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VOL. or. No. no
Whole Number .3989

The

HIS article is written to suggest

a point of view too often over-

looked. It is the purely personal
view ofone who desires to see Michi-
gan agriculture get and give a square
deal. '

Never was the American conscience
so keenly aroused. Criticism on all
hands is the regular bill of fare. All
honest efforts should welcome con-
structive criticism and if it is made in
kindness it is more readily understood
and assimilated. In general it is safe
to assume that the other fellow is hon-
est and has for'his ideals the general
Welfare. The more one can get "his
opponent’s point of View and come to
know his physiological deductions the
easier factions unite on a constructive
workable" program.

The potato and labor conferences
lately held at East Lansing illustrate
how easy it is for people with the best
motives and anxious to render a ser-

 

vice, to possibly check rather than.

speed the great wheels of production
that with grave concern, the allied
world is now watching.

“Our house is on fire,” and woe be
to the man or group of men who let
selfish motives creep between the pres-
ent critical relations of man with man,
in his struggle forhuman rights.

Class Revolutions Dangerous.

The agitator who seeks to profit by
emphasizing class divisions rather than

to seek; harmony on a “square deal for .

all basis" is‘playing into the hands of
America’s arch enemy. The potato
grading law recently enforced in some
parts of Michigan has worked a sad
tragedy in many sections where a frost-
ed potato crop was the only source of
income thousands of farmers had dur-
ing the past year. The absence of a
little definite effective organization
through which these people could
speak in a voice that could be heard,
is their greatest weakness. In his most
sober moments, we believe that the po-
tato~ grower, no Jess than the dealer,
aspires to see Michigan potatoes in our

DETROIT, MICH.-, SATURDAY, APRIL 20,‘1918

By c. B. COOK

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country’s market classed with the best
and returning proportional compensa-
tion. We regret that Michigan pota-
toes have not always been thus dis-
tinguished. We fear that car shortage
the past year has also worked against
the snow-bound farmers of Michigan
far worse than in other sections. With
a very large per cent of the railroad
capacity reserved for war supplies,
coupled with car shortage and severe

County Agent for Oakland County

come enough to pay your taxes and
live. It did not cost you much to live.
YOu cut your own wood and lived on
number two potatoes that you could
not sell and you have been healthier
and your families are stronger than
as though you had dined daily at
Dives’ table.”

Remedy is in Hands of Farmers.

Now, Mr. Farmer, we are not review-
ing all this exploitation merely to re-

 

 

 

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weather, stagnation in the movement
of potatoes was inevitable and prices
rose in spite of producer and even the
dealer. '
Another Case Calling for Organization.
In the price suggested for farm labor
this year the Michigan farmer again
has voiced his defeat. Again we must
say, “Mr. Farmer, for the lack of an
effective organization that could make
your voice heard, you have lost by de-
fault. You are not discriminated
against. They that have done this
deed are ‘honorable men,’ but you have
been overlooked. This time not by
food regulations and dealers, but by
farmers, men actually at the plow han-
dles, men who are anxious to see Mich-
igan agriculture come to its own and
take its place in the world. You have
seen three lean years and scarcely in-

production.

Count your wrongs. Far be this from
our purpose. But, we Want you to
listen and think hard on this situation,
for the seat of difficulty largely rests
at this point. The remedy is within,
not from outside of your ranks. Do
you like to have your wrongs heralded
from the house tops and proclaimed to
the world? If so, we fear the effect is
to divert your mind from the final is-
sue. The time has come when the
farmer must do his own thinking if he
gets the best out of the great game of
No one must possess a
keener discernment and finer judgment
than he who would interpret the laws
of nature and make them speak in
terms of a profitable farm production.
Concerted Action Necessary.

Another point, Mr. Farmer, you have

frequently said that extension men are

$1.00 A YEAR
$3.00 FOR 5 YEARS

cal Nccdof Michigan Agriculture

lined up with the middlemen to still
farther beat down the price of food
from the farm. This is not true, for
the county agents are largely practical
farmers with a good vision of the
needs of country life and they are con-
stantly leading the government ser-
vice for a place by your side in the
field. As extension workers have not
we a right to believe, Mr. Farmer, that
you can and must organize your great
business for efficiency as thoroughly
as your competitors, the dealers, have
done? Now, don’t say you can’t stick
for we know in many places you have
done so and can do so as many more
times as it may be necessary. Then
when you speak concertedly the vol-
ume of your voice will be heard and
your admonitions heeded.
How About Your Dealer?

How many retailers _do you have,
Mr. Farmer, and what commission do
you pay them i'Or their services? The
manufacturers found twenty years ago
that the dealer must have a common
interest with him. for best service. Is
your dealer organized to promote your
welfare or is he lined up to give you.
just as little as he can? If the latter
condition prevails all of the glittering
tales of woe that your sponsors write
can avail but little.

You tell us, Mr. Farmer, that if the "

county agent would drop his program
and go into a marketing deal he could
render a better service. You even go

So far as to state that if he does not 4‘
get behind you in your war against the 3

other fellow he may lose his job. Pos-
sibly, may we suggest, that the man or
class of men who are helped out of an
emergency, get a benefit, but what
about the men who are brought togeth-
er and organized to work out their own
problems with success? Then when
the condition repeats itself, as it sure-
ly will, these men will have command
of the situation and get the satisfaction
of winning their own battle. Thus the
county agent must stand for all of.
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DETROIT, APRIL 20, 1918

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT COMMENT.

 

The leading article in
this issue should be
carefully read by every
Michigan Farmer read—
er. It contains much profitable food
for thought. It is an old maxim that
“he who desires a taskwell done must
do it himself.” But times are chang-
ing. Individualism must give place to
organization if we are to best protect
our own interests. This is true in ag-
riculture. as in other lines of enter-
prise. Organization along special lines
of production will place the farmers of
this country in a position to secure not
only a square deal from a business
standpoint, but real cooperation from
many forces whose selfish interests
now array them against the producer.
There are numerous examples right
at hand showing the benefits which ac-
crue from organization along special
lines of production. Michigan bean
growers have been a factor of no
small importance in the establishment
and stabilization of prices for their
product during the past two years. The
efforts of organized sugar beet grdwers
have been equally successful. The rea—
son for success in both cases cited has
been the fact that the Michigan crop
is such a large factor as compared with
the total production of the country.

Constructive
Organization‘s,

The more con mi ehenslve efficient or—
ganization of potato growers which has
recently been effected in Michigan is a
move in the right direction. Every po-
tato grower in the state should affiliate
himself with this organization, and
steps should be taken for cooperative
work between it. and similar organiza-
tions of this kind along special lines of
production in the important producing
sections of the country, a national
body in which all of these various or-
ganizations could affiliate would be
easy of accomplishment. Then produc-
ers would have a medium through
which their influenCe could be assert-
ed as the occasion might require, eith-
or with the government'or with organ-
. ized manufacturers and distributors
who have or might secure undue con-
trol of the :‘products of their farms or
:at which thosg products

  

materials any be sold.

Byk substituting organized effort for

individual criticism, we will be able to
largely solve our bwn problems and
render material assistance in the solu-
tion of the difficult problems which will
confront the Country and the world af-
ter the war is over. The producers’ or-
ganizations now in existence should be
made the neucleus of more thorough
organization in every case, as the first
step toward the solution of the difficult
economic questions now confronting us.

The government report
of the condition of the
winter wheat crop is-en-
couraging, giving promise
of a material increase over last year’s
yield. While the promise of an in-
crease in’ the coming harvest as com-
pared with that of 1917 is a source of
encouragement in the present crisis,
the great concern of the world at this
time is the present supply of the great
bread grain. The Food Administration
has carefully figured out the available
supply and designatedthe needed limit
of per capita consumption to make it
last for domestic needs until the next
wheat is available, and at the same
time provide as best we can for the
absolute requirements of the fighting
forces on the western front and the
civilian workers of Europe who are
keeping them supplied with fighting
materials.

Notwithstanding these conditions, it
is reported that in some sections of the
country considerable wheat is being
held in growers’ hands in anticipation
of a possible readjustment of the price
for next year. The great mass of wheat
growers of Michigan and the country
have already marketed their last year’s
crop. The holding of wheat under the
present conditions for a possible read-
justment of the 1918 price is not only
unpatriotic, but will undoubtedly be
unprofitable, since there is no question
that in the event of an increase in the
official price for the 1918 crop by con-
gressional action, stringent regulations
will be enforced preventing the selling
of wheat produced last year at any ad-
vance over present official prices.

Every available bushel of wheat
should be marketed in the present
emergency, to the end that the total

The Wheat
Situation.

. available supply may be used to eke

out the bread ration until the next har-
vest. If food is to win the war, we
must make the most of the available
supply in the present emergency. We
believe that 'Michigan wheat growers
are to a man too patriotic to withhold
wheat from the market beyond their
immediate needs when it is so bad13
needed by the boys in the trenches and
the people of our war stricken allies,
who are suffering as we hope we may
not have to suffer before this war for
liberty is won.

in a recently issued
general order, Provost
Marshall Gen. Crowder
'announced an intention
to make Use of the authority granted
by a recent act of congress, to grant
furloughs to enlisted men to enable
them to engage in agriculture during
the present season. Furloughs grant-
ed underi the order will be for short
periods, largely for seeding and har-
vest time.

Forms of application for such fur-
loughs for use by relatives of enlisted
men may be obtained from the local
boards. The application will. be re-
ferred to the county agent or: the ap-
peal agent of the local board, for in-
vestigation and then sent to the sol-
dier’s post, or cantonment for his signa—
ture, after which it will be passed up-
on ’by the commanding officer: and
granted, or returned with reasons for
disapproval entered thereon. Soldiers
can also make application on their own
initiative: ~-

Such furloughs will not be granted
to me: in an organisation that has

Furloughs for
Farmers.

         

and sill “furloughs granted 5515 re-
called when preparatory orders for

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my “averse“. aria received 11y! “thé‘ or
ganizations of which the men are
members. ,

   

     

The third Liberty Loan
comes at a time when it
is especially difficult for
many farmers to subscribe. Farming
has become an expensive proposition,
and in very many cases the cash re-
serve is exhausted and the farmer's
credit taxed by the necessary expendi-
tures for materials and equipment
needed for increased production this
year. To many such, the purchase of
Liberty Bonds will entail a sacrifice.
But that sacrifice will be small indeed
compared with the sacrifice of the boys
who are offering their lives for their
country or the parents who are giving
them. '

Each of us can help by the purchase
of a small bond if we cannot spare the
money to buy a large one. Every such
purchase will help to keep the “Wolves
of Humanity” at bay. The satisfaction
of helping the cause will more than
compensate for the sacrifice involved.

Buy a Bond.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

Wednesday, ’April 10.

Germans began offensive on eleven-
mile front between Armentieres and
LaBassee, where they gained territory
from British and Pmtuguese tloops.
French repulse Gel mans west of Noyon
and also in the region of Courcy- -Le-
Chateau—Italians sink enemy boats
opposite Figaro, Italy .—W'a1' Depart-
ment issues casualty lists of American
expeditionaly forces in France, lists
containing 447 names. ——United States
undersea boats crossed the Atlantic
during the. winter, is announced from
Washington. —Japan proposes to send
army of 200, 000 men to China to coop—
mate with a Chinese army of similar
size in restoring ordel in China and to
protect her borders—Liberty Loan
sales proceed under high enthusiasm,
with prospects that the entire issue
will be sold much sooner than expect-
ed —Three men are killed and eleven
injured in a mine e plosion at Hart-
ford Ark.—-An cart quake is felt at
Washington and over a considerable
portion of the southern states.

Thursday, April 11.

British lilies near Allncntieres is
obliged to yield to the heavy pressure
of the enemy important points, how-
eve1, are being held. —Battlo line is
now 125 miles long—American sol-
diers ale lep01ted as participating in
the big battle. —Berlin claims 6,000
prisoners and 100 guns taken. —Arrieri-
can casualty list published contains
283 names. ——British parliament passes
the second reading of the government' s
man power bill. This bill raises draft
limit to the age of fifty years. It also
extends the draft to Ireland. —Secre-
tary McAdoo estimates subscriptions
to the Libelty Loan as approaching
half a billion dolialmsmPresident Wil
son discusses with war cabinet the
feasibility of stabilizing prices on do-
mestic nccesskies—Arrangements are
made to triple the monthly quota being
sent to the front.

Friday, April 12.

British army forced back six miles
makes a stand. Allies hold all the im-
portant bositions in the north where
violent fightillg continues British 19-
capture tel'litory between Loisne and
Lestrell. «The long range bombar-d
ment of Paris is resumed. —B1'itish cap-
ture the villages of Rafat and El Kefr
in Palestine. -—Government seizes coast
vessels aggregating 400, 000 tons for
the shipment of supplies ——Ameiican
marines land at Vladivostok to cooper
ate with British and Japanese forces
in the protection of property of the
Allies. ——Federal house of representa-
tives considers bill to increase price on
wheat from $2 to $2. 50. —In1perial Jap-
anese wal mission arrives at Detroit.
~—Delegates to the special congress of
the National German- -American Alli-
ance in session at Philadelphia vote to
disband the organization and to donate
$30, 000 of Alliance funds to the Ameri-
can Red Cross.

Saturday, April 13.

Field Marshal Haig issues a com-
mand to his men to hold their ground
at; whatever cost. —~British retain all
positiOns but enemy makes some head-
why before Baillul and between Lawe
and Clarence rivers. —~Berlin reports
progress of German troops through the
Lys plain between Armentier‘es. and
Mervlile. e—Information ’has reached

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indicating that 370 0011'

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week of the pf‘és ‘n'o '——‘ ' --
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cate that farmers are
orty
than they did of. the first two issues. —
American replies to Holland’s protest
(Continued on page 542).

    

STATEMENTDF THE OWNERSHIP,
MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION,
ETC., REQUIRED BY THE
ACT OF CONGRESS OF
AUGUST 24, f912.
of The Michigan Farmer, published
Weekly at Detroit, Michigan, for April

1,1918.
State of Michigan,
County of Wayne,

Before me a Notary Public inwand
for the state and county aforesaid per-
sonally appeared I. R. Waterbury,
who, haying been duly sworn according
to law, deposes and says that he is the
Business Manager of the Michigan
Farmer, and that the following is to
the best of his knowledge and belief,
it true statement of the. ownership,
management (and if a daily paper, the
circulation), etc., of the aforesaid pub-
lication for the date shown in'the

above caption, required by the Act of

August 24,1912 embodied in section
443, Postal Laws and Regulations,
printed on the reverse of this form, to
w1 :

1. That the names and addresses of
the publisher, editor, managing editor,
and business manager are:

Publisher, Lawrence Publishing 00.,
Detroit Mich.

Editor, I. R. Waterbury,
Mich.

Managing Editor M.
Washington, D. C.

Business Manager, I. R. W'atel'bury,
Detroit, Mich.

Detroit,

2. That the owners are: (Give
names and addresses of individual
owners, or, 1f a corporation, give its

name and the names and addresses of
stockholders owning 01 holding 1 per
cent or more of the total amount of
stock).

M. J. Lawrence, 2131 W'yoming Ave,
Washington, I). C.

Carrie J. Lawrence, 2131 Vl'yoming
Ave, Washington, D. C.

Estate of M. L. Lawrence, 1677 Mag-
nolia. Drive, Cleveland, 01110.

P. T. Lawrence, "25 W. 86th St.,
New York City.

Citizens’ Savings & Trust Co., Trus-
tee for Mary and Mortimer Lawrence,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Nellie B Law1encc, Guardian of
Gains J. Lawrence, 10716 Fairchild
Ave, Cleveland, Ohio. '

Mrs. G. B. Rogers, 13519 Lake Shore
Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

Lillian Cot,ton 9400 Euclid Ave.,
Cleveland, Ohio.

E. D. Pope, 11255 Belleflower
Cleveland, Ohio.

R. M. McConville, 1539 E. 82nd St,
Cleveland, Ohio.

E. H. Houghton, 1025 Lake Shore
Drive, Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.

Kate 1*]. Munsell, 180 E. Grand Blvd,
Detroit, Mich.

F. H. Nance, 16727 Clifton Blvd,
Lakewood, Ohio.

Neff Laing, 261 South Tfiird St., Phil-
adelphia, Pa.

J. F. Cunningham, 1224 Belle Ave,
Lakewood, Ohio.

3. That the known bondholders,
mortgagees, and other security holders
owning or holding bonds, mortgages,
or other securities are: (If there are
none, so state).

None.

4. That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the names of the owners,
stockholders, and security holders, if
any, contain not only the list of stock-
holders and security holders as they
appear upon the boolgs cf the company
but also, in cases where the stock-
holder or secul 113 holder appears upon
the books of the company as trustee

Ave,

4 or in any other fiduciary relation, the

name of the person or corporation for
whom such trustee is acting, is given;

also. that the said two paragraphs con-
tam statements embracing alfiant’s full
knowledge and belief as the circum-
stances and conditions under which
stockholders and security holders who
do not appear upon the' books of the
company as trustees, hold stock and
securities in a capacity other than that
of a bona fide owner; and this aflfiant
has no reason to believethat any oth-
er person, association, 'or- corporation
has any interest director indirect in
the said stock, bonds, or other-securi.
ties than as so stated by him.

5. That the average number of cap
iés of this publication sold or distrib-
uted. through the mails or otherwise,
to. paid subscribers during the six
months preceding the date shown
above is. (This information is requir-

ed from daily publications only).
1; R WATERBURY,
' 4 Business Manager.
Sworn to and subscribe
this

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~ N the following short articles our

' busy readers will find several sug-

gestions that may be “of practical

value to them. No doubt hundreds of

other readers of this page have devices

or use methods on their farms that are

‘ an improvement over the ordinary de-

’ vices or methods employed by the av-

erage farmer. If they will just send us

a rough sketch of any such device, or

a brief letter describing their method

so we can present it to our readers in

, an intelligible manner, We will remit

for each suggestion available to this

page, one dollar. Address your ideas

to “Suggestion Dept,” Michigan Farm-
er, Detroit, Mich.

 

A METHOD FOR GETTING THAT
" ANCHOR POST BACK.

 

One of the most disgusting sights on
a farm. is an anchor post that has been
pulled over by having the brace slip or
break, or some other reason. It always
loosens the fence for several posts

along the fence so that, hogs can get.

    
  

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under. The sketch shows a method I

used which worked very well. It is

necessary to hitch a horse to the block

and tackle if a tackle is used. A fence

.stretcher used in place of the block

and tackle will probably work better

i if one has one that can be used. By
, running the chain from the top of one
.‘ post to the bottom of the next gives
. sufficient leverage to hold all that can
. be pulled by a block and tackle or a
fence stretcher. After the post has

been pulled back in place the brace

can again be put in place or some oth-

er means of bracing the post can be

employed. A good method to use in

bracing a post that has pulled out as

in the sketch is to bury an anchor by

I the post the tackle is fastened to, and
run a. wire from it to the anchor post.
This method does away with the brace.

Monroe Co. C. H. GREEN.

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’ I CRATE FOR SHIPPING CATTLE.

 

The accompanying illustration will
show the handy farmer how to con-
struct a crate for shipping cattle by
express. In the construction of these
crates two ideas must be kept in mind;
first, they must be made sufliciently
strong to confine the animal, and also-
to protect him against injury; second,
" the question of weight is of import-
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the express charges are considerably
increased. Proper bracing enables one
to construct these crates of much light-
er'tim'ber than would otherwise be the
case. E. S. L.

KEEP TIRES WELL INFLATED.

 

The supposition that the heating of
the air in an automobile tire by the sun
in hot weather brings about a danger-
ous pressure has been exploded by a
practical test, and it has been shown
that for a motorist to lower his air
pressure because the sun is hot actu-
ally injures the tire far more than any
possible increase of pressure could.

The reason for this is that the heat ,

caused by the flexing of an under-in-
‘flated tire destroys- the tire much
more rapidly than the average motor-
ist realizes.

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pressure is caused by leaking. This is
not constant, being dependent on the

weather and other conditions of use. In-

a careful test made by experts, it
was determined that leakage occurred
on an average of twenty pounds per
week, this being mostly due to the
condition of valves.

It may be taken as a safe rule to fol-
low, that the man who inflates his tires
to the proper pressures, following the
inflation tables issued by the tire com-
panies, will obtain far more mileage
than the man who rides his tires un-
der-inflated. The greatest danger to
tires is under-inflation, and not over-
inflation. G. T.

PIT TRAP FOR CATCHING RATS.

A modification of the barrrl trap is
the pit trap. This consists of a stout
narrow box sunk in the ground so that
the top is level with the rat run. It is
fixed with a cover of light wood or
metal in two sections, the sections fit-
ting nicely inside the box and working
independently. They turn on rods, to
which they are fastened. They are
weighted near the ends of the box and
so adjusted that they swing easily. An
animal stepping upon the cover beyond
the rod is precipitated into the box,
while the cover immediately swings
back to its place. Besides rats, the

 

 

  

A Substantial Crate for. Shipping Cattle.

tactical Ideas for the Busy Farmer

trap is well adapted to capture larger
animals, as minks, raccoons, opossums
and cats. It is especially useful to
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and the like. The trap should be plac«
ed along the fence outside the yard,
and behind a shelter of boards or brush
that leans against the fence.

 

BUILDING A CISTERN 0N QUICK-
SAND FOUNDATION.

 

It is not always possible to construct
a cistern in the kind of soil where it
can be easiest built. It occasionally
happens that one is obliged to build.
on a quicksand foundation in order to
have this reservoir in the most conven-
ient place for the women folks. In
building on quicksand it is better to
make the cistern of different propor-
tions than when working in firmer
soils. The accompanying illustration
shows a plan where the reservoir ex-
tends into the ground about two and a
half feet, and then about two feet
above the surface. This gives a broad
foundation, and if carefully constructed
of reinforced cement there will be no
danger from settling. The illustration
gives dimensions, and illustrates the
method of supporting the roof while
the cement is being poured. Any per-

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can afford them should equip their
buildings with electric or acetylene gas
lights. If such lights are properly in—
stalled, there is almost no danger that
they can cause fires. At the present
time a hundred or two dollars will pro-
vide lights for the farm buildings that
will be a source of unfailing joy. For
those who are compelled to carry lan-
terns to the barn, the advice to provide
themselves with the safest kind of Ian-
tern that can be procured is given.
Also put up hooks at various conven-
ient places about the buildings and
hang up the lanterns instead of stand-
ing them on the floor. Lots of fires
have been started by the kick of a
horse. Especially have hooks for the
lights in the stable Where horses are
frequently handled and harnessed by
lantern light.

A few hand fire extinguishers at con-
venient places about the barn may be
the means of avoiding a disastrous
blaze. Often the fire in its first stage
can be extinguished if the means for
fighting it are close at hand. For a
large barn, the form of extinguisher
that is mounted on two wheels and can
be quickly moved to the scene of the
blaze, is advisable. The principle on
which the chemical in these fire ex-
tinguishers works is that of starving
the flame by depriving it of oxygen. In
the early- stage this will effectively
control the fire.

New Hamp. C. H. CunsusY.

EASY 'WAY TO DIP SHEEP.

Here is the answer to Mr. Colon C.
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son who understands the handling of
cement can easily follow this plan.

GUARDING AGAINST FIRES.

 

A few simple precautions might save
many dollars worth of property which
is annually destroyed by fire. The fire
menace to farm buildings is a very
real menace but a large proportion of
fires are started by carelessness or
neglect. Carrying lanterns into the
barn causes many fires. Farmers who

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ping large sheep.
into dipping tanks and has a tapered

sliding door. The crate is raised from
the floor by a small block and tackle
and lowered into the dipping vat, then
raised again over vat and allowed to
drip, then swung over and lowered to
floor. Have corne to the conclusion
that the farmers of Michigan, in gen-
eral, were never in the sheep business,
but in the business of raising internal
and external parasites and the sheep
weie just a side issue.

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NEWS from Mi‘Chigan‘ Cooperative. .Socictics

New Live Stock Shipping Associations.
lonia county farmers living near
Clarksville, have formed a stock ship-

pers’ association, with the following
officers: President, Fred Robbins;
secretary, N. W. Stumt; treasurer,

John J. Scott. At the first meeting it
was reported that seventy-one pledges
for stock at $10 per share had been
secured.

A cooperative shipping association
has been formed at McCords, in Kent
county, with about 150 stockholders,
and officers as follows: President, Wil-
bur Buress; vice~president, Fred Pat-
terson; secretary-lreasurer, George F.
Campau; directors, the oflicers and
Archie Ross, J. l). Stauffer, Chas. But—
terick and James Fardley.

Farmers living near Onondaga, in
Jackson county,
shipping association, with Chester
Hunt. supervisor of the township, as
manager, and Ray Whitney as secre-
tary-treasurer. Eaton Rapids “co-ops”
assisted in getting the work started
and the first shipment of live stock
was made to Detroit on March 30.

Sean Growers Meet at Stanton.

Over. 200 farmers attended the an-

nual meeting of the Montcalm County

Bean Growers’ Association held at
Stanton and Charles M. King and E.
C. Lowry, both of Stanton, were re-

elected as president and secretary re-
spectively of the organization: Presi-
dent King was chosen as delegate to
attend the. state meeting to be held in
Saginaw next fall. The membership
fee was reduced from fifty cents to ten
cents, the chairman announcing that it
was members that were wanted and
not cash. Many new members were
added. At the afternoon session coop-
erative selling was discussed and a
Gréenville man told of what the Glean-
ers there had done in the way of tak-
ing over a produce concern. He sug-
gested opening a branch in Stanton.
Other speakers believed that Stanton
farmers ought to form an association
of their own and some of the farmers
favored building an elevator. Subscrip-
tions for a cooperative buying and sell-
ing organization, reaching upwards of

2,500, were secured in a few minutes
before adjournment and this amount
has been more than doubled since. The
organization will be completed when
$10,000 has been subscribed.

John May, treasurer of Eaton county,
is the new secretary-treasurer of the
Square Deal Cooperative Live Stock
Association at Charlotte.

Farmers of Ensley township, Neway-
go county, talk of forming a coopera-
tive selling organization, as a result of
recent talks at Grange meetings.

Active at Mliddleville.

Barry county farmers met at Middle-
ville and formed the Middleville Coop-
erative Company, the object being “the
handling, buying, selling, shipping or
placing upon any market of agricultur-
al and dairy products." The officers
are: President, Edwin J. McNaughton;
vice-president, J. H. Campbell; secre
tary-treasurer, Frank D. Pratt; mana-
ger, Albert Barrell; directors, the offi-
cers and J. F. VVindes, Glenn Allen and
Grant Whitlock. The membership fee
is $10. Secretary Pratt is an experi-
enced stock buyer and for a time at
least the company will confine its oper-
ations to shipping live stock. Forty-
t‘our farmers enrolled as members at
the first meeting.

St. Clair Farmers Buy Elevator.

:The Blaine Cooperative Compahy,
composed of St. Clair county farmers,
hid-Ll its annual dinner meeting at
Elaine and reports of the year’s work
were encouraging. During' the past
year the antimony bought the elevator
of the Blaine Hay & Grain Company,
and has been under expense in getting
.s'firtcd, while the car scarcity has 11111-
'dei ed operations Burg-or, 15pm:

have formed a stock‘

showed net profit of over $900 and the
company has been able to pay six per
cent interest on all shares of stock and
a. dividend of six per cent to stock-
holders. New directors elected were
LeWis Atkins, Art Spalding, Fred Stu-
val, John McDonald and. co Munroe.
Stock will be shipped this year, with
John McDonald in charge of this
branch. The business done, starting
April"1, is strictly cash.
Farm Bureau in Barry County.

A county farm bureau completed its
organization at Hastings, starting with
forty-six members, and the following
officers: President, Fred J. Lawrence;
vice-president, Fred C. Otis; secretary-
treasurer, John Foreman. Chairmen
of committees are: E ‘ys’ and girls’
clubs, L. C. Reimann, Grange, John
C. Ketcham; Farmers’ Clubs, J. W.
Killick; Gleaners, Adelbert Enzian;
home demonstrator, Audra E. Decker;
representative of farmers at large,
Walter E. Stanton. Roy Brumm is the
new county farm agent.

Affairs in Baraga County.

There has been substantial increase
in the number of farmers locating in
the county during the past year and a
county farm expert, W. G. Kirschman,
graduate of the M, A. C., has been ear
gaged. The Baraga fair will be held
the week preceding the Copper County
Fair and the new fair officers elected
are: President, H. R. Gladden; secre-
tary, Peter M. Gitzen; treasurer, John
Beck.

Barley and Wheat in Marquette.

Meetings are being held in every sec-
tion of Marquette county during April,
the speakers being L. Roy Walker, the
county farm agent, M. A, Leach, agri-
cultural agent for Luce county, Verne
Freeman, sheep specialist of the M. A.

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proven to be a successful crop in the
county and the raising of barley and
wheat from both financial and patriotic
standpoints are being advised.

Big Dinner at Marshall.

Calhoun county farmers and their
wives, about 300 in number, attended
the county farm bureau meeting held
at Marshall and were guests of the bus-
iness men at dinner, the menu includ-
ing roast beef, mashed potatoes and
green peas, coffee, fried cakes, ice
cream and cigars. New officers of the
bureau are: President, Frank Mahrle;
vice-president, Louis J. Decker; secre-
tary, Frank E. Smith; treasurer. Ben
J. Morgan. E. B. Moore is the county
farm agent. The leading address was
made by Eben Mumford, of East Lan—
sing, director of farm agents in Mich-
igan.

Will Study Bean Diseases.

An experimental farm of one hun-
dred acres has been chosen by the
United States Department of Agricul—
ture in Saginaw county. It is located
just "south of the city limits of Saginaw

on Sheridan avenue and has been sei

cured for one year, with option of lease
for five years. The farm is well drain-
ed with tile and has modern buildings
and equipment. Government experts
will have charge and the leading line
of work will be experiments to test
strains of beans as to disease resistant
Qualities, with reference to control of
bean anthracnose and blight.
Farm Bureau in Charlevoix.

A farm bureau has been formed in
Charlevoix county, with the following
officers: President, Wm. J. Pearson;
vice-president, D. E. Ingalls; secretary,
W. F. Tindall; treasurer, G. E. Ham-
mond; chairman executive committee,
D. F. Meech. C. F. Smith is the new

C., and F. G. Kraege, dairy specialist county farm agent, with offices at
of Fort Atchison, Wis. Barley has Boyne City.
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Michigan Milk Prices

The following table gives the milk

ent plants in Michigan for February

_ Feb. Price.

Lake Odessa Milk Co ............ $3.10
Chopin-Sacks Co., at Webberville

Plant 3.10

Hastings Condensed Milk Co ........
Owosso Plant, Detroit Creamery

 

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Company ..................... 3. 00
Helvetia Co., Hudson ............ 3.07
Ekenburg Co., Elsie. .. . ..... 3. 00
Clio Condensary, Clio ............ 3. 00

Hires Condensed Milk Co., Ubly 3.10
Ohio Dairy Co, Morenci ......... 3.70
Western Reserve Milk Co., Hills-
dale ........................... 300
Western Reserve Milk Co., Cold-

water ........................ 3.00
*Detroit milk (in the 150 zone). 3.35
Grand Ledge Milk Co., Grand

Ledge ......................... 3.10

Grandg Ledge Milk Co., Sparta. . 2. 90
Grand Ledge Milk Co., Fenton. . 2. 90
Van Camp Packing Co., Adrian. 3.07

Libby McNeil & Libby, Perrinton 3. 25
Towar Plant, Imiay City .......... 3.15
”The price for Detroit milk is based

prices and quantities handled at differ-

and March of this year.

Mar. Price. Milk shipped in Feb.
$2.90 1, 287, 523 pounds.
2.80 1,201,969 pounds.
2.75 Closed for lack of coal.
2.75 689, 269 pounds.
2.95 2, 736, 938 pounds.
2.75 Closed for lack of coal.
2.75 424, 283 pounds (besides
milk powder from con-
densed milk).
2.83 (No record).
2.90 (No record).
2.80 420,622 pounds.

2.80 842, 919 p.0unds
3. 35 for 85% and $2. 40 for 15%

2.90 1,046,856 pounds.
2.75 421,608 pounds.
2.75 331,450 pounds.

2,927,251 pounds.
2. 90 1, 341, 475 pounds,
3.10 271, 720 pounds.

on the fifteen— cent zone Outside pric-

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Michigan Potato Situation

OTATO prices still sag and the
market outlook is not bright. Tu-
bers new retail around ninety

cents per bushel at the stores in Grand
Rapids and elsewhere, or approximate-
ly one-quarter of the price prevailing
a year ago. Recently 3. Kent county
farmer sold a load to a Grand Rapids
grocer at fifty cents a bushel and later
in the day, as he passed the store, he
saw the (tubers neatly displayed at
“twenty-five cents a peck.” As usual,
the farmer was losing money while the
middleman was making a nice profit.

Shipments out of the state continue
vcry light. The latest news bulletin?“
the United States Bureau of Markets
that we, have at hand shows Michigan’ 5

shipments for March 19 as thirty-three
cars, against sixty‘one for Wisconsin
and 121 for Minnesota. Michigan ship-
pers have maintained all along that
this state is being' discriminated
against in the matter of cars,
Crop Still in Farmers’ Hands.

Upper peninsula growers are getting
anxious and the Marquette Commercial
Club has sent the following telegram
to members of the senate and house in
Washington: “What provisions are
being made to take care of the surplus
potato crop in Michigan? Upper pe-
ninsula farmers are very much dissat-
isfied as they Mum-pitted“ edicts
most of their crbp of last-year." They
Were willing to sell last 9.1th had no

market. The farmers surrounding
Grand Marais raised 10,000 bushels but
could not sell them and they are still on
hand. This is a fair sample. We are
facing a mighty serious situation. Un-
less the government helps out the
farmers will not exert themselves this
year.”

In reply Congressman James says:
‘fThe Food Administration advises me
that they will take care of Michigan
potato situation if they can secure suf-
ficient railway cars. They will advise
we fully in a day or so. In the mean-
time I am trying to arrange for better
car service.”

The Contention at Washington.

Uniform standard grading as adop-
ted by the United States Bureau 0!
Markets and enforced by the United
States Food Administration, is still a
live issue in Michigan. In substance
this is the contention of the Washing-
ton authorities:
a record breaker, being estimated at
442,000,000 bushels, or nearly 100,000,-
000 bushels greater than the average
for the last five. years, and fifty-four
per cent in excess of last year’s crop.
To sell this crop at fair prices it will
be necessary to keep ungraded, poorly

graded or cull stock off the market;

After more than three years of wide
and careful research by the Bureau of
Markets uniform standard grades, to be
used as the basis, were adopted and
use of these grades in marketing the
crop was requested. The response of
growers, shippers and dealers in use
of these grades was gratifying. Later,
in sections where there had been a.
general effort on the part'o'f shippers
to adopt these grades, the food admin~
istrat'ion required their use, feeling
that the few who were not cooperating
were acting against the best interests
of the potato industry and the nation.

“U. S. Grade No. 1 includes potatoes
with minimum diameter of one and
seven-eighth inches. Grade No. 2 in-

cludes marketable stock with minimum -

diameter of one and a'half inches. It
was chiefly because of the difference in
the mesh of sizing machines that the
minimum ’diameter was specified in the
_U. S. grades, rather than size of mesh
for screens to be used. The need is
for a universal standard for the entire
country, so that buyer and seller may
have a just and stable basis for their
transactions, regardless of season, sec-
tion or other factors.”
What Michigan Growers Hold.

State potato growers at their recent
Lansing meeting adopted a resolution
in favor of a single grade, called Mich-
igan Standard No. '1, to include all the
marketable stock passing over a one
and three quarter-inch round mesh
screen.

A Kent county grower expresses the
situation as follows: “Grade the po-
tatoes? Sure! But why have two
grades? Did the consumer ask for two
gradeS? Haven’t many city consumers
been buying potatoes all winter with-
out even knowing that there is such a.
thing as two grades? The No. 2 grade
at present is not-what farmers used 00
peddle out in Grand Rapids and Mus-
kegcn as small potatoes—the No. 2’s

the sand farmer who raises quality
stock this new grade is a bad blow.”
Pendulum Goes to Other Extreme.
And now is the pendulum swinging
too far the other way? Senator Wm.
Alden Smith has added to the agricul-
tural appropriation bill an amendment
forbidding the grading of potatoes at

.11. and the senate has passed this

measure. It would almost appear that
the remedy is worse than the disease
in this case. Everybody stands fini- the
grading principle and the growers now
stand for 3. cm grading illmugh‘ ‘a

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soy beans vary somewhat, but
most of the farmersrin this com-
munity have been using the grain drill
for this purpose. We have used a
three-horse grain drill, and have work-
ed out a table by which the proper
amount of seed per acre may be sown.
The drill has an indicator on it which
shows the approximate acreage sown
at any time, which is fairly accurate.
We have been sowing the Holly-
brook and Ito San varieties. The seeds
of both these varieties are about the
same size. When drilling the beans
solid for either hay or seed the indi-
cator is set to sow on the wheat scale:
With the indicator set at No. 9,

PRACTICES and methods of sowing

> Planting soy Bea-es with" 'a‘ .‘nriu‘ ~ <

portion to the size of the hole than
wheat. '

When drilling them in rows, the hoes
were stopped up so that the rows were
between twenty-nine and thirty inches
apart. It is difiicult to figure the
acreage by the indicator with this
method of sowing because the drill
does not cover all the land sowed and
must travel a little less than the width
of one row away from the last round.

For drilling in rows the feed was set
to sow on the oats side. When the in-
dicator was set at No. 9 on the cats
side it sowed at the rate of 50.5 pounds
of soy beans to the acre, which is
about enough seed to sow when drill-
ing in rows. We tried sowing a few

which is equivalent to sowing one and \rounds on No. 10, but thought that a

 

lln Good Soil we Found that Drilling Seeds About One and a Half Inches Apart

in the Rowe Gave

one-half bushels of wheat per acre,
the drill sows with all the hoes open.
sixty-three pounds per acre of soy
beans.

With the indicator set at No. 7, (five
pecks of wheat per acre), it sows
forty-eight pounds of beans per acre.
And at No. 8, (five and one-half pecks
of wheat), ‘it sows forty-six pounds of
beans per acre. ,It will be noted that
there is a much bigger difference be-
tween the amounts ,sown by Nos. 8 and
9 than Nos. ,7 and 8. This is due very
largely to the nature of the beans, as
they are oval in shape and very slick
which makes them feed faster in pro-

us a Good Stand. .

little too heavy. If the beans are drill-
ed about one inch apart in the rows,
that will be sufilcient_to make a heavy
growth of vines in black ground. The
soy beans do not grow either sohigh
or rank in clay ground and it is well to
sow them moderately heavy it a good
yield of seed or hay is desired.

When a slow walking team is used
the drill will wobble sidewise consid-
erably, making very crooked rows
which are not so easy to cultivate. A
good driver and a fast walking team
can succeed in making fairly straight
rows.

Indiana. J. L. JuerCE.

Farmers and Business Men Cooperate

By J. H.

VER a third of a century ago one
0 of themost prominent farmers
of Calhoun county was a “path—
master” in his road district. There
was a very long, steep and sandy .hill
on his road to Battle Creek. It was
impossible to haul ten bags of wheat
up that hill with an ordinary team. So
one day Leonard Spauiding got the
farmers together and commenced pav-
ihg the hill with cobblestones. The
first picture (page 1) shows that stone-
paved hill just as it looked after it
had been used for over thirty-five
years. The road always was a bad
one, even after the worst hill was
stone paved. After driving down this
hill, and across the hollow, there was
still another longer hill, though not
quite so steep. Finally, the farmers
got so sick of the steep hill, even
though it was so well paved that not a
single stone 'ever came loose, that they
decided to cut the hill down to six per
cent grade and gravel the bed.
Now that hill is finished and this

spring there are hundreds of farmers '

who areenjoying driving up and down
that old hill with all the load they can
pile on their wagons, even while the
frost is coming out and mud reigns
elsewhere. '

A. All the paving stone had to be dug
outandthro’wn up on the bank beret-e

. guttingdown the road bed. Alcompar-

1' the: first .~a.nd , assess , pictures
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made in the grade. The road bed was
lowered over twelve feet along the up-
per part of the hill. ,

The part played by the city business
men was not only to contribute money
for improving this bad hill, but a lot of
these men went out two different days
and helped pick up and carry stone
across the road. After the grade was
made and graveling begun, the writer,
as chairman of the chamber of com—
merce agricultural committee, invited
a score or more of the leading busi-
ness men of Battle Creek to go and
help carry stone from the high bank
to pave the gutters on each side of the
road bed. It was so very sandy in
these gutters that it was deemed es-
sential to get the gutters paved, both
sides of the long bill before torrential
rain set in and cut out the road com-
pletely. This stunt, and the working
together of city men and farmers, was
not only novel, but shows how both
classes can get together and work for
mutual interests.

Russia failed to support its army and

its army failed to fight for Russia, and'

today Germany is taking over thou-
sands of square miles of rich farming
and mineral lands, title.to which is
held by Russians who will have their
deeds considered mere: scraps «of paper
by the conquerors. Make the United
States a success instead "or a failure

like RusSIa.- 5 ~~ -

Increase the
Tractor’s Value!

Use..the tractor disk harrow_ that
can take the place. of a plow—-
gives greater acreage yields
under all conditions.

DOUBLE ACTION

- Tractor
arrows

get in deep —— cut and stir every

inch of ground— pay big dividends

on your tractor outfit. ‘A size and
type for every tractor—small and large - prover:
beyond experiment by 15 years' use and devel-‘
opmentoi Rigid Main Frame principle applied
to tractor work. Adjustable hitch, double
levers, forged disks (solid or cut-out). Thous-i
ands in use. Favored by tractor manufacturers.

Don't try to make an inferior disk do—you can
profit by writing to-day {omiull'specifications
and name of nearest dealer, whether you have
'a tractor now, or expect to buy one. Give
make and size of tractor, work to be done. etc..
for free tillage advice.

The Cutaway Harrow Co.
475 MaidiStreet
Higganum‘; 'Conn.

Makers of the originb‘i'CLARK Disk
\Harrows and P/aws [

  

CUTAWAY
(CLARK) double
action .Tractor
Harrow.

    
 

Used successfully
with everyiTrac-
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Help Your
Government
By Wearing
Rouge-Rex Shoes

Rouge-Rex shoes are made
for the farmer. They are well
corstructed, fit well, are com-
fortable on the feet and will
give longer and better wear
than any other shoes at any-
where near the price.

During the war the United
States is in need of allthe leath-
erit can get. By buying Rouge-
Rex shoes you will indirectly
help to conserve leather, be-
cause Rougo-Rex shoes wear
longer than any other shoes.

 

Buy Shoes Especially Made for Your Work

If on buy Rouge-Rex shoes you get a pair of shoes especially

made or your use.

If the soil on your farm 18 sandy, we recommend

Rouge-Rex high cut shoes as they prevent sand from getting into the

shoes.
practical.

For heavy or loamy soils, Rouge-Rex low cut shoes are more
Rouge-Rex shoes will outlast any other work shoes.

When

you buy Rouge~Rex shoes you do not have to buy shoes so often and

therefore you conserve leather.

The leather that goes into
Rouge-Rex shoes is from es-
pecially selected hides, tanned
in our own tannery and the
shoes are manufactured by us.
We know exactly what qual-
ity leather goes into Rouge-
Rex shoes and can confidently
say that you cannot get a air
of shoes that will give you et-
ter and longer wear or more
satisfaction than Rouge-Rex.

Rouge-Rex dealers are in pratically
every city in the state. If you do not
know who handles Rouge-Rex shoes

in your‘elty write us for the name
or the Rouge-Rex dealer. -

Hirtli-Krause Shoe Co.,

II'l'dr-To-N/iqc'
Tanners .1" Shoe Alan-”facturers

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repairs in 20 or 25 years of service.

Ilas ball-bearing turntable; always stands squarely into the wind. Self~
(manning—will not run faster in a 40—mile gale than in a 12-mile wind. Spiller
pressed onto the main shaft—«perfect oiling system—will working parts enclosed.

I
= feet service.
I
I

Galvanizedrhannel steel rim is used for holding sails—mo bolts. rivets or pins used. ' '
- Sails are driven into the channel frame, making a wheel that is still and strong, yet light
in weight. Made in lo and 12 ft. sizes. We also make Kalamazoo back-geared mill

it! it.) with either galvanized Steel or wood wheel.

KALAMAZOO TANK & SlLO CO.,

SELF GOVERNING
WIND M

For safety. sure operation, smooth-running and

long life the MANVELdirect-stroke mill has no equal. ’
Scores erected 25 to 40 years ago are. still giving per-
Many have cost hardly a dollar for

WRITE TODA anr wind mill circular and money-saving
price list of talus/lizard and wood tank: for farm usc.
Dept. 323 Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Buckwheat for 1918
HE growing of buckwheat has it encourages the branching-of the
fallen into disrepute in most plant so that the seed is borne very
places. The fact that it is often thickly.
spoken of as a lazy man’s crop should The choice of the seed also affects
not deter others from. raising it, and the growth of the plants considerably,
the old principle that it requires little although the black and the gray ap-
or no cultivation should not be follow- pear to grow almost equally well on
ed. When the country was new, and average soils. On a thin, gravelly soil,
the soil rich, any kind of scratching of which is in good condition, the gray
the soil was considered sufficient, and variety yields .nlore and better flour
in this way, very few gave to the crop than the dark, thick-skinned kind.
the proper cultivation. The question of fertilizers for buck-
Easy to Produce. wheat is one to which little attention
Buckwheat is really one of the eas- has been given. W'hy any fertilizer of
lest crops to grow. The seed costs any kind should be used may seem
even less than corn per acre, and it strange to those who have been accus-
requires planting at a leisure time, and tomed to raise the grain on poor land
will grow a good crop on land that is where it seemed to flourish under the
almost worthless. These comnlenda- most unfavorable circumstances. on
torr qualities of the cmp seem suffi- rich soils it would at first glance seem
cient to overcome those put in the 09- that manure would be sheer waste. It
posite scale. may be said that this is partly true,
‘If buckwheat is grown on the true but we have found that lime applied to
and right principle that whatever is the soil is not time or money lost. The
worth doing at all is worth doing well, application of plaster is also beneficial.
there is little doubt that it will prove A Short Season crop,
profitable, whether the soil is poor 01' Buckwheat is a short season crop.
otherwise. If for no other reason, it \K’e have sown the last week in Julyr
seems advisable to grow a small patch and secured a mature crop. The first
of it for the breakfast cakes ,that it week in July is, all things considered,
yields the family during the winter the best time to sow in this (northern)
season. part of Indiana. If frosts are unusu-
Suits Many Soils. ally early, they may catch the crop
The buckwheat that is sown on rich when in, blossom and thus kill the
soil will, of course, yield better than grain.
that sown on new land which has just however, in this section. The best
been scratched over by the plow and way to harvest it is to cut it with a.
harrow. If the soil is mellow and well mower, let it lay iii the swath for some
worked, a peek of seed per acre. will days, then put it into cocks, allowing
give a. gOOd yield. There is one advan~ it to cure thoroughly before threshing.
tage in thin seeding, and that is that Indiana. K. K. -

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‘THE MICHIGAN POTATO SITUA- 000,000 bushels of potatoes for several
TION- years previous to the war, thus pre-
(Continued from page 517). serving this valuable food indefinitely
ble them to market all potatoes of good a” a reserve supply to draw on in- case
eating size and no others. They do of war. While the common method is
obcht strongly to a system that leaves to slice and dry the tuber, a more re-
on their hands a large quantity of cent method used in Germany is to re-
stock that is just as good for the cons duce to pulp by treatment with steam
sumer’s table as the No. 1's. jets. Then this paste is run through
War Board Gets Busy. hot rolls to expel the water and the
The potato situation has stirred the final result is light flakes that are put
state war board to action and the sum up in 125-pound 53‘9“" In 1916 Ger-
Of $25,000 has been set apart fOl‘ 93" many produced 4,000,000 tons Of these
periments in dehydrating or drying.r p0- potato flakes;
tatoes for government use. The potato Potato flour is known to be valuable
is seventy to eighty‘five per cent water for “War bread” and it has been sug‘
and to dehydrate means literally to gested, why not set the beet sugar fac-
unwater the tuber, greatly reducing the tories at work on this product during
bulk and preserving same for years. their idle period at the present time.
The dehydrator is a quick-action dryer The leading potato flour plant in this
or evaporator and though looked upon country is located at Caribou, Maine,
as a new experiment the principle is and an expert from this mill is experi-
centuries old. Several cal-loads of inent-ing with beet sugar plants in
Michigan potatoes have. been shipped Michigan to see What may be done
to a plant. at Elba, N. Y. Michigan here. Michigan has the, potatoes and.
also has a dehydrating plant at Cas- they should bring the farmer a fair
novia, which has been idle for some price. Not. one of them should be
time because. ol.’ the financial difficul< wasted in these war times.
ties of its promoters, but it is announc- —-—-—-—————
ed that the plant will new resume ac- URGES USE OF MORE POTATOES.
tivities. It is said that the govern- '
ment will be in the market for dehy-
drated potatoes in large quantities. , ‘ ,‘ ‘ . _
That is, if the product is good. ‘I‘The pogfloeésodi: ill)?eUifitgdlaétg-ftelmggd i):
proof of the pudding is in the eating,” MiChigmL *
and if the dried potato is less palatable A_lld WhPI‘eaS, most of the hotels and
than the tuber in its natural state, eating houses are not serving portions

_ that meet the ordinar - re uireinents
then away goes the dried potato mar— of their patrons, y q ~

ket. We haven’t the least thought or Therefore, be it resolved by the An-
desire of throwing cold water on the Elgiglchxgty tEarn; Bureaué 1alag‘the
, , .. , . ' ea 111 1011888 o lo I an
state S experiments. but the. efforts be asked to servg potatoes more liger-
made by the Casnowa people tO-find a ally to their patrons, in order that the
market, for the product, and keeping it, large stock of potatoes now on hand
have a sobering influence at least. Ev- may be more nearly used befQI'e the
, . . new crop is harvested, and for the
en Governor Sleeper cautions growers further reason of conserving meat and
not to expect too much. It is stated grain foods by substituting potatoes in
that General Goethals is willing to ac- their stead. '
cept dehydrated potatoes for the army —————‘—-—-~ ' -

MILK PRICES FOR APRIL.

Resolutions passed by the Antrim
County Farm Bureau:

tests of the quartermaster general’s
department.
A Lesson from the Enemy.

The Milk Commission fixes the price
for April milk at $2.85 in the first zone

Germany might teach us some things for eighty per cent, and $2.35 for the,

perhaps about the use of potatoes in surplus in all zones. This announce;
flakes, fldur, starch and‘ other products. 'mént‘ls ‘iil‘ad’e'by R'C. Reed," Secretary”,

At least our.enemy country is credited of the Michigan "Milk Producers? As ’

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HE gardener stopped before the
rhubarb patch and said, “It is
more than five years old and it
has not been fertilized sinze it was
planted. The blossom stalks have been
allowed to develop and the production
of seed has been a severe tax on the
strength of the roots. Why not reno-
vate the rhubarb, give it a new lease
on life and raise stalks that are fit to
market?”

Then the farmer remembered that
quality rhubarb was one of his favorite
side dishes and rhubarb pie was cheap
but good and healthy. He began to
pick up a few points about the plant
with the idea of making the rhubarb
patch more productive. The rhubarb
is the only useful member of its genus
as the docks to which it is closely re-
lated are prominent among the black
sheep and of no value on any farm.

A Warm Location Best.

A warm soil on a southern slope will
bring out the rhubarb early in spring
when the price is best. A deep sandy
loam which is well drained will pro-

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there are many old rhubarb beds which
are not producing the quality stalks
which they are capable of growing if
plenty of fertility is furnished. Other
beds are so old that their renovation
is hardly worth the trouble and new
beds can be started in fertile soil by
the division of the roots.

The plant is quite free from insect
enemies. The rhubarb curculio and
the rhubarb flea-beetle sometimes
cause slight injuries but are seldom
serious. The curculio punctures the
stems, causing exudations, and while
the stems cannot be sprayed with ar-
senicals for obvious reasons, these
pests are not active and they can be
picked off by hand if their damage ap-
pears to be serious. Many fine crops
of rhubarb are produced with no re-
gard to insect enemies and this is
more than can be said about the ma-
jority of garden crops. As a spring
tonic the rhubarb is of great value and
it should be more generally used. In a
section where winter is long and se-
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A Profitable Rhubarb Patch.

duce the best i‘Iesults and it can scarce-
ly be fertilized too heavily. The root
cuttings can be started to the best ad-
vantage in trenches about one and a
half feet deep which have been filled
with composted manure. An annual
application of manure in the fall will
keep up the quality of the crop.

Root cuttings are the most desirable
for starting a rhubarb plantation. They
can be started from seed but this is
apt to produce plants which are not
uniform. Divide the root, allowing a
strong eye to each piece and the cut-
ting will produce a good plant in one
season. ‘

Growing Quality Rhubarb.

In growing rhubarb it is well to re
member that the size and quality of a
crop depends upon the care during the
preceding year. Large stalks bring the
best prices and, of course, a fertile
soil free from weeds means a rapid de-
velopment of the rhubarb stalks early
in the spring when the prices are the
best. Placing the plants three or four
feet apart in rows four feet wide is
the usual custom.

The cultivation 'of a commercial rhu-
barb plantation should be thorough
but not deep. The large expanse of
leaves means that the plants need
plenty of moisture and so the weeds
must be kept down and the soil main—
tained in a mellow condition. When
the plants are bearing heavily, Which
is the case by the third year, it is best
to delay cultivation until after the
crop is harvested. Then well rotted
manure can be worked into the soil to
prepare the roots to undergo the strain
of producing another crop the next
spring. The blossom stalks must not
be allowed to grow or they will cause
serious injury to the crop during the
succeedingyear.

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undoubtedly be of great value in ini-
proving the health of the family, es-
pecially if pork and potatoes have
been playing too heavy a part. in the
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ARSENICALS FOR SPRAYING THE
APPLES.

 

Safety and cost are the important
considerations in purchasing spraying
materials. The prevailing high prices
make cost doubly important this year.
Most arsenicals are effective. Some
are likely to cause injury. The most
serious injury is a blackening of the
blossom end of the apple, commonly
termed calyx burn.

Calyx burn is induced during the ap-
plication of the calyx spray, though it
usually is not noticeable until the fruit
begins to approach maturity. The di-
rect cause may be unsuitable arseni-
cals, mishandling of materials, or over—
heavy spraying.

Arsenate of lead is made in two
chemical forms, neutral and acid. The
acid form is the usual commercial or
standard arsenate of lead. The two
forms differ in the amount of arsenic
that is iii combination with the lead.
The neutral form contains less’arsenic,
is more expensive to make, and sells
for a cent or tWo more per pound than
the regular commercial product.

The neutral form is more stable and
less affected by general atmospheric
agencies than the acid form, conse-
quently it is less likely to cause injury.
It isthe safest to use on peaches and
other tender plants, and should be used
on varieties of apples susceptible to
serious calyx burn. The neutral pro-
duct is sold by different manufactur—
ers as neutral arsenate of lead, ortho
arsenate of lead, tri-plumbic arSenate
of lead, or some other name. which des-
ignates the chemical nature.
Varieties of apples vary in suscep-

tibility to arsenic injury. Ingram and
Missouri Pippin are most severely in- ‘
,‘jured. Jonathanfand Ben Davis follow
in the“ order of susceptibility to calyx 7

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injured. ,
During the seasOn of 1917 Ingram
and Missouri Pippin trees sprayed
with a. neutral arsenate of lead were
practically free from calyx burn, while
on trees of the same varieties, sprayed
with the regular standard product, the
injury ranged from about fifty to near-
ly one hundred per cent. Much of this
injury was severe enough to materially
increase the number of culls.
Arsenate of lime is a less expensive
product than arsenate of load. In conr
bination with lime—sulphur it is just as
effective in the control of orchard in-
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than arsenate of load. Yet. if a good
product is obtained, it may be safely
used on apples, particularly on those
varieties which are not specially sub
ject to calyx burn. Arsenate of lime is
also one of the cheapest and most sat-
isfactory arsenicals 10 use for spraying
potatoes.

GROWING VEGETABLE SEED.

For a few years past we have found
it profitable to grow part. at least, of
the vegetable seeds we plant each sea-
son. Judging from the present outlook
it will be even more profitable next'
year. Good seed will be higher in price
this year than ever before and indeed
it seems quite probable that there will
not. be enough of some kinds to go
around. Ot‘ com‘sc‘, this is in part due
to incrcased plantings but it is partic
ularly due to the fact that the source
of supply. Europe, is not in position to
produce much in this line of export.

We have grown one variety each of
beets, carrots, parsnips, rutabagas and
cabbages each year. These vegetables
mature seed the second year from
planting. In the fall good specimens
of each are selected and kept in a
dark place until spring, when they are
planted in good garden soil. Plenty of
cultivation is given and the tall stalks
tied up so the winds will not break
them down. Considerable moisture is
also needed to develop good seed, hence
the soil should be a deep moist loam»
It is not advisable to select over-grown
roots to grow seed from, rather take
medium specimens that are smooth
and true to type. In the case of cab-
bage, roots are chosen in the fall that
have not developed heads of any con-
siderable size. Other vegetables that
produce *seed in the same way, which
we have tried, are Hamburg parsley,
white turn'i’p, Onion, ko‘hl rabl‘and win-
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most vegetables. ‘Market gardeners
have done this in many cases and there
is no reason why home gardeners
should not practice the same economy.
New Hamp. C. H. CnEsmv.

LIME-SULPHUR GUARD AGAINST
RASPBERRY DISEASE.

Anthracnose, a. disease which here-
tofore has done much damage to the
black raspberry crop in Michigan, can
be satisfactorily controlled by spraying
with lime-sulphur, the experiment sta-
tion of the Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege has learned. The announcement
comes as the result of work begun in
1914 by W. C. Dutton to determine
which of the common spray materials
(lime—sulphur, soluble sulphur, copper
sulphate and Bordeaux mixture) is the
most effective as a preventative of this
disease of the black raspberry.

“These experiments show that at
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To Grow Good Vegetable Seed Cultivate Thoroughly.

should be made to insure success,” Mr.
Dutton declares in a bulletin on the
subject, “for three applications of lime:
sulphur gave better results than any
other material.

These applications should be made
as follows:

First. In the sprins, before growth
starts, using lime-sulphur diluted at
the rate of two and a half gallons in
fifty.

“Second. When the new shoots are
six to eight inches high, using lime-
sulphur diluted at the rate of one and
a quarter gallons in fifty.

“Third. Just, before the blooming'pe-
riod, using lime-sulphur diluted at the
rate of one and a quarter gallons in
fifty.

“Clean cultivation should be prac-
ticed, as grass or weeds in the rows
will hold moisture, which favors an-
thracnose development. Remove all
bearing canes as soon as the fruit is
harvested.”

A bulletin, telling in detail of the ex-
periment, is now on the press and will
be available within a few days to in-
dividuals who write to the Division of
Publications, East Lansing, for a copy.
SOOT AND WOOD ASHES ENRICH

GARDEN SOILS.

 

Conserve your wood ashes and soot.
Both these materials are excellent for
the garden. .

Common soot from chimneys where
soft coal is burned is mest helpful to
all vegetable crops. When stored it
should always be kept dry. In apply-
ing it to the garden it may be sprink-
led on the ground, and hoed in, or it
may be used in the form of a liquid——
using one peck of soot to thirty gal-
lons of water,.mixing it, and allowing
the. water to stand until it is clear
again.

Save wood ashes, particularly-those

  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    
 

 
  
 
 
  
   
  
    
 
  
     
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

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There’s always a
safe and. pleasant
cup to take lts'place

INSTANT
DOSTUM

is now used res-
ularly by thousands
of former coffee
drinkers who live
better and feel
better because
of the change.

  
   
  
  
  
   
   
  
  
 

 

 

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Your water tank .
I 3. full-

“It’s a mighty still day when the
Eclipse Wood Windmill Will not pump
some water into your tank." That's
what one farmer said who has had an
Eclipsefiir 38 years. has still pumping to
da . with no repair expense. Figure the
Ecipse water supplsg cost on the basisol
serme for at least years—not the first»
cost-and you WIll have water the year ’round
for about $1.65. The Eclipse is werfully
built—few parts—automahcally controlled—
all wood oil treated— practically storm-
f Now ”to your dealer and get. all
I

‘Eclipse Windmill and Tower facts.

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SULFOCIDE

and

CAL-ARSENATE

”a new combination which bids fair
to replace the old Lime Sulphur-Arse-
nate ofLead and Bordeaux-Lead mix-
tures. in both orchard and garden.

It is more powerful and much les‘s ex—
pensive. 1 gallon and 3 lbs. makes
150 gallons of spray.

Send for circular

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.HE executive committee. of the
Michigan Potato Growers’ Asso-
ciation held a conference in

Grand Rapids on April 3. A. M. Smith,
of Lake City, president of the associa-
tion, presided and the situation was
gone over carefully. Michigan’s 1917
potato crop has been estimated at thir-
ty million bushels and the shipments
to date have been about five million
bushels, leaving twenty-five million
bushels still on hand. President Smith
says: “Let us be conservative and say
that one-third of the total crop, or
10,000,000 bushels, are still in the hands
of farmers. We’ll say that there’s 6,-
000,000 bushels that must be shipped
out, and ten weeks to ship them in.
That means you must ship 600,000 bush-
els a week at 1,000 bushels to the car.
Right now the country over the aver-
age of cars is only about 300 per day.
Michigan must have 100 cars a day,
but has been getting only thirty—five.”

On suggestion of State Director of
Markets McBride the committee went
on record as willing to sell potatoes to
the government and accept Liberty
Bonds in payment. It was also voted
to urge upon congress the passage of
an act that would permit the quarter-‘
master general to buy potatoes direct

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from the farmers without the formal-
ity of bidding. A communication from
Congressman McLaughlin, of Muske-
gon, stated that Senator Wm. Alden
Smith’s amendment to the agricultural
bill forbidding grading of potatoes was
now in conference, not having been
passed by the house. He said that he
would urge its passage but that the
Department of Agriculture was strong-
ly opposed to elimination of grading
rules. The committee of growers wir-
ed Congressman McLaughlin favoring
one grade made up of tubers passing
over a one and. three—quarter round
mesh screen, instead of the present
federal standard of one and seven-
eighths inch.

In order that the farmers may get
in closer touch with the food adminis-
tration .the growers adopted a resolu-
tion offered by Jason Woodman, of
Paw Paw, asking that “a practical
farmer, living on his farm, and famil-
iar with the production of potatoes,
beans and sugar beets, be appointed
on the advisory committee of Mr.
Hoover’s department.”

Reports at the meeting indicated that
the potato acreage in 1918 will be
much smaller than last year.

Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFIN.

Cooperation In Washtenaw

ASHTENAW county has turned

‘1» several somersaults on cooper-

ation’s lawn in very recent
months. These acrobatic stunts were
not accomplished without long and re-
peated attempts to put them over, al-
though the first has been followed by
others with surprising closeness.

Last spring, under war’s emergency,
Washtenaw was one of the counties to
be assigned a temporary farm agent.
Up to that time county sentiment had
not waxed strong enough to win an ap—
propriation for a regular 'agent from
the board of supervisors. At the 0c-
tober meeting, however, this appropri-
ation was voted and March 1 saw such
an agent installed in his new office.

On the day the agricultural agent
arrived, there was being held in the
city of Ann Arbor a banquet attended
by two hundred farm men and women
who took that pleasant way of com-
pleting the organization of a county
farm bureau.

Farmers Take Initiative.

Happily, the agent chanced to arrive
in conjunction with the bureau. While
they will no doubt mean much to each
other, the bureau had visions and plans
it meant to see thrOugh, whether it
had an agent to work with it, or not.
Recognition of the need of some such
federation of rural forces had grown
out of a'farmer’s Thanksgiving festi-
val, held at the county seat last. fall,
from which $2,000 was turned over to
the Red Cross. The work of this bu‘
reau is now in the care of Earle W.
Martin, president, associated with an
executive committee consisting of six
men and one woman, representing difv
ferent sections of the county.

The Washtenaw Cooperative Associ-
ation broached last August, is now or‘
ganized on a county basis for purposes
of “handling, buying, selling, shipping
or placing upon any market agricul-
tural or dairy products, or any sub;
stance or commodity raised, grown or
produced from agricultural or dairy
pursuits or auxiliary thereto.”

~ Profit by Others’ Experience.

In forming this association, the farm-
ers took council of officers of the
Square Deal Live Stock Shipping As-
sociation,of Charlotte, and will operate
arong similar lines as that successful
organization... It began operations in
January last by shipping live stock
regularly every week from Ann Arbor.

‘ _ ;; The scope of its undertakings will be:
‘ ndgtl’as opportunity and need de-

velop. It had eighty members, when
it began to ship, on a basis of $5.00 pei
member, one-half paid in. Its board of
directors is composed of the following
substantial farmers: George Laven-
der, president; George McCalla, vice-
president; Charles McCalla, secretary-
treasurer; Charles P. Knight, mana—
ger; Charles Seybold, Charles S. Fos-
ter and R. J. Bird.
Organize Dairy Company.

The organization of the Ann Arbor
Dairy Company is still another cooper
ative effort to be credited to heretofore
conservative Washtenaw. This is an
association, on the part of milk pro—
ducers roundabout the city of Ann Ar—
bor, to get their dairy products from
farm to consumer, in the most approv-
ed condition, at least expense, and to
do it themselves.

This aim, on the part of the dairy-
men means a grading up of the quality
of milk they produce, the cutting out
of duplication in delivery routes, reduc-
tion of all cost of handling, and utiliza-
tion of by-products to best advantage.
To do these things in the most sani-
tary and economical manner, by meth-
ods and with results above reproach
by either consumer or producer, is a
high-minded undertaking. It is, more-
over, a job that calls for discrete man-
agement and the most modern equip-
ment.

The milk farmers went about attain-
ing these ends-having once agreed to
accomplish them—by organizing and
incorporating under Act 398 of the
laws of 1913. They organized with
$35,000 capital stock, shares being $100
each. Members vote—not stock—is
the rule. Their first step was to buy
out the largest existing milk distribut—
ing firm and hire its proprietors to
manage their distributing depot for the.
farmers. To this depot all members
bring or send their milk daily. This
enabled the association to lay off a por-
tion of the delivery wagons at once
and further reduction will be made as
soon as the company has adequate
quarters and equipment.

Equip a Modern Creamery.

These quarters are now being pro—
vided as rapidly as possible. Ground
is already broken and erection. of an
$18,000 modern creamery and receiv-
ing plant is being pushed. June 1 is
the date promised for its completion.

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an experienced Holland dairyman to
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thousand thoughtful
American farmers would
no more think of starting
out to do farm work in
any other shoes than

“F ARM-WEAR” SHOES

For Farm Wear

than they would of starting out to cultivate a
ten—acre field with a garden rake.

This message is for those of you who are not
wearing these especially made shoes.
made of solid leather over standard lasts and are

Double Tanned to Resist Uric Acid

They fit better, feel better and look better than the ordi-
nary shoe and are made in four heights, all sizes, black
and chocolate—extra wide tread.

They are

You can trust the judgment of a hundred thousand farmers.

Ifyour dealer doesn't carry “Farm-Wear” Shoes, tear out thin adm-
tisement, write your name and address in the margin, also size and
height ofshoe wanted—if single or double sole—and advise us if we

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as a protection to him-
self. should have the

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Information therein is
of benefit in more wave

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“HINGED DOOR" Silo
is recognized as “THE
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Silo the guarantee on which is equal to
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The E. W. Ross Co.
30: 314 Springfield, Ohio
Special Proposition to Agents

Every buyer of a Silo
should get prices on Ross
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as to delivary. Material
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Every lpnlr of shoes
we eel Ia guaranteed to
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half double. solid leather sole, bellows tongue
cap toe, sewed and nailed bottom. Sizoss oll
EE Actual 1alue 81-5 25 Our price by mall 32. 67.
No. 2500 (3111c k) Boys Blutcher, indostruuible
outeole. cap toe. broad toe last. Sizes 9 to 13V 2
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No. 3901 (Black or Brown) Men' 8 Elk Shoes with
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Answer the farmers' big questions,
How can I grow crops with less
me '2 How can I save in plant-
In potatoes '2 How make high
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when the labor roblem and makes
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The greatest labor-savingtool
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soil any depth you Wish. Works the
soil at an even depth all down the
. row. Easier to push than a lawn
. mower. Use it two weeks; if not
.satisfled, return it to us and
we will refund your money.
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THE MIQHJGA

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'hospitably inviting inspection and p85

tronage. Closer view will discover the
best obtainable equipment and meth-
ods for receiving, pasteurizing, cool.
ing, bottling and cold-storing milk, but
ter, buttermilk and cream. The very
blueprint plans of this fine building
make a dairy farmer hold his head
higher. He recalls, as he peruses de-
tails for testing and giving highest
sanitary care to the product of his
heard, that it is a tedious road he has
been traveling from cow to consumer.
He recalls, also, the poor equipment

By DON B.

IREWORMS are to be recogniz-
V R’ ed as one of the worst pests of

corn, and carry their destruc-
tiveness to wheat, oats, potatoes and
many other crops. They are yellowish-
brown larvae having hard polished
skins, the bodies slender and cylindri-
cal in shape, measuring from three-
quarters of an inch to an inch in
length. The mosr injurious form in
Michigan prefers low, mucky or poorly
drained soils, feeding on the roots of
grasses, grains and the like. Two or
three years are required for them to
reach maturity, which accounts many
times, for the damage done by this
pest a year or two after sod has been
turned under. The adult of the wire-
worm is a brownish beetle which, from
its habit of snapping its body up in
the air, when turned on its back, is
known as a “click-beetle,” “skipping-
jack” or “snapping-beetle.”

Where They Live.

Early in the spring these beetles
come out from the soil and soon lay
their eggs in sod land or land thickly
overgrown with grass. These eggs
hatch into tiny wirewormls. It fre-
quently happens that, during the first
year, the young worms feed upon sod,
that has been turned under, and do not
do their greatest harm to the cultivat-
ed crop until the second season. They
require about three years to turn into
beetles. Towards 111idsum1ner of the

NEED OF MlCHlG'AN AGRL
CULTURE.

REAL

 

(Continued from page 513).
those constructive lines that help you
get a fair share of the consumer’s dol-
lar; help you to adopt a permanent
system of soil fertility instead of keep-
ing your soil on the downward road as
the years roll by, for you must grow a
good cx~0p or
economically.

Again, only well bred and well fed
live stock can make you anything but
expense. so in his duty the agent fails
unless he stays by the job until you
grade up your stock to an efficiency
standard. Not only must you have a
good price for live stock output but
=stock that will give you the greatest
value for food and labor consumed is a
crying necessity.

Again, Mr. Farmer, unless you get
together in your community organiza-
tion and standardize the product that
you grow commercially how can the
county agént meet his oblization? He
knows that all other business is stan-
dardized for best service and now the
world is demanding that you come and
do likewise if you would hold the land
as a good husbandman.

If your county agent is the mouth-
piece for the best forces at work in
your commLunity and diligently strives
,to develop in your county the vital
ithing that will make yoiur people inde-

- pendent, efficient and prosperous, get

{back of him with all your influence

i and take a hand in the good work else

you are fighting against the common
well and become an enemy :to the coun-
try’s highest good. The issue is now
squarely up to you, Mr. Farmer, .to
feed the world is not only your oppor-
tunity but your sacred duty.

 

it cannot be produced“

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he started with, the increasing cost as
outside inspectors scored- his premises,
the time and expense of peddling his
milk from door to door, and the slow-
to-rise pay for it all. Small ‘wonder
that his back straightens as he con-
templates his share in this new way of
improving and owning the entire bus-
iness. That he will be found faithful
to the trust—sanitation and cream
tests included—and produce a better.
article than under the old conditions,
no one needs fear.

 

JENNIE B UE 1.1..

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Wire Worms and Their Control

WHELAN

year in which they become full grown
they form little cells in the soil in
which they transform to the pupa or
resting _-stage. About a month Tater
they change into the beetles but stay
in the ground until the following spring.
Control Measures.

Susceptible crops like corn, potatoes
or root crops should not be planted
after plo‘wing up grass sod, especially
if wireworms are known to be present.
They do not thrive well in clover land
and so this crop is a good one to use
on infested soil. If wheat is going to
follow infested corn land it will be best
to have the land well tilled as soon as
the corn is removed. Plowing kills
many worms by destroying their food
supply and preventing them from pre-
paring Huitable quarters for the winter.

Inasmuch as many of our worst cut-
worms live in poorly drained soil it
will be well to have such land tiled.

The use of commercial fertilizers has
a tendency to overcome wireworm in-
jury. It will not kill the\ insect but
will aid the plant in overcoming its
work. It is sometimes advisable to
drain land and add lime in order to
make it possible for the clover to es-
tablish itself, and this has given rise
to the impression that lime itself kills
wireworms. The action of the lime is
simply to change the physical charac~
ter of the soil which makes it unfavor-
able to these pests.

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To produce food stuffs at a fair mar-
gin of profit to yourself is a universally
conceded right. If you fail to do this
everyone shares your misfortune for a.
business to become a. great and perma-
nent factor in our commonwealth,
must be profitable. The middleman
will have his share and no one but
yourself can be blamed if you through
your own organization do not champion
your own needs and get them recogniz-
ed. The distributor hears your mur-
murings on one hand and the consum-
er's trouble on the other, and wonders
how he' can organize for expansion and
greater activity. His ranks are small
and his dreams easily realized.

The consumer, too, often pictures
you, Mr. Farmer, hoarding your dol-
lars and a large part of your potato
crop for still higher prices and he really
believes you are leisurely enjoying the

huge war ..porfits of your business. If,~

weiry to tell-him the truth andrgive
you a defense that is more than justi-
fied by conditions, like yourself, be ac-
cused us of an effort to protect and
still farther enrich the man on the
land. He comes back with 'this final
argument: “I pay forty-five cents for
a peek of potatoes and sixty-five cents
for a. peek of inferior apples. What
farther proof do I need."

‘The “omcérsjfid —mem.bérs' of ' 'the
2fa1m bureaug of Michigan have already
reached the stage in their development
when: a state-wide affiliation of the
best and most» constructive forces at
work in every county in- our state
could be coordinated for the most repm

resentative body of economic; and in-»

dustrial workers the state has ever

,seen. Such an prganization of con-

structive units could speak authorita-

tively for the farmers of Michigan in
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a voice that would be heard. Under
such a democratic body‘the misunder-
standings JLhat have arisen in the
minds of the producer, distributor and
the consumer in regard to the gross
neglect or willful manipulations of the
other fellow who very largely is ino-
cent of the great transgression, could
be clarified and in its steady could be
worked out a plan'based on mutual un~
derstanding, confidence and a square
deal for all. In the last analysis the
great principal at the base of the eco-
nomic woxld today is service On a
community service platform all inter-
ests can get together for mutual good
and cooneration. When a service is
squarely and fairly earned with a fair
margin of profits run openly and above
board all can get behind the program
with enthusiasm and power.

NATIONAL CIRIOP- REPORT;

 

The Crop Reporting Boaid of the
Bureau of Crop Estimates, United
States Department of Agriculture,
makes the following estimates from re-
ports of its correspondents and agents:

The average condition of winter
wheat on April 1 was 78.6 per cent of
a normal, against 63.4 on April 1.-1917;
78.3 on April 1, 1916, and 83.6. the av-
erage condition for the past ten years
on April 1. There was a decrease in
condition from December 1, 1917, to
April 1, 1918, of 0.7 points, as compar-
ed with an average decline in the past
ten years of 5.7 points, between these
dates. Upon the assumption of aver-
age abandonment of acreage and aver-
age influences on the crop to harvest,
condition April 1 forecasts a produc-
tion of about 560,000,000 bushels,
which compares with 418,070,000 bush-
els, the estimated production in 1917,
and 480,553,000 in 1916.

The average condition of rye on
April 1 was 85.8 per cent of a normal,
against 86.0 on April 1, 1917, 87.8 on
April 1, 1916, and 89.0, the average
condition for the past ten years on
April 1. The condition of rye forecasts
a production of approximately 86,000,-
000 bushels; last year’s estimated pro-
duction was 60,145,000 bushels; the
1916 crop 48,862,000, and the average
of the preceding five years 41,399,000
bushels.

 

HENS SHOULD NOT BE HURRIED
TO MARKET.

 

“A 'rush of too many fowls to market
as soon as the restriction against sell-
ing laying hens is removed, may result
in food losses,” says the United States
Department of Agriculture. “Think
twice before selling a hen that is still
laying. Green food is becoming more
plentiful and the demand for eggs con-
tinues. Universal 'marketing of fowls
may react on prices as well as cause
spoilage of dressed poultry.”

A GOOD LETTER.

 

The writing of good letters is an art
that seems to come with practice and
the farmer who writes frequently to
hisfriends and relatives seems to have
less trouble with business letters than
the farmer to whom writing has al-
ways been drudgery, which he liked to
leave to his wife. The more that a.
farmer Writes the easier it becomes
and the faster the letters can be finish-
ed. If no effort is made to write let-
ters for a long time the work of writ-
ing is apt to be dreaded. A course in
letter writing shouldbe emphasized in
our rural schools and the pupils should
be encouraged” in writing to boy and
girl friends in distant communities.
When. Bill and Jimmy write to each'
other once a month and tell all that is
happening on their home farms, they
are learning to express themselves
clearly on paper and later in life the
training will be valuable to‘ them” in
the writing of business letters. .

lngham 00. R. G. Km.

       

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        


 

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IL “Give me a quart of Oil”

This careless request may bring costly penalties

 

 

THE garage man comes out.

The motorist says, “Give me
a quart of oil.” His “quart of oil”
is poured into the crank—case, or
reservoir. The car goes on. No
doubt the motorist thinks he has
amply protected the I 5oo-odd
parts of his engine.

Far from it. One of tbe surest
ways to invite friction-drag and

'mgim trouble is to my, “Give me a

quart of oil.”

“Give me a quart of Oil”
invites LOSS or POWER

Escape of explosion past
the piston rings, loss of com-
pression and loss of power
frequently result from oil of
incorrect body. The power-
loss is felt most on heavy
roads and on the hills.

You can get full compres-
sion—complete power—~only
by using oil whose body suits your engine.

Correct body is seldom secured by
saying, “Give me a quart of oil."

“Give me. a quart of Oil”
invites WEAR or BEARINGS

The problem of bear-
ing lubrication is far from
simple. Bearings differ
widely in type and size.
The oiling systems which
supply them also differ.
Adjustments vary.

Both the quality and
body of the oil must suit
these conditions. For every oil that suits
your engine bearings, you will find
many which will cause undue friction.

An almost sure start toward bearing
trouble is “Give me a quart of oil."

 

 

 

“ Give me a quart of Oil”
invites CARBON DEPOSIT

Guesswork won’t elim-
inate this trouble.

Both the quality and
the body of the oil must
be considered.

Suppose the body is too
light for the piston clear-
ance. The oil then works
too freely into the com-
bustion chambers. In burning, excess
carbon accumulates unless the oil's ash
is light and naturally expelled through
the exhaust.

An easy road to carbon trouble is,
“Give me a quart of oil."

 

“Give me a quart of Oil”
invites WEAR OF PISTON PINS

Piston-pin lubrication is a
difficult problem and little.
understood.

The location of the piston
pins within the heated pis-
tons and the slight oscillating
motion of the pins or bush-
ings demand an oil which
will spread readily, yet main-
tain the proper film between the pins
and bushings. '

Quick damage will come if the oil
fails to meet these conditions. To en-
courage piston-pin troubles prematurely,
it is only necessary to say, “Give me a
quart of oil.”

 

“Give me a quart of Oil”
invites
SCORED CYLlNDER WALLS

Scoring frequently results ‘_
from oil of low lubricating '
quality. Often, also, the oil’s
bodyistoolight.Thenthecyl-
inder walls have no protect—
ing film. Scratching results.

Too often the blame can
be traced straight to ” Give
me a quart of oil."

 

 

0

“Give me a quart of Oil ”
invites NOISE

Noise is often a sign of worn parts—
resulting from friction.

It may be a dull “thump” at every
revolution of the main shaft. It may
be “knocking" of worn piston pins.
It may be “hissing" within the cylin-
ders. It may be “knocking" caused by
excessive carbon deposit.

When a comparatively new car pounds
and racks its way along the roads it is
seldom necessary to ask what brought
on premature old age. Generally it is
undue friction—resulting from incorrect
lubricating oil. A way to invite pre-
mature noise is an off-hand request,
“Give me a quart of oil."

“Give me a quart of Oil”
increases MAINTENANCE cosr

If the oil's quality is low, an excess
quantity will be consumed and still the
proper film will not be maintained.

If its body is incorrect, it may fail to
reach and protect all moving parts

In either case, excessive friction—drag
results. Fewer miles are Obtained from
each gallon of gasoline. Your fuel and
repair bills mount up.

This common waste is the frequent
result of “Give me a quart of oil."

“ Give me a quart of Oil ”
reduces SECOND-HAND VALUE

VVhat fixes the selling price of a used
car? (1) The condition of the engine.
(2) The condition of the chassis. (3)
The condition of the body.

The engine it; the vital part of the car.
The engine condition, therefore, is most
important.

At an auction sale in New York City,
second hand cars of uniformly prominent
makes were auctioned off. The bodies
were in good condition. The prices of
the cars originally ranged from about
$1000 to $3000. 7711? Jelliltg price in
tome cam was as low as $200.

Why ? Because the engines and other
mechanical parts were badly worn.

Was the wear due to long service?
No. The age of most of these cars dis-
proved that. Premature wear was
evident.

It is safe to say the owners of these
cars had used the common expression —
” Give me a quart of oil." They paid
a high price for their carelessness.

How to secure the Correct Oil for your car

0 NOT. say, HGive me a

quart of oil.” You want an

'oil of the highest quality and of the

correct body to meet the lubrica~
ting requirements of your engine.

Ask for that oil and get it.

At the right we print, in part, our
Chart of Automobile Recommend-
ations.

This Chart is the result of the Inost
far-reaching and thorough study of auto-
mobile lubrication that has ever been
made.

It was prepared by a company whose
authority on scientific lubrication, for
every class of machinery, is recognized
throughout the world—the Vacuum Oil
Company.

It was prepared after a careful an-
alysis of the lubricating requirements
of each make and model of American
and foreign car. '

w

For years this Chart has been recog—
nized as the scientific guide to correct
automobile lubrication.

The superior efficiency of the oils
specified has been thoroughly proven by
practical tests.

Make a note of the grade of Gargoyle
Mobiloils specified in this Chart for
your engine. Then make sure that you .
get it.

You will then give your engine oil of

 

Moblmils

A grade for each type of motor

the big/zest quality and 0f the correct
body. Its use will result in

Saving of fuel Saving of oil
Maximum power Minimum repairs

The requirements of the transmission
and differential of your car are equally
important. The correct grades of
Gargoyle Mobiloils for the transmission
and differential are specified in the com—
plete Chart of Recommendations which
you will find on your dealer's wall.

Write for 64-page booklet containing com-
plete discussion of your lubrication problems,
list of troubles with remedies and complete
Charts of Recommendations for Automobiles,
Motorcycles, Tractors and Motor—boat engines.

In buying Gargoyle Mobiloils from your
dealer, it is safest to purchase in original
packages. Look for the red Gargoyle on
the container. If your dealer has not the
grade specified for your car, he can easily
secure it for you.

VACUUM OIL COMPANY, New York, N. Y., U. s. A.

Specialists in the manufacture of high-grade lubricants for
every class of machinery. Obtainable everywhere in the world

Detroit
Boston

Domestic
Branches :

New York
Kansas City, Kan. ~

Chicago
Philadelphia

Pittsburgh
Des Moines

Indianapolis
Minneapolis

 

’ Correct
Automobile Lubrication

Explanation: The four grades of Gar-
goyle Mobiloils, for engine lubrica-
tion, purified to remove free carbon, are:

Gargoyle Mobiloil “A”
Gargoyle Mobiloil “B”
Gargoyle Mobiloil “E”
Gargoyle Mobiloil “Arctic"

In the Chart below, the letter opposite
the car indicates the grade of Gargoyle
Mobiloils that should be used. Forex-
ample, “A” means Gargoyle Mobiloil
“A," “Arc" means Gargoyle Mobil-
oil “Arctic," etc. The recommend-
ations cover all models of both pleasure
and commercial Vehicles unless other- ,
wise noted. ,

This Chart is compiled by the Vacuum
Oil Company's Board of Engineers and
represents our professional advice on
Correct Automobile Lubrication.

 

1918 1917 I916 I915 19”

 

 

    
  

     
 

 

Autocar (2 cyl) .......

AUTOMOBILES g g 5 31-35 g 5 g 3
e s E E E s E E E e
5 s r?) s of a .3 3 .2 3
. l. .
Abbott ............. 'Arc Arr. .....
Abbott-Detroit.....,.l. ....1Arc Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc.Ar¢;Arc.
- ~ (scyn..,_.,..,.. A A A A'
Allen ...............
A tson ............
pee (8(le A
Auburn (4 cyll). . A
" f“) .. . .
.' (h-jllt‘b-ng A . A A
“ (6-39B)(Teetor ny- .._..
' (6-398)((‘ont'l)... . .
1A
A
.-A,

3.
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casting. , A' A A 2' ‘
‘ .. . . .. Arc Arc Arc. ,
Chalmers... ... A . Arc.
(no) ....... .._
Chandler Six . Arc Arc Arc.
Chevrolet. .... Arc, Arc. Arc.
~ (st-)1) A A .....
. ' (FA)
Cole...,.. .............. .......Arc.
‘ (8cyl).. A A A
Cunningham. ...
D ' (b ('\'l).'. A l /\ :‘l A? IA‘
an, ............... A ,.-\rc .\ c. .
" (Mod.C) ....... A1Arc. A .
u (2&3'3ton)... A A
Detroitcr. I .. . . Atrc lArc Arc.Arc. A Arc A A
Dodge... A .Arc A. lArr Arc. E E ... .
Dori ..... . . A {Art A \rc A Arc A Arc. . . .
Empire (4 cyl) . . . .. . . A jArr A A\rc A Arc Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc
“ cyl).......Art‘ lArc Arc Arc Arc.Arc.....
Fedefal........., A 1 A Arc Arc Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc.‘Arc
" (Mod.5-.\').. AiA A A
F. (Special), ..... §1Ar< ”D‘AuuflliAh B .AHHB‘ A
lat.....».... ...... .
Ford. . . .. .. ...... F. 1 l: E F. E E E E E E
Franklin. .. . . A A A A A A A A A A
Grant... ..... . ,, A 3A" A Arc. A Arc. Arc Arc. Arc. Arc
Hal-Twelve . . . . . i A A A A . . ..
Haynes. ' . . ., A ‘Arr A Arc. A Arc A Arc. A Arc
“ (”q-n ....... .‘\1A A A A A
llollier (6 cyll, ... . A Arr .\ Art . .. .. ..
H “d (h (}‘|}. . A 1 A A AA
uson. ....,,..., .. rc.
" (Super Six) ' . ‘Art A Art. 'A
Huprnobllc. ... . , A Art. A Arc. A
Jackson“ Ii)- ..... . ‘A f A A]: ,A‘Rc Ago
cy .. . I
Jordan . . . . . Arr An Art IArr . , . ..
Ken, s..nngte1d.. . A ' .1 A 1 A A A 2 A A A l
ing .. . Arc. A
“ (llcyl) \ A,A A1A A AArc Arc..,....
' (Con1'l).. .. An Arc Arr ;Arc.Arc. Arc Arc Arc Arc.Arc.
Kissel Kat .. A .-\n A Arc A Arc A lArc A .
“ ~ (Mod w I . . 1 A A A A
" "(1201). A'A .‘\.A .........
Lexington. . . ., l . .“rt Art Arc Arc Arc.Arc. ..
Liberty (Detroit) . Art An \I'r Arc, .. .... .... .. ...
Lippard Stewart Art 'An Arr iArc Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc.
" “(llodhlr ..:.. A .Arc. A‘Arcfl
“ “lModMWI 1., A‘Arc ....E ...E
Locomohile . . A I E l‘: l E E E E E
McFarlan . . . . A Arc A lArc A A A Arc. ‘A A
Madison K 1Art‘ A ’Arc A Arc. A Arc.

“ (b'ryl‘ . . A A A A
Marmm; . . A l A A I A A A A Arc A An.
Maxwell . Arr Arc ”m .Arc Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc Arc.Arc.
Mercer . . A 1 A A l A A A A Arc A Arc.

“ 122-70». ' . .. ..A!C.Arc.......
Mitchell ..... A 1.l.l(‘ A Art A Arc. A Arc A Arc
“ thrill . . . . A A ....
Moline-Knight. . II 1 A A A A A A A A A
National . .. \n ,\r:’ Ar: An A An“ A Are A A
“ llzx‘yll.... A19. .5. . A A. .
Oakland ... A 1 A Arr Arc Arc. Art Arc Arc. Arc, Art.
“ liltyl). . .. . A A ..
Oldsmobile . “\ 1 R . . ,Arc.Arc Arc ArcArc Arc.

‘ (Roux... ‘\l A A A A A
Overland . _ . . , . . l Arc Arc Arc. Arc. Arc Art Art: Art.
Owen Magnetic. . A JAIr A An A Arc. A Arc

“ ' (.\lotl..\l1_<l:\r\' 'Arc in 'Au‘ . .. . .. . ... ..
Packard. . I. . ..... . AArc AAIc.
‘4 (IZI‘yl). .. A A A A ,A_ A . .. .
" (Com'll. .. A 1 A A A A A A A Arc. Arc.
Paigcuryl) AArc A A
" (6‘31). . .... Arr '.-\rc Arc Arc. Arc. Arc Arc Arc .... ..
“ (6.36). ,. ......1 . AArc. A Arc..,...
: :(I<38-3ol.........A..l;‘. A .’\rr..... .. .. .

b-40).. .. ..rc ..
Paterson ....... '\I_'C. Arc ‘\rc.,Arc Arc. Arc Arc Arc. ,. .
Pathfinder . .. ._ . .1. .. Arc :Arc Arc Arc. Arc. Arc Arc. Arc

" (I:(‘y|).... 1. A A A A ._ .
Peerless ......... -\rr ’\n’ Arc Arc Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc. \rc. Arc.

" (8ryl)..... A A /\ A A .. ..
Pierce Arrow A .-\ A :\ A A Arc Art Arc Arc
“ " (Com‘l‘l. .-\n' IAN Arc .-\rc. Arc.Arc.Arc. Arc Arc.Arc.
Premier . . . A 1 .‘\ A A A Arc Art A Arc
egal ............... Mt An Art /\n‘ Arc.Arc.Arc Arc Are/kc.
“ (sq-11.... .. ', W? A A Arc Arc . . . .
Renault Wrench)“ .. .. i . l A Arc. A Art A Arc.
co ........ _ A 'An’ \ :An' A Arc A Art A Arc
Riker. .‘\;l'. l E . .. .... .
Saxon I; 1 F. l 1 li E E E E E E
Seldcn ........... 1 An I.-\rc Arc. Arc. Arc Arc. Arc. Arc
“ (l/lllll). \Art'....
Simplex‘. ...... , l. A ' A A A Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc.
Steamsd‘inighlz ,. B 1 A A A B A B A s A

“ 4' Rtyl) B A A A B A
Studebaker ........ A 1Arc ‘\ Arc. A Arc. ArcArc A Arc
Slutz.....,... A :\ 'l A A A A A A A
Vel1e(4t‘yl) . i . . ,. A Art: A Arc.

" (6 t ' , . . AH 1A" -\n nArc Arc Arc.Arc. Arc Arc. Art.
'(1&3';1un). tArL'An . W.
“(%1t;11).... A’An .
‘Westcou .. . ... . Art 1.11m Arc Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc Arc. An.
ilc.... . , Archrc Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc.lArc.Arc.Arc.
f(16valve) ...... A‘ A A A .
Willys-Knighl .. ... . ll A A A B A B A A A
WillysSix ........... ArtArc
Winlcm .............. lArc :Arc titrc.ll\rc.L\rc‘.,Arc. c. m. lArc.lArc.

 

 

 

YOUR TRACTOR

also may he lubricated efficiently with
Gargoyle Mobiloils. On request we
will mail you a separate Chart speci-
fying the correct grade for each make
and model of tractor.

 

 

 

 

 

 


   
 
   
    
     
    
      
 
 
 
    
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
    
   

   

ARD on the nerves. Hard on the
tires. Hard on the engine. The
jiggle and jar wearies both driver
and passenger. They takeall the Joy
out of motoring. Why not zron” out the
roads for your Ford? Make your Ford
ride like a young Packard. \Vhy continue
to let vibration spoil your motoring?

Why ndure It?

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‘ I Mm- Wu _ _. , ‘
‘ ExceptinCu4
5; / ShOCk 1 «In and West
, Absorbers of theRockiu

Over 200,000 Ford owners now use
the Aitchandee to give their cars
the smooth, even glide and“road-
ironing" comfort of a long wheel
base car. The cantilever principle.
first developed in Aitchandees.
gives a different tension on the upward
and downward thrust due to road bumps.
This reduces wear and tear on engine
and transmission. Doubles the life of a
Ford, as well as its comfortable riding
qualities. That’s why Aitchandees are
on ambulances in France. That’s why they
should be on your car. Ask your dealer.
Send your name and address on postcard
. for Free Booklet and Low Price List.

The H. & D. Co., Inc. '

‘ "7 Goodland, Indiana

WQQE

Before selling or shipping your
wool, don’t fail to wnte us for our
wool price lists and

Get Our F R E E
Market Reports!

Prices are higher this year than
ever before in history. Keep posted
by getting your name on our mailing
list. You can always depend on us for

Highest Prices
Correct Grading
Quickest Returns

We return, your money some day your
shi ent arrives. szyoarsofgatlnfying
III opera Is our record. Wnte us today.
Our price lists, and shippm tags. etc., Will
be sent FREE. Just a post W1“ d .

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. “World's Greatest Wool House"
1105 W. 35th St ChchIOo III.

  

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, Wlth (Mo Sim u Dltohord'ornoer _
~ Workstnmy soil. 0 y or gumbo. Digs V~snapen
ditch down to 4 ft. lcally all steel. Reversi-
ble. Equal to 100 men. Pays tor itselt in a day.

‘0!“ on Ditches. Terrwes.

l
. w, anilds Levees.
[o 08". _ abovels Bumsz'mI .1
Trial ’

  
     
      
        
        
 

 
 

inllles.Grades
lRoods. Back Fills.
Cleans out old .
ditches at low cost. »
Simplex Fem-Ilium '
60.. lam. In 08
“Inshore. I].

 

 

 

When writing to-advertiscrs please mentiou
The Michigan Farmer. , .

  
  

’ success if properly handled.
* prospect for one Chippewa county tract

 

ITH ewe lambs selling around
, twenty~one to twenty-two cents
a pound, the price is too high
for the average farmer engaging in the
sheep industry in Michigan. This is
the opinion of H. H. Halladay, chain
man of the State Live Stock Commis-
sion, and though he has contracts for
six or seven carloads of sheep suitable
for starting foundation flocks, he tells
the farmers that they had better wait
awhile. “We want every man who
gees into sheep to be successful,” he
says, _“even if he starts in a very small
way. I am trying to handle this mat-
ter just as I Would my own personal
business, and am sure that. I would not
think of buying the stock at the pres‘
out high prices to place on my farm.
“We are keeping close tab on the
different stock yards and find that re-
ceipts are now largely wether lambs,
while such of the ewe lambs as do
come are either too fat or would not

 

First Michigan Lambs to Sell

be suitable for foundation stock. Those
of choice quality with wool on are sell-
ing above twenty cents per pound on»
the Chicago market and one reason no
doubt, for the high price is the fact
that the growers expect to receive
higher prices for wool in the near
future. Michigan farmers can well af-
ford to wait until the weather becomes
more settled.

“Din-mg the summer months sheep
can be handled off from grass and into
their own pastures, thereby avoiding
the expensive feed bills which will be
incurred if they purchase at this time.
I hope that the farmers who want
sheep will not grow impatient, but will
feel that we are trying to steer them
right. I realize that this is a time
when we need more wool and more
meat and would suggest that the mat;
ter of purchasing thin cattle to place
upon our grazing lands in Michigan is
worthy of consideration at this time.”

It is reported that the New York
Central Railroad has bought sheep on
the Buffalo yards for its grazing lands
near Gaylord, Mich. Last year the
railroad company pastured about 9,000
head there and it expected that the
number this season will be larger.

Chas. R. Hutcheson, who is working-
among the western sheep men in the
interests of the Upper Peninsula De-
velopment Bureau, says: “I feel that
we can put 100,000 sheep into Clover-
land during the summer, but we must
know Where they are going to get their

. winter feed- for these, western ewes.

This movement is bound to“ be a great
I have a

from. an excellent sheep man and

breeder.'of pure-brads. He will ship

2,700 owes to reach Michigan early in
\.

The Sheep, Industry, in Mich.

 

....

May. Many of the sheepmen figure
on shipping their sheep to the hay,
leasing or buying large acreages clears
ed and in hay, with improvements, and
winter their sheep here.”

A newly organized sheep company
has opened a demonstration ranch at
Phillips, Wis, and is planning to open
other ranches in Florence county, Wis,
and Dickinson county, Mich. Wesley
A. Stenger, of Milwaukee, is sales
manager and in a recent talk at Me—
nominee he said: “The amount of
wool needed per capita is eight pounds
per year and the amount of meat newl-
ed is seventy-five pounds. This requires
one sheep for every person while sin-
tistics show that this county has less
than one sheep for every four persons.
The upper peninsula of Michigan and
northern WiSconsin have wonderful
possibilities for the sheep men. Our
climate is far superior to that of the
west and we are nearer the great con-

 

at $20.

suming markets. The upper peninsula
is 2,000,000 sheep short of what it
needs. The sheep industry will bring
millions of dollars to this country, re-
placing the lumbering industry which
is about through. The government is
urging everyone to raise sheep for
wool and Michigan people are perform-
ing a patriotic duty as well as starting
a profitable business in engaging in
this industry. With sheep raising the
woolen mill industry will also develop
in Michigan.” '

.Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFIN.

 

THE BEST FEED FOR FATTENING
HOGS.

We have a number of fall shoats and
would like to fatten them as quickly
as possible. For feed we can purchase
hominy feed at. $65 per ton, oat
middlings at $2.30 per 100 lbs; butter-
milk at two cents per gallon, and tank-
age at $4.95 per 100 lbs. Would you
advise using a self—feeder or feed it in
a slop and what proportion should be
used? Would like also a ration of the
above feeds for brood hogs and grow-
mg plgS.

Wayne Co. W. B.

If you would use buttermilk you
would not need to purchase tankage be.
cause the buttermilk will supply all
the protein you need.

While hominy feed at $65 per ton
seems high, yet, if we compare it with
corn at $1.75 per bushel we find the
corn costs $62.40* per ton. There is
nothing better than the corn, but from
experience that I have had in feeding
hominy feed I should say that this food
comes next to corn” if it is not the
equal of corn, in fattening hogs.

To feed buttermilk. in a fattening ra-

tion ’I would prefer to feed it;--ih_ the’
sound nations. - Instill it deep—George _
.2,.i‘el§§i; A

form of a’slop and as you would have
to have the “corn ground into meal in

'\ J. ..,..

termilk, I think it wouldvbe just as
well to purchase the hominy feed and
mix the hominy feed and buttermilk to
make a good, thick slop, just as thick
as you can pour it from the pail, and
give the pigs all they can eat of it
three times a day. It would be advis~
able to have them have free access to
water besides. I would advise putting
a good handful of salt in each barrel
of slop. I don‘t believe you can get a.
better ration for these growing pigs.
Buttermilk at two cents per gallon is
certainly a cheaper source of feed than
tankagc at $4.95 per cwt.

BARLEY AS HOG FEED.

Barley will supply grain for hogs
sooner :han any other crop. A large
number of farmers have been asking
about this crop because of. the scarcity
of mature corn for feeding hogs this
spring and summer, and because com-
mercial hog feeds are so costly.

Success Beardless barley is the best

 

Shipped from Vernon and Bought by Parker, Webb & Co.,

'ariety for Indiana. Seed eight to ten
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spring as the weather and the condi-
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like oats, and on corn stubble land to
save the labor of plowing. Barley does
well in any part of the northern half
of the state. It is ready to use be-
tween July 15 and August 1.

Barley is about equal to corn, pound
for pound for feeding hogs. But while
corn does not need to be ground for
pigs, barley should. The grains are 'too
small and hard to be musticated and
digested readily when whole. While
the pigs may not like the barley very
well at first, they will soon become ac-
customed to it. But they will do better
if ground barley is mixed half and half
with middlings or some other palatable
hog feed; Gains are more rapid, too,
when some high protein feed like tank-
age is fed along with the barley and
other feeds—J. 1. Christie, Purdue
University.

FRENCH NEED SUGAR.

Official sugar production figures in-
dicate the extent of the destruction,
and emphasize the French sugar needs
which must be filled by American aid.
The year of 1912-13, 213 French mills
turned out 967,440 short tons of sugar.
For 1916—17, sixtylfive mills produced
only 204,405 short tons. To further
complicate the French sugar situation
the yield per acre of‘sugar beets de-~
creased from 1330 short: tons per acre

in 1912-13, to 11.70Ishortt tonsperiacro ‘

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‘ UNCLE SAM CONSERVE
LEATHER.

There are one hundred and one dif-
ferent varieties of. leathers on the mar-
ket, each with its particular values
and uses.

Leather of all descriptions has been
Constantly going up in price. This in-
crease in price is caused directly by
the enormous demand made by Uncle
Sam for leather of all descriptions.

The one feature that concerns the
farmer most is the. manner in which
the leather market and the price of
leather affects the shoes worn by the
farmer. In times past people were in-
clined to judge shoes more by appear-
ance than by the leather from which

- they are made.

‘Now that the price of shoes has in-
creased materially, people are begin-
ning to realize the importance of the
proper selection of shoes as they ap-
peal to the individual person.

The very nature of farm work makes
it necessary that the farmer buy shoes
adaptable for his work. The farmer
who gets the biggest shoe value for his
money is the one who judges shoes as
they appeal to his particular use.

No farmer would think of buying a
pair of dress shoes for everyday wear,
but why not go a little farther than
that and buy shoes that are especially
made to answer the demands of the
farmer.

First, there’s the style of the shoe
to be considered. The farmer who
works on a sandy soil naturally wants

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a. high shoe to prevent the sand from
coming in at the top, while the farmer
who works in heavy or loamy soil
would find a lower shoe more practical.
When buying shoes the farmer
should consider more than the first
cost, because the pair of shoes on
which the first cost is rather high may
be'lowest priced in the long run be-
cause they last'longer. Year in and
year out the farmer will pay out less
per year for shoes if he pays a dollar
or two more per pair than if he bought
shoes on the basis of low first cost.

Shoe leather can be dressed up to
give it almost any appearance and for
that reason a good looking shoe may
be made from a. poor grade of leather.
To make shoes that will give maxi-
mum wearfor farm work a selection
of the hides is the first important item.
If the hides are selected with the view
of making shoes that will give the max-
imum service for farm wear, them it is
pretty certain that such shoes will be
worth a dollar or two extra in compar-
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Over in Russia the deluded people
thought-an honorable peace could be
negotiated with Germany, but they
know differently now, as they toil in
the fields for the kaiser’s soldiers. The
only way to negotiate a peace with the
We have
sent our young men over to France to
do the negotiating.' Let us furnish

. them withj'the“bayonetszitocdr and-cloth-

If!

a whileythey— are ‘ using those bay-

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and “dough. " "’

You, with all others, may share in its glory.

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Bruce and M’etoosin were caught by
his ruse, in spite of the fact that the
dogs were again giving fierce tongue
close to the rocks among which Thor
had gone. They believed that from
where he stood Langdon could see the
progress of the bear, and that it was
running toward the valley. Not until
they were another hundred yards down
the slope did they stop and look back
at Langdon to get further directions.
From his rock Langdon was pointing
to the sky-line.

Thor was just going over. He paus-
ed for a moment, as Iskwao had stop-
ped, and took one last look at man.

And Langdon, as he saw the lasts of
him, waved his hat and shouted, “Good
luck to you, old man—good luck!”

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CHAPTER XVIV.

HAT night Langdon and Bruce

I made their new plans, while Me-
toosin sat aloof, smoking in stol-

id silence, and gazing now and then at
Langdon as if he could not yet bring
himself to the point of believing what
had happened that afternoon. There;
after through many moons Metoosin
would never forget to relate to his chil-
dren and his grandchildren and his
friends of the tepee tribes how he had
shot his own dogs to save the life of a
grizzly bear. Langdon was no longer
the same old Langdon to him, and after
this hunt Metoosin knew that he would
never hunt with him again. For Lang-
don was keskwao now. Something had
gone wrong with his head. The Great
Spirit had taken away his heart and
had given it to a grizzly bear, and over
his pipe Metoosin watched him cau-
tiously. This suspicion was confirmed
when he saw Bruce and Langdon mak-
ing a cage out of a cowhide pannier
and realized that the cub was to ac-
company them on their long journey.
There was no doubt in his mind now.
. Lanngn was “queer." and to an Indian

 
    
   
    
     
   
     
   
   
  
    
    
 
   
  

 

     
 
      
      
         
       
     
   

 

 
 

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J Baekaehe fit was ready for its long trail into the
3;, my": flifi°dnfl Neural-gIaQ northland. Bruce and Langdon led the
W! tannin I nlrlitle‘ 59'3“" way up the slope and over the divide
iii'iié'fi‘i'rf‘i'i‘flf; Strain; into the valley where they had first
{Mfgz'msfig‘ Lumbago encountered Thor, the train filing pic-
: thorough use will wré Diphtheria turesquely behind them, with Metoosin
fimnfiflaa'i'affim“ Sore Lungs bringing up the rear. In his cowhide
- “39‘," 8"! 3353 “I“. Rheumatism pannier rode Muskwa, . .
”2°:‘2fi2..'?.2.“"3,§fi find _ Langdon was satisfied and happy.
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said to Bruce. “I‘ll never be sorry we
let him live."

“You‘re the doctor,” said Bruce rath-
er irreverently. “If I had my way
about it his hide would be back there
on Dishpan. Almost any tourist down
on the line of rail would jump for it at
a. hundred dollars.”

“He’s worth several thousand to me.
alive,“ replied Langdon, with which
enigmatic retort he dropped behind to
see how Muskwa was riding.

The cub was rolling and pitching
about in his pannier like a raw ama-
teur in a hookah on an elephant’s back,
and after contemplating him for a few
moments Langdon caught up with
Bruce again.

Half a dozen times during the next
two or three hours he visited Muskwa,
and each time that he returned to
Bruce he was quieter, as. if debating

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to what was undoubtedly the end of
Thor’s valley. A mountain rose up
'squarely in the face of it, and the
stream they were following swung
sharply to the westward into a narrow
canyon. On the east rose a green and
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take the outfit into a new valley in the
direction of the Driftwood. This course
Bruce decided to pursue.

Halfway up the slope they stopped
to give the horses a breathing spell.
In his cowhide prison Muskwa whim-

pered pleadingly. Langdon heard, but
he seemed to pay no attention. ,He
was looking steadily back into the val-
ley. It was glorious in the morning
sun. He could see the peaks under
which lay the cool, dark lake in which
Thor had fished; for miles the slopes
were like green velvet, and there came
to him as he looked the last droning
music of Thor’s world. It struck him
in a curious way as a sort of anthem,
a hymnal rejoicing that he was going,
and that he was leaving things as they
were before he came. And yet, was he
Did
his ears not catch in that music of the
mountains something of sadness, of.
grief, of plaintive prayer?

And again, close to him, Muskwa
whimpered softly.

Then Langdon turned to Bruce.

“It’s settled,” he said, and his words
had a decisive ring in them. “I‘ve been
trying to make up my mind all the
morning, and it's made up now. You
and Metoosin go on when the horses
get their wind. I’m going to ride down
there a mile or so and free the cub
where he’ll find his way back home!"

He did not wait for arguments or re
marks, and Bruce made none. He took
Muskwa in his arms and rode back in-
to the south.

A mile up the valley Langdon came
to a wide, open meadow dotted with
clumps of spruce and willows and
sweet with the perfume of flowers.
Here he dismounted, and for ten min-
utes sat on the ground with Muskwa.
From his pocket he drew forth a small
paper bag and fed the cub its last sug-
ar. A thick lump grew in his throat
as Muskwa’s soft little nose muzzled
the palm of his hand, and when at last
he jumped up and sprang into his sad-
dle there was a. mist, in his eyes. He
tried to laugh. Perhaps he was weak.
But he loved Muskwa, and he knew
that he was leaving more. than a 'hu-
man friend in this mountain valley.

“Good-bye, old fellow,” he said, and
his voice was choking. “Good-bye, lit-

 

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BY ALONZO RICE.
\\'hat form in, yonder fields—a fretful

child?
So changing is her mood! In such
surprise,
Fair April comes, sweet summer in
her eyes,
And glad content. Around the air is
mild,
Green hills are vocal to the robin’s
wild
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back and see you, and you’ll be a big,
fierce bear—but I won’t shoot—mover
——never—” ~

He rode fast into the north. Three
hundred yards away he turned his head
and looked back. Muskwa was follow—
ing, but losing ground, Langdon waved
his hand.

“Good-bye!” he called through the
lump in his throat. “Good-bye!”
. Half an hour later he looked down
from the top of the slope through his
glasses. He saw Muskwa, a black dot.
The cub had stopped, and was waiting
confidently for him to return.

And trying to laugh again, but fail—‘
ing dismally, Langdon rode“ over the
divide and out of Muskwa’s life.

 

CHAPTER XX.

OR a good half-mile Muskwa fol-

lowed over the trail of Langdon.

He ran at first; then he walked;
finally he stopped entirely and sat
down like a dog, facing the distant
slope. Had Langdon been afoot he
would not have halted until he was
tired. Butvthe cup had .not liked his
pannier prison. He had been tremen-
dously jostled and bounced about, and
twice the horse that carried him had
shaken himself, and those shakings
had been like earthquakes to Muskwa.
He knew that the cage as well as Lang-
don was ahead of him. He sat for a.
time and whimpered wistfully, but he
went no farther. He was sure that the
friend he had grown to love would re-
turn after a little. He always came
back. He. had never failed him. So he
began to hunt about for a spring
beauty or a dog-tooth violet, and for
some time he was careful not to stray
very far away from where the outfit
had passed. ‘

All that day the cub remained in
the. flower-strewn meadows under the
slope; it was very pleasant in the sun-
shine, and he found more than one
patch ofrthe bulbous roots he liked.
He dug, and he filled himself, and he
took a nap in the afternoon; but when
the sun began to go down and the
heavy shadows of the mountain dark-
ened the valley he began to grow
afraid.

He was still a very small baby of a
cub, and only that one dreadful night.
after his mother had died had he spent
enitrely alone. Thor had replaced his
mother, and Langdon had taken the
place of Thor, so that unti1 now he had
never felt the loneliness and emptiness
of darkness. He crawled under a
clump of thorn close to the/trail, and
continued to wait, and listen, and sniff
expectantly. The stars came out clear

and brilliant, but tonight their“ lure
. was not strong. enough to call him

forth. Not until dawn did he steal out

‘- 6autiously from his shelter of thorn.

The sun gave him courage and confi-
dence again and he began wandering
back through the valley, the scent of
the horse-trail grouping fainter and
fainter until at last it disappeared en-
tirely. That day Muskwa ate some
grass and a few dog-tooth violet roots,
and when the second night came he
was abreast of the. slope over which
the outfit had come from the valley in
which were Thor and Iskwao. He was
tired and hungry, and he was utterly
lost.

That night he slept in the end of a
hollow log. The next day he went on,
and for many days and many nights
after that he was alone in the big val-
ley. He passed close to the pool where
Thor and he had met the old bear, and
he nosed hungrily among the fish-
bones; he skirted the edge of the dark,
deep lake; he saw the shadowy things
fluttering in the gloom of the forest
again; he passed over the beaver dam,
and he slept for two nights close to
the log-jam from which he had watch-

ed Thor throw out their first fish. He '

was almost forgetting Langdon now,
and was thinking more and more about

Thor and his mother, He wanted them. .

He Wanted them more than 319

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ever wanted the companionship of man
for Muskwa was fast becoming a crea-
ture of the wild again.

It was the beginning of August be-
fore the cub came to the break in the
valley and climbed up over the slope
where Thor had first heard the thun—
der and had first felt the stink of the
white men’s guns. In these two weeks
Muskwa had grown rapidly in spite of
the fact that he often went to bed on
an empty stomach; and he was no
longer afraid of the dark.» Through the
deep, sunless canyon above the clay
wallow he went, and as there was only
one way out he' came at last to the
summit of the break over which Thor
had gone, and over which Langdon and
Bruce had followed in close pursuit.
And the other valley—his home—lay
under Muskwa.

Of course he did not recognize it. He
saw and smelled in it nothing that was
familiar. But it was such a beautiful
valley, and so abundantly filled with
plenty of sunshine, that he did not
hunt-y through it. He found whole gar-
dens of spring beauties and dog-tooth
violets. And on the third day he made
his first real kill. He almost stumbled
over a baby whistler no larger than a
red squirrel, and before the little crea-
ture could escape he was upon it. It
made him a splendid feast.

It was fully a week before he passed
along the creek-bottom close under the
slope where his mother had died. If
he had been traveling along the crest
of the slope he would have found her
bones, picked clean by the wild things.
It was another week before he came
to the little meadow where Thor had
killed the bull caribou and the big
black bear.

And now Muskwa knew that he was
home!

For two days he did not. travel two
hundred yards from the scene of feast
and battle, and night and day he was
on the watch for Thor. Then he had
to seek farther for food, but each after-
noon when the mountains began to
throw out long shadows he would re-
turn to the clump of trees in which
they had made the cache ihat the
black bear robber had despoiled.

One day he went farther than usual
in his quest for roots. He was a good
half-mile from the place he had made
home, and he was sniffing about the
end of a rock when a great shadow
fell suddenlyupon him. He looked up,
and for a full half-minute he stood
transfixed, his heart pounding and
jumping as it had never pounded and
jumped before in his life. Within five
feet of him stood Thor! The big gri‘z-
zly was as motionless as he, looking at
him steadily. And then Muskwa gave
a puppy-like whine of joy and ran for—
ward. Thor lowered his huge head,
and for another half-minute they stood
without moving, with Thor’s nose bur-
ied in the hair on Muskwa’s back. Af—
ter that Thor went up the slope as if
the cub had never been lost at all, and
Muskwa followed him happily.

Many days of wonderful travel and
of glorious feasting came after this,
and Thor led Muskwa into a thousand
new places in the two valleys, and the
mountains between. There were great
fishingdays, and there was another
caribou killed over the range, and
Muskwa grew' fatter and fatter and
heavier and heavier until by the mid-
dle of September he was as large as a
good-sized dog.

Then came the berries, and Thor
knew where they all grew low down in
the valleys—first the wild red raspber-
ries, then the soap berries, and after
those the . delicious black currants
which grew in the cool depths of the
forests and were almost as large as
cherries and nearly as sweet as the
sugar which Langdon had fed Muskwa.
Muskwa liked‘the black currants best
of all. They grew in thick, rich clus-
ters; there were no leaves on the bush-

.es that were loaded with them, and he

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“Open this door! Open it, I say!”
It was the general’s voice, sounding
muffled through the panels of his door;
he rattled the knob viciously. Jane
tried to run to the door, but the Indian
seized her from behind, threw her
aside, and made for the double doors.
There his hand went to a panel in the
wall, turned a light switch, and the li-
brary was on the instant drenched with
light. Jaimihr Khan threw before the
door of the safe the bundle of papers
he was clutching when Jane discover-
ed him and which he had gripped dur-
ing the ensuing tense moments. Then
he stepped swiftly to the general’s door
and unlocked it.

General Crandall, clad only in trous-
ers and shirt, burst into the room.
His eyes leaped from the Indian to
where Jane was cowering behind his
desk.

“What the devil is this 9” he rasped.
Jane opened her mouth to answer, but
the Indian forestalled her:

“The sahibah, General—I found her
here before your opened safe—”

“Good God!” General Crandall’s eyes
blazed. He leaped to the safe, knelt
and peered in. “A clever job, young
woman!”

Jane, completely stunned by the In-
dian’s swift strategy, could hardly
speak. She held up a hand, appealing
for a hearing. General Crandall eyed
her with chilling scorn, then turned to
his servant.

“‘You have done well, Jaimihr.”

“It—it isn’t true!" Jane stammered.
The governor took a step toward her
almost as if under impulse to strike
her, but he halted, and his lips curled
in scorn. .

“By gad, working with Woodhouse
all the time, eh? And I thought you a
simple young woman he had trapped—
even warned you against him not six
hours ago. What a, fool I’ve been!”
Jane impulsively stretched forth her
arms for the mercy of a hearing, but
the man went on implacably:

“I said he was making a fool of you
—and all the time you were making
one of me. Clever young woman. I
say, that must have been a great joke
for you—making a fool of the governor
of Gibraltar. You make me ashamed
of myself—And my scrvant—Jaimihr
here; it is left to him to trap you
while I am blind. Bah! Jaimihr, my
orderly—at once!” The Indian smiled
sedately and started for the double
doors. Jane ran toward the general
with a sharp cry:

"General—let me explain—”

“Explain!” He laughed shortly.
“What can you say? You come into
my house as a friend—you betray me
—yo-u break into my safe—with Wood-
house, whom I’d warned you against,
directing your every move. Clever——
clever! Jaimihr, do as I tell you. My
orderly at once!”

Jane threw herself between the In-
dian and the doors.

“One moment—before he leaves the
room let me tell you he lies? Your
Indian lies. It was I who found him
here—before that safe!”

“A poor story,” the general sniffed.
“I expected better of you—after this.”

“The truth, General Crandall. I
couldn’t sleep. I came out here to the
balcony to try to make out if the Sax-

room while I was behind these cur-
tains, locked the doors, and opened the
safe ”
“It won't go,” the general cut in
curtly.
“It’s the truths-it’s got to go!” she
cried.
Jaimihr, at a second nod from his

 

master, -Was approaching the" double

onia was in the bay. He came into the '

doors. Jane, leaping in front of them,
pushed the Indian back.

“General Crandall, for you own sake
—don’t let this Indian leave the room.
You may regret it—all the rest of your
life. He still has a paper—a little pa-
per—he took from that safe. I saw
him stick it in his sash.”

“Nonsense!”

“Search him!” The girl’s voice
cracked in hysteria; her face was dead
white, with hectic burning spots in
each cheek. “I’m not pleading for my-
self now-for you. Search him before
he leaves this room!”

The governor’s face reflected mo-
mentary surprise at this change of
tack. “Quickly then,” he gnuffly conI
ceded. Jaimihr Khan stepped back a
pace, his eyes meeting the girl’s coldly.

“How did you come into the room-
when you found me here?” she chal-
lenged. The Indian pointed to the dou-
ble doors over her shoulder. She reach-
ed behind her, grasped the knob, and
shook it. “Locked!” she announced.

“Why not?” Jaimihr asked. I locked
them after me.”

“And the general’s door, was locked ?”

“Yes—yes!” Crandall broke in im-
patiently. “What’s all this got to do
with—”

“Did you lock the general’s door,”
she questioned the Indian.

“No, Sahibah; you did.”

“And I suppose I looked the door to
Lady Crandall’s ’room and my door?”

“If they, too, are locked—yes, Sa-
hibah. ”

“Then why”—Jane’s voice quavered
almost to a shriek—“why had I failed
to lock the double doors—the doors
through which you came?”

The Indian caught his breath, and
darted a look at the general. The lat-
ter, eying him keenly, stepped to his
desk and pressed 3. button.

“Very good; remain here, Jaimihr,”
he said. Then to Jane: “I will have
him searched, as you wish. .Then both
of you go to the tower. ”

“GeneIal! You wouldn’t dare!” She
stood aghast.

”‘Wouldn’t I, though? We’ll see

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Draft Wheel, Civil War Days.

When the first draft requisitions
were made an old veteran of Penn Yan,
N. Y., restored from his attic an? old
draft wheel used during the Civil war
in his county. Had the present draft
been arranged as was those of the
Civil War it was planned to use the

old draft Wheel once more in theworld are going to we .

contest riot tihorty.

_ whether—4” ‘

ihr Khan, at the door to the general’s
room, was just slipping_the key/ into
his girdle, after having turned the lock.

His thin face was crinkled like old

sheepskin.

“What the devil are you doing?”
Crandall exploded.

“If the general sahib is waiting for
that bell to be answered—he need not
wait longer—it will not be answered,"
Jaimihr Khan purred. ‘

“What’s this—what’s this!”

“The wires are cut.”

“Cut! Who did that?” ‘The general
started for the yellow man. Jaimihr
Khan whipped a blue-barreled revolver
out of his broad sash and leveled it at
his master.

“Back, General Sahib! I cut them.
The sahibah’s story is true. It was
she who came in and found me at the
safe.”

“My God! You, Jaimihr—a spy!”
The general collapsed weakly into a
chair by the desk.

“Some might call me that, my Gen-
eral.” Jaimihr's weapon was slowly
swinging to cover both the seated man
and the girl by the doors. “No need
to search that drawer, General Sahib.
Your pistol is pointing at you this
minute.”

“You’ll pay for this!”

“That may be. One thing I ask you
to remember. If one of you makes a.
move I will kill you both. You are a
gallant man, my General, it is not so?
Then remembel. ”

Crandail staited from his.chair, but
the uselessness of his bare hands
against the snub—nosed thing of blue
metal covering him struck home. He
sank back with a groan. Keeping them
both carefully covered, Jaimihr moved
to the desk telephone at the general’s
elbow. He took from his sash a small
piece of paper—the one he had saved
from the packet of papers taken from
the safe—laid it on the edge of the
desk, and with his left hand he picked
up the telephone. An instant of tense
silence, broken by the wheezing of the
general’s breath, then——

“Nine-two-six, if you please. Yes——
yes, who is this? Ah, yes. It is I,
Jaimihr Khan. Is all well with you?
Good! And Bishop? Slain coming
down the Rock-good also!”

Crandall groaned. The Indian con-
tinued his conversation imperturbed.

“Veree good! Listen closely. I can
not come as I have promised. There
is—work—for me here. But all will be
well. Take down what I shall tell you.”
He read from the slip of paper on the
desk. “Seven turns to the right, four
to the left—press! Two more to the
left—press! One to the right. You
have that? Allah speed you. And go
quickly!” .

“Room D!” Crandall had leaped
from his chair. _ ' '

“Correct, my General—Room D.”
Jaimihr smiled as he stepped away
from the telephone, his back against
the double doors. The sweat stood
white on Crandall’s brow; his mouth
worked in jerky spasms.

“What—what have you done?” he
gasped.

“I see the general knows. too well,”
came the Indian’s silken response. “I
have given the combination of the in-
ner door of Room D in the signal tow-
er to a—friend. He is on his way to
the tower. He will be admitted—one
of the few men on the ,Rock who could
be admitted at this hour, my General.

- One pull of the switches in Room D—

and where will England’s great fleet
be then. 9”

“You yelluw devil!” Crandall' start-
ed to rush the White figure by the
doors, but his flesh quailed as the
round Cold muzzle met it. He stagger-
ed back.

“We are going to wait; my General—.—
and you, American Sahibsh, who have
pushed your way into-this 3h ' '

       

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(Continued from page 529).
could pick and eat a quart in five
minutes.

But at last the time came when
there were no berries. This was in
October. The nights were very cold,
and for whole days at a time the sun
would not shine, and the skies were
dark and heavy with clouds. On the
peaks the snow was growing deeper
and deepr, and it. never thawed now up
near the sky-line. Snow fell in the
valley, too—at first just enough to
make a white carpet that chilled Musk—
wa's feet, but it quickly disappeared.
Raw winds began to come out of the
nerth, and in place of the droning
music of the valley in summertime
there were now shrill wailings and
screechings at night, and the trees
made niournful sounds.

To Muskwa the whole world seemed
changing. He wondered in these chill
and dark days why Thor kept to the
windswept slopes when he might have
found shelter in the bottoms. And
Thor, if he explained to him at all, told
him that winter was very near, and
that these slopes were their last feed-
ing grounds. , In the valleys the berries
were gone; grass and roots alone were
no longer nourishing enough for their
bodies; they could no longer waste
time. in seeking ants and grubs; the
fish were in deep water. it was the
season when the caribou were as keen-
scented as foxes and swift as the wind.
Only along the slopes lay the dinners

 

.they were sure of~famine~day dinners

of whistlers and gophers. Thor dug
for them now, and in this di gging
Muskwa helped aslmuch as he could.
More than once they turned out wagon-
loads of earth to get at the cozy win-
ter sleeping quarters of a whistler fam—
ily, and sometimes they dug for hours
to capture three or four little gophers
no larger than red squirrels, but lus—
ciously fat.

Thus they lived through the last
days of October into November. And
now the snow and the cold winds and
the'fierce blizzards from the north
came in earnest, and the ponds and
lakes began to freeze over. Still Thor
hung to the slopes, and Muskwa shiv-
ered with the cold at night, and won-
dered if the sun was never going to
shine again.

One day about the middle of Novem-
ber Thor stopped in the very act of
dragging out a family of whistlers,
went straight doWn into the valley, and
struck southward in a most business—
like way. They were ten miles from
the clay-wallow "canyon when they
started, but so lively was the pace set
by the big grizzly that they reached it
before dark that same afternoon.

For two days after this Thor seemed
to have no object in life at all. There
was nothing in the canyon ,to eat, and
he wandered about among the rocks,
smelling and listening and deporting
himself generally in a fashion that was
altogether mystifying to Muskwa. In
the afternoon of the second day Thor
stopped in a clump of jackpines under
which the ground was strewn with fall-
en needles. He began to eat these
needles. They did not look good to
Muskwa, but something told the cub
that he should do as Thor was doing;
so he licked them up and swallowed
them, not knowing that it was nature’s
last preparation for his long sleep.

It was four o’clock when they came
to the mouth of the deep cavern in
which Thor was born, and here again
Thor paused, sniffing up and down the
wind, and waiting for nothing in par-
ticular.

It was growing dark. 'A wailing
storm hung over the canyon. Biting
winds swept down from the peaks, and
the sky was bléck and full of snow.

For a minute the grizzly stood with _

his head and shoulders in the cavern

door. Then he entered. Muskwa fol- ‘

lowed. Deep back they went. through

 

wind died away until it was only a
murmur.

‘It took Thor at least half an hour to
arrange himself just as he wanted to
sleep. Then Muskwa curled up beside
him. The cub was very warm and
very comfortable.

That night the storm raged, and the
snow fell deep. It came up the canyon
in clouds, and it drifted down through
the canyon roof in still thicker clouds,
and all the world was buried deep.
When morning came there was no cav-
ern door. there were no rocks, and no
black and purple of tree and shrub. All
was. white and still, and there was no
longer the droning music in the valley.

Deep back in the cavern Muskwa
movved restlessly. Thor heaved a‘ deep
sigh. After that long and soundly they
slept. And it may be that they dreamed.

THE END. ’

ANOTHER GOOD STORY TO FOL-
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wood and now an inventor of Austrian
nationality has applied for a patent on
a new process by which dry leaves are
employed for the same purpose, the
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greater cheapness of the raw material.
Any sort. of leaves can be used, but
oak, birch and beech are particularly
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It is preferable to begin by having
the leaves ground up. They are then
mixed with a suitable binder; for this
purpose glue, rOsin, waterglass, cas-
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the viscose from the portion of the
leaves used. For certain purposes,
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“fillers” to mix in with the mass, such
as asbestos, infusional earth, wood
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in soda lye and are then without delay
mixed intimately with an already pre-
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ant mass is placed in suitable press
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one of those women whom you
always feel you are‘bothering if
you go to call. She gives you the im-
pression that her time is too valuable
to be wasted on ordinary mortals, or
that she is cast in too delicate a mold
to come in contact with the great un-
washed. This time she called me up
and set a day and hour for me to make
an appearance—sort'of a royal com-
mand which one dare not disregard.

I felt more than ever in the royal
presence when I beheld her. She
wore a rich panne velvet and messa-
line afternOOn gown, it couldn’t be dub-
bed a frock. During the course of the
call she said she paid $10 a yard for
the velvet and $40 to have the robe
made. The finest of silk hose and real
leather pumps adorned her tiny feet,
and her hair was the last word in elab-
orate coiffing. My three seasons ago
suit grew shabbier and shabbier, until
I finally edged my chair back behind
a table where the refulgence was not
.so bright.

Of course, we talked of the war, you
always do. But, while she confessed
she was really sorry for the poor things
who had to go, she said she had not
been able to do any war relief work,
her time was so taken up. Yes, she
knew how to knit, but the rough yarn
and clumsy needles made her so ner-
vous she couldn’t do it. Meantime she
was showing me an exquisite old rose
sweater she had done for herself. It
was made of the finest yarn; with an-
gora. collar and cuffs. The bottom was
purled in squares, and at the waist
there was a belt effect of solid purli‘ng.
There must have been days and days
of patient work on the thing, much
more exacting than that called for in
knitting army sweaters.

She had not been to the Red Cross
to work either. People en masse al-
Ways tired her to death. Even callers
were tiresome. I began hastily to but—
ton my coat, but she commanded me
to sit still, as I had not yet begun to
wear on her.

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though, don’t you think?” she explain-
ed. “There are one or two who keep
coming here and take up so much of
my time, I’ve just told Bertha to say
I’m out when they come after this.
They’re from a little town‘where I
used to live and the poor things get
lonesome, but I can’t be bothered list-
ening to their troubles. I have too
many of my own. Folks are so uncon-
slderate. Don’t you find as you grow
older that people get more and more
selfish? Everyone seems so selfish to
me. They are all thinking of them-
selves and what they can get out of
you. Don’t you find it so?”

“Why, no,” I replied, and truthfully,
too. “It doesn’t seem so to me. The
older I grow the better folks seem to
me. Why, the longer I live and get
acquainted with myself, and see what
other folks have to put up with, the
more I marvel that human beings are
as good as they are. I find most folks
pretty considerate and unselfish.”

“Well, of course, you meet a differ-
ent class,” she explained. “Now, if
you had money, you’d find everyone
trying to see what they could get out
of you. You wouldn’t have sucha fine
opinion of human nature then.” '

“Then I’m glad, for once, that I
haven’t money,” I replied “I prefer
to think that the common. or garden,

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Are We Simply Reflectors?

variety of individual is a fairly good
sort. I've always found him so, any-
way, read-y to "lend a hand or share a
crust, and it seems to me this war is
proving I’m right. Look at the way
the poor are sacrificing to buy Liberty
Bonds, and the way over-worked wom-
en are planning their time to do their
bit of sewing and knitting. Why, I
see more and more unselfishness every
day.

Her lip curled just a bit skeptically.

 

 

 
 
 

“Maybe,” I said as I arose, “But I
don’t imagine any goodness in folks
that isn’t there ”

I wondered as I left if there is any-
thing in that idea that we see reflected
in others what is in ourselves, andiif
that is why she saw so much selfish-
ness. But then it couldn’t be, for in.
that case I’d see it, too. But it does
seem, though, that the Ones who never
have time to do for others are always
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Installing a Kitchen Sink

SUBSCRIBER has asked some
A very pertinent questions regard-
ing a very great kitchen neces-
sity—the kitchen sink. The kitchen
sink, whether it is only one fixture of
an elaborate phimbing system or the
only plumbing fixture in the house, can
be made a very great convenience for
the housewife and other members of
the family.
Supplying the sink with water and
taking away the wastes can be made

than caring for the wastes from a com-
plete bathroom. This is probably due
to the fact that the problem seems So
simple that nothing more than a drain
is usually provided. Where the source
of water in the kitchen is the cistern
pump or a pail carried from a distant
well, the supply is usually scanty. The
waste water is pretty well contaminat-
ed with soap and some grease, perhaps
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It is Essential to have Trap, Clean-out Plug, and Tile Well- cemented to Catch

Barrel or Tank, and Adequate Distributing Surface to Care for Wastes

of the Kitchen.
one of the “big jobs” about the house
if done by hand or it may be taken
care of automatically and without la-
bor or attention if the proper machin-
ery is provided.

The value of a sink will be greatly
increased if it is so located that a
great variety of work can be done at
it. Unless the sink is so located the
work will be done elsewhere and less
advantageously than at a properly lo-
cated'and equipped sink. The kitchen
sink is primarily intended to assist in
scrubbing, washing dishes, preparing
vegetables and other kitchen tasks and
not'merely as a place to wash hands,
but how often do we find the sink plac-
ed in some out of the way corner where
it does ‘not reduce the kitchen work
but actually increases it by adding ex-
tra steps in securing water and dispos-
ing of the wastes.

The disposal 'of the slope from the

kitchen sink is often more troublesome

there is nothing to dilute or dissolve
the grease and soap and as a result it
gradually “freezes” on to the sides of
the pipes until they and the tile drain
become completely choked. One expe-
rience in cleaning a clogged drain-Will
usually set a person to thinking that
something better to take care of the
wastes should be provided.

The location of the sink is very im-
portant. Place the sink, near the dish
cupboard and the kitchen table. The
kitchen table to the right of the sink
with the drain board and dish cup-
board to the left is a good arrangement
for a right-handed person. The sink
should also be provided with plenty of
light. It should be so arranged, it pos-
sible, that you do not stand in your
own‘light when working at the sink.

The next important thing, and one

which is very often overlooked, is the , ,

height of the sink.
is set 'too .low.‘

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working at the sink to steep and'thus
tire more quickly.” Grooms, the prop-
er height of sink will vary with people
of diflerent heights, 11. good rule to fol-
low is this: For a woman five feet
high set the bottom of the sink twenty-
eight inches» from the floor. For women
taller than five feet the sink should
be raised one-half inch for each addi-
tional inch in height. Thus for a wom-
an five feet six inches tall the sink
would be raised three inches, making
it thirty-one inches from the floor.

The waste “pipe leading from the sink
should be at least one and one-fourth
inches in diameter, (one and a half is
better), and would be better made of
lead as it is smoother and can be made
with less abrupt turn, thus preventing
clogging. Ordinary threaded wrought—
iron pipe can also be used, but great
care must be exercised to prevent
clogging. Sharp corners should be
avoided; 45-degree elbOWS should be
Used instead of 90 degrees. It. is better
to use special drainage elbows, tees
and Y’s instead of the ordinary fittings
as they are much smoother and less
liable to clog.
sary to have a long horizontal run of
waste pipe it should be provided with
a “clean-out.” A tee fitted with a plug
is very good for this purpose. In case
of clogging the plug can be removed
and a wire inserted. It might be said
right here that no matter how care-
fullx a waste pipe is put in it will oc-
casionally clog and some means should
be provided for cleaning it.

Since the grease and soap is what
usually gives the trouble in disposing
of the wastes, the “pit" should be
made in the form of a grease trap to
prevent this greasy substance getting
into the drain. This is very simple of
construction; it may be made of wood,
brick or cement. An inexpensive meth-
od is to take a barrel similar to a kero-
sene barrel with the head removed,
about eight inches from the top on one
side, bore a. hole large enough to in-
sert a two-inch iron pipe. The pipe
should fit snugly in the hole, as near
water-tight as possible. Take two piec-
es of,two-inch iron pipe fifteen inches
long, each threaded on one end, con«
nect the two threaded ends together
with a good 90-degree elbow. Put one
piece of pipe through the hole and let
the other end hang down in the barrel
On the opp05ite side of the barrel cut
a notch large enough to allow a four-
inch sewer pipe to lay in and flush
with the top. About fifteen feet away
from the house dig a hole large enough
to receive the barrel and deep enough
so that the barrel will be about two
feet. below ground when standing in the
hole. Connect the barrel with the
waste pipe at the sink with four-inch
sewer pipe as shown in the illustra-
tion. The joints of the sewer pipe
should be cemented, care being taken
that no cement is forced through into
the sewer. A fall of five inches in the
fifteen feet is sufficient.

From the two-inch outlet 'pipe on the
opposite side of the barrel a ditch
should be dug for fifty or sixty feet
and four-inch drain tile laid with open
joints at a fall of about six or eight
inches. A tight cover should be pro-
vided for the barrel, then the whole
thing covered up and the job is com-
pleted.

This outfit will be found quite satis-
factory for taking care of the water
from the sink. I had occasion recently
of, digging up one of these grease traps
which had been working twelve years.
It is usually advisable to open the trap
about twice a year and remove the ex.-
cess grease from the top. On very
heavy clay soil it is sometimes neces-
sary to put gravel under and around
the outlet tile.

A more durable grease trap could be
made in a similar manner out of con-
crete. Make a cement box thirty inch-
es square and four'feet deep, with a
cement bottom and top. Arrange tile
and piping the same as in the barrel.

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WHEAT CONSERVATION A MILI-
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The conservation of wheat is now a.
military necessity. And while private
homes will not be required to observe
special days as wheatless, they are
urged to go farther and make every
day wheatless where circumstances
The housekeeper who cannot
take wheat wholly from the menu is
requested to out each member of her
family to at least one and one-half
pounds per week. How ,she shall do
this and how much greater reduction
she can make is left entirely to the in-
dividual. The Food Administration
believes that the imperative necessity
for this measure will be well undeli-
stood.

 

WHEN USING'CORN MEAL.

 

To prevent the raw taste in corn
cakes and bread, mix the meal with
milk a few hours before baking the
bread. When ready to bake add the
salt, egg, flour, and last Of all the
soda, or if sweet milk is used the bak-
ing powder. Mush should be boiled a
long time. I cook the mush thorough-
ly, being careful not to make it too
thick, then place the kettle tightly cov-
ered, in the oven where it can be kept
at a boiling point for several hours.
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A WHEATLESS, SUGARLESS AND
BUTTERLESS CAKE.

 

The following barley molasses cake
is very good, and is a cake for a pa-
triot: One cup of molasses, two eggs,
quarter cup of fat, one cup of sour
milk, one tablespoon of baking soda,
two cups barley flour, spices, half tea—
spoon of salt—N. Dak. Ag. College
Bulletin.

 

HOME QUERIES.

 

Household Editor. —Being a reader
of your valuable magazine, I thought
I would like to ask a few questions.

1. What is a sure and easy method
of cleaning galvanized ware, such as
wash tubs, pails, etc?

2. What can I use to clean aluminum
ware so it will look like new?

3. Also silverware that has turned
dark and looks more like pewter? The
silverware has not been used.

4. What is a sure cure for dandruif

and falling hair?

5. What will remove hair, what some
call scolding looks, as they me very
unsightly, yet always in sight? Can
someone recommend something that
will remove the hair without injuring
the skin?

7. Why should we turn our clocks
ahead one hour March 31‘?—V. L. L.

1. I know of nothing better than
either kerosene or gasoline; preferably
gasoline.

2. Aluminum may be cleaned by boil-
ing with an acid, vinegar, about one-
fourth of ‘a cup to a quart of water.
Or it may be cleaned by polishing it
with steel wool, or any of the alumi-
num. cleaners sold for that purpose.
Cooking an acid, as tomatoes, in a
dish, will brighten it.

3. Whiting moistened with ammonia
is a good silver polish. Use a flannel
or a Chamois skin to clean with, and
wash in hot suds.

4. I do not know any “sure cure” for
dandruff and falling hair. You had bet-
ter consult a hair specialist.

5. I could not recommend a depila-
tory. You will do better to pin the
“scolding locks" up snugly with invisi~
ble pins than to try to remove them.

6. We do not insert such questions
in the Michigan Farmer as th9y are in
the nature of advertisements.

7. Clocks were turned ahead one
hour on March 31, so that we would
get up that much earlier and have one
more hour of daylight in which to
work.

Household Editor. ——Can you, or any
of the readers of the Michigan Farmer,
give me the pattern of the quilt called
the “Star and Crown?" 1 saw one
some years ago, but do not remember
how to make it. I shall be very grate-
ful. —Mrs. M L. S.

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Any of the patterns illustrated may
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No. 2428——Ladies’ Dress.-— Cut in six
sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches
bust measure. Size 38 requires 51/2
yards of 40 inch material. The skirt
measures about two yards at its lower
edge. Price 100.

   

2427—2442—Ladies’ Costume.

No.
Blouse 2427 cut in seven sizes, 34, 36,
38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust meas-

Size 38 will require four yards of
Skirt 2442 cut in
seven sizes, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 and
34 inches waist measure. Size 24 will
require 2% yards of 44-inch material.
The skirt measures 17/3 yards at the
foot. Two separate patterns, 10c for
each pattern.

No. 2437—Girls’ Dress. Cut in five
sizes, 6, 8, .10, 12 and 14 years. Size
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36-inch material.

No. 2186—Infants' Set, consisting of
a cap, a sack, a night gown and dress.
Cut in one size. For the dress of
flouncing it will require 134 yatds of
361nch material with 11/, yards 0!

plain material for yoke and sleeves. Of
nainsook or lawn 36 inches wide it will
require 21/2 yards of 24 or 27—inch ma-
The cap a half yard of 18-inch
The sack requires “Vs-yard of
Price 10c.

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Name Your War Garden After Your OWn Hero

By WINIFRED BLACK

HERE is a new idea in the Unit-

ed States school garden army:

It is this: “What are you going
to name your own little plot of ground,
little sister, if you are lucky enough
to have one of your own in your own
back yard?

What are you going to call your po-
tato patch, brother, you with the bright
eyes that weren’t so bright the day
you went down to the station to see
big brother off with his regiment?

Oh, yes, you fell in behind the sol-
diers and kept fine step to the music
of the band and held up your head and
felt big enough and strong enough to
march a thousand miles and take a mil-
lion German prisoners—but when he
had gone and you went home and moth-
er put her arms around you and laid
her head on your shoulder and asked
you to help her to be brave~—some-
thing queer happened to your heart
and you have never felt quite the same
since, have you?

And now they are beginning to tell
you in school about Russia. and what a
rich country it is and how much it will
mean in food if the Germans really get
possession of it—and at home some-
times your grown folks look pretty ser-
ious and you wonder if it could be pos-
sible——no, it isn’t, and you are going to
help make it impossible. You and
those strong little brown hands of
yours.

You and your brave heart: and your
loyal soul. You and your war garden
that you are cultivating for Uncle Sam.

You’ll have good luck with your gar-
den or good success with it. There

isn’t much luck'in the garden business.
It all just simmers down to hard work
to stick to the garden and do your
and the right kind of care, and it is
going to be hard work, too. '

Nothing easy about it; not a thing.

There will be hot days when your
back aches and you want to go swim-
ming; and cool days when your knees
ache and you want to curl up in the
loft of the barn and read, and go out
in the lot and play base ball, especially
if you’re a catcher and have a perfectly
good catcher’s glove; and you will have
work for Uncle Sam.

Have you decided what you are go-

ing to name that little garden of yours?

I will'tell you What I am going to
name mine—mine is going to be called
Sam Brown—because Sam Brown is a
boy who never had a chance in his life
till the war broke\out, and then he
saw his chance and took it, and he is
over there in France‘today fighting for
you and for me and for Uncle Sam,
and I am going to name my little gar-
den after- him.

What are you going to name your
garden? Who is the soldier you know?
Who is the one you think of when you
hear theml'singing “Over There” and
“The Long, Long Trail?”

 

 

This Year we are all Interested in Gardening.

It’s a long, long trail he’s following,
brave boy, a long, long trail and far
away from home and those who love
him—may he follow it ’till it turns and
brings him home again. Home to love
and shelter and friendship. Home to

the old fireplace and the old books and.

the old songs at evening, and the little
brother who has been so faithful to
his memory ever sine he’s been gone.
And in the meantime let’s name the
little garden in our own back yard for
him, so that if there is a county fair
and some of our garden truck goes on
exhibition the name of our particular
soldier boy will be there at the booth
for everyone to see-and remember.

Come, little sister. you are doing
your part, too, and doing it faithfully
whether you are tired or not; whether
you wish you should go down town and
have an ice cream [soda and forget.
that there was such a thing as a rake
or hoe in the world. You are the com-
fort of your lonely father’s heart now-
adays. Where’s that picture of the
boy in uniform? Your own particular
Soldier?

You wouldn’t, take anything in the
world for it, would you? How hand-
some he is, and how brave. It makes
your eyes fill with tears of pride even
to think of his name—~call your little
garden after him and write to him over
there in the trenches and tell him
about it, and just wait till you get back
his letter in reply.

“Sam Brown,” that is going to be the
name of my garden.

What is going to be the name of
yours?

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HERE are many ways in which

your banker can and 'will serve

you, and we shall never be able
to enumerate all of them.

If you are doing much business you
will, from time to time, be receiving
checks from other people in payment
‘of debt, or for products sold, and not
the least of the service‘your banker
renders you is in becoming a “clearing
house” for your checks and other items
of paper you may receive. If it were
not for the banker to handle them for
you, you would be placed to no small
amount of trouble in getting these
items exchanged for real money, but
when you, have a bank account all of
this is eliminated—you simply unload
it on your banker. When you make a
deposit you simply list all of the
“items” as they are called, on your de-
posit ticket and the teller gives you
credit for the amount no matter on
what bank or where drawn.

Now, it costs the banker something
to collect these items, in fact, it
amounts to a goodly sum during the
‘ year’s business”. but in most cases and
with most bankers, if you are carrying
a regular account with a reasonable
balance, he will pay this expense out
of the bank’s funds, charge it to ex-
pense and give you credit for the full
amount at par. Did you ever stop to

I ~ think about this, and that you get cred-

“ it on the very day you deposit them,
and it will take‘the banker from two

I .. to eight or ‘ten days to collect and get

his money back? ~
«Now, because he gives you credit
for the full amount of. all the checks

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

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you may list and deposit with him,
don’t jump at the conclusion that this
is absolutely final and that the checks
were all good and you have your mon-
ey for ever and aye on them. When
he shall send them to the bank upon
which they were drawn, or when they
shall finally come to such bank through
the clearing house or otherwise, if the
bank refuses them, if there are insufli-
cignt funds or no account at all, as
sometimes happens, then that little
check will take just the reverse route
from which it traveled after it left
your banker and will surely come home
to “roost,” i. e., it will come back to
your bank and he will in turn make
out, what he calls a “charge ticket”
against your account, for the amount
so the whole matter is one of credit
and confidence from start to finish.
Your banker had confidence in your
credit and ability to make good to him
if it did not prove to be good, and
every man or institution that handles
it from start to finish is always bank-
ing on the fellow who has “gone be-
fore” or the chap of whom he obtained

it, to make good to him if it does not

prove to be good.

Now, when you accept a check from
anyone in payment for debt or pro-
ducts sold, do not say, “well, this check

is good, I will slip it in my pocket and
keep it until I need the money.” This
is not good business, and should never
be done. If you don’t need the money
collect on your check promptly and de-
posit the money on your own account.
For it sometimes happens that a check
may be good when written and for
some time thereafter, but later on the
man “goes broke,” or the bank upon
which it is drawn goes broke, and then
the check is not good and the courts
have held that if you accept a check,
that is good at the time you accept it,
that you hold it for an indefinite length
of time beyond what is needfully re-
quired to make the collection in the
regular course of business and in the
regular way, that you are ,guilty of
negligence and that you cannot recov-
er should the bank upon which it is
drawn become insolvent and be unable
to pay it.

At first thought one may stay, “why,
this is not fair,” but if one will think it
over for a few minutes he is quite apt
to accept the decision as sound. ' If a
check is given you, your debtor has a
right to expect that you will cellect on
that check with reasonable business
promptness, that you will at once put
it through the channels usually pur-
sued by you in the transaction of your

regular business.
friend to do this.

You may next ask, where is my
check good? It is good anywhere that
peeple know you well enough to have
confidence in you. If you are away
from home and wish to cash a check,
get some acquaintance to go with you
to the bank and endorse the check for
you, and his banker will pay it then,
just as your banker would for one of
your friends when you endorse for him.
Remember, when you do this that you
have become sponsor for that check,
so don’t do it unless you are sure you
know the party for whom you are en-
dorsing. If the check were not good it,
would come back to your banker and
he would make a charge ticket to your
account exactly the same as if it were
your own check and was being return-
ed. You will often be called upon to
perform this service and you will usu-
ally feel perfectly safe and will be safe
in accommodating your friends, but
don’t do it unless it is someone you
know well, or would be willing to pay
the check if he could not.

Don’t endorse any promisory paper
just to be a good fellow. It’s bad busi-
ness and will make your banker lose
faith in your good judgment and busi-
ness acumen as quickly as almost any-
thing you can do. Stand on your own
business foundation, build your own
credit so clean and'so clear and so high
that yOu will not need to ask favors
of othersfa'nd that you can afford to
say, in answer to such a request, “I
can’t afford to spoil my credit by incline
Criminate use. ” ‘

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7 Boys” and one
_ Club Notes

conducted by E. C. Lindemann

 

 

 

 

  

Over two thousand school children in
Grand Rapids have already enrolled in
garden clubs.

The Boys’ and Girls’ Club Leaders
of Michigan have voted to buy the
necessary equipment to place one
French family back on its farm in the
destroyed region. Club members will
soon be asked to contribute a portion
of the profits to this cause.

The handicraft and garment-making
clubs of Saginaw county will hold their
annual round-up and exhibit at Sagi-
naw on Saturday, April 27.

The Kent County Round-up for hand-
icraft and garment-making clubs will
take place on May 4 at Grand Rapids.

State, district and county club lead-
ers of Michigan will hold their regular
monthly meeting at Saginaw on April
26-27.

Glenn Aldrich, of Meco-sta county,
won the State Bean Club Champion-
ship‘with a yield of twelve bushels on
a half-acre. His net profit was $64.41.
Among the second-year girls Florence
Biddle, of Hillsdale, won first place in
the senior class. Gladys VVescott, of
Hillsdale county, won first in the jun-
ior class. Among the first-year girls
Techla Pinozick, of Delta county, won
first place in the senior class, and Ade-
line Dickey, of Branch, won first place
in the junior class.

Club exhibits will be used as part of
the graduation exercises in many
schools this spring.

Six cities in Michigan are conducting
weekly schools of instruction for voi-

unteer garden club leaders. Instruc-
tors are sent out by the Agricultural
College.

Over one thousand French and Del-
gian baby outfits and Red Cross arti-
cles were shipped by the Girls’ Clubs
this week.

Mrs; Lucia Converse. of Union City,
has been appointed Calhoun County
Club Leader to succeed C. E. Ackley. i

Mr, Percy Howe has been appointedl
garden club supervisor for the city of‘
Jackson. I

Eight cities in the upper peninsulal
have made arrangements for employ—
ing garden supervisors for the coming
season. I

Ingham county has twelve boys’ and
girls’ clubs in operation.

One of the interesting visitors at the l
college during Farmers’ Week was
Clifford Felt, of Marquette county. He;
is the potato champion who raised 144
bushels on a quarter of an acre of land. ‘
The. business men gave him a free
trip to the College.

East Lansing boys gave handicraft
demonstrations during Farmers’ Week.
The garden cultivator was constructed
as a part of the demonstration.

Poultry clubs are becoming more
popular each day. Eggs for setting
may be secured at moderate prices

 

 

through the Poultry Department of the
College.

Community canning clubs will be
popular this summer. Girls should
prepare now for the details. No gar-
den products cau be wasted this year.

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A Game for the Children

“Good Morning.”

Requires ten to sixty or more play-
ers, and can be played in schoolroom
or parlor.

This is a very pretty sense-training
game, as it cultivates discrimination
through the sense of hearing. Little
children are very fond of it, and it is
most interesting and surprising to note
the develOpment of perceptive power
through the. playing of the game.

One player blinds his eyes. He may
do this by going to a corner of the
room and facing the wall, with his
hand over his eyes; or a very pretty
method is to 'have him go to the teach-
er or leader, with his face hidden in
her lap, and her hands on either side
of his head, like the blinders of a
horse.

The teacher silently points, then, to
some other player in the class, who
rises at once and says, “Good morn-
ing, David,” (or whatever the' child’s
name may be). The little guesser, if
he has recognized 'the voice, responds
with “Good morning, Arthur,” (01‘ oth
or name). If he does not guess the
voice after the first greeting, the child
may be required to repeat it, until the
guesser has had three trials. Should
he fail on the third trial, he turns
around to see who the player was, and
changes places with him. If he names
the right player, the guesser retains
his position until after he fails to guess
the voice of the one greeting him, one
player after another being required to
stand and give the greeting, “Good
Morning!”

When pupils have become somewhat
proficient. in the guesser's place, the
others should be required to change
their seats after the guesser has blind-
ed his eyes, so that he will not be as-
sisted by the direction fromwhich the
voice comes, in his judgment, which is
very easily the case, where the other
playersare in their accdstomed seats.
' Of course, the giee'ting will be varied

 

according to the time of day, being
“good afternoon," or “good evening":
as may be appropriate. Occasionally,
in a school game, a pupil from another
room may be called in. Should a
strange voice be heard in this way, the
little guesser is considered correct if
he answers, "good morning, stranger.”

 

Broom Holder. 1 i
There are many kinds of broom hold-- '

ers now being used as exercises in
handicraft work. The simple one here
shown can be modified to hold more
brooms or only one broom. It can also
be modified for use in the barn tor the
forks, or manure pusher.

Care should be taken in the selec

tion of the material that no cross-grain '

ed or brash pieces are used for the

front piece since it would be apt to,

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Tools—Cutoff saw, jack plane, try-
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Can You Afford to Spend
Time Pumping Water?

Time is money to the farmer particularly
this year with so many farm boys in Khaki.

Let the W

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The Leader Water System pictured is for
vertical suction of not more than 20 feeb—
compact, simple. ample in, size for the aver-.
age family. Outfit includes a durable gas-
oline engine and pump that shuts off aut- ‘
pressure is

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reached.

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Use your own engine if you have one—-
get an engine with the outfit, if you
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Win the War By Preparing the Land
Sowmg the Seed and Producing
Bigger Crops

Workjn Joint Eflort the Soil ol the U. s. and Canada-"comparative-
Farmmg in Man Power Necessary to Win the Battle lor Liberty

The Food Controllers of United States and Canada are asking for greater .
food production. Scarccly 100,000,000 bushels of wheat can be sent to the
allies overseas before the crop harvest. Upon the efforts of the United
States and Canada rest the burden of supply.

Every Available Tillable Acre must Contribute; Every Available
Farmer and Farm Hand must Assist.

Western Canada has an enormous acreage to be seeded but man ower is
short and an appeal to the United States allies is formore men forPseeding
operations.

Canada’s Wheat Production last Year was 225,000,000 Buoholo;
the demand from Canada alone, lor IOI 8, is 400,000,000 Buoholo.
To secure this she must have assistance. She has the land but needs the
men. The Government of the United States wants every man who can effec~
tlvely help to do farm work this year. It wants the land in the United
States developed first of course; but: it also wants to help Canada. When-
ever we find a marrwe can spare to Canada’S’ fields after ours are su—p-
plied, we want to direct him there. Apply to our Employment Service ‘
and we Will tell where you can best. serve the combined interests. ,

Western Canada's help will be required not later than May5 th.’
Wages to competent help, 550 a month and up, board and lodging.

Those who respond to this appeal will get a warm welcome, rood w es
good boardhand find comfortable homes. They will get air-ate affine, -
cent a mile from Canadian boundary points to destination and return --

For particular. as toil-out... and. places where omploymcnt muy ho had, apply”

U. S. Employment Service,

Dept. of Labor.
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cooperate I
By W. F.

T present there is much interest
A in the buying of feed stuffs. This
comes about, I think, on account
of the great scarcity of feeds and their
unusually high prices. People simply
do not know what to do. All last sum-
mer the papers were full of advice to
grow more pigs, to keep their cows,
even the poor ones, because dairy pro-
ducts were going to be so high and so
hard to obtain, to keep more hens be-
cause eggs would take the place of
meat, and hens could be so quickly
grown.
Mathematicians have been doing ex-
amples to prove how many chickens
an old hen could add to the world’s

Isupply, and how largely an old mother

hog might increase the number of her
kind if she but performed her patriotic
duty, and then last fall the chickens
were here, but scantily fed, and the
pigs were here, too, but their owners
were trying to sell them because the
corn was not in supply, sufficient to
their needs, and prices of other feeds
made them hesitate.

The feed situation is having a. mark-
ed influence on conditions generally in
the country. A few months ago a man
in our town said
to me: “Horses
sold here last fall
lower th an any
man would have
guessed that they
could sell, a few
months b e f o r e.
People simply did
not have the feed
to winter them
and had to let
them go.”

T h e dealer’s
margin on feed
must be more for
each ton than un-
der former conditions, because he has
to put so much more money into the
business. To buy a car of feed-now
requires an investment twice as great
as in normal times. This being the
case, the dealer’s profit must, be great
enough to warrant this added invest-
ment, otherwise he can not handle the
feed. '

On the other hand, the farmer who
needs the feed for his cows 01- his hogs
must buy it as cheaply as he can in
order to be able to feed it with any
profit. Upon the farmer, in this world-
wide confiict, devolves the important
task of furnishing meat and dairy pro-
ducts to our people and those of our
allies who are in need of them.

It is ,our duty as American citizens
to do our best to feed our people and
those with whom we are engaged in
this mightiest war in the history of the
world. It is our duty, 1 say, but it is
not our duty to do it at a loss. Our
people will not do much of it at a loss.
If the farmers keep and grow their
hogs and their young cattle, if they
continue to milk cows, and keep up the
flow of milk; it, will be becuase they
believe they are going to get their pay.

The farmer is a manufacturer of
meats and dairy products. His raw
material is the feed consumed by the
animals in process of growth, and the
meat, and milk or butter or cream
are his finished product. This he must
sell at wholesale in competition with
everyone else, who, like him, is en-
gaged in dairying or in any branch of
live stock husbandry.‘

Buy in Quantities.

Because of this, he should buy his
raw material, his feed, in the cheapest
market possible. If he does this, he
can afford to keep his pigs until they
are grown and fit forthe block, If he
does this, he can feed his cows 'with
hope of profit when the milk or cream
is paid for. Otherwise he can not be
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TAYLOR '
war, because people are offering their
lives in defense of her principles, be-
cause the products of his farm and his
dairy. are needed, not only to feed the
soldiers, but for women and children
at home, and because he can not af-
ford to produce even food at a loss for
very long, he should unite with his

neighbors and buy-the feeds he needs
at the lowest possible price.

There is reason enough for doing
this at any time, but today of all the
days within our kndwledge, it is de-
manded under the cirumstances, that
every man should do his best, and the
feeder or the dairyman can not do his
best while buying feed by the single
bag, Of a dealer who must buy it on
time, pay freight on less than car lots,
store it until he finds a buyer, trust the
buyer for the pay, and now and then
lose that, and so have to figure a per-
centage of profit large enough to make
the good customer pay the bad man’s
debts.

Every man will not buy feed in coop-
eration with his neighbors, and so
there will be room for the dealer for
some time to Come. We all need some-
one in our town who keeps feed on

hand, for when We

get out, and our
car has not come,
we shall want to
buy. When we do

n e e d the feed

dealer, we should

be perfectly will-
ing to pay him his
profit. Personally,

I am willing to al-
‘ ,low him to say

what that profit

ought to be, in my

own case, for I do

not 0 f t e 11 need

him, and then not
for long. But in :1 general way, there
can be no question but that we who
feed cows and hogs ought to buy the
feed we do buy, in carlots, and take it
directly home from the car.

The Writer’s Experience.

The writer has had a long experience
in this sort of thing, he has ordered
and delivered feed to his neighbors for
years and so can speak from experi-
ence. I have told before in these col-
umns how our community came to
buy its feeds so largely in earlots, and
will not‘repeat it, here. I onlyswish to
say that in all the years that have
come and gone since we began this
work I do not recall the loss of a. single
dollar because of the failure of anyone
to pay for feed taken from the car.

No Elaborate Organization (Needed.

Any community can secure to them-
selves the advantages of such a system
of buying if they will go about it in
the right way. Creameries can buy
feed for their patrons, and there are a.
few distinct advantages in their so do-
ing. The creamery company usually
has on hand more or less money be—
longing to the patrons, soon to be paid
out for butter-fat. When the car of
feed arrives this money is all ready
and may be used to take care of the
sight draft. When the feed is deliver-
ed, the patrons have the money thus
employed. Another advantage is, that
the pay for the feed may be taken out
of the cream checks at time of settle-
ment. This is a greater advantage to
the purchaser than to anyone else, as
he does not in this case. give the pay—
ment for the feed much thought. He
simply goes to the car and gets it,
knowing that the money will come out
of his next check. -

The writer has no creamery money
to pay for the cars he orders, but has
grown so used to having people pay for
their feed promptly that he does not
give the matter any more thought now,
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deal should “be for cash.

or our 'creamery, who. also orders feed
and delivers it from the car. .

If the creamery company does not
wish to handle feed, then some individ-
ual in the community should do it. I
have read and heard much about coop-
erative companies for the purposle of
buying feeds, but unless the coopera-
tive company does other lines of busi-
ness, I certainly should not consider it
necessary.

Deliver to Farmers from Car.

Again, the idea of having a commu-
nity building in which to store the feed
is not wise. The feed should be taken
directly from the car, and the farmer
should store it for himself. If the
neighborhood builds a building for the
storing of feeds, and hires someone to
look after it, that someone will not do
the business any cheaper than the man
in town, who is in business now, and
understands a great many things that it
would take the beginner a long while
to learn, but which, nevertheless, he
must learn if he goes into the feed bus-
iness in competition with the men in
town.

The man who delivers feed from the
car has no competition as a 1ule He
hasa business that is positively safe if
he is a good business man.

I want to try to tell the reader just
what this man should be like, and
what he should do to make a success
of this important work. To begin with,

he ought to know something about

feeding, in a general way. The more
he knows about it the better. If he
knows about feeds and feeding, he will
be of much value to his community.
There is a great chance to make mis-
takes‘in the purchasing of feeds. The
man who reads, and thinks about feed-
ing cows, and hogs, who watches ex-
periments in the feeding of sheep and
lambs and the fattening of steers, will
be a safe man to advise his neighbors
What to buy. This advice will result
in the ordering of just what is best
under the circumstances.

There are always two questions that
confront the prospective buyer of feed
stuffs. First, what is the value of this
feed in a general way; and second,
what is its cash value today in the
market? For example, white middlings
are better than brown middlings for
feeding pigs. But what is the differ-
ence in the market value today? Cot-
tonseed meal is a carrier of cheap pro-
tein, but what is the market. value, and
what are the values of gluten meal, oil
meal, and wheat bran?

All the companies making ready-
mixed feeds are looking for patronage.
How shall we know whether or not to
buy unless we know the relative values
of these feeds, and consider them in
relation to the prices at u h1ch they are
offered? And how can we do this un—
less someone among us has made a
study of feeds and is ready to give us
the benefit of his advice?

If farmers are organized, this mat,-
ter may be discussed in the Grange,
in the Gleaner Arbor, or in the Farm-
ers’ Club, as the case may be. If the
county agent is posted, he may be
called in, and his help secured; but to
supplement the work of these there
should be someone right in the commu-

nity who has given this matter enough'

study to make his opinion of value.

Again, it is important for the man
who buys the feeds to keep very close
to the market. Otherwise he will not
know when to buy and is certain to
make some mighty bad mistakes.

Once more, he should find some good
reliable company to buy from and then
stick to that company. It is always
possisble for a very large company
handling feeds to favor a good custom-
er in the buying of feeds when they
would not feel like doing so with a
man whom they did not know.

Again and again I have saved a nice
little sum for my neighbors by sticking
to one good company long enough to
make it pay them to do me a favdr.

Nothing is so necessary as that each
Everyone

 

should understand that if he orders
feed he must be on hand with his men-
ey when it comes.

It is a mistake to try to buy feed on
credit. One can get better terms for
cash, and just as soon as the public
finds that the man who handles feed
gets Credit, they will want credit also
and soon the object of the enterprise
will be lost, and the work will have to
be given up.

We should remember just here, that
we are not entering into this work be-
cause we think the dealer is getting
too large a profit, but because his meth-
od is wrong. If we farmers are to buy
feed, store it in warehouses, and sell it
on credit, then I doubt very much if
we can do it a bit cheaper than the
average dealer. But if we are always
on hand with our money, if we buy the
right kind of feeds, if the man who
does the business is square with his
neighbors, this ‘thing can go on for
years and years without the least trou-
ble whatever, and thousands of dollars
can be saved each year to the com-
munity.

HOLSTEIN SALES lN MICHIGAN.

 

The West Michigan Holstein Breed-
ers’ Association held its spring meet
ing April 3 in Grand Rapids, and H. E.
Rising, of Woodland, the new presi-
dent, presided. There were interest-
ing talks on breeding registered Hol-
steins and on the outlook for the breed-
er now and after the war by Robert
M. Monteith, of Martin, and Albert E.
Jenkins, of Lansing, with discussion by
Arthur Clarke, of Alto, T. J. Blanch-
ard, of Sand Lake, H. G. Smith, Kent
county’s agricultural agent, and others.
Very optimistic views were held as to
the future and it was felt, that the
black and white herds in this country
have an important part to play in win-
ning this war, while the demand for
this breed will be sharp and insistent
after the war.

The annual spring consignment sale
of registered Holstein cattle will be
held in May at the West Michigan
State Faii grounds, Comstock Park,
G1 and Rapids, under the auspices of the
association, and sev enty- seven head
have been ente1 ed in the sales catalog.
Secretary Vl'. R. Harper, of Middle-
ville, is sales manager, and Colonel
Perry, of Columbus, Ohio, is the auc-
tioneer.

Thomas Phoenix, president of the
Holstein-Friesian Breeders’ Sales As-
sociation in the Saginaw valley, a11-
nounces that the annual sale of regis-
tered cattle at the Saginaw fair
grounds will be held the last of April.

Kent Co. Aruoxn GRIFFIN.

1917 YIELDS OF GRAINS IN MICHI-
GAN.

 

Grain and seed threshed in Michi-
gan up to and including March 23,
1918, as per returns of threshermen
is as follows: .

Yield.

Acres. Bushels.

Wheat . .... 772,515 13,924.238 18.02
Rye ...... .. 323,431 4,533,759 14.02
Oats ...... 1,240,278 44,812,063 36.13
Barley 129,032 3,319,716 25.73
Buck w‘t . 32,598 349,484 10.72
Peas ...... 14,926 154,987 10.39
Seed:

Timothy 1,988 9,828 4.94

June clo.. 7,207 6,792 0.94

Mam. clo. 5,121 10,865 2.12

Alsike clo 5,461 16,921 3.10
Beans:

White . . . 419,616 2,866,284 6.83

Red kid... 8,681 45,957 5.29

12,359 5.52
LOST H I DES.

Brn Swed 2,237

 

One custom tanner reports that a
dozen or more hides have been shipped
to him this season without the owner’s
name, freight bill, or any record what-
soever accompanying the shipments.
It is, of course, impossible for him to
make acknowledgement of the receipt
of these hides or to return them. He
assumes that other tanners are both-
ered in the same manner. Extreme
care should be exercised in properly
marking shipments, so that returns
can be made. No doubt tanners are
many times blamed for not returning
the hides, when the fault lies with the
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“Harnessing the Air”
to Save Butterfat ,

The air is a great Wizard. Properly employed.
(as in a Sharples Suction-feed Separator) it

will save this country eighty million pounds
of butter which fixed- feed separators waste because
95 % of them are turned below speed much of the time.

I

The Sharples Suction- feed principle really harnesses
the air and makes it work for you. By means of the
suction-feed, just enough milk enters the tubular bowl
as can be perfectly separated. As your speed varies so
does the suction- feed. Thus, Sharples saves the cream
waste that results when fixed- feed separators are
turned under speed.

SUCTION-FEED ?
CW SEPARATOR

Skims Clean at Any §____peed

While air is free to everybody, yet the suction-feed
principle 18 exclusive with Sharples and fully protected
Bear that in mind when you investi-
gate a separator and insist on knowing
if it will skim clean at any speed.
Get proof.

There are no discs in a Sharples tubular
bowl, which adds further to its superiority.
The one-piece bowl is easy to clean, easy to
turn-even for a boy. Write nearest office
for catalog, addressing Dept. 18

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EMPTY THEM

That’s all you have to do with
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Three Darts salt and one part
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Feed tobacco with salt now and escape stomat h worms later.
tobacco sittings kept before sheep will kill stomai- h worms etc.
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PBOHTS IN HONEY,

Bug or is scarce. Honey is in
, greatdemand. High ”in

Vail. Make your bees p 1100
more than ever before. Bend
for our catalog for prices on
Bee Hives, Section Boxes. Comb
Foundation. Smokers. etc. Be.

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BEBBY BASKETS

There is a scarcity of berry
baskets and we adv ce prom pt
action. Let us know our ex-
act requirements an we will
quote you prices on standard
quart baskets and 16- «it.

ra.tos We can make mmediate shipments
at present.

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Box 525, Lansing, Mich.

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Get theHabit,

ET the habit, raise the rabbit.
For the woman who has to make
her own living there is no occu-
pation easier, surer or more profitable
than a first-class rabbitry. It brings
the greatest return in the quickest
time from the smallest outlay of any
branch of agricultural labor.
said first-class rabbitry, perhaps I
snould have said first-class stock, good-
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that breeds true to type and color, not
culls. No fancy equipment is needed,
an old shed or barn, anything that will
provide shelter for the hutches, but
even a strictly modern rabbitry can be
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throughout t 6 United States in the past four years.

Bond today for absEolnte proofsto

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County Agents Want te.d

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POULTRY

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Do you know that
the ducks hatched by
your hens cost you 22 cents each?

They do. Let us prove it to you.

We will hatch your eggs at Sc per
chick hatched.and for less if you get a. poor hatch.

We furnish container for eggs to be sent us and
boxes for your chicks. Both sent. parcel post.

,OIII' Capacity---Two-tliirds of a Million or

40 Tons of Eggs Every Three Weeks

'We also sell purebred Barred Rock. White
Rock. White Leghorn, Brown Leghorn. Buii‘ Log—
horn. White Wyandotte. Rhode Island Red. Black
Minorca and Ancona chicks. Lowest Prices.
Safe delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. Send
for catalog.

State Distributors for Mich lthere Will be no odor.

the hutches and if attended to frequent-
ly, making use of a good disinfectant,
They are re-
markably free from disease, and a
large number can be cared for in small
space.

A Hooverite.

And the cats? Well, Mr. Bunny is a
very strict Hooverite. His days are
all meatless and he doesn’t suffer in
the least if they are also wheatless. No
sugar is on his menu, so you see Bun-
ny certainly deserves a. boost from ev-
ery loyal American. He makes profit
from our surplus garden, our lawn clip-
pings and our table scraps.

The erroneous idea, still prevails with
many that rabbits were intended mere-
ly for pets. It is true that the rabbit
being a defenceless animal is harmless,
easily tamed and makes fine pets for
the children, but they also make the
finest kind of eating. The meat is so
nutritious, so easily digested, and re-
quires very little time to prepare and
cook. That is why hospitals seek it
for patients, and that is why a few in-

meat for the little ones. Rabbit may

 

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1967 W. 74th Street, Cleveland, Ohio ‘

HOMESTEAD FARMS

A Federation of Interests

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Please send for dam r1pt1ve circular and price list.

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order now for spring delivery.

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Poultrv Farms (3. Burroughs. Prom. Hillsdnlv. Ii." l1.

BUFF Leghorns. Cockerels at reduced prices. Egg
from a great laying strain. 81. 50 up. pe1 setting.
Cheaper by the hundved Dr William Smith. Pctcrsburg Hich.

Orpingtons—Beventeen years. Best exhibition

elz producin strain. EggsorBaby Chicks. Cir-
cular free. VVIIEL SCHADT, Goshen. Indiana.

gED- -'[‘o-Lay S. C. W. Leghorns and Barred Rocks.
B gs. 81. 25f0r15 32 fori’fi. 83.50fo r50.
59,1215: Pour/111v FARM. '11. 2, Grand Rapids ll__I_ich.
April and d'May hatched heavy
“nice C lllCliS breeds and Leghorns 52 {01-89.
(61117 750. per setting of 15. 81. 50: Alper 108 , $7.50.
rescent Eggo mpany. - - legan Mich. .
1 ‘ We sh‘l thousands. booking orders now
’ .ChiCkSQ I{or ATECW ng delivery. free
POBTH ox 1?. tee rt Mich.
' Chicks and eggs. standard bred stock, Leghomlinop

. use, 'panish.Roc k.s.Reds.0rpingtm1s Wysndottes. Campinas.
jbndensJ’olkh. Scotch Greys. Tyrone Poultry Psi-1n Pantomlich

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EastLunainlgleI"3’1-'eggs, or nine dozen, which is above

horns. Good layingstock 813 parlour]
.cents per dozen, or

“ or. 3319011111113 more than I started with.

be prepared in any way that chicken is
prepared.

A prominent Belgian Hare breeder
asserts that rabbits are more profit-
able than hens or cows. I am quoting
the following from his article:

The Hare and the Hen Compared.

"The United States census figures
show the average annual value of eggs
produced on each farm was a. little less
than $52, and of poultry raised at. $48,
or an average total value of $100. The
average egg product (as shown by the
United States census), is sixty- four
eggs for each farm hen pe1 yeaI Now,
we will say that the pullet in her first
year will lay one hundred and three

the average. At aveiage prices through
the year these would b1 mg thiity five
$3.15. It takes
about $3.00 a year at present prices to
keep a hen, leaving fifteen cents per
annum as a profit on each hen.

NOW, consider the Belgian hare, com-
mencing at the age ‘of six months to
breed. One doe Well cared for will
produce five nice litters a year, with
from five to twelve to the litter.

Rapid Increase of Production.

011 January 1, 1915, I started. with
one doe and a buck. This doe I bred
five times in the course of the year,
and she produced five litters of six
young to the litter, half of which are
does. This gave at the end of the year:
The original does and buck, 18 months
old; six rabbits 11 months old; six at
eight months old; six at six months
old; 24 at three months old; 18 at Six
weeks old, .18 at three weeks old; six
at 19 days old; total 85.

Now, to make this easily understood
I will say these hares of more than
three months, weighed six pounds, and
the balance two pounds each. This is
more than fair, for the older ones will
frequently Weigh up to eight pounds
and more. Then there will be forty-
four hares at six pounds each, or 264
pounds, and forty-two of 348 pounds,

 

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a gain of fifty-seven pounds for each
pound; 336 pounds attwenty-five cents
a pound, the price in Portland, equals
$84. Two or three does will supply a
large family with all the good clean
nutritious meat they can cat. The
cost of feeding the eighty-six hares one
year was $25. Summarizing the aver-
age common Leghorn hen produces fif-
teen cents per year over the cost of
her feed, the, Belgian hare $59.

The general average dairy cows, ex-
cepting high-class pedigreed stock, do
not produce more profit and the work
of caring for them and disposing of
the milk is far greater, also the cost
of equipment.”

For my part I think rabbits and
chickens can be profitably raised under
the same roof. The chickens soon be-
come accustomed to them and it means
more profit from the same amount of
space.

I am aspiring to a veally output of
at least a thousand hares. l have plans
for a, new rabbitry, convenient, sani-
tary, and modern in every respect. So
far I have had no disease to combat,
not even ear canker or cold sniffles. I
ship my bares all over the United
States and frequently a number at a
time. As a rule I have contracts for
hares months in advance and I rarely
fail to give complete satisfaction.

The. keeping of record and pedigrees
is engrossing and interesting work. I
write all the letters myself, both be-

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Increase Poultry Pro—
duction

 

‘Edward Brown, English poultry ,com-
missioncr, and one of the most noted
poultry experts in the world, is touring
this country for the United States De-
partment of Agriculture to stimulate
greater poultry production. In his talk
recently given in Detroit he said that
there was great need for poultry pro-
ducts for use in the care of the wound-
ed soldiers.

In England eggs are twelve cents
each and soon there would be a likeli-
hood of the civilian population being
denied eggs entirely. England does
not have the feed to increase her poul-
try production so she is looking to Am-
erica to furnish her with this food, so
necessary in the feeding of the sick.
Farm flocks should be maintained more
efl‘iciently, and everywhere possible
back yard 'fiocks should be kept. How-
ever, it is mainly upon the farm flock
that we will have to rely for the nec-
essary supply.

. There are no animal products. with
the» possible asception of rabbits, which
can be so quickly produced for human
food as the hen and her products. Eu-
rope ‘is practically swept clean of poul-
try-and afterthe war there will'be ‘an
unprecedented demand fer stock to re-
stock. The. poultry keeper need have
no fear of an. unprofitable demand for

  

his products if he will care for.- his

flock eflcientiy.

cause I know what to say and because
I think the buyers appreciate this per-
sonal touch.

And now I am going to repeat, '“Get'

the Habit and Raise the Rabbit.” The
work is three-fold, it brings pleasure,
profit, and another chance to do your
bit. It may be that we can’t all knit,
we can’t all be soldiers of the soil but
we can all raise a few rabbits to save
that pound of pork, and that pound of
beef for our boys, our allies, those tir-
ed women and those wistful, hungry
little children over there.
Oceana Co. MRS. CLYDE DUNN.

 

SOME MISTAKES TO BE AVOIDED.

There are a few mistakes I have
made in carign for brooder chicks
which I will not have occur again, and;
will relate my experiences so others
can profit thereby.

I had quite a bit of trouble at one
time in regard to having chicks pick
off the lining on thewalls of the brood-
er house. Owing to lack of better ma-
terial at the time I tacked several
thicknesses of newSpaper on the inside
of the brooder house. While it had a.
tendency to keep out the cold it did not,
stay in place long. It was but a few
weeks until the chicks had it torn to
shreds. First they picked at it merely
for the sake of something to do, but.
later they made it. a practice and kept.
it up until every bit was removed as
far up as they could reach. They not
only picked it off but some took to eat-
ing the small particles. The whole-
brood finally contracted the bad habit.
and nothing could be done but allow
the paper to remain off.

,To correct the evil I decided to use
material for lining that the chicks
could not destroy. Thin board walls
nailed as far up as the chicks could
reach, with an air space between the
walls will keep out the cold, and that,
is what I used.

Another trouble I had was with the-
earth covering on the brooder heuse
floor. I made it a practice to cover the
floor with earth to the depth of a half
inch to serve as an absorbent and also
to afford something for the chicks to-
scratch in. Having used up all the
black loam which I kept for that pur-
pose, I resorted to soil of a clayey na-
ture, water from the drinking vessels
was occasionally spilled on the floor,
and when absorbed by the soil formed
a. sticky mass under the chick’s feet.
When the chicks scratched in this
damp mass the clay would harden on
the toes and could not be detached ex-
cept by force. As a result, the chicks
were unable to scratch and were de—
cidedly uncomfortable. And to remove
the substance from the toes every few
hours was a task not welcomed. A
few of the chicks had the ends of their
toes broken by removing the hardened
clay. All this could easily have been
avoided had‘a little forethought been
used. 0. E. HACIIMAN.

 

HENS MUST HELP WIN THE WAR.

 

Uncle Sam has already drafted the
hens and pullets of the country for the
great army of the home food guard.
Food Administrator Hoover, by his or—
der against killing or marketing for
table use any hens 01" pullets for a pe-
riod of over two months, showed the
necessity for producing more poultry,
and more eggs, if the home population-
is to be properly fed during this year.
Save the layers, so that theyrmay pro-
duce eggs for hatching, for table use
and for storage against the inevitable
season of scarcity —-—this is the gist of
his order. ,

The government says in effect that
hens must help win the war. of course
Biddy didn’t raise her chick to feed a
soldier. But the use of more poultry
on the tables of the folks at home Will

release just that much beef and pork. _

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1 runs Chick‘s ‘

the suburbs, and in every village and
community in the land must be in-
creased.

Last summer, autum and during the
winter hundreds of poultry raisers dis-
posed of their. flocks because of the
high cost offeeds of all kinds. As a
consequence, table poultry sold any-
where from forty to sixty ,.Cents per

pound, and eggs of the' strictly fresh
variety sold for as high as ninety cents
and a dollar a dozen, and were scarcely
to be had even at that price. This con—
dition existed in the face of the fact
that. American hens in 1917 produced
in round numbers 2,000,000,000 dozen
of eggs—the equal in fo'od values to
three million beef cattle on the hoof.

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Boilchrainsfor Growing Chickens
By L. H. COBB

NE season I fed chick feed while
the chicks were small, but con-
cluded'that whole grains would

be cheaper and better if I could get the
little chicks to eat them. I used kaffir
some, but I could not get much of it,
and wheat and oats were the grains
that were convenient to use. Years
ago we used to boil the feed for our
pigs because it was considered easier
to digest and it made them thrive bet-
ter. I figured that chicks would be
more apt to thrive on boiled feeds than
pigs, so I boiled a regular ration of
oats and wheat, alternated.
The Chicks’ Thrive.

_ My flock of young chicks consisted
of one hundred and sixteen. They were
a month old when I began to feed the
boiled grains, and from that time they
did not get any chick feed, but I fed
coarse chop once a day. I never saw
chickens grow like those did. I did not
feed any bone or meat scraps, which I
have always fed to my flocks since,
but that flock had‘ a large range in a
garden, and there were plenty of in-
sects, for the ground had been allowed

to grow up to crab grass for several.

years, and when, we say we could not-
keep it all clean we allowed a part of
it to go back to grass. There were
about two acres in the range, which I
rented because it was fenced chicken
tight.

While oats are not good feed for the
chicks unless they are boiled, but
when they are boiled the grain is soft,
the hull will be easily removed by the
chickens if they wish to do so, but it
is all soft, and they generally eat it all.
Wheat swells to an immense size, and

   

ill
. in

gets soft. I always drained all the wa—
ter off while hot, and let. the grains
steam awhile which dried them some—
what, so they were not mushy no mat-
ter how thoroughly boiled.

The Need of Appetizers.

Sometimes I would put a tablespoon-
ful of cayenne pepper in the wheat,
and sometimes a little mustard. I al-
ways salted both grains, aiming to
make them just a little less salty than
I like my own cereal foods. Salt is
beneficial to chickens as well as any
other animal. Much of the success
with chickens depends 011 keeping their
appetites working full blast.

I paid more than double the price
for Wheat that I did for cats, but the
wheat 'as as cheap as the oats in the
long run, for the chickens would be as
well satisfied with half the. amount,
and after much experimenting that is
the proportion I always used in boiling
them. Vi'hile the chicks were especiaL
1y fond of the wheat, and would hunt
the wheat grains out if any were mix-
ed with the cats when it was boiled,
they would often clean up the oats
more thoroughly than they would the
wheat. I always aimed to give them
all they would eat. up clean, and no
more.

In feeding all my flocks after this
year I used boiled grains, but when I
had several hundred chicks on a range
I kept a mash of ground grains always
before them with a. liberal percentage
of meat meal on it. Vi'hen I could get
milk I would use it, instead of so much
meat meal, but. not to entirely supple-
ment it unless there was a chance for
the chicks to get a good many bugs.

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Diarrhea Checked by Careful Handling

Y observing the methods of cor-
B rect poultry raising, the loss from

diarrhea in little chicks can be
greatly reduced. Ninety—live per cent
of the diarrhea is not due to the white
diarrhea. germ but to other causes.
Among them are the following:

A little chick is apt to become chill—
ed, which will cause it to have diarr-
hea. This chilling may result from in-
discreet use of the nursery tray of the
incubator. For instance, a correspond-
ent recently wrote to the Missouri Col-
lege of Agriculture that the nursery
tray on his machine was registering
eighty degrees, or twenty—three de-
grees below the egg tray. If newly-
hatched chicks were put in a temper-
ature of eighty degrees, they would
become chilled and diarrhea probably
would follow.

Use Care in Transferring the Chicks.

Again, many are careless in trans-
ferring chicks from incubator to brood-
er in a cool room and they fail to warm
the container which the chicks are to
occupy. The hands should be warm
and the cloths with which the chicks
are covered should also be warm. Af-
ter they are placed in the brooder, ev-
ery precaution should also be taken to
keep them warm. The brooder should
be kept at a temperature of ninety-five
to one hundred degrees the first week
and reduced about one degree ‘a day
until the right temperature is reached.
They should be kept warm enough so
that they do not crowd at night and
they should always be afforded a. cool
place to which they may go if they de‘
raised -'with- the en

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should not be let out. until the grass
has become dry because a wet chick is
apt to become chilled.

Another cause of diarrhea is the ov-
erheated incubator or brooder which
may interfere with the natural absorp-
tion of the yolk and cause trouble after
the chicks are about a week old.

Then, too, diarrhea may be caused
by feeding chicks musty or sour food.
Corn meal which has become heated
in the sack or bin and which has a
musty odor should never be used for
chick feeding.

Use Clean Chaff.

Diarrhea may also be caused by al~
lowing the chicks to scratch in musty
chaff. If this occurs, spores will be-
come imbedded in the lungs of the
chick and a white diarrhea with a high
mortality will result.

In some cases, diarrhea may be
caused by the white diarrhea germ
which is said to be present in the
ovary of the mother hen and. if this is
the case, extreme sanitary precautions
should be observed. Care should be
taken to use only the most vigorous
breeding stock available. The incubat-
or should be cleaned and disinfected
between every hatch and the brooder
should be disinfected every time a
chick dies. The incubator door should
be darkened at hatching so that heal-
thy chicks will not pick up the drop-
pings of diseased chicks. The drink-
ingwater should be colored a claret
red by the use of potassium permanga-
nate and the chicks should be fed sour
skim-milk as soon as, they begin t
drink. ' ' '

 

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eight cylinder King used for road instruction.
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. ‘ __ our contpll‘te Automobile. (‘ourso has always included all
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Never before have such opportunities been held up to trained men.
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[John’s Bl? beautiful hen hatched Barred Rocks, good
layers 1 leggs 8.’ . 100 $8, hatch guaranteed. Pm-
paid by mail.Photos circulars. John Nnrzlmu. Clara. Mich.

until 3. c. w. LEGHORNSl

Large, great layers, pure white. Proved eggtype from
like ancestry. Not. the “lit-st in tho World" but none
hettor for beauty and laying ability—Lnybilt Leg-
horns mean either betterqu:.lily the sumo price, or
the same quality at. a less price. Selected Hatch-
ing Eggs. at $1.50 wt 1.3; pzlr("‘l post prepaid. $6.00 per
100. Wiper cent, ortility gnaronlttd. Strong, Day-l
Old Chtcks, $l3 per 100 after Min ‘1. Guaranteed

delivery alive and lire-l).
lonla, Mich.‘

EVERFRE‘SH Etit‘r Iv‘.\ ilM, . .

' White ()rpingtons, lions and [illllets 33.“)
Pl“. cr's each, eggs special price sfvgier l5 utility
$12 per100. nus. wn. Izl )
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HODE ISLAND REDS and Plymouth Rocks Male.
5 to 12 lbs, according to a e 53 to 5‘4: 1‘. ll. hens
weight 5 to 10 lbs, eggs 15 for 1.50:100, Slit; Mammoth
Bronze Tom Turkeys H to 38 lbs. according to use 3600
82.5, 10 eggs 34. J. Morris (it .I. Barsan, Vassar. Mich.

both combs. Obicks a
R. 'lo REDS, eggs. Must pupal"
strain In Michigan. Write for catalog,
IN'I‘ERLAKES FARM. Box 39, Lawrence, Mich.

R Reds and It. I. Whites. Both combs. Eggs for
’ ' halo, llln(l a few good cockcrels. Good stock.
prices reasonable. (I. l'). Hawley, n.3, Lndingtou, Mich.
1 ILVER Spangled Hamburg eggs for hatching $8por
k- hundr . The greatest. layers on earth as well as the
bandsomest and most-economical to raise.
lllVl‘lRVIEVV FARM, - - - Vassar. Mich.

 

 

 

Brown Leghorns. Heavy layers. E 15- . .
So C- 30-82 50, «Li-83.50. 100-87. prepaid lwggaml." 35
FLOYD ROBERTSON, R. 1. Lexington. Indian.

 

ILVER Golden and White “'ynndottes. A few good
k, Golden and White cockerela. to spare at Si. Fig 515.
$2.50, admin. 0. w. Browning, u. 2. Portland. tch.’

 

‘ Oomh Block Minor-ca cockerels, alredb
Single .101!) cock bird. A few more RC. fall lg:
R. W. MILLS. - — - - - Saline, Lglch.

. Comb Brown Legh rn e a f h .
Single 15 68 a81.25; 100. and). g“ 9' “chm!
Saline, Mich.

FRANK OAMBI RN, R. l,
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Wll’ll. "landfill” laying strain. gvdmgor-Sriigliigf
INI‘ERLAKES FARM. - - Lawrence. Mich.
' (loose eggs 25 cents 0 ch. . .
While Chlna Br. Leghorn eggs $1.50 pgr 15.P§kl’n

Duck $1.50 for 1]. Best ol‘. stock.
Mrs. CLAUDIA BETTS. .

 

- Hillsdale. Mich.

bite Wynndotto eggs forh tchi l h
Wont of choice stock; send l’lor a ll) Ellcelgctlltall-fhick
DAVID RAY. 709 Norris St... Ypsilanti. Mlohlm

Bronze Turkey F993

53 .00 for 10. Indian Runner d k . .2

Postage lggpaid. uc eggs $1 5 for 11.

Mrs. 111 .. ER BALL, R. 5, Dowaglac, Mich.

M B Turkeys. Toulouse Geese and 8.0.W.
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Leghorn cockerels. Berkshire. ho“
sex. Stamps appreciated. Chue Stock Form, B l. lnrlewlch.

 

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THE WORI l) in this line.
RECTUM.

“of many of \our friends in tnisb book.

804 The Burleson Bldg.

The Largest Institution In the world for the
Treatment of Piles, Fistula and all Other
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WE CI‘ RE I’ [LES FIS’I‘I LA and all other DISEASES of tho RECTUM (except
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Our treatment has been so successful that we have built up the LARGEST PRACTICE IN
Our treatment is NO EXPERIMENT but is the MOST SUC-
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from all parts of the I nited States and (‘ anadau V1 9 are receiving letters every day from
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dred of these letters to show 11 hat those who ha1c been cured by us think of our treat-
me11t.We would like, to haxe _1 011 write us for this book as we know it will interest you
and may be the meansoi REI IEVING YOI R AFFLICTION also. You may find the names

We are not extensive advertisers as we depend almost wholly upon the gratitude of
the thousands whom we ha1e mired for our allVertising. You may ne1cr see 0111' ad
again so you better write for our book toda1 before you lose our address.

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Change oi ( opy or ( ant- allations must reach us
Ten Days before date of publir ation.

 

We Offer a Few Special Bargains
In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-
bouiliet 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 Lnlsc,lV Mich.

 

CATTLE.

ABERDEEN
ANGUS

For;Sa1e——Three high-class bulls of the
“Blackbird Families” ages 17 to 23
months. All sons of Black Monarch 3rd
three times Grand Champion Bull at
Michigan State Fair. Write

SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.

W. E. SCRIPPS, Prop.
Wildwood Farms, Orion, Mich.

WOODCOTE ANGUS

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

Ionia. Mich.

 

Chicago forl 97.1
“‘OUDCOTE STOCK FARM.

Good uality bulls of serviceable
Cloverly Angus age and younger. Inspec tion 1111 it-
Geo. Hathaway and Son 11. Ovid. Mich.

' Registered Guernseys

A fine 3 year old heifefi and her heifer calf—right in

ve way $36.10 1 ..BO .your town.
3.1g WILLIAMS. - ~ North Adams Mich.

GUERNSEYS m.,........... .00...
a few choice females of
Glenwood breeding also bulls, all stock of A. R breed-
herd tuhercul in tested
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4.1 Re listen-1d head all tb. tested. Nora's
, son of I’mp. May Rose Kin

headsour herd 90! h l half sisters sold averaging 31%
each. His bull calves are booked ahead at reasonable
prices. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich.

—REGISTERED
BULL CALVII

Contain in ood of world chain ison
111’s: rAaM. Bulnlw ..'s Mich

Registered Guernsey b )1 I-
For 88 le ves May Rose broodin 11 ca
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Bul A grade Guernsey produced in
one year 16.288 lbs. miikand 844-
lbs. of butter fat. or 9851bs. of butter.

130% More Butter Fat

A Guernsey bull in Iowa sired daughters that
are producing 130% more milksndbuttcr fat
than their scrub dams.
Don't sell your scrub cows for beef. Breed
them to a pure bred Guernsey bull. The rc- _
suiting heifers will produce iron 25% to
100% more than their dams. Gucrnseys give
greatest returns per dollar invested in feed.
Write for information. (1 )
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lOO--REGISTERED HOLSTEINS--100
When you need a herd sire remember that we
have one of the best herds in Michigan kept un-
der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual
over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We
have size. quality. and production records back-
ed by the best strains of breeding.

rite us our wants.
R. BRUCE McPHE SON, Howell, Mich.

 

accepted in payment of finely bred re -
‘ Iliad "Ole istered Holstein bull calves. ualigy
of the best. and at prices within reach of all. rlto.
GEO D. CLARKE. - - - Vassar. Mich.

 

’ Pedigree Stock Farm oflers Re .1101-
Parham 8 stein cattle. Chester White wine,
extra barging in calves and fall pigs. Bulls half rice.

R. B. PAR HAM. Bronson. {I .

A Few Fine Bulls For Sale

ligelows Holslsin Farms. 'Bmdsvillo. Mich.

 

 

I Always Have Holsteins
To Sell

It wanting Registered cattle write me your wants
before placing your order elsewhere.

L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio

AK Leaf Farm. Herd sire Lenawoe Pontiac Cal-
amity King offer Registered Holstein bulloalves
from A. R. 0. cows and the above sire whose dam holds
the milk and butter record in the too! Ind
days milk 796. 3, butter 82.51—315 days milk “3.21782 3. but-

ter 9%. 775.

E. H. GEABHART dc SON. 11.4. Marcellus. Mich.
1) ice 1‘ heifers of a 30 in

$225 take. our long itonOMay 32111111011 or

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7 Washington 17;

 
  

Our Motto: —“The farmer is of more
consequence than the farm, and should
be first improved.” .

 

STATE GRANGE OFFICERS.

Master—John C. Ketcham, Hastings.

Overseer—C. H. Bramble, Tecumseh.

Lecturer—Dora H. Stockman, Lan-
sing.

Seeretary—Jennle Buell, Ann Arbor.

Treasurer—Frank Coward, Bronson.

Executive Committee. -——Jas. _He1me,
Adrian; Geo B. Horton, Fruit Ridge;
i1. W. Hutchins, Hanover; W. F. Tay-
or.

RENEWED INTEREST IN GRANGE
WORK.

It is most encouraging to note the
new and growing interest in Grange
work generally. Our own county of
Oceana is in line with this general for-
ward movement. Granges are increas-
ing in membership, more interest is
shown in the meetings, and altogether,
the outlook is very satisfactory. I was
talking with State Master Kctcham a
few days ago and in his travels over
the state he has noted like conditions.

If we look for the reason for these
things we may perhaps find it in the
growing interest in many questions
pertaining to country life matters.

The farm labor situation, questions
of production costs, the“ necessity or
producing more, food in the future
than we have in the past, and that,
with the odds against us and many oth-
er conditions growing out of the war
make it necessary for farmers to get
cloSer together. There was never a
time in the history of the Grange when
it was so important that it should do
real constructive work. I am not going
to name nor discuss the things that
should be done. Space will not permit
it. Moreover, it is not necessary be-
cause any Grange that will meet can
easily discover its work today. The
important things are to meet and then
to do the duties that lie closest by.
Not all of the Granges are yet revived;
some counties have not as yet been
inoculated with this bacteria of revival.

The duty of every Pomona Grange is
to locate the weak Granges in the
county and then plan to help put them
on their feet. This matter should re-
ceive attention at the next Pomona
meeting if it is soon to occur. Other-
wise the executive committee of the
Pomona should hold a special session
and arrange in conjunction with the
new county deputy for the revival of
these Granges. If it is necessary to do
so the deputy state master should be
called in to help.

This work of Grange revival should
go on. We should be very much in
earnest about it. These are days in
which we simply must try to better
conditions in the open country. The
Grange is the strongest, the most sta-
ble, and the most efficient farmers’ or‘
ganization in the country and we
should use it as a powerful means to-
ward rural betterment.

W. F. TAYLOR.

 

NEW AND REORGANIZED
GRANGES.

The following is the number of
Granges organized and reorganized
from January 1, 1918, to March 31,
1918, both inclusive, as follows:

Organized. ~

California. 1; Colorado 4; Idaho 1;
Indiana 8; Iowa 1; Kansas 9; Ken-
tucky 5; Maryland 1; Massachusetts
1; Michigan 6; Missouri 1; New York
3; North Dakota 2; Ohio 10; ,OkIa-
homa 9; Oregon 3;. Pennsylvania 6;
Wisconsin 1; Wyom-
ing 2; total 91.

Reorganized.
Kansas 1; Maine 1; Michigan 1;
Nebraska. 2, Pennsylvania 1;".Wiscon-

 
  

   
   

 

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Associational Motto:
.“The skilled hand with cultured

_mind is the farmer’s most valuable

asset. "

Associational Sentiment:

“The Farmer. He garners from the
soil the primal wealth of nations.”

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CLUB n1_sCussm~s.

Hold Liberty Loan Meeting.~—-The
Northeastern St. Clair County Farm-
ers’ Club met Wednesday, April 3, at
the home of Albert Rutledge in Burtch-
ville township. The dinner, served
promptly at noon, was fully up to the
standard of Club dinners, and yet gave
evidence that the housewives were fol-
lowing the rules of the Food AdminiSv
tration in regard to conservation on
certain foods. The program for the
afternoon was opened with a. song by

the Club, followed with invocation by.

Rev. Guess, of Ruby. Minutes of the
previous meeting were read 'by the sec-
retary, Fern O’Connor. Harlan Davis,
superintendent of the Port Huron city
schools, met with the Club and gave a
most inspiring talk regarding the Third
Liberty Loan. Many farmers in the
vicinity are sending their sons and
daughters to the Port Huron High
School, and this seemed a happy time

for a get-acquainted-meeting as well as,

to promote loans for Uncle Sam. Mr.
Davis said in part: “Our army across

the sea. is responsible for just forty.

per cent of the work of winning the
war. Sixty per cent rests with us at;
home.

group of men,

equal authority to those of us at home,
‘You raise all the crops you can, con-
serve all the food you camand all
your money beam} 3. living wage,

loan to me in order that the armies

over there may be fed and supplied
with munitions of wax. ’ ”

Mr. David Canham was also present
and spoke briefly of the need of ‘_‘going
over the top” in our Third'Liberty
Loan. In a few minutes subscriptions
were taken from Burtchville township
alone to the amount alotted to the
township. Miss GueSs and Mr. Loury
delighted the Club with a. charming vo-
cal duet. Miss Waldron, Home Dem-
onstration Agent for St. Clair County,
gave a brief talk upon the need of con-
serving certain foods, especially wheat,
and arrangements were made with the
women in the community for several
demonstrations
the near future. Miss Guess pleased
everyone with a humorous recitation.
Shirley and Arthur Barrett‘then capti-
vated the audience by singing Harry
Lauder’s “In the Gloaming," and' re-

sponded to the hearty applause with

an encore.

County Agent C. L. Brody discussed
topics of immediate interest to the
farmer, such as seed corn, spring
wheat. treatment for smut, etc. He
also talked at some length upon the
greater cooperation that may be effect-
ed between the county agricultural
agent ,and the farmer through the
working of committees composed of
men and women in the community who
are particularly interested‘ in some
phases of agricultural life. The Club
received this plan with enthusiasm,

and the president appointed a‘ commit-'

tee of several to meet with the county

agent in the near future and perfect.

plans for a program of work in this
neighborhood. Mr. Nye, with his popu—
lar band, was present and they render-
ed- several lively selections during the
afternoon and also responded with a
number of encores. Much of the suc-
cess of the meeting was due to the
efficiency and versatility of. the presi-
dent, James Reid. A gathering of 175
people is a. house full for the average
home, yet the chairman met every dif-
ficulty promptly and the program pro-
ceeded without confusion and to the
pleasure of everyone present. This
meeting will go down in the history or
Farmers’ Clubs as one of the must en-
thusiastic and inspiring gatherings ev-
er held in St. Clair county. Such
meetings speak well for the progress
of our rural life and certainly boost
the work for the downfall of Kaiser-
ism. The Club meets in May at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. McCullom.

 

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.make seed.

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tem, our government says to a certain-
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Rheumatism.——I have a cow that
freshened last spring, was all right
until her calf was sold, then she show-
ed lameness in fore quarters which
later on seemed to shift to her hind
parts. Now most of the trouble seems
to be in back or her hind legs. W. R.,
Romulus, Mich.~—Doubtless your cow
is rheumatic. Give her 30 grs. of potas-
sium iodide and 60 grs. of sodium
salicylate at a dose in feed three times
a day; She should be kept in a warm,
dry place and not turned out during
cold, damp weather or allowed to lie
on cold frozen ground. A change in
feed would doubtless help her.

Indigestion—I have a ewe that has
not done well lately; lost her lamb
some six weeks ago, at which time she
did not appear to be in any pain, but
I would like to know what had better
be done for her. J. M. K., Carleton,
Mich.——Give your sheep five drops of
fluid extract nux vomica, ten draps of
Fowler’s solution of arsenic and a tea-
spoonful of tincture cinchona at a
dose in a quarter of a pint of water as
a drench three times a day. She should
be well fed and her bowels kept fairly
active. Perhaps she suffered from in-
fectious abortion.

Infected Udder.—I have a cow due
to come fresh in about a month; two
weeks ago she commenced giving thick
stringy milk. What can I give her
that will cure this ailment? F. C. F.,
Utica, Mich—Milk her once a day and
dry her at once. Give her a teaspoon-
ful of nitrate of potash in feed or
drinking water twice daily for a week
or ten days.

Cows that Are Shy Breeders—I have
nine cows and have bred each of them
from three to five times, but none of
them appear to be with calf. I have
two young bulls, one eleven months
old and the other fifteen months, and
would like to know what to do that will
add to their chances of getting with
I have noticed commercial rem-
edies advertised in stock papers for
this ailment, but would like to have
your opinion. S. C.‘ S., Whittemore,
Mich—You must first of all under-
stand that barrenness in cows is usu-
ally the result of contagious abortion
in the herd. And whereever this dis-
ease exists a certain percentage of the
cows will become barren or are sure
to be shy breeders. The writer knows
of no certain remedy. Try dissolving
2 ozs. of bicarbonate of soda in three
pints of clean boiled water and wash
out vagina of cow with a fountain sy-
ringe two or three hours before she is
served. This will frequently add to
the cow’s chances of getting with calf.
Doubtless each commercial remedy for
this ailment possesses a certain de-
gree of merit and are well worth a
trial. If your cows come in heat regu-
larly and you persist in breeding them,
doubtless nearly all of them will get
with calf sooner or later.

Indigestion—Worms—Lung Worms.
—I have a horse whose hair is dry,
coat rough, has a ravenous appetite,
and drinks large quantities of water.
We are sure that he is troubled with
worms and have been giving him sul-
phate of iron, also several kinds of
commercial Worm remedies. He seems
lazy and lifeless. Is only seven years
old, has not been worked much during
the winter and has been fairly well fed.
I also have six young sows about five
months old which I have wintered in
close quarters, ed them on middlings,.
ground corn-an oats. In spite, of my
trying to be careful not to overfeed
them, they become too fat; began to
wheeze and cough, and now two of
them are poor, have little strength and
Neighbors
tell me that they perhaps have lung
worms, while others tell me they have
the thumps. B. C. G., Levering, Mich.
——Mix together one part ground nux
vomica,. one part powdered sulphate,
iron, one part salt, one part fenugreek
and four parts ground gentian. Give
him a tablespoonful at a dose in feed;
three times a day until he is well. Now,
regarding your sow, I do not believe
they have lung worms. If your pigs
suffer from lung worms, medical treat-
ment will prove of little value; how-
ever, inhalation .of tar, or turpentine
fumes are sometimes used, but the gem
eral use oflsuch lines of treatment is
usually impractical. The best and most
practical method of treating the lung
warm diseases‘is good care, nourishing-
food «and \hygenic surroundings. Clean
and thoroughly disinfect their pen and
give each pig. a quarter of a teaspoon-
fui of cooking soda, half a teaspoonful

of Mngentian and a teaspoonful
arm cinehona at a dose twice

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nnsr ANllllAl. SALE

    

Ayrshires

27 head of Registered Ayrshires, including
White Marmaduke 18882
Grand Champion at Michigan State Fair 1916
. at Flint, Michigan
Wednesday, May 8th, 1918

‘ . at 12.30 o’clock P. M.
All animals tuberculin tested and guaranteed.
Write for Catalogue

Michigan School for the Deaf

W. l... HOFFMAN, Steward

DISPERSION SALE

of REGISTERED HOLSTEINS

on Monday, April 22, 1918, at 10 o’clock A. M.

60 head will be sold to the highest bidder, including 25 cows and 10 heifers bred
to freshen in June. Among them are granddaughters of King of the Pontiacs,

King Segis Pontiac,

gerveld DeKol. Three are Granddaughters of Pontiac de Nijlander.

Johanna Hengerveld Lad, Pontiac Appalo and Judge Hen-

Sale at

arm one mile west of Hendries corners, on Pontiac car line and two miles west

of Royal Oak. Write for catalog. Will meet cars.

B. V. Kelly & S. H. Wood,

in the box.

CATTLE

HOMESTEAD FARMS

A Federation of Interests

Holsteins
Aherd of Si) llolsteing headed by the bull King
Zerma Alcartra Pontiac, son of Kin Sogis Eonliuc

Alcartra the 350$“) Holstein Hull am full brother to
Mable Segis Korndyke; 40.32 lbs. of butter in 7 days
at four years old.

This herd is of the very highest class of Holsteins
and are the kind that the practical farmer should
have who wants stock that is sure to pay out.

The following famil ' is offered as a foundation for
a high class practical herd;Dsm, 'I‘utty To any Dawn. 4
yrso (1 just freshenodflst daughter Pauline adie Dawn.
2 yrs. old, bred Nov,'1, 1917. to bull with 29 lb. dam; 2nd
daughter 1 yr. old and full sister of Int daughter; 3rd
daughter, born Apri 13. Let us send you photographs
and full description of this family.

Heifer calves, bred heifers and cows. Please tell
what you want and let us describe and send photo-
graph of the individual such as we think you
would like.

Young Bull, sired by King Zerma Alcartra Pontiac;
Grandsire King Sogiu Pontiac Alcartra, the $50,000
bull. Dam is Genosoe Wonder. direct descendant on
both sides from De Kol 2nd Butter Boy 3rd.

This young hull was born Jan. 30, 1918; is 95 per cent
white. 1: straight. upright animal. 8 will send you
description and photograph. Other young and older
bulls of high class.

A fine Holstein herd; 'nnlmnlc of all‘oges to select
from. Please let us hear from you.

HOMESTEAD FARMS, Bloomingdale, Mich.

8th Annual Sale 8th

80 Holstein-Frieslan Battle 80

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April 25, 1918, al Howell, Mich.

 

by
The Howell Gnnsign-
menl Sale 00.

These Cattle are a high class of stock
nearly all are from one to four years
old, bred in the most noted families in-
dividually fine, and bred to bulls of the
30 lb. kind. Catalogue ready.

Mark B. Curdy, Sec’y.

Col. Perry, Auctioneer.

 

with high early record
For sale 4 Bulls backing. All from son of
the great-cowMaplocrest Pontiac A Loation, But-
ter} davs 35.10. butter one year 1344.30; or sister Ban-
outinoBello DoK‘ol with 1322.92 lbs.bu-ttor. Born Feb.
1918. 9‘ white dun has ”107 d
24.63 at 4 . her dam 233M."
dam has .403y‘r; old record just made and in full sis-
ter to cow above, Both above cows are from non of
Pontiac Deniglandor, with 35.48 butter record and
three record- above 30 lbs. Born Feb. 1918, as white
dun in: Jr. fiyr. record of I838 1 dan and 37.35 14 days
do. ram. '1, tin-kin color, fine now.

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Pill, bull ’1"!!me 00w above. . .
Ions sum. Write

J. P. OBOOTT, . . . .

aye at. 4 yro. Her dam

Per ry. Michigan

.1. H. McClure, Prop.,
Royal Oak, Mich.

“Top-Notch”
HOLSTEINS

The young bulls we have for sale are

 

March 1913. Kiwhite

backed up by many generations of
large producers. Buy one of these
bulls, and give your herd a “push”.
Frill descriptions, prices,etc. on request.

McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A COW TESTER WRlTES

“I have tested 272 cow months. or this 110 Hol-
stems. 47 Jerseys. :37 Shorthorns, 35 Herclords. 7
Red Polls. 13 Angus and 3 mixed. Have had 1
Jersey 1 Rod Poll and 2 Herefords exceed 30 lbs.
fat. in 30 days. 30 Holstelns have made from 30
to 62 lbs. fat each in 30 days."

Pure

3.... HOLSTElNS

are the most profitable cows

Many purebred Holstein cows yield from 15 to 30
lbs. of rat a week. You can make money with
these COWS. erk for fro. Information.

No obligation—»wc ha ve, noth-
ing we want to sell you.

Tho Holst-in-Frluian Association
of America, Box I“, BrliiloboroJl.

5 HOLSTELN BULLS

ready for service, on account of selling farm and
entire herd will sell these choice. bulls from
world record families at. ‘/é actual value.‘

Don't wait come see, them.

LONG BEACH FARM,
AUGUSTA, MlCH.

The Traverse Herd

Great Values In Bulls

from A. R. 0. flows with records up to 30 lbs.

Let us know your wants. We will send extend-

ed pedigrees and prices.

TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL
Traverse City, Michigan. '

Slonyhursl Stock Farm

Bull born April 10th191‘7. Dam 313 l . . '
dam of Ma loci-est Korndyke Hengeriieldnvi'llild; 35;;
and grand am both have yearly records of over 1230 lbs
butter, Sire is King ()na whose dam has vearlv record
0 - and her dun a yearly record lot [1 ‘veare of
over lIOOgb'fédBull is Hf white and as straight all.
. . . 3 c . or x - . .
armed onemfrom‘ 875‘”qu mediate Hale. Other
F. A. BARNETT & IONS. _

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rochester. was. ‘

. 294541

Holsteinbnll, nearly ready for service. lorseytraikh’t ,
deepbodied. handso ely marked 51 white. His six
nearest dams have All records that avers o butter
Vldaye‘MJB milk 534“». . B. Reader. Howe l, Mich.

The Pontiac Herd

“Where the Champions come from”

Ofl'erBull Calves sired by sons of Pontiac Korndyke.
Hengorveld DeKol.Pontiac Dutchlnnd.or Admire

Walker Piotertje.
Do you want a Pontiac in your herd?

Pontiac State Hospital, Pontiac, Mich.

 

OLSTEINS of (guilty. Bull calves from dams with
record-high as ‘ 1 lbs. in 7 days. Also collie puppies.
E. A. HARDY. - - - - Rochester, Mich.

' Holstein bull calf. born Sept.191'l, dam
Rengtefed daughter of 24 lb. cow, write for pedl-
and price. l".0.l:l. your‘station.

roe
T]. E. STURGIS, R. 3, St. Johns. Mich.

' calvosfl'x heifers, & 2 bulls 15-16ths ure.
HOISteln 5 weeks old. beautifu lly marks . 3%
eachmrated for shipment. anywhere. Buy only the best.
EDGEWOOD FARMS, - - Whitewater, Wil.

arkside Holstein bulls. 8 and 16 mo. Both sired by

noted bull. 37 relatives are 30 lb. cows. Priced to sell.
.1. E. TIRRII.L it SUN. - - Charlotte, Mich.

HEREFORDS

IO bull calves for sale, Perfection
Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding.

ALLEN BROS.,
PAW PAW, MlCl—l.

Bob Fairfax 494027 at head
He refords of herd. 14 bulls for sale
all ages either polled or horned. EARL .
McCAR’I‘Y, Sec'y Mich. H. B. Ass'n, Bad Axe, Mich.

Choice Bulls

of Royal Majesty.
particulars.
Alvin Bald-en.

 

 

ready for-service. Also heifers
for sale. Strong in the Blood
Come and see them or write for
‘ WILDWOOD HERD,
Oapoo. Mich.. Phone 143.5.

 

  

 
     
        
    
     
     

Ready for: Service

Sired by better bred bulls and
out of high testing dams.

m The Producing Kind

with Jersey type and capacity.
Prices Irensonnble. Also 3 fl““'
red slits (Durocs) and hours

Brookwater Farm,
.1. Bruce Henderson, Mgr.
Ann Arbor, Mich.

 

' Reg. Jersey Bull Calves. 2 bulls 3 mol.
Ch°lce old from dams that are doing better
than 40 lbs. monthly grandsons of Majesty's Western
King Price 850 reg. it transfered.

Oapac. Mich.

FRED A. BRENNAN, ~ - -

M able Lane R.of M.Jerrse.y herd. For sale hullfibnfl
calves and heifer calves sired by a grand-son ofth.

greatest Jersey bull in the world, Pogis 99th of Hood

Farm. .l RVIN FOX, Ii. 3, Allegan. Mich.

T herd of registered .1ch if

0 reduce sal ya we 0 er ta'
eacarloud of cows 6: h 1

tree from Abortion & Tuberculosis. e lets. Herd

ll. (I. & A. H. DONALDSON, Fenton, Mich.

 

 

 

unsnv bull and bull calves for l r '
J cows, also heifers and cows of ails-388:0!“ R. or M.

 

o. n. wunNmu, a, Allegan, Mich.
F o R s A L E terrwrmw
stairs and PARKER. a. 4. “mitteiiiemoh.

 

Ready for so

Jerseys fer sale s... mm... with???"
MnJesty, breeding. Vi A'I‘ERMAN & WATERMX§
Meadowland Farm. - - - Ann Arbor. Mich.

illie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Si '- " ll .
Lto freshen next fall. Also a few hidifleii' niidfgii‘llbggg'
\ us of choice brooding. (lolonfl. Lillie, (‘uoporsvilll-Mich.
F A fine, dark. solid color Je . ' h
or sale 16 mos. old. Double gradriZLnud}

Royal Majet and out of B. of M cow
0. it o. DluAKyE. - - Ypsua'nu. Mich.

Shorlhorn Callie oi boll: Sex for Sale

. W. KNAPP. Howell. Mlchlnn.

BLLlWELL sunmunnus

For Beef and Milk.

Registered bulls. cows and ho'fers-G
S<~utch~fl‘opped for sale. In priine condlliiogcollggdgfi
3:“??? heuiiigmcnt. Farm 10 minutes from N Y O
‘ U H . . . .
allpt ralns. Wrifgm loledo, ()hio. Automobile meet-

BIDWELL STOCK FARM,
Box B. Tecumseh, Mich.
Shormorns—Dairyor beef bred. Breedinastook all

ages foraalo at farmers ricos
Secr. Cont. Mich. Shortbom Breeders' gun, l‘cBrizdoficlh‘.

Richland Farm

Shorthorns.

IMP. Lorne in Service. ‘ '
Mich. Special oiler on 141(1rerzild‘gfgliiliiii “m Bull 0:

with calves at foot.heifers two orns. 00”
one Your old. Also a nunalooliveciifmbiill‘l1 glivelizeltvfil:

Invite correspondence and inspection

0. H. PRESCOTT d:
Farms at Prescott. Mich. Office at TREE: City Mich

. F rancnsco Farm Shorthorns
“einéa‘lntuin‘one of Michigan's good herds of 8 tab
3?” hmd‘lliydl :gxdied _cattlo. The are well bred 30mp-
like to show themprico reanonab 0. Come and see; In
P. P. POPE

Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

Yearling bulls hv Onod V
‘ ’ . 3’8 best . My m
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Shorthoms. Registered heifers & 00w: honey

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WHEAT.
. April 16, 1918.

There is no change in the cash mar-
ket situation'of this cereal. The grain
is scarce and receipts from producing
sections are arriving only in small vol-
ume. Millers find it difficult to secure
enough to keep mills going. Rains
have benefited the new crop somewhat
although in a few states .dry weather
is having a bad effect and the acreage
will be considerably reduced through
abandonments. More rain is needed.
A year ago the local quotation for N0.
2 red wheat was $2.60 per bushel. The
present prices are:

 

No. 2 red ................ $2.17
No. 2 mixed ....... ‘. ..... 2.15
No. 2 white ............. 2.15

CORN.

While the condition of this grain as
it reaches the markets continues to be
poor, Chicago dealers report a consid-
erable improvement in the quality of
the receipts at that point. At Detroit,
hOWever, there is very little change.
Present prices rule about five cents be-
low the quotations of a week ago.
.There is a general belief that the
acreage of corn that will be planted
this year in the northern states partic-
ularly, is going to be much less than
normally put in, on account of the
scarcity of seed corn. This prospect
is a bullish element in the trading and
acts to prevent the big slump in prices
that dealers have been looking and
hoping for. A year ago corn brought
$1.49 for the No. 3 grade on the De-
troit market. Present local prices are:

No. 3 corn .............. $1.65

No. 3 yellow ............. 1.75
No. 4 yellow ............. 1.60
No. 5 yellow ............. 1.35
No. 6 yellow ............. 1.20
Chicago prices are lower as follows:
No. 3 yellow ....... $1.55@1.65
No. 4 yellow ....... 1.45((Q1.50

OATS.

While values have been fluctuating
in this market, and the present range
is lower than those quoted in our last
issue; the market at the opening on
Monday indicated renewed strength,
due partly to the liberal purchase by
the government. Prospects are that
exporters will take more of the cats
offered as soon as it is possible to send
them to Europe. Primary receipts
have been heavy and a liberal increase
in the visible supply is reported. A
year ago standard oats sold on the 10-
cal market at 77c per bushel. The lat-
est prices for the Detroit marketgare:

Standard oats ............. 9
No. 3 white ................ 92%
No. 4 white ................ 911/2

RYE.

There has not been a great deal of
activity in rye circles the past fort-
night, and values show a substantial
decline since a week ago. Present pric-
es for cash No. 2 are as follows:

Detroit ................. $2.60
Chicago ................ 2.60

BEANS.

Farmers are apparently too busy
just now to give a great deal of atten-
tion to marketing, and the offerings of
beans at country elevators have been
limited. The demand appears also to
be easy with prices holding at last
week’s figures. On the Detroit market
cash beans are steady at $11.50 per
cwt. At Greenville the basis is $10.25
for hand—picked. The Chicago trade is
fair, with the feeling easy. Present
prices at that point are: _

Hand-picked, fancy. . . .$12@13
Red kidney, fancy ..... 14

FEEDS.

No satisfactory quotations for bran
can be secured. The maximum price
to consumers as fixed by the food ad-
ministration is $31.10 per ton in car-
load lots, or $31.60 in less than carload
lots, but these prices are not being ad-

.hered to by many Michigan dealers.

Other feeds in 100-lb. sacks, jebbing

lots:
Cracked corn .......... $70.00
Coarse corn meal ..... .. 70.00
Chopped Feed ........ . 56.00

Market is easy and quiet. Prices in
carlots at Detroit are:

No. 1 timothy ...... $24.50@25
Standard timothy . . 23.50@24
Light mixed ....... - 23.50@24
No. 2~timothy ...... 22.50@23

Pittsburgh—410m correspondent ad-
vises us that the market is deluged
with bay of all grades. Market declin-
ing fast.

“' No. 1 timothy ...... $27.50@28

7' , .- No. 2 timothy ....... 23.00 24

No. 11131112 mixed... 23.00 24

 

- ‘1‘”: E: 7
, POTATOES.

The very latest telegraphic market
reports show the majority of the big
markets east of the Mississippi river
to be in a steady to stronger position.
In Detroit, for instance, a local scarcity
of tubers in dealers’ hands has forced
a substantial advance in quotations.
Cleveland, Buffalo, Cincinnati and
Pittsburgh are also higher. There were
twelve cars on track at Detroit Tues-
day morning. Here are the jobbing
prices paid at various important east-
ern markets for U. S. Grade No. 1 per
cwt., and the condition of trade:

Detroit (higher) ...$1.30@1.50
Cleveland (firm)... 1.40@1.45
Buffalo (higher). 1.50
New York (steady) 1.75@1.85
Wash. (steady). . 1.60@1.65
Pittsbgh (stronger) 1.40 @1.45
Cincinnati (higher) 1.30 1.35

At Michigan points farmers are re-
ceiving for U. S. Grade No. 1 in bulk
60@85c at sidetracks, the latter price
being quoted at Greenville. New York
state farmlers are getting $1.15@1.25
for the same grade; Wisconsin produc-
ers 80@900, while Maine growers are
getting $1.21 for field run at starch fac-
tory. (Above quotations are furnished
by U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Markets, Detroit Office).

BUTTER.

Reports from various markets show
a stronger butter trade than obtained
a week ago. At Detroit the price is up
nearly two cents, with the general quo-
tation for extra creamery firsts at
411/2c, and a few reports of premiums
of two cents above these figures are
made. Fresh creamery firsts 401/20.
The Chicago trade is active and high-
er, with creamery prices ranging from
34@41%c per pound. While receipts
have been fairly liberal, the demand is
unusually good and rapidly absorbs all
arrivals. Creamery butter is also high-
er on the New York market, with ex-
tras qudted there at 451/2@46c; firsts
at 421/2@441/2c, according to the latest

wires.
CHEESE.

There was a decline in the cheese
trade a short time ago, but dealers al-
lowed their stocks to run low and are
now obliged to come into the market
for supplies, which has given the trade
a firmer tone at slightly lower prices.
this week. The output of new cheese
is still small. In Chicago Daisies and
Young Americas are selling at 22@
22340, with old makes commanding a
premium above these prices. There
is a slight advance at Detroit with
Michigan Flats selling in jobbing lots
around 22@221/ch and some riper of-
ferings commanding as high as 240.
\Vhen peddled to groceries 24c can be
secured for recent made.

EGGS.

While the prices quoted by the De-
troit board for fresh eggs is 33%@34c,
some of the dealers are paying a pre—
mium above these quotations. The
Chicago market is firm, due largely to
the heavy demand, although receipts
the past week were smaller than the
previous week, and considerably less
than for the corresponding week for
1917. Fresh firsts are bringing 321/3@
331/2c in Chicago, and ordinary firsts
31%@321/20. The New York market is
firm, with fresh gathered extras at
381,420 per dozen.

POULTRY.

Live poultry is in demand and the
market is firm. Embargo on selling
hens and pullets has been amended to
end April 19, so farmers can sell these
classes of poultry on and after April
20. Detroit prices are:

Spring chickens ....... 34@ 35
Old roosters .......... 24
Ducks ................. 34@35

Fat geese ............. 30
Chicago—In live poultry the market
shows practically no change. Supply
is sufficient to meet demands.
Fowls ................. 23@31
Ducks ....... . ......... 31
Geese (general run) .18@20

WOOL

On April 5 all stocks of'wooi were
offered to the government at the prices
then obtaining. This offer followed the
telegram of Acting Quartermaster-
General Goethels in commandeering
all looms in the country capable of
turning out goods for the army. With
the government’s action preceded by
heavy buying for civilian purposes the
wool trade is naturally in a very strong
position and farmers should, as a re-
sult, obtain record prices for their of-
ferings this year. No local transac-
“lime have been reported on this year’s
c p.

GRAND RAPIDS

Shipments of new potatoes from the
south are increasing, Florida reporting

 

movement of 35 cars April 13, as com- @

pared with 48 cars of old potatoes out

 

 

  

of Michigan» .5. that date." 'rrhé ar

shortage prevents loading in’ Michigan
and farmers are also busy with-"spring
work so that potato movement is light.
While Greenville reports potatoes at
80@85c, the price in general for wag-
onside track loading at country points
is 60@75c. The United States Bureau

  
 

of Markets has been assured by the,

director of railroads that no list of non-
essential farm products will be issued
and it is believed that adequate trans-
portation for farm products will be
provided this year. Fresh eggs con-
tinue at 30@31c. White beans, hand-
picked basis, are now quoted at $10@
10.50 per cwt.

DETROIT CITY MARKET

Considering the season, there was a
fairly good market Tuesday morning,
with prices well maintained as follows:
Cabbage $1.75 per bushel; carrots 75
@90c; potatoes $1;/ parsnips $1; beets
90c; turnips 850; Baldwin apples $1.75
@2.25; Steele Reds $2.35; eggs 39@40c
Der dozen.

 

BUFFALO.

April 15, 1918.
Cattle. .
Receipts 125 cars; market 25@500
higher; prime steers $14.50@15.75;
fair to good $13.75@14.50; plain $12.75
@1325; coarse and common $11.75_@
12.50; choice heavy butcher steers
$14.50@15; fair to good $13.50@14;
best handy steers $14.50@15; fair to
good $13@13.50; light and common
$12@12.50; yearlings $13@15.50; best
heavy heifers $13@13.25; good butcher
heifers $12.50 ’13; fair butchering
heifers $11@1 ; common $8.50@12;
fancy fat cows $12.50@13; best heavy
fat cows $11@‘11.50; good butchering
cows $10@10.50; medium to fair $9@
9.50; cutters $8@8.25; canners $6.50@
7.25; fancy bulls $11.50@12; good
butcher bulls $10.50@11.50; best feed-
ing steers $10.50@11; common to fair
$9@9.75; stockers $7.50@10; milkers
and springers $75@140.

Hogs.
Receipts 80 cars; market 10@15c
lower; heavy $18.25@18.40; yorkers
$18.50@18.60; pigs and lights $18.25

@1840.
Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 30 cars; market 15@25c
lower; wool lambs $21.50@21.75; clip-
ped $18.35@18.50; yearlings $15.50 ,
16.50; wethers $14.50@15; ewes $12
13. Calves $7@16.50.

CHICAGO.
April 15, 1918.

Our special representative at the
Chicago Stock Yards reports:

 

Cattle.
Receipts.
Monday, this week. . .24,000
Total last week ........ 69,817

Total preceding week. . .58,891
Total week, year ago. . .54,197

Cattle advanced week before last on
an average 750 and last week 50@900
more, the week’s rise averaging 75c.
The above advance was in steers while
cows and heifers sold last week 25@
40c higher, as did bulls, stockers and
feeders. The bulk of the steers sold
at $13.50@15.85, with common to prime
steers going at $10.50@16.40. This
week opens with a lively general de-
mand at generally well maintained
prices and choice beeves of heavy
weight booming, sales taking place at
$16.50@16.75. Medium steers go at
$14.25 and over, good lots at $15 and
upward and .choice beeves at $16 and
over. Week before last top steers
brought $15.50 and a year ago $13.45.
Cows and heifers bring $7.25@13,
stockers and feeders $8.75@13 and
calves $7.75@14.75, receipts of 23,433
calves last week having caused a
slump in -values, $17 having been pai
a week earlier. .

Hogs.
Receipts.
Monday, this week ..... 65,000
Total last week ....... 208,538

Total previous week. . .161,355

Total week, year ago. .116,516
Hogs were in active local and ship-
ping demand last week, and despite the
great increase in the receipts, prices
closed Saturday a little higher than a
week earlier, top for prime light hogs
being $18. Today’s large receipts

'brought about a drop of about 20 cents, ,

hogs going at $16.30@17.80, With ru-

mors of an early sale at $17.90. Pigs r

are selling at $13@17, feeders going
highest. Prime heavy hogs bring
$17.60. A year ago hogs brought $15.25
@1635. Hogs now arriving average
242 pounds.
‘ ' Sheep and Lambs.
Monday this week. . . . . .12,000
Total last week. . . . . .' . .67,366
Total preceding week. . .43,170 '
Total week, year ago.. .73,935
- Lambs advanced for wooled flocks
25@40c‘ last week, shorn lots being 10
15c higher. Wooled lambs sold at

 
 

 

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erdsgand- today same, 1. paid. for
time Colorado lambs. Prime sham
lambs have soared to $17.85. Colorado
ewe lambs sell to breedersat $20.50 ,
21 and shearing lambs at r$18.50@2 .
Very few sheep or yearlings are of-
fered, and sham wethers sell at $13.50
@1580 and prime wooled yearlings at

$19.60.

 

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK).

(Continued from page 414).
against the seizure of Dutch ships in
United States ports.

Sunday, April 14.

Allied troops continue to hold their
key position on the western front.—
German drive over Lys plain and near
Merville are checked, while a' desper-
ate battle is in progress on a line run-
ning southwest of MeSsines to south
of Bailleul.—-Observation shows that
there are about 4,000,000 men about
equally divided between the Allies and
the central powers engaged in the ti-
tanic struggle—Detroit having over-
subscribed to the Liberty Lean on Sat-
urday, new sets a goal at $60,000,000,
which is about seventy-five per cent
above its quota—President Wilson ap-
proves plan to experiment with con--
crete ships—United States Senator
Stone from. Missouri dies, following a.
stroke of paralysis.

Monday, April 15.‘

Haig line is holding in every sector.
Terrific fighting is in progress for Bail-
leul, which commands the gates to
Dunkirk and Calais, while the British
line continues flint—French stop Ger-
man raids hetween Montdidier and
Noyon.—Pershing’s men use bayonets
and defeat Germans on the Meuse near
St. Mihiel.—United States government
announces one~fifth of the third Lib
erty Loan is already sold.

Tuesday, April 16.

The momentum of the German at-'
tack against the northern end of the
western front appears to be checked by
the British. Eleven assaults against
the latter’s trenches at Merville were
completely repulsed in the most bit-
terly fought. engagements of the war.
Neuve Eglise is the only position that
fell to the Germans the past two days.
The government at Washington hints
a new military program which includes
the calling of 3,000,000 men to the col-
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I purchased this attachment last September, and
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With'my attachment connected to a Ford car. I pull-
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' (Signed) N. H. Christensen,
venna Michigan
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'rsda ’s Market.
Thu y‘ April 18, 1918.
Cattle.

Receipts 1529. Market 500 higher

2 st week.
th'l‘xhela cattle market was fully 50c
higher than at the high time a wee
ago and was the most active and high-
est ever seen at these yards on all
kinds; $12@13 was a common price for
butcher grades and several bunches
sold as high as $14.50. This is more
than fancy Christmas stock brought
around the holidays. There seems to
be no prospects of lower prices in Sight
and the consumer can make up his
mind that he willhave to come across
with a good bunch of cash to get any
kind of beef for some time to come.

Best heavy steers $14@14.50; best
handy weight butcher steers $12.50@
13; mixed steers and heifers $11.50@
12; handy light butchers $10.50@11;
light butchers $9@10; best cows $9.50
@1150; butcher cows $8.59Q;§9; cut-
ters $8@8.50; canner‘s $7(a‘i.50; best
heavy bulls $100111; bologna bulls
$8.50@9.50; milkers and springers $60
@125. '

Bishop B. & H. sold Golden 2 cows
av 980 at $9; to Bresnahan 13 cutters
av 915 at $7.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 4
canners av 832 at $7, 3 do av 900 at
$7, 2 cows av 975 at $8.50, 1 bull wgh
1000 at $9.50,1 do wgh 1000 at $8.50, 4
steers av 887 at $11.50, 1 do wgh 1160
at $11, 14 do av 1073 at $12.60, 12 do
av 750 at $8.50, 6 do av 836 at $11.50,
5 do av 872 at $11.25; to Newton P.
Go. 6 steers av 1283 at $14.50, 2 do av
1190 at $12.50, 20 do av 970 at $11.50,
8 do av 1046 at $13.50, 4 cows av 990
at $9, 1 do wgh 1140 at $7.50, 13 steers
av 1141 at $14; to Sullivan P. Co. 3
cows av 990 at $9, 1 steer wgh 1080 at
$11; to Parker, W. & Co. 19 do av 730
at $10; to Ratner 1 do wgh 1170 at
$11.25; to Shipiro 1 bull wgh 1800 at
$13; to Heyman 1 do wgh 1480 at $9;
to Bresnahan 7 cows av 1053 at $9. '

Veal Calves.

Receipts 990. Market steady.
$15.50@16; others $8@13.

Veal calves were a trifle draggy and
generally 50c lower; the Jews bought
a few fancy at $16, but bulk of sales

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were at $15.50 and under. The quality
was generally common.
Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 708. Market strong. Best
lambs $17.25; fair do $15@15..50; light
to common lambs $12@14; fair to good
sheep $11@12; culls and common
$7@9.

Sheep and lambs were scarce and
very few wool grades were in the re-
ceipts. Best clipped lambs brought
$17.25@17.50 and sheeparound $12.
No spring lambs have appeared as yet
and few are expected.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Thompson 45
lambs av 55 at $16; to Mich. B. Co.
19 do av 65 at $16, 9 do av 60 at $16, 15
do av 80 at $16.50, 27 wool lambs av 78
at $20; to Hammond, S. & Co. 50
lambs av 100 at $15.50; to Sullivan P.
CO. 85 do av 105 at $15.50; to Mich. B.
Co. 107 do av 65 at $16.75, 12 do av 55
at $15; to Parker, W. & Co. 27 do av
67 at $15.50, 33 do av 65 at $17.25, 24
wool lambs av 75 at $20, 5 do av 90
at $20; to Mich. B. Co. 5 lambs av 120
at $14, 16 do av 105 at $17.25, 32 do
av 70 at $17.25, 5 do av 78 at $17.50, 27
do av 50 at $14, 94 do av 60 at $16.50,
15 wool lambs av 60 at $19.

, Hogs.

Receipts 4010. Market 15(8250 high-
er. Mixed $17.75@18; ‘pigs $17.75.

The hog trade opened Monday with
the best selling at $17.60 and few were
sold on Tuesday; they were 15c higher,
$17.75 being the top and on VVednes-
day they took another shoot upwards
of 15@200, the best selling at $17.90@
18 and pigs at $17.50@17.75. A large
number of the good pigs coming here
now are shipped out for feeding pur-
poses, but before they can go to the
farm for this purpose they have to un-
dergo a vaccination process which
costs the buyer $1 a head. The gen.
eral quality of the receipts this week
was good, and the railroad service is
much more satisfactory than usual.

 

 

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hard to get any premium. Will do bestwe

can although may have to stop paying
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remiume until loss oil‘ season sets in.
eep augments coming.
AMERICAN, BUTTE & CHEESE COMPANY,

Detroit, Mic .

to buy about 60 a]. or milk per day.
wanted Will contract for t c yciir. . ‘
Roy’s Creamery, 1018 Wabash Ave. Detroit, Mich.

Ship To The Old Reliable House
Daniel McCaffrey’I Sons,
623-625 W-buh Bldg. Pittsburgh Pa.

 

 

 

our l’olc l)urli:iiii bull twelve
For sale monthsth out: Shorthorii six
months old.
(1. A. WELSH, - - -

best of breeding. Yorkshire pigs. E.S.(3arr, Hnll’li‘l‘, Mich.

Addrcss .
Springport, Mich.

Red Polled Cattle

 

2Londs feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also
600 to 12001be. Isnnc Shaiistum. Fairflold. Iowa, B-B

Cattle For Sale

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

 

For sale. nniii ale of
G uernseys-hoihsex from A.ll{.coii,~.

Prices reasonable. Geo. N. Crawford. Holton, Mich.

 

   

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a" i . Soft. boar :- for sale It lumen?
m I can wrl e for description and
prices. J. ii...,..5iianiiason. ‘Plsinwefl. Mich.

Gilta bred for March fan-ow early
CheSter... fall gigs both sexes from best blood
lines. F. W. ALE ANDER. Vassar. Mich.

Big Type O. I. C’s.

Stock of all ages for sale. We showed at four “at.
fairs and won more championshmd Grand Champions
than all the other breeder: together double. we were
Premier Breeder and Exhibtor at every fair we show-
ed. We Breed the best. We sell the best. We Guaran-
tee them to be two best. Write your wants. Get our
Catalogue. We shi on approval. _

GRAND .LL and SON, Cass City. Mich.

0.1.0. &. chesler While Swine.

Strictlv Big Type with quality. Bred sows dz ilts are
all so] . two boars fit for service good. ones: A so lav.
a few fall igs left, either sex. I Will 5 ip . . .
NEWMA '8 STOCK FARM. ll. 1. Mariette, Mich,

 

 
 

Raise Chester Whites,
‘9 Like This '

”i, the original big produced
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I HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to
success. I can help you. I. want to see one hog from
my great herd in every community where am not alreld! rep-
resented b these this early developers—ready for market It 515
months oh! ‘ Write for my pla:i—~ ‘ More Money from Hogs.

G. B. BENJAMIN. R, F. I). 10. Portland. Elohim

   

 

 

 

BRED GILTS and
SERVICEABLE BOARS
I0 .i. CARL JEWETT, Mason, Mich.

  

 

 

 

0 I. C.'s 2 choice May boars it Sept. J: Oct, pigs sired
.by First Premium boar Micli. State Fair 1917.
Glover Leaf Stock Farm. ll. 1. Monroe. Mich.

o I c '3 big type. one yearling sow and gilte to far-
- . 0 row in Apr. and May. Aug. and Sept. boar
pigs. (‘1. P. ANDREWS, l.)an'~:ville. Michigan.

0 I C 9 all sold except some fall gilts. Order
‘ ' ‘ 5 your spring pigs now.
0. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.

O I. C. ’s. Last spring gilt-i bred for next spring far-
. row also last fall pigs eithci‘sex and not akin.
(lood growthy stock 5:; mile west of Depot, Citizens
phone 124, Otto B. Schulzc Nashville. Mich.

w . ' ' .
o. I. L. For soils fall gllCH and a few giltl

bred tor June furrow.
F. O. BURGESS. Mason. Mich. R. F. D.

F()R SALE

 

: Smooth Jumbo a grandson of Peter Mouw's old boar

Smooth Jumbo :1 600 lb. yearling. A top notcher fit to
head an) herd. Also some nice bred gilts at $50.
if you get. oiic you will have to hurry.

J.C. BUTLER. - - - Portland, Hickman.

 

urge Type P. C. no public sale this year; 50 cows and
gilts all queens of the breed go at private new.
W. J. HAGllJA-lHAW. - - - Augusta. ich.

8' I P.C. Big boned follows from lovm's greatest
'8 "'3 herds. Sgecinl prices on spring boars.
E. J. MATHEWSO ‘. - - - llurr Oak. Mich.

in 'l'ype l’. C. bred for March tit April farmw sired
by Peter's Jumbo & Grand Huperba and 201- 3 year.

 

‘ ling sows at bargni ii prices. (‘.li1.flnrnmt,l€ntnn Rnpids.licli

 

Large Type P. C. -

Bred gilts and boars all sold nothing to offer at present.
W. E. LIVINGSTON, Pal-ma. Mich.

 

l EONAHD'S Bred sows all aold.fall pigsmrders book-
)ed for spring pigs at weaning time. Shipped 0.0.“.
E. R. LEONARD. - - - - St. Louil,Mich.

B l '
P. 0. Saws For Sale. pliée.£2;..fi§§ll. “W“
A. A. WOOD & SON. « - - - Saline. Mich.

 

 

arge T386; P. 0. fall uilts, sire rm lb. yearling to be
bred to 1 lib. 2 your old for July 3': Aug. 2 extragood
tailbonrs. M. J. OLA liKE, Hf], M anon, Mich.

am llPE POUND cmuis. B"‘*‘;§f;%.;§?.2:? *"

G. 1N. BOLTON. R. 11. Kalamazoo, Mlcli.

 

Large Strain. PC. A few gills left bred for June fur-
row and 2 nice boars ready for service ill. farm-cm

 

prices. [1. 0. SWARTZ, Hlioolcraft. Mich.

BIG I'PE Poland Chiiias: Brood sows nllsold. Have
ll l'eii‘ fall igs. Price! right.

L. W. BARNES & SO . - - - Byron. Mich.

 

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HamPShl e Boars lng iirdiiaxigimfiiir S iiinng

 

 

CATTLE “005 pigs, JOHN w sNYiina, R. 1, St, Johns, ich.
Three scotch bulls ready for I-‘ROCS Orion Chief Perfe 'ti N .6895 :1 J - H -
vsvléoigtggifisfi fiervlctii "Price mfiqdmglllhiolich f bniiigs PilotdWondfir 210.7337; Tlii‘o oiiitstan iiil bozxiiu ORSES
_ _ . , . i. W . - o in type an exce eiit quality. All uelecte large REGISTE :: ED PERC HERON

 

Muwnlton Monarch 2nd. 387322 half
Shorthorns brother to 5 Grand Champions in ser-
vice. JOHN SCHMIDT, H. 5. Reed City. Mich.

ON of Harthorth Welfare heads our herd of milk-
ing Shorthorns Comprising (lhifley of Clay bred
cows. young bulls ready for sale and service. write uii
lede Bros” 11.2. Clinton. Mich, Macon Phone.

Grand Inverse sharihom is: . 3.7%; 3“” ’°’
M. E. DUCKLEB. Sea. Traverse City. Mich.
1867_1918 Maple Ridge Herd of Bhorthorns

Yearling heifers and bull calves for
sale. J. E. ’l‘ANSVVELL. Mason. Mich.

 

Shmm Foiirvnry desirabloheifersl'l to 21 months
"'3 old.nnd imiismu. All roans. Price sum.
6. E. BOOTH. - — - - - Mei-rice. Mich.

QHORTHORN; 1 bull 6 months old, 1 heifer fi mos.
bold Registered in buyer's name. $100 if taken soon.
H. W. MANN. - - - - Dani-Willa, Mich.

HORTRORNS~20 hulls 2 to 18 mos., mostly from

Dorthy'u Sultan 463045, agraiidson of Whitehall
Sultan. also a few cows. 0. Curls-on, LeRoy. Mich.

' of best Bates Strains. young
”8|"de Shudhorn. stock of both sexes for sale.
J. B. HUMMEL, - — - - Mason. Mich.

F
Scotch Shorthorns .212, ”33,? $.35?"
John Lassitior's Sons. Orion. Mic .. . R. I“. D. 1
Hired b' e tandoori ofO

ShorthornS-- Clay. lilo sgook for sale: yrufl
COLLAR BROS. R. 2, Conklln. Mich.
FOR Sale: One registered Shorthorn Durham bull‘

iCecilBuckinghnmi Roan. 3 years old. Too good

for the block. Must be sold at once. Make mean offer.
Address Wm. TEACHOUT. Clio, Mich.

One yearlin bull. Also bull
Red P0115 calves by lncoln Lad 2nd.
For prices and description. write
Wells Parish d: Bone, R. 3, West Olive. Mich.

Polled Mm Cattle man-uni; bulls for

typo smooth sows. Thrift y. smooth, large boned spring
giltii from these hard boars and choice sows at very
reasonable prices. The. Jennings Farms. llailey.Mlch.

 

GREY TOWER FARM

Now otlers for sale a few choice Holstein bull onh'el.
from high testing dams. with good A. ll. 0. records,
at farmers’ prices. write us about them and our

M. II. lllCliEll Mgr..

You want more size.feoding qualities. Fall bonrsready
for service. A ‘
NEWTON BARNHART, - -

Durocs & Berkshires
Grass Lalo. Iich.

DUROCS

 

for June fan-mung.
St. Johns, Mich.

few sun's bre

 

l)uroc Jerseys--boare of the large heavy boned type.

breeding considered, also gilts bred to uiiior Cham-
pion boar for spring fan-ow. l-‘.J. Drodt. R. . Monroe. Mich.

Prize winning stock, prices reasonable. type and

 

E.'D. HEYDENBEEK. - -
sows all sold. M. C- TAY
A. FLEMING.

CAREY U'. EDMONDB.

our" 3 Why don't you order a. pig and raise an
ll. 1!. OALX 8. - -

D U R O C S 25"1figfimidxp‘ifis" “.173:

 

.1. Linguine, . _ ,iviuir. Mich.

   

  

 

J. n. BANGHART. , .

DUROG J ERSEVS

- Wayland. Mich.

arm: fall boars sired bv Crimson Critic T.. Satisfac-
tion and Breakwater ri'ncifial. priced right. Bred
OR, Milan. Mich.

Con spare two or thnee bred daughters of
in

Joe Orion 2:14 the .6000 be .
- - - - - Lake. Mich.

chic: Bum: Jemy Gill: For Sale.

H neti nae. Mich.

extra good boar or gilts for yournelf.
. Ann Arbor. Mich.

 

I. Lansing. Ditch

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“row a no? M'id'ii.

incision msrnsu

The entire herd of the late A. A. Palmer

More. and Stalllonl priced to ”H.111.
. . HUNT

 

will be closed out;25- pure bred er--

cheron mares $200 to $400 except 0;
also young stallions

PALMER‘BROSq Belding Mich.

C' Black, Reg. Percheron Stallion 4
or .7 ale m. .. . m.
._ gm 1900. Sound and a sh ome
abtirgain if taken soon. owh . '
St.John, Mich.

BIRD d: MUNSON. - ' -
Percheron: llolslains,ln us Slim ' '
DORli D. BUILL. gull; in. Emhmqm

 

Stallions and mares of "no
PerCheron prices; inspection invited. nable
F. L. KING & SON. - - - Charlotte. Mich.

Percheron; 32);, awffid 3““ ““9“- 5m
‘ . 2.

J. M. HICKS & soNs. William-£011.5M.

Funulf E‘liregneilzlistemd Perchehronomll‘lmnd
wo ere oron
n. mummies, - . 5‘3".“ “@333“:

Pure blood eleven months old Blue G
Fill 3* can, eligible, win wei h over 100018333}:
we! hs 2300. Will make a good one when developed.
Wr be, or telephone No. 172 ' '

CHRISTLEY, Three Oaks 1?er goimmntmewi filial"
oung Jennet .h .
TWO Large ghetlnnd Ponizacsgdpee::rilm5rdme
fox hounds. W. E. LEOKY, Holmelville. lo
‘ Stalli n. Price-dingo". Bi: con‘ .
Belgian Md. 82nd tor photon. ate Li
CHAS...~ BEELEY. - - Three Riven. Mich.

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