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FEW men have studied agricultural





‘ needs more thanlDavid Lubin, the





founder of the International Insti-

tute of Agriculture at Rome. Lubin

was an'Americanized Jew who had

made a fortune as a merchant and

banker in' California, who with the

most enlightened conscience and pure-

ness of heart viewed agriculture as a

matter of merchandizing. " ‘ “

With indefatigable zeal David Lubin

visited the legislative bodies and rul-

ers of the world and secured appropri-

ations for securing the'statistics of the

World’s output from the soil; These

reviews and abstracts are valuable, yet

they have fallen far shert of David

Lubin’s expectations of giving advan-

tage to the producer of food stuffs;

Orthodox economists of agriculture





.haye argued that supply.





and demand were the in-

exorable laws that made

prices and that a knowl-

edge of the supply would

establish just prices. The

elabOrate statistics of farm

”products provided .by all

civilized countries have

"followed these lines with

hopes of valuable service.



Many well meaning per-

sons have studied agricul-

ture’s needs and condition

and came up against the

supply and demand theory

‘and diagnosed the ills of

unrequited toil in food sup

ply as unavoidable. ‘



I have a letter before me

from the’ Quartermaster

General’s office in Wash-

ington who declares that

it is his purpose to pur-

chase potatoes at the low-

est figure at which he can

secure them. This officer

from his viewpoint and the

general one also held by

those in authority in the

nation, is right. The view-

point is the old one of sup-

ply and demand and this

is the cul de sac of

thought. David Lubin

thought if all had a knowl-

edge of the world’s supply, then de-

mand would compel an equitable ad-

justment and the producers would

gauge their production to demand.



‘ The statesmen who legislate and the

students of economics who advise have

neglected at least two fundamentals of

agriculture. The first is that season-

able crop conditions are not within





man’s control and that the acreage to





produce surplus must exist to prevent

famine in case of adverse seasons. The





 





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DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1918





. By JAS. N.





MCBRIDE





Market Director for Michigan





material. Mr. Hoover recognized the

latter when he proposed to prevent

profiteering. The rule of a fair profit

for the service rendered was eminent-

ly just but agriculture was in no posi-

tion to express itself or to present its

claim.



In the great struggle for adequate

compensation agriculture was handi-

capped by the general acceptance of

the doctrine of supply and demand be-

ing adequate to pay fair prices and the

lack of organization to present its

claims for cost and a profit. The pro-

ducers of steel, copper and manufac-

tured products were able to present





ample cost sheets and prove their

points. The inability of agriculture to

sit in the councils of the nation is to

bevreg‘retted. That there was a limit-

ed presentation of the case of agricul-





ture made may be admitted but this





was done in a perfunctory manner by

persons usually apart from ,the farm

and existing off agriculture rather

than by it. '



The overused formula for agricul-





ture was employed, such as supply and

demand, cooperation and standardiza-

tion, etc., but these were as impotent

as ever in the emergency. While leg-

ally the United States fixed prices only

on Wheat from the farm, actually all

prices were largely fixed by the United

States as a large buyer of supplies.

Simply as the largest buyer the prices

which were paid by the United States

were made the general price of such

commodities, The price except wheat

and possibly in the purchase of Colo-

rado and California beans, was made

apart from the producer. He had no

part nor was he considered as a busi-





What Will the Harvest Be? Nobody Knows





ness man to participate in the details

of food after he had produced it. The

government in this regard followed the

procedure of the past except as noted

above and can scarcely be criticised in

all fairness. The procedure, however,

Struck home to the producer in a man-

ner altogether different than ever be

before.



As a loyal citizen and putting forth

his best efforts to win the war with





 





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food he was ignored as to price fixing.

There were business and professional

men who sat on the commission to de-

termine wheat prices, while no agricul-

tural representatives appraised the

prices paid for manufactured products,

steel, copper and other material used

by the government. The purchase of

food stuffs was made largely by com-

petitive bidding. This was the oppor-

tunity and compelled bidders to place

low and still lower prices on the stuff

they were to furnish, for the loWest bid

received the award. ,



In the potato supply for example, a

perishable product, the price paid was

below cost. The service that the po-

tato grower rendered was ignored by

the old methods and his stock was

made to feed the nation without profit

——a .-discrimination t h a 1'.

should never exist. These

conditions prevailed prior

to governmental regula-

tions and it is scarcely to

be expected that unaided

if not unasked the Chang;

es Would be made. The"

government, however, be;

coming a party to what

had before been objection-

able. indeed. pointed to-'

ward a remedy, viz, agri-

cultural organization for

price fixing.



It is the inherent right

of all producers to appraise

their products at a price

that will maintain the gen-

eral equity of production.

This is the right of the

copper producers’ organi—

zation, also of the Ameri—

can institute of iron and

steel. It must be that of

the producers of agricul~

tural products, for without

profit there can be no cap-

ital. The English are us-

ing the word “Food Insur

ance.” That is a sufficient

margin above cost to in?



The opposition to agri-

cultural price fixing by the

sure reproduction in sue?

ceeding years.





producers comes first from the sport-‘





ing spirit of the speculator who sees

his opportunity for manipulation for-2

ever gone. The extent of these specu-‘

lative conditions is not by any means

confined to the products from first'

hands but extends to extreme rivalry‘

among dealers who secure advantages-

This places odium’i

on the middleman who was really give:





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indispensable. Price fixing by the pro-

ducers eliminates speculation and.‘

makes the middleman render a service

and also protects him from price raid—’

ing. The best judges of distribution.

doubt if ever the opportunity for spec- :

ulation will again be allowed in staple

foods. ' :

Mr. Hoover has laid the foundation

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, V nicety of adjustment of supply to de-

mand of the merchant or the manufac-

,a‘ ture}: is i not; possible. ,

.-The- secOnd is that supply and-de-

many 'of-farmvproducts arevnOt inter-

preted from the standpoint of service

in distribution but for profit to the is:

tributar or to those whormanufacture

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" Manufacturers can thrive when the price of their goods is regu-

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ally ina position to control the supply. .



But fixing prices on farm products by this method frequently

'wgsrks great hardchipsincc 4the supply herein largely dependent

. upon conditionr‘bcycnd tfi'é‘fp‘ower of the farmer to change.
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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





The report of the confer-

ence held with Food Admin-

istrator Hoover by th e

Michigan bean committee,

as published in our issue of last week.

should inspire the bean growers of

Michigan with confidence in the situa-

tion, and encourage the planting of a

normal crop of this important staple

on Michigan farms this year.



In this connection, a better knowl-

edge of the pinto bean which caused

the recent furore will doubtless be wel-

comed by the reader. The pinto is a

speckled brown bean, as indicated by

its name, somewhat larger and flatter

in shape than the Michigan navy bean.

A native of Mexico, this bean has been

grown to some extent in the semi-arid

, sections of the middle west for many

years, but-has not until very recently

attained any prominence as a market

variety. While it is grown to some ex~

tent under irrigation, its production

has been greatly stimulated by the in-

troduction of dry farming methods in

what has come to be known as the pin-

to bean sections of Colorado, New Mex-

ico and Utah. Grown under dry farm-

ing methods, the yield is not large, but

the production cost is comparatively

low where grown on a large scale, and

the quality is generally good, owing to

favorable climatic conditions for secur-

ing the crop.



This crop has never before assumed

so considerable proportions as was the

case last year, and it was due to the

fact that last year’s crop afforded a

considerable supply of valuable food

material, for which there was no es-

tablished market in this country, that

the crop was taken over by the Food

Administration as a food reserve and

for limited distribution, as noted in the

committee’s report which was publish-

ed last week.



NVhile it is possible that the pinto

hem may have a more 'or less import-

ant effect upon the navy bean- market

in future years, particularly in years of

large production, there is no probabil-

ity tint it will supplant the navy been

for domestic consumption to any con-

: slderable extent, due to the fact that

when m it has a less appetizing

, appearance andismtlndemsnd by

' 5 more on an even price basis.





The Bean

Situation.





 





The Michigan F armor.





It is probable that last year'ssxpofl-

once will encourage liberal planting of

pinto beans in the. sections above men-

tioned, this year, but being grown un-

der dry farming methods to a large

extent, the yield will be problematical,

and, with a continuation of war condi-

tions the crop can be disposed of in the

same manner in which, the bulk of this

year's crop is being handled.





Another factor in favor of the navy

bean as a profitable food crop is the

prospect that with the maturity of the

next cropthe ship building program

now in progress will provide bottoms

for a much larger shipment of? food

stufis to Eumpe than has been possi-





°° ble, notwithstanding the great need of





our European Allies, during the pres-

ent year



Michigan farmers who are equipped

to grow beans economically will do

well to plant their normal acreage this

year. While the farmer most always

assumes the bad weather risk in any

production program which he may un-

dertake, it is not likely that last year’s

extremely unfavorable conditions will

be. repeated this season. In any event,

the seaSon having been especially fav-

orable for rushing the Spring work, the

possible danger in this connection can

be forestalled by earlier planting than

was general last season.





The United States Bureau

of Markets has extended

its services in market cen‘

ters to include the inspec‘

tion and grading of perishables shipped

to such centers. Under established

trade practices the shipper of perish-

ables has had no protection at the

point of destination of his shipment.

Even though the shipment might have

been sold before delivery, the purchas-

er could refuse same on the ground

that the quality was below the grade

purchased. or the condition of the ship-

ment upon arrival was such as to make

it unmerchantable. In such case the

shipper had no remedy except to go

himself or send a representative to in—

spect the shipment at its destination

and make such disposition of it as cir-

cumstances permitted. Under these

conditions rejections were naturally

numerous, particularly on a falling

market.



To obviate this difficulty, the Bureau

of Markets has placed a man in charge

of this work in Detroit and many other

large market centers throughout the

country. This man is given the omcial

title of Investigator of Marketing, but

in addition to his other duties, he has

authority to pass upon the condition

and the grade of shipments of perish-

able food stuffs arriving in the market

from day to day. This will be a great

advantage to producers and coopera-

tive organizations who desire to ship

their products in carlots to the Detroit

market centers where a similar service

is maintained.





Market

inspection.





Dairymen in many sec-

Conserve tions of Michigan have

the Dairy Cows. been discouraged over

i h 9 future prospect,

due to the curtailment of shipments of

condensed milk to foreign countries.

The shortage of ships in which to ship

this product which is badly needed by

our European Allies, has caused a sur-

plus of dairy products to accumulate

with a prospect‘that increased accum-

ulations might constitute a real men-

ace to the immediate future of the

dairy industry in this state.





In this connection, dairymen who

contribute to the market milk supply

are likely to find encouragement in the

campaign now under consideration

with the object of educating the con-

suming public regarding the food value

of milk and other dairy products. The

dairymen who contribute to the con-

.dcnsedimzilk factories will: find? encour-

agement in the fact that the govern-

menu. 0W bowels- that by Mao-

tumn our shipbuilding program will





have reached the point where produc-





ticn will exceed the submarine toll.

and the situation above noted will be

relieved by the increased amount of

tonnage available for the shipment of

food products of all kinds to Europe.



It is fortunate for the dairymen that

this period of surplus has come during

the summer season when the cost of

production is comparatively low, in-

stead of during the winter season when

the cost of production was exceedingly

high, due to the high price of feeds.

That there will be some loss in the

handling of the milk from the dairy

where the normal market for the out-

put is restricted is unavoidable, but

this loss will be much less during the

pasturing season than could possibly

be the case during the winter feeding

season. With theprospect that there

will be a reasonable or normal outlet

for-his product by next fall, the wise

dairyman will hesitate before sacrific-

ing his good cows under existing con-

ditions.



As previously noted, the outlook for

‘dairying in the period succeeding the

war is particularly bright, not alone

because of the certain demand which

wi'l exist for dairy products of all

kinds, but as well because of the need

of foundation stock to rehabilitate the

herds of devastated Europe. The good

dairy cows in every herd should be

conserved even at the cost of a present

loss if necessary, in order that the fu-

ture profit may be realized when nor‘

mal conditions are reestablished. This

is good business as well as the patriot—

ic thing to do under present conditions.





To Aid the Potato

Market





MEETING of vital importance to



Michigan potato growers was



held in Detroit Tuesday morn-

ing of this week. The object of this

gathering was to determine whether

any practical program looking toward

a larger use of Michigan’s surplus po-

tato crop could be carried out. Various

interests were represented at the ses-

sion; the Food Administration, the Eu-

reau of Markets, the producers, carlot





receivers, chain store managers, retail

grocers, hotel mens’ association and





the Detroit Adcraft Club.



The proposition was discussed from

all angles and it was the unanimous

opinion of those present that the con-

sumption of potatoes can be materially

increased. financial and publicity com-

mittees were appointed to work out in

detail the practical suggestions brought

out during the discussion. The finance

committee is to seek ways and means

of carrying out the ideas developed by

the publicity committee. The men ap-

pointed immediately went to work at

their tasks. It is hoped that financial

assistance can be secured from the

state war board for putting out a com-

prehensive advertising campaign.



Some of the practical ideas that the

publicity committee plans to carry out

may be stated: Window displays for

retail stores will be worked out. It

was reported by one of the chain store

managers that the sale of potatoes had

been increased 300 per cent through

publicity of this character. Leaflets

setting forth the place potatoes should

occupy in the human dietary will be

put into the homes through the agency

of the schools. The hotel men will see

to it that their menu cards emphasize

potatoes more than has been the cus-

tom and that the portion of potatoes

allowed guests be increased. Public

bulletin boards will also be used-and a

general press campaign is to be car-

ried out.



.A representative of the federal bu-

reau of Marketshas made a careful

survey of the situation in Michigan and





partially!“ as a result the transpor-i





tation lines and the distributive ma-





cbrnery drain shape to carry out the

"proposed campaign. The only uncer-





hold the supplies, and the consumers

It is generally believed that the pro-

posed publicity campaign will move





consumers to do their part, consequent-





ly .the one real uncertainty over which

these men are anxious. is whether the

Michigan potato producers will deliver

the potatoes at loading points and

thereby keep a continuous supply of

tubers moving marketward to take care

of the increased consumption.



It is estimated that there are about

3.9.00 cars of Michigan's commercial

crop still in the hands of producers or

at country loading points. The pots:

toes have been moving more freely of

late but a very substantial increase in

thedaily outgo of cars will be neces-

sary in order to relieve our growers of

the necessity of allowing the tubers to

decay or to be fed to stock. Hence it

is of vital importance in this program

that the growers act promptly in deliv-

ering their surplus. Current prices

should be aCcepted to insure as large

a saving as possible from the 1917

crop. Prices will fluctuate, no doubt.

but the chances are that they will be

instead of higher.



Another factor emphasized was that

the various interests are showing their

good faith in making this special ef-

fort largely to aid the farmer to realize

something from the old crop, much

more than would be possible if the

markets were allowed to take their us-

ual course, and that the farmer should

reciprocate by planting this year a nor-

mal acreage of potatoes. We believe





that our growers will respond in the'





fullest measure and thereby show

their appreciation for the efforts being

made in their behalf.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Wednesday, May 1.



Allied forces gain at three strategic

points—~French retake Locre, the Brit-

ish drive the enemy nearer Mount

Kemmel, while Haig’s forces compel

the adversary to give ground in front

of Amiens. —-—Along the entire battle

front in Italy artillery bombardments

are taking place and small manoeuvres

are being carried out. Allies predict a.

Teutonic drive on the Italian front ere

long—Secretary of War Baker makes

a plea for an army of at least 3, 000, 000

men «to be raised with the greatest

possible dispatch. -—Villa bandits wipe

out an entire village forty miles south-

east of Chihuahua City. -—No strikes of

importance are on in America on war '3

May Day, when labor difficulties are

most likely to be in evidence. —Michic

gun’s first day as a “dry" state is ush‘

ered in with apparently few mourners

for the old regime





Thursday, May 2.



American troops are attacked near

Villers—Bretonneaux , on the western

front, where seve1e fighting has recent-

ly occurred, but the enemy is driven

back with extremely heavy leases.-

Military observers declare that the

German offensive on the west has be-

come deadlocked—Pursuing retreating

Turks in Mesopotamia, British troops

capture Over 2,000 prisoners and war

munitions. —-Oflicia1 informatiOn from





. the Italian front states that Bohemian





troops are deserting the Central pow-

ers and joining the Italian army. —Sec~

retary Baker asks for free hand to on-

large army to a sudicientnumber to

win the wan—French warship rams an

American ship off the Atlantic coast

and Sixty-live persous perish—Local

policemen and Protective League oper-

at1ves round up 1,200 radicals, includ-

ing 1. W. W. workers, pretended social-

ists and others, in Detroit.



‘ Friday, May 3.



Both artilleries are active north and

south of the Avre river'on the western

front, also near the Vosges mountains.

——Allies capture enemy machinegun

nests on the Amiens front.—Rouman—

ian soldiers numbering 18, 000 formerly

fighting under the Austrian flag, and

captured by the Italians, have asked

permission to fight for Italy, which

permisison has been granted. ——A Turk-

ish report declares the British have

been repulsed in Mesopotamia. —-Brit-



(Continued on page 614).





 





A FLYING FIGHTER.



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A SATISFACTORY MARKER.





 





I have found the marker made after

the following directions to give much

better satisfaction than those ordinar-

ily constructed by farmers. One of the

chief advantages is that the marks

made by this implement can be readily

seen after heavy rains, .which,is not

always true of those in which wood is

used to make the marks.



Here is the way I constructed mine:

I used a hardwOod 2x6, thirteen feet

long, and six ordinary spring drag

teeth. The teeth should be taken to

a blacksmith and straightened out with

the extreme end bent backward at an





 





 





hogs ‘it is well to further secure the

top by a wire over the top-boards near

the front end. '



Hog crates need not weigh more

than twenty-five to thirty pounds to

the one hundred pounds of hog. Sheep

do not require as strong crates and

thinner lighter lumber may be used.



Calhoun Co. D. P. C.





SHORT CUT HAYING METHODS.





 





One of the heavy hot-weather jobs

coming on in which it is desirable and

important to shift as much of the work

onto the horses as ’possible, is the hay-

ing. To this end the writer is plan-





 





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angle of about sixty degrees. Lay out

the 2x6 so that the teeth will be the

proper distance apart for the purpose

you desire it. I placed mine two and

a half feet apart for potatoes, and

twenty-eight inches for beans. Use the

clips and bolts from the old drag frame

to fasten these teeth to the 2x6. Have

the bent ends of the drag teeth turned

backward; bore two holes in the 2x6

at the proper place to insert thills for

hitching the horse. Four other holes

should be bored to provide handles;

two of these are near the center to

be used for turning around at the end

and then one is placed at each end of

the 2x6 for guiding when going to and

fro across the field—J. Terpstra.





FOR CRATING ANIMALS.





 





Farmers having occasion to ship

live stock by express, find the design

of crate illustrated, practical, since it

is easily built, strong and light, and

being smooth on the bottom, easy to

move on rollers in handling a heavy

animal. It was built of 1x4-inch boards

although the principle can be used

with any boards handy. The bottom

end-board is removed to show construc-

tion.



To build it, first procure the three'

dimensions of. the animal, then make

the floor the length and width. The

floor-cleats are nailed on top of the

floor-boards, care being taken to have





the outside edges and the ends even. .





Cracks may be left two inches wide

between the floor-boards.





of the floor before nailing on the four





upright corner pieces, which are saw-





 





ed about two inches taller than the an-

imal. The bottom end-boards are nail-

ed securely'into the floor-cleats as well

as the corner pieces. This holds the

sides snugly up to the edges of the

floor, affording it all the shearing

strength of the nails. Cattle that are.

to be tied in the crate do not need as;

tall sides and no «top is necessary, but

sheep and hogs require top-boards

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Nail the bot- '

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ning to adopt a combination of a num-

ber of common labor-saving devices

the coming summer. In various parts

of the country the hay sweep rake is

in common use. These are heavy rakes

twelve feet wide and with teeth eight

feet long, placed a foot apart. They

are mounted on wheels eighteen or

twenty inches in diameter, and a horse

or even a team, is hitched to either

end. The hay can be taken from the

windrow or cock, or from the swath,

and 500 to 1000 pounds can be gather-

ed at .a load. Where the haul is not

too long the load is hauled direct to

the ham or stack without loading onto

a wagon, and the hey can be taken up

with the horse fork. They are put out

by a number of implement manufac-

turers and_ cost less than half as much

as hay loaders and require much less

storage room when not in use. They

are so arranged that the front end of





Two Types of Barrel Traps that are Particularly

Efficient in Bidding the Premises of Rate.





the teeth can be raised from ground

when loaded. .



Now the adaptation planned is to use

the hay slings in connection with the

sweep. Half of the sling can be drawn

beneath the load as it rests on the

sweep and the other half laid on top.

The teeth can then be lowered and the

sweep backed-away. The‘hay is then

ready to draw into the mow with the

sling the same as when the sling is

used on a wagon. In this way the hay

is delivered intothe mow without any

hand pitching at all, and it is only nec-

essary to spread it in the barn by

hand.





Where the haul is too long to use

the sweep entirely and a wagon is nec-

essary we propose to provide slings

enough for a full load. Hay enough

will be brought together with the

sweep to make a load and deposited in

the slings as brought up. A, wagon will

be backed up nearthese bunches. and

two or three stout planks placed with.





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rack and the other on the ground. A

good rope will also be provided long

enough to reach from the hay across

the wagon rack lengthways and out in

front far enough to hitch the team to

it. The hay can then.be drawn onto

the wagon one bunch at a time until

the load is on. The hay will be left in

the slings, perhaps tieing the ends to-

gether to hold them in place, and the

load hauled off with them when the

barn is reached. It may be prudent

to nail some cleats across one end of

the planks to butt against the hay rack

and prevent the planks sliding up.



We younger fellows who are on the

shady side of sixty, and are liable to

have to get into the haying game are

on the lookout for such labor-saving

schemes, and this will save not only

time but perspiration as well.——-Edward

Hutchins.





KEEPING THE SCALES CLEAN. ‘





 





When platform scales are located in

the driveway of the barn, chaff and

debris sifts down into the cracks round

the edge of the scales and interferes

with weighing. When such stuff is

packed in the cracks the scales will

not weigh accurately. To remove the

chaff we made an instrument like the

one shown below which is kept hang-





0;.)





ing high in the driveway of the barn.

It consists of a short section of an

old cross-cut saw, with a handle on one

end. It takes but a minute to clean

round the scales with it. The teeth of

the saw lift the debris out instead of

pushing it down under scales—J. J.





 





BARREL TRAP.





 





About sixty years ago a writer in

the Cornhill Magazine gave details of

a. trap, by means of which it was claim-

ed that 3,000 rats were caught in a

warehouse in a sin-

gle night. The plan

involved tolling the

rats to the place and

feeding them for sev—

eral nights on the

tops of barrels cov-

ered with coarse

brown paper. After-

wards a cross was

cut in the paper, as

shown in the illus-

tration, so that the

rats fell into the bar

rel. Many variations

of the plan, but few

improvements upon

it, have been sug-

gested since that

time. Reports are

frequently made of large catches of

rats by means of a barrel fitted with a

light cover of wood, hinged on a rod

so as to turn with the weight of a rat.

Fig. 2 shows how a barrel can be fitted

with such a cover.





 





FERTILIZING Hosp CROPS.





 





It frequently becomes necessary to

apply fertilizer to heed crops after the

crops have started to grow. In doing

this it is necessary to prevent the fer-

tilizer from coming in direct contact

with the tender leaves of the plants,

since the highly concentrated material

is quite certain to burn the plant tis-

sues.



The accompanying illustration shows

how this work may be done very rap—

idly and emciently. To an ordinary fer-

tilizer distributor are attached pieces

onburlap so.as to guide the..fertilizer,

safely between the rows of plants. Any

handy person can easily arrange the





 





 





As best results are obtained when

the fertilizer is thoroughly mixed with





the sell, the proper procedure to follow -





is to apply the material between the

rows and then follow with thorough

cultivations. This mill mix the fertil-

izer and soil and allow the moisture





 





 





Distributing Fertilizer on Truck Crops.





contained in the latter to dissolve the

plant food of the fertilizer and make

it ready for the small fibrous rootlets

of the plant that reach out in the cen-

ter of the row for nutrition.



Regarding the question of burning

foliage with fertilizer, it should be ad

ded that this happens when the leaves

are moist. Should the fertilizer fall on

the dry plants no harm may be done

unless it remains there until the leaves

are moistened by rain or dew, when

damage will result.-—S. I. C.





CONVENIENT TOOL BAG.‘





 





There are a number of small jobs

about the farm that require the use of

small tools, such as fixing fences, re-y

pairing doors and buildings, and malt-l

ing repairs and adjustments on farm

machinery out in the field. It is cer-

tainly exasperating when one gets to

working to find that he has left back at

the shop the tool that would do the

work the easiest.



The most convenient way to avoid.

doing this is to have a tool bag like

the one shown in illustration, in which

a wide assortment of tools can be kept

for using away from the shop. The





       





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bag may be made in a few minutes.

It is made from an old grain bag.

Cut the bag off about fifteen inches

from the bottom. Sew it across below

the middle, that is, about six inches

from the bottom. The pockets for

holding the tools are next made by

sewing up and down. The upper pock-

ets are made of different sizes and

wider than the lower ones. so the

larger tools can he slipped in them.

The lower pockets are used to carry

such articles as cold chisels, bits. etc.,





while the upper Ones can be made to .





accommodate such larger tools as- are

most generally used. '





For carrying, put a strap handle at' {K

In this way the bag can be.



hung up in a convenient place where i

one is working, and afterward hush ,_ _

the shop on a nail when not in use; i





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A Small Size Thresher

For Use With a Tractor





E HE Case 20x 28 Thresher, pictured above, is

g the smallest of our lightweight machines. It is

‘ just the thing for use with any small tractor of

E the power of the Case 9- 18 oil tractor.



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With such a combination you can do your own



threshing, when you want it done. No need to wait



i ‘9 your turn. Thresh exactly when you want to, thereby



l taking no risk of crop losses on account of bad



‘ weather. You can handle a few jobs for neighbors

,too, if you wish.





Perhaps you use a sta- freed from a multiplicity of





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If so, a team of horses can other moving parts that eat

haul’this light weight ma- up power.





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'years. It, too, is built of

steel. It is simple in design

sturdily built and lacks all

complicated parts.





You will note that it is





This, like all Case ThreshJ

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is a size Case

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we make them in 7 sizes,

20x28, 20x36, 26x46, 28x50,

32x54, 36x58 and 40x62. Ask

the Case Dealer about them,

or write to us direct.





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1208 Erie Sheet, Racine, Wis. _

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NYONE can easily grow an the

horseradish the family may be

able to use, and a great many



people do have a small patch of it. All

that one need do is to stick a few

pieces of roots, or the crowns from

which the edibel reot part has been re-

moved, into the ground in any waste or

weed-overgrown spot anywhere on the

premises and the plants will give one

a. lot of roots that will do well enough

for supplying the home table with this

popular relish. It is far more difficult

to eradicate the wild sort of horserad—

ish than to set it going, as it spreads

rapidly and it is nekt to impossible to

get rid of it when once it has gained a

foothold. Because of its spreading pro-

pensity this Sort is usually thought of

as a noxious weed by many people. But

there is a great deal of difference be-

tween this sort of herseradish and the

commercial varieties that have been

bred up and grown for profit. With

proper care while the crop is growing

and at digging time, there is little dan-

ger of the improved sorts spreading.





Market Easy tO’ Find.



Every town of any size offers a mar.

ket for horseradish at certain seasons

of the year and many market garden-

ers are making good profits by grating





 





Orchards of Poor Varieties Should Not

be Neglected. They Can be Made

Profitable by Top-working.





 





and bottling it for the grocery trade,

or for p‘i'ivate customers. It pays the

market gardener well, even if the soil

is not an ideal one for the 'crOp, for he

can work up roots that are not consid-

ered first-class by the manufacturers

of condiments who use thousands of

tons of horseradish roots every‘ year.

In producing horseradish for manufac-

turers the aim must be the production

of large, straight main roots that are

not covered ‘with a lot of slim side

shoots. To produce these the soil

must be clean, deep and loose and spe-

cial treatment may have to be given

in order to prevent the growth of a lot

of side branches. It is the nature of

the horseradish root to iSSue a large

number of side branches, often” quite

long and slim, and these are worthless

for any commercial use except as sets.





Sandy Soil Best.





A nice sandy, rather moist loam is

what is wanted for commercial horse-

radish growing. The soil should be

worked deeply so that the roots will

have ample opportunity to lengthen

and enlarge, Increase the fertility of

the soil by heavy feeding with manure.

Pieces of the side shoots, perhaps of

pencil thickness and from five to six

inches long, should be obtained and

planted in early spring in order that





‘ they may have the benefit of a. long





growing season. Place the sets twenty





. inches apart in rows three feeetap‘art.





Each root should be set deep enough

so that when the soil is formed above





it the upper. end will be a c9uple of





1. _' HBrsera 1s





PURDUE

inches or so below the groundlei'elfl

a small iron bar can be used in setting





the roots. Cultivation should be given

until the tops shade the ground.





The principal root growth of horse-

radish is made in the fall with the be-

ginning of cool weather and digging

should not commence until just before

the arrival of freezing weather. The

roots run down quite deep, and much

pains must be taken in digging to get

as much as possible of the straight

root. Any side branches that may have

grown should be kept for next season's

planting. The salable roots can be

marketed when dug, or they can be

stored in a root cellar or buried in sand:

and worked up during the winter. The

roots for next season's planting should

be stored in.the same manner as the:

salable stock; there is no need to pur;

chase sets after the first season.





CONTROLS FIRE BLIGHT OF

APPLES.





 





In recent years a disease has been

spreading through the apple orchards

of this state, killing much of the newly

set fruit and many of the young grow-l

ing shoots of the trees. This disease‘

is fire blight. It attacks the pear as

well as. the apple and quince. It de-

velops to a serious degree almost ev-

ery year in pears. It rarely causes as

much injury in apples as it did last

year. It is caused by a bacterial para-

site which develops in the growing lay-

er of the tree, causing the tissues to

die during the spring and early sum~

mer. There is no other known pre-

ventive than cutting out and burning

the blighted parts.



When to Cut Blight.





The best time to cut out blight is in‘

early spring just before and just fol-‘l

lowing the blossoming season. It win?

'ters over mostly in pears, though 00‘

casionally in a few apples, like Jona-

than and Yellow Transparent. While

in June the blight shows in millions

of places on the twigs, it will winter

Over only in a few places here and

there in the trunk, main limbs or occa-

sionally in the twigs. In early spring

these winter pockets of blight may be

seen in blistcred areas on the bark

which give off honey-like exudations.

Insects feed on these honey-like mass-





.es oozing from winter blight pockets.





These honey-like masses are full of

germs of the disease which are carried

by the insects to blossoms and grow-

ing points in spring. If these winter

pockets can be cut out and the Wounds

painted, no blight germs will be left

and the disease will not spread during

the spring and early summer. If a

blight pocket here and there is over-

looked near blossoming time, the dis

ease will spread from it to the flower-

clusters and growing twigs. The first

blighted parts in the flower clusters

and new twigs put out honey-like ex-

udations,which stand in little beads on

the young twigs, leaf stems or young

fruit stems. If these are cut out just

after the blossoming period, enormous

spread of blight can be prevented. It

will’be well to keep this point in mind

this spring and cut out blight early,

before it spreads through the orchard.

Treatments of thtle Value.





' Treatment with salt, calomel, iron

and other things, has been recommend-

ed for preventing blight. None of these

except cutting out the blight, is of any

use. The reason why salt ’or iron stir-

red into the soil under a blighting

tree or calomel injected under its bark

seems to check the blight is because

the spring blight runs its course so





quackly that by the time it is observed

an





the alleged remedy applied, the

blight is usually ready to stop of its

own accord .





 





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1918 Roadwork In 5

Michigan





NGHAM county has plans to im-

prove twenty-three miles of road

this year, but the labor shortage

may cut down the program. The work

will include the following. Continua-

tion‘ of state reward road from Holt to _





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Webberville; two miles in Alaiedon ’ ' ‘ , A ‘\\»\:g, *1 ,

township; three miles near Stock- . i: _ A ' j §EZLI®5 . [3/ “/

bridge, besides other connecting links ’ " ‘ ‘ . ’ ‘ \fl“ \ W1C

with roads already improved. :2“ I: “7' /,

Ransom and Amboy townships in @475— '1”! WW :7.

Hillsdale county have sold their road . r27 -1‘."' “Mafia? [film/Ml 1... / My" 1':

bonds, amounting to $32,000 and $16.3 . -_ f H‘ ' ’(lm [ta-I‘ll], 1;, I (“In Hutu} ill/2:1,? a»

000 respectively, to a Hi-llsdale bank. {1‘11/7’7 [I til/N, uni/fl “W ‘ ' Ill/M In

Ransom will build} about four and a In" 741.th “(I W” ”I?“ ”WWII w . - Jr: 17:,

quarter miles and Amboy two and a ltd/(111] “I” ”I U’/// / "1.14)“





 





half miles of sixteen-foot class B grav-

el road.

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. . , . I . - - ‘ 0'5 ’ . 31'2”" ' *1-

year, according to bids on material re- _ .- . ' f; ' ', ' j/ * . V. ,. v’ _ r ‘ . 3% l/i'. II"! *fkli‘a .

ceived in Saginaw county. An advance \ 7 . 1 ‘ ’ _ 2 ‘ ,, ‘ - ‘ ‘ . A [If/['1‘ [11"], [l {5.1.}? "'" iii

of ten cents per ton is. made on all , . - . ,_ , ‘ U j _;3 , ,, . “ .. * [,3 'ln‘k‘ 4,“

stone, while the increase in other ma— ' ‘ h ‘ ' ' ' 1 “ " " '





terial is from ten to forty per cent.

Monroe county supervisors have au- .

'thorized the road commission to use K‘

$300,000, the balance of the state re- . w _ . . .

ward money, to complete roads now. r , . ' 1- " '? ‘ . V . ' 1" ‘5' 4‘





under construction in the county. _

Saginaw county was allowed its first 3.,





$1,000 state reward money in October,

Every section of the country has its





1905, on a mile oi road in Buena Vista 1



township and 'since that time the state

own peculiar soils that present great

plowing difficulties.





   

   

 

 

   





 

 





has paid this county $188,149.70 in re- .

wards and has approved of applica- .

tidns for an additional $56,141, which

will be paid later. ,.



Kalamazoo county will receive bids

up to March 25 for building gravel

road, one mile each, in Charleston, 5*»

Cooper and Portage townships, one '1'»

and a half miles in Pavilion and half

a mile in Schoolcraft township.



While Charlevoix county has voted '

a bond issue of $350,000 for good roads

there will not be great activity during

the war. The supervisors have voted

to sell only $10,000 of the bonds at this

time, using $8,000 of this to complete

the cement road betWeen Boyne Falls

and Boyne City. The $2,000 will be

used in making surveys for roads to be

built later.



Oakland county has arranged for the

sale of its third series of road bonds

and was unable to obtain a premium

on same because of the condition of

the bond market and the proximity of

the third Liberty Loan. Speaking be-

fore the road commission at Pontiac,

State Commissioner Rogers said: "We ‘ '.

have been assured that important main ,,

roads are considered war measures and ‘

that it would be a patriotic thing to

carry on such work. The state high-

way department is interested in con.

necting up the main highways. Just

now we are anxious to see three miles

in Oakland county on the Grand River

road improved west of New Hudson.

When this and three miles just over

the line in Livingston county are im-

proved there will be continuous good

roads from Lansing to Detroit. It

might be difficult for you to get per-

mission to build broken sections of

road in the county, especially if it

were necessary to ship the materials

in. The state highway department has . ‘

slowed down thirty per cent in its '

A work during the last six months of '

1917 and there is reason to believe it

will continue to slow down during the -

progress of the war.



Construction of the Saginaw-Midland

river road, which includes 11.6 miles

in Saginaw county and about five miles '

in Midland county, was endorsed at a





 

 

 

 





 

 

   

   

   

 

 





Marsh land—stiff sod—heavy weeds-

gumbo—the toughest soil conditions

everywhere find their master in Oliver

.Tractor Plows





 

   

   

   

   

   

   





If you chance to own such land,’

remember that thousands of just such

acres have become easily tillable when

Oliver plows were put on the job.





   

   

   

 





 





   

   





 





   





Oliver plows are built for the tough

jobs—and built to do them right.





Oliver Tractor Plows are furnished with

combined rolling coulters and jointers, quick

detachable shares, with chilled or steel bases.-





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





2 Bottom Plow, $175—3 Bottom Plow, $220—-

4 Bottom Plow, $310—P1us Freight Charges





Oliver Chilled Plow Works

South Bend. Indiana





 





 





   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





   

 





The- two Oliver factories, South Bend

Indiana, and Hamilton, Ontario, have I

daily capacity of 500 tractor plows alone.

Oliver can always make deliveries.





 

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 





meeting in Midland called by the state _ ,. - _ xii: _; sili

highway department to hear objec- _' . . ' 1 M f' "

tions. It is probable the road will be - ~ ' . >_. ' ‘ ‘J . k' I" V

fifteen feet wide, with stone bottom _ " ‘ ., £14.} ‘ ‘Q

as .

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. .and gravel top and w,ill,.be paid for by . ' " ' _’ . ., . ’1'"! k .

an issue of ten-year bonds—A. G. * ~ ' . e -





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etter to eat a corn dodger-t , ‘ ‘ "' '1! “Mag :1? ~'
HAVE you no-

ticed how





discussion of the





food supply Situa-

tion seems to center

around the number

of acres it is possible

to plant rather than

around the harvesting

of those planted acres?



It is an unconscious, but none the less

wonderful, tribute to the enius of the

inventors of the reaper an binder that

the American public takes the harvest-

ing of the greatest grain crop ever

planted as a matter of course.

“HOW many acres can we plant?”





The sole question now is,

The power and help re-





 

     





 

   

   

   

   

 





 

   

 

   

   

   

   

   





 





 





 

 





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quired by the planting will be amply sufficient for the harvest

pion, peering, McCornic borne



binders and binder twine are used.

And, where they are used, the harvest will be com ete. ,

No matter whether the grain be tall or short, heavy or ight,

standing or down, lodged and tangled, an International



Harvester hinder cuts and binds it all without waste.

It is an easy matter to be fully prepared for harvest.

the largest binder you can use.

and a 7 better than a 6 or 5 because the larger sizes conserve

Buy a new machine if there is any question about

There is a limit, you know, to

’ ; the dependability of repaired machines, while a new one is





. Through our 90 branch houses and over 30,000 dealers, we

; furnish promptly either new machines or repairs for old

' ones. Do not hesitate to call on our organization for any

help we can give in the harvesting of this year’s grain crop—

i the most important crop ever raised. See the local dealer or '





International Harvester Company of America





(Incorporated)





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Cultivator





For Wide or Narrow Row:





OR cultivating crops planted

in narrow rows such as peas

or beans or for wide row





- crops such as corn, potatoes and

tobacco, use the Moline Foot Guide

Cultivator. With it you will do a better

job and do it much easier than with any

other cultivator. In addition, you will

get a cultivator which will

outlast any other.



Pivot wheels give the op-

erator absolute and quick

control over the gangs. in



- addition. the operator can

easily change the s ace



' hetviveen the gangs; a just

the gangs for depth: hinge,

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these operations may be made while

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strong steel, light construction and the

complete equipment, make the Moline

Foot Guide remer bly ctiective and

satisfactory in the field.



Wheels can be adjusted from 32 to

44 inches apart.



great variety of spring



trip and pin break shovels

can be furnished. in addi—

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HE government has definitely

fazed the price of wool, taking as

a. basis the scoured value in

Boston on July 30, 1917.



The arrangement was arrived at by

conferences between the representa-

tives of the growers, the dealers, and

the government.



It is desired that the wool shall, as

nearly as possible, follow its usual

channels, and to this end the growers

have agreed to deliver to the dealers

the new clip, and the dealers have

agreed to distribute it upon a definite

basis of compensation conforming to

the government’s direction as to its

distribution. '



Government Has First Call.



The government has not obligated

itself to buy the clip, but does have

first call upon any portion it requires

and it will allot the balance of the wool

to mills throughout the country, such

balance to be made use of for civilian

purposes. .



The Boston prices as of July 30, 1917,

are net to the grower, except that he

is to pay transportation charges to the

Atlantic seaboard and interest on such

advances as may be made to him at

the time of shipment.



The dealers are to be permitted to

make a charge of three per cent of the

selling price if the wood is not graded,

and three and a half per cent if it is

graded.



This commission is to cover all stor-

age, cartage, and insurance. The com-

mission charge is to be added to the

price of the wool as it leaves the deal~

e1"s hands.



Blanket Advance to Grower.



The dealers .are arranging to 'make

a blanket advance to the grower at the

time the wool is shipped, the balance

of the price of the wool to be paid to

the grower when the wool is sold and

delivered. by the dealer.



Speculaiing or any form of buying

directly or indirectly is to be prohibit-

ed. The dealers in wool will be ap-





ARMERS are earnestly requested

F to place their orders for binder



twine requirements as soon as

possible, so that the local dealers can

provide by early shipment for an ade-

quate supply of twine to meet their

harvest requirements. Shipping condi-

tions are such that more time must be

allowed from factory to local distribut-

ing points to avoid danger of shortage

in supply.



The pre-war price for Mexican sisal,

which comprises the bulk of binder

twine, averaged about seven cents per

pound. It was seven and a half cents

landed at ports of entry in June, 1916.

In July of the same year, it was in-

creased to ten cents, and held about

at that point until December, 1916,

when it rose rapidly to sixteen and a

half cents in March, 1917. Last Aug~

ust it reached nineteen cents at gulf

ports and nineteen and a half cents de-

livered New York.



It was at this period that the United

States Food Administration decided to

act, because of the imminence of fur-

ther advances by the Mexican trust.

Through the efforts of the administra-

tion, a further rise’in price was pre-

vented, although the price of Manilla

hemp rose as high as thirty cents per

pound. We have been trying since to

get a lower price, but our efforts, so

far, have not been successful, as the

production lies outside the United

States.



Efforts to Find Substitutes.



In view of the exdrbitant price ex-



acted by the Comision Reguladora,





the Yucatan monopoly-controlling sisal,





the amount of sisal used: in the United

States will bemu‘ch'vless this season.’





 





- than in previous-years. ‘As a result;





Federal Control of





 





 





 

     





"Wool Pi‘i’ces





proved by the. War Industries Board,





and no approved dealer will be allowed '





to take on consignment more than can





be stored and expeditiously graded and -





transferred to the mills.



Dealers desiring to be approved by

the War Industries Board to handle

wool shall first make application stat-

ing their capacity for storing. and grad-

ing. Application for approval shall be

made to the Wool Division of the War

Industries Board.



Economy in Shipment.



A11 shipments will be made in such

manner as to effect the greatest econ-

omy in transportation and time.



After the wool is in the hands of the

dealers and graded it will be valued by

a government valuation committee.



The wool growers, the wool dealers.

and the woolen manufacturers will

each be represented on a government

committee which will take charge of

the details of operation.



A method of handling wool in the

fleece wool sections and other sections

where the clips are small is now being

worked out which will probably allow

selling in small lots. This plan will be

made public as soon as it is definitely

decided upon.



Full Schedule of Prices.



A full schedule of prices will be dis-

tributed without delay by the wool

trade associations, or can be obtained

from the Wool Division of the War In-

dustries Board.



Naturally there are many details yet

to be worked out, but the foregoing is

the substance of what has been defl-

nitely thus far agreed upon.



The War Industries Board has creat-

ed a new commodity diviSion entitled,

“Wool Division.” Mr. Lewis Penweil,

of Helena, Mont, has been appointed

chief of this division. All communica-

tions relative to the subject of wool

should be addressed to “Lewis Pen-

well, Chief of Wool Division, \Var In-

dustries Board, COuncil of National De.

fense Building, Washington, D. C.”





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Have You Ordered Binder Twine?





the stock of sisal in Yucatan is rapidly

increasing, while the demand in the

United States is rapidly decreasing,

and every effort is being made to find

further substitutes, large quantities of

which are being used for binder twine.



The Comision Reguladora and the

planters of Yucatan must realize. soon-

er or later, that more reasonable prices

must be made or the sisal business will

be completely curtailed.



Every effort possible has been made

to provide binding twine for the bar.

vest season of 1918, at prices as low as

possible under the circumstances of

inability to more than partially control

the raw material. For the accomplish-

ment of this end, the Food Administra-

tion entered into an agreement to pur-

chase and distribute to the manufacture

ers, all of the sisal actually required

for the manufacture of binding twine.

It also entered into a contract with the

binder twine manufacturers, the terms

of which provide that the Food Admin-

istration shall purchase and distribute

the sisal required, and that the manu-

facturers' shall manufacture it into

binding twine on a basis of the cost or

raw material plus cost of conversion,

plus a reasonable profit.



Ample Supply if Ordered Early.





In conformity with these arrange--





ments, the manufacturers have made

semi-monthly reports of the amount of

binder twine manufactured from sisal

allotments, and from the materials,

and after careful investigation by the

Food Administration, supplemented by

investigations of the cost of manufac-

ture by the Federal Trade Commission,

the cost of five-hundredkfoot twine Was





 





established etrtwenty-three cents E0 -





B.‘ mammoth» trades in "f'





C‘
0.80 sheep per capita. In 1917, the fig:





are dropped to 0.46 per ’capita‘g;.;;Again. '





mutton is 21.8 per cent of""the meat

.food of Great.Britain. It is 3.78 per

cent here. The reason presumably is

that Great Britain with no great west-

ern ranges to depend on, has solved

the problem of raising sheep cheaply

and abundantly on the farm. We would

use mutton extensively under the same

conditions.



'The figures with regard to wool pro-

duction are equally striking. In 1890

we produced 4.29 pounds of wool per

capita. In 1917 only 2.72 pounds per

capita.



_We import now fifty per cent of our

wool consumption. We ought to pro-





duce that at home; and we can if we ,





will.



Sheep increase rapidly—from fifty

to one hundred per cent annually as

compared with the number of ewes.

It is, therefore, natural to ask, “virhy

can’t We get the necessary increase at

once by conserving the lambs instead

of sending them to market?”



There are two reasons. One is that

the western ranges already have all

the sheep they can feed without deter-

ioration of the range. The other is

that many sheep raisers depend'for

their income as much on selling lambs

as selling wool. The industry is very

largely on that economic basis. '



It comes, therefore, largely, down to

a question of using for sheep raising

our cut-over timber lands and our

farms. That sheep can be raised abun-

dantly and profitably_ on farms is evi-

dent from the experience in England.

Sheep killing dogs have always been

one obstacle to this; but the dog prob-

lem is doubtless soluble. Dogs killed

about 100,000 sheep in states east of

the Mississippi in 1913.





SHEEP INDUSTRY IN MICHIGAN.





 





The Upper Peninsula Development

Bureau, through efforts of its presi-

dent, L. C. Harmon, has closed con-

tracts with nine western cattle and

sheep men for grazing privileges and

several thousand cattle and sheep are

expected to arrive soon in Cloverland.



Prof. L. M. Geismar, Houghton coun-

ty agriculturist, has organized a sheep

growers’ association with ninety-two

members, and has bought 350 Hamp-

shides and Shropshires near Stanton,

Montcalm county, as foundation for

flocks in the copper. country.



H. C. Abbott, vice-president of the

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Associa-

tion. has been engaged to take charge

of the 10,000 acre ranch of the Clover:

land Sheep & Wool 00.. located near

Iron Mountain. Mr. Abbott is enthusi-

astic over the advantages of upper. pe-

ninsula lands for sheep. -



The “start a flock” campaign inaug-

urated at the Michigan Agricultural

College is meeting with uccess, with

nine clubs of boys and irls started

within the first three weeks and -150

enrolled. This represents more than

500 pure-bred sheep, since each boy or

girl must have at least three sheep as

a condition of membership. C. A.

Spauldi is in charge of this work,

and there are clubs at Traverse City,

Cheboygan, Lewiston, Alpena, Rogers

City, Onaway, and several in the upper

peninsula. '



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MEETING of the Board of Di-

A rectors of the Michigan Milk



Producers’ Association was held

last Thursday in the city of Detroit.

The advertising problem is a large one

and calls for much money and thought.

The result of our last advertising cam-

paign in the city of Detroit, which

reached 100,000 homes has resulted in

an increase of consumption of milk of

about five per cent. It is hoped to

launch a new and larger campaign in

the immediate future, which will great~

ily’i‘ncrease this percentage of consump-

iltion.



_ Detroit Prices.



Detroit area milk prices are from

twenty to fOrty cents per hundred

pounds better than any nearby city,

and yet this does not correspond with

the cost of production, neither is it on

a par with the high price of farm labor

in the Detroit area.



The Dairy and Food Department of

the State of Michigan has assigned a

man to cooperate with the Michigan

Milk Producers and he is now in the

Detroit area at work. When questions

of test arise, he will help to settle

them.



Surplus Dairy.



The nation-wide milk situation is the

mast unfavorable that has faced the

producers for years. There is at pres-

ent a surplus of 35,000,000 cases of

condensed milk, and 37,000,000 pounds

of cheese. This is largely the result

of a lack of shipping facilities for for-

eign trade. It is also claimed that

there are 362,000.more cows in the

country than one year ago. This state-

ment is, in our estimation, much like

the widely heralded reports last fall

of the tremendous corn crop and the

surplus of 600,000 tons of cottonseed

meal, neither of which materialized.



But these facts stand before us. We

have a surplus that will affect the mar-

ket until it is disposed of. If we have

more cows than one year ago, we will

have more milk. We are not now get-

ting cost of production. With greatly

increased over—production, there must

be increased consumption, or ruin to

the industry. ‘



A Suggested Solution.



Every other industry of any magni-

tude, if facing such a condition, would

move at once in two ways. First, for

increased consumption, and then for

decreased production. What shall the

dairyman. do? First, eliminate every

unprofitable cow. Cut them out just

as the manufacturer of any other pro-

duct would eliminate his unprofitable

machine. He would throw it on the

junk pile and be considered more pa-

triotic because he had the courage to

.eliminate unprofitable over-production.

The dairyman should dispose of his un-

profitable coWs at once—sell them, and

be sure they go to the butcher, then

increase consumption. Begin at home.

Use more milk on your own table. This

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your growing family—in fact, it is in—



, dispensable to the growth and develop-

ment of every normal child. In some

recent experiments with children with

defective vision, it was found that by

the addition of butter-fat to their diet,

that the eyesight was strengthened and

restored, and present investigation

imay show that much of the eye trouble.

to which children or recent years have

been subjected, is a result of lack of

‘milk and egg fat in their diet.



’ An inexcusable Practice.



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contending ,for a higher price for milk

and milk products are large users of

oleo and butter substitutes. This is

one of the inexcusable freaks of hu-

man nature. You, farmer, ought to



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5.4,. CHAPTER I. >

ifs? A Start at Soldiering.

NhAmerican, born in the city of

Duluth, Minnesota, I had inher-

ited a love of adventure which

asserted itself strongly while I was

young. When a lad ten years old, I

ran away from home and started out

to see the Great Northwest and make

my own way in the world. And since

that time the greater part of my

schooling has been in the University of

Hard Knocks. A great many of my

companions were men made famous

by Jack London in his works; indeed,

Jack himself was a good friend of

mine, having done me many a good

turn; in fact, he once saved my life.





After leaving home, I was attracted

by the woods and took up lumbering.

But after an accident in a sawmill, I

had to give it up. Then I crossed the

border over into Canada and from that

time on I took up anything and every-

thing. I went into mining, then I went

into the automobile game. Then I tried

railroad construction work, cow-punch-

ing ,sheep-raising, and when the war

broke out I was up in the foothills of

the Rockies drilling for oil. It will seem

incredible when I say that the battle of

the Marne and the first battle of Ypres

were matters of history before I knew

that the there was a war, and that the

greater part of the civilised world was

arrayed against Germany and German

Militarism. In October, 1914, I started

from the plains for a short visit to Cal-

gary. On my way I had to catch a

train at Okotokos, where I had bought

a steak which was wrapped up in a

newspaper. Butchers and customers

in that country were not particular in

matters of hygiene. I saved the paper

to read, for I had been away from all

settlements for some weeks and had

heard nothing of the war. The head-

lines broke the news to me that Ger-

many had taken it upon herself to de-

cide the questions of the day by the

sword. It struck me that this "would

provide the excitement I had been

looking for.

I first saw those headlines that from

that time on my fate would be in the

hands of the destiny and that the

breaking of log jams on the Five Miles

Rapids in the Mississippi, service with

the sheriff’s passe chasing cattle

thieves, and shootups in the barrooms

of cow towns where half the partici-

pants were killed would all be like

pink teas compared with what lay be-

fore me on the western front of the

great war.



I had come to Okotokos for the pur-

pose of having a couple of days in

which to clear up some freight which

lay in the yards. In spite of that, I

soon found myself on the way. to Cal-

gary, where I figured on having a few

days with friends whom I had not seen

in a long time; I had come ninety

miles from my camp, making the trip

in a day and a half in my eagerness to

see town.



At Calgary 1 met an old friend of

. mine called Ross, but known to his in-

timates as :‘The Fish," from the fact

that he was a native of Nova Sc'otia.

‘,The only thing we talked about was

, the war. “The Fish” told me there”





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‘ 1 k .. two or three hundred men for service.

[ win Europe. and he”added, “Let’s Join.”





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I said, “Jake,” meaning all right, as

that was exactly what I expected to

hear from Fish, for I knew him to be

an adventurer and a good fellow. And

though neither of us had ever soldier-

ed a day in his life, we made up our

minds to join the forces that were be-

ing raised if they would have us. We

spent the greater part of that night

talking war and killing a few regi-

ments of Huns.



Next morning the papers were full

of what the Germans were doing in

Belgium and that increased our deter-

mination to enlist. We were a little

cautious, however, and before starting

for the recruiting place we looked up

a friend and had» him explain to us the

formalities that would have to be gone

through. The only advice he could

give was that if we didn‘t hurry up, it

might be all over before we enlisted.

This was quite enough and inside of

two hours I Was a member of the Tenth

Canadian Infantry Battalion.



After taking a look at the barracks

I thought it no more than prudent to

straighten out my personal affairs. My

boss, an American by the name of San-

ders, thought I was crazy and said so.



“Before you get over there the war

will be over,” he said.



”And before it is over you will get

into it,” I returned.



I cannot recall now whether I meant





days in the zone of danger were over

then and there. Later, however, I was

to find out that this was a very prema-

ture conclusion, especially when

trench warfare, and warfare of several

other kinds, came to be my daily lot.



I managed to get my pal, “The Fish,”

transferred with me, and that helped

both of us to get over the rude shock

to which our great enthusiasm had

been subjected. The day after enlist‘

ing we were sent in a western draft

column to Valcartier, Quebeck Hence-

forth, “fours right” and “fours left”

got to be all there was in life.



“Evoluting” on the camp ground

gave me a new opinion of military life.

I could not see why on earth we had to

do all this when they wanted men in

France. Of course, I had a ban notion

that discipline was necessary, and that

I should not call the Colonel “George”

on parade. But why all this Walking?

My idea of warfare was to fight from

tree to tree and rock in the manner

which once was famous in the west. I

knew nothing of trenches and cannot

say that I cared to know anything

about them. My vision of handling

shovels was too closely associated with

railroad building and mining. I have

done pick and shovel work in my time

and it seems to be an excellent occuv

pation for men with weak minds and

strong backs. But not for me.





 





 





 





Going Up After a Hun.





that or not, but, as the saying goes,

many a true word is spoken in jest.

Ten months later, Mr. Sanders had tak-

en up recruiting work for the Canadian

government, being too old for service

in France. '



As a parting present he gave me a

box of cigars, together with the good

advice one generally hands out to a

young man about to become a soldier.



I returned to the barracks and did

my best to find military life agreeable.

While the call issued had been for

three hundred men, at the most, about

seven hundred actually volunteered, so

that I thought myself lucky to have

been accepted.



The officer in charge of the barracks

knew me quite well. He also knew of

my familiarity with mechanics, and far

that reason caused me to ge transfer-





redpto a mechanical transport. section,





I cannotyésay‘ thatflthis pleased me very

greatly. ‘ That [job seemed a little too

tame. At any rate I thought thatmy





 





However, they have. the knack of

shattering dreams around the military

camps. Mine went with'the rest, but

the cause, for which I had enlisted,

seemed so good that I resolved to put

into practice the meaning of the motto

——everything is worth trying once.

Moreover, soldiering did not seem so

very uninteresting, despite its routine

and restrictions. Finally, here was

the chance of seeing a new country.



Weeks and Weeks of training were

our lot. It was a case of getting up at

5:30 in the morning in temperatures

that seemed to stay more or less

around thirty degrees below zero. Af-

ter getting up we would run several

times around a race track for exercise,

have breakfast, and then spend the

greater part of the day in similar body

and mind hardening? work. I will con-

fess that had I known what ,was in

store for ,me 5' no. “team of horses could

have dragged me into an army.‘ My

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a uniform and a gun; then I would sit

down and Wait for orders to sail to

France and get into the thick of it.

Some of the boys. grumbled a little at

the delay, but in the end we all made

up our minds that now we were init

there was nothing to do but stick to.it

and'hope for the best. The first seven

years Would be the worst, said some

kind people, intending to be factetious.





But all things came to an end, and

so did- the eternal setting-up drills at

the camp. Finally I got a job driving

one of the heavy motor trucks, known

in the British Army as a “lorry.” Not

very long after that I was made a ser-

geant in a mechanical transport sec-

tion and sent to Toronto, Ontario, to

train with the Second Division.



This transfer was not what I had

been looking for. I had hoped to stay

in the mobile army and get some light-

ing in the line. But people had a knack

of remembering that I knew a little

about the automobile, and in Canada

such men were rare.





The order came that all Americans

were to be ousted fromt he army. But

the Commanding Officer called the Am-

ericans together and asked us if we

wanted to take our discharge or not.

One man did this but the rest of us

stayed. We Were required to sign new

attestation papers, but before we could

do that, we had to select some partic.

ular part of Canada as our nominal

birth place. I stated that I was born

in Sasalta, Alberta. Another man said

that he hailed from Toronto—in fact,

none of us had any trouble finding fic-

titious places of birth in the Dominion





until it came to Tom Kelly, of Chicago,





who had given the matter no thought.

To the officer who questioned him, he

said that he was born in Beansville.

The amoer wanted to know where

Beansville was located, and Kelly re-

plied: .



~“Oh, somewhere in Fish County.” '



The officer promptly put down Beans-

ville, Nova Scotia, and everything was

in order.



I didn’t drive the lorry very long af-

ter that, being set to work to initiate

recruits into “fours right and left,"

“sections and half-sections,” and the

like. When not occupied with drillfI

would take a turn as orderly (dog) ser-

geant of the day, mount guard at night,

and see that everything was clean and

ship<shape in the little zone that was

mine, in order to please the officer of

the day when he did his rounds.





There was also a great deal of cleri-

cal work to do. I had to write all the

passes for the men getting leave to go

into town. With that came responsi-

bilities, which often were irksome. The

passes for the men had to be taken to

the Commanding Officer for his con.-

sent and signature, and when the offi-

cer refused to honor one of them, I

generally was blamed for it, especially

when a. fellow had made an appoint-

ment with some young lady.





There was a fenCe around the camp

and many a man, refused admission to

go to town, had his first experience

there at “going over the top." And

though the top of the fence was lined

with barbed wire, the: boys put a plank

over it, and many a night that plank

worked overtime; To get back into

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had gone without leave straightened





“things out with one ofthe guards,_"and .





so avoided trouble with the authorities.



It was an easy thing in those days

to get kicked out of the army alto-

gether, for men were still plentiful,

and one had to be almost a physical

marvel to. get into the service at all.



We spent some time in a camp on

the shores of Lake Ontario, where unj-

forms were finally issued to us. The

funny little coats they gave us, and the

regulation breeches had a queer look

about them; I felt that my friends back

home, had they seen me in this get-up,

would have had me examined as to my

sanity. For riding breeches were only

used by the idle rich, in the Northwest.



The underwear they issued us was

even more of a trial. It was rough and

a‘person putting it on for the first time

had the impression that the “kooties”

had settled all over him, as indeed

they did in the case of many.



Though I had done everything possi-

ble to keep these insects away from

me, I discovered that my efforts were

unavailing. It got to be a question of

how to get rid of the pests, and, hav-

ing heard of a method that would ac-

complish this, I thought that I would

try it. We had a dog for a mascot,

and dogs, as everyone knows, have

fleas. It is said that there is eternal

enmity between kooties and fleas and

that one will not stay where the other

is. With that in mind, I transplanted

a few of the fleas upon myself, so that

they might declare war upon the koot-

ies and drive them out. But before the

experiment could be successfully con-

cluded, I thought it well to apply a

chemical remedy; anyway the desired

resultwas obtained, which gave me

what I hoped for.



By this time most of us had become

familiar with the little tricks of bar-

rack life. We had a good doctor, who

thought nothing of excusing us from

drill and other hard work so long as

.we said that we were sick. The result

of'this was that many of us were sick

every cold morning that came along.

‘But the Doc got wise, and after that

when a man went sick he got a dose of

castor oil at the very least.



Our military training was making

some headway, however. We came to

understand the different bugle calls,

and we learned how to handle the rifle

and bayonet and how to shoot.



We were now told that our training

would be completed in England;

France seemed as far away ‘as ever.

.Most of us thought that the war-would

surely end before we got there. As

week after week passed away chances

of seeing the battlefield seemed more





~ remote. -





But one fine day in March we receiv-

ed orders to get ready to entrain. There

was much hustle and happiness—faces

were glowing, and the old grudges were

forgotten. The preparations for our de-

parture were made in jig time. A few

telephone calls to wives, mothers and

Sweethearts, and the men were ready.



On the day of our departure the

camp grounds were packed with rela—J

tives and friends who came to say

good-bye; in the case of many it was

to be a last farewell.





 





CHAPTER II.

Getting Near the Front.



EEDLESS to say, we had a very

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our trip east. Within six hours

of Our arrival at Halifax the organiza-

tion had embarked and was on its way

to Europe. .



The first thing that attracted my at-

tention on our arrival in Liverpool was

the funny little English trains. The

coaches with their compartments did

not impress me favorably, but I found

.them quite comfortable for all that.





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we stopped, detrain’ed, and made a long

march td the camp which had been

made ready far us. There we were

given blankets and a cup of hot tea;

and then we turned in and soon every-





, . body Was fast asleep, the railroad trip





and the march having made us a weary

crew, indeed. Next morning, at reveille

we found that we had come to England

for no other purpose than to continue

the dull drilling that we had left off in

Canada. This Was disappointing, but

we set to work to get over it. It had

been raining andthe mud was deep

enough to lose your shoes in. We were

not used to wet weather and-within

two or three days the sick parade was

bigger than usual. and not a few of us

were laid up for a long time. The

climate proved too much for me also.

Chills had settled all over me, and I

Was hoarse, but despite that I contin-

ued my duties. On one occasion I was

in charge of the sick parade and as I

marched the men over to the doctor I

had practically no voice left. The doc-

tor had some difficulty in understand-

ing me, but he was quite cheerful

about it.



“What’s the matter with you this

morning?” he inquired. You make a

sound like a codfish.”



I explained that I did not know ex-

actly what was the trouble, so the doc-

tor took my temperature and called

the ambulance. I was to be taken to

a hospital, the very thought of which

gave me the shivers. I suggested to

the doctor that possibly the affair

could be settled without going to the

hospital.

~ “Well,” he said, “if you don’t go

now your friends will be walking slow

behind you next week.”



That seemed good advice to me, es-

pecially since I was under the spell

of the big medical term which the doc‘

tor had made use of so casually—brow

chial pneumonia.



I managed to survive the attack and



upon return to my unit found that the

Commanding Officer had decided to

give me back pay and three days’

leave to go to London, a city which I

then saw for the first time.

‘The British capital was known to

me only through a few pictures of the

more important places, such as West-

minster Abbey, the Tower, and St.

Paul’s Cathedral. But I had heard a

lot about Leicester Square, Hyde Park,

the Strand, Charing Cross and Picca-

dilly Circus, and I wanted to see them.

As a natural result, at two o’clock in

the morning, after my arrival, I found

myself lost in the streets of London. I

stated my trouble to a very oblfging

Bobby, who was somewhat handicapped

in helping me, for the reason that I

had forgotten the name of the hotel

where I was stOpping. There was noth-

ing to do after that but to hire a taxi

and spin around until I should have

located the place, some hazy notion as

to its locality being still in my mind.

The taxi hadn’t gone more than thirty

yards when I saw the' house for which

I had been looking so anxiously just

across the street. And there I learned

that the London taxi driver knew his

business, and also how to charge.



But further adventures were to come.

A day or two after my arrival in town

I thought I would like to see Piccadilly

Circus, hoping, of course, to find a big

tent and a. lot of side shows, and all

that goes with an establishment of that

sort. I asked a Bobby for directions

and I remember his making the re-

mark:



“This ’bus goes right through it.”



Thinking that the omnibus was a

“Circus Special," I started on my ride

without bothering much about my des-

tination. There Ought to be no trouble

finding‘out when I was at the circus.

After a ride of about half an hour the

I'comi'm':tor climbed up the stairs for

another fare.



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to see it and started out once more in

quest of it. I took another omnibus,

gave the conductor his four pence,

climbed on top and rode until I felt

sure we must be somewhere near the

Circus. Just then the conductor came

up for another fare. I wanted to know

where Piccadilly Circus was.



.“Why. man, this is Hyde Park Cor-

ner,” he replied. “We went through

the Circus about five minutes ago.”



Having fifteen minutes the best of

the first lap, there was nothing to do

but get off that ’bus and think it over

for a while. It seemed a little strange

that I should be constantly going

through the Circus and not see any-

thing of it. I decided to try a taxi, to

the driver of which I gave partciular

instructions to take me to Piccadilly

Circus and drop me off in the middle

of it. The man smiled and drove off.

In about three minutes he stopped and

opened the door for me to get out. i

looked around for a circus but saw

noue. The only thing that came at all

near reminding me of a show were

same flower'girls near a fountain. Un-

der the circumstances it seemed best

to take the taxi driver into my confi-

dence. After much explanation On my

part, which afforded not a little amuse-

ment to the chauffeur, I learned that

Piccadilly Circus is a sort of semicir-

cular place into which lead seven thor-

oughfares from the several parts of

the city



The constant traveling I had done

on the ’buses had given me a very

good appetite, and to appease it I walk-

ed into the first place I came to. This

happened to be one of London’s ultra‘

fashionable tea parlors. The place was

fairly well packed at the time but I

managed to find a place at a table. I

noticed that everybody was sipping tea

and eating cakes, but that was not the

sort of food I' was looking for. The

waiter wanted to know whether I had

come to take tea, to which I replied

that a steak about the size of a barn

door, done rare, and served with fried

onions, would suit me much better. The

man’s jaw dropped, and everyone

around began to smile. I was informed

that this was a tea-room and not 3. ms

taurant. Too timid to leave the. place,

I ordered some tea and ate about two

dollars worth of biscuits before I had

satisfied my appetite. I found 'out then

and there that the cost of living in

England was much higher than I had

thought. It was just as well that my

stay in London was limited to three

days.



Upon my return to the camp I found

that I had been transferred to a me

chanical base to drive a mobile work-

shop. This detail gave me a good op-

portunity to see much of rural England

and its beautiful scenery. The fine old

trees especially interested me, as did

the lovely old-fashioned houses, the fine

lawns and well-kept orchards; also the

hop fields.





A little later] was oneof those pick--





ed to go to France in a draft for the

mechanical service. Little by little I

was moving up claser to the front.

There was a possibility of running into

a submarine or “tin fish,” as the boys

called them, while crossing the Eng-

lish Channel, though it was known that

they were not out in fullforce just

then. We landed in France after an

entirely uneventful journey, and in a

little French estaminet we drank our

first French wine. It did not taste good

to me; in fact it was sour. I noticed,

however, that there were many good-





rlooking girls about the place and they

,made a much better impression upon





me: than the wine had' done.



On the same afternoon I made the

acquaintance of the French railroads,

the passenger cars of Which are just

as funny and little so those of the Eng-

lish hues. We traveled in freight cars





- sides of the car, forty men or eight





horses—*forty homes or eight cho-

van);



In this manner we got to a railroad

where we were met by an English ser-

geant-major and taken to a camp which

was about six miles behind the lines.



We thought that we were real sol-

diers now. The Commanding Officer of

the base to which we had been taken

was not of that opinion, though. The

sergeant-major, who had been our re-

ceptiou committee, had brought us to

attention before the Commanding Offi-

cer with results that did not seem to

have pleased either of them. The Com-

manding Officer gave us to understand

that we. were to be drilled and have

discipline instilled into us, even if he

had to do it with a sledge hammer.

That was definite enough, but we had

the satisfaction of knowing that we

would not stay in that place forever.

consequently we let {his remarks go in.

one ear and out by another.



‘There was a businesslike air about

the place which impressed us all the

more when presently they issued to

each of us a rifle and fifty rounds of

ammunition, and assigned us the lor-

ries we were to drive.



Before the day had grown much old.

er I was given a good lesson in disci-

pline. There was a queer mark on the

body of the lorries—a triangle with a.

bar in its center. I wanted to know

what that meant, but was given to un-

derstand that it was none of my “blink-

ing” business All I had to do was to

drive that louy and keep it clean.

There was a goat deal of terseness



(Continued on page 605).





SUPPLY AND DEMAND PRICE UN.

JUST TO FARMERS.





 





(Continued from first page).



of sugar, canned goods, etc., upon an

established price of raw material to

the producer and a proper allowance

for manufacture and sale thereafter.

It is estimated that eighty-five per cent

of the farm products are basic to man-

ufactured goods. This allows only fif-

teen per cent which are susceptible to

direct distribution from producer to

consumer. Citrus fruit distributiOn is

pointed out as the model for market-

ing. If oranges or lemons had to be

manufactured as is wool or cotton the

marketing would not be so simple. Di~

rect marketing by the state as tried in

California and New York was abandon-

ed because it threw upon the state the

perishable articles at less than fifteen

per cent of the total as pointed out

above. The staple manufactured pm

ducts like flour, cereals, meats, soap,

sugar, canned goods, etc,

retailer handled, enabled him to carry

these stocks and sell them cheaper

than where handled alone. Every ef-

fort to market direct has been exerted

by the United States with the parcel

post with but little patronage of farm

products. Selling direct to customers

of farm products is not long adhered

to. Mutual dissatisfactions arise and

the plan is abandoned. As a rule the

advocate of this form of selling is by

those who have not tried it or have not

been advised of the experience of

states where abandoned.



The logic of price naming is not rev-

olutionary. It is merely the interpre-

tation of cost, supply and demand by

the producer rather than by the dis-

tributor. The naming of the price is

notice to others of this interpretation

and the right to make such a determi-

nation. The daily market report of

farm products is the viewpoint of the

distributor which will afford him a.

profit. The advertising page of the

same paper on automobiles, for exam

pie, is the price that will afford the

manufacturer a profit. This right, um

producer of food stuffs has long felt as

but a matter of Justice but how touc-

compilah this end and what. has been

done in other ,cmtuea win be





which the ..
A FLYING Howrah.

(Continued from page 604).,

about that remark, and I decided not





to ask any more questions that seemed

out of order.





Before long that old wagon became ,





to me bedroom, sitting-room and what-

not, all rolled into one. It wasn’t such

an uncomfortable home at that.



My lorry belonged to a column that





carried ammunition from the nearest, ‘





railhead to the front. The first hurry





call we had lasted- three days. The.





Huns were getting busy on the salient.

On arriving at the advance dump-

the place where the gun-limbers get.

the ammunition for the batteries—I

heard shells scream for the first time





in my life. It gave'me a peculiar sen-

sation at- first, though someone said

cheerfully:





“'Oh,'you’11 get used to this."



For all that, I always retained a

wholesome respect for a high explos-

ive shell.





CHAPTER III. ‘

Gassed. ' ,

3 N the morning of the first day of





the second battle of Ypres, I



happened to be doing some re-

pair work on the section commander’s

‘automobile. In a nearby field was an

artillery ammunition dump, and this

'the Germans seemed bent upon reach-

ing with their shells. The fire was

scattered, however, and before long it

became. entirely too hot around the car

I was repairing and. I was obliged to

find shelter in a bomb-proof. There

was a lull in the fire presently, and I

concluded that it might be safe to re-

sume my work. I had hardly come to

the surface, however, when the Huns

reopened their fire. It seemed best to

get in the car and speed as far away

from the front as was possible. I had

gone down the road some two hundred

yards when the section commander

'caught up with me and- demanded his

car, saying that he was in a hurry. So ;

I jumped out and let him have it.

' (Continued next week). g





 





 





Abandoning the use of massed at-

tacks and relying more on the use of

heavy artillery, the Germans are cen-

tinning to strike on the‘Picardy front,

but with very little success—The Halg

line succeeds in checking“ the Bethune

rush. and gains at Amiens. The French

counter-thrusts capture many prison-R

ers.—-In the vicinity of Hanyard (1)

the British have given up Villers Bre-

tonneaux eleven miles east of Amiens,

but have pushed the Teutons out of.





their positions on the Albert front (2”,





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LL year 'round utility characterizes the Cleveland





Tractor. It performs its varied duties regularly,

season by season. It is a "mol—all-worlr."





It plows. It barrows.





And it does all of these things faster and better

than was possible before.





But that isn't all. it does the thousand and one

other things that require mechanical power. It pulls

your manure spreader. It runs your saw. It operates



it cuts your ensilage. ll drags logs and

It pulls road

machinery. it does prac-

tically everything? that

horsepower and stationary

engines can do. It develops l2 horsepower at the

drawbar for hauling and gives 20 horsepower at the

pulley for stationary work.





The Cleveland Tractor plows 3 % miles an hour—





eight to ten acres a day—which is equal to the work

of three good men with three 3-horse teams.





It travels on its own endless track: which it lays

down and picks up as it goes‘ along.





it plants. It reaps.





your pump.

lum b er .





ll operates easily over gullies, ruts, and uneven

ground of all kinds. Because of its 600 square inches

of traction surface it goes over sand, gumbo, mud and

slippery clay without packing the soil, without sinking,

miring or floundering.





The Cleveland weighs less than 3200 pounds and

is so small that it can be readily driven under and

among small fruit trees.





Cleveland Tractor





lt steers by the power of its own engine and will turn

in a, twelve foot circle.





It requires less space to house than a single horse.





The Cleveland Tractor was designed by Rollin H.

White, the well known motor truck engineer-and is

manufactured under his supervision.





. He has designed the track for long service. The

sections are constructed to prevent filling or packing

with mud and protection is provided to prevent dirt

and mud from falling into the track. The sections are

joined with hardened

steel pins which have their

bearings in hardened

steel bushings.





Gears are protected by dust—proof, dirt-proof cases

and are of the same high quality as those used in the

finest trucks. Materials used throughout are of the

best.





Every step must be taken this year that will speed

up farm work—that will enable machinery to replace

muscle—that will help produce—and increase harvosts.





The Cleveland Tractor is already bearing a big

share of the war burden. Farmers are producing larger

crops because of the Cleveland—and are making

greater profits.





You too can help the nation meet the food emer-

gency—and incidentally make more money for yourself.





~Write to us now for complete information and the name





of the nearest Cleveland dealer.





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OW, you will say, well, if I am



going a long way from home



where they do not know me at

all, and where I have no acquaintances

what am I to do about it? How am I

to identify myself so that I can get

money from time to time as required.

You will very properly say, I do not

wish to carry any large amount of

ready cash as it is not good policy to

do so, what will I do?



Well, here again, your banker will

help you out. You can go to him and

he will sell you what is commonly call-

A. B. A. checks. On being interpreted

this means American Bankers’ Asso-

ciation checks. Here again you will

find it of value to you to have estab-

lished a credit with some good bank for

there Will be no hesitancy whatever in

issuing such checks to you where you

are known. He is entitled to charge

you fifty cents per hundred dollars for

this service and it is surely a cheap in-

surance of safety and convenience.



These checks are issued in denom-

inations of $10, $20, $50, $100 and $500,

but for convenience in Ordinary travel-

ing on the style that “our folks” are

likely to go the $10 and $20 denomina-

tions are most convenient, with per-

haps a few $50 for emergencies if on a

long trip.



Now, if you do this, your banker will





OW well I remember my first

gun. I have never seen another

quite like it. It was offered for



sale for one dollar, and it was fully

guaranteed to kill at three rods.



Thirty years have passed since I

last saw the dear old Connecticut farm,

but I can come within five feet of

pointing out the exact spot where my

father stood, cutting wood, when I

broached the subject of purchasing my

first gun. . '



Father listened while I talked—for-

tunate the boy whose father is a good

listener. I rehearsed the good points

’ of the gun. I emphasized such points

as being a great bargain, light and

easy for a boy to handle, sure death

to game at a reasonable distance, etc.

I expressed my conviction that I was

old enough to own a gun, my absolute

certainty of being careful in its use,

and urged our need of protection from

unprincipled hawks who were making

inroads on our chickens.



Father always thought before he

spoke. In this case he may have

, thought two minutes—it seemed two

hours to me. At last he spoke: “Yes,

George,” said he, “I think you are old

enough to have a gun.”



0, joy! That was one of the happi-

est moments of my boyhood days. I

wOuld not dare to tell you just how

few the minutes were that passed by

before I had covered the half mile to

the coveted gun, paid my dollar, and

' was marching proudly homeward with

my treasure. No millionaire was rich-

er than I that night. What dreams I





had in the noon 0’ the night as I wan- ,





dered in game-filled forests.‘

, That gun was old, decrepit, breech-





require of you when you make the pur-

chase that you sign the A. B. A.’s as

they are familiarly called, in his pres-

ence. Of course, being entirely famil-

iar with your signature he will not

stand over you and see that you really

did sign, as he will know your signa-

ture when he sees it.



He then virtually becomes sponsor

for the checks and when you need mon-

ey anywhere in the United States and

in most large cities of.Europe, all you

have to do is to sign your name again

exactly like the first signature and

there will be no hesitancy whatever in

securing the cash. . Hotels, steamboats,

railroad oflices, wholesale houses, bank-

ers, express companies, telegraph com-

panies, anybody and everybody who is

familiar with business at all will ac-

cept them in payment of bills and give

you the change.



Banks, hotels, railroads and steam-

boats will cash them outright usually.

You do not have to pay exchange for

cashing them. That was all settled

when you purchased your checks and

paid the fifty cents per hundred for

them. A. B. A. checks are rarely stol-

en as they are of no use to any other

than the owner, being non-negotiable,

until signed by the original purchaser.



Now, when you go up to a counter to

use an A. B. A. check never sign it





until the party *whom you are expect-

ing to cash it for you is at liberty to

take notice .of the transaction for here,

unlike your purchase at your own bank

the party does not knowyou or your

signature and will not therefore pay it

unless they actually see the owner of

the check sign it, and again, always

take note just how you signed» it the

first time when you purchased them;

Do not sign J. A. Doe in one place and

John or John A. Doe in another, for

this is confusing and may require

much explanation. .



Of course, one may, under ordinary

conditions buy a New York or Chicago

draft or have one’s own personal check

“certified” and get by with it all right

but strictly speaking,,you are again

right up to the point of requiring iden-

tification.



Now, some of our boys or girls may

ask what is a certified check. It is

your own personal check drawn on

your personal account, which you have

taken to the proper officer (in a small

bank it will usually be the cashier,

president or vice—president, or per-

chance maybe the assistant cashier or

paying teller),who will stamp it certi-

fied and upon so doing will charge it to

your account just the same as if it

were actually paid. Why? Simply be-

cause he has guaranteed this check—-

the bank has, and they become respon-

sible for its payment, hence the law

requires, as well as good business prac«

tice, that it be charged to your_ac-

count.





This certified check then becomes in,





the same class with a cashier’s check

so far as validity is concerned, that is





Memories---My First Gun





;By' G. W.





burnt—as homely as the proverbial

hedge fence—but to my youthful eyes

its lines were perfect, its power unlim-

ited. I now own a little-used, beautiful

Parker hammerless gun. This gun is

a thing of beauty, but it can never

look as beautiful to me as did my first

gun, the old, worn, homely muzzle

loader. I enjoy shooting as well as

ever, but I do not‘like to kill, and the

living birds and squirrels look more

beautiful to me with each passing year.





But I would not blot out from my

memory those charming days when I





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





- fingers against the ramrod.





TUTTLE





wandered in the woods of old Connec-

ticut with only my gun forfla compan-

ion. Sometimes I ‘ returned empty

handed, but more often with squirrels





for a savory stew, or with yellow-.





shafted fiickerskoreven with robins,

which were considered fair game for

a boy four decades ago. As I grew

older an occasional quail was bagged

as I learned to shOot upon the wing;

and; and—crowning joy—on rare oc-

casions some Cunning old cock part-

ridge thundered up only to be stopped

in midair by a fortunate shot. Ah!

but that was a proud moment for a

boy! What a noble bird! How white

and delicious the meat! A savory

pound, indeed!



When I_ think of the charges that

went into that old, bree'chburnt gun, at

times, I wonder that I am now alive.

In those days we dropped the ramrod

into the loaded gun, and placed our

If the

ramrod projected three fingers the

charge was medium, four fingers was

heavy, and five fingers was very heavy,

doing greatexecution at the rear of

the gun. I remember an amusing inci-

dent that occurred one day when'l

had overloaded the gun; '



I had loaded the gun heavily—four

fingers. The crows were coming into

the corn and I thought I might possibly





- get several in rangewat once, so ’I,j*put-





in two fingers more of shot in addition

to the heavy charge already‘in the gun.

Not getting a shot at the crows . I__





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if the bank is good the check is good

in either case, but the entire stranger

to you does not know if you came by

the check honestly or if the bank upon

which it is drawn is. good so you may

have your identification troubles.



Now ,suppose you do not use a cer-

tified check, ‘what will you do with it,

tear it up and scatter it ‘to the four

winds of the earth? Well, that is what

is frequently done and it causes no end

of trouble.



Never destroy a certified check that

has not been used; return it to your

bank and re-deposit it to the credit of

your account. You will recall that it

was charged to your account and hence _

must be returned if unused. Should

you destroy it, your banker is ever at

a loss to account for it and may even

require a bond of you to cover the

amount before he will consent to give

your account full credit for the amount

and do not blame him if he does so. It

is exactly the thing he should do and

that is' why_ I am giving you this

adVice.





 





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went to the woods to look for, partridg-

es. Some rough factory yOung men

came along and tried to frighten me

by threats, etc. When they discovered

that I was not easily frightened they

became civil and asked if they might-

shoot the gun. I jumped at the chance

to get rid of that charge, as I felt ner-

vous about shooting it myself.



Hanging his hat on a stake for a tar-

get the young man fired, with disas-

trous results to the hat. The recoil

nearly turned. him around, and he felt

Of his shoulder as if to satisfy himself

that any of it remained.‘ When he

looked at his hat he was astonished,

for the hat had become a sieve. He

promptly offered me five dollars for my

dollar gun, which offer I as promptly

refused.



Better guns followed in good time

but it is the first gun that is rich in

memories.





ENLIST.





 





BY RUTH RAYMOND. v,





Enlist for your county by boy,



The farm, is the “War Zone” today,

No -foeman have you to destrOy



As you gather the grain and the hay.





Enlist for the Nation has need

And calls for the loyal and true,



We have promised our Allies to feed,

Our Allies who battle for you.





Then work with a strength and a will

Be faithful and we shall succeed,

’Tisas helpful to feed as to kill,

'Tis as loyal to sweat as to bleed.





f«Enlist ’neath the banner my son,

. “While birds sing a martial refrain,

Keep step till the conflict is won,

And this world has been fed with

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. The twin yeari we were alienated

mm them by the almements of

the, weekly pay eurelo'pe taught us, in

me thingu, how to run the farm when

we came back. 'Here is our program

la a small flockfof, hens. Before we

went to the city we‘kept hens but they

were of the class of biddy that lays

forty or fifty eggs per year and the

birds were fed almost anything they

would eat. In the city we kept hens

and we learned then how to make

them pay.

Give Plenty of Room.



We would advise at least four square

lost of space for each bird in the win-

ter quarters. This should be exclusive

of the roosting section. When weather

is suitable free range should beallow-

ed. On the farm the hen house may

be some distance from the residence,

so this will be practical. Summer care

of the birds will consist of cleaning the

house frequently and providing means

tor the birds to keep themselves free

from vermin. The feed should consist

of dry mash and scratch feed. The

particular use of dry mash is to make

the hens drink a lot of water, so neces-

sary to egg production.



In the winter a balanced ration must

be fed. First provide grit and shells

in proper hoppers. Also, provide a

hopper for dry mash which should be

filled from time to time so there will

always be a supply for the birds to

peck at. Ground alfalfa and beef

scraps may be fed in the mash if no

other sources of green and animal food

are available. On the farm, however,

skim-milk and cabbage or beets may

take the place of the more costly in-

gredients. Hens must have both or

they cannot make eggs.



Feeding for Egg Production.



In the morning scatter a quart and

a half of scratch feed, which may be

corn and salvage wheat, barley or cats.

At noon feed table and household

waste, also some kind of green feed.

At night feed the same amount of

scratch feed. This estimate is based

on a flock of fifty birds. Fresh water

should be kept in clean fountains and

should be available at all times unless

milk is fed, in which case water once

a day will be suflicient.



We have kept several brands of poul-

try but have finally decided that the

American breeds are best adapted to

the needs of the farmer. One function

of the flock is to supply a roasting bird

at frequent intervals and a Rock or

Wyandotte or Rhode Island Red makes

as good showing in the pan as any

breed. They also develop rapidly. The

lock should be replenished yearly by

pullets batched in March or early Ap-

ril. The late hatched chicks will not

lay during the winter, when eggs are

so much desired. Finally, and most

emphatic of all, keep pure stock and

keep the flock up to the standard by

frequent introductions of new blood.



Use Conveniences. ‘



By providing the house with proper

food hoppers, drinking fountains, drop-

pings boards and other conveniences,

the work of caring for a flock of fifty

hens is not large. We have no hard





and fast rules in feeding but we know

- that the hen must have egg-making

foods or she cannot lay. In these times

of high-priced grains, the kind of grain

readily obtained is fed as a





most

scratch feed.

New. Hampshire. C. H. CHESLEY.





 





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Although restrictions on the sale of

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T. would really be pathetic, if it



weren’t so irritating, to consider



how much people lose in this world

by their refusal to learn. Really, the

number of people who are perfectly

satisfied with their own meagre knowl-

edge, and most contemptuous of any

effort. to enlighten them, is amazing.

Especially, if the person who offers to

help is someone they’ve always known.

The average human being seems just

naturally incapable of comprehending

that a person with whom they have

grown up may have learned something

worth imparting, and from the days of

Jesus, down to our own time, we find

men and women saying,



“Whence hath this man this wis-

dom? Is not this the carpenter’s son?

Is not his mother called Mary? And

his brethren, James and Joses and

Simon and Judas? And his sisters, are

they not all with us? Whence then

hath this man all these things?





So the masses close eyes and ears

to things which might ‘make life easier

and better for them, fearing that by

admitting they can still be taught they

are confessing their inferiority. And,

strange as it may seem, it is the most

ignorant who refuse to learn, who

think‘they have nothing to learn. And

the’wiser the person the more humble

he becomes and the more willing to

learn from everyone.



Rolling bandages in a Red Cross

workroom the other day, two women,

evidently old friends, were chatting.



“I was up half the night with Billy,”

.yawned one, the fat red-faced one. His

temperature ran up to 102, and this

morning he’s as cross as a bear. I

don’t see how it is your children never

keep you up. They’re always well,”

she added fretfully. “I can’t see why

a skinny little mite like you should

have such strong children, and a big

strong woman like me has puny ones.”



“The “skinny little mite” flushed and

But she said pleasantly

enough, “It does seem rather strange,

doesn’t it?”



“Strange,” echoed her friend, “I

should say it is. George and I were

talking about it this morning. You

and Jack don’t either one look as well

as we do, and look at your children.

How do you do it?”



“You wouldn’t do it if I told you,”

said the friend, considering critically

a bandage she had just finished.



“If you mean a high-priced special-

ist, I couldn’t afford it,” said the fat

one. , '



“I don’t mean doctors at all,” said

the little woman. “I haven’t had a doc-

tor in the house for two years, and the

specialist never came after he opened

my eyes to the sins of wrong feeding.

It’s all in the children’s diet and reg-

ular habits, going to bed early and no

exciting night movies.”



“Well, I can’t afford four quarts of

milk a day at twelve cents a quart,

why there’s $3.50 a. week right there





,, for milk alone,” said the sleepy mother.

‘fAnd eggs for custards at present pric-



es are out of the question.”

: . “No,” said the little one tartly, “But



. you'can afford a couple of pounds of

fifty-cent chocolates a week and mov-

ies for the four of you two or three





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for things that are a detriment to you

all and then complain because the chil-

dren are sick. I couldn’t afford to do

that.” The name “skinny 'little mite”

still rankled, it was plain. .



“Oh, I suppose if we wanted to be

tightwads like some folks and never

take the kids to a show nor buy them

a sundae we could support a creamery,

too,” flung back the “lady friend.” And

conversation languished.



I wanted to congratulate the little

woman for her courage and common

sense, but that last shot scared me out.

So I could only muse on the queerness

of human nature. Every paper we pick

up is filled with the importance of

properly feeding the children, every

place one turns are helpful suggestions

from the clinics provided in the cities

to the bales of free literature sent out

by the government to rural readers.

And yet hundreds of mothers are go-

ing on still, creating perverted appe-

tites in infants, feeding chocolate can—

dy to babies only a few months old,

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to little children who should be having

cereals and whole milk and eggs, and

then complaining because the children

are not well. And worst of all, they

scoff at the very things that would

help them and back up their mistake





with the argument that mother al-.





ways fed the things they are giving.



Mother did, because she didn’t know

any better. The subject of correct

feeding had not been touched upon

when mother brought us up. And look

at our disordered digestion and jang—

ling nerves. Read the statistics of peo-

ple dying of diseases caused almdst en-

tirely, doctors will tell you, from wrong

habits of eating.



Let us get out of the idea of think-

ing our way is the only way. Let us

be open minded and willing to be told.





The woman next door may have some-‘





thing we don’t. Let’s learn it, even if

she is “skinny.” The government is

asking us this year to save 100,000 chil-

dren. We can do it if we are ready

to learn.



DEBORAH.





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Utilizing the Potato





By GRACE N.





N marked contrast to the effort to

I save every tuber for seed last year,



is this year’s watch cry of “use all

the potatoes you can.” No doubt every

woman will do this, knowing that ev-

ery potato eaten helps to save wheat

to send to our forces abroad and to our

allies. But even then, with the sur-

plus of potatoes in every farm home

and the slow sales at low prices, (thir-

ty cents per bushel in this locality),

there will be a waste of food that is

wicked unless the women of the farms

come to the rescue.



Without danger of making the bur-

den too heavy, it is possible in nearly

every farm home to make a few bush-

els of potatoes into a food product that

will keep indefinitely, i. e., starch. The

time to do it is now. 'A little later the

more strenuous work On the farm will

have begun and the potatoes will not

be in as good condition for the sprout-

ing changes some of the starch into

sugar. If one has a fair market for the

best potatoes, remember that the small

ones are just as good for this purpose.



The process described below is a

very simple one, the time required but

two hours. With a larger and better

equipment'the time could be materially

reduced. In homes where there are

children the work can nearly all be

done by them and this chances to be a

kind of work which they like to do,

make something new. The writer lays

no claim to originality. It is an old

process revived and simplified. Our

grandmothers used to make this starch

by the slow and ofttimes painful proc-

ess of grating the potatoes.



Potato Starch.



Material—One peek of potatoes, a

colander or sieve, food grinder, several

pans and basins, stiff vegetable brush

and Plenty of cold water.



Process—Scrub the potatoes _ with

the vegetable brush, using plenty of

water. Rinse thoroughly: - The larger

ones should be outgin several ”pieces,

the smaller ones in halves. . Thesize





 





 





WHITTAKER





of the pieces will depend upon the size

of the chopper used. The writer was

equipped with a No. 2 chopper, and

used the nut-butter grinder. With a

chopper of larger size less cutting

would be necessary and less time

would be used in grinding; but the fine

knives should be used since the finer

the ,potato is ground the greater the

percentage of starch saved. Grind.



_ Some of thegliquid will drip from the

chopper in the process of grinding.

Save this carefully as it contains a

large part of the starch. Put the pulp

into the large colander or sieve which

has been previously placed over a pan

large enough to allow the colander to

reach part way to the bottom of it.

Turn on water enough to fill the pan

nearly full. Stir the pulp thoroughly

for several minutes with a Stick or a.

large spoon. Remove the colander to

another pan and repeat the process.

Less starch will come from this wash—

ing. Three washings will be sufficient.

Allow the water in which the pulp was

Washed to stand undisturbed a short

time until the starch has settled to the

bottom of the pan. The water will be

of a dark reddish color. Turn this off

carefully and put on fresh. Stir the

starch well from the bottom. Strain

through coarse cheesecloth. This re-

moves the finer particles of pulp which

passed through the colander. When

the starch has again settled it will be

found that this water is much cleaner.

Change the water as many times as is

necessary to remove the impurities.

When the water looks clear turn it off

and allow the starch to dry. The proc-

ess'may be hastened by breaking it up

and removing to shallower pans after

it has dried a short time.



Result: In this case one and one—

quarter pounds of starch.



The experiment was then tried of

paring the same amount of potatoes

but this, process required more time

and gave but one pound of‘starcharid

nearly as many washings were. access





 





 





sary in order to clear the starch of for-~

eign matter. The refuse pulp was cook-

ed and-fed to the fowls. It was eagerly

devoured so there was absolutely no

waste.



Uses—1. Food. 2. Laundry.



Food.—-—This starch may be used in

various ways as shown below. Every

spoonful used saves one of flour since

its thickening value is double that of

the latter. This may seem a small sav-

ing but it takes only eight tablespoon-

fuls to save a cup of flour. Considered

from the standpoint of economy alone,

it is worth using, as starch at ten cents

a pound is cheaper than any of our

flours since we need to use but half as

much.



Chocolate Pie.



Crust—One cup of rye flour, (barley

may be used and will make a crust of

lighter color), quarter of a teaspoon of

salt, three tablespoonfuls of any lard

substitute. Mix the ingredients as us-

ual but be careful when adding the wa-

ter to use as little as possible or the

dough will be sticky. Line the pie-tin

with this crust and bake in a quick

oven. When done fill with the custard

and return to the ,oven for a short

time. '



Custard—One pint of milk, one ta.-

blespoon of potato starch, one egg, two

tablespoons of sugar, one tablespoon

of grated chocolate, half a teaspoon of

vanilla. quarter of a teaspoon of salt,

one teaspoon of butter. Mix the starch,

sugar, chocolate and salt, add a little of

the cold milk and the egg well beaten.

Heat the remainder of the milk nearly

to the boiling point in a double boiler.

Stir the mixture into this, add the but-

ter and cook two or three minutes,

stirring all the time. Remove from the

fire and add the vanilla.





If desired the white of the egg may

b omitted and a half spoonful more

of tarch used. The white may be

whipped till very stiff, a teaspoonful

of powdered sugar added and the mix-

ture spread on the top of the pie. It

should then be returned to the oven

to brown.





No apology is offered for giving reci-

pes for pies. Most farmers’ wives have

quantities of fruit canned for that pur-

pose. Not to use it would be a waste

of good material. But the pies should

be made with one crust and that of

rye or barley flour.



Berry Pie.



Crust—Make as for chocolate pie

but do not bake.



Filling—Drain t e juice from the

canned berries. Dissolve two table-

spoons of potato starch in a little of

the 'cold juice. Heat the remainder

nearly to the boiling point. Stir in the

dissolved starch and boil till thick.

enough. Put the drained berries in

the crust, add the thickened juice and

bake without top crust.





Potato Starch Pudding.



Three tablespoons of potato starch,

one quart of milk, one~quarter teaspoon

of salt, two eggs. Mix the starch with

a little cold milk, add the eggs well

beaten and the salt. Heat the remaind-

er of,'the milk in a double boiler nearly

to the boiling point, Add the mixture

to the hot milk, stirring all the time.





. Boil four minutes. Serve with maple





syrup.

- :- ’ White sauce. ,. , .

one tabIEsp‘OOn of butter. or vegeta-

ble fat, halt tablespoon potato amen

quarter. teaspoon of: salt, one o .
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milk.» . Seald the remainder in a double

boiler; Edd the ll’Ot-‘I‘Il'llR’ Slomy to the ‘





mixture, stirring all the time. Return

to the boiler and cook tWenty minutes.

Add butter or oil, and salt and remove

fromthe fire as soon as well mixed.



. Gravles.



Use potato starch to thicken all

gravies. Remember that half as much

starch as flour is needed.



War White Cake.



Whites of three eggs, one cup of

sugar, one~third cup of butter or vege-

table lat, half cup of milk, one tea-

spoon of vanilla or lemon, onequarter

teaspoon of salt, two teaspoons baking

powder, one 0qu of potato starch, one

cup of barley flour. Cream the butter

or fat, add the sugar, mix well. Fold

in the whites of the eggs beaten very

stiff. Sift together salt, baking pow-

der, and barley flour. Mix the milk

with the potato starch. Add the flour

and starch mixtures alternately, beat-

ing thoroughly. Bake in a moderate

oven.



Dark War Cake.



This cake does not require potato

starch but is given because it uses the

egg yolks.



Youks of three eggs, one-third cup

of shortening, half a cup of molasses,

half a cup of sugar, half a cup of sour

milk or buttermilk, one teaspoon each

of soda, allspice and cinnamon, one

and a half cups of rye flour, or two

cups of, barley flour. Beat the egg

yolks, add shortening, sugar and molas-

ses and mix well. ,Dissolve the soda in

the sour milk. Sift together flour, cin-

namon and allspice. Add alternately

With the sour milk, beating well. Bake

in a slow oven.



Either of these puddings will use the

egg yolks left from the war white

cake.



Lemon Pudding.



Yolks of three eggs, one-third cup

of a cup of sugar, four tablespoons of

potato starch, one pint of water, one

tablespoon of butter, grated rind and

the juice of one large lemon or two

small ones. Beat the yolks and sugar

together. Moisten the starch with a

little of the water and boil the rind and

juice in the remainder for fifteen min-

utes. Strain. Add to the moistened

starch and cook until it thickens. Add

the eggs, sugar and butter, stirring

well. Pour into a. pudding dish and

place in the oven for ten minutes.

Serve cold.



Caramel Pudding.



Two-thirds cup of sugar, one pint of

milk, yolks of three eggs, three table-

spoons Of potato starch, one table-

spoon of butter. Caramelize the sugar,

(have a very low fire or it will burn).



.Heat all of the milk except enough to

moisten the starch. Add the heated

milk very slowly to the caramelized





sugar, stirring constantly. Add the~





moistened potato starch, beaten egg





yolks, and place in a double boiler. Add.





the butter and cook two minutes, stir-

ring all the time. Pour into a mold

and serve cold with cream.



Laundry—This starch is excellent

for all laundry purposes. If directions

are followed it is never sticky.



Clear Starch.

_ One tablespoon of potato starch,

(moisten in two tablespoons of cold wa-

ter. Add one and a half pints of boil—

,ing water and one-quarter teaspoon of

salt, stirring constantly. Boil» for two

minutes. Starch the clothes while this

is hot.



Cold Starch.



Potato starch will be found just as

satisfactory for this purpose as any of

the starches used for this kind of

starching. ,





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‘Michigan.

which there seems at present to be no

adequate outlet, is accumulating.





being is preventing the condensaries

from transporting their output to Eu-

rope, Wbere the famine in butter-fat

products is more acute by far than is

the surplus of them here.



“What this means to the producer of

milk, however, it doesn’t re-

quire very much intuition to

guess,” declares J. A. Wal-

dron, extension agent in

dairying for the Michigan

Agricultural College. “The

experiences of dairymen

near Portland, in Ionia coun-

ty, are typical of what is

happening in numerous oth-

er parts of the state. This

district was supplying about

19,000 pounds of milk daily

to a local condensary, but





April (and this state of af-



fairs may still be existing),



the condensary had to turn this milk

back. The company would have liked

to have taken in this pI-oduct‘and stor-

ed it until the finished condensed milk

began to move, but it lacked the capi-

tal necessary to enable it to do this—

and many other of the smaller conden-

sary enterprises in the state are find-

ing themselves in the same predica-

ment. _



“Another cause of the surplus is to

be found in the effort at adjustment of

milk prices that has been made in sev-

eral of the larger cities within the past

winter. As a result of this effort and

the growth of a feeling by much of the

public against the producers, the con-

sumption of milk in the cities has fall-

en off markedly—and this despite the

fact that even at twelve and fourteen

cents a quart it is one of the cheapest

and most nutritious foods the consum-





News from Da





HE Allegan County Cow-testing

Association has finished its

fourth year and despite adverse

conditions the herds came very close

to the marks of the preceding years,

the average being 6.568 pounds of milk

and 274.3 pounds of fat per cow. Seven

herds out. of twenty-five averaged

above 300 pounds of fat per cow. J. D.

Wedge’s herd of Jerseys wen first

place_with average of 388.9 pounds.

Roscoe Ellis, Jerseys, was second with

average of 360.3 pounds and L. A.

Arndt, grade Holsteins, was third with

average of 385 pounds of fat. The

Arndt herd also leads with an average

of 8,878 pounds of milk per cow. The

records show that fourteen cows are

making a net profit of $90 each and

that twenty-eight cows are “boarders.”

Four cows made over $100 net profit in

spite of high feeds. Records for the

year cover 256 cows and the leader in

each class was as follows: Mature,

grade Holstein owned by Wm. Iliff,

11,392 lbs. milk and 493.3 lbs. of fat;





' four-year-old grade Jersey, owned by





Wilmot, 6,404 lbs. milk and 432.1 lbs.

fat; -three-year-old, registered Jersey,

owned by Wedge, 7,518 lbs. milk and

511.9 lbs. fat; two-year-old, grade Jer-

sey, owned by Godfrey, 5,927 lbs. milk

and 379 lbs. fat; milk class (any age),

registered Holstein owned by _Wash-

burn, 13,376 lbs. milk.



The cooperative creamery at Harbor





 





Springs, in Emmet- county, which has





N over-supply Of any food pro- er can purchase.





A surplus of milk, for





Serious Situation





Condensaries Unable 'to Finance Contracts for Milk Turn Product '1





Farmers





 





The new lessons in

duct in this era. of food short- food conservation and thrift are also

ages would be a paradox—but having their effect in lessening the de-



this very thing‘has come to pass in mand for butterfat products in France,





Belgium, England, Italy and other Eu-

ropean countries. For the American

dairyman a possible solution of these





This surplus of dairy products, ac- current difficulties might be found if

cording to those who are looking into the government would place orders for

the matter, is mostly attributable to a future delivery upon which the conden-

shortage of 'ships which for the time caries and the milk corporations might





borrow money—though there is noth-

ing to indicate at present that this will

be done. An organized campaign of

advertising of dairy products by the

dairy associations, in the manner in

which the California growers enlighten





 





during the last ten- days in How will the Normaiincreas‘einilk Produc-





tion be Cared for this Year?‘





consumers about the virtues of their

fruits, would also help immensely in

increasing the demand for and the ap-

preciation of dairy products.



“Among officials of the Department-

of Agriculture and the Food Adminis-

tration in Washington, the feeling is

that this critical situation will be _re-

lieved by fall, when our launching of

ships will begin to exceed the toll tak-

en by the pirate U-boats.





“Under the circumstances, it is the ‘





opinion of the writer that in the long

run it will be wiser for dairymen to

struggle along as best they can for the

present, rather than to sacrifice any of

their herds, for while the present may

look dark enough, a future is in pros-

pect which from the standpoint .of

profit and general good of the industry

should amply repay producers for ex-

isting hardships.”





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not been operating for about a year, is

in the hands of Allen W. Reynolds as

receiver and will be sold.



Condensed milk intended for the

boys “over there” has been piling up

at Atlantic ports, due to lack of vessel

room, and this is hitting the dairy

farmers. A Grand Ledge milk com-

pany has discontinued some of its milk

routes. For example, lonia county

farmers were shipping 11,000 pounds

daily from one station and this busi-

ness was dropped with only a few

hours’ notice.



Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFIN.

IMPLEMENT REPAIR WEEK SUC-



CESSFUL.





 





That the farmers generally respond-

ed to the idea of “implement repair

week" the first week in March is indi-

cated by returns from various parts of

the country. Orders received by deal-

ers and manufacturers during the

spring season have been larger than

usual. Not only did the orders come

for the repair of spring tillage imple‘

ments, but also for mid-summer har-

vesting equipment. This indicates that

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(Continued from page 600).

blush with shame when you put oleo

on your own table because it is two





cents cheaper than bhtter, and then





ask the city man to buy your butter

and use it on his table and give you a

fair price for your product.



Then we must enlarge and continue

our advertising campaign. Every man

who owns a cow is interested in this

matter. He is benefited a hundred

times as much as he will ever put into

the campaign, by the great work that

is being done by the local state and

national associations. Let’s be fair,

have a heart and backbone to stand for

the right in this matter.



We are told that it will require nine

months of continued effort before we





necessary before we can get cheese as

a part of the soldier’s ration. This is

one of the most concentrated form of

animal nutriments. The soldiers are

hungering for it, we have millions of

pounds piled up awaiting for them and

it should be used in all of the canton-





can’t be sent across the water just yet.

We are making every effort to protect

and encourage your industry and give

to the American people these most

needed food, products at a. fair price,

and we want your help.





WATCH :THE FARM SEPARATOR.





 





The separator should be watched

Be sure that the machine is level and

securely fastened to a firm foundation.

Remember that the speed of the sep-

arator is an important factor in its

efficiency. If the crank is turned too

slowly an excessive amount of fat will

be left in the skim-milk. The milk

should not be allowed to enter the ma-

chine until full speed is attained.



A temperature of ninety degrees F.

is best for separation. If milk is cold

when separated there is too much loss

of fat. If the milk becomes cold it

may he warmed by placing the can of

milk in hot water. It is preferable,

however, to separate the milk soon af-

ter it is drawn and before it becomes

cold.



The separator should be kept clean

if the highest efficiency of the ma-

chine, and the best product is to be ob-

tained. At the end of each separation

flush out the bowl by pouring into the

supply can about two quarts of luke-

warm water. The parts may then be

washed with warm water and then

rinsed in scalding water after which

they should be allowed to dry.—L. W.

Morley.





HOW TO CLARIFY FATS.





 





Here are three methods of clarifying

fat. Method 1. Melt the fat with an

equal portion of water in a double boil-

er. Strain through a cloth. When cold

remove the layer of fat from the wa-

ter. Method 2. Follow directions giv-

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Flavors and odors are modified. Meth-

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0d 1, adding several pieces of clean

hardwood charcoal. If beef fat is be-

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Cultivation of vegetables should be-

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Eight Good Reasons

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CREAM SEPARATOR _;





GREATER CAPACITY: New capacities have been increased I 0%.





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EASIER TO WASH: Simpler bowl construction and discs caulked





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almost every. locality where cows are milked, insures the buyer of a

De Laval quick and diluent service whenever he needs it.





Order your De Laval now and let it begin saving cream for you right

away. Remember that a De Lav may be bought for or on such

liberal terms as to save its own cost. See the local Do Laval agent or.

3 you don't know him, write to the nearest De Laval office as below.





THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR COMPANY





165 Broadway, New York 29 E. Madison Street, Chicago





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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The Farmers of Michigan Lose Annually





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FROM ACCIDENT AND DISEASE





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a a o I

The Michigan Live Stock Insurance Company

organized expressly for the purpose of, indemniiying owners of live stock against death from any

cause. We want agents to carry this great message to every ‘iarmer.

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

319 Widdicomb Bldg" Grand Rapids, Mich.





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





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BREEDERS’ DIRECNRY.





(manta oi Copy or Cancellations must reach us





Ten Days before date of publication.





We Offer a Few Special Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a small investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding.



Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.





CATTLE.





ABERDEEN

ANGUS





Fon‘Sale—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- ricas and Blackbirds onl Broaden of the



dam an former owners of the a re our hard hull)



ghlhe Grand Champion Bull at the ntornational

c





f 1917.

or Ionia, Mich.





A Good finality bulls of serviceable

ngu’ use an you or. Inspection invit-

Geo. Hathaway and n, Ovid, Mich.





Cloverly

ad.





 

 

 





 

 

 





ould excha e for ood ’ -

females. Robert Smith ’ $edonfa Mlgg.





GUERNSEYS rugrgggrgsggzfiégz





brow also a n .11 stock or A. a. .





 

 





 

 

 





 





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- and. Greek, Mich-1‘





Registered Guernseys





A fine 3 year old heifer and her heifer calf-right in

evelr‘y wa 8350. F. O. . your town.

J.’ . W LLIAMB. - - - North Adams Mich.





 





' Very choice grade Guernso

alums.) "Ni."- heiters and heifers calves. cg

good dairy type. thrifty. in good condition, and 0. K.

in every respect and out of high rade Guernsehows

and pure bred sires. Also finds uernsey cows. 'ces

reasonable. The J ENNI GS FARMS. 'Bailey. Mich.





 





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

lul'nSC’S Ma inf, son of mp. May Rose Ki

heads ourherd, of h a half sisters sold averaging 81

each. His bull calves are booked ahead at reasonable

prices. Avondalo Stock Farm, Wayne. Mich.





GU ER NS EY —anorsri'ii'fi





0° . l I f m l|sum. cunts

II I n 00‘ 0 '0' 0 am OIIo

lucxs' oiiiar'sgr rams. Saginaw. .s.. Mich





' Re istered Guernsey bull cal-

For sale vesBMay Bose breedin .

JOHN EBELB. R. 2. Hollan , Mich.





G u e rn se yer-€35. gliiolniif'ctw‘g





Prices reasonable. Geo. N. Crawford. Holton, Mich.





CLUNY STOCK FARM





100--REGISTERED HOLSTEINfi-doo

When you need a herd sire remember that we

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

der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality, and production records back-

ed by the best strains of breeding.





Write us our wants.

R. BRUCE MePHEiSON, Howell, Mich.





 





 





acce ted in ayment of finely bredre -

‘ aIfld "Ill. istergd Holgtein bull calves. “112-,

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

one. D. c‘LAnKn. . . - - Vassar, 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





 





 

 





 





OAK Leaf Farm. ord sire Lenawoe Pontiac Cal.



smithxlng oilor stored Holstein bull calv



ii.” Aiii: .hwl'dtf‘f “”3”" 'l “T: firming 7

v race . n a - - ..



‘ ”in ms. butter sag-ail as;- m'ifr ‘ms. but-



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ROGRAM‘ committees of rural or-

ganizations should take advantage

of present conditions to further

the cooperative spirit. Despite the fact

that much business comes before a.

society. ,the program committee is

the key to‘success of the organization

and themembers should feel their re-

sponsibility. Programs prepared “on

the spur of the moment” are often

spurious, in other words, they do not





ly, to interest the people.

Have All Participate.





Every program should be made up

with the idea. in mind 'of getting the

greatest number of people onto their

feet; The maximum benefit ‘comes from

getting all members into active partici4

pation. Most folks are good listeners

for a short time only and after that

they wish to be doers. It is impossible

to have three or four meetings where

staid and set speeches are given with-

out losing some of the local interest.

The thing that is enjoyable is the

thing that is self-educating and while

we do get some instruction from oth-

ers speaking, much more pleasure is

derived from our having taken part in

the program individually. Some points

as 'roll call to be answered by quota-

tions from farm poetry, favorite ani-

mal and why, favorite work and why,

as well as, the funniest thing I ever

saw, are all good for the purpose of

arousing interest and getting everyone

into the program. The mock trial

brings out all of the latent talent in

the community for with the large num-

ber of witnesses that may be called,

many people can participate and they

are all given something to do.



The program committee is the one

responsible for the social life of the

club or association. Business alone will

not keep any organization alive any

more than will the social side alone.

The meetings, in order to be interest-

ing, must contain an admixture of both

business and social elements.



Points of Etiquette.





In our township clubs there are a

few points of etiquette that are often

overlooked. 'In a township, many peo-

ple come to the club who are strang—.

ers. In some cases, folks who have

lived in the township all their lives do

not know each other.' These "people

who ceme in as strangers should be

met by some committee, or individual,

and,introduced to all those present

whom they do not know. In this way,

the community comes ’to know itself,

which is indeed a great accomplish-

ment. '



Where clubs are held at private

homes, it is customary and proper for

the giiests to tell the host or hostess

as they pass out and go home that the

evening has been an enjoyable one. It

means Vmuch to entertain a group of

people in one’s home and this courtesy

shows that the guests appreciate the

plans which have been made for their

entertainment.



Especially in newly formed clubs,

the members are often a little stiff in

their anticipation of the remarks which

are to be made by a foreign speaker.

After anyone has had a round of speak-

ing beforea strangeaudience, he will

know that the reception which is given

the speaker has much to do with the

message which the speaker will bring.

I have ,taught school, led ,pyoung peo-

ple’s meetings and spoken some before

strange audiences, and I know that the

crowd secures my best only when I

feel that they are interested in what I

shall say. ' g ,



It is only a small thing, yet it means

much. so .when a speaker is going for-

ward, he shduld be given~ a hearty wel-

come as. encased ll? hand clapping.





 





do what any program should do, name?





 

 





Stamping on the floor with one’s feet





the Program Committee

By I. J. MATHEWS





is a mark of ill-breeding and is not con-

sidered by speakers as a welcome.

. Talent on all Sides.



Regarding talent'that may be called

upon, the average community is filled

with _. men and women, who know

things that are not'so well known {by

the remainder of the ' community.





These people will usually not take a .





Very long time to tell what they know

on any particular subject and this

makes it possible for many of them to

participate in a single'p‘rog‘ra'm. More-

over, if we could get into operation

only the best practices of each farmer

in the cOmmunity, great progress

would follow. The best practices of

every housewife put into use in each

kitchen would lighten the work one

hundred per cent and eliminate much

drudgery.



Foreign talent is lurking every-

where. The county agent is always

willing to come out, but should be used

as a guide more than an entertainer.

Too much county agent or any other

person on the program will kill any

organization. It is in line neither with

democracy nor the American spirit.

Remember that the club fulfills its

highest purpose when it educates, eleo

vates and entertains all its members.

Education is the keynote of all pro-

gress. “How the banker and farmer

can cooperate,” is a subject that can

be made very interesting by any intel-

ligent banker, and can usually be so-

cured for the asking. "The future of

the country church," is helpful when

handled by a wideawake minister. The

local teacher can often.do. so much

good through thoughtful remarks on

“How parents and teachers cooperate.”

Even a politician can: be called upon to

tell somethings about political man-

agement. Physicians" can say? much

that is helpful concerning- “The first

signs of sickness,” and even the‘ibaker

will contribute 3s0’me” very, interesting

points abouthOWiihis. business is :run.

The community that would beiioneéhun-

dred per cent eflicient must make use

of all these experts that are available,

since efficiency may be defined as {The

greatest possible use "of ”all available

resources.” ' '



Welelanned Programs Best.



The wise- program "committee will

keep the members constantly in antici-

pation of what comes next. “Don’t let

any one kind of program get stale.

Use mock trials, new songs, roll Calls,

debates, etc., and keep the interest at

high pitch. It helps greatly to have

the programs made out three- months

in advance. This gives all participants

a chance to prepare and brooks no

apologies when an assignment is lack-

ing. No program should be allowed to

take more than one‘and 'a half'hoiirs

where the peOple sit still and not more

than two hours where there is a recess

in it. A ten-minute recess often pro—

motes greater sociability. However,

see to it that the ten minutes does not





lengthen into fifteen, then twenty, and .





so on, for this one feature will in time

break up the organization.



Interesting programs are available

on all sides. Talent, both local and

foreign, is in abundance. In these ser-

ious times, sociability is the panacea

for the sorrows and foreboding

thoughts that prevail in war times and

there never was a time when it was

easier to assemble a crowd for any

purpose whatsoever. In view of these

facts, there is but little excuse for a

dead program, committee ' except iner-

tia. In\such a case, impeach the; com-

mittee and put on a live one, as the

organization should not be hampered

by a barnacle. "





 

 

 





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you can do today._~,—-B_enjamin

,'=.;;E..vsr man Is‘ithe '

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A Federation of Interests





Holsteins





; arms of so Holstein: headed by ”who“ King

. son f Kin Se is Pontiac

Zerma Aloartra Pofitdfiein elm as fol brother to





fleas! the

emerges” omdyke; 40.321bs. of butter in 7days

fifm years old. f H l ‘

is f the very highest class 0 0 etc as

afihl'nhh': kier that the practical farmer should

have who wants stock that is sure to pay out.

The [gnarl famil is offered as a foundation for

a s- pgotical herd:Dam. Tatt 1% Dawn. 4

min fresh ned-lstdaughterPau n is Dawn.

l m. airbred 13m. 1'. 1m. to ball with 29 lb. dam: hd

... 0g:- “i “i‘i'z’“li$“°$.fa‘3‘.3”$‘f&%°§iw

ts.- rn pr .. us

rod full description of this family.

letter selves. bred heifers and cows. Please tell

whet eewant and let us describe and send ete-

‘ m, of the individual such as we thin you





Y 3 ll slredb Kin Zerma Alcartra Pontiac;

Oggfreuliu 8°33; Pogtiao Alcartra. the $50,000

bull. Dam is Geneeee Wonder. direct descendent on

both sides from De Kol 2nd Butter Boy 3rd.





35.“ mummrtr’r-Er’tei firm?

t strs .u it an m . ow n u

'eseei . ser phgtograph. Other younger: r

balls of high class.



A helm herd; "animals of all! me to select

from. Please let us hear from you.





HOMESTEAD FARMS. Bloomingdale. Mich.





“lop -‘Nolch”

HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are



up by many generations of

large producers. Buy one of these

bulls, and give your herd a “push”.

Full descriptions, prices, etc. on request.





McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.





60 Head Re istered

' Holstein attle





The 'l‘uscola County Holstein Fricsian Sale Co.,

will hold their first annual sale at Caro. Mich-

igan. Ma 31. 1918. These cattle are from the

host hard: of the county and represent the blood

of some of the greatest sires and dams of the

breed. Some sired by and others bred to 301i).

bulls. Holsteins the greatest dairy cattle in the

world. Caro the place to buy them. For catalog

or other information address





B. B. Rssvy, Akron, Mich., or

Geo. A. Proctor, Vassar, Mich.





The Traverse Herd





Great Values in Bulls





Iran A. R. O. Cows with records up to 30 lbs.



.Let uslmo w your wants. We will send extend-



‘cd pedigrees and prices.



TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL,

Traverse City. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





, Pedigree Stock Farm cler- Renaldo]-

Parhamis stein Isn‘ttflefi(ll‘lestei-3 Vll’lhihteuflwine,

"tubes-gins n on relax: a gs. n s a rice.



R. B. PAREAKI. Bronson. loll.





A Few Fine Bulls For Sale





ligslsws Hobbit Farms. lrssdsviik. list.





$50 , lino. old son Pontiac Hesperia 2d. 14

gets lb. granddam 30.21 lb. Herd free of

'tuber. Terms. {See April adv. forlfemaies. .



M. L. MeLAULIN. - - - Redford. Mich.





Winona Pet No. 214312 $3235“ .3;





grit 545.1”. She is the dam of a bull {calf born

.9





 





 





t. This we are oflering for sale. His sir-ole fromaa

b. four year old and 30 lb. sire. Calf is Itrnght

as a string and all right in every wav. Price 8125.

Also one yr. heifer. Jay B. Tooley.u Howell. Mich.





Stan-vim! Stock Farm





Ins efew he bulls for sale. Are olerlng one this

week from s 21.7! lb. Jr. 4 and sired by Pet Johanna

alrfisrtos . daughters are just coming fresh.

mostfliyearshssszs .reco .



This youngster is 3 mos. old finely marked. straight

and mile 360 lbs. his full sister has just made

at 1 year 11 mos. 17.64 of butter. £36.51 milk 1 day.





' ed 0 .

£5.12. BAR TT 3 SONS, Rochester. Mich.





The Pontiac Herd





“Where the Champions come from"





Dell lves sired by sons of Pontiac Korndyke,

35:, ervelSPDeKoLPontlsc Dutchlsndmr Admiral

We Pleurtie.



Do you want a. Pontiac in your herd?





Pontiac State Hospital, Pontiac. Mich.





275%“1'NCREASE lN MILK

lN TWO GENERATIONS





#:‘JL‘QEHOLSTEIN BULL





Let u tell on about this. Let us show you why

a Purebred Holstein bull is! the short cut to

greater dairy profits. Booklets free.





i The Holstein-Friedsn

Association of America

Box I“ Brettlebere, Vt.





m1. . lreed : i .l stri c

. Hannah” muddifii if»??? nis'd'.





reg-fa h'sve A. no. records um ave butter

my! _ milk 634 lbs. W. B. Reader. Howe l. Mich.





 





 





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60 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS





 

 





 





LONG BEACH FARM HERD

A herd with}: State Wide Reputation.





Tuesday, May 28th, at' 1 1:00 A. M.





30 cows of milking age.





18 A. R. 0.





Long Beach De Kol Korndyke, will be sold with 30

of his lovely daughters, A. R. 0. Our “Baby Sire” a son





of Colantha Johanna Lad Will be sold.





Daughters &





Granddaughter of King Segis, Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke,





Johanna Rue 3rd Lad.





Friend Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy, Spring Farm

King Pontiac 6th, King Korndyke Sadie Vale & King of the





Pontiacs.





Herd Under Feeder Supervision.

Long Beach Holstein Farm, Gull Lake.





Sale will be held at





Trolley cars from





Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Grand Rapids take you to

Gull Lake Station, there launches Will take you Within





ten rods of the barn.





Send for catalog.





F. S. KENFIELD, Prop.





Col. D. L. PERRY, Auctioneer,





W. R. HARPER, Salesmanager





All other stock including 50 Registered Hampshire Hogs will





be sold May let.





 





Eirtraordinary Opportunity





The Livingston County Holstein Breeders Sale Co., will Hold its





Fourth Annual Public Sale, Thurs, May 16, ’18





At 10:30 A. M. at Howell, Mich., at the Sale Pavilion on the Fair Grounds





100 Head of Registered Holsteins





Consisting of 9] Females

and 9 Bulls.





This sale will be the Dispersion of the entire herd of S. B. Ruberi, How-





ell, Mich., who contributes 40 head.





Among the bulls will be a herd bull by the Mighty Rag Apple Korndyke





8th and out of a daughter of Pontiac Korndyke.

are of choice breeding and are fit to head herds.





Several of the bull calves

Their dams have records





from 22 lbs. as Junior two-year-olds, to 29 lbs.



Among the females will be found: A 28-1b. daughter of King of the Pon-

tiacs and two of her daughters by an extra good sire.



Two daughters _of Pontiac Korndyke and some stock from each.



A 26-lb. Junior three-year-old; a. 26-1b. Senior three-year-old; a 26-lb Jun.

ior four-year-old; a 25-lb. cow and her daughter by a 30-1b. sire; two 22-lb.

Junior two—year-olds; two granddaughters of Colantha Johanna Lad, both

with records; 20 daughters of Smithdale Alcartra Pontiac who has six two«

year-old daughters that average 19.7 lbs. butter each in seven days and two

three-year-olds with 25 and 26 lbs. He is a son of that famous cow, Alcartra

Polkadot, who has three daughters with records above 31 lbs., and is a broth-

er to the ‘sire of Tilly Alcartra, the World’s Champion Long Distance Cow.



A large percentage either have records themselves or are from record





dams





Many of the females are bred to bulls whose dams have records from





30 to 35 lbs. and nine are bred to King Segis Champion Mobel whose dam has

a 40-“). record at four years old, and who is a, full brother to King Model who

sold in the Steven's Sale in 1917 for $10,000.



We believe they are the best bred lot of cattle ever offered at Public

Sale in Michigan, with the single exception of. the National Sale at Detroit

in 1916. Remember the Date and Place and plan to be‘present.



Catalogs May let.





Auctioneers: Perry and Mack.





F. J. FISHBECK, Secretary, Howell, Mich.





 





' Holstein bull calf. horn Bethfl'l, dam



Regutaed daughter of 24 lb. cow. write for pedi-



roe and rice. F.0.B. your station.

E. 81‘ RGIS. R. 3.





' cslvee.25 heifers. & 2 bullsl5-18ths re.

HOISteln 5 weeks old! beautifully mas .

each.crsted for shlyir‘nent anywhere. Buy only the best.

EDGEWOOD FAR 8. - « Whitewater. Wis.





Pariside Holstein bull. Hired by son of Mapleorest

Pontiac Application. Yearly record 1344 lb. butter.

Also Percheron Stallion. J.E.Tirrill uSon. Cheriotte.llch.





St. Johns. Mich.





 





 





of Royal Males". Comean





' ready for service. Also heifers

ChOlce BUIIS for sole. Strong in the Blood

d see on or write for

particulars. THE WILDWOOD HERD



Alvin Balden. on“. Mich.. Phone 143-5.





For Sale Jersey Bull





Goldle's Foxhall No. 161985. Dropped March 22. 1917.

Solid color. black tongue .2 switch. A fine individual

large of his sis, will sell chea . Also a young cow &

several bred elfors all of solid color.



NEWMAN'S STOCK FARM. B. l. Mariette. Mich.





 





HEREFORDS





6 bull calves for sale. Perfection

Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding.





ALLEN BROS.,

PAW PAW, MlCH.





Bob Fairfax 49402? t heed

Herelo rds of herd. 14 bulls :3: sale

all ages either polled or horned. BL .

McCARTY. Seo'y Mich. H. B. Ass'n. Bad Axe. Mich.





 





   

   

   

   

   

   

 





filly ' for Service





Sired b butter bred bulls and

out of high testing dams.





The Producing Kind-

wltb Jersey tyge and capacity.

Prices reasona is. Also a few

bred gilts (Damon) and bears.





Breakwater Farm.

Herbert W.Mumford, awn".

J Bruce Henderson.

Ann Ather, Mich,





 





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' R . Jersey Bull Calves. 2bulls3 0s.

Ch01ce ol‘dgfrom dams that are doi bgt‘ter





than 40 lbs. monthly randsons of M est ' est

Kin . P1100860 re . Stransfered. N y I ern

FR D A. BREN AN. . - - - Cepao. Mich.





 





Maple Lane [Lot M.Jersey herd. Ber sale bulls. bull

calves and heifer calves sired by a grand-son of the

greatest Jerse bull in the world Pogis 99th bf Hood



arm. I VIN rox. a. ll. Allegan. Mich.





 





ERSEY bull and bull calves for sale from R. of M.

( cows. also heifers and cows all ages.

0. B. WERNER. B. 0. Allegan. Mich.





Read for service bulls





Jerseys for sale 3.. m... a...“ h.

Majesty. breeding. WATEBMAN c WATERMXN

Meadowland Farm. - - - Ann Arbor. Mich.





lllle Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Several heifers bred

to freshen next fall. Also a few heifer and bull cal.

ves ofchoice breeding. Colon C. Lillie. CoopersvilleJlicli.

A fine. dark. solid color Jerse bull

For sale 16 mos. old. Double grandsbn of

Royal Maize]? and out of R. of M

. t 0. D E. - - -





. cow.

0 , - Ypsilanti. Mich.





Isleglstered bulls. cows and heifers-Good Scotch and





For Beef end Milk.

cotch-Topped for sale. In prime condition. Modern

ssnltar equipment. Farml inutes from N. . .

depot. hour from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile meets

elltrsins. Write '





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,

- Box 3. Tecumseh. Mich.





A for Sale. Registered Jersey Callie





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W. W. “APP. Howell. Michigan.





Richland Farm





Shorthorns.

IMP. Lorne in Service. Grand Cham ion Bull of

Mich. Special oil'er on 14 head of Short orns. Cows

with calves at foohhelfers two years old and heifers

one year old. Also a number of bull calves. We

invite correspondence and inspection.

0. H. PRESCOTT a, SONS.

l‘srms at Prescott. Mich. Office at Times. City. Mich.





 





Francisco Farm Shorthorns

We maintain one of Michigan's good herds of Scotch

and Scotch Topped cattle. The are well b . prop-

erly handled and price reasonab e. Come and see: we

like to show them.



P. P. POPE. - - - - Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





 





Fair Lawns Shorthorns

Yearling bulls by Canada's best sires: Mlssie Auguste

M778 and Imp). Newton Friar 5281a).

LAURENCE . OTTO. - - - Charlotte. Mich.



Three scotch bulls ready for

Shorthorns' service. Price reasonable.

W. B. McQUILLAN, R. 7. Howell. Mich.





 





 





Shorthorns Mastlton Monarch 2nd. 38132 half

brother to 6 Grand Champions in Her-

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





ON of Harthorth Welfare heads our herd of milk-

ing Shorthorns Comprising Chifley of Clay bred

cows. young bulls ready for sale and service. write us

Lidde Bret-1.. R. 2. Clinton. Mich. Macon Phone.





 





 





1867_1918 Maple Ridge Iierd of Shorthorns

Yearling heifers and bull calves for

sale J. E. TANSWILL. soon. Mich.





Sthllofll: Four very desirable heifers 17 to 21 months

old. and bull 8 um. All roans. Price “0m.

8. E. BOOTH. - - - - - Marries. Mich.





Hired by a grandson of 0 rue

Shorthorn8-- Clay. No stock for sale. y

COLLAR BROS. R. 2. Oouklin. Mich.



HORTHORNB—ZO hulls 2 to 18 mos” mostl from

Dorthy's Sultan 5. a grandson of Wh tehall





Bulten. also a few cows. 0. Carlson. LeRoy Mich.





 





 





 





 





llairyhrad Shorillorns assassination“

J. B. HUMMEL. - Mason. Mich.





Scotch Shorthorns .225, ”23:;- 52.3.22."

John Lessiter's Sons. Orion. Mic .. R. F. D.





 





 





' Shorthorn bull for sale 7 mos. old.

RGSIStel’ed also hull calf; roans.





WATERSTRADT BROS. Marcellus. Mich.





SHORTHORNS





Cows.heifers& youn bulls for sale at farmers prices:

herd catalog mailed ee. Horr‘leton Farms, Hart.uich.





, 1 Red Bull 14 months old: 1 red

scotch “WWW“ - bull calf 8 months old.



W. C. OSIUS. Hillsdale, hllchigan.

Wanted: Dairy Shorthorns, 3 young cows or 8 beliefs





that will freshen soon, VVrltc me giving age,wel ht.

Le Roy Emmons. R. 4. Hastings. M ch.





 





 





 





and price.





Grand Traverse Shorihom isso.





M. E. DUCKLES. Sec...

One yearlin





Red P0118 calves by,





For prices and description. wri

VLe'llsParish & Sons. R 3.





Cattle For Sale





Loads feeders and two loads yearling steers. Also

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

600 to 1200i”. Issac Shanstum. Fairfleld. Iowa. [1-8





 





Reg. stock for

sale. '

Traverse City. Mich.





bull. Also bull

incoln Lad 2nd.





to

West Olive. Mich.





 





 





 





' Aberdeen Angus Bulls for

TWO RegIStered sale. 12 and 15 months old.





Long wood Farm, Charlotte,M lCll. Marshall Kclly,Prop





 





GREY TOWER FARM





Now offers for sale a few choice Holstein bull calves.

from high testing dams. with good A. ll. 0. monk.

at farmem' prices. write us about them and our





Durocs & Berkshires

M. B. illllilEll ligr.. Eras: Lalo. Mich.





DUROCS





You want more size.feedlng qualities. Fall boarsresdy

for service. few sows bred for June farrowing.

NEWTON BAliNHART, - - St. Johns. Mich.





 





 





DUROG JERSEYS





E. D. HEYDENBERK. - - - Wayland. Mich.





uroc fall boars sired by Crimson Critic T.. Satisfac-

tion and grookwiitelbl’rincifiigkpriced right. Bred





sows all so! . . TAY Milan. Mich.

Can spare two or three bred do hters of



Durecs Joe Orion 2nd the 85000 boar. “8



A. FLEMING, - - - - - Lake. Mich.





clinics lllitoc Jomy Gills For his.

CAREY 0.1!:DMOND8. - - nil-tings. Mich.

service boars,





DUROCS fall pigs. Express pol





J. H. BANGHART. - - Lansing‘Mich





D Jersc a for sale. Service boarslb spring pigs

“'01: also horthorn bulls. calves. milking Strain.

CHAS. BRAY, - - - - — Oils-mos. Mich.





urocs. big, thrilthy pigs. registered and transferred.





515.2 for 327.cither sox,f.o.b. Hillsdale. Satisfaction

guaranteed. will sell quick. B.E.Kles. Hillsdaic. Mich.





S Pi for sale. Pairs and tries notskin.

P “a J soBreeding and prices on nest.

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WHEAT.





Receipts of wheat at primary mar-

kets and country elevators are exceed-

ingly small, being entirely out of pro-

portion to the receipts for correspond-

ing periods in former years. The grow-

ing crop is showing wonderful improve-

ment due to the excellent spring weath-

er. This latter influence is not having

its normal effect upon the market, due

to the fixed prices and also to the lack

of stores, both in America and abroad.

The grain is being exported as rapidly

as bottoms can be found to carry it to

Europe. One year ago No. 2 red wheat

sold on the local market at $3.36 per





bushel. Present prices are:

No. 2 red wheat .......... $2.17

No. 2 white ............. 2.15

No. 2 mixed ............. 2.15





CORN.





Our special reports show primary

receipts to be unusually large the past

week. Notwithstanding this, the U. S.

visible supply decreased 789,000 bush-

els last week to a total of 16,469,000

bushels, compared with a visible sup-

ply of 7,173,000 bushels a year ago. The

Argentine crop is maturing under fav-

orable weather conditions and promis-

es to be of high grade; however, the

visible supply there is only one-third

what it was a year ago. American

farmers are keeping their work well up

to date and with normal weather pre-

vailing the crop will go in perhaps ear-

lier than usual. Seed beds are being

well prepared, and the high price of

seed corn is probably influencing farin-

ers to pay more attention to the qual-

ity of the seed as well as to the condi-

tion of their soil than would ordinarily

be the case. One year ago local trade

quoted No. 3 corn at $1.66 per bushel.

Pruent Detroit prices for cash corn

are as follows:





 





No. 3 corn ............. $1.40

No. 3 yellow ............ 1.55

No. 4 yellow ............ 1.40

No. 5 yellow ............ 1.20

No. 6 yellow ............ 1.10





In Chicago the poorer grades show a

wide decline from‘last week, while the

best corn is about steady. The latest

Chicago prices for cash corn are:





,No. 2 yellow. . . .$ 1.68

No. 3 yellow ....... 1.50@1.65

No. 4‘ yellow ....... 1.40@1.5’4





OATS.





Oat values have suffered a heavy de-

cline during the week. Fine growing

weather, promising crop prospects, the

piling up of stores on the Atlantic

coast, and the inability to secure bot-

toms for exporting are important fea-

tures in influencing this decline. Do~

mestic consumption is unusually large.

One year ago standard oats were quot-

ed on the local market at 74c per bu.

Present Detroit prices are:





Standard oats ............. 76%

No. 3 white ............... 76

No. 4 white ............... 75





RYE.





This market is almost normal with

cash No. 2 unchanged at $2.45 per bu.





BEANS.





Following the announcement by the

federal government that stocks of pin-

to beans would be held from the regu-

lar market, the demand for navy beans

has livened up considerably, although

prices show some decline this week.

At Detroit the quotation for nav-

ies is now $11.25 per hundred. The

Chicago trade is rather slow at steady

prices. Our reports from that point

tellpf a considerable proportion of soft

beans which dealers are obliged to

move quickly, resulting naturally in a

weakening of values for those grades.

Prices there are, per cwt:



Michigan navies, H. P.. 61200031250

Red kidneys, fancy ....... 13.00@13.50

Red kidneys fair to choice 10.00@11.00





F EEDS.





The trade in Detroit quotes feeds per

ton in 100-lb. sacks as follows:





- Bran .................. $36.00

Middlings, standard . . . . 33.00

Middlings, fine ......... 45.00

Cracked corn .......... 65.00

Coarse corn meal. . . . 63.00

Chopped feed . . . ....... 53.00

HAY.





The hay market is lower and supply

5 ‘is ample. Detroit prices are:

‘ No. 1 timothy. . .$20.00@20.50





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Standard . . . . . 19.00@29.50

Light mixed . . . . 19006171950





No. 2 timothy. . . . 18.00@18.50

, No. 1 clover. . . . . 16.00@16.50

' ~:« Pittsburgh—Receipts have fallen off





M7 and demandris..'slowly its





representatives of the government'are





 





, .. _ o, ring. .

1 timothy. . $26.00@26.50

1 light mixed. 20.50 21.60

1 clover mxd 15.60 17.00

1 clover. . . . . 14.50@16.50





POTATOES.





The market for old potatoes is some-

what unsettled, -due in part to the

handling of the new crop from Florida.

Prices are averaging somewhat low-

er than they were a week ago. The

movement is in moderate volume, tak-

ing the country as a whole, although

Michigan’s shipments show a material

increase of late. Producers will be in-

terested in the publciity campaign

started in Detroit on Tuesday of this

week, an account of which appears in

another column of this issue. The gen-

eral campaign can be made a success

only as the growers cooperate by de‘

livering their surplus at country points.

Prices may not cover production cost

but they are not likely to go higher so

the prudent grower sees advantage in

an early sale.



Jobbing prices as gathered over the

special wires of the Bureau of Mar-

kets and reported to the Detroit office

from various important centers, for

Michigan U. S. Grade No. 1, and the

condition of the respective markets are





as follows:

Detroit (slow) . . . . . . $1.16@1.26





Cleveland (steady) . . . . 1.30@1.35

Cincinnati (fair) ...... 1.40

Columbus (steady) . . . . 1.40





Indianapolis (steady) .. 1.30@1.35



Pittsburgh (weak) 1.30@1.35



Our special reports show that Mich-

igan farmers are receiving 60@800 per

cwt. at sidetrack. Wisconsin growers

are getting 70@750, and idaho farmers

600 for the same grade- .





BUTTER.





Market conditions vary considerably

over the country, due to transportation

difficulties. Where shipments can be,

made readily, markets are over-sup-

plied, while others ]acking this advan-

tage are short on the product. At De-

troit the o:erings are made a little.

more freely. Fresh creamery ranges

here from. 431/2@45c, the jobbers in

some instances paying premiums 1@

20; firsts rule about 1@11/3c below ex-

tras. At Chicago creamery extras are





saleable at 421/2c with high-scoring lots B





occasionally a shade higher; renovated

is quoted at 360 and fresh packing

stock at 30@30\1/_»c. The New York

market is easier with best creamer-

ies quoted at 46 112612470; extras do 46c;

firsts do 43@451/2,c..





CHEESE.





The consumption of this product

shows a very healthy condition. In-

creased production is meeting with this,

larger consuming capacity which keeps

the markets firm at steady to higher

values. In Philadelphia the market is

strong with full creams quoted at 23@

251/2c. The New York trade quotes

specials at 24%@26c and average run

at 24@25c. On the Detroit market

flats range from 21@26c, the latter

price being paid for old stock; Michi-

gan daisies are quoted here at 22@23c

and domestic Swiss at 35@44c. The

Chicago market is easier with Young

Americas quoted at 22%@22%c; Dais-

ies, double 21%@220; do single 22





@22 140.

EGGS.





Our reports show that consumption

all over the country is very large and

more eggs are being consumed than‘in

other years, due no doubt to the high

prices of other food products. Storage

men are not laying in their usual sup-

plies because of these high quotations.

Fresh firsts are quoted at Detroit

around 34%@35c; special stock reach-

ing 400 and higher. Storage men are

paying around 36c. In Chicago receipts

are scarcely more than half what they

were one year ago. The feeling con-

tinues firm and prices are steady to

higher. Fresh firsts are now quoted

at 33@34c; ordinary firsts at 3161‘.

32c; storage packed 35@360. New

York trade is steady with fresh gath-

ered extras quoted at 38@381,éc;

firsts 35@36c.





POULTRY.





The present demand for poultry is

light, which, with fair supplies on hand

has weakened prices. The Detroit

market is easy. Quotations here for

live are: Hens 300; spring chickens

28c; old roosters 18@20c; ducks 28@

30c. The New York trade was some





easier by Wednesday, with old roost- -





ers quoted, at 26c; young do,35e; tur-‘

keys 20 (1,250; fowls 360. The Chicago

market s doing a fair trade.





WOOL

As .will be noted from another page

of this issue, the federal government





- is fixing prices for the 1918 American





wool crop. The prices agreed upon by

growers. dealers, manufacturers, and





 





wthump 111i 6,11 , 80‘, .. Boasts " “to id

tails for handling the fleece wools have, 'Steers, f good. . . . .'. -. .

not. been worked out yet, but soon will. Steers,“ inferior'to rouh. . . r10 ~ . s.

be, an announcement of which will be Yearlings . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.00016.“

made through these columns. ‘Cows, fair to ood. . . . . . . . . ,7.10@11.00 '

Heifers, fair to select'.. .. 7.50 14.00





Steers choice to prime





 





 

 

   





 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





 





   

 





 

 





 





Canners and cutters. .. . . 7.50 8.10



' Good to choice vSalers. . . 11.50@14.25

. ogs.



Today’s estimated receipts are 23,000



and market is fairly actie and feeling





GRAND. RAPIDS





The potato market continues very

slow, with 65@85c per cwt. perhaps

covering the entire range of prices at





 

   

   

   

 





the country loading stations. The “eat firmer, With prices 10c hiher as fol-

potatoes”. campaign does not appear to Iowa:

have increased consumption to any Pigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14.00@17.40





   

 





great extent so far. The bean market Rouhg heavy . . . . . . . . . . . 16.55@16.85





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





is also quiet, with $10 quoted for white Heavy nack’g and shipp’g 17.40 17.75

pea, and $11 for red kidneys, Buying Mixed packing ..... ..... 17.35 17.75

prices for grain are quoted by the mills Heavy butchers ...... . . .1 17.80@17.90

as follows: Red wheat $2.12; white Light butchers . ..... 18.00@18.10

wheat $2.09; No, 3 yellow corn $1.70; Light mixed . . . . . ... . m . . 17.75@18.00

rye $2; oats 90c; barley $2. Bulk of sales ...... . . . .. . 17.60@18.00

-——-—-——————'— Sheep and Lambs.





   

 





Estimated receipts for today 9,000;

a steady tone prevails in this market

with the quality of the offerings fair;

prices are little changed as follows: ' '

. . . . . .313.00@14.85 ‘





   

 





DETROIT CITY MARKET





There was a. rather brisk market on





   

   

   

   





farm produce at the city markets this



week. Farmers are selling readily giggrfinwsthers ‘1600@1850



Prices ruling about as follows: Pars- Shorn‘ fearlings """ " " 13'50@15'75 ’

nips 75c per bushel; cabbage $1.25; Shorn ewes ' 7'00@14'75



carrots $1.25, apples, fair grade $1.75; Ewe lambs :. . : : ' '.: : : : : . 2000@2100





 

   





potatoes 850; eggs 42c; hay $24©26





LIVE STOCK





Colorado lambs . . . . . . . . . . 19.50 21.00

Shorn lambs . . . . . . . . . . 15.50 17.00





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 

   

   

   





 





   

 





(Continued from page 594).





   

   





DETROIT ish capture Turks and Germans in Pal-

Thursday’s Market. estine operations—Berlin states that

May 9, 1918. Roumania is ready to comply with Ger-



Cattle. many’s peace terms—Chinese govern-





   

   

 





ment troops are moving south against

rebel forces in Tung Shan and Chaoan.

—The Supreme Allied War Council

meets at Abbeville, France.-

' Saturday, May 4



Germans call on Field Marshal’Von .

Mackensen to lead a new drive on the u

west front; additional troops from Rus-





   





Receipts 1764. Market heavy; cattle

strong; canners steady; bulls and light

butchers 15@25c lower. '



Best heavy steers .......... $16.0017.00

Best handy wt. butch. strs 13.50@14.50

Mixed steers and heifers 12.00@13.25

Handy light butchers. . . . 10.00@11.25

Light butchers .......... 8.50@ 9.75





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Best cows .............. 9.50@10.50 sia are being called west. Enemy’s

Butcher cows ----------- 8-50@ 9-25 guns are active in the vicinity of Gi-

Cutters .................. 7.00@ 7.50 venchy in the Ypres region.—Rumors

Canners ............... . . 7.00@ 7.50 are that the German imperial chancel-

Best heavy bulls ........ 9.50@10-00 lor will be relieved by Von Buelow.—

Bologna b11118 9.00@9-25 The United States government takes

Stock bulls . . .._ .. .. . . .. . 8.00@ 8.75 absolute control of the country’s steel

Milkers and springers 55@ 115 industry.—The May draft call is for





233,742 men, of which Michigan’s quo-

ta is 10,149.

Sunday, May 5.

Since the German offensive began,

the British losses in men have aggre-

gated 250,000.——Enemy attacks on the





 





Veal Calves.

Receipts 1088. Market steady.

est ..... ...............$14.00@14.75

Others . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00@12.00

Sheep and Lambs

Receipts 921. Market dull.





 





Best lambs .............. $ 1675 western front and in Italy are com- -'

Fair lambs .............. 15.00@15.50 pletely repulsed by the Allies—The ‘

Light to common lambs.. 10.00@12.00 French destroy one of the seventy- i

Fair to good sheep ....... 11.00@13.00 mile guns that has been bombarding ‘

.Culls and common ...... . 7.00@ 8.00 Paris. -

Hogs. Monday, May 6.

Receipts 3650. Market strong and Austrian troops are massed for an





assault on the Italian front; Emperor

Charles of Austria is reported on his

way to the scene of action; artillery

fire increases—On the western front

British troops defend newly gained po-

sitions on the Flanders front north-

west of Bethune against German at-

tacks—Turks yield ground in Mesopo-

tamia and Palestine—Austrian minis-

ters resign from Cabinet. ‘

Tuesday, May 7. . l





15c higher.

Pigs . . . . . .

Mixed grades . . . . . . . . . 18.00





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May 8, 1918.





..............$18.00 [18.10

18.15





Cattle.



Receipts today three cars; market

continues steady at following prices:

Prime heavy steers. . . . . .$16.75 17.35

Best shipping steers 16.00 16.75





. Enemy movements to attack the Al-

1:11}? to good. - - . ~ - - - ~ - - - - 15-00 15-75 lied lines have been smothered under

am and coarse. . . . . . . . . 13.00 14.00 extremely heavy artillery fire of the

Native yearlings ........ 15.00@16.00 latter’s big guns.~——Pershing’s men are

Best handy steers -------- 13-00@14-00 ,showered with 15,000 German shells.—

Fall‘ to 800d kinds ------- 1250631350 British troops 'make an advance east '





Handy strs and hfrs, mxd 11.75 ,:12.25 of Amiens, where the enemy is on the





 





Western heifers ......... 12.25 13.25 defensive—The American War De-

Best fat COWS ........... 11.50@12.00 partment has plans for placing an 1

Butcher cows ........... 8.50@ 9.50 army ofV1’000,000_ men in France by '

Cutters ................. 7.50(a) 8.50 July 4_

Canners ................. 6.50@ 7.00 ’ Wednesday, May 8. ‘

Grazmg COWS ----------- 750g 8-00 Russian war fleet shells the German 1

Fancy bulls ............. 11.00 12.00 forces in harbor of Mariupol on sea of i

Butcher bulls ........... 10.00@11.00 Azov,—Germans mass guns' for offen-

Common bulls .......... - 0@ 9-50 sive on Amiens.—Italians defeat ene-

Best fdg. strs, 800-1000 lbs 10.50@11.50‘ my patrols and three aeroplanes are

Medium feeders ......... 9.50 ,10-50 brought down on that front—President

Light common ---------- 8-00 9-00 Wilson encourages investigations of

Stockers ......... : ...... 8.50@ 9.50 airplane failure,—.458 Camp Custer

1fit(=,es‘;it:iumlkrs and springers. 19g@ 138 boys are selected as war leaders.



ms

Common 5o 60 "”3"“ may 9'





 





Official announcement is made that

over 500,000 American troops are in 1

France, and 1,900,000 U. S. soldiers are .

now under arms.——Pershing’s heavy ar- f

tillery engages the foe near Montsec.——

Anglo-French line is bent north or

Mont Kemmel; enemy is repulsed at

all other points and in Haig’s counter-

attack the British take lost ground in

Flanders—Railroad men are granted





Hogs.

Receipts 10 cars, with the market

ruling higher as follows:

Medium to heavy. . . . .$18.40@18.60

Yorkers . . ...... . ........ 19.00@19.10

Pigs . 19.00@19.10

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts five cars; the market rules

steady to lower as follows:





 





 





 





 





   





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

   





 





Top lambs .............. $17.50@17.75 an increased wage aggro atin 300-

Yearlings ............... 14.50@15.50 000,000 a year. g g s '

Wethers ................ 13.75@14.5o .

Ewes ..... 12.50@13.50 For two years'not a single new

. Calves. . pleasure motor car has been made in

Market is strong at following prices: England.‘ Luxury business has ceased.

Top ................. 15.00 The English are leading "strenuous

Fe calves ...... . . . . . . . . 7 00@ 9.00 lives, but are prospering. ‘ 7'

The continued high floor: of mutton “

CHICAGg- _ » and lamb have made ,t desirable [that

. ay 8, 1918. more sheepbe kept on the 'farms of

, . cattle. . the, United States. In many pal-«tenet .. ..

hezgdaysristgmated rficgipts aide'il’oo‘i the countrygthere, are large - ' or '

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live or freshly killed hens. The origi-

nal date at which the restriction was

to have expired was April 30.

Twenty-three states which produce

about eighty per cent of the chickens

in the country report that the regula—

tion had beneficial effects. Ten states

where poultry is kept to a limited ex-

tent report either no benefit or oppo-

sition by producers. The Food Admin—

istration expresses appreciation for the

patriotic manner in which the industry

observed the regulations, and now asks

farmers not to rush their hens to mar-

ket. A glut in the markets would re-

sult in a heavy loss from spoilage.





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Spinal Paralysis—Mare twenty-two

years old seems to wabble, has poor

use of hind quarters. She has been

idle most of the winter and is in good

flesh. Her- appetite is good. Subscrib‘

or, Wayne Co.—Give her 1 dr. ground

nux vomica at a dose in feed three

times a day for several weeks.





Abnormal Appetite—My cows are

inclined to eat wood, or rubbish and

refuse good food. W. H. M., Charle—

voix, Mich—Give each cow 1 oz. of

ground gentian and a teaspoonful of

air-slaked lime in feed two or three

times a day. Change their feed.





Nasal Catarrh—Sore Throat—Nodd-

lar Disease—My sheep have nasal dis-

charge, sore mouth, swollen throat and

three have died. When opened I find

the bowels covered with bluish little

bunches. A. R., Lake Odessa, Mich.—

:Rub throat with camphorated oil daily.

Give each sick sheep a teaspoonful of

tincture gentian three times a day.

Feed them well.





Mammitis.-——I have a ewe six years

old that gave birth to twin lambs last

night. I find that one-half or her ud-

der is caked and it is impossible to et

milk from this one-half of bag. he

udder seems to be full of milk, but the

teat opening is entirely closed. She

is a large Shropshire ewe and has rais-

ed twin lambs before,'but of course,

both of her teats were open. What

had I better do for her? A. B., Charle-

voix, Mich—Perhaps by the use of a

milking tube, the teat canal could be

opened; however, if the udder is in a

badly caked condition, this one-half of

bag will be destroyed. You had better

select another ewe with a perfect ud-

der that has either lost a lamb or has

but one to raise, and let her raise one

oi! these twins. Foment udder with

warm water and apply one part fluid

extract of phytolacca and nine parts of

lanolin (wool fat) tWicela day.





Chronic Garget.--I have a cow due

to freshen about May 15. When I

started to dry her up, the milk became

gargetg, that was about three weeks

ago. ince that time the garget has

persisted. She does not give more

than a quarter cupful of milk. If not

milked night and morning the garget

is much more pronounced. Our local

Vet. says that hand-rubbing of udder

will not benefit her. I dislike very

much to be obliged to beef this cow.

M. N., Kingsley, Mich.-—Doubtless your

cow’s udder is infected, at teem/cry in

her case is very doubtful as it is al-

most impossible to reach the seat of

ailment. Give her a tablespoonful of

fluid extract of phytolacca and a tea-

spoonful of powdered nitrate of potash

at a dose in feed twice a day for ten

days. Wet the diseased ortion of the

udder with one part bich oride of mer-

cury and 1000 parts oi? water two or

three times a day. Milk her out cau-

tiously three times a day.





Ringworm.—-—I have a. four months'

old calf which has white, scabby spots

on different parts of body, but mostly

at or near the head. The hair does not

grow on these patches; however, what-

ever the ailment is, it does not seem

to affect the calf’s general health. The

skin appears to be thickened, rough

and rather scaly. The outer parts of.

hide can be rubbed 011?. P 0., Beta

tie Greek, Mich.—-—Apply one part io-

dine and 15 parts fresh lard to scurvy

patches three times a week. It is con-





. sidered good practice to wash the dis~





eased portion of skin, with soap and

water, then paint the scaly parts with

tincture of iodine daily for two or three

days before a plying, the ointment.

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Use it on your lousy hens and ‘

chicks—your lousy colts,

horses and cattle. You’ll get

better chicks—bigger, better

fowls—more eggs—better

: contented stock.





Chicks are apt to be lousy now.

Give them a chance. Sprinkle .

Louse Killerinto the feathers, about

the coo s, on roasts, in nestsof lay-

ingan setting hens. Alwa skeep

Louse Killer in the dust bat . For

lousy horses and cattle, colts and i

calves, stroke the hair the wrong

way and sift in Louse Killer.





We authorize dealers to return your

money it it does not do as claimed.

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Large Type P. C.

Bred gilts and boars all sold nothing to ofl'er at present.

W. E. LIVINGSTON. Penal. Mich.





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EgtNARD;8 Bried sotws all sloldfiall piézfiiorders book-

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St. Louis. Mich.





Bred for April ferrow.

Prices reasonable.

. - . Saline, Mich.





Large TysgoP. 0. fall gilts, sire 8001b. yearling to be

bred to 1 lb. gloat old for July a An .2 extrvood

W . J. CLARKE, [1.7. sson, ich.





tall boars.

am Strain, 9.0. A few gm. left bred for June for-

_row and 2 nice boars ready for service at farmers

prices. H. 0. SWAR'I‘Z, Shoolcrstt. Mich.





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L. W. BARNES & SO Byron. Mich.





 





 





 





For Sale ii couple of Poland China sows bred for May

furrow, a pair of fall pigs that. are beauties, sail tac-

tion guaranteed. R. . MILLS, Saline, ich.





‘ at a bar sin. Book-

Hampshire Boars m 0mg, ,0, 5 ,4 ,,

pigs. Jonnwsnvnna. R. if Bt.Johns. lo .



. Yearling Ham shire Boar

For Sale, Registered, an A-lBi'eeder:

EDWARD N.FINLEY, R. 6, Albion. Mich.





HORSES





PERGHERUN DISPERSAL





The entire herd of the late A. A. Palmer

will be closed out;25 pure bred er-

cheron mares 8200 to 8400 except 0;

also young stallions





PALMER BROS., Belding Mich.





Psrchcrons, Holsinns. Angus, Shroflshim, Dorm

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Percheron Stallions and mares of reasonable





Ifrioes; inspection invited.

F. L. KING it SO . - - - Charlotte, Mich.





Fan s‘lE Three Registered Percheron stallions and

two Percheron mares cheap to close out.

E. J. ALDRICH. - - - - ’l'ehonsha. Mich.





 





 





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We are always in the mar.

hot for fresh eggs.





Write us for psrticulSrs.





AMERICAN BUTTER c CHEESE COMPANY.

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HA Daniel McCall: 's Sons.

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egg crates for sale. sed onl once. Good

Empty crates with fillers. AMBi nose BAG

it EGG CRATE 00.. 8'15 Believes Ave.. Detroit. Mich.





H008.

Che‘t". 535:! in ring pics either sexin pairs or





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Big Type O. l. C’s.





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

sire and won more championsiend (kiln Champions

than all the other breeders together ouble, we were

Preni'i‘pr Breeder end Exhibtor at every ts‘i‘r we show-

ed. 0 Breed the best. We sell the best. e Guarano

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



Catalogue. We shiggin approval.

GRAND L and SON. Cass City. Mich.





 





 





I. Q‘s 2 choice May boars a Sept. &Oct. pi s sired

Ooby Firetgreniinm boar Dialog. State Fair £917.





Clove! Leaf took Farm, Monroe. Mich.





 





 





SERVlCEABLE BOARS

J. CARL Jaws'rr, Meson, Mich.





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. our. 1' no". .

c. J. mompsdii, ' up" Rockford. Mich.





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make a re dean of Peter Mouw's old boar

mbo Josh. yearling. A top notoher ii to

some so bred tilts at .





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voung Jennets cheap and some

TWO Large Shetland Ponies and several ood

fox hounds. W. E. LEOKY, Holineeville. hi0





 





No more Registered Percheron; £233.13“

J. M. HICKSdzBONS, n. 2, Williamston, Mich.





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SHEEP

KOPE—KON FARMS.





Goldwater, Mich.





Hampshires & Shropshires.





It‘s a wise man who orders his ram for August





elivery now.

we will offer for sale choice





About JUIY 1 Ihropshire Rams.

ARMSTRONG BROS., R. 9, Fowlerville, Mich.





 





 





 





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