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DETROIT, JANUARY 26, 1918





 





 





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





The potato grading

rules which were es-

tablished through the

agency of the Food Administration

have so far failed to accomplish the

benefits which the advocates of potato

grading predicted. 0n the contrary,

their operation has been a hardship to

potato growers in this state, without

any apparent compensation in the way

of increasing consumption, or of ben-

efit to consumers. This fact has nat~

urally aroused the opposition of very

many growers to the grading proposi-

tion, with the prospect that if the

rules are not modified or repealed, or

the plan worked out and applied in a

manner to produce some noticeably

beneficial results its principal result

will be to cause decreased production

next year, to the detriment of the

country and a probable further loss to

growers. Which of these plans should

be followed for best results is, how-

ever, a question which should receive

our careful consideration, rather than

our hasty judgment.



Under the. war conditions which pre-

vailed last fall, when the rule was ap—

plied, the Michigan Farmer did not

favor the trying of the experiment,

which was, however, put into effect by

the Food Administration along lines rec-

ommended by the Bureau of Markets

as a result of investigations covering

a considerable period of time and a

wide area of the country. The results

have so far been particularly unsatis-

factory to Michigan growers. Whether





Potato Grading.





this fact is due to a fault of the plan.





itself or to its faulty application is a

matter for our thoughtful considera-

tion at this time, as an essential to the

seeking of the best remedy for the

problem involved.



The recommendations of the Bureau

of Markets were undoubtedly based on

the observation of results which have

been secured in other lines, and to

some extent even with potatoes,

through the marketing of standardized

products by the voluntary cooperation

of producers, and on this point the re

sult of an exhaustive investigation as





to the benefits derived by both produc-I





ers and consumers is unquestionably

more valuable evidence than even the

most carefully considered opinion

which is not supported by experience.





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THE MICHIGAN 'FARMER





Grading their product according to es-

tablished standards was undoubtedly

of great financial advantage to the

growers of citrus fruits, and has been

a benefit to the potato growers of

Maine and of some other sections. But

in all of these cases standardized grad-

ing has been attached to the product

until it reached the consumer, thus

establishing a demand for the various

grades at price differentials of which

the consumer, rather than the distrib-

utor, was the ultimate judge. Up to

the present time no attempt has ap-

parently been made to educate the

consumer of potatoes by this means. If

potatoes are to be purchased from pro-

ducers as “U. S. Grade No. 1,” and

“U. S. Grade No. 2,” they must be sold

to the consumer on the same basis,

else the grading plan is destined to

failure, and with the unfortunate result

of reducing production next year as

above noted. A recent order has made

grading compulsory in all sections of

the country. Early action should be





' taken to compel the sale of the two





grades under their respective brands

to consumers in a competitive way,

thus permitting consumers’ demand,

rather than dealers’ interest to fix the

price on the second grade. Grading

established by government authority

cannot be a success, simply because

cooperative grading has been, if the

essential factors which have contrib-

uted to the success of cooperative grad-

ing are ignored.



There are many other factors relat-

ing to this question which are worthy

of careful consideration by the growers

as well as by officials who are charged

with this work by the Food Adminis-

tration, some of which will be given at-

tention in these columns at an early

date. In the meantime potato dealers

who desire to see the grading system

permanently established should at once

materially reduce the price differential

between the first and second standard

grade. '





Recent reports of pric-

es being paid to Mich~

igan growers at coun-

try shipping points range all the Way

from $1.15 to $1.50 per cwt., the last

named quotation being the top price at

this writing in one of the principal po-

tato shipping centers of central Mich-

igan. At the same date potatoes are

selling in jobbing lots in this city at

$2.35 to $2.40 per cwt., with the mar-

ket bare, almost no supplies on hand,

and prospects good for still further ad-

vances before the demand can he sat-

isfied.



This illustrates the condition of po-

tato stocks in consuming centers, and

indicates a constant future demand at

high prices for all the potatoes which

can be moved under present congested

transportation conditions. This will

give country dealers an opportunity to

empty their storehouses at a‘profit, and

would enable them to refill them on

present market values at a price per

hundred weight which would net the

grower at least $1.00 per bushel, which

is generally conceded to be the mini-

mum compensatory price. Growers

should not now be frightened into un-

loading their potatoes at the low prices

which have been recently offered by

country shippers under these condi-

tions.



The spread between prices which are

being offered in the country and prices

which are obtained in this and other

large consuming centers in jobbing

lots is far too wide, and growers should

insist on getting fair prices at country

points. There are many cities and

towns in Ohio and Indiana as well as

Michigan which must be supplied with

potatoes from this state. Michigan po-

tatoes are also finding their way into

the big eastern markets at prices

which should make them worth at least

$1.00 per bushel to Michigan growers

at the present time.



A survey of the potato situation in-

dicates that conditions favor a much

better future potato market than the





Potato Prices.





distributors, would have us believe. A

more extended analysis of this'situa—

tion will be made the subject'of com-

ment in our next issue. In the mean-

time, growers should be strong holders

for compensatory prices.





The order of the Fuel

Administration clos-

ing down practically

all industries for five days and restrict-

ing the use of fuel for heat on Monday

of each week for the next two months,

together with a supplementary order

restricting the hours in which indus-

tries may be operated or business'hous-

es and offices kept Open for business

on other days, has brought home to

city people as no amount of mere ar-

gument could have done, the necessity

of national economy along certain lines

as a factor in winning the war in

which we are engaged.





Nearly all of us feel that something

is wrong with out industrial machinery,

that with plenty of coal in the ground

there should be no shortage of fuel for

either domestic or commercial use in

this country, and we are prone to place

the blame upon the mine operators, the

workmen, the transportation compa-

nies, the coal dealers or the govern

ment fuel administration as dictated

by bur personal viewpoint. When all





War Economics.





criticisms have been given their prop-





er weight, however, the fact remains

that notwithstanding the loss of labor

to the mines through the operation of

the draft, higher wages paid has stim—

ulated production to an extent which

has made possible the-mining of some

50,000,000 tons of coal more than was

produced last year. War needs, includ-

ing increased coal for the navy, for

merchant shipping, for the manufac-

ture of munitions and for transporta-

tion purposes have increased the de-

mand fully 100,000,000 tons, thus leav-

ing a deficiency of something like 50,-

000,000 tons which must be made up by

economy in the use of coal.





In this connection farmers have done





JAN. 26, 1918.





work in gangs they will'go out under

the leadership of a capable teacher or

other person who understands farm

work;



The success of the working reserve

is going to depend more upon the co

operation of the farmers than upon any

other one factor. 'If they will come

half way and do what is reasonable by

the boys, the results are almost certain

to be beyond the hopes of the most

sanguine; while on the other hand, if

those who need the help of these boys

remain indifferent, these plans are cer-

tain to be futile.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.

' The European Wan—There are prac-

tically no military operations of im-

portance reported this past week as

winter weather has

movement of troops. On the western

front about the only activity consisted

in the work of a few raiding parties

whose object seems to have been to

feel out the strength of the'opposing

side at different points. Observers are

confident that as soon as the weather

moderates a big drive will be attempt-

ed by the Germans on the western

front. Aviators are active in their

efforts to obtain information on the

whereabouts of the enemy’s reserves.

——-Italian troops have improved their

positions somewhat by forcing the Teu-

tons to retire from some advanced

pomts. No information has reached

us from Palestine or Mesopotamia this

past week.——The Russian situation is

very much confused. Another counter

revolution is reported. Peace talk be-

tween the Russians and the Central

Powers has again been delayed. It ap-

pears, however, that the power of the

Bolsheviki government in Russia is

gradually strengthening. Differences

have arisen between the Russian and

Roumanian governments and it is re-

ported that an effort has been made

by Bolsheviki agents to capture King

Ferdinand of Roumania, and other

members of the royal family. Russia

demands free passage for her troops

through Roumanian territory, which

has been denied since the Russians

have moved for peace with the central

powers. The Austrian ministry has

resigned. The labor crisis is assigned

as the reason. The people are report—





their hit by very largely substituting. ed to be demanding food and peace and





wood for coal as a fuel. The city peo-

ple are now doing their bit by forced

economy under the Fuel Administration

order. The lesson in fuel economy

may have to be repeated in other lines

before the war has been won. It brings

to all of us a better realization of What

war means, and should strengthen each

of us in the determination to do our

part, cheerfully toward the winning of

this war, as the first step toward mak-

ing similar wars impossible in the

future.





It is a matter for

congratulation to

note the enthusiasm

with which farmers

in some sections of the state are re-

ceiving the idea of the Boys’ Working

Reserve. This organization which now

promises to be one of the chief sources

of relief for the farm labor situation,

was started by the federal department

of labor shortly after war was declared

last spring and has now been extended

to practically every state in the union.

In Michigan, if present plans of the

Reserve leaders materialize, fully 5,000

boys will be available to assist the

farmers this coming summer. The

work has the endorsement of the war

preparedness board, the state adminis-

tration, the state teachers’ association,

the agricultural college, farm agents,

boys’ and girls’ club leaders, the school

boards in the majority of the counties,

farmers’ organizations, etc.



One of the hopeful features of this

movement is the preparations that are

being made to train these boys. A very

large number of them will come from

city high schools. Arrangements are

already under way to give the mem-

bers practical instruction in such tasks

as the handling of ordinary farm tools

and machinery, the harnessing and

caring for the horse, etc. Practical

farmers and college extension workers

will give most of this instruction.

Where the boys are called upon to





A Source of Farm

Help.





they refuse to work.



Contracts have been completed with

the Cuban government for the pur—

chase of 2,500,000 tons of sugar by the

United States. The price is fixed at

4.98 Kc, delivered in New York or Phil-

adelphia. The United States will share

a portion of this sugar with her allies.



Prohibition of the use of white flour,

beef and bacon as eatables is now be-

ing seriously considered by the Cana-

dian food controller.





National.





Coal situatiOn in this country is so

acute that it became necesary for the

federal and. state fuel administrators

last week to order the closing of all in-

dustrial plants except those working

on government contracts and on the

production of food stufis, for five days,

and also the declaration of all Mondays

as holidays until March 25. It is

roughly calculated that this order will

save 30,000,000 tons of the 50,000,000

tons shortage for the season as reck-

oned by the bureau of mines.



Federal grand juries in many dis.

tricts are investigating complaints that.

coal operators, wholesale and retail

dealers have violated government or‘

ders by selling coal at diflerent prices

than those fixed by federal authorities.



Announcement has been made that

to “wheatless” and “meatless” days

will be added a “porkless” day on Sat-

urday. The order will become effective

on and after January 26. To further

reduce the amount of meat consumed

householders are asked to have at least

one meatless meal on all other days of

the week.



Quotations compiled by the Food

Administration show a decrease in the

composite value of foods of 181/2 per

cent from last May until December 1.

While the reduction is due in part to

the influence of federal control the ef-

fect of supply and demand has always

tended to make December prices lower

than May prices. In this connection

the food department reports that food

prices in Germany have increased 120

per cent, in England 105 per cent, in

Canada 60 per cent, and in this coun-

try only 40 per cent.



A. war department order issued Jan-

uary 18 made 18,000 temporary second

lieutenants eligible for promotion to

first lieutenants in the national army.



The seventeenth annual automobile

show opened in Detroit Saturday ev-

ening with an unusually large number

of exhibits on the floor.





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THE MICHIGAN'FARMER





 





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Assembling





Til the beginning of a new year,



it is desirable for every farmer



to take stock of his resources

and to make complete plans for the

year to come. In doing this, it is often

valuable to go back over the year just

passed and obtain a summary of the

business transacted, together with the

total income and outgo for the various

enterprises on the farm. The assenib-

ling of such data, together with the

various totals, will make it possible to

draw conclusions concerning the profit-

ableness of each of the several enter-

prises in which one may be engaged.



Summing up the Year’s Business.



The process of summing up the

year’s business is most easily accom-

plished if each one keeps account of

his outgo by means of either a check

book or a small receipt book. It is no

trouble at all on the average farm to

keep account of the cash receipts since

the income of a year can usually be

specifically mentioned in much less

than a hundred entries. The outgo of

the year is an entirely different matter

since much of it is spent for relatively

inexpensive items, such as buggy

whips, small orders of groceries, drugs,

repairs for harness, blacksmithing,

seeds, machinery, etc. ,



When a check is written, a pretty

good way to simplify the accounting on

this particular enterprise is to write in

the lower left hand corner of the check

the purpose for which it was drawn. In

the same way, a small receipt book can

be carried in the vest pocket and when

anything is paid out, the person to

whom it is paid signs the receipt and

this tells the purpose for which the

money was paid.



The average farm would have about

ten different divisions in which these

various items of outgo might be class-

ified. For instance, there would be

machinery and repairs which would in-

clude all money paid out for machines

as well as money paid to the black-

smith or to the carpenter for repairing

those that had been purchased previ-

ously. There would also be an item

called seeds under which classification

money paid out for garden and field

seeds would be placed. Various sub-

ivisions that would be found on the

farm would thus be machinery and

equipment, seeds, feeds, buildings, or-

chards, animals and upkeep, advertise-

ing, and overhead.



If, when each check is written, its

expense classification is noted thereon,

at the end of a. year the checks or re-

ceipts may be sorted into the various

divisions. From this on, it is a small

matter to find out the real expenses in-

curred with the various enterprises.



The Inventory is Important.



It is important that every farmer as

well as business man gain an accurate

idea of his assets as well as his liabil-

ities. In order to do this, a farm inven-

tory is a great aid. While this is a

rather high—sounding term, it means

nothing more or less than a complete

list of what each operator owns, to-

gether with an estimate of about how

much each item is worth. In placing

this estimate on various items of the

inventory, the estimate should be ap-

proximately what, the stuff is worth at

the present time. Land should be in-

ventoried at its present worth rather

than what it, was bought for and cattle

should be put down at their value, re-

gardless of their cost price. It is cus-

tomary to calculate depreciation on

practically all items, as buildings, ani-

mals and machinery.



The value of a tool can be accurately

approximated after knowing the cost1

price of the tool, together with the

number of years it should operate.

Some machines are figured on a six-

year basis, some on eight and 50me

even longer. To apply this, we have a

hundred dollar machine which is fig;





the Farm’s Resources





By 1. J. MATHEWS





ured to have a constructive life of

eight years. Then for every year the

implement has been used, $12.50 should

be subtracted from its value for inven-

tory purposes. Likewise, a three-year-

old cultivator costing thirty dollars

when new would be added on the in-

ventory at fifteen dollars, reckoning

the life of the implement at six years.

In the same fashion, a twenty-dollar

plow whose average life is five years,

after being out two years would be val-

ued at twelve dollars. So all through

the inventory, various items of equip-

ment should be figuredflat their present

value, making due allowance for wear

and tear and depreciation.



It will be readily seen that the meth-

od of taking the farm inventory is

quite different from that of taking the

inventory in a mercantile establish-

ment. In the store, it is customary to

invoice the goods at their cost price.

One can see without very close exam-

ination, however, that the two cases





feeding cull apples and potatoes to

pigs. It is very hard to set a price on

these waste products since the market

does not recognize them, but at the

same time they have a value and it

cannot be lost sight of when reckon-

ing up the cost of production of the

pork. Further than this, by virtue of

his occupation a farmer’s hands are

hard and stiff and if there is any one

thing that is disliked more than an-

other, it is to do any figuring or write

letters with either pen or pencil. These

two things added together make it

practically impossible to adopt on a

universal scale any method of farm

book-keeping which requires the keep-

ing of an elaborate set of books.



A system of book-keeping which has

been found both practical and simple

is started by taking an ordinary record

book that can be purchased for twenty-

five cents and is permanently bound.

The first, twenty-five pages should be

reserved for a sketch of the farm by





 





 





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are entirely different. In the case of

the stock of goods, none of it has been

used and there is, therefore, no appre-

ciable depreciation on any of it. If the

storekeeper sells, he has only to com-

pare the selling price with the inven-

tory price in order to ascertain his

profit.



Quite the opposite, the tools in the

farm enterprise have, many of them,

suffered from wear; a still larger por-

tion have been exposed to the weather.

All these forces combined make it, im-

possible for we farmers to sell any ma—

chine or parcel of stock at a price

above the cost price and we must then

figure the depreciation into the inven-

tory. Then this list price, compared

with what is received for any article

sold during the year will show the

profit or loss on that particular item.

Taking the farm inventory is practical-

ly the only way of getting at the true

value of the farm and in order to tell

with any degree of accuracy the labor

income for the farmer as well as in-

come due to the various units of ma-

chines and stocks on hand, it is quite

necessary to have this lists of stock

on hand.



Simple Book-keeping a Help.



After this has been perused, the

reader will immediately ask himself

what all this means to him. One rea-

son for this query may be that extrem-

ists have recommended the adoption

on every farm of a complicated set of

books. This, however, will never be

practical and there are only a few cas—

es where it has worked out, even in the

hands of expert book-keepers. In the

first place, farm book-keeping is the

most difficult book-keeping there is.

There are a good many things on the

farm that can be accurately valuat-

ed. Farm manure is one of these and

there are no two men who would place

the same value on the same ton of ma-

nure. Likewise, there is the matter of





years, on which entries concerning

crops and operations in the fields is to

be made.



A convenient way of doing this is to

first make a fairly accurate drawing of

the layout of the farm having this oc-

cupy the entire page. Now number the

fields and after this sketch has been

made to the satisfaction of the owner,

procure three or four sheets of carbon

paper from any drug store, place them

between the sheets under the sketch

with the glossy side down, then trace

the outline of the fields. This will

make an imprint on the three or four

following pages and each page may be

used for a year.



From this on, the business of keep-

ing an accurate record of the crops

grown on the various fields and the

amount of time put in on each is a

simple matter. Say that field No. 6, a

ten-acre field, has taken three days

for plowing on April 26-27—28. Entry

can be made in that particular field at

the top thus, “4-26-27-28. Plowing 30

hours, 1 man, 3 horses.” It will thus

be seen that the operations in any field

are reduced to a minimum and that at

the end of the year it is easy to go

over the field and arrive at the amount

of stalks and corn produced by it. In

the same breath, it will be easy to say

whether or not the corn produced on

that field has been a paying crop.



Long-distance Plans Best.



Not only this, but such a form of

farm record makes it easy for the own-

er to figure out his rotation, thereby

furnishing a record of the crops that

have been grown on the same field for

a number of years. A substantial rec-

ord book will therefore furnish a

means of keeping account of the farm

operations in such a. way that the re-

sults will be of great value to the own-

er in enabling him to tell what to plant

from one year to the next.



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N FARMER





results of the past year and to make

plans for the next, hearing in mind the

lessons that one’s OWn farm has taught

him in the past. In doing this, it is

necessary to arrive at some method of

calculating the assets of the owner.

For this purpose, the farm inventory

is essential.



Likewise, in planning for the year to

come, matters will be simplified consid-

erably if a substantial record book is

produced and laid out in accordance

with the above suggestion.



During the past year when the vari-

ous committees of the food administra-

tion have been endeavoring to mete

out justice to both producer and con-

sumer, we have seen how valuable re«

liable Cost of production accounts are.

In other words, there were in the whole

United States, only a few people who

had any adequate notion as to the cost

of producing a bushel of wheat. There

were also only a few who could show

the cost of producing milk per hundred

and if it becomes necessary to set a

price on other farm products, the only

sure way to eliminate a good deal of

guess Work and insure justice to all

parties concerned is to have at hand

figures on the cost of producing the

various farm crops.





The Potato Situation





’ I ‘HE marketing of the 1917 Michi~

gaii potato crop is one of the

most discussed and “cussed”



problems which has developed in this



state in recent years. The discussion

has centered principally around the

grading as recommended by the United



States Bureau of Markets and put into



Operation by the United States Food



Administration. However, there are



other factors which enter into the pres-



ent situation, and which are in some

cases of even greater importance than

the grading.



In the first place, many growers in-

creased the area devoted to potatoes

because they believed the government

asked them to do so. They are justi-

fied in this belief because a number of

individuals who were more or less con-

nected with government activities did

urge an increased acreage of potatoes.

The fact that the government men

who were best posted on the history of

the potato production from year to

year did not ask growers to increase

their acreage beyond that of a normal

season does not change matters. The

press in urging increased acreage of

all crops did not make any exception

of the potato crop.



In addition, much was said about the

growers being certain of good returns

for all crops grown and this, together

with the very high prices which the

growers received for the 1916 potato

crop led them to believe that they were

almost guaranteed a good return for

th 1917 crop. It was unfortunate that

so much was said along these lines be-

cause there was no way provided

whereby any guarantee of good returns

to the growers could‘ be carried out.



Then, again, the growers Were forc-

ed to use unprecedented high—priced

seed and labor, and the expenses of

growing the crop were much higher

than ever before. 011 top of this came

a very discouraging season. Too much

rain at the start and finish, and not

enough at the most critical time in the

development of the potato crop, just as

the tubers were setting, and the early

frosts in many cases killing the vines

before the potatoes were half grown,

all added to the potato grower’s trou-

bles. Many potato growers raise beans

and corn and these in many cases were

a complete failure or nearly so. All of

this made many potato growers very

much discouraged.



At the beginning of the shipping sea-

son potatoes sold at very satisfactory

prices but because of labor or car

shortage or because of the pressure of

other work, most of the growers could

not take advantage of the good prices.

Then came the hard freeze when a





‘JAN. 26, 1918.

large percentage of the potatoes were

still undug. Thousands of bushels of

potatoes were frozen solid and were a

total loss. Hundreds of cars of pota-

toes containing field frosted stock were

forced onto the market and as a result

prices fell and the market slumped.

Many dealers refused to buy more po-

tatoes until the field-frosted stock had

time to rot and could be easily detect-

ed. From this time until after the first

of the present year the movement of

potatoes was slow and the prices low.



It was early in the period of the dc~

cline in prices that the United States

Food Administration put into operation

the grading of potatoes in accordance

with the recommendation of the United

States Bureau of Markets. In putting

this grading requirement into opera-

tion the United States Food Adminis-

tration believed that it would greatly

help to market the large potato crop in.

such a way that the growers would

realize a better price than would be

possible if the crop was marketed in

the usual way. That, by proper grad-

ing and sorting, consumption of pota-

toes would be increased, car equip-

ment conserved and prices influenced

for the better.



While all will admit that it would

have been better to have started the

grading at the beginning of the ship«

ping season, circumstances did not por-

mit it to be done at that time and the

administration felt that it would be

better to start the grading when it was

started than to put it off until another

season. A serious mistake was made

at the start in Michigan in using the

1 15-16-inch square mesh screens.

These took out more potatoes from the

first grade than necessary to meet the

requirements of the grading rules. As

soon as this mistake was discovered

most dealers replaced the square mesh

screens with the 115-16-inch round

mesh screens.



When the question of price at which

the second grade should sell in propor-

tion to the first grade was considered

many dealers were afraid that the sec-

ond grade would not sell to good ad-

vantage and as a result the price was

placed where the dealers felt safe, or

at sixty per cent of the price at which

the first grade soils.



The fact that dealers who filled their

warehouses early were forced to sell

at a loss accounts for the holding of

the price of the second grade down in

spite of the fact that many growers

refused to sell their second grade at

the price they were offered.



When all of the circumstances here«

in cited are taken into account it is

not at all strange that many potato

growers are dissatisfied. The fact that

the grading regulation is new and that

the price of thesecond grade was set

so low makes it natural that the great-

est complaint should be directed

against the grading. As the situation

stands at this writing the United States

Food Administration has made the

grading requirement compulsory so far

as all dealers are concerned. This reg~

ulation does not apply to the growers.

They are, also, making an earnest plea

for growers and others who cannot see

any benefit to them from this regula-

tion to withhold judgment until this

ruling has had a, fair trial.



The one thing which can be accom-

plished if all interested parties work

together, is the raising of the price of

the second grade to a point closer in

proportion to that at which the first

grade sells. It is just as much to the

dealer’s interest as the grower’s that

this be done. There is nothing to pre-

vent any dealer raising the price of the

second grade and nothing/will do more

to bring about a better feeling between

dealer and grower. In the interest of

harmony and in justice to the growers

and as one means of helping to keep

up the morale of the farmers of the

state of Michigan we earnestly appeal

to the potato shippers of the state to





raise the price of the second grade of





potatoes.--—C. W. WAID, Exten. Spec.
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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Selecting the Farm Home

By R. G. KIRBY





We have learned several things con-

cerning the buying of a farm which we

would always consider when selecting

a farm home. A farmer buys his home

and his farm together and the transac-

tion will usually have a great influence

on the life of the family. First, a good

water supply is of importance to the

health of the family and the welfare of

the stock. Many a farmer has lost

money by paying too much for a farm

with a poor water supply. It has often

resulted in sickness in the family.

Large expenses for experimental well

digging to obtain water sometimes

result.



A good road is of importance and the

greater the distance from town the bet-

ter the road should be. Of course, a

fine farm is frequently located on a

poor road and such a farm may be a

good investment but it is always wise

to consider the highways when figuring

the future value of a farm. Some real

estate agents are well supplied with

information concerning the fine roads

that are going to be built, they have

heard that such and such a thing is

surely going to happen. It is well to

base the value of a farm on the visible

evidence and not on future prospects.





Drainage is a great factor in deter-

mining the value of a farm. If you buy

a partially undrained farm where the

neighbors are expecting to put through

a large drainage project, it pays to

find out what proportion of the expense

you will be expected to pay. Some

farmers have purchased farms without

inquiring the amount of their drain

taxes and the resulting expenses have

been a severe handicap to them, even

though the value of the drainage un-

doubtedly improved their land much

more than it cost.



When purchasing a farm which has

been partially drained, at least a rough

may should be obtained which will en-

able the future owner to locate the

lines without difficulty. Sometimes

lines of tile are improperly placed and

this will have an influence on the value

of the land. If the land is poorly

drained it will be a good investment to

obtain the services of a drainage engi-

neer who can make an accurate esti-

mate of the cost of placing the land in

the prOper condition.



Fences are necessary equipment on

the stock farm and they should be in-

spected and the future usefulness esti-

mated. Frequently it will be found

that farms which are for sale are in

poor repair and this should be consid-

ered when buying a farm. A farmer

who buys a farm in miserable repair

and then lacks capital for development,

is apt to be discouraged as it is rather

difficult to do business on such a farm

until considerable more money has

been invested in the necessary repairs.



The roofs of the barns and the house

should be examined to note the condi-

tion of the shingles. A good roof is

one of the most necessary parts of a

barn or house and shingles are expen-

sive and it takes time to place them.

Frequently real estate men take their

prospects out into the country only

when the sun is shining and things

look cheerful. I enjoy fine weather for

country trips, but believe that a farmer

can find out more about a farm during

a hard rain storm or very soon after.

At least it will show up the condition

of the roofs of the house and barn. The

way the water stands on the land will

probably be some indicator of the effi-

ciency of the drainage system.



Many farmers buy their land in the

winter when it is covered with snow.

Sometimes it will pay better to see the

farm during the height of the growing

season so that the quality of the crops

may be observed. If a farmer is famil-

iar with a section he will probably

know considerable about each farm,

but if he buys land in a strange com-





munity there is-always more risk.



The distance to the rural school is a

factor in the real estate value of a

farm. A walk of one or two miles will

be fine for the children and help to

keep them in vigorous condition, but if

the distance is far enough so that it is

necessary to drive to school this will

probably have an influence on the farm

value. Farms seem to bring the best

prices when they are close to a good

market. The type of farming largely

determines the value of a location. A

farmer raising truck and small fruit

will be compelled to make frequent

trips to town with produce during the

busiest days of summer. A short haul

saves money. The live stock farmer

can be located at a greater distance

without suffering much inconvenience.

All of the crops can be fed on the

farm and the marketing Will require

fewer trips to town.



Neighborhood organizations seem to

increase the value of land in some sec-

tions. It also seems more difl‘icult to

organize the farmers living close to

cities. They are less dependent upon

their neighbors and frequently do most

of their visiting with friends in the city

which can be easily reached by inter-

urban or motor car. In selecting the

farm home all of these things, and

more, should be considered. No farm

or farming section is perfect, but the

farmer who carefully investigates be-

fore he buys may save mistakes which

might cause much discouragement.





FERTILITY AND YIELD.





 





It has been found in experimental

work that when the soil is rich or has

plenty of available plant food that it

will produce a greater yield with the

same amount of rain. This is nicely

illustrated in practical farming. In

the season of small rainfall, as in 1917

the field that had the available fertility

produced the biggest crop. This is one

thing that can be controlled and it in-

creases the crop in the year with good

growing conditions, but much more so

in the unfavorable season. In live

stock farming a greater variety of

crops are grown and some of them are

fed and the manure returned to the

soil, which results in having the soil

in better condition for plant growth

than is possible when one crop is

grown continuously. In many cases it

has been found profitable to raise stock

even with a loss on the live stock, this

loss being more than made up in the

increased yields that come from the

crops being rotated and the manure

applied to the land—N. D. Ag. Col.





TO TACKLE LABOR PROBLEMS.





 





The solving of labor problems agd

the use of farm tractors will be given

careful consideration during Farmers’

W’eek at the Ohio State University,

Columbus, Ohio, from January 28 to

February 1. A series of five lectures

on tractors will be given by Professor

G. W. McCuen, of the Department of

Agricultural Engineering of the Col—

lege of Agriculture. The subjects of

his lectures are: “Shall I Buy a Trac—

tor?” “Types of Tractors,” “Fuels and

Ignition Systems of Tractors,” “Opera-

tion, of a Tractor,” and “Tractor Plows

and Hitches.”



In addition to the lectures, tractors

will be on hand to furnish illustrations

for the lectures.





Fifty thousand tons of linseed cake

originally consigned to Holland will be

sold at request of the consignees for

consumption in New York, Pennsyl-

vania and New England, according to

an announcement authorized by the

United States Food» Administration.

This amount of linseed cake, it is hop-

ed, will supply a large portion of the

concentrated feed needed this Winter

and spring in those states.





 





 





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loss.





Delay means decay and decay means





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This “right finish for





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makes the first cost of the paint unimportant.





Do not get just a can of paint—get the specially





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Save Your Crops with Sherwin-Williams





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These insecticides are deadly to pests but

harmless to growing trees and plants. Be-

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or deteriorate when carried through the

Winter. In using, just add the powder to

water. It dissolves instantly and stays

mixed, spreading easily over the foliage

and sticking fast. Ask for Sherwin-Wil-





liams Dry Powdered Arsenate of Lead and

Lime Sulfur at the store. Spraying book-

let sent free on request.



Sherwin-Williams Paris Green is so skil-

fully mixed that it destroys the bugs with-

out damage to the plants. It sprays or

dusts uniformly and covers thoroughly.

It pays to use a reliable Paris Green.





Spraying booklet sent free.





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Worth-While Spraying in War Time





N planning for spraying opera-



tions, chief emphasis should be



placed on those factors which

make for largest profits, said Prof. P.

J. Parrott, of the New York Experi-

ment Station, at the recent meeting of

the New York State Fruit Growers’ As-

sociation. In western New York the

pests of major importance in apple or-

chards are scab, codling moth, and

scale, and' it is in waging successful

warfare against these noxious foes

that the most favorable opportunities

exist for obtaining largest financial re-

turns. In certain areas some orchard-

ists would do well to adopt special

spraying precautions against red bugs

and the rosy aphis.



Cooperate in Buying.



No scheme for pest suppression gives

greater promise for larger achieve-

ment than the plan to have local ex-

pert advice available to each grower.



Specific means for reducing cost. in

spraying are: Obtain lowest prices for

spraying materials by consolidating 0r-

ders to take carload lots; communicate

information indicating unreasonable

prices or unreasonable attempts to

force the placing of orders on a plea of

scarcity of material to Chemical Divi-

sion of the United States Food Admin-

istration. Place orders in time to have

materials on hand when needed. De-

Iiveries will probably be slow, and ear

lier orders than usual, in ordering, is

advisable. Omit dormant spraying or

delayed dormant treatment in orchards

“here not needed for control of San

Joasc scale, blister mile or rosy aphis.

Use two pounds instead of three of

paste arsenate of lead in usual spray-

ings of apple trees except in the treat-

ment made when petals have dropped,

or in orchards where leaf rollers

abound.



A Good Insecticide.



At present prices calcium arsenate is

cheaper than {ti-senate of lead, and ex-

perimental data. seems to indicate con-

clusively that it may be safely em-

ployed for the spraying of potatoes.

For apple orchards, prudence dictates

that growers do not dabble with it too

extensively, even though it appears a

promising arsenical for this purpose.

Do not make special treatments or ap-

plications of the more expensive spray-

ing materials for such insects as red

bugs or rosy aphis, etc, except under

competent advice or as experience has

proven worth while. Avoid prepara-

tions of unknown merit as they may

prove ineffective and unsafe in addi-

tion to beingr expensive.



Have spraying machine thoroughly

repaired and in good working order bo-

fore’ spraying season begins. The cost,

of labor has reached 21‘ point where it

is necessary to make onc’s energy go

as far as it, will. If a new or a larger

machine will do more work in less

time, the purchase of a new spraying

outfit may be advisable. It is here with

all purchases of up-I’o—dale machinery

that growers should be on their guard

against the appeals of false economy.



Work Efficiently.



Economize in time and labor by em«

ploying efficient loading and spraying

devices. Time unnecessarily spent, on

the road or at spraying platforms, is so

much valuable time lost in the treat-

ment of the orchard. “A “spray gun"

may often times take the place of a

man and do more effective work, be—

sides being more economical. Here, as

at the fighting front, the skill of the

individual operator may be replaced by

the superior efficiency of the machine.

And finally, the hard facts of past ex-

perience should not be forgotten—an

orchard that is neglected or indiffer-

ently managed with respect to insects

and plant diseases is generally a liabil-

ity than an asset. In spraying make

each application count by thorough and

careful work at the right time. Fail-

ure to maintain a high level of spray-

ingr practices throughout the growing





season may have the effect of neutral-

izing, if not actually destroying, the

benefits of earlier applications. Effi-

cient spraying serves a two-fold pur—

pose. 1, it protects tree from immedi«

ate perils; 2, it is cumulative in results

against certain pests and its benefi~

cent influences extend into the future.





Spraying Schedule {Er Apple OrchardS. .





An important suggestion may be not-

ed in the replies to a questionaire which

is the number of applications that fruit

growers propose to make for the pro~

tection of their apple orchards. In the

Hudson River Valley from two to three

treatments ,the latter being preferred,

York the number varies from three to

five applications with individual grow-

ers but the majority of the correspond-

ents plan in the spring’s operations to

spray their apple orchards four or five

times. This difference in extent of

spraying in the two areas shows the

need of care and judgment in advising

or in adopting a spraying schedule

since the importance of some of the

specifications in the approved spraying

schedule varies with different sections

of the state as well as with seasonal

conditions. The chief reason for the

smaller number of treatments that are

made in the Hudson River Valley is

the comparative freedom of many com-

mercial planting from apple scab. It

may also be pointed out in this connec-

tion that in western New York during

recent, years there has been an in«

creasing tendency to apply the full

number of treatments in the spraying

schedule rather than to take chances

with the minimum number of applied.

lions, which has been prompted by the

extreme destructiveness of apple scab

and prospective high prices, while

financial success is due in part to the

high standards followed in spraying.



Results Tell.



The prosperity of many fruit gr0w~

ers synchronizes, in a large measure,

their growing efficiency in controlling

noxious insects and plant diseases, es-

pecially the San Jose scale, the codlin

moth and apple scab. There is prob-

ably no one effort in the care of apple

orchards that would make for greater

productiveness and more splendid re-

sults in the conservation and minimiz-

ing of waste of an important article of

food than the adoption by larger num»

ber of grOwers of a proper system of

treatment enforced with vigor and vig-

ilance to secure effective control.



New York. W. H. JENKINS.





Many Missouri orchardists last

spring complained that rainy weather

and cold nights during the blossoming

period prevented the bloom from set-

ting fruit, or killed set, fruit on frosty

nights. The killing was due almost en-

tirely to the fact that in neglected or-

chards the blossoms were weak. In

most of the properly managed orchards

at least a fair crop of fruit set and um-

tured to fine condition, due to the fact

that trees kept, healthy can usually set

fruit even during trying weather.





 





MID-WINTER MEETING OF FRUIT

GROWERS.



The mid-winter meeting of the State

Horticultural Society will be held in

South Haven, February 5-6. A large

attendance of fruit growers from all

parts of the state is expected and a

very interesting and instructive pro-

gram has been prepared.



Everyone realizes'the seriousness of

the labor situation for the present year

and this subject will be discussed ex-

tensively.



Speakers of state and national repu-

tation will handle other topics of vital

interest, after which each subject will

be open for general discussion.



Plan to attend 'this meeting! Pro-

grams will be mailed in the near future

to members of the society, or to others

on.‘request. For particulars write to

George M. 'Low, Secretary, Bangor,

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JAN. 26, 1918.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Potato and Bean Markets





market conditions for these two



crops, jobbing prices and shipments

are given for the United States for the

period January 8-14, inclusive).



Potato Market Stronger.——Eastern

producing sections continued to evince

a strong tone. Prices generally hard-

ened around the slightly higher levels

reached last week and demand appear-

ed somewhat better.



At Presque Isle, Maine, the car situa-

tion was greatly improved. Maine

Green Mountains were up 5@150, sell-

ing at $2.03@2.18 per cwt. in bulk from

wagons, track side. Rochester, New

York, also reports demand improved

and No. 1 Round Whites selling 50

higher at $2.25@2.35 f. o. b. sacked, or

$2.10@2.20 at New York country, ship-

ping points, while bulk ~stock sold 12@

15c below, sacked. Michigan Round

Whites held about steady at $2@2.05,

No. 1 sacked, f. o. b. At Waupaca,

Wisconsin, wagon load receipts were

reported increasing but protected cars

were scarce. No. 1 Round Whites ad-

vanced 50 to $1.30 per cwt. in bulk

from wagons, track side, and Bliss Seed

stock was firm at $2.50 per cwt. in

bulk. Colorado and Idaho "shipping

points quoted markets 5@100 stronger

at $1.10@1.25, resorted, sacked, track

side, but Portland, Oregon, still reports

wagon sales of No. 1 White and Russet

stock mostly at $1 per cwt., sacked.



Total shipments for the week, 1,774

cars. Maine continued leading shipper

with 466 cars. Estimate of total potato

stock of the 19 leading northern potato

states in hands of growers and holders

147,585,000 bushels on January 1 of this

year, against 59,946,000 bushels, show-

ing 146 per cent increase over the fig-

ures for the corresponding date of last

year, 39 per cent above those of two

years ago, 13 per cent decrease below

three years, but 14 per cent increase

above the average stock on hand on

January 1, for the past five years.





IN the following review of general





The record of carlot movements also

points to large remaining stocks. On





January 1, the season’s shipments had.





reached 105,304 carloads, compared

with 190,892 carloads at the corres-

ponding date last year, a reduction in

movement of nearly one-half, although

the crop is estimated to have been over

40 per cent larger the past season. The

greater part of the Maine crop is usu-

ally moved between Septehnber 1 and

May 1, which implies that the average

rate of movement must increase great-

ly in order to clear the situation satis-

factorily during the next ten or twelve

weeks.



The rather strong market tone in-

cluded the distributing centers. Maine

Green Mountains advanced in New

York and Boston to $2.75@3.15 per

cwt., including stock in bulk and in

sacks. New York Round Whites in

general markets sold to jobbers at $2.35

((13. Michigan Round Whites ranged

$2.10@3. Wisconsin Round Whites

sold steady at $2@2.35 in markets of

central states. Minnesota white stock

ranged at $1.90@2.25 per cwt., sacked,

selling mostly in central and northern

markets. Colorado white stock, sacked,

ruled firm at $1.506‘i‘2.35 per cwt., sell-

ing chiefly in southwestern markets.





Bean Values Fairly Well Maintained.

m—The general bean situation shows

but little change since the preceding

week. Demand was reported good and

the market strong at Grand Rapids,

Michigan, where choice hand—picked

Navys sold $12.25@12.50 per cwt. Un—

ofiicial reports quoted $10.50@11.50

paid growers at various Michigan ship-

ping points. Pea beans sold in the

Rochester, New York, district at $11,

sacked, from wagons, track side. Col-

orado Pintos ranged at $6.25@6.50 per

cwt, recl'eaned basis, in bulk, to grow-

ers, and at $7.37@7.50, sacked, reclean-

ed f. o. b. Denver.



Growers in various bean producing





sections were reported still dissatisfied

with prevailing prices, but the light

average yield per acre appears partly

responsible for the situation. The es-

timated average yield of beans per acre

the past season was 8.6 bushels per

acre, which at $6.52 per bushel would

be worth $55 per acre. The corres-

ponding estimates for 1916 “Were 9.7

per acre, which at $5.33 per bushel

were worth $49.40 per acre. Corres-

ponding estimates for 1915 were 11.1

bushels per acre at $2.59 per bushel, or

$28.85 per acre.



The advancing trend of prices paid





at harvest season during the past three ,





years has been partly offset by pro-

gressively lower yields per acre. Not-

withstanding a light acre yield, the

total output this year has been estimat-

ed to be about 50 per cent above that

of either 1915 or 1916; the large

acreage planted the past year having

far more than offset the lighter yield

per acre. Michigan Navys sold to job—

bers the past week at $13.35@13.90,

Michigan and New York pea beans

ranged at $13.75@14.25. California

small whites ranged at $12.75@14, and

California Limas at $13@14. Colorado

Pintos were reported selling well in

Chicago at $8.50@9.50 per 100 pounds.





Cabbage in Strong Position—Since

reaching the top of the advance, the





cabbage situation has held fairly

steady. At various shipping points in

the producing sections, movement is

still restricted by car shortage. Sell-

ing was chiefly in the Rochester, New

York, district, where the week’s sales

ruled strong at $45@50, in bulk f. o. b.

on track,pfor Danish Seed, and growers

received $356345, with fair demand and

movement. Sales were reported from

the Wisconsin cabbage sectioss at $53

@55 per ton, f. o. b. The cabbage

shipping movement recovered to 339

cars, compared with 311 cars last week

and 189 cars the preceding week. New

York led with 235 cars. Sales to job-

bers of New York Danish Seed and

Wisconsin Holland seed ranged $50@

62, with slow to moderate demand. Chi-

cago advanced $8 .per ton during the

week to $600762, and Philadelphia

quoted a range of $60@70.





WHERE COOPERATION PAYS.





 





One hundred and fifty farmers in

Maryland, Michigan, and Minnesota,

when questioned regarding the value of

cooperative bull associations, estimat-

ed that the use of sires be10nging to

the organization increased the value of

the offspring in the first generation

from 30 to 80 per cent, with an average

of 65 per cent. The investment is small

and the chance for herd improvement

so great that the net returns greatly

exceed the small original investment.



There appears to be no fundamental

weakness in cooperative bull associa-

tions. Instead of spreading abortion,

tuberculosis, or other communicable

disease, the results so far seem to in-

dicate the reverse. For example, the

Roland, Iowa, association will not al-

low any one of its members to get the

benefits of the association until his

herd has been tested for tuberculosis

and all reactors eliminated. One farm-

er who did not dispose of the reactors

after the tuberculin test was applied

was refused the use of bulls until he

complied with the rules of the associa-

tion. The educational work of each

association makes the members alert

to prevent the introduction and spread

of disease of any kind. The well-man-

aged bull association requires that the

cattle of each member shall be tested

for tuberculosis and takes every known

precaution to prevent the introduction

of infectious abortion.





 





Under new food regulations, the

Swrss people are allowed only a pound

of sugar per "month per person. The

buttelr; ration is one-fifth of a pound per

mon .





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ers and Feeders’ Association

was held at the Michigan Agricultural

College on Thursday, January 17. The

meetings of the allied breeders’ organ-

izations were held on the previous

day. Owing to the severe weather and

uncertain train service, the attendance

was not as large as in some previous

years, but there was a very creditable

attendance of live stock breeders and

feeders at the banquet on Wednesday

evening, which has come to be an an-

nual feature of the live stock meeting.



The general meeting on Thursday

was opened with an address on “The

Part that Agriculture must play in the

winning of the war,” by Dean Vivian,

of the Ohio State University. Dean

Vivian impressed his hearers with the

absolute necessity of maintaining pro-

duction at a high point, in order that

we may have available the necessary

food stuffs for our army and the arm-

ies of our allies to win the war. He

gave some specific figures on the

wheat situation which also demonstrat-

ed the necessity of economizing in the

use of this great bread grain if we are

to come anywhere near filling the min-

imum requirements of our allies.



Following the secretary’s report and

the appointment of the usual commit-

tees, President I. R. Waterbury, in a

brief address, discussed the various

phases of Michigan’s live stock indus-

try in a manner which will be further

preented in a future issue.



“The Michigan Live Stock Situation”

was the subject of an address by Dean

R. S. Shaw, of M. A. C. Dean Shaw

briefly reviewed the world live stock

situation and pointed out the oppor-

tunity which present conditions pre-

sent to Michigan farmers in the way

of a more profitable live stock industry

in futureyears, not only during the

war, but after peace has been estab-

lished He further emphasized the pa—

triotic duty of Michigan farmers to do

their bit in supplying the need for ani~

mal food products for the successful

prosecution of the war, and declared

that we should place our patriotic duty

above a dollar and cent basis in carry-

ing on this necessary work.



“Progress in the Eradication of Tu-

berculosis in Michigan Herds,” was the

subject of an excellent address by Mr.

H. H. Halladay, President of the Mich-

igan Live Stock Sanitary Commission.

Mr. Halladay reviewed the plan for the

establishment of state accredited herds

and told of the satisfactory progress

which had been made along this line.

He also reviewed the hog cholera situ-

ation which may be described as satis-

factory, losses having been small, even

where the disease has invaded herds,

except in a few isolated cases, due to

its successful control through proper

sanitary measures.



Afternoon Session.



Following the noon recess Prof. J. J.

Ferguson, of Swift. & 00., addressed

the convention on “The Live Stock 111-

dustry, Present and Prospective,” Prof.

Ferguson reviewed the trend of mar-

ket values for live stock in recent

years, showing the enormous advance

in prices which has taken place by

some illuminating charts which he had

placed upon the blackboard. He sound-

ed a word of caution to the effect that

prices might be maintained at so high

a level as to materially reduce con-

sumption is a reason for satisfaction

with the price for hogs which had been





established by the Food Administra-

tion. He called special attention to

the fact that, notwithstanding the in-

creased marketing of cattle at the big

markets of the country, government

reports showed that there had been an

increase in the cattle stocks on the

farms of the country during the past





year.



“Results to be Obtained Through Co-

operation, and the effect of Cooperative

Enterprises on Rural Life,” was the

subject of an address by Mr. G. A. Mill-

er, who has promoted the organizatio“





 





The Lch Stock Meeting





HE annual meeting of the Mich-

igan Improved Live Stock Breed-





of several cooperative elevators. Mr.

Miller advocated the extension of co-

operative enterprises to the marketing

of all'farm products, and even to the

manufacturing of farm products, in-

cluding the establishment of packing

houses and the production of farm sup—

plies. He reviewed the successful op-

eration of the cooperative elevators

with which he is connected, showing

the rapid growth and the advantages

to their patrons, 21180 the other advan-

tages accruing to the cooperative rural

community.



Mr. C. B. Beebee, of Tecumseh. gave

an address on “Advantages which we

Have Derived from the Farmers" (‘0-

operative Store.” He described the

growth of the business of the coopera-

tive enterprises with which he is as—

sociated, from a. small beginning to the

doing of a business amounting to a

half million dollars last year, and em-

phasized the. moral benefit to the com-

munity resulting from successful to

operation.



The committee on resolutions sub-

mitted the following, which were unan-

imously adopted. ‘



Inasmuch as information reaches

your committee that it is the intention

of the railway rate-making powers of

this state to charge a higher rate of

transportation for pure-bred animals

than for common stock, and inasmuch

as it is a custom for Canadian railways

to ship purebred stock at a lower rate

than common stock, we recommend

that this matter be referred to the leg-

islative committee of this association.

and that they be requested to take the

necessary steps to see that it is prop-

erly presented to the Michigan State

Railway Commission.



Be it resolved, that this association

hereby approves such action as has al-

ready been taken by the Michigan

State Live Stock Sanitary Commission.

and will support such action as the

commission find it necessary to take in

the future relative to the importation

of cattle into Michigan from other

states. ,



We hereby extend to the officers of

the Michigan Milk Producers’ Associa-

tion an expression of appreciation for

the creation of the Detroit Milk Com~

mission, and approve the plan of work

laid down by the said commission: and

inasmuch as the results of the investi-

gation regarding the cost of milk pro-

duction formed an indispensable part

of the information submitted to the

said commission, we hereby commend

the work heretofore done by the Mich-

igan Experiment Station, and ask for

a. continuation of the same.



Resolved, that this association here-

by express to the Michigan Agricul-

tural College its appreciation for the

great assistance rendered in the con-

duct of these annual meetings; and re-

quest that the custom of the past be

continued, and the entire week be re

served exclusively for live stock meet-

ings and interests.



Officers for the ensuing year were

elected as follows:



For president, I. R. Waterbury. De-

troit; vice-president, Colon C. Lillie,

Coopersville; secretary, Geo. A. Brown,

East Lansing; assistant secretary, W.

E. J. Edwards, East Lansing; treasur-

er, C. P. Reed, Howell; executive com-

mittee, J. Fred Smith, Byron; Jacob

De Geus, Alicia; H. H. Halliday, Clin.

ton; P. P. Pope, Mt. Pleasant: George

Prescott, Tawas City.



Michigan Holstein-Friesian Sale.



Fair prices marked the sale of thir-

ty-five head of females sold at the

Michigan Agricultural College, in East

Lansing, on January 18, under the aus-

pices of the Michigan Holstein-Friesiau

Breeders’ Association. The sales to-

taled $7,720, with an average of $227.

A large per cent of the animals offered

were young stock. Lady Washington

Hartog, consigned by F. S. Jenkins &

Son, of Okemos, to W. F. Schilling, of

Northfield, Minn., brought $625, the

high price of the sale. “Colonel” Per~

ry, of Columbus, Ohio, acted as auc.

tioneer. A detailed report of the sale

will be given next week.



Central Michigan Shorthorn Sale.



The blustery weather of the preced-

ing week acted as somewhat of a

damper upon the sale of Michigan

Shorthorns, conducted at the Michigan

Agricultural College, in East Lansing.

on January 18, but considering the

handicaps with which they were con-

fronted, breeders considered the auc-

tion a fairly successful one. Eighty-

nine head Were listed for sale, but only

forty—seven succeeded in arriving.

Princess Hampton, sold by the associa-

tion to A. E. Stevenson, of Port Huron.

topped the list at $400. The proceeds

from this sale were donated to the Red

Cross and the Army Y. M. C. A. The

average of the sale was not high.

Many of the offerings were of young

stock, much of which was not particu-

larly fancy. A list of the sales Will be

given in the next issue.
JAN. 26, 19,18.





 





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Silo War-Time Equipment





By PROF. G.





HE silo is now recognized as a



war—time institution. The call of



the government to the farm is

for increased production and conserva-

tion. The silo aids the farmer in a

large and helpful way in meeting the

country’s need.



Each year millions of acres of corn

are grown in the central west. In the

fall, wagons are driven up and down

the rows, the ears of corn are remov-

ed and the stalks allowed to remain to

be washed out and the finer parts

blown away. Where these stalks are

disked and plowed under, organic mat-

ter is returned to the soil. Where they

are burned this is entirely lost. It is

estimated that from thirty to thirty-

five per cent of the feeding value of the

corn is in the stalks and leaves.



In this time of agricultural prepared-

ness the possibilities of the silo as a

means of conserving the food supply

looms high. It not only saves the en-

tire corn plant and turns it into a valu-

able feed, but insures a supply during

the winter when other feeds are

scarce and high in price. It will not

be possible, nor perhaps desirable, to

feed all the corn crop. through the silo

another year. However, farmers

should plan to utilize a larger part of

the crop than they have used this year.

The farmer will be rendering real ser-

vice to the country when he utilizes

the corn crop in the production of

meats and dairy products.



Experiments conducted by experi-

ment stations demonstrate that silage

is superior to corn fodder for dairy

cows. Cows receiving silage in the ra-

tion produced thirteen per cent more

milk than cows receiving corn fodder.

Henry, in “Feeds and Feeding," states

that “silage gives better results than

dry corn fodder for the reason that

cows fed the succulent palatable silage

usually consume a heavier ration than

those fed the dry fodder and hence

have a larger amount of nutrients

available for milk production after the

maintenance requirements of the body

have been met.”



The Purdue Animal Husbandry De—

partment states that corn silage is

without a doubt, the most economical

roughage ever used for feeding cattle

at Purdue University. Ten years’ ex-

perience with this feed proves that the

extensive use of this roughage for the

wintering and fattening of cattle will

do more to keep the beef cattle indus—

try on a thriving basis than any other

one factor. The addition of one-half

feed of silage to a ration of corn, cot-

tonseed meal and hay reduced the cost

of gain $1.09 per hundred pounds, on

an average of five trials with fattening

cattle. The addition of silage twice

daily to a ration of corn, cottonseed

meal and hay, on an average of four

trials reduced the cost of gain $1.70

per hundred pounds. Every acre of

corn put into the silo has returned

practically twice as much as the same

acre would have returned had it not

been so preserved.





In tests conducted by the Purdue Ex—

periment Station it was found that

when cattle were fed a ration of corn,

corn stover and oat straw, thirteen

pounds of corn were required to pro-

duce a pound of beef. A second car-

load of cattle fed corn, corn silage, cot-

tonseed meal and clover hay require

only seven pounds of corn for a pound

of gain. While the cottonseed meal

and clover hay added protein to the

ration of the second lot, and thus in-

creased its value, yet at the same time,

the corn silage was a big factor in re-

ducing the amount of grain necessary

for the increased gains.



If the silo makes it possible to se-

cure a larger‘amount of meat from

one hundred pounds of corn, then pa-

triotic farmers should employ the bet-

ter methods and secure the largest





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number of pounds of food stuffs from

every acre of corn grown.



A silo also increases the live stock

capacity of the farm. Using the eight-

year cattle feeding data from the Pur-

due Experiment Station, it is calculat-

ed that the acres needed to grow the

feed for a two-year-old steer for one

hundred and fifty days could be de-

creased from twenty to forty per cent

by the use of silage in the ration. In

feeding a carload of twenty steers it

required approximately thirty—eight and

three-fourths acres to grow the feed

needed for one hundred and fifty days,

when corn, oil meal, oat straw and

Stover were fed. Thirty-five acres were

required when corn and clover hay

were fed, while only twenty-four acres

were used when corn, cottonseed meal,

clover hay and silage was the ration.

If a balanced ration, including silage,

will decrease the amount of land by

more than fourteen acres in the feed-

ing of a carload Of steers, surely live

stock feeders at this time should be

willing to adopt this ration. Again,

when there is a shortage of food stuffs

and every acre of land should be made

to produce its full share, can a farmer

justify his actions and practice by us—

ing the crops of thirty-eight acres to

produce a carload of beef, when the

methods would produce the same beef

from twenty—four acres?



Meatless days proclaimed by the

Food Administration emphasizes the

fact that the supply of meat now pro-

duced is not meeting the demand. If

our own people, our armies and the

hungry people of Europe are to be fed,

then the production of meat must be

increased. The employment of the silo

will make it possible to utilize a larger

per cent of the corn crop and to feed

larger numbers of beef cattle and

sheep. Farmers interested in carrying

out the food program of the govern-





the use of the silo in their farming

program.



Labor is now a serious problem on

American farms. \Vith the mobiliza-

tion of a larger army, labor difficulties

will increase. The silo will help meet

this problem by reducing the labor re-

quired to feed the stock during the

long winter months. When the corn

crop is placed in the silo, the land is

also cleared and much less labor is re-

quired to prepare the ground for future

crops.



Ten good reasons why every farmer

who keeps live stock should have a silo.



1. The silo preserves the palatability

and succulence of the green corn plant

for Winter feeding.



2. It helps to make use of the entire

corn plant.



3. The silo increases the live stock

capacity of the farm.



4. Silage is a good summer feed

when pastures are short.



5. Because of the small amount of

ground space required by the silo, it is

an economical means of storing forage.



6. The silo prevents waste of corn-

stalks, leaves and husks which contain

about two-fifths of the feeding value of

the corn plant.



7. The silo located near the feed

manger is an assurance of having feed

near at hand in stormy as well as fair

weather.



8. The silo assists in reducing the

cost of gains in fattening cattle and

sheep.



9. Silage greatly increases the milk

flow during the winter season and de-

creases the cost of production.



10. There are no stalks to bother in

the manure when corn is put into

the silo.





We ought to be as cheerful as we

can, if' only because to be happy our—

selves is a most effective contribution

to the happiness of others—Sir John

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New Zealand clung to the slopes

of Anzac. Desperately, heroically

they clung. No troops under any

circumstances ever displayed

greater soldierly qualities or upheld

more sacredly the best traditions of

England's Army. But they had

to withdraw because the “follow-

up" was not there.





To some of us it has been given ,

to march with the columns of

troops that go to France. And

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our flag waving and consider how

necessary we are, how useful we

must be. Those who go to Iight

cannot hope to win by naked

bravery and we cannot hope to

win unless every individual at home

does all he can. We must have





no Gallipoli.





The Bell System is only one

of the myriad great and small

industries which are co-operating

that nothing be left undone to keep

a constant, efficient stream of men,

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Michigan dairymen, in the opinion of

J. A. Waldron, extension agent in dairy-

ing for the Michigan Agricultural Col-

lege, are awakening confidently to a

realization that for them the present

is a season of opportunity.



“In a few restricted areas," he said

recently, “where low prices for milk—

often set by a previous contract—still

prevail, and where the high cost of

feed and dearth of help are felt more

keenly than is common, the business

may not be yielding as comfortably as

of old, but the industry on the whole

is returning as good a profit now as

it, ever has. This means, for the man

who can read the script upon the wall

that the present is a time when heifer

calves from good dairy cows can and

should be raised.



The really big question is how to

raise these calves, for old dairymen

know upon the treatment accorded

these youngsters will depend in no

small measure their usefulness when

they mature, as dairy cows. A few





suggestions, culled from the experience .

of some of Michigan's leading milk

producers, may accordingly be helpful. 3



First. The dairy calf should be giv— i





en its mother‘s milk for the first ten





days, and if it is a weak individual, for 1‘





at least three or four weeks.





Second. The calf should not be over-





fed. About two quarts at a. feed is

sufficient.



Third. Feed three times daily for

the first three weeks.



Fourth. The change from whole

milk to skim-milk should be made grad—

ually, during a period of ten days. At

the same time the number of feeds giv-

en daily should be reduced from three

to two.



Fifth. Increase gradually the feed

allowance until the calf is receiving

from four to five quarts per feed.



Sixth. Replace the fat lacking in the

skim—milk by feeding such things as

ground oats and corn, with a little

bran.



Seven. Teach the calf to eat grain

by placing dry grain in the bottom of

the pail, or directly in its mouth.



Eighth. Feed bright, clean hay.-



Ninth. Prevent scours by regular

feeding, feeding in clean pails, avoid—

ing over-feeding, providing clean, dry

stables; allowing plenty of sunlight to

enter, and by keeping the manger free

from sour feed.



If skim—milk is not available, calf

meal can be used. The following home-

mixed calf meal, first tried by the Pure

due Experiment Station, has been

found to give good results: Hominy

or corn meal, oil meal 0. P., blood

flour and red dog flour or flour mid-

dlings, in equal parts, at the rate of

one pound of mixture to one gallon of

water. This should be fed like skim-

milk, though not in excess of one gal-

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The OfllCOl'S and directors of the

Michigan Dairymen's Association are

making great preparations for the an-

nual convention of their association,

which will be held in the big auditor-

ium, in Saginaw, February 4-8. Pres-

ident Frary, of Lapeer, has made it

known that advance surveys of the sit-

uation seem to show that. there will be

more representatives of the association

and its dozen or more allied associa-

tions in attendance than at any conven-

tion in the past. The auditorium, where

the convention will be held, is capable

of accommodating close. to five thou-

sand people, has many thousand feet

of floor space where the exhibits will

be placed, and the stage and the audi-

torium annex will also be placed into

service. The program proper is not

completed but it will be featured by

representatives of the industry from

“Washington, many states in the west,

and from Michigan. Don’t forget the

date of the Michigan Dairymen’s Con-

vention, February 4—8. If you come to

Saginaw you will be sure of a most

hearty welcome by the Saginaw Board

of Trade and the dairymen.





two short. Labor is the big farm problem now—with

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During the British Advance in Cambrai the Germans Felled Trees Across the

Roads to Interrupt the Passage of their Pursuers.





 





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British Machine Gun Troops Operating from the Second German Trenches in

Recent Cambrai Drive.





 





 





 





People Without Fuel Raiding a Coal Car in Philadelphia Railroad Yards.





 





 





Italian Road Camouflaged“ to Prevent Eyes of Enemy from Observing move-

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Engines Manufactured in this Country for Russian Government Are Held for

Use Here Owing to Present Uncertain Political Conditions in Russia.





 





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Room D.

OODHOUSE hurried to Jane

Gerson’s side and began to

speak swiftly and earnestly:

“You are from the states?”





A shrug was her answer. The girl’s

face was averted, and in the defiant set

of her shoulders Woodhouse found lit-

tle promise of pardon for the incident

of the minute before. He persisted:



“This war means nothing to you—

one side or the other?”



“I have equal pity for them both,”

she answered in a low voice.



“We are living in dangerous times,”

he continued earnestly. “I tell you

frankly, were the fact that you and I

had met before to become known here

on the Rock the consequences would

be most—inconvenient—for me.” Jane

turned and looked searchingly into his

face. Something in the tone rather

than the words roused her quick sym-

pathy. Woodhouse kept on:



“I am sorry I had to deny that for-

mer meeting just now—that meeting

which has been with me in such vivid

memory. I regret that were you to al~

lude to it again I would have to deny

it still more emphatically.”



“I’m sure I shoot mention it again,”

the girl broke in shortly.



“Perhaps since it means so little to

you—your silence—perhaps you will do

me that favor, Miss Gerson.”



“Certainly.” Woodhouse could see

that anger still tinged her speech.



“May I go further—and ask you to

—promise?” A shadow of annoyance

creased her brow, but she nodded.



“That is very good of you,” he thank-

ed her. “Shall you be long on the

Rock?” _



“No longer than I have to. I’m sail-

ing on the first boat for the states,”

she answered.



“Then I am in luck—tonight.” VVood-

house tried to speak easily, though

Jane Gerson’s attitude was distant.

“Meeting you again—that’s luck.”



“To judge by what you have just

said it must be instead a great misfor-

tune,” she retorted, with a slow smile.



“That is not fair. You know what I

mean. Don’t imagine I've really forgot-

ten our first meeting under happier

conditions than these. I know I’m not

clever—I can’t make it sound as I

would—but I’ve thought a great deal of

you, Miss Gerson—wondering how you

were making it in this great war. Per-

haps—”



Almer returned at this juncture with

the change, which he handed to VVood-

house. He was followed in by Lady

Crandall, who assured Jane her hamp-

ers were securely strapped to the dog-

cart. Jane attempted an introduction.



“This gentleman has just done me a

service, Lady Crandall. May I pre

sent—”



“So sorry. You don’t know my name.

My clumsiness. Captain \I.’ood11011.se.”

The man bridged the dangerous gap

hurriedly. Lady Crandali acknowledg-

ed the introduction with a gracious

smile.



“Your husband is Sir George—” he

began.



"Yes, Sir George Crandall, Governor-

general of the Rock. And you—”



“Quite a recent comer. Transferred

from the Nile country here. Report to-

morrow.”



“All of the new officers have to re-

port to the governor’s wife as well,”

Lady Crandall rallied, with a glance at

Jane. “You must come and see me—

and Miss Gerson, who will be with me

until the boat sails.”



Woodhouse caught his breath. Jane

Gerson, who knew him, at the gover-

nor’s home! But he mastered himself

in a second and bowed his thanks.





 





Lady Crandall was moving toward the





 





door. Her ward turned and held out a

hand to Woodhouse.



“So’good of you to have straightened

out my finances,” she said, with a.

smile in which the man hoped he read

full forgiveness for his denial of a few

minutes before. “If you’re ever in Am-

erica I hope—” He looked up quickly.

“I hope somebody will be as nice to

you. Good night.”



Woodhouse and Almer were alone in

the mongrel reception room. The hour

was late. Almer began sliding folding

wooden shutters across the back of the

street windows. Woodhouse lingered

over the excuse of a final cigarette,

knowing the moment for his rapproche-

ment with his fellow Wilhelmstrasse

spy was at hand. He was more dis-

traught than he cared to admit, even to

himself. The day’s developments had

been startling. First the stunning en-

counter with Capper there on the very

Rock that was to be the scene of his

delicate operations—Capper, whom he

had thought sunk in the oblivion of

some Alexandrian wine shop, but who

had followed him on the Princess Mary.

The fellow had deliberately cast him-

self into his notice, Woodhouse reflect~

ed; there had been menace and insol-

ent hint of a power to harm in his

sneering objurgation that Woodhouse

should remember his name against a.

second meeting. “Caliper—never heard

the name in Alexandria, eh?” What.

could he mean by that if not that

somehow the little ferret had learned

of his visit to the home of Doctor

Koch? And that meant—why, Capper

in Gibraltar was as dangerous as a.

coiled cobra!



Then the unexpected meeting with

Jane Gerson, the little American he

had mourned as lost in the fury of the

war. Ah, that was a joy not unmixed

with regret!s What did she think of

him? First, he had been forced coldly

to deny the acquaintance that had

meant much to him in moments of

recollection; then, he had attempted a

lame explanation, which explained

nothing and must have left her more

mystified than before. In fact, he had

frankly thrown himself on the mercy

of a girl on whom he had not the shad-

ow of claim beyond the poor equity of

a chance friendship—an incident she

might consider as merely one of a day’s

travel as far as he could know. He had

stood before her caught in a deceit, for

on the occasion of that never-to-be-for-

gotten ride from Calais to Paris he had

represented himself as hurrying back

to Egypt, and here she found him still.

out of uniform and in a hotel in Gib-

rultar.



Beyond all this, Jane Gerson was go-

ing to the governor‘s house as a guest.

She, whom he had forced, ever so cute

alierly, into a promise to keep secret

her half knowledge of the double game

he was playing, was going to be on the

intimate ground of association with the

one man in Gibraltar who by a cross of

his finger could end suspicion by a fir-

ing squad. This breezy little baggage

from New York carried his life baianc

ed on the rosy tip of her tongue. She

could be careless or she could be in-

different; in either case it would be

bandaged eyes and the click of shells

going home for him.



It was Almer who interrupted Wood.

house’s troubled train of thought.



“Captain Woodhouse will report for

signal duty on the Rock tomorrow, I

suppose?” he insinuated, coming down

to Where Woodhouse was standing be-

fore the fireplace. He made a show of

tidying up the scattered magazines and

folders on the table. "



“Report for signal duty?” the other

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“In the press a few weeks ago,” the

hotel keeper hastily explained. “Your

transfer from the Nile country was an-

nounced. We poor people here in Gib-

raltar, we have so little to think about,

even such small details of news—”



“Ah, yes. Quite 50.”



“Your journey here from your sta-

tion on the Nile—it was without inci-

dent?" Almer eyed his guest closely.

The latter permitted his eyes to rest

on Almer’s for a minute before re-

plying.



“Quite." Woodhouse threw his cig-

arette in the fireplace and started for

the stairs.



“Ah, most unusual—such a long jour-

ney without incident of any kind in

this time of universal war, with all Eu-

rope gone mad.” Almer was twiddling

the combination of a. smal safe set in

the wall by the fireplace, and his chat-

ter seemed only incidental to the ab-

sorbing work he had at hand. “How

will the madness end, Captain Wood-





house? What will be the boundary

lines of Europe‘s nations in—say

1932?”





Almer rose as he said this and turn-

ed to look squarely into the other’s

face. Woodhouse met his gaze steadily

and without betraying the slightest

emotion.



“In 1932—1 wonder,” he mused, and

into his speech unconsciously appeared

that throaty intonation of the Teutonic

tongue.



“Don’t go yet, Captain VVoodhouse.

Before you retire I want you to sample

some of this brandy.” He brought out

of the safe a short squat bottle and

glasses. “See, I keep it in the safe, so

precious it is. Drink with me, Captain,

to the monarch you have come to Gib-

raltar to serve—to his majesty, King

George the Fifth!”



Almer lifted his glass, but Wood-

house ‘appeared wrapped in thought;

his hand did not go up.



“I see you do not drink to the toast,

Captain.”



“No—41 was thinking—of 1932.”



“So?” Quick as a flash Almer caught

him up. “Then perhaps I had better

say, drink to the greatest monarch in

Europe.”



“To the greatest monarch in Eu-

rope!” VVoodhouse lifted his glass and

drained it.



Almer leaned suddenly across the ta-

ble and spoke tensely: “You have-—

something maybe—I would like to see.

Some little relic of Alexandria, let us

say.”



Vv'oodliouse swept a. quick glance

around, then reached for the pin in

his tie.



“A scarab; that‘s all.”



In the space of a breath Almer had

seen what lay in the back of the stone

beetle. He gripped Woodhouse’s hand

fervently.



“Yes—yes, Nineteen Thirty-two!

They have told me of your coming. A

cablegram from Koch only this after-

noon said you would be on the Princess

l\lary.—— The other—the real Wood-

house—there wil be no slips; he will

not—”



“He is as good as a dead man for

many months,” Vl'oodhouse interrupted.

“Not a chance of a mistake.” He slip-

ped easily into German. “Everything

depends on us now, Herr Almer.”



“Perhaps the fate of our fatherland,”

Almer replied, cleaving to English.

Woodhouse stepped suddenly away

from the side of the table, against

which he had been leaning, and his

right hand jerked back to a concealed

holster on his hip. His eyes were hot

with suspicion



“You do not anSWer in German; why

not? Answer me in Germon or by—”



“Ach— What need to become excit-

ed?” Almer drew back hastily, and

his tongue speedily switched to Ger-

man. “German is dangerous here on

the Rock, Captain. Only yesterday

they shot a man against a wall because

he spoke German too well. .Do you

wonder I try to forget our native

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though, to get around the lack of what

we once demand necessities? Last

week the family, with one voice, de«

manded hermits. Brown sugar has

been off the market for so long that

I’ve forgotten how it tastes. For four

Weeks my grocer has allowed me one





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last week I couldn’t even get the one

pound. Eggs at sixty-five cents a doz-

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haven’t even thought of using butter

for shortening since it got to forty-five

cents a pound. Yet we had to have

hermits. I used corn syrup for sweet-

ening, a salad oil put out by the same

company for shortening, and an egg

powder instead of eggs. And really,

the result wasn’t half so bad as it.

sounds. Except that cup for cup of

syrup did not make them sweet enough

they might have been said to be really

good.



So it seems that nothing we’ve ever

thought a necessity can be classed so,

after all. There appears to be a. sub-

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and water. And if the German chem-

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will invent a substitute for air, to be

carried about with one and used when

the supply of real oxygen gives out. At

any rate, we’re learning a lot about

non-essentials, aren‘t we? DEBORAH.





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By M. A. BARTLETT





Every child should have an allow-

ance. The amount may vary according

to individual requirements and family

finances, but whether it be ten cents

or a dollar a week matters little so

long as it is regularly forthcoming and

is the child’s own. It may be given

weekly in payment of specified chores

or errands, but it should not include

payment for extra work.



One mother of my acquaintance‘pre-

sented each of her children on their

eighth birthday with a small leather-

covered account book, a bank which

could not be opened until it contained

five dollars, and a savings bank book

with five dollars deposited in the child’s

name.



From that date the child received

each Saturday twenty-five cents from

both his father and his mother. This

fifty cents was to cover all small ex-

pendituresflentertainments, gifts, Sun-

day school, pencils, candy, etc.,——and

the remainder each week was to be

saved. The child was taught to keep

an accurate account of every cent he

spent, and of every additional penny he

earned. At the end of the month the

mother carefully audited the account.





At first the half-dollar a week seem-

ed a small fortune to the child accus-

tomed to asking for every cent, but he

soon learned that in order to fill his

bank he would have to “think twice”

before purchasing a new knife or a



package of gum.



One of the girls showed a tendency

toward miserliness. The fiist week

she deposited her whole fifty cents in

the ba11k——on1y to regret it long before

the week was out. The other children

were buying candy, and she had no

money. There was to be a birthday

party, and each child was expected to

contribute ten cents toward a present.

All her money was banked. Tearfuly

she sought assistance from her moth-

er, but she found her true to the agree-

ment. _



“You must learn, dear,” said the sym-

pathetic parent, “that you can’t save

all your money and spend it, too—just

as your brother will find that he can’t

spent his fifty cents and then have it

to put in the bank. However, I will

lend you ten cents, and you can repay





me next week. Make an item of it in

your account.”



The lesson was a hard one to learn,

but eventually it was mastered. They

knew the value of a cent.



Recently I saw their bank books. In

four years the little girl had saved $25,

the boy $30. The latter was two years

the elder, and his income had been

greatly augmented by outside work;

but his expenditures also had been

greater, as I saw by their account

books. The latter were models of good

book-keeping.



Parents complain that their children

think they are “made of money,” that

they have no idea of money value. If

such is the case, it is the parents’, not

the children’s fault. Give them an al-

lowance for spending money. Be firm

in your refusal to grant more than the

allotted sum, except as a loan. Let

them learn by their own experience

how to handle money to the best ad-

vantage. At the same time arouse their

interest in saving until it becomes a.

habit to lay aside some part of their

income. The value of. such training

can only be fully appreciated by those

who have had it to learn in early man-

hood and womanhood—or by those who

have never learned it at all.





CONSERVATION DAY SUGGES-

TIONS.





 





Meatless—Breakfast, creamed eggs

on toast; dinner, oysters and macar-

oni; supper, rice and cheese.



Wheatless.—Breakfast, date gems;

dinner, hominy bread; supper, New

England corn bread.



Creamed Eggs on Toast—Make a

white sauce, using one and a half cups

of milk, three tablespoons of flour and

two of butter. Chop fine the whites of

three hard boiled eggs, and mix with

sauce. Pour this over slices of but-

tered toast and force the yolks through

a ricer on top of the sauce. Serve hot

as possible.



Oysters and Macaroni—Allow one

pint of oysters for every half-pound

of macaroni, and one cup of white

sauce for this amount. Boil the mac-

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in a buttered baking dish, cover with

oysters and then with white sauce, re-

peat until dish is filled, and spread but-

iel'ed crumbs over all. Bake twenty-

live minutes in a hot oven.



Rice with Cheese—Boil the rice as

usual. Grate a quarter pound of “store”

cheese, and stir until melted into one

pint of white sauce. Combine with

rice; place in oven about 20 minutes.



Date Gems—Stir the well-beaten

)olks of two eggs into one pint of milk.

Ad a teaspoonful of salt and three cups

of whole wheat flour, sifted with one

heaping teaspoon of baking powder.

Then add one cup of finely chopped

dates and fold in the stiffly beaten

whites of the eggs. Bake in buttered

gem tins in hot oven.



Hominy Corn Bread—Cook two cups

of hominy grits in eight cups of boil-

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“What made me maddest,” he said,

“was what those. writer fellows said

about bears havin’ marks.’ Good Lord,

according to what they said all a bear

has to do is to stretch ’imself up, put a

mark on a tree, and that country is

his’n until a bigger bear comes along

an’ licks ’im. In one book I remember

where a grizzly rolled a log up under

a tree so he could stand on it an’ put

his mark above another grizzly’s mark.

Think of that!



“No bear makes a mark that means

anything. I’ve seen grizzlies bite hunks

out 0’ trees an’ scratch ’em just as a

cat might, an’ in the summer when

they get itchy an' begin to lose their

hair they stand up an’ rub against

trees. They rub because they itch an’

not because they’re leavin’ their cards

for other bears. Caribou an’ moose an’

deer do the same thing to get. the vel-

vet off their horns.





“Them same writers think every

grizzly has his own range, an’ they

don’t not. by a long shot they don’t- I’ve

seen eight full-grown grizzlies feedin’

on the same slide! You remember, two

years ago, we shot four grizzlies in a

little valley that wasn’t a mile long.

Now an’ then there‘s a boss among

grizzlies, like this fellow we’re after,

but even he ain’t got his range a10ne.

I'll bet there’s twenty other bears in

these two valleys! An’ that natcherlist

1 had two years ago couldn’t tell a

grizzly’s track from a black bear’s

track, an’ so ’elp me if he knew What

a cinnamon was!”



He took his pipe from his mouth and

spat truculently into the fire, and Lang-

don knew that other things were com-

ing. His richest hours were ihose when

the usually silent Bruce fell into these

moods.



“A cinnamon!” he growled. “Think

of that, Jimmy—lie thought there were

such a thing as a cinnamon bear! An’

when I told him there wasn’t, an’ that

the cinnamon hear you read about is a

black or a grizzly of a cinnamon color,

he laughed at me—an' there I was

born an’ brung up among bears! His

eyes fair popped when I told him about

the color 0’ bears, an’ he thought I was

feedin‘ him rope. I figgered afterward

mebby that was why he sent me the

books. He wanted to show me he was

right.



“Jimmy, there ain’t anything on

earth got more colors than a bear! I’ve

seen black bears as white as snow, an’

I’ve seen grizzlies almost as black as a

black bear. I’ve seen cinnamon black

bears an’ I’ve seen cinnamon grizzlies,

an’ I’ve seen browns an’ golds an’ al-

most-yellows of both kinds. They’re

as different in color as they are in their

natchurs an’ way of eatin’.



“I figger most natcherlists go out an’

get acquainted with one grizzly, an’





then they write up all grizzlies accord-

in’ to that one. That ain’t fair to the

grizzlies, darned if it is! There wasn’t

one of them books that didn’t say the

grizzly wasn’t the fiercest, man-eating-

est cuss alive. He ain’t——unless you

corner ‘im. He’s as cur‘ous as a kid,

an’ he’s good-natured if you don’t both-

er ‘im. Most of ’em are vegetarians,

but some of em aint. I’ve seen griz-

zlies pull down goat an’ sheep an’ ear-

ibou, an’ I’ve seen other grizzlies feed

on the same slides with them animals

an’ never make a move toward them.

They’re cur’ous, Jimmy. There’s lots

you can say about ’em without makin’

a fool o’ yourself!”



Bruce beat the ash out of his pipe as

an emphasis to his final remark. As

he reloaded with fresh tobacco, Lang-

don said:



“You can make up your mind this

big fellow we are after is a game-killer,

Bruce.”



“You can’t tell," replied Bruce. “Size

don’t always tell. I knew a grizzly

once that wasn’t much bigger’n a dog,

an’ he was a game-killer. Hundreds of

animals are winter-killed in these

mount’ins every year, an' when spring

comes the bears eat the carcasses; but

old flesh don’t make game-killers.

Sometimes it's born in a grizzly to be

a killer, an’ sometimes he becomes a

killer by chance. If he kills once, he’ll

kill again.



“Once I was on the side of a moun—

t’in an’ saw a goat walk straight into

the face of a grizzly. The bear wasn’t

going to make a move, but the goat

was so scared it ran plump into the

old fellow, and he killed it. He acted

mighty surprised for ten minutes after--

ward, an‘ he sniffed an’ nosed around

the warm carcass for half an hour be—

fore he tore it open. That was his

first taste of what you might call live

game. I didn’t kill him, an’ I’m sure

from that day on he was a big-game

hunter.”



“I should think size would have

something to do with it,“ argued Lang-

don. “I seems to be that a bear

which eats flesh would be bigger and

stronger than if he was a vegetarian.”



“That’s one o’ the cur’ous things you

want to write about," replied Bruce,

with one of his odd chuckles. “Why is

it a bear gets so fat he can hardly walk

along in September when he don’t feed

on much else but berries an’ ants an’

grubs‘.’ Would you get fat on wild

currants?



“An’ why does he grow so fast dur-

ing the four or five months he’s denned

up an’ dead to the world without a

mouthful to eat or drink?



“Why is it’ that for a month, an’

sometimes two months, the mother

gives her cubs milk while she’s still



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Looking Backward and Forward





the things that were done in the

1,050 Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of

Michigan the past year. You will also

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ers for 1918.

Gardening.



There are now 156 clubs devoted to

gardening. The products raised by the

6.561 members reporting are estimated

as being worth $31,720.38. The aver-

age value of the product per member

is $4.37, and the average profit $2.89.

During the coming year the garden

clubs will give greater attention to pro-

duction than to educational and social

advantages. This, the members will

understand, is because the world is in

such great need of a larger food sup

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for girls are to be separated from the

boys’ garden clubs to give the girls

more instruction regarding the relation-

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Canning.



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quarts of fruits and vegetables. The

value of these goods has been placed

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the members of the canning clubs pre-

pare early to enlarge their output this

coming summer.



Pork Production.



The number of pounds of pork pro-

duced by the members of the twelve

pork producing clubs was 6,388, which

cost $1,170.32 to produce. The average

daily gain in weight of the animals

was 1.04 pounds. An increase in pork

production is to be encouraged this

year.



Poultry Production.



Twenty-three members of the poul-

try production clubs report 552 chicks

hatched, and 139 dozen eggs produced,

the value of which is $308.15.



Garment-making.



The garment-making clubs have had



a successful season. Four hundred and





. thirty-six members of the 160 organiza-





tions completed 1,347 articles, which

were valued at $3,409.31. The average

value of the articles per member was

$7.81. This year the garment-making

clubs will aid in Red Cross, Belgian

Relief and Civilian Relief work, be-

sides doing their regular exercises. The

club work has now been divided into

a three-year course. During the first

year each member will make two sim-

ple garments and do Red Cross work.

For the second year members will

make two garments, study textiles and

remodel garments for Civilian Relief

work. For the third year the time will

be given to millinery and to remodel-

ing of garments.





Potato Growing.



The number of acres of potatoes

grown by 316 members of the forty-two

potato-growing clubs were 117.4, on

which were produced 13,3703 bushels.

The average profit per acre is figured

at $132.40. It is hoped that the mem-

bers of the potato-growing clubs will

put forth every effort this year to in-

crease their plantings.



Handicraft.



A feature of the coming year’s work

Will be the attention given to handi-

craft. There are already fifteen handi-

craft clubs organized, 51 members of

which produced articles valued at $105

this past year. This work is to be

pushed during the winter months. The

idea is to have the members make any

article they may need for the sum-

mer’s work. A bulletin just published

illustrates and describes a number of





articles that can be made. To secure

it write to the Michigan Agricultural

College, East Lansing, and request

“Club Bulletin No. 11.”



Baking.



The thirty-two members of the six

baking clubs averaged 187 baked arti-

cles per member, or a total of 5,986.

The value of the articles was $102.

These clubs will pay particular atten—

tion to problems of food substitution,

food saving and simplified menus.



Red Cross.



Seven hundred and eleven members

of sixty-four Red Cross Clubs have

produced 5,524 articles. These clubs

will cooperate with local chapters of

the Red Cross organization this season

wherever it is possible.



Corn Growing.



There were 5,424 bushels of: corn

produced last year by 169 boys in fifty

corn—growing clubs. This corn aver-

aged forty-eight bushels per acre, and

the profit per acre was $36.30. Owing

to the lateness of the season, not all of

the reports have yet been made.



Bean Growing.



Only sixty-two members of the fifty-

five bean clubs have reported, because

most of the beans have not yet been

threshed. The average yield per acre

for the sixty-two members was 5.13

bushels, and the value of the beans

grown $2,547.20.



The total cost for the boys ’and girls’

club work for the fiscal year to June

30, 1918, is estimated at $28,900. A

conservative estimate of the value of

the products produced by the club

members in 1917 is $240,000.





 





The girls of the Paris township

club gave a hot school-lunch demon~

stration at the Kent County Round-up.

This club worked under the direction

of Miss Mae Stone, the teacher, and

furnished hot lunches at the rate of

two cents per person per week.



Pig clubs and calf clubs are on the

increase. Bankers are assisting in

financing these clubs. The State Sav-

ings. Bank of Owosso and the 01d Cor-

runna State Bank have just voted to

finance such clubs in Shiawassee coun-

ty. The bank at Durand may also as-

sist as well as other banks in the coun-

ty. Now we want the boys who will

organize the clubs.



A handicraft demonstration team

consists of three club members. Two

of them do the actual construction

work while the third explains each step

and gives the details of the work of

the handicraft clubs. Plans for train-

ing teams will be sent upon request.



Boys of the rural schools in Indiana

have organized “Saw-buck Clubs” to

aid in the campaign of substituting

wood for coal. The organization chiefly

responsible for these clubs is the Boys’

Working Reserve, which has cooperat—

ed effectively with the state fuel ad-

ministrator.





THE PERSEVERING KNITTER.





 





BY LULU (l. PARKER.





There is a maid in our town

And she is wondrous bright,

She’s knitted socks and sweaters

From morning until night.

And when she’d knit the Red Cross

wool,

As sure as I’m alive,

She went and sheared her father’s

sheep,

He kept just four or five.

She washed the wool, and carded it,

The persevering elf, ‘

On great grandmother’s spinning Wheel

She spun the yarn herself.

She steeped the hulls of butternuts,

And'dyed the yarn all tan, -

And knit another sweater;

For another soldier man.





 





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RTICLE six treated on the meth-

A 0d of starting a savings account

but we were unable to complete

all we wished to say along that line

owing to the fact that the article was

going to get too long if we did.

ow we are assuming that you have

your savings account opened, as we

term it, and it becomes necessary for

you to have some of the money saved

to buy a liberty bond or some thrift

stamps or for some other equally meri-

torious purpose. Just how are you to

proceed. - '



If you have left your pass book at

the bank as suggested in the previous

article might be done and frequently is

done, then you may draw a check on

the account and it will be honored by

the banker. This check usually has a.

printed provision on the check itself,

for the protection of the person to

whom you are offering the check, recit-

ing that the form is for the use of sav-

ings depositors and that pass book

must be in the hands of the bank when

check is presented for payment.



Value of Confidence.



Now, right here is where you must

establish that “confidence” that we

spoke about in one of our earlier arti—

cles. Why? Because, unless the party

to whom you are offering this check

has confidence that the book really ex-

ists and really is in the hands of the

bank, they would refuse to accept the

check as payment of debt or for ser-

vice rendered. If you are already

known to the party to whom you offer

it as a person of honesty and integrity,

your word will be accepted for the fact

that you have such an account and that

your book is at the bank in compliance

with the state law requirements.



The Better Way.



Now, supposing you have not left

your book with the banker and do not

choose to do so, and really, boys and

girls, I much rather you would not so

leave it forseveral reasons: First, be-

cause it is more or less of a nuisance

to the banker, although he will not tell

you so if you ask him the privilege of

leaving it with him; second, it is not

exactly good business to do so and I

want our boys and girls to learn to do

business in exactly the right way, and

third, it soon becomes a habit if one is

not careful, to write little checks on

the account, and thus our first aim

may, in a measure, be defeated.



Get the Thrift Habit.



My first and prime object in having

you open a savings account, is to have

you learn the thrift idea, have it be-

come instilled into the very marrow of

your bones, have it become a part and

parcel of your very existence, but at

the same time not to have you become

misers or savers except for a good

cause. With the book at the bank and

a nice pretty little check book conven-

iently at hand, it becomes so easy to

just dip in a little now and then, hence

I say, I hope our boys and girls for

these several reasons will keep their

pass books in their own possession and

it will, I think, become a source of in-

spiration to you, to add from time to

time to those savings rather than with-

draw. ,



A Talk with the Banker.



Now, if you have the book and really

need to use some of the money, take

the book with you to the bank, fill out

a receipt, which is called by the bank-

er, a “withdrawal slip,” and which he

will furnish you, present it, together

with your book at the savings depart—

ment paying window, and—oh, hold on

a minute, I am going all too fast and

have my cart way ahead of the horse

right now—after you have studied over

the matter, decided you need this mon-

ey for a good and worthy purpose,





have already got as far as the bank

and made out your withdrawal slip,5

right now, before you go any further,‘:





suppose you go to the banker with'1





whom you are now acquainted, show?

him the slip you have, and ask him to1

sit down just a minute and have a visit '

with you.



His Idea May Differ from Yours.



Now, he is a busy man, and while I

have never made a money wager in my

life, because, first, I do not believe in

gambling, and next I neither wish to

get the “other fellow's" money for

nothing, or wish him to get mine for

nothing, yet I would be willing to wag—

er just one big molasses cookie (and.

how I should hate to lose on that wag-1

er), that no matter what he is doing or

how busy he may be, he will take the

time from somewhere, to do it, and

then you just tell him what you want

to use the money for. Don‘t think he

will laugh at you, for I am saying he

will not. No matter how important it

may seem to you or how trivial, while

you are still young as a financier, and

you are contemplating the using of

some of: your hard-saved money, talk

it over with the banker first and see if

he does not put some new light on it

for you. He is usually a pretty level

headed fellow and may see it in quite

a different light than you have, and

may even make some suggestions that

will be very very valuable.



How I Was Helped.



The writer well remembers as a boy,

going to the bank with the firm inten-

tion of taking every penny he had and

if possible borrowing some more to put

in a certain enterprise, but decided to

talk it over with the banker first,

which resulted in his advising that it

was not a wise thing to do. The mat-

ter was dropped and had it been com-

pleted as designed would have resulted

in a very bitter disappointment.



And You Can Depend on What he Says.



Now, you may say, why, of course

the banker would say, “oh, leave it in

the bank,” so he would have the use

of it. No, he will not, if he thinks it

is to your interest to use it for a good

purpose designed. Why, it would be

to his personal interest to so advise

you. The banker is always looking to

the future, as well as you, and if it

were good business for you to use your

money, it would make a better cus-

tomer of you in the future would it

not? Any way, you may almost be as-

sured that his advice will be good and

safe. Of this we will say more in our

next article.





THE GRIZZLY KING





(Continued from page 119).

what you might call asleep? Her nap

ain’t much more’n two-thirds over when

the cubs are born.



“And why ain’t them cubs bigger’n

they are? That natcherlist laughed un-

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a grizzly bear cub wasn’t much big-

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eleven ounces and the other nine. You

remember?”



“An’ they were a week old, Jimmy.

An’ the mother weighed eight hundred

pounds.”



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Bumper the White Rabbit





By GEORGE ETHELBERT WALSH





Copyright. 1917. by Geo. E. Walsh





 





 





 





 





 





a. certain amount of firmness with



his newly-made friends, and when

he finally emerged from the hollow

branch again he made a little speech

to the birds.



“I never saw such beautiful pink

eyes before,” remarked Piney the Pur-

ple Finch.



“Nor such snow-white fur,”

Mr. Pine Grosbeak. -



“I never knew there-was such a

thing as a white rabbit in the world,”

said Rusty, the Blackbird.



Bumper could not feel other than

puffed up by such remarks, but he

tried to hide it. from his new friends.



“Are all the rabbits in the woods

brown or gray, then?” he asked. “I

should like to see them. Do they live

around here?”



“Yes,” replied the Purple Finch,

“but they’re very much frightened and

keep to their burrows since Mr. Fox

came here to live.”



“I should like to find them,” sighed

Bumper. “The fact is, I’m lonesome,

and a little bit homesick. I’m not used

to the woods, and I should dearly like

to find some of my brown cousins so

they could teach me things.”



“I shouldn’t think you needed much

teaching,” laughed the Red-Headed

Woodpecker, tapping the limb with his

powerful bill. “Any rabbit that can

escape from Mr. Fox and climbe a tree

as you did must know a great deal.”



The other birds nodded their heads

at this remark, and Bumper looked

pleased at this compliment to his

shrewdness.



“Still,” he said, “I’d like to meet my

country cousins.” ,



“If I see any of them ” Rusty the

Blackbird replied, “I’ll tell them about

you.



The rest agreed to carry the news to

the wild rabbits when they saw them,

and Bumper knew that he would soon

find his country cousins. He felt that

he would be welcome, and safer with





I T was necessary for Bumper to show





added





things about the woods that, in sptie of

his self—confidence, he was often em-

barrassed.



This conclusion was further impress-

ed upon him very forcibly a few hours

later. When he was certain that the

fox had left the vicinity for good, he

crawled through his tunnel to the

ground, and began feeding on the wild

grasses, leaves and strange plants that

grew so thickly in the woods.



Most of the plants were new to him.

He hardly recognized any of them.

Some were sweet and juicy, and others

were so bitter that one taste was

enough. No one could help him in the

selection of his food, and he had to

trust to his instinct.



But instinct isn’t always a safe guide

when one is not familiar with his sur-

roundings. Now just what plant it

was that disagreed with him Bumper

never knew. His little stomach was

so full of leaves and plants that when

he first began to feel sick and giddy

he thought it was due to overeating.



“I’ll just lie down in the shade now



and rest,” he said. “Then when I feel

better I’ll hop around and find a place

to spend the night.”

This was a wise decision but it

wasn’t a cure. Something he had eat-

en clearly disagreed with him. Instead

of growing better he felt worse the

longer he rested. In time he was feel-

ing so sick and giddy that if Mr. Fox

had appeared he would have made

short work of Bumper. His groans

soon attracted the birds, and they flew

to where he was lying and asked him

the trouble.





 





them. There were so many puzzling.





Bumper Needs a Doctor





“I’m dying, I think,” moaned Bump-

er. “I must have eaten some poison-

ous plant, and I know I’m dying.”



The birds were startled by this in-

formation, and they held an immediate

consultation.



“It’s perhaps true what he says,” re-

marked Mrs. Phoebe Bird. “He’s eat-

en some poisonous plant.”



“If we only knew what it was,” ad-

ded the Pine Grosbeak, “we might help

him. There’s an antidote for every

poison.” "



“Yes,” assented the Purple Finch,

“but not knowing the kind of poison,

we can’t prescribe the antidote.



“Why not,” suggested the Crested

Flycatcher, “give him all the antidotes,

and then we’re sure to give him the

right one.”



Rusty the Blackbird laughed out

loud at this suggestion. “Why,” he





said, “we’d stuff him so full of anti- '





dotes that he’d die anyhow. No, I

think we’d better see Mr. Crane.”



“What could he do? He’s no-kind of

a doctor,” indignantly remarked Mrs.

Phoebe Bird. “The idea of calling

him in.”



Rusty, who was a jolly, rollicking

bird, winked, and added: “No, he isn’t

much of a doctor, it’s true, but he’s

got one medicine that nearly always

works. I’ll go fetch him.”



During the dispute that followed,

Rusty slipped away, and before the ar-

gument had reached a climax, he re-

turned, accompanied by Mr. Crane.



“Now, Dr. Crane,” said Rusty, smil-

ing and winking, “see what you can do





with the White Rabbit. I told you what





ailed him. He’s eaten too much of

something that disagrees with him.”



“Then I can cure him,” gravely re-

plied Dr. Crane, approaching Bumper’s

side. The other birds crowded around

to see what he would do. The appear-

ance of Mr. Crane in the role of a doc—

tor was a new one to them“ and they

were curious to see 110w well he would

acquit himself.



“Let me see your tongue,” Mr. Crane

said solemnly.



Bumper stuck out his tongue obedi-

ently, for he felt so sick that he didn’t

care what happened to him.



“That’s good! Now I must look

down your throat. Open wide.”



Bumper readily complied, and Mr.

Crane looked down it.



“Now hold it open,” Mr. Crane con-

tinued. “Don’t close it until I tell you.

I won’t hurt you.”



Then to the surprise of Bumper and

all the birds, he insm'ted his long, slen-

der bill down the throat as if he intend-

ed to pull something out of it. But he

had no such intention. He simply

twisted the bill around gently.



Bumper felt a tickling sensation in

his throat, and he wanted to gag, but





the bill prevented him. The tickling‘





went on for some time until Bumper

in spite of himself, began to gag and

rctch. Then, as suddenly as Dr. Crane

had inserted his bill in the throat, he

withdrew it. '



But Dr. Crane had acoomplished his

purpose. The tickling in the throat

had started Bumper to vomiting, and

all his dinner, including the poisonous

plant, came up with a rush. It made

him weak and faint, but the pain in his

stomach was relieved, and when he

was through he looked up and said,

faintly: “Thank you, Dr. Crane, I feel

much better."



And Rusty the Blackbird, flapping

his Wings, crowed with delight: “What

did I tell you! Dr. Crane carries an

antidote for every poison in his bill!

But it’s a bitter medicine sometimes.”

(Next week Bumper meets Mr. Bear).





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What is the best thing to give to tur-

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and put lime on the dropping boards.

Oakland Co. T. W.





Cholera among fowls is a. very con-

tagious'discase and one of which the

most. prominent symptom is the yel-

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affected fowls and thoroughly disinfect

the coops and premises.



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iquently the feeding and drinking recep-

tacles. The surroundings should be

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be made available to sunlight if pos-

sible to do so.



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showing a marked symptom of this

disease. When doing this care should

be taken to kill the birds where the

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es or runs, as the germs are found in

the blood as well as other parts of the

body. The bodies should be burned or

buried so deeply that animals cannot

dig them up.



As this disease needs radical treat-

ment, I would make sure that your

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the treatment. It, may be that your

turkeys are ill from the results of im-

pure food and runs which are damp.

and therefore unsanitary.



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Nearly one-half of my flock shows

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corn and oats all fall, but feed corn

entirely now.



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shaiis. The cost for Leghorns and An-

conas has been $1.35 each. The aver-

age cost of producing eggs has been

sixteen cents per dozen.



Three lots of forty Vi'hite Leghorn

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months’ period similar rations, except

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number of eggs laid 2,975, 2,974, and

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17 pounds respectively. Out of 200 eggs

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Holton, Mich.

Reference: Old State Bank. Fremont. Mich.

_ Flint anlocrost Boy sire in service



His sire is Map ecrest Korndyke Hengerveld. his 3

Nearest Dams each ovor30 lbs. of butter in7 days.

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

butter lnlyear. It is the yearl cow we are looking

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lbs. in30days. Her butter fat test is 5.27. T in looks

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





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LOUIS CORDES, R. I Comstock Pork. Mich,

. Registered Guernseys i pUREBRED

Stock always for sale. Ma Rose Bltai‘éiinn—Iri‘aeargoTruler; HOLSTEI NS





oulin tested annually. ever

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

must reduce herd. so offer





GUERNSEY a few choice females 0!





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





in , herd tuberculin tested.

'1'. . HICKS, ~ - - - Battle Creek, Mich.





_For Sale. four youn

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

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CLUNY STOCK FARM





lOO--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 your wants.

R. BRUCE McPHERSON, Howell. Mich.





accepted in payment of finely bred reg-

. Good “OI. istered Holstein bull calves. Quality

of the best ring at prices within reach of all. Write.

GEO. D. o'LA KE, . v.39“, Mich.





 





I ’ Pedigree Stock Farm oflers RngIOI-

Parham 8 stein cattle. Chester White Swine.

oxtrobargins in calves and fall figs. Bulls half rice.



R. B. PARHA . Bronson. 1011.





$50 Gets i°n°iiglbibi52iFf¥ rel.-

an r o



tor Do 3 rd. Her dam 18.96] . 2 yr. old. 0 n u



H. I... oLAULIN. - - Redford. Michigan-J





 





 





 





 





“TllP-NUTGH” HBLSTEITS





“Milk production is an inherited ability. Good cows

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

doirying is to be made."



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





Buy this young bgll'and give your milk and butter





roduction a " us .

in Colanthalfl) Oskdale. No.182937, Born Nov. 4.3315.

‘ 87





His iro's 3 nearest} Butter 7 days . .

Dams average Milk 7 days 579.66

Butter 7 days 30.5

His Dam's Dom's Milk 7 do a 565.00

Record Butter 30 days l2-i.19

Milk do 9 60





ys .. .

(She heads one of the ten only combinations of three

direct generations of thirty pound cows.

His dam‘s record at 3 yrs. 2 Riliiher gggfi 4223123





His five nearest dams average g 1133:" 1132;: 542333





*(Includin 2—3 and 1—436 gr. old )

Ideally marked, o out half and all. Trice saw.





McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.





Reg. “clatein allmngggufi’l‘llk‘igztgofil:

0. In. IULITT‘BON. - - - temochioh.





 





 





9 we can discuss peace—when the Ger-





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Our Mott02—“The farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should

be first improved.” ,





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THE OVERSEER’S REPORT.





Those who have attended the State

Grange regularly for the past few years

have come to expect something partic-

ularly fine and explicit in the report of

Overseer C. H. Bramble. The duties

of this otfice are not spectacular, al~

though requiring instant and faithful

attention during every moment of the

annual session. It corresponds to the

ofif‘ice of vice-president in the nation,

and other organizations, and it would

be easy for one to hold the office with—

out really saying very much of import-

ance in the report that is required each

year. Not so, in Mr. Bramble‘s concep-

tion of his duty, for thus far each of

his reports has brought a clear—cut, de-

cisive message upon a timely subject.

And this may be said without the

slightest disparagement of excellent re-

ports of other officers.



Two years ago, in his report as over-

seer, Mr. Bramble outlined a simple,

workable plan by which a local Grange

could finance the building of a hall.

This plan is still being called for by

Granges about to build. Last year he

presented figures setting forth cost of

raising an acre of sugar beets, also the

net profit on them made by the sugar





JAN. 26, 1918.





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511.0





Wood Steve





The Ross Wood Silo

is.plonsing thematic].

of users all two! the

country. The high

quality of material and

workmanship put into

the Ross Wood Stave

Silos guarantee their

durability and insure

complete satisfac-

tion. Exclusive fea-

tures too numerous to

mention here. Catalog

explains. Your (shows

of Lon onf Yellow

~ Pine, rcgon Fir or

California Red Wood.





Buy Your Silo Now and Be Safe. Do

not wait until too late. Conditions

considered, prices were never lower.

You owe it to yourself, as Well as to the

Government not to be without one.





The E. W. Ross Co.

Box 314 Springfield, Ohio





Special proposition

to Agents.





“ln-de-‘str-uct-o”

Metal





The Silo without a

single objection. The

only Silo on the marke

the good qualities 0

which permits of a

guarantee equal to

what the purchaser

himself would write.

Produces 99% Food

Value Silage. Resists

fire. and is, without

question, the most

permanent Silo. Ask

for Catalog and Testi-

monial Circular.





 





 





 





factory. This statement, secured by

him after most painstakingr study, reai- i

1y ignited the brilliant campaign which i

the State Grange immediately started!

and which, it is estimated, putone and I

a quarter million dollars into the pock-

ets of Michigan beet grOWers in 1917.





Mr. Bramble’s report will be given

in full next week.





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Farmers’ Clubs





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DR. Wl LBU R’S ADDRESS.





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He Tells Club Members Facts About

Present international Crisis.



Dr. Wilbur made the delegates of the

Michigan Farmers’ Clubs gasp, Wed-

nesday, when he told them to prepare

for three years 6f hell, denounced all

who were not Pro-American, as being

Pro-German, and declared that the

farmers should not expect to profit out

of the blood of American soldiers.



He carried out his speech of Tues-

day, a little more forcibly, bringing

home to his audience complete convic-

tion of the truth of this war situation.



Speaking to disperse any doubt of

the situation, he said:



“I judge from some of the things

that were said to me yesterday, that,

many here in this part of the country

have failed to understand just what

this war actually means to them; that

they have not as yet understood how

close and pressing the problem is, and

I think that perhaps a few words in

regard to it might be of interest and





value to you.

* 9.:





“I believe that I speak for them when

I say two things. First, that this intol-

erable thing of which the masters of

Germany have shown us, the ugly face,

this menace of combined intrigue and

force which we now see so clearly as

the German power, a. thing without

conscience or honor or capacity for

covenanted peace, must be crushed and

if it be not utterly brought to an end,

at least shut out from the friendly in-

tercourse of the nations. Second, that

when this thing and its power are in-

deed denied and the time comes that





 





man people have spokesmen whose

word we can believe, and when those

spokesmen are ready in the name of

their, people to accept the common

judgment of the nations as to What

shall henceforth be the basis of law

and of covenant for the life of the

world—we shall be willing and glad to

pay the full price for peace and pay it

ungrudgingly.





 





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cures your horse

while he works





63.113 and sore shoulders reduce the effici-

ency of your horse—sap his strength-

dovvn his spirit. Cure him without the

use of medicine—while, he does his heavi-

est work, With the Lankford Collar.





We guarantee a care





when properly fitted. Be .

careful and'get the genuine

Lankford Collar—made of

best white sail duck, trim-

med in extra heavy leather

and stuffed with clean and downy curled

cotton, medicated. which will not pack or

harden. Also comes in special brown

waterproof duck.

The Lanktord fits any shape nec‘k

’ —-easiiy put on or removed—ol-

ways soft and pliable. Will not

sweeny. Iianie strapsnttached.

Prices 81.50 and up. In Canada

$2.00 and up. See your dealer.

Over 12.0001000 sold

Lonktord Collars recent

galls and sore shoul are. as

well as cure them. t one

today —one for each horse,

but be sure it’sn Lonki'ord.

Buy a Lonkford

Bend postal for copy and of

our literature on Lonktord

Horse Collars.





« Powers Mfg. Co.





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Was your Silo really full when

you began winter feeding? The

average Silo when filled in a

hurried fashion settles about

one-fourth. If you’d like to

know how the upper fourth of

Your Silo can be made to pay

$75 to $100 yearly, extra, write

for our 1918 catalogue to—day—

it’s free for the asking. ,





PAPEC MACHINE CO.

150 Main Street.

Shortsviiie. New York

25 Couwnisnt Distributing Points





   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   





 

 

 





 





 

 





Calves at o ~

Minimum 00:! '





\ 7‘.





Lampreylms Calf Meal





Don't use whole milk at 301: to 400 a d and col

at; ljoss. SEIéleoun IWHOLE hélL‘K‘ty ‘

a so your a ves on am re '8 a1

Little or No whole milk. Wi salve its cosliaehli'orverl:

the first six weeks. Simply mix with water or skimmed

milk. If your dealer can’t supply you, writeus. Money

refunded if you do not find 1; absolutely “migratory.





LAMPREY PRODUCTS “10.0?pr C





 





(To be continued).





[Until recently Prussian Remedy ,

"‘1! Mains Flat counts." ST. Mill. I'll.





 





 





 





 





 





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‘~ ”£119le
JAN. 26, 1918.





CATTLE





 





Yearly Profit

Per Cow From

Grade Guemseys





' A grade Guernsey

. ~ Herd leads an Iowa

Cow Testing Association.

22 Grade Guern-

, soy and 2 pure bred

' " Guernsey cows aver-

aged 7,994 lbs. of milk and 380.1 lbs.

of butter fat, yielding a gross income

of $153.86 per cow and a profit above

the feed cost of $97,053 per cow.



Use a Guernsey Bull



It’s the Guernsey Bull that wins in the

battle with the scrub. Guernsey grade





cows produce butter most economically. Write for

full information. ( 5)





American Guernsey Cattle Club

303 | Peterhoro. N. H.

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[HEITII [LILIIIILII

1IIIIIIILJlllIluI III I1li1 luxurr“\





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





eg. Holsteins: Bull calf born Oct.6. A splendid in-

ivldual.well grown. A. R.O. records for seven nea r-



est damsaverage butter’l days28.36 lbs.milk."i-l3 27. Dams

record 18 lbs. sr.2 yr. old. W.B. Reader. Howell. Mich.





 





0R Sale One registered Holstein bull calt. Siro’s

twenty nearest dams have 7. da. records av. 25.53 lb.

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





lndivldul. Long Veiw Farm. R. 3.80: 10 A. Rochester. Mich.





CHOICE Holstein bulls nearly old enough for

service. NO. 1 born January 24. 1917. siro's dam.

grand-dam and great grand-dam's semi-official records

over 842 lbs. butter Dam of calf 18 lbs. butter 7 days

as seniorZyr.-old. average per cent fat 4.3. No. 2 Hired

by 23 lb. bull and out o a 14 lb. 'unior 2-yr.-old.

. L. BRODY, Owner. ort Huron. Mich.

Chas. Peters. Herdsman, Three Rivers. l‘Ill‘ll.





Butter'Fat Counts





Holstein Bull Calves from 330 lb. 6.53 ,1 Sire. Dam

are grand daughters of the King of the Pontlaoe.

The rdams grand (18th ters of Sadie Vale Concordia

the first 3) lb. cow. dein S. Lewis, Marshall.‘.\lich.





 





 





- Bull Calf born Mar. 7, fine individual

HOISte‘n a prize winner from 29.62 lb. Sire and

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

A. F. LOOMIS. . . .





Owoseo. Mich'





 





ull calves sired by a double g-son of Friend Hanger-

veld De Kol Butter Boy’vfrom dams of the great-

est yearly record breeding. rite for photos and prices

8 etc. Onmnagon Valley Holstein Farm. Bruce's Crossinglich.





Our Herd is Headed





byiKin Vale Palmyra Fayne. whose sire is a. brother to

is ayne Johanna. Dam is a 3'2. lb. granddaughter



of aul Dekol. Jr. sire of Creamelle Vale. A few cows



in calf to this great sire at right prices. .



E. M. PIERCE & SON. - . Manchester. Mich.





OAK LEAF FARM





Herd sire Lenawee Pontiac Calamity King otter Reg-

istered Holstein bull calves from the above sire whose

dam holds the milk and butter (3256) record for 7 days

in the state of Ind.



E. H. GEARHART dz SON. R. 4. Mamllus. Mich.





 





 





 





' Bull Calves Pontaiit Korndyke

Reg' HOISteln andHen erveld DeKol Breed-





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





bull calves from 30 lb. sire and A. ll. 0.

dams with records up to 26

Wm. GRIFFIN. - - - -





n it dHlti bllred'f fie.-

For :dl. .389", 09°“ ‘1 l' a) or l'\l(‘9





B. 5. Howell. Mich.





 





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

. I winter oro . almost all white ood individ-

ual. Sire and darn's s re average ownerl lbs. butter

for 1 ear. This kind go quick so write



ELM RE. SMITH, - - - Redford. Mich.





' Holstein bulls to exchange. 1 for farm

n.5l3l.r.d team, 1 for saddle horse address.

0. . JACKSON. ~ . - - Augusta. Mich.





HEREFORDS ‘





10 bull calves for sale, Perfection

Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding.





ALLEN BROS.,

PAW PAW, MICH.





 





 





Bob Fairfax 494027 at head

Herefords .. 1...... 8.... i... m...

loth sexes either oiled or horned. L .

McCARTY. Sec'y Mlich. H. B. Ass’n. Bad Axe. Mich.





 





illie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. 3 hulls. ready for ser-

vice. out of R. of M. dams. 10 heifers bred to fresh-

en next fall. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersvilla, Mich.





from high-producing dams.with

J.r:.! Ill“: Ior sale testin Also. records. also on

semi-eloial test. 0. B. We nor. 3. 6. Allegan. Mich





 





Jersey Bulls For Sale





Ready for service. Raleigh -- St. Lambert breeding,

Waterman s Waterman. Packard Rd. Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





'I‘wo registered Jerseys bull calves.Splen-

Fl? :1“ did individu als. Good pedi recs. Priced to





sell. Long Veiw Farm. B. 3. Box 10A. ochester. Mich.





 





' line bred solid colored bull calves 3



2 maJOSty mo. old. from dams that are doing

better than 50 lbs. fat monthly. My own breeding.

rice $50.00 each. Visitors welcome. - .‘j

FRED A. BRENNAN, Sec. - — Cepac. Mich.





 





FOR Sale. Four registered Holstein cows. Two year-

li heifers. Two slx-mo.-old. All ood breeding.

FEED MoKEE. R. 2. Benton arbor. Mich.





' ready forservioe. Also helf rs

ChOIce Bulls for sale. Strong in the Bloeod





 





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THE‘MIcHIGAN FARMER





lcsts and offered at public auction.





class.





in importance and magnitude.





for the evenings.





Congress.





 





producers. Brookwater offers to sel





H. W. MUMFORD.

OWNER





 





, APLE Lane ll. of M. Jersey Herd has for sale 3.

Moi M. cows. daughters of [Lot M.cows. bull calves.

All from 500 it 600 l



- - A legan.





b. dams.





. d b ll .

heifer calves an u s Mich.





IRVI N FOX. - ' -





Shortliom Cattle oi both Sex ior Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





 





-—Dairyor beef bred. Breedin stock all

:llorlll'l'fls ages forsale at farmers prices. .W.Crnm.

Sscy. Cont. Mich. Shortiiorn Bresders' Assu.. McBride. Iieh.





BIDWELL sunnmonus





For Beef and Milk.

SBill ready for service. 1:") months to Zyears. for

said; :iso good Scotch-topped cows and heifers. Mod-

ern. sanitary equipment. One hour from Toledo,

Ohio. N. Y. C. R‘y. Visitors Welcome. Write us.





BIDWELL STOCK FARM





Box B. Tecumseh. Mich igan.





 





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

3 roan. 1 white. 1 rod. rice 8150. to . Icon of Max-

walton Sultan. 19 mos. C. Carlson. Leroy. Mich.





‘. the original milk strain young

Bates Short oms bulls Smos. old for sale. Price

8150 to 8200. J. B. HITMMEL. Mason. Mich.





 





Bulls 9 mos. to 1‘2 mos. old from





Shorthorns' good milking cows. Prices tea

osnable. COLLAR BROS., R. 2. Conklin Mich.





 





liking Shorthorns: —Bull calf 5 mos.. by a Grand-

M son of General Clay. dam by a son of General Clay.





$150. A few females. 8. E. BOOTH. Morrice. Mich.





 





quos'rnonss. Butterfly Sultan. half brother to

L International St. Chamgion. in service. For goo'u

bulls.cows.and heifers. W. .McQuillan.Howell.Mich-





 





M1k' Shorthorns and Polled Durhams. ZOhead cows

l "lg heifers and young bulls. Sultans Duchess and





Sittytnn Duchess included. I. . Hallsted. R. 1. Orion. Iich.





 





Maxwalton Monarch 2nd. 387322 half

Shorthmns brother to 5 Grand Champions in ser-

vice. JOHN SCHMIDT. 8.5. Reed City. Mich.





 





Four fine youngbulls ready for service.

Shorlhorll3—Grandsons of Imp. Villager. Also bred

heifer Jr cows heavy milking Strain. Farmers prices.

Free Catalogue. HORRILSON FARMS. Hart. Mich.





Cattle For Sale





Loads feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also

can show you any number 1. 2 and 3 yeardold fron

500m 1200]”. Isaac Shanstum. Fairfield,!Iowa. 11-8





HOMESTEAD FARMS





We have for sale the following ‘thorobred stock which

we shall be pleased to describe fully:



Shorthorn Durlnms--Milking strain— Roan cow.

Scotch topped. 7 yrs. old: heifer. red. 9 mos. Bates'

strain: Bull calves. red, 3 runs. and 6 mos.

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

the farmer who wants to grade up into the highest

Holsteins, dam butter test 24.26. grand sire King Segis

Pontiac Alcartra. the well knOwn 8.30.000 bull. Bull

calf. 6 weeks. also of correspondinglv high grade.

HoflsnDuroc Jersey hours 3 mos: ampshire boars

and sows, Aug. i'arrow. Yours. a federation of in-

crests





HOMESTEAD FARMS. Bloomingdale, Mich.





 





 





 





 





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UBOCS Orion Chief Perfection No. 68945. and Jen~

nings PilotWondor No.733'13. 'l‘wo outstanding boars

of. big type and excellent quality. All selected large

ty smooth sows. Thrifty, smooth. large boned spring

gill: from these herd boars and choice sows at very

reasonable prices. The Jennings Farms. Bailey,Mich.





DU ROCS service boars. bred _sows.

fall pigs. Express paid.



J. H. BANGKART. - - . E. Lansing. Mich.



offers: Registered Spring Bears.





Plilllllll'ti brood sows. One Great Herd Boar. Write

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





 





National ShorthOrn Congress





Show and Sale

Chicago, “1., February 19-22, 1918





International Exposition Bldg., Union Stock Yards





400 HIGH-GLASS SHDBTHORN BATTLE





Contributed by prominent breeders from the Atlantic Coast to the Rocky

Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf will be entered in the prize con-





Approximately $8,000 will be offered in cash prizes in the show contests

which will call forth the best the breed affords, and the fact that, all of these.

prize winners will be sold insures to





the buyer an offering of the highest





No other event ever staged within Shorthorn circles has approached this

It will be the greatest opportunity for stud-

ents Of improved live stock and for prospective buyers who wish to raise

the standard of their present stock or lay the foundation for breeding herds.



Extensive programs of an instructive and entertaining character, includ-

ing addresses by speakers of international reputation, have been arranged





An entire day will be. devoted to the Milking Shorthorn interests.

Membership badges will be furnished to every person

For further information address





F. W. HARDING, Sec’y, American Shorthorn Breeders’ Ass’n,





13 Dexter Park Ave., Chicago, Ill.





Jerseys and Duroc Jerseys





The most important thing in bu in a Jersey bull is to get onebacked up by generations of high

In few choice bull calves of this kind.

wommnre prizes at the State Fairs this year than any other.





Boar Pigs and Yearlings ForSale.





BROOKWATER FARM

Ann Arbor. Mich; R. 7.





attending the





 





Our herd of Duroos has





0. F. FOSTIR.

MANAGER





 





Duroc Sows & Gilts





guaranteed safe in pig. Fall boars and gilts not rel-

ated. You want more size and feeding qualities; buy

now. (lat. giving, breeding and description of 30 sows

NEWTON liAlihHAR’l‘. - - St. Johns. Mich





 





1 uroc Jerseys-boars of the large heavy boned type.

Prize winning stock. prices reasonable. type an

breeding considered. also gilts bred to Junior (Tham-

piou boar for spring furrow. F.J. Drodt. ii 1. Monroe. Mich.





DUROC JERSEY SOWS





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

farrow. RUSH B ROS. Romeo. Mich.





A FEW Duroc Jersey bred gilts for sale. Some

extra good full boars.

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





 





 





 





DU ROC Jerseys. Orders booked now for early spring

Ego. R. C. R. I. Red cocks 83.00. eggs in season.

E. . CALKINS. R. 6. Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





DUROCS for sale, 1 fall boar. 7 Spring boars. good

breeding. Write for description and prices

J. D._ CRANE & SON. Plainwell, Mich





BRED GILTS





0. To Wm. B. No. 47049. Longfellow No. 18575 sire

of lat rize young herd at Iowa State Fair.

. all pigs and breeding boars.





C- J. CARL JEWETT, Mason, Mich.





 





 





Gilts bred for March farrow early

CheSter fallfiigs both sexes from best blood

lines. F. W. ALE ANDER. Vassar. Mich.





 





 

   

   

 





Raise Chester Whites.

Like This





the original big producers

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I HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

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

my great herd in every community where am not a] rep-

resented b ass fine early developers—ready for market at so;

months ol Write for my plan~ ‘ More Money from Hogs.‘





c. a. “mum. 3,11). 10. Portland. meals-m





 





 





Big Type O. I. C’s.





Stock of all ages for sale. We showed at four state

fairs and won more championsfand Grand Champions

than all the other breeden together double. we were

Premier Breeder and Exhibtor at every fair we show.

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

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

Catalogue. “'e shiri on approval.

GRAND lLL and SON, Cass City. Mich.

choice May boar also some choice





9

O. I. C S MD...

- Royal Oak. Mich.





 





WEBER BROS., - - .





 





0 I. 0's 2 choice _May boars dz Sept. &0ct. pigs sired

.by First Premium boar Mich. State Fair 1917.

Glover Leaf Stock Farm. R. 1. Monroe. Mich.





0. l. C. & CII'IS'I'FI Wlll'l'li SWINE.





Strictly big type with quality. Have a choice lot of

boars fit. for early fall service. These boars will be

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

will 5111 0.0. D.



NEWM ’NS STOCK FARM. [1.1. Mariette. Mich.





 





 





O I C’s Registeredservicesbleboars. Bredgilts.

' ' ’Aug..Sept..Oct..pigs. Registered Shro -

shire ewe lambs. G. P. Andrews. Dansville. Mic





 





0 I C Am ofierinfi some good boars of May far

' ' 0 row and fa





pigs either sex.

0. J. THOMPSON. Rockford, Mich.





 





 





of Royal Majesty. Come and see them or write for s i For sale a few 9 t ed il

p‘“‘°“13"' THE WILDWOOD HERDi , DUFOC Jerse {iii niigltiltigg 0" 1' ' forMarch and AprilIerg-gw. g ts bred

Nvlnndd”. ‘3an Mich-i Phone 45-5' sex. an. mnmnnsna . Wayland. Mich. 11- W. MANN. - - 7 - Dansville. Mich.

B l t dJ . ' t'

FOR SALE all??? ”Sm b“"" liursc lsm : Erin good spring pig: for sale. 0. l. C. gggggee‘ld‘jred w” A“ stock

Howell. Mich. C MONO . Hastings. Mich. l. 0. BURGESS. - - - - ~ Mason. Mich.





sun-n and mans. ‘ n. 4.





 





£11170. D





 





21 -125 '





Big Type Poland Uhlnas.





Bred Gilts and Sows for sale.





HILLCREST FARM,

Kalamazoo, Mich.





BOARS--SOWS





Big type bi bone. For the next 80 days we will sell

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

weighing 300 lb. Open gilts. . ummer and all pigs

everything; goes. Get busy.



J. C. BU LER. Portland. Mlchigan.Bell Phone.





 





 





LARGE Typo P. C. Largest in Mich. Spring Bears

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

see the real big type kind. Expenses paid if notes

represented. Free livery from Parma.



W. Mich.





E. LIVINGSTON. Parma.





 





Big lyps Poland Chinas: if.“L33d3¥0341§€°r¥f§$

right. L. W. BARNES d SON. Byron. Mich.





 





LARGE Type P. C. Some growthy spring Boers and

Gilts ready to shi‘p, come and see them. Free liv-

ery from Augusta. '. J. Hagelshaw. Augusta. Mich.





 





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

1270 lbs. 'ill also price gills. 0 on or brcd.

l’sll pigs rea ly to ship. “'m. J. Clarke. . I. Mason.Mich.





 





argo Strain. P. C. Gilts bred to Smooth Jumbo larg-

est2 yr. old in state. A; ngranxlson of (iutslinlls Smooth Big

Bone for Aprild‘ May furrow. li.0.b'wartz. Schooleraft. Mich.





 





Bi 1' 8 RC. Big boned follows from Iowa'sgreatest

E ’p herds. Special prices on spring boars.

E. J. MATHEWSON. - - - Burr Oak. Mich.





PllLillll cimu min11 252‘s. .gzmhrch .n.





G. W. HOLTON. Kalamazoo. hilt-h.





 





 





P Bred sows. big type. big bone. big litters

° . ' big fall pigs. In pairs. or trios.

R. W. MILLS. - - - - - Saline. Mich





 





ig Type 1’. C. bred for March & April furrow sired

. by Peter's Jumbo & Grand Miperlm and Zor 3 year-

ling sows at bargain prices. (LE. (larnsutllaton liapids.hiich





Registered Poland China boar. BEEN“,

For sale--yearling. weight 4.30 in... price 5mm.

Sow 6361438 due to furrow Fob. Lu'eight 3.30. price $75.

0. L. W'ilIGHI‘, - - - - Jonesville. Mich.





 





‘ P. C. sows and gilts shipped C.O.D.

Blg F oned call or write for photo, weights.Ped-

iglee and price. ER. Leonard. R.li. St. Louis. Mich.





 





For sale. 2big type PolandChinn spring boars. weigh-

ing about 265 lbs. (each at bargain prices. Come or





write 'I‘. (i. REGER. Sylvania. Ohio.





 





- ' spring boars anl ‘lt

nigllllnd llamPShlnsu book your order nolw. 8| 9

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





 





Large Yorkshire Gilts





Red Poll Cattle. E. S. CARR, Homer. Mich.





 





 





SHEEP

CHOICE BRED EWES





250 left 1 to 4 years old.bred to good Shropshire rams.

813 to SIG each for 10 or more. if taken soon.

ALMOND B. CHAPMAN. So. Rockwood. Mich.

E W E S. Rambouillots and



- Ham shires for sale. 1





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





 





 





 





llsslern Ems bred in Hegislmd Mullen Rams.

BARNARD SHEEP RANCH. 11.5. Clare. Mich.





 





' Ram Lambs an one th

ShOI’pShII‘e old flock header ‘ or isolate6 year

ARMSTRONG BRO'S. R. 3, Fowlerville. Mich.





KOPE—KON FARMS.





Cold wzii er. Mich.





Hampshires & Shropshires.





It's a wise man who_ orders his ram for August

delivery now.





 





 





' Oxford Ram and R

RCEIStere lambs. Also Berkshzir‘;

hogs. C SE STOCK FARM. n.1, Mariette. Mich.





 





HORSES

REGISTERED PERC HE RON





Mares and Stallion-priced to sell.Ins ti i -

L. (Ll-[U . EATON I PlDoln. {Ilia}:





LOESER BROS.





Belgian and Percheron Stallions for sale that

will pass the Michigan Stallion inspection.

Have a few mares of both breeds. Shorthorn Cat-

tle. we offer a choice lot of bulls and felonies.

Write. us.





LIGONIER INDIANA.





PEHGHERUN DISPEBSAI.





The entire herd of the late A. A. Palmer

will be closed out; 25 pure bred per-

cheron mares $200 to $400 except two;

also young stallions





PALMER BROS., Belding Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





For Sale A8130“ Percheron Stallion





‘ . registered in the Percheron

Society of America. sound in every way. four yoarsold

in May. For full Earticulars a price ln( uire of



GLO. E. MILLE . - - . - Stanton. Mich





 





Psrchsrons. Holslsins. lugs. Slim shim. llurocs

DORR D. BURL!“ Im Ira. icll‘an.





 





Registered Percheron Stallion

Dapplo Gray Five years old.

Tekonsha. Mich.. Bell Phone.





FOR SALE





E. J. ALDRICH.





 





young Jennets chea and '

TWO Large Shetland Ponies andprieveralRome

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GRAINS AND SEEDS





January 22,1918.



WHEAT.———The movement of wheat

is as slow as ever with arrivals scarce-

ly sufficient to meet current needs.

Cash No.2 red is quoted in Detroit at

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

ill $2.15.



CORN. ——V alues haV e declined during

the week, notwithstanding that it has

been almost impossible to move the

grain ma1ketward because of heavy

snows and congested railroads. On the

other hand, the cold weathel has ben-

efited the grain. Cars are available at

many shipping points in the corn belt

and loaded, but there is no motive pow-

er to moVe them. This condition, how-

ever, has made dealeis skeptical about

holding up prices, and accounts in part

A year ago No.3 cash

corn was quoted at $1. 05 per bushel.

On Monday cash No.3 corn was quot-

ed at $1. 80; No. 3 yellow at $1. 85.



OATS—While oat Values on the 10-

cal market have shown a tendency up-

war,d in Chicago wheie the stocks are

large1 there has been a tendency in

the opposite direction. A scarcity of

foreign demand and the decline in corn

Values, have contributed to the weaker

teeling. A Vear ago standard oats were

selling on the local market at 60 cents

per bushel



RYE. —Market strong, with prices on

a much higher basis. Cash No.2 is

now quoted at $1. 91 per bushel



BEANS.-This market is very dull,

with little change in values. Local (1110-

tation for immediate and prompt ship-

ment is $12.40 per cwt. The Chicago

trade is steady with 11 moderate de-

mand, and a small Volume of offerings.

Michigan l11llltlplt ed pea beans in a

sound (111, (01111111011 are quoted ihi 1e

at $13; 1'11111 _V 1'1 (1 11111111 Vs $140; 15; fair

to choice at 'pl 2011: At Greenville the

elevators quoted $11.50 per cwt. on

Monday.



PEAS.~~l“ield peas quoted at $6.50@

7 per cwt. at Chicago 011 the opening

this week.



SEEDS. ———Maiket strong and higher.

l’iime red clOVre $19; Maich $18.85;

alsike $15. 50; timothV $4. 30.





FLOUR AND FEEDS





FLOUR. ——Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

ma1ket per 196 lbs., as follows: Stan-

daid patent $11.100111. 15; straight

winter $10. 30; spring patent $11.20; rye

flour $10. 50@10. 70 per bbl



FEED. ——The government is regulat-

ing the prices of' b11111, shor,ts “mid-

dlings,” mixed feeds and flour mid-

dlings. The prices of these products

will hereafter be based upon mice of

wheat to millers. 1001b. sacks jobbing

lots: Bran $34.50; standard middlings

$36. 40; fine middlings $43 50; cracked

corn $79; coarse corn meal $77; corn

and eat chop $66 per ton.



HAY ~~ln (arlots at Detroit: No. 1

timothy $24. 50025; standard timothy

$23. 50@24; light mixed $23. 50@24; No.

'2 timothV $22. 506123; No.1 clover

$19@20 per ton.



Pittsburgh ——No. 1 timothy $30@

30. 50; No. 2 tim. $2 7.50CU28; No. llight

mixed $280 28 50' No. 1 clovei mixed

$29. 50@30. 50; N0 1 clover $29 50@

30.50.



STRAW.—In carlots 011 track at De-

troit: Wheat and oat straw $10.50@

11; rye straw $11. 500112.





DAIRY PRODUCTS





BUTTER.—-In fresh butter market

is firm. The fresh creaniery firsts are

quoted at 470148c per pound; fresh

creamery extras 481/2c.



Chicago—«Market firm, and amount

of business moderate. Creamery ex—

tras 481/30; extra firsts 471/2@48c per

lb: packing stock 3501360.



CHEESE.——Michigan flats 23%@24c

per lb; New York flats 26c; brick 271/2





 





@28c; long horns 271«’2@28c; Michigan

daisies 520125120; \Visconsin daisies





25%c; domestic Swiss 3207340 for the



prime to fancy; limburger 29@30c.

DRESSED CALVES.——1ancy 21@



22c; choice 191G200; com on 17@18c.





POULTRY PRODUCTS





POULTRY.—(Live).——The

appears at a standstill but future pric-

es will be firm if receipts are light.

The best spring chickens are 27@280;

No.1 hens 27@28c; ducks 27@280;

geese 26@27c: turkeys 26017270.



Chicago. ——(Live) .——Receipts small,

with little demand. Fowls 250; ducks

24@25c; geese 221/3@23c; turkeys,





 





market w-“





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





good 240.

31b; ducks, fancy 26c; geese 24c; tur-

keys 32@321/2 c.



E.GGS ——Market is firm. Fresh firsts

54@58c.



Chicago—Market steady with in-

creased receipts. For fresh Michigan

firsts 560357c; ordinary firsts 52@55c;

miscellaneous lots, cases included 50

@56c per dozen.





F RUITS—VEGETABLES





POTATOES.—The local potato mar-

ket is strong, due to the scarcity of re-

ceipts, weather conditions having inter-

fered with delivery at all northern cit-

ies. .Local jobbing prices advanced to

$2.40@2.50 per cwt. At Cleveland the

Michigan round whites sold at $2.35@

2.50 on Monday; at Cincinnati at $2.60

((132.75, the same grade is selling on the

New York market at $3@3.15, and at

Chicago at $2.1001’12.25 for stock that is

slightly frosted.



APPLES—From the standpoint of

the producer the apple market is not

altogether satisfactory. Traffic condi-

tions are largely responsible for this

situation, although it is reported that

consuinption is not up to normal. Pric-

es are little changed from a week ago.

Jobbing prices at Detroit are: Green-

ings $6@6. 25, Baldwins $5; No. 2 $3

((13. 50 per bbl.



BBAGE—The important cabbage

mai l1ets of the country are in satisfac-

tory condition so far as sellers are

concerned. Jobbing prices the past

week diave generally advanced from $5

@10 per ton. In Cleveland Danish seed

is selling at $550560; in Buffalo at $50

((1155; in Cincinnati at $60; in Pitts—

burgh $63@65 and in Chicago, Wiscon-

sin offerings are bringing $75@80.

These advances are largely due to the

fact that supplies have been held back

by the railroads on account of weather

conditions and car shortage.



ONIONS.—The movement of onions

has been insufficient lately to justify

making quotations.





LIVE STOCK





BUFFALO.

January 21, 1918.



Cattle—Receipts 75 cars; market is

25c lower; best shipping steers $130D

13. 5;0 fair to good $11. 50@12 25; plain

and coarse $10. 5001,11; native year-

lings $12@12.50; best handy steers $11

@1150; fair to good kinds $9.50@

10.50; handy steers and heifers, mixed

$9@10; light butcher steers $9.50@10;

western heifers $8@9.50; best fat cows

$9.5001,10.50; butcher cows $6.75@7.50;

cutteis $6. 2501 6. 50; canne1s $4.50@

5.75; fancy bulls $10. 50( 1111; butcher

bulls $8. 110@9 110 common bulls $6.50

@7; best feeding steers 900 to 1000

lbs, $8@8. 50; medium feeders $7 50@





(Dressed) .—Fowls 25c per





 





8; light common $6@6 50 stockers

$6.50@7; milkers and springers $65

@125.





Hogs—Receipts 60 cars; market is

$1.50 lower; all grades $18.



Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 10 cars

with market strong 2501150c higher; top

lambs $19.75@20; yearlings $16 ,

wethers $13.500114; ewes $13@13. 0



Calves—Receipts 400; strong; tops

$19; fair to good $17@18; grassers

$7628-





 





CHICAGO.

January 21, 1918.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receptis today..20,000 48,000 21,000

Same day 1917..23,271 74,646 19,002

Last week ....... 21,193 59,669 33,517

Same wk 1917...66,273 264,739 63,200





The cattle market was variable to-

day, with some sellers reporting lower

prices, but later trade became active

at firm values, and some cattle sold a

little higher. Some good fat beeves

brought $13.85, but it was impossible

to put choice cattle higher, and the

best demand and firmness centered, as

usual, in the middling kinds of steers

and good butcher stock. Hogs were

active and firm early at $15.90@16.90,

but ruled lower later. Hogs marketed

last week averaged 216 lbs. Sheep and

lambs were firm, and prime little year-

lings sold up to $15.50.



Cattle—Receipts 20,000; unsettled;

native steers $8.40@14; stockers and

feeders $7@10.80; cows and heifers

$60311.80; calves $9@16.25.



Sheep and Lambs.——Receipts 22,000;

weak; wethers $9.750D13.35; ewes $9.40

@1275; lambs $14.50@17.85. ,



Hogs—Receipts 48,000; steady; bulk

$16.40@16.80; light $15.90@16.70; mix-

ed $16.15@16.85; heavy $16.15@16.90;

l5%%h $16.15@16.30; pigs $12.75@





 





 





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DOGS





or Sale puppies Scotch Collies and English Shepard

Cross. make the best farmd d.ogs Pr loo

THOMAS BTANFIELD, Box 127. Hillldalo. Mich.





 





 





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latest markets. The late market ed1-

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time.

DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.





 





Thursday’s Market. ,

January 24, 1917.

Cattle.



Receipts 2941. Market closed dull

with prices 50((y750 lower than last

week on everything but bulls and can-

ners, which held steady.



Best heavy steers $11.25@11.50; best

handy weight butcher steers $10.75@

11; mixed steers and heifers $9.75@





10.25; handy light butchers $8.50@

9.50; light butchers $7.50 cDS; best

cows $8 @850; butcher cows 7@7.50;





cutters 6.50@6.75; canners $5@6.25;

best heavy bulls $9@9.50; bologna

bulls $8@8.25; stock bulls $6.50@7;

milkers and springers $70@'90.



Bisl op. B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.

4 cows av 1017 at $8.50, 2 do av 935 at

$6, 14 steers av 1236 at $11.50, 1 cow

wgh 1350 at $7.50, 3 steers av 983 at

$11.50, 7 do av 997 at $11.50, 5 do av

980 at $12, 10 do av 928 at $11, 1 bull

wgh 850 at-$9, 4 cows av 1007 at $6.50;

to Walk 18 steers av 911 at $10.25, 2

do av 570 at $9; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 3 cows av 897 at $6.25, 13 butchers

av 700 at $9.25, 25 do av 602 at $9.50,

22 steers av 957 at $11.50, 7 cows av

907 at $6.25; to Garber 8 do av 870 at

$7.50, 2 steers av 995 at $11, 4 do av

777 at $9, 9 do av 777 at $9.25; to





Grant 17 butchers av 812 at $10; to'





Thompson 1 bull Wgh 1420 at $8.50, 2

do av 1190 at $9, 26 steers av 1012.at

$11, 2 cows av 950 at $9; to Resnick

3 steers av 873 at $10.60, 1 do wgh

1530 at $12.50, 2 cows av 930 at $7.50;

to Mich. B. Co. 15 butchers av 557 at

$8, 1 steers av 1115 at $12, 14 butchers

av 760 at $9, 1 bull wgh 1200 at $9.50,

15 steers av 1046 at $11.50. 14 do av

790 at $9.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 10

butchers av 763 at $9, 17 do av. 840 at

$10, 5 cows av 964 at $7; to Fineman

14 butchers av 700 at $7.25; to Sulli-

van P. Co. 16 steers av 882 at $10.25,

1 bull wgh 1000 at $9.



Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Nagle P. Co.

1 canner wgh 970 at $6.50, 7 cows av

874 at $8, 1 steer wgh 1060 at $11, 1

do wgh 1040 at $11.50, 1 bull wgh 1730

at $7.25, 1 cow wgh 1030 at $6.50, 2

steers av 1000 at $12, 6 do av 818 at

$10.50, 2 do av 760 at $10.25, 1 do wgh

880 at $9, 10 do av 931 at $11.75, 5

cows av 1010 at $8.40, 10 steers av 930

at $10.65; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 cows av

944 at $6.60, 2 steers av 895 at $10, 2

coWs av 985 at $8; to Nagle P. Co. 21

steers av 1034 at $11.75; to Applebaum

9 butchers av 500 at $7.25; to Thomp-

son 12 do av 786 at $8.90; to Mason

B. Co. 1 bull wgh 1210 at $9, 1 do wgh

2280 at $10, 1 do wgh 1340 at $9.50;

to Thompson 22 butchers av 800 at

$8.90; to Hammond, S. & Co. 9 can-

ners av 821 at $6.25, 4 do av 905 at

$6.25; to Sullivan P. Go. 14 butchers

av 846 at $8.75; to Goodgold 6 do av

500 at $7.20, 5 do av 650 at, $7.50; to

Breitenbeck 6 do av 781 at $8.25; to

Goodgold 10 do av 642 at $7.10; to

Newton P. Co. 1 bull wgh 1200 at $9,

1 do wgh 1380 at $8.60, 5 cows av 950





_ at $7, 1 canner wgh 980 at $5. 8 steer's‘

av 1036 at $10, 5 cows av 926 at $6.75.





Veal Calves.



Receipts 1430. Market 50c lower.

Best $16; others $8@14.



McMullen, K. & J. sold Goodgold 5

av 150 at $10; to Hammond, S. & Co.

3 av 145 at $15, 20 av 125 at $16.50; to

Goodgold 1 wgh 380 at $8.



Erwin, S. & J. sold Mich. B. Co. 15

av 145 at $16, 4 av 135 at $16.50; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 1 wgh 260 at $14,

1 wgh 150 at $16.50, 1 wgh 80 at $8;

to Parker. W. & Co. 11 av 140 at $16.25,

lllav 135 at $16.50; to Hammond, S.

& Co. 45 av 130 at $16, 5 av 150 at $10,

3 av 125 at $11, 11 av 140 at $15.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 5688. Market steady. Best

lambs $17.75@18; fair lambs $17 /

17.50; light to common lambs $15@1 ;

fair to good sheep $10@}12; culls and

common $7@8.50.



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

40 lambs av 75 at $17.60, 28 do av 80

at $17.60, 9 do av 95 at $17; to Nagle

P. Co. 6 do av 45 at $15, 7 sheep av

115 at $11, 2 do av 90 at $11.50; to

Mich. B. Co. 11 lambs av 75 at $17.75;

to Parker, W. & Co. 82 do av 75 at

$17.25, 84 do av 75 at $17.50; to Sulli-

van P. Co. 12 sheep av 95 at $10.50, 6

do av 115 at $11.50, 11 do av 100 at

$9.50; to Gnappen 59 lambs av 70 at

$17.25, 189.do av 85 at $17.75, 122 do

av 65 at $17.50, 10 do av 66 at $15.



McMullen, K. & J. sold Hammond,

S. & Co. 19 lambs av 65 at $17, 3 do

av 65 at $14, 2 do av 95 at $15.50, 2

sheep av 115 at $10. ‘





Hogs.

Receipts 11,080. Market is 10@15c

lower for hogs at $16.85, with pigs eas-

ier at $16.25@16.50; mixed $16.70@17.‘





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‘THJE MICHIGAN FARMER





show .





motor oil.





what would you see?





Not a smooth, even surface, but thousands of micro-

Sediment excludes the protective film of

the oil and allows these tiny teeth to grab and tear at

each other, thus causing rapid wear.





scopic teeth.





A practical proof of superiority

The Sediment Test, illustrated at the right, is as





simple as it is convincing.





The bottle to the left contains a sample of ordinary oil

taken from the crankcase of an engine after 500 miles





of running.





much sediment as Veedol.





smoothly and give greater gasoline mileage.





Buy Veedol today





Your dealer has Veedol in stock. or con get it for you. 11‘ hr. will lint.

write us for the mm: of the nearest dealer who can supply you.





An 80-psge book on lubrication for 10c





Written by a prominent engineer. Used as 1 text book in many

sdwois snd colleges. Also contains Vecdol Lubrication Chart. showing

correct grade of Veedol for every make of car. tractor. or stationary engine,

wimer or Mr. Send 10c [or a copy. It may save you many dollars,





TIDE WATER OIL CO.





VEEDOL DEPARTMENT





OR years, both motorists and engineers were in the

dark as to the amount of friction and consequent

wear due to the sediment formed in the average





Inferior oil breaks down under the terrific heat of an

automobile farm tractor or stationary engine and forms

voluminous black sediment. This sediment causes rapid ’14:!





wear of the parts because it crowds out good oil at " Tfidfi

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pomts where friction occurs. . ._ l" ‘ ‘

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How a lubricant muzzles the wlll/lb

tiny teeth of friction vs. /





If you could look at the surface of a hearing or

other engine part through a powerful magnifying glass,





In the right-hand bottle is a sample of Veedol after

being used for 500 miles under identical conditions.

Notice that ordinary oil contains over five times as





Make this test for yourself





Drain the oil out Of Your crankcase and fill with kerosene Run

the engine very slowly for30 seconds and than clean out all kcr-

mono. Refill with Vcedol and make a test run. You will find your

engine has acquired new power and a snappy pick-up. It will run more





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"Francis" fall bearing strawberry

For sale filsnts $1.t0 per 100. 810.00 per 1000.

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Farms and Farm Lands For Sale





$500 I‘ own Secures Farm.



5(lncre8 In prosperous peach and apple section near

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2-story house. corn crib. poultry house. Bil-ft, barn in

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peaches and f‘herries. Owner making quick change

names low price $1400 with $500 down and long terms.

For details this and other bargains see page 285! root's

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AGENCY. Dc pt. 101, 150 Nassau St . New York. N. Y.





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crops. Good lands, in good localities, as low 35 31,1“,

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state of cultivation. Improvements in good condi-



tion. Will sell stock. Feed and Implements with farm



if desired. Location very desireahle. Allr'nnn Co.,



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FOB. Sale—good 80 A. farm in Shin. 00.. soil clay ham.

level, all well drained. A'necessary «farm buildings,

Well and windmill, on mail and telephone line. 3,;

mi. off state road. terms reasonable,

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Thlnk of 1t! You can now -. < ‘ ~ .

get any size of the New Butterfly ’* GetsALL ,

Cream Separator you need direct from The



our factory for only $2 down and on CREAM ‘

a Plan whereby it will earn its own "$2213.22:33.332.331.23:3:"

‘ C081: and more before you pay. You chine and in the same length of time we made with the

won’t feel the cost at all. Our low





   

   

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

   

 

 





 





Butterfly Separator $140.00 worth of butter from the same

number-ct cows." T308. 8. KER 0 _ ,

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{if/10f: k . prices Will surprise you. For example: .

l 1.k an ls buys the No. 2 Junior, a

lwaISt h1gh—- light running, easy clfian-

l 1ng,- c ose s imming, ur-

[easy to fill able, guaranteed separator.

Skims 96 quarts per hour.

You pay only $2 down and

balance on easy terms of

ligkgnfuts - . Only $2 a Month

p You have no interest to pay. No extras. The

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make five larger sizes of the





New Butterfly





up to our big 800 lb. capacity machine shown here



--all sold at similar low prices and on our liberal



terms of only $2 down and more than a year

to pay. Every machine guaranteed a life;

time against defects in materials and

workmanship.





\ 3 0 Days ’

Trial





You can have 30 days’ trial on your

own farm and see for yourself how

easily one of these Splendid machines

will earn its own cost and more before

you pay. Try It alongs1de of any



separator you WlSh. Keepit if



pleased. If not you can return It at



our expense and we W111 refund

your $2 de osit and pay the freight

charges bot ways.





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Why not get one of these big labor-saving, money-

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Let us send you our big, new, illustrated cata-

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and quoting lowest factory prices and easy ._ ,

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“We would not do without our Butterfly Sepa-

rator or exchange it for all the machines we have

seen. Our little girl. 12 years old, runs it like a

clock!” MRS. P. E. RUDE. Ashland. Wis.





 

   

 

 





 





 





All shafts are ver-

tical and run on

“frictionless”

pivot ball bearings

making the

New Butterfly

the lightest run-

ning of

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“My son too a course in. agriculture at Cape

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makes of separators, and he said this was the most

simple and came: cleaned machine than an of

them." J. B. FINLEY, Oran. o.





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