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N a previOus article we started the

discussion of the use of peat as a

_ fertilizer. It was pointed out that

drawing up and plowing, under of raw

peat was not advisable. However, the

. use of weathered peat and muck, while

not the ideal practice, wouldbe profit-

able. The time required for weather-

ing peat depends on the type of peat

and the season. The period of weath-

ering should embrace the spring and

summer, warmer temperatures hasten-

ing decomposition.



It was suggested that muck or

weathered peat can be drawn up,

spread and handled like a green ma-

nure crop. Experience has indicated

that a light application of manure, har-

rowed in or plowed under with it, is a

paying practice.



In these times of farm labor short-

age, .a new idea must be economical in



' labor. Drawing weathered peat direct-

ly upon the field may not be the‘ best

practice. It mayvnot pay as well as

composting, but it pays. We are sure

of that. Note the following statement

from Vermont Bulletin No. 165:





“As a fertilizer and soil amendment

in some sections peat is drawn directly

from the bog and spread as a top-dress-

ing. Good results usually are attained

though they may not be at Once appar-

ent. The benefit, however, seems to be

a lasting one. Theoretically, this is

not anideal practice. Peat nitrogen is

but slowly available. Other methods

which more quickly render this ele-

ment available are to be preferred as

a preface to soil application. Further—

more, the organic acids commonly

formed as a result of fermentation,

tend to inhibit or unfavorably‘ to alter

crop growth. However, this very acid-

ity serves sOme good purposes. The

basic elements of plant food, such as

calcium, potassium, magnesium and





 





others, normally exist in insoluble sili- -





cate combinations which :the organic

acids thusdeveloped tend to dissolve,

forming relatively soluble and avail-

able; humates.”



Cdnsidering this statement regarding

raw peat, it seems that the application

of Weatheredypeat'and' muck would be

effective. 'A discussion of the factors

involved in such a practice is neces-

sary. We have compared peat to straw.

It is well known to the farmers who

have spread straw that the same quan-

tity of oldstraw yields a better crop

than the same quantity’of new 'straw

plowed under. .At first,

seem antagonistic to the facts...

investigations, indicate that. organic

matter left exposed to the elements un-

dergoes chemical transformation due

to germ activities and the effect of the

atmosphere. Nitrogen is lost and part

of the other essential elements may

leach away. There is no reason to be-

lieve that the old straw has gained

plant food, in fact, we know that there

has been a loss. However, the organ-

isms have increased on the old straw

_ abundantly; it is slimy with them.

When incorporated in the soil, the ac-





A - celerated decay promotes ideal soil com





dltions'. The humus of the organic

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. lime reduirement.





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soil and it‘s important functions are-

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slowly. It- does not”:

_ my of has light soils and is intimately

’concemed with the application of peat





Use Peat to MakeHumus? 111





By EZRA LEVIN





Extension Specialist in





old straw is less apparent on soils

heavy and well stocked with organic

matter. ,



We have no direct evidence that sim-

ilar factors are concerned in the great-

er comparative value of weathered peat

as compared "with raw peat. Experi-

mental evidence has proved the exist-

ence of favorable organisms in raw

peat and their rapid increase after

drainage and aeration. The germ ac-

tivities have been shown to increase

even more rapidly upon the addition

of some lime. The lime requirement

of peat Soil will be taken up in another

article, but it might be said at this

point that peat being composed largely

of organic matter, contains large quan-

tities-of lime. The addition of humus

to asoil has the effect of reducing the

lime requirement of the soil. “Humus

in the soil tends to overcome acidity

and functions as an alkali.” This may

be due not only to the lime, but to the

other physical and chemical properties

of the humus. However, experience

of peat growers has very clearly estab-





Muc’k Crops, M. A. C.





able for thisyear’s crop, that is, the

residue, will be entirely available for

the next crop. As we have said before,

theorganic matter, the humus of the

soil, is continually being broken down

by the organisms of the soil. In a clay

soil, the effect of the organic matter

residue will be seen over a longer pe-

riod than in a sandy soil. A clay soil

is not easily aerated. Its physical

properties make an excess of moisture

a frequent condition. The type of germ

activity which is conducive to break—

ing down the organic matter does not

take place rapidly. Thus we can see

the effect of straw or peat on clay soil

slightly each year for a number of

years. We can put humus in a clay soil,

but it does not respond quickly because

it is not broken down rapidly and a

large part of the organic matter re-

mains only partially decomposed.



In a light soil, we have an opposite

set of conditions. Complete aeration

and gooddrainage being about ideal

conditions for increased germ activity

and decomposition. When organic mat-





 





 





 





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lished this point, namely, that drain-

age, aeration and working the peat,

destroys the acidity and reduces the

Many times, of

course, the decomposition must be

started by the addition of one or two

tOns of lime, but this is much less than

the calculated lime requirement of the

peat. As applied to the subject 'of this

article small quantities of limestone,

Or marl applied to peat which is weath-

ering will unquestionably quicken its

decomposition.



Weathered or raw peat applied to

soil which is notdeficient in lime will

become available more rapidly and be

of more immediate value than if ap-

plied on a “sour” soil.



Rapidity of Decomposition Important.



The rapidity of decomposition and

immediate availability of organic. mat?

ter is important, perhaps more import-

ant in our light soils than in our heavy

soils. The question which is now un-

der cansideration is a fundamental one

in our agriculture. Why is it true that

sandy land farmers will continue to

apply large quantities of organic mat-

ter and yet these large applications do





"not build up the soil permanently. It





must be cOntinuallyapplied or the sell

will rapidly revert back to its original

non-fertile state.. The anewer to this

questiomis paramount 'in the building.





 





ter is plowed under it is broken down

comparatively quickly, and there is a

greater loss of the essential elements.

More of the organic residue is broken

up and lost. Thus straw or peat applied

so late that it has little effect on this

year’s crop is likely to be a loss on a

light soil because the residual effect of

the organic matter will probably not

be seen in the next year’s crop. Here

we have the fundamental reason for a

cover crOp or green manure crop. This

loss of the Organic residue can be con-

verted to an asset if we. provide for

some crop to benefit from the remains

of that precious stuff, which the crop

taken off could not utilize.



This accounts for the discouraging

experience of the farmers who have

draWn decomposed muck on the lighter

high lands, and who have harrwoed in

this organic matter just before plant-

ing. They met With slight results the

first year and less the following year.

It was not the fault of the humus—it

was the fault of the system.



The green manure crop would have

conserved part of the organic matter.

As has'been mentioned before, draw-

ing raw or weathered peat or muck is

not the ideal practice. The ideal prac-

tice in the face of the evidence, is that

practice which will ,give us the value





of the, organic matter immediately, not,





only the ~eleinents‘in the muck, but the

effect of the products produced by the





»~ increased germ activity upon the un-

This ,





avaiIable plant food of the soil.





would have the effect of a larger im-

mediate crop. Furthermore, indirect-

ly, the increased residue of the crop

removed, added to the residue of the

organic matter applied, will produce a

better cover crop and a more valuable

green manure.



It is clear and has been borne out by

countless experiences of sandy land

farmers, that rapid availability of or-

ganic matter is most desirable and

most profitable, and what has been

said should be taken into consideratiOn

not only on light soils, but on heavier

soils. Of course, the lighter the soil

and the less the organic matter, the

more important is this factor of im~

mediate availability. To obtain this

condition, we apply rotted manure,

which is composted manure and straw,

or as we propose, composted manure,

and muck. In fact, composted decay-

ing matter with anything to which the

decay of the Organism can, be com-

municated.



The compost peat—it is the secret

of the Old World fertility. It is the

means by which the lands in China, ‘

used for thousands of years, have been

able to maintain their fertility. It is

the ideal way of making our muck

valuable for ouI light uplands.



We II111 discuss the compost in the

next a1 tIcle.





WHY FATHER HAS GOOD SEED

CORN.





 





Father has good quality, germinable

seed corn to plant next spring. This

in spite of the fact that his farm is in

northeastern Indiana where but very

little corn matured last fall. In talking

this over a short time ago father and

I concluded there are at least two big

reasons why there is plenty of good

seed corn upstairs: Year after year

planting of a medium—sized corn that

matures near the middle of September,

and selection of the seed ears on stalks

in the field, storing it shortly after the

first frost killed the plants.



More than twenty years ago my fath-

er adopted a policy of planting only

house-grown seed corn. At first it was

hand-selected at husking ’ time. But

five years ago he began choosing ears

from standing stalks, about twice as

many of them as will be required for

planting the coming year’s crop. Ears

chosen are not necessarily the largest

ones. The aim is, rather, to get' a me-

dium length ear—eight and one-half to

nine inches long.



An ear from a single stalk hill is not

taken, neither is one from a two—stalk

hill unless the two stalks have produc-

ed three good—sized ears. Most ears

come from three-stalk hills that have

produced at least three cars and often

four. The ears are marked when the

corn is well dented, by cutting off the

top of the stalk. After the first heavy

frost the ears are collected, or earlier

if the corn is out before frost.



Selecting corn in this way for a num~

ber of years, father has a corn that is

as thoroughly adapted to climatic con-

ditions as possible. It matures a little

earlier than the varieties lots of his

neighbors raise, and is not quite so.

large. Not all of his corn matured last 7

fall, because a very backward spring

put forward the planting of one field to "‘

June 21. But the two; fields planted as;

the normal planting season~May 10L

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CURRENT COM MENT.





 





Notwithstanding the

The Live Stock comparatively heavy

Situation. marketing of live

, stock during the past

' year, the February estimate made by

the crop, reporting board of the United

States Department of Agriculture

shows an'increase in the number of

animals on the farms of the country

for each important division of live

stock.

g This report shows the total number

of horses on hand January 1 to be 21,-

563,000, an increase of 353,000 over

last year, or 1.7 percent: of mules on

January 1 there were 4,824,000 on the

farms of the country, an increase of

101,000, or 2.1 per cent; of milch cows

there were a. total of 23,284,000 on Jan-

uary 1, an increase of 390,000, or 1.7

per cent; of other cattle there were

43,546,000, an increase of 1,857,000, or

4.5 per cent; of sheep there were 48,-

900,000, an increase of 1,284,000 or 2.7

per cent; of swine there were 71,734,-

000, an increase of 3,871,000, or 5.7

per cent.



In point of farm value the increase

is much more impressive. The total

increase in the value of horses for the



_ year is $60,319,000, of mules $63,058,-

000, of milch cows $278,388,000, of

other cattle $282,431,000, of sheep

$238,338,000, and of 'SWine $599,378,-

000. This giVes a total increase of

value of the live stock on farms since

January 1, 1917, of $1,527,912,000, or



- 22.7 per cent. The total value of all



, ’ animals on farms as estimated for Jan-

uary 1, 1918, was $263,524,000.



. An analysis of the reports of move-

ments of live stock for 1917, in rela-

tion to the figures above given Will/be



' of interest. The total movement of

cattle to fifty-three markets aggregat-

ed 22,209,718 in 1917, as com-pared with

17,522,566 tin 1916. Notwithstanding

this increase of nearly 5,000,000 head



. in the number of cattle shipped to

fitness fifty-three markets, we have an



I increase in the number of cattle main-



tained on the‘farms of the country as

pared with one year ago, which

speaks flor an increased capacity of

reduction. That-this increase may be

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crease iodine percentage; or calves and

heifers maintained on the. farms, thus

indicating a contemplated increase in

the number of cattle maintained?



' The report of movements of hogs. to

the fifty-three markets above mention-

ed shows a total movement of 35,732,-

687 in 1917, as compared with the

movement of 43,112,123 in 1916. Ap-

parently this decrease in the move-

ment ofghogs during the past year was

due to a poor pig crop rather than any

general inclination to sacrifice breed-

ing stock, since an analysis of the es-

timates shows an increase of 4.5 per

cent in swine over six months old as

compared with one year ago. The

same argument would hold true in the

reduction of sheep movements amount-

ing to nearly 2,000,000.11ead as com-

pared with 1916.



Altogether this estimate of the

amount of .live stock on the farms ”of

the country is most encouraging in the

present emergency, when many stu-

dents of the situation were fearful

that high grain prices would cause a

general cashing in on breeding stock,

to the detriment of our food supply.

The farmers of the country, taken as

a whole, appear to have been'particué

larly sane on this point. We trust. that

the farmers of Michigan have helped

to bring about this gratifying increase

in the live stock resources of the

country.





During recent weeks

Farmers No! charges have frequently

Unpatriotic. beenmade in the public

press that the farmers

of the country are not exhibiting a pa-

triotic spirit, and as proof of these

statements it was alleged that the pro

ducers are hoarding supplies upon their

farms. Those in a position to know

the attitude of producers realize clearly

that the above charges are notfounded

upon fact. There may be instances

where farmers have a larger supply

of farm products in store than is cus~

tomary, but the majority of these cas-

es may be, and likely are, the result of

natural causes and not of a feeling of

indifference on the part of the farm-

ers toward the government. The past

season has been an unusual one, and

conditions have been unfavorable to

the moving of farmers’ products to

market. In the first place the season

of harvesting was so late that fall mar-

keting was rendered almost impossi-

be. Then cold weather set in so early

that it again became difficult to move

products that are likely to suffer from

extreme temperature. The railroad sit-

uation has also added to the troubles

of our farmers in delivering their pro-

ducts the same as it has handicapped

the merchant and manufacturer.

Notwithstanding these conditions,

however, the last report of the Score-

tary of State on the amount of wheat

marketed by Michigan farmers from

August until February 1 aggregates

5,750,000 bushels, as compared with

5,500,000 bushels for the correspond-

ing period in 1916-17. So far as wheat

is concerned, these figures would seem

to indicate that producers are market-

ing as liberally as last year, and this

under conditions that have been alto-

gether unfavorable.





The stern realities of



The Realities war have come home

«War. to many Michigan

Farmer readers during



the past week more forcibly than at

any previous time since our forced

entryinto the conflict. The sinking by

‘a submarine attack of a transport bear-

ing United States troops to the front

was fortunately attended by compara—

tively small~ loss of life, but the uncer-

tainty as to whether » their boys or

their friends were on, the ill-fated





transport was but the forerunner of.

other anxious hours in. Walls of. _





homes: throughout..\the- country until

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which are“ 0! we put-

isms became a the wan-fade int ’ in"

significance, and the hardships "and

handicaps withwhich'rwe are confront-

ed as a result of thewar seem trivial

in comparison. ' -



The manner in which preparations

for the war have been conducted has

of late.been subjected to severe criti-

cism both in congress, in the public

press and by private citizens. In so

far as this criticism has been con-

structive it has. doubtless been helpful

toward the desirable end of speeding

up preparations which will hasten the

day when our conntry may be the. de-

cisive factor in bringing about a just

and lasting peace. While mistakes

have undoubtedly been. made, the sub-

stantial progress which is indicated by

the rapid shipment of troops to Eu-

rope is ‘a matter for sincere congratu-

lation. j -



With the bringing home” to us of the

realities of war as they have been forc-

ibly brought for the first time since

our entry into this conflict, we should

not make the additional mistake of

permitting the indulgence of criticism

to hamper our action. This is essen-

tially the time for action,-and coopera-

tive action on the part of every citizen

who remains at home is just as essen-

tial "as action on’the. part of the boys

who are being sent to the western

front. Let none of us forget our re-

sponsibility? in this direction as citi-

zens of the United States when we

are making our plans for next year’s

farm campaign. Let us. do the'best

we can, even under the difficult con-

ditions with which we are confronted,





 

   





 

 

 

 





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to shorten the war by providing an -





abundance of food for our own and





allied armies who are fighting the bat-





tle for individual and national freedom

throughout the world.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK





 





Foreign.



The European Wan—Artillery activ-

ity has increased on the western front

this past week, particularly along the

line defended by American forces have

the big guns been spreading havoc in

hamlets and” villages to the rear of

both the American and German lines.

An enemy battery has been destroyed

and a number of German patrols put to

rout by Pershing’s forces. A—t Verdun

a few German raidsrwere undertaken.

The general opinion prevails that the

renewed activity of the artillery corps

presages the coming drive for which

the Germans have been preparing for

some time—The Italians are also ex-

pecting that another attempt will be

made by the central powers to force

an issue in nerthern Italy early in the

spring. During the inactivity that has

prevailed on this fmnt it has been

learned that the Germ-ans and Austri-

ans were bringing in large supplies

preparatory to a renewal of the attack.

No doubt Germany calculates that by

defeating Italy ‘ she will have large

forces to release for the great contest

of arms that is Certain to come on the

western front.



The most important war news for

Americans ‘during the week has been

the torpedoing of the British: transport

Tuscania, which was carrying over

2000 United States soldiers to join

Pershing’s forces. A complete report

has not yet been made, but the latest

death estimate is placed at 147 soldiers

and several members of the boat’s

crew. The transport was under the

patrol of British men-of-war when the

torpedoing occurred. 0f the soldiers

aboard, ninety-five were from Michi-

gan. It has not been definitely learned

whether any of this number were

among the, victims of the disaster.



An unoflicial‘ report states that Dav-

id R. Francis, American ambassador to

Russia. with diplomatic representatives

of the entent allies are enroute for

Sweden under a Bolsheviki order of





expulsion. »

National.





,1mprovement in weather and trans

portation conditions has led to the pre-

liminary announcement by fuel admin-

istrator Garfield that the heatlbssuon-





«lay program is to be discontinued af-





ter Fobrticr 11». '.,- ,

‘ DirectOr 'eneral McAdoo expects to

standardise railWay equipment and

' V Wthe system £11.41”.

a .mfiveat , cars, and





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for increased pay and time,.a’iid a half

for all work beyond eight hours, as a ‘

means of; relief - in the; operation of

trains which is now being hampered

through the shortage pf men. f -. I



. Congress is discussing a bill provid~

mg for the use of convicts in the man— '

ufactnre of war supplies. The proposal

is to equip federal prisons for this

workvand to pay convicts average wag—

es obtaining in the communities-where

the prisoners- are‘located. ‘



A federal grand jury has. indicted

fifty-five men in Sacramento, Cantor.

nia, charged with plotting for the

wholesale destructiim: of industries and

shipping and interfering with the pros

caution of the war generally. - -



The Michigan railroad commission is

now considering a plan .to settle the

Question» of establifihingmetercd tele~

phone. service in Detroit.



Canada has created a war trade

board to cooperate with a similar

board in the United States, with a view

to securing unity. of action betweenvthe

two countries in making, war contracts.

/ Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who un-

derwent an operation last week, was

last reported as being in a much im—

proved condition. ‘





MICHIGAN C ROP REPGRT.





Wheat—1n reply‘ to the question,

“Has wheat during January suffered in-

jury, from any cause,” 12 correspond-

cuts in the southern counties answer

“Yes” and 216 “No;” in the central

counties one answers “Yes” and 71

“No;” in the northern counties two an-

swer "Yes’ and 59 “No," and in the

upper peninsula 15 answer “No” ‘-





 





Snow protected wheat in the state ’





and the ditferent sections 31 days.



The average depth of snow on Janu-

ary 15 in the state’was 11.51, in the

southern counties 10.90, in the central

counties 11.17, in the northern coun-

ties 13.68 and in the upper peninsula

13.60 inches.



On January 29 the average depth of

snow in the state was 17.07, in the

southern counties 15.67, in the central

counties 17.10, in the northern counties

20.53 and- in the upper peninsula 23.81

inches. ' ~ ‘-



The total number of bushels of

wheat marketed by farmers in January

at 90 flouring mills was 371,575 and at

105 elevators and grain dealers 273,831,

or a total of 645‘,406 bushels.



Of this amount 510,761 bushels were

marketed in the southern four tiers of

counties, 118,871 in the central coun-

ties and 15,774 in the northern counties

and upper peninsula.



The estimatedtotal number of bush-

els of wheat marketed in six months,

August-January, is 5,750,000. Sixty-five

mills, elevators and grain dealers re-

port no wheat marketed in January.



The average condition of live stock

in thestate is reported as follows, com-

parison being with stock in good heal-

thy and thrifty condition: Horses and

sheep 94', cattle 92; swine 01.



Grain and seed thrashed in Michigan

up 'to and including January 19, 1918.

as per returns of threshermen, is as

follows:





.Yield

per



1 were



Acres Bushcls. Bush.



Wheat 772,173 018,285 18.02



Rye ....... 23,340 4,532,417 14.02



Oats 1,239,602 44,781,680 36.13



Barley . - 3,318,740 25.73



B’kwheat 32,279 346,141 10.72



Peas ...... 14,820 . 154, 31, 10.41

Seed: '



Tim’hy 1,961 9,579 4 88



June clo 7,112 6.720 0.94



Mam’th . . 5,046 10,733 2 13



Alsike . . . 5,306 16,558 3 12



'Beans: .

White . . . 397,359 2,720,727 6.85

Bed kid. . 8,537 43,444 5.09





Brn Swed. 2,141 11,744 - 5.49





TWO-DAY AGRICULTURAL

scHOOLs. . ,





The following. twoodsy agricultural

schools will be held duringthe ensu-

ing week at, the places and dates

named. These schools are paid under

theaauspices of the Extension Depart-

ment of the Michigan Agricultural COI-

lege, and Will prove both interesting

and instructive to bothokl a (1 young





 





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‘Feb.~2223, Ensley, Newaygo (to.

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you are rich. Think of yourself

with so muCh money that the banks

are not big enough to hold all of it. In





‘ your mind get a picture of yourself





trying to think of something else to

buy—any old thing Maybe if your

imagination is good, you will see a fel-

low about your build going into a can-

dy store to do as you used to do in

days of old, that is, to buy a hex of

candy for the hard-working and faith-





ful partner at home—your wife. Of





course, this is just a hypothetical case,

so don’t begin to sputter about not

having any money. Just suppose you

did it, this once at least. .





-, The question is, whatal‘kind of candy





will you buy?



You look over all the different vari-

eties. You see a big mountain of sweet

stuff in bulk at five cents a pound. On





closer inspection you discover that





mountain to be more than candy.

There are many black specks'in it. It

looks as if it had been on the floor.

Maybe you see a discolored place that

locks like a finger mark left by some

over-anxious child that had passed that

way.



“Nix on that stuff,” you mutter, and

you strut away past a 'long counter

with different kinds of Candy and each

kind is more expensive than the kinds

you pass by.



At last you see some that looks good.

It is clean and inviting. It is cut in

You taste of

it. It is fine. You ask about it. The

clerk says, “$1 a pound,” and she grabs

a paper bag and gives you a look of in-

quiry concerning the number of pounds

you want. 'But you see that paper bag

and you do not like it. You want your

candy in something other than a paper

bag. The bag might break. The candy

might get crushed.

not want to carry a paper bag on the

street. You want something better

looking than that bag if you are to

carry anything at all. All this time

the clerk'is watching you, and she un-

derstands your hesitation. She directs

you to another counter where you can





, get candy inboxes.





You approach the last counter and





‘ . see a great‘. display of candy in vfanCy





boxes with bright ribbons andcolored

paper decorations. But you find that

the price is $2.00 a pound. You try a

sample. It tastes the same as the $1.00

candy. In fact it really looks the same.

In reality it is the same old brand of

candy, but the way it is put up makes





a world of difference with you. You.





want it just as it is. So you buy what

you want and go home satisfied.



The maker 'of that candy is glad you

bought the kind you did becausehe

made more money from the sale than

he Would have made had you purchas-

ed the cheaper variety.

maker had more customers like you he

certainly would not make any more

cheap candy. He would take his $1. 00

candy and put it in fancy boxes and





- sell it to you and your friends for $2. 00.





The little trick would please you be-





. cause that is the way you like to get





your Candy and: it would please the

candy maker because he would make

more money.



You went into that candy store to

buy candy but half. the money you

spent went for fancy box, the work of

putting the candy into the box, and for

the pretty- smile the clerk gave you by

way of coaxing you to come back an-

other day and spend some more money





. —-and maybe you did.





Boar Goods or Poor Markets?



A Wing grumble has been heard

, past few yea-rs“ from many or

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If that candy ’





ity and consequently went begging a

good market,_or the syrup was good

and .themarket was no good. The first

cause 'can not be excused. There is no

reason for its existence. The second





.cause is a misfortune and can be rem-.





edied with some thought and‘less ex-

pense.



Two years ago it cost approximately

seventy-five cents to produce a, gallon

of first-class maple syrup and to get it

ready for the market. Producers who

did not have to pay for help were, of

course, under less expense. The sell-

ing price was around $1.50 a gallon.

Last year the cost of producing was

higher by'a few cents but the selling

price also averaged higher.

risky to prophesy that there will be at

least as much, and doubtless more,

profit in the syrup made this year. Of

course, these figures hold for produc-

ers who make good syrup and know

how to sell it. There is no way to tell

how much gain (or loss) a man will

get to his credit if he makes poor stuff.



Capitalizing Friendship.



Last year there was a certain maple



syrup maker in this state who had a





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fifty cents for a quart of syrup who

can not afford to pay $1.50 for a gallon.

Where to Sell.



Somebody who} has high-grade syrup

put up in first-class containers and is

all ready to sell for big money is going

to ask, “Now that I am all ready,

where am I going tosell?” The an-

swer is, sell to somebody who has

money enough to pay for what he

wants. Sell to a rich man. There are

more rich men.in this country than

there is maple syrup to supply them.

If you don’t sell to them some other

fellow will, and then, he will have the

big price they pay. Remember that

poor people can not afford to eat maple

syrup unless they make it, any more

than they can afford to eat eggs in the

winter time. Maple syrup is a costly

luxury for people who have money. Or-

dinary people have to get along on

brown sugar and water, with a little

maple flavor in it. Maple syrup is so

good it is almost too good. ‘ The supply

of this good sweet is never large

enough for the demand. The affliction

known as “sweet-tooth" is no respecter

of persons. Rich and Door have it, but





Glass Cans Permit the Customer to see the Syrup.





friend in California. He wrote to that

friend and made arrangements for the

sale of a certain amount of maple sy-

rup. The friend was to get a commis-

sion in syrup for the amount he suc-

ceeded in selling. The friend talked

the matter over with his neighbors.

Many of them wanted syrup. An order

was made up calling for over seventy

gallons of syrup at two dollars a gal-

long. Figure it up for yourself and see

how much more that man made on

that sale than he would have made





had he sold by any of the ordinary;





ways. And why not? Many of his

neighbors sold at the first market. they

could find. They merely delivered the

syrupland took the money. It was

easy. They did nothave to wait, neith-

er did they have to think much about

it. But many times slot of work with

just a little thought makes just a little

money. . The same amount of work

with more thought is largely responSi-

ble for the rich farmer as compared





'to the poor one. .





If one tries harder to please the cus-

tomer and uses glass cans of various





sizes, that is, pint, quart and two





quart, he can demand a higher price

yak-and get it. Every time you in-

crease the pIeasure of the customer

you add some to the price of your sy-

rup. You let him pay syrup prices far

the glass can or bottle, or any other





' thing he wants his syrup in. A glass,





container permits the customer to see

11





‘ never fear that year name Will be for-





the rich man can afford to buy more

and better “medicine” for his trouble

and the chances are that he will not

hesitate long for the expense if he is

convinced that the “medicine he is get-

ting is good stuff.” That is the kind

of man to sell maple syrup to.

Finding a Buyer.



Use your friends. Write to some-

body you know or to somebody any of

your neighbors

neighbor as a reference. If that some-

body lives in a distant state where ma?

ple syrup is not made, he is just the

man. He will be pleased to think that

you know he has a sweet tooth. Tell

him everything about your syrup——-par-

ticularly the truth. -Make a feature of

that truth element. Remember you

are not going to go_ to all this bother

just so you can “soak” Somebody with

a lot of poor syrup. You want to get a

customer who will talk to his friends

about the fine syrup you sold him. You

want himto make those friends feel as

if they had to have some. If you suc-

ceed in capturing a customer make

him act as “seed” for his part of the

country Be so good to him that he will

have to talk to his friends about you.

Send him a little box of sugar cakes as

a present about a month after he has

sent you an' order. When he sees‘that

sugar lie Will forget he is living. He

will pass it around to his friends and

tell them the story all over again. If

the fellow has any children, you need





, Wwy Hanan}; you can

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ach but you can always reach his pock-

et book that way.

Another way.



Get a Sunday paper that is published

in one of the big cities, Chicago, for

instance. Search that paper, adverr

tisements, society notes, everywhere

look for the names and addresses, of

people who appear to have money in so

far as you can judge from ~what the

paper has to say about them. Spot

those advertisements about hotels, res-

taurants, etc., particularly the high-'

class eating places. Look in the ad~

vertising sections of several magazines

and pick out the names of the hotels

found there. Get about fifty names and

addresses of each.



Write a letter and send a copyo of it

to each of the places you, have select-

ed. Be sure the letter is a good one

before you send it out. If it is possi-

ble, by all means, have the letter type-

written. If you do not have a type-

writer get somebody‘s stenographer to

do the work for you. The expense will

be almost nothing. The appearance of

the letter will be improved beyond

words and will go far towards selling

your syrup. Be sure that your letter

has been properly attended to as re-

gards such matters as spelling, punc-

tuation, grammar and form. Use white

paper and stamped envelopes to match.





The person who reads your letter

will pass a snap judgment on your sy- '

rup simply by examining your letter.

If the letter is soiled, carelessly con—

structed or shows any sign of haste or

slovenliness it is pretty certain that

your syrup will be condemned as infer-

ior in quality, even though the man

who condemned it never saw any of it.

In most cases he would be right be—

cause people who are slipshod and

careless in selling their syrup are al-

most sure to be the same in making it. '

It is a sort of habit with them. And

who wants to eat syrup that is full

of dirt.



If you are not accustomed to the

writing of business letters, try this

form or adapt it to your needs:





Lansing, Michigan.

March'30, 1917.

Mr. Henry Mann,

Manager of the Sun Hotel,

Chicago, Illinois.

Dear Sir:



I have one hundred gallons of pure

maple syrup. Every gallon I made in

my own sugar grove from the sap of

my'own sugar maples. I guarantee my

syrup to be free from adulteration of

any kind, absolutely no glucose, no

brown sugar, no hickory bark flavor.



My syrup is pure and clear, light

colored and well flavored. I guarantee

it to weigh eleven pounds to the gallon

and have at least sixty-five per cent

solids. A thicker syrup will tend to

crystalize and a thinner syrup will tend





to sour. Mine is just. right.

My prices are:

One gallon ....... ‘. .$1.80

Two quarts 1.00

One quart ....... .50

One pint ............ .30





A post card will bring you a sample.

If you try the sample I know you will

give me an order.



Respectfully yours,

JOHN JONES.





The prices named are merely sug-

gestions. Make them higher or lower

as you see fit. If'you do' not want'to

send samples omit that sentence from

the letter. Samples, by the way, make

the best kind of advertising. so 11: you

do not send samples, doubtless it Would

be wise to increase the number of let—

ters you send out. But even then the

method would not be so effective as it

would be if the samples were given.





.The samples should be no larger than





a four-ounce bottle of syrup because a

bottle of that size, or smaller, can be

sent through the mail if precautions

are taken to keep it from breaking. A

cigar box would make a good container .

for the bottle, which should be packed '





in tightly with sawdust or cotton wool. ‘





The idea. in packi 'it ism get enough], '





as
Solve your farm labor problemwith a Parrett.





P Fozttfi'i‘e yt in Whig“ g:

arr me or eve rt

United States and how found it ungafily easy to

operate, remarkably simple in construction. Boys

'endwmnencaneasily do agooddayswork with

a Parrett.



It is a one-man machine. It' is self-steering' 1n

the furrow. No special is required.

sensitive governor insuresotellspeed's am’ini’mumu

of fuel consumption. And it possesses my other

equally menisci—equally practical featurns.



£39 Pmfill three 14-321 bottoms, run

a me 1.11 so orator, we at a stea



speed of two and three-ejahths miles per 1102111, burns kerosene and is

made by a firm whose entire energies are spent in makioggood tractors.



Write for the catalogue now.





 





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Use More Plant Food





It IS goodh economy to buy less low grade

and more hi grade fertilizer. It has been

proven that tie larger amounts of plant food

bring the best results. You ct more plant food

to the ton and have less freig t to pay.





   





Farm crops are sure to bring good prices

tnis year, but every dollar invested in fertilizer

should be made to go as far as possible.





A. A. C. Fertilizers economize labor. They

produce big crops and decrease the cost of pro-

duction.





If we have so again! in your “on, we want one. Write “for

our West agent’s address or ask for an agency yourself.





   

   

 





The Company maintains an Agricultural Service Bureau

conducted by Dr. H. J. Wheeler, for many years‘ Director

of the Rhode Island State Experiment Station, whose

Crop Bulletins, services and advice are free to all farmers.





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[parcel post. , '

The letters you soul out will doubt-

less bring some kind of aresponse in





' a good percentage of‘cases, particularly





if the samplesare offered. Those peo-





‘ple who do not answer your letter





should be reminded of your syrup.

Maybe some will order if coaxed a lit-

tle more. Itis, a. good plan to ‘have s.

lollowrup letter for such people; A

post card will do. . Writeon it some

thing like this:





“My stock of pure maple syrup



‘ growing smaller. ;



Better get in your order before it is

too late."





Under these two sentences list your

prices the Same ‘as you did' in the let.

tor. A. notice of this sort sent twoi‘or

"th1 ee weeks after the'lettel is almost

sure to catch some trade that other-

wise would have been lost





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I have been reading in the market

reports of the paper of the great ex—

pectation of a big movement of the

corn crop in- the near future. Now, in

my opinion the country will soon awak-

en to the fact that there is not the

corn in the United States that has been

figured on. Take the situation here in

Monroe county, for example. There is

no corn that will grind without arti‘

flci-al drying. I had in some fifteen

acres. It looked good for ninety to

100 bushels of ears to the acre. We

could not cut it until late, but we did

not" have any killing frost here until

the [ninth of. October.



But'after the corn was cut and shock-

ed it would not dry out fit to husk, so

we left it and soon there came a heavy

freeze and this corn has been frozen

isolid ever since. We are drawing it

into the barn and huskiugas we feed it.

'l am feeding it to six milch cows, four

fattening cattle, and five calves. We

take a mate in the house night and

morning and put it on the furnace reg-

ister. When it thaws out, break it up

and feed to these cattle. With this we

feed about forty pounds of ground cats.

with the two bushels of ears of this

corn. For roughage we have fed noth<

ing but cornstalks. This stock runs

out in the barnyard about two or three

hours each day, and have all the oat

straw they care to eat, but they eat

Fvery little straw. The cows are giving

about seventeen pounds of milk each

per day.



This corn is soft, with but a few ma~

ture ears among it. And when we came

to husk it we find that it will not yield

over one-half as much as we expected

_When out. My corn is better than the

average for this locality, but I have

not got a bushel that would make corn

'meal fit to use in the household for

cooking purposes. I don’t see how any-

one in Michigan could use part corn

meal instead of all wheat flour, unless

they get it from without the state.





There is one-fourth of the corn crop

of 1917 yet in the field around here,

and of course, there is not one single

ear of this corn now in the field that

will grow, and but little if any of it

that is fit for seed. I see that seeds-

men are asking from $8 to $12 per

bushel for seed corn. It seems to me

this is a thing for the government to

look into. If the farmers are to raise,

or try to raise, a big crop next season

they want some encouragement in get-





, ting seed.





As for the wheat crop, 'IV have my

doubts of it making a good crop around

here. The crop was sown'late and the

weather was so cool and-cloudy that it

made but a very small growth, and the

winter came on while the ground wa‘s

here; then came. a snow and some

sleet, which left a slight crust upon

what. little snow there was on the





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agreatportlonoftheflelds. 7 .

. As the United, States government '

wants. all the wheat raised this year

that is «possible, how would it be for

should the fall

wheat kill out this spring, to sow

spring Wheat? !I have never sown any,

and don’t know what one might'expect'

.peracre should they sow it in Michi< .1

gun, but under war conditions the farm'-

er might be patriotic enough to 'try it.

Of course, they should get the seed at

reasonable prices.





Monroe Co. JAMES F. BARRY.





 





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During the remaining months ofwim

ter is a good time to test for germina-

tic-n seeds Which are" to ‘be'nsedifor

spring planting. For nothing is more

discouraging to a farmer than to spend

a lot of time and (110-3. lot of hard work

getting a field ready for a crop, and

then learn when. it is too late that the

seed. he has used is of low germinating

power.





If it is important in ordinary years

that we know whether or not our seeds

will grow well before planting it is

doubly on this year. For we have had.

at least three rather poor years in suc~

ccssion at' a time when we really need-

ed extraordinary good years.



Never before was food 80 scarce as

at the present time, therefore we can

not afford to put any seed in the

ground which 'Will not grow, for by so

doing we are losing food at both ends

of the, season. In the spring through

the seed, and in the fall through the

crop we should harvest, and do not be-

cause of no stand, or a poor stand of

plants On account of poor seed.



It is a very simple matter to test

any of the following seed: Oats, barley,

peas, beans, garden seeds, clover, al<

falfa and grass. In a later article I

will explain in detail a method of test-

.ing each individual ear of seed corn.





To’test the above seeds take com-

mon tea saucers and securing blotting

paper or outing flannel cut a piece

large enough to cover bottom of same,

count out a given number of seeds of

the kind to be tested, (109 is a good

number to use) put upon the paper or

cloth and fill saucer about one-third

full of warm water. Put over the seeds

3 piece of paper or flannel similar to

the one they are on, and turn a com»

mon saucer over the cloth— and seeds

to check evaporation. Put the saucer

in a warm place and look at same at

least twice each day to see that the

seeds are supplied with the proper

amount of moisture.





Some seeds germinate slower than.

others but at the end of about ten days

for most kinds and 'much sooner for

others, it will be possible to tell the

percentage of germination.



W. C. EvKARD,

Ass’t County Agr’l Agent.





 





WHY FATHER HA8 GOOD SEED

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(Continued from page 203). _

seed corn. Unfortunately for neigh-

bors now without seed cm’n, one of

these fields was boggedoff and the

other supplied corn to fill the silo.



I know of but one other farmer in

father’s township who has seed com.

He'selected his seed from one of faith?

er’s . fields tact fall “because he was

afraid. his big corn would not mature.



Giowlng a. medium corn adapted to

climatic conditions, and selecting corn

on standing stalks and storing it. caly-

are the reasons why father has good

seed corn. He knows" it is good, fora;

general test or two hundred; carer?»

looted at random early moment 8‘" i

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HOSE Who give the matter con-

' sideration realize that the influ-

ences of war on the present and





future of crop production is seen, felt





and realized. New conditions which

have developed among the warring na-

tions of Europe are likely to bring

about changes that were never thought





‘of before the. past few years may





leave in their wake of immediate stir-

ring events, effects which may require

not ”only skill, but considerable time

to correct...



Our President made a Wise remark

when he declared that “the sinews of

war are existing in the farmer’s fields,

and. it requires the labor, patience and

skill of the tillers oi the (soil to bring

them out.” If that be true there is a

grave and great.responsibility resting

on the American farmers. The United

States is looked upon as the granary 'of

the world and the greatest live stock

emporium in the World. We are called

upon to furnish not only the grains

but the meats needed to go with them

to make up a mixed diet for the con-





testants and defenders of the great





cause of human liberty on the battle

fields, over the seas and in the air.



It will be well for us to stop, think

and consider before we make radical

changes in oilr manners and methods

of farming. In times of peace what is





,called general/mixed farming usually





prevails. In times of war farmers are

prone to specialize. In other words,

they are likely to select one, two or

three crops which they think will pay

best and devote their attention to

those crops and neglect nearly, if not

all, others.



When the changes mentioned are

made the regular rotation of crops on

the farm are broken up and serious

damages to the soil may follow as the

result. If the crops selected to raise

are what we call immediate cash crops

like wheat, beans and potatoes, the

necessity of keeping up the supply of

organic matter in thecsoil is likely to

be overlooked. The immediate income

from the wheat and beans may be so

tempting that they will sow wheat after

wheat and plant beans after beans and

use up the humus in the soil at a rapid

rate. In a short period of years the

realization of a depleted soil is a fact.

If the ones who perpetrated the crime

of robbing the" soil of some of the es-

sentials for crop production are not

present to view the barren condition

'of the soil, others will be there with

strong epithets with which to curse

them.



Maintain the Organic Matter.



While space at present will not al-

low a full discussion of the importance

of keeping organic matter in the soil,

I feel constrained to give a hint now

and ask for a deliberate consideration

of the matter before the venture is

made toward the one crop plan for im-

mediate financial gain. -When nature

formed our soils of the leaf mold

which came from the leaves from the

primal forest trees which grew here

before the advent of. civilized ‘man,

there was present an abundance of veg-





"etable matter which Was mixed with





the dirt at and near the surface, mak-

ing possible the circulation. ‘of ,air

in the soilvand holding the moisture

Which would hold in solution the plant





.food which the roots of the grain crops

growing could take up and grow to ma»

turity and provide abundantly. When





the virign soiI was tickled with the





plow, while the process of fermenta-





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' i j semen harvest.





tion and decay of the vegetable matter

went on, plant foods were released and

in due time the fields laughed With a





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things in mind, let us not forget that





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is wheat theregexudes from the roots





of the wheat a substance which is poi-

son to 'the wheat if you attempt to

grow it on the same ground year after

year. Consequently losses from sev-

eral directions follow. An old saying,

“grow wheat‘aft’er wheat and you will

have nothing to eat,” has a strong hint

ofrtruth in it.



The general crop grower has the

remedy at hand if he will use it. As

Prof. Kedzie used to say, “Let the red-

headed captain, June clover, have a!

placeand lead in the system of rota-

tion and the farm cropper can endure

for a long time.” Let‘clover follow

wheat, beans follow clover, then wheat

after beans, followed by clover, andJ

the cash crop system is not so danger-

ous. The roots of the clover not only

improve the physical condition of thel

soil, but when there is a heavy crop

it adds about eight tons of vegetable]

matter to each acre of ground on which i

it grows. Then if the crop of clover

hay which grows above the surface is

fed to the teams and other. live stock

kept on the farm, and the manure re-

turned to the soil, there is a still

farther addition to the organic matter

which can be put into the soil.



Mixed Farming Best.



From What has been said we must

conclude that for the best interests of

all, and for the benefit of both the pres-

ent as well as future generations, 3

well regulated system of mixed farm-

ing can be made to serve the farmers

best, as well as those who are depend—

ing on the farmers of this country to

furnish food for them while theyde-

fend and contend for the universal lib-

erty which must come and be main-

tained if life among the civilized na-

tions is to be worth living.



There is a general demand for meat

as well as bread, and if the farmers

are willing to do the best service for

all, their plans will be laid by which

they can grow grains and special crops

and at the same time produce the

meats needed.



As citizens, business men and pa-

triots, the fertility of the soil should

be ever present in the minds of those

who till the soil. To give attention

alone to raising special crops is to neg-

lect an opportunity to do a double ser-

vice ‘by providing both grains and

meats on the farms. The cows, .the

sheep, the pigs and the poultry, are

contributors to the support of the fam-

ily and to conserve the manure and

return it to the soil should be looked

upon as a duty as binding as the duty

to make an effort to secure an honest

living. To neglect to save and return

the manure to the soil is to shirk a

duty which may be called an unpardon-lr.





 





 





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When a well regulated system of

mixed farming and a well regulat-

ed'system of rotation is universally fol-

lowed, clovers and the manure from

the live stock are the sources from

which the supply of organic matter is

kept in the soil. The farmers who fol-

low those systems can be if they follow

the plans with a good degree of intelli-





gence, good soil builders and soil im- '





provers instead of soil robbers.



It is our duty first to‘ meet .the im-

mediate needs of the families on the

farms, the laborers in the various in-

dustries which contribute to the needs

of the people of our' nation, and to the

armies in the service of the allied na-

tions; and, yet. while we have these





we should not work and plan for the

present alone. There are generations

which will follow Whose interests it is

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_the hearts and the condolences of the





people of every city, village and rural

community of our country. Communi-

ties must be brought to think together

before they can act together The pur-

p0se of this article is to analyze some

of the factors whcih have prevented

community sentiment, and furtherto

state a few of the factors which will

develop community sentiment.-





Factors Which Prevent Community

7 " Sentiment. ,



In this discussion the problem will

be treated from the standpoint of rural

communities.



Our Country Has Not Been Perma-



nently Settled.



In many European countries, such as

Germany, the rural population is in a

large degree permanent. The some

families and their descendants live on

”the same land and in the same commu-

nity for generations. In America this

has not been true. There have been

veritable tides of shifting populations

in our history. The New England fam-

ilies came first to the middle west.

The next generation -moved on still

farther west. Another movement brings

them to the far west. Then begins the

era of rising land values. Land is not

considered a family possession but a

commodity to be bought and sold.

Farm tenantry sets in as an ever-in-

creasing force. Hence it is that our

rural populations (the same is true of

urban centers also, but the causes dif~

fer), are unsettled. Community senti-

ment depends upon a. community mind

and a community conscience. There

can be no community mind and hence

no community sentiment when the fac-

tors which go to make up the commu-

nity are constantly changing.





Our Populatibns Are Made up of,

Various Nationalities.





America is still a new country. Its

population is made 11p of immigrants

of nearly all the nationalities of the

earth. Some of these immigrants have

attempted to- carry the spirit of their

own nation into the life of this nation.

The so-called German propaganda was





 





 





.an attempt to have Germans who lived

Iin America continue to be Germans in

spirit. They might have a certain

amount of loyalty for the community

in which they lived, but they were to

maintain also a loyalty for the Father-

land. Because we are still in our in-

fancy as a nation, and because we are

all first, second, third or fourth gener-

ation “somebodies,” it has been diffi-

cult: to develop cemmunity solidarity.

We have not .had time to entirely lose

our various national identities. From

a community standpoint this problem

presents the following racial difficul-

ties:



at. Differences in language.



b. Differences in religion.



c. Differences in education.



(1. Differences in family customs.



With all of these factors tending to

divide people into cliques and racial

groups the problem creating a'unified

community becomes extremely difficult.





American Farmers Live Separately and

' Not in Centers. ‘



Due to our extensive type of agricull

ture we have developed a form of rural

life which makes it necessary for fam~

ilies to live apart. In Europe where

intensive agriculturebecame a neces-

sity a long time ago the populations

live in closer communion. The hamlet

system, in which the people who work





and from their work each day, is com-

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the land live in small hamlets, going to





 





«mm. This mmt consumes Hr-





ing together an easier task. Coopera-

tive societies of various kinds grow

naturally out of such conditions. In-





order. to‘ develop a working community ‘





sentiment people must have frequent

social intercourse. Good roads, auto-

mobiles, telephones and other means





of transportation arefactors which are _





constantly increasing the possibilities





of social intercourse for our rural pop- '





ulations. It can still be considered a

factor in hindering the growth of com-

munity sentiment.





Prosperity Has Not Forced. American '





Partners Into Economic Cooperation.

With a few exceptions caused by un-





‘usual conditions we have enjoyed a‘





more or less general prosperity as pro-





ducing farmers. We have not felt the .





grim necessity of hanging together for

fear of hanging alone. With fertile





land that could be purchased at reason- F





able prices and with a constantly ris-





ing market it has been pessible for





good farmers to succeed financially.

We are told that Denmark saved itself

from economic ruin through rural co-

operation. As a nation Denmark was

face to face with the problem of a de-

cadent agriculture. Cooperative buy-

ing, selling and soil-building became a

necessity rather than a theory. This





issue has not been forced upon Ameri- .





can farmers. There are many signs at

the present time which point to the





conclusion that we shall soon face a





similar crisis. Economic cooperation

is the proper foundation for. community

sentiment, providing the means is npt

mistaken for the. end. Economic coop-

eration should have a spiritual basis





and because it. has not had this its'





path has been strewn with so much of

failure. If economic cooperation be-

comes a part of the general plan of

community life—of the together spirit

—-it will take its proper place. If peo-

ple cooperate only for the purpose of





getting a few more dollars, neglecting ,





the remainder of life, their cooperation

is bound to be superficial and without

permanence.



There are many other causes which

have tended to separate our communi—





ties. Those mentioned above will suf- '





flee to give the reader a basis for

thinking. A community leader should

study his or her own community first

from the standpoint oft he things which

separate and then from the standpoint

of the things which we have in

common.





Factors Which Encourage Cemmunity ‘





Sentiment.





Only a few suggestions will be made

here.





least common denominator—the thing-





upon which the largest number of {1130- ‘





ple in the community can agree.





We Must Learn to Utilize the Resident

\, Forces.





Community sentiment cannot come





from without. It must grow from with-





in. We depend too much upon the help .





that comes from away. Local forces

may be stimulated in this way but if

too much dependence is placedin the

casual stimulant the local forces will

decay through lack of activity. The





Wiitcr knows of communities which '





have on the surface all, of the marks of

live and functioninggroups. Outside

speakers can always depend upon a

large audience. Outside entertainments

are well supported. Upon closer inves-

tigation, however, one finds that such





communities are not in reality perform- .

They have .

no faith in their own leadership. They -.





ing the proper functions.





do nothing of and by themselves. The

surest method for developing cdh;fim-.





the power-g and capacities of the peo-

ple who make up the commiiirlty.





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ership may use the economic motive as

the basis for, a fuller community life.

In times of stress, such as the present,

it is not difficult to visualize the neces-

sity of economic interdependence. A

few methods for bringing this about

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a. Farm loan associations.



b. Cooperative buying and selling

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first point made .lun’d-er, this heading.

Localleadership should be used butit

must first be trained. *‘One of the rea-

. sons for failure in many farmers’ co«

operative organizations has been the

fact that it was- not appreciated that

buying and selling is a very complex

transaction and that it demands skilled

leaders trained in business methods.

Our rural populations are rapidly pro-

ducing such minds, but'until they are

available, the larger coOperative organ-

izations should employ eflicient guid-





. 8.1109.





We Must Organize Our Educational

Life. .



Although the consolidated school is

undoubtedly the solution of a‘llarge

number of our educational problems in

the country, still we must not wait

until a consolidated school becomes a

reality before we begin to organize our

educational life. The following sugges-

tions for, the organization of the edu-

cational life of the community may be

of assistance in clarifying this idea:



a. The school education must have

a more definiterelationship to actual

life. .



b. The scho'ol must extend its influ-

ence into every home of the commu-

nity; the process of education never

stops.



c. The teacher of the school must

be community-minded.



d. The schools and the homes must

be brought into closer union; home

projects through boys’ and girls’ clubs

accomplish this.



Recent surveys have revealed the

fact that there is a startling diversity

of educational standards in. certain

communities. Until all of the members

of a cemmunity, including old as well

as young, attain a more or less equal

standard of education there can be no

real" expression of community senti-

ment. The schools have the power to

bring this about. .



We MustOrganize‘Our Social and



Recreational Life.

This is a period of over-organization.

There are no great dangers in this ten-

. dency so long as the various organiza-

tions appreciate their interdependence.

When' the multiplicity of organizations

assumes the function of furnishing so-





cial and recreational advantages the ,





danger is this: The community is

likely to be divided into little cliques

or groups eachstriving to outdo the

other in its little Sphere. A communty

council of some sort which will have

as itsduty the correlating of all of the

various lodges, clubs, churches and

other organizations in the community

has been tried in some places with ex-



cellent results. . " ’

In this day ,when we .are being called

up'dn to thinkandactin terms of our

.‘state ended: nation it behooves us to

learn the lesson of thinking, and acting

Through

, bow» in almost an unconsci?

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d.,'*Community games. '



This" article has been extended far

enough so‘ that readers of the Michigan





. Farmer will be'in position to make ap-





plications to their own communities.

The subject has been opened for dis-

cussion.‘ It has not been exhausted. is

it not time for church cooperation?

How long are we going to tolerate the

“shameful and un-Christian spirit of

church competition? Is it not also the

time for community cooperation in giv-

ing? There are several» counties in

Michigan where County Patriotic

Leagues have‘been organized. Every

movement, such as Red Cross. Y. M. C.

A... Liberty Loan, etc., which requires

giving secures its fund through the

patriotic league. People learn to give

systematically and on a scientific basis

—according to their means. This has

a tremendous tendency to bring the

canimunity together. “



As was said in the beginning of this

article, “Democracy must be made safe

at home” if “the war is to bring about

the desired result. Now, as never be-

fore, must we learn to put our own sel-

fish desires in the background so that

the community may gain expression

and live. There is one great certainty

in our lives just now. That is this:

The war must be won or our very lives

will be insecure. To this must be at-

tached the other certainty that we can-

not win this war unless we present a

unified front. We must fight not as

“these United States” but as “the”

United States, and we must contribute

our shareas unified communities. The

farmer’s share in the winning of the

war is perhaps the greatest of all. If

he measures up to the full responsi-

bility of that share it will be because

he has learned the lesson of submerg-

ing his own wiil to the will of the com-

munity, the state and the nation. That

is what community sentiment does, and

that is why it is so sadly needed just

now. "



Perhaps the greatest contribution

which the war will make to our social

life is this: It will teach us through

common suffering to think and act to-

gether. May the suffering be not too

great and may it be shortened by the

patriotism of the community-minded

farmer whose individual life and wel-

fare is not so important that he cannot

sacrifice it for the larger life and the

larger welfare. The American farmer

has been traditionally patriotic. In

spite of what some false'leaders now

say, I cannot believe that he will new

measure his patriotism in terms of dol-

lars and cents. I have faith in the Am-

erican farmer. I have seen the things

for which this article has contended

growing in many communities. That





means that community sentiment is '





growing; that democracy lives in his





heart and therefore it will be made ,





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While lambs, yearlings and sheep of

good quality have continued to sell at

far higher prices than in former years,

the packers and other butchers have

discriminated to a. greater extent than

usual against heavy weight lambs, and

flocks offered on the Chicago market

whichaverage 90"pounds and upward

are selling at-an extremely large dis-





count from the prices paid readily for '





prime lambs of medium weight. Occa-

sionally, these heavy, lambs have sold

better, but 'whenever this happened

owners at once began marketing such

lots so freely as to send prices down

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By W. F.





,WISH I might say a few things up-

on this subject in a way that would





number of. people in Michigan who,

through. improved methods of breeding

have now on hand numbers of promis—

ing calves that will make excellent

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to eat if we proceed slowly enough. In

time, when the calf is accustomed to





grainit may be given all it will eat up ,





clean without any danger of trouble.

The matterofroughage is as import-

ant as that of grain. Hereto we should

begin carefully and proceed slowly. A

very little clover or alfalfa at first, or

'even mixed hay or dry corn stover will

answer. I would only give the calf-a

little. What the animal wastes does

it no good. By the time the calf is four

weeks ‘old it may begin to eat ensilage.

Indeed, I have fed‘ensilage to calves

as the only roughage and had them do

very well. With hay at present high

prices, and with silos filled with the

abundance of corn that was worth lit-

tle for anything else, ‘I should not feed

mdch hay to calves this winter. As

soon as I had determined the amount

of grain the calves would clean up

with a relish I would put that grain on

the ensilage exactly as for the older

animals, always taking care not to feed

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It takes courage to feed whole milk to

a calf when butter-fat is above fifty

cent, we may modify it With skim<

'is absolutely essential to the proper

development of the calf. It is possible,

however, to feed too much. I believe

that from three to four per cent in

milk is enough for any calf at any time

and if we are sure that our cow is giv-

ing milk that tests from five to six per

cent. We may modify it with skim-

In my





milk. But I continue to allow the calf

two pounds of whole milk per day for

two or three weeks longer.



t The danger of over-feeding must al-

ways be guarded against. More calves

are compelled to drink too much skim-

mtlk than are fed too little. The amount

they are able to take with profit de-

pends upon their weight and upon their

individuality



, The matters of grain and rough-age

are very important in. the development

we the calf. ' Galves should begin to‘eat

la; numm gm-in.:byths time ,thsyane

ithree weeks old, but only a: little. The

practice of. putting so small amount of

grain; in the bottom. of the pail after

7the‘ calf has finished the'mtm is not

iobJectionable', but ifhaxndied right the

lanhnal. will: soon learn- to; eat grain dry

[from a box and thisis or more conven-

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cleaned until the next feeding period

arrives. A. friend of mine, one of the

most successful dairy men I know,

says he wants his cattle to be anxious

enough for their feed so that they will

try to jump into the silage car as it

passes‘in front of them, and yet sew"

oral of those heifers are making two

pounds of‘ fat per day during this cold

weather. Nobody ever saw a bovine

animal with that kind of an appetite it

it were in the hands of a careless

feeder.



Now, a word about the kinds of grain

and roughage. It is fortunate for us

that there are many things that can be

fed to calves with almost equal suc-

cess. Some people think it necessary

to- feed the prepared calf meals. Now

they will not injure caFve-s and can be





“used with- success: in the: hands? of h .





careful feeder, but they are not “fool-

proof" by any‘means, they are not nec-

essary and they are expensive- They

are no more so, however, than many

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we human beings eat. The advantage

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supply. However, a farmer can start

a pure-bred herd on a small scale by

purchasing heifer calves and then

breeding them to a pure-bred bull. It

is surprising how soon three or four

years pass by on a busy farm and how





. ‘much can be accomplished in that time

‘ in the improvement of a dairy herd.





The dairy cow produced on the farm

can be obtained for the least expense.

The home-raised cow understands the





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tics. Also, there is a. ‘lot'of satisfac-

tion in producing good COWS, for then

you are sure to have them and if you

depend on buying the cows they may

be hard to find and you may not have

the money available for their purchase.





A farmer who owns a pure-bred bull





‘ and-furnishes service to the neighbor’s





herds should receive‘the squarest kind

of a deal from the neighbors. This

means that fees should be paid prompt-

ly and not neglected, as has been the

case in some communities. Some farm-

ers never appreciate the privilege of

using a pure-bred bull on a neighbor-

ing farm until the Owner discontinues

the privilege. Then it often means a

leturn to scrub breeding or a long trip

up the road. A community- -owned bull

will be a fine investment in every

farming section. '



The use of a tank heater in winter

will make a saving in feed, as the cat,-

tle will not need so much to keep them

in condition as is necessary when they

have to heat ice water after drinking

it. Cattle will drink more water if the

chili is removed and this will cause an

increaSe in the milk flow. The dairy-





men in our Section have not all had a





supply of coal for their tank heaters

this winter, and it has caused much— in-

convenience. Wood cannot be safely

used in one of these heaters because of

the sparks that may be carried near

the barn or straw stack. Some insur-





ance policies stipulate that wood must -





not be used in a tank heater. The

farmer without enough fuel to use in

his ntank heater is surely losing money

and if possible enough coal should be

stored next summer to avoid a~repe—

tition of this trouble. ,

Every cow in a'herd will have indi-

vidual characteristics which must be

studied in order to give the animal the

,proper care. Carelessly feeding the

same amount to every cow will mean

that some receive too much and others

not enough. This will not 1esult in

the economical production of milk and

the situation can be remedied by

watching the cows at feeding time.

The lantern is one of the tools of the

dairy business on farms without elec-

tric lights. 'A strong wire stretching

through the stable, or plenty of .sub-

stantial books will be needed to keep

the lanteln from being tipped over or





kicked into the straw.‘ Near our sec-





tion a farmer once placed his lantern

The horse





ting it out. Burning oil on the hay

spread rapidly and the barn was burn-

ed to the groimd.



It will pay to attend some of the





pure-bred stock auctions in your com-





munity even if you are not a prospec-

tive buyer. They furnish an oppbrtu—





‘ unity to study 'good cows and compare

them with the stock on the home farm





It makes an interesting day fer a dairy-

man and it is a stimulation for the





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on still days in winter when the sun'.

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very doubtful if much

results from the oil it contains. It-has

been clearly proven that this oil will

not take the place of the butter-fat in

the animal economy. I am satisfied

now that any of the ordinary grains,

grown on the farm, will answer-well





corn, either whole or ground, is excel-

lent, a little wheat bran may be mixed

with, these grains, if we have it, either

of the above grains may be fed alone,





the mixed grain ration, fed to the dairy

cows, may be shared by'the calves

with. equal profit, providing it does not

contain cottonseed, meal.



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first, with a good clover hay a close

second, after which I ’wOuld prefer

corn ensllage. One should be careful

about the quality of ensilage fed to the

calves.

from mould and the animals should be

given no more than will be promptly

cleaned up. ,



There is a tendency not to continue

the skim~mi1~k long enough in the life

of the calf. We have been getting

splendid results from skim~milk with-





to think of it merely as a source of pro-

tein, but I did not know that the pro-

tein in the milk was two and a half

times as available as the protein in

grains, and yet such is the case. I





availability but the thing we all over-

looked in the past, I am sure, is» its

mineral value. No animal can be de-

veloped normally without a proper pro-

portion of mineral in the ration. To

deprive a young animal of milk is to

limit its ultimate size. If we are con-

structing a building we first erect the

frame. We cannot build a dairy ani-

‘ mal without a frame, and to make the

frame takes mineral in plenty, and we

cannot get it anywhere so easily or so

cheaply as in skim-milk. We should

continue it until the animal is six

months old at least, and preferably for

a longer time.



It is hard to over-estimate the value

of good pasture for young dairy ani-

mals. Last fall I turned a bunch of

heifers into some very fine clover and

it was interesting to watch them grow.

I have been in the upper peninsula»

when pastures were at their best, when

cows would come up at night so well

satisfied with the ration of the day

’ " that they would look at bundles .of

' green corn with much the same feeling

as that of a man who turns from the

choicest of fare in a popular hotel to





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,wheatless-day in a third-rate restau-

" rant and I'have wished that I might

take that magnificent pasture and

somehow spread it over the brown

scorched acres on which our cows were

passing their time in fighting flies and

waiting for their evening ration. Yes,

[good pasture is all right, nothing in

the world is better tor dairy animals of

any age, but it is scarce and Where it

is not good we must supplement with

something else. It will not do to let

these young animals stop growing. A

little grain once mimics a each day,

some oats and peas in their season,

sweet cornstalks a little later on, a

patch of alfalfa close by, all these will

help. Perhaps the most convenient

thing of all is the summer silo but the

all-important matter is in some way to

keep these young animals growing.

The dairy heifer at from two to two

and a half years of age should be a.

well developed animal. If she has been

neglected she may be partially develop-

ed after her work as a cow has begun

but she will never reach the extent of

production of which she, might other~

wise have. been capable. The writer

. has a cow of very strong milking ten-





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= Jersey. milk 'per‘d‘ay, but "she. could not"

consume ’ feed enough to continue at

that rateof production so she borrow-

ed from‘her little body until her pro-‘

'ductiOn diminished to a point where

she could eat enough to keep even. She

is “naturally a good cow but I am los~

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by not having assisted that animal to





 

 





 

 





grow a strong body that was able to do ~. '





the work for which her inheritance

has fitted her. '





And now may we say a word in clos-

ing, about feeding the heifer" during "

her first period of lactation. Here again

it is up to the man. Truly,‘it takes a

' wise man to develop a dairy animal, to

know just how and. when to feed, to

know what 'to feed and how much, to

watch the cow from day to day and

feed her as an individual and not sim~

ply as a member of the herd. These

are requisites of a. good» dairy man but

to acquire them takes application and

experience. No heifer is fully devel-

oped at two years. The lighter breeds

may begin milking then with profit,

but the Holsteins should have a little

more time. During the first milking

period two objects should be kept con~

stantly in View. First, the further de~

velopment of the animal, and second,

the production of milk in paying quan~

titles. We must not over-feed for we

do not want toimpair digestion and

limit development, we‘must not under-

feed because if we do the animal will

{all off in flesh, then in vitality and we

shall be very sure to fail in our

purpose. , '



The all-important thing is to hold

on. In the old days when it took Meir

ty-firve cents to senda letter and the

stamps would not stick well at that,

and if the stamp did not stick the

postage must be paid again at the oth-

er‘end, an unfortunate fellow who had

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if the thing sticks.” NOW, reader,

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MEETING OF DETROIT AREA MILK

' PRODUCERS.





 





Delegates representing the locals. of

the Detroit area met at the Detroit

Board of Commerce rooms last Thurs-

day. Seventy~three locals were repre-

sented by about 300 delegates.



President Hull, of the Michigan Milk

Producers’ Association, gave an ad-

dress which was replete with good

counsel and encouragement and was

greeted with outbursts of applause

from the delegates.



The general tieup of all business as

a result of the severe weather'and the

scarcity of fuel has had an effect upon

the milk industry. As a result of this

the milk producers have met severe

losses. The disposition on the part of

the housewife to Hooverize on all ex-

penditures has also reduced milk con-

sumption. As a result of these and

other conditions, there is much less of

this product being consumed in Detroit





now than at any time during the past





year. To meet these new conditions

Mr. Hull urged that constructive busi-

ness principles be applied.





Field Secretary Reed continued the

argument of Mr. Hull’s by urging a for-

ward movement along the line of ad-

vertising dairy products. Every other

commodity of commerce is being ad-

vertised liberally except the products

of the farm and dairy. Through adver~

t‘ising‘ he believes it possible to protect

the market and the public from ade-

creased consumption of this ,whbl'e-

som‘e’ food. To this end. he urged- that

an advertising campaign beat pong-ethi-

augm'ated to acquaint the: peoplq of



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- since I saw you,” he replied.





'tell what the matter was;

'perhaps that they were prejudiced. I

Ewas ready to sell my cows. .





4 comes from the separator.





I walked out to“ the barn where he was

just finishing his “chores.” I was sur-

prised to see the change that had tak-

en place in his tie-up.



“Good morning,” I said to him, “this

is certainly a surprise! The last time

that I heard from you, I understood

that you were going out of the dairy

business. Now here you have your

.-tie up all made over; what does it

.mean?”



“We11,I’ve found out a thing or two,





was pretty well d1scou1 aged then. You

remember I had been having more or

less trouble with the creamery. They

were ‘kicking’ about my cream all the

time; .they said it had ‘off’ tastes and

would not‘keep. I could not seem to

I thought





“One morning as I was milking my

cows, the county agent came in. We

got to talking about things and he ad~

vised me not to give up. ‘I think you

can make things all right,’ he said. He

called my attention to the condition of

my cows. They were all covered be-

hind, on their flanks and tails, with

dirt and manure. Even their'udders

were none too clean. But I did brush

those off when I milked. But with the

cows that way I was unable to keep





the milk clean when I milked, pieces of





dirt and dust would get into the pail.

You see, I got careless and did not

clean them off regularly. Nor did I

give them much bedding and they





'would lie down in the droppings and





get all dirty.





NE morning recently, I was over





I went in to see a





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‘fYou noticé that I now have swing

stanchions hung on chains? If you re-

member, I used to have them tied with

chains around their necks attached to

a pole. With that arrangement they

had too much freedom so that gave

them a chance to get dirty. By the

county agent’s advice I put in these

stanchions; these give them enough

liberty and at the same time keeps

them from getting too dirty.



“I began to keep them cleaned off

and I was very careful not to allow any

dirt to get into the milk. You see, I

always supposed" that the separator

took out all the impurities! I know

now after he explained to me, that it

might do so with the large particles

but by letting the large pieces get in,

there was more or less of the dirt that

got dissolved and went through the

separator into the cream. I know of

farmers that have that same idea;

they think that the separator can pur-

ify the milk. That is not so.



“Well, since I made these changes

in the tie-up, and also have been care-

ful to keep everything clean when

milking and separating, I have had no

more complaints from the creamery.”



‘I am glad that you discovered the

cause of your troubles, and have had

such good success in correcting them,”

I told him.



“I was pretty well discouraged, one

while,” he stated, “but now things are

different, just by taking a little pains

each day. Now that I know how to

produce clean milk, I am thinking of

retailing it; you know, I have a chance

to do so as I am near good markets.

But before, I never dared to think of

it. Really, cleanliness pays.”



“It’s too had many other farmers do

not realize it, too,” I remarked.





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Making, Good Dairy ' Butter





'TlTe' butter made on the farms of the

United States may be materially im-

proved in quality in most cases, if

standard methods are employed and

greater care is exercised in carrying

out the necessaiy details. The depart-

ment of Agriculture gives the following





, outline of the essential steps to be tak-





en in making good farm butter:



1. Produce clean milk and cream.

Cool the cream immediately after it

Clean and

sterilize all utensils.



2. Ripen or sour the cream at from

sixty-five to seventy-five degrees F.

until mildly sour. ¢Always use a ther-

mometer in order to know that the

right temperature is reached.



3. Cool the cream to churning tem-

perature or below, and hold at that

temperature for at least two hours be-

fore churning.



4. Use a churning temperature—usu-

ally between fifty-two and sixty- six de-

grees F., that will require thirty or





. forty minutes to obtain butter.





5. Clean and scald'the churn, then

half fill it with cold water and revolve

until. the churn is thoroughly cooled.

after which empty the water.



6 Pour the cream into the churn

through a strainer,



7. Add butter color—from twenty to

thirty-five drops to a gallon of cream

——except late in the spring and early in

the summer.



8. Put the cover on.tight, revolve

the churn several times, stop with bot-

tom up, and remove stopper to permit

escape of gas; repeat until no more





gas forms.





9. Continue churning until butter





 





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11. Prepare twice as much wash wa-

ter as there is buttermilk, and at about

the same temperature. Use the ther-

mometer; do not guess'at tempera-

tures.

churn with the butter.



12. Replace the cover and revolve

the churn rapidly a few times, then

draw off the water. Repeat the wash-

ing with the remainder of the water.



13. The butter: should still be in

granular form when the washing is

completed.



14. Weigh the butter. .



15. Place the butter on the worker

and add salt at the rate of three-quar-

ters of an ounce to a pound of butter.



16. Work the butter until the salt

is diSSOIVed and evenly distributed. Do

not overwork.



17. Pack in any convenient form for

home use, or make into one-pound

prints for market, wrapping the butter

in white parchment paper, and inclos-

ing in a paraffined carton.



18. Clean the churn and all butter-

making utensils.





AMERICA’S RESPONSIBILITY.





 





. With the world’s supply of ships

about twenty per cent short of normal

and the allies’ need of food imports





increasing, the following factsvabout .





shipping will interest Ameriban farm-

ers: A ship Can make two trips from

the United States to Europe and back





in the time required for one round trip '





to the Argentine. ,And it can »make

three from the United States to Eu-





rope and back in the time required for _





one round trip to Australia or‘the In!

dian Ocean. Shortage of ships has





reached the point where the long jour- ’0

neys must be given up and the Ships,

used on the trans- Atlantic routes. The ,-





great task of rural America this year





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HERE are three very strong reasons for the immediate pur-

chase of an up-to-date De Laval Cream Separator.



In the first place, a new De Laval nachine will now save



its cost in a few months—in more and better cream and butter and



in.time saving——at the present very high butter prices and great





,need of every minute of time.





In the second place, the patriotic duty rests upon every producer

of butter-fat to save every ounce of it, and nothing is' of greater food





value to a nation at war.





All European countries are encouraging





the sale of the best cream separators in every way possible.





In the third place, railway delays are such that you can’t depend

upon quick delivery, and if you don’t order your De Laval now there





is no telling when you can get it.





Moreover, the supply of labor and





.material is uncertain and all last year De Laval deliveries were





nearly two months behind.





Again, De Laval prices have advanced very little thus far but

must go higher if present industrial conditions continue,

become more difficult. Present prices hold good until March 1st only.





There was never a time when the immediate purchase of a latest

improved De Laval Cream Separator was more important to every-

one separating cream, or when it could less

wisely be delayed.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





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It does not easily get out of order.

No harness to bother with. The

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Dried Beet 'P'ulp “tramway Steers:

We would like your opinion as re—

gazrdaf feeding dried beet pulp tofatten;

in steers and cattle. Is. it’ better" to

feed it dry, ”or should: it be soaked?

How much should be ’fed per cow or

steer at a time? Steers are two years

old. Should it be combined with any

other food to get more good out of it?

Kent Co. J. B.

Dried beet pulp is a very good food

for fatteningsteers as a portion of the‘

ration. Unless the steers are kept in

a good warm barn, I would advise feed

ing it dry instead of’ moistened. It

will not be liable to freeze before it is

all eaten up. Then again, if the steers

are not housed and are allowed to run

-. out in the open very much, it is best

Enot to feed too much succulent food be-

[cause cattle that eat very much corn

.silage or moistened beet pulp would

[not be in as good condition to resist

this cold weather as animals that were

lied‘a dry ration. If you feed succulent

.foods in the winter time you must give

iyour animals as near as possible sum-

mer conditions. But the cows, for in-

stance, are nearly all kept in warm

barns. Many herds don’t get out of

doors at all in cold weather.’ These

cattle can be fed good large rations of

succulent food with no detriment, but

when you. turn a cow or steer that has

had a good big feed of succulent food

out of a warm barn, the cold weather

affects them more than as if'they had

had dry feed. Then again. it is not nee

essary to moisten dry beet pulp to'feed

to cattle or to sheep to get good re-

If you were feeding this dried

beet pulp to horses it would have to be

moistened or you would be liable to

have trouble from its choking the

horses. Horses eat much faster and

the beet pulp is so dry that it sticks to

the. throat when they swallow it, and

then absorbs moisture and swells up

and in many instances closes the pas-

sage, but you will have no such trouble



in feeding dried beet pulp to cattle.

Dried beet pulp is a feed that you

can feed almost any amount of with

safety. If you choose to do so you can

feed all they will eat up clean twice a

day which would be several pounds of:

the dry feed. This‘feed has a some-

what similar analysis of food nutri-

ments as corn meal. In an experiment

performed at our own experiment sta-

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for corn meal and gave fairly satisfac-

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KEEPING BREEDING RECORDS.





 





The job of keeping breeding records





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method is trouble enough. A system

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is to use a desk calendar or a memor-





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mind him ot‘ his appointments. The

date of breeding can be set down on

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day bred, and the sum obtained will he

the number of the day of the year on

which the gestation period should end.

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3. The number of days in the \g‘esta-

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lets that might get lost and chilled o

crushed beneath the sow. . ’





A calendar like the one mentibned“





can be procuredfrom any city stationer

if they are not to be had in your coun-

try town. One should be sure‘ that the

calendar has the number of the day of

the year on each page. I have seen

them with simply the date and day

without the day number. These day

numbers help a great deal in determin-

ing the end of the gestation period be—

cause with them you simply have to

add the number of days in the gesta-





tion period instead of counting each -





page as would be necessary without

the day numbers. The standard which

holds the pages that can be used year

after year costs from 75 cents to $1.00.

The filler, or pad, costs 50 cents for

each year. That may seem a little ex-

pensive but if it isthe means of saving

one pig the profit on the one pig will

keep you in pads for the next ten

years. ,

Besides keeping breeding records

other dates of importance can be indi-

cated. The dates of maturity of notes

can be indicated on the proper date

and prompt settlement can be made.

This will establish credit and prestige

with your banker. Dates of sales that;

you wish to attend can be indicated. In

fact, a complete and useful diary can

be had year after year if one cares to

set down important events from day to

day. These calendars are necessary

equipment to a business man "in the

city and'as we farmers are being more

and more regarded as business men we

should endeavor to encourage the idea.

by using business-like methods.

Monroe Co. C. H. GREEN.





MEETING OF DETROIT AREA MILK

PRODUCERS.





 





(Continued from page 212).

our cities with the real value of dairy

products.





'The delegates present gave unani-

mous support to Secretary Reed’s ap-

peal, and at once set about to devise

ways and means to accomplish the end

suggested. The method of distributing

the cost of such an undertaking was

discussed by the delegates. After care-

fully analyzing the situation it was vot-

ed that the buyers be requested to take

from each patron’s check one cent for

each one hundred pounds of milk sold

and remit this directly to the associa-

tion treasurer to provide funds for the

conduct of a publicity campaign. This

action will necessitate the changing of

some of the agreements already exist-

ing. However, it is believed that these

changes can be effected. ‘



As some of the Detroit area locals

had sent the state association their

regular membership fees prior to Janu-

ary 1, in addition to the one-half cent

commission authorized by the milk

commission, it was voted thatif any

local in the Detroit area expresses by

vote that they desire the return of this

membership fee, and shall so notify the

field secretary of the state association,

this money will be refunded togthe

local. '





In order to further the publicity work





a number of men are available to as-

sist in increasing the strength of the

milk producers’ organization to a point

where it.is certain to stand unitedly

behind any reasonably undertaking that





may be- authorized. Those localsVde'o'

siring to push‘ the work in their-com»;

munities should get intoucli ens meta:

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at Salt Lake City, January 17-19, and



though they arrived a day late,“ due to



.a snow storm, their efforts'to interest



the western flock masters in the cut-



over grazing lands of this state seemed



to‘ be‘ entirely successful. Very close



to.1,000 members of the association



were in attendance and they came



from almost every state and from five



. foreign‘ countries. A. C. Carton, of



. Lansing, secretary of the public do-



main commission, was at the head of



.‘the state delegation and 1,600 copies



,of a forty-eight-page illustrated booklet



entitled “Michigan for Sheep,” were



distributed at the convention. This



booklet 'was prepared by the public do—



main commission and told of the‘feed-



ing possibilities on our cut-over lands,



While soil maps of both peninsulas

were enclosed. .



Leo C. Harmon, president of the Up-

per Peninsula Development Bureau,

spoke in part as follows: “Cloverland,

or the upper peninsula of Michigan,

consists of over 10,000,000 acres, not

more than ten per cent of which is at

present occupied. We have several

tracts from five to fifty thousand acres

now available for pasturing live stock.

We haVe made a partial survey and

have checkings now on nearly two mil-

lion acres ready for your inspection.

Many of, the inviting conditions that

brought men into the sheep game in

this western country and helped make

for success exist today in Cloverland.

Of the fifteen counties of the upper

peninsula, one-half ship to outside sec-

tions a large tonnage of hay annually,

one county alone shipping a million

dollars’ worth in 1917. One of the first

acts of the federal government, after

taking over the railroads, was to issue

a priority order directing the 800 Line

to rush to Rudyard, in eastern Clover-

land, 800 cars to move hay ordered for

export. ,



“Your winter feeding problem is in-

deed an easy one. Lumber for fencing

and sheltering your flocks may be had

atextremely low prices. In some cases

you will find enough timber on your

lands to take care of your improve-

ments, at practically no cost outside of

labor. Freight rates are a big factor.

(Wire fencing and other supplies need-

ed for your ranch improvements can be

shipped from Chicago, Milwaukee, De-

troit, Minneapolis and St. Paul. Quick

transportation facilities and low freight

rates'must impress upon you the low

cost of doing business in Cloverland.



‘fYour rangesituation in the west is

a‘serious problem. Droughts, lack of

ranging facilities and other unfavor-

able conditions now compel you to seek

other locations. We have millions of

tons of range feed going to waste an-

nually for the want of live stock touse



_ . it. From” a patriotic and. economic

‘ standpoint, and as American citizens

striving to do our utmost during these

war days we feel that you owe it to

ydurselves and to your country to

make a‘ careful, business-like , investiga-

tion of the rangesof the great lake‘s

region. That is why the oflicers of this

, bureau are here today. We are. not

, here to sell you lands because we have

no land to-sell. We are here to inter-

est you in trying out our lands without

. cost to you. Our big land owners, who

wish to‘ cooperate in this matter have

turned over-to our bureau 250,000 acres

'of deSirablelands-in tracts of one to

5‘ twenty thousand acres for, submission

..to you on the following termszaFirst,

you may? use these lands for tWO years

J . without Cost._. Second, you-are to pay

‘ lime! ,duringthepthird year. Third.

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as agreedupon between you and‘the

land owner. Fifth, the prices of the

lands are to be $10, $7.50 and $5.00

per acre. . ’ ‘



,“We want to impress upon you that

we are not here to Sell lands. We are

not land agents and there is not a land

agent from upper Michigan here today.

We have asked them .to stay at home

because we want to prove to you that

our proposition is based on two great

principles—patriotism and develop-

ment. We want you to come into Clo-

verland after lambing time next spring

and be convinced that when Frank

Hagenbarth, your president, said that

we have the greatest live stock coun-

'try in the United States, if not in the

World, he told the truth and nothing

but the truth.”



A number of the western sheep men

have promised to come to Michigan in

the spring and see the land. One man

has a flock of 45,000 sheep and doesn’t

know what he is going to do with them

next summer. Another with a band of

125,000 has promised to locate in Mich-

igan if he finds conditions half as good

as is claimed.



Harry Lauder, the world renowned

singer, who is working for a five mil-

lion dollar fund for crippled Scottish

soldiers, was a guest of honor at the

meeting. Before he came a ram had

been auctioned for the benefit of the

Red Cross, bringing $6,200. After his

arrival it was decided to sell the ram

again at auction and give the excess

money to Lauder’s cause. This time it

brought $11,250.





Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFIN.





 





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





The “zone” system of marketing live

stock in Chicago has upset all former

divisions of receipts among certain

days, and now Tuesday, Thursday and

Friday have ceased tobe known as

“off days," as formerly. Quite recently

so many cattle, hogs and lambs have

been marketed on two or three consec-

utive days as to bring about rather

sharp breaks in prices, although every-

thing in the live stock line continued

to sell at far higher figures than in

former years.



_ Louis Gayman, of Monmouth, 111., put

in'an appearance in the Chicago mar~

ket a short time ago with two carloads



.of choice cattle which brought $13.25

per 100 pounds, their average weight

being about 1300 pounds. He kept

these steers on feed during a period of

three months, furnishing a ration of

soft corn, oats and cotton cake. Mr.

Gayman has left on his big farm 162

head of cattle and 900 hogs, He fed. a

total of 2000 hogs last year.



The annual report of Swift & Co..

states that earnings last year were ma-

terially increased, the corporation pay-

ing to shareholders a total of $34,650,-

000, comparing with $20,465,000 in 1916

The big packing firm paid to live

stock raisers over $455,000,000, an in-

crease of $141,000,000 over 1916, and

dIVIdendS paid amounted to ten per

cent on the capital. The company in-

creased its capital stock from $750,000,-

000 to $100,000,000, and to pay for this

new stock issue it charged the amount,

$25,000,000, out of its surplus.



There has been a steady demand for

several months past for high-grade

breeding ewes of Merino blood, ewes

with Solid mouths and good udders be-

ing wanted. Rams of good mutton type

are also wanted for mating with west~

cm range bred ewes. .



Stockmen report a normal cattle and

hog supply in McLean county, Illinois,

with promise of a substantial increase

111 the next crop of spring pigs. There



=_is a short hay crop. The winter wheat

and rye acreage is larger than in Other

years. - 2



A stockman living in Story county,

Iowa, is authority for the- statement

that because of the high cost of labOr





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As there is no ' hog ‘cholera, .most farm-

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A Spy. inthe Shank-Tower; :

OVERNMENT HOUSE, one of

the Baedeker points of Gibraltar.

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Spanish territory Tourists gathe1 to

peek from a. respectful distance at the

mossy front and quaint ecclesiastic

gables of Government House Which has

a' distinction quite apart from its use

as the home of the governbr-general.

Once, back in the dim ages of Spain’s

glory, it was a monastery, one of the

oldest in the? Southern tip of the pe‘nin-

sula. When the English came their

practical sense took no heed of the

protesting ghosts of the monks, .but

converted the monastery into a home

for the military head of the fortress—

a. littledreary, a shade more melan-

choly than the accustomed manor hall

at home, but adequate and livable.

Thither, on the morning after his ar-

rival, Captain Woodhouse went to re—

port for duty to Major-General Sir





 

 





. . George Crandall, Governor of the Rock.





Captain W'oodhouse was in uniform——





“neat service khaki andpith helmet,





which became him mightily. He ap-

peared to have been molded into the

short-skirted, olive-gray jacket; it set

on his shoulders with snug ease. Per-

haps, if anything, the uniform gave to

his features a shade more than their

wonted sternness, to his body. just the

least addition of an indefinable alert-

ness, of nervous acuteness. It was nine

o’clock, and Captain Woodhouse knew

it was necessary for him to pay his

duty ‘call on Sir George before the

eleven o’clOck assembly.





As the captain emerged from the

straggling end of Waterport Street and





' strode through the flowered paths of

' the Alameda, he did not happen to see





a. figure that dodged behind a chevaux—

de-fri'se of Spanish bayonet on his ap-

proach. Billy Capper, who had been

pacing the gardens for more than an

hour, fear battling with the predatory

impulse that urged him to Government

House, watched Captain Woodhouse

pass, and his eyes narrowed into a.

queer twinkle of oblique humor. So

Captain \Voodhouse had begun to play

the game—going to report to the gover-

nor, eh? The pale soul of Mr. Capper

glowed with a faint flicker of admira-





, tion for this cool bravery far beyond





its own capacity to practice. Capper

waited a safe time, then followed,

chose a position outside GOveInment

House from which he could see the

main entrance, and waited. -



A tall thin East Indian with a nar-

ascetic face under his closely

wound White turban, and wearing a

native’ livery of the same spotless

White, answered th'e captain’s summons

on the heavy knocker. He accepted

the visitor’s card, showed him into- a

dim hallway hung with faded arms and

coats of chain mail. The Indian, Jaim-

ihir Khan, gave Captain Woodhouse a

start when he returned to say thetgo'v-

ernor would receive him in his ofllce

The man had a tread like a cat’s,.abso-

lutely noiseless; he moved through the

half light of the hall like a. white

Wraith; His English was spoken pre?

cisely and with a. curious mechanical

intonation.



Jaimihir Khan threw babk heavy





double doors and announced, “Cap-tain-





Wood-house.” He had the doors shut





- noiselessly almost before the visitor

was through them.





A tall heavy-set man with graying





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desk at the rightiof. a. large room and

advanced with hand outstretched in

cordial welcmnel ‘_ ,



“Captain Wood-house, of the signal

service. Welcome to the Rock, Cap-

tain. ' Need. you here. Glad you’ve

come.”



Woodhouse studied the face of his





superior in a swift glance as he shook?

A broad full face it was, kind:.





hands.

1y, intelligent, perhaps not so alert as

to the set of eyes and mouth as it had

been in the younger days when the

stripes 'of' service were still to be w'on.

General Sir George Crandall gave the





impression of a man content to rest on





his honors, though scrupulously atten-





tive to the routine of his position. He-





motioned the younger man to draw a

chair up to the desk.



' “In yesterday on the Princess Mary,

I presume, Captain?”



“Yes-General. Didn’t report to you

on arrival because I thought it would

be quite tea time and I didn’t want to

disturb—”



“Right!". General Crandall tipped

back in his swivel chair and appraised

his new officer with satisfaction. “Ev-

erything quiet on the upper Nile, Ger.

mans not tinkering with the Mullah

yet to start insurrection or anything

like that”



“Right as a trivet, sir,” Woodhouse

answered promptly. ‘.‘Of course we’re

anticipating some such move by the

enemy—agents working in from Ery-

threa—holy war of a sort, perhaps, but

I think our people have things well in

hand.”



“And at Wady Haifa, your former

command’er—” _ The general hesitated.



“Major Bronson-Webb, sir,” Wood<

house was quick to supply, but not

without a sharp glance at the older

man.



“Oh, yes; Bronson-Webb—knew him

in Rangoon in the late nineties—a





mighty decent chap and a good execuv





tive. He’s standing the sun, I warrant.”





Captain Woodhouse accepted the cig-

arette from the general’s extended

case. .



“No complaint from him at least,»

General Crandall. We all‘get’pret'ty

well baked at Wady, 1 take it.” '



The governor laughed, and tapped a

bell on his desk. Jaimihr Khan was

instantly materialized between the dou-

ble doors.



“My orderly, Jaimihr," General Cran-

dall ordered, and the doors were shut

once more. The general stretched a

hand across the desk.





“Your papers, please, Captain. I’ll

receipt your order of transfer and you

will be a member. of our garrison

forthwith.”



Captain Woodhouse brought “a thin

sheaf of folded papers from his breast

pocket and'passedit to his superior.

He kept his eyes steadily on the gen-

eral’s face as be scanned them.



“C. G. Woodhouse—Chief Signal Ofli-

cer—Ninth Grenadiers'—Wady .Halfa

—” General Crandall conned‘ the





transfer aloud, running his eyes rapid-





ly down the lines of the form. “Right.

And, now, Captain, when my orderly

comes—”



A subaltern entered and saluted.



“This is Captain Woodhouse.” Gen-

eral Crandall indicated Woodhouse,

who had risen. .“Kindly conduct him to

Major ”Bishop, who will assign him to

quarters. Captain Woodhouse, we—

Lady Crandall and I—will expect you

at Government House soon to make

your bow over the teacup. One of Lady

Crandall-’s inflexible rules for new re-

cruits, you know Good day, sir "



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“not, owner, under 11110111 he was to be

junior in command. But one regret





marked his first visit to Government

House—he had not caught even a

glimpse of the little person calling her-

self. Jane Gerson, buyer.



But he had missed by a narrow mar-

gin. x-Piloted by Lady Crandall, Jane

had left the vaulted breakfast room for

the larger and lighter library, which

Sir George had converted to the pur.

pose of an office. This room was a. sort

of holy of holies with Lady Crandall,

to be invaded if the presiding genius

could be caught napping or lulled to

complaisance. This morning she had

the important necessity of unobstruct-

ed light——not a general commodity

about Government House—to urge in

defense of profanation. For her guest

carried under her arm a sheaf of plans

—-by such sterling architests of wom-

en’s fancies as Worth and Doeuillet,

and ‘the imp of envy would not allow

the governor’s wife to have peace until

she had devoured every pattern. She

paused in mock horror at the thresh-

old of her husband’s sanctum.





“But, George, dear, you should be out

by this time, you know,” Lady Cran—

dall expostulated. “Miss Gerson and

I have somethingwh, tremendously

important to do here.” She made a.

sly gesture of concealing the bundle of

stiff drawing paper she carried. Gen-

eral Crandall, who had risen at the

arrival of the two invaders, made a

show at capturing the plans his wife

was holding behind her back. Jane

bubbled laughter at the spectacle of. so

exalted amilitary lion at play. The

general possessed himself of the roll,

drew a curled scroll from it, and grave-

ly studied it.



“Miss Gerson,” he said with delibera-

tion, “this looks to me like a plan of

Battery B. I am surprised that you

should violate the hospitality of Gov-

ernment House by doing spy work

from its bedroom Windows.”



“Foolish! You’ve got that upside

down for one thing,” Lady Crandall

chided. . “And besides it’s only a chart

of what the lady of Government House

hopes soon to wear if she can get the

goods frOm Holbein’s, on Regent

Street.” _



_‘,’You see, General Crandall, I’m at-

tacking Government House at its weak

est point,” Jane laughed. “Been here

less than twelve hours, and» already

the most important member of the gar-

rison has surrendered.” L



“The ”American sahib, Reynolds,”

chanted Jaimihr Khan from the double

doors, and almost at once the breezy

consul burst into the room.’He saluted

all three with an expansive gesture of

the hands. .



“Morning, Governor—morning, Lady

Crandall, and same to you,.Miss Ger-

son. Dear, dear; this is going to be a.

bad day for me, and it’s just started.”

The little man was wound up like a





. sidewalk top, and he ran on without





stopping:

“Geneial Sherman might have got.

some Ieal force into his remarks about

wa1 if he’d had a job like mine. Miss.

Gerson—newsl Heard from the Sak-

onia. Be in harbor some time tomor—

row and leave at six sharp folldwing

morning.” Jane clapped her hands.

“I've just wired .for accommodations

for all of you—just got the answer.

Rotten accommodations, but—thank

Heaven—I won’t be able to hear what

you say abOut me when you’ re at sea.”

“Anything will do,” Jane broke in.

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—-it will break my heart.”



Gibraltar’s master honed his chin

thoughtfully for a minute.



“Um—-—I’m sure I don’t want to break

anybody’s heart—not at my age, miss.

I see no good reason why I should not

let you go if.nothing happens mean-

while to make me change my mind.”

He beamed good humor onher.





debrand’s will mention you in its 'ad-

vertisements.”



“Heaven forbid” General Crandall

cried in real perturbation.



Jane turned to Lady Crandall and

took both her hands.



“Come to my room,” she urged with

an air of mystery. “You know that

Doeuillet evening gown—the one in

blue? It’s youi‘se, Lady Crandall. I’d

give another to the general if he’d

wear it. Now one fitting and—”



Her voice was drowned by Lady

Crandall’s: “You dear-”



“Be at the dock at five a. 111. Friday

to see you and the others ofi, Miss

Gerson,” Reynolds called after her.

“Must go now—morning crowd of bush

ed citizens waiting at the consulate to

be fed. Ta-ta!” Reynolds collided

with Jaimihr Khan at the double doors.

“A young man who wishes to see you,

General Sahib. He will give no name,

but he says a promise you made to'see

him—by telephone an hour ago.”

“Show Mr. Reynolds out, Jaimihr-”

the general ordered. “Then you may

bring the young man in.”



Mr. Billy Copper, who had, in truth,

telephoned to Government House and

secured the privilege of an interview

even before the arrival of Woodhouse

to report, and had paced the paths of

the Alameda since, blowing hot and

cold on his resolutions, followed the

soft-footed Indian into the presence of

General Crandall. The little spy was

near a state of nervous breakdown.

Following the surprising and unexpect-

ed collapse of his plan to do a murder,

he had,spent a wakeful and brandy-

punctuated night, his brain on the rack.

His desire to play informer, heighten-

ed now a hundred-fold by the flaying





i tongue of Louisa, was almost balanced.

' by his fears of resultant consequences. .





Cupidity. the old instinct for preytng,

drove him to impart to the governor-





»_general of Gibraltar information which





he hoped, would be worth its weight in

gold; Louise’s promise of a party a-

deux before a firing squad, which he.

knew In his heart she would be capable

of arranging in a desperate moment,





‘ . halted him. After screwing up his cour-

, age to the point of telephoning for an

Appointment, 02.1er had wallowed in

,fear.

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indefinitely. Don’ t you agree, Helen. ‘7”





“It’s this way,” the consul interrupt-

“I'ire arranged to

get Miss Gerson aboard, provided, of





“You haven’ t got a cable through re

“Her

of





“Not a line from Paris even," Bey-

“Miss Gerson says

the ambassador could vouch for her,





“Indeed he could!” Jane started im-‘

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the chips fell.

heard the doors shut behind him.-





babbled as he stood before the desk,



turning his hat brim through his: fin-



gers like a. prayer wheel. .

General Crandail bade him be seated.





vice in Burma,” he added.





aged to answer.

I got paid for that."





\“You’re not with. theBrussels secret





service people any longer. then?”





fingers fluttered to his lips.

“No, General.





'other things about me.

rafter—that I drank——





“What I heard was not altogether

the other answered





complimentary,”

judiciously. “I trust it was untrue.”

Capper’s embarrassment increased.





“Well, to tell the truth, General Cran'





dall—ah—I did go to pieces for a time.

I’ve been playing a pretty short string

for the last two years. “But”——he broke

off his whine in a sudden accession of

passion—“they can’t keep me down

much longer. I’m going to show ’em!”



General» Crandall looked his surprise.



"General, I’m an Englishman. You

know that. I may bedown and out,

and my old friends may not know me





. when we meet—but I’m English. And

“Bless you, General,” she cried. “HiI-.





I’m loyalr” Capper was getting a grip

on himself; he thought the patriotic

line a safe one to play with the com-

mander of a fortress.



“Yes—«yes. I don’t ,question that,

I’m Sllle, ” the general grunted, and he

began to riffle some papers on his desk

petulantly.



Capper pressed home his point. "I

just want you to keep that in mind.

General, while I talk. Just remember

I’m English—and loyal.”



Capper leaned far over the desk, and

began in an eager whisper:





“General. remember Cook—that chap , '





in Rangoon—the polo player?"’ The

other looked blank. "Haven’t forgot-

ten him, General? How he lived in

Burma two years, mingling with the

English, until one day somebody dis-

covered his name was Koch and that

he was a mighty unhealthy chap to

have about the fortifications. Surely

you—” '



“Yes,

what—e”



“There was Hollister, too. YOu play-

ed billiards in your club with Hollister,

I fancy. Thought him all right, too—

until a couple of secret-service men

walked into the club one day and clap-

ped handcuffs on him. Remember that,

General?”



The commander exclaimed snappish-

ly that he could not see his visitor’s

drift.



“I’m just refreshing your memory,

General,” Copper. hastened to reassure

him. “Just reminding you that there

isn’t much difference between a Ger-

man and an Englishman, after all—if

the German wants to play the English-

man and knows his book. He can fool

a lot of us.” .



“Granted But I don‘t seewhat all

this has. to do.‘with—-.—.” ,



"listen; General!" Capper was

trembling in his eagerness “I’m just

in from Alexandria—Came on the Prin-

cess Mary. There was an Englishman

aboard, bound for Gib. His name was





I remember him now. But





Captain Woodhouse, of the signal ser- .





vice."



“Quite right. What of that” General

Crandall looked up suspiciously.



“Have you seen Captain WOodhouse.

General 9”



“Not a half hour ago. He called to

report.” " '





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determined to play it, safe and see how

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“What the devil do you mean? What .

are you driving at, man?” ‘



The Iittle spy leaped to his feet in

his excitement and thrust his weasel.»

face 13:11 across the dek. '



‘What do I mean? I mean this chap

who calls himself Woodhouse: isn’t

Woodhouse at, all. .He’s a German spy

-—from' the Wilhelmstrasse—with a

number from the Wilhelmstrass'e- He’s

on the Rock to do a spy’s work!”



“Pshaw! Why did Brussels let you

go. ‘7” General Crandall tipped back 1n

his seat and cast an amused glance at

the flushed fate before him.



Capper shook his head doggedly.

“I’m not drimk, General Crandall. I’m

so broke‘l couldn’t get drunk if I

would. ”So help me, I’m' telling God’s

truth. I got it. straight—” Capper

checked his tumult of words, and did

some rapid thinking. How much did

he dare reveal! “In Alexandria, Gen-

eral—got it there—from the inside, sir.

Koch is head of the Wilhelmstrasse

crowd there—the same Cook you knew

in Rangoon; he engineered the trick.

The wildest dreams of the VViIhelm-

strasse have come tIue. They’ve got a

man in your signal tower, General—in

your signal tower.



General Crandall, in whom incredul-

ity was beginning to give way to the

first faint glimmerings ‘of conviction as

to the possibility of tzuth in the in-

former’ s tale, rallied himself neverthe-

leSS to combat an aspersion cast on a.

British officer.



“Suppose the Germans have a spy in

my signal tower or anywhere here,” he

began argumentatively. “Suppose they

learn every nook and corner of the

Rock—have the caliber and range of

every gun in our defense; they couldn’t

capture Gibraltar in a thousand years.”



“I don’t know what they want,” Cap-



per returned, with the injured air of a

man whose worth tails of recognition.

“I only came here to warnyou that

Captain Woodhouse 'is taking orders

from Berlin.”

.“Come-'—-come, man! Give me some

proof to back up this cock-and-bull

story,” General Crandall snapped. He

had risen, and was pacing nervously

back and forth



Capper was secret-1y elated at this

sign that his story had struck home.



“Here it is, General—all I've got of

the story. The real WOodhouse comes

down from somewhere up in the Nile——

I don’t know wherewand‘ puts up for





 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





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‘ the night in Alexandria to wait for the





Princess Mary. No- friends in the town,

you know; nowhere to visit. Three

Wilhelmstrasse men in Alexandria,

headed by that clever devil Cook, or

Koch, who calls himself a doctor now.

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Woodhouse and do for him—what I

don’t know—probably kill the poor

devil.



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carried away from' Koch’s house in

Ramleh in an automobile—two men

with him.” Capper fixed the governor

with a lean index finger dramatically.

“And I saw the man you just this m6rn-

ing received as Captain Woodhouse

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utes afte1 that poor devil—the real

W00dhouse-~had been carried off. .

That‘s. the reason I took the- seine boat 7

with him to Gibraltar, General Cran-

dall-—because I’m loyal and it was my

duty to Warn you.”



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embed his tongue. "Woodhouse isn’t .

wo1king alone an the Rock; you Can

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By GAYNE T.





IGHTEEN

done more in perfecting the aero-

plane than ten years. have done



in perfecting the automobile, the man-:



ufacture of which is our third. largest

industry. American made planes and

motors are now "equal, in some respects



'better, than European products. While



the industry willnever stop developing,



aerial authorities, army and navy men,

realize development has, for the mo—

ment, become secondary to production.





The one fact these men are facing

is this. We need 100, 000 aeroplanes

to save ourselves and our allies from

defeat. Every plane today is worth a

hundred next year. One hundred thou-

sand machines are needed to permit

major operations against the German





‘ fleet and U-boat bases and major oper-





ations to be conducted over land at

the same time.





important thing—unproved ideas can-

not be considered—and nothing can

hinder the building. ‘Congress has pro-

vided the money, countless plants have

begun work, countless others are wait-

ing, ready, but the question is by no

means solved. There are almost as

many types of aeroplanes as there are

makes of automobiles. ,Few people

realize" the enormity of the task.





Types that have already proven their

efficiency are being turned out by .the

dozen weekly and the number is in-

creasing. To train the student avia-

tors thousands of “penguin” types—

with .very small wings—and tens of

thousands of advanced training planes

are being finished. Thousands of

planes for the training of naval avia-

tors are also being made. All these

machines are just a prelude to the

manufacture of ,the various battle

ttypes.



The manufacture of the “fighters”

has been started and thousands of the

small combat type, the larger three-

passenger armed machines, for photog-

raphy, “spotting” artillery fire, recon-

noitering, and other p111 poses, and of

the very large bombing machines, to

’ carry tons of explosives on long bomb-

ing raids. For the naval operations

thousands of medium sized machines

for coast patrol work others for long

distance bombing raids, as well as

large torpedoplanes and sea—planes, are

being assembled throughout the nation.



To one unfamiliar with the subject,

the scope of this phase of our warfare

cannot be realized. Little is written

of pro-construction difficulties, or of

the amount of preliminary work. The

mobilizing of aeronautic engineers and

constructors, the finding and training

'of skilled labor with unskilled men and

women and maintaining efficiency, the

difficulty of securing sufficient dry lum‘

ber of the right kind, the securing of

aeroplane cloth, the fitting of standard

building specifications to various plants

and the regulating of costs and profits

——these are but a few of the problems.

In no other department of our govern-

ment has there been greater need for

American initiative and “pep” than

here, and no department has shown

more. We already have" cause to be

proud of our aircraft production, and

before many months we will be doing

things thought impossible just a few

months ago.



During a. recent interview Lieuten-

ant Amaury De La Grange, a French





can designers a great deal, spoke of

the classes and uses or the :battle-

planes which we are building. These

types are of three classes: ’ The fight-

ers, the reconnois'sance and the bomb-

lug. They must have speed, handiness

and the ability to climb to and main-

tain a high altitude. . Readiness is one





 





Quantity production is now the one .'





aviator who has been helping Ameria'





{ of the most lmpo ant factors, and in





 





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months 1915 war, have chine is final: he must decide the suc-_ I





meals or failure of any design.

Lieut. De La Grange says the allied

machines are more handy than the





German planes, .and gives, this as the '





reason for their success. The skill of

the aviators is also very important,

and he mentioned one pilot, Ginnere,

who is so skillful that hewoften attacks





a German machine without being ‘seen .





until it is we late. He does this by ape"

proaching at an angle which he knows

renders him invisible to the foe, due

to the construction of .the other ma-

chine.



Reconnaissance machin'es need the

qualities of the fighters, but must car,-

ry more weight. The fighters go to

great heights and lay in wait for en-

emy machines to rise, then they swdop

down upon them, firing; they must be

very swift and carry but one man. The





<reconnoisance machines "carry,” beside





the pilot, an observer, fuel supply and

bembs. Less skill is required of these

pilots, for they do not ascend. until the

fighters have cleared the sky of enemy

machines.





Night flying in these spotting ma-





chines, as well as in the fast scouting





planes; which travel more than aflhun-





dred and thirty miles an hour, is in-

creasing. German troop trains move

at night and accurate count can be

kept of them through certain stations;

from station to station the number is

checked and in this way the-new dispo-

sition of troops is learned. Ammuni-

tion to concealed batteries is also mov-

ed at night and the location of the big

guns is learned by following the trains.





The way the aviators .are able to

land at night is by the light of gasoline

flares and a searchlight. The field. is

surrounded by the flares and the light

indicates the entrance. Our advanced

student aviators are being thoroughly

trained in this night work, flying, spot-

ting and landing.



The training of aviators is just as

important as the building of machines.

Men are wanted badly and entrance

into the American flying corps, which

will very soon be the best in the

world, is not as difficult as is supposed.

The essential qualifications are a

sound body and a college education or

the equivalent, though the latter is not

an iron clad rule. Knowledge of a gas

engine helps and one must possess the

mysterious sixth sense, that of balance,

which is only to be discovered through

the physical examination. Much mis-

understanding is current about the

physical examinations. but they are not

as terrifying as pictured, guns are not

fired back of the blindfolded “victim,”

nor are pins suddenly stuck into his

flesh. The element of danger in this

branch of service is not as high as sup-

posed; thanks to Mr. Sperry, and other

inventors, the art of flying is fast los-

ing its danger. '



In training the students our allies

have given as much assistance as they

have in building machines. Thanks to

them the men we send over now are

ready for real work, they do not have

to go intg training camps and have a

lot to unlearn and as much new to

master. This is shown in the recent

arrival of a number of machines from

Italy. The Italians might be called the

“wizards” of aeroplane design and

these- new machines certainly do the

country proud. - They are ‘the' ‘Caproni

tri—planes, with three wings, one above





the other, spreading one hundred and»





thirty feet—the most destructive air-

craft yet built. They carry three mo—

tors which develop nearly 1000 horse»

power. They carry a fuel supply for

eighteen hours and four tons of bombs.





They have three cockpits. a speed of



ninety miles an hear and can attain a



height of five miles in twen st in

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SEW £2613: page 220).

“Bltficuml” The keeper of the





“W by, EMM if they had a hundred





of their sales inside the~iines—if they 1





knew the Book as Well as I do: they

could never m1. ”

Dapper rose wearily.





“Perhaps: they aren’t trying to can‘





tore it. I know nothing about that





' Wei-i—el’ve fine my duty—es one Eng: .

lishman to another. I hope I’ve told .





you; in time. I’ll be goingnow.”

General Crandall- swung on him

sharply. “Where are you going” he

demanded. _

Copper shrugged his shoulders hope-

lessly. Now was the minute he’d been





counting loe peeling. of crackling





notes from a; fat bundle, the handsome

words of appreciation. Surely General

Crandall was ripe.



“Well, General, frankly—I’m broke.

Haven’t a shilling to bless myself with.

I thought perhaps~” Copper shot a

keen glance at the older man’s face,

which was partly turned from him.

The general appeared to be pondering.

He turned abruptly on the spy.



,. “A few drinks and you might. talk,”

be challenged.



(Zapper grinned deprecatively. “I

don’t know, General—I might,” be mur-

mured. “I've been away from the drink

so long that—-—”



“Where do you. want to go” General

Crandall cut him off. “Of course, you

don’t want to stay here indefinitely.”



“Well—if I had a bit of money—they

tell me 'everybody’s broke in Paris.

Millionaires—and everybody, you know.

You can get a room at the Ritz for the

asking. That would be heaven for me

-——if I had something in my pocket.”



“You want to go to Paris, eh” Gen-

eral Crandail stepped closer to Capper,

and his eyes narrowed in scorn.



“If it could be arranged,’ yes, Gen-

eral.” Capper was spinning the brim

of his bowler between nervous fingers.

He did not dare meet the other’s eyes.



“Demmit, Capper! You come here

to blackmail me! I’ve met your kind

before. I know how to deal with your

ilk.”



. “So help me, General, I came here to

tell you the truth. I want to go to

Paris—or anywhere away from here;

r11 admit that.‘ But that had nothing





to do with my coming all the way here *





from Alexandria—spending my last

guinea on a. steamer ticket—to warn

you of your danger.

man and—loyal!” Copper was plead-

ing now. All. hope of reward had sped

and the vision of a. cell with subse-

quent investigations into his own rec-

ord appalled him. General Crandall

sat down at his desk, and began to

write.



“I don’t know—at any rate, I can’t

have you talking. around here. You’re

going to Paris.”



- Capper dropped his hat. At a tap of

the bell, Jaimihr Khan appeared at the

doors, so. suddenly that one might have

said he was right behind them all the

time. General Crandail directed that

his orderly be summoned. When the

subaltern appeared, the general handed

him a sealed note. ‘



. “Orderly, turn this gentleman over

to Sergeant Crosby at once,” he com-

manded, “and give the sergeant this

note.” Then to Capper: “You will

cross to Algeciras, where‘ you will be

put on a train for Madrid. You, will

have a. ticket for Paris and twenty shil-

lings for eipense en route. You will

be allowed to talk to no one alone be-

foreyou leave Gibraltar, and under no

circumstances will you be allowed to





return—not whie I am governor-gen~ '

13131, at; least.”





Copper, his face alight with new-

5011M 105', Wood to pass out with the





orderly. He paused at the doorway to I'm

W a. speech of thanks, but General.





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N a. talk before a gathering of agri-

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sized a point which many besides farm-

ers would do well to ponder.

“Together,” a small word and a sim-

ple one, but one which counts for a

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tiously and to a better advantage if

farmers all pull together.





A motto that is good for agricultur-

alists is good fOr all, certainly one

which emphasizes the need of team

work. A majority of all the failures in

life are caused by lack of it, in the

home and outside. Divorce courts-

would have to go out of business if

husband and wife worked together, for

it is only in homes where one pulls one

way and the other in the opposite di-

rection that we hear of unhappiness.

A couple marry, and instead of merg.

ing interests, the wife wants to go her

own way, to keep up all her girlhood

friendships, her work, if she had work-

ed before marriage, possibly two or

three clubs. And all too often, her old

family relations are put first. The hus-

band has the notion that he should

come first and his interests should take

first place, so the first rift in the lute

begins. Children arrive and each has

notions of bringing them up and in-

sists on carrying them out. Instead of

getting together they get farther and-

farther apart. Dissension treads upon

the heels of dissension until, if there

is no actual separation in the courts,

there is a very vital one never-the-less

which shuts out all possibility of hap-

piness or a successful home life.





Business failures occur right along

through want of harmony between

partners. There is no getting together,

no talking things over, no compromis-

ing. Each partner thinks he is the bet-

ter man, and one works contrary to

the opinions of the other, thus bring-

ing failure as a. natural consequence.

We women could bring it a little

nearer home, in the war work. There

are even hints that the women are not

all pulling together; that the work

of different organizations is overlap-

ping and once in awhile someone is

taking her dolls and flouncing home

because things aren’t going her way.

In ordinary times this lack of team

work wouldn’t matter so much. A fail-

ure or tWO more or less wouldn’t loom

up so big. but just now when the fate

of the nation is at stake we’ve all got

to pull together, or, as .a revolutionary

hero put it, “we must all-hang together

unless we want to hang separately.”

This is no time now for sticking for

our own ideas. The other fellow’s may

be a whole lot better, only our glasses

need cleaning. The great idea is to

bury self and selfish interests, and re-

turn to that blissful state (if it ever

existed), when

“None were for the party, but all

were for the state.” DEBORAH.





one out as it appears and save for con-

stant use.



“Start the day right with a good

breakfast—fruit, cereal and milk.

These‘make a. meal,‘nourishing, easv

to cook, good, cheap, of foods the gov."

ernment asks‘us to eat.



"Use fruit. Fruit helps to keep yOur

body in good health and to prevent

constipation.



Use fresh fruit when,possible.



Use prunes, dried apples, dried apri-

cots. Soak them in water over night,

and cook 'them long enough to make

them tender.



“Use dates, or raisins. These are

good, added to the cereal ten minutes

before taking it from the. stove. Then

you will not need sugar.



“Use ripe bananas with dark skins.

Bananas with greenish—yellow skins

are hard to digest unless cooked.



“Use cereals Corn meal musn, oat

meal, rice, hominy grits.



“These are cheaper than the ready-

to- eat breakfast foods. A ready-to-eat

breakfast food may cost fifteen cents

for a. big package, but if the package

contains only one-quarter of a pound——

sixty cents for a pound of cereal! This

is eight or ten times as expensive as

corn meal at six or seven cents a

pound. Look at the weights printed on

the package and get the most for your

money



Corn meal mush and cat meal are

good only when well cooked. Many

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By EMMA GARY





The young woman who lives in the

country often envies her friend who

lives in the town or city the .chic,

spick and span appearance of her gar-

ments. Perhaps the rural dweller at-

tributes .the fact that her own gar-

ments are often lacking in freshness of

appearance to her having to ride sev-

eral miles before reaching the place

where she is to shop or call.



No matter where one lives garments

may be kept in prime condition by rea-

sonable care. It is a matter of econ-

omy and necessity to clean and press

suits and cloth dresses as often as they

need it. It does not take over much

experience to do this at home, or a. pro-

fessional cleaner Can be employed to

do the work. It is not at all hard to

sponge and press a skirt, coat, or other

article if one has a good-shaped iron-

ing board, a. bottle of ammonia, 'hot

irons, and a. good-sized piece of‘cheese-

cloth.



First of all, dust should ’be removed

by, brushing and a. gentle beating in

the air. Spots should be cleaned with

a little pure soapy water into which a.

few drops of ammonia have‘been put

Frequently itis a goodfplan to sponge

over the whole garment, freshening it

nicely. Then the surface to be pressed

should be stretched -,out the cheese-

cloth wrung out of, clean water, and

laid over the clothing, and the press-

ing begun. Pressing will not be a. suc-

cess unless time enough is taken to

dry the garment thoroughly and to to-

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corn meal, two teaspoons. level, salt,

five or six cups of water. Bring salted

water to a. boil, stir in the meal slowly.

Don’t let it lump. Cook at least thirty

minutes. It is better when cooked for

three hours or over night. Use. a, dou-

ble boiler on the back of the stove, or

a fireless cooker. ,



“For oat meal use two and a. half

cups of oat meal, two and a. half tea-

spoons of salt. five or six cups of wa-

ter. Bring water to a boil, stir oat

meal in slowly and cook one hour. or V l

over night. i



f‘Eat the cereal with milk or syrup,

or butter or butter substitutes. You

don’t need bread besides.



“A large amount of either may be

cooked at one time. The unused part

put in a greased bowl may be kept for‘

a few days in- a cool place. Do you

know just how good sliced, fried oat

meal is? ~



“Instead of oat meal you can take

bread—preferably one of the war

bieads. Corn bread and milk is de-

licious.”



“Use milk. Milk is an excellent food.

A quart of whole milk gives as much

nourishment as one pound of lean

meat.



“Children, especially, need it to make

them grow strong and keep well. It

is good for grown people, too. ‘Give

each child at least a glass for break-

fast. Drink it hot Or cold, or use it on

cereal or make it into cocoa. Even at

a high price milk is a cheap food for

children.



“No coffee or tea for children. They

are not food. Let the grown people

have them if they want them, but do

not give children even a. taste. The

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be gained from a suit that is kept in

perfect condition by this simple atten-

tion. Sometimes it is money well spent

at the beginning of the season to send

a garment to a professional cleaner.

When it comes home notice just how

the work has been done and where the

creases in sleeves and sides are placed.

If a garment becomes damp through

being out in the rain it should never

be hung carelessly but placed upon a. ‘

hanger to dry and if necessary pressed

before being worn. The young woman

who would be dainty at all times does

not hang her clothing in the closet at

once as soon as she takes it off but

puts it in a. current of air to dry and

thus to be freed from all odor of per- ‘

spiration. Any small repairs neces- 1

sary should be made before a. piece of

clothing is put away that it may be .

ready for instant use when needed. F

This is really the secret of being "

well dressed with a few properly chos-

en clothes. In truth, it is much better .

judgment to have just enough and not , r

a garment too much. Our war time 1

economies will teach us that we do not

need an extensive wardrobe to appear

at our best at all times. In selecting

clothing we will no longer buy what

appeals to us wholly but rather the

coats, suits,- waists, skirts, shoes, etc,

which supplement What we have so that

We can dress appropriately fer street,

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True economy consists in- making

the: best use ”or what we have. Proper

care in thevrway of cleaning, pressing,

laundering, and prompt repair work

will double the life and service of any

garment. It is surprising what a lot of

money may be hung in the form of

out-of-style clothes if one is not care-

ful. It is vastly more satisfactory to

have sufficient to dress in the mode

and thus to save waste and remodel-

ing. 'A new collar, a slight alteration

of the sleeves, or attention to length

of the skirt will often bring a suit. up

to the moment and do away with the

necessity of buying something new.





’ 'The ithoroughly attractive woman is





the one who is never overdressed but

always neatly and suitably attired, and

who isgractious in her manner.



Aprons are great aids to a neat ap-

pearance and fancy or serviceable ones

should be on hand at all times to save

Ione’s dress about the house. There

are few people who can wear the same

clothes about their work or about the

house which they wear upon the street

and look neat, so the vogue of the

house dress is a sensible one and a.

first aid to economy as well.





HOME. QUERlES.





 





My Dear Deborah—I take it that

you are in charge of the domestic pag-

es of the Michigan Farmer, hence I

address you for a reply to some quer-

ies that have been a problem in our

home for some time. I believe a reply





» to them would be acceptable to other





housekeepers.



1. We are told that cheese should be

Cooked at a low temperature. Then

how obtain the nice brown effect that

we all like in a dish of macaroni and

cheese?



2. Is there any difference in the

sweetening qualities of cane and beet

sugar? Why has brown sugar disap-

peared from the market?



‘ In substituting sour for sweet

milk in recipes, should the proportion





_ be altered ?





. Why does cocca often settle at

the bottom of thepitcher after mak-





. ing, but not always?





5. I~have never been able to add

melted chocolate to boiled frosting

with success. Why? _



6. Why does chocolate often remain

in flakes in sauces or other forms 01

cookery and refuse to assimilate? ‘



7. Is the use of honey instead of

sugar any cheaper, or does it simply

release the sugar?



8. Nothing is so- hard for me as to

“add a. little grated lemon pee.” Is

there an easy way? . .



9. In a recent issue a recipe is given

for parched corn meal biscuit which

calls for one cup of peanut butter. Is

that the correct proportion?



10. Also, in the issue of December

I, in a recipe for spider cake, it says:

“The original recipe calls for one-

t‘ourth cup of white flour." Then it goes

on to say, “instead, use one cup of corn

meal, etc.” Just what, in the recipe as

given, is supposed to be used instead

of the white flour?



Thesevquestions may seem very ele-

mentary, but I am a timid cook and

fear to launch away, even after many

years of experience. Although we are

only semi-farmers. we always read the

Michigan Farmer with great interest.

~—R. H. A.



1. My book, which is prepared by a

leading domestic science expert, spe-

cifically states, “set the dish in a hot

oven.” The top layer is usually but-

tered cracker crumbs, which should

brown quickly.



2. No. The sugar factories are not

making it. I presume because granu—

lated is desired for shipment abroad.



3. No.



4 Mine always settles, and I have

never seen any that didn’t. I have

been told by older cooks that if you

mix about one-eighth of a teaspoon of

corn starch with eachtablespoon of

cocoa it will not settle. I have never

tried this.



5. As I do not know how you make

your frosting I can not tell why you

can not add it. The melted chocolate

should be beaten into the Syrup before





' it ‘isvpouredonto the egg._ If you do





this itshould mix.

6. Probably because the sauce is not





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Not less than five minutes.





7. Sugar is eight and a half cents a ,





pound. Honey, if bought in ten-pound

pails, is 17% cents. It simply releases





sugar. Few of the substitutes we are j





asked to use save us mOney.





8. I never knew of but one way. If ,





you will tell me how you add it per-

haps I can: help you.

9. It is the proportion given in the

bulletin.

10. The recipe should have read,

“One cup of corn meal, two slightly

rounding tablespoons of corn starch.”





I am sorry'themistake was made..The ‘

original recipe calls for three-fourths,

of a cup of corn meal and one-fourth ‘





of a cup of white flour.





CLEANING BEDS IN MARCH.





 





BY OLIVE moan r.





“Clean the beds in the dark of the ‘





moon in March," was the slogan of our





grandmothers. We, of the younger.





be melted ov-er~hot-..Water and sugar.

stirred, in. Then the hot milk, or wa— _'

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dark or light of the moon having any

effect on bed-bugs, but the idea, in the





main, is not a bad one. Should there '





be eggs on the beds they will not have



a chance to hatch if the beds are



cleaned before the first warm days.

Several years ago, we purchased a





home that had been occupied by indif— ;

ferent tenants for quite a while. House- -





cleaning of any kind was deferred un-





til late spring on account of a number ’





of repairs that were being made in the

house. When we finally started to clean

house, we found the house literally

lined with bed-bugs. They seemed to

thrive on window-frames and splash-





boards, as well as the beds. After much .





painting, papering, disinfecting and the ,

using of bed-bug powder, the bugs

were finally subdued. All that season,





however, the bugs would occasionally'





make their appearance on two wooden ‘





beds. These beds were of walnut, and ‘





were not only very valuable, but were ‘

heirlooms. “'e did not wish to dispose

of them, but it seemed like we could

not, get them entirely free of bugs.





“Forewarned is forearmed," and last

year I started in early and well-armed

to work on those beds. 1 finally saw ‘

that there Were cracks and crevices in

the beds that could not be reached by

powder or brush. I purchased from

the druggist a small bellows and a

spray. The spray was an ordinary

throat spray. I first sprayed the en-

tire hed with gasoline. After waiting

a few minutes for the gasoline to dry,

the powder was blown into the crevices

by means of the hand bellows. To be

sure that there would be no bugs left

in the walls I fumigated the room, us-

ing a sulphur candle for this purpose.

Closing all doors and windows tightly,

I placed the candle in a pan, lighted it

and left the room.





Household Editor.-VVe noticed in ’

your issue of December 1 that Deborah ,

says we are not saving wheat when we

give our family macaroni. In a bulle~

tin sent out by the Extension Division ’

of M. A. c. and the United States De-

partment of Agriculture, is the follow-

ing statement: “Macaroni is made of

durum wheat flour, a flour containing.

too much gluten to be used in makingl

a good loaf of bread. Dishes using

macaroni may therefore well be served

at either meatless or wheatless meals.”

We have had speltz ground and are

using that instead of theavhole wheat

flour, and have estimated that we are

saving more white flour by using the

speltz, corn and oat meal breads, than

if we had one wheatless day and the

wheat bread the rest of the week——

Mrs. V. N.





This was brought up at a lecture

given by Dr. Wilbur during his trip.

through Michigan. I can not remem-

ber his exact answer, but my impres-

sion of the discussion was that “wheat

is wheat” this year, whether it is bread

flour, wheat or durum. Therefore, the

statement in this column on December





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IXTEEN boys of Tippecanoe coun-

S ‘ty, Indiana, are going after the

wool production problem in a prac-

tical manner. They have formed a

club under the Council of Defense

rules, have each bought three bred

ewes, and are all determined to work

with a will and win one of the hand-

some prizes that will be given this fall

at-the county fair. Six of these boys

have registered Shropshire ewes; the

others have high~grades, all bred to

pure-bred Shropshire rams. They paid

$30 apiece for the registered ewes and

$20 apiece for the grades. Some of the

boys had the ready money to pay for

their ewes; others got their fathers to

help them out by endorsing notes.





The bankers and clothing merchants

of Lafayette are going to see to it that

every boy wins a’prize of some sort

next fall. They have donated several

fancy sweaters, nobby hats and fine

suits of clothes. These business men

are as much interested as are the farm-

ers in doubling the wool production of

Tippecanoe county.



The Sheep Club rules are as follows:



1. The age of the club members

shall be from twelve to eighteen years.



2. Each member shall tend to three

or more ewes of the Shropshire breed.



3. Ewes shall be bred according to

the instructions of the county agricul-

tural agent, or other designated leader.



4. Members shall be furnished with

bulletins and blank record books.





These Boys are Busy With Their Sheep





By GEORGE F. PAUL





5. Ewes must be cared for. accord-

ing to instructions; a. record must be

kept covering the period

weaning time of the ewes for one year

following or until the succeeding breed-

ing period.



6. The record shall include housing,

quantity and kind Of food, roughage

and forage, method of handling and

management.



7. Lambs raised must not be dispos-

ed of without the approval of the com-





from the .





 





'mittee representing the County Council





of Defense or the county agricultural.

agent.

8. The basis of award shall be:





Percentage of lambs raised. . . . . . . . 20'

Best lambs for type shown. . . . . . . .. 30'

Record and story, neatness and ac-

curacy, completed account. . . . . . .. 20:

Largest gains:

Increased weight of the ewes and

lambs over first weight of ewes 15

Weight and quality of fleece. . . . .. 15





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Bankers and Business Men Made it Possible for the Boys to Get Good Sheep

to Start Wit h.





New Poultry Projectfor the Boys and Girls





S a' result of the increased food



production program being car-



ried on by the United States De-

partment of Agriculture, the Boys’ and

Girls’ Clubs and the Poultry Depart-

ments of the M. A. C. have united

forces in bringing about a plan for an

increased production of poultry pro-

ducts, and a plan by which good laying

stock will be introduced into the var-

ious communities throughout the state.



The boys and girls interested in poul-

try work will be organized into clubs

by the field agents of the Boys’ and

Girls’ Club Department, and through

Professor Burgess, of the Poultry De-

partment of the Michigan Agricultural

College, settings of eggs‘will be fur-

nished to the club members at $1.50 a

setting from the best egg-laying

strains at the college poultry plant.



Settings of the following breeds can

be obtained: 1, White Leghorns; .2,

Barred Rocks; 3, R. I. Reds (only a

limited number of settings).



The club members selecting this

project will hatch their eggs and rear

their chicks according to instructoins

furnished them from the college. In

October after receiving personal in-

struction from the field agents in poul-

try on “Culling the Flock,” these mem-

bers will select their .best pullet and

send them to the college._where they

will be entered in a one-year egg-laying

contest beginning November 1. 1918’.

At the end of this periOd the hen will

be returned to the member, or the col-

“:glege will be willing to buy it. paying a.





price upon which the two parties can

' an accurate report of costs. operations,





agree. «

Other members that wish to enter





_ into the Work and who find it impossi-. .. -





college, because of the distance of

transportation, etc., can purchase their

settings from some reputable poultry

man in the community. Care should

be taken, however, that all settings are

from good stock. Members that carry

on the work under this plan will re-

ceive the same amount of attention

and instruction as the above mention-

ed members, only in this case the pul-

lets raised can not be entered into the

egg-laying contest provided for in the

plan offered by the poultry department

of the college.



The requirements for any boy or girl

wishing to enter the work are as fol-

lows:



1. Every member or contestant must

be between the ages often and eight-

een years. 7



2. Each member must select a hatch-

ing and brooding project, or an egg

and meat production project, or they

can (combine the two.



3. The members seleCting the hatch—

ing and brooding project must set at

least three settings of eggs and rear

the chicks. Large numbers of settings

are especially recommended to the

members Who can handle large flocks,

because it will bring about a greater

production of poultry products, the

thing that we should aim fbr.



4. The members selecting the egg

and meat production project ‘must feed





'and care, for a" flock 0f not less than





four months. In this case larger flocks

are also recommended where it is con-

venlent to handle them, '



5. All members are required to keep





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to 'exhibit a pen of not less. than three

pullets and one cockerel, the exhibit to

be acocmpanied by a complete report

of the work. .



7. The members selecting the egg

and meat production project are. re-

quired to exhibit onedozen eggs pre-

pared for the market and a pen of not

less than four hens and one cockerel;

exhibit to be accompanied by a com-

'plete report. '



Exhibits.



All the clubs are required to exhibit

their work at local or county exhibit as

mentioned in the“ above requirements

for poultry clubs. In addition all poul-

try club members are invited to ex-'

hibit at the West Michigan State Fair

at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the

State Fair at Detroit. ‘



The following is a tentative program

for the poultry club (demonstration

teams at the State Fair to be held in

Detroit in August. '



1. Each of the five districts in club

work in the state will send two teams

to this fair, the expenses to be paid by

the State Fair Association.



' 2. Each team will be required to

perform the following work at this

fair:



a. Demonstrate the construction and '.





use of a self— feeder, (the purpose of’





this part to correlate the work of hand-





~icraft and poultry club Work).





b. Culling a hook for best layers.



0. Identification 0f the standard util-

ity breeds of Michigan. .



Note.~—Material for these demonstrm.

tions will be sent to all club





 





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State .M 17111 be an the order of

thrift stain-981 liberty loans, scholar-

ships, etc; the object being to discour-

age as much as possible the large cash

prizes.

In addition to these prizes all mem-

. hers completing all requirements will

be eligible to the 4-H achievement pin,

which is given out by the Boys’ and

Girls’ Club Department.





The Boys? and Girls’ Club Depart-.





inent will" furnish record cards, litera-

ture, report blanks, etc., on poultry

work. This year each member will re—

ceive two repert blanks, which can be

made out in duplicate, one being re-

tained by the club member for use at

the local exhibits, and the other sent

to the Boys' and Girls? Club Depart-

ment before November 30, 1918, in or-

der that a report of the work may be

sent into the Washington Office of the

Boys’ and Girls’ Club Department.



Anyone wishing further information

regarding the poultry project, write'to

1A. G. Kettunen, Emergency Assistant

State Club Leader, in charge of poul-

try, East Lansing, Mich.





 





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ABOUT AGRICULTURE.

E. C. L.





The first American book on agricul-

ture was written by Jared Eliot in 1750.



At the close of the American Revo-

lution there was not an agricultural

paper in the United States.



The first agricultural society was

formed in Charleston, South Carolina,

in 1784.



Henry Clay imported the first Here-

ford cattle into this country in 1817.



In 1885 congress passed a law mak—

ing it possible for each person to buy

640 acres of land at one dollar an acre.



Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin

in 1793. This machine revolutionized

the cotton industry.



In 1795 the annual production of cot-

ton was 8,000,000 pounds. In 1807 it

had increased to 80,000,000 pounds.



Charles Newbold, of New Jersey,

patented the first castiron plow in

1797. Jethor Wood, of New York state

made the first practical iron plow.



The first steel moldboard was made

by John Lane in 1833 in his little shop

which stood on the shores of Lake

Michigan where the City of Chicago

now stands. .,



James Oliver, of South Bend, Indi-

ana, produced the chilled steel mold-

board in 1869.



Cyrus McCormick and Obed Hussey

worked out the device known as a

reaper at about the same time. Hus-

sey’s machine was patented December

I: 1833, and McCormick’s on June

“1,1834.



McCormick sold the first reaper in

1840. Fifty were sold in 1845.



In the legal suits for patent rights

McCormick emplo3ed Abraham Lin-

coln as his lawyer at one time.



In 1853 the first railroad reached

Chicago. This opened the way for

the settlement of the prairie lands.





 





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For the very reason that our country

and state were never so dependent up-

on her man- power for the necessities



,of life as they are today, makes the

opportunity unusual for our boys and

girls to render valuable service.



It furnishes a splendid chance for

the young people to undertake busi~

ness adventures, especially in some

line of farming where the demand for

agricultural products are great and the

available labor‘small.



The need for young leaders was nev—.

or so acute. To fit one’ s self for ser- -

vice by directing the work of a group

of young people should not be lightly

thought of The acceptance of an op—



portunity for looking after some or-

ganiaed eflort may reveal the qualities

of leadership which can be developed

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LORENCE FENBERT, girl cham-





good reasons to.feel proud of the

honOrs that she won, for she personally

adopted fifteen shivering little chicks

after their mother had died and

brought them through safely to a. state

championship.



The contest was conducted by the

Ohio State University. Each contest-

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number of eggs, and

the number of chicks

raised to the age of

film months counted

11 certain number of

p oi n t s. Additional

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in raising every one of them." At the

time that the chicks were five weeks

old, the mother hen died. ,Florence,

however, was equal to the emergency,

for she did not want to lose her chance

at the championship.- She put them in

a snug box that she had lined with

flannel to keep their toes warm, and

this served as a brooder for the or-





 





 





A Close View of the Prize Winners.





phans. They soon became great pets

and were trained to follow her about.

and to show off their good qualities/(o

the very, best advantage.



As a result, when the chickens were

exhibited ’at the county fair, the judge

from the Ohio State University, Mr.

W. H. Palmer, thought that the record

Florence had made entitled her to con-

pete for the state championship. This

she accordingly did, with the happy re-

sult that she was declared the state

champion.





The following table of points shows

that she went about the work of rais-

ing chickens in a business-like way

and is fully entitled to high‘honors:



Points.

Number of chicks raised to age of

four months, (percentage laised



of chicks hatched) .............. 100

Quality of chickens exhibited at the



county fair ..... 2





Attendance at club meetings. . . . . . . 50

Reports on bulletins studied ........ 50

Story of production and records. . . .100



Total 500





Extra credits earned as follows:

Building brood coop and run accord-

ing to plans furnished by state

leader . ................

Keeping complete record of food

consumed for four months. . ..... 50





 





 





 





 





 





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Kalamazoo county is the latest to

make arrangements for a county club

leader. The new leader will begin

work on March 1. He will have charge

of the rural clubs as well as the gar-

dening work in the city of Kalamazoo.



George D; Gilbert, District State Club

Leader for Northeastern Michigan, has

been drafted and will soon enter the

army- His successor has not yet been

appointed.



The Girls’ garment-making clubs

have added aviators’ jackets to the list

of Red Cross materials which they are

furnishing for the men in France.



Handicraft club members are mak-

ing sock-stretchers and wooden knit-

ting needles fOr the Red Cross.



Seven girls of the Bear Lake [Can-





~ning Club completed their project and





held an exhibit in connection with" the

Mid-winter Farmers’ and Teacher's’ 1n-

stitute. The seven girls canned 789





quarts of fruits and vegetables valued ; .~





at $272. 47.; Mary' .1- first





 





Boys’ and Girls’





Conducted by E. C. Lindemann





Notes





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place with a record of 252 quarts val-

ued at $83.35. The best story was writ-

ten by Lina Mannilla and the best ex-

hibit was made by Alice McIntosh.



Tryphena Humphrey won the cham-

pionship in the Bear Lake Sewing Club.

She completed eleven‘garments valued

at $31.



“Gardening, -a War Program for Boys

and Girls,” will be the motto for the

second annual gardening conference to

be held at the Michigan Agricultural

College 011 March 6- 7. "



State, district and county club lead-

ers will meet at the Western State

Normal School at Kalamazoo March

14_ and 15. '





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1'. YOUNG Fumes.





 





The following letter from a. mother

telts what her son is doing on their

farm: ‘





 

 





 





. from the city, welcome.





 





. “Couldn't see our fences for sumac

when we came. The road has been





 





Six acres plowed ready for

Six acres stoned and





seeding.

oats and peas.





stumped ready for the plow for potato '





ground, and four acres ready for corn:

“He cuts all the Wood for the home,





cares for one cow, and is studying for,





the eighth grade. Is there. another



fourteen-year—old boy farmer in the



state who is doing more for his mother?

Crawford Co. -ALTA M. TOMPKINS.





City Boys as Farmers



N every rural community there will



be city boys helping With the farm



work this coming summer. They

are enlisting by the hundreds and thou-

sands to go out and work for such





farmers as are willing to teach them





something about the great business of

agriculture. I wonder how our boys

and girls from the country are going to

greet these strangers?



This seems to the writer to be some

thing that our young people in the

country can look forward to. They

have the" chance to make these boys

There are

many things in the country that will

be strange to them. Instead of laugh—

ing at their mistakes it will be much

better to do all you can to help them

to become acquainted with farm ways

and practices.



The meeting should be looked for-

ward to for another reason, and that

is, that these city boys are going to

bring something to the country. Most

of them are high school students and

are from refined families. They have

lived under quite different surround—

ings and have seen and experienced

many things that country young people

might know with profit.



Here is a letter from two brothers

who went to the country last summer

and worked on farms. It is worth read-

ing and should inspire every person

who may come in contact with city

boys to make them feel at home in the

country. We are confident that these

boys were good workers, but we also

believe that their employers got a

whole lot of satisfaction out of their

relations with them outside of the ac-

tual farm work that they did.



Dear Sir: —



My brother and I were awarded the

medals of honor last Thursday evening

by Governor Sleeper, and we surely are

proud of them. They bring back to us





memories of hard work and the best-





kind of treatment, together with pleas-

ure. Our work was really a pleasure,

because the farmers for whom we

worked shewed an active interest in us

and made things as pleasant as pos-

sible. .



My brother and I went on farms at

our father’s request. Our purposes

were many, namely: To gain strength

that we might play football in the fall;

to help “Uncle Sam” in his most grave

food problem, and also to help win the

war by taking the places of others who

were then in training camps, and lastly

for the experience. We gained all of

these things, and besides enjoyed the

best of health and learned endurance.

It seemed a great undertaking at first,

but all turned out well. Such an ex-

perience is worth a great deal to us

and well'worth remembering. ,



Although we were on different farms,

we were located only three- fourths of

a mile from 'each other, and so saw

each other quite frequently.



Mr. Potts, my employer, was very

considerate and fair in assigning work

for me, as was Mr. Luchtman to my

brother. At times Mr. Potts played

ball with me, went swimming, took me

for a ride, ran races in the water as

well as on land, and joined in all the

sports that boys like, while Mr. Lucht»





,man took my brother for rides in his





auto to Mt. Clemens and other nearby

towns, and in' other little ways shoWed

consideration. He even gave him one

Whole day off. and then tool: him and

his family to Lake orion for a picnic,

all because he had shov‘ved an , as set

in getting the hay in" $13 son as "

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cleaned and plowed ready. for spring , _ " I
mi: work. noose that Mr. Potts

aprecfate'd this one thing more than

t e results; ni—t5683h they Weren’t vefy

, bad, and this caused him to speak well;

of us in several meetings.

not feel that so much praise is due us





 

 





 





as most of our efforts were caused by.





the willingness to help, and the inter-

est of both Mr. Luchtman' and Mr.

Potts in our welfare and happiness.

We therefore join heartily in ex-

pressing our appreciation for their co-

operation with us in making our under-

taking as farmers a success, and we





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But we do.





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their farms, as 6: '1 "

Luchtman.





we do not know it all yet, and still both





0'! us have been offered an experienced





man’s wages for this year's work.





Hoping that the army of City boy-

farmers will be enormously large this





coming summerywe are,

- Very respectfully yours,

BYRON and ROBERT AYRES.





 





 





 





 





Bumper the White Rabbit





By GEORGE ETHELBERT WALSH.





Copyfilht. 1917. by Geo. E. Walsh





 





Bumper Becomes the White King of the Rabbits '





HAT Bumper saw and smelt



when he hopped into the bur~



row under the rocks made a

great impression upou his mind. It

was a large burrow directly under the

huge rock, with no other; entrance to it

than the one through the hollow tree

trunk. No wonder the fox couldn’t

reach the rabbits. They were as well

protected from him as if they lived in

a house of stone.



There were all sizes of rabbits

around him—little ones scarcely able

to hop around without falling over, big,

husky fellows with fierce looking muz-

zles and eyes, and very old ones who

seemed too feeble to move very fast.

But it was the one who had commands

ed the others to let Bumper in that at-

tracted his attention the most.



He had been a big, stalwart rabbit

at one time, and his frame was still

large and angular, but age had shrunk-

en his body and haunches, and his

cheeks were thin and wrinkled. The

eyes stared straight at Bumper as

though they would go right through

him. It was not until later that Bump-

er understood it was blindness that

made that stare seem so penetrating.



“Tell me your name again!” this old

patriarch said when Bumper stood

trembling before him.





“Bumper the White Rabibt!”



The old one hopped nearer, using

one of his companions as a guide.



“Is it true,” he asked finally, turning

to the others, “that he's white ?”



“Yes," they all responded in chorus.



“No gray or brown hairs on him ?"



“No gray or brown hairs on him.”



"Be sure!" commanded the old lead-

er. "Lick him to see if the gray shows

underneath."





Several obeyed this order and Bump-

er felt as it he was being washed all

over. so vigorously did the tongues of

his cousins lick him to discover any

fraud.





“He still remains white," one of the

rabbits said finally. “There are no gray

or brown hairs underneath.”



“That is well!” ejaculated the blind

leader. "Now tell me the color of his

eyes."



“Pink!" they cried.



“Ah!” The blind rabbit seemed sud-

denly excited and trembled with emo-

tion. “Pure white, you say, and pink

eyes! Is he a young rabbit, or very,

very old?”



“He is young, no older than Piggy."



"Then it must be true," murmured

the old blind patriarch. “It must be

true."



‘The others were all quiet and waited

for their wise, blind leader to speak

again. ‘ This he did after a long pause.



“Years ago,” he began slowly, “there

«was a white rabbit who was sent to us

as a leader. He was the wisest and

shrewdest and bravest of our kind.

Where he came from no one knew. We

made ‘him kind, and he ruled wisely

and well for many years. He died be

I foré I was born, and. that you know

was a long time ago Before he died





"'13-“? ton; us that’sume day another white <





rabbit, with pink eyes, would come to





us, and his coming would be as strange

and unknown as his.”



The speaker stopped and seemed to

weigh his words.





blind leader to Bumper.



“When he came—this white rabbit,

with pink eyes—we were to receive

him and make him our king and lead-

er. His wisdom would be greater than

that of all ours combined, and in time

he would deliver us from our enemies.

You know how it is with us in the

woods here. We’re the meekest and

most innocent of the wild animals. Ev-

en the birds prey upon us at times,

and Mr. Fox and Buster the Bear hold

us in contempt because we cannot de-

fend ourselves. We would live on

friendly terms with all the wild crea-

tures of the woods. but they won’t

let us.”





He sighed, and then continued: “Our





only weapon is our teeth, but we never '





use them except to chew our food. Yet

they are as sharp as those of the

Squirrel, and nearly as long as those oi‘

the Fox. Yet we don’t know how to

use them in defence, or if we do we’re

too timid to attempt it. We’re coward-

ly, and easily get frightened so that

our enemies kill us without danger to

themselves. They all hold us in con-

tempt here in the woods.”



This remarkable speech made many

of the rabbits drop their heads in de-

jeetion, for the truth of it was all too

well known to them.



“But this new leader and king was

to deliver us from our fear and timid-

ity," the blind speaker continued. “He

was to show us how we could make

friends with all through his wisdom

and foresight. We have been waiting

for him for many, many years, and

new that he has come we should be

glad and joyful. Let us do homage to

Bumper the White Rabbit, for he is

our new king! I am happy to live to

see the day come when I could wel-

come him! My only regret is that age

has blinded me, and I cannot see him

with my own eyes. I could die in peace

then!"



With that the blind, old rabbit hum-

bled himself before Bumper and kissed

one of his paws. This apparently was

the signal for all the others to do like-

wise. They came to him in turn, and

promised to follow and obey his word,

seeretly admiring his white fur and

pink eyes.



To Bumper this sudden change of

hostility to adject admiration and wor-

ship was embarrassing. «His mind was

all in a whirl, and when the others

knelt before him and kissed his paw

he could find no words to say. He

simply smiled as graciously as he

could, and accepted the homage in

silence.



- Without knowing it this was the cor-

rect thing to do. It was more impres-

sive than if he had protested or tried

to explain that there was a mistake.

He was almost king-like in his attitude

without trying to be so. .



(Continued on page 231). '1





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All the rabbits held -

their breaths, and glanced from the





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That is why they have been kept up to standard. They

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are still double tanned to resist uricacid. Briefly, Farm-Wear"

Shoes are shoes made especially for use on the farm. They

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For list of growers write to





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Sec’y of the

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rm of our com is tested and part is com-

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Watch for our announcement of val“ and

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They had descended half the dis-

tance of the slope when' the wind

brought something to Thor. A deep-

chested growl rolled out of him as he

stopped for a moment, the thick ruff

about his’neck bristling ominously. The

scent he had caught came from the

direction of his cache, and it was an

odor which he was not in a humor to

tolerate in this particular locality.

Strongly he smelled the presence of

another 'bear. This would not have ex-

cited him under ordinary conditions,

and it would not have excited him now

had the presence been that of a female

bear- But the scent was that of a he-

bear, and it drifted strongly up a rock-

cut ravine that ran straight down to-

ward the balsam patch in which he had

hidden the caribou.



Thor stopped to ask himself no ques-

tions. Growling under his breath, he

began to descend so swiftly that Musk-

wa. had great difficulty in keeping up

with him. Not until they came to the

edge of the plain that overlooked the

lake and the balsams did they stop.

Muskwa’s little jaws hung open as he

panted. Then his ears pricked- for-

ward, he stared, and suddenly every

muscle in his small body bacame rigid.



Seventy—five yards below them their

cache was being outraged. The robber





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three hundred pounds lighter than

Thor, but he stood almost as high, and

in the sunlight his coat shone with the

velvety gloss of sable—the biggest and

boldest bear that had entered Thor’s

domain in many a ‘day. He had pulled

the caribou carcass from its hiding-

place and was eating as Thor and

Muskwa looked down on him.



After a moment Muskwa. peered up

questioningly at Thor. “What are we

going to do ‘2” he seemed to ?"k. “He’s





 

 

 

 

   





 





 

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 





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began picking his way down those last

seventy-five yards. He seemed to be

in no hurry now.



When he reached the edge of the

meadow, perhaps thirty or forty yards

from the big invader, he stopped again.

There was nothing particularly ugly in

his attitude, but the ruff about his

shoulders was bigger than Muskwa had

ever seen it before.



The black looked up from his feast,

and for a full half minute they eyed

each other. In a slow, pendulum-like

motion the grizzly’s huge head swung

from side to side; the black was as





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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stub of a tail between his legs and flee

With Thor, 01 advance and fight with

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head. All nature understood that swing.

Man had learned to understand it.

“Look out when a grizzly rolls his

head!” is the first commandment of

the bear-hunter inthe mountains.





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have slunk a little backward, turned

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Again Thor ad'vanCed, slowly and de—

liberately—straight for“ the robber.





 

 





by the pendulum- -like swing of Thor’s.





The big black understood, and like,





not only that; he was a powerful bear, »





ed a range of his ewn He stood his





ed between the two came from the 1‘





Muskwa followed half-way, and then

stopped and s'quatted himself on his

belly. Ten feet from the carcass Thor

paused again; and now his huge head

swung more swiftly back and forth,

and a low rumbling thunder came from

between his half-open jaws. The

black’s ivory fangs snarled; Muskwa

whined. ,



Again Thor advanced, a foot at a

time, and now his gaping jaws almost

touched the ground, and his huge body

was hunched low.



When no more than the length of a

yardstick separated them there came a

pause. For perhaps thirty seconds they

were like two angry men, each trying

to strike. terror to the other’ 3 heart by

the steadiness of his look.



Muskwa shook as it with the ague,

and whined—softly and steadily he





whined, and the whine reached Thor’s,





What happened after that be-

so quickly that Muskwa was





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“Come on-” he cried. “The black’s dead!



If we hustle we can get our grizzly!”

struck dumb with terror, and he lay

flattened out on the earth as motion-

less as a stone. _



With that grinding, snarling grizzly

roar, Which is unlike any other animal

cry in the world, Thor flung himself at

the black. The black reared a little—

just enough to fling himself backward

easily as they came together breast to

breast. He rolled upon his back, but

Thor was too old a fighter to be caught

by that first Vicious ripping stroke of

the black’s hind foot, and be buried his

four long flesh-rending teeth to the

bone of his enemy’s shoulder. At the

same time he struck a terrific cutting

stroke with his left paw.



Thor was a. digger, and his claws

were dulled; the black was not a. dig-



ge1, but a tree-climber, and his claws

were like knives. And like knives

they buried themselves in Thor’s

wounded shoulder. and the blood spurt-

ed forth afresh.



With a roar that seemed to set the

earth trembling, the huge grizzly lung-

'ed backward and max ed himself to his

full nine feet. He had given the black

warning. Even after their first tussle

his enemy might have retreated and

he Would not have pursued. Now it

was a fight to the death! The black

had done more than ravage his cache.

“He had opened the man—wound.





ing for law and right—without great

animosity or serious desire to kill.

Now, however, he was terrible.” His

mouth was open, and it was eight inch-

es from jaw to jaw; his‘lips were

drawn up until his white teeth and his





red gums were bated; muscles stood





but like cords en fhis nostrils, and be-





 

 

 





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g at: greenisii “ck use.

almost obliterated by thederocious fire ' ;

that was in them. Man,- facing Th‘or '

in this moment, would have known

that only one would come out alive. .



Thor was not a “stand-up” fighter.

For perhaps six or seven seconds he'

remained erect, but'as the black ad-

vanced a step he dropped quickly to

all fours.



The black met him halfway, and af-

ter this-for many minutes—Muskwa

hugged closer and closer to the earth

while with gleaming eyes he watched

the battle. It was such a fight as only

the jungles and the mountains see, and

the roar of it drifted up and down the

valley.



Like human creatures the two giant

beasts used their powerful forearms

while with fangs and bind feet thep rip-

ped and tore. For two minutes they

were in a. close and deadly embrace,

both rolling on the ground, now one

under and then the other. The‘ black

clawed ferociously; Thor used chiefly

his teeth and ,his terrible right hind

foot. With his forearms he made no

effort to rend the black, but used them

to hold and throw his enemy. He was





’fighting to get under, as he had flung





himself under the caribou he had dis-

embowelled.



Again and again Thor buried his long

fangs in the other’s flesh; but in fang-

fighting the black was even quicker

than he, and his right shoulder was

being literally torn to pieces when their ,

jaws met in midair. Muskwa heard the

clash of them; he heardthe grind of

teeth on teeth, the sickening crunch

of bone.



Then suddenly the black was flung

upon his side as though his neck had

been broken, and Thor was at his

throat. Still the black fought, his gap-

ing and bleeding jaws powerless now

as the grizzly closed his own huge jaws

on the jugular.



Muskwa stood up. He was shivering

still, but with a. new and strange emo-

tion. This was not play, as he and his

mother had played. For the first time

he was looking upon battle, and the

thrill of it sent the blood hot and fast

through his little body. With a faint,

puppyish snarl he darted in. His teeth

sank futilely into. the thick hair and

tough hide of the black’s rump. He

pulled and he snarled; he braced him<

self with his forefeet and tugged at his

mouthful of hair, filled with a blind

and unaccountable rage.



The black twisted himself upon his

back, and one of his hind feet raked

Thor from chest to vent. That stroke

would have disembowelled a. caribou or

a deer; it left a red, open, bleeding

wound three feet long on Thor.



Before it could be repeated, the griz~

zly swung himself‘sidewise, and the '

second blow caught MuSkwa. The flat

of the black’s foot struck him, and for

twenty feet he was sent like a stone

out of a sling-shot. He was not cut,

but he was Stunned.



In that. same moment Thor released

his hold on his enemy’smthroat, and

swung two or three feet to one side.

He was dripping blood. The black’s

shoulders, chest, and neck were satur-

ated with it; huge chunks had been

torn fromhis body. He made an effort

to rise, and Thor was on him again.



This time Thor got his deadliest of

all holds. His great jaws clamped in

a death-grip over the. upperpart of the

black’s ’ nose. One terrific grinding

crunch and the fight was over. The

black could net haVe lived after that.

It

was how easy for him to rip‘ with those

’knifelike claws on his hind feet. He ,

continued to maul and tear for ten

minutes after the black Was dead. ., ,



When Thor finally quit the scene of

battle Was terrible to look upon; The»..- 1. ..

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. Two nae; aWay', 'télise and white andheleft‘no tell-talerédpsnots'hehimd.

[and scarcely breathing as they looked The ravine took them to the first chum

, otic upheaval of rock halfway up the

Bruce crouched beside a rock on the

mountain-side. At that distance they

had witnessed the terrific spectacle,

but they could not see the cub. As

Thor stood panting and bleeding over

his lifeless: enemy, Langdon lowered

his glass. ‘ l which they had slept the previous

“My God!” he breathed. - night. And this time Muskwa was not

Bruce sprang to his feet. ' tired when they reached the ledge.

“Come on!” he cried.‘ “The black’s Two days had made a big change in

dead! If we hustle we can set our the little tan-faced. cub. He was not

grizzly!” ' ‘ so round and puffy. And he was strong-

And dOWIl in the meadow .Muskwa er—a great deal stronger; he was be.

ran to Thor with a bit of warm black coming hardened, and under Thor’s

hlde in. his mouth, and Thor lowered strenuous tutelage he was swiftly grad.

his great bleeding head, and just once uating from cub-hood to young boar-

his red tongue shot out, and caressed hood. ‘ ’

Muskwa’s face. For the little tan-faced It was evident that Thor had follow-

CUb- had proved himself; and it may be ed this ledge at some previous time. He

that Thor had seen and understood. knew where he was going. It continu-

CHAPTER IX- ed up and up, and. finally seemed to

' EITHER Thor nor Muskwa. went end in the face of a precipitous wall of

N near the caribou meat after the rock. Thor’s trail led him directly to

fight. Thor was in no condition a. great crevice, hardly wider than his

to eat, and Muskwa was so filled with body, and through this he went, emerg-

excitement and trembling that he could ing at the edge of the wildest and

not swallowa mouthful. He continued roughest slide of rock that Muskwa

to worry a strip of black hide, snarling had ever seen. It looked like a huge

and growling in his puny way, as quarry, and it broke through the tim-

though finishing What the other had her far below them, and reached al-

begun. most to the top of the mountain above.

For many minutes the grizzly stood (Continued next week).

with his big head drooping, and the 4

blood gathered in splashes under him.

He was facing down the valley. There

was almost no wind—so little that it

was scarcely possible to tell from.

which direction it came. Eddies of it

were caught in the coulees, and higher

up about the shoulders and peaks it

blew stronger. Now and then one of

these higher movements of air would

sweep gently downward and flow

through the valley fora few moments

in a.great noiseless breath that barely

stirred the tops of the balsams and

One of these mountain-breaths





more lost to view from below.



They stopped and drank' at a pool

formed by the melting snow on the

peaks, and then went on. Thor did not

stop when they reached the ledge on





 





“IF I HAD KNOWN.”





BY ALONZO RICE.

“I had a friend. Our souls clasped

hands;

Our heartstrings, like two vines, about

Each other twined till twain seemed

one.”





If I had known thus early in the race

That Death would come and claim

you as. his own,

In crowded ways i would have sought

your face, ’

If I had known.





My every word and action would have





spruce.



. shown

came as Thor faced the east. And With I was your friend the ties, like‘vines,

it, faint and terrible, came the man- that grace





True friendship, strong as iron bands





smell!

had . grown!





Thor roused himself with a sudden-





growl from the lethargy into which be “One shall be taken,”—-yours the va-





had momentarily allowed himself to cant place;

sink. His relaxed muscles hardened. Andalheh who eats the bitter “Wit

0 e,





He raised his head and sniffed the

wind.



Muskwa ceased his futile fight. with

.the bit of hide and also sniffed the air.

It was warm with the man-scent, for

Langdon and Bruce were running and

sweating, .and 'the odor 'of man-sweat

drifts heavy and far. It filled Thor

with a fresh rage. For a second time

it came when he was hurt and bleed-

'ing. He had already associated the

man-smell with hurt, and now it was

doubly impressed upon him. He turn-

ed his head and snarled at the muti-

lated body of the big black. Then he

snarled menacingly in the face of the

wind. He was in no humor to run

away. In these mOments, if Bruce and

Langdon had appeared over the rise,

Thor would have charged with that

deadly ferocity which lead can scarcely

stop, and which has given to his kind

their terrible name.



But the breath of air passed, and

there followed a peaceful calm. The

valley was filled with the purr of run-

ning. water; from their rocks the whist-

lers called forth their soft notes; up on

the green plainthe 'ptarmigan were

fiuting, and rising in white-winged

flocks. These things soothed Thor, as

a woman’s gentle hand quiets an angry

man. For, five minutes he continued

to rumble and» growl as he tried vainly

to catch the scent again; but the rum-

bling and growling grew steadily less,-

andilnaliy he turned and walked slow;

ly, toward , the coul'ee down which he

and. Musltva had“? come a little while

before. Muslims followed, ~ 4



~_.Th‘e' coulee', or ravine, hid them from.





Can cry but to the darkness and to





ace,

“If I had known!"





BUMPER THE WHITE RABBIT.





(Continued from page 229).



It all Seemed like'a dream to 'him.‘

He wa’s'le’d‘ away to the choicest sleep-

ing part of the burrow, and attendants

brought him food and drink. There

was always someone to wait on him,

no matter what he wanted to do. It

was slightly embarrassing at first, but

as the novelty of it were off he accept-

ed the situation with a smile.



“If they take me for their king, why

not act the part?” he asked himself.

“I believe I could do it. I certainly

look more like a king than any of the

others. And I’m prettier than any of

my cousins.





tolerably conceited, and for a time he

showed it; but his better sense came

to his rescue finally. ”‘



“If I’m going to be their king and

leader,” he concluded, “I’ll try to be a

wise- and good one. -' I’ll not disappoint-





and when I know all he does I’ll try to

use the knowledge for the goéd of all

the rabbits in the woods.



So Bumper the White Rabbit did not

regret his loss of the red-headed. girl

and the beautiful garden, for in. becom-

ing thevking of the wild rabbits he had

a greater career‘beforé‘him.





 





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N increased use of fruits and





vegetables has been one of the

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to conserve wheat and meat products;

for the allies. A diet consisting mainly





of fruits and vegetables'may be well

balanced and at the same time cheaper

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than one having meat as a main item.

As a national American dish, with the

Thanksgiving turkey,

stands first in the hearts of everybody.

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er, cranberries will have an increasing

food value. Poor quality . and tough

meats are rendered more tender and

palatable cooked or eaten with cran-

berries. No cores or skins are wasted

and little labor is required in the prep-

aration. Besides containing elements

required for our body needs, they have

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digested acids that are easily assim-.





ilated and act directly on the red cor-

puscles of the blood.



Cu‘itivation Increases Production.



The cranberry has come into general

cultivation Only since the Civil War.

Since then the development has been

very rapid until today the three states.

Massachusetts, New Jersey and Wis-

consin, produce around half a million

barrels annually, with a market value

of three million dollars. The cranberry

grew wild in these states but it was

soon found that bogs scientifically

handled would produce ten or fifteen

times the crop of a wild meadow. With

careful constructiOn and care, bogs will

average seventy-five barrels an acre.

The market is always good. The price

per barrel has been as low as $4.00 and

as high as $15, but as the cost of pro-

duction and marketing on a fair-sized

bog is from $1.50 to $3.00 a_ barrel, 3.

good margin of profit still remains. The

high average yield of a cultivated bog

is the resultant of a number of increas4

ed productive forces notobtained on a

wild bog. In place of the small, wild

native vines, a’standard variety is

planted that produces an abundant

crop of large uniform berries. Cultiva-

tion and selection has resulted in a de-

cided improvement in the cranberry,

just as in the strawberry. Then in the

second place, vines in a-wild bog are

engaged in a constant fight with the

swamp grasses and weeds, while in a.

cultivated bog the top four or six inch-

es of turf is removed and replaced

with sand, thereby smothering out

most of the foreign growth and at the

same time making an ideal cutting bed

in which to propagate the vines. To

insure the crop against drought, frost,

winter killing and insect injury, the

cultivated bog has a constant water

supply available.



Michigan Conditions Good.



Michigan is one of the few-states

haying climatic, Soil and other condi-

tions suitable for cranberry culture,

but other states/less fortunate in these.

respects have already gone ahead and

worked out the main problems. The

cranberry'industry present-s great pos-

sibilities for Michigan as thefirst cul-

tivated bog in our state has yet to be

developed.



Once an ideal location is found, suc«

cess is assured if the bog is properly

developed and cared, fer. An ideal lo-

cation involves essentials and they will

be discussed in the order of their im-

portance.



1. A dependable water supply.



2. A supply of clean sharp sand





" close at hand.





'3. Good drainage; ample enough to

allow the water table to be'kept at

least two feet below the surface of

the bog.



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that the water will pereolate through

it freely. , .



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6. A convenient shipping point.



An abundant Water supply ready at

all times, such as a lake or reservoir

site, or a good running stream is neces-

sary-to protectvines from insect, frost

and winter injury.





flooding after the harvest season, kills

the pupae of the fruit worm and fire-

worm, the two worst insect enemies of

the cranberry. Severe frosts usually

come at the time the buds are expand-

ing in the spring or when the fruit is

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can get a‘supply of water into his

ditches quickly, or in case of a severe

frost, overflow his -bog a few inches,

has little to fear as enough heat is

radiated from ‘the water to ward off

frost injury.

ground begins to freeze the bag is

flooded and allowed to freeze up for

the winter. The onlyprecaution nec-

essary is to allow all thevsurplus water

todrain off to keep the ice from rais-

ing and heaving out the vines.



~ A convenient supply of sharp, coarse

sand is the next essential in the devel-

opment .of a bog. A peat- soil is con-

stantly wet and is sure to germinate a

profuse vegetation of weeds and grass-

es where the top six-inches is not ~re-

moved and replaced with sand. Besides

smothering the weeds and grasses the

:sand forms a. good cutting bed for the

vines, can be well drained, and is a big

factor in warming up the bog and

warding off the frosts.



Bog Drainage.



Drainage is, also, very necessary; in

fact, it isthe first step in the develop-

ment of a hog, as most prospective

bogs can be cleared only at a. great ex-

pense until well drained. So the sys-

tem of ditches must be laid out to give

the preliminary drainage and at the

same time work into the system neces-

sary for quick flooding and disposal of

water upon the finished bog and to

take care of the drainage water from

the surrounding high lands. An outlet

below the bog must be assured to pre-

vent the flooding of adjacent land un-

less such land is under the control of

the bog owner. Holding the water level

two feet below the surface of the bog

the first ‘few years is to discourage

moss, grass and weed growth, and to

encouragea good vigorous root growth

of the cranberry vine.



The fourth requirement of the bog is

a peaty soil. If wild cranberries have

grown or are growing on the bog there

need be no fear as tothe adaptability

of the soil. Experience has taught that

a hog heavily covered with marsh

grass is to be avoided while one grow-

ing wild cranberries associated with

sphagnum‘moss, leather leaf and Lab-

rador tea is ideal. The depth of the

peat is not so essential, providing it is

at leastone of one and one-half feet if

underlaid with sand that would slip





'and fill in the drainage ditches.





From a climatic standpoint Michigan

is well adapted to the cranberry indus-

try. Cool summers will hold the fun-

gous diseases in'check that are a ser-

ious trial to New Jersey growers. If





t'the bog iswithin the moderating influ‘

«ence of any one of the four large lakes,





bordering the state, much,of the frost

danger is alleviated.‘ Berries with su-





perior keeping qualities can be produc-'





ed in Michigan. -

Michigan a Good Cranberry State.

The :state is, also, centrally located

This is

also. an important requirement in the

location of a. hog, "Convenience to a.

shipping point reduces much or the





subsequent operating expense of a bag. 1,

When these requirements are all.





taken into consideration it is evident

that an ideal location is extremoiyhard

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In the fall when the,





 





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nature of its soil and location, bog land ~





suited to cranberries would be consid-

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The whole bog need not be developed

at once but by planting a few acres at





Under the

proper conditions cranberries are "a

sure crop and will need replanting only

once in a. generation. The method of

developing the bog and the expense in-

volved will be taken up in another

article.





CONTROL OF FRUIT DISEASES.





 





Prof. Whetzel, of Cornell University,

gave some valuable hints on fruit dis-

eases at' the Western New York Horti-

cultural meeting. One disease of the

apple that still is making much trduble





is the scab. In wet seasons it is likely





to get the better of us unless we are

very thorough. It should be clear in

your minds'that you should spray for

scab just before the blossoms open,

when the buds begin to show green.

The men that sprayed at this time

have the clean apples. It is of the

utmost importance to have the leaves

free from scab. This is the way to





one. time, the returns can be used in .- ‘





Holding the watergopenmg 11D the balance.





on the bog late in the spring, also re?





prevent them from getting on the ap- -‘





ples.

the beginning of the season, what lit-

tle scab there is left is easily controll-

ed with later, spraying. Get your spray-

ing in ahead of coming rains. When

the weather is fair get the spray on

quick. In a. word, COVer the new growth

of leaves as they expand and get it in

ahead of the rain.





The way to conserve in spraying is

to get the scab fungus the first spray-

ing, this will save material later” on.

On dusting and spraying, he said that

last year there was little diflference in

results. About “Baldwin Spot,” Prof.

Whetzel said it is caused by unequal

supply in the water supply of the tree.

You cannot prevent it by spraying.

When a. dry season comes you will

probably have Baldwin spot. A dust

mulch, that makes the supply of water

more uniform, is abOut all you can do.



A New Disease.



A new disease is a root rot caused by.

fungus, called Xylaria. It develops

more in a wet season.

know: It is not safe to plant where

old‘trees have. died out.



Cherry leafblight, he said, is much





‘like the apple scab except the fungus





develops a little later. Spray just af-





ter the blossoms fall, and When the.





shucks begin to open. Two, later ap-

plications, when blossoms fall, and one

still later should keep the leaves intact

arid healthy.



A light dusting of peaches two or

three weeks before picking will help

to prevent rot in handling or trans-

portation.





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





 





Onion Varieties.



I intend sowing some onions next

spring. Which of the varieties would

sell most readily on the market,_red,

white or yellow? Would they grow

well on marsh land which is well

drained? .



Shiawassee Co. S. G.



Both the red and yellow varieties of

onions are popular. Probably the most

popular varieties are the Yellow Globe

Danvers and Red Wetherflelds. Both

of these varieties are standard and can





’ be obtained from most any reliable

' seed house.





Onions do well in marsh ground

which has been thoroughly prepared

and well drained. One of the secrets





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in onion growing is the thorough preps _ ‘





aratio’n of the soil.





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Worms and caterpil-



lars—bad as they

, are—are not the cause

. of all poor fruit.

. Apple scab, blotch,

sooty fungus, bitter

rot and cedar rust, attack the fruit and cause

damage running into millions of dollars every

year. You spray to kill the worms. How

about the diseases?





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Thirty-nine prizes on thirty-nine entries is a record made by

Pyrox-sprayed fruit at the Trenton Fair 1916. At the 1917

Fair 33' out of 34 entries by the same exhibitor took prizes.

"From 50 cents worth of Pyrox we got $22.50 worth of fruit

where we got only $2.90 before using it,” writes a Pennsylvania

grower. “From one orchard I used to sell about $1500 worth

a year. The year I began to use Pyrox my sales went up to

$5400. Can I afiord NOT to use it?” said a fruit grower at a.

N. Y. State fruit growers’ meeting. ‘





“My apples are the finest and smoothest I ever had and the trees

are the fullest,” writes a Vermont customer, and many others

whose letters we print in our book testify that Pyrox improves

the quality of the fruit, protects it against injury from insects and

disease, invigorates the ioliage and improves the health of the

trees. ' ‘ -





Pyrox is a smooth, creamy paste, all ready to measure out and

mix with water. This saves labor in the busiest season when

labor is hard to get. In a letter to a friend, the Editor of HThe

Fruit Belt” who is personally in charge of over 400‘. acres of





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APPLES FIANG T0 TREE

Mr. [Bert Cooper, West Virglnia, writes:—- “ Where

I didn't use Pyrex I hovo'soarcoly an apple hanging on

up to this time, but the trees that were sprayed are {all

of as nice apples as I have seen this season. ”





BETTER COLOR





Mr. A. W. Davis, .Misso-uri, says:-—- “The apples and

loans bang on mch longer where Pyroa is used. It

gives the fruit a fine color. I would not bother with the





Better Apples-





“Fills the Barre-l with the Apples that





HARD TO FIND A WORM

Mr. Alva E. more, Marlinton, W. Va., writ”: -—— "l

‘ sprayed my apples with Pyrox and it would be hard n-

find a my apple in the entire orchard. Pym: is

cleaner to-apply than most sprays. "





SAVES LABOR

Mr. B. L. About, Maine, writes ~513sz vary may

to prepare; works well in the sprayer, kills the bags and

hoops the vines groan until frost~ M mus pro/it to '

, our Maine potato growers in com moo ofth'e' word: "





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ore Money!





You can protect fruit from worms and

disease by spraying with Pyrox. One prepa-

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It does more; Pyrox by invigorating the

foliage, cauSes the fruit to hang on longer,

so that it takes on size, finish and, quality—



- what the market wants and will pay for. If

you want the best price you must grow the

kind of fruit the market demands.





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Pyrox sticks. It goes through the finest nozzles and sprays fine

as a fog. It covers every part of the leaf.





Pyrox is as good for potatoes, tomatoes and other truck crops

and fruits as it is for apples. It protects crops.





Nlost good agricultural supply dealers sell Pyrox. Last year the

demand for Pyrox exhausted the dealers’ supply. Why not see

your dealer at once about your supply? If he does not handle

Pyrox, be sure to fill in his name when mailing the coupon below.





Sond‘for the new Pyrox Crop Boole. You will be interested in

the spraying methods used by practical growers in getting pro-fit-

able crops. . If potatoes are your specialty, you will want to read

the experience of representative farmers who use Pyrex and make

potatoes pay. This book contains spraying hints on many fruits



- and vegetables. If you will mail the coupon, we will send the

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WELL ventilated’cellar or base

' ment makes the best place in



which to operate an incubator

and get the best results. It is much

easier to maintain an even heat in the

incubator and bring off a full hatch if

the room temperature does not change

suddenly, and a cellar is usually best

for this reason. Some cellars are poor-

ly ventilat'ed. They are too deep in

the ground, too damp or possibly too

dry and conditions are far from being

ideal for hatching. A clean room in

any part of the house or in an out-

building will be much better in this

case. Choose a convenient place where

the incubator will be undisturbed,

Where the sun will not ‘shine on it at

any time during the day, where the





' ventilation can be readily controlled,





and you may be sure you have the

best location. ‘





Conditions for Incubation.



The ideal room temperature for the

average incubator seems to be around

fifty degrees. Many good incubators

on the market will hatch successfully

in a room where the temperature is

down to freezing. A heated room is

not advisable, except where the incu~

bator temperature cannor be kept up

without it in very cold weather, be-

cause heated air is usually dried out

and‘not as pure as it should be when

it enters the egg chamber. Correct

ventilation, the right temperature and

proper moisture conditions at various

stages of a hatch, are the three essen-

tial “mechanical" factors in incubation

and the importance of selecting the

best possible location for the incubator

is to give most favorable conditions

outside of the machine to control the

air, the heat and the moisture within.

If more attention were given to the

proper location of the incubator, there

would be fewer disappointments; more

normal hatches in number of chicks

produced and more husky chicks that

could be raised 'to profitable maturity.



The warmer the room temperature

becomes as the hatching season ad-

vances, the more ventilation can be

allowed in the room, but it should nev-

er be entirely shut off, even in the

coldest weather. Provision should be

made, therefore, to adequately care for

the room v'entilation problem. It'is of

much more importance than most peo-

ple think for. A simple frame, like a

Window screen, covered with coarse

muslin, strong cheese cloth, or bran

bagging set in the Windows will allow

fresh air to enter the room without

making a draft on the incubator. In a





' room where several machines are ops





erated, and in deep cellars, it is well

to provide some means of ventilation

that will care for the poor air which

settles to the floor.



Setting up the Machine.



Being satisfied that the room ventila-

tion is the best that you can provide,

everything is in readiness for the incu-

bator. A new machine should be care-

fully u'ncrated and assembled as direct-

ed in the printed instruction sheet

which each manufacturer sends out

with the incubator. Every part in po-

sition and in good condition, the ma-

chine should then be leveled carefully.

A higher corner or high side will be

hotter and even heat over all the edges

will not be possible. If necessary, block

the incubator carefully so that it will

stand firmly and not jar the eggs dur-

ing the hatch. Some of the Mammoth

incubators require a certain slight tip

tothe whole‘machineto meet the re-

quirements of their hot water system,

but directions are given in each case.





An experienced operator should, care-

fully read the instructions for operat-

ing to thoroughly familiarize himself

with the function of each part. In fact,

many incubator Owner‘s claim experi-





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practiced. The ‘ope‘r'atioiii of.» modern

incubators is comparatively‘simple and

readily understood, and yet fewiare to

be run'just alike because ofdifleiiing

principles. To attempt detailed-instruc-

tions here would be inadvisable, but an





outline of important features will not I





come amiss. - »

Starting the Incubator.

When starting the incubator, screw





down the adjusting put on the regula— ‘





tor to guard against overheating at the

start and breaking the thermometer. If

your thermometer is not new, or you

doubt in the least that it is correct,

test it with a clinic thermometer from

100 to 105 degrees, and be sure to make

allowances for any variations in regu-

lating .and running your machine.



Always wait before putting“ the eggs

into the incubator until you are sure-

the regulation is correct. Once care-

fully adjusted before starting a hatch,

very little attention to the regulator is

required.





Too many make the common mis-

take of turning the adjusting nut up or

down if there is a slight variation in

temperature. Many of the most suc-

cessful operators never touch the regu-

lator, except to test it between hatches

to be sure that nothing has accidental-

ly dropped into a working joint or

bearing to prevent the free action of

the~parts. If you find the temperature

too high or too low, try to make the

correction by turning the wick up or

down in the case of lamp-heated incu-

bators or making corresponding chang-

es in the amount of fire where other

kinds of heat are used.





Care of the Lamp.



On lamp-heated incubators a new

wick should be used with each batch.

If the oil-reservoir is of the ordinary

type it should be filled daily and pre-‘

ferably in the afternoon so that there

will be enough oil to last until morn-

ing. Never fill the lamp bowl entirely

full. Expansion of the oil when warm-

ed Will make it overflow. All lamp fix-

tures should be wiped clean and dry

daily. There will rarely be any trou-

ble with ill-smelling or smoky lamps

if the burner is kept perfectly clean

each day. Start with a medium-sized

fire or lamp flame, and make your ad-

justments with such. The heat control

can’ then be more easily handled from

start to finish. '





After the incubator has run at least

twelve to twenty-four hours Without

any needed adjustments, it is ready for

the eggs. When they are put in, the

temperature will drop and not return

to the prescribed heat for several hours

while the eggs are warming up. More

mistakes are made in changing adjust~

ments on the regular the first day than

at any other time. Later we shall go-

into greater detail about eggs and what

takes place in incubation, but be it said

now that the first week of the hatchris

really the most critical period in the

whole process, and greater care is ad-

visable than at any other particular

time. Do not be alarmed if the tem-

perature should vary a degree, or even

two, either way from time to time. If”

the average temperature is maintained,

results will be quite as good as thoiigh

the thermometer showed no variation

whatever. In fact, some experienced

men prefer slight variations.



Cooling the Eggs.



Never open the door tocool or turn

the eggs until the third or fourth day.

From 'then on until about the eight

eenth day the' eggs should be turned

at least twice. daily. The length of

cooling depends upon the room temper-

ature, theiperiod-of ‘the._.hatch and the





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".register correctly. This is one reason-





. , Why testing the eggs is generally ad-





vised, once or twice .during‘ the hatch

to remove those which do not contain

a live chick embryo. There are many

differences of opinion on the moisture

needed during the (hatch. Some ma-

chines require more moisture than oth-

ers, and some hatch successfully with-

out added moisture under average con-

ditions. It is safe to say that more

poor hatches result from insufficient

moisture than from too much. In many

cases the best and easiest way to sup-

ply moisture is to keep the floor of the

room well sprinkled, thus allowing the





fair to become'more maist before it cn-.





ters the egg Chamber. It is seldom

possible to get too much moisture when

this practice is followed. When it is

not practical to wet the floor, pails or

pans of water may be set near the ma-

;chine, the eggs may be sprinkled with

warm water, or a shallow pan of wa-

ter may be set into the incubator be-

neath the egg tray. The necessity for

' moisture is not to add water to the

. eggs, but to prevent too rapid eVapor—

"ation of their normal water content.

At the end of the first nine or ten days

the eggs should not dry normally, down

so that the air cell in the large end of

' the egg is bigger than, the size of a

, silver dollar. This can be determined

by testing the eggs. ‘

Fresh Air for incubator.



The varying types of incubators,

:each with their different ventilation

systems, prevent any discussion of this

feature. Experts have worked it out

for each kind on the market and manu-

facturers’ instructions are usually ex-

, plicit. The growing chick needs much

less “fresh air” during the first half of

incubation than during the last half.

After the tenth or eleventh day the

amount of- ventilation can be increased

gradually. but quite rapidly until the

.last of the hatch. -

' Do not be in too big a hurry to re-

move the chicks from the incubator.

Let the hatch finish off and the last

chicks dry before opening the door. If

your incubator has a nurserytray, it

is best 'to test it before the chicks

hatch. In very cold weather the drop

in temperature from the egg trays to

the nursery is too much and the chicks

will be chilled if the nursery is used

unless it is raised.



If during the hatch you have an acci-

dents—the lamp go out and the temper-

ature drop, Or something happen so

that the eggs are overheated, or should

you have left them out to cool too long,

do not throw away your eggs until you

are convinced that you cannot get a

hatch. Many good hatches have come

in spite of these accidents and it is

foolish to count your losses too quick-

ly! This does not mean that the best

results can be obtained without

thoughtful attention to the simple care

of your artificial hatcher. Three im-

portant factors govern the success of

hatching: The butcher—the eggs——

and the operator. Do your part!





 





GETTING 'FERTlL-E EGGS.





It will not pay to waste many eggs

this spring, hence an effort should be

made to put as large a proportion of

fertile eggs into the incubators as pos-

sible. The time for hatching Will soon

be here and it is time to begin to give-

the hens special care to produce fer-

tility. During the cold weather, when

the birds are closely housed, it is much

more of a. problem to get eggs that will

hatch well than it is later when the

Museum get out on the ground. It is

almost useless to set eggs from a flock

that has been closely confined for a

long time. ' Under such circumstances

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cachipen and keeping one confined ev-

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chance to get on the ground. Scratch- ~





ing pens, where the breeders are kept,

should have a dry earth floor it possi-

ble. If rye was sowed in any of the

pens last fall, the hens should have a

chance to get atit when the weather

will permit. If a warm spell comes on

in February, let out the birds and note

how actiVe and happy they immedi-

ately become. Strong fertility will fol-

lovv‘such an outing.



'Plenty of green feed is necessary to

the production of fertile eggs.

and mangles are good for this purpose.

One- of our poultrymen neighbors last

spring fed mangles until the first of

March and then the supply gave out.

and he was obliged to substitute clover

and alfalfa. Eggs put in the incubator

before the first of March hatched more

than one-third more chicks than those

gathered after the mangle supply be-

came exhausted. Cut bone is another

food that will help in producing fertile

eggs. . '



It will’ pay to take special care that

the first eggs set are of strong fertility.

The early chicks will make the layers

worth keeping, therefore hatch early-





 





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.How Much Should a Hen Eat



Would you consider it safe to let my

thorough-bred Barred Plymouth Rocks

run with the mongrels until a month

and a half or so, and then keep them

separate, without danger of chicks be-

ing cross-bred? Have heard that eggs

are fertile two or three weeks after the

cockerels are taken away. I can keep

them separate but in asmaller enclos-

ure. About how much should a Ply-

mouth Rock hen eat daily (by weight)?

I have oats. corn and wheat and expect

to purchase some barley. Could you

inform me how to make a well balm

anced ration of these feeds ? Will say

I also feed meat scraps. They are not

on free range. Have bought some liquid

disinfectant, and how often wouldyou

advise disinfecting the poultry house?

When is the best time to pick out the

layers? 8. G.



You will be entirely safe in keeping

your chickens together to within six

weeks of the time that you wish to use

your eggs for hatching.



It is ,very difficult to tell just what

a Plymouth Rock hen should eat. as it

greatly depends upon the character of

the food it is given. You can make a

very good ration out of equal parts to

oats, corn and wheat. I would crack

the corn and then use the mixture for

a scratch feed. The usual method is

to use about a handful of the mixture

for each hen at each feeding.

been the experience of feeders that

barley is not as Well liked by hens as

the three grains mentioned and, there-

fore, it would be of no special advan—

tage to you to get this grain for poul-

try feeding. Besides the scratch feed,

it would be advisable to make a dry

mash of equal parts of bran, ground

corn and oats, to which should be ad:

ded about ten pounds of commercial

beef scraps to every 100 pounds of the

mash. '



I would thoroughly disinfect the pou-

try house with a liquid disinfectant ev-

ery two or three weeks; the length of

time intervening between applications

depends upon the disinfectant, as some

disinfectants are more lasting than

others. To insure success in using dis-

infectants, it would be advisable for

you 'to follow instructions on the can.



The best time to cull out the flock is

.in the fall before the birds are put in

their winter quarters.





having a grEeat depth of chest and fluff,

are the best =l‘ayers. The methods of





picking out layers have been explained .

'in these columns several times. If you

desire the same, we will be glad to fur- .





men it upon amiipation.





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LAYING HENS AND PULLETS





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: ~W‘ln the War ’ L Preparing the Land

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The Food Controllers of United States and Canada are asking for greater '

Scarcely 100,000,000 bushels of wheat can be sent to the

allies overseas before the crop harvest.

States and Canada rest the burden of ‘supply. .

Every Available Tillabie Aer. must Contribute; Ivory Available

Farmer and Farm Hand moot hoist. ‘



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short and an appeal to the United States allies is formore men forseeding





cannula-s Whoa! Production loot Yoar was zze,ooo,ooo Sunbelt;

the demand from Canada alone, lor 191 8, is 400,000,000 Buobels.





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men. The Government of the United Statestwants every man who can effec-

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developed first of course; but it also wants to hel Canada. When- '

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and we will tell where you can best serve the combined interests.





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on product strain. by?” Baby Chicks. Oil'-

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W LLY HI . - - ~ - - Ionia. Mich

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Bull and W. Orpingtons.





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loyi strain. «repealed

from to 264 ' .:





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breeding males, eggs

old pollen-ad dl old chicks. C. . ,.~

amee melts. “clog p'ves prices; describes Root. tells

about our form and methotfi; result: you can get by-breed-

for your copy now—iv is tree.





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' We have a number of White Leghorn hensamll’ullotl

in prime condition for spring laying ready for imme-

; also a few Barred Rocks and R. C. Rods.





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order now for spring delivery.

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- eghorns at last year’s price. 312 per 100. No cata-

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with order. Hatch every Tursd ay. beginning April 2. Sunny‘

brook pow). Farms. C. G. Burroughs. Frog». Hillsdole. Itch.





 





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Fowler; Buff Rocks °°°"°'""h"ds





and hens for sale

(to. two dollars up according to quality.

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Hy Young’s strain bred-today S. 0. White I

mere“ renew ,v tankers. 1113,4100S bull‘s catch or 1913

v a an n ) r . - -

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scares he“... agar.”

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RHODE ISLAND REDS and

5 to 12 lbs. accordixng touagfbos‘zé tea).

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S. C. White Leghorn -- oldie-e.

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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





We Ofier a Few Special Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a small investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding.



Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.





CATTLE.





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Trojan-Erica and Blackbirds only Breeders of the

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

or the Grand Champion Bull at the International

Ohio for 1917. > .

W065‘OOTE STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.





Good uality bulls of serviceable

Angus age and younger. Inspection lnvxt—

Geo. Hathaway and Son, Ovid. Mich.





 





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' GUERNSEYS must maul-,9 herd. eoofl'er



a few choroe females of



Glenwood breedifig 215‘: b31115, all stock of A. R. breed-

’ dt bercu n es e .



fiPRXIORIB, - Battle Creek. Mich.





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Guernseys-fi‘l’lmas .022? 33...!

cnlino tested. Geo. . Crawford, Bolton. Mich.





. 45 istered head. all th. tested. Nora's

“NSS’S Ma in . son of Imp. May Rose King

heads our herd. 90! h s half sisters sold averaging $1950

each. His bull calves are booked ahead at reasonable

prions. Avondalc Stock Farm. Wayne. ich.





Registered Guernseys





die as Heifer calves. 8150 each. 1 choice 3 year old

will reshen in March .

J. H. WILLIAMS - - - North Adams Mich.





w ' All in f rm near Ludington. Mich:two

For sale chOic’e registered Guernsey, bulls of

serviceable or. grandsons of n’ cow with en ARR. re-

condot be. of butter fat for one year. Prices





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For sale ves May Roseubrlelgilih .u on

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‘ Guernsey bull calves from advanced

For sale registered dams ran in in age from 8

to 8 months. L. J. BYERS, ol water. Mich.





CLUNY STOCK FARM





100--REGISTERE.D HOLSTEINSu-IOO

When you need a herd sire remember that we

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

der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality. and production records back-

ed by the best strains of breeding.





Write us Iyour wants.

R. BRUCE McPHE SON, Howell, Mich.

acceptedin payment of ii i b d -

‘ 600d "Oi. istered Holstein bull 05.793. ”nullify





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

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





 





 





 





 





9 Pedigree Stock Farm oflen Re .110]-

Parham 3 stein cattle. Chester White wine,

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



R. B. PARHA . Bronson. ich.





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Bolton, Mich. ‘



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SOME NE'w GRANGE-:F‘EATURES.





 





Our State Lecturer, Mrs. Stookman.

is planning a reading course for the

Subordinate Granges of Michigan dur~

ing the coming year. There are four

books in this course: a' book on feed-

ing the family, another on soils, a stan-

dard work on dairying, and -a book

containing just the inspiration and

help that every young person needs in

these days of hustle and bustle, and

chances of success and failure, so in-

termingled as to be hard to identify by.

the one who is obliged to choose for

himself.



Sister Stockman will plan her

Grange programs in part with refer-

ence to this new reading course,

though no Grange will be obliged to

purchase it unless the members of that

Grange shall wish to do so. There will

be plenty of work mapped out for the

lecturers without the lessons in the

several books, but it is hoped that

many Gl'anges will avail themselves of

the privilege of the new plan, and get

out of it as much as the Worthy Lec-

turer now sees in it, of real genuine

educational help.



Doubtless one trouble with Grange

lecture work is, that it is too frag-

mentary. That is, it does not lead up

to definite ends. We discuss one sub-

ject tonight, another one at our next





meeting, and perhaps miss the lecturg





er’s hour entirely atihe following

meeting, and so we never quite know

where we are bound to and weialways

lack a well ‘defined ideal of What we

ought to accomplish in the ‘field of

Grange lecture work.



In the adoption of this reading

course we have an opportunity to study

in an orderly manner, some very im-

portant subjects, and the result should

be to our general advantage.



The book on soils is by Mr. Hop-

kins, one of the best soil men in Am-

erica. It is a work of fiction, but it

abounds in important factsabout soil

handling, and these facts being put in-

to such readable form, will insure their

being’gotten by many who would not

read them were it not for the little

story into which they have been wov-

en by this truly wonderful soil man.



As a part of “The Great School Out

of School,” every live subordinate

Grange should get the books that make

up this course and begin' in earnest

their study. The success and progress

of our'subordinate Granges depends in

a large way upon wise leadershiploy-

ally followed. Sister Stockman is a

wise leader in educational matters, and

the Granges of our state will 'take

some important advance steps if they

follow her in their work as heartily

and as generously as they applaud her

when she speaks to them.



Another new feature is our Grange

Farmers’ Institutes. , There is to be

one of these meetings in nearly, or

quitelevery county in the state. ‘ Sev-

era] of them are already scheduled and

more will be in the very near future.



At these meetings will be presented

subjects of live interest to every pro-

gressive farmer. The speakers will

be furnished by the Extension Depart-

ment of the M. A. C., by the Dairy &

Food Department, and by the Depart-

ment or Markets. The University of

Michigan will also furnish speakers for-

many of the meetings. ' , *



-Worthy Master Ket’cham and his as-

sistants are sparing no. pains in the

short to make these meetings events





" \of unusual interest to ‘all who live. in

the open country, and it is hoped thatwere e

the programs Will also interestfithose

T: "1293111in 1,} ,. .1





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CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





The Young People Are interested.—

The January >meeting of the Jolly

Farmers’ Club was held at the home

of Mr. and Mrs. William Jacobs in

Brockway township. ‘While the roads

were badly drifted and severe weather

prevailed, there were about sixty peo—

ple present, representing the townships

of Greenwood, Brockway,.Emmett and

Kenockee. In the absencetof President

Wallace Adams, John Patterson called

the meeting to order and presided dur-

ing the afternoon. The singing of

America by the Club constituted a very

appropriate opening number, and an

excellent program was carried out

which was fully up to' the standard of

former meetings, and excelled the

most of them in respect to the young

people and children who took part. The

music and recitations rendered by

them were of. a high order, and afford-

ed a good illustration of what the

Farmers’ Club cando for the boys and

girls, as Well as meeting the needs of

the older people of the Community.

The members of this Chrb consider the

development of their young people to

be one of the important objects of the

organization, and'the‘ fact that it is

contributing to the pleasure and profit

of every individual in the farmer’s

family is largely responsible for its

splendld progress and success. The pa-

per by Mrs. Hugh-.Hodgins dealt with

conditions arising out of, mower, and

among other things, emphasized the

progress that was beingmade in medi-

cine and surgery, and the beneficial ef-

fects of conservation and sacrifice to

‘the people of the nation. Mr. Rapley’s

address explained the value of greater

cooperation , among the farmers, and

mentioned the results that Were being

obtained in other states, especially in

North Dakota. .- The reading by Mrs.

Bert Barr was. of a patriotic nature,

and while asking that the farmer be

given a square deal by the middleman,

indicate that the man on the land

would‘d'o his utmost tomeet the needs

of his country during the present crisis.

County Agent Brody discussed a num-

ber of things of immediate interest to

the farmer, including the income tax,

seed corn, and the distribution by the

government of sodium nitrate fertilizer

the coming spring. 'A number of busi—

ness matters came upfor consideration

and among them were the arrange-

ments for the - two-day agricultural

school, January 29-30. ' On~account of

fuel conditions and lack of stable room

for the horses, it was decided to change





the place of meeting from the Brock-“





way Town Hall to -the‘"M. E. Church at

Old ,Brockway. After the secretary’s

report by Miss Elsie Zinzo, the Club

adjourned, until February 28, when it

will meet at the home .of Mr. and Mrs.

Hugh Hodgins. ’ ' ~~ ‘



Elect New Officers.——The meeting of

the Starville Farmers’ Club at the

home of Mr. and~Mrs.‘ Merlin'Butler in

Cottrellville township, ‘St. Clair county,

was well attended in spite of the severe

weather. After the dinner had‘been

served, the business meeting was tak-

en up, and the following officers were

elected for the ensuing year: ‘ President,

W. D. Richardson; vice-president, Mrs.

Percy Worden; secretary, Mrs. E. B.

Hill; treasurer, Merlin .Butler; organ-

ist, Mrs. W. ,D. Richardson; menu com-

'mittee, Mrs. L. ,0. "Hill, . Mrs. John

and Mrs. John Kleihower, Mr. and Mrs.

H. A. Shaw; program’c‘ommittee, Mr.

Kleihower, Mrs. Horace Ba'sney, Mrs.

Charles Folkerts, Mr'. and Mrs. Horace

Basney, and Mr. and ‘Mrs. E._B. Hill.

The singing of America ’cdnstituted a





very appropriate openinginumber for.





the program. This was followed by an

instrumental duet by Mrs. W. D. Rich-

ardson. and Mrs. Stanley .Chartier,

which was well rendered and much ap-

preciated. A recitation entitled, “We’re

in the Army Now,” by , Miss Mattie

Kleihower Was also _ one of the most-

pleasing numbers- County Agent Brody

discussed agricultural schools, market-

ing, and. other questiOnsbf particular





‘ interest at the present time. Miss Wale





dron, Home Demonstration Agent for

St. Clair county, was next introduced.

and pleased the audience with .a talk

on “Food Conservation,” the ‘fMakin

otNVar Breads," andggave a: gene,





 





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Chronic Capped Hooks—My four-

year-old gelding was kicked on hock

and .joint swelled badly; now most or

swelling is gone, but there is a bunch

on cup. This horse is not stlfl or lame.

l). A. J., Williamstow Mich—Apply

iodine ointment three t mes a. week.



Light Mllker.———Would you kmdly tell

me what to do for my three-year-old

heifer? She treshened on January 4

and is giving only a little milk. She

has very small bag.





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THURSDAY, FEB. 218l ' m





Write for muss-ma woe .

giving loll particular: to

Breakwater Farm,





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





.3 .

Ready for

Service Bulls

snaamam

The Producing Kind

with Jersey type align capacity.





Tabul ted me! (I records

onop co . ceorooeonoblo. ‘





Brookwoter Form,





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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... .....I.:m W Peroherom Belgian Sale





Cass City, Mich.—-—-Her bag should_be

gently hand-rubbed three times daily.

It is not bad practice to .milk such a

cow three times a day. . f



Accidental Abortion—Have a heifer

that aborted at five months, caused by

rough usage. She gives a fair mess of

milk and is good health. Had I

better continue to milk her? J. H. S.,

Lake, Mich—H it is profitable for you.

to milk her, then keep her in dairy. it

she was dry, she would not pay board.



Barren Gown—I have a cow that

freshened last winter, was bred March

4, 1917. We dried herin October but

she is not with calf. Our local Vet.

examined her and he is certain she is

not pregnant. She has not been in

heat Since she was mated, neither has

she aborted. What can be done for her?

E. O. P., Tekonsha, Mich—Give her

1 dr. 0: ground nux vomica and 2 tire.

of ground or powdered capsicum at a

dose in feed three times daily, and it

will help bring on heat; When warm

weather sets in she will perhaps come

in heat.



Fetlock Joint Lameness.——Cough.——I

have a mare that went lame eighteen

months agD; nine months later her

tetlock joint enlarged and gradually

this swelling hardened. I might also

add that she is only slightly lame part

of the time. I also have, another mare

which I recently purchased that

coughs, after drinking water. R. H. _S.,

'Whittemore, Mich—Apply one part 10-

dine and nine parts fresh lard to en-

larged portion of fetlock joint three

times a week. Rub throat with cam-

phorated oil once a day.



Obstructed Throat—I have a six-

year-old mare which had distemper.

but never fully recovered. The glands

of her throat are thickened and she

breathes much like a horse that has

heaves, but the nostrils are not ex‘

panded and it makes very little differ-

ence whether she is driven slow or

fast. She has nasal discharge part of

time. G. J., Coleman, Mich—Clip hair

off throat and apply equal partstinc-

ture iodine, camphorated oil daily. Give

her 30 grs. of potassium iodide at a

dose in feed or drinking water three

times a day.



Barren Kellen—We have a three-

year—old Jersey heifer that has been

bred about a dose-n different times to

two. different bulls. but continues to

come in heat. What can be, done to

make a breeder of her? H. L. F., So.

Haven, Mich—I am inclined to believe

that your heifer is barren; however,

she should be examined by a compe-

tent Vet. to ascertainwhy she will not

breed. Perhaps he will discover a cys-

tic condition of the ovaries which when

crushed, she might perhaps breed.



Scurvy.—Several of my six month

old calves are troubled with a scabby

condition of the skin near the head,

and I would like to know what to ap-

ply. J. F. 8., Mecosta, Mich—Apply

one part carbolic acid and 15 parts of

olive oil three times a week. If the

skin, oozes a fluid, dissolve 1 'oz. of sul-

phate of zinc in a quart of water and

apply this lotion twice a day before

using the other medicine.



Skin Disease—I have a heifer fifteen

months old whose skin on lower part of

leg seems to crack, and some of the

joints of leg are swollen. J. H. 1’... Hon-

or, Mich—Apply one part carbolic acid

and eight parts petrolatum to the sore

parts of leg once or twice a day. Give

her a‘ teaspoqnful of acetate of potash

in drinking water daily for fifteen days.



Ringworm.-—I have a yearling heifer

that has sores on leg. side and near

one eye. The. hair falls off and . a

scurvy scab resembling a seed wart

forms. J. D. 3., Ypsilanti, Michs—Dle-

solve 1,5 oz. of salicylic acid in one pint

of olive oil and apply to sore parts

two or three times a Week.





Scaly Condition of Skiné-M'y cow'





has rough; scaly bunches on her skin;

when the scale or bunch sloughs, the





what raw. 1. . ., Mecosta 00..

Mr—Glfle your cow 2.drs. of Fow-

'ler'ssmon'ctdrsenic at a dose in

teedivor‘drioklnxwoter twice a day for

”do”; 3 ,. "one;na1:t tincture of.





24'High Class Imported and American.





of Clinton County.





 





 





 





PURE BRED l

HOLSTEIN I

. . CATTLE

AREJN BIG DEMAND





Not only in this section. but throughout the i





 

   





whole United States. The records of all

breeds show that pure-bred Holsteins give tho

largest yields of milk. cream uud_butterofot.

Tm:i have been proven the most profitoblo

bre .





Write For hoof intone-Hen





m IOISTllN-FIIBSIAN ASSOCIATION

0? MBA. Box I“, Bratilcboro, Vt.





 





 





 





 





 





 





. Heinlein-z Bull calf born Oct.8. A splendid lu-

Rdlrldualmnll grown. A. 3.0. records for seven nonr-

oot dome average butter? do 52136 lbo.mllk 5332?. Demo

record 18 lbs. cr.2 yr.old. .3. Reader. HoWoll. Mich.





0R Solo Ono "(filtered Holstein bull-calf. Slro'o

twenty score-t amo hove '1. do. rooordo ov.fi.6ll lb.





lndlvldul. Long Velw form. I. 3.Box it) A. Rochester. Mich.





CHOICE Holstein bulls nearly old enough for

service. No. l born January 24. 1917 slre's dam.

[rend-deni- and great crand-dam's semi-edicts] race

over 8“ lbs. butter. Dam of colt 18 lbs. butter 7 days

oooon orbit-old, aver-fin per cent fat 4.3. No. 2 Sis-ed

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

0. L. BRODY. Owner. ortfluron. Mich.

Choc. rotors. Herdsman. Three Rivers. Mich.





ou in o o 0 cl h l of

generators sot;

Mane . c igoo





Wo have o few good females and several ' bull calves

gt riggsprlces. The letter from $50 up. Excellent





'TluP-uorcu" untsmns





"Milk production to an inherited obllltv. Good cows

must be bred tocood pure-bred bulls ll progress in





dolr inn is to la. mode. .

y our“: U. o. Dept. or Agric. Bulletin.





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Buy this your; bulLond give your milk and butter





 





 





oduction o ' gush.

El Colombo oOokdole. 190.182837. Born Nov. 4.1915.

ml‘fim'. 3 poorest; Butter ’1 duo , 30.81

Dome overuse Milk 7 days 579.66

Bum-or '1 doyo 30.60

Bis Don's Dom'o Milk '1 day- 565.“)

Record Bigger 30 days 124.3





 





(She hoods on

direct generations of thirty pound ccwo.

Bis dom‘o record at 3 yrs.‘ it‘ll." 733:: 2333





Rio duo non-est demo average l all?! 77:3: 29:2?)





(Including 2—3 and 1-456 gr. old.)

Ideally marked. obom'half and olf. Price 8250.





McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.





w <-

AK Leaf Form. Bordello Looowee Pontiac Col-

anlty King odor Registered fldotoin bull oolves

from A. R. D. cows and thoahovo one whose dom holds

the milk and butter record ll the state of Ind. 7

days milk 796.3, butter 82.531—315 days milk 25782.3. but-





tor mm. ,



E. H.9EAKHART 6: 80b. R. 4. Marcellus, Mich.

Bobcat: bulls reed. to '



F" “k WW5 from 30 lb. eirovndflll.‘8..



«lo-o with moth up to 5 lbs.



WmOIIl'l‘m. , - - - - I. 5. Howoll. Inch.





3—HOLSTEIN BULLS-n3





Ieody toe-condo. ot Lona leech lam. Augnanicb.





 





 





 





 





OLSThE'thS 6! (Quality: Budll calvAe's fromm'ndoms with

race: as . m " aye. so ‘ .

E. A. may? . ‘ ”'1 °'





Rochester. loll.

I u inferior bull's when you can buy grandsons

to SI o ll .





[thumm tromcowu that ovelZOOO

or milk loot year for from to 50.

on. for oervlce. Write for pedigrees stating





about whet vou wish to M.



sanmona mullahs. Lake Odom. Mich.

’your choice of hot! ! 30 lb



$225 takes duo in May «31:23 Hanson or



Johanna low. I). ., Term- if wanted.



M. L'MOIAAULIH. - - Redford. Michigan.





., W ‘ Syr.old,dnetohouhouin1 .h

H018“!!! unsure. calm, “backed $.03:





 





 





'A.R.0. . audlsrltln ioovorywoy.

A. F. L00 - ~ - - . Owoooo. Mich.





 





0mm bull col all No to let

lethout papers. 85 m “of use. W.”

. ‘Do .' n. Hadley. Mlch.





to”. g, mc._

HEBEFGBBS

10 bull calves‘forsalc, Perfection





PAM. “mamm-

V 11.1.12" BROS." . .





 





 





 

 





,A PAWPAW was:





butter. Dom to be tested. A finely marked. growthy _





 





 





Bred, Stallions and mares with ages





ranging from yearlings to matured horses will be offeredfor sale at Public Auc-

tion in the city of St. Johns at 1 o’clock P. M. Feb. 28, by the Horse Breeders

For particulars address





0.,M. RICE, R. 3, St. Johns, Michigan





Bob Iralrtax 494027 at hood

Herefords mm s...“ for sale.

Both sexes either polled or horned. EARL C.

HcOABTY. Sec'y Mich. H. B. Aoe'n. Bad Axe. Mich.





 





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

vice. out. of II. of M. dams. 10 heifers bred to freak-

cnuext tall. Color. 0. Lillie. Coopersvlllo. Mich.





lmoy Bulls let his fiTnhilliaC‘S‘lfi‘afi'fffi‘fi

ooml-oflciol toot. O. B. W or. I. ‘. All.“ Hick





Jersey Bulls For Sale





Beody for service. Raleigh -- St. Lambert breeding.

Wfiormon & Waterman. Packard Rd, Ann Arbor. lich.





' ’ line bred solid colored bull calves 3

2 MaJOSty mo. old. from dams that are doing

better than 50lbo. fat monthl . My own breeding.

Price £30.00 each. Visitors we owe.

FRED A. BRENNAN. Soc. - —





‘ ready forservico. Also heifers

C110!“ BUIIS for sale. Strong in the Blood

of [loyal Home”. Come and see them or write for

particulars. THE WILDWOOD HERD

Alvin Holden. Cap”. Mich.. Phone lift-3





FOR SALE iflitfiff‘lifififim“





SMITH and PARKER. B. 4. Howell. Mich.





MAPLE Lone ll. of M. Jersey Herd has for sale ll.

of M. cows. daughters of R. of M. cows. bull calves.

heifer calveo ond bulls. All from some lb. dams.

IRVIN FOX. - - - ~ - Allelon. Mich.





IERSEY bull ond bull calves tor-ale from R of M.

r couw oloo heifers and cmvl o! oll age-4.

C. B. EHNLB. R. 6, Allergen, Mich.





Copoc. Mich.





 





 





Registered Jersey bulls and heifer on I-

For sale voo Majesty Interest breeding.

C. A. TAGGET'l‘. - . . .





Shortlioru Cattle ol both Sex for Sale





W. W. "APP. Howell. Mlchlnn.





A

Faiurcvo. Mich.





——Dairyor boot bred. Breedi stock all

'ho’lll.rll: ages tor-sale at formers prlcostC.W.Orum,

Secy. Cent. lien. Shorthorn Broodou' Ann. chIidI. Itch.





BlllWELL suunmonus





For Beef and Milk. .





5Bullo ready for service. 15 montho to Zyean. for

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

ern. sanitary equipment. One hour from Toledo.

Ohio. N. Y. C. B'y. Visitors Welcome. Write us.





BIDWELL, STOCK FARM





Box B, Tecumseh. Michigan.





Waterlily Stock Farm





For oalc 2 rec. S'horthorn bulls m for service. real

rd header prospects. in show ope. priced well





worth the monev.

THEODORE NlCKLAS. - - Motomora. Mich.





horthorns for sole. 5 bulls Scotch to 10 to 14 mos..





3 men. 1 white 1 red. rice ”50. to . Icon of Max-

wolton Sultan. 1‘ mos. . 0. Carl-on. Leroy. Mich,





theorlglnol milk strain yo mg

BI”. SIM” built-Janos. old tel-solo. Pl‘lce

8150 to £200. J. I. HUMMEL. Mason. Mich.



Dolls 9 mos. to 12 moo. old from

Shorthorns' goo'l mllkins cows. Prices roe.

osnoblo. COLLAR 81108.. R. 2. Conklln Mich.





 





 





 





son of Gonerol Clay. dam by n son of (loner-a] Clay.

A low females. 8. E. BOOTH. Monlco. Mich.





SBOBTHORNS. Butterfly Sultan. half brother to

International Sr. Chum ion. in service. For goo’U

bulls.cowe.and hollers.W. .McQulllan.Hmwoll. ich-





$0,111“: Maxwalton Monarch 2nd. 387322 half

brother to 5 Grand Champions in ser-

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





Milking Shorthorns: ——Bull call 5 mos" by o Grand-

mo.





 





 





:Mwm_Four fine young bulls ready for service.



Grandsons of Imp. Villoczer. Also bred

heifer d cows heavv milkxmr Strain. Farmers prices.

Free Catalogue. HORRIESON FARMS. Hart, Mich.





SON of Horthorth Welfare hoods our herd of milk-

ing Shorthorns Comprlsl Chlflcy of Clay bred

cows, young bulls ready for so a and service. write no

ledel Bros.. 3. 2, Clinton. Mien. Macon Phone.





 





Bmd'lrmm Shorllmn Inn. 5.12; “°°" '°'

M. E. DUOKLES. 300.. Traverse City. Mich.





.llklll‘ Shorthornsoud Foiled Durhamo. ”hood 00's





boilers and young hulls. Sultans Duchess and

Slttyton Duchess included. I. B.Hollsted. R. 1. Orion. Itch.





‘ Bates Shortho b ll 1' _

Registered 8mos. old. Prigtlollll. 0' “I"

GEO. B. Lruoenv. . . . .





Otse‘o. Mich.

Cattle For Sale





2M foodou end hogullozyeuzlifg ”333 at)”

on on u “n t o All "‘

mutant-l Iua’c Shanotum. l'slrlold. Iowa. 3.3





Pulled Durham Cattle marlin buns ...





J. A. DeGABMO. - - Malt, Mich.





“008.





cocoa elm-row Perfection NoJBflb ad‘s..-

ulna PilotWonder.No.m.Two l boo.

. > collect quot W ’3





 





 

 





HR W out! oz . ls

Rm 30"] Thrifty. . boned-mu I



ho km crd boo ' all” I.



“WW '1'“ “'3‘!!! M fillers {tut-o”??-





 





Now odor! to: colic low choice Holstein bull colvou.

from high. can» dons. with good A. B. 0. recent.

oil tsmers' prices. write us obout them out! our





Durocs & Berkshires





l. l. m In.

DU 206% :zlflifis.°°£§;..§’fiid?"'

. - 1:. noise. Itch





J. H. BARGBAIT. -





9 onrplns stock all sold. Noth-

DObun 8 DUN“ lug doing on spring.





onm L. DODSON. - - - Quincy. Mich.





Duroc Saws & Gilt:





guaranteed safe in pic. Fall boars and slits not re!-





. You wont more also and leading qualities; buy

now. Cat. filvhg breeding and description of 30 sowo

NEWTON AR HART. - - St. Johns. Mich





uroc Jorseys~booro of the large heavy boned type

Prize winning stock. prices reasonable. typo o

brooding considered. also gilts bred to Junior chom-

plou boar for spring furrow. FJ. Drodt. R l. loom. Itch.

A FE Duroc Jersey bred gilto for sale. Some

extra good full boars.

W. C. TAYLOR. - - - Milan. Mick.





U800 Je yo. Orders booked now foreorlys ring»

a. (Pit. I. ‘ ’





 





figs. . led cocks 83.00. one In mason.

E._ I. C-ALKINS. R. 6. Ann Arbor. Mich.

UROCS for sale“! fall boar. 7ISp'rinc boon.





brooding. “mm for description and

J. D. CRANEdSON. Plainwell. lcb





DUROG JERSEYS





I. D.’HIYDENBEBK. - - - Wayland. Mich.





choice llum Jam) Gills Fur Sale.

OABIYU. EDMONDB. . - Hoodoo. I!





BRED GILTS





V. 0 Wm. B. No. m. Longfellow No. 18675 an

of lot ize young hard at lowo State Fair.

all plan and breeding boots.





J. CARL JEWETT, Meson, Mich.





Chester Gilt- bred for March furrow earl

{unit‘s both sexes from best blo

llnel. l’. W. ALE NDEB. Vassar. Mich.





lob.





Raise Chester'Whites,

Like This





the original bis 9





I HAVE startedthounndsofbreedmonthcroadto

success. 1 can help you. I want to lace one be from

my great hard in every community where our“ y

‘ J fine early developers—ready or market am

, rite for my plan—" More Money from Bm.’





G. s. alumni. 3.1-, D. 10' Portlond. mam.“





Big Type O. l. C’s.





Stock of ell ages for sale. We showed at four otobo

fairs and won more chompionsIond Grand Champion

than all the other breeder-o together double. we were

Premier Breeder and l‘lxhibtor at every fair we show-

ed. We Breedthe best. We sell the best. We Guoruh

too then to be tho best. Write your wants. Get our

Ootaloguo. We shigcon approval.



GRAND LL and SON. Case City. Mich.

0 I. (1's 2 choice May hours .1 Sept. JOct. pigs sired

.by First Premium boar Mich. State l'u'r ”glob.





Clover Leaf Stock Farm. B. 1. Monroe.





0. l. C. I: CIES'I‘EI - Wll'l'l SWINE.

Strictly big type with quality. Hove a choice lot of

boars fit for early (all service. These boars will be

sold worth the money. Also hove come Also (Ute. I

will ship 0. 0. D.



NEWMAN'S STOCK FARM. 8.1. Mariette. luck.





0 l C’s Registered serviceable boars. Bred nu.

0 9 'Aug..Stxt..Oct..pigs. Roglotered S



ohiro m lambs. . P. Andrews. Dmville. Mi



0 I C Am oflcrln some good boars ofKoy for

O ' I row and to pigs either sex.



0. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.



0 I For sale 0 few extra good gilts bred

‘ ' ' _fnrMorch and April (arrow.



B. W. MANL. - - - - Donsville. Kick.



0 I. C. '5. Last spring gllts bred for next spring far-

. row allo last (all pigs eithereex and not akin.





Good arowthy stock 56 mile west; of Depot. Citizens

phone 124, Otto B. Schulze. Nashville. Mich.





O l. 0. bred fl Its onotried cow bred to far-row in Mar-

, .ch and fol [pt . I guarantee to please at rem

oble prices. . . Burgess. Mason. Mich, IR. F. D.





Big Tyne Poland Bhinas.





Bred Gilts and Sows for sale.





HILLCREST FARM,

Kalamazoo, Mich.





BOARS--SOWS





Bi. typeb bono. .l'oo the next ”day- ”will coll

Bl? till” Po and Chaos or her sin prlceo. April boo:

we 3 ng more. Open lts. ummor and all ply





evervthin can. Get my.



J. (i. BU‘l‘fku. W. mama-Jun room.

ARGE Typo P. C. Lore-tin Kick. 8 Ill! Be-

ready to ship. The kind that make good? 00:19 on:





see tho real big t e kind. Expenses id if t

rcprooootod. Free ll: from Perms. N no on

W. Porno. Iloh.





n LIVI esrou.



! ' ll and Mn loo. heal.

lip m Poland chaos: .g” d M; ,



or. t. L. w. BARNES nonfat... nich.’ N”.





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.rfe T P. C. no ublic sale this veer: 50.0w.“

L tool ueeneot‘t‘liebreed ‘ " ‘.

ws. HAGlILsnAw. - . 8°.“ ”21:33é7a13fleh.





Francisco Farm Poland-China:





Public Sale. Tues. l‘cb. 26, 1918, when!

(l tried sows. 121's" year-lines. 195 rln giltsandb'boon.

Sand for cataloc. and come to the 3.5..

P OPE Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





ARGE Tv P. 0. So nod I'l hours

2101“. Win also ridgesflta. :9 “5n bred“, to

Full ply ready hemp. . In. J. larke. .7.“





urge Strain P. C. Gllts bred to 8 th

Lost 2 yr. old in state. burrondsco armour-imam Jamming?!

Home for April& May furrow. H.0.Swortz. Schoolorutt. Hill.





I‘ “ EC. Bi. boned-tollohhom “amt

.5. flmhl "ransom-rm...





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GRAINS AND SEEDS





February 12,. 1918.



WHEAT.—-The unusual demand for

flour, and the large amount of wheat

already consumed by the mills, leads

buyers to believe that farmers are not

delivering wheat in as liberal quanti-

ties as in normal years. The statistics

at hand, however, would indicate that

this is not the case. A year ago No. 2

red wheat was quoted on the local

market at $1.85 per bushel. _

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

ed $2.15; No. 2 white $2.15.



CORN—Higher temperatures and an

increased supply of cars has made it

possible to ship much corn from pro-

ducing districts. This has had a some-

what bearish influence upon prices, al-

though no large decline has been re-

' corded. One year ago the local trade

was paying $1.05 per bushel for No. 3

corn. At the opening this week quo-

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

3 yellow $1.85; No. 4 yellow $1.80;

No. 5 yellow $1.75.



OATS.—-The broad demand for cats

continues and while supplies have been

added to materiallyby better service

on the railroads, prices are holding

firm to higher. Local prices are as

follows: Standard 89%c; No. 3 white

890; No. 4 white 880. One year ago

standard oats were quoted at 610.



RYE—Market active. Cash No. 2

$2.18 per bushel.



BEANS.—No change in quotations,

although demand is becoming some-

what animated. Cash beans are quot-

ed locally at $12.50 per cwt. In Chl’

cago trade is moderately active, with

Michigan hand-picked pea beans 1n

sound dry condition quoted at $13@

13.50; red kidneys, fancy $15.50@16;

do fair to choice $13@14 per cwt.



SEEDS.—Firm and higher. Prime

red clover $20.30; March $19.80; alsike

$17; timothy $4.10.-





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FLOUR—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Stan-

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rye flour $10.50(a;-10.70 per bbl. . .

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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.



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 $31@

31.50; No. 2 timothy $29@29.50; No. 1

light mixed $29.50@30; No. 1 clover

mixed $30.50@31.50; No. 1 clover $30.50

@31.50.



STRAW.-——In carlots on track at De-

troit: Wheat and oat straw $10.50@

11; rye straw $11.50@12.





DAIRY PRODUCTS





BUTTER—Market is steady with

unchanged prices. Fresh creamery

firsts are quoted at 48c per pound;

fresh creamery extras 49c.



Chicago—Market is easy, with a

slight decline. Creamery extras 490;

extra firsts 481/2c; packing stock 371/2

@380 per pound.



CHEESE—Michigan flats 261/;@

26%0 per 1b; New York flats 27c;

brick 28%@28%c; long horns 28%c;

Michigan daisies 27c; Wisconsin dais-

ies 271,60; domestic Swiss 35@42c for

the prime to fancy; limburger 301/;

@31140.



DRESSED CALVES.——Fancy 18@

200; choice 170; common 16c. '





POULTRY PRODUCTS





PO U LT RY.—(Live) .-—-Poultry mar-

ket is dull and steady. Best spring

chickens 27 ,280; No. 1 hens 28@300;

ggck2s727@2 c; geese 26@27c; turkeys



c.

hicago.—-(Live).—Offerings small

and trading slow. Fowls 29c; ducks

26@27c; geese 23@24c; turkeys, good

24c., (Dressed).-—Fowls 27@28c per

lb; ducks, fancy 28c; geese 24c; tur-

keys 33@34c.



- EGGS—Market firm, with increased

receipts. Fresh firsts are 52@53c per

dozen.



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POTAIO E‘S.—~Delivery' ‘ of ; potatoes

from" producing Centers following im-

proved weather conditions, has had a.

depressing effect upon the large mar-

kets. At Detroit round whites sold on

Monday morning at $2.35@2.40 to,job~

bers. On Saturday round whites, sack-

ed, United States grade No. 1 sold in

Cleveland at $2.50; Buffalo $2.40@2.50;

Pittsburgh $2.50; Cincinnati $2.60@

$2.65; Washington, D C., $3@3.25 per





cwt.



_ APPLES.—Baldwins sold in Detroit

last Saturday at $5.75 per bbl. to job-

bers. All the large markets through—

out the north central states report

trade in a steady position, with move-

ment moderate. Prices have not

changed materially from former weeks.





LIVE STOCK





BUFFALO.

February 11, 1918.



Cattle—Receipts 100 cars, market

15@25c lower; best shipping steers $13

@1350; fair to good $11.50@12.50;

plain and coarse $10.50@11; Canadian

steers, heavy $12@12.50; Canadian

steers fat, coarse 1100 to 1200 pounds,

$11‘(‘211.50; Canadian steers and heif-

ers $9.50@10.50; native yearlings $12

@1250; best handy steers $10.50@11;

fair to good kinds $9.50@10.50; handy

steers and heifers mixed $9@10; light

butcher steers $9.50@10.50; western

heifers $961310; state heifers $7.50@8;

Canadian heavy cows $9@9.50; best

fat cows $9.50@10.50; butcher cows

$7.25@8.50; cutters $6.25@6.75; can-

ners $450@5.75; fancy bulls $10.50@

11; butcher bulls $8.50@9.50; common

bulls $650@7.50; best feeders 900 to

1000 lbs $850919; medium feeders at

$7.50@8; light common $6.50@7;

stockers $6.50@7; best milkers and

springers $75@125; mediums $60@75;

common $40@50.



Hogs—Receipts 70 cars; market 15c

lower; heavy and yorkers $17@17.50;

pigs $16.



Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 20

cars; market 15c lower; top lambs at

$18.50; yearlings $15@16.50; wethers'

$13.50@14; ewes $13@13.50.



Calves—Receipts 1500; market 50c

lower; top $16.50; fair to good $14@

15.50; fed calves $7@7.50.



CHICAGO.

February 11, 1918.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today. .15,000 60,000 25,000

Same day 1917..19,991 71,886 17,743

Last week ...... 68,658 225,117 69,779

Same wk 1917...41,979 186,125 69,909



One of the most striking changes in

the hog trade is the great falling off in

the shipping demand, only 8634 hogs

having been shipped from here last

week, comparing with 21,960 for the

previous week, 48,463 for the corres-

ponding week last year, and 67,978 two

years ago. Hogs arriving here are

still gaining in wieght, last week’s re-

ceipts averaging 229 lbs., comparing

with 223 lbs. a week earlier.



Hogs declined 25@35c today under

heavy receipts and a slow demand,

early prices ruling highest, with the

best selling at $16.45. Cattle devel-

oped more firmness early, with the

packers good buyers and the best of-

ferings taken at $13.85, but the later

trade was slow and prices were easy.

Up to a late hour no prime lambs had

been sold, buyers holding back be-

cause the receipts were larger than

usual. The best bid for prime lots was

$17, with sellers asking $17.50.



Cattle were marketed so much more

liberally last week than during the

previous week that prices were on the

down grade most of the time, the gen-

eral decline averaging about 25@500

per cwt. The shrinkage in values was

quite general, affecting the best and

the commonest lots, although there

was no especial weakenss in the mid-

dling class of steers. The greater part

of the steers crossed the scales. at a

range of $10.50@12.50, .With sales of

the choicer class of heavy steers at

$13@14.15, while sales were made of

the poorer kinds of little steers on the

feeder order as low as $8@9.50. Blain

to, fair grades of light weight steers

brought $9.60@12, while medium lots

sold at $12.10@12.70, with a good class

selling at $12.75 and over, cattle sell-

ing at $13.50 and upward beingclass-

ed as choice. Good to choice yearling

steers were salable at $12.35 [13.75,

with sales all the way down to 9.75.@

10.75, for the commoner kinds of these

youngsters. Butcher stock had a good

outlet, with cows taken at $7.50@10.75

and heifers at $7.25@11.75, while out-

ters sold at $6.90@7.45, canners at $6

@635 and bulls at $7.50@10.75. There

was a good traffic in light veal calves

at $14@16 per 100 lbs. with sales down

to $7@12 for common to good heavy

calves.

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Hogs sold at the wildest prices seen

in a long period, speculators figuring

prominently and rushing up prices in

a highly sensational way, while values

declines later about as rapidly as they

had moved up previously. Muc cur-

tailed receipts during the preceding

week made the packers and smaller

butchers'more eager buyers at first,

and prices boomed upward as much ,as

40@50c per‘100 lbs. in a day, onlyr 1:0



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best hogs sold up to $17.40 at the high

time, with prime light hogs selling us-

uallyabout 20c below the best heavy

shipping barrows, which topped the,

market. Eastern shippers were not





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side competition was apt to be lacking.

Late sales of hogs were made at $16





16.75, with pig sales at $12@15.2. '





Late receipts were much larger than

early supplies of the week. On the

closing day of the previous week hogs

of prime quality brought $16.60.

' Lambs, yearlings, wethers and ewes

sold extremely high last week, with

quite moderate offerings and a good

general demand for anything choice,

but heavy lambs sold at a large dis-

count from prices paid readily for the

choice lambs of lighter weight. With

live muttons commanding unprece-

dentedly high February prices, there

is a general disposition to retain all

good breeders. Sheep sold higher last

week, late sales being as follows:

Wethers $12.25(a,>14; ewes $7@13.50;

breeding ewes $11@14; yearlings at

$12.50@15.50; lambs $14@17.75; feed-

ing lambs $15.50@16.75; lambs weigh-

ing 95 to 105 pounds $15.50@17.25.

Horses were marketed so sparingly

last week that maintaining prices was

easy, the general demand being large

enough to take all the offerings read-

ily. Army horses were purchased by

the United States and 'British inspec-

tors, and there'was a fair local and

eastern shipping demand, good com-

mercial drafters being especially sal-

able. Drafters were quotable at $185@

265, inferior to good farm chunks at

$60@150, expressers at $75@210. and

loggers at $150@225.





The federal government has taken

steps to stop the boarding of feed

stuffs, and dealers must now be licens-

ed. Every manufacturer,’ importer,

dealer, handler, or storer of about fifty

of the principal ingredients used exten-

sively in making commercial mixed

feeds is included in the license require.-

ments. This covers baled hay, shelled

and ear corn, and many other import-

ant commodities which are intended

for use as feed or as ingredients in

mixed feeds. The only exceptions are

for millers manufacturing bran, and

dealers in coarse grains who have al-

ready been placed under food adminis-

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Thursday’s Market.

- February 13, 1918.

Cattle.

f , Receipts 1220. Market dull and 500

lower than last week on everything

but canners, which held steady.



‘Best heavy" steers$11@11.25; best

handy weight butcher steers $10@

11.0.50; mixed steers and heifers $9@

9.50; handy light butchers $8 9; light

butchers $7@8.50; best cows 8@8.50;

butcher cows $7@7.50; cutters $6.25@

8.50; canners 855061625; best heavy

bulls $8.50@9; bologna bulls $7.75@8;

stock bulls $6.50@7.25; milkers and

swingers $50@95.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Bresnahan 15

canners av 900 at $6.25, 4 do av 790 at

$6.25, 4 do IV 912 at $6.25, 4 cows av

817 at $8; to Parker, W. &. Co. 18

butchers av 742 at $7.50, 1 steer wgh

800 at $8.50, 3 butchers av 723 at

$6.25, 3 do av 817 at $7.25, 1 bull wgh

1070 at $8.50; to Nagle P. Co. 2 do av

1070 at $8.50, 13 steers av 1052 at $10,

17 do av 985- at $9; to Mich. B. Co. 13

butchers av 577 at $7.50. 1 cow wgh

1200 at $7.50, 2 do av 1210 at $7.75, 1

bull wgh 1210 at $8.50, ‘1 do wgh 970

at $7, 1 do wgh 990 at $7.25, 3 butchers

av 770 at $7.75, 2 do av 920 at $7, 1

steer wgh 1160 at $9.50, 2 do av 910 at

$9.50, 4 do av 1015 at $10.25, 25 butch-

ers av 800 at $8.25; to Kamman B. Co.

10 steers av 812 at $8.75, 12 do av

1050 at $10.35; to Shipiro 8 butchers

av 910 at $8.50; to Newton P. Co. 5

do av 812 at $7.35; to Rattkowsky 11

do av 1010 at $9, 3 cow‘s av 610 at

$7.25; to Hammond, S. & Co. 23 steers

av 1032 at $10.50, 7 do av 993 at $10.35;

to Parker, W. & Co. 19 do av 1015 at

$10.10; to Nagle P. Go. 2 bull and steer

av 1300 at $9.50; to Newton P. Go. 6



.butchers av 670 at $7.75, 4 cows 'av

942 at $7.25, 1 bull wgh 1720 at $8.75,

1 steer wgh 780 at $8, 12 do av 796 at

$9, 6 do av 695 at $8.



Erwin. S. 8: J. sold Newton P. Co.

3 steers av 927 at $9, 15 do av 1108 at

$10.35; to Golden 4' butchers av 837 at

$7.50; to Bresnahan 3 canners av 1007

.at $6.25, 3 do av 1053 at $6' to Ratt-



'kowsky 3 cows av 970 at $8.19, 2 bulls

{W 1210 at $8.85; to Shipiro 2 cows av

1030 at $8.50.? do av 1217 at $7.40; to

Walk 2 steers av 785 at $9; to Shipiro

1 do wgh 780 at $8, 1 cow wgh 1140

at $7.35; to Newton P. Co. 1 canner

wgh 980 at $5.50. 1 cow wgh 1120 at

$6.75; to Bray 9 canners av 795 at

$6.10; to Nagle P. Co. 25 steers av

1017 at $10.60; to Reed 6 stockei's av

480 at $7.25; to Bray 6 cows av 1045

at $6.75; to Parker, W. & Co. 11 butch-

ers av 880 at $8.85, 17 do av 800 at

$8.75, 7 do av 906 at $8.75, S cows and

bull av 880 at $7.50.



McMullen, K. & J. sold Nagle P. Co.

23 butchers av 885 at $8.85; to Mich.

E. Co. 3 cows av 1050 at $7.75, 1 bull

wgh 1550 at $8.50; to. Bray 1 cow wgh

1100 at $7, 1 do wgh 930 at $6; to New-

ton B. Co. 8 steers av 950 at $10.10,

5 do av 860 at $8, 2 do av 610 at $7;

to Hammond, S. 8: Co. 3 canners av

850 at $6.25. 1 cow wgh 780 at $7.50,

22 do av 940 at $6.25, 1 do wgh 970 at

3-7; to Thompson 1 hull wgh 1740 at

$8.50, 1 do wgh 1070 at $8.25, 1 do wgh

1190 at $8.25.



Veal Calves. .



Receipts 688. Market very dull and

$1@1.50 lower than last week; heavy

grades almost unsalable. Best $13.50

@14; others $7 (1,12.



Erwin. S. & . sold Thompson 3 av

145 at $15; to Barlage 4 av 140‘ at $9,

12 av 130 at $14; to Sullivan P. Co. 13

av 135 at $14, 3 av 112 at $10, 10 av

129 at $14, 2 av 140 at $9; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 1 wgh 140 at $14, 2 av

165 at $8; to Shipiro 4 av 150 at $14.



McMullen, K.. 8: J. sold Hammond,

S. & Co. 2 av 150 at $10. 18 av 135 at

$14, 2 av 145 at $12; to Shipiro 13 av

125 at $12.50.



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Receipts 3189'. Market very dull and



50(m75c lower than last week. No one





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the bulk of the receipts shipped out.

Bishop, B. &

lambs av 73 at $17; to Chapman 61 do

av 79 at $17.25, 24 do av 75 at $17.25;

to Mich. B. Co. 14 do av 70 at $16, 29

,do av 60 at.$17, 20 do av 85 at $16.50,

76 do av 75 at $16.50. 9 do av 85 at

$16.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 99 do av

75 at $16.75.; to Chapman 159 do av 77

at $16.25., 110 do av 80 at $16.25.

Sande}, S. B. & G. sold Chapman 6

yearlings av 130 at $13; to .Mich. B.

Co. 45 lambs av 70 at $16.15, 8 do av

‘65 at $15.50; to Chapman 2? do av 70

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built into an engine. Thoy noted wisely.





From Your Local Dealer





is prepared to give prompt





 





Why Farmers Buy This





Better Engine





Fairbanks-Morse Quality.





Economical in first and fuel cost, and





1.



2.

low upkeep.



i. Simplicity and Staunch Durability.





Light-weight, Substantial, F col-proof.





5. Gun Barrel Cylinder Bore.



6. Leak-proof Compression.



7. Complete with Built-in Magneto.

8. More than Rated Power.





Don't think of Buylng ANY Inch.

Till You See the “Z” In Action.





 





 





Free from dirt and stones. Suitable for

grinding. Beans are dry. 22 to26%pro-

Results considered—the cheapest P C

feed in the world. A wonderful feed '

for cattle, sheep or hogs. Price $57 ton,

sacks included, delivered Michigan B

points.





Goodells Elevator Co.,





B. sold Thompson 90'





 





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unto: articulate. AMERICAN ntiTTEn

a: Gains-r: COMPANY. Detroit. Mich.





 





 





CHI-l. BEANS Ellis; liaisons. diathermy“; .

Haas Public Sale ol Percheron;





tein.





Pllllllll Bill“ all





G. W. BOLTON. B. 11





R. W. MILL





n l for March and :I‘hursda , March 7, IWill offer for sale

April furrow. importe. seven year old stallion, also

' K‘lmaw‘h MM“ two registered colts coming 3 years old,

three re istered brood mares and two





colts. 1 interested write

Barney Giaken, R..3, St. Louie, Mich.





Bred mute. bi tyne. bis bone. big litter.

' hm full pigs. n pairs, or trios

S. - - - - dunno. Mich.





 





Order today before lot is sold.





Call or write. i. R. Leonard,





 





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lingsows at bargain prices. C.E.0m-nnnt.l‘.nmn Rnpidleich E‘£”fi6§¥‘m°” priced to loll. In.





t! l

EATON R PlDosn. £1.11 .





 





eonnrda‘ Big honed Poland Chin , sows and ills

bred for Apr farmw. Fall “31“.ng G. (g D.

. 3, t. ouia. Mich





 





Goodells, Mich.





 





 





P 6 m: For 83!! 3:?“ '°“ eggs? ”3"”

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A. A. woon & son. . . we- '9‘?” °





LOESER BROS.





salihe.nfioh_ Belgian and Percheron Stallions for sale that

will pass the Michigan Stallion Inspection.





 





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H ,_ b0 . Have a few mares of both breeds. Shonhorn Cat-

’th‘ gouaggfgit? Km! ['92: nzm1m $212 tle, we offer a. choxce lot of bulls and female-I.





 





Mr. Planter if you are going to plant out

an orchard ' spring be on e safe side





”awe Yorkshire Gilts





R_ , Mrs“, Mich, “L'iltedsONlER INDIANA-





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by planting my Guaranteed Trees. True to

npmc, free from disease and packed so as

to reach you in perfect condition.



EaCh 10 100





E, 8. CARR, Homer, Mich.

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JOHN W. SNYDER,





St.Johns, Mich.

- The entire herd of the late A. A. Palmer





 





Bee 2gr; 6 to 7 ft. xxx Apples. 3 l0





SHEEP will be closed out;25 pure bred er-





 





lums, Pears .. 82.50 818.00



. 2 Medium slzel'itofift. .25 2.00 15.“)

eat & sour cherries 6 to 7 ft. .35 3.00 24.00

incen xxx 4 to 6 ft. 2.50 22.50

odium size 3 to ft. .‘ 'i 2.00 18.00

1’03th 1 yr. 5 to ft. .20 - 1.3) 13.00

' 4 to 5 ll: 9 (I)





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Send for Eroo Price List of our lead ng varieties

of small fruits and omamentals.





JOHN w. mum’s. m Warm .





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ARMSTRONG BRO' ,





Valera Em: bud lo Renaisliml llullsn Hams.





BARNARD SHEEP BANG





cheron mares $200 to 8400 except 0;





we §“%o££fi§’;‘dgl‘d,:f;tehm 5"" also young stallions





Fowlorville.. Mich. PALMER BROS., Holding MiCho





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Now and then we meet a man

who says with some enthusiasm,





'“I am using Gargoyle Mobiloil





and it works fine.”



To our great disappointment

we sometimes find that this friend

is using the wrong grade for his

engine.



We are too jealous of the re-

sults which can be secured from

the proper Use of Gargoyle Mo-

biloils to allow this careless prac-

tice to go on without a protest.





Naturally, because of their

sheer quality, Gargoyle Mobiloils

are bound to show good lubrica-

ting results. But we are aiming

to inrnish more than protection

to the moving parts.



For this reason, we annually

determine through our Board of

Engineers, which grade of Gar-

goyle Mobiloils is best suited to

each make and model of car.





The man who fails

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the greatest benefits which the

oils offer him.





For example: Gas consump-

tion depends a great deal on the

piston-ring seal. The piston-

ring seal depends solely on the

“body” and character. of the oil

used. ' ‘



In a given engine, oil of the yer/3r

highest quality may be of wrong

bodyjor proper piston—ring seal.

The result then is waste of gas and

power with each piston stroke.





To assure your securing best

results will you please look at





the partial Chart at the right: and 7





see if you are using the correct

grade for your car. If not, in

justice to your own'engine, 'will

you, please, insist on being sup-

plied with the .cOrrect grade.





write for. new 56-page booklet con-1'





tainin g complete discussion of your

lubrication problems, list of troubles

with remedies and com—

plete Charts of Recom-

mendations for Antomo-

biles, Motorcycles,





 





 





Engines.





 





Tractors and Marine





A grade for each type of motor





In buying Gargoyle Mobiloils from your dealer, it is safest to purchase 1n

_ oaiginal packages. Look for the Red Gargoyle on the container.- If the

dealer has not the grade specified for your car, he can easily secure it for you.





 





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Specialists in the manufacture of highdgrade lubricants for

every class of machinery. Obtaimble everywhere in the world , _





DomuticBrancheo: Detroit New York Philadelphia Minneapolis Boston Chicago Indianapolis Pittsburgh Kansas Clty.Kan. Des Moinea ‘V i





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Explanation: -The four grades of Gargoyle

Mobiloils, for engine lubrication. purified to

remove tree carbon are:

Gargoyle Mobiloil "A"

Gargoyle Mobiloil "B"

Gal-soy] o Mobiloil"£"

Gargoyle Mobiloil' 'Aretic" ,





In the Chart below the letter opposite the car indi-

cates the grade of Gargoyle Mobiloils that should





be used. For example, A” means Gargoyle_





Mobiloil A. " Arc” means Gargoyle Mobiloil

Arctic. " etc. The recommendations cover all

models of both pleasure and commercial vehicles

unless otherwise noted.

This Chart' is compiled by the Vacuum Oil Co.’ 5

. Board of Engineers and represents our professional

advice on Correct Automobile Lubrication.





 

 





 





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