-two per cent of the





farmers provided with sufficient seed.





for their own planting; fifty—eight per

cent had no seed. In Wayne county

in a survey bisecting the county north

and south and east and west, less than

ten per cent were provided with suffi-

cient seed corn.



Germination tests at the college show

that corn in the shock is worthless for

seed. Nnmerous tests from corn taken

in the field from outside the shock gave

a germination of five per cent; inside

the shock seven per cent; new crib

corn exposed to last freeze, ten per

cent; well-stored corn, eighty per cent.



Serious seed corn shortages are re-

ported by competent authorities in Min-

nesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin north-

ern Iowa, northern Illinois, northern

Indiana, northern Ohio and Canada. No

great supplies are likely to be bought

from these sources, but all that can be

secured of corn adapted to Michigan

must be located and purchased.



Michigan farmers must meet this sit-

uation for the most part locally. Old

corn of good germination must be care-

fully conserved for seed. No corn fit

for seed should be fed or exposed to

adverse conditions. Corn of doubtful

seed condition must be worked over

ear by ear by the ear germination

test, and ears which will grow saved

for seed. In grading next spring butt

and tip kernels will be too valuable to

discard, but should be saved for plant-

ing. They will. yield almost as .well as

other kernels on the ear, but should be

planted by hand or with adjusted plant-

er plates to get a fairly uniform stand.



For silage purposes as an emergency





measure, corn from localities of longer

growing season should be utilized ex-

tensively, reserving for grain and seed

for next year’s crop the adapted vari-

eties of Michigan.



Those not able to secure seed corn

adapted to Michigan to plant for grain

purposes will find it advisable to sub-

stitute barley, oats, or buckwheat, to

supply grain feed.



Begin now to get your seed corn if

you are not provided, for in the spring

scramble for seed corn the majority

may be left out.



Seed Barley.



Barley, next to corn, is the most val-

uable grain crop to supply grain feed

for hogs, sheep and cattle. Many will

remember the difficulty in securing bar‘

ley for seeding last spring. At the

present time a number of Michigan

communities are not sufficiently sup-

plied with seed barley. The past sea-

son’s crop was, however, a large one in

Michigan and the great barley states

of Wisconsin and Minnesota. The mar-

ket is well supplied with barley, but it

is being rapidly used for feeding, brew-

ing and milling.



Immediate steps should be taken by

seed dealers, elevator men and millers

to secure enough barley for local use

in anticipation of an abnormally strong

demand. Those wishing barley for seed

should order immediately. The famous

Wisconsin pedigree barley is recogniz~





gathering seed owing to necessity of

picking up small lots and there has

been greater loss due to poor condition.

It is right that the expenses of these

operations with a just profit shall be

returned in the price asked. To ask

more is profiteering of the most un-

patriotic kind. One man in Michigan

with two hundred bushels of corn to

sell, is asking twenty-five cents per

pound, or $14 per bushel, for what he

claims to be an extraordinary variety.

One seed company is reported to be

selling Illinois corn in southern Michi-

gan counties at $8.00 a bushel. Is this

the way to meet the country’s call for

patriotic service?



The food administrator of Indiana

has fixed a maximum price of $5.00 as

a just price for seed corn. Unless

those who sell seed in Michigan ask a

just price only, based on cost and a fair

profit, without a. doubt drastic meas-

ures will be in order to check and pun-

ish profiteers. The great majority of

those with seed to sell will keep in

mind the. fact that our entire state, as





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well as our armed force, is at war, and

will deal justly in naming their price.

Let those who take undue advantage

of the present extreme condition bear

in mind that they must face trial be-

fore the bar of a public opinion molded

by men who are doing their utmost,

and whose sons are even now on the

firing line in France. On the other

hand, farmers must be prepared to pay

a higher price than usual and must.

consider that the cost per acre of plant-

ing corn, even at prices several times

above normal is much less than in the

case of other grains and beans and

potatoes.



The necessity for early action in pro-

yiding for your next spring‘s seed

needs, is made even more imperative

by the difficulty which may exist in

securing prompt shipment, due to the

inordinate war traffic. To make your

demands known and buy or order early

is one of the most important ways of

preventing in so far as possible, the

impending disaster of a wide spread

lack of good seed.





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The Source of Alfalfa Seed





By H. W. HULBERT





FEW years ago the farm crops

section of the Iowa Experiment

Station obtained 250 lots of al-

falfa seed from farmers and seed deal-

ers in many different sections of this

country and Europe. This seed then

was produced under a large number of

varying conditions, and any of it might

have been obtained by any farmer on





 





 





A Two-year-old Field of Grimm Just Before the First Cutting.





ed as one of the highest yielding spring

seeded varieties.

The Bean Situation.



Frost damage, high moisture content,

freezing, immaturity and disease are

factors which make the seed bean situ-

ation appear dangerous.



Bean elevator men are aware of this

serious condition and many are reserv-

ing clean, well matured beans for seed,

but unless farmers and bean handlers

COOperate in insuring a saving of the

best for seed, a difficult situation may

exist in many beamgrowing localities.



The Clover Seed Condition.



Clover seed is higher than ever be-

fore. Apparently the price will contin-

ue to rise, and the man who waits for

the possibility of a lower price next

spring will without doubt be disap-

pointed and many will not secure seed

at any price. The best seed is the

cheapest. Further economy may be

secured by purchasing seed which has

been put through the scarifying ma-

chine which increases its germination.



A Just Price for Seed.



In View of the scarcity and great de-

mand for good seed corn and other

seeds, there is a grave danger of un-

just inflation of prices. In normal times

supply and demand alone have set the

price. In these war times a just price

only must be asked. Without a doubt

it has cost more to secure good seed

corn this season. Farmers have had to

pick over large areas to secure fit seed.

Extra care in drying and storing have

been necessary. Seed men have gone

to greater expense than ordinary in





the open market for his own planting.

The purpose in securing this seed was

to determine whether or not there was

any relation between the conditions

under which the seed was produced and

the ability of the plants to yield Well

and to withstand severe winter condi-





 





Table I.——Showing the comparative





ter killing is shown in Table I, where

the different plots have been grouped

according to the source and the condi—

tions under which the seed were pro-

duced. The especially hardy varieties

as Grimm and Baltic are grouped sep-

arately in Table II, where they are

compared with plots seeded with com-

mon commercial seed grown in the Da-

kotas and Montana and with imported

seed, most of which had its origin in

Turkestan.

Yield.



From Table I it will be observed that

there is practically no difference in the

yield of hay secured from Dakota, Ne-

braska and Kansas seed. The seed se-

cured i‘rom Oklahoma did not yield

quite so well as that produced further

north, while the irrigated seed from

Utah made a much lower yield. It is

possible that these lower yields may be

accounted for by injury during the first

winter, allh0ugh such injury was not.

sufficient; to be, noticed. The Imported

alfalfa made a very poor yield as com—

pared with American grown seed from

any source. This fact was true, not

only as an average for all of the im-

ported varieties, but was true for prac‘

tically each and every one of these

varieties, the imported plots being very

uniform in their yield, no matter the

source of the seed.



Winter Killing.



Under ordinary conditions the plots

seeded with the Nebraska and Kansas

seed came through the, winter practi-





 





yielding power and per cent of winter-





killing of alfalfa seed secured from different sources.





No. of

Source of Seed. Lots.

Dakota and Montana ....... 58

Nebraska ................. 11

W'yoming .................. 2

Colorado .................. 7

Kansas ................... 2

Kansas ................... 11

Okla, Texas, N. Mex, Ariz. 7

Utah ...................... 14

Utah ...................... 2

Imported .................. 57





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Non-irrigated .. . .. 6.84 67

Irrigated ...... . .. 6.29 88

Not indicated .. . . 6.77 47

Nonirrigated ... . 6.62 59

Irrigated ......... 6.73 54

Non-irrigated .. . . . 6.36 85

Irrigated ......... 5.78 86

Non-irrigated .. . . . 5.74 57





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tions. Late in the fall of 1915, til-out

December 10, one-half of each plot we;

cut close to the ground with a lawn

mower, in order to present the most

adverse winter conditions possible. The

rest of the plot was allowed to go into

the winter in a perfectly normal condi-

tion. The average yield in tons per

acre and the average per cent of win-





e ele as well as those from the Dako-

t rs and Montana. The imported alfal-

fa proved to be very hardy. This was

true of nearly every lot of seed of the

imported sorts. Under ordinary condi-





tions the imported strains showed con-

siderably .Iess winter killing than for

the common commercial seed from any

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alfalfa was put through a very severe

winter test, the Dakota and Montana

grown seed showed considerable more

hardiness than that grown in Nebraska

or Kansas. Under these same severe

conditions the plots put in with the

seed from Utah and Oklahoma were al-

most entirely killed during the winter.



Only sixteen lots of irrigated seed

were secured for the test, which is

probably insutficieni; for a safe average,

but which nevertheless would prove in,

some measure that they were not desir-

able for non-irrigated sections, for in

practically every case these strains

winter—killed very badly. This was un-

doubtedly due to the different condi-

lions under which this seed was pro-

duced. ‘



Occasional lots of seed sold at aver-

age prices and supposed to be common

American, but which showed unusual

hardiness, were secured from the far

south, and on the other hand, SOllle lots

which lacked hardiness to a marked

degree were secured from the Dakotas

and Montana. This would seemingly

show that the source of seed has much

less to do with hardiness than the par-

ticular strain or variety. It would ap-

pear, however, that there is a greater

chance of getting the more hardy seed

from the north than from the south.

This last fact is one that. is commonly

recognized by most growers.



Hardy Varieties.



The Grimm and Baltic varieties are

noted for their hardiness to the most

severe winter conditions, but do not ap-

pear to be superior to the imported al-

in this respect. However, the

Grimm and Baltic varieties are much

superior to the imported strains in oth-

er ways. The Grimm and related types

made a yield of 6.57 tons of hay per

acre, while the imported types yielded

only 4.86 tons under identical condi‘

tions. Besides, the Grimm made a

heavy growth after the third and last

cutting, enabling it to go into the win-

ter in the best of condition. In fact, a

possible fourth cutting might, have

ibeen secured without injury to the

istand. Then, too, this growth might

have been easily used for fall pasture.

The imported stains on the other hand,

made very little growth following the

third cutting, which was made at the

same time as the Grimm and this early

in September. Another point in favor

of the Grimm is the fact that it produc-

ed seed abundantly, whilc the common





 





scattering seeds and the imported vari-

eties scarcely produced a blossom. The

imported strains were easily crowded

out by Kentucky bluegrass, when, un-

der identically the same conditions, the

bluegrass did not make a showing at

all in the Grimm alfalfa.





In three years after seeding the im-

ported types were the poorest plots of

all of the different seedings. During

this time the bluegrass had made a

perfect sod and all of the alfalfa was

practically crowded out. The common

types which did not show the extreme

hardiness, yet which under ordinary

conditions, came through three winters

satisfactorily, showed much less blue-

grass, while the Grimm type showed

practically none. This fact, while it

shows that Grimm and its‘ related

hardy types are really the best alfal-

fas to grow, also shows that in a series

of years the common types of alfalfa

are better than the imported types for

all practical purposes, even though

they do not show such extreme hard-

iness.





 





 





 





BY-PRODUCTS OF THE FARM AND

‘1 THE WAR.





 





We are at present engaged in the

most important, as well as destructive





X war of history which it is absolutely





essential that we win, and in order to

do so one of the very necessary things

is the production ‘of more food in this

country than has ever been produced

to date.



We must produce this food in most





 





American strains produced only a few





cases at least upon land which is al-

ready far from being what it was in

the virgin state as far as fertility or

productivity is concerned.



We are asked to conserve in every

possible manner the present food sup-

ply, and it is the very thing to do with-

out any question, but is it not equally

important that we take the very best

possible care of those things which

food is of, i. e., plant focd in its several

forms. g



It looks as though very shortly we

may be told by our government, what,

when and how much we may eat. 15

it anything out of the way to think ll.

might be best for the cause to tell us,

as farmers, what we may do with the

plant food our soil contains and that.

contained in the by—products of our

business, farm manures and the solub're

plant food left in the fields which have

been cropped with a cultivated crop

through the summer?



It fairly makes the heart of men,

who understand somewhat about plant

food in farm manures, ache to see how

the same is being wasted on the aver

age farm by improper methods of hand-

ling same from the day it is made until

returned to the soil.



The results of experiments carried

on by experiment stations in this coun-

try and Canada show that anywhere

from twenty to sixty per cent of the

real plant food contained in manure is

lost where the manure is exposed to

the leaching and wasting of the weath-

er, for from two to eight months, as

the manure on so many farms is

lowed to be before being returned to

the soil.



So many of the farmers in Michigan

do not to date realize this fact, or at

least are not yet deeply enough im~

pressed to plan upon handling their

manure in the best possible manner.

It is not enough to know what is best

to do and how to do it, the Whole thing

is in the doing.



Without doubt the best way to han-

dle manure where the land is not roll-

ing, is to spread directly on the field

within a week after being made, not.

only as far as the saving of plant food

is concerned, but also from the view-

point of economy and care in handling.

When this cannot, because of existing

conditions, be done, the covered ma~

nure pit is indispensable. However, it

is best to spread as soon as produced,

not for the plant food saved alone, but

it is most desirable to have the rotting

or decomposition of the manure take

place in or on our soil. In the first

place, we secure far more humus, the

great moisture retainer, from a given

lot of fresh manure than we can ever

again secure from the same lot of

manure.



In the second place, manure decom-

posing gives off carbon dioxide which

causes the unlocking of the invaluable

mineral elements, potassium and phos—

phorus contained in the soil, making

the same soluble in water and then

available for the coming crop.



Too much cannot well be said about

the importance of having manure thin-

ly and evenly spread on the fields at

the earliest possible date after being

made. It is just as important, to con-

serve the things food is made of as the

food itself for next year and for un-

told numbers of years we will need

food as badly as now, and perhaps

more so.



In addition to the waste in farm ma-

nures our farmers are allowing to take

place they are not doing the best pos-

sible in the way of increasing the, sup-

ply of Organic matter in the soil by at

every possible opportunity sowing a

crop to be plowed down as green ma-

nure. Every farmer who has a field

bare through winter would, if he knew

of the loss to himself and children, feel

guilty and ashamed.





Let us, as farmers, do our full share

towards winning the war, by saving all

this year’s food possible, taking the

best possible care of all manure pro-

duced, planning now on using cover

crops to the greatest possible extent

next year, and by-growing a large crop

by balancing up the nitrogen in our

farm manure and legume crops plowed

down with acid phosphate or other

supplementary fertilizers.



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Cooperate In Cutting Ice





By EARL W. GAGE





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E have a splendid system of



team-work in ice harvest down



this way. One farmer helps

the other, and all have plenty of ice

and do not feel the labor shortage or

the “high cost of ice.”



But a few tools are needed to cut

the ice. A steel scraper is useful;

some types of small road scrapers may

be used for this, or a very good home-

made scraper may be fashioned of

wood and faced with a strip of steel,

such as the back of an old cross-cut

saw. An ice plow is almost essential

if any quantity of ice is to be harvest-

ed, though for small jobs it is not nec-

essary. This aids in removing the por-

ous surface ice and simplifies cutting

into blocks. Half a dozen ice pike

poles, bearing vertical points and hor-

izontal hooks, are necessary in floating

the ice to the loading platform. An ice

saw may be useful or an ordinary

cross-cut, one handle removed, may be

substituted.



Dividing the Work.



Three squads of men have been

found best in this section, each with a

team. The first squad removes the

snow or spongy ice from the surface of

the field and plows, saws and cuts the

ice into blocks of a size most convene

ient to handle and for the purpose for

which the ice is intended. Larger cakes

are best if they can be used, since the

waste will not be as great. If the ice

is more than twelve inches thick

blocks two feet square on the surface

are more convenient to handle; if it is

thinner than a foot thick three feet

square can be packed well.



The second squad of the 00mmunity

cooperative ice party cuts loose the

blocks and floats them to the side of

the open water, where they are ready

to be loaded on sleighs. Here a tram-

way with a pair of ice hooks attached

to a rope will make loading a relatively

easy matter. Let the rope extend

across the sled-box from the tramway;

“itch one horse to it and drag the

blocks from the water to be loaded.

This saves heavy lifting and keeps the

men from becoming unnecessarily wet.

Ordinary ice tongs may be attached to

the cakes.



The third gang of men work in the

ice-house. They place each load into

position in the house, pack sawdust as

rapidly as the ice is delivered. Eight

men and three teams can work most

rapidly in harvesting a crop of ice by

this method.



January and February are the best

months for the ice harvest, although

in this section of New York some very

good ice, the best of the season, was

put in during March. It is best to start

cutting ice the afternoon before stor-

ing it, so that a good supply will be on

hand to complete storing in one day

with two teams hauling to the ice

house. In case the weather is clear

when beginning to cut, it is best to

leave the Cakes in the water until even-

ing, when they should be drawn out to

prevent freezing in, and to permit the

water to freeze again.



Packing'the Ice.



In conveying the ice from the sled

to the house two chutes may be used

to advantage; one about twelve feet

long for low work and another about

twenty feet long to be used above eight

or nine-foot doors. The smaller chute

may be made of two—by-four’s for sides,

with one-inch stuff nailed lengthwise

of the chute. The long chute had bet-

ter be made of two-by—six for the sides,

with cross braces nailed about every

four feet. Make the chutes strong to

prevent breaking and injuring the

workmen. Fasten with a two-by-four

nailed across the top underneath to

hold it. against the door. Place the

other end on the rear'of the sled gate

so that the ice may be placed on the

other end on the rear of the sled. gate

It is much easier to handle the ice this





 





way than over the sides of the sled.



The best method is to pull the ice

into the house by hand. Use about

thirty-five feet of three-quarter-inch

rope, the end at the house being hitch-

ed to a rafter so it will be handy and

not slip. An ice tong should be tied to

the other end, and with this arrange-

ment one man can pull up large—sized

cakes to a height of twelve feet on a

twenty-foot chute. The tongs must be

good and sharp to prevent slipping, as

handling ice is dangerous work, and

light tongs are preferable to heavy

ones. It is well to have an assortment

of sizes on hand.





Some farmers think it is too expen-

sive to cut ice, yet ice is the only crop

we may say truthfully that may be se-

cured on the farm or near it at cost of

taking it away. And ice increases the

value of farm products many times,

and is especially useful in handling

milk, cream and fruits, to say nothing

of aiding the farm family in supplying

their table with delicious ice cream and

cool drinks in summer.





The Amount Required.



The dairy farmer should put up about

1,000 pounds of ice for each cow, if

used to cool cream. For a twenty-cow

herd, ten tons of ice will be needed. If

whole milk is cooled, considerably

more ice will be needed. Under aver-

age conditions it will take from two to

two and a half tons per cow for milk

cooling. As from forty to fifty cubic

feet are required for a ton of packed

ice, for ten tons 500 cubic feet of space

must be filled.





The sides of the ice house should be

well insulated to protect the ice from

summer heat. Sawdust is good for this

purpose. About a foot should be allow-

ed for the two outside walls, which are

filled between with sawdust.





When filling the house, keep the top

level, and with a light stick tamp a

liberal quantity of broken, chipped, and

shaved ice into the joints. An adz is

handy for shaving and leveling the ice.

Square cakes are used in the middle

and uneven ones are trimmed for the

edge. Good tight joints are necessary.

As the ice is laid and swept with a

broom plenty of water is thrown over

the ice to freeze the cakes into a solid

mass.



Caring for the Product.



Not more than twelve to fourteen

inches should be left between the walls

and the ice, the intervening space be-

ing filled with sawdust or clover chaff;

straw is too loose and will not pack

tight enough. Sawdust is preferable

to chaff, and both are better than

straw. Tar paper tacked on the walls

provides further insulation against the

heat.



When the ice house has been filled,

if the weather continues cold, it is well

not to cover the top for two or three

days; but before the weather moder-

ates the top should be covered with

two feet of sawdust or clover chaff.

This covering should be redistributed

and packed into the sides about once a

month until the house is opened for

summer ice.



Ventilation is an important provision

in an ice house owing to the presence

of warm air which is certain to accum~

ulate on top of the ice. In the newer

ice houses it is necessary to place a

small ventilator in the center of the

roof which carries off this warm air.

An opening of this sort will not melt

the ice, as an opening in the end would.

yet provides space for the warm air to

pass out. Cold air is heavier than

warm air and because of this fact the

cold air which tends to keep the con-

tents of the building from melting,

sinks to the floor and from there ad-

justs itself around the sides of the ice.

The warm air, on the other hand, rises

to the top and escapes through the





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tively advise the prices they Will ask

for their products.



Do the Michigan milk producers, in

Fsetting a price for milk, violate the

Michigan statute of 1899 or the federal

law if the product is a matter of inter-

state commerce?



The technical lawyer sees an infrac-

tion, but at the same time is sufficient-

ly candid to admit that there are oth-

ers doing the same thing, but that he

was expecting the farmers to take a

higher View and be law abiding.



Privilege is Extended to Others.



The isolation of the farmer compels

him to openly cover a longer period of

time in the application of the prices he

names for his products. Bids on the

Dean Board at Detroit or offers of

beans and to the extent that their quo-

tation fixes prices for cash, or for a

month, is in no way different from the

bean growers, where they name a min-

imum season’s price, except the num-

ber of persons engaged on one side and

the period of the offer quoted 01' made.



The Bean Board among themselves

are both buyers and sellers, but in

their relation to the producers are buy-

ers always and it is in this capacity

that their knowledge of supply and de-

mand is expressed in price. To deny

an association of gi'oyvers from the

right to express their ideas of supply

and demand in terms of price. is un-

reasonable. In addition to the grow-

ers’ knowledge of supply and demand

Vihcy, and they alone, are acquainted

iwith the cost of production which is

'coming more and more to be the pre-

vailing element of price determination.





Not a Restraint of Trade.



That such action in collectively set-

ting prices constitutes a restraint of

trade is. however, not held by the

United States Supreme Court, which

set forth that the rule of reason must

be applied. Just what is that rule of

jl'C‘ilSOIl might Still be debatable. were

tit not for the Clayton amendment to

i the Sherman anti—trust law.



‘ This specifically exempted agricul-

tural organizations, not o‘ganized for

profit and not having capital stock. The

idea being that the profit. was to at—

tach to the product sold rather than to

the selling agency. If profit came

yth'rough enhancement of the product: it

:would stimulate production. It the

iprofit came through a selling agency

fto the benefit of those who held stock

iand acted as distributors, this would

Ediscouraae production. This was the

rule of reason founded upon the nature

iof the industries which were exempted.

} Agriculture is an industry made up

iof small units, and decentralized.

Hence very few corporations engage in

farming for the reason that it does not

easily lend itself to corporate action.



Competition Stifled without this Pro-



vision.



A condensary handling the milk of a

thousand farmers, would be one unit

which could of its own volition fix

prices, because restraint of trade al-

ways assumes a collective activity.

The one thousand or any two of the

producers of milk under the letter of

the law without the rule of reason be-

ing“ applied, would if demanding a fixed

price jointly, be guilty of restraint of

trade and of conspiracy to fix prices.

To carry out the strict letter of the

law would be to legislate in favor of

the large unit of business by prevent-

ing the mobilization of the equal vol-

tune of smaller units to successfully

compete. The law, then, would be real-

ly one to prevent competition than to

encourage it. The technical legal mind

would deny in chemistry the right of

molecules to be made up of a different

number of atoms. It would also recog-

nize as equally destructive in warfare

the smallest and the largest size cali-





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Anti-Trust Laws

McBRIDE





ber of guns. This is not reason nor is

it sportsman like.



The supreme court and congress

have made distinctions and decisions,

viz., that farmers can fix prices, and

these are the laws, notwithstanding

some preconceived ideas, which are not

the laws nor facts.



Where state statutes to the contrary

are still unrepealed these are now ob«

solete and not enforced.



The Civil war settled once for all

the priority of the citizen’s dual rela‘

tion to the national government first,

and secondly to that of the state.

While the federal government has gone

far toward recognizing each state‘s

power along police lines it has never

recognized the right to declare a crime

by a state what was distinctly declared

to be right by the United States. To

argue otherwise would be the arrog-

ance of states’ rights in the extreme.



The recently enacted child labor

laws was a distinct step in advance of

the assumption of federal jurisdiction

over products which might become sub-

jects of interstate shipments, although

they were not at the time of manufac-

ture. In like manner the collective ac-

tion in regard to any product purely

within the state would be a subject of

federal jurisdiction, when it might be-

come a matter of interstate commerce.



There are few products that. are not

being shipped beyond state lines or on

railways engaged in interstate com.

merce. Stare judicial processes are

not likely to be invoked which are con-





' trary to that of the United States and





also to the economic spirit of the times.





A CAPTAIN OF THE COMMISSARY.





 





The county agents constitute Amer"

ican agriculture's first. line of defense.



They are the men in the first line

trenches. zealously guarding the farm-

er's interests and bringing to his at-

tention all that. is of immediate prac-

tical value in our scientific teaching,

and fortifylng this with results from

the experience of the most successful

hard-headed practical farmers of each

county.



At a time like the present when the

nation is engaged in a great war

wherein food production is of vital

military importance, the value of the

county agent to the government can

hardly be over-emphasized.



Since the United States became a

belligerent, the county agent has done

valiant war service. In counties hav-

ing agents, it was possible during the

past summer to secure truly wonderful

results, in quickly and adequately

meeting a difllcult labor situation; in

locating available seed stocks; in ur—

ranging for farm credits for the pur~

chase of machinery and fertilizer; in

supplying tractor power, and in other

forms of effective leadership, all con-

tributing to a great increase in the pro-

duction of spring wheat,.oats, corn,

potatoes and other food crops; and,

finally in assisting in facilitating mar-

keting.



Some of the most important battles

of this war will be won during 1918 in

the furrows and fields of America. The

county agents will be the captains of

the soldiers of the commissary who

will make these victories possible.



Cam. S. Vllt)().\l.\..\',

Asst. Secretary of Agriculture.





Demand and shipping movement con«

tinued very slow in the bean produc-

ing sections. Navys were reported

selling at $12.100512.30 per cwt. f. o. b.

Michigan shipping points. Colorado

Pintos displayed a wider, higher range

of $6@6.75 per cwt. in bulk, recleaned

basis but trading movement was too

light to establish exact quotations and

many growers were reported unwilling

to sell. Demand continued slow in

most distributing markets. A jobbing

range of $13.50@14.25 per cwt, ruled

for Michigan pea beans and $13.25@14

for Michigan Navys. New York pea.

beans ranged $14@14.25. .





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THE FUTURE SOURCE OF OUR

DAIRY PRODUCTS.





 





There appears to be a tendency on

the part of the general public to think

that a larger and larger portion of

dairy products is coming from what

we term strictly dairy farms. We ques-‘

tion very much that this is the case,

and are rather inclined to believe that





the opposite not only has been true up '





to the present time, but will be more

evident in the years to come.



In a recent survey in which an at-

tempt was made to learn the number of

'cows in the different counties of Mich-

igan, it became apparent that the in-

crease in the number of these animals

was proportionately greater in the

counties remote from our large cities.

We do not think that this is a mere

accident, but that it is due to the work-

ing out of the purely economic condi-

tions of cost of production and the

presence in sufficient quantities of the

different factors of production.



In the first place, practically every

farmer sees to it that his home needs

ror dairy products are supplied from

his own farm. The presence of a sin-

gle cow on the farm makes it neces-

sary that someone be there to care for

her. There are also other animals

that must be looked after. This makes

it possible for the general farmer to

provide for the care of from four to

ten cou's without adding a great deal

to his equipment or his supply of labor.

\Vith young folks on the farm, it is us-

ually an easy matter to arrange for

performing the work in connection

with a small dairy herd.



Then there is the question of feed.

The majority of our farms will provide

a suflicient amount of pasture, for in-

stance, to carry a small dairy herd

through the summer with very little

supplementary feeding. The large

dairyman, however, cannot do this. His

pasture lot is usually little more than

a source of tonic to keep the digestive

system of his animals in condition to

consume feeds that are gathered either

on his farm or outside farms by expen-

sive man labor and horse labor.



Secondly, in practical farm work

there is always more or less of unmer-

charitable feeds collected. These be-

come practically a total waste unless

they can be fed. The average farmer

usually finds that he can market this

inferior feed through the dairy cow to

his financial advantage. While the sup-

ply of such feed is not provided in a

uniform quantity from year to year, the

unconscious working out of the law of

saving among the rank and file of

farmers, is to have a sufficient number

of animals to care for the average

bulk of this feed which, in years of

plenty may be fed a little more gener-

ously, while in other years when

scarce, may be supplemented by im-

ported feeds or by unmerchantable

feeds from the farmer’s own store.



This economy in the use of labor and

feeds that might otherwise be wasted

is such that it will likely enable gen-

eral farmers with a few cows to produce

dairy products at a lower net cost than

is possible on the purely dairy farms.

The dairyman with a large herd has

advantages in buying feeds, delivering

milk, and providing for the grading up

of his herd. However, the recent de-

velopment of the cooperative idea is

enabling the man with a small dairy

herd to compete in this field also. By

working together the farmers of a com-

munity can buy the supplies needed,

deliver their milk and grade up their

herds through the assistance of breed-

ing clubs and cow-testing associations

almost as effectually as the dairyman

with large herds. Consequently there

is good reason for believing that the

future of the dairy business is going to

depend very largely upon the general

farmer.





Wayne Co. W. Taun.





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EVER before in the history of



American agriculture has there



been any such a tendency to‘

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Thousands of farmers in our richest

agricultural rcgions who wore at one

time growers of good cattle, shccp and

hogs are becoming soil robbers. The

high price of grain is tempting them.

to sell instead of feed out the crops.

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his system of farming. The farms on

which some sort of live stock may not.

profitably be maintained are few and

far between.



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price of grains to their present, level

will continue long enough for the full

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movement toward crop rotation, stock

feeding and maintaining the fertility of

the soil. Should this continue for years

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It is going to take a number «if yours

to measure the effect of this drifting

away from live stock on the land. It.

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ingly good judgment to make live stock

yield maximum returns. And when a

man has once drifted away from live

stock it is all the more difficult for him

to take up the work where he left off.



Another question arises: What is

going to be the result of the present

generation of farmers drifting away

from live stock farming on the future

generations of farmers? The difficulty

of teaching the coming generation how

to care for live stock is sure to hold

back the development of the industry

for many years. Therefore, grain

must be grown until the farmer is af-

fected by reduced fertility and conse-

quent declining yields. Then when the

tide does turn, as it eventually must

turn, there is going to be a mighty

problem of restoring the wasted fertil-

ity and a mighty hunger for knowledge

of livestock feeding and soil man—

agemenl.



One thing is certain, that unless

there is a complete change in our meth-

ods of farming, grain will never be as

cheap as it has been in former years.

There are too many demands for it

besides feeding it to live stock. The

grain growing area cannot be increased

to meet the requirements of our grow-

ing population. In fact, there are only

two ways of increasing grain produc-

tion; one by increasing soil fertilty;

the other by better melhods of culture.

Both of which are educational process-

es and necessarily slow.



Live Stock Means Soil Insurance.



Live stock raising is the best insun

zmce against an impoverished agricuL

ture. Those who have studied the

problem know that: this is truc. Do n01

increase your acreage of grain crops,

but improve your methods. Grow few-

er acres and more bushels to the acre.

Do not keep too much live stock, but

use better blood and give them better

care. Do not break up good pastures

and put them in grain because " ey

offer a profitable rotation of crops and

become a soil robber and a price chas-

er. The scales are sure to turn in fa-

vor of the live stock grower, and as

live stock cannot be increased rapidly

there is sure to be some good years

ahead. It is claimed that hogs are an

exception to this rule, that, they can be

increased very rapidly, but, even with

hogs, when the supply of breeding

stock becomes reduced it requires two

or three years for production to get

back on a normal footing.



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





CURE BEEF AT HOME.



Farmers cannot only reduce their

living expenses, but they can perform

a, patriotic service by curing their own

meats. 7



Any of the brine or dry mixtures

which give good results in curing pork

can be used satisfactorily for beef, but

since beef is leaner than pork, it should

not be allowed to remain in the brine

or mixture quite so long or it will be-

come hard and salty.



Dried beef should have the same

cure as corned beef, but it should not

be allowed to become too salty. It

should then be washed to remove the

excess of the cure, and smoked if the

smoke flavor is desired. A very good

country practice is to dry—cure the beef

with salt and brown sugar, using about

a fifth as much sugar as salt, rubbing

the meat very thoroughly with the cure

every two or three days for about two

weeks. It should then be washed, wip-

ed, and hung up to dry in a warm place

or transferred to the smoke house and

given a light smoke.



Corned beef is at its very best when

it has been in the cure about ten days.

If kept in the cure more than a month,

it needs considerable freshening before

cooking. If the red color of the beef

is to be preserved, use a small amount

of saltpeter, not more than two ounces

to each hundred pounds of the meat.

This improves the color of the meat

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JAN.19.1918- THE MICHIGAN FARMER f 9-81





WOULD IT PAY TO FATTEN PIGS?





 





 





Can I afford to fatten shoats that

would weigh about sixty pounds at

this writing, on soft corn? I haven’t

any too much of that to winter my . ._ .

stock through this winter. Would it 1' :— ..........

pay me to buy hard corn at $2 a bushel, ‘ . . _

that is, if people that I know of here

want to sell? Middlings sell here at

$3 per cwt. Would also like to know

which has more fattening food, soft

q .. corn or cull beans?



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‘ JAN. 19, 1918.





Planning the Farm Orchard





By L. H. COBB





HIS is a question that comes to

everyone who intends to set an

orchard, or even replace dying

trees in the orchard they now have. It

is not an easy matter to select the var-

ieties for an orchard, and too often it

is practically left to the fruit tree

agent who takes the order. This is a

serious mistake in most, cases, for the

best sorts are often the cheaper trees,

and the agent is directly interested in

selling the, most expensive. He wants

to sell the specialties his house is ir.~

troducing if he can, and he will extoll

them at the expense of the standard

varieties that you should buy instead.

Use Recomm-mded Varieties.

Very often it will be a good plan to

get in touch with the state experiment

station and find out which varieties

they will recommend, for they will

know which sorts will do the best in

the state, and can give advice as to

the selection for the special kind of

soil and location you have. Another

good plan is to find out the names of

the most popular varieties growing in





’your neighborhood, and see how you





like them by sampling the fruit, and

examining the trees. Your soil may be

such that in. variety that is a general

favorite will not be thrifty with you;

the condition of the trees of this vari-

ety in your vicinity will tell the story.

It wouldn't be wise to plant it variety

that is dying out right along for your

neighbors, provided another variety

can be had with similar qualities.

For the Season’s Supply.



The orchard should be carefully

planned to meet. the needs of the fam—

ily during as long a season as possible.

There is no need for a dearth of fruit

at any season if this is done. From

the time the Early Richmond cherry

starts you off in the spring until the

last Jeniton apple is consumed there

should be no let up in the supply of

fruit in a condition lo use. In spite of

the fact that this is not only possible

but, easily managed, [here are seasons

when it is almost impossible to buy

any kind of fresh fruit locully produccd

and scarcely u farm will have u rogu-

lar supply.



Cherries, plums, apples, and pencln-s

have good varieties ripening in order

from the time the first is ready until

the latest variety ripcns, while apples

alone can be so planted as to ripen 21s

wanted. This year we could buy the

harvest apples for a short limo in their

season, but after that not, an apple

was offered unlil lhc Jonathan and

“'inesap was ready, though the good

old standards—Mnidcn Blush, Rambo

and Fumeuse—as well as many others,

are in fine condition for curing liclwccn

these. A good market would have been

at hand for u lurgc supply of these, but,

very low farmers had any for their

own use, lct alone to soil.



Varieties for the Home Orchard.



Fruit for storing and putting up in

various ways for future usc must re-

ceivc due considcralion, but too often

the whole orchurd is run to varieties

best suited to lhis purpose. Tlll‘ Mor—

ello cherries, Elbé’l'l'd. pouches, wild

goose plums, and winter RDDlQS get;

most of the orchard. There is plenty

of fruit. for winter but a shortage dur~

ing the summer season except when





these special sorts are in condition.





Many like the Early Richmond cher-

ries better than the Morello, and the

Montmorency comes between these and

is superior to either for any purpose,

to my mind. The Wild Goose is the

poorest plum grown when it comes to

quality, and it is a mystery to me why

it is so generally planted when there

are so many really good sorts. The

Japanese are the best plums by all

odds. The Elberta is a splendid peach,

but there are others. There isno need

to be without peaches, the big-white





 





late clings are gone with the coming of

frost.



The pear season is shorter, but there

are some of the early fall pears that

can be used quite well bef‘or ethe main

varieties ripen. Keiffer is planted ex-

clusively and is a good general crap

sort and very reliable, yet. I would not.

want to do Without u few trees of Ty

sou, Seckel, Duchess, and others that.

are newer and as good or better. The

Bartlett is the pear par excellence,

but the tree is not a good grower.



The Size of the Orchard.





The size of the orchard must govern

the selection to an extent, as will the

purpose for which it is planted. If it

is intended lo sell some fruit on the

local market the home orchard can be

relatively increased all along the line

and give the best chance. for :1 steady

profitable market. If 21 larger acreage

is contemplated with a view to selling

on the general market then some stan-

dard variety will be selected for the

larger portion of the orchard so the

packing and grading can be done at. the

least. expense, for it. is just as easy to

sell the whole crop of one kind as it

would be to have it divided up among

several. For the ordinary farmer,

though, the local market with the

smaller supply of the many varieties

coming in regularly would give the

best chance to get good prices.



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BUY GARDEN SEED EARLY.





Reports indicate a large shortage of

seed of some of the leading vegetable

crops. Shortages have. resulted from

failures of seed crops in this country.

failure lo receive usual shipments of

seed from foreign countries, and also

to the unprecedented demand for gar-

den sceds last spring. During the pres-

ent month seedsnien are arranging

their stocks for the new season, and

are apportioning their surplus stocks

for even distribulion of the limited

supply. Commercial vegetable grow"

ers can buy seed in quantity at this

season. often at considerable discounts,

while i1 may be diiiicull or impossible

10 buy garden seed in bulk after a few

vxccks. 'l‘hcrcl‘orc, the connnercial

grower should consider the advisability

01' purchasing secd stock: early this

your. Nearly every regular grower can

choose varieties without his seeds-

mnn‘s catalog, which probably will not

be issued for some lime.



The secdsmcn arc cxpccling another

rush of buyers of puckcicd seed for

planting the homo-garden and so are

prcpuriig to sell most of their seed

that way. The honic—gurdncr should

also have his garden work for next

your so mapped out lhul he can ordcr

seeds now. By putting lhc seed order

early, one is more likely to haVc it

filled and shipped promptly, also there

is more certainty of 1‘cc<~i‘.'i11g what is

ordered. When sccd becomes scarce,

the seedsmcn are likely to substitute

varieties, also lo use seed several yours

old. J. T. Rosa, Jr., of the University

of Missouri College of Agriculture, sug-

gests that gardeners order no more

seed than absolutely necessary for

their own planting. Wasting seeds by

reckless buying and planting is worse

than waste of actual food in this year

of seed shortage. Seed supplies should

also be protected from rats and mice,

which are especially fond of meaty

seeds, and will render a large number

worthless in a single night. Put the

seed in tight cans or jars, or in tin

boxes, and keep in a cool dry place.





The demand for fruit will be as great

or greater than ever because prosper—

ity will prevail, and that means that

people will want good things to eat.

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GROWING HUBBARD SQUASHES.





The Hubbard squash is a profitable

crop to grow in young orchards. The

fertilizing and cultivating of the squash

vines benefits the trees and the grow-

ing vines serve as an excellent cover

crop for the young trees during the

late summer and early autumn. Hub

bard squashes thrive exceedingly well

when planted in young orchards. Pre-

pare the ground as for corn. Make

the rows six feet apart and the hills

four or five feet apart in the rows.

Plant about the first week in June. In

sandy soils plant the. seed deeper than

in heavier soils. The vines make bet-

ter growth and yield better squashes

when only two or three plants are left

in the hill than when the hills are

further apart and more vines left in

the hill. '



Keep the Insects Under Control.





It is an advantage to mix a. spade

full of well-rotted farm manure in the

soil about the plants, or to use the

same amount in preparing the, soil un-

der the hill where the seeds are plant-

ed. A little fertilizer will also give the

plants a vigorous, early start, but care

should be taken to prevent it from

coming in contact with the tender

plants. As soon as the rows can be

followed, cultivation should begin and

be continued until the vines begin to

fill the spaces between the rows. As

a rule, it is well to delay the thinning

until the vines begin to throw out

strong branches so that only the best

plants will remain to bear the crop.



To keep squash bugs in control it, is

necessary to keep a close lookout, and

when any are found, go over the vines

with an effective insect powder, using

it either dry or in solution. It is fre-

quently necessary to go over the vines

every day as long as the bugs are ac—

tive. The eggs that are deposited on

the under side of the leaves should be

destroyed. Air slaked lime, while. not

exactly an insect destroyer, will prove

quite effective in holding the bugs in

check when used along with an effec»

tive powder.



Pinch Back the Vines.



After the third cultivation pull the

weeds about the hills. As the fruit

sets watch the vines and from time to

time pinch back the laterals that are

running to waste, remove the inferior

specimens and apply additional fertiliz-

er if the vines are not making satisfac—

tory growth. As the season advances

and you get a few choice specimens

growing in the right way, draw up the

loose, rich earth over the joints in the

vines between the fruit and the hill.

New rootlets will form at these joints

and feed the young squashes. This

will aid materially in developing full-

sized, fine squashes. Pinch off the

ends of the vines beyond the squashes

and remove robber laterals. Keeping

the joints covered with loose earth will

aid materially in bringing the crop to

full size and maturity. As the vine

weakens at the hill or the plant food is

used up, the new rootlets will carry the

crop through to maturity. Either for

home use or a commercial crop for

growing in the young orchard, the

Hubbard squash ranks high in the list

of cultivated crops.



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





LET’S GARDEN AGAIN.





The garden will be even more im-

portant as a food supply and as a

means of reducing living expenses this

year than last year. The experience

of last year will be a valuable asset

toward a better garden for the coming

season. A small garden will produce

more food than an acre of ordinary

farm crops. Last year the United

States became a nation of gardeners.

That reputation must be maintained.

Every farm must have its home vege-

table garden, and every foot of vacant

land in the cities and towns should be

planted to food crops.





 





 

   

   





 





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Three Moving Parts





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He Does Better Work

With Lalley-Light





Instead of Sixteen





There seems to be no wear—out to

this engine. Lalley-Light plants in-

stalled more than seven years ago

are giving today the same good ser—

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On thousands of farms, Lalley-Light

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Because of the engine’s extreme sim-

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plant engine has sixteen moving Lalley-Light brings electricity to the

parts—often more—our engine has farm—unlimited light and DOWOl‘ti“

only three. In fact there is no other their safest SW9“; 311d Simplest

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compares with the Lalley on that

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Think what such simplicity adds to

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in wear and tear, adjustment and

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Lalley-Light engine was designed es-

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It has big ball bearings at every point

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It runs with steam-engine steadiness.

That is why light direct from the

generator is as unflickering as from

the battery.





Generating plant is 27 inches long, 14

inches wide, 21 inches high. Storage

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THE BALL-BEARING ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT;





It gives you clean,hright light when-

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lts power will run the pump. separa-

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Lalley-Light furnishes electric cur-

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generator and storage battery-actu-

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for the cost of one.





it saves labor and improves living

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This is the time to figure or. install-

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It you desire, we will also advise the

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Our Illustrated catalog gives a. lot of

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He turns





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the cream!





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The suction-feed principle, which insures clean skimming, no

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Other separators have endeavored to overcome some of the

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It is common knowledge in thousands of the best dairies from coast to coast

that Kow- Kure has no equal as a medicine-tonic for cows that are “off color."

Such common ailments as Abortion, Barrenness, Retained After-birth, Securing,

Lost Appetite and Bunches are promptly eliminated by the active medicinal quali-

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As a preventive of disease, the occasional use of Kow-Kure will pay big returns

in increased vitality and improved milk ".ield Used before and after calving.

Kow -Kure will prevent Milk Fever and Retained Afterbirth, and enable the system

to resist the other diseases which frequently start at this period.

. If you have a cow that is not yielding asshe should, something is wrong with her

3’ ' organs of production. Try Kow-Kure and note the prompt improvement in

appearance and yield.

Sold by druggists and feed dealers: '55c and $1 10 packages.

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Dairy Cows





Need Water





By c. E RICHARDSON





OFTEN wonder if the average liarnr

er realizes how imporium 11 is, for

dairy cows to receive 21 proper sup—





ply of drinking watcr each day. thn

one understands that milk is. nearly

two-thirds water. i1 becomes cvidcni,





to hun- plcnty

lliii‘sly. 1





then, that cows 011;,” hi

of it, ready when they gm

know of farmers thai ars- 14x11'c1ncly

careful as to i'ccding and stabling 1111-i1'

stock. They give balanccd l‘illlOllti and

arc sure that the tic—11p is warm 11nd

comfortable in the winter. ’I‘hcy keep

their COWS cleaned 011" and prot'idc l)“’l'

ding foi- lhem 10 1114 on. Rm. 1110:" 1:41

the cows get. whuz \vn‘im' 111103.- cun, 1101

thinking it worth considcring.



I remember one day last winter, I





happened to cull 10 sec :1 farmer i'i'ic-nd

who lived in the ncxi, town. lic was

just turning his cows 0111 111 water.





hundred l'cci

:1 windy





Thc 1‘1'011gh was about 11

away from the sl'ziblc. 11. w:1-:





day and very cold. .\.: lll‘ lc1 :hc cows

0111 one by onc. hc would drivc lhcm

over to 1111* wulcr with Lhc help of :1





little siick which 11“ used for 11 whip.

When they go! thcrc, some would 11'}:

1.0 drink, but lhc wind blowing on 11114111

kept: them busy holdingt. ll“ll head; .‘0

as to protcci lhemsclycs, 11nd 1111- 11.110

having ice in i1. nuidr- it 11111111s<ilylo for

11114111 to drink as much :15 11114::

so after drinking a {cw swallow.~:,

would r1111 buck 10 1110 burn, cold

shivering.



“Do you 111111 .\' thal your cows drink

all the \111101' 1111 :1 11111411?“ 1 askcd him.



“Well, 1 supposr- ihcy 111111111 drink 11

littlc more, 11' it wus no1 so cold and

windy," he unswi-rcd, “bui l gums 1‘11cy

get enough 10 ‘gcl-by :‘ anyway, cows

don’t need us much wider in 1111: win-

ter as they do in 1111- sununcr.”



“That cow that is drinking, 1 1101111-

cd to 11. cow 111, 11114 irough, “sccms Io

drink quite 21 101, though it is





n vndcrl,

they

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cycn





; cold.”





“‘Oh, She is the fussicsl, cow 1 huvcf"

“Now, shc 1111s 1101:

drank anything for two days so I ox-

Deci, that $115 must bi dry, so shc has

got 10 drink today. chlorduy uud 1,1111

day bOfOI‘c she tilt? not drink bccuuso

it was windy and 133311; buI I know

she’d get, O\'1'tr being fussy if. I 1111 hcr

take her time!”



“But does she give much milk?”



“Well, she does pretty good ’111 win-

ter comes and then she drops off.”



I wondered whai sort of :1 surprise

he might. get, if he should weigh his

cows’ milk; 111- might find that, [ht-v

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A Responsibility





HE pl'oduccr sustains HUIHI'WIHII



I different. rclations to each of the



elements of milk quality than

been ordinarily supposed. (301%

trary 1.0 current belief, ho is unable to

control food value to any apprcciablc

extent by his method of feeding the

cow. The forces of herediiy have de-

termincd what, shall be the composii ion

of the milk 01‘ a given animal, and ex-

cept for slight seasonal variations; or

local disturbances a cow [ii‘l‘h’lSIS in

giving milk of essentially 11, fixvd com-

position. 011 thc 0111M hand, by select-

ing his animals 111- is ablc 10 prodncc

milk of 11 ideh different food value, b111

at a correspondingly different cost of

pioduction. Manifestly, it must be ex

pccted that he will piodmc .1 milk hav

ing a food value which will give him

the widest margin of profit.



In the matter of healihfulncss, the

producer has the responsibility of pro-

tecting, in so fai as he is able the milk

supply from (:101111111ination by discom-

producing organisms derived eithei

from cows 01' people. His recognized

inability to salisfac torily protect milk

in this war calls £01 thc added protec-

tion of medical supervision of the

health of the cows and men, or of pas-

teurization; but medical inspection





:E114‘. 111 lliii F‘lli'il""i' 111





also, were not giving as much milk

:hey might, if they could have better

means to procure their water to drink.



A few weeks later, I called to see

another farmer. This one kept cows

similar 10 the farmer described abovc.

I noticed that he had made sonio

changes in his tie-up.



“Yes, I have built a place in the

burn with 21 trough, so that I can now

water my stock inside 011 cold winter

days," he told me.



“Do you find that it pays?“ I asked.



"I ceruu‘nly do," he answered. “You

know I beg-.111 last: fall to weigh my

cows" milk. I found that after I got.

used 10 it, that it was not the bother

111111 I expected it, would be. I have

hud some surprises."



“Did you find that the cows needed

different water arrangements?"



“1 found along the first part of this

winter, when the weather got cold and

blowy, the cows began to give less

milk. I was surprised. because I haw

:1 nice warm barn and try to have thcm

comfortable. But I noticed that: they

would not drink some bad days as they

ought, to, and 011 good days they drank

more. 011 those days they would give

more milk. So I tried an experiment.

When the bad days came again, I cur-

ricd water in pails 10 them. They

drunk ull righl then. 1 could sec Soy

ihe milk scales 111111 there was a differ

1'll(,‘1' in my favor when l watered 1.1114111

in 0111' of 1111* cold wcalher. So 1 dc-

cided 1o build 1111s inside trough. And

it has more 1112111 paid for the expense

and bolher.“





“But what is 111111 arrangement you

have there, also?“ I asked.

"That is 2111011101- improvcmenl. The





counly agent told me once, that 2111 the

record-breaking cows have water with

the chill taken off. 111 the winter time.

So I tried that, 100. 11 was hard work

carryin," it from the house; 1101: W'iter

to waum the 11 Her in the 11'0.ugh But

i iound that that also helped incxeasc

their milk flow, as they drank more.

So I have installed the heater which

you see, to warm the water herc so

I do not have to carry it any morc."



“By building this you have saved

much hard work and much (1113001111011

101' your cows?" I asked.



“I certainly have, but—the scales

have shown me that it has paid for

itself. I would not have believed it if

1 had 1101 proved it that way. B111,

after all. ‘experiencc is the best

1 cache‘l‘i’





 





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of the Dairyman





41nd pasieurization are, manifestly, not.

Ilic producer’s problem.



The elemenl of cleanliness is largely

in the control 01' the producer. Under

prcsent economic conditions, he is pro-

ducing 11 milk with a very high degree

of cleanliness, and if any additional.

s11'ess is laid upon this point he will

undoubtedly produce milk which is 11111«

1‘01'111ly very clean.



The clement of keeping quality is

1111‘ one which presents the greatest

practical difficulty, bccause here the

responsibility is much divded. Defi-

1111e information regarding many do

tails is still lacking but the present.

since of knowledge suggests that the

most common contributing factor to

poor keeping quality is the condition

of the milk cans which are supposed

to be treated at the milk plant.



The adoption by the producer of the

uniform practice of rinsing his milk

utensils with scalding hot water short-

ly befoxe the} are used, would contiib-

1110 very much to the keeping qualitv

oi" the milk. In practice each utensil

coming into contact with the milk adds

10 its germ content and decreases its

keeping quality A 1eduction of the

number of such utensils to the mini-

mum is very desirable—Ill. Ex. Sta.





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JAN. 19,’ 1918.





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Points on Selecting Concentrates





N determining the concentrates to

I use in a grain mixture for dairy

cows, several things should be kept

in mind. The following factors are es-

pecially worthy of being considered:

Palatability.



A feed is said to be palatable when

its flavor is pleasing. Certain feeds,

like corn, are palatable, while certain

feeds, like cottonseed meal, are unpal-

atable until the cow has been taught to

eat.them. Unpalatable feeds should

be mixed with palatable feeds. There

is some proof that the amount of diges-

tive juices excreted depends upon the

palatability of the feed.



Balk.



A grain mixture is said to have bulk

when a definite weight takes up a rela-

tively large space. To illustrate, 100

pounds of wheat bran will occupy much

more space than 100 pounds of corn

meal, hence is said to be bulky or light.

It is believed by— dairymen that this

bulk in itself enables the digestive

juices to more completely penetrate

the mass and hence may facilitate di-

gestion. At any rate, it is known that

a dairy cow, to do well, must have the

digestive tract well extended, and

where heavy grain feeding is practiced

some of the benefit of bulk ordinarily

secured in the roughage can probably

well come in the grain mixture. Unless

the grain mixture is fed on the silage,

or other roughage, it is well that it

have bulk in itself.



Variety.



In compounding a grain mixture so

that it will have palatabilily and bulk

and be properly balanced, generally

three or four grains are used in the

mixture. This is commonly spoken of

as variety in the grain mixture. From

recent investigations, it would seem

well that care should be taken to see

that grains of distinctly different spe-

cies of plants should be used. This

will help furnish the animal with need-

ed ash ingredients and special forms

of protein required by a cow in milk.

It is not variety simply to feed several

different named feeds all coming from

the same plant, such‘ as corn stover,

corn and cob meal, corn bran, gluten,

corn distillers’ grains, etc.



Effect on Health.



Each feed has its own specific effect

upon the animal body. We do not yet

have the specific effect of all feeds, but

certain effects of particular feeds are

well understood. To illustrate, cotton-

seed meal is known to be constipating

in its effect, while linseed meal is

known to have a laxative effect. Some

of the roughages are laxative, such as

silage, clover hay and alfalfa hay;

some are constipating, such as timothy

hay, oat straw and corn stover. When

the roughages are constipating in their

effect, a grain mixture of a laxative na—

ture must be fed, if the dairy cow is to

do her best. The bowels of a dairy

cow should be in a laxative condition,

if the cow is making her best produc-

tion.



Cast.



In successful farming, the business

side is at least three-fifths. From the

point of View of computing rations for

dairy cows in order to produce milk,

cost would not come in, but in actual

farming it is more than half. Dairy-

men often believe that the cost price

per ton is the most important consid-

eration. It is important, but more im-

portant is the relative cost of net en-

ergy and‘ digestible true protein in

feeds. The farmer should calculate

the cost of 100 pounds of digestible

true protein and 100 therms of energy

in all the feeds available, and then

make the cheapest mixture that satis-

fies all his requirements.



Roughages Used.



Concentrates are used to balance the

roughages fed, and hence the nature of

the concentrates will depend upon the

roughages fed. It is easy to divide the

roughages into three general groups.





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Group 1 includes timothy hay, corn

stover and corn silage. Any one, or

any combination, of these will need a

great deal of protein in the grain

mixture.



Group 2 includes mixed clover and

timothy hay, or any combination half

leguminousand half non-leguminous.

This group will require a grain mixture

with a medium amount of protein.



Group 3 includes the legumes as the

entire roughage. This group needs the

smallest amount of protein in the grain

mixture—Pa. Ex. Sta. Bulletin.





DAIRY FEEDS FOR WINTER.





 





The dairyman’s problem this winter

is serious. Some of the feeds used,

commonly have increased from twenty-:

five to 100 per cent in cost during the‘

year. The prices received for dairy{

products have not kept pace with the:

prices for feeds. So what is the dairy-

Inan going to feed?



First of all, it is important that some

succulent feed be given a dairy cow

at all seasons of the year. This can

easily be done during the summer

months, but in winter it is difficult.

There is no better means of furnishing

a succulent feed in winter than through

the use of corn silage. It must be re-

membered that corn silage is not a

complete ration for it is high in car-

bohydrates and low in portein content.

Furthermore, experience has shown

that silage should not be fed as the

only roughage in the ration. It is al-

ways advisable to feed some hay and

the legume hays, such as alfalfa, clo-

ver, cowpea, or soy bean, are best

adapted for use in producing milk. It

is a question just how much alfalfa

hay should be purchased at prices

which range from $32 to $36 a ton.

Some legume, however, should be fed

if possible.



A good ration of roughage would be

what silage and legume hay the cows

will readily consume. This will prob-

ably be about thirty to forty pounds of

silage and eight to ten pounds of le-

gume hay for a good-sized animal.



In addition to the roughage the dairy

cow should receive a grain mixture.

Corn, even at its present price, is one

of the cheapest and best sources of di-

gestible food and can hardly be left out

of the ration. While it is a valuable

feed and is very palatable, it must not

be fed as the only grain in the ration

because corn, like silage, is relatively

high in carbohydrates and low in pro-

tein. Silage and corn should furnish

the greater part of the food nutrients

in the ration, with a small amount of a

high protein feed added to give the

necessary protein. Cottonseed meal

and linseed meal are the usual

sources of protein. Corn and cottonseed

meal mixed together would furnish the

necessary nutrients but the mixture of

these two grains is so sticky and pasty

when it reaches the stomach that the

digestive juices cannot readily act up-

on it. It is advisable for this reason

to lighten it in some way, and this is

usually done by feeding it on the silage

with which it becomes mixed when eat—

en, or by adding a light feed such as

wheat bran or beet pulp to the mixture.





A good grain mixture to be fed with





 





the silage and legume hay would bel

one composed of four parts corn, one'





part wheat bran and one part cotton-

seed or linseed meal. These should be

mixed together and the mixture fed at

the rate of one pound of grain per day





for each three pounds \of Jersey milk '





or one pound of grain for each four

pounds of Holstein milk produced. An-

other rule is to feed one pound of the

grain mixture per day for each pound

of butter-fat produced in a week.



Mo. Ag. College. W. W. SWEET.





Reading that does not create and fos-

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Milk is a big dividend payer right now if you keep down its cost

of production by selling your high priced grain and feeding

KRAUSE DAIRY FEED.





Used by itself or in combination with

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name of your dealer.



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cars, and to horse-radius, one-fifth the radius of

motor cars?





Are you content to see others seize the golden

chances that are offered now and the untold

chances that are coming in the next few months?

Or will you join your neighbors who are moving

at motor-car pace?





A little delay now may have results that all

your future cannot repair.





Take this up new. Be fair to yourself, to your

girls and boys, to your wife. Look into the

changes of the last few months which have placed

the whole question of motor-car service vs.





 





 





horse service in an entirely new light. We say—





1. Motor cars are now cheaper to use than

horses for all work that a motor car can do.





2. Of all the motor cars giving maximum serv-

ice the one that costs least to run and use is the





Maxwell.





That ought to make you think. We don’t ex.

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you. We can prove it to you. For the sake of

your own work and profits, for the sake of your

girls and boys and wife, take this up now. Send

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cars of greatest efficiency and economy are still

procurable. We will send you the name and

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WORLD EVENTS IN PICTURES





 





 





 





 





A British Gun, the Greatest in Use, Being Transported Over a Road in Flan.

V ders by a Powerful Tractor.





 





 





 





 





 





Photo Taken Twenty Years Ago Showing the Kaiser’s Entrance into Jerusa-

lem as a Peace Lord.





 





 





Powerful British Howitzers Keep up an Incessant Bombardment in Flanders

D;spite the Show and Cold Weather.





 





 





A Demonstration of what the Famous British Tanks can do in

Over Trenches and Uneven Ground.





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Clearing Away the Huge Masses of Debris After the Germans Have





Driven from the Trenches and Dugouts.





 





 





 





 





Sand Hills of Palestine Transformed in “Cliff Dwellers” Residences





by the British Troops.





 





Report States that 6,000 Persons were Killed in the Disaster.





 





 





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Guatemala City, Three Times Resurrected After Being Destroyed by Earthquakes, has been Wiped Out a Fourth Time by the Same Cause.





The Latest

Not a Single Building Remains Standing.





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JANUARY.





 





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There‘s joy in January

When folks live on the farm.

You’ll hear the big town dwellers

Take pity on us tellers—

Well let ’em—where’s the harm?

We think that January

L good fun on the farm.





It’s cold you bet, an’ colder——

Can’t be no other way.



But we’re not short on fire, .

An’ when the coal mounts higher

We saw some wood an’ say,

“Although it’s cold, an’ colder,

\Ve’ll take her day by day."





An’ if the snow comes pilin'

[Breast—high in road an’ field.

To keep the car from ramblin’

The nags are keen for amblin'

\K’ith snap galore concealed;

So let the snow come piiin‘



An‘ fill each road an‘ field.





For jolly bells a—jingle



Fit January best.



Vl'e're off for sleighin‘ parties

With “Yo heave ho, my hearties

Trot on, an’ later rest.”



The merry bells a-jingle



For this old month are best.





A blizzard? All that’s needin'



Is just to do the chores.



It's great. to hear the crunchin'

0’ corn, an’ cheerful munchin‘

An’ then to dodge indoors,

While knowin’ all that's needin’

Is just to do the chores.





There‘s time though, when we’re sittin’

Around the stove so warm,



Our hearts get darn strong wrenches

A thinkin' of the trenches,



()ur boys, an’ some such storm—-



An' we all safe, an’ sittin'



At home, so nice an' warm.





It’s then we get together



An‘ plan to send a share

Across that stretch o' water~«

)ecause we think we oughter—

Of all that. we can spare.



“'e get our heads together



To send ’eni off their share.





For right in January



\Vhile easy times are ours,

For you an’ me they‘re fightin’

An’ others’ wrongs a rightin’——

It ain’t no bed 0’ flowers



For them——in January—-



To save their land—an’ ours.





Coal vs. Wood for Fuel

BthARK MEREDrrH '





HE rising cost of coal, as well as



of other articles of all kinds nec-



essary to industry have turned

the. attention of many users of coal to

the. pOSsibilities of wood, and if the

change is made from one class of fuel

to the other, certain necessary condi-

tions must be carefully observed. The

chemical composition of wood, when

dried to 140 degrees Fahrenheit varies

very little indeed, and the constituent





parts of the various woods are as

follows:

Car. Hydro. O‘xy. Nitro.

Beech ...48.9$< 6.07 43.11 093

Oak ...50.64 6.03 42.05 1.23

Birch ...50.61 6.23 41.04 1.12

Aspen ..50.31 6.32 42.39 0.98

Willow ..51.75 6.19 10.98 0.98

The first three are hard woods.





weighing about fifty pounds per cubic

foot, while the latter woods weigh

about thirty-five pounds, so that the

reputation of the heavier woods for

producing more heat. must arise from

their greater density and smaller ca,-

pacity for holding water. Their carbon

and hydrogen content, per pound, is

very much alike. The ash left by wood

when completely burned furnish varies

from one-half to over three per cent.

Wood when felled contains from twen-

ty to fifty per cent of water, and sel-

dom, even after storing, has less than

fifteen per cent, while if brought dur-

ing the rains it may have very much

more. A purchaser should therefore

be. very careful to ascertain the amount

of water in his fuel to adjust the price

properly. Wet wood when burnt, by

raising half of its weight in steam that

passes uselessly into the chimney may

make a very unsatisfactory fuel. The

amount of moisture in a supply of

wood fuel may be ascertained by split-

ting several logs through the middle

and planing an equal quantity of shav—





‘ wood is burned.





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ings from each. Mix the shavings and

select a one-pound sample to be dried

’n' the air until it ceases to lose weight,

and another pound to be dried carefully

above the boiler, noting the tempera‘

ture of the air among the shavings and

weighing. The experimenter will then

be able to ascertain the percentage of

moisture in the wood when air-dried

and stove-dried. In England dry wood

is worth, for the purpose of steam rais-

ing, half its weight in English coal,

having only five per cent of ash, but

when the ash in coal amounts to twen-

ty-two per cent the ratios of value are

considerably altered in favor of wood.



Much depends on the way in which

If used in large pieces

there will be considerable spaces be-





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tween them, and the total amount in

the state of combustion will be reduc-

ed. There may also be an excess of





air drawn through the fire. The fire

bed, when wood is, used is more diffi-

cult to manage, and for the control of

the draught it is well to have a door

on the ashpit. When using wood fuel

it is desirable to have the means of

cutting it up cheaply into pieces of

such a. size as may be fed easily into

the fire and properly managed for

burning.



There is scope for a good deal of re-

search work into the burning qualities

of wood for steam raising and'with the

growing scarcity of coal, engineering

firms using wood should certainly take

careful records. ‘





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MERICAN invention has scored

A another triumph. Elmer A. Sper-



ry has invented a searchlight

that is five times as powerful as the

strongest German lights. Government

officials have been following Mr. Sper-

ry’s experiments closely and New York.

ers have been amazed by the dazzling

blue-white beams that have .fiashed

through the skies.



Long study of the electric arc is the

foundation of the new achievement.

One familiar with the are light knows

the negative carbon is pointed, while

the positive carbon is dished, or hol-

lowed. Within this hollow is centered

the luminous reaction.



Before Mr. Sperry’s invention the

brightest searchlight was of German

origin, invented by Heinrich Beck. Mr.

Beck obtained his light by an ingen-

ious method. The ordinary incandes-

cent arc would be brighter were it un-

dimnied by vapor evaporated from car-

bon tips. Carbon fuses at 7,230 de-

grees E, but the troublesome vapor ap-

pears at 3,272 degrees. Beck reduces

this vapor by cooling the carbon tips





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Districts in which the State is Divided





For the convenience of club mem-

bers, leaders and all others interested,

the following list of Boys’ and Girls’

Club Workers is given:



E. C. Lindemann, State Club Leader,

East Lansing, Mich.



C. A. Spaulding, Assistant State Club

Leader, (Specialist in Handicraft and

Live Stock Clubs), East Lansing,

Mich. ‘



Anna B. Cowles, State Club Leader

for Girls), East Lansing, Mich.



Barbara Van Heulen, Assistant State

Club Leader for Girls, East Lansing,

Mich.



A. G. Kettunen, Assistant State Club

Leader, (Specialist in Poultry Clubs),

East Lansing, Mich.



E. C. Volz, Assistant State Club Lead-

er, (Specialist in Gardening Clubs),

East Lansing, Mich.



R. N. Kebler, Assistant State Club





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in an atmosphere of burning alcohol—-

a temperature of 1,832 degrees. He

uses fire to reduce the temperature of

‘fire from another source. Both carbons

are rotated to keep their surfaces bath-

ed in the gas. Beck made no effort to

utilize the peculiarities of the crater,

but devised a method for removing the

veil. Sperry discovered a means for

using the crater.



The source of light always used in

searchlights has been the positive crat-

er of a pure carbon arc. This crater

gives a fairly steady light of about 150

candlepower for each square millimet-

er. Mr. Sperry uses the crater as a

receptacle in which to burn super-

heated vapor produced in the arc. This

gas is produced by certain materials

with which the carbon is impregnated,

liberated and consumed by the attack-

ing discharge of the. negative carbon.



To secure maximum efficiency it is

necessary that this vapor be concen-

trated. This is done by maintaining a

deep crater, into which the vapor is

pressed and compressed. As a result

the. mouth of the crater emits an in-





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for Boys’ and Girls’ Club Work.





Leader, (in charge of District No. 1.,

Upper Peninsula), Marquette, Mich.



Jessie M. DeBoth, Assistant State

Club Leader for Girls, (in charge of

Girls’ Clubs, District No. 1), Marquette,

Mich.



George D. Gilbert, Assistant State

Club Leader, (in charge of District No.

2, Bay City, Mich., care Y. M. C. A.



B. J. Ford, Assistant State Club

Leader, (in charge of District No. 3),

Big Rapids, Mich.



B. S. Tefft, Assistant State Club

Leader, (in charge of District No. 4),

Saginaw, W. S., Mich., Court House.



C. E. Ackley, Assistant State Club

Leader, (in charge of District No. 5),

Marshall, Mich.



It will save time and secure better

results if you will corresponddirectly

lWitdl the project leader or the district

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JAN. 19, 1918.





tense lights—500 candlepower "to .each

square millimeter, or 320,000 candles

power to the square inch. It is the arc

flame from the negative carbon that

compresses the gas. The positive car-

bon is cooled by air circulated by a

small centrifugal blower.





The total illuminating power of this

searchlight is 1,220,000,000 candles. It,

is visible for sixty miles. Ordinary

rock melts in the crater. The beam,

when focused, will fire rubbish 200 feet

from the lens, which is five feet in

diameter.





Had it not been for the Beck lights

on the German ships, English torpedo

boats would have scored more hits at

Jutland. To increase, by brilliancy,

the radius of the searchlight has been

sought for years by inventors and

physicists. The naval value of this

latest Sperry invention is very great.

Mr. Sperry first won fame by his in:

vention of the Sperry gyroscope.





Cellar Schools





NE of the most interesting char-



acteristics of the domestic his-



tory of France during the last

three years, is the consistent way in

which the resolution, early taken, that

the war 'should be allowed to interfere

as little as possible with the normal

development of the nation, has been

adhered to. In no direction is this

seen more clearly than in the matter of

education. Recognizing the importance

of the subject, and the necessity, if a

just development was to be maintain-

ed, of making changes as they became

necessary, Frenchmen have never

evinced any desire to shelve the mat-

ter. They have at all times in the sen.

ate, in the chamber, and through the

country generally, been ready to dis-

cuss the question, and, where neces-

sary, encourage and promote legisla‘

tion in regard to it.



The famous cellar schools of Rheims

are but another instance, and a very

striking one, of the feeling of the

French people concerning this subject.

M. Octave Forsan has had charge of

these schools and when he decided to

open schools in the cellars he made

clear to each teacher what exactly his

scheme was, and how desirable it was

for children in the town to have

something of this» kind done for them,

but he did not neglect to tell all of

them frankly of the risks they ran. And

yet, in every case the scheme was en-

thusiastically received. The schools

are really long underground passages

and rooms lighted with petrol lamps,

the walls hung with mats covered with

a light paper, whilst each teacher en-

deavors to bring some cheerfulness to ,

these “catacombs” by placing plants or

flowers on the desk, pinning pictures

on the wall and erecting sheaves of

allied flags.



As for the children, it is for them a.

glorious adventure, and in spite of liv-

ing in the midst of accumulated ruins

and under the constant threat of the

German guns, they are not in the least

affected by this and have even ceased

to think anything about it. And yet

so near are some of the schools to the

German lines, that, in the case of

Pommery, Champion and Mumm cel-

lar schools, the post office officials for

about a year after the first school was

opened, refused to send a post office

employe to these quarters to deliver

letters. Day after day, in spite of all

this, the children came to school, and

went home again, and nothing was

neglected, not even the examinations,

the result of which is known as the

“Promotion du Bombardement.” It is

fortunate that, although the schools

have been hit by shells, no child or

teacher has come to any hurt, and it is

welcome to learn that the teachers of

Rheims were recently specially men-

tioned in a government “order of the

day” and that the headteacher has re-

ceived the, high. distinction of the Le-

gion of Honor.





 





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Old Folks at Home





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Perfect Day



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When the Corn is Waving





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Sheridan's Ride





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VOCAL DU ETS





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Miserere —Il Trovatore



When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget

Whispering Hope





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Marietta

Red Mill Selections





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Funny Doings at Sleepy Hollow

My Uncle's Farm



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Sweetest Story Ever Told





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Light as a Feather





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Inside the Lines





By EARL DERR BIGGERS & ROBERT WELLES RITCHIE





Copyright by The Hobbs-Merrill Co.





 





 





“Have you any money?” The quer-

ies were voiced as one. For an instant

confusion; then the older man looked

up into the younger‘s face—a bit flush-

ed it was—and guffawed.



“Not a postage stamp, Willy. I guess

we’re both beggars, and if mother and

Kitty didn’t have five trunks between

them this Swiss hold-up man who says

he’s proprietor of this way-station h0-





_ tel wouldn’t trust for a fried egg.”





“Same here,” admitted Kimball. “I’m

badly bent.”





 





“They can’t keep us down—us Amer-

icans!” Sherman cheered, taking the

youth’s arm and piloting him out into

' the reception room. “We’ll find a way

out if we have to cable for a warship

:to come and get us.”‘



‘ Just as Sherman and Kimball emerg-

ed from the dining-room, there was a

diversion out beyond the glass doors

ion Waterport Street. A small cart

drew up; from its seat jumped a young

twoman in a duster and with a heavy

automobile veil swathed under her

chin. To the Arab porter who had

bounded out to the‘ street she gave di-

rections for the removal from the cart

of her baggage, two heavy suit-cases

and two ponderous osier baskets.

These latter she was particularly ten-

der of, following them into the hotel’s

reception room and directing where

Ithey should be put before the desk.«



. The newcomer was Jane Gerson, Hil-

' debrand’s buyer, at the end of her gas-

oline flight from Paris. Cool, capable,

self-reliant as on the night she saw the

bastions of the capital’s outer forts

;l'ade under the white Spikes of the

search—lights, Jane strode up the desk

to face the smiling Almer.



“Is this a fortress or a hotel?” she

challenged.



“A hotel, lady, a hotel,” Almer purr-

ed. “A nice rooni——yes. Will the lady

be with us long?”



“Heaven forbid! The lady is going

to be on the first ship leaving for New

York. And if there are no ships, I’ll

look over the stock of coal barges you

have in your harbor.” She seized a

pen and dashed her signature on the

register. The Shermans had pricked

up their ears at the newcomer’s first

words. Now Henry J. pressed forward

his face glowing welcome.



“An American—a Simon—pure citizen

of the United States—I thought so.

Welcome to the little old Rock!” He

took both the girl’s hands impulsively

and pumped them. Mrs. Sherman, Kit-

ty and Willy Kimball crowded around,

and the clatter of voices was instan-

taneous. “By auto from Paris; good-

ness me!” “Not a thing to eat for

three days but rye bread!” “From

Strassburg to Luneville in a farmer’s

wagon!” Each in a whirlwind of ejac-

ulation tried to outdo the other’s story

of hardship and privation.



The front doors opened again, and

the sergeant and guard who had ear-

lier carried off Fritz, the barber, en-

tered. Again gun butts thumped omi-

nously. Jane looked over her shoulder

at the khaki—coated men, and confided

in the Shermans:



“I think that man’s been following

me ever since I landed from the ferry.”



“I have,” answered the sergeant,

stepping briskly forward and saluting.

“You are a stranger on the Rock. You

come here from—”



“From Paris, by motor, to the town

across the bay; then over here on the

ferry,” the girl answered promptly.

“What about it ?”



“Your name?”



“Jane Gerson. Yes, yes, it sounds

German, I know. BUt that’s not my

fault. I’m an American—a red-hot Am-

erican, too, for the last two weeks.”



The sergeant’s face was wooden.





 





 





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“Where are you going?”



“To New York, on the Saxonia, just

as soon as I can. And the British army

can’t stop me.”



“Indeed.” The sergeant permitted

himself a fleeting smile. “From Paris

by motor, eh? Your passports, please.”



“I haven’t any," Jane retorted, with

a shade of defiance. “They were taken

from me in Spain, just over the French

border, and were not returned.”



The sergeant raised his eyebrows in

surprise not unmixed with irony. He

pointed to the two big osier baskets,

demanding to know what they con-

tained.



“Gowns—the last gowns made in

Paris before the crash. Fashion’s last

gasp. I am a buyer of gowns for Hil-

debrand’s store in New York.”



Estatic gurgles of pleasure from Mrs.

Sherman and her daughter greeted this

announcement. They pressed about

the baskets and regarded them lov-

ingly.



The sergeant pushed them away and

tried to throw back the covers.



“Open your baggage—all of it!” he

commanded snappishly.



Jane, explaining over her shoulder

to the women, stooped t0 fumble with

the hasps.



“Seventy of the darlingest gowns—

the very last Paul Poiret and Paquin





 





Lady Crandall Beamed Upon Jane.

and Worth made before they closed

shop and marched away with their

regiments. You shall see every one of

them!“



“Hurry, please, my time’s limited!”

the sergeant barked.



“I should think it would b-e—you’re

so charming,” Jane flung back over her

shoulder, and she raised the tops of

the baskets. The other women pushed

forward with subdued 'coos.



The sergeant plunged his hand under

a mass of colored fluffiness, groped for

a minute, and brought forth a long roll

of heavy paper. With a fierce mien,

he began to unroll the bundle.



“And these?”



“Plans,” Hildebrand’s buyer answer—

ed Shortly.



“Plans of

glared.



“Of gowns, silly! Here—you’re look-

ing at that one upside down! This

way! Now isn’t that a perfect dear of

an afternoon gown? Poiret didn’t haVe

time to finish it, poor man! See that

lovely basque effect? Everything’s

moyen age this season, you know.”



Jane, with a shrewd sidelong glance

at the flustered sergeant, rattled on,

bringing gown after gown from the

baskets and displaying them to the

chorus of smothered screams of de-

light from the feminine part or her au-

dience. One she draped coquettishly

from her shoulders and did an exag-

gerated step before the smoky mirror

over the mantelpiece to note the effect.



“Isn’t it too bad this soldier person





what?” The sergeant





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isn't married, so he could appreciate

these beauties?" She flickered a mis‘

clue-5011s eye his way. “Of course, he

can't be married, or he’d recognize the

plan of a gown. Clean hands, there,

Mister Sergeant, if you’re going to

touch any of these dreams! Here, let

me. Now look at that musquetaire

Mature-«the effect of the war—military,

you know.”



The seargeant was thoroughly angry

by this time, and he forced the. situa-

tion suddenly near tragedy. Under his

fingers a delicate girdle crackled sus-

piciously.



“Here—your knife! Rip this open;

there are papers of some sort hidden

here.“ He started to pass the gown to

one of his soldiers. Jane choked back

a SCI'E‘HIII.



“No, no! That’s crinoline, stupid!

N0 papers—” She stretched forth her

arms appealingly. The sergeant hump-

ed his shoulders and put out. his hand

to take the opened clasp-knife.



A plump doll-faced woman, who pos-

sessed an afterglow of prettiness and

a bustling nervous manner, ftounced

through the doors at this juncture and

burst suddenly into the midst of the

group caught in the imminence of dis-

aster.



“What’s this—what's this?” She

caught sight of the filmy creation drap-

ed t'rom the sergeant’s arm. “Oh, the

beauty!” This in a whisper of admir-

ation.



“The last one made by Worth,” Jane





vas quick to explain, noting the sera





geant’s confusion in the presence of

the stranger, “and this officer is going

to rip it open in search for concealed

papers. He takes me for a spy.”





Surprised blue eyes were turned

from Jane to the sergeant. The latter

shamefacedly tried to slip the Open

knife into his blouse, mumbling an ex-

cuse. The blue eyes bored him through.





 





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should not have perfect systems





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and LABOR IS SHORT





the farmer MUST;Tsave time and,effort,

not only ,9 in’fproducin g, %

larg‘ét‘the load and the'fasterthetrip to mar-





Good ‘ roads have always helped’ the farmer. '

Now they are indispensable; 4? Farm labor is scarcefl Wages

are high. '3 Every hour wasted’on the highway cuts down out-





What the farmer needs is not a patch of hard road

here and there, but a connected system of hard roads putting

him in easy reach of his markets.

he needs roads that stay good 365 days" a year.





There is no reason why farming communities





entirely up to them. .9 The roads Can be built in two or three

seasons. . When the cost is spread over fifteen or twenty years





cents per acre. 1: In Vermilion County. Illinois, for example, a"

magnificent concrete system is being built and the annual tax

is only about 8c per acre per year. for 20 years, which covers

the, interest and gradually pays oft the debt.





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our subscribers we have arranged the

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raltar~catapulted.in from the street

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iest. He threw his hands above his

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ness before a. highwayman.



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he cried, with a show/man’s eloquence.

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hobby—gowns and millinery and such

—she has forgotten. I'll bet dollars to

doughnuts.”



“Credit to whom credit is due, Mister

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anybody’s official thunder.” The con-

sul wagged a forefinger at her reprov-

ingly. With impatience, the refugees

waited to hear the news.



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to made arrangements to ship you on

the Saxonia in self-defense. Saxonia’s

due here from Naples Thursday—day

after tomorrow; sails for New York at

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here—and a better American never

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agreed to go bond for your passage

money; all your letters of credit and

checks will be cashed by treasury

agents before you leave the dock at

New York, and you can settle with the

steamship people right there.



“No, no; don’t thank me! There’s

the person responsible for your getting

home.” The consul waved toward the

governor’s lady, who blushed rosily un<

der the tumultuous blessings showered

on her. Reynolds ducked out the door

to save his face. The Shermans made

their good nights, and with Kimball,

started toward the stairs.



“Thursday night, before you sail,”

Lady Crandall called to them, “you all

have an engagement—a regular Amer-

ican dinner with me at the Govern-

ment House. Remember!”



“If you have hash—plain hash—and

don’t call it a rag-owl, we'll eat you out

of house and home,” Sherman shouted

as addendum to the others’ thanks.



“And you, my dear"—Lady Cran-

dall beamed upon Jane—“you’re com-

ing right home with me to wait for the

Saxonia’s sailing. Oh, no, don’t be too

ready with your thanks. This is pure

selfishness on my part. I want you to

help plan my fall clothes. There, the

secret’s out. But with all those beau‘

tiful gowns, surely Hildebrand will not

object if you leave the pattern of one

of them in an out-obthe-W'ay little place

like this. Come on, now, I'll not take

no for an answer. \R’c‘ll pack up all

these beauties and have you off in no

time.”



Jane’s thanks were ignored by the

capable packer who smoothed and

straightened the confections of silk and

satin in the osicr hampers. Lady Gran.

dall summoned the porter to lift the





JAN. 19,1918.





precious freight to the back of her dog-

cart, waiting outside. Almer, perturb~

ed at the kidnaping of his. guest, came

from behind the desk.



“You will go to your room now?” he

queried anxiously.



“Not going to take it," Jane answer-

ed. “Have an invitation from Lady

Crandall to visit the State House, or

whatever you call it.”



"But, pardon me. Tile room—it was

rented, and I fear one night’s lodging is

due. Twenty shillings.”



Jane elevated her eyebrows, but

handed over a bill.



“Ah, no, lady. French paper—it is

worthless to me. Only English gold, if

the lady pleases.” Almer’s smile was

leonine.



“But it’s all I’ve got; just came from

France, and—”



“Then, though it gives me the great-

est sorrow, I must hold your luggage

until you have the money changed.

Excuse—”



Captain Woodhouse, who had dallied

long over his dinner for lack of some-

thing else to do, came out of the din-

ing-room just then, saw a woman in

difficulties with the landlord, and in-

stinctively stepped forward to offer his

services.



“Beg pardon, but can I be of any

help?”



Jane turned. The captain's heart

gave a great leap and then went cold.

Frank pleasure followed the first sur-

prise in the girl’s eyes.



“Why, Captain VVoodhouse—how jol-

]_v!—-To see you again after——”



She put out her hand with a free ges-

ture of comradeship.



Captain W'oodhouse did not see the

girl’s hand. He was looking imo her

eyes coldly, aloofly.



“I beg your pardon, but aren't you

mistaken?”



“Mistaken ?” The girl was staring at

him, mystified.



“I’m afraid I have not had the pleas-

ure of meeting you,” he continued ev-

enly. “But if I can be of service—-

now———”



She shrugged her shoulders and turn-

ed away from him.



“A small matter. I owe this man

twenty shillings, and he will not accept

French paper. It’s all I have.”



\Voodhouse took the note from her.



“I’ll take it gladly—perfectly good.”

He took some money from his pocket

and looked at it. Then, to Almer: “I

say, can you split a crown?”



“Change for you in a minute, sir——

the tobacco shop down the street.” A1-

mer pocketed the gold piece and dodb‘

ed out of the door.



Jane turned and found the deep-set

gray eyes of Captain Woodhouse fixed

upon her. They craved pardon—toler-

ation of the incident just passed.



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The Grizzly King





By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD





Copyright byPsget Newspaper Service





 





 





Thor moved again, parallel to the

sound. This brought him quickly to

the edge of the timber, and there he

stood, concealed by foliage, but with

the lake and the short. stretch of mea—

dow in View. A big bull caribou came

out first. His horns were half grown,

and in velvet. A two-year-old followed,

round and sleek and glistening like

brown velvet in the sunset. , For two-

minutes the bull stood alert, eyes, ears,

and nostrils seeking for danger-sig-

nals; at his heels the younger animal

nibbled less suspiciously at the grass.

Then lowering his head until his ant-

lers swept back over his shoulders the

old bull started slowly toward the lake

for his evening drink. The two-year-

old followed—and Thor came out softly

from his hiding—place.



For a. single moment he seemed to





 





gather himself—and then he’ started.





Fifty feet separated him from the earl-

bou. He had covered half that dis-

tance like a huge rolling ball when the

animals heard him. They were off

like arrows sprung from the bow. But

they were too late. It would have tak-

en a swift horse to beat Thor and he

had already gained momentum.



Like the wind he bore down on the

flank of the two-year-old, swung a little

to one side, and then without any ap-

parent effort—still like a huge ball—

he bounded in and upward, and the

short race was done.



His huge right arm swung over the

two-year-old’s shoulder, and as they

went down his left paw gripped the

caribou’s muzzle like a huge human

hand. Thor fell under, as he always

planned to fall. He did not hug his

victim to death. Just once he doubled

up one of his hind legs, and when it
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JAN. 19, 1918.





went back the five knives it carried

disembowelled the caribou. They not

only disemboweled him, but twisted

and broke his ribs as though they were

wood. Then Thor got up, looked

around, and shook himself with a rumb<

ling growl which might have been eith-

er a growl of triumph or an invitation

for Muskwa to come to the feast.



If it was an invitation, the little tan-

faced cub did not wait for a second.

For the first time he smelled and tast—

ed the warm blood of meat. And this

smell and taste had come at the phy-

chological moment in his life, just. as

it had come in Thor's life years before.

All grizzlies are not killers of big

game. In fact, very few of them are.

Most. of: them are chiefly vegetarians,

with a meat diet. of smaller animals,

such as gophers, whistling marmots,

and porcupines. Now and then chance

makes of a grizzly a hunter of caribou,

goat, sheep, deer, and even moose.

[Such was Thor. And such, in days to

come, would Muskwa be, even though

he was a. black and not of the family

of Ursus Horribilis 'Ord.



For an hour the two feasted, not in

.the ravenous way of hungry dogs, but





 





 





“Like the wind Thor bore down on the

flank of the caribou.”





in the slow and satisfying manner of

gourmets. Muskwa, flat on his little

paunch, and almost between Thor’s

huge forearms, lapped up the blood and

snarled like a kitten as he ground ten-

der flesh between his tiny teeth. Thor,

as in all his food-seeking, hunted first:

for the tid-bits, though the sapoos

oowin had made. him as empty as a

room without furniture. He pulled out

the thin leafs of fat from about the

kidneys and bowels, and munched at

yard-long strings of it, his eyes half

closed.



The last of the sun faded away from

the mountains, and darkness followed

swiftly after the twilight. It. was dark

when they finished, and little Muskwa

was as wide as he was long.



Thor was the greatest, of nature’s

conservators. \l'ith him nothing went.

to waste that was good to eat, and at

the present, moment if the old bull car-

ibou had deliberately walked within his

reach Thor in all probability would not.

have killed him. He had food, and his

business was to store that food where

it would be safe.



He went back to the balsam thicket,

but the gorged cub now made no effort

to follow him. He was vastly content.-

ed, and something told him that Thor

would not leave the meat. Ten min-

utes later Thor verified his judgment

by returning. In his huge jaws he

caught the caribou at the back of the

neck. Then 'he swung himself partly

sidewise and began dragging the car-

cass toward the timber as a dog might

have dragged a ten-pound slab of

bacon.



The young bull probably weighed

four hundred pounds. Had he weighed

eight hundred, or even a thousand,

Thor would still have dragged him—

but had the carcass weighed that much

he would have turned straight around

and backed with his load.



In the edge of the balsams Thor had

already found a hollow in the ground.





 





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IIe thrust the carcass into this hollow,





and growing interest, he proceeded to

cover it over with dry needles, sticks,

a rotting tree butt, and a log. He did

not rear himself up and leave his

“mark" on a tree as a warning to other

bears. He simply nosed round a bit,

and then went out of the timber. '



Muskwa lelOW‘Bd him now, and he

had some trouble in properly navigat-

ing himself under the handicap of his

added weight. The stars were begin-

ning to fill the sky. and under these

stars Thor struck straight up a steep

and rugged slope that, led to the moun-

tam-tops. Up and up he went, higher

than Muskvrn had ever been. They

crossed a patch of snow. And then

they came to a place where it seemed

as if a volcano had disrupted the bow-

els of a mountain. Man could hardly

have traveled where Thor led Muskwa.



At last he stopped. He was on a nar-

row ledge, with a perpendicular wall of

rock at his back. tinder him fell away

the chaos of torn-up rock and shale.

Far below the valley lay a black and

bottomless pit.





and while Muskwa watched with great I/





 





Thor lay down, and for the first time . ___‘

since his hurt in the other valley hei;

stretched out. his head between ,hisjé

great .rms, and. heaved a deep andlg





restful sigh. Muskwa crept. up close to

him, so Close thnf he was warmed by

Thor's body; and together they slept

the deep and peaceful sleep of full

stmzizvchs, while. over them the stars

grew brighter, and the moon came up

to flood the tealts and the valley in a

golden splendour.





CHAPTER Vii.



ANGDON and Bruce crossed the

summit into the westward valley

in the. afternoon of the day Thor



left the clay wallow. It was two o'clock

when Bruce turned back for the three

horses, leaving Langdon on a high

ridge to scour the surrounding country

through ,‘s glasses. For two hours af~

tor the. Q)“: returned with the outfit

they followed slowly along the creek

above which the grizzly had traveled,

and when they camped for the night

they were still two or three miles from

the spot where Thor came upon Musk-

wa. They had not yet found his tracks

in the sand of the creek bottom. Yet

Bruce was confident. He knew that

Thor had been following the crests of

the slopes.



“If you go back out of this country

an' write about bears, don’t make a

fool o’ yo’rself like most of the writin’

fellows, Jimmy,” he said, as they sat

back to smoke their pipes after supper.

“Two years ago 1 took a natcherlist out.

for a month, an' he was so tickled he

said ’e’d send me a bunch 0’ books

about bears and wild things. He did!

I read ’em. I laughed at first, an’ then

I got mad an’ made a fire of ’em.

Bears is cur'ous. There’s a mighty lot

of interesting things to say about ’em

without making a fool 0' yo’rself. There

sure is!”



Lnngdon nodded.



“One has to hunt and kill and hunt

and kill for years before he discovers

the real pleasure in big game stalk—

ing," he said slowly, looking into the

fire. “And when he comes down to that

real pleasure, the part of it that ab-

sorbs him heart and soul, he finds that

after all the big thrill isn't in killing,

but in letting live. I want this grizzly,

and I’m going to have him. I won’t

leave the mountains until I kill him.

But, on the other hand, we could have

killed two other bears today, and I

didn’t take a shot. I‘m learning the

game, Bruce—I’m beginning to taste

the real pleasure of hunting. And when

one hunts in the right way one learns

facts. You needn't worry. I’m going

to put only facts in what I write.”



Suddenly he turned and looked at

Bruce.



“What were some of the ‘fool things’

you read in those books ?“ he asked.



Bruce blew out a cloud of smoke.



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face in her muff and a sob shook her.

A moment later she raised her head.

Her lips were smiling, but her eyes

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Two business men were talking.

They had just finished the Y. M. C. A.

drive and were already making plans

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“Last year we wouldn‘t have thought

we could work this way,” said the

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I’ve got to have something all the time

to take my mind off it. The more work

the better. Nights when I have time

to think the thing gets me so I can’t

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coming on top of this."



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ient for serving, into the batter Cook

in deep fat until the batter is a deep

b1own and serve at once.



(‘reamed Lima Beans. ——Soak diied

Li ma beans for four hours d1 am cover

with salted water and cook until ten-

de1 Add a cup of whole milk to the

liquid remaining, thicken with egg

yolk, add a generous tablespoon of but-

101 and selye



Corn Pones.rTwo cups of white

corn meal, two cups of buttermilk, one-

haif teaspoon of soda, one teaspoonful

of salt, one tablespoon melted fat. Put

fat in biscuit tin or iron spider on top

of stove. \‘Vhile it; is heating sift the

meal and add the salt. Stir soda into

buttermilk, mixing thoroughly. “'hen

t‘rothing is at its height, pour into the

meal and stir together. Add smoking

hot fat. The mixture should be a very

stiff batter. Drop from spoon into ob-

long cakes in the hot pan, leave 011 top

of stove until bread begins to rise, then

cook in moderately hot oven. The

crust should be thick, crisp and golden

brown.



Corn and Rye Bread—One cup rye

flour, one cup of white. corn meal, one-

half cup of wheat flour, one teaspoon

of salt, one cup of sour milk or butter-

milk, one-fourth cup of cold water, one-

half cup of molasses, one level tea-

spoon of soda. Sift rye, meal, flour

and salt together. Dissolve soda. in

milk and water, add molasses. Com-





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called out of bed in a hurry at night.

There are dozens of ways of making

these. slippers, both by knitting and

crochet, but many of these are rather

unsatisfactory as the slippers easily

stretch out of shape or keep dropping

off the feet in the most provoking way

as you walk about: your room until you

are. disgusted with the very idea of

home-made footwear. But the slippers

shown in this photograph, while not as

decorative as some models, are the.

most comfortable and practical sort

ever made with worsted, and they are

especially recommended for elderly

people as they keep the ankles warm

as well as the feet. The ribbing at the

top holds them in shape and makes it

impossible for them ever to fall off,

and yet they are very quickly pulled

on and off. The lower portion of the

slipper is knit first by casting on thirty-

1‘1ve stitches on rather small needles

and then knitting a straight strip in

plain knittng. This should be made

long enough to go nearly around the

edge of a lamb’s wool sole with the

front end of the strip doubled over

across the front in the shape of an up-

per in a shoe and joined to the other





bine two mixtures and beat well. A,

teaspoon or two of melted butter ad-l

ded improves the bread} Pour into:

well—greased coffee cans and steam for‘

three hours. Finish by baking a half

hour in hot oven.





LETTER BOX. ’





Let the Men Reform.



Dear Deborah ——I feel that I must

give you a long- distance pat on the

back for that aIticle, “Making Oul i

Men Conservationists,” and I wouldl

suggest that it be repeated about ev-

ery two weeks until all of the readers

of the Michigan Farmer take notice.



Saving the waste went. into effect inl

our kitchen long before I heard of Mn].

Hoover's pledge card, and now we are

having meatless and wheatless meals;

and are trying to substitute and con-l

serve foods just as much as possible,;

and I believe other housewives are do-

ing the same. It is right that we should

do this, but I do object to having all

the responsibility of saving placed on

the women. It is time for the men to

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As a means of increasing the na-l

tom's supply of labor, George E. Has-l

hell, dairy specialist of the Food Ad-1

ministration staff, has su:r gested the?

more general employment of women as

cream testers.





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end of the st1ip by a firm seam. l‘his

sounds complicated but. in reality it is

very simple. ly pinning the strip:

around the sole and then about a,





fourth of the way back from the t‘oe'l

turning the front end of the strip to-.





wards the opposite

side, in this way

you can see if it is

the right length. As

soon as it is join

the ends in this

way with a tight

seam and then turn-,

ing the whole inside

out sew to the place:

designated for it 011

the sole, holding it

down as you do.

Now turn on the

right Side again and





done on four needles. Take up the

stitches 011 the top of the. strip and

knit it seam and plain, as one does the

wrist of a mitten, for as high on thy

ankle as liked.

leg so that no elastic or ribbon is at

all necessary though often for decora—

tion a. cord and tassel are run in, as





prepare to knit, the;

top, which is best}





This will cling to the





shown in the illustration. The. top.





looks prettiest if finished with a. ero—

cheted scallop.

how to knit on four needles the top of

the slipper can be crocheted, but in

this case an elastic must be run in to

keep it tight around the ankle. It takes

two skeins of Germantown to make a

pair of these. slippers and the shaded





If you do not knmv





Germantown is much the prettiest to

use because it gives a fine striped of?





feet just by plain knitting without the





slightest trouble on the part of the:





worker. The shaded gray or chinchilla

effect worsted, or the shaded purple

makes‘lovely slippers for elderly lad-

ies, while shaded blues or reds are suit-

able for all the other members of the

family, but, of course, if you prefer you

can use plain worsted and knit it in

solid colors or stripe it yourself by put-

ting in another shade.





 





 

   

   

 





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Success with mixed Hours depends largely

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Girl Outdocs Boys in Poultry Contest





PULLET raised by Miss Deone

A Jones, a, DeWitt maiden of thir-



teen years, has been judged by

the Department of Poultry Husbandry

of the Michigan Agricultural College,

to be the finest bird among two hun-

dred entered by boys and girls in the

state-wide M. A. C. poultry club con-

tests. But while bested for the high

place, two boys managed to land up in

second and third place. These were

Donald Baker, of Merle Beach, and

Clayton Olds, of Ypsilanti.



The. contest, which by the way, was

the first all-Michigan enterprise in

poultry ever arranged for boys and

girls of the state, was conducted as one

of the features of boys’ and girls’ poul-

try clubs. Last spring the college, as

a part of its work in interesting young

people in useful enterprises, distributed

two hundred settings of eggs among as

many members of the young people’s

clubs. The understanding was that

these, eggs were to be incubated and

the chicks from them raised in accord-

ance with instructions from the col-

lege. It was also prearranged that the

best pullet in each of these flocks was

to be forwarded to East Lansing in the

fall to be judged. The two hundred

birds

among them the DeVViit maiden’s pul-

let was selected as the best.



The following letter to the boys and

girls of Michigan from Miss Jones,

tells in her own words the history of

this prize—winning pullet:





 





DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS:



I am sending this letter in answer to

the kind request of the Michigan Farm-

er editor, who said you wished a short

story telling how I raised the prize-

winning White Leghorn.



Through the kindness of the Michi-





arrived during October, and,





gan Agricultural College, I obtained a.

setting of eggs.

The setting Igot

was intended for

another girl, but

she changed her

mind after the

eggs were order-

ed, and so I got

hem. A very

few days after-



_wards I came

down w i t h the

measles, so the

eggs w 8 re not

set till the latter

part of May and

we were afraid



they had been kept so long then that



they would not be good.



vThe Old Speckled Biddy had a kind

disposition, but a will of her own and

would set in no place but a buggy in

the shed which, luckily, we did not

have to use. until after the eggs were

hatched. She seemed 10 know she had

a wonderful egg under her for she

would hardly ever leave her nest and

many times while sitting she ate her

corn out of my hand.



About the first week in June the oth-

er boys’ and girls’ chickens around

here hatched and my eggs were only

nicely set. I thought sure the eggs

would not have any chickens in them,

but I was fooled. I guess “Last the

best of all the game,” was true that

time.



On June 23 I went down to the nest

and lifted Biddy up and there was a

little white Chicky. By the next morn-

ing four more hatched, and that was

all. The rest of the eggs were rotten.

I took very good care of the chickens

seeing that they had plenty of food and

water, and when they were old enough





 





Miss Deone Jones.





Old Biddy took them for a nice long

walk every day to visit the homes of

the best bugs and worms in this vicin—

ity. From the way the chickens grew

I am sure they did not “Hooverize”

very much. I fed them On oat meal,

bread crumbs, cracked corn and wheat,

mixed, and also gave them sweet milk

to drink.



They were the nicest behaved family

of chickensl ever saw, and Old Biddy

was a true mother. She taught them

to let things alone that they did not

understand and which did not belong

to them. They never got into anything,

but kept as busy as bees all day long,

and like good children were ready for

bed at bed time.‘





Their home was not very large, but,





comfortable. It was shaped like a lean-

10 of a house. The roof was covered

with real shingles and it had a tight

floor and a door that could be securely

fastened. So I thought they were safe

when. once in it.



When the five were grown up they

were taken to a local fair and the best

one was picked out. A few days later

I sent the best pullet to the M. A. C.,

and about two weeks later, when I

came home from school and Mama

gave me the letter from Mr. Burgess,

telling me my pullet had won first

prize, I was more than tickled, I can

tell you, and was again surprised when

I got the letter from the Michigan

Farmer asking for a letter from me.



As for myself, I am thirteen years

old and in the eighth grade. I have

always lived in the country, and go to

the country school.



Thanks for your interest, and hoping

my letter is all right.



I remain,

MILDRED D. JONES,

Dewitt, Michigan.





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proper one for the boy and girl to

start with, as this is the best form

of saving for one who will not needs

make very frequent drawals and I

really want to so hedge the first salv-

ings of our boys and girls in a way

that it will be less easy to withdraw,

so that the temptation to run to your

bank account every time you happen

to see or think of something that you

would like to have—but usually do not

need—Will not be so great.

Under the banking laws of the state





I NAMED the savings account as the





of Michigan, the banker may require ~





of you to give him ninety days notice

before you may withdraw money from

a purely savings account. In actual

practice this optionon the part of the

banker is rarely indeed resorted to. As

a matter of fact, I think none of the

few banks with which I have been as-

sociated have ever taken advantage of

this “safety first” provision.



This provision was wisely placed in

the law for the purpose of protecting

the depositors as well as the banker.

It is a safety clause that might be in-

voked in times of great financial dis-

tress. In the savings department of

the banking business the banker is al-

lowed to loan up closer, that is, a larg-

er percentage of his deposits may be





loaned than in a purely commercial

department. This is a good provision

as it means that a smaller amount of

the money saved is lying idle than in

other departments where the everyday

needs must: be provided for and are

less stable from day to day. The man

who has a commercial account for his

business needs is not as able to antici-

pate his wants accurately, and so the





demands upon the banker are bound to

be more variable. This being so, a,

larger ammnt of the money on deposit

must at all times be available for im—

mediate use 01‘ the patrons of the bank.



As I said before, it is rare indeed

that any bank has found it necessary

to use the ninety day notice provision

and if you have your money in the sav—

ings bank it would be almost an impos-

sible condition arising that you could

not get the whole or a part of it on a

moment’s notice if you so desired.



You can not well draw checks on a

savings account as the law requires

that whenever a, withdrawal is made

from such an account that the entry

be made on the pass book at the time





 





 





 





 





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of Withdrawal: This is no hardship as

a rule, as one would likely be able to

take his or her book to the banker and

secure. the amount required.



it is also the custom of some sav-

ings depositors who wish occasionally

to issue a check against their savings

account, to deposit. their savings book

with the banker himself, so that in

(ase it did become advisable to make a

demand upon the account that it could

be done, then when the check was pre-

sented, the banker would step to his

tile, find the pass book by name or

number, pay the check, make the entry

on the book and all would be handled

expeditiously and correctly. I know

one bank in which I was interested

that has many hundreds of savings

books in its possession, many people

prefering to leave their books at the

bank for safe keeping rather than care

for them.



This, to be real exacting, is not good

business for the depositor. Why? Sim-

ply because your bank book is your

proof that you have money in the

bank. It is the bank’s acknowledge-

ment of indebtedness to you and you

turn around and place their certificate

of indebtedness in their hands for safe

keeping. In actual practice, unless

your banker is a crook—which he very

rarely is, it is a convenient method of

shirking a little responsibility up—

on your banker, and I will admit. that

I have practiced it more or less all of

my life. Only with the responsibility

shifted from an individual to a corpor-

aton, it is exactly the same thing as if

you were to loan a man a hundred dol<

lars, take his note for it, and then say

to him, here you keep this note for me





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he wishes to place in his uniform file

and is the signature he will “consult”

whenever a withdrawal slip or a check

is presented for payment. That is, he

will until he becomes familiar with

your signature and does not have to

consult it.





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some kind of a signature that is to be

your regular one, then Use this on your

signature card and always use the

same in signing checks orwithdrawal

slips. lion‘t sign Miss M. L. Smith one

time, Mary L. Smith, or M. Louise

Smith, or Mary Louise Slnith at others,

etc. It is annoying to the banker,

sometimes confusing, and is not desir-

able. Of course, if you begin it as

Mary Louise Smith, and after a few

years should begin signing Mary Lou-

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Banker will Ask You to Sign a Signature Card.





so that, I will know where it is and

have it handy when you are ready to

pay it, or I to demand it. You would

not call that very good business would

you, but with the bank, rigidly super-

vised as they are by state and federal

authorities, I have never yet known the

practice to have been abused.



Now, when you go into the bank to

open a savings account, about the first

thing the banker will do is to hand you

a “signature card.” This is a simple

little card like the cut perhaps. Th‘s





you for that, and will take delight; in

adding other little Brown pass books

to his patrons list as the years go on.



After you have, signed the signature

card he will offer you a slip called a

deposit slip. You list your deposits

thereon and that little slip becomes a

part of the records of the bank, so

make it neat and plain. Then you will

be issued a little pass book, and now

you have a. bank account. You are, in

business, and the banker is your

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Bumper the White Rabbit





By GEORGE ETHELBERT WALSH





Copyright, 1917. by Geo. E. Walsh





 





 





 





 





 





 





Bumper Admired by the Birds.





'1‘ isn’t good for us to be too smart.

I It sometimes makes us vain, and



then one day we overdo it. Bumper

had some excuse for playing the trick

on Mr. Crow and Mr. Fox, for his life

depended upon it; but his success was

giving him a little swelled head. He

began to feel that he could get out of

any danger by using his wits.



“It takes a city rabbit to find a way

out of difficulty,” he reflected, as he

lay snugly in the hollow trunk of the

tree. “These country animals are dull-

witted. I do hope my cousins of the

woods are not so stupid. Perhaps they

are, and that’s why people say rabbits

are cunning’but very stupid.”



This sort of reasoning was the very

thing that got him in trouble, and near-

ly caused his death. He was so sure





that. he had outwitted Mr. Fox, be de-

cided after a while to leave the hollow

trunk, and eat some of the green leaves

and branches growing around outside.



But he knew less about the cunning

and patience of the fox than he thought.

Instead of trotting off in the. woods,

chagrined and disgusted by his defeat,

the f0x was lying low ready to pounce

on the white rabbit the moment he

showed himself.

Bumper couldn’t hear the rustle of a

leaf or the snap of a twig.



“I think I’ll go out now,” Bumper

said finally. “I’m dreadfully hungry.”



Instead of poking his head out cau-

tiously to investigate, he walked

straight out from the hollow trunk

into the very jaws of the fox. There

was a sharp click of teeth, and Bumper

felt a. terrible pain in one of his long





 





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ears. He must have leaped five feet in never seen before, some with startling

the air, and another five feet sideways. plumage, and others with voices that

The fox had missed his neck by an sounded like flutes.

inch, but to make up for his mistake, They did not renew their singing,

he now pursued the rabbit, leaping but perked their heads sideways and

nearly as high in the air to catch him watched this strange thing popping out

as Bumper. of the hollow limb. Finally one of

Terrified by the attack and not know- them, Mrs. Oriole, clad in a suit of gold,

ing what to do, the white rabbit jump— streaked with black and gray, spoke.

ed this way and that, clearing high “It’s Mr. Rabbit’s ghost 1 do be-

bushes and landing in dense thickets lieve. Mr. Fox must have caught him

that tore his fur and hurt him terribly. after all.” ,

But the fox followed him, paying no “If it’s a ghost, I’d like to have some

attention to the bi‘iers and thorns. of his white fur for my nest,” remark-

It was a narrow escape. For a mo- ed Rusty the Blackbird. “I think I’ll

ment Bumper thought his time had steal some.”

come. He couldn’t get back to the hol- “He’s a pretty lively ghost,” warned

low tree trunk, and there was no other Piney the Purple Finch. "I wouldn’t

hidingplace near that the fox couldn’t venture too near.”

follow him in. Bumper blinked his pink Eyes at

It certainly would have gone hard them, and smiled.

with him, and the rest of his adven- “I’m not a ghost yet.” he said- “I’m

tures could never have been told, if a quite alive and well, but very hungry.

couple of blue jays hadn’t built a nest If YOU don’t mind 1‘11 eat a. few Of these

in a tree directly over him. The com- (1911010115 green leaves.”

motion in the bushes startled the birds, The birds watched him in silence.

and with loud, shrill cries they darted They were as curious and puzzled as

down to see what was doing. The the Crow had been. Finally, Mr. Pine

sight of the fox angered them. Foxes Grosbeak plucked up courage to ap-

robbed birds’ nests whenever they got proach nearer.

a chance, and the blue jays knew this. “If you:re really alive,” he said, “let

Therefol-e’ a fox in the neighborhood me pluck some of those beautifulwhite

of their home was not to be tolerated. hairs 35 souvenirs. I never saw such

They flew.down like two blue streaks lovely fur before}: . ,

and landed their sharp bills on the “You can have JHSt 011.8 hair,’ laugh-

head and face of Mr. Fox. One stroke ed Bumper, “31181; to prove to you that





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came so near to one of his eyes that he Im a 1031 live Idbblt'





dodged and ducked, and stopped pursu- . MI" I’ine Grosbeak FOOk him. at his

ing Bumper long enough to snap at the w 0rd, and plucked a hair from his back.

birds. It made Bumper wmce.



But the blue jays Were prepared for “Surely, you’ll g”? me one, too, for

this, and they kept well beyond his my nest, added Piney. the Purple

reach. As soon as he turned from Finch, and Without waiting for consent

them to the rabbit again they flew back he plucked two.‘ Rusty the blackbird

to the attack. They punished him uu- came S‘T'Oomng (10W? next. I need

mercifully, peckingat him until he was some or your beautiful Whlte‘ fin to





so angry that he could hardly see >"110W my little ones,” he said. “I’ll

straig11t_ take thiee.





Meanwhile, of course, Bumper was The other birds expressed their ad-





taking advantage of this interruption. miration, and then begged a few hairs,

He was running through the under- too. I‘hcre was Mrs. Crested Flycatch-





brush as fast as he could until he was 61" and Mrs' Phoebe Blrd’ and httle

far ahead. Right and left he searched Towhee the CheWink. The process 0f

for a hole or any kind of an opening he extracting a few half? from. hls back

could crawl in. And there, just ahead caused Bumper ,9)?quth pain, but he

of him, appeared what he was looking wanted to be obliging, espec1ally as the

for! This time it was the hollow birds all admired and flattered him.



branch of 3. giant tree hanging down, But when Mr. \Voodpecker, who had





with one end still attached to the been Tapping 0“ the dead trees 0f the

trunk. . . i ,

Bumper was in the hollow branch was time for him to call a halt. ‘ That 5

like a. flash. Mr. Fox reached it Just at all I can spare,” he said, and darted

moment too late, and to vent his anger back into“ the hollow biancffhf (1 'th

at losing the rabbit the second time he He “ab glad to ma e rien S W1





clawed and snapped at the branch as the birds, but he didn t want to be rob-





if he would rip it asunder. But the bed Of all the clothes he had.





limb, with a decayed heart, had a stout

disgust week’s issue).



Now, the hollow branch as you know,

had one end on the ground, and the

other still attached to the trunk where BY J- A- KAISER-





the wind had broken it off. So Bumper Dark warrior, 0“ in forest shades,

By marke of lake or rolling river,





found his hole slanting upward, and as I've stood and mused and thought on





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woods, appeared, Bumper decided it





(How Bumper got in trouble and dis-

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he crawled through to the other end he

was actually climbing a tree. Perhaps

you have heard that rabbits can’t

climb trees, but Bumper did in this

instance.



When he reached the upper end, he

found himself ten feet from the ground,

with Mr. Fox below and unable to

reach him. It was such an unusual

sight to see a rabbit up a tree that the

fox was more puzzled than ever.

“Could white rabbits climb trees ?” he

asked himself.



Between his discouragement at being

twice outwitted, and his amazement at

finding a white rabbit with pink eyes

that could climb a tree, Mr. FOX finally

dropped his tail between his legs and

trotted away. Bumper watched him go,

and sighed with relief. The blue jays

were equally relieved in mind, and

once more returned to their home to

guard it against invasion.



When Bumper stuck his head. out of

the upper end of the big tree branch,

he noticed that he was up among the

birds which had been singing a’iiveiy

concert until. he interrupted them.

There were birds which Bumper had





 





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And wondered if thy foot—steps ever

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If these same lakes and streams have

borne



Thee with thy skiff and bow and

quiver.





0ft ’iieath some forest monarch old,

I’ve stood and mused on thy dark

story,

And fancied that beneath these boughs

Thou once did’st sit and dream of

glory;

That by this trunk, long years ago,

Thy deep-laid schemes of war were

told

To youthful braves and sachems

hoary.





For thou wert king among thy race,

The redman’s Hannibal, who driven,

Still would not yield, and could but-fall

Like . some great oak by thunder

riven.

Thou wert a genius, and thy name

Is writ with those who resolute,

Against a changeless fate have

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Michigan Live Slack Insurance Company





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 the state. and we have

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



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



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

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





 





BREEDERS' DIRECTIIRY.





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





We Offer a Few Special Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a small investment to reap thebene-

fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding.



Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.





CLUNY STOCK FARM





100--REGISTERED HOLSTEINS--100

When you need a herd sire remember that we

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

der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality, and production records back-

ed by the best strains of breeding.





Write us 'our wants.

R. BRUCE McPHE SON, Howell, Mich.





 





‘ 600d No“ accepted in payment of finely bred reg-



istered Holstein bull calves. Quality

of the best. and at prices within reach of all. Write,

GEO. D. CLARKE. - - - - Vassar, Mich.





 





CATTLE.





WOODCOTE ANGUS





Trojan-Ericas and lllackbirds only Breeders ol' the

dam and former owners of the sire (ouriierd bull)

or the Grand Champion Bull at the International

Chicago for 1‘ 7





.31 .

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM, Ionia. Mich.





 





‘ Aberdeen Angus. Twelve yearling

RegIStered heifers for sale. Our motto: size

with quality best of brooding. Price 3150th for

bunch. F. J. VVILBElt. It. 4. 0110. Mich.





Registered Guernseys





Stock always for sale. MagIRose Strain—Herd Tuber-

culin tested annually. ever had a reacton— no

‘ J. M. WILLIAMS. North Adams, Mich.





abortion.



GUERNSEY must reduce herd, so offer

a few choice females of



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



ing. he rd tuberculin tested.



T.V. HICKS. - - - - Battle Creek. Mich.





 





_For Sale, four oun

Guernseys "use... .0... .0"!

ouline tested. Geo. N. Crawford, Holton. Mich.

45 Registered head. all tb. tested. Nora's

““0708”: May King, son of Imp. May Rose King

heads ourherd, 1901‘ his ha] 1" sisters sold averaging $1956

each. His bull calves are booked ahead at reasonable

prices. Avondale Stock Farm, Wayne. Mich.





GU ER N S E Y Sbhiilhii'x‘ri‘cls’

Oonteinln blood of world chain ions.

nicxs- oven sax FARM. sum“, 5v. 3.. Mich





Registered Guernsey bull cal-

For sale vee May Rose breeding. -

JOHN EBELS. R. 2. Holland. Mich.





REG. HOLSTEINB: Herd heeded b Albina Bonte

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

3.58 lbs. milk 619.4 Yearly record at 2% yrs butter

0021i... milk 18622 lbs.W. B. amaze. noweli. moi.





 





 





 





9 Pedigree Stock Farm offers Reg.Hol-

Parham S stein cattle. Chester White Swine.

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



R. ll. PAIiHAM. Bronson. ich.





son ofSII lb. bull dam is grand-

$5O G ets daughter of De Kol 2nd But-

ter Boy 3 rd. Her dam 18.96 lb. '2. yr. old,

M. L. McLAULIN. - - Redford. Michigan.





A Few Fine Bulls For Sale





Bigolowa Holsliin Farms, lmdsvills. Mich.





 





 





 





[Always Have Holsteins

To Sell





If wanting Registered cattle write me your wants

before placing your order elsewhere.





I... E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio





WINWOOD HERD





REGISTERED HOLSTEINS





Holton, Mich.

Reference: Old State Bank. Moment. Mich.

. Flint Mnrlocroet Bo oils in service



His sire is Map ecrest Kern yko Hengerveld. his 8

Nearest Dame each over301bs'. of butter in'ldays.

His dam and grand dam both made over l232 lbs. of

butter in Iyear. It is the year-l cow we‘ are looking

for to deliver the goods. Flint apl rest Boy'sDam is

Gluck Vassar Bell. 30.57 lbs. of buttg in 7 days and 120

lbs. in BOdayI. Her butter rat testis 5.27. T is looks

about right to the man who goes to the creamer-y.

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

sale at dair farmers“ prices all out of A. R. 0. Heifers.

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





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





 





 





 





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STATE GRANGE MEETING.





(Continued from last week).



To the committee on cooperation

was referred the many resolutions

looking toward better marketing meth-

ods, and in its report is the recommen-

dationthat the “executive committee

appoint a special subcommittee to

formulate as uniform plans as are

practicable for live stock shipping and

other farm product selling associa-

tions; said committee, when requested

to do so, to send an organizer to assist

in organizing such associations and

provide for the payment of such ser-

vices.” Into the hands of this commit-

tee is also to be put the investigation

and establishment of a clearing house

market for Granges, if this is found to

be advisable.



It will be glad news to delegates

who were interested in this matter to

learn that, within a week after ad-

journment of State Grange, the execu-

tive committee had met and appointed

as such committee on cooperative sell-

ing plans, Master Ketcham, Past Mas.

ter G. B. Horton, and Thomas W.

Michael.



Other New Matters.



A resolution which received a hearty

and unanimous endorsement was pre-

sented by George B. Horton and reads

as follows:



Whereas, it is reported by Washing-

ton press correspondents that Postmas-

ter-General Burleson contemplates cur-

tailment and final abandonment of the

rural mail carrier system through get-

ting permit from congress to substi-

tute state contract carriers at his, op-

tion, and,



Whereas, securing the adoption of

the rural carrier system for the pur-

pose of giving country residents equal

mail facilities and privileges to that al-

ready provided through the carrier sys-

tem to cities, was one of the great

achievements of the Grange organiza-

tion, and to curtail and abandon it

now would be an unjust discrimination

against rural people, -



Therefore, resolved by the Michigan

State Grange, a body fairly representa-

tive of the desires of all residents of

the state, that it, is strongly and deter-

minedly opposed to abandonment in

whole or in part of the said rural mail

system and that copies of this resolu-

tion be forwarded to all congressmen

and senators to inform them of the ac-

tion of this body.





Enthusiastic endorsement was given

the proposition to invite the National

Grange to meet “somewhere in Michi-

gan” in 1919.



The inception of one of the big, new

projects for 1918 received its official

sanction at this session. This is the

holding of a series of so—called Grange

institutes in the counties of the lower

peninsula in January and February

and in the upper peninsula at later

dates. Cooperating with the State

Grange, the Pomona and subordinate

lranges will make local arrangements,

while the Agricultural College, federal

government and Dairy and Food De-

partment will help provide speakers.

Five carefully selected subjects will be

presented at one-day institutes in each

county, covering such vitally up-to-

date topics as follows: 1, the farm

labor situation in 1918; 2, production

costs; 3, feeding our families; 4, need

of farm organizations; 5 how to meet

the increased need of production.



A welcome announcement from this

session is ihe fact that there was au-

thorized the appointment of a commit-

tee of the State Grange to work in con-

junction with the State Board of Agri-

culture along such broad lines as shall

be for the promotion of" all matters

that vitally concern both institutions.

This, if nothing more were done, should

make the session of 1917 notable.



In another issue we will consider

some phases of the session relating to

food and those other parts in which

women took a leading part.



JENXIE BUELL.





JAN. 19, 1918.

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FEATURES OF THE ANNUAL

MEETING.





(Continued from last week).



Address of Dr. Ray Shipman Wilbur,

President of Stanford University, and

personal representative of Food Com-

missioner Hoover.



We know that we have only got the

present harvest to live upon, until the

next harvest comes, and unless we are

willing to use what food we have to

the best advantage, our boys will have

to go without, which will mean greater

loss of lives and much suffering. The

problem before the American produc-

ers and consumers is a very definite

one. We have already shipped our sur-

plus supply of 1917 harvest, and all

that we can send out now, will be what

little we can save, so we are in this

food conservation movement to save

what we can of the essentials: wheat,

sugar and fats, allowing it to be sent

to the starving nations and troops,

Who are so greatly in need of it.



We have a sufficient supply of food

in this country, that is way beyond our

needs. The population of this country

need not be alarmed about our food

supply. The question is, can we con-

serve the surplus supply? Can we

conserve our food supply, so when we

are called upon to supply our allies,

we will be able to supply the need?

This is the background of the Food

Administration. This is what we have

got to do. This is what our present

campaign means. We feel that those

who have joined this administration

are going to help us in every way pos-

sible, and with their help we will ac~

complish the things we have set out to

accomplish. When our people come to

realize that the waste of food means

death to their boys, to our troops, and

to countless millions whose aid is go-

ing to help us win this great struggle,

when they have come to a realization

of all of this, we feel certain they will

be ready and willing to cooperate with

us in every way that we have asked

them to cooperate. We will follow out

the definite plan laid down to us, keep-

ing the wheatless and meatless days,

and conserving in every way possible.

Food means human lives! Keep that

fact always in mind, and you will be

ever ready to do your bit. The growth

of food from the ground and the pro-

duction of food from the ground, is the

farmer’s duty. He has the most im-

portant part in this great war. With

the farmers’ cooperation in greater pro-

duction, and the consumers’ coopera-

tion in conserving, we shall win.



The person who is not doing some-

thing toward helping to win this great

war; the person who is not sacrificing

to help our boys, who are laying down

their lives that we might live in com-

fort, and sacrificing until it hurts, is

not a true American citizen. Our boys

are suffering and dying, and if we are

not willing to do the little things asked

us, we should meet the punishment

that will be ours, if we do not get down

to business and help our country in

this great fight for humanity. Wedo

not know what it means to be hungry.

In this great wealthy country of ‘ours,

surrounded with luxuries, we do not

know what hardship means. Waste-

fulness is our curse. We are slow to

grasp the meaning of this great war,

and what it means to this country. It

is our war, and we must fight it out to

the bitter end. We are fighting that we

might live on under this blessed flag

we love so well; we do not want this

terrible monster to come to our homes

as it has visited the poor little coun-

tries of Belgium and Serbia. What are

we going to do, to keep them from de—

stroying us, as they will do, when they

have finished France and England? Are

we going to conserve our surplus sup-

ply to feed our Allies who are holding

the line until we get there; to feed our

boys when they get on the firing line?



We now have the duty of getting

through with this 1917 harvest and

getting together a greater harvest in

1918. If we do not succeed in this

great food conservation, which is the

most important feature of this awful

war, it will mean that democracy is a

failure. We will have to accept a dif-

ferent form of government. A govern-

ment, from which thousands have fled

to this country, to enjoy liberty and

freedom; they fled from the iron hand

of autocracy, which bends under its

iron hand, all humanity; all rights of

freedom; all rights of religion. The

subjects of autocracy know no soul.

Do we want this serpent to come to

our homes?



Will you get together and do your

part to help maintain this blessed na-

tion, so this government of the people

and by the people and for the people

will not perish.





 





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CATTLE





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m’u‘rii b: bred to good gnu-bred bulls if progress in





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dairy)!!! 0 Extract U. 8. Dept. of Agric. Bulletin.





 





Buy this young bull'and give your milk and butter





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afihgléolzldtha c ()akdale. No. 182837, Born Nov. 4.191...





' Si 0‘53 nearest Butter 7 days 30$.

Hubanlis average i ilk ’7 days $79.66

Blutter , 7 ((113in £933



Bis Dani's Dana's } i i k 7 aye i .i.

Record Butter 30 days £24.19

Milk 30 day»: 2436.60





(She heads one of the ton only combinations of three

dim-t generations of thirty pound cows.)





His dsm's record at 3 yrs. 2 gig?" é gill:

His five nearest dams average g fig?’ .‘7 312;:





(Including 2—3 and l—i‘é yr. old.) .

Ideally marked. about half and half. Price 5‘20“.





McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.





 





 





 





Make Prosperity





Permanent!

Start Now to build upu

herd ofnionoy making.

mortgage lifting pure

bred





HOLSTEINS





A Holstein Herd is a paying, profit-

able investment. Pure bred Hol-

steins give the largest yields of

milk, cream and butterfat of any

breed. They are persistent iro-

ducers, vigorous and hardy. rite

for free information.





Till! lloLSTElN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION

0F AMERICA. Box 164, Bratilcboro. Vt.





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FOR Sale On. regisiei-cd Holstein hull calt. Site's

twenty nearest dams have 7. dzi. records av. 21.53 lb.

butter. Dam to be texted. A finely marked. growthy

lndividul. Long VPiw Farm. ll. 3,Box ID A. Rochester. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





s) CHOICE Holstein bulls~ nearly old enough for

.4 service. No. “Min .lanuary‘ll, 1917, sire’s dam,

(rand-dam and grout grand-(law's 56iili~flill0lal records

average 842 lbs. butter Dam ofcnif 1* lbs. butter 7 days

asseniorZyr.-old. utcrugo per cent fill Lil. No. 2 Sired

by 2311). bull and out of a. 14 ll). junior Ina-old.

O. L. BRODY, (iii-nor. Port Huron, Mich.

Chas, Peters, Herdsman, Three lill’t'l\. Mich.





Butter Fat Counts





Holstein Bull Calves from ii. 30 lb. 6.?in 58irc. Dam

are grand daughters of the. King of the Pontiacs.

Theirdams grand daugh tors of Saudi. VnIoConcordln

the first 30 lb. cow. lG-lwin S. Lewis. MumhMLMlch.





' Bull (‘all’ born Mar. 7. line individual

HOISteln a prizc winner from 29.5? lb. Sire and





23.80 lb. 4 yr, old dam. Price low.

A.F. LOOMIS. - . . . .





' bull and hoifor l'nlvPi fort-tale

Reg. Halsteln Extra hmii‘) milking dams.

0. L. KULETT t SON. - - - (lkt'l!l()fl,l\l lch.





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Bull calves sired by a double g-son of Friend chger.

veld De Kol Butter Boy from dams of the great-

est yearly record breeding. Write for photos and prices

bfitc. Untonagon Valley Holstcin Farm. Bruce's t,“rossing.Mich.





Our Herd is Headed





bflKinfi Vale Palmyra inyne. whose sire l> :i brother to

Be is nyne Johanna. Dam is a 2-5;! iii. urnnddiiiiglitct

of an] Dekol. J r. sire 01' (lrt’alllt‘llll Vulc. A few cows

in calf to this great sii‘c at right pl‘l(‘l“.



EJM. PIERCE & SUN, - - Manchester. Mich.





OAK LEAF FARM





Bord sire Lenawse Pontiac Calamity King offer Reg-

[stared Holst-in bull calves fromthe above sire whose

dam holds the milk and butter (Ii‘llu‘ record for 7 days

in the state of Ind.



E. H. GEABBART & SON. R. l, Marcellus, Mich.





' Bull Cali-es Poiitaic Korndyko

Reg' HOIStel 1 and Hengerveld DeKol Brood-

in] at Farmers Prices. John A. Binke, Warren, Mich





 





 





 





 





Registered Holstein bulls ready for scri’ice

Fo' Ell. and bull (”illH'h‘ from 30 lb. sire and A. It. (i.

dams with 3'9““,“15 up to 2.5 lbs.





Wm.GRIhBIh. - - - - 11.5. Howell. Mich.





 





"0'“ i bull. 1'2 mos. old. light in color 3U lb. dam. 30

. ll lb. sire. 81W: bull calves without papers $25.

DEWEY C. PIEHSHN. — . - Hadley. Mich,





 





Th. c." advertised has been sold. Here is one of the

_ Winter crop. almost all white good indii id-

ual. Sue and dam‘s sire average ownor 1‘51! 11.... bumpr





 





for 1 year. This kind so quick so write

ELMER E. SMITH, - - - Redford. Mich.

Holstein hulls to exchange. 1 for farm





neglflfl'ad team. 1 for saddle horse address.

C. . JACKSON. - - Augusta. Mich.





HEREFORDS





lO bull calves for sale, Perfection

Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding.





ALLEN BROS.,

PAW PAW, MlCl—l.





Bob Fairfax 19402" at head

HerefOPdS of held. Stock l’olr sale.

Ioth sexes either polled or hornmi. EARL C.

MCCARTY. Sec‘y Mich. H. B. Ass'n. Bad Axe, Mich.





 





 





 





illie Farmstead Jcrsey Cattle. fl hulls, ready for sm‘.

. \lco, out of it. of .\l.iiunis..1il heifers bred to fresh-

en next fall. Colon O. Lillie. Coi‘ipcrsville. Mich.





 





from high- rod ‘ d , 'th

Jus.’ all": ll" 8". testin A520. ribbifisffillssomon

semi-omcinl test. 0. B. We nor. R. 6. Allegnn. Mich





Jersey Bulls For Sale

Rondyfor service. Raleigh -- St. Lambert breeding.

Watermnnii Waterman, Packard Rd, Ann Arbor, Mich.





 





Two registered Jerseys biill cal ’ ..8 l -

for sill dldindividii als. Good pedigrees. ‘g‘l‘lcgdello

sell. Long Veiw Farm. R. 3.80: 10A. Rochester, Mich.





 





‘ line bred solid colored bull calves 3

2 MaJOStY mo. old, frouidam,‘ that are doing

bet“! than 501bs. fat monthl . My own breeding.

Price 504% each. Visitors we come. ‘ i- .1

FRED A. BENNAN, Sec. — - Cnpoc. Mich.





 





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THE M'I'CHlGAJN FARMER





MlCH. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE





HAS FORSALE





16 Registered Percheron Mares





From 3 to 12 years old, Blacks and Greys

Safe in Foal





1, Belgian Mare 1900 Lbs.





6 years old, in foal

l 2-Year-Old Percheron Stallion





For Particulars write





R. S. HUDSON, Farm Supt,





Michigan Agricultural College,





East Lansing, Mich.





 





 





producers.





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won more prizes at the State 1' airs lhi~ year than any other.





Boar Pigs and Yearling: For Sale.





BROOKWATER FARM

Ann Arbor, MI h., R. 7.





H . W. MUMFORD.

OWNER





' read forservico. Also heifers

Chalce Bulls for sryile. Stronk in thoBlood

of Royal Majesty. Come and see tllt‘m or write for

particulars. THE WILDWOOI) HERD. _



Alvin Balden, Capac. Mich., Plionoll'l-u.





 





Begisiereth-rseybulls.

ready For H‘r\l(‘i‘.

Howell, Mich.





FOR SALE





SMITH and PARKER. a. 4.





AFLE Lane R, of M. Jcrsay Herd has for sole R.

1‘ of M. cows. dilughli-rs of ILOf .\l.cov ~i, imll calves.

All from 500 it iiilil lb. dams.





hoifcr cnlvos and bulls. Mich.





IRVJN FOX, - - - - - llegan,





Shorthorn Cattle 0! both Sex [or Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





—Doiryor beef bred. Breedin stock all

Shorlhorn: ages for-uni. at farmers prices. 5.VV.Crum,

Socy. Cont. Mich. Shortliorn Brnders' Assn. McBrids. Iich.





BlDWELL SHORTHURNS





For Beef and Milk.

SBulls ready for service. 13 months to Zyears. for

sale; also good Scotch-topped cows and heitcrs. Mod-

ern. sanitary equipment. ()m-_ hour fronr’lfoledo.

Ohio. N. Y. C. By. Visitors Welcome. ‘Vl rite us.





BIDWELL STOCK FARM





Box B, Tecumseh, Michigan.





 





 





hot-thorns for sale. 5 bulls Scotch to it"! to 14 mos..



k 3 roan, 1 white. 1 red, rice 8150. to 8‘25 l. 1 son of Max-

wnlton Sultan, 19 mos. .350. O. Carlson. Leroy. Mich.

Chooriginnl m‘ilk st rain young



Bates Shorthorn. hulls .‘l “ION. old for sale. Price

8150 to E200. J. B. EU MMEL, Mason, Mich.





 





Bulls 9 mos. to 12 mos. old from





Shorthorns' good milking cows. Prices rea

osnnble. COLLAR BROS., R. ‘2, (‘onklin Mich.





ilking Shorthorns; -»lluil cnlf "- mos" by .1 erid-

i\ son of General Clnv. dam in a sonof Gcimrnl Cl.i.y,

$150.





A tow females. 3. E. BOOTH. Moi'rice. Mich.





i th sores. l it‘d catn-

Shorth OPUS lllhim mniledlf‘l‘ee.





CHARLES R. HORRHC. Hart. Mich.





 





QHORTHORNS. Butterfly Sultan. half brother to

i. International .‘~‘r. Champion. in service. For 520015

biills,oows.;md hcifcrs. W.B.lllcQuillan.Tlowell.Mich-





 





or snlc: lion. Sliortlioi'ns. Two Roan bulls, 011915

mos one 9 inns. and one Red heifer l3 mos. old.

J. A. BATCH E LER. - - - - Howell, Mich.





M'Ik' Shorthorns and Polled [)urhzinis. ‘30 head cows

I "'8 heifers and young bulls. Sultans Duchess and





Siltyton Duchess included. I. . Hnlhtcd, R, 1. Orion, Iich.





 





Mnxwalton Monarch 2nd. 3W3‘22 h if

Shonhorns brother to 5 Grnndtlhzimpion‘s in 92r-

JOHN SCHMIDT, R. 5. Reed City. Mich.





Cattle For Sale





2Londs feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also

can show you any number 1. 2 and 3 yenrslold tron

600m 1200lbs. Isaac Shanstum. Fairfleld,§lowa. R-8





HOMESTEAD FARMS





We have for sale the following thorobred stock which

we shall be pleased to describe fully:



Shorthorn Durlisms--Milking strain—Roan cow.

Scotch topped, 7 yrs. old: heifer, rod. 9 11105.. BatesJ

st rain: lliill calves, rod. 3 mos. and 6 mos. '

Holsteins--High class bull. 11 mos. and animal for

the farmer who wants to grad. up into the highest

Holsteins, dam butter tost 21.26. grand si re King Sr-gis

Pontiac Alcartra. the well known 850.090 bull. Bull

call“, 6 weeks. also of correspondinglv high grade.

Hons--Dnroc Jersey boars 3 mos; nmpshire boars

and sows, Aug. far-row. Yours. a federation of in-

tcrestfi





HOMESTEAD FARMS, Bloomingdale, Mich.





vice.





 





 





 





H005.

DU R0 C S ilii‘élfgi..l"li‘$'m5.‘%‘li3f"°'





J. H. BANGHART. - E. Lansing. Mich.





 





P' h {offer-s; Registered Spring Boars. tried

"I. I": brood sows. One Great Herd Boar. Write

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





 





S ' 'l

Du roc Je rsey (timid; tutti?

It. I.D. HEYDENBERK. Wayland. Mich.





Jerseys and Duroc Jerseys





The most important thing in buying a, Jersey bull is to get onn bucked up by generations of high

Brookwnter ofl'ers to soil a few choice bull calvcs of this kind.





 





 





Our herd of Durocs has





0. F. FOSTER.

MANAGER





 





 





Duroc Sows & Gilts





guarantor-d solo in pig. hull hours and gills not rol-

iltcd. ou want, morc silo and limiting qualities; buy

now. (lill. uii inp: lll't‘PtllnL' and ilt‘N’L‘l‘lpl ion of Ilil sums

Nl‘IVVTUN BAHNHAHT, ‘ ~ St. Johns, Mich





 





Duroc Jersey: Extra good spring pigs for sale.

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastinirs, Mich.





 





uroc Jersey a—r-hoai's of the liu‘ire heavy boned typo.

PrlIB \\ inning stock. pi'icc‘ consumable. tipc and

brocdiiig considci'ed. IllRi) gills bred to Junior ihziiii-

pion boar (or spring furrow. F4. llioilt. ill I, Mom—tic. Mich.





DUROC JERSEY SOWS





Bred to one of the host young hours in Mich. for Mar.

farrow. lil'HH BROS., lloiiicu. Mich.





A FEW Duroc Jersey bicd gilt: for sale. Some

extra flood full boa 1's.

W. C. TAYLOR. - - - - - Milan. Mich.





 





 





 





:iroc gills bred For April t'arrow $7.1m sill; full year—

. Hugs bred for April furrow $lfi to$3ll ugh! (75 Hi, to

2'3!) lb. Priced for 10 days. 11.6. lii“'.~l~‘l'. L'nssollo ix. l‘lll’ll.





 





1 l'ltOtl JI‘VI'NB',‘ s. ()rdorsbookod now l’orearlyspring

ins. R, (l. H. I. licd cocks $3M), egg»; in senson.





P

E. E. UALKINS. ll. 6. Ann Arbor, Mich.





 





l'RiK‘S for Mile, 1 full hour, 7 Springboars, good

breedingn ‘i'ite for description and prim-s

J. D. CRANE ill SUN. l’luinwcll, Mich





BRED GILTS





0. To Wm. B. No. 47049. Longfellow «0. 1:37.“: sire

of Is: prize young herd ill loua State Fair.

‘- Fall pigs and breeding boars.





C- J. CARL JEWETT, Mason, Mich.





 





   

 

   





 





Gills bred for March {arrow carly

CheSter Trill )igsliolhsexcs from host. blood

lint-s. F. “C ALE 'ANI)tlil. Vassar, Mich.





 





Raise Chester Whites '-

Like This





the original big producers





.- , g V. I. ‘V I

M- 1" - ~ ,x- .' 1 ‘





HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

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

my great herd in eVery community where am not alrea y rcp-

rcsentod b ese fine early dcvelopers—ready for market at Six

months 0) . rite for my plan—" ' oney from Hogs "





G. S. BENJAMIN, 3,]. D_ 10. Portland, Michigan





 





 





Big Type O. l. C’s.





Stock of all ages for sale. We showed (ll’ tour slate

fairs and won more championsfanil Grand Champions

than all the other brccdcrs together doiililc, we were

Prcmlcr BrPedcr and llxhiblor at evcry Till I‘ we shown

ed. Vl'c lire-ed tho bcst. We sell the best. Wc Guaran-

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

Catalogue. We ship on approval.



(‘ass City, Mich.





CRANDELL and SUN.

9 .'.‘.~:

o. I. C S l‘z‘illlipizgsy“ boat al oaomciboim

- lioyal Oak. Mich.





WEBER 1330s.. . , - .





 





 





O I. (1's ‘1 choice .Nlay boars .9 Sept, .l- Oct. pips sired

.by First. Premium boar Mich. State Fair 1917.

Glover Leaf Stock Farm. ll. 1, Monroe. Mich.





0. l. C. & CHESTER Will'fll SWINE.





Strictly biz type with quality. Have a choice lot of

boars fit for curly full service. These boars will be

sold worth the money. Also have some fine gills. I

will ship C. (l. D.



NEWMA'NS STOCK FARM. R. l, Mariette. Mich.





 





 





O I C’s Registeredsorviccnbleboars. Bredgilts,

- ° °Aiig.,Sopt..(lct..pigs. Registered Shro -

shire owe lambs. G. P. Andrews. Dansville. Mich.





 





Am ofl'erimz some good I) r. of M f.

00 I. C. row and fall pigs either get? ny 1r

0. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.



For sale a few extra good gilts bred





O ‘ 1' ° EOI'MIl‘l‘h and April tarrciw.

H. W. MANN. - - - Dnnsvlllo. Mich.





 





29—101





0 I C open and bred eilts. All stock

° ° ' giiarnntec .

F. C. BURGESS. - - - - - Mason. Mich.





Big Type Poland thinas.





Bred Gilts and Sows for sale.





HILLCREST FARM,

Kalamazoo, Mich.





BOARS--SOWS





Big type his: bone. For the next IOdays we will sell

Bit; type Poland China: at bargain prices. A ril boar

weighing 1100 lb. Upt'll gilts. . umuior and all pigs

el'el'jv'tlllll%‘ goes.

1. C. BU LER.





 





(lot busy.

Portland. MichinanJell Phone.





 





Allt‘vE Typo l’. (l. Largest in Mich. Spring Bears

ready to ship. The kind that. inakc good. (ionic and

see the rcnl big type kind. Expenses paid if not as



represented. Frce livcrv from l’arma.

w. n. LIViNosToN. Mich.





Big Tm Poland Shinas: iii."l.?§d.ll?.i.i:;‘i’i»lfif1§.

right. L. W. BARNES cl: HON. ll) ron. Mich.





Pa rms.





 





 





ARV-F) 'l'- pc 1', (i. Sonic [trim-thy sprint: Boers and

Glll! ready to ship, come and .400 thcm. Frec lir-

ory i'rom Augusta. \\ . J. Hiiuelshaw. Augusta, Mich.





 





ARGE '1‘} pa P. C. Sonic good spring boars n to

:70 lbs. “'ill niso 'prico gills. open or bred. p

Full pigs rcn'ly to Billy. Vi m. J. Clarkc. ii. 7. Masondllich.



' Polond (‘liina boars shipped C.().D.

Big Boned cnllor write for photo.ucights.Ped-

igroo and price. I.R. Leonard. H.3. St. Louis. Mich.





 





 





:irge Si rain‘ P. C. (tilts brwl in Smooth Jumbo larg-

vat‘l yr. old in st 2119. .i' ll ut'ilillwn M‘ iiutslmlh Hiiiootb Hr;

Bone for April it May tori-nu, li.i)..\'wn.-t/.. Bclioolci'iift, Llicli.





 





' Pl“. Big boucd follows from Town's roots-t

Big Type‘herds. Special prices on spring bozi‘i's

E. J.MA'18EVVS()N, - - - Burr Oak. Mich.





Pililllfi CHINA Gigs“ fill-2‘1 filinwllmh





G. “V. HOLTON, Kalamazoo, NIich.

Bred sows. lilL’ ti’iic. biubone. big litten





' C' bit: fall pigs. Iii punk, or trios.

R. l\. MILLS. - - - ~ - Saline, Mich





 





and





 





 





i. 'l'ypo l'. C. bi‘i-d for .‘lill’i'll it April furrow sircd

. by ”MW :4 villll‘llifi 1‘; Grand t iipcrbn and L’or r‘ yoar-

llIlL’ 40w.~ 'll llill‘l-anll lllll'tlm l'.l'. li:iriisiit.l-‘.nton lisi‘i(l—.Micii





 





Allc} llig'l') pc l’. l‘. Gills rmidytoship. sired

"anal“ lw Hiiioritli JonilioJi'. :iiiil lvi'alltoArtfl Hi2

Bob the Li“ 1! Blur. l‘i‘ico and Pig uuiii'ziiilccd right.

A D. GREGORY. - - - - - ,onia. Mich.





 





For Sale__lionistcrcd l‘oliiiid (‘liinu boar. idiom,





“n . ,"o.'irliiii:. wright «W; ll>>,_ priceSIiLiNl.

How troll.“ duo in i'ni'rou Vol». l.\\(’li.rlii 333”. price $73

0. L. “HIGH l', . - - . Joni-m illc. Mich.





 





' ' lll ; I ' .‘ ‘ ' 2 ‘ ‘

Big Typo Poland Cnina ...’ il..f.13,.‘§,',2k,””“'”“"d

HERBERT HAMthNl), \Villlziiiilton, RIiCh.





 





nnrl cilts





O I

Registered llampsimes. i-.. m... m...

JOHN W. SNYDER. it. 4. St. Johns. Mich.





spi‘i ii 5: boa ,-.,.





 





 





SHEEP

CHOICE BRED EWES





3.30 lcfi. 1tollyearsoliiJiroil to good Slim mhire ran 5



$111 to $16 catch for 1“ or iiiorc. if mkcn simii. l '



ALMOND B. CHAPMAN. So. Rockwood, Mich.

liiiiiibouilln-ts and





E W E S. Hampshircsforsale. l





O

A. A. VVOUD .t SUN, Saline. Mich.





 





 





 





Western Ewu bred in Registered Multan Rams.

ilAHNlRD SHEEP RANCH. RI». Clare. Mich.





 





‘ liaiiii Lamb.- znl n ti ' -

Shqrpshlre old flock lleiEdtir‘ftll‘ :.leiree )ear

ARMST HUNG BRU'S. ll. 3, Fowleriille. Mich.





KOPE-KON FARMS.





\loldu'ntei'. Mich.





Hampshires & Shropshires.





ll" .1 iii~a lil‘iil August;





 





who lii‘fll‘l‘~'- his i‘ilui for





 





ilcliiei‘) now,

' Oxford Ham 2 d R;

Registered in... l... t‘;....,;::

hogs. C {Ania 5'] 00K FARM. R.1,Mzirlette. Mich.





 





 





HORSES

REGISTERED PERC HERON





Maro- and Stallions priced to sell. Ins ootl '

L. C. HUNT. EATON ll PIDOII: ‘i‘d'l‘gle,





LOESER BROS.





 





 





Belgian and Percheron Stallions for salctlmt

\iill pus“ the Michigan Hullioii liispccli-lii.





llll \ c 2i I'cii‘ Iiiares oi both lll‘i'("l\'. Shorthorn Cat—

tle. \\I‘ ollcr aclioicc lot of liillls' and i‘oiiizi'i-i.

\ ritc us





LIGONIER INDIANA.





PERGHEHUN DISPERSAL





The entire herd of the late A. A. Palmer

will be closed out; 25 pure bred per-

clicron mares $200 to 3400 except two-

also young stallions ’





 





 





 





PALMER BROS., Belding Mich.

Alilz‘kP ‘ ‘ S. ‘i

F0 r S a le 0 n-gisl‘c redpllihlflii?li’enr‘l‘ilii'lili





Sol-ioty of America. sound in eier) ii'uy, to.ii‘ ii-zii'suld

in May.‘ Fllr'fllll‘ inrticiilars it" price inquire of

(i lull. h. MILLP. i. - - - - Stanton. Mich





 





Perchsrons. Holstemangus, Slim shim. Bums

DORR D. BUILL. Elmira. ichl‘nn.





FOR SAL





E. J. ALDRICH. .





 





Percheron. Stud coniinl:

tw0.t‘heap ifsnld at once.

Tekonshn. Blich.





SHETLAND PONIES





flflheaéigo stoleclt Irma. Spegal price;§n§olts for A

us an op em ier. 'rito cpt. . 0

Farms. North Benton, Ohio. HADYBID
0





102—30





 





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5 Markets. .3





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GRAINS AND SEEDS





January 15, 1918.



WHEAT.-—There is no change in the

wheat situation. The movement is

very small, particularly on the local

market where practically nothing is

coming in. The mills are active buy-

ers because the demand for flour shows

no sign of decrease. One year ago the

price on the local market for No.2

red wheat was $1.92 per bushel. Pres-

ent prices for cash wheat are: No. 2

red $2.17; No. 2 mixed $2.15; No. 2

white $2.15.



CORN-«The figures below show how

prices have fluctuated the past week.

Up to the present time trading in this

cereal has depended as much upon

transportation capacity as on any oth-

er factor. Whenever there was hope

that the grain could be moved in larg-

er volume prices declined, while the

opposite was true when the shipments

were restricted. Feeders in Michigan

were anticipating a drop in the cereal

last week with the llllpl‘OVCl’llCllt in rail-

way traflic, but the storm of Saturday

and Sunday neutralized all the im-

provement that had been made. Cars

are being furnished more liberally and

as soon as the weather permits in-

creased deliveries will probably put

values on a somewhat lower basis. One

year ago they were paying $1.011/2 for





 





No. 3 corn on the local market. Last

week’s Detroit quotations were:



No. 3 No. 3



Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday ........ 1.88 1.93

Thursday .......... 1 80 1.85

Friday ............. 1.85 1.90

Saturday ........... 1.85 1.90

Monday ............ 1.85 1.90

Tuesday ........... 1 80 1 85





Chicago—June corn $127934; May

$1.247/8



OATS.——This cereal has had a rather

firm tone throughout the past week.

Not only is there the usual domestic

demand, but new uses at home and

unusually large‘foreign needs, are glv-

ing the trade good support. A larger

movement would obtain on the local

market if dealers had the grain to fill

orders. A year ago standard oats were

quoted locally at 59120 per bushel. Last

week’s Detroit quotations were: N 3



0.





Standard. \Vhite.

/





Wednesday ............ 831/2 83 I

Thursday ............... 84 831/2

li‘riday ................ 84 83 1A;

Saturday ............. 84 83 54

Monday ............... 84 8.) 1/2

Tuesday .............. 84%, 84





Chicago—January oats 78%c; March

777/80; May 76c.



RY E.—This cereal rules steady with

cash No. 2 selling at $1.84 per bushel.

Receipts are small and consumers are

not buying.



BEANS—Buying in this deal .has

been slow for several days past. Prices

are about steady. Immediate and

prompt shipments are quoted at $12.25

per cwt. on the Detroit market. At

Chicago trading is lifeless, even recent

price reductions having had little ef—

fect in stimulating demand. At’that,

place Michigan pea beans, hand-picked

and in sound and dry conélillioiii, are



uoted at $13 per cwt.; re 'nneys,

flancy $14@15; fair to choice $12m13

per cwt.



SEEDS—Market is firm. Prime red

clover $18; March $18.75; alsike at

$14.60; timothy $4.20.





FLOUR AND FEEDS





FLOUR—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detrort

market. per 196 lbas‘qbiils 1f5ollows.: gSgtfi-

dard iatent $11.1 , . ; sprin ' —

ent $111.30; rye flour $10.50Qi10.70 bbl.



FEED—The government is regulat-

ing the prices of bran, shorts, “mid-

dlings,” mixed feeds and flour mid-

dlings. The prices of these products

will hereafter be based upon price. of

wheat to millers. 100—lb. sacks jobbmg

lots: Bran $34.40; standard middlings

$36.40; fine middlings $43.40; cracked

corn $81; coarse corn meal $77; corn

and oat chop $60 per ton.



HAY.—-In carlots at Detroit: No. 1

timothy $24.50@25; standard timothy

$23.50@25; light mixed $23.50@24; No.

2 timothy $22.50@23; No. 1 clover

$19@20 .per ton.



Pittsburgh—No. 1 timothy $3069

30.50; No. 2 tim. $27.50@28: No.1light

mixed ”86928.50: No. 1 clover mixed

$29.50@30.50; No. 1 clover $29.50@

30.5 . ..



S'?‘RAW.-——In carlots on track at De-

troit: Wheat and oat straw $10.50@

11; rye straw $11.50@12.





 





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'THE MICHIGAN FARMER





DAIRY PRODUCTS





. BUTTER—In fresh butter the tone

is easy, and a lower price is quoted

owing to lack of demand. The fresh

creamery firsts are quoted at 470 per

pound; fresh creamery extras 490.



Chicago. Market is steady, with

high prices curtailing the consumption

somewhat. Creamery extras 48c; ex-

tra firsts 47@471,fgc; packing stock 34

((534340.



CH EESE.——Michigan flats 231/20 per

lb; New York flats 25c; brick 271/20;

long horns 271/;c; Michigan daisies

241/20; Wisconsin daisies 251/2c; Wis-

consin double daisies 251/40; domestic

Swiss 35@40c for prime to fancy; lim-

burger 28@29c.



DRESSED CALVES.-—Fancy 21@

220; choice 1904200; common 17@18c.





POULTRY PRODUCTS





POULTRY.—(Live).—The market

appears at a standstill, with no receipts

nor any demand. The best spring

chickens 27@28c; No. 1 hens 26(q‘27c;

ducks 27611280; geese 26@270; turkeys

26@27c.



Chicago—(Live).—Receipts small,

with few buyers, owing to the severe

weather. Fowls 221/2c; ducks 24c: 25c;

geese 22@221/gc; turkeys, good 240.

(Dressed) .~—Fow1s 24@25c; ducks,

fancy 26c; geese 24c; turkeys 32@

321/2c.



EGGS—Strictly fresh

scarcely be had at any price.

firsts 54@58C.



Chicago—Receipts are small, prices

higher. Fresh Michigan firsts sell for

5907600; ordinary firsts 54412571/gc:

miscellaneous lots, cases included 54

@58c per dozen.





F RUNS—VEGETABLES





POTATOES—The shipment of pota-

toes was matcrially interrupted by the

recent storm, so that sales Were tem-

porarily suspended at many markets

on account: of a lack of supplies last

Monday morning. Such was the case

at Detroit. In Cleveland there were a

few sold to jobbers at $2.250; 2.35 for a

good quality of stock. Michigan round

whites sold in New York at $2.75@3:

in Buffalo at: $2.30Q235, some frozen

at $2@2.25. In Cincinnati good round

whites from this state \vent at, $2.35;

in Indianapolis $2.40; in Columbus at

$2.40((‘1;2.50; in Pittsburgh $2.40@2.50;

at. Chicago the Wisconsin stock was

selling around $2@2.10.



In New York state dealers were

paying farmers for wagon load lots at

sidetrack $1.67 for stock grading U. S.

No. 1, and $1 for No. 2. No sales are

reported from other loading points ex-

cepting Maine, where farmers are get—

ting 321261218 for Green Mountains

and Cobblers.



ONIONS.———No sales were reported

Monday morning on the Detroit mar-

ket. In New York jobbers are paying



250((1‘23 per cwt. for yellows and $2.75

((73 for whites; at Buffalo yellows are

bringing 3125002275, with some poorer

frozen stock selling at $1.50fi‘225;

at Chicago jobbing prices are $1.35@

1.50 for yellows in 70-1b. sacks and

$2.50@2.75 for whites in 100-11). sacks.



CABBAGE.———The weather conditions

have limited the sales of this product

the past few days. In New York Dan-

ish stock is selling to jobbers at $50@

55 per ton; in Cincinnati $60; in Buf-

falo $2.756z‘3 per bbl. for the best, and

$2.25@2.75 for the poorer grades.



APPLES.—On Monday morning the

New York market showed an active

demand for sound stock; the best

Greenings were selling in jobbing lots

at $6696.50; Baldwins $5085.50; Ben

Davis $3.50m‘r450; Spies $50M; Yorks

$4.50m‘550. There were. no sales at

Pittsburgh nor at. Cincinnati on Mon-

day. At ‘Chicago the demand for bar-

rels was moderate, with the market

holding steady. Jonathans were quot.-

ed there at $5.25@6 for “A” stock;

Greenings $5.50@6.25; Grimes at $5@

550; Spies $5.25@6.25; Ben Davis at

$3.5’0@4.





 





 





 





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Fresh





 





WOOL





Although transactions have been on

a comparatively small scale, the mar-

ket is now in a more satisfactory con-

dition. The trade is gradually recov-

ering from the disturbance caused by

the government entering the market

with regulatory measures. There is

not a weak spot in the whole list of of

ferings, either domestic or foreign. En-

couragement has been given to the

trade here by the recent Austrilian

auction sales where values advanced

beyond what the most optimistic trad-

ers expected would obtain. None of

the. raw material markets is in a bet-

ter position now, or holds out greater

promise for the future than does the

wool trade.





 





LIVE STOCK





BUFFALO.

January 14, 1918.



‘Cattle.—Receipls 50 cars; market 25

@500 higher; best shipping steers at

$13.50(aj15; fair to gOOd $11.75((,ng.25;

native yearlings $12.50@13; best handy

steers $11.50@12; fair to good $9.25@

10.25; handy steers and mixed heifers

$9.25@10.50; light butcher steers $9.25

((14710; western heifers $8.50@9.75; best

fat cows $10@11; butcher cows $701,

7.50; cutters $650017; canners $561,,

5.50; fancy bulls $10.10@11; butcher

bulls $8.25@9.25; common bulls $6.75(a:

7.25; best feeding steers 900 to 1000

lbs $8@8.50; medium feeding steers

$7.50@8.25; light common $6@6.75;

stockers $650157; milkers and spring

ers $65er25



Hogs—Receipts 40 cars; market 250

higher; heavy and yorkers,'$18@18.15;-

pigs and lights $17/71,17.25.



Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 10 cars.

Market 400 higher; top lambs $1961,

19.25; yearlings $14@16.25; wethers

$12.50@13; ewes $12@12.50.



Calves.~—Receipts 500; strong, tops

$18; fair to good $15@17.50; grassers

$6.50@7.50.





 





 





CHICAGO.

January 14, 1918.



Cattle—Receipts today 2000. Mar-

ket steady, with native steers selling at

$8.20@ 13.60; stockers and feeders $6.8

@1085; cows and heifers $5.80@11.75;

calves $8.500r 15.50



Hogs—Receipts 14000 Market un-

settled, with bulk of offerings selling at

$16.10@16.50; light $15700; 16.35; mix-

ed $15.85(u,16.50; heavy $15.80m'1650;

roughs $15.800116; pigs $12.50@15.25.



Sheep and Lambs—~Market was firm.

Monday receipts 2,000. VVethers sold

at $9.60@13.25; ewes $9@12.60; lambs

$14@17.50.



Cattle prices were advanced 25@50c.

during the first half of the past week,

because of a lively general demand

that was in excess of the offerings, a1-

t.hough early shipments east were

checked by the snow embargo on roads

leading out of Chicago. Later in the

week large shipments were made from

here to eastern points, and the market

was extremely good for sellers, the

rise in values beingvgeneral and ex-

tending to cows, heifers, and other cat-

tle. Railroad service was apt to be

unsatisfactory, because of cold weather

and heavy snow storms, and on Thurs

day, when 29,000 cattle were due here,

only a moderate share were in by 11

o’clock, and as the day advanced prices

broke 25c for all kinds, many cattle

getting in too late to be sold that. day.

Taking the week as a whole, the great-

er part of the steers received found

buyers at $11Q‘13, with the choicer

class of heavy cattle purchased at $13

0114, while good steers went at $12.40

and over. Medium grade steers sold at

$11.65 and upward, plain to fair steers

of light weight at $10.50@11.60 and

sales all the way down to $8.50(fit9.50

for inferior little steers. Yearling

steers were salable at $9.500}13.85 for

common to choice kinds, with‘very few

prime enough to sell as high as $13.50.

The best advance was in steers good

enough to bring above $12, with steers

at, $]1@12.50 the best. actors, although

the cheaper kinds were in fair request

because of the armv needs. Thitcher

stock advanced during the first half of

the week largely 25c, but lost the ad—

vance later, bulls sharing in the late

decline. Butchering cows sold at $7.60

@1110, heifers at $6.65@12.25, cutters

at $6.60@ 7.50, canners at, $6@6.50, and

bulls at $7@11.50. Calves were much

lower than at the best time a week

earlier, with sales of the better class

of light vealers at $15((}‘1550 and sales

down to $6.506/“12 for the heavy ones.

Stockers and feeders were fairly ac-

tive at $7@11.15, heavy stock calves

averaging close to 500 lbs., selling at

$7 and over.



Hogs were advanced sharply early in

the week on comparatively small re-

ceipts and a good demand, although on

Monday the snow embargo prevented

eastern shippers from doing anything.

By Thursday the receipts reached lib-

eral proportions, about 66,600 hogs ar-

riving ,and prices went off sharply,

with some 20,000 hogs carried over to

Friday, although eastern shippers were

good buyers of the choicer class of

heavy and light weights. Recent re-

ceipts of hogs have averaged 216 lbs.,

comparing with 207 lbs. a month ear—





lier, 195 lbs. one year ago, 191 lbs. two R





years ago, 221 lbs. three years ago and

209 lbs. four years ago. On the high

day prime hogs brought $16.80. At

the close prices were not very much

higher than a Week earlier, despite

the fact that the week’s receipts were

far smaller than a year ago. No trains

were moving Saturday, and buyers de-

pended on hogs left over from Friday.

Some prime hogs sold above the gen-

eral market, with sales of such at

$16.6061716.70. Hogs sold all the way

down to $15.60 for the common light





JAN. 19, 1918.





weights, with pigs selling at $12@

15.25, including stock pigs at $14.85

@1525. ,



Lambs were marketed during the

past week so sparingly that a genuine

boom took place in prices, particularly

in the choicer kinds, the top reaching

$18, comparing with 'a top at $17.25

during previous week. Heavy lambs

were in better demand, and feeders

were wanted, but killers were apt to

secure them. Sheep and yearlings

were scarce and much wanted. There

was a late decline in prices for lambs,

but they closed 25@35c higher than a

week earlier, while most sheep closed

25c higher. Closing quotations were:

Lambs $13.75@17.40; feeding lambs

$15@16.50; yearlings $12@14.75; weth-

ers $12@13.25; ewes $6.50@12.50; feed-

ing ewes $9@10; breeding ewes $11_@

14; bucks $997310; goats $6@8.50.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





Wheat—In answer to the question,

“Has wheat during December suffered

injury from any cause,” 289 corres-

pondents in the state answer “Yes”

and 203 “No” and in answer to the

question, “Has the ground been well

covered with snow during December,”

149 correspondents throughout the

state answer “Yes" and 349 “NO.”



The total number of bushels of Wheat

marketed by farmers in December at

66 flouring mills was 98,362 and at 82

elevators and to grain dealers 110,990

or a total of 209,352 bushels. Of this

amount 140,065 bushels were marketed

in the. southern four tiers of counties,

54,866 in the central counties and 14-

421 in the northern counties and uppel

peninsulail The estimated total num-

ber of bushels of wheat marketed in

the. five months, August-December,

was 3,500,000. Fifty—seven mills, ele~

vators and grain dealers report no

wheat marketed in December.



The average condition of live stock

in the state is reported as follows,

comparison being made with stock in

good, healthy and thrifty condition:

Horses 94, cattle 93, sheep 98 and

swine 91.



The average prices for the state on

January 1 of some of the principal

farm products were as follows: Wheat:

per bushel was $2.02; rye $1.68; corn

$1.95; oats 75c; hay, per ton $20.09;

fat cattle $8.40 per cwt; fat hogs were

$15.11 per cwt. and dressed pork was

$19.51 per cwt.



The price of each class of horses

was as follows: Under one year old

$45.26; between one and two years old

$71.03; between two and three years

old $101.11 and three years old and

Over $137.15.



Milcli cows were worth $76.26 per

head.



Cattle other than milch cows, under

one year old $22.92: between one and

two years old $38.88; between two and

old and over $72.23.



Sheep under one year old $10.43 and

one year old and over $13.34.



Hogs not fattened $13.41 per cwt.



The price of wheat is 43; rye 42;

corn 96; oats 21 cents and hay $9.93

higher than one year ago.



The average price of horses, etc.,

one year ago were as follows: Under

one year old $47.91: between one and

two years old $76.76; between two and

three years old $111.54 and three years

old and over $145.84.



Milch cows were worth $62.94 per

head.



Table I.——Showing for the state, the

crop correspondents’ estimated acreage

and total yield of the following farm

products for the year 1917:





Estimated Tot’l yield



acreage. bushels.

Corn ............. 2,277,832 52,968,436

Potatoes ......... - 37,731 44,786,622

Apples ........... 227,635 9,651,724

Peaches ......... 23,254 255,794

Pears ............ 9,092 1,309,248

Plums ........... 3,720 276,024

Cherries ......... 7,601 1,341,576

Strawberries ..... 8,434 398,928



Raspberries and



blackberries 9,086 558,789



, Tons.

Sugar beets ...... 94,589 835,221

Hay and forage. . .2,287,496 3,431,244





Table II.-—Grain and seed threshed

in Michigan up to and including De-

cember 22, 1917, as per returns or

threshermen is as follows:





Yield

per

Acres. Bushels. Acre.

Wheat 769,707 13,605,768 17.68

ye ....... 322,562 4,520,197 14.01

Oats ...... .1.233,964 44,589,049 36.13

Barley 128,501 3,307,919 25.74

Buckw’t 30,613 330,953 10.81

Peas ...... 14,432 150,452 10.42

Seeds:

Timh’y 1,842 9,268 5.03

June . 6,369 6,076 0.95

Mam’th .. 4,695 10,056 2.14

Alsrke . 4,892 15,578 3.18

Beans:

White .. 320,811 2,208,781

Red kid’y 6.781 36,848 533

Bn. Swed. 1,911 10,007 5.24





 





 





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The first edition is sent to those who

have not expressed a desire for the

latest markets. The late market ed1-

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time.





DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.





Thursday.

' January 17, 1918.



On account of the demoralized con-

dit ion of transportation lines due to the

general situation, and aided by the re-

cent storm, no live stock arrived at the

Detroit market this week until this

noon and these receipts are very

meagre. From the bids that have been

placed, and the few sales made, it

would appear that the price for cattle

will advance from 50((tflfic above the

quotations of last week. This, of

course, is the result of the small sup-

plies in the city. With offerings in

creased to a normal quantity prices

will unquestionably decline. The veal

calf trading is strong, with prices

ranging from $9@17. Sheep and lambs

are also selling above the price of last

week with the best lambs bringing $18.

Hogs show the same tendency with the

best offerings going around 3516506917

and pigs at $16@16.75.,





 





 





LIVE STOCK NE‘NS.





 





The live stock producers in Craw-

ford county, lowa, are retaining their

small grains for next. summer’s stock

feeding, because of the. condition of the

corn crop, according to J. Evers, who

appeared in the Chicago market sew

eral days ago with a shipment of steers

he had been feeding for the last two

months on corn and hay in the feed

lot. He said corn is in poor condition,

and although some. of it is being crib-

bed, the amount stored will not be

suflicient for feeding purposes. A great

many cattleare being fed, but there

are fewer hogs on feed than usual, al-

though farmers are likely to increase

their hog production in the near future.

Only a few cattle will be carried

through the winter. .



Leading authorities are urging farm-

ers to mature their calves of good beef

blood, baby beef being much in demand

these times and :conomic in every

were marketed in the Kansas City and

wav.



During the past year the ten princi-

pal markets of the United States re-

ceived in the aggregate only 23,500,000

hogs, showing a fall-ing off of 5,000,000

hogs from the previous year. This

came at the time of all others when

the demand was so much larger than.

ever before that increased numbers

were much needed. This state of things

put prices far higher than ever before,

and after prime lots of swine had sold

in January for $10 per 100 pounds, rap-

id advances followed until in the month

of August sales were made up to $20

as a high-water mark. Since, then

much lower prices have prevailed, al-

though hogs are still selling far higher

than in former years. The most en-

couraging feature at the present time

is the disposition among progressive

farmers to engage more extensively in

hog breeding, as Well as in buying feed-

in pigs for fattening. Hogs marketed

in the Chicago stock yards quite re—

cently have averaged in weight 217

pounds, comparing with only 207 lbs.

one week earlier, 191 lbs. one year ago,

100 lbs. two years ago, 22:! lbs. three

years ago and 208 lbs. four years ago.

Prime heavy butcher lots are still the

highest sellers, with most light hogs

selling at a large discount.



Sheepmen have experienced the

most successful year ever known, the

demand far exceeding the supply offer-

ed in the markets of the country. Vl'itlr

in a short time prime fed lambs have

sold up to $17.10 per 100 pounds, and

last May prime spring lambs made the

hitherto undreamed price of 1521. Only

two years ago prime lambs were sell-

ing at $9.90, and it seemed like a good

price to sellers. A great many e'wes

and ewe lambs are being wintered,

sheepmen being awake to the good op-

portunity for making liberal profits.

Many farmers are taking up sheep

breeding, and most sheepmen reserved

their last spring's ewe lambs for breed-

ing purposes, realizing that all the

lambs which can be had will be in good

demand.



Values of 1917 crops in the United

States, based on prices paid farmers,

have exceeded all previous figures.

Final reports also show that the fol-

lowing crops have established new high

production records; corn, oats, rye,

white potatoes, tobacco, sweet pota-

toes, beans and onions. Because of the

abundance of the foregoing products,

especially corn, potatoes, beans and

onions, the United States Food Admin-

istration is urging their liberal use. An

important part of its activities is to

keep the pubic fully informed of the

amounts and knds of food stuffs in this

country. ‘* ‘





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Irritation of Bowels.——\Ve have heif—

er calf three months old that. has bowel

ailment. The discharge is somewhat

thin, calf strains and bowel protrudes

until straining ceases. This calf is

growing thin and weak, is still suck-

ing' cow all the time and runs in bot-

tom land pasture. E 0., Athens,

Mich—Give calf 20 grs. subnitrate of

bismuth and 2 ozs of olive oil at a

dose two or three times a day. You

should wean calf,

prevent it taking

it recovers.



Chronic Grease Heel-One year ago

my nine-year-old horse had scratches.

was treated by our local Yet. for sev-

eral months before he got well; lately'

one of his legs has opened, and there

is now a sore near the heel. What had

I better do for him? J. R, Owosso,

Mich.#Apply one part iodoform and

four parts powdered charcoal to sore

once or twice a day. Give him 1,4.» oz.

doses of Fowler’s solution of arsenic

in either food or drinking water three

times a day. The sore leg should not

be washed anddf he is driven in snow

or slush, as soon as he comes in stable

apply cotton and a bandage, leaving it

on for two or three hours; furthermore

his stable should be kept clean and his

bowels kept open. Painting sore occa-

sionally with tincture iodine will have

a good effect. _



Lice—I would like to know how to

rid my horses of blue lice. They have

been troubled with them for the past

twelve months or more and I have ap-

plied coal tar disinfectants without re-

sults. A. C., Jeddo, Mich—During the

winter months it is not always advis—

able to apply watery solutions to kills

lice; however, if you will dust on Pers‘i

sian insect powder occasionally, it will .

destroy the lice. Also apply a small‘

quantity of mercurial ointment on the

rump near root of tail and on neck un- ,

der mane occasionally. 5



Partial Dislocation of Patella.~—IIave

a five-year-old mare which while stand-

ing in her stall, one hind leg seems to

be stiff as if anchored to floor; but by

switching her with whip she exerts

herself, then I can hear something.

snap, then she is all right. From this:

description can you tell me what is

wrong? I forgot to say that about a

year ago she was in the same condi-

tion, but seemingly got over it. T. T._.

Coloma, Mich—The ligaments that-

hold cap in place have stretched and

allow stifle bone to slip out of posi—

tion, and until it moves back into

place the mare is unable to raise the

foot. Clip hair olf stifle joint and ap—

ply one part powdered cantharides and

six parts of fresh lard two or three

times a month and she will get all

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position, pull the foot well forward,

press back on thigh, then push the cap 3

into position. This is usually easily ac— I

complished, but of course a light blis-l

tor applied to stifle will soon strength-l

en ligaments which will hold the bone





in its proper place. ‘





Bruised Thigh.-l have. a. valuable'

horse that was kicked on fore part of;

hind leg, midway between hock andl

stifle joint. This accident occurred!1

some two months ago. The wound has

healed, but there is a bunch left which

I would like to have removed. I). B.

L., Ashley, Mich.——lf the bunch is raw,:

which I presume it is, it, should either

be cut off or burned off with a red-hot

iron, then apply equal parts powdered

alum and tannic acid twice a day.



\Veak Stiilc.—-l have a colt about six

months old that. has had stifle trouble

since he was a week old. The joint

has usually been considerably enlarg-

ed, but of late this swelling has gone

down and the cap slips out occasion-

ally and when he first starts, you can

hear the bone slip into place. A. J. C.,

Birch Run, Mich—Clip hair off, apply

equal parts turpentine, aqua ammonia

and raw linseed oil to stifle joint three

times a week.





Fistula—Chronic Scratches—For the

past twelve months my eight-year-old

horse has had running sore under jaw

and our local Vet. tells me that it is

fistula. His treatment fails to heal

wound. We also have a horse that has

been troubled with scratches for more

than a year. C. L. H., Wayne Co.—

Both cases should be treated by your

local Vet.





_Young Pigs Root Each Other.—-—Have

nine pigs that are eight weeks old

which are inclined to root each other.

T. 8., Reed City, Mich—Apply vase-

line to itchy parts of body twice a

week. Give them some cooking soda

m their feed three times a day, one

teaspoonful divided between the nine

Will be about right.





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Meredith looks as

though she is

training for‘a cir-

cus..but she ls‘just

havmg good times

With ' at,” the

Pony! sent her.



‘. Flossie lives in





Pony Pictures Free





As soon as I hear from you I shall send you at once a number of

Pony Pictures showing the Ponies we are giving away, and telling all





pop-com whenever he sees &

pop—corn stand. R u t h

Mead lives in Saline . _ .

00.. Missouri. She



sent in her name



and r e c e i v e (1



"Mac."





Jasper 00., Iowa.





Pictures





about them; also pictures of many of the Ponies we have given away

and the Boys and Girls to whom they were given. I will also tell you

how to get one of these Ponies without paying a cent.





ll You Want a Pony—Send Your Name





If you ever want a Pony in your life, don’t put off this splendid chance.



It may never come again. We have actually given away over 500 Ponies.

I am known as the Pony King, because I have given more

Ponies to Boys and Girls than any other man in America.





Fill out the coupon in the corner below, or just write

your name, address and age on a Postal Card and send

it to me. Do it today before you forget it.





The Pony King





323 Webb Bldg.. St. Paul. Minn.





Pony





Sent

Free





ThePon on the ri htis"Dap is,”

a beam: ul little hetland that I

sent to Ernest Heckert. York

County,Pa. Dapple” traveled over

1000 miles to his new home.

picture shows Ernest driving“Dap-



le in a Memorial Day parade in

he little buggy that sent with

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If you want 8 Foo like “Dapple”

you ad better sen me your name





 





right away.





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