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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





While this is the us-

ual order on every

have so largely used

have so largely used

automobiles as “pleasure cars” that the





Business Before

Pleasure.





,increasing‘use of automobiles on the





farms of the country has frequently

been cited as an indication that our

farmers are devoting more time to

more pleasure and less to the business

of production than was formerly the





case. In order to determine the pur--





pose for which farm owned automo-

biles are mostly used, the research de-

partment of our Chicago office conduct-

ed an investigation in a typical farming

county.



In this investigation inquiries were

sent out to a list of farmers who own—

ed a well known make of car selling

from $650 to $850 and to another list

owning a well known make selling at

$1,650. The reason for selecting the

two lists was to reach farmers who

owned medium priced cars and also

those who owned higher priced cars.

The Questions addressed to each list

were three in number and asked

whether the automobile was purchased

for pleasure use or as a necessary part

of the farm equipment, what percent-

age of time the automobile was used

for pleasure and for business, and how

many miles were covered in the year.



Eighty-eight replies were received

To the first question sixty-three said

they bought the cars as a necessary





part of the farm equipment, twenty-one





that they bought the car for both pleas-

ure and business, and two said they

bought the car for pleasure.



To the second quesiton twenty-five

replied that ninety-five per cent or

more of the use of the car was for bus-





-, lness and fiVe per cent or less for





pleasure; twenty-one others replied





* that ninety‘per cent or more of the use





of the car- was for business and ten per

cent or less for pleasure; twenty- eight





:1 others replied that seventy per cent or





more of the use of the car was for bus-

:ipess and thirty per cent or less for

To the third question the

, st number of replies showed an

a“ ' ual mileage of 3000 miles or less



mnry 0f the answers received

‘ f 73.2 per cent of all the

' uded‘ a this investigation





 





 





 





per cent bought for both business an

pleasure, while 2. 4' per cent bought au-

tomobiles for pleasure use alone. This

investigation practically proves that

there is no such thing as a pleasure

automobile on the farm. It is largely

a business vehicle bought and used for

business purposes.



' The recreation and pleasure derived

from its use by the family is inciden:

tal, although a factor which should not

be overlooked in the beneficial influ-





ence of the automobile ondhe farm. A ,





curtailment of production'of automo-

biles which would limit their purchase

by farmers would be a business handi-

cap which the g0vernment shouldhesi-

tate to impose even in the present

emergency. 2



Many people, including

Potato Grades. both growers and deal-



ers, who believe in the

principle of standardized grading for

potatoes as well as other farm products

are strongly of the opinion that there

should be but one grade instead of two

grades, as fixed by the food adminis-

tration order. Those who favor one

standard grade would generally include

all potatoes in that grade which would

not go through a one and three-quar-

ter-inch screen and which are other-

wise sound and of good quality.



There are good arguments in favor

of this contention, not the least im.

portant of which is the fact that the

standard would conform fairly closely

to the better grade of merchantable po~

tatoes which producers have been ac-

customed to selling in the market. In

normal years such standard grade

would exclude only a small percentage

of potatoes which are ordinarily mar-

keted on account of size. In years of

low production like last year, however,

a very large proportion of the crop

would not grade as standard on ac.

count of the small average size. of the

tubers produced, which flact would un-

doubtedly reduce the marketable value





of the crop to some extent as compared





with the present provision for two stan—

dard grades.



Careful experiments would be requir-

ed to determine the prOportion of a

normal crop which would be included

under the single grade and under two

grades, before the comparative results

from the grower’s standpoint could be

accurately estimated. Under condi-

tions of short. production such as pre-

vailed last year, there would, however,

be a very small price differential be

tween first and second grade tubers un—

der the present price standard. The

wide price differential fixed by the ac—

tion of dealers between the two grades

this year leaves no room for doubt as

to the effect on the grower. The No. 2

grade for which dealers offer but sixty

per cent of firstAgrade price this year is

quite as good as the average stock sold

from last year’s Michigan crop.



One of the best reasons given by the

Bureau of Markets for recommending

this second grade is that they are of a

size which can be economically used in

restaurants where machinery is used

in peeling them. Under the present

operation of this system of grading,

however. growers are obliged to take a

greatly reduced price for the No. 2

grade, which from the standpoint of

actual food quality is but little inferior

to the first grade, or else haul them





back home after they have been graded-





out at the reCeiving warehouse. This

is an economic waste which should not

be imposed upon potato growers.





If the contention of the Bureau of .





Markets-that two grades are, econom-

ically preferable to one is sound, then

steps should be taken to establish a

fair price differential as between the

two grades. If "this proves impractical,

the only other just course would seem

to lie in the making "of a single stan-





. dard grade which would conform mime





usual custom in marketing normal

crops to which both producers and con-





91m wince a further





of growtars at a particularly mom:





nuts time, rather than a benefit to the

trade from producer to consumer, as

was undoubtedly contemplated.



The best remedy for present condi-

tions because it could be most quickly

applied, would be for dealers to pay a

fair price for the ,No. 2standard grade

and make an effort to market them

where they are economically most use-

ful. If this cannot be done, the pres-'

ent grading plan will prove a failure.





The Detroit Milk



The MarketrMiik Commission met

Surplus. last week at the

request of produc-



ers and distributors of milk. in the De-

troit area to consider the old problem

of surplus milk, which under present





conditions has become a factor in the

local situation. The official experts of"





the commission, Prof. Anderson, of M.

A. 0., and State Dairy and Food Com-

missioner Woodworth, had previously

made an accurate survey of the situa-

tion and determined the actual surplus

to be approximately 131/2 per cent of

the total receipts. A careful survey of

a typical producing area made by the

Michigan Experiment Station showed

production to be below normal. A care-

fully conducted survey in other com

suming centers, as well as in Detroit,

showed a general reduction in con-

sumption as compared with recent

years. That this reduction is due to a.

general tendency toward economy in

consumption all along the line, rather

than to the recent increase in Detroit

market milk prices was indicated by

the fact that a similar reduction in

consumption is shown in Grand Rap

ids, where a “milk war” is being con-

ducted between rival distributing agen-

cies and milk is still selling at ten

cents per quart;_in Lansing where

milk is still selling at twelve cents,





and in other cities covered by the sur--





vey. Producers prophesied an early

shrinkage in production, due to feeding

methods which have resulted from

present conditions.



With this data at its disposal the

commission outlined a plan to divide

the temporary loss incident to the pres-

ent surplus between producers and

distributors by making a price of $2.75

per cwt. on but ten per cent of the

shipments for February from all pro-

ducers in every freight zone, the price

on ninety ,per cent of the shipments to

stand as before at $3.35 per cwt. at the

shipping station platform in the fifteen

cont freight zone.



This temporary adjustment was ac-

cepted as satisfactory by the office”;

of the Michigan Milk Producers and

the distributors present, thus again

demonstrating the success of the com-

mission plan of settling market milk

problems on a fair basis.





Michigan Farmei read-

lncome Tax ers should not forget that

Statements. under the amended in-



come tax law, every sin-

gle man having an income of $1,000 or

more and every married man having

an income of $2,000 or more for the

calendar year of 1917 is required to

file a statement with the Collector of

Internal Revenue for the district in

which he resides on or before March

1, 1918. Refusal or neglect to file such

a statement involves a penalty of not

less than $20 nor more than $1, 000, and



afurther liability to fifty per cent ad-

ditional tax.



The first step in complying with the

law is to secure a blank statement

from the Collector of Internal Revenue

for your district, fill out sameand file

with the collector if you are in either

of the classes as to income above men-

tioned. As previously noted in these

columns a representative of the col-

lector is spending a; day or more in

each county to aid people With taxable





 





“merit.

sider~demands now being made by the





HAPPENINGS or 71-15 ween,





 





Foreign. , ,

The European War. ~NotwiW-





ing the severe winter wonther, which ‘





now grips all of the theatres of war,

there was some fighting "on all. these





1-fronts during the past week. Near the





North Sea land batteries cooperated

with British monitors early- last week

in bombarding the defenses, 0f Ostend

and surrounding country. No infantry

action was attempted, but later the

Germans reacted sharply and broke in-

to the F1 ench lines and for- a brief pe-

riod were able to hold their ground, but

during counter attacks French troops

drove out the invaders and rte-establish-

ed themselves on their former posi-

tions. The British were also enabled

to extend their lines to‘a point slightly

south of St. Quentin without the eu-

emy’s knowledge and thus further re-

lieving the French. The Allies cOntinue

preparations to. meet the anticipated

German drive against the western

lines. The recent decrease in the num-

ber of U- boat attacks leads to the be-

lief by military critiCs that simultan-

eously with the attack by land the Ger-

mans will undertake the biggest U-boat

campaign they have yet organized. It

is believed that practically all U-boats

have now been withdrawn from service

to be re-fitted for this campaign. It is

expected further that the U-boat drive

will be directed especially against «Am-





.erican lines of communication to pre-





vent if possible, the landing of addi-

tional troops and supplies—The attack

by the French on Monte Tomba on the

Italian front three ‘weeks ago has

obliged the enemy to abandon an ex-

tensive line north of this point extend-

ing to the Piave river. This action

would make it appear‘thatthe enemy

has temporarily, at least, abandoned

the idea of reaching the plains of

northern Italy through this channel.~—

Seriups fighting has taken place be-

tween Russians and Roumanians in the

neighborhood of Galitz near the Black

Sea border.





President Wilson’s fourteen condi-

tions of peace have been replied to by

both Germany and Austria. Chancellor

Hertling of Germany, substantially re-

jects the conditions laid down by our

chief executive except those that would

accrue to the advantage of Germany.

011 the other hand, Premier Czernin of

Austria, indicates in his reply a. desire

to use the fourteen conditions as a

starting point for discussing terms of

peace.



National..



The government has issued peremp-

tory orders to all railroad officials to

cut off immediately from the payrolls

all legislative iailroad lobbyists, un-

necessary iawyers, literary men, politi-

cal payments and all passes whether

interstate or intrastate. Several mil-

lion dollars will be saved within the

first year by this drastic step.



In Michigan 134 plants have been on





empted from the Monday closing order





by federal fuel administrators. In ad-

dition to being exempted, these con-

cerns will have preference for coal

shipments.



In nine months of war fires. believed

to have been set by enemy agents, have

done damage in this country to the ex-

tent of $50 ,000,000.



On Monday of this week bakers be-

gan the manufactuic of the new “Vic-

tory loaf, ” a war bread which contains

five per cent substitute for wheat

flour. The percentage of substitute

flours used‘ y baking establishments

w1ll be- increased gradually until Feb-

ruary 24, when the substitute will

amount to twenty per cent of the usual

wheat flour used. At the same time,

grocers will sell wheat flour to house-

holders only when the latter purchase

an equal amount of other cereals.





By referring the question of hours

and wages to an arbitrator appointed

by the federal secretary of labor, Strife

between the country’ s ten largest pack-





ing houses and their employee was .-





ended early this week. The awards of

the arbitrator will becOm-e effective

as of January 14..





The government railroad adminis-.





tration has selected four men tonn—

alyze and rrecommend action 011.1111





wage and labor questions now pending ,





before that department of the govern;

This commissiOn will also con.





 

 





railway brotherhood.





new Cuban crop of sugar is aired"

flying in Atlantic ports. the“ '

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ERE is a diiestion that came up





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recently'in. St. Clair county.





“Do you mean to say that If .





can go down to my swamp and use

that stuff for fertilizer?

that stuff out of. there three years ago

- and there it‘ is in’ blocks on the bank,

just as I left it ” .

Yes, sir. That stuff can be used

for replenishing the humus in your

soil. It will cause your soil to hold





more water and to resist drought; it-





will loosen and lighten the soil if it is

heavy; it will bind the soil particles to-

gether if it is light.

lime, requirement of your soil; it will

hold the soluble plant food; it will

cause yoursoil to be better aerated,

better ventilated, so that the germs

which prepare the plant food in the

soil can grow and multiply and in-

crease their activities. It will provide

these living workers in the soil with

food and energy for their work. It will

not only provide part Of the essential

plant foods for thevcrops you raise, but

it will feed’the germs which take the

unavailable nitrogen from the air and

make it available to those crops, thus

adding nitrogen to that which is al-

ready in the organic matter. Altogeth-

er, it will provide the most important

fundamental factor in your agricultural

business——humus, organic matter; with

this condition, that you handle that

stuff properly, scientifically.



We shall proceed to define this con-

dition by first defining that “stuff" we

‘are handling.





The Role of Organic Matter.



Dr. R. C. Kedzie, when he suggested

the mixing of muck and manure, states

“powdery muck.” The Scottish land-

owner used “moss,” Sphagnum moss.

Those who have ever experienced the

difficulty of rotting this material Will

recognize its hardiness and its resist-

ance to decay. This Scotchman also

states that he surrounded a carcass of

a horse with pine shavings and peat

and subsequently had ten tons of rich

compost. It is a common gardeners’

practice to place all forms of organic

refuse in the compost heap. Plant and

animal remains of all kinds, irrespec-

tive of their chemical and physical

condition, are placed in the pile. The

reason for this is apparent.



We do not use the organic matter



merely for the plant food that is con-

tained in it. There are the other im-

portant reasons, mentioned above, for

the incorporation of organic matter in

our soils. The farmer should recog-

nize these facts as an integral part of

his farming system. Most farmers

know that organic matter functions as

' a very important factor in obtaining

‘ good tilth and regulating the water-

holding capacity in soils. We cannot

quote too often the following state.

ment from Russell:

,“So marked are these physical effects

that if fifteen 'or twenty per cent of or-

ganic matter is present in a soil, the

operation of other factors ceases to

count for much, and the distinctions

between sands, loams, and clays are

obliterated.”





Soil Germs Must be Fed.



They have; learned this .by experi-

ence. However, it may be necessary in

the light of present day knowledge, to

focus theattention on the fact that or-

ganic matter *is the home of the im-

portant germ life of the soil and that

good tilth, good ventilation, affect these

small germ plants as well as the large

corn plants. I believe that enough evi-

dence has been produced to show that

commercial fertilizers affect the germ

life of the soil, as well as the crops

that are grown on it. It must be kept

. in "mind continually that these germs

are plants—alive—breathing, feeding,

and multiplying

'3 It is apparent why the application of

Wins the cunt of mineral fertilizer

‘ E £111 ‘d- manure will not pro-





Why, I dug,.:





It will reduce the-





ddcethe results that manure will. It

is the Other ‘essentialqualities of or-

ganic matter which produce the results

from manures which chemically add

such a small amount of plant food to

the soil.



Humus is a Primary Requirement.



The objection has been raised that

different peat deposits contain varying

amounts of nitrogen; that they contain

very little phosphorus and potash. This

is misleading. It places the emphasis

upon chemical analysis of the organic

matter, which is unquestionably a sec-

ondary consideration. Furthermore,

the organic matter which it is propos-

ed that we add to our soils indirectly

does add large quantities of nitrogen

to the soil] The food in the organic

matter, more definitely the carbohy-

drates, provide the energy for the nitro-

gen germ workers to change unavail-

able nitrogen of the air to usable, avail-

able nitrogen for plant food. It pro-

vides energy for the germs to act di-

rectly or indirectly upon the insoluble

potash and phosphorus compounds in

the soil and release part of them for

plant use. Experimental work in the

bacteriological laboratory at Michigan

Agricultural College indicates that

muck is the best soil medium for the

nitrogen germs. We want the humus.

More or less nitrogen in peat indicated

by chemical analysis is negligible con-

sidering the greater benefits derived

from its application.-



Peat or muck deposits can be con-

sidered as great straw stacks, stacks

0f plant remains, stacks of organic

matter. '



Origin of Peat and Muck;



A swamp is produced as the 1esult

of plants growing on the surfaCe of the

water, or on the bottom, or on the





"cat to Ma 7 e Humus II





By EZRA LEVIN





Extension Specialist' 1n Muck Crops, M. A. C.





Sides. These plants die. . They fall

back into the water. Their remains

are only partially decomposed because

of the lack of air under water and the

fact that the germs which cause de-

composition cannot live and work un-

der. these conditions, and also because

there is produced early in the deposit

of these plant remains poisonous sub-

stances which act as an antiseptic and

inhibit the growth of these germs.



Each year more plant remains are

deposited, stacked up. Certain condi-

tions might arise by-which further de-

composition takes place. Thus we have

all grades of peat, from sphagnum'moss

to muck, fr0m that red stuff to the

black stuff. These changes are brought

about mainly by germs. These changes

are hastened,‘accelerated by producing

the conditions in the peat in which the

germs will work best. Drainage, aera-

tion, weathering, washing by rains, the

presence of lime, the introduction of

the germs which cause decomposition

———all these make red peat into muck.

This has been done practically. At an-

other time I will take up in detail the

experiences of farmers who have taken

the top ten inches of peat and changed

it to a brown-black muck in two years.



Decay Caused by Living Organisms.



The late C A. Dax 13, a w 011d author-

ity on peat and its uses, states:



“When allowed to remain exposed to

the air, in the presence of moisture, it

it well known that most forms of vege-

table matter rot, and finally disappear

entirely, and such decay has been de-

scribed as a form of oxidation, similar

to, if not idential with, that which oc-

curs when the same sort of material

is burned; that is, as a purely chemi-

cal process. This process is not, how.

ever, directly due to the action of the





 





 





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DETROY AN ENEMY OF THE WHEAT CROP DIG 0U"~

EVERY BARBERRY BUSH

They start black stem rust on grain. Help us locate every

huh. Owneremuetdigthem upwithin

TEN DAYS





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. or to moisture.

ble matter will keep indefinitely in the ‘ ‘:





air, or any of its gaSeous constituents,

Perfectly dry vegeta-





air, as is shown by innumerable arti-

cles in common use.





long periods of time when entirely sub—





merged in water. The decay of vegeta: ' k .





ble matter is really a series of complio





cated changes, due to the growth and .

development of living organisms in the,

These use part of. -

the material of which the vegetable!





decaying matter.





tissue is composed for their own n‘our—

ishment and growth, and thus break it

down. into simpler compounds.

'ganisms which thus prodime decay are

mainly plants of simple structure, and





often of microscomc size, and when :7





they me not so small, their lack of col-

or, and their intimate association with

the tissues in which they grow render

them very inconspicuous. These plants

are bacteria and fungi, and are aided

in bringing about decomposition by

many types of animals.



Like all other plants, these decay-

producing forms need both air and

moisture in order to grow, and more-

over, the moisture must be present in

proper amount, too much water being

detrimental to their giowth as too lit-

tle, and wheie air is excluded they do

not th11ve ”





Lime Essentiai to the Process.



The Scottish land owner piled up

moss and it would not decay; then he

put lime in it, and it changed slowly;

it became muck. He piled it up, alo

lowed the elements to weather it, but

it was “sour” and the germs which

decompose could not start.



They could not use the food from

this “stuff.” Then, he added lime. or

course, he did not know anything about

germs, but it is a fact that the addi-

tion of lime had the effect of removing

the objectionable elements in this moss

so that the germs could obtain energy,

for their respective activities from it.



Did you ever notice that wherever





' we find hard water in swamps, we find





muck somewhere in it? Hard water

contains lime. Is it not a. fact that

most of our soft water marshes are

peaty? The lime from the marl, or

from the limestone, or from the limey

stratum through which the springs

pass permeates the swamp and pro-

vides the lime that the germs need to

change the peat to muck. Perhaps that

has s0niething to do with the different

types of plants that we find growing

on mucks and peats.



Peat Decomposed by Composting.



For our purpose, let us consider peat.





Let us take that stuff that will not de- ,





compose rapidly when dug out and ex-

posed—the stuff which is red, which

contains poisonous substances, and

which actually has antiseptic proper-

ties. That is what our Scottish land

owner used. Surely all that applies to

peat will apply to muck as far as us-

ing it for humus on our uplands is con-

cerned.



More than one hundred years ago

the Scotchman said, “Peat, when taken

out of a bog is certainly not manure.

If dried,

mains if kept dry.” But he found that

the addition of decaying and putrefac-

tive substances to the moss accelerat-

ed the action, and he was able to

change this inert substance into ma-

nure. Perhaps the acids produced in

the manure acted upon the peat, or

other chemical changes took place

which had to do with this. However,

no one will deny that the addition of

this decaying material to this moss ad-

ded the germs, the living organisms

which produced rapid decompOsition

and nitrification, broke down the; com-

plex organic‘substances so that their





_ nitrogen became available rapidly and , .

produced those conditions whiéhmuS- ‘





 

   

 





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. of valuable humus which,‘added to? the

“soil, gave satisfactory results. '

. ' Itis reasonable to conclude that if he

T had d'one‘thesame with muck the re

sults would have been similar—the ac-

tiOn probably a little more rapid. This

conclusion is borne out by the experi-

ence of those who have composted

muck and manure.





A Stock of Plant Remains.





Now, we have given the theoretical

basis for advocating the use of peat for

humus. The question now is, how? Is

it practical? Will it pay? How shall

it be applied? Shall all types be hand-

led similarly? ’



Ve will consider peat as that swamp

material which is not decomposed—us-

ually reddish; the plant reamins some-

times plainly distinguishable. Peat

may be woody, grass-like, or moss-like

in characterfd‘epending on the charac-

ter of the plants which made up the

deposit; does not become powdery

when dried, but rather retains the

‘ shape as excavated. ,



ecomposed peat or muck is black



01‘ brownish-black—the plant remains

cannot. be distinguished; it is powdery

when dried, and particles are much

more finely divided than in peat.



We have stated that a peat deposit

is a stack of plant remains. So is a

straw stack a deposit of plant remains.



When straw is plowed under, we do

obtain results—not immediate. but

gradual. We will see the effects of

plowing under a large quantity of straw

perhaps, over'a number of years. It

depends 011 the soil, on the season

when plowed under. This is because

the decomposition of the straw is

brought about by the various types of

germs and their activities are limited

by temperature, moisture, aeration, and

amount of organic matter in the soil.



When raw peat is plowed under we

can expect the same effect, with this

difference, that it will take longer to

decompose. If applied to a soil that is

rich, which contains organic matter,

germ life, and available minerals it will

decompose more rapidly than when ap-

plied on a barren soil, and consequent-

ly produce better results. This prac-

tice is not recommended. ’If it is found

that labor conditions prevent the util-

ization of the peat by composting and

thus making available the plant food

rapidly, and it is desired to apply di-

rectly to the soil, it should not be ap-

plied at once. Not only will it be diffi-

cult to plow under and break up these

peat “chunks” but, the addition of: the

poisonous substances in the peat. might

inhibit the growth of the. beneficial

germs in the soil. It is the best prac-

tice to dig this peat and allow it to

weather by piling in small heaps near

the excavation so that it can drain off

and aerate.



. Special tools have been developed for

digging peat. A type of spade which

has a special flange on one edge is used

in Vermont. There are machines on

the market which are used to dig peat

for fuel purposes on a large scale, but,

of course, they are not practical for the

ordinary farmer. There is an oppor-

tunity for implement 111a11ufacturers for

a machine which will facilitate the re-

moval of peat at a low cost.



Apply Manure with Weathered Peat.





Even after peat is weathered for six

months or a year and it has become

somewhat “crumbly,” its use for direct

application alone will not be as satis-

factory as when used under the condi-





.. fl . 130116 in which decomposition will be

“ accelerated.





I mean that. we use the

same judgment in this matter as we do

in plowing under a crop of rye, clover,



’vetch, or anyi ‘other form of humus for



”cover crop. It is well known, and it



,isia practice of good farmers in Michi-



. gun to top-dress this cover crop with a



, light application of well-rotted manure.



inhumane are always satisfactory,



gesiié‘cmny on light land. While the m-

'crea cg Production may be the result



‘ _ available plant food in the

is, probably due to a larger





 





which accelerate the decay. of the; cov-

or crop and make the plant food avail-

able more rapidly





This is just exactly the method

which can be used with success, con-

sidering the peat as the cover crop.

After the peat has been properly

weathered it is hauled up and spread,

and a light dressing of well-rotted

barnyard manure applied shortly be-

fore4 plowing. Turning under this mix-

ture will act similarly to plowing under

the manure and the cover crop. It will

hasten decomposition and the increase

of available plant food._ If much is,

used, of course no weathering is nec-

essary. It can be applied directly and

used as directed. ’ W'e have used this

method on our farm with success. Ten

loads of muck'applied to one-fourth of

an acre, top-dressed with ten loads of

manure, as compared with twenty

loads of manure on a quarter of an

acre, produced practically the same

amount of' beans, while twenty loads of





'muck showed only a slight increase.





over no muck at all. This experiment

was conducted on a very light sandy

soil, which was distinctly “sour,” and

which needed lime badly.

have happened if lime had been applied

on the plat which had muck alone is a

matter which we intend to try out

this year.



There are others who have tried out

muck and lime with good results.



Vhile this is not, particularly con-

nected with muckwas a farmer, it ap-

peared to me that the reason my neigh-

bors have had such poor luck after

plowing down rye on their sandy lands

was possibly because of the lack of

lime and the presence of those condi-

tions which did not allow the germs to

do their work. What do you think

about it?





 





GROWING SPELTZ.





 





I am asking for information con-

cerning speltz. What can you advise

me about seed, bed, amount to sow per

acre its value as cow feed, etc. ? We

never have had any success in Iaising

barley; lay same to the fact that we

plow too deeply and have seed bed too

mellow. Others spend very little time

on ground, plow four 01 five inches

deep and get good yields I understand

speltz are on same order as barley.

We never have raised barley straw

long enough to cut with binder.

same land will grow wheat straw four

and five feet, and yield 35 to 40 bush-

els per acie. We have 28 head of cat-

tle and eight horses, so you see the

land is well fed. Also used marl and

spread same with a spreader. This

farm has never been run any; always

well seeded and very seldom more than

two crops raised on a field before the

same is seeded again, and every time

one is planted to corn the same is cov-

ered with manure. I state this so you

can see what care the soil gets and

how .it is fed. I do not under-

stand what it lacks to grow barley

straw. What would you advise. We»

do not fall plow on account of ground

runs to, muck in spring and becomes as

hard as a road, therefore it is not prac-

tical to fall plow. What would you ad-

vise? Also state how many bushels to

the acre and where can I get seed?



Genesee Co. SUBSCRIBER.



If your land will grow wheat success-

fully it ought to grow speltz. Speltz .is

more of the same nature of wheat than

it is of barley. In fact, it, belongs. to

the wheat family. This grain 's quite

well adapted to dry land, that is, land

that is apt to dry out with a protracted

drought, land that has a porous sub-

soil, and yet, it ought to grow well on

any land that will produce a good Crop

of corn. Personally, I became interest

ed in speltzVOr emmer, which is an-

other name for it, once, and experi-

mented with it fortwo years. I raised

fairly satisfactory crops but I gave it

up because our wheat drills that are

used successfully in sowing wheat and

oats and barley will not sow speltz suc-

cessfully. The kernels are covered

with a heavy haulm or outside coat,

and they are so apt to adhere to each

other that it is almost impossibleto

get a proper, distribution of seed with





 





‘What would

«hand,





This





8 r 1.





cats 0r barley, but the proper “d





tion of the seed is a very important”

thing and when you have a drill con-‘





tinually ~ clogging and bothering and

then doesn’t distribute the seed evenly,

you have lost your chance of getting a





good stand and consequently a good





crop.



I am of the opinion that speltz would

do better than barley on your‘land.

Your land is probably naturally too

well drained for barley, that' is, it loses

its moisture too quickly. In other

words, it doesn’t hold moisture long

enough and ,I think speltz would prob-

ably be a better crop and I have no

objections to this grain except as men-

tioned above.



This grain is a good cow feed. The

heavy outside coat of speltz when

grOund with the grain puts it in good

condition for horSes and cattle but

there is too much chaff or fiber coating

to make it a good hog feed. If it was

not for this heavy coating on the oat

kernel there would be nothing better

than oats for pigs, but it makes so

much chaff or fiber that pigs don’t like

ground oats very well. On the other

ground cats are a splendid feed

for cattle and horses and it is much

the same way with speltz. -



If you would fall NOW for barley so

as to get the subsoil settled down and

then earlyin the spring cultivate or





disc and mellow up two or three inches,





deep for a" seed bed, this land is much

more apt to hold moisture than spring

plowed ground, especially if the spring

plowing is deferred until late and you

don‘t take time or the necessary labor

to compact the under surface or sub.

soil. This same condition of soil that

is freshly plowed, especially if it is late

plowed and soWn to cats will give you

the same results duringn dry season.





Land, however, that will grow from





thirty-five to forty bushels of wheat

per acre ought to produce barley be-

cause barley will do better on drier

soil than oats and I am positive from

what I know about speltz that you'can

grow it on a looser, drier—soil than you

can barley or oats.

OOLON C. LILLIE.





 





RESULTS FROM, USING LIME.





 





In your issue of December 29, last,





I read with interest the article entitled,





“Demonstrations Prove Need of Lime,"

by the Department of Soils,.Michigan

Agricultural College.



I would like to supplement this arti-

cle by relating my experience along

this line, as it may encourage and ben-

efit some brother farmer who is sim-

ilarly Situated.



In the beginning I will say that my

soil is a. good quality of Jack Pine

plains land. In the spring of 1916 I

staked off one-quarter of an acre of old

timothy sod that had “run out,” for

the purpose of making an alfalfa and

lime test. I plowed the ground, har-

rowed it over to level it down and laid

it off into three equal strips. On strip

No. 1, I applied carbonate of lime at

the rate of two tons to the acre; strip

No. 2, one ton to the acre, and strip

No. 3, none. I then sowed Grimm a1-

falfa seed at the rate of ten pounds to

the acre, and harrowed it in thor-

oughly.



Briefly, the results were as follows:

Strip No 1 made a good catch, was

thick enough on the ground, had a

good color and produced a crop of hay

this year. Strip No. 2, was just a fair

catch, not as thick on the ground and

not as good color as strip No. 1. Strip

No. 3 was almost a failure—was very

thin, short and yellow.



All the seed was inoculated with

pure culture.



I “experimented with a plat of sweet

clover in exactly the same way, and





with results practically the some as}





the above _

After noting the robults of the, above





 

 

 

 

 





better to have two or three inches of





   

 





 





 





than two tone to the acre. ~ ' '

There are thousands of acres of ’,

plains land in Northern Michigan, and , 7 .

in my opinion, much of it could be 1 _ 3

made to produce abundantly if proper— ' i 1

1y handled and liberally limed. I

In this connection, I might say, how- - ,

ever, that I secured a good catch of ’ ’

Mammoth clover and harvested Mum ' ‘

Mammoth clover and harvested a.

bumper crop ofhay simply by plowing . 4 l

virgin soil, working it' down and sow- . " I

ing the clever seed alone—mo nurse ‘

crop and no lime being used The seed

was inoculated.





Ogemaw Co. Funny Hour.





 





FARM NOTES. '





 





Yellow Sweet Clever.



Have you had'an‘y experience in the

growing of yellow sweet clover If so.

what is it good for, and how much do

you sow to the acre? _ I have about

three acres of heavy sand loam that is

badly run, and I want to sow the crop

to plow under. Is it a good crop for

the purpose, and easy to seed on this - 1

kind of soil? I was thinking of plow- ‘

ing up the ground in the spring and

sowing it to sweet clover and later to

alfalfa. I would like to sow a little

speltz with it as a spring crop. l



Hillsdale Co. 0. S '





The yellow sweet clever is not as



valuable as a forage plant as is the



white sweet clover which is found.in



the wild state in Michigan. It is a. {



much smaller plant, and will'not give



anything like the growth for either. hay l



or pasture 'or for soil improvement



which will be secured from the white



sweet clove1. l

White sweet clover should be sown ' ‘



on a firm seed bed, preferably on



ground that is not spring plowed, eith-



er with a light seeding of springsown



grain or without a nurse crop. It will



require little if any more seed than



other clovers, provided seed of good



germinating quality is secured. There



are a great many soécalled, hard seeds



in sweet clover which do not absorb



moisture readily, afid better results . y



will be secured if the seed is soaked , ' l



over night in warm water before



sowing. '

Like alfalfa, sweet clover requires



soil which contains plenty of, lime for



good-results. If the soil is deficient in



lime, it will ,pay to applysame before . ,'



seeding. The writer has gotten good



stands of sweet clover by. sowing ten





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‘ pounds per acre as above described.

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GROWING BARLEHY.‘ i‘





 





Will Mr. Lillie, or some well inform- ‘i

ed reader, please advise me on grow.

ing barley on river bottom land? This .,

is excellent land, very rich and well 1

drained, and raises a large crop of corn _.K

with the exception that frost catches ,

it. Also, this is loose soil and prac— l

tically clean. Would you advise plow- . . a .

ing or just disclng it up before sowing? '-



Van Buren Co. H. W.





This rich bottom land is splendid for

barley unless the barley is apt to lodge.

Sometimes barley on 1ioh land lodges

badly as the straw is not apt to be

quite as stiff as oats, and yet cats on

such land are quite liable to lodge also

and when they .do it is expensive har-

vesting. On rich bottom land this fault

of lodging can be remedied somewhat

by not sowing the grain too thick.

This will give the plants a ”chance to

grow a little more sturdlly and they

will be less liable to lodge. .

p I don’t think it necessary to plow

this land. As a matter of fact, I would

prefer to disc it as you suggest. It is





 

 

 

 





soil finely pulverized and the subsoil

somewhat compact than to have it

loosened ,too deeply. Of course, if you ,

will plow it and go to the expense of

rollingandpackmgyoubansetagood

seedbo'dbut itismorp cannons IA: ‘
By DR. G.

Plant Patholo





EXT to fighting forces, the Wheat

N crop is the vital thing in this



war. Anything which mena‘ce's

it menaces Our iiberty. ‘ Yet we. have

passively stood by while a parasite has

stolen," year inand year out, from our

wheat crop—sometimes five per cent,

then sometimes twenty- -five per cent.

Anyone who has followed the prices of

wheat knoWs what the quotations show

when the reports begin to mention the

stem rust on the wheat of the Dakotas.

Nor is the loss limited to far-off states.

'Last season Clinton county reported a

loss of fifteen per cent of its wheat

crop on account of rust. The light,

shriveled kernels which . the rusted

plants produce are well knowu to ev-

ery farmer and miller. Michigan used

to grow spring wheat. In a'year like

this, such a crdp would be a very great

asset to replace the winter wheat that

has failed. But the old folks can tell

you that rust drove spring wheat out

of cultivation in Michigan, and farm-

ers in general feel that spring wheat is

unsafe in Michigan.



The time is ripe to Wage War upOn

this parasite: which ruthlessly, when-

ever the weather favors it, attacks our

wheat ‘ and shortens " the'bf'ead supply

of Our fighting ferc'es. _ .



To tighten enemy of any kind, we

/, must know 'his 'method, his places of

hiding, his equipment, in short we must

learn to knoW' this rust parasite as we

have had to learn' to knew the German.



Life History of Rust.





1’ The stem rust is a microscopic plant

which steals its living not alone from

Wheat, but‘from oats, rye, barley, and

other grasses Upon these plants it

develops in two ‘distinct forms—“Red

Rust” stage and .“Black Rust” stage.



The red lust appears first and pro-

duces on the plant a reddish, rusty ap-

pearance, accompanied by breaking

and cracking of the epidermis. Walk

through a rusted field, and your clothes

will become dusted With a red powder.

This powud'er is made up of the minute

seed- like bodies, the sp‘01 es of the rust.

The spares KN the power of spread-

ing'the rust and wherever one is car-

ried by the wind to a wheat plant, for

example, there", if the conditions for

growth-are favorable another rust spot

develops.- Over'an'd'vover again this

story is repeated as the grain is grow-

ing. After a timethe red rust stage is

replaced by the black rust stage by

the development in the red rust spots

of black spores. These black spores

are hardVyvalled and slow to germinate

and they serve to carry the rust:over

winter. The faimer, noticing the rust-

ed g1ain, sees black lines or streaks on

the stems and leaves.



A Peculiar Cycle.



Now comes the most enrio'us part of

the whole rust story. The black rust

spore lives over Winter on the stubble

and in the spring sprouts, producing a

Second set of spores". These spores are

powerless to attack the wheat or other

grasses.

Capable of obtaining food from is the

barberry, the plant made famous in the

nursery rhyme. ' On this plant the





Wheat ruSt makes a yellow_.s.pot, and like a gooseberry. This plant is the

later develops another typeof fruiting Japanese barberry and has nothing to

bedyl' This "fruiting body is-a minute do w1tfi' the stem rust.





cup, filled to the' brim with spores.

These spores do not reinfect the bar-





berry, but infect only the wheat sor’..large-tooth,ed leaves and clusters of

The wind blows ',thei11 red berries arranged on their stems as.





other grasses.





to the grasses, where they grow and ‘in the currant.

. penetrate. The. red rust 'stage is thus decorative veins and is a plant which

started, and extensive rusting may de- can easily be replaced in any land-

velop from' a single spore blown from scape gardener’s scheme.

' illustration on page three of this issue

' , It is seen then, that this parasite is and you will be able to recognize it.





the barberry.





a peculiar one « The spores from the-





black 31'us't stage serve to Carry over ing made in the gr'eat wheat states to

-. the rust from the wheat to this 01118; get this enemy to the wheat Crop ex-



‘ (9); shrub and; there another. terminated

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The-Stem Rust of Wheat





years ago it passed a law against the





The only plant that they are low shrub, very popular for setting out





H. COONS

gist, M. A. C.





kind of spore carries the thief back

again to the wheat plant.



One little complication needs be

mentioned.

that the spores of red rust stage live

over winter. These, borne on wheat,

have the power of attacking wheat

over and over again. No one knows

how important these spores are, but

observations in the great wheat states

of the west, and observations in Michi-

gan seem to indicate that the red ‘rust





is not the important means of winter: ’





ing o_f the stem rust. . . .

Checkmate the Rust Spores.





Of course; the botanist has seized

upon=this life history and named every

part with a long Latin name, but the

practical man grasps the point when

he is told-that both the wheat and bar-

berry harbor the same pest and the

pest works alternately between them.



It is clear, then, that one of the best

ways to Checkmate this rust which

must needs work back and forth on the

wheat and barberry, is to destroy the

barberry plant. In fact,-it is the pur—

pose of this article to suggest that

Michigan could make a great contribu-

tion to the war if it would root out ev-

ery barberry plant in its borders. You

may think this is something new, but

the old philosopher said there is noth-

ing new underthe sun. In 1760 the

farmers of the Massachusetts colony





knew of the evil effect (If the barberry .‘

. in blasting the wheat, and passed a. ‘

drastic law, which, like many others,





became a dead letter. Nearly a hun-

dred years elapsed before a scientist

worked out the life story of the stem

rust and thus explained the particular

significance of the barberry to wheat.





Some Object Lessons.





There is good reason to believe that

the barberry bush is a center of infec-

tion which reSults in wet seasons, dis-

astrously to our wheat crop. The bar-

berrygbush, except for its trifling value

as an 01 nament is of no economic im-

portance in Michigan. We could doubt-

less prevent enormous loss to our

Wheatif we would rid ourselves of this

useless ornament.

had great epidemics of stem rust of

wheat every three or four years. Ten





barberry and exterminated it. The

Danish farmers pulled and cut by

stealth the barberries of the rich men’s

flower gardens. Since the extelmina-

tion of the barberry, stem rust of

wheat has ceased to be a factor Caus-

ing loss. Epidemics no longer occur.



Nor is the example in the United

States lacking. Two years ago North

Dakota passed abarberry law and ap-

pointed a commission to lead in the ex-

termination. Public. sentiment was

aroused and in one week 4,000 barber-

ry bushes came out. The lesson for

Michigan is clear. \



The average man has never seen a

barberry bush to know it, or if he does

know the barberry he thinks of the





around formations, which has small

spoOn- shaped leaves and bears small

red berries which hang, one in a place,





The dangerous plant is the high bush





barberry, a "thorny plant which has





This plant has slight





Just now a determined effort is be-





 





There is the possibility. vi,“





increase the product of labor.





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HELP the HELP





The Year Book of the Department

of Agricolture contains this statement: ,

“There is no question of the general

value of commercial fertilizers in farmV

practice. The farmer Vvho wisely and

systematically applies commercial fer-

tilizer to his fields will raise larger and

better crops than his neighbor who, With

similar conditions of soil, climate and

rotations, and equal industry applied? to

cultivation, does not use fertilize-18."? »





This is another way of saying. that a

day’s labor on fertilized land will prodhcc

more than a day’s labor on unfertilized.

land; and that for this reason fertilizer is

a good weapon against the high cost of





labor. The hired man is costing you-w





more- Make him produce more by put- is ‘1’

ting him to work on well- fertilized land. ' ' ‘





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They—arc

crop produCers. They are land builders.

They .add to the richness of the soil

through the plant food they contain and .

in the greater amount of humus they-

leave 1n the soil.





Try them this year,-—but order quickly, fer

the demand 18 large and the extra work placed -

on the railroads 18 making most serious delays.

Consult our nearest local agent or write us direct. ‘





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You will read it and say “That’ s sol Why

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fertilizers you are probably making money with

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Acid





When you consider acidity, think

of lemon juice, strong vinegar, muti-

atic acid or oil of vitriol. But think

further—Can you imagine the thou-

sands of bacteria of growth so neces-

sary to plant life flourishing in a soil



saturated with these acids? Unques-

tionably not, for the BACTERIA

SINIPLY WON’T LIVE.





Acidity develops in the soil on your

farm in one or all of three ways:





 

   

   

   

 





 

 





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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ments from which the soil has decomposed

were acid or of an acid-producing nature.





2nd—Rotting leaves and grasses, to the

yearly influence of which your soil was sub-

jected hundreds of years before put under

cultivation, have made the soil sour—for

rotfim vegetable matter produces acid just

as silage becomes sour when it decomposes.





Std—The turning under of green and

stable manures,in order to supply necessary

plant foods, continually produces sour soil

thru its decompodtion. Poor drainage often

aids this acid-producing process, but careful

cultivation and rotation delays the process.



Th Foundation of Fert111ty

No and can produce its maximum if

it is even slightly acid.





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is the cheapest most readily obtainable

stimulant on the market.





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More seeds were planted last year

than ever before and 1: 1.111y thou~

sands of families enjoyed fresh

vegetables from the garden for the

first time.





The year 1918 Will see a still greater

numbel who will grow their own

Flow:er and Vegetables and will

profit by theirb experience and





plant only Quality Seeds.





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' formulate definite standards.





trdtloh to recognise the evil 11d ask

the patriotic people of the cbhntry to

pull out this worthless and dangerous

plant



A campaign of education isneeessary

'to acquaint the people with the facts,

to let them know the soxt of alien en-

emy they have been harboringjn their

parks and yards.

guine enough to think that this move

is going to solve completely the wheat

rust problem, but those who are best





H to four main divisions, which are



pornology, vegetable gardening,

floriculture' and landscape . gardening.

The last two named will, no doubt,

have no particular stress laid upon

them during the war, since they are





sities and they contribute but very lit-

tle toward the needs of a war-stricken

country. VVar-time horticulture will

concern itself largely with matters per-

taining to the orchard or‘ garden. This

reasoning was ennunciated by Profes-

sor C. G. Woodbury, director of the In-

diana Experiment Station while speak-

ing before a" body '01’ state extension

workers.



Community Standards Essential.



Professor VVoodbury called attention

to the obvious fact that the production

of quality fruit is one of the best ways

of eliminating waste. The waste ap-

ples found in a hundred-acre orchard

that has been tended, sprayed and cov-

er cropped properly are not as many

.as can be found in a one-acre orchard

that has been neglected. In many com-

munities, the proper method of caring

for orchard trees has spread from a

single individual who has conducted

his orchard along right lines. Is not

an uncommon thing for the small farm

orchazd to produce a gioss return of

flOlll $200 to $270 per acre.



Unless one. has thought about the

matte1 p1 ev1ous1y, the setting 01 a com

standard seems to be a rather

intangible something that may be pos-

sible but has never been put into poor-

ation. Thisis a lung way from the

truth. ._ In fact, the standard of any

article is made valuable through its

adoption by a group of some sort. The

fruit that is put out by the California

Fruit Growers’ Emmange, is highly

salable, not because of the excellence

of the fruit itself but; rather because





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7 the growers have set up definite stan-





dards.

Similarly, a neighborhood in the west

has established a reputation for musk-

melons not because their melons are

any better than the ones that, are

grown at home, but because the indi-

viduals in that. community have adher-

ed strictly to the standard set up by

the community.

Another community in Maine, Aris—

took county, has established a stan-

dard for potatoes and forthwith the

county became famous and all the

earth looks to Aristook county to fur-

11ish it with seed potatoes.

Neighborhoods where fruit does well

and can be, grown in competition with

real fruit growing sections owe it to

their prosperity to get together and

After a

standard has been well considered and

adopted, any individual who goes, con-

trary to the standard ought to be mov—

ed out of the county free of charge.

Significance of War Gardens.

“The war garden has been a great

social as well as economic influence,”

commented the professor.~ “When the

talk was first started, I will confess

that I. did not take much stock in it for

I felt that the products of these war

gardens Would not contiibute any very





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I want to take this means of ac-

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the opportunity to do something, not

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Some Phases of War-Time Horticulture

By 1.]. MATHEWS





ORTICULTURE is subdivided in:





factory laborers have made a mighty

dent in the conflict against Kaiserism.

“A result that should not be lost

sight of is even more striking The

social importance can not be overes:

timated. Last spring, many city dwell-

ers‘ seemed of the opinion that the

farmer was rapidly accumulating enor-

mous wealth. They believed that after

the seed was planted, the gardener

could wait for the cabbage heads to

mature, the’ potatoes to ripen and the

tomatoes to redden. Now they have,

as well as a. few bushels of produce, a

better appreciation of the problems of

production and of the farmer. They

have learned that pests must be fought.

that weeds must be eliminated and

that all is not clear gold that gleams.

Moreover, this influence has had a

great deal to do with the promotion of

better feeling between urban and rural

people."





Utilization of Wastes.



More. and more, the by-products of

the orchard and garden must b utiliz-

ed. No man can lay claim to-jgenuine'

patriotism 'who allows apples to rot‘

under his orchard trees when they can

be turned into valuable vinegar or-

more valuable apple butters which may

be used at home, thus liberating more

concentrated foods to be sent to our

representatives in khaki



Professor Woodbury cited a case in

Indiana where an orchard had not

been cared for. ’W'hen a market was

being sought for these cull apples, the

state market director was called on for

help. They soon disposed of the total

yield of 4,550 bushels at $2,000. Atten-

tion was called ’to‘ the fact that if an

expenditure of ten cents a bushel had

been madefor sprays and spraying, the

price would have been near $10,000 for

the same number of bushels.



The small home orchard has been

heretofore the subject of much neg-

lect. In the case of one small home

orchard of less than a half acre, about

$20 was spent for spraying tools and

about $15 for spray materials. In the

orchard were nine Grimes Golden trees

and this year (first year of spraying)

the apples yielded b ythese nine trees

brought the owner $156. The total in-

come from this small orchard would

pay for proper treatment many years

in advance.



The Needs of the Hoar.



The especial needs of the hour are

for definite planting tables, including

the distances the various vegetables

should be apart. This year, such in:

formation was lacking and this lack

took on different aspects. In one case,

the rows of peas might be three or four

feet apart while not more than ten

rods over, in another garden the pota-

toes were planted in rows 3. foot apart.

Detailed information should be sup-

plied before another garden season

draws on.



A“ definite cropping system for the

garden should be prepared. This year,

about Christmas time, people began to

want to plant tomatoes. one gardener ,

told me that he sold a number of thou;

sand plants in February. He told the,

folks that it was still too cold for topic-l '

toes but they insisted on getting“ ' '-

plants and so he let th " ‘



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Michigan Maple Sugar Makers’ Association





EW maple Sugar makers of Michi-



F gan realize, we believe, that there



is a state organization of the

above name in existence, nor do they

comprehend the objects of the same or

the benefits which arise to members of

such an association.



During the early months of 1917 this

association was formed. The first

meeting was held at the, Agricultural

College during the Farmers’ Week. At

that time the formalities of organiza-

tion were completed and officers elect-

ed. The second annual meeting will

be held at the Agricultural College dur-

ing the week of March 4-7 when the

Farmers’ Extension Week meetings

are in progress. .



At that first meeting a great deal of

enthusiasm was expressed over the

possible benefits to be accomplished.

Nor were expectations disappointed.

'During the year the membership has

benefited from the following results: ‘



1. Standardization of the product.

Three grades of syrup were made and

sold under label.



2. A standard label was adopted

which placed the product of all mem-

bers upon a dignified and reliable

basis. ,



3. A scale of prices were approved

which, more than anything else, effect-

ed a splendid adjustment of values.

Each grade was given a certain value,

which is accepted by the manufactur-

ing members as just and fair.



4. The individual members market

their product as they see fit either 10-

cally or through the regular channels.

Last season the association acted as

clearing house between consumer and

the members of the association, with

the result that the requests for syrup

far exceeded‘the available supply. The

fact that the association stood between

the maker and the consumer gave ad-

ded confidence to both.



5. The association acted as purchas-

ing agent for its members. A uniform

container and a standard label re-

sulted.



6. A change is being introduced

which will result in a further popular-

izing of the product through the retail

channels. Smaller containers in at—

tractive shapes and sizes will soon find

their way into the trade.



Need for Maple Syrup.



Particularly fitting and proper at

this time is the launching of a project

which will produce a needed sweet in



greater abundance.



Sugar is being withdrawn from the

local markets—for use of the armies in

preparation and abroad.



It then becomes a patriotic duty of

every sugar bush owner to produce ev-

ery pound of syrup or sugar he possi-

bly can during this'crisis. Combined

with this duty will be the very agree-

able return which will result from the

labor for the sale of the syrup or sugar,

for there can be no such thing as an

over—production of maple products dur-





secretary when they may be requested

for test or check grading.

Prices.



The prices for the various grades of

syrup for the 1918 season will be work-

ed out on an equitable basis by the

membership at the annual meeting in

March.



If more convenient to see the county

agricultural agent of the county in

which you live, he will be glad to take

your application for membership, and

to assist you.



For necessary details concerning:



(a) Equipment, evaporator, etc.



(b) Instructions for making.



(c) Prices of product and costs of

marketing.



(d) Miscellaneous information,

Write to the secretary, who will ex-

tend all the aid possible to those who

really desire to “Do their All” in pro-

ducing maple products.



F. H. SANFORD, Sec’y.





 





TREE-VACCINATION WORTHLESS

FOR SCALE. ’





Claims that the insertion of a white

capsule and a brown capsule, contain-

ing potassium cyanide and other sub—

stances, in the bark of fruit trees will

kill scale on the trees, led to a fine of

$100 in the federal courts upon the

makers of the “Fertilizing Scale Treat-

ment,” who pleaded guilty to, the

charge of misbranding and adultera-

tion.



The department tested these cap-

sules for several years on fruit trees to

determine whether their use had any

deterrent effect on scale and whether

the material also actually fertilized the

trees as asserted by the makers. The

department found that the capsules did

not kill the scale and did not fertilize

the trees, but on the contrary, injured

the tree, causing large cankers through

which rot fungi may enter and finally

destroy the tree. The department’s

tests Were further supplemented and

confirmed by the scientists of the de-

partment who visited many orchards in

Maryland and Pennsylvania and stud-

ied the trees which had been treated

by the agents of the company.



The “Fertilizing Scale Treatment”

has been advertised and sold also as

a remedy for other insects and for var-

ious tree diseases. Department spe-

cialists fail to find any reason to be—

lieve that the potassium cyanide and

other substances inserted in trees in

capsules have any value Whatever. in

controlling plant pests.





 





FRUIT NOTES.





 





Orchards properly sprayed and well

managed have yielded anywhere from

$100 up to several hundred dollars per

acre, net. Neglected orchards in the

same neighborhood have yielded any-

where from nothing up to $18 to $20

per acre, hardly enough to pay interest

on the valuation of the land and the ex-

pense of growing the orchard.



Some orchardists have hesitated to

assume the expense of equipping for

spraying, and of employing the labor

necessary to properly prune the or-

chard. There is a fear that should/ the

crop fail the orchardist would not

be in position to pay for his spraying

outfit and his spraying material.





Every owner of a sugar bush or

wood-lot containing two hundred and

fifty, or more, hard maple trees of

twelve inches or more in diameter

should apply for membership to this

association and begin to plan on mak-

ing maple syrup this spring. The sea-

son is not far distant, there is plenty

of time to get ready if one acts at

once.



How to Join _the Association.



Write to the secretary of the Maple

Sugar Makers’ Association, enclosing

the annual dues of one dollar, with re-

quest for membership stating your wil—

lingness to conform to the require-

ments of the association as regards:

1-,- grades .‘of syrup and sugar; 2





 





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Better results are usually secured

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is done promptly and it saves labor.





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T is with the keenest feeling of so-

I Imitation that I bring this message



to you. Your state association has

exerted itself to, the utmost in the past

for certain principles. Not in a single

instance has your association striven

for a price only, but everywhere and at

all times we have been contending for

that principle which must be the basis,

the foundation for every stabilized bus-

iness industry. We have contended

that the business of manufacturing or





. producing liquid milk, and this is a





manufacturing process, should receive

the same consideration in the business

world that the manufacture 'of every

other product receives. We have and

do still contend that the only thing





that can stabilize this industry is to,





demand and receive for this product a

price that equals the cost of production

plus a small profit. No other business

can long exist unless it has beneath it

this irrevocable business principle. Had

milk production in Michigan been re-

duced to the same business basis, so

that there would have been no milk

produced except by paid labor and with

adequate incbme for capital invested,

the production of this indispensable

food product would have been so far

reduced in the years past as to aflect

the size, the minds and the potential-

ities of the American people. This

would have been one of the worst cal-

amities that could have come to this

nation. All of this is conceded and

emphasized by the. best medical and

scientific authority of today.





Johns Hopkins and some of the oth-

er great universities of the country are

making a special investigation con-

cerning not only the food value of the

dairy product, but also concerning the

special quality that it possesses which

is the most active of all healing agents

for broken down or injured tissues of

the human body. Milk is the only in-

dispensable food product. ,There is

some substitute for every other food

product but no substitute for milk to

the growing child. There is no other

food product that contains all the ele~

ments necessary for the growth and

development of a normal human body.





In our struggle to stabilize this in-

dustry we have had the most helpful

cooperation ofevery agency to which

we have applied. Our Michigan Agri-

cultural College has given to us and

to the world a most important service

in getting us down to the basic princi-

ple of ,all manufacturing projects,

namely, cost of production, and we no

longer need to grope in the dark for

We know today as we never

have before, what it costs to produce

milk. Those splendid and patriotic cit-

izens composing the Michigan Milk

Commission and the Detroit. Area Milk

Commission have given of their time

and thought to assist us to stabilize

this business by helping us to estab:

lish a price for the product that equals

cost of production plus .a profit. These

very important steps have been taken

in laying the foundation for your busi—

ness but this is not all that must be

done. It matters but little how much





you know about your own cost, and the

price youcanobtain if this other and





greater element is ignored, namely,

public. demand- If there is not a suffi-

cient demand for your product to stim-

ulate output, then a surplus and a glut

of milkiwin follow that will unstabilize

the entire industry, and here is our

next problem. . This is the wdrk that

lies before us now. We must be build-

ers. Wemust do constructive and’not.





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the manufacturer of milk in Michigan





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distributors and manufacturers, and the

people of some of the condensaries

have signified a willingness to‘cooper-

ate with us in this heroic and patriotic

service. What will it mean to America

if we, by our united effort in giving to

humanity this indispensable food pro-

duct, cause to be strengthened our men-

tal, moral and physical manhood. We

can hardly do a more patriotic service

than this, but the producer should take

the initiative. We must be the path

finders. We must blaze the trail in this

great pioneer service.





The press of the country is anxious

to cooperate with us in this. Your sec-

retary has talked with many publish-

ers and they are ready to do more than

their share in this great work. To ac~

complish such work we must use the

newspapers. We must carry paid ad~

vertisements. In this way alone can

we increase the consumption to meet

the needs of the growing manhood.

One or a few milk producers cannot





accomplish this, but by united effort,





each one doing his bit, we can raise a

sufficient sum to enable us to do con-

structive pioneer work with profit to

ourselves and blessing to the world.

We are not asking you for a single

dollar in advance, for it is conceded by

the very best authority, by men with

broad vision, that the work of 'the

Michigan Milk Producers’ Association

has resulted' in SO. raising the profits

of your business to a level with other

business industries so that you now ob-

tain cost of production plus a small

profit, and that the average income of

all the cows in Michigan has been in-

creased more than forty dollars per

cow per year as a. result of this organ.

ized effort.



That the stabilizing of this industry

will greatly increase production is also

conceded. Now we must increase con-

sumption or there will be an overpro-

duction which will demoralize the in-

dustry, and you will lose what has been

gained. Your stale association is al-

ready takiiig up this work. We are

entering the field and planning the

campaign, and we call‘upon you who

are most .vitally interested, not for all

you have gained in the last year, forty

dollars per cow, but we appeal to your

manhood, your patriotism and your

fairmindedness. We appeal to you

members of Farmers’ Clubs, the Glean-

ers and the Grange, and to all who

would be in any community a dynamic

forcefor the molding of public opinion.

We appeal to you to take up the slo-

gan of the Michigan Milk Producers'

Association, education, legislation and

cooperation, and urge your people to

join us in this educational campaign.



, Funds.



By vote of the delegates at the last

annual meeting of the asso‘ciation, the

membership fee was fixed at one dollar

for the state association and whatever

you choose for your local dues. For-

ward your funds promptly. There is

a. large» amount-of funds remaining in

No one

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and get your receipt and letvyour mem-

bers. know about. it. In some sections

the milk producers are forwarding One-

half cent for every hundred pounds of

milk sold. We hope to see this become

the practiceover the state in future. ‘



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teresting experience in selling peaches

last year. The Early Blakes ripened.

so rapidly that about seventy-five bush-

els were too soft for shipment before

they could be picked. The owner of

the orchard suggested to the young

man who ran the business for him that

he sell the peaches at the local village,

where the housewives bought soft

peaches at twenty-five cents per bush-

el. This, however, did not seem the

best move under the circumstances,

and the young man resolved to try a





different selling plan.



The peaches were loaded onto a

wagon, and an extra man hired for a

trip to an interior town where peaches

were not grown. Some of the fruit

was sold to farmers along the road, as

the home town was left farther and

farther away. When the destination

was reached, a crowd of boys was seen

on the village four corners. The ama-

teur salesman now showed his tactful-

ness. Selecting a half bushel of sam-

ple peaches, he placed them in reach

of the crowd, and invited them to help

themselves. Each boy grabbed two or

three peaches, and many of them ran

for home, returning soon with the mes-

sage, “Say, Mister, my ma wants to

buy a bushel of those peaches!”



One sale made another, and the bulk

of the load was sold in this one village,

a day’s haul from the shipping point

where peaches were a glut on the mar-

ket. One housewife took a bushel, and

later her husband met the salesman on

the street, and unwittingly ordered a

bushel and a half more. \Vhen the

house was pointed out, on receiving di-

rections for delivering, the peach ped-

dler explained that he had already sold

a bushel there. “No matter,” said the

husband, “we will take another bushel

and a half.” Other sales covered or-

ders for a peck, or ten cents worth,

and in these cases generous measure

was given. The price quoted was $1.50

a bushel, but the proceeds from the

miscellaneous sales figured a cash re-

turn at the rate of $1.40 per bushel.



The salary of the extra man was

$1.75. It will thus be seen that the

venture was highly successful. To be

sure, such a selling place has its limi-

tations, but where the conditions are

favorable, and the product to be mar-

keted is not too excessive in amount,

the direct marketing of a perishable

crop to a town not supplied with the

commodity is worth considering.



The plan for selling cherries, peach-

es, plums, etc., to farmers in interior

towns who do not produce these goods

on their own farms, and who do not

find anything but oranges and lemons

on sale in their local stores, will be

carried out more extensivmv this year

by this same amateur salesman. He is

planning to drive away for a week dur-

ing the time when friut is selling at a

sacrifice, or rotting on the trees for

lack of a market. He will have his

fruit picked and shipped by rail to sue-

cessive villages along the line, and

market the perishables at favorable

prices to farmers along the road, in

much the 'same way as before. The

rail shipments will simply keep him

going from day to day without the

long haul home each night for a fresh





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TO AVOID CAN SHORTAGE.





 





Shortage of tin for commercial pur-

poses threatens to make the dairy in-

dustry more and more dependent on -

the present supply of cans. The Food

Administration recommends that all

shippers of milk and cream locate and

bring into use as soon as possible all

cans along the highways and byways

of traffic and keep them in good 'condi-

tion by thorough drying after washing,

and by careful handling.



Managers of dairy establishments

and shipping stations are asked to dis-

continue the practice of loaning cans.

Experience has shown that loaned cans

as a class are especially subject to

rough treatment and are consequently

short-lived.



Dairymen who ship cream—the Food

Administration suggests—can market

as much butter-fat as formerly in few-

er cans by skimming the cream richer.

Ten_cans 0f 35 per cent ream contain,

for instance, as muc . utter-fat as 17

cans of 20 per cent cream. , The richer

cream leaves more skim-milk on the

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T is now approaching the time

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perience of the last few years in re-

gard to peach leaf curl, it would be

well to determine the necessary meas-

urs to take to keep this disease down

as much as possible. Perhaps a brief

description would make the control

measures clear.



Peach leaf curl is a disease which

manifests itself early in the year on

the new leaves. The symptoms are

very.plain and well known. Most of

the damage, however,

distortion and early fall of the leaves.





Although this will seldom cause the.





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be the most susceptible. As to the

amount of loss, Pierce says that the

annual loss in the United States from

this disease is about $3,000,000-

is caused to the greatest extent by the

loss of vigor due to shedding of leaves,

and also to the weakened conditions

for going into winter. This last condi-

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thought in many cases it is found on

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the spring. Failure to do this very

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all inability to control this disease in

the past. If once the bud scales begin

to open, it, is then ‘too late, as the





fungus spores will have germinated





and will already be in the new leaves

which are ready to unfold.



As to the kind of spray to use, either

Bordeaux mixture or winter—strength

lime-sulphur will do the~work efficient-

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tages to the use of Bordeaux mixture,

viz.: (1) copper sulphate is a costly

material at the present time-and (2)

Bordeaux mixture will not control the

San Jose scale, when this insect is

present. For these reasons, concen-

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WAR-TIME PHASES OF HORTICULs

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(Continued, from page 134).

many gardeners to plant many of the

early spring sorts of vegetables. They

load up heavy on lettuce and radishes I

and then when it comes time to put in

the real staples, they are tempted to

leave the lettuce and radishes 'in the

ground, thereby curtailing the space

that can be used for crops that will

materialize. ‘ V



Methods of storage ought to be con-

veyed to those who have stuff to store.

They should learn that potatoes and

cabbages can be safely pitted, they '

ought to know that squashes, pumpkins

and sweet potatoes should be kept 'in

a dry room while beets, carrots and ap-

ples may be stored in a cool, damp

storage room.



In summarizing, Professor Woodbury

noted again the social phase of the war

gardens, called attention to the needs

of the hour along storage and cropping

lines and mentioned the fact that the

surest way to end the war is straight

ahead, not forgetting that “an army

fights on its stomach” and that cull ap‘

ples with attendant fresh meat do not

make first class munitions of war. All

wastes should be utilized. Even the

rotten apples should be saved for the

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Indiana. I. J. MATHEWS. .



Begin at the top in pruning a tree

to secure a low, broad-spreading

branching system, with open center, to

admit Sunlight and air from above. Do

not remove strong lower limbs if they

can be given sufficient light f1om

above. Aim to secure. bearing branches

throughout the main body of the tree.

If the tree is shaded by too much

growth at the top, the inner and lower

twigs will weaken and die instead of

bearing fruit.





PROGRAM OF STATE HORTICUL-

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The mid-Winter meeting of the Mich-

igan State Horticultural Society will be

held at South Haven, February 56. As

indicated. 'by the program below, the

meetings will be of great value to the

practical fruit grower.



Because of the unusual conditions

which prevail, the fruit grower should

avail himself of all sources of informa-

tion. Don’t forget to attend this meet-

ing if interested in fruit growing.



Tuesday Morning, 10:00.



Address of welcome, Jas. E. Chand-

ler, City Attorney, South Haven.



“Orchard Fertilization,” W. C. Eek—

ard, Assistant County Agent, Van Bun

en County.



“Pruning,” Prof. C. P. Halligan, M._





Probably the greatest drawback to A C.





early, and hence efficient spraying, is

that of muddy orchards. Often when

it is the ideal time for spraying, the

season is too ea1 ly to draw a spraying

outfit through the orchard, owing to

the deep mud. There seems to be just

one way to overcome the condition cit-

ed above. Fall spraying will accom-

plish the desired results, but is unfav-

orable in that pruning will take place

after the spraying in most cases. In





. New York and Ontario where spraying; '





experiments of this kind have been

conducted, it has been proved that curl

leaf spraying has been just as effective

in the taller mild days of December as

in the early Spring, especially as the

treatment for the San Jose scale is





9 practically as effective at that time;-

' Howeyer, in most cases it will be found





more opportune to do the spraying in





the spring.





If fruit growers will continually- bear

bear in mind the nature of this leaf





‘ curl disease and realize that it is easy ,





to control completely, ifonly the prop-





Tuesday Afternoon, 1:30.





Question box, in charge of H. A Lur-

kins, County Agent Berrien County.



“Michigan Orchard Laws and their

Enforcement ” L. R. Taft, East Lan-

sing



“Control of Orchard Aphids,” S. L.

Simonton, Department of Agriculture,

Washington, D. C.



. Tuesday Evening, 8:00.



Patriotic address, “Our War," Ex-

Governor Chase S. Osborn, Sault Ste.

Marie.



Music will be; furnished by the South ,

Haven High SchoOl Orchestra.

Wednesday Forenoon, 10: 00.



Question box.



“Apples for Michigan,” R. J. Coryell,

Birmingham. --



“The Labor Situation for 1918, " A. B.

Cook, Owosso, Federal State Farm La-

bor Specialist.



‘ Wednesday Afternoon, 1: 30.



“Making Use of the School Boy,” E.

-V~. Root, Paw Paw, County Commission-.

er of Schools.



“The Canning Factory and its Rela-

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Michigan,” George Friday, Coloma. , ‘

“Pea-rs for Michigan.” Chas. A. Pr:

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to dairying by virtue of the cold

weather do not make any very greatly

different methods necessary. However-

the long cold spell which new embrac-





Yes the whole countryvcsrrics with it

such extremes that dairying must be





changed to correspond. No longer is





: it possible to leave cows out for a spell

lot eXercise during the middle of the

day, no more can the water be sulfi-

ciently heated in an hour during the

. morning, and there is a great tendency

' to close the barn up too tightly at the

, expense of not providing suflicient





fresh air so that the coWS can burn up

the food they are given.



Outofiboor Exposure Dangerous-



Under ordinary conditions, the cattle

can usually be allowed four or five

hours a day out in the yards or run-

Bitter

cold, however, makes this a dangerous

practice. Ill the last few weeks, some

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Although a General Farmer, Mr. (3. A.

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ed and a number of frozen ears have

been observed. This winter will make

more earless and tailless cattle than

has been caused by the cold weather

in all ten years before it. .



This winter it is wise to avoid turn-

ing out those cows whose tails are wet

through soaking in the liquid of the

gutter. This is causing some trouble

hereabouts since the moisture freezes

so rapidly with the consequent result

that the tail as well is frozen.



Much of the heat that is given off by

the digestion of the food supplied is

wasted when the dairy. cow is kept too

long out in the cold. The real purpose

of turning the cows out is to give them

water and exercise and where water is

supplied in drinking cups, the out-door

time merely means the. plying of

exercise. The remarks “he owner

about some dairy barns would lead one

to believe that the cows are turned out

so that the labor of cleaning the sta‘

bles may be lessened. This is not a

good reason for it is much cheaper to





 





STABILIZING THE, MILK INDUS-

TRY.

(Continued from page 136).

the press anything else, but you, the

milk producers of Michigan, have been

given space in .the papers of the state

worth many hundreds of dollars in the

last eighteen months. It is up to us

now to move forward. All that has

been accomplished in recent months

will be lost unless we move forward

into the next trench and occupy new

positions. We must advertise the food

value of milk. Every man who owns

a cow in Michigan should be a member

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plied .by the number of cows in'tbe_

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ana Water Cheapest.



The water must be warmed either in-

side the cow or outside. If the water

is warmed inside the cow, the fuel is

the feed we give her, while if the wa-

ter is warmed outside, it is done with

coal or wood. Wood and fuels are high

in price and so is feed, but as a water

warmer, wood and coal are muéh

cheaper than is feed under present

conditions.



it is not only a. matter of economy

of resources but often a matter of

health with the cow. Serious results

often follow when cows are allowed to

fill up on feed and then go to the tank

and drink several gallons of ice cold

water. Of course, care should be tak-





 





Bullock, of Lapeer County, Finds .Econ—





en that the tank heater does not en—

danger 'the rest of the buildings. but

the tank heater is a mighty essential

dairy adjunct this cold weather and

should be kept going enough to keep

the ice out of the tank. In some cases

it is desirable to drive a long post into

the ground beside the tank and connect

up three or four lengths of stove pipe

with the tank heater. This not only

protects the buildings but it givesad-

ded draft to the heaters—a teaturo

which is quite essential on many

mornings. ‘

Fresh Air Necessary.



Through all the cold weather, it is

well to keep ever in mind the fact that

the animal body is like a. stove. In or-

der to burn and give off heat, the stove

requires both fuel and’fresh air con<

mining oxygen. Withhold the fuel and

there is no heat; likewise when the

draft is moved,.tbe heat is regulated.

Should the draft be closed, the lire im-

mediately dies down and will even

go out.





Likewise the animal body is but a.

heat machine in which feed, both hay

and grain, is the fuel. Air for burning

with it is taken in through the lungs.

Now the tendency is, during these cold

nights, to close the barns or sheds too

tightly thus keeping-nut fresh air.‘ It

is well to remember that not all'warm

air is stole; neither is all cold air

fresh. Any arrangement which allow:

the air to sift gradually or diffuse into

the stable without causing a direct cur—

rent is a good way. " Coarse burlap

nailed 9r tacked over‘ a few openings

will provide sufilcient ventilation and

will, at the same time, «animal; air

which is so vitally essential to the

furthering or the milkig‘iving' function.



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. I am writing to you for a little infor-





mation about a ration for my cows.

At present I am feeding oats and rye.

Itake twobags of oats and one of rye

ground together. I give them..a good

liberal feed of it. They are dorng well

on it. But a dairyman told me the

other day to watch out for the rye, for

it was very bad for the unborn calves.

I want to ask you if there is anythmg

in it? Of course, rye is more expen—

sive than oats, and if it doesn’t help

' the ration any I will feed all oats. I

have no corn and can’t buy any.at

present. I might say that I am feeding

silage and a pound of cottonseed meal

twice a day and corn stover and oat

straw, what they will eat.

Midland Co. , R. W.

Ground rye is not considered a good

dairy ration. In the firstplace, cows

don’t like it any too well; they won’t

eat as full a ration of ground rye as

they will of ground oats, for it isn’t as

palatable. Again, there is some dan-

ger from the cause you mention. Some-

times there is a fungus growth on rye,

“ergot” of rye, which tends to produce

abortion, but that is not. always pres-

ent, only occasionally. We simply run

the risk of something of this sort when

we feed very much rye. However, rye

is quite extensively fed in some of the

countries of Europe as a dairy food or

at least it was before the war, but I

certainly think it would be a. good plan

for you to sell the rye and use ground

oats in place of it, or wheat bran or

I'wheat middlings in its place. I think

it would make a better ration. I think

your cows would do better and, as you

Say, at the present price of rye you can

cheapen the ration some. As you have

no clover hay 1 would suggest that you

use wheat bran to mix with your

ground oats. Mix them about half and

half and then feed enough of this grain

with the two pounds of cottonseed meal

that you are feeding to give each cow

about a. pound of the grain to every

four pounds of milk she produces in

a day.





DAIRY PROSPECTS.





 





l have a. farm and a good herd of

grade Guernsey cows. “'hile they are

good cattle, I find that at. the present

high price of grain, hay and labor, and

on the other hand, the low price that

the government has fixed for butter,

that is 43c per pound, I fail to find any

profit. Moreover, there is no prospect

of grain being any lower for some

time to come, and if the market for

butter should advance in proportion to

the price of grain, hay and labor, many

people would buy and use substitutes

for butter, so after looking the dairy

proposition squarely in the face, 1 have

concluded that I had better let the

dairy cows go and develop a beef herd.

I wish you would take this subject up

for discussion. I would like to know

what the dairymen think about it, and

I would like to find out whether or not

there can be something done so that

the dairy herds would not have to be

sacrificed.



Van Buren Co. J. H. C.



I think J. H. C. is too pessimistic on

the dairy question. It seems to me that

the present price of dairy products will

warrant a man in using the present

high-priced feed and paying for high-

priced labor. The New York price for



~butter is now fifty-two cents a pound

and above.



The only fixing of butter prices by-

the Food Administration is for storage



' creamery butter at New York and Chi-

cago. The price in New York was fix—

ed at forty-seven cents a pound for the

remainder of the season, which ends

about the first of April, and at Chicago

at forty-five and a half cents until Feb-

ruary 1, after which date it will be ad-

vanced a quarter of a cent a pound on

the first and fifteenth of each month

until all creamery butter has been re-



_ . leased from storage. This semi-month-



ly advance is'designated to compensate

for, storage costs. The establishment

of: stable 'iprice‘s‘ for sterage butter at



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country has been done to. prevent spec-

ulators from Obtaining too (wide a mar-

gin of profit on stock that was put in

storage at a" time when butter was

These fig-

ures, therefore, do not refer to current

offerings of butter from creameries or





[cheaper than at present.





dairies.





Milk is selling at condensaries at

$3.00 and $3.25 per cwt. and a man





with good dairy cows I think can make

as much .profit now as he ever could.

The fact is, that a pound of butter to-

day will buy as much or more feed

than it ever did before. One hundred

pounds of milk will buy as much or

more labor than it ever did before.

Dairy products are higher in propor-

tion, it seems to me, than beef. This

last fall and winter beef has been low-

er than it should be cOmpared to hogs

and dairy products. The reason, we

are told, is because the country has

been marketing much of its reserve

cattle stocks owing to the extreme

drought in the great grazing sections

of‘the southwest. I look for a greater

scarcity of_ beef this year and next

year than last.



And so it would seem to me that it

wouldn’t be good judgment for a man

who has a good herd of Guernsey cows

to change from dairy cattle to beef

cattle under the present conditions. It

always has been the history of the mar-

kets that dairy products were the first

to advance in price in good times and

the last to go down when we had the

reverse, and I believe that this will

continue to be the case. Now that beef

prospects are better than ever before

many people are going to do just what

J. H. C.‘ proposes, and change over to

beef, and the probability is that in the

course of two or three years there will

be a scarcity of dairy products and a

surplus of beef, though it may be that

the beef resources of the world have

been so much reduced that this will

not be brought about as soon as usual.

At any rate, I should think this matter





- over carefully before I ruined a good





herd of dairy cows by attempting to

change them into a beef breed. My

idea would be that you had better sell

these cows for what they are worth

now if they are good ones, and’buy

beef cattle rather than to attempt to

change them to a beef type by a proc-

ess of breeding.



With regard to people getting into

the habit of eating butter and dairy

substitutes. There may be something

in this; we can’t tell exactly. The

present high price of butter is driving

many people to eating oleomargarine,

and whether this will continue when

normal times come again, I don’t know,

but the fact is that the world is taking

all the butter that is being produced at

the present time and paying its price,

and why will it not continue I believe

the dairyman is always safer from a

business standpoint than the producer

of beef because he has a more stable

business; it is not so much affected by

adverse condition, and he can produce

food more economically.





CASH VALUE OF CORN SILAGE.





 





How many tons of ensilage will a

silo, 10x36 feet, hold? How much a

ton is good ensilage worth, where it

can be bought and, fed right out of

the silo?



Van Buren Co. C. W. C.





A silo 10x30 would hold about sixty

tons of well settled silage.



It isditficult to state the cash value

of'corn silage. There is no market

for it; you can’t sell it only as you get

a special customer, and so the only

value that one can place upon it is a

comparative value, that is, its food val-





ue compared with other foods.





In analysis, corn silage is more near-





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at the present time, about $29 per ton;

this. would make good corn silage

worth $7.00 or '88.00 per ton, and I

think that‘ I would be willing to pay

that much for-good silage if I had to

buy timothy hay to take its place for

the silage has a value that cannot be

expressed in the analysis. Its sucCu-

lency is worth considerable, especially

where one has no other succulent food.





MOLASSES IN A DAIRY RAriON.





 





 





I would like your advice as to feed-

ing dairy cows for milk with the .fol—

lowing feeds: I have corn silage, mix-

ed hay, molasses and cottonseed meal.

Which would be the better, good wheat

middlings at $40 a ton meets at 750 a

bushel, or would you mix the two? Also

I can get bran for two cents a pound.

I am getting $3 per cwt.. for milk.

I have some oats but I think I want

them for the horses, or would it be bet-

ter to feed them to grade dairy cows

and buy something else, or more oats,

for my work horses in the spring? And

in what proportion would you feed

these feeds?



Calhoun Co. A. W.





Molasses is a highly concentrated,

carbonaceous food, hence would be

classed along with cornmeal so far as

food nutriments are concerned. I have

only fed molasses myself in a very lim-

ited way. Most animals like the sweet

taste and will eat more of a poor qual-

ity of roughage if it is sweetened. For

instance, if a person wanted to feed

considerable straw he- could get the

cattle to eat more straw if he would

dissolve the molasses in water or re-

duce it by adding water and then

sprinkle it on the straw. Molasses is

really a nuisance to feed in a stable;

it sticks all over the mangers and all

over, the animals’ noses, but it can be

fed in a ration to take the place of a.

food rich in carbohydrates with consid-

erable satisfaction if one will put up

with the inconvenience of feeding. I





_would say the best way to feed dairy





cows molasses would be to reduce it

to a. very thin syrup and sprinkle on

the silage or the hay.



I wouldn’t recommend over two

pounds of cottonseed meal per day for

each cow and I would feed this sep‘

arately so that you know just how

much each cow is getting. Wheat mid-

dlings and ground cats are splendid

feeds. You can get along without the

middlings if you have plenty of cats.

W'ith two pounds of cottonseed meal

per day in the ration you need only

ground cats to make a balanced ration

and this would allow you to feed some





molasses but if you wanted to~ feed

wheat middlings there would be no ob-.





jection. I would mix the cats and

middlings, say equal parts by weight,

and feed the same number of pounds

of the mixture as I would of ground

oats. There was a splendid. crop of

cats, taking the whole country into con-

sideration, last year, and probably you

will be able to buy this grain on the

general market any time during the

year although they are pretty high-

priced. If it would bother you to get

oats at any time you could substitute

wheat middlings and the cows will get

along nicely on a feed of wheat mid-

dlings and wheat bran mixed half and

half by weight in place of cats.





Of course, I would feed all the hay





and all the corn silage the cattle would

eat up twice each day. I would sprinkle

a pound of cottonseed meal on the sll-

age. You can have a small dish that

will hold just about a pound and after

the silage is placed in the manger, this

pound of cottonseed meal can be

sprinkled on top of it. This, I think, is

the very best way to feed the cows.

Now, feed them enough ground cats, or

cats and middlings, with the two

pounds of cottonseed meal to make a

pound of‘graiu for every four pounds

of .milk .the cows produce. Perhaps

some of your cows will eat a larger

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SUNFLOWERS FOR ENSILAGE.“





 





I see in the Michigan Farmer where ,

they are making ensilage out 0; sun-

flowers.‘ Do you know anything about

them, and do you think they would be

all right here? If they are all right it

would be quite a boon to this country

if the seed isn’t too high in price. They

will- grow here, as they have been

grown for chicken feed. Our last three

corn crops haven’t been much good;

Fodder is about all we get. Why would

it not. be all right to mix sunflower

seed with ensilage corn and plant it,

that way? Would there be any chance

of getting seed corn in your locality?



Otsego Co. ' J. M. Y





Of course, sunflowers will make en-

ilage. Any plant that grows will make

ensilage if put into a silo when it com ‘

tains the right amount of moisture, or,

if too dry, water can be added so as to

make the right amount of moisture. It

will heat up and ferment sudlciently to

make ensilage so that it will keep al-

most indefinitely in a good silo.



As to the wisdom of growing sun-

flowers for silage. I don’t believe that

it is practical. The corn plant, when

made into silage, does not furnish a

balanced ration. It contains too much

carbohydrates, (fats and sugars), in

proportion to the protein and of course,

if we grow some other crop richer in

protein and put it into the 8110 at the

same time, it will make the mass or

the combination more nearly a balanc-

ed ration. Sunflowers, especially the

seed, are very rich in protein and if

they were grown and run through an

ensilage cutter at the same time as the

corn and mixed in this way it would

make a better quality of ensilage so

far asfood nutriments are concerned

than corn alone. However, there are

other plants that would assist in bal-

ancing up the corn in the same way

that can be grown more economically

than sunflowers. Soy beans, for in-

stance, would balance the ration as

well as sunflowers and could .be grown

and put into the silo, I should think, at

very much less expense. Therefore, I

don’t believe it would be practical for,

one to advise the growing of sunflowers

for silage. If one had a crop of sun-

flowers, it might pay to put them into

the silo in. preference to attempting to

handle them in any other way. I think

one could make a success of growing

soy beans anywhere that sunflowers

could be grown.



Seed Corn.



While a large per cent of the corn in

Michigan did not mature and is not fit

for seed, I think there will be no trou-

ble in finding a sufficient amount of

seed» corn if one goes at it early enough.

Many people who had corn that mag

tured are. saving a large part of the

entire crop for seed, knowing that

there will be a scarcity of this product. .

Because of this very situation almost

every person who will have more seed

corn than he can dispose of in his home

community will be advertising.

watch the advertising columns of this

journal from now on.





FOOD VALUE OF ALSIFE CLOVER.





 





Please tell the value of alsike clover

as feed for dairy cattle.

Montcalm 00. F. E.W.





The food value of alsike clover does

not differ materially from that of red

clover. As a matter or fact, there is

not enough difference in the food value

of the two plants to make any differ-

ence in compounding a. ration: one

would take the place of the other. A1:

slke makes just as good hay when it is

cured under just as favorable condi-

tions. Cattle like it just as well. But

in their growing habits, red clover and .

alsike vary considerable and a farmer.

would take this into consideration. .‘

whether he grew alsike. or red clever,

For lnstsnce..alsik.e will go“ .1 "all ‘

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clover to thrive in Alsike clover

grown alone is much more inclined to

lodge than red clever because it has a

weak or reclining stem. -It is a pretty





good practice to mix some alsike CIO-'





ver' in with some red clover in seeding

down, for on muchof our soil a por-

tion of the field will be more adapted

to .the growth of alsike clover than of

red clover,- conSequently, one is reason-

ably sure of getting a larger yield'of

hay if he mixes them than he would

to grow either one separately. They

do not mature just at the same time,

yet the difference isn’t enoughrto pre-

vent cutting both plants at the same

time without very much lessening in

the value of either as a food. We most

always mix a little alsike clover seed





in with the red clover seed for the rea-





son stat ed above.





 





VARIETY OF sov BEANS FOR SILO.





 





Having read your article in the Mich-





' igan Farmer on soy beans, I would like





to. ask y0u what kind of soy beans you

plant. I planted the Black Mammoth

soy beans with my corn last year but

they were too late to mature. When

the corn was ready for the silo the

beanswere'just beginning to bud. The

vines were four feet tall but no beans

on them. ’I also planted a few of the

Idosans broadcast about three weeks

later. Theyripened all rig-ht and had

plenty of beans on, but the vines are

so-small. Saw two fields last year of

the Idosans in corn and the vines- were

so short that what few the binder cut

off would drop out of the bundle. I

would like to hear what kind of beans

y0u raise as I would like to get some-

thing better if there are any



Gratiot Co. L. S.



You don’t want a variety of .soy

.beans that will» get dead ripe for en-

silage any more than you want to let

com get dead ripe for ensilage. I

would Iather have the soy beans just

nicely in blOssom than to have them so

ripe that the pods would shatter when

you would lose pan of the beans. Yet,

you want to avoid both extremes by us-

ing a medium variety which I have

found better to plant with silage corn

than either a. late 01 an eaily variety.





Last yeai we used the medium yel-

low and itwasquite satisfactory. They

grew to- Quite a. g00d height and. the

pods were nicely filled when the beans

were leady to go into the silo. That

is about the right condition for soy

beans. You don’ t want the beans hard

so they will shell for they won’t be

properly masticated by the cattle.



If'the pods have for-med and par-

tially filled Ifthink theplant contains

as much nutriment as it ever will con-

tain. If you don’t get quite as much

nutriment in the .pod itself this nutri-

ment will. be in the stalk and leaves

and by cutting them early you get all

the nutriment there is in them. One

trouble is, if you let soy beans get too





ripe, thevleaves all fall off and you lose '





them. I would rather have a late vari-

ety just nicely in blossom or in pod to

put into the silo with the corn than to

have an early variety that gets too

ripe. .



There me so many yaiieties of soy

beans that one can hardly recommend

any particular ”one. There are, early,

medium and‘ late varieties of the black





and-yellow kind and I think the 'medi- ,





11111, or even the later variety is best

for silage. -





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. .I.-have corn. fodder, containing con-

siderable soft corn, and hay. My cows

fre'shened last fall. -



Barry co. _ P. Q.





. If you feedcorn fodder, ears and all,

of this .soft corn, to dairy cows, it ,ought

not to be fed when the ear is in, a

frozen condition. If you could run this

corn through 'a cutting-box and leave it

in a large com-pact pile, it would heat

up and thaw out, then it is safe to feed

it, but a cow Will not do well when fed

this frozen com. If you can‘t cut it

and leave it in large quantities so that





‘ it will heat. up you could cut it in small





amounts and put it in a‘ big, tight box





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and pour boiling water over it and





leave it until it has softened and thaw— ,

Thus you can get splendid ‘-





ed out.

results.



There is nothing better to feed in

connection with this as a grain ration

than oil meal 0r cottonSeed meal. If





you have no grain at all and must buy '

all of it, I would feed two pounds of oil -





meal once a day and tWopounds. of cot-

tonseed meal once a day on this steam-

ed corn fodder, and then- give them

what hay they, will eat up clean. I

think this would-make you a splendid

dairy ration and is as cheap a one as

you can get with the present price of

food products.





HOLSTEIN SALE AT EAST LAN-

' SING.





 





The following sales of- Holstein cat-

tle were made at the auction held in

connection with the recent live stock

meeting at the Agricultural College.





Consigned by G. F. Balduf &. Son,

Dimondale, Mich. “

Elzevere Colantha Butter Boy de

K01, $195, A. J. Robinson, Mason, Mich.

Consigned by H. D. Box &. Sons,

Lansing, Mich.

Ianthe Wayne De Kol, $320, Dr. Wm.

K. Wilson, Lansing, Mich.

Consigned by C. I. Brunger, Grand

Ledge, Mich.

Heifer. calf, $75, Chas. D. Brannan,

\Villiamston, Mich.

Heifer calf, $75, Chas. D. Brannan,

Williamston, Mich.

~Consigned by M. H- Daniels &. Son,

Okemos, Mich.

Selma Laundry Girl, $265, J. B. Bran-

son, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Heifer calf, $140, Chas. Merriman,

Decke1v1lle, Mich





Heifer calf, $110, A. N. Lo‘uChs, Chai-~





lotte, Mich.



Heifer calf, $220, E. B. Griffin, An-

gola, Ind.



-Selma Pietertje Laundry Girl, $200,

Cliff01d Jo1dan, Cha1lotte, Mich.



Heifer calf, $140, Chas. Merriman,

Deckerville, Mich. '



Consigned by F. S. Jenkins &. Son,



Lansing, Mich.



Bessie Netherland Pontiac, $295, J

B. Branson, Lincoln, Neb.



Maude Netherland Pontiac, $355, J.

B. Branson, Lincoln, Neb.



Heifer calf, $150, Rossman Bros.,

Lakeview, Mich.



Lady WaShington Hartog, $625, W.

F. Schilling, Northfield, Minn.

Consigned by F. W. McKim, Lansing,





Mi c.h



Mable Expoit King Korndyke, $230,

James Wright, Maple Rapids, Mich.



Pauline Johanna Fayne 2d, $235, I.

C. Grill, Hubbardston,‘ Mich.



Queen Model Korndyke, $300, Dr.

Wm. K. Wilson, Lansing, Mich.



Consigncd by Michigan Agricultural

, College. ‘



College 'Colantha Canary, $420, J. B.

Branson. Lincoln, Neb.



College Belle Johanna Fayne, $250,

J. B. Branson, Lincoln, Neb.



College Lassis Margolyn and calf,

$500, J. B. Branson, Lincoln, Neb.



Belle Mutual Fayne,. $300, Hunter

Bros., Northfield, Minn.



Colantha Segis Margolyn, $225, Chas.

Heeg, Howell, Mich.



Stella Canary Segis, $425, W. F.

Shilling, Northfield, Minn.

Consigned by B. B. Perry, Leslie, Mich.



Houwtje Pietertje Toppie 2d, $180,

Dr. Wm. K. Wilson, Lansing, Mich.

Consigned by Chas. Ah. Wilson, Okemos,



Mi





Heifer Calf Sire 119794—~dam 218192

$130, Geo. E. Fisher, Plymouth, Mich.

Heifer Calf Sire 119794—dam 218193,

$160, Fern C. Kinne, Albion, Mich.

'Consigned by C. W. Wilson, Mason,

Mich.

Snowball Albino De K01 2d, $170, Jas.

Wright, Maple Rapids, Mich.

Snowball De K01 Queen, $165, Clif-

ford Jordan, Charlotte, Mich.

Snowball De Kol Queen 2d, $225, Dr.

Wm. K. Wilson, Lansing, Mich.

Consigned by Frankh Young, Lansing,

M 1c

Espanore Bonheur Elzevere, $200, E.

B. Griffin, Angola, Ind.

Espanore Daisy, $180, Geo. E. Fisher,

Plymouth, Mich“





 





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ever, co s or evenvherds are found.

where tth udder content is high and

the effect. upon the keeping quality of

the milk pronounced. Further infor-

mation is necessary before the true





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gates of the Michigan Shorthorn, Here-

ford and Aberdeen-Angus Associations,

though with them, as with the dairy-

men, the weather kept away all but

a'few of the most determined. There

was, however, a fairly generous turn-

out of Shorthorns for the sale of anis

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gave up a part of their session to

“chipping in” for the purchase of a.

heifer, which the association later sold

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Hereford Breeders’ Association. They

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An address by Alexander Minty, of

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“The first step in stimulating interest

in cattle in Michigan at this time,” he

said, “is to point out that the quickest

solution of the growing labor problem

is by increased beef production on our

farms. Ohe man can handle more acres

of a farm under beef raising than un-

der almost any other form of farming.



“World demands, plus a serious labor

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to beef production. With changing ccn-

ditions on the range and the added de-

pressing droughts of the past three

years, the production of this beef, from

start to finish, must largely come from

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such a corn—producer as some of the

states to the south, can raise silage

in even ' its northern extremities,

while its grasses and hay are ideal for

cheap beef production with minimum

labor.”



Horse Section.



Addresses by Dr. C. M. Campbell, of

Manhattan, Kansas, and Dr. Judson

Black, of the Michigan Veterinary

'Board, were the big things in the con-

vention of the Michigan Horse Breed-

ers’ Association, which as usual was

presided over by the veteran Jacob

DeGeus, of Alicia.



Dr. Campbell commented pointed-

ly upon “The Farm Horse Situation.”



“Each year,” he told the convention,

“finds us raising an inereasing number





reaching into millions, but only a few

thousand are bred and fed with suffi-

cient thought and care to insure the

development of really high—class farm

horses.



“Possibly one of the many reasons

for this deplorable state of affairs is

the fact that most producers are rais-

ing horses for service on their own





to the cost of production, cost of main-

tenance, and amount of service render-

ed. Such producers fail to appreciate

the difference in efficiency between

different types of horses, the difference

in the cost of labor rendered by horses

of different types, and continue year

after year to breed their mares with

little thought as to the kind of horses

they will raise, thinking only of the

horse power needs of their farm in

terms of numbers rather than of effi-

cicncy.



Another reason for the fact that our

farm horses are not as good as they

Ought to be in the scarcity of good, use-

Approximately half the stal-

liOns standing for public service in this

country are grades and scrubs, and

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farms and giving very little attention





that the. kind of sires found in a. .com«

munity depends largely upon the de«'

mands of the horse-raising public, yet

freduently the public is ready and will~

ing to pay'for the servic'es of a good

sire, but unfortunately many purchase

ers of public service stallionsknow lit-.





rue about horses and less of. the ins and:





outs of the horse business, but imagine

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stallion for public service. Usually

such buyers are very decided in their

opinions and I know how strong is the

temptation-to “unload” when ’such an

opportunity presents itself, but breed-

ers of pure-bred horses who are genu—

inely interested in the permanency and

stability of a profitable horse business

can well afford to exert a greater effort

to place better sires in the hands of

those who stand stallions for public

service. 7 ‘



“Another reason for much of the

carelessness and lack of interest in the

kind of horses raised is a feeling more

or less prevalent in many localities

that there is no market demand for

good heavy horses. Two reasons in

particular are largely responsible for

this feeling. 1, the general lack of an-

thentic information on the part of the

producers regarding the horse supply

and the motive power demands and

needs of the country today; 2, the

shortsighted policy of horse buyers in

the country in attempting to belittle

the value and need of heavy horses in

the city and on the farm. In my state

this effort has been most persistent.

and unfortunately it has had a rather

harmful effect upon the farm horse

situation.” '



Doctor Black told of favorable pro;

gress in Michigan with the stallion law.



“Stallion dealers are coming to

know,” he asserted, “that Michigan has

a stallion law and that they can no

longer make this state a dumping

ground, as many have been doing in

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he was offering stallions for sale that

would pass the Michigan inspection.

This shows they are taking notice.



“Fake papers now are encountered

rarely, if ever, due no doubt to the cam-

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duct, correspondence and publicity

through our reports.



“The question of transfers, which

was formerly such a bugbear, is also

working out nicely." .



Sheep and Swine Sections.



The gatherings of the Michigan

Sheep Breeders’ Association, and the

Michigan Swine Breeders’ Association

were hardest hit, perhaps, of any by

the vagaries of the weather. The sheep-

men devoted a major part of their ses-

sion to dwelling upon the ideal condi-

tions Michigan affords for the develop-

ment of the sheep-raising districts, par-

ticularly upon the vast areas of cut-

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Following is a list of the offerings

sold at the Shorthorn sale held at the

Michigan Agricultural College in con-

nection with the annual live stock

meeting:



Baroness Hudson 6th, calved Decem-

$36013, 1916, George Doster, Doster,

Lavender Maid203303 and B. C., calv-

ed June 2, 1913, John Hisler, Char-

lotte, $325.



Lucems 465677, calved August 10,

1914, D. S. Bristol, Royal Oak, $170.



Lorna K 620826, calved February 27,

1917, V. M. Shoesmith, Bailey, $165.



Royal Sultan 620824, calved Decem-

ber 16, 1916, W. H. Campbell, Alpe-





' na, $155





Roxie 514663, calved November 4,



1915, Chas. Findlay, Albion, $170.

Bonnie Lad 620823, calved June 5.

1917. Jed Waldo, Grand Lelge, $205. .

. Golden Prince 601574, calved October

1, 1916, C. Richma-n, Duster, $390. ‘ a

Bray’s Sharon 485101, calve’d April

28 1915, Ollie Cross. , 1211117611, 3285.. ‘

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Feeders’ Problems





Cottonseed Meal for. Steers.





On account of the "poor corn season

my ensilage is not as good as. usual

and is poorer yet by my breaking off

some of the largest and ripest ears for

the hogs. Now I am feeding this to

beef cattle (weighing around 1000 lbs.

each), one bushel each to a feed, g1v-

ing two feeds a day, and one. feed of

hay (mostly timothy) and givxng each

three pounds of 36 to 41 per cent cot-

tonseed meal per day. I have no other

grain to feed them and would like to

get them fat as soon as opssible. Now,

how much cottonseed meal dare I give

each per day?



Manistee Co. W, E, R,





It is a different proposition to feed

fattening steers heavily on cottonseed

meal than it is to feed a herd of dairy

cows. The steers are going to be kept

only for a short time and you can feed

them heavily on cottonseed meal if

you feed it carefully with good results

and with very little danger of injury.



The trouble in feeding cottonseed

meal heavily to dairy cows when they

are kept from year to year, is that,

sooner or later, ifthis feeding is kept

up it injures the reproductive power

of the cows; they are not apt to get

with calf, they are more apt to abort,

I think, and then cottonseed meal fed

regularly for any considerable length

of time to animals doesn’t tend to keep

them in good health. It is too consti:

pating. 'It is not nearly as good as oil

meal for this purpose and so one must

be careful in feeding this to dairy cows

that are to be kept from year to year.

But in fattening steers you can feed it

by carefully increasing the feed up to

several pounds per day. Steers weigh-

ing 1000 pounds, I think by carefully

increasing the feed a little at a time

you could feed five or six pounds and

even more, of cottonseed meal per day

without any injury and you will get

splendid results in increased growth

of your steers.





Molasses for Horses.





Will you please advise me how much

feeding molasses I should feed a horse

per feed, also if they should have it

daily or once or twice a week? I also

want to feed some to my milch cows.

I am feeding them ensilage, ground

oats and hay. How much molasses

should I feed them per day?



Shiawassee Co. D. C. C.





Molasses may be fed to all kinds of

stock. All of our domestic live stock

like sweets, and yet they, as well as

people, can get along without sugar. In

the process of digestion starch is turn-

ed to sugar so that animals as well as

ourselves can get along without sugar

if it is necessary.



Feeding sugar direCt assists in diges—

tion but, of course, sugar is so expen-

sive that we cannot afford to feed it to

live stock only in the form of cheap

molasses. The only trouble in feeding

cheap molasses is that it is so sticky,

it gets the mangers in a very bad con-

dition and also sticks to the lips and

mouths of the animals and they will

slobber it all over themselves and you

will have a condition that makes a

man nervous.



I think the best way to feed it is to

reduce it with water so that it can be

applied with a sprinkling can and

sprinkle it on the hay or straw or on

the ensilage. In this way it doesn’t

stick to everything and, of course, ani—

mals get the sugar just the same. If

it is fed in this way there is little dan-

ger of over~feeding. If molasses is fed

in excessive quantities it is too laxa-

tive but no harm comes from feeding

two or three pounds per day to an ani—

mal if you want to feed that much.



Molasses works nicely in feeding the

hogs because it can be dissolved in the

slop and in that way doesn’t make ev-

erything so stick yand nasty.



Oil Cake Meal.





I have two tons of oil cake meal.

Have you had any experience in feed-

ing this feed? I am told that it was

for hogs only, but'I, want to feed it t

steers in place of corn meal. ‘ ‘



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very rich in oil and this oil also is very





valuable in a commercial way, being-





used in making paint. It is a splendid

preservative of wood and is readily ab-

sorbed and adheres to the surface of

wood so that it is of considerable value

for these purposes. After the oil is

taken out by pressure, the oil cake re-

mains as a food for live stock. Some-

times it is very coarsely ground or

broken, leaving it in the form of par-

ticles about the size of a hickory nut,

and is called oil cake. When used for

food in this country this cake is ground

finely and is known as oil meal.





It is one of the best protein foods

that we have to feed in connection with

the ordinary roughage and grain on the

farm. It is rich in protein and be-

sides, it has a beneficial effect on the

action of the digestive tissues of the

alimentary canal. It is a mild laxa-

tive and it is considered by all stock

feeders as a splendid conditioner, in

fact, almost a tonic. Animals keep in

the pink of condition when they are

fed a small amount of oil meal. Their

hair is bright and soft and they usually

have a splendid appetite. Many people

feed horses a little oil meal in the win-

ter time because of the stimulating ef-

fect. Its large food value makes it a

splendid food in any ration that con-

tains an excess of carbohydrates.





To feed with corn or cornstalks,

there isn’t anything that can be pur-

chased that would be more beneficial

as a food. My judgment would be that

this would be better than cottonseed

because cottonseed is constipating in

effect. Besides oil meal is almost as

rich in protein as cototnseed meal, and

in addition it has in a degree this med-

icinal property. I certainly would feed

the oil meal. I think you can get very

satisfactory results in feeding it.



COLON C. LILLIE.





CARE OF THE FEET.





 





Every farmer should understand the

important relation existing between

the feet of his horses and their value

to him as working machines. He should

watch them carefully and exercise ev-

ery precaution possible to keep them

in first-class condition.



A horse’s hoof corresponds in a gen-

eral way to the toe and finger nails of

human beings. It is made up of a

corneous material that protects the

more sensitive parts of the foot from

injury. Like the finger nails of some

people, some horses’ hoofs have a ten-

dency to dry out and become hard and

brittle, thus breaking and cracking,

while others are tough and resistant

to wear. The value of the animal is

largely determined by the kind and

character of his feet or hoofs, and no

two horses have hoofs exactly alike.





On an average, a horse’s hoof grows

about one-third of an inch a month,

some faster and some slower. The

hind hoofs grow faster than the fore

hoofs, and unshod ones grow faster

than those that are shod. The toe 'of

the hoof will grow down in from nine

to twelve months, depending on its

length, the quarter in from six to eight

months, and the heel in from three to

four months. Some hoofs grow irreg-

ular and must be given attention from

time to time. In unshod horses and

colts it is often necessary to trim off

the uneven edges with a knife and

rasp to prevent breaking and cracking.

Colts shbuld always be given plenty of

exercise on dry ground so their hoofs

will wear off even. Foul stables will

do much to ruin a young horse’s feet.



Horses are shod principally to pro-

tect their feet from wear and to in-

crease their efficiency as beasts of bur-

den. Shoes. should be renewed as of-

ten as necessary and they should be

designed to fit the particular needs of

each animal. A good farrier is one who

thoroughly unerstands the anatomy of .

the foot and knows how best to cor-





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'1 just as essential. as drafts are objec-

' Marble. Let the cows have plenty of





fresh air that. if possible. is warmed.

before [they breathe it. When the thcr~





.mometer hovers about zero or lower,»





twenty or thirty minutes is ample time

for the cattle to be out of doors in the

yards. In this time, the stables can

easily be cleaned and as soon as the





, bedding is in place, the cows ought to





be allowed to come back into the barn.

It will add greatly to their comfort, as

well “(being an economical practice

to furnish the cattle with [water that

has been warmed artificially. Atterv

tion to these seemingly small matters





‘means greatly increased economy of

feed, and feed economy spells profit.





 





cow cows CAN’T PRODUCE EFFI-

CIE NTLY.





 





A high-producing dairy animal is a.





' delicate and well balanced piece of ma—





chinery, and consequently she cannot

continue normal production if she is

exposed to severe winter weather. It

is therefore essential that the discom-

forts incident to cold weather be elimi-

nated if possible. The comfortable

cow will repay in milk the necessary

labor for her protection. Dairymen as

a rule are more careful with their cows

than the average farmer who merely

produces the milk for family use.

Cows frequently refuse to drink the

water in an icy trough. A cow must

be thirsty, indeed, before she will fill

herself with freezing water. It is nec—

essary, in view of the fact that milk

contains about eighty-seven per cent

water, to warm the drinking water for





‘ dairy cows if the highest possible pro-





duction is to be maintained. Unless

the cow drinks a sufficient quantity of

water her milk production will dimin-

ish, and she will not drink enough un-

less it is warm. Suitable shelter from

cold rains and raw winds is another

comfort which the cow will repay in

milk.



A sufficient quantity of nourishing

feed is, of course, a prime requisite if

cows are expected to continue to pro—

duce milk after freezing weather has

killed pastures. Com stover and oat

straw will hardly supply sufficient nu-

trients to maintain average production.



Sleet and freezing rains cause inse-

cure footing, and care should be used

in turning cows out of the barn. Ice

at the doorway should be covered with

Cinders to prevent slipping. Do not

hurry the animals and cause undue

crowding. A slip and fall on the ice

can readily result in injury to or loss

of a valuable cow.



These things have been said often,

but they bear repetition when the cold'

weather comes with accompanying dis-

comforts. While they apply more spe-

cifically to the dairymen, it is well for

all farmers to heed these suggestions

and endeavor to keep all cows in milk

to help increase the food supply for

this winter.





U. of Mo. PROF. M. H. Fommx.





COW-TESTING CUTS DAlRY EX-

PENSES.





 





.Dairyinen who have had their profits

reduced by increased feed cost will find

considerable relief through cow-testing

associations. The cow—testing associa-

tion places responsibility on each cow

to demonstrate her ability to pay for

her feed and return a profit to her

owner. The loafers in the dairy herd

can not be detected without some aye

tem of records. The cow-testing asso-

ciation enables the dairyman to calcu-L

late the amount of milk and buttevflat





, whichflemcn' cow returns tor the toad





she consumes. A‘system of records





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means for cooperative buying Of sup—

plies and also facilitate improved

methods of feeding. The results which

have been obtained by cow-testing as-





sociations indicate that a large num:





ber of dairymen, who are not keeping

records, are feeding some coiirs at a

loss. Sometimes this loss may be at-

tributed to poor producers, poor man-

agement, or lack of proper feeding.

Savings brought about by cow-testing

have more than paid expenses during

the first year. Marked increase in the

production of the herds, and the cor-

responding reduction of the feed cost

in comparison with the milk and but-

ter-fat yield always follows.





 





COOPERATIVE BULL ASSOCIA-





 





Cooperative bull associations are

among the latest activities~in live stock

circles. . They are formed by farmers

for the joint ownership, use and ex-

change of high-class, pure—bred bulls.

In addition they may encourage careful

selections of cows and calves, introduce

better methods of feeding, help their

members market dairy stock and dairy

products, intelligently fight contagious

diseases of cattle, and in other ways

assist in lifting the dairy business to a

higher level. Incidentally, the educa-

tional value of such an organization is

great.



The history of the cooperative bull

association shows that it is specially

adapted to small herds where a valu-

able bull for each herd would consti-

tute too large a percentage of the total

investment. Thus the organization en-

ables even the owners of small herds

to unite in the purchase of one good

bull and each to own a share in a reg—

istered sire of high quality. Though

still in its infancy, the cooperative bull

association movement promises event-

ually to become a very great factor in

the improvement of our dairy cattle.



In the United States the first COODGT-

ative bull association of which record

exists was organized in 1908 by the

Michigan Agricultural College. Eight

years later there were thirty-two ac—

tive bull associations in this cbuntry,

with a total membership of 650, own-

ing about 120 purebred bulls.



The typical cooperative bull associa-

tion is composed of fifteen to thirty

farmers, and jointly owns five bulls,

divides its territory into five “breeding

blocks,” and assigns one bull to each

block. As many as fifty to sixty cows

may belong to the farmers in each

block, and the bull in the block should

be kept on a farm conveniently situat—

ed. The blocks are numbered one to

five, and to prevent inbreeding each

bull is moved to the next block every

two years.



For example an association consists

of sixteen farmers and is organized into

five blocks. The farms are so situated

that the bulls are at no great distance

from the farm of any member. Before

the association was formed each farm-

er had an average investment of $92

in a scrub bull. ’i‘liese bulls were dis-

posed of when the association was

formed and five pure—bred bulls were

bought at $240 each, or an average of

$75 for each member. A larger mem-

bership would reduce expenses still

further.





Investigation by the Bureau of Mines

in connection with the operation of

the New York, New Haven & Hartford

Railroad show that through careful

firing, a great saving in fuel can be

effected. During 1917 the fuel bill for

the one road was reduced $1,379,268.



Slaughter of all tubercular cattle in

Illinois, their owners to be reimbursed

by the state and national governments,

has been suggested by the Chicago

health commissioner, Dr. John Dill

Robertson, to the state food adminis-

tration’s milk commission as a means

of lowering the cost of milk production

Within a year. Further advances in the

price of milk would undoubtedly result

in a further increase in infant mortal-

ity. Many dairymen are selling off





 





   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Here is a high protein feed we brought ”’

out some time ago to meet a strong de- ’

mand for a protein feed having as wide a ”

variety of Erotein materials as our SCHU- ’

MACHER F ED has in carbohydrates. ’





Dairymen wanted a “big milk producer” Which would main- ’

tain heavy flow over long periods, realizing that it’s the cows

Which give big yields month after month that swell the profits.





BIG “Q” DAIRY RATION has more than made good the dairy-

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These are unusual alatability—digestibility—variety'~—nutrition and

.. haulk. aIts results in greater milk production, espec-

" ially when fed with SCHUMACHER FEED, will

, be a surprise to you. :Its ability to. keep your

cows “gomg strong” over long lactation periods

Will be even more gratifying.





, Try it in the following suggested rations and let your own cows

render the verdict.





General Herd Ration with Ensilnge or Root: 3 : 3:: EIEH%M3,%§$RR§¥E)%





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(Increase Big “Q” Ration if cow can handle more protein without

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Now is the time for biggest milk production—prices are

good—~profit will be greater if you feed liberally these

two ideal feeds. At dealers; if yours can't supply you, write us.





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GET to producing human food. South Dakot.

offers the best opportunity—see Government

crop reports~and the state will back you with cheap

money. Get bulletins of Immigration Department.





 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 





 





 

 





 

 

 





 





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’ her 23, 1916, J. H. Sim, Williamston,_





’27, 1917, C. A. Bray, Okemos, $115.





, and heifers.





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‘ Some. of the best blood and individual





' ready February 5.

. rence Ogden, Maryville, Mo.. William

, Rees, Pilger, Nebraska, Harry Hopley,





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.s. 1915, Ralph Safford, Fenwick, $2001





Lily Bloom 585453, .calved June 18,

1916, John Crawford, Dowagiac. $235.



Naplewood Eclipse 584878,. calved

December 12, 1916, T. D. Smith, Ox-





ford. $250.

Roan King 6th 611951, calved Decem-





140.

5 Roan King 7th 611952, calvedJanuary

5, 1917, E. Van Sickle, Albion, $100.



Snow Queen 591184, calved‘August

29, 1916, George Doster, Doster, $100.



Hazelwood Lady 591183, calved May

15, 1916, Harry Nearnberg, Albion,



165. .

$ Highland Prince 609913, calved April

23, 1917, I. J. Bartley, Homer, $300.



Lady Bismarck 56026, calved October

25, 1907, Avin Barnhart, St. John, $225.



Tulip’s Victor 619164, calved Marchl

6, 1917, Peter Kuntz, Hastings, $145. '



Mysie’s Pride 619162, calved Octoberl

10, 1916, W. B. McQuillan, Howell,



220. ,

$ i'rince Victor 619163, calved October;

15, 1916, Clifford Rhodes, Charlotte,

168.

3 Prince Henry 620455, calved Septem-

ber 23, 1916, Max lfer, VVilliamston,

105.

3 Bob Boy 620454, calved October 27,’

1916, John Spearmaker, Riley, $125. '[



Invincible 505137, calved July 25,]

1915, W. S. Wood & Co., Leslie, $110.



Hughey 590523, calved October 28,

1916, A. Voss, Luther, $280.



Huron King 585810, calved February

8, 1917, John llisler, Charlotte, $135.



Prince Archer 619343. calved Decem-

ber 24, 1916, John Bickel, Freeland,

$180.



Baron Archer 610340, calved October

30, 1916, A. E. Stevenson, Port Hur-

on, $110.



Young Mary‘s Lad 2d 609150, calved

March 3, 1917, Y. R. Merrill, Hamburg,

$175.



White Chief 627260, calved March





 





 





Black-wood Prince, calved April 20,

1917, M. H. Alban, Willis, $140.



King Lavender 621128,,calved Janu—

ary 15, 1917, Aron Hagenbooth, Three

Rivers, $225



Rosy 235156, calved September 20,

1914, Ralph Safford, Fenwick, $205.



Spotlight 624695, calved February 28,

1917, J. E. Rubbert, Perry, $80.



Pat Light 624693, calved March 17,

1917, Henry Perry, Charlotte, $75.



Redman 624694, calved February 2,

1917, Ivan Briggs, Bellevue, $60.



Princess Royal 618049, calved Sep-

tember 9, 1915, Bristol, Royal Oak,

$120.



Village Princess 603851, calved Oc-

tober 30, 1916, George Duster, Dos-

ter. $160.



Mary Mollie 21 571146, calved N0-

Vemb‘er 25, 1915, R. J. Fellows, $170.



Ducness’ Master 603848, calved Dec-

ember 3, 1916, R. J. Fellows, Jackson,

$135. ,



inn-,hess’ Major 603847, calved Dec-

ember 2, 1916, H. and G. Shutmaat,‘

Hamilton, $180.



Village Judge 500581, calved May

22, 1916, George Doster, Doster, $110.



Princess hairiptou 510624, calved

January 13, 1916, A. 111. Stevenson, $400.



Young Lady 4.8234, calved January

19, 1916, George Doster, Doster, $150.



Lavender, W. H. Pearson, Merle

Beach, $280.



Bachelor Cumberland 531693, calved

April 10, 1016, V. M. Shoesmith, Bail-

ey, $220. -



Prince Cumberland 544923, calved

January 12, 1916, J. F. McCansey, $275.





 





THE NATIONAL SHORTHORN CON-

GRESS SHOW AND SALE.





 





Secretary F. W. Harding, of the Am-

erican Shorthorn Breeders’ Association

advises in regard to the entries for

National Shorthorn Congress Show and

Sale, Chicago, February 19-22 inclu-

give.



The total entry of bulls in 125 head,

COWs with calves and heifers 200 lots;

milking Shorthorns 15 bulls, 60 cows

Total 400, including some

of the best from the herds of eighty

breeders and importers of the United

States whose names are a guarantee of

character of the consignments.





merit of leading herds of England and

Sco‘lund will be represented by both

bulls and females. Catalogs (separate

catalog for milking Shorthorns) will be



. Tuesday, February 19, is judging

day. This work will be done by Law-

Atlantic, Iowa, and John Robbins, Hor-





February 20 and 21 are auction sale





days. .

Milking Shorthorns will be judged .1

by Prof. H. Barton, of Montreal, Que-

;tabec. on Friday morning February 22. 1





   





 





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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The new 14-28, with the 18-35 and 30-60, give three

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nearest branch for a copy of the special OilPull catalog.





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against “near” kerosene tractors, and the Word of.





and “near” guarantees that go with





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The guarantee speaks for itself—read it carefully.

Notice that it says—under all conditions-1d a1] Idads

-and with a1] grades of fuel oils. It protects the new

owner as well as the experienced operator, and it

holds good for the life of the tractor.





There's no half way in this burning of kerosene,





Either a tractor does it successfully





And if it does, why should it not carry

a clean, fair and square, written guarantee as goes

with every OilPull? Think it over.





The OilPull in a New Size— 14-28





get the famous OilPull in a small





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0U know the kind of service that goes with the Rumcly OilPull Tractor—or ask any owner.

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At each of our 22 branch offices 'we maintain ’an organization of skilled tractor

experts, for the benefit of Advance-Rumely tractor owners.





When you need him, there’s an Advance-Rumcly expert to not only help unload and deliver your

tractor but to Show you how to. operate and take care of it. .





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into any Silo is the guar— » —~

antee that goes

every PaDGC—large or





will not need to take ad-

vantageof the full ele-

vating power of the

Papec, but you have the

satisfaction of knowing

it’s there—in reserve.

There are four‘sizes of

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1918 catalogue explains

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but be sure it is a B. V. T. SILO. Then

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.HELPING HOOVER.





BY 31'. 1). EARL.



Me an’ pa. worked awful hard all sum-

mer long, By (lee,



Raisin’ stuff to feed ihe folks

stal'vin’ ’crosi the sea;



Didn’t have much time a-tall to fish er

take a swim—



Jist kep’ a thinkin’ ’bout this “H00v~

er,” ’n how we’s helpin’ him.





I didn’t like to have to work so hard

the way we done, ~



’Cause I'd ruther be a soldier, with a

uniform an’ gun,



But Pa he kep’ a tellin’ me, ’twas part

the Nation’s plan—



An’ now’t I see, I’m mighty glad I

helped this “Hoover” man.





Fer they’s squash an’ apples in the cel-

lar, beets an’ pumpkins, too;



Turnips, cabbages an’ onions ’till you



». can’t walk through,



All the taters we can eat an’ lots of

stuff to spare—-



To help to feed the Allies an’ our Sold—

jers, over there.





An’ Ma, she’s got the pantry shelves

chuck full of stuff she’s made—-



Apple-butter, pickles, jell an’ jam an’

marmalade;



She didn’t waste a thing, you bet, but

canned up corn an’ beans, ,



All the fruit we had, an’ even dande-

lion greens.





An’ now’t the winter days is here, when

the chores is done at night,



We‘ all sit down aroun’ the fire‘ an'

Watch it burn so bright,



Pa. reads the paper While Ma knits

with khaki yarn, an’ gray,



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Woodhouse was mollified, and he

smiled apologetically. Almer forgave

him out of admiration for his discre-

tion.



“No need to suspect me—Almer.

They will tell you in Berlin how for

twenty years I have served the Wil-

helmstrasse. 'But never before such

an opportunity—such an opportunity.

Stupendous!" Woodhouse nodded en-

thusiastic affirmation. “But to busi-

ness, Nineteen Thirty-two. This Cap-

tain Woodhouse some seven years ago

was stationed here on the Rock for

just three months."



“‘So I know.”



' “You, as Woodhouse, will be expect-

ed to have some knowledge of the sig-

nal tower, to whidh you will have ac-

cess." Almer climbed a chair on the

opposite side .of the room, threw open

the face of the old Dutch clock there,

and removed from its interior a thin

roll of blue drafting paper. He put it

in Wondhouse’s hands. “Here are a

few plans of the interior of the signal

tower—the best I could get. You will

study them tonight; but give me your

word. to burn them before you sleep."



“Very good.” Woodhouse slipped the

roll into the breast pocket of his coat.

Almer leaned forward in a gust of ex-

citement, and, bringing his mouth close

to the other’s ear, whispered hoarsely:



“England’s Mediterranean fleet——

twenty-two dreadnaughts, with cruis-

ers and destroyers—nearly a half of

Britain’s navy, will be here any day,

hurrying back to guard the Channel.

They will anchor in the straits. Our

big moment—it will be here then!

Listen! Room D in the signal tower—

that is the room. All the electric

switches are there. From Room D ev-

ery mine in the harbor can be explod-

ed in ten seconds.”



“Yes, but how to get to Room D?”





I Woodhouse queried.





“Simple. Twodoors to Room D, Cap-

tain; an outer door like any other; an

inner door of steel, protected by a com-

bination lock'like a vault’s door. Two

men on the Rock have that combina-

tion: Major Bishop, chief signal ofl‘i-

cer, he has it in his head; the gover—

nor-general of the Rock, he has it in his

safe."



“We can get it out of the safe easier

than from Major Bishop’s head,” Wood-

house put in, with a smile. ‘



“Right. We have a friend—in the

governor’s own house—a man with a

number from the Wilhelmstrasse like

you and me. At any moment in the

last two months he could have laid a

hand on that combination. But we

thought it better to wait until necessity

can‘ie. W'hen the fleet arrives you will

have that combination; you will go

with it to Room D, and after that—”



“The deluge,” the other finished.



“Yes-wyes! Our country master of

the sea. at last, and by the work of the

Wilhelmstrasse—despised spies who

are shot like dogs when they’re caught,

but die heroes’ deaths." The hotel pro-

prietor checked himself in the midst of

his rhapsody, and came back to more

practical details: ‘



“But this afternoon—that man from

Alexandria who called you by name.

That looked bad—very bad. He knows

something?”



Woodhouse, who had been expecting

the question, and who preferred not to

shale an anxiety he felt himself best

fitted to cope with alone, turned the

other’ 5 question aside:





“Never met him before in my life to »





my best recollection. My name he

picked up on the Princess Mary, of





course; I won a pool one day, and he‘





may have heard someone mention it.

Sir'nply a drunken brawler who . didn’t

know what he was doing.”



' Almer seemed satisfied, but raised





‘. ,apothet' point:





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Developing Mesopbtamia

. . By MARK MEREDITH





“Oh, thou river who didst bring forth upper Mesopotamia was given up to

When lidetlgliggi’gods dug thee out. such anarchy that irrigation works

They set prosperity upon thy banks.” there were out of the question, and

consequently lower Mesopotamia,

HIS address of some old Sumer- Babylonia, saw a prosperity which was

ian seer will again see its ful- one of the wonders of the world. The

fillment on the day when Turk- overthrow of the Persians by the

lab misgovernment comes to an end in Arabs in the early years of the Heriga

Mesopotamia. Like the delta of the ushered in the ruin of the country,

Nile, the delta of the Tigris and Eu- which was completed by the Tartars

phrates will depend for its full devel- under Jengis Khan and Timur, and fin-

opment on the good will of those who ally sealed by the Turks. ‘

hold the upper waters of the two riv-

ers, in the regions where they can be

16d out Of their channels and utilized was due to the system of perennial ir-

for irrigation. rigation, or irrigation all the year

Heavy irrigation works carried Ollt round, which the early dwellers in the

011 the upper Euphrates and its tribu- Euphrates valley introduced into the

taries, the Bellik and Khabour. up- world. To Egypt was due the credit of

stream 0f Anah, past Meyadin, the 311‘ having introduced basin irrigation, at

cient Rehoboth by the River, W0111d system far more impressive and majes-

deprive the lower Euphrates 0f the tie than its rival but not nearly so prof-

whole of its low supply; while Similar itable, since it only insured one crop

works carried out on the upper Tigris per annum instead of two. The Nile

and its tributaries, the two Zabs, in the Valley was irrigated in broad fields of

neighborhood 0f MOSUL near the an- thirty and forty thousand acres apiece,

cient Ninevah, would seriously reduce while in Babylonia the water was led

the low supply of the lower Tigris. to each field of two or three acres.

Though in antiquity Babylonia was I have always loved to contrast these

only prosperous when the whole COUh- two systems by comparing one to the

try from the line of the Bagdad rail- flight of an eagle and the other to the

way past Harren, Nisibin. and Mosul. laboriously built up cells of bees just

to the Persian Gulf was under the con- as Horace compared the poems of Pino

trol of a single power, or when north- to those of his own composition. We

ern Mesopotamia was given 11D .to an- see Egypt today everywhere abandon-

archy, it will be possible today to make- ing its ancient system and adopting

the Euphrates self-containing from that of Babylonia. Babylonia. will be

Kel‘bellah t0 the gulf, and possibly recreated by the system of irrigation

from Hitt to the Gulf. introduced by itself.

Some Fragments of History. t The Tigris-Euphrates delta is

For four hundred years the Sultans strangely flat. Bagdad, removed 500

of Turkey have had complete control miles from the sea is only 120 feet

of the two rivers from their sources to above sea level. Opposite Bagdad the

the gulf, and have consequently been Euphrates is twenty-five feet higher

in a position to rival the Sassanian than the Tigris. Between the two riv-

Kings of Persia, but they have not had ers runs a regular valley, across which

it in them to undertake any works of are carried the giant banks of the an-

peace. "‘Peace hath her victories no cient canals. Though the slope of the

less renowned than war,” is no Turk- country longitudinally to the rivers is

ish saying. Two monuments standing very slight, the traverse slopes away

today, one on the Euphrates and the from the rivers are one in a thousand,

other on the Tigris, tell us why the or five times as steep as those of the

Turks failed where the Persians ex- Nile valley. If the Nile breaches its

celled. banks in the flood it can be brought

Each time I have ascended or gone back in the flood to its old channel

down the Euphrates I have been ar- without any serious difliculty, while a

rested by a tall column standing on very severe breach on the Tigris or the

the left bank of the river not far from Euphrates has been followed by the

Rakka, the summer residence of Har- river completely leaving its channel

oub-er-Rashid. This column "was erect- and forming a new one miles away, af.

ed by Sultan Selim the Grim, to his ter inundating the whole country. Such

ancestor, the first Osmanli Bog, who as was Noah’s flood in the early days

traversed Mesopotamia. Coming west- of the world’s history.

ward from Turkestan at the head of The waters of the two rivers and the

his horsemen, he had forded the Tigris, soil of the country are yellow in color.

and, at the point, encountered the Eu- The percentage of lime in the water

phrates. Riding straight into the river, and soil is fifteen, and this accounts for

heedless of the warnings of his guides, the excellence of the live stock and the





   

   

 





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and drowned. I have never been able analyses of the soil and water testify

to pass this monument without spend- to their richness.



ing an hour or two contemplating the In the Tigris-Euphrates delta we

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this tower is a true symbol. tiquity, so today, the foundation on

Anyone in ascending the Tigris, 3.9- which will be raised the structure of

proaches Bagdad, the ruins of the Pal- Babylonian prosperity will be the pro-

ace of Nausherwan, the greatest of the tection of the country from floods; and

Sassanian kings of Persia, towers the more thorough the protection the

above the level plain. At the time more substantial will be the prosperity.

that the king’s engineers lined out the The control of the Euphrates is as eco-

foundations of the palace they imping— nomical as that of the Tigris is costly.

ed on the holding of a small proprietor Controlling the Floods.

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" . - ferred to. Unlike Ahab, he ordered the tility of which history has no record,

- mammOth Clover seed in «1 Hull VI alignment to be deflected and so the and we should see men coming from

- ' FREE'. SAMPLES :33:lo:s:l5ll:lrac.:§ palace was built, and so it stands to- the west as well as from the east, and

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°t3ifs$ilia€3§§etfiol§idl€ie oiedfiigrfih‘éii‘ia'i’e’simfiiciii official can have paid'to him is.to be every acre in the joint delta of the two -'



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(Continued from page 151).

am I to have no explanation of her?”



“What explanation do you want?”

the captain demanded curtly.



“She recognized you. Who is she?

What is she?”



“Devilish unfortunate,” Woodhouse

admitted. “We met a few weeks ago

on a train, while I was on my way to

Egypt, you know. Chatted together—

oh, very informally. She is a capable

young woman from the states—a ‘buy-

er’ she calls herself. But I don’t think

we need fear complications from that

score; she's bent only on getting

home.”



“The situation is dangerous,” urged

Almei, wagging his head “She is stop-

ping at the governm’s house; any lef-

erence she might make about meeting

you on a train on the Continent when

you were supposed to be at Wady Hal—

fa on the Nile—”



“I have her promise she will not

mention that meeting to anybody.”



“Ach- A woman’s promise!" A1-

mer’s eyes invoked Heaven to witness

a futile thing. “She seemed rather

glad to see you again; 1—”



“Really?” Woodhouse’s eyes lighted.



The Splendide’s proprietor was pee-1

ing the floor as fast as his fat legs

would let him. “Something must be

done,” he muttered again and again.

He halted abruptly before Woodhouse,

and launched a thick forefinger at him

like a torpedo.



“You must make love to that girl,

“’omlhouse, to keen her on our side,”

was his ultimatum. 1



Woodhouse regarded him quizzically,‘





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“I'm already doing it,” he said.





CHAPTER X.

A Visit to a Lady.





T~ URNING to consider the never-





stalo fortunes of one of fate’s

bean bags—7

Mr. Billy Capper, ejected {mm the





such treatment; it was not an (mooni-

mon experience, and, besides, a quiet

triumph that would not be dampened

by hides filled his soul. Cheerfully he

pushed thiough the motley crowd on,

Waterport Street doun to the lower

levels of the city by the Line Wall._

where the roasts of sailors and war-

rens of quondam adventurers of all the

seven seas made far more congenial

atmosphere than that of the Splen-

dide’s hollow pretense. He chose a

hostelry more commensurate with his

slender purse than Almer’s, though as

a matter of fact the question of paying

a hotel bill was furthest from Billy.

Capper’s thoughts; such formal tran-

sactions he avoided whenever feasible.

The proprietor of the San Roc, where

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ed. Copper abhorred violence—to his

own person.



Aloneover a glass of thin wine—e

the champagne days, alas! had been

too fleeting-Capper took stock of his

situation and conned the developments

he hoped to be the instrument for

starting. To begin with, finances were

wretchedly bad, and that was a circum-g

stance, so near the ordinary for Capper

that he shuddered as he pulled a gold

guinea and a few silver bits from his

pocket, and mechanically counted them

over. Of the three hundred marks

Louisa—pretty snake—had given him,

in the Cafe Riche and the expense mon-

ey he had received from her the fol-

lowing day to cover his expedition to

Alexandria for“, the \‘Vilhelmstrasse

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hard toast, not toast soaked in hot wa-

ter or milk, may be given. Watch the

child to see that it does'not nibble off

pieces large enough to choke on. Or-

ange juice, a tablespOonful to begin





with, and scraped apple should be .giv- '





en each day.~ Home-made sugar-cook-

ies may also be given occasionally in

moderation.





Remember, these: foods should not

all be introduced at once. Never give

more than one new thing on any one

day, and wait for at least twenty- four

hours to see its effect, forty- eight hours

is better. Otherwise you can not tell

which food upset the child.





Remember, that your child’s future

depends to a. large extent on how you

feed it, for health plays a large part in

our ultimate success or failure. An

eight-year old boy in our block devel-

oped tuberculosis of the hip bone. He

had practically nothing to eat until he

was two years old except condensed

milk in a bottle. His mother would not

cook him cereals, it tookitoo much

time to sit down’and feed "him." Fresh

eggs were too expensive He used to





«throw the bottle away and lie on the





floor and cry with hunger, but the

mother declared he could take ‘the





milk or go hungry. She had too much

to do to bother withI“a kid.”



When tuberculosis developed the

mother blamed a fall at school. Other

mothers, whose boys had worse falls

with no ill effects, blamed wrong feed—

ing. And they were right. DEBoBAE.





SOMETHING NEW FROM SOME-

THING OLD.





BY GRACIA SKULL,



Two pairs of cotton bed blankets,

(one gray one tan), too thin for use

and too good to threw away; one pair

of old rose tapestry postieres, badly

streaked and faded, but whole; four

full length window curtains of corn

muslin, these were the left-overs from

our annual houseCleaning.



After several days spent in thinking

how I could put them to further use I

evolved a beautiful plan and carried it

out. The “rags” were torn into strips

and sewn together, eachcélor by itself,

then woven into rugs. p I have, for my

bedroom, a, cream, or ecru, rug with a

four-inch border of old rose-.111 the

entry I have a." gray‘r-mat-w1th an old'

1ose b01der, and have, also, a. bath mat

the same color, and in theidining‘room





.1 have a. long. tan rug with old rqseI.I





border. Every scrap was used and I.»





have four rugs easily WOrth six dollars:





which cost me only allittle time and a

few cents inmoney’. SureIly‘it'I-Iis worth

while to study a bit before‘cons'igning ,





‘wornout articles to the rag'bag.





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Activities of Organized Farm Women

' By JENNIE BUELL ' ‘4





EN who produce food rarely get

M onto food boards or are made



food administrators in either

nation, state or county. Nevertheless,

the farm man is doing a lotvof think-

ing concerning the present searcity of

food and its attendant perplexities.

And his wife is right with him, think-

ing and working at these common

problems that have come to involVe the

whole world’s weal, and Woe. She

doesn’t make much noise or show about

it' but, if you look and listen, you will

find her strictly at her'own job.



A good place to learn what the wom-

en from the “back forties” of our state

are thinking and doing on some of to-

day’s big questions was at the recent

meeting of Michigan State Grange.

These women were there—two hundred

strong—representing all but five Coun-

ties of the state. A Red Cross city

worker might have been disappointed

to see so few of these country women

knitting and to note the almost total

absence of the beautiful flowered bag

which adorns her street costume; but,

if she had eavesdrdpped, she might

have heard one large,

woman say. to another, fiKnitflv Why,

plow handles fitted my hands better

than knitting needles. last summer.”

Or,‘ hear another say that she had

handled every farm implement from

planting to harvesting time. At anoth-

er group she might have heard one

woman mention that" their beans had

to be pulled, last season, by hand and

“I had to help,” while her cempanion

“So did I.” “No, I didn’t can

peas,” said one, “for when mine were

ready to pick I was needed in the'hay-

field.” Remarks like these were made





in no sense of pride or resentment, but





simply stated as minor faéts incident

to war times. 1- .

_ Food Conservation.



There were, of course, food discus-

sions at this meeting, many more than





fine looking,





can be hinted at in one article. More-

over, the food lessons were not given





by a 1egistered cook, on in white at-

tire with a dainty cap atop her pretty





hair, who told how to make economical-





meals out of left—overs of patented

breakfast foods. N o, the main food talk





was made by a. woman in a- plain black

dress, with a. bit of lace at her throat,





who explained how. her husband and

she had used their land for nine

months of the year to produce a bushel

of wheat which they sold at the gov-

ernment price for three and a. half

cents per pound and then went to mill

and bought graham flour for seven

cents a, pound. When she had done

that, declared the speaker, Mrs. Dera

H. Stockma'n, she bought a. hand mill,

(yes, of a mail order house, too). She

told the audience further:





“I can earn at the rate of seventy

cents an hour grinding flour by hand.

A man could earn nearly twice that

amount and not work any harder than

he did g1owing and threshing that

wheat. If you have an engine you can

earn about $25 or $30 a. day, grinding

your oWn graham, or rather whole

flour, a flour that gives you all the fine

elements that you have been growing

such good calves and hogs on, and

starving your boys and girls by giving

them only nice White bread flour.





“Grind your own breakfast food. You

can buy wheat at threeanda half cents

a pound and corn at four cents, less

than half the price of any breakfast

food you can buy on the market.



But this, you say, but increases the \

laborproblem on the farm. Wéll, you

can'do this when it 'storms' and we

must do it until the price-fixing com:

mittee gets in the regulation On bread.



“-‘As a state Grange have we note. ‘

right to ask that the mills of. Michigan

be required to grind aur wheat at a fair ,

ten pe‘r cent or cost of grinding basis.
' , work and suggested that a fair share





Itat " "' gsandalbtot,





necesslryand imaginary heights and

00:1th the Food Administration is





slowly but sandy trying to administer

justice in these lines. Until then, let





us grind. Eat our wholedwheat and

save iv a third on every barrel by

using Mewheat pour.”



This sort of talk was not regulation

food talk, but that it was the sort of

food talk that suited the mood of those

far-.11 people there was no gainsaylng.





'l‘hen MrsyStockmanV got out of an-‘





other tool rut when she advocated sub-

stitution of potatoes for even the

(oalser grains in bread making. She

said:



“We need to save the corn for the

hogs. We have only about seventy-

eight millions of bushels of rye. We

can save these grains or ship them.

Potatoes arouour big crop. Potatoes

are a perishable crop. Let us use po-

tatoes in place of wheat or other grains

in our bread. The war bread that

saves the largest proportion of wheat

that i use is potato bread. Not just a

spoonful of potato, but four big cups

of potato to one cup of water to a big

baking of bread."



011 a table in the big'hall where this

meeting was held, were samples of

bread made with one-fourth and one-

third potato by .women from Eaton



county. There was also shown one of

the hand mills which women were ad-

vised to use until such time as the

millers offer, 01 are forced by the gov-

ernment, to grind flour for less than

one-half what it costs to grow it. These

exhibits by the farm women of the

state talked. The governor was pres—

ent that afternoon and saw the potato

bread and potato fried cakes and he

asked that some of the bread be

brought to his ofl‘lce the next week.

When he got several loaves of it, with

an exact statement as to how much

cereal flour might thus be saved, and

still give us white bread, he took it to

the war authorities who, with the gov-

ernor, decreed that hereafter potato

bread shall be used in all state insti-

tutions.



Cash and. Carry.



Mrs. Stockman knocked over another

bogy that has long stood between the

producer and consumer but is seldom

mentioned—that of cest of local deliv-

ery. She stated that in Washington,

last summer, it was ascertained that

delivery cost seven and three-fourths

of a cent on every dollar. “This month,”

she said, “the milk commission in De-

troit set the price of milk delivered at

fourteen cents, and the cost at the

selling station at eleven cents, a differ,-

ence of twenty per cent for delivery.”



“We farmers have been trying to

dodge these high delivery costs by buy-

ing of the mail order houses. Of late

a lot of chain stores that make a spe-

cialty of a. ‘pay cash,’ ‘do your own de-

llvery’ have been started and they are

having a large patronage in the city.



“Now, when the cost of living is

pressing the farmers toward the wall

of a non-profitable business, shall we

not demand a'price less the cost of de«

livery in cities, a delivery from which

we'receive no benefit?"



Home Economics.



The report of the committee on

Home Economics was pronounced the

best in all respects of any document





wonderfully for a body of farm women,

sca1 cely one of Whom has had any mod-

ern school training along these lines.

And yet this report dealt almost wholly

wtih the educational phase of home

keeping. it advocated study, discus-

sion and demonstration through the

Grange programs at every meeting;

encouragement of girls’ sewing, can-

ning and housekeeping clubs extension





schools 11-91111le (3.; substitution of





mohanica! mt human power in house—





 





' can leaks, wrap in paper and store.





demonstration agents for our state.

. Our Girls. , '



At » each recurring meeting of this,

body a strong Word is spoken by the





Women’s Work Committee for the -_

closer relations of mothers with their ~

daughters and for the mothering by:





mothers of girls’ clubs and social

events.

women said:



“In other reports we have called

your - attention to the necessity for

changes in the manner of dress for

girls and young ladies. The immodest

exposure of neck and shoulders, and

the equally immodest Short skirt, we

believe have a tendency to lower mor-

al standard." .. I



. Suffrage. ‘



Farm women evidently now stand

united with their men—for farm men

were out and out suffragists before the

women were—‘on the point (if need of

women in public councils and adminis-

tration. Repeatedly was this note

sounded and the entire body went on

record, not once but several times, In

favor of the passage of the federal

amendment.





' Anti-Tuberculosis.



For 'four years there has been a.

standing committee of Grange women

working with the anti—tuberculosis

forces. The chairman of this group is

Mrs. B. B. Lincoln, of Huron county, 3.

mother’with young child1 en in a farm

home, yet so full of progressive ideas





for health that her report fairly sizzles .





with zeal. This year, because wax con-

ditions make danger from the white

plague tremendously increase, she

urged the need of study and prac-,

tics of preventive measures moreg

strongly than usual., ‘

layed mails this report was not read at

the session but is being published in

the proceedings. .





All in all, one cannot meet with such

a body of earnest working women f1 om

the outposts of the state, without feel»

ing that one has come in contact withl

great spiritual, human resources of our

national life. For every report, every

detail of their word and action was

permeated with a dignified patriotism

and thew showed they had already fac-

ed about and are administrating their

farm households from the standpoint

of world needs, rather than, as hereto-

fo1e, from the needs of their individual

homes alone.





M ERELY SUGGESTIVE.





 





Figures giving the food supplies of‘

the world tell us that in 1918 America

will more and more be called on to3

share with a hungry world what she

can spare from her own hoard. This

can be done by substituting other foods,

not needed for shipping. Sometimes it

is hard to think of that substitute. Why

not prepare a list to hang on the hitch?

on cabinet to be used for ready refer--

once when in doubt.

low grow with your experiments.



Meat Substitutes.



Poultry, rabbit, fish, eggs, cheese

dishes, baked beans, bean loaf, nut loaf,

.bean soup, milk soup. chowders, milk,

. Wheat Bread Substitutes.



‘Corn bread, brown bread, oatcakes,

buckwheat cakes, hominy, potato bis-





HOME QUERIES.





 





Poultry and Game Birds. ——Kill fowl

and draw at once. Wash carefully and





cool, cut in convenient sections, place1 .





in wire basket or cheese cloth and boil

until meat can be removed from bonsai

Remove from boiling liquid and bone,

pack closely into glass jars. boil liquid

down one-half and fill jars, add level

teaSpoon or salt to every quart of meat,

adjust tops and rubbers and boil three

hours in water wbath Remove jars,

tighten oover‘s. invert to see that no





ranges assist in securing more home '





On the matter of dress, these





Because of de-. ,





Let the list be: 4





cult, rye bread, potatoes, rice. .

, presented at this session. This speaks , l '





 





 





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Why Use A Special Flour;

For Pastry?





You don t need a “special" flour for pastry

a Best makes good pastry as Well as good

bread. Try this Pillsbury recipe for pie crust:



I cup Pillsbury 8 Beat Flour. ’



at): Q Pillsbury s Barley or Pillsbury' s Pure

Flour if desired)



3 level tablespoons shortening



teaspoon baking powder





teaspoon salt.

Enough ICE-COLD waterto make a soft paste.





Mix with a knife in the usual manner.





This recipe makes the finest, criepcst pie crust

. mmable. Not the leathery kind that bends under

fork like a sheet of rubber. but the light, flakey



m that crumbles into tender fragments at the

slightest touch. '





 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





 





To make pie crust like this with Pillsbury sBest

requires no Special skill. Just remember to use lots

of cold water,(1ce—cold if possible) and to mix the

paste as soft as can be easily handled. With these





precautions you can use your own recipe with





equally good results.



_ ll you are already making good pastry. you can

make better pastry With Pillsbury a Best. If folks

knew what delicious pie crust they could make wilt

this all-purpose flour, they would say good ~bye to



“special pastry” flours forever.





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~ ANY of us 5who are, fond of fancy

M work and like pretty things find

most of the. crochet designs 'of-



fered Us a little difficult and compli-

cated for‘our skill, or rather lack of it.

- The centerpiece and doilies shown here

are so simple that they .can~ be 'made

Without anytrouble by a beginner in

the art of crochet who sometimes feels

as if her fingers were all thumbs, or

even by any child who is old enough to

hold a crochet needle. And they are"





advantage. The centerpiece is made

by cutting a circle from duck, pique,

linen or any stout white material. The

most convenient size is about fourteen

by fourteen inches, but, of course, you





2. can make it larger or smaller if you





prefer. If you have any difficulty in

cutting out an exact circle, place a





large mixing bowl on your material

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pencil and mark around it and you





around, or a rolled hem if you like it





 

 

 





'ove e hem as shown in the illustra-

tion. all around the centerpiece ink,

the same way, fastening each chain at

equal distance from the other. Now





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also very inexpensive, which‘is another -





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the center of-white duck or'linen and

the first chain of loops of .blue .mercerA

ized cotton, the next row of white, the

next 'of bluev,and so on. Any, combi-

nation of colors-that you best like can,

of course, be used for this. The laun-

dering must be]; more carefully done: ..

than in. all white centerpiece," but“ if

you get the washable mercerized cot-

ton I do nOt think you will have any

troubleiabout this. , '





 





BREAKFAST MAMALADES.





 





Sugarless. ,‘ ,



As a butter saver, Americans might .

adopt the English custom of serving

marmalade with toast or 'hottbread for

breakfast. Let the fruits supply the

sugar to be used in making these mar-

malades. Their virtue lies in the tart-

ness of the fruit and the fact that they





 





Centerpiece and Daily of Simple Design.





which youlmust be sure to pull tight contain only what nature put in the

and smooth under it. Then take a soft fruits.





Apple-Raisin Marmalade—To one





have an excellent guide for cutting. cup cf ground seeded raisins add one

For plate doilies you can use plates or cup of chopped apples and one cup of

small bowls for a guide and for glass water. Cook until thickened. A little

doilies use tumblers. The first thing orange and lemon juice and grated rind

to do is to make a narrow fiat hem all may be added if liked.





Cooked dried fruit, as apricots,





better. Now, with crochet cotton make pears, peaches, or prunesmay be used

chain 0f six stitches and fasten this in combination with the ground raisins

in any proportion desired, and three

fruits combined, as apricots, apples

and raisins.





Catsup added to the marmalades





 





 





 





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akes a simple fruit relish to serve

fasten in the middle stitch of each loop with cold meat.





in the row just finished. Continue all Date-Prune Jan]__“738h one pound





around in this way and then make a of prunes, soak over night; cook in the

third TOW 0f eight StitCheS in 93011 same water and remove stones. Re-

chain. Go on increasing a stitch in mo

each chain of every succeeding row un- and cut in small pieces. Cook with

til you have six 01' more Of these 10°F prunes until mixture is thick. Add a

like rows bordering the centerpiece. 'If small amount of lemon juice.



you find the edging iS getting too full Prune Apricot Butter.—-Wash one

to lie flat, as it may do if your ”00th pound of prunes and one-half pound of

cotton is a trifle too coarse, add the ex- apricots; soak over night; stew until

tra. stitch in every other loop in each very soft in same water; rub through

row. For instance, in the third row, cola‘nder; return to sauce pan and





ve stones from one pound, of dates





$ 1 2 00 where this cupping may POSSiblY begin; cook slowly until thick like apple but-’

0





to trouble you, make your firSt Chaifié‘tergbeing careful that it does not burn.





You furnish m" be“ of eight stitches just as already direct- Do not add :sugar.





or horse hide. Use ed, then make thelsecond chain seven





lenty of salt. Ship





 





yfrelghtor express_ stitches, the third eight again, and 80 To Clean W1ndowsl~fifihere the win-

Returns in 40 days, on. The dailies should be made with dows are not sheltered by a porch or

M0“ C0“ Wifl- narrower borders of these crochet loops eaves they ‘1‘“ch become water





tors Coming

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than the Centerpiece. .

. If you want to give a pretty touch of to the water in which they are washed





stained. Add one tablespoontul of gly-

cerine and half as much wood alcohol





Mittens. Vests Cg; ‘ _ , , _ .

gaggeléggl color to the table make the centers of and» they will polish beautifully and





your

and





linens with crocheted edge in white. remain





this set of pale pink or blue duck or Shed water f0? a mug “1119' Wind-





 





Another very attractive plan is to make -—L. M.





shields vSashed in the same way will

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. (Continued from page T153).

the more between himself and the old

starved-dog life. .



But——and Capper narrowed his eyes

and sagely wagged his head—there’d

be something. f t coming. When he

got knee to kne with the governor-

general of the R ck, and told him what

he, Billk Clapper, knew about the iden-

tity of Captain .Woodhouse,. newly.

transferred to the signal service at Gib-

raltar, why, if there wasn’t a cool fifty

pounds or a. matter of” that as honor‘

arium from a generous government

Billy Capper had missed his guess;

that’s all.



“I say, Governor, of course, this is

very handsome of you, but I didn’t

come to tell what I know for gold. I’m

a loyal Englishman, and I’ve done





flag.” . -



“Quite right, Mr. Capper; quite right.

But you will please accept this little

gift as an inadequate recognition of

your loyalty. Your name shall be men- ,

tioned in' my dispatches home.” I



Capper rehearsed this hypothetical

dialogue with relish. He could even

catch the involuntary gasp of astonish-

ment from the governor when that re-

sponsible officer in his majesty’s ser-





vice heard the words Capper would~





whisper to him; could see the com:

mander of the Rock open a drawer in

his desk and take therefrom a thick

white sheaf of bank-notes—count

them! Then—ah, then—the first train

for Paris and the delights of Paris at

war-time prices.



The little spy anticipated no difficul-

ty in gaining audience with the gover-

nor. Before he had been fifteen min-

utes off the: Princess Mary he had

heard the name of the present incum—

bent of Government House. Crandall

-——Sir George Crandall; the same who

had been in command of the forts at.

Rangoon back in ’99. Oh, yes, Capper'r

knew him, and he made no doubt that,

it properly reminded of a certain bit of

work Billy Capper had done back in

the Burmese city, Sir George would. re-

call him——and with every reason for

gratefulness. ,Tomorrow——yes, before

ever Sir George had had his morning’s

peg, Capper would present himself at

Government House and tell about that

house on Queen’s Terrace at Ramleh;

about the unconscious British officer

who was carried there and hurried

thence by night, and the tall well-knit

man in conference with Doctor Koch

who was now come to be a part of the'

garrison of the Rock under the stolen

name of Woodhouse. '



Capper had his dinner, then strolled

around the town to see the sights and

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For the color and the exotic savor of

Gibraltar on a hot August night Capper

had no eye. The knife edge of a moon

slicing the battlements of the old

Moorish Castle up n the heights; the

minor tinkle of a guitar sounding from

a vine-curtained balcony; a Riman

muleteer’s singsong review of his frac-

tious beast’s degraded ancestry-what

for these incidentals did the practiced

mind under the battered Capper bowl.

or have room. Rather the scrapsof in

formation and gossip passed from one

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another over a mug of ale, or the con- '

fidence of a aloe-eyed dancer to the '

guitar player- in a tavern; this was ,

Carefully he hurt '





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you to consult with the banker

before making a financial investment

of whole or a part of your savings, I

do not want our boys and girls to get

the notion that the banker is an “all-

wise” fellow whose lead or advice

should be followed blindly, for it is not

true. He makes mistakes as often as

anyone else, but what I wished to im-

press on your mind is this, that-he has

studied financial problems day and

night, studied them from every angle,

up one side and down the other. has

kept in touch with financial progress,

has lived in a financial atmosphere,

has breathed it and dreamed it and

worked at “the trade" until he will

have a. much broader vision of finan-

cial investments and a clearer knowl-

edge of it than will the farm boy or

girl who has not been compelled, for

very existence to do this as has the

banker.



I am not saying that you Should al-

ways follow the advice of the banker

even. I want you to learn to have a

mind of your own, to make decisions

for, yourselves, and many times a loss

of some of your earnings may do more

to make you quick, alert and careful

than almost any other experience you

could have. But with all of this, if

when you are ready to make an invest-

ment, you will consult your banker

first, go over the matter with him care-

fully telling him every angle of the

deal as you see it, he will very often,

from his ripcr experience in money

matters, be able to put a new light on





make more money out of it and do the

community just that much more good,”



Now, I knew in after years when I

was older, that this manwas trying me

out and wanted to see just how much

faith I really had in the enterprise my-

self—and he found out. l“VVhy,’f'I said,

“simply because I have not the money

to do‘ it with.” g _ ‘ .



“Is that all the reason why you" do

not go in heavier?” he asked.



I admitted that it was.‘ Up to this

time I had never asked. for credit from

this banker and did not even know

that I could get it. . ,



“Well,” he said, “How deep would

you go in if'you had the money?”



I told him, and probably the greatest

surprise of my life came to me right

then, for his very quiet, prompt reply

was, “I will let you have the money.”



Now I had known this banker for

three years and longer. Had been do-

ing a. little business with him—with

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it. This knowledge added to your own

inclinations, may entirely change your

viewpoint of it.



In our last article we mentioned once

having entirely changed our minds

about a certain deal after getting the

advice of the banker. I well recall an-

other incident when the writer went to

his banker and told him of a certain in-

vestment he was inclined to make that

would take every penny he had saved.

The banker listened carefully and at-

tentively through the recital of the

facts and‘ then said kindly, “Comfort,

you know a lot about the business you

are contemplating, don’t you ?” We, of

course, modestly (‘2) admitted that we

thought we did. “Well,” he said, “I

think you do, too, I think you know ten

times' more about that particular busi-

ness than I do or ever will. You will

give it your personal attention I be-

lieve and will make it win. Why don’t

you go into it on a larger scale and





you from yourself. He won’t let you

do foolish things very often so make it

a rule early in life to owe. no one but

the banker. But we are off the track

again. I once heard it said that the '

reason why a woman‘ could not preach

was because she could not stick to her

text, but I doubt the truth of this, or

if it is true of her it is equally true of

a man. Just let her text be an Easter

bonnet 33nd see if she can’t “stick.”

Well, to get back where we branched

off: The very fact that the banker

would offer to lend me money‘meant as

much to me as the fact that I could

go into a business that I felt sure I

could win at. Remember, boys and

girls, that at this time I had only voted

once or twice and I vct id just as soon

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I think about every boy and girl

reader of the Michigan Farmer has

heard of the writer in connection with

the ri’Hampshire sheep industry and it





the dawn of my Hampshire day. It

was the beginning of the career that

has brought me most f my business

success. Was it a good hing for me to

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when I was a boy?.Was it a.good thing





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The Grizzly King





By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD





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“Almost—inconceivable,” said Lang-

don then. “And yet it’s true. And it

isn’t a freak of nature, Bruce—it’s sim-

ply a result of Nature’s far-sightedness.

If the cubs were as large comparative-

ly as a house-cat’s kittens the mother-

bear could‘ not sustain them during

those weeks when she cats and drinks

nothing herself. There seems to be

just one flaw in this scheme: an ordi-

nary black bear is only about half as

large as "a grizzly, yet a blark bear cub

when born is much larger than a griz-

zly cub. Now why the devil that

should be—”



_ Bruce interrupted his friend with a

good-natured laugh. Ci



“That’s easy—easy, Jimmy!” he ex-

claimed. “Do you remember last year

when we picked strawberries in the

valley an’ threw snowballs two hours

later up on the mountain? Higher you

climb the colder it gets, don’t it? Right

now—first day of July—you’d half

freeze up on some of those peaks! A

grizzly dens high, Jimmy, and a black

bear dens low. When the snow is four

feet deep up Where the grizzly dens,

the black bear can still feed in the deep

valleys an’ thick timber. He goes to

bed mebby a week or two weeks later

than the grizzly, an’ he gets up in the

spring a week or two weeks earlier;

he’s fatter when he dens up an’ he

ain’t so poor when he comes out—an’

so the mother’s got more strength to

give to her cubs. “It looks so to me.”



“You’ve hit the nail on the head as

sure as you’re a year old!” cried Lang-

don enthusiastically. “Bruce, I never

thought of that!”



“There’s a good many things you

don’t think about until you run across

’em,’.’ said the mountaineer. “It’s what

you said a while ago—such things are

what makes huntin’ a fine sport when

you’ve learned huntin’ ain’t always kill-

in’-—but lettin’ live. One day I lay

seven hours on a mountain-top watch-

in’ a band 0’ sheep at play, an’ I had

'more fun than if I’d killed \the whole

bunch."



Bruce'rose to his feet and stretched

himself, an after—supper operation that

alWays preceded his announcement

that he was going to turn in.



.' “Fine day tomorrow,“ he said, yawn-

ing. “Look how white the snow is on.

the peaks.” '





“Bruce‘—”



“What?” . .



“How heavy is this bear we’re

after. 7” '





"Twelve hundred pounds—mebby a

little more. I didn’t have the pleasure

of lookin’ ' at‘him so dose as you did,

Jimmy. If I had We’d been dryin’ his

skin new!” . .



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“Between eight and twelve years old,





I’d say, by the way he went up thel‘ .,





‘ slope. An old bear don’t roll so easy.”





bears. Bruce?” . -

“assignment ’em need-ed crutch-





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es, said Bruce, unlacing his boots.

“I’ve shot bears so old they’d lost

theii teeth.”



“How old?”



-“Thirty——thirty-five——~or mebbe forty

years. Good‘night, Jimmy!’



“Good-night, Bruce!"



Langdon was awakened some time

hours later by a deluge of rain that

brought him out of his blankets with a

yell to Bruce. They had not put up

their tepee, and a moment later he

heard Bruce anathematizing their idi-

ocy. The night Was as black as a cav-

ern, except when it was broken by lurid

flashes of lightning, and the mountains

rolled and rumbled with deep thunder.

Disentangling himself from his drench—

ed blanket, Langdon stood up. A glare

of lightning revealed Bruce sitting in

his blankets, his hair dripping down

over his long, lean face, and at sight

of him Langdon laughed outright.



“Fine day tomorrow,” he taunted, re-

peating Bruce’s worsd of a few hours

before. “Look how Vt h1te the snow is

on the peaks!”



Whateve1 Bruce said was drowned in

a. crash of thunder.



Langdon waited for another light-





, ning flash and then dove for the shel-





ter of a thick balsam. Under this he

erouched for five or ten minutes, when

the rain stopped as suddenly as it had

begun. The thunder rolled southward,

and the lightning went with it. In the

darkness he heard Bruce fumbling

somewhere near. Then a match was

lighted, and he saw his comrade look-

ing at his watch.



“Pretty near three o’clock,” he said.

“Nice shower, wasn’t it?”



“I rather expected it,” replied Lang-

don carelessly. “You know, Bruce,

whenever the snow on the peaks is so

white——-”



“Shut up—an’ let’s get a fire! Good

thing we had sense enough to cover

our grub with the blankets. Are you’

wet?”



Langdon was

from his hair.

rat.



“No. l was under a thick balsam,

and prepared for it. When you called

my attention to the whiteness of the

snow on the peaks I knew-—-”



“Forget-the snow,” growled Bruce,

and Langdon could hear him breaking

off dry pitch-filled twigs under a

spruce.-



He went to help him, and five min-

utes later they had a fire going. The

light illumined their faces, and each

saw that the other was not unhappy.

Bruce was grinning under his SOdden





wringing the ‘water

He felt like a drowned





. hair.





“I was dead asleep when it came,”

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Bumper the White Rabbit '





By GEuORGE ETHELBERT WALSH





 

   





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UMPER spent a quiet and restful

B night after Dr. Crane had remov-



‘ed the trouble that was causing

his sickness; but he was very weak

and faint, and he slept long after the

birds were up and singing. He was a.

little afraid‘at first to eat anything

when he finally crawled from his hole

in the decayed tree branch; but, recog«

nizing some sweet birch trees, he ate

moderately of the leaves and bark.



This seemed to put new life in him,

and by early noon he felt quite himself

again. Rusty the Blackbird, who had

taken quite an interest in him, brought

him the cheering news that his coun-

try cousins-were living in a burrow a

few miles back in the thick woods.



“Take this deer trail back about a

mile, and you’ll find" them,” he said.

“You can’t miss their home. It’s under

a big rock which you’ll come to.”



Bumper thanked him, and decided to

begin his journey at once.



“Is there any danger of meeting Mr.

Fox on the trail?” he asked a little

anxiously.



“No,” replied Rusty, “forBuster the

Bear frequents the trail, and Mr, Fox

is dreadfully afraid of him.”



“But how about Buster the Bear eat-

ing me up ?”



“He‘ might,” admitted Rusty, “if he

caught you, and was very hungry, but

you don’t want to let him catch you.”



“That’s true,” replied Bumper, “but

I might not be able to avoid him. ls

he is quick as Mr. Fox ‘3”



“Oh, dear, no! You can easily out

run him. He’s so clumsy he falls over

his own big feet sometimes, and he

makes such a noise you can hear him

coming a mile away."



“Then I don’t believe I’m afraid of

him,” replied Bumper, in a voice of

relief.



When he started out on his travels

he felt pretty good, and on the way he

stopped to eat every time he found

something he knew was good for him.

He avoided all strange plants, and ate

only those he recognized.



In a short time he came to such

thick woods that if it hadn’t been for

the deer trail he would have been lost,

but he followed Rusty‘s directions, and

kept strictly to the well—worn path.

When he grew tired, he rested by the

wayside, always hiding in the thick

bushes, and keeping one eye and both

ears open. There were many strange

and wonderful noises in the woods, and

more than once Bumper started up

With fright. '



But nothing happened to him until

he was so far in the woods that he

thought the big rock must be near. He

kept a sharp lookout for it. Just then

he heard a noise so different from any-

thing that had startled him before that

he stopped‘ to listen. It seemed as‘if

someone was in great pain, and need-

ed help.



Now Bumper was very fender-heart-

ed, and anyone in distress made him

very sad. So instead of keeping on the

trail, he wandered off to find out who

was moaning so loudly.



And what he beheld was enough to

make any rabbit laugh! It was Buster

the Bear fast asleep, snoring as‘if he

enjoyed it. Bumper was frightened at

first by the sight of the big shaggy

head and body, but when he recalled

Rusty’s words, and saw that Buster was





'.sleeping, he stopped and laughed.





While he stood off at a safe distance

watching, a bumblebee lighted on Bus-

",ter’s nose and tickled it. The bear

brushed ‘it off with a paw, and rolled

over to renew his sleep.‘ But, unfor-

tunately for Buster, he whacked the

béé’so hard that'he must have hurt it.





 





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and gave him a sharp sting on the

nose. The effect was startling. Buster

came to life with a jump, and let out

a loud: '



“B~r-r-r! Whoof!”-



The ground seemed to tremble as he

struggled to his feet, and swung his 1

huge paws at the bee. But the bumble-

bee, having accomplished its purpose,

calmly flew away. Buster rubbed his

smarting nose, and growled angrily.



Suddenly he caught sight of Bumper

grinning at him. He stopped rubbing

his nose to stare and blink at the white

rabbit. Bumper, now that he was dis- é

covered, ceased grinning, and began to ' ),, 1

feel afraid. ~ 9



“You think it very funny, don’t ,

you?” growled Buster, his little eyes f~

flashing. “I‘Wish he’d stung you in- ‘1

stead of me. Drat the old bumblebee! ’ ( '_3

I wonder what they’re made for?” A.



“I’m sure I couldn‘t tell you,” replied ‘

Bumper, in an unsteady voice.



“What do you suppOSe you’re made

for?” continued Buster, eyeing him

queer-1y. "



“Why—to—make little boys and _

girls happy, I suppose,” Bumper stam- ' w

mered. I



Buster grinned at this stammering

remark. Then, with a leer, he added:

“No, that isn’t the reason. It’s some-

thing else. Want me to tell you?”



“Why, yes, I’d like to know.”



“Well, then, it’s to give Mr. Fox right

back of you-a good meal.”



Bumper gave a jump of nearly three

feet when he heard this. He didn't

suppose the fox was anywhere near,

and the thought that he was right be-

hind, ready to spring upon him, sent

the blood racing through his body. But

when he turned, expecting to see drip-

ping jaws about to close upon his neck,

he was surprised and then' puzzled. .

There was no fox in sight. However, "Q

he wasn’t to be deceived, if Mr. Fox J

was hiding, and he stood ready to '

spring away, his body quivering with

fright, and his pink eyes dilated.



“Ha! Ha! Ha!” laughed Buster the £

Bear in a deep rumble, rolling over on

his fat sides. “Ho! Ho! Ho. What a

scare I gave you! Now we’re quits.

The joke’s on you!”



“The next time I see anyone in trou-

ble,” he said, “I won’t laugh at him,

Mr. Bear. You’ve taught me a good

lesson.” :-



“Well, that’s what I call taking a. f x

joke in the proper spirit,” smiled Bus- I ‘

ter. “I’m sorry I gave you such a





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bee stung your nose."



“Oh, as for that, I didn’t-mind the

sting so much as the interruption to

my sleep.” Buster rubbed his nose as

he spoke. Then he added, addressing

the white rabbit:



“Where are you bound? You must ' a

be lost. I never saw a. white rabbit

out of the city before.” -



“Were you ever in the city?” asked

Bumper eagerly. .



“Sure! I was in the Zoo for a whole

year until I escaped.”



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feel. The country’s very strange \to'





 





you tell me where my country cousins

lives—the wild rabbits ?” .

“Yes,” replied Buster, "but I‘m not

sure they’ll welcome your coming.

However, you can find them by follow-

ing that trail a little further until you

come to a big rock. They live-under

it where Mr. Fox can’tget them.”

“Thank you,” replied Bumper. “I

think I’ll be going, then: I must find

them before night.” j .- f . ,»

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President Wilston states here again,

what he has stated before, that there

is no peace to be made in this country

with the Hohenzollern. If ever there

was a nest of ugly vipers tha‘t‘needed

to be wiped out this is the one. They

have perverted a great people; they

have torn the world with dissension;

they have brought ”back to the world

the most terrible things that have ever

been seen. .



Back of the Hohenzollern, pledged

personally to the Hohenzollern family,

fatally sworn by life, are ten to forty

million armed veteran soldiers of the





. highest type, convinced that they are





working and fighting in a cause that

must succeed, that their efforts are

vital to the success and life of their

Fatherland. That is the thing back of

this force that President Wilson calls

The Thing.



There is no way to settle this prob

lem but to settle it by force. and to con-

vince that army of armed men that

there must be a change in conditions

in this world. How is this going to be

accomplished?



Over three years ago this thing was

turned loose to crush and devour ev-

erything in its path; it crushed Bel-

gium, pushed forth into France until





, stopped by the battle of the Marne,





and in the three years that have elap-

sed since that time all that France,

England and Italy have been able to

accomplish is. to hold that line, a few

little changes here and there, but sim-

ply to hold the line drawn three years

ago, while in the meantime Germany

has conquered Serbia, Montenegro, a

large part. of Roumania, Northern

France and has (Nor-run Poland and a

large part of Western Russia.



Germany is in the position of a vic—

t0r in this war at the present anda

peace movement at this time means

not only victory for Germany, but that

we as a great power will have to sink

to second place unless we turn our-

selves into a mighty fighting force be-

cause Germany has thrown Russia out

of the fight, included most of Rouman-

ia, Bulgaria, Western Turkey, Austria~

Hungary and Belgium, and as well,

swept into Russia itself through P01—

and, and has under its power 200,000,-

000 of subject people from which an

army of 25,000,000 can be drawu within

two or three years and if the present

army of 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 men

can do what they have done, you can

readily see that there is something

that must be done by the United States

of America. _



This is our problem: We have got

to take Russia's place and we have to

reach that place and fight on that line

because when this line falls, it will

mean the fall of France and England

and-the same fate for those countries

as has befallen Belgium and Poland

and nothing in the world will save us

from just that same experience. .Hell

on earth is the fate of the farmer’s

wife in Serbia. You will understand

something of this when I tell you that

there are numerous families where the

father is in the army, to which two

children have been added to the family

while he has been away. There are

no children under four years of age in

Poland; 500,000 to 750,000 Armenians

have been slaughtered under German

orders.



Do we want that Thing‘turned loose

in this country. or do we not Do we

want that kind of Thing that is so base

that it destroys life from the babe up

to the old man -



Perhaps Loan illustrate this by tell-

ing 'ouan experience of Mr. Hoover’s

in elgium. ’Inlspeaking ofa certain

village in Belgium, Mr. Hoover says:

“I went there with a certain. Prussian

officer who was my guard and It said

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in strength and numbers to that of our

foe. We have .got soldiers to train,





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two short years; we have got to do in





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been doing in fifty years; and we have

got to maintain our soldiers and our

Allies.



We have got to settle down to busi-

ness; we have get to sacrifice, and sac-

rifice until it hurts. The man or wom-

an who does not sacrifice and sacrifice

until it hurts, is not atrue American

citizen.



Germany has educated hervpeOple to

believe that they are in the right; that

no matter what barbarious acts they

commit———it is all right. They will fight

as long as their breath lasts. They

are going on with their wickedness;

and they will go on with it, until they

are checked, and we have got to help

check them. ~



There are fifty boats filled with sol-

diers out on the dark waters of the

ocean now—and these men do not

know whether they are going to_live

from one minute to another; whether

they will ever reach shore or not. The

side of their ship may be torn Open at

any moment, and they will have .to

take to the small boats. In the boats.

tossed on the waves, men are suffering

cold and hunger; some wounded and

perhaps dying from wounds received

from machine guns. They have risked

their lives to take food to our Allies,

who are holding the line until we get

there. Are we going to support our

Allies, or are we not? We have got to

save food to put on these ships. Food

for our Allies, and our soldiers, who

are ‘at the front, means defeat to the

Germans.



We have three. years of hell before

us, and the quicker we meet it, the

more lives you will save. Can you do

anything to save this situation?



Every bit that you save means lives

of the boys who are fighting so nobly

that we might live in comfort in our

homes here. You can save this situa-

tion by raising more food and saving

more. Stop thinking about the money

you can make forfyourself, get busy

and raise food that is going to save the

lives of your boys. The more food that

you raise, the more food that you save,

is, going a long ways toward winning

the war; protecting your families, your

wives and your children.





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STATE GRANGE OFFICERS.

Master—John C. Ketcham, Hastings.

Overseer-C. H. Bramble, Tecumseh.

Lecturer—Dora H. Stockman, Lan-

sing.



Secretary—Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor.



Treasurer—~Frank Coward, Bronson.



Executive Committee.——Jas. Helme,

Adrian; Geo B. Horton, Fruit Ridge;

J. W. Hutchins, Hanover; W. F. Tay-

lor, Shelby; Wm. H. Welsh, Sault Ste

Marie; N. P. Hull, Dimondale; Burr

Lincoln, Harbor Beach.





 





TH E OVERSEER’S REPORT.





 





(Continued from last week).



This year the opening paragraphs of

the overseer's report dealt with chang-

es which war conditions are making in

farm business.



Eliminate the Profiteers.



He said in part: “Manufacturing has

been fostered by legislation at theex-

pense of agriculture to such an extent

that the industry has languished.





“One, short year has changed all this

and turned the eyes of the whole world

upon the American farmer. Fo‘od has

become the article of chief importance

in the minds of all and farming the

most needful industry. The govern-

ment has begun to foster agriculture

by forbidding speculation in farm pro-

ducts and by fixing prices thereon, bas-

ed upon the cost ofiproduction plus a

reasonableprofit to the producer; The

government is eliminating the food

profiteers as (fast air-possible. The

farmer‘is taking his rightful position

in the. business world. To him the par

tions look for their food supply and he

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ment, our government, a government.





of the people, for the people, and by

the people. We, the people, are the

government and when the government

fixes prices we are fixing them our-

selves.



“The government has drafted and

called into service ten million of our

young men to fight our battles for us,

but we are hesitating about drafting

the wealth of the people to pay their

expenses. Is money more sacred than

men?



“I believe the government should

make as careful inventory of the in-

comes of our people as we made of our

man power. For taxes are ultimately

paid out of incomes. Why not register

the incomes of all the people, the same

as we registered the young men of our

country, with as drastic penalties for

not registering as we inflicted upon the

men who did not register, not only im-

prisonment but the confiscation of the

property of those who fail to register.

In that way we can secure a complete

inventory of our resources. I believe

the government should take all in-

comes above reasonable living require-

ments and business expenses and ex-

pansion for the support of our armies

in the field, instead of bonding future

generations to pay a large part of the

expenses. They will have enough to

pay after we have exhausted our re-

sources.



“Property has become too sacred

with us.”



Public-owned Utilities.



With the last assertion, the Overseer

proceeded to take up discussion of pub-

lic utilities, making very distinct the

difference between government control

and government ownership. He said:

“What we need and must have today in

business, in public utilities. is effi-

ciency, not dividends; service, not

profits for a few.



“Efficient service to all is better than

poor service and large dividends to a

few. Plenty of coal, plenty of men,

and people freezing. Why? Private

ownership, watered stock, and divi-

(lends.



Natural resources—coal, iron, copper,

timber, waterpower, etc, given to us

by God Almighty for the use of man——

should be owned and controlled by the

government for the use of all the peo-

ple. Not for the enrichment of the few.

The profiteer of the natural resources

and public utilities must be eliminated

and controlled. I believe now is the

proper time for the Grange to declare

in clear, concise language, and our de—

mands will have a favorable hearing.



“The railroads, telegraph and tele-

phone systems can be made as efficient

as our postal system, only by govern-

ment ownership and control. We have

in this country water power enough to

develop electricity to run every rail-

road and electric line, every factory,

mine and all farm machinery, heat and

light every home. Nearly all of which

we have allowed to pass unchallenged

into the hands of corporate interests to

which we and future generations will

be compelled to pay high tribute unless





we, the government, take that which '





belongs to us——the water powers, and

use them for all people without paying

tribute to anyone.



“Public ownership does not neces-

sarily mean public operation of public

utilities or natural resources. The

mines of Alaska today are owned by

the government and leased under iron-

clad- contracst to the operators. The

Queen & Crescent road from Cincinnati

to Chattanooga is the best example of

municipal ownership that I know of.



“The Georgia Central was built by

the State of Georgia and is also leased





and operated by- the Southern Com-‘





pany. The Southern road gives good

service. The owners of these, railroads

absolutely control them by their leases

and the public are not obliged to pay

dividends upon watered stock.





“Too radical, do you say? No more





so than conscription, commandeering :





and building ships, and fixing prices

upon the necessities of life. If these

are right, and we certainly believe they

are, then government ownership of pub-

lic utilities and natural resources is

right. They belong to the people,

should be used for the people’s benefit

without paying heavy tributes to any.

The people have the power to take pos-

'session of our own property and pay

to the present holders thereof the mon-

ey that they have actually expended on

natural resources and actual value of,

ublic qualities and no more. Not one

liar for the water which they have

injected into the stock. .

' “In this way, and only in this way,

can we secure emciency and eliminate





, the profiteers who are praying





the necessities of life, nay, upon the

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ERE is a branch of the poultry

H business that is not likely to be



over-done, at any time in the

near future. While there is doubtless

an awakening, in many sections, to the

fact that geese are very‘profitable yet

a. great many people imagine that they

are hard to raise. Nothing could be

farther from the truth. The fact is,

that under ordinary conditions, geese

are less difficult to raise than any oth-

er domestic fowl. Neither great skill

nor expensive equipment are required.



Easy to Start.





A few good, healthy stock geese and

plenty of pasture are the most import-

ant requirements in making a start. Of

course, shelter of some kind should be

provided, but almost any dry shed

will answer. During the winter months

the birds do better when protected

from the elements, especially at night.

However, the goose is a hardy bird and

can endure a great deal of cold with-

out apparent suffering. In spite of this

fact, we always have comfortable quar-

ters for the geese, old and young.

Geese are very thrifty birds and are

free from lice. They are also free

from disease. We have raised geese

for a number of years and have never

yet lost a single bird from disease.



We seldom lose a gosling. After a

gosling is four days old, we consider it

almost as good as raised. A few geese

can be kept as a “side-line” by almost

any farmer without interfering with

other poultry, or in fact, with any other

farm industry. They should not be fed

01' housed with other poultry, however,

as they are more or less abusive, as a

rule, especially when feeding. Those

who admire water fowl should keep

geese. We can get more genuine pleas-

ure from a flock of geese than from

any other poultry on the premises.

They are easily managed and really

seem to be more intelligent than any

other fowl we have ever. raised.



Pasture is Essential.



As stated above, plenty of pasture is

necessary. It is, in fact, the most im-

portant point to be considered.



The goose is essentially a grazer; in

fact, grass or roughage is. as essential

to a goose as it is to a cow. They are

not over-particular in regard to the

quality of the pasture and their downy

coats yield a profit that shoul dnot be

ignored, even in this day of “new fang-

led” inventions in the way of bedding.

There has never yet been a time that

we have had any difficulty in disposing

of the feathers, at good prices. A well

matured bird will yield about a. pound

of feathers in a year. Laying geese

must never be picked until the laying

season is over. We are very careful

in handling the geese.



Right now is a good time to plan for

goose-raising, if the work has not been

done before. If the venture is to be a

success, don’t put it off until spring.

Geese mate in February, as a rule, and

new stock should be procured before

that time. We have found it advisable

not to disturb old mated geese. Once

they are properly mated they will so

remain, year after year, unless the

ganders get quarr'elsomc. Some gan-

ders will mate with one or two geese,

while others will choose four or five.

Young stock'should be kept separate

from the old mated birds at first.



Do Not Give Free Range.

. We learned, by costly experience,

that where the goslings have free

range it is impossible to control them





‘ after they once acquire the habit of





running away.



A few years ago when we began

raising the China. geese, (which are

much more active than any other

geese we have ever raised), a large

swamp was fenced for the old birds.

This pasture which is‘ not at all suit-

able for other live stock, makes a very

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grass and weeds make good oose pas-

ture. However, one must be on the

alert for foxes and turtles.



As a range for goslings we use an

apple orchard fenced and equipped

with suitable houses, Young goslings

must be protected from rats and other

destructive animals. Also, they must

have shelter at night and during hard

rain storms. A cold rain will some-

times kill good-sized goslings, before

they can be rescued. A gosling is easy

to raise but must not get rain-soaked

on the back.



We keep the White Chinese geese at





the present time and find that they -





have a number of good points not

found in other geese. They are the

same in every way except color, as the

Brown Chinese. Both are very. beauti-

ful in appearance. White China geese

have pure white plumage and their

bodies are very graceful. Their long,

slender, curved necks give the birds 21

swan-like appearance, which is always

greatly admired. The feathers are of

the finest quality and alwaysbring the

highest market price.





A Good Market Goose.



These birds, while not so large as

some others, are suitable for market

purposes where very large geese are

not wanted. While they are sometimes

called the “Leghorn of the goose fam-

ily,” they are somewhat larger than

common geese. It is not unusual for

young birds to weigh fifteen pounds

each when ready for market. They can

be made much heavier if kept longer

and fed a considerable amount of grain,

but nothing will be gained this season

by feeding large quantities of market-

able grain. _



We always try to have poultry in

good condition before being sent to

market, but have always been opposed.

to “stuffing,” partly because it seems

like “cruelty to animals” to keep fowls

closely confined, and partly because we

never have been convinced that it was

very profitable.



We feed a reasonable amount of

grain and always sell poultry of all

kinds alive.



Geese require less grain from the

time they are hatched until ready for

market than any other fowl we know

of. While we have always raised geese

as a side-line, so to speak, we aim to

raise about two hundred young birds

each season. Last season was the most

unfavorable that we can remember,

being so cold that the hens simply

would not go to setting.



Goose Eggs Hen Hatched.



Therefore, we did not get the usual

number hatched. We use large, heavy

chicken hens. Have never tried hatch—

ing with incubators, but have been

told that it can be done.



However, we succeeded in raising

174 fine young geese and together with

the old birds, which were twenty-two in

number (seventeen geese and five gan-

ders), we had a pretty nice flock.



We use leg-bands on the old geese as

they sometimes get together during the

latter part of the season and it is hard

to tell old from young.



Sometimes the entire flock is allow-

ed free range. Since cool weather be-

gan in October we have been feeding

more grain than during the early fall

because most of the b-irdsnow on hand

will go to market soon.~ We have sold

quite a number locally, to be kept for

next year’s stock. We never ship geese.



The Cost is Little.



Our grain bill, thus far, (November

15), for young and old during the en-

tire season, is $55.70. When every-

thing is counted up, we expect to have

a profit of about $2.00 on each goose

raised this season, not to mention the

feathers (which will probably not be

offered for sale), and several} settings





of eggs sold. We have found the China.





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sort of roughage. They like clover

hay, alfalfa and silage. We teed plenty

of these, during the winter. Also, grain

twice a day. Raw vegetables, chopped,

with bran added (also a little salt).

gives variety to the ration. Provide

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THE BEE~KEEPER’S PART IN THE

GREATER FOOD PRODUCTION.





This year the bee-keepers have a. real

opportunity to perform a patriotic ser-

vice of considerable magnitude. The

whole country is in need of food audit

must be oroduced more abundantly

than ever before. Not over one-tenth

of the honey has been produced that

might be produced it the bee-keepers-

would properly care for their bees and.

keep more of them. The bees are in

a serious- condition this winter because

of the following conditions: The clo-

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next crop; the tall honey flow which is

depended upon by many for supplying

honey for winter food was cut off by

the early frost; the bee-keepers were

unable to obtain suflicient sugar for

'feeding last 'fall; and, thousands of

colonies of bees are standing outside.

creased to the severe cold of this win-

ter and without any more protection

than the ordinary thin walled hives}

give them.



Beekeepers are already reporting

winter lossesrof from twenty to thirty-

per cent from starvation. Those who

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surprised next stirring at the small num—i

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candy tor the bees should correspond .

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from the fields. One colony saved may

mean the production of a hundred

pounds of honey which otherwise

would not be produced. it is of great

importance that bee-keepers give at-

tention now to the needs of their bees.



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Healthy hens are not only on the job

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necessary to keep a constant lookout

for the health of the hens. If one gets

sick, it had better be removed entirely

from the flock. Over-crowding is one

of the evils to be guarded against.





 





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should not be crowded. If the hens get





over-heated upon the roosts then rush

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results will undoubtedly follow. The

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tor and protection from the elements,

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HOMESTEAD FARMS





A Federation of Interests





 





. We have pure breed practical poultry (or Id. as





follows:



le--White, Barred.‘nnd Bull Plymmth 30(‘kl;

S. C. and E. C. Black Minurt-as: B. O. Vl'hite Leghorns

B. G. and ‘R. O. Bhode Island Beds.



[Ink-Barred Plyuiouth Rocks: R. C. and hi. 0. lthot'o

Island Bad” 60 B. C. “'hlte Leghorn».



NOTICE: Any person “he wishes S. C. “'lxiw I 0:;-

horn Pulletsur hens for winter and spring 120mg

should write to us. -

Oockerels-«fi. O. “'hite Leghorns: S. C. and ll. C.

Black Minorcas.





EGGS FOR HATCHING





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1'3 can furnish eggs as follows. and in quantities .cr

Incubators:



Honk-Barred, White. and Buff Plymouth Rot-h;

R. C. Rhoda ISland Reds: “'liite “Henrietta: Black

Orplngtrms: 3.0. and FLO. Black Minorvus; 3.1".

and R. 0. White Loglmrns; 15.0. Buff and Brown Lea-

hornl: S. C. Anwnas.



Gem, Ducks. TurkeysuGi-av Toulouse Geese;

White 99km imam ammo, White Hollwd. ma

Bourbon Bed Turkeys (limited).



Dnyupld cum-Orders for foregoing breeds up to

capacity.





HOMESTEAD FARMS, Bloomingdale, Mich.





' from Standard

Bab}, CthkS Bn-d s. (1. White

and Brown .eghoma. Good laying stovk. 813 per 100.

Safe arrival guaranteed. Catalogue free. Book your

order now for coring deliver): .

Wolverine Hatchery. Box 202. Zoolund. Hick.





ab] Chicks. Bred-today _8. 0. White and Brown



ne at in: year's price. 312 per 100. No cut..—



103 or circular. Order direct from thll adv. Cash in full

with order. Hate}: evory Tuesday, beginning April 2. Sunny-

brook Paula Farms. C. G. Burroughs. Prom. Hillsdale. Itch.





Barred Rocks ..S.?‘i’:3‘.:‘:..§i’£





, a year. 82 to So each. Circu-

hu'h'ae. FRED TLING. Cunst antino, 1149‘





Barred Plymouth Rock (-ockomls 83.“) each.

N1 blood from prim-winning heavy

loyig strain. J. A. Barnum. llnion City, Mich,





Cookers] fro oodl in stron'

med [0&8 38.00 earl:1 twomfgr 85.02:), g

A. A. WOOD an SON. - - - - Selina. Mich.





UFF Lochorns. breeding cooker-el- also a few lino

pen: of four hem and cockerel for 810. More he"

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

M Orpingtons—Sevonteen years. Best exhibition

on. producing strain. Eggsor Baby Chicks. Oi:—

. WILL SCHADT. Goshen. Indiana.

Ch. k We ship thousands. booking order! now

[C so for s ringl delivery. free booklet.

WE Y. Box 1?. Freeport. Mich.

cockemla—From Chicago Coliseum winning-took. $3

& up “Knight"dz Buff Books. both (.10th Red... 8pm-

ish.Opringtons.Wynndottes. Tyrone Poultry Form. Fromm.”





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of quality guaranteed “to 1,500 miles. Eggs for

Hatching at low prices. Bar. Rocks. S. C. W. Leg-

horns. S. C. and R. C. Reds. W. Wyandottes.

Buff and W. Orplngtons. Chlcklet catalog free.





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Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





We Offer a Few Special Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a small investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large eXpenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding.





Flanders F arm, Orchard Lake. Mich.

CATTLE.





WOODCOTE ANGUS





Trojan-Ericas and Blackbirds only Breeders of the

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

of the Grand 9Champion Bull at the International





icaao for]

OODOOTE9 STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





‘ ’ Aberdeen Angus. Twelve yearling

RegIStered heifers for sale. Our motto. size

with quality best of breeding. Price 8150 each for

bunch. I". J. WILBER. R. 4. Clio, Mich





 





 





 





 





Good uality hulls of- serviceable

ecdloverly Angus ago an younger. Inspectlon 1nv1t-

Geo. Hathaway and Son. Ovid Mich.





Registered Guernsey:





Stock always for sale. Ma Roge Strain—Herd Tuber-

culin tested .annu her! a reactor—no

abort1on. ”J. M._ I-LLIAMVS. 1‘North Adams. Mich.





GUERNSEYS must reduce herd. so (111.11

a few choice females of

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

in .herId- tuber: ulin tested. .

ICES. . - - Battle Creek. Mich.





'. For Sale. four on

Guernseg/s- registeredc.ows 41.3.!

eulino tested. Geo Crawford. Holton. Mich.





 





 





“ 45 Registered head. all _.tb tested. Nora‘ s

""3813 May King. son of Imp. May Bose King

headsour herd I90! his halfsisters sold averaging $1950

each. His hill] 4 alves are booked ahead at reasonable

prices. Avondale Stoc k F arm. Wayne. Mich.





GU E R N 8 BY Sb‘hfilififiig

Containh’s’sblood of world chain ions.

IIIGKS’ OUBR BY FARM. Saginaw. . .Mioh





Registered Guernse bull cal-

For sale ves \Iuy Rose breedihg.

JOHN EBELS. Holland. Mich.





 





CLUNY sTocK FARM I





100--REGISTERED HOLSTEINS--100

When you need a herd sire remember that we

have one of the best herds in Michigan. kept 41n-

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.





rite 11s I{our wants

R. BRUCE \McPI-IE SON, Howell, Mich.





 





‘ accepted in payment of finely bred reg-

‘ and "CI. istored Holstein bull calves. unlity

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

GEO. D. OLA - . - Vassar. Mich.





 





7 Pedigree Stock Farm offers Reg. Hol-

Parham 8 stein cattle. Chester White Swine.

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



_.R B. “HAM. Brenson. ich.





 





$50 Gets 3““°{.i°“"1"i‘.“ii"i‘i“fi’t“‘i'

aug or o o o n u -



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



M. .MoLAULIN Redford Michigan.





A Few Fine Bulls For Sale





.Iigslows Hslsisin Farms. lrssdsvills. Mich.





 





I Always Have Holsteins

To Sell





If wanting Registered cattle write me your wants

before placing your order elsewhere.





I... E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohiois





'WINWOOD H E RD





REGISTERED HOLSTEINS *





. 1 Holton, Mich.

Reference: Old State Bank. Fremont Mich.

Flint Mnrlecreet Bo she in service

is sire is Map ocrest Kora yhe Hengervold his 8

earest Dams each overm lbs. of butter 1n7 days

is damnnd grand dam both made over1232 lbs. of

butter in lyear. It is the vearl cow We are looking

for todeiiverthe lgoods. Flint aplecrost Boy' sDam is

Gluch VassorB e1 1. 30. 57 lbs. of butter" 1n 7 da 5 and 1

lbs. infildays. Her butter fat test i9527 is looks

about right to the man who goes to theT creamery.

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

sale at dai far ers' prices all outof A. R. 0. He liars.

Wri teltol as t e kind of a bull you want.





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





“TOP - HOTGH” HHLSTEIHSE





"Milk production is an inherited ability. Good cows

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

dairying is to be made.



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





 





 





this young bull and give your milk and butter

r dbcticn a

El I:‘ns'ool14.11thaI)“e: Oakdale No 1828338" Born Nov. 4,-1915.





re' s 3 nearest ; flutter

. Denis average Milk 7 days . 579. 66

Butter 7 days 30. 59

n1. Dam' s Dam' s “ii - 7 days 565. 00

Record afitker - .30 days ' 124.19





 





day

(She heads one of the ten only combinations of three

direct generations of thirt pound cows. .le

His dam' e record at 3 yrs i gang?" '3 .12.: £3,123

His five nearest dams average 3 Milka, 7733: 53.66%





(Including2— ——3 and l~45£lyno old. )

Ideally marked. about half and elf. Price 3250.





chl’lie'rson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.





bf. Holstein Bull calf boom Oct. 3. A splendid in-

Rd vidual. well grown.





 





cords loreevon near-

eetdamsaverago butter7 dwsga' 361bs. milk 538. 27. Dams

recordiS lbs. sr.2 yr. old. 13 Reader, Howell. Mich.





lete’ dHlstei b 11 it

$414? ”meson... W; “ .. 2.141..





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BREEDERS and STOCKMEN'

EVERYWHERE





Are Planning to Attend the National Shorthorn Congress,

Show and Sale at





Chicago, 111., February





Because it is the Biggest Event of its yKind

EvergStaged 1n America





400, HIGH-CLASS SHORTHORNS





Selected from foremost registered herds from the Atlantic Coast to the

Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf, Will compete for $8, 000 of-

fered in cash prizes, and every animal will be sent through the auction sales





held each day.





Judges of international reputation will place the awards.

ternational note—Shorthorn authorities—will address the various meetings.

Any man who is considering engaging in live stock husbandry should be in ‘

attendance that he may study the characteristics of the Shorthorn and the

character of the men identified with the breed.



Make your plans to attend the National Shorthorn Congress,

sale It will be held in the International Live Stock Building, Union Stock

Ask fer membership badge at Live Stock Inn when you arrive.





Yards.

F'Or 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 buying a Jersey bull is to get one backed up by generations of high

ew 0 holes bull calves of this kind. ‘

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

Boar Pigs and Yenrlings For Sale. , ‘

BRO'OKWATER FARM ' 0" "0"“-

MANAGER

Ann Arbor. MI h.. R. 7. .1





 





producers. .Bmok water odors to sell a





H. W. MUMFOID.

OWNER





 





 





 





 





PUREBRED

HOLSTEINS





are not only the





MOST PROFITABLE





but also the





MOST VIGOROUS

BREED ON EARTH





They are less susceptible to diseases. require

less attention. can consume greater quantities

of roughage and are more persistent producers

than any other breed. Write for free in-

formation nbout the Profitable Breed.





111E IIOLSTEiN-FIIBSIAN 11550011111011





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OF AMERICA, Box i64.‘llratiicboro, ill. I





CHOICE Holstein bulls nearly old enough for

2 service. N.o l born January 24. 1917. siro' s dam.

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

average 842 lbe.hut1er Dam of calf 18 lbs. butter 7 day s

assonior2yr -oid.a erago per cent fat 4 3. No.2Bi1-ed

by 23 lb bull and ovut a 14 lb. unior 2-yr. -old.

C. L. Owner. ort Huron. Mich.

Chas. }' eters. Herdsman. ’lhme Rivers. Mich.





Butter Fat Counts





Holstein Bull Calves from a 3) lb. 6. 53 iSire. Dam

are rand daughters of the RI an of- the Pontiece.

Theirdams grand dau fiih tors of Sadie Vale Concordia

the first 11011.. cow. win 8. Lewis. Marshall Mich.





' Bull Calf born Mar.7 fine individual

HOlSteln a prize winner from 29. 62 lb Sire and

23. so lb. 4 yr. old dam. Price low.



A. F. LOOMIS. - - Owosso. Mich‘



1111 calves sired by a double g- -son of Friend Henger-

Bvel id De Kol Butter Boyv mm dams of the great-

est yearly record breeding rite for photos and prices

6 etc. Ontonagon Valley Holstein Farm. Bruce‘ s Crossing.lich.





Our Herd is Headed





blein Vale Palmyra Fayne, w hose sire is a brother to



8'an 'ne Johanna. Dam is a 32 lb. granddaughter



of an] Dekol. Jr. sire of Croamoilo Vale. A few cows

in calf to this great sire at right prices.



..M PIERCE d: SON - - Manchester. Mich.





AK Leaf Farm. Herd sire Lenawee Pontiac 0111-

amity King offer Registered Holstein bull calves

from A. R. 0. cows and the above sire whose dam holds

-the milk and butter record in the state of Ind.

days21éiil7k 796. 3 butter 32. 51—315 days milk 3782. 3. but-

ter9

E. II. GEARHART it SON. R. 4. Marcellus. Mich.





".l i i 25 lb. son of the 350. 000 sire King Sogis Pon-

' 0 fl tiac Alcartra ready for sor1ice.Prico right.

JOHNA. RINKE. - - . - Warrren. Mich.





Re istered Holstein bulls‘ready for service

'0' "I. an ndbuli calves from301b. sire and AR

dams with records up to 25 lbs.

Wm. GRIFFIN. - - - - _B. 5. Howell. Mich.





3--HOLSTEIN BULLS--3





Ready for service at Long Beach Farm. Augusta.Mich.





 





 





OLSTEINS of (guilty Bull calves from dams with

records high as 1 lbs 1n 7 days. Also gouge pu lee.

Roe es or.





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l0 bull calves for sale, Perfection.“0





Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding.





ALLEN BROS.

PAW PAw, MICH.





19—22





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lino blred solid colored bull calves 3



2 Ma JOStym old. frOm dams that are doing

better than 650111.. $411. monthly. My own brooding.

Price $50.11 sch. Visitors welcome.

FRED A. BRENNAN, Soc 1 — .—. Capac, Mich.

OR Sale. Four registered Holsto T «

FFling heifers. Two six- -mo. -oid. 136101;“! 1.11233“.





FRED MeKEE. R. 2. Benton arbor. Mic.





' ready forsorvice. Al b if ,

Ch°lc° BUIIS for sale. Strong in {lilo 1.310313.





of Royal Majesty. Come ands

E W’ILfieWtOD' or Hslvc'rito for

Phone 143 5





Alvin Balden. Capao. Mich..

F 0 R SA L E xI‘leeg‘mtéared Jerisey bulls.

1‘

SMITH and PARKER. 114. a yn‘éwziivi‘iich





MAfPLE Lane R. of M. Jersey Herd has for sale R.

M. cows. daughters ILof'M. cows' bull calves.

heifer calovee and bulls. IAll Ifrom 500t600 b. dams.

IINRV 0X. - ,. - Allegen. Mich.





rogisdtered Jersey Dbl" calves riced low.

Ch0ices rde 7x0 ord Daisy‘s Frying Fox

Champion at SKalamazoo Fair whose dam produce

788 lbs. butter from 13783 lbs. milk in one year.

0. S. Bassett,Drexel Place. Kalamazoo. Mich





 





HOMESTEAD FARMS ?





VA Federation of Interests





We have for sale the following rhorobred cattle which

we shall be pleased to describe fully:



Shorthorn Durham-”Milking strain— Roan (ow

Scot: h toplpod. 7 yrs. old: heifer. red, 9 mos. . Bates

strain; 8111 calves. red. 3 mos. andii mos.





Holsteine-,-High class bull. 11 mos.. an animal for





l





the farmer who wants to gradeu p into the hi hest~





Holsteins. dam butter test 24.26. grand sire Kuiln e is

Pontiac Alcartra. the “oil 1111011711 360. la 8





Holsteins Heifers nd CalveeuSame 111 class

breeding a'abull‘s: T£o spring two yearirnsgidalves:

one2yr., one3yr.. heifer w1th (:11 f; two cows7yr.





Jerseys-«Two yearling heifers. dams 46. 35 and 73. 20

butter fat: large for age and well grown. a...





HOMESTEAD FARMS, Bloomingdale, Mich.





Shorihom Callie of both Sex for 5.1.





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





—Dairyor beef bred. Breedi steak all

:llorllIUIIIS ages forsale at farmers p'rice s.nC.W

lacy. Cent. Iich. Shortliorn Breeders’ Assn.. McBride?J lich.





BIHWELL 3110111101113





For Beef and Milk.





5 Bulls ready for service. 15 months to 2years. for

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

ern. sanitary 11,in ment. One hour from Toledo.

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





B‘IDWELL STOCK FARM





Box 8. Tecumseh. . Michigan.





 





 





Shorthorns for slale.5 bulls Scotch to 10 to 14 mos..

3 roan. 1 white] red: rice 3150. to _. lson of Max-

walton Sultan. 19 mos. .‘ Carlson. Deroy. Mich.





- theoriginal ilkstrain ou

Bates Shorthorm. 1.3.11. .4... :1. 14......9.“

8150 to 3200. 11.3. EU MMEL. Mason. Mich.‘

B ll 9 1n tol2 os. old from

Shorthorns' gdle1 milk‘lhg cow:n Prices roe

osnable. COLLAR BROS. 11.2. Conkiin Mich.

Milking g8horthorns: -—Bull calf 5 mos.. by a Gran

son of General OHS'E dam Bby a son of General ch01

.A few females BOOTH. 14.01.1111th





SBORTHORNS. Butterfly Sultan. half brother to





 





 





 





 





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Cattle For 8316





21.0.4. feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also

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HOMESTEAD FARMS





A Federation of Interests





We have for sale the following thorobred :

please write for full description and prices: ”as





Duroc Jemy-L-Eany 1.111."... 1.13111, bred sows "

and bo_ars--Boars suitable for spring service; one new 1





with pig: one high class boar 2yr. .. 600 lbs.





Hampshires--Sows and be rs. farmwed in Augu '

wolitzoltod and best blood ines. 8i1-e800 lbs. “5%

mon





HOMESTEAD FARMS. Bloomingdale, Mich.





 





UROCS Orion Chief Perfection No.68945 and Jen-

D nings Pilot Wonder No. 73373. Two outstandin boars

cf big type and excellent q‘uaiit. All who ted large



:3”): smooth sows. Thrifty. sm'oot . largo boned spring

ts from these herd boars ~41nd choice sows at very

reasonable prices. The\Jonn1ngs Fauna. Bailey.Mioh.





DU Rocs himfimuye; 41°"- ,





n.- Mich.





~ 1 eur ins stock all sold. Noth-

DODSOI‘I 8 Duroc: ingpdoing till spring.

ORLO L. DOBSON. - - . Quincy, MichI





Du roc J ersefiym 5215‘“; 53““...33‘:

sex. E. D. EEYDENBE Wayland. Mich.





Duroc Jungmggggood spring Hpigs for «is.





CAREY U . Bettina. Mi oh.





Duroc Sows 8i Gilt: "





guaranteed safe in pig. F1111 boars and gilts not rel-

ated. You wvant more size and feeding qualities; buy

now. Cat. 1th breeding and description of30 sow e

NEWTON AR R‘T. - - St. Johns. Mich





 





 





 





Duroc J erseys—-boars of the large heavy boned type.

Prize winning stock. prices reasonable. type and

breeding considered. also gilts bred to Junior Cham-

pion boar for spring (arrow. 111.111.1111, R 1. Monroe. lick.





 





A FEW Duroc Jersey b1ed gilte for sale. Some

extra good 14111111111113.

W. O. TAYLOR - - - Milan. Mich.





DITROC“ Jerseys. Orders bookednow for early spring

R. . Rod (ocks 13.00.1111,... in season.

EFCALKINS. R. 31.: | Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





DUROCS for sale 1 fall 110111. .7 Spring boars. 00d :





breeding. Write for description and pr coe

J. D. CRANEASON. Plainwell. Mich





BRED GILTS..





 





 

 





of 1st rilze young at I we State Fair.

all pigs and?” breedigig boars. ~ 1 5





C J. CARL JEWET'I', Mason. Mich.





Chester Gilts bred for March famw early

fall £13” both sexes 11.111.11.142 blood

lines. I". W. ALE ANDER. .Vaeear. Mich.





 





 





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riginll big producel’i





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. fairs and won more chem 01111 d (3:





BigType O I Cs.





Stock of all ages for sale. We 1141's.. at four state





than all the other breed 0 .

Promie or Breeder and Exhibtor at every {PW we ow-

ed. We Br sad the best. We sell the best. '

toe them to be the best. ”Write your wants. Get our

Catalogue. CWe shi



AND LL. and vSON, Cass City. Mich.





0‘ I C’s :hloicegg‘ May boar also some choice

WEBER BROS.. - Royal Oak. Mich.





 





 





O ‘I.~C.’ s 2 choice May boars it Sept. dOct. pi sired

oby First. Premium boar Mich. State Fair 17.-

Clover Leaf Stock Farm. R. l.





0. I. C. & CIES'I'EI Wl-I'I'E SWINE.





Strictly hig type with quality. Have a choice lotof

bo'ars fit for early full service. Teh ese boars will be

sold worth the money. Also have some finegil to I

will shi C. O. D.



NEWM N'S STOCK FARM. 11.1. Mariette. Mich.





Monroe. Mich.





 





 





o I (:98 Registeredservioeebleboars Bred its.

'Aug. .Se t.. ,igs. RegisteredS m

shire ewe lambs. (g.PO P. An rows. Dansville. Mic





 





O I C Am oflerinf some good 1.6.x... of Mayfar

9 0 row and fa l pigs eitheree

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.





0 I For sale a few extra good gilts bred





° forMarch and April farmw.

K. W.M M.ANN - . -





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C penned bred tilts. All etook

° guaranteed.





‘ l'. C. BURGESS. - - - Mammnich.





 





0 Wm. B. No. 47049; 1.411112111116111 No. 43815 .11.’





Dansvilio. Mich.





.Big Tyne Poland chinas.





Bred Gilts and Saws for sale.

HILLCRE‘ST FARM,





 





 





 





Herefords B°“.i3"’§t§21°;lo“i£:§





Both sexes either oiled or horned

MoCARTY. Seo’ y Mpch. AB.se' 11. Bad Axe, Mich.





illlo Farmstead Jersey Cattle. 3 bulls. ready for ser-





Lvico. out of R. of M. dams. 10 heifers 1.1.1.1 to fro sh:





Colon 0 Lillie. Coopersville. Mich.





lmsy Bull: 1111 Slit$ T..'“"‘ "f“.‘zg‘fi‘m'afl"

semi-ouch! test. er. I. I. Allegan. Mich





Jersey Bulls For Sale





Read for sex-vi e. .Lambert breediu

Wete’rmen‘l Wgterinan.e P‘hkues Rd, Ann Arbor. IicE





en next fall.





”WINNIE: Four flae youngbnlig '9de for service.





'Lidde





 





or to 5 Grand Champions in ser-

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





 





"Grandsons of Imp. Vi ll er. Also red

heifer 4i: cows heav vsmilki n6 Strain. rmers cos.

l'ree Catalogue. I! RRIE8 N FARM “Hart Mich.





SON8h of Harthorth Welfare 1101183 0111- herd of milk-

hos-thorns Oompriein mi 011 fl ey of Clay bred

cows. young bulls remain“ for an e and service. write us

Bros... R. n.Mieh.. Macon Phone.





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represented. FreeI





 





n'te atlon 1 Sr. Ch io '-in service F0 or .

bu ls.cd:s.andaheifers.W .McQuillan. Howell. ich- Kalamazo?» MIGHT.

She 11 «11> liedD 11 .2011“ \

1111111: .. i’d‘..°.’i‘3§%..§1u1.. 4:. 14:...1..°214 BOARusu-SOWS

Sittyfon Duchessincluded 1. Homes. 11 1.011011, 111.11. Bis type bl bone 1% ”83.81.1111!- " will! sell

Big tug Po and Chlnas at A lboar

Mom‘b Maxwalton 11.111.11.111 21111. 387322 1.111 V" 3 3°01" 013:. ”i“ 35111111.: “'14 “1 Dis-





”06" hill-15’ Portland. Michigan,” M-





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11:91:33} to 4,15%. The Frills “2111;: 33“?”

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gee the realb ‘31!th paid 1m:





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Jackson, Mich—Feed





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CONDUCTED BY W. 0. FAIR. V. .S.





Paralysis—e1 have a spring calf that

slipped on lee; when we found him he

was. unable to stand. but as he was

chilled we thought little or it, but even

with good care he is unable to stand

when hot

or with glen?! J. 13., Temple, Mich:—

liis recovery is exceedingly doubtful.

All things considered, I am inclined to

believe you had better destroy. him.

The carcass may perhaps be ht for

food. ‘ .



Suppurating Foot—Eight weeks ago





my flveycar-old horse went lame in .





fore leg; five weeks ago pus commenc-

ed to

then’mu'" local Vet. has been treating

the horse.but his .foot still runs. He

tells me gravel worked through from





sole of foot. Have been poulticing the .





foot. H. M.. 'Capac, Mich.———Apply,one





part-iodotorm and five parts boric acid ‘





to sore daily. Keep foot clean and

discontinue poulticing. Cover sore

parts with oak-um and bandage.



Light Milker.—-—Have cow that came

fresh on October 15; vealed calf when

four weeks old;

quarts of milk twice daily, now she is.

giving only three quarts twice a day.

This cow is seemingly healthy,

smell days before she freshened she

bloated some, but soon got over it. H.

l). McC., Prattsville, Mich—By chang-





ing her food supply you will be able to





increase milk yield; A healthy co

should not begiven drugs. ~

Sores on Abdomen—We have a Col-

lie bitch that was spayed last May

which has two sores on lower and back

part of abdomen. Applying

home healing remedies 'fail to heal

these sores. R. 11., Ypsilanti, Mich.—





l’aint sores occasionally with tincture '





of iodine and they will heal. She may

lick these sores, it so bandage.





Partial Paralysis—Have a Boston.





bull pup five months old that seems to





have lost the use of hind quarters. Ten -





days ago I noticed him twitching in

muscles; 'he gradually grew worse and

finally went down behind; I wish you

would tell me how to cure him. Miss





A. U., Mt. Morris, Mich—Apply hot wa»





ter bottle or bag to back constantly;

hand—rub hind quarters three times a

day; also give him three drops tinc-

ture nux vomica at a dose three times

a day until he gets well.





Scaley Condition of Skim—My cow,





has rough, scaley bunches on her skin;

when the scale or bunch sloughs, the

hair comes also, leaving the skin some-





what raw. C. H. 0., Mecosta Co., Mich..

——Give your cow 2 drs. of Fowler’s .





solution of arsenic at a dose in feed or





drinking water twice a day for thirty _





days. Apply one part tincture iodine





and four parts olive oil to sore parts '





of skin three times a week.



Navicular Disease—Our eight-year-

old mare has been lame for some time

in right fore leg, but our local Vets.

fail to locate her trouble. Where shall

I look to find seat of lameness? W. A.

W., Webberville, Mich—In the fore

quarter three-fourths of lameness is

below knee, but as you fail to notice

any bunch the lameness is perhaps in

coflin joint. Apply equal parts of tur-

pentine, aqua ammonia and raw lin-

seed oil to coronet three times a week.



Bog Spavin.-——My 12-year-old horse

went lame'the early part of last fall,

caused by bog spavin. Applied blister,

which made him more sore and lame.

I applied first blister one month ago;

since blistering, he holds up foot and

is much worse than when first treated.

P. E. M.. St. Johns, Mich.-—Apply equal

parts of tincture iodine and glycerine

daily. It is considered bad practice to

blister a spavin when it is not causing

lameness. " .



Constipation—Have four horses that

we feed alike; one of them is troubled

with constipation every few days and

he is so large that I am unable to give

him medicine. What can I fgech-ism

him some molas-

ses, oil meal, clover, alfalfa, or roots,

any one of them will act as mild laxa-

tive. Remember that the bowels of





horse, when exercised, act four or five:





times as otten as if standing still with-

out exercise. ..



Chronic Indigestion—l purchased a

Shorthorn heifer last spring. She soon

came fresh, gave good mess of milk,

but ever since she freshened she has





lost flesh and kept thin. Have ted her‘

condition powder, but it made no good1





impression. W. E. R.,- Bear Lake,

Mich—Mix together equal parts gin-

m It a dose in 132d





cow then gave sin





but .





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.up. What shall L do for .





discharge from coronet, since .





simple '





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Keep ,

your stock





Expcl the worms and keep

their digestion in good con— -

ditio-n‘, and they will assim-

date What they eat and put on flesh. F cod

is_too high to waste—put it into flesh by

glvmg your stock Dr. LeGear’J. Stack Parade”.





An excellent appetizer and worm cxpcller. A first-class condi-





at and healthy ' ‘1'





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





cnt remedy for coughs, colds, distemper. kidney troubles,





 





are my own personal prescription—from 26 years’ veterinary





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

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





Dr. LeGear’s Antiseptic Healing Powder





for collar and saddle sores, barb wire

cuts and all open sores on stock. In





Dr. LoGear'o Poultry Powder

will make your hens and pullcts lay

now. Keep: them healthy and insures

you Winter Eggs and bigger profits.

40,000 dealers-«never by pcddlers. Ask your dealer

' , . ’3 valuable 112-page Stock and Poultry Book.

If your dealer 3 supply of bucks IS exhausted, send us hisname and we will mail you one.





no.1. D. LIGoar Medicine Co. 712 Howard St. St. Louis. Mo.





Dmthear': Remedies are sold

for themand for free copy of Dr.





sitter top cans,_25c and 50c.





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Surgeon





Graduate of On-

tario Veterinary

College, Toron-

to, Can., (1892).

Over twenty-six

years ‘ experience

in treating stock

and poultry ail-

ments. N ation-

ally famous as a

prize-winning

poultry breeder.





Every Dr. LeGen

Remedy is the doc-

tor's own prescrip-

tion. based on his

long practice and

experience.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 





 





 





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The Farmers of Michigan Lose Annually





More Than $2,soo,ooo.oo'worth of Live Stock





Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs





FROM ACCIDENT AND DISEASE





The anhhals are destroyed and their cash value lost not only to the farmer but to the com

. ml. the State. Thom 4' sum of m 'n . ‘ m"

farmers) will but avoil Wolves of o oy can be sated to the farmers and the State if they (the





The MiCliigan Live Stock Insurance Company





organized expressly lot the purpose of indemnifyiug owners of live stock against death from an

cause. We want amt: to carry this great message to eVery farmer. y





Colon C. Lillie, Pres. and Sup. of Agts.,

‘ 319 Widdicomb B.dg., Grand Rapids, Mich.





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





Graebner Bldg., Saginaw, W. 5., Mich.





 





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axon ‘1' ‘P. 0. Some od opting boon up Io

L 2101». Will also :4 51:0

toll pip ready to Ihlp. Will. I”. bud





who??? ”I‘D-comm] ioh.





 





old in state. logmdaon at

o for April & May hm. I.0.Siv'om.





halls smooth 3:;

choolcrutt, Mich.





ginghogtnin P. 0. Gilc- bred to Smooth Jumbo lam





 





ms 2’. no. or ' hnadhl‘ilowa fromfllowg‘s greatest

I. ' ATH.WB‘0 ' .pl'cosonop n3 oars.





Burr Oak. Mich.





 





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MIMI m $3,311 25:?) rigovltiarch and





TON. Kalamazoo. Mich.





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£.£fifi)fi§fio&-bfgmhbg 33%;: N3, llttOU





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Illa love at bargain. prices. 0.3. Gm





B‘I’gy'l'e 3’. O. bred for March d: April famw aired





a Jumbo it Grand fiuporba and 201‘}! you!-

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eonnrds‘ Bis bOnod Poland China. sow (1 ll

bred for Apr furrow. Fn can m





u i . sir c. . .

Call or write. 13. Leonard, Elsi ~ 83mm MioD.





 





Heavy honed stock.

Bred gilt!) and pigs





For his Sgniiod Poland China:

not akin. out of blood.

L. G. OLAPP. R

n.‘i‘h"d “.m Shh: gin-ins boars and gilt:

Jenn W. films. statesman.

Gilts





Mich.





 





 





Large Yorkshire

Red Poll 0mm. E. 3. man. Homer.





 





 





SHEEP





BREEDING EWES ALL SOLD

ALMOND B. CHAPMAN,





 





. 1. Adrian. Iich.-





Shorpshire





ARMSTRONG BRO'S.





 

 





old flock header for sole.

R. Fowlcrvillo. Mlfi.





 





KOPE-KON FARMS.





Goldwater, Mich.





Hampshires & Shropshires.





2

It's a wise man who. orders his ram for August l





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Ram Lambs and one three you I.

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Regist‘e red 1.2.2:. it? $22.33; .

hour-1.9 so s'roox Farm. n.1, Mariette. Mich. l



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REGISTERED PE RC H E RON





Maro- and Stolllono priced to loll. I

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Belgian and Percheron Stallions for sale thfl

pass the Michigan





will

Have a few mares





do, we offer a choice lot of bulls and females.





LidONIER . lNDlANA. j».





PERGHERBN fllSPEBSAl





The entire herd of the late A. A. Palmer

Will be closed out; 25 pure bred

cheron mares 8200 to 8400 except 0;



also young stallions





PALMER 31205., Balding Mich.





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Berliookwood. Michigan

E w . “la” .n‘ Fog“ D. IIUIIL. Eh

E 8- nun in”... ,_ ALE noel-cored Percheron

LA. ween-o . Mufti... nr. ALDRICH. D‘Wl‘icmfgfidf’flfi'em,

him In: W in fighters! no» lino: Two Lu 4: m “mt- - w! ~

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BREEDIIS' DIRECTORY.

We? 19.???1313132331.??13511‘33‘51‘111’1‘3‘“ “’





We Oiier a Few Special Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn ccckerels, Ram-

bouillat rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a small investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding.





Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake. Mich.

CATTLE.





 





 





 





wooccors ANGUS





Trojan‘Ericaa and Blackbirde onl Breeders of the



«“13I and former owners of the a re (our herd hull)

i eG;and9h Champion Bull at the International

caoo





OODOOTE STOCK FARM Ionia. Mich.





 





° Aberdeen An us. Twelve yearling

Rengter heifers for as 0. Our motto: else

with quality best of breeding. Price 81510 each for

bun (‘.h F. J. “’31LBI‘N. Ii. 4. Clio. Mich.





 





* Good 1 unlity balls of serviceable

$11.0de Ang‘l.‘ra¢110nndyoung::r.IIn11pectionimit-

Geo. Hathaway and Ovdi . Mich.





 





Registered Cuernseys

Stash always for sale. Ms Rose Strain—Herd Tuber-





culin looted annngly shad reactor — no

nhorti on J. M ILLIAMVS. North Adams. Mich





GUERNSEYS m............. mm

a few choice females of

Glenwood brooding also bulls. all stock of A.“ .breed-

ifiherd tuber: uiln tested.



CKB Battle Creek. Mich.





' _I"cr Sale. fo r

Guernseys -...1.1...d ml W122:

eulinetosted. Geo. Crawford Bolton. Mich.





 





M ii Registered head. all tb. tested Nora's

"Is." M111 K.lng sun of imp May Rose King



bondaourherd l911fh1s half Inter-1 sold a1eraging 81950

each file hull 1- aims are booked ahead at reasonable

prices. Avondale 8101 k Farm. Wayne. Mich.





GUERNseysnu’tin-fi





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magdiisii'r‘dsiw 1111221122.“?‘51 1111111





Registered Guernsey bull cal-

F0 P88“? 101‘. I.\l.1y Rom breedin

JOHN ERELB. Inflollnnd Mich.





CLUNY STOCK FARM





100--REGISTERED HOLSTEINS--100

When you need a hard sire remember that we

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

der strict sanitary conditions. livery individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested We

have sizv qualltv . and production records back-

ed by the best strains of breeding.





rive us '{our wa atsn

R. BRUCE \McPHE Howe", Mich.





 





 





 





 





1m upted in 11111 ment of finely bred reg-

. C880 “CI. sstered Holstein bull calves. uaIlity

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

(330.1). CLARKE Vassar. Mich.





 





’ Pedigree Stock Farm oflors Reg. Hol-

Parham 8 stein cattle. Chester White Swine,

extra bargins in calms and fall pigs.ll11lls half firice.



R. B. PAI KHAM. Bronson.





$50 G ts son of30 lb.hull dam is rand-

e daughter of De Koi 2n But-



tar Bo 3 rd. Her dam 18. 96 lb2 2yr. old.

0LAULIN Red.ford Michigan.





A Few Fine Bulls Fm Sale





ligsloss Holslsin Farms. Ilmdsvills. Mich.





 





 





Y» 5,. .1 1 .- w‘,‘ . .v, w, .'





.B’REEDERS Ads

EVERYWHERE





Are Planning to Attend the National Shorthorn Congress,

Show and Sale at:





Chicago, 111., . February '1 91-22

Because it is the Biggest Event of its Kind ‘

Ever‘Staged' in America





400 HIGH-CLASS SHORTHORNS





Selected from foremost registered herds from the Atlantic Coast to the

Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf, Will compete for $8,000 of-

fered in cash prizes, and every animal will be sent through the auction sales





held each day.





Yards.

For further information address





 





H. W. MUMFOID.

OWNER





 





Judges of international reputation will place the awards.

ternational note—Shorthorn authorities—will address the various meetings.‘

Any man who is considering engaging in live stock husbandry should be in

attendance that he may study the characteristics of the Shorthorn and the

character of the men identified with the breed.



Make your plans to attend the National Shorthorn Congress,

sale. It will be held in the International Live Stock Building, Union Stock



Ask for membership badge at Live Stock Inn when you arrive. ‘





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 bnyin a Jersey bull is to at one backed

p Brookwater oilers to sell in ew 1 hoice bull caive‘s of this kind. up by generations '0' high

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





Boar Pigs and Yearlings ForIISaIe.





BRO'OKWATER FARM , omggggn.

Ann Arbor. MI In; R. 7.





 





 





 





PUREBREDI

HOLSTEINS





LI are not only the





MOST PROFITABLE





but also the





MOST ViGOROUS

BREED ON EARTH





They are less susceptible to diseases. require

less attention. can consume greater quantities

of roughage and are more persistent producers

than any other breed. Write for free in-

formation about. the Profitable Breed.





TIE IIOLSTEiN-FIIBSIAN ASSOCIATION





- particulars.





 





 





 





 





0F AMERICA, Ilox l64,'Braiileboro, III. I]





CHOICE Holstein bulls nearly old enough for

service. No lhcrn January 24. 1917 sires dam.

grand- dam and great grand- dam' s semi- o cial records

aver e 843 lbs butter Dam of calf 18 lbs. butter 7 Sdays

assen10r2yr. .oid. average per cent fat 4. 3. No. 2 Sirod

by B lb. bull and out a 14 lb. unior 2- yr. ~old.



C. L. BROD Owner. 0 Huron. Mich.

Chas. leters. Herdsman. Three Rivers. Mich.





Butter Fat Counts





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

rand daughters of t eKinl of- the Pontiace.

Th lleeIr dams grand dau L‘db tors of Sadie Vale Concordia

she first 3011:. cow. win 8. Lewis. Marshall. Mich.





 





 





 





' B ll Calf born Mar. 7 fine individual

HOISteln a :rlze winner from 29. 62 lb. Sire and

”.mlb. I yr old dam. Price 1011.



A. F. LOOMIS. - - - - Oonsso. Mlch‘





 





erays Ha've Holsteins

To Sell





It wanting Registered cattle write me your wants

before placing your order elsewhere.





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio‘S





WINWOOD HERD





REGISTERED HOLSTEIN S





Holton, Mich.

Inference: Old State Bank. Fremont, Mich.

FIint Ma ocreat Bo! sire in service

Ell sire is Map ocrost Kora yke Bengorveld. his 8





 





Dams each overm lbs. of butter in? days.

is damnnd grand dam both made over 1232 lbs of

butter in Iyea:r It is the 1earl row we are looking

for todeliverthel goods. Flint aplecrIest Boy sDam is

VaaserB e i 30. 57 lbs of butter in 7 d s and 120

lbs. lnIldays. Her butter tat teatiss..27 T is looks

about right to the man who goes to the creame

We have Bull Calves from 2 weeks to 8 months old

sale at dairrf armors' prices all outofA MB 0. Halters.

Write t tel 11st a kind of a bull you want.





John H.Winn. (Inc.,) Holton,»Mich.





“TOP - NOTOH” HflLSTEINSEI





"Milk production is an inherited ability. Good cows

must botobred togood pure-bred bulls if progress in

dairying is to be made.



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





 





this your}; “1311,1111 give your milk and butter





cti ona

El minst Colantha eOakdale. No. 1812837. aBorn Nov. 4.4915.

lie re'at nearest But





Dams average Milk 7 days 579 06



Butter 7 days 30 59



Die Dam' s Dam' s Milk 7 days 5850)



Rreeo rd Butter 30 days ‘ l24.19



Milk 30 day .60



(She heads one of the ten only combinations of three

direct generations of thirt poupd cows.)



fiisI dam' a record at 3 yrs. ‘ flake” 333: 43-?)





Int: five nearest dams average I gill“, 07133: 53.3%





(Including? —3and l~4l~éfiro

Ideally marked. about half and all.1 dPrice 8250.





McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.





.Bo'lsteins: Bull calf born Oct. 8. A splendid in-

mgvlda'n‘lmell grown. A.R .re



verage butter7dwsg. ”381115 milk k533. 2. Dams



38.8.“)!- sr.2 yr. old. 3 Reader. Howell Mich.





, “Amadeus: dis.” .1135





"Wm B. manna A, I”Mich.





 





 





ull calves sired by a doublet g- -son of Friend Henger-

Bvol ld De Kol Butter Bo from dams of the great-

est yearly record breeding. rite for photos and prices

0 etc. Ontonagon Valley Holstein Farm, Bruce‘ s Crossing,lich.





Our Herd is Headed





byIKin Vale Palmyra Fayne. whose sire is a brother to



sPay no Johanna. Dam is a. 32 lb. granddaughter

of an] Dekol. Jr. sire of Creameile Vale. A few cows

in calf to this great Hire at right prices.

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





 





 





AK Leaf Farm. Herd sire Lenaweo Pontiac Cal-

amity King offer Registered Holstein bull calves

from A.R..co11s and the above sire whose dam holds





-the milk and butter rez-ord in the state of Ind.





day§7 milk 796 3. butter 82. 51—315 days milk 23782 3. but-

8

1331.7 (111111111111: 1: SON 11. 4 Marcellus. Mich.





IICI ' E 95111. 11011 of the 850. 000 sire King Begis Pon-

. 0 ll tin: Alcartra ready for ser1lco. Price right.

JOHN A. RINK — . .





 





Warrren. Mich.





 





F s I Be istored Holstein bulls ready for service

of . . an 31.1111 calves from 30 lb. sire and A. R. .

dams with records up to 26 lbs.



Wm. GRIFFIN. - - - - ll. 5. Howell. Mich.





 





3-—HOLSTEIN BULLS-A3

Ready for service at Long Beach Farm. Augusta,MIich.

OLSTEINS ofgIIualitIy. Bull calves from dams with





reckordshigh as 1 lbs in .7‘days. Aisocoiliopu ies.

Rochester. ich.





HEREFORDS





lO bull calves for sale, Perfection

Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding.





ALLEN BROS",

PAW PAW, MiCl—l.





H e Pefo rd 5 EObeli’du’ggock kfoai 121':





Both sexes either oiled or home

McCAIRTY. 360' y B.’Aas a. Bad Axe, Mich.





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. 3 bulls. ready for ser-

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

en next fall. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersville. Mich.





30m! Wit in Isle...“ 'm‘ “'h "farms-mum.

sami-olciai t..: o nwghfi'i s. “10?“. m“





Jersey Bulls For Sale





Read to service. Bal i h-- S. Lambert breedin

WateI'ma‘n d Witerlnsan‘acka Rd. Ann Arbor, liol'nM





 





 





 





.Sllodllsrns Fm“ a“ Vouncbum ready for 1......





Li dde





Speaker‘s of in-





show and





Our herd ofD Dnrdca has





 





I

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line hired solid colored bull cal e 3



2 Ma JOStYm dwfromdams that are d‘dilsig



better than 50lbsm gin, monthly. My own breeding.



Price850 850.00 one item welcome.



FRED A. BRENNAN, Sec F. — .— Capac. Mich.



F811} 81:151.: Four IIregistIerod Halgteiiiucows. Two ear-

g are. we :1 x mo -0 ood broe i

FRED MeKEE. .2. > Benton arbor. Mic





of Royal Majesty Ctfinfia 8';ng 0

DW

Alvin Balden. Capac Micl?" PhoneI43-5





FOR SALE msmmdwm





SMITH and PARKER, R. 4. Howell. Mich.





MngLEcgrsiedI: 0:]:ng Jersey rfi‘grd has go‘s- sale R.

M. . u roof . .



heifer calves and 1%:an from .186) Wtil00 “ 1. “111$:

IRVIN OX Allegan. Mich





registered Jersey bull calves riced low.

ChOiceS Oxford Daisy' 3 * Fying Fox





788 lbs. butter from 13783 lbs. mIilk

C. 8. Bassett. Droxol Place. 1n one ye





HOMESTEAD FARMS





A Federation of Interests





We have for sale the following thorobred cattle which

we shall be pleased to describe fullv.



Shorthorn Durhams--Miiklng strain— Roan cow

Scot1h toplped. 7 yrs. old; heifer. red. 9 mos. . Bates:

strain. Bul calves. red. 3 mos. andtl mos.

Holsteins--High class bull. 11 mos” an animal for

the farmer who wants to gradeu p into the hi host

Holsteins. dam butter test 24.26. grand siro,Kuilng Iegis

Pontiac Alcartra. theuell known 860.



Holsteins. Heifers mud ICalvesuSame hui-gh class

breeding ac bull's: TWO spring. two yearling calves;

one 2 yr. ., one 3 yr. . heifer with calf: two cows 7 yr.

Jerseys--Two yearling heifers. danis 46. 35 and 73. 20

butter fat: large for age and well grown w





HOMESTEAD FARMS, Bloomingdale, Mich.





Shorihorn Callie oi both 52X lor Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michlnl.





 





 





—Dairyor beef bred. Breedi stock all

'llOIIIICIIIS ages foreale at farmers prices. .W. Crum.

Iscy. Cent. lich., Shorthorn lredders' Assn. .chride. Mich.





BIDWELI. 3"“"THURNS





For Beef and Milk.





5Bulls ready for service. 15 months to 2 ears. for

.saie; also good Scotch- topped cows and hollow. Mod-

ern. sanitary oIefinyipment One hour from Toledo.

Ohio. N.Y Visitors Welcome. Write us.





B'IDWELL STOCK FARM





Box IB, Tecumseh, I Michigan.





 





 





mm 14 mos..

Joan of Max-

arioson. Iieroy, ich.





Shorthorns for sale. 5 bulls Bcotcht

3 roan. 1 white 1 red ce8

walton Bultan'.1806.$350.0.





theoriginal milk strain oung

BIIOS Shorthom‘b b.ulls8mos old f.orsale yPrice

8150 to 8200. J. B. MCMM EL. Mason. Mich.





I ll 9 t 12 id f

Shorthorns'g 11 oodsmlxlllr’llzag ocowls’lolgritzzes 3:1

enable COLLARE BROS. 11.2. Conklin Mich.





ilkin gShorthorna:—Buil calf' 0 mos" by a Grand-

son of General OI‘E'E. dam Bboy a son of General Cia

8150. A few f.emales B 00TH. Monlce. Mi





SHORTKORNS. Butterfly Sultan. half brother to

International Sr. Chw i.on -in-se

bulls.cows.and heifersW .McQuiilanJIowell. ich-





MIIkIIl She horns and Polied Dnrhams. 20119111 cows

8 11211111 and young bulls. Sultans Duchess. and

Sittyiton Duchess included I. . alisted. R. 1. Orion, Ilich.





SMOFDS MaxwaIton Monarch 2nd. 387322 11111!

. brother toli rand Champions in ser-

vice. JOHN SCHMIDT. 3.6 . Reed City. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





h if & Ttirandsons oif Iné .3“ ill or. Aisorgued



e or cows eav n r n grmers



rm Catalogue. 1153111th FARM3.Ha1-t. 'iui’c‘il.



SON8 of Harthorth Welfare heads our herd of milk-

ing Bhortliorns Comprisi n Chifl oy of Clay bred





cows. oung bulls read for as e and service. write us

IBros..R R. inton, Mich. .. :. Macon Phone.





Bruin imam thallium It». «3°15: "°°" i"

“City. Mich.





 





...._ «WALL?





 





 





' ' road'y fcr'servica. Al h iffi -

CI‘IOICO Buns for sale. Strong in 1835513313,





or write for '





Champion at SKalamazoo Fair whose dam produced >





Kalamazoo. Mich





Cattle For Sale





moan show you any number 1.2-1]! yeardold tron





"00$. _





A Federation of Interests Y





please write for full description and price





with pig: one high class boar 2 yr. . 6001110

Hampshires--Sows and bore fan-owed in August-





months.





 





UROCS Orion Chief Perfection No.089 and J on-

Dnings PilotWonder No 73373.T wo outstandin boars

oyf big type and excellent q'uallt All soleo large



smooth sows. Th rifty. sm‘oot thJarge boned spring

to from those herd boars and choice sows at-v

reasonable prices. The J enmngs Fauna, Bailey,Mich.





‘ J. H. BANGHABT. . Lansing. Mich.

ORLO L DOBSON - Quincy. Mich,

Duroc J erse 113' ihinhfimad'fi

sex. E. D. HEYDENBE Wayland. Mich.





Estevan“ 12°.“ .1... 115:1: 11::





Duroc Sows 8i Gilts "





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

ated. You want more size and feeding qualities; buy





 





 





, n‘ow. Cat. givinH breeding and description of30 sows





NEWTON - - St. Johns. Mich





 





Duroc Jerseys-Amara of the large heavy honed type



Prize winning stock. prices reasonable, type and

breeding considered. also gilts bred to Junior Chan.

plon boar for spring tarrow. F. J. Drodt, IR. 1. Monroe. lich.





 





' A FEW Duroc Jersey bred gilta for sale. Some





extra good fall 'hnai's.



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

UROC Jerseys. Orders bockodnow for early spring

Ifiigs R O. R. LB Bed c01~ks 83. 00, eggs in season.



I CALKINB. B. 6“, ‘ Ann Arbor, Mich.





 





Write for dosc'r ipt ion and pr cos

JD. CRANEAIBONF Plainwell. Mich





BRED GILTS.,





o.Wm B. No. 47049. Lengfellow 1N0 M15 .m‘

of let rilzlo young 3 at Iowan0 State Fair.

all "pi ‘gsa 51116111121550 . f i





J. CARL JEWET'I’, Madon, Mich.





Gilts bred for arch (arrow early

CheSter fall £131 both series 1111111111111 1110011

lines. I". W. ALE ANDER‘_1er.MIoh.





breed i.ng





 





 





 





Raise Chester Whites I3

I :2 gI‘I‘ILike This





' .,I II rlginsl big produced





 





II HAVEstartedth-vmandedhnedersonthoroadto'



m'mdfifms magsmtis‘am ”.13..th

month- “doll"... Write for ”11.15:: ore Mow “PM;

a. 8. Bl!iAIID!.I R F D. '10. PortIMMlehigan





BigyTpe OICs.





Stock of all ages for sale. we shdwed at four state

fairs and wonm more chem Ionii dGI ChampionsI

than all the other breed '1" do lo. we were

Premier Breeder and Exhibtor at every I, we show-

ed We Breed the boat. We sell the be It. eflnaran-I

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

Catalogue. We 11111 on approval

CR AND LL and SON. Cass City. Mich.





0.0 I C’s 31‘1““ng May boar also some choice

WEBER BROS" - - -. Royal Oak. Mich.





 





 





 





 





'I.>0.’ s 2 choice May boars 111 Sept. dOct. p lgsired

.by First Premium boar Mich State. Fair 17.-

Clover Loaf Stock Farm. R. 1. Monroe. Mich.





0. l. C. & CIES‘I‘EI WII'IE SWINE.





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

boars f t for early fall service. These boars will be

sold wort th the money. Also have some fine gilt's. I





Nill ehi

w11.1‘OXN s str'oox 11.11111. 11 1. Mariette. 1111111.





 





 





0 I C’s Registered Bervlceable boars. Brod gilts.

'Aug. .80 t.. .Registored Bhrc

shire owe lambs. (LP. An rows. Dansville. Mic





 





O I C Am offering some good boars of May far

0 row and fall pigs either sex. -.

C. J. THOMPSON, 1193111111.ch





0 I C For sale a few extra good gilts bred

' NflorMarch and April IaDrrow.I





 





 





n. w. MAN . anvaillo. Mich. "

O l C open and bred gilts._ A‘ll‘stock

' ' ' guaranteed.

‘ l‘. C. BURGESS. . -I ~ . Mason. Mich.





 





Big Tyne Poland chinas.‘





Bred Gilts and Cows for sale.





HILLCREST FARM,

Kalamazoo, 'Mchh.





BOARS-eSDWS





Bl‘t JIEPIIOO bdfaliignahinas‘ all;e ”1T Ihill." myzg’r‘llllboa .1!

we gltg 0 e15. 0.136% 33111111111- and all pigs

”e3. $35155. .1-1m111111i;I Riemann,“ M’

11:61:33,133 t.oII1,l1pl?>F'I‘lie°Lkindmlifliatmnii Wound;

see the realb g .tye Bxppenses paid It 8808?":

represented. vex-{15.3 from



TQ!. Parma.I' Mich.





Ii ‘i 1 Poland 111111.11!“ “a “" 1.111.

I gitH’e} W. BARNES lflONyfiym. Mich. “6.

LABGllthgky’ P. 0. Some: growthy





cm. a . ~11- “lit.

.17an “1’1". mm aw





 





 





 





21.01111 feeders and two leads zyear arling steers. Also

lZOOlss. Isaac ShansItum. .lnairiieid.llowa. n. B -





HOMESTEAD FARMS





 





We have for sale the following thorobrod Bogs: '





Duroc Jerseys--Eariy fall fax-row highlys bred sows I

and boIars--Boars suitable for spring service: one sow .





 





well belted and best blood ines. BlreBOO lbs. at M





HOMESTEAD FARMS, snow-1.411.. Mich.





 





DU ROCS s1:::.~;1::..::nss"~





‘ ’ surplus stock 1111110111. Noth-

Dobson 8 Duroc, ing doing till spring. '





DUBOCS for sale, I fall boar. .7 Spring boars. cod ,





V'w—v
compacts!) at w. c. FAIR. v. s.





Para] sis—4 have a spring calf that

slipped 3:8) ice; when we found him he

was unable. to stand, but as he was

chilled we thought little of it, but even

with good care he is unable to stand

when helped up. What shall L do for

or with him? J. B., Temple, Mich;—

Hisflrewvery' is exceedingly doubtful.

All things considered, I am inclined to

believe you had better destroy him.

The carcass may perhaps be fit for

food. ‘ _.



Suppurating Feat—Eight weeks ago

my five-yearvold horse went lame in

tore leg; five weeks ago pus commenc-

ed to r.dischaz‘ge from «coronet, Since .

then'mif'local Vet. has been treating

the horse, but his .foot still runs. He

tells me gravel worked through from





sole cf foot. Have been poulticing the .





foot. H. 11.. 'Capac, Mich—Apply one

partiodotorm and five parts boric acid

to sore daily. Keep foot clean and

discontinue ‘pouiticing. Cover sore

parts with oakum and bandage.



Ligiht Milken—Have cow that came





fresh on October 15; vealed calf when .





four weeks old; cow then gave six-

quarts of milk twice daily, now she is

giving only three quarts twice a day.

This cow is seemingly healthy, but:

seven days before she freshened she

bloated some, but soon got over it. H.





l). McC., Prattsville, Mich—By chang-' ,





ing her food supply you will be able to-

increase milk yield. A healthy co-w

should not begiven drugs. ~



Sores on Abdomen—We have 3. Col-

lie bitch that was spayed last May

which has two sores on lower and back;

part of abdomen. Applying . simple '

home healing remedies fail to heal

these sores. R. H., Ypsilanti, Mich.—

l’aint sores occasionally with tincture

of iodine and they will heal. She may

lick these sores, if so bandage.





Partial Paralysis.-—-Have a Boston.





burl pup five months old that seems to

have lost the use of hind quarters. Ten

days ago I noticed him twitching in

muscles; 'he gradually grew worse and

finally went down behind; I wish you

would tell me how to cure him. Miss

A. (3., Mt. Morris, Mich—Apply hot wa-

ter bottle or bag to back constantly;

hand-rub hind quarters three times a





day; also give him three drops tinc- 7





ture nux vomica at a dose three timem

a day until he gets well.



Scaley Condition of Skirt—My cow.

has rophgh. scaley bunches on her skin;

when e scale or bunch sloughs, the

hair comes also, leaving the skin some-

what raw. C. H. 0., ‘Mecosta 00., Mich.

-—Give your cow 2 drs. of Fowler’s

solution of arsenic at a dose in feed or





drinking water twice a day for thirty .





days. Apply one part tincture iodine





and four parts olive oil to sore parts ‘





of skin three times a week.



Navicular Disease—Our eight-year-

old mare has been lame for some time

in right for-e leg, but our local Vets.

fail to locate her trouble. Where shall

I look to find seat of lameness? ‘W. A.

W., Webberville, Mich.~—ln the fore

quarter three-fourths of lameness is

below knee, but as you fail to notice

any bunch the. lameness is perhaps in

coffin joint. Apply equal parts of tur-

pentine, aqua ammonia and raw lin-

seed ‘oil to coronet three times a week.



Bog Spavin.—My 12-year-old horse-

went lame the early part of last fallf

caused by bog spavin. Applied blister,

which made him more sore and' lame.

I applied first blister one ,month ago;

since blisteringghe holds up foot and

is much worse than when first treated.

P. E. M., St. Johns, Mich—Apply equal

parts of tincture iodine and glycerine

daily. It is considered bad practiceto

blister a spavin when it is not causing

lameness. . .



Constipation—dime four horses that

we feed alike; one of them is troubled

with constipation every few days and.

he is so large that I am unable to give

him. medicine. What can I feed him

in feed to open his bowels? G. B. S.,

Jackson, Mich—Feed him some molars-i





ses, oil meal, clover, alfalfa, or roots. L





any one of them will act as mild 'laxa—i

tive. Remember that the bowels of





horse, when exercised, act four or five: 3





times as often as if standing still with-

out exercise. “ :



Chronic Indigestion—I purchased a1

Shorthorn heifer last spring. She soon

came fresh. gave mes of milk,

but ever since she freshened 'she has

lost flesh and kept .thin. Have fed her

condition powder, but it made no good '”

impression. W. E. 3., Bear Lake,





gar, cooking soda, seam, ..

murdered wood charcoal. and give her

1200111111919} dose in teed‘





 





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The Farmers of Michigan Lose Annually





More Than $2,500,000.00 Worth of Live Stock





Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs





FROM ACCIDENT AND DISEASE





The animals medals-eyed and their cash value lost not only to the farmer but to the commun-





- ity, the State. This amazing sum of money can be sav





farmers) will but avail thenmelves of





ed to the farmers and the State if they (the





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The Michigan Live Stock Insurance Company

organized expressl_ lo the, f . ' ’ ‘ ' ‘

...... .w........ .mv ' .. has: assesses germs? W “W W W

Colon C. Lillie, Pros. and Sup. of Agts.,

319 Widdiaomb Bdg” Grand Rapids, Mich.





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





Hoes





ABGE r r. c.

L2101bs. Win also “3‘5“ "'1" m 'p '3

Full pigs ready to ship. In. J.





 





 





one Strain P. 0. Gilb- lnod to Smooth J -

estz yr. old in state,;tognndaon at mmlig‘suimgdiag

Boo. to: April 0; May know. Loom. Schoolcratt, M’ch.





 





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'1 herdo.‘ clprlooa rl be I

no. Arnnwso , . . °.‘“'"n.1‘!.o.‘i.'.'moh.





mun”. m m:





G. W. BOLTON, I. 11».





 





Brod for March and

April know.

Kalamazoo, Mich.





3333?. “dumb“ -





Cracbner Bldg., Saginaw, W. 8., Mich.

eonurds" Big boned Polind Chi ' '

Lbred for Apr furrow. F'bll iamngbisggédmig .111?

Call or write. K. R. Leonard, Ii 3, St. uis, Mich.

For his trim Poland Chum gfé‘iii’i‘ié‘fll‘fi;

not akin. est of blood.

L. 0. OLAPP, 'R. Adrian, .1011.





It lmd Ham shim 3““ W” ”d “m“

‘b m. w. Ems... i.‘3i.'§t‘.’:‘2.i.‘§§.’f£lzt





e Yorkshire Gilts





Bed. Poll Cattle. E, 8. CARE. Hornet. Mich.





SHEEP





 





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WHEAT-uThere is no change in the

wheat [market situation except possi-

bly m‘illers are a little more urgent for

wheat supplies. A year ago No. 2 red

wheat was quoted on the Detroit mar-

ket at $1.78 per bushel. Present prices

are: No. 2 red wheat $2.17; No. 2 mix-

ed $2.15; No. 2 white $2.15.



CORN—There is a fairly good trade

in this cereal which, however, would

be larger with improved transporta-

tion facilities. Monday’s market closed

steady with that of Saturday. Uncer-

tainty of their ability to ship either by

rail or to Europe has made exporters

slow buyers. The trade expects lower

prices as soon as the grain can be se-

cured in large volume from the corn

belt. One year ago No. 3 corn was

quoted on the’local market at $1.031/2

per bushel. Last Tuesday’s Detroit quo-

tations were: No. 3 corn $1.80; No. 3

yellow $1.85 per bushel.



Chicago—January corn $1.273/8 per

bushel; May $12514.



OATS.——0at values have advanced

considerably this past week. The de-

mand has been active from both mill-

ers and shippers. Supplies are limited.

One year ago standard oats were quot-

ed locally at 59c per bushel. DetrOIt's

last Tuesday‘s quotations were: Stan-

dard oats 89c; No. 3 white 881/20.



Chicago—January oats 840; March

8275c; May 80c.



RYE—Millers want rye, which, with

limited stocks pushed values to $2.05

per bushel for cash No. 2 on Monday.



BEANS—Market is unchanged and

inactive. Prices are steady at $12.40

per cwt. for immediate and prompt

shipment on the let-.al market. _At Chi-

cage the trade is fair with Michigan

pea beans. hand-picked, in sound dry

condition quoted at $13 per cwt; fancy

red inane-3s- $140515; fair to choice do

$126; 13



PEAS—Prices steady. Field peas

at Chicago quoted at $6.50@7 per .cwt.

. SEEDS.——Strong at higher prices.

Prime red clover $19.85; March $19.30;

aslike $15.85; timothy $4.30.





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FLOUR—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroxt

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Stan-

dard patent $11.10(¢11.15; straight

Winter $10.30; spring patent $11.20; rye

flour $10.50@10.70 per bbl.



FEED—The governiizent is regulat-

ing the prices of bran, shorts, “mid-

dlings,” mixed feeds and llour mid-

dlings. The prices of these products

will hereafter be based upon price of

wheat to millers. 100-lb. sacks jobbing

lots: Bran $34.50: standard middlings

$36.50; fine iniddlings $43.50; cracked

corn $79: coarse corn meal $77; corn

and oat chop $66 per ton.



H Y.—-»ln car-lots at Detroit: No. 1

timothy $25.50@26: standard timothy

$24.50@25; light mixed $24.50m25; N0.

2 timothy $23.50@24; No. 1 clover,

$21.50(a;22 per ton.



Pittsbui'gli.~—N0. 1 timothy $30.50@

31; N0. 2 timothy $28@28.50; No. 1

light mixed $28.50@29; N0. 1 clover

mixed $3001.31; No. 1 clover $300931.



STRAW.—In carlots on track at De-

troit: Wheat and oat straw $10.50@

11; rye straw $11.50m12.





DAIRY PRODUCTS





BUTTER—In fresh butter market

is firm. The fresh creamery firsts are

quoted at 4705480 per pound; fresh

creamery extras 481/2c.



Chicago—Receipts fair and trading

slow. Creamery extras 490; extra

firsts 48((Qi>491/2c; packing stock 36@37c

per pound.



CHEESE—Michigan flats 231/3@24c

per 1b; New York flats 26c; brick 271/;

@28c; long horns 2714650280; Michigan

daisies 25((7251/2c; Wisconsin daisies

25%0; domestic Swiss 32@42c for the

prime to fancy; liniburger 29@300.'



DRESSED CALVES.——Fancy 20@

21c; choice 18@19c; common 16@17c.





POULTRY PRODUCTS





POULTRY.—(Live).—Pou1try mar-

-» ket is dull and steady. Best spring

chickens 27@28c; No. 1 hens 27@28c;

ducks 27@280; geese 26(41270; turkeys

26((D27c.



,Chicago—(Live).——Receipts small,

‘ with little. demand. Fowls 250; ducks

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

good 24c. v(Dressed).—Fowls 25c per

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EGGS.—‘—Marke~t is

eggs. continue scarce. '

55@59c per dozen. , , ,



Chicago—Market steady and the re-

ceipts fair. For fresh Michigan firsts

58@590; ordinary firsts 53@56c; mis--

cellaneous lots, cases included 50@57c.





‘ FRUITS—VEGETABLES





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POTATOES.—There were 21 cars of

potatoes on the Detroit market Mon-

day morning. Supplies in the’ city are

very light and prices have recently ad-

vanced. Round whites in good condi-

tion, sacked, sold to jobbers at $2.70

early this week. Jobbing prices for

Michigan round whites sacked, United

States grade No. 1 were $2.50 in Cleve-

land on Monday morning; $2.25@2.50

in Buffalo; $2.60m2.75 in Columbus;

$3.10@3.25 in Pittsburgh; $2.15 in Chi.

cago; $2.50(({2.60. in Indianapolis.



At Grand Rapids the same grade is

quoted at $2.10@2.25; at Rochester,

New York, $1.90((( 2.05, and in Wiscon-

sin farmers are getting $1.20 for this

grade from wagon loads at sidetrack. ‘



CABBAGE—Danish stock sold re

cently in Detroit at $70 per ton to job-

bers. The same variety brought $65

in Cleveland and Cincinnati; $60@65

in Pittsburgh, while the Holland stock

brought $60@65 in Chicago. Farmers

are being paid from $4062.45 around

Rochester, New York.



. APPLES—This market is not en-

tirely satisfactory, and the movement

has been rather slow of late. Consid-

erable stock is arriving at destination

in a frozen condition. Prices remain

about steady. Comparatively few ship-

ments are being made from Michigan.





A WOOL





Wool values are as strong as ever,

notwithstanding the uncertain factors

which have disturbed woolen manufac-

turing recently. Sales have been small

with fleece quotations ranging from 56

@850 per pound. Many expect the gov-

ernment to ultimately commandeer the

wool stocks, for which reason dealers

and consumers are reluctant about g0-

ing ahead on any large scale.





LIVE STOCK





BUFFALO.

. January 28, 191.8.



Cattle—Receipts 150 cars; the best

grades are steady; medium and com-

mon 25c lower; best shipping steers

$13@13.50; fair to good $11.50@12;

plain and coarse $10.50@11; yearlings

$12(r:12.50; best handy steers $11@

11.50; fair to good $9.50@10.50; handy

steers and heifers, mixed $901310; light

butcher steers $9.50@10.50; western

heifers $9@10; best fat cows $9.50@





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10.50; butcher cows $6.750i‘7.50; cut-

ters $6.25/ii46.50; canners $4.50@5.75;l

fancy bulls $10.50@11; butcher bulls

$8.50@9.50; common bulls $6.50(a;7;

best feeding steers $8.50@9; medium

feeders $750618; light common $6.50@

7; stockers $6.50@7; milkers and

springers $65@125.



Hogs.——Receipts 60 cars; market is

strong; heavy and yorkers $16.75@

16.85; pigs $16.50.



Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 35 cars;

market 500 lower; top lambs $18.25@

18.50; yearlings 3515051675; wethers

$14@14.50; ewes $12.50((L13.



Calves—Receipts 800; market 500

lower; tops $18.50; fair to good $17@

17.50; grassers $7@9.





CH ICAGO.

January 28,





Cattle. Hogs.

Receipts today.. 5,000 24,000

Same day 1917..23,853 69,419

Last week. . . .84,616 270,557

Same wk 1917...62,679 230,060 76,831

The unusually meager cattle supply

for Monday caused advances of 25@

40c, buyers taking all they could get

hold of. The, moderate. receipts of hogs

were helped out by 11,656 head carried

over from last week, but the demand

was so strong, especially on specula-

tive account that prices advanced 10@

250, the smallest advance being in the

best hogs. Sales were made at $14.90

@1590 for ordinary very light hogs to

prime heavy offerings. There was a

stronger lamb market, with the best

selling at $17.85, an advance of 10c.

The hogs received here last week av-

eraged 217 lbs. Only 14,639 hogs were

shipped from here last week, compar-

ing with 83,900 a year ago. Obtaining

cars today for eastern shipment of live

stock was no easy matter.





Cattle were marketed more liberally

last week than during the.preceding

week when the country was snow-

bound, and prices were largely 75c low-

er during the latter part of the week,

exceptions being made of the best kind

and the cheapest, there being a scar-

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weeksuearlier,

while'cattle selling below $10 were not

numerous'and sold $2 higher- than a

year ago. A large share of the steers

sold at $11@13, with the choicer class

sellingat $13@14, and the commoner

light weight steers at $8.35@9.-90. Fair

to middling grades of short-fed steers

of light Weight sold at $10@12.20, with

medium to good class selling at $12.25

and upward, desirable yearlings $12.50

@1375 and, $9.75@10.75 for cheaper

lots. Butcher stock weakened follow-

ing an advance early in the week;

cows $7.65@10.75;

cutters $6.90@7.60, canners $6.25@6.85

and bulls at $6.75@11. The calf mar-

ket was active and high for the best

light vealers, sales ranging at $15@

16.50 for fair to prime lots, and $6.75@

12 for ordinary to choice heavy calves.

The stocker and feeder branch of the

market was slow and of light volume

on the basis of $7.50@11.75. '



Hogs suffered some sharp declines

in prices during the last week as a re-

sult of resumption of reasonably good

railroad serviCe, many delayed country

shipments coming in'after the snow

embargo was removed. Eastern ship-

pers found it dificult to obtain cars,

and on some days big numbers of hogs

came in too .late for the day’s market

and had to be carried over to the fol-

lowing day. Undoubtedly, the worst

feature of the market is the tendency





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in the week prices had a. big slump,

with hogs selling at‘$15.25 ’16‘20 and

the best light hogs at $1 .10, ‘while

pigs brought $12@15. Aweek earlier

the besthogs sold at $16.90. . : ~



Lambs, yearlings and Sheep _ were

marketed decidedly more freely last

week. Many of the lambs-were too

heavy in weight, these selling at a big

Most buyers refused to bid

for lambs weighing over 95 lbs., and”

the call centered on 80 to 8541)." flocks;

Choice native ewes sold for5.$13, and

this is ‘a high January record. Prime





little yearlings advanced to $15.50, and -





prime lambs brought $17.85: Late sales

were as follows: Lambs.’$1~5@17.75;

heavy lots $16@16.50; yearlings $12@

15; wethers $12@13.25; ewes $9@13;

breeding ewes $11@14; bucks $8.75

((110. ’



‘ Horses were in ‘normal supply last

week. The principal activity centered

in army horses. Farm chunks of in?

ferior to good grade were salable at $60

@150; drafters at $185@265 and ex-

pressers at $75@210. . ‘





More than twenty thousand head of

feeding cattle were reportéd‘as Sched-

uled fer the big annual Denver stock

show, and it was stated that the show

would be larger than ever, including

carload exhibits of feeding and breed-

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Thursday's Market.

January 30, 1918.

Cattle. - '





. ‘ e 808. Market dull at last

'vaeléigs iatgse. There is an embargo on

the Grand Trunk and Pere Marquette

Railways which caused the light re-

ts. " . 7

cggest heavy. steers $11@11.50; best

’ handy weight butcher steers $10.25@

10.50; mixed steers and heifers $95003)

’10; handy light butchers $8.50@9.50;

light butchers $7.75@8.25; best cows

$8.50@9; butcher cows $7@8; cutters

$6.50@6.75; canners $5.50@6.25; best

heavy bulls $9 ,9.25; bologna bulls $8

@850; stock $511151156150ch7; milkers

s rln ers 0 . _

angislliti‘p,gB.& H. sold Sullivan P. Co.

10 cows av 992 at $8.25, 17 steers av

1016 at $10.25, 6 cows av 866 at $8, 2

steers'av 850 at $9.50 5 cows av,8_50

at $6.75; to Hammon, S. & Co. 20 steers

av 907 at $10.25, 4 cows av 782 at $8.50,

8 do av .1000 at $6, 13 do av 703 at

$7.50, 6 do av 800 at $6, 4 do av 1002

at $6.65; to Parker, W. & Co. 23 butch-

' ers av 766 at $9, 39 steers av 821 at

$10, 4 do av 907 at $10, 5 cows av. 880

at $6.50, 3 do av 917 at $6; to Sullivan

- P. Co. 1 bull wgh 1340 at $9; to New-

ton P. Co. 2 steers av 1205 at $11.50,

2 do av 1175 at $11.50, 3 do av 1043 at

$11, 12 do av 960 at. $9.50, l‘cow wgh

1110 at $8.50, 5 do av 896 at $6.25, 2

do av 900 at $6, 3 do av 1087 at $9, 14

steers av 960 at $10.75, 2 cows av 990

at $8.40; to Ratner 20 butchers av 484

at $7.50; to Thompson 17 steers av 925

at $7.75, 24 do av 934 at $10.40; to

Bresnahan 7 canners av 793 at $6, 4

cows av 817 at $8.50, 3 do av.950 at,

$7.50, 3 do av 883 at $6; to Sullivan P.

Co. 8 steers av 831 at $9.50, 5 cows av

982‘ at $8, 2 do av 1000 at $8.75. .

_ McMullen, K. & J. sold Thompson

1 steer wsh 730 at $7.75, 1 bull wgh

1380 at $8.75, 7 steers av 890 at $9; to

Bray 5 cancers av 954 at $6.25, 3 do

av 870 at $6.25, 2 oxen av 1865 at $9.75;

to Bordina 25 feeders av 962 at $9.75;

to Fineman 6 cows av 1050 at $7, 4 do

av 837 at $6.40; to Newton P. Co. 7

steers av 870 at $10.25, 2 do av 1160

at $10.50, 13 butchers av 600 at $8.

Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Newton P.

Go. 3 cows av 1073 at$ 7.25, 1 do wgn

740 at $6, 1 do wgh 820 at $6.50; to

Applebaum 2 steers av 795 at $11, 1 do

wgh710 at $8.50, 2 do av 505 at $8.50,

2 butchers av 850 at $7.75, 10 do av 460

at $7; to Parker, W. & Co. 9 do av 731





at $8.75, 5 cows av 928 at $6.25 to .





Breitenbeck 14 steers av 970 at $10.90;

to Garber 7 do av 420 at $8, 7 do av 564

at $8; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 cows av 940

at $7.25, 2 do av 825 at $8.50, 5 do av

980 at $8.50, 4 butchers av 885 at $9.50,

15 do av 817 at $9.50, 6 cows av 980 at

$8.50; to Dombowsky 4 do av 905 at

$7.25; to Sullivan P. Go. 10 butchers av





979 at $9.75, 3 do av 870 at $8; to Na. '





gle P. Co. 2 cows av 1080 at $9, 14

steers av 1046 at $10.75, 14 do av 993

at $10.75 25 do av 946 at $10.55, 2

cows av 1255 at $8.75; to Thompson 17

steers av 875 at $9.60, 9 do av 770 at





$8.75.

Veal Calves.





Receipts 289.- .Market steady. Best -





$15.50@16; others $7@14. .

Sandel, S.'B. & G. sold Sullivan P.

'Co. 2 av 145 at $15.50, 8 av 155 at $16:,

to Parker. W. & Co. 12 av 125 at $15,

3 av 145 at $13, 10 av 161 at $16, 5 av

150 at $16, 6 av 115 at $14.50, 2 av 130

at $12, 7 av 145 at $16, 12 av 125 at

$15, 2 av 125 at $8.

a Bishop,'B. & H.‘ sold Parker, W. &

Co“ 26 av 145 at $15.50; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 11 av 160 at $16, 8 av 130 at

$15.75, 2 av 155 at $16, 4 av 155 at

$15.50, 5 av 150 at $15.75, 12 av 155 at

$16, 3 av 150 at $16.50, 2 av 125 at $13.

' Sheep and Lambs. ‘





Receipts 3021. Market is dull and

steady. Best lambs $17.50@18; fair

lambs $17@17.25; light to common

lambs $15@16; yearlings $14@15; fair

to good sheep $10@12; culls and com-

. mon‘ $7@8., ~ '



Bishop, B. & H. sold Swift & Co. 123

lambs av 85 at $17.50, 186 do av 78 at

$17.75, 61 do av 80 at $17.50, 108 do

av 85 at $17.75, 21 do av 75 at $17.50,

82 do av 77 at $18, 230 do av 83 at





$17.60; to Wilson & Co. 80 do av 67 at .





$17.60. .230 do av 80 at $17.60; to Sulli-

vanP. Co. 52 sheep av 95 at $10.50; to





' ’ Hammond, S. & Co. 26 lambs av 75 at





. $117.75, 12119 av 70 at $17, 10 do av 82

at $17.75, 27 do av 83 at $17.75, 36 do

av 75 at $17.75; 17 sheep av 110 at





_ Hogs. ‘

Rec ‘ 2334..)laflr’et very dull. Pigs

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NOW, WHEN FEED IS SO HIGH in cost—

when the government is urging everyone to

conserve food and feeds, closer attention must

be given to the feeding of farm animals.



EVERY OUNCE of feed must be made to pro-

duce the greatest possible return. Every ounca

of feed heretofore wasted must be saved.



THAT IS WHY we ask, “How much feed are

you wasting every day?”



WE WANT TO DRAW your attention to the

Importancewto the necessity of making sure

you are not wasting feed. We want you to

make sure. that your stock are in condition to

get the fullest benefit from the feed you are giv—

ing them and thereby prevent “waste” of feed.



THE MOST COMMON “waste" of feed on



. American farms today is the feeding of high

priced feed to stock which are infested with

worms. .



THESE DISEASE-BREEDING, blood-sucking

pests impair the animals’ digestive system, sap

their vitality, stunt their growth, eat your high

priced feed and rob you of expected profits.



WORMS WORK while you sleep. You can't

see the feed they are devouring; nor the destruc-

tion they are causing; nor the diseases they are



, breeding until too often it is too late.



SAL-VET IS THE LIVE STOCK owners salva-

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and live stock conditioner on the market. It will

stop this costly feed waste and increase your

profits. It is the safest, surest and cheapest worm

destroyer and conditioner you can get.



FOR THE SMALL SUM of Zl/zc per month for

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and cattle, you can make sure that your stock





THE FEIL MFG. CO.





better and fatten





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evident. Here is





given ‘Sal-Vet" and weighed 270 pounds. These pigs are registered Duroc .





and you will never be without it again.





THE FEIL MFG. co, Dept.80





Sol-Vol Poultry Tonic Makes Hens Lay Better.





 





 





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Wasting Every Day?





are free from worms—that you are not wasting

feed and at the same time make them thrive





and losing profits.



DON’T MAKE THE MISTAKE of thinking



your stock are free from worms.



. escape them. You will be surprised at the dif-

ference in the growth and thrift when SAL-

VET is fed regularly. Feed it to all your stock—

horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.



YOU WILL SEE a wonderful change in them.

You will then realize as thousands of America's

best known feeders have—wthat SAL-VET is

the live stock owners best profitémaker and feed

saver—the cheapest, safest and most profitable

live stock remedy you can use.





Gentlemen:—We have used "Sal-Vet" tor several years, and are well pleased with results. At the lows

State Fair at Des Moines, we showed 12 pigs, under one year of age, which we sold for $1320.00; for two of

these, we received $590.00. The pigs shown in the accompanying photo are from the some litter. The

larger, one received 'Sal-Vet" regularly from birth, and weighed 560 pounds; the smaller one was not





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S. W. STEWART & SON, Kennard, Neb.





Get a supply ofSAL-VET from your dealer-feed it according to directions

If he cannot supply you, write us.





Cleveland, Ohio





Sol-Vet Lice PowderGete Rid of Lice Instantly

Sal-Vet Roup Tablet! are Efficient and Dependable. The Best Poultry Remedies You Can Buy. At Dealers





 

 

 





quicker on no more food.





I'ERE’S AN ACTUAL DEMONSTRATION





 





THESE TWO PIGS are from the same litter.They

were fed the same feed, cared for the same way,

excepting the larger one was fed SAL-VET to

free it of worms; to keep its digestion healthy and

enable it to get the fullest benefit from its feed.



THE OTHER WAS FED as the majority of

farmers feed their stock. Nothing but the usual

feed—nothing to get rid of the worms and insure

a healthy digestion.





The difference is plainly‘

a plain case of “wasting" feed





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