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HE greatest economic waste in

the marketing of farm products

results from careless packing
and loading in the cars. This causes
frequent misunderstandings between
shippers, transportation oflicials and
city dealers. ,‘To eliminate these mis-
understandings and give the small
«shipper and small dealer an equal ad-
vantage with the firms who operate on
a large scale, more particularly in the
matter of getting an honest adjust-

’ ment of differences, the federal gov-

ernment, through its Department of
Agriculture, has stepped into the ring,
if not as judge, as an expert witness.

Under the provisions of the Federal
Food Products Inspection Law, which
became eifective‘ last November, a
grower or shipper of farm produce
may now ask an agent of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to look up a par-
ticular shipment of produce, and to
furnish him with a copy of a certificate
stating the exact condition of the
goods, position of the load in the car,
the condition of the ventilating system,
amount; of ice in the bunkers and the
temperature of the produce.

A complete list of the large markets
of the country to which the Depart-
ment of Agriculture has assigned in--
spectors is published in another col-
umn in this issue. ‘ These men may be
called upon to render valuabie service
to the flamers of Michigan if they will
only use them. The certificates which
they issue will stand as prima facie
evidence in any court. Their services
are free and they will prove valuable
witness in case you have disputes re-
garding your shipments.

From the day the local office of the
Bureau of Markets was established we
have been watching with deep concern
the work of the inspectors in order
that we might give the readers of The

 

 

 
    

 

 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 
   

  

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Inspector Bloom and His Assistant, Mr. Shirley.

Michigan Farmer first-hand in-
formation regarding the work-
ings of this new office and how
it may aid them in improving
marketing conditions. Last week
Mr. Frank A. L.“ Bloom, the De-
partment of Agriculture agent at
Detroit, explained the service
and various problems connected
with the work, to us in the fol-
lowing words: “In the first place
the service is free to any shipper
but, of course, if he wants a re-
ply at once by telephone or tele-
graph, it is customary for him
to pay the tolls. Shippers are
urged so _far as possible to make
applications only when there is
a disagreement, inasmuch as the
facilities are very hard to find.
Until we get settled down to our
regular routine of work it is im-
portant that, we confine most of
our work to shipments which
cause trouble. As a rule, our
aim. is to look after the real

' problems of the business and dis-

courage, so far as possible, dis-
putes between the shippers and
dealers over petty matters.
“The shipper who wants this
service should file his applica—
tion in the office of the inspec-
tor. serving the market to which
the goods were shipped, or au-
thorize his agent to file applica-
tion. The application may be
made orally, by telegraph, by tel-
ephone or by letter. It made
orally or' by telephone it must
be cenfirmed by a written state-
ment of facts, as follows: His
.name and address, the name and
address ‘of the receiver. Name

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kind of produce. Grades, car ini-
tials and number and the name
whether boat,
railroad or motor truck. Name
and location of storage house or
place where the produce is stor~
ed, if the shipment has been re-
moved from heat or cars, to-
gether with all other necessary
information. Also the purpose
for which the inspection is re-
quested. In other WOrds, if the
shipper is only interested in the
condition of a part of the ship-
ment, the time of the inspector
will not be wasted in making a
complete inspection of the ship-
ment.

“The real purpose of the in-
spection is calculated to assist
in settling disputes; to deter-
mine the value of shipments for
storage; indicate condition for
reshipment or diversion; to de-
termine the proper methods of
loading ‘to insure safe arrival,
and the effect of different meth-
ods of packing and loading cars
to keep the produce in good con-
dition on the way to market. The
shipper must see that the pro-
ducts of which inspection is to
be made are accessible to inspec-
tion, and that they 'be placed in
condition so that the inspector
can make a thorough examina-
tion as to quality, etc. If the

shipper is not wellsatisfied with .

the report of the inspector, he

may ask for another inspection, '

by giving his reasons, but such
a. request; must be made before
the close of the next business
day following the issuance of the

i ,of ship-pingpoint and ofdestinationu first» certificate. If the request is rea-
~ Date-of shipment, date ,of. actuator-e13 sogable, the re-inspe‘ction will be made.
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possible, in their regular order. No
inspection is denied unless the appli-
cant fails to comply with the neces-
sary requirements. The certificates
are mailed to the applicant immediate—
ly after they are issued, or wired C. O.
D. if desired. A copy of the same is
filed and becomes a part of the De-
partment of Agriculture records. It
is the purpose of the inspectors to
look after shipments of various sizes
made by train, boat or motor truck.”

The commission men and transporta—
tion companies appear to look upon
the work as a necessary service. The
better class welcome inspection and
the transportation companies realize
that the work is going to prove bene- -
ficial in straightening out many trou—
bles that are invariably coming up re—
garding shipments. Mr. Bloom said:
“In my work I find that the average of
honesty and dishonesty in human na-
ture is about the same in every busi-
ness the world over, and while the
very nature of the business of hand-
ling, distributing and selling of these
products may offer more opportunities
for trickery than other lines of busio
ness; yet beyond doubt the proportion
of fine and upright men engaged in
this line of trade is as large as in any
other.”

That this testimony is going to play
an important part in the adjustment
of claims there can be no doubt; it has
already done so, to the satisfaction of
all concerned. Railroads are in favor
of it because they feel that it is going
to protect them against dishonest ship—
pers who habitually file unjust damage
claims. Commission dealers approve

of it, because it tends to clarify their

transactions and relieves them of many

cases of dissatisfaction and trouble
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NUMBER SIX

 

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT COMMENT.

 

Problems confronting
our national govern-
ment due to our forc-
ed entry into the world conflict are so

War Problems.

many and varied and of such individ- _

ual enormity as to be entirely beyond
the comprehension of the average citi-
zen who is not personally charged
with any degree of official responsibil-
ity in meeting them. Government de-
partments are continually issuing
more stringent regulatory measures
along many lines, while congress is
wrestling With the problem of supply-
ing funds for the fabulous expendi-
tures necessary to place an adequate
army in the field and provide them
with the necessary equipment to pur-
sue a victorious campaign.

In their efforts to meet these stu‘
pendous problems, public officials an-
nounce regulations and pass laws of
which the average layman finds an
' easy, and to him just cause cause to
miticize. That there is often just cause
for criticism is apparent in the mak-
ing of leccnt histmy. Public officials
who have to meet new and stupen-
dous problems of this kind are bound
to make many mistakes, and often the
correction of such mistakes is hasten-
ed by constructive criticism on the
part of the press and the public. But,
notwithstanding this criticism, the
public is standing solidly behind the
government for the winning of the
war. As is usually the case in any
great public emergency, we are all
working to the same end. We may dif—
fer somcwhat as to the most direct
methods to that end, but there will be
general cooperation with those in au-
thority until the desirable end is at-
tained.

The war problems of the individual
are also great. This is true of prac-
tically every class of people at the
present time, .but it is particularly
true of farmers, upon whom rests the
responsibility of producing food stuffs
for the winning of the war, than which
there is no other single factor of such
importance. The accomplishment of
this task under the handicap of pres-

ent labor conditions causedby the op-

   

 

elation of the draft law/and their»: - . ry,a o =
it- will not be wholly. satisfactory to
producers, it will be equally unsatisi
factory to the distributor, as will the

industrial demand for labor is indeed
most difl‘lcult. In very many cases un-
favorable climatic conditions have ad-
ded to the handicap, ‘making the farm-
er’s lot a very hard one indeed, but our
farmers are meeting the situation with.
the same courage exhibited by the
boys at the front, and they will con-
tinue to go "over the top"' on food
production, so long as it is humanly
possible until the war is finally_ won.

\Vith an abundant grain crop already
made for this year, the government's
great solicitation is naturally for the
speeding up of production along equip-
ment lines for the early striking of an
effective blow on the western front.
This is undoubtedly public economy.
because the more effective the fight-
ing, the sooner the war will be over,
but with the extension of the draft age
care must be exercised in the protec-
tion or replacement of essential farm
labor, to the end that our cause may
not be further handicapped by even an
impending food shortage.

In the days of reconstruction the
farmers of the country will have much.
coming to them as a matter of right
and justice. They should be preparing
for it now by more effective organiza-
tion on their own initiative. This will
enable them to take care of their own
interests in the readjustments which
must follow the war. In the mean-
time we must all work together to the
end that we may ultimately do our
own adjusting, rather than have it
done by Prussian war lords, backed up
by Huns in spiked helmets.

Last week the Detroit
Area Milk Commission
met to review the mar-
ket milk situation and

M a rkct M ilk
Prices.

I fix the price of milk for the ensuinng

month. The testimony of the produc-
ers' representatives indicated that pro-

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of prescrvir -g food.

 

to its successful accomplishment.

A F ew of the Good Things Coming

Among the good articles to appear in the coming issue of the
Michigan Farmer will be the following:

HOW OTHER FARMERS MEET THE SAME PROBLEM.
Wendt tells how he is encouraging the farmers of St. Joseph
county to visit other farms and exchange ideas regarding farm

GIVE THE WOMEN FOLKS A SQUARE DEAL. C. B. Ford tells
how farmers can simplify the care of farm poultry by providing
conveniences for the women folks to handle the flock.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON PROBLEMS'THAT ARE CON-
NECTED WITH COLD-PACK METHOD OF CANNING. Here
will be found answers to your questions about this popular meth-

increased price to consumers. especial-
ly for September. At the same time
it will enable producers in the Detroit
area to get over the period of short
pastu‘rage better than the producers in
other sections until a gradual readjust-
ment can be brought about which will
give them a more compensatory price
with a minimum shrinkage in the con-
sumption. -

The task confronting the Detroit
Area Commission is not an easy one,
and the cooperation of producers, dis-
tributors and consumers is essential
To
date this cooperation has been suffi-
ciently general to have made possible
the maintenance of more compensa-
tory prices to producers than.have ev-
er before been enjoyed, and the in-
surance of a more dependable supply
of milk to consumers. Continued co-
operation will make possible a contin-
ually increasing degree of these bene-
fits. where the lack of it would tend
to destroy the progress already made.
So far as it has already been worked
out the solution of the market milk
problem in this area has been more
successful than in any other section
of the country. Continued cooperation
will bring increasingly satisfactory
results.

The conference of editors-

Editors’
Conference.

of Michigan weekly pub-
lications held last week
under the auspices of the
office of publicity of the Michigan Ag-
ricultural College, was an unqualified
success. All credit is due Mr. Trang-
mar and those who were associated
with him» in the arranging of so excel-
lent a program. We believe the con-
ference will do much good. It defined

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duction costs would run very high dur~
ing August, owing to the failure of pas-
tures on account of drought, and that
a price of $3.50 per cwt. at the ship:
ping station in the first freight zone
would be necessary to yield producers
a fair profit. Dairymen from one im-
portant milk producing section figured
that $4.00 per cwt would be required
to net producers a ten per cent profit,
and this view was backed up with fig-
ures presented by the county agricul-
tural agent. These figures were ar-
rived at through the use of Prof. Pear-
son’s formula, so-called, rather than
by actual cost records 011 representa-
tive farms, compiled by the State Ex-
periment Station, which the commis-
sion had at its disposal.

In arriving at its decision after long
consideration, the commission took in-
to consideration every factor of the alt
nation and arrived at the conclusion
thaOt'a gradual increase in price to
both producers and consumers during
succeeding months was the only feas-
ible course to pursue“ Ink fixing the
price at $3.10 for August and $3.40 for
September, this course was followed.
This is a higher price than'isre/ceived
by the producers in any other market

the responsibility of the local publica-
tions in the present crisis; pointed
out the greater obligations that prom-

ise to be theirs during the reconstruc-'

tion days after the war, and suggested
sources of information which should
prove valuable to those progressive
and patriotic men who are unconsci-
ously doing so much to shape Ameri-
can ideals. We believe a new era is
here for the local country newspaper.
Democracy demands that the material,
intellectual and moral resources of ev-
ery. community be fully developed.
This development will depend, as it
should, in a. country like ours,7very
largely upon the initiative of the local
community. There is no institution
in closer touch with thisprogram than
this self-same country newspaper. Con-
ferences like'that just held\ at the M.
A. C. will go far in preparing our coun-
try editors to meet these new de-
mands. So far as agriculture is con-
cerned, there should bethe, closest co-
operation between the local editor and
the county.» agent." This relationship

should bring ‘ the editor in touch not-

so much with broad general agricul-
tural problems, but with 'those' specific

’mOst rural school sections.

.now on pasture.
farming practices or problems obtain-

  

tor can render this Service. On the
other hand, when a real service is be-

ing given that support will come. May

the day speed when the country news-
paper will come into its own.
The announcement of
Patronlze Your the Michigan State
State Fair. Fair which will be
held in Detroit from.
August 30 to September 8, inclusive,
will reveal to the reader that the
1918' State Fair will be of broader
educational value this year than ever
before. In addition to the agricultural,
live stock and industrial exhibits, the
educational features will include ex.
hibits by the United States War, Navy,
Commerce, Interior and Agricultural
Departments and. the Food Administra-
tion.
the State Game Department will also
be a valuable educational feature to
the boys and girls, as will other fea-
tures introduced especially for. their
benefit, including boys’ and girls’ can‘
ning club displays, boys’ State Fair
school, etc. _ _

The .“Better Babies” contest will
have a wider interest than common
this year, in view of the national sur<
vey of children being made by the fed-
eral government. This feature of the
State Fair is one which should attract
general interest, and is a feature of
great educational value to Michigan
mothers.

The industrial exhibits should this
year be studied with more care than
ordinarily by every farmer, since his
only way out of the labor handicap
during the continuation of the war will
be the more general use of labor-sav-
ing farm equipment.

The agricultural exhibits may al-
ways be studied with profit, and will
this year be especially valuable, on ac-
count of the county exhibits which are
being prepared under the supervision
of county agents in many counties.
The live stock exhibits should also be
carefully reviewed, as an aid in the
solution of the live stock problem
which has become an important. one
on a large percentage of Michigan
farms. '

The amusement features are varied
and interesting, and will create pleas-
ant diversion ‘from the more serious
study of the fair from an agricultural

.and industrial angle. Notwithstanding

the exceptional value of time this
year, every farmer who can" do so
should attend the State Fair and take
his family. It comes at a. season when
the time can be spared without serious
neglect of home work, and at a time
when a brief outing will be appreciat-
ed by every member of the family. In-
cidentaily, any Michigan Farmer read-
er who has products of superior value
should aid in making the fair a great-
er success by exhibiting them this
year.

 

ADDITIONAL PARAGRAPHS.

 

Boys, watch this paper. You will be
farmers in a few years; start right.

Fewer fences well kept up are cheap-
er and more valuable than many of
the tu-mble down variety.

If there is any daylight the average

farmer doesn’t use this year he would ’

like to know how to save it.

The boy who has an interest in the
farm or its stock usually is more like—
ly to stay On the farm than is the lad
who knows nothing but work. .

When sowing gels late, sprout
the seed bef01e so wng. It will gain a
week or ten days in
you a. better chance at the weeds.

A school house with an assembly
hall and reading room is a necessity in
The best
way to get such is by consolidation.

The diam-once. 3between the. poor
feeder and the shed stochman is quite
apparent from a: glance at the herds
The poor feeder is
the loser ever! time.

» Wild. life exhibits prepared by“ . ‘

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' ERTAIN‘scientists have maintain-
C'ed that milk and/butter: were not
absolutely necessary‘toods. They
see the time ,when cheaper substitutes
will take the place of milk and butter-
fat. The oleomargarine people have
' had this vision for some time and the
scientists of Germany have claimed
they could produce a substitute for
milk from soy beans which could not
be detected from actual cows’ milk
except by careful analysis. Vegetable
oils and the cheaper animal fats can
be produced much cheaper than but-
ter-fats, so also this milk substitute
i from 'soy beans can be produced much
cheaper than coW’s milk, consequently,
the time is coming When economic con-
ditions will cause substitution of these
cheaper products for the milk and but-
ter-fat of the cow. o
But another scientist, working along
different lines, has proved that” a cer-
tain element of butter-fat is absolutely
necessary for the growth of children

and health maintenance of adults. This "

man is Dr. McCollum, of Johns Hop-
kins University. By careful experi—
ments, covering the period from 1907
to 1917, Dr. McCollum proved there are
two what he calls “protective foods.”
' Without a certain amount of these pro-
tective foods in the diet children can-
not develop, neither can adults main-
tain vigorous health. It used to be
thought that a diet of tubers, grains,

 

roots and meat could be made a per-
fect diet but the experiment of Dr. Mc-
Collum in feeding various foods to
young animals for these ten years
proved that they cannot. develop un-
less these protective foods are used.

And these two “protective foods”
are obtained so far as known at the
present time from only two sources——
the leaves of plants and the butter-fat
of milk. If people could consume
enough of the leaves of plants they

 

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This Foster Mother is Making Twenty Babies Fat and Happy.

 

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could get along without butter-fat, but
this is not possible and consequently
to have vigorous health butter-fat must
be a part of the ration. Dr. McCollum
has called this protective element the
“Fat Soluble A.”

Many people today are hailing Dr.
McCollum as the saviour of the dairy
industry because he has proved to the
world that the dairy cow is necessary
to the maintenance of human life in a
vigorous condition. The only argument

 

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Drying of Surplus Fruits and

.By c. A. SPAULDING

_ HE last five years have witness-
ed a revolution, both in methods
used and the amounts of home

preservation of fruits and vegetables.
With the added stimulus of food con-
servation as a war measure, last year
approximately 80,000,000 jars of fruits
and vegetables were home canned. The
preservation of food products in the
home as a contribution to war needs is
necessitated even more this year by
the present food and transportation
emergency. Home canning and drying
obviates expensive labor, needed trans-
portation, and from the economic
standpoint eliminates a large share of
the ultimate cost. The can of toma-
toes grown on the farm by expensive
labor, hauled to market or'canning fac-
tory several miles distant and there
canned by expensive labor, shipped to
the wholesaler, reshipped to the job-
ber or retailer, and finally bought for
your table, costs about twenty cents.
The same can of tomatoes raised in
the home garden and home-canned, can
be placed on the table for about eight
cents. '

While canning, and especially the
canning of vegetables, has become
more popular and more widespread,
due'to the efforts of the Department of
Agriculture and the various State Col~
leges of Agriculture in advocating the
use of the one period cold pack meth.

 

0d of canning, there are several fac-
tors existent this year that make for
a return to some form of that‘older
method of conservation drying as an
aid and side-partner in the conserva-
tion program. The cost of tin cans,
glass jars, and other containers used

The Department of Agriculture and
the State Colleges of Agriculture have
been working for some time in an ef.
fort to determine the best methods of
drying, the proper amount of heat nec-
essary for successful drying, and the
other many problems connected. with

 

For Further

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Drying, as a method of food preservation, has assumed a posi-
tion of prominence in the nation’s conservavtion program. Exact
methods of drying fruits and vegetables, instructions for using the

‘ dried products successfully and other interesting data on the sub-
ject has been worked out by the Department of Agriculture. This
information will be found in the Department Bulletins Nos. 841

These bulletins will be furnished free upon request to the

Division of Publications, Department of Agriculture, Washington,

Information

 

 

D. C., or from the Michigan Agricultural College, East Lansing,
Michigan. ‘
in the home-canning is on the increase, the method. The results and actual

and moreover it is almost impossible
in some sections to obtain suflicient
Stocks to take care of the demands.
Fuel is also higher and in some places
more difficult to obtain. For these rea-
sons a much greater use should be
made in fruit and vegetable conserva-
tipn of this old-fashioned method or
some modification of it.

   

experience of the many housewives
and clubs of boys and girls, all tend to
prove that this method may well be
used to a much greater extent than at
present.

Not only can some products be more
economically dried than canned, but
the dried article as a commercial pro-
duct conserves space in shipping since

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against oleo up until now was‘that.but-
ter-fat Was more easily digested than '
the animal and vegetable fats used in
oleo; it would melt at a lower temper-
ature. Observing people had noticed
that young children did much better
when a part of food contained butter-
fat and attributed it to the fact that
butter-fat was more easily digested
and assimilated. But Dr. McCollum’s
experiments indicate the reason was
because butter-fat contains this vital
element (fat soluble A) which is not
found only in the leaves of plants, con-
sequently it is the best argument
against the substitution of oleo. '
Themedical profession, public school
teachers, colleges, universities and the
reading public now understand this
idea and are spreading the gospel of
truth so it will only be a short time -

before intelligent citizens understand

this idea and when they do they will
hesitate before they substitute oleo for
butter, even though it is much cheaper.

The dairy cow will not be put aside
because we can imitate her products.
She is necessary to civilization and, no
matter what comes, is destined to en-r
dure. When the people understand the
importance of butter—fat in a diet, es—
pecially children’s, they will be willing
to pay a sufficient price for whole milk
and butter‘fat, so that the dairy indus-
try cannot be driven to the wall by
cheap substitutes.

egetables

a large per cent of the foods so pre-
pared is water and the weight and
bulk consequent on drying is but a.
fraction of the original. For example,
one hundred pounds of apples will dry
to 14.5 pounds of the dried_product;
one hundred pounds of spinach to nine
pounds; one hundred pounds of sweet
corn to 17.5 pounds. This fact renders
it possible to ship several times as
much nutriment in the same space and
to ship at any and all seasons of the
year Without danger of freezing or of
breakage. It also makes it possible to
furnish our soldiers and sailors with
fruits and vegetables, the year around
with a large saving in car space and
shipping tonnage.
What to Dry.

The same general rules that apply
in the canning of fruits and vegeta-
bles will apply in the drying of these
products. A good rule to follow in dry-
ing this year will be to dry all fruits
and vegetables that can be more eas-
ily and more economically dried than
canned, that is, if their food value will '
remain the same. ‘

Corn, peaches, apples and plums
have been dried for many years but
the possibilities of home-drying are
not limited to these. Peas, string beans,
asparagus, spinach, beets, cherries and
berries can also be preserved in this

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CORN CUTTER-

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and takes a ion
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CUTTER“ money and much
labor; is absolutely “mug hemmed?
dent; light drait; only one horse required;
saveetwine; cute oneor more“ eta
time, adjustable for height of cut.

We went to know more about our Can
Outta but is space is too small for that. so we
have published an Eliminated booklet containing
full description and testimonials which we
willtnailfteeroall interestedmdersofthis pe-

tal and request at once. and
isbooklet by return mail.

tdcalerinyour
CornCuttse,eoyouoenao

AKRON GU LTIVATOR 60.
AKRON.OHIO.

 

 

HALF-DOORS.

 

There are many or the smaller build-
ings on the farm where halt-doors
come in handy. These doors provide
for good ventilation and yet prevent
drafts along the floors. In stormy

 

 

 

weather. they keep the rain and snow
from blowing in and at the same time
allow air and light.

In the door here illustrated the out
in the middle is covered by a cleat
which is fastened only to the lower
half. A slot in the cleat allows a sta-
ple in the upper part to protrude
enough to be secured by a pin which
hangs (in a string. thus allowing the
use of the whole door when desired.
—H. L. S.

 

A HANDY SPRINKLER.

 

The common sprinkling can with a
small nozzle is very slow to use in we-

 

 
      
    

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Beod for booklet and circulars telling all about this I!-
oar-swing .alsotestimonials 03 many users.

LOVE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Dept. I hncoh. Illmoll

 

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Special Parcel Post Offer

Mona Dr. Edwards
CUSHION sou-:3 .95

BM I k' d 3 Real
vici l u
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size 6 to 12
Footing-m ah. y'al-
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value.

Sent FREE. Heavy
lushiou insoles.

Bales Boots

   
     
   
 
  

 

 

 

 

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easy cleaning. close
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Agricultural lime
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TIIQDERFECT I

is hammer and a shingle nail.

tering a flower garden or hot-bed.
Take a leaky galvanized or tin pail
.and drive the bottom full of holes with
Place
the pail beside the garden or hot-bed.

in another pail and empty it into the
perforated pail just before using.
Swing it slowly over the flowers or the
hot-bed and the plants will be treated
to a pleasant shower. This is much
quicker than using the small nozzle
sprinkler and better for the plants

around them.——R. G. K.

 

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An Attractive Farm Sign Board that
Tells the Public what is Needed and
For Sale.

 

POWER GRAIN ELEVATOR.

 

I wish to put in an elevator from the
threshing floor in my barn to my gran-
ary, 16 feet above. What size pulleys.
cups, and drive pulleys shall I need?
I have a gasoline engine with four-inch
drive pulley.

Montcalm Co. M. D. S.

From the conditions given in this

letter, where a four horsepower gas

' engine is to be used with a four‘inch

driving pulley. and the grain is to be
elevated sixteen feet. I would suggest
a sixteen to twenty-four—inch pulley to
drive the elevator from the four-inch
one on the engine.

If canvas belting or webbing is used

' for the elevator it should be about six

 

inches wide and have cups on it hold-
ing from one to two pints and spaced
from six inches to one foot apart on
the webbing. These sizes and speeds
are given so that the belt will not run
fat too high speed and the friction will

 

be enough to drive the pulley.- , l

_ THE MICHIGAN FA; .. ,
”A Few Practical Suggestions 9

Then carry the water from the well

than pouring an entire pail of waterl

and,

A chain with cups attached might be
used instead of webbing, but would
doubtless be more expensive and have
to be purchased special.

It is probable that the elevating belt
would need to be considerably higher
than sixteen feet, as mentioned in the
letter. so that a sloping spout could be
used to deliver the grain from this ele-
vator shaft to bins or the desired parts
of one blue.

It would be desirable to enclose the
elevator belt, either in a’single pipe of
boards or in two shafts, one of which
would contain the elevating side of the
belt and the other the return side.

A convenient dump box with sloping
sides should be made at the bottom of
the elevating shaft so that the cups
will fill properly as they are elevated.

H. H. Museums.
Farm Mechancs‘ Dept. M. A. C.

 

A HANDY TREE PROTECTOR. .

 

A handy protector to keep rabbits
away from young trees may be made
by fastening four or five lathe to two
galvanized wires by the use of small

 

 

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in the form of a book while the other
is made in a loop. These “books and
eyes” allow the protector to be put on
and taken off with ease. Besides pro-
tecting the trees from the rabbits, the
‘laths also protect them from sun scald.
-—H. B.

 

TO IDENTIFY YOUR AUTO.

 

You never know when some thief is
going to break into your garage and
steal your car or drive it away from
where it was left for a few minutes.
What was the license number? What
was the engine number? or course,
these are the first things the police
want to know; they constitute a. valu-
able part of the description of the car
in the search for it. In addition to
having these facts in a book it is well
to take a small paint brush and print
them neatly along the inside of the
garage.-J. L. J.

 

By Inserting a Hoop in the Mouth of a

Sack Much Time will be Saved when -

gathering “Seed Gem.

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’1' means more potatoes and in better
' condition with a considerable savin

in labor. Farouhnr "are but
to stand 01:, in of h continuous
usage. feeleen and leave the
potatoes“, conveu at! or p

tor Di r illustrated above is

built in three s zes with special equip-
ment to solid eretn t.soils anrine ,
drive on large digger if desired be
No. 1 Elevator has paid for itself in one
season on four acres of Do for
some users. ‘

Our "Success Jr. ” is the peer oi plow
diners. Gets more potatoes in one
time over the tow than a turn plow in
threat trl 9. Price so low theiitlsin
reach 0 the smallest grower. The
“Gilt Edie" for those who desire a
more elaborate W slking Digger.

Special catalogue giving full articu-
lars oi the different For uhar
sent free on request. rite us ay.

A. B. random (20.. no.
Box 212 York. I'-

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wriisfln' complete information
andpr an.
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23 S Walnut 81.. Brazil. Ind.

 

 

UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU
To Produce Big Crops

AsePotriotic Duty. you owe ithOII' Century! ‘-
mduce Iced. Dcn' t take a chance and guess he to in: 1:2,:
agrarian}? of ygur 2;". Don': waste valuable later, seed era

r or we or yoursol 'slacUotia ll!

of)! sup W1?” t s lull plcdoe- ~ .. not sell
. your sell with
no Ilmaisa loll Testing Machine,
Guaranteed tosaewlhe enactment
of lime end groom! limestone
your so i contains and it lacking.
requires.

Sold undermmbeck

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study of Predation and Profits

is more profit in feeding the average

Many dairymen claim that there is
no profit in feeding -high-priced;grain
to dairy cows. They argue that they
might better cut out this feed and take
what production they can get from
theirvcows rather than to increase the
production by feeding high-priced
grain. When the feed bills are so ex-
ceedingly high one is liable many
times to draw conclusions without a
proper investigation oi? the underlying
facts.

The dairy cow is a machine for con-‘
verting feed into salable products.
Now, in ordinary business affairs, it
pays to operate that machine at its
maximum Capacity or near it. It does
not pay to 'run a saw-mill or threshing
machine at half its capacity. The prot-
it lies in having such machines work
at full capacity and it is that way with
the dairy cow. No dairy cow is capa-
ble of maximum production unless
about one-third of her ration is con-
centrates, some kind of grain. To ask
her to produce maximum production
on an entilerly bulky ration is simply
asking the impossible and even though
grains are high dairyproducts are also
high and at present prices we have fig-
ures to show that it will pay to feed
a dairy cow a liberal ration.

Prof. J. C. McDowell has compiled
figures from various cow-testing asso
ciations which go to show that there

 

 

cow liberal rations of grain at the
present price than to cut the grain ra-
tion to the lowest limit and depend up-
on bulky feeds so largely.

For instance, in the study of these
records it was ascertained that 1,511
grade Holsteins showed that produc-
tion and profit mounted steadily with
the outlay for grain. The cows were
divided into classes according to grain
fed, and there was a regular advance
in production and profit as the grain
increased. For example, as the grain
increased from an average of $9.20 to
an average of $32.78, the return above
feed cost rose steadily from $32.75 to
$104.86. Also the study of the records
of 1,667 grade Jerseys and 652 grade
Guernseys shoWed the same result.
The class of Jerseys which got only
$5.76 worth of grain lost money while
the class which got $30.32 worth of
feed returned $91.77 above feed cost.
These figures represent only extremes,
but the complete figures show a steady
advance in production and net returns
in the intermediate class as the grain
was increased. Cow-testing records
show beyond question that the aver-
age dairyman doesn’t feed a sufficient
amount of grain, and never has, to
realize the highest profit from his cows.
The average cow is not given a fair
chance.

Brown Swiss Cattle in Michigan

 

For several years there has been a
tendency on the part of many breeders
of 'dairy 'cattle to look upon the Brown
Swiss breed as sort of a novelty be-
cause they departed from the estab-
lished dairy type so common in Am-
erica. These rugged cattle from the
mountains of the little European re-
public first came to us in a rather
rough form with bone far heavier than
desired, even in beef types, and hides
that usually lacked much of mellow-
ness. But when one of the breed made
above three pounds of butter a day in
public test, we began to revise our be-
lief that milk could probably come
from the types with which we were
best acquainted. The evolution of the
Brown Swiss into the latter-day type
has been among the most noteworthy
achievements of American breeders,
and in this work they have had the
help of breeders in the native home of
the cattle. That they have proved
their worth as dairy performers has
long since ceased to be a matter of
discussion. The sensation of the breed
came some time ago in the announce-
ment of the completion of the year’s
test of the Brown Swiss cow College

Bravura 2nd, at the Michigan A’griculfi

tural, College, which reached the rec-

ord for the breed of 19, 304 pounds of '

milk averaging 4.1 per cent butter-fat,
which is equivalent to 1,00. 5 pounds of

. f ' butter. The 13an Swiss breed is wen
‘JW as conditions in Michigan.

WJALK.

 

stasis Boy of Sedaeiey,‘ No. 3836 Grand Champion bull at National Dairy
Show-1917. Owned by L.S. Marshall and Sons, Leslie, Mich.

“awn...

(11 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.

(ll Unicorn Dairy Ration is the
only feed that contains Ajax Flakes.

‘JI You can hardly find a pure!

blood whose maternal ancestors were not
fed on Ajax or Unicorn.

(II 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.

HI Unicorn really costs less per

pound of milk or fat produced than other
feeds.

Chapin 8t 00., Dept. M,

 

 

 

Buy It Now

ARMERS who plan to build
Fsilos this year should lose

notime in putting in their
orders. All of the manufacturers
are having difficulties in secur-
ing materials and labor and it is
very certain that many farmers
who wait until the eleventh hour
will be disappointed.

We need more silos. Last
year’s crop of soft corn proved
this more than ever. Farmers
who were caught without a silo
for their soft corn suffered a tre-
mendous loss. If they had pro-
vided silo space they could have
saved all of the feeding value of
their crop and added a vast
amount of fertility to their farms.

From present indications more
silos will be needed in Michigan
this year than ever. With grain
feeds at present prices there is
no money in feeding stock unless
cheap feeds form a prominent '
part of the ration. The silo is a
money saving and feed saving
proposition. If you decide to
erect another silo do not hesi-
tate to order it now. Manufac—
turers cannot make quick deliv-

» eries this season.

 

 

ORDER FALL GIODS NOW
FOR EARLY SHIPMENT

F-‘ss am
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OFFICES a FACTomEs
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CHARLOTTE, N C ,COLUMBIA,SC,; SPARTANgung S C .
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Whip .Wri‘iind to advertisers plum mention The Michigan tamer.

     

   
  
 

   

      
       


Produced by the Michigan Crop
Improvement Association. /

Why grow common Varieties of

wheat and rye when you Can obtain

ure seed of improved varieties
which have been thoroughly tested
at the Michigan ExperimentSta-
and by} hundred of farmers of the
state.

Red Rock Wheat and Rosen
Rye were developed at the Michi- -
gan Agricultural College where,
after a number of years testing
against hundreds of other varieties,
they have proved superior to others.

Registered Red Rock Wheat

Is a Hard Red Wheat Is Winter Hardy
Stools Abundantly Has Stiff Straw
Is a Good Milling Wheat Is Pure

Registered Rosen Rye ’

(Compared to Common Rye)
Has Shorter, Stiller Straw Has Greater Leaf Surface
Has Longer, Larger Heads Has Better Filled Heads
Has Larger, Plumper Grains Yields Twice as Much per A,

A number of farmers,—members of the Michigan Crop Improve-
ment Association, have had their fields inspected under the auspices
of, and by agents of the Association. After threshin ,this grain is
acain inspected. That which meets requirements is .egistered and
given a Registry number on the books of the Michigan Crop Im<

provement Association.

Registered Seed

ls now ofiered for sale at Market price plus the cost of putting it in condition
to meet the Registry requirements. The prices are:
Red Rock Wheat, 1-9 inclusive, $3.50 per bu.; 10 bu. and over, $3.25,
Roeen Rye, 1-9 bu. inclusive $3.25 per bu.: 10 bu. and over, $3.00.
Winter Barley, 1-9 bu. inclusive $3.00 per bu.; 10 bu. and over, $2.90

To pass inspection. the fields in which these grains were grown must show
less than l% mixture of other varieties. »

For list of farmers from whom you can obtain Inspected Seed of the above varie-
ties. write to the Sec‘y of the Michigan Crop Improvement Association.

J. ‘VV. NICOLSON, East Lansing. Michigan

\ Grow Pedigreed Grain

 

 

 

 

 

M. C. I. A. Trademark

 

Help Save The Canadian Crops

When Our Own Harvest Requirements are Completed

United States Help Badly Needed
Harvest Hands Wanted

Military demands from a limited population have_made such a scarcity
of farm help in Canada that the appea of the Canadian Goverment to the
United States Goverment for

Help to Harvest the Canadian Grain Crop of 1918

Meets with a request for all available assistance to go forward as soon

as our own crop is secured. , . .
The Allied Armies must be fed and therefore it is necessary to save

every bit of the crop of the Continent—American and Canadian. Those

who respond to this will get a

Warm Welcome, Good Wages, Good Board
and Find Comfortable Homes

A card entitling the holder to a_ rate of one cent_ er mile from Canad-
ian Boundary Points to destination and return w11 be given to all Har-
vest Applicants. EveiI'y fac11it Wlll be afforded for admisswn into Can-
ada and return to the nited tates. Information as to wages. railway
rates and. routes, may be had from the

UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT. SERVICE

Branches at Detroit. Grand Rapids, Port Huron, or Troveroe City

 

 

 

 

 

liners/50w DirriiorrNA'nomBANK 4

NIH-II FIDIIAL IIIIIVI IANK

  
    
    

WITH 9. capital and surplus of $7,500,030t11is
bank is able to render a distinctively valu-

able service to business men or individuals
to whom a Detroit connection is desirable.

 

 

 

 

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When Writingto aduertlsorsMple‘aee state that
you saw their ad. in The ”I

 

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(Continued from first page).
with their shippers. It is going to
mean the elimination of the fly—by—
night commission house which preys
upon innocent victims and which has
given the whole business a black eye.
This type of dealer is not in favor of
any movement that will throw the light
on his dealings."

At the request of Mr. Bloom we ..c-
companied him to the Michigan Cen-
tral freight yards where he and his
assistant Mr. Shirley inspected car-
loads of apples and watermelons. The
farmer who imagines that those in-
spectors are merely office men who sit
in easy chairs have another guess com-
ing. Careful inspection of carloads of
food products requires a. lot of heavy
lifting and working in uncomfortable
places. In inspecting a carload of ap-
ples a thermometer is inserted in an
apple to take its temperature. Several
containers from different tiers and
parts of the car are opened and a care-
ful inspection is made of the size and
quality of the apples. In the case of
a. carload of watermelons the temper-
ature of some of the melons is taken,
a count made of the number in the car
and a percentage that show signs of
decay. Notes are also made of the dif-

ferent fungus growths that tend to in-
jure the keeping qualities of the
melons.

One of the big things that this sys-

"I... Uismmyws

tern of inspection is undertaking is

that of giving advice to shippers re-7

gardlng the selection of containers,
methods of grading the products and
the loading of cars for shipment. The
inspectors are also at your service in

assisting in securing cars for shipping .

perishable preducts and aiding in ev-
ery way possible to get your goods on

the market in prime condition and to'

see that you get a square deal after
they arise at the markets. ‘
Mr. Bloom says: “The most import-i

ant work that we can do is to awaken,

producers and shippers to the need of
improvement in their methods of pack—
ing and grading farm products.
first thing, of course, is to get farmers
to realize the importance and neces-
sity of careful grading. It would seem
as though a few unhappy experiences
might teach them, but there are many
who still load unsorted potatoes in
bulk into a freight car, or who pack

good apples at each end of the barrel.

with little mean ones in the middle."
One of the leading Detroit dealers said
about apples: “I have to sort them
out when they get to me, because the
farmer puts big apples in the top of
the barrel, medium sized in the bot-
tom, and culls and windfalls in the
center. Many growers are still foolish
enough to pack peaches with the best
ones on the top of the basket. Not
(Continued on page 116).

 

Bldg, Detroit, Mich., as follows:

receivers.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
IUREAU'OF MARKETS 4

FOOD PRODUCTS INSPECTION CERTIFICATE

Study This Transaction Carefully

At 7:00 A. M., May 10, 1918, Chas. M. Green telegraphs Frank
A. L. Bloom, Federal Inspector, Bureau of Markets, 314 Hammond

“Inspect M. C. 179682 now in Detroit M. C. tracks and wire results.
Contains 275 sacks round white potatoes consigned to Black &. 00.,
Car is rejected, receivers claiming heavy decay.”

‘ ORIGINAL

 

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the condition u b ”due-I. at

Position of men.-.x_.lll¢_

Products inspected and distinguishing marks:

4 W “I‘- M!“ 13W“

Temperature of product: let m”.
0! t Generally {all peak»

Maturity: flint. stock.

k.

(Dr: I’D-“17 typo).

rungouc inferior other the decay:

lOtlwr Momma. andVdelecta: muflfily with:

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mimm‘l ,ol'letilo-Iofnlnetol no.
u thereunderr'uur n the time and on the due "Irma I lnlpecled the
the! Mini-ted by the Secretary 0! Agriculture. ”nun-i Io all low on
u- nide- aid in. of end load and“ l- rlm sum-d hula--

C'ar initial: .._J._fl..w”uumberm__; where inspected 1.5...m,.m,.-lm3mt

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finite-t shoe. '2" mks round white petetoee'..
Seek- tuud 'll. 8. and. lo. 1, Chen. I. Green, Pine Grove. Elohim, Shipper".

. Condition of loadand containers: Books [loaded 3 More “a. bot“ Layer “0k. upright,
'1 upper two layer- nooks on sun on top of upright mks, alley fly through center or

. 79‘0“” the eeoko sum bet-eon door and land of en- elm! 80$ tuber not, (Mm)
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day,‘ Inspector Bloom wired. Mr.
Green, of Pine Grove, Mich., the results of his inspection:

{‘Results inspection ybunear M. 0. 179682 folldw:
between [doorway and brake endsliew twenty-.per-eentfiecay. bal.
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' F one has in his'possession an ani-
‘ mal flt'to show, the next most ini-
’portai'nt . thing is to fit it for the
show‘ and it may be said in passing
that a great deal depends upon how
an animal isfed and trained whether
or‘not it is able to do anything in com-
petition among its peers. Many a man
goes to the fair and while looking over
the show yard fence, there comes a
great increase in his estimation of his
own cattle. An expression often heard
among the spectators at any fair is
this: “There are just as good cattle
running around in my barn lot as there
are here.” ' In the great majority of
cases,‘ however, this is only lack of
ability to compare the two, either as
to flashing qualities or as to conforma-
tion. Really, if a man has “just as
good cattle" in his barn lot as are at
the fair the fact that he did not fit
thein‘is a reflection on his good judg-
ment for, while the fitting of cattle has
many details, it is not so complicated
but that an amateur could master it in
a short while.
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Feeding the show animal is one of

the most important points. An animal
might as well not show at all as to ap-
pear in such poor flesh that it will be
at a great disadvantage. In the ‘first
place, certain standards of conforma-
tion are desired and in the next place,

this conformation must be cushioned.

with enough fat and flesh to give the
animal a rotund and well kept appear-
ance. When an animal is in good- con-
dition for showing, it has what the
showmen know as a “bloom.”

After a while this bloom leaves and
the animal does not show with the
same vigor that was evident before.
The “bloom” is quite largely depend-
ent upon the method and period of
feeding.

It is customary to start to fit ani-
mals for the show two or three months
in advance of the opening date.‘ In
some cases, however, a splendid finish‘
can be put on by a short period of in
tensive feeding as well as a long pe-
riod of» extensive feeding. In feeding
the show animal one must be constant-
ly on the lookout to see that no chang-
es are made abruptly. The health con-
dition of an animal rapidly gaining in
flesh is at a. delicate balance and noth-
ing Will ,throw'the mechanism out of
order so quickly as a generous feeding
of semething to which the animal is
not accustomed. Changes in feeds and

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should be given because of the fact 5
that we are using so many substitutes. .
It will perhaps suffice to say that a
balanced ration should be given and -
that oil meal and corn andloats will
have to form the bulk of the ration for
show cattle. Decasional feeds of bran
now and then have a laxative and ton-
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explains why some cattle appear so
much out of sorts after the showing
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Exterior Appearances.

In show season, it is an occasional
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months before the show and then keep
the animal blanketed or otherwise pro-
tected from the flies and the hot rays
of the sun. I have seen animals, how-
ever, appear in just as fine condition
where they had never been clipped,
but it is necessary to take some spe-
cial care in having the animal protect-
ed from the sun and flies. “Fly'dope”
is pretty likely to make the hair coarse
and bristly and for this reason, should
be very sparingly used on animals in-
tended for exhibition. The horns and
hoofs should be kept polished and for
this purpose, a piece of glass or sharp
steel is very serviceable. Really, I like
the glass better than the steel, since
the steel usually has some ragged
edges that do not easily wear. off nor
is the glass quite so harsh.

Training to Stand. ‘

There is no one thing that shows
the amateur quite as much as to bring
animals into the ring that are not ac-
tually broken to lead. The show ani—
mal ought to be taught to lead right
up beside the master and not have to
be pulled and hauled and tugged. An-
imals being shown for the first time
should be previously led about so that
they are accustomed to the noise of
automobiles, shouting, etc. In teach-
ing an animal to walk up beside the
master, a long buggy whip held around

behind one’s baclé will be found.quite
useful. It is not necessary to’mistreat
the animal to teach him to lead. Meet
animals are easily taught if approach-
ed in a sensible sort of_ way.

Indealing with bulls theyshould,_of4

course, be sufliciently handled so that
they are tractable, but the only safe
bull is a dead bull and most fairs make
it a misdemeanor to bring a bull into

the ring withouta staff. The one thing"

to remember about handling bulls with
a staff is to keep their heads up. As
soon as a bull can get his head down,
he can use the huge muscles of his
neck, but as long as his head be kept
up, he can be handled with consider-
able ease. ,

Animals intended for. show should
be started on feed at once. Showing
has always been accounted a means of
advertising and it has never been look-
edkupon as a money—making scheme.
The young breeder should by all means
show at least at his local fairs Since a
man usually gets his first and often his
best" advertising right in the home
community. There is no “hocus pocus"
about showing animals despite the fact
that once in a great while a judge can
be deceived into putting an inferior an-
imal ahead of a good one. Animals
with good individuality, well-fed, well-
taught, well-bred and with all exterior
appearances in first-rate form cannot
help but be a credit to the breeder,
even though they do not stand in first
place.

Let Uncle Sam Tell You Why

(Continued from page 114).

until all farmers have come to realize
the great importance of grading and
packing, will wastes from this source
cease altogether.”

The new system of inspection is
sure to prove valuable in putting farm
products in cold storage. The freight,
sorting charges and the cost of diSpos-
ing of the refuse from shipments must
be paid by someone. Sorting on the
farm saves the middleman’s charges
and the cost of storage which ultimate-
ly fall back on the producer. There is
a great saving in freight charges when
the produce is sorted and graded at
the original shipping point so that it
may be put into storage without re-
handling. All of this work costs more
in the cities than it does in the coun~
try. And in addition to these losses
there is a great amount of produce
occupying perfectly good space and
storage room that is almost absolutely
worthless for food. Almost any carload
of produce unloaded in a commission
house today will contain a vast amount
of waste. The railroads receive freight
and the storage houses receive pay for
the space the waste occupies, besides
waste products have a tendency to
spread disease and decay among the
better grades mixed with it in the
shipments.

The greatest good that can possibly
result from this new service of inspec«
tion and claim adjusting is the fact
that it is going to put the entire busi-
ness from the farmer to the consumer
on a more honorable and business-like
basis. The farmer will find it neces-
sary to harvest his produce at the right
time, handle it carefully, pack it prop-
erly, and load it in the cars so that it
will reach the city terminals in sound
condition. The transportation compa-
nies will find it necessary to furnish
cars promptly as possible, settle all
claims with small shippers on the
same basis they do with the larger
ones, keep the cars moving and place
them so that they can be inspected
and unloaded promptly when they, ar-
rive at the city terminals. The com-
mission dealer or buyer of farm pro-
duce can no longer reject shipments
because the market. has dropped, be-
cause the federal man is on the job to

. report to the shipper the exact condi-

tion of the shipment and furnish him
with a, certificate of same. '
On the other hand, the farmer or
shipper is insured against loss, due to
negligence on the part of the transpor-
tation company, and dishonesty on the
part of the city dealer. The transpor-
tation company is protected against
unjust claims for damages to produce
or losses during shipment that are due
to careless methods of harvesting and
loading the produce on the cars. And
the city commission dealer who desires
to do business on the square is pro-
tected against unjust criticism from
shippers when their produce reaches
the markets in bad condition. Honest
men connected with groWing, distrib-
uting and selling farm produce are

finding Uncle Sam a pretty square ref— ‘

eree in deciding the plays in their new
game of feeding the world. '

In order to conserve the time of the
inspector it is requested that all in-
quiries regarding the Food Products
Inspection Service be addressed to Mr.-
B. B. Pratt, Supervising Inspector, 139
North Clark Street, Chicago, 111., or to
the Bureau of Markets, U. S. Depart-
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Atlanta, Ga... 414 Connally Bldg, W.
H. 'Beckham, Inspector.

Baltimore, Md., 411 Custom House,
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Boston, Mass, 405 Fidelity Bldg, 148
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Buffalo, N. Y., 232 Post Office Bldg,
George E. Engels, Inspector.-

Butte, Mont., 428 Rialto Bldg, L. J.
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Chicago, 111., 905 City Hall Square
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The poles had gone through the planes
and through the body—through every-
thing, in fact. A couple of them had
gone through my clothing. I pulled
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car to review the remains of what had
once been a perfectly good aeroplane.

Presently the owner of a field came
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The chances that I would lose my
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French flying men Were staying there.

I met them. They had never met a
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ron without trouble, but found that an-
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and clean collars and pajamas, I start-
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I did not put in a call to be awaken-
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it would be raining in the morning. I
slept like a log.

At 9:30 in the morning I was rudely
torn from my dreams and presented
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squadron commanding officer stating
that I must be home as soon as possi-
ble. I leoked out of the window and
though the rain had stopped, the sky
was heavy and the clouds were low.
But orders are orders. I decided to fly
the machine back as soon as possible.

With this in mind I called up the
French aircraft park and told the offi-
cer in charge to have the machine
ready as I was coming right down to
fly it away. I then called up the Paris
Naval station to send a car down to
take me out to the park. In the inter-
val of waiting I dressed, had break-
fast, and when the car rolled up to the
hotel door I was ready.

As I got into the car it was Just
starting to rain, and by the time we
got out to the flying grounds it was
pouring again. On arriving I put on
my flying clothes and asked where my
machine was. I was taken to it and
on examining it found it to be wet
through.

I had made up my mind to fly away
that morning at all costs, so as soon
as the rain showed signs of letting up,
I climbed into the bus, found a couple
of mechanics and started to try to get
my engine working.

The French way of starting an en-
gine is quite different from ours. Our
mechanics would shout:

“Switch off, petrol on, air closed,
suck in!” and after a good charge of
gasoline vapor had been sucked in by
turning the propeller by hand. they
Would shout:

“Contact!” whereupon the pilot ap-
plied the switch.

They would then give the propeller
a pull over until they felt a cylinder
on compression. Giving the propeller
a smart pull now, the cylinder would
be forced over compression, and, get-
ting the required spark, the engine
would start.

But the French had ways of their
own, and it took us about an hour to
start the engine, which would only hit
on about half of its required cylinders.
I had to shut down and have it looked
over and after another hour we got it
started again.

The motor was not all that could be
desired in the way, of a smooth run-
ning engine, but I decided to take a
chance on it. I had mapped out the
course I was going to take and put my
map alongside the seat where it would
be handy.

I taxied to the far end of the aero-
drome and got into the .wind,‘ which
was coming right over the top of the
hangars, and took off, when, without
any warning, my engine stopped. I
was about fifty feet off the ground. Not
being a balloon I had to come down
and I could not turn as I hadn’t enough
height. There was nothing to it but
land on top of the hangars, and I did.

The roofs were made of canvas and
I flew for a center beam which I
thought would bear the weight of the
machine. I miscalculated, however,
and landed between two of them. It
was all done sb fast that I did not have
time to get scared, and before I knew
it I was pinned upside down under-
neath the machine and inside the hang-
ar. The wings of the machine had been
left on top and I came on through with
the fussalage of the michine, which
had turned while coming through the
roof and landed on its back with me
underneath. The gang of workmen
saw the fall and rushed over, rolled
the machine over to its natural posi-
tion and pulled me -.out I had had my
right shoulder bruised somewhat, but
it did not hurt very much. , “ “

 

     

with the log books a: the mucking He
asked me if I were still set on flying
away and on my answering "yes,” he
gave me the books fer another ma-
chine. This one was dry. We had no
trouble starting the engine and I ,was
mighty glad when"I found myself about
five thousand feet over the aerodrome.

I was not even then done with my
hard luck, for, on getting about forty
miles from the’drome, I ran into a
rain storm. In order to dodge it I had
to fly about twenty miles in a roundad
bout way. I eventually got back into
my proper course, but I had gone along
for only an hour, when I was driven to
within a hundred feet of the ground
by fog. I could not see two fields
ahead of me, but bent upon getting to
the squadron as soon as I could, I kept
on flying. Soon I had lost my way, so
that I had to steer by my compass.

I wanted to reach my destination as
quickly as possible, but when my gas-
oline ran out I had to land, and when

  

my course My comp , ,
swung to the machine and was useless.

I obtained some gasoline and oil and-

as soon as the fog lifted I got under
way again, after being tossed around
by the bumps that prevail after rains.
I finally came in sight of the naval
aerodrome. I was mighty thankful the

trip was over, as my right shoulder,-

which seemed to be getting worse, was
beginning to hurt badly, and I was
thankful to climb on board a good old
train and start for home. -

When I returned from this eventful
trip I was sent'to England to take a
post-graduation course prior to going
on active service in France. I report-

ed and was detailed to a squadron in-

the north of England.

There I met oldBeaw, a chap with
whom I had been an observer in the
first squadron I, was with in France. A
Yank named Ham from Toronto and a
few others,‘ made up, the greatest

(Continued on page 121).

 

 

Wednesday, July 31.

Through a barrage as deadly as any
the Germans have laid down on any
sector for months, American soldiers,
comprising men from the middle west
and the eastern states, pushed their
lines forward a little more today, while
the French on both sides of Pershing’s
men move forward, pressing steadily
on the enemy’s flanks.

A tax of ten per cent on autos was
written in the new revenue bill today,
the tax will hit the maker directly.

Sisters of soldiers are to be permit-
ted to aid in relief work in France.

The United States Steel Corpora-
tion increases pay to its laborers ten
per cent.

The vessel output is gaining on the
U-boat war. The world’s tonnage is
now increasing at the rate of 100,000
tons each month.

Thursday, August 1.

On the last day of the fourth year
of the war, the Americans fighting at
the apex of the Aisne-Ourcq-Arde bat-
tle field, registered fresh progress 10—
cally, and held their own wherever the
Germans launched new, powerful and
desperate counter-thrusts, east and
southeast of Fere-en—Tardenos.

Governor Sleeper has asked the
state to build a' community house at
Camp Custer for camp visitors.

A tax on gasoline and an excess tax
on the use of automobiles were adop«
ted by the house committee today.
The schedule will be from $10 to $140
on each machine, and two cents per
gallon on gasoline.

Friday, August 2.

The Allies smash on in their Sois-
sons—Rheims drive and capture the en-
emy salient north of Ourcq, gradually
closing in towards Fismes, three vila
lages are taken as Foch drives
through enemy’s strongest defenses.
There have been 33, 000 prisoners cap-
tured by the Allies since the new of~
fensive began.

The new top draft age may be fixed
at forty-five years, while the minimum
will probably be nineteen years.

States ship 150 miles off Sandy Hook
this morning. The liner gave battle
and one shot is thought to have hit
the U-boat.

Michigan Central train hits an auto

near Jackson. One dead and four in‘
jured. The second may die.

Lieut. Ross, Michigan airman from
Muskegon, has been killed in an acci~
dent at Payne Aviation Field.

There are now 5,000,000 British sol-
diers in the fighting lines. A total of
7,000,000 have answered that country’s-
cal ,

Saturday, August 3. '

Soissons and tVille—en—Tardenois are
captured by the Allied army. The Ger-
mans are in flight on a thirty-six—mile
front as Foch’s armies sweep forward.

.The Crown Prince’s right wing has,
caved in and his left is collapsing. The

Germans are in full retreat all along
the salient between the Aisne and the
Marne. On the west the French and
British tmops continue their push of
yesterday and have reached Plateau

Chaud‘on between the Coevres and the

Crise Valley. :

 

Exact information as to losses suf-
fered by the American army in the
present offensive will be given to the
American people within a day or two.
The gathering of data is a slow proc-
ess as the wounded are in many hos-
pitals and mixed with those of other
armies.

Henry Ford announces that he will
not spend a cent in the campaign for
United States Senator.

' Sunday, August 4.

The German retreat continues una-
bated, with the Allies everywhere in
hot pursuit. Apparently the situation

has resolved itself into a race for the ‘

northern bank of the Aisne river by
the Germans. General Pershing an-
nounces that our troops have taken
Fismes by assault and hold the bank
of the Vesle in that section. American
troops up to Saturday had alone cap-
tured 8,400 prisoners and 133 guns.

Draft changes will give us an army
of 7,000,000. Michigan’s quota is esti~
mated at 374, 317. The bill provides
for new age limits of from eighteen to
forty-five years.

Three Russian ex-grand dukes, one
of whom seems to be Nicholas Nichol~
asevitch, former commander-in-chief of
the Russian armies, have been execut—
ed by the Bolsheviki.

Monday, August 5.

Allied troops have established two
strong bridge heads on the north bank
of the VesIe—at Bazoches, three miles
west of Fismes. and at Jouchery, six
miles east of Fismes.

The German losses in the Flames
region have been as severe as at any
point of the retreat, included in the
material captured by the Allies are
1,500,000 shells of 77 milimeter cali-
ber. Since July 15 von Hindenburg
has engaged eighty-seven divisions
(1,044,000) men.

Today’s casualty list contained 407
names, the largest number reported in
one day.

Tuesday, August 6.
The Germans are withdrawing‘under

more or less pressure along most, of .
Sea pirates again strike at a United their dangerous salients

from near
Ypres south to Rheims. The rear
guards are fighting,desperately under
cover of the big guns to cover the re-
treat of the army.

There are indications that the Ger‘ '

mans are preparing for another great
assault and wish to retire to natural
defensive positions while reorganizing
their forces. They have also renewed
their bombardment of Paris by long
range guns.

U-boat torpedoes British hospital
ship Warilda, 105 to 130 sick and
wounded perish, including .,
women nurses.

New casualty list gives Marne fig.
arcs of 706.

Heat wave spreads over the entire
country east of the Rocky Mountains.

New tax levy on higher incomes in
proposed, ranging from 55 to. 75 per

cent on incomes from $200, 000 to

$5, 000, 000. ”
Delegations from Russia and Finland
have opened up negotiations for a conf
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ARDENING projects in Boys’ and
i G Girls’ Club work, divide into
their classes, individual gardens,
club gardens and community gardens.
Individual efforts are no longer en-
couraged by leaders since the chief ob-
ject of club work is to develop leader-
ship and emphasize the value of com-
munity service rather than glorify or
financially benefit the individual.
Michigan club leaders at the East
Lansing conference had a splendid op-
oprtunity to study these projects in ac-
tual operation in the gardens of the
girl students in horticulture, in the
home gardens of East Lansing and in
the school gardens. Special emphasis
is put on the growing of seeds as a
conservation measure in the college
gardens.
demonstration of the growing of car-
rot, parsnip, beet, rutabagas, salsify
and cabbage, and all of these being in
a well advanced stage in the plot.
leaders received several good points
in conservation of moisture. An ex-
cellent growth of tomatoes was shown
in sandy soil in which plants were
hoed after a soaking rain, then mulch-
ed five inches deep with straw. No
{further cultivation was needed, no
weeds flourished and plenty of mois-

ture was present under the straw lay-.

er. Another practical and timely dem-
onstration in pruning tomato vines
'Was given. Vines were pruned to a
=‘single stem, all auxiliary shoots being
Lpinched off as fast as they developed.
it A heavy stake set deeply held the vine
upright, it being attached to the stake
by strips of cloth about two inches
iwide, tied rather loosely to prevent

Leaders received practical

 

By MARY

the first and last being the most diffi-
cult to conquer. Both wet and dry
poison preparations were demonstrat-
ed, dry mixtures being slightly more
expensive than wet ones, and practical
only in small gardening projects.
Much valuable information for prepar-
ing spray mixtures is found in Farm-
ers’ Bulletin No. 14. This gives form-
ulas for small quantities of mixtures
measured in tablespoon and teaspoon
measures.

An especially interesting discussion

of the eradication of root maggots,
such as attack radishes, turnips and
onions was given. The State Entomol-
ogist of Wisconsin has developed an
effective bait for the flies which lay
the egg of the onion maggot. ’Five
grains of sodium arsenite is dissolved
in a gallon of hot water. Half a pint
of New Orleans molasses is added to

 

An Attractive Exhibit-of Farm Products.

barking. When the vine had attained
the height of five or six feet the ter—
minal bud was broken off and all auxil-
iary buds were kept out. Large, per-
fect fruits developed, there is never
any rot from contact with the ground
and many more plants can be grown
on a given area by this method.

’ In connection with garden work,
comes spraying to eradicate insect
pests. Great loss is sustained every
'year by amateur gardeners because of
'insect pests. Three kinds of insects
prey upon plant life, namely sucking
insects, chewing insects and fungus,

attract the fly, with a small amount of
purple dye as a warning color. Eight
or ten shallow pans in which this mix-
ture is placed in the garden, the pans
covered with a screen coarse enough
to admit the small fly, fine enough to
keep out honey bees, will treat an ordi-
nary plot. In case sodium arsenite
cannot be obtained, mix together white
arsenic and ordinary sal soda in pro-
portion of one part arsenic and 'five
parts soda. The college gardens show-
ed a comparison or him methods'of
growing onions. One plot was sowed
to seed and thinned. '11: the same time

 

A Well-arranged Garden Exhibit.

 

Michigan Club Leaders’ Conference

Progects for Individual Club and Community Gardens

M. ALLEN

seeds were sown in flats in green-
house. When three inches high the
seedlings were transplanted to plot five
inches apart. The transplanted green
house grown seedlings made much
larger growth and much better devel-
oped onions than the others. .

Some interesting demonstrations in
vine growing were given. This sea.-
son being dry experimental planting
was made, the object being to study
moisture conservation. Cucumber
vines climbing up trellis, two in a

 

place, all auxiliary buds removed, and
ground well cultivated around roots,
showed' best results. The trellis made
it possible to cultivate around the
roots and the removal of auxiliary
buds gave straight uniform fruits.

Only seasonable demonstrations
were ‘taken up. Boys and girls learn
the “why” of everything they attempt
in gardening, they feel they are doing
their best—not their bit—to help feed
the world. The .idea of service to oth-
ers is constantly before them~service
to their family in supplying vegetables
for the table, service to their commu-
nity by dividing seeds and table vege-
tables in some cases to their neigh-
bors, service to their country by their
contribution to the world’s food supply
in the present world need.

Timely Garden Hints.

Don’t cut asparagus tips in July.
This drains the vitality of the plants.

Sow carrot seeds after a rain in
July. This will provide tender rootlets
for canning. .

Pinch off the ends of squash vines
after several fruits have set. This in-
sures larger fruits.

Keep up a dust mulch in 'August.

Spray potatoes weekly with Bor-‘

deaux mixture; add arsenate of lead to
this when needed. .

Spray cabbage before headsappear,
with arsenate of lead, after heading
with. Hellebore.‘ Hellebore loses its
poisonous qualities when exposed to
air and light. _ '

Do not cut heads within five days af-
ter spraying _ , _ _ '

Pick all seed beans,_.both shellanu
lima—before the frostkills the vines.

' One thorough wateringonce a week -y
is better. than light sprinkling every;

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night. Plants watered lightly develop
shallow root systems. Soil close to
surface is depleted, hence we have a.
stunted plant.

Hoes are much better than hose in
controlling moisture in a garden.

Battle Creek boasts the best garden
club in the state.

Garden clubs, canning clubs, then
handicraft and garment-making clubs
through the winter. What could be
more practical?

 

Become Canners

OYS and girls of Michigan, who
have already contributed notable
service as farm workers and gard~

eners must help out in the canning
campaign if we are to be saved this
Winter from a shortage of canned
foods. The department is calling for

volunteers to “put up” 400,000 quarts. ,

These 400,000 quarts, it is explained,
is the quota which Michigan’s young-
sters must can, either for sale or for
home use.

“We need the help of 20,000 boys
and girls and of one thousand adult
club leaders,” declares E. C. Linde-
mann, state leader of Boys' and Girls’
Clubs. “The United States govern~
ment must have canned goods for the
army and navy. This demand, natur-
ally, is diverting from us a large part
of the supply that hitherto has been.
produced to meet our domestic wants.
This means thatto make up this short-
age, we must do more canning in the
homes. ,

“The United States Department of
Agriculture has assigned to Michigan
boys and girls a quota of 400,000 quarts
—and Michigan must not fail.

“We need more canning clubs, more
canning club leaders and more can—
ning club centers. Our services are at
the disposal of the public for organiza-
tion purposes. Communications should.
be addressed to’ the Boys’ and Girls’
Club Department of the Michigan Ag-
ricultural College, East Lansing. Reci-
pee and literature can also be obtained
by writing to the same address.

  

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
   
  
   
  
   
   
   
   
   

  

 

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squadron I had ever been in. They
were always happy and had a com-
manding ofiicer who was one of the

boys and who knew the flying game,
having been decorated with the French

Legion of Honor and English military '

crosses. He was an Oxford “blue"
and a member of a famous Oxford
eight—a gentleman of the highest
order.

Withina short time I had flown ev-

ery war type of machine they had in -

the place. I perfected myself in drop-
ping bombs and learned how to take
photographs.

It was at this camp that I took my
first solo flight at night. I had been
up at night before as a gunner in
France, and had some idea what it
was like to fly in the dark. Three 'of
us were to go up that night; I was the
second.

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The route was once around the aero-

drome, then land and go up again for
another turn around the aerodrome.
The man who was to be No. 1 had
no trouble carrying out this program.
The flares were up and so arranged as
,to show the wind direction.
1 It got to be my turn. In'flying at
night, and reasonably close to the
ground, the aviator can make out the
woods, roads, lakes and rivers, and the
lights in houses. Going up and flying
, ’is a. simple matter, but coming down in
the dark is quite a different thing. The
1 last twenty-five feet of the descent is
usually made with nerves on edge. It
is impossible in the night to judge dis-
tance to the ground and careful judg-
ment is ”needed to avoid a pile-up.
Night flights in this aerodrome had
on previous occasions resulted in the
“crow act in the hedge," as we call it,
when a man lands his machine on top
of a tree. I wished to avoid that, if
possible, and surveyed the surround-
ings of the aerodrome carefully before
I went up.
3 The first spin around the aerodrome
' and the first landing were made in

7v. very good form. But while going

around the second time my engine
started to cut out and I came near
making a forced landing on the roof of
the sheds.

There were a few other stunts I had
to do and then I was given my gradua-
tion certificate and my wings. That
meant that I had to take down my fly-
ing “0,” which stands for observer.

CHAPTER XVI.

Stunts and Accidents.
HAD hoped that I would be sent

to France immediately, but instead .

of that I was made an instructor.
There were all classes of men in my
group. Two of them were particularly
interesting. One of them was an Irish-
man and the other a Scotchman. The
men of the squadron looked upon them
as “nuts."

The Irishman had been flying slow
buses and when put on a fast one
threatened to hurt himself. However,
the instructor had patience with him,
as he was a decent fellow. After about
two weeks of dual instruction, he was
sent up solo, being’ warned to be care-
ful and put on' proportionate bank and
rudder while making a turn. He Was
further instructed not to stay up any
longer than twenty minutes

The Irishman started off and flew
straightways from the aerodrome to-
wards the coast. The instructOr wait-
ed and Waited and after a while he-
came anxious. The twenty minutes

were up and there was no sign or the ;
There was nothing to‘ do '

Irishman.
but start after him.

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HATEVER we may think of the
inspiration of Holy Writ, who
can deny that there is more
human nature in it than in any other
bit of writing extant? Written thou-
sands of years ago, as most of it was,
much of it by unknown authors, hand-
ed down for centuries by word of
mouth, and painstakingly translated
into English only a few centuries ago,
it still tells off with marked fidelity
the traits of humans today. Go way
back to Genesis and in the second
chapter we find the Creator saying, “It
is not good that man should be alone.”
In these notes the keynote of society
was struck, and thus early in the
world’s history it became an accepted
fact that man was intended for society
-—not to live a hermit existence.
Every experience of the ages has
tended to prove this truth. Granted,
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do, and whether she will or not, she
finds herself a hermit. For, while lit-
tle children are company, they furnish
no particular mental stimulus and the
busy woman finds herself alone, ex-
cept at meal time, with nothing but
her work and her own thoughts for
company. Having no outer opposition
she falls into a mental rut. She goes
through the same routine day after
day, her mind and hands busy with the
same tasks done in‘ the same way, be-
cause there is no one to suggest any
other way. She becomes perfectly sat-
isfied with herself and her way of do-»
ing things, and acquires a quite supe-
rior feeling to everyone who does dif—
ferently than she does. In a word, she
gets to a point where she is above
learning, and then her case becomes
hopeless. Instead of craving society,
which is a normal, healthy feeling and
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A Michigan Canning and Evaporating
plement Each Other and Together
Products for Winter Use.

alone,” it also follows that he doesn’t
travel the safest nor the most pleas-
antly. Probably every country neigh-
borhood has its recluse, the man or the
woman who shuns his kind and lives
an isolated life, unmolested by wife or
husband, children or parents, neigh-
bors or friends. One avoids a lot of
work or responsibility in that way, but
who of us would change places with
the hermit? Hopelessly selfish, abom-
inably dirty or painfully neat, accord-
ing to sex, suspicious, mercenary,
grouchy, unloving and unloved—who
would choose such a lot voluntarily,
even to avoid the pinch of poverty or
the grind of hard labor? Normal hu-
man beings prefer society with its at-
' tendant responsibilities and blessings
to isolation with its consequent mental
and spiritual sloth.

None of us would-voluntarily choose
such a condition, but in these busy
days there is danger of many house-
wives getting into much the same her- _
' mit state of mind quite unconsciously.
Help for the kitchen is not simply
scarce, it is an unknown quantity. Uné
, .less the children are grown, the aver-
~ [age farm woman has more to do .than
any two' Women: ought to, be asked to

  

 

 

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want to go out, and is peeved if any-
one comes and interrupts her schedule.

She draws mental pictures of her-
self in comparison to the other women
she knows, much to the other’s dispar-
agement and her own aggrandizement
+2, fatal thing to do. Her family, her
children, her husband, her way of do-
ing things become in her eyes models
for everyone ,in the universe to copy.
She, herself, has nothing to learn.

Thus, entirely without her knowing
it and through stress of work, she be-
comes as much of a hermit as though
she lived on an inaccessible mountain
peak. Often more of one, for the her-
mit who is isolated in fact could often .
be converted if you reached her. In-
deed she is often not a hermit in mind,
for she realizes her danger and fights
against it. While the woman who,rsur-
rounded by society, becomes a mental
hermit, is all too often hopeless. She
doesn’t want to be different.

These are busy days and it seems
ridiculous to ask Women to do more.
So I am not going to. I am going to
ask you to do less, and take time to
play. At least once a week go visit-
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neighbor and talk her deaf, dumb and
blind. If you simply can’t steal Mon-
day, or Tuesday or Wednesday or
Thursday or Friday or Saturday, take
Sunday. Don’t work on Sunday. You
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the week. On Sunday let the family

 

eat bread and milk, if that is the only
way you can get a day off. If you
can’t, or won’t, go to church, get out
and see a neighbor. Get away from
yourself some way, and pick up at
least one new idea. Don’t be a hermit!
DEBORAH.

Drying the Surplus

i

manner and experiments show that all
of these dried products can be “brought
back” to a natural state for consump-
tion if the proper methods of soaking
are used. Small amounts of left—over
fresh fruits and vegetables can also be
dried with profit.

v Principles in Drying.

The old method of stove drying and
the older method of sun-drying and
modifications of these two are being
used successfully to preserve food pro
ducts. In the more arid climates, the
necessary amount of moisture is ab-
sorbed by the warm air in a relatively
short time if properly exposed. In
Michigan, however, certain essentials
must be observed if the resultant pro-
duct is to be of a good'appearance
and of salable quality.

1. A complete circulation of air ov-
er, under, around and through'the dry-
ing products must be provided for if
the drying is to take place swiftly and
evenly.-

2. The air around the drying pro-
duct should be maintained at a rela-
tive high temperature and this temper-
ature should remain constant within
small limits.

3. The product when once started in
the drying process should not be al-
lowed to reabsorb moisture from the
cooler air currents, from steam vapors,
from the ground or other damp mate-
rial. This would lengthen the process
and render the product of a poorer
quality.

4. The products for drying should be
fresh, sound, and firm and should be
evenly graded before drying.

5. Certain products,‘as potatoes, ap.
ples, etc., tend to darken or tarnish
when exposed to the air for any length

(Continued from page 111).

of time. This can be prevented in the
drying process by soaking the products
in a weak solution of salt and water,
using about one ounce of salt to a gal-
lon of water.

These principles apply to the drying
process, no matter what type of dryer
is used. ' .

Preparation of Products for Drying.

All products should be first Carefully
graded and washed. The vegetables
should be blanched in boiling water or
steam for a varying length of ‘ time,
(see accompanying table). Fonowing
the blanching the products should be
plunged into cold water or “cold dip-
ped.” This blanching and cold dipping
loosens and opens the pores and thus
facilitates the drying process. It also
kills the eggs of any weevils or other
insects, should such happen to be pres-
ent in the products. The vegetable
may now be sliced thinly in prepara-
tion for the next step. If large quan-
tities are to be prepared, it is well to
provide one of the small slicing mas
chines as it will prove economical in
the end. For small amounts, a sharp
paring knife may be used. Fruits will
not need the blanching and cold dip-
ping but some of them, as apples, will
need to be left for five minutes in the
salt solution before mentioned. They
may then be removed and dried briefly
on cheesecloth or muslin and spread
out upon the drier.

Methods of Drying.

One of the most widely used meth-
ods of drying at the present time is
stove drying. Trays constructed of
lath and muslin, pearl screen or other
open material may be suspended from
the ceiling and the heat of the stove
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lowered at will if a hook is placed in
theoeiling‘abonthootove; andthe
heat of the stove. which would be otho
erwise wasted, while baking, ironing,
‘etc.. may be used to dry successfully.
There are also ‘on the market several
types of stove dryers designed espe'
ciaily for that purpose. One type is
in the form of .a_ tight double-decked
shallow pan. The pen is kept partly
filled with water and is placed on the
stove or bver one burner at least. A
leg is fastened to one end so that one
end maybe supported from the floor.
The products to be dried are placed on
the top of the pan and the heat from
the water below drives off the mois-
ture. A funnel attachmentmakes it
possible to keep the drier full of wa-
ter. This type of drier has given good
satisfaction when properly handled.
lThcy may be purchased in different
sizes at prices ranging from $6.00 to
811. 00.

Another type of stove dryer is the
galvanized cupboard type. Many of
these are now on the market commer-
cially and are being made up by local
‘tinsmlths for home use. In this type
of dryer it is essential that the top be
arranged with a ventilation opening
’that may be opened and closed to reg-
ulate the temperature. The bottom
must be open or perforated so that the
hot air arising from the stove may
pass up through the trays of drying
products. The door on this , dryer
should fit tightly and should be large
enough to allow the trays to be remov-
ed and replaced conveniently. These
trays are generally made with metal
sides and galvanized wire screen.

The even dryer is perhaps the simp-
lest form of stove drier. Trays of
screen or other light open material
may be arranged with short legs plac-
ed at each corner 'to keep the 'tray up
cm the floor of the oven. The temper-
ature may be regulated by the width to
which the door of the oven is opened.
This method is well adapted to the
drying of corn, apples. berries. peas
and other easily dried products.

The oldest method of all is sun-dry-
ing. In its simplest form the sun drier
consists of a tray so placed as to re-
ceive the heat of the sun and to ex-
clude the dampness of the ground at
the same time and so protected as to
keep out insects and other pests. The
cold frame adapts itself readily to sun-
drying with a few slight modifications.
The home-made sun-drier should have
a hinged window-glass top so as to let
in the sun's rays and still protect the
drying product from the fall of damp
air should atmospheric conditions sud-
denly change. The bottom can be of
either metal or wood provided it fits
tightly enough to keep out the damp-
ness of the ground The sides should
be of cheesecloth and the trays should
be so arranged as to allow for a free
circulation of air through them at all
times. Ventilating holes near the top
should be .provided for the outward
passage of the moisture laden air. es-
pecially if the drier has tight wooden
sides. With the above conditions for
sun driers in mind it will be seen that
both the hot-bed and cold-frame may
be used for sun-drying.

Use of Fan or Alr Blast in Drying.

The use of the tan or air blast as an
aid to drying has sprung into wide
popularity and 1183 in the last few
years. The fan insures a forced cir-
culation of air over and through the
products :at all times. The air in pass-
ing absorbs the moisture and if the air
can first be heated a greater amount
of moisturewill be withdrawn and the
drying will be hastened. 11: is in com-
bination with some of the other moth-V
ads of heat drying" that the fan finds

libegreatestuseatpreuent. It adapts

itself particularly well to store drying.

One of the homemade dryers now:
being extensively used is made in the
touted a bend: foot long and about

enemies at“ drying are not no:

eighteen inches wide.
pad with regular tray and is placed so
that one end may draw the heat frcm
a stove or other sourcewhile a fan is
inverted at the other end to draw the

warm air through the drier. This type-

of drier is used commercially in con-
nection with theblow fan which seems
to give quicker results in drying.
Electric fans are, of course, out of
reach of most rural homes. There are

on the market, however, several types

of alcohol and gasoline fans which are
very efficient and which can be operat-
ed for the small cost of a few cents
per day. .

Some products which mature late in
the season, such as apples and sweet
,corn, can be economically and conven-
iently dried in trays over the ordinary
furnace register. Many examples of
success" in last year's work are so re-

):icnzoanzr as am?

This is equip- mg.-

Many types of containers are to
be found on the market that are adap-
table to the storing of these dried
foods. Chocolate cans, baking powder
cans. coffee cans. and other‘containers
which the ordinary home affords may
be used successfully. All such cans
should be sealed, however, by pasting
a strip of gummed paper around the
top where the cover meets the can.
This will render the contents both in-
sect and moisture proof. Pasteboard
boxes with tight covers may be dipped
into parrafiin and sealed in the same
way.-

All dried products after packing
should be at once carefully labelled

and stored in a dry ventilated place'

until needed for use.

Using Dried Products.
‘ Space does not permit giving the
recipes for using dried products nor

 

Save This Table for Future Use

Approximate

Blanching Drying Temper’re

Vegetables. Time. Time. Fahren'ht

Minutes. Hours. Degrees.

Asparagus ........................... 5 to 10 4 to 8 110 to 140
Beets. until skin cracks .............. . . . . . . 2%; to 3 110 to 156
Brussels sprouts ..................... 6 3 to 3% 110 to 145
Cabbage ............................. l O 3 . 110 to 145
Carrots ............................. 6 2%; to 3 110 to 150
Cauliflower .......................... 6 3 to 3 1A 110 to 1 45
Celery .............. ‘ ................. 3 3 to) 110 to 140
Garden peas ........................ 3 to 5 3 to 3 1A. 110 to 145
Green string beans .................. 6 to 10 2 to 3 110 to 146
Kohl-rabl. celeriac and salsify ........ 6 21/3 to 3 110 to 150
Leeks ............................... 5 21/3 to 3 110 to 140
Lima beans (young) ................ 5 to 10 3 to 31A, 110 to 145
Okra ................................ 3 2 to 3 110 to 140
Onions .............................. 5 21/3 to 3 110 to 140
Parsnlps ............................ 6 21/2 to 3 110 to 150
Peppers .......................................... 110 to 140
Pumpkin ......................... . 3 3 to 4 110 to 140
Rhubarb ..... ‘ ....................... 3 ....... 110 to 145
Spinach. parsley and other herbs ........... 3 , 110 to 145
Summer squash ..................... 3 3 to 4 110 to 140
Sugar peas .......................... 6 3 to 31,5 110 to 145
Sweet corn ......................... 5 to 10 3 to 4 110 to 145
Swiss chard ......................... 3 3 to 4 110 to 140
Tomatoes, to loosen skin .......................... 110w14s
Wax beans .......................... G to 10 2 to 3 110 to 145
Fruits. '

Apples . . . ................................. 4 to 6 110 to 150
Apricots .................................. 4 to 6 110 to 150
Berries ................................... 4 to 6 110 to 140
Cherries .................................. 2 to 4 110 to 150
Peaches .................................. 4 to 6 110 to 150
Pears ..................................... 4 to 6 110 to 150
Plums .................................... 4 to 6 110 to 150
Quinces ................................... 4 to 6 110 to 150

 

ported. Here again the fan can be
used to hasten drying.
Conditioning or Curing Out.

All dried products should be thor-
oughly conditioned or “cured out” be-
fore packing away in storage. This is
accomplished by placing the dried pro-
ducts in boxes or pans and thoroughly
mixing them twice a day for three or
four days. This will insure an even

distribution of the necessary moisture .

content. Should any of the product
prove too damp, it may be removed
and dried further. The tests usually
applied to fruits to determine if they
are dried enough is to press some of
the products between the thumb and
finger and if no stain results we can be
sure the product is dry. Fruits should
not be dried too much, however, as it
spoils the texture and breaks down
regular cell formation. Most fruits
should not be dried until they “rattle.”
Vegetables may be dried more than
fruits and most of them, such as peas,
string beans, and corn may be dried
enough so that they will rattle. Vege-
tables dried only to the “leathery”
point are apt to mold.
Storing Dried Products.

It is essential that the dried product
be kept free from egg-laying insects
during 'both drying and curing proc-
esses. Otherwise the entire pack may
later be destroyed by the worms which
hatch from the eggs so. lain. One meth-
od of insuring against this danger is

"to place the product in a temperature

of 160 degrees ll". Just previous to stor-

‘ing it. This will kill any eggs that

may be present.

Dried food products must not be al-
lowed to reabsorb any moisture or be-
some spoiled through improper stor-

for explaining the ways of sdaking for
use. These may all be found in the
bulletin referred to above.

Drying should not. and in fact, can-
not be used to replace canning. but it
can and should be made a valuable
adjunct in the present struggle in the
conserving and preserving enough food
for both our Allies and ourselves.

Time Table for Drylng.
The exact time for drying fruits and
vegetables cannot be given for much
will depend upon the efficiency of the-
method used and upon the temperature
to which the products are subjected.

The proper temperature for quick
drying consistent with the most natur-
al resultant products seems to be from
seventy-five to 140 degrees F. for friuts
and from 100 to 160 degrees F. for
vegetables.

The time requirements given in the
accompanying table are approximate
for the temperature given. Vegetables
are to be first. blanched and cold
dipped.

SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.

 

To get the best results when mash-
ing potatoes, heat the milk before ad-
ding it to the potatoes. and they will
be light and creamy—C. E.

One accustomed to doing needlework
of all kinds is aware of the discom-
fort caused by the needle pricking the
finger which holds the under side of
the cloth. This can be prevented if
the worker will moisten a small strip
of court plaster and stick it on the
end of this hogan—lire. J. 1).

There is no deferred classification in
food conservation.

   

MICHIGAN mamas PATTERNS.

 

Any of the patterns illustrated may
be secured by sending order to Pattern
Department Michigan Farmer. Detroit
enclosing the amount set opposite the
patterns wanted.

 

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No. 2519—Ladies' Kimono. Cut in
four sizes, small, 32-34; medium, 36-38;
large, 40@42; and extra large. 44-46
inches bust measure. Size medium
will require 5% yards for full length
and 1% yards less for sack length, of
36-inch material. Price 10 cents.

No. 2517—Ladies’ House Dress. Cut
in seven'slzes, 34. 36, 38. 40, 42 and 44
inches bust measure. Size 38 requires
5% yards of 36-inch material. The
dress measures about 2% yards at the
foot. Price 10 cents.

 

No. 2344—Ladics' Waist. Cut in
seven sizes, 34, 36. 38. 40, 42, 44 and
46 inches .bust measure. Size 38 re-
quires 3% yards of 36-inch ‘material.
Price 10 cents.

No. 2537—Ladles’ Skirt. Cut in sev-
en sizes, 22, 24, 26. 28. 30. 32 and 34
inches waist measure. Size 24 requires
48/4 yards of 40-inch material. The
skirt measures about two yards at the,
foot. Price 10 cents.

   

No. 2529—Dress for Misses 8......
Small Women. Cut in three sizes, 16,
18 and 20 years. Size 18 requires 5%
yards of 36-inch material. The skirt
measures about 1% yards at the foot.
Price 10 cents.

No. 2541-2462—Ladies’ Costume. The
blouse. 2541. cut in seven sizes, 34, 36.
38, 40. 42, 44 and 46 inches, bust meas-
ure. The skirt. 2462. cut in seven siz4
es, 22,- 24. 26. 28. 30. 32 and 34 inches
waist measure. For a medium size it
will require about seven yards of. 36-
inch material for the entire dress.
The skirt measures about 1% yards at
the foot. Two separate patterns. 10
cents for each pattern.

 

No. 2524—Glrls‘ Dress. Cut in, four
sizes. 6. '8. 10 and 12 years. Size 19
requires three yards of 44-inch mate-
rial. Price 10 cents.

No. 2531—Girls‘ Dress. Cut in four
slzes,8,8. 10md12years. Sire ure-
quires 8%, yards of 44-inch material.
Pm 10 cents.

 

 

 

  
   


   
  

 
 

 

 

 

 

i Truman H Newborry

'Tis true, Michigan never fell
try at large.

an

 

experience wonderfully fits him
He' 9 a fighter from the word

getic and not to be bullied or coerced. Firm in his convictions
and positive in his determination.

long been the topic of men who

TRUMAN H.

ton General Chairman

 

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BREEDERS' DIRECTGRY.

(flange 0! Cop or Cancellations must reach us
Ten Daysy before date of publication.

CATTLE.

Wildwood Farms

Breeders of Best Strains of 3

Aberdeen Angus Cattle
and Duroc Jersey ilogs

Several young bull calves on hand. three of which
are of serviceable age. out of Black Monarch 111.
three times Grand Champion. Michigan State
Fair. Also several AI Brood sows. Will be glad
to correspond with you by letter regarding
met. Write

SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.
Wildwood Farms, Orion, Michigan
W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.

WOODCOTE ANGUS

ERIOAS it BLACKBIRDS (BLACKCAPS)
fl'jiile most fashionable strains of the breed.
Great (are giien to matings and pidigrees. Eve an
imal BRED IN THE PURPLE. Breeders and eed.
on of man INTERNATIONAL WINNERS
OODCOTE STOCK FARM Ionia. Mich.

 

 

d i t bulls of serviceable
GOVOI’Iy Angus againiluyzény er. Inspectioninvit-
Geo. Hathaway and n. 0vi d. Mich.

I
For Sele—Ihm Aberdeen In ngus Bulls {3853.633
prices reasonable. LANG BRO Davison. Michigan

SEYS must reduce herd. soofles
GUERN a few choice females of
Gionwood breeding also bulls, all stock of A. B. breed-
whengugerculmtes Bettie Crook. Mich.

Registered Guernseys

Two ogoice heifer calves, 8300. One bull call with
1 ti :1 to heifer calves.
fimggm this bull caigis n_ore- a £0 "h Adams, Mich

h ad ll tb. tested. Nora's
fine ifdgmsafiasgnrp. May Rosie King
was 9 this ha s ers so averag ng

“ohfi‘l: lb??? cages are booked ahead at reasonable
prices. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich.

R ist d Guernsey bull eel-
For Sale .é‘ns’imm. 1.4..
’0“ EBELS, Hollan Mich.

GU E R N S OEYIdsgggrgrg'REi‘rlig
on“.
lucxswsuslnngslir FARMY°EagIn:3.pw. s. Mich

lusrntmu

"dd G ernseys. One reg-
mm..- ..
a re 9 e are an
mmhzlg'm III‘OIRSEOD"d ROBBIN N.Yg YpsilJ anti, Ml loh.

Ora nos Stop. Saline CarL n.oJ

FOR SALE amen... “mm m

HANK NASH. n.3, Box 6'1. Fremont, Mich.
‘ M wlmmefl mopited npayment of finely bred

 
 
 
  

A big state always coming through in a big way.

But now there comes still another opportunity.
we elect se haters—representatives of ours-to protect our rights
and those of the country at large.

We must send to the senate men who are real Americans
Ind who will uphold American ideals to the uttermost.

We have such a man in Truman H. Newberry who has in
the past and is now serving his country in a big way. His past

and Michigan’s gift to the nation.

for
United States Senator

:blhged ”“111 Newborn] Senatorial Comm

1M, Executive Chairman

 

 

Holstein bull cal :11
mph... mm .1951 EflhJ
'3 - - Vassar. _y

add... M“ WhMWfim

 

Michigan’s
Gift
to the

Nation

short in her duties to the coun-

This year

for this important position.
go. A man of iron will, ener-

His stand for the right has

know. He is the people’ s man

NEWBERRY ‘

(Advertisement)

 

 

AK Leaf Farm Herd sire Lenawee Pontiac Oai-
unity King oiler Registered Holstein bull lves
mA 11.0. cows and the above sire whosed dam aids
the milk and butter record the state of Ind 7
damage} mil k 796.3. butter”. 51--315II days in ilk 23782.3.b ut-

M H. EARHABT 5 ION. R. 4, Marcellus. Hick.

“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 0)., Howell, Mich.

 

I Always Have Holsteins
To Sell

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

L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio
Jack Bill

Winn--Wood Herd

Registered Holsteins
Sire in Service
Flint Maplecrest' Boy

Who is bred for real reduction his sire Maplecre 80
Korndyke Hen erveldJ' is one of the best bred long dis-
tance bulls in t 8 world. He or his dam are brother
or sister to six cows w ith records above 1. 200 lbs. of
butter inrono ear and ten more shovel. 000 lbs. in s
ear. Flint Maplecrest Boys' Dam is Gluck Vassar Bell
.57 lbs. of butter in 7 day. 121 lbs. in 80 (is s.
fatltest 5. 27. Idthere a reason why Flint apleorest
Boy is not one of Mlchigans greatest young sires.
None of his females are for sale until after we test
them. But w e hm e 10 of his bull calves from Mo 9 months
old, with A. R. 0. dams which we nowioii'er for eal
at prices any dairy farmer can adord to pay. Just tel
us the kind of a hull you want.

JOHN H. WINN, Inc.
Lock Box 249. Roeeommon, Mich.

CLUNY STOCK FARM

100--REGISTERED Hammers-.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 beck-
ed by the best strains of breed 1.1.1:

rite wants.
a. sauce Merlfiig‘d’m Howell. Mich.

9 PedlnoeStock Farm 0! rs .llolo
Puhams setein oattl Chester Wleiito wins.
exteabarglns in calvesti’ndlf 1M1 “£11... ~ Bull not ”1‘8?

Bronson.
$50 fimflufiifi. ‘ dbl“:

Butter

 

 

or-Pcn
dam sister to

Letters ’lfrom

Our Readers"

 

MICHIGAN FARM ER READERS:

 

We want you to make the fullest use of this page. it has already
been Instrumental In presentlng eome real live eubjeete for dleoueelon.
May we have a shot or bouquet from you.
to-the-polnt-lotter ls most interesting.

Yours Sincerely,

Remember, be brief, for s

TH E MICHIGAN FARMER.

 

HOW CAN HE AVOID HIGH COSTS?

 

Here is my case: I have a fair ap-
ple crop and it has been my custom to
barrel the fruit and ship it to 9. mar-

. ket where for many years I have re-

ceived a premium over the regular
quotations. But this year I am afraid
for the reason that costs are too high.
My labor will cost me $4. 00 per day
and board, which will increase it to
about $5. 50. Barrels are also high.
the trade asking $1.00 each. Anyone
who has had experience knows very
*Well that with labor and barrels at
these prices the cost of apples on the
market will be very high. Should I
change my methods of pefcking I fear
that I shall lose my prestige, as buy-
ers will look for my fruit in barrels.
So there you are? What should a fel-
low do?——R. E. S., Allegan County.

 

RYE VS. WH EAT.

 

In your last issue is mentioned that
more rye and less wheat should be
planted the coming season. Where the
land is really too light or too poor to
raise a. profitable crop of wheat. I
agree with that idea. On much of the
lighter lands we find a class of farm-
ers who do raise considerable rye as

middleman reaps too great a profit on
the rye business. Rye, we know, pound
for yound, contains as much food prac«
tically, as wheat. Rye flour is seldom
retailed for less than wheat flour,
weight for weight. Rye flour sells as
high as wheat flour in Europe and is
relished by the people, more sothan
wheat. Now, note our local markets in
Ke'nt county. They offer $1.50 for rye.
The new crop soon will be coming in.
The “light land” farmer must sell to
meet his debts. The market will stay
way down till the grain dealers have
control of the crop. After that you
will see rye go up to the level of wheat
almost. Is there not something to look
into for our food administrators?—A
Rye Farmer.

 

HE HAS A DRAINAGE PROBLEM.

 

In your last issue I read your re-
marks on Michigan drain laws, which
appeal to me and my case direct.

I came from what was, a few years
ago, starving Gratiot county, now due
to tile and open drains, the garden
spot of Michigan.

I purchased what is termed by many,
the poorest farm in our township, with
the fact in view ‘of draining what is
now worthless swails which cut the
place up in zigzag courses so as to
make it impossible to square up a ten-
acre field without tile drains.

To begin with, I purchased one thou-
sand glazed tile, four-inch, at a cost of
$60, and hauled them eleven miles.
This spring I laid same through a four-
teen-acre ,fleld all cleared but a little
open ditch running cornerwise across,
same which caused the loss of about
one and a half acres each year, also}
about an acre on each side of that was
always so wet it would produce noth-
ing much.

This land is a black loam top and
clay bottom, the most productive by
one hundred per cent, of any of the
land adjoining it.
and potatoes and absolutely in the best
of shape for farming.

 

 

a cash crop. But to me it seems the,

Now it is into cem‘j

' work.
My outlet is along the highway about" '. ‘ Branch (30.

four hundred feet, then back across
my place again. Where it goes-back
across the place I wish to tile, as it is
only a narrow swail about six to eight
rods across, with cleared land on both
sides.

What would be Just for both the

l

township and myself on the four hun- I

dred feet along the highway, which I
have already dug out for my outlet?

It needs a six-inch tile along same;

as I expect to run another branch
about four rods from one already in

and don’t think a four-inch tile will '

handle the water from both springs.

Would it be advisable to have an
open ditch along the highway between
my outlet already in and the other
contemplated tile drain across my
place.

The soil along the road is such that
it caves in so it has been necessary to
clean it three times in two months and
in order to get away from that it would
have to be dug so wide in one place to
get the detph of about eight feet that

it would be no credit to me or the

township.

Then for my main outlet we have a
natural water course which, if a. proper
open ditch was dug for about two hun—
dred rods from the back of my place
to a point west, we would have twenty
feet fall in the next half mile without
digging at all in a. natural water course
to a lake. I proposed an open ditch
about four feet deep, with proper slope
to the banks and proper width which
would give all concerned an outlet that
would answer for the tile or open ditch
into same and with good fall would
keep itself clean and forty to sixty
acres of the best of farm land/instead
of unsightly willows, poplars, logs,
brush and mire holes extending the
Whole length of proposed drain across
several farms and making a breeding
place for mosquitoes and frost which
hit some crops along same about a
week ago so as to ruin same.

Under the present laws, which call
for one-half of the land owners through
drain passes, on a petition, we are up
against it, as those near the lake would
derive no actual benefit from same
only as an increase in value to prop—
erty from same, therefore I do not
blame them much for not signing a pc-
tition and without them we are up
against it.

What should be the estimated cost
of a drain as before mentioned, figur-
ing man and team at $5.00 per day, and
hand labor at $2.50?

If this is done in next two months
horses can be used without any trou-
ble. What are the laws regarding a.
neighbor throwing his water on ad-
joining lands?

Is not $60 for four-inch drain tile,
glazed, and $150 for six- inch, an enor-

mous price?—-—B. C. Gilbert, Levering,

Michigan.
HE, SAYS, KEEP IT UP.

 

Editors Michigan Farmer: - .

I have read with deep interest the
letters of Lillie, Baxter, McBride and
I—Iutchins. I am in sympathy with their
plans for the organization of a Na».
tional Board of Agriculture. We have
had enough Onecan controlled organi-
zations. It is time we pulled together

,and did something to.b008t agriculture,

instead of sitting back and letting oth—I
or industries get all the consideration,

      
   
  
  

in the readjustment of business atthe . ‘ . ,

close of the war. ‘ Keep up‘the.

   

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 
   
   

 


  
  
 

 

 

 

      
  

 

   
 

  
  

 

'THURSDAY,
Aug. 29,1918

5
i I Will Disperse My
I

50. Head Hol-
i stein - Friesian
|Dairy Cattle

from my farm, one
mile east of Wayne,
Mich, on Michigan
; Ave, Ann Arbor car
I line, 16 miles west of
. Detroit.
" This is thesale you
. have been waiting for.

 

. \

SALE

This Explains ka I Must Repeat My Sale
of June 3rd—-a "Great Opportunity for You

 

 

ROBERT a. POINTER WILL
HAVE ANOTHER SALE

Robert R. Pointer, who held what be
supposed would be a complete dis-
persion sale of his fine Holstein herd
on June 3rd, finds himseltwith $10,000
worth of cattle still on his hands, and
advises that he will hold another sale.
some time in August.

Inasmuch as it was announced that
Mr. Pointer disposed of his entire herd
at the previous sale, which was con-
sidered one of the most successful of
the year, an explanation is due as to
the reasons for the second sale.

Among the active bidders was a
Farmington man, who made successful
bids on over $10,000 worth of cattle.
When it came time to settle under the
terms of the sale, the buyer was an-
able to produce either the money,
bankable paper or security. It de-
veloped that he was not sufficiently re-
sponsible financially to handle any
reasonable deal which Mr. Pointer was
willing to make, and as a result. some
of Mr. Pointer’s choicest animals Were
thrown back on his hands. Hence the
second sale.

 

 

The herd contains daughters of Pontiac Korndyke,
King of the Pontiacs and Rag Apple Korndyke 8th.
I Send for catalog, all stock will be given the T. B.

l test and guaranteed free from all contagious diseases.

Robert R. Pointer & Son,

Dearborn, Mich.

,MICHIGAN

W" l

 

 

 

{ BlDWEll.

' young bulls by some of th: longitngflsiree of to]:

HEREFORDS

   

Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding.

ALLEN BROS.
PAW PAW. MICH.

m!” Bole. Anxiety" Ninth. Two years old. Double Bten-
.ollleled inter-ed ll

be ll. so
shelghtllnes,bi3°bones.acod lsposltlon. Photographs

 

on repuest in P. ampbell. Grand Rapids. Mich.
‘.
Shorthorne‘if’ffl‘gw “d 09.3”“? T ,hm.

GEO.D .DOBTEB. Doctor. Mlch.

SHURTHDHHS

reachable.

 

Registered bulls. cow- ond «heifers-Good Scotch end

Scotch- Topped for “him In prime condition. Modern

equipment. 1013an from 1LY. O.
depot. hour from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile meets
dl trains. Write

BIDWELL STOCK FARM,

Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.

 

‘Richland Farms

Shorthorne
NP. l S l . G 6 01mm on 3th
Bull 50:31:}: $332.10.” en ce collection of

breed.
on can-Ia e not to own one belle at the
prices we are asking“ for them. We invite correspond-

ence end inspect
0.1!. PRESCOTTIIIBON
l' rms at Prescott Rich. Office at Tewee Olt Mich.

Moorland
Shorthorns for Milk

Young stock of both sex for sale from record of
merit and daughters of record of merit cows.
Welgrove Robin (1 mported in dam) at head of
herd. Dams record in England over 10. 000 lbs.
Geo. T. Fuller, R. 10, Battle Creek Mich.

Francisco' F arm Emmi“

We maintain one of Michigan‘ e good horde of Scotch
and Scotch Topped cattle. Th are well bred prop

 

 

 

 

erly handled and price reesonsb e. Gone and eee; we

like tot-bow then.

P. P POPE. - - - . Mt. Pleneen‘t. Mich

Shorthorm- “mutt. fifltnzfiifi.’ ‘°’

W. B. McQUILLAN ..7 Howell Mich.

Ilalrylmd Shorlboreem °' W “BM““hgfig'Pl‘dfé‘?”
Ma_scn, Mich.

8 BUMl'l LO RT H O R N 5

(Jews. creele at farmers see:
herd catalog mailed ee. Horrieton Fame. H chh.

Slim-thorn Cattle el beih Sex lerSele
W. W. INA". Howell. Mich
For Sales.” Sher-thorns of Quality Scotch and

Topped descendsnuodArchen
Hope. Attends-loam, Maxwa ton Sulton and Whitehall

 

 

 

 

Sultonb the Osool Co. Shorthorn Breeders Ase.
JOHN BéHMIDT. Sec. Reed City, Mich.
CATTLE herd ball. A man I) the great wAvondnle.

For Sale-- 51?,“ “0194 “0’3"‘fw 2%"- 0}? Shorthom for sale. For pertigulm write

Ina'lOIbs. realdagoodA.
9V htgfllfin‘forbprloe IIdedlfl-I'OO erIIte ll Ml h 11.8. PETERH, . - - - Garland. Mich.
In owe c
’ ' ‘ Shot-thorn b H . and re istered
A Few Fine Bmls For saleJ RegIStered porcheron neurotilor see.l ‘

Ila-lore lirkiein Ferns.

Inelievllle, Illch.J

 

The Pontiac Herd

“WhuedIeClIampionscomeimm”

Bull Oelecsd

Oder onset Pond-c Md
Hengerveld DeKol. ontlec Dutchlentot Admit

WM? ie.uercle
Do you went I Pomhyonr herd?

Pontiac State Hospital, Pontiac Mich.

III-ed blih butter tbred bulls end
out of Ig ing.dnms

:U The Producing Kind

with Jersey tygf. and capacity.
Prices reuone Also a few
{med gilts (Durocs) “been.

Breakwater Farm.

   

 

For Goreateet profite,buy big. healthy.

"' “HOLSTEINS

0mm! tests prove them
mm: and

champion
butter producers.

 

Breedeboro, Vt.

The Holetein-Frleeinn Aeso-
cintion of America, 30x1“,

Herbert W.Mumford, Genet,
J Bruce Henderson. Mn. 4
Ann Arbor, Mich.

   

     
     
     
     
       

 

Ail. Lane R. of M. Jersey Herd.

calves
Fer-I. 1.

1L8.

 

The Traverse Herd

Great Values In Bulls“

from A. R. 0. Cows with records upto 3030]
We will send extend-

TRAVERSE CI'I'Y STATE HOSPITAL.

Let uskno w your wants.
ed pedigrees and prices.

I. Traverse City. Michigan.

‘ THE Wildwood Jo
of Mnjeety' e Wonder by Mejeety' e

”For sale one

when and heibr
sired mfivffluldflonm of the Pzgie 99th of Hood
Allegsn. Mich.

reay Farm More {or sale choice
bull calves for fall service frOm R. of M. daughters
Oxford Fox. Herd ‘
bemsllno tested. when! coking for aeire to heed our

Dede" AI Wheatlekc. Big Rapids. Allah.

Red Bull Calf hemII-‘eoitor‘ge. “.0 two

J. E. TANSWELL — neon. Mich.

HOGS

R i i d“ Berbhirogilte end sows for fall furrow-
025A 3 ITO 3 boars ands Rprin. ”if" either sex.
SE STOC FARM A dotte, Mich.

HOMESTEAD FARMS

A Federation of Interests
Din-cc Jersey and Hampshire Hogs

A number of well bred fine young springbosr end
sow pins are tethered for sale. Please write for dee-
crlption end photographs. One Hampshire sow to
furrow in August.

BLOOMINGD ‘ LE ASSOCIATION
Bloomingdale, Mich

nroce. Choice aprin pigs out of selected sows and
Dsired by our best her boars. The are of the big
type,strong boned. smooth and of exec lent quality an
include some of the most popular 0d lines such as
Orion Cherry Klng.Top Col. DetendeLBI-ookwnter etc
Prices reasonable. The Jennings Farms. Balk-v, Mich

50 Duroc Saws and Gilt:

 

for tall tan-owing, bred to Orion 8 Fancy Ki 83857
the big st pig of his age over shown at nter-
nsti o_ 1 mile N. E. of town. Visitors welcome 7

 

 

lee-ye of his e. will sell cheap.

 

Our new sire has
recond-

one
is a

car res tlvcly at 2 to 8 years otag
Roughing?! Friend

‘ ‘d d she is also a grandd
l Mun s eaKnorndyke. with six den
pounds of butter in one year.

Peecelend Stock Farm. Time Rims. ”loll. '
Poet HummMich.

. L. 8 0d . Owner
0 r ' Charles Peters. Herdsman

AslAmofDl-aft

l expect to be celled this full]:

‘ Want Yearly Records?

four sisters whose semi-cinch]
air-I367? 712. am and 946 pounds of ebfitteaaln
Hengerveld De eKc] But
four of whose daughters have records over 1

liter of Pontiac
tore above 1000

en forced to dis-

sevoral bred alters ell ofeohdcolor
NEWMAN'S s'rocli FARM. I. I.

Galdle'e Foxhell No. 161%. Droppc d March”. 1917
Solid color, black tongue it switch. noA fine individual ,
e young cow It

rMariette, Mich.

 

Fm. SHE The Balding Land A Improvement

says, there Ighbreds.
olds aleo 1 6—mos. old young bull

Add recs
W.P. Hetherington. Agt.

cow-w. also heifers and cows of
EHHEB. R. 3.

Co.

ofl'ers for sale a nice bunch of Zemale J or-
Calves. yearlings and lave you

Beldlng. Mich.
0J'lilIiSEY bull and bull calves for salee groin R. of M.
"Allegnn. Mich.

 

reshen next 12.131] Alcoa

Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Several heifers bred
few heifer and bull cal-
ves of choice breeding. Colon O. Lillie. Cooperevllle. lich.

 

For Salem A fine. nodal-5:1) eolidub color Jersey bull

herd. set a M3303”. Alvin Beldwm. Oapec. lch. , days In week. Newton Barnhart. St. Johns. Mich.
.l-‘er Sde Registered Jersey Cattle W806 JERSEYS

of bothvsex. Bmi APnI-ker. B. 4. Howell. Mich E. D. HEYDENBERK. - - - Wayland. Mich.

For Sale Jersey Bull Dmifl.‘ Rgfix. £33??? fiffihfiufitfi

sows all sold. AYEDR. Milan. Mich.

 

choice llIIroc Jersey Gills For Sale.
OAREYU. EDMOND - fleeting. Mich
0R Sale Reg. Duroc Jersey Swine Bows bred for

Iz.Oct arrow. Service boars. and open gilts
Big bone. high back long kind. come and see or write

 

 

sex also Shorthorn bull calves. mil
CHAS. BRAY 0

kemos, M lch.

spring pigs for sale. Pnirs and tries
our“ JSISWS not akin. Breeding n-ndp rioeeon re-
quest. DORANE l SON. Plainwell, Mich.

 

wot entire herd of punts bred Holst elns. con» Bo
ya! Me as and6 out of 3.01D0M.
““3: “in“ _ “*9 ’8“ _. rgmnfig ca mi I‘I’I. . ”tilt.“ ma.

 

GMTEDlBh offinlity.
E. A. HARD - -

,9

rated tor-sha

00”) nentenrwhere. Bey

Bulloelveetro dun with
in'ldeys. AleocoTll lisp s on.
coho-ta

Hol‘teinfi calves, 511131.113; tfigIlalslb-w
'ly the
ewnter W

 

Ten Jersey Heiferth t? 0: bBalo Price mom

tch. NOTTEN FARM .

o

for,

aniixmo'z..um.IIIIIIIL

 

Herefords 3°” 1'

allegeseitherpolledoeh

shinx 49402739 [seed
at 301%.. 14 bulls Earring.
noes am Seo'y III-II. n. s. Aes'n. suns, mos:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

\ H #uafifll m ‘ 6. A film “a!" ' 1-!me POIM Horned blood lines,
,_ ‘ dens alvgafue bézger’ldaggm mllibilslbs.ene ‘ h I on an d PrimeLsd h m: Prim,“ foiled Per-
. . : record beet m. 1:89:11. 0 . 00“ 00ml. GAB!) ”grown“ malleable.
' .0 old
‘ wlor rill) toreelod bulls; lthr‘ee eere. lone
l Hereford orig-lg m. 0,. ’
Ve-ee. lid. 8mm - mum.

Chester Whites, swine pigsa either sex,

can lurnis few pairs or
tries not akin from strictly his lays: mature stock at

reasonable prices. .Alexnn erI Veneer: Mich.
Crandell’s Big Type O. I. C's

Champion herd everywhere shown In 1917. Herd
headed by five champion boars. Our sows won
Senior. Junior and Grand Champion prizesa

Illinois. Missouri. Ohio and Michigan 1917.

6 bull calves for sale, Perfection

For Beef and Mflk.‘

for digree and ices, satisfaction guaran
L. .UNDERHI L. . Salem. Mich.
n Jersey's-J‘s“ boars of the large heavy boned
Jurochtypew Gilts bred to Junlar Chaim lion boar tor

une now pr '08 P u no I n.
F.J RODT‘ISO If} is Monroe. M.ich '
DIII'OC Jerseys for sale. Bred sows do sprlnfiplus

kng strain.

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Like This
mum Us producer?

HAVE started thousands of breederson themed to

success. lcenhellyou. [went tto lheceone from
chord in over] where err: 015-!

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BRED CILTS and
1- SERVICEABLE BOARS
' J. CARLJEWETT, Meson, Mich
' elleold except some fall gilts. ' Order.
gagingm'gom' "m“ pi" mRoctford. mas.
o ' c's Big ((90 serviceable boars. Spring fer-

rcwe IPl’lflll‘fllglws Bred gllts to furrow July
and Aug. 8. Densvllle. ‘1‘.

ll .
a. Sale imam; arms re- Mia...

J. C. BURGESS.

o l C 9‘ e few choice Apr. and May
either sex endtreg. Bolstelnh

CLOVER LEAF bTOCK FARM, Monroe.Mlch.

BIB TYPE POLAND BHIHIS

Bred Gilts and Spring Pi s. One extra
well bred Holstein Bu Calf
HILLCREST FARM,

KALA MA 200. MICH.

A 500 lb. Gilt

 

 

 

 

just one. We sold Smooth
Jumbotohead Model Perm
herd. Lansing, Mich. wntch his smoke. This gilt
is bred to him for Aug. tsrrow' ‘Liberty Bell" is
the best “filtm in Michigan you can buy her for just

Sim. one.
J. C. BUTLER - Portland, Mich.

Large Type P. C.

Bred gllte endboereell eold nothingto cfler et present.
E. LIVINGSTON. Penna. Mich.

LEONARD‘S Bred sows nlleold. tall pins, ordersbool .-
ed for megingn pine at weaning time 88“ d.0 0. D.
E. R. 1. “Que. Mich.

 

ell sold out except the larpee
L0 S0 P' C: gilt raised last year, bred to or June
furrow. fl. 0. 64W “'1‘ Z, Shoolcratt. Mich

 

Big type P. C. Big boned fellows fron Iowan greatest
herd-Jpeélnl prices on nprl ngboars and choice bred
gilts. E..J MATHEWSON. Burr Oak. Mich.

Big Type Poland Chinas. firring pigs for sale.
Healthy and gruw.t.hy From rgelittem. Prices
L. W. Barnes and Son Byron. Mich.

IjARGE Type P. 0. Just 5 choice summer gilte bred
for July and August tarrow. Come and see them
W. J. EAGELSHAW. - .

 

Augusta. Mich.

 

Poland China Swine :5, 31'},- “9"
R. W. MIILfl - — Saline Mich.

 

ig type P. 0. spring igsof the beat producers In the
west. priced for Jul 1 at 835. aranteed to
please C. E. GA RNAHT. Eaton Rapids. Mich.

Boers for sale.sleo Hemp-
B-ig Type PC C's shire mlemb be.

A.W()OD a SON - Saline. Mich.
arge type P. 0. fall gilts up to 365 lbs. readyN to shi
bred for Ann. and Sept. furrow. Fal ll saleN 0v. 2;,
Wm .J. CLA RE .7. Mason. Mich.

Pigs onl for sale now, e bargain
Hemp shire in boa, 35‘5““
JOHN WP SNYDER St Johns. Mich.

Yorkshire: For Sale. Bred cm. and .0... g...

late on mmer M
fen-owing0 WATERMAN dIW ATERMAN.
Packard Rd.

Ann Arbor. Mich.

SHEEP

KOPE-KON FARMS.

Goldwater. Mich.

Hampshire: & Shropshires.

It‘s a wise men who orders his run for August

delivery now.

Inglesi' e Farm offers 80 recorded She

shires m rams most y
ifmrlingl 41 ewes from 1 to 7 yeereold. Citizens phone.
“(BERT E. POWELL Ionic. Mich.

Some Bond Breeding Elm “d "5'“‘22": “MB
Bernard Sheep Ranch. R. 5. Clare Mich.
cor yenrllngs or lamb reins write

For Shropshi-
B. ‘8. Fowlerville. Mich.

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rims ronur warm mp same!
I mpfimmfiwm m M"
chem I Wage-fa- ofler .iuen'ilwricxtinist.y
Oxfords. Shropshire. nnd'Po lled '

es.
PARSONS. Grandlcdge. Mich. I! ‘9 _

 

    

 

 

Shropshire yearling ewes and Registered
Shropshire yearling rams. epresenta-

Registered

, thee ofthjsflookhnvegimsatisfsction' In many

since 1893. Priced to null.

FOR SALE 0m“ ....

both sex
GEO. T. ABBOTT - Palms. M ch
Native e l ’
ChOice or mnregltlgolgagc ewes In lots of 50
ALMONDB;e UHAPMA l Bo. Rockwsodl Mich-
HORSES W‘

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0. Lemon, Dexter, Lick
sheep all

Percheron Stallion‘enkepng‘iytrinoglrfilxen d. reeeoneble

F. L. KING & BO - ~Oharlotte. Mich.

For Sale ggfggieiantstallione two Porcheb
y Bonds acoe pted.
E. J. ALDRICH. - - - Tekonshpn. Mich.

‘h‘ e cred P h ’
if IM;R°‘I9M19Hcedre'° eron Heron

J. M. HICKS ASONS. Williemston. Mint.
neI isterod Percheron Stallions one '

TWO ed “Percheron mpre for sale. Prices right.

J. E. H0 - . - Ll lvering. Mich.

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"Chills, Mich.

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SECOND EDITION.

 

The markets in thisedltlon were re—
vlsed and corrected on Thursday af-
ternoon, August 8.

,WHEAT.

Wheat is moving from the farms in
liberal quantities and the visible sup-
ply shows an increase of 8,986,000 bu.
for the past week. Mills are now tol-
erably well supplied, and the urgent
need for wheat to keep the rollers go-
ing no longer exists. As a result pric-
es have declined to a point near the
minimum established by the govern
ment. Threshing is going on under
favorable conditions, and yields are
generally higher than the earlier esti-
mates placed them. A year ago No. 2
red wheat sold on the local market at
$2.43 per bushel. Present prices at
Detroit are:

 

No. 2 red ............ $22114

No. 2 mixed ............ 2.19%

No. 2 white ............ 2.19%
CORN.

Whether the extreme high tempera-
tures will damage the corn plant to
any considerable extent is a question,
however, traders early this week be-
came exercised over the situation, and
bid up the grain on the Chicago mar-
ket. Lack of buying support during
the early period of this scare failed to
bring about any advance on the local
exchange. While corn has been suf.
fering for lack of moisture in a few of
the outlying states, the main crop in
the corn belt is generally reported to
be good. The United States visible

, supply decreased 626,000 bushels dur—

ing the‘ past week. Prices show a gen-
eral tendency upward. Present quota-
tions here are: .

No. 3 corn .............. $1.70
No. 3 yellow ............ 1.75
No. 4 yellow ............ 1.70
No. 5 yellow ............ 1.55
No. 6 yellow ............ 1.45

Chicago values have advanced as
follows: No. 2 yellow $1.72@1.77; No.
3 yellow $1.60@1.70; September corn
81.61%; October $1.631,§.

OATS.

Prices for oats are now on the basis
of the new grain. Although the 1918
crop is assured, and the total yield
for the country will be large, prices
moved upward this week with the ad-
Vance in corn. Any damage -to_ the lat-
ter crop would certainly bring an un-
usually heavy demand ‘for oats. The
U. S. visible supply shows a decrease
of 1,681,000 bushels for the past week.
A year ago standard oats sold on the
local market at 81c per bushel. Pres-

ent quotations here are: .
Standard 70%
No. 3 white ............... 70

I No. 4 white ............... 69
RYE.

' The market for this grain is suffer-
ing somewhat for lack of attention,
and values have declined from those
quoted a week ago. Cash No. 2 is held

at $1.60 on the local exchange. -- 1

BARLEY.

" An extremely dull market is prevail-
ing for this grain. The new crop is
being threshed in some sections, al-
though the movement to market is b

nomeans large. . v)

BEANS.

Another advance has been ,made in
bean prices. The market is strong at
the new figures, and attention is al-
most entirely confined to fancy grades.
Michigan’s new crop promises to be a
good one, although in some sections
lack of moisture is stunting growth.
The present quotation at Detroit for
choice hand-picked is $10.25 per cwt.
Up-state markets have advanced with
elevators buying on an $8.50 basis. The

Chicago price for Michigan hand-pick—’

ed stock, fancy, is $11@12; red kid-
neys $9.50@12; brown Swedish $8.50@
9; California whites $13.50.

POTATOES.

1, No change of importance'is reported

from the various potato growing dis-“

triCts of the state"except that in a few

lack of moisture. The early potato
market is being better supplied, ‘with

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'the tone of the trade slightly easier.

At Detroit, however, the demand is
brisk._ Early Ohios are selling here at
$2.50 per cwt. At Chicago supplies are
adequate, with the same grade selling
at $2.30@2.40, field run.

CHEESE.

Values show further advances. Flats
are selling at Detroit at 24%@26c, and
daisies at ‘25@26c. In New York
the market is firm with fresh specials
at 25%.@26c, and do average run at
25@25%c. Full milk cheese is firm at
Philadelphia at 251/.» @261430 per pound.

' BUTTER.

The butter trade is steady to firm.
Production is being curtailed by short
pastures and increased-demands for
market milk. At Detroit fresh cream-
ery extras are higher at 431/50, and do

firsts 42%@43c. Chicago market‘ is
steady with creamery prices ranging
from 39@431,§c. New York has a firm
trade with creameries ranging from
43%@46%c. They are paying 450 for
western creamery extras in Philadel-

phia.
' EGGS. >

While local prices show a decline
from those quoted last week, the gen-
eral market situation is steady to firm.
Candled stock from the state in new
cases is quoted here at 391/2@40c to
jobbers. At Chicago quotations are
higher. Firsts are bringing 38@381/2c,
ordinary firsts 36@371/2c. The New
York market is irregular, with western
stock ranging from 38@600, according
to color and grade. The market is
firmer at Philadelphia, where western
firsts sold at $12.90@13.80 per case.

 

I Live Stock Market Service .

 

 

Reports for Thursday, August 8th

BUFFALO.

All grades of hogs sold on the local
market today at $21@21.15. The lamb
market ruled steady with tops at $18;
yearlings $14.50@15; wethers $13.50@
14; good,ewes at $11.50@13. Calves
ruled steady, selling between $7 and
$19 per cwt.

CHICAGO.

. Cattle.

Receipts 10,500. Market very slow.
Good choice and prime steers $17.25@
18.80; common and medium butchers
$10@17; heifers $7@14.25; cows $7@
14; bologna bulls $8@13.50; canners
and cutters $6@7; stockers and feed-
ers, good $10@13; stockers and feed-
ers, common and medium $7.50@10.

ogs.

Receipts 16,500. Market 10@15c
higher on good hogs; slow on others.
Tops $20.05; bulk of sales $18.40@20;
heavy $19.25@19.80; mixed and light
$19.70@20; packers’ hogs $18.20@
$18.65; medium and. heavy $18.40@
19.10; light bacon hogs $19.40@20.05;
pigs, good to choice $18@18.60; roughs
$17.75@18.10.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 16,000. Market is steady.
Choice shorn natives $17.50; choice to
prime lambs $17@18.25; medium and
good $15.75@17.60; culls $12@14; me-
dium and good choice feeders $16@
17.45; choice yearlings $15.75@16.25;
medium and good yearlings $13.75@
15.75; wethers medium and good $13
@1450.

‘Reports for Wednsday, August 7th

BUFFALO. ,

Cattle.
, Receipts 2 cars; mrkt steady; prime
heavy steers $17@17.50; yearlings 950
to 1000 lbs, $15@16.50; light native
yearlings, good quality $13.50@14.50;
best handy steers $12.50@13.50; fair to
good $11@12; handy steers and heif-
ers $10.50@11; western heifers $10@
11.25; best fat cows $10.50@11; butch-
er cows $8@8.50; cutters $7.50@8; can-
ners $6@7; fancy bulls $10.50@11;
butcher bulls $9@10; common bulls at
$7.50@8; best feeding, 900 to 1000 lbs,
$9.50@10; medium feeders $8@8.50;

stockers $7.50@8.50; milkers _-and
springers $75@150.
Hogs.

Receipts 5 cars; strong; heavy at
$20.50@20.75; yorkers and pigs $20.90

@2110 . ,
Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts two cars. Market steady.
Top lambs $18; yearlings $14.5‘0@15;
wethers $13.50@14; ewes $11.50@1‘3.

Calves.
.Receipts 1500; 50c higher; tops $19;
fair to'good $17'@1_9; tied calves $7@9.
CHICAGO.
' Cattle. ..

' About 6.0% head arrivedtoday, ma.

111936.800 fdri‘lthrégidays embassy!) h , PH if?

_ _ .. irons t? 17:25. ' " ei’é"
week: zrrrce'a transsextoday. but... ‘ g ‘ ‘m y a” ”8‘7”!“ ‘
,grassers are 50c@$1 lower than at the.~
close last week. while prime heavy

with "40,900 for .;'the «same time Tlsst

  

DETROIT

Cattle.

Receipts 2,864. Canners and cutters
25@50c lower; other grades steady;
quality very common.

Best heavy steers ' ........ 14.00@16.50
Best hdy wt bu steers. . . .$10.00@11.00

Mixed steers and heifers 8.50@ 9.00
Handy light butchers. . .. 8.00@ 8.25
Light butchers .......... 7.25@ 7.75
Best cows ............... 8.50.@10.00
Butcher cows ........... 7.50@ 8.00
Cutters ................. 6.25@ 6.50
Canners ................ 6.00@ 6.15
Best heavy bulls ........ 8.75@ 9.00
Bologna bulls ........... 8.00@ 8.50
Stock bulls .............. 7.25@ 7.50
Feeders ................. 9.00@10.00
Stockers ................ 7.50@ 8.50
Milkers and springers ..... $60@ 125,

Veal Calves.

Receipts 1,083. Market steady.
Best .................... $17.50@18.00
Others .................. 8.00@16.00

Sheep and Lambs. ‘

Receipts 1,381. Market strong.

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

Fair lambs ............. 14.00@16.50

Light to common lambs. .$12.50@13.50

Yearlings ............... 12.50@13.00

Fair to good sheep ....... 9.50@10.5O

Guile and common ..... . . _ 5.00@ 8.00
Hogs. -

Receipts 1,569. Market strong; qual-
ity common.
All grades, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$19.75@20.00

steers have brought $18.80, breaking
the former high record by five cents.
Steers of only moderate weight pass-
ing as good are, selling as low as $17,
and medium grade steers bring $15.50
and over. Common steers are selling
at $10.50 and upward, and light killing
steers are bringing $6.50@9, these be-
ing on the canning order. Butcher
stock is selling at $7@15 for cows and
heifers, few selling near the top, and
canners and cutters go at $6@6.95,
while prime calves are taken at $17.25.
About 3,000 western range cattle are
offered and quotable at $12@14 most-
ly, with weighty lmanded steers worth
up to $17.40. I. ‘
Hogs. ' 7
Only about 7.000 hogs were received,
hot weather checking the movement.
Receipts for three days amount to 60,-
700 hogs, comparing with 69,400 for the
same days last week. Prices are sharp?
ly higher under an active demand,
hogs going at $17.75@19.95 and most
of the pigs at $17.25@18.75.
. * Sheep'and Lambs.
Only about 11,000 head were receiv-
ed, making 41,400 for half of the week:
comparing with 52,900" for the same

days" last. week. The best. offerings are '

held :at high.‘ r races; with. sellers. dell
. .fS‘ 789.3, a:
~ -~ lambs -

mm“ 313925 1’01" mime range. lafibfitfidimfidfigfimss :lambja are mar "a

while; ‘- choice neurons
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Idaho ewes $13.90, a lit hr'ecbrd. Year-
ling breeding ewes seg'up to $19. ; -‘

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HAY.

Offerings on the‘ local market are
light and prices are higher and firm.
Dry weather has shortened the crop
considerably, and the general impres-
sion has gone out that values this com-
ing winter will reach new high levels.‘
Present prices at Detroit are:

No. 1 timothy . . . . . . .$22.50@23.25

Standard timothy 21.50@23.00

Light mixed . . . . . . . . 21.50@22.‘00

No. 1 mixed . . . . . . . . . 18.00@19.00

No. 1 clover . . . . . . 15.00@16.00 '

Pittsburgh—The outlook is for a.
very strong market. Receipts are light
and demand is very urgent. Prices are
higher as follows:

No. 1 timothy.’ ....... $26.-00@26.50

No. 1 light mixed. . .. 23.00@24.00

No. 1 clover mixed.. 21.00@22.00

No. 1 clover ......... 20.50@21.50

CABBAGE '

In Bay and Saginaw counties the
cabbage acreage is about the same as
a year ago. Some of the plants have
been set rather late, but the earliest
is being cut in a small way. The kraut
crop, which is practically all the cab-
bage grown in this locality, is gener-
ally in-good condition. Considerable
resetting had to be done because of
dry weather but the stand is now very
good. The following acreages this
year are estimated» for Saginaw and
Ingham counties; At Mason and Oke-
mos in Ingham county 300 acres; at
Bridgeport, Burt, Saginaw, -Swan
Creek, and Milwaukee - in Saginaw
county 2,075 acres. '

DETROIT CITY MARKET

The municipal markets are doing a.
big business these days. Potatoes now
bring $1 @1.75 per bushel; tomatoes
$2.75; cucumbers
cording to size; cabbage $1.50; onions
$1.75; carrots 75c$1.50; apples $2@
2.25; string beans $1.50; red peppers
$6; green peppers $1.50; cauliflower
$1@1.50; eggs 55c; sweet corn $2 per
8-doz. bag. . ‘

LIVE STOCK NEWS.

 

The widespread drought is responsi-
ble for the general rush of stockmen)
to market cattle prematurely from‘the
southwestern pastures and northern
ranges, glutted markets bringing about
big declines in prices. Conditions in
the southwest are described as desper-
ate, and. everywhere beyond the Mis-
souri river, except in the mountains.
shipments are attaining vast propor-
tions. In a recent Monday the com-
bined cattle receipts in western mar—
kets aggregated about 75,000 head,
with Kansas City receiving the greater
part, and prices everywhere had a big
slump. Already good supplies of north-

‘ cm range cattle are reaching the Chi—

cago market, shipments coming from
Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota,
while the dry districts of Oklahoma,
Texas, New Mexico and Kansas are
marketing large supplies of light
weight grass cattle. In the meanwhile
prime corn-fed beeves are making
fresh high records, and the other day
fancy heavy Angus steers brought
$18.80, beating the previous high rec-
ord by five cents, while a bunch of,
superior 900-lb. yearlings sold at $18.50
per cwt. Owners have sacrificed many
poorly fed yearlings, and now prime
ones are scarce. A few yearling heif-
ers are going at $14@15. i
The highest price ever paid for hogs
was $20, that figure having been re-
ceived last year. Recent sales have
been made not much below that price,
the demand being lively in the Chicago
market, the highest pricesbeing paid
for prime light bacou‘and the lighter
butcher hogs.‘ Very few pigs or'uno
derweight hogs are being shipped to
market, recent Chicago receipts hav-r
ing averaged 2.42 pounds, being seven
pounds (heavier than a year ago and
11 pounds more than two years ago.
There is a livelycall- for breeding.
eyes: and. choice yearlinszewedfhave
sold as high 68818.25 pe'r cwt. -...Hi‘gho
grade feeders __ "also i mubh'manted
atghi , gin-ices, with ,, nowhere _ near;
eno , . offere‘ditb satisfy the’rress‘ins'

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human. Co., (1mg, 3).;Beans and

tatoes are 75. per cent as compared
$111 last year. Corn prospects for a

fair crop. ,, Very few apples; no peach-‘

es; pastures dry;- wheat one-third of a
crop; barley, and rye ayerage; oats
fair. Threshing just begun. Plenty of
thin cattle being marketed; butchers
are paying about six cents. Price for
August milk at the condensary is $2.75
per cwt. Butter 40c; eggs 380; No. 1

' hogs net about $17.50, but very few are

.

read .

Saginaw Co., (Aug. 1).——Compared
with the 1917 crop the 1918 crop is as
follows: Beans 125 per cent; potatoes
75 per cent; apples 150 per cent;
wheat 70 per cent; barley 110 per
cent; rye 100 per cent; corn 125 per
cent. But 50 per cent was grown from
western seed, whose maturity is doubt-
ful. Oats 125 percent; $2.10 per cwt.
was paid for July milk; butter. 45c;

. eggs 400.

Gencsee Co., (Aug. 3).—¥Beans small

and late; early potatoes small; corn,

small and uneven; apples small and
dropping; berried dried up; pastures

very poor; hay is a light crop; wheat.

was nearly all reseeded to other crops,
but what was left is of good quality,
yield from 16’ to 25 bushels; barley IS
good; oats good; wheat $2.10; milk
$2.91; butter 450; eggs 37c. Drouth
has been very severe in this vicinity.

Shiawassee Co., (Aug. 2).—'I:he bean
crop throughout this locality 18 a fine
prospect; potatoes fairly good pros-
pect; corn looking fine and is quite
well advanced for the season; fruit is
rather a light crop; pastures not good
on the uplands; wheat, barley and rye
extra good. Milk $1.75 per cwt; butter
40c; eggs 38c; wheat $2.05; rye $1.62;
cattle, good $11@12.50; hogs $15.25@
16. Farmers are rushing work.

Bay Co., (Aug. 2).———The prospect for
beans is very good. Potatoes about
75 per cent of a normal crop; corn .80
per cent and apples 50 per eent. Wm-
ter wheat was badly winter-killed; bar-
ley-is in excellent condition, and rye
promises about 50 per cent of a crop.
There are some fine stands of spring
wheat. Farmers are receiving $1.90
for milk. Other prices are: Butter
43c; eggs 38c; wheat $.12; oats 74c;
corn $1.50; rye $1.40; barley $2.40 per
hundred. ' .

Gladwin Co., (Aug. 2).-——We are in
great need of rain. Beans, potatoes
and corn now promise about 75 per
cent of a normal crop; apples about
50 per cent; pastures are dried up;
spring wheat is looking fairly good,
while barley and rye also promise well.
We ’are getting ‘80 for butter-fat; 34c
for eggs; 6@81/§c fer stock.

,Kcnt Co., (Aug. 3).—Pastures here
are dried up and clover needs rain to
flell well. Wheat is yielding better
than was expected. Rye and barley
are good and oats promise a very high
yield; wheat ground is being prepared,
but cannot say the acreage that will
be sown. We hope much for the sake
of the boys over there. Butter is sell-
ing at 38@4OC; eggs 38c. The farm-
ers’ coop” has bought the local elevat-
or at around $30,000.

Tuscola Co., (Aug. 2).——Beans are in
good shape, although a few were
slightly frosted on muck soil. Corn is
a little backward, but promises well.
Apples will be a poor crop. Barley,
oats and rye show good results. But-
ter 32c; eggs 380; wheat $2.25.

Calhoun Co., (Aug. 2).—-——We have a.

splendid stand of beans, barley, rye

and corn, while potatoes promise well,
and apples will be about 75 per cent of
a crop. Pastures are good for the sea-
Would say that in general crops
are looking good, and in this locality
we have had a fair amount of rain.
Milk is selling at $3; butter 38@45c;
eggs 41c. .

 

LIST OF. FEDERAL INSPECTORS.

 

(Continued from page 116).

Cincinnati, Ohio, 209 Johnston Bldg,
Fifth and Walnut Sts., Howard E.
Kramer, Inspector.

Cleveland, Ohio, 503 Erie Bldg, Cor-
ner East Ninth and Prospect Avenue,
R. C. Butner, Inspector.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, 'Inspector, 0m-
aha Ofl‘lce. . _

.Dallas, Texas, Inspector, Fort Worth
Oflice. . - ’

Denver, 0010., 12 Custom House, J.
M. Mosher, Inspector. .

Detroit, Mich, 314 Hammond, Bldg,
Frank A. L. Bloom, Charles D. Shirley,
Inspectors.~ ,

gFargo, N: Dale, 619. Second Ave., 0.
J.'McDonald, Inspector. . ' ;,
Fort Worth, Texas. 505 Moore Bldg,

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bgaiveston,v'relias. Inspector, Houston
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Houston, Tex., 307 Southern Pacific

Indianapolis, Ind., 1102-3 City Trust
Bldg, H. A. Arenz, Inspector.

Jacksonville, Fla., 909 Bisbee Bldg,
C. W. Cheaning, Inspector. ,

Jersey City, N. J., Inspector, New
York Office. .

Kansas City., Mo., 212-13 Railway
Exchange Bldg, Seventh and Walnut
Sta, C. F. De Souchet, J. N. Jordan,
Inspectors.

Los Angeles, Cal., 204 Wholesale
Terminal Office Bldg, 0. W. Schleuss-
ner, Supervising Inspector; H. H. War-
ner, Inspector.

Memphis, Tenn., 601 Exchange Bldg,
L. J. Weishaar, Inspector.

Minneapolis, Minn., 302-303 Market
State Bank Bldg, F. H. Hunter, In-
spector. ‘

New Orleans, La., 314 Metropolitan
Bank Bldg, F. H. Lister, Inspector.

New York, N. Y., 400-416 Fruit
Trade Bldg, 204 Franklin St., E. L.
Markell, Supervising InSpector; Aub-
rey L. Williams, John M. Rogers, R.
W. Gowdy, John W. Law, Frank A.
,Klnsey, Clarence M. Davidson, H. H.
Henderson, Frederick Wolforth, In-
spectors. ,

Oklahoma City, Okla., 514 Mercan-
tile Bldg, J. H. Hoover Inspector.

,Omaha, Neb., 436 Kelenmi Bldg, B.
B. Jones, Inspector.

Philadelphia, Pa., 312 Insurance Ex-
change Bldg., R. J. Russell, Inspector.

Pittsburgh, Pa...303 Kellerman Bldg,
Eighteenth and Pennsylvania Aves.,
F. G. Robb, James A. Marks, Inspec-
tors. , ‘

Portland, Ore., 410-412 Oregon Bldg,
R. L. Ringer, Inspector.

Providence, R. 1., Inspector, Boston
Office.

San Francisco, Cal., 315 Consular
Bldg, 510 Battery St., S. H. Bedding-
house, Inspector.

Spokane, VVash., 424 Post Office
Bldg, R. M. Rutledge, Inspector.

St. Louis, Mo., 413 Old Custom
House, Third and Olive Sts., Fred T.
Bryan, Inspector.

St. Paul, Minn., Inspector, Minneap-
olis Office.

Washington, D. C., U. S. Bureau of
Markets, W. M. Scott, C. T. Moore,
Specialists in Charge; T. W. Ayers,
W. V. Westgate, H. W. Samson, In-
spectors. .

WARNING TO SALES MANAGERS.

 

We supposed that the man who at-
tended an auction sale just for the
fun pf bidding had long since passed,
along with the professional and crook-
ed horse-trader. At a large sale at-
tended by men from all over the coun-
try, it is praetically impossible to
know the finanéial responsibility of
the bidders. This is a risk that every
owner takes. Likewise many men
though responsible cannot always bear
out their reputations, and every breed-
er- should lend a hand in discouraging
such as these from participating at
auction sales.

The unfortunate experience of Robt.
R Pointer & Son, at their dispersion
sale at Wayne, June 3, should prove a
wholesome lesson to other breeders
who contemplate holding sales. Al-
ways plan, if possible, to ascertain the
financial standing of the bidders be-
fore they bid in too many animals. It
costs too much money to conduct a
public sale and properly advertise it to
have some unresponsible bidder leave
one with a large number of the best
animals to dispose of after the sale.

 

MICHIGAN JERSEY BREEDERS '
MEET.

 

The summer meeting of the Michi-
gan Jersey Cattle Club will be held
August 14 at the home of Dr. F. B.
Shaw, Middleville. There will be good
speaking and dinner will be served at
noon. All lovers of Jerseys and all
who are interested in Jerseys are cor-
dially invited to attend. Come and
help boost Jerseys in Michigan.

.. ABUY IT Now.
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Farmers who need repairs for ma-
chinery this fall should order them as
soon as possible. Many manufactur-
ers of farm implements are so busy
making war supplies that it is very
difficult for farmers to get needed re-
pairs. It is also advisable to place or-
ders early for. new machinery. The
same rule applies to all kinds of build-
ing materials as well as silos and fenc-
ing. The coming fall and winter is
sure to see considerable dili‘lculty in
securing machinery and building sup-
plies.‘ The only safeguard against a
shortage of farm equipment is that of

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Bldg, W'esley V. Stephens, Inspector. '

 
 

  
 

 

Kill the bugs and in.
sects that destroy food
crops. It’s another big
Way to help win the
war. Defending your
war garden may be as
important as helping
to defend a trench.

 

(Pronounced Hoff-straw)
. ‘ . Soldby Grocers andnrugglsta.
Catches them without a gas mask. Makes good
Hons—which means dead ones—of every po-
tato or tomato bug. cabbage worm. poultry
louce and many other pests.

For the House-Hofstra kills bedbugs. ants,
roaches. mosquitoes. A few shots kill these
home annoyers and dcstoyers.

Harmless to humans— Fatal to bugs. A dry
powder—no liquid to spray. Just press the gun
and you spread quick death among bugs. There's
no hard work to applying llofstra—it's so much
fun your boys will wish to do it.

FREE GUN

Special lntroductorry -— Gun Givdn With
irst \
25c TRIAL ORDER
Take the gun out in your field or garden and try
it. Watch the bugs and. worms curl up and die.
Send 25c for our full Sized quarter package of
Hofstra—enough to save many dollars worth of
crops and we’ll send you a. Hoftra mete] gun
(loaded) tree. If your grocer or druggist hasn’t
‘/\

Hofstra yet, fill the Coupon I ,
and mail with 25c.

HOFSTRA MANUFAC- s

TURING co. ,‘ Ilfi a.»

309 Nogales St.,

TULSA, OKLA.

   
 
  
 
 

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Hofntrn Manufacturing Co.,a 4.
309 Nogolce St., Tulsa, Okla. )

Enclosed llnd 25c. Send me a full clued

l 250 gaping. of Hotstm and loaded metal
gun REL.

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WATER! ‘°"

, Of It
When-Where You Want It!

—DON"I' DEFEND 0N WIND

For theSummex-‘a water supply! Our email pump-
ing engine Will pum water when and where on
want it. Both portab e and stationery type. 0t er
tough Jobs easily handled boo. Order now the com-
plete engine an pumpJack here shown and beanie.

Onl $3.50 Yearlg Cost on Investment
Whlc is interest charge. beeper, more reliable than
wind nulls. For slmplIclty Galloway Engines are unex~
c . ve them runnlng withoutnttentlon for hour-Ill
3004200 satisfied _nllowny customers—some next you '
-teotify to t 0 quality of (plloway Engines Tractors
:- re. a . Until further notice chl- rice 0!
Actor complete water-cooled p ‘ d .
cubic-geared belt-drive um jack. '
RV SIZE—FRI! INGPNE 00‘ READ .; .
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old towers. other makes of mill: find to rcplacehn
small cost. the gearina‘of the cor net
Acrmoton making cm self—011v
ins. Its enclosed motor "
keep. in th ' , -
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Bee 0 cvcrybeann '
venting wear an enabling the
mill to pum in the lightest breeze.
Theoll supp y is renewed once a you

    

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W k C l' En ' . Tank;
Watcer ‘IS‘lalpeply 8523:}: 3:15"??ch "351:1: ' Saws.

grim AElllIll'l'Oll co. 2m Twelfth so, chimp

. Growers, dShIpoeIs
Go-DpeIaIiIe Associations

We ask you to get in touch with us by
letter or wire at 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- .
tributor for Michigan. '

National Growers & Shippers
Sales Co., Inc., Detroit, Mich.'\

Salesrooms Jefferson Ave., at Mich.
Central Produce Yards.

EGGS:

Iars.
AMERICAN BUTTER & CHEESE COMPANY.
Detroit, Mich. ,

Ship To The Old Reliable floulgl
HAY Daniel McCeffr ’I 50111.”.

 

We are paying good prem-
iums Ior eggs not over four~
or five days old, direct ehi

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POULTRY , ,

HOMESTEAD FARMS

A Federation of Interests
200 Yearling White Leghorn Hens“

These are bone of good size and strong layers. They )

are being sold in pens of 6, 12 and 24. Also a few two-

year-olde. It you want first class White Leghorn lay-

Ilelrs, we shall be pleased to quote you prices on these
ens.

40 Five Months White Leghorn Pullets ’

A fine lot of young pullets that should begin laying
In October. ,
Also a few ulleia: R. 0. Beds: White Rocks: and 8.
0. Black inorcas. .-

Young Cockerels

A number of cockerels: Bull! and White Rocks: It. 0.
Reds; S 0. Black Mlnorcns; Anconns; B. C. and R. O. )
White Leghorne: S. 0. Brown Leghorne.

It will be profitable to buy our next year's cock birds
from the young stock. f you want to buy now.
please write to us.

“BLOOM ING DALE ASSOC! ATI ON,

oomingdale, Mic .

BREEDING COCKERELS

Bred-today S. 0. White Leghorn and Barred Rocks.
\Vould advice ordering (‘nrlyl’rice reasonable. Write us
your wants. Sunnybronk Poultry Farms. lilllsdaleJlich.

—EGGS FROM STRAIN i
gangeId rendolfks relcords to 290 Glade. a Year: flwpgl:
.. e ve y puree post. preps . it I f .
FRED ABTLING, . . '. Constantlcllle? 5131:. _

Barron English 240 Egg Shaun;

White Leghorns heavy winter layers. Large size and .
very strong and hardy. Bred to shell out o gs and do 3
1T. Best. days laying in winter 500 pullete 9 non
J an. 24th. Can common Leghorn do as well. ’fested
and trapnested ten years, Order OW breeding stock
at; our special summer prices. 3,0(X) choice pullete 81.50
each, 1000 selected yearling hens at $1.25 each es re-
cord in pullet year of 200 eggs and over and 10L se-
lected breeding ckls. froui‘265 to 272 egg dams at $1.25
each order now your ckls. for Sept. delivery. Write
on our want OIV and send for mtalo ue.
EVRIES LEGHURN FARMS & “HATCHERY

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

BUFF LEGHORNS, 50 Choice hens and a. few cock-
erels selling for 81.50 each, this is half price.
Dr.WILLIAM SMITH, - - Petereburg. Mich.
'l ‘Ferris White Leghorn s
.’ years, records from 200 to 264 e 3. Col
1‘ our special summer prices on year mg hens,
v breeding males, eggs lor hatching. 8-week-
gueramec results. eulog given prices; ducribca stock; tells
all about our (arm and methods; results you can not by breed-
ing this "rem. Send for your copy now—It is free.

A real hcnvy laying sIrain, lupncstcd I
old pullers and (ill old chicks. \Vc ship C. O. D. and
GEORGE E. mats PM Union. Grand Rapids. Mich.

 

 

 

   

   
  
   
   

 

     

 

 

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r such art is Guarantee: for 6 years. 11:21:35;-
the seven exc uswe patented features puts the Guaranteed .
up reader In a class to itself. Speed Up your production. Ro- l
duce your operating expense. Save your lime, ground lime-
stone and commercial ortIlIzerz. App! thids valiiliableéalant
ms area e wit the r-‘

ante. Automatic Covering and dulavg ng Attachmglaot.
a . over an arrow . Don‘ ho a
spreader until you got our big Free Book and Money SavinaOfi‘Zr.

 

 

  
   

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Mr. POULTRY FARMER:
We make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and
have created a profitable market for your eggs the
ear aroundt We pay the highest premium for your
ennery Whites—-We remit same da shipments
arrive. Shin. Often—Ship by sprees

GEO. R. ELDRIDGE CO.
494-18th Street, Detroit. Mien."1

 

' Beuemberl We [comm you “detection with every-bivalent.

 

F owlers Buff Rocks 8““ "a”
84 for 30: 35.50 for 50; 38.00 for 100. now “ a :1 “or 15;
B. B. FOWLER, . . - - Hnfllol’d. Mich.

Laybill S. C. W. Leghorns

large, great layers, sure whlte oflered for short time
only choice 2 your 0] hens 31.00 each, yearlinghens
“.25 each. 8weeks-old pallets $1.00 each. .'
EVEBFRESH EGG FARM, Ionic. Mich.

ammoth Pekln Ducks from best took in
M Eggs .3150 per 11. Rose OombsBrown {$3335
from Madison Square and Mich. o Ohio Fair winners
Eggs $1.50 per 15. Mrs. Claudia Betta, Hlllsdale, Mich.

' White Orpln mm
Plne creSt ducers—hensgatgd‘ mamiettock.
now for next winter. Mrs. WILLIlg HOUG .

IPine Crest. Royal Oak, Mich.

Red Chicks, BothO be. I50
3. sea Chainsaw
Ihlnnnl’nn's FARM, Box 39. ’Lnrenoo. Inch.

ILVER Golden a Wh't W d .
S cockereluflfio eac . 1138 yan 20“" Four Gold”

15 8 . : . b P.
prepaid. O. W. Browningg‘llxé, Portland. hitch. out

‘ S. C; Brown Leghorne Excellent layers. Sue

Essa
eachprepnld.Yearlin h $125.0 k
FLOYD ROBERTSON, Ill, exlfexinmgflgmtnn

hlte Wyandotte forhatohin 31305 b l
\Vout of choice “cell; send for a 19% Onondaga: ck
DAVID RAY. Mallet-rill St., Yunnan“, ‘1 L :

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INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITS tors, Road Building Machinery,

Farm Implements, Tools and Machinery, including all the latest desi ned me-
chanical labor saving devices, Dairy Equipment and Appliances, Pou try Sup-

plies and Apparatus, Vehicle Display.

EDUCATIONAL FEATURES United States War, New”

, Commerce, Interior, and
Agriculture Departments and the Food Administration Exhibits, Wild Life of
Michigan Display prepared by the State Game Department, Boys’ and Girls’
Canning Clubs, Horse Show, Cat Show, Dog Show, Poultry Show, Boys’ State
Fair School, Better Babies and Body Building Contests, Mammoth Patriotic

Pageant, Boys’ Livestock Judging Contest, Apiary Booth, Complete Exhibit 1

from Schools of Michigan, Handicraft and Fine Arts, including works of some
of the greatest artists, Flying Pigeon Contest, Needlework, Car of Mine Rescue
Apparatus sent by the U. S. Government.

Sixty Foot Fruit and Veg-

AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS etable Column, Displays by

Twenty County Agents of Farm ProdITcts from their districts, Exhibits of the
Finest Produce from the entire state, Displays of Prize Fruit, Plants and Flowers.

AMUSEMENTS

noon and Evening Showing “The World’s War”, Greatest Midway Attractions

Automobile Races, Horse Races, Horse Show, Auto

Ever Assembled in Michigan, Robinson’s Elephants, Vaudeville Acts in Front

of Grandstand Every Afternoon and Evening, Cavallo’s Famous Concert Band
of Sixty Pieces, Dunbar’s White Hussars, a unique mus1cal organization, and
The Great Hawaiian Ukulele Orchestra. International Wrestling Tournament.

LIVESTOCK SHOW

collected in Michigan. ' The state has made extraordinary progress during the

last year in all phases of Livestock Breeding and this progress will be shown at

the Fair. Canadian Livestock Exhibits, ”Million Dollar Livestock Parade.

Don’t Forget the Dates:

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