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The Only Weekly Agricultural, Horticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State.

DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1918





voL. CL. No. 25

Whole Number 3998





NE of the outstanding develop-

ments in the agricultural world



' within the past few years has

been the introduction of thespecialist





—~;thé man trained to do a particular ‘





thing in the most effective and efficient

way in which it is possible for that

thing to be done.



Of course, there has been the usual

number of tenacious adherents to the

customs of yesterday who have turned

their backs on these newcomers—for-

getting that it has been the employ-

ment of just such highly trained men





. as these that has enabled big business





 





 





 





   





to make the rapid strides as it has in

America. But the expert ishere to

stay.



These newcomers have arrived upon

the scene so recently, however, that in

most of Michigan the general run of

farmers are still unacquainted with

the whereabouts of these men and the

character of their work. ,



A concrete incident from Kent coun-

ty will serve to illustrate: Harvey

Johnson was lord, and master over a

farm in Kent county—a well-groomed

place, with three hundred broad, roll-

ing acres of thoroughly fitted land, ev-

ery building and animal bespeaking

able management.



But even so, Johnson was not wholly

content. His wheat, he ob-

served, was yielding only

fifteen to twenty bushels

to the acre, while one of

his progressive neighbors

with an almost identical

type of soil was securing

yields of twenty-five bush-

els or better. For some

reason Johnson found he

simply couldn’t bring up

his yields, even with lib-

eral manuring and plant-

ing of superior strains of

grain. .



“Must be something else

lackingyin the 'soil,” he fin-

ally concluded.



Johnson had fallen into

the habit, when confront-

ed with problems some-

what beyond the reach of

his own extensive farm

knowledge, of taking up

matters with the college.

So now he gathered up a

number of typical exam-

ples of his soil, placed

them in bottles and for-

warded them to the soils’

department of M. A. C. for

examination.



“About all your land

needs,” the department

wrote back in a. few days,

“is a good dose of-lime."

Johnson acted on the suggestion—that

Was two years ago. Last year the col-

lege received this message from him:



. any yields have jumped five bushels

to the store.” _ , "



~Now it can not be said that Johnson

is by» any means an average farmer.

If he Was. he would never have thought





 





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a p'asserby when he should be working. That is not treat-

lf, on the other hand, your hired man sits

on the fence because you have failed to give him work, then you

The state has provided a corps of men who are spe-

cially qualified to help farmers with difficult tasks. Now the man

who can help you may be holding down the top rail because you

‘have neglected to issue working orders.





THE man you employ ought not to waste time chatting with





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of submitting a soil sample to M. A. C.,

for in the course of much traveling

about the state I have learned that

most agriculturists, and this includes

many a prosperous farmer, are but lit-

tle familiar with the opportunities

which exist for the securing of assist-

ance from the college and the state.

‘In some quarters the idea still per-

sists that about all the college does is

produce graduates—whereas its work





.is threefold, for besides educating stu-





dents it maintains as well an experi-

ment station for the working out of

agricultural problems and an extension

service for aiding the farmer directly.





find yourself doubled up with a, pain

with which you are unfamiliar, you

call in the family doctor. If you are a

farmer and stroll into your potato

patch some morning to find your tuber

plants in a bad way, it is possible to

make use of the extension service of

the college by calling in the plant path-

ologist (plant doctor) or by submitting

to him a few diseased plants. In such

a case all that would be necessary

would be to wrap upafew of the plants

in a box and mail them to the De-

partment of Botany, in East Lansing.



Upon receiving the specimens, the

pathologists examine them, and in a.





 





 





 





H aying Time





It is with this service that dwellers in

the country will find it most conven-

ient to become acquainted.



How can the extension service be

used? A query of this kind might be

answered -in a typically Yankee fashion

with another question: “How can a.

physician or lawyer be used?"





It you .





day or two a letter will come back in-

forming you that your crop is suffering

from blackleg, rhizoctonia, wilt, or any

one of the many affictions to which the

potato is susceptible. If the pathol-

ogist can not tell you how the sick

plants can be saved, he at least can

usually place you in possession of facts





$1.00 'A v EA a,

$3.00 FOR 5 YEARS





which will enable you to protect your

potatoes in the future.



This is only one way in which the

college and the extension service can,

be used. If you are a dairyman with a

number of feeds on hand and you are

undecided just what mixture of them

would make the best balanced ration,

an inquiry addressed to the Dairy De-

partment of M. A. C. Will probably se-

cure you the information you desire

to have.



In fact, expert advice can be obtain-

ed from the dairy and animal husban-

dry 'men of the college on almost any

question bearing upon the breeding and

feeding of live stock, whether the ani-~

mals be dairy or beef cattle, or sheep

and swine.



Or if you are considering purchasing

some commercial feed and are doubt-~

ful about its exact feeding value, it is

usually possible to obtain its “pedi-

gree” from the chemistry experiment

station by mailing to Prof. A. J. Patton

the brand or trade name of the feed,

with the name and address of manufac-

turers. The same can be done with

fertilizers. This one department of the

college through its work in this field,

has probably saved the agriculturists

of the state from more frauds than any

other agency created for the protec-

tion of the farmer.



Occasionally it is not

feed and fertilizer prob-

lems that concern the coun-

tryman so much as it is

insect pests—maggots in

the beans, grubs in corn,

or flies in the wheat. For

dealing with insect ene-

mies of agriculture, the col-

lege maintains a corps of

men who are members of

the department of enty-

mology. If the scale is be-

coming too populous in the

orchard, or the web worm

is taking too many liber-

ties, a letter to the entyv

mologists will bring a me

scription which as a rule

is sufficient to induce the

unwelcome visitors to for-

age elsewhere. '



In truth, the services

which the college has de-

veloped and placed at the

disposal of the farmer are

almost without end. If a.

poultryman desires to se-

cure a demonstration of

the practice of culling his

flocks, ’ a demonstrator is

obtainable; if a farmer

wishes to learn a method

of farm accounting that

will enable him to put his

business upon a more up-to-date basis,

a letter to the office of farm manage-

ment will bring results; if the farm is

a little wetter in spots than is desir~

able, pointers on drainage can be had

from the department of farm mechan- 9

ics, and if you will take the matter up -



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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





Since the United

States Food Admin-

istration was estab-

lished as a war pol-

icy to aid in the conservation of food

stuffs in this country, in order that we

might more effectively sustain our Eu-

ropean Allies and the starving people

of Belgium and other lands, to provide

for our own soldiers overseas and to

keep prices steady and the flow of dis-

tribution even that the poor at home

might be fed; in a word, to make every-

one’s effort count the most for winning

the war for freedom, little information

has been given out as to the actual

results which were being accomplished.



‘A recent official statement from the

Food Administration furnishes this in-

formation, which will enable the people

of the country to judge more accurate-

ly with regard to the benefits derived

from this branch of government activ-

ity. This statement shows that since

,July 1 of last year, at which time the

shipment was 20,000,000 bushels, the

estimated surplus of wheat for export

actual shipments up to June, 1918,

were 120,000,000. The ordinary exports

of beef have varied between 1,000,000

and 2,000,000 pounds monthly, while

the largest exports for a single month

during the present year were 87,000,-

000 pounds. The ordinary rate of ex-

portation of pork is about 50,000,000

pounds monthly, while the largest ex-

ports for a single month this year were

308,000,000 pounds. ‘



One year ago the price of flour on

the Minneapolis market was $18.75 per

barrel, wholesale, while the present

price on the same market is $9.80. Ap-

parently a large part of this difference

is due to a reduction of the margin be-

tween the price of the farmer’s Wheat

and the flour made from it. One year

ago this margin was $5.68 per barrel,

while at the present time the margin

, is sixty-four cents.



In general, according to the Food

Administration’s statement, prices to

the farmer in the markets of the coun-

try have been twenty-seven per cent

higher than last year, while the prices

to the housewife buying in the market

have been thirteen per cent less than

’ -, 71m year. The greatest achievement





Food .Administra-

tion Results.





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, _ ;,”liowéver,v intcnance'of;

our European Allies; at a. time when

they Were absolutely dependent" upon

us for food, since this was an absolute

requirement for the winning of the war.

I-While the Food~Administration has

undoubtedly made same mistakes and

while in some directions their activi-

tieshave operated 'to reduce the in‘

come which would have ,bee'n- received

by producers of foodstuffs, yet that the

reSults‘shown in the above statement

have been accomplished is a matter

for congratulation to thegcountry as

well as to. Mr. Hoover- and his aides in

food'admimstration w'ork who are giv-

ing freely of their time and ability fer

its accomplishment. ‘



The last declaration in 7%. state-

Iment of the Food Administration would

seem to settle the point that the neces-

sary results have ,been accomplished

with a minimum of hardship to produc-

ers and a maximum result in the curb-

ing of profiteering.





 





   





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4 . _ This is a; memo

which? could be profitably discussed" in

Ideal farmers’ organizations, to the end

that th’e'solution of the difficult labor

problem may be thus aided on a com-

munity basis.



Some types of farm equipment re-

quire expert handling'for best results

and for the conservation of the equip»

ment. In such cases where owners of

this equipment have the man power at

their disposal, they will be performing

a public service by operating same for

their neighbors at a reasonable charge.

A community cooperation of this kind





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‘will be most helpful to a. large class of





farmers in every cammunity and to

the nation and the. world in increased

food production in the present crisis.





In another column of



Early Shopping this i8sue will be

a Safe Rule. found an appeal to

the farmers of the



country to place their orders for fertli





‘ izer requirements at the earliest pos—-





, “ 'One inevitable result of

Community our participation in the

Cooperation. world war has been a

further draft upon farm

labor, thus making criticalwhat was

already a serious problem. While the

efforts to relieve the situation by the

direction of city labor toward the

farms have been helpful, particularly

through the United States Boys’ VVork-

ing Reserve, yet they have been whol-

ly inadequate to relieve the situation.

Greater efficiency in the use of man

labor upon our farms is the only possi-

ble remedy for the situation in mOst

communities. This involves the great-

er use of labor-saving machinery in ev-

ery farm operation. Few farms are

equipped with a full line of labor-sav-

ing machinery for the performance of

every farm operation in which such

equipment could be used to advantage.

011 the other hand, in practically every

community is to be found a satisfac-

tory line of labor-saving equipment up-

on different farms. One farmer will

have a fairly complete line of labor-

saving equipment for some special line

of production in which he has engaged

as a specialty. Other farmers in the

same community Will have other fairly

complete lines, due to the fact that

they have specialized in other direc-

tions. A few of the less fortunate or

fore-handed farmers will be handicap-

ped by not having special equipment

of any kind which would add to their

efficiency, but 'which they have been

unable to afford, due to its high initial

cost as compared with the number of

days or hours which they could make

of such equipment during the season.

While it is impractical under present

conditions for every farmer to pur-

chase all of the labor-saving equip-

ment which he could use to advantage

in the various operations on his farm,

it is entirely possible and practical for

the farmers of any given community to

have. a camplete line of such equip4

ment. Good war-time economy den

mands that such equipment be kept

,working as many hours as possible

during the season in order that it may

increase the man power efficiency, and

thus not only aid in solving the farm

labor problem for that community, but

as well add to the production of food

which will be an ever—increasing factor

in the winning of the great war in

which we are engaged. '

Farmers having special lines of la-

bor-saving equipment will be perform-





ing a public service by offering their.





neighbors the use of this equipment at

a rental which will cover the wear and

tear on same, and will pay a reasonable

interest on the investment. Such

charges should be made as low as is

practical, but on the other hand, an es-

tablished charge for the use of such

equipment will encourage rather than

discourage its community use, since





many farmers will gladly rent equip.





mentpf this kind. where they would





sible date, to the end that fertilizer

distributors may be in a position to or-

der their goods early and get them de-v

livered before the freight c0ngestion

which will come with the movement of

this season’s crops. The 'government

repuirement for loading cars to their

utmost capacity as a means of conserv-

ing shipping space is an added reason

why orders should be placed early in

order that the fertilizer requirements-

of our farmers may be satisfied.



What is true of fertilizer is true in

large measure of other items of mate-

rial and equipment. We are accustom-

ed to the early shopping slogan along





about Christmas time in the purchase!





of Christmas goods. This slogan

was adopted largely for the conven-

ience of distributors. Early shopping

should be made the slogan now as a

means of insuring the consumer the

goods which he may need to carry on

his business most economically and

profitably. The'farmer who anticipates

his future needs and orders material

or equipment to satisfy them months

in advance of his actual requirements

will be far ahead of his more dilatory

neighbor in the ultimate results se-

cured. "





A reader laments the aw'-

ful social strata to which

our people have declined

and cites the many unsolved social and

economic problems which are being

discussed generally, as proof of such

decadence. His deduction, we think, is

entirely wrong. Instead of these prob

lems marking a deterioration of the

moral fibre of our people we believe

that they indicate the very opposite—

a quickening of the moral conscience,

a desire to correct unjust methods, an

accumulation of a surplus moral en-

ergy. Turkey has no social problem

because the conSciousness of her peo-

ple has not been aroused to realize the

conditions under which those people

live—conditions which would haunt the

mind of the meanest American. We

may well believe that this evidence

marks an advancement, rather than a

decline in the tendency of our society.





A Pessimist.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Tuesday, June 11.





The German attack between Noyon

and Montdidier appears to be break-

ing down before strongly fortified al-

lied lines.——Casualties from British

hospitals bombed by German aviators

number 991.—The Soviet government

of Russia is reported as preparing a

draft measure to raise troops for op-

posing the Germans—Sentences of 25

years in prison have been imposed by

a. court-martial upon forty-five con-

scientious objectors from Oklahoma

who had refused to wear army uni-

forms. ,



Wednesday, June 12.



Russian ambassador to the, United

States presents plea of Slav moderates

for intervention in Russia by an'inter-

allied-army.———In the drive -between

Noyon and ,Mon-tdidier; the Frenchtiiorce





‘It is now generally ‘belicvod. by milis ’- '





tary critics~ that German's. plan is to

reach Paris—Forty persons are mists-

ing when the British transport Ansonia.

is bloWn up off English coaSt‘ by U-

boat.—Contracts for United States war

materials are now being given to con-3

cerns in the middle states to stabilize.

the labor supply of the country—Coal

outlook for Michigan is being gener-

, usly discussed with opinions on the

situation varying widely. , '

Thursday, June 13. "



While the French troopsyield ground.





to the enemy on the Oise river, they ..





make additional gains aboutMontdidi-

er.—Américan marines turn back five

enemy divisions, and hold Belleau

woods against repeated attacks—The

number of American fighting men now

in France “approaches the one million '

mark..—Italians “torpedo an Austrian

dre‘adna'ug‘ht of” 20,000 tons.—"—A crisis

in the form of nation-wide strikes

threatens to paralyze, Austria’s war ac-

tivities—The air post record between

Philadelphia and New York is broken

by Liebt. Culver .who makes the dls-.

tance in foryt-two minutes—Food Ad«

ministration asks American people to

place themselves on a limited beef al-

lo‘wance until September 15.—Henry

Ford becomes a candidate for the Unit

ed States Senate upon request of Press

identv Wilson. .

Friday, June 14.





The force of the latest German drive

is spent while the Allied troops are re-

covering territory near Montdidier.—

President Wilson expresses"the hope

that the senate will pass the woman’s

suffrage amendment at the present ses-

sion of congress—War Department an-

nounces that a Weekly review of events

on the battle fields of Europe will be

given the American public—The possi‘

bilities of send-ing‘ help to Russia

through the port of Archangel is be»

ing considered by the Allies—France

celebrates the anniversary of the sail-

ing of 150,000 American troops to take

part in the great War._ .

Saturday, June 15.





Austrians start an offensive in north-

ern Italy along one hundred mile front.

—-Major General Liggett has been se-

lected as corps commander of the first

American field‘army in France—The

French attack Germans near Ypres.——

The Crown Prince's drive against the

northeastern approaches to Paris is

definitely halted.——German ~olficially

announces that a part of Roumania is

to be ceded to Bulgaria—Manufactur-

ers will be obliged to cooperate with

the government in securing suflicient‘

workmen for war plants and the essen-

tial industries.———Canada will introduce

a system of public saving following the

war savings stamps program of the

United States.



Sunday, June 16. ‘



The Austrian offensive in northern

Italy with an enormous number of

troops involved fails to force back the

Italians or to break the defenders’ line

at any point—Opinion prevails that

this Austrian drive was hastened to

check internal disorders in Austria and

to satisfy demands from Berlin.——-Am«

erica’s military program contemplates

the arming of 3,000,000 men by August

1.——Americans are now fighting on Ger-

man soil near the border of Switzer-

land.——Twenty-eight U-boats have been

sunk‘ by our sailors—Great Britain

calls men from forty to fifty-one years

old for medical examination. "



Monday, June 17.



At many points Italians hurl back

the Austrians in the big drive in north-

ern Italy. The foe is using 720,000

troops—Yankee troops defeat German

shock forces in the Toul sector.—New

attacks on unprotectedships off Amer-

ican coast are announced, and victims

of these attacks now number twenty.—

The Bulgarian ministry is reported to

have quit.~—Lenine, premier of the B01-

sheviki government of Russia, is plan-

ning a trip to Berlin and Vienna—The

fourth United States Liberty Loan

campaign will be for $6,000,000.000. and

will probably be floated in October.



Tuesday,,June 18.



Austrians failing to make headway in

the Alps concentrate forces on Piave

front where they made only small ad~

vances.——Americans on Marne are

gassed by the enemy.-Turkey claims

the capture of Tabriz a large Persian

city.———A record-breaking sundry civil

bill, carrying a total of $2,915,019.447 is

passed by the lower~ house of congress

without 'a dissenting vote—Early re-v

turns from state primaries in Minne-

sota' showGovernor Burnquist to be

leading by a liberal margin over the

candidate of the non—portisan league.

—A nation-wide conspiracy . between

cOntracting agents and manufacturers

of war materials lav-suspectedib

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’ LL workers and those who have

A given serious thought to rural

affairs now agree that if proper

progress is made our efforts must go

forward on an organized basis. What

form of organization is best fitted to

carry on a complete program? This is

the question which confronts all who

are interested in rural progress. The

County Farm Bureau is now operating

in more than one thousand counties in

the United States. It aims to connect

and relate the efforts of the United

States Departmentvof Agriculture, the

various state agricultural colleges, and

all other organizations and agencies

interested in the affairs of rural com-

munities. The following brief analysis

may help in throwing some light on

the principles of this new organization.

1. The County Farm Bureau is a

county organization. It recognizes the

county as a community of communi-

ties. Interested farm people represent-

ing the communities of the county are

called together to discuss the plans of

the organization. They appoint tem-

porary oflicers. A membership cam-

paign is conducted. A county-wide

meeting of all members and interested

persons is called later. At this time

the program of work is presented, per-

manent oflicers are elected and an ex-

ecutive committee placed in charge of

the various lines of work. .



2. The County Farm Bureau is a

rural organization. Its membership is

made up of men and women who live

on farms and gain their livelihood

through the business of agriculture. It

is distinctly an organization of farmers,

by farmers and for farmers.



3. The County Farm Bureau is a

democratic organization. It is not an

instrument of the federal or the state

government. It is primarily a volun-

teer organization in

which any farm resi-

dent of the county

may become a mem-

her.



4. The Co unty

Farm Bureau in-

cludes the entire

family and recog-

nizes the family as

the fundamental so-

cial unit. Its pro-

gram of work in‘

cludes activities for

men, for women and

for boys and girls.





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course of instruction.





ty Farm Bureaus.





'5. The County Farm Bureau does

not supplant other organizations. It

is not the purpose of the Farm Bureau





to take the ‘place of such existing or-'





ganizations as the Grange, Gleaners,

Farmers’ Clubs, etc., but rather to

unite the work of all existing organiza-

tions and agencies. It acts as a clear-

ing-house for all rural organizations,

thus creating a unified program and

doing away with duplication of effort.

6. The County Farm Bureau is bas-

ed upon a definite program of work.

The members of the bureau- decide up-

on the vital problems of the county.

The most important ones are included





in the immediate program of work.‘





Each specific line of work is called a

“project.” The work to be done under

each project is definitely outlined and

particular persons are delegated to

carry out the projects. Each officer

and each member of the executive

committee has a specific task. In turn,

each project has a. delegated leader in

each community. The following out-

line indicates a typical organization

with. a program of work:

1. Work with men:

Agricultural projects.

2. Work with women:

Home projects.





Michigan during the coming season.





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A Farm Bureau Training School was recently conducted at

the Michigan Agricultural'College.

' United States Department of Agriculture gave quite an intensive

All members of the Extension Staff re-

ceive training which will fit them to assist in organizing Coun-

A number of Bureaus will be organized in





Three specialists from the





How about your county?





3. Community ,work:

Boys’ and Girls’

ing, etc.

President of the County Farm Bu-

reau in charge of organization.

Vice-president of the. County Farm

Bureau in charge of Boys' and Girls’

Clubs.

Treasurer of County Farm Bureau in

charge of finances.

Executive Committee Members.

One member in charge of the Project

on Soils.

One member in charge of

ject on Live Stock.

One member in charge of

ject on Farm Crops.

One member in charge of

ject on Canning.

One member in charge of

ject on Clothing.

One member in charge of

ject on Boys’ Corn Clubs.

One member in charge of

ject on Girls’ Sewing Clubs.

(Note—The above projects may be

subdivided so that one member of the

executive committee may have charge

of a project on corn improvement, One

on hogs, etc.)

After the county program is adopted

by vote of the Farm Bureau members,





Clubs, market-





the Pro-

the Pro-

the Pro-

the Pro-

the Pro-





the Pro-





 





 





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local community chairmen are appoint—

ed. These chairmen have charge of

Farm Bureau activities in their partic-

ular communities of the county. Each

community may select the projects

which it desires. A community leader

is selected for each project and he or

she directs the work in the community.



7. The County Farm Bureau’s pro-

gram of work is carried out by means

of demonstrations. For example, if

corn-improvement is selected as a pro-

ject, a leader for this project is ap-

pointed in each community. This lead

er secures a number of farmers who

will carry on a prescribed line of work

in corn improvement. The results of

all of these demonstrations are col-

lected and used as a basis for further

work.



8. The County Farm Bureau employs

trained spelialists to assist in carrying

out the program of work. As indicated

above, there are three main lines of

work to be carried out in each county:

Work with men, work with women,

and work with boys and girls. Most

counties begin by employing a county

agricultural agent whose business it is

to carry out the agricultural portion of

the program of work. Home demon-

stration agents are employed to carry

on work with women. and county club

leaders are employed to work with

boys and girls. In some counties all

three of these workers are now em—

ployed. The United States Department

of Agriculture and the agricultural col—

leges assist in financing the work of

these specialists. Most Farm Bureaus

have a membership fee which is used

to defray the cost of publication of a

Farm Bureau paper or for office ex-

penses.



When the above plan of organization

is carried into effect there will be in ev-

ery county of the United States a coun~

ty-wide organization

representing all of

the vital interests of

the people who live i

in the open country.

It will be an adap~

table organization

equipped to meet all

emergencies. T h 6

great war has. taught

us the bitter lesson

of disorganization.

This seems the op-

portune time for the

farmers of America

to mobilize their





Women may become '“““*‘°*"'““‘“"""*““°‘""‘“ forces for the good

m em b e rs on the In this southern Michigan Farm Bureau office are farmers’ bulletins, agricultural books, charts, maps, 0f themselves and

same b33115 as do samples of grain grasses, fertilizers, spraying solutions, disinfectants soil tester, grain samples, etc., for the 300d 0f the

the men. etc., which are used by the county agent to make his work more valuable to the farmer. nation.





N the issue of the Michigan Farmer

I of June 1, C. C. L. expresses an





opinion that it is, or will be, a'





difficult task to make hogs pay for the

corn feed which has cost $3.00 per

hundred pounds. The title of the short

article is,_ “Will Hogs Pay for their

Feed?”



This query is of considerable im-

portance for several reasons. In the





.3 first plaCe, the farmer who has some





hogs, and I think he is fortunate if he

has, wishesto know if he is going to

get his money back if he fits them for

market on grain at present prices; and

in the second place we are aware of

the fact that the laboring men of our

country and the soldiers in Europe





” .. 11 eed an’tne pork that can be pro—





 





them until another





crop of corn can be raised for feed.

There are three ways in which hogs

are generally fed on the farm in the

summer time. One is to depend en-

tirely on corn feeds, which is the most

expensive and least profitable way, as

thousands have proved by experience.

Another way is to use a variety of

feeds, utilizing some mill feeds with

the corn feeds, which gives better re-

turns and better profits; and the other

is to allow the hogs a run at pasture





and feed a variety of grain feeds in





addition to thegreen feeds which can

be gathered in the pasture fields.



I am ready to venture the assertion

that any of the methods mentioned

can be made profitable under some

conditions. Much‘ depends on the man

handling :the hose, and also. much de-





pends on the character of the hogs one

has to fit for market. Some men seem

to have the ability to make hogs thrive

and pay for the feed consumed under

varying circumstances, while other

men‘ are never able to make hogs

thrive under favorable conditions.

Some pigs" inherit the thrifty habit and

carry it with them and make good re-

turns for the feed consumed, if given

a fairly reasonable chance, while oth-

ers are what‘are called “hard keepers,”

and do not make liberal returns under

good conditions.



Assuming that all farmers have a

fairly good kind of hogs, we have rea-

son 'to believe that they can make a

good profit feeding corn meal which

cost $3.00 per hundred. If the hogs

are confined to the pen and fed 'only





Dollars from Slimmer-Fed Hogs.





By Michigan’s Grand Old Swine Feeder, Mr. N. A. Clapp





corn there would be but little margin

for profit. According to the old rule

which said it was supposed to take 112

pounds of corn meal to make a gain of

twenty pounds, which amount would

sell today for $16.50 per hundred, which -

equals $3.30, the profits would not be

very satisfactory. But repeated ex--

periments and experiences have shown

that by the use of a variety of feeds

while hogs are at pasture, the increase





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in weights from the same amounts'of , . ,~





grain feeds used, are very much bet-

ter than those attained where hogs VT

confined to the pen are fed on corn

alone. at



In this day of enlightenment, intelliv *

gent, thinking farmers are thinkim’i
‘arefallowing their h0g5 some pdsture

:feeds, feeding some grain feeds, and I





think feeling assured that there is a

prospect for liberal profits on the hogs

which they'ale carrying through the

summer on pasture and some grain





' feeds. ,





_ The stomach of the hog is not large

enough to eat grass enough to enable

him to any more than live and gain a

little if depending on grass alone. In

my experience a half grain ration giv-

en regularly while pigs. are at grass,

gives excellent results. The grass

bulks up the feed and the gastric juices

of the stomach penetrate the feed eas-

ily, and digestion is more fully accom~

plished than when grain is fed alone.

And farther, considerable benefit is de-





rived from the g1 een feeds.





Looking Ahead. .

In looking ahead there are many

things that ought to make us feel en‘

couraged. There is an unusual area

sown to spring grains. If one has bar-

'ley, peas and cats to grind and feed

later in the season, the expense of mak-

ing gains on the hogs one is carrying

through the summer will not be heavy

and the profits will be greater.





_ Another phase of the matter is en-'





couraging: The market does not re-

quire that the hogs be loaded down

with fat as was the case when the old‘





Suggestions for Our Busy





HANDY MILK CART.





We find this milk cart convenient





to haul several cans of milk a short

The





distance. wheels are old corn





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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ant.—

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plow wheels. The pieces A are a half

inch by four inch elm, because it is

necessary that they be strong. The

handle is a two—inch by eight-inch piece

with the runner end full size, but the

handle end is cut down to make it as

light as possible, but care must be t‘ak-

en to not make it too weak. The up-

right hangers B are two-inch by four-

inch pieces hung~ on an iron axle. The

brace C is necessary to strengthen the

pieces A.



This cart is of sufficient size to haul

two ten-gallon cans or four five-gallon

cans. It saves considerable lifting.-—

R. L. Sunderland.





THE PEPPER BOX SPRAYER.





For the control of insects, many of

the garden plants-need to be dusted

with lime, land plaster, or Similar ma

terials. Unless one has a regular

sprayer, this dusting has several disa-

greeable features. Some of the mate-

rial is often blown in the face of the

worker; the hands have to come in

contact with the material; and, when

the plants are small, it is a back-break-

ing job. If the material is scented with





 





kerosene, turpentine. or carbolic acid,





Y ‘. as is often the case. it is worse than

~ever.





For the grower whose acreage does





not permit him to invest in an expen-

, Jive sprayer, ‘theSe troubles may be

«. avoided to; a. large extent, by placing





fashioned lard type of hog was de-





     





’manded. -Medium weights in medium

condition are required. A large amount

of corn feeds'will not be required to

fit the hogs for the August and the

September markets, which will call for

bacon hogs.

Make the Hogs Com'fortable.

One of the essentials for successful





8 ' ‘ * » .

making them comfortable. They should

have neces's to water and if a wallow

can be arranged for them to roll in

during the heat of the day it will prove

to be a benefit to them.



Do not compel them to endure the

hot, burning sunshine during the mid-

dle of the day. They will eat of the





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They Thrive Best when Shade from Hot Sun is Provided.





the material in a pepper box nailed to

the end of a lath. The person applying

walks down the rows and Sifts some

over each hill. Even if the grower

does possess a good sprayer, when the

plants are small, the pepper box, on

account of its small size, will save a

lot of waste of material, and at the

same time is easier to carry.-—H. L. S.





A. HOG STEP.





 





Usually the muddiest place about a

hog barn is the spot just outside the

:mall doors or creep holes. As this

,ilzice wears down it becomes a task

[or the young pigs to get into the door.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Since a pregnant brood sow is very

likely to injure herself in climbing

ihrough a high door of this sort it is

well to prepare against this possibility

by building some sort of permanent

step just outside the door. The one

shown above will last a long time. It

is made of two-inch stuff, forming a

box that slopes away from the door.

The box is filled with small stones or

broken bricks which make a secure

footing. The height of the step for the

hogs ought not to be over six or seven

inches—J. L. J.





HOW HE OUSTED THE CUT-WORM.





I would judge from reading an arti~

cle in the Michigan Farmer some time

agO'that some portions of Michigan

soil is badly infested with wire-worms.



A farmer once called my attention

to a. large fieldvof timothy! grass just

before having time. He thuoght it

would yield from three and a half to

four tons of bay to the acre and!

thought so myself.

years previous ‘to this he bought his

farm, considering it to be worn out

land. He tried to get crops started in

the spring and the wire-worms destroy-

ed everything that he sowed or plant

ed.“ The time came :8; sowing buck-





He said that a few -





wheat. Then he put on the disk har-

row and worked the ground up in good

shape and sowed all that was under

the plow to buckwheat, which proved

to be a success. He followed two more

years with the buckwheat. This, he

said, finished the wire-worms. He gave

all of his plow land three successive

crops of buckwheat, which used up the

Wire-worms.



The lay of his farm was quite level

and made up mostly of black 10am.—~

J. M. Lyon.





HOT WATER TA'N K.





Living on a farm where there was

no pressure system water supply, and

needing a large quantity of hot water

on hand at all times, I rigged up a

very convenient arrangement. I pro-

cured a common large size ash can

with a cover. I placed this on a stand

behind the range. I took' half-inch

pipe and connected it with the can at

two places, passing it through holes on

the back side of the stove and making

a loop on the inside of the fire box.

These holes on the stove are always

found on ranges for the purpose of con-

necting a hot water tank. The places

where the pipe passed into the tank

were made water-tight by having a

lock—nut, leather washer and red lead

paste on each side as shown at A in

illustration. A- faucet was placed at

the bottom. '



The water in the section of the pipe





A





U





‘.9 he?

late at night after the- sun has (limp~

peared, but need Some shelter from~-





the hot sunshine and the storms. An

A-shaped colony pen is a comfortable

and convenient device in providing

shelter. _It can be built with a floor or

runners so that ,.it can be moved from

place to place as occasion may require.

It can be constructed at small expense

and will last many years.

Regularity in Feeding.



One of the keys to successful hog

feeding at any and, all times of the

year, is regularity in feeding. If the

feeder is prompt to furnish the grain

feed at .the established feeding time.

each and every day, much worry and

squealing by, the pigs can be avoided.

It should be remembered that allowing

the pigs to worry for their feed reduces

the profits. If the feeder is regular in

bringing the grain feeds, the hogs will

form a habit of regularity in going in."

search for pasture feeds and returning

to the feeding place for the expected

grain feeds with great regularity.



It has been stated by the Food Ad-

ministrator that the American hog

must help to win the‘war. If that be

the case let us make the most of the





Vhogs in the summer time in order to





dovour part in the task of Winning





the war.





Farmers





in the fire box becoming heated would

rise into the top of the tank. The cooler

water invthe bottom of the can would

thereby flow in, to be in turn heated.

This caused a continuous circulation of

water being heated on the thermos-

tatic principle. The water level is nev-

er allowed to fall below the top pipe.

The lower pipe should enter at the bot-

tom of the tank as shown in draw-

ing. Water taken from the top is

boiling hot, and taken from faucet is

naturally much cooler, but just hot

enough for general uses—C. E. Rich-

ardson.





PREVENTING COW FROM SUCKING

HERSELF.





in the Michigan

to prevent cows





I saw an article

Farmer asking how

sucking themselves. I would like to

say that a very convenient way is to

place two bows over the neck then

place two or three slats lengthwise





 





 





 





 





from bottom to nearly to the top of the

neck. Fasten in under the neck with

light straps to prevent

ing up.—'—C. L. S , W'alkerville, Mich.





 





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Dal-rymen S:

i ‘ 'By W. F.





TO the writer the future of the

dairy industry seems more hope-

ful than to some others with

whom he has talked. I am satisfied that

in the first place, we must cull out





 





TAYLOR





knew of another man anywhere whose

success in feeding was better than my

own I would see him at once and learn

why. It is more important that we

dairymen should succeed now than in





our poor cows and send them to the .the past, for we are a part of our





block, because if there are to be any

profits in dairying they will be small

for some time and the poor cow will

spend our money every day instead of

making money for us. ‘ ‘



With an effort all along the line to

get rid of the poor cows the demand for





» feed stuffs will lessen and-prices will





be held in check to some'extent. With

the poor cows slaughtered, the supply

of milk and butter will ,fall off and

prices will gradually, improve.



But, says‘ the man in the city,‘ What

is to become of the conSumer. Milk is

the cheapest food on the market today.

It is strange that the people in the cit-

ies do not comprehend this truth. Oleo-

margarine may be used by grown-ups

as a substitute for butter, but it is not

a substitute for butter in the ration of





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great inational army. We are not in

uniform but we are soldiers of agricul-

ture, and upon the way in which we

“do out bit” willdepend in some degree

the outcome of this great world’s

struggle.





 





IS YOUR HIRED MAN SITTING ON

THE FENCE?





. (Continued from first page).

with your county agricultural agent it

is sometimes possible to induce the

drainage expert of the college to call

and put on a drainage demonstration

for the entire community.



As a whole, the college might be

likened to a bureau of specialists——

men engaged by the state to be used

for the benefit of the people of the





 





 





 





 





Champion Sylvia Johanna Sells at Record Price of $106,000.





 





the child and never can be. Prices of

dairy products seem high to the con-

sumer but they must go higher or

these products cannot be furnished.



Gradually to a considerable extent,

dairy products must take the place of

meat. I am convinced that as a people

we shall have to eat less and less meat

until the close of the war. This will

be necessary for two reasons. First,

the production. of meats must gradu-

ally fall off unless prices are consid-

erably advanced, and second, large

quantities of the grains essential in

their production will have to be used

directly as human food. The falling off

in production and the consequent rise

in prices will enable the farmer to pro-«

duce both meat and dairy products at

a small profit though in less quantity

than before. '



Keeping less live stock on the farm

and devoting a larger’acreage to the

growing of grains, he will answer the

nation’s call for increased food produc-

tion, in which capacity he is just as

important a factor in winning the war

as the manufacturer of munitions. By

seeding liberally to clover, by making

the best use of the manure resulting

from even the smaller amount of live

stock kept on the farm, by mowing

the clover but one year and then plow-

ing it under, he should reap a profit

from the. growing of grains suflicient

to, compensate him for the somewhat

smaller returns from the live stock.



So in conclusion, I would get rid of

every poor cow as soon as I could find

her. I would breed the good ones to

the ' best sire possible even though I

had to drive ‘for miles and pay a lib-



- sié‘rilice‘. fee. __ I would feed, thought4



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state. It is a rule, however, that en-

terprises of what might be termed a

public nature are successful only in so

far as the members of the public co-

operate. The best trained plant path-

ologist in the world may be retained

by a state, but if the people do not

make use of him his knowledge is like-

ly to bear little fruit. It is patent that

the farmers of Michigan will be the

gainers by what the state has done for

them only in so far as they avail them-

selves of the services placed at their

disposal.



Of necessity, much of the extension

work must be done by means of let-

ters and bulletins. Of the latter the

college has published a large number

upon subjects of importance to every

farmer. If the farmer makes no other

use of the college, he ought at least to

write in and ask to have his name

placed upon the mailing list to receive

all publications of value to him.



The modern farmer can not afford to

remain in darkness about state sercice.



Ask your county agricultural agent

and don’t oblige this helper who is

capable and anxious to assist you, to

sit on the fence while you toil.





All outdoors is a big shed, but not

the best place for the wagon or the cul-

tivator when finished with it for a few

days. If a regular implement shed is





not provided the barn is always avail-v





able, all the extra work entailed is to

open and shut the doors.



Every farm should have a workshop.

Too much valuable time is lost in run-

ning back and ‘forth from the village

blacksmith shop for minor repairs





which, with forage and navil, vice, dies,





etc.-, could- be made at home.





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» Young-Randolph Seed ca, cum. llcll.





 





 





 





 





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is greater





skimming milk must go.





in the cream can.





165 Broadway, New York





Your need i of a





 





CREAM SEPARATOR





than ever before





These are the days of the full milk pail.





But if you are trying to get along without any cream

separator, or with an inferior or half-worn-oul: machine,

the more milk you get the more cream you lose.





And no farmer can‘afford to lose even a little cream

when butter-fat is selling at from 40 to 50 cents a pound.





With butter-fat at present prices, and our country

begging us to stop waste, “cream slacker” methods of





Get a De Laval right away and put all the cream





There is no other cream separator that can compare

with the De Laval in clean skimming, capacity, ease of

operation, freedom from repairs and durability.





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

away. Remember that a De Level may be bought for cash ol- on such





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

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





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Put FIIchlcacllcs

no.” ol Bacillus.





F I Them

Guaranteed to kill flies, ants.‘

roaches, mosquitos, bed bugs, mites,

fleas and many garden bugs. No

muss or dirt. Just a. fine powder

that gets sure results. Thousands

of farmers are using Hofstra. in

htomejand garden. Money back if

1 all s.





HARM LESS TO HUMANS





Hofstra is NOT A POISON. Odor-

less and tasteless. Can’t. stain or

discolor. Special formula that has

them all guessing. '





F R E E . If your dealer

hasn’t HOFS’I‘RA yet.

send 25 cents and dealer’s name, for





250 package and 100 loaded gun. FREE.

Postage paid. s





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309 llcgalcs, Tulsa, Okla.

‘ om





Enclosed find 500 for big box of BOFSTRA and

Loaded Mel-.1 Gun. FREE. My name and address is





 





 





 





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Seed Buckwhcal $5





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$10.00 to $25.00 clear profit every

to day made with the Sandwmll. Saves $4

to $16 each day in labor costs alone. It bales 2

to 8 tons ,more each day than average presses

and no extra help.





Sandwich rate: flay Presses





Find out about thesqwondertul labor-saving sad ['9‘

airless features. Chain transmission, Self-Feeder and





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FREE valuable Profit Book and Catalogue. Write





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Clay. Reinforced with steel ribs bedded

in cement. You’ll never have to -

rebuild it. Your neighbor has one.

Ask him. Send for Booklet D

Brazil Hollow Brick Style Co.





Brazil, Indiana





 





 





 





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llallmd lralllc Inspectors halal.

312') a month and expenses to start; short hours; travel;

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Belgian Hares. Flemish Giants. white rap:



bits, guinea igs. pigeons, ferrets, swme. >

088 and puppies 01 ‘au reeds: young stock specialt .

Stamp for circulars. I? Chas. R dgely. Canton. 0 0

Pure bred stock;





Seolcll tulllc Pugs For Sale. a... "mum...

' 0.E. swley. 3.8.Lu indofihflch.





Islllci lllI Ilcllni chr'rlsiwlllu'lmfllsqs.
Don’t Own or Use

a Slacker Machine





OW when the nation wants

every bushel of grain that

you can produce, you cannot af-

ford to lose any of it. Do your bit

by saving every bushel—make

more money for yourself and pro—

duce more for the boys in the

trenches. “ Hoover-lac” your

grain crop with a





Red, River

special





Loss in the -tack 1s not tolerated

by the makers of this machine.

It beats out the grain. Other

threshers wait for the grain to .

drop out. That’s why the Red

River Special saves more grain.





Look for the thresherman in

your community who owns a Red

River Special. Or write us and

get prices on the Red River

Special “Junior”—-the small

thresher. Write for circular.





Nichols 8s .Shepardm Co.





liuilders Exclusively of Red“ River Spe~

cial Threat: hers, Wind Stacker-s. Feeders.

Steam and OildGaa Traction Engines





Battle Creek Michigan





 





Put American Vitri-

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Bigger crops 111131111 luul't' food for the



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Tiling your fields is an investment



that qulckh repays its costs in the



bigger. better crops produced.



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* and comes in all sizes fromts inches



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Write us for information and prices.



and for name of dealer near you.





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blocks

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CDT-90LCove1-s 401- Gmu-SS or new. tank. Write»-

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FOR SALE





Kiln Dried Salvage Grain





My, Oats & Wheat





Sand for Sample:

C. E. Dingwhll Co., Milwaukee, Wis.





 





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-‘ When writing toudvert'uen please





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' . when the dry weather sets in,





URING the past five years we

have been growing early toma-

toes for the local market. -We

do not try to compete with the hot—





' house kind nor with those shipped from

the south. But we never fail to have -

, nice ripe tomatoes on the market fou1





or five weeks ahead of the other gard-

eners in this locality. We have often

been asked. by customers, what kind

of tomatoes we raised and how it hap-

pened that they ripened so early in the

season. These people claim that they

have been "unable to get as nice large

tomatoes anywhere else. Good culti-

vation and pruning does it. Cultivation

is usually begun a few days after set-

ting. Nothing will -respond any more

quickly to good cultivation than the

tomato. We use both wheel-hoe and

handohoe frequently, the latter being

used to bring the soil up around the

plants, which is very beneficial to their

growth. We stir the soil after every

rain.



A tomato plant that is preperly set

has” a much better chance to grow and

produce a crop, than one that is care.

lessly planted. The tomato is not over-

particular as to soil but good cultiva-

tion at the proper time is an important

factor.



Then, there are many ways of prun-

ing, nearly all of which are worse than

no pruning at all. Never prune a to-

mato plant (or anything else) by guess.

Better let it alone, entirely, than to

cut off bunches that ought to remain

and vice versa.



Method Good for All Varieties.‘-. -



We do not always grow the same

varieties year after year, but always

plant some early sort as well as sev-

eral late, or rather, main-crop varie-

ties. However, we can take any of the

standard 111ain—cropvarieties and by

judicious pruning, produce a crop of

tomatoes ready for market several

weeks ahead of the same) variety un-

pruned. W'e have done it with a num-

ber of varieties, early and late.



When cultivation is no longer neces-

sary, the space betWGen the rows and

all around the plants is coveied with

straw. This serves a two- fold pur-

pose. No stakes are necessary and

(as it

usually does he1e in summer), the

straw helps to conserve the moistme





' in the soil.





Some varieties of tomatoes will

stand erect without any kind of sup-

port. Others will fall over. No mat-





ABBAGES during their develop

ment are beset by many foes,

both plant as well as insect.

Many do not survive the seed-bed to

be transplanted, and if they do survive

they are liable to attack by the flea-

beetle or the root-maggot. Escaping

these and 'right after they are trans-

planted, if not before, they are attack:

ed by the cabbage worm. ‘



Very often we notice that the cab-

bang .we. have watched over so care-

fully during the early spring have the

leaves badly eaten or, a little later,

holes through the forming head. - Upon

closer examination a number of small

green worms, varying in size, are

found. Owing to their color, Which is

like thatof the leaves upon which they

feed, they are hard to see.



The adult of the cabbage~worm .is

the Common white butterfly that is

seen early in the spring. In the sum-

mer they gather in moist places along

the road. It lays its eggs on some

available plant and the larvae emerge

in about a week. The entire life-his-

tory in summer requires about five





 





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”More Tomatoes ”by Pruning

By ANNA WADE GALLIGHER





ter whether straw is used or_ not. we

'never attempt to change their position.

.It does not agree with a tomato plant

tobe “worried." We learned this by

experience as we learned how to prune.



We claim originality for the most im-

portant points in pruning, as p1actices

by the write1~ duxing the past five

1ears., Here is how we do it: We

begin to' prune a .short time after the

plants begin to branch. If the first

branches, which appear

are small and stunted looking .(as they

usually are) they are removed. We

then leave from four to‘ six good, strong

side-branches as near the base, of the

plant as possible. Above these all the

branches are removed from the main

vine. When the remaining side branch~





es reach a height of one and a half to





 





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removed as soon as possible, leaving

intact all the leaves that grow upon

the bearing branches. Never strip the

leaves from a tomato plant when re-

moving surplus growth. Pruning a to-

mato plant is easy work, and if prop.

erly done need not be repeated more

than twice du1ing the season.

Remember it is the unnecessary

growth that ,Ietards the development

of the tomato crop. Pruning, as above

directed,_will not only cause tomatoes

to ripen earlier and more evenly, but

will increase the yield at least fifty

pe1 cent. Late tomatoes are also ben-

efited by pruning.

FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS IN AP-

PLE TREES





 





 





In a report from the Maine station

some notes are given on fertilizer ex-

periments conducted at the Highmoorv

Farm in orchards that had been





 





A Potato Planting Suggestion





On many farms two or three acres

are‘planted to potatoes each year. This

is' not enough to pay to purchase-pota-

to planting equipment, and yet is

enough to make quite a task when





 





 





 





Fig. No. 2.





planted by hand. The accompanying

illustrations explain themselves and if

followed will eliminate much of the

drudgery from potato planting.



No. 1 is a double shovel cultivator

with one shovel removed. A strip of

wood, 60x1x1% inches, with chains on

both ends should be placed just where

the handles join the cultivator to mark

the rows, that they may be of uniform

distance apart.



No. 2_is a tool to cover the potatoes

as they are dropped in the. trench dug

by the shovel cultivator. It should be

thirty-six inches in front and about

sixty—two inches at the reverse and

with a length of forty-eight inches.



This draws the dirt over the pota‘

toes, forming a ridge above them so

that they are planted quite deeply.

They should then be gone over with a

roller. The results are much more sat-

isfactory than when hand planting is

employed—D. D. Woodin.





 





two feet (according to variety), and a

sufficient numbex of tomatoes and buds

have set to pioduce a. good crop, the

tip of the vine is removed.



‘ Make Plant Stocky and Prolific.



., When the remaining side branches

are nearly as high as the center or

main vine and from,two to four clus-

ters of buds have formed upon each

branch, the tips are all removed.

”This causes a new growth of side-

branches. These young branches ap-

pear in a very short time, but not all

at once. Sooner or later a small branch





Swat the Cabbage Worm





By DON B.





WH ELAN





ations per year. The last generation

spends the winter as a pupa among the

old stalks and other rubbish in the

fields.



Just as soon as they.are set out is

the time to start fighting the cabbage

worms. The more effective the con.

trol during the early part of the sea—

son the less worms there will be to

work havoc later in the year. Cabbage

worms can be controlled by the use of

powdered arsenate of lead dusted on

before the heads have formed. A spray

of a‘rsenate of lead and water is good!

if a little soap is added, which will

make the spray stick better. Care

should be taken about using this after

the heads begin to form, as there is a

chance of poisoning. When‘the heads

have formed the best and safest spray

to use is that consisting of half an

ounce of pyrethrum or Persian insect

powder in a gallon of water» will prove

efficient in controlling the “worms."

Besides this spray is harmless to man.

One spray will not be sufficient under

ordinary conditions, but the spray will.

have to be repeated at intervals all





 





 





brought into good condition before the

experiments started by cultivation and

fertilization fora period of three years.

In one test a number of Baldwin trees

all received the same application of

standard fertilizer and a portion of

them received an additional applica-

tion of nitrate of soda at the rate of

one hundred pounds per acre. As far

as has been observed the additional

nitrate of soda has had no efiect in

forcing the trees into bearing. Anoth-

er test was begun in 1912 in an orchard

of Ben Davis trees in which one plant

has received no fertilizer for a period

of three years; another plat has receiv-

ed annually 3. fertilizer, at the rate of

five hundred pounds per acre, carry-

ing four per cent nitrogen, eight per

cent available phosphoric acid, and

sevenpen cent potash; audaa third

plant has received 1,000 pounds of the

same fertilizer per acre. Thus far no

results which could be attributed to

the fertilizer have appeared.





 





GOOD ROADS IN MICHIGAN."





 





Muskegon county is building its first

mile of concrete on the Muskegom

Grand Haven road. It is sixteen feet

wide.



An improved highway between Grand

Rapids and Kalamazoo is almost assur-

ed for this season. Both Kalamazoo and

Kent counties have good roads leading

to the Allegan county line and nowmn»

tracts have been let for seven miles of

this road through Allegan, with pros-

pects that state reward money will be

available for building the additional six

miles necessary to complete the high-

way.



Grading tor the six miles of mom-





lithic brick pavement between Albion.





and Marshall is completed and ' the





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With the Live

Stock " Men



HE Berrien County Cow-testing

Association finished its second



year 'with satisfactory results,

according to the report of Louie Web-

er, tester. Nineteen herds were test-

ed, or about 250 cows, during the full

year. In individual records Earl Hem-

ingway’s grade Guernsey won highest

fat record, with 513.6 pounds. ‘Ed.

King’s grade Holstein won highest

milk record, with 11,813 pounds. M. L.

Becker’s Guernsey made most profit,

or $115.11. In herd records Ed. King’s

herd won first on fat, with average of

'360 pounds per cow; also first in milk,

with average of 9,586 pounds. Young

Bros.’ herd was first in profit, the rec-

ord being $70.06 per head. M. L. Beck-

er had highest testing herd, averaging

5.5. One herd failed to pay for feed.

One herd produced milk for ninety-

eight cents per hundred, while produc-

tion cost with another herd was $2.08.

One herd produced fat for twenty-one

cents per pound, while with another

herd the cost reached forty-four cents.

The Northern Michigan Shorthorn

Breeders’ Association met June 6 at

Petoskey, with breeders present from

Antrim, Cheboygan, Charlevoix, Emmet

and Grand Traverse counties. There

were talks by Prof. Edwards, of the

M. A. (3., Wm. Johnson, of Indiana, rep-

resenting the American Shorthorn

Breeders’ Association, and others. A

committee was named to visit differ-





ent herds and select a. number of ani-,‘





mals for a sale to be held this fall un-

der the auspices of the local associa-

tion.



The long drought in the southwest

is compelling sheep and cattle men to

seek new fields and many of them are

coming to Michigan.



W. A. Colt and S. C. Lee, of Colorado,

have located on a ranch of 12,090

acres in Chippewa county and by the

last of June will have 2,000 sheep

there.



W. B. MacBeath, of New Mexico,

has 625 head of cattle on grass in Mar-

quette and Dickinson counties and ex-

pects to have 2,000 head there soon.



F. R. K. Hewlett, prominent live

stock man of South Dakota, is selling

his interests there and moving to

northern Michigan. He has taken over

the Emblagaard Farm near Marquette‘

and by next year expects to haVe 40,-

000 to 50.000 head of sheep there. He

says: “With proper handling I believe

it possible to lamb out 100 per cent or

better from young ewes in Cloverland.

Lambs born in May will weigh from

seventy to eighty pounds by the first

of November. All the tracts of land

that I have inspected in Michigan are

suitable for grazing sheep.”



W. T. Bishop, of Texas, has taken a

lease of 7,000 acres in Alger county

and will raise cattle on an extensive

scale. After visiting the upper penin-

sula he says: “The country is ideal

for grazing. I never saw such grass

in my life. Grazing will be a tremen-

dous success in Cloverland and you

are opening up a new industry which

promises to be one of your greatest

enterprises. Your-lease option plan is

a. winner. It proves to us that you

have faith in your country and that

you are not after our money."





 





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While prices for hogs in the Chicago

market have undergone extremely

large declines recently, farmers have

paid fancy prices for pigs to ship back

to 'the country. ’.The other day, while

the choicest of matured hogs were

selling for $16.80 per hundred, Illinois





per' 100 pounds for 120-pound stock





st; time surgeon when pigs . outsold

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EN who are observing the trend

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nouncement by the Michigan



Agricultural College of its plans for

conducting a short course for pastors

this summer the coming of a new type

of clergyman in the rural communities

of the state—one who in addition to

furnishing cheer to his flock can make

himself of real value to the community

in its practical, every-day affairs.



The school for clergymen to be op~

sued by M. A. C. will start on July 8,

and will run for two weeks. It will be

out of the ordinary only in its object,

for as a short course it will be similar

to those which are given farm boys

every winter. Practical lessons, lec-

tures and demonstrations relating to

agricultural subjects will be taken up,





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peninsula war confer-



ence was held June 12-13 at Esca‘

naba, with every county in Cloverland

represented and with Governm' Sleeper

and staff, including officials of Michi-

gan, present. The governor and party

were given a hearty welcome and there

was a big public reception in their

honor.



The theatre was crowded with peo-

'ple at the opening session, the audi-

ence including representative men of

the upper peninsula, the supervisors,

county and city officials, bankers,

farmers and men of affairs.



Colonel R. M. Andrews of Menomi-

nee, opened the conference and he pre-

dicted that Cloverland will play a very

important part in winning the war. In

part he said: “All other essentials

having been provided for by the United

States it now appears that we will win

the war. The Upper Peninsula Devel-

opment Bureau grasped this situation

and during the past six months has

conducted a nation-wide campaign to

interest wool growers in our cut-over

lands. ‘ Sheep i‘aisei-s of New Mexico

alone are seeking 100,000 acres of graz-

ing land, 'and'they produce only a small

proportion of the wool of the country.

Hundreds of inquiries have been re-

ceived by the development bureau and

the dawn of a vast new industry, des-

tined to surpass all others in the upper

peninsula, is breaking. Cloverland

comprises one-third of this great state

and our low-priced pasture lands are at

the very door 'of the Chicago market

only 250 miles away. Cloverland is

larger than Massachusetts, Delaware

and Connecticut combined, and has

more people than Idaho, Wyoming, Ari-

zona or New Mexico. There are more

miles of railroad in Cloverland than in

Nevada, Utah or Wyoming. In the

past four years Cloverland has spent

three million dollars for good roads.

There are seventy-five savings banks

,in Cloverland, with savings deposits

lgreater than all the savings deposits in

Colorado, Kansas, Montana or Oregon.

,The upper peninsula offers the sheep

and cattle men hundreds of thousands

of rich cut-over clover lands for graz-

ing on a two-years' test free. Can you

beat that in all the world today?”





In response Governor Sleeper said:

“W'e are all proud of the upper penin-

sula, so aptly called Cloverland. In

every war activity you have proven

your unselfish patriotism and it is for-

tunate for the country that this great

cattle and sheep campaign of yours

has come at a ‘time when this country

and her allies so sorely need the beef,





‘ mutton and wool that your cut-over





lands will so abundantly produce. I

am happy indeed to learn that already

this year more than 200,000 acres of

your lands have been taken by new-

comers from theflnest class of western

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Sheep and Victory





4 HEEP and Victory” mass meeting

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>“Oloverland. today faces its greatest





with the idea. that the rural pastor.





who would most ably serve his son

gregation must be a man equipped to

know and deal with all the problems of

country life. ,



A conference of rural pastors, will

also be conducted by the college from

July 8 to 15, while the short course is

in progress. A number of the coun-f

try’s leading churchmen, among whom

will be Dean E. 1. Bosworth, of Oberlin

College, and Dean Slialer Matthews of

the University of Chicago, will be‘ in

attendance with members of the M. A.

C. faculty. .



The ( nference will be open to ev-

ery clergyman and layman in the state.’

More than two hundred of the country

pastors of Michigan sat through the





sessions of the conference a year ago;





Opportunity," said President Harmon,

of ‘the Upper Peninsula Development

Bureau. “There will be scores of west-.-

ern grazers visiting cur lands during

the summer. We must show them.

what we have and be open and above-

board in everything. The stranger who

comes here deserves every bit of moral

support we can give him. Let’s get

away from the money grasping idea.

Let’s pull together. Let’s make a bit

of sacrifice ourselves for Cloverland

and then sit back and watch it grow.

The sheep and cattle that will be plac-

ed in'Cloverland during 1918 will con-.

sume every pound of hay now produc-

ed in this section and much more. We

are thus creating a large local market

for hay heretofore seeking an outside

market. I therefore appeal to every-

one, lest we fail in supplying the nec-'

essary winter feed, to do his utmost.

to raise more hay, especially clover

hay. The future of Cloverland’s unus-

ed lands today depends on the attitude,

of her people. The stranger within,

our gates must be made welcome in a.

true and practical sense.” '





The next speaker was C. 'A. Nebeker,;

of Salt Lake City, an authority .on‘

sheep, who is interested with a num-:

ber of western bankers of Utah in the

sheep industry. He is highly pleased.

with upper peninsula prospects. He.

stated that sheep are cold Weather ani-

mals, that the wool growth of acclimat-

ed sheep in_ the upper peninsula is

much greater than is that of the west,

em or southern sheep, also that the:

wool is much cleaner. Sheep need;





lots of clover hay to winter over on"





and Mr. Nebeker believes that the cost

of wintering sheep is no greater here

than in the west, for in Idaho the sheep.

men must drive their flocks to the Tex-

as border in winter. The saving on?

freight. alone amounts to $1 per head

between the grazing lands and Chicago,

the market center. '





Secretary Rowell, of the Upper Pe-

ninsula Bureau, said in part: “Twelve

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land. There are sixty-seven more who

have set dates for coming here, 131

have said they were coming and 123

others have said they were interested.

The crowded-out western grazers are

turning toward Cloverland.”



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wood, in behalf of the upper peninsula

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CHAPTER IX.





 





My First Hun.



HE next trip I made aloft was



made as gunner in a fighting air-



plane. We were on patrol for

three hours, and I had a busy time of

it trying to keep my mind on the gun

and flying at the same time. On my

next trip I spent a hundred rounds

from a Lewis gun at a target and the

. same day I was sent as gunner on an-

other patrol.



We had been up for an hour, when

the pilot spotted a Hun battery and

gave its direction to someof our guns.

We were then about six miles behind

the German line. All went well for a

time until I savq another machine at

about our own level, to which I called

my pilot’s attention. Though the other

craft was at least a mile away the pilot

recognized it immediately as a Hun.

He began to tap out something ‘on the

wireless key which, as I afterwards

learned, was a message to the battery

with which we were working to cease

firing. The hostile machine was also

an observer and the flash from our

guns would have shown its pilot where

our battery was located.



The thought that there was a Hun in

the air and that we might have to meet

him gave me a nervous thrill since I

somewhat doubted my ability to ban-

dle a machine gun. The man in the

other machine might be much more

proficient than I; and while I had brok-

en bottles on the range, fired on the

outline of a Hun plane on the ground

for practice, and done other trial stunts

I had never before tried issues with a

real live Hun.



But I found a great deal of comfort

in the fact that my pilot was a good

man (he had been decorated for brav-

ery) and I made up my mind that I

was not going to disappoint him. He

had shown that he had faith in me, and

for that reason I had myself well in

hand when the German machine came

nearer to us.



But it was not our business to fight

down the hostile machine. we were

observers. It was rather risky, more-

over, to take up a fight with a Hun

above his own territory, where a forc—

ed landing would have resulted in our

being made prisoners of war. Conse-

quently we started for home, but Fritz

saw fit to follow ‘us.



We were over No Man’s Land when

finally we turned on him, and I got

ready to work the machine gun. I knelt

down in the seat and when we were

close enough the pilot turned around

and gave me the signal to fire. But

the Hun was miles past, and I wonder-

ed if the pilot thought I was the cham-

pion trap shot of the world. There

were no synchronized machine guns in

those days, and to shoot through the

propeller meant of course that there

would be a sudden landing since the

bullets would splinter its blades to

pieces. We came along side of each

other and I had put a drum of cart-

ridges in the gun and, was in the act of

aiming at the Hun machine when some-

thing hit a strut alongside of my head.

A glance in the direction of the strut

showed me that a bullet had gone

through. Quick as a wind I pulled the

trigger and the little gun began to jump



‘ and bounce about on, its mounting.



What the effect of my fire would be



I was anxious to know. The racket

'made by the machine gun was deafen-

ing, and since its muzzle was directly

above my pilot the man had to crouch

ddw‘n into the cockpit. But‘ he, too,





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doing and after a few moments he sat

up again.



I was shaking with excitement by

now. The machine gun was spitting

bullets at a fast rate, but on the Hun

plane everything remained in order.

The two machines were keeping to. a

parallel course and I was beginning to

fear that my aim was too poor to

bring down our opponents, who were

meanwhile keeping up their fire.



Of a sudden the enemy machine

lurched forward. Then something de-

tached itself from it.

of a falling man.



My excitement reached its height.

My aim had been good after all. As I

saw the body speed towards the ground

turning over and over again, a senSa—

tion of sickness seized me. So intense

was this that I hoped the next enemy

would get me in order that I might not

have to go through this agony again.



Meanwhile the pilot had seen the

falling Hun. There was a smile on his

face as he shouted:



“That’s good!”



The Hun machine had curved back

to the rear of its own line and we also

made a turn during which we ascer-

tained that the man had fallen inside

his own lines, having hit the ground

behind the reserve position.



Something had gone wrong with the

Hun machine, however. After a while

it began to volplane rapidly; finally, it

hit the ground with such force that the

wings left the body of the machine.



While I was taking the empty am-

munition drum from the machine, the

pilot sent something over the wireless

and before long our battery was at

work again.





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mg The other men crowded around

us. They had seen the fight and were

eager to shake hands with us. I pre-

tended not to be excited, but I wanted

to get up. and shout to the world that

I had brought down a Hun in the air,

and assisted the pilot looking over the

machine to find what damage the Hun

machine gunner had done to it. We

fou'nd that he had eight hits to his

credit. A ninth bullet had gone through

the pilot’s leather coat at the shoulder.



The commanding officer of~the squad~

ron also congratulated both of us.



I confess that I was rather pleased

with myself, and at the mess that night

my brother sergeants contributed not

a little to that feeling. One of them,

however, a Cockney, proceeded prompt-

ly to take some of the conceit out

of me. .



“Ay, mytes, look at that bloke! ‘e

don’t 'alf fauncy ’isself, .’cause ’e pitch-

ed down a bloomin’ ’un,” he remarked,

laughingly.



Since he had not done even that

much, I could not see why he should

put in his jaw, and so-I came back

at him with. “Well, I don’t see any

medals on you for anything that you

ever did." He lost his temper but the

rest of the boys soon brought him to

his senses.



It was not long before some of the

other sergeants made me feel that they

did not like me any too well. Several

of them remarked that I was a Yankee,

and the way of saying it was uncompli-

mentary. Finally the Sergeant-Major

put a stop to the argument, but before

he did this I learned that it did not pay

to argue with sergeant-majors when

you are a junior.



The following week, while on recon-

naissance about thirty miles behind the

German lines, our machine and another

were flying along merrily when we

were tackled by six Germans. The

odds were against us, so we headed for

our own lines at an elevation of about

six thousand feet.





When our period of patrol was over The Huns, hoiyever, had made up

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attacked us. Some of them were try-





ing to go directly underneath us, so'





that they could reach us the better

with their machine guns. one of the

machines got over us. In fact, they

overlooked no point of vantage to put

an end to our career. Finally, one of

the Huns, who seemed more daring

than the others, made straight for the

other machine. I began to fire. After

a while the tracers hit his engine and

then he glided to earth. ’ I cursed my

luck for having only disabled him.



The other machines were still flying

around us, though by this time in larg-

er circles. Although We were now near

our own lines, they kept pegging away

at us and some of their bullets kept

spinning past us dangerously close.



Just as we got over our lines, the

Huns made another big try to get us.

Our machines separated in order to not

give the Germans a chance to attack

us together. Two of them went for my

machine while the other three attack-

ed the other.

long range, hoping to hold them off in

that manner. But they were energetic

and daring enough. They closed in on

us and the rattle of their machine guns

could be heard above the roar of my

engine, so close Were they.



The Huns decided to try other taC‘



tics.

while the other kept on a level with us.

Not one of them remained in any po-

sition very long. Of a sudden the Hun

machine which had managed to get

well above us, began to dive( and as he

did so its gunner landed a bullet in the

shoulder of my pilot, Captain Robert-

son. ‘~ _

I feared that the captain had been

disabled, and was ready to jump into

his place. If he lost consciousness the

machine would be out of control, and

in that case it would have been the last

trip for both of us.



Captain Robertson remained con-

sc1ous.

to keep control of the machine. We

began to descend rapidly towards Hun

land and I had visions already of being

captured and made a prisoner of war.



To find out in what state the pilot

was I shouted. at him. Instead of say-

ing a word, however, he pointed up at

one of the Huns who had just passed

us. That signal, as I presently came to

understand, was intended to show me

that we were to dive to the ground.



A grand nose drive came. It was

made at so steep an angle that the oil

rushed out of the breather pipes and

covered my face. It also blinded my

goggles so that I was obliged to waste

time in wiping them off with my hand«

kerchief.



But that was soon done. There was

a whole drum of cartridges, on the ma-

chine, and as the Hun came to my level

I let fly at him. I saw him raise him-

self, then he dropped back in his seat

——dead.'



With that machine out of the way

the pilot pulled ours up once more, and

soon we were headed for home.



Captain Robertson was getting weak-

er all the time, however, and I began

to doubt whether we would get over

the,line. In the course of our fight

with the Hun machines, we had gone

back over the German lines, as I 'now

discovemd, and our speed had fallen

off alarmingly.



I am not much of a praying man,

but right there I said the little prayer

my old mother taught me. Meanwhile,

I kept my eyes open for the remaining

Hun, who was still near us. I hoped

that he would decide to stay away for

I had only one drum of ammunition





'left—forty-seven rounds. He was oblig-





ing enoughvto do this.





But now we were again ’within range A





of the German anti-aircraft batteries,

which began to fire at us. They ham—

mered away industriously, but luck

was with us.



We crossed the lines without furthe

injury and Ianded at a. ,





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up by the French and. sent by motor

car tothe hospital. I telephoned to the

commanding officer of the squadron to

tell him what had happened and he

sent another pilot down to get the ma-

chine. On our arrival at the squadron

aerodrome I Was welcomed by the

commanding oflicer and learned that

the other machine which had accom-

panied us had been helped out of a

tight fix by two French machines.



Between the three of them they had

brought down two of the Huns, the

third having made a rapid retreat as a

captive balloon of ours had observed. -



From the same captive balloon my

fight had also been seen, and its ob

server reported that the machine

whose pilot I had shot nad come down

with a crash behind the n'un lines.



My month of probation was not yet

over and such time as I did not spend

in the air had to be devoted to study.

Finally I was sent to H. where at the

headquarters of the Royal Flying Corps

I was told that I was to proceed to

England to get my officer's kit, this be-

ing the first intimation that I had been

given a commission. Needless to say,

I was as proud as 3. peacock, and the

prospects of seeing England again in-

creased my happiness. There was no

holding me, and I blew myself to a

wine dinner in a little French hotel. I

was a stranger and for that reason had

to celebrate all alone. The celebra-

tion ceased on the arrival of my train.



CHAPTER X.

My Commission.



RRIVED in London too late in the

. evening to report at headquarters

so decided to have a look at Pic-

cadilly Circus, which I had no difficulty

in finding this time. I also met two

boys from home, who were on leave,

and the three of us went all over town,

finishing up at Murray’s Club, which



was then open all night.



After a short period of enjoyment, I

settled down to business, getting ready,

among other things, my oflicer’s equip-

.ment. The uniform I now put on im-

pressed me very much more than did

the one I had donned in Canada. It

was a novelty to have the Tommies and

non-commissioned officers salute me.

But that sensation soon wore off; there

were so many of them that my right

arm was nearly paralyzed by night

time.



There is nobody who can take the

conceit out of a man as well as one’s

friends. I had my picture taken in my

uniform and sent photographs to some

friends at home who promptly discov-

ered that the old uniform had fitted me

much better. A week later I was back





.on my way to France, meeting at the





port of embarkation a pal, from my end

of the world, JamesNewton. He was

very much surprised to see that I was

an officer now, but said that he would

not salute me if I were a general.



I had orders to report to the em-

barkation ofi‘icer in France, and he sent

me to one of the aircraft parks further

inland. The commanding officer of the

squadron to which I had been detailed

gave me what seemed to be a chilly

reception.



“1 don’t know anything about you at

all, old chap,” he said, as he sized me

up. I was dead tired and hungry and

did not care whether he knew anything

about me or not.



“Well, give me something to eat,” I

said, “and a bed for the night. Tomor-

row we can call up headquarters and

find out where I am to go.”



I managed to get some food all right.

but no place to sleep. The command-

ing officer of the squadron spent a good

part of that evening getting in touch

with headquarters, and when at eleven,

o’clock he had finally managed to do

that I was packed into a motorpar and

sent to the headquarters in question.

It was a three hours’drive to get to





.my destination, and I was almost froz-





en when I got there.

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catch the fiyer for Chicago?”

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wouldn’t join the mission band.”



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the Bible.



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the first query.



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HERE was an awful lazy woman

in the little village where IgreW

up. At least, the most of the





: neighbors said she was—and they could





prOVe it. She didn’t work afternoons!

And she had a husband and three chil-

dren and a great big ten-room house.

How any woman could do all the work

that meant, and find time to sit around

afternoon, reading or doing fancy

work, or maybe gadding the streets,

Was beyond the virtuous housewives

of our town. That is, it was beyond

most of them. Some, secretly, and

two or three quite openly, were frankly

envious, and wished they could do it,

too. But they couldn’t. “What would

folks say?" was too strong for them.

'A neighbor girl found out how it was

done. > One spring the woman was ill

and the girl—this was the good old

days—went in to “help out.” When

the Woman got up again the girl stay-

ed on and they worked together.

‘ “I’ve always planned every way I

could to do my work in the quickest

and easiest way,” explained the wom-

an, “whether it was the way my grand

mother did or a way I just thought up

myself. When I was first married I

made asolemn vow I would not spend

an my time doing housework, and I

haven’t. I’ve; always had time every

day to change my dress and rest and

read in the afternoon unless there was

sickness. Even in canning time Imake

it a mum not to work every minute.

“To begin with, I have .a schedule.

I never could get through just working

h'aphazard. Monday .I tidy up,‘ mend

and put the clothes to soak; Tuesday,

wash; Wednesday, clean silver and

cupboards; Thursday, iron; Friday,

clean the, house except the kitchen,





and Saturday clean the kitchen and do





all' the baking that is done for the

week. No woman can do all the work

expected of her and keep up, so I leave

out half what the rest do My ‘111an'

thought when we weie married he had

to have home- made bread, but it didn’t

take him king to decide that he’d rath-





. er eat bakers’ bread and have a com-





panionable wife, than to have home-

made bread and a wife who was al-

ways tired out and catty. He used to-

lihe rich frosted cakes, too and he al-

ways had stomach trouble.

out with a. simple sponge cake once a

week and fruit or plain puddings for

dessert he is just as well pleased and

much better as to health. So I’ve not





only saved myself a lot of work, but





I've saved money and improved our

physical condition by cutting out so

much baking.



“Washing I’ve robbed of its terrors





'by using preparations to loosen the





dirt and save rubbing Paraffin will





~ ‘n‘dt injurethe clothes, and if melted

"with the "soap and added to the boiler

~of‘olothe's, half the rubbing is cut out.

[Of course, I have to rinse with hot wa-

Bier, but that is easier than breaking

my thank over a washboard.





Ironing

ado simple by putting away at

‘ \, an knit underwear, stockings,

ml; towels, dish towels and .dust

I’ve seen some of our women





day and iron salt- bag .dust

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soon as we get up, and leave the “(1111





dows open. At noon two bOys go up-

stairs and with one on each side it

takes only a jiffy for them to make

them, while the other boy and I whisk

the dishes out of the way. The boys

might better be doing that than hang-

ing around a street corner, I figi’lre,

and they still have plenty of time for

play before the bell rings. ‘



“When I get fruit to can I always





have it delivered late in the afternoon. .





Then we all sit down after supper,

and with five working it is soon clean~

ed; I let it stand in the sugar over

night, or put it on the cellar bottom,

and can it first thing in the morning.



“You see I work it by letting every-

body help. I figured it out that an un-

selfish mother meant selfish children

and a selfish husband, and w01se—a

mothe1 always tired and scolding. If





:begin to feel exhausted.





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each-one does a little noone isever

tired .out,'and all have a little timeto

iplay. -Of course, there are days when

things pile, 'up'gbut I stop the minute I

I figure it out

that the work, will be here toromrow,

and -if ‘I keep on too long I may not.

So I stop and rest, and let the work

wait for me. It always seemed wicked

to me, for women to work all day long

and then entertain‘the family at' night

with a tale of how tired they were and

how abused. I hate a dusty room, but

not half so much as I do a nagging

woman. .80 if I have to choose be-

tweendusting and losing my temper,

or keeping both dust and temper, I

It. is surely as neces-

sary to feed your mind and soul as to

feed your body, so I try to take care

of all three”. . .



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Some Wheatless Shortcakes





The following wheatless Shortcake

recipes have been worked out in the

experiment kitchen of the government

food administration:





Barley Shortcakes.

cup liquid,

to 6 tablespoons fat,

tablespoon of sugar,

teaspoon salt;

teaspoons baking powder,

cups barley.

Corn F’lour Shortcake.

cup liquid, ’

to 8 tablespoons fat,

tablespoon sugar,

1 teaspoon salt,

6 teaSpoo’nsbaking powder,

, 2%‘cups'cornflour. , - 1

Rice" Flour Shortcake.-

FollOw directiOn for corn flour, using

2%, cups of rice flour instead of com

flour.





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Barley-corn Shortcake.



1 cup liquid



6 tablespoons fat,



1 tablespoon sugar



,‘1 teaspoon salt,



6 teaspoons baking powder,



2 cups barley flour.



1%; cups corn flour.

Barley-oats Shortcake.



Follow directions for barley-corn

flour, using 1% cups rolled oats ground

in food chopper instead of the corn

flour.



Corn oats Shortcake.



1 cup liquid, ., .. g- ..

4 tablespoonsfat, .. » - .--

1- tablespoonsugar,

1 teaspoon salt,-

6 ,teaSpoons baking powder,

1%, cups corn flour,



. 1% cups ground rolled oats.-



All measurements are level Mix the

dry ingredients, cut in the fat and add

the‘ liquid. 7 For individual servings,

place. dbughion slightly floured beard,

pat to three. fourths inch thickness and

cut as-fOr bisCuit.= If alarge .shortcake

is wan-ted, place dough in well-greased

biscuit tin and pat to desired thickness.



These shortcakes are light and ten-

der. oAn egg added to rice or corn

flour makes a softer dough.



The slightly acid taste cf barley may

be overcome by using onerquarter tea-





 





. , principally





- supply of sugar. . ‘





spoon of soda dissolved in one cup of

liquid. The flavor of oat and corn is

especially good. ,The shortcakes made





from corn or rice fiOur' are very white





and flakey and similar in appearance

to wheat flour.



Do not split these cakes as they

crumble easily. Pile strawberries or

other fruit on short’c‘ake. Add whipped

cream, if desired, and serve. These

shortcakes can be used instead of pie

crust in a great variety of desserts





SUGAR RATIONS.





 





This season of the yea1 suggests

summer fruits, canning, preserving and

the sugar supply Three pounds per

person per manth, the voluntary ratiOD,

permits little margin for preserving,

and careful." houSeholders ' are asking,

“will there :be .more '2" ' ‘The.

Stafis’ Food Administration“ answers





that it' is endeavoring to. supplement





this allotment and prOvid'e ample sugar

for the home Canning season.

dent housekeepers, howevérr-can coop-

erate with -this-plan~by~saving from

their present supplies for the tiine

when they begin to' put up summer

fruits for winter use. ' ' ..



On account of the shortage of ships

the January and. February sugar re-

ceipts in this country were far below

those of the corresponding months of

last year. Our ' su‘gar supplies are

further. limited by’ the ifaCt that ’Amer-

ica and .the- Allies draw. ontheils‘ame





source for sugar, and that ’sOurcei'is-

-So— even with an

shipping facilities.





-_C~uba.-~

improvement in

housekeepers cannot get the pro-war





 





PRESERVING EGGS- IN WATER-‘-

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BY ELLA E Rosamon- ‘ i ‘ ‘ '





vogue for preserving eggs,

them fairly. reliable.





is hardly to be expected that all shénid

unite. upon one.

to pack eggs in cats, some in salt and

some use other mediums. --

the filo-called wetergiass, however. is





 





United '





Provi-i'.





- 3‘ look for the cause.

There are a number of methdds- in;

midst of:

Different house-1

wives have different formulas and lit“





some women prefer





The use of -‘





 





far superior to anyiof these as a single

trial will prove. After giving this

method apersonal trial I am ready to





~ recommend: it over' any method ever





tried. -Eggs. putrin this solution in

July last. year kept a full ten' months

in excellent condition, or until the last

one was gone. .



Use one pint of the waterglass to

nine pints of boiled water. The solu-

tion may be mixedwhile warm but- no





eggs should be placed in it-until it is _





thoroughly cold. Keep preferably in

stone crocks on the» cellar bottom. Be

sure the eggs are fresh. They may be

put in a few at a time if more conven-

ient. Keep under the surface with a

plate weighted if necessary, and at

least two inches of the liquid should

be over the top. No uneaSiness need

be felt should the solution thicken and

assume a soapy condition after a while.

So long as the eggs ale w ell below the

surface they will be all right. House-

wives will do well to abandon other

methods of preserving eggs in favor of

this one.' Twenty-five cents worth of

the preparation will cover from six to

eight dozen.





THE NERVOUS CHILD





 





BY L. M. THORNTON.



Some children are as. stolid as

Comanche Indians, and some are little

bundles, of nerves that shrink from an

unkind word. - Nothing is more pitiful

than to see the sensitive child with a.

Stolid mother, Or a high-strung vitally

alivexmother with a Comanche child.





. The nervous child" is very seldom

created nervous; She is made so by en~

vironment, and'the cause being remov-

ed, she is very apt to prove only the

sensitive child after all.



Never refer to the peculiarities of a

child inclined to be 'ne1v.ous If she

draws down the corner of her mouth

ignore it; if she puts her finger in her





mouth, ignore it unless the habit Seems





forming," and then the Wearing of a





finger Cot will remedy the trouble with-‘





out needef reproof. If she has “an un-





pleasant way ‘of walking a step behind -





you, to your anXiety, gin-ore it. Better

any of— these little things than a child

who, from frequent chidin'g becomes

super-Sensitive or Whose over-taxed





nerves bring on an attack of St. Vitus





dance ~ ‘,





one very Sensitive little child be1

.came suddenly much werse,





losing

flesh and Starting at the slightest

sound. She slept in the same room

with her parents,-in her own little bed,

and her mother, being of the same tem-

pera'ment, discovered that an alarm

clock standing on a dresser not far





from the little- b‘ed had a peculiarly





loud and infsistént tick. The clock was

removed to another room and the ‘child

began to gain Within a few days. The

light from a corner street lamp failing





“on-a110th’er child’s face was preving

fl alike mischievous when the trouble

'15 was discovered and the position of the

- , bed changed. '





'--If a child becomes suddenly nervous

It may be a teas-

ing companion, some little misdeed un-

confessed and unforgiven lying heavy

on the wee conscience, a pair of uncom-

fortable Shoes, even a. heartily disliked





21 hat that maternal authority says must-

Before resorting to 11111111.





be worn.-

cines, search out if possible, this primal

cause and «nature will m w '=

restoring 1051;! new. ’
FOOD DEPARTMENT’S EXPERI-

MENTAL KITCHEN.





An experimental kitchen where sub-

stitutes fer wheat are being tested has

recently been established and equip-

ped by the Office of Ho'me Economics.

In this kitchen some of the good old

recipes which were in use fifty and

seventy-five years ago, when com.

buckwheat, rye and barley were in

more common use, are being revised

and standardized, and new recipes in

which wheat substitutes play a'n im—

portant part are tested and standard-

ized. A group of women—~1aboratory

specialists and housekeepers with spe-

citl training work side by side in the

new kitchen. Before a recipe is made

public it must not only pass the test of

the laboratory specialists but must also

meet the test of actual experience in

the hands of a housekeeper who stud

ies it for its practical value in the av-

erage kitchen.





 





BUTTER A NECESSITY.





Experiments conducted recently by

leading scientists and chemists have

given a sure foundation to the dairy-

man’s claim that butter—fat is a better

food than the many so-called substi-

tutes, composed of fats and vegetable





oils. As a food, butterfat contains cer-

tain growth-building and life-giving

properties, properties without which





normal growth in children does not

take place.



Too many hesitate to buy butter

when prices are high, thinking that it.

is a luxury rather than a real food

necessity.



One pound of butter on an energy

basis equals: 11.6 pounds of potatoes;

three loaves of wheat bread; forty

pounds of lettuce; 31/2Hdozen eggs;

four pounds sirloin steak; eight quarts

of oysters; 34.3 pounds of tomatoes.



Every housewife should, in her study

of economy, give careful consideration

to the above facts before she elimi-

nates butter from the diet of her fam-

ily—Col. Ag. College.





AVOID CANNlNG COMPOUNDS.





With the approach of the canning

season canning compounds and preser-

vatives to use with fruit and vegeta-

bles will no doubt appear. The United

States Department of Agriculture ad-

vises housewives not to use any pre-

servative. They are usually made with

salicylic acid or boric acid as a base.

Salicylic acid is a poisonous substance

and its extensive use leads to indiges-

tion. If food is properly cooked and

stored in sterilized cans, with new rub-

bers, it will keep without any com-

pound.





i‘lave you signed your card for sugar

for canning? Strawberry season is

here and from now on canning will be

the order of the day. Estimate how

much you will need, basing the amount

on the quantity you used last year, and

ask your grocer for a sugar card.





HOME'QUERIES.





Household Editor.———I have an ice box

Which I enameled a few years ago with

what was supposed to be good refrig-

erator enamel, but it smells so strong-

ly of paint I cannot use it. Could you

advise me what to do with it, or give

me the name of some good enamel that

Lean put on? I have tried everything

to get the smell out but have net suc-

ceeded—A. G.





Have you left the refrigerator out-

doors, unopened? Charcoal is the best

thing I know of to absorb odors I

could not give the name of any enamel

in this column. You would have to





‘ sgnd a stamped. and self—addressed .en-

yelope for that.L ~-





   





.A FLYING FIGHTER.





(Continued from page 751).



At headquarters I met a good old

staff colonel, who did his best to make

me comfortable, so that soon I was sit-

ting beside a fire and had a glass of

Scotch beside me. A little later they

had found a nice room for me and I

was asleep in less time than it takes

to tell it.



During the day I was called into the

office of the Colonel and was then giv-

en my route orders and instructed to

report to a squadron in the south. I





had been attached to a squadron in the I





part of France to which I was going

and I wonde1ed whethei my

would send me there again.

I should have liked to get back to

that squadron, but it was not to be.

The commanding officer of the squad-





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ron to which I was attached gave me.





to understand that his was the crack ;‘





organization of the corps, but they all:





do that.





After that he told me minute-





1y what he expected me to do, and, be}





lieve me it was a whole lot.

He seemed quite nice about it so I

made up my mind to do my best.





3





About a quarter of a mile away from 3





the aerodrome was a little wood into'





which the Boches were in the habit ofl‘ '.

l.





putting shells all through the day and

night.

but which was assigned to me as my

quarters, and my

begun.





In the woods was an Armstrong!





‘1





real flying life had§





work in and, from the number issued’





to me, I arrived at the conclusion that

this squadron covered most of France.

I was also assigned to a pilot by the

name of Smith.



It was in this squadron that I re-

ceived my first nickname; it happened

in this manner: The squadron, being

English, its men followed the English

custom of having breakfast at seven in

the morning, lunch at one in the after-

noon, tea at four, and dinner at eight

or nine in the evening. The breakfast

was very good, but lunch was a cold

meal with canned tongue or a cold

ham and salad. In the parts of the

world that I came from we have the

habit of calling the midday meal din-

ner, and it was the big meal of the

day. For that. reason I found it hard

to get used to this cold meal. I felt

the need of something warm in the

middle of the day, so I went to A. and





there bought myself about fifteen cans

The cook used to,





of pork and beans.

wariii these up for me for lunch, and

it was not long before I had the squad-

ron eating pork and beans.

to my being known to the commanding

officer as “Beanface.” The name stuck.



Before long I had another nickame

—Casey.

a rag time record on our phonograph

popularly known as “Casey Jones,” the

same Casey Jones who went down on

the Robert E. Lee. I learned the thing

by heart and used to sing it. at the

weekly concerts we gave our men. The

concert always was a big affair and we

used to get a batallion band to play for

us. But my Casey Jones song contin-

ued to be a feature of the concerts,

hence the nickname.



As I said my pilot’s name was Smith.

I called him “Smithie.” His other

name _I never learned.



Pilot Smithie was a good sort and

aside from having a wholesome fear of

the Hun “Archies,” he was a brave

boy, as I soon found out.



\Ve were assigned to a patrol and for

a week nothing much of importance

happened. On a Sunday afternoon,

while afolt, I noticed that the aircraft

signintended to warn us of danger had

out the figure “8.” Looking in the di-

rection indicated by the arrow on the

ground I saw eight German machines

on reconnaissance behind our lines.

Our “Archie” guns were hammering at

them and before long one of the Hun

machines detached itself from the.

flock and headed for. home. i





(Continued next week). , .14,





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Next morning I was given a .

set of maps of the country we had t0j ‘





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and girls a little more about the

matter of going in debt. I touch

ed on this point in one of the former

articles but want to emphasize the

point a little more.

Don’t be afraid to go in debt, in fact,

court it if you please. The only thing

to be afraid of is what you go in debt





NOW I want to talk to our boys





‘ for and to whom you incur this indebt-





edness.

If I were to lay down one hard and

fast rule and one that I have person—





' ally always adhered to it would be





never go in debt to anyone but your

banker. First, it is good business to

do this, and next, it will prove a.

safety valve for you.



When you go to your banker and ask

him to lend you some money he is

more than apt to ask you what use

you intend to make of it, and here is

your safety valve—if, after you have

explained it to him he insists that it is

not good business for you to make

this debt, the chances are ninety-nine

in one hundred that he is correct and

that you had better pass it by.





Many times you will see something

that you want or think at the time you

want, and the eager salesman, ever

ready to do business, urges you to buy

it then and there, and “pay when you

can,” and perhaps on the spur of the

moment it looks easy to you and you

may “fall” for it before you have really

had time to think just where the mon-

ey- is coming from to repay, or really

'whether it is a good buy for you at all

or not. This habit of borrowing only





‘ of" your banker will prevent any of





these snap purchases or spur of the

moment buys, and this in itself be-

comes an asset to your education.



" It is not a good plan to buy on credit

ofanyone who will sell you, or to bor—

row money here and there, anywhere

that‘it may be had, first, because it

will surely come to the notice of your

banker and he will very soon begin to

wonder where the end of it all is and





V have a feeling of insecurity as to your

responsibility and then again with the





careless methods of business that all

too many of us pursue one may hardly

realize one’s self just how deeply in-





volved one has become until some day.





we are brought up with 'a snap, facing

the fact that we have more obligations

due than we can care for and then we

turn to the banker—our banker—and





f want his help and assistance.





Now, if you have not heeded this ad-





' vice, which is good, and have not been





consulting with your banker, don’t let

this make you afraid. It is never too

late to mend. Go to him frankly and

tell him just what your needs are, tell

him exactly how you are situated and





 





 

 





. your obligations are—do not con-





 





 





 





 





 

 





 

 





 

 

 





Mone single dollar of indebtedness,

you are to seek his assistance at

rather latedayhe is entitled to

" 9’17; and you are entitled to tell him

. single bit of business obligations





you ave incurred, and if you are





start right 4here——at the bank, never





going in debt anywhere but with your .





banker, for he is in the money-lending

business and has studied its

phase and is in a position to know per-

haps better than you yourself know

what will be wise and safe for you to

do and will advise you perhaps to your

own financial salvation. If you don’t

know how much you do owe, rest as-

sured he will know if you owe to him

only as you should do. You will find

it the very best safeguard that you

can erect for he will at once ask you

—what do you want with this money,

Tommy, and perchance when you have

told him he will point out to you that

it is not a wise thing for you to bor-

row this money, and he will tell you

so just as frankly if your credit is good

and you have offered abundant secur-

ity, as he will if it were not so, if he

thinks it is not to your interest to

make the purchase.



A country banker must and does





every -





and plug





 





cess of his life just as surely as the

springtime will follow the bleak winter.



I can look back among the boy and

girl acquaintances I have had and in

'case after case I can see the assur-

ance of the truth of this observation,

and, too, little friends, I think it really

makes better boys and girls of you, it

has a tendency to set you thinking

along right lines, to make you provi-





 





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Boys’ and Girls’





Conducted by E. C. Lindemann





dent and thrifty and to see and know

the needs of others, as well as your—

self. _To show you very early in life

howlyou may advise and direct- some

other person who has not been so for-

tunate as yourself, and in turn be a

help to them, and this is the final test





in life anyway—viz, how to do the most .





good in your sphere and how to render

most service to most ‘peOple.





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Notes





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





The Boys’ and Girls’ Club Leaders’

Conference in Detroit on May 28-29

was attended by eighty-five leaders

from all sections of the state. It was

the most successful of any of the

monthly conferences.



George E. Farrell, of the United

States Department of Agriculture, has

been in Michigan during the past two

weeks assisting in the organization of

community canning centers.



Reuben Trippensee has replaced C.

P. Pressley as County Club Leader for

Saginaw county. Mr. Pressley is now





 





The Old Swimming Hole.





have the best interests of his custom-

ers at heart- all of the time. I have

rarely known an exception to that rule.



Sometimes you may feel a bit hurt if

he does not fall in readily with your

views of the ’matter and advises

against lending you the money, but

don’t get angry, just let it rest a, few

days, think it all over carefully, and

see if his judgment is not better than

your own in the matter. You have

looked at it from the standpoint of de-

sire, he from the cold logic of busi-

ness sagacity. ‘Probably he is right

and you are wrong.



In any event, I am ready now to

make a venture guess and take a

chance on the success of the farmer

boy or farmer girl that starts out first

with a savings account in the bank

when young, who adds a little some-

thing to that account every month no





matter how small—it’s the system that _





counts for the beginning, never goes





in debt except to his banker, makesla .





friend and confidant of the binker and





gives ; heed to th‘exa‘dvice =off’eredze—lthat 1

boy nagging" whispers ’a‘f





 

 





at Camp Custer. Club leaders and

club members may write him in care

of Company G, 337th, Infantry, Build-

ing 679.



Miss Emily Castle and Miss Eva

Duthie have joined the staff of club

workers for the state. They will spe-

cialize in canning club work for the

summer.



There are now sixty-five paid club

leaders in Michigan. Recent appoint-

ments are as follows:



Milton Townsend, Dearborn, Wayne

county.



Fred Godlove,

county.



Frank D. Martin, Petoskey, Emmet

county.



Ray E. Cheney, Ewen, Ootonagon

county.



B. H. Belknap. Grand Marais, Baraga

county.



Carl Gunderson,

county. '



Guy Gamble, Sault Ste. Marie, Chip-

pewa county.

John “Finder,





Iron River, Iron





Ironwood, Iron





 





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Ralph Sill, East Jordan, Charlevoix

county.



J. F. Rutledge, Goodrich, Genesee

county.



Community canning centers are be-

ing organized at Battle Creek, Grosse

Pointe, Bloomfield Hills, Jackson, Lan-

sing, and East Lansing. Fifteen cen—

ters are about to be organized.



There are forty-three poultry clubs

now in operation in the state.‘



The annual school for club leaders

will be conducted at the Michigan Ag-

ricultural College, East Lansing, from

July 9 to 13. Persons interested should

write to Dean E. H. Ryder.



Upper Peninsula club \leaders will

hold a conference at Marquette during

the week of June 24. All interested

.persons are invited. Write to R. N.

Kebler, Marquette, Mich.



Following are some new songs which

were used at the Detroit Club Leaders’

Conference:





Are you gard’ning?

Are you gard’ning?

Boys and girls,



Boys and girls.



Food will win the War,

Food will win the War.

Hoe your row,



Hoe your row.





Are you canning?



Are you canning?

Boys and girls,



Boys and girls.



Food will win the War,

Food will win the War.

Can all you can,



Can all you can.





The Kaiser looked over the Ocean;

The Kaiser looked over the Ocean;

The Kaiser looked over the Ocean;

The Kaiser looked over the Ocean



To see what he could see,



To see what he could see,



To see what he could see,



The Kaiser looked over the Ocean to



see what he could see.





The Michigan Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs;

The Michigan Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs;

The Michigan Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs

As busy as they could be,

As busy as they could be,

As busy as they could be,

The aiser looked over the Ocean, (and

that’s what the did see)

“That's enough for me, ” says he.





We’ re coming Uncle Samuel, with our

brave little band;



On the right side of Hoover We now

take our stand.



We’ll raise all the food that ever we

can,



And what we can’t use we’ll learn how





an

Down with old Kaiser Bill,

Down with his gang.

And when we get’ em down, we’ll keep

’em down: down, down.



(Note. «Clap hands in place of last

two downs as variation). _

And when we get ’em down, we'll keep



’em down, down, down

And when we get’sm . - .
ceiling, cleanse all hoppers, drinking





ahade if possible. The orchard or corn

makes,“ ,idgal place to .Inear mag? sow. . m

" ' ' ' ,. , {East ’{Tigrfi‘ffiagfii’snfi‘mmmou





Tuberculosis. ,,



I have been breeding fancy stock for

some time and have always fed good

wholesome food. I have kept the coops

as sanitary asxpossible and well venti-

lated. Have 'had very healthy .fowlsj

for some time but now something 1sj

wrong with them. My very best hens

Will be laying right along and from all

appearances are in the best of health.

All at once they will get lame and Will

gradually get thin. They are rather

notional about What they eat, and do

not drink any more than the well hens

do. As they get thinner the droppings

get yellow and greenish, and some-

times there is dairrhea. Some W111 die

very soon after becoming lam-e. With

their comb and wattles looking as if

they were in perfect health; others

will limp around until they are so poor

that I kill them. All that I have op-





ened, and I have opened nearly every '





one that I have had to kill, has a very

spotted liver and when cut into it 1s

full of little round bunches. some as

small as a pinhead and some as large

as a pea. None of the other organs

seem to be affected. . M. J. C



_ ; After careful. thought, .we are led to

believe from the symptoms you give

that your fowls have tuberculosis. In

this disease the liver is the organ





which shows the effect more than any .





other, and when it has the raised-like

nodules from the size of a pinhead tol

that of a pea, one can be quite sure

that tuberculosis is the disease. The

spleen, which lies near the liver, is

also usually quite enlarged, and qcca-

sionally the intestines will show these

cheese-like nodules. Several other dis-

eases affect the liver, but none of them

have these characteristic raised spots:



The lameness is due to tuberculosis

in the joints, and the yellowish and,

greenish diarrhea is also an indication

of this trouble. I would suggest that

you kill all the birds that are thin or

show indications of being in any way

abnormal. Place the rest of them in a

sanitary, well ventilated coop, which

should be on new ground. Then thor~

oughly renovate the Old coops by col-v

lecting all the droppings and litter

from the floors, scrape the walls and.





fountains-and roosts and saturate ev-

erything in the hen house and yards

with a. reliable commercial coal-tar

disinfectant prepared according to the.

directions given by the manufacturers.

Be sure to do a thorough job in disinv

fecting and repeat the application in.

ten days.



It is also advisable to board up all

spaces under hog pens, corn cribs and.

other outbuildings where hens may

'stray.’ Fill in with dirt all sink holes};

and hollows and put in cr0ps 'where-

ever possible all places where chickens

have been allowed to run. _ Be sure to

burn or bury very deeply all the fowls

you kill. If the old coop is so built

that it does not allow of proper venti-

lation or permit of sunshine, remodel

it so .that these defects are remedied.



We would suggest that if you are

still in doubt. consult a local veteri-

narian before takingany drastic action.





Cottage cheese made without season-

ing is one of the safest and best foods |

for poults. It furnishes protein in

abundance and they thrive on it amazfl

ingly. The turkey mother may be;

trusted at large with the late hatch

and will range‘the fields with the

young Where they destroy great mun—

bers of insects. A regular feed at

night will bring them home.



In order to keep vermin in check in"

the poultry-house nests, perches and

walls should be frequently cleaned and

thoroughly disinfected. Hens will not

lay if they are tormented at night by

mites, and during the day by lice.

Cleanliness in the pen is essential to

success in poultry raising. .



Hens and chicks require a large

amount of water during. warm weather.

See that the drinking fountains are

filled with fresh water every day.

,Give the growing chicks access to





 





 





 





 





 





 





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A business '

‘ that is as big as its job





EEPING a nation of over 100‘

million people regularly sup-

plied with meat and meat products

is a big and complex job.

And a still bigger job when to it

is added the needs of the American

soldier here and in Europe and of





the Allies as well.





It is a job of converting the live

stock of the West into meat and

products and distributing

them in perfect condition over long

distances to the consuming centers

——the North, South, East, West





.meat





and abroad.





A job of supplying with unfail—

ing regularity products that in

the main are perishable, in the

exact qualities and quantities need-

ed, to the smallest out—of-the-way

village as well as to complex and

congested metropolitan centers.





Only organizations like that of

Swift & Company, with its highly-





for less





steer on the hoof l

of by-products, made out of

What once was waste, have made

this possible.



The size of the job has dictated

the size of America’s packing in-

dustry. And America's packing

industry has proved itself to be

equal to its job.





specialized methods of meat-dress-

ing, its hundreds of branch-

distributing houses, and its thou-

sands of refrigerator cars, could

have handled such a job efficiently

and at a minimum of expense in

the present war emergency.





Today American meat and meat-

products are the recognized stand--

and of the world. I





And the economy with which

' these products are produced is in-

dicated by the fact that today the

meat of a steer, dressed, is sold

than the cost of the





The proceeds





Swift & Company, U. S. A.





A nation-wide organization with more than 20,000 stockholders





 





 





 





 





 





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POULTRY





my cmx





Hatched for





3 Cents Each





Do you know that

thechick's hatched by

your hens cost you 22 cents each?



They do. Let us prove it to you.



We will hatch your eggs at so per

chick hatchedand for less if you get a poor hatch.



We furnish container for eggs to be sent us and

boxes for your chicks. Both sent parcel post.



Oct Capacity-«Two-tlirdo of a Million or





40 Tons of Eggs Every Three Weeks





We also sell purebred Barred Rock. White

Rock; White Leghorn. Brown Leghorn. Buff Leg-

horn. White Wyandotte. Rhoda Island Red.Black

Minorca and Ancona chicks. Lowest Prices.

Sate delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. Send

for catalog.





 





 





. THE SMITH STANDARD C0”

19‘? W. 74th Street. Cleveland. Ohio





 





homo and Barred Books.





 





 





HOMESTEAD FARMS





There is still time to raise strong. hearty chickens,

if you will send your order now. (lets can be

filled in from a week to ten days. Order ure

brood free ran «stock: Barred Rocks; R.C.and . C.

Rhoda Isl-n Rods: White Wynndouu; S. C.

Black Minorcu; S. C. White and Brown Luhorns;

S. CaAnconu. Also eggs for hathing from these

breo a.





Will you please send for circular and price list. . _

Pullets and Hens





We have a few S. C. White Leahorn and S. C. Black

Minoms one your old pullets, now layin-Jhat will gi re

ems thru this Summer and next VS inter and that will

make line breeding stock for next Spring. Send for

prices in six, twelve, or twenty-five. Black Minorca

Cookerols to mate with the‘lhens.





HOMESTEAD FARMS, Bloomingdale, Mich.





BAllloN ENGLISH 240 E00





strain White Lo horns. Heavy winter layers. No

better Leghorns n lufiing ability. ty . size and very

vigorous and hardy. red to lav an ay. No SHOW

stock. W'inners at all laying CONT S’l‘S. 1000 year-

ling bone for sale at $1.25 each. S ecial summer

prices. Also 3.000 pullets at $1.50 one and u . as to

ago. 1,030 choice breed“? oookerels Marc hatch

large vigorous males mm 256 -bred hens

for next vear‘a breedin pens. buy W and save

money. 3 .2") each specla prize if ordered now for

Sept. delivery or later. Write us your wants and

send for circular. Denies Earn a Hatch-

ery. 30: 222A. Zeelaud. Michigan.





BREEDING COCKBIILS





vB red-today B. 0. White Leghorn and Barred Rocks.

Would advice ordering an rly .Price reasonable. Write us

your wants. Sunnybronk Poultry Farms, filflsddmlicl.





 





 





 





Foo. sum—s. a. White Leghorn Grimm per 100;

hon- 31.2.3. Ferris a» to :64 strain. - . r

we m—mfluuamm. Mich.





 





 





 





 





Chicks Chicks Chicks





250000 for 1918





Strong chicks from pure bred farm stock. that are

hatched right. Hare chicks of utility and exhibition





finality. S.C. W'hite and Brown Leghorn“ 810m and;





13.00 per 100; Barred Rocks. 813.00 and 8111“) per Ill):

R.C. and S.C. Reds. $13.75 and 15.0.) per 100: VVhiteW -

undone-314.00 and $16.00 per 100.- S.C.Ancon 13$)

and $15.00‘per 100; S. C. Black hllnorcas. S. . ’ff

Org»: and hits Rocks. Slsfllper 100; Odds and Ends,





31(00 per 100, Guarantee safe arrival. Ship





cel post prepaid. Free catalog or order direct tom /





thil ad. Quick service and quality for the money.





Hubers Reliable Hatchery,





333 West Fremont Street, Footerin.





BABY CHICKS





$5.50 per 60; 810 per 100. B. 0. White and Brown Lo.-

hom. rod for egg production. Safe arrival coll»

anteed. Ex res. or parcel pout.

Wolverine “chm. Box 202.





 





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_ Iceland. Mich.





—EGGS FROM STRAIN with

fiafiidmm. s "swam“... 3'"? as?

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BUFF Longhorns—All stock and eggs at reduced pdoll .





for the remainder of the year. Buy now for





year. Dr. VVillinm Smith, Petersbuu.





hicks from our Brod-to-Lay Whit.





 





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ris and Young strains 810 per 100: from our Burr“ »





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home at 150. Crescent In Company, Aim: _





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he can to help win the war.





equality.





Published by The Newb

Templeton Genera Chairman

PaulH. King, Executive Chairman





 





. NEWBERRY





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United States Senator-





 





The Man Who Does Things ‘





must have in the United States

Senate able men, experienced men,

men far sighted and unafraid.





such a man. He is always to be de-

pended upon. He is not adreamer,





but a worker, a man who does things .





He is a business man of rare judg-

ment. He is unhesitating and well-

balanced. His breadth of vision,

his ability to handle large affairs,

and his sense of justice and fair

play splendidly qualify him to serve

in the United States Senate and to

help solve the big problems arising

and to arise out of the war.





serving in the Third Naval Dis-

trict. He is going to continue to stay by his work and to do all»

His friends are actively presenting

his qualifications to the people of Michigan as a man who would

make a splendid United States Senator. Men of all walks of life

are behind the movement because Truman Newberry would be a

Senator who would stand squarely for right, for justice and for





Sena torial Committee





Now as never before this country-





TRUMAN H. NEWBERRY is





Commander Newberry is now





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The Farmers of Michigan Lose Annually





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





IHorses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs





FROM ACCIDENT AND DISEASE





The animals are destroyed and their cash value lost not only to the farmer but to the commun-





ty. the State.

farmers) will but avail themselves of





This amazing sum of money can be saved to the farmers and the State if they (the





The Michigan Live Stock Insurance Company

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

cause. We want agents to carry this great message to every farmer.

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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‘ » BREEDEIIS’ DIRECTORY.





(flange of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





We Offer a Few Spec1al Bargain

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillct 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.





iWildwood Farms





Breeders of Best Strains of





Aberdeen Angus Cattle

and Iluroc J crscyallogs





Several young bull calves on hand. three of Which

are of serviceable age. out of Black Monarch III

three times Grand Champion. Michigan State

Fair. Also several AI Brood sows. Will be glad

to correspond with you by letter regarding

stock. Write





SIDNEY SMITH, Supt. '

Wildwood Farms, Orion, Michigan

_ W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.





 





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WOOD COTE ANGUS ‘





A ‘ TROJ -ER AS & BLACKBIRDS -(BLACKCAPS)

: nly. figs mlogt. fashionable strains of the breed.





on to mafiing‘s and pedigrees. Ever sn-

IiatBREIgivN RLP E BgsgcllqefisEfiié‘l ced-





BECNACh IONAL

Wit $3211“





Guernsey heifer born Oct. 1917.

Her half sister has record of 479

be. milk with first. calf. Al-





Ionis. Mich.





 





Watervliet, Mich.





MW Good ran nsIIty bulls of services“);

you tlon 111v.

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





For Salo—Ihm Ibordun In n§u2 Bull: 31‘31523

prices reasonable. LANG BRO Devi-on. Michigan



GUERNSEYS $“2:°3§§f,2°§gmi‘i§fg{



Glenwood breeding also bulls. cIl stock of A. B. breed-



in herd tuberculin tested.



1%. RICE - - - - Battle Creek, Mich.





 





Registered Guernseys





Two choice heifer calves. $300. One bull call with

above 575: this bullcalfis no relation to heifer cal1 as

J. M.W ILLIAMS. - - - North Adams, Mich.





 





2 Registered bull calves. Good breeding,

“finals-011.. for quick sale. note acce ted In

payment. Hicks' ucrnsey Farm, Saginaw, W. .Mich.





 





all.” . 45Rc listered head all tb. tested Nora's



3 B May ing g, son of fmp. ay Bose King

heads our herd 901 he halt sisters sold averaging $1956

each. 1118 bull calves are booked ahead at reasonable





 





prices. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich.



Re later-ed Guernsc b I] I-

For Sale veR|8M11yIlosebrcot‘lly 11 ca

JOHN EBELB. 11.311.111.111: 1111111.





 





For sale. '11 i l of

Guernseys-bo.....hematite...

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





CLUNY STOCK FARM





100--REGISTERED HOLSTEINSulOO

When you need a herd sire remember that we

have one of the best herds in Michigcnrkept 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 rstrailns of breeding.





our wa

R. BRUCE MePHE SON, “Howell, Mich.





 





 





I Always Have Holsteins





To Sell





If wanting Registsredccttlo write me your wants

before placing your order show]: are.





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio





OAK Lost Farm. Xerdci re Lonawoe Pontiac Onl-

un‘Iti ling oflcr Registered Holstein bull calves





111 . .cows

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

days milk M3, butter ufl-BIIII days milk 23782. 8. but-





E. rH. 6 AflHABT c ION B. 4. Morocllnl. Mich.





 





 





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‘ KIND READER: —-





your letters brief—short ones are





 





We would like a Word from you regarding any of the important

issues that confront Michigan farmers.

or not, we would be glad to know your opinion.





Whether you think as we do

In Writing make

more Interesting.



Sincerely yours,



THE EDITORS.





 





BELIEVES NATIONAL BOARD OF

AGRICULTURE SHOULD BE

TRIED.





 





For one who has an optomistic view

of the hope that agriculture may be

placed on a. just, Constructive, conser-

vative. basis by wise business fore-





" sight, Mr. James N. McBride has the





best and most advanced thought on the

subject, and his proposal to establish

a National Board of Agriculture” on

the lines he suggests, should be tried.

His proposal contains the best thought

on the subject.



But it is the opinion of many farmer

students of the subject that, naturally,

the old habit and practice of exploiting

agriculture will continue in spite of all

well meant and noble efforts to pre-

vent it, until impoverished soil and fa-

maine conditions compel serious atten-

tion. Famine, the emptiness of the

folly of exploitation pretense, and

“great promise and no fulfillment” is

the natural compensation for the na-

tion’s treatment of agriculture. -—-Jonn

E. Bell, Lapeer County.





TOO M UCH GRAI-‘T.





 





Our schools are one of our large

items of expense. We have always

been in the grip of the book trust.

They have prevented our having uni-

form text books, much to the detri-

ment of the scholars, as well as to the

great expense parents are put to in

buying books when they move from

one district to another.



A member of the prison board says

if the state could do its own printing,

it would clear up the deficiencies for

the support of all prisons, and he could

furnish text books for which we now

pay $1.25 for seventeen cents. But

someone says that wouldn’t be fair 11)

the printers. It is considered perfectly

fair for the state to buy hundreds of

acres of land and work it with convict





labor, and for all thestate institutions '





to own large farms and have them

worked by the inmates, and for the

state to keep herds of thoroughbred

cattle in competition with the private

breeders, but; farming, of course, is not

a competitive business and anyone can

do it.-



If your farm happens to be so situ-

ated that you are interested in a pub-

lic drain, one of the useless items of

expense you will be up against is ad-

vertising, which freQuently is twenty-

five per cent of the total cost of the

drain, and is absolutely useless. The

remedy is to have that law in regard to

advertising repealed.



Now, all the useless expenditures

must eventually be paid by the con-

sumer, and add to the cost of living.





——N.N





m

FARMERS THINK FOR YOUR-

SELVES.





 





You do right in giving farmers an

opportunity to air their opinions. I

have one that I want to get before my

brother farmers, particularly the po-

tato growers. It seems to me that we

potato raisers paid dearly for the past

winter’s experience. Had we gone on

and marketed our 1917 crop as we usu-

ally do instead of getting excited and

calling the other fellow names We

would have been many thousands of

dollars better off today. One thing we

farmers must do is not to assign the





right to think dyer to the fellow Who pain





 

 





poses as our friend. If not now, some

time in the future, you may be certain

he will use the privilege to exploit us.

-A. W. Smith.





 





BELIEVES IN THE HAMMER.





 





- enjoyed reading W. F.’s letter in





your June 1 issue very much, but can’t





say that I agree with him entirely. I





think he must have written same right,





after having eaten a big dinner—or

making a good horse trade. He seems

pretty well contented and satisfied

with the world in general.



Now, I believe in boosting, too. In

fact, it’s a great deal pleasanter to

boost than to knock, but when it comes

right down to getting results, and wak-





ing the people up to a raw deal, then‘ I





the hammer beats the tin whistle all

to pieces. When everything is running

smoothly and when the powers in con-

trol of affairs are on the level and do-

ing their best, then the serenade is

O. K., but when the politicians and

middlemen try to give us the wrong

end of the poker to hold, it’s time for

us to get our little hammers and do

some thumping where it will do the

most good.



I agree with W. F. in regard to the

main issues, and believe that the real

trend of the government as well as the

spirit of the people in general, is to

wards fair play all around, but the

facts are that the middleman, the poli.-'

tician, and the profiteer, are organized

and in a position to put their side of

a question before the proper authori-

ties at the proper time and before in-

jurious legislation is enacted, but; us

farmers who, as a rule, are unorganiz-

ed and who seldom hear of such legis-

lation until too late, can only make

our opinions known by a big kick af-

terwards—S. L., Eaton County.





THINKS LAW ON GRINDING FEED

NECESSARY.





 





It is coming now to be a frequent

practice when a farmer takes a grist

to the feed mill to be ground. for him

to lose from three to five times the

regular charge of ten cents a bag for

grinding. Farmers who weigh their

grists before and after grindin are apt

to quit if they have a similar experi-

ence to one recently had by the writer.



, I took two bags of old corn broken up

to get more in the bags, and three

full bags of cats to be ground together,





including the cobs. Ordinarily I should ‘ *





have had six full bags in my return





grist. They put this grist in six bags,





but when I reached home all six Were

put in five bags, which could be tied

easily. In other words, we took 409

pounds of cats and corn to the mill

and received 328 pounds, or a loss of

eighty-one pounds.



My grist, therefore, cost me as fol-

lows: I paid ten cents per bag for the

grinding, or fifty cents for the grist. . I

lost eightyone pounds of grain; which

at $3 per cwe. would add $2.43, making

a total of $2.93 for the grinding of: the

five bags of grain.



Unless we farmers are careful. this

kind of profiteering is likelyto be prac-

timed against us.

sary for our protection, it would seem

wise for farmers to insist upon our

legislators taking appropriate action.





their live stock, it would be well; ‘

watCh carefully to see that





 





‘ If a law is neces- '





To those who have feed ground for
: - «65 olstem-FrieSIans 65 g

I ~ HEAD? ‘ ._ ““jm'm HEAD

  : Orchard Lake, Mich, June 26, |9l8





~ , . An Oppor—tunityfor the. D’airyman and Breeder





. ' 1e which com )rises theentire Flanders F-arinsjfherd of sixty-1i i'c head will include:

' :l’i‘hfisl-slii. COW—tWO 3l)—ll) co‘ws—a-QQ-lb.:three—yeaiuoldha'Ql—lb. three-year—old ' a QO-lb. two-year—old daughter

of the great Rag Apple Korndyke 8th-a 19.90-lb. two-year-ol l daughter of King Segis Pontiac Alcartra from,





 





 





 





 





 





 





l a 35.61-lb dam. Twin daughters of King Segis Pontiac Alcartra front a 20.7541). daughter of a 36—11) cow, both

have made over 15-lbs. butter as junior two-yearolrls. Another lag—ll). 92—year-old by the same bull and from ;

a Q7—lb. cow. Several others With good records and bred in the purple——All but tii'eive are from A. R. 0. . i

Adams—~Eight are front dams with records 30.28 to 35.61 at i years~~Three from 2?)..ll—lbs. tliree—year—old— _





Fourteen others Whose dams have records rai'iging from QQ-llis.‘as- a junior two—year-old to over QS-ll)s.:*.*Tllll'-:

ty two are sired by that great young Sire King of the l’ontiacs begis -. The Best IndiVidual Son of hing oi

the Pontiacs”——whose darn is Hilldale Segis, a 33-lb. daughter of lung begts.~All females ()lfl)l'€.e(llllg age

haVe been bred to King of the Pontiacs Segis—A son of Pontiac Apollo, he by Hengeryeld De I\ol, troni a 31-

lb. daughter of Pontiac Burke. Several young sons of king of the Fortunes been; from high record)dan1.s.

Maplecrest De Kol Ogden, a son of Friend Hengerveld De Ixol Butter Boy from a ~8—lb. daughter of I ontiac





Aaggie Korndyke. To Stay From This Sale Will Be A Loss To You.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

   

 





Special Notice FLANDERS FARMS, Tuberculosm Guarantee ;



Th re will ’also be sold at the same The Flanders Farms. Herd has been ,



time 3nd place fifteen head of registered W. E. Flanders, Owner Thos. Clement, Supt. gage: [$3231 astililiiiiailvbsigii ls'cii: [5:351:51 .-



d lliO‘h rade Percheron horses in- f .. . _ . a;



:lnudingb thge famous Flanders Farms Col. B. v. Kelley, Auctioneer s. T. Wood, Sale Director Ot-figfi hasuiieiiXNti‘liiirriiugh§?tirdniiiii . :~

brood mares, stallion and colts. Some _ 'w1 e. ll ‘ FOE? QIXTAYJ DAYS

of the very best in this country. Liverpool Sale & Pedigree Co., Inc., Sale Managers FUBERCL .OSIS L .



CATTLE There is more money in dairying with For Sale Jersey BU" Francisco Farm Shorthorns





 





Goldie's Foxhall No. 16l983. Dropped Lian-1122,1917.

Solid color. black tongue 4: switch. A fine, individual and Scotch Topped cattle. Thai" are well bred, prop-

“!er “‘ h" “ '9'. "H” 5"” “.l‘e‘w- Ah” :1 3'0””: cow 57' erly handled and price reasonnb 0. Come and see; we

several bred Plfel‘r‘, all Of 5011" “MW” . like to show them.

NEVVMAN'S STUCK FARM. R. l. Mariette. Mit‘li. P. P. POPE. _ . - ‘ MI. P103331“. Mich.





high producing purebred





OLSTEINS





They thrive anywhere. subsist upon

coarse feeds end yield enormous quini-

titios of milk and huttcrfst. Most pro-

litslilc cows on earth. Free booklets.

TM Holstein-Film“ Associlllon oi

Amnca. In IN. Brlillsboio. It.





We maintain one of Michigan‘s good herds of Scotch





 





 





Shorthorns. Three scotch bulls ready for





service. Price reasonable.

W. B. MleTILLAN, R. 7. Howell, Blioh.





“Top-Notch”

HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are The Traverse Herd





Shoflhorns Maxwalton Monarch 2nd. 3373?: half

' brother to 6 Grand Champions in ser-

vice. ' HN SCHMIDT, R. 5. Reed City, Mich.





 





   

   

   





0N of Harthorth Welfare heads our herd of milk-

ing Bhorthorns Comprising Ohifley of Clay bred

cows, young hulls ready for sale and service. write us

Liddol Bros” R. 2, Clinton. Mich, Macon Phone.





 





Hired by butter bred bulls and

out of high testing dams.





The Producing Kind





with Jersey type and (‘ll[)il(‘ity.





 





quked up by many generations Of Great values In Bulls Prisca .lrfinszfiiable.) Aka 2;) few Shorthorns_—Bé{:e' b§g‘jg;fi?¥3‘;‘:fl§‘efiCyl'lh‘ '

b ’l 9 “rolls all oars. ' 0 ‘ ‘ _

large prOducers' Buy one Of these from A. 11.0. Cows with records up to 30 lbs. re 5 COLL-“3 3305- R- -. Loukim. Mich.





Brookwater Farm.



Herbert W.Mumford, Owner,

J Bruce Henderson. Mgr,

Ann Arbor, Mich.

R. 7,





 





' “ ” ' ' ' n ' ' d xtend-

. ' . 511 , Let uslino w )0111' “ants. We Will sen e

bulls, and glVC )Olll‘ herd a pu ed pedigrees and prices.





Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request. TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL,

. Traverse City, Michigan.

McPherson F arms Co., Howell, Mich.





. t Yearl Records? '

A Few Fllle Blills Fill Sale (vanhflg.X‘rrrirffts SMNhom Came 0‘ W” 59" ‘0' 5"“





' . one year respectively at ZItlo 3 )‘etirsltdifdigek {I}; (gin V W. W. KNAPP. Howell. "Ionic-n.

IlflllOIS Halalfln FIrm‘, al.3d3'lll0, Mich' Etiiy.dlgiihgrilggriiih§is§ldiiiightt‘frggliiii‘: recti‘rds‘bveruloar) For Sale Regis‘ered Jersey caflle For Sale Shorthorns of Quality Scotch and





pounds and she is also a granddaughter ol‘ Pontiac of both sex. Smith .9: Parker. R. 4. Howell. Mich Scotch 'l.‘0f)x)(‘(l dt-scendcntsofnreherl 1:

$50 Libert Bond gets 1 mo old grandsonot’ l’on- ANCHW Komdvkev With 5” daughters 3130"" 1000 Hove. Ai'ondaln. Maxim toii bulion and “lute Hall ..





tiac nid 3|1-5 lb. Other uranddam sister to pounds or butter m one M'ar' EBSEY bull and bull calves for sale from R 0f M~ Jiblfigi géfilillgii(lil§:c.clt) Sm”[hoabeldraitlsrilit‘lh i





rsndsire of 42 lb. 4 yr. Herd free tuber. Apr. adiator Peaceland Stock Farm ‘Thfgg Rlyers Mich Q t-mi'ii. also heifers and cows of all ages, .

gemnles. Terms. LL L' LIcLaulin, Redford, 1‘11”}. C. L. Brody. Owner ’ Port HuroniMich, 0. B. WERNER. R. 6. Allegan. Iinch.





' of bet-it Bates Strains. your!"

“Willi" Shorlhoms stock of both sexes for sale. ‘

J. B. HUMMEL. - - - - Mason. Mich.





SHORTHORNS





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

herd catalog mailed ee. Horrieton Farms, Hartmlich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





R . t

Charles Peters. Herdsman ' . ‘ . and Tran“. Shodhorn “:80. “PI: 8 00k for a.

that! this tifiififfii‘fiEiiif°€§itfc§i$$§ ”Stilt; $332333?grief,fggtlg-wsggfigar‘ligttmmid 1\ .n. nucxrrs. Sea. um... cm. Mich, :.

‘8 ‘ ‘ i , a . . . . ‘

be, - ' - bii-i-.i Set.21.():t. . . ,_ - , ‘~ ., ._ - .»

333°!) (3' angiéprloes within- reich g$Lrv§figg Holstein gigs: Ddl‘. fleas; id’rianstrziighlt, dc‘ep \elflfthulcehl‘aedlng. Colon O Lillie (noper§\llle.flicll C ttl r ' ‘

I . . bodied. well grown. Good A.R..O. backing bof i sides. Read for service bulls a (3 I () 88 e

w B. READER. - - -. - noweu. M... Jerseys for sale at- m... 9...... 2::rzi::°::r.:r.tn‘::i'zswam. 9.532

Majesty. breeding. “ A1 ERMANAl \XAbI‘ElaI‘AIF 500 ‘0 WIDE. Isa H : Shanstum, Fllrfleld. 10".. Ill-8 ’1‘.

0“ “[8 00 OLSTEINS of utility. Bull calves from demo with Meadowland 1‘ arm, - - - nu r or. it: . 1.

rerordshighasqli . .





libs. ‘n 7day . Also collie n les.’ . . . . 8 months

. E. A. HARDY. _ 1 . '_8 Rochester? (ch. For Sale A ill\8.'(ldl‘l(.80lld color Jeni.) bull Roan BU" Calf For Sale, . old.

Hessfew the bulls for sole. Are ofl'erli’ng 3n: this Rovsl‘MajestV Onifiollll‘é)h‘ 01d. Double grandson of J. E. Tamwfli' Mum... Mich.

ktrom e 21.79 lb. Jr. 4 and sired b.\' at. 0 anus ' cake-.25 heifers.&2 bulls15-16ths are. . , ” -

ggflaé-toc whofie dagglligors “((31 iusi‘u 30mm! fre'h- Holstedlfn 5v1meks 31d, bgsutitiélly min-filo b 3:5 0' 5 0- DI‘AKE- ‘

one at “Na” “'8‘ 3-1390“ ~ each,crnte ors pmen nuyw ere. uyon y e as . __ . . . . ._

T“- i°i";:r.‘:3r9'-.°ii “at: “is°‘«‘;..i“‘:.‘:3: Enonwoon 1' "M - - mm... Wu- Shorthoms Emits.trains:Jamar. W 3...... M

:lzldl :33?- {1 mos. a1-7.B‘iaotubutsfter. 456.5 ni'ilk 7 day. GEO. I). DUSTER. Dostor. Mich. ‘





g _

r s nabl .

if‘gf’tfii‘fi‘ii’m a zone. Rochester, Mich. H E R E F 0 RD S EiDWELL SHflH-l-HUBNS HOGS





‘ . . n. l3i.red gerksliire gilts end sows for fell furrow-l

The Pontl‘ac Herd 6 bull calves for sale, K Perfection F" 3‘“ "“1 M‘“" Ci?!8





1% 3 boars andiflirin. pigs. either sex.

. - - Registered hulls. cows and haters-Good Scotch and arm“. Choi ‘e s ri i - t f ted '

“ e _ f 9’ Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding. Scotch-Topped for sale. In priine condition. Modern Daimdhby oudbesshcilgidbgh on o selpc ”“8 end

Where the Champions come rom





 





of it. of M. cow.

- - - Ypsilanti. Mich.





 





2 Bulls Ready for Service





At Furinci‘s' prices.

- ~ Augusta. hliehilun





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





ASE STOC FARM, 1, Msrlette. Mich.

am. Thev are of the b'





 





 





 





 





‘ sanitary equipment. Farm ll).minutes from N. Y. O. type'fibr bonedfimmth . d f e ll ‘3 't

\ ALLEN BROS.’ dfipota 1 lion; ttrom Toledo, Ohio. Automobile meets Eqiudg‘gfi... 1? “1% unfit flagpglagfifogefliiligfiiuzhlss

our-Bull Oslves sired by sons of Poutlnc Komdyke. . . . 3 trains. ri e P :3; re Edd-huh)! 23. Trife Jo . (13 en Peg rocgkiiiaterete.

I ' ' ' a e. -

efixmfifirwm”MM“ “M" - PAW PAW. MICH. BIDWELL STOCK FARM, m .. .. ..

. D° ’9“ '“t ‘ m‘m“ "“' 1‘1"“? , H i d Bob rum: 494027 at heed 3‘“ 3- “c“ms‘m' M‘Ch- - 50 Du-roc Sows and Gilt;

Pontiac State Hospital, Pontiac. Mich. ere 01' . S or hard. 14 bulls for nlo





 





u .3... th poll d h rned IIRI g e ' {gr 2‘11 tax-rot wiiug.f lined to ()rion's h! sncthin MW

" °i er ‘ or ° ' ~ " e . 8:88 in: o :4 use over s own a ter-

cOABTY. Sec'y Mich. H. B. Les’n. Bed Axe. Mich. RI (3 h l a n d F a rms .





'1' , u national. 1 mile N. E. of town. Visitors welco-e 'l _

. HOMESTEAD FARMS \ days in week. Naurton Bomb-rt. St. Johns. Hick.

. . , " . ~ ChOiCG Bulls ready forservioe. Also heifers Shorthorns





 





 





 





 





 





   





. . tor-ole. Strong hi the Blood . Duroc Jerseys For Sale

A Federation of Interests of loyal Heiestv. Oome end not them or write to: IMP, Lox-11.9 in semi“, Grand Champion Shorfihom nerd M“ and RM“. pm Wflm wens “rub

- A 11 rd f i h’ 1 H l l . Y particulars. TEE "LI”! D D Bull-of Mich. “cotter for Malenchoiee collection of and Sons R. 3 W'est Olive Lfich.

Holst ' Demon :‘ 3 ° 3” 0 ate ns. oun. Alvi- Bnlden. 0.5-0. Mich" P30101436. voung bulls by some onthe leading siresot the breed. ‘ ' ' —

_ Bulls, a ten an cows. . ‘ 9“ cannot do]?! no; tottlilwn ozivevot tlviioéi: bills at the Mac meis ‘ _



‘ i . ' ' - ' . a I. Lsne R. of M. Jersey Herd. l'or saloons PPICOI '0 I" M? I!!! 01‘ 6m~ em oorrespon - » L; ;



.. Vamfl 'Sl“it? illitmfuu description “d photo: , amt-yum” cow sho- bnll calves and heifer Once Ind imi’fit‘tl‘m: ‘ ‘1' .~ 9- I'YDENBERK- ‘ ‘ " "tilting. "1935'



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MojW‘ Bikini 01.31;: all“ bn'irfi’iiox; "3.8. lllusn. ll oh. i Fer-ins“ at Prescott. Mich: Office at T553: City. Mich. l ,- Addition-I Stock Me. on Page?“ _
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FIRST EDITION.

The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Tuesday after-

noon, June 18. ‘





WHEAT.





- General market conditions remain

unchanged. Receipts amount to-really

nothing, and trading is greatly restrict-





 





. ed. Regarding the new crop, harvest-





ing has already started in the southern

and southwestern sections. The qual-

ity of the grain promises to be very

good, the aggregate yield of which is





_ estimated at nearly 600,000,000 bush-





els. The . United States visible





supply decreased 325,000 bushels last





week to 821,000 bushels as compar-

ed with 23,758,000 bushels a year ago.

Export clearances of flour and wheat

from North America totaled 1,584,000

bushels compared with 2,841,000 bush-

els the previous week, and 8,595,000

bushels for the corresponding week

last year. At Detroit No. 2 red wheat

sold at $2.70 per bushel at this date in.

1917. Present quotations are:





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

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

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





CORN.





The volume of business in the corn

markets was considerably increased

last week with values substantially ad-

vanced. While a considerable amount

of corn has reached market centers

during the past few months, only a

comparatively small percentage of it

has been of good quality, in fact, much

too little to take care of the demand

for the better grades. Dealers also ex-

pect an immediate restriction in deliv-

eries at country elevators, due to the

early arrival of haying and harvesting.

The new crop is developing under al-

most ideal conditions, and farmers

thus far have been able to cultivate the

crop well, with the exception of a few

isolated communities. The North Am—

erican visible supply decreased 450,-

000 bushels to 14,804,000 bushels.

One year ago the local price for No. 3

corn was $1.73 per bushel.. Present





~ quotations here are:





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:“to a lower level.





No. 3 corn ............. $1.50

No. 3 yellow ........... 1.60

No. 4 yellow ........... 1.50

No. 5 yellow ........... 1.35

No. 6 yellow ............ 1.25





At Chicago the trade is fluctuating

on higher levels, with cash prices as

follows: No. 2 yellow $1.70@1.71; N0.

3 yellow $1.63@1.67; No. 4 yellow $1.50

1.55; July corn closed at 551.45%.





OATS;



While the government reports sug-

gest a crop of over one and a half bil-

lion bushels, prices made gains during

recent days. This perhaps was due

largely to the influence of more liberal

export buying. The United States vis-

ible supply decreased 1,782,000 bushels

last week. Standard oats here at this

date a year ago sold at 720 per bushel.

Present quotations are:





Standard oats ............. 79

No. 3 white ........ .. ..... 781/2

No.4white ..... ..........771/2





RYE.





This trade is again inactive, with

the price of $1.95 for cash No. 2 at

Detroit, and the trade showing a weak-

er tone at Chicago.





BEANS.





There is no change in this trade.

The outlet for navy beans seems just

as restricted as it was a month ago.

Farmers and country elevators are be-

coming anxious to deliver their sur-

plus, which encourages the easy feel—

ing among those who buy. The local

price for cash beans is steady at $10

per, cwt. The Chicago trade reports

a limited inquiry at the old prices.

‘Quotations there are:



Mich. pea beans, h. p....$10.00@11.00

Red kidneys ............ 9.50@1150

Brown Swedish ......... 8.50 9.00





HAY.





Further additions t local stocks

and a quiet demand is working prices

Here are the latest





quotations:

' No. 1 timothy. . . .$18.50@19.00

Standard ....... 17.50@18.00

.. Light mixed 17.50@18.00

No.2 timothy. . . . 15.50@16.00





- , No. 1 clover. . . . . '12.50.@13.00





“5 Pittsburgh—At this .point hay. re-





WWW“ falling 9E: while the de-





 





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mand is gradually improving. For bet-

ter grades the market looks rather

good. Inferior stock is not wanted.

Quotations are:



No. 1 timothy. . . .$18.00@18.50



No. 2 timothy. . . . 16.00@17.00



No. 1 light mixed 16.00@17.00



No. 1 clover mixd 15.00@16.00



No. 1 clover 14.00@15.00





POTATOES.





The volume of old potatoes moving

is much reduced, Michigan still being

the heaviest shipper. While a slightly

easier feeling obtains in some markets,

the situation is generally steady at un-

changed prices. The early Irish pota-

to crop in Virginia is reported as not

more than 75 per cent of a yield on

one-half the acreage. of the last crop.

The condition and prices paid per cwt.

by jobbers for Michigan stock U. S.

Grade No. 1 at various market centers

as reported by the local ofi‘lce of the

U. S. Bureau of Markets, are as fol-

lows:



Detroit (good) . ....... $1.80@1.83



Buffalo (firm) ........ 1.70@1.85



New York (steady) . . .. 1.80@2.00



Cleveland (supplies exhausted).





Cincinnati (steady) 2.00

Columbus (firm) ...... 2.25

Indianapolis (weaker).. 1.70@1.80

Chicago (unsettled) 1.55@1.60





BUTTER.





The butter trade is not following its

usual course. At this season prices

usually sag and give the storage men a

chance to lay in supplies. This season

however, values continue to hold firm

and even advance during the period of

heavy production. Current consump—

tion is unusually large and purchases

for military use are taking care of

nearly all the remaining stocks. Stor-

age men are now beginning to get anx-

ious and have started buying in com-

petition with others. Detroit board

quotes fresh creamery firsts at 411/2c;

do extras 42%c per lb. Chicago prices

have advanced to 36@421/2c, with the

market holding steady. The New York

trade is firmer with creameries rang-

ing from 421/2@451/,c. Philadelphia is

paying up to 49c for fancy creameries.





CHEESE.





It was announced last week that the

Food Administration will hereafter buy





all cheese for our government and our P





allies. Price changes in this trade,

particularly in centers nearest produc-

ing sections, have been in an upward

direction. The trade is firm and con-

sumption is generous. Production is





increasing and the movement is large .





from producing districts. Local prices

for flats are 21@24c; daisies 221/20;

limburger 21@22c. In Chicago Young

Americas quoted at 236323140; daisies

double 22c; do singles 2264722140 New

York trade firm with fresh specials

selling at 23%@24c; do average run

2315c; full creams bring 22@25c in





Philadelphia.

EGGS.





As production decreases, the price of

eggs moves upward. Receipts at pri-

mary market show a general _falling

off, except in a few instances. At De-

troit prices are now ranging from 321/2

@35c to jobbers, with current receipts

in new cases bringing the top price.

The Chicago market rules steady at

prices slightly advanced over those

quoted a week ago, firsts being 301/3@

32%c; ordinary firsts 261/2@301/20 at

mark, cases included 29@32c. The

trade is also steady in New York, with

values for fresh gathered extras at 39

@400; do storage packed 37@381,éc.

In Philadelphia the trade is firm, with

western extra firsts quoted at $11.55





per case.

WOOL



Chief of the Wool Division Louis

Penwell, states regarding the estab-

lishment of prices by local dealers to

the grower, that this cannot be deter-

mined with any degree of certainty,

and cannot be anything more than an

estimate. Hesays the buyer should

leave himself a sufficiently liberal mar-

gin to make his allowed profit, and

then the whole matter will be finally

adjusted at the end of the season, he

being limited to a profit of 1%c per lb.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Trading is becoming more active at

the city markets, with offerin liberal

and demand active, especia' ly from





householders. Strawberries were in





 





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.calves sold up to $18.50.





~Fed calves ..... :





active demand at $5.75@8_per bushel;

peas $1.75@2.50; onions $2@2.25; rad-

ishes $1@1.25; head lettuce 65c; ordi-

nary lettuce 25c; beets nine bunches

for $1; butter 50c; eggs 48c; hay $23

@25 per ton.





GRAND RAPIDS





Dry weather is cutting short the

strawberry season and prices continue

high, berries retailing at 20@25c per

quart. Grain prices at the mills are as

'follows: Wheat $2.07; rye $1.75; oats

82c; buckwheat $1.25; corn $1.70;

beans $8.50. Hay worth $18@20. Eggs

are quoted at 320. Some of the sheep

owners are selling their wool at 650.

The farmers cannot see Why the price

should be just what it was last year

when feed and everything else during

the past winter almost doubled in





‘ LIVE STOCK





DETROIT





. Tuesday, June 18, 1918.

Dry-fed cattle are steady. Grassers

rule 25@50c lower.

Best heavy steers ....... $14.00@17.00

Best hdy wt bu strs (grs) 1150601300

Mixed strs and hfrs (grs) 10.5001‘1200





Handy 1t butchers (grass) 9.00@10.50

Light butchers (grass) 8.00@ 9.00

Best cows (dry-fed) ...... 10.00@11.00

Butcher cows (grass) . . . . 8.50@ 9.00

Cutters ................. 7.50@ 8.00

Canners . . . .. ............. 6.50@ 7.25

Best heavy bulls ........ 10.00@11.00

Bologna bulls ........... 8.50@ 9.50

Stock bulls ............. 8.00@ 9.00

Feeders ................. 10.00@1300

Stockers ................ 8.00@11.00

Milkers and springers. . . . $60@ 120





Veal Calves.



Market strong and 50c higher than

last week '

Best grades . . . . . .

Others .................. 10.00@15.00



Sheep and Lambs



Market steady.





Best lambs ............. 17.00

Fair lambs .............. 15.00@16.00

Light to common . . . . . 10.00@14.00

Fair to good sheep ....... 10.007P13.00

Culls and common ...... 8.00@ .8.50





Hogs.

Market rules steady with Monday.

Pigs are 500 below last Tuesday.

igs ...... . ...... $ 17.00

Mixed . . . . . . . ........... 16.50@16.70





. BUFFALO.





Tuesday, June 18, 1918.





Pigs sold here today' at $18, while

other grades brought $17.65@17.75.

Best lambs also brought $18, while the

Dry-fed cat-

tle continue steady with yesterday’s





market, while grassers are $1 lower





than the sales last week.





WHAT THEY DID AT BUFFALO ON '





MONDAY.





Here are the quotations based upon

the transactions at the live stock mar-

kets of East Buffalo on Monday of this

week:



Receipts today were. 205 cars. The

good dry-fed grades were steady, oth-

ers 50@75c lower than Saturday.





Cattle.

Prime heavy steers ...... $17.55@18.35

Best shipping steers ..... 1650601750-

Plain and coarse ........ 15.00@15.50

Native yearlings . . . . . . . . 16.00@16.25

Best handy steers ...... 15.00@16.00

Fair to good kinds ...... 13.25@14.25

Western heifers ......... 13.75@14.50

Handy strs and hfrs mixd 12.50@13.00





Best fat cows . . . . . . . . . . 12.50@13.00

_ 10.00@1125

Grazmg cows . . . . . . . . . . . 7.50@ 8.00

Fancy bulls . . . . . . . . . . . , . 12.00@13.00

Butchering bulls . . . . . . . . 10.50@11.50





Butcher cows





Common bulls . . . . . . . . 9.00@10.00

Best feeding steers . . . . . . 10.50@11.50

Medium feeding steers . . 9.50@10.50

Light common . . . . 3 . . . . 8.00@ 9.00

Milkers and springers ..... $65@ 150





_ Calves.



Recelpts 2000. Market rules strong

at the following prices:



Tops ......... .....,.... $ - 18.50



6.50@ 8.50



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 15 cars.



Top lambs . ....... . . . :. .$18;0‘0@18.50‘



Yearhngs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00@16.00





Wethers . O ' I . . U . O O C O O ‘~.’ . 14'00@14I50 ‘

EWBS oooeeeoooooveooeu-o.‘o.\J.21.50@1‘3;.00.,





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. . . .$16.75@17.00 '





Market is steady.





 





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Receipts 45 cars. Market has ”ad-





 





 





vanced 10@15c. ~ '



Medium to heavy ........ $17.40@17.50

Yorkers ......... . . . . . . . 17.50@17.60

Pigs scoot-oeooo'oeeueoele 17c75@18-00





CHICAGO.





Cattle. .

Tuesday, June 18, 1918.

-Estimated receipts today were 23,.

000. Market for stock selling above





17c is steady, with other kinds, SIOW‘





and lower.





Good choice prime steers $16.65@ .





18; common and medium butchers at

$12.35@16.65; hefiers $8@15; cows

$7.90@14.75; bulls $8.50@13; common

and cutters $6.75@7.90.



Good calves were steady and others

unevenly lower. '



Hogs. _



Estimated receipts 31,000. Early sell-

ing was full steady with Monday’s

close. Packers are buying slowly.



Tops $17; bulk of sales $16.60@

16.95; heavy $16.60@16.70; mixed and

light $16.75((D16.95; packers’ hogs $16

@16.30;,medium and mixed $16.25@

16.75; roughs $15.60le590.



Sheep and Lambs



Estimated receipts are 8,500. Sheep

are steady; lambs strong at.25c higher.



Best lambs $17.25@17.75; spring

lambs $19.50@20; sheep $11@13.50.





THE SITUATION AT CHICAGO ON

MONDAY.





June 17. 1918.

Our special representative in the





Chicago Stock Yards reports as fol-

lows: .

Cattle.

Total today ............ 24,000

Total last week ........ 62,424





Total previous week. . . .54,005

Total week year ago. . . .53,003





Hogs.

Today’s total ....... .. 33,000

Total last week ...... .142,091





Total previous week.. . 82,389

Total week year ago..111,806



Hogs are active today and mainly

10012150 higher, with sales at $15.75@

16.95 for rough heavy packers to the

prime light shipping barrows. The

best heavy shipping hogs-sell about a

dime below top figures. and pigs sell

mostly at $15.50@16.85. .



Shorn Lambs.



Last week saw prime clipped lambs

advance to $18.50, with a much lower

closing. Spring lambs sold this morn-

ing at $15@20, whereas at one time

last week the topwas $20.50. Inferior





native clipped lambs soldidown to $12

recently. Sheep are scarce. ‘





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

 

 





 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 





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Cow Gives Bloody Milk.»-I am anx-

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Mich—Apply one part tincture .arnica

and eightparts water to bruised part

of udder three times a day. Rough

milking is one of the common causes

of cows giving bloody milk. .



indigestion—VVeak Heart—I have

a bull calf, nine months old that was

wintered on roots and straw, kept in a

comfortable barn where he had exer-

cise. During the cold weather he seem-

ed to shiver, but my other cattle, re-

ceiving same food and care, were seem-

ingly comfortable. He is now running

on good pasture with the rest of my

cattle, but is not hriving. In moder-

ately cool Weather be! frequently pants

with mouth open and tongue protrud-

ing. He is seemingly quite uncomfort-

able when weather~is warm. I forgot

to say that his appetite appears to be

good. . . B., Levering, Mich.—

Give him 30 drops of fluid extract of

nux vomica, 20 drops of fluid extract

lobelia and 2 drs. of Fowler’s solution

at a dose in feed or drinking water two

or three times a day. .

‘ Warbles.——I have a cow that has

lumps on her back about the size of a

quarter. These bunches have small

holes and pus can be squeezed out.

This cow is fed chopped oats twice a

day and is running in good pasture.

D. F. F., Clare, Mich.——The grubs

should be squeezed out and killed, then

apply to wounds on back one part coal

tar disinfectant and 20 parts water or

apply equal parts oxide of zinc and

boric acid once or twice a day and the

skin will soon heal. If you are sure

that the bunches contain pus, first ap.

ply a few drops of peroxide hydrogen

which will free cavity of pus. It is

perhaps needless for me to say that

the peroxide should be dropped into

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Indigestion.——-Urinates Too Often.—~_





I have a twelve-year-old mare which,

when plowing, is inclined to perspire

too freely and occasionally staggers.

This same mare is troubled with

worms and I have thought that her

kidneys act too often. A. G. 1., Utica,

Mich.~——Mix one part ground nux vom-

ica, 'bne part, powdered sulphate iron,

one part salt and three parts ground

geniian—give her a tablespoonful at a

dose in feed night and morning.



Blind Staggers.——l have a seven-

yeanold Percheron mare "which, while

working, is inclined to toss her head,

move sideways and very often backs as

if having a fit; however, after allowing

her to stand still for a few minutes‘she

seems to be all right. This mare has

a good appetite and so far as I can tell

is in a healthy condition. Some two

months ago she showed lameness in

left hind leg; there was soreness on

inside of thigh which disappeared, and

lately she is showing lameness in the

right thigh, but less‘lame than hereto-

fore. Subscriber, Linden, Mich—Give

her 1 dr. of bromide of potash, 40 drops

of fluid extract of mu: vomica and a

tablespoonful of cooking soda at a dose

in feed two or three times a day. .Ap-

ply camphorated oil to inside of right

thigh twice a day.





 





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





Less Beef Consumed.





The consumption of beef throughout

the country has undergone a great fall-

ing off recently, cheaper vegetables be-

ing largely substituted for high-priced

meats. Choice beeves carrying much

weight are getting very .scarce, and

not many of the cattle marketed in

Chicago are weighing as much as 1000

pounds. The demand from surround-





.ing states for good stockers and feed





cm is urgent, with a scarcity of choice



lots, a few of which have Sold for



$13.60 to $13 per hundredpounds.

Spring Lamb Market.



Spring lambs from Kentucky and

Tennessee are beginning to move to

market,‘but the movement is unusually

late, .as sheepmen everywhere are

awake to the importance of making

their flocks a choice as possible at

this period of extremely high prices.

Most of the good-sized consignments of

spring lambs reaching the Chicago

market thus far have come from Cali-

fornia, and they, have sold on the

whole verywell. The southern spring

lambs are described as never better in

quality, and the lambs are averaging

heavier than usual, while in numbers

they are said to show a small increase

over last‘year. A further increase is

expected by another year as thousands





1 of breeding ewes were shipped into





Kentucky and Tennessee _ last year

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P- c l White Orpingtonc. hens and pulletc 83.00

Ill. res each, our special Erica £5Lper l5 utillt

312 "100. MR .WIL IS doocn’.

PI 1‘) CREST FARM. Royal Oak. Mich.





RHODE ISLAND REDS and Plymouth Rocks Male.

5 to 121m. according to age 83 to 38: P. R. hens

weight 5 to 10 lbs.. eg 15 for 1.50: I“). 38: Mammoth

Bronze Tom Turkeys to 38 lbs. according to ago “to

8‘35. 10 eggs :4. J. Morris A J. Bureau. Vassar. Mich.





' both combs. Chicks A

R. 1- REDS, eggs. Most popular

strain in Michigan. Write for catalog.

INTERLAKES FARM. Box 39. Lawrence. Mich.





sILVER Spangled Hamburg 0883 $7 per hundred;

81.75 or setting balance of season. Wh.to Hol-

land TurlZey eggs $4 or 12.





RIVERVIEW FAR]: - - - Vflr, Mich.





o ' c's Largo type. spring pigs bred from fitnto

- n 0 Fair wunneraat. prices that will please you.

Clover Leaf Stock Farm. R. 1.



big heavy boned, follows





0-]. Co SPI‘lllfl Pigs, weighing from 40 to 5.





lbs. and brcr rilts. I". (luliurgess. R. 3. Mason, Mich.





A Great Opportunity





We are offering one. of our herd sires, Bi Type Poland

China Ycurling Bour. His sire 3 pr ze winner at

Kansas State Fair. His dam a prize winner at M issour‘.

Iowa. Kansas and Nebraska State Fairs. A splendid

individual and perfectly marked. Spring pigs for sale.





HILLCREST FARM, Kalamazoo. Michigan





FOR SALE





Smooth Jumbo a grandson of Peter Mouw’n old boar

Smooth Jumbo a 600 lb. yearling. A top notcher fit to

bend any herd. Also some nice bred gilts at ’5'.

Ir you get one you will have to hurry.



J. C. BUTLER. - Portland. “to.“





Monroe. M ich.





 





 





 





I urge 'I‘ype P. C. no public sale this your; 50 oown‘unl

.Jgili-fl nll queens of tho breed go at private treat .

W. J. HAGELSHAW. oh.





' for sale at resent. S i

NOthlng are coming fills. pr n. pig-l

C.F.. GARNANT. - - - I'Inton Rapidc, Mich.





Large Type F. C.





Bred gilts and hours all sold nothing to offer t

w, E. LIVINGSTON, anaa..r§ii:lii





LngNARI):S Brod sotws all sold,fall pigmordora book-

‘69 or spring pigs 3 weaningtimo. hipped 0.0.”.

E. R. LEONARD. - ~ - - St. Louis. Mich.





P. c. Sow: For Sale. “’9“ ’0’ AN“





Prices reasonable.

A. A. WOOD & SON. - - - - Salino. Mich





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furrow H. (l. BVVA ll'l‘Z, Shoolcrnft. Mich.

t_\ I)" l’.('. Some choice Sc )t. ‘lt. ' '



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Wm. J. CLARKE. R. ’7, Mason. Mich.





 





Big tvpc P. C Big boned fellows fron Iowns mutant

hprdgvupol-inl prices In] mringboars and (‘llo cebred





 





 





 





gills. E. .T. biA'l‘HEW'SOM Burr Oak. Mich.

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JOHN W. SNYDER, R. St. Johns, hiich

HORSES





 





Parchgrggs, liclsioms. ingéis, Shroaflim, Dime





R D. BUILL. lm In.





Percheron «Stallions and mare- of rem-nu.





rioes: ins e-ti ‘ vi .

F. L. KING & 301$.) - -p t- onCl‘iartlg‘tito. Mich.





J. M. Hicks & Son, ll. 2, Williamsiou, Ilcl.





 





ILVER Golden a White Wyandottec. Four Golden ' . s . ' .

S cockerels $2.50 each. Eggs 15 82.50; 30, 85 by P. Post PM “if ifii’effigffifig glidlrlfiiifrntligllpgrgihzfin

prepaid. O. W. Browning. R. i, Portland. Mich. old. E. J. ALDRICH. I - — Tekonlhn ilk-i.





 





layers. Egg- 15:81.10.

repaid by mail.

exington, Indiana





5 c Brown Leghorns. Heav

. . 30.32.00. 4543101004558

FLOYD ROBERTSON, R. l,





' Comb Black Minorca eggs $1.50 per sett

Slngle ing this month, two settings $2.50

R. W. MILLS, - - - - - Saline. Mich.





‘V hite Wynndottc eggs forhntcbin also baby-chick

out of choice stock; send for a. 19 8 circular.

DAVID RAY. 709 Norris 8L, Ypsilanti. Michignl.





HOGS





Dnroc fall boars sired b‘v Crimson Critic T.. Satisfao.

tion and Brookwnter rinci al. priced right. Bred

sows all so M. C. TAY 03., Mick.





 





 





 





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W. E. LEOKY. Holmesville. Ohio.

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KOPE-KON FARMS.





Goldwater, Mich.





Hampshires & Shropshires.

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ARMSTRONG BROS . R. 3. Fowlorvillo. Mich.

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choir: Burnt Jersey Gill: For Sale.

CAREY UrEDMONDS. - - Flamingo. Mich.





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