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VOL. CLI. No.7 4036;





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DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918





$100 A‘, YEAR.

$300FOR5YEARS





I-low Other Farmers Meet Problems





By J. M. WEN DT County Agent of St. Joseph County





HE slogan of many of the rail-



road companies and other con-



cerns which make it a business

to' encourage travel and to advertise

various towns, is “See America First.”

Many people will travel, regardless of

whether the war is going on or not,

and as the road to Europe is practi-

cally closed, except to soldiers, they

must travel in Ameri-





resides in Fabius township, west of

the city of Three Rivers, on the bank

of the well-known Corey Lake. Mr.

Van Norsdal has the distinction of

owning the best apple orchard in St.

Joseph county and he took particular

delight in having the company there to

see it and to take dinner with him on

his spacious lawn. No, he didn’t have





 





ca if they are to travel

at all. And indeed,

there are many more

wonderful things right

here in America than

the most of us have

ever realized. This

“See America First”

policy can frequently

be carried out on a

small scale very con-

veniently and profitae ,

bly, as was shown re

cently in St. Joseph

county.



On July'4, a number

of people in St. Joseph,

Mich, w ante d some

way to spend the heli-

day that would be

really worth while, _so

.they arranged to go

with their county

agent on a tour of the

county. Accordingly,

a number of farmers

gathered in the morn-

ing at the court house

at Centreville, with

their automobiles and

families, and started

out on an observation

tour. About twenty

machines made the

start and before noon a count was





 





made and there were found to be thir-.





ty, With something over a hundred and

fifty people who were enjoying the oc-

casion immensely.





As it was just before harvest they





had an opportunity to see everything

to the best possible advantage. They

visited alfalfa fields, fields of Red Book





wheat, Rosen rye, sweet clover, potaQ





toes, a splendid orchard, and saw some

excellent herds of cattle, sheep and

hogs.

across the Kellogg Strawberry Farm

with its one hundred and forty acres

of overhead irrigation.- Stops were

made where there might be things of

special interest and at each place visit-





ed they made it a point to ask the

owner the particular line of treatment

that had been followed, it it was a





crop he was growing, and if it was

live stack they came to see. they found





' just how he managed to care for the

‘ herd.



At noon the company arrived at the



‘ farm of Mr. Frod You Norsdal who their importance.





 





The route also took the bunch,





to feed the entire company, as they

had been foresighted enough to bring

lunch with them.



The trip was particularly worth

while as nearly everyone visited farms

they had never visited, (and probably

never would have, except under some

such circumstances). Quite a number

saw a great many new things that had





been successful on the other fellow’s

place and which they could take home

with them and apply. They were im-

pressed with the degree of success

with which alfalfa is being grown on

a number of different places, finding

that it is not such a difficult crop to

grow and that it is dependable. They

found there is really an enormous



amount of Rosen Rye





 





growing in the county

and that it is so much

superior to the old

common rye there is

no. comparison. You

know, St. Joseph coun-

ty claims to be grow-

ing more Rosen Rye

than any other county

in the state and the

trip of the Fourth of

July showed a good

substantial basis for

that claim. Red Rock

wheat is a pretty good

variety to tie to for

Southern Michigan. It

is showing up much

better than other vari-

eties, wherever there

is an opportunity for

comparison.



The members of the

party who were breed-

ing registered live

stock had a fine oppor-

tunity to compare the

breeding and individu-

ality of the animals on

the other fellow’s farm

with the ones they had





 





 





 





Such Demonstrations Help us Know Our Own Counties and Neighbors Better.





Growing Rye on Muck





By EZRA LEVIN





, DU. can grow rye on muck. This

Y isthe answer to a question which

has been asked me more than any

other in ‘the last month by county

agents and muck farmers.

to their request I will present these

conclusions which are based on two

years Of experimentation and obser‘

vation. ” ‘

' There are four considerations, each

of which will receive a complete dis-

cussion at another time, which will





make grain, eliminate the objection-1





able features of excess straw, lodging,

winter-killing of rye on muck.



1.. Roll the Soil thoroughly.



. Use acid phosphate.



3. Increase the amount of seed sown

per acre. '



4. Sow early.



These are given in the order of





 





In response





Rolling does not pack the soil

around the plant as you do when you

put in a fence post to keep it from

falling over. This is not the purpose

of rolling muck. Rolling has the im-

portant object of repressing nitrifica-

tion, of keeping the soil germs from

releasing the nitrogen too rapidly, of

preventing excess straw, of eliminat-

ing lodging.



If the muck is in a cultiated crop

now” do not plow. Disk shallow, but

thoroughly.



Use Acid Phosphate.



I have seen beautiful fields of rye

with no grain on muck. Acid phos-

phate is essential. Our experimental

plots in different parts of the state

have shown conclusively that even

when manure is applied in larg squan-

tities, the addition of acid phosphate



(Continued on page 134).





at home. The mem-

bers who were keep-

ing scrub animals had

an opportunity to compare the pure

breds with the scrubs they had at

home. The value of this kind of a trip

through the country was clearly

brought out. In the first place it creat-

ed a responsibility upon the part of

the farmer whose farm we visited. He

was responsible because he felt him-

self a part of the plan to make the

day interesting to his visitors. Those

of his neighbors assembled felt free to

ask questions and discuss the things

they saw on his farm which interested

them. All manner of farm questions

were open for discussion. Sometimes

we would gather in an orchard, an

alfalfa or grain field, or in the dairy

ham or stock yards where crop grow-

ing, fruit growing and stock breeding

and feeding problems were discussed.

All of this served to add a community

spirit to our work. In fact, most of

the party‘expressed themselves as sur-

prised at the progress the county was

making in an agricultural way.



Let us have more of these tours, so

we can see what the others are doing.
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VOLUME CLI . NUMBER SEVEN





DETROIT, AUGUST 17, 1918





 





 





 





 





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





The basic price of

The Mill Feed wheat mill feed for

Situation. Michigan as fixed by

' the Food Administra—

tion is, for the Detroit area, $27.46 per

ion for bran, $28.71 for mixed feed, and

$29.46 for middling of all grades. This

price varies slightly for other areas in

the state, running as high as $28.86 for

bran and $30.86 for middlings in terri-

tories less favorably situated from the

standpoint of transportation.





In making sales of wheat mill feeds,

wheat flour millers are permitted to

add a margin of $1.00 per ton in selling

mill feeds to wholesalers in less than

carlots. In selling to retailers in ton

lots or more, they may add a margin

of $2.00 per ton, and in less than ton

lots a margin of $3.00 per ton to the

basic price. In selling to consumers

in ton lots or more a margin of $3.00

per ton over the basic price may be

taken, and in selling in less than ton

lots a margin at the rate of $4.00 per

ton may be taken. No miller is en-

titled to a jobber’s profit or any other

kind of a profit in addition to these de-

scribed margins, even though he may

maintain a separate jobbing depart-

ment.



In the box on this page will be found

the regulations governing the sale of

mill feeds by jobbers and wholesalers.

In addition to these charges, the cost

of sacks must be taken into consider-

ation, which will average about $6.00

per ton at the present price of sacks.

The freight rate from the mill to the

point of destination.by the route trav-

eled, must also be added. Where the

feed is originally sold by the miller to

the jobber or wholesaler a legitimate

cartage charge which in large. cities

will be about $1.50 per ton, is per-

missible. The purchaser is also entitled

to the cost of hauling from the depot

to his warehouse under the regulations.

Only one wholesaler’s or jobber’s profit

is permissible. Given the source of

supply, the purchaser of mill feeds at

retail should be able to figure out from





these schedules approximately what he





should pay for such feeds at retail in

If he has been charg—.





     





ed more than a legitimate pricehe





ceipted bill of his purchase and send

same to State Food Administrator

Prescott at Lansing, Michigan. if any

Michigan 'Farmer reader prefers to

send such information to us, we will





gladly file same with the Food Adminv





istratlon, and publish any'facts which

may be developed showing where prof-

iteering has been practiced, as it has

been practiced in far too many cases

in the distribution of wheat mill feeds.



Properly the farmers of Michigan

should be able to secure needed mill

feeds from local mills at a minimum

cost of handling. ‘But the miners, in

many cases have refused to sell to

farmers, claiming that there is not

enough mill feed to go around and that

they are obliged to distribute their

product pro-rate to their regular cus-

tomers, which seem to be mostly feed

dealers.



This practice has compelled the pur-

chase of p1actically all mill feeds by

ultimate consumers at retail prices

from local dealers. Owing to shortage

of pastures and scarcity of other feeds

the demand has been abnormal. To

satisfy this demand, considerable quan-

tities of mill feeds have been shipped

in from outside the state, on. which

accumulated freight bills have run as

high as $8.00 per ton, and jobbers’ and

retailers’ prices varied accordingly. At

the same time it is believed that much

of the mill feed produced in Michigan

has been shipped out of the state.



One reason why complaints have not

been even more numerous than they

have, is due to the fact that farmers

have feared the entering of a com-

plaint might cut off their source of sup-

ply at the time when they could not

easily secure any other feed at a rea-

sonable price to satisfy their absolute





should, in every case, 831: for a re“





 





any grade for this purpose. , ~

With prevailing prices, rye, barley.





and oats can be combined to meet the





average farmer’s requirements for,





feed, so that he need have no fear in

reporting cases where he believes prof-

iteering has been practiced in the sale

of wheat mill feeds. Even under the

handicap of being obliged to buy, mill

feeds from- local dealers, Michigan





farmers should be able to buy at re--





tail bran and, middlings produced in

the state "for $2.25 to $2.35 per cwt.,

sacks included, allowing for all legiti-

mate charges. In every case where

more than $2.50 to $2.60 is asked in-

vestigation is warranted. '



But retail buying should not be nec-

essary. The farmers of a community

should pool their orders and buy in

carlots wherever possible. If the farm<

ers of any community 'are unable to

buy for cash on this basis we shall be

glad to tum on the searchlight of pub-

licity to find out why. '





Without regard

Horticulture an Aid in to its attrac-

Character Building. tive commer-

cial possibili-

ties, horticulture is entitled to rmore

attention on Michiganfarms. Our farms

could be made infinitely more satisfac-

tory and self-supporting by the pres-

ence of beautiful and useful-fruit trees

grouped about the farmstead. scatter-

ed along division fences, and in fields

not adapted to other crops. Our appre-

ciation of fruit as a complement to our

everyday diet is not yet sufficiently de-

veloped to make us healthy and free

from digestive ailments as we ought

to be.

Practical farmers. as a rule, do not

allow themselves to be influenced by





 





sight draft, $1.00 per ton.

per ton.





draft, $2.50 per ton,





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to the margin which could he

terms.





it on delivery, in ton lots or

per ton.





per cent a month.





ery charge.





 





Rules Governing Sales of Wheat Mill Feeds





Jobbers and Wholesalers





No jobber or wholesaler shall sell any wheat mill feeds at an ad-

vance over the bulk price at mill in excess of the following:





1. Shipment from, mill or in transit, payment cash, demand draft or

2. Shipment from mill or in transit, sale on arrival draft terms, $1.50

3. Sale ex-jobber’s warehouse, payment cash, sight draft or demand





Sale ex-jobber’s warehouse, upon arrival, draft terms, $3.00 per ton.

5. In making sales on credit not to exceed $1.00 per ton may be added





Retailers





1. Where one or more farmers purchase in advance of delivery full

carloads, take delivery at car and pay for it on delivery, $1.50

per ton, plus demurrage, if any.



2. Where a farmer purchases and takes delivery at car, and pays for





3. Whe1e a farmer purchases and takes delive1y at car, and pays for

it on delivery, in lots less than one ton, $2. 50 pe1 ton.



4. Sales ex-warehouse in lots of one ton or more, $4.00 per ton.



5. Sales ex—warehouse in lots of less than one ton, $5.00 per ton.



6. In making a credit sale you may add a charge at the rate of one





7. In making a delivery you are entitled to make a reasonable‘deliv—

Your cost price of feeds is determined by taking the

invoice price, adding the freight, if paid by you, and adding the

actual cost of cartage from the railroad to your place of business.





charged if sold on arrival draft





more, but less than carlots, $2.00





 





other available feed to grind his rye of reason beautiful and useful trees with

. - which any farmer can easily environ





 





 





needs. This crisis has, however, pass-

ed for the present, due to the fact that

the threshing season has now begun

and ,1 home-grown feeds will be obtain-

able for use.



Notwithstanding the published state-

ments to the effect that the grinding

of barley has been restricted, there has

been no official order to this effect, and

any farmer who has barley can have





same ground for feeding purposes. The.

State Food Administrator is also issu-.





ing a general pe1mit to miners to gr_ind

f01 feeding purposes, any rye which

may not be of a grade suitable for mill-





artistic values, or such small things as

producing food for the home-table, con-

tending that they cannot afford to

spend their time fooling with anything

unless it pays in immediate cash re-

turns. Nevertheless, almost everyone

of them .invariably craves delicious

fruits and appreciates natural beauty

in allrits simpler: forms. It is“ not .book

education that causes men and women

to love trees and attractive surround-

ings. It is the passionof the inner-life

for harmonious Outward relationships.

This emotion and love of the beautiful





and useful has much to do with happi-





his home and distinguish his farm, pay

both directlyand indirectly. Children.

reared where nature has expression in

trees and luscious crops of fruit haves

resource and home-laying quality. in

their later lives that proves the po—

tency of horticulture in character

building



The sweetest memories of farm life

are intimately associated with beauti-

ful ,and useful trees. We believe that

farmers in this great fruit-producing

state of Michigan cannot afford to neg-

lect the planting of fruit trees for

beautification and profit.





The present estimated

The Highway public road mileage in





Problem. the United States ap-

- proximates 2, 7 5 0, 0 00

miles Between the years 1909 to 1915





approximately 67,000 miles of public

road had been re-Shrfaced, or an aver-





' age of about 15,000 miles per annum.





During the same period it is estimated

that new roads have been opened up

approximating an annual additional

mileage of 50,000 miles. It will thus

be seen that while the improvement of

our public highways by resurfacing in

a durable manner has been consider."

able, the addition of new highways is

annually three times as great.



If it should be considered that- twen-

ty per cent of the total road mileage

should be improved to give the country

an adequate highway system, at the

annual rate of improvement heretofore

made it would take a generation to

bring about the improvement of this

fifth of the total road mileage. Under

present conditions of construction and

maintenance, many of these improved

roads would be totally worn out long

before the last of the twenty per mnt

were finally improved.



The progress which has been made

in permanent road improvement is a

matter for special congratulation at





this time, due to the use which is be





ing made of these improved roads in

the transportation of war equipment

‘to the seaboard. This traffic, however.

will increase rather than decrease the

problem of road improvement, due to

the fact that it will shorten the life of

the improved roads so used very mate-

rially. These facts emphasize the need‘

of a comprehensive system of national

aid in road improvement. Perhaps the

plan already in force may prove to be

well adapted to the needs of the coun-

try. Trafiic conditions are, however,

changing rapidly, and with the increas-

ed use of heavy trucks on improved

highways for the marketing of farm

produce, helping out in other freight

transportation, some permanent types

of roads will be required. While con-

siderable progress. has been made in

the solution of the road problem, much

yet remains to be worked out, in order

that the vast amount of money used

in this public work may be expended

to the best advantage.



Perhaps the economic factor need-

ing first consideration in our own state

is the proper maintenance of improved,

roads after their construction. In too

many cases our improved highways

are not given. the care which they

should receive to maintain their effi-

ciency over a maximum period of time.

County and local highway officers

should be chosen for their particular

fitness for this work, rather than on

personal grounds, and the more efli«

cient ones should be kept on the job,

regardless of political exigencies. Pub-

lic spirited citizens everywhere should

give this matter consideration at the

coming primaries wheie county road

oflicials are to be nominated.





 





Lincoln’ s plonoun'cement on slavery

seems manifest on a tremendously

magnified scale. in our present great





conflict, for the world now well real-v





ies first it cannot/exist half’slave





 





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’ , HEN the railway men wanted a

"raise in pay they had a' nation-

' » , a1 organization to speak for

them‘ as a united body; and through





. this body they threatened to paralyze

' the transportation of the country if





their demands were not granted, and

they conducted an advertising cam-

paign, comparing their. wages with the





" most favored trades, to show, that they





were not getting enough. They got





_ what they were after.





When a federal commission, after in-

vestigating the meat packers, reported

that they were makinginordinate prof-





its out of the war necessities of the

country, they bought space by the page





in all the public prints, and began ar-



guing their case to the public; and



they will get away with it. ,

When the urban population began





crying ‘fplay fair, Mr. Farmer, play





fair,” ”the farmers had no organization

to make answer, nor even to learn

what the city sentiment is and how it

is working against them; and not a

word has been said to correct the false

notions. Every day we hear such ex-

pressions as: “The farmers are cer-

tainly making a killing these days;

,why, when I was a kid on the farm,

dad was tickled to get $5 for his hogs,

and now they are quoted at $18 and

{better.” The tenderfoot who shouts

this sort of thing sometimes rushes out





 





: 6 tlfi ‘1 efore 3 the Court of a Public ' Opinion





Prof. Rood of the Unive‘rsty of Michigan Tells How Other

Interests Get Before this High Court and Why

the Farmers Fail





into the country to join in the killing;

but he usually sneaks back to town on

aside street after, the first round or

two, and keeps so blamed quiet about

farming forever after that his com-

rades never learn the facts from him.

. It is the failure of the farmer to take

his case to the high court of public

opinion that has caused the prices ,of

his products to him to be set below

the cost of production. If he had a

national organization to inform the

public of the facts, his patriotism in

raising needed crops regardless of cost

or loss, because the national crisis

needed ,them, would not be thrown in

his face as answer sufficient to his re-

quest for a living price.



The national chamber of agriculture

the organization of which is now being

urged by a number of public-spirited

men, could well act as the farmer’s

mouth-piece in such cases and matters.

It could both gather the needed facts

and give them the necessary publicity;

and its word would count for some-

thing. No-private individual can do

these things for himself. He can’t af-

ford it. His word would not count. No

more valuable service has been done





work themselves, and live on about

half of the going rate of interest on

their capital. Most of the men doing

this do not realize what they are doing,

and would quit if convinced of the





the farmer recently‘than the investiga- facts, and leave the field to those so





tions and reports of the milk commis-

sion, based on the data collected by

Professor Anderson, of M. A. C., and

others. The results of that publica-

tion are well known.'



Naturally we all have a mild curious

interest to know whether we are mak-

ing or losing in any line of farming;

but frequently the margin is wide

enough that we need no book-keeper

to tell us the harrowing details, and it

don’t hurt quite so bad if the facts are

never absolutely known and the known

forgotten as soon as possible. But we

do very much want, and are vitally in-

terested ‘in having other people know,

what production costs. We want other

farmers to know what it costs, and we





.want the consumer to know.





We want other farmers to know, be-

cause no form of competition is so dis-

couraging as the competition of the

man who insists and persists in pro-

ducing and selling at a loss. In most

business this sort of competition would

be short, and it would be in farming

but for the fact that many farmers do

not have to pay any wages nor inter-

est. They own the equipment, do the





situated that they can produce at a

lower cost; and it would be better for

the community and for the persons so

quitting that they should engage in

some occupation in Which they can

earn a living profit.



Secondly, we want the consumer to

know what the cost of production is,

so that he will not think he is being

robbed when he pays a living price. If

he knows that the price is fair he will

.pay it'ungrudgingly; though he dis-

likes to part with the money; where-

as, he would be spiteful and bitter, if

he thought he were overcharged; and

by his opposition he might, nay usu-

ally does, avoid payment, prevent the

price being obtained, curtail consump-

tion, etc.



Let us have an organization to find

the cost of production as well as to

help market the goods, and to give

proper publicity to the facts. Let us

have more cost accounts and surveys

published. First let the farmer know;

secondly, inform the consumer of

these facts. A National Chamber of

Agriculture could accomplish the de-

sired results.





Breeding, Feeding and Weeding the Dairy Herd





THE systematic breeding of the

dairy cow is a subject that



should be of considerable inter-

est to the general farmer. The high

prices received for butter and cheese

during the past season, and the- pros-

pect that the business will be equally

prosperous for another year, should be

an incentive to use every available

means for increasing the profits. This

does not necessarily mean that we

should increase the number of cows in

our herds. In fact, it would more often

be found wiser to dispose of several.

The chief function of a good dairy cow

is to produce economically, large quan-

titi-es of milk and when she ceases or

fails to do this, her usefulness as a

source of profit is gone. It will not

perhaps, be untimely to discuss in brief

several points in connection with this

question, submitting conclusions from

personal experience and observation.

In order to get the best results out of

dairy cattle there are three essential

features which may be concisely stat-

ed: Breed, feed and weed. Usually

if one is to procure a herd of good pay-

ing cows he must breed them himself,

as only in very rare instances will he

be able to purchase such from his

neighbors. In almost any herd there

are a number of good individuals

which may serve as a foundation. By

using good judgment in the selection

of a bull of the proper dairy type and

sticking to the same breed a few years





vwill show considerable progress. In





selecting a sire particular attention

should be paid to his dam. Provided,





,as an individual he is satisfactory, and





has good breeding, based on'perform-

ance, heis almost certain to get good

calves. If it were only more generally

realized, how true is the adage that,

the bull is half the herd, there would

he more attention "paid to the princi-





' ples of breeding and their application.‘

. , No cow is capable of doing her ,

best withOut proper food. The feed ,





must largely depend on the surround-

ing conditions, snob as the adaptabil-

ity of the land to produce the neces-





" ‘ sary crops, or the price at which they





Mr. J. P. Fletcher of New York Explains Three of the keepa record 0f the yield 0f 93011 °°W~

Fundamentals of Profitable Dairy Herd Management.





 





 





 





 





Canary Mercedes Pieterje Aaggie. Seven- day Butter





Record of 29. 42 Pounds; Milk 6891.

Example of what Breeding, Feeding and Weeding





An excellent»





has Accomplished on the Farm of A. F. Loomis, of





Owosso, Michigan.





in compounding a ration, judgment be-

ing used in applying them to suit indi-

vidual requirements. All fodders are

composed chiefly of protein, carbohy-

drates and fat. The first of these

nutrients goes to form the hide, hair,

hoofs, horns and muscle, and also en-

ters largely into the formation of milk.

The other two go to produce heat, en-

ergy and fat. It has been found by ex-

periment that about one part of pro-

tein to six of carbohydrates and fat

gives the best results in feeding. This

relation is as the nutritive ratio. Thus

by referring to a chart giving the com-





position of the various feeding mate-

rials, it is a simple operation to figure

out what proportion of the different

food stuffs at hand are required to

make up a balanced ration. Having

gone this far, we must consider the

age of the animals we are feeding.

Young animals require food richer in

protein than older animals, as they

are building up new bone and muscle.

A dairy animal should be so fed from

birth to maturity, as to encourage a

rapid growth without acquiring a ten-

dency to put on fat. To grade up a

herd successfully it is necessary to





 





Not only axe we able to weed out

unprofitable ones by so doing, but the

utility of such records are of great im—

portance as a guide to the feeder. By

their aid one is able to tell what any

particular cow is doing and thus judge

the ration for each accordingly. This

will often result in feeding more eco—

nomically. The writer’s experience in

this connection has been very satis-

factory. By using the scales we have

been able to increase or decrease the

ration, as circumstances might war-

rant. It is sometimes urged that such

a system of keeping records entails too

much trouble, and is unnecessary to

ascertain the best milkers. This may

in a measure be true, but when weigh-

ing is practiced in connection with a.





' systematic use of the Babcock test,

and in sections where patrons are paid ‘





according to the butter-fat content of

their milk the testing of individual

cows is of no little importance. Not

infrequently, the cow that yields the

smallest quantity of milk in a herd

will be discovered by the test to be as

profitable as, or more profitable, than.

some of the heavy milkers. But the

objections in regard to time, labor,

etc., have never, to our knowledge,

been made by any person who has giv-

en the system a fair trial.





A spring balance is placed in a con—

venient place in the stable, as are also

the record sheets. When a cow is

milked it only takes a few seconds to

hang the pail on the spring balance,

which instantly denotes the weight of

the milk plus the pail which, of course,

has to be deducted before the record

is made. Another feature that should

not be overlooked is the interest it

creates in those engaged in the work,

hence better care and more comfort

to the cows. In "short, we find it a

most important factor in building up

and maintaining a dairy herd.





 





 





 

 





 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





, to “swat the prickly bun."





The farmers of Macomb county have

had the hearty cooperation of the city

people in the eradication of the Bar-

berry. In a recent trip over the coun-

ty it was found that with very few. ex—

ceptions everyone is more than willing
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’11 have your silo up and

e time.



_he Indiana Silo is built of materials

which are free from defects. and which do

not cause or permit the ensilage to become

moldy at the walls of the silo. Stoves have

tight mortised joints and are interchange-

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is no metal spline at the joints to rust out

or complicate erecting.



It doubles the feeding value of your corn

crop, enables you to keep 50‘?

morecattle on your farm, and

get an increased k flow

during the feeding season.



Write to nearest address at

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Think what a cow is up against with my-

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menace.





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A HOME-MADE PIPE WRENCH.





 





A short while ago there appeared on

the suggestion page of your periodical

an illustrated description of how one

can improvise a pipe wrench with a

strap and a piece of tough wood. Here

is a suggestion that will prove even

more simple and convenient to the’av—

erage farmer for he is most, certain to





 

 

 

 





have the strap and the pliers right at

hand. A piece of good strap is placed

about the pipe to be turned and the

two ends of the strap are gripped

close to the pipe with pliers, as shown

in the illustration. By turning the pli-





era in the direction the pipe is to be

twisted one of the jaws piesses bald

against the strap and prevents it from





slipping, while the other end pulls on ._





the pipe. This is a very valuable thing

to understand, especially for the farm-

er“ as he has so many troubles to deal

with in the course, of his work—S.





A CHEAP GATE.





 





‘Ofte'ntimes it is desirable to make ,a

passageway in a wire fence which is

already up. It is‘not necessary to go





 





to a lot of trouble to make a gate and

to get the posts properly braced. The

drawing shows how this trouble may





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and bottom of the long posts are all.

the braces necessary and the two short





 





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posts allow the easy passage of hu~

mans but keep out animals—L. S.





If you have a big horse on one end



of the doubletree and a colt or a light



'horse on the othei end, it is often ad<

visable to give the little fellow an ad-

vantage.



Mme is accomplished by keeping the

team going steadily than by rushing

for a few hours and idling in the fence

corner for half an hour now and then.





Dairymen ApprOaching a Crisis





0 many questions are coming to us‘





concerning this important subject,



that it would seem that some sug-

gestion or advice might be given that

would be of value to the dairymen, but

upon closer analysis we find ourselves

completely enshrouded in a haze of

questions and problems which we are

absolutely unable to solve. ’





I think that the great majority of

our peOple desire to be patriotic. We

will do all that we have done and then

infinitely more, in our endeavor to pre-

serve our nation and to supply food.

We do not propose to be slackers or

unpatriotic while the future of the na-

tion hangs in the balance.



We appreciate the fact that the

price of milk to the producer has been

increased very much within the last

twelve months. We appreciate, also,

that this price has been obtained with-

out bringing upon us the odlum of

prosecution, imprisonment or lines.

We are thankful for the recognition

that is givqn the Michigan Milk Pro-

ducers’ Association and the Michigan

Milk Commission from every part of

the nation.



A Step Forward.



That the milk price in the Detroit

Area. is greatly increased over what it

would have been had different methods

been used, is conceded by all and yet

this price does not keep pace with the

increase in the cost of production. It

is also evident that milk today furnish-

es the cheapest food nutrients of all

animal food products. More than this,

milk is most vital to the growth and

development of the human body.



This brings up the question of the

physical,‘ mental and moral effect of

the American people. We have before

us not only 'the emergency of the World

war, but the thought concerning the

effort of our people which must be the

inspiring and dominating influence. We

must supply this food on terms that

will meet the demands of commercial

industries,



We had hoped for a. bountiful har—

vest that would lower feed costs, so

that the increase in the cost of labor

would not make the balance entirely

on the wrong side at the end of a

year’s production. But the frosts and

present drought reminds us most force-

fully that this is something we cannot

expect this year. Feeds from 850 to

to$60 per ton. and the prospect of $40

hay, causes no to question the sand-

néss of reasoning when we think or





 





 





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By Field Secretary Reed





pie with sufficient milk. More than

this, we are admonished by the his-

tory of the past that milk production

is not sufficiently stabilized 50 but that

the market, in certain seasons of the

year, is flushed with an over-supply,

and at other seasons there is a. dearth

that tends to disquiet and unstabilize

the market.



The first thing that should be done

is to have a supply of this product that

will meet the, demands of the trade

when a commensurate price can be ob-

tained. We should also endeavor to

avoid an over-supply at any season.



With present conditions it seems a.

part of wisdom to eliminate from our

herds every unprofitable animal; every

cow that will not turn a profit. If this

was done it would lessen the cost of

feeds and increase production. This

in itself would be one of the greatest

steps forward that the dairy industry

has ever taken. ,



, Method and Courage.



This requires both method and cour-

age. Many farmers do not know which

cows are not profitable, and lack the

courage to go into the herd and take

out every unprofitable animal. But this

should "be done within the next two

months if present conditions only are

to be considered. But what of the

future?



We are doing much that should have

been done years ago. The organized

movement; the study of the food value

of dairy products; the advertising cam-

paign, the constructive effort, and the

effort to eliminate the dishonest men





within our own ranks—all these are,





steps in the right direction, and we

wonder now why we did not begin our

campaign many years ago. All of these

agencies, though but a short time in

use, are tending to stabilize the dairy

industry and put it on a commercial

basis.



One reason for last winter’s serious

congestion in milk products was the

fact that the government could not fur-

nish space for the transportation of

the‘dalry products across ~the water,

and we found, Ourselves with a great

surplus on hand while our allies were

actually starving for them. The gov-

moment has contended that it requir-

ed too much space in the shipping to

transport dairy products across the

water, and your association has been

trying ‘ to. impress upon the powers

that be. the fact that more foOd could

be gotten in a certain space in con-





foods. We have, at the present time;

u splendid array of facts worked out

under Professor Anderson’s direction.

and your association is now asking the

manufacturing plants of Michigan, who

have had heavy storage or surplus pro.

ducts ever since last winter—mount.

ing at the present time to approximate-

ly thirty-seven million cases of con-

densed milk, to cooperate with us in

an endeavor to get the release and

shipment of condensed milk and cheese

across the water. it is our plan to go‘

before the ‘Fedéral Food Board at

Washington in the near future and lay

this data, which has been so carefully

compiled, before them. 'We shall be ‘

glad indeed if we ‘may be the first in

this as we have in so many other ef.

forts for the betterment of the dairy

industry. As soon as a realization of

these'facts is brought to the “powers

that be” we believe there will be the

greatest shipment of these products

across the water that the world has

ever'known. This fact, with the fact

that these are the cheapest food nutri—

ents obtainable, ought to bring 3. marks

ed change in price and conditions sure.

rounding the dairy industry.

When the War is Over.



When the war is over we believe

that the demand for dairy cattle of the

United States will be the greatest that

has ever been known. With less than

one—half of the live stock of the war-

ring nations in existence and with the

things our boys are going to do when

they get over on German soil, the

the man who has courage and patrioto

ism to hold on to live stock—~even at a.

present loss—will be the winner in the'

long run. .



This I want to impress upon your

minds with a greater emphasis than

ever that no one not thoroughly con-

versant with conditions can’ appreciate

the value of organized effort. We find

it in every other industry; the gbvem-'

ment is urging it; the industry and

good sense demand it, and anyindivid-

ual who makes an eflort, either by his

dishonesty or infidelity, to disrupt any

agricultural movement, is a traitor to

his'govemment and to the best inter-

ests of humanity.



. Price.



The price of milk, as fixed by the

DetrOit Area.Milk Commission, is $3.10

for the month of August and $3.40 for

the month of September. This is for

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. ‘ ITH the thousands of new silos

" ' being put up this year- there



will be formed many new silage

rings or associations, for this has been

found to be the best plan of handling

the corn, and is about the only means

of meeting the labor shortage. The

plan of one association may not be the

best for another, but most of them

have merits which may be copied by

others with good results. .



When our ring was first formed it

consisted of five members, and as

there were few silos in the immediate

neighborhood'it was necessary to go

nearly three miles to secure two of the

members. This makes a pretty long

jaunt for a team of horses both morn-

ing and. evening, necessitating a very

early morning start to work. But at

the sametime it was found more prac-‘

ticable to have these two extra men

to carry on the work efficiently.



One ring,l know of has nine mem-

bers, another twelve, and some of the

members complain that this is too





JUSTICE





tons of corn an hour. It was thought





advisable to get this large size cutter, J ,





which has proven a great advantage in

pushing the work along at a rapid

rate with the force at hand.



The plan of operation has worked

out like this: There are to be four

teams hauling in the corn where the

distance is not greater than thirty or

forty rods; this keeps the cutter going

pretty steady. Usually the members

grow their corn in afield near the silo

to shorten the haul. If the distance is

greater an extra team is used. The

member who is filling uses his team on

the corn binder to cut corn. He also

hires any extra men needed in the

field or in tramping the silage.



The association provides ten men to

the ring, each member providing two

men with one team. This gives an ex-

cellent working force with the boys on

the farm. The boys usually prefer

hauling in the corn, and as the corn is

all bound a sixteen-year-old boy can

handle it well. Low-wheeled wagons





 





 





‘Well Developed Heifers Mak





e More Profitable Dairy Cows.





 





many. Every man wants to put up his

silage as soon as the corn is in the

right stage, which in a neighborhood

does not extend over many days, espe-

cially if heavy frosts come during this

time. It requires nearly a day to fill

the smaller-sized silos and move to the

next job, so that a man in a ten-mem-

ber ring might have to wait at least

ten days after his corn was ready to

fill the silo; with Sundays, possible

bad weather and breaking of machin-

ery it might be twice that long. The

best Silage is made when the corn is

just at the right stage.



In our five-member ring the silos can

be filled in a period of one week, and

.we have all been able to get the corn

in in prime shape. This plan makes a

good division of labor. The first to

fill one year is the last the next, al-

though if one man wishes to fill earlier

or later than others he may do so.



We own our own outfit of cutter and

corn binder, so that it is unnecessary

to wait on a custom outfit as some do.

This has an added‘advantag'e: As each





- man owns an interest in the outfit he





takes a vital interest in its operation

and upkeep. It is also more econom-

ical than hiring an outfit, the first cost,

repairs, interest and depreciation over

a period of five years amounting to

but $20.35 a year for each man, and as

the cutter will last for probably ten





‘ years the amount will be less than





that. .



Each member owns one-fifth share

of the outfit and-stands the same pro-'

portion of its. operation and up-keep,

except the hiring of an engine. Each





.‘ one pays for the engine-time at his

~‘1_place.j-‘_The Outfit is never rented or





hiredoutfas these farmersr are 'too

5 "toi-undértake it: it isitfor, ‘our 'ex-

eggs; sins. The (critter: h‘asga six-inch.

. and ‘ whys: tWenty=horse



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Hartford; October ,2; {1' . ~ . .





with ladders that are the same height

of the cutter table are used, which

greatly facilitates the handling of the

bundles.





 





HAIRY VETCH AS A HAY CROP.





 





Does hairy vetch sowed in August

make hay the next June, or will it

make hay at any time? I wish some-

one that has raised the hairy vetch

would write an article in regard to

vetch as a hay crop.





Hairy vetch sown in August on land

in St. Joseph county that has never

grown vetch will not make a crop of

hay unless the soil is very fertile and

well supplied with lime. To grow

vetch satisfactorily on St. Joseph

county soils, it will be necessary to

sow two years in succession and prob-

ably apply some manure and, in many

cases, lime also.



The use of sandy vetch has not prov-

ed to be profitable on the sandy loam

plains of St. Joseph and Kalamazoo

counties, although it can be grown. It

is not, however, the agency which can

be used to build up the soil in the 10—

cality mentioned, that it is in western

Van Buren and Allegan counties and

farther north.





 





NEWS NOTES.





 





The Cooperative Stock Shippers’ As-

sociation at Portland, lonia county, has

made its first shipment, including

three cars of hogs, calves and cattle,

with satisfactory returns.





Farmers of Van Buren county met at I





Lawrence and formed a Shorthom

Breeders’ Association, with the follow-

ing oflicersr

Hartford; secretary, George Rich, Law-V

rence. The breeders will hold their an-

nual meeting onf the fairgrounds at





conanT





   





President, Frank Bailey, '





 





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Equipped with the straw Spreading

attachment, the John Deere Spreader

handles properly all kinds of straw—

long straw or short straw, light chat? or

heavy, partly-rotted straw. It spreads

heavy or light, whichever you choose,

and always uniformly—no bunching

nor no uncovered spots.





A “One-Man” Outfit





You need no one to help load or

operate this machine. When you are

ready to spread, just pull one lever to

throw the beater into gear and an-

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Then stay in the seat and drive while

the machine spreads the load perfectly.





Then Spread Manure





In 30 minutes you can remove the

attachment. Then you have the

famous John Deere Manure Spreader





 





Straw, properly spread on winter

crops, is protection that pays big returns.

It protects against loss from winter-killing or

soil-blowing.

Serves moisture and promotes early spring

growth.

yields. Its plant food value is nearly equal

to that of manure.





Get full profit from all of your straw by spreading it with the





JQHNEEDEERE; SPREADER





Spreads Both Straw and Manure





 

 

 

 





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It makes a mulch that con-





In every Case it increases crop





-the Spreader with the Beater on

the Axle—the favorite of successful

farmers in every section.





Spread Your Straw This Year





If you are using a John Deere

Spreader and haven't yet bought the

straw-spreading attachment, see your

John Deere dealer about one now.

And if you need a new spreader, be

sure to get the John Deere combina-

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about twice as much use from it as

you can from other Spreaders. You

can spread both straw and manure.





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FACTS ABOUT

SILO FILLING





With the introduction of the Ann

Arbor Disc Thrower Silo Filler we

haveplaced within the reach of the

1nd1v1dual farmer a Silo filler which

he can afford to own. The Disc Thrower

No. 78,with 78 inches of feed opening, is

the right size for the average farm; the

larger size Disc Thrower has 112 inches

of feed opening. Both of the Disc

Thrower Silo Fillers have all the pat-

ented Ann Arbor Disc Thrower features

which make these silo fillers the best

machines available.





_ We have an informative little booken-

titled “Filling the Silo" which tells you

all about; the Disc '

Thrower Wheel, the

simple knife adjust-

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shear bar and all the

. other features which

make the Disc Throw-

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machine. Write for

it to





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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Automobile Factor-V





ies will turn into

Munition Plants





By

January lst, 1919,,





MR. AUTO OWNER:



To be protected you should re-

pair, rebuild, and repaint your

car and keep it insured against

fire, theft, and liability.



When the committee calls on

you to purchase VVa’r Savings

Stamps or Liberty Bonds or to

contribute to the Red Cross, you





should not make the excuse that /

you have had your car burned or "





stolen, or lost money through a

lawsuit against you on account

of an auto accident, when you

can keep protected against these

losses for a few dollars, and keep

prepared to do your bit. Do not

wait until you purchase a new

car, but insure today in a com-

pany with a membership of over

35,000, and a surplus of about

$70,000, also a fire-proof building

in which to keep your records,

with up-to-date equipment with

which to give you service.



This is no time to insure in a

small company without surplus.

Insure in a safe company that

was organized and developed be-

fore the war.





Cost is only $1.00 for policy

and 25 cents per H. P.





Citizens Mutual Auto lns.Co.

Howell, Mich.





 





THE MICHIGAN FA*RLMER¢;.





Canada Thistle Seeds GroW





HERE is a rather widespread



impression in the state that Can«



ada thistle seeds will not germi-

nate. This impression is unfortunately

upheld by some people of influence

among farmers. In order to prove the

matter to the satisfaction of everybody

concerned, some Canada thistle seeds

were placed in the germinator in the

State Seed Laboratory this summer.

These were given only ordinary care,

and in less than a week showed a ger-

mination of 'six and two-thirds per

cent. .To be sure, that is only a small





 





 





 





 





 





ERFECTLY cut silage

sir pockets and the remit is less

spoilage. Purchase a Rowen Auto-

matic Cutter and getper lect service.

STRONG. EASY RUNNING. no

, danger, msdein seven sizes. investigate

before you buy. Free ”Mutated Cddog.

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TOLEDO. OHIO



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Seeds Wanted





Red Rock Wheat

Sand or Winter Vetch





‘ Etlw.'E.Evsns.— swarm. Mich.





RodClover Seed (Both kinds)





 





percentage, but when one realizes the

great number of seeds that may be

produced by one plant, the number is

'not at all negligible. The accompany—

'ing photograph shows Canada thistle

seed sprouting. Within a. day or two

the. cotyledone would have emerged





 





Sprouted Canada Thistle Seeds.





entirely from the seed coat, but at the

time the photograph was made the

seed coat was nearly intact, and show-

ed all of the characteristics of the

species.



Canada thistle plants are of two

kinds, those producing staminate or

male flowers, and those producing pis-

tillate or female flowers. It often hap-





(Continued from first page).



is by far the best paying Commercial

fertilizer on muck. Commercial fertil-

izers containing nitrogen do not pay

on muck when applied to grains. Acid

phosphate used alone without manure

will pay well, but the best combination

in view of our present situation is

about five spreadersful of manure to

the acre, supplemented with two hun-

!dred and fifty pounds of acid phos-

phate. That, by the way, is what i

:would consider an ideal general fertil-

izer for extensive muck crops.



Increase the Amount of Seed Sown Per



Acre.



Extensive experimentationJ which

has been conducted on the farm of

Charles Severance, Allegan county,

prove that one of the best ways to

keep down the height of the straw and

increase the grain yield is to crowd the

seed. Three bushels to the acre is not

too much if the soil has been properly

fertilized. The fundamental idea be-

hind the success of excessive amounts

of seed lies in the fact that in a well

drained soil with an abundance of wa-

ter, thick planting will not cause the

plants to suffer for lack of water, and





 





4 will, when the root systems become





sufficiently well developed, produce

grain on a shorter stalk and earlier,

assuming that the plant nutrients are

present in sufficient quantity. ‘

Sow Early.



Results have indicated that this is

also the procedure to follow on high

land, but it seems particularly import-





 





xBy _ BERTHA A. HOLLISTER,





pens that a single seed dropped in 8.





ant on mu°k If the 3.1”“ makes a: to the Department of Entomology at





A. C., so that remedial mommies4





 





heavy growth, it has the effect of be- 'M

in; able to‘rosist the excessiwe expdnr





- State Seed ' Anyalist





field will grow into a plant producing





staminate flowers. In that case, all 01"





the plants resulting from the spread of

that one plant by its underground





stems would be malemlants and would





produce no true seeds. 'Again, a clump

of thist-les arising from another seed

might all produce pistillate flowers,

and if there were no staminate plants

near, the flowers would not become

pollinated, and the seeds would not-

reach their full development, although

they might have the same appearance

as the fertile seeds.



The flower heads of the two kinds,

of plants can be distinguished, as the

staminate plants show a large purple

head with a short down (or pappus),

while the pistillate plants have a small~

er, rather inconspicuous head while in

flower, but a very long pappus after

the flowers have withered. There is





' also a difference in the shape of the





receptacles or cups of the flowers. The

cupof the staminate head is globular

in shape, while that of the pistillate

head is longer and bell-shaped.



It is only when plants of both sexes

are rather near each other that fertile

seeds will be formed in the heads of

the female (pistillate) plants. Even

.then it often happens that only part of

the seeds in such a head will be plump

and firm when pinched, the remainder

being empty or shriveled. 'The male

plants have small seed-like structures

in their heads, but these, like the im-

perfect or unfertilized seed of the fe-

male plants, will not grow. It is be-

cause they are so much more abundant

than the fertile seed that the belief

has grown up that the seeds of this

weed will not grow.



The danger of this fallacious idea is

at once clear, if one stops to think.

The result of such a belief would be a

disregard of the presence of Canada

thistle seed, in seed one bought or sold

or planted, and an ultimate further dis-

tribution of this pestiferous weed.





Growing Rye on Muck





sion and contraction which soils of

such a high organic content, as muck

soil, are subject to. The early growth

also has the effect of what is known

as making the soil “alive," which

means that it responds quickly and the

seeding in the spring will take hold

better. The seedings which have beeni

shown to be successful on» muck are.

usually alsike clover and timothy. Sow.

in the spring crossways to the grain.



So little has been written about

muck and the practices to follow in

farming muck (which are so complete-

ly different from highland), that it is

difficult to take up apparently simple

matters without going into detail. We

particularly solicit questions from

muck farmers, and the names of muck

farmers to place on our mailing list so

that we can keep them informed con-

cerning the developments of Michi-

gan’s greatest resource, her swamp

lands.





 





REPORT ARMY WORM IN BERRIEN

COUNTY.





 





The army warm. which four years

ago overrun Michigan farms in such

numbers as to bring consternation to

thousands of Michigan agriculturists.

has reappeared in the vicinity of Niles,



Berrien county. Entomologists at



. . C. are inclined to believe that

there is little danger of the pest be-

coming serious this season. In the

event that the worms should become

numerous the college 18 asking farm-

ers to inform their county agricultur-

al agents, or to wire or write at once





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into any Silo 18 the guarantee that goes

with every Panec— e or small. You,

doubtless, will not need to take advan-

tage of the full elevating power of the

Paper, but you have the satisfaction of

knowing it’ s there—in reserve.



There are four sizes of Papees. A

gas engine. 3 or 4 H. P., will operate

the smallest site. Our 1918 catalogue



explains how a Papeo

will pay for itself In one

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Red Rock





The Hurdles! and “oldest Yielding





J Winter Wheat





For Michiaauand thenorthernstates.



Has yielded 371d: bushels average per



acre at theM chm Experimental



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bushels per acre.





Rosen fl ye





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F. C. Hambleton, President Howardmsh, Secretary





Growers o! Mlohl n P Gram

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WINTER ERBARIEY





 





 





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Coopersville Crop lmprovementAssocntion -





CAR 'iid'ii‘ “width. SAMPLES 9

Farmers Elev. .yl‘l’m. (hmpnnz. BE Axe. gun.
Many. farmers who have invested

, » thousands of dollars in fine stock

1 barns and convenient feed lets have

, neglected to give the women folks a

I _ square deal by providing convenient

houses and yards for- the farm poultry.

Keeping poultry in misfit heuses and

with few modern conveniences for

making the work easy is likely to

prom such a discouraging task that

the hens will not be 'given the atteno

, tion which is necessary in order to

.have them give a good account of

themselves. First of all, locate the

houses within easy distance of the

kitchen door and not back of the barns

and feed lots where the women will

have to travel through mud and ma-

' nure and open and close several big

gates every time they go out to feed

the hens or gather the eggs. '



“The house should be high enough so

that the attendant can stand upright

when working in it, with a door wide

enough so that the litter can be re-

moved without difficulty, with windows

that work easily and with nests, roosts

and feed hoppers that can be removed,

cleaned and disinfected with but very

little effort. In no other way can the

house be kept free from the lice and

mites, well‘ventilated and sanitary.



Such a house need not 'be high

enough in all parts to permit a person





 





' A Commercial





IISquare Deal for Women

'\ By C. B. FORD





to stand upright. If a shed roof type

of house is built, seven and one-half

feet in front will be sufficient and it

may drop to five and one-half feet in

the rear. Too high a house will be

cold and one too low will be extremely

annoying to those who work inside.

Whether the house has concrete, wood

or natural ground floors it is always

better to fill in the floors with several

inches of earth in order to make the

inside surface higher than the outside

level and prevent dampness from ac-

cumulating underneath the building.

Dry feeding in hoppershas greatly

simplified the feeding problem. There

are many styles of hoppers on the mar-

ket, most of them so arranged that

they may be hung on the walls. Many

of these hoppers will hold enough

grain for a. week or more. The nest

boxes may be made so that they may

be taken down and cleaned any time it

is desired. An orange crate makes a

good double nest for the small breeds.

By providing convenient houses and

yards in close proximity to the house

and giving the women folks a willing

hand for a. few hours once a month

much of the drudgery connected with

caring for the poultry may be avoided

and the increased income will more

than pay the additional expense of

providing these conveniences.





 





 





Poultry Plant.





Crate Fattening Poultry





Practical experience has shown that

crate fattening is not only the most

satisfactory but the most economical

method of finishing poultry for mar-~

ket. The saving in the amount of feed

required to produce each pound of

gain is'a great object these days, and

the, feeder is enabled by this method

to observe to- better advantage the pro-

gress being made by the various fowls.

He can fatten the fowls in shorter

time, thus causing them to attain their

maximum weight and having them

ready for sale with less expense for la-

bor and feed. .



The fattening crate which we have

had greatest success with is six feet

long, twenty inches high, sixteen inch‘

es wide. It is divided into three equal

parts by means of two tight wooden

partitions. The material used in the

frame is two inches wide by seven-

seighths inch thick. The frame is cov-'

ered with slats which run lengthwise

on thetop, back and bottom and ver-

V tical on the front and are made of ma-

terial 'seven-ei'ghths of an inch wide,

and five-eighths thick.



The slats are placed two inches





’ apart on the top and front, one and





:‘one-half on the back, and from one-

’ half to three-fourths on the bottom.

Care is- taken to have the outer slats

4 t1: . Milton!” at least half an inch

' ' yids





 





two-inch strips, nailed underneath. By

hinging these strips to the rear frame

piece, three doors are made. A light

V-shaped trough two and a half inches

wide is placed in front of each crate,

and is carried on two brackets nailed

to the ends of the crate. The bottom

of this is four inches above the bottom

of the crate, and the upper inside edge

two inches from the front of the crate.



In crate feeding the best results can

be secured only from the use of strong,

healthy, vigorous stock, of the general-

purpose breeds, and the greatest gains

are obtained on birds that weigh from

three and a~ half to four and a half

pounds when they are ready to be plac-

ed in the crates. They should have at-

tained this weight in from four to five

months. Leghorns, ~ Hamburgs, and

other light weight stock do not make

suitable stock for the crate feeding

method. All birds should be thorough-

ly dusted with insect powder, or com-

mon yellow sulphur before being plac-

ed in the crates, and again at the end

of the first. week.



The object in crate feeding is not

only to increase the‘ amount of fat and

lean meat on the. body, but also to

soften the tissues and muscles that

have been hardened through constant

exercise on free range. The duration

of the feeding period varies from four-

teen to tWenty-one days, depending on»





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





Save Coal! That is exactly what you will do if you install a

Hummer Pipeless Furnace in your home, because the warm air

from the furnace goes directly into the rooms that are to be heated

——the heat goes where it is needed and where it will do you the most

good. You get full benefit from all the fuel used.



And besides saving fuel, you also do away for all time with the

disagreeable job of carrying coal into the best rooms of your house

and taking the ashes out. You banish from the home forever the

dirt, soot, ashes and gases which are always present when the old

fashioned heating methods are employed.



Instead of work, worry, trouble and dirt, you may have a per-

fectly heated home, well ventilated rooms and real comfort even in

severe weather.



And these comforts may be yours for such a small outlay of

money, that you will not deny yourself the thing you have always

wanted———a home 1n which all of the rooms may be enjoyed during

the Winter months.





 





 





PIPELESS FURNACE

The Hummer Pipeless Furnace can be m-





stalled in your house—whether it is o. 'd or

new——at less expense, less trouble and less muss than

any other type of heating plant. Only a small space is re-

quired for installation. If you do not have a basement

under your entire house, a hole can be dug large enough

for the furnace which will enable you to have an effective

heating plant in every way. The only tools needed for

actual installation are a saw and :1. hammer. Many of

the users installed their furnace in less than a day.



It is very simple in construction and operation.

There is nothing complicated—nothing to get out of

order with the Hummer Pipeless Furnace.



Send for circular 75M70 which explains these fur-

nace in detail. .





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 





Your corn will send roots deeper, get more nourishment from the

soil and produce more bushels to the acre if your land 1: drained with





American Vitrified Salt-Glazed Tile.





Write for folder, “Add More Acres to your Farm," and name of deal-

er near you.





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Kharkov, Red Rock, Harvest Queen and other high yield-

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and all Field and Grass Seeds. Sold direct to you under

our strong Money Back Guarantee. Buy your seed in

Chicago where E0 11 get lowsirices and quick service. Werite

today for Free ulletin an samples of the seed youn





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Ready to Ship!





You canbesure of your new silo be-

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Agricultural Lime ' 3





Unadilla. The Unadilla factory is . . .

the largest in the East; centrally lo- Hollow Bu1ld1ng T110 1 l

rated to facilitate shipping; amply Drain Tile '





stocked with the best materials in

Spruce. White Pine and Oregon Fir,

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Before Prices Advance





againthis season. and they certainly

must be advanced before Fall. pro-

tect your milk and meat profits with

a Unadilla Silo.





J W. ROLLINSON. ‘l

716 Ponobscot. Bid 3. .. - - Detroit, Mich.





 





 





 





Michigan Farmer .,

Club Rates l3,





Corn Silage is the '

best defence against _ .



soaring grain prices. By gettmg your nelghbors to sub-



ETWE:§°,;R‘{ scribe you can get your subscription



1: a reduced rate. We will accept year.



ly subscriptions on the basis of our





 





 





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Is free - but in-





 





 

 





 





 

 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





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Seeds Wanted





Red Rock Wheat



Sand or V1!'intcr Vetcl'i



Red Clover See-311130111 kinds)‘

Edw.E.Evan:, WeslBi-ancli, Mich.





 





 





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11111115, those) [11")till"Ill;; 51:1111111111- oi'

11ml».- lltnt’vl'h‘, 211111 l‘wlnt‘ 11111111112111; 111:;-





11111'1'111'1;)





iii :1





l“lll.llt‘ llttWUl‘A .‘I





ltt'llh 13111 :1 5111:11‘ 81‘1” \ll't’l‘l‘Wl





ll()l.l-.lS'l'lCR,





State Seed Anyalist





flt‘ltl will grow into

Sl'llllllllltt‘ tloVV'1-i'.~'..





.1 )tltlllt producing

in th' 11 0:131), £111 of

tho 111111115 111M: 111;. r li'oin tho \[tl't‘iltl ot'

lll'lt 0111‘ 11111111 by lllltll‘l';1l'()llll(l

.'1~"111s would 111‘1111111‘ llllihttlltl\\1)l"1

ltl‘ltt 111'11110 il'llt‘ sow-1:: .\uuin, 1111111111)





its





111 thistlt‘s zii'I,.'11.:, '1'2111 itlltllll‘fl‘ 5.1).!)11

might 2111 1111111110! ;..:<iill:1t1> tloiV'zii':~'._

111111 it' th 11‘1‘1‘ Won) 11.) stuiiiiiiut'c i)lziiit:-:

111'111', the ll()\\'t‘l'.\‘ would not 1)1'1'.!)1111'

1:1:‘li1_:11-1‘._ :"wl tho 3111-114 would not

1141111 ll‘t‘ll‘ lull 111-1'1-lo111111-11t, although

1111-}: iii.::;'t l 1"1'Minn:111111-:1111:i1~1»

11:4 t‘w 13111111 yu-otls.



’1‘! 111 ll()\\'1‘l‘ lll'illllw 111' 1111) two 11111115

111 111:11115 1'1111 l)1) distinguishwl, :15 1111-

3141111111111) plants show :1 1:111:11 1111111111

l11:11l with 11 short down ( ‘1‘ 11111111113).

\Villlt‘ t'r21) 1111111113111 111111115 haw) 21111111111~

111', 1'21111111' lilt't)!l.~<pl(‘ll(>‘lh he-tid whi'w iii

tlowor, hut :1 1111'); low: 11:11111118 :11'1111'

tho flowers llill't‘ \\’1llit‘l"‘tl. Thy-1'11 is

2115.1) .1 115119111 '1- in 11:11 91.11)“ of 1111-

1‘)“ ‘1":11'lt'r‘. 121‘ '11’1511l'1111‘1111\1.’113‘:4. r11111"





('un (11' 1111- ‘;.'ii:ii.'111- lie-ml i.» uloluilui"

in 51111111), whilt- tl1.1t 111' tho 1111112111»?

111-1111 1.»: 10115.11‘1' 1111-1 l>1)llr.~'.‘.'1~;w1l.



it is only \Vllt‘ll 111411115 111' hot!) sex-as

art) 111111111 Ill‘;ll' 1'111'11 nth-w 111111 t'mtilo

Stunts wilt ho 111111in in tho 11011115 111'

tho l'l‘lllitlt‘ (pistilhitv) plants. iI.-'-ii





hon it often 1111111111115 that only 1):),1'1. v.)l'

tho seeds in such 21 111-1111 will 1);) plump

and ill!“ VV'hoii 111111111111, tho 1'11111.1iiitl1-1'





 





l)<“lllL’,‘ 1‘Illllly oi' 1'12'1-11-11. 'l‘lit- inzile-

plints 11;1\'(‘ 5111.11} ».1-1-1l-‘.1‘:::- struvtui'm.

iii thvir 111111111), 11111 tin-Ho, lilu) tho ini-

111-i'l'1-ct oi' unt'1-i'tilirm-d 51-1-11 111' 1111- :-

lllitlt‘ iiliints, will 11.11 :1 1w it i.» l."-

1-;1115111111-V'11i'1- soinuvh nioi'w ;11)'.iiid.'1111

tliun tho l'tii'tilu son-ti 132:11 11'1- hull-1‘

111.15. grown up (11.11 11:1- H“‘tlrl 111' 1111.;

wood will not grow.





’l‘lw 111111251 01' llliri 1'.)ll:11'i1)ris Mon 1::





:11 11111-1) (hair, it on” stops to think.

'l‘ht' 1211111 111' 511141 :1 11111111 would 111- :1

1li.ai"-'».:.'11';t ol' 1111- 111':*:»‘.1*Il("1‘ 111' "11111111





5:111]





. l'

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ihi'.—.:‘.1- .\'1-w11, 1.1 ,1.-.-.l 11:1)» l)1)'i'.;ht or





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)I‘ 11!;1111111L :11111 1111 11111111319 l'tn'th.





ll'll‘ iitimi 111' this 1111:4111'11‘11'L-1 woml





Growing Rye on Muck





(9'11111111111-11 1111111 first lingo)



1111- lu-sl 111131112; <‘t)l‘.llllt‘l‘(‘l:11

on iiiiir'l: (Toniiiivrt‘ml t'ei'til-

1'1)i11:1111111:,' iiiti'ogt-ii do not our

VV'l11-i1 211111111111 to 2.141115 Arid

with->111 11111111111-





1‘. -

1111





;)ii.):<y)11;1t1) 1151111 :tlont-





will {my w1-ll, hut tho l)t‘.~‘11,('1)llll)lll£lll(1ll

in How 111' our pi'vsviit AllllJHlUII 1.»;

tihoiit t".1.1- 51111-111111. t'iil ot' Illitlllll‘l‘ to

tho 11,1'1'1), Silllltlt‘lllt'litt‘d \‘l'llll two hun-

111‘1111 11nd filly 11111111113 of mid phos-

11112111‘. That, by the way, 1.x whiit I

would rousidor :111 1111-111 Elt‘nt‘l‘lll f1‘l‘l.ll





th‘l‘ t'oi' extonsivv lll‘dt‘li (‘I‘Ups

Sowri Per





Acre.

l-Ixtr-iiriiV'O t‘xllt'l‘lnlt‘niitllull, whi1'li

111.1 lnwii t‘tilltlllt'tt‘tl on tho l'ui'ni o1

(‘hui'los Sovoi'aiirv, Alli-gun rounty,

iii'oV‘ti tli'it 11111- ()1' 1111.1 hwn't wug'h 1.!)





21nd





1111"





11111-1) down tho hoiuht ol' the straw

1-.)1'1'11w11





:11"l‘.:‘ is 1101,





iii:'1'1':1.\'1- tin-11111111111111 1,1

Throw huslivls to tho

1,..-





Thu {111111.11111‘111211 i1,l1';1





1-111'1-ssiv1) ziinountx





l"‘l‘llll'/1'11.

1111111 1111- nlltlt‘h‘r') ot





)111' 51-1-11 lios in tho 111.1 that in :1 V1'1~ll

fdrniiitxl .\tlil with 1111 ill)lllltléti‘.('1‘ (11' wzi-

.1”: 11111-11: 111:11111; will not 1-111151- 1.1111

iilzints tr) :-;ui.'<'i 1111‘ 1:101); 01. \V:tl“l‘, null

'\V'lll, wlwn tho root systi-nis l)!‘1’"!)lll(‘

.\'i'tlicivntly woll don-Yopml, i)i'1)1lu11-





Emir. on a shortoi' 5121111 11111]. Pitl‘llwl',

assuming thzit tho 11121111 llllll‘lt‘ntil :11'1)

prosvnt iii sutliriont quantity.

Sow Early.

ilmults' llitVi’ iii1li1~1111~l 111.211 this is





tho 111‘111‘1‘11112‘1‘ to i<>ll:)w on high

:11‘lj.’ iiiipoi't-

lllztlfit‘h' 11





1)::-





1151)

1211111,

on

l:1-:1,V'y

ing able





but it 81-1-1115. 1);1i'ti1~u‘



1111111; 11" the grain

growth, it 11:15 1‘11- (”SP-1'1. of

to rosmt the exr'omuve expan-





nut





1

C111 be adopted. 1





1.11111 111111 (“Ulltl'TIt‘tlUll \\'1ll(‘1l soils 01'

5111'11 :1 high organic ('UHIt‘llt, 2111 111111211

5011, .11'1) .111l111-11 to The curlv growth

also 11:15 1111- 1-t'fo1't 111' what is lznown

UH 1111111111: the soil ":1liV'H.” which

lllt‘étllH that, it 'ospondn' quickly and the

5111-1111:; in the Sprint: will 1:1110 hold

lwttoi'. 'l‘lw H(‘(‘(lllll.jm' which have l)1-1-ii

shown to he surrosst‘ul on muck are,

usually illSllH‘ (‘l()\’t‘l‘ 11nd timothy. Sow





in tho spring: ('I'USSWLtyh‘ to the grain.





Ho littlv lltth’ 111-1-11 writton about

lllllt‘li and tho pi'ut'ticvs to t'ollow in

tanningr lllll('l( (which 1111- so Coniplvtv-

1y (llllt'l't‘llt t'i'oin highland), th:1t it: is

(lit llt‘llll t1) tz1l1'1' up 21!)11;tl‘{‘lll l_V' simple

in 1111 ra VVithout 1101111.: into 111-. :1il. W1}

11211‘t11‘11l211‘ly solivit quostians from

111111'l1 l'étl'lllt‘l‘h‘, 211111 the 11:11111-11 ot' lllllt'li

t'211'1111-i's t1) [)1111'11 on our 1113:1111: list :11)





111111, We run 1101);) ”11-111 int'oi'niwi Coir





Corning the (lt’VelOplllt‘lllb‘ ot' Michi-

guii'n' :i't-ntt-rst. 1'1's1)tii'<'v, 1101‘ .—1V':1,iiip





11111111.





REPORT ARMV WORM 1N BERRIEN





COUNTY.

The army \\'(.)l'lll whirh t'oiii 1.!‘21rs

21:11) overrun Mi(hi".1n farms in nuvh

nunilwi's as to bring, 10115111111111.1011 to





thousands of Michigan ziu'i'icultui'ists,

has 1'1-2111111'211'1111 in tho vicinity of Nih-s.

in llt-i'i'i1-n county. liliitoinologists Ell

M. A. C. :11'1) inclined to l)1‘llt".'(‘ thut

tin-r11 is little (humor of the post bo—

('1)ii‘1in: sorious this sonson. In tho

111'1-nt. that. 1111). woi'inri should l)1-1'1)nie

numerous tho college 18 making t'ai'in-

1113-; to iiit'oi'iu tllt‘ll‘ county tlgl'lfiulllil‘v

111 :1'1111115, or to \Vll‘t‘ or write). (Lt. 0111-0

to tho l')oii:ii't,iné>nt ot’ Entomoloqy '11

M, A. (‘., HO that I‘t‘lllodl‘ll measures





 





 





 





l l“.l"ll)"r.\€ lillvv .\' l‘rii. t‘omimny,





AUG. 17. 1918.





 

 





Warranted to Give Satisfaction





Gumball!”





   

 





Has 111111111013 But No Competitors





A Safe, Speedy, Positive Remedy for





Curb. Splint, Sweany. Canned Hock,

Strained Tendon: Fuunder. Wind Pulls

and Lamen ess from Spnvin, Ringbnna

and other bony tumors. Cures skin:

diseases or Parasites, Thrush. Dipthmlu.

Remcves Bunches tram Horses or Cattle.





   

   

   

     





 

 





As a Human Linimmt and Autiseptlc for

external use it. 111 121‘1'111111Ll) 1-.

Iivnry bottle or Caustic Balsam 5111111 is war-

ranted to give satisfaction. Pi‘h'n $1.110 ptér

111)ttlo.Hol11 hlv (li‘llfl'L’l‘ll‘l. or 111-111. 111' ourm-l

111ml. \Eltll full Him-11110113 for it x 11111. .\‘vntl for

(lcacrlmtvc circul. 1m. testimonl: il.i. Menuhin-.13





: The Lawrence-Williams Co.,Clevelan1l,O.





 

   

   

   





 





 





into any Silo is the guarantee that: goes I

with )vm' v "11pm ~ 1.11;“) or Email. You.

doubtless. 1'. ill not. not 11 t ) $211111 advan-

tage of the full elevating povmroi' the

Paper. but; you lune the satisfaction of

knowing it’s. there—11‘ reserve.

There a: e t 1111' sizes pf Pupecs.

gas engine, .‘2 or 4 H. R,"

the smallest size.

exhlziins how 1). Pap-11c

will pay for itself in one

1101151011. Vh'ito for your

copy today—it‘s free.

PAPEC MACHt ‘NE CO.

150 Main Street





Shortsville. New York





A





will operate





Our 1918 catalogue





filling

108 foot

Silo at:





Salann.Pn. 26 Distributing Stations





 





 





Red Rook 1





The Hardiest and Heavlest Yielding





Winter Wheat





For Michigan and the northern states.

Has yielded 37 bushels average [101'

acre at the Michigan Experimental

Station. Record yield of nearly fifty

bushels per acre.





Rose" Eye





[9 a new varioty that, will pay you wvll to grow. 01).-





'iclds common Rye it) to ‘11) bushels pvr acre. Nico

long bonds: wvll tilled With large kernels. Ordinary





yield 30 to 40 ltllSht'lB.



Clover. Timothy. Velch. and all dependable seeds to!

full planting.



Write Ior free samples [Hill fair price list.





Fall Bulbs





Beautiful new Darwin Tulipa, Hyacinths, Narnia-ms,

Lillies, Crocus, etc. Plant these bulbs this fall £0!

winter and spring blooming,



lsbell'a Fall Catalog Free giver. full information.





Write for it today.

ISBELL & 00.

Box I o





 





 





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Jackson. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





I". 1‘, lininluvtun, 1‘1'1-11111-111; Howard Irish, Sporr-tiii'v





Cooperswlle Crop improvement Assomation

( ‘1)1)p:~1'1-1vill(‘ Michigan

(irlHVl'l'S oi Mivhignn I'vdiurvt‘d (:rnins

R1111) ROCK \VlllilA'l‘ ROSI‘ZN ltYl'i

“'IN'l'l'jll HARLEY





 





We two in tho market for 8991] Whom





CARLOTS MAIL SAMPLES





Bail AX“, .\l it'll.

D005





Scotch Collie Pups For Sale.

EJIawley, It. 8,L





 





Pure bred stock.

n can reaaonable.





install, Mich.
AUG.17.1918.3 THE MICHIGAN FARMER 7—135





A’Squarc Deal for Women

By C. B. FORD





Many farmers W110 have invested to stand 111111;;111. 11“ a shed roof type.

thousands 01‘ dollars in fine stock of house is built, seven and 11110-311111

‘ barns and convenient, teed lots have feet in front; will be sutlicient and it

neglected to give the women folks a may drop to five and one-halt" feet in

square. deal by providing convenient. the rear. Too high a, house will be

houses and yards for the farm poultry. cold and one too low will be extremely

Keeping poultry in mistit houses and annoyin" to those who work inside.

with few modern conveniences for “1111111111 the house has concrete, wood

making the work easy is likely to or natural ground tloors it is always

prove, such a discotraging task that better to fill in the floors with s1~v1 ral

the hens will not be given the atten- inches 01' earth in order to mala- the

tion which is. necessary in order to inside surface higher than the outside

have them give a good account 01" level and prevent dampness from ac-





 





 





 

 





mm...

“111113. 11111111511.





1





 





 





Save Coal! That is (“1.1.1 tlv what you will do if you install a a

Hummer l‘it11'l1 ss. 111112.11‘11 in \11111'111‘1t13‘, l11'".1113se 1111- 1‘.'.113':11 air 1

front 111“ 1111‘11.11'11 33411114 1lit'111'1j1 i113tt1tl13- 1:311:114 ill‘ :11' 111 113 1.1-1‘331 l

—~111eli1.1t3.111-‘wl'11r1'it is .311 11111111131-1111itvill1li1i11tttl13‘111‘st 3

gootl. \1111111111111111-1‘1113‘. 11111111111111311111 ‘IM‘l.



A11<ll11si1les saying 11:11 you :1l:-;311131;1\\.1\ 1111' all time \'.it?t

(lisrtzrttalde111111111;11‘1'\111;;1'11.1li111111111'l133:~.t 1‘1111111.111'3\'11'.11'l11111~~





1111‘





 





 





themselves. rust of all, locate the cumulatina' underneath the l)llllttlll.'»§. and t' 11"”! ’ "‘ " h ‘ (”‘1' \”l',3l"”"‘ ‘3""‘ ' ll" 1"” 1111. ‘; ll“ 1



l l s ‘s‘ within (“ts 1 distance of the Drv 1‘eedin31‘ in ho 1 101‘s 11"“ "1‘(3'tll\ (1111 W91. 21*” i 3113‘! we“ “l1“ ‘1 31‘“ 3‘ "1);. 1’1"“ ‘1‘ “1”” 1"“ ”M ii

1ou.<. h“ ’ ( f‘ ' g ‘3 3' ’ h_ , H ‘ ‘l' h ‘ ‘ lasliionwl11131111113;1111-111311ls:11'e1‘:31131\1 l.



kitchen door and not back 01 the barns stmplttied the 10111111135r problem. here 3 3 3 33 33 3 _ 3 3 3 3 3 . 3 3 3 3 l



, , _ 1. instead of 1111111, .‘3111‘.,11111111l.-.111113litt, 313111 :11.1‘. 11.111' .1 3.11‘1— 3



and leed lots where the women w1ll are 11121113' 513103 01 lIOIlPGTS 011 ill“ 1111”" i' 1111!" l113'1t1‘1l l1o111e ‘1-31'1 “3‘1115l11etl 1'31111114 311311 11.1 «311111111 1 ' "11 711 1



have to travel through mud and ma» ket, most of them so arranged that ~';‘ 511131-13 '.vcati11‘1‘. 1



nure and open and close several bigr they may be hungr on the walls. Many ‘ ' A1111 1111-51.» (“Hing—13; 131.1“ 1.1- ~.,..11.-,.; 11.1— .:;11111 a s111.1ll311111.1'.' 111 3’



g'itts every time they go out to teed 01’ these hoppers will hold enough HWHW. lhéll “WU Will ““1 ‘lt'H‘V \"*lll'1'“ ll 1h“ lhllls' \”11 h-Wt' 1‘1"»3'0“ .





wantmlua 111111111 111 ‘.".llit'l1 all 311 the rooms 111.1\' 111‘ 3-11j11\1‘1l rluriut; ' .





the hens 111 g: tl 1er the eggs. grain tor a week or more. The no.1 ,. 1

the \thter 11111111.1s.





The house sh 11111ld be 111;; ll enough so boxes may be made so that they may

that the attendant can stand upright be taken down and cleaned any 1111113 it

when workingr in it, with a door wide is desired. An orange crate makes a

enough so that the litter can be 11* good double nest tor the small breeds.

moved without. ditlit'ulty, with windows liy providing comenient, houses and

that work easily and with nests.ro11sts yards in close proximity to the house

and teed hoppers that can be retrieved, and giving the w111111~11 talks a 111111113:

cleaned and disint‘ected with but Very hand for a few hours once .1 1111111111





 





 





 





 





     





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





   





i111‘11.t3'e 1:111l11'i11—





rlllOll





11111111‘1' l‘ipt‘less

s1 tll111 in \31111‘ house » \3.1111 1111‘ 11 is (1.11 111‘





 





     

 





 





 





 





   





 





Hill“ 1‘1'1'01‘1- 111 110 Otht‘l‘ W213" (“1111 the much of the drudgery connected with a? 33' 3 3 , , 33 33 11 3 3333333



“Wong .:\: ._-‘..—.3, » .tt..: 11.1111 1 -. 1.‘.~. ..



hOUSt‘ ht‘ 110111 free 1111111 the lice and caring for the poultry may be avoided 21111‘11111-11‘1 . ' .1, 11.1., . “1.11 3...... ..-



' . - - - -. (win-111111 1;... 313131:.31t '11.1".3 .111.:1:.11-11t



mites. 111 ll 1111111: 111d ands sanitar.y and the increased 1111-1111111 will more gi». 111111.. 11....» _ _,__ 11 1:3 ,3 1.1133,.” ”3.

Such a house 11131311 not be high 1,1311 pay the additional expense 111‘ :3} . :1... 13...- 1._13111,...- - .3 .1111 .-3



- . -' . 11.111114111111111 .31‘ '. .1 31.1‘.‘ 131 .313

011011511. 111. all parts to permit a 11111-:.31111 111-(:.‘—~.1111ng 1110M. complm.uw.b3 :. 333...”. 1111 .11115111 3 ...;.1 33 1.1.1.... .3 31.1

" ’ the11s3‘1'4.1111'1..ll‘-l'...3' ~1111~~<ti1:.;: 11.

W.wm—_w.w.mu-__-_mn -m, ,.,-... it is verv ' '1111111111 ;11111 13:11 1 1113111.

' ' i There i~z 11111‘3‘,” 7111111111“, 111 1:31 111:1111





3 111-11‘1'\\1t‘1 t1.1' 1‘..1:11-1 [141111 ~-‘ 1'111'133‘3:

. ‘7 St‘lltl 1111 tllt‘.l;tt' [511110 “(1.1111 1xt3l.tlll.lli.1w1 ill!”—

111111-111 detail.





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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1 Corn Weather'

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1.11-33

.7 YV-tzr 1'1111: 3.1.‘1ll ~321131 1‘1‘0“ 'l3‘4'l‘PT- 14'5" “”‘r“ "'.' ' 3"" i from 1‘.”

Soil and 1m 1111.1‘ 1113-1" 3111 1;13l~~ .1111313: 11' "'1’ "" ‘l ' " ‘ "" ‘l ‘H

_, ,3 ' , . . .1, 1 American Vitrified Salt—Gliixett {1:1}.

wwxm‘raflum-‘nuu w»_ . 1 . ._. . .. _. - .. ..... ‘ " ' " ‘ l

g I] Wine. for 11.1.1“. “.11111 tum..- .‘13~111« 1.1.1.11 1‘33311 113“ 1‘ "

- - 91‘ Ll ‘ r 13-!-

13 A CommerCIal Poultry Plant. H A - u. .,-....., 13.11 ‘

3 American Sewer Plpe C0. ”no.5”... 11.1: 3.....-

lnain Tile. Building; lilot'lts. Sewer Pipe. Vitrilictl 'l 111 311113

fi I

Crate P attcmng Poultrv

, .r '1

l’ractical experience has shown that l\‘.'11l111'l1 strips, nailed underneath. By

crate fattening is not only the most lllll;;'lll;.’{ these strips 111 the rear 111111113

satis'actory but, the, most econotnical 111131111, 1111'1‘1‘ doors are made. A light

method 01' finishin'r poultry tor mar— \'~sh't 1e1| trotr'h two and '1 half inches

33 33 3_ 33 n , . 33 3 313 s3 _ 3 ‘3 1 : ‘ QUICK SERVICE

11131. The saying; in the amount 111 11-111 w11l1- is placed 111 trout 111 each crate. f ‘ WHOLESALE PR R'CES’

PROFITS DI VIDEO!

1\'





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l‘t’tlillt‘t‘d to produce e'tch 111111111 111‘ and is carried on two br; 1“<e s 111111311 U d 1] S l 111111.31..11.111 1.11111 11:11-11 111113-31. .11 1.11.111... 3.3»'3t-

. - 3 I - . K I, i . ' 1'" L 1 na 1 a 1 OS lrlLf\.'l'l 1 :1‘3.'1l 1:33.1111t‘.-,1 'lr113131'.‘.lt.'. 1 3333331”

gain is a great obiect these 11a_\'s, and. to the ends (11 the crate. The bottom . 1‘“ "'1 11.1.1111... ‘ K" " ‘5" ‘ ”""“ “"1""

3 _ 3 3 3 3 3 3 our s11‘111 1.7 Monty it 1111 (91' Y‘llllt‘. 3111:. '."1.r .‘ml 111

1]“. it't‘tlt‘l‘ IS ‘|l}“l})l(\(l b} “113;; lllt‘illtHl (,1 11315 [>3 iillll' 1113111315 llllU‘ft.‘ lllt‘ DUliUlIl Ready to Shlp! ("nlit '11111\\l‘.1r11 3\'33.1".>~.1111311111w11111 :111l1 .;.3.r3;... “rite:

3 3 3 111311. 1111 1""r11 ~111l1‘1111 :1111...1111111 :11ltlttretiy'1",1111111<1

to obserxe to better advantage 1111- pro— 111 the crate, and the upper inside edge AMERICAN MUTUAL SEED 00.. near. 3:31 6111011605

You can be sure of you: 111\\ ~~1111 l11- .

1311'1‘ the corn llltl".1-.\l ‘ y. 11 1.11l1ra





 





 





gress beingr made by the various l'owls. two inches 1'1'11111 the trout ol' the crate

Agricultural Lime





 





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Some birds». given judicious feeding»





and good care continue to make satis-

factory gains for even longer periods

than three weeks. .



Birds placed in the crates with crops

full should not be fed for the first

twelve or eighteen hours in order that

they may become more quickly accus‘

tomed to the change in diet. Many

feeders practice giving three light

feeds per day for the first three days,

then two feeds a, day for the remaind-V

er of the fattening period. The birds

should not be given more feed at one

time than they will eat up clean in

twenty minutes. After this the troughs



'should be taken away or turned up-

side down in the supports, so that

nothing is left to be picked at between

meals.



The following five meal mixtures, in

the order of their merit, have been

found satisfactory for crate feeding. It

should be remembered that ground

corn fed in excess will produce yellow

flesh of inferior quality, and that

ground peas impart a hardness of

flesh: 1. Two parts of finely ground





oats, one part ground buckwheat-one

part cornmeal. .2. Equal parts finely

ground oats, buckwheat and barley. 3.

Equal parts finely ground oats, barley





and shorts. 4. Two parts finely ground ,





oats, one part of cornmeal, one part

shorts. _5. Two parts barley, two parts

low-grade flour or shorts, one part of

wheat bran. The husks should be sift-

ed from the oats, barley o-r buckwheat.



These proportions should be‘meas-

ured byuweight and mixed to. a thin

porridge with ‘thick sour milk, or but-

termilk. On the average ten pounds

of meal requires from fifteen to‘seven~

teen pounds of milk. If the fowls ap-

pear constipated at any time, carefully

mix and dissolve a small quantity of





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charcoal to one feed. Give grit and





green food twice a week. All food ..





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feeding and a very small quantity of





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being given. E. W. GAGE.





Drainage Questions Answered





The following reply to the drainage

the last issue of the Michigan Farmer,

Robey, Drainage Specialist at M. A. C.





sands of other farmer’s in the

state. It just happens that I have been

on Mr. Gilbert’s farm and know what

he is up against. However, he sees

the necessity of drainage and has set

out in a very practical way to bring it

about by putting in tile.





R. GILBERT’S drainage prob-

lem is exactly similar to thou-





One of the most serious agricultural

handicaps in Michigan today is an ag-

gregation of a great number of similar

drainage problems to Mr. Gilbert’s.

The drainage problem which is affect-

ing crop production today is not so

much the draining of vast areas of tin

improved swamp or low-lying land, but

the draining of holes and water soak-

ed soil on land where we are actually

trying to raise crops.



Upon this type of land we very of-

ten expend our valuable time, seed and

fertilizer with the expectation of a

crop, but due to an unfavorable season

we may get only partial or no returns.

A wet acre or two in a field, or a field

which is partially waterlogged so as to

cut down production may seemingly

represent a small loss, but very often

just these small amounts are neces-

sary to put an attractive balance on

the right side of the ledger. Take the

fourteen-acre field mentioned above,

the three and a half acres of partially

productive land represents twenty-five

per cent of the total area and probably

now it is drained is worth nearly dou-

ble that amount somewhere else in the

field. ’



It would be better to put in a tile



drain along the road to connect up the

two drains. As to the township’s share

of this expense this would depend up-

on whether the tile drain would be of

mere benefit to the road than an ordi-

nary gutter. 'If it would the tile drain

would represent a permanent imprOve-

ment which should receive some con-

sideration from the township.

' It would be hard to estimate the‘cost

of such a ditch without knowing full-

particulars. If hbrses can be used,

the ground is not too hard and the

right of way does not have to be clear-

ed the cost would run around four dol-

lars p'er‘rod. ‘



There is no provision in our Michi-

gan laws governing the flow of water

from one farm to another. Such cases

are decided upon common law. Each

case must be ” decided upon its own

merits. In brief, the result of these de—

cisions are as follows:



1. Owners'of high land have the right

to discharge water on or across the





problems presented by Mr. Gilbert in

has been prepared by Professor 0. E.





neighboring low1ands through natural I





water courses or depressions.



2. Streams of this kind cannot be

damned to the injury of others or the

water utilized for other than domestic

purposes. The water must be passed

on to the neighbor below.





3. Nat ral water (water unconfined) '





may run mm high land to low land

without creating a liability for dam-

ages. It may also be prevented from

flowing onto the low land by the owner

of the low land by erecting dykes, etc.



4. Natural water, if collected and

discharged onto a neighbor’s land in

an unusual manner might be grounds

for a damage suit.





PROTEIN SUBSTITUTES.



Recent experiments conducted at

some of the leading stations indicate

that other feeds may be used success:

fully to take the place of dried beef

scraps in poultry rations. At present

prices ,for beef scraps the use of the

cheaper forms of protein will effect a

big saving on many poultry farms. Cot-

tonseed meal, soy bean meal and pea

nut meal, fed in combination with the

beef scraps, have produced fairly sat-

isfactory results. Such feeds as cut

alfalfa and clover hay, steamed and

fed in a wet mash will effect a still

further saving of. protein concentrates

in the ration, and may be used to good





advantage during the season when '





green feeds are scarce. Sprouted cats





are very beneficial to the health 'of the





fowls and enable them to make more

efficient use of the protein concen-

trates in the ration. Waste fruits and

vegetables promote the health of the

fowls and reduce the cost of higher-

priced feeds. The feeding of these

succulent feeds, however, must be tem-

pered with judgment, for there is al-

ways dangerof. digestive ailments if

too large a portion of the ration con-

sists of green foods. This trouble is

sure to develop more frequently dur-

ing cold weather, when the birds ex-

ercise less freely, than is the case

during the spring, summer and fall

months.





Kent Co. C. B. FORD.





 





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stating that his township officialshad

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But Copper, as the. Irishman was

known on account of the color of his

hai', could not'be found. I was won-

dering what had happened to Cepper,

When an Orderly rushed into my room

of a sudden and said that somebody

wanted to speak on the telephone "to

the instructor who had gone after Cop.

per. I went to answer the telephone.





“Hello, who’s this?” I shouted into .





the receiver.





“This is the commander of destroy-

r so and so,” came thereply.



“I want to inform you," he wanton.

“that I picked up a man out at sea fly-

ing machine No. 2464-A. I found him

ten miles out. He says he ”is known

in the camp as Copper.”



“Is he hurt. 7" I asked.



"No, he’ s thawing out down in the

engine room. You had better send

transportation for him and his ma-

chine. Good-bye."



Meanwhile Copper's instructor had

come down and I told him what had

happened. We had to send transpor-

tation to Copper, and when the com-

mander of the destroyer was finally

relieved of his unexpected company he

found he missed Copper’s Irish wit

very much. ,



On the following day Copper turned

up. His instructor gave him a rather

warm reception.



“What in the name of blazes were

you trying out at sea, anyway?” he

asked.



“Well,” said Copper, “once I got up

I forgot what you told me, and when

I tried to turn the darn thing I landed

in the sea.”



“What did you go out to sea for?”



“Well,” remarked Copper, “I thought

that in case I did come down it would

be a softer place to land, and the only

mistake I made was that I went out

too far before trying to turn.”



The Scotchman, in trying to have a

look at his native land while up in the

air, had his first landing in the Scotch

hills owing to engine failure. He call-

ed us up on the telephone and I was

sent out to get his machine. I took a

lorry, knowing the funny things these

Huns of ours hit, having been one my-

self, and when I got up to that ma-

chine it was just hanging between two

trees which kept it from falling over

a cliff.



Two hundred feet below that cliff

was a waste of rocks, and yet the

Scotchman had the nerve to tell the

commanding officer that he had made

a good landing. It was a good land—

ing, all right. I had to dismantle the

bus and carry it home on the lorry.



Oh, we had some merry times in that

squadron. One of the instructors used

to go out over the town every morn-

ing and loop over a monument in the

main street. It never occurred to him

that this might give the townspeople

heart failure ; however, he had to have

his fun.



Before getting off on this particular

morning, the machine of the instructor

while taxiing across the ground, had

picked up considerable mud and grass

with its tail skid. The mud stayed

there all right and while the instructor

was making his customary loop it fell

off, crashed through the skylight of a

large store and caused much conster-

nation. The funny part of it was that

the owner of the store thought the fly-

er had done it on purpose. He made

a report to the government and we

received an order not to fly over that

town unless it was absolutely neces-

sary. ‘ '



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through one of our skylights. In doing

that, he broke the glass of the sky-

lights and it fell On two busesvand cut

them up considerably. Not satisfied

with that, Copper ‘took away the flag-

pole, carried off the flag. and smashed

his prop doing it. Then he landed,

calmly got out of the bus, picked up”

the flag and flagpole, and walked up

to an orderly whom he ordered to put

the things back in place. .



Scottie, was flying along the railroad

one day, chasing the Scotch Express.

which was traveling at the rate of six-

ty miles an hour. He was trying to

put the wind up the back of the engi-

neer by swooping over the engine.

That was all right, but the trouble was

that Scottie forgot there were tele-

graph wires on the other side of the

track. He slam-banged into them and

wrecked this line of communication

for three days. As a result of this fine

exploit more drastic orders about low

flying were issued.



After that we went further away

from the ’drome when we wanted to

do stunts. Not far from the aerodrome

were a number of shooting estates.

We would picket men with shotguns

on the edge of the ’drome and one of

us would fly over the ground and

woods to scare up game, which’ con-

sisted for the greater part of pheas-

ants, partridges and hares. The snip

ers would do the rest. It was good

fun until Robinson, a young pilot, had

engine trouble and landed in the mid-

dle of a little wood on the estate. We

had to cut a road through the trees to

get the machine out. It cost the gov-

ernment real money to get that ma-

chine back.



After that the men higher up put

their foot down and stopped our little

hunt. But being full of spirit the boys

had a lot of fun anyway crashing

around in the atmosphere. Some of

them used to leave camp with the

statement that they were going to tea

somewhere, and then we would not

see them for two days. Ham and I

went up quite a number of times to

see a friend of ours, who was running

a little government saw-mill in the

hills. That boy had the finest and

most expert taste for good Scotch ever

given any man. At first we visited





-him occasionally only, then we called





upon him once a day, and later we saw

him twice a day. The reason for our

trips into the hills we kept secret for

a long while, until we met our friend

in town one night. We were careless

enough to introduce him to some of

the boys and in the course of the con-

versation they learned why we were

so fond of the government saw-mill.



Before long it was difficult to find an

airplane in the aerodrome. In fact, we

were seriously considering transfer-

ring the establishment to the saw-mill.

Then the commanding officer was per-

mitted to share our secret and another

diversion of ours had to be abandoned.



One by one the little stunts that

used to make life on the training aero-

drome so very interesting were lopped

off. A general order came forbidding

any pilot to do stunts at elevations of

less than two thousand feet. But we

made up for that in other ways.



It was on a Sunday afternoon when

l was called to the orderly robmof the

commanding officer's office.

that I was to leave next.morMng~ by

the 11:30 train for Glasgow, Scotland,

whence I would proceed to a little

town Just outside and receive a ma.-

chlne of the type known as BEZE. l

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Edinburgh, and found that we had

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get the train fer Glasgow. The two of

us decided that we would have a look

at the town, and we did so. IWe found

the place quite interesting and were

walking down Princess street when of

a suddenwe heard a roar, and; looking

up, we beheld an) aeroplane known as

a Rumpty type, flying at about fifty

feet above the ground. It was flying

over the street, but I don’t know yet

what the couple of British Huns in it

were trying to do. The machine in

question is large and slow and flies

steadily enough. At one-end of the

street there is a square and in that





square stands _a monument. The Bumps





ty “zoomed” over it and missed its top

by a few inches. Then it went on. We

learned afterwards that the machine

had landed somewhere further down

the street. Cold shivers ran down my

back while I was looking at the fool-

hardy stunts of the men in the ma-

chine, but the people looking on were

impressed only by the daring of these

bold British birdmen.



Arriving at Glasgow that night we

called up the aerodrome and let the

commanding officer know that we had

arrived. Next morning an automobile

called for us and we were taken to the





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'“At” and I game the machine we

were to take south, though neither of

us liked the looks of the weather. A

storm was coming up, but rather than

lose time we decided to go over the

tops of the clouds. .



Before we had gotten beyond the

clouds we were up ten thousandfeet





and it certainly was cold up there. ’

After that we headed for the hills in >





the south and we had to go up a little

more in order to have enough gliding-

room in case something should happen

to the machine. I have always found

it the best policy to fly as high as pos-

sible when using a machine whose

knocks and tricks I am not familiar

with. The prospect-of landing in those

snow-covered hills did not appeal to us.



I froze a toe and part of my, nose.

but aside from that nothing happened.

The machine was safely. delivered at

our aerodrome. We had lunch and got

thawed out, and then started up again

to take the buses on to their destina-

tion. We had gone quite a way south

when more trouble came. We ran into

a fog. Ground fogs are the worst en.

emy of the aviator. In addition to

blotting out the marks by which he

steers, they also make it impossible

for him to find suitable landing places

in case of necessity. No pilot likes to



(Continued on page 141).





 





News





Wednesday, August 7. 1



Conditions on the battle front along

the Vesle river between Soissons and

Rheims remain unchanged and there

have been no developments of import-

anc on the line running from the reg—

ion of Montdidier and the English

channel. In both regions, however,

there is a tenseness which seems to

forecast a big battle.



Casualties in the army and navy

made known today aggregated 963.

Killed in action 112, twenty-two dead

from wounds, and 781 are injured.



Mercury reaches point of 116 above

zero in Detroit.



Two men were stranded on a scow

near the brink of Niagara Falls. They

were rescued early this morning.



General Foch has been elevated to

the rank of Marshal of France.



Thursday, August 8.



On five different sectors the Allies

made important gains today. At two

points in the battle front between Sols-

sons and Rheims important headway

was made. Other advances were made

further north. Haig’s men gain about

a mile on a five— mile front in Flanders.



The heat wave was apparently brok-

en last night. Wednesday's high tem-

perature was 110 in Detroit.



Miss Alice Wilson, the President’s

niece, was married August 7 to Rev.

Dr. Isaac McElroy.



The United States is to seize all coal

above the country’ s needs. All excoss

steel manufactured will also be ap-

propriated by the government.



Friday, August 9.



Haig’ s army opens an offensive on a



twenty-mile front after a short artil-





lery pre aration and sweeps forward

for ten les into the foe lines east of

Amiens. Every goal is won and the





Allies smash on With the enemy in

flight. One hundred guns and over

7, 000 prisoners have been taken. The

victory will destroy the kaiser’ s “Paris

front.” The Montdidier and Aisne sec-

tors are also threatened.



Finland asks. United States aid to

relieve famine. The appeal is sent by

Norway, Sweden and Denmark.



Crowder gives orders for 130, 207

draft registrants to entrain for camp;

5,257 of these will come from Michi-

gan.



Tax body cuts levy on autos, rating

some according to horse power. To-

bacco tax is to be doubled.



Canada may Call all previously ex-

empt men.



Saturday, August 10.



Foch’s counter offensive has passed

beyond the frame of a local blow and

new the whole western German battle





. line is tnreassuredII heoélifattise. Argo

s reams ranspo 3

Many .





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between two and three hundred guns

have been captured. In fact, the Ger-

mans are yielding on every vital line

from Ypres to the Marne.





The United States Industrial Board '





rules that auto plants must be con-

verted by January 1 into 100 per cent

war works.



Rules are liberal under new draft.

Marriage is to be grounds for deferred





calling.

Sunday, August 10.



The eighty-fifth division, which was

organized of Michigan, Wisconsin and

Illinois selects and trained at Camp

Custer, has arrived safely overseas.

This division was organized at Camp

Custer last fall and trained there until

it left for the seaboard in July.



Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of

Illinois, democratic whip, has gone to

France on an important seeret mission

for the government. He left hurriedly

after a long conference with the Presi-

dent and barely had time to catch the

steamship upon which he was to sail.

It is the general opinion of officials

that Senator Lewis’ mission has to do

with the informal discussion with the

ministers of the French, English and

Italian governments of their attitude

towards peace offers or proposals from

any one or all of the Central powers.



Monday, August 12.





Several fishing schooners were re»





ported sunk off the coast of Massachw

setts by a German U-boat.



A delegation of Michigan manufac-

turers, headed by J. J. Crowley, of the

Detroit Board of Commerce, and State

Fuel Administrator Prudden, left Sun-

day for Washington where they will

appeal to the chairman of the war in-

dustries board for more anthracite coal

to heat the homes of Detroit.



Tuesday, August 13.





Announcement is made that the em-V‘





ployes of the Western Union Tele-

graph Company have been granted an

increase of wages. The advance is

subject to the approval of Postmaster-

General Burleson, now in charge of tel-

egraph and telephone “lines under proo-

lamation of the President.



Anna Held, the noted' French actress

succumbs to pneumonia in her apart-

ments at the Hotel Savoy, New York





Cit ty



All along the battle lines in 1mFrance

the Germans. are fighting to

organize a; defence that will 1menable

them to hold their lines until they have

time to reorganize their badly battered

forces.



Gas from oil, discharged on the wa-

ter by the German submarine operat-





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A couple of Chinese were induced by

a mission worker to attend Sunday

school. The teacher passed a collec-

tion box.





For several Sundays the Chinamen '





contributed their nickels. At last: one

of them looked up when the box again

came his way and asked: “What-a

matter? God bloke allee time?”-——The

Country Gentleman.





NO SENSE IN IT.”





 





"Does your husband worry about the

grocery bill?"



“‘No, he says there’s no sense in both»

himself and the grocer worrying over

the same bills.”



An egotist is a man who insistson

telling you things about himself that

you want to tell about yourself.





 





A weary rookie marched mile after:





mile on a training hike and his toe

kept getting sorer and sorer. Finally

he took off his shoe and the sock that

some woman had knitted for him and

found that the source of irritation was

a small bit of crumpled up paper. 011

it was some writing, and the rookie

read this, “God bless your poor tired

feet.”





 





Polly-—What’s Freddie crying for?



Dolly—Because he dug a hole in the

garden and mother wouldn’t let him

bring it into the house.





 





Mrs. Quackeness.—“Am yo’ daugh-

ter happily mar’d, Sistah Sagg?”



Mrs. Saggs.—“She shuah am? Bless

goodness, she done got a husband dat’s

skeered to death of her."





 





SOME SHOT.





Captain—“Do you see that captain

on the bridge five miles away?"



Tar.—,——“Aye, aye, sir.”



“Let him have one of these twelve-

inch shells in the eye.”



“Which eye, sir?”





 





SOMETHING HE ALMOST MISSED.





 





An editor in the far west dropped in

to church for the first time for many

years. The minister was in the very

heart of the sermon. The editor liSt—

ened for awhile and then rushed to his

office.



“What are you fellows doing? How





‘ about the news from the seat of war ?”





‘fWhat news?”

“Why, all this about the Egyptian





army being drowned in the Red Sea.





The minister up at the church knows

all about it, and you have not a word

of it in our latest. Hustle 'round, you

fellows, and get out an extra special

edition.”





 





HUSHl. HUNS ARE SEVEN MILES

AWAY.





An American Colonel, newly arrived

in France, on his first tour of inspec-

tion, approached a sentinel squatting

behind a hedge and started to ques-

tion him.



The Yankee shot back a reply in a

husky whisper. Immediately the col-

onel flattened out on the ground with

more haste than dignity.



After exchanging a few breathless

whispers with the sentinel, the colonel

whispered: ’



“How far are the Huns from here?”



“About seven miles,” the sentinel

whispered back.



“Then why the —-— are you whis-

pering?" the officer stormed.



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HY is cold- pack canning so

V» named?———This method gets its



name from the fact that the

products are packed into the cans fol-

lowing the cold dip.



Is the cold-pack canning a new proc-

ess?——No, it is an old process newly

perfected.



Does the color of a rubber have any-

thing to do with how good it is?—

No. I



In cold dipping, should the product

be left in the cold water or just put in

and immediately removed?—In cold

dipping, the product should be cold-

dipped, then removed from the cold

water immediately.



What makes the cans lose water?—

First, because the covers were screw-

ed on too tightly, or, second, because

all of the air spaces in the product

were not completely out; or, third, the

product itself may have absorbed part

ofthe water.



"Last year I canned some corn, cold-

pack. It seemed to keep all right,

looked all right, and smelled right, but

it didn’t taste right. What was the

matter with it?”-——Your corn was un-

doubtedly Spoiled by “flat sour.” It

may be caused in many ways, the most

common of which are by canning stale

products or by leaving too long after

blanching and cold—dipping before pro-

cessing.



What would happen if the water in

the sterilizer did not come up to the

tops of the cans?—Probably nothing





 





(A)

Double-walled Vat; (B) Cover with

Thermometer; (C) Crate for Jars.





A Type of Water-seal Canner:





would happen in most cases, but it is

better to take precautions against any

spoiling that might occur through not

having enough water in the sterilizer.



What would occur if the empty jars

were tightly sealed when put into the

sterilizer?——The jars would be broken

by the expansion of steam and air on





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s71" temporary measure we are



asked to eat less beef, but are



assured that we may now eat

more pork and have never been told

to go lightly on liver and tongue, so

let's adjust home appetites to meet the

shipping program. Summer days call

for cold meats for supper and for pic-

nics. Don’t depend on tin cans for

these meats. You can prepare de-





fllightful. dishes without drawing on the





national reserve of canned meats“. It





,‘ is a. good plan, too, to pile up your

" - own reserve of home-canned meats.





. . Pickled Tongue.

Boil a fresh tongue by placing it in





,hot water, let come to boil and boil

' gently for three hours, or until tender.

"When cooked, remove from the water,

skin, put back into water and let get

:3 cold. Slice in thin slices, put one lay-





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Ten Steps m Cold-Pack Cannmg

ERE are the successive steps in canning by the one-period

H cold- pack method.



1. Select only fresh fruits and vegetables. Do not attempt

to can over-ripe fruit or over-mature vegetables.



2. Clean and prepare the product.



3. Scald or blanch as directed. Only enough of the product

should be blanched a one time to fill a few jars. ,

Cold dip immediately.



Pack product at once in the jar and adjust rubber.



Add a teaspoonful of salt for each quart of vegetables.



Fill jar with hot water or syrup. .

Adjust top, but leave it slightly loose.

Sterilize the required time.



Remove from canner and finish- sealing.





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1. Do not remove top





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"be detected.





 





or rubber after sterilization. Place jars out of draft to cool.





 





 





Are apples blanched before paring

or afterwards?——Apples are blanched

after they have been pared, cored and

quartered.



Is rhubarb a vegetable or a fruit ?—

Rhubarb is a vegetable but it is usu-

ally canned as a fruit.





Cut apples often turn black or tar-

nish. How can this be prevented?—

Tarnishing of apples may be prevented

by putting them in either salty water

or water containing a little lemon

juice as soon as they have been peeled,

cored and quartered.



What is blanching?——Blanching,

scalding or boiling are the same thing.

Blanching gets its name from the fact

that the color of a vegetable or fruit

flows toward the outside when the pro-

duct is plunged into boiling water.



Should green beans be broken or cut

into pieces?——Green beans should pre-

ferably be cut, and cut on the bias. '





Does the cold dipping have anything

to do with the keeping of the product?

——No. It merely makes it better color,

makes it hold its shape . better and

cools the product, making it easier to

get it into the cans.



When should one start to count time

in blanching—from the time the pro-

duct is first put into the boiling water

or after the water around the product

begins to boil?—Time for scalding or

blanching should not be counted until





the water surrounding the product be-

gins to boil vigorously.



Can corn syrup be used in canning?

———Yes, but one should be sure the fam-

ily likes the flavor before canning very

much with it. The manufacturers rec-

ommend two parts of sugar to one part

of corn syrup. Corn syrup is one-half

water and this should be figured on

when the water is added to make the

canning syrup. '



Is steaming just as good as blanch-

ing in boiling water?——Yes, it is better,

especially with greens and green vege-

tables. ’_I‘he natural oils and mineral

parts are said to remain in the pro

duct when steamed. '





 





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Questlons and Answers en Cold-Pack Canning





.. How can one tell whether cans are

“Flat sour” cannot;

If, upon, looking at the“

can and before turning it over, bub-

‘bles are seen rising up through the

product, it, is .very likely that ,fermens





’ tation is taking place.





What are the objections to using

canning powders ?-_—Canning powders

have been proven to be injurious to_

health and the law prohibits the sale

of products so preserved. It seems

just as bad toppoison one’s own family

as it is to poison strangers.



In reckoning the sterilization period,

when should one commence to count

time ?———Time should not be counted un—

til the water is-at a gallop, “trying to

get out of the container.” Do not make

the mistake of starting to count time

as soon as bubbles commence to rise

to the top of the Water.



Can meats be canned successfully

cold-pack ?—Yes.



Why do beets fade in canning?—In

canning beets, loss of blood may be

prevented by leaving on one inch of

the stem and all of the tail while

blanching. Beets should be scraped

rather than peeled after blanching.



How can stored canned products be

kept from bleaching?—-All canned pro-

ducts will bleach if exposed to the

light. To prevent this, jars may be

either kept dark or put into paper

sacks.



Is it proper to sterilize jars before

the product is packed into them ?——Yes.

This not only sterilizes the jar but

tempers the glass.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Where the Rules are Carefully Followed You Can be Proud of the Results.





For the PicnicSandwich





er of sliced tongue in bottom of an

earthenware crock, then one layer of

sliced onions, a few thin slices of lem-

on, salt, pepper, a little sugar and mix-

ed spices. Repeat until all material is

used up, having the onion and lemOn

on top. Cover all with vinegar. If

vinegar is too strong, use gwo-thirds

vinegar and one part water.

Pressed Beef Tongue.

1 beef tongue, *

1 veal shank,

salt, pepper and cayenne to suit

taste, . .

two tablespoonfuls catsup.

Boil tongue and veal shank together

for three hours, putting it on to boil in

cold water. , This will draw out all of





 





 





the gelatin of, the veal bone. ‘When

tender, skin the tongue, out in slices

or put through a coarse meat grinder.

Add salt, pepper, cayenne and catsup,

put into a mold and cover mixture

with the liquid in which it has been





boiled, when cold turn out on a’ plat--





ter and serve.

Calf’s Head-cheese.



1 ca'lf’s head,



1 tablespoon chopped herbs, _.)



Pepper,



Salt. ' ' - 1,.



Put calf’s head in enough water to



cover, let come to a boil and boil gent-

1y until meat leaves the bone. Take

up with a skimmer, put into an earth-

en bowl, season with salt, pepper and





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chopped herbs. Lay a cloth in a col-

ander, put minced meat into it. Fold

a cloth over the top, weight down with

a plate. When cold, slice and serve

With mustard: 3

Pork. Loaf.

1 lb. chopped ham,

‘ 1 lb. chopped fresh pork,

3 teaspomis chopped onion,

1 teaspoon salt,

1 teaspmn pepper,

1% teaspoons. curry powder,

1 teaspoon sage, .

1 Egg, '

r’ 125; cup cream. .

’ Chap meat and Onion and mix to-

gether. Add egg and cream. Shape

into loaf. and- tie in cheesecloth.~ «31’3".

o'er for two and a 119,113. hours in three Q"





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A Flying F ighter

(Continued from page 138).

fly in a fog, but when he has to he

generally holds .close enough to the

ground to enable him to see at least

a little.



In a long distance flight we gener-

ally go over the top of the fog and

then find our bearings by means of the

Lcompass and the timing of the speed

we are making.



But we were not so very far away

from the point at which we were to

land the machines to be refilled with

gas and oil, and for that reason going

to the top of the fog was out of the

question. I hugged the ground as





lclosely as possible and in so doing





made as a first discovery that there

are large manufacturing towns some

where in the middle of England. I

was going along at low speed when

suddenly there loomed up before me,

out of the fog, something that caused

my heart to stop beating. Right in

”front of me stood a large and tall fac-

tory chimney.



I turned to the right to avoid it, but

hardly had done that when I was close

to another chimney, which was direct-

ly in my path. Once more I turned;

But before I had gone very far I was

up against another chimney. I turned

again; another chimney. I decided to

see if I could not get out of the forest

of chimneys by going in the other di-

rection, but that too had the same re-

sult—more chimneys. For the next

and longest ten minutes I ever experi-

enced I described circles and half-cir—g

cles around chimneys with the ma-

chine now on her nose, then on her

tail, when'not on her side. I finally

reached what I thought an open place

and decided to go over the top of the

chimneys.



One~ of my reasons for staying so

close to the ground was that I wanted

to keep in sight of the railroad track

which had served as my guide. The

weather was so thick that I could not

see two fields ahead of me. .



When I came close to the ground

again after sailing over the chimneys

I found that I had lost the railroads, as

well as At andphis bus; for I after-

wards found out that he had landed

some twenty miles behind to avoid

risks.



There was no use in going on, be-

cause, for all I knew I might run into

more chimneys and not get off so luck-

ily next time. With that in mind I de-

cided to land in the first open field I

came to. I came to one before long

and landed. Soon hundreds of people

had gathered around the machine and

amused themselves by writing their

names on its planes with lead pencil.

Ono yokel was enterprising enough to

cut a piece out of a strut with his

knife. I had a hard time fighting these

souvenir hunters, and I am sure that

they would have carted off the ma-





officer of theilaw, known in England

as “Bobby," who came and helped me

tave off the memento-hungry mob.

The officers told me that there was

an aerodrome five miles down the road.

From the minute directions he gave





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mob‘out of the way, but succeeded in

the end. I started the motor, asked

some of the men to hold the machine

back until I should signal them to re-

lease it, andthen climbed in. I taxied

to the other side of thefield to get into

the wind. The crowd closed in behind

me and when I turned around to take

off, the onlookers scampered to the

sides of the field. I opened up the

throttle and was just getting off the

g1 ound when a little girl rushed out in

front of the machine, which was then

going about sixty miles an hour.





The only way to have the girl's life

was to take a chance on my own neck.

Before I knew it I hadhurtled over the

little girl, missing her by a few inches

with the under carriage of the ma—

chine. I was going at such a speed

that had she been hit by any part of

the machine at all she would have

been killed. In- getting over the little

girl I lost my flying speed and a. bus

without flying speed is like so much

lead. The result was that I crashed

into a hedge, smashed my prop to bits,

and then the machine landed on its

nose in the next field. The meter was

making about 2,200 revolutions a min-

ute, and to make things worse the gas-

oline tanks piled upon it and were

ignited. Within a second the entire

machine was ablaze. I was caught in

some, debris of the machine about ten

feet away from the part that was burn-

ing. But I had sense enough to save

my haversack, in which I carried my

shaving tackle and my pajamas. I

also thought of my stick. Next I seiz-

ed the pyrene syringe and hurried over

to the fire, which I succeeded in put-

ting out. By that time a number of

Home Defense Guards had appeared

on the scene, though the only thing

they found to do was to keep the peo-

ple out of the field.





I had made a fine mess of it.



After that I made a trip to the near-

est telephone three miles away and

called up the wrecking crew of the

aerodrome. They were to come up

and salve the remains of a perfectly

good BEZE.



This was my first real crash as a

full-fledged pilot.



After that I went to a hotel, had a

bath, and examined myself for broken

parts. But aside from a good shaking

up I had suffered no injury. My com-

panion, the haversack, also was in

good shape.



Next morning the commanding offi-

cer of the aerodrome sent over the

wrecking lorry and a crew of students

to pick up the odds and ends. Some

of the students were Canadians and

when later we met again at the ’drome

they entertained me royally.



I could not leave that aerodrome un-

til word had come from the command-

er of my squadron that I was to be re-

lieved and sent back. But I had to

wait a couple of days for my orders,

being meanwhile billeted in a. hotel in

the city. I put in my free time hang-

ing around the aerodrome and watch-

ing the boys tearing through the air

learning to fly. While doing that I had

occasion to find out that I was not

the only one who had done queer

things on his first solo trips.



One of the boys at this aerodrome—

I have forgotten his name—was com-

ing over a building about seventy feet

high. On one corner of the building

there was a small tower on whose top

'had been placed a. weather vane re-

sembling a. rooster. The apprentice

pilot was sailing a little too low,

caught the rooster with one of his

planes, and went down in the court

behind a house a short way off, com-

plete with rooster.



(Continued next week).





 





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By MARY M. ALLEN





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well as gardening, else all sur-

Jspe-

cial effort has been made this year to

instruct boys and girls in canning.

Sixty per cent of the output. of com<

mercial 'anneries will be needed by

the government for the army and navy,

the other forty per cent will be con-

sumed in large cities where laborers

are employed in great numbers on war

contracts. This means a deficiency in

small towns, and to meet this the fed»

eral government has in the field some

six thousand trained workers to give

instructions in canning.



Michigan club leaders were given a.

splendid demonstration in team can-

ning by the cold~pack method. Dent—

onstrations were conducted by Miss

Warren. of the ['nited States Ilcbart-

ment, and Miss Cowles, Michigan State

Club Leader. Peas, beans, beets and

cut greens were canned by these work-

ers, then a team was chosen by Miss

Cowles from among the. leaders to con-

duct a similar demonstration. Six im-

portant points were brought out in

connection with cold-pack canning.

They were as follows See that all

heat and equipment. are ready before

beginning see that kitchen is clean,

thus insuring a minimum amount, of

bacteria and spores detrimental to veg~

etable canning. See that you have. an

abundance of hot water. Sterilize all

cans, rubbers and covers five minutes

before using. Test jars for rough edges

or nicks in edge, especially the Mason

type. Test rubbers; stretch rubber if

it does not return to former shape and

size, discard Never use old rubbers.

It is a splendid plan to apply this test

when buying rubbers. If a groceryman

becomes impressed with the fact that

housewives really know what a good

rubber is they will not offer inferior

rubbers to their customers. Never can

vegetables that are not strictly fresh

and crisp. Cut beans slant-wise. If

the season has been dry and product

seems tough blanch until they seem

tender when tried with a fork.



Viewed from a point of service, econ‘

omy, efficiency and conservation can-

ning communities represent a high

In these

centers all work is in charge of a paid

expert supervisor, either an extension

worker, boys’ and girls’ club leader, or

home demonstration agent. The en-

tire output of a community is pooled

and canned at the center.~ The pupils

work in squads. Squads are divided

into workers each group of workers

being put at a particular task. A card

record is kept of each person’s pro-

duct as brought in. This record shows

the kind of product, amount of pro-

duct, condition when brought in, ac-

tual amount of labor to can product,

condition of finished product, and val-





; “9- T0 equip a. community canning

. center it requires an outlay of at least





$150. To be efficient, at canning cen-

ter should put out seventy-five quarts

finished products in a day. Club

, rs were organized into commu-

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Showing How Our Clubs Can Can.





Drying, especially vegetable drying,

came in for more adverse criticism by

the public last year than any line of

work attempted by extension workers.

Drying is purely a war expedient.

Should the war last three years longer

there will be a grave shortage of cans.

both tin and glz SS, due to material and

labor being diverted to war work. To

forestall this, drying methods and

equipment have been introduced into

club work. A liking for dried products

can be acquired. They can also be

used admirably in soups. Drying is

fully discussed and recipes for using

dried products are given in Bulletin

841, furnished by the United States





 





Department of Agriculture. Four pomts

which must enter into the construc-

tion of a good drier, whether home-

made or commercial, are, first, the





drier should be light, and as far as pos--





slble, non-inflammable; second, should

permit free circulation of air to allow

escape of moist air; third, should pro‘

vide protection from insects; fourth,

should protect products from moisture

by steam, dew, rain and from smoke.

Several good points were brought out

in regard to drying. Put peas-through

meat grinder first. Do not put pro-

ducts into a temperature above 120

degrees first. Dry products until they

rattle. Let them cure until they are





 





at Lansing, July 9-.13





A Group of Club Leaders Assembled at the State Club Leaders’ Conference





Mr. E. C. Lindemann, State Leader of Boys’ and





Girls’ Clubs, is the Gentleman with the Smile at Top Near Center.





Wins First Prize with PorkCr





- IRST prize as a raiser of pigs

Famong the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs

of Michigan has been awarded by



the Boys’ and Girls’ Club Department

of the Michigan Agricultural College

to. Rae E. White, a member'of the pig-

raising club at Albion, in Jackson





enteen years of age secured a pig from





county. ' The Albion boy, «who is Sevr,





the animal which he had selected.

Several hundred other' boys in the

state, all of them members of the army





of farmers’ sons and daughters have,





become interested by the .1 college in

live stock: projects were among the

contenders.





a local bank and in the course of the, tail





., year cleared 3.41 t profit





ten are in. successful





All the young people are:





through the sweating process. Just

before putting into containers put into

the oven for thirty‘minutes at a tem-

perature of 180 degrees F. ,



Five large canning and drying cen-

operation in

Michigan.



Miss Warren, of the United States

Department, says: “Dry left-over veg—

etables from the table and use in

soups. This is no age for the cat

and dog."



Miss Cowles, State Club Leader, em-

phasized this statement: “Make use

of what you have. Expensive equip-

ment does not spell success nor are

home-made devices to be despised.





Miss Warren, to housewives: “It is

not conservation to can or dry things

you know your family don’t like or

won’t eat."



Grand Ledge has the champion can-

ning club of the state.



Viiss Toman, a Washington State

Club Leader, reports a‘ profit of $89 in

one season from the sale of canned

products of a ten-year-old girl.



Miss Banks, of Elkhart, Indiana, is

a regular attendant at Michigan Club

Conferences. Wouldn’t you like to

send a canning team of three to your

county fair to demonstrate the cold-

pack process?



Several farmers’ wives baked up

enough for Dick and the hired man

and attended the conference two, three

or four days, as their time would per.

mit. An ideal way to spend a va-

cation!





Speaking of the big canning effort,~





E. C. Lindemann, State Club Leader,

says: “W’e need the help of twenty

thousand boys and girls and of one

thousand adult club leaders. The Unit~

ed States government must have can-

ned goods for the army and navy-

This demand, naturally, is diverting

from us a large part of the supply that

hitherto has been. produced to meet

our domestic wants. To make up this

shortage, we are advised that more

must be done in the homes. The Unit-

ed States Department of Agriculture

has assigned to Michigan boys and

girls a quota of 400,000 quarts. For

this work we need more canning

club leaders and more canning club

centers.

posal of .the public for organization

purposes.





Department of the Michigan Agricul-

tural College, East Lansing, Michigan.

Recipes and literature can also be ob-

tained by writing the same address.”





following: \‘Value of pig at time feed- 7





ing was started. $10; - value of feed

purchased 'or provided by farm, $25.05;

cost oflaborin ,caringtor hog (twenty

hours at ten cents an hour), 52‘; veter-





,inarian’ a fees. none; cost. of pasture at:

-me-half cent per day, $1. 00; total cost





Our services are at the dis-~





Communications should be.

addressed to the Boys’ and Girls’ Club"





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Lime for Alfalfa

My emplOyer requested me to Write

to you and ask you about utting lime





rock on sandy soil for a falfa. How

much to the acre? Do you put it 011





Refer; yen plow your land or drag

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HE judgment of all who have



had any experience with alfalfa



goes to show that one of the

prime requisites in getting a stand of

alfalfa and keeping this stand is that

the land be supplied with a liberal

amount of carbonate of lime. The lime-

stone soils are the ones that produce

the best all’nli’a. On my form, bare

clay sidchills 111st have washed badly,

in fact, the top soil is nearly all wash-

ed off and the land has became hard,

will grow alfalfa almost to perfection

but this clay is full of lime. When you

dig into~it you can see white streaks

of lime running all through it. This

clay, of course, is also rich in potash

and phosphorus and as alfalfa gets its

nitrogen from the atmosphere, it can

live better on this sort of soil than. al-

most any other crop, but when you sow

alfalfa on land that is deficient in lime

it grows weakly or not at all. You

cannot. have acid condition and pro-

duce a luxuriant crop of alfalfa.



Mast all sandy land is deficient in

lime. I wouldn’t say that all sandy

land is, but most all is, and so it is al-

most safe to say that it will be a splen-

did investment to apply lime to this

land before you seed it to alfalfa.



As to the amount, the more the bet-

ter; not less than one ton to the acre

and two tone would be much better.

Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin, on his

farm near Fort Atkinson, used to ap-

ply four and five tons to the acre when

he was applying lime to a field for al-

falfa. A field is generally kept in al-

falfa for four or five years, sometimes

much longer so there is no good chance

to apply lime only when you are pre-

paring the ground for seed and then a

sufficient amount should be applied so

that the plant will have all the lime

necessary during thetime the field is

kept in alfalfa. On other land where

you have a three or four-year rotation

of crops you get a chance two or three

times during this rotation to apply

lime but with alfalfa there is no chance

as it is a very poor plan to apply lime

on the growing crop; it doesn't get into

the soil the way it ought.





Lime should always be cultivated in





: and mixed with the soil so that it can





neutralize any acidity present in the

soil, even down to roots of plant. Ap-

plying lime on top of an established





5 alfalfa field is therefore a poor ‘way of





9 making the application.





It is much





‘I better to use an extra amount of lime





in preparing the seed bed.





SWINGJNG DOOR FOR THE HOG

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A door attached'at the top so it will

swing in and out will not only enable

one to keep the pens warmer in winter

and cooler in summer, but will also

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Breeders of Best Strains of

Aberdeen Angus Cattle

and Dame Jersey [logs





Several young bull calves on hand. three of which

are of serviceable are. out of lilack Monarch Ill.

three times Grand Champion, Michigan State

Fair. Also several Al Iirood Bows. Will be glad

to correspond with you by letter regarding

stock. Write





SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.

Wildwood F arms, Orion, Michigan

W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.





WOOD COTE ANGUS





TROJAN- ERICAB it BLAC KBIRDB IBLACKCAPS)

only. The most fashionable attains of the breed.

Great care alien m matings 1nd pt dist-01:11. Eiery un-

lmal BRE D IN lHl'l PURPLE Breeder-1 and {1,911.

era of m 11- y INTE ltNAl'lONAL WINN’ 0.8.8



WOODCOI l5 STUCK FlAl Ionin, Mich.





CID Ang Good finality bulls of sorvroenbio

Vflly m egeanii youngzn. 11. 111111191 “uninvit-

Gen. Hathaway and Ovid, Mich»





For Sale—lines lbsrdnnln agar Bulls {$333,535



prices reasonable. LANG BRO Davison. Michigan

must reduce herd. motley



GUERNSEY a few choice femalee of



Glenwood breeding also bulls, all stock of L. B. b



i herd tuberculin .



'lnIIY H10 K8, Battle Creek, Mich.





R' Itéred Guemseys





Tw ,9 er calves, 8&0 Ono bull calf with

abm , .uullcal‘ 1'- no relatmn to heifer (alyeu.

J. M. Wl. sinus. - - North Adams, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





' Reignterod head all th. tested Non' I

“8m3fl8 Mays 111;, art-off mp. May Bone Kl

headeourberd nfhmhalfeiatorn sold averaging

«1:11.111. bull calves are booked ahead reasonable

prices. Avondale Stock Form. Wayne. Mich.





For 88 le 1"; .m'ifeg‘ifmn'm'. “w"

JOHN EBELB. 3.2. Hollun Mich.

GU ERNSEY SEII'IIIIEIETAEI‘IIE

Oont aiuinn blood of world champiom. ,

HICKS' GUERNSEY FARM. Saginaw. S. Mich





FOR SALE InniIIIIIIIIIIIIm Guernsey cow-

1 Bill

FRANK NASH B. 3. Box 57. IF,remor1¢ hitch.

Guam-era: 15 hi h do on“

For sale and heifers Rea. “May‘nflane bull

41110.0ldn 13.00ws. tuberculin leafed.

GILMORE RBI Camden. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





mpfm in payment of finely bredre.



I and "Ole istered ol-itain bull calveu silty

of the belt. and at prices within reach of all. rile.

GEO. I).OLARKF1. - Vassar. Mick





 





I Always Have Holstein:

To





If wanting Registered cattle write me your Wm

beiore placing your order elsewhere.





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio

Jack Bill



W1nn--Wood Herd

Registered Holsteins





Sire in Service





Flint Maplecrest Boy





 





Who is bred for real rodnction hie sire In oozed

Komdyke Hengervel is one of the best bred mill»

co bulls in the world He or





his dam are brother

or eistertosix cows uith records abov lbs. of

butter in! one year and ten more above lbs. in n

r. Flint Muplocrent lloys’ Dam inGluc guns“

.5" “19.5 of butter in 7day.1211bs.in 30 do

hfltestb .27. MbemareaIson why Flint gamer-lest

Boy is not one of Michignne gran young

None of his female! are for sale until after we “tort

them .But we have met his hull calves

oldgitbLRag.dnf:wwhlchv;nrdwlo n11,

atp ocean: r! maroon 0 m. Jute!

usthe kind of a ball you want.





JOHN H. WINN, Inc.

Lock Box 249. Roecouunon





mammary.“
After the ar—What? / 'é





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hat in him they had a friend who ;"

,1 We must win the war and win it now. Let us have peace, farmers ‘0“1‘1 {‘9‘ ”P“, t . .

but only through victory. There should be a broad, careful :V°°;Litf:i::d'§:’hr $133511:tyénf;:ilgrfi‘:filnfszsfnfiilfioi11:1) , ,

; 5:53:30“? if: aftii—the-war p "pat-“w“ for peace 1' .8 see to it, too, that Michigan products were accorded as fair i351

P para on 0‘ war. treatment as the products of states farther ‘

We shall have to plan for expanding mar— ‘ south.





 





kets abroad. We must also be watchful of

the welfare of business at home. Strong

efforts will be made to have the United

‘States thrown open to the markets of the

world and to place the products of American

farmers in competition with the products

of the farmers of other countries who do

not pay our scale of wages for their labor

and are not called upon to bear as heavy

expenses.





This year Michigan should send to the

United Shates Senate a man who will stand

for a tarifl‘which will protect the American

farmer. He should see to it, too, that Mich-

igan wheat and wool get as square a deal as

Mississippi cotton.





Congress should lend a hand to the bus-

iness end of farming as well as to the science

of production. The fixing of the price of

wheat, the difliculties in fixing the price of





Truman Newberry isva Michigan product

himself. He was born in Michigan. His

life has been devoted to public service, and

that service has rebounded to the benefit 0!

the state as well as to the nation. He or- ’

ganized the Michigan Naval Brigade and .

enlieted in it as a common seamen on the

Yantic. He served as lieutenant on the

Cruiser Yosemite in the Spanish-American

war. He is serving now as a Commander in

the Third Naval District.





He was and is the Roosevelt type of man

and President Roosevelt made him Secretary

of the Navy, and while serving in the navy

department, he reorganized the whole navy

system and placed the fighting force of this

country on the best footing it had occupied

up to that time.



Like Colonel Roosevelt, too, Commander

Newberryinstilled patriotism and American-





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





milk, the vagaries of the price of cotton all Truman H' Newberry ism in his two sons. Both of them enlisted

cry out to prove that the problems of pro- and are in the service today, one in the

duction and commerce, as they affect the people who work navy, the other in the army. I

in the open country, are not receiving the same legion. Commandgg Newberry as United States senator

treatment. would serve all the people. He has nothing to sell

Truman H. Newberry is a protectionist. He has no free- them. Michigan farmers can depend upon him. Michigan

v trade notions now, and never did have. He is stable and laboring men can trust him. Michigan business men will

dependable. With him in the United States Senate, Michigan get a square deal from him.





NEWBERR or SENATOR ~





Mliehed In; Newberry Senatorial Committee

A. A. T eton. General Chairman »

Paul H. my. Executive Chairman





 





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Cows Fail to Come in Heat—I have

two young cows that came fresh in

March'and neither of them have yet

been in heat. Is there anything I can

give them to bring them in heat or





block? M. W J., Henderson, Mich¢~

It is expecting too much of drugs (1n

these kind of cases), to stimulate the

generative organs into action. There-

fore, the result of treatment is often

disappointing; however, you might try

giving 1 dr. of ground nux vomica. 1

dr. of ground .capsicum and 1 oz. of

powdered licorice at a dose in feed to

each cow' twice 0r three times a day,

for thirty days. and if it fails. then fat-

ten them for the butcher. If they are

good milkers. they will perhaps prove

profitable for dairy purposes until next

winter. ,



Enlarged Glands—Lumpy J aw.—-One

month before my four-year-old cow had

her calf. (first calf), bunches appeared

near jaws, shoulders and near udder.

which are hard and the size of a man’s

closed hand. Soon after she calved

these bunches gradually reduced. in

size and went away. Her calf is now

three weeks old and the bunches are

returning. She walks as if in pain, is

fed grain and runs on fairly good pas-

ture. F. K., Romulus, Mich—Paint

bunches with tincture iodine daily.

Give her 1 dr. of potassium iodide in

either feed or drinking water two or

three times a day. If this cow suffers

from generalized lumpjaw she should

be kept away from your other cattle,

or perhaps sold for beef; subject, how-

ever. to meat inspection.



Heifer Fails to Come in Heat—We

have a registered Holstein heifer that

calves for the first time in February.

The calf was very large and we found

it necessary to give a great deal of as-

sistance at time,‘ but she has been a

splendid producer. ,However, she has

not shown any indications of being in

‘heat since freshening, and as we are

anxious to breed her again if possible.

we would like to know if there is, any-

thing that can be done to aid her. . F.

M. B., South Haven. Mich.———Give your

heifer 40 grs. of ground nux vomica.

60 gm of ground capsicum and 1 oz.

of powdered licorice at a dose in feed

three times a day. After giving her

this medicine for fifteen days, subject

her to a forced Service and she may

perhaps come in heat. I might say

that results from treating these kind

of cases are quite uncertain.



Rheumatism.——I have 24 young pigs



that run in pasture and are fed skim-

milk. ground barley, ground oats, mix-

ed in a rich swill; but five of them

seem to be stiff in hind quarters and

wabble when walking. J. L. M., Waltz,

Mich—You fail to state age or weight

of pigs, therefore the writer is unable

to prescribe the exact dose: however.

if they weigh 25 or 30 pounds each.

give two or three grains of sodium

salicylate at a dose in feed two or

three times a day. It would seem as

though they were led about right; how-

ever, the pigs may inherit a predispo-

sition to this rheumatic or semi-par-

alytic ailment. Hand-rubbing their

back once or twice a day would have a

good effect. Furthermore, they should

not be allowed to lie in a damp, filthy

place, or wallow in too cold water.

: .Dropsy—Blood Poison—4 have a

seven-year—old horse that first com-

menced ,.to swell under belly; tlllS

swelling increased and at the end of

two weeks was six inches wide and

extended from sheath to fore legs.

Two small bunches showed up. a yel-

low fluid oozed through Skin, but the

horse was some still, not seemingly

very sick. Our local Vet. treated him

for two weeks and horse appeared to

get well. Now he seems to be swell-

ing some and I wish you would tell me

what to do for him. H. S. H., Cros-

well, Mich.———Give him 60 drops of fluid

ext'ract nux vomica and 1 dr. fluid ex-

tract cinchona and 40 grs. of potassium

iodide in feed or drinking water three

times a day. He should have walking

exercises, twice daily, or allowed to

run out during pleasant weather.





Hip Lam'eness.——Our four-year-old

cow is lame in hind leg; acts as if the

trouble was in stifle joint. She is grow-

ing thin. J. W.. Utlca, Mich—Doubt:

loss she suffers pain; this will ac-

count for her losing flesh and giving

less. mun-nix together equal parts

or turpentine, aqua (ammonia and raw

impeded and cal; to stifle and hip





   

   

 

 





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Sc-wlll recover.





Aug. 29, 1918





\ of June 3rd--a Great

‘ I Will Dispe'rse My



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Dairy Cattle





from my farm, one

mile east of Wayne,

Mich., on Michigan

Ave., Ann Arbor car

line, 16 miles west of

Detroit. .

This is the sale you





. ' THEM! '0 HI





ANOTHER SALE





This Explains Why. I ‘Must Repeat My Sale





 





THURSDAY, ROBERT R. POINTER WILL

' HAVE ANOTHER SALE





Robert R. Pointer, who held what he

supp‘osed would be a complete dis-

persion sale of his fine Holstein herd

on June 3rd. finds himself with $10,000

worth of cattle still on his hands, and





' , advises that he will hold another sale

ea 0 - some time in August.

. < ' Mlnasmuch as it was announced that

. . . . r. .



. at the prevxous sale, which wascon-

Steln " F “8513“ 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.thc sale, the buyer was un-

able to produce either the money,

bankable paper or security.

veloped that he was not sufiiciently 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.





 





Opportunity for You





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Pointer disposed of his entire herd





It de—





 





 





have been waiting for.





King of the Pontiacs and





 





The herd contains daughters of Pontiac Korndyke,





Send for catalog, all stock ~will be given the T. B.

test and guaranteed free from all contagious diseases.





. Robert R. Pointer & Son,





Dearborn, Mich.





Rag Apple Korndyke 8th.





 





 





 





 





 





 





CATTLE





AK Leaf Farm. Herd sire Lenawee Pontiac Cal-

amity King ofler Registered Holstein bull calves

from A. R. 0. cows and thcabove sire whose dam holds

the milk and butter record in the state of Ind. '1

days milk 796.3, butter 81151—315 days milk 23782.3. bub





tor 926.775.

E. H. GEA RHAR'I‘ & SON. R. 4. Marcellus. Mich.





“Top-Notch”

HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are

backed up by many generations of

large producers. Buy one of these

bulls, and give your herd a ‘push”.

Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request.





McPherson. Farms Co., Howell, Mich.





CLUNY STOCK FARM





100--REGISTERED HOLSTEle-mloo

When you need a herd sire remember that we

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

der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality. and production records back-

cd by the best strains of breeding.

Write us our wants. ‘

R. BRUCE McPHE N. Howell. Mich.

’ Pcdl reeStocanrm ailerons .Hol-

Parham 8 stein“ cattle. Chester White Sawine.

exmbsrgins in calves and fall pigs. Bulls half rice.

B. B. PARHAM. Bronson. Knob.





$50 Liberty? Bond gets 1 mo. old grandson of Pon-

tiac Maid ill 1-5 lb. Other granddam sister to

grandsire of 42 lb. 4dr. Herd free tuber. Apr. adv. for.

emales. Terms. ; L. McLaulln. Redford. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





It pays to have a worthy sire for your



guard. Get a



51:. HOLSTEIN BULL

and raise only hodlthy.

vigorous profitably pro-

ductive cows.-





Tho Holstein-Friction Acco-

clatlon of America, M169

Brnttleboro. Vt.





The Pontiac Herd





“Whaclthhmnpiooscomefrom”

gnu-Bull Dfififlynfl-Mhpmm

cl .Plcuttlo. . _

Do you went a Pond-chm: herd!





 





 





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A Few Fine Bulls For Sale





lllgolows Holstein Farms. llroollsvillt, Mich.





The Traverse Herd





Great Values In Bulls





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



Let uskno w your wants. We Will send extend-



ed pedigrees and prices.



TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL.

Traverse City, Michigan.





Want Yearly Resords?





Our new sire has four sisters whose semi-oilicinl

records are 677. 742. 913 and 946 pounds of butter in

one year respectively at 2 to 3 years of nae. His dam

N a daughter of Friend Hengerveld Dc Kol Butter

Boy. four of whose daughters have records over 1000

pounds and she is also a granddau htcr of Pontiac

Anguic Korndvke. with six dang tern above 1000

.ponnds of butlcr in one your.





Peaceland Stock Farm, Tllrell Rivers, Mlcll.

C. L. Brody. Owner Port Hnmlich.

Charles Peters. Herdsman





As I Am of Draft Age





at expect to he. called this fall I am forced to dis-

p we of my entire herd of pure bred Holsteins. con-

sistingonlhead. Pricedtosell. Writeorcomeandsee

M.M ON. - - - - - Brunswick. Mich.





()LSTEINS of anulity. Bull calves from dams with

rccordshl h as 1 lbs. in 'ldays. Also colllepu lac.

E. A. HARD . - - - - Rochester. mob





 





 





 





 





 





‘ oalyesl'» heifers. l: 2 bulls 15-16ths ure.

HOISte‘n 5 weeks old. bechtifnlly marks .

each.croted for shiver“. anywhere. Buy only the best.

EDGEWOOD FAR S. — - \VhitewnterI Wis.





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

well grown in good condition. His seven nearest

dams average butter ‘7dnvs2ti.36lbs. milk militia. Dams

record 181bsot 2 x yrs. W.B. Reader. Howell. Mich.





3100 lloglslored Holstein 33.72% “masthead

ins. also four vear old cow soon fresh. ‘ ~

alvnnvmw FARM, . . Vassar. Mich.





Registered Holstein B ll 2% yrs. old

For sale from a 401M. sire and‘a good A. R.

0. heifer fcrhprico and pedigree write

Wm. GRIFFI . R. 5. Howell. Mich.





 





 





 





For sale «3. Holstein bn s the months old to ser-

viceable azeMOto 8'15. alters. bred heifer and

cows 3100 up” Frank Station. Howard City. Mich.





 





Mn is Lane R. of M. Jersey Herd. For sale one

our-ycsr-old cow also bull calves and heifer

calm sired has randcon of the Penis 99th of Hood

Farm. I V N FOX, B. 3. Allosan. Mich.





HE Wildwood Jersey Farm otters for sale choice

bull cal vcs for fall service from R. of . daughters

of Majesty's Wonde- byM cgty'c Oxford Fox. Herd

tubercnllno tested. when looking for a sire to head your

herd. not a Majesty. Alvin Baldwin. Cam. lch.





For Sale I island Jase; Callie





at both-ox. End 5 Parker. 8.4. cwcll. Mich





 





 

 





Ready for Service

Sivd b butter bred bulls and

on of lush testing dams.

The Producing Kind

with Jersey type and capacity.

Prices reasonable. Also a few

bred‘ilts (Duroos) and boars.

Brookwater Farm.

Herbert W.Mumford, Owner.

J Bruce Henderson. Mgr.

Ann Arbor, Mich.





 





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

c cows. also heifers and cows of all ages.

0. B. WERNER. R. 6. Alleunn. -Mlch.





illic Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Several heifers bmf





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

vel of choice breeding. Colon 0. Lillie. (foopernvillI-Jllch.





A fine. dark. solid color Jersey bull

For sale 16 mos. old. Double grandson of

Royal Majesltiy end out of R. of M. cow.

0. d O._ DEA E. - - - - Ypsilanti. Mich.

Ten Jersey Heifers {ggbfiig‘gfflw ”00‘0“ m"

NOTTEN FARM, . - - Grass Lake. Mich.





Bob Fairfax 434927 at head

H e refo I‘dS of herd. 14 bulls for sale





all ages either polled or horned. EARL .

McCARTY, Soc'y Mich. H. B. Ass‘n. Bad Axe, Mich.





Polled and Homed blood lines

Herefords embrace Fairfax. Polled Per-

fection and Prime Lad 9th breeding. Prices teas 'nable.

COLE & GARDNER. Hudson. Mich.





HEREFORD8





6 bull calves for sale, Perfection

Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding.





ALLEN BROS,

PAW PAW, MlCi—l.





for sale 4 hulls: 1 three years. 1 one

Hereford )‘curand 2 six runs. old.

REED SCHULTZ. - - .. _





 





 





 





 





 





Homer, Mich.





For Sale.Anxlety Ninth. Two years old. Double Stan-

dard Polled Hereford Registered hull. Good 5128.

straight lines.hig bonesfiood disposition. Plioiographs

on repuest. Colin P. ampbell. (lruml Rapids. Hich.





 





 





—Scotch and Scotch To pod ani—

Shorthorns male of both sex for so e. Prices





reasonable. GEO. D. DUSTER. Doster. Mich.





BIDWELL summons





For Bee? and Milk.





Registered bulls. cows and heifers-Good Scotch and

Scotch-Topped for sale. In prime condition. Modern

sanitary equipment. Farm 10 minutes from N. Y. C.

depot. 1 hour from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile meets

all trains. Write





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,





Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.





Richland Farms





Shorthorns





IMP. Lorne in Service. Grand Champion Shel-thorn

Bull of Mich. Wooller for sale a choice collection of

young bulls by some ol‘ the leading si res of the breed.

You cannot afford not to own one of those bulls at the

prices we are asking for them. We invite correspond-

ence and inspection.



0. ll. PRESCOTT as SONS.



Farms at Prescott. Mich. Office at ’l'awas. City. Mich.





 





 





 





Francisco Farm Shorthorns





We maintain one of Michigan‘s good herds of Scotch

and Scotch Topped cattle. They are well bred. prop-

erly handled zmd price reasonab 9. Como andsee; we





llke to show them.

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





 





The Kent 00. Shadhorn Breedm Assoclalion





prices. Write your wants.

.





H. LEONARD. Sec. Caledonia. Mich.





 





llairybrnd Shorihorns Slabisérté‘figéé‘ltisit‘?‘

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





SHORTHORNS





Cows,hcilers& you bulls for sale at farmers prices:

hex-dostalog mailed rec. Horrleton Farms. Hamlich.





Shorthorn Cattle '01 both Sex lor Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





Shorthorns of Quality Scotch and

For sale Scotch To pod descendentsofArchets

Hope. Avondale. Maxwz ton Sulton and White Hall

Sulton bv the Oucola Co. Shorthorn Breeders Ass.

Reed City. Mich.

herd bull. A roan by the great Avondule.



ShOl'lillOl'fl for sale. For particulars write

H. B. PETERS. - . - - Car-land. Mich.





‘ Shorthorn bulls, and 'te

RegIStel‘ed percheron mares formal?” red

Bedcll a Wheatlskc. Big Rapids. Mich.

Shurthum Seven Scotch and Scotch Topped balls





for sale. Price reasonable.

W. B. McQUILLAN. B. 7. Howell. Mich.





Red Bull Calf 7. mos. old at... m,

J'E-TANSWELL. - PM?" 5°” 331132;“. Mich.





HOGS





' Berkshire gilt: and so s to f ll f: row-

aarglfl'red in . 3 boars and fprlJpl I'eizher‘:mt.

C ASE STOC FARM. . 1L arlctte Mich.





HOMESTEAD FARMS





A Federation of lntercctc

Duroc Jersey and Hampshire Hop





A number of well bred fine 0 n ri .."

cow in: sreu ollcred for sole? F; . ”willy-W 33





odpt on and hoto rs ha. 0 c l

furrow in Analgst. I p n flip-h I. Ball ‘0





BLOOMINGD‘LE Assocu'nosl

Bloolnlngdnlo, Mich . ‘





urocs. Choice in rln out of . .lecccd -

paired by our besghelgl I“ so Items My!





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





The Boldln Land a In tomcat 00

F“ 5316 odors for cal: a nice bunehpof. female Jen:





 





Boldlu. Mich.





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l’ontloc 3m. Hospital. Pontiac. Mich; 855;“Wm2513 1:23“ W‘- 1“





   

 





rs. Thev are ottho

"lash-on: boned.smooth and of excellent (indium

include some of the mort popular blood lino- Inch II

Orion Cherry King/gm Col.Defender.Brookwnber etc.

can n l . he Jenni F Bali





WM. “NP-(01"





are oilering some choice animals at reasonable,





 

 

   

   

   

   

 





 

   

   





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SECOND 'EDITION.





 





The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday af-

ternoon, August 15.





WHEAT.





Wheat values are ruling a little slow-

e'r than a week ago. The grain has

been moving freely of late and dealers

as well as exporters have satisfied

their immediate demands. The recent

extremely warm weather has indirect-

ly given strength to this market, how-

ever, by greatly reducing corn pros-

pects. Receipts of wheat at important

market terminals since the first of July

exceed 66,000,000 bushels as compared

with 18,398,000 bushels for the corres-

ponding period a year ago. One year

ago No. 2 red wheat sold on the local

market at $2.20 per bushel. Present

cal quotations for cash wheat are as

follows:





 





No.2 red ..............$2.22



No. 2 mixed ...... . ..... 2.20



No. 2 white ...... . ..... 2.20

CORN.





It is difficult to size up the corn situ-

tion following the extreme weather

conditions prevailing for the past ten

days. No one doubts that a great deal

of damage has been done. This dam-

age is refiected in the advanced prices

which dealers have been willing to pay

for this grain. Reports from Michigan

fields show that our crop will yield

considerably below normal, although

in some sections our correspondents

state that the outlook is still favorable

providing they soon have rain. Re—

ceipts of corn at leading primary mar-

kets since last November to date

amount to 240,025.000 bushels as com-

pared with 203,001.000 bushels fonthe

corresponding period of the prevxous

marketing season. A year ago No. 3

corn sold on the local market at $1.89

per bushel. Present local prices whlch

are advanced over those quoted a week

ago are as follows:





N0. 3 corn ....... . ...... $1.75

No.3 yellow 1.85

No. 4 yellow ............ 1.75

No. 5 yellow ............ 1.65

No. 6 yellow ............ 1.60





Chicago prices have also advanced

as follows: No. 2 yellow $1.82@1.85:

No. 3 yellow $1.77@l.80; September

corn 81.62%; October $16314.





OATS.





Despite the adverse news on the

corn crop, oat values have suffered a

decline during the past week. This has

been due largely to the liberal receipts

at country elevators and primary mar-

kets and also to general reports of a

record-breaking harvest. ,The receipts

since August 1 at primary markets to-

tal 14,939,000 bushels as compared with

8,848,000 bushels for the same period

in 1917. Yields where threshing is

under way are well up and in many in-

stances greater than where predicted

a few weeks ago. A year ago standard

oats sold in the local market at 80c.

Present quotations at Detroit are as

follows:



Standard (new) . . . . . . . . . . .68

No. 3 white (new). . . . . . . . .6715

N0-4White oooooo OIOIOl00066%





RYE.





There is no change in this market.

Sellers are more plentiful than buyers.

It is hoped that the permit granted by

the Food Administration upon the 8011-

citation of the Michigan Farmer for

the grinding of rye unfit for flour

and where it can be shown that a

farmer has no other feeds the grinding

of any rye that he may have for feed

purposes will stimulate a greater in-

terest in this market. Present prices

at Detroit for cash No. 2 rye is $1.58

per bushel. The price at Chicago for

‘the same grade is $1.56@1.60.





BARLEY.





There is no attention given to this





"grain on the local market. At Chicago





the grain is moving‘to a small extent

with fair to fancy grades sellingby

,saniple at 90c@$1.02 per bushel. Mich-

igan farmers have premise of a record

crop of this grain.





BEANS.





The outlook fox-[beans in this state

{is very good. From every section





where-the crop is grown in commer-

cial, quantities {the condition of fields





 





 





is reported from fair to excellent. Par-

ticularly in the central and northern

bean growing counties are good stands

mentioned by the reporters. The de-

mand for cash beans is fair and the

local market steady with prices for

cash_~ shipment at $10.25 per cwt. At

Chicago there is fair demand for fancy

naval beans with choice to fancy hand-

picked pea beans from Michigan quot-

ed at $11@12. Red Kidneys range

$9.50@12 per cwt.





SEEDS.





There is verylittle activity in the

seed market to date. The crop does





 





not promise a large yield.- Prime red

clover .is quoted here at $18; October

$17; alsike $15; timothy $4.45 per





bushel. v _ .

FEEDS.





A wide variation obtains in the

prices charged by the feed dealers

throughout the state for mill feeds. We

would bring the attention of our read-

ers to the editorial comment and the

rules governing wholesale and retail

dealers of feeds, as published on page

two of this issue. Prices to Jobbers at

Detroit are, for bran $34.66; middlings

$36.66; cracked corn $75; coarse corn





 





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Reports for. Thursday, August 15th





BUFFALO.





Today’s hog market was 10@15c Iow-

er than yesterday’s, with pigs selling

at $20@20.75; good quality yorkers and

light mixed $20.65@20.75; other grades

$20.40@20.60; the cattle trade ruled

steady. The best calves sold for $17.75

and the top lambs at $18.





CHICAGO.





Cattle.



Receipts 13,000. Market very dull;

bidding unevenly lower except for few

best common fed and canners.



Good ch’ce prime $16.75@18.85; com-

mon and medium butchers $10@16.75;

heifers $7.25@14.25; cows $7.50@14;

bologna bulls $8@13.50; canners and

cutters $6.50@7.50; stockers and feed-

ers, good $10@13; stockers and feeders

common and medium $7.50@10.



Veal Calves.



Market 25c higher. Top $17.50.





Hogs.



Receipts 20,000. Market steady to

150 lower.



Tops $19.75; bulk of sales at $18@

19.50; heavy $18.90@19.35; mixed and

light $19.30@19.55; packers’ hogs at

$17.75@18.25; medium and heavy at

$17.90@18.75; light bacon hogs $196.17

19.75; pigs, good to choice $18@18.50;

roughs $17.25@17.75.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 17,000. Lambs active and

sheep slow to lower.



Choice to prime lambs $18@18.85;

medium and good lambs $16.50@18;

culls $12@14; medium and good‘choice

feeders $16.50@17.65; choice yearlings

$15.50@16; medium and good do $14@

15.50; wethers $13@l4.40.





DETROIT





Cattle.





Receipts 3477. Market dull; good

grades $1@1.50 lower and others 500@

$1 lower than last week.



Best heavy steers . . . . . . .$12.50@14.00

Best hdy wt bu steers... . 10.00@10.50

Mixed steers and heifers 8.50@ 9.00





Handy light butchers. . . . 7.50@ 8.00

Light butchers .......... 6.50@ 7.50

Best cows ............. . . 8.50@ 9.00

Butcher cows ........... 7.00@ 7.50

Cutters................. 6.25

Canners .............. '. . . 5 75@ 6.00

Best heavy bulls ........ 8.50

Bologna bulls . .......... 7.50@ 8.00

Stock bulls .. .. ........... 6.50@ 7.00





9.00@10.00

7.00@ 8.00

$60@ 125





Feeders .................

Stockers ................

Milkers and springers. . . .





Veal Calves.





Receipts 1,123. Market steady. .

Best ........ $17.00@17.50

Others . O I O O ‘ I C I O I O C I 0 I I O 8.00@15l00





Sheep ‘and Lambs.





Receipts 1,999. Market very dull and

50c lower than Wednesday.





Best lambs .............. $16.00@16.50



Fair lambs .............. 15.00@15.5O



Light to common lambs.. 12.50@13.50



Yearlings ............... 12.00@12.50



Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 9.50@10.50



Guile and common ...... . 5.00@ 8.00

Hogs.





Receipts 2,366. Pigs steady; mixed

hogs 10@15c lower than Wednesday.

Good pigs ...... . . . . . ..... 19.

Mixed hogs . . . ...... . . . . 19.25@19.40





Reports for Wednsday, August 14th





BUFFALO.

Cattle.





Receipts 200 cars; market is ruling

steady; prime hvy steers $17@17.50;

shipping steers $16@16.50; plain and

coarse $13@14; best yearlings 950 to

1000 lbs, $156016; light yearlings, good

quality $13.50@14.50; best handy strs

$12.50@13.50; fair to good kinds $11@

12; handy steers and heifers, mixed

$10.50@1]; western heifers $10@11.50;

best fat cows $10@11; butcher cows

$8@9; cutters $7@8; canners $5.50@

6.50; fancy bulls $10.50@11; common

bulls $7.50@8; best feeding steers 900

to 1000 lbs, $9.50@10; medium feeders

$8@8.50; stockers $7.50@8.50; light

common $7@8; milkers and springers

$75@150.



- Hogs





Receipts. 10 cars; market is lower;

heavy $20.50@20.80; pigs and yorkers

$20.50@20.90.



Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 10 cars. Market is. steady.





Top lambs $17.50; yearlings $14.50@'





15; wethers $13@14; ewes $11.50@13.

Calves. .

Market steady. Prices range from





$7 @1850- .

' CHICAGO.

Cattle.

About 12,000 head arrived today,

making 41,000 for three days, compar-





‘ing with 37,000, for the same time last





week. Prices are mostly unchanged,

with beef steers selling on a‘ basis of

$18.25@18.85 for the choicer. class,





 

 





$17.25“ and over for good lots, $16 and ~35@18.50, With breeding ewes salable





upward for’medium grade steers and at ,$~14@19. ..





sales down to $10.50@12.50 for com—

mon lots, while little canning steers

are salable at $6.50 and over. The best

yearling steers bring $18@18.50, and

fat cows and heifers are wanted at

$7.25@15, with canners and cutters at

$6.25@7.20. Stockers and feeders are

largely 25c higher this week, with bet-

ter buying at $8@11 for thin 600 to

900-lb. lots, while the choice weightier

feeders are quotable up to $12 or high.

er, few being sold. Veal calves are

firm at $16@17.25. Western range cat-

tle are ofi as much as 250 in some in-

stances.

Hogs. .



Today’s receipts are estimated at 12,-

000 hogs, making 74,600 for three days,

comparingwith 60,500 for the same

time last week. Yesterday the early





top was $20, and there was a Monday-





$20.l5 top, a new high record. Today

saw a sharp break in prices, hogs sell-

ing at $17.50@19.75 as an extreme

range, while the few pigs offered‘went

mostly at $17.25@18.50.‘ About 12,000

hogs were carried over unsold from

Tuesday. .



Sheep and Lambs.





Today’s receipts are estimated at.





13,000 head, making total receipts for

the week of 45,100, comparing 'with





41,900 for the same time last week.-





Prices Show no’ particular jchanges,





lambs being salable at $13 @1875, with





feeders at $17@17.60 and the best na-





;tive killers at $17.85, .Yearlings are.

salable at $15 16 for killers, with





feedersat $13.2 @13.60_. _. W’ethers are

quotable "at $10.50@14.‘50 andbvfefi fit





 





75 Detroit at 39%@40c.





 





meal $69; chopped feeds $48@55 per

ton. These prices are for sacked feed.





POTATOES.





The potato crop of the northern

states willvbe considerably reduced by

the recent hot days. Reports from all

of the important potato growing coun-

ties of Michigan point that moisture

is needed by this crop in‘practically

every locality. In some places the

fields had rains during°the past two

or three days and this will help, but

the general belief has gotten out-that

potatoes will command a good price

this coming year because of the

shortage which will undoubtedly oc.

cur. Practically all of the potato mar-

kets are strong at the present time.

Supplies are generally light and prices

firm to higher. At ChiCago the Early

Ohios are bringing $2.35@2.40 per cwt.

for field run, while Cobblers are bring.

ing $4 for 120-lb. sacks at Detroit.





HAY.





Hot weather has given the hay trade

a boost and prices on the local market

have advanced during the week.

No. 1 timothy. . . .$24.50@25.00





No. 2 do ........ 22.50@23.00

No. 1 mixed 21.00@22.00

No. 1 clover ..... 18.00@20.00





Pittsburgh—Those in a position to

see the situation as it actually is pre-

dict a hay famine at thispoint in the

near future. Prices are advancing rap-

idly. Present quotations are:



No. 1 timothy...$28.50@29.00

N0. 1 light mixed 26.00@27.00

No. 1 clover ..... 21.00@25.00





BUTTER.





While speculative buying has been

discouraged by government regulations

the markets are being cleaned up rath-

er closely despite high prices. Produc-

tion is being liberally curtailed by the.

poor pastures. Receipts of butter at

primary markets were less last week

than they were the preceding week

and considerably under the receipts

for the corresponding period in 1917.

At Detroit jobbers are paying 44c for

fresh creamery extras and 43@431,éc

for do firsts. The Chicago market is

strong with creamery ranging from

391/2 @441/éc. At New York the trade

is firm with prices for creamery at





43% @46%,c.

EGGS.





The usual decline in the production-

of eggs at this season of the year and

the steady demand due to the high

prices of meats are responsible for the

advance in egg values. Michigan can-

dled firsts are selling to jobbers in

Chicago prices

range from 35@38c, while in New York

western stock is bringing 38@62c ac.

cording to color and grade.





CHEESE.





This market is firm to higher. Pro—

duction is greatly curtailed while the

consumption is unusually large. Flats

sell at 251/2 @270 at Detroit, while Dais~

ies bring 26%@27c. In New York the

market is firm with specials bringing

25%@260 and average'run 251A @251/éc

per pound.





 





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There is a big gap in prices between

cow and steer beef. The food bureau

takes only steer beef, and this causes

a premium for such stock. In Kansas





City good cows of from 1000 to 1100 .





poundszhave sold at "$8.50, the spread

between these and light steers being

from $4@5 per cwt.



Hogs coming on the Chicago market

average in weight 242 pounds, being 10

pounds heavier than a year ago and

eleven pounds heavier than two years

ago, standing five pounds heavier than

the general average for corresponding

weeks in the past nine years. Enor-

furious army contracts explain the boom





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Secretary Nicholson'of the Michigan

Crop Improvement Association reports

that conditions are favorable for a crop

of 162,000 bushels, of Red nook wheat

and «280,000 bushels .Qf‘- Roseni,,Rye',

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, (.rop Reporters



Huron "co. (Aug. 10) .—-'Weath_er very

dry. Beans 'and corn being affectedby

the drouth._ Oats and barley looking

fine. Some threshing has been, done

and barley is turning out thirty to

fifty bushels per acre, sample is good.

'Hay is shorter than was expected ear—

lier in the season. Early potatoes are

looking fairly good, but the dry winds

seem to have affected the later ones.

Small , fruits are very scarce. Apples

seem plentiful. Stock is looking fairly

gobd considering the weather and pas-

ture conditions.



Calhoun 00., (Aug; 10).~——Bean crop

is good. Potatoes good but need rain;

cern has made good growth but needs

rain ve'ry badly now. Not much fruit;

(most of peach trees winter-killed. lylo

threshing done in this vicinity. Milk

h'rings $3.25 per cwt. Distance from

. Camp Custer, holds up price on milk.



Kent 00., (Aug. 9).——The condition

of crops in this part of Kent county

are: Beans 80 per cent; potatoes ()0

per cent; com 60 per cent; apples 40

per cent; peaches none; pastures

per cent; wheat is yielding about 10

bushels per acre; barley 30 bushels;

oats 40 bushels. Milk sells at twenty-

five cents per gallon; butter 40 cents;

eggs 40 cents. Rain is needed badly.



Huron 00., (Aug. 10).—-—Beans look

very promising. _ Potatoes also look

good. Corn is very backward owing to

poor seed. Fall apples are good; not

many winter. Pasture badly burned up

with hot dry weather. No threshing

done yet. Local dealers are paying 41

cents for butter—fat; eggs 36 cents; cat-

tle on foot eight cents.



Manistee 00., (Aug. 8).-~Beans, p.0-

tatoes and corn are doing nicely in

this vicinity. Apples are poor and

peaches a failure. Wheat will prob.

ably yield eight bushels per acre and

rye ten bushels. We are in need of

rain. Buyers are paying 38 cents for

eggs and 40 cents for butter.



Charlevoix 00., (Aug. 8).—The bean

crop which is just podding. shows a

very good stand. Potatoes promise

well while some corn is backward and

apples and plums will yield about half

crops. Pasture is very good for Aug-

ust. Both rye and wheat are good.

Milk sells at eight cents per quart;

«butter 38 cents: eggs 40 cents; beef

on foot six to seven cents.



Tuscola 00., (Aug. 10).—Beans, po-

tatoes and corn are good crops in this

locality. Apples are poor and pastures

are getting dry. Wheat yields are

poor. but barley and rye have been

turning out well. Wheat is selling fer

$2.10; oats 64 cents; barley $1.70;

milk $2.10 for three per cent; butter

35 cents; eggs 38 cents; beef 6@9c;

hogs 161,430.



' Iosco 00., (Aug. 10) .—Beans are very

promising..but corn and potatoes are

poor. Apples look well. Although no

wheat has been threshed, farmers are

expecting 15 to 20 bushels per acre.

Rye is poor. We are getting 44 cents

for cream, 36 cents for butter, 30 cents

for eggs. Pastures are poor, there be-

ing no rains for six weeks until yester-

day. Cows are bringing from $60 to

$80. Early potatoes are very poor, due

to the extreme dry weather.



Ottawa 00., (Aug. 10).—We have

practically a perfect stand of beans,

with corn _, and potatOes good crops. Ap-

ples are fair and pastures poor. The

drought is beginning to hurt corn and

potatoes. Wheat is yielding around 15

bushels; barley 28 bushels; Rosen rye

27‘ bushels; common rye 12 bushels.

Dealers are paying $3 for milk; butter-

fat 47 cents; eggs 37 cents.



Missaukee 00.. (Aug. 10).——B’eans,

corn. potatoes and buckwheat have

suffered from dry hot weather and the

grasshoppers, which are very thick.

Corn will only be half a crop, also po-

tatoes and beans. Grasshoppers have

eaten 75 per cent of the buckwheat.

Early apples are good; no late ones.

Blackberries are drying on the bushes.

Grain is only yielding fair. Butter 40





cents; eggs 38c; cream 45 cents. No

live stock moving.

Marquette 00., (Aug. 10).—This





township is practically in its virgin

state, ‘a few settlers and farmers. Po-

tatoes are principal crop. Frost on

June 21 severely damaged them; the





yield will be about 85 per cent of the





1917 crop. Pastures are very dry in

the open fields but good‘ in the woods.

A western grazer has brought 750

sheep and two cars of cattle recently

to Ives Lake and intends getting 1000

more sheep. The cut-over lands near

Ives Lake and Big Bay are very suit-

able for grazing. Farmers sell milk at

15 cents per quart; butter 45 cents;

eggs 50 cents. Gradecows are worth





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when every form authorityurges the use of lime and is able to prove its advantages?

It Will pay to specify Solvay Pulverized Limestone, because it is so fine and

percentage of carbonates, that it will provide maximum ,

results at a minimum cost. .

We are now able to take care of your Fall requirements because extensive



to our equipment are now in operation.



Ask us tooendyou Mfume for you to use in making a 001’! test.



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MICHIGAN WINTER BARLEY

lTho best northern rown Winter Barley

w. ROS YE

The no that nearly doubled Michipnn'o acre yields

and is iving exceptionally good resu ts in many other

states. emember rye CICrB fertilize-s so get pure seed

from‘fnrmers who have produced it, under inspection.

For list of those having it for solo write tin Secre-

tsr of the Michigan Crop Imézrovemontfissociation,

J. ‘1. NICULSON. at Lansing, Mich.





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THE NEW WONDER WHEAT





Originated and developed at the Mich. Agrl. Col-

lege. A hard red bearded sort. vigorous (rower.

hardy; Outyields all other sorts. Superior milling

and bread quality. Clean. pure field inspected

seed. $3.50 under 10 bush. $3.25 over 10 bush.

Pure ROSEN RYE. outyields common rye 30%

at 02.25 per bush. Bout for both wheat and





rye 55 cts each.

A. H. FOSTER, Allegan, Mich.





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have created a profitable market for your eggs the

year around. We pa the highest premium for your

Hennery Whites-l 'e remit same da shipments

arrive. Ship Choir-Ship by xprooo

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494-18th Street. Detroit. Mich.‘ 1

Remember! We guarantee you Intisllction with every shipment.





EGGS:





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iums for eggs not over four

or five days old. direct shir-

mants fromthe farm. Sh p

to up or write for particu-





troit. l(‘ .

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Eggs! producers in your territory

very attractive prices NOW. Prompt re-

turns always. Refer to Dun or Bradstreet.

Ship us your next egg). ' ENI ‘H. BUT-

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Shlp To The Old Reliable Hon.

H A Daniel McCoffrey'I Sons.

623—025 stuh Bldg“ M In.





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Dome-Jerseys. consistln of 203

308 Purebred bred sows. 37 open’gilta andgaows and

68 boars have left Beaver l eadcw Forum as breeders

since Feb. 1. 1917 Thanks to the purchasers and

trust ever one has proven a good invos mom. to buyer.

NEWTO BABNHART. St. Johns. Mich.





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E. D. EEYDENBERK. - - - Wayland. Mich.





Doroc fall boars sired by Crimson Critic T.. Sltlsfao

tion and Brookwute rincyifial priced right. Brod

sows all so . M. 0. TA Oll, Milan. Mich.





Illicit. lluroc Jemy Bill: For sale.

CAREY U. EDMON 8. - - Fasting. Mich.





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1.. . cilpnannli. . - . . Salem. Mich.

Jersey's—Fall boom of the large heavy boned

'mc type. Gilt! bred toJunlor Chain ion boar (or

Juno forpow also Sprincfilfis pain not a in.

1.3. minor. . . Monroe. Mich.

Jer for sale. fired sows a sorl 1 a

Dlll'oc sessile; W hull calves. milk V “min.

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

' ' spring i .oitho c .

Chefler Whitesi' can furnllslzifia l'ew pill: :1-

trios not kin from strictly big type mature stock at

reasons!) 0 Mom. F. W. Alexander Vassar. Mich.





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Champion herd everywhere shown in 1917. Herd

headed by five champion boars. Our sows won

Senior. Junior and (1 Champion prizes at

[llinois. Missouri, Ohio and Michigan 1917.

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





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success. I can help you. I. want to place one hog from

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BRED GILTS and

1- SERVICEABLE BOARS

C- J. CARL JEWETT, Mason, Mich.





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Strictly Big Typo with QUALITY. Hove n few spring

pigs either sex for sale. They are of the rightstamp.

od enou h to be shined 0.0. D.

EWM 'B STOCK FARM. R. l. Mariette, Mich.

n I c '8 Bl: typo serviceable boars. Spring far-

0 0 - rowed boarBiga. Bred gilts to furrow July

ond Aug. G. P. AN BEWS, Dmsvlllo. Mich.





Bred lite and s rin pigs of Mar. and

For 5‘18 April arrow. lship 5.0.D





F. C. BURGESS. R. 3. Mason. Mich.





 





 





 





0 l C ,8 a few choice Apr. and May pigs

0 0 ' either sex and 4 reg.Holstein heifers.

CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM, Monroe. Mich.

o I C 0 all sold except some fall slits. Order

O ' ° 8 {glut spring pigs now.



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C. J. THO)! Ro‘ckford. Mich.





BIB TYPE POLAND GHINAS





Bred Gilts and Spring Pi 5.

well bred Holstein Bu Calf.





HILLCREST FARM}





KALAMAZOO, MICH.





A 500 lb. Gilt





herd. Lansing,





just one.

Jumbo to head Model Farm

Mich. watch his smoke.

is



the best ill: in Michigan you can buy her for i

3100. Bel phone.



J. C. BUTLER, — Portland. Mich.





Large Type F. C.

Brad slits and boars all sold nothing to ofl'cr at present.

W. E. LIVINGSTON. Pa rma. Mich.





EONARD'S Bred sows .ii oold.fsll mildews book-





 





'ed for a ti pigs at weaning time. Ship 0.0.1).

it. n. Lnohi'n‘pg - - - - ‘ St. Louis. Mich.

L. S. P. all sold out. except the largest'





C. gilt raised last year. bred for June

H. O. SWARTZ, Shoolcraft. Mich.





lg type P.C. Big honed fellows tron Iowas greatest

lierds.sp9(‘iul prices on s irinn hours and choice bred

giltfi. E. J. MATHE SON, Burr 0.1V. Mich.





Bg Type Poland Onions. S ring pigs for sale.

_ ealthy and growthy. From argelittere. Prices

wit. L. W Barnes and Son. Byron. Mich.





ARGE Typo P. C. Just 5 choice summer slits bred

for July and Annual; furrow. Come and see them





furrow.





 





 





W. J. HAGELSHAW. - - - Augusta. Mich.

Poland China Swine 35, £11.. “9"

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



in type P. C. o ring igs of th best producers in tho

Bwost, priced {gr J I § at 8% 3: $35. Guaranteed to

please. 0. E. GAB. ANT. Eaton Rapids. Mich.





 





Bi: Tm P. c. summaries-o a...

A.A.WOOD & SON. - — «r Saline. Mich.





arse type P. 0. tall ailts up to 365 lbs. read to shi

bred for Allifl. and Sept. fan-ow. Fall saleyNov. .





One extra





We sold Smooth





This gilt.

bred to him for Aug. tori-ow ”Liberty Bell" is

not





Stallions d to. l reasonable

Percheron m... laziest: mil...

l'. 1.. KING a 302’: - - - Charlotte. Inch.





For Sale 'Iwo Percheron stallions two Percher-

on mores Liberty Bonds accepted.

E. J. ALDRICH, - - . - TekonshmMicL.





on a' of Registered Percheron Mom

e p u for sale. Priced righfi.

J. M. HICKS Jr SONS, Wil amstcn. Mich. '





Be istcred Percheron Stallions one register

TWO ed erolwron more for sale. Prices right.

J. E. HOAB. - - - - - Livorlnc. Mich.





F s l. A splendid. sound. young teem of brood

" I mores. well matt hed. ”male and true.

Weight 2740. with pair of suckling mare colts. Pesto!

reasons for selling. Photographs on re post.



COLIN P. CAMPBELL.





“ a Gm! storm" Myimported Belgian Stallion.





Over a ton. Has Internation.

al and other rizes. Gentle. OK evorywav.

HUGH KEP lAllT. - - - -





Evert. Mich

POULTRY





HOMESTEAD FARMS





N- A Federation of Interests

200 Yearling White Leghorn Hens





These are hens of good size and strong layers. They

are being sold in pens of 0, 12 and 2!. Also a few two-

yenr-olds. If you want first class White Leghorn lay-

ers. we shall be pleased l0 quote you prices on these

ens. .

40 Five Months White Leghorn Pullets

A fine lot of young pullets that should begin layinc

in October.





Also a few

0. Black





rand apids. Mich.





nllen: R. o. RedsfiWhite Rocks; and s.”





inori-us.._l

Young Cockerels





A number of cockerels: Buff and White Rocks: 8.. O.

Reds; S, C. Blur-k Minorczis: Aiicouas: 8. C. and R. 0.

White Leghorns; S. C. Brown Leghorns.



It will be profitable to buy your next year's cock birds

from this young stock. If you want to buy now.

please write to us.





rIBI..()OM INGDALE ASSOCIATION,

Bloomingdale, Mich.





Barron English 240' Egg SlrainJ}





White Leghorns heavy winter layers. Large size and

very strong and hardy. Brod to shell out eggs and do

IT. Best days laying in winter 500 piillets 4098881011

Jan. 24th. Can common Leghorn do as well. Tested

and trnpnested ten years. Order NOW breeding stock

at our special summer prim-s. 3.000 choice pallets 81.50

each. 1000 selected yearling liens at 31.125 eachmgg re-

cord in pullet year of 200 eggs nudover and 10(1)ch

looted breeding ckls. from 2&5 to 1:73 o dams at. $1.25

each order now your ckls. for Sept. do ivory. Write

us your want NOW and send for catalogue.

DEVBIES LEGHORN FAHIHS A; ATC-HE'RY

Zeeland. Mich





Rnx22‘2A. ~ - - - -

BREEDING COCKERELS





Bred-today S. C. White Leghorn and Barred Rocks.

Would advice ordering earlyPi-lcc reasonable.Write us

your \van‘ 8. Sunnybronk Poultry Farms. llillsdnlo.Mich.





——EGGS FROM STRAIN i

Barred R0CRS records to 290 eggs 0 your: 32w th





15. Delivered by parcel post, prepaid. Circular 11%?

FRET) ASTLING. - - - Constantine. Mich.





J Burr- LEGHORNS. 50 Choice hens and a few cock-

erels selling for 81.50 each. this is half price.

Dr.WILLiA.\1 SMl’l'll, - -





Peterslm rr. Mich.





 





 

 

   

   

 

 





 

 





A real heavy laying strain. lrapnesled 1

years. records from 200 to 264 eggs. Get

our spccxal summer pnceson yearling hens

. breeding males, eggs for hatching. 8-week-

old pullers and day old chicks. We ship C. O. D. and

(gun-Ice results. unlog owes pflCBS. describes stock. tells

all about our lorm and methods; resulu you can get by breed-

ing this strum. Send for your copy now—it is free.





GEORGE B. FERRIS 034 Union. Grand Rapids, v





 

 





 





 





Fowlers Buff Rocks Bmkin‘ "am

54 for 30; 85.50 for 50: 88.00 for-100. now at a ‘2 for 15;

B.B.FOWLER. - - ' - - Hartxol'd. “A011.





Mammoth Pekln Ducks from best stock in Auction.

Eggs $1.50 per 11. Rose Comb Brown Lechorns

from Madison Square and Mich. it Ohio Fair winners.

E88“ 81.50 per 15. M rs. Claudia Belts. Hillsdnle. Mich.





° White Orpington greatest e r

Pine crest dimers—hens and younz ”0533)::-

now for next wmter. Mrs. WILLIS HOUGHY.



Pine Crest. Royal Oak. Mich.





l. 1. Red Chicks Red Chicks. Both Combs. 15.0





ear-h for 25 or more. prepaid

byzg‘arcel

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st. Last hatch July 24th.





 





 





Wm. J. CLA KE. R. 7. Mason. Mich. RES FARM. Box 39. Lawrence. Mich.

' Bred gills and sows f ILVER Golden a White W d .

Yorkshires For 8319- late summer and £311]. S cockero1032.500ach. Eggsylgn‘zotsaeom'lgigr (acids;

i‘urrowmaZml WATERM AN dz WATERMAN’, prepaid. C. W. Browninc. R. 2. Portland. hilch.

Packard d. - - - - Ann Arbor. Mich.

S C. Brain: Leisén§rnelli3xcgllengllaigeiém I‘Emhfic

' one rea.earn es..

HORSES FLOYD ROB'lER'TSON. R. l. “Lexinmgflgxdeian':





 





 





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A Little “ Tank ”— for F arm Work





The Cleveland Tractor is built on the same principle

as the wonderful European battle "tanks."





It travels on its own tracks, laying them down and

picking them up as it goes along.



This efficient type of construction makes the Cleveland

specially valuable to farmers, as it enables them to work

practically anywhere—over almost any kind of farm land.





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through soft soil, wet clay, sand and gumbo—without

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with much better results than can be obtained with

horses or with any other type of tractor. » .





And they are working much faster.



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increase the production of food demanded by war

conditions.



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it will do under average conditions—plows 3V2 miles an





hour—eight to ten acres a day. This is equal to the

Work of three men and three good three-horse teams.





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it requires but slight effort on. the part of the driver.

Only one man is required to operate it. l2 horsepower

is developed at the drawbar and 20 horsepower at the

pulley. It is a constant source of tractive and stationary

power for twelve months in the year.





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saws and pumps, drags logs, pulls road machinery, hauls

manure spreaders and does practically all the work

formerly done with horses or stationary engines.





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none of it. It conserves man power, horse power, time,

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- make more money yourself by using one or more





Cleveland Tractors.

Write for complete information and the name of the

nearest Cleveland dealer. .





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The largest producer of Crawler- type Tractors in the World





19021 Euclid Avenue





Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. ‘





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