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in "his message to

farmers whohad as-

sembled to hear him

at Urbana, 1:11., last

week, President Wilson again empha-

sised she tact that maxim-mu iced apro-

duction is a most essential factor in

the winning sof the war maid made an

eloquent mu inspiring appeal to the

patriotism of the terms of the corm-

try to do their utmost toward produc-

ing the necessary fiend sheriffs this year.

This the hustlers of rail America, :as

:well as :the farmers of Michigan, will!

undoubtedly do. There is no more 103'-

gr mr patriotic class of people in Amer-

ica than she farmers of the comm-y.

once aroused to the necessity of doing

their utmost :ior the good of the coun-

try, as they are how aroused to that

necessity, they will do their utmost.

But if the result of their .eiforts is to

be all that might be desired they must

have beipw-«help which only the ‘gov-

ernment can give them—stile same kind

.of help which it has given to other

essential industries to speed up seeded

production.

Thousands of patriotic business men

, in other lines of. production have ten—

dered their services and their facili-

ties for production to the government

in the present emergency. But by way

of assuring the needed production the

government has helped them to solve

the business problems involved by

guaranteeing the cost of production

was a small profit for their output. In

the case .of the railroads, where the

business Moms involved could ap-

. Qwently be solved in no other way, the

government has guaranteed reasonable

earnings on the invested capital and

taken the difficult "problems of opera-

tion into its 05am hands. The govern-

ment has thus virtually become a bus

locks partner in these essential lines

of industry, and there can be no doubt

at the fact that the results which are

being attained are more satisfactory

:. than would have been the case if pa-

triotism alone had been depended upon

to get them. - '

~. ,.' To a very limited degree thesauru-

mt kn also attempted to stimulate

,ggjtwfluction .of ‘food stuffs by similar

' methods ,- The guarantee; of $2.00 per

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this will be helpful it wad not solve the

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possible solution would seem to lie in





placing dead producers» in a position to

compete with less essential industries





in the employment {of labor 'by govern-

ment guarantee or prices in other

needed lines of food armada which

would make this a sound [business





proposition.





in WWW,Wt bygone-man

m We men’s -wk. lby making“-

ded investments in labor-saving equip-

mentscsaras samccanheseeiwed

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criticism of pmdmticm he assured.





m :a sarcasm, of this high patriot-

ism-will undoubtedly be exhibited by

the WIS of Miehisanaad the cm-

ti’fi’. Wer government aid in the :90-

Mion 20f the husg'mess mMs involv-

ed is most desirable.



Weill)! the government’s posi-

tion in maintaining an idtazbie price

balance on m «tariffs - s between pro-

ducers and consume : is a delicate

one. 'But the necessities of war are

stern, and an adequate production of

food is a-prinmry essential in the pres-

ent emergency, hence the desirability

of placing food production on the

soundest possible business basis. And

.-food production is .a business, dust like

mamru‘fiacbur'mg, except that it is not so

generally profitable, else it would :at-

tract a portion .of the capital which is

engaged in that business. It is an ex-

ception to other lines of business at

the present time in that it involves

problems more difficulteof present solu-

»tion if its out-put is to be increased .or

even maintained. For this reason the

farmers of the country are in especial

need of government aid in the solution

of their business problems at the pres-

ent time.



But the government has a big job on

hand, of, which stimulating food pro-

duction is only one factor. And while

we hope for government aid in the

solution of the vexed premolars sur-

rounding our business, the fact re-

mains that it will still be a profitable

investment for each and every one of

us to do our armrest in producing food

the coming year, even if we are not

fully assured ol' adequate remunera-

tion for our effiorts. President Wilson

has well said that unless we win the

war neither our business nor our fu-

ture business prospects will be worth

anything. 1 His belief “that the farm.

ers of America will willingly and con-

spicuously stand by to win the war” is

well founded. We should, however,





continue to bring our difficult business





problems and our need of aid in their

solution to the attention of our respon-





sible government heads, to the end.





that the outcome may not depend upon

patriotism alone.

. The future of the

Potato Prospects. potato market is a

matter of grave con-

cern to very many farmers who re-

sponded to the call for increased pro-

duction last year and have been unable

to market their crop up to the present

time at a compensatory price. The

car shortage, which prevented a nor-

mal movement of the Michigan crop at

and immediately affer- the potato har-

vest season, is now more pronounced

than ever, because refrigerator cars

are needed to move potatoes at me

veiling temperatures and refrigerator

cars are not available in sufficient

numbers to empty the 'storehousc‘s on

the stronger market new prevailing,





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if every «agency interested will cooper-

ate to that end. , ‘



On account of the small .e‘arly move~

merito no substantial stocks were ac~

ell-filmed in” censumihg centers, and

under the severe weather conditions

which have prevailed for the last

month, making it exceedingly ,dificult

to move potatoes at all, the big mar-

kets have been almost bare of pota:

toes, and prices for such as were .09.

taina’ble have been nearlyjf not, Quite

double the price obtainable by growers

at We points. Preston movements

are camel! almost entirely to limited

shipments from dealers’ warehouses of

Wicca which were bought earlier in

like season, but which could not be

chimned out because of car shortage. '



“There is no mm but that consump-

tion is being mounted by this lack of ‘

proper distribution of available stip-

plies. it is also certain that there is.

a large volume of potatoes still in the

growers hands in this state, and that

these must be moved with more than

normal rapidity when weather condi—

tions again become favorable, to avoid

a surplus next spring. This tact has

exempt-ed the Department of Agricul-

ture to urge alfrce moVeinent of pota~

toes by growers, shippers and retailers

with a quick turnnov-er of stocks at

small profits to stimiflate consumption.



While it is unquestionably true that

the statistical position of potato groW-

ers is not strong when viewed from the

standhoint of estimates of production

and records of the crop movement by

rail, which are the basis of govern—

silent estimates, yet the-re are other

factors strongly in the grower’s favor

which should not be overlooked. Ow-

ing to the ear shortage, there have

been much heavier movements by elec

tric freight and riby auto truck than

:ever before. If figures Were available,

the total volume of this movement

would be a matter for surprise in many

quarters. ‘Frost losses were unusually

heavy last fall and have been continu-

ous since that time, both to potatoes in

transit and in storage. The extent of

this loss will not be lull-y deter-mined

before next spring.



The necessary restrictions in the

consumption of wheat will also tend to

stimulate consumption of potatoes, the

best available substitute for wheat un-

der present conditions. ‘Excecding'ly

cold weather throughout the country

will undoubtedly delay the starting of

the early potato crop in the south, thus

lengthening the season for marketing

old potatoes. Under these conditions,

any accurate predictions with regard

to” the future potato market are, of

course, impossihle. Every grower will

have to decide for himself the best

course to follow when weather condi-

tions ‘again favor the movement of the

crop. -



As previously noted, under present

market conditions growers should re-

ceive a compensatory price for pres

ent sales. When suitable weather

comes the potato crop should com-

mence to move in volume, which move-

ment should greatly reduce the spread

between prices to growers and those to

consumers.





 





HAPPENiNjGS OF THE WEEK;





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. The European Warn—it has been

definitely announced that the Ameri-

can troops are now occupying a sector

in the Lorraine district on the western

front. Their position is near the Ger-

man fortress of Metz, and a portion of

the line is on German soil. There has

been very little fighting on the Dor-

raine sector since the battle of Verdun.

The past few days, hm'ver, has seen

a slight renewal of artillery activity

with the result that: some fimricaus’

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campaign to

enemy to break ,throughr—‘T-he

Guard .of Russia are reported as :hav-

jug captured Nessa and email ,con-

«grol of a large ..-portionvof , . _ Russian

Black ,Sea fleet and shipping on [that

body of 'water.

meat is else having trouble with the

My established government of Ein-

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, elf £99088

have resulted in bloodshe ailing die

frontier.—-—+—~Strtkes’ occurred in . -



cities .of Germanyla'st week where the

wmhers are demanding that the gov-

emmant make an mediate me.

These reports came fromwidely differ-

ent sources and are generallyibeliemd

.to ‘sbe saline. The dumber of strikers “s

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to 5250M. The latest word is that-jabs

war party has issued an aim ' at‘um fie-

,olari that every person who fats also

mt. . to work on Mom“ of fitfis

week will be shot. _ . .

The zsw'eme war council 9f the al—

lies which met at Versailles, Fm

early in :Febzruary has rejected dike

terms :of peace submitted by, the gfie‘r-

man chancellor Herding and Austria.

Hmigary’s foreign minister, (32m.

The council decided to continue vigor-

ous prosecution of the war.



London, Out” is without water. The

bursting of water mains due to m

weather and pumps going .out of m-

‘mission have caused the supply to the

shut off. The city also faces a fuel

famine.



On February 1 the first year of «Ger-

man’s unrestricted submarine _ waders}

closed, with the weeldy minnber all?

sinisings less than before she threw

aside all restraint.



. , National.



The first of Amica’s draft armies

will be completed February 15. The

final quotas from those states which

have not furnished their hill. strength

will be sent to camp on that date.

Equipment is now being assembled at

the camps and cantonmcnts to care for





the additional wen. , -



Floods have rectified from .zthe melt-

ing of snow felting the tributaries of’fmc

1(3th river, and already much damage

has been done to property abetting

that stream. This condition :pronnses

to add to the fuel flimmties ot the

north by preventing the transportation

of coal from the Kentucky and West

Virginia coal fields, where a huge part

cliche soft coral used in this region is

«obtafiied‘.



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been ‘mwlished in flichaigan. Accord—

ing to the weatherhureau station at

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. r and January was the lowest

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for those atw» ,month‘ ~ 5 .

have been kept





foot ears that records

at «airman. During 'an‘uary there

were rural-vs delays with the thermal-

eter WW zero, and at no time during

the ninth hid the thermometer regis-

ter above freezing point. At Baldwin,

Mich, it is reported that the thermom-

eter dropped to ‘fi‘ftyvfl-ve below zero on

February '1. - /. ,



Fire of an unknown origin destroyed

the 1; lies .‘of a large finisher {con—

cern at ‘B‘ailtiimdre, Md, entailing allies

of $230,900. The concern recently the—

gan work on a government 8th con-

tract.



The lower, house 0

passed the $27,900,000 a

prbpriation bill. ‘



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TWO-DAY AGRICULTURAL

- SCHOOLS.





f congress has

grica‘itural ap-





The following two-day agricultural

schools will be held during the ensu-

ing week ‘at the places and dates

named. These schoolsare held under

the auspices of the Extension Depart-

ment of the Michigan Agricultural Col-

lege, and will prove both interests .

and instructive to both old and '_

in every farm family in the localities

in which they are held.



Feb. 8—9, Butterfleld, Mismkee '00.



Feb. 12-13, Cranston,‘ Oceania Co.



Feb. 14—15, Cla‘yb’anks, Oceana Oo.



' Feb-1213, Ludington, Mason Co“.

Feb. 14-15, Victory Twin, Mason '00.

.Feb. 14-15, Sandpsky, Sanilac Co.‘

Feb. 11-12, Farwal, Clare 00.,

Feb. 134i, Harrison, Clare Co.

Feb. 1‘2-13, Cadmus, Lenawds 03

Feb. 14-15, Britten, Lenaw‘ee Go. , . .

Feb. 12-13. China Nov-St- elair

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ON SERVATION appears to be

the watchword in every avenue

. of life these times. Save every-





thing and' waste nothing, and in addi-

- tion practice economy in the use of the





waste. Peeple are learning that in the



pinches thereis plenty, where in the



past there appeared to be scarcity.

The. fuel problem, while pinching,





Many a farm, and

a thousand yards, will look clean and

be cleaner when spring comes. The

scraps of old- lumber and wood refuse,

neglected stump bottoms, even the

dead wead 'in orchards and from shade

trees, will all be turned to feed the

furnace'and the stoves. '



‘ I am .relating the experience of a

friend who recently told me that he

was surprised to find that in the waste

about his home he has saved at least





. $30 of his fuel bill‘ for this winter'. In





the. past that $30 would have remained

simply waste. One of the greatest

‘things about this is that we are saving

this waste, not because we have less

income but because we are not able to

get these things readilylas formerly,

and must use the waste—now a sav-

ing—or suffer from cold. Necessity

certainly is a great friend.



Only a few days ago I heard a neigh-

bor remark that he' would‘give one

hundred dollars for the pine stump





 





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fence that he wantonly burned up

three years ago. It is only one of the

regrets that will be heard this Winter

over the neglected wastes.



, .Ten Years of Experience.



We began to cut up stumps out of

the pine stump fence in 1908 and at

that time paid fifty cents per rank for

the splitting-of the stump, Cutting into

wood lengths and piling. Some of the





R wood was sold at that time for seven-





ty-five cents per rank, the buyer com-

ing from the village one—half mile dis-

tant, for it. At that time it was an

easy matter to secure labor for this

kind of work, and in fact, much of this

wood was cut at that time in order to

give some work in the winter time.

The difference in the labor conditions

at the present time only emphasizes

the need of fuel conservation in the

highest degree.



The stump has usually been split in

the fence, and at other times has been

pulled out into the open. The splitting

is usually done with wooden and steel

wedges and a maul, often with the aid

of a maniac]: screw, or by means of





,a poleélever to . pry the roots apart.





Sometimes dynamite is used where the

stumpis large andsrather solid. How-





' ever, the fences have reached an age





and a state ' of partial decay} so that

After the





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the most economical when it can be

used. We have at times “buzzed” as

high as fifty cords of this wood in

one day.



The Yield of Wood.



There is often an extravagant state-

ment made as to the number of cords

of wood that can be cut from stumps

and which misleads users into a false





; and even worrying, has inauguratedssense of security when they plan on

"client the biggest clean-up campaigns

I of several decades.





the winter’s fuel supply. It is our ob-

servation from several years’ experi-

ence that it is a good-sized stump, at

least three feet in diameter, with all’

of the roots that will cut more than

four ranks of eighteen-inch wood, and

thisnumber of ranks will be obtained

from stumps that are sound and with-

out decay. In mest fences at the pres-

ent time the stumps are more or less

rotten and this makes some waste. In

December we cut, or had cut, ten rods

of stump fence into eighteen-inch wood

consisting of stumps that ranged in

diameter from two feet to four feet.

There were secured twenty-four ranks

of wood, which gives a little better

than two ranks to the rod. The stumps

numbered from two to four to thé’ rod.

It should be noted that these stumps

are trimmed free of all bottom roots

and of some of the side roots. If the

stumps were whole and with all roots,

the cordage would be about one-third

more. The cost of splitting and cut-





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some difference from the earlier days.

We have been offered $2. 00 per rank

for the wood. It is seen that a rod

of this fence for wood has a value of





from $4.00 to $5.00, with a clean net





profit of one-half of that amount. An



average pine stump fence will bring a.



value that will pay for the cutting and



sale cf the wood and also pay for and



erect the best wire fence in its place.

Stump Wood vs. Coal.



There has been cut on this farm

about 500 ranks of this pine wood from

fences and there are still stumps in

the fence that will give several hun-

dred additional cords. This amount

has a large value if one will carefully

look into the returns given as a fuel.

Many people believe that these pine

roots, and snags, as they call them,

have little fuel value, and it is fre-

quently remarked by these persons

that they would not cut pine wood for

it. We have kept a careful note on

the comparativefuel value of this kind

of wood and of that of the coals.

are paying $10 per ton for soft coal at





coal in the past has given ample fuel

for from one Week toten days.

severestweatherof the past months of

December “and January of this winter,

and under the same furnace conditions

and heat requirements it has required





not" mere than four ranks of this pine

-_wood. The cost of fuel under the pres-





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is all in favdr of the pine wood There

is, of course, a disadvantage in the case





of the wood that it will not keep fire





over night and requires more attention.

Save the Wasting Wood.

. We are permitting no destruction of

the waste wood 'on the farm. In the

fall after the fields are frozen hard

enough to hold up a team and wagon,

all rubbish, old stump bottoms, all

broken fruit trees, waste from shade

trees, and dead timber in the woods,

and in fact, all wood waste of every

kind is collected and piled in the wood

house or on the wood lot for future

use. The waste saved in this way pays

for a large per cent of the fuel bills

for the year. Look after the waste

woods of every kind. The present high

prices of this kind of necessity makes

the care of this waste a valuable asset.





TOP-DRESSING WHEAT.





 





I have eight acres of wheat that was

sown in good time but didn’t get a very

big top. Would it be advisable to top-

dress with manure on the snow? Now,

I am going to seed this field in the





/spring and I thought of getting some





kind of fertilizer, then seed with the

disk drill, running the disks light, and

sowing the fertilizer at the same time.

If you think this would be all right,

would you advise sowing the same

way the wheat issowed, or go cross-

ways?



Missaukee Co. F. C.





Some quite satisfactory results have

been obtained by top-dressing a weak

stand of wheat in the spring with com-

mercial fertilizers. Yet, ordinarily, I

would not expect to get anywhere near

the benefit from an application of fer-

tilizers on top of the ground in the

spring that I would if the fertilizer had

been drilled in with the wheat the fall

before. Fertilizer must be mixed with

the soil and dissolved in the soil mois-

ture before it becomes available as a

plant food.



If you apply the fertilizer with a disc

drill in the spring just as early as you

can get onto the ground, of course,

quite a per cent of it would be mixed

with the soil. However, if the season

happens to be dry, it would be a ques-

tion whether very much of this fer-

tilizer would be used by the plant or

not. But where the ground is seeded

to clover, I think it would be perfectly

safe to assume that if the wheat plant

didn’t get the fertilizer the clover

would, so that it would be a safe in-

vestment to top-dress where the wheat

ground is to be seeded to clover.



There is one thing that I am abso-

lutely sure of, and that is that all this

wheat you can top- -diess with stable

manure would be greatly benefited and

I don’t think this comes so much from

the fact that you give the wheat extra

plant food as it is from the mulch ef-

fect that the manure has. It gives pro-

tection, it holds the moisture, protects

it against the hot sun and keeps the

land from drying out, and there prob-

ably can be no better use made of sta-

ble manure than to have a moderate

amount of it evenly distributed over

growing wheat. Of course, wheat that

got a good growth last fall (very little

of it did) would not need the fertilizer

mulch as much as wheat that made

only a meager growth. It is this wheat

that needs, protection and I am sure

that stable manure would be much

more beneficial to this crop of wheat

than fertilizer, although the fertilizer

will help the crop.



There is another thing to consider,

however. If you top—dress the wheat





Wetthis winter with coarse straw manure

"it might interfere with your disc drill

this point this winter and at that the'

,coal is none too good. One ton of this





in the spring. If this straw would pre-

vent the dsc from cutting in you

wouldn’t get yOur seed covered. I am

quite positive, that if you top-dress with

the manure and then sow the seed on





broadcast in March, that you would





get a catch, at least, I never‘fail to do

so. Of course, if the stable ' manure

will not prevent the preper working of

your dis? drill your idea would be all

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the habit of using. KEEN

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Now let us take a backward glance:

hat the mistakes of the year just passed,





111' Order to steer clear of them the com-

ing year. How much. money did you

Few farmers

could answer that question to the do!-

lar, but a large proportion of them

know that they have only made a bare

living or run in debt. In such'an un-

comfortable contingency a carefully

kept expense account would aid mate-

rially in finding the big leaks.



Perhaps you are running a dairy

farm and sell your milk to the milk

factories. How much profit are you

making out of the enterprize? Do you

know whether you are making any

It is a capital idea to

keep a bank account with each cow,

that you may know how many unprof-

itable ones there are in the hérd.



In these days of small profits and

close competition a man can no more

farm profitably without keeping books

in some form, than a large manufac—

turer can get along without his salaried

accountant. We would say to those

that have never tried this method, be~

gin at once, and keep a record of er»

erything in your form transactions the

coming- year. Se't down the cost of ev-

ery new tool, seed, fertilizer, amount

paid out for labor, transportation, etc,

and do not forget to add in your taxes

and all other expenses. Be able to tell

to a cent the money received from the

sale of stock and other products, and

at the end of the year see if you have

made anything more than day wages

and a bare living for your family.



If you have accomplished nothing

else, when Christmas comes you will

have acquired valuable pointers for

next year’s operations. Many farmers

at the end of the year ‘vcount up the

cash on hand and say, “I have made

so much,” and yet they cannot exactly

tell whether every dollar has cost

them four to obtain it, as if they have

made that much profit over and above

interest on capital invested. But some

will say, “I have not the time or edu-

cation. to keep books.” To them I

would say, such a man has no more

business to engage in farming, expect—

ing to make a profit on capital invest-

ed, than he would to fill a. college pro-

fessorship or the office of a bank pres—

ident. In these days of high and ad—

vancing prices the farmer must and

should know where he “is at,” just as





. surely as the most strenuous business





man or manufacturer, or sooner or 1

er he will find himself a prey to the

money shark or the land grabber, and

in these days of widely difiused and

easily obtained education the average

farmer has no right to be a back num~

her in the business world and have

dealings with shrewd business men

and speculators who seek, and do. in

many cases, increase their wealth at

the expense of the too often careless

farmer.





Shiawassee Co. D. H. M.





ORDER SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS

EARLY.





Now that the winter months are

here it gives us some time to think

about next year’s crops and prepara-

tions.



One of the first ‘things we should

consider is the question of seeds. and

chief among these will come the oats,

corn and barley. A good many of us

have our seed oats now, but we should





>353: whether the yield of the seed we





have will warrant the sowing of it for

another year or not.



The experiment stations throughout

the country have not been idle along

the line of cats in the last few years

and as a result have given us some

high producing varieties, mung them

being the Worthy, Alemnder and Mich-





, ’ 1831: Wonder varieties, which have giv-

4 on good results in our state.





Tested





‘ and order in earlosd lots.





We csunot afford to wait too long

before plaéifnx our order as the simply

isvéry livable to'be‘mu‘chless than 1.110

demand, neither can We afford to miss

an opportunity of securing good stam-

dard pedigreed seed. Neally every max

in the state produces some oats and

every man Who is contemplating the

puzc‘ha‘se of seed oats next spriu."

should place his order now so, that he

will be reasonably sure of getting in

line for better seed.



'If we Could have looked ahead last

fall before the frost cut our corn crop

and madeplans for a heavy acreage of

winter barley, what a saving we could

have made ourselves.



Barley as a. feed stands next to corn

and many feeders plan on the, utiliza-

tion of the wintel and spring 'barleys

to carry them through the summer

feeding of cows and hogs.



The pedigreed balleys yield from

fifty to sixty-five bushels per acre and

under proper fertilization Will do even

better, and since the corn crop 1550

short the problem of feeding next sum-

mer and fall will probably be more

acute than it is at the present time.



Although there are many adverse

comments concerning the handling of

barley at harvest time, the fact that it

comes at a time when the out bin its

low and the corn gone; that 'it yields

well per acre and compares very favor-

ably in analysis with corn; that it

makes a palatable feed, and one that

will lay on rapid and economical gains.

puts it where every man should use it

rather than avoid it. There has often

been comment as to its adaptability to

soils but it has been pr‘oven that it has

a wide range of soils giving the great

est yields on rich, well-drained silt

loams. However, that does not mean

that it cannot be grown on many of the

lighter soils, for results from experi-

ments show that under proper fertili-

zation. light sandy soils give heavy

yields.



Seed corn is another one of the seed

crops that will touch the high water

mark of prices next spring. One of the

ways that you can avoid that high

price is to order your seed from relia- ,

ble sources at the present time.



We cannot afford to put off some of

these fundamental things until next.

spring. The time for planning is here

and we should take advantage of it.



Take up the matter of fertilizers

with your local fertilizer men, order

through your Granges and Farmers’

Clubs, or several men club together

There is

only one safe method and that is in im-

mediate action.



Van Baron Co. E. V. Krr'rLE.

GROWlNG BEANS WlTH SMALL

/ COST. '



Flawed the ground early and worked

it several times both ways so as to

make it level. I planted with two-row

corn drill, twenty-eight inches apart.

and dropped a bean every ten inches

'in the row. I worked them with a

two-now cultivator and hoed them once.

Harvested them. eighteen acres, in one

day, with two bean pullers and a side-

delivery rake. Had two men follow «the

rake to pick up any scattered bonds.

We let them dry a few days and then

threshed them from the field. Had 329

bushels of beans that picked two

pounds.



One must have his land in the host

of shape to raise beans. My land was

tiled, another essential thing to save

the bean crop.



Midland Co. T. A. Horxms.



The United States Food Administra-

tion wishes to place the Irish potato

every day in the your on every table

in Amenca. Potatoes furnish neural:

meat, «bulk. mineral salts and a convec-

um alkalinity is the diet.-- relay .1»-

plentiful Was your and W
Please advise me if the culture for

inoculating alfalfa sold in bottles is a

success. What kind of alfalfa seed

should I sow, Grimm or common alfal-





fa? I have fairly good ground, sandy





in character. Is it all right to sow

with oats in the spring?

Berrien Co. . ~- C. F. H





The pure cultures fer inoculating al-

falfa are successful if they are fresh

or reasonably so, and care is taken in





their use. Directions should be follow—'





ed in applying them, and the seed

should be sown without undue expos-

ure to bright sunlight which is destruc:

tive to the inoculating germs.



Success in getting a good inocula—





~tion of the alfalfa plants depends, how-





ever, as much upon the adaptability of

the soil to the growthof the germs as

upon inoculation itself. 'If your soil is

low in its lime content, you will find

it necessary to apply lime before profit-

able stands of alfalfa can be secured,

even with inoculation of the seed. If

it is at all difficult to get good seedings

of clayer on this soil, lime should be

applied befo1e an attempt is made to

seed to alfalfa.



Alfalfa can be successfully seeded

with a thin seeding of oats, provided

the soil is in good condition fer' the

crop. A good way to do when alfalfa

has not been previously grown on the

land is to' sew it with common clover,

then if a good stand of alfalfa is not

secured, the clover will help make a

good stand. Not more than a (bushel

of oats should be sown for best results

where this method of seeding is being

practiced.



Vetch for Hay.





I would like to learn the value of

spring vetch Can it be sown with





‘peas and oats, the same to be cut for





hay? How much freezing will it stand?

Oakland Co. H. S

The only variety of vetch which has

been successfully grown as a forage

crop in this state is a winter vetch

which is sown with rye in late August





,or early September, and .under favor-





able conditions pastured in the fall and

used as a hay crop the following spring.

On land sutiable for peas and «oats no

other seed which could be used in the

combination could add to the value of





the forage crop.





SOW-ING WINTER RYE IN SPRING.





 





We have a field which raised .a crop





of beans this year, it being sod last'





spring. Owing to the lateness of the

beans ripening we were not able to get

it all sowed to rye. It was well fitted

and we got part of it drilled to. Rosen

rye. The seed came from a field that

yielded about thirty bushels pér acre;

we sowed at the rate of one and one-

eighth bushel per acre. We have the





seed for the field all cleaned and in





bags. The same field several years

ago, so we were told by the man who

worked it, was put into rye so late that

it did not come up until the next spring

and made a fair yield. This ,field’s

soil is on the sandy order with“ some

clay and is underlaid with subsoil, and

in” turn is underlaid with a sheet of

gravel; it is warm soil. I am informed

of several instances of rye being put in

so late that it did not come up until

the next spring, and doing well; one





~ was last 'fall between Marshall and





Tekonsha, a piece of Rosen rye, and

yielded about thirty bushels per acre._

There is a large acreage around here





' that did not get up this fall. Do you





know of instances of rye being sowed

early in the spring, (winter rye), and

it yielding successfully?‘ How inuch

seed would you recommend to sow per





-acre in the spring? How deep would





you drill it?

Calhoun Co. E. R. H.





p I could not advise anyone to sow a

winter variety of rye in the spring. In

fact, I would advise against it. You





can’t change the habits of plants so





quickly; _ A plant that has been, by

Careful selection, Changed in its growth

so that it will germinate in the fall and





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down iii the spring that same

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I think it would be unwise to sow a

winter variety in the spring.



‘You say you know instances where

rye was sown so,_late that it didn’t

come up in the fall and yet this ‘rye

produced a goOd crop the next year. I

have knownof such instances myself





and some even with‘ wheat, which is





less hardy than rye. But this late-Sewn

grain, even though it barely gets up in

some instances where it isnot noticed

above the ground in the fall, and yet

survives the winter, has a big start

over spring sown’ grain. It undoubt-

edly germinated the fall before. but the

warmth of the soil is not sufficient to

develop the growth and it remains

in that sort of condition until the

warmth of spring starts it into fresh

growth. This would be long before one

could prepare the land and sow the

seed in the spring. By the time one

could prepare the land and sow the

seed in the spring, this late sown rye

would be nicely started; in fact, its

root. system has been developing all

winter slowly, especially if the ground





‘wasn’t frozen, and it probably would





be two months ahead of the" spring

sown rye. I certainly wouldn’t sow a

whole field. If I wanted to find out

definitely, I would sow a very small

amount and see how it worked. It

would be much better to get a spring

variety of rye to sow,’ or spring wheat,

than to sow this seed of the winter

variety.



I have sown winter rye in the spring

_as a cover crop for alfalfa but, of

course, in the middle of the summer

we clipped the alfalfa. This kept back

the rye and it lived and survived the

following winter, and the next year

made a wonderful growth, with great,

long, well-developed heads. I cannot

say for certain that if we had not clip—

ped this alfalfaand this rye that it

wouldn’t have headed out and perhaps

produced some seed, but it certainly

wouldn’t have matured before August

Or September.



. In seeding land to spring rye, I

would use a trifle more seed because it

wouldn’t have the chance to stool that

winter sownvariety would, but on well

prepared land it need not be sown to

a greater depth than usual.



COLON C. LILLIE.





ROAD BUILDING IN MICHIGAN.





 





Ottawa county has let three con-

tracts to build six miles of concrete

road, work to begin in early spring, as

follows: Frank Oosting and Nicholas

Hofsteen will build a mile and a half

of sixteen-foot road from Central Park

to Virginia Park, near Holland; ,Kleine

& Boulens, of Grand Haven, will build

three miles of concrete from Agnew

north; Oosting & Hofsteen, of Holland,

will build a mile and a half of sixteen—

foot road from east limits of Holland

to. concrete highway on the Zeeland

road, giving an improved road from

Holland 'to Zeeland.



, Fourteen miles‘of gravel road will be

built in‘eastern Calhoun county this

season and plans are made to sell as

many of the road bonds as possible to

farmers along‘the routes. The bonds

yield four and a half per cent interest.



Saginaw county proposes to build

three new roads this season as follows:

Road to county home, $7,700; Lawn-

dale and Tittabawassee, $23,500; East

street road, $4,500. A complete patrol

system of repairs on the county roads

will be established. 1



Muskegon county has taken the first

steps toward a. system of concrete

roads by" asking for bids on one mile

of such ro'a‘d,’selecting a main traveled

highway leading into the city of Mus~

kegon. The supervisors have endorsed

the plans of the government to estab-

lish motor truck lines throughout the

copntry and asks for such lines be-





tween Muskegon, Ludington, Manistee





and intermediate points.





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ucceedln‘g years, after a time you

3‘ would get a spring variety of rye, but





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After you have stored all the

corn possible in your Silo, shred

the dry stalks remaining with :1

Pa. equipped with shredder

knives. Don’t allow the fodder

to stand in the fields over

winter.



Let' 11: tell you more about the

“Papec”——'T-he Ensilage Cutter

Plus. Write for our 1918 cata-

log. It may save you from

816.00 to $150.09 yearly in your

own tending costs.





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‘ the! shortage win he with us,‘ at least;

another year.

'I warning the public of this fact, for the

idemands of our flarge cities are far

. from being satisfied, and as soon as

coal production is increased these cit.

{.108 will quickly absorb the increase.

"j This will leave smaller towns, villages

fund rural communities dependent 211-





~ Authorities are already





most entirely upon the surplus wood





By reason of the fact that farmers

have not been cutting wood to any ex-

tent for a number of years back, there

may be found on most farms an ac:

cumulation of timber, not only in the

wood-lot but scattered elsewhere over

the premises, which could be easily

converted into 'fuel. About the build-

ings there are melten boards and Discs

es of timber that can be collected. Old

fence posts and rails, and in some of

Our newer sections, stumps are avail;

able to cut up into a considerable pile

of firewood. Then in most of the wood-

lots the conserver of wood will find old

tree tops, dead timber, and trees that

need to be thinned out in order that

others may have a better chance to

develop. Besides, there are

trees that

should be harvested. The farmer no

doubt may have other uses for the bod-

lmt the tops and

waste material should be carefully cut

up for use in the stoves and furnaces.



The wood-lots will be greatly benefit-

ed by this cleaning up. Many young

trees will become stunted if not given

a chance to grow. 28y removing many

defective trees, and ripe ones, the

growth of those remaining will be very





, , greatly stimulated.

~Work Shauld be Done Before Spring.





This is the time of year to do this

work. Later on attention will have to

be given to the production of crops. Of

it is difficult to work in the

woods when the ground is covered with

so much snow, yet even with this hand-

icap, a great deal of wood can be col-





‘ lected at the present time, especially





such wood as can be worked up by the

use of a buzz saw. Later on, if the





. snow should go some time before as





tual spring work opens,iit will give our





. farmers an opportunity to collect scat-





tered wood and work it up.



Farmers are urged to do this work

now, not only fog the very good reason

that it will pidge them in a position to

realize the biggest money from the

wood, but also because by so doing

they will be assisting in actually de-

creasing the amount of suffering in our

centers of population, due to the lack

of fuel. Already many cities of the

state are Contemplating the establish.

ment' of municipal fuel yards, looking





i toward the handling of wood with the





greatest possible economy. The fact

that dealers are to be watched and not

allowed to take a wide margin of profit

in the handling of wood should encour-

naehtnerstedo all theylcantoiu-

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market hereafter, conditions wetdd in-





dicate that the best prices will proh- «

ably obtain during the remainder of





the present winter and that of 1918-





1919. To-take advantage of these goo‘a . .





prices wood ought to be cut this see: ‘ '





son hefore the spring work is here. it

will then be well dried out for the next

fall and winter' 5 trade.‘

To PREVENT SPECULATLDN lN

FEED. .





 





To prevent hoarding of concentrated

and mixed feeding stuffs by speculat-





ors, the United States Food Armenia-1.

tration has deemed it advisable to li-‘f





cense manufacturers and dealers in





.«commerdal feeds for live stock; atttlei





and hogs. President Wilson has issuedln

a proclamation placing the industry!

under license control on and after Feb-1

ruary 15. The Food Administialion tie-3

clares that hoarding of stock feeds has





been more or less prevalent since the l“

beginning of the war, and has resulted :





in extraordinarily high prices during

the period of scant production.





the hoardingof hay, which has been





practiced in some sections of the coun- ,:

try as a result of unusual demands for 1

’ the army.‘



The Food Administration hopes to L

stabilize the price of dairy and stock '3‘





feeds; without the license require-

ments it Was poWerless to prevent

many evils which tended to encourage

increased. prices, especially near the

large centers of population, where the

daiiymen depend almoSt entirely upon

concentrated feeds for milk production.





It was upon the advice of the leading 5

men in the ,tradeth‘at‘the FoodAdmin- ‘





istration asked for the authbrity grant-





ed by the President's proclamation, un- ;‘

der poyver given him by the Food 0011— f

Representatives ‘





trol Act of Congress;





It be- .

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of the feeding stuff industry recently j





met in Washington and passed a reso-.





lution asking the Food Administration ‘

to place all straight and mixed feeding .

stuffs under license, protecting the fair"

and honest dealers against the opera- 1





tions of a few unscrupulous manipu-





 





lators.





Every manufacturer, importer, deal-

er, handler or storer of about fifty. of





the principal ingredients used exten-l'

mixed"

feeds is included in the license require. f

This covers baled hay, shell'

and ear corn and many other ingredif

The onlv excep- .





sively in making commercial





ments.





cuts in mixed reeds.





tions are for millers manufacturing





bran, and dealers in coarse grains, who "

have already been placed under Foodf





Administration licenses.

BLIZZARD CONGEST LIVE STOCK





RECEIPTS AN D CHANGES

PRICES.





Railroad service has been slow in





overcoming, the obstacles caused by 1

the recent blizzards and snow block-f 2





ad'es, but at last‘trains are making fair

time, and some liberal supplies of cat





tie and hogs have reached the Chicago J





stock yards. On a recent Monday the

Chicago receipts mounted up to 20.562-





cattle, 42,182 hogs and 22,138 sheep, .





while on the following day receipts in?

round numbers aggregated 20,000 cat

tle, 50,000 hogs and 22,900 sheep. Large

supplies of live stock of all kinds had

been delayed in the country by the in-

ability to make shipments on mount

of the cold and stormy went

this helped to swell the later receipts

to liberal proportmns.

cattle and hogs 3110me to the cold?





weather ih transit, may trains getting .





in many hours after schedule time. and





one stoekman had forty hogs insane to; '





$12.00





This new improved my gun '

shoots a penetrating cloud of spay. ,

covering the trees quickly and ‘

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Take the load ofiyour Wanna M- ‘

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consigm'zmnt of those M
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marking was misleading as the buyer





”1917]: state apple grading law,





- which in its present form Went into





effect in May, 1917. HoWever, for the

benefit of those who are not, the follow





, ing rather brief stimulary will give all





the more hilportant provisions of the

law. .



The law na111‘es and defines five stan-

dard grades for apples grown in the

state and provides that all apples pack-

ed' in closed packages and offered for-

sale "shall be marked with ,the name

and address of the packer, the name of

the variety and the grade. The‘grades

in; order are as follows: .1. New York





. standard fancy grade; 2, New York.

, standard A grade;>3,- New York stan-





dard B grade; 4, New York standard C

grade; 5, unclaSSified. 'The law allows





a certain per cent of bruising, disease,





insect or fungus injury in each grade.

In the fancy grade five per cent is al—

lowed, ten per cent in A grade and fif-

teen percent in the B grade. '



The requirements of the standard

C grade are that the apples be the





,same in quality thr911ghout the barrel





and that the barrel b @arked with the

minimum size of the] ‘fruit it contains.

Any quality of fruit may be put in this

I The fifth class, i. e., unclassi-

fied,co11§:titutes a dumping ground for





I any apples not coming under the other





classes, and as one shipper puts it,

“everything goes.” The only restric-

tion is that the minimum size of the

fruit be marked on the barrel.



The person who buys a barrel of ap-





. ples marked “unclassified” is not nec-





essarily getting a barrel of culls or

poor apples. .1 have observed a few





, farmers who were putting up apples of





A grade quality and yet were marking

them unclassified, standing in fear of

the arm ofthe law. Some who are

packing good quality apples mark them

unclassified for this reason.



‘The effectiveness of the law depends

on its enforcement and to properly en-

force it a large force of inspectors is

necessary. The state is enforcing the

law and inspectors have been operat-

ing at all important apple shipping

points in the state. The most of the

inspectors have been men familiar with

apples and know a Baldwin from 3. Ben

Davis and a good apple from a- poor

one. It is told by a Hudson valley

shipper, however, that one of the men

criticized ’his Greenings for being of

“poor color.” The inspectors usually

travel in groups of three, it being nec-

essary to have witnesses of any viola-

tions Which they encounter. They visit

the shipping points as often as they

deem it necessary, which is usually

about once a week. If any violation of

the,,law is encountered it is included

in the inspector’s report, which he

sends in to headquarters.



The law names the minimum size

of the letters to be used in branding

and states that any other brand used

shall not beiinconsistent with or larger

than the required brand. The law also

provides that no false or misleading

statement shall be made on-{the pack-

age. A shipper whom I met was pack.-





in-g apples and marking them New





York standard A grade in strict- ac—





cordance with the law. Upon the head





of the barrel in letters larger than

those of the required brand he was

stamping the word “Fancy.” This





wOrd fancy is much overworked among





men placing fruit on the market. It





‘ connotes much to Mr. Casual Buyer,





but acutally denotes nothing.‘ This





.....





Another interesting point in the law

lies in the promsidn tmapples packed

under the Umted Stat,”





 





   





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shall be exempt from the provislons of

the act. The United States law pro-

vides for a United States





One shipper, wishing to evade the law,





packed his apples under the Unitediff.





States law, thinking them safe from in-

spection. The inspectors, with no re-

gard for his feelings, opened several





barrels of his” apples an'd found them

below the United States grade.





On in-

quiring as to their right to open barrels

marked thus, the inspectors stated that

the New York «ocurts‘ had held that a

violation of the United States law was

also a violation of the New' York law

and hence it was their duty to inspect

them, which closed up this apparent

loop hole. ,



The effect of the law has been to es-

tablish standard grades for New York

apples and actually force the packing

of apples under these grades. Instead

of each shipper or grower having a

separate standard of his own which

varied between rather wide limits, they

now havea common standard whose

limits are narrowed and. definite and

do not vary with the market, quality of

the crop or honesty of the packer, as

was formerly the case. It is radical in





requiring that closed packages offered





for sale must be branded _as prescrib-

ed. Without this provision the law

would be of little value and would be

in the same class as the peach grading

law of that state.





The peach grading law defines two

grades of peaches but does not force

the marking of the package. During

the peach season of 1917 the writer

was in Niagara county, western New

York, in the heart of the peach belt,

and observed the loading of several

hundred cars of peaches by different

shippers and at several different load-

ing points and observed only an occa-

sional car packed and branded under

the law. The peaches are not graded

under the law enough to warrant the





thorough inspection used in enforcing .





theapple law, hence it may be broken

with impunity or evaded by not brand-

ing. The apple law is accomplishing

results which the peach law is not,

simply because it says the apples must

be branded.





The apple law was passed to further

the best interests of the apple growers

and aid them in competing with the

standardized western apples. Other

states may in time establish a law sim—

ilar to this and it is to be hoped that

the grades established throughout

these states will be uniform and the A

grade of one state will not equal the

B grade of another. A federal law,

with an adequate inspection force, mod-

eled after the New York law would be

even more desirable and it is to be hop-

ed that we may some time have such

a law. -





EGGS KEEP IN WATERGLASS.





 





. In tests made at the Utah Experi-

ment Station twelve dozen eggs were

placed in a crock and covered with a

ten per cent solution of waterglass on

April 1. During the following winter

some of these eggs were tested and

found to be in very good condition.

Some of them were kept in the solu-

tion until the latter part of June of the

fOIIOWing year, when most of the eggs





retained a fairly fresh appearanCe as.





far as ordinary observation could de-





'termine. There was no change in the





sine of the air cell.





. A man Who. has learned to do any:





W; of 1912 ,





standafé.

grade similar to the New York A grade”





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f’rithe tme .ot the lost census, it

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, Mer- Sends Early.

The seeds for the farm garden should





J be :pickedmut now. Any tamer knows





as well now as he will know later

about. what quantity. of seeds of the

various sorts of vegetables will be

needed. Why delay? “He who hesi-

tates is lost.” ‘The stock is short. 0n





. :acoount' of :the high price gold [or the

' greet bulk of “farm crops, ‘needsmen'

» last year raised the crops themselves

' for immediate sale "rather than for seed





and it has been revealed by a compre-

hensive inquiry that seedsmen are gen-





; erally quite low on many garden. seeds.

, Onion seed, for example, ‘wlll not be





available to supply all thosewho con-

template the growing of onions and the

seedsmen have said, “first come, first





This season, more than ever‘ before,

the may will want to have a large

assortment of vegetables. While here-

tofore we have discouraged the plant-

ing of vegetables which were not es—

pecially desired by members of the

whole household, it has become a well

established fact that one’s eating is

somewhat a matter of habit rather

than 'a matter of taste entirely and it

has been proven rather conclusively





5 that a person can get to relish any





vegetable that grows in the garden. It

is not advised, though, to grow any





' large supply of material whosevalue :is





more or less a conjecture and whose

seed is very high.

Selecting Varieties.

In looking through seed catalogs, it





' , is a good rule to varythe size of the





order in proportion to the gaudiness of

Old establish-





vertised through many colored plates.

A safe rule to go by is, “the greater

the amount of advertising on a given

seed, the less of it should be bought.”





‘. Generally, the gaudy plates advertise a

product that is but little known and





very often of little value. It should be

said inpassing, moreover, that while

a. few of these vegetables that have

been greatly exploited at first have

come into rather general use at pres-

ent, hundreds have come .and gone

where a‘single one has survived. It is





’ 'quite natural "to order 'a large Quantity

'01? these highly advertised seeds, but





just the reverse should obtain. The

Old varieties are well advertised

through their merits andjw'hen the

gardener names to put his product on

the market, if he has {any surplus he

dwm not have to do any extra advertis~

lug. For example, everybody knows

what onions are and they are anxious





f to buy them as soon as “onionnlas”

“ aré offered for sale, then a taste must





be created for these and this, of ecurse,

adds onto the selling price.





 





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..posslhle to order the Meet





varieties of Wes whae other

spots are .181:th nor 01:er kinds. 1mg

wise. there are name gardens that have

10117111111 highs-13111811111 itisn mistake

to gallant vegetables in such. a garden

regardless of whether or not they are

adapted to the wet or dry conditions.

It is well enough to learn that omens,

celery, cabbages, cauliflOweT, bowels

sol-auto, etc” thrive where iris wet and-

theyimy be put on the portions of the

garden that haw: the most moistureor

may at times. be 'W., Quiteriéothe

unitary, it is Swell to reine'm'ber that

tune: do not thrive upon a wet soil,



hence they ought to lbe vplant-ed on the

highest part ‘01” the garden. Other veg-





:ntnlileu"i:i1.tbe some class with beams





in Ibis respect are pens, squashes, ou-

where,- and the like, where possible,

these plants 35th be placed in a dry



'Wi-th regard to :the soil requirements '

of the various garden crops; it should

be borne in mind that sugar beets re-

quire a‘soilwt‘hut ‘is-nlkaiine. -- Since fit

this time it seems to be necessary for

families to .gmw‘ sugar beets in order

to insure suflicient sweets fer the hem

year, ground where these roots re to

be grown should, by all men s, be

treated with lime, either as ground

.l‘imestfine‘ or in the hydrated form.

Again, the root crops, such as beets,

carrots, pursuing, sa’lsify, turnips, pota-

toes and rate bagas, require for maxi-

mum growth a ground well supplied

with potash. To this end, where the

garden is not too great a distance

from the kitchen, the portion that is to

grow these root crops the coming year

should be coated with wood ashes.





' Wood ashes contain an appreciable





amount of potash, yet if the garden is

small it may be necessary to refrain

from using too many~of them. On a

commercial scale, it has been found





' that (wood ashes maybe applied at the





rate of four tons per acre without any

harm resulting.

Garden Rotation Desirable.



Where it is at all possible, it is very

desirable to rotate the garden onto a.

different spot at least every third yefir.

One of the most successful gardens

that I have seen has been kept free

from attacks of fungous diseases and

injurious insects by being rotated first

from one side of the 'house to the oth.

er. On this farm, there are two gar-

dens, one a. fruit garden and the other

a vegetable garden. The vegetable

garden is kept in the same lot for three

years and then gradually it is shifted

to the other lot, while the fruit garden

is Shifted to the one that was OCCupied

by. the vegetables. This makes it pos-

sible to keep down diseases that are

very destructive unless otherwise con-

trolled. Diseases that may be linked

for in old gardens are club root of can.

bage, wilt of cucumbers, maggots in

onions, anthratznose and leaf spot of

beans, etc.





Rotation is also necessary to keep

insect enemies in check. If there ever

was a. time when it did not pay every

farmer-Io make a garden, that time

has passed, for the farmers who kept

gardens this year increased their labor

incomes ‘a ‘ great deal thereby. One

shOuld, however, in planning the gar-

den make use of 3.11 the information

now available concelning the soils and

situationsbe‘st suited to the vegetables

to be maimed; This increases the yield

.at no increased cost and makes it pos-

sible to wink among .the vegetables

when otherwise there might be a loss

of tune. ,In this connection it .is' a good





scheme to put the plan of thégarde’h

on paper and to know exactly how:

my rows of efficient vegetables are

«he planted. By Sam; ltw'late





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We need “113% as WI! 8581”

whose meets ill! m ”ohm

gamer. 1 3
' ples have been affected with'the scab,

plow under the leaves, which contain '





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=the Bartlett, and then spray with the





profitable to apply fertilizer to mature

orchards, yet believe it is advisable to





’Dr.'Parrot did not advise the dormant





better when different varieties are in





"lines? .carryblight, said one grower.





“:‘opinion, has come on thefarm to stay.

1.1.!1.18....sat'isfact9ry. and, a good _ prop-

” “will?“ for the farmer doing a large

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fruit "were" meeting, L.





the growers. WNdotfl only is this truevin

sunscreens, but it is true in an

pear sections of the state.



“Themart‘of controlling psylla lies in

delaying the semi-dormant spray until

the clusters are about to break on the

Keifer and until they have broken on





lime-sulphur solution, thirty-two de-

grees, Baume, one gallon to eight of

Water. All the spray must be directed

upward to the under sides of the fruit

spurs and small branches, and an

abundance of material» used.”

'Apple Scab.



Prof. Whetzel, of Cornell UniVersity,

told the fruit growers how to control

apple scab. He said: “When the ap-





the 'spore of the scab, early in spring.





shot out under conditions of warmth

and moisture. The 'spores lodge in the

buds as the leaves begin to unfold.

These new leaves catch the spores.

Thorough spraying at this time, espe-

cially on the underside of the leaves,

with lime-sulphur or Bordeaux mixture

and arsenate, will prevent nearly all

infection. This must be done in addi-

tion to powing under leaves, because

you will not get them all under. The

dust mixture is as effective sa a spray

mixture in controlling scab."

Fertilizing the Orchard.

“Twenty Years of Fertilizer in an

Apple Orchard,” was the subject of an

address by R. D. Anthony, of the State,

Experiment Station, Geneva. His gen-

eral conclusions were that many of the

most successful fruit growers do not

now, after experiments, consider it as





apply to growing trees, and in such

cases, usually nitrate of soda, dried

blood, and stable manure. In the ex—

periments we have made, heavy appli-

cations of these materials have not in-

creased growth as' much as the contri-

butions of phosphoric acid and potash.

We have had a slight increase from

the use of‘complete fertilizers, and to

our own surprise nearly as good re-

sults when the nitrogen was omitted,

and only phosphoric acid and potash

were used, but the increase was not

sufficient to pay the cost of the fertil-

izers at present prices. The orchard'

cited is but a link in a chain of evi-

dence that shows a similar result in

New York orchards. The New York

Experiment Station has been conduct-

ing experiments for years in most

parts of the state. We had no profit-

able returns from the applications of

fertilizers, other than cover crops, to

mature orchards.”

Other Fruit Pointers.



Spray cherries to prevent loss of £01-

iage after mid-summer, with Bordeaux

mixture or solution of lime-sulphur, at

strength of 1~40. Spray when shuck

falls, and after fruit colors and after it

is picked. Dusting the trees has given

good results. Where there is no scale





spray except under special conditions.

Some varieties seem immune to scale.

If there has been scale. in a vicinity,

sprayvarieties susceptible to scale

with dormant lime-sulphur. ’

Bartlett pears need other varieties

near them to polonize them, said Prof.

Chandler, mest varieties of fruit set"





the orchard. Keifer.will pollenate. the

Bartlett pears. Bees in a pear orchard.





The tractor, it was the consensus of





said: "‘Pyslla is one of the most dim-5

,cult pests for the fruit groWer to fight.

‘The sticky foliage and fruit makes it a

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doiryvmen were .mst native.

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. difliculty of procuring feed owmg to





high prices and transportntron Meal—

ties, but for the .‘most part the dairy-

men expressed satisfaction—despeciafluly

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; about your mum to see the necessity for

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ments to this Wet. “

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of thefifidhigan Wand Food De-





npartment, guessed drama the fact that





a wider and 11110120 economical use of

milk products nnmst the drrought about

.if a maximum 10f oneness is to be at-

tained in the tutors thy the dairy busi-

ness «of the scountry.



“There Is a waste :in 'theAdairy busi-

ness," 5he (declared, “that would ruin

almosteany industry. :In “Michigan, filly

eight per agent of the 1milsk iis used in

Efluttm' (contains con-

oi'dcm‘rbls' Iesu than oneihal’t‘ the food

Velements in the 2Wolelmitk. This skim-





, 1milk represents about (oneffourth the

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Michigan, and is almost stomll-y lost,

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farmer ambush source offood :for the





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“It is uptt01vus:to seo to:it=th~at~somo

is worked .out to present to the

'people of our land every footl element

=in1the milk 1111501119 appotizingraud con-

venient-"form. This isytounyzruind, the

greatest problem :eonfronting .IMichigan





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“The dairy department of the state

:isseeking a sclution of this “problem,





’ and isnpreparingzdatatopresent to bak-





ers of the community in an effort to

get them No use mme skinnmilk in





. uiIread—maliing in place of the watCn now





used. This 1w10u1d .pmvide .a channel

by which vast quantities of this pro-

duct could ’be used :to advantage—118

pounds of Skim-milk could ‘be used to

a‘barrel ‘of'flour (lfi‘fi‘poun‘ds), or .416





: .pounds to a loaf of bread





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”Mon oommittee.

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'13. “bakery at $1 165 .pe'n- hundred, the



inmweased cost per uloa'd would

Taking credit for the

saving of sugar, the not increased cost

per loaf would be 55.0043. Increased

calories per pound-loaf woulid be 70.7,

and the consumer would 1.0btain the

same amount ~.of food value at about

one-sixteenth the. cost that he would

obtain it; in beef.1stoak,1saand1the asame

amount of .pnotein nat noneifourth the

'cost of beef steak.”



A number <~;0f nzimxpertannt resolutions

:were adopted 1by the membersof the

iMnichi'gau Holsteinaniesian Associa‘

tion. Conformance with the .plan pro-

posed by the \Michigan.Live.Stock Sun-

itary Commission and the Bureau of

Animal Industry, for the‘establishment

10f accredited 1henrds :was recommended,

an arbitration committee suggested,

sand. thevn'pxactice-uofunpaying :bonuses :to

.herdsmen condemned.



These last two resolutions-follow:





SfRes'olved. that. there shall annually

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'ifi‘riesian 1cattle-I'm the state of Michi—

an. This committee shall possesstho

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we as monitors of the association

agree to «be governed by the findings

of the saidJcommittee.



“Be it also resolved that this asso-

ciation recofm s to National!

Holstemfliesian Aesocimn, that dd;

take such steps as shall lead to the

discontinuance of the practice of pay-

ing to heeflsmen a 'bonus for records

made, in addition to their together

satin-13y.” '



The nhampions of «the Wk and

White tread wound up their proceed-

.ui-ngs 1115mm gift of $300 to the Red

«Dress and the army blown of the

Y. M. (3. A.



Action similar to -'l':ha1t of the {Hob

at-eineFriesian men was taken 1by mem-

bers of the Michigan Gummy Cattle

Club in the matter of arbitration com-

mittees. The Guernsey breeders were

maintimnlarly .sp erred to action by an in-

cident gill Sedioolcmft county, where

members 1,0'f a bull association are .lnw-

Minimums in securing the pedigruaemt'

their sine from the breeder who sold

the .tm'nnal .to them. The arbitration

zoommit tee is expected to settle .all such

misunderstandings 12in dhe future.



A «fine increase in the number of meg,“

5111mm .Gueimvs in the country was

Imported to this association 'by E. 1A.

:1md,1of the American 1Gnuemsey :Cat-

aisle ~0Iub. 1



Veny .few members 10f the Michigan

.ileusoy Cattle .Club and the Michigan

Bed Pollflmeders’ Association .worenin

attendance at the (sonnention, .due 11.0

transportation toonditions which pre-

vented most of the members $110111

reaching East Lansing. The Holstein

and Guernsey breeders were a little

xmore «convenien t1 5' situated.





‘ 1MOLD~Y .S-ILAGE.





:I have .some silage that has white“

and green spots in. :Now. it the cattle

eat It and it makes them sick, what'is

ithe—‘bestremedy to give? \W’lnat1makes‘

1hese green .and white spots :in ”the

silage?



St. Clair Co. W. S.



These white and green spots ’to 'be

.found in the silage are simply-different

forms of what is ordinarily called

mold. It is moldy silage. “It was caus-

ed no ‘doubt .from not having sufficient

moisture in the corn when ‘It was put

into the silo. Cor-n thatis‘frosted, corn

that is over-ripe, or corn that has been

cut and allowed to stand ’for a consid

erable length 0f'time, rarely has a suf-

ficient amount of moisture so that

when it is put into the silo it willgen-

crate the ,proper degree of heat and

.settle into a sufficiently compact mass

to exclude the air and prevent‘it from -

.mOl’ding.



Now, I cannot tell whether the cows

will be injured by eating this moldy

silage ornoh Very much of the mold

in cornstalks and in silage doesn‘t

seem to be dangerous at all to cattle.

Mold is simply bacterial growth which

is the beginning of decay in silage.

Many of the bacteria which produce

decay are not injurious. For instance,

the .bacteria which turn milk sour,

known as lactic .acid bacteria, are not

injurious. Many claim that they are

beneficial and that it is healthy to eat

sour milk, and people have fed moldy

cornstalks and moldy silage repeatedly

with apparently no injury to the cows.



The trouble .is that we cannot tell

.dustmxhat kind of bacteria produce this



mould .and it may be that some .of it

would be injurious. . If there is .very

much .of it, especially. of the greenish

color, I would. hesitateabout feeding it.

The white mold I. don’t.,believe would

«beqinjurious .and yet I -can..te_ll nothing

aboutit. .Thiswould .be a case'where

.i-t .mouldndt, be'.absolutely sate about

the ..matter. The kind 10f ..bacte1:ia

should be. determined by a banteriol-

ogist to .find out Whether they Mould

be imurious mmot But .most .of 1113





1’ don‘t/go this far”. We.“ Simply také“£he





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" 'have..always.heen;ahl.e.to.-§ee-.i_lle1.1.1?- ‘ :5; ' - . .72:-

‘ fare ce m‘ the c'zll‘tltle twhen o‘ur fcgfn‘ ‘ _ g ‘ E

‘ did not mature; . e s a emen o r. ‘ ' ' . =5:

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say that ears on silage corn had no g VV . E

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‘be true. You take a- well developed 2 10 . E

. corn plant, one ,that has 3‘“ Plenty Of E Ten 25000 lb. (A. R. O.) cows average in one herd fed on Unicorn. E

. room 5° that it grows and develops a _. Three 1000 lb. fat records. ' Ten year old makes 1000 lbs. fat.

good ear of corn, and sixty per cent of v" r - 5 . . ‘ \fr \4

' the entire food value of the plant is in : loo Lbs 1: 5 lllmons . ‘ 3 ‘00 Lbs ,1,

. “19.9”" only forty Per cent “1 the {UNIcuRNl One herd has 15000 pounds average. Fed on Unicorn for four iUNlcuRN‘

. stalk and leaves, so you see, I couldn't ; ll 0N5, generations. ' ' . ll 0N“

' have said that, the ears on the corn ; WM“ ,6: . . . . ’ “WM“ ,3

. . plant had no food value, because they I: t ,3 ‘51 Mmhlgan r2 3‘ l

,-Certair.11¥ ‘10- BI“ the idea that I tried' _: 5 ’%§ The best Guernsey record in the state. The highest producing i ,5? xi

_ to bring out was this—that if we plant i" .3 large Holstein herd. The best Jersey herd. .ni* .t --

the ensilage corn thicker so that only i .2?“ ”:55, .= . N H h. l .235: “m,

a few small ears would be developed, BMIMEED mALYSll ew amps "e icu‘RANTEED ANALYSIS-l

that we would get more tonsof ensil- Wm as: rATfl‘fi The highest Holstein herd. ’CWE'N 25; ”1555

age per acre and that it would be just 5' Wurssomlfi i . ' . s Bo"YWWESmum“g

as good ensilage ton for ton as though ' CHAPIN‘cCO-i lndlana LCHAPINJcCO'ZE

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' still believe that to be true. . _ owa

Then, again, I am satisfied that for nghest average Holstein herd.

best results you don t want corn to get New York





ripe to put it into the silo. It ought

not to be beyond the glazing period;

. I wouldn’t care if some of it didn’t get

. to the glazing stage, yet it will make

. ensilage that is more digestible and

I 'more palatable than it will if you allow

the corn to get ripe.



The corn plant belongs to the same

botanical family as timothy hay, Corn

is a branch of the grass family; in

analysis it is quite similar to timothy

hay. Now, we know that we don’t get

good results in feeding timothy hay



, ' when we allow this hay to'get ripe be-

' fore it is cut. You‘ may have just as .' TlIIIl|IllllllllllIllllllllllllmllmII}llmlII!iIHmll!lilllmlllllllllllmiiIH!iHHIHHIHIIlliillmliH!lmHIHIIllHmllllillllmlHlllllllm!HIlH!InI:iIHilliilliliilnmllmliIiiHHHIHIHH”InIll{IIIHIIlllllllllllilllllllllllliIiIIINll!HHIIIiHIHIIHHHIHlllll1lIIillimilillllllllilull

many tons of hay; it may possibly go

farther because animals won’t eat as

. much of it. But this is because they

don’t like it. The principal thing is,

there isn’t as large a per ‘cent of it di-

gestible. Much of the starch in the , . . ______

. plant is turned into cellulose, weedy 9’ 3 ‘ , -» - , , ‘ ""

. . fiber, in the process of ripening and

'the analysis shOWS that there is a

larger percentage of crude fiber. that

cannot be digested; consequently, ripe

timothy hay is not as valuable as when

cut before the plant gets ripe.



Now, the same thing is true with the

corn plant. You let the corn plant get

dead ripe, the ear is more nutritious

than it ever was before, but what you



, have gained in that ear you have lost



in the stalk and in the leaves. The



, balance of it isn’t so digestible, nor it



isn’t so palatable; cattle won’t eat it



with as much relish nor they won’t eat



it as well if- the corn silage is ripe as



they will if the silage is made out of



i . plants that are in the dough or glaz-



ing condition. Youwant a plant be-

yond themilk stage; what we would

call the dough stage in wheat. Chemi-

cal analysis shows that plants at that

stage of ripening contain the largest

percentage of digestible nutrients and

that is when you want to preserve it.

Now, if you plant ensilage corn so

that only a few nubbins will develop

you can get more tons of silage to the

acre. 5 There isn’t any question about

‘ that. The only question is Whether





Best 2 year old Guernsey record.





Unicorn is the feed you need for

economy and production.





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can be locked n; place as easily as one. One throw (hf {he '

lever operates t eentire rowo stanchions, no matter w et er ' __

it’s two ten, twenty or fifty. The West Bend way saves time, Get This Free 800k Now '

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. containing ears. Now, my theory is . WERTHAN

that the plant contains the food which . ’

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the farmers of nifieuengt :parts





“Butcherng days,





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“sweet-bread,"





“home-made sausage,” or ,any of the

old-fashioned dishes which were once





‘ f considered not only daintles but lux- .

: uries on thefarm: loathe good old (lays

on the farm fifty and sixty years ago.





It has become the prevailmg custom





' _to sell the animals raised on the form





to the 'drov'e'rs and butchers 3,111.1 buy

meats from the shops in small quanii‘

ties, paying, very often, three and four





, times the prices realized when the ani-





mals were sold. Such practices perm-

of poor economy, and carried out in

actual practice, tends to dim-hush.

greatly, the amount of meat allowed

the farmers family while the actual

cost of living is greatly increased.



The Kind of Hogs to Kill ‘for Home



Use.



1 We take it for granted that‘the farm-

er‘s family is entitled to first choice of

the herds. Only the best and healthiest

‘ ones should be kept for home use. The





' .1111 barrows and young sons make the





i best pork. If well fattened on commo 1



feeds they can be “hardened” for kill-



ing if fed on corn or corn meal about



threeweeks before killing time.

Dressing the Hogs.



The man who bosses the job of kill-

ing the hogs should understand just

how to do it. He should be 111110 to

stick (or blood) the hog properly. He

should also know how to temper the

water so as .to get a good scald every

time. The water for scalding should





“be just coming to the ‘boiung point





when the hog is immersed in it; a lit~

tle hotter on a very mldday than when

the temperature is moderate. Keep the

hog in the water only just long enough





. to cause the hair to start readily. After

W being ‘well scolded the hog should be

, " scraped, shaved and hung up as soon

1 as ‘mvonient.

, - wards and internal organs out, rinse .

’ ‘; out thoroughly with cold water mullet

,. {hang until cool, but do notlet the meat

or! can ion“. the mine of your corn '-





V .1 dressed hogs

dfl$poll“)!Slowestooaizwlthn‘ll . ,5





After taking the in-





freeze if it is to be suited soon. 'If the

happen to get frozen,

thaw out before cutting and mating.

‘ Cutting «and Golfing.

Hogs that are dressed in the fore

-.part ofthe day are pmtty'likely to be

.- ready for cutting "up in the. evening.





“"‘Those that aremne-a in theilattei part





of the day may be cut up the next

morning.



When cutting the hog for salt-tug

lay it on the back on a 39064114111111.





. Cut the head off by cutting around

~ from sticking place to the neck joint





just back of the ears. 1f the rig-ht mane

in the spine is hit them will be no need





of using «an 111: in removing the head

.as ltm‘be removed with a knife. Cut

‘i‘ off ”the snout and ears to put in with

«fine muse, remove the eyes, split the

. head lengthwise in halves, remove 1the

utilirains and soak the 151006 «out of ’the

" heed .pleoes and ihy by to Me head





Split the ear-Essa lengthwise through





. the 2m alone, move 'the leaf ”lard,

‘fitlie ‘1‘th out! the shine drone of the

. lj‘i‘lne‘k. Tim: at the telly stripsdor mu—

g; «sage moat. Cutout the rewritten, out-

ting iii the magnum attthe hominid

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= .ot';thi1s state and other states:

“ring the last fifteen years, and it has

given me an opportunity to oblaerve the

(7.1113381 practices which prawn in most

,- l' farm communities.



:W‘h’wh were set aside in met years

1 for dressing hogs for pork to use in the

, -mmfly, or dressing a beef rm family



1 use, seem to be a thing of the past.

' :3 But a very few of the younger menu

5 bers of the family seem to know 21.111.4-





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he cut in strips about 10111 mtilles wide

afar Salim in the barrel _. '



The side wok m be salted: at once

by putting 111 the bdttom of {1‘ barrel

2 layer of rock salt. and then disk the

aide strips on edge as closely Q’s M8“

We, the rind side outward, outflow-





er‘ is‘ completed and then a liberal





sprinkling of‘salt, another f layer? of

meat.“ etc; until all is salted. For ev-

ery one hundred pounds of pork, dis-

solve as much Salt as will dissolve in

four gallons Of’water and pour on to

thepork for brine and weight it down

to keep fit. under the brine. ‘A [large

crock is 'a good leceptacle in which to

9.3th 110111, if only a limited quantity is

to .be salted.



The barns and shoulders can be salt.

"ed before ' smoking, in the foil-owing

sweet pickle: For one hundred pounds

of meat, eight pounds of salt, two and -

a. half pounds of brown sugar, or three

pints of molasses, two ounces of salt-

peter, two ounces of salenatas. Put the

above in four gallons of water, heatto

near the boiling point, skim, cool and

after the- hams and shoulders have

been packed in a barrel, apply and al-

‘low them to remain for three weeks

before smoking. All of the odd pieces.

like ribs, top of shoulders, and hams

can ‘be kept fresh for some time {by

packing in snow or keeping in cold

storage.



Corned Beef.



But few 'farmers‘have ever experi‘

enced the luxury of having good corn-

ed beef at hand three-fourths of the

year. It is one of the cheapest and

most reliable forms in which good.

wholesome, palatable and nutritious

meat can be had at hand during the

larger portionof the year. It is 'both

sustaining and healthful. No after bad

effects experienced with corned beef

which often follow the use of fresh

meats.



Theie are those who con end that

they can not afford home- cured corn

beef and at the same time will pay two

and a half times as much per pound

for fresh cuts of no better quality than

can tbe‘had with the home-cured meat.

At the present time we are paying

from twenty-five to thirty-five cents a

pound for choice cuts of fresh beef,

Which makes us feel the pinch of the

high cost of "living. At the present.

time there is going out from ‘the “ram.

er’s yards dry young cows that have

gone farrow the last season, which 9611

to “the drovers around five cents per

pound. At that price the beef from

these cows ought to be worth ten and

eleven cents per pound by the side.

Which is not an extravagant price for

that class of meat.



‘lf two or three farmers would work

“together and each take a part of the

meat from one of those cows, they

could well afford toth down the meat

for use flaring "the winter, spring and

summer.



After hanging a-nd cooling the meat

can be out into small chunks which

will weigh four, ‘five or six pounds

each. ”Put theinin a tub of clean writer

and allow them to soak for twenty-tour

hours to take the blood out of the

'meat. Alta-wards pile the chunks over

a screen or on an inclined board to

allow them to drain o'ff nearly dry.

Then pack closely in a barrel which

”has “been set in the “cellar where it can.

remain while the meat is being used.



‘Put the wash ‘boiler on the stove

over a ‘moflera‘te fire and put into it.

four .orifive gallons of water for every

«onehundred pounds of meat. "l“ut‘tnto

the Water eight ”pounds of silt, two

flaunts of molasses, two ounces of . sult-

vpeter and two ounces of salon-tug. fleet





«to near ‘t-he “boiling *point and skim.





'm'r this brill-icon "the meat while but.

Wt the meat dol’Wn to 'i‘l‘ldlfl fie

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ter 10 near the end of summers!
The papers are beginning to talk

about Michigan’s surplus of potatoes

and to urge that the government shall

use‘its efforts to help market them. It

maybe that more potatoes will be in

evidence in the spring than are needed

for human consumption; Quite a quan-

tity of small potatoes were groWn last





year. A new system 0f grading sorted '





the product a little closer and gave the

farmer a larger proportion of culls.

The question is, what is the value of

potatoes for feeding purposes when

measured by market prices of other

feed stuffs. First, let us consider them

in-the light of the findings of the chem-

'ist. Potatoes are about two-thirds wa-

ter'to begin with, one and eight-tenths

per cent protein, fourteen and seven-

tenths carbohydrates, one-tenth fat,

'and eight-tenths per cent ash. Much is

being written of. late about a larger

use of potatoes in bread-making. In

this connection it might be interesting

to compare the food value of potatoes

with that of wheat flour. A fair analy-

sis of which would be: Protein, eleven

per cent; carbohydrates, seventy-five

per cent; fat, one per cent, and ash.

0.5. It is safe to say, therefore, that it

will require more than five pounds of

potatoes to equal in nutritive value

one pound of wheat flour in all save

the mineral properties. However, it is

not safe to assume that the relative

values of potatoes and flour can be de-

termined by the chemist alone.



i For Pigs.



In the feeding of pigs it has been

found‘that five and one-half parts of





t t ‘ ‘ , d t 1 on 633': dler’s wagon and

raw p0 a oes aie iequire o equa e ,{V horses expenses

part of graln, but if the potatoes are age, 1: . th t’ h

cooked three and a half to four pounds (23%, opay, a SW y

’ are equal in value to a pound of grain. y‘k: I can sell 3")“ my

The starch in the potato is probably ' S t 0 C k T 0 ll 1 c

more digestible than that in the grain c“ , through a local

and the presence of a larger proportion " ., dealer in your

or mineral in the potato‘is a point de- fig town "a man



eidedly in its favor. In the early pe- { fi .



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nods in the lives of all our farm ani- {AV t d k '

.mals, lime and phosphorusare most fig; ra eevery wee

important. The writer.marketed a "1?: _?t rock'bOttom

bunch of pigs this fall on which he ' prices.





-would have lost money had he not had

a,quantity of cheap feed to use in fat—

:atening them. The loss in growth was

occasioned by a lack of mineral matter

in the ration, but to get back to the

“potato, it is safe to say, that if the

potatoes are cooked from three and a





half to four bushels of the tubers will ,'

equal sixty pounds of grain in feeding .





"value, therefore, when grain is worth

$50 a ton, potatoes may be figured for

. feeding purposes at from thirty-five to

forty cents per bushel, less the ex-

pense and trouble of cooking them.

This is not a very long price for-pota-

toes, but it opens the way to dispose of

a lot of small ones and in cases where

the crop must be drawn a long way. to

market and the prices are very low it

makes‘for the farmer a way out of his

dilemma. Potatoes are of less value





when fed to cows, providing ensilage is‘





available on the farm, but in cases

where there is no ensilage they may

be fed in small quantities with profit.



From fifteen to twenty pounds of po-

tatoes per day will answer very well

with plenty of dry roughage. Coming

back again to thediscussion or pota-

toes as a “lead for the human animal,

their liberal "use should be encouraged

in every practical way. We very much

wish that some positive work relative

to the consumption of potatoes might

be included in the negative program of

food conservation. Candor compels us





to say that we'shall probably save no

money by the use of. a larger amount .





of potatoes in bread, but we shall save

flour. If the material used in bread-

making were twenty per cent potatoes

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caleeethe only cafe: aspiring to Pari-

sian smartness Gibraltar boasts. Her





‘ , head was bare. Under an arm‘ she had

' . tucked a stack of cigar boxes. Had it





not been that a steady light from an

overhead are cut her features out of

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flumoull-pointod too1,0ap'per_- would '

have sworn his eyes were playing him

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surroundings of 3. Berlin summer 831“]

den or here on a street in Gibraltar.





. Copper had instinctively crushed him:

‘ self against the nearest wall on seeing





the girl; the crowd had come between

himself and her, and she had not seen-

him.





All the weasel instinct of the man

came instantly to the fore that second

or recognition, and the glint in his eyes

and baring of his teeth were flushed

”from brute instinct-the instinct of the

night-prowling meat hunter. All the

vicious hate which the soul of Billy

Capper could distil flooded to his eyes

and made them venomous. Slinking,

dodging, covering, he followed the girl

with the cigar boxes. She entered sev-

tral dancerhalls, offered her wares at

the door of a cheap hotel. For more

than an hour Capper shadowed her

through the twisting streets of the old

Spanish town. Finally she turned into

a narrow lane, climbed flagstone steps,

set the width of the lane, to a house

under the scarp of a. cliff, and let her-

self in at the street door. Capper,

following to the door as quickly as he

dared, found it locked.



The little spy was choking with a

lust to kill; his whole body trembled

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sion. He had found Louisa—41m girl

who had sold him out—and for her

private ends, Capper made no doubt of

that. Some day he had hoped to run

her down, and with his fingers about

her soft throat to tell her how danger-

ous it was to trick Billy Capper. But

to have her flung across his path this

way when anger was still at white

heat in him—this was luck!!! He’d

see this Louise. and have a little pow-

W with her even if he had to break

his way into the house.



Capper felt the door-knob again; the

door wouldn’t yield. He drew back a

bit and looked up at the front of the

house. Just a dingy black wall with

three unlight‘ed. Windows set in it ir-

regularly. The roof projected over the

gabled attic like the visor of a cap.

Beyond the farther corner of the house

were ten feet of garden space, and then

the bold rock of the cliff springing up-

ward. A low wall bounded the garden;

over its top nodded the pale ghosts of

moon flowers and oleanders.





Capper was over the wall in a bound,

and crouching amid flower clusters,

listening for possible alarm. None

came, and he became bolder. Skirting

a tiny arbor he skulked to a position

inthe rear of the house; there a broad

patch of illumination stretched across

the garden, coming from two French

windows on the lower door. They stood

half open; through the thin white stall!

hanging behind them Dapper could see

vaguely the figure of 3. 311171 seated be-

fore a dressing mirror with her hands

busy over two heavy ropes of hair.

Nothingto do but step up on: the nuts

half balcony outside the windows, push

through into the room, and-413:1! a

little powivowwlth Louisa.



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resistibly by a furious anger that tool:





no heed of. consequences.





With the light foot of a cat, Capper

straddled the low rail of the balcony.

pushed back one of‘ the partly opened

windows, and stepped into Louisa’s

room. His eyes registered mechani-

cally the details—a. heavy canopied

bed, a. massive'higbboy of some dark

wood, * chairs supporting carelessly

flung bits of wearing apparel. . But he

noted especially that just as he emerg-

6311 from behind one of the loose cur-

tpins a white arm remained poised ov—

er a brown head.



“Stop where you are, Billy Copper!"

The girl’s low—spoken order was as cold

and tense as drawn wire. No trace of

shock or surprise was in her voice. She

did not turn her head. flapper was

brought up short, as if he felt a noose

about his neck.



Slowly the figure seated before the

dressing mirror turned to face him

Tumbling hair framed the girl’s face,

partly veiling the yellow-brown eyes,

which. seemed two spots of metal com«

ing to incandescence under heat. Her

hands, one still holding a comb, lay

supinely in her lap.



“I admit this is a surprise, Capper,”

Louisa said, letting each word fall

sharply, but without emphasis. “How~

ever, it is like you to be—unconven-

tional. May I Iask what you want this

time—besides money, of course ?”.



Copper wet his lips and smiled wry~

1y. He had jumped so swiftly to im-

pulse tbat he had not prepared himself

beforehand against the moment when

he should be face to face with the girl

from the Wilhelmstrasse. Moreover,





               





very close indeed—before the time for

words should come.



“I—I saw you tonight and followed

you—here,” he began lamely.



"Flattering!” She laughed shortly.



“Oh, you needn’t try to come it over

me with words! ” Capper’s teeth show-

ed in a nasty grin as his rage flared

back from the first suppression of sur-

prise. “I’ve come here to have a set-

tlement for a little ~affair between you

and me.” -



“Blackmail? Why, Billy Capper, how

true to form you run!” The yellow-

browu eyes were alight and burning

now. “Have you determined the sum

you want or are you in the open mar-

ket ?" .



Copper 'gr'inned'agaln, and shifted his

weight, inadvertently advancing one

foot a little nearer the seated girl as

he did so.



“Pretty quick with the‘ tongue—as

always,” be sneered. “But this time it

doesn’t go, Louisa. You pay differently

this time—may for selling me out. .Un<

derstand!” Again one foot shifted for-

ward a few inches by the accident of

some slight body movement on the

man’s part. Louisa still sat before hel

dressing mirror, hands carelessly cross—

ed on her lap.



“Selling you out?” she repeated~ev~

only. «on: So you finally did discover

that you were elected to be the goal 1’

Brilliant Cm! How long before

younadeupyourmindyouhad a.

grievance?”



The girl's cool admission seeded the

little man‘s fury to frenzy. His mind

craved for action—for the leap and the

tightening of fingers around that taunts

in; threat; but somehow his bow,

savagely detached from the flat of m

lition as if it were another’s -,body lag

ted to the command. Violence had new

or been lts mission; muscles: were slpw

to accept this new conception ot- the

mind: But- the man’s feet, ,

their crafty tumbseuce, . by.
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the moVement. He sparred for time—r

- the time needed “by those Why feet

to shorten m distance Hm them

- saves and the girl.

' “Why.” he hissed, “le am you give

me a number with the Wflhelmstmase





be mnghtan’l shot at Malta?”



'jExacel'ienet Copper!” Her fingers:

were plum with the cmvolutéons at

the carved mosette. “Intelligent Can»

per”. He comes to a. ilady’s mm at;



- night to £911 112119111sz to a simple

question. He shall have it. He evi-

dently does not know the method of

the Wilhelmatrasse, which is to choose



-two men 191' every task to be mun

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- —-«goes em; our friendswhose secrets

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hunt to help them in their suspicion.

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" war he becomes a real target for a fir-

ing squad, as you shook! have been,

Copper, wt Malta. Then when our

friends believe they have nipped our

move in the bird follows the sccond

man—swim hunts the trio



Capper was still Wiestling with that

baffling stubbo’mnessxfi the body. Each

word the girl uttered was like vitriol

on his writhing soul. Eis mind willed

murder-willed it with the strength of

hate; but still the springs of his body

were cramped—43y what? Not cowufl

ice, tier he was beyond reckoning re-



~ suits. Oertainly not compassion or any

saving- virtue of chivalry. “Why did his

eyes constantly stray to that white

hand lifted to allow the fingers to play

with the filigree of wood on the mir-

ror support? '



"Then you engineered the stealing of

my number-«from the hollow under

the handle of my cane—«some time be-

tween Paris and Alexandria?” ”he chal-

lenged in a whisper, his "face thrust



' forward between hunched shoulders



“No, indeed. It was necessary tori

you to have—the evidence of your pro-

fession when the English searched you



at Malta. But the loss of your number

is not news: Koch, in Aléxandraa, has

reported, of course"



The girl saw Capper’s foot steel for

. warn again. He was not six met-M'

' hens-10w. 'His wiry body settled itself

ever so Mightly for a spring. Louisa



' rose from her chair, one hand still rest-

ing on the wooden rosette oil“ the mir-

ror standard. She began to speak in

' a voice drainedof all emotion:



“You inflamed me hone tonight, Biuyi

Dapper imagining in your poor littie!1

soul that you were going to do 11511912119251l

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mm and mm. You came in my win-‘

dow an mined fior murder. But your:

poor little Ml all went in water the in-

stunt we taoed each other. You



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man ova. You can t now.“ 1



She smiled on him—o woman’s lay-w

ing sale of pity. Copper writhcd,



- 31‘ his mums twisted “themselves in

o. W of hate.



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Bumper F inds Hi





,FTER leaving Buster the Bear,

' Bumper did not have far to go

before he stumbled upon the

rock under which the wild rabbits had

their’burrow. It was a big, towering





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with trees trying to grow on top of it,

and under it, as if they were determini

ed to lift and mu it away. ‘



When the white rabbit first saw it,

his heart beat high with expectation.

This W's to be the end of his journey.

When he found it impossible to get

back to the garden where the red-heads

ed girl lived, he concluded the best he

could do was to join the wild rabbits

and live with them. They would teach

him the ways of the Woods, and per-

haps in time he would be happy and

content as a member of their family.



In spite of the dangers and ventures

that had marked his progress, he was

greatly pleased with the woods, and

the 'freeddiitghe enjoyed appealed .to

him. But towineke his happiness com-

plete he needed companions ‘and

friends of his own kind. The friend}

ship of the birds was all right, but

they had their own families to look af-

ter, and besides, he could not always

depend upon having them near.



It was natural that he should be a

bit homesick and lonely without other

rabbits to associate with. -He often

thought of Jimsy and Wheedles, and of

his mother and T0psy. Any one of them

would be welcome. In his newly-ac-

quired knowledge of the woods and its

inhabitants, he felt that he could give

Jimsy and Wheedles pointers that

would make their eyes open. .



When he reached the big rock, he

happed all around it, looking for the

entrance to the rabbit burrow, and

sniffing the ground expectantly. There

were many signs that rabbits had re-

cently been there, but hé could find

nothing that looked like a burrow.

Around and around the big rock he

hopped, sniffing, pounding with his

hind feet, and calling to his cousins.

But there was no response.



“Perhaps they’re all out,” he reflect-

ed finally, “and I’d better rest on the

top of the rock until they return.”



He scrambled to the summit of the

rock and sprawled out full length to

watch and wait. From his high posi-

tion, he could see anyone approaching

from any direction. The sun found its

way down through the trees and lit up

the top of the rock, and, feeling very

tired, Bumper fell asleep.



He was aroused from this suddenly

by the breaking of a twig near-by. He

rai - his head and looked around. Not

a dozen feet away from him was a wild

rabbit, one of his-country cousins. Now

Bumper had never met a wild rabbit

before, and this one certanily looked

very dirty and uncouth compared to

himself. The only white he had was

under his throat and belly. The rest.

of him was a dull gray and brown.



“Hello, Cousin!” Bumper called very

softly. ‘



The approaching rabbit stopped and

looked around, his two ears raised

straight up in the air. Then his quick

eyes saw Bumper on the top of the

rock. Whether he ,tookfhim 'fbr a

ghost or some strange, dangerous ani-

mal, no one could say; . but he" turned

swiftly and disappearediin the bushes.



“Don’t be afraid, Cousin!” Bumper

called loudly. “I’m Bumper the White

Rabbit, andIWecometo visit,you’!"j . ,



But this had no effect whatever. on

the wild rabbit. Bumper could hear,





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right of the rock, then on the left, then.~

behind, and again in "front. The amaz-

ing rapidity with which the wild rab-

bit changed his position surprised

Bumper. .



It was not until after he had caught

sight of two heads simultaneously

peeping aboVe the. bushes did he real-

ize that the rabbit wa‘sn‘ot alone. Then

he caught sight of a third head, then of

afourth, and of a fifth; The whole

burrow of rabbits was circled around

him, watching him ‘either in fear or

curiosity. Bumper thought it was a.

good time to make a speech.



“Cousins,” he- began, rearing upon

his hind legs, “I‘ve come a long dis-

tance‘to visit you. I've always lived in

the city, but I got lost, and if it hadn’t

been for thebirds and Buster the Bear

I would never have found my way here.

I hope you will Welcome me, and let

me live with you. I’m lonesome and

homesick for friends and companions.”



He supposed this speech would have

a good effect, and he waited eagerly for

one of the wild rabbits to, respond. But



fvthey were quiet for so long that he

felt despondent. Then, to his surprise,

a big rabbit rose near-by,‘and turned to

his companions.



“Beware!” he said.

Mr. Fox.

gether!” ,



Bumper didn’t know just what the

speaker meant by this last sentence.

But he soon found out. There wasa.

rush and scramble in the bushes all

around him, and then a dozen or more

rabbits appeared. They came toward

the rock like an army closing in upon

the enemy, leaping over bushes or

crawling through the underbrush.



For a moment Bumper was startled.

He had a vision of being attacked on

all sides by his country cousins and

driven ignominously from the woods.

But his anxiety was of short duration.

The rabbits preached the side ofrthe

rock and disappeared as if by magic.



Then Bumper understood. They had

made a simultaneous rush for their

burrow, knowing that-this was the saf-

est place for them. When the last rab-

bit had disappeared, Bumper hopped

down, and began looking for the en—

trance. There was. certainly an en-

trance to the burrow, or his cousins

couldn’t have (llFP'ijClI‘ed so quickly.



Bumper searched on every side for

over an hour, but so artfully concealed

was the entrance to the burrow that

he was unsuccessful. There was no

noise under the rock—nothing to indi-

cate that there were rabbits there.



Discouraged and down-hearted, he

was nearly ready to give up when he

happened to poke his head in,the hol-

low end of a. tree whose roots were

pinioned down by ,the hike rock. The

small heart of the trunk had decayed,

offering an entrance just large enough

for a rabbit to squeeze through.



Bumper thought this would bea safe

place for him to spend the night, and

he began crawling through. The hole

followed the trunk of the tree down-

ward for. some distance. _, Then sud-

denly it turned sharply to the right.



At this pointBumper‘met an unex-

pected challenge. A big, gray rabbit at

the other end of the hollow trunk

thumped ,hard with his ,two hind feet,

and instantly there ;was,_~an. uproar.



. Bumper had accidentally found his way

into the burrow through the hollow

tree .trlink'.-. _« __ ' , .- , .



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for him once in Rangoon.

of you and your Vl’i’lhelmstrasse tricks,

and you'll have your pretty back

against a. wall ‘With guns at your heart

before tomorrow night.

before tomorrow nigh Y”





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resting where the ivory nib was. She

laughed,



“Very well, Billy CQPI’EI‘.

a firing party for two—you 'and me to-

geihm‘.

tell all the information Billy Capper

sold to me for three hundred marks





or the Anglo-Belgian defense arrange

ments. The same Billy Capper, I’ll

say, who sold'fiie Lord .‘Fis‘her letters

to} "the ’.ka.is‘er—‘—a cablegt‘o Downing

Street will confirm that identification

inside of two hours-And then——”

“And your Captain Woodhouse—your

cute little 'mme‘lmstrasse captain”?





the governor’ll know, too—same time

he hears about you!" ‘



“Good night, Billy Caliper,” Louisa.

answered with a. piquant smile. “And au',

l'GYOll‘ until we meet with our backs

against that W213 ." I .



Capper’s head dropped from view?

over the‘ba‘loo’ny' edge; there was a

sound of running feet amid the close-

i-unked plants in the garden,

silence.



The girl from the VVilhelmstrasse,‘

alone in the house save for the bent

old housekeeper asleep in her attic,

turned and laid her head~a hit weak,

ly—against the carved standard, where

in a florid rosette showed the ivory tip.

" ‘ of the hinge for the cheval glass.

(Continued next week).





 





 





 





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Bx LUL‘U u. PARKER.



“The a sunny, funny letter



To the boy somewhere in France,

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¢ ~ Then when guns have ceased to rattle.

Freedom shall have come to stay.





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An early July rain’ at three o’clock

in [the morning in the northern British

Columbia mountains is not as warm as

it might be, and for the greater part of

an hour Langdon and Bruce continued





- to gather fuel and dry their blankets





and clothing. It was five o’clock be-

fore they had breakfast, and a, little

after six when they started with their

two saddles and single pack up the val-

ley. Bruce had the satisfaction of re-

minding Langdon that his prediction

had come true, for a glorious day fol-

lowed the thunder shower.





Under them the meadows were drip-





" ping. The valley purred louder with





the music of the swollen streamlets.

From the mountain-tops a half of last

night’s snow was gone, and to Langdon

the flowers seemed taller and more

beautiful. The air that drifted through

the valley was laden with the sweet-

ness and freshness of the morning, and

over and through it all the sun shone

in a warm and golden sea.



They headed up the creek-bottom,

bending over from their saddles to look

at every strip of sand they passed for

tracks. They had not gone a quarter

of a mile when Bruce gave a. sudden

exclamation, and stopped. He pointed

to a round patch of sand in which Thor

had left one of his huge footprints.

Langdon dismounted and measured it.



“It’s he,” he cried, and there was a.

thrill ‘of excitement in his voice.

“Hadn’t we better go on without the

horses, Bruce?”



The mountaineer shook his head. But

before he voiced an opinion he got

down from his horse and scanned the

sides of the mountains ahead of them

through his long telescope Langdon

used his double—barreledhunting glass.

They discovered nothing.



“He’s still in the creek—bottom, 1111’

he’s probably three or four- miles

ahead,” said Bruce- “We’ll ride on a

couple 0’ miles an find a place good

for the horses. The grass an bushes

will be dry then.”



It was easy to follow Thor’s course

after this, for he had hung close to the

creek. Within three Or four hundred

yards of the great mass of boulders

where the grizzly had come upon the

tan-faced cub was a small copse of

spruce in the heart of a grassy dip, and

here the hunters stripped and hobbled

their horses. Twenty minutes later

they had come up cautiously to the soft

carpet of sand where Thor and Musk-

wa had bec0me acquainted. The heavy

rain had obliterated the cub’s tiny foot-

prints, but the sand was cut up by the

grizzly’s tracks. The packer’s teeth

gleamed as he looked. at Langdon.



“He ain’t very far,” he Whispered.

shouldn’t wonder if he spent the night

pretty close an ’he’s mooshing on just

ahead of us.’



He wet a finger and held it above his

head to get the wind. He nOdded sig-

nificantly.



“We’d better get up On the slopes,”

he said.



They made their way around the end

of the boulders, holding their guns in

readiness, and headed for a small cou-

lee that promised an easy ascent of the

first slope. At the mouth of this both

paused again. Its bottom was covered

with sand, and in this sand werevthe

tracks of another bear. Bruce dropped

On his knees.



“It’s another grizzly,” said Langdon.



“No, it ain’t; it’s a. black,” said

Bruce. “Jimmy, can’t I ever knock in-

to yo’r head the difference between a

black an’ a grizzly track? This is the

hind foot, an ’the heel is round. Ifit

iwas a grizzly it would be pointed. An’

it’s too broad "an' clubby (’1‘ a grizzly,

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of the foot. It’s a black as plain as the

nose on yo’r face!”



-.“And going our way,” said Langdon.

“Come on!”



Two hundred yards up the coulee

the bear had climbed out on the slope.

Langdon and Bruce followed. In the

thick grass and hard shale of the first

crest of the slope the" traCks were

quickly lost, but the hunters were not

much interested in these tracks now.

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Not once ‘did Bruce take his eyes

from the creek bottom. He knew that

it was down. there they would find the

grizzly, and he was interested in noth-

ing else just at present. Langdon, on

the other hand, was interested in ev-

erything that might be living or mov-

ing about them; every mass of rock

and thicket of thorn held possibilities

for him, and his eyes were questing

the higher ridges and the peaks as well

as their immediate trail. It was be-

cause of this that he saw something

which made him suddenly grip his

companion’s arm and pull him down

beside him on the ground.



“Look!” he wll'Spered, stretching out

an arm.



From his kneeling posture Bruce

stared. His eyes fairly popped in

amazement. Not more than thirty feet

above them was a big rock shaped like .

a dry-goods box, and protruding from

behind the farther side of this rock

was the rear half of a bear. It was a -

black bear, its glossy coat shining in

the sunlight. For a full minute Bruce

continued to stare. Then he grinned.



“Asleep—dead asleep! Jimmy, you

want to see some fun?”



He put dOWn his gun and drew out

his long hunting knife. He chuckled

softly as he felt of its keen point. '



“If you never saw a bear run yo’r

goin’ to see one run now,'Jimm‘y! You

stay here!” ,



He began crawling slowly and quiet:

ly up the slope toward the rock, while

Langdon held his breath in anticipa—

tion' of what was about to happen.

Twice Bruce looked back, and he was

grinning broadly. There was undoubt-i

edly going to be a. very much astonish-

ed bear racing for the tops of the

Rocky Mountains in another moment

or two, and between this thought and

the picture of Bruce’s long lank figure

snaking its way upward foot by foot'

the humor of the situation fell upon

Langdon. Finally Bruce‘ reached the

rock. The long knife—blade gleamed in

the sun; then it shot forward and a ,

half inch of steel buried itself in the

bear’s rump. What followed in the

next thirty seconds Langdon would

never forget. The bear made no move-

ment. Bruce jabbed again. Still there

was no movement, and at the second

thrust Bruce remained as motionless

as the rock against which “he was

crouching, and his mouth was wide op-

en as he stared down at Langdon.





“Now what the devil do you think of

that?” he said, and rose slowly to his

feet. f‘He ain’t asleep-he’s dead!” 2



Langdon ran up to him, and they

went around the end of the rock. _

Bruce still held theknife in his hand

and there was an odd expression in his.

face—a look that .put trbubled furrows

between his eyes as he stood for a mo-

ment without speaking. _



“I never see anything like that be-

fore,” he said, slowly slipping his knife , '

in its sheath. “It’s a she-bear, 311’ she ‘» . f 5

had cubs—pretty young cubs, too, from ‘ 3

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wife do it. Sometimes th’ babies burn

up 011 m theii necks!”



Again he Wood along the crest of

the slope, has ey es once more search—

ing the valley, and Langdon followed a

step behind 111111.110ndefing what had

become 1d the sub.



And Mnahwa. still slumbering on the

108k- ledge .with Tho1, was dreaming of

the mother who lay crushed under the

rock on the slope, and as he dreamed

he Whimpmd softly.





 





CHAPTER 'Vlll.

HE ledge where Thor and Musk-

wa lay caught the first gleams of

the morning sun, and as the sun

rose higher the ledge grew warmei

and warmer, and Thor, when he awoke,

'mere‘iy stretched himself and made no

efiort to r’lse.- After his wounds and

the sapoos oowin and the feast in the





1 valley he was feeling tremendously fine





and comfonabk, and he was in no very

great haste to leave this golden pool of

sunlight. For a long time he looked

steadily and curiously at Muekwa. In

the chill of the night the little cub had

snuggled pp 610519 between the warmth

of Thor’s huge forearms, and still lay

there, whimpering in his babyish way

as he dreamed. ‘



After a the Thor did something that

he had met been guilty of before-he

sniffed gently at the soft little ball be«

tween his paws, and just once his big

flat red tongue touched the cub‘s face;

and Maxim. perhaps still dreaming of

his mother, snuggled closer. As little

white children have won the hearts of

savages who were about to slay them,

so “113an had come strangely Into

the life of m. .



The big grizzly was still Md.

Not only was be struggling against an

unaccountable dislike of all aim in

general, but also against the firmly es-

tablished habits of ten years or alone-





. new. Yet he was beginning to come-





hend that there was mouthing very

pleasant and companionable in the

nearness of 'Muskwa. With the coming

of man a may motion had entered into

his Wasps only the spark of

an m. Until one has enemies,

and fleece denser!» one cannot fully up

predate MenWF-vand it may bethat

Thor, who. now emaciated real 1

mics and a teal danger for the

time, was beginning to understand

what friendship meant. Also it was

drawing near to his mating season. and

about Kaitlin was the scent of his

mother. And so asflnskneomud

to bank and dream in the mainline,

there was a growing colt-tent In Thor.

Ks m down into the valley, shim-

mering m the wet of the night’s min.

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attitude as he watched ‘Mzuskwa s an—

tics and queer tumblings among the”

rocks. tThen he rose cumbeous‘ly and

shook himself.



For at gleast .five minutes he stmdé

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and then .33an to Thor again, as if?

wondering what was about to happenl

next. .1



The big grizzly answeied the ques-

Lion. He turned along the neck shelf

and began descending into the valley. ;

Mushy-a tagged behind. just as he hadl

ion-owed the day, before. The cub feat.

twice as big and fully twice as strong;

as ._1.este1da)., and he no longer was .ob-l

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eater. And he knew they were return-f

ing to where they had _ feasted last

night.



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HAVE just been reading “Little



Women” once more, of course, to



the children, though I must confess

they did not seem to enjoy it so much

as the reader. There is so much in it

about knitting army socks and sewing

shirts, and letters from the front- that

it might almost seem to apply to our

times. And the mothers. and girls who

have loved ones “Somewhere in

France” could get a great deal of com.

fort from Mrs. March’s philosophy,



“Speaking of father reminded me, of

how much I miss him, how much I

owe to him, and how faithfully I should

watch and work to , keep his little

daughters safe and good for him,” says

Mrs. March to “Jo.”



“Yet you told him to go, mother, and

didn’t cry when he Went, and never

complain now, or seem as if you need-

ed any help,” said Jo, wondering.



“I gave my best to the country I

love, and kept my tears till he Was

gone,” said Mrs. March. “Why should

I complain, when we both have merely

done our duty, and will surely be the

happier for it in the end? If I don’t

seem to need help, it is because I have

a better friend even than father to

comfort and sustain me.”



The same reasoning and assurance

which is sustaining countless thou-

sands of women today kept brave

hearts in American women during the

Civil \l'ar. And the same fight which

bothered ‘-‘J0” is again bothering hun-

dreds who are staying at home.



“Don’t I wish I could go as a drun -

mer, or a nurse, so I could be near him

and help him,” exclaimed J0, with a

groan.



Then when Mrs. March had explain-

ed that the girls could best help by

fighting their bosom enemies and con-

quering themselves, J0 resolves,



“I’ll try to do my duty here instead

of wanting to be somewhere else,”

thinking that keeping her temper at

home was a much harder task than

facing a rebel or two down south.



\Vhich same resolution is the best

one we all can make just now, and, as

Jo thought, just about the hardest one

to keep. To do our duty where we are

is so dreadfully stupid, if where we are





,happens to be the same old place we’ve





been occupying all our lives, and the

duty is the same old thing we’ve been

doing so long we’ve grown stale doing

it. Following the boys across the wa-

ter to work in the hospitals takes cour-

age of a sert, but it has the spicevof

romance, the breath of adventure, the

stimulus of new scenes and new faces

to keep us up. Staying right at home

on the farm to help out in the kitchen

because mother needs us, while we

watch other girls go who haven’t half

our brains and ability, takes the sort

of courage of which martyrs are made.

For it must be done with no outside

stimulus to help us, just the conscious-

ness that we are choosing the right

and that, as Mrs. March put it, we

“will surely be the happier for it’ in

the end.”



And if, when added to the fact that

you must stay at home you have the

added bitterness of being unable to do

anything there but the same old; house-

hold stunts, surely you have the~last

straw, and your courage must be sub-

lime if you keep sweet. Jo at least

had the comfort of knitting socks for

father, but a few women today, find

themselves so busy with the burdens

already laid upon them that they have

not the time to do even that much for

the boys‘over the sea. Their only'way

of helping is in watching the leaks at

home, and this, while it is the best





 





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Fighting the Enemy at Home





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iffg.‘ It takes a strong sense of humor _ .





and a sure belief in the ultimate “work4

ing together of all things for good,” to

keep one going straight ahead in the

faCe of just commonplace everyday-

ness, when the world is full of oppor-

tunities for “something different," and

you are denied a part in it.





The girl who’can k-eep cheerful and ‘





good tempered under such conditions

possesses the best thing in life, the

ability to conquer self. The main thing

is to do ourlduty, no matter 'how disa-

greeable or deadly dull. And in doing





it we prove our worth, for “He that'





ruleth his spirit is better'than he that

taketh a city.” It isn’t half so thrill-

But there’sa lot of sat-

isfaction in it, if you can do‘it.

DEBORAH.





THE NEW PLEDGE V CARDS.





 





’The new Hoover pledge cards will

ask you to observe the following

things:



One wheatless day each week and

one wheatless meal each day; the

wheatless day to be Wednesday. By

wheatless we mean to eat no wheat

products.





One meatless day each week, which

shall be Tuesday, and one meatless

meal each day. By meatless we mean

to eat no red meat—beef, pork, mutton,

veal, lamb; no preserved meat—beef

bacon, ham or lard.



One porkless day each week in addi-

tion to Tuesday, which shall be Satur-

day. By porkless we1mean no fresh or

salted pork, bacon, lard or ham.



Sugar.—You can materially reduce

sugar by reducing the use of candy

and sweet drinks. We will make every

endeavor to see that the countiy is

provided with a supplv of household

sugar on the basis of three pounds of

sugar for each person per month. Do

not consume more.



On the reverse side the card carries

this message from Mr. Hoover: .



“The food situation in Europe is far

graver than when the preliminary sur-

vey of the food supply of the world for

this year was made. We have an





abundance for ourselves, and it is the '





firm policy of the Food Administration,

by the prevention of exports, to retain

for our people an ample supply 'of ev-

ery essential food stuff. The harvests

of our Allies have proved less than we

had contemplated, and the great cur-

tailment of shipping by the submarine

during the last few months has fur-

ther prevented them from access to

more remote markets. Beyond the de-

mands of the Allies there is a call upon.

us by the friendly neutrals for food

supplies, and if we can not at least

in part respond to these neutral'calls,

starvation on an unparelleled scale

must ensue.



“Food has now taken a dominant

position in the war, and we must ask

the American people to sacrifice far

more than was at first thought neces-

sary. We have exported‘the whole of





the surplus 613 the wheat from this her-1’ ST

W W WEAVER. Shafdcl‘mmmu“:





vest after reserving to ourselves. an

amount sufficient for our normal con-

sumption of seed and flour until the

next harvest, and therefore the amount

of wheat ‘flour that the United States

can contribute to mix with the war

bread of our Allies during this winter

will be simply the amount that our peo-





ple reduce their consumption month 1





by month. In other "words, every grain





 

 

 





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then in wider our Why produc-

tion We are to send than 111111111111

entrancing on our own Ms. or,

on the other hand, unless are common-

cumin Buctothefihortage in

shipping. our available sour umpires

must be less than normal from the

present time forward.



“W113 every particle of diminkhed

comm by the American people

us one particle more tor the Mrs,

men, women and children of our Allies

and for like starving We in othei

countries. this is a personal oblige.





. tion upon every one of us toward «some

individual ahead Wm will suffer 9'! iso-





~tion to the extent of our mm individ-

ual negligence.



“If we are to reduce the Motion

of the flow products which we should

export Md we will need to eat a





‘W Mien of my different





food mils which we can not export

and which we have at home. For this





reason we must not mete any food





stuffs. A great many ind‘uails in

our 1919qu cat far more food than

is noeeomy to mammin their health

and SW. In this mergency only

thesim—Mt of liming is pathetic. We

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WhoWil‘l Help In the Food inventory?





T HE first thought =0! every house-

keeper when “company unexg

vented” drives into the yard, is

without doubt, “what S'ha'l‘l'l give then

to eat?” And 'a4 rapid survey .of hen

pantry and collar stores runs through

her mind Haring satisfied herself

that there is enmigh for everyone, she

can genéoy the day

Unrde Sam is in somewhat the same

predicament today as the housekeeper.

:He finds amoelf wish a {great «deal of

11111211an company to. deed, and a

rather overgrown family of his own on

his “hands, and painfully his first

f thfiusht is, “wherewithal mu Wylie

fed?” Unlike the hemdrew, heean’ t

‘ma‘ke a. will mental sm‘wey, m his

pennies and wuie‘houses are too my

and scattered. fie has 10 mane help.

And that ism-hat he has reconfis' gone

about file has asked his my assist.

ants to take stock of What «they have

to ant, and to Jet him know, 4Wr

mehely, 1M what his family can Ale-

pend upon. "Wholesale houses, food

WWW land rm deem here

these Mandate take em, and We

m‘fWfieW-flmhhw

stock and .ot‘herpnoduots on hand. wow

the housekeeper is some mined to 1M1)

out with gan‘inventory 4111’ her gunned

wads, .firuits, Neg-stables; moths, 'flvae’l‘f-

things“ has 2011' hand, 11th who gov-

ernment may know about what and

how much food there is in Amm‘ica. in

addition it is necessary to know just

how much the people are using, so the

houscmer is asked to 11911 :85 hour .as

she can vach the My uses on

the average during who year.



Not every family is to he hm to

make this mwentory. Theme one esti

mated to :be :22, 000, 0.00 iemfles in the

United States, and of these, 44,1000

housekeepers one «to be stoked so make



‘the inventory. tithe immetolbe

selected acconfiug #10 11121988 efif Juiced

dense, whether city or form, ma

non fiend income, and fromuhose oe-

Iected {amines the chem-5e of the

whole anatomy will the «estimated. :fiere



dis a chanoedornhe housm to

help, hut it {is going to take “some flour.

rug Gould and tan.£nrinmooe.1how



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“We must not overlook the fact. that '





Russia. collapsed not because of the

Germans on. her borders, 'ins‘tt‘tonal-24y;4



because of the failure .to‘organize and: *

feed her own citizens, and, if we are





to emerge victorious from this warywe‘ ' ._





can not risk the collapse of another of ‘

our Allies from this same cause. There .

is no waste of food arm-011g any of Our





Miles—shore is the most drastic re- ' “





duction in thehvconsumption; there is ‘

actual privation :51ng their women

there is starvation in

Belgium.



“We have already issued a series of .

suggestions in the Home Card—4a card .

that is now hanging in over ten mfl- .

lions of homes. These suggestions

have already shown important results,





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





and to these we now add others. The '





problem of saving in "food is a. local and,

individual «one, so that more precise“, .





and definite rules, just to all, can not .4





be formulated. It is a matter for the '

conscientious consideration of every





individual that he or she should eat"





only that which is necessary to main-

tain bodily health and strength and un~





selfi-sh’ly to select those food stuffs the _'





use of Which relieves international nec~

essities. In this Winter of 1918 lies

the period when there will he tested in





this great free country of ours the. 7





question. as to whether or not our peo-

.ple are capable of voluntary individual

self-sacrifice to save the world.”





 

 

 

   

   

 





 





 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   





 

 





 





F you are still setting

your milk and skim-

ming by hand, you are los-

ing anywhere from one-

fourth to one—third of your





separator, and it is not one

of the best, you are still

losingan amount of cream

that would surprise you if



on knew it. Every farm

loss or leak that can be stopped this year should he

cream separator





 

 





stopped. Buy 3 Lily or

and stop the cream 10 as.

Don’ t imagine that cream is it in the skim

milk will tat-ten p1gsar1d calves faster. 3‘It ‘has been

proved scores of times that stock thrives as last on

warm separator skim milk, when a little meal or

flax replaces the fat. Cream in the okim milk is

deaddoss cream!

lily and Primrme semors get that meant.

WVe can prove to you that ~they get it 311,1except

about one drop on each gul-

Besides that, they me Mathews! as simple,

easy-running, easily—cleaned nmehms flint last and

do the same good work year 4% year. Buy a.

1:13! or Primate—it will pay W its cost in

cream you may now be losing. See the local dealeis

who handle these separators, or, write us for

catalogues.





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two years? How much jam, jelly and

marmalade you made? How many veg- .

stables you stored? How much cream.

.1 on used at home, as w ell as how much



you sold? How much sepalated milk I

you used youlself and how much you .

fed to the stock? These are just a

few of the things the government is

going to ask you to tell, in order to "





 





find out how much we shall need next . "sf-—





year, so get out all your record books,

or “put on y0u1 inemmy caps ” for

here is a. chance to do a very real ,

sen 1ce .



To find out if the substitutes request- .

ed by the food administration are be- g

1113 used, the survey also asks how

much lard .or lard substitutes you used

in 1916 and 1917, butter and margarine,





rye flour and rye bread, buckwheat,





,oat meal, rice, corn and corn meal,

heminy, macaroni, sugar, syrup and

molasses, cheese, cream, milk—in.a11, .

'a list of thirty-four commodities.



Housekeepers who aid the govern?

ment in this way will be doing a pa-





triotic service, and may rest assured ..

that none of the information regarding ‘1

individual families will be published. f '





“hen the returns have all been tabu- _

lated, a statement. of some of the I'e—‘-

suits will be miied to those helping.





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they think. Don’t get any



kind of silo until you at



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B.V. T., the kind you neVer



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Ask us for Booklet D.’ ‘

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Be prepared to have





the finest, most productive

vegetable garden you ever had,

by planting only Isbell seeds.

Known the country over as “the

sure crop kind. Grown in Mich-

igan, and sold direct. labell'a New 1918

Catalog shows man famous pedigreed

strains. It's a value 1e book and guide

to bigger and better yields.





Prove By Test





Prove the quality and germ-

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LET US TAN

Yflllll HIDE.





Horse orCow hide. Calf or other skins

with hair or fur on, and make them

into coats (for men and women) . robes.

rugs or gloves when so ordt'rcd. Your



will cost you loss than to buy

them and be worth more.



Our illustrated caialoo gives a lot of

information. It tells how to take off

and care tor hides; how and when we

' pay the freight both ways; about our

safe dyeing process on row and horse

hide. calf and other skins; about the

fur oods and game trophies we sell,

taxi erniy, etc.



Then we have recently got out an-

other we call our Fashion book. wholly

devoted to fashion pint»: of muffs,

neckwear and other fine lur garments,

with prices : also for garments remod-

dad and repaired.



You can have either book by sending -;‘



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I BOYS’ ;,.a‘n‘d. Girls-"ll ; ‘

Club Notes





Conducted by E. c. Lindemann





 





 





The reason for closing the girls’ gar-

ment making club enrollments by Feb

ruary 15 is to insure completion of the

project and the holding of the exhibit

before graduation day, In many cases

the commencement dress is the final

goal of the club member.’



Close follow-up work will be given

these clubs during the next few months

and every effort will be made. to clear

the way leading to gardening and can

ning this coming summer.



Several exhibits of corn and beans

were received at the state exhibit with

no names thereon. The owners may

have the same returned by writing to

this department.



The prize-winning exhibits, as well

as the prizes given at the State Corn

and Bean Exhibit, which was held on

January 15-16, at the Agricultural Col-

lege, are being held over until Farm-

ers’ Week, March 4-8. .



The annual exhibit of the Boys’ Po-

tato Clubs of the state will be held in

connection with Farmers’ Week at the

Agricultural College, March 4-8. '



Two projects that have not been giv-

en much stress heretofore will be

pushed harder during the coming sea-

son. fl‘hese are the cow-testing and

poultry projects.

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City Boys Enroll





At a recent meeting held at the De

troit Board of Commerce over a thou-

sand boys of the schools of Detroit

were present. with many of their fam-

ilies. The cadets were reviewed for

the first time by Governor Sleeper.



One hundredboys, who responded

to the President’s call last spring, and

worked on farms this last year, were

presented with Federal Service Badges.

Two hundred more boys were sworn in

for service for this coming year, by

Governor Sleeper.



The Governor congratulated the boys

on their service and impressed upon

them the service which they were per-

forming to their country at this time.



President Allen Templeton was one

of the principal speakers. He said:



“I haVe just been in conference all

day with the captains of industry in

our city. “'e are face to face with

very grave problems. Just now the

most immediate problem is coal, but

we all know that the world faces, also,

a more serious problem in the shortage

of food.



“I assure you boys that; the business

world of Detroit can better dispense

with your services for this year, which

we have always been glad to have,





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Enrollments for handicraft and gar-

ment making clubs must be received

on or before Eebruary 15, 1918.



New Exercises for Handicraft.—

Among the new exercises to be made

by‘the Handicraft Club boys are sev-

eral for the soldiers. These include

the checker board, the cribbage board,





the sock stretchers and the knitting,





needles. The checker boards are made

of scrap pieces of soft wood, and are

equipped with black-headed furniture

tacks and brass-headed tacks, for men,

and are so fashioned that when the

boards are folded up, the men are en-

closed. The cribbage boards are made

of scrap pieces of mahogany or walnut.

The material for these is now being

furnished by the club department

through the kindness of the Grand Rap-

ids Bookcase & Chair Company,



Material for cribbage boards is now

ready and club members wishing same

should send their request to the Boys’

and Girls’ Department, care Handicraft

Project. ‘



All handicraft club members who

have not received the plans for making

the cribbage boards, checker boards,

and other exercises for the soldiers,

should write at once to the Boys’ and

Girls’ Club Department for them.





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for Farm Service





than to stand in the way of your help-

ing to increase food production.



“As a measure of preparedness you

young men are doing a most necessary

thing in helping to take the place of

the older boys who have gone. Depend

upon it, the business men of Detroit

are back of you.”



Dr. Chadsey, superintendent of the

Detroit schools, presided at the meet-

ing, and spoke briefly on school and

the war. He congratulated the boys

for what they had done in the Liberty

Loan, and expressed his confidence in

their taking part in other movements

which could help to win the war. He

said:



“As a school man I realize that we

are face to face with problems in our

schools which will necessitate very

great changes. I can see clearly that

things which we have deemed essential

are now becoming uncssential, and

things which we haverdcemed unessen-

tial will become most necessary. But

the schools will help you boys to do

your bit in this very important matter.



“We all realize that food is of the

greatest importance; without that we

can do nothing. With millions of peo-

ple in the world on a ration basis the





 





Michigan Boys will SoonbeJnterested in Sheep Clubs. Here is an Indiana

Boy with.,His Shropshire Ewes in the Auto Trallen Not Only Does he





Expect to Learn Much Aboutcdring for Sheep,

Uncle Sam by Producing Woollgnd Mutton. * ‘





but he wants to Assist,





country.

quality 0! material and

workmanship put into

the Ross Wood Stave

Silos Guarantee their

durability and insure

complete aatlafac-

tion. Exclusive fea-

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mention here. Catalog

explains. Your choice

o'fi LorgrLeaf 'll'rzllow

no a on r or

cuifm'itodwiiod.

Buy Your Silo Now and Be Safe. Do

not wait 'until too late. Conditiona

considered. prieea were never lower.

You ewe it to yourself, as well as to the .

Government not to be without one.





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the qualities 0

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what the purchaser

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Producea 99% Food

. Value Silage. Resists

fire, and is, without

question, t a moat

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Galls and sore shoulders reduce the emci-

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down his spirit. Cure him without the

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We guarantee a care





when properly fitted. Be

carefu and get the genuine

Lankford Collar—made of

best white sail duck, trim-

med in extra. heavy leather

and stuffed with clean and downy curled

cotton, medicated. which will not pack or

harden; Also comes in special brown

waterproof (luck.

The Lenkford tits any shape nefi

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ways soft and pliable. Will not

“teeny. Home straps attached.

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~ .2900 and up. See your dealer.

Over 12,000.00!) sold

Lankford Collars 11er

fans and sore shoulders. as

well as cure them. Get one

soda —one for each horse.

but sure it'eaLankford.

Buy h Lankford

fiend postal for 00 y and of

our literature on 0rd

Horse Collars.





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There is nothing that gives a young with .a plea stronger than any yet made _

man arm as much stability in the to the Americampeople. It is not a \'_

community. and faith in himself, in a time for wanton waste or thoughtless

business way as to be able to go into expenditures, but a time for economy' ‘ ‘

the bank and secure such recognition of the most rigid kind. to the end that

by way of credit as he may need, so I we shall be prepared to care for the; '

want to say again, and more emphati- needs of a suffering humanity—and it

cally than before, do all of your busi- is even now at our very doors. ‘ '

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13’ just because some "300d fellow” tially a. peace-loving person, but I want» ‘

351‘s you‘ll) Do'not Sign‘a promissory our boys and girls who live in God’s :‘

paper, that is a note, bond or monetary free country to realize that we have 3. Q3

obligation of any kind until after you stern duty before, us and that we sim- ‘ .

have “communed” with yourself and'plv must not wav,er he. must' not

asked and uflirmativcly answered these ev ado. we must not say it is not our

Questions: First, am I gettingvalue war, it is not our concern, for it is our f

received, and second. would I be will- war, it is our concern, it is our very

ing to pay this obligation if the other lfie and freedom. and whether or

fellow do” not? If 5’0“ are doubtful no, we must not shirk now. It will re— "

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a 3005 thing for you to ‘10- Many a mire economy at all times, but now we

promising business career has been must remember that as never before

“‘1an just because someone wanted we must be prepared for what comes

tube a “good fellow and accommodat- and then stand to the ordeal as only

mg: to some 9th“ “good fellow.” I our American boys and girls can stand

think it 19 a most excellent practice to when they realize what is before them.

never give notes to anyone except the The first test, is economy, thrift, saving.

banker. He will trust you for all you I know you will not falter.

are entitled to and may save you some

severe jolts some day by advising you

light when you we started wrong. MY EXPER'ENCE IN POULTRY‘

Then, too, if the banker learns that

you are doing all of your financial bus—

iness with him he very soon gains con-

fidence in you. If he' finds your name

bobbing up on every bunch of farm

sale notes that come into his bank, or

finds that you are buying on credit

here, there and everywhere, if he finds

you are just “accommodating” some

fellow with the use of your name. he

at once begins to feel insecure with

your paper, for he has no way of know-

ing where your obligations may come

from next and is thus unable to judge

of your financial standing as closely as

he wishes to. _ ‘

‘ I am not discouraging. or'attempting

to discourage borrowing. I advise it.

I like to see the young people go in

debt for something that is a good in- day my father gave me another 3- C-

vestment. Ilike to see the young man White Leghorn hen. "He. got me a

1 ready to pay six .per cent for capital cockerel for Christmas. I sold ten doz- t U11: ”’88





 





 





 





BY CLARE R. (‘lll.\‘lX.



I am a little boy twelve years old.

I live in the country two miles from

town. I am in the sixth grade and

have passed every year since I started

to school. My father being interested

in poultry, I thought I would like to

tly it too. I have been among chick-

ens ever since I was old enough to

feed them.



One of my father's chickens, a S. C.

White Leghorn hen, got away one day

and he told me l could have the chick-

en if I could catch it. The chicken

ran in a bush and got its legs tangled

up in a vine and I- caught it. This was

the first chicken I had ever owned. '





I fed the chicken every day until one





 





 





 





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further their success by every legitimate cooperation

we can offer.

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than the six ’per cent he pays.

Again. I think nearly all young peo. cubator and hatched about fifty chicks.





me will be more careful and exercise I fed them until they were old enough

more economy, when they have a debt to sell. I sold the cockerels for broilers.

to pay than V: 11 they have not. I I picked twelve of the best pallets

think a debt for some useful service- out of the others. Then I put the whole

:able acquirement that Will make your. fifteen in a coop eight by ten. I seld~ f

effmts more fertile, is strictly in the the rest at seventeen cents per pound. ‘

interest of economy. With this money I bought egg mash ,-





 





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for economy are more potent today I am getting six to ten eggs every day.

than ever before in the history of my I am selling every egg I can get and:

short 11113111933 career. Every starving some are sold before I get them I have -

. .1 ‘m every tottering Amman firimtecustnmersuwho my film -'

everyflrwfing perscn who is the vic- more. than ’the- market. - All the can;

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big profits at stake y

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14 years old and still making big hatches.





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ship Old Trusty double quick—completely





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iness the minute i t arrives.





Write today. Yours truly, H. H. JOHNSON.

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WILL SAVE YOUR‘GHIBKS‘





Any reader of this paper who will write P. J. Kelly

the Poultryinzin, at 73 N. 2nd St... Minneu iolis, Minn.

will receive a Free Copy of this new boo let “White

Diarrhoe t in Baby Chicks.‘ ' It tells how to prevent,

remedy and save the whole hatch. It's free and you

are urged to write for it at once. Advertisement.





Chickens Will Pay





ay. These booklets tell ho‘vv‘t‘o

at best results: “LEE. S POULTRY HOOK“? uh;

RETS OF SUOC ES WITH. CHICKENS," CAitit

0F BABY CHICKS." “ALL ABOUT EGGS," “POINT-

ERS FOR SUMM ER AND FALL. ' Send nowfior

these poultry helps, free for be stamps to cover mailing.

010. H. LEE 00. 265 Lee Bulldlng, Omaha. Nob.

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POULTRY





HOMESTEAD FARMS





A LETTER





DEAR FABMER or Lilt'HIGAN:



Each week we announce in this space certain small

lots of poultry—hens, pullets, cookers-ls. Day-Old

Chicks—that we have ready for sale. You Will find

something new under the “Homestead Forms" head-

ing almost every week. Just now we want. to ask you

to notice what we oifered last week and to notice agai n

what we Sh'tll oil'er next week-just at this time (with

eggs 50 cents a dozen in your home market) is when

you want tine, healthy hens or pullets for “inter lav.

inu. and with the spring- laying season immediately

at an .



Homestead Farms is not merely a business allair for

profit it is ii. cooperative work organized on. the princ-

iple of a federation of interests and for 80018.1 serVice.

\Ve are doing something that the farmers of Michigan

have long needed to have done: we are breeding and

raising pure breed poultry on a fre: range colony

plan which gives the farmer and farmer-wife

poultry natural to farm conditions and to con

venient farm care.



We are laying plans so as to be able to supply the farm

or poultry men and women of Michigan With their

poultry each year—with eggs for sittings or for men-

bators. Day-Old Chicks, and with grown fowls.

Will you came into this federation of interests?





Yours,





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Strongest Chicks





That’s what you will get with my

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The whole story is inmy big catalog,

“Hatching Facts” , sent Free. Ittells

how money is maderaising poultry. Get

. this Book and you’ll want to

start one of my Guaranteed

Hatching Outfits making

money for you. It's good pa—

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raise poultry this year, and





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Cockerels for





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Remember, it is not how

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our' t1 "'gnlladg‘ition to the expense in.

voiv’su 1 maisfiig the fowls. To do this

the poultigimuSt'be sold on the best

market ajtd fed for the shortest pos-

sible time. At the present cost of feed

a fowl cannot be kept more than four

months and sold for enough to cover

the actual outlay for food, brooding,

and the eggs that were used for incu-

bation. To realize a. profit they should

be marketed at from eight to tWelve

weeks old and not later than early

June. An unusual Shortage next season

may keep the price up another month

or six weeks. There is a very great

scarcity of hens throughoutthe coun-

try and comparatively few early broil-





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TTAK

try- The lamp heated. breeder-jig very

serviceable for the brooding ofismall

numbers of chicks, but for larger

amounts, the colony type, which usu-

ally burns coal, is adrisable.



_There are a. number of these coal-

burning brooders on the market. They

consist of'a. small stove which burns

hard coal and needs attention only

once or twice a day, and a large sheet-

iron hover which covers it and throws

the beat down to the floor. One of

these .brooders may be placed in any

coop or building, but for'the sake of

economy in fuel it should not. be larger

than ten or "twelve feet square. '



After the stove is in placeabout two

inches of moist earth should be spread

over the floor and covered with an inch

of chaff or fine-cut straw. Humidity is

necessary and the stove dries the air





 





 





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ers will go on the market next spring.

These will undoubtedly sell for higher

prices than we have ever dreamed, and

in spite of the high cost of feed there

will be a good profit in early broilers.

The Best Breeds for Broilers.



To .go at the matter right and run

the leastn‘isk of failure it is necessary

to start with the breeding stock sev-

eral weeks before the eggs are needed

for hatching. Any of the medium siz-

ed breeds make good broilers, Ply—

mouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Wy-

andottes. and Orpingtons. Hens are

better breeders than pullets, though

good results may be secured from early

hatched pullets after they have laid

long enough so their eggs are of good

size.



To keep them in good health they

must have sanitary quarters, and as

great a variety of food as possible, spe-

cial attention being given to green food

in the form of sprouted oats, cabbage,

beets, carrots, potatoes and anything

else that will help keep them in good

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first importance, as upon this depends

the hatching quality of the eggs and

the vitality of the chicks. Gather the

eggs often so they will not become

chilled and use for incubation those of

good shape and uniform size. Let me

emphasize this point, that success de-

pends as much on the care given the

breeding stock and the eggs that are

-to be used for hatching as on the care

of the chicks after they are hatched.

Only healthy hens will produce healthy

chicks and weak chicks are a source of

bitter disappointment. ' , p

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quickly. Two or three times each week

the portion of the floor beneath the

hover should be thoroughly wet down.

Although some brooders are provided

with moisture pans, these are not as

effective as the method given above.

Care of Chicks. .



As soon as the chicks know how to

find their way back to‘the hover give

them a run on the cold ground. Shovel

the snow from a small space near the

door and dump the coal ashes from

the stove here for them to scratch in.

See that all the chicks get out every

day as contact with the cold earth and

breathing the cold air makes them

hardy and better able to grow and

withstand disease. Kill all the droopy

chicks as soon as they are discovered.

They will probably die anyway and

even if they do not they will endanger

the health of the rest and develop into

runts not worth the feed they have

eaten.



If your present method of feeding is

satisfactory it would not be advisable

to make any great change in it. The

following has given good results,

though we vary it slightly to conform

to the kinds of food available: The

chicks have no drink but sour milk for

the first two Weeks. Sour milk is prob-

ably the greatest known foe of White

diarrhea. It is Within easy reach of

every farmer and possesses consider-

able nutritiVevvalue. The first meal is

a small ration of relled oats. This is

given in increasing quantities every

two or three hours doring daylight for

the first two or three days, and is then





changed gradually to [fine chick feed.





A small box of bran is given them and

a little laterzthis is more} with meat

masli._ The Quantity of mash 'is grad-

ually increased until , it‘wis' all mash.

Our formula. for this varies Somewhat ’

owing to the foo‘dfa‘t hand bdt‘fiis sub-

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feed; thind— feed .same as first; font-ii

feed, same as Second; Be sure they

are well fed at the last meal in the

day. '

Green food of some sort should be.

given than from the first. If they have.

access to green grass they will do their

own harvesting. but during the late

meter and only spring when m

is covered with new green stufl should

be added to their regular ration. Where

oats are sprouted for the laying stock

a pettoteunymy be clipped with:

pair of sheets each day for the chicks.

Lacking 13113, vegetables, fine cut 31-'

fame ereleworhag mill do.



Fitting for Market.

_ A week or ten days before they are

to be marketed shut them in a mall

yard and out the finishing touch on

with a. morning feed of two parts of





sifted ground corn and oats, one part -





bran and one part meat scraps wet

with buttermilk or thick sour milk;

a light feed or Cracked corn or scratch

feed at noon and a supper the same as

the (morning feed. Give all they will

eat morning and night but take the

trough away as soon as they have fin-

ished. The idea is to have them so

hungry at meal time that they will fill





themselves full, and for this reason,





many breeders when fitting fowls [or

market omit I 110011 feed of any kind."

Another method is to feed in the morn-

ing as given here, a wet mash about

four o’clock and just before roosting

time to give them all the cracked corn

or control: feed thes will eat. This

heavy feeding without exercise cannot

be followed for any great length of

time without danger of leg weakness.

Should this develop the clinched chicks

should be taken out and given free

range.





 





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It is none too soon to obtain brood.

ing equipment for this year's chicks.

Some breeders who are equipped with

stove breeders may find hard coal hard

to get. We are planning to change our

coal-burning breeder stoves into oil

burners and beliexe in this way we can

save money or at lwst be .sure of an

emcient heating system for protecting

the young chicks. Tramc may be con-

gested in the spring when such equip-

ment is necessary, so it will pay to

place orders early.



In selecting an incubator it usually

pays to buy a machine large enough to

handle all of the eggs to be incubated

in one or two hatches. That means

that most of the birds will be out early

and their age will be more uniform. A

busy farmer will find an economy in

having the chicks of the same age. It

saves time in feeding and when on the

range the birds will grow better if they

axe of the same age. Fiocks of mixed

ages do not do well as .10an chicks

are apt to be stunted and underfed.



lnwhators Economical.



Some farmers have attempted to

make their own incubators with good

results, but in general the effort does

not pay. Eflicient machines can he

purchased for a 'very moderate sum

and there is a great risk in using a ma;

chine that is improperly made. Of

course,“ unincuhator is not very com-

olicated and consists largely of a heat-

ing plant so arranged as to raise the

temperature in an insulated box with

a mm which regulates the

daemon The machine looks easy to

make, but possibly many amateurs

have worked herd and then toned that

the machine ruined more than eating:

an: to 11m mrehased a matches in-

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to become uncles-3.13193 the heirs re-

use to use them Ind my o: the eggs

may be laid on the how in the corner.

of the house. Utter-is then scram

over the eggs while the bees are

scratching for grain and the result is

a lost or broken egg. The regular

cleaning. of, the nests should not be

neglected as hens are nore particular

where the) place their eggs than it

might seem from some of their other

carfiess habits. _ , . _ «-

An Easy Way to Start.



Day-old chicks is one of the eas-

iest methods of establishing a flock of



pure-bred poultry if the farmer owns





suitable brooding equipment. This year ,





the hatcherles seem to expect a fine

business and to avoid disappointments

it will be best to place the order for





really only one best time ilo‘r starting

out the chicks according to our idea,

and if it is imoossible to obtain chicks

at that time there is bound to be some

loss. We like .to start our American

breeds to scratching between March 1

and March 15. When we raised Medi-

terraneans we found that chicks which

were hatched about April 15 turned out

the best. I



Sanitation in the poultry houses is

quite necessary to keep down vermin

and disease. Sunshine is the poultrv-

man’s sbest friend and aids in keeping

the houses in good condition. Clean

litter, clean water and healthful food

will assist the birds to keep in a vigor-

ous condition. Sanitation must be em-

phasized to keep the flocks healthful.

as I sick hen means a loss regardless

of the cost of her feed or the length of

her pedigree. The foundation of suc-

cess with breeding stock of any kind is





built on skill in keeping the stock inI





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Since the United States entered the

war and the great value of homing or

carrier pigeons to the armies on the





battlefields in the transmission of mcs- '





sages. when all other means have fail-





ed has been established one step in .





long‘wanted action for their protection

has at last been taken.



In this connection Representative

Brodheck, of Pennsylvania, has intro-

duced a bill in congress providing for

their protection. It is'proylded in the.

bill that it shall be unlawful for any

person to entrap, shoot, kill, steal, or

in anyway retain a registered Antwerp

homing pigeon or pigeons; commonly

called “carrier pigeons,” while on the:

wing, or at rest while on an interstate

flight. The seeietary of war is author-

ized and diiected by rules and regula-

tions as he may devise to enforce the

provisions of the act. The bill was

referred to the committee on military

affairs.



Want Protective Law.



For a number of years the American

Racing Pigeon Union has endeavored





to have congress take some action:





again-st the killing or entrapping of

these birds.

eons are lost yearly by persons shoot-

ing them or of others entmpping them

when they alight for food and water.





Since the United States/has entered,





the war and the work of pigeons in the





French armies has been demustmtod,’

thousands of similar pigeons, many of





them f1 om Washington, have been

shipped to Europe to aid in the mes-

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J. M. WILL MS. - - ' -

At my farm near Ludington. Mich. two

For sale choice regist tered Guernsei. bulls of

serviceable age, grandsons of a cow with an A. R. re-

cord of836.04 be. of butter fat for one year. Prices

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lOO--RE.GISTERED HOLSTEINSnIOO

When you need a herd sire remember that we

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

der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality. and production records back-

ed by the best strains of breeding.





0111' wants

R. BRUCE McPHE SON, Howell, Mich.

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- Holton. Mich.



Reference: Old State Bank. Fremont Mich.



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His sire is Map ecrest Kern migraine rveld his 8

Nearest Dams each over-30 of uter inidsys.

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ANNUAL TWO- DAY MEETING AT

‘ HILLSDALE. '





The annual two-day meeting of Hills-

dale County Pomona Grange No. 10,

was held in Hillsdale, Wednesday and

Thursday, January 2-3. The feature of

Wednesday’s meeting was the installa-

tion of officers and the banquet in the

evening. Thursday morning was given

to the transaction of business, and res-

olutions similar to those adopted at the

recent State Grange were presented

and adopted. The resolutions were

partly as follows: “Be it resolved, that

we feel constrained at the beginning of

the new year to pay our brothers in

the cities the debt long standing, viz.,

advice; that our brethren in town‘res

train from eating meat fivedays each

week;-that you deliver your own goods

purchased, or pay for said delivery;

that as a further evidence of your pa-

triotism, you refuse to accept mail de-





day, and use the same diligence and

perseverance in bringing to the .atten-

tion of our United States senators, con-

gressmen, and the postmaster-general,

your desire to economize as you did in

fighting the parcel post system, and

thus demand the repeal of all laws

granting special privilege, to you,

brethren, not enjoyed by the tillers of

the soil.” Someone suggested that if

the farmers and businessmen would

gettogether and talk over things their

imagined differences could, perhaps, be

straightened out.



Dinner was served by Hillsdale

Grange. The afternoon meeting was

open to the public and was given over

to a literary program. A memorial

service was held in honor of the mem-

bers who had passed away during the

year, A. M. Carver, Robt. MacBrier,

Charles Clark, Mrs. C. M. Finch. A

quartet sang, “As Goes America so

Goes the World,” and “Soldier’s Fare-

well.” A reading was given by Minnie

Fitzsimmons, followed by a duet,

“Somewhere in France is Daddy); ”mung

by Lawrence Baker and Lawrence

Rowe, of Mosherville. For an encore

they gave, “Let the Flag Fly." Mrs.

O. J. C. Woodman, of Paw Paw, chap-

lain of the State Grange, was the

speaker for the afternoon. Her ad-

dress was upon subjects of interest to

Grangers and was given in her usual

happy style. The attendance was good

and a great many outsiders were in the

audience. These two-day meetings are

events of interest, not only to the

Grangers themselves but to many of

the city people as Well.—Esther Marie

Betts.





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





Sparta Grange met in all— —day session

Saturday, January 3. The morning ses—

sion was a. business meeting, with offi-

cers’ reports, etc. The afternoon meet-

ing was an open meeting, an Mr. and

Mrs. John Preston, of Kinne installed

the officers for the coming ylsar. After

the installation Mrs. Preston gave a

fine report of the State Grange meet-

ing at Jackson. The rest of the pro-

gram was in charge of the new lectur-

er, who fitted the piace very nicely,

having been lecturer of Leroy Grange

for several years, the place of their for-

mer residence. The loyal support and

cooperation pledged by the members

to the master and lecturer will surely

make the coming year a prosperous

one for Sparta Grange.





GRANGES ORGANIZED AND REOR-‘

GANIZE





Following is the number of Granges

organized and reorganized from Octo.

her 1, 1917, to December 31,1917, both

inclusive, as follows:



01‘ anized.



COlorado 6; In iana. 1; Iowa 1; Kan-



"-isas 8; Maryland 1; Massachusetts 1;





' Michigan 3: Nebraska 1; New Yer‘ii 2;





Ohio 1; Oklahoma 6: Oregon 1: Penn-

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“The skilled hand with cultured

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Associational Sentiment:





“The Farmer. He garners from the

soil the primal wealth of nations.”





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Club Has Buyint Committee—The

annual meeting oft e Allendale Farm»

ers’ Club was held at Spring Hill Farm,

the home of Wells Parish & Sons, on

January 9, a large numbér being pres-

ent. The forenoon was taken up with

reports fiom delegates Who attended

the state meeting in Lansing in De»

cember, and routine work. The ladies

served coffee and luncheon at the

noon hour, after which the following

officers were elected; Pres, Erwin

Parish; vice- pres, ' Truman E. Hubbel;

sec., Andrew Allen; cor sec., Elmer E.

Smead; trees, George W. Leggett. Res~

olutions were passed giving the retir-

ing officers a vote of thanks for their

faithful seivices in the past. Repre-

sentatives of fertilizer and feed firms

were present and gave talks and prices

of their products they have to sell. The

Club has a buying committee and al-

ready has purchased 'spray materials,

binder twine, a carload of bran, and

has a car of corn coming. The Club

holds meeting every two weeks, but as

there is to be 3. Farmers’ Institute held

in Allendale on Tuesday, January 22‘.

the next meeting of the Club will be

held at ,the home of Mr. and Mrs. John

Ossewaarde, February 6, in the day-

time. —Elmer E Smead, Cor. Sec.



Discuss the War —On Thursday, No—

vember 22, the Hickory Farmers’ Club

was royally entertained at the pleasant

farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert

Howell. The weather man was very

much alive, but he has nothing on the

members of the Hickory Club. In spite

of storm and bad roads 3. large number

were present. One of the pleasant fea-





. tures of the day was that the Caro Or-





chestra was present. Everyone enjoyed

the fine music which they rendered.

B. B. Reavey and W. F. Dowling, Sr.,

were the chief cooks and bottle wash-

ers of the day—L-that is. what their

wives 'did not do. Such a dinner as

they served, it was rightfully called

the Thanksgiving dinner. The orches-

tra played while dinner ~was being

served. The music was thoroughly en-

joyed by all. After dinner the social

hour was enjoyably spent and slipped

away all too soon. The president, Jas.

Arnold, being absent, Vice- president R.

P. Reavey called the meeting to order.

Roll call was answered with quotations-

Mrs. J. C. Robinson read a “Thanksgiv-

ing Soliloquy,” which wasvery good.

C. A. Donohue read “Give the Boya

Chance ” which held some very fine

thoughts. The topic for discussion.

“Michigan Farmer’s Part in this War, ”

was led by R. P. Reavey. He said in

part: “Age we really in war? The

place is so far distant, few realize its

meaning.” He also said, “that we who

were born here were United States cit-

izens, not from choice, but. by birth

and the ailien who had become a Citi-

zen of the United States was a citizen

by choice and ought to be a better citi-

zen, and that any such, who could not

10) ally stand by Uncle Sam had better

be given their just dues and depart

from our land.” W. F. Dowling, Sr.,

said that “Mr. Reavey had given some"

fine thoughts and they ought to be tak-

en home with each one Of us. ” He also

said that if the war is won by the

United States, forty per cent is due. to

the soldiers and sixty per cent to the

people at home. We must stand back

of our men and aid them in every pos-

sible way. The next meeting will be

with Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Reavey. -Mrs.

R L Robinson, Cor Sec.



Men' 3 Day. —-A large crowd was very

pleasantly entertained by Mr. and Mrs.

Edgar Ross at the January meeting of

the Wells- -Dayton Farers’ Club, held

at the home of S. G Ross. It being

men’s day there was a bounteous din-

ner served under the directions of Chef

E. Ross. After a social hour the meet-

ing was called to order. The Club’

sang “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

The, new president, S. G. Ross, then

gave a short address. Mr. Stokes, del:

egate to the State Association of Farm-

ers’ Clubs, gave a very interesting re-

port which was enjoyed by all. Guy

Forbes being home on furlo ,ga‘ve

an interesting talk on 1-11-11 int c navy, »

which was much apgreoiatod by all..

Club then sang “Ten 1 ht,” _

ter which the meeting ,

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geowhave a home that hes scratches

and other giving and applymg different,

commercial medics I fail to cure him.





A. E. B., Denatur, ”Mich—{n relativej;

value {w horse feeding, the straws,

rank in thefollowing order: 0at,_ bar- _. .

ley, wheat. no, the rye being of slight .





nutritive nlue, but when mixed with





hay or any of the other straws will not ‘





prove harmful When ted alone it will

do no particular harm. Give ya oz. of:





Fowler’s solution-at a- dose in feed or;





drinking Water three times a day; also





a l uni-'pa‘tts g‘lycerine and com-1 _

123313;! (annotate hemin tour-es twice - f

a day. Paint- oores occasmaliy with} I





tincture iodine.





Infections Abortion-Wm have [two - .'

mares that lust‘iheir colts, one last





Wedmoday, the other Saturday. Neitho.





er of them met with any accident, nor:

were they fed 13% food or water, .nox

far as we know. L. S. 0.. Lowell, Mich.’ .

—~l)oubtless both mares suitor from in—y.





fectious abortion. Give them good care'

but don‘t breed them for three months. ;





Peslmps they will carry next colt to r!





full gestation period. ,

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old that occasionally has sick spell. ; .

Her bowels are inclined to be costive :

and ski) has had two different attacks

of colic, but our local Vet. cured her.-;

J. S. (L, Means, Mich—«She should be.

exercised daily. fed food which has





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a laxative tendency. Clover, roots and

well salted bran mash will loosen her

bowels. . ,



Hange.—-—I.aast summer I bought a

horse in the city. Since then he has

remained thin and has an itchy skin,

disease. .A. C. H, Mulliken, Mich.—

Glye him % oz. of Donovan’s solution

of manic at a. dose in either feed or

drinking water three times a dayspply





one part coal tar disinfectant and 30‘





parts water three times a week. Per-

halss he should be clipped, than less

medicine will cure his skin ailment.



Bananas—During the 'past year

three of‘my cows have constantly been

in heat and tound‘neck of womb of two

almost closed, the uterus of other

small. I). -P. B., Kalkaska, Mich.—

Hare flue cows examined by a skillful.

Vet. who specializes in this line of

work, and he will tell you if they are

hopelessly lumen. The writer believes

they are. 7. '



Thirsty Hare.-——I have a four-year-

'old more that drinks too much water,

but so far as I can tell she is healthy.

L. B., Wayne 00.. Mich—Change her

feed and give her $4; oz. of ground gen-

‘tion in each" food. She should be wa-

tered often.



Wonk Mare—About one month ago

my six-maid mare oommenced to

run down, not she is unable to get up

without help. 'She raised a. cult last

summer was quite thin then. Have





rubbed bask with liniment. but it rau-





ed to help her much. M. R. K., Goble,





Mich—First of all, she should be well_





fed, bowels kept open, give her 1 dr.

of fluid attract max romica, 1 oz. tinc-

ture cincbona. and 1/3 oz. of Fowler’s

solution in feed or drinking water

three times a any.



Open Joint-4379 have a large more

that has punctured leg: wound is on

back part attack joint and there is

drippiogotnuiifiomit. (Durban!

Vet. claims it is a case of open joint.

He said it would heal after all the

joint oil ran out. but not until then. He

prescribed permanganate 90ml! lotion

to be injected into joint and to apply

vinegar and .malt. She is now in slings-

Mrs. F. L., Dundee, Mich—:16 she is‘

improving under your Vet's core eon—

tinue ln's treatment. Climing oi hair

and blistering joint with one port can-

thatidos and five parts lard will heio

close opening. Applying tincture of

iodine to edges of wound daily is help“

fol. I might, any that recovery in such

cases is usually doubtful.





Chronic Grease Heel.-Some time

ago you mouthed Fowler's soinfioni

of manic as. a remedy for chronic

groooehul; alsotoldmetolm

mm and charcoal to sores. nisv

treatment has seemingly worked fine

and the some are all healed, but i

think best to give more medicine. I

asked the Mist for Fowler’s solu-

tion and he asked-me whether I m

ed Mr. or.“ Fowler’s solution. Will.

you please nakethis matter plain?

J. B.,Owflfltflhh—leer‘s m

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Fiftyq‘wo heads of pure-bred Holsteins and Guernsey's, including a few

Fine herd of young heifers also for sale.

FARM.-Purchaser of stock may rent or buy—if desired—our splendidly

equipped farm of ‘200 or more acres, with 25 acres of alfalfa; elegant build-

; silos of 700 tons capacity; dairy barn with 60 James stanchions. indi-

vidual drinking fountains; large hay and grain barn, horse barns, barns for

calves and young stock; creamery building with latest equipment; ice house

and retrigera-tor mom. Everything complete—utmost convenience—modern





LOGATIOHr—One-half mfle from city of Battle Creek, Mich, with 30,000

population, and three miles from Camp Custer with upward of 25,000 soldiers.

MiLK sells at 10 cents a quart wholesale, 12 and 13 cents retail.

are of very best breeding, tested for tuberculosis. and all large producers.





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reason why it cannot be ace pushed.

I have a few heifers in cult to King Ona that I will sell at reasonable

prices as I have not sufficient pasture for them. They will have to be taken

my by May fist.

Also some young boils sired by above sires.





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.' 0f”! KW Hengerveld.Dam and grand dam eaoh bet- :



lbs. of butter in a year. .



Junior—King Ono. Dam .and grand dam average better than 1% lbs.

butter in at year. ‘



Yearly production is the result sought.



Haplecnest Korndyke Hengmeld and King Ona constitute a combina- '

tion of long distance breeding that is very rarely if ever equaled and never

excelled. Maplecmt Koemdyke Hengerve’ld, although a young sire, has al- ;

[My 13 advanced registry daughters, only one of which is past two years of ;

age and is (loathed to great fame.



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would seem :to represent the ideal for long distance production and that is a

what we are aiming at. We want Michigan dairy bonds to average 12,900

“a. (If milk and “)0 lbs. of butter a year per cow, and if we give them an- '

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February 5,-1918.



WHEAT.—This grain is moving in

very small quantities. The Wide mar-

ket for flour has kept miners anxmus

for ‘supplies, with the result that every-

thing showing up on the market is tak-

en eagerly. One year ago No. 2 red

wheat was quoted on the local market

at $1.811/2 per bushel. Present prices

at Detroit are: Cash No. 2.red $2.17;

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

- CORN.—Corn values advanced 50 on

the Detroit market Monday, but held

about steady in Chicago. .

the large demand that 18 bemg made

upon this grain to supply'the needs

growing out of the substitution of corn

products for wheat products, and also

from the mixing of these and other

grains to save wheat for export, there

is much likelihood at presesnt that the

anticipated price decline that dealers

have been talking about may never

come. In many places stocks of corn

are decreasing when they should be in-

creasing. The supply of cars for mov-

ing grains appears to be the big factor

in market circles. One year ago No. 3

corn sold on the local market at $1.011/2

per bushel. This same grade sold here





Because of '





POU LTRy.—'-(Liv'e).——Poultr‘y ' mar-

ket is dull and steady. Best -’ spring

chickens 27@.280; No. 1 hens 28@30c;

gng§727@280; geese 26@27c; turkgz's



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Chicago.—(Live).——Offerings small

and trading slow. Fowls 261/60; ducks

24@250; geese 22%@23c; turkeys,

good 24c. (Dressed).———Fowls 26@27c;

ducks, fancy 26@27c; geese 24c; tur-

keys 321/2@33c.



EGGS.—Market is firm and fresh

eggs continue scarce. Fresh firsts are

60@63c per dozen.



Chicago—Market firm and the re-

ceipts small. For fresh Michigan firsts

60c; ordinary firsts 56@58c; miscellan-

eous lots, cases included 55@600.





FRUITS—VEGETABLES





POTATOES.—-There were 22 cars of

potatoes on the Detroit market on Mon-

day morning. Sales of round whites,

sacked, U. S. grade No. 1, were made

to jobbers at $2.50 per cwt. This same

grade of stock from Michigan sold to

jobbers in Cleveland at $2.50; in Pitts-

burgh at $2.80@2.90; in Washington,

D. C., $3@3.25; in Cincinnati $2.55@

2.60; in Indianapolis $2.50. Chicago is

paying $2.05@2.10~ for the best round

whites from Wisconsin. Wisconsin

growesr are getting $1.20 for this grade

from their wagons at sidetrack. In,

Maine prices to farmers range from

$1.91@2.12, while in New York state

the price from farmers’ wagons is $1.75





on Tuesday at $1.85, while No. 3 yellow @1 80





is quoted at $1.90, both these prices be-

ing 50 above the closing price on Sat-

urday.



OATS—There is a very broad de-

mand for cats. The domestic consump-

tion is now unusually large, and the

call from abroad is making inroads

into our supplies. It is now apparent

that the record breaking crOp of last

year will all be absorbed by the con-

suming public at good prices. One year

ago standard oats sold on the local

market at 571,90 per bushel. This grade

is now quoted at 891/20; No. 3 whlte

at 89c; No. 4 white at 880.



RYE.——Price shows further advance

with demand urgent and offerings

small. Cash No. 2 now quoted at $2.15

per bushel.



BEANS.——Embargoes and the cold

cold weather are hindering the move-

ment of this crop. Prices are about

steady with cash beans quoted on the

local market at $12.50 per cwt. At Chi-

.cago the trade shows increased firm-

ness with Michigan pea beans, hand-

picked quoted at $14.50@15 per cwt.

for sound, dry stock; red kidneys $16.



, PEAS—Chicago quotes field peas at

$6.50@7 per cwt. There is little buy-





ing.



SEEDS.—Firm with prime red clover

at $19.95; March $19.40; alsike $16.50;

timothy $4.





FLOUR AND F EEDS





F LOUR.—J‘obbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

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 government is regulat-

ing the prices of bran, shorts, “mid-

dlings,” mixed feeds and flour mid-

dlings. The prices of these products

will hereafter be based upon price of

wheat to millers. 100-lb. sacks jobbing

lots: Bran $34.50; standard middlings

$36.50; fine middlings $43.50; cracked

corn $79; coarse corn meal $77; corn

and oat chop $66 per ton. __ a"



HAY.-—In carlots at Detroit: No. 1

timothy $25.50@26; standard timothy

$24.50@25; light mixed $24.50@25; No.

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

$21.50@22 per ton.



Pittsburgh—No. 1 timothy $30.50@

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

light mixed ,.$28.50@29; No. 1 clover





*1 mixed $30@31; No. 1 clover $30@31.





STRAW.—In carlots on track at De-

Etroit: Wheat. and oat straw $10.50@

a: 11;; rye straw $11.50@12.





DAIRY PRODUCTS,





BUTTER—In fresh butter market

is firm and demand good. The fresh

creamery firsts are quoted at 480 per

pound; fresh creamery extras 49c.



Chicago—Market is steady and all

Creamery





. packing stock 371/2@38c per pound.

' ,_ CHEESE—Michigan flats 23%@24c





‘ per lb; New York flats 26c; brick 271$





’_ “ $28M long horns 271/2@28c: Michigan

’ giSies .,25@251,é_c; Wisconsin daisies

2 $40,: domestic Swiss 32((D4Zc for the





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m1ioh0fce 18@19c; common 17c.





v$7.50@10.60; cOWs and

‘12; calves $9.50@15.50.





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CABBAGE—There appears to be a

very general improvement in this mar-

ket and the movement in many of the

producing sections has been fairly good

considering the condition of transpor-

tation. Prices in carload lots f. o. b.

track, range from $40@55 in New York

state.



APPLES.——There were five cars of

apples on the track at Detroit Monday

morning. The movement here has been

slow. Michigan Baldwins sold last Sat-

urday at $5.50 and shipments from the

east ranged at $5.25@5.50. In New

York City the demand is good for good

stock, as much of the offerings is frost-

ed. In Cincinnati the demand is good,

as is the cas‘e also in Chicago. The

Pittsburgh market is draggy. with the

prices about steady.





_, WOOL





According to statistics gathered by

the federal government of agriculture,

wool stocks show enormous shrinkage

for all grades, during the past quarter.

Most of the present stock is held by

manufacturers and dealers. There

were, however, 262 of these who report

no“ wool on hand. Prices continue firm.

The third Australian wool sales have

closed and have influenced a firmer

tone in the dealing on this side.





LIVE STOCK





BUFFALO.

February 4, 1918.





Cattle—Receipts 150 cars; market

250 lower; best shipping steers $13@

13.50; fair to good $11.50@12; plain

and coarse $10.50@11; native year-

lings $12@12.50; best handy steers $11

@1150; fair to good kinds $9.50@

10.50; handy steers and heifers, mixed

$9@10; light butcher steers $9.50@

10.50; western heifers $9@10; best fat

cows $9.50@10.50; butcher cows $7.25

@850; cutters $6.25@6.50; canners

$4.50@5.75; fancy bulls $10.50@10.75;

butcher bulls $8.50@10.50; common

bulls $6.50@7.50; best feeding steers

900 to 1000 lbs, $8.50@9; medium feed-

ers $7.5ogs; light, common $6.50@7;

stockers 6.50@7; milkers and spring-

ers $65@125.



Hogs—Receipts 70 cars; market is

slow; heavy and yorkers $17@17.10;

pigs $16.50.



Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 25

cars; market steady; top lambs $18.25

@18.40; yearlings $16@16.50; wethers

$13@14; ewes $13@13.50.



Calves—Receipts 1,100; market 50c

lower; tops $17@17.50; fair to good

$16@fl6.50; grassers $7@8.50.





CHICAGO.





February 4, 1918.



This week’s hog marke opened

strong with the bulk of the offerings

going at $16.55@16.80; light $16.05@

16.70; mixed $16.25@16.90; beam at

$16.20@16.90; rough $16.20@1 .35;

pigs $13.60@15.75. Monday’s receipts

aggregated 41,000.



The receipts of cattle were 16,000.

The market shouted, ‘a rather weak

tone, with native steers quoted at

$8.65@14.50; stockers andfeeders at

heifers . 7 $6.50@





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weather conditions, with embargoes





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account of, bitter cold and huge snow





.blockades, followed by more favorable





weather and a rush of delayed ship-

ments to market. Week before last

the market was so glutted with most

kinds/0f cattle;that prices went to piec-

es, the choicest beeves sharing in the

break, and this caused most ~stock‘men

to market very sparingly, last week, so

that sellers were once more placed in





a position where they could demand >





better prices. Everything in the cattle

line shot up in value rapidly, and the

prices advanced mostly 50@75c, with

the greater part of the beef steers





crossing the scales at a range of $11.25“.





@13, and the better class of heavy





.steers purchased at $13.50@14.30, the





highest prices of the month just clos-

ed. - Steers classed as good sold at

$13.10@13.45, while the medium grade

steers brought $12.25@13.45, with

sales of fair. steers at $11.25 and over

and sales down to $8.50@10.50 for in-

ggrior little steers, few going as low as

ity found buyers at $12.50@13.85, and

sales took place all the way down to

$10@12 for the commoner lots of these

youngsters. Little animation was wit-

nessed in the stocker and feeder de-

partment of the cattle market, with

the packers taking mest of the fleshy

lots, leaving prices largely nominal at

$7@11, and few lots selling. very much

above $10. Butcher stock, cutters and

canners shared in the advances in

prices, butcher cows selling at $7.70@

10.90 and heifers at $7@11.85, while

cutters brought $7.10@7.65, canners

$6.50@7 and bulls $7.50@11. Calves

had a good demand at $13.50@16 per

100 lbs. for'light vealers, while heavy

calves sold at $6.50@-11 mostly.



Hogs have fluctuated enormously in

prices in recent weeks, the market at

times looking as though it had no bot-

tom, while at other times it advanced

at a dizzy rate. Week before last the

market had a great fall, and this caus-

ed most owners of marketable hogs to

stop sending in any of their holdings,

so that those who did have any on the

market were placed in a position where

they could put quotations much higher.

By this time it should be plain to ev-

ery stockman owning young hogs or

pigs that prices are going to be gov-

ernedby the volume of the receipts,

and extra care should be exercised in

the selection of a time for sending in

hogs. While shipments of hogs from-

here to eastern packing points were by

no means large, they formed a good

percentage of the daily offerings. and

this outlet proved quite a help to sell:

ers in maintaining prices, while on

some days yard speculators were influ-





ential in putting the market on a high- -





er basis. After hogs of the best grade

advanced to $16.70, the market broke,

with a Friday run estimated at 34,000

hogs, sales ranging at $15.70@16.50 and

prime‘light hogs selling around $16.35,

while pigs brought $12.50@15.50. At





‘ the close of the previous week hogs





sold at $14.75@15.80.



Lambs, sheep and yearlings were

marketed very sparingly last week, and

extremely high prices were paid. for

desirable flocks, with a good demand,

ewes and wethers selling at the best

prices of the season. A fair propor-

tion of the offerings went to eastern

shippers, and there Were not enough

prime lambs to go around. The’ few

feeders offered sold quickly at very

high prices. Late sales were as fol-

lows: Lambs $14@17.85; heavy lambs

weighing from 95 to 105 lbs. $15@

16.75; feeding lambs $15.50@16.75;

yearlings $12.50@15.50; wethers.$12.25

@1370; ewes $7@13; breeding ewes

$11@14; bucks $9@10; goats $7@9.



Horses were in meager supply last





week earlier or in corresponding weeks

in recent years. The demand wascer—

tainly large enough to take all the of-

ferings, and more army horses could

have been sold readily. Prices were

firm, with drafters quotable at $185@

265, loggers at $150@225, feeders at

$150@240 and farm chunks of inferior

to good quality at‘$60@150.





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February 7, 1918..

cattle.

Receipts 2466. Market fair!

cannons steady; on others 50

than lastw 23k

Boat henVyw steers 511 11.59;

handy weight butchcrd 8.8ch

”13.419450 8509.50

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best heavy bulls $8 ”€911 50:3 60103113

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15 butchers av 00 at 99. 50, 82 do no?

750 at $8 .;90 to “7a“: 1 steer wgh 820

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at 37:2 to Bray 9 cannons av 950 at

$8. 25. Zcutters av 980 at $650,100

wgh 710 at $8, 4 cows av 100.0 at

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19 butchers av 700 at $7 785; w Mason

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1120 at $9. 85, 2 do av 925 at 88. 85 2

boilers av 786 at $8. 25, 2 cows av .00

at $7. 50, 2 do 21v 1360 at $7. 50, 2 can-

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884 at $7. 75; to Walk 4 do av 467 at

$6 75; to Galbol 107 do av 777 at $8;

to Sullivan P 09,7 cows av 1021 at

$7.15, 2 do av 1060 at 88,50 7 do av

860 at $6. 35; to Bxay 10 cannros av

845 at $6; to Newton P. CO 4 butchers

av 767 at $8 85,17 do av 932 at $9.10,

13 d0 av 820 at $8. 80; to Kamman B.

CO. 17 do av 900 at 39; L0 Sulllvan P.

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do av 65 at 317; to Sullivan P. Co. 113

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