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VOL. CLI. No. 2

Whole Number 4001





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JULY 13‘, 1918





3 1.00 A" Y EAR

3.00 FOR 5 YEARS





Keeping of Books Cuts Farm Costs





By C. H. GRAVES, Farm Management Demonstrator, M. A. C.





- ' 01‘ only does afarm record serve

N as a guide to better manage-



ment, but it also furnishes a

very convenient way to make out in-

come tax reports, make up financial

statements in order to secure loans,

make out schedules of cost to present





to commissions and figure up costs of '





production in order to meet buyers in-

telligently—all of which are ways of

meeting the business world on its own

platform.



Business Farmer Least Troubled.



The fact that the country is depend-

ent on its agriculture has been most

forcefully brought home to us during

the past year. Farmers are looked up-

on as business men, and are to be

dealt with on business terms. The

farmer who has in the past followed

the development of the business world

and adopted some form of

accounts or records is the

one who has ' the least

trouble to bear at critical

times.



The income tax reports

have brought home to the

farmers of the country the

necessity for more and

better records. A great

many farmers were unable

to give a definite state-

ment concerning their in-

come for the past year. A

recent decision of the

United S t a t e 8 Treasury

Department No. 2665

amending the income tax

decision No. 2153, states

that “farmers who keep

books according to some

approved method of ac-

counting w hi 0 h clearly

shows the net income, and

take annual inventories,

may, if the same method

is consistently followed



. from year to year, prepare

their returns in accord—

ance with the showing é

made by the books and in- ‘

ventories.”. This decision .



makes it possible for farm- iv



ers to report their income g; '



directly from the yearly



summary as is provided



for in account books put



out through the regular county agents.

Accounts Make Loans Easier.



The farmer often finds it necessary

to secure a short-time loan in order to

carry on the regular farm business, or

to make desired changes. The man

who keeps systematic records of his

business is much more likely to be giv-

en consideration by the bank than the



- one who does not. The banks in many





. of the states are requiring such state-





ments, which makes it quite necessary

{for the farmers doing business with

them to keep records. Ofteniarmers

fare refused credit by the banks be-





cause the banker has no ready means

to determine the standing of his pa-

tron, and the farmer is refused credit

for no other reason. The use of a form

financial statement would soon remedy

this matter.



Production Costs Better Understood.



During the period of the present war

many demands have been made on the

farmers to furnish data on costs of

production by the Federal Food Ad-

ministration and similar commissions,

in order to establish satisfactory pri0<

es. Not long since nineteen county

agents, representing three states, as-

sembled in Washington at the request

of the Federal Food Administration to

assist in determining what price

should be paid to farmers by licensed

manufacturers for a certain important

farm product. Much difference was





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to the farmers of their respective com-

munities and gotten actual records

that had been kept on the farms on

the cost of producing the crop in

question.

Will Your Contract Pay?



Often certain crops such as canning

crops and sugar beets are grown on

contracts, and the farmer must sell

his crop before he has produced it.

The buyer is in a position to know ap-

proximately what the maximum price

is that he can pay and still receive his

proper profit for manufacturing the

final product. But it is good business

on his part to buy as cheaply as pos-

sible, that his profits may be larger.

It is equally good business for the

farmer to know exactly what it has

cost him in previous years to produce

the crop, and know what the maximum





 





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farmer in connection with the manage-

ment on the farm. Many farmers real—

ize that there is opportunity for ims

provement, but a lack of definite in—

formation on their several lines of in—

terest, keep them from making and

changes. At the present time, farmers

all over the country are confronted

with a shortage of farm labor. In

many instances this could be met in

part by a more efl‘icient use of the la-

bor actually available.

Opportunities for Saving Labor.



In many sections of the country it is

a common custom to use large units of

horse labor per man, one man driving

three and four horses on farm imple-

ments, instead of only two, thus sav-

ing the time of-another man. Other

sections of equally large fields and

smooth ground are still using only the

two-horse teams. Such in--

stances as these are en-

tirely a matter of custom.

It behooves every man to

examine conditions on his

farm to see if he is of this

custom-bound class. Many

men have not come to real-

ize this until they have

kept a record of their 13.-

bor throughout the year,

and realize in a concrete

way how much they might

have saved on this one fac-

tor alone.



The distribution and effi-

ciency of farm labor is

closely interrelated with

the systems of crop rota:

tions. Each farmer can,

by a little careful thought

and planning ahead, make

his system of rotation

such that it not only pro-

duces crops economically

by making the best use of

his labor, but it also fur-

nishes the proper amount

of nourishing roughage

which can be fed profita-

bly on the farm.



When one stops to con—

sider the many ways that





 





 





 





 





Limbering Up the Iron Horse





noted, in the figures presented by these

men. Some of it was due to the dif-

ferent conditions under which farmers

in the various counties were working,

but a good deal is believed to have

been due to the fact that many left

out items that should have been in-

cluded. There is no disposition to crit-

icize the splendid work done by these

men in the emergency, ahd nothing

but praise should be extended for the

efiicient manner in which they hand-

led the situation. It would have been,

however, an enormous help to these

men it they could have previously gone.





 





price is that he can accept and still

profit by producing the crop. The mar-

gin between the cost of production and

the maximum price the manufacturer

can pay will go to the man who shows

the best business ability, and has facts

upon which to base his dealings. A

carefully kept, systematic farm record

is the most important factor in carry—

ing out these suggestions to a profit-

able end.



Although most of the points touched

upon have been in relation to things or

the business world off the farm, “rec-

ords can be of equal value to any





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farm records can be useful

in bringing about better

management, and thereby

great profit in farming, no

one can afford not to use the few min-

utes required each day to keep a care ,.

ful account of his farm business, and

receive the benefit accorded by it.



A simple set of farm records, such

as have been worked out by the farm

management demonstrator of the col‘

lege to meet the peculiar needs of the

farmers of the state, can be procured

through the county agricultural agents

and any assistance needed to get start-

ed will be given. Every farmer in the

state has the opportunity of going

ahead in the same manner as has been

found practical by the most successful.





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





In his Fourth of July

address at Mount Ver-

non, President Wilson

set forth our war aims in detail, then

epitomized them in a single sentence,

perhaps more fraught with meaning to

the human race than any single sen-

tence previously uttered by any states-

man:





“WHAT WE SEEK IS THE REIGN

OF LAW, BASED UPON THE CON«

SENT OF THE GOVERNED, AND

SUSTAINED BY THE ORGANIZED

OPINION OF MANKIND.”





Thus in a single sentence is express-

ed our aims as a nation to destroy the

arbitrary power of autocracy to dis-

turb the peace of the world; to pro-

vide for the settlement of every inter-

national question “upon the basis of

the free acceptance of that settlement

by the people immediately concerned;”

to establish the consent of all nations

to be governed in their conduct to-

ward each other by principles of' honor

and respect for a common law, and to

provide for an organization of peace

for the settlement of international

questions.



In addressing the American soldiers

in France, Premier David Lloyd

George, of England, subscribed to

these principles by saying that Ger-

many could make peace on these terms

any day she desired. ,Thus America’s

war aims, so clearly set forth by Pres-

ident \Vilson in the above quoted sen-

tence are accepted as the war aims of

the Allies.



When this goal of human liberty and

justice is attained the war will end.

Until these aims are accepted by the

misguided people of the Central Pow-

ers, there can be no peace. There

must be. “force to the uttermost,”

against their outlaw chiefs who wield

the power of arbitrary government.





Our War Aims.





In another column



Cooperative Dairy of this issue, Field

Enterprises. Secretary Reed, of



_ the Michigan Milk

Producers’ Association, voices a warn-



toArMichigan‘milk producers against





undertaking to engage in a coopera-

tive way in large dairy manufacturing

or distribution enterprises. He appar-

ently has in mind the establishment or

purchase of large manufacturing or

distributing enterprises by dairymen

who have not among their number

leaders who have had previous experi~

ence in conducting commercial enter-

prises of this kind.





While from that standpoint Mr.

Reed’s point may be well taken, we

cannot subscribe to the theoryithat

cooperative dairy enterprises should

be abandoned, or their normal develop-

ment through small beginnings and

subsequent growth into large enter-

prises should not be encouraged, nor

do we believe that Secretary Reed in-

tended to convey this idea in the arti-

cle above referrd to.





The same business rules apply to

the success of a cooperative enterprise

that obtain in private business ven-

tures. The fact that it may have been

found that ninety-five per cent of the

cooperative dairy enterprises in the

classes mentioned by Mr. Reed have

failed of success, is not conclusive

proof that cooperative dairy enterpris¥

es are not desirable. Practically the

same ratio of failures apply to private

business enterprises which are estab-

lished in every line under similar con-

ditions.





So far as the distribution of market

milk for city consumption is concern-

ed, many students of the problem have

reached the conclusion that its best

solution involves municipal distribu-

tion of milk as a necessity? on the

basis of a cost of production plus rea-

sonable profit principle. The only oth-

er practical solution of the problem

which has been offered is through ade-

quate control of private distribution

which, for economical results, means

the centralizing of the business into a

practical monopoly. Everybody knows

that a business monopoly is a difficult

proposition to control. It is to count-

eract the effect of such a monopoly,

not adequately controlled, that the

milk producers of New York are inaug-

urating the experiment of cooperative

handling of their product as the only

remedy in sight.



The history of the dairy industry

has proven conclusively that without

adequate control, even where no mon-

opoly exists in the distribution of mar-

ket milk, producers have, in the past,

been unable to secure a compensatory

price for their product. The vital in-

te: est of consumers in this regard lies

in the maintenance of an adequate sup—

ply, and the only insurance of such a

supply is the payment of a compensa-

tory price to producers of the product.

Hence the necessity of some practical

means of controlling the situation with

distribution in private hands or the es-

tablishment of municipal distribution

on the cost plus reasonable profit

basis.



In the final analysis the thing in

which dairymen, as well as other agri—

cultural producers are most vitally in-

terested, is the securing of a compen-

satory price for their product. If this

can be secured through the coopera-

tive handling of their product, as ex-

perience has demonstrated it can in a.

great many districts, then cooperative

organizations for the purpose should

be encouraged. As a general propo-

sition it is better for these coopera-

tive enterprises to grow to importance

from small beginnings than to entail a

large investment in an enterprise

which is altogether new to the coopera-

tors. But in some notable cases where

this plan was not feasible, large un-

dertakings have been successfully

launched, as for example, by the citrus

fruit growers of California. Coopera-

tion may be made the means to the

end of securing better prices or reduc-

ing handling costs by dairymen, as

well as producers of other products, in

a great many cases.





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end may be accomplished the means:





should, be employed. It should not,

however, be forgotten that ordinary

rules of business precaution apply to

cooperative undertakings the same as

to private enterprises.





At a recent meeting



More Wool Price of the Agricultural

Investigation. Advisory Committee

held at Washington,



D. 0., Hon. Milo D. Campbell, Michi-

gan member of the committee, offered

a. resolution providing for an investi-





’ gation into the truth or falsity of the





complaints from wool producers of the

country‘to the effect that the rules and

regulations adopted for the handling

of the 1918 wool clip commandeered

by the government are unfair to the

wool p1oducers of the country; that

the methods of establishing p1ices ale

so confusing, as to make impossible

the detection of any unlicensed profit-

eering between the farmer and the

government; that the rules and regu~

lations though in terms fixing the prof-

its of dealers, were left so incomplete

that neither the government nor the

producer of wool can determine the

actual profit to dealers; that the meth-

od of paying farmers prices fixed by

locality of production rather than by

quality is a further injustice; that the

mixing of all wool by local dealers af-

ter purchase makes impossible any

further payment to underpaid produc-

ers, and that the provisos permitting

the government to inspect the books

of approved and local dealers is of no

virtue because no bOOkS or other data

are required to be kept by them. This

resolution further provided for an in.

vestigation of the trade in hides by

the same committee of the Agricultur-

al Advisory Committee.



After considerable discussion of this

resolution, the matter was laid over

until the government price fixing com-

mittee could be heard. It is to be hop-

ed that the Advisory Committee may

act upon this resolution as a means

of clearing up the wool situation with

regard to which wool growers have al-

together too little authentic informa—

tion, and are obliged to rely upon theii

own judgment in the matter of'prices,

following representations made to

them by local dealers. In the mean-

time, the safer course for growers

having considerable quantities of wool

to market at the present time is to

pool their holdings and ship same di-

rect to an approved government dealer

at some nearby central point.





In another column of

Wheat Price this issue will be found

Adjustments. the wheat price adjust-



ment made by the Fed-

eral Food Administration to cover the

advanced cost of transportation. Due

to the comparatively favorable loca-

tion of Michigan wheat growers, and

to the fact that changes in federal

grading standards will throw more

wheat into higher grades than last

year, these new price standards should

afford Michigan growers a somewhat

better price for their product than was

obtainable before the adoption of the

new price schedule.



The two houses of congress reached

an agreement last week on the senate

amendment to the annual agricultural

appropriation bill which p10vided for

a $2 50 minimum guarantee for the

1918 wheat crop. This agreement was

on the basis of a compromise.offe1ed

by Representative McLaughlin, of

Michigan, fixing the minimum guaran-

tee at $2.40 per bushel, to which the

senate agreed. It was stated upon au-

thority that President Wilson would

veto the bill on the ground that the

adjustment of wheat prices should be

left to the Food Administration rather

than fixed by an act of congress.



In assuming this responsibility, the

administiation should not overlook the

importance cf stimulating production

for next year. , Undoubtedly: steps will





season’ 8 crop, which new premises an”

abundant yield for the country. This

is entirely proper, smce next year' 5

yield will be problematicai, even with

a normal acreage sown this fall, and it

is the part of wisdom to maintain a

surplus against any emergency which





may arise, in order to insure an abun- ,





dant supply for the rationing of our

armies, and to provide the minimum

requirements of our allies, should the

war be prolonged for another year or

more. The creation of such a surplus

by conservation methods should not,

however, lessen the administration’s

interest in the sowing of a normal

acreage of wheat this fall, which de-

sirable result can be insured only by a

price adjustment Which will make

wheat production relatiVely as 'profib

able as the production of coarse

grains. The farmers of the country

have shown their disposition to "coop-

erni'e in every campaign of increased

production, and doubtless will contin-

ue to do so, but the maintenance of an

economic balance of prices is certain

to be an important factor in produc-

tion results.





New Wheat i Prices





The establishment of new freight

rates by the Railway Administration

has necessitated a change in the gov-

ernment price oasis for wheat. After

consideration of all factorsthe Food,

Administration announces the price

basis at various markets for grades of

No. 1 Northern Spring, No. 1 Hard

Winter, Nd. 1 Red.Winter, No. 1 Dur-

um, No. 1 Hard White, in store public

elevators approved for storage by the

Grain Corporation, (seaboard or in

store on export terms), as follows, ef-

fective July 1:





 





Terminal. Statement of Prices.

New York .................... 2.391/2

Philadelphia ................... 2.39

Baltimore ..................... 2.38%

Newport News ................ 2.38%

Chicago ....................... 2.26

New Oi‘leans .................. 2.28

Galveston .................... 2. 28

St. Louis ...................... 2 24

St. Louis ...................... 2. 24

Duluth ....................... 2 221,;

Minneapolis ................... 2. 211;,

Kansas City ................... 218

Omaha ........................ 2.18

San Francisco ................. 2. 20

Los Angeles .................. 2. 20

Portland .................. ‘. . . .2. 20

Tacoma ....................... 2.20

Seattle . .' ...................... 2.20

Astoria ........................ 2.20





The basis for No. 2 wheat will be

three cents below No. 1, and the basis

for No. 3, seven cents beivw No. 1.

Grades below No. 3 will be dealt in on

sample.



It is expected that the changes in





federal grading standards will throw _





more wheat into higher grades than

last year The changes in price are

worked out as nearly as possible to

compensate for increases in railway

and sea freights.



The other classes of wheat than

those mentioned above as equivaients

will be dealt with on the following

basis:



The class of Dark Hard Winter will

be bought at two cents above Hard

Winter; Dark Northern Spring at two

cents above Northern Spring; Amber

Durum at two cents above Durum:

while Yellow Hard Winter will be

bought at two cents under yard VVln-

ter; Red Spring at five cents under





Northern Spring; Red Walla at seven A





cents under Red Winter; Red lmrum

at seven cents under Durum; Soft

White at tv 0 cents under Hard White,

and White Club at four cents under

Hard White.





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Telephonic communications some-

times corrupt good neighborhoods.



The average man likes to be deceiv-

ed. It Is being undecelved that makes

him miserable.



A man can easily mar the pleasures

of his home, but . €19 seldom , lites

them. That, page 11 woman.





 

 





 





   





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 





 





 





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A MAN living in 'a large city car-'





ried an accident insurance pol-

icy. Every day he dodged auto-

mobiles and rode in elevators. Sev-





’ eral times he narrowly missed being





struck by careless drivers of pleasure

cars and trucks. At night he was

thankful that he had passed through

the day’s dangers on the way to work

without being hauled to the hospital

for repairs. Finally he purchased a

farm and moved from the, city. Then

the insurance man informed him that

he'had been receiving the accident in-

surance at a very moderate fee while

in the city because he was an excel-

lent risk. The rate on the farm would

be several times higher because farm-

ing was One of the most hazardous of

occupations.‘ Even while performing

the most simple duties of farm life

this prospective farm dweller would

perhaps climb an apple tree, milk a

cow or fall off the garden fence. At

least, the agent explained the deadly

dangers of life on a farm and boosted

the price of the insurance to an al-

most prohibitive rate.



It is true that a farmer is not con-

sidered a good risk by an accident in-

surance company. What is the reason?

In the first place a farmer must be

more or less familiar with a large num-

ber of trades and he must handle many

kinds of machinery. On a live stock

farm the handling of animals is a risk.

The use of modern machinery is the

cause of many accidents. It is evident

that the accident insurance agent was

not guessing. He knew from the in-

vestigations of his company about the

chances of the farmer avoiding acci-

dents as compared with the dweller in





, the city.





Some of the causes of farm acci-

dents that might easily be avoided are

careless falls. Weak step-ladders will

break, causing broken legs and arms.

The lack of proper railings on the cel-

lar stairs has caused'many accidents.

Cleaning chimneys and repairing roofs

without wearing rubbers to prevent

slipping is apt to cause unexpected

falls.



Teams that run away when hitched





 





Never let up on the invisible

menace that is threatening your

herd—the disease germ. Do not

forget that constant disinfec-

tion of the danger spots—the

germ breeding places—is vitally

necessary to protect your cattle.





 





 





 





cattle yards be kept clean and sans

itary to prevent the spread of in-

fectious and contagious diseases. What-

ever measures are taken should be re-





IT is important that the barns and





inforced by the intelligent use of chem-





ical disinfectants. What shall we use?

How shall we apply it? There are so

many new products on the market that

we are likely to lose sight/of the vir-

tues of some of the older materials in

the maze of new preparations.

Many-new products are greatly over-

rated because in the hands of a careful





' user exceptionally good results will be





obtained. Some of the older materials





‘ , are discredited because of being used

under improper or inappropriate con-

ditions. Almost any substance will

give good results under certain condi-

"tions When in reality the conditions





the materials are unfavorable

; evelopment of the disease

8'. s. arable as





   





to farm implements cause many'acci-

dents. It seldom pays to repair a mow-

er while it is hitched to a nervous

team of horses. A sudden jerk and

the knives may cause terrible injuries.

Always speak to horses when entering

the barn, because if they are suddenly

startled it seems to be an instinct with

them to kick for protection. When

children are allowed to play around

horses there is always a serious risk

of injury. ,Even the most friendly

horse may jump and kick in the pas-

ture and injure a child seriously.



On one farm a young boy was feed-

ing the pigs when an old hog attempt-

ed to nose them out of the way. The

boy was barefooted and he kicked the

pig in the nose. It resulted in a gash

in the big toe and a case of blood pois-

oning which nearly cost him his life.

The injuries from angry bulls are fre-

quently recorded in the daily papers.

Allowing a bull too much freedom may

result in severe injuries. It is always

the kind gentle bull that never causes

any trouble which sometimes changes

its disposition too suddenly for the

owner’s comfort. A farmer who owns

a bull is apt to become careless in

managing the animal if it has never

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unruly, and so an accident may occur.



In handling farm animals small

scratches are frequently obtained dure

ing busy times. Sometimes when they

are neglected infection may result.

Many of the small accidents that seem

insignificant really require the ser-

vices of a physician who will know

how to treat them properly.



During the time of haying and har-

vest many accidents occur which

might be avoided. The fork is not

equipped with strong ropes and they

may break, allowing the fork to drop

on a man in the mow. A pitchfork is

a deadly implement if it falls from a

load of hay and strikes a man in a

vital spot. Driving the load into the

barn has caused some accidents by the

driver being struck on the head as he

entered the door. Heavy loads should

be blocked if they are on even the

slightest incline which may cause the

wagon to roll backward.



Few farmers cannot recall some ac-

cident at hay cutting time when the

mower touched the legs or fingers of

a child and either resulted in a narrow

escape or a serious accident. Steady

horses are necessary for such work as

a run-away team dragging a mower is

bound to cause trouble.





 





Clearing Brush Land





 





 





 





“Shrops” Starting a Browsing Campaign on the Farm of J. W. Thumm, of

Antrim County.





The Little Enemies You Never See





cultural mediums for the disease

germs are cleaned up before the disin-

fectant is applied, an erroneous im—

pression will be obtained as to the





germicidal value of the disinfectant in

question.



Heat and sunlight are the cheapest

and most efficient agents for disinfect-





 





 





 





Now this is Very Handy—You Simply Turn the Switch as you Pass through

the Gate and Immediately this FaithfuL Helper, the Electric Motor, Be-





. flna Pumping and continues Until





 





the Tank is Full.





 





etting Hurt on the Farm.

{By R. G. ' ' '





A pitchfork that falls from a load»





may strike one of the horses and cause

the team to run, or at least kick out

and injure some worker near the wag—

on. Bedding horses in the dark with

a sharp pitchfork has resulted in some

broken legs. A horse is scarcely to

blame for striking if it is suddenly

prodded with a steel fork.



The danger of a farmer losing his





hand or arm in a corn shredder is well ,





known by ‘the insurance companies

who have investigated such accidents.

-It seems to be difficult to invent a.

means of protection from such acci—

dents and so they may be classed as

carelessness the same as many other

similar accidents.



The gas engine is a powerful ma—'

chine which can be the cause of many

accidents if it is not properly handled-

When women assist in farm work

around machines the danger to life and

limb is increased because of the 118.5

ture of their clothing and draw the

worker into the machinery.



At silo-filling time deaths have re-

sulted from men jumping down into

the pit and breathing the gas formed

by the silage during the preceding

night. The ladders on silos often be-

come loose or the rungs broken and

this may result in a slip and a fall

when the men who have been tramp-

ing the silage climb down from the

top. It may be wise for men tramp—

ing down silage to wear goggles which

cannot be broken by being struck by

pieces of the cobs. Such protection to

the eyes may save some slight injury

which might in time result in loss of

eyesight.



Of course, farmers cannot spend

much time worrying about accidents-

The work has to be done and it is im-

possible to avoid every little accident

for no matter how careful a man is apt





_to be, there may come a time when a.





mistake will occur. However, it does

no harm for a farmer to know that ac-

cident insurance men consider him a.

hazardous risk and observations in

any section or the reading of the daily

papers will furnish the information

that explains their attitude.





ing dairy barns and cattle yards. Heat

may be used to clean and sterilize the

pails, cans, utensils and mangers used

in feeding the calves and cows. Sun—

light will destroy most disease-produc-

ing germs if it can get at them. For

the cattle yards a thorough clean up

will result in a fairly effective disin—

fectant. The efficiency of the clean.

up will be greatly increased, however,

if the surface of the yard is covered

with a light dressing of fresh burnt

lime. The use of lime in the yards not

only destroys millions of these disease

producing germs but it destroys the

breeding places of flies and vermin.



Of the various chemical disinfec—



Of the various chemical disinfec-

tants that have been favorably recom.

mended only a few meet the demands

for efficiency, economy and practicabil-

ity. Probably the cheapest and most

effective product at the present time

is bichloride of mercury in a dilutiOn

of one part to one thousand parts of

water. It is poisonous and should not

be used on metal stanchions and par-

titions because of its corrosive ten.

dency. This proportion while very eff

f‘ective on clean floors, side walls and

partitions is practically worthless un-

less the organic matter is thoroughly

removed before it is applied.

(Continued on page. 31)...
I ICHIGAN potato growers should

speedily realize that they must

thoroughly organize along all



lines pertaining to their interests if

,1 they are to receive adequate and prof-



, itable returns for their crops.



The matter of production is being

sufficiently agitated by the govern-

ment crop experts, and they Will con

tinue to do that. Organized potato

associations, local, county and state,

will make use of all knowledge obtain—

able from such sources.



But the marketing of the potato crop

is something that potato growers must

themselves take in hand, supervise,

control and direct, or they will in the

future, as in the past, find themselves

helpless, and at' the mercy of shippers

and consumers.



I make bold to assert that Bureau of

Market officials should not be wholly

relied upon for information, advice,



. and direction in the matter of market-

ing the farmer's crops. '

0n the other hand, through close or-

ganization the producer should keep in

close touch with the Bureau of Mar-

kets, making use of its vast organiza-

tion and powers in the distribution of

his products. Farmers must actively

mal:e use of the agencies of our state

and national governments, organized

for their benefit, else some use of

these organizations will be made, not

always in the interests of the farmer.



Our State Potato Growers’ Association



should have a man employed to look



after the interests of the potato grow-

ers of Michigan, and he should be one

of themselves, not some “specialist.”



He should be on the job to see that



Michigan potatoes find the best mar-



kets at the best prices and bring back



authentic information to the growers

as to everything pertaining to their

interests.



The potato growers of the United

States should also be organized and

have a representative who, in cooper-

ation with state representatives would

devote all his time to the special in-

terests of potato growers. The trouble

with leaving the interests of growers





Secretary





A. S has been announced before, the

price for milk in the Detroit

area is $2.56 for the month of



.July. We would like to call your at-

tention at this time to the fact that

this means to the fifteen-cent zone.

Add to this the fifteen-cent zone freight

rate and you have the cost of this milk

laid down at the Detroit station—$2.71.

Within the fifteen-cent zone the in-



, crease in freight rates recently made

by the government will be borne by

the buyer. Outside of the fifteen-cent

zone the increase in freight rate will

be borne by the shipper.



. Let us now compare this with the

price recently fixed in Chicago, as com-

ing directly from the office of the Sec-

retary of the Chicago Association. We

quote his words:



-“Price for July settled late Saturday

night at $2.30 per hundred pounds.



“The above settlement was made af-

ter two days of dickering over what



» should be done in adjusting this price,

and it was finally reached when all

parties had agreed to settle on the cost



- of the feed formula of twenty pounds

of home-grown grains, twenty-four

unds of purchased feeds, 110 pounds



' f hay, and three hours of labor for



enchone hundred pounds of milk.

“The price of grains is to be the



' * price on the farm for all home-grown



grains, and the wholesale price of the



“grain feeds bought, plus the freight,



retailer's’ profit, and $1.50 per ton to



heidairymm for hauling to the farm.

price of





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to federal and state officials is that

these men are serving two masters,

the city masters, the shippers and con-

sumers, whose interests are antagon~

istic to the growers, and also the grow-

ers whom they really should serve

first.





Last year’s large potato crop brought~





on a situation which demonstrated our

need for such organization as I have

suggested and also the inability of the

Bureau of Markets and the Food Ad-

ministration to meet a serious crisis.

When it developed that there was

an enormous crop of potatoes for the

year 1917 all that these organizations

seemed able to accomplish was to give

out information and promulgate grad-

ing rules which made every potato

grower in the country discouraged and

angry and which paralyzed the move-





Growers Get Harnesscd fOr





By‘A. M. SMITH, Pres. Michigan Potato Growers Assn.





ment of the crop so that the organized

shippers loaded with early purchased

potatoes at $1.00 to $1.30 per bushel

either quit buying as they did in west-

ern Michigan or put the price down so

low that farmers refused to sell.



But what could have been done?

The writer believes that the crisis of

“too many potatoes” could have been

met had there been the proper organi-

zation of potato growers who could

have been given a voice and part in

the solution of “too many potatoes.”

How? In the first place, there were

not really too many potatoes. There

were only about four bushels per capi-

ta. of potatoes in the United States.

That was not too many. And, in fact,

for.several weeks now the 1917 crop

of potatoes have been scarce and in

brisk demand in the leading markets.





 





effect.





their commercial crop.





potato.





white potato.





operative Association has given





 





Why a Single Variety of Potatoes?





Should Michigan potato growers unite in making one variety

of potatoes the commercial .crop for the state? Many of our grow-

ers think so and have voiced their sentiment in resolutions to that

The Late Petoskey or Rural Russet seems to be the favor-

ite in Western Michigan wherever action has been taken, and quite

a number of local associations have decided on that variety for





Their reasons are as follows:

It is a cross between a round white and a Western Russett

potato and was developed in Michigan.

It has many excellent qualities.

crop, matures two weeks earlier than the Rural types, has a tough

skin which does not peel off when dug early, resists blight and

disease better than other varieties, is an excellent keeper, and has

a distinct characteristic, its russet skin, which gives it a special

classification. Thus Michigan potato growers, if they all were pro«

ducing Rural Russets could, through their association advertising a

distinct Michigan potato which because of its good qualities would

soon command a premium above the market price.





I believe the idea is well worth consideration.

and in the future will grow Rural Russet potatoes.





President Michigan Potato Association.





The Rural Russet is a Michigan





It is classed as a round

It yields a heavy





Lake City Co

their approval to this movement





A. M. SMITH,





 





 





 





Business





In the second place, representatives

of the growers in cooperation with the

Bureau of Markets and the Food Ad-

ministration Acould have said to the

consumers and growers, we have a

large crop of potatoes and we want

everybody to cooperate so that there”

shall be no waste. and so that the

farmer may receive adequate returns

for his labors. '



Did the Bureau of Markets and Food ,

Administration do anything? Nothing.-

And these gentlemen excused their.

failure to help the situation or touch‘

it by blaming the weather, and capo-r

cially the car shortage. -



What should have been done by ours

government in the potato crisis which

a great food crop which was perish~

able, was likely to be wasted. First.

they should have frankly said to con-

sumer and producer, we have'the

greatest crop of potatoes in the his-

tory of our country. They are precious

food and we want to conserve them.

In order that fairness may be meted

out to all we will fix the price of pota‘

toes to the producer so as to pay him

a fair return and to the consumer so

as to make it possible for him to con-

sume the maximum of potatoes and

then all the energies of our railroads

should have been drawn on to get the

potatoes to the consumer. That such

a course was suggested to the Food

Administration is a fact. That both

the Bureau of Markets and Food Ad-

ministration lacked the initiative to

meet such a crisis, history proves, and:

we cannot expect that men who hold.

office without the stimulus of the peo-

ple whose interests they represent

will ever possess the initiative to do

the great thing which a great crisis

demands.



Therefore we need local, county,

state and national organization of po—

tato growers that the potato producer

may look after his own business here

after.



Also, wherever possible every com‘

munity should organize a cooperative

association for the marketing of its

own crops.





Reed’s Message to ‘Dairymcn





the Illinois and Wisconsin reports, is-

sued by the United States Department

of Agriculture.”



This will be the basis for the price

in the coming months in the Chicago

district. This is the price laid down

in Chicago. You can make your own

comparison between the price of $2.71

in Detroit and $2.30 in Chicag , and

decide which you like best.



Cooperative Distribution.



We would like to call the attention

of our milk producers to certain condi-

tions emulating from the frequently

expressed ambition for cooperative

milk distribution.

been possible for your secretary to in.

vestigate we find that more than nine

ty-five per cent of the cooperative ef-

forts in' milk distribution have been

failures. They have tended to unsta-

bilize the business with the constant

resultant losses that follow the engag-

ing in a business with which men are

not familiar.



Some years ago, in one of the large

and thrifty dairy districts of the state,

the cooperative spirit possessed the

dairymen and the business men of the

city center. Working together they

built up a large'condensary. This con!

densary proposition was aggressively

worked for a short time to get it on its

feet and onto a paying basis, but be-

fore this ideal was ever reached the

entire matter collapsed. It was turned





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As far as it has-





 





over to one of the strongest, finan-

cially, condensing concerns in the

world—the former investors realizing

but a small part of the money they

had put it. Again, with the experience

and financial backing of this great con—

cern behind it, this condensary ran on.

for several years-always with ques-

tionable results, until a few weeks ago

it was decided to close this down, and

today it is being dismantled and the

machinery will be taken to some more

desirable field.

New York Association.



We are fearful lest the dairymen of

the New York Associationnre making

a great error in their present project,

which involves millions of dollars in

the purchase of th'eeBorden condensing

and shipping plants over .a large sec-

tion of New York—it being the pur-

pose of the association to run this

gigantic scheme as a cooperative en-

terprise. '





‘ Two questions come before us at

once. If this is profitable to the Borw

den. people with their tremendous

financial backing, their years of expe-

rience and development of this indus-

try, why should they be willing to dis-

pose of it? Do they see, in the after—

war days, conditions which will unsta-

bilize and make uncertain this indus-

try? Or whatis their reason for sell.

in? ,Qnthe other WW reside





 





sire for the purchase of this great on:

terprise on the part of the New York

Milk Producers must be sought. Do

they assume to be able to handle this

gigantic enterprise, with which they

are not conversant, with less expense

and a greater profit than can the

schooled and developed Borden Com-

pany? This is a colossal proposition,.

and if the New York Milk Producers’

Association can prove themselves com«

petent to hold their organization in~

tact, to hold the confidence of their

people, and get a better price for milk

than they could under the other cir-

cumstances, the milk producers of the

United States are owing them a debt

of gratitude for an acknowledgement

of an ability which is seldom shown

of any business enterprise in the

world. It means much to develop an

industry. It means’very much more

to step in and handle such a. gigantic-





‘industry as this, with which one has





never been acquainted.

Stock in Milk Distributing Plants.





Again we desire to call your atten-

tion, and warn our milk producers

against buying stock in any milk dis-

tributing plant of which you have not i

the most intimate knowledge. ‘



As you well know, your secretory

cannot go into detail and give you than

and place ofvwhich we have;



' We use"



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.vent this freezing to any extent?





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AIR-YMEN will. be interested in

the regulations just issued by

the/Food Administration which

will exert a definite control for" m‘ar-

gins ofpro‘fit, commissions and resales

by dealers in cold storage butter. "



It will no longer be possible for the





dealer to figure the cost of his goods





at the price he would have -to pay to

replace them. He must add not-niere

than the definite margins specified-Thy

the Food Administration to-~the.I_aCt-ual

cost, which can include nothing more

than the purchase price, transDOrta-

tion charges if any, actual storage and





insurance charges, 1nterest om Inioney- T





invested at the current rate while the

butter is in storage, and the actual

cost Of printing it the butter is put

into prints from tubs or cubes. No al-





‘lOwance is made for shrinkage.





Cold storage butter is butter that

has been held in a-cold storage ware-

house for more than thirty days.



Maxirnum Mara-inc Specified.



Maximum margins that may be ad-

ded by the dealer are fixed, but that

does not mean that he may always

take the full amount, even on a rising

market. These margins are 'to pre-

vent speculation and are purposely

made wide to provide for any cases

where the expense may be unusual-1y

high. The margin taken must never

be more than enough to give the deal-

er a fair or reasonable profit. The

maximum margins are one cent per

pound on carloads, one and a. quarter

cents on less than a carload, and more





 





cle Sam Controls Butter Dealers





than 7,000 pounds, one and three-quar-

ter cents on‘ lots from 700 to

pounds, and two and three-quarter

cents a pound on sales less than 700

pounds.



If the butter is held in storage not

less than tWo calendar months dealers

are permitted to add not more than

One cent a pound and one-quarter cent

a pound additional for each calendar

month thereafter, but the total must

not exceed two cents a pound in any

case. I I



‘No Profit Without Service.



If one dealer sells to another at a

price higher than prevails On the open

market on which he could have bought





the deal will be considered as cOllu—





sion and a violation of the rules. Whe

sion and a violation of the rules.

When a manufacturer does the work

of a wholesaler. or jobber, the rules

applying in these lines of business ap-

ply to him. The new regulations sped

cify the method of figuring, costs in

such cases.



Commission merchants are not al-

lowed to charge more than three-quar-

ters of a cent a pound for selling cold

storage butter without violating the

Food Control Act or these rules. This

charge must be included in the mar-

gin allowed over cost.



In general, the butter must be kept

moving to the consumer in as direct a

line as practicable and without un-

necessary delay, and no profits must

come to dealers without corresponding

service.





 





 





Summer Comforts for the Dairy Herd.





 





Unusual Questions About Silage.





I have a stave silt) and the silage

freezes on the outside and sticks to

the staves. Would putting salt next

to the staves as it is being filled pre-

I

am also thinking of putting cull beans

with my silage as I fill it, to take the

place of cottonseed meal and other

as they are much cheaper.





Akron. A. H.





Wilf‘ Salting Silage Prevent it from

Freezing?





To use a sufficient amount of salt to

prevent the silage from freezing would

make the feed so salty that the cattle

wouldn’t like it and I doubt then if it

would entirely prevent the freezing of

the silage. Of course, we understand

that real salty water doesn’t freeze,

and yet this silage is not water. I

doubt if you could use enough salt.

However, a limited amount of salt in

silage does no harm and it does in a

measure prevent it from freezing so

hard.





cull Beans in’Silage.





V . lam not poslute that I understand

33119.1; exactly what you mean by cull





“as. My idea of cull beans is dry





 

 

 





 





'3 that have been picked out after

beans are threshed. I would not





 





They ought to be put in when in a

green condition if you want to make

silage of them and it would be much

better to store these beans and grind

them into meal and feed them separ-

ate when yOu feed this silage. You

can put them on the silage when you

feed the cows and the bean meal will

be in much better condition than if

you put it into the silo. Nothing ought

to go into the silo except in a succu-

dent condition.



>You are correct in assuming that

cull beans should be fed and not wast-

ed as they are a valuable food and

when they are ground as suggested,

and fed in small quantities they take'

the place of much more expensive feed.



COLON C. LILLIE.





JUST REMINDERS.





For cleaning a rusty plow moldboard

a piece ‘of brick is good. Oil should be

used on the moldboard when the plow

is put away for a few days or longer.



See that none of the “kick” is out of

the hay tedder through the loss of

8. prong from one or more of the forks.

Tedding is Worth doing well.



Keep the shafts on the horse rake

tight. A wide rake seems to put a





great deal of side shake on the shafts, .

“and if they afiballlowed to work loose





7,000 .





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mobile lubrication, the Vacuum Oil

Company simply pursued its profes-

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well established in other fields of

power-production and transmission.





The Chart of Automobile Rec-

ommendationé below represents our

professional advice. ‘





RICTION in any power



plant—whether steel mill or

automobile engine—is the worst

enemy of economy and ‘ full

power.





The practical need for some-

thing to reduce friction brought

about the first use of lubricants. ‘

Fish oils and animal fats were

first used.





It was later found that petro-

leum would yield different types .

of lubricating oils of marked

superiority.





In using the oil specified for your

car, you will use oil whose correct-

ness was determined by Very thor-

ough and careful engineering analysis

of your engine. The oil specified

combines lu'glz glut/it} with wrrutv

AM}.



It will give you :





(I) Inrrcartd power—noticeable

particularly on the [til/5.





Development in the manu-

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dealer has not the

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Explanation : The four grades of Gargoyle Mobiloils, for engine lubrication, purified

to remove free carbon, are:





Gargoyle Mobiloil “A" Gargoyle Mobiloil “E”

Gargoyle Mobiloil “B” Gargoyle Mobiloil “Arctic"

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Every farm home should have a good

cellar or refrigerator but when not

thus provided an ice box may be made

at home with little expense. Take a

packing case. a shoe box is best, and}

make a partition through the middle.

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division, attach four legs, and the box

is complete. Place the ice in one com-

partment and the food or liquid to be

cooled in the other. If the ice is wrap—

ped in a piece of burlap it will last

much longer. By putting the ice box

on the shady side of the house, it will

be a very good substitute for a refrig‘

erator.—-H. L. S.





A GOOD WEEDER.





 





Below is a sketch of a weeder made

of an old tablespoon—any old iron

spoon will do—that I think beats all

the hand—weeders made. Just bend the

spoon handle over a block of wood

about %x2x%-inch, and secure it with

a short nail or two, and the trick is

done. One can grasp short weeds be-





 





 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





Summer Pests





Are Disease Carriers





Make Your Home Sanitary With Sin-

clair “Chieftain" Chlorinated Lime





The best and cheapest disinfectant and

deorderizer is Chlorinated Lime—when

it is pure and fresh.



That is what Uncle Sam says, and his

Health Officers order it used freely where-

ver there are epidemics affecting human

beings and animals.



Prevention is better than cure flies

and other insect carriers of disease can-

not breed if this standard chemical is

sprinkled in their Haunts. . .



Every manure pile, refuse heap, garbage can and insani-



outhouse is a menace to the health of your family. Avotd

danger by daily use of Sinclair’s “Chieftain” Chlorinated Lime.



Buy “Chieftain” because the patented gas—tight package in—

sures freshness and full strength. Its the economical package

because it is the only one that

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tween the thumb and the bowl of the

spoon when it would be otherwise dif-

ficult to get them with the fingers

alone; and the ground between plants

can be worked up with it. The block

might be extended so as to jut up

against the bowl handle, thus reinforc~

ing the handle. I tried this spoon with

the handle bent as shown, but without





baby spoon, but found that I could

turn it in my hand better by grasping

it clear around the bent handle rather

than inside the bent portion; so I put

in the block to strengthen it—Lewis

B. Avery.





A HOG THOUGH.





 





A hog trough that prevents waste of

food and keeps it clean may be made

like the illustration. ’Twelve or four-





 





 





 





 





teen-inch planks are best for all parts

of the trough except the guards, which

may be made of inch stuff. By using

a trough of this kind, the hogs cannot

walk through their food nor crowd

each other away from it.—L. S.





SECURE Ll MESTON E NOW.





 





Limestone to be effective on next

year’s wheat crop must be ordered

now. Delay may mean slow delivery

and a lost chance to increase the

wheat crop, as well as a lost opportu-

nity to secure a very valuable crop of

clover following the wheat. During the

summer, the roads are in excellent





 





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Practical"suggestions—





a plowed wheat field is available for

spreading the stone as it is hauled.

This materially reduces the labor of





handling the limestone as compared to V

what it is when'th‘is material must be '





stored in piles uornder cover. A’ co~

operative purchase of limestone in

large amounts will enable the securing

of much better prices than where each

farmer attempts to secure a small





» quantity of limestone for his individual





use.



Even at this date there may be some

hesitancy on the part of farmers in

ordering limestone, because of the fear

that it will not arrive in time to use

before the wheat is sown.





It will be.





unfortunate if such a feeling, decreases.





the amount of limestone ordered. Even

should the limestone arrive late, it can





be used in an effective way, either on”





the wheat as a top-dressing this tall g





or on the corn ground next spring.

Now is the time to get the limestone.





supply on hand. Sooner or later it

will be possible to make use of this

limestone in a profitable 'way, even

though it might not be possible to put

it on the particular crop for which the

limestone was purchased.





WATCH FOR THIS WEED.





 





Will you kindly inform me as to the

name of the weed of which I am send-

ing you a specimen?



St. Clair Co. M. K.



We find this weed to be Penny Cress

(Thlaspi arvense). The weed belongs

to the 'mustard family and is also





known in some places as stinkweed. -





This is a European annual which has

become exceedingly bad in provinces

in Canada. especially along the Red

River Valley where it intests wheat.





 





We are finding this plant scattered ov—

er various parts of Michigan at the





present time and it may become a





very bad weed here.



The plants should be destroyed“ be

fore they are allowed .to mature their

seed. In those parts of the country

where the plant is giving most trouble

the practice has been to cultivate or





disk stubble fields immediately ‘after.





the binder. This induces the germina-

tion of the seed, bringing it near the

surface, which is the principle adopted

in combatting this weed. Cultivation

in the spring is then continued so as

to destroy the young seedlings which





have germinated in the fall. Of course, ,.





this applies to large areas, such as one

finds in. the wheat. Where the plant

is just beginning to appear the easiest

way to get rid of it is to hand pull it





when seen—H. T. Darlington, Ass’t





Professor of Botany, M. A. C.





For killing weeds in the summerefal-

low there is nothing to equal the broad‘

share cultivator.

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At present prices for- hay and grain

feeds many far ’9rs. Will find it profit-

able to depend ore upon the use of

pastures for horses. Where one has

a small pasture near the buildings no

time is lost in getting the teams up in

the morning. The horses keep cleanert

on pasture than in the barn, and there

is a saving in bedding material as well

as in labor in cleaning the stalls and

hauling out the manure. If fed suffi-

cient grain feed there is no danger of

the horses becoming soft, especially

after the grass becdmes more fibrous.

The beneficial effects of the hay ra-

tion during the hot weather are more

than ofiset by the detrimental effects

of standing in close, stuffy stables. As

a rule, the condition of the horses

themselves will furnish a good indica-

tion of whether pasture suits them or





not.





 





fl'HE LITTLE ENEMIES YOU NEVER

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(Continued from page 27).

Carbolic acid occupies a foremost

position among disinfectants, but it is

far too expensive at the present time

to be used freely in the dairy barn.

When used in a five per cent solution





 





Get the W eeds

One of .the best and cheapest

ways to control weeds on farms

is to keep a flock of sheep. 1n

,9 add1t1on to controlling weeds

without cost, sheep will render

a profit by producing food and

wool. If weeds are not permit-

"ted to grow and develop leaves

they will die, but it would re-

quire a’ great amount of hand la-

bor to keep most of the weeds‘

under control by this method.

Sheep will keep the weeds doWn

and the more weeds they eat the

less will be their cost of up-

keep, and the greater will be the

supply of feed released for other

stock. Many rough or perma-

nent grass pastures that require

mowing can be kept clean by

the use of sheep, while at the

same time the cattle-carrying -

capacity of the pasture is in-

creased.





 





 





 





it is very safe and efficient. During

recent years coal tar products sold un-

der a wide variety of trade names

have become popular disinfectants and





are gradually crowding out many of





the older products. Some of the cresol

solutions are effective disinfectants

and if made by an honest concern can

be depended upon to produce satisfac-





’ tory results. These prepared disinfec-





tants are cheap andeffective agents

for use in dairy barns, but on account

of their strong odor they should not be

used in the milk room and the milk

should be taken from the stable very

promptly after it is drawn from the

cows.



No modern disinfectant excels fresh-

ly burned lime, According to labor-





.atory- tests freshly slaked lime pos-





SGSSeS greater germicidal value than

some of'the phenol and cresol com-

pounds on the market. It is important,

however, ,to, userfresh, water—slaked

lime. When staked the lime should be





spread about the stable floors and in





dark places where the sunlight Seldom

If it is desired to use the





applied. Use the stone lime and wa-

"and apply while the mixture is still

, t-‘is best applied with a spray

dition of other sub-





 





 





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mixture and prevents it. from filling





the-cracks and crevices, which are the,





favorite breeding places for germ life.



Before attempting to disinfect the

premises it is important that all loose

boards, litter and pieces of organic

matter be cleaned up so that the sub-

stances may destroy all forms of germ

life. -It is a waste of time and money

to disinfect a barn without giving it a

thorough cleaning before applying the

substances. It is useless to give the

walls, ceilings and floors an applica-

tion of any material without going ov-

er the stanchions, mangers and feed

alleys with some sort of disinfectant.

Nasal passages of infected animals are

usually highly infective and therefore

the mangers and feeding racks must

be given Special attention.



For use on the teat cups of milking

machines the spread of garget among

the cows being milked a strong solu-

tion of lime water gives excellent re—

sults. Other materials, such as a salt

brine, are equally effective but have a

tendency to corrode the metal and in—

jure the rubber on the cups.



Chemical disinfectants should not be

depended upon as a cure-all or as a

preventative of the spread of all dis-

eases of the dairy cow, but used intel-

ligently they are of great value in pre-

venting the spread of infectious and

contagious diseases and keeping down

flies, vermin and foul odors about the

barns and cattle yards.



W. MILTON KELLY.





 





ENSILOING SWEET CLOVER.





 





We have about five acres of sweet

clover cut and bound with a binder to

make easy handling. We have been

wondering if this would make good

summer feed if put in the silo now.

All necessary machinery is handy so

the largest item of expense would be

the time required in handling it. Please

state your idea of its feeding value as

ensilage, compared with it in the cur-

ed state.



Lenawee Co. L. J. L.



I would prefer to feed sweet clover





after it is cut and bound in bundles in

a dry condition. If you want to make

ensilage put it in the silo while it is

green, then sweet clover will make ex.

cellent ensilage. It must be cut green

or it will be necessary to add water

to insure proper packing. If you would

put dry sweet clover into the silo you

should use plenty of water to wet it up

thoroughly. No dry plants, even corn

should be put into the silo unless there

is a sufficient moisture to check fer-

mentation at the proper time. Save

the silo for the cOrn.

COLON C. LILLIE.





 





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





Provisions have advanced in price

because of the reduction of 84,164,000

pounds in stocks cf cured meats in

western packing centers last month.

Enormous purchases are being made

by the feed bureau for shipment to

G1 eat Britain and Belgium, comprising





bacon and- lard, these far exceeding





such exports a year ago.

Labor Scarce in West.



A Chicago bank official who has re-

turned from a trip to the Dakotas and

Montana says the farms are in excel-

lent condition, and the ranges are bet—

ter than ever before. None but regis-

tered breeding stock is raised, and the

results show in the improved grade of

the stock. The wheat crop is promis-

ing but labor is scarce, although as-

sociations are being organized to bring

men in from outside territory.



Making Hogs Heavy.



High prices for hogs are resulting in

owners making them heavier than us-

ual, and recent receipts in Chicago av-

era’ged 237 pounds, being two pounds

heavier than for the previous week,

ten pounds heavier than a year age,

six pounds heavier than two years ago

and three pounds heavier than the

general average for the past seven

years for corresponding weeks. Of

late prime barrows weighing from 185

to 215 pounds have brought the high-

est prices, with coarse, heavy packing

hogs going lowest of all. Prices usual-

ly advance when the receipts are light

in volume. but the lack of a good east-





(II Almost every high American





record for fourteen years with any breed

was made with our Ajax Flakes as an impor-

tant base of the grain ration.





fl] Unicorn Dairy Ration is the .

only feed that contains Ajax Flakes.





(II You can hardly find a pure





blood Whose maternal ancestors were not





fed on Ajax or Unicorn.





(ll Unicorn is recognized as a

safe efficient and economical dairy feed.





‘JI Unicorn during the past year





made more high records than any other





brand of feed.





(II Unicorn really costs less per

pound of milk or fat produced than other





feeds.





Chopin 8: Co., Dept. M, Chicago





 





 





 





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It pays to be particular

about your seed beds. They are the

basis of your profits. A little differ-

ence in your seed- -bed-making at the

beginning of the crop season often

makes a big difference in your profit-

taking at the end of the crop season.





It’s just as easy to make

good seed beds behind your tractor

as it is to make seed beds that are





 





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“just fair.” Use a John Deere Trac-

tor Plow and a John Deere Tractor

Disc Harrow. They can be relied on

for the best of seed beds. They have

special advantages that have proved

themselves in thousands of fields.





See these better seed-bed

making implements at your John

Deere dealer’s. He can furnish sizes

to-suit your Tractor.





Sizes





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Northern Michigan farmers and





county agents met at Traverse City

and took first steps toward a general

marketing system, applied primarily

to potatoes but including all products,

and following lines of successful asso-





ciations elsewhere, such as the Cali-

fornia Fruit Growers’ Exchange. The





Petoskey Russet will probably be adop~

ted as the standard tuber for northern

Michigan and will be further develop

ed. The plan calls for local shipping

associations in each county and for a

céntral exchange, or agency in touch

with all markets. All farm bureaus

will report their amounts of produce

to headquarters. so that full informa-

tion may be had as to supply and de-

mand. Michigan products will be ad-

vertised and shipments standardized.



The Gleaner Clearing House Asso-

ciation has taken over the officeand

business of the Greenville Produce Co..

at Greenville, and it is planned to have

an elevator that Will handle both beans

and grain.



At a recent meeting of the Clarks-

ville Cooperative Shipping Association

in Ionia‘ county, twenty new members

were secured. The association has

shipped out over $15,000 worth of live

stock to date.



The Kent (‘ounty Shorthorn Breed-

ers’ Association lias been formed at

Grand Rapids. with thirty nieiiibm‘s

and officers as follows: President.

Clayton Johnson, Alto; vice-president,

Miles Bowman, Rockford; secretary,

L. H. Leonard, Caledonia; treasurer,

Clifford'Pant, Lowell. The association

will cooperate with the Kent County

Farm Bureau in developing pure-bred

cattle. The formingr of boys’ calf clubs

will be encouraged.





Thomas Hickey an experienced ship-

per and dealer in live stock and farm

produce, has been elected manager of

the new Farmers’ Cooperative Associa-

tion at Portland. Ionia county. The

shipping of live stock has begun.





Secretary C. S. Shatley, of Grange

Cooperative Shippingr Association of

Clinton county, states that since

March 11 nine cars of live stock have

been shipped out of St. Johns and in

nearly every instance netting a sub-

stantial profit to the consignee. The

association now has over 200 members



'and is being well supported by the

farmers.



The Portland Stock Shippers’ Asso-

ciation has been formed in Ionia coun-

ty, with officers as follows: President,

John C. Butler; i'icepresident, Ernest

Buck; secretary-treasurer, Arthur S.

Nunneley. ‘



The Grand Haven Fruit Growers’

Association has arranged for ship-

ments by boat to Chicago and Milwau-

kee this season' Fruit will go through

to Milwaukee by car ferries in iced

cars. The association will operate a

boat on Grand river, stopping at all

landings as far up as Bass river.



Shorthorn eattlebreeders of the Ril-

ey-Olive community in Clinton county

have organized. Three pig clubs have

also been formed in the-county, the

Elsie Club of Duroc-Jerseys, the St.

Johns Club of the same breed and the

Dewitt Club of Poland-Chinas.



The Farmers' Cooperative Creamery

Association at Nashville, Barry coun-

ty, is putting out over 6,000 pounds of

butter per week 'and the price paid

members for butter-fat last time was

forty-eight cents. The feed depart-

ment has handled ten cars of products

and expects to carry a variety of feeds

on hand all the time. Since the first

of, the year the secretary has issued

twenty-eight trial contracts, eleven



transfers and has sold thirteen new





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 





 

 





 





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We glided gently down and touched

the ground. Over the field I saw three

German soldiers racing to capture us.

Just then K pulled the throttle and

away we went up in the air once more.

My nerves just quivered with joy, and

I took aim at our would-be captors and

let the bullets fly in a stream. But the

air currents near the ground were so

erratic that I did not hit them. We

headed for home.



As we crossed our own lines I heav-

ed a sigh of relief. K looked at me and

smiled. He had realized his ambition

to touch the ground behind the German





lines, but he had also given me the

scare of my life, for I did not know

what he was about. K swore me to





secrecy as it meant an awful. “straf-

ing” if the squadron commander ever

heard of his exploit.



I kept my word until poor K had

touched the ground behind the German

lines for the last time. The command-

ing officer and I met in England one

day and I told him all about it. He did

not say much, but I bould see he was

thinking very hard.



They have some beautiful summer

days in Fiance, especially in June and

July, the months in which the Somme

I was up one day

about three o’clock in the afternoon

spotting fire for one of our batteries.

I was at an elevation of six thousand

five hundred feet and about six miles

to the rear of the Hun lines.



I was keeping our lines in my sight,

however, which is a proper habit with

flying men. Of a sudden I noticed that

it became difficult to see them; then I

noticed that the sky was gradually be-

ing blotted out by heavy storm clouds





‘ wheih were coming from all directions.





I drew the pilot’s attention to this.

He was of the opinion that he would

have to climb over the clouds. That

sounded good to me. I did not want to

return to the aerodrome just then for

the reason that the Hun batteries, tak-

ing advantage of the storm, were giv-

ing it to our lines hot and heavy, and

in doing so they were showing their

locations by the flashes of the pieces.





I was taking down the location of the

batteries on my map with the inten‘

tion of having them later shot up by

the sixty-pounders of old Mac’s battery.



But that storm hit us fair and square

within a. few minutes; and when its

first gusts struck us I had the sensa-

tion that our machine was being toss-

ed about like a cigarette paper.





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ped myself in, for otherwise I would

have been thrown out. We were in a

cloud that was so dense that I could

not see the propeller nor even the tips

of the wings. I looked at the aneroid,

but it showed nothing that I could

make anything of. It had grown so

dark that the instrument could no long-

er be read.



At first we were surrounded by an

absolute silence, and then the storm

broke loose. Before very long we seem-

ed to find ourselves in a veritable hell

of lightning and crashing. _



We traveled for quite a distance in

the dark with no means of knowing our

elevation. I began to fear that we

might hit a church steepel or a house

or something else on the ground. The

rain was now falling heavily and ad-





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make matters worse it dissolved the

dye on the edge of my goggles. The

mixture got into my eyes, which began

to smart terribly.



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the rain bit into them, and the parts

of my face that were exposed, so vic-

iously that I had to put the goggles on

again.



The same thing had happened to the

pilot, who was as thoroughly blinded

as myself and had crouched into the

cockpit to find some protection.



The chances of weathering that

storm did not seem very good, and it

occurred to me that I was about due

to collect something this time from

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the judge inquired.



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stole seventeen watches.”



“Begorra, yer honor,” answered the

policeman after a pause, “the man

may have been a. thafe, but he was

no liar.”





Bobbie saw some puppies for sale.



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In glancing over this 'week’s proof

sheets, we note an article by R. G.

Kirby entitled, “Ways of Getting Hurt

on the Farm.” We haven’t had time

to read this through, and we are not

sure to whom it is addressed, but think

that the average farm boy'could give

Mr. Kirby some valuable suggestions

along this line. We are anxious to

learn if he has included, jumping off

the wind- mill with an umbrella for a

parachute, doing a tight- rope walking

stunt on the ridge- -pole of the barn, or

stirring up a bees’ nest with the hay

rake, all of which methods we can rec-

ommend from experience.



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as the first copies are off the press





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more modern methods of acquiring

bruises and broken bones have been

devised since ave-were: boy. .





, other moment or two we had landed on

the crest of a little hill.





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I do not know whether or not we

were on our own side of. the line, but

my mind was soon set at ease, for a

British Padre came toiling up the hill

and the first question he asked was if

we had seen any captive balloons drift-

ing about. . -



It seemed that three of our balloons

had broken away. I hadn’t seen any

balloons nor had the pilot. After that

we took time to thank our stars that

we were still alive and had not landed

a few miles further east in Hunland.



The battery commander with whom

we were doing the “shoot,” had tele‘

phoned to the commanding officer of

our squadron and had told him that

we had last been seen seen going back

ward over the Hun lines. The good

man was sure that he had seen .us for

the last time, and he was not a little

surprised when we showed up.



It was some time before we could

get in touch with the squadron, and

when we did it we were just able to

prevent our names from being put on

the list of the missing. There was a

great reunion on our arrival at the

squadron and we celebrated it that

night in the good old style.



Shortly after that I went out for pa-

trol practice behind our own lines with

a brigade of infantry who were to take

part in the Somme offensive. The bri-

bade in question had never been in ac-

tion before, and since it was to have

that chance in the near future, it had

to go through the necessary manoeu—

vres.



After practicing for two hours I

came down at the aerodrome and was

told by the commanding officer that

the general commanding the brigade

was so pleased with my work that I

was to have dinner with him.





I started for his headquarters in the





afternoon and we discussed contact

control and its merits while dining.

After that he invited me to go with

his staff on a. big hunt in the near-by

woods, where I was told still lived

some wild boars.



That hunt proved to be a very inter-

esting experience. Instead of guns long

spears were used, and we rode the best

horses that could be found. But I am

not used to the flat saddle and that

was where my troubles began. I can

ride almost any horse with a Mexican

saddle, but to ride an English saddle,

known in the western states as a. post-

age stamp, is a different thing. Nor

was this all. The horse I was to ride

was a fine hunterof good height who

had been trained for fox hunting and

he delighted in nothing so much as in

taking every fence and hedge he came

to. That spear, too, was in the way.

To him it also was a new implement.

So between the spear and that horse,

not to mention the saddle, I was kept

busy staying right side up.



The hunt had started in the forest

and as we came to its edge we could

hear the heaters shout. They were

coming towards us and were driving a.

tusker before them. The animal came

tearing through the underbrush. The





first three hunters missed it and then,





the boar made straight for my horse.

It was about ten feet long and to me

Had I been anything of a fig hunter

at all I might have gotten him. But

that was not to be. Just as the animal

charged through the legs of my horse,

he snarled viciously, and that hunter

of mine, used more to foxes than to

boars, started off. That ended the pig

hunt so far as I was concerned. For

the‘next half hour we jumped fences

and'hedges in good style, and then we,

or rather the horse, had had enough

of it.

sore -in certain parts of my anatomy,





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headquarters, where I exchanged him“

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sore man physically, 'but I found sol-

ace in the fact that in another five

days my leave was due. ‘



I was looking forward to the time I

was to spend in England with a great

deal of joyful anticipation, and I had

enough money saved up to have an-

other go at London.



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by saying:



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The Somme offensive was to.take

place any time now, and it was ex-

tremely hard for anybody to get leave.

The chances of getting away from the

front for a. little while, as I had prom-

ised myself, seemed indeed scant.

That Somme offensive might last from

a week to a year for all we knew. That

was true enough, and the boys made

it worse by dwelling on the fact that



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Wednesday, July 3.



One hundred persons are killed and

scores injured in two explosions at the

munition plants of the Semet Solvay

Company, near Syracuse, N. Y.



Secretary of War Baker announces





that the American army in France

now totals 1,019,115 and promises a.

force of 4,000,000 by January 1.



Yanks slay 2,200 Teutons at Marne

Hill and capture 500 prisoners, in a

battle which is still raging.



Michigan’s war tax is over seventy-

one millions.



Chairman Hurley, of the United

States Shipping Board informs the Am-

erican fighting men in France that the

shipbuilders at home will launch 100

ships on July 4, with a tonnage of

450,000, or as much as was launched

in six months last year. The June pro-

duction was 280,400 dead weight tons

which is the greatest output of ocean

going tonnage ever completed in one

month by any nation.



Thursday, July 4.



A heavy German counter attack

against the American positions at

Vaux was repulsed, the enemy losing

heavily. Not a foot of the ground won

by the Americans Monday night was

lost.



During the aerial fighting yesterday

four enemy machines were brought

down. And on Tuesday and Wednes-

day, patrols from the American pursuit

squadrons engaged in about twenty

combats, bringing down seven enemy

planes. Independence Day will be cel-

ebrated in Great Britain, France, and

Italy, and other countries now fighting

for world liberty.



Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch,

brother of former Emperor Nicholas,

has been proclaimed Czar of Russia.

He is marching with the Szecho—Slavs

against Moscow.



A woman announces her candidacy

for congress in New York City. She is

Margaret Smith, a member of the new

Liberal Socialist party.



Friday, July 5.





In his Fourth of July speech, Presi-

dent Wilson assures the world that all

arbitrary powers in government must

be destroyed and freedom for the

world assured before America will

sheath the sword.



Millions of United States soldiers

celebrate the Fourth overseas.



British Minister of Munitions Wins-

ton Churchill pronounced a new “Dec.

laration of Independence for the entire

world," saying: “There can be _no

peace without victory; no pact With-

out a genuine repentance of wrongs.”



American and Australian troops gain

one and a half miles on a four-mile

line at Arniens. -



Secretary Baker gives assurance

that the Allied lines will Withstand the

new German assault.



Detroit shipyards launch four ves-

sels to help defeat the U-boats.



New shipbuilding company organiz-

ed in Bay City to build a $1,000,000

fleet of ocean-going tugs. -



Saturday, July 6. ,





The United States army transpor

Covington, homeward bound, with a

fleet of troop ships convoyed by Amer-

ican destroyers, was torpedoed and

sunk in the war zone, six sailors are

missing.



Bill for seizure of all telegraph, tel-

ephone, cable and radio systems in the

United States has been passed by the

house by a vote of 221 to four. Fordney





’ and McLaughlin, of Michigan, casting





two of the four opposition votes.

Miss Jeanette Rankin, of Montana,





' the only woman representative in con-





gress, announces her candidacy for the





United States Senate.





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push ahead on the Piave and in the

Alps.



Luther Burbank, the plant wizard,

has a new variety of wheat which is

expected will revolutionize the farm

industry. The new wheat, it is said,

will produce fifty bushels to the acre

that formerly produced twelve bushels.



The Supreme Allied War Council

held its seventh session in Versailles

yesterday. It is stated that “import-

ant decisions” were taken.



Secretary Daniels believes a resump-

tion of the U-boat attacks along the

Atlantic coast probable.



Sunday, July 7.





It is expected that Germany will at-

tempt to trick the Allies with another

peace plot, by attemming to divide the

Allies by offers of land concessions on

the western front.



Italians drive Austrians across the

Piave, forcing them back from a five-

mile stretch along the river to the sea.



The Americans break up another

German attack in Lorraine, as Belgian

troops wipe out a contingent north of

Ypres.



John P. Mitchell, former mayor of

New York, and an officer in the avia-

tion section of the signal corps, was

killed when he fell from his plane

while flying at a height of about 600

feet at Gerstner field.



President Wilson urges congress not

to adjourn without taking action in re-

gard to wire control bill.



An escaped Jackson prison farm con-

vice is blamed for the murder of Mrs.

Tillie Jenkins and Vaiden Bordner,

whose bodies were found in a thicket

near the Root farm property Saturday

morning.



Grand Rapids retail grocers an-

nounce that Grand Rapids residents

will soon be put on sugar rations.





Monday, July 8.



It is known in Rome that Germany

will send three army corps to the aid

of Austria. It is expected that they

will be assigned to the Alps sectors.



Telegraphers postpone their strike

call until congress acts on the wire

control bill.



Rationing of coal to households was

announced last night by the fuel ad-

ministration, to prevent a threatened

shortage in coal next winter, only

enough coal will be allowed each con-

sumer to provide a heat of sixty—eight

degrees.



Orders have been dispatched to the





army and navy units, to guide a strong .





military force which the United States

will send to Siberia in connection with

the economic ission. It is believed

that the Americ 11 force will be ready

to move in two weeks.



Seventy-seven bodies have been re-

(mvered from the wreck of the excur-

sion boat Columbia, which sank in the

Illinois river Friday with about 500

people on board. Red Cross figures

show twenty-three persons missing.



The United States now controls thir-

ty-two Michigan railroads.



Tuesday, July 9.



Following the murder of the Ger-

man Ambassador, Count von Mirback,

at Moscow, the kaiser ordered Foreign

Minister von Kuehlmann to break off

negotiations with Russian delegates at

Berlin.



Russian revolt spreads, and it is ex-

pected a new Russian war front will

be organized.



Allied airmen balk foe rush, in the

west, and interfere with the organiza-

tion of the German offensive.



Allied Albanian rush develops into a

major assault, more than 1,000 Austri-

ans captured in Tamorica valley; the

British on the Somme continue to ad-

vance and Italians gain ground on the

Piav'e.





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“I Have Fought for Freedom”





‘ U STORY is told of an early Brit-

A on, oneof Caesar’s captives, be-

ing brought into the presence of



the emperor'loaded with chains. Cae-





' ‘ sar' taunted the captive with his en-





"slitvedi condition when the Briton

proudly replied:



"‘You tight to conquer the world and

Imake men slaves; but Irhave fought

. fo'r‘freedo'm.”



:It may be only a myth, but isn't it

glorious? And isn’t it a picture of

what~ our boys are doing today? Ex-

actly the same conditions are true as

to’the present war—the kaiser and his

Huns fighting to conquer the world

and make men slaves—~the Allies and

the American army fighting for free-

dom. And doesn’t it make the giving

of our boys a different thing?



Everything we do because of the wa1

seems different if we think we are do-

ing it for freedom. Every sacrifice we

make ceases to be sacrifice and be-

comes a joy if we think of it in the

light of our part in the struggle for

human liberty. We’ve often thought,

that is, if we are the imaginative sort,

that our great-great grandfathers were

given a wonderful opportunity which

. had been denied us, because they were

permitted to live during revolutionary

days. We’ve rather wished we might

have a chance to show what we could

do, and we’ve clothed those old days

in a romantic glow that made our own

seem tame. Now we’ve been given as

great an opportunity, but somehow it

has all seemed rather sordid instead

of glorious and blood—stirring.



We’ve wanted to be revolutionary

heroines, modern Molly Pitcl1ers,, and

we’ve been told to go into the kitchen

and bake johnny—cake and cut down on

the sugar and lard. We've aspired to

be Florence Nightingale’s and to cool

the burning brows of wounded soldiers

and we’ve been asked, politely, of

course, to please scrub hospital floors

while the trained nurses looked after

the wounded men. All the glamor has





been knocked out of it for us, and"





we’ve found out that what the world

needs today, more than ever, though it

always needs them, is a devoted band

of women who are willing to do drudg-

ery. Everyone is willing to work in

the Spotlight, but we need most of all

an army to burrow in home trenches.



It has come rather hard at times to

stick in our obscure little corner and

keep right on doing the everyday hum-

drum things, 'With a lot of extras

thrown in because of war conditions.

And we’ve been rather inclined to

grumble at doling out sugar by grains

and giving up our wheat for the French

while we paid a much higher price for

the substitutes. We’ve been inclined

to think we were being put upon, but

we’ ve thought that only because we

lackedthe larger vision. We haven’t





, Mei). doing all these things just be-

' causethe government ordered it arbi-





trarily; nor to assist our rulers to con-





jgitet? the World and make men slaves,-





fices at all. But if by our refusal to

give up our usual way of living, our

failure to change our habits of eating

and spending in order to help out in

the struggle, We let the Huns win, the

things we will have to do then will be

sacrifices indeed.



It makes the whole thing easy if .we

View it in the light of our part in the

World’s struggle for liberty, equality,

fraternity. If the German women can

live on their limited rations, if they

can give their fifteen- -year- -old boys to

feed the Hindenburg machine, if even





in peace times they can have their

manner of living laid down for them

by the government “For God and Kais-

er ” surely liberty loving Americans

can give up their personal choice and.

"dispense with delicacies for the sake



of that freedom they have always

known, and so consider rather lightly.



“We have fought for freedom” .

Doesn’t it make the growling about

war breads and icingless cakes seem

rather piffling, when we measure it

with the cause? '



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Dinner No. 1





Cream of Potato Soup

Baked Meat Loaf with

Border of Mashed Potatoes

‘New Peas in Cream-

Lettuce Salad

Wheatless Muffins:

Barley Flour Steamed Pads

ding-Fruit Sauce.





Dinner No. 3?

Cream of Tomato Soap;

Mutton Roast “ ,1,

Roast Browned Potat 25'

Wax Beans 7 Beet Sa ad

Oat and Barley Bread

Individual Wheatless

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Dinner No. 2





Puree of Lima Bean Soup

Baked Fish-Egg Sauce

.Escalloped Potatoes

Spinach

Cottage Cheese and Lettuce

Salad

Steamed Brown Bread

flaked or Boiled Custard





Dinner No. 4





:{ScotCh' Broth with Barley “

Stuffed Beef Heart

-Mashed Potatoes Carrots

Cucumber Salad

Corn Flour Biscuits

Apple. Rhubarb or Cherry

Pie (with Wheatless Crust)





 





 





 





War Time Care of Household Linen





By ELLA E.





T HE careful housewife looks well

after her linens at all-times, but



in periods like the present when

they can scarcely be replaced for love

or money it certainly behooves us all

to redouble our vigilance in this direc-

tion.



First let us see how certain condi-

tions shorten the usefulness of such

things as sheets, pillowslips, table

cloths, napkins and towels. Much wear

comes from laundering when by fric-

tion the dirt is rubbed out. Vigorous

rubbing, such as is necessary when lin-

en is badly soiled, wears it out much

faster than When only partially soiled.

Hence it is economy to wash it before

the first named condition is reached.

A gentle rubbing preserves the fabric

longer than- a vigorous one. Strong

washing fluids canes "dis-integration 0f





ROCKWOOD





The careful housewife understands,





too, how the wind can injure artirles‘





while hanging on the uncle dry. .An

hour in a stiff wind will shorten the

peribd of usefulness more than a

month’s wear. The rays of the sun

and a gentle breeze are harmless. but





avOid allowingtne clotnes to flap in»





the wind. . This not only whips out





hemSfibutac‘tually breaks threads and"

huge 2, 500 horsepower plant just back





doesniuch damage to any fabric.





Hemstitching shouid be mended as

soon as the: first thread gives way. It'

is then easily repaired so the break

Neglected it“?-





will scarcely be’ noticed

means a badplacefirf 7 7

Each week the”;





 





ieces should be

gone over carefully and the tiniest:

break mended Datn linen ipieées back -

and forth with ravelings or threads 5-

drawn from the best parts of old linen. ‘

the threads and should be avoided ev- _»This hobo; es invitiihle after launder ,



» tile figs. ;





quired. A patch is unsightly while a’





darn is not.

A well darned tablecloth, towel or





napkin will wear twice as long as a ;





neglected one and look none the worse

for‘the stitches. Fold linen pieces dif-

ferently from time ~to time to avoid

wear in the same places.





Turn pillow slips before slits come





in them. Rip the bottom ends and re-

sew with the cornersras first made half

way ialong-the sides. This brings the

wear .in a‘ fresh place; Single .‘width

sheets must have a seam inthe middle

ifnturne‘d, but neatly folded in 1a flat

seam this will not look badly, ‘or the

center may be over-handed. The sides

will'have to be narrowly hemmed but

that is a trifling matter in war time.





So far nothing has ‘been said of un-

derwear, but care will result in a sav-





ing here also. As suggested, washing .





before a garment becomes badly soiled

saves wear, even thought it means

more pieces. Watch for breaks and

mend them before they become large.

Dry all colored clothes in the shade to

prevent fading.





Sometimes an ugly tear. can be

mended so it does not show. To do

hisfollow a thread in cutting out the

part to be removed, mitre the corners

and use tiny stitches and thread of

the color of. the goods. A plain mate





rial can be so mended as to almost,





defy detection. If new goods must be

used to repair that which has been

worn, the new may be placed in the

strong sunshine for a few hours, or

more if necessary, to bring it to the

same shade as the garment. This

method will do away with the differ-

ence in appearance and renders the

patch less conspicuous.





As patriotic citizens we will each en-

deavor to save every bit of cotton and

wool goods by using carefully what we

have on hand, thus helping to conserve

the amounts needed for war purposes.

A search of attics and store rooms

would probably bring to light a good

many articles still usable. Fortunate

indeed is the housewife who has a

stock of household linens to last until

the close of the year. I know of no

more discouraging task than an at—

tempt to buy new at the present time.





CAPABLE WAR WORKERS.





 





The assistant paymaster of the navy

is Miss Dorsey, and so well does she

perform her duties that Admiral Mc-

Gowan recently referred to her as the

“most valuable woman in government

service " .



War emergency is disc0vering many

women who have peculiar ability in ad-

ministering governmental affairs. The

number of women in important war

work is surprising PerShing’s wire-

less operator is a Denver girl, .- Miss

Kathleen Mitchell. She operates" the





of the American army. in France. Miss





Mitchel easily handles more than-

twenty. werds per minute in Continen-





tal or general service code.





;g-,Lym~
v- . How Much Shall I

Can this Year? ,



' If you must buy fruit, vegetables

and sugar, can what experience has

taught you your family will consume

in the year. This is not a time to put

up enough fruits and vegetables to

last you well into 1920. Get enough for

your needs, and leave the rest on the

market for someone else. Let 1919

take care of itself.





If you raise your own fruit and vege-

tables and you can not sell nor give

away the surplus, and you will can

without sugar, which is to be doled

out for canning by card. put up all you

areable to do, so that there may be

no waste. If you can not dispose of it

now you may be able to sell it later,_or

you might be glad to have it on hand

to help out cases of actual want before

another season rolls around.



“What shall I can?”



Only those things which you know

your family will eat. Don’t try new

recipes this year just because one of

the neighbors likes the concoction.

This is not the season for experiments.

Conserve your time and strength, as

Well as sugar, by doing only the work

you know will count for something.



Put up all the jams, marmalade and

jelly the sugar situation will allow. If

necessary. can some fruit without sug~

ar and sweeten it when opened. The



, jellies and jams will solve the sweet

situation later and will also help in

saving butter. Corn syrup may be used

in making preserves and jams with

very good results, using equal amounts

by weight of syrup and sugar. If you

have plenty‘of your own maple syrup

use some of it. .II‘ry a small amount

F first with the fruit to be preserved and

see if the family will eat it. If they

will, save your sugar supply by using

your own home-made maple syrup.

When yOu can vegetables, by all

means use the cold pack methods.

Don’t run the risk of spoilage by cook-

ing them on top of the stove. And

don’t use preserving powders. They

are unnecessary and often injurious.





 





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. Letters received by the publishers

of “Everywoman's Canning Book"

seem to indicate that the readers of

the Michigan Farmer got the impres-

sion from a notice recently run in this

magazine that the book is free, like

the government bulletins. The price

of. the book is 75 cents.





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A Flying Fighter

(Continued from page 35).





before it was over I would never need

another leave. One of them suggested

that I decide upon the sort of flowers

I wanted the boys to bring to my

funeral.



Imagine my disappointment, if you

can. For weeks and weeks I had

counted upon that trip to England, and

, now the Somme offensive was to shat-

l! ter all my plans. But there was no

help for it.





 





 





CHAPTER XVI.

The Big Push. ~





l , OR the last three days before the

Foffensive the contact patrol men

I’I’Tl‘ ' were not allowed to fly. There

\ was a great deal of tension noticeable



everywhere, and to get away from

that we sought some diversion in our



.. surroundings. I .

1 t. . I went to a little French village

' about two miles away just to look

around and talk to the natives. I found

them immensely interesting and they

_ < enlightened me on many points. »I in-

,yq'uired among other things what their

, ‘, sports were and in'what way they en-

played themselves. I was surprised

when. the old-veteran; of former wars,

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of arrows.



Now, archery is an odd form of

sport, though very similar to trap

shooting. I had seen the Indians out

on the reservations in Canada and in

the states use bows and arrows, but

not to a great extent, merely using

them to amuse the children. But here

it was considered almost a national

sport. The old man explained how

they held tournaments and even went

to the extent of building tall lattice

work mastspon the tops of which the

birds were arranged. Each competitor

paid so much to participate in the

shooting and the receipts were given

out in prizes for the birds that were





and‘brought in a bow and a quiver full I





hind the

time! ,



What other one thing would save eater

time for you than a dependable wa er sys~

tem? Think of the number of times each

day you or someone of your family have

to pump and carry water for stock, water

for cleaning, for dairy stables and barns,

for washing dishes, drinking, washing

clothes and for numberless other reasons.

Think of the time and labor that could be

saved by having water ready at the turn

of a faucet!





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brought down.





The masts or perches are as muchl





as one hundred and twenty-five ‘feet

high, and on the top of them is placed

the master bird, for which the biggest

prize is given. The other targets all

have a value commensurate with the

difficulty in hitting them.





The old man took me out in the hop

field behind the house and showed me

how to shoot. I must say that he was

a master at it. One of the things he

hit was a jam tin at fifty yards. I

tried it a good many times, but that

jam tin might as well have been a

mile away. I visited the old man

quite often and many a bow and ar-

row shoot we had together.



Shooting with a bow was not his

only exploit. He had been an old sol-

dier and had fought in the war of 1870

and had many interesting tales to tell

of how wars were fought before the

aeroplane came into use. But he used

to think it a miracle that a machine

could stay up in the air at all. My

efforts to make him understand why

it could stay up were all Dutch to him.

And as my French was not complete

enough to tell him the difference be-

tween a strut and a camber rib I had

to let the old man go on thinking that

the good Lord or the devil had a lot to

do with‘it. I once offered to take him

up, but he looked at me and shook his

old white head and replied:



“Non, mon cher ami! I am what

you call ze scare for ze machine to fall

on ze grmn’ an’ I’m broke ma par 01"

neck. I thank you ze same like I go

up wit’ you.”



While at another village one day I

was informed that a great cock fight

was to be held the following Sunday.



To me that was something new. I

inquired what the entrance fees were

to be and I was told that everything

was free and that experts on the game

would give me good tips on which

birds to bet in case I wanted to make

money. ‘



I thought that there would be a. good

chance to get even with that gang of

gamblers at the squadron, who had re

cently trimmed me quite a bit. I in-

quired about one of these tipsters, and

I was introduced to a man who said

he knew everything about cock fight-

ing and every battling fowl in the

country.‘



I made arrangements with him to tip

me to the winners, for which I was to

pay him twenty francs. We arranged

to have the fights close to the squad-

ron so that we could be handy to go

up in the air at a minute’s notice, as

nothing was allowed to interfere with

our work. Then I went home all work-

ed up at the prospect of such an after-

noon’s sport and broke the news to

the bunch, but I did not tell them of

my plan to be the b‘ookmaker of the

event.



It would have to take place in the

afternoon,

church in the morning.



(Continued from last week).





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They Lived Up to Their Motto: “Stand by the President”

By C. A. SPAULDING





HE Young America Calf Club of

Carson City, Michigan, success-

fully passed the first milestone

in their progress on June 8, when they

held a very successful exhibit and sale.

Seventeen . Holstein and Shorthorn

heifers, most of which were registered,

were brought in by the club members

and after being exhibited were placed

on sale.

This club was organized in May,





 





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all lines of Boys’ and Girls’ Club work.



The calves were brought in during

the forenoon and were weighed up and

judged by Prof. W. E. J. Edwards, of

the Animal Husbandry Department of

the Michigan Agricultural College. Af-

ter the calves had been Weighed and

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their owners in anticipation of the

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who could not pay cash for their

calves and assisted the club in many

ways. The club was organized under

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ular club meetings for the purpose of

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and care for cattle. Several social





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best examples of farm practice were

pointed out and noted. This practical

instruction was supplemented by the

regular bulletins furnished the boys

and girls from the agricultural college.



Besides attempting to feed and care

for the calves according to the instruc-

tions furnished them, these club mem-

bers kept a record of feeds fed to their

calves and all other expenses that

were involved in growing the animals.

These reports, together with the calf

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the club'members and a large number

of fathers and mothers as well, from

enjoying the picnic dinner which was

served at noon in the town hall. A

short program followed ‘the dinner.

This consisted of several songs and

short talks by Prof. Edwards, County





The seventeen calves cost at the be-

ginning of the feeding period, $1,398

and brought at the sale a total of

$2,887.50, or a gross return of $82.50

on the average. This according to the

figures on cost as given by the mem-

bers, gave a net profit per member on

the average of $36. The seven Regis-

tered Shorthorns averaged a gross re-

turn of $110 and a net profit of $71.

The four Grade Shorthorns averaged a

gross return of $29 and when the cost

of feed was figured really lost money

for their owners.



After the sale had been brought to

a conclusion, the reports and stories

were graded and the following prizes

were then awarded on the four- point

basis:



Rosalind Wilson, 1st, five dollars in

gold.



John McCuag, 2nd, two and one-half

dollars.



Ruby Jason, 3rd, two dollars in cash





i. and a sack of feed.





Floyd Evey, 4th, a Brownie‘ kodak.

Donald Loomis, 5th, one pair of

shoes. ’

Corris Blumley, 6th,

shoes.

‘Clayton McCuag, 7th, one pair of

shoes.

Wm. Katay, 8th, flash light and two





one pair of





 





 





' Talking it Over





Agent Patch, and Mr. C. A. Spaulding,

who has charge of the calf clubs in

Michigan.



The sale proper started at two

o’clock and was attended'by about four

hundred people, many of whom came

from a considerable distance. The

most of the club'members did not wish

to sell their calves but preferred to

keep them as a start toward better

herds of cattle for the county. The

calves were placed on sale, however,

with the idea of obtaining a valuation

and several of the calves were actually

sold.



The last figure bid has been used in

determining the valuation and profit

on the ’calves and the figures thus ob-

tained furnish a striking demonstra-

tion of the difference in the profit- anal:-

ing possibilities of grades and para

bred minds. .,





 





 





Before the Sale.





gallons of oil.



Leo Fitzpatrick, 9th, fountain pen.



Lovice Greenwood, 10th, umbrella.



Wm.‘ Kavanaugh, 11th, Garden King

Cultivator.



Joseph McCuag, 12th, one hat.



Lois Brown, 13th, one hammock.



Marley Knott, 14th, dustless mOp

and oil.



Ruby Jason, 15th, 6011 bull calf),

dinner chimes.



James Kavanaugh, 16th, one bag of

calf meal and a $1. 00 box of candy.



Willard Smith, 17th, one bag (if calf

meal and a $1.00 box of candy.



Thefollbwing report and stery of





two of the members speaks ‘for itself ‘





concerning the value of the work done.

The club had for their motto the ”sen-

tence used on war ”pesters - “Stand

by the Preslden " and it the turning





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of beef can be said to be standing by

the President, they lived up to their

motto.

Report of John McCuag.

Champion Shorthorn Club Members.

1. Breed, Shorthorn . 2. Sex, fe.

male. 3. Registry number, 544029. 4.





 





Champibn Shorthorn Club Member,

John McCuag.

Name of calf, Peri Naid. 5. Date feed-

ing was started, May 15, 1917. 6. The

weight at the beginning of feeding pe—

riod, 310 pounds. Weight at the end of

the feeding period, 890 pounds.

Financial Statement.

Cost of Feed.





Corn (in bundles) ............$ 7.17

Roughage . ........ 5.02

Ensilage 9.26

Pasture .............. 2.20





Total cost of feed............$ 26.39





Cost of calf ......... . . . . . . . . . .$100.00

Interest on note . . . . . ....... 6. 22

Total cost of producing calf... . 132. 61

Sale price of calf ........ . . . . . 4.5 00

Time spent in caring for calf



69 hours.





Profit for time spent ..... . . . . . 112.69





BOYS AND GIRLS IN CLUB WORK.





An army of 66,000 Hoosier boys and

girls have been enlisted for Uncle

Sam’s food production and conserva-

tion corps, according to the semi-an-

nual report of Z. M. Smith, State Club

Leader, to Prof. G. 1. Christie, super-

intendent of the Purdue University

Department of Agricultural Extension.

This many youngsters are engaged this

year in club work of some sort in In—

diana. The number enrolled this year

is just three times that of last. A

total of $12,000 in prizes has been

offered.



Of the 66, 000 this year, 54, 000 city or

rural boys and girls are in home gar.

denclubs. Last year slightly more than

15,000 were in the same sort of work.

This year 2,858 girls have joined the

army of canners, against a canning

corps of 1, 456 last year, almbst doub-

ling the number.’



Corn clubs drew 1,418 boys last

year and this year 1, 946 youngsters are





growing from one to twenty acres or.

corn. Pig club boys this year numb'er‘

In poul- _"

. try clubs this year there are. 1, 559





2,248 against 831 last season.





against 555 last year.





3's sumcient to say ’ i





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Similar figures might be quoted for ’ '

calf club members, girls’ sewing and‘

baking clubs and the lesser branches

of endeavor for Young America, but it “*
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" O

. M atu rrn

ATE hatched chicks are frequent-

L ~1y started with enthusiasm and

well-balanced rations. As the

summer passes more and more care

lessness is mixed into their manage-

ment and finally they go into the win-

ter about half matured and with little

opportunity of being profitable. When

late-hatched chicks are to be raised to

maturity, every effort must be made to





develop them rapidly or they will be

more or less stunted in growth. They





- will then seldom lay until the next





spring, they will be of little or no val-

ue as breeders and they will cost their

owner more than they will ever be

worth. It will usually pay better to

sell half a flock rather than try to ma-

ture the whole flock on half rations.



, Sour milk is an important factor in

causing late-hatched chicks to grow





rapidly. A well-balanced dry mash.





should be before the birds at all times.

They must receive. a range where

there is plenty of green fOOd and

shade must be provided to eliminate

the dangers of too great exposure to

hot summer sun. Both the hot and the

cold Winds which sweep over a poultry

range during late summer and early

fall, will\do considerable injury to the

young birds, and so shade and protec-

tion are very essential. ~



,' The latethatched chicks must be rig-

idly culled in the fall. It is probably

best to sell all of the cockerels as

broilers as soon as they reach broiler

age. The earlier hatched cockerels

make larger and more vigorous breed-

ers in our experience, especially if

they are to be mated with year-old

hens about the first of January for

early hatching eggs. We do not like

to keep late-hatched cockerels into the

cold weather except for home use, and

even those are out of the way by the

Christmas holidays. The late-hatched

pullets need severe culling to remove





every bird that will not stand a show

of laying by the first of January. There

is no money in keeping undersize pul-

lets over winter when they are physi-

cally unable to lay until well along

into the next spring. A Mediterranean

pullet should be in laying condition at

six months of age and the heavier

breeds should lay at eight months.

There is no use in trying to make

them lay before that age as they need

that much time to reach their natural

development. If they do not lay by

that age, there is-something wrong

with the'feeding or the general man-

agement. J une-ha—tched Leghorns have

between six and seven months growth

by the first of January [and should be

ready to fill the egg basket by that

time. '

The problem with the late-hatched

chicks is to keep them growing rapidly

with just the right amount of forcing

"and no more. -It is hard to express

that in words, but 'the experienced

poultryman soon learns just _how

much food and care a pullet needs to

keep her stepping right along toward

maturity.

sirable feed. The chicks will eat a





‘large quantity and it will stretch their.





crops and give them the capacity of'

large consumers. In the early fall the

birds can be forced by mixing boiled

pumpkin with the dry mash until it is

a crumbly mixture. This seems to

stimulate the appetite and the birds

are able to eat a great deal of growth

making material. When feed is high

there is a temptation to try and raise

the late-hatched chicks as cheaply as

possible. Often it results in underfed

stock. That is the kind that never pay

for the little that they do get. The

underfed late-hatched pullet is bound

to cut down poultry profits. They are

sufficiently out already.





Ingham Co. R. G. KIRBY.





Feather Eating and Feeding Ducks





I wish to know the reason why our

chickens pull each other‘s feathers out

and eat them. Our chickens have ev-

ery kind of meal, charcoal, bone meal,

alfalfa meal, get plenty when we feed,

so we cannot see the reason, or have

never heard of them eantig their

weathers before. I wish to know what

I can do to prevent them from contin-





uing this. What is the best feed for

young d'ucks?

Oakland Co. B. A. W.

The feather-eating habit is one





which hens that lack opportunity to

keep busy often contract. It is also

often due to lack of nitrogenous mat

ter in the food. The loss of feathers

may also be caused by what is known

as a depluming mite, which breaks the

feathers off close to the body.



Your chickens, undoubtedly, are be-

ing fed properly, but perhaps they do

not have to work hard enough for

what they get. I would arrange the

feeding so that they will have to keep

busy practically all day scratching for

grain.



You might, upon close observation,

find one or two that have the habit

and get rid of them. If the cause is

the depluming mite, the affected birds

should be isolated and the infested

areas rubbed with an ointment made

as follows: Flowers of, sulphur, one

dram; carbonate of potash, twenty

grains, and lard or vaseline half an

ounce; the..mite will readily yield to

this treatment.



With reference to the feeding of the

young ducks, will say that during the

first week or so they should be fed

old bread, crackers, corn bread, cook-

ed rice and rolled oats. These should

be crumbled and fed either dry or

moistened with sweet milk. It is best

to feed a variety of these foods rather

than to feed only bread or any of the

other .mentioned ,foods alone. Green

' ' eryessentialand this can





sh





, nsriiettuqsnnm





more rapid. growth of chicks. , .





 





tops and dandelions. They should be

chopped fine and fed in addition to the

grain foo'ds several times a day.





After the first week, equal parts of

corn meal, bran and middlings mois-

tened with water makes a good food.

When six weeks old~those which are

intended for market should be fed on a

more fattening diet. Instead of moist-

ening the mash with water, sweet milk

should be used and no green food

should be given: Milk must not be

used as a drink for ducks, but is vast-

ly superior to beef scraps as a protein

food to use in the mashes.‘





GRASS CLIPPINGS FOR THE POUL-

. TRY FLOCK.





 





Grass clippings are an excellent

green feed for chickens. The back

yard poultry flock of a family often

lacks sufficient green feed with a con-

sequent reduction of egg and meat pro-

duction. With the easy availability of

lawn clippings the city poultryman can

always have green feed through the

summer for his chickens. The flock

can be fed daily as much of the green

clippings as they will eat. If any con-

tinued bowel trouble shows, the

amount should be reduced. The re-

mainder of the clippings can be allow-

ed to dry and fed moistened during the

time between lawn cuttings.





Amounts in excess can be dried for

winter use. Dried grass clippings are

a good green feed for winter.‘ They

can be dried and'stored in sacks.

These dried clippings, moistened and

fed to the flock, are a very fair substi-

tute for the succulent green feeds of

summer.





 





Shade ‘for the hens and the chickens.

too, means more summer eggs and a





 





Boiled oats are cheap, de—'





 





 

 





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' I I N SPITE of labor shortage you can harvest

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will buy and use a. corn binder or picker. One of

, . these machines drawn by a tractor or three good

. horses, a two-man outfit, will harvest from five to ,7

l seven acres a day, cutting and binding the whole ‘ '





‘ crop in neat, convenient bundles, or stripping, husk.

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l waste; no time lost. ‘





l Deering, McCormick, Milwaukee or Osborne Corn Binders

, Deering or McCormick Corn Pickers. Order Early I





This beats hiring men to cut or husk corn, even if plenty

of men were to be had. In a. season like this, when it is just

about impossible to get help, the economy and efficiency of _ ,

, International Harvester corn binders and corn pickers will 2;

be welcomed by thousands of farmers.



The output this year is limited. There may be delays in

transportation. To be sure of having your machine in time

place your order now with the local dealer or write us for full

inforrrCilation on any corn harvesting machine you are going

to nee .





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POULTRY





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Hatched for





5 cents Each





Do you know that

the chicks hatched by

your hens cost you 22 cents each?

They do. Let us prove it to you.



We will hatch your eggs at 5c per





chick hatched.and for less if you get a poor hatch.

We furnish container for eggs to be sent us and

boxes for your chicks. Both sent parcel post.





Our Capacity-«Two-thirds 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

Mlnorea and Ancona chicks. Lowest Prices.

Safe delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. Send

for catalog. '





THE SMITH STANDARD ('20.,

1967 W. 74th Street, Clevoland, Ohio





HOMESTEAD FARM§





There is still time to raise strong. hearty chickens.

if you will send your order now. Orders can be

filled in from a. week to ten days. Order pure

greed free range stock: Barred Rocks; R.C. and S. C.



hode lslnn Rods; Whit. Wynndottu: S. C.

Black Minorcos: S. C. White and Brown Loghorns;

:. CaAnconnl. Also eggs for hathing from these

rec 5.





Will you please send for circular and price list.

Pullets and Hens





We have a fewS.C. White Leghorn and 8.0. Black

Minorcns one your old pullets,now layinmthat will gi ye ,

eggs thru this Summor and next Winter and that will S‘ILVER Spangled Hamburg 8888 87 per hundred:

make fine breeding stock for next Spring. Send for L 31.75 peraettluw balance of season. White 1101.

ricos in six, twelve, of twenty-five. Black Minorca 5 land Turks 88 S 34 per 12-



ookerels to mate with the hens. RIVERVI W ARM. ~ . .





HOMESTEAD FARMS, Bloomingdale, Mich.





k.

Fowlers Buff Rocks .1333 Lngart‘éld‘ii’?





84 for 30: 86.50 for 60; 88.00 for 100.

B.B.FOWLER. - - ~ - Hartford, Mich. S Brown Leghnrns Excellent In em. Eggs 50

' each )re mid.Yearlinghens 81. .Oockerolsfl





° . FIio o a B‘ 2* _ .

Barron] English 240 Egg Strain. Y 0 K 5M R Lexington. 1......





White Leghorns heavy winter layers. Large size and





.BABY CHICKS





35.50 perfit); 810 per 100. 8. 0. White and Brown Log-

horns. red for egg production. Safe arrival fluor-

onteed, Egress or parcel pout.

Wolverine atchery. Box 202.





 





Catalogue tree.

Zoeland. Mich.





 





BUFF Leghorns—All stock and eggs at reduced prices

for the remainder of the year. Buy now for next





year. Dr. William Smith. Petersburg, Mich.





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





A real heavy laying strain, "spouted 1

years, records from 200 to 264 e gt Get

Our specul summer prices on year mg hem.

breeding males, eggs for hatching. 8-week-

old pullers and day old chicks. We ship C. 0. D. Ind

guarantee results. nmlog gives prices; describes stock; tells

all about our farm and mc'hods; results you can get by breed-

ing this strain. Send for your copy now—It in tree.





GEORGE D. mm: on Union. Grand Rapids.





3 Ferriswmte Leghorns





 





 





 





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My Bred-today Young‘s strain S. C. White Leghorns

are rent. money-makers. 15.000 stron . husky chicks

fur uly delivery. Price reduced to 89%) 3 1(1): and



for. 50. sent promptly by mail. Safe arrival and entire

swtisi’artion guaranteed. Order direct. Free catalog.

W. VAN APPLEDORN. R. '1. Holland. Mich.





Laybilt S. C. W. Leghorns





large. great layers. pure white offered for short time

only Chou-e 2 your oh hens 81.00 each. yenrlinchens

$135 each. 8wecks-old pullets 31.0) oooh.



EVERFREBH EGG FARM. Tonia. Mich.





 





 





 





Mammoth Pekin Ducks from best stock in America.



Eggs _Sl.5’) per 11. Rose Comb Brown Leghorns

from Madison Square and Mich. an Ohio Fair winners.

[3338 $1.50 Per 16. Mrs. Claudia Betta. Hillsdllo. Mich.





 





Pill. chSl White Orplngtons. hens and pullots £4.00

each, eggs special grioe 35 or l5 utilit

812 Np" 100. MR .wrml’rs dove!!!

PI E CREST FARM, Royal Oak. mot.

‘ Rod Chicks, Both Combs.



I- 1- Red ChICkS each for 2"» or more, prepglig

by parcel out. Last hatch July 24th.



INTERL KES FARM. Box 39. Lawrence. Mich.





 





 





 





Valor. Mich. _





 





 





81LVER Golden a White Wysndottes. Four Golden

cockerels $2.50 each. Eggs 15, 82.50; 30. I6 by P. Pooh

prepaid. O. W. Lrown'ng. B. 2, Portland. Mich.





 





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ir'eli‘ry fitnzn ant} hprdy. Brett! to $1016!“ l(iut e and do DAV(lu[)t agoéiolcpogtu r1send for a l 8 0 ran or.



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Jan. 24th. Can common Leghorn do as well. ested ps "I“ In”

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at ours in! summer prices. IMHO choice pullets 81.50

each. 1 selected yearling hens at $1.25 each re- ’ DOGS





cord in pullet year of 200 e as and over and] se- i ‘

looted breeding ckls. from“: > to 272 eg .dams at $1.25, Belgian Hares. Flemish Glanm' White “b-





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fiEVBIES LEGHORN FARMS & gHATOHERY Stamp for circulars. Chas. Ridgely. Canton. 0110

Box 222 A, - ~ - - - Zeeland, Mich.





 





 





Pure bred stock.

Juices reasonable.

lumen. Itch.





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BREEDING COCKERELS 0.x. “ideal-ltd:

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ships and cruisers.





He put the Navy on a sure





was prepared.





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‘ Truman H. Newberry is no new convert to Preparedness.

He has preached it for twenty years,-—he has practised what





He stood for preparedness away back in 1896, when he

helped organize the Michigan Naval Brigade.





As Assistant Secretary of the Navy under Roosevelt he

Speaking in New Orleans in 1907, he said:





“You can put it in the biggest type you have that we

must have a bigger navy, and I hope such enlargement

It is for you people here to use your in-

fluence for more appropriations for the building of battle-

There is no doubt that we shall

need them and the sooner they are built the better."





While Secretary of the Navy, Newberry contended for a

. Merchant Marine as a preparedness measure."





“A large number ofmerchant vessels will be required -

in the event of a serious war," he pleaded.





He not only talked preparedness, but he prepared.

the war it was the one branch of our national defense which





He backs up his belief in preparedness by being in the ser-

vice himself. His sons are in the service. His whole family is





Newberry and Preparedness mean the same thing.





Truman H. Newberry is prepared to give Michigan and the

nation wonderfully able service in the United States Senate.





NEWHERRY





United States Senator





 





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A. A. Trmplmm, Gama] Chairman (Advertisement)

Paul H. King. Executive Chairman

BREEDERS' nmrcronr. ousnnsavs researchers:





 





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





 





We Offer a Few Special Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a small investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding.



Flanders Farm. Orchard Lake, Mich.





 





CATTLE.





 





Wildwood Farms





Breeders of Best Strains of





Aberdeen Angus Cattle

and Duroc Jersey liogs





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. 1

Wildwood Farms, Orion, Michigan





W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.

twooncors ANGUS





I TROJ‘ N-ERIOAS & BLACKBIRDS (BLACKCAPS)

only. 'Al‘he mmttguhianable Susan-s of “in? ebreed.

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Glenwood breeding also bulls, all stock of A. B. breed-

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Registered Guemseys

Two choice heifer calves, $300. One bull calf with

above 875‘ this bull calf is no relation to heifer calves.

J. M. WILLIAMS. - . . North Adams,'Mlch.





 





 





a 45 Refiistered head. all th. tested. Nora's

u'rn‘.,‘ Ma lug, son of Imp. May Rose Kin

heads our herd, 90! his half sisters sold averaging 3

each. His bull calves are booked ahead at reasonable





 





prices. Avondale Stock Farm, Wayne, Mich.

Registered Guernsey bull eal-

For sale was May Rose breedin .





JOHN EBELS. Mich.





For sale. animals 0!

G u e rnseys-b... no... 13......

Geo. N. Crawford. Holtou, Mich.

GU ERNSEYs-REGISTERED

BULL CALVEB



Containing blood of world champions.

HICKS’ GUERNSEY FARM, Saginaw, W.S. Mich.

Registered Guernsey bull





FOR SALE and heifer calves.





C. B. UNDERHILL, - - Wixom, Mich.





“Top-Notch”

HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are

backed up by many generations of

large producers. Buy one of these

bulls, and give your herd a “push”.

Full descriptions, prices, etc. on request.

McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.

0AK Leaf Farm. Herd sire Lonawae Pontiac 0sl~

tromA.



ilk record 1 the steteot Ind 7





oil selves

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, Letters from





OurReaders





 





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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.

your letters brief—short ones are more interesting.



Sincerely yours, .





Whether you think as we do

In writing make





THE EDITORS.





 





 





WHERE DOES THIS MAN’S DUTY

LIE?





 





As a patriotic American -I am at a

loss to understand my duty in regard

to purchasing“ and- holding Liberty

Bonds and War Savings Stamps. I

have a farm of 110 acres which I pur-

chased five years ago for. $9,000, pay-

ing $3,000 cash and a mortgage of

$6,000. I have paid $1,000 on the mort-

gage and have about $200 indebted-

ness at bank. My live stock and farm

equipment consists of eight cows, ten

heifers, three horses, a flock of poultry

and moderate equipment. This spring I

purchased two $100 Liberty Bonds-and

have recently subscribed for $100 in

War Savings Stamps. In order to raise

sufficient cash to meet these patriotic

demands I have been compelled to dis-

pose of some of my stock, thus reduc-

ing to some extent the earning capa-

city of my farm.



I now have an opportunity to trade

my two Liberty Bonds for two good

dairy cows. I have good pasture and

my crops of hay and silage corn indi-

cate yields sufficient to carry more cat-

tle through the winter. Do you think

that I could best serve my country by

holding these bonds or by exchanging

them for cows? With my limited work-

ing capital I feel that the investment

is handicapping me from doing my

best in producing food to win the war.

It seems to me that if we farmers do

our full duty in subscribing for and

holding these government securities it

is going to limit our working capital

to such an extent that it will curtail

our production of necessary food pro-

ducts.



I shall greatly appreciate any advice

you may be able to give me regarding

my duty as a. farmer and citizen—C.

H. Addams, Shiawassee County.





THE WIFE’S SHARE.





 





Does the farmer as a. business man,

consider his wife a partner in the

firm? So far as the productive end is

concerned there are few who do not

fully measure up as equals of her mas-

culine associates. But how about their

share in the dividends ?‘ Are they con-

sulted in matters of management? Are

they working on a. fair basis befitting

the genuine partner?



“Oh,” says Jones, “but my wife gets

a stated amount each month to do

with as she pleases.” Good intentions,

no doubt, but no partner will stand for

it. It smacks of the way that servants

are paid. Partners on an equal foot-

ing should have enough confidence in

each other’s judgment not‘to ask ques-

tions about small amounts. The pock-

etbook should always be open to eith-

er. If $5.00 is taken out he or she

should make an entry to that effect on

the.cash book. In case of large sums,

talk it over as partners should. Im-

portant particulars call for consulta-

tion. That’s my platform.



Of course, there will be kickers. The

old “lord and master” spirit in some

men, dies hard. Did it ever occur to

these gentry to figure out how much

a man would amount to if he attempt-

ed to work out of doors, and attend

to his own home? Let such a. one try

it. Get. generous for once and per-

suade your wife to take that long

promised holiday. Then get busy and

note theresults. _If I mistake not, Rob-





 





' insonCrusoemaroo ed «cams deserts"! 500





 





island, would seem like a picnic com-

pared to your troubles. The demon-

stration will probably be an eye open-

er, however.





' But you say, too free a, hand will

make her extravagant. Will she be >

more of a spendthrift than yourself?

She has probably heard you preaching

about hard times simultaneously with

the purchase of various labor-saving

machines for the farm. Naturally, she

gets an idea that you are not so pdv-

erty‘ stricken as you would have her

believe, and accordingly begins a cam-

paign for a few needed appliances that

would lighten her work. If there is

really a tendency to overstep, there is

likewise a. remedy, but for goodness

sake see that the drawing—in process

is extended to your end of the business

as well as to hers. In cases of this

nature, the man is usually to blame.

He hangs onto the secret of his finan-

cial status with so determined a grip

that the wife is often in total ignor-

ance of his real income. By loosening

up a little she will know the true state

of affairs—just what. you are making

and what she can afford to Spend.

That is the viewpoint of the partner.

There is no better check to extrava-

gance.



Some farmer’s wives have what mon-

ey they can make out of the butter

and chickens as their personal rake-

off. They have, in fact, to operate a.

little side show of their own in order

to secure “pin money.” The chickens-

and-butter method is all right; they

can, perhaps, do this work better than

anyone else, and so help along. But it

is not an equal partnership. All side-

show proceeds ought to go into the

general fund, and the necessary Cash

drawn. therefrom. I have known some

farmers to pile up large bank accounts

while their wives, rather than humble

themselves to ask for what was really

theirs would gladly add this butter

and combination to a. roundof already

over-crowded duties.



Admittance to a full partnership is a.

necessity if the wife is to do her best

work in her own special sphere. Wash-

ing dishes, sweeping and cooking three

hundred and sixty-five days a. year be-

comes the very essence of monotony-

It ‘is a domestic treadmill, the cease-

less grind‘of which, slowly but surely

wears away the strongest nature. With

the farmer, himself, there are constant

changes. He plows and sows and reaps.

His work takes him here and there

about the‘ farm, to town, the black-r

smith shop, the mill or the store. He

sees new faces and new scenery. In.

variety he obtains rest and recreation.

Were the wife a partner in reality the

varied interests of farm management

would be transmitted into her life.»

Consultations on business matters

would serve as a. tonic and result phy-

sically, mentally and financially to the

benefit of the firm.





Canada. J. H. MCKENNEY.





 





SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.





Men in first army draft. . . . . . . 788,000

Farmers drafted in first army 205,000





Therefore 20.01 per 'cent of the\ first

army were farmers. ,

Total men registered . . . . . . . .9,586,493

Total farm men registered...5,264,1;30



Therefore 26.7 per cent of registrants -

are farmers. . . , - ' "





 





 





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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR, V. S.





 





 





 





Horse Has Chronic Cough—~Heaves

—-Bursal Bunches. -During the early

part of last winter my horse commenc

ed to cough and has kept it up ever

since. I have given him two different

kinds of commercial - heave remedy

which fails to relieve him. This horse

has a hacking cough and a jerky mo-

tion of the side when he breathes.

While breathing he makes a squeaking

sort of noise, but so far as his general

health is'concerned it seems to be

good. I wet his hay with lime water

and also feed him oats and bran. I

am anxious to werk him and hope you

can tell me of a remedy that willre<

lieve him. Lalso have a colt with a

puffy hock; our Vet. advised me to not

treat him, stating that these puffy

bunches would disappear as soon as

the colt was a few months older. He

is now one year old and as bad as ever.

0. R. Smiley, Marto, Mich—First of

all, you had better feed your horse

plenty of cats and grass, no dry fod-

der. Give him 1/2 dr. of fluid extract

of nux vomica, 1 dr. fluid extract 10-

belia and 1/2 oz. of Fowler’s solution at

a dose in feed or drinking water three

times a day. This will palliate his

symptoms and better fit him to do

moderate work. If he is a ravenous

eater, then feeding him less bulky food

will relieve him. Apply to puffs on

colt equal parts tincture iodine and

spirits of camphor three times a week.





Inflammation of Skin Glands—We

have on our farm a two-year—old Hol-

stein heifer in a condition which is

extremely peculiar and unfathomable

by our local Vet. To start with, she

was off her feed for two days and re

fused to go to the pastuie with the

rest of the herd, but laid in the yard.

not seemingly in any paiticular pain

and chewing her cud most of the time.

Since that time she has eaten with the

rest of the cattle on the pasture as

usual and does not seem to be in any

particular pain, but here comes the

baffling part: She is in excellent con-

dition and is about half-and-half black

and white. All over the white mark-

ings the skin i crackling and drying

up and rolling up in irregular patches

the size of a man’s hand, and smaller,

and coming off leaving the new skin

beneath thus far without any hair, but

as red as raw flesh. This does not ex—

tend, in a single instance, to any place

covered with black hair, but includes

all the white markings. (except it may

be a small portion of the lower part of

the abdomen), even including the tail.

The demarkations between the black

and white are abrupt and distinct as

though traced with a knife, the black





hair being smooth and glossy and the,





skin perfectly healthy. At first little

puffs the size of a dime to half dollar

rise up under

markings which seem to be very ten-

der and sore, as she would kick like

lightning if you placed your band. ever

so gently on them, then these puffs

seemed to disappear or run together

and the skin crackle and roll as above

stated. Would be pleased to have you

diagnose this case and give a remedy

for the benefit of other re’aders as well

as ourselves. J. D. I... Corunna, Mich.

—-Your heifer suffers from an inflam«

mation of glands of skin, the cause

may be somewhat obscure. However,

it is well to keep in mind that white-

skinned animals are always more sus-

ceptible to inflammatory ailments than

the dark-skinned animals are. Perhaps

you have exposed her to the bright

sunlight too much and I would suggest

that you keep her in a shaded place

during the sunshine, but turn her out

at night and on cloudy days. Give her'

an ounce or two of Glauber’s salt once

or twice daily to keep her bowels ac-

tive. Dissolve 14 lb. actate of lead in

a gallon of water, adding one pint of

glycerine and apply to inflamed por-

tions of skin twice daily. Or apply one





'part oxide of zinc and five parts lano-





[in twice daily. It is considered good

practice to give 2-dr. doses of Fowler’s



solution three times daily.

Indigestion—I have a three-year-oldg

cow that came fresh year ago last

winter. She was fed hay, cornstalks

and. straw. During most of the winter

she was in low flesh and since then

she has been on grass but has not

gained; her appetite is not good. 0111'

local Vet. prescribed for her and in-

structed me to put the medicine in a

Mob, but she will not eat it. A. G. D.

Romulus. Mich. ——.-Give your cow 1.dr.

hid extract nux vomica, 1 oz. tincture

1 oz. tincture cinchona at a





the skin of the white.





1.





 





E! 03. C011, Water as a at





,I‘or sale.





CATTLE





CLUNY STOCK FARM





100--REGISTERED HOLSTEINS--100

When you need a herd sire remember that we

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

der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality. and Production records back-

ed by the best sitrains o breeding.





Wri our want-

R. BRUCE McPHE





 





sou, 'Howoll, Mich





HOLSTEIN BULL





Astrlctly high clan 29‘lb. Holstein bull Daisycrost

King Prmcess. 228847, born January 27,19l7. is offered

Sire. King Zermn Alcnrta. Pontiac. rand-

sire. King Segls Pontiac Aloartra, the $50. bull:

Dam. Princess Pauline Ruline 2nd. This yearling

promises to be one of the finlst unlity bulls in the

state. If you are interested will youp ease writefordes-

cription and photo raph? Also other & younger bulls.

Bred cows and he torn and calves from a herd 01350

high class Holstelns. We “illnend vou photo sand des-

criptions which will present these animals accurately



f you want 0 stains, will you please write us?

Every animal fully guaranteed.





Bloomingdale Farms, Bloomingdale, MI' 11.





Jack Bill





Winn--Wood Herd





Registered Holsteins

Sire in Service





Flint Maplecrest Boy





 





 





-Wbo is bred for real :mduction his sire Maplecrest





Komdyke HengerVel is one of the best. bred long dis-

tance bulls in the wor l.d He or

or sister to six cows with records above 1.2001b-1. of

butter mi one 1931' and ten more abo1'.el (101111»..111 a

your. Flint Muplocrest Boyu' Dam isGluck Vassar Bell

31. 57 lbs. of butter in 7 day, 1211l111. in 80 down. Butter

fat test 5. 27. Islthere a reason why Flint Maplccrcst

Boy 111 not one of Michigan» greatest young shes.

None of his females are for sole untl after we 111st

them. But. 11 e hm e 111011113 bull c '11 ves from 2 to 9 months

old with A. it. 0. dams which we nnwl oils: for sale

at: prices any dairy farmer can aiford to pay. Just tell

us the kind of a bull you want.





JOHN H. WINN, Inc.

Lock Box 249. Roscommon, Mich.





125 Lbs. MORE BUTTER

Per COW Per YEAR





i"1‘3"“il‘ic'i‘ii's’iiz‘iN BULL





Bred

yielded over the amount of their scrub dams. You too

can make more money with a pure

bred Kolmi 11 Bull. Let us show you.

Booklets free.

The Holstein-Friecian Association of

America, Box 164, Brattleboro, Vt.





I Always Have Holstein:

To





It wanting Registered cattle write me your wontI

before placing your order elsewhere.





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio





Pedigree Stock Farm Mel“! Re .Hol.

Parham 8 stein cattle Chester White Sgwlno,

extnbargins in cuivosgid tal'l lpigI. Bull a halt rice.



R.B 11.11111 Bronson. ich.





A Good loin accented lnpaymwt of finely bred to...





 





 





 





 





ietored Holstein bull calveIl. unlit,

ot the boat. and at prices within reach of 111Lrito.

GEO. D. OLA BKE. - - - - Vanni. Mich.





 





HolItein bulls 8111011. old. all had A. R. 0. dams

nd lb. sire. sold at farmer-8' price-1.

LONG BEACH FAl l M,Augu11ta,. Mich.





“1111 Webb For Sale





BigoIows Holstein Farms. Bmdsvillu. Mich.





$5 Libert‘v Bond gets 1 mo. old giandson of Pon-



tint Maid 311-) ll). Other (111114de Sisterbo

4 yr. Herd free tuber. Apr. adv. for

Laulin, Redford, Mich.





 





 





grandsire of 42 lb.

females. Terms. . L. M1'





The Pontiac Herd





“Where the Champions come from”





OflorBull Calves sired bysona of Pontiac Korndyko.

Hexagonal Dom Pontiac Dut'chlnnd.or Admiral

Walker Platonic.



Do you want a Poatlac' in your herd?





Pontiac State Hospital, Pontiac. Mich.





The Traverse Herd





Great Values In Bulls





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



Let uskuo w your wants. We will send extend-



ed pedigrees and prices.



TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL.

Traverse City. Michigan.





Want Yearly Records?”





Our new sire has four sisters whose semi official

records are 677, 742, ’13 and 946 pound: of butter in

one year respectively at 2 to 3 years of age. Hie dam

is a daughto r of Friend llangorvold D_e Kol Butter

Boy. four 32 whose daughters have tecbrdl over 1000

pounds an she is also a granddnu liter of Pontiac

Amie Korndyhe. with Iix dong ton above 1000

poundI of butter in one year.





Peaceland Stock Farm, Hm Rivers, “loll.





C. L. Brody. Owner Port HummMich.

Charles Peters. Herdsman





 





 





 





 





Hm OLSTEINB of a?! utility. Bull calves from duos with

1 lbI. in “Maya. Alsocolllopu loI

EA. HARD - Bockocte r.





coho-.25 hoiton. t2 buIIBIS-uthn ,



3321’55355'57. "1“ '1'“ '1'" “TEE:

C m or. men .ny' men “yon y e



andmwo con 1111518. Whitewater. w1..





Holstein: Bull calf born Oct. 6. A nice individual

engrown in good condition. Hi- seven neared



dams average butter 7dava2¥36lbamflk 533%.!)



record 18 I!» at 2 3-6 yrs. V7.13. Reader. Howe Mich.





 





 





 





M?“ Lana ll. of M. Jar-canard. For sale on.

mvuwm‘b. 33.13.53: 11': 33131131 3131535

1?va 11,102: - 11. I. Allogan. Mich.





ildeood m? 0! 1! choice

Téfi'“, cur-star tfllcorvlcem from 11.31: g M.:d:a:ugit°eu'





’cWondg-hbg.

”mm 9 W.





 





tubers-“1mm

cot, Q





   





his dam are brother.





 





 





 





, . ,I 1'

Ready for beruce

Blrod Why} butter bredl bulls and

out of testing d.ums



The Prhoducing Kind

with Jersey ty 9° and capacity.

Pri coo reasons Also a low

bred giltI (Durocs) and boars.





Brookwnter F arm,



Herbert W.Mumford, Owner,

J Bruce Henderson. Mgr.

Ann Arbor, Mich,





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 





 





1

FOR SALE ggeiglvegmey Bulls and a





NOTTEN FARM. - - Grass Lake, Mich.





.F or Sale Jersey Bull

Goldio' o Foxhull No 1619871. Dropped March‘Z‘Z. 1917

Solid color, black tongue & letch. A fine individual

large of his a, will sell cheap. Also a. young oow it

new eral bred alters all of solid colo

NEWMAN 8 Hood r111u,11.1. Marletto. Mich.





For Sale Reggslercd Jerse cg Callie

of both sex. Bmlt 1|- Porkor, R. 4, owoll. Mich

JERSEY bull and bull calves for Ialo from R of M.





cows. nlIo heifers and cOWI of all ages

ENEB, R. 6, Allogan, Mich.





 





 





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Several heifers bred

to freshen next. fall. Also a. few heifer and bull cul-

veI of choice breeding. Colon C. Lillie, Coopersville, Mich.





 





Road for Iorvico bulls



JOTSCY‘ for sale 31. Eambert 11111191 11.

Majesty. brooding. warns MAN 41 WAT Mill

Meadowland Farm. - - Ann Arbor.R Mich.

A fine, dark. solid color Jersey bull



For sale 16 mos. old. Double grandson of





cl Mallet-1t and ”out or R. of M. cow

00‘ 0.1) AK'E, - Ypsilanti. Mich.





HEREFORDS





6 bull calves for sale, Perfection

Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding.





ALLEN BROS..

PAW PAW, MICH.





Bob Fairfax 494027 at head

Herefordsog 1.1.11. 1.. m.

all ages either polled or ohorned. EABL 0.

KcCABTY. Soc' J Mich. H. R'Ass 11. Bad Axe, Mich.





v—Scolch and Scotch To epod 1mi-

Shorthorns main of both sex for sac iPrices

reasonable. GEO.D ILDUSI‘EB. Doctoral!





BIDWELL 31111111101113





For Beef and Mills.





Registered bulls. cows and heiferssGood Scotch and

Scotch Topped for sale. In prime condition. Modern

sanitary equipment Farm 10 minutes from N. Y.O

depot. lhour from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile meets

all trains. Writ to





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,





Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.





Richland Farms





Shorthorns





IMP. Lorna in Service. Grand Champion Shortborn

Bull of Mich. Weot‘ler for sale a choice colloctlon of

young bulls by some of the loading sires or the brood.

You cannot afiord not to own one of these bulls at. the

prices we are asking for them. We invite correspond-

ence and inspection.



0. H. PRESCOTT as SONS.

Farm at Prescott, Mich Ufiico at Tawas, City, Mich.





 





 





 





Francisco Farm Sher-thorns

We maintain one of Michigan's good bends of Scotch

and Scotch Topped cattle. The on welllbred, prop-

erly handled and price reasonab 8 Como and see; we

like to show them.



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





 





Three scotch hulls ro.d t r

Shortharns' service. 7Price reasonable? 0

W. B. McQUILLAN, 3.7 Howell, Mich.





0N ol‘ Hanhorth Welfare heads our 11 of milk-

ing Shorthornc Comprlsln Chlfloy Clay bred

cows, d"young bullI 21-85125 for on o and service, write In

3:03. .. R. inton, Mich" Macon Phone.





 





 





BIirylmd Shodhorn: 350313531 2353‘s: '13? 5312‘?“

J. B. EUMMEL. - - Mason. Mich.





SHORTHORNS





Cowmhelfersk yo bulls for sale at {armors prices;

catalog mailed ee. Horrieton Farms, Harmlich.





Shorihorn Cattle oi both Sex lor Sale

W. W. KKAPP. Howell. Mlohlgnn.

B i

For Sale aggtgl‘ifiipe‘i’afsiiiiénfifllcfgfl

Av.ondnla Man-1:1 ton Sulton and White Hall





811 ton hv the Oncola Co. Shorthorn Breeders AsI.

nusCHMID'r. Reed dCity. Mich.





Brand lrmm Shorllmrn lm. 3°13;- "°°“ ‘°’



LI. E. DUCKLES. 880.. ' Traverse City, Mich.



Bull 01111 as 2tos weeks id (1



Shorthprn reasonable prices. Good din-5:37.51.



IRVIN DOAN, . - - Croswell. Mich.



Roan Bull Calf For Sale, 5 ”33““

J. E. Tanswell, Mason. Mich.



For Sale Frzgg isltered7 Guernsey cow7 years old.

FRANK NASH Box 7, R. 3. Fremont. Mich.

HOGS



' Berkshire guts and cows for toll tar-row

filfl'l‘i 11mm ds 1 {ch

0 SES’IO'C arson {awn-Nile MM“

Both sexes. largo





Big Growth] Iworluhlu Pigs. .01.... an...





E.very Mono ester, Mich.





Duroc Jerseys 81 Hampshires





We olor n anabol- otnno nuyou ring hour and

sow both Doro J n'il'gi l .

panlgufirly well bred Mersey- an an” r“ ”tron:



'moto untorducdption and prion. Enchan-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





ich.





 





 





11:11.11 18





 





 





MW?“ Walnut:





_"1'1'-.'-+41.;.v.’-»





I Durocs. Choice spring pigs out. of selected cows and





sired by our best. herd boars, They are of the big



ty .ctronl boned, smooth and of oxcollenf quality on

ice 1'1dc some of the most popular blood inoI Inches

rion Cherry King.Top Col .Defendor,Brookwatoroto.

rices reasonable. The Jennings Farms, Bailey, Ileh.





50 Duroc Saws and Gilts





for fall tarrowlng. bred to Orlon' 11 Fancy Kinfm M7

the big t 1plfi of his age over shown at



nationa.1e N. E. of tovm. Visitors wolco 6'":

dnyI in woolk. Newton Barnhnrt. 8t. Johnl. oh.





DUROO JERSEYS





E. D. HEYDENBERK. — e . Wayland. Mich.





 





Crimsoln Orig‘ifi'l‘i. Satilsszc‘i

:- 1101 11 I)" r gh ro

Y.£0ll Milan. Mich.





nroc fall boars sired h

tion and Brookwutor.

sows all sold. M.





Choice Dunc Jemy lilb For Sula.

CAREY U. EDMOND Bastian, Mich.





D U R 0C 5 till ‘".,'1...§’°"i‘dxp".22§ “373:





J: H. BANGHART. - E. Lansing. ,ich





ll Jorsey' s—F‘all boars of the large heavy boned



Jame! type. Siltissbrod to iJ"""'1" Chafinp‘i‘on boar for

“118 II‘I‘I'Olv BO pring pa [I no 8 n



F. J.D 0,D"l‘ IE: T“ Monroe. Mich.





D Jerse a for sale. Bred sows dz spring pigs both

III’OC sex 11 so Shorthorn bull calves, milking strum.

CHAS. BRAY, - - - - Okemos, Mich .





spring i ~ for sale Pairs and trim

Dun” 13"“!1'9 not «kill. 8 Breeding and pric so on rev

quest. ()NllA NE (in SUN. Plainwell, Mich.





trio: not akin from strictly big type mature stock at

reasonable paices. H'. W. Alexander. Vassar, Mich.





Like This





the original big produced





 





I HAVE started thouIanda of breederl on the road to

Iuccou. I can help you. I want to ’11:“ one ho

ass-amt: "' at. .111"er :1"... cranium ".1.

mod:- rite tor MD —9 more Honey from

I. I. “meant. R 11', D 10 Pox-11nd, mucus-'11.





- ‘w





Crandcll’s Big Type O. l. C’s





Champion herd everywhere shown in 1917. Herd

headed by five champion hours. Our sows won

Senior. Junior and Grand Champion prizes at

Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Michigan 1917.

Special prices on all spring pigs. Get our cats.-





log it is free

Crnndoll’s Prize Hogs, Cass City, Mich.





 





 





 





'0 BRED ClLTS and

SERVICEABLE BOARS

J. CARL JEWETT, Macon, Mich.





 





 





LAST {.31} gilts all sold. have a good lot of last sprlng

pigs from I! sires good growth} stock. For 111 '~ mile

west of Ogeg'C'cHU CT. lzzgus Phone 124

OTT Nashville, hiich.





O. I C, 8 all Iold except. some fall giltI. Order





yourapring pigs now.

0. J. THOMPSON Rockford, MlCh.





 





o I c ': Big typo serviceable boars. Spring far--

rowed bun r pig~. Brod gilts to farrou July





and Aug, P. ANDREWS, Dam-wills. Mich.





 





u l. 0!; Largo typo. spring pigs bred from State

' It 111: winners at priceutllnt 11“! please 1 011.

Clover Leaf Stock Form, B. 1 Monroe. Mich.





big heavy boned follow

0 I. C. SprllmF Pl 8, weighing from 40 to ’13

lbs. and bret ilN.Bur1;c~.-~1,R. 3, Mason, Mich.





BIB TYPE POLAND GHINAS





Bred Gilts and Spring Pi 5. One extra

well bred Holstein BullCa





HILLCREST FARM,





KALAMAZOO, MICH.





FOR SALE





limooth Jumbo 3 rundson of Your Mouw' I old boar

.inwoth Jumbo 3 00 lb. yearling. A top notcher fit to

mead any herd Also some nice bred gilts at 850.

[1' Leon of. one you will have to hurry.



LIR. - Portland 11‘. MW.





 





 





 





 





‘ for sale at present. 8

NOthlng are coming due. prln. pi”

O.E.GABNANT, - - - Eaton Rapids, Mich.





Large Type P. C.





Brad gilts and boarcall sold nothl to all t

17.2. LIVINGSTON.“ c.3511."§i§12.





 





 





LEONARD’ 8 Bred sows allsold. tall pins, orders book-

ed for sgnngD pigs at. weaning time. s'iflh ldppo 0.0.1).

E..R LEO D. 8.1; Louis, Mich. '





P. 1:. 81111: For 81h. qufighgvruo

A. A_- woon .11 SON. - - Bolton. man





all sold out, ' m

L0 5' P' EC. gilvyt raisodlast :gtfngretjlonr h





furrow. AR 1 Z, Shoolcral't. ”32:31..





tv po P. C. Some choice Be 1:. 'l

Largec bred for Aug. and Sepia! roar-(181111.“ ready to

Wm. 11.1111: B. 7. . Mason, Mich.





{g tvpe P. C. Bi boned fellows tron Iowan

ho,rds special or cesnn anti hour- a (1 TM

.1. m. m as ..'2.°.°.'11121‘.





13 Type Poland Chinos. pm i to

BHealthy and growth y. Ironsfu rge‘li'litg‘rs. T173313;

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The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday after-

noon, July 11.





WHEAT.





Harvesting the winter wheat crop

is getting well under way and the

grain is beginning to move toward the

markets from southwestern districts.

The quality is very good. The aggre-

gate yield for the country is estimated

at 585,000,000 bushels. The govern-

ment prices have been advanced to

cover increased freight. rates, the price

at Chicago now being $2.26 for No. 1

red instead of $2.20. The latest rulings

do not prevent buyers from paying

higher prices than those fixed by the

g0vernment, which has resulted in quo-

tations going above the minimum fixed

prices and in farmers holding back un-

til the price readjustment is better un-

derstood. The new grading rules will

place more wheat in the higher grades

thus favoring the

slightly larger return. Congress is

now considering the matter of advanc-

ing wheat prices to





feast the outcome of the controversy.





. Export clearances last

{ed 4,223,000 bushels,





CORN.

week.

at a time.

erally speaking, weather





back growth to a small degree.





cash prices here are:





ATS.





northwest and the small stocks

made in June.





bushels.





The latest prices here are:





Standard .................. 83

No.3 white ......... ......82

No. 1 white ........ .......8114





RYE.





There is no evidence of any





at $1.74@1.75.





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troit quotations are $9.25@9.50 for the

cash offerings.





a little and prices are being held more

firmly. They are:





with receipts small and demand in-

creasing. Prices show an advance as

follows:





producer with a





$2.50 per bushel

but this is being opposed by the ad-

ministration, and it is difficult to fore-





week aggregat-

and the United

States visible supply increased 222,000





bushels. Wheat prices at Detroit are

now quoted as follows:



N0. 2 red ............... $2.28



No. 2 mixed ............ 2.26



No 2 white ............ 226





In spite of a very meagre volume of

business, corn prices are holding firm

at higher figures than obtained last

The eastern demand is small,

and Canada is buying only a few cars

A half million bushels were

‘, exported last week while the visible

~ supply decreased 578,000 bushels. Gen-

'- conditions

have been favorable to the new crop,

although the cool nights have held

One

year ago No. 3 corn sold on the local

market at $19215 per bushel. Present





No. 3 corn ............. $1.65

No. 3 yellow . .......... 1.80

No. 4 yellow ........... 1.70

No. 5 yellow ........... 1.50

No. 6 yellow ........... 1.40

Corn values are also higher in Chi-





cago, the following range being quot-





ed: No. 2 yellow $1.85; No. 3 yellow

$1.75@1.79; August corn $1.54; Sep-

tember 351.55% .....................





Liberal domestic use of this grain,

exportations with the hope of a larger

foreign movement when bottoms are

available, dry weather in the Canadian

of

grain in general were factors in hold-

ing oat values at the new high level.

Generally speaking, the United States

crop is developing favorably, although

estimates are a little short of those

Export clearances for



the week were 1,595,000 bushels and

.our visible supply decreased 412,000

Standard oats a year ago

were quoted at 77c on this market.





re-

vival of life in this market, and the

price remains unchanged at $1.75 for

cash No. 2. The Chicago market also

lacks interest with this grade selling





Prices are being maintained because

of small stocks, although the trade is

uninteresting and devoid of any fea-





tures. Crop news is generally favor-

able. At Chicago the grain is selling

at $1@1.23.





Another weekhas passed without

any improvement in the bean trade, in

fact, the tendency of prices continues

in the downward direction. Michigan’s



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No. 1 timothy ........ $24.00@24.50

No. 1 light mixed. . . . 20.50@21.50

No. 1 clover mixed.., 19.00@20.00

No. 1 clover . . . . 18.00@19.00





POTATOES.





The market for old potatoes is by

and the closing was at the best figures

since last spring. The acreage planted

in Michigan this year according to the

state crop report is 341,761 as com-

pared with 437,731 acres for 1917. The

new crop is looking fine and the re-

cent rains have overcome all anxiety

regarding the influence of dry weather.

Farmers are already becoming inter-

ested in the organization of local,

county and state associations for the

handling of this year’s crop.





In Chicago the market is expanding





Pea beans, h; p ...... $11.00@12.00

Red kidneys ........ ,9.50@10.00





HAY.





The local hay market has improved





No. 1 timothy...$18.50@19.00

Standard ........ 17.50@18.00

Light mixed . 17.50@18.00

Pittsburgh.——Market steady and de-

mand is taking care of arrivals at ad-

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. Live Stock Market Service





Reports for Thursday, July 1 1th

DETROIT Pigs ............. . ...... $ 17.75





C ttl Mixed ....... . .. ........ 17.00@17.50

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Cattle market strong and 50c higher , BUFFALO.



than 13?}. wleek or: exéerythlng but can- Heavy hogs $18.50; other grades at

1191‘s: W 10 are 5 ea y- 18.50 (018.60; lambs strong at $19;

Best heavy strs, dry-fed. .$14.00@17.00 Salvesc$18.50. Cattle steady.





Best hdy wt bu strs (grs) 10.00@13.50

Mixed steers and heifers 9.00@11.00 CHICAGO.





 





 





Handy light butchers... 8.00@ 9.50 Cattle



L' h b t h .......... 7.50 8.00 '



Begsttcolwg fem ........... 8.50%1000 Receipts 12500- Market steady ’60

B t h c ........... 8.00 8.75 strong-



Cgt‘feresr ..0.WS ............. 7.25% 7.50 Good choice Prime steers $16-65@

Canners ................ 6.5070 7.00 18-10: common and medium butchers

Best heavy bulls ........ 900791000 $11-75@16-65: helfers $8-15@14-75;

Bologna bulls ........... 8.0051) 8.75 COWS $8-15@14.25; bologna bulls $8.75

Stock bulls ............. 7.50@ 8.00 $13: canners and cutters $7-15@8-15-

Feeders ................. 9.00@12.00 Hogs.



Stockers ................ 7.50@ 9.00 Receipts 32,000. Market active.

Milkers and springers... $60@ 115 Tops $17.40; bulk of sales $16.40@





17.50; heavy $17.15@17.40; mixed and

light $17.30@17.55; packers’ hogs at

$16.50@16.75; medium and mixed at

$16.80@17.15; light bacon hogs $17.10

@1760; pigs, good to choice $16.40@

16.75; roughs $15.85@16.40.





Veal Calves.

Market strong.



Best .................... $17.50@18.00

Others .................. 10.00@17.00

Sheep and Lambs.



Market steady.





Best lambs ............. $18.00@18.50 Sheep and Lambs.

Fair lambs ............. 16.00@17.00 Receipts 15.000. Market steady to

Light to common lambs. . 1000601400 150 lower.





Yearlings ............ 10.00@14.00 Choice shorn natives $18.75@19.00;

Fair to good sheep ....... 9.50@12.00 prime lambs $18@18.75; 01111 lambs $13

Culls and common ...... 5.00@ 8.00 @16; choice to prime ewes $13-50@

' Hogs. 15.50; medium and good $12.75@13.35;





Market 15@25c higher. culls $5@5.50.





Reports for Wednesday, July 10th

CHICAGO. handy steers $12@13; fair to good





kinds $11@12; handy steers and heif-



Our special representative in Chica— ers mixed $10@11; western heifers $10



go reports as follows: @1125; best fat cows $10.50@12;



Cattle receipts today are about 7,000 .butcher cows $8.50@9.50; cutters $7.50



head, making 37,300 for three days, as @8; canners $6@7; grazing cows $7@

compared with 45,100 for the same





7.50; fancy bulls $11@12; butcher

days last week. The market is a good bulls $9@10; common bulls $7.50@

one for sellers, with good steers sell-





8; best feeding steers 900 to 1000 lbs

ing 15@25c higher than at the close $9.50@10.50; medium feeders $963

last week and the commoner steers 9.50; stockers $7.50@8.50; milkers and

about steady. Butcher stock has been





springers $65@125.

advanced 25@40c anggcagners and 50613 Hogs.

ters 250. Prime 1, 1- . steers l . _ .

yesterday at $18.10, a new high record, angelcflfigs”figgafar$si8@n11281r21%et 3:12;:

and fancy calves at $17.50 shows high- and igs $l’8 25@{8 50 ' ’ y

er prices than ever paid before. Steers p g ' ‘ ' '

selling at $11.60@12.75 are common. Sheep 30d Lambs.



About 17,000 hogs arrived here to- Receipts one car; steady, top lambs

day making 90,800 for three days, com- ’$19@19.50; yearlings $16@16.50 per

paring with 105,900 for the same time cwt; wethers $13@13.75; ewes $12@13.

last week. The market is firm, hogs Calves.

selling at $16@16.75 for rough to good Receipts 5000; strong; $7@18.50.

heavy packers and best light butchers

bringing $17.15@17.30. Most of the

pigs sell at $15@16.75. The best hogs

sold last Saturday at $17.15.



About 6,000 lambs and sheep arrived

here today, and the receipts for the

first half of the week foot up 30,200

head, comparing with 40,200 for the

same days last week. The market‘ is

firm at a further 15c advance in pric—

es, With prime lambs at $19, comparing

with $18.50 at the close last week. Cull

lambs sell at $13.85@15.85. Yearlings

are salable at $16@16.60 for the better

class, range wethers at $1.3@13.50 for

desirable lots and ewes at $6.25@13.50.





BUFFALO.





Cattle.



Receipts five- cars; market strong;

prime heavy steers $17.50@17.75;

shipping steers $16.50@17; plain and

coarse .312@13; bestxye‘arlings $16,.@v

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ln parts of Iowa farmers report

small litters of spring pigs, due to the

fact that many young sows were used

for breeding. The experience has gone

to prove that aged sows have larger

litters and are better able to care for

their pigs after farrowing time.





At last prime yearling steers are

'selling in the Chicago market as high

as the best heavy long fed steers. The

other day a sale was made of a ship-

ment of prime 1,139-1b.‘ steers at $18

per 100 puonds. On the same day

sales took place of steers averaging

1,264 and 1,550 pounds at $18, thehigh-

est price on record.





A shipment of one thousand head of

Angora goats from'Texas left the Kan-

sas City stock yards recently for Dick-

inson county, Mich, being the largest

individual urchase of goats made in

that marks this year. ands similar

purchase is expected shortly. _





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BUTTER.





Although fractional changes appear

in butter quotations at some points,

the market should be classed as firm.

Receipts continue liberal and demand

for current conSumption is holding up

well, while the call for supplies for

storage purposes is on the increase.

At Detroit fresh creamery extras are

quoted this week at 42%c per pound

and do firsts 411,é@42c. Chicago mar- l

ket is unsettled, with creamery prices

ranging from 38@421/2c. The range on

the New York market is 44%@46c,

with the trade reported firm. Western

creamery extras are bringing 45c at.

Philadelphia. 5





CHEESE.





The recently advanced prices have I

checked buying to a small degree, a1- =

though current consumptive demand i

is taking an unusually large portion of

the offerings. Flats are bringing 2314 I

@251/2c for new and 260 for old at De-

troit, while daisies bring 241/;@25c.



At Chicago Young Americas are quot-



ed at 2414617250; daisies 24@24%c



for double, and 24140 for single. State



fresh specials are quoted on the New



York market at 2414@24%c, and aver- l»

age run at 240. The Philadelphia mar-

ket is higher with whole milk selling ‘

at 241/2@25%c.





EGGS.





Receipts are decreasing and prices

advancing. Northern eggs are in es-

pecially good demand. Current re-

ceipts from the state bring 380 at

Detroit, and ditto firsts 400. The

New York trade is firm with nearby

western stock quoted at 46@50c, while

the Philadelphia market rules higher





 





case. Trade is strong at Chicago with

fresh northern quoted at 38@381/2c.





WOOL





The general opinion prevails that

the average dealer is paying from two

to five cents less for Michigan fleeces

than should be paid. An investigation 1‘3

of prices is being urged by the general ‘

agricultural advisory committee at

Washington. Receipts at the eastern .

points are much larger than for the 9‘.

corresponding period a year ago, and W

the general movement of wool is on a.

liberal scale.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Liberal trading is now going on at

the municipal markets. We note the

following prices: White cabbage is

$1.35 per bu; string beans $2; toma-

toes $2.50@2.75 per 16-lb. basket; peas

$2 per bu; turnips $1; radishes $1 per

bu; potatoes $1.25@1.50 for old; eggs

-600 per dozen. 2'





GRAND RAPIDS





Fruit continues high, with prices ~ '

ranging as follows: Raspberries, $3@

3.50 per crate; sour cherries $2, sweet

cherries $3@3.50; gooseberries $1.50;

currants $1.75. In the vegetable line

peas are bringing $2@2.50 per bushel; ‘ '

wax beans $2.75; turnips 60c; old po— ‘?

tatoes $1.10@1.25. Eggs are worth 38

@390; in poultry fowls range from 20

@23c; broilers 350. The mills are

quoting prices for grain as follows:

Wheat $2.07; corn $1.70; oats 86c; rye

and barley $1.50; white beans $8.





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MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





.Wheat.—The average estimated

yield of wheat in the state is 10.56, in

the southern counties 10.31, in the cen—

tral counties 9.30, in the northern

counties 11.25 and in the upper penin-

sula 17.94 bushels per acre. The es-

timated total number of bushels of

wheat marketed and used by farmers

in the eleven months, August-June is

12,000,000. ‘ _ .



Rye—The average estimated yield . ’. .

of rye. in the state is 12.38, in the '

southern counties 12.60, in the central

counties 11.06, in the northern boun—

ties 12.11 and in the upper peninsula

19.27 bushels per acre. , .



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Corn—The condition of corn in.

state is. 78, in the southern counties

79, in the central 'cOunties 7.5, inf-file

northern counties ”and in menu '1" ‘

peninsula 85. One year ‘ the ’

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in the central and northern counties

and 89 in the upper peninsula.



., Hay and Forage. —The acreage of

hayand forage that will be harvested





' as‘compared with last year is 88 in





the state and upper peninsula, 89 in

the southern counties and 87 in the

central and northern counties.

Peas—The acreage of peas sown as

compared with last year is 95 in the





.state, 93 in the southern and northern





counties, 102 in the central counties

and 92 in the Upper peninsula.



Cucumbers—The acreage of cucum-

bers planted so far as reported is 12,-

494 in the state, 6 237 in the southern

lcounties, 3, 245 in the central counties,

2, 342 in the northern counties and 670

\in the upper peninsula.



The following table shows for the

state and the different sections the es-

Itimated acreage of the following farm

crops for the year 1918:



State, acres.





Corn ..... ...... 2,253,747

Potatoes.................... 341,761

.Sugar beets ..... . ....... . . . . 108,718





 





 





 





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etc. Everything for the

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ANl) 16 QT. amid—Es





200 Standard quart bas-

kets (wood) postpaid, $1. 60.



200Wax Lined Paper bas.

kets postpaid.$l.40.



Above prices apply to

points within 150 miles of

Lansing.



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Special prices

larger quantities.





t M. H. HUNT & SON,

Box 255, Lansing, Mich.





,Hay and forage .............2,148,179





The following peicentages give the

averages in regard to fruit conditions

.in the state and the different sections.



.Apples 65; peaches 10; pears 47;

plums, 46; orchards 36; trees 72;

grapes 61; raspberries and blackber-

ries 67. .





SECRETARY REED’S MESSAGE TO

DAIRYMEN.





(Continued from page 28).

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protecting you than to be the defend-

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from start to finish. Thousands and

thousands of dollars have been taken

from the unsuspecting people in cer—

tain communities in Michigan by pro-

moters who gave them an idea that

they could be connected with some

great milk distributing concern in the

city—but in order to hold your inter-

ests and loyalty to such a concern you

must buy $10 worth of stock for each

cow that you want to sell milk from.

These promoters have usually bought

the milk for a little time—a large por-

tion of which they never paid for—and

then have taken themselves to some

other field where they have worked

the same proposition on other milk

producers.



[It seems to me that one of the best

axioms that could possibly be held in

the minds of our people is this—stick

to the job you know. Try to better

your condition by an organized move-

ment with those in the same line of

business as yourself.



‘The field secretary and selling

agent’s force is, at the present time.

nicely_located in the new office which

he recently built, at his own expense,

in Howell, with someone constantly in

attendance to answer all telephone

calls and communications.



It might not be amiss to call the at-

tention of the milk producers of Mich-

igan to the fact that it has now been

but two years since the secretary first

took hold of this work. Since that time

with an office force varying from one

to five, and the sending out of thou-

sands of communications, the associa-

tion has not, up to the present time,

paid one dollar for office lighting, heat

or rental—all of which has been a part

of the effort of the secretary to develop

this organization which is today hand

ling millions of dollars worth of prop-

erty, and returning hundreds of thou-

sands of dollars worth of profit to its

patrons. Your secretary desires to do

his bit, and to that end has established

this principle—that every inquiry and

communication coming by telephone,

letter,'wire, or in any other way, to

the office is entitled to a. full and

courteous reply. With available help

so limited at the present time, yet we

are striving to meet the requirements

of the work and await your inquiries

and desires. ~

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Growers, Shippers





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co-flperalive Associations





We ask you to a'get in touch with us by

letter or wire once and we will as-

sist you in marketing your shipments

in an intelligent and business like man-





ner. Our Specialty is Carlots. Small

fruits wanted right now. Leading Dis-

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National Growers & Shippers

Sales Co., Inc., Detroit, Mich.





Salesrooms Jefferson Ave., at Mich.

Central Produce Yards.





FOR SALE





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Barley, Oats & Wheat





Send for Sample.

C. E. Dingwall Co., Milwaukee, Wis.





RED HOOK SEED WHEAT





I have 25acres of inspected Red Rock which will be

a1z11'lablo for seed purposes as soon as it in threshed.

Now is the time to give me your cideis



Prices as fixed in t 1e Michigan Crop Improvement

Association are 83. 50 for from 1 to 9 bushels includ-

sive and 33.25 for 10 bushels and up. Sackl extia.

Our fields 1110 open for your inspection any time.

Get your order in early. acks 500 extra.





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AMERICAN BU'J‘ '11 R i ( lll‘ ESE COMPANY.

Deiroit.l\iic.l1





EGGS





Farmer. and Shippers We buy fresh laid eggs. and

my host prices. “'rito ior particulars. or mob

a trial shipment. Reference your l0( al bank.



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E 8 Mo. —S11111ll consignments fro-

gg 1 producers in your territory bring

1811' 11th .-uti11 prices NOW Prompt ro-

tnrns nlwa1s.8«fcr to D1111 or Brndotroet.

Sh hip us your next case. ZEN Il‘H BUT-

TEllilc EGG CU. .. 110 Duane St... New Yer-11.11 .Y.





Shlp To The Old Relhble Hell.

Del-“cl McCall: 180m.

613-625 Web-II up. n.

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KOPE-KON FARMS.





Goldwater. Mich.





Hampshires & Shropshires.





It's, a. wise man who order. his r3111 for August

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PARSONS 51* 3mg:





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Oxfords. Shropshire. and‘ Pol led- chines.

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HE RBERT E. POWELL, 10111;. Mich.





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Bnrxmrd Sheep Ranch. B..." ,Claro. Mich.





For Shropslureo, yearling: or lamb rm write

ARMSTRONG 3308.. ”H.128 Fowlorvlllo. Itch.





 





 





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FOR SALE





2-cy1inder Buffalo Pit traction engine: I 181116

size threshing machine. In line condition; hi:

bargain for somemie Wri t( Cl 0 A HOWARD



Farming Company, 940 Spitzer Bid. , Toledo.0blo





BOYS, MAKE MONEY

selling Ipetialties and novelties duri Ipue time.

Write NATIONAL SPECIA ALTY 130MPANY,



811 nBui‘lding, Jackson. Michigan





Mr. POULTRY FARMER:





We make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and

have created o profitable market for your eggs the

car around. Wop: the highest premium for your

onnery White's—4 e remit some do shipments

and v3 pOfton—Shlp by xprm





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Shetland Ponies, fifitfifi’ll‘isheifi‘i‘l ”.3"

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WHO ARE OR WHO WILL

SOON BE INSURED IN THE





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An Important Message from the Secretary :--





M EM BERS of a mutual company save many thousand dollars each year, as they

, are assessed once each year and by paylng promptly to the treasurer, it saves

many thousand dollars that would otherwise be paid out for collection fees.





A mutual company is safe because under the law passed by the last legislature, assess-

ments are a lien upon the property insured. Aman

.. who 1s reponsible 13 therefore not held for the part





of June (3th, 1918





ONE AUTO IN 51x IS IN- ‘ Wthh ShOUlCl b6 pa1d by hIS neighbor.





 





 





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SURED AGAINST ACCIDENT- The policy provides that if the assessments are not paid within.

AL INJURY TO OTHER CARS sixty days, the insurance become suspended and the member en-



The ...........1..1c 0...... of .1... 1...... 5...... titled to no benefit until after date of payment.

§?3:1.1‘y1‘c1.3.‘l‘é§;‘£{“.lg°l.7..§,.‘.'.‘““21‘.’§.‘;‘.’.’..1.““{1..“xliil'fiziilllfi The total loss to the uninsured 1n the United States in 1917

i3d132‘2d35l?‘1iiiiihiiis 1. “illiqiiil‘élii‘f .3151 ”3-25.31‘33: was $8 3, 700,000.

the astounding figure of $110,000,000. This is an . _ . . ‘ .

f:.‘§§.‘;"i.“.i ‘.".:='2::.:*.:‘.:‘.:..:.;.i2..“2:-::‘.2‘22‘: 5:3...2:2‘.2...:: _The Wlse man,Wlll pay his Insurance promptly and keep hls pollcy

$2225.nggmfsml...‘"111113....3‘1‘323 iiiut'ifi iiis‘iiwirlfliy. In good standlng. ,.





produce such waste. The figures compiled for 1917





 





 





, show .1. lollowlng ..1..... 1...... The policy is not transferable from oneman to another, as the

N“ .u... 11...... ‘ll’lfi’l‘ """"" “"TWW Company Wlll not 1nsure those engaged 1n the livery bus1ness or

No. insured for public liability ........... 800,000 . . . . . .

1.0.... .311 .......111.....11......11.~1.. ....... 111,.....,....o those who live 1n the C1ty of Detro1t or Grand Raplds. The

ES“"‘““‘“ ““"lli‘y 1......01 1 member can have hlS pol1cy tranferred upon the sale of the car to

wners ............................. 50,000,000 ‘ .

I’r01:rty damage and collision losses 011$ a new car' In case the new car 18 Of greater horsepower, the p01-

insured automobiles ................ $50,200,le icy Sl’lOUld be sent 111 and the extra horsepower pald fOr

Estimated property damage and collision

losses on uninsured automobiles......$20,0tl0,ill0 The company being mutual, the pOIicy lS continuous during the

Firebiill: iii. 10.5 iii-iii. iii iliiil..il.liiliii $111.11.... llfe 0f the corporatlon E3Ch member° 15 called upon to Pay an

E.........e.1 1.... .....1 .1... 1... assessment twelve months from the date of application or the

sured automobiles ................... $11, 700000 1381: assessment

Total insured losses in 1017 .............. $3 2.900, 000 .

Total uninsured losses in 1017, estimated.$N2i,700,000 The company 18 run in a conservative manner l"

WASTE IS EXCESSIVE The liability claims take time to settle, and the law provides for ‘

R 1222:.,f.:f;,2::2:“22..222 a reasonable surplus. 1

:22::‘..:.2..2:.2‘2..::.2i22..;2 2;“..2222 2.51222. 2:22;: w. E. ROBB, - , ..

preventable. 1.

The waste represented in the above figures is . HOVVCll, NllCh, June 20’ 1918 Secretary . .1





held by some to be preventable possibly to the ex~

tent of 70 per cent if proper precautions are taken.

]t is astonishing to note that only about one~sixtl1

of the cars in operation are insured against liability





iiieaiiggii’ytnoti15ii[liiialis(Sill-Ssh.iii:1:.si3liiti23iiuii: 35,000 Policies Issued $70,000 Cash in Bank ,

:ggtigffswiiiai1211181“{iiénpirsuxit ‘md 1.. he 1.....1 931 Claims Paid $124,983 Pald for Claims ‘

RATES HAVE ADVANCED ' i ' , '





It is also regrettably stated that in cases where

the owner of a car has little or no property which

might be attached if judgment were rendered against

him, he rarely goes to the expense of insuring that

liability. This phase of the automobile loss, which

is one of the most important ones, the risk of life

and limb of others through recklessness or indiffer-

ence, has already been brought to the attention ot

legislatures in the suggestion that licenses to op-

erate an automobile only be granted where the owner

has taken out liability insurance to protect the

public.





The property damage and collision losses, both

insured and uninsured, are to a very great extent

preventable by following out the ordinary rules of

caution and observance of the rights of others.





Brokers, agents and their clients have been prone

to complain of the sharp advance in automobile

insurance rates, but this advance appears to have

been justified by the 1917 loss figures. A national

campaign of safety education, safety for both the

motoring and non— motoring public, which will do

much toward reducing the number of automobile

accidents.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





“Only a man of unlimited means can afford to drive an automobile m Michigan without Liability

Insurance? -——ask your lawyer or banker if this 18 not true.





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